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pt-mysql-summary conveniently summarizes the status and configuration of a MySQL database server so that you can learn about it at a glance. It is not a tuning tool or diagnosis tool. It produces a report that is easy to diff and can be pasted into emails without losing the formatting. It should work well on any modern UNIX systems.
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Following D'Adamo: Not My "Lifestyle"February 14th, 2011 , by Sante
Following up on my previous blog ("Taking it Easy: Life in the Normal Lane", 12 Feb. 2011), I notice that one of the terms in vogue on the dadamo Forum lately, in describing adherence to Dr. D'Adamo's principles, is "this lifestyle". I confess I don't know what this means.
The Bloodtype and Genotype diets are adaptable to almost any lifestyle, as I see it. To call their use - and/or Dr. D'Adamo's view of medicine - "this lifestyle" is alien to what his work means and has always meant to me. Are "Individualists" thus becoming conformists? Choosing a "lifestyle" wholesale is often related, rather, to cult-involvement!
My own lifestyle doesn't involve inordinate attention to the purchase of foodstuffs at the market, their preparation and their analysis. So I don't share what Forum participants proudly call "this lifestyle", even though I've been an avid D'Adamo proponent for 14 years.
When you call it a "lifestyle", that implies you have more of life in common with the Forum's other people (sitting in front of computer screens across the globe) than you do with human beings (in your actual vicinity) who shop and eat differently from you. If two neighbors are carpenters and each has a wife, 2.3 children, a dog, and drives a Jeep and belongs to, say, a bowling league, do their lifestyles differ that much if one avoids dairy products? Me, I don't think so. Does the vegan I know have a different lifestyle from his meat-eating friend? Not necessarily. Does Dr. D'Adamo expect his readers to adopt a lifestyle? I don't think so.

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I think as long as the people in line matches the amount getting to see Santa it is fine, but if one adult holds the spot for two kids, I find that rude.
My opinion seem to go counter to most of the board, but if your child can't wait in line long enough to go see Santa, then you should come back at a less busy time or skip Santa that year. It hardly seems fair for the family who's been waiting patiently to suddenly have 2, 4 or 6 kids swoop in in front of them.
To me, the issue would be how many turns were required, not necessarily how many kids.
*This woman was rude for other reasons, which were not limited to loudly griping about the fact that Santa didn't show up early and LOUDLY stating (to me) that there ought to be two Santa's in the mall. I looked at her funny and replied that I was "sure Santa probably wanted to eat first, since he was going to be here through the lunch hour. And anyway, two Santa's? *tsk* There's only one Santa!"
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Phytopharm Falls on Cogane Failure, Seeks Strategic Review
By Nuala Moran and Cormac Sheridan
Staff Writers
LONDON – One of the UK's oldest biotech companies looks to be on its way out after reporting the failure of the lead program in Parkinson's disease.
Shares in Phytopharm plc fell 80 percent after the announcement Monday that the long-running trial of Cogane showed no difference between the active compound and placebo in the 400-patient Phase II trial.
The Godmanchester, UK-based company has begun a strategic review, but Robin Davison, analyst at Edison Investment Research in London, said there was little point in taking Cogane forward as a treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), as previously proposed. "The best outcome may be a reverse merger by a private company seeking to utilize Phytopharm's cash, London Stock Exchange listing and £55 million [US$84.8 million] in accumulated tax losses," Davison said.
The shares (LSE:PYM) were trading at 1.63 pence by lunchtime Monday, giving a market capitalization of £6 million, close to Phytopharm's cash balance of £5.5 million. Shares closed Monday at 1.9 pence.
Apart from Cogane, Phytopharm's other major product is Myogane, a treatment for motor neurone disease and glaucoma. Paul Cuddon, analyst at Peel Hunt in London, said, "We see limited value in these indications, nor in any other drugs in the pipeline."
Tim Sharpington, CEO, said he was "naturally disappointed" with the outcome of the study. There will be further analysis of the Phase II trial to decide whether to continue development of Cogane. At the same time, there will be a review of "other strategic options" for the company. "No further R&D expenditure will be committed whilst this review is taking place," Sharpington said.
Cogane, which is derived from a traditional Asian treatment for age-related dementia, is designed to cross the blood-brain barrier where it has the dual effect of inducing neurotrophic factors, while also preventing the decrease in dopaminergic neurons that is the trademark of Parkinson's disease. In the Phase II trial, more than 400 subjects with early stage Parkinson's disease received either Cogane at doses of 60 mg, 120 mg or 180 mg, or placebo, taken orally, once daily for up to 28 weeks.
The prospectively defined primary endpoint was the change in the combined Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale assessment of activities of daily living and motor symptoms score from baseline. A number of secondary efficacy measures also were explored, but there were no statistically significant effects or trends toward improvement in any of the endpoints. "It looks pretty unambiguous, and it also looks as if the study was well conducted," Sharpington told BioWorld International.
Those results are at odds with the preclinical data. In one study, oral administration of Cogane to macaque monkeys over 18 weeks reduced the disability caused by Parkinson's disease by 43 percent. The magnitude of the effect was still increasing at the point the study ended.
In the Phase Ib study, the compound was well tolerated in healthy volunteers and patients and, at 28 days, plasma levels in patients reached those associated with efficacy in the animal study. "They're the best models out there, but they're not great in this area," Sharpington said.
Last year Phytopharm agreed to a clinical trial plan for Cogane in ALS, an indication where the drug has orphan status. Beyond Cogane and Myogane, Phytopharm's other program, P61 , is investigating the pharmacological properties of curcumin and gingerol. A series of new chemical entities has been generated that exhibit anti-inflammatory, anti-remodeling and anti-spasmodic activity, from which a lead has been identified.
Phytopharm raised the money for the Parkinson's disease trial in a $41 .3 million placing in December 2009. That represented a reversal of fortunes for the company, which began 2009 – a full 20 years after its founding in 1989 – with a large-scale restructuring, prompted when partner Unilever plc ended a four-year collaboration, in which the consumer products giant was developing Phytopharm's extract of the Hoodia plant as an additive for slimming products.
The decision to advance Cogane as a pharmaceutical represented a change in strategy for the company. From initially developing its plant extracts as drugs, Phytopharm moved to developing them as nutraceuticals and functional foods, after partnerships with Pfizer Inc., to develop the Hoodia extract (then P57) as an obesity treatment, and with Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., to develop Cogane in Alzheimer's disease, fell apart.
The third major rebuff that came from Unilever prompted another re-think, and with the help of $1.16 million in grant funding from the Michael J. Fox Foundation, Cogane was advanced to the point where investors were lured in to fund the Phase II development.
The comprehensive nature of the failure raises questions over the relevance of the preclinical models used, and the size and expense of the trial, according to Peel Hunt's Cuddon. "Ultimately, this outcome should have been reached at a lesser loss for shareholders," he said, noting that in similar situations of big trial busts, for example Renovo plc, Minster plc and Antisoma plc, the companies have ultimately become cash shells awaiting a reverse merger.
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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will take a close look at payments from brand-name drug makers to manufacturers of generic equivalents to keep the no-name products off the market at an estimated cost of $3.5 billion a year to consumers.
The justices said Friday they will consider competing appeals court decisions about whether the practice known as reverse payments or ''pay for delay'' illegally reduces competition by delaying the sale of substantially cheaper generic drugs. The payments typically are made to resolve patent infringement claims by the brand-name manufacturers against the makers of the generic drugs. What is unusual about the practice is that the claim is resolved by a payment from the company that holds the patent rights to the company accused of violating them.
The Federal Trade Commission says Congress or the high court should take action to protect consumers from what it terms the anticompetitive agreements. Generic drugs can sell for as little as 10 percent of the brand-name price. The sale of generic products can wipe out the vast majority of the market for the higher-priced brand-name drugs.
The cases at issue all involve challenges to agreements between drug companies that delayed the sale of generic versions of patented drugs. The challengers include the federal government as well as national drug store and supermarket chains that argue their customers are being forced to pay more for prescription drugs because of the agreements.
FTC chairman Jon Leibowitz has called the agreements ''win-win deals for both companies. But they leave American consumers footing the bill.'' The FTC says the settlements add an average of 17 months to the time it takes to get the generic drugs on the market.
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As always Jeffrey, well put.
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By Tiernan Ray
The tech team at Moody's Investors Services today issued a note regarding Hewlett-Packard's (HPQ) "neglect of its business with R&D over the last few years," likening a dearth of investment to the withering of an oak tree.
"HP needs to get back to its roots and invest effectively in R&D in order to see sunnier days," the authors conclude. (Yesterday, HP dedicated an expansion of its Palo Alto campus for a new "state-of-the-art executive briefing center," which was designed around a California heritage oak tree that was planted by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard in the '60s, hence the analogy.)
Moody's says it analyzed each part of HP's business, comparing the investment in R&D to that of comparable companies in the segments, such as Lexmark (LXK) (printing), EMC (EMC) (storage) Accenture (ACN) (services) and Cisco Systems (CSCO) (networking), to divine what HP should be spending based on its revenue rates in each category.
The firm concludes HP's actual R&D last fiscal year of $3.399 billion was short about a billion dollars compared to the implicit appropriate R&D run rate. They following table shows how they modeled the various areas of desired R&D investment:
Moody's, moreover, traced a history of implied shortfall in R&D investment at HP going back to fiscal 2007. As Moody's notes, "Although revenue growth is also driven by many other factors, it is noteworthy that HP's revenue growth began to lag competitors in 2010 (or, excluding the EDS acquisition, in 2009), two to three years after HP's R&D investment started to trail its competitor group."
From which the firm concludes HP may continue to sustain low rates of revenue growth for as long as it under-invests.
Moody's opines on what might be the areas for targeted R&D by HP, which is basically everything other than PCs and printers, as shown in the following table:


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USD School of Law Reference Librarian Jane Larrington Named Chair of New AALL Task Force
San Diego (July 24, 2013) – University of San Diego (USD) School of Law Reference Librarian Jane Larrington will serve as chair of the American Association of Law Libraries' (AALL) new CLE and Practice-Oriented Education and Publication Task Force.
Developed as a recommendation of the AALL Futures Summit held in the fall of 2011, the purpose of the task force is to increase the visibility and value of law librarianship as an integral part of the legal profession through improved outreach to stakeholders and future colleagues through members' active participation in practice-oriented education and publications.
Larrington will lead the task force's charge to identify existing and potential opportunities for members to develop and participate in practice-oriented education; develop and market strategies to increase members' participation in practice-oriented education; and recommend and develop a means for members to share experiences and best practices of active participation in practice-oriented education and publications. The task Force will submit a final report with recommendations for the spring 2014 Executive Board meeting.
About Jane Larrington
Jane Larrington is a reference librarian at USD School of Law's Legal Research Center, where she provides research and reference services to faculty, students, and other library patrons. She regularly presents training sessions on a variety of legal research topics and serves on the campus library reference subcommittee.
Prior to arriving at USD, Larrington was a reference librarian and adjunct professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law (TJSL), where she taught advanced legal research and provided research and reference services to faculty and students. Before joining TJSL, Larrington was a fellow at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law Library, where she provided research, reference, and circulation services.
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Recognized for the excellence of its faculty, curriculum and clinical programs, the University of San Diego (USD) School of Law enrolls approximately 900 Juris Doctor and graduate law students from throughout the United States and around the world. The law school is best known for its offerings in the areas of business and corporate law, constitutional law, intellectual property, international and comparative law, public interest and taxation.
USD School of Law is one of the 81 law schools elected to the Order of the Coif, a national honor society for law school graduates. The law school's faculty is a strong group of outstanding scholars and teachers with national and international reputations and currently ranks 23rd worldwide in all-time faculty downloads on the Social Sciences Research Network (SSRN). The school is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. Founded in 1954, the law school is part of the University of San Diego, a private, nonprofit, independent, Roman Catholic university chartered in 1949.


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"Jazz is an expression of the feeling that you have at that moment," says legendary jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis, discussing his art and playing in his Chicago recording studio. The always wise Lewis, with his firm roots in gospel and who studied classical from a young age, has released 80 jazz albums over a 50-year career, making a huge impact on the music world with classics such as "The In Crowd," "Hang On Sloopy" and "Wade in the Water." With such a varied musical experience, it's all about the feeling, expressing the moment. "You're always looking for that lost chord," says Lewis. "You never find it. But in looking for it, you find other things." That's jazz. His most successful album is SUN GODDESS, performed with Earth, Wind & Fire, and was his fourth amongst many to go gold. Having himself begun piano lessons at the early age of four, Lewis created the Ramsey Lewis Foundation in 2005 with the mission of bringing music to the lives of at-risk children. With his unique style of fusing his early gospel roots with funky riffs, Lewis is known as 'the great performer.' Find out why in this jazz lover's edition of The Artist Toolbox. "Never intellectually approach a piece of art," warns Lewis. "Art is the mainline to creativity. Creativity is everywhere."
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SLDN just sent out this statement:
"It is unprecedented that a tax reduction bill must pass before the Senate can act to fund our troops and the nation's defense. We need to be clear about what's happening here: the defense bill is being held hostage until Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and John McCain get the tax bill they want to pass. This is unprecedented and it is shameful. The National Defense Authorization Act, which includes the repeal provisions, must be called up in the Senate, debated, and passed before Congress leaves for the year. If the 42 GOP senators — including several who support repeal of 'Don't Ask' — put process and procedure and tax cuts first, their continued delays and political jockeying will be an endorsement of the discrimination that has cost 14,000 men and women their jobs and threatened our country's national security by discharging mission-critical service members," said Aubrey Sarvis, Army veteran and executive director for Servicemembers Legal Defense Network.
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Just kidding but I am selling my Motormarine IIEX pro package.
Well maintained with some of the extras only used on 1 trip.
It includes the Motormarine IIEX, YS60, Sea Arm IV,
see www.seaandsea.com for details of the unit.
Also includes as extras...HP Viewfinder
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And, I will throw in a 2x macro that has a tiny scratch that does not affect the shots.
All normally goes for over $3000.
Only $1200 and it is yours for xmas.
email me with any questions or needing more info and I would be happy to answer them.
Motormarine IIEX plus lots of extras
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John Lollis, the Lexington Police Department chief who many officers have called their mentor, will work his last day Friday.
John Lollis, the Lexington Police Department chief who many officers have called their mentor, will work his last day Friday as he retires from the department in which he's served for nearly 37 years.
Lollis, 57, who is replaced by Tad Kepley as chief, announced in early October he would be retiring from the LPD. Though a humble Lollis will not take all the credit, city officials praise him for helping drop the crime rate by 40 percent since he took over as chief in late 2005.
"I was lucky to be chief," he said this week as he complimented the officers who he's supervised since being chief for their efforts.
Eager to make a difference
Lollis was 21 years old when he joined the police force in 1976 under then Chief Jim Kimbrell. His desire to be an officer came from working at the Lexington YMCA, where he would often talk to police officers about their careers. Lollis was impressed by their friendliness and, ironically, was stopped by the LPD because of his vehicle.
"I had a loud Camaro," he recalled. "Whenever I got stopped, they always treated me fair, and they treated me with respect even though I was a young kid with loud mufflers."
Lollis had a friend who was a deputy sheriff who urged him to apply at the Lexington Police Department. He remembers pestering Kimbrell and then assistant chief Clyde Yarborough for a chance to be a police officer. After about six months of Lollis' persistence, Kimbrell and Yarborough decide to take a chance with Lollis — a chance that would be just the beginning of a successful law enforcement career.
"Back in those days, it was pretty hard to get a job as a police officer," he said. "It wasn't unusual to have to wait a while."
Before he hit the streets as a patrol officer, Lollis went through several weeks of training and a couple of weeks being a dispatcher. Six weeks after joining the police department, he went on patrol.
"It was really different for me because I really didn't know what police work was," he said. "I thought I did. I thought it was going to be what you see on TV, and it really wasn't."
In his early years, Lollis would often stay after his shifts to ride along with veteran officers in order to learn anything he could. He said some of the older officers probably thought he was "crazy" to have been at the police department so much.
"I was lucky," he said as he reflected on his career. "I gravitated toward the officers who were dedicated and really interested in doing a good job. They taught me how to treat the public. The motto was to treat the public like the way they wanted to be treated."
Time for advancement
In 1979, Lollis was one of three officers in the county appointed to the City/County Narcotics Unit, which was set up under former Sheriff Jaybird McCrary. The unit, which was in intact for about three years until a grant ran out, comprised of a representative from the Davidson County Sheriff's Office and Lexington and Thomasville police departments.
Serving in the unit, Lollis said, was rewarding because he learned a lot about that particular crime. Along with investigating drug activity, he said, came other serious crimes. During the experience, Lollis worked drug cases along with the other officers throughout the county.
Lollis was promoted to lieutenant in 1987, captain in 1996 and chief in 2005. Along the way, he received his Advancement Law Enforcement Certification from the North Carolina Criminal Justice Standards Division in 1985, was named the Outstanding Public Servant of the Year in 1989 by the Lexington Jaycees, graduated from the Executive Development Program at the Institute of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1990, graduated from the Federal Bureau of Investigation Command College in 1998, graduated from the North Carolina Administrative Officers Management Program in 2002 and served as the regional coordinator for the Governor's Highway Safety Program. He also was named the Law Enforcement Officer of the Year in 2004 by the Lexington Area Crimestoppers and Davidson County Grange. Lollis, a graduate of Lexington Senior High School who received his bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Western Carolina University in 2003, was named the State Law Enforcement Officer of the Year in 2004 by the North Carolina Grange.
When reflecting on his career, Lollis noted how he learned a lot from being a captain. He said as part of his duties he handled complaints from residents and further learned how to communicate with officers.
In 2005, Lollis said he could have retired but decided 50 years old was too young to end his career. He said he felt like there were some things left to do, such as working to lower the crime rate.
Reducing the crime rate
For years, Lollis remembers hearing from a number of chiefs that it wasn't possible to lower the crime rate. Those chiefs, he recalled, said law enforcement could solve the crime and try to prevent it from occurring, but it could not lower the crime rate.
"I felt that it was something we could do better," he said.
So as chief, Lollis assigned each case, no matter how little or small, to an officer to investigate so his detectives division would not be so overwhelmed. The strategy worked as Lexington's serious crimes were 1,384 in 2005, 1,335 in 2006, 1,259 in 2007, 1,065 in 2008, 889 in 2009, 839 in 2010 and 816 in 2011.
Lollis also would take the strategy even further, establishing a Special Operations Bureau in 2007 to work high crime areas and assist the vice/narcotics unit and detectives. He credits the move to nearly cutting the city's crime rate by half during his tenure.
Lollis also is credited with building a state-of-the-art training center and firing range with 100 percent federal asset forfeiture funds totaling $1.7 million. Under his leadership, the department also has established a crime scene unit and went through a redesign of patrol vehicles in 2011 that will be continually phased in as the fleet of vehicles age out.
"Chief Lollis possessed the progressive vision to recognize that the use of technology would allow officers to remain in the field protecting the community and reduce response time to emergency calls for service," a news release from the city stated. "Officers are equipped with technologically advanced equipment such as laptop computers, in-car cameras and prisoner transport enclosures, which enable officers to submit reports wirelessly from the field."
A mentor
Kepley, a 27-year veteran of the Lexington Police Department, called Lollis his mentor. He said Lollis' guidance and leadership have been invaluable to him. Kepley said Lollis took him under his wings.
"I just appreciate what he has done for me," Kepley said. "We are going to miss him. We are missing nearly 37 years of law enforcement experience. It's hard to replace that."
LPD Capt. Billy Scarboro said Lollis has been a good chief and has done a lot of good things for the department. He said Lollis has "put his heart and soul" into the police department for nearly 37 years.
"I don't have any complaints about working for him," Scarboro said. "I am glad he is able to go out when he wants to go out, and he is still healthy and got time to do some other things. We will miss him, but he is leaving the department in good hands. I guess the timing is right for him."
Chief Jeff Insley of the Thomasville Police Department said Lollis has been a mentor during his three years as the top law enforcement officer in the Chair City. He said Lexington's chief has always been willing to help give him direction and help whenever he needed.
"He not only has been a coworker but a dear friend," Insley said. "I trust his opinion, and appreciate the partnership with Lexington."
A lasting impact
"He is well-known and respected throughout the law enforcement community," City Manager John Gray said. "… I wish him the very best because I know he is going to be the very best police chief we have ever had."
Sheriff David Grice said he has always had a great working relationship with Lollis. He said Lollis worked his way through the ranks and has always been a professional.
"It's been an honor to work with him," Grice said. "He has been a reputable, above-board kind of guy. He has always communicated well with the sheriff's office."
Davidson County District Attorney Garry Frank said Lollis is getting a "well-deserved retirement."
"He has done a good job as the chief," he said. "It is always difficult. The chief of police is sort of an awkward situation in that you are beholden to your city council as well as the people. It's sort of different from the sheriff who has absolute authority as a constitutional officer. It takes a special type of administrative skills. Chief Lollis has done it very well and has left the city in good shape. I'm glad he can retire in good health and certainly has served the city well."
Jim Barber, former chief of the Lexington Police Department, said Lollis was always an energetic person. "When John sets his mind to something, it will get done," he said.
Mike Brown, a retired captain with the Lexington Police Department, said he worked night and day with Lollis. The two served as captains at the same time.
"We helped each other out any way we could," he said.
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Hewn from ancient lore and mythical Hebrew legend, the leviathan roamed the ocean's nethermost depths. Gargantuan in size, titan in power, the fabled nautical goliath devoured everything that meandered across its path. If the renowned big-block Stingrays of the '60s and '70s warranted the colloquial moniker "sharks," one of the most feared creatures in the sea, then this super-rare, one-of-one Motion Phase III roadster surely deserves the greater of the two titles.
Equipped from the Baldwin, New York, shop in the fall of 1968 with the famed L88, aluminum headed 427, a close-ratio M21 four-speed manual transmission, and insanely tall 4.88 gears, the reborn drag racer stood as the pinnacle of aftermarket-modified, factory Bow Tie power. In the midst of Yenko Chevelles, Novas, Camaros, and Hurst-built 442 W-30 Oldsmobiles, the few street machines to roll out from under the garage doors of Joel Rosen's Motion Performance in those years were quick to claim the due street "cred" that a race-car-made-for-the-road could demand.
As the aftermarket has matured into one of the nation's continually growing industries, comparing high-power numbers is a subjective matter. Humble Monte Carlos that once came with lowly Quadrajet-equipped 350s now can coerce over 600 hp from a modified 454 for less than the cost to paint the same vehicle. Power is easily available and readily affordable, but things were not so over 38 years ago. With the General that year offering the potent L71 427 powerplant that eagerly unleashed all its 435 ponies onto the city streets (and that number being a modest admittance to the engine's true 500hp production), many die-hard enthusiasts looked for other means to eke out further muscle for that needed edge over the Blue Oval and Hemi-loving demographic. But the power to put the legendary 426 Hemi and the 429 Boss-equipped competition back on the trailer would come at a hefty price.
Joel Rosen, the proprietor of Motion Performance, also held a stake in the Long Island dealership, Baldwin Chevrolet, in those years. Keenly aware of the need for more and more power out of street-legal machines, Joel began to offer modified performance machines through his speed shop via the dealership floor.
What this profitable marriage begat was a series of signature vehicles that threw subtly to the dogs-these newly modified Baldwin/Motion vehicles were distinguished with a faux wood steering wheel, custom gauges, mirrors, a polished gas cap, and a Stinger-style bulge hood. The ascetics might have hinted to the hybrid's potential, but it was the absurd quantity of earth-shaking, stump-pulling muscle that galvanized the car's legendary status in modern street racer lore. The big-inch monster was generously warmed over from the factory specs, receiving a more aggressive profile and ignition upgrades. Lightweight with big tires and way too much power was an unbeatable combination, and the Baldwin/Motion cars had it in spades. The few Corvettes to have undergone this transmogrification received slightly more attention than those A- and F-Bodies. Necessary fender flares were integrated into the fiberglass panels, allowing for wider rubber that would wrap around the signature polished AP slot mags with special Motion center caps. A pair of customized Motion Performance gills graced the sides below the L/88 Motion badges. The track-ready, flip-top gas cap looked more suited for a spin on the Le Mans course than down Woodward Avenue. The Phase III label across the rear valance was the last thing the rivalry saw of the fleeing roadster. What distinguishes this particular '68 Phase III Corvette from any others (Joel Rosen confirms that only two Corvette roadsters were modified by Motion Performance for that year) is that it wasn't completed until two years ago.
Purchased as a L36 convertible in 1968 from a New Jersey Chevrolet dealership, this Corvette was driven to the Long Island facility shortly thereafter. Unlike the usual Baldwin-modified vehicles, which were considered direct delivery cars, this roadster was purchased elsewhere and modified after the purchase. The original 427 was traded for a factory-delivered crate L88 with the much-desired aluminum, rectangle-port "porcupine-style" heads. The engine would be modified, fitted with hard-squeezing 12:1 compression pistons, a special Phase III capacitive-discharge ignition, a big Holley 950-cfm three-barrel carburetor, and Motion valve covers. The factory ring-and-pinion were traded for massive 4.88 gears, and the factory Rally's were traded for the polished slot mags mounted to that already stout heavy-duty stock suspension and four-wheel disc brakes. The Corvette was prepped and painted in the nearly ink-black acrylic Fathom Blue with Polar White accents and striping, even recovering its removable hard top. Uncorked headers dumped the fumes out polished side pipes that gave away the Corvette's position from miles away. It must have been too much to handle for the original owner because the hard-hitting plant was extracted from the beast's belly and swapped with a small-block LT1 sometime over the 30 years since its rebirth as a Motion-built machine.
In this condition, the Phase III was sold to Bow Tie enthusiast, restorer, and collector, Dave Belk from Davenport, Iowa. It was Dave and his wife, Leanne, who helped bring this car back together. As investigations turned up empty-handed, Dave and Leanne opted to vie for an identical L88 that would befit their Phase III. Their labors proved fruitful as Thomas Billigen offered them the sale of a Yenko-built L88 pulled years earlier from his '68 COPO-clone Camaro. Thomas purchased the crate engine from Yenko Chevrolet in 1970, lowering it into his '68 F-Body for the sole purpose of dominating the local 1320. Thomas must have gotten his fill, because a year later, the Camaro and its unrivaled powerplant were sold off. The L88 would be pulled from the Camaro, bagged, stored, uncovered, and rebuilt by late drag racing engine aficionado, D.A. Santucci of Glen Willard, Pennsylvania. The big-block was never commissioned for service and remained untouched for the following 25 years. The L88 would be dusted off again and dropped back into the same Camaro in 2001, where it would trade hands once again. Two years later, Thomas would be reunited with his long-lost '68 and the same monster powerplant. Since Thomas still had the original engine from the engine swap in 1970, he decided to sell the lightweight contender to the Belks. Dave Belk happily snatched up the L88 and sent it off to Dave Hoskins of D&R Engines in Marion, Iowa. There the engine would be put through the ranks, totally disassembled, blueprinted, and reassembled in the best likeness of the orginal mill that the craftsmen at Motion Performance built. Well, almost. Dave snuck in an aggressive Crane bumpstick, lifters, and taut valvesprings, along with high-flow Hooker headers, an Edelbrock Tarantula single-plane intake, and a Holley 780 double-pumper in lieu of the original three-barrel. Hoskins would dyno tune the L88 to an astounding 700 hp with nothing but its own will and determination-no nitrous, no power-adders, all motor. Along with the engine rebuild, the roadster was carefully restored, along with changing the rear gear to a more street accommodating 3.73 ratio.
Before the Corvette would be debuted at the 2004 Forge Muscle Car Show in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, shortly after the restoration's completion, Dave had Joel Rosen himself certify the Phase III's authenticity. Joel verified that the roadster was built after the car's sale and not a purchased vehicle through Baldwin Chevrolet; making it only the latter half of a Baldwin/Motion Chevrolet. Since the unveiling of the super uncommon '68 roadster it has graced the pages of several other periodicals, showcasing its heritage for hundreds of thousands of readers and subscribers. Within the short banner year, Dave also had the Corvette professionally appraised. The fair market value ranked upwards to a clean quarter of a million dollars. Dana Mecum of Mecum Auctions then bought the car from Dave. Dana apparently only owned the car a short time.
That is where the car's current owner, J.C. Cherry, comes in. The Dallas, Texas, resident paid an undisclosed sum to Mecum and took the Phase III home to join his other Vettes, which include a '57, a '68, a '90 ZR-1, a '99 Callaway, and an '01 Z06 race car. J.C. expressed his love for this car to Corvette Fever, stating the L88 is now happily driven nearly as much as it's shown at national and local events.
For being one of the single most enigmatic and beastly Corvettes to be produced, it's reaffirming to know that it's alive and well and still terrorizing the competition in the great state of Texas.


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Tennant Creek Mob Party to go globalBy Gail Liston
Barkly Regional Arts will host a National Youth Week closing event with a difference in Tennant Creek tomorrow night.
The organisation's artistic director Kathy Burnes says the Mob Party will be streamed globally through its website.
She says this means other young people can tune in to catch all the action, join in the dancing and see what is happening in Tennant Creek.
"We're going to kick off and do an actual global live feed with two stars from Move It Mobstyle," she said.
"Stars Medika Thorpe and Darren Compton are coming in to do a live stage show, which is also a first thing they've done, as well doing something live rather than on TV.
"So they're going to come in, teach the kids a whole range of dances, do a battle off on the dance floor and then we're going to keep the tunes going and have an all-night disco."
Hip-hop dancer Thorpe says she will be joining the Mob Party to share dance moves and inspire local dancers.
"It's about feeling good about yourself and expressing yourself and that's what we try and put out there as well ... we all have our reasons why we dance, for me it's good as a stress release sometimes, so it's just something to do, keep fit," she said.
"So we hope we can pass that on to the kids as well."


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WWCC - Loyaulte Mi Lie
"Hope is the fuel of progress and fear is the prison in which you put yourself" - Tony Benn
#408. Sixty three not out forever.
StatsGuru shows Ricky Ponting has a better record in Ashes tests.
Wait no it doesn't.
well **** now I don't know what to think.
Rejecting 'analysis by checklist' and 'skill absolutism' since Dec '09
'Stats' is not a synonym for 'Career Test Averages'
Originally Posted by Jeffrey TuckerOriginally Posted by Babar Hayat
DWTA. You mean under-rates, surely? There is nothing wrong with Sachin's over-rates. He always bowls quickly, and of course wonderfully too.
And you didn't say that when he was compared with Mangoes. And Mangoes have brought more joy and sustenance to people than even the incomparable Tendulkar.
So for me it's Mangoes > Tendulkar >>>>>>>> The Ashes.
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Love You India
The Ashes doesn't have the #1 test batsman, nor the #1 team.
Sachin is the #1 test batsman playing for the #1 team.
Sachin easy.
"I am very happy and it will allow me to have lot more rice."
Eoin Morgan on being given a rice cooker for being Man of the Match in a Dhaka Premier Division game.
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The Imprint
Embry was always the shy and quiet one, compared to most of the other boys that are werewolves on the rez. But when a girl moves in with her younger cousins to help them out with the pain of looseing their father, Embry and Izzy's life will never be the same again.
Disclaimer, only Izzy remains in my possession, the rest of it is all Stephenie's…
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"Tell me again why we are carrying all these boxes?" Embry asked Quil as they unloaded a truck.
"Because, annoying people, such as yourselves, have to." Leah Clearwater retorted to him, jumping into their conversation as she was walking out of her house to watch the rest of the pack help out.
"Oh, so why aren't you helping?" Embry threw back at her. Leah had always had a temper, and it was entertaining to make her angry.
Leah made a face as Seth laughed from behind them. She walked back into her house, followed by the five boys.
"The real reason is because my older cousin is coming to help out around the house. She's even putting off college to help my mom out." Seth answered Embry from behind him and Quil. "And most of these boxes are her stuff." He finished, making an annoyed face.
"I heard it's a 'she'. What exactly does she look like?" Paul half joked, half seriously asked, stepping into the house and setting the box he was carrying down with a thud.
"That's her, over there." Seth pointed to a picture on the small mantel over the fireplace.
Paul, Jacob, Quil, and Embry all went over to see the picture, leaving the boxes on the floor where they were placed seconds before. "How long ago was this picture taken?" Jacob asked.
Paul snatched it out of his hands, "The dates on the back, smart one."
Jacob rolled his eyes, "Whatever, you snatched it from me before I could look." He said defensively.
"It says a few months ago on the back. She looks like she is a little older than us." Paul said, interested.
"Her name is Izzy, and she is 20." Leah sighed, coming into the room.
"Nice." Paul snickered appreciably. "I'll say." Jacob agreed.
"So when is she coming?" Embry asked Seth, turning away from the picture.
"Soon, which means you have to get all of these boxes up in her new room." Mrs. Clearwater walked past the room, reminding them to get a move on.
"Right Mrs. Clearwater, it will be done right away!" Quil yelled.
"I hope so." She hinted. "There are some snacks on the table once you're all done." She yelled to them from the kitchen.
"Boxes first, Izzy later!" Paul announced, eager to get some food. The others agreed, walking back towards their boxes and picking them up. They quickly carried them up the stairs to Izzy's new room.
"What is she going to be doing every day? She will probably get freaked out about the whole 'werewolf' thing, I'm guessing…" Jacob asked.
"Actually she already knows about it, about everything. That picture was taken at First Beach, when it was sunny, which is probably why you guys didn't recognize it…" Seth said.
"Honestly, I was too preoccupied with Izzy to look at her surroundings in that picture." Paul laughed.
"How does she know?" Embry asked as they were walking back down the stairs to get the snacks Mrs. Clearwater had laid out.
"My mom told her, after my dad's death," Seth paused and then continued, "She insisted that she come and help out. She figured most of it out for herself though. She has only been on the rez. twice, so that's why you don't remember her. But she has a weird 'sixth sense' of figuring out stuff." Seth finished explaining.
"That's cool." Quil said.
"She sounds nice." Embry noted.
"Looks rather nice too." Paul muttered. Seth shook his head, smiling.
"What, you disagree?" he asked Seth.
"Umm, she's my cousin. Ew." Seth reminded him, as he dug into the cookie jar.
"Hello? Aunt Sue? Seth? Leah?" a female voice called from the door.
"In here!" Seth tried to say, his mouth full of a bite of his cookie. Instead it sounded like 'imfephre'.
"Seth, are you eating a cookie?" The voice asked coming closer.
"See what I mean? Sixth sense..." Seth muttered. "Maybe." He said to her now.
"Ah ha! That's what I thought!" she laughed as she turned the corner and into the kitchen, in view of the boys.
"Hi, I'm Izzy." She said, looking at Jacob, Paul, Quil, and Embry.
Izzy was beautiful; she had an olive skin tone, making her looking Italian, with long wavy brown hair-nothing was out of place. She was slender, with big brown eyes, and had her sunglasses on top of her head in almost a SoCal way, jeans, and a dark striped violet top on with a white sweater over.
"You realize you will have no use for those sunglasses here, right?" Seth greeted his older cousin.
"I realized." She laughed. Then she looked back at the boys.
"Quil." He said easily, for he already had Claire.
"Paul." He managed to choke out. Unlike Quil, Paul didn't have an imprint or a girlfriend.
"I'm Jacob." He raised his hand slightly, and then put it back to his side.
"Embry." He whispered. Something felt strange to Embry, like the whole world had suddenly changed. He felt happy, and there was a warm feeling inside of him. It was like the whole world had suddenly just froze, making Izzy and him the only two left un-frozen.
"Embry." Izzy repeated, whispering it as well, and looking directly in his eyes. She had felt it too, like somehow they both belonged to each other. It was crazy, they had only just laid eyes on each other, but yet they could both feel it. Either one could hardly breathe when they were looking in the eyes of each other.
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AMHERST, Mass. – Wilmore Webley, associate professor of microbiology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, will speak on "A Cure for Severe Asthma: New Hope for the Future," on Monday, Feb. 10 at 6:30 p.m. in the Campus Center Auditorium. He is the featured speaker for the Commonwealth Honors College Faculty Lecture Series.
Webley will introduce his own research conducted on hard-to-control asthma symptoms. This research determines that patients who do not respond well to typical corticosteroid inhaler treatments most often have Chlamydia pneumoniae, a bacterium in the lungs that directly leads to lung damage. Webley's laboratory was one of the first to culture Chlamydia samples from children with severe chronic asthma and determine that Chlamydial infections early in life will increase the risk of asthma onset in later years.
Asthma is a major public health problem that affects over 300 million people worldwide. The prevalence of this affliction has increased considerably over the past three decades. In his talk, Webley will reflect on the newfound hope for patients who suffer from difficult-to-control asthma. His UMass Amherst laboratory has been able to confirm, through both animal model and human clinical trials, that antibiotic azithromycin treatments can significantly reduce or eliminate symptoms in 86 percent of patients with this type of bacteria-induced asthma. Webley's research shows that patients once debilitated by severe respiratory distress, daily corticosteroid use and frequent emergency room visits, can return to a life free from troublesome symptoms. These patients include those who have suffered from asthma for more than 20 years, as well as those recently diagnosed with persistent asthma.
A Fulbright scholar, Webley has authored three editions of Biology of AIDS in addition to numerous articles in reputable international journals. His 2005 manuscript in the Blue Journal was named by the American Academy of Pediatrics as one of the best articles in allergy and immunology for the publication year. He earned his doctorate from UMass Amherst in microbiology with expertise in immunology, pathogenic bacteriology and host-pathogen interactions. Webley earned the university's Distinguished Teaching Award in 2008.
Commonwealth Honors College established the Faculty Lecture Series in order to recognize university faculty who have made significant contributions to research or creative activity. The Faculty Lecture Series aims to introduce speakers who will be able to broaden the perspectives of Commonwealth Honors College students through their inspiring work.


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I have a link in the below way and unable to pass the values to the link
http://myweb.com/cgi-bin/display_ticket.cgi?Field7=123&carrier=AT&T ----> unable to parse data
Actually AT&T is the actual value but it is treater AT at a string and I am unable to retrieve the data from the link.
I have tried all the below ways but none of them are working ...
http://myweb.com/cgi-bin/display_ticket.cgi?Field7=123&carrier="AT&T" ---> not working
http://myweb.com/cgi-bin/display_ticket.cgi?Field7=123&'carrier=AT&T' ---> not working
http://myweb.com/cgi-bin/display_ticket.cgi?Field7=123&carrier='AT&T' ---> not working
But if I pass any simple string it works fine.
http://myweb.com/cgi-bin/display_ticket.cgi?Field7=123&carrier=sprint -----> works fine.
Could anyone please let me know how to proceed further .....


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While the Xbox Live Arcade edition of tip-top action-RPG Torchlight has been very successful, developer Runic Games faces serious obstacles with the sequel on Xbox 360. CEO Max Schaefer has told Eurogamer that technical limitations mean Torchlight II would need to be redesigned if it were to be released for the console.
"With Torchlight 2 there is a little more complication as far as just being able to do a straight port, as we did with Torchlight 1," he said. "In all likelihood, if Torchlight 2 gets to the Xbox it would be probably fairly comprehensively redesigned."
Schaefer explained that Runic "managed to shoehorn" the original Torchlight into the Xbox 360's memory limit, "but just barely." He illustrated, "As some people have pointed out, there's a little bit of frame-rate slowdown when it gets super crowded on screen. That's another fact of it not being designed for the system and just being shoehorned onto it."
The more ambitious sequel, then, would be in real trouble. Torchlight II boasts large overworld areas, character customisation, co-op, random events, and other snazzy, memory-consuming new features.
"We would have to be redoing the interface for a console release anyway, just like we did with Torchlight 1, so it would probably make sense to do something more specifically tailored to the Xbox," Schaefer said.
Asked on Twitter whether it'd be worth the effort, Runic minister of culture Wonder Russell responded, "Possibly! That definitely is the big question. Not ruling it out!"
There's certainly financial incentive to bring the sequel over, as Schaefer explained the original was a big hit. "I think it's the number one revenue game on XBLA for the year so far," he said. "We missed out being the top for units sold to Full House Poker by a little bit but they cost less than we do. It was definitely a profitable and valuable experience and we're happy with the results."
Fingers crossed, Xbox 360 fans. As for the PC edition of Torchlight II, Runic hopes to launch this fall. "It's definitely, 100 per cent, for sure this year and not the winter with any luck," Schaefer revealed. "It's coming along really well. We've hit our internal July milestones, so we should be on track for a fall release."


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The Albany St. men's basketball team had hoped to start off 2013 on the right foot after a rough start to the season but they'll have to wait at least one more game to get their first conference win. Andrew Covin scored 16 points and Justin Wilcox added 13 points as the Rams dropped its second SIAC game of the season 72-55 at home against Tuskegee.
The game began with an emotional uplifting as the family of former sports information director Edythe Bradley was honored as part of Donate Life Game night. Bradley passed away suddenly last month and was an organ donor.
Meanwhile, the Albany St. women failed to hold on to a second half lead and lost its first conference game of the season 62-53 to Tuskegee. Sophomore Kedeemya Cooper had a team high 14 points. April Thomas added 10 points. Tuskegee used a 15-3 late second half run in its 9 point victory.
The ASU men are now 1-7,0-2 on the season. The ASU women are now 3-6,1-1. Both teams will host Stillman on Thursday starting at 5:30 p.m.
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I'm developing mobile website and I have one problem with security some of data.
First time the user browse my site, the page requests a server to get some private user's data (i.e. RSA private key) which is used in future operations. This private key must be stored somewhere in local device memory (as a file on device, browser cache...). Next time when the same user launches the page (some functionality on page), the page has to load the file from local data when needed and use it (i.e. encrypt some string with private key).
The problem is where to store this key and how to read it?
First, I thought about cookies. But the cookie will be sent with all requests, so doing it with private key IMHO is not a good idea. The connection of course will be via SSL, but even that I don't want to send private key to server (it has to be as secure as possible!). So, how to solve to problem...?
Solution of the problem must work on most of available devices and browsers nowadays (especially iPhone, Android, Symbian + Opera Mobile(/Mini?).
Maybe HTML5 and its 'localStorage' could solve it but I have to assume, I CAN'T use HMTL5 with all its features. I consider using jQueryMobile framework.
Please, help! Thanks in advance!!


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Windows Phone MarketPlace Now Supporting Uploading Multiple Versions of Apps to Marketplace (OS Version Dependent)
A recent change to the Windows Phone App hub now allows developers to upload multiple different versions of a single app to the marketplace; where only a single version will be available to the user depending on his device (ie: WP7 version, WP8 version). These changes will help the developer change the app description/metadata for one version of the app without confusing users of the WP7 version (Example: enabling lock screen updates for users, screenshots about that update and changelog will only be visible to users with a compatible WP8 device and not to users on WP7).
One of the key advantages of multiple XAPs per app GUID is that you can associate different metadata, such as long description, with each XAP. […] And you don't have to worry about your app showing up twice or end users finding the wrong version for their device. Our catalog detection will show your 7.x app to those with Windows Phone 7 devices and the 8.0 app to those with Windows Phone 8 devices.
Category: Applications, Lumia, Nokia, Windows Phone


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This is a history of Richard Litson, Sr., born September 18, 1819 in North Molton, Devonshire, England. It tells of his journey to Utah with his wife Frances Ann Mathews Litson, and their sons Richard and Joseph Young. Their journey started on April 30, 1866. He died October 29, 1872. [Much of this information was taken from the diary of Richard Litson, Jr. I am trying to locate a copy of it.]
Richard Litson, Senior, having received the Gospel and being converted to it, hungered for the blessings and advantages that Zion offered and longed for the day when he could come to Utah, the beautiful valley of the mountains where God's true Church was established and men could live and worship in peace with their fellow Saints. But it took money, time, and many sacrifices to get there. This Richard Litson knew but he was undaunted. Working very hard and sacrificing many pleasures and comforts, he saved enough money to send his two daughters, Joan Jeanetta Litson and Eliza Mary Litson, in the year of 1863.
[Two of the other emigrants on the ship John Bright were B.H. Roberts and John H. Gibbs. You can read an interesting story about them at Amateur Mormon Historian. There is more information about the ship John Bright at the website of the National Maritime Museum.]
The passengers saw several fishing boats out to make their catch even though the sea was rough and it was rainy weather. However, the ship plunged on through calm or rough seas and the Saints praised God his mercy on them in their crossing. As they saw the ships passing at a distance, and because distance was hard to determine on the ocean, the younger Litsons amused themselves by likening the shapes of ships to objects such as a ball, a post, etc., as they sailed on the glimmering water.
To be continued on Monday...
Photo of porpoise swimming in the ocean off Australia in 1909 from www.flickr.com/photos/state_library_south_australia/5456915625/.


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Welcome to Tacoma World!You are currently viewing as a guest! To get full-access, you need to register for a FREE account.
As a registered member, you'll be able to:
- Participate in all Tacoma discussion topics
- Communicate privately with other Tacoma owners from around the world
- Post your own photos in our Members Gallery
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WTF there are some beauties on CL
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Voters said no to a 12 cent levy increase for the Mid County Fire Protection District as they handily defeated the proposition by nearly a two to one margin.
The increase failed by a margin of 310 ballots, with 646 ballots being cast against the issue and 336 votes in favor of the levy increase.
Voter turnout was light, with less than 11 percent of the fire districts registered voters casting a ballot. Of the 9191 registered voters, 982 voted.
The defeat of the tax levy increase sent a clear message to the district's board that voters are not willing to pay more for fire service.
The vote on Tuesday marks the fourth time since 2007 voters have said no to a levy increase for fire protection.
MCFPD officials say the costs of providing fire protection are on the rise, forcing the use of reserve funds to keep pace with the demands of the district.
Fire Chief Scott Frandsen said it is extremely disappointing that the public voted not to increase the district's operating levy.
"Now we begin the process of determining what needs to be cut," Frandsen said. The district has not said what will be cut but have indicated everything will be evaluated.
According to Mid County Fire Protection District board president Charles McElyea, the current operating levy has not been increased by the voters since the district was formed in 1986. Because of increased costs of operations, the district has had to utilize reserve funds last year and will have to use reserve funds again this year.
Over the last three years, the district has made cuts in its operating cost to the extent that future cuts would greatly affect the services that the district is providing and is required to be provided to the residents, according to Frandsen.
Formed in 1986, the Mid-County Fire Protection District encompasses 220 square miles in central Camden County. The district has six fire stations and two fireboat docks respond to more than 1,100 calls annually, including structural and wildland fire suppression, vehicle and technical rescue, marine firefighting marine firefighting and rescue, dive/water recoveries, emergency medical services, code enforcement, fire prevention/public education, along with a host of other activities and services. The district operates 4 engines, 6 tankers, a rescue engine, 7 brush/EMS trucks, a 75' ladder truck, a fuel/utility truck, a dive/water rescue truck and 3 staff vehicles. The district has 40 volunteer firefighters, 6 paid firefighters, an administrative assistant, a fire marshal and a fire chief.


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Do We Really Want Intellectual Ventures And Disney 'Governing' The Internet?
from the don't-think-so dept
"The Advisory Group members are from all stakeholder groups and all regions, representing Governments, the private sector, civil society, academia and technical communities."But when you look down the actual list, a different story appears. It looks like the list is pretty much dominated by government "IP" officials, as well as people from telcos, and then people in the domain name registration field. And then there's an exec from the world's largest patent trolling firm, Intellectual Ventures. Oh, and the VP of Global Public Policy Europe for Disney. Because I'm sure we're all comfortable letting Disney determine how the internet should be governed. Are these really the people we want "governing" the internet? There is at least someone from ISOC (the Internet Society), but I'm having a hard time seeing this as a group of people who should actually represent the public in terms of "governing" the internet.


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#1 Mukilteo officer awarded for saving suicidal woman09-16-2011, 11:21 PMMukilteo officer awarded for saving suicidal woman
Published on Wed, Sep 14, 2011 by Sara Bruestle
Officer Brenda Greenmun was presented with a lifesaving award.
A Mukilteo police officers quick thinking, combined with a calm and caring approach, prevented a tragic end for a suicidal woman.
Officer Brenda Greenmun was presented with the Mukilteo Police Departments Lifesaving Award on Sept. 6. The award recognized her heroic actions that resulted in saving a life that might otherwise have been lost.
Humbled by the award, the officer said she was just doing her job. She said her only focus was on getting the woman the help she needed.
Its something I hope every officer would have done in the same situation, Greenmun said. I would expect it.
Around 8:15 p.m. on Aug. 6, Greenmun was conducting a traffic stop at 164th and I-5 in Lynnwood as part of the Snohomish County Regional Target Zero Teams DUI patrol when she noticed a woman on the freeway overpass above.
The woman, 46, was threatening to jump in an attempt to take her life.
I turned back to go to my patrol car, and I saw a subject who appeared to be trying to climb the railing on the overpass, she said.
I didnt know exactly what was going on for sure.
Leaving her patrol car on the freeway, Greenmun immediately ascended the embankment through waist-high grass to the overpass.
When the Everett woman saw the officer, she begged Greenmun to shoot her. She threatened the officer by mimicking a gun with her hands. She said repeatedly that she wanted to die.
Greenmun held up her hands to show the woman she didnt have a gun, and continued her careful advance toward the woman. She kept a close eye on the womans hands.
The woman kept her eyes on Greenmun.
I [kept] her attention on me so she wasnt focusing on what she was trying to do, Greenmun said.
Through conversation, Greenmun was able to coax the woman away from the railing. With a hand on the womans back, she guided her off of the overpass and to safety.
She was clearly depressed, distraught and just wanted to end things, Greenmun said. She wanted me to shoot her.
I wasnt going to shoot her.
Greenmun radioed for help, and several officers were on scene in minutes. The incident was over in about five minutes.
In the womans purse was a sealed envelope with a suicide note inside. She told police that shed been thinking about ending her life for a while.
She was transported to a local hospital for a medical evaluation.
A fellow Mukilteo officer witnessed much of the incident, and nominated Greenmun for the award.
The actions clearly saved the life of a person in crisis, Police Chief Rex Caldwell said. Greenmun was able to maintain officer safety for herself and her partners at the scene and brought the event to a peaceful end.
In his 30-plus years in law enforcement, Caldwell said hes seen the lifesaving award presented three times.
Greenmun has worked for the Mukilteo Police Department for 12 years. She said shes seen a lot of suicide attempts in her line of work, but this is the first time shed come across one on her own.
She received a standing ovation during the award presentation at the Sept. 6 City Council meeting.
I think its great to be appreciated, Greenmun said, but I didnt expect any special recognition or pats on the back, so to speak, for doing what I should be doing.Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;
Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
And clever in their own sight! Isaiah 5:20-21 NASB
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- When cancer stole his ability to speak, Roger Ebert went to Twitter for "zingers and one-liners"
- Analyst says Ebert naturally understood the back-and-forth nature of social media
- He talked movies, but also debated issues from politics to religion on the site
- Ebert felt "incredibly fortunate" to live in the Internet age in his final years
Explore more about the fascinating world of the late film critic Roger Ebert in an encore presentation of the CNN Film "Life Itself," Sunday, January 25, at 8 p.m. ET on CNN.
(CNN)It was on the pages of newspapers and in the coveted aisle seat on television's "At the Movies" that the world met Roger Ebert, the passionate lover and sometimes combative critic of film who virtually defined cinema critique for a generation.
But in his final years, when cancer had robbed him of his jawbone and whittled away his once ample frame, it was social media, particularly Twitter, that let Ebert not only keep talking, but also interact with his fans, and foes, more freely and personally than ever.
"Twitter for me performs the function of a running conversation," Ebert wrote in June 2010, about eight months after he signed up for the site and five years after losing his vocal chords and part of his lower jaw to thyroid and salivary gland cancer. "For someone who cannot speak, it allows a way to unload my zingers and one-liners."
He wrote that he'd sworn never to become a "Twit" -- that he'd been sure nothing worthwhile could be communicated in 140 characters. But, in its way, the site, with its fast-paced microbursts of info, was perfect for a man who had never shied away from snark, whether arguing with professional foil Gene Siskel or ripping gashes into "Freddy Got Fingered" or "The Brown Bunny."
"Twitter is now a part of my daystream," Ebert wrote. "I check in first thing every morning, and return at least once an hour until bedtime. I'm offline, of course, during movies, and don't even usually take my iPhone. The only tweeting I've done with mobile devices was when our Internet went down one day, and when my laptop was lost in Cannes. But you can be sure that before I write the next three paragraphs I will tweet something."
If Twitter was made for Ebert, Ebert was, in the end, made for Twitter.
"Roger really understood social media," said Christina Warren, senior tech analyst with Mashable, a CNN content partner. "He instinctively 'got it'."
Forget the need to continue the long-form journalism that won Ebert a Pulitzer Prize. He had his blog, and his Chicago Sun-Times column, for that. Twitter was where Ebert continued talking about movies, politics, life and the universe the same way he'd once done over mugs of beer at his beloved Chicago ale houses.
He had more than 840,000 Twitter followers. But while many Twitter users with a dose of celebrity use the site as a self-promotional megaphone, for Ebert it was a two-way radio.
"The best part about the way Ebert used Twitter was that it wasn't just a one-way conversation," Warren said. "He would debate and argue with his followers. That sort of true interaction is really rare for someone of his stature and celebrity. ... It was a new way to really engage with the community -- and even with new fans -- in a way that was more immediate and more instantaneous."
In the hours after his death became public Thursday, Twitter users recalled their interactions with him on the site. Movie questions he'd answered. Direct messages he would send to compliment a tweet he enjoyed. Even heated debates they'd engaged in, 140 characters at a time.
Freed largely from the "old media" standard of public impartiality, Ebert mixed it up lustily at times on topics ranging from video games to politics. He was a harsh critic of vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin and the tea party movement, which he decried as a phony cause ginned up by political operatives to manipulate voters.
It was that back-and-forth that displayed the Web's ugly side. From dark, often anonymous perches behind their computer screens, trolls responded to Ebert's opinions with hateful mockery of his disease and the toll it had taken upon him.
"I mean honestly. How many pieces need to fall off @ebertchicago before he gets the hint to shut the ---- up?" one blogger tweeted. It was part of a nasty string of tweets after Ebert criticized some California high-school students who pointedly wore U.S. flag T-shirts to school on Cinco de Mayo.
"You know, @ebertchicago, I'm not as expert on flag etiquette as you," went another. "Tell me, which do I fly when you die of cancer?"
The man who penned the scripts for the bawdy Russ Meyer exploitation flicks "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" and "Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens" could no doubt have gone slur-for-slur with them. Instead, he responded with the sort of surprising grace that had always accompanied his brusquer moments.
"Dear TeePee Tweeters making fun of my cancer: You want ugly?" he wrote, using his own tea party shorthand. "For that, you have to look at a mind, not a face."
The social-media voice he developed was, in a way, a natural evolution for Ebert. An early investor in Google, Ebert took his work to the Internet much sooner than many of his traditional-media counterparts, scoring a Webby Award along the way. But in a TED talk in 2011, Ebert acknowledged that the full impact of technology didn't fully register on him until his cancer fight began.
"It makes me incredibly fortunate to live at this moment in history ... ," Ebert said as the words he typed on a Macbook were broadcast via a text-to-speech app. "We live in the age of the internet, which seems to be creating a form of global consciousness. And because of it, I can communicate as well as I ever could."
He added, "For me, the Internet began as a useful tool and now has become something I rely on for my actual daily existence. ... I feel as if my blog, my e-mail, Twitter and Facebook have given me a substitute for everyday conversation."
It served him well to the end. Ebert's final tweet, sent Wednesday, was a link to a blog post announcing that he'd be stepping back from some duties ... taking a "leave of presence," as he put it.
The final words of that post? "Thank you for going on this journey with me. I'll see you at the movies."


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Video released of Houston murder suspect's escape
Updated 9:09 am, Tuesday, December 3, 2013
As the search for a Houston murder suspect continues, authorities have released a video of the man's encounter with a law enforcement officer in Leon County late last month.
Colt Morgan, 29, has been charged with murder in connection with the disappearance and death of his girlfriend, 44-year-old Wende Marshall, who had been missing since Halloween. He is believed to have been spotted Nov. 23 near Buffalo in Leon County about 150 miles north of Houston.
A police officer approached him and questioned him, according to the Leon County Sheriff's Office. Morgan attacked the officer, head-butting him. Then he ran away. A Glock handgun was found at the scene after the incident that authorities believe Morgan had been carrying.
Officials released a video of the incident.
Investigators say Marshall's father last heard from his daughter Oct. 31 when she called him to say Morgan had asked her to marry him. When the couple didn't show up for a planned dinner a few days later, Marshall's father called authorities, who went to the woman's home in the 11200 block of Fleur near Montaigne in northwest Harris County Nov. 11.
They found bone fragments, blood splatter and clumps of human hair at the house. They believe Morgan stabbed Marshall to death, burned her body in her home and attempted to dispose of the remains and evidence.
Deputies later located Morgan in Palestine and he appeared to be cooperating with the investigation. However, he has since disappeared and is believed to be on the run, authorities said.
Recently searchers found a makeshift shelter they believe Morgan built. It was in a heavily wooded area south of Buffalo and was constructed with trash bags and duct tape.
Morgan is described as being 5 feet 10 inches and weighing 170 pounds. He was wearing black BDU style pants, black combat boots and a gray coat. His right hand is injured, possibly from a knife wound.
Anyone with information about Morgan's whereabouts is urged to contact the Leon County Sheriffs Office 903-536-2749 or Houston Area Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.


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Dothan, AL - The Wiregrass Toys for Tots program has accepted the maximum amount of families it can help this year. Now it's up to you.
Parents entered Dothan's Head Start auditorium Friday with hopes of a Merry Christmas.
Michael Arnold never thought he would need to ask for help. Now, he's turning to Toys for Tots for one reason.
"For the children's sake. Right now, I'm kind of in and out of work. I need a little assistance. That's what brings me here today," said Arnold.
In addition to being out of work, the children's mother recently passed away.
That's the story so many are living this holiday season.
"It's going to be December 1st, and all of a sudden you don't the money that you need. You've got to make sure you can pay for your light bill, electric bill and everything else. Toys are the last thing on your mind. That's why we're here," said Mike Walton, Coordinator Wiregrass Toys for Tots.
In fact, this has been a record breaking year for the charity. The Wiregrass Toys for Tots has signed up 1,000 families, and they are waiting on the final count of how many kids that will be.
You can help by donating new and unwrapped gifts to any drop-off location.
"Picture going underneath your tree and not having something under it Christmas morning, and going back to school and saying I didn't get anything. We don't want that to happen. We want something under that tree," said Walton.
No matter what you donate, Michael Arnold is only hoping for one thing Christmas morning.
"Happy smiling faces. We appreciate all the help we can get," he said.
Of course you can always drop off your donations at the WTVY Studios at 285 North Foster Street in Dothan.
You can drop off toys Saturday at Southside Walmart in Dothan.
Next weekend there will be a drop off at the Walmart in Enterprise.
If you would like to donate to this year's Toys For Tots program, be a drop off location for donated new toys, or for additional information, call 334-712-6843.
You can find out what drop off location is nearest to you by calling 2-1-1.


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Alexis Sanchez started his career at Corbreloa in his home nation of Chile, eventually moving on to Udinese in 2006 before being loaned to Colo-Colo. The season after he was loaned again, this time to Argentinian team River Plate, making a name for himself under the guidance of current Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone.
With his emergence as a true talent, Udinese decided to keep the young winger in Italy for the 2008-09 season. The Zebrette were rewarded for their decision as Sanchez proved that with his mix of great technique and pace, he could trouble any defence in the Serie A, wether it be in his favoured position on the flanks or down the middle.
After three seasons in Italy, Sanchez had improved his goal tally yearly from three to 12, and became one of the best young players in the world, convincing Pep Guardiola to fork out £36 million for his services in the process.
It looked as if a Barcelona team already boasting Lionel Messi, Xavi, Andres Iniesta and David Villa had just become that bit stronger.
Sanchez's first season at the Blaugrana was a series of ups and downs, with multiple injuries stopping the Chilean from truly getting a run in the side, albeit scoring 12 goals in La Liga along the way.
Now to this season, and Sanchez was expected to take the next step in his development, becoming a key figure in a Barca team looking to regain the La Liga title. However, after 13 appearances and no goals - including a howler against Malaga last night in the Copa del Rey - Sanchez has become something of a disappointment.
Adding to the pressure on the young man is the development of Christian Tello, a product of the famed La Masia youth academy, who looks to get better with every first team opportunity.
Sanchez needs to find his love for the game again and stop holding on to the ball as much, which has become a fixture in his play this season. He's part of the best team in the World, and the Chilean needs to prove he belongs.
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I wanna see if you guys have some really bad LBW or edging decisions that shouldn't have or should've been out. I know in the book 'Finding Seams On Apples' when i read it it said something in the topic 'Weirdest dismissals in Cricket' about an LBW that meant a guy having a bruise on his ribs. I also remember in the Ashes Usman Khawaja was out, reviewed and clearly had not got bat on ball but still walked away out for some single digit number. Please do not say that KP was not out in the Ashes because there was evidence of contact from his.
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Warner Bros. has passed along new screenshots and a teaser trailer of its upcoming Lego The Lord of the Rings title.
The game is due out this fall and is based on the Peter Jackson trilogy of movies (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King). It's shipping on Xbox 360, PC, PlayStation 3, Wii, 3DS, DS, and Vita.
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