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England caught the eye in Christchurch's AMI Stadium with a thumping 38-7 victory over the error-strewn Crusaders on Tuesday.
England caught the eye in Christchurch's AMI Stadium with a thumping 38-7 victory over the error-strewn Crusaders on Tuesday.
The visitors made a flying start, scoring an early brace through Joe Gray and Ben Foden, before Brad Barritt and Alex Goode cancelled out Matt Todd's five-pointer for the hosts with tries of their own.
And further touchdowns from Anthony Watson and Chris Pennell settled the issue in the second half with the depleted Crusaders struggling to convert their field position into points.
Blindsides Jordan Taufua and James Haskell embodied the tussle up front with a bruising ding-dong battle that saw each take it in turn to put the other flat on his back.
And it was typically strong carries from Watson and Matt Kvesic that laid the platform for England to break the deadlock, as Danny Cipriani ghosted through a gap in the home 22, and fired the ball back inside for his hooker Gray to splash over.
The pivot converted, and England immediately cranked up the pressure. There were shades of Rob Howley and Clement Poitrenaud by the corner flag as Johnny McNicholl dallied over a bouncing ball that stubbornly refused to graze the touchline; Foden – playing on the wing – snuck in and picked his pocket.
Cipriani failed to master the swirling breeze from the touchline, but England were playing with a spring in their step, and averaging more than a point a minute at 0-12 with eight on the clock.
The Crusaders, in front of a capacity home crowd, responded with purpose, but errors and imprecision meant their pressure failed to yield points until the 23rd minute, when Todd – an early replacement for George Whitelock, who picked up a head knock – burrowed his way over in the shadow of the uprights, Tom Taylor converting.
If the AMI Stadium faithful expected a backlash, they were left sorely disappointed minutes later when Barritt stepped past Tyler Bleyendaal and powered his way over the line for England's third. Cipriani's conversion took the scoreline to 7-19.
England were making a habit of pinching seemingly secure Crusaders possession from the murky depths of rolling mauls, and it was from such a steal by captain Ed Slater that the hosts were caught cold in their own 22.
The ball was moved swiftly through the hands, allowing Goode to dummy and slalom his way over untroubled. Cipriani too had no problems off the tee, and banged over his third conversion of the night to hand England a deserved 7-26 half-time lead.
The fly-half was replaced by Stephen Myler seven minutes into the second forty, adding further to speculation that he may be Stuart Lancaster's pick for the final Test with Owen Farrell ruled out.
His absence did nothing to harm England's performance. The hosts battered and bludgeoned Lancaster's defence after the break, but failed to break down the visitors' rear-guard.
By contrast, England were clinical, the Crusaders clinging on by virtue of two brilliant turnovers on their own try-line. Their resistance was broken and the game put to bed in some considerable style on 58 minutes.
A fantastic delayed run off Pennell, timed to perfection by Watson, saw the wing slice through the hosts' midfield and round Taylor to score under the posts.
The try of the day was converted by Myler, and proved to be the only points of a second half that brimmed with blood and guts, but failed to produce much in the way of attacking inspiration until Pennell gathered Barritt's kick with the clock red for a sixth try in the corner.
Myler couldn't quite add the extras from the touchline, but further evidence of England's growing squad depth came to the fore anew in the Garden City.
The scorers:
For Crusaders:
Try: Todd
Con: Taylor
For England:
Tries: Gray, Foden, Barritt, Goode, Watson, Pennell
Cons: Cipriani 3, Myler 2
The teams:
Crusaders: 15 Tom Taylor, 14 Jimmy McNicholl, 13 Reynold Lee-Lo, 12 Kieron Fonotia, 11 Nafi Tuitavake, 10 Tyler Bleyendaal, 9 Willi Heinz, 8 Luke Whitelock, 7 George Whitelock (c), 6 Jordan Taufua, 5 Joel Everson, 4 Jimmy Tupou, 3 Nepo Laulala, 2 Corey Flynn, 1 Tim Perry
Replacements: 16 Ben Funnell, 17 Joe Moody, 18 Siate Tokolahi, 19
Scott Barrett, 20 Matt Todd, 21 Andy Ellis, 22 Adam Whitelock, 23 Rob Thompson.
England: 15 Alex Goode, 14 Ben Foden, 13 Henry Trinder, 12 Brad Barritt, 11 Anthony Watson, 10 Danny Cipriani, 9 Lee Dickson, 8 Tom Johnson, 7 Matt Kvesic, 6 James Haskell, 5 Dave Attwood, 4 Ed Slater (c), 3 Henry Thomas, 2 Joe Gray, 1 Alex Waller.
Replacements: 16 David Ward, 17 Nathan Catt, 18 Kyle Sinckler, 19 Michael Paterson, 20 Richard Wigglesworth, 21 Stephen Myler, 22 Jonny May, 23 Chris Pennell.
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wal)


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Mustang MonthlyFeatured Vehicles
1969 Ford Mustang Boss 302 - Future Mod Boss
Phin Stubbs Takes Restomod To A New Level With His '69 Boss 302
Phin Stubbs' Future Mod Boss 302 has something Ford's new retro classics will never have. "It's the real deal," Phin says in reference to the '69 fastback's vintage musclecar looks. Yet, he gives the new Mustangs their just due.
"It's still not the same chassis that you get from the factory today," admits Phin.
He makes a good point. We like to put it like this: There was only one Elvis-the rest are imitations, and no matter how close others come in looks and performance, only one is the original.
"I've owned vintage Mustangs," Phin says. "I'm a collector. And I've also owned vintage Ferraris and Aston Martins. What really motivated me to build this Boss was the Aston Martin Vantage."
Phin doesn't confine himself to one car, however; he owns a 330 GTC Ferrari and a Porsche 912. Actor Nicolas Cage sold him a '63 Aston Martin DB5 like the one used in the James Bond movie Goldfinger.
Phin versed us on his great Mustang adventure. Like us, he went through the collector phase of the hobby. "I'd get them finished," he says, "but I never ended up driving them. So I decided to do one I could drive-one that is modern and comfortable."
Restomod-a term that begs for another name-is the first thought that comes to mind, until you look at the Boss 302. Phin continues his story:
"So that's what I did. It's got cold A/C, electric windows, remote door locks, coilover suspension, and rack-and-pinion steering, like they put on the Eleanor cars (from Gone in Sixty Seconds, now the GT500E by Shelby), from Total Control Products.
"It's as good as it gets, with a fuel-injected 5.0-liter, modern Mustang leather seats, and four-wheel disc brakes," says Phin, "although, arguably, discs on the front are good enough. But I put them all the way around. Money was not an issue-I wanted to do it right."
Phin's experience with Mustang restorations shows. He knows the issues common to vintage cars. We took a close look, and when we turned on the headlights, all the lenses looked bright, like an '03 factory Mustang. Ditto for the interior.
Plus, the car had a new look with the '02 paint. No original Boss was ever painted Mineral Gray.
Yet Phin kept the vintage body stock. He actually started with a rare G-code Boss 302. The Boss front fenders, as collectors recall, are radiused for larger tires, and the rims are stock-issue Magnum 500s. He didn't want the car to look modified on the outside.
"Everything about it is 1969, including the license plates," Phin says. "But everything functional is completely updated." We can imagine the trepidation with which a former restorer and a collector removed the exotic, canted-valve Boss 302 engine. It was replaced by a crate 5.0-liter with a mild cam for a vintage, throaty sound.
Every Boss 302 was a four-speed. We noticed an automatic shifter inside. "The concept was to keep it completely driveable and comfortable," Phin tells us. "I didn't want to hold in a clutch. Believe me, I tore myself apart trying to decide how to do that. It would have been cheaper going with a five-speed, but, ultimately, I went with a five-speed overdrive automatic."
Pop the hood, and the warmed-over 5.0-liter stares back at you. There's plenty of room under there with the shock towers completely gone. The term restomod doesn't seem to fit. Phin believes his version of the Boss 302 is a step or two beyond a car that has been restored to look original, yet modified with modern performance and comfort.
He relates his '69 to the current crop of retro-styled muscle Mustangs like the Shaker-scooped Mach 1 and the anticipated '04 Boss. He knows his Boss can never go all the way to new technology, mainly because the chassis is so different. In the same way, the retro Mustangs can never go all the way to the vintage look.
"They designed the Boss 302 one time and they did it right," insists Phin. He started with the right stuff and went modern-all the way to Future Mod.
CreditsB&M Muffler Center: Exhaust system.
Cartoys: Optima battery; installation of remote keyless access, alarm system, and Pioneer stereo with amp and subwoofer.
Classic Mustang Parts of Oklahoma: Floor pans, torque boxes, reproductions of the outer wheelhouses and taillight panel, and hinges.
Ford Racing: 5.0-liter crate engine.
Haneline Products: Power windows and keyless entry.
Jerry Chambers Mustang: Frame-off restoration, with all parts dismantled and stripped to bare metal before painting. Work completed turnkey to Stubbs' specifications.
John Eagle Aston Martin: Digitally painted stripes.
Melvin Little: Magnum 500 wheels, dashpad, carpet, bumpers, and other small parts.
Mustangs Plus: Springs, sway bar, sound-proofing insulation, carpet, and miscellaneous.
Park Cities Ford (Dallas): Installation of Moser 4.11 rearend.
Ron Morris Performance: EFI fuel system and miscellaneous parts.
Semo Mustang: Black leather seats from a 2000 Mustang, ATM gauges, dual electric fans, cold-air kit, headers, fuel injection, EFI computer, engine and wiring harnesses, clutch cable, bellhousing, disc-brake conversion, and miscellaneous parts.
Scott Drake Mustang Parts: Halogen headlamps, armrests, parking-light lenses, and other small parts.
Total Control Products: Coilover front suspension, rack-and-pinion steering.

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Out of nowhere Thursday at the Connecticut 6 Tip-Off Breakfast, Howie Dickenman dropped the Walter Ray bomb.
Things were going along smoothly, a few jokes here, a few shout-outs there. Hartford's John Gallagher teased Dickenman about a contract extension that will take him to age 70. Dave Bike was cited for 35 seasons at Sacred Heart; only Syracuse's Jim Boeheim has been at one place longer. Fairfield's Sydney Johnson, without power because of Hurricane Sandy, was still freezing from a cold shower.


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Registration is 10-10:45 a.m.
You walk or jog a half mile or two-mile course.
Entry fee is food for the Food Bank.
Sponsors are Fit for Life Community Coalition, Omak School District's Xtreme Challenge and Gene's Harvest Foods, said spokeswoman Racie McKee.
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Arsenal have received another £2m from Barcelona for Cesc Fabregas after their La Liga title win triggered a clause in the Spaniard's contract, according to the Daily Mail.
The Spain international moved back to the Nou Camp in the summer of 2011 in a £35m deal. But the agreement included a title-winning clause that stipulated Barca must pay another £2m once Fabregas had won his first La Liga medal.
Barcelona wrapped up the title after Real Madrid failed to beat Espanyol at the weekend. Tito Vilanova's side then went on to ease past Atletico Madrid 2-1 at the Vicente Calderon.
Arsenal also stand to gain in similar fashion from Hull City's promotion to the Premier League. Former-Gunners striker Jay Simpson has a similar clause in his Hull contract that entitles Arsenal to an undisclosed bonus - believed to be up to £500,000.
The extra cash injection could be put to good use this summer with Arsene Wenger linked with a number of players.
Cesc Fabregas himself has been mentioned as a possible target for Manchester United, but Arsenal have the first option on the Spaniard following his move to Barcelona.
Fabregas has failed to nail down a regular first-team place at the Nou Camp, and speculation has mounted linking him with a return to the Premier League.
But Barcelona are unlikely to want to lose a player they went to so much trouble to sign just two seasons ago.
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When the colleague of an exiled war refugee is found murdered, Foyle is called upon to investigate on Masterpiece Mystery! Foyle's War series 5: Broken Souls at 8 p.m. Sunday.
Renowned violinist Gil Shaham appears on From the Top at Carnegie Hall at 9:30 Sunday joined by 10-year-old violinist and Red Sox fan Alice Ivy-Pemberton from New York City.
American Experience at 8 p.m. Monday examines the international race to develop biological weapons in the 1940s and 1950s.
Billy Crystal receives the 10th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at 9 p.m. Monday with tributes and comic performances from an all-star cast taped in October 2007.
Using dramatic recreations and CGI, Krackatoa at 7 p.m. Tuesday brings the May 20, 1883, eruption of this massive volcano to life.
Frontline at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday investigates the mystery of the tank man, the man who stood up to the tanks in Tiananmen Square in 1989.
Based on the best-seller Illicit, by Moises Naim, Illicit: The Dark Trade at 9:30 Tuesday tracks the manufacture and sale of goods ranging from fake purses and DVDs to counterfeit pharmaceuticals that can have a devastating impact on human beings, showing how the even most innocuous trades are connected in a global epidemic generating $3 trillion per year and unimagined human suffering.
The Territory at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday showcases new directions in film and video. These films offer a provocative mix of experimental, documentary, narrative, and animated shorts that allows the audience to take TV trips around the world and to major U.S. media festivals.
In Context at 7 p.m. Wednesday presents Ballet Austin's "Hamlet."
Neil Young grants rare and unprecedented access for this documentary in which he traces his musical journey in his own words on American Masters at 8 p.m. Wednesday.
England's Bloc Party is followed by Austin electro rock duo Ghostland Observatory on Austin City Limits at 10 p.m. Wednesday and 9 p.m. Friday.
Legal expert Jeffrey Toobin talks about the Supreme Court on Texas Monthly Talks at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Journey to the bowels of the Austin History Center and meet the keepers of the past on Downtown at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
Singer/songwriter/pianist Norah Jones returns to the Austin City Limits at 7 p.m. Saturday stage, showcasing both old favorites and songs from her recent best-selling album, Not Too Late. Special guest M. Ward.


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Manchester United have been told to forget about signing Serie A midfielder Arturo Vidal because he prefers to be at "the biggest club in the world".
Sir Alex Ferguson has been credited with an interest in the 25-year-old, but a report from talkSPORT claims Paris St Germain are ready to rival them.
However the clubs from Old Trafford and Parc des Princes have been told they aren't big enough clubs to lure Vidal away from Juventus.
Vidal is a major part of the midfield that helped Juventus win the Scudetto last year without losing a single game.
Reported interest from Manchester United is unsurprising considering criticism they have been receiving for failing to find a likely successor to Paul Scholes as a midfield playmaker, as Vidal's style would fit the bill well.
However, Ferguson and Carlo Ancelotti will have to look elsewhere as Vidal's agent has dismissed any notion of a move away from Juventus Stadium.
"PSG? If he is at the biggest club in the world why would he go there?" Fernando Felicevich told Tuttomercatoweb.com.
Vidal and Andrea Pirlo have a devastating partnership in midfield and the Chile international also has an eye for goal, having already scored five league goals in 13 appearances this season.
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Abstract: Uncorking the Past: The Quest for Wine, Beer, and Extreme Fermented Beverages
The history of the human species and civilization itself is, in many ways, the history of fermented beverages. Drawing upon recent archaeological discoveries, molecular and DNA sleuthing, and the texts and art of long-forgotten peoples, Patrick McGovern takes us on a fascinating odyssey back to the beginning when early humanoids probably enjoyed a wild fruit or honey wine. We follow the course of human ingenuity in domesticating plants of all kinds—particularly the grapevine in the Middle East, rice in China, and the cacao (chocolate) tree in the New World--learning how to make and preserve wines, beers, and what are sometimes called "extreme fermented beverages" that are comprised of many different ingredients. Early beverage-makers must have marveled at the seemingly miraculous process of fermentation. When they drank the beverages, they were even more amazed—they were mind-altering substances, medicines, religious symbols, and social lubricants all rolled into one. The perfect drink, it turns out, has not only been a profound force in history, but may be fundamental to the human condition itself.
The speaker will illustrate the biomolecular archaeological approach by describing the discovery of the most ancient, chemically-attested alcoholic beverage in the world,dating back to about 7000 B.C. Based on the analyses of some of the world's earliest pottery from Jiahu in the Yellow River valley of China, a mixed fermented beverage of rice, hawthorn fruit/grape, and honey was reconstructed. The laboratory's most recent finding is a fermented beverage made from the fruit pod of the cacao tree, as based on analyses of ca. 1200 B.C. pottery sherds from the site of Puerto Escondido in Honduras. As the earliest chemically attested instance of chocolate in the Americas, this beverage might well have been the incentive for domesticating the cacao tree. Like grape and rice wine, chocolate "wine"—in time made only from roasted beans--went on to become the prerogative of royalty and the upper class, and a focus of religion. Some of these beverages, including the earliest alcoholic beverage from China (Chateau Jiahu), the mixed drink served at the "King Midas funerary feast (Midas Touch), and the chocolate beverage (Theobroma), have been re-created by Dogfish Head Brewery, shedding light on how our ancestors made them and providing a taste sensation and a means for us to travel back in time.
Short bibliography and/or website on lecture topic (for lay reader):
McGoverm P. Uncorking the Past: The Human Quest for Alcoholic Beverages. Berkeley: University of California, 2009.
McGoverm P. Ancient Wine: The Search for the Origins of Viniculture. Princeton: Princeton University, 2003/2006.
McGoverm P. The Funerary Banquet of "King Midas." Expedition 42: 21-29, 2000.
McGoverm P. Searching for the Beginnings of Winemaking. Expedition 41: 4-5, 1999
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Can I just hijack this thread temporarily please?
One of my colleagues just asked me a question about VMWare that I was unable to answer, so thought I would throw it out here, as I know MsMittens and Cemetric are VMware guru's.
The VMWare in use is VMware Workstation 5.5.5
When taking a snap shot, a lot of disk space is used up - currently the base image is 3GB but each snap shot is around 743 MB and there are 8 snap shots - obviously a lot of space is being used by them - as I understand it each new snap shot relies on the previous one, so if the first 7 were deleted then the 8th one would not work correctly.
Is there away to either consolidate the previous snap shots - or take a new one that doesn't rely on the previous ones, therefore allowing the previous 8 to be deleted?
I know it is off topic for this thread so if someone wants to split it and create a new one that's fine - was just making sure MsMittens and Cem saw it


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When his football players are laughing around Joe Walton, he's not always sure how to perceive it.
"I don't know if they're laughing with me," he says, "or at me."
In truth, Joe Walton has found a way to relate to countless players through his long coaching career, some of whom today are nearly 60 years younger than him.
The coaching icon, 77, hasn't quite reached the golden years yet, even if that description would be perfect for his two decades of coaching at Robert Morris University in suburban Pittsburgh.
Walton is set to enter his 20th and final season as the only head football coach in Colonials history. The western Pennsylvania native, loving life back home in his native Beaver Falls, Pa., is still adding to the program that he has built from the ground up, beginning in 1993.
Having enjoyed a long career in the NFL, most notably as the New York Jets' head coach from 1983-89, Walton has found college coaching to be particularly rewarding. He's led RMU to 110 wins in 19 seasons as well as six Northeast Conference titles, including a 10-0 season in 2000 and with a 2010 squad that became the first to represent the conference in the FCS playoffs.
RMU even named its stadium after Walton in 2005.
He will become a special assistant to athletic director Dr. Craig Coleman after his final season, turning the head coaching reins over to assistant head coach John Banaszak.
Walton wants to end his career with a championship season. Regardless, it will be an emotional ride as the ol' coach takes his final lap with a program that he says "has been the love of my life."
In Five-a-Side - In the FCS Huddle's monthly feature of "five questions, five answers" with an influential person in the FCS - Walton discusses his upcoming final season.
Let's kick off:
TSN: What are some of the things you will try to savor in your final season at Robert Morris?
JW: Try to win every game if I can - that's the most important thing. Listen, it's been a great run. We were talking the other day, my wife (Patty) and I, and starting with my sophomore year in high school, this is my 63rd training camp, coming up. Can you imagine, 63 years I've been doing this.
I don't know how I'm going to be. I think the season itself will be kind of normal, but after the season's over, I'm not so sure how I'm going to be, not doing something I've been doing all my life. I don't know, I'll have to wait and see how I react.
TSN: Players are always complaining about two-a-days and working out in the heat. How does a coach perceive 63 training camps?
JW: I don't know where they came and where they've gone (he laughs). It seems unbelievable to me. It's just been a part of my life. Every year, as soon as training camp starts, you know you're gonna work seven days a week until the season's over and, hopefully, longer if you make the playoffs.
It's just been a way of life for me. My dad (Frank "Tiger" Walton) was a coach, so when I was young, I was involved with some of his teams. Football has always been very important to me. And serious.
TSN: What has surprised you about coaching at Robert Morris through the years?
JW: Oh, the kids. I can't tell you how much I've enjoyed it. I wasn't sure. I had never coached college kids, I'd always coached in pro football when I took this job. Plus, it was starting from scratch. We didn't have anything, we didn't have a football cleats or helmets, nothing. We had to buy all new equipment, we had to get a place to play, a place to practice and we had to get some offices. It was just a whirlwind those first two or three years.
And then I settled in. I had a chance to get back into pro ball a couple times. I was enjoying myself too much. A lot less pressure. The kids want to learn. When we started out, we were non-scholarship. We get some scholarships now. So I had a bunch of kids that just liked to play football. It was very refreshing and very rewarding to work with them. It's been a great run, it really has.
TSN: Is there a tough part to relating to today's players?
JW: Yeah, I think I've changed with them a little bit. Some of the things that have changed are kind of refreshing, some I'm a little dubious about. You have to adjust, and I think that's kept me young, too.
Being around the kids and the kind of music they like, the way they want to fold their shirts. There's all kinds of little things, like, 'What the heck are they doing that for?' If it makes them happy, most of the time I'm willing to go along with them.
TSN: With your returning talent, how do you think your squad stacks up with the Northeast Conference?
JW: I think we'll be competitive. We've got to get a little better, but at least we've got some guys with experience. The last couple years, we've been playing with a lot of sophomores and freshmen. To give you an example, a couple years ago, when we had the (2010) championship team, we graduated 16 seniors. Last year, we graduated five starters - three on defense and two on offense.
We have some guys that have played and know what it takes in our conference. I think that's going to be a plus from the very beginning.


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Yep! I got the phone call earlier today.
I will be meeting with Woody and Rex at Franks Chicken House in Manville, NJ tomorrow morning to discuss my vision and plans on how to fix what ails the Jets. Woody was very nice on the phone. He offered to pick up the bill and said all lap dances were on him. Rex even offered to bring his wife and said I could take as many pictures as I wanted of her wearing nothing but her #6 Jets Jersey. He even said if things go well hed let me take pics of hims sucking her toes.
On a serious note..... this team has become an absolute joke. I mean how desperate do we look. We are interviewing everyone and their mother for the GM position. There is no direction and clearly whoever is running this joke of a team has no clue.
It reaks of Rex.
I get it: the op wanted to talk about the search for a GM and couldn't find a place to do it. Good for you, dude.
Hysteria isn't pretty.


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This page lists:
- compilers available for the common platforms, focussing on freely available compilers (non-comprehensively)
- compilers that fully implement C99, or that at least claim to (as comprehensively as possible)
- switches or other means of invoking each compiler in standards mode (non-comprehensively).
This page's sister lists C resources:IDEs and editors.
Free C compilers
The sense of free here is financial, however the usage terms vary. Licence details are provided where known.
Some of the compilers also include open, redistributable and/or modifiable source code (e.g. those licenced under the GPL) but that's not a requirement for inclusion in this list.
Some of the compilers include a full IDE (Integrated Development Environment) and some are simple command-line tools. Some of them are also C++ compilers. One (gcc) compiles many other languages.
The "Platforms" column is definitive only for Windows and Linux platforms - i.e. lack of mention indicates the compiler will not run on that platform - but may include details of other platforms too.
|Platforms / IDE
|Ch (C/C++ interpreter)
|Windows, Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, Mac OS X,FreeBSD
|[Free for commercial and non comercial use]
|Major C99 features supported
|GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)
|Windows (but see notes), Linux and many others, no IDE
|Cross-compiles for multiple platforms. Requires Cygwin to run under Windows however Windows executables compiled in that environment are dependent on the Cygwin dll. Includes a command-line debugger, linker and make tool.
|Standards mode switches:
-ansi -pedantic or
-std=c89 -pedantic (C89)
-std=c99 -pedantic (C99). It's also useful to enable warnings per these switches:
-W -Wall
|==>MinGW / MinSYS
|Windows, no IDE
|GPL and Public Domain
|As for GCC (?)
|Based on GCC; includes a collection of header files and import libraries for Windows that allow independent Windows executables to be produced (vs those dependent on a Cygwin dll). This implementation has a significant long standing bug in that the compiler and library use different representations for the "long double" type. This is a bug in the MinGW implementation rather than a bug in gcc of the Microsoft C library.
|Standards mode switches: as for GCC (?)
|DOS, no IDE
|As for GCC (?)
|A port of GCC and related tools for 32-bit DOS.
|Standards mode switches: as for GCC (?)
|Tiny C Compiler (TCC)
|Windows (but see notes), Linux, no IDE
|"heading torward full ISOC99 compliance"
|Its website in news item 17 July 2005 claims support for windows targets; TCC can reportedly be compiled for Windows using mingw and will run on Windows, supporting dll and exe targets. The site also claims that TCC is much faster than GCC and lists some pretty neat features.
|Standards mode switches: ?
|Linux, Darwin, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and several other Unix-based OSes; no IDE (?)
|BSDL and Crown License
|Based on ANDF - Architectural Neutral Distribution Format, "a format designed to improve portability and distribution of software."
|Standards mode switches:
-Xs - per manual but unconfirmed - if you have compiler access please edit to confirm
|Open Watcom
|Windows, IDE
|Sybase Open Watcom Public License
|Compiles for 32-bit Windows as well as 16 and 32-bit DOS and OS/2 targets, Windows 3.1 and Novell NLM. Runs on DOS, OS/2 and all Windows versions.
|Standards mode switches: ?
|Digital Mars
|Windows, IDE
|Digital Mars License Agreement
|Supports Win32, Win16, DOS16 and DOS32.
|Standards mode switches: ?
|Pacific C Compiler
|Windows, text-mode IDE
|Free for any use
|Supports MS-DOS
|Standards mode switches: ?
|Windows, Linux, no IDE
|Ad-hoc Fair Use Licence
|Designed to be retargetable; runs on and compiles targets for multiple platforms.
|Standards mode switches: ?
|Windows 95 and above, IDE (Windows 2000 and above)
|Free for non-commercial use; copyright Jacob Navia
|Extends lcc beyond ISO C but supports a standard-compatible mode.
|Standards mode switches:
-ansic C99 conforming mode
|==>Pelles C
|Windows, IDE
|As-is; free for any use / redistribution; parts under LCC's licence; more details in licence.txt of download.
|"Support for most C99 features."
|Based on lcc.
|Standards mode switches: "No, sorry, the C99 mode is always 'on'..."
|Turbo C
|DOS, no IDE
|As-is for personal use only.
|None (C89/C90 support reportedly incomplete too)
|Borland's well-regarded, lightweight compiler for DOS (released 1989; not developed since). Reportedly not quite conforming to C89/C90, but "close enough".
|Standards mode switches:
|Borland C/C++ Compiler
|Windows, no IDE
|Specific licence terms aren't visible without creating an account and downloading the compiler
|Descended from / related to Turbo C; also commercially available with an IDE included.
|Standards mode switches:
|Intel C++ Compiler
|Windows, Linux, no IDE for Linux (Windows IDE?)
|Time-unlimited non-commercial use under Linux Time-limited evaluation use under Windows
|Some C99 support (from version 7.0)
|Also commercially available. Under Linux it's fairly compatible with GCC extensions and command-line options and it often produces faster code than GCC, however GCC can beat it in some areas. Doesn't optimise well for AMD chips. Be careful about the definition of non-commercial use in the Linux licensing. Uses the Edison Design Group front-end.
|Standards mode switches for Linux:
-Xc or
-ansi (C89/C90)
-c99 or
-std=c99 (C99)
Standards mode switches for Windows:
|Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003
|Windows, IDE
|GPL. You don't believe it? OK, it's really a typical Microsoft EULA
|None, only C90
|The C/C++ compiler as shipped in Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional.
|Standards mode switches: ?
|Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition
|Windows, IDE
|Specific licence terms not visible on website, but the FAQ describes free pricing for one year.
|None, only C90
|From a standard C conformance point of view, probably not much different to the above compiler (IDE and extensions are a different matter).
|Standards mode switches: ?
Commercial C compilers
This section lists commercial compilers not already listed with a free version above, with a focus on compilers that run under Windows or Linux and/or that conform to C99.
|Platforms / IDE
|VisualAge Compiler (IBM)
|AIX, select Linux distributions
|Commercial licence
|C99-compliant (from version ?.?)
|Optimising. Free 60-day trial for Linux version.
|Standards mode switches: ?
|AIX, select Linux distributions
|Commercial licence
|C99-compliant (all versions?)
|The successor to the VisualAge compiler. Optimising; supports some gcc extensions.
|Standards mode switches: ?
|Lund Multiprocessor Compiler
|Commercial licence
|C99-compliant (from version ?.?)
|Uses either the Dinkumware C Standard Library or the GNU C library (glibc).
|Standards mode switches: ?
|Sun Studio
|Sun Solaris on SPARC and x86/x64
|Commercial licence
|C99-compliant (from version 9)
|Standards mode switches:
|Cray C Compiler
|Commercial licence
|C99-compliant (from version ?.?)
|Optimising; supports a subset of gcc extensions.
|Standards mode switches: Invoke as
c89 (C89) or
c99 -h stdc or
cc -h c99 -h stdc or
cc -h c99 -h conform (C99) - per manual but unconfirmed - if you have compiler access please edit to confirm
|MIPSpro™ ANSI C Compiler
|IRIX™ on MIPS® processor-based SGI® systems
|Commercial licence
|C99-compliant (from version 7.4)
|Standards mode switches: ?
|Codemist Compilers / Norcroft C
|Aside from Norcroft C - the Acorn Computers ARM C compiler - this company's website claims many different compilers for many different chips including Intel; IDE availability not described
|Commercial licence
|None (partial?)
|The company specialises in optimising ANSI C compilers, and especially innovative processors.
|Comeau C/C++
|Windows, Linux and many others, no IDE (?)
|Commercial licence
|Complete C99 support (EDG and Dinkumware validated by Perennial)
|Uses the Edison Design Group front-end and the Dinkumware C Standard Library. Supports Microsoft extensions.
|Standards mode switches: ?
|Byte Craft Limited Code Development Systems
|C compilers and tools for embedded systems including HC08, eTPU, PIC, Parallax SX. BCLIDE included.
|Commercial licence
|Byte Craft Limited develops cross-compilers for resource-constrained or specialized architectures.
|MetroWorks CodeWarrior III Compiler
|Multiple platforms (but Intel x86 compiler and debugger technology recently sold to 3rd party); IDE included.
|Commercial licence
|None (partial?)
|The IDE and associated technology for enabling development across diverse platforms - including embedded - is the focus of this company's technology.
|Standards mode switches: ?
|Power C
|DOS 2.0 or later; from 8088 to the "latest" (webpage wording) Pentium processors.
|Commercial licence - was US$19.95 excl. debugger at last check
|The accompanying manual is promoted as excellent; minimal resource requirements; optional components: debugger, library source with Power C assembler and Power C library manager, business math library.
|Standards mode switches: ?
Apple-only C compilers
Some of the compilers in previous sections will run on Apple machines; the compiler(s) in this section will only run on Apple machines.
|Platforms / IDE
|SC and MrC, available as part of the Macintosh Programmer's Workshop
|Apple Macintosh only - Mac OS 7.x/8.x/9.x; supports both 68K and Power Macintosh system.
|Licence not described but compiler is freely downloadable
|Standards mode switches: ?
Other C99 compliance notes
- Edison Design Group produce a C99-compliant front-end licenced to many compiler vendors
- This comp.lang.c post of Jan 28 2005 by Greg Comeau anecdotally lists a few compilers not listed above
- Perennial's ISO C99 CVSA Validated Products List is linked to above for various compilers
- Sharath A.V maintains a C99 Conforming Compilers List
See also
- question 18.3 in the C FAQ
- the Compiler Resources page at bloodshot.net (also lists compilers other than C)
- Free C/C++ Compilers and Interpreters at thefreecountry.com


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Sage engagement
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Sage of Big Spring, Texas announce the engagement of their daughter, Lauren Sage to Blake Fleming, son of Mr. and Mrs. Brent Fleming of Pontotoc, Texas, and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Fleming of Big Spring, Texas. Lauren is a 2008 graduate of Big Spring High School. She received a bachelor of science in communication sciences and disorders from The University of Texas at Austin, and is currently attending Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock to obtain her masters degree in Speech-Language Pathology. Blake is a 2007 graduate of Llano high school, attended South Plains College, and is currently employed by Hutto and Dalchau Insurance Agency in Llano, Texas. A December wedding is planned.


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Day one of the 2011 Conference Carolinas Tournament was filled with excitement as the top eight teams in Conference Carolinas began the battle for the tournament championship and a trip to the NCAA Southeast Regional.
Below are the results and wrap-ups for each of the eight games played on Friday. Due to the threat of inclement weather the start times for the day two's games have been moved up two hours. Games will begin Saturday morning at 9:00 a.m. For the most up-to-date schedule please visit the softball tournament page on the Coker Athletics website, www.cokercobras.com.
DAY ONE RESULTS- Friday April 15
GAME 1- Box Score
#4 Queens - 5
#5 Lees-McRae- 3
The opening game of the Conference Carolinas 2011 Softball Tournament featured #4 seed Queens University and #5 seed Lees-McRae College. Queens University is the returning tournament winner. Queens defeated Lees-McRae 5-3.
Queens' freshman Kaitlyn Cheek (Richmond, VA) went 3-for-3 with two runs batted in and two runs scored. Senior Maria Goode (Charlotte, NC) went 1-for-3 with two runs batted in. Senior Brandy Jester (Georgetown, DE) went all seven innings for Queens, scattering three runs over six hits, while striking out eight, and walking only two.
Lees-McRae junior Lindsey Huntsinger (Asheville, NC) went 1-for-3 with two runs batted in. Freshman Karli Robb (Hayes, VA) went 2-for-4 with one run batted in and a run scored. Sophomore Laurel Gregg (Mars Hill, NC) pitched six innings surrendering five runs (three earned) on seven hits. Gregg also struck out five hitters.
Queens University will play the #8 seed Pfeiffer at 4 pm on Friday evening. Lees-McRae will play the #7 seed Belmont Abbey at 2 pm Friday evening.
GAME 2 – 10 a.m.- Box Score
#3 Coker- 6
#6 Mount Olive- 13
In game two of the Conference Carolinas the #3 seed Coker College played the #6 Mount Olive College. The Trojan's offense was on, as they defeated Coker 13-6.
Mount Olive totaled 16 hits against the Coker pitching staff. Senior shortstop Kelly Minshew (Statonsburg, NC) went 3-for-3 with two runs scored and two runs batted in. Freshman Katie Moore (Cary, NC) went 3-for-5 with three runs batted in and also scored three runs. Junior Alyssa Bradshaw (Goldsboro, NC) also had three runs batted in. Junior Sarah Saunders (Suffolk, VA) went six innings surrendering six runs (three earned) on ten hits. Senior reliever Ana Cooke (Greenville, NC) pitched a shutout inning in relief.
Coker freshman Jenny Sanborn (Beaufort, SC) went 3-for-4 with one run batted in and a run scored. Seven different Cobra players had at least one hit against Mount Olive. Senior Sydney Greenwalt (Edwardsville, IL) got the start for the Cobras. Greenwalt went 3.2 innings, surrendering ten runs (eight earned) on fourteen hits. Junior Becky Dillon (West Palm Beach, FL) went 1.2 innings surrendering two unearned runs on two hits. Sophomore Jordan Atkinson (Bishopville, SC) pitched 1.2 shutout innings in relief, striking out one hitter.
Mount Olive will play the #2 seed Erskine at 4 pm on Friday evening. Coker will play the #1 Limestone at 2 pm on Friday.
GAME 3 – 12 p.m.- Box Score
#1 Limestone- 1
#8 Pfeiffer- 2
In game three of the 2011 Conference tournament #8 seed Pfeiffer played #1 seed Limestone. Pfeiffer defeated Limestone in a well-fought game 2-1.
Pfeiffer managed just four hits in this game. Sophomore Shelby Brown (South Hill, VA) went 2-for-3 with a home run and drove in both of the Falcons' runs. Senior right hander pitcher Allison Braswell (Asheboro, NC) pitched a complete game allowing just five hits, one run, and striking out three.
Limestone managed only five hits, though sophomore Kirstyn Burleson (Candler, NC) went 2-for-3 with a run batted in. Senior Emily Wallace (Winchester, KY) went 5 inning allowing two runs on three hits; while striking out three. Sophomore reliever Shelby Webb (Hilliard, FL) pitched 2 shutout innings in relief, allowing just one hit.
Pfeiffer will play #4 seed Queens University at 4 pm on Friday evening. Limestone will play #3 seed Coker at 2 pm Friday.
GAME 4- 12 p.m. – Box Score
#2 Erskine- 1
#7 Belmont Abbey- 0
In game four of the Conference Tournament the #7 seed Belmont Abbey College took on the #2 seed Erskine College. The Erskine Flying Fleet won on a walk off single 1-0.
It was sophomore catcher Larissa Shannon (Newberry, SC) who drove in the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning. Sophomore Colleen Gardner (Matthews, NC) scored the winning run from second on the Shannon single. Sophomore pitcher Kelsey Spurrier threw a gem, surrendering only three hits through seven innings. Spurrier struck out three hitters on the way to her first shutout of the tournament.
Sophomore pitcher Sami Michaelis (Woodville, OH) went 6.2 innings surrendering just one run, while striking out two for the Belmont Abbey Crusaders.
Erskine will play #6 seed Mount Olive at 4 pm on Friday evening. Belmont Abbey will play #5 seed Lees-McRae at 2 pm on Friday.
GAME 5- Box Score
#3 Coker- 3
#1 Limestone - 1
**Limestone Eliminated
The #3 seed Coker College played the #1 seed Limestone College in an elimination game Friday afternoon. Coker defeated Limestone 3-1.
Coker had just six hits during the game. Freshman second baseman Katie McElveen (Hartsville, SC) went 2-for-4 with a run batted in and her eighth stolen base of the season. Sophomore Sarah Rountree (Plantation, FL) and senior Haleigh Rogers (Ward, SC) also contributed with an RBI each. Senior left-hander Sydney Greenwalt (Edwardsville, IL) went the full seven innings, surrendering just five hits while striking out two.
Limestone junior Jordan Smith went 2-for-3 with a run batted in. Sophomore right-hander Leah Quant (Charlotte, NC) pitched 0.1 innings, surrendering one run on one hit. Quant was removed with an injury. Senior Emily Wallce and sophomore Shelby Webb combined for 6.2 innings, surrendering five hits, two runs, and striking out five Cobra hitters.
Limestone was eliminated from further play in the tournament. Coker will play the#4 seed Queens at 9 am Saturday morning. The original game time was scheduled for 11 am, but has been shifted as a cautionary effort due to weather.
GAME 6- 2 p.m.- Box Score *5 innings
#5 Lees-McRae- 11
#7 Belmont Abbey- 2
**Belmont Abbey Eliminated
The first elimination game of the tournament was between #7 seed Belmont Abbey and #5 seed Lees-McRae. Lees-McRae defeated Belmont Abbey 11-2.
Lees-McRae's offense clicked all game, as eight of their starters had at least one hit. In total, Lees-McRae had fourteen hits and only struck out once. Freshman infielder Karli Robb (Hayes, VA) went 2-for-4 with three runs batted in. Junior third baseman Lindsey Huntsinger (Asheville, NC) went 2-for-4 with three runs batted in and two runs scored. Seven different players crossed the plate for Lees-McRae, but junior center fielder Kierstie Moon (Oxford, GA) scored on three separate occasions. Senior right hander Magen West (Whitney, TX) pitched an abbreviated complete game (5 innings) surrendering six hits and two runs.
Belmont Abbey freshman third baseman Carol-Anne Sherrill (Huntersville, NC) went 2-for-2 with both runs batted in for the Crusaders. Sherrill's RBIs came in the fifth inning on a two run home run.
Belmont Abbey's starting pitcher sophomore Sami Michaelis (Woodville, OH) pitched 0.1 inning surrendering two runs on two hits. Michaelis was removed from the game after being injured during the first inning of play.
Sophomore relievers Emily Self (Cherryville, NC) and Brittany Southard (Mauldin, SC) combined for 4.1 innings of work, scattering twelve hits and nine runs.
Belmont Abbey was eliminated from further play in the tournament. Lees-McRae will play #6 seed Mount Olive at 11 am Saturday. The original game time was scheduled for 1 pm, but has been shifted as a cautionary effort due to weather.
GAME 7- Box Score
#4 Queens- 2
#8 Pfeiffer- 1
The #4 seed Queens took on the #8 seed Pfeiffer in a non-elimination game Friday at 4 pm. Queens defeated Pfeiffer 2-0.
Queens managed just two runs on three hits, but it was enough to secure the win. Sophomore Megan Lathbury (Georgetown, DE) went 1-for-1 and drove in both runs for Queens. Junior righty Chantel Dodge pitched a complete game, surrendering one run, on five hits, and striking out six.
Pfeiffer totaled five hits and just one run. Junior right hander Melanie Conklin (Wellington, OH) went 2-for2 and also pitched five innings. She surrendered two runs on three hits and struck out five.
Queens will play the #2 seed Erskine College at 1 pm Saturday. Pfeiffer will play the #3 seed Coker College at 9 am Saturday. The original game times were scheduled for 11 am and 3 pm, but were moved as a precaution to tomorrow's weather.
GAME 8 – Box Score
#6 Mount Olive- 4
#2 Erskine- 5
The #2 seed Erskine College played the #6 seed Mount Olive College in a non-elimination game Friday at 4 pm. Erskine defeated Mount Olive on a walk-off single 5-4.
Erskine sophomore Morgan Purcell (Duncan, SC) had the walk-off hit when she took a pitch from Mount Olive freshman Carly White (Ash, NC) off the fence in left-center field that scored the tying and winning run. Senior second baseman Lindsey LaPrad (Summerville, SC) had a 2-for-3 game, with a three-run homer in the bottom of the first inning. Sophomore right hander Heather Richey (Abbeville, SC) went 6.2 innings, allowing four runs, on seven hits, while striking out two. Junior Leigh Ann Shelley went 0.1 inning in relief and is credited with the win.
Mount Olive freshman infielder Katie Moore (Cary, NC) went 2-for-4 with two runs batted in. Carly White started for the Trojans and went 6.2 innings, surrendering five runs (two earned), on seven hits, and striking out two.
Mount Olive will play #5 seed Lees-McRae College at 9 am Saturday in an elimination game. Erskine will play #8 seed Pfeiffer at 1 pm Saturday. The original start times were 11 am for Mount Olive vs. Lees-McRae and 3 pm for Erskine vs. Pfeiffer, they have been moved as a cautionary effort due to weather.
2011 Conference Carolinas Softball Tournament Bracket


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Last week, HRI Executive Editor, John Pricci, wrote a heartfelt piece after attending the memorial service for his friend and shared how they got together.
Another writer/friend attending that service added to the picture, "The Loudest, Brashest Horseplayer of Them All". That piece reminded me of one I had read earlier about the Equiform operation at the Times Ledger.
My own interaction with Mr. Fotias was limited to exchanging comments with him at HRI but I was always impressed by his contributions here and elsewhere in cyberspace.
What I discovered and learned from his views on HRI was how horseplayers are adversely affected by racing's leadership.
In my view, the following six blog pieces and comments which spanned five years are mandatory reading for those interested in what he stood for as a player representative.
(1) July, 2007 "Well, Here I Go Again" by Cary Fotias
(2) July, 2007 "Declaration of Horseplayer Independence" by Cary Fotias
(3) June, 2009 "If Tracks Had Access …" by Cary Fotias
(4) September, 2010 "Get Out the Lifeboats" by Bill Christine
Comments #47, #72 by Cary Fotias
(5) March, 2011 "McKinsey $1,000,000, Horseplayers 0" by Cary Fotias
(6) June, 2012 "State of the Game Address" by Cary Fotias
Fotias as activist will probably be best remembered for his "Declaration of Horseplayer Independence":
"... We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all horseplayers are endowed with certain unalienable rights, that among these are market-driven takeout rates, ... and the embracing of new technologies that could make it easy to bet on any race, anywhere, at anytime."
(7) September, 2009 "An Interview with Cary Fotias" by Michael Veitch.
In October, 2008, Fotias joined HANA as an advisory board member. He explained his motivation in this interview with "The Saratogian": "I think it has a chance to make some changes. I am on the advisory board and I think if I am going to complain I ought to get involved this way."
"... If we fail to take action and don't make our voices heard loud and clear, we'll continue to be considered degenerate gamblers who will play under any circumstances."
When asked to comment on rebates, Fotias said, '"…My return on investment would actually be higher if I didn't get rebates. It's a subtle point. If I just play selected races with good prices, my return is higher. But my absolute dollar return is higher when I bet thousands of races and get the rebate on my high volume.
However, Fotias insisted that lowering the pari-mutuel tax is a "universal rebate."
Contrast the preceding remarks with some he included a few months earlier in his comment #17 from HRI blog piece #3: "... TAKEOUT REDUCTION IS A UNIVERAL REBATE and should be pursued at all costs. The smaller bettor is at a competitive disadvantage with his larger-volume counterpart and the gap needs to be closed NOW.
"As a rebate player, one might think I would be somewhat indifferent about takeout rates since the lower rebates I would get as a result of lower takeout rates would be offset by an almost identical decrease in takeout, for a net effect of zero. But the reason I am such a vocal proponent of lower rates is that it would keep less skilled players of all bankroll sizes in the game longer. This means more profit for the really top players and much better "entertainment value" for weaker players.
"... Rebating will probably never end, but its effect would be severely dampened by significant takeout reduction. Very good customers should get special treatment, but not at the expense of other players...
"It will take a concerted effort by all constituencies involved to make [lower takeout] happen. And the constituency that has the best opportunity to make it happen is the [PLAYER himself]. SPEAK (vociferously) NOW, or forever hold your peace. ..."
I believe the above response reflected recognition that a combined horseplayers' voice has to represent minnows as well as whales, and that Fotias' confidence that he could beat the game without a subsidy allowed him to champion that position.
Almost two years later in a blog piece, comment #5, Fotias lamented, "HANA ... is a great resource for players and it's a shame that after a couple of years it has only 2,000 members. Nobody is going to fight this fight for us. Horseplayers are going to have to do it themselves. It's an uphill battle for sure, but it would nice to have 100,000 troops on the wagering front."
Fotias spearheaded an effort to make the 4% takeout Pick-4 at player friendly Ellis Park a success and conveyed his frustration at HRI when that didn't happen Comment #1:
"... I am ashamed to say that my fellow horseplayers have not yet supported [the ELP Pick-4] with the handle it deserves...
"... Chasing big Pick-6 payouts provides a lot of entertainment value and, once in a blue moon, a life-changing score. But day-in and day-out, it is LOWER TAKEOUT RATES that will keep us in action and give skilled handicappers a real chance to win in the long run. ...
... Are you tired of horseplayer/handicappers being referred to as bums and compulsive gamblers? Here's your chance to show the powers that be what we are really all about. We love the intellectual stimulation of handicapping and, when coupled with the majesty of the thoroughbred, we are playing the greatest game in the world. We will not all die broke. But certainly many of us will give up playing the game seriously if takeout rates and other issues are not seriously addressed in the not too distant future. ..."
While Fotias was able to attract serious students of the game to the cause, his efforts on behalf of an overwhelming majority of less successful players has fallen on deaf ears. Recruiting from this group will require a different approach. In August, 2012 here, I wrote "Rebates v Takeout: On Leveling the Playing Field." [Comment #1 by Cary Fotias].
Last year, he encouraged me to keep fighting for a level playing field. Indeed, he was one of the few rebated players I've encountered on-line who seemed to understand that horseplayers won't get respect if they don't give it to each other. Diversity of opinion drives this game but we have to resolve the differences that deny us a collective voice.
Hopefully, it's not too late to reset our top collective priorities to match those Fotias identified: 1) lowering direct takeout for all while ensuring equal return on investment for all, 2) obtaining recognition of horseplayers as industry stakeholders, and 3) establishing a central racing authority.
It would honor the late horseplayer advocate if HANA were to take the lead in that direction. A more inclusive leadership focused on expanding the membership might attract the numbers necessary to give horseplayers the kind of united voice that Cary Fotias envisioned.


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|Date / Time
|Wednesday January 04, 2012 @05:10PM
|Diebold Marries VMs with ATMs to Secure Banking Data
|Wednesday September 28, 2011 @08:54AM
|Man-In-the-Middle Remote Attack On Diebold Voting Machines
|Friday April 09, 2010 @07:28PM
|Bank Employee Plants Malware on ATMs
|Monday November 16, 2009 @03:03PM
|Hackers Fail To Crack Brazilian Voting Machines
|Thursday October 29, 2009 @03:39AM
|Sequoia To Publish Source Code For Voting Machines
|Friday October 23, 2009 @05:14PM
|Open Source Voting Software Concept Released
|Friday September 04, 2009 @05:26AM
|ES&S To Buy Diebold, Blackbox Voting To Sue
|Friday March 20, 2009 @01:44PM
|Kentucky Officials "Changed Votes At Voting Machines"
|Wednesday March 04, 2009 @11:44AM
|Diebold Election Audit Logs Defective
|Monday December 01, 2008 @04:31PM
|Groklaw's PJ Says SCO's Demise Greatly Exaggerated
|Wednesday November 05, 2008 @06:29AM
|Discuss the US Presidential Election
|Wednesday November 05, 2008 @01:36AM
|Suit Claims Diebold Voting Machines Violate GPL
|Monday November 03, 2008 @08:38PM
|Damning Report On Sequoia E-Voting Machine Security
|Wednesday October 15, 2008 @02:07PM
|Linux On Brazilian Voting Machines, the Video
|Friday September 26, 2008 @11:10AM
|How Close Were US Presidential Elections?
|Tuesday January 22, 2008 @10:00AM
|Maryland Scraps Diebold Voting System
|Friday January 11, 2008 @09:31AM
|Diebold Voter Fraud Rumors in New Hampshire Primaries
|Wednesday January 09, 2008 @10:12PM
|McCain, Clinton Win New Hampshire
|Sunday January 06, 2008 @07:57PM
|NYT Notes Flaws In Current Electronic Voting Methods
|Friday December 21, 2007 @12:38PM
|Diebold Election Results Released By AZ Judge
|Wednesday December 19, 2007 @12:38PM
|Colorado Decertifies E-voting Machines
|Saturday December 15, 2007 @09:18AM
|Ohio Study Confirms Voting Systems Vulnerabilities
|Friday October 05, 2007 @02:59AM
|Judge Voids Un-Auditable California Election
|Friday August 17, 2007 @04:28AM
|Diebold Rebrands What No One Wants
|Friday April 27, 2007 @07:14PM
|Ohio Audit Reveals More Diebold Problems
|Wednesday April 04, 2007 @11:04AM
|Diebold Goes 0 For 3 In Massachusetts Case
|Tuesday April 03, 2007 @01:54PM
|E-Voting Reform Bill Gaining Adherants
|Thursday March 29, 2007 @01:16PM
|CA Proposes Rigorous Voting Machine Testing
|Monday March 26, 2007 @01:00PM
|Diebold Sues Massachusetts for "Wrongful Purchase"
|Friday January 26, 2007 @02:08AM
|Diebold Security Foiled Again
|Sunday November 12, 2006 @09:39PM
|Man's Vote for Himself Missing In E-Vote Count
|Thursday November 09, 2006 @01:16PM
|An Open Letter To Diebold
|Tuesday November 07, 2006 @06:41PM
|Voting Machine Glitches Already Being Reported
|Tuesday November 07, 2006 @05:22PM
|Ask a "Star" of HBO's Voting Machine Documentary
|Tuesday November 07, 2006 @09:46AM
|HBO's Hacking Democracy Available Online
|Tuesday November 07, 2006 @12:19AM
|Diebold Flops in Alaska
|Monday November 06, 2006 @12:11AM
|Diebold Demands That HBO Cancel Documentary
|Thursday November 02, 2006 @01:59PM
|E-voting State By State
|Wednesday November 01, 2006 @08:14PM
|More Voting Shenanigans in Florida
|Monday October 23, 2006 @12:27PM
|Diebold Disks May Have Been For Testers
|Sunday October 22, 2006 @09:14AM
|Opening Diebold Source, the Hard Way
|Monday October 02, 2006 @05:25AM
|Will the Next Election Be Hacked?
|Saturday September 23, 2006 @01:12AM
|Maryland Fights to Keep E-voting
|Tuesday September 19, 2006 @03:12AM
|Hotel Minibar Key Opens Diebold Voting Machines
|Monday September 18, 2006 @11:37AM
|Was the 2004 Election Stolen?
|Friday September 15, 2006 @02:00AM
|The Diebold Voting-Machine Hack
|Wednesday September 06, 2006 @01:17AM
|Hardware Hacking a Voting Machine in 4 Minutes
|Wednesday August 23, 2006 @04:32PM
|Company to Pay for Election Problems
|Tuesday August 01, 2006 @12:51AM
|Worst Ever Security Flaw in Diebold Voting Machine
|Thursday May 18, 2006 @08:29AM
|Slashback: Sony Blu-Ray, Phone Records, Korean Cloners
|Friday May 12, 2006 @05:58PM
|Critical Security Hole Found in Diebold Machines
|Thursday March 30, 2006 @02:49AM
|Diebold Threatens Wary Voting Clerk
|Saturday March 11, 2006 @03:20AM
|Maryland Votes To Ban Diebold Voting Machines
|Monday February 27, 2006 @12:24PM
|Diebold Whistle-Blower Charged With Felony Access
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Michelle called Jim in the afternoon and said, "I want you to take me out to play tonight!"
He asked what she had in mind and she said ?I want to go some place to shoot pool. But I want to pretend we just met or we?re just friends. Maybe we can have some fun.?
So 7:00pm came and they headed to a place in NE Philly that was known for its Happy Hours, good bands and yes, they had a pool room.
When they got there, Jim let Michelle go first just to see what sort of looks she got. He glanced around and noticed a few stares especially from a group of guys at the bar. A few of them nudged each other and nodded in Michelle?s direction.
They settled at a high top table near the pool tables with Jim purposely sitting with his back to the wall so he?d be able to any one who was checking her out. After a couple of drinks Jim asked "Feel like a game of pool?" She smiled and said yes. She stood up and put her hand out waiting for him to give her change.
As he placed them in her hands, she ?accidentally? dropped some on the floor "whoops" she said as she bent to pick them up lingering a while as she teased Jim with the view he had of her breasts down her blouse. This also allowed the guys at the bar to get a very good view of her legs, up to the tops of her nylons. She was really enjoying herself as Jim was imagining bending her over the pool table and fucking her right there, but he could tell Michelle was going to make him wait a while yet.
She decided to rack and took this opportunity to bend over a little more than necessary so Jim and possibly the men at the bar could see down her blouse. She then grabbed a pool cue and went to the far end of the table bent down low and wiggled her ass a bit causing her skirt to ride up just enough so their onlookers were glaring in hopes of seeing her ass cheeks. She then straightened up and broke, sinking one ball into a corner pocket. She walked around the table surveying what shot she may have and came and stood in front of Jim. She then bent over the table closing one eye as if to work out her next shot. She stood there for a while so Jim reached out and stroked the inside of her leg with the tips of his fingers, moving higher and higher with each stroke until he was stroking the bottom of her butt. Just as his hand got near her pussy she moved away and took her shot on the other side of the table. She took her shot by sliding the cue through her cleavage.
She missed.
She came back and handed him the cue with one hand and rubbed his cock with the other as she planted a kiss on his check before moving away.
"Your shot!" she said "I'll get more drinks" and walked off towards the main bar. All the men watched her as she walked to the bar. Standing in full view of everyone with her nipples pressing against her blouse alone was enough to get everyone's attention. Although the bar area was crowded, within seconds a smiling young bartender was asking if he could help.
Jim noticed that a couple of guys said something to her on her way there and again on her way back. So he asked what was said. ?Oh nothing much! They all asked if I wanted a drink and to shoot a game with them.?
?Oh!? he inquired, ?what did you say??
?Nothing, Why? Should I have?? She smiled knowingly teasing him.
Jim just laughed and said ?Do what you want darling. You wanted to play.?
After some more showing off, Jim needed another beer. As he headed to the bar, Michelle grabbed him by the arm saying she?d go get it.
Jim watched again as two guys on either side of her spoke while she waited for the drinks. She began to laugh and slightly leaned into one of the guys. Jim watched amused as the guys on either side of her tried to monopolize her attention, as they openly stared at her chest and checked out her legs. When she got back she was a bit flushed.
?Having fun dear?? Jim asked. Michelle smiled broadly and said ?Uh huh.?
As she picked up her cue he had to go to the restroom. Upon his return, both of the men she met at the bar were at the table. She introduced Jim to them as her ?friend?, and then asked theirs names. They introduced themselves to us and each other. One guy was Jason, the other Tom. Apparently they were not friends.
Tom asked if he could play winners and before Jim could respond, Michelle asked ?Wouldn?t you rather play with me?? Tom and Jason just laughed. Well within moments Jim lost by sinking the eight ball. He really couldn?t concentrate because his mind was racing with so many different scenarios. He then took this opportunity to ?claim? how much he was feeling his drinks, just in case the situation called for it.
Tom broke, leaving no shot for Michelle. She decided on one shot and stretched over the table causing her skirt to ride up exposing about half her ass. ?Not bad?. Jason stated. Michelle turned around and saw all 3 of us standing directly behind her staring at her ass.
As she shot with Tom, Jason was the one who had her interest due to his outgoing personality and his non-stop attempts of flirting with her. He would also engage Jim in conversation. Probably since he was only her ?friend? and he didn?t know Tom. Michelle surprisingly beat Tom & it was now Jason?s turn.
The flirting and exposing jumped into high gear. He first walked by to take his shot and as he did he rubbed his hand slightly over her ass. When she didn?t flinch, he became bolder. Next shot he walked behind her and said. ?Hmm, I?ll need some luck for this one.? as he placed his hand under her skirt to rub her ass.
Michelle smiled at him and said ?Oh, I don?t think you?ll need any luck at all.? As she turned she kissed him on the lips. He then proceeded to scratch.
He was at the far end so when she retrieved the cue ball, she walked to the far end and stood with her back to him. She looked over her shoulder at him as she slowly bent over. He stepped right up behind her as he placed his hands on her hips and his hard cock against her ass. As he pressed into her, Jim saw her eyes close and heard a slight moan escape her lips. She opened her eyes and somehow sank the eight ball and won the game.
She then said she was done playing and needed a drink.
She went to Jim as Jason got the drinks. Smiling she asked, ?Are you ok??
?I?m so fine right now.?
?What do you think about him? I think he?s hot.? She said.
?Yeah, he ain?t bad.? Jim said. She looked at him, shocked. ?Wow! You actually gave an opinion about how a guy looks.?
?Yeah I know. Not too often I do that huh? It?s just not me.?
With that Jason returned and asked, ?What?s not you??
Jim got embarrassed as Michelle told Jason what they were saying.
?Oh! So you two play together?? he asked.
?Yeah! Friends with benefits.? she replied smiling.
Jason smiled at Jim giving him a chill. Michelle sensed something and ran with it.
?So Jason, you ever been with a man?? That question shot right through Jim and caused a look of surprise on Jason.
Jim became worried, thinking ?Regardless what is said now, he most likely believes that I?m bi or at least bi-curious.? This thought caused his face to flush as Jason smiled at him and said, ?I have no problem doing a guy?s ass or allowing him to suck my cock.?
From that point on he began paying as much attention to Jim as he did to Michelle. As Jim finished his beer Jason ran to get another, this time with a shot of Jack. By now Jim really needed it. He was intrigued, scared and a bit excited to see where this would go.
He didn?t have long to wait. Jason stated that if we didn?t mind, there was a hotel close by.
Michelle eagerly accepted by kissing Jason on the mouth and then turning to kiss Jim.
They drove together in Jason?s car, Michelle in the middle. The hotel was only minutes from the bar. On the way there Michelle rubbed both of their crotches and as Jason rubbed her pussy, she placed Jim?s hand on his. He only looked at Jim and smiled. She then told Jason that we were not friends, but married. His face lit up and said to her ?Oh I can?t wait to fuck his ass.?
Once in the room Michelle pushed Jim to the bed and kissed him. She broke saying ?Oh God this is so hot. I can?t wait to see you two together.? Before he could protest she again smothered him with her mouth as she rubbed my cock.
Jason was already undressed and was kneeling on the bed. Michelle took his cock into her mouth as she ground her pussy onto Jim?s cock, dry humping him. He was about to burst so decided to have her move so he could undo his pants.
Michelle slid off him and was now lying next to him while still licking Jason?s cock. She pulls her mouth off his cock and kisses Jim. Then she alternates from sucking Jason?s cock & kissing Jim, each time drawing the cock closer to Jim?s mouth. Finally, she has his cock between hers and Jim?s mouth. As she kisses him, his tongue grazes the cock. Michelle then pulls her mouth away from Jim but their tongues still touch, as she guides Jason?s cock between them. Soon Jim is licking Jason?s cock all on his own. The smell and taste isn?t as bad as he feared. In fact it is getting him hotter.
Jason then says ?Oh shit! This feels so damn good. I can?t wait to fuck your husband?s ass.?
Michelle moans and agrees with him. Michelle begins to pull my pants down and off.
Michelle then lies between Jim?s legs and begins running her tongue from his balls to his ass.
She then tried to turn him onto all fours. As she tried Jason pulled away from him and sat on the chair next to the bed. Holding his cock he motioned for Jim to come to him. He felt mesmerized by the events and felt like his body had a mind of its own as he crawled over and kneeled down before Jason, swallowing his cock as his wife looked on.
Michelle then got up and wiggled out of her jeans. As she stepped out of them, she pulled her sweater over her head. There she stood in a red thong with a wet spot and nothing else. Her nipples were hard and she gave them each a pinch and pull before letting her right hand slip inside her thong and rub her hard little nub sending the first shiver of orgasm through her body as she closed her eyes.
Jason had stood up and now had his cock pointing straight up at the ceiling as he watched Michelle play with herself. ?Oh I am definitely going to get some of that tonight, but first I?m going to fuck your husband. He?s been begging for a cock to take his ass, hasn?t he? he asked.
Michelle crawled up on the bed and said ?Oh yes. He needs a hard cock buried in his ass,? as Jason rolled onto his back and pulled Jim between his legs. Jim then bent down and sucked his cock into his mouth. Jason watched Michelle's face as Jim licked and swirled the head with his tongue. As Jim moaned, Jason looked Michelle in the face as her husband swallowed his cock until his nose was buried in his pubes. With the cock in his throat, he worked his tongue on the underside of Jason?s cock. This brought a loud moan from both Jason and Michelle as her first orgasm washed over her body and soaked her thong with pussy juice.
Jason reached out and pulled Michelle's thong aside to see a very wet, very red, completely shaved pussy... ?Oh I like shaved pussies. They?re my favorite.? he said. He then wrapped his finger around the gusset and pulled them off. "Hold up his legs, high and wide, your husband is about to get fucked"
Michelle grabbed Jim's ankles and spread his legs for Jason. Jason reached over to the nightstand a grabbed a condom and rolled it down his hard throbbing cock. He opened the small bottle of lube and squirted a nice thick line on his cock from the base to the head. He grabbed Jim's ankles from Michelle and moved in to line up his fuck stick with the married ass spread before him. Michelle reached out and stroked Jason's cock to spread the lube all around. "Be gentle." Jim said with a very worried look on his face.
"Don't worry faggot, it'll only hurt for a little while. Chew on this." Jason said as he took Michelle's wet thong and pushed it into Jim's open mouth. "Want to lube him up?" Jason asked Michelle.
"I'd love to". Michelle dripped some lube right onto Jim's twitching hole and rubbed it in as he moaned into her thong. Slowly she worked one finger into his ass and sawed it back and forth. As Jim moaned in pleasure, she slid in a second. She felt his hole tighten around her fingers now buried past the second knuckle. She touched his prostate and his throbbing cock oozed cum as his moaning got loader and loader.
"Good thing he has that thong in his mouth or they would be calling the front desk next door."
When she believed his ass loose and ready, Jason lined his cock up with Jim's hole with a little help from Michelle, pressing the head in just past his outer ring. Pulling back so just the tip was in he pressed in again. "Take deep breaths, baby. You know what it's like to fuck an ass, now you?ll see how it is to get fucked in the ass.?
Jason laughed and said, ?Relax and take my cock like you know you want it." Jim began to take long deep breaths as Jason slowly and steadily buried his cock into his ass. Jason held still as Jim's breathing became deeper and steadier. Michelle furiously fingered her own pussy with 2 fingers as she watched the two men.
Jason began to fuck Jim's virgin ass with long slow strokes. Building speed and slowing down as his moans grew. Jim had his eyes closed with his head back moaning the entire time. Jason reached down and pulled the thong from his mouth. "AAH man that feels so good! A nice hard cock in my ass. It feels so much better than your finger baby. Oh yeah Fuck me, fuck my ass, pound that cock into my ass!!"
Jason picked up the pace as Michelle had yet another orgasm. Her hand was wet with her pussy juice as she licked her fingers and pinched her hard nipples. Watching these two guys go at it, she couldn't help herself any longer, she had to join in so she got up and straddled Jim's face. She lowered her pussy on to his moaning mouth as Jason leaned in and sucked her nipples.
Jim licked her pussy as Jason fucked his ass until she exploded again, all over Jim's face. Jason was getting close but was not ready for this to end. He pulled out and left a gapping hole where his cock had just been. Michelle got off Jim's face and leaned back against the headboard of the bed. Jim rose up and got on all fours. Jason again spread his ass. Jim turned and said ?Oh yeah! Plunge that cock back into my ass again and make me cum!? With that Jim buried his face back in Michelle's pussy and started licking like his life depended on it.
Michelle grabbed his head and ground it into her cunt and then pushed his head lower until he was licking her asshole. Jim had never rimmed her ass before and had not actually thought too much. But he was so hot he?d have just about done anything at that moment
Jason got behind Jim and with one push plunged into his ass and fucked him like the cock whore he was becoming. It didn't take long and Jason was ready to shoot his wad. Not wanting to waste it in a condom, he pulled out and ripped the condom from his cock. He turned Jim back around and had both Jim and Michelle with their mouths open ready to take his hot load. He stood on the motel bed and towered over the two of them as they took turns licking and sucking his balls and cock. It was Michelle who got the first shot of his thick cum. It sprayed into her open mouth as he shoved his cock deep into her mouth. Then before he shot the next wad he pulled out and aimed for Jim's open mouth, feeding him a full mouth as well.
What a site these two were; mouths and faces slippery with cum. As Jason was done shooting his cum, he leaned down and gave Michelle a long kiss to taste his own seed in her mouth. As he leaned in and slipped his tongue into her mouth, Michelle reached down to grab Jim's cock. With one stroke she was rewarded with a hand full of Jim's juice, sticky, wet and warm.


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Back in July 2010, Capcom producer Yoshinori Ono quietly revealed plans for a revamp of Street Fighter III: Third Strike, noting that it was "not going to come out in the immediate future." At E3 this week, Capcom finally gave the game its grand formal announcement.
Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition is slated to arrive some time this year on Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network, priced at $14.99 (1,200 Microsoft Points).
It'll boast a spectator channel broadcasting "a continuous live feed of the best match being played at any given moment," which you can watch with your chums. There'll also be online leaderboards, matchmaking, the ability to upload replays direct to Youtube, a new UI, and various filtering options to tart up the old graphics.
"Utmost care was taken to maintain an arcade perfect experience and preserve the deep gameplay system that has become revered as one of the most sophisticated in the fighting genre," Capcom's fact sheet notes. The GGPO networking tools are being used for online multiplayer, which Capcom says allows for "pixel-perfect arcade play online."
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To the Editor:
Taxpayers should be watching with great interest the ongoing work of the special committee of the Illinois General Assembly wrestling with the tough, but essential, issue of pension reform. While we are encouraged by early reports of the committee's work, it does not dent the frustration of millions of Illinoisans who believe the time for reform was long, long ago.
However, taxpayers should also be well aware that a large number of Illinois legislators have already stood up for them by supporting strong pension reform legislation. They have taken the tough vote to restore economic sanity to the state's finances by voting for meaningful bills. Unfortunately, too many of their colleagues to date have taken the easy way out and we are still awaiting passage of a reform bill.
State Rep. Michelle Mussman (D–Schaumburg) deserves immense credit for voting for real pension reform. She voted for billions of dollars of savings for current taxpayers and future generations. Illinois simply cannot return to fiscal stability without stabilizing the worst-funded pension system in the nation. She recognized this reality and acted responsibly on behalf of the constituents.
As our unemployment rate continues as the second highest in the nation, taxpayers are right to question our legislature's ability to address the critical issues facing our state. But remember, many individual legislators such as Rep. Michelle Mussman have already stood up. They simply need more help.
Todd Maisch
Executive Vice President, Illinois Chamber of Commerce


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Originally published on January 3, 2014 8:59 am
This is the tenth day of Ask Me Another's 12 Days of Xmas series.
Completists, rejoice. Below you'll find 40+ recordings of Ask Me Another house musician Jonathan Coulton's performances — originals, covers, mashups and more — from the show's second season. These short, interstitial tunes act as palette cleansers between trivia rounds, but Coulton takes great care to choose songs that are thematically relevant, or just plain fun. Among beloved originals such as the Portal theme "Still Alive" and the ode to parenthood "You Ruined Everything," Coulton covers artists from Queen to The Pixies to Destiny's Child.
Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.


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DRACUT -- Residents are being asked to contribute to the Great Readers Start Young Book Drive.
Aiming to supply gently used books to children younger than 5, the Great Readers Start Young Book Drive was conceived and organized by a Dracut Junior High School student as a community-service project to benefit Community Teamwork Inc., of Lowell.
Donated books may be dropped off through March 1 at Lakeview Junior High's main office, at 1570 Lakeview Ave., in Dracut.


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Sales Professionals - Rosedale store
- Employer
- Becker Furniture World
- Location
- Rosedale Center, MN
- Posted
- Oct 21, 2012
- Closes
- Nov 20, 2012
- Category
- Customer Service, Retail / Wholesale, Sales
- Employment Status
- Full Time
We have immediate openings for talented Sales Professionals to join our award-winning team! Our Sales Associates know the importance of getting to know their customer when helping her with her furniture needs.
At Becker Furniture World, we work with our customers in a consultative manner to ensure they are making the best decisions. With our large selection and special order capabilities, we have something to fit most any home, lifestyle and budget. We are looking for high-energy individuals passionate about Sales, Customer Service and Design who thrive in a fast paced, high-volume retail environment to work at our Roseville location in Rosedale Center!
Candidates must be hard working, high energy and dedicated to delivering an exceptional customer experience. To be successful you must have a positive attitude, excellent communication skills and be willing to learn. We will train you to be an effective customer-driven Sales Professional. Sales, customer service, basic design skills and some general computer experience and/or knowledge is preferred. Applicants must be available to work evenings and weekends. If you are motivated to succeed, have a passion for sales and are looking for a great new opportunity this might be the right fit for you. Candidates must be able to work weekends and some nights and be on their feet for the majority of each shift.
Becker Furniture World is proud to offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package including: - Industry-best Pay Plan (Earn $30,000 - $70,000 Annually) - Monthly Bonuses - 30-Day Training Program - Medical and Dental Coverage - Company-matched 401(k) - Paid Vacation - Merchandise Discounts - Amazing Wellness and Fitness Program - Opportunities for Advancement!
If you are interested in a position with us please apply through our website or email your resume:
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Community News
Deadline nears for health insurance coverage
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- Category: Community News
- Published on 23 March 2014
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
Less than two weeks remain until the March 31 deadline to secure coverage and avoid a tax penalty. Health care plan coverage options, tax penalty calculations, and amount of advanced tax credit
are among the top concerns for taxpayers this spring. For more information, see the March 20 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald.


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Thank you, I'll be here all week!
Let's just say there is a group of very clever squirrels who are definitely not going to be hungry this winter.
Squirrels EVOLVING!
who's there?
Walnut Who?
Walnut too strong, don't lean on t.
(hahahahaha. I crack myself up. get it? walnut? *crack* myself up? come on! )
What is this place, The Onion?
Okay, so maybe it really did happen...why the F is it on
Nerds could care less about a truckload of nuts.
Might as well be called that anyway
"Dotslash, news about nuts, not that it matters."
You have to type
Nerds could care less about a truckload of nuts.
Alright, I understand. If not for the two maple syrup stories recently posted on
It is a good article to submit to slashdot. Everyone can use a good laugh. I would have expected the editors to have posted it in idle, rather than YRO though.
Alright, I understand. If not for the two maple syrup stories recently posted on
That's not all: fuck walnuts. Maple syrup is AWESOME, and walnuts suck. Maple trees are also some of the most beautiful and varied, while walnut trees (especially black walnuts, no racism or parallels to humans intended) are a bunch of fucking parasites that grow damn near everywhere you don't want them to, shit rocks all over your property, and will sprout up right next to desirable trees and attempt to choke them out.
More maple syrup stories are a-okay, but the next time I see a story about walnuts on /
And that's terrible.
Oh FFS, just get on with it and arrest Dr. Weird.
Let me connect it for you.
Walnuts are found at Walnut Creek.
Walnut Creek is where CDROM.com was located.
CDROM.com was the number one source of Linux distros when Slashdot.org was founded.
Ergo...the crime was committed by none other than Linus Torvalds.
Okay, so maybe it really did happen...why the F is it on
Nerds could care less about a truckload of nuts.
What are you talking about? A Russian man-in-the-middle attack on Nothern California's broken super highways? This has Slashdot written all over it.
Plus, this happened twice in the space of two days. This is either an inside job, or the correct purchase numbers were obtained through social engineering. Of course, the inside job theory is probably the most likely scenario, but to us Slashdoters, the possible Social engineering aspect of the theft will be the only interesting part (even if that's not what rea
Perhaps inside job means infected computer giving remote access via bot net which got the PO numbers and this is a test run for more expensive items? It would be interesting if some of these infections with no apparent payload was for this purpose.
You put this together with the theft from Canada's Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve and it starts forming a pattern, a pattern that says, to the trained eye, that these are steps in some mad scheme, some mad scheme which will eventually show itself to the general public in the form of gigantic robotic myrmidons armed with razor edged walnut waffle of death dispensers on every street corner as some spurious "Doctor" or "Professor" hijacks the media to present his ultimatum to the good people of Apple-Pie-ville
If it had involved eight large tankers of oil (one each of lime, cassia oil, lemon oil, nutmeg oil, coriander oil, neroli oil, and lavendar oil, plus 3 tankers of food grade gum arabic , then there plans would be obvious:
They're planning on making industrial quantities of Open Cola [wikipedia.org], and they know all of the ingredients of the GPL'ed recipe for open cola from [wikipedia.org] OpenCola. Next they'll be stealing a large tanker of vinegar and a large truck with calcium-carbonate in order to create the vast quantities of fizzy water to reconstitute with the syrup.
Sugar and cream. The goal is clearly maple walnut ice cream. I just can't work out why. Where is Adam West when we need him?
The cream will be last because it spoils, so watch out for a massive sugar heist next.
But if they are just doing this: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ellie-krieger/maple-glazed-walnuts-recipe/index.html [foodnetwork.com] all they need is some salt...
Nerds could care less about a truckload of nuts.
So they do care, then?
I care. Walnuts are one of the bigger crops of northern california. Now it maybe should be posted under the "idle" category, but still. It doesnt have to be all circuits all day. erally imo I care more about this than the constant posts about google/samsung/motorloa all suing each other (oh look, another lawsuit...and in other non-news, humans breathe air"). that stuff is barely relevant to me and imo is more suitable for a lawyer site.
We need to appeal to their talent for finding what was once lost. They can team up with Department of Homeland Security, from their new insane asylum headquarters (St. Elizabeth's Hospital [wikipedia.org]), to locate the missing Freedom Walnuts, and save Democracy in time for the election. Please Rocky and Bullwinkle, save us!
Sounds like a hard nut to crack. Especially since there seems to be a wave of sorts going on:
Eight people were arrested Friday morning for attempting to steal 700 pounds of walnuts from an orchard west of Porterville, the Tulare County Sheriff's Department said.
About 10 a.m. the sheriff's department received a call about a theft in progress at the corner of Avenue 152 and Road 208 and arrived in time to stop the would-be walnut robbers. The walnuts were recovered at the orchard. Some were already loaded in
Damn, all these jokes just write themselves, don't they.
Unfortunately, they were written by slashdotters instead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkcOsuV_gmc [youtube.com]
I get da nuts! I just need a little more time, Squeezle.
A friend of mine owns 50 acres in the Central Valley. He used to grow citrus on it to pay the property tax on it.
Then one morning he gets a call, heads out to the farm, finds all 50 acres had been harvested in the middle of the night.
Across the street, there were some pretty ballsy guys selling what were very likely his oranges. The cops didn't do anything ("Can you prove they're your oranges?"). He just wanted to hire them to harvest his farm for next year - it took his normal contract labor something like a week to do the same job.
... and where exactly are you going to sell them? Craigslist?
Man, I hate me some walnuts. They don't add anything to the food they are used in, they get stuck in my teeth, and they taste bitter. I wish somebody would steal ALL of them, and get into a huge fireball of a wreck on the highway (with no one hurt, of course).
You know, if you detest them that much, you don't have to keep eating them...
if they're bitter they're not ripe and were picked too soon. a good ripe one is almost buttery. mmmm
Tender walnut meat is a taste fit for the gods! I'll be making my Kentucky Derby pie for our Thanksgiving potluck in two weeks and I look forward to snacking on the leftover walnuts during the process.
Seriously though, if you're eating bitter walnuts you're not eating good walnuts. Walnuts are one of the least bitter nuts around.
Walnuts are one of the least bitter nuts around.
As long as you get rid of all of the dried membrane; that stuff is pretty bitter. I haven't figured out how to get it all without breaking the nut pieces.
Someone must be planning to get on Santa's good side with a reeaally big plate of cookies.
Be on the lookout for future heists of butter, sugar, flour, raisins, rolled oats in the next few weeks.
80,000 lbs is peanuts.
The theft of bulk food commodities is becoming more and more of a problem with commodity prices climbing. Even in more traditional areas like grains such as wheat. Most farms, if they don't sell or ship off the combine store their grain in bins or silos sometimes for months, and sell it and ship it slowly. Right now I am looking out my window at a row of shiny bins that hold a crop worth between $100k and $200k per bin depending on how much is in the bin (worth that to me; worth ten times that to the company that I grew under contract for). We actually put padlocks on the bottoms of our more expensive crop bins. Won't keep out a very determined thief, but it will hopefully provide a bit of a pause.
Recently a trucker told me he was hauling out of a remote bin for a farmer. Because it was quite hassle to put the auger in the bin to unload, once he was set up he just left it set up, and would come about twice a day for loads. During that time someone came along with a truck and helped themselves to a load. The bin was about 15 tonnes short; exactly one small truck load. So after that he started taking the belts with him, and disabling the auger's engine. Not a lot of money was lost (this was wheat after all... only between $3k and $4k), but not a happy thing for the trucker who had to make up the difference.
So yes, theft happens in bulk, and it can be a lot of money. Sounds funny, or nutty, but still a serious concern.
How does a thief get rid of 15 tonnes of grain? Can you just show up at a processor and say "Will you buy this truckload of wheat off me?"?
easy, you just add it to a larger, legit wheat load that you were about to sell anyway
But also it's common to sell grain in small lots, particularly if you are cleaning things out. Grain cos don't care who they buy from, particularly. People in this industry are pretty trusting (that could change). A thief could just call up a grain handling company in another county and make arrangements to sell a single load.
People in this industry are pretty trusting
I thought that said walruses, not walnuts. I should go to sleep.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/30476 [hulu.com]
The thief will have to sell the goods on the black walnut market.
As a 32 year old, I was never taught what lbs are in relation to kilograms or metric tonnes. According to Google, it's about 36 metric tonnes, for anyone who cares.
It is elementary. Once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, is the solution.
That is so nucking futs!
Obviously, they put it right next to the 30,000 pounds of bananas:
http://vimeo.com/16809690 [vimeo.com]
I am unclear as to the relevancy of this article..
"If it's not loud, it doesn't work!" -- Blank Reg, from "Max Headroom"


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Agnieszka Radwanska's poor form at the WTA Tour Finals was compounded after a 6-2, 6-2 defeat to 25-year-old German Angelique Kerber sent her home without a single win in the competition.
The match lasted just 58 minutes, as Kerber was in imperious form, hitting an incredible 31 winners against the world number four. Her game was powerful without compromising on control and with 11 unforced errors, its clear that her game was clinical, making her serve hard to break.
While Radwanska played her signature tactical, measured tennis, it was all defensive, as Kerber played in a relentlessly powerful fashion. She totally closed Radwanska out of the first set and didn't allow her any break points, holding securely throughout.
The second set was an incredible example of all round tennis from the German, as she combined the power with masterful drop shots and angular drives against the queen of the tactical game. She looked equally comfortable moving towards the ball as well as on the baseline, never allowing the Pole to get a hold on the game and deciding the points.
In many ways, this was true of her tournament, not showing the form of a third seed, struggling greatly against Petra Kvitova in her first game and facing the dominant force of Serena Williams in her second.
On paper, she looked a good bet to make the semi-finals of the competition, but it will now be the winner of the Petra Kvitova and Kerber tie that finds themselves in the next round.
Radwanska will now be left with a familiar conundrum, as her best form has never been displayed on the biggest stages, either Tour Finals or Grand Slams, meaning her immensely talented game has not won the plaudits that it deserves.
Questions over the lack of power in her game will also resurface, as her tournament illustrates that she isn't dominant enough to beat the other women in the world's top eight.
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