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ASU Sun Devils and UNLV Rebel Go Head to Head this Weekend
Oct 29, 1999
TEMPE, Ariz. - The Arizona State men's and women's swimming and diving teams jump into the pool for their first dual meets of the season Saturday, Oct. 30 at 2:00 p.m. at UNLV's Buchanan Natatorium. In addition to a showdown between the Sun Devils and Rebels, UNLV will compete against the University of Arizona. ASU will not have its times scored against the Wildcats.
Looking Back Arizona State and UNLV squared off on Oct. 31, 1998 at the Mona Plummer Aquatic Center in Tempe, with the ASU men's and women's teams both emerging as victors. The Sun Devil men prevailed 161-76 as Francisco Sanchez and Matt Carter each won two events. On the women's side, Casey Murphy's victories in the 100 and 1000 freestyle helped propell her squad past the Rebels 161-80.
The 1999-2000 Sun Devils Talent abounds for the Arizona State swimming and diving teams in 1999-2000. Six All-Americans return from last year's men's squad which placed 16th at the NCAA Championships, including versatile senior Pablo Abal. Add in a crop of recruits featuring 1996 Olympic silver medalist Anders Lyrbring, and the Devils appear poised to join collegiate swimming's elite. Sophomore Riley Mants, who finished fourth at the NCAA's in the 200 breaststroke, is among four returning All-American women. Mark Bradshaw guides much deeper diving teams this year which features NCAA participants Allan Sonkin and Trish Malatesta, who garnered an All-American selection last year.
Practice Makes Perfect The Devils had two tune-ups for Saturday's inaugural meet of the 1999-2000 season. An intersquad pentathalon was held at Mona Plummer on Oct. 8 which saw junior Otto Hinks and senior Carolyn Adel, a bronze medalist at the 1999 Pan American Games, post the highest cumulative scores. On Oct. 15, a number of impressive times were recorded during an intersquad dual meet, including Mants' 200 breast time of 2:17.73 which was just above the NCAA Championship consideration standard.
Head Coach Michael Chasson For the first time in program history, Arizona State swimming enters a season with its men's and women's teams united under one coaching staff. Michael Chasson, who was hired in May of 1998 to mentor the Sun Devil men, took control of the women's program midway through last season and guided ASU to a 23rd place national finish. Chasson came to Tempe with impressive credentials, having led the Harvard men's team to six Eastern Seaboard Championships.
Rebel Ramblings Nevada-Las Vegas, under the direction of Head Coach Jim Reitz, is in its first year as a member of the newly-formed Mountain West Conference after spending the past three seasons in the Western Athletic Conference. At the 1999 WAC Championships, UNLV's men's team placed sixth while the Rebel women finished fifth. The women's squad appears much-improved this season with the likes of former WAC Freshman of the Year Dana Penn and redshirt freshman Lorena Diaconescu, who won two gold medals at last summer's World University Games.
Courtesy: Arizona State University


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Initializes a new instance of the StreamReader class for the specified stream, using the specified character encoding, byte order mark detection option, and buffer size.
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The stream to be read.
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The character encoding to use.
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This constructor enables you to change the encoding the first time you read from the StreamReader object. The detectEncodingFromByteOrderMarks parameter detects the encoding by looking at the first three bytes of the stream. It automatically recognizes UTF-8, little-endian Unicode, and big-endian Unicode text if the file starts with the appropriate byte order marks. Otherwise, the user-provided encoding is used. See the Encoding.GetPreamble method for more information.
The StreamReader object calls Stream.Dispose() on the provided Stream object when StreamReader.Dispose is called.
When reading from a Stream, it is more efficient to use a buffer that is the same size as the internal buffer of the stream.
When you compile a set of characters with a particular cultural setting and retrieve those same characters with a different cultural setting, the characters might not be interpretable, and could cause an exception to be thrown.
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Prosthetic limbs have come a long way over the years, but a lot of them still can't replicate the precise motion that natural limbs perform on a daily basis. That's quickly changing, however, as one company has already given Nigel Ackland, a 53-year-old who lost his arm six-years-ago, a prosthetic arm that functions just as well as any natural arm.
The arm is called the bebionic 3, and it's name is intentional. Sci-fi may have come up with the idea of a bionic man, but this arm just proves that sci-fi is now becoming a reality. It's a triumph in and of itself that this latest prosthetic limb looks and behaves like the real deal, but the real accomplishment lies in how the arm can be programmed to move at the correct speed and strength for each individual.
The arm has obviously made Ackland's life better, but it's the small things that really stand out. In the video, he makes his hand go into handshaking mode, and says that it's what makes us human. That's the point of this kind of technology - giving people their humanity back. You could argue that a person is no less of a human after losing a limb, but those who suffer through it would likely tell you that there is a feeling of loss. Getting that back may be physically gratifying, but it's probably even more psychologically gratifying.
It's not perfect. There's still obviously some limitations in place that prevent the bebionic3 from being as flexible as a natural hand, but it's still amazing that we've come this far. The technology will only improve, and soon those with these prosthetic limbs will be moving their hands just as naturally as anybody else. In fact, they might even be better as their arms are stronger than any human arm could ever be.[h/t: psfk]


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Grand jury returns indictment against alleged bank robber
- Published in Local News
LACONIA — A Belknap County grand jury has indicted the man who allegedly robbed the main branch of Bank of New Hampshire at gunpoint on January 3.
Jonathan Ellinger, 43, whose was a transient, was caught by police three-and-a-half hours after allegedly robbing Pleasant Street bank on a Friday at 3:24 p.m. of an undisclosed amount of cash.
Ellinger allegedly approached a teller and demanded money and then fled on foot. A surveillance camera released to the media pictured him leaving through the doorway off Pleasant Street.
Police did not specify what kind of weapon he was carrying or claimed to be carrying.
The bank was closed immediately after the incident as detectives and officers, with the assistance of Belknap County Sheriff Craig Wiggin, mounted an investigation and search for Ellinger who was arrested by 7 p.m. that same night.
An indictment is not a finding of guilt or innocence. It is a statement by an independent grand jury that the state has presented enough evidence to warrant a criminal trial.


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|Understanding packages
|Joel Shellman
I'm not clear on how packages are supposed to work.
Mentions internal symbols are "hidden", but I can still access them.
Ack... I obviously am just not understanding packages. I look at how
Here's some more evidence of my confusedness. I'm using the clojure
(package mypackage- []
At the REPL:
(69-) (load "Test.shen")
run time: 0.07400000000006912 secs
(70-) (mypackage-test 5 5)
(71-) (mypackage-doit)
So... I take it that time is actually a macro? and it results in the
(package mypackage- [run]
Is that right?
|Re: Understanding packages
|Mark Tarver
It's a bug; yes time is a macro. The problem is that 'run' is a
keyword and has not been listed as such in the sources. In lieu of
the next upgrade you can write
(package mypackage- [run]
(define main -> (output "hello"))which should work fine.
On Apr 5, 10:26 am, Joel Shellman <j...@mentics.com> wrote:
> I'm not clear on how packages are supposed to work.http://shenlanguage.org/Documentation/shendoc.htm#Packages
|Re: Understanding packages
|Joel Shellman
> It's a bug; yes time is a macro. The problem is that 'run' is a
Ah, thanks. I still have questions about packages:
It mentions that internal symbols are "hidden", but I can still access
|Re: Understanding packages
|Mark Tarver
In Lisp, and in Shen, placing something in a package does not mean you
cannot access it. It just means you have to incorporate the package
name into your reference.
Qi II 2008, Copyright (C) 2001-2008 Mark Tarver
version 1.05
(0-) (FBOUNDP qi::implode) {this is a function in the qi package used
to define Qi}
(1-) (define qi::implode X -> X)
WARNING: DEFUN/DEFMACRO: redefining function qi::implode in C:
\Documents and
Settings\User\My Documents\Computer
Science\Languages\Qi\QiII1.05\Lisp\install.lsp, was defined
C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\Computer
As long as your package name is unique you will not get a name clash.
Regarding the exported function symbols, you can, if you wish,
guarantee that they will not be overwritten by giving them the status
of system functions which will cause Shen to raise an error if any
future definition overwrites them.
Shen 2010, copyright (C) 2010 Mark Tarver
www.lambdassociates.org, version 3.1
running under Common Lisp, implementation: CLisp 2.49
port 1.1 ported by Mark Tarver
(0-) (define factorial
0 -> 1
N -> (* N (factorial (- N 1))))
(1-) (systemf factorial)
[factorial interror intoutput intmake-string abort absvector
absvector? address-> <-address adjoin and append apply arity assoc |
boolean boolean? bound? bind c
lose... etc]
(2-) (define factorial X -> X)
factorial is not a legitimate functor.
|Re: Understanding packages
|Joel Shellman
Here's an example. Let's say I have two libraries that I want to use.
So, I load them:
How can I access both versions of commonName? REPL session below
Perhaps I need to take a step back and ask: if I'm writing a package
I could see how one could possibly call (load filename), magically
running under Clojure, implementation: Clojure 1.4.0-beta5 [jvm 1.6.0_26]
port 0.1.4 ported by Håkan Råberg
run time: 0.028999999999999915 secs
(1-) (commonName)
(2-) (load "Test2.shen")
run time: 0.023999999999997357 secs
(3-) (commonName)
|Re: Understanding packages
|Mark Tarver
As said, if you want to guarantee your external symbols cannot be
overwritten, you need to systemf them.
In Shendoc it says
The philosophy of Shen is that once a programmer has decided a symbol
is internal to a package and is hidden from view that decision cannot
be overridden except by changing the definition of the package. Hence
the complexities of IMPORT and EXPORT found in Common Lisp are not
reproduced in Shen. You cannot be 'in' a package in Shen within the
REPL. It is possible to declare a package in a package.
Symbols that are declared external are supposed to be freely usable by
all packages.
> Shen 2010, copyright (C) 2010 Mark Tarverwww.lambdassociates.org, version 3.1
|Re: Understanding packages
|Mark Tarver
> Symbols that are declared external are supposed to be freely usable byI should have said 'Symbols that are declared external are supposed to
be freely usable by the REPL or in any unpackaged program'. If you
use external symbols S of package A inside package B you have to
specifically say in package B that you want these symbols exported in
the package B. The 'external' function is there to help you recover
those symbols i.e. S = (external A).
|Re: Understanding packages
|Joel Shellman
> As said, if you want to guarantee your external symbols cannot be
But that's not what I asked. I want to know how I can access both at
But what if they conflict? Thousands of people making various
|Re: Understanding packages
|Mark Tarver
Well, if you make a function external to a package, meaning that you
are allowing people to refer to it without qualification; and somebody
else does the same then either you will get an overwrite or a systemf
error if you try to load both. There is no possibility of being able
to access two different definitions of the same symbol at the same
time. I'm not sure what this could mean actually.
|Re: Understanding packages
|Joel Shellman
On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Mark Tarver <dr.mt...@gmail.com> wrote:
maths already exports all its functions. So, if that convention is
Is this only a problem in the REPL or unpackaged program? You
How does one package state that it depends on another package so that
In short, I guess my question is: how does one write and organize an
For that matter, is there even a way to run Shen outside the REPL yet.
|Re: Understanding packages
|Mark Tarver
Well, maths only exports basic stuff like tan, cos etc. Willi kept
all the auxiliary stuff internal.
If your package P requires other packages to function then you need to
place in your code and before the package itself; a list of files that
you expect the system to load. If you want to refer to the external
symbols of these packages in P, then you need to have something like
(load "P1.shen")
(load "Pn.shen")
(package my-package- (append L (external P1) .... (external Pn))
<package code>)
You can't access two different symbol definitions of one symbol if
they have both been made external. If they are internal to each
package, no problem.
You cannot as yet run Shen outside the REPL though you can use the
dump function to dump native code to a file which can be run outside
the REPL if the native code allows it. Ramil's JS port actually does
not allow this because there is a JS restriction about writing to
files based (I guess) on client security. Hakan's Clojure port does
allow this - at least I seem to remember that his later version did,
which will be be only days old.
On Apr 5, 8:48 pm, Joel Shellman <j...@mentics.com> wrote:
|Re: Understanding packages
|Joel Shellman
> If your package P requires other packages to function then you need to
Let's say P1 and P2 both have external symbol S. At this point, could
(load "P2.shen")
it doesn't redefine the prepended symbols and then we prepend all P2's
And then here we list the prepended symbol lists (instead of just
The above would give us the "qualified import" functionality available
Thanks for your patience in helping me understand.
|Re: Understanding packages
|Mark Tarver
I think the easiest way to understand the Shen package system is to
understand how it works. The approach is very simple. Shendoc says
The polyadic function package has the form (package S L E1 ... En)
1. S is a symbol beginning in lowercase which is the name of a
package; (e.g mypackage).
2. A list L (possibly empty) of non-variable symbols.
3. E1 ... En are a series of Shen expressions.
The Shen reader prepends the package symbol before all the symbols
when evaluating E1 ... En apart from those symbols which are
(a) symbols listed as belonging to the system (such as ->, define,
cons, append etc) or ...
(b) symbols which are variables or ...
(c) ... symbols which are listed in L or .....
(d) ... symbols internal to the Shen package or ....
(e) ... symbols consisting entirely of underscores or entirely of
equals signs.
So ....
The answer is 'no' because the external symbols of P are fixed by the
package P and not by anything outside of P. But you could use an
external symbol of P1 internally in P2 with a totally different
meaning without any clash. The idea is that when a programmer makes
a symbol external he intends to make that function globally accessible
*under the meaning he has given*, and to override his decision is
really to change the package and this should and does require a code
change in the package itself.
|Re: Understanding packages
|Joel Shellman
>> Let's say P1 and P2 both have external symbol S. At this point, could
I was suggesting that as a proposal of how we might be able to solve
For example, right now I have a workspace open in which there are 1977
I'm sorry to keep pursuing this, but this is really not making sense
|Re: Understanding packages
|Mark Tarver
I see your thinking. You say 'I have a workspace open in which there
are 1977 methods named "read" across all libraries.' You want to have
a tool that enables you to deal with a library like this.
The basic answer is that Shen does not have it because I would regard
it as extremely undesirable to have 1977 functions called 'read'
external across a library. So I guess for me the question is a bit
like 'How does your plane fly when the tanks are empty and a wing has
fallen off?' . The answer is it does not, because you are not
supposed to get into that awful state. Providing support tools for
people to do bad things was not my goal. Library management means
avoiding that mess.
What I'm saying is that it makes no sense to maintain a library where
this happens because the point of making a symbol external is that you
are saying 'This is unique and can be used freely in the REPL'. I
actually would incline to 'systemf' all external symbols of a package
so that any programmer who did overwrite one definition with another
in loading packages would raise an error and be required to actually
change the code he is loading.
|Re: Understanding packages
|Joel Shellman
> The basic answer is that Shen does not have it because I would regard
It's many libraries--hundreds. And since they are written by different
> supposed to get into that awful state. Providing support tools for
So avoiding externalizing at all? Then why have that feature?
> What I'm saying is that it makes no sense to maintain a library where
But that is just one library author. There will be thousands of
And I'm not talking about the REPL. The REPL is not really interesting
In what I'm discussing, you can't change the code you're loading. It's
|Re: Understanding packages
|Mark Tarver
What you need here is a library management tool, not a package
management tool, to ensure that externalised symbols remain unique
within the library. Not an impossible task but not one that we need be
too unduly worried about at this stage. Yes; if someone takes your
favourite word and externalises it, it can be mildly annoying, but not
generally incapacitating. Surely better than having 1977 meanings of
one symbol pushed to the front and people never being certain in any
application, exactly what one they are talking to.
Because basic bread-and-butter functions like 'tan' are more usefully
invoked in that form rather than 'maths-lib-tan'. We try to avoid
cluttering up the namespace with auxiliary functions like 'tan-help'
The library is open source BSD.
|Re: Understanding packages
|Mark Tarver
If the thing that is bothering you is that you want to use 'sign' but
the maths library has used it; then you can get round this by using
macros. You simply define a macro that maps 'sign' to your internal
symbol. If you load the maths library first and then your macro, you
will have all the benefit of the maths library and control over the
'sign' symbol. However anybody using your work and expecting to find
'sign' with the original maths meaning will be surprised no doubt.
|Re: Understanding packages
|Thomas Bartscher
Why unique "in the library"? It's not about a symbol being unique in one library but across several (if I understood Joel Shellman right).
But one writing on a sunbathing library might need the math library while using his tan function more often.
The sunbathing library is proprietary and you cannot change the code.
I thought packaging was there to avoid naming conflicts and exporting was there for convenience. Where is the point when exporting leads to naming conflicts despite packaging and packaging only has any meaning when you don't export symbols?
|Re: Understanding packages
|Mark Tarver
> Why unique "in the library"? It's not about a symbol being unique in oneThere's several things being mixed together here. The number of
libraries is not important. And its not true that 'As soon as one
person has [made a symbol external] in Shen, he makes it impossible
for anyone else to do it.' You can, at the moment, overwrite external
symbols. What is important is that in a well organised library, which
is what a standard library is, you do not want this to happen. This
IMO is a question of civilised library management. What happens in
the Wild West is another matter altogether.
As explained; externalising makes sense when you have a symbol like
'tan' with a recognised meaning. So you make it external for ease of
I don't understand this statement.
Well arguably if somebody has made their code proprietary and
externalised a function with a recognised meaning perhaps one should
respect their choice and, if using their work, accept their decision.
> don't export symbols?-
Packaging does not eliminate naming conflicts; what it does do is
reduce their probability by hiding auxiliary functions and
(potentially) providing a structured way of dealing with them when
they do arise. I would, for example, favour 'systemf'ing external
symbols in the standard library to make it impossible to overwrite
external functions thus avoiding overwrites.


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Have We Finally Seen the End of Zab Judah After Loss to Paulie Malignaggi?December 8, 2013
Sure, it would have been a musical faux pas of Philly to Brooklyn magnitude.
But as Zab Judah exited the Barclays Center ring early on Sunday morning, it would have been an ideal moment to cue up a classic, old-school Boyz II Men jam to accompany him and his team on their long, disappointed slog back to the dressing room.
After 12 maddeningly ineffectual rounds with a light-hitting but insistent Paulie Malignaggi, it was clear the man once known as "Super Judah" had irrefutably reached the "End of the Road."
And it wasn't just a frustrated capacity crowd in Brooklyn that thought so.
Nearly every member of a multimicrophoned Showtime broadcast team shoveled dirt on Judah's inactive carcass at some point during his 36 minutes with the "Magic Man," labeling him anywhere from "outhustled" to "ineffective" to "disinterested" as the proceedings wore on.
Judges Michael Pernick, Adelaide Byrd and Max De Luca made it official from their ringside stools, scoring the proceedings 116-111, 117-110 and 117-110, respectively.
This Bleacher Report scorecard, incidentally, had it 118-110—or 10 rounds to two.
Still, Judah stubbornly insisted it was a product of Malignaggi's absence of malice, and not the competitive shortcomings of a 36-year-old man in his 18th year as a professional fighter.
"He didn't want to engage in the fight," Judah said to Showtime's Jim Gray in a mid-ring, post-fight interview. "He was working on his jab and sliding around. He did a great job staying outside and boxing while I was trying to fight."
It was the predictable logic of a man who'd just suffered the ninth loss of a 53-fight career.
But it also proved denial was about the only world-class skill he has left.
Already a loser, albeit an occasionally spirited one, in two of his past three fights, Judah entered the fray Saturday evening after making perpetual fight-week claims that Malignaggi—with just seven KOs in his previous 32 wins—simply didn't offer enough deterrent to blunt his force.
"He ain't got nothing to hold me off," he told The Ring's Tim Smith.
"It's been proven from the past if you don't have anything to hold Zab Judah back he's going to come and he can punch. We're going to see."
Turns out he was right, after all.
Paulie came. We saw. Zab's finished.
While he might still have dizzying power in the straight left hand and a warrior's mentality in his heart of hearts, the former two-division world champion simply no longer possesses the motor that's necessary to compete for 12 rounds against the best in the business and win.
Enough to swipe a few late rounds after Danny Garcia had worked his way to an insurmountable lead? Absolutely. Enough to score a dubious knockdown and perhaps grab another round when the mood struck him to actually let his hands go against Malignaggi? Certainly.
But enough to strike even a sliver of fear into the truly elite class at welterweight, circa 2013—namely Mayweather, Bradley, Broner and Pacquiao? Not a chance.
Saturday proved the fighter who'd scurried back to relevance after previous post-mortems named Tszyu, Spinks, Baldomir, Cotto and Clottey is gone for good. All that remains these days is a still-willing, still-conditioned shell only good enough for a tier far below what has already been achieved.
In a business where staying too long comes at a price far costlier than legacy, it's not worth it.
Stand down, Zab Judah. So long, boxing's cockroach.


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- Details - The thumbnails of the Albums, with details, in a grid.
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Search Filter
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Drop-down Filter
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User Meta
The User Channel page will also show you meta data about the different channels in HWDMediaShare. You'll notice you can see the number of views, and when the album was created.
User Details
The User details gives you a list of the media you've added to your album. View all of the media you've added in the Details or List views.
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Investors and traders in China's main financial district are talking about the following before the start of trade today:
The continued strong opening for U.S. stocks in the new year may buoy Chinese shares. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.3% last night on strong job data. In trading yesterday, Shanghai's main stock index declined by 0.5%, its first decline in five days.
Expectations that faster global economic growth this year will lift oil prices toward $100 per barrel this year may benefit energy-related shares today. Crude oil futures in the U.S. closed above $90 yesterday. U.S.-traded shares in Petrochina rose by 0.4% last night.
Shares in steelmakers may fall after flooding in Australia, a major producer of coking coal for the global steel industry, raised prices for the mineral there. Baosteel, the big Chinese steel producer, lost 1.5% in Shanghai trading yesterday. Beneficiaries traded in China may include Kailuan Energy, which rose 7.3% and Beijing Haohua Energy, which gained 7.6%. yesterday.
Among other U.S. traded China-related shares, search engine Baidu rose by 3.6% last night amid optimism about web industry prospects and economic growth this year, climbing back over the $300 level after a recent sell-off. Youku, the online video company whose shares posted the big one-day gain in five years when they debuted at the New York Stock Exchange last month, rose by 6% after it said that it reached an agreement with Warner Brothers to distribute the global hit, "Inception." In a country where there government often favors state-controlled businesses, private sector companies such as Baidu and Youku that respond quickly to consumer taste among China's large population of Internet users. Shanghai Daily printed an opinion article by government-run Xinhua news agency today that said 78% of 450,000 Internet users in a recent survey weren't satisfied with Chinese government websites.
Shares in Chinese gold stocks have weakened as international gold prices have leveled off, amid belief that investors will be moving money back into less speculative investments now that U.S. economic growth is picking up. Shanghai—listed Shandong Gold Mining dropped 4.4% yesterday. Gold edged up 0.1% last night after U.S. Kansas City Federal Reserve President Thomas Hoeing said yesterday reportedly called a gold standard a "legitimate" monetary system.
Electrical appliances and white goods producer GD Midea, whose leader He Xiangjian ranked no. 6 on the Forbes China Rich List last year with wealth of $5 billion, said in a statement today that it expects net profit for 2010 to total 2.8-3.8 billion yuan, an increase of as much as 100% from a year earlier. Shares lost 0.1% in Shenzhen yesterday.
Automaker BYD, which is about 10% owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, sold only about 400 electric cars last year, according to a report in China Business News today. Larger global giants such as GM and Toyota are also targeting the business. BYD shares have lost about a third in the past year amid a bumpier-than-expected push into the auto business, and have recently traded at 17-month lows. Buffett visited the company last September.
China, which PWC this week predicted will lead the world this year in IPOs again this year, will get off to a fast start in issues this month, with five companies listing on the ChiNext board at the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and one in Shanghai. They are:
* Landocean Energy Services (300157), a company that serves the petroleum exploration industry that hopes to benefit from the recovery of oil prices. It sold 22.22m new shares at 57 yuan. Clients include Petrochina and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp.
* Guangdong Anjubao Digital Technology (300155), a supplier of alarm systems and home automation products. The company sold 18 million new shares offered at 49 yuan each at the end of last month.
* Tianli Environment Engineering (300156), a provider of industrial kiln and furnace environmental protection system. Tianli sold 20 million new shares offered at 58 yuan each last month.


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- Test-stitch the hooping method and chosen design on an oilcloth scrap to make sure the design, stabilizer and fabric work well together.
- Use tear-away stabilizer in a weight that's compatible with the oilcloth weight. Secure the stabilizer to the oilcloth using temporary spray adhesive. Or use sticky paper-release stabilizer. Any adhesive residue can be wiped away with a damp cloth after stitching.
- Keep in mind that oilcloth will dull needles more quickly than regular fabric. Use a sharp size 75/11 or 90/14 needle to embroider and sew oilcloth.
- Use 40-wt. polyester embroidery thread, which is strong enough to stitch through the tough oilcloth surface.
- Direct heat from an iron will melt the oilcloth. Rather than pressing, use warm air from a blowdryer to remove creases and wrinkles.
- Hoop the oilcloth with stabilizer, or try floating it over the stabilizer to prevent difficult-to-remove creases. To hoop it, secure the oilcloth to the tear-away stabilizer with temporary spray adhesive, and then smooth away all bubbles and wrinkles. Hoop both layers as smoothly and evenly as possible. Or use adhesive paper-release stabilizer in the hoop and adhere the oilcloth to the sticky surface without hooping it.
- Pay close attention while the design is stitching out to make sure the oilcloth doesn't detach from the stabilizer.
- Advance through any basting stitches included in the design, if applicable, to prevent unnecessary permanent holes and needle perforations.
- After embroidering the design, carefully tear away the stabilizer from the fabric wrong side.
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Video posted: Secret Footage of "Faith Healer" Peter Popoff in Toronto last month
June 8, 2011
The story of James Randi exposing Peter Popoff, the faith healer fraud and con artist (that's exactly the section in which Wikipedia appropriately placed him!), is now legendary. So when we were approached by a secret source who had gotten 4 invitation only tickets to an event in Toronto, we jumped at the chance to put all our effort into following in the footsteps of The Amazing Randi!
Coached by Randi himself in an exclusive teleconference with an eager and excited half a dozen members of the Centre for Inquiry team, we discussed the use of hidden cameras, how to maximize the effect of passing out critical thinking literature, and what to expect from Popoff supporters who would attemp to acquire information from the audience in advance of the show. Randi engaged with us for a half hour, during much of which he was somewhow simultaneously driving through the streets in rush hour.
As advised, we arrived early to ensure we sat near the front of the room for "Positioning you for harvest", as the event was named. I wonder if that name was actually a clue that Popoff was giving, unable to help himself from an inside joke, for the audience was literally being positioned for the harvesting of their hard earned money. In fact, Popoff had them stand in rows, almost like a field of corn, while he whisked around the room blowing the devil out of everyone's face.
Popoff engaged in his classic laying on of hands "healings", hosted testimonials which were a surreal blend of miracle cures, family reconciliations and spontaneous increases in bank account balances! The night's climax involved him requesting large sums of money, namely $1000 from each audience member, to benefit from his divine intervention. We actually captured footage of him asking for attendees to put "their best seed" into envelopes he passed out, as well as close up of a sick man being turned away by security staff for appearing too ill to be credibly cured.
Popoff disappeared in a cloud of dust (not literally unfortunately) at the end of the night but we did approach his assistant Lee to find out why destitute people would need to hand a millionaire money to benefit from his benevolence, which earned the response that I was a "lunatic". Other members of our team then followed up by asking how much money the Popoffs had made that night, which resulted in the rather ironic response from Popoff's organist, who had provided music during the healings, that we should "die of cancer". That's quite a clever system. Popoff's organist curses us with cancer, and then Popoff charges us to cure it!
#1 Blake (Guest) on Thursday June 09, 2011 at 1:08pm
You shouldn't poison the well with this $1,000 claim that was not shown in the video footage of the event. Wouldn't you have that on video if that claim was actually made? Why would you edit that out?
The man who was supposedly turned away was never never heard saying on the video that "They won't let me be healed. Why?"
What's wrong with there being a systematic way of having been gathered in the room in 'rows, like a field of corn.' Wouldn't that be a proper way to be able to get to them?
I agree that Popoff is a quack and it's awesome that someone would try to expose him, but claiming that he asked for such a large sum of money that you don't back up when for all we know it could have been $10 that he was asking for is not the way I thought CFI skeptics worked.
If this had been some religious organization making claims about some skeptic event and claiming they were asking for such donations without any evidence for it, skeptics would be all over that.
#2 SkepticStalker on Friday June 10, 2011 at 5:34am
I have to agree with Blake. I tend to believe everything you guys said but it's pretty aggravating that you had video that essentially shows him doing his healing schtick (which I'm repulsed by, but believers admire) and then adding commentary about the negatives. Even the one real potentially slimy moment you captured (sending the poor sick guy back to his seat) was ambiguous. We couldn't hear what was said, and you stated speculation as fact.
Why no video of the organist telling you he hoped you'd die of cancer? Why no video of him specifically asking for $1,000?
I like what you guys are all about & I hate being the guy sitting on the bench while criticising your efforts. That said, please take these comments to heart so the next expose will be far more impactful. As it is, this one would have Popoff supporters laughing as they point out that almost none of your allegations are shown on the video.


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This may have been one of the most tiring trips I've ever been on, but one of the most fulfilling. J and I flew out to the east coast to visit schools. We decided to throw in a day trip to Washington, D.C. since he had never been. What was supposed to be a 5 hour trip turned into 6 hours one way + 7 hours the way back. Poor planning (why are there so many toll roads in Pennsylvania!?), a shut down highway, and a misplaced hotel booking couldn't stop us from having a blast though. From rugby games in West Virginia to snow in Ohio to the monuments at night, the trip was absolutely wonderful.
Highlights of the trip included:
-Seeing virtually all the monuments we wanted
-Eating at the Old Ebbit Grill in DC
-Crepes at Later Alligator in Wheeling, West Virginia
-Waking up to snow in St. Clairsville, Ohio
-Getting a travel voucher for a 45 minute delay
While the trip was jam packed and tiring, I wouldn't have traded it. I'm young now, and often worry about losing time (and the consequent memories) to work, family, and obligations. I'm lucky my boss is supportive of my trips and that I have a partner who is so keen to travel with me!


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In my year in Vietnam, I walked the booby-trapped rice paddies of the Delta, searching for the elusive Viet Cong, and later macheted my way through the triple-canopy jungle, fighting the North Vietnamese Regulars…I sweated, thirsted, hunted, killed. Somewhere in all my experiences, I overlapped the situations of nearly every infantryman and many others who served.
Michael Lee Lanning's journal of his first tour of duty in Vietnam provides an unvarnished daily account of life in the field. The blood, fear, camaraderie, and tedium of combat and maneuver. Fleshed out with narrative and detail years later, the pages of this memorable book, first published in 1987, show an eager young recruit growing before the reader's eyes into a proud but bloodied combat veteran.
Subsequent volumes in his Vietnam Trilogy will detail Lanning's tour as a company commander and his post-war investigation into the mind of the enemy. Through his eyes, readers see the reality of a war that did not always receive glory but was, in his words, "the only war we had."
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"Insightful snapshot of young leadership"
Enjoyable story from a leaders point of view. Quaint at times capturing the human experience from a young leaders point of view. With a point of view that highlights the way time changes acceptable language and attitudes I found it insightful and enjoyable.
The narrator struggles in the beginning but warms up as the story progresses.
"Totally honest"
It's simply amazing to hear Lanning's books. They strike me as being completely honest, since he never pulls his punches, even when it would have been easy to leave some things out in order to make himself look better. One wonders why he didn't make full Colonel--no doubt it has something to do with his habit of answering even superior officers in his very direct manner. Seems that, unfortunately, the REMF's had the last laugh. It certainly isn't a judgment on his combat record, which is simply brilliant! I like this guy much better than, say, Larry Heinemann. Lanning doesn't indulge in cynicism and sarcasm at the expense of the men with which he served. His work makes me respect the Vietnam vets all the more.
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Great read. Perfect narrator for story. I learned alot about Vietnam and our soldiers sacrifice.
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The diary format of the book. Gave a strong sense of order and time.I liked the narration least, although I felt the book would have been improved by more quoted dialogue and talk of the actions of others - granted it is in effect an extended diary.
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Yes. I think it would make a good film and I don't recall a film of this nature. Something like Full Metal Jacket or Born on the Fourth of July, but they both had (reasonable) agendas and following one man day by day would make a fascinating film.
I found the narrator pleasant to listen to, but his odd cadence and frequent use of a low voice was both distracting and made it difficult to concentrate on. It sounded as though he was bending his head down to read an uncomfortably placed script. It really is most odd.
"A must for Vietnam enthusiasts and future leaders"
A fantastic book about a young infantry officers tour of duty in Vietnam (this is book 1 of 2).
Well written, well read and very immersive.
"Fantastic description of one mans war"
Having listened to several books by soldiers and airmen who had served in Vietnam, this is by far one of the best. You can actually feel your there beside the writer each step he takes. Looking forward to listening to his last six months in the jungles of Southeast Asia.
God bless all those who didn't return.
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It was enjoyable and interesting, narration was good.
I enjoyed this but wouldn't listen to it again.
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Evra escapes punishment for 'parasites' outburst
Patrice Evra will not be punished by the French Football Federation after labeling four high-profile TV pundits as "tramps" and "parasites".
FFF president Noel Le Graet and France coach Didier Deschamps had asked Evra, 32, to explain himself after he hit out at critics in an extraordinary TV interview broadcast on Sunday.
In a statement, the FFF said Le Graet and Deschamps had met the Manchester United full-back on Thursday and had outlined their objection to some of the language he had used in the TF1 interview.
They were also unhappy that the player had chosen to settle scores in the build-up to the crucial World Cup playoff tie against Ukraine in November.
Evra reiterated his commitment to the France squad at the meeting and said he had never intended to harm the image of the team or French football.
The former France captain accepted that the timing was bad and that the use of certain words was inappropriate, according to the FFF statement.
But he also maintained that being the victim of what he considered relentless criticism from the four people targeted was a reality that his family had to suffer.
The FFF statement added: "This could explain, in the absence of justifying it, how he might have finished by cracking at the end of a long interview which was cleverly conducted to push him to the limit and to make him fly off the handle.
"In these circumstances, taking into account the explanation given, the regret shown by the player about the style used and in view of two matches which are decisive for the future of French football, the president Noel Le Graet has decided that Patrice Evra remains available to the national manager."
As a result, Evra will be available for France's World Cup play-off matches against Ukraine next month.
Former French players Bixente Lizarazu, Luis Fernandez and Rolland Courbis, as well as journalist Pierre Menes, were the four pundits that the left-back had taken issue with.
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Wicked Courage fastest qualifier to $1,055,000 Rainbow Derby
Amanda Greer
Andrew Smith's homebred Ruidoso Derby winner Wicked Courage raced to his eighth-straight win and set the fastest-qualifying time to the Grade 1, $1,055,000 Rainbow Derby on Saturday afternoon at Ruidoso Downs.
Wicked Courage covered the 440 yards in :20.856 with Cody Jensen aboard.
"He really ran a big race," said Jensen. "He broke (from the gate) and then the three horse (Sudden Thoughts) came up to him and he rebroke. He just exploded."
Wicked Courage, the 9-10 favorite, finished three quarters of a length ahead of Sudden Thoughts, who posted the third-fastest qualifying time of :20.967 under Rodrigo Aceves.
A gelded son of Captain Courage, Wicked Courage came off his neck win in the Ruidoso Derby and his connections believe that he may be improving.
"He's really done well since the Ruidoso Derby," said Jensen. "He's been training super and is improving.
Wicked Courage started his winning streak in Oklahoma after not winning in three starts at Ruidoso Downs last summer.
"We had a little trouble with his shins last summer here. He didn't shin buck, but we were dealing with them" said trainer Luis Villafranco.
Villafranco took him back to his home base in Oklahoma and he started winning against lesser competition. He closed out 2012 with four wins, including the Black Gold 350 Futurity and the Black Gold Championship at Will Rogers Downs. After a five-month winter rest, Villafranco brought Wicked Courage back at Remington Park and he won the Bob Moore Stakes before coming to Ruidoso Downs.
"The people (in Oklahoma) said he wasn't a good enough horse to come up here, but I knew he was a good horse," Villafranco said. He brought Wicked Courage to Ruidoso Downs in mid-May and he won his Ruidoso Derby trial on May 25 and the Ruidoso Derby on June 9.
"He's finally had time to acclimate (to Ruidoso Downs 6,900-foot altitude), Villafranco said. "It's amazing the way he's been running. He's a totally different horse than he was here last year."
Wicked Courage prevailed in a strong eighth trial, perhaps the deepest of the nine trial races.
Runner-up Sudden Thoughts was second behind world champion One Dashing Eagle in 2012 All American Futurity. The Wave Carver-sired Sudden Thoughts was turned out after the All American Futurity on Labor Day and returned to take an optional-claiming race in April by a neck. He was then a lackluster fifth in his Ruidoso Derby trial as the 3-10 favorite.
Maegan Cavasos' Jjs Gone won the sixth trial in :20.939 under Esgar Ramirez for the second-fastest qualifying mark. The Mr Jess Perry gelding was making his first start since last fall and scored his first win since taking his Hobbs America Futurity trial, but not qualifying for the futurity.
Reigning champion two-year-old filly Pj Chick In Black raced to her ninth win from 10 starts when she won the first trial by a neck over Dublinon. PJ Chick In Black was timed in :21.033 while Dublinon raced to a :21.083 mark.
Owned by Denny Bowen, Susan Taylor and Jack Smith Farms, Pj Chick In Black started her career with five-straight wins before finishing sixth in the All American Futurity as the 7-10 favorite. She won the Grade 1 Ruidoso Futurity and the New Mexican Spring Futurity over New Mexico-breds before setting the fastest-qualifying time of :21.081 for 440 yards in her All American Futurity trial, which she won by five-and-three-quarter lengths.
Pj Chick In Black is now four-for-four this year with a win in the West Texas Derby at Sunland Park.
2013 Rainbow Derby Unofficial Qualifiers
Horse/Trial # Trainer Jockey Wind Time
Wicked Courage/8 Luis Villafranco Cody Jensen 0 20.856
Jjs Gone/6 V. Rodriguez-Flores Esgar Ramirez 8t 20.939
Sudden Thoughts/8 Eduardo Gonzalez Rodrigo Aceves 0 20.967
Run With the Eagle/2 Blane Wood Ricky Ramirez 4t 21.012
Pj Chick in Black/1 John Stinebaugh Esgar Ramirez 8t 21.033
Point Break Dash/3 Paul Jones Cody Jensen 4t 21.034
Jokers On Jack/5 Oscar Nunez Raul Gutierrez 6c 21.043
Scatmandu/6 Juan Aleman GR Carter 8t 21.079
Dublinon/1 Dwayne Gilbreath Roy Baldillez 8t 21.083
Krash Cartel/7 Judd Kearl Cody Jensen 5c 21.093


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Speaking of dead Orange County Jail inmates . . .
The same day the Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD) announced the death of an immigration detainee inside Theo Lacy Jail in Orange, the Orange County district attorney's (OCDA) office announced it had wrapped up its probe into another death inside the county jail system. The 55-year-old inmate, Richard James Wilson, was found dead in his cell on June 28, 2010. He was one of nine inmates who have died in the past year inside county jails, a spate highlighted in this recent Weekly cover story.
In a Jan. 18 letter to Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, Larry Yellin, a senior
homicide prosecutor, stated there was no foul play in Wilson's
death. "Based on all evidence provided to the OCDA, the entirety of the
facts contained in the reports reviewed, and pursuant to the applicable
legal principles, it is my legal opinion that the evidence does not
support a finding of criminal culpability on the part of any OCSD deputy
or [Santa Ana Fire Department] personnel, or other inmate," Yellin
wrote. "It is our conclusion the manner of death was natural and the
cause of death was hypertensive cardiovascular disease."
In reaching that conclusion, Yellin cites interviews with 11 witnesses, including deputies and inmates, as well as collection of other evidence, including sheriff's department reports, autopsy results, toxicology reports, incident-scene photographs and security videos. According to the investigation, Wilson, who was arrested by Anaheim police on June 27 for violating probation, was housed in a medical ward because he told jail staff the following day that he suffered from "hepatitis B and C, high blood pressure and seizures." Wilson also disclosed that "he had not taken the medication for his high blood pressure."
At 11:35 a.m., deputies escorted Wilson to his cell, which he shared with a wheelchair-bound amputee, identified in Yellin's letter as Inmate No. 1. "According to Inmate No. 1, Wilson appeared tired and mentioned that he had not taken his medication for two days. Both Wilson and Inmate No. 1 went to sleep. Sometime later, Inmate No. 1 was awoken by a 'thump' and thought Wilson had slipped. He turned and saw Wilson lying face-down on the floor, partially covered by his blanket. Inmate No. 1 called out to Wilson, received no response and went back to sleep, thinking Wilson was asleep."
It wasn't until about 3 that afternoon, when dinner was handed out to inmates in the ward, that Inmate No. 1 "threw the sack lunch and milk in Wilson's direction." Another inmate nearby heard him ask, "Are you going to eat that?" and say, "Grab your lunch."
Finally, at 6:20 p.m., two deputies walking through the ward saw Wilson on the floor and "asked if Wilson was all right. Wilson did not respond." Neither did Inmate No. 1, who appeared to be asleep. The deputies then unlocked the cell and turned Wilson over, at which point they noticed blood around his mouth and nose. They activated an alarm and requested medical assistance. By now, of course, Wilson was cold to the touch. A Santa Ana Fire Department crew arrived at the jail five minutes later and quickly pronounced Wilson dead.
Although Wilson officially died of cardiovascular disease, a toxicology report showed he had methamphetamine, methadone, methadone metabolite, methorphan, nordiazepam, chlorodiazepoxide, oxazepam and demoxepam in his system.
Yellin's letter does not address the question of whether his death from hypertension could have been avoided if he had been given medication upon arriving at the jail and telling staffers he hadn't taken any for a few days. But as medical staff who spoke with the Weekly for a recent cover story on jail deaths noted, it's typical for inmates to go several days without their medication whenever their prescription expires, so it seems unlikely Wilson would have obtained his medication in time to prevent his death.


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HEAD introduces Youtek Star Racquet line.
HEAD has recently introduced its new YOUTEK Star Series, a range of racquets designed to meet the more recreational player's needs, primarily, power, control and comfort. Both Andre Agassi and Stefanie Graf have been active in the creation of the new line and are offering up some doubles action with them in Vegas baby should you win. Click HERE for the contest info.
"After playing with HEAD racquets for over 16 years…it was great to be able to work with [them] to develop a racquet series that will help players improve their games, said Agassi. There are three racquets in the new line up:
The YOUTEK™ Three Star – (black) The base ultra lightweight model that features d3o™ which adapts to your individual shots and Inner QuadFace for more power. The Youtek Three Star is great for players who don't use a full swing to hit the ball. The oversized head (115 sq. in.) is forgiving of off center hits, $180 USD
The YOUTEK™ Five Star – (white) Also for players with shorter more compact swing styles, the Youtek Five Star includes d3o,™ Inner QuadFace and Outer QuadFace for maximum power, 2 part Control Ring at 10 & 2 o'clock for more control, and MultiZone Grip™ for maximum comfort. Headsize 107 sq. in, $225.
The YOUTEK™ Six Star – (blue) The flagship of the line which includes d3o,™ Inner QuadFace and Outer QuadFace for maximum power, 4 Part Control Ring for maximum control, and MultiZone Grip™ for maximum comfort. The Youtek Six Star is perfect for intermediate players with shorter more compact swing styles. Headsize 107 sq. in., $250.
Another feature of all three racquets is the MultiZone Grip™ which is a one piece slide on grip that offers greater comfort and control during play. It has special sweat channels and different non-slip surfaces for maximum feel.
It's tough to pick a racquet and manufacturer -speak is not always so helpful. As with any raquet purchase try them out before you buy, but do try. Any intermediate who has been playing with the same racquet for "I don't know how many years" — I know you're out there, try something new. You might find the new technology confidence boosting/game changing for you.
Find a retailer at HEAD or test drive and buy at Tennis-Warehouse.
If you are super curious, here are all the techie deets on the Star Series technology:
d3o™ is able to sense the needs of the player during different shots, providing more power on aggressive shots and more precision on touch shots. QuadFace extends the stringbed at key points of the frame providing longer strings and an enlarged sweetspot resulting in maximum power. QuadFace can include Inner QuadFace, allowing the strings to be more flexible before reaching the grommets for a more forgiving sweetspot, and Outer QuadFace which extends the outside of the frame to allow the strings to be longer for a larger sweetspot. Another YOUTEK™ feature is the Control Ring which helps reduce string deformation for added control. It is available in a 2 piece Control Ring at the ten and two o'clock locations for excellent control and is available in a 4 piece Control Ring adding the four and eight o'clock positions for maximum control.
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I think the "Control Ring" is a bit of a gimmick, if it is so great in control then you would see it in a players racket.
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An electrical contractor is in hospital after suffering an electrical shock while working at Carleton University.
Ottawa paramedics said they were called to campus just before 11 a.m. Tuesday.
They said a 32-year-old man was on top of a ladder and removing wires from a ceiling fixture when he was shocked, causing him to fall off the ladder.
He was treated for second-degree burns and a serious cut to one of his hands.
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Alcohol can ruin holiday season
Updated 5:04 pm, Tuesday, December 18, 2012
During the holidays, some of us take the festivities a wee bit too seriously - particularly with eggnog, mulled wine, Champagne and other alcoholic beverages.
"A lot of traditions at this time of year involve alcohol," says Virginia clinical psychologist Diane Hoekstra. "You're with friends and family who you may not see all the time, and you really want to have a good time, and so you celebrate with a few drinks, which isn't harmful as long as you're aware of your limits."
Unfortunately, that can be more difficult when you're not used to drinking a lot, as well as when you're guzzling seasonal cocktails that you're not accustomed to.
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"Most of us don't drink Champagne or cognac or eggnog on a regular basis," explains Daniel Lieberman, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at George Washington University. "I may know that three to four beers is my limit, but I have no idea what it is with brandy or eggnog, so it's possible to lose track much more easily."
The strife and strain that often build during the holidays can also play a role in overdrinking. "Sometimes you're at parties or getting together with extended family that maybe people don't necessarily feel totally comfortable with, and drinking is a way to grease those wheels a little bit," says Lieberman.
Hoekstra adds that mental health concerns, stress and distress all go up during the holidays because of family conflicts, financial concerns and any number of other issues, especially for those with pre-existing depression.
"Unfortunately, many people medicate their pain or depression with alcohol, or use it as a potential stress release," she says.
While it may seem as though the only consequence of too much eggnog is the occasional pounding hangover, boozing can have serious ramifications, starting with the documented uptick in drunken-driving accidents and fatalities in the Christmas/New Year's period.
Beyond that, Lieberman notes that frequent drinking on the holiday party circuit can run your body down and hamper immunity during cold and flu season, not to mention damage your liver in the long term. Hoekstra adds that another major concern is getting so blitzed at an office holiday celebration that you say or do something you regret.
"Your judgment is seriously impaired when drinking, which I think we all know can lead someone to engage in appalling, embarrassing, inappropriate behaviors that have potentially dangerous repercussions on the job, especially with (the rise of) Facebook and other social media," she says.


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Lisa Jarvis Designs
At the age of thirteen, Lisa convinced her reluctant parents to give her a budget so she could decorate her bedroom. "I still remember every detail. Of course, I demanded full creative control," she laughs. "I was a tough client."
Since those precocious beginnings, Lisa has decorated New York penthouses, country homes, corporate offices and a pied-a-terre in Paris. But her underlying approach remains surprisingly consistent: "No matter how simple or complex it may be, if your home or office isn't comfortable and representative of who you are, a powerful opportunity has been lost."
Jewelry for Furniture
In Lisa Jarvis' interior design work she can't always find the perfect piece of furniture, so Lisa often designs and contract manufactures the pieces to meet her demanding clients' needs. The very first piece was a 102" credenza and it led to the age old question: "Where do I get great hardware to match the uniqueness of this design?" Unable to find what she wanted, Lisa turned her creativity loose, this time on hardware. In showing her first creations to other designers for feedback, the response was, "Oh my god, I have been looking for pulls like this forever. Can I buy these from you?"


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Story highlights
- Gary L. Stewart says he discovered he was the biological son of the notorious killer
- He was watching television when a 1969 "Wanted" poster flashed on the screen
- His son thought it was Stewart, but he told his son it was his father
- "For the first time in the history of this case ... I have presented more evidence," he says
Many have claimed to know the identity of the notorious Zodiac Killer, who terrorized northern California with a trail of unresolved murders in the 1960s. But their stories have not panned out.
Now, a Louisiana man believes he has the definitive answer to the chilling mystery: Who was the crazed, elusive killer who wrote letters bragging about his conquests?
Gary Stewart says it was Earl Van Best, Jr., his biological father, who died in 1984.
"I believe for the first time in the history of this case that I have presented more evidence that has ever been presented on any one suspect," Stewart told CNN's Erin Burnett about his new book.
The Zodiac Killer has been connected to five deaths between 1968-69. Though he was never caught, he gained notoriety by writing several letters to police and newspapers boasting of the slayings. He included swatches of bloody clothing as proof of his claims of killing as many as 37 people.
Stewart's quest for dad
Stewart was born in New Orleans, abandoned as a newborn in a stairwell in Baton Rouge, and later adopted.
About 10 years ago, when he was 39, his birth mother, Judy, contacted him for the first time. He then began his search for his biological father, whom both had not contacted since Stewart was abandoned.
The vice president of a cleaning company in the capital of Louisiana recounted his decade-long search for his biological father, which ended with the discovery that Best was the serial killer.
During the search, Stewart, who is married with a child, kept a journal that became the basis for the book, "The Most Dangerous Animal of All."
A chilling wanted poster
At one point during his search, he was watching television when a 1969 "Wanted" poster from the San Francisco Police Department flashed on the screen.
"And my heart stops. And I think I let out an audible scream, noise," he said.
His son rushed into the room, his eyes transfixed to the television.
"And he says hey, Dad, it's you. And I walked back to my office ... where I had the only photo I've ever had of my father, which I was told was an old DMV photo. But it turned out to be his 1962 mug shot for his rape of my mother. And I said, 'No, son, it's not me. It's my father.' "
Revealing initials
Stewart said he reached his conclusion after years of research, including forensic experts comparing notes from the killer with his dad's handwriting on his marriage certificate. He said he also discovered his father's initials in cryptograms or ciphers the killer sent to newspapers.
"The Zodiac Killer insisted to the police ... if you crack the cipher, you'll have my identity," Stewart said.
They did, and they found the initials, but they still didn't know whom they belonged to, he said.
The San Francisco Police Department said it will investigate the revelation -- the latest person claiming links to the killer.
"It's an open and active case, so we don't comment," police spokesman Albie Esparza said this week.
"But (it's) certainly something our homicide investigators will take a look at."
Many past claims
Stewart is the latest in a series of people to make the claim that they descended from the famed Zodiac Killer.
There's the self-proclaimed "Stepson of the Zodiac Killer," Dennis Kaufman, who has appeared on TV news and a crime show touting his deceased stepfather Jack Tarrance as the crazed killer. He said his stepfather's handwriting was similar to the killer's.
There's Deborah Perez, who said she wrote some of the claims of responsibility for her father, Guy Ward Hendrickson, when she was 7 years old. Her half-sister called her claims lies.
There's Steve Hodel, who says his father was a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle -- the paper to which the Zodiac Killer sent his mocking notes. His claim, too, was discounted.
Whether Stewart's contention will hold true is yet to be seen.


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Beat the Competition at Selling NOW, by being super savvy about how you use your skills, abilities, resources and opportunities.
Getting the Sales Results You Deserve?
Sometimes a business isn't getting the sales results, the turnover, the profits, the market share or the clients and customers it deserves.
There can be lots of reasons for that…maybe it's due to the marketing message being off centre, or the wrong pricing model, it can sometimes be the right message but to the wrong prospect group, or even the right message, to the right prospects but at the wrong time.
Anyway, you get my drift, it can be a million different things or combination of things…some obvious, some not so obvious.
However there is one factor that lots of businesses just don't pick up on.
It's a factor that will cost them hugely in terms of profit, turnover, market share and the absolute pain associated with lost sales and wasted opportunity.
But by far the greatest damage this factor causes is that it forces the business to lose time.
Stop Giving Away Your Most Precious Sales Commodity
Lots of time. I'm talking years and years and years.
Because of this it's a business killer.
It's that serious.
Yet over looked so often.
Sales teams give masses of time away, highly precious time, every single hour of every single day.
Simply for one reason…the singular inability that the firm has to recognise that it is being viewed as just one of many by the prospect market place.
If that's you it means that your prospect's can see you, or if they can see you, they can't differentiate between what you offer and what the rest of your competitors offer.
Standing Out From the Competition
When that happens, it means only one thing….the prospect will base their buying decision on the only information they have available to help them to make that decision.
Which means your buyer and prospects make their buying decision based on price and price alone.
How sad is that?
Even more sad if you know you have a better product, a better service, a better solution for the prospect.
Doubly sad if you know your competitors are nowhere near as good as you are.
Beating the Competition at Selling – First and Fast
That's why learning how to beat the competition at selling is an absolute must if your want to fully realise the sales potential within your business.
And all for one simple reason. Lost time, years and years, depressed sales, profit and turnover. Plus the uncertainty associated with such trading conditions, all due to one factor.
Your inability to create a huge band of thick blue sky between you and your competitors.
In fact, learning how to beat the competition at selling is probably one of the most important skills in business. Yet one of those areas most forgotten.
Many businesses just accept competitor action as collateral damage.
I disagree!
Competitors are a fact of life, but they need not impede or diminish your business profitability. And if you select to let them do that, well let's be very clear.
That's your choice. You could have made a very different choice. And you still can!
So are YOU Ready to Beat the Competition at Selling?
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Unicode people:
I am writing multi-lingual natural language processing software
here in the Speech and Language Processing Dept. at BBN. Since I am using
C++, I was hoping to buy Rogue Wave's Tools.h++ (in your Unicode catalog)
to represent all strings in wide-character format, using their RWWString
I have since bought Tools.h++, but find that their RWWString class
simply calls the C library functions to make conversions between multibyte
and wide-character strings (i.e., mbstowcs() and the like). Rogue Wave has
told me that I must have OS support for locales AND these functions. How
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Bishop THOMAS Attends Consecration of OCA Bishop MICHAEL
On May 8, 2010 His Grace Bishop THOMAS attended the consecration of Bishop MICHAEL, the OCA's new Bishop of New York and New Jersey. Presiding at the consecration Divine Liturgy was His Beatitude, Metropolitan JONAH, and other members of the Holy Synod of Bishops. The Consecration took place in Jersey City, New Jersey.
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How to reduce crime by 10% overnight.
Simply round up the 5,000 cunts that are responsible for 10% of ALL crime and weld the fucking door shut of a brand new Prison (no PS2's, gyms, TV,s pool tables, prayer rooms, single cells etc) based on Lundy.
How to HALVE ALL crime overnight.
Simply round up the other 95,000 cunts who are responsible for 50% of ALL crime in the UK move them to the outer Hebrides.
How to reduce the Prison population by 15% (11,000).
Boot the foreign prisoners out, wipe your arse on their passports and leave them on a small pacific island for their country to collect. Or not.
How to reduce prison populations in general and cut costs.
Outsource anything over a 12 month sentence to either Istanbul or Marakesh. Let's see you bastards reoffend after 18 months of Midnight Express with arses like Flanders Poppies.
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What does quarter days mean?
Definitions for quarter days
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word quarter days.
Quarter days
In British and Irish tradition, the quarter days were the four dates in each year on which servants were hired, and rents were due. They fell on four religious festivals roughly three months apart and close to the two solstices and two equinoxes. The significance of quarter days is now limited, although leasehold payments and rents for land and premises in England are often still due on the old English quarter days. The quarter days have been observed at least since the Middle Ages, and they ensured that debts and unresolved lawsuits were not allowed to linger on. Accounts had to be settled, a reckoning had to be made and publicly recorded on the quarter days.
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Quarter Days
in England and Ireland Lady Day, 25th March; Midsummer Day, 24th June; Michaelmas Day, 29th September; and Christmas Day, 25th December; while in Scotland the legal terms are Whitsunday, 15th May, and Martinmas, 11th November, though the Whitsunday term is now changed to the 28th May.
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of quarter days in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
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The numerical value of quarter days in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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2013 was the final full year of the original Thomas TrackMaster range by Fisher-Price (Although it wasn't changed until mid 2014). It featured the beginnings of a new packaging style and engine line-up, and products based on King of the Railway. For Plarail, the Talking Engines returned, and products based on Blue Mountain Mystery were made.
Talking Engines
- Talking Thomas with Annie and Clarabel
- Talking Percy with Mail Coach and Slate Truck
- Talking James with Blue Express Coach
- Talking Hiro with Red Truck
Thomas TrackMaster
- Donald
- Hank
- Peter Sam
- Luke with Red Log Wagon
- Paxton with Orange Slate Truck
- Stafford with Blue Electricity Van
Greatest Moments
- Stephen "The Rocket"
- Caitlin's Passenger Express
- Connor's Race to the Castle
- Duck's Close Shave
- Muddy Ferdinand
- Porter
Sodor Blackout
Sodor Snow Storm
- Snow Clearing Emily
- Snow Clearing James
- Sodor Snow Storm Patrick
- Sodor Snow Storm Nelson
- Sodor Snow Storm Buster
R/C Engines
Talking Engines
Cargo and Cars
Track Packs
- Reptile Park Set
- Carnival Delivery Set
- Castle Quest Set
- Thomas' Castle Quest Set
- Maron Station Starter Set
- Bustling Railway Set
- Wild Whirling Ol' Wheezy Set
- Fiery Flynn's Rescue Set
- Pump and Fill Oil Works Set
- Emergency Searchlight Set
- Icy Rails Adventure Set
- 5-In-1 Great Railway Set
- Icy Boulder Chase Set
- Lower Tidmouth Connect-A-Set
- Sodor Post Connect-A-Set
- Callan Station Connect-A-Set
- Cranky's Spinning Cargo Drop
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New York Times best-selling author Kim Harrison returns to the Hollows with the electrifying follow-up to her acclaimed Ever After!
Supernatural superhero Rachel Morgan must counter a strange magic that could spell civil war for the Hollows in this sexy and bewitching urban fantasy adventure in acclaimed New York Times best-selling author Kim Harrison's Hollows series.
Witch and daywalking demon Rachel Morgan has managed to save the demonic ever-after from shrinking, but at a high cost. Now, strange magic is attacking Cincinnati and the Hollows, causing spells to backfire or go horribly wrong, and the truce between the races, between Inderlander and human, is shattering.
Rachel must stop this dark necromancy before the undead vampire masters who keep the rest of the undead under control are lost and all-out supernatural war breaks out. Rachel knows the only weapon to ensure peace: ancient elven wild magic, which carries its own perils. And no one knows better than Rachel that no good deed goes unpunished...
©2014 Kim Harrison (P)2014 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
"Fast-paced and entertaining." (Publishers Weekly)
"The world-building is incomparable." (Fresh Fiction)
"The pace and tone of A Perfect Blood reflects its protagonist: a little more cautious, reflective and purposeful, and the book is more powerful as a result…Harrison provides the strongest and most self-assured Rachel we've seen yet." (Miami Herald)
"Harrison's colorful cast of supporting characters keeps the story moving among the fast-paced action scenes. Longtime fans will obviously be standing in line for this one. However, readers with any interest in urban fantasy can easily jump into the story." (Library Journal on A Perfect Blood)
"Fantastic story"
I loved the story. It was pacy, well-written and well-narrated. It was by the best book in the series with great character arcs in relation to Rachel and Trent.
Jenks was my favourite character performed by Marguerite Gavin.
If you are having any doubts, don't! It's a fantastic book.
"Love this series- pixies vampires witches and elves with a little romance"
Have listened to 12 of these books .want to know what the characters are doing .want happy endings and intrepid heroes
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accessibility & help
13 March 2014
© Info
Three years since the Syria conflict began, a new British Red Cross appeal is helping people cope with the psychological impact of the crisis.
Syria: Compassion in Conflict will fund vital emotional support for men, women and children inside the country.
The conflict has put millions of people at risk of potentially negative psychological effects. These people may have seen violence and the death of friends and loved ones, or left their homes and communities to flee for safety. The appeal will support activities undertaken by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent.
This may include support groups and one-to-one counselling with trained experts, designed to help people cope with trauma and rebuild their lives. The Syrian Arab Red Crescent runs sessions that help children heal the emotional scars of the conflict through games, role-play and creative play like drawing and painting.
Valentina Stivanello, British Red Cross Syria Crisis programme manager, said: "This terrible conflict has caused huge emotional damage. These wounds can be just as devastating as physical injuries. Our support will help people come to terms with what they've seen and how they're feeling".
The Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is providing other essential aid, including food, shelter, clean water and vaccinations, to people inside and outside Syria.
But volunteers and staff continue to face violence as they deliver this support. The Movement has made an unprecedented joint call for all parties to the conflict in Syria to guarantee the safety of aid workers and ensure their unimpeded, immediate access to people in need across Syria.
Donate to the Syria: Compassion in Conflict appeal.
"All the houses in our neighbourhood have been flattened now. Completely flattened."
In northern Lebanon, a cluster of home-made tents in a muddy field is home for about 100 Syrian refugee families.
When stepping out of his front door meant facing a storm of gunfire, Marwan knew he had to leave.
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Am I ready & without rubbing my clitoris, will it even feel good if I am?
Madison D.
I have been with my boyfriend for about three months and I am not sure if I'm ready to have sex. How do you really know if you're ready? We have talked about sex before and he wants to do it but I'm just not sure if I want to or not. We have done other things and have also talked about those and if it felt good for us....
Chlamydia, condoms and vibrators
I have just been diagnosed with Chlamydia and was treated. I was wondering about safer sex in the future. Are condoms always going to protect me? Also, I have a vibrator and have always washed and dried it after use. Is it safe to use it again? ...
Positively Informed: An HIV/AIDS Roundup
What do you really know about HIV and AIDS? How sure are you that what you know is correct or complete, and how much do you think it matters that you know about HIV and AIDS at all?
If she wants to do something I don't, is that okay?
My girlfriend wants to have anal sex. Is it wrong that I don't want to, or should I do it because she said she will just go and do it herself? ...
Period = no risk of pregnancy?
My girlfriend and I have been having sex for awhile but recently she had her period. And we both couldn't wait so we had sex during it without a condom. Could she still get pregnant even during her period?...
I want to lose my virginity before I have sex.
I am a virgin, and I really want to lose it myself before I actually have sex because it is embarassing that I still have my virginity and i'm 18....
Painful fingering
My boyfriend and I were feeling very heated last night, so he decided to finger me. I was fine with that, obviously, because he asked if I wanted it and I said yes. We've decided we want to have sex but are both worried about the pain. And last night, he wanted to explore, and I told him go ahead. He tried to stick his finger in "the hole" and it hurt, very badly....
I have sex, but I don't really want to.
My boyfriend always wants to have sex. But I am never really in the mood to have it but I do anyways so I dont make him mad. When me and him him have sex I don't feel anything, and I never have a orgasm and I don't know why. Is there something wrong with me? Am I wrong for not telling him that I don't get off? ...
2 years and 2 tight
My girlfriend and I have been having sex for over 2 years now, but she is still very "tight", and really has to get into the mood before I can penetrate. It's almost as though we're having sex for the first time, every time. Sounds romantic, but it's a bit annoying for both of us (and she finds it painful if I accidentally push too quickly)....
How can I stay hard for our first time?
I am a 21 year old guy and I am a virgin. So is my girlfriend. We wanted to wait until we were 21. We were planing on having sex for the first time last week. The night we tried it, I was very aroused and hard right up until it was time for me to enter her. As soon as I was ready to go in, I lost my erection. Realizing that we couldn't complete the act, we gave each other manual orgasms....


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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Democratic Senate hopeful Conner Eldridge says it's "horrifying" Republican Sen. John Boozman won't drop his support for Donald Trump following the release of a 2005 tape featuring lewd comments by the presidential nominee about women.
Boozman and other top Republicans in the state showed no sign Monday of dropping their support for Trump despite the tape featuring Trump bragging about how his fame allowed him to "do anything" to women. Republican Sen. Tom Cotton didn't withdraw his support of Trump, saying the nominee should focus on issues that matter to Americans. Rep. Steve Womack, who represents northwest Arkansas, said in a debate he'll support the nominee.
Eldridge called on Boozman to drop his support of Trump. Boozman's campaign said it was "laughable" for Eldridge to dictate what the lawmaker does.


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HOUMA — A former top Terrebonne public official is clear to be involved in a land sale that would result in 335 affordable-rent apartments in Gray, according to an opinion from the state Board of Ethics.
But some neighbors of the proposed apartments say the Ethics Board should launch a full-fledged investigation into the past actions of Barry Blackwell, the former parish manager and current general manager at Terrebonne Waterworks District No. 1.
The Ethics Board issued an advisory opinion, dated Jan. 21, at the request of the Terrebonne Parish Council following allegations by residents of Southern Estates and The Parks. They claimed Blackwell violated ethics law by being involved with a government-financed housing development.
At issue is a state ethics law that prohibits a former agency head, for two years after his public employment, from assisting a person for compensation in a transaction involving his former agency and from rendering any service on a contractual basis to or for his former agency.
Blackwell left his position as parish manager in January 2008 and became top administrator for the waterworks district a year later.
Mississippi-based developer Coastal Phoenix plans to buy 145 acres from Blackwell's land company, Northpark. This summer the Parish Council gave conditional approval to award Coastal Phoenix $10 million in federal hurricane-recovery aid to construct affordable rental housing on the property. The state mandated the parish use the money for affordable-rent housing.
Northpark has a purchase agreement with the developer, signed in June. But the land deal isn't final until Coastal Phoenix is awarded the $10 million from parish government.
The Ethics Board's opinion says state law "would not preclude the continuation of the Coastal Phoenix development process nor the ultimate execution of the proposal. ... As two years have elapsed since the termination of Mr. Blackwell's employ as parish manager, there would be no prohibition against the parish entering into the proposed contract" with Coastal Phoenix.
Advisory opinions, which are public record, deal with the potential for a future ethics violation. Advisory opinions carry less weight than a formal ethics ruling and typically take less time to be handed down.
In contrast, an ethics ruling deals with legal questions about past actions. Rulings come after someone files a complaint, and the Ethics Board would decide whether to investigate.
If no violation is found, the case is closed without the public ever knowing about it.
If a violation is found, a ruling can come in the form of a fine or the Board of Ethics can hold a public hearing to collect further evidence or bring charges.
Because investigations are confidential, the Ethics Administration cannot disclose if one is being conducted, said board attorney Alesia Ardoin.
Residents at Southern Estates and The Parks subdivisions say they want the Ethics Board to investigate Blackwell's past business dealings.
Councilman Joey Cehan has also said he wanted an investigation to thoroughly examine the situation.
"That's something I would have thought would have been more appropriate," said Jennifer Goulas, a Sugar Cane Street resident.
Past actions should be investigated, she said, because the council voted in the summer to give initial approval to Coastal Phoenix's housing development. Also Blackwell and his co-owner, Henry Richard, have attended private discussions in the fall with residents and public officials about the property. Richard, the former board president of the Terrebonne Economic Development Authority, left that government post in late 2007.
Blackwell said he's moving forward with the Coastal Phoenix's Three Oaks commercial-and-residential neighborhood, planned off La. 24 in Gray.
"I was pleased with, but not surprised by, the Ethics Board's Opinion that clears the way forward for the development of Three Oaks," Blackwell says in an e-mail to The Courier earlier this past week.
In a letter to the Ethics Board this month, prior to the opinion's release, Blackwell contends he never assisted in Coastal Phoenix's proposal or advocated it. He says the "only information ever disseminated regarding our property was done so in an attempt to clarify gross misinformation regarding the property's prior history and its current status."
Staff Writer Naomi King can be reached at 857-2209 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @HoumaGov.
Ethics Board clears former official to proceed with land deal
HOUMA — A former top Terrebonne public official is clear to be involved in a land sale that would result in 335 affordable-rent apartments in Gray, according to an opinion from the state Board of Ethics.