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Some day, perhaps, we'll have a standout kouign amann in every New York neighborhood. But for now I'm grateful for what we have: Dominique Ansel's, of course, and Bouchon Bakery's uptown, and also Macaron Parlour's ($3),* which evolved from a jam-filled kouign amann-like croissant that's still on the menu.
* Also one of the stops on our Stray Boots tour of East Village sweets.
If Dominique Ansel's is all about buttery richness, and Bouchon's goes for densely packed layers and an especially crackly crust, Macaron Parlour's is for those who like their pastries a little sweeter. It sports a sugar crust that glistens like a glaze, with a slightly honeyed-caramel profile that boosts the pastry's subtly buttery innards. Macaron Parlour plans to add ice cream to the menu soon; if you ask extra nice you might be able to convince them to make a kouign amann ice cream sandwich for you.
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Working with Forms in PHP, Part 2by John Coggeshall
Welcome back to PHP Foundations. In my
previous column, I explained how to retrieve form data with a PHP script via the
superglobal arrays (
$_POST, and
$_REQUEST) and the
function. In today's column, I'll be looking at how to accept HTTP file
uploads via PHP in a web page.
Before showing any code, it is important that I acknowledge that there are a
number of PHP configuration directives that affect the behavior of file
uploads to PHP. Specifically, the
upload_tmp_dir, and
post_max_size configuration directives have a direct bearing on
PHP's ability to accept file uploads. If you are unsure what these directives
do (or how to tell if they are set properly), please consult the PHP
Uploading Files with PHP
The first step to a successful file upload is to ensure that your form is
constructed properly. When dealing with files in HTML, there are a couple of rules regarding the attributes the
<form> tag uses. Specifically, the
enctype attribute must be set to the MIME type
multipart/form-data and the
method attribute must be
set to
post. As always, the
action attribute should
point to the PHP script that will process the file upload. This example HTML
form uploads a file to a script named uploadproc.php:
<form method="post" action="uploadproc.php" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="file" name="myfile"><br />
<input type="submit" value="Upload File">
If you haven't explored the file-uploading capabilities of HTML forms,
notice above the form element whose
type attribute is set to
file. When rendered, this
<input> tag will create
a text field (showing the path and file to upload) and a button (used to browse
the file system to select a file). Although not shown above, a hidden HTML form element named
MAX_FILE_SIZE can be used to limit the size of the file the browser will allow the client to upload
(with the value in bytes). For instance, to limit the size of any uploaded file to no
more than one kilobyte, the following hidden element should be included:
<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="1024">
Also in PHP Foundations:
Please note that this method of limiting the accepted file size is in no way
a fool-proof method to ensure the maximum size of uploaded files. A buggy
browser or malicious client may ignore this field entirely. If there is a real
need to limit uploaded files to a certain size, see the
upload_max_filesize PHP configuration directive in the PHP manual.
Once a form containing a uploaded file is submitted to PHP, the file will be
stored in the temporary directory specified by the
PHP configuration directive. PHP populates the
superglobal array with information on the uploaded file. As with the other
superglobal arrays I discussed in my previous column,
$_FILES is
an associative array. It contains a key corresponding to the
name attribute of
each file uploaded. When PHP receives our example form above, it will create
$_FILES['myfile'], which actually represents a sub-array populated
with information about the file that was uploaded. This information is:
|The name of the file as it was saved on the client machine
|The MIME type for the file
|The size of the uploaded file (in bytes)
|The temporary name given to the file by PHP
|An integer error code (if something went wrong)
Although all of the above keys will be created, they may or may not actually
contain useful values. If the client does not provide a MIME type for the
uploaded file, the
type key will not have a value. Any errors that
occur during the file-uploading process are represented as one of the following
integer constants stored in the
error key:
|No error occurred.
|The file was larger than PHP
will accept, based on the
upload_max_filesize configuration directive.
|The file was larger than the
maximum value specified by the
MAX_FILE_SIZE hidden form element.
|The file upload was cancelled before it was complete.
|The form was submitted, but no file was uploaded.
Assuming that the file was successfully uploaded, it will be stored in the
temporary directory specified by the
upload_tmp_dir PHP directive
using the temporary name given in the value stored under the
tmp_name array key. PHP will automatically delete this file when
the script terminates, so you must move it if you want to keep it. To move an
uploaded file, use the
move_uploaded_file() function. Although
you could use other PHP file functions, this specialized function can be more
secure. Its syntax is as follows:
move_uploaded_file($tmp_name, $newfile)
$tmp_name represents the temporary name of the uploaded file
(taken from the
tmp_name array key).
represents the complete path and new filename of the uploaded file. There is no
need to specify the temporary upload directory in
$tmp_name, as PHP
will automatically assume this directory. When executed, this function will
move the file and return a Boolean indicating if the file was successfully
moved or not. Below is an example script that could be used as the
uploadproc.php script in our initial HTML form for uploading a
if(!isset($_FILES['myfile'])) {
die "Error! The expected file wasn't a part of the submitted form";
if($_FILES['myfile']['error'] != UPLOAD_ERR_OK) {
die "Error! The file uploaded failed.";
"/path/to/dir/newmyfile")) {
die "Error! Moving the uploaded file failed.";
echo "File successfully uploaded.";
Until Next Time
That's about all there is to uploading files from HTML forms into PHP. Of
course, the example I've discussed doesn't make use of a number of the pieces of
information provided in the
$_FILES array (such as the file size,
stored in the
size key), but feel free to use those values in your
scripts. This column also concludes my discussion of working with
form-submitted data in PHP. In future columns, I'll be discussing some data
validation methods--so check back soon!
John Coggeshall is a a PHP consultant and author who started losing sleep over PHP around five years ago.
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For me, it's what I call the "Schoolyard Bully" post. These posts are all over Facebook and they always follow a specific formula:
1. Announce some really worthy cause—such as eradicating child abuse, curing cancer, or dealing with violence against puppies.
Say that you, being the wonderful person that you are, definitely support the cause. You think abusing puppies is bad, and you
feel strongly enough about that to post it on your Facebook page! You are making a stand!
Announce that everyone should support the same cause you are so bravely supporting.
Imply that anyone who doesn't support this cause is secretly for whatever it is you're against. So if you're not publicly for
ending puppy abuse, you are most likely a puppy abuser yourself.
Taunt people, like a schoolyard bully trying to get someone to eat a booger, into supporting the cause, by daring them to post the same thing on their Facebook page, all the while implying that if they don't, they are gutless cowards and not worthy of having a Facebook page to begin with.
Or maybe they are too busy abusing puppies to bother reposting your courageous post.
The strategy looks something like this, which was an actual post in my news feed:
See that last line? "I bet 99% of you won't!"
That's the key to the schoolyard bully post. The dare! I used to use the same tactic on my son, when he was three. I'd say things like, "I bet
you're too small to go get me a can of pop out of the refrigerator. I bet you can't do it!"
Of course, he ignored me, because even a three-year-old is smart enough to see through a bullshit ploy like that.
And then there's the implied question: why won't you repost? Maybe you like cancer? Or maybe you don't want anyone donating any money to
St. Jude's? Or maybe you have a Barbie doll fetish and can't handle seeing a bald Barbie doll?
Whatever your reason, the way the post is written implies that you are a cowardly chicken shit if you don't repost this, and this writer knows that
you're a cowardly chicken shit.
I have never once reposted something when someone "dared" me to do it. Even if it's something I really want to repost ... I won't do it out of
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Auburn athletic director Jay Jacobs released a letter Monday in response to allegations of academic fraud among members of the 2010 national championship football team reported earlier this month.
Roopstigo.com, a website run by former New York Times and Sports Illustrated writer Selena Roberts, had reported that players had grades changed to remain eligible for the team's national championship game against Oregon.
Jacobs, in Monday's letter, said the article prompted an internal review and the results found no such evidence.
Roberts had reported that as many as nine players had grades changed. Jacobs stated that six players were academically ineligible for the BCS National Championship game and none made the trip to Arizona.
In the article, former Auburn cornerback Mike McNeil asserted that an academic counselor was able to have the player's grade changed from an F -- given to him because he missed too many classes -- to a C to remain eligible. Jacobs said the professor did change McNeil's grade after documented reasons were provided, including excused absences for medical reasons.
"The independent review by Auburn University Internal Auditing showed that all institutional policies regarding grade changes for excused absences were followed," Jacobs stated.
McNeil, who was dismissed from the football program after being a participant in an alleged armed robbery in 2011, also said in the article that he was given $400 from then-defensive coordinator Will Muschamp after a tough day at practice in 2007. Muschamp, now the head coach at Florida, immediately disputed those claims.
In the article, McNeil added that coaches gave him $500 to entertain recruit Dre Kirkpatrick on an official visit to Auburn. The NCAA allows less than $50 a day for such spending. Jacobs said Kirkpatrick never took an official visit.
"As Auburn's athletics director, it's my job -- no matter how proud I am of Auburn -- to carefully review charges made against our program when warranted." Jacobs said in the letter.
"As the facts demonstrate, the article is clearly flawed. I want you to know that I will always act on the basis of facts. I will continue to fight for Auburn University, and I will continue to defend this great institution against such attacks."
The 2010 Auburn team was led by Heisman Trophy winner Cam Newton, whose eligibility was in question during the season because of allegations that his father requested money during recruitment. The NCAA cleared Auburn of any wrongdoing.
Auburn's head coach at the time was Gene Chizik, who was fired last November after the Tigers finished 2012 with a 3-9 record, including 0-8 in the SEC.
"Coach Chizik came to Auburn with a strong record of rules compliance and a reputation as a man of the utmost character and integrity," Jacobs added. "I have enormous respect for coach Chizik, the way he ran his program throughout his entire tenure at Auburn and also the way he left -- with dignity and class."
About a week after the article was printed, McNeil accepted a plea deal for three years in prison and three years of probation for first-degree robbery.


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The City of Portage operates under a Council/Manager form of government. The City Council consists of seven members including the Mayor and the Mayor Pro-Tem. Councilmembers are elected to four-year terms that are staggered every two years (three Council members are elected every two years). The Mayor is elected every two years. The City Council is responsible for adopting and amending city laws and ordinances, determining city policies and standards and authorizing the annual city budget. The Council also determines city tax millage rates, utility rates, approves contracts and agreements for the city and directs the City Manager. Council meetings are held twice a month on Tuesdays, at 7:00 p.m., in the Portage City Hall Council Chambers.
The City Manager is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the city and is the chief policy advisor to the City Council. Citizens are encouraged to contact the City Administration with concerns or complaints about city services by calling Complaint Resolution at (269) 329-4404 or by using the online Report It! tool.


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BACKGROUND: This recall covers 78,020 panels distributed in the US between 07/11/2011 and 08/02/2013. See the Recall Notice below for a listing of affected part numbers.
RECOMMENDATION: Siemens sent an Urgent Field Safety Notice dated August 21, 2013, to all affected customers. The letter identified the defective products, problem and actions to be taken. The letter instructed customers to suppress all reporting of sensitive and intermediate results for imipenem and meropenem. Siemens also recommends that customers consider the need to review previous test results, conduct patient follow-up, and/or repeat testing. In addition, an Important Product Information notice will be added to products manufactured in future kits.
Healthcare professionals and patients are encouraged to report adverse events or side effects related to the use of these products to the FDA's MedWatch Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program:
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Former Arsenal midfielder Alex Song has paid tribute to Arsene Wenger for making him the player he is today.
The Cameroon international made a surprise transfer to Barcelona this summer, despite being one of the Gunners' better players from last season, but he is still grateful for the development he received at Emirates Stadium.
It was thought Arsenal would struggle to replace Song, who was seen as the only natural defensive midfielder in the squad that could carry out the role effectively, but Mikel Arteta has since filled in magnificently so far this season.
Song has come a long way since he arrived in London a nervous 17-year-old, and he credits Wenger's treatment of him for why he has become such a success.
"I am who I am thanks to him," he told Barça Magazine.
"When I came to England, he was a big help to me. I was very young, just 17, not 25 like I am now. Wenger was like a father to me.
"It was very hard for me at first because I had left my family behind in France, and so he treated me like a son."
When Song left Arsenal for Barcelona, there were reports that Wenger had become tired of his attitude over the previous year due to contract negotiations being stalled, but Song denied that at the time and insists he is still on good terms with the Frenchman.
"I have a great relationship with Wenger. I want to thank him for believing in me," he added.
"I want to give him back everything he gave me I'm sure he's happy to see where I am now and the kind of player I have become.
"He always said 'do you remember your first touches of the ball when you came to Arsenal? They're not the same as they are now'. And I'd answer 'you're right. They're certainly not the same as they are now'."
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Broad Opposition to Bush's Iraq Plan
But More Republicans Now Say Troop Increase Is Needed
About this Survey
Results for this survey are based on telephone interviews conducted under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates International among a nationwide sample of 1,708 adults, 18 years of age or older, from January 10-15, 2007. For results based on the total sample, one can say with 95% confidence that the error attributable to sampling is plus or minus 3 percentage points. For results based on January 11-15, 2007 (N=1,384), the sampling error is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
In addition to sampling error, one should bear in mind that question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of opinion polls.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 12th Jun 2007 15:23 UTC
As you have surely noticed by now, Apple's CEO Steve Jobs held his keynote speech yesterday at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. So far, the responses have been mixed; I have seen a lot of excitement, but also a lot of disappointment. Personally, I am not really sure where I stand.
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I see no innovation being done in any OS, except for maybe Solaris, ZFS is a major advancement in FS technology, and even that is an extension of existing tech. Apple copies MS and Open Source, MS copies Apple, Open Source copies MS and Apple, come on, take off the apple coloured glasses and see the truth, Leopard is built off of exisiting concepts, with stylish and very well designed applications and GUI, but none of them are groundbreaking, just like nothing in Vista or Gnome is groundbreaking.


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"Every morning when I walked this block and a half to my office and I saw the sad people in their cars heading to some awful job, I just thought, I can't wait to get at it again," says acclaimed architect Hugh Newell Jacobsen. "I found something I was good at, and it was just so thrilling." In this very special episode of The Artist Toolbox, walk with host John Jacobsen, son of the award-winning architect, through his childhood home and his father's Georgetown office as they discuss a career in ground-breaking architecture half a century strong. The senior Jacobsen set up an independent practice in Washington, DC over fifty years ago, resulting in award-winning residential and commercial projects worldwide. Described as "one of the world's 50 top architects" by Architectural Digest, he has designed more than 400 private houses, including residences for Meryl Streep, James Gardner, Bunny and Paul Mellon, and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Discover the foundation underlying Hugh Newell Jacobsen's mastery of the art of architecture and why "God is in the details." Jacobsen quotes Frank Lloyd Wright, "A doctor can bury his mistakes, but all architects can do is plant ivy."
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Jan. 22, 2013 Miami Herald
A Kendall woman smothered foster child Rilya Wilson, disposed of the body and spun a web of "fanciful" tales over years to hide the murder, a prosecutor told jurors Tuesday.
"Lies, deceit and cover-up," Miami-Dade prosecutor Joshua Weintraub told jurors during closing arguments in the trial of caretaker Geralyn Graham.
The arguments come more than a decade after Rilya disappeared, a case that rocked the Florida Department of Children and Families, which did notice the girl was missing for 18 months. Authorities have never found Rilya's body.
Graham, 67, is charged with aggravated child abuse, kidnapping and first-degree murder. Testimony in her trial began Nov. 26. She faces life in prison if convicted.
A grand jury indicted Graham in 2005 after a jailhouse witness, Robin Lunceford, told police that the woman tearfully confessed to smothering the child with a pillow and burying the body near water in South Miami-Dade.


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Action continued this past week as the Carroll County League Tiny Miss and Little Miss wrapped up regular season play and the Junior Division teams and our Senior Division team headed into the second half of the season.
June 23, Polo Two hosted River Ridge in Little Miss play. River Ridge scored six runs in the top of the first and never looked back as they posted a 17-12 victory.
Once again, as has been the case for much of the season, neither team could find the plate as walk after walk dominated the game.
Polo's pitchers surrendered a total of 19 walks while the visitors served up 15 base-on balls. With so many walks and an occasional hit here and there each team promised to score a bunch of runs and as the score indicated, there were a total of 29 runs scored.
Polo did not score in the first inning and already trailed 12-0 heading into the bottom of the second.
With two down, and a run forced in via the walk, Faith Ukena delivered a two-run single that would lead to three runs scoring to put four runs up total but Polo still trailed 12-4 after two complete.
In the bottom of the third, Polo closed to 12-8. Five base-on balls and a big double by Bri Cox saw four more runs score to get the home town ladies to within four after three innings.
Once again, however, Polo's pitching failed to keep the guests off the board by issuing three walks, hitting a batter and surrendering a single and a double which saw five River Ridge runners come in to score.
Polo would rally for four runs in the bottom of the inning with four runs on four walks and an infield out as time expired giving River Ridge the win. Polo had two hits to four for the visitors.
In game two June 23, Polo One of the Junior Division hosted Dixon Three. Polo One had been playing some good ball of late but failed to do so against Dixon.
It seemed as though Dixon batters found every gap in the defense to pick up hits and when they did hit toward a Polo defender, the defender would bobble the ball or throw wildly allowing runners to move freely around the bases and score with ease.
Harper Clark, who was Polo's starting pitcher, struggled after throwing a scoreless first inning.
Whether Clark merely had a bad night or was done in by some bad defense was hard to tell but the result was a 17-6 thumping by Dixon.
Trailing 6-0 heading into the bottom of the second Polo picked up a pair of runs. Two base-on balls and singles by Clark and Alyssa Wakenight brought in the runs to close Polo to within four at 6-2 after two complete.
Any hope of making a game out of things vanished in the third and fourth innings as Dixon picked up nine runs while limiting Polo to four.
The third inning opened for the guests with a single. A walk, three back to back singles and a walk led to a five run third which Polo did not answer in their half of the inning.
Dixon added four more runs in the top of the fourth without benefit of a hit but due to six walks and a three run error on the defense.
Polo managed to get four runs in the bottom of the fourth against a new pitcher for the visitors.
Harper Clark reached second on a two-base error to open the inning and three walks later and a single by Peyton Knight led to four runs but Dixon still managed to lead 15-6 after four complete.
Dixon added two more runs in the top of the fifth and won under the ten run rule 17-6 after five. For the evening, the visitors collected six hits and had eighteen walks. Polo had three hits, nine walks.
On June 24, Polo's Tiny Miss team hosted Stockton in a makeup game from a week before. Polo's Tiny Miss team has been playing some fine ball of late and they continued to do so against Stockton as they pounded out a 13-4 win.
Polo jumped off to a 4-0 lead after one inning of action. With one down in the first, Emmalie Gilbert singled. Camyrn Jones singled to put runners on first and second. Gracen Rivers then smacked a long double to score Gilbert and leave runners at the corners.
Allissa Marschang kept the hit parade going with a single to score Jones. An infield out scored a run and singles by Madison Glawe Madeline McLane brought in another run to give Polo an early 4-0 lead.
Polo picked up a solo run in the third inning to go up 5-0 and added three more in the fourth. Adrianna Tobin opened the fourth with a single.
Karlea Fry followed with a single to put runners on first and second with none out. Glawe came up again a hammered a shot into left for a double to score Tobin and Fry. McClane brought in another run with a single as Polo took an 8-2 lead.
Stockton picked up three runs over the last two innings while Polo had a five spot in the bottom of the fifth to ice the win.
Gracen Rivers and Karlea Fry had doubles to highlight the inning while Olivia Paul, Adrianna Tobin, Madison Glawe and Madeline McClane each added singles.
With the win, Polo moved to 7-2 on the season with just one more game left in the regular season.
Polo's Senior Division team hosted Byron Two here June 25. Polo came into the game with a 9-0 record and proceeded to add win number ten with an easy 10-0 victory.
Starter Sydney Gunder was unhittable as she pitched a great game with sliding fastballs and hard to hit change ups. She would tally a total of thirteen K's enroute to the win.
Offensively, Polo picked up two runs in the first and was never headed.
Hailey Wiggins led off the game with a double. She stole second and came home on a two out double by C.J. Gray. Gray would then take third on a wild pitch and come home on a passed ball to give Polo the early 2-0 lead.
Leading 3-0 in the bottom of the fourth, Polo had their biggest inning of the night with a four run outburst. Gray led off the inning with a double but was nailed at third attempting to get a triple.
With one down, Breanne Pellini was hit by a pitch to begin the uprising. Kassidy Cheeseman walked as did Ally Rhodes. Riley Peterson also walked to fill the bases. Then, several passed balls and wild pitches saw two unearned runs score.
Alyssa Shore then smacked a single to left to score another run to cap off the four run inning to give Polo a 7-0 lead.
Polo would add two runs in the fifth and pick up the decisive tenth run in the bottom of the sixth to win under the mercy rule.
Kassidy Cheeseman led off the inning by being hit by a pitch. She stole second and moved to third on an infield out. Riley Peterson then hammered a double to right center to score Cheeseman and the game was over with Polo picking up the shutout 10-0.
For the evening, Polo collected six hits with Riley Peterson and C.J. Gray each having two hits. Byron had just two hits.
Also on June 25, the Polo's Tiny Miss team hosted Eastland Two. Polo was looking to close out their regular season with a win but such was not to be the case as the Eastland took a 7-2 victory.
Polo's usual stellar defense just never got going in this contest as the Polo ladies just could not convert defensive plays into outs.
Fielders bobbled the ball, threw to the wrong bases and in general just had an off night.
Eastland picked up their first run in the top of the first when an error was committed on the first visitor batter of the evening.
That error was to shadow Polo for the rest of the game as the defense just never kicked into gear.
Despite a less than solid performance defensively, Polo managed to hang in the game Eastland had three singles and an infield out to bolt to a 5-0 lead that Polo never challenged.
Polo got their only runs of the game in their last turn at bat in the bottom of the fifth before time expired. Gracen Rivers singled to open the inning.
An out later, Allissa Marschang singled Rivers to third. An infield out put runners at second and third for Polo as Alivia Schmidt came up and brought in a run with an infield out. Emmalie Gilbert scored Marschange with a single to close the score to 5-2.
Unfortunately the rally stalled there as time expired as Eastlnd took the 7-2 win. Gracen Rivers, Adrianna Tobin and Allissa Marschang each had two hits to pace Polo's eleven hit attack. Eastland batters collected 15 hits.
Weekly play wrapped up at home here June 26 with two games.
In game one, Polo One of the Carroll County Little Miss Division hosted Stockton. Polo One had been struggling to find a way to win the second half of the season much to no avail.
Fortunately, Thursday evening, Polo found the winning combination again as Nicole Boelens pitched a masterful game and with timely hitting and a solid defense the ladies posted a 9-1 win over Stockton.
Stockton jumped off to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first. A leadoff walk, followed by another base on ball put two runners on with none out. Boelens, however, bore down and despite an error that led to a run struck out the side to keep the visitors from taking a big early lead.
Polo came back with three runs of their own in the bottom of the first. Jasimine Badon led off the first with a single. Kaylah Boelens drew a walk putting runners on first and second.
Abby Yingling also walked to fill the bases with none out. Three more walks forced in the three runs and Polo was off to a 3-1 lead.
The score would stay 3-1 until the bottom of the fourth, when Polo scored six big runs to bolt to a 9-1 lead without benefit of a hit.
As Polo had struggled with the base on ball of late, now it was Polo's turn to take advantage of the walks to put the maximum runs on the board allowed to take command and ultimately the win.
For the night, Polo had but four hits but received 13 walks. Stockton did not have a hit as Boelens dominated their batters all night long. Boelens struck out 14 batters to pick up the win.
In the nightcap, Polo's Senior Division team was looking for their eleventh win of the campaign in as many starts against Oregon and they were not to be denied as they cruised to a 16-4 win in just three and one half innings.
Polo did not waste any time in getting on the board as they put a six spot up in the bottom of the first inning. Alex Dusing led off with a sharp single to right. She stole second as Sierra Wolfley singled to bring in Dusing.
Becca Wagner drew a walk. Mallory Patterson singled up the middle to score Wagner. Kaitlyn Marschang then hammered a ball to deep left for a triple to score Patterson.
Kallie Lowry singled to score Marschang. Abby Gorzny drew a walk and came home to score on a fielder's choice and two walks later to hit the six-run limit in an inning and give Polo a quick 6-0 lead.
Alex Dusing, Polo's starting pitcher had some wildness in the second which allowed Oregon to come within two at 6-4 midway through the second.
Dusing would regain her control and give a solid performance the rest of the way out.
Polo responded with four runs in the bottom of the second. An error and doubles by Dusing and Wolfley and a single by Patterson allowed Polo to go up 10-4 as Oregon would never threaten again.
Polo administered the coup-de-grace in the third with another six-run inning. Singles by Lowry, Amber Henson, Desiree Badon and Dusing along with a walk to Ashley Wiggins saw runners score at will to give Polo the 16-4 win.
For the night, Polo had 14 hits with Dusing leading the way with three of the 16 hits. Oregon did not have a hit.
Two games were reported in from the road and both those games featured Polo One of the Junior Division.
On June 24, Polo journeyed to Amboy where they dropped a 9-4 decision.
Polo struggled offensively for the first three innings as they were held scoreless. The only hit Polo had was Alyssa Wakenight's double that went for naught.
While Polo struggled to score, such was not the case for Amboy. They picked up six runs over the same time frame mostly due to walks.
Starting pitcher Maggie Rhodes had problems with her control and was relieved by Harper Clark. Clark would give up just three runs in her stint in relief.
Polo got on the board in the fourth inning. Kaitlyn Trobaugh walked and was followed by a single from Marah Blake which pushed Trobaugh to second.
Rhodes grounded out but on the play Trobaugh went to Trailing 9-1 in their final turn at bat, the Polo ladies managed to get three runs. Chelsey Weems, Trobaugh, Blake Rhodes and McCawley all singled but their efforts were not enough as Polo fell to their hosts by a 9-4 margin.
June 26, Polo traveled to Byron and this time the results were more to Polo's liking as the ladies took a 12-0 win. Polo got two runs in the top of the first and was never headed.
Katelyn Trobaugh, Marah Blake, Harper Clark, Cynthia Calderon and Alyssa Wakenight all had singles with Clark and Calderon getting RBI's.
In the second inning, Polo added another pair of runs. Peyton Knight and Chelsey Weems each had a double in the inning.
Trobaugh, Blake and Maggie Rhodes all had singles to drive in runs. While Harper Clark was back in pitching form with three strikeouts of Byron batters.
Polo continued to score in pairs with two more runs in the third inning. Wakenight, Knight, Weems, Trobaugh and Blake all had singles with Knight and Trobaugh driving in the runs.
In the fourth and final inning, Polo struck pay dirt with six big runs to account for the final margin of victory allowing Harper Clark to get the pitching win in the 12-0 decision.
Polo hosted the Little Miss Tourney here beginning June 30. Results of those game will be reported on next week.


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New York band Fun. recently sat down with Billboard.com to talk about the album, Some Nights. Singer Nate Reuss says, "I think we were somewhere in Scotland, touring, and I told the guys, 'Hey, check it out. I want to call the album Some Nights. I had no idea where that came from, but they were like, 'That is a fantastic name for an album!' So I had to start figuring out what that meant for me and write a song about it."  "Some Nights†is also a song off the record and Reuss says it was inspired by Paul Simon, "I was thinking about Graceland, the Paul Simon album, for some reason. I had the chorus for the song and I didn't know what I was going to do with the verse, and I remember writing down, 'This will be the best song you've ever written' and was like, 'Alright. I guess I kind of have to challenge myself…'â€
and yes, you can hear the inspiration of Paul Simon with the Cecilia guitar hook in the title track. .


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Tim Sherwood's appointment as André Villas-Boas's successor at Tottenham Hotspur FC raised a few eyebrows in December but a month into his tenure the 44-year-old is imposing a positive, winning mentality at White Hart Lane.
Since replacing Villas-Boas, Sherwood has guided Tottenham to five wins out of six in the Premier League. They have also triumphed away to Southampton FC, Manchester United FC and Swansea City AFC, on Sunday, to complete a run of five successive away league victories for the first time since the club's double-winning 1960/61 season. That is testimony to the freedom that Spurs' creative players, helped by a switch to 4-4-2 from 4-5-1/4-3-3, are being given.
"I'm delighted with how it's gone, it has been a good start for me, but there will be tougher tests to come," said Sherwood, initially appointed to the coaching staff by Harry Redknapp in 2008. "We have quality in the final third. If we get those players on the ball in the final third, more often than not they'll show what they can do. That is the entertainment business. We have no end of players who can get people off their seats so why shouldn't we give them the stage to do that?"
Indeed, the north London team have been easy on the eye with 14 goals in six top-flight outings under their new head coach compared with just 15 in 16 during Villas-Boas's tenure. Sherwood's approach, and the scope he grants his players, perhaps stems from his playing days when he captained Blackburn Rovers FC to the Premier League title in 1995.
Having taken advice from Kenny Dalglish, his manager at Ewood Park and a Liverpool FC great, before accepting the Tottenham post, Sherwood is demonstrating those leadership skills in a different guise. The 44-year-old is reaping the rewards for some excellent man-management, most notably restoring Emmanuel Adebayor to the first team.
"He's flying at the moment and enjoying his football," said Sherwood about his Togo striker, who has notched five in his last six league appearances. "He's playing with a smile on his face and finding the back of the net. I haven't said anything to him, I have just given him the stage to play on, he hadn't had that for a while. We just needed to get some consistency out of him and I am sure if he continues to enjoy playing he will keep performing well.
"We are trying to encourage the lads to roll the ball into him because he makes things happen. He dictates the pace of the game for us and he likes to get it wide as he knows there is a chance he can score from the cross." With tricky fixtures against Manchester City FC, Everton FC and Newcastle United FC coming up as well as a UEFA Europa League round of 32 tie with FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, the real test for Sherwood and his Spurs side will be to convert their impressive form into UEFA Champions League qualification and a piece of silverware.
"The club needs to finish in fourth place," added Sherwood, a former England midfielder. "Anything other than that will be a disappointment but realistically we should be in amongst it. It's going to come down to the games we play in that mini-league [of clubs around the top four] and go down to the wire."
The most vigorous examination of Sherwood's credentials, and his attacking style, is yet to come but he has made a fine start.
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by Carl Hiaasen
Publishers Weekly Hiaasen (Star Island) combines familiar themes with an inspired cast in this exercise in Florida zaniness. Andrew Yancy, who became an ex-cop after publicly assaulting his girlfriend's husband with a vacuum cleaner attachment, is now on "roach patrol" as a restaurant inspector, but he soon gets a chance at redemption. Sonny Summers, the new Monroe County sheriff, tells Yancy to take a severed, shark-bitten arm snagged by a fisherman to Miami, where DNA identifies the limb as belonging to Nick Stripling, a retiree in his 40s whose boat was wrecked at sea. Stripling's grown daughter, Caitlin Cox, claims after the funeral that her hated stepmother murdered her father, and Yancy sees proving the stepmother's guilt as a way to return to the force. Add in some real estate shenanigans, a voodoo witch, and a deranged monkey, and you have another marvelously entertaining Hiaasen adventure. Author tour. Announced first printing of 250,000. Agent: Esther Newberg, ICM. (June) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Game 1: Farmingdale State - 2, NYU-Poly - 1 (8 innings)
Game 2: Farmingdale State - 6, NYU-Poly - 1
Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State softball team used an 8-inning 2-1 victory to spark a 6-1 win in game two and sweep conference opponent NYU-Poly today in Farmingdale, N.Y. The Rams now stand at 15-11, 8-4 in Skyline play, while Poly dropped to 4-14, 2-8.
In game one, freshman third baseman Andrea Klarman (Medford, N.Y.) put Farmingdale State up 1-0 in the fourth with a double to left center, scoring junior right fielder Marissa Monaco (Bohemia, N.Y.). Poly scored off an error in the sixth to tie the game at 1-1 and neither team scored in the seventh to call for extra-innings.
A 1-2-3 top of the eighth gave the Rams a chance for the walkoff win. Sophomore catcher Meagan Anderson (Patchogue, N.Y.) doubled to left, before senior shortstop Hillary Genova (Brentwood, N.Y.) singled to center to score Anderson for the win.
Junior pitcher Taylor Webb (West Babylon, N.Y.) improved to 8-4, allowing just four hits and no earned runs with four strikeouts. Klarman was 3-for-3 with two double and an RBI, while Genova went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Junior pitcher Taylor Tedeschi (Levittown, N.Y.) got the start and win in game two, as she allowed only five hits and struck out two. The Rams finished with 10 hits, with seven of those coming in their five run third inning to grab a 5-0 lead.
Farmingdale State added one more in the sixth and would only allow a run in the top of the sixth to stroll to the doubleheader sweep.
Junior centerfielder Michelle Mongiello (Elmont, N.Y.) and freshman first baseman Lori Michalowski (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) both went 2-for-3 with a run scored and RBI. Freshman second baseman Kerri Ossenfort (Massapequa, N.Y.) notched 2 RBI's for the day, while Genova went 1-for-3 with a walk, RBI and run scored.
The Rams will now host Staten Island on Wednesday, April 16th at 3:30 p.m.


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I have been teaching myself html5 and css3. I have read several books and done samples and exercises. The one important topic that I would really like to understand better is fallback in html5 and css3. All the books mention it, and many examples show it in use. But none of them have really gone into a lot of detail.
I think the topic really deserves at least one chapter in a book or at least a few long articles on the web. However I have just spent a morning searching, and while I can find plenty of code samples that use fallback. I can't seem to find any that really lay fallback out in detail.
So far the best article I have found is http://www.noupe.com/tutorial/svg-clickable-71346.html in which the author shows 8 different ways to use SVG with a fallback to PNG and discusses the pros and cons of all 8 methods.
I think I have some idea of how fallback works in a practical sense just by reverse engineering the theory from the examples. But I am worried that I am missing something and that just having it explained would help a lot.
Does anybody know of a site, book or article on fallback that they would recommend?


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Sussex County Cricket Club has confirmed that Scott Styris will be returning to The PROBIZ County Ground, Hove next season as an overseas player in the Friends Life t20.
The 37 year-old former New Zealand International enjoyed an impressive season with Sussex Sharks in 2012 as he made vital contributions to the side that reached Finals Day at Cardiff, and none more so than the magical 37-ball century against Gloucestershire Gladiators in the Quarter-Final tie at The PROBIZ.
He smashed 5 fours and 9 sixes in an incredible knock which equalled the third fastest century of all-time in global Twenty20 cricket.
In all, he scored 204 runs in his 8 matches whilst also taking 7 wickets with his medium pace.
His unbeaten hundred also earned him the Walter Lawrence Trophy which is awarded to whoever makes the fastest ton in matches that take place in England each season.
Styris said of his return to The PROBIZ: "I'm delighted to sign this contract with Sussex for the 2013 t20 competition.
"I thoroughly enjoyed my time with the team this year and feel we have unfinished business in this competition. I want to contribute next season so we can go all the way to securing the silverware."
Sussex's Professional Cricket Manager Mark Robinson added, "We are all delighted at the prospect of having Scott back. His performances on and off the pitch obviously made him not only a crowd favourite but one within the whole club."


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Thursday, April 10
Novelty Cherry Blossom Dining Options
Around D.C.
We can't help ourselves – it's the time of year that we go bonkers over cherry-flavored whatever while the blossoms are in bloom. We're ripe with cherry fever! Every imaginable surface in the city (including Capital Bikeshare bikes) are covered with pink stickers. Restaurants, too, are jamming in as much cherry as they can. We're partial to Shake Shack's "Cherry Pie Oh My" concrete—vanilla frozen custard blended with cherry pie from Dangerously Delicious (available through April 14). Vinoteca's succulent sour cherry smoked chicken is a close runner-up.
Friday, April 11 through Sunday, April 13
Bethesda Literary Festival
Downtown Bethesa
Head north of the city this weekend to see what the 'burbs have to offer in the way of a literary scene. Tonight's lineup includes essay and short-story contest winners, political historians, and a very DC conversation with former CIA chief legal officer John Rizzo. The juiciest panel might be Saturday's "Ripped From the Headlines" talk with Peter Ross Range, the author of a book about the 2012 murder at the Bethesda Lululemon.
El Gavilan
Saturday, April 12, 3 p.m.
Improv Everywhere MP3 Experiment
National Mall
Improv Everywhere's MP3 experiment has been described as "part mass hypnosis, part party, part comedy club...like a political rally, but with more to do." Meet on the National Mall with a synced time-telling device, an audio player, and headphones. At 3 p.m., the 45-minute narrative starts rolling. What happens will be a complete surprise. RSVP on Facebook here.
Deal nearby: Mehak Indian Cuisine
Sunday, April 13, 7:30 p.m.
A People's Choir
Solly's, 1942 11th Street NW
Is there anything more Portlandia than a bunch of adults packed into a dive bar, singing songs together? Answer: Yes, only if the songs are entirely off Sleater-Kinney's Call the Doctor. Regardless, A People's Choir—imported, seriously, from Portland—is for you, should you want to serenade your neighbor while sipping a PBR tallboy. This month's choir is themeless, so there's no promise of belting out the finer points of Carrie Brownstein's catalogue, but song suggestions on the event's Facebook page are ranging from "The Sweater Song" to all Bey everything.
Deal nearby: Fast Gourmet
What To Do This Weekend, April 10-13
Thursday, Apr. 10, 2014


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Hi Tdol
Can you please help changing my Username (nickname)?
I would like to change it to "loveenglish".
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Hi Tdol
Sorry for the duplication.
Could you change my username to "ozlass"?


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(S.D.)-Churches Prepare Christmas Packages For Inmates
By: Roxie Graham-Marski Posted at: 12/21/2012 02:59 PM SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - More than 3,000 care packages of fudge and Christmas cards will be delivered to the inmates at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls, the Yankton Minimum Security Unit and the Mike Durfee State Prison in Springfield on Monday as part of an annual tradition.
Rev. Steve Moerman of Cornerstone Prison Church says several prison churches started the tradition in the 1980s as a way to remind inmates that people still care about them. For many of the inmates, it's the only present they will get at Christmas.
Moerman says the packages contain fudge, peanuts, hard candy and homemade cards written by kids.
Jeff Howard is serving a life sentence for murder at the state prison. He says the packages are encouraging to inmates who otherwise might get nothing.


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Why do you hate America?
I'm against Obama's plan to give tax rebates to people that do not pay federal income taxes. I'm sorry, but, if you get a rebate for something you didn't pay for, that isn't a rebate, it is welfare and income redistribution.
I don't like how Obama is planning to turn Social Security into a progressive pay system like income taxes. This is a major retooling of the system. He wants lower income people to start paying less of a percentage (possibly down to a zero point?) yet still recieve full benefits. This [aei.org] is an interesting article describing what BHO is planning to do with SS.
On the other hand, with McCain, he's wanting to start taxing heath benefits on employees rather than let them pay those premiums pre-tax. That BLOWS.
Why can't they just cut wasteful, federal spending....and let ALL tax payers keep more of their own money?
Call me back when he goes all the way, and does NOT give a rebate to anyone that does not pay payroll taxes. Even if you work, and are below the threshold of paying federal income taxes...you don't pay tax and therefore have nothing to be rebate-ed.
Why can't they just cut wasteful, federal spending....and let ALL tax payers keep more of their own money?
It's tough to believe but there just isn't enough waste to cut, at least not the easy kind. The federal deficit is projected to be $438 billion this year, and that was before the government started the massive bank bailouts. Combine that with deferred infrastructure maintenance and the baby boom starting to draw on Social Security and Medicare and things are not good.
Even if all pork were cut from House bills, it's still not enough to balance the budget. It's fun to talk about cutting a bridge to nowhere, but these kinds of numbers are going to require both serious spending cuts and higher taxes.
Higher taxes, cuts to major spending areas (military and civilian) as well as cuts to entitlement programs are going to happen, regardless of who gets in office.
Yes, welfare and income redistribution is doing horrible things in 3rd world countries like Denmark,Norway,Sweden,France,Germany,Belgium etc...
The $5k credit vs. deductibility is roughly revenue neutral, but has a high likelihood of lowering health care costs. There is STILL a reason for employer run plans, because under McCain's plan, it is exempt from payroll taxes, which at 15% combined employer/employee, is pretty substantial.
If you carry a "normal" plan, $12k/year, at the 28% tax bracket, results in a new tax liability of $3,360... so when you fill our your return, you own an extra $3,360 on your extra $12k in taxable earnings, but get a credit of $5000, so you save $1,640 per year.
The way this is "revenue neutral" is that people with expensive plans and higher tax rates would actually lose out (but they do better in other parts of McCain's plan). If you are a low income worked, right now, with a crappy health plan and 15% tax rate, you'd do great with McCain. $6k plan, means $900 in tax liability, less a $5000 credit means a decreased tax liability of $4100, and I believe that the health insurance credit is refundable (because it goes directly to the insurance company as a payment mechanism).
If you are a rich guy with a super-premium plan that covers everything, you have a $24000 plan at the 35% tax rate you owe $8400 in taxes, get a $5000 credit, and owe an extra $3400. The theory is that the rich guy who was paying $24k for an overpriced plan because he did it inside his company to avoid taxes (it cost him less than $16k pre-tax because of his rate), is likely to switch to a $12k plan now, paying more "out of pocket" since there is no longer an incentive to pay everything in premiums.
The McCain effort is poorly explained, probably not understood by the Senator, but focused on controlling medical costs by removing the incentive to over insure.
Anyone that has a clue how the economy works is smart enough to not be in politics.
It'd probably be more effective if we knew the credentials of the economists they're talking to
Well, in the case of McCain it seems to be (among others) Kevin Hassett, author of "Dow 36000: The New Strategy for Profiting from the Coming Rise in the Stock Market", published in 1999. http://econ4obama.blogspot.com/2008/06/other-list-mccains-economists.html [blogspot.com]
The Canadians seem to know something: during the Great Depression not a single Canadian bank failed. This time around, at least so far, the same thing.
I'm so happy I'm going to go get a second sub-prime mortgage!
Has there been any evidence shown that either guy running for president has any idea how the economy works?
Nope. One says "we'll just give people money, that'll fix it!" and the other says "we'll just cut taxes on businesses, that'll fix it!"
I just hope that whichever candidate wins realizes that he does not have a "mandate" from the people to implement every policy idea, and swing far to the extreme positions of his party. This is going to be a very close race, and he will have wound up being elected by just a slight majority of the fraction of the eligible voting population that bothered to actually vote. Almost nobody who votes for a candidate agrees with him on every single point; it's quite possible they disagree on everything but one or two issues.
Point is, winning by a tiny fraction does not mean everyone wants radical "change". 90% might indicate that, but 50.7% doesn't.
Nope. One says "we'll just give people money, that'll fix it!" and the other says "we'll just cut taxes on businesses, that'll fix it!"
If you go to their websites you can download more detailed policy proposals.
For an independent comparison of their plans for the economy in general, and more specifically taxes and spending, you might want to try this article [nytimes.com] and this article [nytimes.com].
This is going to be a very close race, and he will have wound up being elected by just a slight majority of the fraction of the eligible voting population that bothered to actually vote.
Um, dude, I don't know how to tell this to you, but stop watch the news and start paying attention to the polls.
Obama is probably going to win this by over 100 electoral votes. Right now the polls say Obama 311 McCain 157 with 70 votes in the air. You need 270 to win.
As for popular votes, Obama is leading by 7%-8%, which is pretty decent for polling. 8% is around the winningness of Clinton in 1996 and Bush I in 1988, and all other elections since Bush I have been much closer. Even Reagan's first election was around there, the big conservative blowout election.
You can pretend it's not 'mandate' if you want, whatever that means, but in actuality Obama has managed to shift a lot of very conservatives areas into voting for him. Montana and Georgia are up in the air.
The media is pretending this race is close because the media is a bunch of morons.
The polls are so variable it's hard to know which are accurate. Some show Obama up by 14. Others show him up by just 1. The difference lies in differing assumptions about who is likely to turn out to vote on Election Day. See for example, this explanation [realclearpolitics.com].
If turnout is demographically similar to previous elections, polls show it will be a very close election. If as some pollsters expect, we have larger-than-usual turnout among blacks and the young, then Obama will probably have a large margin of victory.
I agree that the media can often be morons. But it's not stupid to question the accuracy of the polls, given how hugely dependent they are upon what are little more than guesses about voter turnout.
Has there been any evidence shown that either guy running for president has any idea how the economy works? All I've seen is platitudes and empty stateents from both of them.
Like most politicians, the leading contenders don't have personal expertise in the field of finance so, no, they don't know a whole lot about how the economy works.
Nor should they need to. It is not necessary that the president has personal expertise in all areas relating to the running of the state. What
What you need to watch out for is a candidate who
In this case, then, the question generally boils down to "does my candidate accept that there is a problem and that action is necessary?" and both top candidates seem to fit the bill.
What you need to watch out for is a candidate who
That is why I will walk to the somberly walk to the polls with head bowed and pull the lever for McCain. My head and heart are with Bob Barr, but there is reality to contend with.
Both houses of Congress are controlled by a Democratic majority. Obama has voted 97% of the time with the Democratic leadership, and nothing I have heard about or from him has led me to believe that he is anything other than a warmed over 60's style activist acting as a mouthpiece for a socialist agenda. History has shown that when one party has control of the entire legislative and executive branches of our government, the economy suffers. A president that will walk lockstep with a Congressional leadership that has shown it has an axe to grind (re: Nancy Pelossi's partisan speech right before the Bailout Bill was to pass the first time) is not what this country needs...now or ever.
An Obama presidency with a rubberstamp Congress, or a Democratic Congress with a rubberstamp Obama presidency, either way you want to look at it, will be disastrous.
The historical data shows that government spending goes up with Republican administrations, and stays constant or goes down with Democrats. Don't look at what they say-- look at the graphs.
It's not often mentioned, but a huge part of the current crisis is runaway government spending, which spiked to record levels under the Bush administration (much of it due to the war, of course-- "this war will pay for itself," they told us).
The Republicans criticize the Democrats for "tax and spend" policies, but the Republican policy, going by what they do (instead of what they say) is "spend spend spend spend spend." They don't bother to tell us, but spending money isn't a "tax cut"-- what it is is a tax on the future.
Anybody remember the surplus under Clinton?
Minus the last 8 years, spending has always gone up when Democrats were in Congress, and down when Republicans were. Congress spends the money, not the President.
That said, however, it is true that the Republicans since 2000 have totally failed to live up to almost everything they have purportedly stood for in the past 50 years. The Democrats have done a good job of standing up for their ideas, or at least the stupid ones.
Saw this on a bumper sticker:
We're screwed: 2008.
I couldn't summarize my feelings any better.
Our CEO cannot program for shit. But he makes a great product happen. I would worry less about how much the President knows about the inner working of the Economy and more about whether that person has the skills to make decisions based on intelligence taken from the advisers they employ. Fingers crossed.
As far as the empty statements go. Well, that's politicking. Yes it sucks. But each of the two main candidates in this election have clearly polarized strategies for our Economy. Promisises aside, we can assume that each will pursue the general direction of their part. Let's hope whoever wins will follow their strategy in earnest (i mean assuming it's the person we voted for
Lots of money moving around. If you're quick you can catch some of it - or lose everything.
Me, I'm going to keep doing what I'm doing - go to work and pay my bills and tough it out.
The election? I'll be glad when it's over and everybody can shut up about it. Whoever wins is in for a lot of stress.
Aside from President Bush's actions, the Republican party generally favors far less government than the Democrats.
I've heard this statement many, many times. I have seen zero evidence that it's an accurate assessment. I can flush these people out with two words: medical marijuana. Add in prostitution, pornography, gay marriage, stem cell research, and you have a handful of areas in which their preferred government is far from small or non-intrusive. The "conservative" approach to habeas corpus, torture, and secret prisons is the opposite of small government--it's flat-out totalitarian. So my problem, in a nutshell, with conservatives is not that they are conservative, but that they are liars.
I'm a small government person.
I don't see how your size matters here.
I don't care a whole lot who wins, if it is a fair election. That said, from what I have been reading, the republicans have pulled out all the stops in suppressing voters in groups that are polling strongly pro-Obama (e.g., active duty military, students, minorities.)
Who ever does win will not be able to keep election promises since the economy is probably going to keep getting worse.
Speaking of the economy, I think that the only real money that the government should spend is on critical infrastructure (education, roads, defend our borders in the least expensive way possible, support local agriculture and in general push local sustainable business and infrastructure,...) Notice that I did not include government sponsored health care (would be nice if we could afford it though.)
I think that it is obvious that the "being an empire" thing is not worth the money that it costs.
I'm learning to flint knap so that I will have the skills I need to make it in the new economy. I am also working on learning how to build an atlatl.
"The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money."
-- Alexis de Tocqueville
Neither major party candidate has mentioned addressing the crushing national debt or deficit spending. If I'm going to listen to platitudes, I want to hear about reducing spending and paying down the debt, not battles over who gets tax cuts.
I STILL have no idea why tax cuts are such a hot issue, right up there with abortion and gay marriage. There are so many freakin "Yes on 102" banners/bumper stickers/signs it makes me wanna puke. THAT is what gets you fired up about voting? You want to vote to take away someone else's rights based on YOUR religious beliefs? It's pathetic.
People want a tax cut, but they'll vote for the guy who sent us into a war that we never should have been in, one that is costing us MILLIONS of dollars a DAY, and that your grandkids will still be paying for... But oh, give me $300 in tax cuts next year. The sooner we get OUT of Iraq and stop throwing money away that we don't have, THEN we can start to discuss how to fix our debt. No matter what programs you cut, or how you shift the money, the war is the elephant shitting in the living room.
We, as Americans, are so very extremely short sighted.
The media have been at best negligent in reporting on the economic issues at hand. At worst, they have been complicit.
The causes of the housing bubble and meltdown aren't a secret. The identities of the people that have been calling for investigation and oversight aren't secret. The names of the people that have blocked every attempt to address the problem for the last 5 or 6 years aren't secret.
Why does the news media consistently accept the bald lies of the people responsible? Why don't they bother telling people the truth?
Does anyone really believe that if the roles of the parties were reversed there wouldn't be serious investigation?
Your favorite candidate is absolutely terrible and will completely destroy our country. If they are elected we'll all end up subsistence farming and living in tent cities. I can't believe you would vote for them. Why do you hate America?
I find it somewhere between hilarious and deeply disturbing that People can get up there and call Obama a socialist for wanting to tax rich people, while at the same time supporting the buying of banks by the federal government, which actually is socialist.
How is taxing rich people any more socialist than taxing the middle class? Were trillions of dollars in debt, this money is going to come from somewhere.
Also can anyone actually explain why we should be bailing out these banks in the first place? If we want to pretend to be capitalists we have to let businesses fail from time to time, especially when they bring it upon themselves with poor business practices like risky lending, and aggressive mortgages. Now GM is looking for a handout because they can't make a car that anyone wants and somehow thats the tax payers fault. (Meanwhile there's more Honda and Toyota manufacturing in the US than there is US manufacturing.)
It seems our whole economic system is unsound. Its all based on retail sales of mostly useless crap that is designed to fail or has planned obsolesence so you have to buy more. We hardly manufacture anything stateside anymore.
I suggest that we actually start focusing on high tech manufacturing. The stuff that can't be done on the cheap by unskilled labor.
It seems obvious to me. They've got this 80 year old cancer survivor, and a very inexperienced (in politics) governor from a state that has it's own rules about most things that are very different then other states.
Why would they try to loose? The economy is in the toilet, the US owes trillions, the US has a very poor foreign image. The Republicans have just decided to let the Democrats deal with the mess. Then for 4 years everyone is getting good and pissed at the Democrats for the lack of jobs, money, government safety nets of any sort (because there is no money for it).
After 4 years, the Republicans can come swooping back in to "save the day" from those socialist Democrats who obviously can't run a country.
I'll prefix my comments on the economy by saying I'm an American living and working abroad in the financial sector. So I work with some of the issues haunting the global crisis every day.
Direct blame for the mess lies first and foremost with credit ratings agencies (Standard & Poor's, Moody's, Fitch, et al) and credit insurers (like AIG). They continued to provide strong ratings to mortgage-backed securities without considering the ripple effect a housing-market slump would have. Secondly, blame should fall on US regulating agencies (like the SEC), which failed to place adequate restrictions on mortgage brokers. And lastly, blame should fall on politicians for failing to address the problem of excessive consumer and corporate debt. For years the world has known that America's debt-fueled economic growth was unsustainable. And yet for the past six years, few regulative measures were introduced to increase banks' capitalization ratios. Republicans seem more to blame here, as the six years of deregulation were largely Republican sponsored, but Democrats haven't been much better on this issue.
The Bush administration is not directly responsible for the current financial crisis. Note, however, that the Bush administration's spending spree of the past 7 years has put the government in a decidedly weaker position to now deal with the financial crisis. The government is now much more leveraged than it was when Clinton left office, meaning the Treasury has less flexibility to control markets. The USD is in real danger, and the only reason it hasn't collaped is that there's no alternative currency that investors can run to (Europe is hurting just as bad right now as the USA). The War in Iraq was never worth bankrupting our country.
Let me repeat that...
The War in Iraq was never worth bankrupting our country.
The US national debt has increased in excess of USD 500 bn per year since 2003 and broke through USD 10 tn on September 30, 2008. That means USD 33 000 of debt per resident of the USA, or some 70% of GDP!!!!
In 2000 it was just USD 5.7 bn (58% of GDP) and was on its way down.
I don't credit Clinton with producing the strong economy of the time, and am neutral on the net effect of his tax increases, but I do believe one of his administration's best moves was to use the budget surplus to pay down the national debt.
Make no mistake, the USA is in a very difficult position right now, and its global power is diminishing measurably by the hour.
Economic and foreign policy should be THE deciding factors in the coming election. Completely forget about welfare, abortion, gay marriage, global warming, immigration, job outsourcing, socialized healthcare, agricultural subsidies, AIDS, the war on drugs, executive pay, intellectual property, and religion in the classroom. If the American population realized how dire the situation is right now, these would be non-issues in this election. Real issues like the war on terror, dependence on foreign hydrocarbons, education spending, political reform, antitrust regulation, and social security are important, but should take backseat to the two most pressing issues today: foreign policy and the economy (i.e. eliminating the credit crunch).
Issues like interrogation techniques, warrantless wiretapping, and incarceration of enemy combatants without trial should never have been issues in the first place. Suspected terrorists, both at home and abroad, should receive the same protections that any American citizen receives. Period. I'm still terrified that some Americans think otherwise, and absolutely horrified that some politicians agree with them. Warrantless wiretapping is absolutely disgusting, especially considering the FISA already allowed for a court order to be obtained up to three days after wiretapping had commenced. When voting, choose the smartest candidate you can based on the two most important criteria: foreign policay and the credit crunch. For any intelligent politician, the issues of interrogatio
The economy WILL bounce back. What we're going through is big and scary, but for every person (or company) that made big, crappy decisions in the last decade, there is another person (or company) that was smart, saved money, and will swoop in to buy whatever Person/Company A can no longer afford to maintain, be it a house or a bank. So overall, we'll be fine.
But the war... I really don't see why we should be spending billions of dollars to make the whole world hate us even more, no sense mentioning all the lives lost on both sides.
Q1: why are we fighting this war?
A1: Because of 9/11.
Q2: THEN WHAT THE FUCK DID WE DO TO PISS THEM OFF SO MUCH THEY FELT COMPELLED TO FLY PLANES INTO FOUR MAJOR BUILDINGS? I don't think we're making it any better.
Economists need to learn the lesson structural engineers learned in 1940, when the Tacoma Narrows bridge collapsed [youtube.com].
Structural engineers used to pride themselves on designing funicular structures - maximizing utility with the minimum amount of material. The Tacoma Narrows bridge collapse changed everything. Ever since, structural engineers have recognized that safety, not maximizing utility, is paramount. Building codes now universally require that structures be overengineered.
Now, where is the politician or economist who will publicly state that we should design our economy to be safe, rather than maximally productive? Even in the face of potential economic collapse, all we hear about are bandaids and growth, growth, growth. Anyone who would propose limiting growth in order to provide greater resilience would be tarred, feathered, and flogged.
Why is it so anathema to talk about safety nets? Why, for example, is it so evil to consider that the reason we need universal health care isn't because it's the most productive way to run our economy, but because we should all feel comfortable that basic humans needs will be met, no matter what the goddamn economy is doing? Perhaps economies of scale point to the need for uber-banks; but maybe instead of creating institutions that are too big to fail, we should consider that efficient or not, too big to fail is simply too goddamn big. On and on. Everything in the name of efficiency and productivity; nothing in the name of resilience and safety.
Every politician I've seen to date has been too chicken shit to state obvious truths. I think that's not really their fault, because the system they live in demands it if they hope to ever be elected. I'm voting for Barack, because reading between the lines, I think he gets it. At least more than McCain. McCain has some good local perspective on a few things, but he's just not a big-picture meaning-of-life kind of guy. He might know how to help businesses, but he just doesn't get the point of it all. Try to imagine McCain sitting poolside at a resort sipping a margarita, for example. I can't. To me, that's a fatal flaw.
Just throwing out fuel for the fire: The Obama Tax Plan [wsj.com]
- The top two income-tax brackets would return to their 1990s levels of 36% and 39.6% (including the exemption and deduction phase-outs). All other brackets would remain as they are today.
- The top capital-gains rate for families making more than $250,000 would return to 20% -- the lowest rate that existed in the 1990s and the rate President Bush proposed in his 2001 tax cut. A 20% rate is almost a third lower than the rate President Reagan set in 1986.
- The tax rate on dividends would also be 20% for families making more than $250,000, rather than returning to the ordinary income rate. This rate would be 39% lower than the rate President Bush proposed in his 2001 tax cut and would be lower than all but five of the last 92 years we have been taxing dividends.
- The estate tax would be effectively repealed for 99.7% of estates, and retained at a 45% rate for estates valued at over $7 million per couple. This would cut the number of estates covered by the tax by 84% relative to 2000.
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Submission + - BitTorrent to make uTorrent Ads Optional in a Bid to Appease Angry Users (paritynews.com)
hypnosec writes: BitTorrent has backtracked on uTorrent ads cannot be 'turned off' stance following a user revolt and has announced that users can opt-out of sponsored torrents if they don't wish to see them. Last weekend BitTorrent announced that is going to make uTorrent ad-enabled and that it will now have 'sponsored torrents' feature which can't be disabled. As one would have imagined, this didn't go quite well with many users and they let out their anger on the uTorrent forums. "You seriously think that uTorrent is going to survive now? The Admin/Devs are seriously deluded. Pure greed has turned your once loved app into a bloated and buggy cash cow." said one user.


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Upon arrival at the residence officers were able to enter and found the bodies of Priscilla Samento, 49, of Canon City and Daniel Samento, a 56-year-old retired police officer of Canon City. Investigation is ongoing but all indications point towards a murder/suicide.
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It's been a while since we've seen one of these, hasn't it? Tomorrow, the PS3 is getting yet another mandatory firmware update. Version 4.30 is a minor update which focuses largely on PSN trophies.
Firstly, Trophies will now appear under "PlayStation Network" on the XMB (instead of "Game"), and will show both PS3 and Vita trophies.
4.30 continues the Sony tradition of slowly removing features, too. The Life with PlayStation app will no longer be downloadable, and the app will be discontinued entirely by "the beginning of November 2012." That means PS3 can no longer participate in the Folding@home distributed computing initiative.
"We'd like to thank the more than 15 million users that have participated in the program since it started on PS3 in 2007. PS3 users have donated in total more than 100 million computation hours to the Folding@home project to date, and as a result, contributing greatly to Stanford University's Alzheimer's disease research. Considering the contribution PS3 has made to the project, we decided to retire it as a result of discussions with Stanford University," a statement on the PlayStation.Blog reads.
Vijay Pande, Folding@home research lead at Stanford University, says that it appears the combined computing efforts may lead to a treatment for Alzheimer's. "I'm very excited that the directions set out in this paper do appear to be bearing fruit in terms of a viable drug."


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What a nice idea. We don't have anything like that in the UK.
English Teacher
We are going to celebrate the teacher day on Nov 20th. Every year, this is the day for everyone express their respect to their teacher.And we , all the teacher proud of this. This day is really a great festival for all teachers in my country.
What a nice idea. We don't have anything like that in the UK.
In Malaysia , we celebrate Teacher's Day on 16 of May every year, we have games between teachers and pupils to endear the relationship, most pupils will bring food to have class party to treat teachers, some will give small presents, flowers or greeting cards for teachers.
We feel appreciated.
In Turkey, the Teacher's Day is celebrated in Nov 24 every year!


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Mother incompetent for trial in child's death, judge rules
01/28/2014 7:41amA judge says a northern Utah woman is not competent to stand trial on charges of murder in the death of her disabled 2-year-old son.
Caregiver of spouse suffering from dementia advocates for support
01/28/2014 9:06amMaking her husband breakfast, helping him walk and even putting him in timeout was something Jamie Gordon never anticipated.
Veteran starts Indian food cart from war zone
01/28/2014 10:45amA local man and his wife have found success with The Curryer, a food cart they started while he was still serving in Iraq.
4 reasons to take a family trip to San Diego
01/28/2014 11:01amSan Diego is one of the best places for families to find world-class zoos, theme parks, museums and beaches. Year-round sunshine and mild temperatures mean there is never a bad time to visit this popular Southern California city.
Locals provide way to charge electronics, cook while camping
01/28/2014 11:45amA local company has come out with an update to its award-winning portable generator that can use water to power phones and tablets.
Man pleads guilty to killing woman in DUI crash
01/28/2014 12:13pmA Magna man pleaded guilty Monday to one count of automobile homicide for negligently causing the death of a Price woman in a July crash near Scofield Reservoir.
Top KSL.com user photos of the week
01/28/2014 2:44pmHere are some of the best shots we received over the past week, including photos from a Provo police car involved in a crash, the Sundance Film Festival, an RV fire, a clean air rally at the Utah Capitol, and what happens when FrontRunner breaks down.
Police learn identity of possible Banksy vandal
01/28/2014 3:32pmPolice say they have identified the man they believe is responsible for vandalizing Banksy murals in Park City one month ago.
SWAT situation ends peacefully
01/28/2014 3:58pmPolice were questioning a man and woman after a standoff with a SWAT team Tuesday morning.
Man charged with attempted murder in stabbing case
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Pickup truck, semitrailer crash; delays expected
01/28/2014 4:11pmA semitrailer and a pickup truck were in an accident that is likely to cause major delays on I-215 eastbound.
Police identify driver killed after hitting power poles
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Skier dies after colliding with tree at Deer Valley
01/28/2014 5:36pmA skier died after colliding with a tree at Deer Valley Resort Tuesday, according to officials.
Woman found in burning house suffered blunt force trauma to head, autopsy finds
01/28/2014 6:16pmAn 85-year-old woman found dead in a burning house over the weekend died from blunt force trauma to her head, according to an initial autopsy report from the Utah State Medical Examiner's Office.
Steven Powell's house to go on auction block next week
01/28/2014 6:33pmA judge has denied Steven Powell's motion to toss the civil suit against him and stop the sale of his Puyallup, Wash., house.
Woman hit by truck dies
01/28/2014 6:51pmPolice confirmed that a 22-year-old woman is dead after being hit by a car Tuesday morning.
Group plays Chutes & Ladders at Capitol to promote preschool education
01/28/2014 6:53pmLegislators at the state Capitol on Tuesday found themselves among children hopping, skipping and even rolling on a life-size game of Chutes and Ladders.
4 arrested after early morning high-speed chase
01/28/2014 6:59pmFour people are in custody Tuesday morning after a high-speed chase through West Valley City and West Jordan.
'Mountain Accord' debuts to protect Wasatch Front canyons
01/28/2014 7:02pmMore than 20 public and private organizations have joined forces to launch "Mountain Accord" to craft a blueprint for protecting and enhancing enjoyment of the Wasatch Mountains. They will collaborate on solving key issues like transportation.
Under guise of using bathroom, woman burglarized 2 homes, police say
01/28/2014 7:07pmA woman who knocked on strangers' doors claiming she needed to use the bathroom was arrested after being caught going through the homeowners' medicine cabinets.
Josh Romney: 'Mitt' documentary would have changed outcome of election
01/28/2014 7:11pmAmerica is seeing a new side of former presidential candidate Mitt Romney now that the film "Mitt" has been released on Netflix. Romney's son Josh said if the film had been released before the election, Mitt Romney likely would be president today.
Lawmaker gets engaged on Senate floor
01/28/2014 7:23pmSalt Lake City Democrat Luz Robles hears hundreds of proposals each year in her post as a state senator.
Therapist pleads guilty to sex charge
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MacNeill's sex abuse trial put on hold for competency evaluation
01/28/2014 7:57pmA judge determined Tuesday that Martin MacNeill, who was convicted of murder in the death of his wife, must undergo a mental competency evaluation. The decision halted a two-day trial slated to begin next week in an unrelated sex abuse case.
State senator tries again to pass seat belt law; family shares close call on highway
01/28/2014 8:09pmDuring the 2014 legislative session, Sen. Luz Robles will try again to pass a law to get us all to buckle up. Senate Bill 128 would make it a primary offense not to wear a seat belt on roads with 55 mph speed limits and faster.
Salt Lake woman's killer sentenced to decades in prison
01/28/2014 8:31pmDelfino Arriaga-Luna, 34, was sentenced to up to 40 years in prison Tuesday in connection with the death of 19-year-old Stephanie Williams.
Utahns among thousands nationwide who can't pay medical bills
01/28/2014 9:14pmMedical bills are a burden for thousands of Americans. A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows one in four Americans couldn't pay for medical bills in 2012, which is up from 2011.
Father, son escape early-morning house fire
01/28/2014 9:36pmA father and his adult son are safe after escaping from an early- morning house fire Tuesday in Cottonwood Heights.
Bullying problem in Tooele schools ignored by administrators, students say
01/28/2014 10:22pmA group of parents and students in the Tooele County School District say bullying is a persistent, district-wide problem and administrators seem to be turning a blind eye to it.
Social media highlights 4 points from State of the Union address
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Jordan School Board approves boundary changes, apologizes to parents
01/28/2014 10:39pmThe Jordan School Board voted Tuesday to approve a package of school boundary changes aimed at mitigating overcrowding and enrollment growth. Some board members told parents they were sorry for some of the effects these changes will have on their families.
Groups rally for, against same-sex marriage at Utah Capitol
01/28/2014 10:47pmPeople for and against same-sex marriage rallied outside the state Capitol Tuesday night.
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Char Dham
Char Dham is a rejuvenating spiritual experience in the misty heights of the majestic Garhwal Himalayas of Uttarakhand state in India. The name Char Dham literally means "four pilgrimages" and refers to the group of four of the holiest Hindu sites located in this region. These are Gangotri and Gaumukh, the source of the River Ganges (called Bhagirathi here), Yamnotri, the source of the River Yamuna, and the celebrated temples of Badrinath (the northernmost major pilgrimage site for Vaishnavas or worshippers of Vishnu), and Kedarnath (the northernmost Jyotirlinga or the northernmost site where Lord Shiva manifests himself as a "Lingam of light"). The region is also one of the most popular trekking destinations in India.
Garhwal is right in the middle of the Himalayas, with Himachal in the West and North-West; Tibet in the North; the plains of Western Uttar Pradesh in the South and the Kumaon hills of Uttarakhand in the East. Historically, it has been described as Kedarkhand, extending from Gangadwar (modern day Haridwar) in the South to the high mountains in the North, and from the Tamsa (Tons) river in the West to Buddhachal (the Nanda Devi group of peaks between Garhwal and Kumaon) in the East.
Perched at an altitude of 3293 meters above sea level, Yamunotri is located in the Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand. It is very close to the Indo-Chinese border and is surrounded by the Himalayan offshoots on all sides. Yamunotri, lies near the Bandarpunch Mountain, which is 6315 m high and lies to the north. The glacial lake of Saptarishi Kund (Champassar Glacier), on the Kalind Parbat, at an altitude of 4421 m, about 1 km upstream. Pilgrims do not frequently visit the source of the river as it is not easily accessible. Among the major attractions of Yamunotri are hot water springs nearby. Devotees prepare rice and potatoes to offer at the shrine, by dipping them in these hot water springs, tied in muslin cloth.
Along the right bank of Bhagirathi (Mother Ganga or Ganges) stands the shrine of Gangotri dedicated to the Goddess, one of the most revered places of Hinduism. Perched at a height of 3042 meters above sea level, it was constructed in the early 18th century by a Gorkha Commander, Amar Singh Thapa. The physical source of the holy river is at Gaumukh, 18 km further uphill, along the Gangotri Glacier(4238.6 m), which extends from Chaukhamba cluster of snowpeaks to Gaumukh. Several pilgrims trek upto the source to offer prayers either on foot or on ponies. Further dowstream in Tehri, Bhagirathi offers river-rafting adventures. For a large number of tourists, Gangotri town serves as the starting point of the Gangotri-Gaumukh-Tapovan and Gangotri-Kedartal trekking routes.
In a scenic spot, at an altitude of 3584 m and at the origin of the river Mandakini, the temple of Kedarnath is amongst the most venerated by Hindu pilgrims.
The temple of Shri Badrinathji is flanked by two mountain ranges known as Nar and Narayan, with the towering Neelkanth peak providing a splendid backdrop. This spot was once carpeted with wild berries which gave it the name 'Badri Van',meaning 'forest of berries'. Facing the temple at the bank of Alaknanda river is a hot water spring known as 'Tapt Kund'. A bath in this spring is very refreshing. A separate tank is available for women.
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Uttarakhand is a dry state. No alcohol or non-vegetarian food is permitted in the Char Dham region. Natives of the region are very friendly. Some claim "pure Indo-Aryan" heritage, and others a Rajput heritage. The major languages are Pahadi (Garhwali) and Hindi. English is also well-understood by some. There are lots of inexpensive hotels and ashrams. Money is not a problem here. You will fit in even if you are broke.
According to Hindu scriptures, the sites of Char Dham should be visited from left to right - beginning with Yamnotri, going on to Gangotri, Kedarnath and culminating the journey at Badrinath. This route follows the Hindu tradition of parikrama or clockwise circumambulation.
Char Dham is accesible only 6 months of the year, May through October. During the winter months, the region is snowed in and cannot be accessed.
Kedarnath is accessible after a steep 13 km trek over a paved path from Gaurikund. Untrained persons are likely to take all day for the walk, and spend lunch halfway. There are places en route like Janglechatti, Rambara and Garurchatti where you can rest a while or spend the night. Just one kilometer before Rambara is a high and beautiful cascading waterfall.
The journey to Badrinath is through Rudra Prayag. From Rudra Prayag the road to Badrinath is a single way route, passing through mountainous ranges with ever changing vieuws of the snow-clad peaks. The meandering River Alaknanda and the innumerable milky water falls adds to the scenic beauty of the entire route. The distance from Rudra Prayag to Badrinath is 160 km. The travel time depends greatly on weather conditions and number of passengers enroute.


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Saturday, February 2nd, 2013: 5K & 8K and Kids Run
Sunday, February 3rd, 2013: Marathon & 1/2 Marathon - 1/2 Marathon Relay - Hand Cycle Marathon
WHERE: Melbourne, FL
Participants must download and fill out entries from www.themelbournemarathon.com in order to register.
Located on Florida's Space Coast, just north of Miami, south of Jacksonville and east of Orlando and Tampa, the Melbourne Music Marathon Weekend makes for a perfect warm winter running destination for runners of all ages and levels. It is held a month after the Disney Marathon, and, like a rock-n-roll marathon, our event includes more than 20 musical acts along the course of the half and full marathon and half a dozen on the routes of the 5-k and 8-k races.
Both the 1/2 and full Marathons are USATF-certified courses with ChronoTrack timing. The Melbourne Music Marathon is a qualifying race for the Boston Marathon.
It is a walker and headphones-friendly event with a six-hour time limit on the course.
A very scenic route that includes four bridge crossings for the full and two for the half-marathon, the course twice takes marathoners to the beach side barrier island and back to the mainland before concluding on main street of downtown Melbourne — followed by the awards ceremony and a party featuring yet another live band.
The event features an elite field of Masters runners with $10,200.00 of the event's $17,200.00 cash and prize purse going to top finishers in the men and women 40 & over Masters group.
Prize money TBD will be awarded to athletes competing in Sunday's Top End EuroAmerican Handcycling Championships.
Among top Masters elites who have competed in the event are 4-time Olympian Colleen DeReuck, 1983 Boston Marathon champion Greg Meyer, 4-time Boston Marathon Winner and 4-time NYC Marathon winner Bill Rodgers, Olympian Zola Budd, Olympic Gold Medalist Frank Shorter, Olympian Keith Brantley, 2010 Womens Masters 1/2 Marathon Champion Lori Kingsley and 2009 & 2010 USA 1/2 Masters Champion Paul Aufdemberge. 2012 Half Marathon winner Mbarak Hussein is a two-time winner of both the Honolulu and Twin Cities marathons.
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