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The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) licenses automobile dismantlers under Chapter 3, Section 11500. Dismantlers must have a license, which contains a general distinguishing number to dismantle and an established place of business which meets the requirements set forth in Section 11514 of the Vehicle Code (for example, display of license and ownership information)
For vehicles reported as salvage, the DMV will issue a new title, registration, and license after the vehicle has complied with DMV inspector requirements. It cannot be registered without the prescribed bill of sale and appropriate application until the official lamp and brake adjustment certificates have been issued by an official lamp and brake adjusting station licensed by the California Department of Consumer Affairs. A valid smog inspection must also be performed and a certificate issued.
For licensing of auto dismantlers:
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Firms Unit
PO Box 932342
Sacramento, CA 94232-3420
(916) 229-3126
(916) 229-4728 (fax)
To register a previously salvaged vehicle, consumers must contact the DMV Registration Operations Office:
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February 03, 2012Koester & Koester is New Agent for Lakeview (Branson West) License Office
JEFFERSON CITY - The management contract for the Lakeview (Branson West) License Office has been awarded to an experienced license office agent.
Koester & Koester, LLC of Bowling Green, MO, will be the new agent for the Lakeview License Office. The company was chosen as part of a competitive bidding process that is used for all of Missouri's 182 local license offices.
Koester & Koester has previous experience running license offices, as it has been the agent of the Fulton and Mexico license offices since 2009, the Bowling Green License Office since 2011, and the Branson License Office since earlier this year. The company's winning bid for the Lakeview License Office was one of two submitted. The office will stay at its current location at 11016 E. State Highway 76, Suite 34, in the Claybough Plaza Mall in Branson West.
According to figures from Fiscal Year 2011, there were 36,294 transactions conducted at the office, and it generated $122,037 in agent processing fees.
Bidders have the option of returning part of the office revenues to the state. The company's winning bid includes a 4 percent ($4,881) annual return to state.
All local license offices provide services that are overseen by the Department of Revenue, but each office is operated by an independent agent.
The Missouri Department of Revenue is now on Twitter! To follow the Department on Twitter, go to http://twitter.com/MoRevenue.

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Do you know of the lot boy?
I didn't either.
You have probably seen him, or someone like him. But my guess is you have never really seen him. It was only because I was lost and stopped at an impossibly long light that I first witnessed his dance, the way he leapt onto tires to get at the roof, the near-pirouette he performs at the hood and along the doors.
His name is Manuel Quinones. He is 23. He is a lot boy.
He speaks but a few words of English, but did manage to tell me that he loves his job. Jesse Cuevas, 47, had noticed me watching Quinones do his dance and, thankfully, came over to translate.
We were standing in the middle of the Auto Mall Car Co. on Beach Boulevard in Midway City. Cuevas is the assistant manager and a salesman on the used car lot.
"Without this guy," Cuevas says almost reverentially of Quinones, "we cannot do our jobs. He means everything here."
Quinones was finishing up on a BMW sport-utility when I walked up. He would, he said, have to wash each of the 35 cars on the Auto Mall lot, and later detail about a third of them before quitting time at 5 p.m.
I did the math: On the rare day I decide to give my own car a thorough cleaning, I'm committing myself to at least 2½ hours of hard work. That includes each window, inside and out, vacuuming the rugs, shining up the interior and the tires. It was a little before noon on this day. His task seemed impossible.
"Just wait," Cuevas cautioned.
He walked me ahead of the lot boy to a car that had yet to be cleaned. Cuevas ran his finger over the hood, leaving a line in the dust.
"We sell cars," he said. "Not cars for 10 bucks, but for $10,000. Would you come onto my lot and ask for this $10,000 car when it looks like this? Of course not. That's why he is here."
He initially referred to Quinones as "the detailer." At another time he called him "the lot man." But Jesse Cuevas has been in the car-sales business for more than 20 years.
"The job is lot boy," he says. "I was just trying to make it sound a little more professional."
The lot boy's job is the most important one on any lot, says the Auto Mall's owner, Alex Jimenez, 42. Indeed, he, too, once was a lot boy. It was back in 1990, the first job he ever had on a car lot.
"I worked my way from the bottom," he says.
A good lot boy will last maybe two years, Jimenez says. Once they build their experience as detailers they go off on their own, starting mobile detailing companies, doing office-to-office detailing and the like. Some of the larger lots, he says, have 10- to 15-year veteran lot boys, men whose work is incredibly fast, spotless and impeccable.
He hired Quinones six months ago, Jimenez said, but only after he had done a two-year apprenticeship at a local carwash.
"He comes from a family of detailers. His brothers taught him a lot," Jimenez said. "But I will tell you, he's the guy I respect the most in our business. Rain or shine, he is out there. I've got a lot of money in these cars. He makes them beautiful. He makes everything possible for us."
The key to the job, Quinones says, is the chamois. His is notebook-paper thin, and about the size of a pizza box. The trick, he explains, is to never allow it to get too laden with water. After two doors and, maybe, a fender, you wring, he says.
He works six days a week, and washes the entire lot two times a week, on Tuesdays and Saturdays, he says. On the other days, he pulls cars one-by-one to his shop in the back where he patiently and methodically details them, down to the ashtrays. If someone test-drives a car, he cleans it. If they buy it, he cleans it.
The hardest days are those when Jimenez, the owner, has delivered to the lot five or as many as 10 cars. He has to prepare each one for sale.
"People are filthy," Cuevas translates.
His personal record is washing 75 cars in one eight-hour shift, Quinones tells me. And that includes the tires.
"Time him," Jesse Cuevas instructs as the lot boy moves on to a royal blue Volkswagen Bug. I wait until the minute hand is on the 12.
Manuel Quinones sprays it down with his power washer. And then the dance begins.
He glides with both hands the chamois over the hood, the left-side fender and doors before moving to the other side. He wrings. The right-side doors and fenders are next. The roof, which you figure would be done first, is last. He bends and, not breaking a sweat, gets all four tires to gleam.
I look at my watch. The minute hand has made it around once, and is now crossing the 3.
Manuel Quinones wrings the chamois once more.
He looks up at us.
He smiles.
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New York City-based Mode pushes forward with its John Cage collection, reissuing a new and improved Volume 6 (Roaratorio, etc.), and also Volume 25 ("The Works for Piano 4"), which is completely new, and which even includes a first recording: Works of Calder.
Many readers find James Joyce's Finnegans Wake unapproachable. John Cage's Roaratorio might be the best way of approaching this novel, as it condenses Joyce's 600-some pages, through a process that is both cerebral and naïve, into an hour of spoken text that is remarkably faithful to the spirit of Joyce's original. Furthermore, Cage's melodious recitation – a poor description of the speaking, singing, and everything in between that Cage brings to his text – is complemented by a dense array of sounds associated with Joyce's text. One can't take it all in, but Joyce himself said that he didn't intend Finnegans Wake to be understood, at least not in the conventional sense.
In short, Cage has constructed a long series of mesostics based on Joyce's text, and on James Joyce's name itself. (A mesostic is like an acrostic, but the letters that form the "hidden" message – here, the writer's name - are in the middle of the words, not at the start of them.) For example, to create the "J" in "James," Cage went through the novel until he came to the first word that had the letter "J" in it, which was "nathandJoe." Then he continued until he came to the next word that had an "A" in it, which was "A," and so on. (I'm simplifying, but you get the idea.) Cage created "JAMES JOYCE" mesostics for the entire novel in this manner. Next, for the "music," Cage kept track of sounds mentioned in Finnegans Wake, and of places mentioned too. Cage obtained tape recordings of the sounds, and also of sounds obtained from the different places. These sounds were mixed into Cage's recitation – not at random, but at locations where the text mentioned these sounds and places, whether those portions of the text actually remained in Cage's mesostics or not. The result is truly a "circus" in that there is more than one center, one "ring" where the listener can fix his or her attention. Joyce's statement "here comes everyone" comes figuratively true in Cage's Roaratorio, a celebration of Finnegans Wake that is as daring and innovative as Finnegans Wake itself.
If this is too much to unravel, Mode's two CD-set includes Writing for the Second Time Through Finnegans Wake, which is the Roaratorio text minus the Irish music and 62-track tape. There's also Laughtears, which is a 30-minute conversation between Cage and Klaus Schöning of West German Radio, who collaborated with Cage in the production of Roaratorio.
This was a fairly early Mode release, and it now has been reissued with improved 24-bit digital remastering. An 80-page booklet of articles and a 44-page booklet of Cage's text – cross-referenced to Finnegans Wake, so the curious can follow Cage's process – make this release even more necessary for the Cage enthusiast. Anyone who simply likes the sound of the English language (and beyond!) should enjoy this too. And as I said, if you're looking for a portal into Joyce's odd world, this could be what you're looking for.
The piano CD offers delights that are more bite-sized. Many of these works come from the 1940s, shortly after Cage began experiments with "preparing" a piano by inserting various objects among and between the strings, but before he began serious examinations of indeterminacy in music. Totem Ancestor (1942), for example, is a tiny but perfect portrait-of-the-piano-as-a-young-gamelan, and Music for Marcel Duchamp (1947) rises in simple, ineffable spirals like the smoke from a hash pipe. Other works such as Ad Lib (1943) and Jazz Study (1942) are far less characteristic of Cage. They're not particularly finished pieces, but they do sound intriguingly like Balinese jazz… should such a thing exist!
Works of Calder is a curiosity. In 1949, Cage began scoring a film documentary on the mobiles of sculptor Alexander Calder. The film's text was by John Latouche, and the narrator was Burgess Meredith. Cage wrote two chunks of music for a heavily prepared piano, and Tan presents these two sections here. There's also a track devoted to Meredith's narration (what a fine voice he had!) and another to percussion music Cage improvised and assembled for another portion of the documentary.
In contrast, One2 was written in 1989, just three years before the composer's death. (The title simply indicates that this was Cage's second "number piece" for one performer.) The number pieces are highly indeterminate. For example, Cage specifies that one to four pianos are to be used; Tan uses three, arranged in a kind of circle with their lids open and sustaining pedals engaged to maximize their ability to "talk" to each other. There aren't a lot of notes in One2, but there is a lot of music, and many decisions for the performer to make about when, where, and how long, concerning the musical instructions that Cage left behind. Tan's long experience with Cage makes her the ideal performer for music such as this. At 18:51, One2 is a long meditation, and an unusual complement to what has preceded it on this CD.
Tan's playing is full of devotion and understanding, and Mode treats it – and Cage's music – with similar devotion.
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Mayor-elect Don Iveson's total of 132,162 votes gives him the highest total in Edmonton mayoralty history, by 19,077 votes.
Edmonton election diary: Iveson's vote total sets record
10:51 p.m.
Mayor-elect Don Iveson's total of 132,162 votes gives him the highest total in Edmonton mayoralty history, by 19,077 votes. Jan Reimer garnered 113,085 votes in a 1992 win over Bill Smith for the previous record.
10:40 p.m.
The biggest runaway winners, besides mayor-elect Don Iveson, are councillors Bryan Anderson, with 79.6 per cent of the vote in Ward 9, Amarjeet Sohi with 75.37 per cent in Ward 12, Ed Gibbons with 75.12 per cent in Ward 4 and Ben Henderson with 70.63 per cent in Ward 8. On the flip side, Michael Oshry won Ward 5 with just 28.32 per cent of the vote and Bev Esslinger took Ward 2 with 28.54 per cent.
10:38 p.m.
With 213,585 votes cast, voter turnout was 34.5 per cent in Edmonton. That beats 33.4 per cent from 2010 and 27.24 from 2007.
10:20 p.m.
All incumbent councillors have retained their seats on Edmonton City Council – Bryan Anderson, Ben Henderson, Amarjeet Sohi, Ed Gibbons, Dave Loken and Tony Caterina. Newcomers are Michael Walters, Andrew Knack, Bev Esslinger, Michael Oshry, Scott McKeen and Mike Nickel. The final vote tally for the mayoralty candidates is: Don Iveson with 132,162, Karen Leibovici with 41,182 and Kerry Diotte with 32,917
10:16 p.m.
Mayor-elect Don Iveson thanks the voters. "My name and photograph have been on those green signs but this has been about you and I'm deeply grateful to the voters."
10:11 p.m.
Tom Flynn has a 1,166-vote lead over Mayor Don Rigney in Sturgeon County with three polls still waiting to report.
10:09 p.m.
Don Iveson's victory speech now underway. He thanked Kerry Diotte and Karen Leibovici and said he asked the latter for help "mentoring the many new faces we see on Edmonton City Council."
10:03 p.m.
Don Iveson is on pace to obliterate Stephen Mandel's high-water mark from 2010. With 70 polls yet to report, Iveson had 108,369 votes. In 2010, Mandel garnered 109,432 votes in a landslide win over David Dorward, who had 58,856.
10 p.m.
Alberta Liberal Leader Raj Sherman has issued a statement: "As Albertans have now had their say in the municipal and district elections held across the province, I would like to thank the many men and women who ran for office in their communities.
"Public service is a noble pursuit that often comes with very long hours, great responsibility, less thanks than you deserve, and more than your fair share of criticism.
"Whether you sought to serve as a mayor, reeve, councillor, or school trustee, Alberta Liberals want to thank you.
"Thank you for sharing your vision and passion for our communities.
"Whether or not you were successful in being elected to public office, you made a difference by your participation in the democratic process. You should be very proud.
"To the candidates who won, congratulations! The mantle of leadership now rests on you. I know that you will not take lightly the public trust that has been placed in you.
"For those who are leaving public life after tonight, thank you so much for putting in those very long hours, accepting such great responsibility, not worrying about the lack of thanks, and handling criticism as an inherent part of public service. Your communities are richer for your service.
"To all the volunteers – those who helped on campaigns and those who donated their time and energy in voting stations throughout the province– you played a vital role in giving Albertans an opportunity to perform their civic duty and exercise their democratic rights.
"Finally, to each and every one of you who took the time to go to the polls and vote. You have taken the first step, but your responsibility does not end there. Stay informed and stay involved. Democracy works best with your continued participation.
"Alberta Liberals look forward to working with all of you to create a strong economy and strong society."
9:56 p.m.
Michael Walters has the runaway lead in Ward 10, Don Iveson's old haunt. Walters had 9,741 votes, with 17 of 22 stations reporting. Nearest challenger was Richard Feehan with 3,151. Three other candidates polled 1,216 or fewer votes.
9:51 p.m.
Looks like former Journal columnist Scott McKeen has been successful in his second run at council. He leads the 16-candidate Ward 6 race with 5,223 votes. Nearest challenger is Heather MacKenzie with 3,996 and 16 of 24 stations reporting. All 16 candidates received votes, though six of them had 150 or fewer votes. McKeen lost to incumbent Tony Caterina in Ward 7 in 2010.
9:46 p.m.
Kerry Diotte makes his concession speech. He says all three major candidates for mayor "fought tough but fair campaigns that were a credit to our city."
9:45 p.m.
Don Iveson supporters pay some attention to Kerry Diotte and Karen Leibovici concession speeches, but lots of party-level chattering going on. People in the room really appear keen to hear from their man when he comes to make his victory speech.
9:38 p.m.
Challenger Roxanne Carr has beaten Mayor Linda Osinchuk by 446 votes in Strathcona County. In St. Albert, Nolan Crouse retained his spot in the mayor's chair with 55 per cent of the vote.
9:30 p.m.
Karen Leibovici offered congratulations to Don Iveson, said she spoke to him and offered her help in any way she can to continue building Edmonton. She said she leaves the stage "knowing we did all we could."
9:29 p.m.
Karen Leibovici concedes victory to Don Iveson.
9:29 p.m.
Premier Alison Redford issues a statement: "I want to congratulate all of the candidates who ran for public office in today's municipal and school board elections. To the successful candidates, I wish all of you the best in your upcoming term. Whether you are a newly elected official or a veteran returning to a post, I look forward to working with all of you
as we continue to build Alberta for all four million Albertans – and the next million who will arrive in the next decade – by investing in families and communities, living within our means and opening new markets. To all the candidates who took the courageous step of putting their names on a ballot, I want to thank you, your families, your campaign teams and volunteers for your willingness to serve the public and take part in the democratic process."
9:25 p.m.
More cheers at buoyant Don Iveson headquarters as Ben Henderson, Bev Esslinger, Ed Gibbons, Amarjeet Sohi declared winners in council races. Obviously, these are people Iveson's crowd thinks the apparent new mayor of Edmonton can work with on council.
9:24 p.m.
Andrew Knack has a comfortable lead in Ward 1. Other candidates well out in front are Bev Esslinger in Ward 2, Ed Gibbons in Ward 4, Ben Henderson in Ward 8, Bryan Anderson in Ward 9, Michael Walters in Ward 10 and Amarjeet Sohi in Ward 12.
9:20 p.m.
Despite Don Iveson apparently clinching the mayoralty race with an early commanding lead, Kerry Diotte refused to concede defeat, and supporters gathered at his campaign headquarters maintained an upbeat attitude. "It is still somewhat early. It's not looking great now, but we'll see how it shapes up," Diotte said.
9:17 p.m.
A pre-election poll showed Don Iveson with 54 per cent of decided voters. He's gone well past that. With 74 of 279 polls reporting, he had 60.2 per cent of the vote. Karen Leibovici grabbed 19.75 per cent and Kerry Diotte had 16.26 per cent. The most interesting ward races were 3, where Dave Loken led Dave Dodge 696 to 587, Ward 5 where Michael Oshry's 668 votes led Rob Hennigar at 659 and Jim Gibbon with 609, and Ward 6 where Scott McKeen held a 1,490 to 1,162 lead over Heather MacKenzie.
9:10 p.m.
With 40 of 279 polls reporting, Don Iveson has been elected mayor of Edmonton, with 60.78 per cent of the vote. He had 15,176 votes, well ahead of Karen Leibovici at 4,881 and Kerry Diotte at 4,019. There had been 24,970 votes cast.
9:05 p.m.
A small groan is heard at Karen Leibovici's gathering as numbers shown on the screen indicating Don Iveson has widened his lead. Virtual silence follows a few minutes later as CTV calls the election for Iveson. No word yet when Leibovici will come to the party.
9:02 p.m.
Another huge cheer and chants of 'Don, Don, Don' as CTV declares Don Iveson elected mayor, with just 29 of 279 polls reporting. Now waiting for the candidate to confirm the results and come to the ballroom for his acceptance speech.
8:55 p.m.
At Karen Leibovici's campaign headquarters at the Art Gallery of Alberta, the mood was initially upbeat but has now turned more sombre as the early results came in showing Don Iveson well ahead. About 250 guests are keeping their eyes glued to the big screen at the front of the room where results are shown. Supporters were told Leibovici would turn up by about 9 p.m. but is now expected a bit later. "Don't worry, it's just five per cent of the polls," one supporter said, trying to get the crowd smiling. With 17 of 279 polls reporting, Iveson had 2,262 votes to 969 for Leibovici and 632 for Kerry Diotte. Gordon Ward had 49, Joshua Semotiuk 40 and Kristine Acielo 22. Meanwhile, in Strathcona County, Roxanne Carr is now leading Mayor Linda Osinchuk by fewer than 300 votes with 17 of 27 polls reporting.
8:46 p.m.
"My only comment is, 'I am relieved to be democratically retired,'" said Jason Gariepy, a candidate for council in Strathcona County, who was embroiled in controversy.
8:46 p.m.
The ward leaders in the early going are Andrew Knack (Ward 1), Bev Esslinger (Ward 2), Dave Loken in a close vote over David Dodge in Ward 3, Ed Gibbons in Ward 4, Michael Oshry in Ward 5, Scott McKeen in Ward 6, Tony Caterina in Ward 7, Ben Henderson in Ward 8, Bryan Anderson in Ward 9, Michael Walters in Ward 10, Sonia Bitar in Ward 11 and Amarjeet Sohi in Ward 12.
8:41 p.m.
Don Iveson is the runaway leader in the mayor's race for Edmonton. With 15 of 279 polls reporting, Iveson had 1,940 votes, well ahead of Karen Leibovici with 770 and Kerry Diotte with 577.
8:30 p.m.
It could be a close mayoralty race in Strathcona County. With three polls reporting, Mayor Linda Osinchuk has 2,135 votes, Roxanne Carr has 2,124.
8:30 p.m.
In St. Albert, incumbent Noland Crouse has the early lead over Shelley Biermanski for the mayor's chair. Crouse had 963 votes to 684 for Biermanski, with two of 20 polls reporting
8:20 p.m.
Supporters are now streaming into mayoralty candidate Karen Leibovici's campaign party at the Art Gallery of Alberta. There is a line at the bar and people are walking around with plates of buns and cold cuts. A cheer goes up as a live shot of the party is displayed on the big screen at the front of the room. Supporters are told Leibovici will arrive sometime around 9 p.m. or a bit later.
8:15 p.m.
As about 200 supporters nosh on fruit, cheese and cold cuts, there is no sign of mayoralty candidate Don Iveson in the Matrix Hotel ballroom. He is not likely to make his entrance until results are known. Preliminary results won't be available until at least 8:30 p.m.
8:10 p.m.
The lights are dimmed at Kerry Diotte's campaign headquarters as supporters settle in around a projector screen to watch live results coverage. About 50 to 60 supporters have gathered at the nerve centre on 104th Street and 79th Avenue.
8:10 p.m.
True to the stereotype, young people make up the vast majority of the crowd packing Don Iveson's headquarters. He really does draw in what he once jokingly referred to as the "Sugar Bowl hipsters," a reference to the popular University of Alberta-area restaurant. Unlike political campaigns at all levels of government, there are not many seniors here – the most luxuriant head of grey hair belongs to Iveson's father.
8:09 p.m.
Former councillor Kim Krushell, acting as an analyst for CTV, predicted a two-way race for the mayor's chair between Karen Leibovici and Don Iveson. She said Kerry Diotte "has not resonated" with people on the issues he claimed to own.
8:03 p.m.
Karen Leibovici's campaign manager Catherine Keill said the four-term councillor was watching the returns at an undisclosed location with a small gathering of family and friends. She said the mood among the group was upbeat, knowing that they had done all they could do to get their vote out. "We're feeling good," Keill said. "The team worked very hard. We've had tens of thousands of contacts with voters, so it was an excellent day as far as the team is concerned."
7:40 p.m.
A few supporters start to trickle into mayoralty candidate Karen Leibovici's campaign party at the Art Gallery of Alberta, but the place is still pretty empty. Trays of cheese, crackers and cold cuts are still wrapped in cellophane, while the wine and meagre selection of beer remain on ice untouched. The small crowd seems calm.
7:05 p.m.
The face of Edmonton City Council is due for a radical makeover tonight, as a new mayor and at least six new councillors will be elected.
Polls close at 8 p.m. and the rush will be on to name 12 councillors and the successor to Mayor Stephen Mandel, who retired at the age of 68 after serving three terms over nine years in the big chair. The new mayor and council will be elected for a four-year term.
Don Iveson headed into election day as the favourite to succeed Mandel, based on polling data provided to the Journal by Leger on Oct. 17. Of decided voters, 54 per cent said they supported Iveson, while 23 per cent opted for Karen Leibovici and 19 per cent for Kerry Diotte.
All three candidates vacated their city council seats to challenge for the top job. As well, Linda Sloan (Ward 1), Kim Krushell (Ward 2) and Jane Batty (Ward 6) decided not to run for another term, leaving a total of six ward vacancies to be filled.
If advance polling numbers are any indication, Edmontonians might be flocking to voting stations in greater numbers than in the previous two elections. A total of 23,076 advanced votes were cast, a 15 per cent increase over the 20,069 from 2010. Three years ago, voter turnout was a disappointing 34.3 per cent, and it was even worse in 2007, at 27.3 per cent.
This civic election is the first since 1968 in Edmonton not to feature an incumbent in the mayoralty race. Vince Dantzer retired as mayor and three councillors entered the race to replace him. Ivor Dent beat Les Bodie and Reg Easton for the top job.
A total of 119 candidates are up for election today, six in the mayoralty race, 73 for council, 22 public school board trustee hopefuls and 18 Catholic board candidates. Ward 6 boasts the highest number of candidates, with 16, though Javed Sommers decided he could not win and has endorsed fellow candidate Heather MacKenzie. The record number of candidates in one ward was set in 1971 as 18 people ran in Ward 3 and three were elected – Ed Leger, Ron Hayter and W.E. McLean.
The record number of total candidates is 135, also set in 1971, which was the first year for the ward system.


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How to Create an Educational Presentation with Keynote iPad App
Create presentations for your classroom with Keynote iPad app. Your students create Keynote presentations on their iPads for class assignments as well. Keynote presentations can later be displayed on your iPad, printed, or even saved as a QuickTime movie, among other things.
You can create your Keynote on a Mac or on your iPad. Be aware, however, that the versions of Keynote for Mac and Keynote for iPad are not the same, and you'll need to be careful to avoid potential pitfalls (such as your formatting getting all messed up) when displaying your Mac Keynote on an iPad.
1Tap the Keynote icon on your Home screen to open the app and then tap the + icon to start a new presentation.
The screen that first appears when you open Keynote is the Document Manager.
2Tap the Create Presentation option.
You get a selection of 12 designs. Each theme comes with a selection of predesigned slide formats that contain placeholders for titles, text, images, and more. Select the theme of your choice.
3Add slides by tapping the Add Slide icon at the bottom of the column to add a new slide.
When you add a slide, you'll be presented with a range of slide layouts that are included with the theme. Select a layout by tapping it.
4Organize and edit your slides.
The Navigator displays your slides in the column on the left of the editor. From there, you can tap any slide to select it.
Move a slide by simply tapping it in the Navigator and dragging it to a new location in your presentation. Move multiple slides by tapping and holding one and then tapping additional slides with another finger.
5Add and edit text and objects such as images, charts, shapes, and tables.
Double-tap text to edit and replace it with your own. Select any text and tap the Format icon on the top toolbar to change the font and style of the text. Tap the + Insert button on the top toolbar to add text, charts, tables, shapes, or any images from your Photo galleries.
Tap to edit any object. Handles appear around the selection. Drag a corner to resize the object or twist and rotate it. Drag the object to move it to a new location. Tap any chart that you added, and select the Edit Data option on the pop-up menus to add your data to a spreadsheet. The chart will update to reflect your data.
6Tap the Format button and change the appearance of an object.
Change colors, font, and styles of text. Add shadows, reflections, and frames to images and shapes. Play with the design of your objects to add maximum visual impact to your slides.
You can make objects appear dynamically on your slide by adding animation effects. Tap an object and select Animate from the pop-up menu. Experiment with the Build In options to alter how the object first appears on your slide.
Build Out animations add a transition effect to the way the object disappears. Keynote will demonstrate the animation for you when you apply it. Click the Done button on the top left of your screen when you're done.
7Add slide transition effects.
Slide transitions are effects applied to the way one slide leads into the next during your presentation. Tap a slide in the Navigator to select it and then tap it a second time to pop up a menu of options. Select Transition and experiment with the different transition effects.
Keynote will demonstrate the transition as you tap and select it. Tap the Done button on the top left of your screen when you're finished.
8Tap the Play button on the right of your top toolbar.
The presentation plays in full screen from the current slide. Tap once or swipe left to move to the next slide, and slide right to go backward. When you're done presenting, pinch anywhere on your slide to go back into editing mode.
9Tap the Tools button on the top toolbar to print or share your presentation via e-mail.
You can also copy your presentation to iTunes and then access it on your computer in Keynote, PDF, or PowerPoint format. If you have an iCloud account, you can have it backed up and synced to your other devices automatically.
Saving is the easiest part because your presentation is automatically saved for you — in the Document Manager — as you work. Drag one presentation over another to organize them into folders.


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What is Selenium?
Selenium automates browsers. That's it! What you do with that power is entirely up to you. Primarily, it is for automating web applications for testing purposes, but is certainly not limited to just that. Boring web-based administration tasks can (and should!) be automated as well.
Selenium has the support of some of the largest browser vendors who have taken (or are taking) steps to make Selenium a native part of their browser. It is also the core technology in countless other browser automation tools, APIs and frameworks.
Which part of Selenium is appropriate for me?
Selenium WebDriver
If you want to
Then you want to use Selenium WebDriver; a collection of language specific bindings to drive a browser -- the way it is meant to be driven.
Selenium WebDriver is the successor of Selenium Remote Control which has been officially deprecated. The Selenium Server (used by both WebDriver and Remote Control) now also includes built-in grid capabilities.
Selenium IDE
If you want to
Then you want to use Selenium IDE; a Chrome and Firefox add-on that will do simple record-and-playback of interactions with the browser.
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Tarte Amandine (Apple Tart with Almond Cream)
Happy New Year! My resolution for year 2009 is to post a new recipe everyday. I decided to start with a tarte amandine because one of the main components of the dish is frangipane, a buttery almond filling. I'm originally from France and frangipane figures heavily into the traditional cake, called Galette des Rois (litterally Kings' Cake), which is served in the month of January to commemorate the Christian Holiday of Epiphany.
Yields: 6 servings6 square puff pastry , store bought
125 g butter, softened to room temperature, plus extra
50 g sugar
2 whole eggs, yolk & white separated
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 pinch salt
125 g almond flour, 1
2 Tbsp apricot preserves, 2
3 whole apples, 3
1/2 squeezed lemon
Preheat the oven to 400°F
Place in 2 separate bowls, the yolks in one and the white in the other.
Add 1/3 sugar quantity to yolk, mix with handmixer until pale yellow. Add vanilla, almond flour, stir with a spatula. In a different container, cream another 1/3 of the sugar with the butter. Combine both bowls together.
For the remaining egg-white bowl, add salt, then start mixing with clean handblender until you reach soft peaks (don't overmix, it will become grainy) then add the remaining sugar and mix for another minute until stiff.
Combine 1/3 of the egg white to the egg yolk mixture, stir well with spatula. Then gently fold the rest of the egg whites with a spatula.
Place the dough in 6 individual pie shells previously buttered (or in one 9-inch pie pan). Dock the dough with a fork.
Peel the apples, cut them in half. Core them. Coat each half with lemon juice, then cut them vertically into thin slices. Spread the almond mixture in each mold then place the apples over the almond paste. Sprinkle teeny bit of butter over the apples so the pie look rich and golden.
Bake for 25 minutes at 375°F, then lower the temperature to 350°F for another 15 minutes. Before glazing the pie, broil for 3 minutes to get a nice golden crust and caramelized apple look. Turn off the heat, then brush with the warm apricot preserves.
Let it cool for a few minutes, serve warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, it's delicious.
In general, I'll be sharing sweet treats on Thursdays so you guys can get prepared and make it for your family and friends over the weekends.
1 You can either buy ready-made almond flour, or make it yourself. Remember to get a little more than 125 grams of whole almonds to get the correct amount of flour. Place whole almonds in a metal bowl, then cover them with boiling water. Let it sit for no longer than 2 minutes. Strain and transfer them into an cold water bath. Pat them dry on a towel, and the skins should come right off. Then grind them with a food processor or spice grinder. Make sure you stop before it turns into almond butter. I use the VitaMix Dry Blade Container. The result should be a fine white mill.
2 Dilute the apricot preserves with 1 tablespoon of water (if you fancy some Brandy flavor, add a teeny drop). I use my friend Carol's Homemade Apricot Preserves, which is yummy. Carol, I'm still waiting for your secrets on how to make good fruit preserves ;)
3 I tend to use Fuji apples or Golden Delicious, which are some of the sweetest varieties.
4 Don't discard the remnants of puff pastry. Make some cheese twists the next day!
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I have been given the task of updating some old code which was written in zim 4.
I created a file called LOGIN.CMD and made a procedure which simply querys an entity set to see if a login matches any login entity set entrys.
When i have zim running and i try and run 'compile LOGIN' I receive the error 'LOGIN' is not a known name.
My Question is how do I get zim to pick up my file as a known name.
Thank you in advance.


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Gabriel Landeskog ready to win Calder, and other Vegas tidbits
LAS VEGAS – Don't you wish this were your trophy case at home?
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For a few hours yesterday, in the restaurant formerly known as Alex, that was indeed its trophy room. The NHL Awards show is tonight in Vegas, at the Wynn, and despite the slated performance of Nickelback, it should be a fun show.
Gabriel Landeskog is the heavy favorite to win the Calder trophy as rookie of the year. I know many of the NHL writers who got to vote on the award, and many told me they voted for Landy to win – as I did too. I do know of a couple who voted for Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, though. We've been over why Landeskog should win previously here.
Along with work, I've had a little time for some sight seeing. Speaking of "sights", this is the color of the lampshades in my room. I'll let you guess what hotel on the strip this could be.
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I've won $12.35 so far on the trip too. Played two hands of video poker last night. Won $10 on three-of-a-kind 9s on the first hand, and one dollar on the next bet. Cashed out from there.
Then put a dollar in a penny slot machine, and after the dollar dwindled to about 40 cents, I hit the motherlode: 235 pennies. So I cashed out from that, taking my $1.35 haul from the original investment.
A couple of friends, Kevin and Natalie Mergen, picked me up at the airport and we ate ridiculously oversized breakfasts at the Hash House at the M hotel. Outstanding.
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They then took me to the site of the "Pawn Stars" shop, where one of my favorite shows is filmed.
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It was a disappointment inside, though. None of the guys who are on the show were behind the counter. Mostly the place was just staffed with unknowns, working the register on T-shirt sales – with about half the shop seemingly nothing but a gift shop for TV merchandise. No haggling going on, nobody bringing in their first edition Marvel comics to barter. A tourist trap is what it was really.
Anywho, stay tuned for more exciting news from tonight.
Avs fans might want to read this too: A story I did for SI.com with Pavel Datsyuk bemoaning what life will be like for the Red Wings without Nick Lidstrom.


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Melania Trump's official bio page suggests that she did not complete a college degree in Slovenia, as she previously claimed on her own website, NBC News reported.
The future first lady's bio on Donald Trump's government website says that she "paused her studies to advance her modeling career in Milan and Paris." It does not say whether she resumed or completed the degree.
As recently as July, Melania Trump's personal site said she obtained a degree in design and architecture at an unspecified university in Slovenia, her country of birth. It did not say when or where of whether she completed the degree but said she was working as a model at the time and "jetting between photo shoots in Paris and Milan."


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The Mutual Brand: "Shared Purpose. Mutual Values."®
In an age where consumers are increasingly skeptical about companies seeking their business, mutual insurers have long offered a different kind of choice to policyholders. Because they don't have shareholders, mutuals can put the interests of policyholders first. That is the essence of the first-ever mutual brand, created in 2012 to help NAMIC members differentiate themselves in the marketplace.
A full service brand program licenses participating companies to use a wide variety of customizable, turnkey media resources: print, radio, TV, web, direct mail, and outdoor. Extensive market research was conducted as a part of the brand's development, and drove the creative process to ensure the brand would resonate with target demographics.
Announcing a new chapter in the history of mutual insurance, NAMIC President and CEO Charles Chamness used the association's annual convention to launch what he termed "a whole new way of getting the world to see us as mutual." "What a mutual insurer offers is not just another commodity and not just another transaction. Mutual insurers are different. And because we are different, we can – if we choose – differentiate ourselves and build greater loyalty among our existing policyholders and attract new ones," he told the convention audience.
Chamness said the mutual insurer's sole focus of serving policyholders and the ability to make decisions not on a quarterly basis but with a long-term view "actually makes us stronger, enabling us to deliver on the promises we make to our policyholders."
"Because we are not owned by investors, we exist solely to meet the needs of our policyholders. In fact, our policyholders are more than just policyholders; they are members of the mutual," he said. "And people who are members of an organization have more trust in the organization than those who simply buy a product from a company."
NAMIC has registered the new mutual brand for trademark protection and has copyrighted the brand's key marketing messages and components. NAMIC Public Affairs managed the development of the brand and directs the program's activities.


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Spreadsheet Deutsch
Excel, among the Office applications, stays the 800-pound gorilla in spreadsheets. It's possible for you to name your spreadsheet everything you desire. You could also locate the spreadsheet in your Drive. When you have published your spreadsheet, make a new graph or edit existing one and visit the second step, which lets you upload your CSV file. To begin with, you have to prepare the spreadsheet in Google Apps.


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I'm gonna reply with a twist... I love to hate Teresa. She doesn't make the show but she does make me laugh. Her views on life and her actions don't jive which always make me chuckle. Every aspect of her life has contradictions e.g., financial, parenting, marriage, family, friendship.


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System: Ubuntu 10.04 server / Tomcat6 / geoserver2.1.2 with integrated GeoWebCache
I have various webmapping applications running which utilize the mapfish print module.Some are in tomcat6/webapps some are in my apache2 DocRoot. I need to have various mapfish print layouts to show different logos, legends, scalebars etc depending on which webmapping application is using it....but I only have one config.yaml file to style the pdf layout.
Qustion: How can Have I various versions of config.yaml and link them to the different webapps?
I´d be grateful for any replies,


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Rand Paul's tough NSA moment
Sen. Rand Paul this week found himself in a spot that was quite familiar to him before he rocketed to GOP celebrity status — flying without a Republican army behind him.
The first-term Republican from Kentucky has sought to maintain his father's libertarian political base while spending months trying to develop relationships with some of his party's more hawkish voices. Yet he carved out a path much more in line with Ron Paul when he filed a bill Friday, in the wake of discomfiting disclosures about the government's database of phone records, to require officials to obtain a warrant for such searches.
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"This is an all-out assault on the Constitution," Paul declared angrily, saying Candidate Barack Obama, circa 2007, agreed with him.
It was at odds with the opinions of the foreign policy hawks he has privately courted – Paul has had meetings with, among others, Republican mega-donor Paul Singer, a pro-Israel hardliner, and former Mitt Romney adviser Dan Senor.
( Also on POLITICO: Lawmakers rebut Obama's data defense)
It also set him apart from most Senate Republicans – South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, for instance, noted that he's an unconcerned Verizon customer – and from where the party has traditionally been on national security. Republicans like Sen. John McCain said on Fox News that President Obama needs to explain the scope of the program, but did not suggest wholesale changes.
But Paul's move was consistent not only with his father's smaller-government mantra, but his own. And his advisers said he was being true to himself by taking up the issue.
Doug Stafford, Paul's top political adviser and former chief of staff, said the issue of privacy "resonates across the aisle," with the potential to galvanize an unlikely coalition that ranges from radio host Laura Ingraham and web-tabloid impresario Matt Drudge on the right, to the more traditional civil libertarian left.
It's practically an imperative for Paul to "charge in" on this debate, Stafford said.
( WATCH: NSA reactions in under 60 seconds)
"It is who he is and what he believes," Stafford explained. "People are deeply suspicious of a government that can take away their rights and more so if done in secret. There may be some who disagree. But more and more people are coming to Rand's side on this within the party and across the aisle."
He added: "Regardless, [Paul] will do it because it is right."
Another Paul adviser, who asked not to be identified, argued as Stafford did – that the senator will "win converts" to his side for being consistent on the issue, and that such a position will play well in, say, an early state like New Hampshire.
But among many neoconservatives, Paul's legislation was met with disgust.
"It's obvious that this is a seriously complicated issue with very real implications for U.S. national security," Michael Goldfarb, a former Weekly Standard deputy editor, said in an interview.
( PHOTOS: Pols, pundits weigh in on NSA report)
"And it's fundamentally unserious to come out 24 hours, not even, after this is revealed publicly and offer your legislative fix that is totally overbroad and completely shuts down the government's ability to mine data in this manner," said Goldfarb, who worked on McCain's 2008 campaign.
"Is it possible that the government overreached here? Sure," he said, adding the program could be due for "tweaks." "[But] is Rand Paul doing anything but trying to exploit this and demagogue it? It may put people in a tough spot … it may be clever politics in the moment, but is it good policy?"


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I have a GMail account (Google Apps with my own domain) hooked up as an exchange account in my iPhone.
If I mark an E-Mail (as shown in the screenshot) on my iPhone, it is not regonized by the GMail Web Client aka shown in the marked folder.
Do I have to configure something in my iPhone to fix this or is this not possible?
The text in the screenshot is german, but I think it is clear what means what. :-)


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Ingredients and Preparation
- Cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt and oil.
- Heat olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and onion and sauté for 2-3 minutes, until fragrant. Add zucchini and bell pepper and sauté an additional 3-4 minutes.
- Reduce heat to low and add the drained pasta to the skillet. Stir in the tomatoes and basil. Remove from heat and top with parmesan cheese.


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BALTIMORE– UMBC women's lacrosse sophomore Rachel Benzing (Ellicott City, Md./Centennial) helped guide the Retrievers to a big first half, scoring a goal and dishing out three of her four assists in the game en route to a 12-9 victory against Vermont in America East action on Saturday at the UMBC Stadium.
Benzing finished the day with a team-best five points, while senior Kristen Bilney (Ellicott City, Md./Mt. Hebron) registered a pair of free position goals and finished with her fifth hat trick of the season.
The Retrievers pick up their first conference victory of the year and improve to 7-6 (1-2 AEC) on the season, while Vermont (10-4, 1-2 AEC) falls for the second straight game.
UMBC outshot UVM, 16-7, in the opening period and forced the Catamounts into eight turnovers, helping the Retrievers to outscore Vermont, 8-4, in the first half.
Benzing proved to be a threat from behind the net all day, starting with the day's opening goal, as the attacker came from behind the net to finish high against UVM goalkeeper Meg Hopkins. The Retrievers added to the early lead on a dish from Benzing to a cutting Bilney for the score.
UMBC added its third unanswered on a give-and-go with sophomore Alyssa Semones (Westminster, Md./Westminster/Penn State) and senior Shannon Harkey (Purcellville, Va./Loudon Valley/Florida), with Semones finishing in the bottom corner of the net for her 19th of the season.
The Retrievers' pressure continued to force Vermont into turnovers, but junior Jessica Roach was able to get the Catamounts on the board with 19:34 left in the opening period, slotting a shot past UMBC goalkeeper Anna Barnett (Midland, Texas/Midland). A minute later, senior Sydney Mas broke free from the pack for an open shot and score to become UVM's all-time points leader and bring Vermont within one, 3-2.
The Retrievers responded with a pair of scores less than a minute apart, the first coming on a free position shot with 16:38 remaining in the first from Bilney and the second from freshman Mackenzie Reese (Bel Air, Md./John Carroll School), her third in the last three games, to extend UMBC's advantage to three, 5-2.
After each team scored a pair of goals, the Retrievers held possession down the stretch of the opening period and came away with the final goal of the half on a score from junior Abby Wilson (Bel Air, Md./Fallston), to take an 8-4 advantage at the break.
Vermont wasted no time in the second half, as Mas dished a pass to red-shirt junior Marcie Marino for the score 47 seconds into the period. Roach added a score less than a minute later, one of five on the day for the junior, closing the gap to two, 8-6, early in the period. Roach and Mas added two more in the opening seven minutes to eliminate the deficit and tie the contest at eight apiece.
Red-shirt junior Ali Carpenter (Baltimore, Md./McDonogh/Loyola) broke the run with her first of two goals in the second half, giving the Retrievers a lead it would not relinquish. Wilson scored her second of the day on a free position shot 1:28 later to give UMBC some breathing room, 10-8.
The Retrievers added two more scores, one from Bilney and one from Carpenter, but Roach gave the Catamounts life, scoring with 5:35 to go to bring UVM within three, 12-9, but that is as close Vermont would get.
UMBC outshot Vermont, 30-16, in the contest and turned the Catamounts over 10 times. Barnett finished the night with six saves, while Hopkins tallied five saves in the loss.
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Located in the Victorian Village area. The Apollo Theatre was opened November 25, 1926, it was re-named Lincoln Theatre by 1928. It was operating as the Garden Theatre prior to 1941, and had a capacity for 643. After closing as a movie theatre, it became a burlesque venue. In recent years it has been a church.
In September 2011, it reopened as a live performance venue, also with movie use and as a wedding venue. Currently seating 138, money is being raised for further renovations and to increase the seating capacity to 300.
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I'm sorry, that assessment was wrong: it will be nothing like the old Culver – there will be one performance space, not two. Reading more carefully, what I should have said is that right now, they have only installed 99 seats in the auditorium while they go about the renovations, and that 300 seats will be the ultimate capacity of the room when it is finished.
So happy to see this theater put to use. It has been sitting there idle for many years. I've always wondered what it looked like inside. The theater was still open when I moved to town, but was showing porn then so I never did get inside. A shame the balcony is gone. A local theater company put on a production of Follies recently. I hope they make a go of it. Parking is a real problem in that area………
Nice to see this page! It brings back some fond memories of a theater I (literally) grew up in! My great-aunt, Ethel Miles, played the organ here for silent films in the 20's before buying it as the first of the many theatres she and her husband Walter eventually owned. It was very family-friendly during their tenure, where I saw Elvis's films, Disney films, and some horror films (The Blob; The Creature). My first job was working the concession stand with my great-grandmother! Thanks for the memories!
I work in 1956 – 1959 AT THE GARDEN Theatre 1187 n. high street if any body want to get hold of me you can send me email at OR CALL AT 720-496-5418
Starting June 9th, movies return to the Garden Theater for the first time in over 20 years! http://www.facebook.com/#!/events/369460523120708/
Will this be actual film projection, as opposed to DVD?
This is wonderful what is happening with this theatre. I wish it and the owners, performers and patrons all the best and continued success in this endeavor!
According to the TheatreOrgans.com Searchable Opus List Database of original installations, the Garden Theatre had a Wurlitzer model D theatre pipe organ, opus 1508, installed on November 15, 1926.
The D had two manuals and six ranks (with a horseshoe console), also featuring four tuned percussions and 20 traps and sound effects.
This model is considered by some aficionados to be one of the most versatile of the small Wurlitzer theatre pipe organs, not requiring any "hot-rodding" or expansion to suit their tastes.
Anyway, this organ was, at some point, repossessed by Wurlitzer, and the last I know of it, it was installed in the residence of a Mr. Howard Hundley in Charleston, West Virginia (as of January 13, 1933). I do not know if it is still there, or where it is now, although I would love to hear from anyone else with knowledge of the present-day whereabouts of this organ, or at least of its parts.
If you go back to 1925 this was the Apollo Theatre and by 1928 was renamed the Lincoln before becoming the Garden.
I found an opening date for this theatre of 25 Nov 1926 which coincides with the installation of the Wurlitzer organ.
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Maple Flax Cookies
The weather hasn't been that great in my neck of the woods lately, very windy and rain/snow brrrr. I am getting excited for the weather to warm up. I am starting my tomato seeds next week! I have never had a yard veggie garden but I have been reading a lot about it and one of my friends told me she grew flax. Not that she got a big crop, apparently the flowers that the plant produces are very pretty.
We just bought a big bottle of maple syrup, and I have a huge jar of flax kicking around, and I remembered this recipe from domesticaffair.ca, this is one of my new favorite cookies! I didn't have spelt flour, I just used organic unbleached white flour.
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WALTHAM, Mass. – The Brandeis University men's basketball team shot 65% from the floor in the second half, connecting on 16 of their first 22 attempts, as the Judges defeated visiting Mass. College of Liberal Arts, 86-65, in a non-conference showdown in Red Auerbach Arena tonight. The win is the seventh in a row for the Judges, who improve to 7-1, while the Trailblazers fall to 1-5.
Brandeis put four starters in double figures, led by junior forward Ben Bartoldus (Hillsborough, N.H./Proctor Acad.), who scored a game-high 18 points on 7-of-13 shooting, including 3-of-7 from beyond the arc, and 1-of-2 from the line. Bartoldus also grabbed a team-high seven rebounds. His 11 first-half points staked the Judges to a slim 34-32 lead.
Junior forward Alex Stoyle (Goffstown, N.H./Tilton School) and classmate center Youri Dascy (Fall River, Mass./St. Andrews School) scored 13 and 12 points respectively, all coming in the second half, while junior guard Derek Retos (North Attleboro, Mass./Brimmer and May School) notched eight of his 10 points after the break. The three combined to hit 10-of-15 from the floor in the final 20 minutes as the Judges hit 17-of-26 as a team and outscored the Trailblazers, 52-33.
Rookie guard Colby Smith (No. Andover, Mass./No. Andover) led all players with seven assists, while Stoyle matched his career-high with five helpers. Senior center Wouter van der Eng (Alphen aun der Rijn, Netherlands/Kimball Union Academy, N.H.) finished with six boards as the Judges outrebounded MCLA, 35-31, and owned a 30-16 edge in points in the paint.
Mass. College also had four players score in double figures, led by rookie guard Paul Maurice (Boston, Mass./Snowden), who had 14 points off the bench on 5-of-9 shooting overall, 3-of-6 from downtown and 1-of-3 from the line. Sophomore center Mike Muller (Norton, Mass./Coyle-Cassidy School) added 12 points off the bench as the Trailblazer reserves outscored Brandeis's, 30-26.
Senior Richard Johnson (Springfield, Mass./Commerce) added 11 points – eight in the first half - and three blocked shots to pace the MCLA starters, while classmate Bilal Shabazz (Schenectady, N.Y./Bishop Gibbons) had 10 points. Junior forward John Jones (Worcester, Mass./Worcester South) led all players with nine rebounds (six offensive), while Shabazz topped the 'Blazers with five assists. MCLA kept pace with the Judges by shooting 44% in the first half (14-32), but they connected on just 39% (12-31) in the second while the hosts were shooting the lights out.
Brandeis returns to action on Saturday afternoon when they travel to Amherst, Mass., to take on 10th-ranked Amherst College at 3 p.m. MCLA hosts SUNY-Canton at 2 p.m. the same day.


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Attorney General Pam Bondi, legislators call for passage of Aaron Cohen Act to crack down on hit-and-run drivers
Attorney General Pam Bondi, legislators and law enforcement leaders are joining the widow of a Miami cyclist killed in a 2012 hit-and-run crash on the Rickenbacker Causeway in her campaign to crack down on hit-and-run drivers.
At a press conference Tuesday, Patty Cohen said she has been pursuing a change in the law, which now gives drunk drivers an incentive to leave the scene of a hit-and-run, since her husband, Aaron, was struck by a motorist on the causeway's William Powell Bridge on Feb. 15, 2012.
The proposal, known as the "Aaron Cohen Life Protection Act," aims to eliminate that incentive.
Under current Florida law, drunk drivers who kill someone receive a minimum mandatory sentence of four years in prison. But those who leave the scene to avoid being caught drinking face less stringent penalties, said Sen. Miguel Diaz de la Portilla, R-Coral Gables, sponsor of SB 102.
"It is a growing epidemic," said Diaz de la Portilla, who was flanked by a nonpartisan group of legislators as well as a cadre of uniformed officers and representatives of police and sheriff's associations at the press conference.
Florida motorists were involved in 69,994 hit-and-run crashes in 2012, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Of that total, 168 were fatal — roughly three people a week. And most were pedestrians.
"No family should have to suffer like ours has," said Cohen, whose daughter, Lily, was 3 ½ and her son, Aiden, 9 months, when her 36-year-old husband was killed. He had been riding with cycling partner Enda Walsh, who was injured, when they were hit by Michele Traverso, who fled the scene.
"He kept driving," Cohen said. "He ran, he hid his car, he never even stopped, he never even called 911."
Traverso turned himself in 17 hours later. Police found evidence that the Key Biscayne man, on probation for cocaine charges, had been drinking but could not test him because of the time lag. He was eventually sentenced to 364 days in jail and released after 264.
Since the accident, Cohen, who lives in the Roads neighborhood and works as a bond trader for an investment bank, has been working with Walsh and triathlete Mickey Witt on toughening punishment of drivers who flee.
"We have got to be vigilant," said Bondi, calling the measure "much needed legislation."
"We live in Florida," she said. "We're a tourism state. People love jogging, biking, pushing their baby strollers down our streets."
Rep. Bryan Nelson, R-Apopka, who is sponsoring the House counterpart (HB 183), said that getting help right away "can mean the difference between life and death for these victims."
The proposed legislation will:
Create a minimum mandatory sentence of four years for leaving the scene of an accident which results in death (with an allowance for downward departure by the court when mitigating factors exist).
Increase existing minimum mandatory sentence from two to four years for leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death with DUI.
Increase the penalty for leaving the scene of an accident resulting in serious bodily injury from a third-degree felony to a second-degree felony.
Define "Vulnerable Road User" (VRU) — someone who isn't protected by a car — and raise the level in the criminal punishment code when a cyclist, motorcyclist or pedestrian is injured or killed.
Require a three-year revocation of the offender's driver's license and, prior to reinstatement, a driver's education course on the rights of vulnerable road users.
Senate Bill 102 unanimously passed its first two committee stops, with two more to go. The first committee hearing for HB 183 will be in the House Transportation and Highway Safety Subcommittee — it has four stops in the House.
While more is needed to improve roads for cyclists, Cohen said, the law, and more public awareness, is a start.
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He's 18. And Boy Can He Shoot. Surreal Portraits By Photographer Alex Stoddard.
Alex Stoddard (and remember the name because I'm sure you'll be hearing it a lot more in the future) was born in 1993 in Jacksonville, Florida. He began taking self-portraits only two years ago at the age of sixteen in the woods behind his Georgian home.
Here's a look at some of his compelling work, many of which are self-portraits:
His work focuses on the human form and the process of infusing it with natural surroundings. His 'fine art' section of his site contains photographic images that are very surreal, unusual and more inventive than his 'portraits' section which contains shots that, while lovely, are more traditional and expected.
See more of his work here.
Alex is currently based in Orange, California.
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By Dan Whitcomb and Dana Feldman
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — A California state
senator has been indicted on federal charges that he took $100,000 in
bribes from a businessman and from undercover FBI agents posing as
Hollywood movie executives in exchange for steering legislation in their
favor, prosecutors said on Friday.
Democrat Ron Calderon, 56, has agreed to turn himself in on Monday
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"Senator Calderon is accused of accepting tens of thousands of
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State senate leader Darrell Steinberg called on Calderon, a veteran
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The Social Desktop Winners
Today we are announcing the winners of the Social Desktop Contest. The Social Desktop Contest was launched in June with the goal to bring Web 2.0 ideas and our user and developer community closer to the desktop and foster community development and innovations around the OCS API.
There have been many new ideas and innovations coming from the community in the Social Desktop area and we received a large number of really good submissions. This made it obviously hard for the jury, as you can have only so many winners.
After combining the community votes with the votes from the jury we have 4 winners. We are especially trilled that the winning submission of the contest, the "ExtendedAboutDialog for KDE apps" is not only fully implemented and working, it already ships with Amarok 2.2! So you probably already have it on your hard drive...
So without further delay, we present the winners of the contest:
1st place - "ExtendedAboutDialog for KDE apps" by Téo Mrnjavac
Téo Mrnjavac has won a Dell Inspiron Mini 10v netbook with Ubuntu.
2nd place - "Knowledge base widget" by Marco Martin
Marco Martin won an external 1TB hard disk.
3th place - "libopengdesktop" by Guido Roberto
Guido Roberto won an Amazon.com Gift Coupon worth $50.00.
4th place - "PyContent" by Ni2c2k
Ni2c2k has won an Amazon.com Gift Coupon worth $30.00.
Congratulations to all the winners from the jury members!
- Aaron Seigo from the KDE community
Congrats to "our" Teo, and to the rest as well :)
And thanks to Frank for organizing this!
By Mark Kretschmann at Fri, 2009/10/09 - 11:35am
Re: Congratulations!
BTW, when will the Extended About Dialog replace the old KAboutDialog in kdelibs?
By majewsky at Fri, 2009/10/09 - 9:10pm
As soon as possible
That's not trivial, it should be nicely integrated into kdelibs without breaking binary compatibility. Right now anybody can just copy over the code if he wishes to use it. For kdelibs, I'd say no sooner than 4.5.
By Teo Mrnjavac at Sat, 2009/10/10 - 4:48am
the two first places are for kde ideas (sure, they can be copied for gnome too", interesting since it was a colaboration between kde and gnome (and oo.org and open desktop)
By Beat Wolf at Fri, 2009/10/09 - 3:11pm
Might have been as simple as:
Might have been as simple as: KDE is easier to adapt to new technologies ;)
By madman at Sat, 2009/10/10 - 5:36pm
Happy to have participated
I am very happy and proud to have participated as a judge on this contest. I hope we can have more of this and get the social desktop concept running within the FLOSS community as a whole.
By JZA at Tue, 2009/10/13 - 2:49pm