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These are thoughts from a few of the BoomBustBlog readers who felt compelled to share their viewpoints:
The Bottom Line
Our world is suffering from a crisis. Our crisis is too much debt. Debt acts like a stimulating drug when times are good. Reasonable amounts of debt are not just good, they are great. Globally though, we have taken too much of this drug. This drug was dispensed at a low cost by banks all over the world. People used this debt to buy things, and to make levered bets on home prices - in record amounts. When the illusion of eternal home price increases dissipated, we were left with a hangover and a financial crisis. However this crisis had at its root one thing - too much debt.
Our politicians are not trying to cure our disease. They are trying to cure our symptoms. They are not dealing with the fundamental issue of too much debt, globally. They are NOT trying to lower debt, allow debt to leave the system, and encourage people to save. Instead, they are trying to keep the debt there, lower the interest payment on the debt temporarily, encourage us to borrow *more* not less, and spend vast amounts of money keeping dead (insolvent) companies on life support. They are encouraging the disease to curb the symptoms short term, and then wondering in amazement why the disease is not going away. If we paper this over and keep this up, we will end up with over $350T in debt by 2027. We will be leaving our kids with so much debt, they cannot possibly do anything but buckle.
I would highly encourage you to give this a read. I believe we are moving in the wrong direction, and think we need to get back to our roots of working hard, being entrepreneurial and innovative, living within our means, with a great system of law and business as our backbone. That is what made us strong - not financial engineering, flipping homes with borrowed money, and speculating. Please do send this around if you are so inclined. I hope to shine some light on the disease that is being hidden from our view by our politicians, and encourage people to move in a direction that will bring our country back to prosperity again.
Below I present a quote, some key points, and a bunch of charts containing data which I believe make a compelling case in support of my view. Please do let me know what you think.
The Key Points
This quote rings true:
"Financial deregulation was based on a misguided belief that the financial system operated like an ordinary market for goods, where the market itself would work out a sensible volume of and price for credit. A proper analysis of how money is created shows instead that a deregulated financial system will pump out as much credit as borrowers can be enticed to take on. In a world in which leveraged speculation on asset prices is possible, that will lead to the economy taking on so much debt that it will ultimately fall into a debt-induced crisis–which is where we are now. Once in this situation, deregulated finance then amplifies the problem by going from supplying too much credit to cutting off the credit tap in a manner that reduces overall economic activity." (source)
These are what I believe to be the key points regarding global debt, which stem from the graphs below:
- Out of control growth. Private debt growth in the US and Australia perfectly fits an exponential trend - it is growing exponentially, which is out of control.
- Banks create as much debt as possible. A deregulated financial system like ours will pump as much credit as borrowers are willing to take on, and that amount can be (and is now) unsustainable both for banks and for us.
- Too much debt creates crises. Too much debt, especially when directed towards leveraged speculation on asset prices, inevitably leads to a debt-induced crisis.
- US debt is unsupportable. We have an unsupportable amount of debt. We have $52 TRILLION of debt - $455k of debt for every household in this country.
- We had a *global* debt bubble. Australia, Ireland, UK, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, Austria, Denmark, Japan, Luxembourg, Italy, Spain, and Switzerland *ALL* have debt bubbles as well.
- *Globally*, almost all of us engaged in leveraged betting on home speculation - US, Spain, Canada, Sweden, Ireland, UK, France, Denmark, Italy, Norway, Finland, China, Vietnam, and more.
- No savings. The US, Japan and Canada also have virtually negligible savings rates.
- This debt has artificially goosed our GDP - spending borrowed money registers in GDP - and in 2007 Private Debt growth accounted for 20%+ of GDP (spending) in both the US and Australia.
- Borrowers around the world are now buckling under the enormous debt load piled onto their respective backs, betting on home price increases that never came.
- Our politician's solutions #1. Our politicians are trying to paper over the problem by borrowing enormous amounts of money themselves, to prevent the companies and people burdened by debt from relieving themselves of that unsustainable burden.
- Our politician's solutions #2. Our politicians are not trying to cure the underlying problem of too much debt, or else they would give money to the people to pay down their debt. They are not paying down or even addressing our over-leveraged state.
- Our politician's solutions #3. Our politicians are instead trying to lower the interest rate on everyone's debt while leaving the debt basically the same, which (1) does not cure the underlying disease ; (2) inevitably will lead to problems down the road when interest rates naturally pick up again while the debt is still there ; (3) provides huge amounts of indirect bail out money to Wall Street, who owns a lot of the securities our politicians are buying to bring rates down in the 1st place.
- Our politician's solutions #4. Our politicians are encouraging us to borrow more, with proposals like interest deductability on auto and motorcycle loans.
- Need exponential debt growth just to maintain GDP, b/c flat debt removes 20% of spending. The only way we can paper this over is to keep growing the debt at its exponential pace. If we simply hold debt constant, 20% of our spending goes away, which will cause the debt default cascade anyways. There is no middle ground here.
- We will completely destroy our economy within 20 years if we keep this up. If we keep growing debt exponentially, in 20 years we will have so much debt that mathematically, we will be completely unable to service that debt. We will grow our debt from $52T to over $350T, or $2.6M for every household in our country.
The Graphs
Debt bubbles in US and Australia (source)
debt bubble - Debt bubbles in Ireland, UK, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium,
Portugal, Austria, Denmark, US, Japan, Luxembourg, Italy, Spain, Switzerland (source)
debt bubbles were built on leveraged betting on global housing bubbles (source, source, source, source, source)
Exponential trend in Australian and US Debt,
respectively (source, source)
Where US debt will go to by 2027 if this continues - $350T+ (source)
Australian debt was leveraged speculation on home prices, but other debt forms
caught on too (source)
Debt is growing ever larger even in Australia as a % of income (same is true in
US) (source)
We borrowed ever larger amounts purely to consume via home equity loans and
credit cards (source, source)
Debt servicing burden for Australians are growing (source)
We in the US, as well as Japan, Australia, and the UK are not saving anything,
and this is unprecedented (source, source, source)
Debt growth's contribution to GDP is now too big to even have a period of no
debt growth (source, source)
Debt is clearly growing faster than anything else (source, source)


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by Len Lear
Miles Orvell, a resident of Chestnut Hill for the past 23 years, is a brilliant professor and scholar. He earned an undergraduate degree from Columbia University (1964) and a Ph.D. from Harvard University in English and American Literature in 1970, and he came to Temple University for his first job out of graduate school in 1969 when he was 25. Although he has authored highly acclaimed books since then and could have easily moved on to one of the nation's most prestigious universities, Orvell is still at Temple 43 years later.
Orvell's wife, Gabriella Ibieta, was born on the fourth of July in Havana, Cuba. She teaches comparative literature and humanities at Drexel. Their daughter, Ariana, just graduated from Columbia University and is now doing "Teach for America" at a school in Manhattan. She was an Urban Studies major at Columbia, and Orvell used her senior thesis in his just-published (last month) book, "The Death and Life of Main Street: Small Towns in American Memory, Space and Community" (University of North Carolina Press). The Orvells' son, Dylan, is at Drexel University but is on leave now and is an emerging EDM (Electronic Dance Music) producer in Philadelphia.
Last week the Local posed a series of questions to Orvell, and the questions and his answers follow:
•Local: Since you could have certainly gone elsewhere over the years, what made you stay so long at Temple?
•Orvell: Is it so long? Seems like yesterday when I arrived at a lively, friendly department filled with interesting people. I found I liked it at Temple, liked the students, the place, the freedom to develop within the new American Studies Program that was founded shortly after I arrived. Then when I married 25 years ago, our lives seemed glued to Philadelphia, where we both worked. Temple students are serious and hard-working, and I love them. Temple's a dynamic institution committed to the region, and I love that too.
•Local: You have written about the extreme contradictions in the U.S. between wealth and poverty, city and small town, etc. What do these contradictions say about our history, our politics and the American people?
•Orvell: I like to avoid generalizing about America, because it is such a diverse country politically, regionally and so forth. My 'Main Street' book was written, nevertheless, with a sense that there are some things that hold us together, the deep and binding myths that we share, among them the myth of community that we see embodied in Main Street and the small town. In my book, I try to examine this myth critically in terms of the actual history of small town America and in terms of the ideology of Main Street that is still so powerful … the small town is a mirror of the class divisions and social divisions in American society. People like to think they get along on Main Street, but they also are very fussy about where they live in town and who lives next to them. In a way that fussiness (what a mild term!) characterizes the polarities of American society on the grander scale. People get nervous when "class" is discussed in the U.S., because we pretend there's an American Dream (our official religion) that allows us all to be wealthy. That's a convenient mythology that keeps people going, but we all know it's not true. A few people get wealthy; most don't. It's been interesting to see in this presidential election how frank the candidates have dared to be (sometimes in private) about the divisions and class antagonisms that are foundational to American society.
•Local: How will reading "Main Street" change how we big city folk think about small towns?
•Orvell: I think people who live in big cities, as I have all my life, will see that Main Street is an idea that has had a profound impact on everyone's life, wherever they live. In material terms it's also something that has pervaded urban space for the last 30 years or so. I spend a good part of the book talking about how the ideal of the small town has been imported (via New Urbanism) into the city — in the inner city redevelopment of Philadelphia and other cities and in the creation of consumer spaces that mimic the ideal of the festive small town and Main Street. Cities have always been based on neighborhoods, and the neighborhood itself can often function like a small town. So the division between small town and city, while real and meaningful, is also not as ironclad as one might at first think.
•Local: What is it about Flannery O'Connor that prompted you to write and research so much about her? Would you place her in the pantheon of great American novelists?
•Orvell: I was fascinated by O'Connor's short stories when I encountered them in graduate school because I couldn't understand them. I found that no one else seemed to understand them either. She's a Catholic writer, but she writes like a fundamentalist, and her religious dimensions, while all-pervasive, are oblique and disguised in a comic mode that is enormously engaging and sometimes terrifying in its reach into average moral problems. I wrote my book (based on my dissertation) in order to "explain" O'Connor, once and for all. While I was writing, the first full-length study came out, so mine was the second book. I was obviously deluded in thinking that there wasn't that much to say about O'Connor and that I had basically said it all, since there are now probably 40 books on her.
•Local: What are some of your other scholarly interests?
•Orvell: Another long-standing interest is photography, and I've taught the history of photography at Temple for many years. I could never find a book I liked for that course, so I wrote one myself, called "American Photography" (in the Oxford History of Art series). And I've written many other essays on photography over the years … The other big thing I've done, which occupied the years from 1996 to 2011, was editing the Encyclopedia of American Studies. This was a project I got involved in through the American Studies Association, and I became Senior Editor of the book project. Then when we went online I became Editor in Chief for about eight years.
•Local: Of all your books, do you have a favorite?
•Orvell: Books are like children. Impossible to have favorites, you love them all, and in my case, they're all different. I generally don't like to look back once I've finished a book, but sometimes if I'm forced to dip into it for some reason and read a few pages, I wonder who in the world could have written this? How did the words come onto the page? Writing is a kind of mystery in that sense, that you don't premeditate exactly, you let it flow … Of course the computer has changed so much in writing that now I feel that I write almost as part of a larger community, almost a universe, of writers, data, information, all instantly available. There's a sense of connection with the infinity of texts that is new in writing.
•Local: How have your students changed over the past 43 years? Do you see yourself retiring anytime in the relatively near future?
•Orvell: My students at Temple have changed demographically over the years, but I've always encountered superb students … And I love working with graduate students in English, directing dissertations and helping them discover the shape and substance of what they want to say. I don't have any retirement plans, not yet. I still love teaching, partly because of the dialogue and partly because it's a captive audience that is not exactly an incarcerated one.
•Local: Why did you choose to live in Chestnut Hill 23 years ago, and why have you stayed here?
•Orvell: We liked Germantown Avenue, we liked being able to walk from our home to the center of Chestnut Hill … I've taken to using a bike as much as possible to get around except when I walk the dog. And of course, being near the Wissahickon Valley is an incredible privilege for people who live here, and I've been getting down there regularly. And, frankly, we love our street and our house because we like living in history; we like living in a place that has endured and the architectural character of the place; well, everyone knows this. What I discovered in researching "Main Street" and getting a bit into the history of Chestnut Hill is how it all evolved in the 1950s, and that's something I had fun writing about in "The Death and Life of Main Street." In fact, I use Chestnut Hill as a paradigm of how a town can reinvent itself.


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What is Kal Sarpa Dosha?
When all the planets are placed in between Rahu and Ketu in a Horoscope, then a Kal Sarp Dosha or Yoga is formed.
The person having Kal Sarpa Dosha [Yoga] will have to face difficulties to lead a happy life. He/she may have problems in married life, Financial losses and invariant health problems, not getting children, Job problems and many more. The Kal Sarp Dosha can be cured by worshiping to Lord Shiva at some of the significant places of Mahadeva, Srikalahasti is one of them.
Here we give the details about Kaal Sarp Dosh Puja at Sri Kalahasti
Uniqueness of Sri Kalahasteeswara Swamy at Sri Kalahasti Temple:
The Uniqueness of the Idol at Sree Kalahasthi Temple is that Lord Siva manifested here having all the 27 Nakshatras (stars) and 9 Rashis in his Kavacham.
Sri Kalahasti temple is the only temple which remains open during Grahanam (Solar and Lunar Eclipse) also.
Even Priests also never touches the Sivalingam here with hands.
Rahu Kethu Pooja / Sarpa dosha Puja
Rahu Ketu Sarpdosha Puja is performed in order to minimize the ill effects of this Dosha / yoga. Thousands of devotees perform this Pooja in Srikalahasti and gets the expected results.
The Pooja in Srikalahasti:
The Rahu ketu Pooja is completed in 30 to 40 minutes, and it is will be fine if performed during Rahu kalam.
Unlike other pooja which consist of Homa, Hawana (fire ceremony), this Rahu Ketu Dosh Nivran Pooja is done by chanting mantras for two metal snake strips that represent Rahu and Kethu.
Mantra recitations and Puja is done by Sankalpa of the person's Gotra and Janma Nakshatra.
No need to discard your cloths or having a bath after the pooja. You can go with the same cloths.
Puja Samagri: Two metal image of Rahu and Ketu, Laddu-Vada Prasadam, Flowers (from a different counter), Vermillion (sindoor) and Turmeric (haldi)
Good result can be acquired by performing Kaal Sarpa Dosha Nivarani pooja if performed twice in a year, once in the Dakshinayanam (July 15th to Jan 15th, night time for the Celestials) and once in Uttarayanam (Jan 15th to July 15th, day time for the Celestials).
If possible perform "Rudhra Abhishekam" after completing the Kaal Sarpa Dosha Nivarani Pooja.
Kaal Sarp Dosh Puja Rates:
For Rs: 300/ This puja is performed in a hall out side the temple premises.
For Rs: 750/- pooja is performed near the main temple premises in an A/C hall which has Siva Sannidhi inside.
For Rs: 1500/-Rahu Kethu puja is performed inside the temple premises.
For Rs: 2500/ VIP Ticket Rahu Ketu pooja is performed inside the temple premises.
For all these Tickets 1 + 1 Adult with One Kid is allowed
Temple Timing:
Sri Kalahastiswara Swamy Temple is remained open during 5.30 A.M to 8.30 P.M
Do's and Dont's after performing the Kaal Sarp Dosha Puja
Take a head bath before performing the pooja.
Females should perform the pooja before or after eight days of Menstruation.
Consult a good Astrologer and seek the guidance to perform the pooja according to your Janma Nakshathra.
Do not visit Friends or Relatives house on the way back to your home after Rahu Ketu Pooja.
Pregnant ladies should not perform the Dosha Nivarana poojas in the temple. Avoid visiting temples where any type of Dosha Nivaran Pooja are performed.
Do not offer Sastanga Namaskara in any Naga Devatha temple.
Do not visit the Temple with oiled hair.
Sri Kalahasthi Swamy Temple Address:
Sri Kalahasteeswara Swamy Vari Devasthanam,
Sri Kalahasti,
Chittor District,
Andhra Pradesh-517644
Contact Telephone Numbers: 08578-222240,221336, 9885974050
Contact the temple authorities during the Temple Timings 6:00am to 9:00pm only.


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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is Back on the App Store... and It's Hungry
I was working in a now-defunct bookstore when Pride and Prejudice and Zombies was released on an unsuspecting public. I don't have precise figures but I can say with certainty that the book sold like mad. It was a combination of a small publisher doing a somewhat limited run, and a level of consumer interest that not many predicted. People love Victorian zombies, apparently. Who knew?
A year after the novel's release, a side-scrolling game based on the twisted tale made its way on to the App Store. But Quirk Books isn't done with the iOS platform yet. Oh no. Not by a long shot. Now the literary "classic" has been given new life (*rimshot*) in the form of an illustrated, interactive eBook.
This isn't any regular old eBook, mind. It's full of interactive (and incredibly gory) illustrations and features an original score and sound effects. Sounds awesome, yes? Well there's more. Not only can users enjoy all manner of zombie-centric animated illustrations as they read this unexpectedly popular story, they can also read the entire original Austin text by flipping their device upside-down. Even more interesting (and excessive), tilting the device on its side will simultaneously display both the interactive zombie-infested re-imagining and the literary classic at the same time.
Anyone who might have held off on reading this most interesting interpretation, but still wants to, should definitely have a look-see at Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Interactive eBook. It's absolutely stuffed with content and at $4.99 (for a limited time) it's currently almost half of the physical tome's price.


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Six years ago, music video superstars Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris took a break from making clips for Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Smashing Pumpkins and R.E.M. to direct their first feature film. That indie dramedy, titled Little Miss Sunshine, went on to gross more than $100 million at the box office and locked down four Academy Award nominations.
After a good long rest, the husband-and-wife duo have returned with a follow-up film, the magical-realist romance Ruby Sparks. This increasingly dark comedy relates the story of a burned-out young novelist named Calvin (Paul Dano) who types up a story about the perfect girlfriend (Zoe Kazan, Revolutionary Road)—only to find her coming to life in the flesh. The Pygmalion-esque script by Ms. Kazan (who happens to be Dano's real-life partner) mixes the existential melancholy of a Charlie Kaufman movie (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Being John Malkovich, Adaptation.) with the free-spirited romance of a Zooey Deschanel comedy.
The Alibi chatted with Dayton and Faris about the long road from MTV's "The Cutting Edge" to their second feature film.
You two worked with Paul Dano on Little Miss Sunshine, but he didn't really get to speak in that film since his character had taken a vow of silence. Did you feel you owed him another movie because of that?
JD: [Laughs.] That's exactly it.
VF: [Laughs.] We have a certain quota of words.
JD: Yeah. We paid for all these words that we didn't get to use. ... No. We loved working with everyone on that film, and we've been eager to work with them since. We've talked to Steve Carell about a couple of projects over the years. When this came to us, and Paul and Zoe were attached to the script, we were really excited to work with him again.
Did they send the script to you and ask if you wanted to get involved?
JD: Yeah. They were working with two of the producers from Little Miss Sunshine. And so they came to us with this package.
A little hard to turn down at that point?
JD: Yeah!
VF: It was nice because it was actually a lot of people that we knew well, and it felt like a very good situation. And then, of course, Fox Searchlight [distributors of Little Miss Sunshine] got involved, which made it even more homey. It's nice to work with people you know and who trust you. Fox Searchlight gave us final cut on the film, which is a fairly rare thing.
A lot of the actors in Little Miss Sunshine went on to do big stuff. Almost immediately after, Paul Dano co-starred in There Will Be Blood. Did you see him grow as an actor because of those intermediate experiences?
JD: Yeah. I mean, Paul was an amazing actor when we first worked with him. He's more mature [now], I think. As you say, on this, he was able to talk. He's a very good physical actor and a good comedic actor. He's just a natural.
VF: But he's also not afraid. Maybe this is, in one way, how he's different—although [2001's] L.I.E. was a very tough role—he likes a challenge. He likes to take a character to the far reaches. He's really into exploring and experimenting.
You knew Paul, obviously, but did you know Zoe?
JD: We had met Zoe. He brought her over to our house, and we were very intrigued by her. We had seen her in a few things, but this was obviously a much bigger role than she had ever done.
VF: Especially as writer and actress.
JD: But it felt like the right thing, and we liked the idea that we would have these two actors that you don't normally expect to star in a romantic comedy. It felt like a fresh place to start.
Zoe wrote the script herself. But in a lot of ways, her title character is a hard role to cast, because she's supposed to be the perfect fictional woman. How did you make sure that would come across in the film?
JD: Well, what we liked was that she was Calvin's dream girl, not the dream girl for every man in the world. He chose a very particular kind of person who would challenge him. You know, when they first meet in the park, she's not interested in writing. She doesn't even know who F. Scott Fitzgerald is. So he, by design, makes someone who is gonna give him a hard time. Which, in a way, made me like Calvin more.
VF: She's not just this plaything that's gonna worship him.
JD: But Zoe, as a writer, really focussed, as we all did, on the needs of the story. It wasn't really about her creating a vehicle or writing scenes that she wanted to act out. I think we all really agreed we were going to tell the story and take it to places that felt right to us and were challenging.
I think this may be the first time in the history of movies in which a real-life couple has ended up directing another real-life couple.
JD: It was a very meta moment. But it brought certain benefits. Certainly all of us cared a lot and were all very invested in the movie, and came to the set every day very eager to give our best. I think it also freed the actors—it freed all of us—to really push it. The film goes to places you don't normally see in movies. It has its darker moments. It was a very supportive, trusting set. Having two actors that we knew well and who wanted to go for it allowed us to really explore those scenes.
VF: They respect each other and trust each other. In fact, I would say, between the four of us, there's a level of trust that makes all those explorations just more possible.
It was six years ago that you had your huge success with Little Miss Sunshine. Do you think the environment has gotten tougher for independent film since then?
JD: Sadly, yes. We got so many offers over the years after Little Miss Sunshine. There were films that we liked and were eager to make, but for various reasons they didn't happen. This film came together very quickly and we were very lucky to get Searchlight to stand behind it. But it was the same budget range as Little Miss Sunshine, the same shooting schedule. So, despite the success of that movie, we're back with a movie that costs the same amount.
VF: The other thing that, I think, has really taken a toll on the independent film business is DVD sales, the lost revenue from DVD sales. Because that's really how you could finance films like this. So it's harder. Without the guarantee of a franchise or a best-selling book behind it, it's just harder to get original films made. But we're gonna keep trying.


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Workers' Compensation Fraud
Workers' Compensation Fraud
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Form to Report Insurance Fraud
The law makes it a felony to commit workers' compensation fraud. What types of fraud can occur?
Claimant Fraud - This occurs when an employee or employer lies to obtain or deny benefits that are required by law. Examples would be to lie about how an injury occurred, the extent of their injury, or the employment status of an employee at the time of injury.
Medical Provider Fraud - This occurs when a medical provider submits bills for services never rendered, or embellishes the services actually provided with intent to be paid.
Premium Fraud - This is where an employer lies about his payroll, experience modification, or classification of his employees. All for the purpose of paying less premium than required.
Uninsured Employers - This occurs when an employer fails to provide workers compensation insurance to cover his employees.
Yolo County District Attorney Jeff W. Reisig believes in a fair market place. Through the efforts of his Insurance Fraud Unit, efforts are made to identify, investigate, and prosecute offenders for workers' compensation fraud. Great strides have been made with recent workers' compensation reform, but there are those that would look for a free ride and attempt to get benefits that they are not otherwise entitled to receive.
The cost of doing business in Yolo County is impacted by the cost of labor and the necessary insurance to cover employees in the event they are injured on the job. When fraud is introduced, it negatively impacts the entire county, as it raises the cost that we would otherwise have to pay for goods and services. Employers often attempt to skirt workers' compensation laws by denying they have employees, or wrongly classifying their employees as sub-contractors.
The fact is, a sub-contractor has to be a bonafide business, with its own licenses and insurance to cover its employees. Those that pay under the table, without withholding the necessary taxes, are committing a felony and become personally liable for the taxes the employer fails to collect.
Furthermore, the property owner is exposed to liability, when they allow a person or business to work on their property who isn't covered by workers' compensation insurance. If their employee is hurt, the property owner can be sued.
It is wise to check your potential business out. Do they have a municipal business license? Are they licensed through the Contractor's State Licensing Board? Do they have a bond? Do they keep and maintain workers' compensation insurance for their employees or sub-contractor's employees?
What if they claim to be a partnership? Does their advertising claim to be a partnership? Are they registered with the Secretary of State? Are both of their names on the municipal business license? Do they have a fictitious business name filing that identifies each of them as an owner? In the absence of any or all of these, you may not have a bonafide partnership. As such, should the non-interested business partner be injured on the job, the property owner could be liable.
Who should you call? When referring a concern to the District Attorney's Office, you can call:
Investigator Paul Hillegass at 530-666-8442
Citizens may remain anonymous, but keep in mind, the investigation process is more expeditious when we can verify the reliability of the person making the complaint and how it is they know what they know.
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Macaroni & Cheese Pizza
Total TimePrep: 30 min. Bake: 10 min.
Makes8 servings
- 1 package (7-1/4 ounces) macaroni and cheese dinner mix
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1/2 pound bulk Italian sausage
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 can (4 ounces) mushroom stems and pieces, drained
- 1 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
- Prepare macaroni and cheese according to package directions; stir in eggs. Spread onto a greased 12-in. pizza pan. Bake at 375° for 10 minutes or until a thermometer reads 160°.
- Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook sausage and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain.
- In a small bowl, combine the tomato sauce, basil and oregano. Spread over macaroni mixture. Layer with sausage mixture, mushrooms and cheese. Bake for 10 minutes or until cheese is melted.
Nutrition Facts1 slice: 263 calories, 14g fat (7g saturated fat), 92mg cholesterol, 660mg sodium, 21g carbohydrate (4g sugars, 1g fiber), 13g protein.
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Dec 30, 2012
Kids loved! Fun. Must admit. I cheated and skipped sausage prep. Used pepperoni instead. Next time may try salsa and pepper jack cheese.
Feb 21, 2011
I was a little hesitant to make this(especially when I saw my husbands face after I told him about the recipe). But the kids (2 and 4) really liked it and my husband did eat 2 pieces too. I will only make it again for a kids party or something..not really an adult dish. I didnt add the onion cause my daughter doesnt like them, or the sausage but only because I dropped the whole plate of it on the floor:((.
Dec 10, 2010
good, casual eating fun. can be tweaked with other fave ingredients (olives,peppers). made me wish the kids were still at home.
Feb 23, 2009
My son LOVES Mac and Cheese. I made this for him and he loved it! As a tip: depending on the italian sausage it could get a little spicy for children, so you could use ground up pork or ground up hamburger and add italian seasonings instead.


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Sergio Marchionne to Serve as Campaign Chair for the United Way
DETROIT – Sergio Marchionne, Chairman and CEO of Chrysler Group LLC will serve as Campaign Chair for the United Way for Southeastern Michigan (UWSEM) 2012 campaign. As Campaign Chair, Marchionne will be the face and voice of the UWSEM fundraising and education efforts and will lead the recruitment of leaders within Southeast Michigan to serve as members of his cabinet, which will work to promote the growth and impact of the campaign among businesses and individuals.
Marchionne's tenure as Campaign Chair began on January 1 and concludes on December 31, 2012.
"Chrysler Group and the United Way have nurtured a longstanding relationship built upon the shared goal of contributing meaningfully and sustainably to people and communities in need," Marchionne said. " At the center of this strategy is the belief that we are all connected and must work to advance the common good -- we all succeed when a child succeeds in school, when families are financially stable, and when people and communities are healthy."
"As this year's Campaign Chair, Sergio Marchionne brings high-caliber thought leadership to our organization at a critical time," said Michael J. Brennan, President and CEO, United Way for Southeastern Michigan. "Both United Way and Chrysler Group have undergone dramatic transformations in recent years. We recognize the parallel need to transform the region through our mutual commitment to furthering the work of United Way's Agenda for Change impact areas—Education, Financial Stability and Basic Needs. We are very fortunate that Mr. Marchionne is leading the 2012 Campaign."
About Chrysler Group's longstanding partnership with the United Way
Chrysler Group's longstanding partnership with the United Way is focused on three key areas critical to long-term regional success:
1. Education – that people are ready to succeed
United Way has embarked on aggressive initiative to turn around high schools so that they graduate at least 80% of their students by 2018. The goal of UWSEM's Early Education initiative is to have 80% of children entering kindergarten ready to succeed.
2. Income – that people are financially self-sufficient and secure
United Way is increasing stability across the region by helping families become financially stable by providing pathways to jobs, financial coaching and access to benefits.
3. Basic Needs – that people are supported in times of crisis
United Way is helping to reducing hunger in target communities by connecting our region's organizations, individu¬als and families with the information and resources needed to increase access to quality nutritional food. The organization is helping 80,000 children access three meals per day through systematically increasing utilization of child-based food programs.
By focusing on these building blocks for a better life – Education, Income and Basic Needs – we build a stronger region, and a stronger future for our state.
In 2011, through the generosity of Chrysler Group employee pledges, including UAW and CAW represented employees, more than $4.6 million was donated to United Way campaigns in the U.S. and in Canada. In addition, during the year hundreds of Chrysler Group employees volunteered thousands of hours to support United Way agencies and activities - from Pontiac to Detroit, Warren, Fraser and more communities in the state where their time and resources were needed to help others.
About United Way of Southeastern Michigan
United Way for Southeastern Michigan mobilizes the caring power of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties to improve lives in measurable and lasting ways throughout the region. The organization is led by a diverse group of volunteers from business, labor, government, human services, education and the community. United Way provides opportunities to invest in the metropolitan Detroit community through its annual Campaign and is a leader in convening partners to impact local residents each year by increasing economic self-sufficiency, protecting children and youth at risk, strengthening families, empowering neighborhoods and communities, and promoting health and wellness. Additional information is available at www.LiveUnitedSEM.org.
About Chrysler Group LLC
Chrysler Group LLC, formed in 2009 to establish a global strategic alliance with Fiat S.p.A., produces Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Ram, Mopar, SRT and Fiat vehicles and products. With the resources, technology and worldwide distribution network required to compete on a global scale, the alliance builds on Chrysler Group's culture of innovation, first established by Walter P. Chrysler in 1925, and Fiat's complementary technology that dates back to its founding in 1899.


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How to wear cufflinks
Every man should have a pair of cufflinks in his wardrobe. Cufflinks are an opportunity for a man to add more personality to his style, but maybe it's not always easy to figure out when and how to use them. Therefore, we have compiled a guide for you here.
Cufflinks appeared in the 1800's, where shirts were very heavy and stiff, and it was difficult to button the sleeves with a normal button. Therefore, it was popular to use cufflinks and this continued right up to the 1970's. Here cufflinks disappeared as the hippie movement wanted a regular button and would not radiate extravagance with cufflinks. Today, they have happily returned to the modern man's wardrobe and style.
Formal occasions
The obvious occasion for cufflinks is a formal occasion such as a wedding or an event that requires black tie or white tie. For such occasions it is given that cufflinks are a part of the dress.
When you wear black tie or a tuxedo, it will be a good idea to go with some simple cufflinks, which gives a classic look. For example, choose some in silver or in a solid color. For white tie the dress code is usually very strict and you should also be a little more careful with cufflinks. Here, a good and safe choice is cufflinks made from mother of pearl, which can be quite expensive. If this is too expensive, you can go for something that has the same style or color as mother of pearl, as it offers a sophisticated and classic look.
At the office
At the office it is not very common to use cufflinks every day, but if there's a special occasion at the office, they can be a great addition to your outfit.
If you would like to wear cufflinks at the office, we have a piece of advice to do it stylishly; always use a solid color shirt, such as white or light blue. If you choose a white shirt, you can be a little more creative with cufflinks and maybe choose something with color, gemstones or a subtle pattern.
If you instead choose a colored shirt, hold the cufflinks in the same color, but you can choose to take a darker or lighter tone of color. For example if you choose a light blue shirt, you can choose dark blue cufflinks.
Casual events
You don't immediately think that you can use cufflinks to a casual outfit, but if you do it right, it's not a bad thing. Going to a social event, this will definitely give your outfit more personality. One way you can do that is by choosing a light blue shirt, a dark blue blazer, casual pants such as chinos, and silver cufflinks. This is very subtle, yet it gives your outfit an upgrade. There is one rule that you never put cufflinks and jeans together so avoid this at all cost with a casual look.
Tips for cufflinks
There are a number of useful tips that we would like to let you in on:
- Don't use cufflinks without a blazer
- Don't use too bright colors and patterns - Use understated buttons or none
- Always match tie or bow tie with your cufflinks
- Remember that the decorative side facing outward and the lock towards you
- Put the cufflinks in before putting the shirt on, so you don't have to stand and hassle of closing the lock with one hand. Most should be able to get their hand through the sleeve with the cuffs in
- Gold and silver cufflinks are considered as neutral and can be used for most occasions
Find the right shirt
Not all shirts are intended to have cufflinks on, so make sure your shirt can be used for this. Find a shirt intended for cufflinks, these are often categorized as formal clothing. You can see a small selection of Bertoni shirts with the possible addition of cufflinks down below.


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Documentation & maintenance of documentation is one of the hardest and important activities in Project Management. Hundreds of plans, mails, progress tracking, change requests, document updates, contract documents, etc are few examples of documentation events in project life cycle. There are three main formats used to represent information in documents.
1. Text format – This is most used format as we are trained to write paragraphs & pages from our childhood.
2. Tabular format – This is used when a matrix or log type of information representation is required i.e. responsibility matrix, risk log.
3. Tree hierarchical format – This type is used to depict whenever parent-child relationship exists between different elements. This is the prevalent type used in all "Breakdown Structures". If you analyze you can see, basic structures built-in Mind mapping is very much tree hierarchical in nature. That's why Mind Mapping technique can be used directly into your project documentation.
Breakdown structures
Breakdown structures are important document formats throughout Project Management Life Cycle. One can see Work BS, Resource BS, Risk BS, Organizational BS used in most of the Project.
Breakdown structures follow the general principle of life –
"What you think as a big & unachievable can be achieved by breaking it down into smaller pieces & successfully finishing all smaller pieces leads to completion of the big".
I like to give simple and effective example here. You are about to have a big buffet lunch. If you think of eating all in one stretch, then it is surely unachievable. You are finishing that tasty feast by eating one mouth at a time.
In Project Management, Breakdown structures are hierarchical representation of information based on certain broad element at the higher level and detailing it out in the descending levels (This is what you do exactly in Mind Mapping too!). A breakdown structure has nodes that represent some text attached to it that conveys some specific information. Nodes are connected with branches in a parent-child tree structure that follows parent = sum of all children rule.
Few other general design principles applies to breakdown structures like 1) 100% Rule 2) Mutual exclusive elements 3) Level of detail. Here are few commonly used breakdown structures and their explanations.
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) – The WBS is a hierarchical decomposition of the total scope of work to be carried out by the project team to accomplish the project objectives and create the required deliverables.
Resource Breakdown Structure (RBS) – The resource breakdown structure is a hierarchical representation of resources by category and type.
Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS) – A hierarchical representation of the project organization that illustrates the relationship between project activities and the organizational units that will perform those activities.
Risk Breakdown Structure (RBS) – A hierarchical representation of risks according to their risk categories.


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With "42" upcoming this weekend, I thought that it might be a good time to ask about biopics. Biographical movies… those films that tell the story of historical figures and actual people.
Whether they're biographies of political figures, such as "The Iron Lady", "J. Edgar", or "Nixon", sports figures, such as "Cobb", "The Babe" or "Ali", or musicians, such as "Ray" or "The Doors", Hollywood has mined the lives of the famous and the historically important for stories ever since they began making movies.
It doesn't have to be limited to a birth to death straight up biography, either. Recent films such as "Hitchcock", "Lincoln" and "Moneyball" which tell the true story of a brief period in someone's life are fine as well. (although I reserve the right to use "What's YOUR Favorite Movie Based on a True Story?" in the future 😉 )
So what's YOUR favorite? Is it Kingsley's "Gandhi"? Or Denzel Washington's "Malcolm X"? There are movies you wouldn't think of right away that should be considered… "Goodfellas" is pretty much a biopic of Henry Hill, and "Braveheart" is based on the life of William Wallace.
There's plenty to choose from, but here's a listing on Wikipedia if you need help!
Let's hear it! What's YOUR favorite biopic?!


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At CRS, we're so confident of our refurbished Apple computer products that we offer a 'No Quibble' guarantee, as well as a 12-month hardware warranty. So if for any reason you're not completely satisfied with your refurbished MacBook, iMac or iPhone you can return it to us within 30 days of purchase and receive a full refund. No quibbles.
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NEWMARKET — Town voters will decide on a slate of pivotal issues this spring, including questions of whether to authorize $14.1 million for a new wastewater treatment facility and approve new contracts with police officers and teachers.
The town's first deliberative session to finalize warrant articles will be held at Newmarket High School today. Articles on the town warrant will be discussed beginning at 10 a.m.
The session will consist of an explanation, discussion and debate of each warrant article. Voters will also be able to propose, debate and adopt amendments to each article, except those that rely on wording created by the state, according to information provided by the town.
Perhaps the most significant issue on the ballot this year is an article asking voters if they favor raising funds to pay for the wastewater treatment facility and Creighton Street Pump Station.
Newmarket has an antiquated wastewater treatment plant. It's facing the prospect of designing and building a new facility to meet stricter new nitrogen discharge standards imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency.
An article authorizing the funds has been recommended unanimously by the Town Council and the Municipal Budget Committee. It requires approval from two thirds of voters in March to be adopted.
Also up for discussion today is an article that regarding issuance of $2.5 million for development of the Macintosh Well, to include electric service, wellhead development, piping and the purchase of land.
Another article pertains to authorizing the town's fiscal 2014 operating budget. The article proposes setting the annual town budget at close to $9.1 million. If the budget is rejected, a default budget of $9.2 million from last year would go into effect. The Town Council could also hold one special meeting for the purpose of creating a revised budget.
Other warrant articles being put to voters this year concern a new police contract, creation of a $40,000 fund for an upcoming revaluation, and creation of a commission to review the town's municipal charter.
After town matters are discussed in the morning, a separate meeting will take place at 1 p.m. at Newmarket Junior/Senior High School for warrant articles pertaining to the schools.
The first article on the school warrant asks voters to weigh in on the proposed fiscal 2014 budget. The school board had proposed a $14.8 million operating budget — an increase of 2.84 percent over last year. The figure was reduced by $70,000 in January by a municipal budget committee.
The warrant article on the table provides $14.7 million. The School Board is recommending against the article, after already proposing a budget that cut the equivalent of 5.5 staff positions.
Article 2 asks voters if they approve raising and appropriating $706,907 to set aside for construction of a new school building and/or renovation of existing buildings for fire and life safety code compliance. The money would go into a capital reserve fund established in 2012.
In March 2011 voters also approved $200,000 as a first step in a four-year plan for work to address issues at the high school. The money paid for architectural and engineering designs, construction of a code compliant maintenance and storage building, door lock repairs, and other upgrades, according to information provided by the town.
Voters established a capital reserve fund for construction of a new school building and renovation of existing buildings last year. The town appropriated $769,270 to fund it.
The additional funding requested this year in Article 2 would pay for the third of four years of improvement work at the school, according to information provided by the town.
Article 3 deals with a new contract for school teachers. The Newmarket School Board and the Newmarket Teacher's Association ratified a new three-year collective bargaining agreement on Jan. 7, after a lengthy impasse. The agreement calls for combined salary increases of 6.9 percent over three years.
Article 12 asks voters if they want the Newmarket School Board to continue discussions with their counterparts in the Oyster River Cooperative School District regarding sending local high school students to study in Oyster River schools.
Preliminary discussions have already been taking place, driven by a space crunch in Newmarket, and the need for renovations at the existing Newmarket Junior/Senior High School. The outcome of the vote on article 12 is non-binding, and any tuition agreement with Oyster River will be presented to voters for final approval.
Other measures on the table would create a utility expenses capital reserve fund, aimed at helping to mitigate the effects of spikes in fuel prices, and stipulate that any surplus funds from this fiscal year should be distributed equally to the school district's four trust funds, with the amounts paid to those funds not to exceed $50,000 each.


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3 Februari 2010
T-50 Golden Eagle when arrived in Singapore 2008 (photo : Flight Global)
Singapore's choice of an advanced jet training system is due next month and could be crucial to the future export prospects of Italy's M-346 Master and Korea's T-50 Golden Eagle. These dissimilar training jets have been bid here by rival prime contractors, ST Aero and Lockheed Martin, respectively. The decision here is likely to influence the United Arab Emirates, which notably failed last November to confirm its previously announced selection of the M-346 over the T-50.
The difference between these two evaluations is that Singapore will contract for a total training system, including simulators and classroom trainers. The UAE is selecting an aircraft and will then hold a separate competition for a training systems provider.
Lockheed Martin is already providing the basic wings course to the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) under a turnkey, private finance contract awarded in late 2006. The first RSAF students have graduated from their 12-month course, which starts in Singapore with classroom tuition and moves to Pearce airbase in Australia for flying instruction on the Pilatus PC-21 and two full mission simulators. "We have done 7,000 hours in our first full year, and the 19 aircraft have demonstrated an unprecedented reliability rate of 98 percent,"
Jim Weitzel, vice president flight solutions for Lockheed Martin Simulation, Training and Support (LMSTS) told AIN.
The very different characteristics of the M-346 and the T-50 are again on view here in Singapore, as at many recent aerospace shows. The M-346 is a subsonic, twin-engine design, whereas the T-50 is a supersonic single-engine machine. "We believe that the T-50 is a mature design that offers much greater synergy with future combat aircraft, such as the F-35," said Weitzel. He noted that the latest avionics that Korea Aerospace Industries is incorporating into the new FA-50 version could be available for the T-50, if selected here.
ST Aero is fronting Alenia Aermacchi's bid of the M-346 to Singapore, but declined to comment for this article. Its role is apparently limited to providing the in-service support for the airplanes (one that it would also perform for the T-50, as a subcontractor, if LMSTS was declared the winner here). The ground-based training system to support the M-346 would be provided by Boeing's Training Systems and Services division, which is a third partner to ST Aero and Alenia Aermacchi.
Boeing and Alenia Aermacchi announced a long-term partnership for pilot training a few years ago.
Both contenders for this significant contract were required to nominate two alternate training bases outside Singapore should the RSAF elect not to continue using Cazaux, France, for its fighter wings course. The service currently bases a dozen TA-4S Skyhawks there, the remnants of a much larger combat jet fleet that was replaced by F-16s.


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The Ford Focus is a swell little car, and in ST guise it's a quick little SOB.
But there's a version that Ford hasn't been advertising... one with the V8 from the F150 Raptor. And it's cheap!
At least that's according to one Ford dealer, which is advertising a Focus with a 6.2 liter V8, FX4 off-road package, snow plow prep, and even 45 MPG. Click the ad to the right to get the full story.
If I had known about this car when I went to drive the Ford Fusion Hybrid yesterday, I would have had so many questions for the Ford guys!
(Hat Tip to Jonathan!)


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Community – What is it?
Community is something that is improperly defined with words alone. Community is best defined through first person experience. Community is a feeling and a sense more than it is a definition in "pick your dictionary here."
So how do you experience this thing we call the SQL Community (or SQLFamily as we have dubbed it)?
Let's examine that question next…
Experience the SQLFamily
The SQLFamily has been really good about putting itself out there and helping others. If you use twitter you may have become acquainted with the #sqlhelp hashtag. If you use twitter and participate in some of the discussions streaming nonstop from various corners of the family, you can see how quickly you might have been adopted into the family.
Still with the twitter theme, you might also see on frequent occasion something posted to the #sqlfamily hashtag. Personal news might be posted to this hashtag from time to time. In times of personal duress, the family comes together to show some strength. Though not as tough as what others may have posted, I saw this first hand last year when away from the family on business and my daughter had an almond experience of the third kind. You can read about that here.
Outside of twitter, the SQLFamily has been very progressive in getting more training out to the masses. This training comes in the form of SQL Saturday and PASS Summit. PASS Summit just wrapped up on November 9 and was a rather large family gathering.
At Summit, you may run into some princesses, some kilts, and maybe even some red lights along with all of those really big names that you see on twitter, the intertubes and so forth. Here is a bit of what I mean (all pictures used with permission by Pat Wright (twitter) and can also be found on his flickr stream here).
From the Princess (Rumor has it she will be starting a blog soon. This Princess has a name and it is Andrea Allred (twitter) ).
To a PASS Tradition – yes those are kilts.
Maybe even some flashing red lights (this might have been after SQL Karaoke)
And rounding it out with the Community Zone (I blogged about that here). You might recognize some of the SQLFamily here (Tim Ford (twitter), Sarah Strate (twitter), Allen Kinsel (twitter), Louis Davidson (twitter) in far background to name some of them).
And this was all from the Emerald City of Seattle. We will miss you next year Seattle as we visit Charlotte.
Community in the SQL world is not always about straight laced SQL and nerdery about the product we dearly love. But it is about relaxing and having a good time with your friends too. And when you are in this family – there are many friends. The family is very open and accepting. When they greet you, don't be surprised if they attempt to hug you – it's family.
Thanks to Chris Yates for hosting the TSQL Tuesday party this month. You can read the original invitation here. The rules for participation are in the invite. Check it out along with anybody else that may have submitted an entry this month.


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This was a custom kitchen remodeling project where we refaced the kitchen cabinets. The cabinets were refaced with Northern Contours Elegante II doors. The stain was done in Bisque.
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Developer Bohemia Interactive teams up with Got Game Entertainment to make sure all of us North Americans have the option to pick up ArmA II at retail next month.
While the sequel to the spiritual successor of the original Operation Flashpoint hits Steam this week, many of us still prefer the unique smell of a freshly opened game box, and Got Game Entertainment has us covered. July 7th marks the date we'll be able to purchase the game in stores, because North America is all important.
"North America is one of the most powerful and important markets in terms of a game's marketing and distribution," said Marek Spanel, Bohemia's CEO. Spanel continues "We were looking for responsible and credible partners who will focus on ARMA II with the kind of drive and enthusiasm that this huge project deserves. We feel Got Game Ent. will be the right partner for us and I believe together we will make ARMA II a success in North America."
He's probably just talking about Canada of course, but those of us in the U.S. are used to riding them coattails by now.
Kotaku AU Note: ArmA II will be released in Australia on August 20.


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The world's most catastrophic nuclear accident took place at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine on the 26th of April 1986. Today the area still remains radioactive and there is a 30 kilometer zone (known as the "Exclusion Zone" or "Zone of Alienation") that surrounds this Soviet nuclear power station where few venture inside. Taken in April of 2010 by Michael Larabel is a collection of high-resolution photographs from the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Site, Pripyat, Red Forest, and the surrounding areas within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone showing what it looks like twenty-four years after this horrific nuclear event.
Touring The Chernobyl Nuclear Accident Site In 2010: I just returned to the United States after being in Ukraine the past five days over Easter weekend. The purpose of this trip was to explore the site of the Chernobyl nuclear accident and surrounding areas -- Kyiv, Pripyat, the Red Forest, etc. Contrary to some initial beliefs, it was not an April Fools' Joke. Due to the great interest in Chernobyl among those interested in science and technology whether it be due to the fascination with nuclear power or finding Chernobyl popularized by video games, documentaries, and the like, I have published my collection of these photographs of Chernobyl showing what the area looks like in 2010 -- just days prior to the 24th anniversary of this catastrophic disaster -- along with some of my thoughts and information collected from this journey. Continue reading and see all photographs.
You can also jump directly to specific photo slideshows of the Chernobyl Reactor #4, Checkpoint Dytyatky, The Town of Chernobyl, The Town of Pripyat, An Abandoned School, Pripyat's Amusement Park, Pripyat's Swimming Pool, and Chernobyl's Red Forest.
Copyright © 2010 by Phoronix Media. All rights reserved.


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This story began last year in fact…
Some parts of this article were drafted in 2010 when Alyce and I met on the Net.
Click here to be reunited with us…
Florence Lagasse is Idala Lagasse's daughter and we see her in some pictures Alyce had sent me in 2010.
Alyce LaGasse was searching for her roots in 2000 and found them in 2010.
She had a lot of pictures but had no idea who most of the people were. She knew nothing about Florence who was her father's sister.
Little did she know back in 2010 that these old pictures she had would make other people find their own roots… and be able to see members of their family again.
If I only post this short article this week, it is because I am waiting for more information on Victor Robert Herbert, Florence Lagasse's husband.


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Escape Route
Let's go
And the world keeps spinning! [n*gga]
I feel like the world keeps spinning [Spinning]
And the world keeps spinning
It's like the world keeps winning
And to spite me the world keep grinning
[Verse 1]
I ain't trying to bother none
So how I end up bothersome?
Yeah you damn right I'm my father's son
Minus prison, minus over 20 years in the system
But don't take away the wisdom
Holy water won't cleanse him
Hardheaded, won't convince him
A n*gga wear pride like it's denim
f*ck who don't get along with me
I'm alright with everything that's wrong with me
And that's how it's going to be
That opinion is mine, motherf*cker, it belong to me
So get mad at it, half beast, half addict
Can halfass it and be better than rap bast*rds
Black 'matic, give me room asthmatic asthmatic
I spit high class acid, I'm positive, now that's magic
I'm trying to change sh*t like a Panther
Asking the right questions but getting the wrong answers
[Verse 2]
I could talk about how a n*gga trade slugs
Boast about, toast and what the .38 does
But a n*gga seen what happened to the fam of J-Hud
So I thank God for every morning I wake up
Wait up! I could front as if everything's fine
But my grandmother's dying, and shes 89
Older but her mind about as sharp as mine
If this world were mine I would rewind time
To a time when her heart didn't leak that fluid
She needs surgery, doctors talking stupid
Said "she already lived her life so she can afford to lose it"
Talking like their tools is useless
Ain't that some sh*t, she gotta approve it
Grandma ready to go, she'd rather them not do it
No matter how much it might hurt me
Another lesson learned, some fights ain't fight worthy
[Verse 3]
I'm waiting on a true revival
I'mma call you a coward if you alive and suicidal [WHY?]
Either be grateful for everything God said you supposed to get
Or pull the trigger and get over it
Hip Hop's Poster-Kid, all this weight on my back
But you ain't gotta spot me, I can shoulder it
Life's a rollercoaster, that ride gonna be easy
Why don't you believe me? My parents was high when they conceived me
Say I got a couple control issues
I disagree, I just like to control issues
My train of thought, my state of mind
Is I could change the world one state at a time
With the matters of every hater aligned
Got an agenda, I just feel like ya'll should cater to mine
Ideas brilliant, perservere, I'm resilient
Until the world change, I be right here chilling


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Bruce and Julie Radtke of Estherville along with Dale and Brenda Van Wyhe of Rock Valley are pleased to announce the engagement of their children Christine Radtke and Josh Van Wyhe. A June 16, 2012 wedding is being planned at the Estherville Lutheran Church in Estherville. A reception and dance will follow at the VFW in Estherville startng at 5 p.m.
Christine is employed at Avera Holy Family Hospital in housekeeping and Home Health. Josh is employed by Diamond Builders. Both are located in Estherville.
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Christine and Josh


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The Rolling Stones have given up on plans to release an album to coincide with their summer tour because front man Sir Mick Jagger is convinced fans don't want to hear new music live.
The band's last release was 2012 greatest hits album "GRRR!," which featured two new songs, and their last studio album was 2005′s "A Bigger Bang."
Jagger has revealed the rockers have been toying with the idea of making another record, but he fears fans now only want to hear the band's classic hits.
He tells USA Today, "It would be nice to have a new album, but people don't like the new album when you play it on stage. They glumly look at you. 'OK, it will be over in a minute.' It's not a good excuse, but it's the truth and has to be said."
However, guitarist Keith Richards hopes the front man will change his mind about a new record once the veteran musicians conclude their upcoming summer tour.
He adds, "The time to record a band is once they've been on the road a while so they're hot. We'll think about that while we're doing this (tour). The world needs more Stones records. So do I."
The band kicks off the 50 & Counting tour in California next month.


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Memorial and Gift Book Donations
|Gift books can be purchased for the library in memory or in honor of someone. They can be on any subject you choose in any price range.
|How can I purchase a memorial or gift book for the library?
|To purchase a gift book for the library, print and fill out the form provided below and return it in person or by mail to:
The person or group purchasing the gift book may choose to donate any amount of money for the purchase of one or more books. The average cost of an adult fiction or non-fiction book is around $30.00, so you may wish to plan your gift accordingly. You may also give an amount that can be used to purchase multiple books for our collection. Children's books are also a popular choice for memorials or gifts.
You may decide to make the gift book even more special by choosing a subject area that is/was of interest to the person being honored. We will then find a new book that will fit into our collection in that subject area that will be purchased with the amount of money donated.
When you purchase a gift book for the library, we will place a special book plate inside the front cover of each book that lists the name of the donor and the name of the person or people being honored or remembered. Also, cards will be sent to the person being honored or the family of those who are being memorialized to let them know of the donor's purchase for the library.
If you are interested in donating items other than books as a gift or memorial, or if you have any questions about donating, please contact the library at (740) 676-9421, or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Today marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S. release of the Sega Genesis, the game console that briefly put Sega on the video game hardware map.
Sega shook the very foundations of the newly reborn U.S. gaming industry on August 14th, 1989, when the Sega Genesis made its North American debut in New York and Los Angeles. Due to a trademark dispute, the console that was known as the Mega Drive to the rest of the known world was rechristened, the new name evoking conflicting notions of biblical import and small, balding British musicians.
While the Mega Drive trailed behind the Super Famicon and NEC's PC Engine in Japan, it gave the Super Nintendo a run for its money in the states, with titles starring big-name sports celebrities like Pat Riley, Joe Montana, and James "Buster" Douglas. Even the late Michael Jackson put in an appearance, saving the children of the world with his dance moves.
In 1991, the Genesis birthed Sonic the Hedgehog, one of the most recognizable and beloved video game characters in the world, despite a run of rather dismal games as of late.
The Genesis eventually gave under the weight of its own add-ons, with the Sega CD and 32X selling far worse than expected. Sega moved on to the Saturn and finally the Dreamcast, but they never quite recaptured the level of support they saw with the Genesis, eventually giving up the console business altogether.
A testament to cartridge-based console reliability, my original Sega Genesis sits on a shelf behind me, ready to be hooked up and played at a moment's notice. They just don't build them like that anymore.
Happy 20th, Sega Genesis! Long may your lovely red LED shine.


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Monday, February 25th, 2008
Ext Releases v2.0.2 with Adobe AIR Support
To coincide with the release of Adobe's AIR v1.0, the Ext team released v2.0.2 of the Ext framework with enhanced support for the new AIR runtime. The Ext and Adobe teams collaborated during the AIR beta process to ensure that support for the updated AIR API and security sandbox would be available to Ext users from day one.
To demonstrate Ext's AIR capabilities, founder Jack Slocum went about updating the Simple Tasks application he initially created during the early AIR beta process.
Making extensive use of the newly updated AIR API, the Ext team enhanced the Ext.air package to handle such functionality as:
- Managing native windows, event listeners and automatic state management for the windows.
- Use of the new synchronous database access introduced in AIR beta 3.
- Native drag and drop and clipboard access.
- Playing sounds.
- Minimizing AIR applications to the system tray.
Adding an icon to the system tray is now a trivial task as can be seen in this code sample:
- var win = new Ext.air.NativeWindow({
- id: 'mainWindow',
- instance: window.nativeWindow,
- // System tray config
- minimizeToTray: true,
- trayIcon: 'ext-air/resources/icons/extlogo16.png',
- trayTip: 'Simple Tasks',
- trayMenu : [{
- text: 'Open Simple Tasks',
- handler: function(){
- win.activate();
- }
- }, '-', {
- text: 'Exit',
- handler: function(){
- air.NativeApplication.nativeApplication.exit();
- }
- }]
- });
In addition to demonstrating AIR apis, Simple Tasks v2 also includes several advanced samples to demonstrate creating custom Ext components. These samples include:
ListTree – Allows for a hierarchical list of options, similar to a treeview, but within a drop-down listbox
Custom Grid Columns – Allows for grid columns to be represented as buttons or menus
Switch – Provides a collection of buttons, one of which can be "pressed†at a time. This is used as an alternative for radio buttons.
Ext v2.0.2 is immediately available for download as is Adobe AIR v1.0
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Xanthan Gum
What: Xanthan gum is a polysaccharide (class of carbohydrate), derived from Xanthomonas campestris (a plant bacteria), commonly used in cosmetics as a stabilizer to keep products from separating. This natural thickener is also used to create a gel-like consistency in cosmetics and can be added to certain foods, like salad dressing.(Wiki).
This thickening agent gets its name from the strain of bacteria used during the fermentation process, Xanthomonas campestris. Xanthan Gum is gluten-free.
Origin: Xanthan Gum is produced by the fermentation of glucose, sucrose, or lactose by the Xanthomonas campestris bacterium. After fermentation, the polysaccharide is precipitated from a growth medium with isopropyl alcohol, dried, and ground into a fine powder. It is then added to a liquid medium to form the gum.
Products Found In: Makeup, skincare, toothpaste, body care.
Alternate Names: Corn Sugar Gum; Xanthan; Polysaccharide B 1459
Toxicity: Tocopheryl Xanthan Gum is generally classified as nontoxic or harmful(EWG).


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Kenny Smith
|Etowah, Tenn. (McMinn Central HS)
2014 Track and Field: 4x400-meter relay team finished first at the Emory Crossplex Invitational (3:21.79)… Finished first with the 4x400-meter relay team at the A-Sun Indoor Championships crossing the line in 3:18.57… Contributed to the 4x400-meter relay team's time of 3:16.67 breaking the indoor school record… Finished first with 4x100-meter relay team at the Vanderbilt Black and Gold (42.11)… Won the 4x100-meter relay at the Georgia Invitational with a time of 42.55… Placed second at the A-Sun Outdoor Championships in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:14.19… Assisted in breaking the outdoor school record in the 4x400-meter relay (3:13.23).
2013 Track and Field: Finished fourth with a time of 3:21.31s in the 4x4 at the ETSU Niswonger Invitational 2013... His 4x4 final time of 3:24.14s at the TSU Invite earned him second place in the competition... Took home fifth at the Atlantic Sun Indoor Championships in the 4x4 with a time 3:24.19... Earned a fifth-place finish at the Vanderbilt Black and Gold Meet in the 4x1 finishing in 43.29s... At the Margaret Simmons Invitational he captured first place in the 4x1 crossing the line in 44.21s while also placing second in the 400m finishing in 50.93s... Snagged first place at the A-Sun Outdoor Championships with his performance in the 4x4 with a final time of 3:14.76s.
2012 Track and Field: Competed in his first meet representing Lipscomb at the MTSU Christmas Invitational where he placed fourth in the 4x400 yards finishing in 3:29.12s... He also set his personal best in the 55m crossing the line in 6.70s... Placed fifth at the Tennessee State Invitational in the 400m with a final time of 52.75s... Awarded second place at the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship for his performance in the 4x4 with a time of 3:19.28s where he also set his personal best in the 60m with a time of 7.27s... Posted a third-place time in the 4x1 finishing the race in 42.30s at the Rhodes Open... Competed at the A-Sun Outdoor Championships where he took home first in the 4x4 with a time of 3:13.97 and third in the 4x1 with a time of 41.01s.
Prep: Ran sprints for Brent Masingal at McMinn Central High School... MVP of the track team from 2008-11... Region champion in the 400m dash his senior year... In addition to four years of track competition, also played football for two seasons and ran cross country for one... Class salutatorian.
Personal: Son of Jerry and Beth Smith... Two sisters (Ashleye and Kendall) and one brother (Wes)... Twin brother of Kendall... Plans to major in pre-law... Chose Lipscomb because of the amazing campus and coaching staff... Goal is to one day be in the Secret Service.


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Welcome to this forum. Not too many rules here, but use common sense. But life has taught me that many people don't have common sense though, so I'll just say a few things:
no flaming: Self-explanatory. Any trolling and/or flaming will be dealt with under the scrutinous eye of your friendly neighborhood overlords, theSuburbanLetdown (myself) and Yeahduff (the harbinger of your doom). Listen to what we say, because we have the power to delete and edit things. *makes spooky hand gesture*
no porn: I want to keep this a place where people can browse the forum without the fear of seeing boobs and rod or other things of that nature. Anything you're not sure of, just put a warning that says "NSFW" which stands for "Not Safe for Work." And link it, don't use the image tags. This is standard protocol for Comic Genesis (formerly Keenspace) forums in general.
ignore the man behind the curtain: He's probably doing what you think he's doing, so it'd be in you best interest to leave him alone. Unless you like that kind of thing, I dunno.
peppermint is dead: Anyone refering to me as PAL will have their posts edited to my liking because I am a wicked and petty man.


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Festivals 2020
Holiday 2020 - Every festival celebrated around the world has its own charm, pomp and show. There might be several legends related to a festival but the message of peace, brotherhood, kindness, sharing, love and gratitude is common in all these festivals. A festival can be marked by a seasonal change, religious origin, and cultural celebration and so on. Rituals and customs observed on this festival may differ from one place to the other around the globe.
Holidays and festivals observed in USA and Europe are mostly Christian as it is most dominant religion there. Muslim, Hindu, Jain and other religious festivals are very popular in Asia region.
Festivals in India: Navratri 2020 | Hanuman Jayanti 2020 Festivals in USA: Independence Day July 4th
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Solidarity Begins with Beginners
Jews in the Diaspora are constantly showing their solidarity with their brothers and sisters in Israel by visiting them in this time of terror and by providing them with financial support for their security.
The most touching expression of such support was recently demonstrated by the children in a New York nursery. A kindergarten teacher read in a local newspaper interview with Jerusalems Mayor Uri Lupoliansky, who was in the States as a guest of the annual Convention of Agudath Israel of America, that he was soliciting funds to provide security for Jerusalem nurseries. She relayed this appeal to her very young charges and suggested that they all contribute the "Chanuka gelt" monies they receive from their families to this worthy cause.
To her happy surprise the kids came through with a sum of $320. But this was only the beginning. Other nurseries learned of this initiative and followed its example. Some individual donors joined the effort, and the Mayor, who already achieved international fame as the founder and head of "Yad Sarah" and its principal fundraiser, was able to return home with a substantial contribution to his campaign to make life safer for the children in his city.


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Jan 18, 2013
PIANY to honor Romanelli as MetroRAP Executive of the Year
GLENMONT, N.Y.-The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. will present James Romanelli, senior vice president, zone officer, with its Executive of the Year award at the annual Metropolitan Regional Awareness Program, Jan. 31, 2013, at the New York Marriott in Brooklyn. Romanelli is Northeastern Zone Officer with responsibility for New York and the six New England states. He also manages CNAs New York City branch office.
The award recognizes an individual from an insurance company, a general agency or a managing general agency who has demonstrated qualities that best foster a strong working relationship with agents and brokers, and who has exemplified a commitment to professionalism and service.
Active in industry affairs and spanning a 20 year career, Romanelli joined CNA in 2010 with more than 18 years with the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies. Throughout his career, he continually assumed roles of increasing responsibility within Chubbs field operations and successfully managed several branches. Most recently, he served as senior vice president of their Long Island branch.
"This award honors Jim for his professionalism and demonstrated commitment to the insurance industry," said PIANY president Michael Skeele, CIC. "It is my privilege to recognize a company representative with such a high-level of dedication to service."
Active in his community, Romanelli is a member of the Board and the Strategic Planning Committee of the Long Island YMCA. He also is a member of the board of directors for Community Mainstreaming Associates and associate trustee of the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System.
The days events also will include an expansive trade show, and timely education sessions on Cyber Liability in 2013-The 21st Century Peril in the morning, hosted by Cathy Trischan, CPCU, CRM, CIC, ARM, AU, AAI, CRIS, MLIS. Trischan also will instruct E&O-Practical Solutions for the Insurance Professional in the afternoon. Although E&O is always a concern for the insurance producer, SuperStorm Sandy has created additional worries for many.
PIANY is a trade association representing professional, independent insurance agencies, brokerages and their employees throughout the state.
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I have recently started playing Resident Evil 6 and have so far collected a few hundred skill points - although this is best guess as I can't work out how to see my total.
But how or when do I get to use these skill points? Based on game play so far and what I have seen, my best assumption would be at the end of each chapter. Can anybody confirm this?