The Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Agirculture of the Massachussets legislature held a hearing on a bill to require tank barges carrying petroleum products to be equipped with an anchor system, anchor chain and windlass. The bill would also require tank barges to be manned unless the Department of Environmental Protection determines other technical or operational saftey measures provide an equivalent defree of protection. The bill is similar to legislation introduced - but not enacted - in 1997.
Huntington Ingalls Industries' reports that its Newport News Shipbuilding division has successfully completed anchor testing on the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), bringing the ship closer to its 2016 delivery to the U.S. Navy. Ford's new anchor system features a lighter anchor and chain, weighing in at half the weight of the previous Nimitz-class carriers' anchor systems. Newport News shipbuilders recently gathered to test Ford's anchor windlass system that is used to
Signal International has been awarded a contract for Diamond Offshore’s Ocean America to perform modifications and inspections to ensure compliance with ABS Special Survey requirements. The semisubmersible will be drydocked at the company’s Port Arthur Texas yard in early 2009. The vessel will undergo inspections to the anchor chain and propeller shaft, piping modifications, sacrificial anode replacements as well as new paint for the hull and derrick.
Two of BP's new double-hulled oil tankers are sitting idle off Washington state after each lost an anchor while sailing through rough North Pacific waters, company and Coast Guard officials said Thursday. An investigation into how the anchors got away revealed "material defects" in the enormous steel claws, said Anil Mathur, president of Alaska Tanker Co., a Beaverton, Ore., company that hauls North Slope crude oil for BP.
Tritech has developed a system for the real-time integrity monitoring of mooring lines, umbilicals and risers on Floating Production Storage and Offloading Units (FPSOs). RAMS (Riser and Anchor Monitoring System) is a 360 degree riser and anchor chain monitoring system for FPSOs that is deployed beneath the vessel and monitors the presence, integrity and position of mooring lines and risers 24/7 from a single sonar head.
A Hong Kong Marine Department (MARDEP) enquiry into damage & passenger injuries caused when a local fast ferry hit the anchor cable of a vessel, found that 5 crew members were making their 15th voyage.of the day. The MARDEP report reads as follows: "While the ferry was sailing at a speed of 22.5 knots at the Western Fairway, the coxswain and the assistant coxswain claimed to see a white light of a fishing boat crossing ahead of the ferry from port to starboard
Signal International, L.L.P. announced the recent completion and return to service of two Diamond Offshore rigs, the Ocean Titan and the Ocean America. The LeTourneau Class 64 jackup, Ocean Titan, entered Signal’s East Pascagoula, Mississippi yard for modifications and repairs on 06 March 2009 and departed on 14 April 2009. Meanwhile, another Diamond rig, the eight-column semisubmersible Ocean America, spent 97 days on Signal’s Dry Dock at Port Arthur
Rolls-Royce has won two new contracts to supply podded propulsion systems and deck machinery for Queen Mary 2, the new luxury cruise liner to be built for Cunard Line at Alstom Chantiers de l'Atlantique in France. It has also won contracts to supply podded propulsors to three other cruise ships. The total value of these contracts is approximately $21.2 million. Dr. Saul Lanyado, president - Marine for Rolls-Royce, said: "These contracts bring the total value of equipment orders we have won
Lerwick Harbour recorded strong performances across various key sectors in the first quarter of this year, compared with the same period in 2013. However, seasonal factors impacted negatively on passenger traffic in particular. • Cargo across the near-4,000 metres of quays increased 19% to 282,060 tonnes. • It included 43,388 tonnes of oil-related shipments, up 60% due to movement of heavy items, such as offshore anchor chains, and increased supplies.
The Spanish company Ibercisa supplies equipment to Fincantieri, Cantieri Navali Italiani, S.p.A. through its agent Gecom, for four Saettia MK Patrol ships for the Iraqi Navy. Each of the Patrol ships is equipped with two capstans, one vertical electric anchor winch model MAN-E/V/16-S/1 chain (16 mm) and one auxiliary cargo winch RHIB model MAX-C/E/15/25-16 (6 ton direct pull). All the supplied equipment are electrically driven according to owners’ specifications
November 2014 marks the 95th anniversary of MacGregor's Hatlapa brand. Since its foundation in 1919 by German engineer Max Hatlapa, the formerly independent Uetersen-based company has strived for engineering excellence. Last year, in recognition of these qualities and the benefits that Hatlapa
CEVA Logistics, one of the world’s leading supply chain management companies, has been awarded a long term contract to provide freight management services to SuperGroup, owner of famous fashion brands including SuperDry. The contract award followed a competitive tendering process
CaroTrans, a leading global NVOCC (non-vessel operating common carrier) and ocean freight consolidator, today announces their U.S. West Coast port readiness program to address potential supply chain disruptions. Congestion and current labor issues are impacting the flow of cargo at U.S
Shipping consultancy Drewry and shipment management software solutions provider CargoSmart have expanded their cooperation agreement to cover a broader exchange of market intelligence data on the container shipping market. The two companies first announced their cooperation agreement in April
Bourbon plans to enter the growing Arctic Offshore market in 2016 with a new Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) vessel built by the Vard shipyard. This AHTS (Anchor Handling Tug Supply) was specially designed for operations in polar waters, and more specifically in arctic zones
A consortium has been participating in an experimental offshore floating wind farm project sponsored by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry since March 2012. Preparatory works for the installation of the 7MW oil pressure drive-type wind turbine on the three-column semi-sub
Launched in March 2012, the Fukushima experimental offshore floating wind farm project sponsored by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is nearing the installation phase as preparatory works for the installation of the 7MW oil pressure drive-type wind turbine on the three-column semi-sub
Power was knocked out to 80 percent of Bermuda's electricity grid due to Hurricane Gonzalo, the island's only power company, Bermuda Electric Light Co., said on Friday evening. The company reported that about 29,000 customers were without electricity, out of 36
Kleven Maritime A/S has been contracted by Maersk Supply Service to build six anchor handling tug supply vessels, with options for four additional newbuilds. The vessels, all of Salt Ship Design’s SALT 200 AHTS design, will be built at Kleven's two shipyards in Norway
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced today that Lori Harper, vice president of supply chain management at the company's Ingalls Shipbuilding division, was named one of the state's 50 Leading Business Women by Mississippi Business Journal.
MacGregor has signed a new series of deck machinery orders for 12 vessels with the China-based Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group. This builds on a track-record of contracts that now stands at 150 shipsets of equipment successfully delivered and installed at Sinopacific yards
Customized vessels demonstrate capabilities in demanding global markets. Seacontractors has expanded its workboat fleet with three new orders at Damen Shipyards Group, including the maritime services provider’s ninth vessel from the Shoalbuster range, a Damen Shoalbuster 3209
8th Annual Express Logistics & Supply Chain Conclave, prominent Indian-based business gathering recognizes service excellence. APM Terminals India Pvt. Ltd. was named “Best Inland Service Provider” for the third time in three years at the recently concluded 8th Annual Express
Although the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) is scheduled to be decommissioned in 2016, its legacy lives on, and so does one of its anchors. Huntington Ingalls Industries' (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division recently installed one of Enterprise's anchors on younger carrier USS
Damen Shipyard Group’s new transshipment Crane Barge (CBa) 6324 has got off to a strong start, with an order for the first unit from a client in Uruguay. The barge features the proven Liebherr CBG 350 crane as standard and on this occasion has been outfitted with a unique mooring


This sub-Saharan country is making progress on WASH (Water Sanitation and Hygiene), but formidable obstacles remain on the way
According to a World Bank report, Ethiopia had moved quite considerably on the sanitation front in terms of building toilets, ending open defecation and ensuring toilet hygiene. In 2000, only 14 per cent of the rural and 72 per cent of the urban population had access to safe drinking water, and this improved by 2015 when 52 million people out of a population of 80 million had access to safe drinking water and 26 million people had access to sanitation services. According to the report of March 2016, the World Bank had invested US$860 million for safe drinking water and sanitation services in the country.
USAID in its evaluation report of May 2018 finds the situation in Ethiopia on the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) front under the Millennium Water Alliance-Ethiopia Program (MWA-EP) quite unsatisfactory. It says, “Despite of decades of efforts to improve water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in Ethiopia, its key WASH indicators remain some of the lowest in the world. As of 2015, only 30 per cent of the rural Ethiopian population had access to water that meets its basic needs; 4 per cent used improved, non-shared sanitation; and 99 per cent lacked any handwashing facility.”
What are some of the problems facing Ethiopia on the sanitation front? According to the USAID report, most households have latrines and they are being replaced once they are filled. The problem is that many of the original latrines are still in use and the replaced ones are not maintained well. The USAID report notes, “Though latrine users widely reported using their latrines, Health Extension Workers (HEWs) indicated that latrine usage is likely not as high as people indicate and the observation data support this. Despite education on the importance of latrines, usage lags behind latrine construction.”
The other major challenge is that washing one’s hands after using the latrine. The USAID observation makes for grim reading. It says, “People likely overstate the extent of handwashing. Though most latrine owners reported washing their hands regularly, observation data and interviews with HEWs suggest this is an overstatement. None of the observations revealed handwashing stations or other signs of handwashing, and the HEWs noted significant challenges convincing people to wash their hands regularly.”
WASH Alliance International in its best practices report 2011-2015 spells out the challenge facing Ethiopia, and by implication other countries in the same situation. It says, “Traditional solutions focused on building infrastructure are not sustainable and cannot meet the needs of the growing population.” In Dire Dawa municipality, which is 550 km away from the national capital of Addis Ababa, a new model for construction of latrines in households got evolved. Instead of depending on the government, families were encouraged to build a latrine on their own by accessing credit from the micro financial institutions (MFIs). And businesses have been created to convert waste into useful product. These enterprises, which created jobs for youth in the town, were again supported by financial institutions who created the credit channels.
From extending credit facilities to households and communities to build toilets comes the next idea of turning construction and maintenance of toilets as a profitable venture through pay-for-use model. This project is underway in Addis Ababa. FitsumGelaye, a native of Addis and a graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in architecture in a report, “Toilets for Proft”, written for Archimedes Reporton November 23, 2017, refers to the World Bank funded project of creating a business model for creating sanitation facilities in Addis. Gelaye writes: “From my research, I have found that the NGOs that work in the field – which thus have all been international organisations – have been forging a path to move sanitation from a type of basic service that is solely provided by the government to a profitable business that can create employment for many while decreasing the health and hygiene challenges that the city faces.” She says that the World Bank has marked out US40 million for building toilets in Addis Ababa as a business enterprise and the project is called Ethiopian Sanitation Marketing and Business Development Initiative Program. Loans of US25000 will be provided to local cooperative businesses to construct public toilets. The bank is also providing “a six-module lesson on business administration that is available in multiple languages.”
The World Bank loan is to be distributed through the government and NGOs, and it is to be repaid over a period of 38 years, with an eight-year grace period, reports Gelaye. She says that it is not just the World Bank which has turned sanitation into a business affair, but Population Services International (PSI) has also entered the field. PSI has started a pilot project of four Liyu or special class facility at Addis Ketema, one of the densely populated sub-cities of Addis Ababa, which covers 20 square metres land and costs US$5000, with separate gender-designated toilets, shower and outdoor sink for washing hands. The charges are 1 birr (equivalent to 4 US cents) for urinals, 2 birr for toilets and 10 birr for shower.
Addis Ababa Water and Sewage Authority (AAWSA) has also entered the fray of “toilets for profit” and auctioned it to differently-abled people to run it. Gelaye writes her impression of the AAWSA-built public facility: “I was able to visit one of the facilities in a peri-urban neighbourhood of Addis informally called Koshe. I initially walked past this Public Toilet and Rest Stop facility, mistaking it for a small public garden, with a quaint coffee and tea café. I was later able to learn that AAWASA has a specific design for these toilets that includes a small garden in the forefront with carefully selected flowers.”
Gelaye looks at the challenges involved in this now model of toilets-for-profit business. She argues that the use charges are quite high and this would exclude the poor people from using the public facilities, and it is the poor who need them the most. The second issue is that of cleaning up the septic tanks periodically. She says the waste collected is pumped out once in 10 days, and she points out that when the septic tanks are full people stop using the facility because of the overwhelming smell. She also moots the idea that it is not necessary to think of disposing of the waste and there could be a business model for recycling it as well, especially for the urban farms around Addis Ababa.
Most of the information that is available about sanitation issues is provided by international organisations. We do not have hard data and analysis from Ethiopian sources – governmental and non-governmental. But from a cursory survey of available data put forward by global aid organisations like the World Bank, UNICEF and others it can be seen that there has been much progress on the sanitation front in Ethiopia. It is however evident that it would not be possible to find a permanent solution because there is need for change in strategies as conditions change.
One of the insights that emerges from the reports is that there is need to create the sanitation infrastructure of more toilets both at the household and community levels, but there remains the more important challenge of changing the mindset of people, in making them use latrines and making them wash their hands after using the latrines. It may appear that these are obvious matters and that they do not merit discussion. But as we gather from the data, these are the issues that make the goal of sanitation facilities to all so much more difficult and complex as well.
There are the harsh economic realities which create a vicious circle of its own. It has been noticed that when latrines are full and when they are replaced, people had a tendency to dismantle the replaced latrine structures made of wood. The USAID report notes: “None of the MWA-EP-supported public latrines are functional today. People dismantled them for firewood, indicating that the community’s short-term demand for firewood outstripped perceived benefits of public latrines.”
There has been significant economic growth in Ethiopia in the last decade, which has made it the fastest-growing region in sub-Saharan Africa. This economic growth should help solve the sanitation and public health challenges that this country faces.
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Amongst those that have shut down their facilities are renowned chef, José Andrés, and Think Food Group who have temporarily closed each of their restaurants in the Washington D.C. area and NYC as of March 15th in order to ensure the safety of their customers and employees.
People of America…Important News: All my restaurants in DC area are closed until further notice. Here at @ThinkFoodGroup safety of employees & guests is too priority. Some restaurants will transform into Community Kitchens to offer to-go lunches for those who need a meal. (1/4) pic.twitter.com/3HTyT607ZI
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While many restaurants are continuing to close across the country, Think Food Group and Chef José Andrés are fighting the virus the best way they know how: feeding those in need. To ensure those in need have access to food, Think Food Group will repurpose most of their locations as “community kitchens” from their side doors, with affordable plates available for takeout.
Starting Tuesday, March 17th, the community kitchens will operate out of the restaurants’ side doors with a limited number of volunteers from 12-5 pm daily, serving only takeout.
The list of restaurants that will be opening as community kitchens can be found here. If you or anyone you know in these areas are in need of food, visit this link to find out more information on the community kitchens, and where they are located near you.
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A new study, led by Washington University in St. Louis, suggests that seasonal diet changes may have played a role in the development of bigger brains and higher-level cognitive functions in human ancestors and other primates.
CHICAGO, June 27, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the human population grows, it is critical that the drain on the planet's resources be lessened by decreasing consumption of animal protein.
The potential of insects as human food and animal feed to assure global food security and availability of animal proteins in a sustainable way has been the main focus of the first conference Insects to feed the world in the Netherlands.
According to a new report from the United Nations, forests and the creepy crawlers that inhabit them are an underutilized source of food in the battle against worldwide hunger.
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On May 7, 2019, Washington amended its data breach notification law (HB 1071). The amendment shortens the period in which notice must be provided, expands the definition of personal information, adds further content requirements for notification letters, and changes the way in which notifications must be delivered in certain circumstances.
Timing of Notice. The amendment shortens the period during which notice must be provided to residents and the attorney general from forty-five (45) to thirty (30) days after the discovery of the breach.
Personal Information. The definition of personal information is expanded to include, in combination with first name or first initial and last name:
- Full date of birth;
- A unique private key that is used to authenticate or sign an electronic record;
- Student, military, or passport identification number;
- Health insurance policy number or health insurance identification number;
- Information related to a consumer’s medical history or mental or physical condition or about a health care professional’s medical diagnosis or treatment of the consumer; and
- Biometric data generated by automatic measurements (e.g., fingerprint, eye retinas).
Personal information also includes any of the data elements listed above, whether alone or in combination with each other, without first name or first initial and last name if the data is not protected and access to such data would allow a person to commit identity theft. Lastly, personal information includes username or email address in combination with a password or security questions and answers that would permit access to an online account.
Content Requirements. Under the amendment, businesses are required to include in resident notifications “the time frame of exposure, if known, including the date of the breach and the date of discovery of the breach.” Further, the amendment adds the following content requirements to notifications sent to the attorney general:
- Types of personal information that were or reasonably believed to be affected;
- Time frame of exposure, including the date of breach and the date of discovery;
- Summary of steps taken to contain the breach; and
- A sample copy of the breach notification letters to individuals.
Notifications to the attorney general must be updated if any of the information above changes.
Delivery Method. The amendment allows businesses to provide notice of the breach to residents electronically or by email when the personal information affected includes a username or password. The notification must meet certain requirements, including recommending to affected residents that they change their password and security question or answer or use other methods to protect the online account and all other online accounts for which the login information is the same as the breached account.
If, however, the breach involves login credentials of an email account, the amendment prohibits notifications from being provided to that email address and requires another delivery method to be used.
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She rubbed it the right way and now Christina Aguilera is releasing her first greatest hits collection.
The album features re-recorded versions of her classics, such as “Genie in a Bottle” and “Beautiful,” as well as two new tracks, one of which, “Keeps Gettin’ Better” made its radio debut yesterday New York’s Z100.com.
Aguilera’s greatest hits will be available exclusively at Target on Nov. 11. The singer’s set to perform at tomorrow’s MTV VMAs.
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Hospitals are like no other business, therefore management is allowed to restrict employee communications on the hospital’s electronic network.
That was the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s position Wednesday in justifying making its email network off limits to union messages, employment attorney Mark Stubley told an administrative law judge at the National Labor Relations Board in downtown Pittsburgh. The Service Employees International Union has been trying to organize support staff at UPMC’s flagship Oakland hospitals for about a year, but a vote has not been scheduled. Wednesday’s hearing was held to hear arguments on the email issue.
A ruling against the SEIU could deprive the union of an effective way of communicating with UPMC employees in what has been the most aggressive unionizing effort at Pennsylvania’s biggest non-government employer.
“The interests of a health care environment are unique,” Stubley said.
Stubley is a shareholder in Greenville S.C., offices of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart P.C. Lawyers for both sides have until March 27 to file briefs in the case, with a ruling anticipated some time after that date.
Hospital employees are required to read every email, so union solicitations violated their constitutional right to be free from the messages, Stubley said.
“The hospital requires people to read emails because of the risk of not doing so,” he said.
Use of UPMC’s email network for union interests was the remaining issue in a raft of alleged labor law violations the SEIU filed against UPMC. A settlement agreement was reached on most of those issues Feb. 7.
NLRB attorney Janice Anne Sauchin said an investigation was continuing into two other cases brought by SEIU against UPMC.
SEIU lawyers said employers were not allowed to discriminate in the kinds of email that would be prohibited, allowing anti-union messages, for example, while forbidding union solicitations, according to a 2007 NLRB ruling involving an Oregon newspaper. UPMC had at least three electronic messaging policies for employees in recent years, but the union was unsuccessful in introducing evidence to support UPMC’s anti-union web pages and messages to demonstrate policy inconsistencies.
“The restrictions are unlawful,” said Kathy Krieger, a union lawyer at the Washington D.C. offices of James & Hoffman P.C.


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GENESEE COUNTY, MI -- The Swartz Creek and Grand Blanc girls soccer teams have jumped out in front in this week's Flint Journal Team of the Week poll.
In what we're calling our soccer edition, featuring five area girls soccer teams, Swartz Creek holds a lead with more than 300 votes and 56 percent of the vote. Grand Blanc isn't far behind, with more than 200 votes.
Trailing off in the distance is Linden, Flint Northwestern and Goodrich, all three struggling to reach double-digit vote totals.
The winning team will receive highlighted coverage next week, April 28-May 2, from The Flint Journal and MLive.com. The Flint Southwestern girls track and field and Flint Powers Catholic boys baseball teams have already gotten Team of the Week treatment, with Flint Kearsley softball earning the nod this week.
Voting is allowed once per hour and will continue until noon Friday.

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The one-off Ferrari SP3JC took two years to design
This is the Ferrari SP3JC, a custom-built, one-off creation commissioned by a lucky Ferrari collector.
It's designed to pay homage to 1950s and 1960s Ferrari convertibles, albeit with a "Pop Art"-inspired paint scheme on the outside.
Under the hood is a 6.3-liter V12 engine rated for 769 horsepower.
Ferrari says that the SP3JC's design process took two years and that the client was closely involved in the project.
To match the nose, the inside of the Ferrari also has blue leather for the seats and dashboard.

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Associate Dentist Jobs in Bishop Auckland, County Durham. Associate Dentist, Bishop Auckland, County Durham. £12 per UDA. ZEST Dental Recruitment working in partnership with an established dental practice is seeking to recruit an Associate Dentist in Bishop Auckland, County Durham.
- Part-time Associate Dentist
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- Bishop Auckland, County Durham
- £12 UDA
- 2000 UDA
- Good private opportunity
- Established dental practice
- Reference: IND2202
A superb opportunity has arisen for an associate dentist to work within an established multi-surgery dental practice in Bishop Auckland, County Durham. The dental practice has built an excellent reputation for providing quality dentist treatment in an extremely modern and professional environment. The practice offers Dental Implants and a full range of cosmetic treatments as well as catering for children and nervous patients through sedation treatments if required. The dental practice also benefits from an excellent long-serving dental team.
Successful candidates will be GDC registered dentists, have an active dentist performer number and have experience of providing NHS dental treatment in the UK.
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“Ow! Ow! Ow!, you hurt my eye,” a nine-year-old girl screams after Kansas police officer Dexter Betts fired two shots from his gun.
Betts, who claimed the dog attacked him, was fired after he wounded the child instead of the dog.
Video from Betts’ body camera, which was released Thursday by the Wichita Eagle, shows Betts shining his flashlight on the girl seconds before he shoots at the dog in front of her.
It happened on December 30 after Betts and another officer responded to a call from the girl’s mother, Danielle Maples, about her husband who was suicidal.
When officers arrived, Maples’ husband was standing in the driveway with his hands up, unarmed.
Footage shows officers walking up to the house, which they later claimed to enter looking for a gun.
One officer carefully opens the door and walks into a living room full of frightened children who can be heard crying.
Two boys are standing, watching television, while the nine-year-old girl sits on the floor by the couch.
Betts looks around in a few rooms near the front of the home.
“Whoa, whoa, we got a dog in here,” he can be heard saying.
That’s when a barking, 35 pound English Bull Terrier named Chevy enters the room.
Betts fires two shots.
“Ow! Ow! Ow!, you hurt my eye! the girls screams in agony.
Fragments from Betts’ gun ricocheted off the floor, hitting the dog and the girl.
Betts can be heard saying “shots fired” and telling the kids to get out of the room.
“Dog inside. Attacked up.” Betts claims after someone asks him what happened.
Meanwhile, the girl cries in agony as officers leave the home.
The girl’s three brothers are waiting in the driveway, clearly traumatized by the ordeal.
“We have to take my daughter to the hospital,” the girl’s father says while holding his daughter in his arms.
Betts then walks back to his patrol car.
“What the hell happened?” another officer asks him.
“In the house . . . we were trying to go get the gun, looking for the gun, and the dog came out from one of the back rooms,” he tells her.
“Did he attack you?”
“Yeah,” he replies, adding that the dog didn’t actually get him.
Betts, who was fired from the Wichita Police Department less than a month after the incident, now faces a felony charge of aggravated battery.
Betts is the first Wichita police officer in the last two decades to face criminal charges from an on-duty shooting that has resulted in an injury or death.
Even though video shows the dog never attacked him, Betts defense attorney says his client was “not reckless” but instead was attempting to “avoid being attacked by this vicious dog.”
The family’s lawyer, Charley O’Hara, said the nine-year-old girl believed Betts was “shooting directly” at her when he opened fire.
Maples says her daughter will be left with external and psychological scars from the shooting.
“The mother said to me after seeing the video “I’ve always taught my children to trust the police, and I don’t think any four of those children will ever trust the police again,” O’Hara explained.
Betts’ trial is set for August 20.
He has entered a plea of not guilty.


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The temperature is dropping and the nights are drawing in…time to get ready for Autumn and Winter.
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Today, the World TeamTennis Pro League presented by GEICO named Bobby Reynolds of the Washington Kastles the 2012 WTT Male MVP.
After earning the 2010 Rookie of the Year award, Reynolds has followed up with an even better campaign in 2012 to earn the WTT Male MVP honors. Boasting a 64-41 record for a .610 winning percentage, Reynolds finished as the top ranked player in men's singles. He also paired up with the 2011 Male MVP Leander Paes to finish as the League's top-ranked doubles team with a .620 winning percentage. Yet after Paes left to compete in the Olympics, Reynolds kept the Kastles on track and helped lead them to a second consecutive undefeated regular season. "It's an honor to be named MVP," said Bobby Reynolds. "There have been so many great players who have been MVP over the years of World TeamTennis. The team has been behind me the whole year. I just hope we keep the streak alive."
Additionally, Murphy Jensen of the Washington Kastles was named WTT Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season. The Kastles have had two consecutive undefeated regular seasons and won 30 matches in a row, the second longest win streak in pro team sports history. This is Jensen's fourth season coaching the Kastles. He led the franchise to the WTT title in 2009 and 2011, and the Kastles are now the top seed in the 2012 Eastern Conference finals as they look to win another championship.
"It feels unreal to be named Coach of the Year for two years in a row," said Jensen. "It means the world to me because I got an opportunity this month to serve some extraordinary athletes. I'm a cheap imitation of all the people who have mentored me along the way, starting with my mom and dad."
All of the 2012 WTT Award winners as well as the WTT Finals Weekend Schedule follow below:
2012 WTT AWARDS:
WTT FEMALE MVP: Martina Hingis (New York Sportimes)
WTT MALE MVP: Bobby Reynolds (Washington Kastles)
WTT FEMALE ROOKIE: Kristyna Pliskova (Philadelphia Freedoms)
WTT MALE ROOKIE: John-Patrick Smith (Orange County Breakers)
WTT COACH OF THE YEAR: Murphy Jensen (Washington Kastles)
2012 WTT Finals Weekend presented by GEICO Schedule:
September 14-16 - Family Circle Tennis Center in Charleston, S.C.
Friday, Sept. 14 - 6:30 p.m. EDT : Western Conference Championship - 1 Orange County Breakers (8-6) vs. 2 Sacramento Capitals (7-7)
Saturday, Sept. 15 - 6:30 p.m. EDT: Eastern Conference Championship - 1 Washington Kastles (14-0) vs. 2 New York Sportimes (9-5)
Sunday, Sept. 16 - 3:30 p.m. EDT: WTT Finals - Eastern Conference Champion vs. Western Conference Champion

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Speaking of Spencer & Hill remixes (man do I love this German duo), LA Riots has provided one of the most recent S&H tracks “Just Dance Now” with a heavy twist. The original is built up with synths that are very reminiscent of MSTRKRFT and Justice, then packs the drop full of grinding bass and pumping kick-drum. LA Riots takes every aspect of the track and kicks it up another notch; the reverb, the kick-drum, an additional synth, chainsaws left and right with….is that?…yes…that’s definitely some Cookie Monster Growls as well. Both the original and this heavy remix are truly representative of banging Electro-House. Check it!
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New York - Dime Savings Bank of New York declared an initial dividend of $13.125 a share on its 10 1/2% noncumulative exchangeable preferred stock, which was issued on Sept. 30. The dividend is payable Nov. 15 to holders of record on Oct. 30.
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ZeroPoint is the selected EPC contractor for the first wood gasification installation of Bio Energy Netherlands, located in the port of Amsterdam and commissioned at the end of 2018. This commercial wood gasifier is the first of its kind in the Netherlands and uses the technology of the Zero-Point Clean Tech. A conscious choice was made for gasification instead of incineration, because 60-70% less nitrogen and particulate matter were emitted. The gas that is produced with the biomass is used to generate heat and electricity. In the first instance, the wood gasification installation has a capacity of 10 MW, 80% of which is used for heat and 20% for electricity. For the future there are plans to further expand this capacity and to extract hydrogen and CO₂ from the gas.
The wood gasification installation will initially have two gasification reactors. Chosen for this are the Fixed Bed Down Draft Gasifiers. The advantage of this type of gasification reactors is that hardly any tar ends up in the gas, which is the case with many other types of gasification reactors. The wood that is gasified is supplied from the region, it only concerns non-recyclable wood, which has no other destination (including prunings). The wood is first dried and shredded before entering the reactor. The wood chips are then placed at the top in the reactor, in which the biomass is heated under low-oxygen conditions. The gas that is produced in this process is called “syngas” (synthesis gas), which mainly consists of carbon monoxide and hydrogen. The syngas leaves the gasification reactor at the bottom, leaving the remaining residues. These residues in the form of “activated carbon” can be used, among other things, as biochar as soil improvers. Before the syngas is used, it is first cleaned with a water scrubber and a cloth filter, which filters out most residues and particulate matter.
Syngas has many different applications. Electricity and heat are initially produced at the wood gasification plant. Electricity is generated by means of a Jenbacher gas engine that can use the syngas as fuel. The heat that is released during the gasification process and the generation of electricity is supplied to the nearby Waste Energy Company of the municipality of Amsterdam, which is connected to the Amsterdam heat network. From 2019, the Bio Energy Netherlands wood gasification plant will also extract hydrogen and CO₂ from the syngas, which can be used for, among other things, transport fuels and in chemistry. The syngas will also be desulfurized during this process.


Bee Proud, simples.
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To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Chambres à part, art advisor and curator Laurence Dreyfus hosts two remarkable exhibitions within the framework of FIAC’s VIP program of 2015. She settles in her favourite place La Réserve Place du Trocadéro showcasing a mirror exhibition featuring iconic works from previous editions of Chambers à part loaned by collectors, enriched with new discoveries from her numerous wanderings throughout the year in search of treasures of contemporary art.
In order to mark the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Chambres à part, and for the first time, Laurence Dreyfus proposes an unique selection presented at the prestigious address of 42 Avenue Gabriel.
The two exhibitions wild include works by Ai Weiwei, Michal Rovner, Alexandra Domanovic, Tomas Saraceno, Oliver Laric, David Altmedj, Shirazeh Houshiary, Patrick Neu, Parker Ito, Jon Rafman….
Image: Laurence Dreyfus, Chambres à part, Paris, 10th edition - works by Tomas Saraceno - Olafur Eliasson - Jose-Maria Sicilia © Gerson Lirio


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Rockville, MD (June 26, 2018) – The Coalition to Stop Opioid Overdose (CSOO) enthusiastically welcomes NASTAD (National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors) as a new member of the coalition. NASTAD is an association that represents public health officials who administer HIV and hepatitis programs in all 50 U.S. states and around the world. NASTAD seeks to end the intersecting epidemics of HIV and viral hepatitis by strengthening domestic and global governmental public health through advocacy, capacity building, and social justice.
“NASTAD is a demonstrated leader in the fight to end HIV and viral hepatitis, and we welcome them as a new member of the Coalition to Stop Opioid Overdose” said Corey Waller, Chair of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. “HIV and viral hepatitis transmission continues to be a severe problem for people who inject drugs. We look forward to working with NASTAD to elevate the national conversation around the intersection of addiction and transmissible diseases such as HIV and viral hepatitis and advance policies that improve health outcomes and reduce overdose deaths.”
“NASTAD is excited to join the Coalition to Stop Opioid Overdose,” said NASTAD Executive Director Murray C. Penner. “The opioid epidemic our country faces has led to increases in the spread of infectious diseases like HIV and hepatitis. Now, more than ever, it is vital that we join together to prevent opioid overdoses and end the intersecting epidemics of HIV and hepatitis once and for all.”
About the Coalition to Stop Opioid Overdose
The Coalition to Stop Opioid Overdose is a coalition of local, regional and national groups that are committed to advancing meaningful legislative and regulatory policies in response to the opioid epidemic. The Coalition seeks to address the U.S. opioid epidemic by engaging policy makers, public health leaders, chronic pain and addiction specialists, individuals in and seeking recovery and family members, so that legislation and policies get the support and funding needed.


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A pair of comic book nerds get turned into vampires and decide to play Batman by becoming private investigators. What could go wrong?
If Buffy married Larry the Cable Guy instead of that dude from the Scooby Doo movies, their baby would probably be a lot like Bubba.
Yeah, that scares me, too.
His guardian angel calls him Q.
Dracula calls him nephew.
Demons call him The Reaper.
He's Quincy Harker, and he's here to help.
John G. Hartness is a teller of tales, a righter of wrong, defender of ladies’ virtues, and some people call him Maurice, for he speaks of the pompatus of love. He is also the award-winning author of the urban fantasy series The Black Knight Chronicles (Bell Bridge Books), the Bubba the Monster Hunter comedic horror series, the Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter dark fantasy series, and many other projects.
In 2016, John teamed up with a pair of other publishing industry ne’er-do-wells and founded Falstaff Books, a small press dedicated to publishing the best of genre fictions “misfit toys.”
In his copious free time John enjoys long walks on the beach, rescuing kittens from trees and playing Magic: the Gathering.
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More than 200 family, friends, and community members gathered on Tuesday at McNary-Williams-Jackson Mortuary to pay their respects to 8-year-old Alaysha “Ladybug” Carradine. Alaysha was..
“Too Many White-Americans Still Don’t Understand” During the Zimmerman Trial, it was revealed that Trayvon Martin called Zimmerman a “cracker” and many white-Americans were shocked...
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BITTERSWEET CONFECTIONS SHOP
725 Magazine Street, Suite A, New Orleans, LA 70130 Directions
King, Strawberry Short, Chocolate Chip, Chocolate Peanut Butter, Chocolate Overload, German Chocolate, Red Velvet, Grasshopper, Boutique, Vanilla, Birthday, Lemon Drop, Chocolate, Chocolate Chocolate Chip, Almond Wedding, Wedding, Carrot, Red Velvet & Salted Caramel Cakes
Bittersweet Confections was created in 2002 by local chocolate maker Cheryl Scripter. Cheryl, a native of Louisiana, has always cherished the craft of chocolate making. The goal of Bittersweet Confections is to produce an outstanding range of chocolates using local ingredients and superior chocolate. Cheryl has turned her one-person idea into a thriving two-location cafe and bakery, and a team of 30 professional chefs, baristas, and cake decorators. She uses local produce pecans, citrus, and dairy products to make its decadent truffles. Their bakers deliver an outstanding range of confections using local ingredients and superior chocolate. Takeout and Catering services are available.
Price: Starts from $4
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3700 Orleans Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70119 Directions
Party, Brownies, Cup, Birthdays, Wedding, Russians, Red Velvet, Macaroons, Chocolate, Black Forest, Rum Balls, Celebration, Traditional, Showers, Birthday Cake, Graduations, Chocolate Raspberry, Custom, Strawberry Cream, Jelly Rolls, Vanilla Caramel, Vanilla & White Forest Cakes
Swiss Confectionery is a family-run, long-standing bakery that produces specialty cakes and other sweets, such as brownies and macaroons. For 90 years, Swiss Confectionery has set the benchmark for wedding cakes in New Orleans, and they continue loyal to traditions that have gained their reputation. They make cakes that can accommodate as little as 15 people, or more than 500, and they also offer a wide variety of designs. Their bite-sized confections are ideal for every occasion, and they also offer baked pastry shells for your delicious dishes. Custom specialty cakes from Swiss Confectionery are made to match your needs. Their bakers design a wedding cake to match your reception and, most importantly, to reflect your distinctive personality and unique style. They will deliver your wedding cake free of charge anywhere in the Greater New Orleans area. Samples of their wedding cake are available on Thursday and Friday and by request on Saturday.
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THE SWEET LIFE BAKERY
6268 Vicksburg Street, New Orleans, LA 70124 Directions
Passion Fruit, Vanilla, Almond, Sweet Potato Pecan, Butterscotch, Lemon, Blood Orange, Carrot, Blueberry, Caramel, Key Lime Pie, Red Velvet, White Chocolate, Chocolate, Mascarpone, Yellow Butter and Funfetti, Kahula, Banana's Foster, Hazelnut, Tiramisu, Orange, Pistachio, Strawberry, Jameson, Raspberry, Spiced Apple Pie, Salted Caramel & Fudge Cake
The Sweet Life Bakery is a traditional bakery selling custom special occasion cakes & sweets such as ice yogurt & pastries. Their custom cake design bakery, which uses your inspiration to make amazingly delicious works of art. The designs of the bakery range from traditional to contemporary and make cakes that are sweet, friendly, chic and inspired by you. Takeout and delivery services are available. Wheelchair accessible.


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A great afternoon was had by all last week at the first-ever Dongara Weeds and Horses Field Walk.
The 25 attendees at the NACC organised event were joined by Dongara vet Dr Emma Taylor, Matt Pratt-King and Yvette Rob from the Shire of Irwin, agronomist Tony Rosser, and Darryl Meredith from Great Northern Rural. What a great collection of knowledge.
The afternoon began with a walk through one of the paddocks belonging to hosts Lee and Rob Boelen. It didn’t take long for people to start finding weeds, and with each discovery Tony explained how to control them, while Emma explained the potential impact of each weed on the health of horses.
The group recorded a number of species during their walk – including Turnip, Fat Hen, Stink Weed, Geraldton Carnation Weed, and Blackberry Nightshade. There was a great deal of information to take-in but thankfully Tony has begun developing fact sheets so that individuals can identify and learn how to control weeds on their own properties.
Emma also –recommended that participants get a copy of Poisonous Plants for Horses: An Australian Field Guide published by Australian Government’s Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation which is a great source of information, and can be downloaded from the internet here.
NACC Sustainable Agriculture Project Manager Sarah Jeffery said there were no formal presentations on the day, and that was what people enjoyed most about the experience.
— Sarah Jeffery (@sarahjeffery76) September 17, 2017
“It was just a really informative walk and talk,” she said. “There were so many opportunities to ask questions in a really relaxed environment on a very lovely property.
“We also got to see the horses put-on a great display – galloping across the paddock having a ball, enjoying their freedom. For a horse lover what could be a better sight.”
The group finished what was a very successful afternoon with a social barbeque and drinks thanks to the team at Great Northern Rural.
Some attendees brought along in weeds in plastic sealed bags on the day which were taken away for identification and are looking forward to finding-out more information. Further fact sheets will be available soon.
NACC’s Sustainable Agriculture team would like to thank Lee and Robert for hosting the field walk on their property, and would also like to thanks the WA State Natural Resource Management Office for funding to make the day possible.


The group "tests of filters" is part of the Internal Service for Prevention and Protection at Work (SIPPT/IDPBW). The main activity is to control the efficiency of installations with absolute filters (HEPA = High Efficiency Particulate Air filters) at SCK•CEN, in Belgonucleaire, at FBFC and in the nuclear power plants of Doel and Tihange.
As subcontractor of AV international in Doel and Tihange, the group works according to a strict quality system (QA). Besides, several security prescriptions are fulfilled (VCA (LSC), the 10CFR5° system).
A DOP generator generates some di-octylphtalates (DOP) aerosols in the conduct before the filters installation to be tested. The aerosol concentration is then measured by a particle counter before and after the installation. The efficiency is calculated based on these measurements.
• DOP generator
The purpose of the DOP (di-octylphtalates ) generator is to generate a quantity of DOP aerosols in the conduct. This aerosol can then be measured by a particle counting system in order to evaluate the efficiency of an installation with HEPA filter.
DOP (di-octylphtalate) is stored in a liquid form in a container. The aerosol is produced by using:
- an inert gas, for instance nitrogen for the TDA-5B generator
- pressurised air for the type F1000 generator
on the liquid DOP. The mix gas-liquid DOP is heated in a heating block (a spiral conduct inside an aluminium block) up to 360 °C. The DOP condenses at the outlet of the generator and forms condensation aerosols. 99% of the particles are smaller than 2 µm.
The photometer is a particle counter that is used to calculate the efficiency of a ventilation installation with HEPA filters.
The air or gas is drawn through the scattering chamber, particulate matter in the sample passes through the focal point of the scattering chamber. Particulate matter light into the dark cone and onto the photomultiplier tube, which converts the light into an electrical signal.
The signal is amplified and digitised, then analysed by a microprocessor to determine the intensity of the light scattered by the signal. This signal is then compared to a reference signal (0% base line) that is set using some clean air that had been cleaned through an ULPA filter.
The photometer can not classify the particulate matter in various ranges. This can only be done by using a laser spectrometer, but measuring with a photometer is much faster than with a laser spectrometer.
• Laser spectrometer
The laser spectrometer is a particle counter that is used to calculate the efficiency of a ventilation installation with HEPA filters.
Particles passing through the laser beam (generated by a He-NE laser tube) in the sampling aperture scatter light. This scattered light is measured by a photodetector module. The amount of scattering depends on the particle size. This allows counting the number of particles in defined diameter ranges.
A too high particle concentration results in the saturation of the laser spectrometer. Therefore a dilution system needs to be used in order to dilute the particle concentration. This is used in the measurement bore, the filter where the concentration is high. This system allows the measurement of the efficiency of 2 filters in series which is not possible when using a photometer.
The efficiency of filter reaches a minimum for the MPP particle (Most penetrating particules). For HEPA filters this diameter is about 0.15 µm. With a laser spectrometer it is possible to measure the efficiency around the MPP and for a higher particle diameter.
• Absolute filter
The absolute filters or the real HEPA (High Efficiency Particulate Air) filters were designed during the Second World War. They were originally made to collect radioactive dust to clean the air. Because of their high efficiency, they have quickly been considered as the best way to filter the air. Later on, they have often been used in laboratories, clean rooms and hospitals.
The tested installations are equipped with ‘High Efficiency Air filters’ (HEPA). These HEPA filters are usually used in nuclear power plants and have a global efficiency of 99.95% (EU type H13) or 99.995% (EU type H14). This classification is in accordance with the European norm: EN 1822-1: 'High efficiency air filters (HEPA and ULPA)'.
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Members of an acrobatic troupe from central China's Hunan Province perform during the 3rd Kiev International Youth Festival of Circus Art in Kiev, Ukraine, on June 1, 2018. The acrobatic troupe from China's Hunan Acrobatics Art Theater (HAAT) beat more than 30 participants from 12 countries at the 3rd Kiev International Youth Festival of Circus Art "Golden Kashtan," held at the National Circus of Ukraine (NCU). (Xinhua/Sergey)
KIEV, June 1 (Xinhua) -- An acrobatic troupe from central China's Hunan Province won the first prize at an international competition of circus art here Friday.
The acrobatic troupe from Hunan Acrobatics Art Theater (HAAT) beat more than 30 participants from 12 countries at the 3rd Kiev International Youth Festival of Circus Art "Golden Kashtan," held at the National Circus of Ukraine (NCU).
Liu Yang, a member of the troupe, said her team's victory was the result of hard work and long preparations.
"To prepare our performances, we trained for a year and a half, nonstop. Our coaches accompanied us day and night, so we achieved today's success," Liu said.
"The Chinese school of acrobatics is the oldest and the strongest one. We must learn from them," said Lyudmila Shevchenko, director of the NCU. "We also had quite strong performances, but China has everything special -- style, music," she added.
During the three-day event, circus professionals and amateur performers from China, Ukraine, Switzerland, Israel, Belarus and European Union countries competed for 12 medals in four age groups.
The contestants staged a total of 52 performances, demonstrating their skills in juggling and equilibristics. The Chinese troupe, in particular, amazed spectators by presenting an impressive contortion performance and a breathtaking handstand performance.
Noting that Ukraine also has a profound tradition in acrobatics, Zhao Shuangwu, director general of the HAAT, said one of the goals that the Chinese troupe wanted to achieve by participating in the festival is to bring acrobatic performance with Chinese cultural characteristics to the acrobatics fans in Ukraine.
Zhao awarded the "Great Wall Award" to an acrobatic troupe from Kiev named "Duo Fireworks" for their outstanding performance.
Irina Zherdeva, coach of the Kiev troupe and an admirer of Chinese acrobatics, said she had always dreamed of receiving recognition from Chinese circus professionals. "I consider this to be the most prestigious award," she added.
"We love a lot of Chinese performances -- the Chinese ballet on the shoulders, for example ... I always show it to my trainees and tell them that they must follow it," Zherdeva said.
Founded in 1959, the HAAT troupe have travelled to dozens of countries, introducing Chinese traditional culture and art to foreign audiences and promoting friendship with people around the world.


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During your visit to the Virgin Islands, make it a point to visit a local restaurant and sample the traditional cuisine.
While there is no on-site dining at Coconut Coast, guests will find Virgin Islands cooking at restaurants around town. For those of you who crave flavorful cuisine both on-site and near your accommodations, you might want to take a look at our guide to the the Best Hotels for Dining.
You will find Coconut Coast located in an area that has many appealing features, including plenty of interesting places to eat. A few of the nearest restaurants off-site are Ocean 362, which serves American food and seafood, and The Terrace Restaurant, which serves French food and seafood. The easiest to reach of the two options, Ocean 362, is located a few hundred yards to the northwest of the hotel. To see more information about the restaurants found closest to the hotel, check out the table below.
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Things will be fine in the United States until the people realize they can feed themselves at the public trough.
-Alexis de Tocqueville, from his book Democracy in America–
The sadness of it all, is the cartoon above, taken from A.F. Branco’s Comically Incorrect, with permission isn’t telling us something that isn’t the truth. 1 in 6 in America are on some kind of public dole. 2 out of every 10 people who walk by you during the day is getting some kind of public assistance. And it is expanding more and more, aimed principly at the poor. Up 17% since 2007. There is the bad thing. America has found out it doesn’t have to work. Unemployment benefits have been extended out to two years. Nancy Pelosi says that Unemployment Insurance is the greatest employment help of the day. Actually Ms. Pelosi, you are wrong. It is the greatest excuse for NOT working of our day. It’s Human nature. Get something for free, and the human animal would rather do that than work for it. Therein lies the problem we have with America today. Too many want to be given their living by the government. But, where does the government get all of it’s money?
Growing up, unemployment benefits were only for a set number of weeks, less than six months and if you didn’t have a job by then, then by God you had better find one because the government’s part in it was over. It kept people working. There was a stigma to being on the government dole. Now we have people like the ones in Detroit lining up for the “Obama Money”…..They don’t know where it comes from but they want it. To them, stealing from the hard working Americans to live off of is more prefereable than finding a job. And they are out there. Maybe not the one you want, but it will give you a paycheck. Right now I am working for a trash company, driving a truck for the recycle division. Not what I have always wanted to do, but when I couldn’t find work doing graphics, I found something else till I could get my business going.
To me, that is the saddest thing that I have ever heard of in this country. I grew up in a country of hard working people that made livings for themselves and helped the world, only to grow old in a country where the people want me to work for them, and the world to give them whatever they desire.
Now, I am not saying that there are no hard working people left. There are, but, they are being taxed out of existance to pay for the ones that have decided that they do not have to work anymore. I work, at least 50 hours a week and make my own way. My wife works along side me. We make a living, but, the government is doing they’re best to take more and more of the money we make for us, for them and their freeloading people. So our hard work for our future is getting dimmer and dimmer all the time. Definitely not conducive to making someone want to work for a living now is it?
The one thing that we have historical proof for keeping this country working and thriving is being totally ignored by the government today beccause cutting taxes and cutting spending is not something the liberals are interested in. They would rather, in the name of more government programs, want to destroy this economy rather than help it. To me, one of the HARD WORKING AMERICANS left, who would rather work than be on the government dole, I see this change in America troubling and sad. Even our president and his higher government would rather keep people on the take, than put them back to work.
And now, the democrats are admitting the health care plan …….they’re health care plan hasn’t worked (as Conservatives and the American people have said it wouldn’t from the start), as they are now saying they would like the chance to “improve it.” This is a disaster for the democrats because this IS the bill that they wanted. But now that it is a failure, they are trying to change they’re tune, thinking that the American people will forget the fiasco that the democrats and Obama have caused by passing this over the objections of the great majority of the American people…….
…Now, on the speech the president will give to night. He needs to keep politics out of it. He needs to thank the troops, and then thank former President Bush for having the insight to go after the surge….which Harry Reid wrongfully said we shouldn’t do because the war is lost. But, Obama will NOT leave politics out of his speech tonight because he can’t do the things that he should. That would be admitting that President Bush was right, and he was wrong. He can’t make the former president look good under any circumstances because he doesn’t have it in him. On Jaunary 18, 2007, he said that the surge would not work because we had tried things like this before….and they didn’t work. Obama has been wrong all along, and yet he will not accept that. And he will not accept that Bush was right. Like I said before, he doesn’t have it in him to admit those things. But, he should leave politics out of it, when praising the troops. He won’t, but he should.
Where Obama is making his mistake on this, is he is pulling out before the Iraqi’s actually have their government in place. So, like before, Obama is pulling out because it is a promise he made, even though it makes America look bad….again. He doesn’t care to make America look anything other than that.
God Bless America, her troops, her allies and her people
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A government that operates behind closed doors cannot be the government of a free people. The Goldwater Institute has prompted several reforms shining light into the inner workings of government, including the nation’s most comprehensive online database of line-by-line government spending and restrictions on politicians using tax money for self-promotion. Our regular watchdog reports are helping citizens hold their elected officials accountable.
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Upholding a decision that protects taxpayers from being abused by school districts misusing bond money, the Arizona Supreme Court affirmed a Court of Appeals ruling Wednesday by denying the Cave Creek Unified School District’s appeal in an ongoing legal fight between the Goldwater Institute and the district.
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Have you ever squeezed a balloon and had parts of it squeeze out between your fingers? Unless you pop the balloon with a pin, it will reemerge somewhere else when you squeeze it. Public employee pensions have become balloons, and abuse of public pension systems keeps oozing despite attempts to put the squeeze on it.
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In upholding the federal health care law’s individual mandate as a tax, Chief Justice John Roberts reiterated Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes’ promise that “[t]he power to tax is not the power to destroy while this Court sits.” With the IRS’ recent targeted investigations of tea parties, balanced budget advocates, and constitutional study groups across the nation, the Chief Justice may soon have the opportunity to keep his promise.
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This very useful reference work is based on information extracted from the indexes of the General Registrar's Office. After a brief introduction, the report begins with a list of the 100 most commons surnames, in order of frequency, with an estimate of the number of persons bearing each surname. This first list is based on the index of births for the year 1890, and shows Murphy as the most common Irish surname, with about 62,600 bearing the name. The name Dwyer ranks 100 in the list, with about 8,100 persons. Next are listed the fifty most common names in England, followed by the fifty most common Scottish surnames, for comparisons. Next the derivation of Irish surnames is considered, along with observations on their distribution. Particular attention is given to names bearing the "Mac" or "O" prefixes. Another table shows the names most common in each county, usually listing from ten to twenty surnames for each county, in order of frequency. About half of the publication consists of a table of approximately 2500 surnames --all of the names for which there were five or more entries in the birth indexes for 1890. For each surname the table shows how many births were registered in all of Ireland, then breaks it down for each of the four provinces. Then the table lists those counties where the name was most frequently found. (The approximate number of persons bearing each name can be calculated by multiplying the figures given by 44.8). Finally, there is a list of names of Irish Septs contained in the Book of Arms compiled by Sir James Terry, Athlone Herald (1690).

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Starbucks Bets the Store on Mobile
If pressed to name the leading smartphone app for paying for a purchase in a store, would you say Apple Pay? PayPal? Google Wallet?
Something from Visa, MasterCard, or one of the big banks, perhaps?
No doubt you’ve guessed it’s none of the above. Starbucks has emerged as the runaway leader in mobile payments at retail stores. Twelve million active users now pay for their Frappuccino with a wave of a phone. Of the $1.6 billion spent via smartphone in U.S. stores in 2013, the company claims, a full 90 percent went to Starbucks, and most payments experts don’t doubt it.
Starbucks’s mobile wallet is actually a digital stored-value card more akin to its popular gift card. Its success—the app now accounts for 16 percent of Starbucks’s 47 million weekly transactions (up 50 percent from a year ago)—makes it both a model and a target for payment apps from other retailers and tech companies alike.
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has even bigger plans for mobile payments. In comments to investors in late 2014, Schultz made it clear that he views the mobile app as a linchpin of plans to keep growth perking. For one thing, the company says, it speeds payment and reduces waits in line. It also makes it easier to track rewards points, giving customers incentive to buy more at Starbucks so they can get perks such as a free drink after buying 12.
But the real attraction is in the data that the company can collect. Whoever last touches the customer at the point of sale owns a wealth of information about purchases and preferences that can be fed back into the business. Starbucks has started using purchase data to send personalized offers the way merchants do online—say, for food to complement a drink. It’s beginning to result in additional purchases. “It’s going to be the Amazon experience, inside the store,” says Ken Morris, a principal with Boston Retail Partners, which helps retailers create systems like Starbucks’s.
To get more people to use the app and join the rewards program, the company plans to add major new features in 2015. One is the ability to order and pay in advance, which launched in Portland, Oregon, in December and will expand to other cities later. And in a few markets starting in mid-2015, the app will enable customers to schedule regular delivery of individual drinks and food to offices—further expanding Starbucks’s brand beyond its own stores.
Schultz wants to push deeper into the digital realm. He’s talking to tech firms and other retailers about licensing its payment and rewards software, much the way Seattle neighbor Amazon sells its cloud computing services to other companies. Starbucks even aims to turn its stored-value cards, app, and rewards points into a broader currency usable at other retailers, creating a potential alternative to credit and debit cards.
Launched widely in January 2011, the app generates a bar code on the smartphone that can be scanned at checkout readers already installed in most stores. At the time, bar codes were pooh-poohed by tech firms already looking to a radio-based technology called near-field communication that Apple Pay now uses to send payment information. But Starbucks was looking for ease of use above all, says Chuck Davidson, who then worked for the company’s prepaid-card business (worth $1.5 billion at the time) and is now head of customer engagement at the mobile-commerce firm CardFree.
The strategy worked. Just two months later, some three million people had paid with the app. Of course, Starbucks benefited from its brand name, customers who can afford smartphones, and a daily-habit product. But Davidson and other payment experts say other features were the real key to its success. Allowing easy tracking of card balances and rewards points encouraged customers to use the app more often.
New alternatives like Apple Pay and rival retailers’ apps present challenges for Starbucks. Dunkin’ Donuts, for instance, less than a year after relaunching its mobile app with a new rewards program in January 2014, said it reached two million rewards members and 10 million app downloads.
Starbucks created the iconic mobile payment app. Now its customers know how to use their phone to pay everywhere else, too.
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ROCHFORD District Council has announced the opening of a new opportunity for voluntary organisation.
The Voluntary Organisation Grant is offers up to to £1,000 for groups in the Rochford district that provide support for residents.
Tracey Lilley, Director of Communities and Health, said: “We are pleased to again provide support to our key community and voluntary groups in Rochford district with the voluntary sector grant.
“This grant money has enabled our residents to be supported in some amazing ways in previous years and we are keen to see applications from new and emerging groups across the district.
“We particularly welcome new ideas and projects as our communities and residents continue to work together in these challenging times and the cost-of-living crisis.”
Grants up are available for projects that align outcomes with the local strategic priorities, as detailed in the Council’s Business Plan. and with the four key priorities of the Castle Point & Rochford Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2022-2025.
For more information, visit the Voluntary Organisation Grants page at: rochford.gov.uk/funding-opportunity-for-voluntary-and-community-groups-available
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