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Good news everyone! The Dutch parliament has just officially rejected ACTA. In addition, parliament has also accepted an additional motion which prohibits the government from signing similar agreements in the future. It was originally the plan to wait for the ACTA vote in the EU parliament, but a majority in the Dutch parliament felt that ACTA was too dangerous not to throw into the bin right away, EU vote or no. I'm not exactly sure what this means for ACTA as a whole, but it's my understanding that if one member state votes against ACTA - which we just did - it's effectively dead in the EU.

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Crunch Time for September 20, 2012
September 20, 2012
You're rafting what river and where? In September?
Tieton River is a tradition that lives on and on and on after years and years
By PAUL DELANEY
Staff Reporter
It's not often you'll hear where dams and river rafting are a compatible pair.
Streams like the White Salmon and Elwah in Washington State have had, or are in the process of seeing ancient dams removed to return the rivers to as natural a state as is possible following a century of inundation.
But when virtually every other river in the Northwest has dried to a trickle by mid-August, one final run remains. And it's a dandy.
Strangely enough, come Labor Day weekend each year, the gates of the Tieton Dam that hold back Rimrock Reservoir are opened. And the river which has Washington state's steepest commercially run gradient – 54 feet per mile – rocks and rolls glacial green for practically the entire month of September.
The dam releases are not intended to be a boost to the adrenaline junkies, but the byproduct is certainly welcome.
When you tell people there's the perfect hole in your football coverage schedule that offers a rare weekend off, and you say you're going rafting they shake their heads wondering: Where you going to find water this time a year?
Tell'em the Tieton and usually the response is: Never heard of that before.
You have to tell them that if they've traveled off the I-90 corridor in trips to the west side of the state, they may have seen the Tieton before. But since it might just have been a trickle for all but a month every year, those traveling U.S. 12 towards White Pass and Mount Rainier might never have known it simply as a creek.
Not for the last few weeks of summer. The Tieton consists of nearly 20 miles of non-stop drop. The run includes a number of Class III to IV rapids like High Noon, Pin Ball and Waffle Wall – plus running an irrigation dam in the middle.
The 2012 release of water on the Tieton, which is intended to keep irrigators in the Yakima Valley happy while flows on the Yakima River are reduced to aid the fishery, marked the 25th straight year I've trekked into Cascade foothills.
Tieton time is an event for a dozen professional rafting companies whose seasonal businesses running the state's major whitewater streams, the Wenatchee and Skykomish, gets a boost because fruit growers need water and Yakima steelhead not so much.
It is estimated some 6,000 people will jump in rafts and have a guide teach them the paddle strokes that divide the customers from the swimmers.
Judging from the jam-packed campgrounds up and down the entire length of the Tieton, the commercials are not the only ones roaring down the river. At times, sections of the river can resemble your most hated commute to work with bumper-to-bumper rafts as far as the eye can see.
But the rush of roaring down the river's approximately 14 miles in less than two hours – especially on weekdays when most everyone is at work and you have the waves to yourself – has an attractive magnetism attached to it.
The first time my group of rafting buddies decided to try the Tieton, things were decidedly different. We found the river in a guidebook on Washington rivers, but the trip description had its warnings that made us all wonder.
No big rafts and watching out for the mandatory portage of diversion dam certainly brought questions to the minds of a group of guys who had the equipment, but at the time maybe not the experience.
In 1987 the "Warning: diversion dam 1,000 feet. Must exit on left," and a companion sign 500 feet downstream, was especially disconcerting. Ironically, these signs could be easily seen from the highway, but the dam was hidden around a twisting blind corner and a locked gate keeping the curious away.
But way back when, the number of boaters – the generic term we use for the many variations of craft that whitewater – was a comparative trickle. So the paddle club volunteers who stood on shore with "stop" and "go" signs in order to regulate portaging did a pretty good job of traffic control, and helping rookies like us safely portage the 8-foot drop.
We all survived that first time on the Tieton running one raft with scavenged paddles. Not one of us held a "stick" with a matching blade. We were also smart enough to have a second raft just in case there were swimmers. But a rescue rope? Nope!
The dam was later reconfigured to make it safe to run. And that's a good thing because I cannot imagine how 100 rafts could ever fit into the tiny eddy above the dam. It's tough enough to jam in a half-dozen.
Like anything else does in the span of a quarter-century, things have changed a lot. In 25 years on the Tieton I've seen a lot and rescued a few paddlers that inadvertently became swimmers as rafters sometimes do.
But the strangest was the day I took passengers around a bend and there sat a car in the water. It made a new temporary rapid, and it was good to find out the driver walked – 'er waded – away after losing control and sliding into the water.
Our bodies no longer desire to "play two," and take multiple trips in a day. Sometimes even guiding a single raft down the river is plenty for the old muscles and joints.
More people and popularity sometimes make me ask is Tieton time worth it?
I think I was having that one-sided conversation with any number of the dozen different dogs that raced through camp in clouds of dust, defecating at will.
The canines of course likely had more intelligence than their indifferent owners so "returning the favor" to respective tent entrances by the light of the starry, starry sky would have probably meant undeserved punishment, for the dogs that is.
Regardless, I'm thinking the Tieton will be worth its whitewater while for years to come.
Paul Delaney can be reached at email@example.com.


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On the first day back after Spring Break, the students enter a long hallway containing one thousand lockers. The first student, as he walks from one end to the other, opens every locker door. The second student, as she follows the first, closes every other door. The third student follows the second, and switches every third door; that is, if a door is open, he closes it, and if a door is closed, he opens it.
The students continue with this pattern, the n-th student switching every n doors. After a thousand students have walked down the hallways of lockers, which doors end up being open?
Please tell me there is a simple, or simple-ish, way of doing this!?!


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Magento Length & Width-Based Price Calculator calculates the price of an item on a Magento site based on lengths and widths provided by the customers, and allows them to check out with the calculated price. The admin will have to import a CSV file containing the price in centimeter, meter, or any other available unit.
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Snapping a three-day string of losses, the rupee on Thursday closed 18 paise higher at 54.70 on fag-end dollar sales by banks amid recovery in euro inoverseas markets.
At the Interbank Foreign Exchange market, the domestic unit resumed lower at 54.98 a dollar from Monday's close of 54.88.
Rupee quickly dropped further to a low of 55.08 on weakness in local equities and emergence of dollar demand from importers, mainly oil refiners.
However, late dollar sales by banks on behalf of their clients, helped the rupee bounce back to a high of 54.69, before concluding slightly better at 54.70 -- a gain of 18 paise or 0.33 per cent.
In past three trading sessions, rupee had fallen by 68 paise or 1.25 per cent.
"While the rupee was weak in the early stages due to dollar demand and weakness in Indian stocks, it recovered later on account of dollar sales and euro gains," said Dhanlaxmi Bank Executive Vice-President (Treasury) Srinivasa Raghavan.
The Euro staged a partial recovery after hitting 2-month lows and the dollar index was quoting 0.01 per cent against a basket of six major global rivals in the overseas market.
Pramit Brahmbhatt, CEO, Alpari Financial Services (India) said:
"The sharp drop in WPI numbers to a eight-month low has also raised the rate cut expectations from RBI in its upcoming meet on December 18."
Dollar index was seen trading in a thin range ahead of unemployment claims and Fed Chairman Bernanke speech later on Thursday, said Abhishek Goenka, Founder & CEO, India Forex Advisors.
Any indication of further easing by Fed will make dollar index erase gains that will provide a temporary support to rupee, he added.
The premium for the forward dollar continued to rule on persistent receipts by exporters.
The benchmark six-month forward dollar premium payable in April dropped to 144-146 paise from Monday's close of 149-1/2- 151-1/2 paise.
Far-forward contracts maturing in October also dipped to 281-283 paise from 287-289 paise.
The RBI has fixed the reference rate for the US dollar at 54.9590 and for euro at 70.0345.
The rupee improved further against the pound sterling to 86.72 from last close of 87.16. It also zoomed further against the Japanese yen to 67.41 per 100 yen from 69.08.
The rupee, however, recovered slightly against the euro to 67.41 from previous close of 69.83.


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DB Riyahd Jones (6-0 186) of Garden City JC has narrowed his list to three but that could change should Clemson contact him. "They were one of my favorite schools coming out of high school," admitted Jones. "I haven't heard from them lately though. They're supposed to contact me during bowl practices-that's what my coach told me-so we will see." He is favoring Ole Miss, Kansas State and West Virginia but when asked if that could change should the Tigers get involved, he responded, "Most definitely. It's close to home and I really like coach (Charlie) Harbison a lot." He took his first official visit this past weekend to Ole Miss. "It went wonderful...two thumbs up!" he said. "I know all officials (visits) are supposed to be cool and all of that, but I could really feel the love there." He heads to West Virginia on December 7th and Kansas State on December 14th. "K-State was the first to offer me this past summer and they have stayed in touch with me ever since," he said. "They're losing two starting DBs this year so I could go in and start. I've always like West Virginia ever since I was little." Jones had 24 tackles, 11 pass deflections and a forced fumble this season. He did not name a leader.
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Associated Press Release
LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) -- A Lakeland Police Department crime analyst at the center of a widespread sexual misconduct case has been fired.
Sue Eberle was fired Wednesday in the agency's latest round of discipline.
The Ledger of Lakeland (http://bit.ly/17SpMdV) reports that Police Chief Lisa Womack detailed the punishment, and the weeks of investigation that preceded it, in a meeting with the Lakeland Police Advisory Commission. The commission is made up of volunteers tasked with reviewing a multitude of problems at the agency and recommending reforms.
Eberle's lawyer, David Linesch of Palm Harbor said after the meeting that he's disappointed the city chose to "re-victimize" Eberle by firing her.
Eberle told investigators she was coerced into some sex acts.
The disciplinary action brings an end to a sprawling investigation into the misconduct.
Information from: The Ledger (Lakeland, Fla.), http://www.theledger.com
Associated Press Release
LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) -- Lakeland's police chief and the Polk County State Attorney will meet to discuss the troubled Lakeland Police Department, where a widespread investigation into a sex scandal is underway.
The Lakeland Ledger (http://bit.ly/133NfSF) reports that Chief Lisa Womack and State Attorney Jerry Hill will meet Friday.
The meeting comes after two city commissioners urged Womack to talk with Hill after he hand-delivered a scathing letter to her about the department on June 25.
The report detailed dozens of consensual and multiple forced sexual encounters involving more than 20 LPD officers and city employees. The report was based on investigations by the State Attorney's Office and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
Associated Press Release
By: TAMARA LUSH
LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) -- Nearly a dozen police officers in Lakeland are under investigation after state and local officials uncovered a widespread sex scandal that has unfolded over eight years.
According to officials, the investigation centers on Sue Eberle, a Lakeland Police crime analyst who says she had consensual and sometimes coerced sex with police officers and one firefighter -- and was propositioned by a municipal worker. Eberle's accounts of the liaisons were largely corroborated by her sexual partners and others within the police department, and published in a 59-page report from the county's top prosecutor.
The state attorney says he can't prosecute the cases because of a lack of physical evidence and because of how much time has passed since some of the encounters. However, Lakeland's mayor says the officers and employees involved are under an internal investigation.


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Health products are quite the rage lately. Everything from bars, to drinks, to supplement pills. These days people will eat just about anything in order to eat organic, slim down or help a cause. Entire grocery stores are dedicated to ultra-healthy foods and ingredients. There's an old saying that goes something like this: "If you can't pronounce what it's made of, then you shouldn't be eating it." Sounds simple enough. Seems like a good rule of thumb. Besides, how healthy can something really be that contains "disodium inosinate" and "disodium guanylate"? (The ranch-flavored sunflower seeds I'm eating as I write this article.) So for all you health nuts (pun intended) out there, how does these ingredients sound in your next bar product: - Organic dates - Peanuts - Organic agave nectar - Cocoa powder - Organic oats Sound good so far? Let's continue... - Chapul cricket flower - Walnuts - Flax seed meal - Salt Whoa, whoa! Wait a second! Let's back up there. Chapul cricket flower?! What the heck is that? Well, it's as real as it sounds. Chapul (cha-pool) cricket flower is made from real life Jamaican crickets. Or, scientifically known as Gryllus assimilis. I give to you the Chapul Original Cricket Bar. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="225"]Chapul Cricket Bar[/caption]
The idea behind grinding down crickets into flour to be used in a protein bar is actually quite complex. Quite global . The mastermind behind the Chapul cricket bar, Pat Crowley, grew up in the cunning wilderness of Arizona. He is even a white-water rafting guide down the Colorado River, the same body of water he grew up exploring as a child. The interesting thing, he explains, is that by the time the river passes through Arizona, Nevada and California it has mostly been used by nearly 30 million people and even more livestock being raised for consumption. The river no longer reaches to the Pacific Ocean. Fast forward to 2011 when Pat hears a TED talk by Dr. Marcel Dicke on entomophagy. Dr. Dicke's talk, entitled "Why Not Eat Insects?", addressed the reasons first-world, developed countries such as the United States should consider introducing insects as a regular source of protein in a daily diet. If we rely on insects, argues the Dr., there will be lesser of a need to raise so many cattle and swine, thereby helping to sustain the rivers. Pat then coupled the theories and topics that Dr. Dicke covered in his talkwith his own understanding of water conservation and consumption, and decided to give it a try. Next thing we know, Chapul bars!
If you're already accustomed to eating all-natural, organic products, it honestly taste just like any other bar. To me, it's not that far off from eating a chocolate flavored LARABAR. It's a bit cakey in texture, not crunchy or hard. There are only two flavors available, chocolate and Thai, and I've only tried chocolate. The retailer where I purchased the bar was selling it for $3.29. I'm no health freak, but I feel that is probably about average for what you'd pay for a similar product. Plus, 10% of the profits from each bar help fund water sustainability projects along the Colorado River. If you honestly didn't know what was inside, you'd think it was just another food bar. Except this one helps to sustain the Colorado River. Oh yeah... it also has crickets inside. Bon appétit!


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Rolling Tool Boxes....
Posted 02 August 2009 - 10:53 PM
What do you have, and what do you like or dislike about it...
what width?
Posted 02 August 2009 - 11:00 PM
he wants a 4wd truck..
Posted 02 August 2009 - 11:09 PM
Posted 03 August 2009 - 12:03 AM
The biggest thing I dislike......is having no garage to put it in :-\
Its currently taking up a whole wall in my office.
Posted 03 August 2009 - 12:09 AM
If I had more larger drawers I'd dedicate one to chemicals - PB Blaster, Brake caliper grease, brake cleaner, anaerobic sealant, RTV, anti seize, thread locker, grease...etc. That would make it a one stop shop except for very rare occasions.
Also - one of mine has a handle that the top portion (5 drawers or so?) comes off and is very portable. I like that.
I need portability. I'm often helping someone out or work on more than one car at once so needing the car pulled into the same spot in the garage isn't my cup of tea.
I have two rolling cabinets but honestly the biggest help to me rather than specifics on those is having two bags, as lame as that sounds. One is for all normal Subaru socket stuff. I use those socket holders to keep things organized. The other bag has everything else used for typical jobs - brakes, tune ups, timing belts, fluid changes, hoses, etc.
Honestly I haven't ever thought about switching it up and putting all my tools into the top "portable" section of the rolling cabinets. The bags are so functional I've never considered doing that. I think the bags work better for my situation.
Posted 03 August 2009 - 12:14 AM
Posted 03 August 2009 - 08:21 AM
It's kinda neat to have some of the vintage stuff - my top box is a 1969 model and the front is covered in vintage stickers.
It doesn't have BB slides but I don't have any issues with it. Works great, lifetime guarantee, and the price was right.
Posted 03 August 2009 - 08:44 AM
Posted 03 August 2009 - 09:47 AM
the 3rd stall is where I want to have my Firebird parked, but it's also the stall that has the cabinets, work bench, and existing pegboard....
I'm hoping to build a separate shop so I can be noisy at night and not wake up the wife/kid... this is my first "attached garage"....
and I agree with the "bag" statement... I have a "junk yard bag" that has almost anything I'd need at the junkyard.... most of it is duplicates of what was in my main "tool room" at the old garage....
Posted 03 August 2009 - 11:16 AM
I've since added a little hanging section on the right side for some extra drawer space for screwdrivers, and other misc stuff.
I did end up buying a large storage cabinet, so that will help with keeping some of the larger tools. However it's not rollable. For what I do, it's not that big a deal though.
Posted 03 August 2009 - 11:44 AM
Posted 03 August 2009 - 12:16 PM
http://www.craftsman... Cabinet Combos
I bought the top used for $250 and the bottom was on sale for $900. This was a couple years ago. Love the ball bearing drawers. The two largest full size drawers feel alittle flimsy if you have them loaded with sockets & air tools, like I do. But the drawers stay latched securely & require you to lift the handle of the drawer to open it.
I opted to buy a cheaper box and fill it with more expensive tools. The box & my sockets are the only craftsman items I will use. I also have this as my workbench that i picked up about 6 years ago:
http://www.craftsman...me=Work Benches
Except mine does not have ball bearing drawers. Its a pain in the rump roast, but works for a bench
Edited by TheSubaruJunkie, 03 August 2009 - 12:21 PM.
Posted 03 August 2009 - 07:40 PM
$750 is a discount .
It's a bit different when you wrench every day of the week for a living. I had a Craftsman box for a while - it was ok till I ran out of space in it. The problem is that if you want to go up into the 40"+ sizes with large, deep drawers, the Craftsman stuff is not any cheaper than the Snap-On box I bought used - but the quality isn't as good. Ball-Bearing slides are all the rage now and don't get me wrong - they are very nice, but you put my Snap-On greased slider box alongside a cheapy BB unit and you won't see much difference.
For reference, if I were to buy a comparable (but brand new) Snap-On box to the one I got for $750, I would be looking at around $2500 - only real difference would be BB slides and shiny, new paint (and me a lot lighter in the wallet!).
It was also a good way to befriend the Snap-On guy that is at my work every Thursday - It's a good relationship to have in my business - If I'm in a jam and need a tool I know I can call him and he'll be there. He's quite fair and routinely gives me discounts far in excess of the retail price from the Snap-On web site. Plus I don't have to pay all at once and there's no interest on my account with him. It's a good deal for me anyway.
Posted 03 August 2009 - 08:44 PM
I guess my one suggestion is get something big enough for future expansion. I've got two craftsman boxes (more or less one setup), and could use some extra room. It's not critcally needed at this time, but I could use it.
I've since added a little hanging section on the right side for some extra drawer space for screwdrivers, and other misc stuff.
I did end up buying a large storage cabinet, so that will help with keeping some of the larger tools. However it's not rollable. For what I do, it's not that big a deal though.
yeah, my dad said I couldn't get all my stuff in one I definitely need a 40" wide at least....
Posted 03 August 2009 - 10:19 PM
I definitely need a 40" wide at least....
Check craigslist for out-of-work professional mechanic's selling boxes - decent used high-end stuff is my preference over the Sears catalog replete with Chinese import garbage. I have 20+ year old Snap-On stuff that I have bought off eBay for less than the cost of a new one at Sears - I just had a ratchet rebuilt for free on the truck (took him 5 minutes tops) that cost me $27 shipped out of the bay - I can't buy a Craftsman for that and I would be back there every 6 months having it replaced for not ratcheting correctly or being stripped out. No thanks!
My bottom box is a 1982 - it's on it's second owner as far as I know. The drawer capacity is something silly like 125 lbs and they slide freely even loaded up - without BB's. If I break a slide it will be replaced for free - even on something that old!
You do enough garage time to warrant something decent Mick - don't go the Sears route if you can help it. I've been there and although you may never have a problem with the thing there's always the chance that you might - it's partially the customer service that's the issue, but mostly it's just that should you find something indadequate about the product the most you will receive is a replacement - a replacement that's just a cheap as the first one you broke.
Posted 03 August 2009 - 10:35 PM
I have 2 Craftsman toolboxes. A larger pretty good one (holds most tools not in the cart) and a cheapie that I viewed as cheaper than a cart if I remove the top box.
But I have 2 carts that I use all the time. One holds my former JY Craftsman socket set with a bunch of other stuff in it like expensions, razor knife, pics 14mm 12 point for heads, 14mm flex for eng/trans bolts and nuts, stuff like that.
I have a few bags as well. But I'm getting to the point where a JY run is rare. So most of that is in my main cart. The other cart is usually full of crap. But I like to put the stuff I've removed in it when working on a car and the currently being used air tools, pry bars, breaker bars, etc. And I have a small collection of magnetic ash tray gizmo's. I find them handy - I loose less stuff which saves time looking for what I lost or looking for a replacement.
I also find it real handy to put engines on furniture dollies with a cement mixing tub on them. Much more portable and they don't leak everywhere. I probably have 6-8 Suby engines on furniture dollies, more on industrial shelving units, on a wagon, etc.
So in addition to boxes I'd recommend carts and furniture dollies(for junk/engines and such).
Oh - and I LOVE my lift. Best 2k I ever spent. Too bad the garage isn't quite tall enough! 10' isn't truely enough - atleast when I'm 6'2". If I were 5' I'd be o.k.
It'll fill up in no time. Garages and sheds are never big enough.
Posted 04 August 2009 - 09:10 AM
How many of you have both SAE and Metric Tools, or do you just use one set to cover both...?
Thinking 2 smaller tool boxes. one metric, one SAE.....
Posted 04 August 2009 - 09:26 AM
Oh - and I LOVE my lift. Best 2k I ever spent. Too bad the garage isn't quite tall enough! 10' isn't truely enough - atleast when I'm 6'2". If I were 5' I'd be o.k.
I'm hoping if I can build a shop to make it tall enough to put a lift in too..... but any other buildings I put up, can't be taller than my house....
Posted 04 August 2009 - 09:40 AM
Side Question:
How many of you have both SAE and Metric Tools, or do you just use one set to cover both...?
Thinking 2 smaller tool boxes. one metric, one SAE.....
I have both SAE & Metric. The SAE doesn't get used much, but when I need an SAE tool, I need it.
Posted 04 August 2009 - 09:48 AM
Posted 04 August 2009 - 12:43 PM
New and foreign stuff Metric. In hand sockets, wrenches and stuff I have both but use metric much more often. In impact I only have Metric stuff.
Other than old American cars and trucks muffler clamps, perhaps some hose clamps, everything really is Metric it seems - and often with an equivalent.
Posted 04 August 2009 - 07:37 PM
I bet I'm the only one on this board with Ford wrenches (monkey wrench) in 4 different sizes up to 18"
Posted 04 August 2009 - 10:35 PM
Posted 04 August 2009 - 11:41 PM
Side Question:
How many of you have both SAE and Metric Tools, or do you just use one set to cover both...?
Thinking 2 smaller tool boxes. one metric, one SAE.....
Mines big enough to have both in it.
I just keep them separated.
I also have a bag I keep in what ever I'm driving.
Have enough tools in to do a complete tear down if needed.
I also have a 9 drawer Craftsman, but its full of electronics
Posted 06 August 2009 - 11:23 AM
these are the only one people on the road in australia use
stand up to years of use/abuse
i may be selling them in the usa soon
probly a little extreme for you garage though.......
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Oscar Pistorius, charged with murdering his girlfriend, was granted permission to travel abroad by a South African judge on Thursday.
"The applicant is entitled to use his passport to travel outside the Republic of South Africa," Judge Bert Bam said.
- Rise and fall of 'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius
The 26-year-old Olympic and Paralympic track star, a double amputee since infancy, also no longer needs to report to a probation officer.
Thursday's decision eased bail conditions that were initially very strict for Pistorius, who is charged with the Valentine's Day murder of Reeva Steenkamp, 29.
His case has stunned a nation that holds him up as hero who triumphed over adversity to compete with able-bodied athletes at the highest levels of sport.
Prosecutors said Pistorius committed premeditated murder when he fired four shots into a locked toilet door, hitting Steenkamp as she cowered on the other side. She suffered gunshot wounds to her head, hip and arm.
Pistorius has said the killing was a tragic mistake and that he had mistaken Steenkamp for an intruder and opened fire in a blind panic.
The world's best known Paralympic athlete, Pistorius ran against able-bodied competitors in the London Olympics last year, raising his global profile after a battle to be allowed to compete.


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I'm Brian from Singapore, I have been looking around the forums for a few months, only joined as a member about a month back. Am hoping to hear some suggestions on getting a workhorse (one that can take abuse) & a "fine" work gyuto for a lefty. That's right 2 gyutos.
Preferred length would be 225-240mm. I do not have a preference for handles, however would prefer it to be stainless but do not mind carbon steels. My max budget for the gyutos is 300USD each. I could pay more if it really attracts me.
I currently have these in my possession but am still looking for the "right" one:
240mm Sakai Takayuki 45-layer SS core
240mm Hiromoto AS
240mm Hattori FH
240mm Fujiwara FKH


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Hiram and Barney Davis
Waino and Plutano "Wild Men of Borneo"
Mound View Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Knox, Ohio
A year ago this month I discovered that I was related to Hiram and Barney Davis. They are my Half Great Uncles. They are better known as Waino (Hiram) and Plutano (Barney), the "Wild Men of Borneo". Both traveled the world with the P. T. Barnum Circus. Originally 'discovered' by Lyman Warner sometime between 1848 and 1852, they were exhibited first in rooms and halls, then in dime museums around the country for about 30 years. They came to the attention of P. T. Barnum around 1880, after which they toured for another 20 years in the USA and Europe.
Robert Bogdan writes at length about Hiram and Barney in his book "Freak Show". Many things are mentioned in this book that I had not seen prior in my research of these two men. There is definitely conflicting information to what I have found in my research; however, keeping in mind that so much of their true identities was kept secret due to their popularity as circus freaks, it does not surprise me that there is so much mis-information on these two men.
Both Hiram and Barney were dwarfs, weighing about 45 pounds each. Both had light hair and blue eyes, which would in my opinion contradict their origins. Somehow this was explained and audiences whole-heartedly accepted them as they were billed. At first Hiram and Barney were told to talk gibberish and to scurry about the platform snapping and snarling. This fasade did not fit their true character, which was gentle and reserved, and as time went on their exhibition emphasized their great strength. Barney and Hiram would lift men who volunteered from the audience, even very heavy men.
Hiram and Barney continued to work until Hiram became ill in the early 1900s. He died 16 Mar 1905 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Barney died 31 May 1912 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Although their tombstone gives birth dates of 1925 and 1927, it is more likely that Hiram was born in 1929 and Barney in 1931, both in New York.
To me, Hiram and Barney's story is a bittersweet one. I've seen the original document where their mother, Catherine Porter, signs her rights away to her two sons. How did she feel? Did she regret doing this at any time? As of this writing it appears that she does have some regrets as there are references to court cases surrounding the custody of these two men as late as 1880. But was this regret or was it as some sources state, just a means to obtain some of the money from their success? It is reported that Hiram and Barney made at least $120,000.00 in their 50 years as circus freaks. That's a lot of money for the late 1800s, early 1900s. I have not obtained any court case documents at this time, other than guardianship papers. It is not known just how much contact Catherine had with her sons after they started their careers, other than a few visits early on. Neither Catherine or her two sons could write so I doubt there was any written correspondence. Supposedly there was a court case around 1880 that would proclaim the two men as dead.
I will be doing more intensive research into these two men in the future. Right now I do know that they were very fortunate, unlike so many others who were exploited during this time period. So many circus freaks were just discarded and left to their own means after their usefulness was over. Hiram and Barney were treated like members of the Warner family, and lived with descendants of Lyman Warner until their deaths. Guardianship was always with someone living in Knox County, Ohio. Their last guardian was Lewis B. Houck, an attorney in Knox County. He did make a trip to Massachusetts to investigate their care and found them to be well-cared for by the Warner family.
In addition to Hiram and Barney, Catherine and her first husband, David Davis, had three other known children: Jennetta, Cordelia, and Esquire Davis. Catherine and her second husband, William Porter had two known children: Leander and Francis Porter. It is from Leander that I descend. In upcoming posts I will write more about these children.
Finding these two men was a total surprise. No story was handed down about them. I find that odd, but I think there was some sort of embarrassment. Whether that was because they were circus freaks, or because they had been 'sold' I do not know.


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Obesity, Metabolism & Lung Disease Symposium Held at UVM
- 09-26-2013
- By Jennifer Nachbur
The worldwide obesity epidemic has led to a dramatic change in the nature of common diseases – including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, and pulmonary hypertension – and a corresponding need for clinicians to gain a comprehensive understanding of the underlying mechanisms involved. In an effort to address this need, the University of Vermont College of Medicine's Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine hosted the second biennial symposium highlighting research in the emerging field of obesity and lung disease. Titled "Obesity & Metabolism: An Emerging Frontier in Health and Disease," the conference took place at UVM's Davis Center September 30 through October 2, 2013.
The symposium brought together researchers in obesity, nutrition, food science and other related disciplines focused on human health and international leaders in the field of obesity and metabolism and obesity and lung disease. In addition to lecture-based presentations, the event featured group discussions and poster sessions for both senior and junior investigators. See the symposium schedule.
Meeting organizers – including Anne Dixon, M.D., UVM professor of medicine and director of pulmonary and critical care medicine, Benjamin Suratt, M.D., UVM associate professor of medicine and associate director of pulmonary and critical care medicine, Stephanie Shore, Ph.D., senior lecturer on physiology, Harvard School of Public Health, and Njira Lugogo, M.D., assistant professor of medicine, Duke University School of Medicine – say the purpose of the meeting is "to review the current state of knowledge pertaining to the effects of obesity on lung disease, with the ultimate goal of identifying research priorities to guide patient care in the 21st Century."
A report of the symposium will be assembled and published following the meeting. For registration fee and additional information, visit Obesity and Metabolism.
Sponsors of the symposium include the UVM College of Medicine and UVM Departments of Medicine and Surgery; Vermont Lung Center; Vermont Immunobiology and Infectious Disease Program; Astra Zeneca; and Boehringer Ingelheim.


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Don't worry raven, it made me laugh out loud. Gotta love a guy with a good sense of humour (and lame jokes such as this one counts as good in my books)
Don't worry raven, it made me laugh out loud. Gotta love a guy with a good sense of humour (and lame jokes such as this one counts as good in my books)
Is your punchline just a joke?
*is relevant to thread on multiple levels *
Hehe, I just made a lame joke (and seemingly a failed one too since I'm not sure you got it).
Anyways, this thread produced giggles. Mission accomplished!
Now we will not need to fear the wrath of the almighty Gaga!
Anyone else in love with it?
Why weren't all these songs on her albums? Half of them i like better.
I freakin love this song!
I think at this point I have 10+ unreleased gaga tracks I cannot live without. Second time around, no way (Hotter remix), Kaboom, No floods, and reloaded are my life....
Just played fashion.
It is rumored she will make a video for it for McQueen. God I hope she does
Ill try the others, i just havent been giving them chances because i love these, haha
I'm pretty fond of Vanity and Disco Heaven as well.
"Filthy pop" Is amazing as well
Gaga has new unreleased songs floating around? Where did you find out about this? I'm way out of the loop.
Just listened to "Fashion". It's pretty good, but I think it needs a little more work. It sounds unfinished to me. The French accent parts are my fave.
Yeah, she said that if she gets enough tweets about it, she will make a video for "Fashion." I read it on her Facebook. So I tweeted her. I hope they make a video for it, it is one of my favorites. But I also cannot WAIT for the "Telephone" video which is supposed to come out March 3rd. But I did hear that it is coming out this weekend?
I thought Diamond, or platinum, gold any ranking was based on country. So in America (I thought it was 13 million) I guess it is 10 million it would be certified Diamond in America.
Fuck it, sell those albums girl, will always be diamond to me.
Diamond only applies to a single country, not world-wide. In the US, Diamond certification comes with domestic sales of 10 million copies. It's not a very common occurrence and it usually takes years.
Someone asked me once how I could know that I'm gay if I've never slept with a woman. I've never shoved shards of glass into my eye, either, but I don't have to give it a shot to know that it's not for me.
Congrats to GaGa il have to buy her new album.
Congratulations, Gaga! It's an even bigger feat considering how record sales have been hurt by the internet.
This sounds like the SexyKevTaurean79 school of accounting:
"Whitney Houston sold just barely 1 million in the US and 1 million worldwide, so she went double platinum"
Congrats to QUEENGAGA!
Title may be misleading, but who else is impatient? It's been too long since she released a video and this is a big turnaround from "Bad Romance" and her other singles as this is more hip-hop/club friendly, similar to "Starstruck" off of the Fame which in my opinion deserved a video, too.
I read around that the release day would be today, the 28th, but others say a date hasn't been finalized yet.
For now, here are stills from the vid.
Why does everyone keep fucking tricking me?!?!?!
It's so freakishly weird to see them on set together. I never really saw "egotism" when it came to women, but these two divas sure give off that vibe.
I mentioned it was misleading. I gathered some stills though. I haven't been watching any television, is there a specific channel that the video will premiere on? MTV perhaps?
The video could always be posted here. Until then, let's gather some adequate information or more video stills or, I can already see this coming, queens flaming left to right it's okay I encourage that. Wherever Gaga's name appears, drama will soon follow.
According to the Haus of Gaga Facebook page, the video will premiere on her website this week.
Yeah I'm pretty much gonna go absolutely BONKERS when this premieres :O
And mama never freaked out when she heard it go BOOM!...Cuz she knew we were in the zone.
I can't wait for the video. I hope it's for the original version, I heard the remix and I did not like it.
This is definitely one of the most disgusting and horrific bits of news I've heard this year.
A bigger tragedy than Haiti.
the title is very misleading ... change it plz !
I would love to see how she tops Bad Romance. Looking at the costumes, I can't see how Telephone would be just as cryptic and mysterious as Bad Romance, but we'd just have to wait and see.
So, I'm stuck wondering how cool hippie, telephone eyepatch chef, vegas showgirl, and jail and everything is going to tie in together... god GaGa, the wait!
the video is said to be premiering on Monday March 8th
It is supposed to be long, like Paparazzi. And I'm sure it'll premiere on her website, like Bad Romance, instead of MTV or some other place.
And now it's supposedly delayed past Monday.
This anticipation is KILLING ME!
Ugh! A couple more days.
It's been years since I've actually looked foward to a new music video, but Gaga's the one who's getting me back into them.
This video should be amazing!
The video will premier on Thursday at 11:30/10:30c on E! News
Source: youtube- watch?v=rATLcPI0GLo
"im working with GAGA now, and together we will accumulate so much crazy and ego, it will almost be tyra-level! EVERYBODY WILL BE LOOKING AT ME! SUCK ON THAT RIHANNA HAHAHAHA"
seriously, those two are nuts.
thats a good thing, of course.
Ok so I guess I should probably confess my extreme adoration of Lady Gaga. I've been waiting for the launch of the Telephone music video for ages now, but it's finally here
Well tonight. But still, only a few hours to go.
For those of you that haven't got a near obsessional interest in the video i'll quickly fill you in.
It's the sequel to her video for Paparazzi and has been directed by the same guy. According to various leaks the plot seems to be based around Beyonce breaking Lady Gaga out of jail. Apparently the video is influenced by Quentin Tarantino and even features the "Pussy Wagon" from Kill Bill
There have been a few photos from the filming released so far so i'll attach those as thumbnails.
Who else is excited? If you're not excited feel free to explain why. I can't wait to try and analyze it like the Paparazzi video. Her stuffs actually pretty intellectual, the VMA performance for example. But anyways if you want my opinion on anything just ask.
Oh how silly of me :S I thought it was possible to be excited and have a life at the same time? :P
I know the videos not the second coming 'n all that, but i'm pretty confident it'll be quite epic. My main fear is it'll be a bit of anti climax : / which is sort of unavoidable given the amount of hype surrounding it.
I'm excited for it :3
It really depends on the context ... were you nude?
Hey thanks for the info I really liked the Paparazzi video. It should be interesting.
Never be afraid to try something new, remember, amateurs built the Ark, professionals built the Titanic.
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yeah I know, isn't hypocrisy fun
ok. i am confused now. I thought she & beyonce already did a video for this song months back called telephone something or other.. is this the same song & another video for it?? what video am i seeing on MTV with them both??
i couldnt find it... i guess ill have to wait until someone posts it on youtube
OMG Somebody leaked the "Telephone" video.


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saturday Sept. 21st a benefit will be held for the Tim Stinnett family, at the VFW begingging 5 pm with spaghetti dinner 5-7, silent auction, live auction beginning 7:30, raffles all evening, 50/50 raffle, a 40inch flat screen TV - $10 a chance and a 2001 Dodge Caravan will be raffled - $10 a chance. Van can be seen at Atlas Tire
tim, a barber for 16 years in Rochelle, passed away suddening and his mother passed away 8 days before. Tim had no insurance.


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Susanna Smith was 12 years old when she saw Billy Graham on TV. No one else was in the room when she heard him say, "Jesus loves you." That got her attention.
"I turned around and he said, 'Yeah, you.'"
Susanna wrote to BGEA to get her first Bible that year. She tried to read it, but said she didn't understand it and put it away. She had committed her life to Christ, she said, but didn't start following Him until later.
Susanna's mom worked long hours then, and Susanna would often fight with her brother. She sometimes stayed away from home for hours, sleeping at neighbors' houses or in empty restaurants.
Later, in her 20s, she was invited to another brother's baptism. It was there that she was convicted about her own life.
"It was like God was saying, 'You said you loved me, but you're not living for me,'" she said.
She began attending her brother's church and said, "The Lord started getting to me." She went to his Bible study, but wouldn't admit that she was changing on the inside.
"I kept holding onto the old me," she said.
Finally, in 1987, in her mid-20s, she rededicated her life to Christ. This time, it was Susanna getting baptized.
Twenty-five years later — last year — Susanna was again watching a classic Billy Graham Crusade on TV. That's where she heard about Search for Jesus (SFJ), BGEA's Internet evangelism ministry. She called about it, applied to volunteer and received training as an e-counselor.
"I think all the stuff I went through was the Lord grooming me to be sensitive to others' needs," she said.
As an e-counselor, Susanna chats with people around the world in real time as they browse PeaceWithGod.net, a BGEA website that presents the Gospel and gives online visitors a chance to ask spiritual questions.
"I volunteer because I believe in giving hope," she said.
Susanna retired last year from the University of Illinois as an information supervisor. She retired to care for her mother who recently passed away, and recalls a letter her mother left before her death. In it, she told Susanna to keep telling people about Jesus. SFJ has given her that opportunity, and now she's helping spread the same Gospel she sees Mr. Graham preach on TV.
So many people come to PeaceWithGod.net feeling abandoned, "like God slipped out of their lives," Susanna said.
"A lot of them come with heavy hearts, and when you show them compassion and point to the Bible … they bounce back. They feel rejuvenated."
One woman dealing with a lot of guilt chatted with Susanna online. The woman often woke up thinking about God, but throughout the day felt like she was growing further apart from Him. Susanna suggested reading her Bible and finding support in a church to help her grow in her faith and knowledge of God. She prayed for the woman, and said like so many people online, the woman felt better afterwards.
"It's not what you've done, but what the Lord's doing," Susanna said about volunteering.
Susanna's husband, Rich, supports her ministry through SFJ. He walks the dog, answers the phone or brings his wife a glass of water while she chats online. He thought most online visitors would ask Susanna how to have salvation, but has found that it's much more than that. People have all kinds of questions, he said, and although the conversations can take a lot of energy and attention, he sees how his wife is helping people around the globe — from their own home.
Now Rich is considering volunteering with SFJ, too.
You have a chance to get involved with Search for Jesus! Click here to find out how. Note that some individual volunteer opportunities are currently closed as we process and train other applicants. Leave your information so the Search for Jesus team can contact you when those opportunities reopen.


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This group of clippings continues the information I've learned about my grandmother's brother, A. E. "Elvie" Hankins. In last week's post we left off with Elvie's 1st wife, Ella Edmounds Hankins, leaving Hopkins County, Kentucky to join him in Kansas City in April, 1902.
From the Earlington Bee, Hopkins County, Kentucky:
18 Jun 1903: Mr. Elva Hankins formerly of this place, but now of Kansas City, Mo., is visiting friends and relatives here.
23 Jul 1903: Mr. Elva Hankins, left Tuesday night, for Kansas City, Mo.
7 Apr 1904: Mr. A. E. Hankins has returned from East St. Louis, where he has been switching in the yards.
30 Mar 1905: Mr. Elvie Hankins, who has been employed by the L. & N. R. R. as brakeman for sometime, has resigned and will seek employment elsewhere.
25 May 1905: Messrs. Elvie Hankins and Floyd Deberry, of Nortonville, were here Friday on business.
8 Jun 1905: Mr. Elvie Hankins, of Nortonville, was here Saturday on business.
Elvie was working for the railroad. He apparently moved from Kansas City, Missouri to East St. Louis, Illinois and then back to Hopkins County, Kentucky all between July, 1903 and April 1904. In 1905, he quit the railroad for some unidentified business and was living in Nortonville (a community in Hopkins County about 7 miles south of Earlington).
Wonder what happened to Ella? There was no mention of her returning to Hopkins County with Elvie for his visit in 1903 or the move back to Kentucky in 1904. Knowing small town newspapers, it's almost certain that she would have been mentioned on both occasions if she was with him so it seems there are only two choices - she either died or they divorced. If they had divorced and she moved back home to Hopkins County, that would have probably been mentioned in the paper so I'm betting she died but I have no proof of that yet.
There is still more to learn about Elvie from newspapers so check back next Thursday.
These clips were found using the searchable newspaper collection at Kentuckiana Digital Library. Kentucky papers in this collection are also available through the Library of Congress' Chronicling America. (Both of these sites are free.)


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Pathetic turnout despite all-mail election
Would Colorado's county clerks like to tell us once again how mail ballots boost voter turnout (and by pure coincidence, of course, make their lives so much easier)? We're all especially eager to hear this refrain now that turnout in Denver's municipal elections this week – a glorious all-mail affair in which ballots were sent to active and inactive voters alike – came in at a measly 38 percent.
That's impossible, of course. Turnout goes up, not down, when voters can fill out their ballots at their personal convenience over a period of weeks. You can take that to the bank. Our county clerks – and numerous other election reformers – have repeatedly promised as much.
And yet Denver's turnout was 42 percent in 2007 (also an all mail election, but with ballots sent only to active voters) when an incumbent mayor had hardly any competition. And let's not even talk about 2003, when according to a story by The Denver Post's Kurtis Lee, turnout clocked in at 47 percent even though voters could still go to one of those antiquated polling stations to cast a ballot.
What's going on?


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Tony Gonzalez's next playing field: iPad | News
(USA TODAY) -- Future NFL Hall of Famer Tony Gonzalez may have played his last professional football game, but he's already preparing for his next playing field: the iPad.
The FitStar: Tony Gonzalez app, in development and due for the iPad this spring (no price yet), transports the Atlanta Falcons' star into your living room as your fitness trainer. A customizable program with more than 60 exercises, FitStar lets users set their own goals for fitness and weight loss and create workouts to help them achieve those goals.
"It will be a tailor-made program for you specifically," Gonzalez says. "It's like I'm there with you. We're going through this together."
Gonzalez is an ideal fitness guru. He just finished his 16th NFL season - the last four with the Falcons after his first dozen with the Kansas City Chiefs. "Over the last five years, I guess I've developed a reputation for being healthy and fit," says Gonzalez, whose fitness level has helped him flourish in the latter years of his career. He has made the most catches of any tight end in NFL history (1,242) and is No. 2 among all receivers behind only Jerry Rice, who caught 1,549.
That reputation led San Francisco-based start-up FitStar Labs to approach Gonzalez about its mobile app plans last year. "We instantly discovered we shared a vision around making fitness and health more accessible, engaging and inspirational to a broad audience," says Mike Maser, founder and CEO of FitStar. The year-old firm has the backing of Google Ventures and other venture funds.
Tackling the fitness app, developed initially for the iPad, "seemed like a perfect match," Gonzalez says. "I loved the idea of it, the technology behind it and how convenient it is. It makes sense."
Free to download with additional for-pay content that will cost much less than standard fitness DVDs, FitStar leads users through an initial survey that will create their personalized program - perhaps focusing on a workout around busy schedules and including advice for overall conditioning, weight loss and nutrition.
Gonzalez demonstrates the easy-to-do-at-home exercises - among them push-ups, squats and jumping rope - and leads the user through the workout. "I just wanted to make sure it is convenient for anybody who is traveling or for a beginner, but also challenging for that expert out there who has been working out for a while," says Gonzalez, who shot the videos last summer before the NFL season began. "I was sore as heck when I we shot these videos. It's what I incorporate into my own routine."
Much of the regimen emphasizes core strength. "For me that is what athleticism and being in shape is all about," Gonzalez says. "I know what has helped me play 16 years is that I have really good balance and core."


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A key component of Gettysburg College's mission is to provide a safe environment where students are able to pursue their academic and social goals. The College may require a student to take a leave of absence if a student illustrates that he or she is repeatedly unable to make sound and safe decisions about alcohol and drug use, or the student engages in drinking or drug use that threatens the life, health and safety of one's self or others. This term of Alcohol and Drug Required Leave will be invoked for significant or repeated violations of the terms of the College's Alcohol and Drug Policy Points System.
The Vice President for College Life and Dean of Students or his/her designee will determine the terms of the Alcohol and Drug Required Leave. If a student violates the terms of the Alcohol and Drug Policy Points System by reaching or exceeding ten points, the terms of the Alcohol and Drug Required Leave will normally include a provision for the student to receive care (medical, psychiatric, psychological, counseling, or therapy) while on leave. Our procedures will follow the protocol outlined in the Medical Leave of Absence and Withdrawal Policy. The Vice President for College Life and Dean of Students or his/her designee may identify additional criteria in order to return to campus. The Vice President for College Life and Dean of Students or his/her designee, in consultation with Health and Counseling Services, will determine if all criteria have been met and if the student is eligible to return. If a student is required to leave during the fall semester, normally the leave will be extended to the entire spring semester as well.
A student returning from Required Leave will have 5 points on their record upon return.
A student that accumulates 10 or more points for a SECOND time during their Gettysburg career will be referred to the Student Conduct Review Board for consideration of suspension/expulsion, along with any sanctions assigned through the point system process.
Instances of any of these behaviors, whether alcohol-related or not, could also be referred to the Student Conduct Review Board for consideration of possible suspension or expulsion (along with other sanctions, as detailed in the Handbook of Student Rights and Responsibilities).
Note on Suspension: students who are suspended from the College during an academic semester normally do not receive any refund on their tuition or housing fees for that semester.


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Janie James says she was cool at first when Indian outsourcing giant Infosys Ltd. (INFO) approached her about a job near Atlanta, even though she was unemployed. She didn't know much about the company, and it seemed a step down from her old vice-president post at Primerica Inc. (PRI)
In the end, she decided she could use experience gleaned from her work at life-insurer Primerica and another stint at a financial-investment company to help Infosys build its insurance outsourcing business. Now James is an operations manager at the Bangalore, India, company's first predominantly U.S.-staffed center, which opened in April.
"They saw this was a city with a lot of people who were out of work and had the skills they needed for this center," she said. "Anything that can be done to decrease unemployment is a great thing."
James is one of thousands of workers filling outsourced jobs that are coming back to the U.S., or at least not going offshore. Indian and U.S. outsourcing companies, along with corporate icons like General Motors Co. (GM) and General Electric Co. (GE), are reversing a 20-year outgoing tide.
These companies and others, including software developer GalaxE.Solutions Inc., say some complex functions, such as human-resources and software development, are better to have closer to their own operations and to respond to customers. Indian outsourcing companies are finding it tougher to get visas for workers brought from India, and some U.S. businesses want to outsource -- yet keep jobs in the country. State tax breaks also provide incentives to hire locally.
Lowest Cost
"It used to be just about getting the job done at the lowest cost," said Madhusudan Menon, who heads Infosys's Atlanta center and delivery of U.S. business-process outsourcing. "Now companies are saying some jobs are best done closer to where they are, not cheap as possible somewhere else. They're rebalancing their onshore and offshore outsourcing."
U.S. companies with more than $1 billion of revenue sent 1.1 million technology and back-office jobs offshore during the past decade, according to the Hackett Group (HCKT), a Miami-based consulting company. While it forecasts a slowing outflow beginning in 2013, it calculates another 400,000 positions will be lost offshore through 2016.
A survey of 617 outsourcing industry executives by Boston- based HfS Research in July and August found the U.S. is seen as the most desirable region in the world to expand IT and business-services delivery centers in the next two years. India was second.
Largely Satisfied
Respondents have been largely satisfied with the offshoring of low-end jobs, such as call centers and routine IT maintenance, according to Phil Fersht, chief executive officer of the outsourcing-research company. With more complex tasks, the survey showed the headaches may have outweighed the savings.
"We're at an inflection point," Fersht said. "They have picked much of the low-hanging fruit offshore, but they're frequently not getting the quality they need with the more complex functions there." For example, 72 percent of companies said they were satisfied or very satisfied with domestic outsourcing of human-resource services compared with 41 percent who had those tasks done overseas.
The Indian offshore giants are establishing beachheads in the U.S. for political, as well as business, reasons, according to Fersht. President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney have traded charges of being "outsourcer in chief."
Outsource Onshore
Menon sees opportunities for Infosys to capture business from companies that want to outsource some operations while not being accused of sending jobs overseas.
The principal customer at a Milwaukee center Infosys announced in July is Harley-Davidson Inc. (HOG), which insisted that the 75 business-processing jobs it wanted to outsource at lower cost remain in the country, according to Maripat Blankenheim, a spokeswoman for the motorcycle company. Infosys said it plans to have a total of 125 employees at the center by attracting other clients.
Picking up new onshore business from U.S customers could help Infosys buttress its position against competitors such as Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. (CTSH), which surpassed it in revenue for the first time in the quarter ended June 30, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Market Share
Cognizant, based in Teaneck, New Jersey, has doubled its market share during the past seven years to 18 percent for the year ended in March, according to an April 19 report by CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets. Infosys's market share fell 4 percentage points to 21 percent, the report said. Cognizant, whose workforce is mainly in India, has stepped up its high-end outsourcing services and is hiring more employees with relationship management, consulting and deep industry experience, President Gordon Coburn has said.
Infosys has been operating in the U.S. for 25 years, though up until the past two years, only 20 percent of employees were Americans, Menon said. Infosys had about 12,000 workers in the U.S. on H-1B and L-1 visas as of June 30, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing by the company.
Infosys and its Indian peers now are having more difficulty obtaining U.S. visas. Last year, 54 percent of Indian petitioners' initial requests for L-1B visas, which allow employees with "specialized knowledge" to work in the U.S., were rejected by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, compared with 4 percent in 2007. Infosys said in an SEC filing that the immigration agency has "increased its level of scrutiny in granting new visas," and cited difficulties meeting the requirements for L-1 visas.
U.S. Presence
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (TCS), the biggest Indian outsourcing concern with $10 billion in revenue, also is growing its U.S. presence, opening an outsourcing center outside Minneapolis in September to employ about 300 IT workers.
In 2011, Tata Consultancy augmented the work it already was performing for Dow Chemical Co. (DOW) in Mumbai by setting up outsourcing operations in Midland, Michigan, near that company's headquarters. Tata Consultancy currently has 400 employees there, according to spokesman Michael McCabe, handing back- office functions, including supply-chain scheduling and planning for Dow and other clients.
Even with the 2,000 U.S. workers Tata Consultancy plans to hire this year, which is a 25 percent increase from 2011, Americans remain a minority of its approximately 20,000 employees in the U.S. and Canada, McCabe said. About 92 percent of Tata Consultancy's 250,000 workers worldwide are Indians, according to the company.
Create Opportunities
Still, the onshore outsourcing centers create opportunities in cities such as Atlanta, where unemployment has been above the national average since May 2010. The area's jobless rate was 8.9 percent in August, the latest month available, while the national rate was 7.8 percent in September.
Infosys was attracted to the area because of its many insurance and health-care businesses, according to Menon. His company saw outsourcing opportunities in those industries and a large pool of unemployed, experienced workers, he said.
"When I told the Georgia Department of Labor what I needed, they gave me 5,000 people without a job in those sectors," Menon said. He led an Infosys team that interviewed scores of candidates at that agency's suburban Marietta offices in January. Others, like James, were recruited.
The offshoring reversal also can be seen in U.S. companies such as GM and GE, which were early adopters of outsourcing and now are repatriating jobs.
Innovation Centers
GM said it plans to bring 90 percent of its IT work in- house and, in many cases, onshore, hiring 10,000 workers over the next three to five years. The automaker said it will open four U.S. technology "innovation centers," one in Austin, Texas, with 500 employees, another in Warren, Michigan, with 1,500 jobs and two others in cities yet to be determined.
GE also is building a technology center outside Detroit, where it plans to employ 1,100 people, as part of a broader initiative to reseed the company's IT capabilities in the U.S.
Mike De Boer, who led the recent development of a technology center in New Orleans for the company's GE Capital unit, said the business needs a rapid-response approach to technology changes, such as mobile-phone applications, which requires proximity.
"The speed you need to meet customers' requirements is all about being near to the customer," said De Boer, who's hired 27 IT workers so far for a facility that is slated to reach 300 employees.
Opportunities Reappear
U.S. software engineers who have lost jobs, such as Michael Zureich, say they are heartened to see opportunities reappear in their field. Zureich, who worked in auto-manufacturing processes for 24 years, was laid off by Siemens PLM Software in 2009. He became a math teacher in 2010 after a fruitless 18-month job search, he said.
Then he heard of GalaxE.Solutions, a Somerset, New Jersey, company that is shifting some of its 2,000-employee workforce from India to the U.S. It opened an office in Detroit, where it now has 200 on staff, to help develop software for U.S.-based health-care clients. GalaxE.Solutions, like a number of companies that have been repatriating jobs, received state tax breaks as an incentive to influence location.
"The complexity of the business and the agility required was increasing, and I didn't feel we were achieving the collaboration and innovation our customers required," Tim Bryan, chief executive officer of GalaxE.Solutions, said in an interview.
Zureich, 54, who joined the company in March 2011, said while he's earning a little less than he made at Siemens, "I'm getting significant job satisfaction and regained a lot of the confidence I lost."
At the Infosys center outside Atlanta, James said she is way past thinking of an outsourcing job as a step down and is learning a business that is here to stay.


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STERLING — Northeastern Junior College head men's basketball coach Eddie Trenkle has announced 6'3" sophomore guard Kameron Pearce has signed a national letter of intent with St. Mary's University, a Division II powerhouse in San Antonio, Texas.
Kameron is the third of four NJC sophomores who have chosen a school to continue their education and playing career. Jacob Lancaster signed with Division I Abilene Christian University during the early signing period in November and Jeremy McDonald signed two weeks ago with Northeastern State in Tahlequah, Okla.
Pearce, a graduate from Jerome High School in Jerome, Idaho, made his way back to Sterling after a brief stint at Idaho State University.
"During Kam's two years here he was very coachable," Trenkle said. "During Kam's freshman year we asked him to catch and shoot and he did just that, nailing 77 threes. This past year we asked Kam to play out of position for us and run the team, and he obliged without hesitation. We put him in a very different situation and he responded well. This transition will end up being beneficial for him at the next level."
Pearce averaged 15 points, four assists and three rebounds and shot an amazing 39 percent from the behind the arc this year for the Plainsmen. Upon returning from Christmas break, Pearces's leadership role became apparent, especially in the Region IX Tournament as he led the Plainsmen to the semifinals.
"Kameron's best basketball is ahead of him," Trenkle said. "His work ethic and attitude will carry him a long way. He will join former Plainsmen great Anthony Crenshaw to be one of the toughest backcourts in Division II."
Before choosing St. Mary's University, Pearce turned down Division I offers from Idaho State University and Abilene Christian University


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The world record for red cards being extended and local representation for Columbus Crew feature in FIFA.com's latest stats review, along with joy for Botafogo and Clarence Seedorf, pain for Mexico and Portland Timbers, Gambian unpredictability and FIFA U-20 World Cup quarter-final predictability.
per cent of the quarter-finals have incredibly required extra time or penalties at five consecutive FIFA U-20 World Cups (15 of 20 matches). In one of those at Turkey 2013, Spain only needed to find the net to equal Brazil's record of netting in 22 successive matches in the competition, set between 1977 and '87. However, La Roja, who had last failed to score in defeat to A Seleção in the 2003 final, lost 1-0 to Uruguay after extra time. In another, Ghana edged Chile 4-3, thanks to Ebenezer Assifuah's 121st-minute header, in what was the second highest-scoring game in the history of the FIFA U-20 World Cup knockout phase. Only the 4-4 draw between Soviet Union and Nigeria in the Saudi Arabia 1989 quarters produced more goals.
red cards is the astounding, world-record career total Independiente's Gerardo Bedoya misbehaved on to in a 2-0 defeat by Olimpia in the first leg of their Copa Libertadores semi-final. The 37-year-old, who has played for clubs in his native Colombia, Argentina and Mexico, as well as for his county, was on his longest run without a sending-off in over 15 years. Bedoya's last dismissal had come against Millonarios last September, when his antics during that derby earned him an unprecedented 11-match suspension. Meanwhile in the other Libertadores semi, Newell's Old Boys won 2-0 at home to Atletico Mineiro, enhancing the possibility that for the first time since 2004 the final could be devoid of a Brazilian team.
games undefeated – the joint-fourth-biggest in Major League Soccer history – was the Portland Timbers run which Columbus Crew extinguished with a 1-0 victory on Sunday. The Timbers were chasing the 19-match record, shared by the Crew and FC Dallas, but a fourth-minute header from in-form Venezuelan Bernardo Anor proved enough to hand them their first defeat since a 2-1 loss at home to Montreal Impact four months ago. The result ended Robert Warzycha's team's three-game losing skid. Wil Trapp made his MLS debut after he impressed at the FIFA U-20 World Cup and the midfielder was, admirably, one of five players from central-Ohio high schools in the Crew starting XI alongside Chad Barson, Matt Lampson, Danny O'Rourke and the coach's son, Konrad Warzycha, A sixth, Josh Williams, was born and raised in the state's north-east, while unused substitute Ben Speas was another Crew Soccer Academy graduate.
successive home victories have helped Botafogo cruise to Campeonato Carioca glory, close in on a place on the last 16 of the Copa do Brasil, and set the early pace in the Brasileirao. O Fogão won both the Taca Guanabara and the Taca Rio earlier this year, consequently becoming Rio de Janeiro state champions without the need for an overall final, while Oswaldo de Oliveira's team beat Coritiba 1-0 last Thursday in the first leg of their Brazilian cup tie. Botafogo's latest success in front of their own supporters was 1-0 over Fluminense on Sunday, which saw them replace Coritiba as league leaders after six rounds. Clarence Seedorf, who joined the club one year and one day earlier, settled the contest with an 84th-minute long-ranger. Despite having been an overwhelming success in the black and white stripes, it was the 37-year-old Dutchman's first goal in his 11th clássico. Botafogo have now won 14 and drawn two of their home matches in 2013.
different clubs have now won the last six Gambian GFA Leagues. By contrast, until Steve Biko became the latest last week, just three teams had won 30 of the 37 titles between them. Steve Biko went into the final day in risk of completing an almighty collapse, but an Assan Jatta goal sneaked them their first win in seven games and ensured they finished one point ahead of Real Banjul.
defeats: that's what Mexico had suffered against Panama since the sides first met in 1938 – until that statistic was stunningly arrested on Sunday. El Tri went into their tenth meeting with Los Canaleros with 7-1 and 5-0 winning margins in recent memory. However, a Gabriel Torres double propelled the Julio Dely Valdes's side to a 2-1 win in their CONCACAF Gold Cup opener in Pasadena. On the same day, in Group A's other game, an arguably mightier shock unfolded: the tiny Caribbean Sea island of Martinique defeated long-established Canada 1-0.


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Ridgway arsonist still loose after fires
While local officials are trying not to cause a panic with Ridgway residents, the fact remains the same: with two unexplained fires less than three weeks apart being deemed arson cases, the unease has set in."The two that we've had in three weeks, we have an issue," said Ridgway fire chief John Wygant. "I don't want to elaborate on it because I don't want to create a problem in the community, and I don't want to cause a panic or have people running, buying guns and shooting people. We can't have that. "I want help from the community in going to the police; we need people to be vigilant, observant, watching their neighborhood. I'm not saying to create a neighborhood watch because that's not the point. I have to really be careful with what I'm saying. "I've met with [Ridgway Borough Police] Chief [Ralph] Tettis and we agreed that we really weren't going to do a whole lot as far as press releases because we don't want to create a panic."Pauline Smith was the first victim when a fire early Wednesday morning, May 30, destroyed her West Main Street residence. The blaze reportedly broke out between 5:15 and 5:30 a.m."There were rumors that Mrs. Smith had passed away and they were nothing but rumors," Wygant said, indicating the woman now resides comfortably in an assisted living facility outside the area. "There were quite a few people who were saying she was dead and that is nothing but a false rumor. [Smith] had COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) and thank God she did because that's what woke her up. "[Smith] couldn't breathe and she didn't have any idea why she couldn't breathe, but she knew there was something there affecting her breathing."The fire, which caused roughly $100,000 in damage, reportedly appeared to have started on an enclosed back porch. "The door was unlocked," Wygant said. "I have no idea how it started-- we did bring the accelerant dog in and that dog hit in a couple of places but not to the volume where there was a lot."The 69-year-old woman's residence was reportedly a total loss.Officials continue to investigate the June 17 fire that destroyed the Walnut Street home of Stephen and Georgina Gausman, who were out of town. The call reportedly came in at 2:58 a.m. The blaze caused an estimated $200,000 worth of damage."It was a suspended porch and [the fire] was started underneath and close to the house," Wygant said. "It's an area where you can stand, and it's a covered area-- it wasn't like climbing under the porch and the ceiling was 10 feet in the air. We have no idea how it started in regards to what materials."The 35-year firefighting veteran has grave concerns after two arson cases have jolted west end residents."I'm very concerned for the safety of the community, as we've never had incidences like this," Wygant said. "I've talked to the other chiefs that have preceded me and they have never had incidences like this. They've had arsons, yes, you always have one or two here and there but never this close, time-wise, this close together. "It's very alarming and devastating to the family because the family lost all their worldly goods. They didn't do anything to anybody, someone did something to them, violated them, took away all their personal property, and all their memories are gone for who knows what reason."See full article by purchasing the June 20 edition of The Kane Republican.


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The following information was collected at the Bureau County Courthouse:
Driving on revoked license — Brett M. Sandberg, 34, of Princeton.
Driving on suspended license — Alexander J. Rico, 20, of Mineral; Christopher M. Sonne, 27, of Princeton.
Driving under the influence of alcohol — Jacob E. Milby, 26, of Buda; Steven R.L. Rauh, 23, of Princeton; Julie A. Rodriguez, 31, of Princeton.
Failure to reduce speed — A 16-year-old male of Dalzell.
Loitering — A 17-year-old male of Princeton; Stefanie L. Ridge, 18, of LaMoille.
Registration expiration — Rosa Avila, 36, of DePue; Aaron L. Laney, 30, of Princeton; Jose Morales, 42, of Princeton.
Seat belt required (driver) — Steven J. Cain, 23, of Princeton; Brandi L. Clift, 21, of Princeton; Jonathan C. Elliott, 27, of Princeton; Christopher W. Reeder, 23, of Princeton; Blake R. Schmidt, 19, of Wyanet.
Speeding (11-14) — Noemi R. Moreno, 19, of Spring Valley.
Speeding (15-20) — Mark E. Gracalone, 37, of Princeton; Cynthia E. Polomo, 34, of Bureau; a 17-year-old female of Wyanet; Harold J. Ziegler, 31, of Malden.
Unsafe backing on roadway — Richard J. Rivara, 67, of Arlington.
Unsafe equipment — A 16-year-old male of Spring Valley.


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Tom Hanks is winning praise for his role in the movie "Captain Phillips," as the ship captain who was taken hostage by Somali pirates, but members of the real Capt. Phillips say their captain was no hero.
But a $50-million lawsuit filed by nine of his 20-man crew claims the real-life Capt. Richard Phillips risked their lives by sailing his cargo vessel into pirate-infested waters, the New York Daily News reported.
The lawsuit was filed against Maersk Line Limited, which owns the ship. Two other crew members on the original suit have since settled separately, a lawyer connected to the case told the Daily News.� A Maersk Line spokesman said related lawsuits brought by the crew "are without merit," the article said.
The movie �Captain Phillips,� which opened today, is based on his account of the 2009 attack on the Maersk Alabama cargo ship. The stand-off ended when U.S. Navy marksmen killed the pirates holding the captain captive on a small craft.
Phillips returned home to a hero�s welcome and was praised by President Barack Obama as �a model for all Americans.�
The lawsuit claims that Phillips ignored maritime warnings issued as recently as two days before the pirate attack to stay at least 600 miles from the Somali coast because of pirate activity, which kept the ship from staying on schedule.


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Novi Twp. Fast Facts
Township area: 0.1 square miles
Median Household Income: $104,063
Median Housing Value: $337,500
Total families or households: 48
(Information obtained from the Michigan Townships Association)
Novi Township, located in the south end of the city of Novi, has about 150 residents, no offices, and a millage renewal coming up.
Some officials of the small community, which is not affiliated with the city of Novi, are unsure what will happen if the millage — used for operating expenses — doesn't pass.
"We wouldn't be able to pay for things like library and fire, because we contract for that," said Township Trustee Anthony Galdikas. "(The millage) is a substantial portion of the township's revenue."
The 2.5257-mill tax levy, passed in 1994 as a 20-year millage, is expiring, and will be on the ballot again in August. A $100,000 home would have about $253 levied a year.
The first year of the tax would generate about $19,889, and over 20 years, taxes levied in the township would total around $400,000.
Novi Township can be entered only by one road, Cottisford Road, which is off of Novi near Nine Mile. Most of the homes in the community were built in or before the 1960s and many have a value upwards of $300,000, according to the Michigan Townships Association, or MTA. The MTA also states that more than half the population is between 45 and 64 years old.
Galdikas, who's been on the township's board for six years and a resident for 14, said he's not sure "who's really going to show up to vote, but I've been talking to my neighbors."
Clerk Derwood Haines, a 10-year board member, said there are around 125 regular voters in the township, comprising about 66 houses in the community that is basically the size of a subdivision.
"A lot of people don't even know we're here," Haines said.
The township, which covers only about 60 acres, has never had a website or a sign, he said, "probably because it was an added expense the board thought it didn't need."
The board members rotate hosting bi-monthly board meetings in their homes, by alphabetical order. The next meeting is Sept. 9.
As far as Haines knows, none in the community have questioned the millage or are against it. Most of the money levied goes to the township's account and is used to maintain the roads, "which is just about the only issue," he said.
The Michigan State Police patrols the community, and the township levies 2 mills for services from the Novi Fire Department and around 0.8 mills for the Novi Public Library.
The township, which was established before the city of Novi, is the smallest geographic township in the state, said Ginger Juncker, the township's treasurer.
Other tiny communities in Oakland County include:
• Lake Angelus, Michigan's smallest incorporated city in 2010 U.S. Census, located between Pontiac and Auburn Hills with a population of 294 in 2012 and covering about 1.6 square miles,
• Leonard Village, with a population of 403 in 2010 U.S. Census,
• Royal Oak Township, which covers only a half square mile but had a population of 2,419 in 2010,
• Southfield Township, originally Ossewa Township, which Oakland County's government lists as having 19 residents in 2010, though the township includes three incorporated villages, Beverly Hills, Bingham Farms and Franklin, with a total population of 14,547.
Juncker said she moved into Novi Township 14 years ago and loves the "up north" feel of the area.
"There are just a lot of trees, so many unique homes," she said. "It's a very nice community and neighborhood."


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There are a few constants in the world of traveling to racing events: the track food is generally terrible and burned (although I've heard rumors of better fare); and at the end of the day, you need a good two hour bath to wash all of the track particulates off. It's not until then that you can even think about eating dinner at one of the numerous chain restaurants that pepper the areas surrounding dragstrips, ovals, road courses, etc. And when you get to the restaurant, and the waitress asks you what you want to drink, forget about it-you can't even hear her, you just hear run after run of cars ringing in your ears.
That's part of the fun though, isn't it? Getting away from the day-in, day-out routine of the real world, and doing something you are passionate about. The Gainesville stop on the Super Chevy Show tour is always a popular event. It's just miles from the University of Florida and its rabid legions of Chevy fans, coupled with the Bow Tie fanatics of the Sunshine State.
After cruising around the fabulous facilities in the famous "Super Chevy" golf cart (performance mods are on the way, we hope), it was time to examine the car show portion of the event. Somehow we got caught up in the swap meet. We found all sorts of steals and deals, none of which we could check on the plane back home. Such a shame.
The show cars were impressive, to say the least, and with it being 9 a.m., we were astounded with the turnout. It takes a lot to get someone out of bed that early, and every car seemed to shine, almost blinding our sleep-encrusted eyes.
After the flotilla of show beauties moved through the inflatable "victory Bow Tie" complex to have their photos taken, we moved on, and caught some of the drag monsters in their tire-smoking glory, while we chowed down on track burgers in the opulent luxury of tower suite F.
The Editor's Choice Top 10 drag race awards were handed out Sunday morning to the cars that we, the editors, felt deserved recognition for their efforts. All to often, the true "weekend warriors" don't get the credit they deserve. There's something special about seeing people receive awards, so much emotion and extreme gratitude. Enough of the mushy stuff, there were still a few bracket finals to be decided Sunday afternoon.
The Mr. Gasket Bracket One Pro Eliminator final saw two dragsters going head to head, and Craig Spell of Jacksonville, squeaked out the win with an 8.505 e.t. (.016 RT) on an 8.49 dial-in to beat Marty Nichols of Deland, Florida.
In Bracket Two, J.R. Hamelink's beautiful black '62 Chevy II ran down Quinn Holton of Gainesville, Florida, with a 10.650 on a 10.50 dial-in. Hamelink, of Silver Springs, Florida, cut a .008 light that undoubtedly contributed to his win.
The DOT class witnessed Shane McFadden's (Kissimmee, Florida) '78 Malibu of run a 15.509 to a 15.50 dial-in, which trumped Bobby Deblaso of Tampa, Florida. Deblaso broke out of his dial-in by .030.
We spent the rest of the day cannoodleing with some fellow Tri-state area denizens, the Tweaked Ya! Racing team from Long Island, which races in style. Despite hurting the engine in their 8-second blown Camaro, Andrew and Dina Parise, friends and family, had the eggplant parm, sausage and peppers, and frosty beverages flowing, overwhelming the Super Chevy crew.
The end-of-the-year Super Chevy Show was a great one, but sadly, the Gainesville stop is not in the cards for next year's schedule. Oh how we will miss the venue. See you at the next Super Chevy Show stop-Bradenton, Florida, in early 2007.