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A co-worker of mine has a friend who needs a home for this beautiful tortie gal. If anyone is interested, let me know. She is in Picture Rocks, Pennsylvania. The gal says she will pay for spay and vet check. She is friendly and outside at the present time. They are worried about her surviving the winter outside and this gal cannot take the cat as her father will not allow it.
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I'm a new USMB member from the other side of the "puddle" in Australia. Been on a couple of forums for a few years, ausubaru mainly. Looking to help out others and learn more things about subarus along the way.
Here's my L series - Ruby Scoo as she stands at the moment (with "new honda accord springs in the rear):
^ 3 inch lift, EJ22 with the stock L gearbox internals cased in an EJ dual range gearbox casing - no adaptor plant needed plus I keep my stock gearing for now.
When I head offroad her "big boots" are strapped on:
Some EJ conversion pics:
Gearbox re-casing:
EJ fitted and running well:
All geared up for Australia day last year (2010) with the EJ:
Ruby Scoo in mud:
In snow:
In water
In the (crappy rented) shed a month after being in water:
In sand:
And hanging out with friends:
My videos on youtube
Everything on this subi has been built or modified/fitted by myself with exception to the rear bar where my uncle helped me out with the whole construction for start to finish - well he built it, I was his caddy for a day - meaning I was just trying to stay out of his way
Future mods: Snorkel, bonnet vent to get rid of more heat from under there on the hot days. I'd like to supercharge it but I'm not sure if I'll get onto that pipe dream. An endless air would be super but again space is an issue. A dual battery setup is half way complete, just need some frame work to mount the second battery under the bonnet.
Then a rear cargo setup for everything I need when I'm offroad... Just time and shed space I don't have at the moment.
An awd dual range gearbox is being sorted for better onroad handling and reduction of the torque steer behaviour the EJ can induce. Can't wait for that gearbox!
This is such a large forum I hope to get to all the corners at some point in time, hope you've enjoyed the short story about my 88 DL wagon and the videos if you had the time to check them out.
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Seahawks own the town; what should Mariners do?
The M's are at best an afterthought, at worst the whipping boys of a frustrated fan base.
Seattle Times columnist
PEORIA, Ariz. – The King sounds an awful lot like a "12."
"The Seahawks, the organization, they are really good, man,'' Felix Hernandez enthused on Thursday. "Unbelievable. I love watching those games. Really cool."
James Gillheeney, a young Mariners pitcher in his first major-league camp, watched the Super Bowl from a unique perspective, having been a college baseball teammate of Russell Wilson's for two seasons at North Carolina State.
"It was so surreal," Gillheeney said. "Seeing him on the sideline, in the huddle, being in the Super Bowl, one of the biggest stages in professional sports, and to think a few years back he was coming over to my house, getting haircuts, hanging out and watching TV with us like he was just another guy."
Yes, Seahawks mania has worked its way to the desert, where coincidentally Steve Largent was a guest in Mariners' camp on Thursday.
It resided comfortably in the office of manager Lloyd McClendon, a former high-school running back who moseyed over to the V-Mac to meet Pete Carroll just before he left for the Super Bowl. In fact, McClendon said the Seahawks coach accurately predicted some of what went down in the game, a resounding Seattle victory, in case that's slipped your mind.
"I have nothing but the utmost respect for Coach Carroll and what he accomplished and what he got those young men to do,'' McClendon said. "It was just tremendous. And it just goes to show you, there's no substitute for passion, preparation, and belief. I'm all in, and I want my players to be all in as well."
Mixed in with the declarations of Seahawks' love throughout the Mariner organization – and they've jumped en masse on the bandwagon – is a tinge of unspoken wistfulness. The football team owns the town. The Mariners are at best at afterthought, at worst the whipping boys of a frustrated fan base.
The best-case scenario is that the Seahawks' success provides a nudge, or even a shove, to the Mariners, ratcheting up the urgency to put their losing stretch behind them. The alternative is that they keep struggling and continue to pale in comparison to their gridiron brethren.
Certainly, the signing of Robinson Cano to a 10-year, $240-million contract was a strong and tangible statement by Seattle management. (I'd like to see them back it up by adding an arm like Ervin Santana and/or a bat like Kendrys Morales; Nelson Cruz, on the other hand, has way too many red flags to justify the likely price tag.)
Michael Saunders believes the Mariners are on the verge of catching the same wave that just swept the Seahawks into fans' hearts. Saunders resides now in enemy territory – Denver – and said that the frenzy in Seattle, which he experienced when he showed up for FanFest and the Winter Caravan just before the Super Bowl, blew away anything he saw in Colorado.
"I'm not saying the city of Denver was not behind the Broncos, but Seattle was all in,'' Saunders said. "It was a lot of fun to see buildings lit up with 12, and the colors at night, glowing in Seahawks colors. It was fun to be around during that time."
And what would it take to transfer that mania to Safeco Field, to turn Mariner fans into what Hernandez called "10s"? The answer is as obvious as it has been elusive for an organization that, in stark contrast to the astute Seahawks, keeps compounding personnel misjudgments.
"Win, to be honest,'' Saunders said. "We want to jump on the train. The Sounders have a great following, play good soccer. What the Seahawks have done speaks for itself. We want to become a winning organization again.
"I think we've paid our dues and are ready to start winning some ballgames and put together some winning seasons and bring the excitement back to the Pacific Northwest. We want to be like the Mariners used to be."
No one knows better about how the Mariners used to be than infielder Willie Bloomquist, back in Seattle after a five-year absence. He saw one incarnation of Mariner mania in 1995 as a youngster in Port Orchard.
"I was one of those kids at the stadium then,'' he said.
A grown-up Bloomquist made his major-league debut with Seattle in 2002, one year removed from a season in which the Mariners won a record 116 games. They led the majors in attendance that year at 3.5 million – a total that has been halved in the interim.
"Ten years ago, I'd say it was flip-flopped,'' Bloomquist said, reflecting on the current case of Seahawks fever. "It's the same fans; they were just crazy about baseball at the time."
"Hopefully we as a baseball team can ride that Seahawks momentum, and hopefully the fans can keep the excitement going. And hopefully we give them something to be excited about. We know they're there, and we know they'll come out when you win. So we've just got to win. It's up to us."
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American depositary shares of Vodafone (VOD) were down 0.9% during regular trading today, but R. W. Baird's William Power expects the stock can rev up and reach $30.
Power today initiated coverage of the stock with an Outperform rating, writing "Vodafone represents an attractive way to invest in the strong trends at Verizon Wireless at a reasonable valuation" and that it represents a play on growth in emerging markets, with an impressive yield that is likely to rise.
Power estimates that the company's 45% stake in Verizon Wireless could be worth more than $90 billion, which accounts for more than half of Vodafone's enterprise value. There is also upside for more data usage as smartphones grow more ubiquitous.
He also notes that the company's geographic exposure is attractive; while Southern Europe remains problematic, that region contributes just 17% to proportionate revenue. Moreover, he writes that developing nations, including India and South Africa where Vodafone is well positioned, are growing rapidly.
As for valuation, Power sees Vodafone as 'attractive': "VOD currently trades at 10.5x our FY'13 EPS forecast and 9.9x FY'14, slightly above its European counterparts, though well below AT&T (T) at 13.4x and Verizon (VZ) at 15.3x, despite its Verizon Wireless exposure.


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ODELL — To the sound of five bells, the community of Odell dedicated a small space to a large service.
About 300 citizens, including dozens of firefighters, gathered at the fire hall Sunday to dedicate the Fallen Firefighter Memorial, a flag plaza with a four-foot-high black stone listing the names of Odell firefighters who have died.
The event was one day from the anniversary of the death of John Hazlett, who lost his life on Aug. 19, 2001, while driving an Odell tanker truck in a mutual aid call near Cascade Locks. He is the only Odell firefighter to die in the line of duty.
In the memory of Hazlett and all firefighters who have died, an Oregon Fire National Guard tolled a bell five times. The silver bell gleamed in the hot afternoon sun as the firefighters stood at attention.
"Firefighters used to answer the call of bells, but today it's pagers and radios to signal where the alarms are. Today we return to original code of a firefighter down at the scene: 5-5-5-5, for all those who died in the line of service," said Phil Burks, honor guard member from Hoodland, Ore.
The event was a local tribute, but Sept. 11 in part set the tone, as speakers recalled the fatal dedication of hundreds of public servants who gave their lives that day. The bronze figure in the center of the memorial stone is from a photograph of a beleaguered firefighter, taken on Sept. 11 at the World Trade Center.
"This recognizes those who have given their lives in service. It is is our way to show gratitude from our community," said Capt. Devon Wells of Odell Fire District.
State Rep. Patti Smith told the crowd, "First responders are the unsung heroes. As we saw on 9/11, they provide what we all need: protection, safety and comfort. They show absolute dedication to be there first. Think about it — these are the people who when pick up the phone you know they will be there.
"I had the chance to pay tribute to our military veterans at a Fourth of July memorial service," Smith said. "It was very humbling to hear their stories. I feel that way today."
Smith presented Odell Fire Chief Jeff Walker with a flag that flew over the state capitol.
State Fire Marshal Bob Garrison said, "I want to make this point: firefighters do not give their lives in service to others. They do not set out at the beginning of the day intending that it be their last. Rather, in the performance of their duty, sometimes their life is taken from them — and from us."
State Sen. Rick Metsger also spoke, remarking that "The service to the good of all is reflected here today."
Moments later, Walker and EMS Capt. Dean Kinne pulled away the black shroud, reveling the black memorial stone, reading "In Loving Memory of Our Brothers and Sisters That Have Fallen Far Too Soon."
Walker told the crowd, "This is dedicated to all the firefighters who have passed on." He said the department used to put up a plaque in the fire hall meeting room to honor their members, but that the firefighters wanted to do more. Two years ago they began planning a memorial and raising funds.
Kinne said he served with or knew as personal friend every man listed on the memorial.
"This means a tremendous amount to me today," Kinne said. "Each name has a person and a family behind it, and a tremendous story behind it. May God rest these souls and give them peace, and give the families peace. We'll never forget them."
The plaza tiles form the Maltese Cross, the international firefighters' symbol. Present at the service were volunteers from Odell, Pine Grove, Westside, Parkdale, Dee, and Hood River departments, along with Oregon Department of Forestry, Mid-Columbia Fire and Rescue, and the National Scenic Area. Wells also thanked the 9-1-1 dispatchers for their vital role in helping firefighters do their jobs.
The department recognized firefighters Lyle Henage and Randy Mix for coordinating the project.
Henage said that in his six years with Odell and answering calls with department veterans, he has gained a greater appreciation of the firefighters who came before him then.
"It came to light that they created the foundation we walk on," Henage said. "This is one of the most special things I can do. It gives me goosebumps to think of it. After two years working on it, it gives me a very proud feeling."
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If your goal is to produce 300, 400 or even 500 hp from your small-block, it is always easier to reach said goal with more displacement. Taking things to extremes will help illustrate our dilemma. Suppose your goal is an easy 400 hp. Achieving that with a 283 will require some serious components, as the 283 must produce a 1.413 hp per cubic inch. Producing the same 400 hp with a 400-inch stroker requires a specific output of just 1 hp per cubic inch.
Back in the '50s, 1hp per inch was pretty impressive stuff, but add a set of aluminum heads and cam to just about any small-block today and you'll be rewarded with a minimum of one hp per cubic inch. Still, exceeding 1.4hp per inch with the 283 would require not only wilder cam timing and additional static compression, but also more engine speed compared to the 400-inch small-block. Reaching 400 hp with a 400-inch small-block would require less than 5,500 rpm, but look for peak power to occur past 6,500 rpm with the smaller 283.
What this means is that despite a similar peak number, power production through the remainder of the curve (below the power peak) will be skewed greatly in favor of the larger engine.
It is this last point that actually makes the stroker assembly so popular. The reason for the importance of the so-called area under the curve is that drivers spend much more of their time running through the lower rev ranges than they do at the power peak. Even in a drag-race application, the powerplant must rev through a given rpm range through each gear.
Acceleration will be based on the average power production over the given engine speed. Basically put, bigger engines offer more average power (even assuming the same peak power).
Adding fuel to the fire is the fact that building a stroker version that offers more cubic inches nowadays requires few (if any) additional expenditures, as a 3.75-inch stroker crank is roughly the same price as its stock displacement equivalent. Of course if you already have a 350, you'd have to step up to the stroker assembly, but additional displacement is always money well spent.
Strokers not only offer more average power, but they can produce that power with relatively milder cam timing. A wild cam in a 283 would be considerably milder in the larger 400-inch plant. Given the same cam specs, the stroker would idle better, offer better drivability and even possibly improved fuel economy if the cruse rpm was optimized at the lower rev range (made possible by the increase in torque of the bigger motor).
On paper at least, the larger engine has a lot going for it. Naturally, we couldn't end this on sheer speculation, so we devised a test to illustrate just what happens when you increase the displacement of a high-performance small-block. To keep things interesting, we decided that our test subjects would differ only in displacement, meaning every other variable-including compression, cam timing and even the tune up specs-would be identical. Our goal was to run a pair of small-blocks, one displacing 355 ci and the other 383 ci, equipped with all the same components.
The one key element was compression, as the increase in displacement has a decided effect on static compression assuming no change in piston design. To keep the static compression the same, the 355 featured flat-top pistons (with valve reliefs) while the 383 came equipped with 9.8cc dish pistons.
Some might argue the change in piston design might affect power irrespective of the fact that this equalized compression, but the change in flame travel should be minimized and we saw no other way to keep the testing accurate. Thus we had a pair of engines, displacing 355 inches and 383 inches, respectively.
Each engine was set up with a standard volume oil pump (from ProComp), stock oil pan and pick up. Up top, each was configured with a set of AFR 195 aluminum heads, a Comp XE274H cam and ProComp dual-plane (air-gap style) intake manifold.
The two combinations also received the same 750 Holley Street HP carburetor, a ProComp HEI distributor with the ignition timing locked at 34 degrees (where both produced best power) and a set of 1 3/4-inch long-tube headers feeding 18-inch collector extensions. As you'll soon see, both of the small-blocks were rather healthy.
In each case, the carb was jetted to optimize the air/fuel curve under wide open throttle. All power runs were made with 10W-30 non-synthetic Lucas oil.


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WEST WINDSOR -- Mercer County Community College's Study Abroad program has announced three study tours for 2013, to Costa Rica, Poland and Amsterdam.
From March 15-23, 2013, Mercer professors Gianna Durso-Finley and Laura Blinderman will take travelers to Costa Rica for a nine-day trip to study the science and sociology of the Spanish-speaking country. Tour highlights will include a zip-line tree canopy tour, snorkeling at Tortuga Island, and Latin and Spanish dance classes. Also part of the trip are visits to Volcano Poas, a marine biology research station, and Curu Wildlife Preserve, according to a college news release.
For those with an interest in World War II history, Craig Coenen and Jack Tabor will travel with a group to Poland to study the Holocaust from May 24 through June 2, 2013. Travelers will walk along the Path of Jewish Remembrance to the Monument to the Heroes of the Ghetto, visit the Museum of the Historical Jewish Institute and Pawiak Prison, and tour Treblinka and Auschwitz-Birkenau, two of the most infamous labor and death camps.
Those looking for a nontraditional trip abroad will enjoy the program "Amsterdam - Sex & Drugs: Cultural Acceptance and Pragmatic Social Policy!" led by faculty members Karen Bearce and Denise Ingram. The 10-day tour takes place from May 25 through June 3, 2013.
Some of the cultural excursions include trips to Amsterdam's canals, Anne Frank's house, the Red Light District, The Sex Museum, the Hash, Marijuana and Hemp Museum, and Cannibis College. Travelers will partake in field-based service learning experiences, and attend informative lectures in addition to opportunities to volunteer with organizations working with community service organizations.
Registration is now underway. Costs for each trip will include round trip airfare, airport transportation, accommodations, two faculty guides, guided tours, seminars, travel insurance, and some meals. While trips are associated with certain credit courses at Mercer, noncredit students are encouraged to apply (for the Amsterdam trip, noncredit students will need faculty approval to travel).
Mercer Study Abroad information sessions will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 25, at noon in the Communications Building, room 109, and 5 p.m. in the Communications Building, room 110. Additional sessions will be held on Monday, Oct. 22, in the Career Center at the Trenton campus, room 248, as well as Tuesday, Oct. 23, in the Communications Building at West Windsor, at noon in room 109, and at 5 p.m. in room 108.
On Wednesday Nov. 28, two sessions will be held in the Communications Building, room 109, at noon and 5 p.m. The last session will be held Tuesday, Dec. 4 at noon in the Communications Building, room 109.
More information on the Study Tours, and application forms, are available at www.mccc.edu/studyabroad. Forms are also available on the West Windsor campus, in the Business building, Room 109.


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BOSTON (AP) -- Jon Lester took little solace in a strong recovery after a rough start.
Allowing seven runs in the first two innings was too much for Boston to overcome and end a skid that hit seven straight with a 7-2 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday.
Toronto 7, Boston 2
"I just wasn't able to do it with anything. Pick a pitch, I wasn't able to do it," Lester said. "It just wasn't good from the start."
It's been a common theme for the defending World Series champion Red Sox, who are on their longest losing streak since losing the final eight games of the 2012 season.
Mark Buehrle won his major league-leading eighth game, Melky Cabrera and Jose Bautista homered on consecutive pitches for the Blue Jays as they completed a three-game sweep and won for the eighth time in 10 games.
Lester (4-6) had his worst outing of the season, allowing seven runs and seven hits through 11/3 innings.
He settled down and retired 12 straight batters and left with one out in the seventh. Lester allowed 10 hits and striking out just three.
"He just missed some spots and they're hot right now. Missed spots against these guys, they're going to whack it," catcher A.J. Pierzynski said. "I think the frustrating thing for him was he made some good pitches and they got hits."
Buehrle (8-1) allowed two runs in the first two innings and left after giving up seven hits and no walks with five strikeouts in seven innings. He retired 11 of his last 12 batters.
Lester retired the first batter of the game, Jose Reyes, on a grounder.
Boston scored in the first on a leadoff double by Dustin Pedroia and a single by Jonny Gomes, then added a run in the second on Xander Bogaerts' third homer.


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Is it just me or has anyone else noticed a problem with gnome photo apps. I'm specifically talking about shotwell, gthumb and image viewer (all versions as per *buntu 13.04). The problems is that the photos don't stand up to close scrutiny when viewed within those applications eg anything in the photo with a straight edge is actually a bit jagged. It seems as though the photos are being viewed in a lower resolution than desired.
I have to add that the problem doesn't appear if the photos are viewed in gimp or in the kde app digikam (running under the mint cinnamon desktop or unity desktop). I also get the same results with different computers, one running intel graphics and the other nvidia so I can't attribute the problem to the graphics card.
These sort of niggles spoil the linux experience. Another niggle is why do the fonts in documents look so good in gnome desktops but so bad in kde desktops. I've got to the stage where i need to use a kde desktop for managing photos (don't get full functionality running digikam under cinnamon or ubuntu) and a gnome derivative desktop for documents. Its a silly situation.


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Lady Tigers in top spot for 15-2A at mid-point of 2013-14 season
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- Published on 16 January 2014
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
Star Smith forces her way between two Prairiland defenders as she moves in for a lay up for the Lady Tigers. She scored eight points and had two rebounds, four assists, and two steals against the Lady Patriots.
At the mid-point of the 2013-2014 season, the Lady Tigers led District 15-2A with a perfect 7-0 record. Standings for the other teams in the district are Chisum 5-2, Chapel Hill, Clarksville, and Rivercrest 4-3, DeKalb 2-5, and Prairiland and Cooper 1-6. "It is very nice to be 7-0 and be 2 games up on second place," Coach Brad Floyd said. See the Jan. 16 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald for details from the games.


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Submission + - Ubuntu Is NOT Moving To A Rolling Release (digitizor.com)
dkd903 writes: Well now we have official words from Canonical. Rick Spencer, the Engineering Director of Ubuntu at Canonical has said the Ubuntu is not moving to a rolling release. While a rolling release does have many things I like, since there has been no official word Mark Shuttleworth or anyone from Canonical I was somewhat hesitant to believe in it.


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June 19, 2007
Caltrans Believes Higher Population, Not Hybrids, Contributing To Slower Drive Times
Sacramento –On June 15, 2007 the Federal Highway Administration notified the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) that segments of the state's carpool, or High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV), network are congested, and are therefore out of compliance with federal law. Caltrans will prepare an action plan by August 31, 2007 outlining how the agency will correct this problem.
Because single occupant hybrid vehicles are allowed access to HOV lanes, these lanes come under the purview of the Federal Transportation Act, known as SAFETEA-LU. Once SAFETEA-LU provisions are invoked, HOV lanes are subject to more stringent congestion requirements. Under the federal definition, HOV lanes are congested when vehicles fail to maintain a minimum average operating speed of 45 miles per hour 90 percent of the time over a 180-day period during the morning or afternoon peak hours.
"Caltrans will work with our transportation partners to develop an HOV Congestion Action Plan by the end of August," said Director Will Kempton.
"Many factors may impact operating speed and drive times such as bad weather or accidents," says Caltrans' Chief of Traffic Operations Robert Copp. "These incidents will reduce the overall average speed of the HOV lanes."
Caltrans believes the state's rising population – and not hybrid access – is the primary reason for congestion in HOV lanes. "More people are driving more cars longer distances. Our research shows that vehicle miles traveled increased faster than population growth," according to Copp. "So, with population increases, we get more traffic, more congestion."
A recent study by Caltrans shows that on a statewide basis, giving hybrids access to HOV lanes is not directly attributable to the increased congestion.
In the action plan, Caltrans will explore several strategies to reduce congestion, including:
- Adjusting hours of HOV operation
- Modifying vehicle entrance and exit points in HOV lanes
- Increasing enforcement by the California Highway Patrol, and
- Limiting hybrid access in congested areas.


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He was never given a chance, They threw him to the dogs both times and once it worked. The OL just plain gave up the second time after they gave him two practices on a short week.
He may well be a bum but he has been given zero chance so far, MS is a bum who has been given way too many chances. It is a fact that he is much smarter than MS but alot of QB's out there now are not too smart; and yet they win.
So, could he start, maybe but he should run as far as possible from this train wreck. I liked Rex but I think he still looks like he is lying in every press conference and he will retreat to his way of doing things. Unfortunately, I think he will give MS the benefit of all doubt because of his salary. This team has never given anyone a shot to be the QB since day one of MS, and it is not likely they will. I think the QB competition is complete BS and will never happen,,I hope I am wrong.


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SQUAW VALLEY, Calif. (AP) -- World champion Mikaela Shiffrin straddled a gate in the final run, handing the slalom title to Canadian Ana Goodman on Sunday in the U.S. Alpine Championship.
The 18-year-old Shiffrin, from Vail, Colo., had a 1.22-second lead after the opening run, but straddled the gate in the tight middle section in the second run.
"I just caught a little bit of a weird groove and pressured on the wrong spot and my ski went on the other side. It happens," Shiffrin said. "I thought the conditions held up great, especially for how warm it is and the sun is hitting the hill basically all day. It was really good.
"Everybody's going for it out there and there's some really good skiing. It's a great competition and a great way to end the season."
Goodman, a student at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, had the fastest second run. She recently won the NorAm slalom title.
"I just tried to really go for it, especially at the bottom because on the first run I felt like that's where I lost a lot of time," Goodman said. "So, I just went as hard as I could and survived basically.
"I finished the season winning the overall slalom NorAm and then I decided to take a trip to Germany to do the last World Cup. I barely qualified, but then I won the second run, so I that was a huge thing for me because I've never won a run."
Resi Stiegler of Jackson Hole, Wyo., was second, and Norway's Tonje Sekse, also a Westminster student, finished third.
"I'm so bummed," Stiegler said. "I didn't think Mikaela was going to make a mistake, so I was just excited to come down in the top three. Then I was a little bummed that I didn't kick at the end. But it's fun. It was a good group of girls and we all have a really good time together. I'm just happy I'm here. I haven't skied a while because I hurt my back, so I'm happy that today went all right. It's always fun to be on the podium."
Katie Hartman of Breckenridge, Colo., won the combined title with the fastest total time from the super G and slalom. Lila Lapanja of Incline Village, Nev., was second, followed by Paula Moltzan of Lakeville, Minn.


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Monarch Golfers Fifth After Two Rounds at Furman
April 09, 2000
By ODU Athletics
By ODU Athletics
GREENVILLE, SC -- Old Dominion's men's golf team is currently in fifth place after two rounds at the Furman Intercollegiate. Old Dominion was one of the 12 teams that were able to complete the second round as seven teams were unable to finish the round due to darkness.
Old Dominion's Michael Hospodar (Ontario, Canada) is currently tied for third after a two round total of 142, while teammate Steve Sokol (Oxford, CT) is tied for ninth at 146. East Tennessee State and Virginia are tied for the lead of the event at 582, followed by Maryland at 585, UNC Charlotte at 590 and Old Dominion at 592. The second round will be completed on Sunday morning, followed by an additional 18 holes for all teams.
Furman Intercollegiate Partial Results after two rounds Furman University Golf Course Par 72 / 6,800 yards 1. East Tennessee State 582 Virginia 582 3. Maryland 585 4. UNC Charlotte 590 5. Old Dominion 592 6. Furman 599 7. East Carolina 601 Georgia Southern 601 Virginia Tech 601 10. Virginia Commonwealth 602 11. Coastal Carolina 606 12. Winthrop 629 Seven teams did not finish second round... Selected Individuals 1. James Driscoll, UVA 138 2. Keith Unikel, MD 141 3. Michael Hospodar, ODU 142 Pat Beste, ETSU 142 9. Steve Sokol, ODU 146


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Communications Toolkit
Communications Toolkit
February 2017
TARGET Center
Peer-to-peer communications is one of the most effective forms of technical assistance and training. Common venues include conference workshops, poster sessions, webcasts, teleconferences, and videos.
Below are tools and tips to help with:
- Planning
- Practice
- Graphic design
- Clarity and brevity
Also included in this toolkit are tips for making resources (documents, PDF files, slides, YouTube videos) 508 compliant.


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Help support your Meetup
Colorado Things To Do is for everyone. This is not a singles only group. We have many members who are married, single with and without kids, and members of all ages.
We try to provide a large variety of events for all members. We highly encourage feedback to provide more interests. So of the interests we current provide are as follows:
Camping, fishing, museums, concerts, art galleries, dining out, comedy clubs, skiing/snowboarding, sporting events, dancing, family/kid friendly events, and just about anything you can thing of. Even some happy hours.
Check out the calender for future events.
We do post discussion groups for everyone to discuss future events. We also do polls, to help drive the group to see what is in demand. So if you have a few moments, to check the discussion groups out and the polls, please do!
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Jed Lowrie went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI to highlight a 12-hit effort by the Oakland Athletics in their 7-5 win over the St. Louis Cardinals at O.co Coliseum.
Josh Donaldson added a solo homer and Yoenis Cespedes went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored for the A's, who took two of three in the interleague series and have won four of their last five overall.
Tommy Milone (7-7) labored through six innings but still picked up his first win since June 3 after allowing five runs -- four earned -- on seven hits and two walks.
"He battled for that win today," Lowrie said of Milone. "He bulldogged through that game. He deserved it."
Matt Carpenter and Carlos Beltran each had three hits with a home run for the Cardinals, who have fallen in six of their last eight games. Allen Craig added a solo homer.
Jake Westbrook (4-3) surrendered 10 hits and six runs over just four frames to take the loss.
"Every once in awhile we have to pick up (our starters) when they aren't as sharp," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said.
The right-hander was working with a 5-4 lead in the fourth before Lowrie's go- ahead two-run blast cleared the wall in right-center.
After Donaldson took Trevor Rosenthal deep in the seventh, Oakland's bullpen did the rest, as Sean Doolittle and Ryan Cook each threw a scoreless inning of relief prior to Grant Balfour tossing a 1-2-3 ninth to pick up his 19th save in as many chances.
Beltran and Craig hit back-to-back homers in the first after Carpenter led off the game with a double.
The A's got two back in their half on run-scoring hits by Lowrie and Cespedes, but stranded two in the frame.
Carpenter turned on a fastball and hit it just over the scoreboard in right to open the third, and a pair of miscues in the field later in the inning allowed the Cardinals to increase their lead to 5-2. Lowrie let Matt Holliday's two- out grounder dribble through his legs, allowing Beltran to score without a play at the plate after his popup to third was lost in the sun.
With two on in the bottom of the third, Oakland's Brandon Moss crushed one high off the wall in left-center. Seth Smith scored easily on the double, and Cespedes raced home when Carpenter dropped the relay throw from the outfield.
Game Notes
Balfour has converted each of his last 37 save chances, which is the longest active streak in the majors and three short of the Oakland record held by Dennis Eckersley ... The A's had not allowed an unearned run in their previous 19 games ... The Cardinals went 1-for-11 with runners in scoring position ... Game time was 2 hours and 35 minutes.


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~~~~~~~~~~>>> Despite being off the air for most of the hour, we have an entire show for you here.
Not everything on the food horizon is an upper – especially the statistics on obesity rates in Minnesota and the Upper Midwest. And, unfortunately, race rears its head in the availability and accessibility of healthy food. Will Allen, the iconic healthy food grower (Growing Power) and advocate based in Milwaukee has said it out loud:
"A food system consists of the processes in place that bring food to your table each day. It is the people, fields, machines and organizations involved in creating the grain bar in your pocket or the beverage you drink for breakfast. A food system is the sum of the guiding forces and values that inform the production, harvest, processing, transporting and marketing of the food we consume at each meal.
"The food system, as it functions today, is an undeniable part of our nation's march towards economic and political power. It is a part and parcel of the historical pattern of denying certain people land, resources and power based on their ethnic group and/or skin color. Models of cultivation, harvest, processing and delivery exploited the labor of people of color who, through their underpaid or slave labor, helped to sustain an abundance of low cost of food. These patterns persist. The U.S. food supply and it's relative abundance and low-cost today is largely dependent on labor inputs from migrant farm workers, who often do not have citizen status, who are underpaid for seasonal work and live with the threat of deportation…"
But one thing is clear, at least in the Twin Cities: community and urban gardens are IN! Diverse communities are marching in lock-step toward a better and healthier families.
In fact, in many large cities across the country which have found their cores eaten away by poverty and abandonment, rotting and fallen houses are being replaced with very real farms.
Here in the Twin Cities, however, the trend is toward finding people who need, but haven't been able to access locally grown, fresh foods and more stable and healthy diets as a result – and getting them into the business of seeking and even growing their own fresher foods.
Now, the task may be to fight the powerful fast food and corporate farming industry who advertise the fat foods with little attention to fresh vegetables everyone needs.
Of course, this isn't the first year this has happened. We've covered some of this gardening activity over the last four or five seasons on TruthToTell. But the scale seems to have grown exponentially in 2012.
Community gardens of significant substance are cropping up (forgive the pun) all over the core cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. And these are gardens in neighborhoods all over the place.
So, how can you become connected to this important source of beauty and nutrition? What are the possibilities? The "rules of the growing game?" And tricks of the trade? Who are the people in your neighborhood wanting you to be part of the plotting for a healthier community and ready to encourage your participation in your better health – and that of your children?
TTT's ANDY DRISCOLL and MICHELLE ALIMORADI bring together just four of the hundreds of your neighbors learning and teaching the simplicity of growing good things in backyard or public plots set aside by the cities for just this purpose, and our guests have become the experts at this business.
Gardening Matters: Coalition building, information, advocacy and more on community gardening
Minnesota Extension Service Yard and Garden News: Great newsletter for gardeners, paid for with your tax dollars!
Yards to Gardens: A Twin Cities website that connects people who are looking for gardening space with people who have space available.
Permaculture Research Institute: Research, education, demonstration, and community-building for urban gardeners in "northern temperate climates". Sponsors of Backyard Harvest, which helps urban farmers work in others' backyards.
Twin Cities Urban Ag Connection: A networking tool with info about urban agricultural activities in Minneapolis and Saint Paul.
Urban Farming: A Michigan non-profit with operations in the Twin Cities; school and community gardens in which harvests are free. They sponsor a community garden in Frogtown, at 533 N. Dale Street.
Growing Power: Wisconsin based urban gardening initiative and land trust.
© KFAI, 1808 Riverside Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55454 Tel: 612-341-3144


text: DETROIT (AP) -- A man who escaped from a Detroit jail by switching wristbands with another inmate has been captured in Mexico. The U.S. Marshals Service says Rocky Marquez was arrested Tuesday in Hermosillo, Mexico. He'll be taken to Phoenix where he faces trial on drug charges and other crimes. The 34-year-old Marquez has a history of escapes. He left a Phoenix jail last May by impersonating another inmate. He was captured in Detroit in January but found freedom again after just a few days while awaiting a transfer back to Arizona. Authorities say he persuaded an inmate at the Wayne County jail to exchange identity bracelets. The Marshals Service says Marquez promised to reward Adrian Rivera in the future. But now Rivera is in hot water. He's charged with assisting Marquez's escape.


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On the 'Manage Employee' page there is a grid view where an admin user can filter Employee records. However there is only a 'Department Id' column, and so I added a 'Department Name' column for readability, as shown in the following code:
<?php $this->widget('zii.widgets.grid.CGridView', array( 'id'=>'employee-grid', 'dataProvider'=>$model->search(), 'filter'=>$model, 'columns'=>array( 'id', 'departmentId', 'department.name', //(I ADDED THIS LINE HERE.......!!!) 'firstName', 'lastName', 'email', 'ext', /* 'hireDate', 'leaveDate', */ array( 'class'=>'CButtonColumn', ), ), )); ?>
This works fine because of 'relations' method in the employee model
public function relations() { return array( 'department' => array(self::BELONGS_TO, 'Department', 'departmentId'), ); }
However this column is neither sortable nor filterable in the same way that the other columns are.
Any clue how I would go about this?
And what is the general way of doing this sort of thing when tables are in relation like this?
Do I create an sql view in the database joining both tables and then run Gii on that... or is there a neater way of adapting the code I already have?


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DENVER, Colorado (CNN) -- For six hours and with at least 60 speakers, Democrats will focus Tuesday on a theme of "Renewing America's Promise" at their national convention.
Sen. Hillary Clinton will address the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night.
The headliners -- Sen. Hillary Clinton and former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner -- will deliver full-length addresses. But most of those appearing at the podium will have four minutes or less to get their message across to a sometimes less-than-attentive crowd.
The podium parade will feature 40 officeholders, including two mayors, 13 governors, 14 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and 11 senators -- nine of them women.
The only state official on the list who is not a governor is California State Comptroller John Chiang, who is known for his clashes with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The remaining 20 speakers are primarily nonpoliticians, including a flood victim and people who recently have lost jobs or are about to be laid off. Watch highlights from convention's first day »
An Iraq war veteran, Bronze Star recipient Koby Langley, is scheduled to appear. The leader of Veterans for Obama will lead the convention in the Pledge of Allegiance.
The lone educator on the speakers' list is the president of a technical college serving American Indians. David Gipp will talk about the need for higher education opportunities for members of tribal nations.
Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin will bang the gavel to start the session. Then a minister will give an invocation. Two others will deliver the benediction six hours later, when Franklin bangs the gavel a final time.
The mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska -- Jim Whitaker, a Republican who has endorsed Sen. Barack Obama -- will talk about the economy, health care costs and education.
Two other people described as lifelong Republicans will speak, including a retired Navy admiral and an unemployed nurse.
The Republican nurse is one of three people on the speakers' list who have lost their jobs or expect to be laid off soon. The others are a Michigan autoworker who has received a layoff notice and a laid-off North Carolina textile worker with huge medical bills. See memorable moments from past conventions »
Three labor union activists are set to speak, including AFL-CIO President John Sweeney.
One of the nonpoliticians to take the podium will be Lily Ledbetter, whose equal pay lawsuit against Goodyear Tire led to the passage of the Fair Pay Restoration Act.
A 23-year-old Iowa woman, left temporarily homeless by June's floods, will address the convention. She was one of the flood victims chosen last month to speak with Obama when he visited Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Four people will serve as panelists for a brief "town hall" forum on the economy to be moderated by Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm. iReport.com: Share your reaction to DNC speeches
Nancy Floyd, founder of Nth Power, a company that invests in energy technology, will address renewable energy policies.
Federico Pena, who was President Clinton's energy and transportation secretary, also will speak. Pena endorsed Obama a year ago and helped him appeal to Hispanic voters.
Drawing a link between Obama and President John F. Kennedy, Ted Sorenson will speak. The 80-year-old Sorenson, who was one of Kennedy's closest aides and his speechwriter, is an adviser to Obama.
All About Hillary Clinton • Barack Obama • AFL-CIO


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DETROIT – What will the interior of a family sedan look like 12 years from now?
That was the challenge given 17 talented transportation-design students at the College for Creative Studies in a competition sponsored by WardsAuto and interior suppliers Lear and International Automotive Components.
In the fourth annual WardsAuto Interiors Student Design Competition, young stylists were given the task of creating a roomy, practical family sedan aimed at first-time buyers in the year 2025.
The sedan needs to offer all the amenities of a minivan in a smaller, more fuel-efficient package. The typical customer is "the Johnsons" a family of five with three young children that is looking for an affordable, kid-friendly sedan.
Four finalists in the competition were announced today at a special ceremony during the 2013 SAE World Congress. They are Johad Ellis, Merrill Mathew, Kirill Ponomarenko and Harrison Schillinger.
The finalists were selected by four top auto industry designers: Scott Strong, director-design at Ford; Klaus Busse, head of interior design at Chrysler; Ariel Choi, lead designer at Toyota; and Eric Clough, director-Cadillac interior design at General Motors.
WardsAuto asked the four judges to evaluate the student designs on these criteria:
- Realistic usage of technologies and materials.
- Unique ambient lighting concepts.
- Innovative ideas for driver interaction (while minimizing driver distraction).
- Safety features for 2025 that meet consumer demands and government regulations.
- Overall design. How does it all come together?
Instructor Joann Jung, manager-global interior design strategy at Ford, guided the students and helped them keep their projects within agreed-upon boundaries.
The design brief calls on students to base their projects on a model from WardsAuto's Upper Middle Car segment, evolved forward to 2025. This category is defined as having four or five doors, measuring 185 ins. to 200 ins. (4,699 mm to 5,080 mm) long, with a base price of $21,501 to $32,000 in 2012 dollars.
The cars currently in this segment include the Ford Fusion, Toyota Camry and 14 other models.
The student projects will be on display at the SAE World Congress through April 18 at Cobo Center in Detroit in booth M-1307.
The student projects also will be on display at the WardsAuto Interiors Conference May 22 at The Henry hotel in Dearborn, MI, where the grand-prize winner will be revealed, along with the recipients of special awards from IAC and Lear.
The Lear Innovation Award is given to the student whose work includes specific design or technical innovation the judges deem particularly inspired and forward-thinking.
The IAC EcoBlend Award will go to the student whose design or concept best embraces green mobility or uses lightweight, renewable/recyclable materials and other Earth-friendly innovations.


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Forum Post: why does the corporatist 1% party -
Posted 4 years ago on June 19, 2013, 3:17 a.m. EST by bensdad
This content is user submitted and not an official statement
spend over $55,000,000 trying to repeal the ACA 37 times - that will never be repealed?
spend more millions on trying to ban abortions will never become law
and is, incidentally, unconstitutional ???
some people say this is to appease their base -
I see this differently:
The employees of the corporatist 1% want to waste legislative time
to appear to do the people's work
but they know that two of our biggest issues are
jobs ( according to john boehner ) & infrastructure
there is only one real solution to this-
tax the corporations and the 1% to hire the 99%
and the crapitalists refuse to allow their servants to
solve these real problems - for exactly one reason - the corporatists & 1% would have to pay more tax


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Good morning troops.
Cookie here with a question.
I downloaded the 188.8.131.525 (both the Bell as the Wind file) Joe posted, but neither shows up when I link my phone to DM.
I deleted the Vendor file, but no update show in DM.
I run Vista but till now all updates worked. Whats wrong?


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Justices Breyer and Scalia concern themselves with hot dogs (transcript PDF) in a case about whether public access to newly added beach is a "taking" of the property of homeowners who previously had private beach extending all the way to the water:
"You didn't lose one inch," Justice Stephen G. Breyer told the lawyer for the owners, D. Kent Safriet. "All you lost was the right to touch the water. But the court here says you in effect have that right because you can walk right over it and get to the water."
The new strip of land is as wide as 75 feet in places, and the public has access to it.
"If somebody wanted to put up a hot dog stand on this new land," Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. asked, "would you have the right to tell them they can't?"
"Absolutely not," Mr. Safriet answered.
Justice Breyer said the relevant law did protect the owners' right to enjoy their land in peace, meaning they could at a minimum ban "a noisy hot dog stand that keeps you up at night."
Justice Antonin Scalia found the middle ground, as it were. "You can have quiet hot dog stands during the daytime," he said.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor added that even before the beach project, "a hot dog stand could have sat in the water."


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Boston Marathon
The Boston Marathon is the oldest annual marathon in the world and, for everyday runners, the most prestigious. Here's what you need to know to gain entry to and train for the Boston Marathon.
Field Size and Composition
Since 2015, the marathon has had a field of 30,000. In 1996, for the 100th running, the race had just more than 38,000 entrants. In 2014, the year after bombings at the finish line, there was a one-time expansion to 36,000.
Although women weren't officially allowed to register until 1972, the field is now almost evenly split between men and women. In 2015, 46 percent of entrants were women.
Of the race's 30,000 entrants, roughly 80 percent are time qualifiers and roughly 20 percent are charity runners.
Entering With a Qualifying Time
Since 1970, the primary way for runners to enter the Boston Marathon has been with a qualifying time from another marathon. The standards have changed over the years, but they have always been seen as a challenge for everyday runners. For many, getting a Boston qualifier (or BQ) is a lifetime running achievement.
The current standards (seen below) have been in place since 2013:
|Age Group
For more on all the qualifying standards, including the qualifying window and what makes a certified course, click here. A list of top qualifying U.S. marathons can be found here.
How registering for the race works
For the last few Boston Marathons, there have been more qualifiers seeking a bib number than there are spots available (roughly 24,000) for time qualifiers.
Registration for the following April's marathon usually opens in mid September. Time qualifiers can register on a rolling admission schedule, beginning with the fastest qualifiers. First, starting on a Monday, runners who have met the qualifying standard for their age and gender by 20 minutes or more can register. Two days later, registration opens for those who have met their qualifying standard by 10 minutes or more, if space remains. If more spots are left, registration opens on that Friday for those who met their qualifying standard by five minutes or more. If space remains after the first week of registration, registration re-opens for all qualifiers on the following Monday, and remains open for three days.
For the 2016 marathon, 28,594 time qualifiers submitted an entry, and 4,562 were not accepted. For the 2016 race, runners needed to better their age and gender qualifying mark by 2:28 or more, showing that a BQ time doesn't guarantee entry.
If you have more questions about the registration process, check out our FAQ here.
Entering as a Charity RunnerThe BAA sets aside a few thousand numbers for runners affiliated with one of the marathon's official charities. (For the 2015 race, it was 2,585.) These runners do not have to run a qualifying marathon.
The charities are given numbers to distribute to runners, who usually pledge to raise a substantial amount of money for the charity. These runners go through the charity they're running for, rather than the qualifier registration system, to sign up for the marathon.
Find our guide to the Boston Marathon charity program here and on the race website here.
A Brief Look at the CourseThe Boston Marathon is revered—and feared—as much for its course as its history. The quirky, point-to-point route passes through eight cities and towns.
Casual fans know about Heartbreak Hill, the last of the four hills found in the town of Newton, which fall between the 16- and 21-mile marks of the course. This series of climbs is considered among the most challenging in any popular marathon.
Boston Marathon veterans speak with equal concern about the race's significant downhills. (Overall, the course has a net elevation drop of 459 feet.) The first half is predominantly downhill, as are the last five miles. Training for Boston (see the following section) must therefore incorporate uphill and downhill running.
The rolling nature of the course also makes proper pacing challenging. Given the relative easiness of the first half, hitting 13.1 miles on pace for your goal time should mean that you won't have pounded your quads into obscurity early on and that you'll have plenty of fight left for the Newton Hills.
Read a detailed breakdown of the course here.
How to Train for the Course
Because of Boston's course, you'll want to tailor your marathon training plan to its demands. For a typical marathon, you can succeed with a steady diet of long runs, tempo runs, intervals, and recovery days. You can find our marathon training plans to help you reach a qualifying time here.
For Boston, you'll need to add the ability to run up and down hills when tired. You can find our Boston-specific training plans here (by time goal) and here (good regardless of your time goal).
If you're creating your own training plan, read this guide to (up)hill workouts. And be sure to become equally adept at running downhill efficiently.
Race Date, and a Little History
The Boston Marathon is held on Patriots' Day, the third Monday of April.
The race was first run in 1897, and has been run every year since. Members of the Boston Athletic Association, which has been the race organizer from the outset, were inspired by the 1896 Olympics to put on a new running event, the marathon, that had debuted at those Olympic Games. They established a 24.5-mile route from Ashland, Massachusetts, to downtown Boston. In 1924, when the marathon distance was standardized at 26 miles, 385 yards, the start line was moved farther west to Hopkinton. The finish line has always been in Boston, albeit in four different locations over the years.
Here's a graphic representation of Boston Marathon history. For a more detailed history of the marathon, read this account by the Boston Athletic Association.


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Hackers claiming to represent the group Anonymous have threatened to release sensitive information about the US Department of Justice over the death of an internet activist.
The group appeared to have hacked the website of the US Sentencing Commission and replaced the front page with a statement calling for reform of US prosecution law.
The attack appears to be a retaliation for the treatment of internet activist Aaron Swartz, who killed himself on January 11.
Mr Swartz, 26, was facing prosecution for allegedly hacking into a fee-paying academic database and releasing documents on to the internet for free.
The computer programmer, who was involved in developing social news site Reddit and web feed format RSS, was found dead in his Brooklyn apartment.
The statement read: "Through this website and various others that will remain unnamed, we have been conducting our own infiltration.
"We did not restrict ourselves like the FBI to one high-profile compromise. We are far more ambitious, and far more capable.
"We have enough fissile material for multiple warheads. Today we are launching the first of these. Operation Last Resort has begun..."
At the bottom of the page are listed nine files, referred to as "warheads", each named after a US Supreme Court judge.
The statement does not reveal what they contain.
Mr Swartz's death lead to accusations he felt hounded by the prosecution against him. Congress members have also raised concerns over the handling of the case.
Earlier this month, members of Anonymous hacked Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) websites. Mr Swartz is alleged to have used MIT's computer network to download the academic documents.


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Who: Erika Molano
Where: Cafe Martorano, 3343 Oakland Park Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, 954-254-3944, CafeMartorano.com.
What it is: A dark rum, a white rum and an amber rum served with pineapple juice. The rums are left in an infusion jar with cracked vanilla beans and served in a glass rimmed with cinnamon sugar.
What she says: "I also call it an Italian rum punch," Molano says. "The Italian part is the vanilla beans. The cinammon sugar gives it a kick, feels like fall. It's a little sweet, but it'll make you giggle after a couple."
In loving memory: Owner Steve Martorano collaborates in the creation of his cafe's cocktails. After 20 years in business, the place recently received a liquor license. Martorano says the Long John is named after his late uncle Raymond "Long John" Martorano, who spent almost two decades in a Philadelphia prison and was murdered shortly after his release. The drink is sweet and strong, good for coping.
Watch Molano make a Long John at SouthFlorida.com/martoranos.
— Maria Murriel, @mariamurriel


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A Bryan County sheriff's deputy, Robert Crapse, was killed Friday morning in an accident with a driver going the wrong way on Interstate 95, according to Bryan County Sheriff Clyde Smith.
Crapse's cruiser collided head on with a Toyota being driven by Patricia Ann Collins of Richmond Hill around 2 a.m. in the northbound lanes of I-95.
"He was driving north on the Interstate, the other vehicle was driving south in the northbound lane," Smith said.
Smith said Crapse, who resided in Ellabell, had been working traffic control and was headed back to the north end of the county when the accident occurred.
According to Savannah Chatham Metropolitan Police the crash happened near mile marker 97 which is between the I-16 and Highway 204 exits.
Crapse, a K9 officer, had his dog Seppe with him at the time of the accident.
"His dog appears to be alright, just a scratch or two but we are going to take him to get checked out," Smith said.
Smith described Crapse as a good officer.
"He started working for us in the jail right out of high school. I sent him to school and he became a deputy," the Sheriff said. "It is a terrible, tragic thing. He was a fine deputy."
Crapse leaves behind a wife and three children.
The Georgia State Patrol is investigating the accident Smith said.


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The Wonderful World of Pessimism…
Brian Costello of The New York Post has it exactly
right: "Welcome to the 2011 A.J. Burnett Show — where every
mistake he makes will feel like a precursor of doom, like discovering a zit and
worrying about it becoming a tumor."
I heard that the Yankees had lost, 6-5, to the Toronto Blue Jays yesterday, my
thoughts went immediately to A.J. Burnett who gave up 4 runs (2 earned) in 4
innings of work. There was a sinking
feeling with the thought 'here we go again'…
Danny Moloshok/Reuters
Burnett and the
Yankees took positives from the performance and I can only hope that they are
right. As unfair as it is, Yankee fans
will be less tolerant of any mistakes by Burnett than they will for any other
starting pitcher in the rotation which will most likely include either Bartolo
Colon or Freddy Garcia at the back end.
He'll need to give the fans a reason to get back in his corner.
The story of the
Yankees' signing of Dominican Republic prospect Juan Paniagua is
interesting. At first, I didn't know
anything about Paniagua, but I've since found out that he had originally signed
with the Arizona Diamondbacks under a false name (Juan Collado). The contract was subsequently voided by MLB
and Paniagua was suspended for a year.
The move allowed Paniagua to parlay a $17K signing bonus with the
D-Backs into a $1.1 million signing bonus with the Yankees. It does seem odd that a player with
questionable ethics would be allowed to profit from situation regardless of
what type of talent he may have. It
remains to be seen if MLB will approve the Yankees deal or if Paniagua will
even be able to get into the country, but I am skeptical about the character of
the pitcher. I do not know the reason he
lied about his name and there is probably much more to the story, but it will
be interesting to see how this plays out.
I am glad to see
that the Yankees have invited Joe Torre back for Old Timer's Day at Yankee Stadium
this year. It will be good to see Joe
don his #6 pinstriped jersey once again.
I admired his comment that he didn't want to play in the Old Timer's
game since he never played for the Yankees. It shows the respect that he has
for the Yankees and their great players. But he certainly deserves to stand on the same
field with other Yankee legends and hear his name announced to the Yankee
I was sorry to
see that former Oakland A's outfielder Mitchell Page has passed away at age 59. I hadn't followed his career when his playing
days ended, but apparently he was plagued by alcoholism in his failed attempt
at coaching in recent years. I haven't
heard the cause of death, but it is so sad to see the players we cheer for
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Los Angeles billionaire and healthcare entrepreneur Patrick Soon-Shiong reached an agreement with insurer Blue Shield of California aimed at accelerating medical breakthroughs to doctors and patients to improve care and reduce costs.
Soon-Shiong, a former UCLA surgeon and drug-company executive, announced the deal Tuesday between his NantHealth company and Blue Shield, a nonprofit insurer with 3.3 million customers in California.
They will partner with St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica to create a "continuous learning center" to work on spreading personalized medicine and best practices to more healthcare providers.
"This learning system puts us on the path of driving value-based care and ultimately reducing costs for all Californians," Soon-Shiong said in a statement.


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Youssef (Sef) Tuma leads Accenture Digital Video, a business unit in Accenture dedicated to helping clients grow profitably as technology disrupts and consumer expectations evolve. He has more than 21 years of experience in managing large innovative technology platforms and associated business strategies around video, advertising, and content, and has been on the forefront of a number of transformational initiatives. He was Accenture's engagement executive and architect for Warner Bros' Digital End to End solution, which won a Technical Emmy, and led a large-scale project that helped a global content organization define and execute to its vision for becoming a high-performance media company. Recently, Sef also had a leading role in the technical delivery of the award-winning YouView connected TV platform in the UK, the Accenture executive overseeing the online launch of BT Sport, and the interim CTO for myBBC, the personalization platform supporting all of BBC's online channels. Sef's organization now supports multiple clients worldwide in helping drive new business models into market while enabling growth in their core business. Sef graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a BS in electrical and computer engineering. Listen as Sef describes the key factors disrupting the digital video ecosystem.
Laura Chittick is the Product Lead for Video Marketing, Analytics and Monetization services with Accenture Digital Video. She has led strategy, planning and delivery for a number of transformational digital programs for major broadcasters, telcos and content companies, including the launch of new digital TV products and content services. In her current role, Laura works with clients globally to help drive profitability of video products. She has developed the product strategy and delivery methodology behind Accenture's supporting software and consulting services, overseeing multiple projects which have driven audience engagement, incremental revenue and operational efficiencies through effective insights from the new consumer data available. Laura holds a master's in electrical and electronic engineering from Bristol University.
John leads Accenture Digital Video's consumer device innovation and quality of experience optimization activities. He works with global companies to position the home as a strategic hub for future business models while driving efficiencies in supporting legacy platforms. John has almost 20 years of experience in digital TV, working with clients globally on diverse projects including the launch of multi-room digital TV, cloud transformation of service delivery including network-PVR, and test automation powered continuous integration and delivery of video platform software. John has also guided the establishment of Accenture StormTest as the market leading video test automation platform. John is an electronic engineer and holds a master's degree in technology management from the Smurfit Graduate School of Business at University College Dublin.
Gino is a senior digital video industry and technology expert who has led 10-plus digital video startups designed to help the world's largest operators design their video technology and service architectures to capitalize on the exponentially growing IP video market opportunity. He is part of the Accenture Products and Platforms leadership team, overseeing Accenture Video Solution's (AVS) product strategy, architecture and engineering. During the past five years, he has designed the Accenture Digital Video agile methodology around DevOps and micro services and helped position AVS as a market-leading software that today delivers video services to tens of millions of users in multiple countries worldwide. Read Gino's insights on DevOps Transformation. ( http://www.telcotransformation.com/author.asp?section_id=401&doc_id=725822)
Mike works with clients on both U.S. coasts, as well as internationally. Mike focuses on corporate and growth strategy, product development and operational strategy at the intersection of business and technology. His client experiences include global Media & Entertainment conglomerates, Television Programmers & Broadcasters, Cable TV Providers / MSOs, Film Studios & Exhibitors, Digital Services / OTT start-ups, Consumer Electronics and Hi-Tech OEMs, Telecommunications & Wireless Providers, U.S. Consumer Electronics Retailers, and National Sports Leagues. Mike was the lead strategist on – a study commission by ABC. Mike holds an MBA majoring in Finance and Strategy and a MS-Management & Information Systems from the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University.
Bikash is a leader in the Accenture Digital Video group. He has over a decade of experience advising Fortune 500 companies and emerging startups in navigating disruption and organizing for growth and success in the new digital media and entertainment ecosystem. Examples include driving video platform consolidation and subscriber growth strategy for a mid-market Pay TV provider, developing competitive strategies for streaming set top box companies and Pay TV providers, and identifying new operating models for traditional entertainment companies in the wake of digital disruption. Bikash is an active thought leader, driving Accenture's "Pulse of Media" since its inception and co-authoring other digital video points of view, most recently "Bringing TV to Life VI". Bikash holds an MBA degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas, Austin.
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Mediaset, a major European media company, partnered with Accenture, to help extend its OTTV leadership by providing its entire PayTV offering over IP through Premium Play and Premium On Line.Learn more
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Accenture Digital Video played a critical role in the creation of this groundbreaking platform that melds broadcast TV with catch-up services.Learn more
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With the help of Accenture Digital Video , this industry icon can now create, store, share and access a trove of content across the value chain.Learn more
Accenture Digital Video helped the Italian media giant launch Premium Play through groundbreaking OTT innovation.Learn more
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NBCU will join OpenAP audience-targeting venture run by Turner, Fox, Viacom
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Accenture Interactive Appointed to Reimagine Entertainment and Storytelling with Walt Disney Studios
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Engagement, Reach Key to Broadcasters' Digital Survival: Accenture Study
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Turner, Fox and Viacom Tap Accenture to Run Their Audience Targeting Platform
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MultiChoice Takes a Data-Driven Approach to Product Development with Accenture StormTest
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As customer experience expectations hit an all-time high, continuous testing and user experience monitoring moves centre stage
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M6 Publicité and M6 Web Select Accenture's New Advertising Offering, Powered by Artificial Intelligence, To Target Ads More Effectively
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Accenture Video Solution Selected as Strategic Over-the-Top Platform by BT TV
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Accenture Enables Mediaset Premium to Deliver Champions League Football Matches Over the Internet to More Than One Million ViewersMillion Viewers
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Accenture Video Solution Helps STAR India to Inspire a Billion Imaginations Delivering Seamless Online and Mobile Video to One of the World's Largest Entertainment Markets
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Accenture to Help Italian Broadcaster Mediaset Distribute New Streaming Video Service by Implementing Accenture Video Solution
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Accenture to Provide Enhanced Digital Capabilities for Cricket Australia Fans
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Accenture Helped NET Launch New Multiscreen Video Service Extending the Reach of VOD to Connected Devices
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We combine the strength of our Consulting and industry-leading Platforms across our various lines of businesses to deliver end-to-end services that drive measurable business results for our clients.
Flawless video. A must to compete. But more difficult than ever in this complex landscape. We make sure your video operations are bulletproof. Seamless. Consistent. Backed by one of the industry's most expansive footprints, we offer 24/7 management and monitoring. And deliver unparalleled viewer experience.
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Video has been liberated from its traditional fixed-in-time, fixed-in-place consumption patterns. Accelerating this paradigm shift is the equally dramatic evolution in the role and capabilities of CPE. We help video companies to seamlessly evolve their CPE platforms to support new business and operating models.
We design and build the next generation video experience. Evolving TV over IP services using our Accenture Video Solution and Digital Delivery Factory. From developing the business case to delivering on it, we help you build on platforms of agility and innovation.
From digital strategy and planning to rights and production. We manage the technology, people and processes to bridge the divide between traditional and digital approaches. And help you adapt and scale to the digital future.
Companies placing big bets on digital video need to drive continuous innovation—doing that requires open, scalable platforms that launch quickly, enable business agility, and operate services cost effectively.
Modularity. Scalability. Agility. All are critcal for evolving at the speed of customer demand. And it's what AVS delivers—through all the capabilities you need for your complete digital video journey. Allowing companies to deliver new video services from sales to content packaging and everything in between.Learn More
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Leveraging process automation and advanced analytics, the Accenture Multimedia Ad Sales Solution (AMASS) is a comprehensive and customizable platform that integrates artificial intelligence to more accurately predict customer advertising preferences and forecast highly qualified audience impressions over any digital platform - resulting in increased monetization of ad inventories across all digital sales channels. AMASS empowers companies to move from a media-driven to a result-oriented advertising approach.Learn More
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The insights it provides enable organizations to accelerate service innovation, optimize development processes and ultimately improve the quality of the viewer experience.Learn More
We supercharge your digital video business. Helping you build sophisticated digital video products. And launching business and operating models to make those products successful. With approaches based on best practices in the industry. We meld them together with agile development and delivery solutions to accelerate business success. Allowing you to re-imagine your digital video business.
Bringing a great digital video product to market is your aim. At Accenture Digital Video we relish such a challenge. We understand that bringing a successful product to market involves a clarity of purpose. One that forges people, capabilities, tooling, with deep expertize to deliver on your aims. We have captured our experience, from working on the most demanding and transformational digital video products into our Digital Delivery Factory Framework.
Video platforms cross functional boundaries.
Integrate multiple technologies, and can involve multiple vendors.
Large-scale, waterfall-based approaches are too slow for digital video delivery. And they carry too much risk. A shift to an agile-driven, continuous evolution of services and features is a must to minimize delivery risk, while accelerating delivery.
And taps into a global experience of running large, agile system integration teams. Central to the framework: the application of agile methodologies, architecture-driven principles, DevOps tooling, and scientific rigor for controllable results. Uniquely combining the strength of our local market knowledge and industry expertise to help you leverage Accenture Digital Video's global resources.
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Our analytic experts adopt a business issue, outcome-based approach. Where we call on a wealth of expertize of working with video and webscale businesses to integrate the elements required to drive and sustain data-driven change.
To foster a data driven culture, you need the right technology, and business practices. We take time to understand your business and ensure your operating models, platforms and people are working towards a common goal – business success.
Our teams give you access to unique industry expertise across technology and business domains.
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Combining agile practices with the best Big Data technologies.
Moving organizations from silos to a collaborative approach, involving technology and business teams and perspectives to work rapidly and iteratively.
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When it comes to agile, we live by what we preach. Continuously reshaping what we offer to feature the best and brightest approaches when it comes to platform architecture. Our work spans the globe. And allows us to take the best ideas and feed them back into the solutions we craft.
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Our experienced digital video software engineers are highly skilled in IPTV, OTTV, Middleware, STB and front-end applications.
We have more than 2000 digital video software engineers and professionals, who benefit from heavy investments in ongoing skills training.
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Our team brings deep and broad digital video expertise from strategy and consulting to technology, digital and operations.
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We turn service operations into a predictable activity with clear costs and outcomes, even as digital video products become more sophisticated, thanks to an industrialized operations model.
We currently serve multiple companies around the globe with video operations centers based in Manila and Rome, and we are managing mission critical operations for large sports events and video on demand services.
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
I knew Santa loved reindeers, who knew he was a cat lover too?
Only one month till Christmas! WOW! It sure creeps up on you doesn't it?
I've been busy as an elf working on little projects here and there.
I made some fun little gift tags with my art on it the other day:
Plus I worked on some really cute MINI ORIGINAL paintings on wood.
You can find them in my etsy shop!
Oh and Santa is hanging out at ebay
Can you hear jingle bells?
7 comments:
- Avalon76 said...
Gorgeous as always, Tascha. I love your version of Santa Claus!
May you and yours have a Happy Thanksgiving! ^_^
- November 24, 2010 at 2:14 PM
- Lyn Newhouse said...
Wonderful Santa ;D
- November 24, 2010 at 3:03 PM
- Diane Duda said...
Love the little wood paintings, Tascha!
(and Santa's pretty cute too.) :)
- November 25, 2010 at 9:36 PM
- sn said...
Hi Tascha,
I don't see the little wood paintings for sale???
Miss ya,
- December 2, 2010 at 10:56 PM
- tascha said...
Hi Stacy!
All those little ones sold, but I have a couple of new ones in my etsy shop!
- December 3, 2010 at 7:14 PM
- Holly Hartwell said...
Your little wood paintings are wonderful, very cute.
- December 13, 2010 at 7:52 PM
- Lucie Georger said...
Love your work Tasha !!!!!
Happy New year !!!!♥★
- January 6, 2011 at 2:22 AM
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As you may be starting to think about your housing for Fall 2014, the Office of Residential Life and Judicial Affairs would like to provide you information about the residency policy and the process for off-campus release.
The off-campus approval process will begin on October 28, 2013 at 12:01am. Only students who will be juniors for the Fall 2014 (defined as a student who has lived on campus for 3 complete semesters by the end of fall 2013) will be eligible to apply.
In order for juniors (as defined above) to be considered for off-campus status, students need to complete the off-campus application, and the off-campus module, "Putting the Pieces Together: Being a Responsible Member of the Ithaca Community". The off-campus application can be found at https://www.ithaca.edu/reslife/off_campus/. Students should not sign any leases before they are officially approved to move off campus by the Office of Residential Life. Please consult the Ithaca College Residency Policy at https://www.ithaca.edu/policies/vol7/volume_7-70501/.
All applications must be submitted by 5pm on Friday, November 1, 2013 to receive full consideration. The number of applications we expect to approve will be announced by October 29, 2013.
Seniors (students who have lived on campus for 5 or more complete semesters by the end of fall 2013) do not need to apply for off-campus approval. Seniors can simply elect to live off-campus.
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The pup, less than a year old, was found at the Children's Pool in La Jolla on
July 26 with monofilament wrapped around its neck. SeaWorld officials said the line was already cutting into the animal's neck and he would have died without help.
Once the line was removed with surgical tools, the wound was cleaned and the animal was provided antibiotics to prevent infection, spending less than a week of medical rehabilitation and recovery at the park's Animal Rescue Center.
The pup was returned to his ocean home July 31 at the Children's Pool.
This year, SeaWorld San Diego's Animal Care Team has rescued more than 185 ill, injured and stranded marine mammals, including sea lions, seals, whales and dolphins. SeaWorld officials said nearly 70 percent of the marine mammals rescued by the park are returned to the wild.


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The minority leaders of the House and Senate are surrounding themselves with the triumphant faces of newly elected lawmakers. But the glow of victory isn't hiding Election Day failures.
The onetime House speaker and the first woman to hold the office, Democrat Nancy Pelosi, touted the diversity of her caucus on Tuesday, even though her quest to flip 25 seats and gain control of the House failed by two-thirds.
Republican Mitch McConnell declared his Senate caucus "ready to get started"— as a minority yet again and under a president whose defeat he had named as his top priority.
With a tight smile, McConnell noted that "the election's behind us."
Pelosi said her caucus is the first in the history of civilized government to have a majority of women and non-whites.