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If you goLONGMONT -- Dru Marie Robert traveled a lot as a child, and her family relocated many times. This kind of experience can be troubling for some children, but Robert has written that it deepened her capacity to observe the world around her and that travel became "a natural elixir" for her.
What:"2 Painters 2 Shows," an exhibition of work by Valerie Meyers and Dru Marie Robert
When:Through Spet. 11
Where:Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont
What:"2 Painters 2 Shows," an exhibition of work by Valerie Meyers and Dru Marie Robert
When:Through Spet. 11
Where:Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont
In 2009, Robert visited Italy and France, and the local artist captured her impressions in a series of paintings that are on view at the Firehouse Art Center. The paintings are part of "2 Painters 2 Shows," an exhibtion that features Robert's work under the title "From the Trattoria to the Bistro" as well as work by Boulder artist Valerie Meyers under the title "Faces & Places." The show is runs through Sept. 11.
Robert mostly offers uncomplicated views of the landscapes and street scenes any tourist might encounter on a visit to Italy and France. She is at her best when she chooses an unusual angle at which to view a scene or finds a way to frame it so that the effect of composition is emphasized.
In "Provence Lavender," she paints cultivated lavender bushes on a hillside, and by plopping the viewer right in the middle of the bushes Robert makes the neat, gently-curving rows they make the thrust of the painting. In "Sunny Yellows at the Ananasso Bar," she takes a view from above of more that a dozen open yellow umbrellas on an outdoor patio, and their bright color, matched with the purple of the shadows they cast, make a picture that pleasingly is not about its subject but about its execution.
Meyer and Robert take similarly direct approaches to painting, and they both favor conventional palettes, so pairing their work allows for a cohesive exhibition. It takes more than a glance at the Firehouse walls to determine where the work of one ends and that of the other begins.
Meyer has several series of work in "Faces & Places," including a set of portraits. The most striking portrait is "Grandma in Pink," which gives a profile view of a seated older woman in a pink dress and matching hat. Her severe and satisfied expression is rich in suggestion.
Another series features old trucks that Meyers painted right where she found them. The work is heavy on nostalgia, though Meyers shows the subject of broken-down trucks to have potential as metaphors for decay and abandonment. In another series, "Watery Landscapes," Meyers turns her attention to rivers. Here she demonstrates skill in rendering moving water, and occasionally, as with Robert, an unusual angle heightens the image's impact.


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Ron Guth: In 1853, a new Mint Act lowered the weight of Half Dimes in response to a rise in the price of silver. This meant that all of the old silver coins still in circulation were worth more than their face value, thus they needed to be recalled and reminted at the new, lower weight. To denote the weight change, the Mint added arrows on either side of the date, making it easy for anyone to quickly identify the new coins versus the old. The Mint repurposed an untold number of old silver coins into a whopping 13 million 1853 With Arrows Half Dimes -- easily the largest mintage of any Half Dime from the beginning of the series in 1794 to the end in 1873.
Though this is a very common date, there are lots of type collectors who need and want this date for their collections. Hundreds and hundreds of Mint State examples exist, mostly in MS63 and MS64. Even Gem are common and only in MS67 does this date become truly rare. The finest example is a single PCGS MS67+.
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— Like a lot of you, I'm relieved that the conventions are over and we're on to the debates! I had pulled this photo earlier in the week of some of the first RNC protesting because it struck me as so surreal and movie-like, it looks like a set from Sin City.
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Weimar Foronda, a.k.a. Wilmer Fernandez, had indecent assault and battery charges dropped Friday when his alleged victim failed to show up for his trial, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
Foronda, 41, was arrested for allegedly groping a waitress at Durgin-Park in 2011. The Boston Licensing Board suspended the restaurant's liquor license for two days after other waitresses testified he'd also groped them but that they never reported it because they thought that was just part of the price of working there.
Foronda, a Colombian citizen, still faces trial as an alleged cocaine dealer. An investigation that started when he moved from Durgin-Park to the Union Oyster House culminated in his arrest last July at the Irish Famine Memorial, where he was charged with possession of 16.5 grams of cocaine, divided into several plastic bags. At the time of his arrest, ICE requested he be held in jail for allegedly being in the country illegally.
Innocent, etc.
Colombian Gropes, Cokes and
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Wigan Athletic v Bolton Wanderers
DW Stadium
Saturday 15 October, 15:00
Barclays Premier League
Team News
Wigan midfielder James McCarthy faces a late fitness test after a bout of tonsilitis, but Hugo Rodallega will definitely miss out.
Latics boss Roberto Martinez welcomes back Steve Gohouri from suspension, and summer signing Albert Crusat also returns from injury.
Meanwhile, Bolton goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen returns to the first-team fold after missing the 5-1 defeat to Chelsea with a thigh problem, and Gael Kakuta is also available having been ineligible to play against his parent club.
Trotters boss Owen Coyle can also call on the services of Ivan Klasnic and David Wheater having served their respective suspensions.
Coyle won't rush injured Trotters stars
During their battle with a lengthy injury list, Bolton have taken just three points from their opening seven matches to slump to the foot of the Barclays Premier League table, but Owen Coyle insists he will not risk rushing players back in order to stem their poor run of form.
The Trotters have been without the likes of Stuart Holden, Chung-Yong Lee, Sam Ricketts, and Marcos Alonso due to long-standing problems, which has contributed to the side's run of six consecutive league defeats.
"They are certainly improving," said Coyle. "That augers well, but we can't be rushing anybody back.
"We have to make sure first and foremost that when they come back it is the right time for them to continue their careers, as much as we would love them fit and available now."
Jussi Jaaskelainen also missed the last Reebok Stadium outing, as Bolton fell to a 5-1 defeat at the hands of Chelsea - a baptism of fire for reserve goalkeeper Adam Bogdan, who made a couple of glaring errors.
"Young Adam, as we know, made a couple of mistakes in the Chelsea game," Coyle continued. "But he'll be a top goalkeeper in time.
"That is the thing about a goalkeeper. You make a mistake and invariably it's a goal and you have to get through that, so you have to show mental strength. Jussi will help Adam with that as well."
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We couldn't imagine a label printer easier to use than Epson's LW-300 Label Printer, a stand-alone labeller akin to the popular Brother P-Touch. A label maker should be on the must-have list for any small-business or department manager that wants to stay well organized. And Epson offers two: the $39 LW-300 model with one-line LCD reviewed here, and the $49 LW-400, which adds bar-code printing, a two-line backlit LCD and more options for label types and colors.
About the size of a thick paperback, the LW-300 with its curved edges and bottom finger hole (and window to the label cartridge) can be held securely with one or two hands, and was most comfortable to input with two thumbs. For testing, Epson sent the CRN Test Center the Iron-on Kit, which includes two reels of iron-on labels in two of its three available colors. To get started, just pop off the bottom cover, slap in six AAA batteries and a label cartridge, hit the power button and input text on its large qwerty keyboard. When finished, press the big green print button and the text comes crawling out of a slot near the front. A cutter button on the side chops it off and the label is ready for application.
Other dedicated keys further simplify selection of about a dozen fonts, their size and shape, height and width. Character spacing, too, is adjustable, and provides control of the overall length of a printed label. A preview key displays the exact length (in inches or centimeters) of the label that's about to print and then scrolls its text. There's also a key for selecting from the scores of built-in symbols arranged in categories for office, home, sports, food, activities, shipping, math, occasion, prohibition and others. Printed text also can be enclosed in any of nearly a hundred frames ranging from beer to baby and winter scenes to the tropics. The LCD includes a battery-life indicator and energy is preserved by a 5-minute auto shut-off.
NEXT: More Special FeaturesThe LW-300 automatically stores the most recently used label, including its text, font style, symbols, frames and any other special characters used. The last-used label reappears whenever the unit is turned on. What's more, the device can store as many as 30 preset labels for later use, which might help offset its lack of a PC interface.
Text can be oriented horizontally (default), vertically or inverted. The LW-300 also can print up to nine copies of a label and supports printing a series of labels in a numbered sequence, and will automatically increment the sequence. For tight spaces or to minimize the amount of labelling used, the LW-300 contains narrow characters and also can reduce the amount of space between characters. Like a hardware keyboard, there are two shift keys for accessing uppercase letters and another to toggle between the upper and lower case. And like many software keyboards we're seeing these days, there's a dedicated key for punctuation; Epson adds another for accented characters. A setup button provides access to special text-handling capabilities.
We like the preview feature, but thought it should do more. For example, it doesn't display frames, character orientation or other special formatting -- only label length and inputted text. Also, we found that the LCD was a bit hard to read in low light conditions and its five contrast settings didn't help much. With its LCD backlight, the LW-400 obviously solves that problem and supports more colors and tape styles, including a width up to three-quarters of an inch. For the LW-300, other available labels include plain, clear, metallic, glow-in-the-dark and those with extra adhesive, and most in various colors. Epson offers about two dozen tapes for the LW-300, ranging from a quarter- to a half-inch wide.
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The property housing the well known Honey Centre, on State Highway One just outside Warkworth, is being offered for sale with a new 12-year lease to the popular visitor attraction which has been operating from the 2.28 hectare site since 1992.
Containing a substantial honey processing and retail outlet, the property, at 7 Perry Rd, Warkworth, on the corner with SH1, is being marketed by Mike Ashton and Peter Migonouff of Bayleys Real Estate's commercial sales team; and John Barnett of Bayleys Warkworth.
It will be put up for auction in Bayleys' central Auckland auction rooms on December 5 with a wide range of other commercial and industrial properties as part of Bayleys' Total Property portfolio.
The Honey Centre lease will produce initial net annual rental income of $140,000 per annum, with a 12-year term from December 14, 2012 and with three five-year rights of renewal. The property, about 3km south of Warkworth and 40 minutes' drive north of Auckland, has 860sq m of buildings, including a 390sq m fully certified factory and warehousing facility for producing and storing a wide range of honey and honey-related products. A significant proportion is exported.
The complex includes a 280sq m retail centre and cafe, and a 190sq m conference facility for hosting visiting schools and tour groups. A large car parking area accessed off Perry Rd caters for the substantial number of cars and buses that visit the property.
"The Honey Centre is an internationally known and popular visitor attraction that draws locals and tourists alike and has developed many strands to its business," Ashton says. "It also benefits from the property's huge exposure to State Highway One which gives it instant brand profile to the thousands of cars that travel by each day and generates significant drop-in business."
The Honey Centre was started in a small building 20 years ago with the aim of providing a local tourist attraction suitable for families. As the business grew in size, the premises were expanded and Honey Cafe and the Honey Mead and Fruit Wine Shop were added. The centre, which is open every day of the year apart from Christmas Day, also has a large display of live bees, and a wide range of honeys are available for tasting and purchase.
Honey-related health care and skin care products, ointments and giftware are on sale.
A substantial pond next to the car park was added in 2002. "This was developed to enhance the recreational appeal of the property," Ashton says. "Along with the mature trees that surround the Honey Centre providing considerable shelter, the pond makes for a very attractive setting for the business to operate from. There is also a good bore on the property which provides a plentiful supply of water."
He says the current owner of the property and Honey Centre wants to further develop and improve the business.
Funds generated from the property sale will be reinvested to this end and to enhance the long-term occupation of the site with a very long lease and rights of renewal running through until 2039.
Ashton says the size of the landholding means there is plenty of scope for further development. There is a large, elevated area of land behind the Honey Centre, used for grazing cattle, which would make a good house site and the vendor also owns an adjoining property of about seven hectares which could be part of the sale package as well if the purchaser wanted an even larger site.
Barnett says there is good demand for commercial and industrial property in and around Warkworth with considerable development being undertaken to service an expanding population in the township and surrounding areas and there are few vacancies in the commercial sector.
He says the Honey Centre is in an area which is popular with lifestyle property owners because it is close to the motorway and Warkworth.


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If you go
What: Culture Jam
When: 5-10 p.m. Saturday, June 21
Where: Left Hand Brewing Co., 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont
Tickets: $10-$32, free for children under 5
Info: lefthandbrewing.com
Ozomatli became one of the biggest music news stories in Longmont last year when the Grammy-winning band from Los Angeles performed as part of Left Hand Brewing Co.'s inaugural Culture Jam.
Left Hand is planning its second Culture Jam, and Ozomatli is back on the bill.
"It was kind of a no-brainer for us," said Ulises Bella, who sings and plays sax with the band.
Bella, speaking by phone last week, said Ozomatli's members didn't know what to expect when they traveled to Longmont for the first time last year. It turned out Left Hand's people were great hosts and the concert was a blast, he said.
Bella expects this year to be even better.
Culture Jam is planned for 5-10 p.m. Saturday, June 21, at Left Hand, 1265 Boston Ave., in Longmont. The family-friendly event celebrates cultural diversity through music, dance, food and craft beer.
"It's going to be Colorado's hottest culture festival," said Left Hand's Josh Goldberg, who organizes the event.
Left Hand created Culture Jam largely to redress a shortcoming. The brewer, and the craft beer industry in general, has done a poor job relating to Latinos, Goldberg said.
"We were looking to create an event that would welcome the Latino community," Goldberg said. "(It's) a safe, welcoming, open venue for everyone . . . not just white folks."
The inaugural event succeeded in drawing a diverse crowd.
"Culture jam last year was a magical evening," Goldberg said.
The Culture Jam philosophy jibes with Ozomati's own, Bella said. He believes in the idea of "overlapping circles," he said.
"And beer is a pretty great thing, too," Bella added. "Who doesn't like beer?"
Bella is fond of Japanese beers, he said. Bohemia and Negra Modelo, too. But he also likes craft beer, and he added that many in the Latino community just don't know much about craft beer.
"I enjoy beer that's made with love and care," he said.
Ozomatli formed in 1998, and in a year the band was touring with Carlos Santana. They won Grammy Awards for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album in 2001 and 2004. They released their latest album, "Place in the Sun," in March.
Other bands on the 2014 Culture Jam lineup include Los Lunaticos, Na'an Stop, Making Movies and Bateria Alegria. Dance groups Folklor de Mexico and Fiesta Colorado also will perform.
Proceeds from the event benefits Benefits Intercambio Uniting Communities and Longmont YMCA.
Off-site parking is offered at Twin Peaks Charter Academy, 340 S. Sunset St., in Longmont.
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Pro Bono & Community Service
Georgetown Law students have virtually unlimited opportunities to participate in pro bono and community service work while in law school. Georgetown's Office of Public Interest and Community Service (OPICS) has established strong relationships with numerous government and nonprofit organizations that value the assistance of Georgetown Law students, and regularly seek volunteers on a part-time basis. Whether you are a 1L or an upperclassman, taking advantage of these service opportunities not only allows you to give back to the community around you, but can be a valuable stepping stone in your career.
For purposes of the Pro Bono Pledge, Georgetown distinguishes between two types of service:
- Pro bono (law-related) service work: Pro Bono refers to uncompensated law-related volunteer work, usually supervised by a licensed attorney or faculty member. Pro bono work is generally conducted on behalf of persons with limited means, or on behalf of charitable or public interested organizations. Examples of pro bono work might include performing intake at a legal clinic, conducting legal research and writing, or assisting with court proceedings.
- Community Service: By contrast, community service refers to uncompensated non-legal volunteer work, usually performed on behalf of a nonprofit organization, government agency, or organized program that serves a particular community or benefits the general public.
For more information about the distinction between pro bono and community service, as well as their relevance in satisfying the Pro Bono Pledge requirements, see Pro Bono Pledge.


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Hold on to your security blanket, people, because Google is rolling out a pretty big change to its search engine. Not too long ago the internet was in a shock because Google rolled out a new feature that allowed you to pick a background image for the Google home page, just like Microsoft's Bing. Google went a lot further today, and has launched Google Instant, adding search-before-you-type results to the Google home page.
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RE[2]: Doesn't seem to work on Opera
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You know, it may be that they can't guarantee that all the features work correctly, or will keep working in future versions of Opera. Or that they haven't tested it enough on Opera. Rather than let people take their chances with Opera and possibly have a bad experience, they've just disabled it. I think that's a reasonable thing to do. And it doesn't preclude support in the future.


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Jonah's PrayerBy Rabbi Jack Abramowitz
So, there's Jonah, flopping around in the water, but G-d wasn't about to leave him like that. He sent a gigantic fish that swallowed Jonah whole. Jonah was in the stomach of the fish for three days. (The word for fish switches from "dag" to "dagah." Rashi cites a Midrash that there were two fish; a male fish expelled Jonah in favor of a female fish.) Jonah prayed to G-d, comparing the fish to the grave. Since G-d miraculously kept him alive inside the fish, Jonah knew that he would survive. He had sunk to the deepest depths, but G-d raised him up. Jonah recognized his own wrongdoing and thanked G-d for His kindness, so G-d ordered the fish to spit him out onto dry land.


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Finding Aid to the Julian Dana papers, circa 1930-1961
Finding Aid to the Julian Dana papers, circa 1930-1961
Collection Number: BANC MSS C-H 141The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
- Finding Aid Written By:
- Lara Michels
- Date Completed:
- July 2013
Scope and Content of Collection
Container List
Series 1: Correspondence. 1931-1961
Series 2: Writings. 1931-1960
Research files for God's who die: the story of Somoa's greatest adventurer, circa 1930-1935
Scope and Content Note
Research files for Sutter of California: a biography, circa 1930-1934
Research files for The man who built San Francisco; a study of Ralston's journey with banners, circa 1930-1936
Research files for A.P. Giannini, giant in the West, circa 1930-1947
Research files and notes for The Sacramento, river of gold, circa 1930-1940
Drafts of History of Oakland (United California Bank booklet), 1961
Manuscripts and notes The Echo Never Dies (book on Samuel Gompers), circa 1930-1950
The Secret Places and Where the Mountains Guard the Future, undated
Mike Benedum article, undated
Manuscript of The Fabulous Americans, undated
Drafts of The Toughest Town on Earth' Treasure, undated
Materials for book on Charles H. Johnson, circa 1950-1955
Assorted short stories and miscellaneous manuscripts, circa 1930-1960
Series 3: Notebooks, Diaries, and Scrapbooks. 1931-1960
Notes and notebooks, circa 1930-1960
Diaries, circa 1951-1953
Scrapbook on Bill Kyne, circa 1950-1960
Scrapbooks on Giannini book and banking, circa 1930-1940
Scrapbook on Sacramento River, circa 1930-1940
Scrapbook on World War II, circa 1939-1945
Scrapbook on Gods Who Die, circa 1935
Clippings scrapbooks on San Francisco, circa 1930-1945
Scrapbook on Lost Springtime book, 1938
Scrapbook on Ralston book, 1936
Scrapbook on Sutter book, 1934
Clippings scrapbooks, general current events, circa 1930-1945
Clippings scrapbooks, general current events, circa 1930-1945
Series 4: Assorted Papers. 1931-1960
Bookplates, undated
Publicity, undated
Deeds, personal documents of Lillian Mercer, undated
Material on Sir Robert Holt, undated
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ATTLEBORO — Ernest Wallace, facing charges related to the death of a Dorchester man whose killing has been linked to a former New England Patriots star, pleaded not guilty Monday to being an accessory after the fact of murder.
During the highly anticipated arraignment, Bristol prosecutors asked that paperwork involving Wallace be impounded, a request prosecutors have also made for court papers detailing former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez's alleged role in the killing of Odin L. Lloyd.
The judge ordered that Wallace be held without bail and that documents pertaining to him be impounded.
Lloyd's aunt, on her way to a vehicle parked in front of the courthouse, declined to comment, saying only, "We'll wait until this is all over."
Hernandez, 23, has pleaded not guilty to murder and firearms charges and is being held without bail in Bristol County Jail.
Lloyd, 27, was an acquaintance of Hernandez, who authorities allege "orchestrated'' the murder of the Dorchester man June 17 in North Attleborough.
Flanked by his defense attorney, David Meier, Wallace was silent during the brief hearing, but as he left the courtroom was seen mouthing "I love you" to someone sitting in the public area of the courtroom.
Meier did not speak during the two-minute hearing.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for Bristol District Attorney C. Samuel Sutter said that a judge has lifted the impoundment order on search warrants that gave authorities the right to scour Hernandez's North Attleborough home last month.
But the judge froze his order until 2 p.m. Tuesday, giving prosecutors time to appeal. Sutter hinted Monday that he will not appeal.
"We opposed the release of those, and now the judge has released them, we accept it," he said during a brief press conference after the arraignment.
Wallace, 41, surrendered to police in Miramar, Fla., where he had gone to visit relatives. Wallace faces up to seven years in prison if convicted on the charge of accessory after the fact of murder.
Wallace is one of three men who Sutter has said were in the car with Lloyd on June 17, hours before Lloyd was shot and killed in an industrial park in North Attleborough about a mile from Hernandez's house.
The third man authorities allege was in the car — Carlos Ortiz, 27, of Connecticut — has pleaded not guilty to charges of unlawful carrying of a firearm June 17, the date of Lloyd's murder. Ortiz is allegedly seen on security cameras walking into Hernandez's home armed with a handgun.
Ortiz was arraigned June 28 on a weapons charge and was ordered held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing on July 9.
Wallace is scheduled to be back in court July 22 for a status hearing.
Hernandez has a July 24 probable cause hearing.
Hernandez is also being investigated in the July 2012 slayings of Daniel Abreu and Safiro Furtado in Boston's South End.Brian Ballou can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at @globeballou. John R. Ellement can be reached at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @JREbosglobe.
Correction: Because of a reporting error, an earlier version of this story incorrectly described a meeting with Lloyd's family. Defense attorney David Meier never met with Lloyd's family.


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Larry Bowa's long speculated return to the Phillies organization is moving closer to becoming a reality. A baseball source tells CSNPhilly.com that Bowa is nearing an agreement to become the club's new bench coach. Bowa has previously had three tours of duty with the Phillies as an All-Star shortstop coach and manager. The 67-year-old Bowa is a close friend and confidant of new Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg. They were traded together from the Phillies to the Chicago Cubs in 1982 and played side-by-side in the Cubs' infield. Sandberg has long credited Bowa for being a positive mentor as he learned to play second base -- and become a Hall of Famer -- in Chicago. The Phillies have three openings on their coaching staff: Bench coach pitching coach and third base coach. Catching coach Mick Billmeyer served as the de facto bench coach in 2013. His contract was not renewed. Pitching coach Rich Dubee's contract was not renewed after nine seasons. Juan Samuel served as the temporary third base coach after Sandberg moved from that position to manager in August. When the season ended in Atlanta two weekends ago Sandberg said putting together a coaching staff was his first order of business. People close to Sandberg have said that he wanted Bowa on the staff. The challenge was convincing the front office to bring back Bowa for a fourth tour of duty. Bowa who played 12 seasons with the Phils and managed them for another four (2001-2004) has had some messy breakups with the club in the past but always seems to find his way back. In September as rumors of a possible return swirled Bowa visited Sandberg during batting practice at Citizens Bank Park. Bowa was vague when asked about the possibility of joining Sandberg's coaching staff. "Let's just say this: I like what I'm doing" said Bowa an analyst for the MLB Network since 2011. "Do I miss the game? Yeah. I miss a lot of parts of it. But that's something that Ryno and Ruben Amaro and David Montgomery have to figure it out."
MLB Headlines
Bowa close to rejoining Phillies
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Ant-Contrib Tasks
The Ant-Contrib project is a collection of tasks (and at one point maybe types and other tools) for Apache Ant.
This Software is distributed under the Apache Software License.
First you must install Apache Ant itself, most of the Ant-Contrib tasks require Ant 1.5 or higher to work properly. You can download Ant from Apache.
Ant-contrib releases are available at the downloads page. Mailing lists, CVS and bug trackers can be accessed from the project page.
See the cc tasks for installation instructions for cpptasks. To install ant-contrib:
ant-contrib-0.3.jar to the
lib directory of your Ant installation. If you
want to use one of the tasks in your own project, add the lines
<taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antcontrib.properties"/>to your build file.
ant-contrib-0.3.jar in a separate
location. You now have to tell Ant explicitly where to find it
(say in
<taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antcontrib.properties"> <classpath> <pathelement location="/usr/share/java/lib/ant-contrib-0.3.jar"/> </classpath> </taskdef>
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Lawrence Tech subscribes to the In4Grants service, a web-based collaboration service where faculty members can search for, manage, and collaborte with colleagues to develop competitive grant proposals. Please see the In4Grants at Lawrence Tech document or visit the In4Grants Video Library for more information on this exciting product.
Faculty members who would like to use In4Grants to support grant proposal development should see a member of the Research Support Services Committee, who can arrange access and training opportunities.


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Russell 'Burwin' Merriman
Family members and friends are invited to an open house on Saturday, Jan. 28, to celebrate the 90th birthday of Russell "Burwin" Merriman.
The open house will be held from 1:30-3 p.m. at St. Agnes Parish Center in Hillsboro. The parish center is located next to St. Agnes Catholic Church.
The family requests no gifts, though cards are welcome and may be sent to: 509 N. Main St., Fillmore Ill. 62032.
Ellery Kate Laue
Jen and Jay Laue of Shrewsbury, Mo., are the parents of a girl born on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, at St. Luke's Hospital in Chesterfield, Mo.
Alexia Denise & Annabell Marie Edwards
Michael Edwards and Marta Zarzecka of Vandalia are the parents of twin girls born on Oct. 28, 2011, at Greenville Regional Hospital in Greenville.
Boone C. Baker
Air Force Airman Boone C. Baker graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.
The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.
Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
Margaret Durbin
A card shower has been requested for Margaret Durbin, a longtime resident of the Brownstown area who will celebrate her 90th birthday on Jan. 31.
Cassie Easton and Jeff Huffman were united in marriage on Oct. 22, 2011, in the Huffman family barn.
Lyndsay Evans and Anthony Lach have announced their engagement and upcoming wedding.
A reception for Mr. and Mrs. Charles Forbes, who were united in marriage on Nov. 26 in Glenview, will be held from 2-5 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 22, at Bethel Baptist Church, which is located on Ill. Route 185 northwest of Vandalia.
In lieu of gifts, the couple is requesting donations to the Lighthouse Pregnancy Center in Vandalia.
Carol Ann Reuscher of Vandalia and Kyle McCollum of Charleston were united in marriage in a ceremony at 2 p.m. on July 9, 2011, at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Vandalia, with the Rev. Peter Kolb officiating.
Amanda Burchett and Travis Torbeck, both of Collinsville, were united in marriage in a ceremony at 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 17, 2011, at Patriots Park in Greenville, with the Rev. Darryl Bolen officiating.
The bride is the daughter of the late Doyle Burchett and Patricia Richter of Greenville.
She was given in marriage by her stepfather, Clinton "Mick" Richter.
The bride chose her sister, Tamara Austin of Tuscon, Ariz., as her maid of honor.
The groom is the son of Scott and Karen Torbeck of St. Peter.
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MLS club Toronto FC have put together an incredible £90,000-a-week deal in an attempt to sign Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe, according to the Mirror.
The Canadian club are currently managed by Defoe's ex-team-mate Ryan Nelson, and the former Spurs defender is a keen admirer of the forward's talents.
Defoe has fallen behind Roberto Soldado in the White Hart Lane pecking order and with Emmanuel Adebayor nearing fitness, the England man could slip to third in the striking ranks.
Though starting the season on fire in the Europa League, Defoe has struggled for Premier League game-time and was heavily criticised in Spurs' 3-0 defeat to West Ham when he started up top.
Boss Andre Villas-Boas is building his side with one out-and-out striker and a playmaker in behind, and with Soldado and Adebayor's greater physical presence, it leaves the 31-year-old making do with a substitute role.
Defoe is currently in his second spell as a Tottenham player, having been sold to Portsmouth and subsequently re-signed.
The poacher has been a favourite amongst Spurs fans since his 2004 move from West Ham - costing the club £7million.
Defoe's future at the Lane could be shortened still by news that the club are interested in Brazilian hit-man Alexandre Pato.
Former AC Milan striker Pato recently revealed he rejected a move to North London, although Villas-Boas remains interested.
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Revenge: The Yankee Way
ly did me a favor by hitting it. So thank you, appreciate it" (Smiles at camera, walks away).
Glad Russel Martin is gettin' love somewhere. Pretty sure he wore out his welcome in L.A.
Have you told Francisco about Russell yet? I knew things had cooled down along with Francisco's batting average last season, and you didn't even mourn his spring training fracture, but poor Cervelli! First he broke his foot, now you break his heart! 🙂
The Yankees are also getting some good pitching from AJ this year. If that continues then they will be even better than expected.
I love your nickname for Sabathia. I usually refer to him as Carsten Charles. For some reason, just CC doesn't sound right. Maybe he should put in the periods.
And now the White Sox have been giving them trouble. Maybe the Mayans are right about next year? All is lost!


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UC Davis Health System and the Lund University School of Medicine in Sweden have entered into an agreement to pursue collaborative projects in research, medical education and clinical care.
The agreement became effective with the signing of a memorandum of understanding in June. It arose from a longstanding relationship between John Voss, UC Davis professor of biochemistry and molecular medicine, and Jens Lagerstedt, an assistant professor of biochemistry at Lund University School of Medicine. Previously, Lagerstedt had conducted postdoctoral research at the UC Davis School of Medicine, and hosted Voss for a research sabbatical in the fall of 2011.
Lund University has a thriving medical school with biomedical and clinical-research initiatives focused on meeting the emerging and expanding challenges in health care. Its particular areas of strength, in the neurosciences and diabetes, for example, will provide collaborative opportunities beneficial to both institutions.
The agreement will identify more and better ways to pursue biomedical research collaborations that build upon each institution's strengths, fostering the exchange of new ideas, accelerating research progress, and expanding and strengthening prospects for competitive research funding.
In the area of clinical care, the agreement facilitates exchange programs between UC Davis and Lund University for medical students, residents and faculty.


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|Evil Under the Sun
|Tuesday, 27 February 2001
The big risk was that no one had made a classic, "drawing room" murder mystery in years; the only attempt since the very early 30s to bring Christie's little Belgian detective to the screen had been the badly-judged 'The Alphabet Murders' with Tony Randall well-cast but badly directed as Poirot. So when 'Orient Express' was a success, it's no wonder that Brabourne and Goodwin wanted to continue in the same vein. And for a while, they succeeded, both economically and in terms of quality.
Finney declined to continue as Poirot, so Peter Ustinov stepped in for 'Death on the Nile,' 'Evil Under the Sun' and several others of rapidly-diminishing quality. Eventually, Ustinov played Poirot in a few lackluster TV movies (unlike the features, they were set in the present), and all was silent until the so amiable Suchet brought back one of fiction's most colorful, amusing sleuths, he of the magnificent moustaches and the little gray cells.
Now Anchor Bay has brought out three of the Brabourne-Goodwin Christie adaptations, the first two Ustinov-Poirot titles and 'The Mirror Crack'd,' with Angela Lansbury working hard but slightly miscast. Bless Anchor Bay's heart: 'Evil Under the Sun' is likely to be played more often than a lot of better films.
There's something very comforting about the structure of a classic whodunnit, and it goes beyond just trying to figure out who, in fact, did dunnit. It's chaos neatly reigned in by the sleek deduction of a colorful detective, it's a whole lot of terrific actors having a grand time playing well-developed stereotypes. In the case of the Brabourne-Goodwin Christie adaptations, it's also great production design, beautiful photography, elegant costumes and well-chosen locations. You can relax into these movies and enjoy them a different way each time around: the first time, it's the mystery; the next time, it's the fun of the actors playing off one another. These movies are the cinematic equivalent of comfort food: not haute cuisine by any means, but deeply satisfying -- even more so on home video that in theaters, oddly enough.
At the time the films were made, Peter Ustinov took some pride in announcing that he had never read a single book by Agatha Christie, that he was making Hercule Poirot his own character. (That is, he made this claim in some interviews; in others, it's clear he had read the novels. )And to a large degree, this is true: his Poirot runs parallel to but a distance from Christie's (and Finney's, and Suchet's). He's funnier, he's sunnier, he's less obnoxious, and he's a different build. The dialog in 'Evil' still contains lines referring to "that annoying little Belgian;" Ustinov's Poirot may be annoying, but he's certainly not little. But it's like Margaret Rutherford playing Miss Marple: miscast perhaps, but a delight nonetheless. And there are few more flavorful, delightful, endearing, impish and skilled actors in movie history than Peter Ustinov. He may not be Christie's Poirot, but he's a great one.
'Evil Under the Sun' was scripted by Anthony Shaffer ('Sleuth') and leisurely directed by Guy Hamilton ('Goldfinger'). Someone had the brilliant idea of using Cole Porter melodies for the score, and in hiring Hugh Casson to do the graceful, slightly ironic watercolors that decorate the credits (a new painting for each name). The movie is set on an Adriatic island, part of the fictional country of Tirania, but was shot on the Spanish island of Majorca. It's barren and bleak, but jewel-like just the same, with crystalline-blue waters all around.
The movie opens with the discovery of a murdered woman on the English moors -- but this incident is then completely ignored until the last few minutes of the film. Very clever. Poirot comes into things when an insurance company hires him to find out why a valuable diamond owned by the brusque, vulgar but worthy Sir Horace Blatt (Colin Blakely) has been replaced by a cheap paste copy.
This leads Poirot to that island, owned by Daphne Castle (Maggie Smith), a former showgirl -- and former mistress of the King of Tirania. The hotel is a hangout of the rich and famous -- the guest book shows signatures of Fred Astaire, Marlene Dietrich, Cole Porter and other celebrities of the 1930s. Also at the plush hotel run by Daphne are arch gossip columnist Rex Brewster (Roddy McDowall), husband-wife theatrical producers Odell (James Mason) and Myra Gardener (Sylvia Miles). Arriving soon are the Redferns, shy, sunlight-shunning Christine (Jane Birkin) and handsome outdoorsman Patrick (Nicholas Clay). When famous actress Arlena Marshall (Diana Rigg) arrives with her staid husband Kenneth (Dennis Quilley) and his young daughter Linda (Emily Hone), Arlena and Patrick renew their affair. Soon, it's obvious that everyone except Poirot has a damned good reason to kill Arlena, and sure enough, eventually she turns up dead. Poirot puts his little gray cells to work.
The exquisite, creamy photography by Christopher Challis captures the exotic stillness of the resort, inside and out; Anthony Powell's costumes are just exaggerated enough to be amusing, but not so much that they seem unrealistic. Elliot Scott's production design is similar -- a little over the top, but still within reasonable boundaries. Altogether, this team has created one of the best-looking murder mysteries in movie history, maybe not quite as lush as 'Death on the Nile,' but a joy to behold anyway.
The sound is equally fine; although it's mono, the work by John W. Mitchell, John Richards and Bill Rowe captures the ambiance of an isolated island resort: somehow they even make it sound dry. 'Evil Under the Sun' is a very quiet movie -- even the murder is accomplished by silent strangulation -- but that doesn't mean the sound team didn't work wonders.
As with all the Brabourne-Goodwin Christie adaptations, the film is blessed by a terrific cast. It's great fun to see Rigg and Smith, playing life-long rivals, go at each other bitchily, particularly when Rigg sings 'You're the Top' with interruptions by Smith. Rigg's character is a classic domineering, egocentric bitch, and she's given some of the best lines. When MacDowall's Rex, usually bedecked in nautical finery, is shocked by her refusal to endorse his biography of her, she snarls, 'You're not going to barbecue me to keep yourself in sailor suits.' But Smith has some good lines, too; asking Poirot to be discreet in his investigations, she points out, 'You know how people can be about a spot of murder.'
Movies about a spot of murder can be great, satisfying fun, and though 'Evil Under the Sun' is a bit lethargically paced, it's also very entertaining, graced by a great look and a terrific cast. They really should make more movies like this.


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I like weird stuff. When The X-Files ruled television, I watched each week to witness Scully and Mulder discover the strange and bizarre that lived in the shadows. In the past few years I have also become obsessed with Doctor Who and have devoured the past six seasons of the re-launched BBC classic. So when Daniel O'Malley's debut novel The Rook started receiving comparisons to these great TV series, I knew I needed to read it. Myfanwy Thomas has lost her memory. Luckily a series of letters begins to help her solve the mystery of her life. What she discovers is that she is a high ranking, super powered operative, or Rook, in a super secret British organization called the Chequy. This government agency is tasked with protecting Great Britain from the supernatural, gross and mystical. Eventually Myfanwy stumbles upon the reasons why her memory was stolen and how it is connected to a traitor in Chequy. Michigan State graduate O'Malley's book grafts elements of not only The X-Files and Doctor Who, but also the finest in British humor and gore reminiscent of Sam Rami's Evil Dead movies. Check out The Rook.
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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. --- The hits were few and far between Tuesday evening as Tennessee Tech took the 3-1 loss to Middle Tennessee.
TTU and MTSU combined for just four runs on 11 hits as both pitching staffs proved difficult to overcome.
TTU starter Garret Baugh took the hill, as he made his second start of the season for the Golden Eagles. Through six innings, Baugh limited the Blue Raiders to one run, on five hits, while issuing three walks. His lone blemish came in the third inning as Ethan Williams drove in Dain McNabb on a fielder's choice.
While Baugh kept the Blue Raiders in check, the Golden Eagle batters were finding it equally difficult to get anything going against the MTSU pitching staff.
Austin Wulf led off the first with a triple against MTSU starter Daniel Palo and was driven in on Zephan Guyear's sacrifice fly to put Tech up 1-0.
Wulf's run turned out to be the only run Tech could muster as MTSU's Palo, Nick Montgomery, Joey McClung and Paul Mittura kept the Golden Eagles off the scoreboard through the remainder of the game.
Tied at one in the bottom of the eighth, the Blue Raiders put together a two-out rally as they posted two runs off RBI-doubles from Johnny Thomas and Hank LaRue against TTU reliever David Hess to give MTSU the 3-1 lead.
McClung earned the victory for MTSU as he improved to 2-0 on the season, while throwing three shutout innings with four strikeouts. Paul Mittura came in at the top of the ninth and set TTU down in order for his second save of the season.
Hess (1-2) took the loss as he gave up two runs in two innings, while posting one strikeout.
The Golden Eagles begin conference play this weekend as they travel to UT Martin for a three-game series. The opening game is set for Friday at 6 p.m.


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Urban Rio, Panama's First Affordable Green Container Project
UPDATE 3/16/09 – Urban Core International has gone dark. The website was shut down. If you have any concerns, feel free to contact us.
Aaron Newman, founder and managing partner of Urban Core International, sent me the details of his latest project, Urban Rio. Specifically, Urban Rio is a product of Urban Core's prefab and container division called Envision Prefab. It's easy on the eyes, to say the least, and just so happens to be the first sustainable, affordable, container project in Panama.


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LAURINBURG, N.C.—Freshman Finn Katz's (Durham, N.C.) first collegiate goal was the game-winner in a 1-0 Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference men's soccer victory for host St .Andrews Presbyterian College over Coker College on Tuesday.
The Knights, who are ranked No. 10 in latest NSCAA/adidas Southeast Regional Poll, improved to 6-2 overall and 2-0 in the CVAC.
The two teams looked to play a scoreless first half until a Coker yellow card in the final minute before intermission set up the only goal of the contest.
On the ensuing restart, sophomore Corey Abbott (
Both teams scoring chances were limited as
Knights' sophomore netminder Nick Stevens (
Scales made three saves for Coker (1-5 overall; 0-1 CVAC) including two other shots on goal by Katz.
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This is labeled as being from last year's Fanwelt, but this Flickr user just posted it today, and I don't remember seeing it last year. Anyway, someone at Fanwelt built this amazing waterfall.
SSchmidt wrote:This is one of the most beautiful sceneries I have ever seen. I know what the waterfall is made of, but I would be interested in knowing how exactly the pieces are set up in the water to give it that rich, deep blue color.
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ERIE, Pa. - Saint Vincent Health System has unveiled three new, state-of-the-art operating room suites including the region's first high-tech hybrid operating room, all of which are now large enough to accommodate sophisticated minimally invasive and robotic surgical equipment.
This $8.2 million project not only includes the new hybrid OR and two operating room suites, but also additional pre-op rooms for surgical patients, new locker/dressing facilities for nurses and physicians and updates to the surgical family waiting room.
"We are pleased to be able to offer our surgical patients the most up-to-date, minimally invasive procedures from our experienced team of surgeons," president and CEO of Saint Vincent Health System Scott Whalen, PhD, FACHE, said. "Our new operating rooms are spacious enough to allow our surgeons to collaborate and work together, if necessary. This is especially important for some of the more complex cases we see."
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Scott Whalen, PhD, FACHE, president and CEO of Saint Vincent Health System, left, looks over the new hybrid operating room at Saint Vincent with Scott Bedwell, MD, Saint Vincent chief of surgery , center, and Matthew "Casey" Becker, MD, Saint Vincent Cardiologist, right.
The new Saint Vincent OR suites are significantly larger than the typical hospital operating room, which average about 400 to 500 square feet. The newly designed hybrid operating room measures nearly 800 square feet and will be used as a combination endovascular lab and minimally invasive OR suite for vascular and heart procedures.
The two adjoining operating room suites measure between 600 and 650 square feet and will be used exclusively for surgical procedures involving the daVinci Surgical System for robotic assisted minimally invasive and advanced laparoscopic surgeries including minimally invasive hysterectomy, bariatrics and general surgeries.
The hybrid OR combines conventional operating room capabilities with state-of-the-art imaging and catheter-based equipment used during endovascular and structural heart procedures. In a hybrid OR, the technology is brought to the patient offering access to the highest level of equipment necessary in minimally invasive procedures without ever moving the patient or delaying surgery. In addition, the new operating rooms are also equipped should the minimally invasive procedure require full open-surgery.
Saint Vincent Health System recently invested in all high-definition laparoscopic equipment for all of the hospital's operating rooms. This equipment not only provides improved, clearer pictures for the surgeon, but a wider-angle view and enhanced depth of field, making the surgical procedure and instrument location more precise. Also, the new OR suites are equipped with state-of-the-art video equipment which will allow for post-case teaching presentations for residents in the specialty and family practice residency programs at Saint Vincent.
The Health Center pre-surgical area for patients who are preparing to undergo surgery has also been updated and four new pre-op rooms were added. This brings the total number of pre-surgical rooms up to 13. Additional post-anesthesia recovery areas have also been added, for a total of 13 as well. The OR staff locker facilities were also relocated to an area directly above the new OR suites.
The final phase of the construction project included updates to the surgical family waiting room where an OR coordinator provides constant updates on the status of each surgical patient to their family members.
After two years of planning and one year of construction, Saint Vincent surgeons began using the new ORs on Monday, Oct 1.


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"I converted to Islam because of its conceptions of honesty and justice. Islam is the biggest growing religion in Europe because of the presence of its people who hold this religion and thus come by the essence of the conceptions of justice and equality." says Yvonne Ridley.
British journalist Yvonne Ridley was born in 1959 in UK. Ridley worked as reporter in Newspapers such as Sunday Times, The Observer, Daily Mirror, The Independent and Sunday Express as well as TV Channels like BBC, CNN and ITN where she had duties as anchor person, commentator and producer in programs covering Middle East.
She was captured by Taliban in September 2001 when she entered Afghanistan by wearing a 'burqa' and hiding her identity and then released after 10 days on a condition that she will read the Holy Qur-an and review Islam religion without any prejudice.
After a long review and study of Islam, she became a Muslim. The perspective on women and family structure of Islam which is expressed in the Qur'an deeply impressed her to take this decision of converting to Islam


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Story highlights
- Obama's campaign calls Santorum's comments "misinformed and dangerous"
- Former senator says prenatal testing such as amniocentesis increases abortions
- The government should not mandate health care coverage of such tests, Santorum says
- Republican's comments continue a series of harsh attacks on president
The government shouldn't make health care providers fully cover prenatal tests like amniocentesis, which can determine the possibility of Down syndrome or other fetal problems, Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum said Sunday.
Santorum, an outspoken opponent of abortion rights, told the CBS News program "Face the Nation" on Sunday that amniocentesis "more often than not" results in abortion.
"People have the right to do it, but to have the government force people to provide it free, to me, is a bit loaded," he said.
The former Pennsylvania senator was arguing against what he called a mandate in the health care legislation passed by President Barack Obama and Democrats in 2010. He said Saturday at an appearance in Ohio that the law was intended to increase abortions and reduce overall health care costs.
"One of the mandates is they require free prenatal testing in every insurance policy in America," Santorum, a conservative Roman Catholic, told a Christian Alliance luncheon in Columbus. "Why? Because it saves money in health care. Why? Because free prenatal testing ends up in more abortions and therefore less care that has to be done, because we cull the ranks of the disabled in our society."
He added that the requirement was "another hidden message as to what President Obama thinks of those who are less able."
The White House referred CNN to Obama's re-election campaign for comment, and campaign spokeswoman Lis Smith called Santorum's remarks "the latest in a long string of unfortunate comments in the race to the bottom that the Republican presidential primary has become."
"Prenatal screenings are essential to promote the health of both the mother and baby and to ensure safe deliveries," Smith said. "These misinformed and dangerous comments reinforce why women cannot trust any of the Republican candidates for president."
On Sunday, Santorum mentioned his own experience with this 3-year-old daughter Isabella, who has Trisomy 18, a chromosome disorder that often results in stillbirths or early childhood death. He said prenatal testing showed the problem, and doctors recommend abortion in virtually all cases.
Such a recommendation is common when any problem is detected through amniocentesis, said Santorum, who added that in such cases "we know that 90% of Down syndrome children are aborted."
Some studies since the late 1990s do suggest a high percentage of women terminate their pregnancies after receiving a Down syndrome diagnosis, with one British study putting the figure as high as 92 percent. A 2005 study of nearly 1,100 pregnant women found 76% would consider an abortion if tests indicated their child would be born with Down syndrome.
Now considered the main conservative challenger to the more moderate Mitt Romney, Santorum has shed a more understated demeanor to challenge both Romney and Obama as the Republican campaign heads toward a series of key primaries in coming weeks, including Super Tuesday on March 6.
He continued throwing out the cultural red meat for primary voters Sunday night, telling a rally at a Georgia church that Obama was intent on starting a cultural war. As the audience roared with applause, he called on the country to build a foundation that will "defend the church, defend the family, defend the nonprofit community, defend them from a government that wants to weaken them."
His attack on insurance coverage for prenatal testing was the latest in a series of controversial comments he has made since surging to the top tier of polls in the Republican presidential race. He also found himself defending other Saturday comments regarding Obama's religion, appearing to question the president's adherence to Bible-based Christian theology.
Santorum said Saturday the president was not motivated by concerns for ordinary Americans but by "some phony ideal, some phony theology.
"Oh, not a theology based on the Bible, a different theology. But no less a theology," he said.
Asked about those remarks on CBS, Santorum said he was referring to Obama's energy policies, which he said favored what he called radical environmentalism. Asked specifically if he was questioning Obama's Christian beliefs, Santorum said: "I wasn't suggesting the president is not a Christian. I accept the fact the president is a Christian."
Instead, he said he was taking on what he called "an attempt to centralize power in the government."
"I'm talking about the belief that man should be in charge of the Earth," Santorum said, and then in specific reference to Obama: "I am talking about his worldview and the way he approaches problems in this country."
But former White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Sunday that Santorum's comments continued the kind of character attacks he said were typical of the GOP presidential race.
"I think that if you make comments like that, you make comments that are well over the line," Gibbs told ABC's "This Week."
"I think this GOP primary, in many cases .... has been a race to the bottom. We have seen nastiness, divisiveness, ugliness, distortions of opponents' records, of the president's records," he said. The negative tone of the campaign was hurting the Republican candidates and causing low turnout numbers in some of the primaries so far, Gibbs added.
"It's just time to get rid of this mindset in our politics that, if we disagree, we have to question character and faith," Gibbs said. "Those days have long passed in our politics. Our problems and our challenges are far too great."
The issues raised by Santorum follow another religious-themed controversy over the Obama administration's decision to require church-affiliated hospitals and other institutions to provide employees with health care coverage for contraception.
Catholic bishops vehemently opposed the move, and the administration changed its rule to require health care insurers to provide free coverage for contraception rather than the churches or other religious-based institutions.
Santorum's comments may appeal to some Republican voters who have questioned Obama's faith before, or others who saw the administration's recent contraception mandate as an overreach. Last month, Santorum was criticized by some for not correcting a voter who called the president a Muslim when she stood up to ask a question at one of his campaign town halls.
On Sunday, Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels, who flirted with a presidential bid last year, told the CNN program "State of the Union" that the contraception issue could benefit Republicans if properly approached.
"These are the questions that I think Republicans can unite on," Daniels said. "They do have to be framed, as they really are, as the defense of individual freedom against the right now limitless power of the state."


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What, no link to the source? http://morecaucusnyc.org/2013/01/18/...e-uft-and-doe/
And who is "morecaucusnyc.org"?
http://morecaucusnyc.org/why-we-need...us-in-the-uft/The onslaught of high-stakes testing, privatization, weakening or elimination of job protections, school closings and charter co- locations threatens the very existence of public education as we know it. Unionized teachers in particular have been singled out for demonization. The strategy put forth by our union leadership to take on these challenges is inadequate. UFT officials rely primarily on lobbying, media blitzes and procedural lawsuits. When occasional mobilizations are called, they are organized without a long-term plan for escalating actions or increased membership involvement. The union leadership takes a concessionary stance in order to maintain its seat at the table with politicians and corporate forces like Bill Gates, who turn around and attack teachers and the union at every opportunity. Union leadership then sells serious concessions to the members as victories claiming It could have worse.
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"Those flash-based laptops we're all dreaming about may be a lot cheaper than we expected. Asus just announced their plans to make five budget, solid state laptops this year priced from USD 199 to USD 549. Each machine will have a 7-inch display, and depending on the model it'll have a flash drive ranging from 1GB to 40GB. The lappies are expected later this year."


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I was looking into devloping the 2.6 kernel for the zaurus but after looking at the updater.sh it appears that linux needs to be running and WORKING to upgrade the flash
is it posible to boot into a 2.6 kernel from a 2.4 i remember seeing a project for the i386 arch that allowed you to boot a new kernel without restarting the machine and was wondering if there was any other project that was capable of doing this under the arm arch?
if there isnt such a project, is any one intrested in a bios of sorts? that does basic hard ware inislisation for the CF slot and microdrive and then presents a menu that allows you to chose which to boot off, this means you could have your user kernel on the Micro drive under boot and your dev version on a CF or the microdrive and boot off it (think grub for the arm arch (i would start there anyway) i have seen some other arm bootloaders and might even be able to adapt them
it would include, basic serial console support, flashing (of HD and Flash) backup, restore, fsck formating and include a basic linux distro (most likly the basic sharp one) in flash as an emergency recovery console)
what do you think, i just mention this becasue no mater what i tried ui could not bring up the mantince screen for flashing the... flash and would like to be able to select kernels
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Check out this thread in the C3000 General discussions section. Apparently OpenBSD is installed by modifying the existing linux setup to act as a boot loader for the new kernel, and from what I've read of the install notes on openbsd/zaurus it boots into the bsd kernel from within linux.
The source for the ipk should be available, afaik. You could modify it to suit your needs.
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glad i didnt have to reinvent the wheel, thanks
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How can the Republican Party connect with mainstream America? That's the question former Vermont Governor Jim Douglas will explore in a campus lecture, Tuesday, March 12 at 3:30 p.m. in the Davis Center's Livak Ballroom.
"GOP RIP? How the Republican Party Can Connect with Mainstream America," part of the Mark L. Rosen Memorial Lecture Series, is free and open to the public. A reception will immediately follow.
Douglas served the people of Vermont for nearly four decades, beginning with his election to the Vermont House of Representatives in 1972, the same year he graduated from Middlebury College. He left the Vermont House in 1979 to become a top aide to the late Vermont Governor Richard Snelling. He was elected Vermont's secretary of state in 1980, and in 1994, state treasurer. In 2002, he was elected the 80th governor of Vermont and was re-elected to this position in 2004, 2006, and 2008. In 2009, he announced that he would not seek election for a fifth term, and in 2011 he became an executive-in-residence at his alma mater, where he teaches a class titled "Vermont Government and Politics." As governor, Douglas was chosen for several leadership positions by his colleagues nationally. In February 2010, President Barack Obama appointed him co-chair of the Council of Governors.
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Yeah, I can see where from her point of view it might sound just a tiny bit off. Not a huge deal, especially if she's a good friend. But if you're worried about it, I'd probably email the whole group with a correction."Sorry girls, I meant to say "girls only" on the original email. Hope everyone can make it!" ... or something like that. That way it's directed at the whole group so she doesn't feel like she might be the only one who misunderstood or who might misunderstand.
Update -Well the day of the party, Lisa texted and let me know that she would not be coming after all. We still had a lot of fun though
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Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Is Jim Delany Selling Out Big Ten Football to be a Big Time TV Guy?
In case you haven't been following Jimmy's Quest, Delany has his knickers in a knot because most of the big cable providers don't want to carry a niche channel like the BTN, at least not for free on basic cable (as Delany wants).
That's where expansion comes in.
According to Delany, the BTN would benefit from an additional big-name university in a large television market. "The broader (the network) is distributed, the more value (expansion) has. We have eight states. With expansion, you could have nine," he said.
While that's a good business move for a network that nobody wants to carry, I don't think it's in the best interest of Big Ten football. If it ain't broke...
And whether 1, 2 or 5 teams are added, I have a news flash for Delany: The BTN isn't a national network. It isn't ESPN. Nobody outside of the conference gives a rat's cornhole about the IU-Wisco lacrosse smack down. Seriously. Clue up. You think anybody in Michigan or Pennsylvania wants to watch the SEC or Big 12 Network on a regular basis? Here's a hint: no. And they don't care about the BTN. It's a regional network. Deal with it.
So how else can one coerce cable providers into carrying a sports channel they don't want? By adding a conference championship game on the football side then only showing it on "your" network, naturally.
But while Delany claims the addition of a 12th team wouldn't automatically mean a championship game (yeah, right. If you believe that one...), the president of the BTN is salivating at the prospect, saying, "Any television executive would do whatever they could to be able to air a game like the Big Ten championship. It would be worth a considerable amount of value."
There's that word again: Value. Value, value, value. I guess it would look way too whorish to just come out and say "money."
Does anybody else see hypocrisy in all this?
Delany's a guy who, in Congressional testimony, said that if college presidents adopted a so-called Plus One model (where the top two teams after the Rose, Orange, Sugar and Fiesta would play for the title), it would lead to a full-blown playoff and declared the Big Ten would abandon its BCS partners if they adopted such a system. Now he's trying to add a 12th team and potentially "plus one" to the Big Ten?
I hate conference championship games. I think they're nothing more than money grabs and dilute the regular season. Oh, and they usually suck. Most of the time it seems like there's one great team going up against some 3 or 4 loss team from the other weak-ass division (that the great team has often already played and beaten during the regular season).
Just imagine if Michigan and Ohio State were to meet once again as undefeated, top ranked teams and the winner, instead of clinching a BCS title bid instead has to first square off against, say, an 8-3 Purdue team from the "West Division" it already smacked back in October.
What a let down. Not only does that take the luster off the M-OSU clash but it puts the victor of that game in a no-win situation.
Then again, maybe I just don't understand "value" like I should.
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- Blue (and White) Fan said...
In this attached article Texas, of all teams, is considered a candidate to join (you have to scroll down a little bit to read it).
If we are going to expand, I'd take West Virginia or Rutgers just out of my pure selfishness. Forget sPitt, they have no fan base and will not add anything of value to the conference, unless you want even worse ratings.
- July 30, 2007 7:44 AM
- R39mich said...
No the the championship game. Yes to the 12th team. ..But only if it's Notre Dame.
- July 30, 2007 10:38 AM
- Black Shoe Diaries said...
I think they should add a 12th team, but no championship game. Let Ohio State and Michigan have the showcase game at the end of the year. But have the option of a championship game only when necessary if there is a tie at the top between two teams that did not meet in the regular season.
- July 30, 2007 11:00 AM
- SPORTSFAN said...
With all the Big Ten alumni and fans around the country the Big Ten Nework would definelty be a national network.
- July 30, 2007 1:07 PM
- wats said...
Why does everyone keep thinking that the BTN will not show quality games? They will still show great Big Ten sports, including basketball, football, and hockey. Also they will show a top game if you live outside a local market.
Like say on the off chance that there are Michigan alumni living in New York.
- July 30, 2007 1:10 PM
- GH said...
Anyone else see that the ND game is back on for the forseeable future? Good news I suppose. No word on the finer points (ie. home-home-away-away or anything like that to balance out the USC-ND and the UM-OSU stuff).
Still wouldn't mind seeing another strong OCC opponant every year instead of 2 MACs and a D2.
- July 30, 2007 5:21 PM
- Scott said...
Not only does that take the luster off the M-OSU clash but it puts the victor of that game in a no-win situation.
This may be big news to some in Columbus and Ann Arbor, but the purpose of the Big Ten is not to add luster to the Michigan-Ohio State game. Nobody else in the Big Ten gives a damn about that game beyond the possibility that it may affect their own team's final standing.
- July 30, 2007 10:50 PM
- CrimeNotes said...
Also they will show a top game if you live outside a local market.
Like say on the off chance that there are Michigan alumni living in New York.
Actually, if you put any thought into this, the BTN is absolutely screwing those of us who live in New York. GamePlan effectively guaranteed access to every Big Ten game, and the spillover on YES and FSNY meant that almost every minor game (Indiana at Illinois, etc.) was available on basic cable.
If Time Warner even picks up BTN (and I won't blame them if they don't, because the idea is such a mess) it will probably be in the pay tier with all of the regional Fox Sports channels, and even then it's a mixed bag. If there are conflicting games, we're stuck with whatever BTN selects as the premier national game that weekend -- no option of using GamePlan or flipping to YES.
The end result of this is less access, more money and more hassle. Jim Delany is a disgrace.
- July 31, 2007 12:48 AM
- Yost said...
First I want to take a moment to welcome a Purdue fan to the site.
Second, maybe if you read the entire portion of the post instead of taking it out of context, you would understand that I'm making a point by giving a recent example.
The same would hold true if, say, MSU and PSU were undefeated going into their regular season game but the winner that to play a 3 lost Michigan, Ohio State or anybody else.
I simply used the Michigan-Ohio State example because, first of all, if you check the name of the blog, you'll notice it's a Michigan site and second, it might be a lot harder for folks to imagine, oh say, Northwestern and Purdue going undefeated for the purposes of the point.
- July 31, 2007 1:42 AM
- farris said...
I still don't understand why Jim Boy isn't willing to simply let this be regional. NOBODY gives a fuck in Oregon what happens in Women's Baskeball between Minnesota and Illinois. I'd totally be willing to shell out $2.95 more a month just to get this on my TV so that I could watch more Big 10 games, but I don't want to force Pheonix to do the same thing...
- July 31, 2007 7:51 AM
- Bret said...
@ wats: While the network may show football and basketball, I doubt that it will be showing any hockey, as hockey isn't a Big 10 sport; all of the teams in the Big 10 (that play hockey) are either in the WCHA or the CCHA. As for why the network won't show any big games, ABC gets first pick of everything, so I have to think most marquee matchups are going to be there, rather than on some dumb regional cable network.
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Unfortunately, this scene was from last summer, when you could ride in a leaky plywood boat on top of the Hayward Gallery and get this phenomenal view of Big Ben and the Eye. But I liked this photo so much-- and I never posted it last year-- that I'm using it here, since it does tie into this post.
My friend Kavita, who I haven't seen in forever, is coming to visit us with her family in August. She wanted some suggestions for things to do during their five-day visit. I prepared this last year for another friend who was visiting London with her 13-year-old daughter, so I'm posting it here, so I can share my tips with those trolling on the Interweb. My knowledge for the following is hard won: having been a London resident for more than 10 years AND the mother of two boys who have done everything on this list. But I don't know everything. If you have any suggestions, or places I have missed, please add them in the comments section.
Quinessentially British: Things Every Tourist Should Do
1. See Big Ben. Every time I see this, and from every angle, I get a thrill. But one of my favourite ways to see it is by boat, which you can take from Greenwich up the river to Embankment, which will leave you right next to Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament.
2. Go to the Tower of London. Yes, it's full of tourists and it'll be very crowded at the height of tourist season in August. But where else can you see the Crown Jewels, not to mention the place where they beheaded Anne Boleyn and the tower where they kept the little princes?
3. Ride the London Eye. Built for the Millennium, this is a great place to get a bird's eye view of Big Ben and the rest of the city. You only go around once, but the ferris wheel moves pretty slowly, so you get your money's worth.
4. See the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace. I guess I am not yet "quinessentially British" since I still haven't gotten around to seeing this properly, even after 10 years here (though I did see a bit of it from the back of a black cab in September 2001). But I understand that it is pretty cool, but only if you like parades and uniforms.
5. Visit the British Museum. I think they have one of everything here, but the highlights are easy to list: the Rosetta stone, the Elgin marbles (see them before Greece convinces the British to give them back and put them in the new museum), the mummy collection, an Easter Island statue ("Hello, dum-dum. Got any gum-gum?") and more. They say this is one of the best museums in the world, and I believe them. (Great Russell Street, WC1, Tube: Holborn, Russell Square or Tottenham Court Road)
Best Free Museums
1. Science Museum (Exhibition Road, SW7, Tube: South Kensington) Fantastic hands-on exhibits. You absolutely should go to the Launch Pad on the third floor. The best thing for kids to do in London. www.sciencemuseum.org.uk,
2. Natural History Museum (Cromwell Road, SW7, Tube: South Kensington) Dinosaurs! Natural disasters! Animals! Fantastic and free. www.nhm.ac.uk,
3. Tate Modern (Bankside, SE1 Tube: St. Pauls, and then walk over the wobbly bridge to the museum). Lots of fun big modern art. The boys love this place. There's a family activity pack that's free and available on Sundays from Level 3.
4. Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) (Cromwell Road, SW7, Tube: South Kensington) Girls in particular will love this museum because they have a fantastic costume/fashion collection. Beautiful. On Saturdays they have kids activity backpacks that you can borrow that have things you can do around the museum.
5. Royal Observatory/National Maritime Museum (Greenwich Park, SE10) The Royal Observatory is free, and they've got several rooms full of interactive exhibits for children explaining space. The Peter Harrison Planetarium at the Observatory isn't free, but it's got great shows that are well worth a visit. The National Maritime Museum has some interesting exhibits about the changing environment and the history of maritime exploration.
Best Parks for Kids
1. Greenwich Park (Obviously! But I'm biased) Paddle boats near the playground are really fun. Also, the Observatory at the top of the hill is free. If you go all the way to the top corner, you can see deer in the deer enclosure. Impress your children by telling them that Henry VIII used to joust here. Also, the presence of the Meridian Line allows you to gracefully cross from the Western to the Eastern Hemisphere easily, not to be mention to truly be able to site GMT (Greenwich Meridian Time).
2. Kensington Gardens: Beautiful lake in the middle populated by swans. Also home to Kensington Palace (very pretty) and the Diana, Princess of Wales Playground, which is great fun and free.
3. Hyde Park: Great for a hot day, as there are paddle boats, but also the Diana Memorial Fountain. You're allowed to put your feet into the fountain (but not walk around it), which would be good for a hot day. You can also swim in the Serpentine for a small fee.
Shopping! (Even if you don't buy anything, these shops are legendary)
1. Top Shop on Oxford Circus (Tube: Oxford Circus) Allegedly Kate Moss shops here. Apparently, a teenage girl's version of heaven.
2. Hamley's on Regent Street (Tube: Oxford Circus) Seven floors of toys, and lots of demonstrations throughout the store. Even if you don't buy anything, it's worth seeing.
3. Harrod's: (Tube: Knightsbridge) Perfectly ridiculous shop, but when I took my brother here, he couldn't believe it—and he still talks about it. The food hall is something to see.
4. Portabello Road Market: Saturday flea market in Notting Hill. It will be heaving with people, but it's still worth seeing. (Tube: Notting Hill Gate)
5. Covent Garden (Tube: Covent Garden or Charing Cross) Again, lots of tourists go here, but there's always a load of street performers to make it interesting.
6. Borough Market (Tube: London Bridge) Foodie heaven, which is held weekly from Thursday to Saturday.
Marathon Mum. Marathon Man. Get the joke? Both feature obsessiveness, shady characters from Europe, lots of running, and most notably, torture. This online journal began as I trained for the 2005 London Marathon. I successfully finished the race, but MarathonMum lives on. After all, life as a mother isn't a sprint, it's a marathon.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Kid Fun: What to do in London with your children
Posted by M.A. Stapleton at 6:07 AM
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2 comments:
- Vicky said...
There are so many great places in London for kids but my suggestions if your friend is coming over with her 13 year old daughter are the London Dungeon (assuming they are not squeamish!), Covent Garden and Campden market. I also think the London Eye and the Southbank in general are great fun.
- Scott said...
Here are some tips for planning holidays http://www.diyfather.com/content/Plan_the_Best_Family_Holiday
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Little more than two months ago, VanRoekel, who also serves as OMB acting deputy director for management, reported that agencies had already closed 484 out of 3,133 federal data centers and were on track to close a total of 855 by Sept. 30, the end of the government's fiscal year. The closures are part of the OMB's three-year old Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative, aimed at reducing the number of duplicative and underutilized data centers by 40% by the end of 2015.
VanRoekel found himself in the hot seat at a hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations Thursday, after OMB began acknowledging, but not formally announcing, that a change in definition had resulted in agencies reporting that the number of qualifying facilities was actually more than twice what had been originally reported.
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According to page 19 of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, as of July 2013, 22 of the 24 FDCCI agencies collectively reported now having 6,836 data centers in their inventories. OMB officials have since acknowledged that given the ambiguity of Defense Department reports, the number likely exceeds 7,000.
An incredulous panel of lawmakers, including Representatives John Mica (R-Fla.), Mark Meadows (R-NC ) and Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), pressed VanRoekel on how the administration managed to so seriously underestimate the number federal data centers. They also questioned whether expectations of as much as $2.5 billion in related anticipated savings over the next three years was even credible anymore.
"I expanded the definition," VanRoekel said in response to the question of what caused the sudden change. The original estimate of 3,133 data centers was based on a definition of facilities that generally measured 500 square feet or more.
OMB realized, based on information provided through April 30, 2013, that more than 70% of agency data center assets are less than 500 square feet, and in many cases, smaller than 100 square feet, according to a statement from Dave McClure, associate administrator for the General Services Administration, who also testified at the hearing. GSA's Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies, which McClure heads, administers much of the work behind the data center consolidation initiative on behalf of OMB.
VanRoekel went on to explain that under the prevailing definition, agencies had wiggle room to break data centers into smaller spaces to avoid being counted, or to combine adjacent, dedicated data centers into one. That would allow agencies to meet the administration's goals, but not actually improve use significantly, which was the intent of the FDDCI, he said.
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