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Attorney General Eric Holder announced Thursday that Justice Department is asking a court to put Texas under the same sort of oversight it faced before the Supreme Court earlier this year weakened the Voting Rights Act -- the first move the department has made since the court ruling.

If the federal court in San Antonio grants the Justice Department's request, Texas would have to obtain approval in advance before putting future voting changes in place. This requirement to obtain "pre-approval" from either the Justice Department or a federal court before making changes to voting laws is available when intentional voting discrimination is found.

It is the department's first action to protect voting rights following the Supreme Court's decision on June 25, "but it will not be our last," Holder said in a speech to the Urban League in Philadelphia, the attorney general said t.

"Even as Congress considers updates to the Voting Rights Act in light of the court's ruling, we plan, in the meantime, to fully utilize the law's remaining sections to ensure that the voting rights of all American citizens are protected."

Holder said that based on evidence of intentional racial discrimination presented last year in the redistricting case in Texas, "we believe that the state of Texas should be required to go through a preclearance process whenever it changes its voting laws and practices."

In Texas, there is a history of "pervasive voting-related discrimination against racial minorities," Holder added.

The Supreme Court, on a 5-4 vote, threw out the most powerful part of the landmark Voting Rights Act, the law that became a major turning point in black Americans' struggle for equal rights and political power.

Holder said that the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division is shift resources to the enforcement of a number of federal voting laws not affected by the Supreme Court's decision - including the remaining provisions of the Voting Rights Act, prohibiting voting discrimination based on race, color, or language.

Still, he said, Congress needs to fill the void left by the court ruling.

"We cannot allow the slow unraveling of the progress that so many, throughout history, have sacrificed so much to achieve," he said. "And, in our broader efforts, we will continue to look far beyond America's ballot boxes - to our schools, military bases, and border areas; our immigrant communities, our criminal justice system, and even our workplaces - in order to advance the fight for equality and against injustice."

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(CBS News) On the campaign trail in Florida today, President Obama will respond for the first time to Mitt Romney's aggressive attacks suggesting the president doesn't support small businesses.

Romney this week has hammered Mr. Obama for remarks he made last Friday in Virginia, where he argued that successful businesses rely on public resources funded by the government.

"If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help," Mr. Obama said. "There was a great teacher somewhere in your life... Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business -- you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen... The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together."

Charging that Mr. Obama doesn't support free enterprise, Romney and Republicans have focused this snippet of his remarks: "If you've got a business -- you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen." Romney said Tuesday that the president's comments were "insulting to every entrepreneur, every innovator in America."

Today, the president is expected to offer a "counterpunch," a senior administration official tells CBS News.

"As he has many times before, the president will talk about his longtime belief in the drive and ingenuity of the American worker and his ongoing commitment to ensuring entrepreneurs and small businesses have the tools they need to succeed," the official said. "He will also highlight how Mitt Romney's economic agenda would be devastating for small businesses."

On Thursday, Mr. Obama's re-election team released a web video highlighting the fact that Romney himself has said before that successful individuals rely on the help of their community.

However, that didn't stop the Romney campaign from releasing its latest television ad on Friday (watch at left) that focuses on Mr. Obama's remarks. "Through hard work and a little bit of luck we built this business," a small businessman says in the new ad. "Why are you demonizing us for it?"

UPDATE: The president's campaign announced later that it has canceled one of Mr. Obama's two Florida campaign events in the wake of the mass shooting in Aurora, Colorado. The president will address the shooting at his stop in Ft. Myers but will then go back to the White House rather than stopping in Winter Park, Florida.

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An Indian runner who won a silver medal in the women's 800-meter run at the Asian Games earlier this month has failed a gender test and is likely to be stripped of her medal, news reports said Monday.

Santhi Soudarajan, 25, was made to take the gender test in Doha, Qatar after her victory.

The test reports sent to the Indian Olympic Association on Sunday said she "does not possess the sexual characteristics of a woman," The Times of India reported. The test was administered by a medical commission set up by the games' organizers.

During an awards ceremony held in her native province Monday, Santhi said, "I do not want to talk about it," when asked about the failed tests.

There are no compulsory gender tests during events sanctioned by the International Association of Athletics Federation, but athletes can be asked to take a gender test. The medical evaluation panel usually includes a gynecologist, endocrinologist, psychologist, and an internal medicine specialist.

Dr. Manmohan Singh, chairman of the medical commission of the Indian Olympic Association told the Indian Express newspaper that the Olympic Council of Asia had been informed of the results of Soudarajan's gender test.

It was not unclear whether Santhi, who comes from a poor family, had undergone a sex change procedure in the past, reports The Times of India.

Sports officials in the athlete's home state of Tamil Nadu said that they have no information on her whereabouts.

"If the reports are true, then it is very sad and extremely disappointing," her coach, P. Nagarajan, told the Indian Express.
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HOUSTON -- Scott Hatteberg thought he blew his chance to spark an eighth-inning rally. He made up for it on the next pitch.

Hatteberg hit a solo homer after blowing a hit-and-run play, Matt Belisle struck out a career-high eight and the Cincinnati Reds beat Houston 2-1 Tuesday night to hand the Astros their ninth consecutive loss.

The teams were tied at 1 when Norris Hopper led off the eighth with a single off Houston reliever Chad Qualls.

Third base coach Mark Berry signaled for a hit-and-run, but Hatteberg froze on the pitch and Houston catcher Brad Ausmus threw out Hopper trying to steal second.

"My body just wouldn't swing at it," Hatteberg said. "Then Ausmus makes the throw and I thought, 'There goes the rally.' At least I made up for it."

Hatteberg hit the next pitch into the Astros' bullpen in right-center, his fifth home run of the season.

"Homers are not really my game," he said. "I just wanted to get on base and drive the ball."

David Weathers got Carlos Lee to ground into a game-ending double play with the bases loaded in the ninth to pick up his 10th save.

The Astros have lost nine in a row for the first time since September 1996.

"Beautiful opportunity there to turn this thing around," Lee said. "It's tough, pretty tough out there right now. I definitely believe we're way better than that."

Belisle (5-4) allowed only two hits after Adam Everett's RBI triple that was nearly an inside-the-park homer. Belisle, an Austin native, threw 102 pitches in 7 2/3 innings, his longest outing since a complete-game victory over Pittsburgh on April 28.

He beat the Astros for the first time with his mother and a few family friends cheering from the stands.

"I always feel good coming in here, just because it's home and I get excited about playing here," Belisle said.

Adam Dunn knocked in a run with a sacrifice fly for the Reds, who won for the third time in their last 12 road games. Cincinnati has won two in a row overall for the first time since a three-game winning streak in late April.

Jason Jennings gave up three hits in five shutout innings, striking out three in his first start for Houston since April 8. Jennings was on the disabled list with tendinitis in his right throwing elbow and was disappointed that he tired so quickly Tuesday night.

"I'm not a five-inning guy, I don't want to be a five-inning guy," Jennings said. "I'm going to work to get that arm strength back, try to go a little deeper in the game. Other than that, I was pretty pleased."

Qualls (4-2) replaced Brad Lidge to start the seventh and took the loss. The Astros lost for the first time in five games that were tied after seven innings.

"That's the way it's going right now," Jennings said. "When it rains, it pours. We had the situations come up, we just didn't come through."

Craig Biggio doubled with two outs in the second and scored the Astros' only run.

Everett hit a sinking liner to center and the ball skidded past Hopper when he couldn't make a diving catch. Hopper chased down the ball and hit Brandon Phillips with a relay throw as Everett rounded third. The throw home to Chad Moeller was high, but the catcher swiped the sliding Everett for the out at the plate.

"I just kind of ran out of gas, more than anything," Everett said.

Jennings retired nine in a row after giving up three hits and walking two in the first two innings. He struck out Moeller and Belisle to end the fifth and was finished after 79 pitches.

Rick White relieved to start the sixth and gave up a double to Hopper and a single to Hatteberg. Left-hander Trever Miller came on and walked Ken Griffey Jr. to load the bases.

Lidge, who hadn't pitched since bruising his knee in San Francisco on May 21, replaced Miller and struck out Phillips. Dunn then flew out to deep center to score Hopper and tie it at 1.

Belisle retired 11 consecutive Astros, four on strikeouts, after Morgan Ensberg's two-out single in the third. Lee ended the streak in the seventh with a one-out single to left, but Hunter Pence grounded into an inning-ending double play.

Belisle got the first two outs of the eighth and was relieved by left-hander Jon Coutlangus, who struck out Jason Lane.

"This was a really big win for us," manager Jerry Narron said. "I definitely feel this is the kind of win that can get us turned around."

Hopper led off and started in center field one day after his collision with Ryan Freel. The Reds placed Freel on the 15-day disabled list before the game. He was scheduled to see a head and neck specialist on Wednesday. ... Biggio's 651st double was his 2,973rd career hit. Biggio ranks seventh on the career doubles list, six behind Nap Lajoie. ... The Astros were held to two runs or fewer for the sixth time during their losing streak.

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Babin took to Twitter to find out whether he was employed by the Eagles. Click to enlarge. (Twitter)

We can only imagine that Eagles defensive end Jason Babin was joking when he sent this tweet Wednesday afternoon.

The backstory: a screenshot (see above left) of a Bleacher Report slideshow titled "5 Realistic Moves the Philadelphia Eagles could Make at NFL Trade Deadline" was forwarded to Babin and he retweeted it to his followers.

Slide 6 suggests that Babin to Baltimore for a third- or fourth-rounder could make sense for both the Eagles and the Ravens because while he "isn't quite as attractive an offer as he may have appeared to be this past offseason ... The Ravens may be willing to pull a panic move, similar to last year when the Oakland Raiders jumped the gun and traded a ransom to the Cincinnati Bengals for Carson Palmer."

In general, we'd like to think that Babin consults his agent before Twitter when it comes to work-related questions. That and the notion that Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome would be up for some Raiders-inspired roster shuffling is, well, absurd.

The best part to all this? The responses to Babin's tweet (see above right). There's Adam, who explains to Babin that the slideshow was purely speculative. Fran Duffy then writes "Bleacher Report at it again," which prompts Schottey to respond, "yep, totally B/R's fault and not the guy who doesn't know what 'could' and 'potentially' mean." Finally, Babin's teammate, Eagles wide receiver Riley Cooper, joins the conversation, first tweeting "Huh?" in response to the trade rumor followed by "What is bleacher report??"

We have no idea what people did with themselves before Al Gore invented these magical series of tubes.

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Pronounced ey-tree-uhl sep-tl dee-fekt

An atrial septal defect is a birth defect of the heart in which there is a hole in the wall (septum) that divides the upper chambers of the heart (atria). A hole can vary in size and may close on its own or may require surgery. An atrial septal defect is one type of congenital heart defect. Congenital means present at birth.

As a baby develops during pregnancy, there are normally several openings in the wall dividing the upper chambers of the heart (atria). These usually close during pregnancy or shortly after birth.

Learn more about how the heart works »

If one of these openings does not close, a hole is left, and it is called an atrial septal defect. The hole increases the amount of blood that flows through the lungs and over time, it may cause damage to the blood vessels in the lungs. Damage to the blood vessels in the lungs may cause problems in adulthood, such as high blood pressure in the lungs and heart failure. Other problems may include abnormal heartbeat, and increased risk of stroke.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently estimated that each year about 1,966 babies in the United States are born with an atrial septal defect.1 It can also occur with other heart defects.

Causes and Risk Factors

The causes of heart defects such as atrial septal defect among most babies are unknown. Some babies have heart defects because of changes in their genes or chromosomes. These types of heart defects also are thought to be caused by a combination of genes and other risk factors, such as things the mother comes in contact with in the environment or what the mother eats or drinks or the medicines the mother uses.

Read more about CDC’s work on causes and risk factors »

An atrial septal defect may be diagnosed during pregnancy or after the baby is born. In many cases, it may not be diagnosed until adulthood.

During Pregnancy

During pregnancy, there are screening tests (prenatal tests) to check for birth defects and other conditions. An atrial septal defect might be seen during an ultrasound (which creates pictures of the body), but it depends on the size of the hole and its location. If an atrial septal defect is suspected, a specialist will need to confirm the diagnosis.

After the Baby is Born

An atrial septal defect is present at birth, but many babies do not have any signs or symptoms. Signs and symptoms of a large or untreated atrial septal defect may include the following:

  • Frequent respiratory or lung infections
  • Difficulty breathing
  • Tiring when feeding (infants)
  • Shortness of breath when being active or exercising
  • Skipped heartbeats or a sense of feeling the heartbeat
  • A heart murmur, or a whooshing sound that can be heard with a stethoscop
  • Swelling of legs, feet, or stomach are
  • Stroke

It is possible that an atrial septal defect might not be diagnosed until adulthood. One of the most common ways an atrial septal defect is found is by detecting a murmur when listening to a person’s heart with a stethoscope. If a murmur is heard or other signs or symptoms are present, the health care provider might request one or more tests to confirm the diagnosis. The most common test is an echocardiogram which is an ultrasound of the heart.

Treatment for an atrial septal defect depends on the age of diagnosis, the number of or seriousness of symptoms, size of the hole, and presence of other conditions. Sometimes surgery is needed to repair the hole. Sometimes medications are prescribed to help treat symptoms. There are no known medications that can repair the hole.

If a child is diagnosed with an atrial septal defect, the health care provider may want to monitor it for a while to see if the hole closes on its own. During this period of time, the health care provider might treat symptoms with medicine. A health care provider may recommend surgery for a child with a large atrial septal defect, even if there are few symptoms, to prevent problems later in life. Surgery may also be recommended for an adult who has many or severe symptoms. Surgery involves fixing the hole and may be done through cardiac catheterization or open-heart surgery. After surgery, follow-up care will depend on the size of the defect, person’s age, and whether the person has other birth defects.


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 7 I Don't Wanna Talk About It
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Horehound album for sale by Dead Weather was released Jul 14, 2009 on the Third Man/Warner Bros. label. The Dead Weather, which combines the talents of Jack White, Jack Lawrence (Raconteurs), Alison Mosshart (Kills), and Dean Fertita (Queens of the Stone Age, Raconteurs), aren't so much concerned with living up to expectations as they are about defying them. Horehound songs There's a different kind of alchemy on this 2009 release than on any of the bandmembers' other projects. Not only does White returns to his first instrument, the drums, he also trades in the high-pitched yelp he uses with the Stripes and Raconteurs for a deeper, at times unrecognizable, voice on "I Cut Like a Buffalo," the lone Horehound track he wrote by himself. Horehound CD music contains a single disc with 11 songs.   ...See Full Description

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LabelThird Man / Warner Bros.
Orig Year2009
Catalog number519785
Release DateJul 14, 2009
ProducerJack White III
EngineerVance Powell
PersonnelJack White - vocals, acoustic guitar, drums
Alison Mosshart - vocals, guitar, percussion
Dean Fertita - guitar, piano, organ, synthesizer, background vocals
Jack Lawrence - guitar, drums, background vocals

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Hello Guys, Has anybody ever done simulation of roller or sliding vane pump with STAR-CD? And where I can find any materials related to this type of pump with STAR-CD.

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This is a joint post with Ben Leo, former CGD research fellow and now Policy Director at ONE.

The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is the best US development agency you’ve probably never heard of.  Known as OPIC, it’s often mistakenly confused with the oil cartel. But if you care about promoting economic opportunity around the world, then OPIC should be on your radar. And with a few changes, the Government could make OPIC a whole lot more impactful.

Launched in 1971, OPIC leverages public money to create market opportunities and crowd-in private capital by providing insurance, loans, and seed capital for new private equity funds. Over four decades, OPIC has helped to generate nearly $200 billion in new investment, enabling US investors to enter new markets and building a private sector in support of US policy objectives. The bonus of OPIC is not only that it works, but that it comes at no cost to US taxpayers. In fact, for 34 years in a row, OPIC has generated profits and contributed funds into the US Treasury (the FY2012 budget expects a $188 million contribution).

OPIC’s profitability and flexibility often make it the go-to agency for quick deliverables, such as when the White House has to make a sudden commitment or the USG needs to provide a jolt in a tough region. (Uh-oh, do you need a big global commitment on Renewables? Women entrepreneurs in Turkey? Solar panels for South Africa? Small business in Egypt? Who you gonna call?  OPIC.)

Despite these positives, OPIC is held back from meeting its potential by the many constraints placed on it by both the Administration and Congress. If we wanted to make OPIC even better and more supportive of US interests around the world, here are (in roughly increasing order of difficulty) seven ways:

  1. Allow OPIC to Invest in Itself. A major constraint is not money but people. (OPIC has less than 200 employees.) If a small portion of the agency’s own profits could be reinvested into a slightly larger staff, such as allowing a handful of overseas placements, the portfolio could be grown substantially. Given OPIC’s historic returns, this would easily pay for itself.
  2. Permit OPIC a Modest Grant Window. Either through retained profits or by transferring some existing related facilities from USAID, OPIC could utilize soft money to provide technical assistance or to help prepare projects in some of the poorest or post-conflict countries
  3. Multiyear Reauthorization. Since 2007, OPIC has been authorized only one year at a time (or operating via continuing resolution). This creates unnecessary uncertainty and, more worryingly, discourages OPIC’s private sector partners from entering into long-term deals. (Dan Runde of CSIS makes a similar case here. Senator Kerry and Congressmen Manzullo  and Meeks have introduced bills to authorize OPIC through 2015.)  A five-year reauthorization would be a big help.
  4. Equity Authority. OPIC currently can only issue debt, even when it catalyzes a new private equity fund. Equity authority is the norm for other similar agencies (such as the World Bank’s IFC or France’s Proparco or the Netherlands’ FMO) and the rule excludes OPIC from potential transactions and limits its flexibility to structure deals in the most efficient manner.
  5. Adjust the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Cap to be Pro-Poor. As Todd argued before, the blanket greenhouse gas cap on OPIC’s portfolio, regardless of whether a project would help bring power to poor people or even reduce net emissions, is strategically counterproductive and ethically dubious. An exemption from the cap for projects in very poor and non-emitting countries (Todd proposes a threshold of 5% of US levels) is a simple practical fix that would be helpful without harming global emissions goals.
  6. Keep OPIC out of the Commerce Department. In the 2011 State of the Union, President Obama announced he would reorganize and consolidate export promotion agencies. One (bad) idea was to fold everything, including OPIC, into a Super-Commerce Department. This would not only squash OPIC’s existing flexibility, but also confuses its mandate (read Ben’s explanation of why development and exports are not the same).
  7. Grow OPIC into a Full-Service U.S. Development Bank. The dream version of OPIC would be to grab various bureaus and programs that promote the private sector abroad now spread across the federal government and bring them together under one roof.  We previously proposed a U.S. Development Bank, built around OPIC’s budget and current authorities. This obviously would require a major political lift and for the White House to work closely with Congress to overcome the inevitable bureaucratic fight.

A White House that really wanted to promote economic opportunity—or perhaps do something meaningful to address Africa’s energy poverty gap—should start by bolstering the only logical agency to lead such an effort.


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In a letter to his wife the day before he signed the Declaration of Independence, future president John Adams predicted that Independence Day would be observed through the ages exactly as we do it today: with parades, fireworks and as much fun as possible. As you commemorate Independence Day with grand revelry and merriment as suggested by the great Mr. Adams, wear the bold and beautiful colors of red, white and blue with pride!

This year, pledge allegiance to the flag by creating a gorgeous charm bracelet, and wear it every 4th of July forward. Start with the timeless Silver Snap Bracelet—it’s the perfect chic and simple foundation. Then choose the accent charms that showcase your style. Our blue and red Jeweled Collection charms lend an air of elegance to your look, as Swarovski Crystal elements add sparkle. Whatever you choose, make it red, white and blue.

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Sandcastles, sea glass, and grassy dunes… sand in your toes, coconut lotion on your shoulders, and waves crashing in your ears… could it be that the beach is the best place on earth? The waves roll in and out and the sun shines bright and true. Whether you’re basking in sweet solitude or reveling in family merry-making, the sea is an enchanted place.

Time stands still on the beach and that might just be its enchantment. Nothing ever really changes. The gorgeous colors, the blues, greens and corals always remain and your perennial favorite popsicle is never out of reach. You can add all the state-of-the-art gear you’d like, from fancy beach chairs to waterproof footwear, but in the end, it’s still just the water, the sand, the sky and you.

Honor the spirit of the beach with our Enchanted Sea Collection. With charms depicting everything from sea creatures to sandcastles, this collection brings to mind the perfect coastal getaway. Remember your family’s trip to the beach with the ultra-fun Patriot Pop charm, or evoke that feeling of solitude with the beautiful blue Swarovski Captivate charm. However you enjoy the beach, the Enchanted Sea Collection is sure to offer something perfect for you… and your memories.

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The tulips have bloomed and your first veggies are on their way. The patio furniture has seen its first sit-down meal of hotdogs and potato chips. Yep, summer is here! Whether you’re headed to a garden tea party or just to the yard for another hotdog, here are three essential fashion trends to last you through the summer.

Watercolor is everywhere right now, and it’s perfect for the season. This pretty pastel blending can be seen in everything from elegant eveningwear to edgy hair color. It’s effortless to dress up or down and either way you’ll look simultaneously ladylike and laid-back.

TRY THIS: Our Murano glass and Monthly Flowers pair beautifully with any watercolor ensemble.

All White

Clean, crisp, classic—there’s nothing quite like all white in the summer. If all white is just too much for you, add an accent color to break it up. A bit of black will make it sleek, graphic and modern. Navy blue will lend a preppy, nautical feel and a touch of bright yellow will give it up-to-the-second cool.

TRY THIS: Use our shop by color feature! Shop for white, or look for that perfect accent color.

Femme Festival

Didn’t make it to Coachella this year? No problem—take a page from the music festival-goers anyway and try the Boho chic trend. Whether you prefer denim cut-offs and kimonos or maxi dresses and fedoras, comfort is key for this cool and casual look. Two easy touches will keep you looking laid-back and on trend: artfully undone hair and piled-high jewelry.

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Meeting the Future

Posted on May 22, 2014

Nostalgia and anticipation, accomplishment and imminent challenge, past and future. It’s graduation season! Whatever the next step might be—high school, college, grad school, or a career—for a graduate, this time of year is always a jumble of betwixt and between. One thing is done, the other not yet begun and one is never far removed from an emotional goodbye or a thrilling hello.

At Chamilia, we believe that the power of what lies ahead is determined by what lies within. That’s never quite so clear as when you’re right smack in the in-between. Sometimes one must step into the future, while still wearing bits of the past. Remembering where we’ve come from and what victories we’ve accomplished help us to see the greatness we can capture as we move forward.

Our Graduation Collection is the perfect way to show your special graduate just how much you believe in her. Help her carry her wins forward—let her wear a reminder of the successes she’s already achieved as she sets out to boldly meet the challenge of her future.

Congratulations, Class of 2014!

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Spring Inspiration

Posted on May 06, 2014

The word inspire comes from the Latin word meaning “to breathe.” To think that breath and inspiration are one and the same makes perfect sense in spring. It is so wonderfully easy to be inspired this time of year—perhaps because we have more fresh air available than we’ve breathed in months.

But then everything—not just the air—feels fresh and new in the spring. The sun is high, bright green buds are beginning to break through, birds serenade each morning cup of coffee with their beautiful song and rain washes away the stale winter grime. It is a time of creation, renewal, and growth.

We see this in nature, of course, but it carries through all parts of our lives. We refresh our homes as we tackle spring cleaning projects, our bodies with food cleanses and long outdoor wanders and our relationships with that special sort of twitterpated feeling that only comes this time of year. The butterfly reminds us that now is the time for rebirth—as it unfolds from its dark cocoon, so may we take spring as an opportunity to be reborn, to see what new things we are capable of.

The trick, of course, is sustaining this time of inspiration. Here at Chamilia, we believe you can make your springtime renewal last all year. Our new Spring/Summer collection offers beautiful reminders of the inspiration that arrives with this special season. Charms like Come Fly with Me and the Mind, Body & Spirit Soul Cham can keep you connected all year long to the fresh, revitalizing inspiration you’re feeling today.

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An Olympic skier competes wearing a tank top. Bare-chested spectators cheer on Canada during the men’s ski slopestyle qualifier. Construction workers dress after taking a dip in the Black Sea. Is this Sochi or SoCal?

As residents of the eastern U.S. hunkered down for yet another winter storm, athletes and fans at the Winter Olympics donned sunglasses and stripped off layers. Temperatures in Sochi are expected to hit 63 degrees on Friday.

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The mount is great, easy mount, slide it on and swivel the light holder left for right hand or right for left hand shooting. Mounted a Remington AA 2cell w/xeon bulb 90+ lumens (5.25"), throws a 12" - 14" "hot spot" at 7 yrds. At the range, shooting a Ruger SR9 at 7 yrds, put the "hot spot" center of 16" target and squeezed off several rounds without sighting, 3" group, 1" right of center and 2" high. Am easily able to push the on button, on the end of the light with my left thumb when using a 2 handed grip. Can't quite reach the switch with my right thumb (shooting hand) as I have short thumbs. Recommend 1" longer light to operate with just the right hand, or light with remote switch. I mount the light nightly and am confident of hitting an illuminated target, even if awakened suddenly, no need to sight focus, if the target is in the beam, it's going down. Not a replacement for laser, but a laser won't iluminate, blind and help ID a threat/nonthreat for that critcal shoot/ no shoot decesion.
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Munson“We make this pharmaceutical product that ends up being big bricks of tough, brittle material,” says the blending team leader of a growing pharmaceutical products company, “and we couldn't reduce it to the size it needed to be. I can't even begin to tell you how frustrating it was.”

The team leader is discussing the problem his company had with one of its key products, a bulk sweetener used in many food products and in pharmaceutical products such as lozenges and suckers used to palatably feed medicines to sick children. In the company's case, pharmacists buy the product; melt it; add food coloring, flavoring, and an active ingredient (such as a stomach-calming or pain-relief agent); and put it into molds to create medicated lozenges or suckers.

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To make it easier for the pharmacist to handle, the bulk sweetener needed to be in small pieces — ¼ inch in diameter or even smaller. But the company formed the product in 3-by-6-by-9-inch bricks weighing 5 to 7 pounds each. The material was similar in character to Jolly Rancher hard candy — brittle but tough and, if it gets hot or wet, sticky. The company was having a difficult time finding a way to reduce it to the right size.

“We tried stainless steel hammers, but they didn't work. We tried producing it in molds about the size of ice cubes, but that didn't work either,” says the team leader. “We still couldn't get it down to ¼-inch pieces. We bought an ice-shaving machine, but the material completely destroyed that. Then we tried a restaurant cheese-grating machine, but the machine generated heat that made the material melt all over it. We were at our wit's end.”

The company looked for outside help and found several custom processors that said, “Sure, we can crush this product for you — no problem.” But after trying it, all of them came back to the company and said, “Sorry, we can't help you with this.”

“We actually had some of our product just totally stop a machine. It gummed it up so bad they had to break the machine down. It totally wiped it out,” says the team leader. “We were really in a dilemma. We had this product but no way to get it to the customers the way they needed it. It was an extreme headache for us.”

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Munson 2Then in February 2002, company members attended a trade show in Anaheim, Calif. On their last day at the show, they walked into the equipment supplier area, and the first booth they saw belonged to Munson Machinery, Utica, NY. The team leader explained the problem to one of the supplier's reps, who said, “I think we have the machine for you.” The pharmaceutical products company had heard that before, but after talking with the supplier's people the company members went home with a touch of hope.

The following Monday, Steve Knauth, regional sales manager at Munson, called the company to talk about the problem in more detail. By week's end, the company had sent several bricks of the bulk sweetener to the equipment supplier's test center in Utica. The supplier was pretty sure its SCC rotary cutter was the way to go and tested the material in the model SCC-15, which has a 15-inch-long rotor. The supplier also tested it in a heavy-duty cutter and a hammer mill. However, because of the material's characteristics, the desired final particle size, and the rotary cutter's ability to crush as well as cut, the rotary cutter did turn out to be the best machine for the job. The company recommended the larger model SCC-30, which has a 30-inch rotor.

The pharmaceutical products company was unable to send representatives to Utica for the tests, so the equipment supplier sent the processed samples and a videotape of the tests back to the company. When the team leader saw the samples, he was thrilled. They were exactly what the company wanted. But company managers were still leery. Purchasing the machine would represent a significant investment, and they'd been disappointed before.

Then they viewed the videotape. “That made the sale,” says the team leader. The tape showed the tests from beginning to end. The company managers saw their tough, brittle bricks go into the cutter and come out as tiny pieces ¼ inch and smaller.

With the first hurdle cleared, the two companies discussed the custom engineering that would have to be done to meet the pharmaceutical company's needs: The machine would have to be engineered to meet sanitary requirements. “The equipment supplier was really fabulous to work with,” says the team leader. “The communication was great.”

After the details were worked out, the company placed its order and received the custom-engineered model SCC-30 sanitary cutter-crusher about 2 months later.

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Munson 3The standard SCC rotary cutter consists of a vertical or horizontal gravity-infeed hopper; a heavy-duty welded and bolted reinforced plate steel cutter housing with stationary bed knives on the front and back walls; a rotor fitted with a series of interconnected parallelogram-shaped cutters, each incorporating two replaceable cutter inserts with tungsten carbide tips; a classifying screen in the cutter housing's bottom; a gravity or pneumatic discharge; and an enclosed drive arrangement.

In operation, the material is fed into the infeed hopper, where it falls by gravity into the cutter housing. As the rotor revolves, the material is reduced by the cutter tips, which cut against the stationary bed knives. The cut material drops onto the classifying screen, and on-size material drops through the screen to the discharge. The machine's rotor creates a high airflow volume that fluidizes the material: Oversize material doesn't merely sit on the classifying screen; the air vortex keeps it moving, allowing the rotor to cut it on the rotor's upswing as well as its downswing.

The equipment suppliers' engineers worked closely with the pharmaceutical products company to custom-engineer the machine to meet sanitary requirements. The result was a sanitary cutter-crusher constructed of stainless steel with continuous welds ground and polished to FDA standards. The most challenging engineering task was to make the rotor comply with the sanitary requirements. “We had to make the parallelogram-shaped cutters much larger than the standard ones so that our welders could get in there and make continuous welds and then grind and polish those welds,” says Knauth.

Another change is that the sanitary parallelogram cutters have no replaceable cutting tips as the cutters on the standard machines have. But the pharmaceutical products company doesn't have to worry about replacing the cutters. “They're all stainless steel, and they'll outlast my life,”  says Knauth.

The machine also had to be easy to thoroughly clean, and this one is. "It's gorgeous," says the team leader. “The bearings are self-cleaning, and the machine is easy to clean. We just remove the top, the two bed knives, and the classifying screen, and that's it. We hose it down with hot water, scrub it with soap and water, and then do a citric acid wash. We put it back together and it's ready to go.”

The custom-engineered sanitary cutter-crusher was shipped to the pharmaceutical products company and was ready to operate right out of the box. The machine is mobile, so the company installed floor bolts and configured the electrical supply to handle the machine's 20 horsepower, 230/460 1,800-rpm motor-drive arrangement. With that, installation was complete.

Now when the company has to reduce a batch of the difficult material, an operator manually feeds the sweetener bricks into the infeed hopper. They flow by gravity into the cutter-crusher housing. The bricks are cut, crushed, and discharged as ¼-inch and smaller pieces into a plastic pail or tub.

Once in the cutter housing, “the bricks are pounded,” says Knauth. "The machine is as much a pulverizer as it is a cutter. That's one reason it works so well with this stuff."

The company presently reduces bulk sweetener bricks about 2 days a week. The rest of the time the machine is out of the way in a storage area. “We bought such a heavy-duty machine,” says the team leader, “because our customer base is growing. We expect this machine to do what we need for a very long time.”

The company is pleased with its purchase. “This is the best piece of machinery we own, by far,” says the team leader. “We suffered so much frustration before — this machine just blew us away.”

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For numerous reasons, the world is experiencing a radical shift in its economic landscape.

Brands are rapidly finding themselves trading as a commodity as a result of developments, which have literally SUPERSIZED their competitors and whole industries. A decline of the South African GDP coupled with a stock exchange still hitting record highs signals a decoupling of the price of companies as traded on the JSE with the reality of what the underlying company is actually worth.

In order to keep up with the unrealistic expectations that market is demanding, the answer for many companies will be cost cutting, which primarily means job losses.
Thanks to technology and mechanization, the Industrial Age that led to large scale employment is now gone and in its place we have the SUPER INFORMATION age which means the opposite for mass employment numbers.

The result – a disillusioned, skilled workforce tired of downsizing and retrenchments who are out to start a venture that ‘finally brings meaning to their lives and makes them happy’. We call these HEART ventures and can go on for an hour or more about how we see them playing out, but let’s just say that in the next ten years a new ‘gold rush’ of HEART brands will be launching around the world selling everything from organic, homegrown produce to hand-crafted goods made in the old tradition of pre-mechanization.

With every trend you’ll find a massively strong counter trend, so the rise of 3D printing and mass production that is hell bent on the ‘race to the bottom’ of the price curve, will also spark the rise of the exact opposite as a growing alternative.

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1. Accountants: Not the sexiest choice to start a list with, but even the smallest business needs to have books and submit a tax return. This is work for an accounting service provider that doesn’t charge the earth.

2. Online education: We all know that education is key, but with the world changing so rapidly – upskilling yourself with useful online short courses is a growing and increasingly vital industry. If you are not making yourself more skilled, you are dying and in the information age, will soon find yourself redundant.

3. Courier companies: E-commerce is still in its infancy in South Africa. With more entrepreneurs starting to make and ship products, the outlook for the courier industry is extraordinary.

4. Smaller office space / retail developments: Most South Africa commercial landlords still make use of business models that rely on the idea of ‘anchor tenants’ and then proportionally overcharge the smaller guys. Developments like The Woodstock Exchange that focus on smaller spaces and flexible leases are set to boom. Why sign a three year lease for 100 square meters of space when you just need twenty and may be insolvent in 6 months?

5. Pets: With more people starting out on their own and taking on the stresses and financial strain of starting a new business, far fewer people will be having children as a result. Companies focussing on any aspect of pet care, grooming or accessories will find a growing market as the years go by.

6. Meeting friendly coffee shops: Mobile business people need a mobile office to meet clients and associates. Coffee shops that focus on semi-private booths and dedicated power access at each booth is a lacking, yet much needed service.

7. Psychologists: With all of the gnashing of teeth associated with starting something new, psychologists and life coaches will be in high demand to try and help freaked out entrepreneurs get to grips with life without the guaranteed pay cheque.

8. Capital brokers: Long gone are the days when the only way to get capital to fund your crazy idea was to have a long chat with a bank manager. Banks are probably the last place you’ll want to be looking for finance right now, but a broker that can help connect money with great ideas is the way of the future.

9. Liquidators: Unfortunately small business is a risky game and lots of ventures will fail. Professionals with the skill and network to liquidate those failed ventures will find more than enough opportunity out there to ply their particular trade.

10. Videographers: Opportunities to film the next Christopher Nolan movie may be few and far between, but there are millions of cool little businesses that have an inspiring story to shoot and share. Content is moving towards a video way and a well shot, short depth of field video with a heartfelt story is a great way for entrepreneurs to share their struggle with the world. Those that can produce small, quality videos will be in high demand.

No matter what governments say, growth in formal employment is stagnating. The future belongs to entrepreneurs and skilled freelancers that move and seek out opportunity as it presents itself. There has never been a better time for the global economy than now, just don’t be looking for a pot of gold where traditionally you think it should be.


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In a plea agreement with prosecutors, Richard Juliano provided fresh details about a plan hatched in the summer of 1997 that helped propel Ryan from the secretary of state's office into the governor's mansion.

As part of the plan, Juliano admitted that a job paying him $5,000 a month was created in the secretary of state's office so he could work for Ryan's campaign.

By pleading guilty to a single count of mail fraud, Juliano becomes the highest-ranking state official convicted as part of the federal government's ongoing investigation known as Operation Safe Road.

Juliano, 35, declined to comment outside court. Although he is cooperating with prosecutors, his lawyer, James Montana, declined to provide details.

"I'm not going to get into what he's told federal prosecutors," Montana said. "Whatever questions are being asked of him, he's answered them truthfully."

Ryan, who has not been charged with any wrongdoing, said in a statement that he would not discuss the federal investigation that has reached deep into his inner circle.

"Rich Juliano has entered his plea in federal court as part of the ongoing case," Ryan said. "Rich is a bright young man with a good heart, and I know he is doing what he believes is right.

"I know this must be a terrible strain on him and his family, and I hope that soon he will be able to put this behind him and move on with his life."

In addition to serving as Ryan's deputy chief of staff, Juliano also was the governor's deputy campaign manager in 1998 and ran Ryan's 1994 campaign for secretary of state.

As part of his deal, Juliano agreed to cooperate with federal authorities and to testify at the October trial of his one-time political mentor, Scott Fawell. Under the deal, prosecutors will recommend that Juliano receive lenient punishment, something far less than the maximum 2 1/2-year prison sentence he faces.

The mail fraud charge Juliano pleaded guilty to was contained in a 10-count federal indictment April 2 that also was returned against the Citizens for Ryan campaign committee and Fawell, who was Ryan's 1998 campaign manager and once his chief of staff in the secretary of state's office.

According to the 80-page indictment, Juliano worked hand-in-glove with Fawell in using secretary of state employees to work on a number of political campaigns, including dispatching about 10 employees to work on Ryan's campaign for governor.

Widespread misuse of state employees allegedly took place not only in Ryan's campaign for secretary of state in 1994 and his campaign for governor in 1998, but also in the 1994 primary campaign of a state senator. The indictment did not name the senator, but sources identified her as Fawell's mother, former state Sen. Beverly Fawell.

Assistant U.S. Atty. Patrick Collins, the lead prosecutor in the case, declined to comment about Juliano's plea and cooperation.

In court, Collins spelled out the scope of a widespread scheme to divert state workers, equipment and supplies to the campaigns of favored Republican candidates throughout the 1990s. But Collins spent much of his time talking about the 1998 gubernatorial campaign.

Collins said that during the summer of 1997, Fawell and Juliano had discussions about Ryan's desire to run for governor. According to the plea agreement, Fawell wanted Juliano to help with the campaign but could not afford to put him on the payroll of Citizens for Ryan.

Fawell, according to the plea agreement, created a job for Juliano in the secretary of state's office so he could collect a salary while doing political work. The contract Fawell authorized paid Juliano $5,000 a month for work coordinating implementation of the so-called motor-voter law.

The October 1997 contract--obtained by the Tribune under the Freedom of Information Act--carries Ryan's stamped signature and the signature of Diane Ford, Ryan's general counsel.