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DUNSTABLE -- "Retired town administrators need apply."
Town officials may soon begin uttering those words, as they hope to hire Dunstable's first town administrator in fiscal 2014.
Their plan is to target former municipal administrators in retirement as a candidate pool to get the best help the town could afford.
Selectmen believe the investment in the position, now matter how big or small, would pay off for the town and its residents.
"The whole focus of this would be to convert the focus of public officials -- both elected and appointed -- more toward policy from management," Selectman Walter Alterisio said.
Town employees and officials from various boards and commissions gathered Thursday for a workshop on the town manager/administrator position. Selectmen who hosted the workshop explained what the responsibility of the new position would be and how Town Hall would be expected to operate under the structure, according to Alterisio. Selectmen wanted to get those involved in municipal business "on the same page" to avoid potential confusion, according to Selectmen Chairman Ken Leva.
The plan has existed for the past few years after the state Department of Revenue recommended the town get professional help to oversee day-to-day business at Town Hall.
In early 2008, the DOR put Dunstable on its "watch list" and began working with then-town Treasurer Roberta Dean because excise-tax revenues dropped, threatening the town's fiscal health.
The town balanced the budget that year and went off the watch list. But DOR provided a list of actions the town could take to avoid similar problems from happening again.
Town Meeting later approved the idea of creating either a town manager or town-administrator position.
But selectmen did not propose funding for it while it dealt with dwindling state aid. In the meantime, selectmen appointed the five-member Governance Committee to review the DOR's recommendations. The Committee recently concluded its study, endorsing the idea to hire a town administrator/manager, Alterisio said.
Alterisio and Leva said the effect of not having a professional manager is felt every day. It took the town 2 1/2 years to get the state to approve the $690,000 funding toward the reconstruction of a section of Route 113 near downtown. The funding also went toward repair of the historic stone walls along it. The repairs took that long because officials did not understand exactly what the state was looking for in the application, Alterisio said.
The state rejected the funding and told the town to use state aid it receives under state law Chapter 90 for general infrastructure work, a funding scheme that would have taken the town nine years to start the Route 113 repair even if it didn't use the money for anything else, according to Alterisio. That's when then-Sen. Steven Panagiotakos successfully stepped in to help the town upon its request.
"The state and towns deal with such large projects that poor little Dunstable kind of gets lost in the mix," Alterisio said.
Alterisio said some town officials and workers are concerned that hiring a town manager could change the town's character.
"From my point of view, the town administrator is there to help carry out what it is that the Board (of Selectmen) thinks should be done in the best interest of the town," Alterisio said.
Leva said Carlisle Town Administrator Tim Goddard has met with town officials to explain what process the town would go through to hire an administrator or manager. Goddard is Littleton's town moderator and a former selectman there.
Selectmen are looking to have a town administrator rather than a town manager because the town charter allows for a municipal executive of that level of authority. While selectmen have already looked at job descriptions of town administrators in other towns similar to Dunstable in size, they do not know how much the town would want to pay for it.
The ideal scenario would be for each town department to "chip in" to fund the position, Leva said. The funding would be included in the fiscal 2014 budget. Retired town administrators would be good candidates because the town would not have to pay for his/her retirement benefits, Leva said.
Selectmen will discuss the next step toward hiring a town administrator at their meeting on Monday at 7 p.m. at Town Hall.


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Evolution Hoax
The entire list
Daily Comments
MPL TV Chessboard Program, December 19- 2008
Adnan Oktar:We are the elder brother and close friend of the whole region. All of them are our neighbors, since thousands of years, we lived hundreds of years nested. The separation is entirely artificial. Let the borders open, let the visas repeal, let's merchandise abundantly, let's embrace them, let the joy and festival begin, let the blessing and abundance cover all around the world. Let the world see the evil in treachery, selfishness and let them resemble us.
Taraf, July 05- 2010
Let the Visas be Removed, Trade Increase

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A federal Health Insurance Marketplace that allows consumers to shop for and buy health insurance, often with the help of federal tax subsidies, is launching across the country.
More than 140 navigators have been hired in Oklahoma and were prepared to help people Tuesday with questions about the federal marketplace. That's the first day consumers can begin shopping, comparing and buying health insurance plans online at healthcare.gov or in person.
Tuesday morning, the marketplace website noted that heavy traffic was making the page slow to load. The Oklahoma page took several minutes but eventually advanced to a log-in screen.
In Oklahoma, state agencies have not been involved in promoting the federal exchange.
Oklahoma has an estimated 640,000 residents, or about 17 percent of its total population, without health insurance.
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by Mark Levy
Last.fm is well known as an early adopter of Hadoop as a way of storing billions of scrobbles and computing charts from them. We also increasingly use Hadoop to scale more algorithmic tasks to large datasets, and I'll talk briefly about three of our projects in this area:
* topic analysis with Latent Dirichlet Allocation
* graph-based recommendations
* audio analysis
by Sean Owen
Apache Mahout is the scalable machine learning library built on top of Hadoop Map Reduce. This presentation goes though an introduction to the Mahout project and how it achieves collaborative filtering at scale.
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NORWALK, Calif. – Standout performances by freshman Zach Olson and junior Jesse Fenstermacher on Saturday at the Beach Invitational closed out North Dakota's successful three-meet trip to California.
Olson, a native of Owatonna, Minn., achieved a personal record and Big Sky Conference automatic qualifier in the discus, recording a mark of 47.80 meters (156'10").
Fenstermacher, meanwhile, clocked a time of 47.91 seconds in the 400-meters, giving the Hibbing, Minn., native, the fifth-best time in the Big Sky this season.
Click on the PDF links to view complete results for the events in which North Dakota competed.
UND returns to action next week at the Cobber Twilight (April 23) and UC San Diego's Triton Invitational (April 26-27).


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Well, that time never existed. Check out these stats from Gallup surveys. In 1957, not even a quarter of Americans were reading a book or novel. By 2005, that number had shot up to 47 percent. I couldn't find a more recent number, but I think it's fair to say that reading probably hasn't declined to the horrific levels of the 1950s.
All this to say: our collective memory of past is astoundingly inaccurate. Not only has the number of people reading not declined precipitously, it's actually gone up since the perceived golden age of American letters.
So, then why is there this widespread perception that we are a fallen literary people? I think, as Marshall Kirkpatrick says, that social media acts as a kind of truth serum. Before, only the literary people had platforms. Now, all the people have platforms. And so we see that not everyone shares our love for Dos Passos. Or any books at all. Or reading in general.
After I posted this chart, Twitter friends made some good points: 1) This chart does not establish that high-quality literature readers have increased. That is true. 2) There are a lot of factors that go into these numbers and variables that are unaccounted for. 3) The big spike is partially driven by higher levels of higher education attainment. 4) Perhaps the quality of books has fallen, even as the number of readers has grown.
Point four comes with an embedded assumption that the books of the past were, on average, better than the ones today. But we tend to judge the past by the very best books (Nabokov!) and the present day by the worst books (Snooki!). The bad ones of yesteryear have gone out of print while the bad ones of today are alive and being sold in supermarkets.
To be honest, I'm not sure whether there is a larger or smaller market for great fiction and nonfiction than there used to be. But I think the onus is on those who think we have experienced a decline to prove it.
* I updated the headline of this post to more accurately reflect its contents thanks to Twitter critiques from @margafret and @amelapay. It used to read, "The Next Time Someone Says the Internet Ruined Literature, Show Them This Chart."


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So I got an early birthday gift, a brand new, upgraded Superzoom camera. It's like one step above a point and shoot, and one step below a DSLR. More specifically a Nikon L820. I am attempting to get into wilderness/wildlife photography for a blog I run, so I needed a better camera than just an underwater point and shoot with 5x zoom. This camera has 130x zoom! So it's almost as good as a DSLR, I just don't have to buy stupid extra lenses.
Anyway, I finished my COLLEGE level MATH class with a B-, did you ever think I'd ever get a B of any sort in a college level math, because I didn't? :D
These were taken a few hours ago at Allaire State Park here in NJ. Some are goofy and some he looks really obese in, but rest assured, he's not!
He's tied up to a picnic table LOL he isn't off leash. That was also almost full-zoom so they're surprisingly super clear!
Here's some assorted wildlife photos:
Midflying! Not too bad!
Anyways, I'll probably share more wildlife pictures with you as soon as I get them, or just my pictures in general. School starts in a week so I may not be on as much so I thought I'd post a few now.
Mikey also says "HAPPY BELATED NATIONAL DOG DAY!"


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Jan. 13, 2010
Complete Release in PDF Format
The Schedule
Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. (PST)
UC Santa Barbara at Long Beach State
at LBSU's Pyramid (4,684)
Radio: KIST 1490 AM in Santa Barbara
On-Line Audio: UCSBgauchos.com
Game available on Gametracker
Video Streaming: BigWest.TV
Saturday, January 16, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. (PST)
UC Santa Barbara vs. UC Riverside
at UCSB's Thunderdome (6,000)
Radio: KIST 1490 AM in Santa Barbara
On-Line Audio: UCSBgauchos.com
Game available on Gametracker
Video Streaming: BigWest.TV
UCSB To Honor Legends Of Dome
For years, the Gauchos have been exciting crowds in the Thunderdome. Through the years, legends were made in the 'Dome. Now, five former UCSB standouts are being saluted as "Legends of the Dome." The first legendary women's volleyball star, Roberta Gehlke, was unveiled Oct. 19, 2009. The first men's basketball legend will be unveiled on Jan. 23 before a 7:00 p.m. game against Cal State Fullerton. Three other legends will be introduced this year. The second men's hoops legend will be unveiled prior to UCSB's 4:00 p.m. Feb. 13 game against Long Beach State. Women's basketball legends will be honored on Feb. 11 before a 7:00 p.m. game against UC Riverside, and on Feb. 27 before a 2:00 p.m. Blue-Green Rivalry Series game against Cal Poly.
The Gaucho Record
UC Santa Barbara enters the week as the first-place team in the Big West Conference. The Gauchos are 8-6 overall and 3-1 in league competition. Since dropping six of seven games, UCSB has won three in a row, all in conference play. Dating back to the 2008-09 season, Santa Barbara has won 10 of its last 12 conference games.
Gauchos Travel To Big West Favorite Long Beach State
Prior to the season, in a poll of the media, Long Beach State was selected to win the Big West Conference. UCSB was picked to finish second to the 49ers. On Thursday, the two teams will meet in Long Beach for the first of two games between the schools.
UCSB Holds On To Edge Pacific, 68-67
Orlando Johnson scored 24 points and had seven rebounds and James Nunnally added 20 points as UCSB edged visiting Pacific, 68-67 on Sunday afternoon. The Gauchos led by as many as 13 points in the second half and still led by seven with 1:22 remaining, but had to hold off a furious Tiger rally to win their third straight. Johnson made 7-of-9 shots overall and all four of his three-point attempts in the win. Pacific was paced by Demetrece Young and Terrell Smith who each had 16.
Injury Update
Guards Justin Joyner and Paul Roemer remain sidelined. Joyner, who missed all of the 2008-09 season while recovering from wrist surgery, sprained his right ankle during the preseason and missed several weeks. He came back to play in eight games but he was still experiencing pain and thus he was shut down. He has missed the last four games. Roemer is sidelined with a stress fracture in his left foot. The senior sat out the Gauchos' wins over UC Davis and Pacific last weekend and is expected to miss at least three more weeks. Prior to the injury, Roemer had started four consecutive games.
The Opponents
UCSB and Long Beach State have played 105 times in a series that began in 1952. The Gauchos have played the 49ers more than any other opponent. Long Beach holds a 53-52 edge in the all-time series. Last year, each team won on its own court. The 49ers defeated UCSB in Long Beach, 76-64, but the Gauchos won in Santa Barbara, 76-75. UCSB and UC Riverside have played 26 times going back to 1955. UCSB holds a 21-5 edge after winning 57-53 in Riverside on Jan. 4. Last year, the teams split a pair of games. The Highlanders won the game in Riverside, 71-69, while UCSB won its home game, 66-53.
The Gauchos Away From Home
The Gauchos are 2-4 in true road games this season. They ended a four-game road losing streak on Jan. 4 when they won 57-53 at UC Riverside. UCSB's other road win came on Nov. 28 at Loyola Marymount by an 89-84 score. Santa Barbara has one neutral court win this season, a 72-60 win over Furman at the Golden Bear Classic in Berkeley. Last season, Santa Barbara was 3-10 in true road games. The wins came at Utah Valley, Cal Poly, and UC Irvine. The Gauchos were also 3-1 in neutral court games in 2008-09. Overall, they posted a 6-11 record in games away from the Thunderdome.
Dome, Sweet Dome
UCSB is 5-2 at home in 2009-10. The Gauchos have won two straight home games, defeating UC Davis and Pacific last weekend. After beginning the year 3-0 at the Thunderdome, UCSB lost consecutive games to Santa Clara and San Diego State. The loss to Santa Clara on Dec. 1 ended a seven-game home winning streak. Dating back to the 2008-09 season, Santa Barbara has now won nine of its last 11 games at the Thunderdome.
Probable Starters - Quick Fact
G 20 Will Brew, Jr. - Has averaged 30.7 minutes in the last four games.
G 42 James Powell - 189 three-pointers ranks him fifth in school history.
G 33 Orlando Johnson - Only Gaucho to score 10 or more in all 14 games.
F 0 Jaimé Serna - Averaged 11.5 points and made 9-of-13 field goals, 69.2%.
F 21 James Nunnally - Averaged 18.3 points and 8.0 rebounds in last three games.
Probable Reserves - Quick Fact
G 1 Chris Brew - Has scored two points in each of the last two games.
G 3 Jordan Weiner - Played 18 minutes in each of the last two games.
G 4 Paul Roemer - Injured left foot has him sidelined indefinitely.
G 11 Justin Joyner - Sidelined with right ankle sprain.
F 15 Sam Phippen - Has not scored in the last six games.
F 25 Lucas Devenny - Averaging 10.2 minutes per game but just 5.2 in the last four.
F 32 Jon Pastorek - Played 11 minutes in each of the last two games.
C 55 Greg Somogyi - Averaged 12 minutes in last five games.
Gauchos Use Defense To Get Back On Track
UCSB has won three games in a row and, for the most part, they have done it with defense. During the current three-game streak, the Gauchos' opponents have averaged 55.7 points per game. On Sunday, Pacific scored 67 and needed a late rush to get there. Also in the last three, the opponents combined to make 56 out of 145 field goal attempts, 38.6%. They also struggled from three-point range, hitting just 14-of-52, 26.9%. UCSB has now held 10 of 14 opponents under 70 points, five under 60, and one under 50. On Friday, the Gauchos limited UC Davis to 47 points, 24 below its season average.
A Rebounding Rebound
The Gauchos outrebounded UC Davis by seven and Pacific by eight. Prior to the last two games, UCSB had outrebounded just one of seven opponents. For the season, Santa Barbara is narrowly outrebounding the opposition by 0.7 rebounds per game.
Three-Point Turnaround
In 2008-09, one of UCSB's greatest weaknesses was three-point shooting. Last season, the Gauchos made just 163 three-pointers in 31 games, 5.3 per game. In addition, they made just 33.4% from outside the arc. Through 14 games in 2009-10, Santa Barbara has hit 95 three-pointers, an average of 6.8 per game, and its three-point percentage is at 38.3%, the highest mark in the Big West. The top three UCSB scorers - Orlando Johnson, James Nunnally, and James Powell - are all shooting 40.0% or better from outside the arc. Powell is at 46.0% and Nunnally is making 45.0%.
The Rest Of The Three-Point Story
Not only do the Gauchos lead the Big West in three-point shooting, but they also lead the conference in three-point field goal percentage defense. Opponents have made just 30.8% of their three-point attempts against UCSB. In fact, that figure is even more impressive through four Big West games. The Gauchos first four Big West opponents have made just 19-of-69 three-point attempts, 27.5%. When Pacific made 36.4% of its three-pointers on Sunday, they were the first opponent in four games over 30.0%.
The Kids Are Alright
Through 14 games, UCSB's underclassmen - the freshmen and sophomores - have produced in a major way. As a group, they have scored 665 of the team's 937 points, 71.0%. The chart below indicates just how productive the seven underclassmen have been in all areas.
Production By Class
Class Pts. Rebs. Asts. Stls. BS Senior 157 45 38 16 1 Junior 115 74 38 24 5 Sophomore 599 268 102 49 27 Freshman 66 39 15 3 0
Block Party>
UCSB has 33 blocked shots on the season. At one point, the Gauchos went a stretch of six games with just three total blocked shots. In the last five games, however, they have blocked 21. On Jan. 4 at UC Riverside, they had a season-high nine blocked shots, including a career-high five by Greg Somogyi. The nine blocks also equalled the fifth most in school history and were the most since March of 2006.
Orlando's Forecast
Orlando Johnson continues to lead the Gauchos in scoring (17.0 points per game) and rebounding (58 per game). He ranks second in the Big West in scoring average. Johnson had one of his best offensive games of the year in the win over Pacific. Against the Tigers, he made 7-of-9 shots overall, including all four of his three-point attempts, and finished with 24 points. The four three-pointers were a personal best. He also had seven rebounds. Johnson has now scored in double-figures in all 14 games this season and has scored 15 or more 10 times, including six of the last seven games. He had a season-high 25 on Nov. 23 against San Francisco. His other 20 point game came on Dec. 28 when he had 21 against Furman at the Golden Bear Classic in Berkeley. Johnson has a pair of double-doubles this season. His first came on Nov. 17 against Weber State when he had 19 points and 10 rebounds. His second came on Dec. 29 when he had 17 points and a career-high 10 assists. The 10 assists were the most by a UCSB players since Justin Joyner had 10 in a late-December game in 2006. Finally, when Johnson led the Gauchos in scoring in the first three games this season, he became the first newcomer ever to do so.
Old Buddy, Old Powell
James Powell is third on the team in scoring at 8.9 points per game. He scored five points in the win over Pacific, ending a streak of two straight double-figure scoring performances. Powell leads the team with 29 three-point buckets this season and he has made 29-of-63, 46.0%. In fact, he is actually shooting better from three-point territory than he is from inside the arc. The senior has hit 15-of-35 shots from two-point range, 42.9%. Powell scored a season-high 21 points on Nov. 28 at Loyola Marymount, making five three-point baskets in the process. On Dec. 5, he had 20 points against San Diego State. In the game against the Aztecs, Powell made six three-point baskets, equaling his second highest total ever. In a Dec. 28 win over Furman, he became the 23rd player in UCSB history to score more than 1,000 points. He enters the game at Long Beach State with 1,035 points, 21st all-time. In addition, he has 189 career three-point baskets, fifth all-time, and needs eight to move into second on the school's all-time list. He is also fourth all-time in three-point attempts with 492.
The Flying Nunnally
As James Nunnally goes, so go the Gauchos. Nunnally has really emerged recently and that has made a major difference for UCSB. The sophomore is second on the team at 13.2 points and 5.0 rebounds per game, but during the current three-game winning streak, he is averaging 18.3 points and 8.0 rebounds. Also, while he is shooting 46.6% overall, he has made 20-of-38 in the last three games, 52.6%. The current three-game run is just the tip of the iceberg. Nunnally has played in 13 of the 14 UCSB games this season and the Gauchos are 7-6 in those games. In the seven wins, he has averaged 17.5 points 6.3 rebounds per game. In the six losses, Nunnally has averaged 8.2 points and 3.5 rebounds. He scored a career-high 24 points in a Dec. 28 win over Furman and on Jan. 4, in the first win of the three-game winning streak, Nunnally produced the first double-double of his career as he went for 19 points and 10 rebounds at UC Riverside. Finally, while he is averaging 26.7 minutes per game, he has played 30 or more in six straight.
Yes, Serna
Jaimé Serna is averaging 7.2 points and 4.1 rebounds per game, third on the team. In Sunday's win over Pacific, he scored nine points on 4-of-6 shooting from the field. In the last two games, Serna has scored 23 points, 11.5 per game, while making 9-of-13 shots from the field, 69.2%. On Jan. 8 against UC Davis, he scored a season-high 14 points. His third double-figure effort of the season. He also had 13 on Nov. 23 against San Francisco and 12 on Nov. 28 at Loyola Marymount. Serna had a career-high nine rebounds on Dec. 18 at Montana State.
Where There's A Will, There's A Way
Will Brew leads the team in assists at 2.9 per game and steals at 1.3 per game. He is also averaging 4.7 points and 2.6 rebounds per encounter. In Sunday's win over Pacific, Brew scored eight points, his second-highest total of the season. He had a season-high nine on Dec. 29 against Cal. Brew continues to have one of the best assist-to-turnover ratios in the Big West. He has 40 assists and 21 turnovers, a 1.9-to-1.0 ratio and a huge improvement over his freshman season when he had 54 assists and 66 turnovers. Finally, with injuries to Justin Joyner and Paul Roemer, Brew has been called on to increase his playing time recently. He is averaging 25.3 minutes per game overall, but in the last four games he has logged 123 minutes, an average of 30.7 per game.
The Jordan Rules
Jordan Weiner played 18 minutes in each of UCSB's weekend wins. In the win over UC Davis, Weiner had probably his best all-around game of the year with six points - on two three-pointers - four assists, three rebounds and a career-high four steals. Of his 21 field goal attempts on the year, 18 are three-pointers. Finally, Weiner had six of his 10 assists in the last two games.
Devenny Developments
Freshman Lucas Devenny has played in all 14 games this season, but after playing 10 or more minutes in seven of the first nine games, he has totaled just 29 in the last five. He set season-highs for scoring and rebounding when he had seven points and five boards on Dec. 18 at Montana State.
Sam He Is
Sam Phippen is averaging 3.4 points and 2.2 rebounds per game, but he is scoreless in his last six appearanes, playing just 18 minutes over that span. Phippen scored 28 of his 48 points in two games. He had a career-high 14 points on Nov. 14 against Cal State Los Angeles and Nov. 28 at Loyola Marymount.
Brew Two
Freshman Chris Brew, the brother of Will Brew, was activated for the Nov. 28 game at Loyola Marymount. He made his only field goal attempt and scored two points in the win over Pacific. In his second game after being activated, Brew scored 12 points on Dec. 1 against Santa Clara. In the following game, he had 11 against San Diego State. In his seven games since, he has scored a total of 16 points, 2.3 per game. Overall, Brew is averaging 3.9 per game.
The Bob Williams File
2009-10 is Bob Williams's12th season as head coach at UC Santa Barbara. In 2008-09, Williams guided the Gauchos to a 16-15 overall record and an 8-8 mark in the Big West Conference. The record, however, doesn't tell the entire story. UCSB was forced to overcome a myriad of injuries and at one point stood at 8-13 overall and 2-7 in league play.
In 2007-08, Williams guided the Gauchos to a 23-9 overall record. The 23 wins were a school record, and UCSB also won its second Big West regular season title with a 12-4 conference record. Following the campaign, the Gauchos were awarded a bid to the National Invitation Tournament. It was the third time that a Williams-coached UCSB team advanced to postseason play.
The 2002 Gauchos won the school's first Big West Tournament title, advancing to the NCAA Tournament, and in 2003, they won the league's regular season championship and played in the NIT. Williams has been selected Big West Coach of the Year twice, in 1998-99 and 2002-03.
In 1998-99, he took over a UCSB program that had not recorded a winning season in five years, and after seeing his team lose its first eight games that year - extending a two-season losing streak to 16 straight games - the Gauchos turned things around, winning 15 of their final 20 games and finishing on top in the Big West's Western Division.
Williams has a UCSB record of 187-152 He guided the program to nine winning seasons in his first 11 years - including the last four in a row - and a pair of 20 win seasons. He has a career record of 111-73 in Big West games and his .603 winning percentage in league contests is the best among the league's active coaches.
Prior to his arrival at UCSB, Williams spent eight years at UC Davis and in those eight years, his teams recorded 20 or more wins five times and a 158-76 record. In Williams's final season, the Aggies went 31-2, won the NCAA Division II National Championship and he was named NABC Division II Coach of the Year. Including two seasons at Menlo College, Williams has an overall career record of 376-252 (.599) at four-year schools.


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Tammie Sue Wallace Hunt, 39
Tammie Sue Wallace Hunt, 39, of Idaho Falls passed away Monday, Sept. 24, 2012 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center from complications due to a stroke she suffered in April.
She was born Nov. 5, 1972 in Mountain Home to William "Bill" J. Wallace and Susan Pearl Ockerman.
She graduated from Blackfoot High School where she was involved in debate, cheerleading and rodeo club. She was the rodeo queen and made it to the National High School Rodeo Finals in pole bending. She was also a member of the Star Dance Team.
Tammie was married and to this union two children, Brodie and Shantelle, were born.
She was an active member of the Calvary Chapel.
Tammie worked in Idaho Falls as a customer service representative for Channel Blend.
She had a big loving heart and always put others, especially her family, first. She loved everyone and was nothing but kind to everyone. She had a great love for horses and dogs. She enjoyed traveling and hanging out with her family.
She is survived by her children, Shantelle Hunt of Blackfoot and Brodie Hunt of Pocatello; parents, Bill and Susan Wallace of Blackfoot; brother, Wade (Katie) Wallace of Firth; nephew, Ryder Wallace and niece, Kinsley Wallace of Firth; and grandmother, Janet Wallace of Blackfoot.
She was preceded in death by grandparents, Charles and Grace Ockerman and grandfather, Jack Wallace.
A funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 28, 2012 at the Calvary Chapel, 4250 S. 25th East in Idaho Falls with Pastor Rick Brown officiating.
A visitation will be held Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012 from 7 -9 p.m. at Hawker Funeral Home, 132 S. Shilling Ave. and for one hour prior to the service at the church.
Interment will be in the Riverside-Thomas Cemetery.
Condolences may be sent to email@example.com
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that donations be made to the Bingham County Humane Society, P.O. Box 385, Blackfoot, ID 83221.


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I wish football training camp weigh ins were like these.
This thread!!
Ive been a long time 'lurker' on this site and cant believe I havent seen this thread before! Weigh-ins are literally my favourite thing, and I only really stumbled on this page by accident!
Is it true that I need 30 posts in order to post pics? Cos I've got quite a bit of material that I could add that hasnt been posted!! What about links (e.g. to youtube), are they allowed?
Thanks very much to all the above posters! I thought I'd already complied all there was to compile on this 'topic', but obviously not
lots of hot boxers here. they like to weigh one guy a few times!! naked of course!!
some hot guys in this video....
The athletes strip down (and sometimes bare all) if they do not make weight. Some fighters go to the point to shaving all their body hair, just to make sure that they cut weight.
Sorry to ruin the whole fantasy, but its purely just to make sure that they make weight.
Loving all the pics! Ok so here goes, hopefully this will work!
This one's of Hugo Hernan Garay who's been posted a couple of times already, but just from a fun angle!
Just a random mix
Cant remember if that 3rd one's been posted before
Forgot to click upload
Loving how the first guy isn't fully covered up from all angles, and the second one, the guy sitting on the floor certainly has a good view!!
One of my favourites here - it's a Danish wrestling team, and best of all, it's from a newspaper! (online). The article's gone now, but I love how they just put it up there.
More undressed guys! (i love it when they put their hands in the air too...!)
The first one is amazing - having to take it all off amongst so many people -
Naked Polish guy weighing-in
Still plenty more
Both these guys weighed in naked, there was even an article (no longer around, and in Spanish) about the first one talking in very graphic detail about every inch of this guy, I think he's called someone Vasquez. And the second one weighed in naked with a towel to his side but not to his front (saw the video, long gone I'm afraid), even though there were photographers and a videocamera in front of him!
I hope I'm not boring any of you guys lol, obviously I can only post up to 5 pics at a time!!
The bit I love about the last one is how, if he then went on to remove his underwear, the person holding the camera would have got a nice eyeful!
This one is great too, it's a Russian one, and the article that went with it said how on his first attempt, the guy's trainer held up a towel but then took it away when he stepped up a second time, hence the boxer's look of horror...
The last one is Hugo Hernan Garay again, only this time in VERY close detail! From a German news website aswell...!
Here's the full body pic too
Again, look how many people are looking at the last guy!
Sorry if any of these are reposts
More nudes
Not sure if someone posted it already, but the first one is English boxer Joe Murray
1- naked guy but camera still gets nice and close!
2 - screen cap of a weigh-in vid that's no longer available, which is a shame as the video was much clearer!
3- a better angle of the oscar de la hoya one
4+5 - two Polish guys
Some other brilliant ones (the last one is of Stephen Foster Jr, and is a screencap from a video from a boxing site that doesn't exist anymore, and on the video you saw everything!)
Still going strong
Various American ones
A mixture .
First is Kevin Mitchell
A nice little series!


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Bus Driver Caught Drinking On School Bus Arrested For DUI [VIDEO]
A bus driver in Cocke County, TN was busted swigging down Natural Light beer on board a school bus. Cheryl Hembree, 39, was found by police drinking behind a church. It is suspected that after 'happy hour', she was going to pick up students at a nearby high school.


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21Joseph Fulce
2010-11 Season Notes: Grabbed a season-high seven rebounds vs. Prairie View A&M (Nov. 12) ... Contributed six points and four rebounds in 11 minutes of action vs. Green Bay (Nov. 17) ... Shot 4-of-5 from the field and finished with nine points and six rebounds vs. Longwood (Dec. 4) after missing the previous four games with a knee injury ... Suffered a second knee injury in the game vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Dec. 7) and sat out the next three contests before making his return to the floor vs. Vanderbilt (Dec. 29) ... Contributed seven points and two assists in 13 minutes off the bench vs. Pittsburgh (Jan. 8) ... Shot 4-of-5 from the field and finished with a season-high 10 points vs. Notre Dame (Jan. 22) ... Scored seven of MU's 15 points off the bench vs. Villanova (Feb. 2) ... Played a season-high 18 minutes vs. USF (Feb. 9) and helped key an MU comeback with 10 points, matching a previous season-high, including a pair of 3-pointers ... Grabbed five defensive rebounds and added one block in 12 minutes of action vs. Seton Hall (Feb. 19) ... Knocked down a 3-pointer and made both of his free throw attempts in scoring five points at Seton Hall (Mar. 5), to go along with two assists and a steal in 11 minutes on the floor ... Finished the regular-season a perfect 13-of-13 from the free throw line ... Matched a career-high with two steals vs. Xavier (Mar. 18) in just four minutes played in NCAA Second Round ... Tied a career-high with two blocked shots in just eight minutes of action vs. North Carolina (Mar. 25) in NCAA Regional Semifinal.
2008-09 Season Notes: Sidelined for the first 10 games of the season with a knee injury ... made his MU debut vs. Western Carolina (12/19), and pulled down four rebounds and scored two points in 11 minutes of action ... Played a season-high 12 minutes in his second appearance of the season, recording two points, two rebounds and a block vs. Presbyterian (12/28) ... Scored three points with a rebound and one assist in five minutes vs. Cincinnati (1/4) ... Led all MU reserves in scoring with a season-high six points on 3-of-4 shooting from the field vs. Providence (1/17) ... Made both of his foul shots and picked up a pair of steals in three minutes vs. St. John's (2/14) ... concluded the year averaging 1.4 points and 1.1 rebounds per game ... earned first letter.
Junior College: NJCAA Second Team All-America honoree at Tyler Junior College under head coach Mike Marquis... posted season averages of 16.6 points and 13.2 rebounds per game ... rebound average ranked second in the nation ... shot 55.1 percent from the field and 43.4 percent from behind the 3-point line ... first team all-region selection ... helped guide the Apaches to a national ranking as high as 10th in the country and the program's first outright league title in 21 seasons ... squad was 25-4 overall.
High School: Played in 2006-07 at Massanutten Military Academy in Virginia ... he averaged 12.5 points and 7.5 rebounds per game and helped the squad to an overall record of 20-9 and a regular season national ranking ... as a senior at Plano High School (2005-06), he helped guide the team to the state title under head coach Tom Inman ... averaged 15.0 points and 9.2 boards per contest that season, leading Plano to a 29-8 overall record and a 60-58 win over Humble Kingwood in the championship matchup ... all-state, all-region and all-district honoree as a senior ... named to the all-tournament team ... posted season averages of 18.0 points, 9.5 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game as a junior ... led the team in rebounding each of his final two seasons.
Personal: Born August 14, 1987 in Dallas, Texas ... son of Roxanne Newbill and Joseph Fulce Jr. ... majoring in Professional Communication.


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Release Notes: This release adds a Czech translation of the user interface. The "Split non standard macros while saving" modal option has been replaced by an immediate menu item. It corrects a lot of bugs, including a nasty one, which in some cases produced very big temp directories, slowing down the startup and the overall use of FidoCadJ. When the zoom level is increased or decreased with the magnification tool, the place where the user clicks is centered.
Release Notes: The user can now create new library symbols and edit existing libraries. Standard and non-standard libraries are identified by different icons. Macros can be split (select one, then right click and "split macro"), and they can be moved through user-defined libraries via drag-and-drop in the library tree. When introducing text, a list of some UTF-8 characters (maths symbols, Greek letters, etc.) is now available and very easy to use. This release adds a Japanese translation of the user interface.
Release Notes: This version has some bugfixes and a few new features and improvements to the user interface. Vertices can now be added and deleted from a polygon and a spline curve. A Dutch translation of the user interface and a Chinese translation of the user manual have been added.
Release Notes: This release adds the new "curve" primitive (natural cubic spline). It adds support for italic text lines. There are Spanish and Chinese translations of the user interface. The IHRaM library has been updated to v. 3.1. There are many bugfixes.
Release Notes: This is a much more stable version for all operating systems. Many bugs have been fixed. There is a greatly improved look on Mac OS X Leopard and Snow Leopard.
Release Notes: Some bugs have been corrected. A new library about electrical circuits was added. Handling of a scaling factor while exporting to vector formats was improved. New colors were added for some layers. Users can move elements with the keyboard using [ALT] and the arrow keys. A German translation of the user interface was added.
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Rays of might: Success becomes Tampa Bay tradition
ST. PETERSBURG -- The Tampa Bay franchise has recorded six consecutive winning seasons. This is good, not only for the Rays, but for baseball.View Full Game Coverage
ST. PETERSBURG -- The Tampa Bay franchise has recorded six consecutive winning seasons. This is good, not only for the Rays, but for baseball.View Full Game Coverage
The sixth consecutive winning season, officially achieved this week, puts the Rays in very exclusive company. In terms of current streaks of consecutive winning seasons, the St. Louis Cardinals also have six. The New York Yankees have 20.
For the Rays, this has meant more than merely finishing slightly north of .500. They have qualified for the postseason three times over those six years. They are in a position to qualify for a fourth postseason with a Wild Card berth this September. They regained the lead in the American League Wild Card race with a riveting 4-3, 12-inning victory over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night.
Over the past six seasons, Tampa Bay has also won two AL East titles and one AL pennant. And over those six seasons, the Rays have the second-best regular-season record in baseball. Only the Yanks, again, have a better record over that period.
If you looked at the first decade of the Tampa Bay franchise, with just one finish better than last place and only one season with as many as 70 victories, there wasn't much evidence to suggest this kind of leaps and bounds improvement.
But a top-shelf management team, from principal owner Stuart Sternberg to team president Matt Silverman to executive vice president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman to manager Joe Maddon, has made this a winning organization. Commissioner Bud Selig, in fact, refers to it as "a model professional sports franchise."
And the Rays succeed against considerable odds. They don't have the resources that their opponents do. Despite their success since 2008, the Rays, who have been unsuccessfully seeking a new stadium, have not been able to consistently draw the kind of crowds that their record would seem to merit. They are last in the Major Leagues in attendance this season.
Yet, when you watch the Rays, you typically see a team that is strong in pitching and defense. Tampa Bay relies on a core of homegrown starting pitching talent, and the club has supplemented its talent base with astute trades. There were two trade acquisitions on display Wednesday night, slugging outfielder Wil Myers, obtained in a trade with the Royals, and starting pitcher Chris Archer, acquired in a trade with the Cubs. Both are legitimate candidates for the AL Rookie of the Year Award.
The Rays utilize the latest and best statistical metrics available, whenever, wherever, however possible.
But the Rays also have a humanist as manager. Maddon does everything possible within the considerable scope of his intelligence and imagination to create an environment in which his players can, while being part of a collective effort, also be comfortable being themselves.
"I want to believe being yourself really matters," Maddon said Wednesday. "I'm not the controlling type. If I want to control anything, it's that you feel good in your own skin and you don't feel that you have to act, dress or be a certain way.
"If you really want to get the best out of anybody, I don't care how old they are, it's that. Of course, you have to have accountability on their side of the line, too. If you're dealing with a group of guys who aren't accountable, you have to be more strict, but when you have a highly motivated group and they're young and accountable, you do set them free. When you do that, you're probably going to get a stronger return. I'm not a micromanager. Never have been, never shall be. Thinking the opposite down here permits these young players to flourish."
Major League Baseball does its bit for this franchise through a revenue-sharing system that is aimed at increasing competitive balance. The economic playing field in baseball is nothing like level, but it is at a point where the Tampa Bay Rays can do more than compete. They can be named among baseball's elite teams.
This franchise stands as a model for the idea that a club with relatively small revenues is not doomed to lose, not hopelessly limited on the field. There are only three clubs in the Majors who can say that they have been a winning team over each of the past six seasons. OK, this is not like winning the World Series, but it is also an accomplishment of no small significance. This Tampa Bay club represents one part of what is best about baseball.
Mike Bauman is a national columnist for MLB.com.


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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - The Georgia College & State University softball team continues to pick up academic honors as well as on the field, as two Bobcats were named to the ESPN The Magazine/College Sports Information Directors Association (CoSIDA) Academic All-District Team. Pitcher Mandy Chandler (Covington, Ga.) and shortstop Lindsey Swanson (Kennesaw, Ga.) both earned slots on the program's first team.
A senior shortstop, Swanson had the best GPA for GCSU softball and tied for the third best average in the district at 3.97 in psychology with a business minor. She also finished at .298 with one home run, 30 RBI and 30 runs, ripping a team-high 12 doubles.
Chandler, a four-time All-PBC pick and 2008 All-American for her work on the field, owns a 3.52 in marketing. She went 27-15 this season with a 1.80 ERA and 417 strikeouts.
The district covers all Division II, III and NAIA programs in the states of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. To be eligible, players must have at least sophomore status and a better than 3.30 cumulative GPA. The ballots are voted on by the region's sports information directors.
Both Chandler and Swanson will move on to the Academic All-America ballot, due for a May 27 announcement. This marks the second time in both Swanson's and Chandler's careers that they've earned all-district first team. Chandler took All-America honors in 2008.
All-time, Bobcat softball has earned five Academic All-District nods.
The Bobcats went 32-24 in 2009, making their fourth-straight trip to the NCAA Tournament, all coming under head coach Ginger Chaffinch. Georgia College took second in the PBC Standings, matching its highest finish. Chandler set the PBC mark in single-season strikeouts as well as career wins and whiffs this season, and stands at 1,207, good for fifth in NCAA Division II history. The 417 this season ranks ninth in the NCAA Division II recordbooks.
Visit www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame. The GCSU Department of Athletics sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, GCSU prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at Twitter.com username GCSUSID for up-to-the-minute reports.


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If I may have a moment of your time, I would like to let everybody know that there are some baseball teams in this town that do not suck. Unfortunately you have to go back in time 139 years to experience it.
Saturday, the Cincinnati Vintage Base Ball Club is holding the 7th annual Queen City Vintage Base Ball Festival in Sharon Woods Park beginning at 10:00 a.m. There will be 9 games played on 3 separate fields throughout Sharon Woods park.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with vintage base ball (that's 2 words, not one) we recreate base ball as it was played in the 19th century. You may remember us from such events as playing after the Reds games on 4th of July weekend the past 3 years and the Findlay Market Opening Day Parade. In our case we play by the rules of 1869. The game should look similar to the modern game but there are a few differences. First of all, players do not use gloves in the field. The ball we use is a little bigger and a little softer than a modern baseball but, believe me, it still hurts if you don't catch it right - and sometimes even if you do. The ball is thrown underhanded from flat ground 45 feet from from home base. DanO would love this game since the point is to pitch to contact. A strikeout in vintage base ball is rarer than a Reds victory. Balls and strikes are not called unless the batter or pitcher are warned first and it only takes 3 balls to walk. Another difference from modern rules is that a ball is foul only if the first bounce is in foul territory. If the ball bounces fair and it bounces foul - no matter where on the field it is - it is a fair ball. However if a fielder catches a foul ball on one bounce, the batter is out. Players are expected to act like gentlemen and may even be asked by the umpire - of which there is only 1 - if they were safe or out on a close play and they are expected to tell the truth. Sometimes the umpire will even ask the spectators their opinion on a close call. Here's a place to go for some more information on the rules and customs of the game http://www.1869reds.com/game/ Or you could just ask RFS62.
Games are at 10:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. Come out and watch the game as it was meant to be played. You might even see a fellow RedsZoner out there.


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From NBC/NJ's Aswini Anburajan
New Mexico might be a Feb. 5 state to watch for Obama. The candidate made two stops in the state on Friday, in Albuquerque and Santa Fe -- an unusual amount of time to spend in just one state when the sand slips ever faster through the hourglass to Super Tuesday.
But New Mexico appears to be a key pick-up opportunity for Obama, who has six offices spread across the state. The campaign has shifted their Iowa get-out-the-caucus model to the several Feb. 5 states -- like New Mexico -- that will hold caucuses rather than primaries. The hope is that organizational strength can overpower Clinton's name recognition in these states. (It's worth noting, however, that while New Mexico is a technically a caucus, it operates more like a primary than the caucuses we saw in Iowa and Nevada.)
Obama also has claimed that once Latinos, who make up 40% of New Mexico's population, get to know him, they'll prefer his record over Clinton's. That could explain yesterday's economic policy town hall, where Obama delved deeper into policy issues than he normally does, while also bringing an array of his economic advisers and New Mexico co-chairs up on the stage with him to testify to his prowess on managing the economic downturn. Obama told the crowd that he was the first candidate in the race to offer a middle-class tax cut and he compared Hillary Clinton's economic stimulus plan to George Bush's, because it had originally not contained a tax cut for working families.
Using the subprime mortgage crisis to appeal to the Latino and African American population in the state, Obama told them that of the mortgages defaulted on, 40% were by Latino homeowners and more than 50% were owned by African Americans. He used the statistic to remind the audience that his stimulus plan contains a proposal to create a fund that will buy the mortgages of homeowners who were the target of predatory lenders.
At a rally in Santa Fe later in the day, Obama also hit economic themes but mostly stuck to his stump speech. The crowd there, despite New Mexico being a majority minority state, was largely white. And in an appeal that you don't usually hear of on the stump, Obama met with the leaders of more than ten Native American tribes before he began his event. Obama has a long list of Native American supporters in the state, and made a point to mention poverty in their communities in his stump speech.
Like in Iowa, reaching out to smaller niche groups could make a difference for Obama. Though Native Americans make up only 10% of the state's population, the proportional allocation of delegates should Obama win caucuses in Native American areas could help his delegate total. As the Senator said in a press conference today, "This is increasingly a race for delegates."
There's no better proof that this race is about delegates than the fact that I'm writing this dispatch from Boise, ID, where there are 12 delegates up for grabs. The Obama campaign was willing to fly two and a half hours from Albuquerque to Boise and spend the morning here doing a rally in the hopes of picking up delegates... And yet there was just one event in California...


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Emmanuel Adebayor is relishing the prospect of pulling on a Tottenham shirt again after finally completing his move to the London club.
Over three months after scoring in Tottenham's victory over Fulham, Adebayor put pen to paper on a permanent deal after reaching a compromise over his pay-off from Manchester City. The Togo hitman vowed to pick up where he left off yesterday and admitted that he was relieved to leave the Etihad Stadium to join up again with Spurs.
"I am pleased to be signing for Spurs on a permanent basis after finally agreeing my departure with Manchester City," he said on the official Spurs website. "It may have taken longer than expected but I am delighted to be back at Tottenham Hotspur. I really enjoyed my time here last season and I am hoping we can achieve great things together again.''
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By Michael Aneiro
Give an asset class a long enough bull run and there's one word you will be absolutely unable to avoid seeing: bubble. The Financial Times on Monday becomes the latest to slap that label on the global corporate bond market, or at least to gently apply the descriptor while asking onlookers if it is indeed a suitable fit. The FT's Ruth Sullivan reports:
Opinion differs sharply among investors on both sides of the Atlantic. Some believe corporate bonds are already in bubble territory, while others say they still have some way to go and that the fears are greatly exaggerated….
The yield on the S&P International Corporate Bond index has fallen sharply from 4.5 per cent at the start of the year to 2.9 per cent, rebounding a little off a low of 2.7 per cent in September. Consequently, during the course of 2012 more and more investors have come to the view that corporate bonds are overpriced.
A recent survey of 435 fund managers by the CFA Institute of the UK showed 61 per cent currently believe corporate bonds overvalued, almost double the 34 percent who said so in a previous survey in January….
GMO, the Boston-based asset manager, is ditching long-dated sovereign debt as investors continue to pile in and has no interest in corporate bonds either. "Traditional corporate bonds are uninteresting with credit spreads sitting on an unattractive [US] Treasury curve," says Ben Inker, co-head of asset allocation.
The FT does seek out a couple of bubble-bursters, one in the form of a Fidelity Worldwide Investment bond portfolio manager named Ian Spreadbury. (Boy, surnames really do influence career choices.) Spreadbury tells the FT such bubble banter is overblown, and says corporate bond yields (and, presumably, spreads) could continue to go quite a bit lower, with potential for "decent single-digit returns" for corporate bonds in 2013.
For a particularly astute look at the subject of corporate bond valuations, read my Current Yield column from this week's Barron's magazine.


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Members of The National Hint at Grateful Dead Tribute Compilation
Matt Berringer, Bryce Dessner and Aaron Dessner of The National participated in an Ask Me Anything question and answer session on Reddit today. The band discussed a number of things, but of particular interest to us was the revelation that members of the group are working on a charity album involving the music of the Grateful Dead with a number of other musicians, one of whom may or may not be Bon Iver frontman Justin Vernon.
The National have been talking about doing a Grateful Dead tribute compilation since at least 2011, so hopefully this is sign that the project will finally come to fruition. Band members Aaron Dessner, Bryan Devendorf and Scott Devendorf also joined Bob Weir and some of their Brooklyn indie rock friends last year for the "The Bridge Session," a special concert at TRI Studios that was curated by HeadCount. The one-off band performed a number of Dead tunes, including "Uncle John's Band," which you can watch here.


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Women Founders Outpace Male Counterparts In Certain Types of Kickstarter Funding 98
Nerval's Lobster writes Women outpace men when it comes to raising money for technology projects through crowdfunding sites such as Kickstarter, according to a new study by researchers at New York University and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Jason Greenberg (NYC) and Ethan Mollick (Wharton/UPenn) chose 1,250 Kickstarter projects in five categories: games and technology, where founders were predominantly male; film, with an even gender distribution; and fashion and children's books, both populated with more female founders and backers. They analyzed additional factors such as "industry typing" (a theory in which people 'often hold conscious or unconscious biases about what gender is the archetype employee in a particular occupation or industry') and restricted the data set by geography and how much money each Kickstarter project wanted (a project aiming for less than $5,000 may attract an inordinate percentage of family and friends as funders, skewing results). After crunching the data, they found that female founders of technology projects were more likely than males to achieve their Kickstarter goals, a finding that didn't extend to the other four categories. "It appears female backers are responsible for helping female founders succeed in specific industry categories that women backers generally disfavor," they theorized, adding a little later: "The value of crowdfunding is that it enables access to a pool of potential female backers particularly inclined to support women in industry categories in which they believe women to be underrepresented."


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http://www.techeye.net/hardware/france- ... tablet-tax
The article isn't to clear on why, but it could be the film and recording industry tax they put on stuff to compensate those 'poor' industries that have lost so much money to pirated music and movies. For some reason windows users don't do this though
Something similar is going through parliament in Finland too except it's going to be on anything that can store a file, ie. compact flash storage, phones, mp3 players, hard drives etc... We've already had our recordable CDs and DVDs taxed for years (apparently that's not enough now).


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Is it just me or does this class, contrary to what people say, require you to memorize and regurgitate a whole bunch of rules. I have a photographic memory so this wouldnt be a huge problem, i just want to know if anyone else feels that way. We spend more time getting quizzed in which Joinder rule applies to the situation, i feel as though the class is conditioning us to be mindless machines.
"whoa, 4 fingers amputated. Well done!"


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What books would Leah read? Would she read?
I don't think she'd read... it calms me down, but I doubt it would work for her. Obviously romance & horror wouldn't work... she'd get bored by fantasy... maybe mystery, but not much since she deals with so many mysteries in real life!!


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Volleyball adds two for 2013
The South Dakota State volleyball team signed one player to a National Letter of Intent and added another player to the 2013 roster as announced by head coach Phil McDaniel on Thursday.
A 5-10 setter from Westminster, Colo., Brooke Leetham signed a National Letter of Intent, indicating her plans to enroll at South Dakota State and compete for the Jackrabbit volleyball program.
"Brooke is a very bright young lady who has the opportunity to come in to a team and push our senior setter, while also learning from our senior's experiences in The Summit League," McDaniel said. "She locates very well and is quite knowledgeable about the game. Her personality makes her a natural fit with our returners, and with our incoming group of freshmen."
A four-year team captain at Standley Lake High School, Leetham earned team MVP and all-conference honors in each of her last three years of high school, adding the team's "Heart of the Gator" award in 2011.
In addition to her skills on the court, Leetham gets it done in the classroom as well as a three-year member of the honor roll and two-year member of the National Honor Society. She also earned first team academic all-state in both 2011 and 2012.
Leetham played club ball for Juggernaut Volleyball for six years and plans on majoring in education and Spanish at South Dakota State.
A 5-8 defensive specialist from Mitchell, Megan Farnham gained acceptance to SDSU and indicated her plans to play on the Jackrabbit volleyball team in 2013.
"Megan is a true Jackrabbit at heart, it's in her blood! She's competitive and driven on the court and in the classroom," McDaniel said. "I believe that Megan will work extremely hard for the Jackrabbit program, and will push herself and her teammates to perform at a high level every time they step on the court."
A three-sport athlete for the Kernels, Farnham earned four varsity letters in both volleyball and basketball at Mitchell High School, and five letters in track and field.
As a team captain for the volleyball team in 2012, Farnham earned first team All-Eastern South Dakota Conference and second team all-state honors to go along with MVP, most inspirational and "Kernel Krusher" awards from her team.
Farnham broke the Mitchell High School record for digs per match as a senior and led all players at the state tournament for digs. She also posted a 94.5 career serve percentage.
In addition to numerous other honors earned on basketball and track and field, Farnham served as class president in both her freshman and sophomore years, and as student body president in 2012-13. She is also a four-year honor roll student and two-year member of the National Honor Society.


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BELLEFONTE, Pa. -- Defiant and unrepentant, Jerry Sandusky accused his victims of lodging "false allegations" against him in a taped jailhouse statement aired by a local radio station one day before he was set to be sentenced on 45 counts of child sex abuse.
The former Pennsylvania State University assistant football coach blamed a conspiracy driven by aggressive investigators, lying accusers and the media for putting him behind bars and questioned whether anything good could come from the publicity his case has received.
The three-minute statement was aired late Monday by Penn State's student-run radio station.
"They can take away my life. They can make me out as a monster. They can treat me as a monster, but they can't take away my heart," he said. "In my heart, I know I did not do these alleged disgusting acts." His statements coincided with signals from his defense team Monday that it had abandoned plans to plead for leniency during his sentencing hearing today and instead shifted focus to appealing Sandusky's conviction.
"The bottom line is this," Sandusky's attorney Joseph Amendola said, emerging Monday afternoon from an in-chambers conference with Judge John Cleland. "How can he be remorseful if he maintains his innocence?"
Under state sentencing guidelines, Judge John Cleland could impose a sentence of anywhere from 10 to more than 400 years for the 45 counts of child sex abuse of which Sandusky was convicted in June.
Those charges include multiple counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, indecent assault and corruption of minors, the most serious of which carry 10-year minimum sentences. The judge could decide to have Sandusky serve them concurrently rather than consecutively.
Throughout the former coach's two-week trial, eight young men testified that the man many had looked at as a mentor and father figure had molested them, many over a period of years.
In all, prosecutors presented evidence implicating Sandusky in the abuse of 10 boys, all of whom he met through the Second Mile, the charity he founded for underprivileged youth. Many testified they were abused on Penn State's campus.
Lead prosecutor Joseph McGettigan III said Monday that as many as six of those men would take the stand today in hopes of persuading Cleland that Sandusky's crimes warrant the harshest punishment possible.
However, when asked what he felt an appropriate sentence might be, McGettigan dodged.
"We are confident the court will impose an appropriate sentence," he said.
Sandusky, 68, has denied the charges against him since his November arrest and continues to regret not taking the stand to defend himself during his trial, his attorney said.
Many of his accusers told similar stories of abuse that began with lingering hugs and light touching and escalated to more harrowing encounters involving oral sex, masturbation and rape.
Sandusky has conceded he often showered with the boys after workouts but suggested Monday that their parallel stories of abuse originated with one publicity-hungry accuser whose version of events ended up shading the testimony of the others thanks to prosecutors' aggressive tactics.
"A young man who is dramatic and a veteran accuser and always sought attention started everything," he said in his taped statement. "He was joined by a well-orchestrated effort of the media, investigators, the system, Penn State, psychologists, civil attorneys and other accusers. They won. I've wondered what they really won. Attention, financial gain, prestige will all be temporary." Since his conviction, Sandusky has remained in protective custody in the Centre County jail, spending much of his time working on a statement he will read in court Tuesday and preparing for his post-sentencing appeals, his lawyers said.


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wanting to convert 87 wagon manual doors to electric doors
Posted 07 April 2010 - 02:06 AM
Posted 08 April 2010 - 12:45 AM
this will make it quite easy...
Posted 08 April 2010 - 12:47 AM
best bet... buy four lock solinodes and an aftermarket remote lock/alarm system...
this will make it quite easy...
thanks bud..
i lost those seats i bought from you when i went to iraq.. buddies mom threw them away.. talk about a loss lol.. still have everything else tho.
hows the 2.0 wagon doin?
Posted 08 April 2010 - 02:34 AM
I installed a power door lock motor from the rear passenger side into the drivers door which made the system "independent" of the drivers door, and then added in remote start/keyless entry along with a switch on both front doors to lock and unlock the doors. It's all in the thread I posted. It's been a few months since then and I am still very happy with the results!
You can of course just buy a package online with all the actuators, but it's a PAIN to install them. I have done it before that way as well. It would be way easier to grab all the locks off a donor car and install them, then modify the "stock" system like I did. Much better, cleaner, and easier IMHO.
Posted 08 April 2010 - 03:14 AM
Posted 08 April 2010 - 03:21 AM
best bet... buy four lock solinodes and an aftermarket remote lock/alarm system...
this will make it quite easy...
thanks bud..
i lost those seats i bought from you when i went to iraq.. buddies mom threw them away.. talk about a loss lol.. still have everything else tho.
hows the 2.0 wagon doin?
Then what's this all about? I am confused. You want to convert to power windows then? Then why did you thank him for the same thing I just said? I wouldn't have said anything otherwise That's why I thought you wanted power LOCKS. Windows don't need lock solenoids Please be more specific with you post title. Thanks
Posted 08 April 2010 - 03:30 AM
Posted 08 April 2010 - 03:39 AM
As for the windows... I don't know about all the supports and what not for the windows themselves, but the motors are small and fairly simple, at least when compared to my MR2. I would think that it SHOULD be fairly to swap them in. That and all the wiring should be there as well for the power window system. There isn't much room in the doors, so I think that's going to be your biggest issue is actually trying to install them. Sounds like fun, or something like that anyways. Good luck!
Posted 08 April 2010 - 08:26 AM
the plug ins already exist behind the kick panels and the b-pillar trim.
you might have to switch over the regulator relays which are located under the carpet below the driver seat
for rear glass, wagons and sedans are different. just use the glass you have if you are going between bodies
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It would be difficult to overestimate the damage pending flood insurance cost increases will cause in Terrebonne, Lafourche and coastal communities across America.
It would be difficult to overestimate the damage pending flood insurance cost increases will cause in Terrebonne, Lafourche and coastal communities across America.
Last month, I wrote about the devastating effects already being felt in communities just east of us. There, residents in some of the most-flood prone areas, mostly west-bank communities a lot like ours, face the prospect of flood-insurance costs rising to $20,000 or more a year.
The implications for local home and business owners, our economy and our culture are so profound and varied it would be impossible to explore them all in one sitting.
Instead, let's explore one of my biggest questions about this mess: Where were our elected officials?
Where were our congressional representatives when the Biggert-Waters Act, which along with new FEMA flood-elevation maps are the culprits for this crisis, was passed?
Well, the entire Louisiana delegation voted for the measure. Several told The Courier and Daily Comet last week that they were forced to do so because it was packaged in a larger transportation-projects bill that included the Restore Act. That long-fought-for law dedicates 80 percent of the BP oil-spill fines to the Gulf Coast for restoration.
Now that constituents are learning about the devastating impact the law will have on their lives and communities, our elected officials are painting FEMA as the bad guy, claiming it's the agency's interpretation of the Biggert-Waters Act, not the law itself, that is causing the problem.
I find that explanation lacking.
One reason for my skepticism stems from an exchange during an April 15 forum at Hahnville High, where 600 mostly angry St. Charles Parish residents demanded answers. Here is the exchange, as reported the next day by the Times-Picayune:
"As a key author of the Biggert-Waters Act, did you, Sen. David Vitter, realize the impact of what it would do to the citizens affected?" asked one resident, whom the story does not name. "It removes grandfathering of base flood elevations and cost of insurance, which will devastate our pockets and our property value."
"The answer," replied David Doss, a representative from Vitter's office at the event, "is no."
"The delegation was faced with a choice, of either reauthorizing the (National Flood Insurance) program with things they didn't like, or not having a program,'' Doss said. "I didn't say they didn't understand the provisions, but the numbers you guys are getting aren't finalized yet. There's a lot of work to be done, things are going to get a lot better than what you've heard so far."
So, were Vitter and the rest of Louisiana's congressional delegation asleep at the wheel? And if they weren't, why weren't they sounding alarms before the Biggert-Waters law was passed — with the help of their own consenting votes — so south Louisiana residents could lobby against the provisions that now threaten to devastate communities like ours?
Vitter, a Republican, was plugged in enough to receive plaudits from the insurance industry, specifically the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America.
Aside from laying out many of the same details that now threaten to wipe many Louisianans out of house and home, Insurance News, an online trade journal, includes this quote:
"This legislation has been a top priority of the Big 'I' for the last several years, and we are very proud today that this balanced, bipartisan bill that will protect both consumers and taxpayers has finally been signed into law," said Charles Symington, Big "I" senior vice president of government affairs. He singles out several legislators for their work on the measure, including Vitter.
Well, Big "I" is happy with Vitter, but a lot of his constituents are not.
Your representatives in Congress now proclaim they are working to rectify this injustice. If you want to find out what they're doing on your behalf, here's how you can reach them: Vitter, (202) 224-4623; Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., (202) 224-5824; Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Metairie, (202) 225-3015; and Rep. Bill Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge,(202) 225-3901.
Courier and Daily Comet Executive Editor Keith Magill can be reached at 857-2201 or


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Cultured Drinks Brewing Program/Class Overview 15/9/2010
Brewing Course – Class - I. 15/9/2010
theoretical introduction into kombucha culturing
SCOBY; growing media components (sugar, tea, starter, water); aerobic fermentation; harvesting; flavoring; bottling; secondary fermentation
recipe preparation
Vc (culture volume) = 10 l; sugar amount = 0.8 l; tea amount = 57 g; starter volume = 0.5 l
design of experiment
production of good tasting kombucha probiotic beverage
interbreeding of various kombucha SCOBYs
determination of the effect of culture volume on the taste of the beverage
materials and methods
sugar (1)
green tea - gunpowder (2)
starting culture - gunpowder kombucha batch
SCOBY - mix of several SCOBYs (3)
water - tap water
experimental procedure
- determination of culture volume and starter volume for culture vessels based on volume ratios:
KT-I. Vc = 8.5 l; starter culture V = 0.43 l
KT-II. Vc = 8.1 l; starter culture V = 0.4 l
KT-III. Vc = 3.3 l; starter culture V = 0.15 l
Vc(total) = 19.89 l
rounded up total Vc = 20 l; sugar amount = 1.6 l; tea amount = 114 g; starter cultured added by vessel
- tea-sugar cocktail preparation:
- 5 l of tap water brought to boil in stainless steel pot
- flame switched off when boiling point reached
- 0.5 l of room temperature water added to cool the solution to approximately 90°C
- 114 g of gunpowder tea added and stirred, vessel covered with lid and left to steep for 17 min
- tea strained
- 1.6 l of sugar added and stirred until dissolved
tasting - taste 6/10; sweetness 7/10; strong gunpowder tea taste
- 11.39 l water at room temp added
tasting - taste 5/10; sweetness 6/10
- temperature of the medium around 30°C
- 2 l of water at room temp added
- medium divided in to the fermentation vessels based on volume ratio
- water added to bring volume to culture volume in all vessels
- starter culture added based on volume ratio
- kombucha SCOBYs added:
KT-I. - half hibiscus and half black tea SCOBY
KT-II. - half hibiscus and half black tea SCOBY
KT-III. - black and hibiscus SCOBYs blended 1:1 together in blender in growing medium
- culture vessels covered with muslin cloth and tightened by a wire
- cultures transfered to the Tastebridge area (4) and left to ferment at room temperature
- harvest of the cultures estimated within 6-8 days
(1) Sugar Cane Sugar - Evaporated Cane Juice, Wholesome Sweeteners, Certified Organic Sugar, Net. Wt. 11.34 kg
(2) Rainbow Community Cooperative, SF
(3) hibiscus kombucha SCOBY; black tea SCOBY
(4) KT-II. transfered in to external location, samples expected


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UH Community Colleges hosts internationally-recognized Hakuoh University Handbell Choir
Public performances by all-female ensemble scheduled at Central Union Church and Windward Community College, February 17-18Hawaiʻi Community College
Debbie Nakagawa, (808) 956-0321
UH Community Colleges
Led by acclaimed director Hirotaka Arai, who founded the choir in 1988, the 18 student handbell ringers will perform free public concerts on:
- Tuesday, February 17, at 7 p.m. at Central Union Church, 1660 South Beretania St., Honolulu; and
- Wednesday, February 18, at 7 p.m. at Windward Community College's Palikū Theatre, 45-720 Keaʻahala St., Kaneʻohe
The choir will perform a range of selections from classical standards including Mozart's "Le nozze di Figaro" to contemporary hits from the musical "The Lion King." The choir has the capacity to ring seven octaves of handbells, and their dedication to practice and performance has created worldwide demand for their music.
The choir will kick-off its Goodwill Tour of Hawaiʻi with a performance for the Consular Corps of Hawaiʻi at a Friendship Luncheon on Tuesday, February 17, at 11 a.m. at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaiʻi's Manoa Ballroom. In addition, they have scheduled free concerts for Windward District school children on Wednesday, February 18, at Windward Community College, and Leeward District school children on Thursday, February 19, at Leeward Community College. On Friday, February 20, the choir will perform for long term care patients at Kuakini Medical Center.
From their home in Oyama City, Tochigi prefecture, Japan, Hakuoh's all-female ensemble has traveled to performances in Canada, England and Australia and has entertained audiences including the Emperor and Empress of Japan and the King and Queen of Belgium. In August 2008, the choir attended the International Handbell Symposium in Orlando, Fla., and also performed at Disney World. They also perform annually at Tokyo Disneyland.
In February 2007, Hakuoh University signed an international cooperative agreement with the University of Hawaii Community Colleges. The annual Handbell Choir Concert, co-sponsored by Hakuoh University and the UH Community Colleges, is one of the cooperative activities undertaken by the two institutions.
For more information about the choir's performances, call (808) 956-0321.


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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
After noticing that the International House of Prayer (IHOP) had recently conducted one of its "One Thing" worship conference in Egypt, Israel Today writer Ryan Jones decided to get in touch with Bahy Rafla, an Egyptian Christian friend who attended the gathering.
That the conference was held in the shadow of the recent Muslim Brotherhood takeover and a series of attacks on local Christians was very encouraging.
Israel Today: Does the recent One Thing conference show that there is an active Evangelical Christian presence in Egypt?
Bahy Rafla: Yes, especially at the Kasr El Dobara Church [Ed. Note - situated in the heart of Cairo, Kasr El Dobara boasts an attendance of 7,000 people, making it the largest Evangelical church in the Middle East.]
Israel Today: How are Christians being treated in Egypt today? Is there a difference between how Coptic Orthodox Christians and Evangelicals are treated by the Muslim majority?
Rafla: The treatment now is not always good, but not always bad. But at times it can be very bad. Muslims don't differentiate between Coptic Orthodox Christians and Evangelicals, but they do seem to favor the Evangelicals a bit more.
Israel Today: How do Egyptian Christians in general view Israel? Again, is there a difference in views on Israel between Coptic Orthodox and Evangelicals?
Rafla: I see that Evangelicals totally agree with Israel, but I see the Coptic Orthodox are divided on the issue. Some Coptic Christians side with Israel and have no problem visiting the Holy land for Easter, but others don't like Israel and have taken up the Palestinian cause.
But, in general Egyptian Christians don't like politics and don't like to speak about politics. They are very simple people who care most about the spiritual growth and their relationship with God.
Israel Today: There is much talk over here of Egypt's new rulers wanting to impose a stricter form of Sharia Law. Is this something that concerns Egyptian Christians like yourself?
Rafla: Yes, we live in an Islamic country and we must follow their Islamic laws, but there are also many liberal Muslims who don't agree with imposing Sharia. But for now no one really has a clear picture of how things will look in Egypt in the coming months.
Israel Today: Will there ever be truly warm relations between Israel and Egypt, and if so, what part do believers have to play in that?
Rafla: I don't know and I think in Israel no one knows, but I think we will have a clearer picture in a year.
Bahy Rafla is a tour guide and Egyptologist. Anyone planning a trip to Egypt can contact Bahy via his website: www.royaltyegypttours.yolasite.com or by email: firstname.lastname@example.com
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LONDON — Starting four days of evidence by political leaders about the sway of Rupert Murdoch's newspapers over public life here, former Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday denied Mr. Murdoch's depiction of some of their most contentious exchanges and accused a leading Murdoch newspaper, The Sun, of undermining Britain's war effort in Afghanistan.
He also rejected assertions by a former editor of The Sun that Mr. Brown's wife, Sarah, had approved a story in 2006 on the medical condition of the Browns' infant child, who had been diagnosed at four months with cystic fibrosis.
Mr. Brown said The Sun caused "huge damage to the war effort" in Afghanistan, where British troops have been the main allies of American forces in the international coalition, by publishing stories suggesting that his government, in office from 2007 to 2010, "didn't care about our troops."
He referred specifically to a story in 2009 disclosing that Mr. Brown had misspelled the name of a British soldier killed in Afghanistan and aspects of what he called a "campaign" by The Sun over Afghanistan.
"The whole focus of their coverage was not what we had done," he said, "but that I personally did not care about our troops."
Mr. Brown said that Mr. Murdoch told him in a private letter that he disagreed with Britain's "management of the war effort." In response to Mr. Brown's allegations, a spokeswoman for Mr. Murdoch's News Corporation, based in New York, said Mr. Murdoch "stands by his testimony."
The former prime minister was the first in a series of past and present political heavyweights to appear this week before the judicial inquiry led by Lord Justice Leveson into the phone hacking scandal that exploded over Mr. Murdoch's British tabloids last summer.
As the inquiry has inched forward, so, too, has a parallel police investigation in which around 50 people have been arrested in connection with illicit phone intercepts, bribery of public officials, mainly the police, and e-mail hacking. Britain's Crown Prosecution Service said Monday that it had received file from the police relating to five unidentified journalists in the phone hacking investigation to assess whether they should face criminal charges. The prosecution service declined to provide further details.
Mr. Brown's testimony, delivered in his hallmark Scottish burr, seemed among the most forthright in contradicting sworn testimony by Mr. Murdoch and by Rebekah Brooks, a former editor of The Sun who became chief executive of News International, the British newspaper subsidiary of Mr. Murdoch's News Corporation. She resigned as the hacking scandal broke last July.
Ms. Brooks has testified to the Leveson inquiry that Mr. Brown's wife, Sarah, gave permission for the article on their son to be published, but the former prime minister denied that.
"I don't think any child's medical information should be broadcast," he said. "There was no question ever of implicit or explicit permission." Rather, he said, he and his wife had been presented with a "fait accompli" that the story was to be published.
In messages on Twitter, journalists at The Sun rejected Mr. Brown's version of events both relating to the newspaper's Afghanistan coverage and about the newspaper's source for the article on his son.
In her own testimony to the inquiry, Ms. Brooks said the article came from the father of another child with cystic fibrosis.
Scottish health authorities who dealt with the case said in a statement on Monday that, while there had been "no inappropriate access to the child's medical records," it was "highly likely" that a local employee "spoke, without authorization, about the medical condition of Mr. Brown's son, Fraser."
In a statement, News International said it welcomed the fact that Scottish authorities "said that they believe there was 'no inappropriate access' to the medical records of Gordon Brown's son." The Sun stood by its previous rejection of Mr. Brown's complaints, the statement said.
Robert Jay, the inquiry's lead counsel, also pressed Mr. Brown about a conversation with Mr. Murdoch in which Mr. Murdoch testified that the former prime minister threatened to "make war" on Murdoch companies after their tabloids had switched to the Conservatives in late 2009.
In April, Mr. Murdoch told the Leveson inquiry that Mr. Brown had said, "Well, your company has declared war on my government and we have no alternative but to make war on your company." Mr. Murdoch also said that Mr. Brown did not seem to be in "a very balanced state of mind."
"This conversation never took place," Mr. Brown said. "I'm shocked, surprised, that it should be suggested." He added later: "This call did not happen. This threat was not made."
"I couldn't be unbalanced on a call that I didn't have," Mr. Brown said.
Mr. Brown said that, while he respected Mr. Murdoch's business acumen, he rejected suggestions that the tycoon had influenced his thinking. "The idea that I followed his views is absolute nonsense," Mr. Brown said.
The concentration of high-ranking figures at the inquiry this week has provoked speculation that the testimony could be among the most significant so far in the months-old investigation. George Osborne — the chancellor of the Exchequer and a close ally of Mr. Cameron — appeared before the inquiry after Mr. Brown completed three hours of testimony.
Mr. Osborne is seen as particularly close to Prime Minister Cameron from the days he took over the Conservative Party in opposition in 2005.
On Monday he acknowledged accompanying Mr. Cameron to a gathering, including Rupert Murdoch, at a chalet in the Swiss ski resort of Davos during the World Economic Forum in January 2009.
But much questioning centered on Mr. Osborne's role in the Conservatives' decision to hire Andy Coulson, a former editor of the now defunct News of the World, a Murdoch-owned Sunday tabloid, as director of communications.
The Conservatives hired Mr. Coulson after he was forced to resign as editor of The News of the World in 2007, in the early days of the hacking scandal before its full extent was widely known. His association with The News of the World also cost him his job as Mr. Cameron's director of communications after the Conservative victory at the 2010 election. Like Ms. Brooks, Mr. Coulson has been charged in recent weeks with criminal offenses.
"It was an issue that he had resigned at The News of the World," Mr. Osborne said, acknowledging that he had been aware of the hacking controversy that forced Mr. Coulson to resign his newspaper job. But Mr. Coulson assured him that the issue was resolved.
"I asked him in a general sense," Mr. Osborne said of Mr. Coulson, "whether there was more in the phone-hacking story that was going to come out that we needed to know about and he said, 'no'."
Mr. Osborne said he had believed Mr. Coulson to be a "good person for our shortlist" because of his "talent and ability" running a major newspaper and newsroom.
"If you were going simply on hiring someone who would not attract publicity, you would not have hired Mr. Coulson," he said. Mr. Osborne also said he had consulted Ms. Brooks about Mr. Coulson.
He said he asked here, "Tell me about Andy Coulson: is he a good person? Is he a good person to work with? I was simply asking for her opinion as him as a professional."
Mr. Murdoch's tabloids supported the Conservatives for many years, but switched to Labour before the 1997 election that brought Tony Blair to power. Mr. Blair testified before the inquiry in late May.
Shortly before the 2010 election, which produced a coalition led by Mr. Cameron and Nick Clegg, a Liberal Democrat, as junior partner, the Murdoch tabloids switched back to the Conservatives.
Mr. Osborne said the Conservatives had sought the endorsement of The Sun as "one of a range of things." But, he added, "I certainly think you can win an election without the endorsement of the Sun."
Mr. Osborne rejected any suggestion that he, the government, or the Conservative Party had supported News Corporation's $12 billion bid to take over the 60.9 percent of BSkyB, the British satellite broadcaster, that it did not own already. The company withdrew the bid last summer at the height of the phone hacking furor.
Far from wanting to help News Corp. secure approval for the takeover, Mr. Osborne said, he regarded the bid as "politically inconvenient" in that however it was resolved, someone would be angry. And he said that government lawyers had determined that it was perfectly appropriate for the government to hand over responsibility for the bid to Jeremy Hunt, the Culture Secretary, even though he was known to be sympathetic to News Corporation's position.
Mr. Jay, the inquiry lawyer, seemed skeptical about Mr. Osborne's assertion that "I didn't have a strong view on the merits or demerits of the issue.
"It's rather unusual for someone to have such a lack of interest in something everyone was talking about," Mr. Jay said. The four days of hearings will culminate on Thursday with a daylong appearance by Mr. Cameron. Another former prime minister, Sir John Major of the Conservative Party, is to testify on Tuesday. Other political luminaries to appear include the leader of the Labour opposition, Ed Miliband, Mr. Clegg, the deputy prime minister, and Scotland's first minister, Alex Salmond.
Sarah Lyall contributed reporting.


text: UMW News BureauStudents in the University of Montana Western natural horsemanship program will begin moving into a brand new, state-of-the-art equine facility this fall. UMW NEWS BUREAU Students in the University of Montana Western natural horsemanship program will begin moving into a brand new, state-of-the-art equine facility this fall. Montana Western Chancellor Richard Storey said the university's program, which offers the nation's only four-year natural horsemanship degree, is scheduled to begin offering natural horsemanship skills classes at the Montana Center for Horsemanship (MCH) in August 2011. Located on Highway 91, the center currently is in phase one construction and is owned and operated by a private, non-profit foundation. As the center develops it will also be available to other community functions and tenets as well as to the Montana Western rodeo team for practice. Local rancher Cal Erb will serve as the foundation board president. "Montana Western is providing the finest natural horsemanship program in the country," Erb said. "We recognize the importance of this program for the university as well as the benefit for our community. The center will provide new infrastructure and sustained economic growth for the community while continuing to enhance the legacy of western values." The new facility will provide a unique number of benefits to Montana Western students, including a full-size outdoor arena (150'x300'), individual horse boarding in a 20'x60' (12'x20' covered) pen, individual tack lockers under the covered pen, feeding horses and clean pens. Long-term trailer parking and short-term parking for vehicles is also planned. "As well as providing comfort, safety and security for students and their horses, the new facility will be close to campus and will save students considerable costs in fuel and equipment," Montana Western Chancellor Richard Storey said. "In addition, the tuition will be included in students' annual cost of attendance budgets for financial aid purposes." Since 2004, the University has operated the unique and highly successful natural horsemanship program in close partnership with La Cense Montana. Until the new indoor area is constructed, Montana Western students will continue to use the La Cense full-sized indoor arena during inclement weather with transportation of horses being provided by Montana Western. Montana Western equine program chair and rodeo coach Olie Else said the facility will be a boon to the growing program. "We here at Montana Western are excited about the new facility," Else said. "This was the crucial missing element to the development our program. As always we constantly strive to bring the best possible educational experience to our students."


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WASHINGTON – Orders for long-lasting U.S. factory goods fell sharply last month as demand for commercial aircraft plummeted and businesses spent less on computers and electrical equipment.
Manufacturing continues to struggle and could prevent economic growth from picking up in the July-September quarter.
Orders for durable goods plunged 7.3 percent in July, the Commerce Department said Monday. It's the steepest drop in nearly a year. Excluding the volatile transportation category, orders fell just 0.6 percent. Both declines followed three straight months of increases.
Durable goods are items meant to last at least three years.
Economists tend to focus on orders for so-called core capital goods. Those orders fell 3.3 percent, but the drop followed four straight months of gains.
Core capital goods are considered a good measure of businesses' confidence in the economy. They include items that point to expansion – such as machinery, computers and heavy trucks – while excluding volatile orders for aircraft and defense.
The big drop suggests the third quarter is off to a weaker start than some had hoped. While economists cautioned that it's just one month of data, a few lowered growth estimates for the quarter.


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Linked by Radio on Mon 2nd Jul 2012 19:15 UTC
It was time somebody cleared that up: the oft-decried skins put by OEM and operators on Android are not responsible for the lateness or lack of updates. The truth is that skins are easy, hardware drivers are hard. That is not to say skins do not have other problems, or that the problem is unsolvable, but asking for "stock" Android OS is not going to help on the update front.


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Submission + - Tin Foil Chic (wired.com)
Harvey: Stealth Wear started as an experiment using the fabrics I was researching for the OFF Pocket. I did research on thermal surveillance and was very interested in where it was going and at some point realized that metalised fabrics work as a shield against thermal imagining cameras. I was able to get access to a thermal camera and started testing swatches of fabric. When I realized that it worked well enough, I got in touch with my friend Johanna Bloomfield and she came up with the hoodie design. Everything was pretty much still an experiment at this point. Then we showed the hoodie to Andrew Green from PRIMITIVE. He loved it and decided to include it and make it a major part of this upcoming show. Originally this show was to be based on work from CV Dazzle and a few other counter surveillance art projects. This whole idea of stealth wear line was very emergent.