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While an improvement over current student loan borrowing guidelines, President Obama's executive order today does not go far enough to protect students; especially first generation college students from legacy poverty. Student loan interest is calculated on student loan debt principal which extends the payment and the interest on payments. You may pay less initially but are in debt longer. Any way you slice it, neoliberal austerity bites you in either large chunks or piranha slices until you don't feel anything at all but your relation to new forms of servitude. We must do better.
L.A.'s Academia Semillas del Pueblo School Attacked by Radio Rants
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Los Angeles Times, L.A. charter school sues radio station. Academia Semillas del Pueblo claims a talk-show host made slanderous remarks that led to security risks.
By Tami Abdollah and Howard Blume, Times Staff Writers
A year-long feud between a talk radio personality and an L.A. charter school is ending up in an unusual court case.
School administrators filed a lawsuit this week against KABC-AM (790) and Doug McIntyre, alleging the host of "McIntyre in the Morning" targeted the school in a slanderous, racially motivated campaign last summer that resulted in a bomb threat to the school and ongoing security risks.
Academia Semillas del Pueblo and Marcos Aguilar, the El Sereno school's co-director, claim McIntyre "targeted the school for destruction because the children were Latino, the teachers were Latino, the principal director was Latino," according to the suit.
About 92% of the school's 327 students are Latino.
The school was founded in 2002 with the mission of "providing urban children of immigrant families an excellent education founded upon native and maternal languages, cultural values and global realities," with teaching primarily in Spanish.
It became a focus of controversy last year when McIntyre accused the school of pursuing a racist, separatist and dangerously revolutionary agenda. The allegations were looked into by Los Angeles Unified School District officials. They found nothing politically worrisome, but they did have serious concerns about the school's low test scores, which were a secondary focus for McIntyre.
The conflict between KABC and the school first made headlines last year.
Last June, a man tried to run down a KABC radio reporter who was outside the campus interviewing parents. The suspect was arrested on assault charges. School backers insist the incident had nothing to do with them.
KABC spokesman Steve Sheldon said the station would not comment on the lawsuit.
McIntyre has worked for KABC for about five years. His morning talk show, which is from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m., has been on the air for roughly two years and is advertised as offering a "balanced look at the day's hot topics with a healthy dose of humor that keeps listeners coming back for more."
Talk radio hosts have long taken advantage of 1st Amendment free speech protections that give them broad latitude. The suit alleges, however, that McIntyre is guilty of civil rights violations for inciting others to harm the school and its students, as well as slander.
According to the court filing, McIntyre made a number of false statements, including: "His [Aguilar's] job is to keep his school, his madrasa school, open so they can train the next generation of Aztec revolutionaries. Again, I want to make sure that we emphasize this: This school should close."
The lawsuit also quotes McIntyre as allegedly saying: "Aztecs butchered and ate Spanish invaders. I wonder if they're teaching that at ASDP."
KABC would neither confirm nor deny whether McIntyre made those statements.
As a result of McIntyre's comments, the school has had to hire security guards, adding tens of thousands of dollars to its operating costs, Aguilar said.
The lawsuit follows the firing of radio host Don Imus last week over a racist and sexist remark, which set off a large-scale debate over whether some talk-show hosts go too far.
"Shock jocks" are not new, said Marty Kaplan of USC's Annenberg School for Communication. "The more they could make your jaw drop … the more their ratings went up — it has since become a standard genre."


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Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World Review
Xbox 360 | PS3
System: PS3, X360 Review Rating Legend
Dev: Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft Chengdu 1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid 4.0 - 4.4 = Great
Pub: Ubisoft 2.0 - 2.4 = Poor 4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
Release: Aug. 25, 2010 2.5 - 2.9 = Average 5.0 = The Best
Players: 1-4 3.0 - 3.4 = Fair
ESRB Rating: Teen 3.5 - 3.9 = Good
As far as technicalities are concerned, Scott Pilgrim has some extremely high production values despite its retro design. The game's visuals are pixel-based, but the game uses its high-definition capabilities to make its retro-inspired visuals nicely detailed with smooth animations and plenty of interesting level designs. The retro design feels natural for the game and never hinder's the game's ability to present a fantastic world with memorable (if muted) characters.
Scott Pilgrim's soundtrack also takes the same approach as the visuals and has a "retro-cool" feel to it while maintaining high definition specs. The audio has been custom-scored for the game by chiptunes composer Anamanaguchi, and features plenty of memorable, high-energy tunes and sound effects. The score in the game may not be that complex, but it adds that little bit of extra oomph to an already-strong title, and makes it that much more memorable.
All told, you'll probably only glean between five and seven hours from Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World, depending on how many friends you play with. The game does not adjust difficulty based on the number of characters, and you can blow through the game rather quickly if you have filled up all of your co-op slots. Playing the game solo does require some effort, and you will have to replay some levels to succeed at higher chapters. I actually enjoyed the single-player experience more than the co-op experience, but if you are looking for a fun Super Mario-style co-op game that will keep you and your friends busy for a few hours, Scott Pilgrim will fit the bill nicely.
Playable licensed games seem to be rare these days, and even when you have a good game based on existing material, it usually doesn't stay relevant for long. What sets Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World apart is that it forgets it is based on a movie/comic and, much like this year's 3D Dot Game Heroes, plays like a love letter to all your favorite games from the past. At ten dollars, this game is a steal, and is well worth the price of entry. Between the single-player RPG-like experience and the frenzied co-op mode, there is something for everyone in Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World. Though I can't vouch for the quality of the upcoming movie, the game is solid and its players can count on having some fun with this one.
By Amanda L. Kondolojy
CCC Staff Contributor
The pixel-based graphics look great in high-definition and sport a great amount of detail.
The controls are simple, easy to learn, and effective.
One of the most memorable facets of retro gaming is the chiptune-based soundtrack, and Scott Pilgrim's audio does not disappoint.
Though a playthrough won't take you more than five to seven hours (depending on how many people you have on your team), some decent replay value comes from maxing out your favorite characters.
Overall Rating - Great
Not an average. See Rating legend above for a final score breakdown.
Fight as Scott Pilgrim, Ramona Flowers, Stephen Stills, and Kim Pine or as one surprise character, each with their own signature moves and attacks.
Team up with up to three of your friends on the same console and combine your skills in over-the-top super co-op attacks for more devastation.
Not only can you help your friends by reviving their characters or sharing health and coins, but you can also compete with them in subspace mini-games to earn more experience, coins, and lives.
Summon for a limited time an A.I. ally, such as the deadly Knives Chau, to help you strike your enemies.

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09/25/2022 September 25, 2022 - 11/02/2022 November 2, 2022
Vision Virginia Week of Prayer
sbcv.org/visionvirginia VA
Vision Virginia is the SBC of Virginia missions offering. Each and every contribution goes directly to the mission field to support various ministries of the SBC of Virginia. This impact reaches far beyond Virginia to provide the resources necessary for people to hear the Gospel. Visit our webpage to learn more.
September 30, 2022 • 6:30 pm - October 1, 2022 • 5:00 pm
ESL Training (Charlottesville)
First Baptist Church, Park Street Charlottesville, VA
The primary goal of church-based ESL ministries is to intentionally share and demonstrate the Gospel of Jesus Christ as we help people learn
October 5, 2022 • 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Prayer for Central Asian and European Peoples
SBCV churches are holding monthly prayer calls to pray over many needs in our world. This month, the team will be praying for Central Asian and European Peoples and having focused prayer for church planters and missionaries.
Disaster Relief Advanced Training
First Baptist Church, Roanoke 321 Marshall Ave, SW, Roanoke, VA
Basic, advanced, and chaplaincy trainings will be held on Saturday, October 8. Location will be announced soon.
October 13, 2022 • 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Central Region Pastors and Staff Workshop – How to Recognize and Reach Your Changing Community
SBC of Virginia Ministry Support Center 4956 Dominion Boulevard, Glen Allen, VA
Join other local pastors and church staff to learn how to recognize and reach your changing community.
Featured Featured October 15, 2022 • 8:30 am - 1:45 pm
Equip Women's Conference 2022 (Bristol)
North Bristol Baptist Church 46 Church St, Bristol, VA
Join others ladies from around the state to hear Lifeway trainer Cindy Townsend share from God's Word.
October 20, 2022 • 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Central Region Pastors and Staff Golf Outing
The Crossings Golf Club 800 Virginia Center Pkwy, Glen Allen
Enjoy a round of golf and fellowship with other SBCV pastors and church staff
October 21, 2022 • 4:00 pm - October 22, 2022 • 11:45 am
Thrive Ministry Wives' Conference
Virginia Crossings Conference Center 1000 Virginia Center Pkwy, Glen Allen, VA
Be encouraged and equipped for the ministry Christ called you to at Thrive Ministry Wives' Conference. Our featured speaker is Pastor's Wife, Speaker, and Author Christine Hoover.
October 25, 2022 • 10:00 am - 11:00 am
The State of International Missions with Paul Chitwood
Join us as we hear updates from IMB President Paul Chitwood on the state of international missions.
November 2, 2022 • 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Prayer for the Southeast Region
SBCV churches are holding monthly prayer calls to pray over many needs in our world. This month, the team will be praying for the Southeast Region and having focused prayer for church planting, the military, and other areas of need.


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Loath to Close … Still!
reflections on the life & legacy of Abraham Lincoln, by Lincoln reenactor Kevin Wood
"Mr. Lincoln" Website
Juneteenth: A Worthy Holiday, but the Wrong Date and Name
Election Fraud – Real and Imagined – in Lincoln's Day
Lincoln and the Supreme Court (II): The Right Thing to Do
Addressing Our Imperfect History
Lincoln's Gracious Letter to a Tiny, but Admiring, Republic
Duke Thompson on Addressing Our Imperfect History
Clifford S, Fishman on Horse Sense: Abraham Lincoln as Storyteller, Part II
Craig Hoffman on Juneteenth: A Worthy Holiday, but the Wrong Date and Name
michael on Abraham Lincoln, White Supremacist?
Jerry Payn (A. Lincoln) on Juneteenth: A Worthy Holiday, but the Wrong Date and Name
Readin', Writin', and Cipherin': Young Abraham Lincoln at School
Among the many original manuscripts in existence today which were written by Abraham Lincoln, only one dates from his boyhood. It consists of 11 leaves (22 pages) from one of his school notebooks, likely written when he was between 13 and 17 years old. The leaves are housed at 12 different locations (one of the leaves is cut in half): the Library of Congress, six university libraries, three museums, and two private collections.
While growing up on the frontier in Kentucky and Indiana, young Abraham Lincoln only attended five sessions of school, most of these lasting only about two months in the middle of winter. As Lincoln would recall many years later in a brief autobiographical account provided to newspaper editor John Locke Scripps in June 1860, writing about himself in the third person: "[Abraham] went to A.B.C. schools by littles … [he] now thinks that the agregate of all his schooling did not amount to one year."
In those frontier schools, the students did not have textbooks. Instead, each student made for himself a copybook, which in the case of mathematics was called a ciphering (cyphering) book or a sum book. This was made by taking several sheets of paper, folding them in half, and then sewing or tying them together. The teacher would dictate quotations, mathematical rules, problems, etc. which the students would write down in their copybooks, or in the case of the youngest students, the teacher might write them down himself.
At some point, Lincoln apparently gave this ciphering book – which included his last session of formal schooling – to his stepmother, because it was she who presented it to Lincoln's friend and law partner William Herndon after Lincoln's death, and he in turn gifted the various leaves to different people.
As for the teachers in those frontier schools and what Lincoln learned from them, this is what he himself had to say in another autobiographical account, this one written for his friend Jesse Fell in December 1859:
There were some schools, so called; but no qualification was ever required of a teacher, beyond "readin, writin, and cipherin," to the Rule of Three. If a straggler supposed to understand latin, happened to so-journ in the neighborhood, he was looked upon as a wizzard. There was absolutely nothing to excite ambition for education. Of course when I came of age I did not know much. Still somehow, I could read, write, and cipher to the Rule of Three; but that was all.
You've probably already figured out that "ciphering" refers to arithmetic and perhaps other branches of mathematics. But you probably have no clue about "the Rule of Three"; you can discover what that was by looking through Lincoln's own ciphering book.
The first three pages contain problems of simple subtraction, multiplication, and division. Note that simple – as opposed to compound – does not necessarily mean easy! Here is one of the problems which young Abe worked out correctly: 20,254 x 4,433 = 89,785,982.
One gets the idea that Abe must have completed his work more quickly than some of his classmates, because these first few pages are also interspersed with little poems such as:
Abraham Lincoln his hand and pen he will be good but god knows When
Abraham Lincoln is my nam[e]
And with my pen I wrote the same
I wrote in both hast[e] and speed
and left it here for fools to read
The next two pages of Lincoln's ciphering book address compound addition and multiplication, in which the quantities consist of mixed (non-decimal) denominations. For example, distance is measured in miles, furlongs, yards, feet, inches, etc.; dry goods are measured in bushels, pecks, etc.; the old English monetary system used pounds, shillings, and pence; and so on. In early 19th-century America, being able to perform arithmetic on such compound units was essential to commerce and industry. And as the primary function of schools was to prepare children for their future work, this was an important part of the curriculum.
Here's a problem for dry measure worked out by young Abe in his copybook; to solve this you need to know that there are four pecks in a bushel, and eight bushels in a quarter: [19 quarters, 1 bushel, 1 peck] – [12 quarters, 7 bushels, 2 pecks] = [6 quarters, 1 bushel, 3 pecks].
It was after these topics of simple and compound arithmetic that a student might advance to the "Rule of Three". An 1821 text explains the "Direct Rule of Three" as follows: "Teacheth, by three numbers given, to find out a fourth, in such proportion to the third as the second is to the first". Thus, this is what we would call a ratio, and brings us to basic algebra. [By the way, my daughters, who went to school in Spain, knew exactly what the "Rule of Three" was when I mentioned it to them; they had been taught "la regla de tres" as the way to solve ratios!]
Here's a problem which Lincoln worked out on the sixth page of his ciphering book: "If 3 oz. of silver cost 17 shillings, what will 48 oz. cost?" He correctly calculated the solution to be 272 shillings, or 13 pounds and 12 shillings (there were 20 shillings in a pound).
In the direct rule of three, the proportions are directly related, i.e., move in the same direction: more of one means more of the other. There was also the inverse rule of three, involving an inverse proportion, where more requires less and less requires more.
The seventh page of Lincoln's ciphering book deals with the "double rule of three", in which there are three instead of just two factors which vary. Here is one of the problems he solved: "If 4 men in 5 days eat 7 lb. of bread how much will be suficient for 16 men 15 days"; the answer, as he correctly worked out, is 84 lb.
Although Lincoln later claimed that he had learned to "read, write, and cipher to the Rule of Three; but that was all", this was either a conscious or unconscious underestimate of what he had actually learned. The final four pages of his ciphering book cover the additional topics of simple interest, compound interest, and discount. Here is one of the problems on simple interest which young Abe worked out correctly: "what is the interest of £216 – 5s for one year at 5½ percent per annum?" The answer in pounds, shillings, and pence is: £11 – 17s – 10½p.
Although Lincoln's formal education was most definitely deficient even by the standards of his day, the topics and problems in his ciphering book demonstrate that he learned as much about mathematics as some high-school graduates today. He did so without calculators, computers, or even textbooks. And most importantly, as everyone knows, he never let his lack of schooling hold him back. In the first of the autobiographical accounts cited earlier, Lincoln went on to modestly explain how he continued his education through self-study during the rest of his life:
He was never in a college or Academy as a student; and never inside of a college or accademy building till since he had a law-license. What he has in the way of education, he has picked up. After he was twentythree, and had separated from his father, he studied English grammar, imperfectly of course, but so as to speak and write as well as he now does. He studied and nearly mastered the Six-books of Euclid, since he was a member of Congress. He regrets his want of education, and does what he can to supply the want.
In this, as in so many ways, Abraham Lincoln is an example for all of us, whether we are heading back to a formal school setting this fall or not. May we all make an effort to "supply the want" in our education throughout our lives.
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I've finally gotten around to properly organizing our old website photos in the new gallery format.
Then head on over to the 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 albums in the gallery.
I was put in charge of two simple things. The pumpkin pie filling, and the scalloped corn. The pumpkin pie filling ended up having way too much condensed milk in it, so Meg had to creatively add some additional pumpkin she had lying around, and the scalloped corn mysteriously took an additional hour and a half to cook. I still have no idea what I did wrong there.
While everything was cooking, the boys patiently waited for the "big supper".
And of course the day after stuffing ourselves silly, we put up Christmas decorations on "decorate day" as Michael put it. I'm pretty sure Thanksgiving is just that day that comes before Christmas decorate day for Michael.
Elise took down the ornaments about as fast as we could put them up.
And finally we stuffed ourselves again on leftovers.
That is, most of us did.
Michael is an incredibly picky eater. The complete opposite of Patrick and Elise wherein we have to tell them what they can't eat, instead of what they have to. Michael firmly refused to eat any of the Turkey because "it was too stringy". So Meg, not to be thwarted by the resolute logic of a 5 year old, did something I was incredibly impressed by….
We've been posting to this website for about 5 – 6 years, and now more than ever we've discovered that it's become a sort of a scrapbook for us. We have a record of the exact date Michael took his first steps and the video to accompany it, when Elise was born, and a torrent of photos documenting the past 5 years. So many photos, in fact, that our old method of posting them has gotten a little tedious. Luckily we're now running on our own web server, so I can do things like install some proper gallery software, and customize it for our use.
I've brought all of our old pictures into the new photo gallery, and with them all in one place I now know that we've posted 23,691 pictures! You can see all by clicking on the photo link at the top of the page, or going here.
It's nice to have all of those archived pictures in one place now.
For instance, you can see how much Patrick and Elise look alike when they are eating.
They are all there, so dig into them, and feel free to comment now on individual pictures! And if you are looking for something new instead, I believe Meg has posted some pictures here that you haven't seen yet.
We're back home, and Elise (and the boys) are sound asleep. She is much more comfortable at home in her own crib, then she ever was at the hospital. The same can be said for Meg and I as well.
There were some issues with the last video posted, and one of the picture galleries. Those have now been fixed, so check them out if you haven't yet. It's amazing how far she's come in just a few days.


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Philadelphia Eagles vs. San Francisco 49ers: How to Watch, Live Stream Sunday Night Football
By Dan Cancian On 10/4/20 at 4:00 PM EDT
Sports NFL Sunday night football Philadelphia Eagles San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers host the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday Night Football looking for a second consecutive win and to keep up with the NFC West leaders Seattle Seahawks, while the Eagles are still searching for the first win of 2020 after a dismal start to the campaign.
Despite being beset by injuries, the 49ers won 36-9 on the road against the New York Giants in Week 3 to improve to 2-1, while the Eagles, themselves dealing with an injury crisis, tied 23-23 at home against the Cincinnati Bengals and are 0-2-1.
Here's all you need to know ahead of Sunday Night Football.
Kickoff time—The 49ers host the Eagles at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. Kickoff is scheduled for 8:20 p.m. ET on Sunday, October 4.
TV channel—NBC
Live stream—NBC's digital platforms, the NBC Sports website, fuboTV and in selected markets on SlingTV.
Odds—FanDuel and William Hill have the 49ers as a seven-point favorite and 9/10 to cover the spread, while in moneyline terms San Francisco is a 3/10 favorite and Philadelphia is a 13/5 underdogs. The over/under line in terms of points scored is set at 43.
Series history—The 49ers lead the all-time series 18-13-1 and have won two of the last three meetings.
NFL Schedule: Week 4 Kick-off Times, Where to Watch, Live Stream Games
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Philadelphia's first trip to San Francisco could have hardly arrived in more inauspicious circumstances. The Eagles are still winless three weeks into the NFL season and last Sunday's 23-23 tie with the Bengals was arguably a new low as Philadelphia head coach Doug Pederson elected to punt on fourth-and-12 from the Bengals' 46-yard line with 19 seconds left in overtime after a false start had deprived his team of the chance of winning the game with a 59-yard field goal.
"Looking back, you probably put it in your quarterback's hands to win the game," Pederson said after the game.
The problem for Pederson is that putting the ball into his quarterback's hands would have far from guaranteed a better outcome. Carson Wentz finished 29-of-47 for 225 yards, one touchdown and ran for 65 yards and one score on the ground but he also threw two interceptions for the third consecutive game this season.
The Eagles quarterback averages career lows in several metrics, including yards gained per attempt, yards gained per completion and completion percentage. Wentz has the league's joint-most interceptions after three games, ranks 29th in completion percentage and is last in QB rating.
The Eagles selected Oklahoma quarterback in the second-round of the NFL Draft in April, but Pederson dismissed calls for the rookie to be given the starting job.
"That's a knee-jerk reaction, the Super Bowl LII-winning coach told 94.1 WIP on earlier this week. "Carson's our quarterback. We're going to get it fixed. He is going to get it fixed."
Pederson's 49ers counterpart, Kyle Shanahan, knows all too well the feeling of having to turn to the back-up quarterback after the high ankle sprain Jimmy Garoppolo suffered in Week 2 forced San Francisco to start Nick Mullens last week against the Giants. Mullens seized the opportunity, passing for 343 yards and one touchdown and with Garoppolo still likely to be sidelined after not practicing this week, he could be handed a second consecutive start on Sunday night.
Like Garoppolo, running back Raheem Mostert, linebacker Dre Greenlaw and cornerback Emmanuel Moseley remain sidelined, while star defensive ends Nick Bosa and Solomon Thomas are both out for the season with ACL injuries sustained two weeks ago in the win against the New York Jets. The good news for the 49ers is that George Kittle, another of the casualties from Week 2, will be back on Sunday night after recovering from a knee injury.
If the 49ers are beset by injury, the picture is just as gloomy for the Eagles, who had just one wide receiver from their active roster—Greg Ward—practicing on Thursday. Fellow wideouts DeSean Jackson, Alshon Jeffery and J.J. Arcega-Whiteside did not practice, while tight end Dallas Goedert, who leads the team with 138 receiving yards, has been placed on injured reserve with an ankle injury.
Jeff Wilson Jr. #30 of the San Francisco 49ers celebrates a fourth quarter touchdown against the New York Giants with teammates Nick Mullens #4 and Brandon Aiyuk #11 at MetLife Stadium on September 27 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The 49ers defeated the Giants 36-9. Jim McIsaac/Getty


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Arrangement of the Collection
General, 1976-1995
Legal Briefs, 1937-1990
Terry v. Adams Files, 1950-1954, 1977-1981
Guide to the J. Edwin Smith Papers, 1937-1995
Creator: Smith, J. Edwin, 1911-2001
Title: J. Edwin Smith Papers
Abstract: J. Edwin Smith was a UT Law grad, Houston attorney who was active in civil rights litigation and the liberal wing of the Democratic party. His collection includes legal records and other materials from Terry v. Adams, as well as legal briefs filed by Smith in Texas and federal appellate courts.
Size: 2.75 linear ft.
A 1937 graduate of the University of Texas School of Law, J. Edwin Smith began practicing law in the Marshall-Longview area in 1937 in the law firm of Franklin "Soupy" Jones, and in 1942 moved to Houston where he was a general practitioner for close to 50 years. The most notable cases Smith handled included civil rights, criminal defense, torts, and estates, several of which went as far as the supreme courts of Texas and the United States. These cases included Terry v. Adams (1953), where the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Smith's African-American clients and ordered a stop to the whites-only "Jaybird Primary" in Fort Bend County, Texas; and McClelland v. Texas (1966), where the Supreme Court outlawed a court of inquiry procedure in Texas as a violation of due process. Smith was also active in the liberal wing of the Texas Democratic Party, and was an unsuccessful candidate for the Texas Supreme Court in the 1958 Democratic primary. He frequently contributed articles to the Houston Post and the legal press on the legal profession, civil liberties, and personal reminiscences.
Terry v. Adams Files, 1950-1954, 1977-1981 (5 in.), contain briefs, petitions, affidavits, transcripts, slip opinions and other legal records created and gathered by J. Edwin Smith in his capacity as attorney for plaintiffs in Terry v. Adams (345 U.S. 461); news clippings on the case; and speeches by Smith, ephemera, correspondence, and a master's thesis relating to commemorations and historical studies of Terry v. Adams. Legal Briefs, 1937-1990 (2.25 linear ft.) make up the bulk of the collection, and are mainly appellate briefs filed by Smith in Texas and federal appellate courts for a wide variety of cases, including McClelland v. Texas. The General series (1976-1994) includes articles by Smith on a variety of legal, political, and personal topics; legal memoranda Smith wrote for other attorneys; and correspondence containing reminiscences.
Organized in three series: General, 1976-1994 (1 in.); Legal Briefs, 1937-1990 (2.25 linear ft.), arranged alphabetically by case name; Terry v. Adams Files, 1950-1954, 1977-1981 (5 in.), arranged chronologically.
Smith, J. Edwin, 1911-2001--Archives.
Voting--Texas.
Jay Bird Democratic Association of Fort Bend County.
African Americans--Suffrage.
Segregation--Texas.
Fort Bend County (Tex.)--Politics and government.
J. Edwin Smith Papers, Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin.
Gift of J. Edwin Smith.
M121 6 Will Contest Litigation / J. Edwin Smith, 1978
7 Liz Faulk to J. Edwin Smith : letter, 1987 Oct. 25
NOTE: Discusses John Henry Faulk's illness, loan of apartment by attorney Dick DeGuerin to Faulks.
8 Memorandum to W. T. Bennett, Huntsville, Tex., re Mexican Divorces, 1976 Sept. 1
9 Creative Works of J. Edwin Smith, 1933-1995
NOTE: Topics include judicial elections, politics, civil liberties, law practice, Judge John R. Brown, Justice Thurgood Marshall, and personal reminiscences.
10 Correspondence re: personal reminiscences of J. Edwin Smith, 1994-1995
M116 1 A general, 1942-1971 & undated
2 B general, 1947-1961 & undated
3 Bellefonte Underwriters Insurance Company et al v. Leon Brown et al, 1982
4 Bellefonte Underwriters Insurance Company v. Leon Brown et al, 1982
5 Bellefonte Underwriters Insurance Company v. Leon Brown et al, 1983-1984
7 B. S. Brown v. M. E. S. Scherck, 1963-1964
M117 1 R. J. Butler v. R. L. Phinney, 1971
2 Buxkemper v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company of Texas, 1954-1955
3 C general, 1939-1973 & undated
4 P. L. Cochran v. J. Cochran, 1958-1959
5 D general, 1974
6 E general, 1952-1964
7 J. Escobar v. United States of America, 1967-1968 & undated
8 F general, 1951-1957
9 G general, 1938-1984
M118 1 D. R. Gerinson v. United States of America, 1965-1966 & undated
2 H general, 1942-1973 & undated
3 H general (cont'd), 1942-1990 & undated
4 A. L. Huckaby v. L. M. Huckaby, 1968-1969
5 I-J general, 1969-1974
6 K general, 1944-1953
7 M. Kay v. S. K. Sandler, 1985-1986
8 L. L. Kinsel v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company of Texas, 1946 & undated
9 L general, 1939-1958
10 M general, 1942-1976 & undated
M119 1 C. B. McClelland v. F. Briscoe, 1962 & undated
2 C. B. McClelland (cont'd) v. State of Texas, 1964-1966
3 K. L. Musgrave et al v. United States of America, 1973 & undated
4 N general, 1947
5 W. A. Nichols v. Red Arrow Freight Lines, 1956-1957
6 P general, 1937-1973 & undated
7 P general (cont'd), 1955 & undated
8 D. R. Potter et al v. Southwestern Associated Telephone Company et al, 1952 & undated
9 R general, 1939-1965 & undated
M120 1 S general, 1939-1957 & undated
2 S general (cont'd), 1951-1974 & undated
3 T general, 1939-1948 & undated
4 T general (cont'd), 1955 & undated
5 J. Terry et al v. A. J. Adams et al, 1950-1952
6 U general, 1964-1976 & undated
7 V general, 1962-1976 & undated
M121 1 W general, 1967-1974
2 J. W. Williams v. United States of America et al, 1966-1972
3 Y-Z general, 1975 & undated
4 Loose pages from briefs, undated
5 Federal Diversity Jurisdiction Over Certain Proceedings Related to Decedents Estates : memorandum prepared for William T. Bennett / by J. Edwin Smith, 1976
I207 1 U.S. District Court case file, 1950
2 U.S. Court of Appeals case file, 1950, 1952, & undated
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4 Clippings on Jaybird case, 1950-1952
5 Correspondence, clippings, speeches & ephemera, 1954, 1977-1981
6 The Jaybird Democratic Association of Fort Bend County -- A White Man's Union / by Nina Benware Margraves : unpublished master's thesis, University of Houston, 1955
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Rob is a founder and the CTO of Runa Inc., an early stage start-up developing a Software as a Service for online merchants. Runa increases conversion of shoppers while on the merchant's site using real-time, individualized promotions.
Rob is leading an agile development effort that is pushing the state-of-the-art in personalization, service scaling, statistical / semantic processing and ajax technologies. Our system architecture includes the use of HBase/Hadoop, Clojure, Swarmiji, AMQP/RabbitMQ, Redis and Opscode Chef.
Rob is also the President and Founder of Internet Bandwidth Development, a consultancy focusing on providing technology consulting specializing in backbone networks, access networks, wireless networks, and innovative Internet/Web applications and services. IBD has provided services to technology start-ups, top names in Internet hardware and software, as well as venture capital firms, including Panorama Capital, SkyPilot Networks, VISA, Cisco, Ascend, iPass, and Oki Networks.
Most recently Rob has been involved with software and web services development based on Ruby and Rails as a consultant or advisor at SkyPilot, TelTel, ZipDX and CloudScale.
Rob has been a principal or founder in several start-up network services and equipment companies including InternNex, MetroFi and UltraDevices. As an Internet pioneer in the early 90's, Rob founded InterNex Services which was the first ISP to offer commercial ISDN Internet services, Frame Relay and higher speed business broadband services as well as one of the first o offer shared, dedicated and International Hosting Services. InterNex was later acquired by Concentric/XO.
Rob is a respected expert in IP networks and open source software and has been on the Advisory Boards of companies including Covad, Alteon Websystems (acquired by Nortel), AboveNet,
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Ghost hunters capture the She-wolf ghost Queen
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Ghost hunter Andy Radley, leader of the Essex Ghost Hunting Team believes that he was photographed Queen Isabella, also known as the She-wolf of France at Castle Rising in Norfolk, UK.
As can see in the photo, it looks like a silhouette of a dog sitting at a lady's feet.
The photograph was taken in the White Room which is supposedly haunted by Queen Isabella.
Andy said that he and his team could hear a spirit walking around the room but their voice recorders were unable to pick up any sound or voices.
"There were around seven of us in the room at the time.
"My friend turned to me and whispered 'can you hear anything?' so I listened carefully and it sounded just like the sound of a long dress swishing over the stones coming up the stairway outside.
"I decided to take a picture to see what I might capture and then realised that there was what appeared to be a figure stood in the middle of the room.
"When I looked at it on the small lens I didn't initially think much of it.
"It was definitely interesting and I showed everyone but it wasn't until later when we looked at the picture on a computer that I realised just what I had caught on camera.
"There is a clear figure that from the clothing and the shoulder pads looks like someone wearing medieval dress.
"They even look to have something on their head, like a queen might wear.
"But what is most striking is the fact there is a dog-like shape at her feet.
"It is very clear and considering that she was known as the 'Wolf Queen', it made everyone think that what I had captured could have been the ghost of Queen Isabella."
The photo has been examined and no sign of tampering was found.
Andy took the picture in April last year during a ghost investigation and was excited about what he caught.
He said "My aim with our paranormal investigations is to find proof of life after death.
"At the end of the day this is just a picture. It is evidence to a degree but it is not clear, so I do not take it as the proof I'm looking for.
"However it is a very exciting image to capture and has provoked a lot of debate among the ghost hunting community, so I was very pleased to get it.
"There is no explanation for what caused the figure to appear in our mind, none whatsoever.
"We doubt every image like this and are always sceptical from the outset.
"We all dismissed it at first but once we saw the level of detail in the figure and the wolf, everyone went crazy.
"Many people said it was the best potential ghost capture they had ever seen."
Isabella who was a former monarch, lived in the castle in the mid 1300's. She was married to King Edward II. She is also rumoured to have arranged his murder in 1327.
The name 'She-Wolf' comes from a story by 18th Century poet Thomas Gray who described the Queen's "unrelenting fangs" that ripped apart her husband.
There are no records of her ever owning a wolf.
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#pragma once

#include <string>
#include <map>

#include <cppfs/cppfs_api.h>

namespace cppfs
{

/**
*  @brief
*    Login credentials for accessing file systems (e.g., username, password, key files, etc.)
*
*    This class is used to pass additional login credentials needed to acces file systems,
*    for example include username, password, port numbers, or paths to key files.
*    It can contain arbitrary key/value pairs that are defined and interpreted by
*    the respective file system implementations. See the documentation for a specific file
*    system implementation to learn what options it supports.
*/
class CPPFS_API LoginCredentials
{
public:
    /**
    *  @brief
    *    Constructor
    */
    LoginCredentials();

    /**
    *  @brief
    *    Copy constructor
    *
    *  @param[in] loginCredentials
    *    Right-hand value to copy
    */
    LoginCredentials(const LoginCredentials & loginCredentials);

    /**
    *  @brief
    *    Move constructor
    *
    *  @param[in] loginCredentials
    *    Right-hand value to copy
    */
    LoginCredentials(const LoginCredentials && loginCredentials);

    /**
    *  @brief
    *    Destructor
    */
    virtual ~LoginCredentials();

    /**
    *  @brief
    *    Copy assignment operator
    *
    *  @param[in] loginCredentials
    *    Right-hand value to copy
    *
    *  @return
    *    Reference to this value
    */
    LoginCredentials & operator=(const LoginCredentials & loginCredentials);

    /**
    *  @brief
    *    Move assignment operator
    *
    *  @param[in] loginCredentials
    *    Right-hand value to move
    *
    *  @return
    *    Reference to this value
    */
    LoginCredentials & operator=(LoginCredentials && loginCredentials);

    /**
    *  @brief
    *    Load login credentials from file
    *
    *  @param[in] path
    *    Path to file
    *
    *  @return
    *    'true' on success, else 'false'
    */
    bool load(const std::string & path);

    /**
    *  @brief
    *    Save login credentials to file
    *
    *  @param[in] path
    *    Path to file
    *
    *  @return
    *    'true' on success, else 'false'
    */
    bool save(const std::string & path) const;

    /**
    *  @brief
    *    Check if a value is set for a given key
    *
    *  @param[in] key
    *    Key
    *
    *  @return
    *    'true' if a value for that key is set, else 'false'
    */
    bool isSet(const std::string & key) const;

    /**
    *  @brief
    *    Get value for key
    *
    *  @param[in] key
    *    Key
    *
    *  @return
    *    Value for key, "" if key does not exist
    */
    const std::string & value(const std::string & key) const;

    /**
    *  @brief
    *    Set value for key
    *
    *  @param[in] key
    *    Key
    *  @param[in] value
    *    Value for key
    */
    void setValue(const std::string & key, const std::string & value);

    /**
    *  @brief
    *    Set value for key
    *
    *  @param[in] key
    *    Key
    *  @param[in] value
    *    Value for key
    */
    void setValue(const std::string & key, std::string && value);

protected:
    std::map<std::string, std::string> m_values; ///< Key/value pairs
};

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Scientists have found a single gene they believe could hold the key to age-related deafness.
The breakthrough brings the prospect of a treatment to prevent hearing loss, which affects half of people over 60, a step closer.
When the FGF20 gene was taken out in mice, the animals appeared perfectly healthy, but could not hear at all.
The researchers, at Washington University School of Medicine, found two-thirds of their outer hair cells, the delicate cells in the inner ear which amplify sounds, had disappeared.
Damage to these cells is associated with the most hearing loss related to old age, noise exposure and some genetic conditions.
The study suggests this gene – which is also found in humans – could be critical to attempts to growing new hair cells, considered the holy grail of those researching treatments for deafness.
Because our bodies have no way of replacing these cells, there is currently no cure although hearing aids can provide some relief.
However gradual age-related hearing loss still leaves sufferers socially isolated and many take several years to seek help.
The researchers 'knocked out' the gene in mice by removing a protein which causes it to develop while they are in the womb.
It is one of a number of genes – called fibroblast growth factors – which are crucial in tissue development and wound healing in embryos.
But removing it at this early stage did not seem to cause any other adverse effects.
In particular, the inner hair cells, which electrically transmit the amplified sounds to the brain, appeared normal.
Lead author Dr Sung-Ho Huh said: 'This is the first evidence that inner and outer hair cells develop independently of one another.
The next step is to see whether deafness in human is associated with mutations of the same gene, which is already underway.
Professor Karen Steel, an expert in the genetics of deafness at the Sanger Institute in Cambridge, who was not involved in the study, said: 'The scientific community is very, very interested in developing a way of triggering regeneration of hair cells.
'They never regenerate once they die, and so there's a lot of work going on to understand how we can get over that problem, and try to regenerate the hearing.
'What this study suggests is that FGF20 could be critical for the development of that hair cell, as part of a cocktail of other molecules.
'I would say regenerating hair cells in humans is between 10 and 20 years away.
Rachel Baker of Action on Hearing Loss said: 'Understanding how cells in the inner ear grow is crucial in developing new therapies for protecting and restoring hearing.
'We are pleased to be funding a new project being run by this research team, which is further investigating the role of FGF20 in hearing.
The study is published today in the journal PLoS Biology.


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Hong Kong Chief Executive commended the teachers for their concerned about all-round development of students
The following is issued on behalf of the Chief Executive's Award for Teaching Excellence Steering Committee issued:
Chief Executive Donald Tsang today (July 8), the Chief Executive's Award for Teaching Excellence (2007-2008) at the presentation ceremony, praised Hong Kong for the teachers concerned about the academic performance of students, while more concerned about their all-round development of students and won Parents of trust and love.
This year the Chief Executive's Award for Teaching Excellence "primary and secondary school sports and physical child care" and "special educational needs" two areas targeted for the award, a total of 42 secondary, primary and special school teachers were awarded the Chief Executive's Award for Teaching Excellence, and the other There are 24 teachers by the Education Secretary, Mr Michael Suen, presented certificates of appreciation.
The Chief Executive commended the winners of this year's physical education teachers that they not only through the interesting activities and effective teaching, students explore the potential of movement to establish and develop their sports indomitable spirit of perseverance; many teachers also use the opportunity of the Beijing Olympics, Project Learning and Research activities, so that students understand the Olympic Games, while also increasing the national recognition.
Mr. Tsang said: "As for the 'special educational needs', the award-winning teachers for students of different learning needs, at the end of top-notch security, allowing them to the exhibition director at the same time on campus to create a caring culture, and encourage other teachers and students in harmony Inclusive attitude, look at individual students, the differences in learning ability. "
He referred to one of the winning cases, a normal IQ but the primary and secondary school students with autism, often for trivial matters, such as: loss of emotional control and handkerchiefs. We are responsible for the teachers with tremendous love, tolerance and patience, through effective strategy to help students understand the consequences of his acts and other people's feelings. After two years of "reform", which students have significant progress, the last more successful integration into mainstream schools and among the best?
The Teaching Award received a total of 133 nominations. After the assessment, a total of 17 nominations (a total of 42 teachers) awarded the Award for Teaching Excellence, and another nine nominations (a total of 24 teachers) were awarded certificates of appreciation. We assess criteria for accreditation of four main areas, namely the "professional competence", "educating students", "professionalism and commitment to the community" and "school development."
The Chief Executive's Award for Teaching Excellence Chairman of the Steering Committee Mr Pang Yiu-kai praised the winners of teachers in the development potential of students and educating students as a positive attitude towards life's contribution. Mr Pang Yiu-kai said: "They teaching philosophy and teaching practice, not only full of enlightening, but also practical and effective in enhancing the effectiveness of teaching, it is with the reference model."
Mr. Pang Yaojia also thanked the past three winners of the Teaching Excellence Award teachers, after winning the active participation of various types of continuing professional development activities, and actively with other teachers to share their successful experience with the incentive to strive for excellence. Mr. Pang Yaojia said: "Education is like planting farmers planted, teachers in the hard work, nurtured by the seedlings will be able to grow and even become a towering tree."
Today's ceremony, the award-winning teacher of students invited to share their power of the teachers how to inspire their potential and assist them in their personal development.
The Chief Executive's Award for Teaching Excellence (2007-2008), the results has been uploaded onto the website (www.ate.gov.hk). The public can also watch television production in Asia by the special programmers "Rainbow Class (2007-2008)", to view the winners of the excellence of teachers teaching methods. The programmed will be held on July 20 and at 17:30 on July 27 in ATV-Home player.
In addition, the Chief Executive's Award for Teaching Excellence (2007-2008), sharing activities will be held in November to let the teaching profession and the public understanding of the successful experience of winning teachers. Details will be related activities in the above published on the website.
The Chief Executive's Award for Teaching Excellence (2008-2009) will be July 14 through October 10 during the acceptance of the nomination. Teaching Award at its next cover "science, technology and education fields of study" and "pre-" two areas of teachers, more information, please visit the Chief Executive's Award for Teaching Excellence website.
2008. 7. 8 (Tuesday)
Hong Kong time 16:08


indeed, ignorance is darkness. but, does so much knowledge bring light? at the apple store, getting a new iPhone, a message came in my light. he was wearing dark shades and a t-shirt with a message. made me wonder, ironically in this venue, if all this knowledge was just so necessary. our lives have changed dramatically with all the 'apple' technology. we can't seem to live without it. seriously, were we in such darkness before we bit the 'apple'? he was wearing dark shades…perhaps he did want to protect himself from so much light, and from so much knowledge. yes, knowledge is necessary. to question the light so much knowledge sheds is for thebestdressup now!
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I have gained SO MUCH knowledge from you and all the good people here on WP .
ciao! you are so kind to extend your comment…i take it to heart. ditto.
Yes thats why we do it I guess !
Well, I'm surviving without Apple products. But wondering if that's the reason I'm so clueless most days!
ciao! great survival skills…you are light.
Knowledge is strength and ignorance is a breeding ground for prejudice and fear.
Knowledge, information is not necessarily an antidote to ignorance, unfortunately, people take from it what they will. But yes, we all should know better.
Oh wow, I am seeing apple in a whole new (more biblical) light now. I have bitten. I am condemned!
But I do think it's a tool you have to know how to use, and have to want to use. Some of the most deeply ignorant people have access to all the information in the world. They don't know how to sift through it or they don't care.


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Pentair Reports Third Quarter Sales Growth of 17 Percent and Net Income Per Diluted Share From Continuing Operations of $0.55
-- Reports third quarter sales up 17 percent year-over-year to $774 million, with double digit growth in both Water and Technical Products
-- Operating margins improved year-over-year to 11.7 percent
-- Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations (EPS) of $0.55, up 45 percent year-over-year on GAAP basis; up 31 percent when compared to adjusted third quarter 2009 EPS
-- Updated full-year 2010 EPS guidance to a range of $1.93 to $1.98 from previous guidance of $1.86 to $1.96 per share
All financial information and period-to-period references are on a continuing operations basis unless otherwise noted. Reconciliations to discontinued operations as well as GAAP and Non-GAAP reconciliations are in the attached financial tables.
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct 26, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --
Pentair, Inc. (NYSE: PNR) today reported third quarter 2010 revenue of $774 million and net income from continuing operations attributable to Pentair, Inc. of $55 million, or $0.55 per share. This compares to $0.38 of EPS in the third quarter last year. Adjusting third quarter 2009 for restructuring items, year-over-year adjusted EPS increased 31 percent.
Total company sales increased 17 percent to $774 million, compared with $663 million in the third quarter of 2009. Both Water and Technical Products grew sales double-digits with broad-based growth across geographies and most key end-markets served. The company delivered third quarter operating income of $91 million, up 36 percent year-over-year or up 23 percent compared to adjusted third quarter 2009 operating income. Overall, operating margins for the third quarter increased 50 basis points to 11.7 percent when compared to adjusted third quarter 2009 operating margins, driven mostly by revenue growth.
The company generated free cash flow of $79 million for the quarter, with year-to-date free cash flow performance of $207 million, which is $5 million greater than the same period of a year ago. The company said it is on track to achieve free cash flow of greater than $225 million for the full year 2010.
"Third quarter results were solid, with broad-based top-line growth across our portfolio of businesses and geographies," said Randall J. Hogan, Pentair chairman and chief executive officer. "Our performance reflects focused execution on our growth and productivity initiatives and underscores the strength of our brands, channels and geographies."
"We are encouraged by the continued strength in the industrial end markets and robust growth in emerging markets, while the U.S. residential end market continues its modest recovery. We continue to generate strong cash flows and invest in product innovation and expanding our presence in key emerging markets to fuel further growth," Hogan continued.
THIRD QUARTER BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS
Water sales grew 11 percent year-over-year to $513 million, including an unfavorable one-percentage point impact from foreign exchange. Within Water, U.S. sales grew 14 percent led by strong sales in municipal pumps, pool equipment and agriculture. In emerging markets, water grew 13 percent led by 18 percent growth in Latin America and sales almost doubling in India. Within the five Water global business units, the third quarter sales were as follows:
Residential Flow sales were up 1 percent versus the year-ago quarter, as robust growth in the agricultural business helped offset a modest decline in U.S. residential pumps.
Residential Filtration sales were up 9 percent due to expanded distribution in emerging markets and product innovations across all markets.
Pool sales were up 10 percent as the U.S. business continued to grow faster than the market due to dealer expansion and demand for energy-efficient Eco-Select products.
Engineered Flow sales were up 35 percent reflecting strong municipal pump sales driven by the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway project in New Orleans. Commercial business declines continued, reflecting a weak commercial market.
Filtration Solutions sales were up 10 percent led by strong global sales and expanded distribution in Food Service and the Energy market, which helped offset lower municipal project sales.
Water's third quarter reported operating income totaled $58 million, up 10 percent as compared to $53 million in the same period last year. When compared to third quarter 2009 adjusted operating income of $56 million, third quarter 2010 operating margins decreased by 70 basis points to 11.4 percent. Higher than expected material costs due to inflation and mix, along with lower pricing drove margins lower year-over-year. The benefits from volume growth and productivity continued to offset reinstated employee benefits and growth investments.
Technical Products delivered third quarter 2010 sales of $261 million, an increase of 30 percent versus the year-earlier period. Sales grew 32 percent, excluding the impact of foreign exchange, driven by solid demand across all key markets.
Industrial, communications and general electronics all posted strong double digit sales, while the commercial business grew for the second sequential quarter.
The U.S. had strong growth, with sales up 35 percent year-over-year, while Western European geographies grew in the low teens. Emerging markets were up 38 percent in total, led by robust growth in China.
Technical Products' third quarter reported operating income totaled $43 million, up 75 percent compared to $24 million in the same quarter last year. When compared to third quarter 2009 adjusted operating income of $29 million, third quarter 2010 operating margins increased 190 basis points to 16.3 percent. Volume growth, productivity, and slightly higher pricing more than offset the negative impact from inflation, reinstated employee benefits and growth investments.
The company provided its fourth quarter 2010 EPS guidance of $0.42 to $0.47, which is flat to down 11 percent when compared to adjusted fourth quarter 2009 EPS of $0.47. The fourth quarter 2010 EPS includes a higher tax rate and four less selling days when compared to the same period of a year ago. The company expects fourth quarter 2010 sales to be up mid single digits compared to the same period last year.
The company updated its full year 2010 EPS guidance to a range of $1.93 to $1.98, an increase of 31 to 35 percent versus full year 2009 adjusted EPS. Full year 2010 sales are now expected to be around $3.0 billion and full year free cash flow is expected to be greater than $225 million.
"Our updated full year 2010 guidance reflects sales growth of approximately 12 percent for the year and expected EPS growth in the 31 to 35 percent range, demonstrating the strength of our businesses and positive results from our focused execution on growth and productivity initiatives," said Hogan.
"The fourth quarter EPS guidance reflects continued strength in daily sales. We anticipate higher year-over-year costs in the fourth quarter related to material inflation, the reinstatement of the employee benefits and continued investments in innovation and selling capabilities. Moving beyond the fourth quarter, we expect pricing and higher productivity to offset material inflation and we will continue to drive initiatives to sustain accelerated growth," Hogan added.
EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALL
Pentair Chairman and CEO Randall J. Hogan and Chief Financial Officer John L. Stauch will discuss the company's performance and third quarter 2010 results and 2010 outlook on a two-way conference call with investors and a live audio webcast at 9 a.m. Eastern today. Reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures are set forth in the attachments to this third quarter 2010 earnings release and the third quarter 2010 earnings conference call presentation, both of which can be found at Pentair's web site (www.pentair.com). Related financial charts and certain other information to be discussed on the conference call will be available on the company's website shortly before the conference call. The webcast and presentation will be archived at the same site following the conclusion of the conference call.
Any statements made about the company's anticipated financial results are forward-looking statements subject to risks and uncertainties such as the magnitude, timing and scope of recovery from the global economic downturn; the strength of housing and related markets; the risk that expected benefits from our recent restructuring and other cost reduction plans may not be fully realized, or may take longer to realize than expected; foreign currency effects; material inflation outpacing our productivity and pricing actions; retail, commercial and industrial demand; product introductions; and pricing and other competitive pressures, as well as other risk factors set forth in our SEC filings. Forward-looking statements included herein are made as of the date hereof, and the company undertakes no obligation to update publicly such statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances. Actual results could differ materially from anticipated results.
Pentair (www.pentair.com) is a global diversified industrial company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Its Water Group is a global leader in providing innovative products and systems used worldwide in the movement, treatment, storage and enjoyment of water. Pentair's Technical Products Group is a leader in the global enclosures and thermal management markets, designing and manufacturing thermal management products and standard, modified, and custom enclosures that protect sensitive electronics and the people that use them. With 2009 revenues of $2.7 billion, Pentair employs approximately 13,500 people worldwide.
PENTAIR CONTACTS:
Sara Zawoyski
Vice President, Investor Relations
E-mail: sara.zawoyski@pentair.com
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I liked all the different beverages you could choose from (each with their own little game). They were all great! It was fun to kill the Pepsi girl in various ways. Very good!
If you put your mouse on any soda it'll shake up eventually (put your mouse over it 100 times) and explode! Then the Pepsi girl even dies at the menu lol!


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Romania warned of EU wrath over corruption
Source: EUobserver, On May 14th, 2019
Romania could face a barrage of EU sanctions if it created "de facto impunity" for corrupt officials, the European Commission has warned.
The moves could include triggering a sanctions procedure, EU court action, denial of entry to the EU's passport-free Schengen travel zone, and cuts in EU funding.
The threat of the sanctions procedure was spelled out in a letter to Bucharest by commission vice-president Frans Timmermans last Friday (10 May).
"Unfortunately, the recent developments in Romania have further exacerbated the existing problems regarding the respect for the rule of law," he said, according to a copy of the text seen by British newspaper the Financial Times.
Recent amendments to the criminal code "risk creating a situation of de facto impunity for crimes, including corruption crimes", he noted.
And the commission was prepared to trigger the sanctions procedure "without delay" if the "backtracking" went on, he said.
A commission spokesman added on Monday that: "The main concerns relate to developments interfering with judicial independence and the effective fight against corruption, including the protection of financial interests of the EU and particularly to the recently adopted amendments to the criminal code".
"Possible legislation to allow extraordinary appeals would further aggravate the rule of law situation," he said.
The letter represented a third front in Brussels' pushback against unruly EU states after the commission and the European Parliament recently triggered sanctions procedures against Hungary and Poland, as well as a court case against Poland.
The sanctions procedure includes monitoring by EU officials and could lead to suspension of voting rights in the EU Council if all the other 27 member states agreed.
Romania is under a spotlight because it currently holds the rotating EU presidency.
It is vulnerable to EU action because it has tried to woo the bloc on entry to the Schengen system.
It is also the second-poorest EU country amid talks on cutting subsidies to badly behaved capitals in the bloc's next long-term budget.
"If Bucharest continues on this dangerous path, taking part in the Schengen travel free area will remain a pipe dream," an EU diplomat told the Reuters news agency on Monday.
"Infringement of the rule of law will endanger the distribution of more than €30bn in cohesion funds earmarked for Romania in the draft EU budget for the years following 2021," the diplomat said.
Hungary and Poland have so far rejected calls for change, while accusing Timmermans of grandstanding in order to help his bid to be the next EU commission president.
Romania's ruling Social Democratic Party (PSD) also rejected his complaints on Monday.
The changes to the penal code could see PSD chairman Liviu Dragnea become prime minister if he is cleared of former corruption convictions.
But a PSD spokeswoman told the Financial Times that the reforms were "intended to enhance human rights and restore balance in Romania's justice system".
Meanwhile, a group of PSD MEPs planned to tell media in the EU capital on Tuesday that the EU was guilty of "dual standards" in its criticism.
EUobserver | May 14, 2019
https://euobserver.com/justice/144887


Our premium wine features for September are Pelee Island Lucky Stones VQA Wines from Ontario. The white is a Sauvignon Blanc/Chardonnay/Scheurebe and the red is a Baco Noir/Cabernet Franc. Both are $7.95 for a glass and $22.95 for a half litre.
Our guest import tap now offers Adnams Broadside strong ale from England. $8.95 for a pint. After that we will tap our second offering from the new Nokomis microbrewery. A brown ale for $7.95 a pint.
Work on the washrooms continues. The washrooms in the AZ room will normally be available when either the main men's or women's is not available. However, in the event that a function has been booked into the AZ room (It's hard to predict when both the AZ and the main room washrooms will be unavailable) there is a washroom east of the back entrance to the Bushwakker and another downstairs off the Club Room to the right of the stairs.
Sept. 21: Ottawa Redblacks vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders. It only happens a few times each year but this will be one of those rare Sundays when the Bushwakker will be open. Kick-off is at 2:00 PM and we will open at 11:00 AM. Be sure to enjoy our Redblack Burger & a Pint feature before, during or after the game. Go Riders go!
Sept. 22: Monday Night Jazz & Blues. Shane & Ethan Reoch. Regina's friendliest bluesman is joined by his son. 8:00 PM.
Sept. 24: Wednesday Night Folk. Phantom Tide. An eclectic folk group with a pervasive Maritime sway. 9:00 PM.
Sept. 29: Monday Night Jazz & Blues. The Jon Dyck Quartet. Talented ivory tickler leads this young jazz/R&B group. 8:00 PM.
Oct. 18: Release of Great Pumpkin Spiced Brown Ale.
Chris Nannarone, host of Pizza Wars traveled to Regina, Saskatchewan earlier this summer to find the best pizza in the Queen City of the Prairies. Will it be the All Dressed from Tumblers, the BBQ Pork and Apple from Bushwakker or the Buffalo Chicken Pizza from La Bodega? Tune in to find out who will win the battle of Pizza Wars Regina!
John O'Reilly hoisted his beer and said, "Here's to spending the rest of me life, between the legs of me wife!" That won him the top prize at the pub for the best toast of the night!
She said, "Aye, he told me, and I was a bit surprised myself. You know, he's only been in there twice in the last four years. Once I had to pull him by the ears to make him come, and the other time he fell asleep."
A couple from Minneapolis decided to go to Florida for a long weekend to thaw out during one particularly icy winter. Because both had jobs, they had difficulty coordinating their travel schedules. It was decided that the husband would fly to Florida on a Thursday, and his wife would follow him the next day.
In Houston, a widow had just returned from her husband's funeral. He was a minister of many years who had been "called home to glory" following his heart attack. The widow checked her e-mail, expecting messages from relatives and friends. Upon reading the first message, she fainted and fell to the floor.
To: My Loving Wife From: Your Departed Husband Subject: I've Arrived!
I've just arrived and have been checked in. I see that everything has been prepared for your arrival tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing you then! Hope your journey is as uneventful as mine.
McGregor called tech support to complain that he gets an "Access Denied" message every time he logs in. It turned out he was typing his username and password in capital letters.
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Why can't alcohol labels tout benefits?
Perhaps it's just a coincidence that when drinkers almost anywhere clink glasses, they are apt to invoke good health or long life. More likely, it reflects a truth humankind discovered long ago: Drinking alcohol can be a source of not only short-term enjoyment, but of long-term health benefits too.
That may ring heretical at a time when headlines routinely sound alarms about the dangers of alcohol abuse. A search of the phrase "binge drinking" in Google News turns up nearly 7,000 recent articles. Many focus on the connection between drunkenness and campus sexual assault; others dwell on the serious consequences of drinking to excess, from alcohol poisoning to liver disease.
Harvard's School of Public Health notes on its nutrition website: "For most moderate drinkers, alcohol has overall health benefits." In more than 100 long-term studies, many of which monitored their subjects' health for 10 years or longer, researchers consistently documented a significant inverse association between moderate drinking and death from many forms of heart disease.
Federal law has required a health-warning label on alcoholic beverages since 1988. Yet even the government's own dietary guidelines, regularly revised by the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services, acknowledge that adult beverages confer "beneficial effects when consumed in moderation." Fewer heart attacks, better cholesterol levels, reduced hospitalization rates, less weight gain, lower risk of dementia and cognitive decline — all these life-saving or life-enhancing advantages, the data suggest, are likelier to be found among men and women who down a daily drink or two than among those who never drink at all.
Binge drinking is unsafe and unhealthy. But moderate drinking can be just what the doctor ordered.
"The evidence that abstinence from alcohol is a cause of heart disease and early death is irrefutable," writes addiction and public-health specialist Stanton Peele, "yet this is almost unmentionable in the United States." Accompanying Peele's essay at Substance.com is a picture of a classic Guinness beer ad proclaiming: "Guinness Is Good For You." It turns out that having a beer — or a glass of wine, or a vodka tonic, or a bourbon on the rocks — really is good for most people.
Yet brewers, distillers, and other alcoholic beverage manufacturers aren't allowed to say so on their bottles. General Mills can tout the "heart-healthy" qualities of Cheerios on every cereal box; StarKist can do the same on cans of tuna. But Americans apparently can't be trusted with accurate information about the gains associated with moderate imbibing. The public health establishment plays down the benefits of drinking in moderation, no doubt for fear of sending any kind of encouragement to those who'll be tempted to drink to excess.
And what if it were? Alcohol has been known for centuries as "aqua vitae." That's Latin for "water of life," and it could hardly be more aptly named.
ED. Note: An internet search suggest that this issue has not been directly addressed in Canada. If it has, we'd like to know.
While sitting, lift your right foot and make clockwise circles with it. Then, while continuing with the circles, draw the number six in the air with your right hand. What happened to those clockwise circles?


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import { Map } from 'immutable'

import app from 'reducers/app'
import * as actionCreators from 'actions'
import { DraggingCard } from 'records'

describe('Reducer:: app', function(){

  let initialState
  let finalState

  // tear down
  afterEach(function(){
    initialState = undefined
    finalState = undefined
  })

  it('returns expected initial state', function(){
    finalState = app( undefined, {})
    expect(finalState).to.equal( Map({ isLoading: true, isDragging: false, dragData: new DraggingCard() }) )
  })

  it('handles APP_LOAD_REQUEST')
  it('handles APP_LOAD_SUCCESS')
  it('handles APP_LOAD_FAILURE')

  it('handles APP_START_DRAG', function(){
    const action = actionCreators.startDrag({ cardID: 'cid', index: 1, boardID: 'bid'})
    finalState = app( Map({ isDragging: false, dragData: null }), action)

    expect(finalState).to.equal( Map({
      isDragging: true, dragData: new DraggingCard({ cardID: 'cid', index: 1, boardID: 'bid'})
    }) )
  })

  it('handles APP_END_DRAG', function(){
    initialState = Map({
      isDragging: true, dragData: new DraggingCard({ cardID: 'cid', index: 1, boardID: 'bid'})
    })
    finalState = app( initialState, actionCreators.endDrag() )

    expect(finalState).to.equal( Map({
      isDragging: false, dragData: new DraggingCard({ cardID: 'cid', index: 1, boardID: 'bid'})
    }) )
  })

})


The Forward reports that a hugely popular pro-Israel speaker and writer, Hen Mazzig, has been secretly working directly for the Israeli government. It appears that his actions may have violated U.S. espionage laws.
"A Forward investigation has revealed that he also worked directly for the Israeli government. He doesn't seem to have told anyone that, however — neither the sponsors of his speeches, nor the students who listened to them. Because he kept quiet, and because those payments are related to his political work in the United States, he might have violated an American anti-espionage law, according to experts consulted by the Forward.
Hen Mazzig speaking to American students during a 2013 five month speaking tour.
FARA has recently been invoked against a Russian graduate student in the U.S., who has been imprisoned for three months, mostly in solitary confinement, despite the fact that she appears to be innocent of the charges.
One Israel Fund 2017 fundraising gala.
Head of Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (which includes 53 organizations) speaks at One Israel Fund event.
Revista de Medio Oriente, CAMERA's Spanish language counter part, challenges misinformation in the Spanish language world, whether in Spain's media or in Latin American coverage.
(TLB) published this article from If Americans Knew Blog with our appreciation for making this story available.


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Matsondana is een plaats en commune in het noorden van Madagaskar, behorend tot het district Befandriana-Avaratra, dat gelegen is in de regio Sofia. Tijdens een volkstelling in 2001 telde de plaats 40.225 inwoners.

Bij de plaats bevindt zich een lokaal vliegveld. De plaats biedt naast lager onderwijs ook middelbaar onderwijs aan. 54 % van de bevolking werkt als landbouwer en 43 % houdt zich bezig met veeteelt. De belangrijkste landbouwproducten zijn rijst en vanille; ander belangrijk product zijn bonen. Verder is 3% actief in de dienstensector.

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Maphosa, Samantha Glenda. The impact of cultural differences on construction project performance. 2015-06-29.
Musonda, I., Dr.; Pretorius, J.H.C., Prof.
Construction project success is the number one goal for every client, stakeholders and for project team members who are involved with construction projects. However, construction projects often exceed the stipulated budget, are completed beyond the scheduled period and are not even to the required quality. Despite its poor record, the construction industry contributes a lot to the country's economy and as such, it should be ensured that it performs better than it has currently. Besides the technical issues/factors which are a norm for influencing construction project performance, recent studies have shown that other factors relating to people and how they interact in teams may in fact have a significant influence on project performance. Consequently, culture and cultural differences seem to be one of the important issues that need to be dealt with and managed properly if projects are to be successful; given the nature of contracting, where joint ventures and partnerships seem to be prevalent (Kivrak et.al, 2009). Therefore, the purpose of this research was to investigate the impact of cultural differences on construction project performance. Because culture is seen as a 'soft' issue, it makes it hard to be measured empirically (Ankrah, 2007), and therefore requires to be assessed through the perceptions of the individuals who operate within that particular culture (Palmer, Cooper and Burns, 2010). Five dimensions of culture, namely: age, gender, race/ethnicity, educational background and organisational culture background were investigated and chosen to be measured against the three traditional project outcomes, namely: time, cost and quality, while taking into account safety and productivity. A questionnaire was issued to 310 participants drawn from construction projects across South Africa, and 109 responses were received, giving a response rate of 35.16%. The study reviewed that the construction industry's performance is poor and it can also be attributed to differences in individuals' cultural background because culture affects one's mind in terms of behaviour and decision making. Findings from the study showed that a relationship existed between culture and project performance, and that cultural differences had an impact on construction project performance.


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Washington (AFP) - A Democrat-led congressional committee challenged Tuesday the Pentagon's plan to divert $1 billion to support President Donald Trump's plan to build a wall on the US-Mexico border.
Less than one day after acting Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan authorized moving the funds from existing Defense Department projects to border construction, the House Armed Services Committee said this move was not permitted.
It was the newest challenge to Trump's February 15 declaration of a "national emergency" at the border in order to obtain more than $5 billion to build a frontier wall to keep out illegal immigrants and drug smugglers, after Congress denied him the funds.
"This needs to stop... The administration should stop using our service members as a political tool and instead focus on building military capabilities and readiness and areas where we should focus our defense resources."
Late Monday, Shanahan said he had authorized the move of the funds to help the Homeland Security Department build 57 miles (92 kilometers) of 18-foot (5.5-meter) fencing, to construct and improve roads, and install lighting to support Trump's emergency declaration.
Addressing concerns that the US military was straying out of its mission into domestic civilian operations, Shanahan cited US law that authorizes the military to support the counterdrug activities of other federal agencies.
For two years, Trump has battled Congress for as much as $25 billion in funds to fortify the Mexico border with a massive wall.
The House of Representatives narrowly failed to override the veto as it did not reach the required two thirds of votes (288), falling short at 248.
"Thank you to the House Republicans for sticking together and the BIG WIN today on the Border," Trump said in response on Twitter.
The emergency declaration has also been challenged in court by 16 states that contend that the order was contrary to Congress's power over the budget.
Their lawsuit also questioned Trump's categorization of illegal border crossings as a national emergency, saying data issued by the administration itself refuted the notion.


The first in an 8 week video blog series looking at various gender diversity issues and developments. The Recruitment Company is running the series in the lead up to International Womens Day on March the 8th.
In this weeks episode we talk to Lisa Annese, CEO of Diversity Council Australia, Craig Mowll, CEO of 3D Business Diagnostics, Kelly Lamborn, CIO of Conn3cted and Sarah Banek, People & Performance Director of The Recruitment Company about gender diversity issues specific to the IT Industry.
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Pakistan says that the armed forces differential between it and India had widened which had resulted in New Delhi trying to "find space for a conventional war".
"History tells us that a weak inner front always tends to invite external aggression," he said in his address to participants yesterday. Gilani also said Pakistan had "no aggressive designs against any country" but would counter any threat to its territorial integrity and sovereignty "with full force".


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Q: Is it possible to manually alias the bbm blackboard fonts?
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Get high resolution for bitmap fonts under pdflatex?

I am using the command \mathbbm from the bbm package and I have realized that this fonts are pixelated when I generate my pdf with pdftex. The issue is that this fonts are bitmap fonts, and, after some search, no vector version of them seems to be available.
The question is, is there a way in LaTeX to control how much a bitmap font is aliased? In other words, can I make these fonts look more smooth, even if they are bitmaps?
I tried to look for a solution similar to this post's, where the OP had a problem with pixelated greek characters, yet it did not work.
Another "solution" is to use other packages, but yet I do not know another type of blackboard fonts that looks 'good' together with computer modern (or latin modern) and that it is supported in MiKTex/TexLive (this is important to me for compatibility reasons with my coworkers): examples that look bad are bbold, txfonts and mathpazo.

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Some special people
When I was watching TV recently and saw Mr. D. and Ricki, a pretty girl who has Down syndrome, sitting on the bus, holding hands in the air, and singing "Nothing's gonna stop us…" I just had to sit down and write about Down syndrome.
Gordon Sampson | Posted: March 25, 2016, midnight | Updated: Oct. 2, 2017, 11:05 a.m. | 6 Min Read
March 21, the first full day of spring, was Down Syndrome Day – the reason for this day is to familiarize the public with people who have Down syndrome. One in 700 children born in the U.S.A. has Down syndrome.
My brother-in-law Sean had Down syndrome. He was loved by all of the MacDonald family and continues to hold a special place in their hearts. The neighbours knew him and were very good to him.
Sean never spoke a word, but was a very capable communicator and teacher. He taught others valuable lessons of unconditional love and life. You have to know a person like Sean to realize how precious and special they are and how much they influence others for the good.
The D & R Dance Ltd. studio in North Sydney has a special dance class called Our Chance to Dance and Denise Jardine, owner and operator, is very excited about this project, and so are the parents. Out of the 10 dancers, three have Down syndrome.
Did you know that several of the individuals attending Haley Street Adult Services Centre have Down syndrome?
There are many people among us who have Down syndrome. One example is Jenny Buffet, Gerry and Alicia Buffet's daughter, who lives in Sydney Mines. Jenny has an older brother, Neil and an older sister, Rebecca.
Jenny celebrated World Down Syndrome Day on March 21 with her class – she is in Grade 7 at T.L. Sullivan Middle School.
She loves to shop, buy new clothes and she loves to listen to all types of music, but especially she likes Katy Perry. She love to do math and she loves to read. Swimming and basketball are her favourite sports.
Jenny attends the dance class at the D & R studio where her sister Rebecca is a dancer and a volunteer for the Our Chance to Dance class. Being part of this class is the highlight of Jenny's week.
Caitlin Boland of Manitoba, who has Down syndrome, is a graduate of the Transforming Futures Program at Red River College, and is learning career options and essential employability skills.
Another in Halifax is Will Brewer, 30 years old, a member of the Voices at the Table for Advocacy, a working group at the Canadian Down Syndrome Society. Will's mother, Allison Brewer, is chairperson of the Nova Scotia Down Syndrome Society. They were featured on the CBC program, "The Current" with Anna Maria Tremonti on March 22.
Kirk Crowther is executive director of the Canadian Down Syndrome Society in Ottawa. The society was founded in 1997, and its mission is to empower Canadians who have Down syndrome and to raise awareness and provide information through the prenatal, early childhood, school years, adulthood and retirement stages of life. Inclusion in all facets of life is very important.
The society has fundraisers across the country, for example, the Hamilton Walk for Down Syndrome. Their mission is to promote the participation of people who have Down syndrome in their communities. Some other communities doing the same fundraisers are Halton, Sudbury, Victoria, Ottawa, Edmonton, Guelph and Grande Prairie.
There is a Cape Breton chapter of the Canadian Down Syndrome Society in Sydney.
Every individual is unique. There are special days in Canada for those who need attention – International Women's Day on March 8 with its goal of gender equality; the Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination on March 21; as well as the aforementioned World Down Syndrome Day on March 21, to encourage inclusion and create a single global voice to advocate for their rights.
So, if you are not in touch with a person who has Down syndrome, maybe someday you will be and you will find that you certainly are the better for it.
Gordon Sampson is a retired teacher who lives in his hometown of North Sydney. His column appears weekly in the Cape Breton Post. He writes a separate column in the Cape Breton Community Post. Anyone with community news can contact him at [email protected]
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