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Finals Set for 2012 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships
Unseeded players turn heads on day three in Flushing, NY
FLUSHING, NY (Nov. 10) -- The finals are set for the 2012 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships as semifinal action wrapped-up today at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, NY. Each of tomorrow's finals will feature an unseeded player against a top six seed in both men's and women's draws.
In the men's singles semifinal, Pepperdine's Sebastian Fanselow battled with No. 1 seed Alex Domijan of Virginia in a clash of ITA All-Americans. Down 2-3 in the first set, Fanselow, the ITA wild card, won three consecutive games to go up 5-3, which included a break of serve, something most players have not been able to do to the tournament's top seed.
"I was just trying to be solid" said Fanselow, who held on to take the opening set at 6-4. "I tried getting his serve back, he's got a pretty big serve and I just tried to put as many balls into the court as possible to make him miss."
Domijan responded nicely in the second set as he broke early to take a 3-1 lead and would eventually go on to win the set at 6-3. In the third set, Domijan continued to put pressure on Fanselow's serve by taking early leads but Fanselow came up with timely serves to keep the set even. "He had a lot of momentum after the second set" Fanselow remarked. "I had a couple of good serves [early in the third set] and those helped me out throughout those games because he had a couple of 15-30 and love-30 games."
Fanselow celebrates after knocking off top seeded Domijan
With a third set tiebreaker looming, Fanselow made one final push to break serve late in the set and was able to do so as he broke at love to win the match, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5. If Fanselow is able to win tomorrow's final, he will become the first Pepperdine player to bring home the men's singles title since 1988.
The other singles semifinal was not as dramatic, as Virginia's Jarmere Jenkins defeated a familiar foe in ACC rival Henrique Cunha of Duke. Jenkins, the sixth seed, was dominant in the early going as he jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first set.
Later in the first set, a visibly uncomfortable Cunha called for a trainer. After getting receiving treatment, Cunha, the tournament's fourth seed, headed back on the court but eventually retired due to injury, giving Jenkins the win. "He started off well but I think he has had a really long tiring week of matches, especially yesterday" said Jenkins. "It's tough with the doubles being in the morning if you don't get that much rest so hopefully he's better and he'll recover from it and I look forward to playing a lot of battles with him in the ACC."
Tomorrow's men's singles final will be rematch of last year's NCAA team semifinal, a match that Fanselow went on to win in three sets. "He took me down 6-4 in the third" said Jenkins. "It was a battle [last year] so hopefully we'll have another battle tomorrow."
"Jarmere's a tough physical guy," said Fanselow, he continues "so I have to get ready for some long rallies and try to be physically and mentally tough and see how it goes."
Both women's singles semifinal matches ended in straight sets, although Cal's Anett Schutting had a much tougher time advancing to tomorrow's final than Robin Anderson of UCLA. Schutting was in a battle from the start against Florida's Sofie Oyen. The match featured countless extended rallies with Schutting relying on her heavy ground strokes to open up the court, while Oyen refused to back off the baseline and continued to absorb Schutting's power. The Gator countered by taking the ball early, taking time away from Schutting.
Jenkins cruises into men's singles final
The Golden Bear served for the opening set at 5-4, but failed to take advantage of the opportunity. The set was eventually pushed to a tiebreak, where Oyen raced out to a 5-2 lead and appeared to be in position to take the opening set. But a few errors off the racquet of Oyen, including one due to a broken string, evened the tiebreak at 5-5, allowing Schutting to piece together five consecutive points to win the set 7-6(5). "The first set was really tough" said Schutting. "Oyen is a really good competitor and she fought very hard."
Oyen was able to stay out in front for much of the second set, but much like the tiebreak, a late push by Schutting resulted in the Golden Bear claiming the final three games of the match, taking the second set, 6-4. "In the second set I just found the strength when I was down 4-3 to just pull it out," said Schutting, she continues "I just found this energy to give it everything I had."
Schutting smacking a forehand during her semifinal match
Taking place just two courts down was the other semifinal. Anderson was up against Cal's Zsofi Susanyi, the player she lost to on two occasions last season. "I definitely played a bit more consistent [than last year]" said Anderson. "Last year I felt like I started the match really strong and then I would level off as the match went on but today I started out really well and I tried to focus on maintaining that."
Anderson seemed on a mission in this matchup, sprinting out to a 3-0 lead on her way to winning the first set easily 6-1. When Anderson is firing on all cylinders as she was today she is clearly one of the best players in the country. She used her powerful first serve to secure easy holds, took control of the rallies with her penetrating baseline game, and attacked Susanyi's second serve consistently. Susanyi did manage to break Anderson once in the second set, but the Bruin broke right back in the next game and took the second set 6-2.
Anderson charges into women's singles final
In men's doubles, unseeded Hernus Pieters and Ben Wagland of Georgia took on top seeded Dan Cochrane and Andreas Mies of Auburn in a match that featured a pair of ITA All-American doubles champions; Georgia claimed this year's consolation title while Auburn boast this year's main draw championship.
After splitting the first two sets, the match was ultimately decided at four-all in the third when Wagland cracked a forehand that clipped the net cord and would go out of Auburn's reach, resulting in a late break of serve. "Whenever they were down, I felt like they served really well," said Pieters, he continues "so I mean they missed maybe one or two first serves, that gave us an opportunity to make a few good returns and get the break." Up 5-4, Pieters held off an Auburn rally by cracking an ace out wide on match point, giving the Bulldogs a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 win.
"We played a great match today" stated Wagland. "Everyone on the court was playing well and we're just looking forward to the final tomorrow." Pieters and Wagland are the first men's doubles team from Georgia to reach the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships final since 2006 when American tennis star and current world No. 14 John Isner won the tournament with Luis Flores.
Georgia will take on No. 2 seed Cunha and Raphael Hemmeler of Duke, who took down No. 3 seed Jenkins and Mac Styslinger of Virginia, 7-5, 6-2. "We did a great job holding our serves" said Cunha. "Getting the break at the end of the first set was huge for us and in the second set we were really confident. We had some great returns to break their serves twice, so I think that was key."
When asked why they were playing so well Hemmeler stated: "I think it's the chemistry overall. We are good friends, he's a great guy off the court as well and we get along really well so I think that definitely helps us on the court."
Cunha and Hemmeler celebrate after their 7-5, 6-2 win in the semifinals
Both women's doubles semifinals were straight set affairs. The top-seeded USC tandem of Kaitlyn Christian and Sabrina Santamaria earned the right to defend the title they claimed a year ago thanks to a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Alabama's Alexa Guarachi and Mary Anne Macfarlane. The Women of Troy fell behind early 2-0, but bounced back quickly to take the opening set. Santamaria and Christian seem to be the complete package, with Santamaria able to rally with anyone from the baseline, while Christian is a crafty returner and solid presence at the net. Guarachi and Macfarlane made a run in the middle of the second set, but it was not enough to push the match to a third set.
"We knew they were a team that was taught to go down the line and that usually presents a problem for us," Christian said. "That was something we tried to watch out for, and also just tried to go out there and have fun."
The other semifinal was a matchup of unseeded pairs, with Virginia's Stephanie Nauta and Li Xi getting past Pepperdine's Lorraine Guillermo and Khunpak Issara 7-5, 6-2. "We weren't playing with much intensity to start, but we increased our intensity and got some games back and did very well in the second set" explained Xi.
The big-serving Cavaliers needed two tries to serve out the set, failing to do so at 5-4 but converting the opportunity at 6-5. The duo also had issues closing out the match at 5-2 on Nauta's serve, wasting a few match points, but finally managed to get the victory against the Waves. Nauta and Xi will be the first Cavalier doubles team to play for the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships doubles crown.
Unseeded Nauta and Xi advance to women's doubles final
2012 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships
USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
Flushing, NY
Surface: Hard-Indoor
Saturday, November 10 - RESULTS
Sebastian Fanselow (Pepperdine) def. (1) Alex Domijan (Virginia) 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
(6) Jamere Jenkins (Virginia) def. (4) Henrique Cunha (Duke) 6-1, ret. (inj.)
Men's Singles – Consolation Quarterfinals
Peter Kobelt (Ohio State) def. Florent Diep (Florida) 6-2, 6-2
KU Singh (Georgia) def. Winston Lin (Columbia) 6-2, 7-6(4)
Ryan Lipman (Vanderbilt) def. Enej Bonin (Denver) 6-2, 6-3
Matija Pectotic (Princeton) Cameron Silverman (Elon) 6-2, 6-3
Men's Singles – Consolation Semifinals
Peter Kobelt (Ohio State) def. KU Singh (Georgia) 7-6(6), 7-5
Matija Pecotic (Princeton) def. Ryan Lipman (Vanderbilt) 6-0, 4-6, 6-3
Women's Singles – Semifinals
(5) Robin Anderson (UCLA) def. Zsofi Susanyi (Cal) 6-1, 6-2
Anett Schutting (Cal) def. Sofie Oyen 7-6(5), 6-4
Women's Singles – Consolation Quarterfinals
Cristina Sanchez-Quintanar (Texas A&M) def. Gina Suarez-Malaguti (North Carolina) 7-5, 7-6(5)
Petra Niedermayerova (Kansas State) def. Maho Kowase (Georgia) 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-0
Alexa Guarachi (Alabama) Petra Januskova (Penn State) 6-0, 6-1
Nicole Bartnik (Columbia) def. Whitney Kay (North Carolina) 7-5, 6-4
Women's Singles – Consolation Semifinals
Cristina Sanchez-Quintanar (Texas A&M) def. Petra Niedermayerova (Kansas State) 6-3, 7-6(2)
Alexa Guarachi (Alabama) def. Nicole Bartnik (Columbia) 6-2, 6-4
Men's Doubles – Semifinals
Hernus Pieters/Ben Wagland (Georgia) def. (1) Daniel Cochrane/Andreas Mies (Auburn) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
(2) Henrique Cunha/Raphael Hemmeler (Duke) def. (3) Jarmere Jenkins/Mac Styslinger (Virginia) 7-5, 6-2
Men's Doubles – Consolation Semifinals
Vikram Hundal/Juan Spir (Georgia Tech) def. Dan Regan/Georgi Rumenov (Armstrong Atlantic) 9-7
Alex Domijan/Harrison Richmond (Virginia) def. Ashok Narayana/Max Schnur (Columbia) 9-8(5)
Men's Doubles – Back Draw
Abid Akbar/Marius Cirstea (Idaho) def. Winston Lin/Bert Vancura (Columbia) 8-5
Yannick Hanfmann/Eric Johnson (USC) def. Farris Gosea/Tim Kopinski (Illinois) Walkover
Women's Doubles – Semifinals
(1) Kaitlyn Christian/Sabrina Santamaria (USC) def. Alexa Guarachi/Mary Anne Macfarlane (Alabama) 6-2, 6-3
Stephanie Nauta/Li Xi (Virginia) def. Lorraine Guillermo/Khunpak Issara (Pepperdine) 7-5, 6-2
Women's Doubles – Consolation Semifinals
Gabriella DeSimone/Zoe Scandalis (USC) def. Bianca Sanon/Tiana Takenaga (Columbia) 8-3
Maci Epstein/Erin Vierra (Virginia) def. Sonya Latycheva/Augustina Sol-Eskenazi (Penn) 8-6
Women's Doubles – Back Draw
Stefania Hristov/Cristina Stancu (Texas A&M) def. Tereza Bekerova/Paige Miles (Utah) 8-5
Robin Anderson/Pamela Montez (UCLA) def. Aleksandra Filipovski/Barbora Krtickova (Armstrong Atlantic) 8-2


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Cellular telephone
A cellular telephone is a hand held device used for communicating, commonly known as a "cell phone" in the United States, and also known as a "mobile phone" in Britain, Ireland and Australia. In Germany they are known as 'Handies'
The principle behind cell phones, transmitting waves modulated with sound signals (see methodology) was first seen in radio communications developed in the 1920s. However the potential of this technology was not realised for many years, and the move towards the networks used today did not begin until 1947, when Bell Laboratory engineers Douglas Ring and Rae Young proposed using hexagonal grids with base towers at the corners (rather than in the centers) to allow communication. This creation of the "cellular concept" resulted in increased research into the possibility of evolving commonly used 2-way radio communication into real time speech.
The following is a summary of jurisdictions that have regulated the use of hand-held cell phones while driving (as of April 2008):
- California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, New York, New Jersey and, beginning July 2008, Washington[1] ban the use of hand-held cell phones while driving.
- Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Mexico, Ohio, and Pennsylvania permit local municipalities to ban handheld cell phone use. Localities that have already done this include: Chicago, IL; Brookline, MA; Detroit, MI; Santa Fe, NM; Brooklyn, North Olmstead and Walton Hills, OH; and Conshohocken, Lebanon and West Conshohocken, PA.
- Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Utah do not allow local governments to ban cell phone use.
- Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Texas ban the use of all cell phones while driving a school bus.
- Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia have restrictions on the use of cell phones by young drivers.
- In Montana it was for many years technically illegal to even possess a cell phone inside a car, due to an archaic law which was repealed in 2001.
- All except four states with cell phone bans allow police to stop and ticket drivers for breaking the law. The exceptions are New Jersey, which is a secondary enforcement law except for school bus drivers and learner's permit and intermediate license holders, and Colorado, Maryland, and West Virginia which have secondary enforcement laws. Secondary enforcement laws require observation of another violation before stopping the driver.
Safety record
Despite repeated media scare stories, no cell phone cancer link has ever been proved (Also see: Mobile phones and brain tumor risk).
External links
- 10 Commandments of Cell Phone Etiquette Christopher Null.
- Six Ways Cell Phones Can Hurt Your Business Christopher Null.
- SRI - The Cellular Telephone
- Privateline - The Cellular Telephone

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Okayplayer's Top 10 SXSW Showcases & Events
In case you are not following 2012's underground artist to watch Jay-Z on twitter, the music festival and industry orgy designated with the letters SXSW officially kicked off last night. The next few days will be a madhouse of emerging talent and powerhouse names trying to get that new-car smell again. If you are attending you probably got your boots on the ground by now and are just about ready to lay out your battle plan for the real gauntlet of flavor–which starts tomorrow and will truly heat up as we head towards the weekend. To help you navigate the rapids, Okayplayer has put together a Top 10 list of the events and artist line-ups we are most amped about, listed in rufff-ly chronological order and focusing on the sideshows, parties and smaller events around Austin rather than the main stages and official SXSW schedule. Let's go. Time to mess with Texas.


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The most heavily promoted advertisements in 4 medical journals with the highest readership in both countries will be chosen on basis they are available more and to many doctors.
The sentence is trying to say too many things making it difficult to grasp. How about having the points in a list like this:
Advertisements shall be chosen on the following bases:
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Essiale Bed and Breakfast in the centre of Genoa
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Available to our guests, large double room with oversize King size bed, third bed/baby bed optional, fridge and coffee and tea machine in all room
Best starting point for visiting the wonderful city of Genoa, allowing you to reach by foot all the tour sites of interest in a few minutes.Aquarium, cathedral, theater, ancient port, Ducale, Magazzini del cotone, Colombo's house, fair, and the sea. Two steps from Brignole Central Railway Station and from airport shuttle stop, can be reached easily by car, by train or by plane. The warm and familiar acceptance and the services offered will guarantee you a lovely stay and a fascinating discovery of the city, so full of history and attractions
Also available twin bed room or triple or single room. The rooms have a private bathroom. Continental buffet breakfast included
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The bed linen and towel change, daily room cleaning, a rich, varied and tasty breakfast.
We are also pleased to offer to our guests the following extra services, free of charge:
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Ik was tevreden over mijn verblijf in deze B&B. Hoewel dicht bij het station is de isolatie v de dubbele beglazing heel goed. Het ligt net ver genoeg v h echte centrum om rustig te zijn. Zeer goed openbaar vervoer, stadsbussen de hele dag door wat makkelijk is.
Mooi appartement, mooie kamer , alles wat nodig is, Koffie en tee beschikbaar i de kamer, goede ontvangst Wifi, airco, en nog extra info gekregen v 'il signore de la casa'. Een echt Italiaans ontbijt , maar ik kreeg er een vers gebakken eitje bij , ham en kaas. Prima !
De kosten die WIMDU nog aanrekent zijn , als je alleen reist en één nacht maar blijft , nogal hoog.
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Very easy to reach and well connected anywhere in the city, given the short distance from the railway station and the underground station at your doorstep. Warm caring and calls, great breakfast. Silent room and bright.
Comodissimo da raggiungere e ben collegato con qualsiasi punto della città, vista la breve distanza dalla stazione di Brignole e la fermata della metropolitana a due passi. Accoglienza premurosa e sollecita, ottima colazione. Stanza silenziosa e luminosa.
We liked our stay at the Bed and Breakfast in Genua!
Comfy beds, clean room and bathroom. Good breakfast! Nice and welcoming hosts!
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Paola and her husband are super nice and friendly, and very helpful! I really enjoyed those days with them, my room was very beautiful and the breakfast so delicious! And cleaning service was perfect! I recommend this place to everyone who is visiting Genoa.
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The system includes RailComm Blue Flag Indicators (BFI) at each of the derail locations. While the track is protected, the BFIs at either end of the track will illuminate. The system is configured so that certain devices will only be able to be controlled by authorized users.


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I finished in 2nd place in a 14 team that pays two people. The 3rd place team isn't far behind. We use ESPN for the league and ESPN has said they're counting Tuesday's game because it's still the regular season.
I hadn't even considered this as a possibility as I just assumed fantasy leagues ended yesterday. The 3rd place team went out and picked up every Tigers and Twins player that could play and put them in her lineup. It's not highly probable that she could catch me but after looking in more detail at the standings, she's close enough that it's not that far fetched. A good game from Carlose Guillen (who was on her team to begin with) could get her pretty close as I am standing still.
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My name is Paul Hartmann, and I am an Anthropology student at the University of Ottawa. I am taking introductory Latin in an effort to train my brain at the learning of languages. My struggle has been thus far between admiration of the language for the sense it makes, and difficulties learning the various declensions and the vocabulary. The professor seems to be pushing ahead at a rapid pace, and I am falling behind.
I stumbled onto this site while looking for explanations and answer keys for Wheelock's Latin 6th edition. Since the registration process mentioned that I had to post an open greeting, here it is! While I am doing so, I may as well post notice here that the subscription link seems to have some issues, as it would not let me subscribe to the newsletter. I suppose I might find out more about that later, but for now I mention it on the off chance that it is a new problem.


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Ken Forkish 75% WW boule
This was a strong dough mix compared to other doughs I had been working with. My kitchen runs 75-78 degrees so I proofed my paves more quickly. I wonder if I am not over working my dough. Is this a standard crumb or did I over fold. I have no reference point.


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Democracy is in the hands of youth | Heba El-Kholy
15 Sep 2012
The quality of democratic process is increasingly questioned, as witnessed by youth rebellions in scores of countries, demanding better democratic governance. Democracy needs to be renewed, revitalized and reaffirmed as a continuous social and political process to ensure equal political participation of people in governance, irrespective of gender, cast, race and creed.
Democracy is more than a system of government and free and fair elections. Democracy works when all people can claim their rights, fulfill their responsibilities as active citizens and demand accountability from the government.
There is indeed a new awakening and new aspiration for better democracy and democratic governance. But young people must be given real opportunities and space to play a prominent role in this awakening. Almost 85 percent of young people live in developing countries—60 percent of them in Asia. In 2015, the population aged 15-24 years in sub-Saharan Africa is expected to reach 200 million.
Democracy Education, the theme of this years' democracy day, is about educating, enabling and empowering people to internalize the core values of dignity, justice and freedom and to become responsible citizens to make democratic governance work. The quality of democracy in the coming years will be shaped by the quality of political participation of young people. Not only does a functioning democracy need effective institutions to fulfill its basic purposes; it also relies on people being aware of their rights and responsibilities. What democracy education brings is the collective commitment that democracy ought to remain a constant and constructive dialogue between the state and communities of people, demanding accountability and transparency, knowing their rights as well as obligations, and freely participating in the political processes.
However, democracy education is also about democratizing education. In the face of the growing inequalities and multiple forms of discrimination, there is unequal access to education, further perpetuating social, economic and political inequalities. Democracy education needs to be strengthened from the level of primary education. Social and economic inequality often leads to political inequality resulting in the exclusion of people from political process and economic development. The increasing nexus of political and economic elites dominating government and process of governance tend to create new challenges for effective democracy.
Democracy is nurtured through political, social and economic processes. But effective transformations from authoritarian to more participatory and equitable systems take time. They require a commitment to building a deeper understanding and greater confidence between people and the state; a new social contract, in fact, and with a view to current population data, it must target particularly the youth.


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Half an hour of televised highlights from the final round of the Open de España will be shown at 8.30pm BST on Sky Sports 4 this evening, on Sunday 21st July.
Tune in to discover who will win the third last Solheim Cup qualifying tournament, concluding today at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid – a prospective 2020 Olympic venue.
Will South African Lee-Anne Pace claim her second victory of the season after earning her sixth title at the Turkish Airlines Ladies Open two months ago?
Can Gwladys Nocera, six shots off the lead going into the final round, do enough to prevent the South African from jumping to number one spot on the ISPS HANDA Order of Merit? Currently, Pace is only 8,364 euro behind.
Or can overnight co-leader Celine Herbin break into the LET winner's circle with her maiden win, in her second season on Tour? Last year, her best finish was a tie for 18th, in both Ireland and India. This year she has recorded two top-20s so far, with a best finish of tied 12th in Morocco.
Home hopes lie with Carlota Ciganda, who starts the final round seven shots off the lead and will be chasing her second title of the season after winning in Germany two months ago.
Or will Mikaela Parmlid, Joanna Klatten, Isabella Ramsay or Beth Allen capture their first win on Tour and the 52,000 euro first prize, with 35,525 euro for the runner-up?
A European champion will earn 40 Solheim Cup points, with 24 available for second place and 18 for third, running down to four points for 10th place.
The final round promises to be a tight contest, so tune in this evening to watch your favourite players battle it out.


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"So, whoever is behind Kubuntu now is forcing KDE upon their users, and are evil?"
You've got that logic backwards...Kubuntu would be evil if it forced something like Unity or Gnome upon it's users.
You can count me in as an ubuntu user who was peeved when my gnome 2 desktop was not only lost in the Ubuntu upgrade, but also because there was no way to manually reconstruct what I had lost in either Unity or gnome3. They imposed new DE environments on us largely for their own benefit rather than ours. The "fallback" mode was nothing more than a crappy theme that didn't restore gnome2 functionality.
I can't blame Canonical for gnome's abandonment of the more mature gnome2 desktop. But I can blame Canonical for bad execution and disregarding user's needs. Consequently mint's user-centric focus really impressed me and I place more trust in them not to leave end users in the cold.
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(SportsNetwork.com) - The Brooklyn Nets have been playing good basketball of late and will try to continue their momentum Tuesday night when they host the Orlando Magic at The Barclays Center.
The Nets have won two in a row and seven of their last eight. They've crept into the Atlantic Division race and are just 2 1/2 games behind the leading Toronto Raptors.
On Monday afternoon at Madison Square Garden, the Nets embarrassed their New York rivals, the Knicks, 103-80. The 80 points allowed was a season-low for Brooklyn.
"We're putting games together, we're putting quarters together," Nets forward Paul Pierce said. "We're being more consistent."
Joe Johnson led the way with 25 points. Andray Blatche tallied 19 points and 12 rebounds for the Nets, while Alan Anderson scored 15.
Deron Williams added 13 in the triumph. Williams returned from a five-game absence with a sprained ankle and came off the bench, something he requested of coach Jason Kidd. It was the first time he came off the bench since his rookie season with the Utah Jazz back in 2005-06.
"We've been playing so well with that lineup, why shake things up? It doesn't matter if I come off, start, whatever," Williams told the team's website. "The way Joe (Johnson's) been playing the first quarter, first half, I don't want to disrupt that."
The Magic snapped a 10-game losing streak Sunday when Tobias Harris hit two free throws with 10.1 seconds left to seal a win over the Boston Celtics at Amway Center.
With the game tied 91 apiece and under 30 seconds left, Jameer Nelson missed a 3-pointer, but Boston's Kris Humphries was called for a loose ball foul on Harris, who calmly sank two from the charity stripe for the game's final points.
Arron Afflalo had 20 points, 13 rebounds and six assists, while Harris scored 18 with seven boards for the Magic, who picked up their first win of 2014.
"You take our last three close games and you see the progression," said Orlando head coach Jacque Vaughn. "We executed, got to the foul line."
Glen Davis added 17 points and seven rebounds, with Nelson netting 16 points and handing out 10 assists in the victory.
The Magic demolished the Nets, 107-86 on Nov. 3 in Orlando to snap a four-game winning streak for Brooklyn in this series. The Magic have lost two in a row as the visitor against the Nets, but had taken five straight prior to the setbacks.


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Take some time out from saving the world to have a little fun! This old train station made for the perfect backdrop to let these heroes' imaginations take flight. Jen Dixon from Craft That Party shows how outfits from Costume Express can help make any day super!
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Is a soul finite or infinite? Is it possible for two people to share a soul?Is there a finite amount of souls that can exist in this world?
at first like a load of pseudo-theological wankery.
Quote from: dead last on August 04, 2013, 05:23:38 PMat first like a load of pseudo-theological wankery.May I ask you some personal questions? It is for my curiosity but not off-topic; I want to clarify your reaction to this post. Are you a religious (or `spiritual`) person? Do you accept, or believe in, any kind of theology? Are you a materialist/positivist? I suppose what I want to ask is if you put any store in the mystical. To see things with a critical eye can be useful sometimes, but it has in our times turned into an insane obssession. We are not at our core rational beings. If you approach something with the intent, or even mindset, of deconstruction then that is all you will gain. This is, in my opinion, one of the big reasons why moderns can read something like the Bible and only have the most superficial nitpicks stand out. It isnt an exclusively modern phenomenon, but it has never before been so universal and so dogmatic. Do not merely approach without preconception, for that is impossible for most. Approach instead with a positive bias, let it convince you. Once you do that, the mystical makes sense. It is not for reading, but for knowing.
To see things with a critical eye can be useful sometimes, but it has in our times turned into an insane obssession.
My personal position varies so much that it is practically useless to describe it at any given time. Most of my arguments are never my own; they belong to other people... I do, however, worship the "absolutes" of our universe.


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Release Notes: This release fixes a few minor bugs, improves OpenSSL error reporting, and adds an Esperanto translation.
Release Notes: Compilation with OpenSSL implementations before 0.9.8m lacking SSL_CTX_clear_options() works again, but is neither supported nor recommended. The combination of "--plugin" and "-f -" was fixed. Logfile vs. syslog handling was cleaned up. Other minor changes were made.
Release Notes: A security issue where a misinterpreted server response could allow DoS and data theft in NTLM authentication was fixed. This issue was reported as CVE-2012-3482. The false disabling of a countermeasure against plaintext attacks in block ciphers was fixed. Various other minor fixes were made.
Release Notes: A NUL byte insertion bug in the IMAP client, which occurred when the last line of the input had no LF and no CRLF termination, was fixed.
Release Notes: This release fixes a STARTTLS denial of service vulnerability (CVE-2011-1947). It reduces repetitions in "unseen" message logging and speeds up IMAP fetches with full mailboxes quite a bit. Fetchmail now sets its Internet sockets to keepalive mode, to detect disconnections, and resolves MD5-related build problems.
Release Notes: Several multidrop fixes were made. "--antispam" now works from the command line. A workaround for documentation builds with broken XHTML 1.1 DTD installations was put in place. STARTTLS handling was improved. IMAP now understands empty strings as FETCH response.
Release Notes: Security improvements were made to wildcard handling of X.509 certificates. False warnings of insecure SSL/TLS connections were eliminated. Timeouts are now applied to the STARTTLS/STLS authentication stage. GSSAPI authentication is now properly cancelled on GSS errors. Logging behavior for connection attempts was improved. Accidental use of libmd5 was removed. Other minor improvements and fixes were made. Translations were updated.
Release Notes: This release fixes a long-standing (since 4.X or 5.X) DoS vulnerability in verbose mode in multi-byte locales. It also fixes a regression in the rcfile parser (since 6.3.0) that misparsed some rc files. It adds a new --sslcertfile option for bundle CA cert files. Many compiler warnings were fixed, and SSL/TLS usability was improved. fetchmailconf no longer loses the "invisible" setting. Translations have been updated.
Release Notes: This release improves SSL compatibility with sites whose certificates do not use one of the mandatory ciphers (f. i. SHA256), and fixes an --interface regression introduced in 6.3.15.
Release Notes: This release adds "--bad-header=accept" to download messages that used to trigger "incorrect header line found". "local" now works as an abbreviation for "localdomains", as documented. --nosoftbounce and --nobounce now work from the command line. h_errno is now properly imported from the OS, fixing Cygwin warnings. "make check" now skips validating documents if required tools/data are missing. The documentation on user ID switching for --mda was clarified in the man page. Translations have been updated. The source code repository was converted to Git and is now hosted at Gitorious.


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Can you believe the village elections are in less than a month? That's right; April 9 is the day on which the citizens of the Lilac Village will head to the voting booths and vote for village president, village clerk, and trustees for Districts 1, 3, and 6.
While there is a great deal of media attention placed on general elections, municipal elections actually give voters a "louder voice" because there are fewer people voting for each office. While all American voters may vote for president of the United States, only voters living in Lombard may vote for the village president of Lombard.
Personally, this is a very exciting election for me because this is the first time I have been old enough to vote. Last week, three of my friends and I went to the Lombard Village Hall to register to vote, and we could not have been more excited. Finally, we get to have a say in who represents us and our opinions.
However, four teens registering to vote says little about the amount of interest that Lombard's young adults are taking in this election. With the increasing number of signs going up in our neighbors' yards, it is hard not to reflect on what we, as young adults look for in our village officials.
One of my senior classmates at Glenbard East High School, Claire Castelli, explained to me that she and her family have been discussing the upcoming village president election. As a very active member of the local community, Claire is "looking for someone who will be seen and will be at activities."
Robert Perez, also a senior at Glenbard East High School, believes that "we need [a Village President] who can work with the trustees to get the village problems solved." Robert also realizes the importance of moving Lombard forward as an attractive business destination and home, as he adds that "the president has to have new ideas … ones that will make the village stand out."
Jolie-Grace Wareham is a senior at Glenbard East High School. The goal of her blog is to open the door to some great conversations about Lombard and how we can all get the most out of the town. Feel free to email her at firstname.lastname@example.com with your ideas.


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Original URL: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/19/talking_points/
Boffins create everyday Bluetooth audio guide
"And on your left is a Starbucks"
Posted in Science, 19th September 2008 15:16 GMT
A simple stroll around the block will one day be enhanced by an interactive audio guide of local sights, shop offers and more. That's if a prototype Bluetooth-based technology gets off the ground.
Talking Points was invented by boffins at the University of Michigan and is designed to feed verbal information to Bluetooth-enabled users as they go about their daily business.
Each user wears a wireless receiver – the prototype's about the size of a paperback book – that can receive Bluetooth signals from nearby beacons. These are located at points of interest and feed specially created audio guides through to a headset worn by the user.
For example, if you were walking through central London wearing the kit then it would be able to give you a short blast of information about St Paul's cathedral. Potentially, it could also take you on, say, a guided tour of Jack the Ripper's murderous haunts and tell you about where and how each gruesome event took place.
Businesses would also be able to purchase one of the required beacons, which could cost as little as $20 (£11/€14), and inform passers-by about special offers inside shops.
James Knox, one of Talking Points developers, said the idea is to enhance a person's journey. But he admitted that, initially, it could be used by blind people to give them an audio guide of both local sights and potential dangers, such as road crossings.


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06 August 2011
Is It Time for a Break or a Different Approach?
I've been working on an ancestor in New York and Michigan over the last couple of days at the Ft. Wayne Library. I realized that the published genealogies I had been using were pretty much "copying" each other and that the answer to my question was not in any published sources and that what I actually need to utilize are local records in one of the two counties where the family lived.
Until I access those records, more time in print materials/websites probably isn't going to help me.
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- Judy M.August 6, 2011 at 1:26 PM
As you recommended the other day for us to seek a different resource than used normally, I decided to use Family Search for a change.....something I hadn't done for a year or more. Well, your suggestion has been golden! I found my great-great-grandfather married a second time in Ireland and had a son before he left for Hong Kong. What happened to the 2nd wife is unknown at this time but I found that son living with his family in New York in 1910. Thanks for your encouragement to break out of our "comfort zone."ReplyDelete
- Charlotte MarekAugust 9, 2011 at 9:48 PM
I do almost all of my research online, since I live halfway across the country from where my ancestors immigrated, raised families and died. Sometimes I just change which branch I'm researching for a change of pace. When I make my way back around the tree again, sometimes additional resources are available online :-)ReplyDelete


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Fakhir a no show?
Brown no-show at N.O.'s coaching session
Veteran CB 'might have just forgot'
Tuesday, May 17, 2005
By Jeff Duncan
Staff writer
The first day of the Saints' coaching session workouts went according to plan Monday with one notable exception: Fakhir Brown was nowhere to be found.
The starting right cornerback was one of two veterans not present at the team's first two-hour, on-field workout. Defensive tackle Brian Young, who was on a honeymoon after being married Saturday, was excused; Brown was not.
"I don't know where he is," Saints coach Jim Haslett said. "His agent (Ted Marchibroda Jr.) doesn't know where he is. We haven't been able to find him. I don't know what the problem is, if there is one."
Marchibroda didn't not return a phone call from The Times-Picayune.
Brown was a regular participant in the club's offseason conditioning program, Haslett said. The six-year veteran did not alert teammates or coaches that he would be absent.
"His workout days were Tuesday through Thursday and (strength coach) Rock (Gullickson) thinks he might have just forgot that coaching sessions started," Haslett said. "Hopefully, he'll emerge soon."
Center LeCharles Bentley and cornerback Mike McKenzie were conspicuous in their presence after participating in the voluntary six-week conditioning program on a part-time basis.
The workouts are voluntary, but players are expected to participate. The four-days-a-week practice sessions conclude June 8.
"I was happy with the number of players we had there and thought that everybody was in pretty good shape," Haslett said. "Practice went upbeat and smooth."
Wide receiver Chase Lyman was the only member of the team's seven-man draft class not in attendance. The fourth-round pick from California was home in Los Altos, Calif., where he underwent reconstructive surgery Monday night to repair the torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. Lyman, the Saints' fourth-round draft pick, suffered the injury May 6 during a non-contact practice session at rookie minicamp.
Dr. Arthur Ting of Fremont, Calif., was expected to perform a similar procedure -- repairing the damaged ligament with a tendon from a cadaver -- to the one he did last October after Lyman injured the knee initially as a senior.
The most common ACL reconstruction procedure uses a patient's patellar tendon or hamstring tendon to rebuild the ligament. Donor tissues from cadavers have become increasingly popular because the procedure can be done arthroscopically, resulting in less post-operative pain and swelling. The disadvantage to such procedures is the risk of infection and typically a longer recovery time.
Ting, the team physician for the San Jose Sharks of the NHL, San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer and San Jose SaberCats of the Arena Football League, has performed surgeries on numerous high-profile athletes, including Barry Bonds, Roger Craig and Barry Sanders. Ting, 53, has performed three surgeries on Bonds' right knee this year.
Haslett said Lyman will rehabilitate the injury in California and is expected to rejoin the team in the fall.
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GORDONSVILLE, TEXAS -- Yesterday, at the same time a vigil started for one local drowning victim, 62 year-old Michael Dobbs, from Keller, drowned near Sherwood Shores at Lake Texoma.
After two days of searching, his body was recovered around 3:30 this afternoon. This is the third drowning in our area in the past week.
People out on the lake today say they're taking extra precaution.
In just one week, two men have drowned at Lake Texoma.
Wednesday, a man swimming near Sherwood Shores, went under and never resurfaced. His body was discovered Thursday.
Lake-goers say it's a tragic reminder of the water's power.
"Well I usually don't wear a life jacket, but since that guy drowned, I've been wearing a life jacket," lake-goer Clayton Fangman said.
The Weathers family and friends are camping out at the lake and say they do everything they can to prevent a tragedy like this one from happening to their loved ones.
We never swim right here because we never know the depth of the water. Our kids always have their life jacket on when they're in the boat and when we're over there swimming," Rhonda Weathers said.
That's what the CDC suggests: don't swim alone, wear a life jacket and watch young children.
"'Cause you never know what's under the water or what might happen. We've been coming here for years but we still don't take for granted that we know the area because it changes all the time. That's the nature of a lake," Matthew Waters said.
B.J. Parkey with the Army Corps of Engineers adds that knowing how to swim is critical.
"If you accidentally fall in the water, be able to tread water for a minute. Having the ability to swim 50-55 yards if your life depended on it," Parkey said.
For more information on unintentional drowning and how to prevent it, visit http://www.cdc.gov/HomeandRecreationalSafety/Water-Safety/waterinjuries-factsheet.html/
In Gordonsville, Allison Harris, First News.


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By John Torenli, Sports Editor
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
The Tri-City ValleyCats are on the verge of celebrating the Stedler Division crown right in the heart of Coney Island.
Unless, of course, the Cyclones can do something about it over the next two games.
Owners of the best record in the New York-Penn League and leading their division by a healthy 15 1/2 games over the second-place Connecticut Tigers, the ValleyCats (44-17) reduced their magic number to capture the first of the four available playoff spots on the 14-team circuit to one with a 5-2 victory at MCU Park Tuesday night before a crowd of 6,378.
That means any combination of the ValleyCats winning a single game, or the Tigers losing one, over the next two night will result in a party for the visitors.
Brooklyn (37-24) fell for the third time in four meetings with Tri-City this season after dropping two of three in Troy, N.Y. during its recently completed six-game road trip. The Baby Bums' return to Surf Avenue got off to a good enough start as starter Rainy Lara (7-2), tied for the league lead in wins, was staked to an early 2-0 advantage in the third inning, when catcher Nelfi Zapata followed Juan Gamboa's leadoff double with his second homer of the summer.
The blast cleared the left-field wall and put the Cyclones in position to remain three games behind first-place Hudson Valley (41-20) in the McNamara Division race, but Tri-City came roaring back with four runs off Lara in the top of the fifth, denying the Dominican right-hander his sixth consecutive win. Brooklyn fell four games back of the Renegades, who did the ValleyCats a favor by blanking Connecticut 2-0.
The Cyclones, who lead Batavia by four games for the NY-Penn's lone wild-card spot, will host the 'Cats again Wednesday and Thursday night, hoping they can avoid watching Tri-City celebrate in front of the Brooklyn faithful again.
In 2010, Tri-City bested Wally Backman's Cyclones in two games, including a 5-1 triumph in the clincher at MCU Park, to grab the league championship, something Brooklyn has been without since sharing the crown with Williamsport during its inaugural campaign in our fair borough in 2001.
Two summers ago, the 'Cats were the upstart wild card that snuck into the postseason and spoiled the Cyclones' party after Brooklyn ran away with the McNamara and posted a league-best 50 wins. Even if the Cyclones aren't able to stop the 'Cats from clinching in Brooklyn over the next two days, they will likely have an opportunity to do so in September.
If current standings hold, the Cyclones and 'Cats would meet in an opening-round best-of-3 playoff series, with the winner advancing to the NY-Penn Finals. Judging from their performance against Tri-City thus far, that doesn't look like a good proposition for Brooklyn. But in the playoffs, one key play or call can change the course of an entire season as Backman's Cyclones learned two summers ago.
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This, That and the Other Thing: RHP Paul Sewald finally had his streak of scoreless innings stopped in Saturday's 4-1 loss at Vermont. After going 20 2/3 innings over 12 appearances without allowing a run to begin his pro career, the University of San Diego product was reached for two runs on three hits over two innings by the Lake Monsters, upping his once-perfect ERA to 0.79. RHP Logan Taylor currently owns a 13 2/3 innings scoreless streak over his first 10 outings for the Cyclones. Taylor did yield an unearned run in his last appearance at Vermont on Sunday. ... SS Phillip Evans had a pair of hits Tuesday night and is 5-for-8 over his last two games. ... Zapata's two-run homer Tuesday night gave the Cyclones 36 long balls for the season, just one shy of Tri-City for the league lead. ... At .233, Brooklyn's team batting average is tied with Connecticut for the worst in the NY-Penn. ... The 'Cats boast a league-best 24-5 road record this summer.


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Tipsarevic loses to Haase at Swiss Open
GSTAAD, Switzerland — Third-seeded Janko Tipsarevic was upset by Robin Haase 6-2, 6-2 Thursday at the Swiss Open.
Tipsarevic had six double-faults in the second-round loss.
Two former Swiss Open champions advanced to the quarterfinals.
Marcel Granollers, the 2011 winner, beat Federico Delbonis 6-2, 7-5, and 2008 champion Victor Hanescu led Roberto Bautista 7-6 (2), 3-2 when the Spaniard retired with a back injury.
Top-seeded Roger Federer will play his first match in Gstaad since 2004, when he faces 55th-ranked Daniel Brands at the clay-court event.
Federer beat Brands last week in the second round in Hamburg, Germany.


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BALTIMORE (AP) — Tyler Hubbard scored 20 points as Loyola (Md.) dealt American University its first conference loss of the season with a 62-58 victory on Wednesday night.
Hubbard sank 6-of-7 3-pointers during the game. The Greyhounds (10-12, 5-6 Patriot) went 48.7 from the field overall, 77.3 percent from the free throw line and 70 percent from 3-point range.
Franz Rassman added 11 points and three rebounds for the Greyhounds. Jordan Latham came off the bench to score 10 and R.J. Williams chipped in seven points, four rebounds and three steals.
The loss snaps an 11-game winning streak for American University.
Darius Gardner led the Eagles (14-8, 10-1) with 19 points, four rebounds and four steals. Jesse Reed had 16 and Tony Wroblicky scored 11 points and pulled down nine rebounds.
(Copyright 2013 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)


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If memory serves, it is a PL '07 Suburban body, but can't find anything on it.
Submarine Qualified, Chief Inducted, Navy Retired
Nope, no sunroof on that, the hood is very different, and the wheelwells are squarish on the 'Burban.
Alt-248 on the number pad = °
Looks like a pro line durango body
Looks a little like a Hyundai Santa Fe.
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Vintage TRX collector|Florida Dirt Oval racer
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Yeah deff a PL body, found a pic of a unpainted one on another forum, this was back from 2009 when it was for sale. Unfortunately no part number?? I'm pretty sure it is the same as your body in question?
Description from seller:
"Pro-Line Crowd Pleazer SUV Clear Body
Limited Edition, now no more in-stock/production.
Includes Windows and Sun Roof Mask
Suitable for Savage or any other Monster Trucks"
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My previous sig conflicted with a forum policy.
Wow nice find! The funny thing is that I have been searching exactly that: Pro-Line Crowd Pleazer SUV and have found nothing like that. That certainly looks like it! Special Edition huh? Too bad. I think this shell would sell very well right now. Thank you.
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couldnt find this thread when i pm'd you that link... oh well- seems like the car had the same body that you were looking for. Which the body looks good on that flm rustler too
kawasaki summit, revo& slash; regular rusty, pede
I have been doing some searching to. I thought I almost found it. Was dang close, the Mercedes ML430 3091 body. Then looked closer and no bueno. It is way limited. Seeing what dave00bear came across that was it.
I actually came across an auction on eBay that ended on Oct 14th with the same one you posted but had no info other than Proline SUV Painted body.
All I know is I like the look of that. So are you going to go bash it or shelf it? LOL
Weak Revenge
Strong Forgive
Intelligent Ignore
i cant tell what it is if i cant see it
get it?
i made a funny lol
but in all seriousness im glad you figured it out, and it looks pretty sweet
there's no life like a LOW LIFE!
Drag It!
Well, I was gonna bash it. Now rethinking a little. I'll say this: it is a very tough and good looking shell. I cannot figure out why it would have been discontinued.
Alt-248 on the number pad = °
Why did they stop making the Hard Drive for the Revo?
Sometimes Proline does funny things...
I like the look of that shell, looks like it could have been a nice option shell for the Summit.
kind of looks like the dodge magnum and someone in the market place is selling an rc (my bad, forgot which rc it was), and they have one of these bodies
kawasaki summit, revo& slash; regular rusty, pede
I lost my pick-up to Hurricane Frances and seen countless destruction since Andrew to Wilma.
Simply the best. The beautiful Traxxas SRT and TCP
Not sure of the point there. Either way, it is far OT so let's bring it back on topic. Like getting a part number.
Alt-248 on the number pad = °
http://www.ebay.com/itm/PRO-LINE-PRO...item1e6d8e87e2 no part number, but a buy it now price (lol)
EDIT: its a different body, nevermind... still worth looking at though
SECOND EDIT: found it: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pro-Line-Cro...item256e9f95b0
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kawasaki summit, revo& slash; regular rusty, pede
No. Neither of those are close.
Alt-248 on the number pad = °
that second one looks spot on... but oh well
also you do realize the second body is in the plastic bag still, right?
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kawasaki summit, revo& slash; regular rusty, pede
oh, you had to scroll down to see the other pictures- my bad, anyways i can definately tell its not the right body when it was out of the bag
kawasaki summit, revo& slash; regular rusty, pede
I sure like that shell... I wouldnt be putting it on a regular length stampede and I wouldnt be extending my pede either so id still be out of luck... but its a cool looking body I WOULD put on my pede if they made of of the proper length. Or, what about as a body for the rally... lowered SUV... cool.
you can message him and ask for the body number
kawasaki summit, revo& slash; regular rusty, pede
Thanks a lot.
Alt-248 on the number pad = °
was that sarcasm? im honestly trying to help...
kawasaki summit, revo& slash; regular rusty, pede
Nope. Thanks are not given enough in life. Just trying to exercise my manners.
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so it turns out i have one of these bodies, it got it when i originally got my tmaxx i never actually liked it so i never ran it. if it is worth something now maybe i should sell it.


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Thumbs up: To the baby boom generation. The members of this generation – people born between 1946 and 1964 – have helped bring change to American society each time they've reached a new stage of life. With 10,000 of them turning 65 each day, they already are beginning to change the way we think about what traditionally has been considered retirement age. Although they are getting older, many members of this generation are more important now than they ever were, finding themselves helping both their children and their aging parents.
Thumbs down: To the spreading threat against DeKalb County's ash trees – a little green beetle from Asia called the Emerald Ash Borer. This invasive species attacks ash trees by boring into their bark to lay eggs. When the larva hatch, they burrow further into the tree, disrupting the flow of water and nutrients. Ash trees grow well on parkways, but hundreds have been removed in DeKalb and Sycamore in recent years. Ash trees grow so tall that they can be expensive for homeowners to remove on their own. Another option is to have the trees chemically treated, although some experts say that does not guarantee the tree will survive.
Thumbs up: For the return of football season. This week, thee Bears opened training camp in Bourbonnais and NIU's football team was picked to win the Mid-American Conference's West Division at the MAC media days. In light of the disastrous baseball seasons unfolding on the north and south side of Chicago, the first football games of the season can't get here soon enough. High school football's Friday Night Lights return Aug. 30, NIU opens at Iowa on Aug. 31, and the Bears open at home against Cincinnati on Sept. 8, in case you weren't counting down already.
Thumbs up: To helping seniors find the answers they need. This year's Senior Health Fair in DeKalb had a record 75 booths to offer local seniors information about a variety of resources targeted to them. The fair also included vision, hearing and some health screenings. A lot is changing in the health and human services landscape, and the benefit of events like this is that people can get answers to their questions and learn about resources they didn't know existed, all in one stop.
Thumbs up: A green thumbs up for DeKalb County Community Gardens. The organization has grown from 16 garden sites to more than 40 sites throughout DeKalb County in the past year. At each site there are multiple 5-foot by 10-foot plots that provide fresh produce for those who tend the gardens. Produce also is donated to local food pantries. The organization already has donated more than a ton of food this year. We hope this program keeps growing. It is a great asset to the community.


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LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European stock markets extended losses in early trade on Tuesday, with banks leading the charge south, as an overnight rally in Japan failed to boost investor confidence in the Europe area. Japanese shares soared after a Bank of Japan member said more monetary easing could be justified later this year. The Stoxx Europe 600 index SXXP, +0.04% fell 0.1% to 285.35, adding to a 0.6% loss from Monday. Shares of industrial-plant maker FLSmidth & Co. AS FLS, +0.58% lost 1.9% after the firm reported a 19% drop in fourth-quarter profit. Shares of Norsk Hydro ASA NHY, -0.91% gained 2.8%, as the aluminum producer said it swung to net profit on the year. Among country-specific indexes, the FTSE 100 index UKX, -0.31% dropped 0.2% to 6,265.64, while France's CAC 40 index PX1, +0.14% gave up 0.1% to 3,645.93. Germany's DAX 30 index DAX, -0.28% lost 0.2% to 7,613.95.
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See? He uses a programming language with line numbers. Hangin's too good for 'im! But at least he kept his line length below 80 colum--oh shit.
"Did you really think that we want those laws to be observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against - then you'll know that this is not the age for beautiful gestures. We're after power and we mean it. You fellows were pikers, but we know the real trick, and you'd better get wise to it. There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens' What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted - and you create a nation of law-breakers - and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Rearden, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with."
- Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, 1957
And for those who don't like Rand, how about this quote, from a guy who preceded Rand by 17 years, and just might have been qualified to have an opinion on jurisprudence, seeing as how it was his entire career and stuff.
"With the law books filled with a great assortment of crimes, a prosecutor stands a fair chance of finding at least a technical violation of some act on the part of almost anyone. In such a case, it is not a question of discovering the commission of a crime and then looking for the man who has committed it, it is a question of picking the man and then searching the law books, or putting investigators to work, to pin some offense on him."
- Robert H. Jackson [roberthjackson.org], Attorney General (1940-1941), Supreme Court Justice (1948-1954), from a speech given in 1940
Though it's true that there are good reasons for privacy even if you have nothing to hide, I also wonder if we might want privacy even for those who have something to hide.
I mean, often the whole thing gets framed around issues like terrorism or murder or child porn, and in those cases it's easy to let your emotions carry you away and think that perhaps the ends justify the means. Obviously, we want those crimes to be exposed and the perpetrator to be caught. On the other hand, we've all done something wrong at some point. We all have skeletons in our closets. Maybe there are some young people reading this who think, "I don't have any secrets!" Well wait. Sooner or later, something will happen in your life that you'll end up being ashamed of, you'll commit some act that saddens you to think about, or you'll do something that you just don't want people to know about.
These things might not be crimes. They might be that you have some dirty little fetish, that you cheated on your spouse, or that you screwed-over one of your friends when he/she really needed you. It might just be that you've been a bit greedy or harsh to people who didn't deserve it. Or it might even be that you were in a difficult situation, didn't do anything wrong, but the facts taken out of context could be twisted to make you look bad.
There are plenty of things that are legal that can ruin reputations, destroy relationships, embarrass people publicly, and generally ruin lives. Often, there's no positive purpose in bringing these things to light.
People sometimes fail to realize that civilization runs on forgiveness, forgetfulness, and ignorance. If everyone's skeletons were suddenly dragged into the light, it'd be very difficult to maintain work relationships and personal relationships. If everyone were suddenly punished for everything they'd done wrong, no one would escape a whipping. The way our system works is that a crime must be noticeable, someone must be hurt, and the police and prosecutors need to believe that punishing the offense is worthy of time, effort, money, and perhaps other risks. It's for the best. A perfect judicial system which punished all offenders fully would catch everyone at some point. We'd all be offenders, criminals, and subject to public ridicule at various points in our lives.
In the end, such a system would be harmful and oppressive to our society, while the whole point of the judicial system is to help our society maintain stability by reducing the need for vigilante justice/vengence. I'm afraid that, as strange as it may seem, it's better that some of the guilty are not found or prosecuted, and that some crimes go pretty well unnoticed. There's a reason why courts find people "not guilty" of a particular crime, rather than "innocent" in general. It's far better that many of our bad decisions, indiscretions, and unfortunate situations can be stowed away from prying eyes. We ought to maintain an attitude of faith in men, that all men should be treated as innocent until proven otherwise, in spite of the fact that no one is truly innocent.
I'm not sure if you think you're disagreeing with me, but that was included in my thinking. It's easy to get a skewed perspective when you imagine extreme crimes, but extreme crimes are rare. Also, if the crimes are extreme enough (murders, rapists, terrorists) then the crimes are probably going to get attention by law enforcement anyway, even without ubiquitous surveillance. If some kind of "all-seeing eye" run by the government would catch criminals and wrong-doers, it would mostly catch people doing t
Off-hand, the main problem with that argument is that it assumes that legal behavior and ethical/moral behavior are exactly the same.
You're still giving them too much credit. The argument also assumes that perfectly *legal, ethical and moral* behavior/characteristics could never be used to harm their owner. Counterexamples of things I wouldn't want my government/employer/friends/insurance to know about me that break no ethical, moral, or legal bounds:
The types of sex toys I use with my wife
Medical condi
"The right of the people to be secure in their person, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated."
In the US, this is the foundation of privacy. It is a mandate to those who govern from the people who allow them to govern. If you really need to ask why, your ignorance of history is so staggeringly complete that it can only be attributed to being negligently willful.
That's their loophole right there in bold face. They just continually dilute the definition of "unreasonable". Search warrents were to burdensome, so the patriot act gives us NSLs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Le tter) which require no judicial oversight. Similarly for wiretaps. If you question it, then you're the enemy. You support th
My response to people who say "You've got nothing to hide, what's the problem?" is this:
Well then, you'll have no objection to having the transaction register of your checking account and credit cards published daily in the newspaper, will you. Nor a record of your phone calls, incoming and outgoing. Or having all your e-mail, personal as well as work, automatically copied to your boss, co-workers and spouse. After all, you've got nothing to hide, right?
It's not a matter of having nothing to hide. Even people with nothing to hide nonetheless have a lot of things that they don't want broadcast to the world. It's called one's personal business. A really good example is buying your wife an anniversary gift. There's absolutely nothing to hide there, but you still don't want her finding out about it until you give it to her. There's many things in life that're nothing to hide in the sense the "nothing to hide" crowd is using the phrase, but that nonetheless you want to keep private (at least from all but a selected few).
A famous quote by a powerful man. I don't think I need to cite source.
Why that's right. I expect everyone here knows that the quote is attributed to Scott McNealy, then CEO of Sun Microsystems. According to a reporter for Wired [wired.com] he was speaking at the launch of Sun's Jini technology in 1999. It's just that by saying so up front, you can avoid sounding like an insecure thirteen year old putting on a pose to try and hide the fact that he's too lazy to type three words into Google.
Again according to Wire
If you've got nothing to hide, then you won't mind taking off your clothes for me.
Don't know about how well it works in a realm of debate and discourse, but so far it hasn't gotten me anything but slapped in the singles bars.
Or put it another way: locking the bathroom door is not an admission of guilt!At the base of the fallacy, as Bruce Schneier has noted, is the "faulty premise that privacy is about hiding a wrong."
Privacy is the right of an individual or group to be free from unreasonable interference in the conduct of their affairs or in their thoughts.
"The truth is that we all do have something to hide, not because it's criminal or even shameful, but simply because it's private. We carefully calibrate what we reveal about ourselves to others. Most of us are only willing to have a few things known about us by a stranger, more by an acquaintance, and the most by a very close friend or a romantic partner. The right not to be known against our will - indeed, the right to be anonymous except when we choose to identify ourselves - is at the very core of human dignity, autonomy and freedom.
But there also will be tangible, specific harm. [..Examples given...]
If information that is actually about someone else is wrongly applied to us, if wrong facts make it appear that we've done things we haven't, if perfectly innocent behavior is misinterpreted... we will be at risk of finding ourselves in trouble in a society where everyone is regarded as a suspect. By the time we clear our names and establish our innocence, we may have suffered irreparable financial or social harm...If we have to live our lives weighing every action, every communication, every human contact, wondering what agents of the state might find out about it, analyze it, judge it, possibly misconstrue it, and somehow use it to our detriment, we are not truly free..."
" One of the clearest lessons of history is that the greatest threats to liberty come not when times are tranquil and all is well, but in times of turmoil, when fidelity to values and principle seems an extravagance we can ill afford. History also teaches us that whenever we have given in to that kind of thinking, we have lived to regret it. At the time, the loss of freedom might seem small, trivial even, when place
Space is to place as eternity is to time. -- Joseph Joubert


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Bond bigwig Jeffrey Gundlach is reportedly in talks to buy his hometown football team. Gundlach, who runs Los Angeles-based investment firm DoubleLine Capital, grew up in Buffalo and had expressed interest in buying the Buffalo Bills NFL franchise back in 2011, fresh off his acrimonious, litigious split with his former employer Trust Company of the West. The Buffalo News reports that Gundlach, who's had three years to further pad his coffers since his initial overture, has recently reached out to NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly, who led the Bills to four straight Super Bowls in the early 199os, losing all four. Tim Graham report s for the News:
One source familiar with the sales process and another in the banking industry say Gundlach not only is exploring a purchase, but also has approached Bills legend Jim Kelly about forming a group…. Only two other prospective buyers, former Buffalo Sabres owner Tom Golisano and developer Donald Trump, have publicly declared their interest in buying the Bills. The Buffalo News first reported Sabres owner Terry Pegula has hired highly respected team broker Steve Greenberg to explore the possibility.
Bills' founder and former owner Ralph Wilson died in March,and the Bills have been eyeing a sale since then.
A DoubleLine spokesman told Barron's today that the firm had no comment on the matter. Gundlach has previously said he'd keep the team in Buffalo and wants to see it win the championship that's eluded the franchise so far.


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Combustible dust poses a serious, often unrecognized, danger in a large number of industries. In the processing and packaging industries, combustible dust is a serious hazard faced on a daily basis. How can the hazard be reduced? Understanding the causes behind combustible dust explosions, implementing proper cleaning and maintenance procedures, and posting proper warnings and avoidance procedures are critical steps that can be taken to prevent disasters and save lives.
Understanding Combustible Dust Hazards
We all know that three factors are needed for a regular fire to occur: fuel, oxygen, and an ignition source. In a combustible dust explosion, two additional elements must be present: dispersion of dust particles in the air and confinement of the dust cloud. This grouping of five conditions is often referred to as the "explosion pentagon". In a combustible dust explosion, the 'fuel' is the dust or fine particles. If a dust cloud is ignited within a confined space, it burns quickly and a powerful explosion can occur. But, the damage is not done at this point, alone. This initial or primary explosion may then dislodge accumulated dust and particles that have built up over time, serving as the fuel for secondary explosions which can be far more powerful and destructive because of the increased quantity and concentration of the dispersed dust.
Preventing Combustible Dust Explosions
With education, awareness, and adherence to proper maintenance procedures, techniques, and equipment, combustible dust accidents are preventable. According to the National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA), a hazard is present when as little as 1/32 of an inch of accumulated dust –roughly the thickness of a dime – is present. That means that taking action to mitigate dust accumulation – through measures like exhaust fans, dust collectors, and housekeeping – is critical. To aid facilities in the proper prevention guidelines, the NFPA has developed a standard for combustible dust hazards in industrial facilities.
How Proper Safety Communication Can Support Combustible Dust Prevention Measures
One of the ways to reduce the hazard posed by combustible dust is to implement effective warning communication using a well-designed and well-located safety sign system. These signs will alert facility staff – the first line of defense in recognizing, and thus in preventing and mitigating, fire and explosions – to the issue of combustible dust. These signs can reinforce existing training procedures to reduce the risk of dust explosions.
For example, dust can become airborne and pose a greater explosion hazard, when compressed air is used. Proper safety signs can identify compressed air sources and instruct appropriate use. Likewise, ignition sources - one of the critical factors in the "explosion pentagon" - must be identified and restricted. In addition, the NFPA standards emphasize safe cleaning methods, such as vacuuming with specialized equipment. This is where proper safety signs can be especially effective. Signs can reinforce housekeeping measures, helping to instruct workers and maintenance staff about proper cleaning procedures. As an example, the safety sign image shown in Figure 1 uses a combination of text and symbols to clearly warn about these combustible dust explosion hazards. This OSHA-acceptable sign represents "best practice" formatting as established by ANSI (American National Standards Institute) and ISO (International Organization for Standardization) standards, which are grounded in human factors research and liability court case precedent. Through explicit messaging and up-to-date ISO graphical symbols – for noticeability and to cross language barriers – the sign reinforces and reminds about safety procedures.
To learn more about combustible dust hazards and prevention, both OSHA and the U.S. Chemical Safety Board offer online resources to support combustible dust awareness. For more information on standards-compliant safety signs and labels that can help to reduce risk and protect the employees at your facilities, visit the Learning Center available at www.clarionsafety.com.
Great information from Clarion Safety Systems. Combustible Dust has been a hot topic for us at Nilfisk for a few years now, but plant managers and maintenance staff still need this critical information. We also offer free resources at http://explosionproof-vacuum.com/, including FAQs, the Pentagon, a Secondary Explosion diagram and an interactive guide to choose the right vacuum solution.


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hi guys,
i am working on a program which allows a user to type in details about desktops and laptops,
details such as, name, ram size, hdd size and screen size. there is a text field for each of these details, the information is the sent to an xml file.
the second part of the program allows the user to display this info on a table.
my question is, is it possible to stall a program if the user leaves a JTextfield blank.
when a field is left blank the element in the xml file looks like this:
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i tried to make a try/catch statement to stop the program
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String itemName = name.getText(); try{ itemName.equals(""); }catch(Exception e){ system.out.print("error"); }
i tried this which dose print an "error" on the console in eclipse but the info still gets printed into an xml file, what i want to do is stop the program from sending the info to the xml file until the text fields are filled.
thanks in advanced.


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Jack Black and Tim Schafer are reuniting for Broken Age. The two previously worked together on Brutal Legend, one of Double Fine's most divisive works. Black played the main character, although his role has been considerably shrunken down for Schafer's latest adventure. He'll play Harm'ny Lightbeard, a part that Black calls "not very big" in a new video released by Double Fine.
Other Double Fine alums will return for Broken Age, including Jennifer Hale, Richard Horvitz, Nick Jameson, Grey Delisle, and Cree Summer.
Voice director Khris Brown called the endeavor a "kind of family reunion" for the studio, adding that "it's like a big, Thanksgiving dinner, except everything's being recorded. Here's a look at what's been recorded so far:


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The death toll from Queensland's devastating flood crisis has risen to six, after the bodies of two missing men were discovered on Wednesday..
Police found the first body inside a car in the flooded Sandy Creek at Glen Cairn, west of Brisbane early on Wednesday morning, while the second was found at Gatton that afternoon.
The discoveries have ended a search for two farm workers who had been missing since Sunday. However, the bodies are yet to be formally identified.
The search was focused on Sandy Creek after another car, a white 1997 Mitsubishi Magna, was found in it on Tuesday afternoon.
It is believed the Magna was being driven by a 25-year-old man on his way to work in Mulgowie early on Sunday morning.
Police were also searching for a 34-year-old man who was travelling from Gatton to Mulgowie for work at the same time but failed to arrive and has not made contact with colleagues since.
Both cars were found in the creek and have been removed.
The discovery of the second body brings the state's death toll from the floods to six, with one person still missing.
The youngest victim was just three years old and has been named as Angus Burke, the son of two doctors in Brisbane.
He and his pregnant mother, Dr Zara Weedon, were crushed by a tree while walking along Kedron Brook in Gordon Park on Wednesday and Angus died in hospital later that night.
Dr Weedon remains in a critical but stable condition in the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital.
Ex-tropical cyclone Oswald claimed its first victims on Sunday in Burnett Heads, near Bundaberg and near Gympie.
The 81-year-old man died when he fell off his yacht while trying to secure it against the ferocious winds.
A 27-year-old man, believed to be wheelchair bound, drowned in a creek near Gympie when the car he was travelling in with his mother and stepfather was washed off the road.
His step-father was rescued shortly after but his mother clung to a tree for hours before she could be saved.
The next day, a motorcyclist was killed when he was swept off a flooded bridge into Oxley Creek in Greenbank.
Water police in Yeppoon are still searching for a fisherman who has been missing since Thursday when his boat was destroyed by rough waters off the central coast.
The other man he was fishing with, Steve Crear, managed to crawl up a bank ''like a crocodile'' and was rescued on Saturday.
With flood waters due to recede from Wednesday, teams trained to find earthquake victims were waiting to sweep flood-bound homes in Bundaberg amid fears elderly or disabled people could be trapped.
The four urban search-and-rescue teams will be deployed to the flood-hit sugar city, where 2000 homes and 200 businesses have been inundated, leaving 7500 residents displaced.
Police reinforcements have also been sent to the tornado- and flood-ravaged region after four properties were hit by suspected looters.
The swollen Burnett River peaked at a record 9.53 metres at 7pm on Tuesday.
In Brisbane and Ipswich, where rivers peaked below forecast levels beneath blue skies, the sense of relief among flood-weary residents and business owners was palpable.
No homes were inundated in Brisbane, although water flowed into streets and yards in Milton and West End.
The inundation of an estimated 59 properties in West Ipswich was regarded as a miracle by local councillor Paul Tully.
He visited Enid Street where residents had moved what they could to higher ground.
"We're talking about a street that had water over the roofs two years ago, and there isn't even any water on the street," he said.
The Logan River was due to peak at nine metres at the Larry Story Bridge in Waterford early Wednesday morning.
Only one home had been undated by 11pm. Cherly Edler and her partner James Gaffney managed to move many of their belongings from the lower level of their house, before the waters moved in.
They sat on their verandah drinking rum and cola, watching the river rise on Tuesday night.
Hours earlier, southeast Queensland residents were asked to conserve water after silt forced the closure of Brisbane's main treatment plant at Mount Crosby.
The remarkable situation developed days after the city was soaked by torrential rain.
The treatment plant resumed limited operations by 9pm, but authorities continued to warn seven suburbs – Tarragindi, Camp Hill, Carina North, Mount Gravatt, Tingalpa, Rocklea and Oxley – could run dry.
Queensland Premier Campbell Newman has paid tribute to the resilience of residents, who in some cases have weathered four floods in three years.
"It's incredible to see the spirit of Queenslanders out on the streets of their cities and towns as they grapple with what is a big crisis," he said.
Smaller towns, like Eidsvold, Gayndah, Mundubbera and Monto, have been doing it tough as they battle floods and supply problems.
With the floodwaters progressing through central Queensland's river system, the town of Condamine, west of Chinchilla, is facing a 12-metre river peak on Thursday or Friday.
As the flood waters recede from the coastal towns, attention will turn to the huge damage bill and recovery task.
Already, 9800 insurance claims have been lodged in Queensland worth a combined $116 million, according to the Insurance Council of Australia.
The damage to infrastructure is still being assessed, but it has been estimated the bill will run into the hundreds of millions, without counting crop and livestock losses.
Mr Newman has urged people to donate to the government's Queensland Flood Appeal being coordinated with Red Cross.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Governor-General Quentin Bryce are expected to visit flood-affected regions in Queensland in coming days.


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Britney Spears plans 2012 hiatus
Britney Spears is set to take some time off in 2012 according to her label's manager, Joe Riccitelli.
The singer has been working flat out this year on extensive promotion and touring for her latest album, 'Femme Fatale', but plans to give herself a well-deserved break after Christmas to recover. Riccitelli, the executive vice president of promotion for RCA Records, told U.S. radio station Hot 99.5:
"She's going to take a little time off. (But) we're working on a Christina Aguilera release for later on this year, we're working on a new Usher project for later on this year, Pink is about to go back in the studio. We're excited about that."
Her hard work has paid off, too, as she has come out on top of Billboard 2011 Readers' Poll with a phenomenal 7 nods across a range of different categories.
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UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — A Prince George's County councilwoman has been given probation before judgment on a reckless driving charge.
A judge also ordered Karen Toles to pay a $402 fine and $33 in court costs after a hearing Wednesday.
Toles was pulled over while driving her county-issued vehicle on the Capital Beltway in February. She was ticketed for an unsafe lane change. The police officer could not establish her speed because the officer's cruiser was not equipped with radar. But police later cited her for reckless driving after reviewing the evidence.
Probation before judgment means Toles will get no additional points on her driver's license, and the infraction will be wiped from her record if she commits no traffic offenses over the next year.
Toles has apologized for the incident.
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Firefighters respond to call at annex
Members of the Ridgway Volunteer Fire Department responded Tuesday afternoon to what initially started out as an odor investigation at the Elk County Courthouse Annex in the 300 block of Center Street.According to Ridgway fire chief John Wygant, an initial investigation yielded no results and he terminated the investigation. Elk Company 4 was reportedly called out at 2:58 p.m., according to 911 dispatch."Five minutes after I left, I was called back as the smell got more intense," Wygant said. "It was then that I called for the general alarm."Upon further investigation, firefighters found faulty Christmas lights in a second floor display case as the reason for the odor.


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Business park set for Conover
Catawba County Economic Development Corporation is at it again, but this time, they are moving dirt in Conover.
The county's new multi-jurisdictional park will be located in Conover after Conover City Council unanimously approved Monday to let Catawba County EDC purchase 159 acres of land at 3660 Lai-Ber Drive and 3720 Lai-Ber Drive near N.C. 16 and Northern Drive. The property was zoned as residential, but after City Council's meeting Monday, the property is now zoned for campus, office and institutional use.
"We have the opportunity and need to create properties to market on a very quick basis," said Catawba County EDC President Scott Millar. "The short- and long-range plan is to provide that marketable property."
The type of property Millar wants to create is one that appeals to a data center.
"(The property) will be a data-center type of development," he said, "where its surrounding neighbors won't know they are there. The intent for (a data center) is not to be known. We expect and hope (the company) will be corporate."