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At a fiery Public Safety Committee meeting, Stop the Injunctions Coalition mobilized last night with 200 other Oakland residents, strongly voicing opposition to a proposed $250,000 contract with controversial police consultant William Bratton. Bratton's name has become synonymous with contentious zero tolerance police policies such as gang injunctions, stop and frisk, curfews, and quality of life policing; all policies that our communities have rejected time and time again.
From 6pm to 9:30pm, Oaklanders spoke out loud and clear: a contract with William Bratton would be unacceptable, given his violent legacy. Speakers noted that Bratton's seeminglyimpressive statistics have begun to wither under scrutiny, with reports of manipulation of data and last week's Supreme Court decision finding the NYPD's use of stop and frisk a violation of residents' civil rights.
Newly-elected councilperson Lynette Gibson McElhaney (District 3) wondered if Bratton's reputation was, "so toxic that he can't be effective here." McElhaney continued, "He may be the best, but is he bringing so much baggage to your team, Mr. Wasserman, that he cannot hold town hall meetings?"
With Council members Kalb and McElhaney refusing to endorse a "short-term crime fighting strategy" contract that included Bratton, Councilmember Schaaf amended the proposal to include a recommendation that an alternative contractor be explored. The item will now move to a full council meeting. The dubious outcomes of Bratton-style policy and Bratton's very reputation will be in question when the issue reaches the full Council for a vote next week. Though the Council may decide to implement a version of the contract, last night's strong showing demonstrated that Bratton is more of a liability than an asset in dealing with an engaged community that is fed up with policing scandals.
The public spoke loudly and clearly: Oakland residents don't want Bratton in our city. For those of us working day in and day out to make our city a safer and stronger place, we understand that every dollar wasted on failed, quick-fix schemes is a dollar taken away from supporting effective, sustainable, and community-based solutions.
Read more:
Beware of Bratton, fact sheet from Critical Resistance (also included in email as attachment. Download! distribute! post!)
Oakland is wasting money on Bratton, SFGate


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Millionaire's Shortbread
Makes 9-12 pieces
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Chilling time: approximately 1 hour
200g (7oz) shortbread biscuits, crushed
25g (1oz) butter, melted
150g (5½ oz) butter
150g (5½ oz) dark brown soft sugar
397g can Carnation Condensed Milk
200g (7oz) milk chocolate, melted
You will also need: 20cm (8in) square brownie tin, lined with baking parchment.
Mix the crushed biscuits with the melted butter and then lightly press the mixture into the tin to make an even layer. Chill for 20 minutes.
Place the butter and sugar into a non-stick pan and stir over a medium heat until the butter melts and the sugar dissolves. To make a golden caramel, add the condensed milk, stirring continuously, until the first bubbles appear on the surface. Remove from the heat as soon as it comes to the boil.
Spread the caramel evenly over the crumb base and then cool and chill for 40 minutes. Pour the melted chocolate over the caramel, smoothing to the edges.
When the chocolate has hardened a little, cut into squares.

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Tá an chuid seo den suíomh idirlín ar fáil i mBéarla amháin i láthair na huaire.
30 July 2018
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
Her Honour Judge Melanie Greally
On 30 July 2018 Dublin Circuit Criminal Court ordered the forfeiture to the Exchequer, pursuant to Section 39 of the Criminal Justice Act 1994, of cash amounting to €6,949 which had been seized and detained on 12 September 2016 by Revenue Officers at Dublin Airport. The cash was ordered to be forfeited as the Court was satisfied that it was proven on the balance of probabilities to represent the proceeds of crime, or was intended for use in criminal conduct.
Foilsithe: 30 Iúil 2018
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Rich Harden's arm is always a matter of close observation and clinical study. And no one knows it better than Harden himself.
So it makes sense that Harden would ask the Cubs to shut him down in the tail end of a season the Cubs now have no chance of salvaging. Harden, Jim Hendry and Lou Piniella came to what Harden called "sort of a mutual decision," even if that's not the exact version Piniella gave the Chicago Tribune:
"He's done a real nice job here," manager Lou Piniella said. "... He doesn't want to pitch, and we respect his wishes."
"It'd be a lot different if we were in it and they needed me to pitch," he said. "I'd be out there in a second and I'd be fine. I'm still healthy, feeling good and took that as a positive for this season."
None of this is particularly worthy of outrage on its face. Harden is trying to preserve his arm by not throwing another 80 pointless cut fastballs. This makes perfect sense.
But could there be more to it?
Harden might be done for the Cubs for good.
If you wanted to, you could read Piniella's comment that Harden's "done a real nice job here" as a past-tense statement about Harden's time with the Cubs, how he's managed to stay healthy despite the odds, and how Piniella is willing to give him a little leeway in his last few days on the squad.
Or it could be completely innocuous, and we could be reading too much into it. But when you combine this with the simple facts of the matter -- Harden is going to cost a lot of money to re-sign, and he's injury prone, and not all that young anymore either -- it just sort of seems like this mutually beneficial relationship is coming to an end.
If that's the case, hey, Rich: Take the day off. Your 2009 wasn't great, but all in all, you panned out. You deserve it.
Eamonn Brennan is a Chicago-based writer, editor and blogger. You can also read him at Yahoo! Sports, Mouthpiece Sports Blog, and Inside The Hall, or at his personal site, eamonnbrennan.com. Follow him on Twitter.


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16.3 Engagement Process
(Last Modified on July 12, 2011)
The engagement process begins with the development of the audit plan, and ends with the issuance of the final report and any follow-up of significant and material audit exceptions. The engagement process used by the USG Office of Internal Audit and Compliance (OIAC) is shown below.
16.3.1 Rolling Audit Plan
(Last Modified on July 12, 2011)
Internal audit professional standards mandate an audit risk assessment and audit plans. OIAC will meet these professional standards through maintaining a rolling risk assessment that supports a near-term/one to five months, medium-term/six to ten months, and long-term/eleven to fifteen months and beyond audit plan. The OIAC risk assessment will focus on issues that present a high degree of risk to the USG and/or USG institutions. We will identify these issues through:
- collecting information from multiple sources, analyses, and measures;
- fusing collected information into potential risks; and,
- assessing potential risks by likelihood, impact, and breadth.
The OIAC risk assessment will be ongoing and will include input from the Board of Regents (BOR), USG and institutional leadership, the OIAC Audit Advisory Committee, and other sources as appropriate. Issues presenting a high degree of risk will be further analyzed to determine which internal audit engagement best addresses the identified risk. Engagements may be pursued at the system-level or at an institutional-level. The USG Chief Audit Officer (CAO) will periodically present the rolling audit plan for approval to the BOR Committee on Internal Audit, Risk, and Compliance (Committee). The USG CAO is authorized to revise the rolling audit plan but shall inform the Committee of any significant changes. The USG CAO shall provide written notification to auditees that the institution/audit area has been included on the rolling audit plan.
Institutional Chief Auditors (ICAs) may conduct either annual or rolling risk assessments and audit plans. The USG CAO shall issue guidance for use in preparing institutional audit plans in February of each year. ICAs shall submit a narrative describing the risk assessment process, the list of identified risks, and the institutional audit plan for review and compilation by the USG CAO. The USG CAO shall submit the compiled institutional audit plans for approval by the Committee. The ICA (with the authorization of the USG CAO) is authorized to revise institutional audit plans. Minor revisions to institutional audit plans do not require approval by the USG CAO. The USG CAO shall inform the Committee of any significant changes.
16.3.2 Engagement Preliminary Assessment, Scheduling and Notification
(Last Modified on July 12, 2011)
Auditee management is contacted at least sixty (60) days prior to the intended start of an engagement in order to schedule a preliminary assessment. The preliminary assessment consists of an initial visit by OIAC staff in order to determine potential engagement areas. The preliminary assessment relies heavily on input from institutional management in order to craft a value-added engagement. The preliminary assessment team shall engage the auditee or client in a discussion on the nature of any opinion to be rendered by the OIAC,
A formal engagement letter, to include the engagement scope, is sent to the institution president (for institutional engagements) or to the senior executive responsible for an activity (for USO and USG-wide engagements) at least thirty (30) days prior to the engagement. The letter also details specific information needed for the engagement and any logistical assistance that might be required.
The auditee or client is responsible for identifying a representative to serve as the engagement team's primary contact while on campus. The auditee or client also identifies a key contact person for each function reviewed. The engagement team leader schedules and facilitates an opening conference with the auditee or client senior management.
Consulting engagement planning shall also include development of a consulting charter. Office of Internal Audit and Compliance consulting charters should be approved by the USG Chief Audit Officer and the consulting client. Consulting charters shall minimally address engagement objectives and deliverables.
16.3.3 Conducting the Engagement
(Last Modified on July 12, 2011)
Information obtained during the course of the engagement provides the documented basis for the engagement team's opinions, observations, and recommendations expressed in the engagement report. Auditors are obligated by professional standards to act objectively, exercise due professional care, and collect sufficient, competent, relevant, and useful information to provide a sound basis for engagement observations and recommendations.
Sampling may be used to test less than 100 percent of a population. In sampling, the engagement team accepts the risk that some or all errors will not be found and the conclusions drawn may be wrong. The type of sampling used and the number of items selected should be based on the engagement team's understanding of the relative risks and exposures of the areas reviewed.
Engagement work performed is documented in working papers. Information included in the working papers should be sufficient, competent, relevant, and useful to provide a sound basis for engagement observations and recommendations. Working papers may include schedules and analyses, documents, write-up, and flow charts. Evidential matter may also be obtained through interviews and observations.
Upon the conclusion of the fieldwork, the engagement team summarizes the engagement observations, conclusions, and recommendations necessary for preparation of the engagement report draft discussion.
16.3.4 End of Engagement Review
(Last Modified on July 12, 2011)
At the conclusion of the fieldwork, the engagement team meets with the auditee's or client's management team to discuss observations and recommendations. At this time, the auditee or client comments on observations and recommendations, and any inaccuracies or impractical recommendations are resolved to the extent possible.
16.3.5 Exit Conference
(Last Modified on July 12, 2011)
At the conclusion of the end of engagement review, the engagement team develops a discussion draft that details the engagement executive summary, background, issue ratings (for assurance engagements), engagement observations, and recommendations. This discussion draft is shared with the auditee or client management prior to conducting an exit conference. At the exit conference, the engagement team reviews the discussion draft with management and any disagreements are resolved to the extent possible.
16.3.6 Closing the Engagement
(Last Modified on July 12, 2011)
After the exit conference, the engagement team prepares a final draft, taking into account any revisions resulting from the exit conference and other discussions. When changes have been reviewed by OIAC management, along with an evaluation of the auditee's or client's written responses for inclusion in the final report, the report is issued.
The USG Chief Audit Officer's approval is required for release of all OIAC reports. Institutional engagement reports must be submitted to the OIAC. All significant issues and material issues are summarized for reporting to the BOR Committee on Internal Audit, Risk, and Compliance.
16.3.7 Follow-Up Review
(Last Modified on July 12, 2011)
Follow-up is required of all audit issues classified as significant or material. Each material issue reported as closed/resolved by institution management shall be reviewed by the ICAs or the OIAC within sixty (60) days of the issue being reported as closed. Significant issues may be reviewed after being reported as closed but this review is not required. The actions taken to resolve the issues are reviewed and may be tested to ensure that the desired results were achieved. In some cases, managers may choose not to implement an issue recommendation and to accept the risks associated with the audit issue. The follow-up review will note this as an unresolved exception. The USG Chief Audit Officer shall periodically report the status of audit issues to the Committee to include the status of issues not closed in a timely manner.
Open or partially resolved State, OIAC and institution audit findings are maintained in the USG Internal Audit function enterprise system. Auditee management, such as the chief business officer or the ICA, update the status of each issue in the USG Internal Audit function enterprise system on at least a quarterly basis.
16.3.8 Exception Ratings
(Last Modified on July 12, 2011)
Individual ratings are assigned to each assurance engagement observation contained in reports issued by the OIAC. ICAs may choose not to publish observation ratings but shall assign ratings to observations in the USG Internal Audit function enterprise system. ICAs shall use the USG Internal Audit rating system insofar as ICAs elect to publish observation ratings. All issues would be included in the audit report but "Comments" would not be presented in a full audit finding format. The scales for the USG Internal Audit rating systems are listed below.
Report Item Rating Scale
- Advisory
- Categorized by area reviewed
- Used to identify recommendations contained in a consulting engagement report
- No Issue
- Engagement Team did not identify any reportable issue
- Included in report and tracked in USG Internal Audit function enterprise system.
- Comments
- Nominal or minor violations of procedures, rules, or regulations.
- Minor opportunities for improvement.
- Not included in report but are tracked in USG Internal Audit function enterprise system.
- Corrective action suggested verbally, but not required.
- Significant
- Significant violation of policies and procedures, and/or weak internal controls.
- Significant opportunity to improve effectiveness and efficiency.
- Significant risk identified.
- Corrective action required.
- Material
- Material violation of policies/procedures/laws, and/or unacceptable internal controls, and/or high risk for fraud/waste/abuse, and/or major opportunity to improve effectiveness and efficiency.
- Material risk identified.
- Immediate corrective action required.
16.3.9 State Department of Audits and Accounts Report Ratings
(Last Modified on July 12, 2011)
The state Department of Audits and Accounts (DOAA) periodically communicates the results of DOAA audits to those charged with governance as required by DOAA professional standards. DOAA audit results also may be summarized in OIAC communications.
Material weaknesses and significant deficiencies identified by DOAA auditors and the associated corrective action plans are also tracked in the USG Internal Audit function enterprise system. USG and institutional management shall update the status of corrective action plans associated with DOAA findings on at least a quarterly basis. The OIAC shall coordinate with the State Accounting Office (SAO) to update the status of corrective action plans as tracked by the SAO using data submitted by USG institutions. OIAC's submittal of institutional data does not imply ownership of the institutional findings or validation of management's reported status.
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Father turns in 19-year-old son who killed alligator, FWC says
Corey Hardie charged with illegal killing of alligator
Florida wildlife officials say a father turned in his 19-year-old son after the teen sent a text message bragging about killing an alligator with a machete.
Alligators can only be killed in Florida by people with certain permits. Otherwise, state law prohibits killing, harassing or possessing alligators.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission arrested Corey Hardie of Palm Beach Gardens last week on charges that include the illegal killing of an alligator and killing or wounding a protected species.
The Palm Beach Post reports that Hardie posted $6,000 bond Saturday. Jail records did not show whether he had an attorney.
Officials say that Hardie's father alerted them after his son texted a photo Aug. 4 showing him kneeling over an alligator that he said he had killed.


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Birth Records
Each request for an authorized certified copy of a birth record must be submitted on an official application (ENGLISH )(SPANISH). If the application is incomplete it will be returned to you to complete and resubmit. The birth records held in the Yolo County Clerk/Recorder's Office begin in the year 1878.
Only authorized individuals may receive a certified copy of a birth record. Those persons who are not authorized by law may request a certificate marked "INFORMATIONAL, NOT A VALID DOCUMENT TO ESTABLISH IDENTITY".
If applying for an "Informational" copy, complete the application page only. You are not required to sign under the sworn statement nor have the application notarized.
The Law Describes Authorized Individuals As:
• The registrant or a parent or legal guardian of the registrant.
• A party entitled to receive the record as a result of a court order, or an attorney or a licensed adoption agency seeking the birth record in order to comply with the requirements of Section 3140 or 7603 of the Family Code.
• A member of a law enforcement agency or a representative of another governmental agency, as provided by law, who is conducting official business.
• A child, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, spouse, or domestic partner of the registrant.
• An attorney representing the registrant or the registrant's estate, or any person or agency empowered by statute or appointed by a court to act on behalf of the registrant or the registrant's estate.
• Any agent or employee of a funeral establishment acting within the scope of employment who orders certified copies of a death certificate on behalf of any individual specific in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Family Code Section 7100.
Authorized applicants are required to read the statement and sign it.
If the request for an authorized certified birth certificate is mailed or faxed, the Certificate of Acknowledgement must be notarized.
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The Star Metro
Thursday September 8, 2011
THE WINNERS of the inaugural Selangorlicious! Foodster Blogging Competition went home with a smile as their entries won them cash and other prizes.
Hari Raya is sweeter this year for full-time blogger Eddie Azman Samsuddin, 42, who goes by the identity 'Cakap Niaga' as he was crowned the Foodster of Selangor. The first prize winning entry Ayam Kampung Goreng dan Gulai was mouth-wateringly descriptive.
"Honestly, the winning blog entry wasn't my effort alone. Cakap Niaga is a team effort and I've won this with my co-partner, Otai with the help of a few others," said Eddie.
When asked, the blogger admitted that they never expected to win, much less winning the first prize.
"The winnings will be shared with my partner and I intend to buy a good camera to replace my old but trusty RM100 camera," he said with happy laugh. Cakap Niaga takes home RM5,000 in cash and two holiday packages at the Sepang Gold Coast Resort and Hotel Grand Dorsett Subang.
The tantalising food images taken by Nigel Low won him the prize for best photography.
The corporate trainer indulged in his passion for photography for about five years now with 70% of the subject matter focused on food.
"I love food. My friends know I go out to find the best food out there and they also want to know where I go. So I write and put up the photographs in my personal blog," he said.
Low, who owns one camera with three lenses, won RM1,000 and a digital SLR camera.
Other food on the Selangor menu that made the cut included Pantai Seafood, Mee Udang Nakhoda and Nasi Ambeng.
"Food plays a significant role in our lives, especially us Malaysians. Naturally, we engage bloggers to 'hunt' for great eateries and help to spread the word around in a relatively short period of time," said Tourism Selangor general manager Noorul Ashikin Md Din.
Noorul added that the Selangorlicious portal will be a source of valuable information to local and foreign tourists on the best eating places in Selangor and the competition was the perfect platform to promote Selangor's identity as a food haven.
The competition, which ran throughout May 2011, was mooted by Tourism Selangor and Storm Studio in an effort to identify the best makan places in the state. It was also a great way to get visitors to check out the delectable food places and generally, get to know Selangor better.
The Selangorlicious! Campaign did not end with the prize giving ceremony. A host of activities have been planned until June 2012, which is designated as the official food month for Selangor.
The public can participate in the planned weekly and monthly mini contests that will run soon. In fact, a Mandarin Foodster Blogging Competition will be announced this month. There will also be regular food trips for bloggers to try out new eateries all over Selangor.
Entries will be compiled into a quarterly newsletter and the best ones will be added into an annual directory.
Both the newsletter and annual directory will be distributed in the Klang Valley, Selangor, Penang and at Tourism Selangor foreign missions.
Restaurants, malls, stalls and eateries in Selangor are encouraged to send their promotion items to be disseminated via the Selangorlicious! portal as well as in the Tourism Selangor and Selangor Shines websites, Facebook fan pages and Twitter.
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Speciality gases cover a large number of products for a wide range of applications. The Messer product range encompasses liquid helium, various pure gases and standard mixtures as well as indivual gas mixtures produced on customers' specification. The product requirements are just as specific and diverse as their applications. Messer supplies a wide range of speciality gases, from pressure cans to 300-bar cylinder bundles.
Liquid helium
Liquid helium has a boiling point of approximately 4 Kelvin, the lowest of all gases. This makes it the coldest liquid known and therefore an optimal coolant for producing extremely low temperatures. Liquid helium is predominantly used to cool superconducting magnets, for example in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) and various research applications, including particle accelerators.
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Miertgen (d. 1560)
Miertgen (Maritgen, Mynken Sduucs), an Anabaptist martyr, born at Komen (Commines) in Flanders, the wife of Hans de Vette. In July 1559 a number of members of the Mennonite congregation of Ghent, Belgium, were arrested. Most of them were put to death on 5 July and 7 August 1559, among them Hans de Vette on 5 July. Two women, Tanneken Gressy (Tanneken Godtbetert) and Miertgen, who were pregnant when they were arrested, had their execution postponed until they had given birth to their children; and then the execution for some reason or other was again postponed until 27 June 1560, when they were secretly beheaded in the Ghent Gravensteen castle and immediately buried. Miertgen, who with the other martyrs of this group is commemorated in the hymn "Ick moet een liet beginnen" (I must begin a song), No. 14 of the Liet-boecxken van den Offer des Heeren, faithfully suffered imprisonment and martyrdom. She is said to have spoken from the window of her prison to the passers-by and to have thrown letters into the street.
Van Braght (Martyrs Mirror), who calls this martyr Maritgen van Waestene (Warneton in Flanders), where Hans and Miertgen probably had lived before they moved to Ghent, gives 1559 as the year of execution.
Dit Boec wort genoemt: Het Offer des Heeren, om het inhout van sommighe opgheofferde kinderen Godts . . . N.p., 1562, 1567, 1570, 1578, 1580, Amsterdam, 1590, n.p., 1591, Amsterdam, 1595, Harlingen, 1599. The 1570 edition is cited as reproduced in BRN II., 51-486, including Een Lietboecxken, tracterende van den Offer des Heeren (pp. 499-617): 348, 559. Available in full electronic text at: http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_off001offe01_01/
Braght, Thieleman J. van. Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doops-gesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die om 't getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker geleden hebben ende gedood zijn van Christi tijd of tot desen tijd toe. Den Tweeden Druk. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, 1685: Part II, 246,249.
Braght, Thieleman J. van. The Bloody Theatre or Martyrs' Mirror of the Defenseless Christians Who Baptized Only upon Confession of Faith and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus Their Saviour . . . to the Year A.D. 1660. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 620. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.
Verheyden, A. L. E. Het Gentsche Martyrologium (1530-1595). Brugge: De Tempel, 1946: 26, No. 74.
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Thirty Years of Giving
As Joe Shank reflects on the 30 years that his club, Almaden Valley Athletic Club (AVAC) in San Jose, CA, has been in business, he recalls the effect his club's community involvement has had on the lives of individuals outside the club's walls. AVAC's charitable activities began more than 20 years ago with donations of free memberships to local schools as auction items at fundraisers.
Through the years, the club has also raised $50,000 for the Special Olympics and $30,000 for the American Heart Association. At one time, the club participated in an adopt-a-school program in which AVAC staff visited schools to talk about healthy lifestyles, healthy eating, bike safety and other health issues.
From 1985 to 1990, the club hosted the United States Tennis Association's (USTA) Boys and Girls Hard Courts Tournament, which donated proceeds to the Northern California Tennis Association, a group that teaches children how to play tennis. In 1990, two AVAC members started the National Tennis Championships Tournament at the club, raising about $10,000 per year for underprivileged children.
When a new cause arises, AVAC has been there. In 2001, AVAC raised $20,000 for the Twin Tower Orphan group for children who lost a parent in the Sept. 11th attacks. In 2005, the club raised $20,000 for the victims of the December 2004 tsunami in Asia. In 2005, AVAC hosted a program to benefit the Pat Tillman Foundation, which supports leadership training for college-aged men and women. Tillman, a professional football player who was killed while serving in the military in Iraq, had been a member of AVAC.
The club's charitable activities with its main cause — Hospice of the Valley — earned it the Distinguished Volunteer Fundraiser award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals in 2005. Since 2003, the club has raised $55,000 for the hospice through a Celebration of Life event that includes educational and social activities.
Shank sees the involvement as a way to give back to the community. He leads by example, having funded (along with his business partner at the time) the building of a 3,500-square-foot fitness center at his former high school in Oregon.
The payback for community involvement is simple: the gratification of helping others, Shank said.
"We've been successful in our business, and we want people to be healthy and successful in their endeavors," he said.


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Hold it! How to Stop Urinary Incontinence
By John Moore, MD of Vista Women's Healthcare
Can you imagine getting up to deliver a talk to your PTA or employees and having to worry about leaking urine if you happen to cough, sneeze or laugh? Do you know where every bathroom is at your favorite store? These are daily worries for millions of women. Urinary incontinence—the involuntary leakage of urine—is treatable in the majority of cases and should be discussed with your physician any time that it is a concern for you. Your primary care physician will either initiate treatment or make an appropriate referral, usually to a gynecologist or urologist, if necessary.
The two most common types of incontinence are stress incontinence and urge incontinence. Stress incontinence occurs with sneezing, laughing, coughing or exercising. It is usually caused by a weakening of the tissues that support the bladder or the muscles of the urethra. This weakening can be caused by pregnancy, childbirth or even just normal wear and tear from aging. Urge incontinence occurs when there is a strong, sudden urge to urinate and there is leakage before you can get to the restroom. It is also called overactive bladder and occurs when the muscles in the wall of the bladder contract too easily. The two types also frequently occur together, a situation referred to as mixed urinary incontinence. Incontinence may be associated with other symptoms such as frequent strong urges to urinate even if the bladder is not full, urinating much more frequently than normal and bed-wetting.
Identifying the cause of incontinence is essential to enable your physician to prescribe appropriate treatment for you. A thorough history and physical exam may identify treatable causes of incontinence such as bladder infections or medication side effects. A pelvic exam is necessary to detect loss of support of the bladder and urethra. In cases where the cause is not certain, your physician may ask you to keep track of how often and how much you urinate over several days. You may also be asked to undergo bladder, or urodynamic, testing to more adequately evaluate bladder function. Cystoscopy, where a thin lighted tube with a camera on it is inserted into the bladder is sometimes needed as well. These tests allow a very accurate diagnosis and help your physician determine what treatments will work for your incontinence and, maybe more importantly, which ones won't!There are many options for treating urinary incontinence. Lifestyle changes such as weight loss, smoking cessation, reducing caffeine intake and treating a chronic cough may help. Bladder training by voiding on a more frequent "timed" schedule, whether you need to go or not, may reduce urge incontinence. Kegel exercises tone the muscles around the urethra and vaginal opening and often reduce both urge and stress incontinence symptoms. Physical therapy and biofeedback are sometimes used to help you learn which muscles to contract. Medications in pill, patch or gel form are often prescribed for urge incontinence and can help immensely. They may, however, have side effects such as dry mouth and constipation which are bothersome. Surgical therapy is usually reserved for stress incontinence and takes several forms. A bulking agent may be injected into the tissue around your urethra to help it stay closed, a procedure that is usually performed in the office. More invasive surgery to support the bladder and urethra is performed in the hospital and requires incisions in the vagina or abdomen. These surgeries include placing slings underneath the urethra or supporting the bladder neck and urethra with sutures placed lateral to them and tied to higher tissue to give support.
Finally, in cases where surgery is not an option, a pessary may be prescribed. This device is placed in the vagina to provide bladder support.
Incontinence can be an embarrassing problem but definitely a treatable one. Plan a visit with your physician today to discuss your concerns and regain your control!


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Did you hear the one about Google TV being a complete dismal disappointment and utter failure? No? Well, Logitech, the product's biggest supporter since launch says that returns for its Google TV Revue box are through the roof. Looks like Google TV is doing way worse than Apple's AppleTV hobby.
Google had big — no, HUGE plans for Google TV. It was supposed to bring together the best content on the Web into the living room's massive tele. It was supposed to bring web apps that didn't suck and an interface that could be upgraded rapidly to support new features.
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The train disaster that Google TV is can be summed up in one word: expensive.
Logitech sold its Revue box loaded up with Google TV software for a whopping $300, slashed down to $250 and then as of
yesterday July 31, is now $100. Logitech wasn't the only company who followed Google blindly into the dark.
Sony did too. Its Google HDTVs cost a fortune. Originally priced at $600 for a 24-inch, $800 for a 32-inch, $1000 for a 40-inch and $1,400 for a 46-inch HDTV, Sony was nuts to think anybody would pay that much for one.
It also doesn't help that Google TV's interface is about as friendly some Chinese KIRF that mucked around with Android and that major networks started to block Google TV only days after the first supported products launched.
Apple TV, Boxee and Roku are all probably laughing their pants off right now.
But wait, there's still some shred of hope for Google TV yet. It needs to get that Honeycomb UI and Apps Marketplace pronto. If Google doesn't expedite that process, the platform is doomed for good.
With Larry Page now in charge of Google again, perhaps his swift action will carry Google TV back from its downward spiral.
The question is, will anybody even care by the time that happens?
UPDATE: Logitech clarified its statement regarding "more returns for the Revue than sales" as returns from distributors and retailers, and not returns from actual customers. Regardless, if retailers aren't even stocking the Revue, and sending back all units it bought, customers can't buy them — meaning demand for Google TV set-top boxes isn't exactly blowing up the living room.
Via Wired