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Illinois strengthened its legal arsenal against human trafficking this weekend when Gov. Pat Quinn signed House Bill 5278 into law. The new legislation aims to provide further protection and services for trafficking victims while also allowing prosecutors to crack down on pimps and other offenders.
The law applies to both minors and adults, and shares a number of similarities with the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act, passed in 2000. The TVPA and its subsequent reauthorizations created new categories of human trafficking crimes and provided protections and benefits for human trafficking victims. Similarly, the new Illinois law extends the statue of limitations for offenders and broadens the definitions of "serious harm" and "involuntary servitude."
The signing came a day after the American Bar Association's Juvenile Justice Committee hosted a panel to address the "epidemic" of juvenile sex trafficking in Chicago. While authorities confront traffickers for their offenses, it can be equally difficult to work with trafficked youth, many of whom don't consider themselves victims of sexual abuse.
"This is a hidden population," said Katherine Kaufka Walts, a panelist from the Center for the Human Rights of Children at Loyola University. "No one is self-identifying, no one's raising their hand to say 'I'm a victim of sex trafficking, I'm a victim of human trafficking.'"
According to Walts, current estimates suggest between 100,000 and 300,000 U.S citizen children are trafficked in the nation each year. However, data limitations prevent researchers from obtaining precise figures, and research typically excludes boys and LGBT youth.
"We're all embracing this narrative of the girl and the pimp," said Kate Mogulescu, project director for the Trafficking Victims Legal Defense & Advocacy Project. "And we understand that and we see that, that it is very common. But there's another population [of boys and LGBT youth] that's being affected by this, that's really not being discussed. That's a challenge."
Street prostitution of minors, usually advertised over the Internet, is a primary form of human trafficking in Chicago. Panelist and federal Judge Virgina M. Kendall of the Northern District of Illinois also said gang-involved youth are one of Chicago's major at-risk groups for trafficking.
"[Girls] are used as kind of rewards for gang activity," Kendall said. "'You did something good for the gang on the street, then you get to have sex with this girl, she's the best girl,' et cetera. And they become tossed and shared around the gang, and they feel very much like they can't break from the gang the same way a gang member can."
Other at-risk youth include missing children, children of migrant workers, children with disabilities and children who abuse substances. Minors in the foster care and child welfare systems also make vulnerable targets.
The varied backgrounds of trafficked youth necessitate a wide range of services. Many must confront issues such as immigration status, pregnancy, custody battles and prior legal offenses in addition to the horrors of the sex trade.
But recent legislation – like House Bill 5278 – has made it easier for minors in the sex trade to interact with the legal system. Illinois Safe Children's Act, signed by Gov. Quinn in 2010, decriminalized sex-trade involvement for children younger than 18. Deemed unable to consent to their own commercial sexual exploitation, minors are no longer considered perpetrators or juvenile prostitutes. Instead, they're referred to as victims, a label which has caused some controversy among trafficking authorities.
Recently other states have also reformed laws dealing with child prostitution. One significate example is Georgia where earlier this year lawmakers essentially erased the threat of prosecution of minors for prostitution, if the minor was coerced or deceived into the act — or, effectively, if they were trafficked. The 2011 law also toughened penalties for prostituting children 16 or under, making the punishment 10 to 30 years in prison and up to a $100,000 fine. The same crime involving a 17- or 18-year old remained unchanged: five to 20 years in prison and a fine between $2,500 and $10,000. And the law disallowed the accused trafficker to claim as a defense that he or she did not know the child's age.
In 2011, Illinois become one of the eight states with vacating conviction legislation, according to the Polaris Project. This law allows courts to clear convictions of prostitution from trafficked victims' records.
Despite such legislation, barriers to beating Chicago's sex trade still stand strong. While panelists said it isn't legislation that's lacking to protect victims, but rather the resources to make the law a reality. Challenges include a lack of housing for victims, disparate responses from authorities and the victims' general distrust of law enforcement.
Take just New York City, said Mogulescu. That city has fewer than 50 beds to shelter trafficked victims taken into protective custody.
"We need to talk about the details of how do we make this work," Walts said. "And I think we need to hear more from the kids frankly, about what works, what doesn't, what got them there. No one's asking the youth."
Additional reporting by Maggie Lee
Maryam Jameel and Natalie Krebs are reporters with the Chicago Bureau


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MRandall25 wrote:Desiato wrote:MRandall25 wrote:The onus is on the coach to teach how to overcome, yes, but the onus is on the players to actually go out and do it.
Again, I don't think the Pens have a motivational issue. However, hypothetically, if the players refuse to listen to the coach, then the coach is still the problem. Getting people to do what you want them to is a basic tenet of coaching, regardless of the personnel. If he can't do that, he's gotta go in favor of someone with the tools necessary to work with that group of players.
Typically, coaches are hired according to rosters, not the other way around. Rosters are dictated by the vision of the management. A roster may be tweaked, but a complete remake mid-tenure is unlikely. Like coaches, management usually only have so many chances to put the pieces together before they gotta go too. A notable exception as a coach, but not a manager, was Mike Keenan. No thanks.
It's basic accountability. But that's just my humble opinion.
But why is it always "The players refuse to listen to the coach" if it doesn't work? Do the players not have a responsibility to control themselves? Is it the coach's fault if the players listen, but can't adjust themselves?
It isn't 'always'. I said if. If you're not referring to a motivational issue, but an inability to execute, then the onus is still on the coach. He has to design a system that his roster is capable of executing and enables his team to succeed. Even if the roster is fundamentally flawed, it is still his job to figure it out. Like I said, basic accountability. If the roster is that bad, chances are his boss isn't going to last for very long and the new boss will want to replace the coach regardless. On the same note, the coach has to hold his players accountable too.
Now, again, this is completely hypothetical. But like everyone else here, I have an opinion about the Penguins' troubles and happen to believe they have the personnel to overcome their apparent shortcomings. I think this is a roster that can be improved--obviously Shero didn't do everything he intended last summer--but a roster that most, if not all, coaches would be thrilled to work with.
I don't want to be accused of being negative after a win. I was thrilled with tonight's victory and the past two games have clearly been strong wins; as opposed to ugly wins unbefitting of a legitimate cup contender that I've been critical of before. GO PENS!

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Rates for Perquimans County Water System
Effective September 1, 2013
$15 minimum bill for the first 1000 gallons, $7 per thousand gallons after the minimum.
Water Tap Fees
3/4 " = $1,500.00 1" = $2,500.00 2" = $5,000.00
The County Water Service Line will be a 1" service. The customer will decide which size meter he will have and pay for.
Billings and Reconnections
All bills for the Perquimans County Water System must be paid at the Water Department Office located at 159 Creek Drive, Hertford, NC 27944 or postmarked on or before the date that the bill is due or a late penalty charge will be assessed.
Late Payment Penalty
All Perquimans County Water bills will be due upon presentation. A late payment penalty or charge in the amount of 10% of the billing amount will be added to customer's bills when payment is received after twenty-five days from the billing date on that bill. In any billing month, if the previous month's bill has not been paid, the customer's water service will be turned off after twenty-five days from the billing date of the second month billing. When water service is authorized to be turned off for non-payment of a bill, the total amount owed by that customer must be paid in full plus the appropriate reconnection fee before water service will be restored. Perquimans County Water System will accept all payments received in the Monday mail, following the Friday date that bills are due, as being paid on time and not subject to late payment penalty. All bills received in the mail on Monday will be counted as on time, regardless of postmark for those bills that were due on the previous Friday.
Meter Reconnections/Turn Ons
The fee for the reconnection/turn on of any meter for water service will be $25.00. This policy concerning turn on and reconnection is applicable for all new and existing customers of the County Water System and will apply to all situations in which an individual is disconnected from water service. Any water user who applies for water service and whose previous indebtedness has not been paid off will be required to give the water system a deposit in an amount equal to three (3) months billing for his/her previous water usage.
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The Perquimans Water System will charge $25.00 to any customer for a check returned to the County for non-sufficient funds that has been presented for payment of billings to the water system. The $25.00 returned check charge is to be collected in the same manner as the reconnection service charge is presently administered. The $25.00 returned check/non-sufficient fund charge is to assist in the cost and extra work involved as a result of having a customer's check for payment returned. If a check is returned to the County as a result of an error by a banking institution, the Water System will cancel the $25.00 returned check charge to customer upon written proof, from the bank involved, being received that the error was made by the bank.


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Valley achieves historic clean-air mark for smog | Community
For the first time in recorded history, the San Joaquin Valley in 2013 had zero violations of the hourly ozone standard established under the federal Clean Air Act. With the conclusion of the official ozone season that runs from March through October, the District will now submit a formal request to the federal Environmental Protection Agency to declare the Valley in attainment of the key standard and lift the $29 million penalty mandate which Valley residents have been paying since late 2010.
Reaching this milestone has been the key focus of the Valley's air quality-management strategies for more than two decades. In 2004, EPA classified the Valley as "Extreme" non-attainment for this standard, meaning that reaching the standard, at that time, was deemed impossible. "Becoming the first and only region in the nation with 'Extreme' classification to meet the standard is an achievement the entire Valley should be very proud of," said Skip Barwick, chair of the Valley Air District's Governing Board.
In 1996, the Valley experienced 281 violations of this hourly standard throughout the eight-county region. The number of violations dropped to only seven in 2012 and zero in 2013.
Despite significant progress, Valley leaders were frustrated in 2010 when, under federal law, Valley residents and businesses became subject to an annual $29 million penalty. At the time, the Air District crafted an alternative approach that kept these penalties from going to federal coffers. Under the alternative approach that was approved by EPA, the Valley was able to retain those dollars and invest them in the Valley's local economy to fund clean-air projects in the eight-county region. This alternative approach, however, is the subject of a lawsuit filed by a Bay Area environmental law firm seeking to impose additional penalties on Valley businesses. "This historic achievement will moot frivolous lawsuits, and returns full local control to the Valley over the need and the manner of expenditure of public funds for air pollution control," Barwick said.
The members of the Air District's Governing Board were unanimous in their appreciation of the enormity of this achievement, and in expressing their gratitude to Valley businesses and residents for their investments and sacrifice.
"Achieving this historic milestone provides a measurable return on the great investment and sacrifice that Valley businesses and residents have made. The return comes in the form of improved public
health and quality of life for all Valley residents," said Hubert Walsh, Vice Chair of the District board and Merced County supervisor.
"Valley businesses have been great partners with us in helping improve quality of life for Valley residents. This historic achievement would have been impossible without the billions of dollars that Valley businesses have spent in modernizing their facilities and reducing air pollution," said Judy Case, Air District Board member and Fresno County supervisor.
"When the Valley was classified as 'Extreme' nonattainment, many of us wondered if it was possible to achieve that standard, given our climate and geography. Yet, here we are a few short years later, attaining that standard," said Steve Worthley, Air District Board member and Tulare County supervisor. "Our families now enjoy air quality that is 80 percent better than when the district was formed in 1992. Our journey to cleaner air continues, but today marks a tremendous milestone."
"We achieved this great milestone because Valley farmers and dairy families have consistently proven to be great stewards of the environment and have done a lot more than their competitors throughout the nation and the rest of world to improve air quality," said Tony Barba, Air District Board member and Kings County supervisor.
"Valley residents have consistently ranked air quality as a primary area of concern and have risen to the occasion to do their part. The public's positive response and their efforts to reduce air pollution during Air Alerts was key to eliminating the last few violations that stayed in the way of the Valley meeting this critical standard," said William O'Brien, Air District Board member and Stanislaus County supervisor.
"This is an historic milestone achieved by a combination of regulation, incentives and voluntary actions. Valley businesses, the public, community and environmental advocates all contributed to achieving these goals. Some thought it couldn't be done, and the success is an important marker for us as we tackle even tougher standards with the goal of a more healthful Valley," said Dr. Alexander Sheriffs, a physician and a member of the Air District Board.
"The challenges that we face with respect to our air quality are unmatched by any other region in the nation. Once again, the ingenuity of Valley residents and businesses has made the impossible possible," said Tom Wheeler, Air District Board member and Madera County supervisor.
"People in every corner of the Valley have worked hard to help us achieve this goal, and we should celebrate our success and the cleaner air it represents," said Dennis Brazil, Board member and Mayor of the city of Gustine.
"Achieving this great milestone is especially gratifying because the Air District did not often prescribe to the one-size-fits-all solutions prescribed by special-interest groups that were not in the best interests of the Valley. We did it our best to balance Valley's economic and environmental interests, and it worked," said Harold Hanson, Air District Board member and councilmember from City of Bakersfield.
"The Air District is here to protect the health of Valley residents. This achievement illustrates not only the innovation and resourcefulness of the District, but also the understanding and participation of the Valley's businesses and people. Working together, there's nothing we can't accomplish," said Oliver Baines, Board member and Fresno City councilman.
For more information, visit www.valleyair.org or call a District office in Fresno (559-230-6000), Modesto (209-557-6400) or Bakersfield (661-392-5500).
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With Oprah Winfrey gone, daytime television is ready for a new monarch.
Barbara Walters and the show she invented 15 years ago, "The View," pronounce themselves ready to step up. She may be past 80 now, but would you bet against her?
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The show begins its new season Tuesday, with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg as guest. In a muddled daytime picture, "The View" plans to compete aggressively for displaced Winfrey viewers with a more topical feel, aggressive booking of guests and a few pages ripped from Oprah's playbook.
"Oprah was the only other show that did some of the things that we did," said Bill Geddie, executive producer. "Quite honestly, some of the people that we might have gotten second, we'll be getting first now."
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"The View" has just as much chance as any to become the daytime talk leader. Late afternoon, where Winfrey's show ran across most of the country, is considered a more desired time slot than the 11 a.m. home of "The View." But a big mixture of personalities like Dr. Phil, Ellen DeGeneres, Anderson Cooper and Dr. Oz will now be competing in the afternoon, some of them new to their time slots or new to the business, and none goes in with a huge advantage in the ratings, said Bill Carroll, an expert in the daytime market for Katz Media.
Meanwhile, "The View" is a fixture at its time of day.
"Consistency always works in your favor," Carroll said.
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Geddie noted that no 11 a.m. show has ever been the top daytime talk program, and he seems eager for the challenge of changing that.
The time slot was no real prize back in 1996. ABC had a string of failures there before asking Walters to come up with an idea for a show. She thought of presenting a handful of women with diverse backgrounds and opinions, primarily an entertainment show. Still busy at ABC News, Walters appeared only two days a week and asked Meredith Vieira to be moderator, a role now held by Whoopi Goldberg.
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Only 60 percent of ABC viewers could see the show at first, and Walters remembers spending much of her first year cajoling station managers across the country to carry it. Now "The View" is seen virtually everywhere on ABC.
"The View" evolved to become more topical and opinionated as the years went on, a progression that is continuing. The Sept. 9 show will feature former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and focus on the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. Former Vice President Dick Cheney and GOP presidential candidate Jon Huntsman are each scheduled to appear in the first month.
Such guests co-exist with the popular "hot topics" opening segment, where Goldberg, Walters, Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Sherri Shepherd kick around the day's water-cooler subjects.
Still, Walters cautioned, "We are not 'Meet the Press.'" Not when Kim, Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian are booked for Wednesday. Matthew Broderick, Jennifer Aniston, Demi Moore and Alicia Keys are among other first-month guests.
Behar and Shepherd will talk about what it was like for each of them to get married this summer, and the show plans to candidly follow Shepherd's effort to have another child.
"We still do loving interviews," Walters said. "We're not Bill O'Reilly."
Fox News' O'Reilly, who's had some memorable tangles with the ladies of "The View," is also booked for the first month.
"Authors, actors, celebrities and so forth need a place to go," she said. "And we're a very good place to go. We're an intelligent show, we are a stable show, we like each other. … It's a fun show, and I think they will feel all the more comfortable with us."
Sound like a pitch? Walters has made a few in her day. Much of the energy she brought to finding big interview "gets" for ABC News is now focused on "The View," where she usually appears three or four days a week. Firmly establishing the topical niche is a pre-emptive strike against CNN's Cooper, who premieres his show this fall, and Walters' ABC colleague Katie Couric. Couric, who was a guest host on "The View" once this summer, begins her own daytime talk show next year.
Geddie also talks about more frequently using panels of expert contributors — doctors, lawyers and such — to answer questions. That also sounds very Oprah-like, given the satellite system of contributors she developed through the years.
The competitive approach also extends to cosmetics. Instead of slapping a fresh coat of paint on an old set, "The View" completed a sleek redesign. Gone is the uncomfortable couch where Walters joked some guests nearly toppled over and off the set.
"We've always thought of ourself as the little engine that could, and now we're practically the railroad," Geddie said. "The landscape is changing, and it's not just Oprah. The soap operas are going away. At ABC, we were always the third or fourth show behind the soaps and now we're the No. 1 show. We felt that if we were a big show, we ought to look like it and act like it."
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Very stuck on a programming question!!
Data for a number of people is given as a string. The data for each person is given
by two fields, a forename and a surname separated from each other by a forward
slash character. The end of each person's data is marked by a # character. The
following is an example of such a String:
Write and test a Java application containing a main method class called
ArrayOfStringsDemo and a class called Name.
Name is to have two fields, one for a forename and one for a surname, and should
include a constructor with formal arguments corresponding to the fields, an accessor
method for each field and a toString method.
In addition to the main method, ArrayOfStringsDemo should contain a static
method called findName which takes two arguments. The first argument is an array
of elements of type Name and the second argument is a Name. findName returns the
index of the element in the given array whose firstname and secondname are the
same as those of the Name given as the second argument. If a match is not found,
-1 is returned.
You main method should implement the following steps.
(a) Prompt for and read in an integer representing the number of firstname/secondname
pairs in a string to be input; store the input value in an int n.
(b) Prompt for and read in a String with the above format and containing n
firstname/secondname pairs.
(c) Construct an array of Names of size n called testArray.
(d) For each successive firstname/secondname in the input String, construct a
Name object and assign this to the next element in testArray.
(e) Use an appropriate selection of test Names to thoroughly test your findName
This is what i have done so far....
public class Name { public String forename; public String surname; //Constructor with arguments corresponding to the fields. public Name (String givenForename, String givenSurname) { forename = givenForename; surname = givenSurname; } //Accessor methods for each of the fields. public String getForename () { return forename; } public String getSurname () { return surname; } //A toString method. public String toString () { return "\tForename:" + forename + ";\t" + "Surname:" + surname + "."; } }


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MEDWAY, MA — Cybex International Inc. created the Cybex Hospitality Division, hiring Glenn Colarossi as president of the division. Colarossi was involved in developing the original Westin WORKOUT™ for Starwood Hotels and oversaw its rollout to corporately owned properties. He also aided in the development of fitness brand standards for other hotel brands.
"One of Cybex's strategic objectives this year is to position ourselves in the hospitality market," says John Aglialoro, Cybex chairman and CEO.
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For almost two years, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has been hard at work drafting a broadcast treaty. Designed originally to limit signal theft from broadcasts, the scope of the treaty has at times narrowed and widened significantly throughout the process of drafting the treaty. The US Senate, which is tasked with the responsibility of approving treaties, has weighed in the Broadcast Treaty, encouraging the US delegation to work towards limiting the scope of the treaty.
In a letter sent to the Register of Copyrights and the director of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), the chairman of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, and Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA), the ranking Republican member of the Committee expressed their concerns about the scope of the treaty. "The Revised Draft Broadcasting Treaty appears to grant broadcasters extensive new, exclusive rights in their transmissions for a term of at least 20 years, regardless of whether they have a right in the content they are transmitting," read the letter.
The Copyright Register and Director of the USPTO make up the US delegation to the WIPO, and the senators want them to work towards a treaty that is "significantly narrower in scope," one that would provide no more protection than that necessary to protect the signals of broadcasters. Sens. Leahy and Specter want them to advocate for the position when the next meeting of the Standing Committee in June.
The WIPO Broadcast Treaty is a complex beast. Originally, the treaty was just meant to cover signal theft—cases where a broadcast is retransmitted without authorization. As treaty discussions continued, broadcasters began pushing towards a rights-based approach, one that would allow them to specifically authorize and deny the use of their signal to others. Over the months of discussions, the treaty has changed many times, but there have been some consistent areas of concern.
One of those is public domain material, which could potentially be locked up by broadcasters just by showing it. By doing so, they could gain exclusive rights over the content. At one point, the treaty contained no provision for fair use—another significant problem with the treaty. In the US, one of the biggest concerns is that the Broadcast Treaty would be unconstitutional, as IP rights in the US are restricted to creative works and not extended to broadcasters.
Last October, the WIPO dropped the rights-based approach for the time being. With Sens. Leahy and Specter expressing their concern with the treaty—saying that it "would needlessly create a new layer of rights that would disrupt United States copyright law"—it appears that the rights-based approach is truly dead.


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Set your scale on a hard floor (not carpet) near your internet router to ensure it can detect your Wi-Fi network.
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"Teen Mom 2" stars Leah Messer and Jenelle Evans suffered separate, but serious health scares this week.
On the heels of Messer's pregnancy announcement two weeks ago, the young mother suffered a miscarriage, OK! reported on Wednesday.
"It's a devastating experience, but all I can do is support Leah and take things day by day," her new fiancé, Jeremy Calvert, told OK! "It's hard, but we will get through it."
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"Hospitals suck," Evans tweeted late Tuesday.
Evans, known for her tumultuous relationships with her mom and on-again, off-again boyfriend, has been in and out of the hospital this past year.
Earlier this month, she battled strep throat. Evans injured her wrist in a car crash back in October. She was diagnosed with an Ovarian Cyst last July.
Evans was released from the hospital Wednesday and received antibiotics to treat the kidney infection, her rep confirmed to E! Online.
Both Evans and Messer appeared on the MTV show "16 and Pregnant" and went on to star in "Teen Mom 2."
Last season Evans signed temporary custody of her 2-year-old son Jace to her mother, Barbara. Messer tied the knot to Corey Simms, father to her twin daughters, Aliannah and Alleeah. Messer filed for divorce six months later.
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text: Photo of parodic action in Wiseman From Chapter 3: Peregrinus Tyss Meets Pipifax: Eisenstein, the Grotesque, and the Attraction Parodic action (satirizing Hoover's American Relief Administration) within and downstage of the inner proscenium in Enough Stupidity in Every Wiseman, based on the play by Alexander Ostrovsky, directed by Sergei Eisenstein, Proletkult First Workers' Theatre (premiere: April–May 1923). Russian State Archive of Literature and Art, f. 1923, op. 1, ed. khr. 805: 16.


text: Kevin Boss, Amani Toomer, and Steve Smith (pictured receiving love from Brandon Jacobs) have been the recipients of Eli Manning's three touchdown passes as we head from afternoon to evening at the Meadowlands. It hasn't been all good for the media's new favorite Manning, he's tossed an interception and fumbled on a play where he was untouched in the pocket. Of course none of that can compare to the incredible ineptitude on the other side of the field. The Cowboys have been called for penalty after penalty, and Brad Johnson is on his way to the bench after throwing a pair of interceptions. But don't blame it all on ole BJ. When the Cowboys were in position to score following a turnover TO was stripped of the ball by Antonio Pierce. The Giants lead 21-7 at the half. Update: And as if on cue, Brooks Bolinger enters the game and throws an interception. Suit up Jason Garrett! Touchdown Brandon Jacobs, and it's 28-7. • That got out of hand in a hurry. Atlanta jumped all over the woeful Raiders with two first quarter touchdown drives which went for a combined 158 yards. Matt Ryan has been downright filthy with a stat line to prove it. The rookie is 13/16 for 184 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions. Both aerial touchdowns went to Michael Jenkins while Jerrious Norwood added another on the ground. Norwood has paired with Michael Turner for 132 yards. Meanwhile in the other locker room, JaMarcus Russell is 2/7 for nine yards. Seriously. The Raiders have fourteen fucking yards of offense. Al Davis would kill himself, but he's already undead. • The league is more fun with a little Koren in it. The oft-troubled Koren Robinson returned to the spotlight for all the right reasons this afternoon thanks to a 90 yard touchdown catch and run from Seneca Wallace. However it's the Eagles that have taken control of this game through two quarters. Donovan McNabb has 166 yards passing including two touchdowns, one to Reggie Brown and one to Todd Herremans (an eligible tackle). Somebody named Brent Celek has racked up over 70 yards receiving. Brian Westbrook has had a rough time of it against the Seahawks front line, but Philly leads 14-7 at the half. • Wildcat... The Dolphins and Broncos are moving along pretty nicely. Both Chad Pennington and Jay Cutler have moved the ball through the air, however Cutler has two interceptions, and the Broncos running game has been nonexistent. Michael Pittman and Ryan Torrain have combined for three yards on nine rushes. Why that's just downright Raideresque! Miami leads 16-7 behind three field goals from Dan Carpenter along with a pick six for Will Allen. Eddie Royal was on the receiving end of Denver's lone touchdown.


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"Evidently, having 11 children makes you tough as nails," Colbert added Monday. He is the youngest of 11 children.
Monday's show featured guest novelist and bookstore owner Ann Patchett.
Ticketholders for tapings of "Colbert" last Wednesday and Thursday had received an email advising them of the cancellations due to "unforeseen circumstances," with no explanation given.
"They are a very private family," a source close to the show told the New York Post. "It's not surprising that he did not want anyone to know what was going on."
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True-life tale of Sam Childers, a violent ex-criminal turned spiritually awakened savior, evokes equal parts "Hobo with a Shotgun" and grindhouse fare like "Machete."
Note to producers: If you want your torn-from-true-life tale of a violent ex-criminal turned spiritually awakened savior of children to be taken seriously, it might not be the best idea to call your movie "Machine Gun Preacher," cast Gerard Butler in the title role of a self-described Pennsylvania hillbilly and promote the film with a poster featuring a buff, bearded Butler in T-shirt, a machine gun in one hand, and a sad-faced African child being held out of harm's way by the other.
True, the real-life Sam Childers identifies so closely to the Machine Gun Preacher name – it's practically become a brand – that he's tattooed it on his right arm. But, even this ex-biker with the slicked-back hair, slow drawl and Sam Elliott-like handlebar mustache had the good sense to title his 2009 memoir "Another Man's War," rather than something that evokes equal parts "Hobo with a Shotgun" and grindhouse fare like "Machete." Still, maybe the only way this material could have succeeded onscreen would have been as a full-blown exploitation picture, or possibly as a straightforward documentary. (In fact, Childers is producing just that.) But, as directed by Marc Forster, this is an over-earnest slog through born-again cliches which only comes alive – for better or worse – when Jason Keller's script embraces the over-the-top, Rambo-saves-Sudan heroics of the film's second half.
Before Childers finds his calling, he has to get out of prison, immediately have sex with his wife, Lynn (Michelle Monaghan of "Gone Baby Gone"), become violently upset with her for giving up stripping in deference to God, reconnect with his (fictional) best friend Donnie (Michael Shannon) so the drugged-up duo can rob some dealers at gunpoint and nearly kill a crazed, knife-wielding hitchhiker.
Furiously scrubbing his hands of that thumb-wagger's blood as his saintly wife looks on, Childers realizes his hands have been dirtied long enough, and his path toward redemption starts by replacing that blood with calluses in his newfound line of work as a carpenter. Soon (at least in the compressed timeline of the film; the real Childers' awakening occurred over the course of four years), Childer's is building a church and beginning his own ministry.
A five-week-long religious mission to East Africa to help rebuild homes destroyed by civil war turns into a years-long combat mission after Childers melodramatically witnesses an orphan lose his limbs to a land mine. Sure, he'll build and establish an orphanage for these children of war, even if saving them means he'll have to take up arms against warlord Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army, a renegade militia that forces youngsters to become soldiers even before they reach their teens.
Even though the film continues the "white witness to black problems" theme most recently exploited in "The Help," Childers does far more than pick up a pen, becoming the titular machine gun-wielding preacher. Mythologizing a man who fights fire with firepower may not appeal to God-loving moviegoers as much as God-fearing ones, but the movie's just too damned confused to try and make the distinction. Is Childers a rebel, or a mercenary? Forster can't seem to make up his mind, and the director's hand is just as heavy as it was when guiding his deeply flawed adaptation of "The Kite Runner."
Meanwhile, Childers' wife and their teenage daughter Paige (Madeline Carroll of "Mr. Popper's Penguins") begin to resent the amount of time he's away, and their scenes back in the U.S. take on an overwrought air that wouldn't feel the least bit out of place on a nighttime soap, what with Paige screaming howlers like "you love them black babies more than you love me!" And pity poor Shannon, an Oscar nominee for "Revolutionary Road," who can't do much with his cartoonish role as a doomed dope addict whose fate serves as a wake-up call for our flawed hero right when he's hit his spiritual nadir.
But, if that somber moment briefly spoils the gung-ho mood, there's still that orphanage full of sometimes maimed, always dewy-eyed, nameless kids in Sudan to tug at your heartstrings, before Butler blasts back into action for them.
Forster is nothing if not well-intentioned, but as a director, he's never had much of an eye or ear for subtlety or consistent tone, nor can he resist the urge to wield his camera like a blunt instrument, hammering you over the head with cheap sentiment when simply observing would suffice.
MACHINE GUN PREACHER (R for violent content including disturbing images, language, some drug use and a scene of sexuality.) Cast includes Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Kathy Baker, Madeline Carroll and Michael Shannon. 2 stars out of 4


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Sunday's News and Notes
It's five wins against one loss on Sunday in the Nats' minors
The Quick Rundown…
|Yesterday's Result
|Today's Game
|Pitching Matchup
|Syracuse Chiefs
|Won, 7-4
|vs. Columbus, 7:00 p.m.
|Andrew Kown (1-2, 2.52) vs.
Yohan Pino (8-6, 5.87)
|Harrisburg Senators
|Won, 9-6
|Potomac Nationals
|Won, 4-3
|vs. Lynchburg 5:00 p.m.
(comp. of susp. 8/4 game,
regularly scheduled game)
|Marcos Frias (4-5, 6.54) and TBD
vs. TBD and TBD
|Hagerstown Suns
|Lost, 5-4; Won, 9-4
|vs. Lexington, 7:05 p.m.
|Paul Applebee (3-4, 4.05) vs.
Justin Collop (8-7, 4.75)
|Vermont Lake Monsters
|Won, 6-1
|vs. Batavia, 7:05 p.m.
|Christopher McKenzie (1-2, 8.54) vs.
Justin Edwards (3-2, 2.57)
|GCL Nationals
|DSL Nationals
|vs. DSL Yankees1,
10:30 a.m.
|TBD vs. TBD
Syracuse Chiefs W, 7-4 vs. Rochester
WDWRD: 1-4, 2R, K; 0-1 CS/SB (Brian Roberts)
Starting Pitcher: Chico (W, 6-6) 5⅔ IP 8H 4ER 1BB 2K
Pitching Star: Severino 1⅓ IP 1H 0R 1BB 2K
Hitting Star #1: Espinosa 1-3, 2R, BB, HR, 2RBI
Hitting Star #2: Bixler 2-4, 1R, 1-3B
Notes: Rochester started the game off with three runs in the top of the 1st, but Syracuse answered with 4 of their own in the bottom of the 2nd, then added one more in the 3rd to make it 5-3. Rochester made it 5-4 in the 4th but that was as close as they'd get as Syracuse kept their bats quiet for the rest of the game and scored two more in the 8th to win this one 7-4. Starter Matt Chico went 5⅔ innings giving up eight hits, four runs, one walk and two strikeouts with the win.
Harrisburg Senators W, 9-6 vs. Altoona
Starting Pitcher: Thompson 5IP 4H 5R 5ER 5BB 6K
Pitching Star: James (W, 8-0) 3IP 2H 1R 1ER 5K
Hitting Star #1: Coon 4-5, R, 3-2B, 3RBI
Hitting Star #2: Ivany 1-2, 2R, 2BB
Notes: Harrisburg started the game off with two runs in the bottom of the 1st inning, but Altoona didn't let the lead last as they scored two runs of their own in the 2nd and another two in the 3rd. The Sens didn't give up though as they came back with three runs in the 4th reclaiming the lead at 5-4. But just like a yo-yo Altoona put Harrisburg down again as they scored one run in the 5th and another in 6th to make it 6-5. Finally in the 8th Harrisburg had enough as they scored four runs to end this one at 9-6. Starter Aaron Thompson had yet another rough outing, going five innings and giving up four hits, five runs, and five walks. Chuck James gave up his first earned run as a reliever, but got the win to run his record to 8-0 for Harrisburg.
Potomac Nationals W, 4-3 @ Myrtle Beach
Starting Pitcher: Barthmaier 3IP 6H 2R 2ER 0BB 2K
Pitching Star #1: Lehman (W, 4-2) 3IP 1H 0R 3BB 2K
Pitching Star #2: VanAllen [H, 8] 2IP 1H 0R 0BB 4K
Hitting Star #1: Rooney 2-4, 2B, RBI
Hitting Star #2: Moore 2-4, RBI
Notes: A four-run fourth would hold up for the P-Nats, as they survived a ninth-inning scare to win 4-3. Starter Jimmy Barthmaier was battered for two runs on six hits over three innings before giving way to Pat Lehman, who struggled a bit with his control (three walks) but pitched three scoreless innings to earn his fourth win. Tyler Moore and Sean Rooney both went 2-for-4 with an RBI, with Moore extending his hitting streak to 12 games, the longest this season for a P-Nat. The victory completes a seven-game road trip that saw them win five, lose one, and go up 8-2 before thunderstorms halted play. That game will be made up today, as the last-place Lynchburg Hillcats come to town for four games.
Hagerstown Suns L, 5-4; W, 9-4 @ Kannapolis
Starting Pitcher: Demny (L, 6-5) 1⅔ IP 3H 5R 2ER 2BB 2K
Pitching Star: Garcia 3⅓ IP 0H 0R 2BB 5K
Hitting Star #1: Ramirez 2-3, 2R, 2B, HR, 2RBI
Hitting Star #2: Sanchez 2-3, 2R
Notes: In game one of the doubleheader, Kannapolis came off to a roaring start as they scored five runs in the 2nd to build a fairly comfortable lead. Hagerstown chipped away at that lead scoring two in the 4th and two more in the 6th to make it 5-4. Unfortunately, they were shut down in the 7th which gave them the loss by a 5-4 count. Starter Paul Demny went only 1⅔ innings giving up three hits, five runs and two walks with the loss.
Starting Pitcher: Hicks 4IP 7H 4R 4ER 2BB 5K
Pitching Star: Wort (W, 5-0) 3IP 0H 0R 0BB 4K
Hitting Star #1: Ramirez 3-4, 3R, 1RBI
Hitting Star #2: Newsome 2-3, 1R, 1-2B, 1-3B, 3RBI, 1BB
Notes: In game two of the doubleheader the Suns fared better, though Kannapolis started the scoring with single runs in the bottom of the 1st and 2nd innings. Hagerstown scored three in the 3rd and another thre runs in the 4th to counter the two runs for a 6-2 lead. Kannapolis came back with two runs in the 5th to pull within two at 6-4, but Hagerstown put up another three runs on the scoreboard in the 7th to win this one 9-4. Starter Graham Hicks went four innings giving up seven hits, four runs and striking out five but got a no-decision. Rob Wort pitched three perfect innings with four strikeouts to earn the win.
Vermont Lake Monsters W, 6-1 vs. Batavia
Starting Pitcher: Jordan (W, 2-2) 5IP 5H 1R 1ER 1BB 3K
Pitching Star: Demmin (S, 2) 3IP 1H 0R 1BB 2K
Hitting Star #1: Moore 2-3, R, SB, 3RBI; OF assist at 3B
Hitting Star #2: Mozingo 2-3, 2R, 2B, BB, SB
Notes: A two-run 1st and a four-run 3rd gave starter Taylor Jordan all the support he would need as the Vermont Lake Monsters roared past the Batavia Muckdogs by a 6-1 score. Jordan, who had been rocked for seven runs in his previous outing, gave up just one run on five hits and one walk to even his won-loss record at 2-2. Wade Moore and Chad Mozingo combined for four of the eight Vermont hits, with each stealing a base, and Moore driving in three runs.
GCL Nationals — PPD
Notes: A rainout combined with tomorrow's scheduled day off will give the Nationals a two-day break and time to gird for home games this week against the Cards and Astros and road games against the Mets and Marlins, which will now be a doubleheader. After 39 games, their record is now 15-24 with an elimination number of nine.
DSL Nationals — OFF DAY
Notes: With two weeks left in the season, the DSL Nationals have a record of 29-30 and an elimination number of three. Home games this week include the Yankees1, Phillies, Orioles2, and Cubs2 while the D-Nats visit the Mets1 on Tuesday and the Giants on Friday.


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Can an Islamic Model of Housing Finance Cooperative Elevate the Economic Status of the Underprivileged ?
mardi 17 mars 2009 par Shahid Ebrahim
Abstract : A formal home loan is onerous to subprime borrowers in efficient markets. This can deter home ownership for financially strapped individuals, leading to a market failure. This paper proposes a special form of cooperative mortgage financing (practiced in Oman) to overcome this market failure. We integrate the literature of Mortgage Design with that of informal savings schemes (i.e., ROSCAs/ ASCRAs) to illustrate that this mode of financing dissipates credit risk better than the formal mode of financing. It is also resilient to volatility of interest rates and allows prepayments without any additional charges. Finally, we verify the assertions of Besley et al. (1994) and Hart and Moore (1998) that cooperative mortgages are pareto-superior to formal mortgages in special cases.
Shahid Ebrahim is professor : Chair in Financial Economics Nottingham University Business School Jubilee Campus, Wollaton Road Nottingham NG8 1BB United Kingdom
JEL Classification Codes : C63 (Computational Techniques) G21 (Banks − Mortgages) G32 (Financing Policy − Capital and Ownership Structures) I31 (Welfare and Poverty – Basic Needs) O17 (Formal and Informal Sectors ; Institutional Arrangements) P13 (Cooperative Enterprises)
Key Words : ASCRA, Asset Bubble, Mutual Bank, Inflation, Mortgage Design, and ROSCA.
Acknowledgments : This paper was refined during my sabbatical study at James Madison University (JMU). I appreciate the hospitality of JMU particularly that of Ehsan Ahmed. I have benefited from the critical comments of the participants of the seminars at James Madison University ; University of Birmingham ; University of Glasgow ; the 2006 Conference on Computing in Economics and Finance (in Cyprus) ; the 2007 IIUM International Conference (in Malaysia) ; at the 2007 Workshop on Default Risk and Financial Distress (in Rennes, France), the 2007 Product Development and Management Association Conference (in Bangalore, India) ; the 2008 International Conference on Business and Finance (in Hyderabad, India) ; the 2008 International AREUEA Conference (in Istanbul, Turkey) ; the 2008 Workshop of European Network of the Economics of Religion (in Edinburgh, UK) ; and the 2008 Symposium on Religion, Markets and Society (in Nottingham, UK) on earlier drafts of the paper. I am also grateful to the following individuals for their helpful suggestions : Abdullah Al-Ghazali, Eyhab Al-Hajj, Aaref Al-Lawati, Bruce Brunton, Humayon Dar, Mohammad Omar Farooq, Diana Mitlin, Kelly Morris, Peter Oliver, J. Barkley Rosser Jr., Peer Smets, Ghulam Sorwar, Rafal Wojakowski and Robert Young. All remaining errors are mine.
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A Penn State New Kensington adult student earned a $20,000 federal scholarship for the 2012-13 academic year to study a foreign language abroad.
Gabriel Gardiner, a junior in the Organizational Leadership (OLEAD) program, was awarded a David L. Boren Scholarship to learn Portuguese in the Republic of Mozambique. Gardiner, 26, will study at Eduardo Mondlane University, the oldest and largest university in the southeastern African country. His two-semester course load comprises 30 hours of language training and two statistics classes.
"To quote King Charlemagne, 'to have another language is to possess a second soul,'" said Gardiner, a native of Madera, Calif. "I have a strong conviction in the importance of learning another language. To speak to others in English, a language they understand, is important, but to speak to people in their own language is how you win them over."
Boren scholarships provide undergraduate students the opportunity to study abroad in areas of the world that are critical to U.S. interests and underrepresented in study abroad, including Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Sponsored by the National Security Education Program, the Boren initiative is designed to build a broader and more qualified pool of U.S. citizens with foreign language and international skills. The selection process was rigorous as 1,014 undergraduate students applied for the Boren Scholarship and 161 were awarded. In exchange for funding, Boren recipients agree to work in the federal government for a minimum of one year.
In addition to the Boren award, Gardiner was selected as a Strategic and Global Security Scholar. Under the auspices of the Schreyer Honors College at Penn State, the scholar program supports students who desire a career in government, the private sector, or in the Armed Forces, working on global, national, and homeland security issues.
After earning a business degree in Supply Chain and Information Systems at Penn State University Park, Gardiner decided on a career change and enrolled in the OLEAD program at the New Kensington campus. The four-year program is geared to adult students and serves a foundation of communication skills and strong attention to workplace-specific courses such as organizational leadership, industrial relations, employment relations, and ethics. The flexibility of elective courses and independent study opportunities was a draw for Gardiner.
"I have the freedom to take as many quantitative courses in mathematics, statistics, computer programming and economics as I desire, all of which contribute to the final degree." said Gardiner, who is scheduled to graduate in 2014. "My independent study opportunity will be a research paper highlighting local media developments and contemporary political, social and economic concerns in Mozambique."
With a focus on statistics, Gardiner plans to earn a minor in mathematics to complement his OLEAD degree. A strong math curriculum and dedicated faculty and staff provided additional lures to the campus for Gardiner.
"Penn State New Kensington has a world-class mathematics department," said Gardiner, whose mother, a registered nurse, took nursing classes at the campus. "Everyone on campus wants to help students to succeed. From the fulltime professors and adjuncts to the maintenance staff to the chancellor to the librarians, they point us in the right direction."
Upon graduating, he expects to continue his education and enroll in a master's degree program in economics. Gardiner is preparing for a career in international public service. Employment options include U.S. Department of State, International Monetary Fund, World Bank or a lusaphone-based think tank. A lusaphone is someone who speaks Portuguese.
"I want to work in the capacity of nation building, to help countries build and improve their infrastructure, such as roads, bridges and dams," said Gardiner, who currently resides in Lower Burrell. "To become an economist specializing in the lusaphone world of Africa and Latin America is my ultimate career ambition."
Heading to a foreign country will not be a new experience for Gardiner. After earning his first degree, he travelled to the Philippines, where he spent 13 months in the Visayas Islands. During the building of a four-story hotel, he helped local natives secure employment and maintained communication with them at the job site. He returned to the United States in 2010.
Since matriculating at the campus, public service has been the hallmark of Gardiner's community activities, both off- and on-campus. For the past year, he has interned at Westmoreland Economic Development Initiative for Growth (WEDIG), a nonprofit community development organization. He is president and founder of the Rotaract club, a campus service organization sponsored by Rotary International for people ages 18 to 30. He stays involved with Burrell Rotary service projects and plans to be active in the Maputo Rotary in Mozambique.
In keeping with his philosophy of helping people who need help, Gardiner was a part of a 14-person campus contingent that made its way to the Badlands of South Dakota in May for a service trip that served as a cross cultural exchange as well. Students, faculty and staff helped install computers at Native American social service agencies. In addition, the group worked with St. Joseph's Indian School that serves children from the Lakota Sioux Nation.
"It was a history lesson, a cultural lesson, a lesson on geography," Gardiner said. "One of the goals of Penn State New Kensington is to tie in the academic issues with real world issues and current issues."
Gardiner's intrepid journey to Mozambique commences in late August. The learning of the native language begins in early September.


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Da Design Awards
Da Awards Are Open For Submissions of Designs, Photography and Architecture Projects. Designers, Photographers and Architects Could Submit Their Entries to One of The Following Six Categories: Industrial Design, Graphics Design, Architecture, Interior Des
DA Awards are one of the leading design, photography and architecture competitions in the world. DA Awards, organized by DesignAmid Magazine, is open for entries of designs, photographs and architecture projects worldwide. Unlike other design, photography and architecture awards, entrants do not need to wait a whole year for taking part in the awards: winners are announced at the end of every week, 52 times a year. Each week, depending on the number of submissions, up to 7 works will be honored with the DA Awards.Each week, the best design, photography and architecture submissions in industrial design, graphics and communication design, architecture, interior design, packaging design and photography will receive the DA Awards. Award winning works will be given the Advanced Distribution service by PRHow to help disseminate the winning projects and furthermore, they will be able to use one of the six logos depending on their award category. Furthermore, the jury could also choose the best-of-the-best for excellent submissions. Best of the best winners will be provided a special PR service by DesignPRWire. All DA Award winners will also be provided a link to their portfolio or webpages and will be featured at DesignAmid Magazine homepage.To submit entries to the DA Awards, participants are required to register to the DesignAmid magazine website. After registration, entrants could submit their works by creating a new article. Deadline is always on Friday. Results are usually announced on Mondays i.e. two days after the deadline. Award winning works will be featured in the first page of the DesignAmid magazine, will be given the advanced PR Distribution by PRHow, and will be able to use the award winner logos. Up to 20 images could be submitted. Designs, photographs or projects for the DA Awards could be submitted online. First, entrants are required to register and login to DesignAmid magazine and click on the join DA Awards link that is shown after login. Afterwards, participants will be redirected to a new page to create a new entry. During entry creation, all the paragraphs should be filled, a title must be chosen and keywords must be entered. Participants should also agree to the terms and conditions displayed at the DesignAmid DA Awards participation page.Submitting to DA Awards is indeed easy. After the text is filled, entrants could upload their images. For entry, both the text and images are required. To be able to upload their images, participants need to fill text first and click the next to continue to open the second page for uploading images. Entries can be edited, thus there is no need to restart submissions from the beginning. When filling the text participants are required to use the Title Case. Entries which use UPPER CASE are not evaluated.During design submission, the Author field will be filled automatically based on the registration data and is not editable. This is the name entrants use during their registration, therefore it should be the designers' name. For the category selection, entrants can choose whichever is relevant to their submission. For learn more link, entrants can use their own webpage address. For references field, participants can leave it blank or provide information regarding themselves, entrants could submit a summary of their company or provide a short biography using third perspective. When submitting description of your work, only the English text is required to be filled. Fill title, description and keywords. Italian text is optional and could only be filled if you are a native speaker: Do not use automated translation, rather leave the Italian text fields empty. For title, use the design name only. NO ALL CAPS, use Title Case. For Description text field, briefly explain the project using two sentences, you may talk about main function, inspiration etc. Use the input box size for reference for how much text to enter, do not overtype because for paragraph 1 you will provide a longer summary of the project. For paragraphs 2 to 20, fill specific details regarding your project. For industrial design projects, for example talk about function, materials, realization technology, innovative aspects, sustainability, engineering details etc. For photography, you may talk about inspiration, techniques used, inspiration and mood. For packaging design, you may mention standards, choice of mediums etc. Alternatively, you may explain the images you would submit in the next sections. Please remember that all the paragraphs must be filled. This is especially required to ensure that the design submission would be visible online during searches performed by media members. Therefore, entrants are required to explain their design submissions in very detail. Talk about any and every aspect about your design. Talk about your reasoning, inspiration, challenges and motivations. Entrants are suggested not to not write their email address anywhere during the submission.Important: For the keywords field, do not forget to write the award category you apply for, type one of the following to the keywords text field during your application: Photography Awards, Industrial Design Awards, Packaging Design Awards, Architectural Design Awards, Graphics Design Awards or Interior Design Awards. Also as the second keyword, use a comma (,) and type: Photography Award Winner, Industrial Design Award Winner, Packaging Design Award Winner, Architectural Design Award Winner, Graphics Design Award Winner or Interior Design Award Winner. Submitting images of your project: Upload your main image as the best view of your project, this image must be placed on white background. It must be 600 x 600 pixels jpeg file, a square image. If your images do not display correctly, it is usually because they are either not JPG files or because they might be too big. Main image is definitely required for all submissions. Furthermore, you can upload up to 19 images of your project. These images are also important, and at least 6 – 7 images shall be uploaded. It is best to upload all images.For architectural design submissions, upload different views, details including technical ones such as plans. You may upload renders, illustrations or photos. For photography you may upload sets. You can upload 19 of your photographs (which share the same concept) as a single submission. For industrial designs, you could also submit product family objects: for example if you designed a set of furniture you could submit all of them as a single entry. For graphics design, such as logos, ensure to submit also their applications and views on merchandise etc. For interior designs, you can submit different views.Eligibility for the DA Awards: DA Awards is open to designers over 25 years of age. Works that would be submitted must be made within the last 6 months. Older designs are not accepted. Both conceptual and realized works are accepted. Always submit your own content. Never submit content created by others; you are responsible for your submissions. Submissions are accepted worldwide. Both professional and student works are accepted. Student work submissions should type Student Work as the third keyword to ensure positive bias towards their entries. Professional works should type Professional Design as the third keyword. Industrial Design Award: Submission is open for furniture designs, household equipment, white or brown goods, tools for kitchen, homeware, bathroomware, mobile gadgets, electronic and electrical equipment, industrially produced decorative items, kitchenware, tableware, recreation equipment, toys, lighting equipment, machinery and similar products. Arts and crafts works or ready-made designs are not accepted for the industrial design award however jewelry designs are accepted for consideration. If you are going to submit an industrial concept design and do not have an idea about what to design, you may design a chair or stool.Packaging Design Award: Submission is open to both 2D and 3D packaging yet application must be demonstrated on 3D packaging. Main image should be the 3D package, while other images could be conceptual drawings, 2D labels etc. If the packaging relates to an identity design consisting of dozens of different applications of the same 2D design on different forms and shapes they all could be submitted as further images. Very good renderings of conceptual designs or professionally taken photos are accepted as images. If you are going to design a new concept, you could design a vodka or wine bottle.Graphics design award submissions are open for communication designs, advertising campaigns and other works that integrate graphics design as an important part of the design process. Infographics, logo designs, catalogs, books, corporate presentations and similar graphic design projects could be submitted. If you are submitting extensive projects such as identity designs for hotels etc, packaging designs could be included as well. If you wish to design a new graphics work, you could think of a restaurant identity set: Logo, business card, menu etc. Architecture award is open for entries of building designs, landmarks and monuments only. Landscape projects and urban designs are not accepted. Street furniture can be submitted to industrial design category instead. It is a good idea to submit different views, layouts etc. If you are going to develop a new concept you could design a bridge, monument or public space. Render quality must be exceptional for conceptual designs and photographs should be professionally taken for realized projects.Interior design competition is open to submissions of both public and private interior spaces. Especially restaurant interiors, bar designs, hotel room designs, exclusive interior designs for luxury housing and similar projects are accepted. If you are going to submit a conceptual design, please consider making a design for a restaurant or club house. When submitting designs to the interior design awards please ensure that the quality of images are exceptional.Please note that once your design is selected as a winner, it will be published in many websites and therefore it will not be possible to edit your projects afterwards. Award designs will be visible to public. Therefore, before submission ensure your project details are correct, designers name appears as an author and that all the images and material used within the presentation is yours. If your design is chosen as a winner, you will keep the rights to the design. Please remember to read the full competition terms from the DA Awards submission details.Remember, deadline for submissions is every Friday. Results are announced every week on Mondays. Submit your best photographs, architectural designs, interior projects, industrial and product designs, packaging designs to DA Design Awards. For further instructions and details you may like to refer to the DA Design Awards page at the DesignAmid magazine. For DA Award winners, check DesignAmid magazine every week. Exerpt:DA Awards are one of the leading design, photography and architecture competitions in the world. DA Awards, organized by DesignAmid Magazine, is open for entries of designs, photographs and architecture projects worldwide. Unlike other design, photography and architecture awards, entrants do not need to wait a whole year for taking part in the awards: winners are announced at the end of every week, 52 times a year. Each week, depending on the number of submissions, up to 7 works will be honored ..
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Oxford Rotary Club takes steps to making a house beautiful
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On Sept. 14, members and friends of the Rotary Club of Oxford volunteered to help Good Neighbors complete a home improvement project on Locust Street in Oxford Borough.
Club members spent the morning painting the steps, top and bottom, on a two-story outside staircase. Good Neighbors volunteers work to make homes warmer, safer, drier and healthier for qualified homeowners, with a vision of eliminating substandard housing in southern Chester County.
Pictured (top from left) are Oxford Area High School student volunteers Stephanie Norris and Kasey Busko, who are currently organizing an Interact Club at their school to be sponsored by the Oxford Rotary Club. Front (from left) are club member Marilyn Knaub, homeowner Pearl Teel, volunteer Andrew Knaub, club member Phil Sacks, club president Chip Lewis, Good Neighbors project coordinator Phil Smith and club member Charles Vickery.


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Florida CDL Practice Test: HazMat - Test 2020(From the 2020 Florida CDL Handbook)
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Directions: To obtain this endorsement for hauIing hazardous materials, applicants must pass a 20-question test. Before taking the test, applicants must pass a Transportation Security Administration background check. And to pass the test, applicants must score at least 80%. Test questions are from the Florida Commercial Driver Handbook. The Hazardous Materials endorsement can be used with the Class A, B, or C CDL. If you need additional information, please contact your local DMV office. You can find your nearest DMV office at Florida DMV locations.
1. The recommended safe distance to stop before a drawbridge is _______.
2. If your vehicle is equipped with a cargo lift, you need to ________.
3. What is the minimum tread depth of steering axle tires?
4. What is an active railroad-highway crossing?
5. For school bus drivers, the danger zone may extend as much as ______ ft. from the front bumper.
6. What is the maximum length of a bus' tail swing?