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Entertainment on the move wasn't always as easy as it is today. Three years ago, when Bevan James Eyles was training for Ironman New Zealand, listening to the radio was his only option. His running and cycling routes stuck to town boundaries to keep him within the frequencies. Trying to stay entertained during those long hours made for tough training on boring circuits with countless traffic lights.
Fast-forward three years and Eyles is the co-host of one of the world's most popular triathlon podcasts, providing a weekly fix of all things Ironman. Every Tuesday he and triathlon coach John Newsom record their hotly anticipated podcast in their studio (Eyles's bedroom) in Christchurch, New Zealand.
It all started when Eyles was a top New Zealand age-group triathlete. He'd bought an iPod and began listening to running-focused podcasts. It was a simple matter of logging on to iTunes, finding a podcast he liked the sound of and downloading it. He could listen to it as often as he liked, wherever he liked, pausing when he chose to and stopping it not because he'd run out of the frequency range but because his session was over.
"That filled a gap - I could leave the town," he says. "I trained during the day, which often meant being by myself, and I found that really frustrating. I thought the podcast idea was really cool. At the time John was my coach and we sometimes trained together. One day I was talking to him about podcasts and I said I thought we could set one up."
Newsom wasn't keen to start with - he says he didn't want to "make a dick of myself", particularly as triathlon is his business. But they each committed NZ$500 to buy the necessary software and decided to give Ironman Talk, as they decided to name it, three months. Neither could have predicted how successful the podcast would become. Three years and more than 160 podcasts later they are going strong and show no signs of giving up.
"I didn't know who would listen to it," Newsom says. "How the hell would we keep going with content? There's only so much you can tell people. But it just started off and built from there. It's still relatively easy to do."
For the first show Eyles says he expected to get listeners only from New Zealand - and predominantly Christchurch, at that - friends who had been told of the podcast in person. "That first week when I put it up on iTunes, I realised for the first time how big Ironman was," he says. "We had about 400 downloads. I got an email from a guy in Mexico and it blew my mind to think that someone in Mexico was listening to something done from my bedroom at home."
These days they get anything from 10,000 to 20,000 listeners, depending on the topic. The Epic Camp series - in which they interview triathletes attending the Epic Camp in New Zealand, for which they put up podcasts more regularly - is their most popular.
They feature anything from news about the Ironman world, such as race reports, new races, developments in the sport, through to High 5 - the top five tips on any given subject, such as peeing when on the bike, and things not to stress about in a race. There's also coach's corner and the listener-nominated Age Grouper of the Week (and you don't have to be a star to win this accolade).
There are also interviews with those at the top of the sport (including world champions Craig Alexander and Chrissie Wellington) as well as triathlon legends such as Scott Molina, Dave Scott and Mark Allen.
"For the first two years we made no money and now we're making some, but it's the sense of community that's rewarding," says Eyles. "I get the most amazing emails every day of my life. Listeners feel they are part of a community. I enjoy the creative aspect of IM Talk. I enjoy laughing, having fun, but nothing beats getting these emails."
IM Talk's success goes hand in hand with the growing popularity of long-distance triathlon. Gone are the days of being able to pick and choose which race to do. These days entering requires stealth, plenty of planning and a speedy internet connection so you can sign up as soon as registration opens. The US races sell out within hours, some in minutes. European Ironman races are fast following suit.
A sport for all
The Ironman race distance is no longer the preserve of the elite few; the World Triathlon Corporation (the Ironman brand owner) has successfully marketed the race to ensure that anyone with enough determination can swim, bike and run the same course as their heroes. It has become an inclusive, welcoming event.
Newsom says that triathlon, and Ironman in particular, is the ultimate challenge. "So many people are doing Ironman now," he says. "It's really snowballed but people still see it as a challenge. In the 90s people thought it was an impossible task, but they now realise that if they try hard, they can do one. "
Eyles says that "people who are successful in one area of their life - high-flying people who are goal oriented - excel at the distance. I got into it because I was that kind of person. I would run or cycle but I didn't find that challenging enough."
There are now 23 Ironman-branded events and another 47 Ironman-distance races worldwide, with more announced for the 2010 season. As long-distance triathlon grows in popularity, so too does the IM Talk podcast. It has become part of its listeners' weekly routines, as important as updating training logs and making plans.
"I get 20 emails a week from people who say how important IM Talk is to their routine," says Eyles. "We hear from people who are having a hard time with their training but my favourite is when people say they look forward to the day the podcast comes out. It helps people get out the door and train."
One podcast listener makes a challenge of running on the treadmill for the length of the interviews; another told them he had cut two hours off his Ironman time thanks to IM Talk. The podcast also keeps triathletes interested in their sport. "It's a refreshing and positive attitude that I like or I may have become totally bored with my training by now," says New Zealand-based Scottish triathlete Andrew Kerr.
Talk of the town
Wellington-based British triathlete John Hancock, 40, has been listening to IM Talk since January 2008. He was talking to an IM Talk listener at Challenge Wanaka in New Zealand and decided to add the podcast to his iPod. That week he finished Challenge Wanaka in 13:11. This year, after listening to the podcasts during his long sessions, he crossed the Ironman New Zealand finish line in 11:19.
"I have a coach in Wellington and I've been doing triathlon seriously for about five years," says Hancock. "So it isn't so much the technical stuff - much of which is fairly familiar - more the buzz on who's doing what, how international races differ and particularly the interviews, which I enjoy for their depth, variety and insight."
When Eyles and Newsom started the podcasts, they were worried they would run out of content but it soon became obvious that the possibilities are almost endless, and the listeners have shaped the output, too, suggesting segments such as High 5 and Website of the Week.
"I sometimes think our listeners help us more than we help them," jokes Eyles. "I can see the podcasts going for a very long time," he says. "It takes six to eight hours of my week so it's not too massive an effort, and the rewards are worth my time: I get to live this life where I help others."
Yet despite their own passion for Ironman and several finishes between them (Eyles has finished seven races and has a personal best of 9:05:31, while Newsom can boast a PB of 8:51:30 - both at Quelle Challenge Roth 2008) the two have recently taken a step back from long-course triathlons. Eyles is now focusing on running while Newsom knows he has another Ironman in him, just not yet. He has two young children and wants to train for short-course events and enjoy being around his family rather than out on the bike for hours on end.
Recording the podcast means they are both still involved in the race distance that has given them media-idol status. If IM Talk was suddenly taken away, you'd probably find a mass of triathletes twitching with withdrawal symptoms. "Podcasting is hugely exciting for a global sport like triathlon," says Eyles. "Podcasts and blogs offer the opportunity to create a community and spread the word about a subject we love."
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Built in 1928, the Tivoli Theatre has been showing first run feature films since its inception. It opened on Christmas Day 1928 for the Balaban & Katz chain, and originally had a seating capacity for 1,390. The Tivoli Theatre was equipped with a Wurlitzer theatre organ.
Following years of detrioration, the Tivoli Theatre closed its doors for a brief time in 1978. The Tivoli Theatre is the flagship of the Classic Cinemas chain of theatres that serves some of the suburbs and areas around Chicago.
The theatre has film and digital projection and is equipped for 3D presentations. It is home to the After Hours Film Society, Midwest Ballet Theatre Co. and other live entertainment.
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Back in 1965, my parents and I traveled from Southern California to Illinois so they could visit friends and family in their old stomping grounds. Lucky for me, the Dave Clark 5 were out promoting their latest film and stopped by the Tivoli. They simply walked on stage, waved, and left. So, yes, Mary, I was there, too. After their appearance, I ran outside, under the arms of the police officers surrounding their tour bus, and got right up next to the bus. I just stood there with my mouth hanging open, too shy to try anything else.
Mary, if you see this, I have some great photos I took of the DC5 that day.
I took my wife to see "The Artist" at the Tivoli on Valentine's day. It was pretty cool to see this silent film, set in the 20's and 30's, in a theatre from 1928. Especially cool because the Tivoli was built to house talkie movies but openned with one of the last great silent films "Fazil"
The exterior of this theater shows up in the new Geico commercial about the gecko ventroliquist. Not sure if the auditorium shots are from the theater, but there are a few organ chords thrown in at the end.
Here's the link to the Geico commercial featuring the exterior of the Tivoli. I hope this works. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjrXRXFCIwo
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The Tivoli is such a wonderful theater, we'll drive the hour it takes to get there; always clean, always friendly, still feels like a small town old time theater…love going there!
Wow, wish I had a cinema near me like this! I'd be there every weekend.
Apparently the Tivoli Theatre is now also hosting live concerts. WXRT just announced a John Hiatt show for 02/26/14.
Trivia: the Curtiss One-Hour Dry Cleaners building at 935 Curtiss was constructed to be a movie theater. However, the Tivoli was begun soon after and the other project was dropped due to inability to compete with B&K. The unfinished auditorium of the theater on Curtiss was later used as an auto dealership and garage.
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All eyes are on Ohio, which Obama probably needs to win to have a chance of re-election. Currently most of the polls show Ohio a dead heat. Today the Romney campaign sent out this memo on the current state of play in the Buckeye State:
October 25, 2012
To: Interested Parties
Fr: Rich Beeson, National Political Director, Romney for President
Scott Jennings, Ohio State Director
Re: State of the Ohio Presidential Campaign
With less than two weeks to go, the Romney-Ryan ticket remains poised to win Ohio's 18 electoral votes because our ticket has more enthusiasm, has a better ground game, is leading among independents by a wide margin, and is crippling President Obama's early voting strategy by significantly slicing into his 2008 margin of victory in that category. Further, a steady upward trajectory among key voting blocs indicates a close race, but one that is unmistakably moving in Mitt Romney's direction.
Some public polling shows the true nature of the race. Rasmussen this week showed it tied at 48%, Suffolk tied at 47%, and Angus-Reid tied at 48%. Our view is that the race is a dead heat with Romney on an unmistakable upward track.
Other public polling continues to vastly overstate Democrat partisan advantages in Ohio. For example, the Time Magazine poll this week shows a nine-point advantage for Democrats in party identification, which would be a stronger Democratic turnout than in either of the last two presidential campaigns in the state. A reasonable look at the political climate tells us the partisan boundaries of this race will be fought somewhere between R+5 (2004) and D+8 (2008). Anything more than D+8 shows a survey to be vastly out of touch with today's political reality – Obama isn't as popular, his base isn't as energized, and Mitt Romney's supporters are poised to shatter voter contact records in Ohio.
One thing all the public surveys have in common is that Governor Romney is winning among Independent voters. In the 19 polls released in the public realm since the first debate, Governor Romney leads among Independents in 15 of them (two did not include data among INDs). And, if you take an average of his lead among Independents in those 15 polls, the margin is 12 points (49-37).
The Time Magazine poll shows Governor Romney trailing by 5 points statewide, but winning Independent voters by a 53%-38% margin. That's just not possible. Write it down – if Mitt Romney wins independent voters by 15 points in Ohio, he'll be the next President of the United States.
This is a point I have made over and over. There is actually a remarkable degree of consistency in the polls this year. Where they vary is in sample composition, but virtually all of the competently-run polls show Romney winning independents by a wide margin, not just in Ohio but nationally. If Romney wins independents by a large margin, there is no way he will lose the election.
Looking back at the past five major statewide races in Ohio, the candidate who wins Independents has won the state:
2006 Governor (Blackwell-Strickland):
Result: 37-61, Independents in Exit Poll: 26-69
2006 US Senate (DeWine-Brown):
Result: 44-56, Independents in Exit Poll: 35-65
2008 President (McCain-Obama):
Result: 47-52, Independents in Exit Poll: 44-52
2010 Governor (Kasich-Strickland):
Result: 49-47, Independents in Exit Poll: 53-37
2010 US Senate (Portman-Fisher):
Result: 57-39, Independents in Exit Poll: 66-27
Another key indicator of where this race is headed lies inside the enthusiasm numbers and our efforts on the ground in Ohio. Matching what we've noticed for some time in our internal polling, the Quinnipiac Poll released earlier this week shows Republicans significantly more energized than Democrats. According to the Quinnipiac Poll, Republicans are more enthusiastic than Democrats about voting in the upcoming election by a double digit margin (52%-40%).
Beyond the polling and apparent lack of enthusiasm for Obama inside his core supporters, the GOP ground game in Ohio continues to produce record-high numbers of door knocks. The voter contact operation far exceeds what was done on the ground in 2008, and there are signs the ramped up volunteer efforts are having an impact on early voting, seriously slicing into Obama's 2008 margin of victory during the early period. We have knocked on 21 times as many doors and made three times as many phone calls in Ohio compared to 2008. Sometime this week we'll knock on the two millionth door and make our sixth millionth voter contact since May.
The Obama campaign has only offered one metric to back-up their implausible early vote statistics: that Obama '08 precincts are turning out more voters than McCain '08 precincts. Among the flaws in measuring voter turnout this way: redistricting took place since 2008, so the precincts aren't even the same, and there are countless "Obama '08 precincts" that are traditionally Republican and will be Romney precincts in 2012.
Turning their faulty argument on its head – if you looked at the early vote based on Kasich precincts vs. Strickland precincts, the GOP has a 10.5% edge!
* 2012 AB/EV activity in precincts Kasich won in 2010: 767,077 (55.1%)
* 2012 AB/EV activity in precincts Strickland won in 2010: 620,665 (44.6%)
* Kasich vs. Strickland advantage: +146,412 (+10.5%)
Consider the following statistics:
* Last week, the campaign knocked on 292,941 doors and made 402,989 phone calls. This week, the campaign will knock on over 300,000 doors and make more than 400,000 phone calls. Voter contact is exceeding all goals because of massive enthusiasm among the Republican base. First time volunteers are streaming into Victory centers asking to engage in this campaign, and we are prepared to accommodate their enthusiasm.
* We've made almost 3.7 million volunteer voter contacts in Ohio since the RNC's absentee and early vote turnout program began nationwide. Since May, we've knocked on 1.8 million doors and made over 4 million phone calls. We'll knock on the 2 millionth door and make the 6 millionth voter contact sometime this week. No other target state has knocked on more doors than Ohio. This is the most robust ground game in Ohio political history.
* Republicans are out-performing our share of voter registration in absentee requests and early votes by 8.61 points.
* Republicans have closed the gap on Democrats' historic absentee and early vote advantage for 16 of the past 17 days.
* Compared to 2008, Obama is underperforming and Romney is over-performing in early and absentee voting:
* Obama is underperforming in several key Democrat counties, and Romney is over-performing in Hamilton County (Cincinnati):
… On top of these serious issues for Obama's early voting strategy, the Republican National Committee has a chart out today that notes Democrats are cannibalizing their Election Day voters during the early period, while Republicans are turning out low- to mid-propensity voters:
It's an interesting point. Apparently the campaigns are following different strategies with regard to early voting. The Obama campaign is concentrating on getting its most reliable voters to cast their ballots early, while the Romney campaign is focused on identifying supporters who are less certain to vote, and getting them to the polls early.
Given that Romney's debate bounce has now leveled off, it seems likely that Ohio, like a number of other states, will be too close to call right up to Election Day. The key indicator to watch for is whether Romney maintains his lead among independent voters.


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Is China Having a 'Lehman' Moment?
Mounting evidence of weakness in China's economy and increasing stress in its financial system are testing the government. But is China's banking sector experiencing something similar to Lehman's collapse? Silvercrest Asset Management's managing director Patrick Chovanec joins MoneyBeat. Photo: Getty Images.
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With the top 20 and top 10 for 2010 fantasy basketball in the can, it's time delve into the top 20 point guards for 2010 fantasy basketball. Grab a croissant and dip it in a seltzer drink, or don't. I've decided to eschew (gazundheit!) all drama and went with the floor generals first. You can't mess this position up on draft day or else you're sunk. These guys have the ball in their hand more than 80 percent of the rest of the league and the elite among them often make up for the shortcomings of two or three other players on your team. No other position has as many players that can do that. The average squad in a 9-cat, 12-team roto league needs to average 16 points, 6.3 rbd, 3.5 assists and 1.1 steals per player in order to be in the top three in each of those categories in their league. A top-tier PF averaging 20/11/3/1 is actually a deficit in half those categories (ast, stl) and even the stats the PF is above average in, isn't enough to cover a second player. Now take Chris Paul's 19/4/11/2 averages from last year. His scoring makes about the same impact on a lesser-scorer as the PF, covers what is necessary for rebounds (plus 1) and damn near triples what is necessary for assists. This means that with Paul or someone with his output, your team has the freedom to draft two players who only average 0.5 assists between them and still meet your quota.
I've listed 2010 projections and tiers below. If you want top 20 lists for the other positions, come back here tomorrow. Or if you can't wait until tomorrow, just stay here until night turns into morning again. If you don't fall asleep, it still counts as one long day.
Here are the top 20 point guards for 2010 fantasy basketball:
1. Chris Paul – See the top 10 for 2010 fantasy basketball post for Chris Paul's projections.
2. Deron Williams – See the top 10 for 2010 fantasy basketball post for Deron Williams' projections.
3. Stephen Curry – See the top 20 for 2010 fantasy basketball post for Stephen Curry's projections.
4. Steve Nash – See the top 20 for 2010 fantasy basketball post for Steve Nash's projections.
5. Rajon Rondo – See the top 20 for 2010 fantasy basketball post for Rajon Rondo's projections.
6. Russell Westbrook – People are just a wee bit too high on Westbrook this year. The improvements that OKC needs to make must come from the bench and the center position. Unfortunately for Westbrook, Harden is a big part of that bench and if they want him to develop, that's coming out of Westbrook's pockets.
Season Projections: .440/.785/0.5 3pt/17 pts/5 rbd/7.5 ast/1.5 stl/0.5 blk/3 tov
7. Derrick Rose – In the first 20 minutes of "Gremlins" a half-dozen people lay eyes on Gizmo – a creature that doesn't even come close to resembling any other animal anyone has ever seen before. Nevertheless, everyone decides Gizmo is vaguely adorable and are genuinely unconcerned with what the hell it actually is and whether or not it was poisonous or rabid or diseased or any of the million feelings normal people in this situation would have felt. This failure for the film's human characters to have any reaction remotely attached to the kind they should be having reminds me a lot of how fantasy owners are treating Rose so far in mock drafts. I'm seeing him drop as low as 55. Fifty-five! Why are you petting that thing? And why are you letting Rose drop to 55? Rose is healthy, captaining a better team and hitting that magical third year.
Season Projections: .480/.797/0.5 3pt/21.5 pts/3 rbd/7 ast/1 stl/0 blk/3 tov
8. Darren Collison – I said this about DarCo back in June: "… Darren Collison is good. Extremely good. Better than anyone expected when the Hornets drafted him 21st in the '09 draft. He was widely considered among the five best rookies of last season and I can even make the argument that he belongs in the top three." For the record, I eventually made that argument and forced a little girl to tears in the process. Not my finest hour. Not my worst either. Indiana is my dark horse pick for the final playoff slot in the East. Roy Hibbert is nice 'n' all, but whether the Pacers make it that far will rely on what this kid can do.
Season Projections: .460/.845/1.5 3pt/17 pts/4 rbd/8 ast/2 stl/0 blk/3 tov
9. Jason Kidd – Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin' into the future. If Kidd's game doesn't slip right along with it this season amidst the development of Roddy Boisboisbois and Kidd turning 72, I'll quit my job and become Jason Kidd's kid's mustache trimmer.
Season Projections: .435/.815/1.5 3pt/8 pts/5 rbd/8.5 ast/1.5 stl/0 blk/2 tov
10. Baron Davis – I'm kinda hoping Baron Von Davis does something crazy to start the season like shave off his beard. Just shave it the eff off. People wouldn't even know it was him. Hey, who's that guy with the bubble-butt and duck feet? I dunno, but he sure likes chucking threes with 18 seconds left on the shot clock. Whoa, it's Baron, bro! No! Yo! Oh. Whoa!
Season Projections: .409/.795/1 3pt/20 pts/3 rbd/8.5 ast/2 stl/0.5 blk/3 tov
11. Chauncey Billups – Chauncey Billups always sounded like the name of someone who couldn't possibly be younger than 70. Someone who wears driving gloves and carries an umbrella everywhere. This year, I fully expect Denver's PG to play down to his name. Death may not be breathing down Billups' neck, but Ty Lawson, and George Karl's health, and Carmelo's contract are. This is going to be a very trying year for ol' Chauncey.
Season Projections: .425/.901/1.5 3pt/17 pts/3 rbd/5 ast/1 stl/0 blk/2 tov
12. Mo Williams – Make no mistake, Mo can shoot the lights out of a gym. Unfortunately, with LeBron gone, cloaking himself in a darkened gym may be the only way to hide the fact that he's more comfortable receiving the ball for a three, than he is distributing it and you don't want a shoot-first PG until the middle rounds. Look at the first five names on this list. Go ahead, I'll wait. Mo won't go there, 'til Mo doles mo' dimes to teammates. For better or for worse (it'll be for worse), he's going to be the main guy in Cleveland (oh, so worse). Antawn Jamison may amass better stats, but the Cavs are now Mo Williams' team (worse, so very, very worse). If there was a time last season the holes in Mo's game most revealed themselves, it was when LeBron wasn't on the floor. Williams pressed. A lot. If a guy cracks under the pressure of LeBron James leaving the floor, what's happens now that LeBron James left the state? Also, he's missed at least 13 games in three of the last four seasons.
Season Projections: .439/.880/2.5 3pt/21 pts/3 rbd/6.5 ast/1 stl/0.5 blk/3 tov
13. Aaron Brooks – April Adam promised that October Adam wouldn't miss the boat on Aaron Brooks again. Here: " I missed the boat on Brooks early in the season. Maybe I imagined Yao limping onto the court like Willis Reed in December to take all the offense away from Brooks. Or Tracy McGrady limping onto the court like Yao in January. Or I clairvoyantly imagined Kevin Martin limping onto the court from Sacramento in February. I dunno. Expect me to give this guy his due next season." I present to you, dear reader, his due.
Season Projections: .455/.840/2 3pt/18.5 pts/3 rbd/6 ast/1 stl/0 blk/2.5 tov
14. Jameer Nelson – Of all the names on this list, Nelson seems to have to work hardest for his stats. It doesn't look easy out there for him and why would it be? In seven seasons he's missed at least 15 games three times. This may be part of the reason he's undervalued. He's like the housewife who spent all day cleaning and preparing for company, only to have her husband take all the credit for keeping such a lovely home. Yes, in this metaphor Howard and Nelson are married.
Season Projections: .450/.850/1.5 3pt/14.5 pts/3 rbd/6 ast/1.5 stl/0 blk/2.5 tov
15. John Wall – Wall is for real, but so is all the mishigas still wafting around D.C. Will Gil fit at SG? What's Hinrich gonna do? Why was John Wall missing so many shots in the summer league? How do you pronounce "JaVale?" I prefer "ya-valet."
Season Prediction: .444/.777/1 3ptm/16 pts/4.5 rbd/6 ast/1 stl/0.5 blk/3.5 tov
16. Brandon Jennings – Jennings' USG% was probably too high for his own good (26.1) and it forced him to do things no professional basketball player should do if they want to remain a professional basketball player. Namely, change his hairstyle from one member of Kid 'n' Play to the other and back again while shooting .371 from the floor (yes, all damn year and yes, his 3P% was three points higher than his FG%). When you've hit your floor, ain't no place to go but up.
Season Projections: .420/.804/1.5 3pt/16.5 pts/3 rbd/6.5 ast/1.5 stl/0 blk/2.5 tov
17. Devin Harris – He should bounce back from a semi-injured/semi-pouting 2009-10 season, but the impact of that bounce will almost certainly knock him out for a month-and-a-half. You've been warned.
Season Projections: .450/.805/1 3pt/18 pts/3 rbd/6.5 ast/1.5 stl/0 blk/3 tov
18. Raymond Felton – On paper, Felton looks like he might help New York just as much as New York's 8th-ranked pace will help Ray-Ray's counting stats. His defense is above-average, and his pass-first style will find many ready and willing hands to toss balls at. And for those of you just joining us from Google search: "hands+willing+toss balls at" – welcome. And, I'm sorry.
Season Projections: .440/.775/1 3pt/13 pts/3.5 rbd/6.5 ast/1.5 stl/0 blk/2.5 tov
19. Tony Parker – Parker hasn't missed fewer than 10 games in any of his last three seasons. So for our Razzball readers with gambling problems, Tony Parker is due for an 82-game season, right? Never mind that his defense has slipped every year since 2003. Never mind that after a steady incline in his counting stats over the last seven years, everything dropped off the table in '09 as he resembled his 22-year-old self instead of his 27-year-old self. And never mind that "never mind" never looks right to me because Nirvana misspelled their album title.
Season Projections: .510/.730/0 3pt/19 pts/3.5 rbd/6 ast/1 stl/0 blk/3 tov
20. Andre Miller – Andre Miller might be the least sexy pick you can have. Honestly, there ain't nothing spicy about owning this guy. He's vanilla. He's hotel art. He's the color light green. Like a dwarf in a mosh pit, I smell a "but." But Dre's 2009 stats don't really reflect what went down last year. They don't reflect the three months of growing pains and adjustments necessary to fit into Portland's slow, efficient system. Which is weird because Miller's system is, itself, slow and efficient. I guess that's like two positively-charged magnets coming together. Through December 31 of last season, Miller averaged 27.2 minutes and 11.1 pts/4.4 ast in 34 games. In the remaining 48 games, he averaged 28.8 minutes while heaping on 16 pts/5.3 ast per game. Assuming any one of Portland's bigs (or anyone on that team besides Miller) can stay healthy for at least 70 games this season, 'Dre could be a middle-round steal.
Season Projections: .435/.825/0 3pt/15.5 pts/3.5 rbd/6 ast/1.5 stl/0 blk/2.5 tov


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Dustin Leonard got a call last week from a friend saying Meadow Lake Resort, a popular campground they use in Urbana, Ohio, had suddenly closed.
Leonard, 40, drove an hour from his Dayton home to the 20-acre resort and found no sign of the owners, Michael and Kathleen Cahill of Land 'O Lakes, Fla., according to Tampabay.com.
Gone was the Cahills' camper and the tractors and mowers they used to maintain the campground. The main office at the resort was even emptied – wicker chairs, pictures, refrigerator and all.
"It was like somebody pulled the rug right from beneath us," said Leonard, who had prepaid to use the campground through October. "I was thinking, 'How could they do this?' "
Leonard and dozens of other campers are confused and angry, saying they were duped out of thousands they paid to use the campground this year. They say they haven't been able to contact the Cahills, who live in Land O'Lakes for most of the year but head north to the campground during the spring.
They say bank officials told them last week to leave their belongings at the campground until the matter is resolved and the Cahills are located.
In an effort to recoup their costs – Leonard pays $1,175 to use the campground from April until October, while year-round campers pay a monthly rent – some campers have filed complaints in small-claims court.
"You have a lot of business-class people who don't have $1,200 to sink into that campsite," said Leonard, who filed his complaint Friday.
In Land O'Lakes, no one answered the door Monday at the Cahills' pale yellow house in Lake Padgett Estates. A black Ford truck with the words "Ridin Dirty" in the front window sat in the driveway across from a silver sedan.
The couple's company, Cahill Properties LLC, is registered in Wyoming, but the owners list the Ohio resort as their mailing address, records show.
The Cahills purchased the campground for $500,000 in April 2008, according to a story Saturday in the Urbana Daily Citizen.
The Cahills received a 2009 campground license for the 235-campsite property on April 30, which expires on the same date in 2010, the story said.
The couple also failed to pay $4,121.19 in property taxes for 2008, the story said, citing the county treasurer. The amount has not yet been certified as delinquent.
A call to Urbana's Citizens National Bank, which financed the mortgage, wasn't returned Monday.
On its website, www.meadowlakeresorts.com, the resort boasts about its four-acre swimming lake, hiking trails, game room and DJ with live band dances.
For the past year, Leonard, his fiancee and their three children took their 39-foot camper to Meadow Lake. While there, they played mud volleyball, fished and cooked out.
Leonard said they are upset they won't be able to go to the resort this summer.
"Between the tears," he said, "they're wondering what they're going to do."
Melissa Brown, who has used the camp for the past four years with her husband and son, said she spoke with Kathleen Cahill about two weeks ago and was told that Michael Cahill was headed back to Land O'Lakes, leaving his wife in Ohio.
Thinking the couple was splitting up, Brown and other campers made plans to help Kathleen Cahill maintain the property, offering to bring up equipment from their homes.
A friend called her last week saying the Cahills had packed up and left. Brown also filed a complaint in small-claims court.
"No one even bothered to tell us what's going on," she said. "They left us with nothing."


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Shares of organic LED technology maker Universal Display (PANL) today dropped $5.85, or 17.5%, to close at $27.50, after the company yesterday afternoon reportedQ1 revenue that topped consensus expectations, and re-affirmed a year view that was a bit below consensus.
There were no ratings changes, that I can see, today, but price targets were rising among both bull and bear, and in some cases revenue was going higher, while earnings per share estimates in some cases were trimmed.
There was a fairly clean split between bull and bear on profit versus growth: Bulls cheer the arrival of the Samsung Electronics (005930KS) Galaxy S4 phone, which is using Universal's "green emitter" technology for its display. Bulls expect a strong showing by the S4 this year and believe it mill make green emitter a big growth area for Universal.
Bears, on the other hand, were worried about the sharp erosion of gross margin in the quarter, and the projection for further margin decline this quarter, as prices for the "red emitter" materials came under pressure:
James Ricchiuti, Needham & Co.: Reiterates a Buy rating, and a $35 price target, while raising his year revenue estimate to $119 million from $116.8 million, while cutting his EPS estimate to 43 cents from 55 cents. "while the year is off to a good start, investors may react negatively to the company's lower than expected Q1 materials gross margins, due in part to contractual volume-based price discounts with Samsung (NR) for PANL's red phosphorescent emitters. Some higher-end Street estimates could move lower today, but we would view any potential resultant weakness in the stock as a buying opportunity. With PANL highly leveraged to the new Galaxy S4 and to other OLED-based mobile devices on the market from Samsung, as well as positioned to benefit from other display makers ramping commercial production, the fundamentals underpinning the PANL story have never been stronger, in our view."
Hendi Susanto, Gabelli & Co.: Reiterates a Buy rating on the stock, and a price target of $42. Susanto reiterates a 2013 forecast of$123 million in revenue and 55 cents EPS. "The first quarter booked record sales of green emitter materials; this marked a milestone of a market adoption of both
green emitter and host materials in a high volume smartphone production, i.e. Samsung Galaxy S4. We reiterate our investment thesis that the adoptions of green materials can multiple revenue streams by more than twice of single revenue streams of red emitter materials [...] The tier volume pricing agreement is based on multiyear cumulative shipment and treats red and green emitter materials separately, i.e. no impact on pricing of the new green emitter material. Considering the relatively new green emitter materials, we think the cumulative shipment of green materials is still low, we think the current pricing of green emitter materials will be sustainable in the near-term."
John Bright, Avondale Partners: Reiterates a Market Perform rating and a $30 price target. Bright maintains a 2013 revenue estimate of $115.7 million, while cutting his year EPS view to 68 cents from 80 cents. "As expected, PANL saw a strong benefit from proprietary green emitters, likely related to the Samsung Galaxy S4. However, red emitters, PANL's bread-and-butter, saw lower pricing "based on cumulative volume of purchases", likely by Samsung. We note that while commercial adoption of green is a long-awaited incremental positive, the red emitter headwinds drove a sequential decline in total emitter sales [...] According to industry research firms cited on the call, the OLED market is forecast to grow 60% in C13 to $11.3bn and Samsung and LG are reportedly devoting an increasing portion of their capex budgets to OLED production capacity. However, PANL management is not privy to its customers' product roadmaps, and while we remain bullish on the long-term OLED market opportunity, we continue to look for signs of new OLED smartphones, tablets, and TVs which could drive an acceleration in PANL's revenues before becoming more constructive."
Jagadish Iyer, Piper Jaffray: Reiterates an Underweight rating, and raises his price target to $18 from $16. Iyer raised his estimate for this year's revenue to $119 million in revenue this year and 31 cents EPS. "Gross Margins declined 17.4% q/q to 77.3% as the company alluded to ASP declines from hitting milestone material volumes at Samsung for its red emitters while material consumption squeeze continues. 1Q13 Red Emitter sales declined 38% q/q to $4.3m despite Samsung shipping 10m Galaxy units in Q1'13. Green material sales rose to $7.7m from $2.3m in 4Q12 as the Galaxy S4 ramp gets underway. Given this units growth, we see headwinds from ASP erosion and continued material optimization prevailing. With PANL likely to meet its CY13 revenue guidance of $110-$125m, we view '14 street revenue estimates of $195m as disconnected from reality."


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Nickelback Ready To Rock NHL Awards
Nickelback are gearing up for their NHL Awards return and their first performance on the NHL's Las Vegas Stage since the awards moved to Sin City in 2009. The band's performance at the awards show 10 years ago was a moment that helped launch the group into becoming one of the best selling performers over the last decade.
The band members recently touched on the feeling of hearing their voices and music being performed at sports venues, saying it is quite a cool accomplishment and one that makes their family members beyond proud.
"At the time, I didn't think, 'Hey, this would be really cool for sports venues,'" the band's frontman Chad Kroeger says of hearing their recent single 'This Means War' during the Stanley Cup finals. "It was cool. We tuned the guitars down really, really low, and that song just turned into a locomotive. It was just a train you couldn't stop. To marry the [song together with hockey] was really cool."
To continue the hockey love, the band will perform the tune live on the NHL Awards tomorrow (June 20).
"As die-hard hockey fans, we can never get enough of the NHL, even when we're on tour," adds Kroeger. "And there is nothing more exciting for hockey fans than the Playoffs. The NHL Awards is the culmination of celebrating the best players and moments the season has produced. We're honored and humbled to perform at the 2012 NHL Awards in Las Vegas."
Nickelback's performance is part of a strategic promotional alliance between the NHL and the band. The partnership also calls for the integration of Nickelback's music into highlight reels and promotion of the NHL on Nickelback's digital and social media platforms.


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But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
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In the book of the Gospel according to Mark, God gave the mandate in the form of a commission requiring everyone to go out and share the Good News. If this is really such Good News, then shouldn't it be an opportunity for all to seek to
do every day? It is the goal of this writer to utilize the words on these pages to help you, Dear Reader, understand true evangelism.
The commission of evangelizing can be summed up simply by realizing the "open door" that we need to consider each and every day. This is what is required of us by GOD.Where ever your sneakers, heels or loafers leads you, down a road, on
the highways, to the corridors of corporate America or perhaps within your own living room, where ever your territory, the ministry of evangelism is essential. The ministry is within YOU.
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With the big push behind Pay With Square (including the recent addition of deals), the announcement of Apple's Passbook, and the looming mobile payment war, digital wallets are about to rise up in a big way. But without NFC, I just don't see myself using any of them. Do any of you use 'Pay With Square' now? (Or do you plan to?) Is it really easier than cash or card?
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Diane Bish, renowned organ virtuoso and host of "The Joy of Music" television series, will present a solo recital at Hope College in Dimnent Memorial Chapel on Tuesday, April 29, at 7:30 p.m.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
Bish has performed all over the world and is well known to many through her international television show and numerous recordings. The television program is available to more than 300 million viewers weekly and features Bish playing famous organs in solo and with other classical musicians in cathedrals, churches, and concert halls from around the world. The "Joy of Music" is broadcast on several cable networks such as Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), FamilyNet and VisionTV in Canada.
Known for her ability to rouse audiences. Bish has received rave reviews in the United States and abroad. "Her playing is virtuosic and solidly musical...she blasted the crowd out of its pews in a whooping standing ovation," said "The Boston Globe."
She is an internationally acclaimed musician with many honors including the National Citation from The National Federation of Music Clubs of America (1989). Bish was the first organist to receive the award, presented as "the highest honor for distinguished service to the musical, artistic, and cultural life of the nation." She shares the rare distinction with legends such as Leonard Bernstein, Eugene Ormandy, Van Cliburn, Robert Shaw and Irving Berlin.
Bish will play a program of organ favorites and original hymn arrangements to demonstrate the varied colors and sounds capable of the 4-manual, 55-rank Skinner Pipe Organ. The Skinner Organ was recently refurbished and renovated by the A. Thompson-Allen Company.
The program is dedicated to the memory of Ethel Swets, a longtime friend of Bish and supporter of Hope College. Swets, who died on Oct. 13, 2007, at age 95, was a 1933 Hope graduate and was the first student to graduate from the college with a degree in organ, having trained on the then-new Skinner organ.
Dimnent Memorial Chapel is located at 277 College Ave., on College Avenue at 12th Street.


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CORVALLIS, Ore. - Sonny Ramaswamy, dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences and director of the Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station at Oregon State University, has been named by President Obama to lead the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) in Washington, D.C.
NIFA is the lead agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture that supports research, education and extension programs in the nation's Land-Grant University System and partner organizations. NIFA impacts local communities through a national network of researchers and extension educators who respond to public inquiries and conduct informal, noncredit educational programs. NIFA helps states respond to areas of public concern that affect agricultural producers, small business owners, youth, families, and communities and by providing grants to land-grant universities and researchers.
Oregon State University is Oregon's only land-grant university.
Ramaswamy joined Oregon State in 2009 and led the college during a time of decreasing state investments and a need for increasing extramural support for research and teaching. During his tenure, OSU's agricultural research programs grew to almost $60 million in grants and contracts. Private support for the College and student programs grew to $77 million.
"Three concepts - preeminence, purpose, impact - have framed Dr. Ramaswamy's leadership of the college and the Experiment Station," said OSU president Ed Ray. "His work in support of research and outreach will be particularly valuable as he moves into his new position as director of NIFA."
As an entomologist, Ramaswamy has studied the reproductive biology of insects and plant-insect interactions affecting wheat, cotton, beans, and other crops. Before coming to OSU, Ramaswamy led agricultural research programs in many agricultural settings, including Indiana, Kansas, and Mississippi.
At OSU, Ramaswamy helped establish the Leadership Academy, a program for undergraduates in the colleges of Agricultural Sciences and Forestry that helps develop career-ready skills in leadership and communications.
OSU's agricultural sciences programs include teaching, extension and research in food, agriculture, and natural resources throughout the state. Programs in fisheries, wildlife, botany and plant pathology, agricultural and resource economics, and environmental and molecular toxicology are ranked among the top in the nation.
"The vision and progressive thinking that Sonny has brought to the College of Agricultural Sciences has helped position Oregon State as one of the leading land grant universities in the nation," said Carl Casale, president of CHS Inc., a leading energy, grains and foods company.
Ramaswamy is the second OSU faculty member to be tapped for high-ranking positions in the Obama administration. In 2009, Jane Lubchenco was named as the under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the nation's top science agency for climate, oceans, and the atmosphere.
Ramaswamy begins his new job later this spring. OSU's Office of the Provost will announce plans for leadership transition over the next few weeks.
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RDKJ needed a new stationery design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 26 designs submitted by 12 freelance designers.
I would like a business card design that match the upscale image of our salon chain.
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AppFog, CenturyLink's Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) based on Cloud Foundry, enables developers to focus on writing great cloud-based applications without having to worry about managing the underlying infrastructure. The result is increased agility and productivity, more efficient use of resources and low operational overhead.
Instead of spending time provisioning servers, setting up databases, configuring web servers or updating firewalls, AppFog users simply deploy their cloud-native applications to a blazingly fast, resilient, multi-region PaaS. AppFog supports the most popular runtimes and frameworks, automatic load balancing, easy-to-use application scaling and more. Platform-as-a-Service promises huge benefits to developers who require accelerated time-to-market to meet today's market demands, and AppFog delivers.
Based on Cloud Foundry, AppFog is Cloud Foundry Core compatible, which means that you can confidently migrate your applications from any other Cloud Foundry provider.
AppFog makes integrating services into your applications easy. Provision an Orchestrate database instance or deploy our Relational DB Service (RDBS) in seconds. You may also use Cloud Foundry's User Provided Service capability to integrate with 3rd party services services such as databases, messaging services and key-value stores.
With AppFog, it's easy to adhere to next-generation application architectures such as 12-Factor Apps. Many key design principles are already built-in to the AppFog PaaS, freeing you to focus on creating value for your customer or delivering productivity for your organization.
AppFog is a developer-focused Platform-as-a-Service that facilitates agile software development and removes barriers that slow innovation. The service solves a variety of fundamental problems facing developers today, and is ideal for many common enterprise workloads. Consider these four use cases for AppFog:
Enterprise data centers are bursting at the seams with key applications that were custom built for different business units. Many of these legacy applications are still business-critical, but sit on underutilized, dedicated on-premises hardware that wastes space and money. By migrating these applications to AppFog on CenturyLink Cloud, customers can take advantage of multi-tenancy and achieve significant cost savings while not sacrificing the uptime or reliability of these critical applications.
As the speed of business continues to increase, innovation and entrepreneurship is highly valued, and the pressure is on IT to deliver software and solutions even faster. Traditional means of deploying software to dedicated servers makes it difficult to rapidly prototype solutions or quickly publish temporary or seasonal applications. By its very nature as a PaaS, applications can be deployed to AppFog in seconds. Once enabled on CenturyLink Cloud, these apps inherently have the enterprise-grade support needed for reliable, global applications that may be online for days, months or years.
In addition to migrating existing business applications to the cloud, enterprises are increasingly looking to cloud services for hosting new, modern, cloud-native applications. AppFog is a cloud-based Platform-as-a-Service that encourages rapid delivery of cloud-native applications. Specifically, AppFog PaaS gives developers their choice of programming languages to build and deploy applications on the most popular runtimes, including Go, Java and Node.js.
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Before joining PBA in the summer of 2000, Dr. Compton established a chapter of Psi
Chi and, from this, developed and managed an annual Student Interdisciplinary Research
Conference. He was also selected as the Psi Chi Faculty Member of the Year twice,
and was twice awarded the Georgia College & State University Research and Publication
Since arriving at PBA, he has developed and launched the Office of Academic Research, with oversight governing all human and animal research as well as the PBA chapter of Psi Chi. He has presented at conferences and published a number of articles in referred journals in such diverse areas as neuroscience, aging, neuropsychology and contemporary social issues.
A member of the New York Academy of Sciences and the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Dr. Compton is currently conducting research exploring the neuropsychology of drugs of abuse, the neuroanatomical substrates of learning and memory processes and the personality characteristics of business majors enrolled in different specializations.


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SCARBOROUGH — A week after an Aug. 16 School Board vote approving a $50 annual student parking fee for the upcoming high school year, a parent said the board and opponents of the fees are seeking a compromise.
Mike Gilbert, the father of two high school students and president of the field hockey booster club, said he and senior class President Jack Sullivan have approached School Board Chairman Bob Mitchell with a plan to ensure the School Department receives anticipated revenue this year and will not have to cut supplies or personnel.
Gilbert said the plan would require the board to set up a committee consisting of a board member, school administrator, students and parents to discuss future methods of boosting revenue.
In the offer, current fees of $100 for athletics and $50 for extracurricular activities would remain unchanged for 24 months, with no new fees instituted. The School Board would also be asked to approach the Town Council for $50,000 of municipal surplus to cover the budgeted increase in fee revenues for the current fiscal year.
In the compromise offer, fee caps per semester and family would be instituted, too. Gilbert noted the parking and athletic fees amount to about $700 annually, a cost he splits with his children. He said he knows of families paying more than $1,000 per year in various fees.
Mitchell on Thursday said he received an email from Gilbert and confirmed details of the proposed compromise, but has not discussed it with the full board. He said no schedule for discussing the proposal has been set and no board action has been taken.
While welcoming the increased participation in budget discussions, Mitchell said it would be unlikely the board would ask for council assistance to fill the revenue gap.
"I don't see that occurring," he said.
Mitchell added the expectation remains that students will pay the $25 per semester parking fee before school opens Sept. 5. If the revenue is not earned as anticipated, it will be discussed by the board as part of the panel's quarterly financial review.
"We figure out where we are on the whole budget, and that is only one component," Mitchell said.
Gilbert said he and Sullivan approached board members several days after the 6-1 vote in favor of the policy and specific fees.
The immediate response to the vote was a student plan to "boycott the lot and flood the buses," Sullivan said last week.
Sullivan and Gilbert also considered a petition drive to place a referendum question banning all student fees on the Nov. 6 general election ballot.
The point of increased bus usage was to establish students who drive to school actually save the district money in transportation costs, but Gilbert said his daughter pointed out why plans to boycott parking were impractical.
She noted student athletes tend to store athletic gear in their vehicles. Finding room for gear on already overcrowded buses, and trying to store it in school lockers ad not been fully considered when the boycott was proposed.
With Jackie Perry opposed, the board approved a fee reduced from the original suggestion of $100 annually. The vote came after about 40 minutes of public comment, where only Paul Koziell spoke in favor of the proposed fee.
"In my mind this is a use fee. It is no different than a toll. It is no different than a parking meter," said Koziell, a Lillian Way resident who is also chairman of the Wentworth Intermediate School Building Committee.
Before the public comments began, Mitchell said the School Department ended the last fiscal year with a surplus of about $200,000, an amount he called "negligible."
It was a word Gunstock Road resident Pat Dryzga used as he told the board the cost of adding more buses and drivers would cost far more than the intended revenue from parking fees.
"If $200,000 is 'negligible,' then $25,000 must be invisible," Dryzga said.
The lack of late bus service means students like junior Mary Cleary would have to also pay to park or rely on someone to pick them up at the end of the day.
"These fees are more parent fees, because like many students, I am unemployed," she said. "I can no longer stay to work with my teachers or take a test I may have missed."
Student fees in Scarborough have come and gone over the last decade, but were fully reinstated and expanded in the fiscal year 2011 budget.
Last year, the board budgeted $150,000 in fee revenue. Director of Business Operations Kate Bolton said the department earned more than $135,000.
Combined spending for athletics and extra-curricular activities is budgeted at $833,000 this year.
Gilbert said a compromise that would keep current fees in place for two years gives the board leeway to cope with cuts in federal or state aid.
School Board member Kelly Murphy defended the parking fees by comparing them to beach parking fees on lots built with taxpayer money.
"It is not an unreasonable amount of money," she said.
Town Clerk Tody Justice said the specific parking fees can not be overturned at the polls, but a general referendum question eliminating all student fees could be on the local ballot Nov. 6 if at least 2,378 signatures from registered voters are certified. Petitions would have to be submitted by Sept. 21. Ballots will be prepared on Oct. 7.
She recommended organizers on any drive get at least 300 signatures above the Town Charter requirement of 25 percent of the voters who cast ballots in the last gubernatorial election.
David Harry can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 110 or [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter: @DavidHarry8.
Updated Aug. 23 to include details of a compromise plan.
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Scarborough seniors Merrick Madden and Jack Sullivan confer as School Board Chairman Bob Mitchell speaks about administrative pay increases during a hearing on school parking fees Aug. 16. The board voted 6-1 to institute a $50 annual student parking fee, payable over two semesters.
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Irish whiskey
Irish whiskeys are smooth and fruity, the vast majority are triple distilled and they are often easy-drinking. The Irish are widely credited as being the first to distil whiskey, though this is strictly contested by the Scots. The Bushmills distillery, for example, is the world's oldest licensed distillery, founded in 1608. The Irish are unique in their pure pot still whiskey. Pure pot still whiskey is a mix of barley, malted and otherwise, distilled in a pot still. The unmalted barley proffers a spicy freshness that one associates with Irish whiskey. Some of the Irish blends are global successes. Bushmills Original and Jameson are both notable examples and enjoyable in their own right. There is also a healthy selection of single malt expressions, including the majority of the Bushmills range, Tyrconnell and Connemara, Ireland's only peated single malt.


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From NWChem
NWChem Development
NWChem is being developed by a consortium of scientists ( current developers list can be found here), and maintained at the EMSL at PNNL. This page lists the developers of NWChem, and outlines the Developer Access Policies for new developers.
Developer Access Policy (Become a Developer)
Developer access to the NWChem source tree branches in svn has been divided into four tiers:
- NWChem Core Developer: Developer has full svn access to release and development branches of the NWChem source tree. Owns and is responsible for one or more modules.
- Trusted Developer: Developer may be internal or external to PNNL but has full svn access to release and development branches of the NWChem source tree. May own or be responsible for one or more modules.
- Developer: Developer may be internal or external to PNNL and has selected svn access to the development branch of the NWChem source tree. Each Developer closely coordinates code contributions with the assigned Point of Contact (POC) from the NWChem Core Developer Team, primarily the Core Developer owning the module in which the contributions will reside. If the development leads to a new module, the NWChem Core Developer Team will assign a POC with responsibility for the new module.
- Contributor: Contributor may be internal or external to PNNL and has no access to the development branch of the NWChem source tree. Contributor's code will be incorporated by the Point of Contact from the NWChem Core Developer Team. This is the main mechanism for external users to contribute developments or enhancements to NWChem.
New potential developers can contact members of the NWChem Core Developer Team directly or "apply" through the NWChem web site. Prospective developers will be discussed and assigned developer access by the NWChem Core Developer Team, Before contributions from this new developer can be incorporated into NWChem, this person will have to provide written feedback that the contributions can be released within NWChem under a ECL 2.0 open-source license. A (Trusted) Developer will receive the appropriate access to svn. If a Developer consistently incorporates code changes that negatively affect the development tree, access to svn can be revoked.
Downloading and committing to the NWChem source tree
The NWChem source is maintained with subversion, an open-source version control system. To download NWChem you must have subversion installed on your development platform
Note: Access to the is closed to the public, so in order to gain access to the code, you must be added to the list of developers authorized to work on the project. Getting the Code ¶
Once Subversion is installed, you download NWChem as follows:
% svn checkout https://svn.pnl.gov/svn/nwchem/trunk nwchem
The checkout command makes a local copy of the entire NWChem source tree into your current working directory as a subdirectory called app-nwchem. By requesting .../nwchem/svn/trunk, you get the main development trunk, which should have the latest stable code. Making Changes ¶
Once you've downloaded the code, you can make whatever changes you like. For example, you might edit a file to fix a bug or add some code. To make your changes permanent, you must commit them to the repository as follows:
% cd nwchem % svn commit --message "fixed my first bug!"
You don't have to include the optional --message argument. If you just say svn commit, Subversion will prompt you for comments in your favorite editor, and you can type much more.
It's best to commit at the top of the source tree--that's why we said "cd nwchem" in the example above. When you commit at the top of the tree, Subversion will search everything below, find all files that have changed, and commit them all at once. Committing a change makes it permanent. Once committed, other developers will see the change. If for some reason, you want to throw away your changes and start fresh, you can simply remove your source tree and check it out all over again. Or, you may want to remove just a few files that you've modified, and then update (as we'll see below) to replace the missing files with their previous version.
From time to time, you and another developer will modify the same file at the same time. Suppose the other developer checks in his changes first. When you try to commit, you'll get an error saying that your file is out-of-date. In that case, you need to update before committing. You can do that as follows:
% cd nwchem % svn update
It's best to update at the top of the source tree--just like commit. That's why we said "cd nwchem" in the example above. When you update at the top of the tree, Subversion will search everything below, adding any new files, replacing any missing files, and integrating changes made by other developers. Once all files are properly updated, you can commit your changes again, and this time, it will work.
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All new functionality or capability contributions require:
- Proper documentation in the user manual
- QA Test Cases that adequately test the added functionality
Proposed new modules and tasks, and their impact on existing modules and functionality need to be documented for review. New modules or tasks will require agreement from the full team before they can be added.
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The programming model in is based on modular APIs. NWChem consists of the programming languages:
- FORTRAN77 and FORTRAN90. For FORTRAN90, please avoid using allocates and deallocates. Dynamic memory access should be performed using the memory access (MA) layer.
- C and C++. Only simple constructs should be used in C++.
- Memory Allocation will be done through the MA and GA memory infrastructure.
- Global Arrays Toolkit and MPI for parallel programming.
- OpenMP directives and CUDA/OpenCL.
- Python scripts can be uploaded into the contrib directory. Bindings to additional functionality require QA and documentation.
Testing of development version
- Code will be build nightly on a Redhat Linux64 Platform using gfortran and gcc.
- Code will be tested nightly against QA suite.
- Exhaustive coverage analysis of the QA suite will be performed twice a year.
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- Heat 2 teaspoons olive oil in a large nonstick skillet or wok over medium-high heat. Add the bell pepper and zucchini, and sauté for 2 minutes. Then add the shrimp and sauté until cooked through, about 3-4 minutes.
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What do you get when Art and Science shake hands and heartily greet each other? The answer is simple: innovation. There are many who agree that Art and Science are two sides of the same coin and that you cannot truly have one without the other. Artist Marco Fusinato is one such believer who has taken abstract art to a whole new level with his "Mass Black Implosion" collection.
Fusinato has applied mathematical transformations to sheet music delineating experimental compositions and literally made you "see" music. The artist has simply added a new dimension to the musical notes, which were, by themselves alluringly abstract. By line drawing over existing scores of avant garde music, Fusinato shows us what "free noise" would look like.
As a result, you find sound waves and equations staring back at you when you look at Fusinato's Mass Black Implosion. No, this is not a case of synesthesia, but simply a testament to what the human mind can do! Those viewing Fusinato's collection, can not only hear the musical compositions but they also have an idea of what the sound they hear would actually "look" like.
So when you now look at a piece of sheet music, would you find notes leaping out at you? Let us know!
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Obituary: Marcellette "Jody" Underhill
After a long and courageous battle with her illness, Jody chose not to pursue further treatment and instead spend time with her loved ones until God called her home on October 8th. For 67 years Jody's faith prevailed throughout her life. Her love for the Lord, family, and children was her signature. Her life's dream was to someday be married, have children, and live in the mountains. Her dreams became realized with her marriage to John in 1975, 1st born son Matthew in 1977, 2nd born son Mitchell in 1979, and her daughter Corrie in 1982. Her joy was multiplied with the gift of five grandchildren and thirty-five years in Tahoe.
To know Jody and have her in our lives was a gift to all because of her gracious manner. We were drawn to her warmth and compassionate nature that exemplified love. With an open heart, she had a way of making every one of us feel special. Spending time with family and friends was Jody's passion. She was the magnet that brought us all together. Her confidence, love and faith in the Lord, gave her strength when we were weak, kindness when we were guarded, and forgiveness when we were judgmental. Her mission was to share peace, joy, and love with the world around her. Loving children and showing them God's grace was her specialty. With her beautiful voice she would teach hymns, nursery rhymes, and her favorite oldies. She was lovingly referred to as Amma Min (Grandma Mine in Icelandic.)
A natural provider of comfort and compassion with grace, Jody served as a flight attendant with American Airlines for twelve years, medical assistant with Dr. Robert Patton, and Dr. Gregory Ginn. After retiring, she continued to serve all those in need without hesitation or compensation. Jody 's greatest joy came from sharing God's love with those around her.
Jody was predeceased by her parents, Warren and Margaret Romsos, brother Brian Romsos, and son Mitchell Underhill. Jody is survived by her husband John, son Matthew (Danielle), daughter Corrie (Brian) Aggers, daughter-in-law Sarah Underhill, grandchildren Mattison, Marin, Drew, Mason, Cedar, nephew Shane (Mollie, Lars and Lauren) Romsos, her loving extended family and friends.
A memorial service will be held November 9th, 2013 at Lake Tahoe Community Presbyterian Church in South Lake Tahoe at 1pm. Jody requested donations be made to the Cancer League of South Lake Tahoe or Barton Hospice.


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Lawmakers on Wednesday easily approved a $626 million package of incentives designed to create jobs, revive the economy and undo the state's image as hostile to business.
The votes in the House of Representatives and the Senate were nearly unanimous. Only two Republican lawmakers — Rep. Chris Coutu of Norwich and Sen. Kevin Witkos of Canton — voted "no."
"It is the most comprehensive and transformative economic development bill that I have seen in my 19 years in the legislature,'' said Sen. Gary LeBeau, an East Hartford Democrat and co-chairman of the legislature's commerce committee.
"People want jobs and they want them today, and they don't want anymore partisan division,'' added Sen. Kevin Kelly, R-Stratford.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, who spent much of the summer on a jobs tour and has made passage of the legislation a centerpiece of his administration, heralded the legislature's bipartisan approval. He said he intends to sign the bill into law on Thursday.
"How often do you see this happening in Washington? Putting people back to work and making Connecticut more business-friendly aren't goals owned by any one party, and they aren't owned by any one branch of government — no single person has cornered the market on good ideas,'' Malloy said in a statement issued minutes after the Senate approved the measure after more than two hours of discussion.
"I'm proud of what we were able to accomplish today on behalf of the residents and businesses in this state, and I'd like to thank the leaders of all four caucuses for their hard work and dedication throughout this process," the governor said.
The 77-page bill has several components.
--It aims to streamline the regulatory process, requiring the State Traffic Commission to review applications within 60 days of receiving them and charging the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection with devising a tiered system of oversight.
--It provides an expanded tax credit, up to $900 a month, for businesses that hire veterans, people with disabilities and the chronically unemployed.
--It cuts the business entity tax in half, to $250 every two years.
--It sets aside money for the redevelopment of brownfields — abandoned industrial land that needs pollution cleanup — and for a training program for manufacturers.
--It creates airport development zones to spark an economic revival near airports in Windsor Locks, Stratford, Oxford and other communities, and provides $10 million to small towns looking to revive their commercial centers.
Several parts of the bill aim to help small businesses, some of which may have felt forgotten when the state was handing out tax breaks to big companies, said Senate Republican Leader John McKinney of Fairfield.
"They watched as tens of millions of their hard earned tax dollars went to the CIGNAs and the ESPNs of the world…and wanted to know when they were getting help from their government,'' he said.
Estimates of the bill's cost fluctuated throughout the day. The original $516 million price tag grew to $701 million Wednesday with a new report by the nonpartisan Office of Fiscal Analysis, which included initiatives associated with the bill several years beyond the administration's original two-year estimate. Paying that $701 million over 20 years through the sale of bonds would cost a total of $1.1 billion, including interest, the report said.
Witkos, one of the "no" votes, expressed concern about the long-term costs of the deal, as well as the fact that the proposal stipulates the hiring of several new state employees. "We just cannot afford it,'' he said.
But his was the lone voice of dissent in the Senate. The bipartisan spirit of the debate sends "a very strong message that we're serious about creating jobs," said Sen. Gayle Slossberg, D-Milford.
A similar tone played out during the debate in the House.
"We have a bill … that reaches across the aisle, Republican and Democrat,'' said Rep. Jeff Berger, a Waterbury Democrat and co-chairman of the commerce committee, "and that is creating jobs in this state, helping businesses grow, building our manufacturing base, making Connecticut a global power once again."
House Minority Leader Lawrence Cafero, a Norwalk Republican who backed the proposal, acknowledged it wasn't perfect. "Is it the silver bullet? Does it in and of itself reinvent Connecticut? No, it doesn't,'' he said.
But Cafero said he is proud of the bill — both the substance of what it provides and the process that helped create it. "It's not a perfect bill, but it's a start,'' he said.
Coutu, who is running for Congress in the 2nd District, was the sole no vote in the House. Afterward, he was asked why he bucked the bipartisan push.
"You know, the bipartisan thing, I don't want to say too much, but I kind of laugh and mock that," he said, even though he said he votes "65-plus percent of the time with the majority."
For Coutu, raising taxes in the long term by bonding for the $1.1 billion cost of the jobs initiative over 20 years was problematic.
"My view has always been, and what I heard from all the business owners in the state of Connecticut that I talked to … is 'Just get out of our way, stop raising taxes,''' he said.
But R. Nelson "Oz" Griebel, CEO of the MetroHartford Alliance, the capitol region's chamber of commerce, said the bill sends a signal to the business community, both in symbolic and tangible terms.
"When you make the kind of bold moves that are being made ... it sends a very strong message that, as the governor says, Connecticut is open for business ... and that were prepared to put some intellectual and fiscal capitol behind it,'' Griebel said.
Lawmakers on Wednesday easily approved a $626 million package of incentives designed to create jobs, revive the economy and undo the state's image as hostile to business.


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In Mrs. Osmond, his vivid and poignant new novel about a wholly modern woman, John Banville imagines a sequel to Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady. "He is one of the great living masters of English-language prose," wrote the Los Angeles Times. Claire Messud's new novel, The Burning Girl, is a hypnotic coming-of-age story about the bond of best friends and a complex portrait of female adolescence. "She has the imagination, the craft and the understanding of human nature to write about anything she chooses," wrote the Chicago Tribune.
Introductions by Colum McCann and Liesl Schillinger
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