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For assistance in the drafting and finalization of Independent Consultant Agreements (ICA) or Professional Services Agreements (PSA), contact Richard Greene at email@example.com, (510) 987-9408.
Benefits questions Link(855) 982-7284
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Bicycle parkingWMC: (510) 987-0600 | Franklin 7206
Bicycle parking is provided for free in Franklin garage and Kaiser garage. Contact Work Management Center for access to the bike cages.
Booking travel
Connexxus, UC's travel program, is a secure Web portal for booking university business travel.
Breastfeeding and lactation support
The UCOP Lactation Program includes a lactation room at your work location and breastfeeding classes.
Building access
Request building access via iRequest. 24-hour access is granted via iRequest only, with Manager/Director approval. Visitors must be signed up in advance through iVisitor. Ask if your department has a designated visitor scheduler or email the Work Management Center to request access.
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Portal for ordering business cards and UC-branded stationery and promotional items. (All employees can browse available merchandise, however only designated department buyers can place orders.)
Business Resource Center (BRC)
BRC handles general procurement, travel and entertainment, ledger reconciliation, payroll and event planning. Each team, identified by a color, is dedicated to a group of departments or a service area.
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The UCOP pre-tax commuter benefits program allows eligible employees to set aside income (up to the limit set by the IRS) on a pre-tax basis for transportation and parking expenses.
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The Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S) department at OP supports a safe and healthy work environment and advances the goals of the EH&S program at all campus and medical center locations.
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UCOP IT Client Services offers a monthly "New Hire IT Orientation" session to help new UCOP employees get started with their workstation computer and other technology. The class is offered the 1st Tuesday of every month at 9:30am-10:30am in Franklin 6114. Register at UC Learning Center.
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On a single day in March last year, three countries — Tanzania, Kenya and Mozambique announced discoveries of oil and gas (joining Uganda as possible oil and gas producers.) This was momentous, and according to this article in The East African, there are several major infrastructure projects in the East African region that are unprecedented. With all these projects in the region the question of transparency and engagement with citizens affected comes up.
Why care about transparency in the extractives industry? First and foremost, the numbers. In Charmain Gooch's TED talk she observed:
The Africa Progress Panel led by Kofi Annan has estimated that the DRC has lost around $1.3 billion as a result, almost twice its annual health and education budget combined.
It's this flow of money away from the citizens of resource-rich countries that makes corruption so high-stakes. Gooch presents a slide showing how in 2011, natural resource exports outweighed aid flows by nearly 19-to-1 in Africa, Asia and Latin America. That's a lot of potential hospitals, schools, universities and business start-ups that will never materialize, she says. "That money has simply been stolen away."
With the recent discoveries of oil, gas and minerals in the East African region do we want that statement (and that incredible ration 19-to-1!) to be true in the coming years, or what can be done differently to ensure that there is transparency that leads to accountability in the extractives sector?
I would be remiss if i did not temper this statement with an observation from Chris Blattman on corruption. That it is an Anglo-American fetish and that Westerners care about corruption far out of proportion to its impact on poverty alleviation and economic growth. More importantly in the context of this post is this statement:
i would still argue, moreover, that if outsiders want to promote prosperity, or get out of a bad equilibria, far better to talk about term limits and strengthening political parties and parliaments. People in poor countries hate corruption too, and will eventually take care of it if they have the means to mobilize and exercise voice, and hold leaders accountable. Outsiders can't do much about that, but if they speak loudly and consistently on the subject I think they strengthen the people's hand.
The question I have, is what can the technology community do? The means to mobilize and exercise voice are freely available to us with tools like Ushahidi, SMSsync, FrontlineSMS and others.
What role can technology play?
Can platforms be used to report corruption close to the location of where it occurs? Are there secure ways BRCK + VPN = A secure blackbox for reporting corruption?
Create a feedback loop with affected community e.g Turkana people in Northern Kenya reporting via SMS about how their community is affected (positively/negatively) I am reminded of the recent announcement by Refugees United, working with Safaricom to launch a helpline for refugees to find lost family.
Could a helpline for affected community in mining areas be a way to not only provide a channel for participation, mobilize and give voice to the concerns of citizens?
Could Crowdmaps like the one tracking Ugandan oil industry prospectus be useful in keeping citizens informed of available information? Can these maps be simple clearing houses of information (the verification mechanism could be more difficult but with collaboration amongst transparency organizations, it is not a far fetched idea)
There is a great series on our blog about Anti-Corruption and transparency mapping: What can we learn and implement in our various countries?
Recent news about the signing of The Open Data Charter point to another avenue for action. What sorts of data sets should be available to help shed light on the extractives industry. Which companies are transparent about the agreements they have put in place with governments, counties, and community? If positive action is being made, are we applauding those companies and shaming the ones engaging in corrupt practices?
Charmain Gooch also noted…
"In a globalized world, corruption is truly a globalized business, and needs global solutions pushed by us citizens, right here."
Lets have a look at Kenya (Home of Ushahidi, Mpesa, BRCK and Kenyan transparency Champion John Githongo). There are several local organizations working on issues in the extractives industry. Not necessarily the technology bit, but the gamut of concerns.Below are are a few resources, though it appears that there is more to learn and certainly more to do in this regard. If you have more resources and links, please do share in the comments and if you'd like to partner with us, do let us know how we can be of assistance to help answer the above questions.
1. Open Governance in the Extractive sector – Africa. This is in development phase. They would like to create a platform for dialogue and a framework for engagement. (Do let us know how we can help at Ushahidi)
2. Institute for Human Rights and Business – This appears to be trying to influence the decision makers at the UN level. Would be good to know more about how human rights violations are reported and if there is a role for tech and dynamic data collection to feed into the reports.
3. Kenya Mining Licences Map! This is great. Certainly applauding the work of Majala and Kenya's Ministry of Mining for putting this together. Check it out, dig into the data.
Many thanks to Charles Wanguhu of AfriCog, Majala Mlagui of Thamani Gems and John Githongo for the inspiration.


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Can Koi get sunburns? Dan – Bane, VA
Now that beach season here it is time to venture out into the great outdoors and soak in some of that summer sun. You can safely bet your Koi will be doing the same, as they love the sunshine and can be found sunning themselves in the shallows of your pond. Unlike us, however, they can't lather on the sunscreen. So what can you do to make sure they don't overindulge and end up with a sunburn?
Koi can get sunburnt? That's right, your Koi can burn if overexposed to the sun. Some Koi will loiter close to the surface in your pond or in shallow areas that leave their backs very close to the surface of or, at times, partially out the water. This is the most common reason why your fish tend to experience sun damage. Another less common contributing factor is the lack of shade and cover from sun exposure. Some pond owners do not provide any Floating Plants, shaded areas, or recessed areas for fish to hide within in instances of intense sun which leaves them completely exposed. If your pond receives direct sunlight throughout the day, make sure you provide adequate habitat to protect your pets. You can also add some Pond Shade to limit the amount of UV light that is able to penetrate the surface of the pond. A great way to prevent burns, illness, and parasites in your pond is to dose the water with Pond Salt. Pond salt will improve the slime coat on your fish and improve their gill function which protects them from illness and exposure to the elements.
When your fish are over exposed to the sun and outside elements you will notice their slime coat will turn white and start to peel off. If caught in time they will regenerate their protective coating and the old damaged areas will start to break off and wash away. If no steps are taken to address the problem your fish can develop blisters, ulcers, and open wounds that can lead to pain or infection. If you do notice a bit of sun damage on your fish you should quickly asses your pond's layout and investigate the possible causes of why your fish are being over exposed. Add shade where necessary or if you see that one or a couple of your fish keep surfacing in the shallower areas of your ponds, section them off in deeper areas that are abundant in shade until their protective coating heals. If blisters or sores develop, treat the effected fish with an Antifungal/Bacteria treatment like MelaFix, PimaFix, or TetraPond® Fish Treatment.
Always take into consideration the environment your fish are exposed to and adjust as necessary to keep them comfortable. Your fish will enjoy the sunny warm weather quite readily which provides great opportunities to play and interact with your pets. Occasionally checking in on your finned friends and reacting to their needs will keep them healthy, happy, and safe this summer.
POND TALK: Has your koi ever had a sunburn?
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First, let me tell you I can't believe I've won. Honestly, it was enough just to be nominated.
I'd be lying if I said I haven't thought about, dreamed about, this day. But I never really thought I'd be standing on stage before all of you accepting this award on behalf of the Loudest Family in America.
Just like everyone else there are days, so many days, when I feel like yes, yes I deserve this award. We are the Loudest Family in America.
And then there are days when for ten, sometimes even twenty minutes, there is silence and I think no, no we will never win the coveted prize. We just aren't loud enough.
I cannot believe my three kids were able to win this award over larger, much larger, families. I want to congratulate the other nominees, I'm as surprised as you are that my three were chosen as the loudest against such truly loud families like the seven O'Leary brothers in Indianapolis, the quintuplets in Washington State and of course, the 4 sisters ages 13-17, each a year apart sharing a two-bedroom apartment with their moms in Queens. You are all amazingly loud kids, but I am just honored and thrilled, absolutely thrilled, that my kids are even louder children. It is, every mother's dream.
My advice to all the kids, to all the mothers, and to all the families who try and win this award next year is this:
1. Never take a day off. Be loud every day. Mother's Day, Dad's birthday, vacations... you need to keep up the screaming. And not just the regular screaming and mayhem of kids that takes place in homes across this land, take it up a notch! Scream the bath water is way too hot, and seconds later yell it's too cold. Don't ask politely for a bath towel when you can just as easily shriek that demand at the top of your lungs. And obviously, the brisk chill when you exit the bath is the perfect reason for totally nonsensical noises at all sorts of decibels. Persistence, this is the path to victory.
Every moment is a new opportunity for noise. Remember this, and never miss a chance - no moment is too small, too mundane to leave alone. And just as importantly, think outside the voice box! Your voice is not the only way to make sounds, you can be loud plenty of other ways. Add makeshift drums, play the rim of your water glass, drum your fingers on the table, it all adds to the overall noise level. That's how you win.
2. Don't let a brother or a sister steal your thunder. If your toddler brother is having a tantrum, don't wait 'til he's done to start your own screaming match with your sister. Start yours the moment he starts his. It's just basic science, more voices = more noise. THIS is how you win. And to all the tweens and teens out there? There is no time that's not the right time for you to have your own epic meltdown. Think you've outgrown irrational outbursts at all hours of the day and night? You have not. This is how you win.
3. Mom and Dad - you are part of the family too.You will not win Loudest Family in America with just the endless screeching and screaming of your children. You must be part of the melee too. My personal favorite is to scream at them to stop screaming - it's a perfect way to get them to scream much, much louder. And Dads? If you yell at the kids to quiet down, that really gets them going. This my friends, is how you win.
And last, it is my pleasure to thank my family. Without you there would be no loudness, no constant noise and I would not be here today, on this stage, accepting the prestigious award of Loudest Family in America on our behalf.
Thank you for being loud every day, from morning until night, without your dedication and spirit we would not be here today. And winning this award? It makes every noise-filled day all the sweeter.
Thank you.{Screaming ensues.}
What award is your family must likely to win?


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Remember when I said that I drew a werewolf yesterday that was supposed to be apart of my chibi monster series? Well here it is, the lesson that I was talking about "how to draw a cartoon werewolf" step by step. Like I said before, the werewolf was supposed to come out looking like a chibi version, but unfortunately, this is what I ended up with. I'm not complaining because it still looks cool, I will just put the word "cartoon" in front of it because that is what it came out looking like, a cartoon werewolf. He came out looking like one of those werewolves from "Underworld" I think, or maybe even "Van Helsing". One of my favorite werewolf movies is "An American Werewolf in London", that was so righteous. Anyways, this tutorial will show you "how to draw a cartoon werewolf" step by step. The best part about drawing a werewolf is, you don't have to wait for Halloween to draw one out and have fun with. I have a lot more fun characters coming up for you all to enjoy and learn form so stay tuned in and have fun today with this lesson. Peace out and enjoy.
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With Reggie Bush giving the Lions visions of a revved-up offense, the Dolphins are handing the running back job to the combination of Lamar Miller, Daniel Thomas and Mike Gillislee.
Miller, a fourth-round pick last year, has been installed as the favorite to lead any rotation in the Miami backfield, but he's coming off a rookie year that saw him used sparingly on third downs. Part of that was Bush's presence, of course, but there was also a question of whether he could handle the pass protection responsibilities needed on passing downs. Based on word out of Miami, that issue is fading from view.
Coach Joe Philbin praised Miller's improvement as a pass blocker earlier this month and quarterback Ryan Tannehill has also hopped aboard that train. Tannehill cited the same thing when asked what impresses him the most about Miller.
"He's picking up pass protections a lot better," Tannehill said, via Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald. "Now that he's got that, he's going to be a great player."
He's also going to be a player that can stay on the field for all three downs, giving him a much better chance of becoming the feature back in a Miami offense that should be improved this season with the arrival of wide receiver Mike Wallace and tight end Dustin Keller.


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As you have seen in my previous blogpost: I went to the Seychelles for an AMAZING Hunkemöller campaign! Obviously I wanted to look as good as possible so I followed a workout plan: 2-3 times a week intense HIIT workout. In the video below I show several workout moves and you can slowly see my body turn more and more fit!
Important: if you consider starting with HIIT workout, it is not always the best option to go with if you want to get fit – as I explain in this blog. This really depends on your personal goals! Watch till the end. There is some important advice that I'm sharing.
Have you ever tried HIIT workout before? Share your experience!
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For mild winters and direct access to the Pacific Ocean, you must venture to the state of Oregon. There are only three states in the United States with Pacific coastline, and this is one of them. This coastline has given birth to some of the most picturesque small towns, including Seaside. This city is a beach lover's paradise, offering delicious seafood, miles of sand and endless opportunities for surfing. It sums up why so many people fall in love with this state.
Contrast that seaside living environment to Portland, Oregon. This city is filled with microbreweries and pubs, and it's known as one of the most eco-friendly cities in the country. It rests on the Columbia River and the Willamette River and offers residents a variety of parks, nature paths and vibrant community events. From the zoo to the 400-acre park with a stunning rose garden, this is a city that makes you want to stay outdoors and live healthfully.
Whether you live in the buzz of Portland, the sunshine of the coast, or towards the south in Oregon City, you can't forget that this state originated as a small slab of land known as Oregon Country many years ago. Over the years, it has developed into a thriving state with a healthy economy and educational base.
In addition to an active lifestyle and beautiful homes near the sand and the mountains, this state gives direct access to Oregon State University, Western Oregon University, Southern Oregon University and a variety of interesting jobs. While the state relies heavily on its natural resources to create a thriving economy, recent years have brought an influx of opportunity in the technology and innovation fields. There are also more manufacturing and service-oriented jobs here now than ever before.
Buying a Home in Oregon
You will easily find more than 20,000 homes listed on the open market in Oregon at any given time, and the majority of those homes are located in the eastern half of the state. This is the most populous region, and it's common to find small homes right along the coast selling for less than $200,000. If you want to venture into the western half of the state and live amongst the farms and mountains, you can find more spacious homes with luxury amenities. The majority of homeowners live somewhere in the middle where the homes are affordable and the communities are well developed.
Do you need help securing your down payment or getting accepted for a home loan? You can contact the State of Oregon for access to education and assistance programs. These resources are mostly oriented to the first-time homebuyer, but some of the educational opportunities will benefit anyone interested in investing in a new home in Oregon.
Popular Neighborhoods in Oregon
If you're raising a family in Oregon, one of the best cities to live in is Keizer. The local school system boasts a remarkably low student-to-teacher ratio, and there are always family-friendly events happening around town. This is a densely populated area, but that is common for the most popular living areas in this state.
Another heavily populated city that always receives compliments from residents is Oatfield, but with a low vacancy rate it is often difficult to find lower-priced homes for sale in this area. You can expect home prices around $300,000 in a community like Oatfield.
If you need to stay close to Portland for work, look into the nearby city of Sherwood. This is a friendly area with many desirable neighborhoods and a variety of small parks for outdoor recreation. Many locals work at local businesses in town, but the commute to Portland isn't bad.
Buying vs. Rent to Own Homes
Rent-to-own homes offer buyers a unique opportunity. Instead of qualifying for a mortgage loan and putting your down payment on the table from the start, you are allowed to move into these homes as a renter. The terms of the agreement can vary from one home to the next, but the basic idea is to live in the home as a renter for a designated period of time before securing a loan to purchase the property. While this is a slower path to home ownership that won't appeal to everyone, it does give you an advantage if you need some time to secure a mortgage loan with an affordable interest rate.
Cost of Living in Oregon
The cost of housing in Oregon is nearly 40 percent higher than the national average, and that pulls the overall cost of living up just above the national average. Most residents pay slightly below the national average for utilities, food and other goods, but the higher cost of housing is a big influence on how most residents structure their budget. This doesn't mean that you can't find affordable housing in Oregon. It simply means that a home built in this state will likely cost you more than a similar home built in another state. In many cases, even small homes with no surrounding land will sell for at least $100,000.
While the cost of housing in Oregon is quite high, you won't find many places that can match the physical beauty of this state. This is one of only three states that boast direct access to the Pacific coastline, and you also have the option of heading out west and taking up residence in the mountains. You can live in Portland where a variety of gastropubs and microbreweries dot the landscape or buy a home right on the coastline to enjoy the beaches. This is also a state that is heavily invested in higher education, and you can't beat the warm winter seasons.


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Rabies is a disease caused by a virus found in the saliva of infected animals and is transmitted to pets and humans by bites, or possibly by contamination of an open cut. Treatment of an infected person as critical. Untreated, rabies causes a painful death.
Most animals can be infected by the virus and can transmit the disease to man. Infected bats, raccoons, foxes, skunks, dogs or cats provide the greatest risk to humans. Rabies may also spread through exposure to infected domestic farm animals, groundhogs , weasels and other wild carnivores. Squirrels, rodents and rabbits are seldom infected.
Discourage wildlife. Minimize your chance of exposing humans and pets to rabies. There is a human rabies
vaccine available for preexposure and a globulin treatment with vaccination for postexposure prophylaxis. However, prevention
is of major importance. Start by reducing human and pet contact with wild animals. If wild animals visit your property
frequently, they are probably looking for food and shelter.
What to do if THEY are already in residence?
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We are looking for a new fresh look and design for 6 page website for a Car Rental Company. The winner of the contest will have the opportunity to work with us in a long term basis.
We are a car rental company in Orlando Florida. We want to send a message that unlike any other car rental company we focus on solving problems creatively on behalf of our customers by helping them rent a car with minimum restrictions. We specialize in renting to people who run into difficulties renting anywhere else.
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Contact Us: This page will provide customers with emails and phone numbers.
Renter's Guide: This page is design to assist customers on most frequently asked questions also will provide helpful guide to attractions, restaurants, hotels, sightsee, places to visit, monthly events, travel hints, local discounts, etc.
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LEAD, SD -- A former bookkeeper at the Northern Hills Family YMCA in Lead, SD, was sentenced to seven years in a state penitentiary for grand theft and forgery. The bookkeeper, Shelley Stevenson of Rapid City, SD, allegedly issued paychecks to herself, her daughters and her husband and increased her wages by $3.80 an hour without approval of the Y board.
Stevenson was caught after the Y, which was going through financial difficulties, took a closer look at its books, says Tom Hagen, a member on the Y's board of directors. The Y almost closed last summer, and Hagen was appointed to a committee to look into ways to save the facility, which offers a weight-lifting room, cardio area and swimming facilities.
"If we were going to ask the city for money and fundraise to save the Y, I felt like we needed to know exactly where money was spent," Hagen says. "In January, we had the finance committee scrutinizing every nickel and dime, and they came across some improprieties."
The committee then looked into the discrepancies more closely over the course of six weeks, contacted an attorney and went to the Lead, SD, sheriff.
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Maine snowmobile season starts with a bang as storm blankets state with snow
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) � With the first major winter storm of the season blanketing most of Maine with snow, the state warden service is urging snowmobilers to ride safely during the season ahead.
The power sledding season is getting off to a strong start with snow on the ground across the entire state, a sharp contrast to last winter when temperatures were mild and there was a lack of snow.
Col. Joel Wilkinson of the Maine Warden Service and Bob Meyers of the Maine Snowmobile Association are holding a news conference Friday to discuss the upcoming season.
Meyers said snowmobilers are excited about the plentiful snow after last year's dismal season, but he says riders should take it easy as they start rolling out on Maine's 14,000 miles of trails.


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Carly's Angels
Lolita's Lounge
1413 9th Ave SE
Calgary, AB, T2G 0T4
Doors 7:00 PM / Show 9:00 PM (event ends at 11:30 PM)
This event is 18 and over
Watch & Listen
The riotous drag show that has kept audiences amazed and laughing for over 10 years.
Carly's Angels is a female impersonation show with the perfect combination of lively music, shiny costumes and brassy humour.
The popularity over the years is overwhelming... with audiences booking months in advance to see the show either for the first time or again and again! The beauty of it is that the show changes every month, so it's never exactly the same.
You will thoroughly enjoy this show of lip-synced songs and campy jokes, not so much due to the outrageous costumes and flawless make-up, but because of the energy and dedication given to all the characters.
Tickets are $48.00 + GST and Service charges. Please plan ahead, particularly for groups of 8 or more, as some shows sell out 4-8 weeks in advance. Tickets are non-refundable and cannot be transferred to a different date so please make sure you confirm with your group before purchasing.
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There are a lot of good companies out there which offer group tours in South America, Asia and Africa. I am looking for something similar but for Canada. The itinerary I am looking for is something like that for the Rockies:
- Day 1: Arrive in Calgary
- Day 2: Bus ride to Rocky Mountain
- A few days in Banff visiting the various locations by bus
- Day n: Drive back to Calgary
I am looking for something affordable, maybe 3 star hotels, guest houses and some camping. The tour price will include the hotels, local transport between the cities and a guide for the duration of the tour. Does such a group tour exist in Canada? I've been to similar tours abroad and I want to do a few of those in Canada, mainly in the Rockies and the Maritimes.
I don't feel comfortable driving which is the main reason I like those kind of group tours. Any advice on a list of potential companies that offer that kind of package?
I am not looking for a tour which does both Rockies and Maritimes in one go. I plan to do them separately in different years.


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Tolerances for bearing seats and abutments
Dimensional tolerances for bearing seats are dictated by the required fit. Precision requirements of the application will direct you to which bearing tolerance class to use (→ Bearing execution), and consequently, what run-out tolerance of the seat is needed. The run-out of the seat is specified by the total radial run-out of the seat surface and the total axial run-out of the abutment (ISO 1101, 18.16).
- shaft seats to grade IT6 dimensional tolerances and grade IT5 total run-out tolerances
- housing seats to grade IT7 dimensional tolerances and grade IT6 total run-out tolerances
For seats of bearings mounted on withdrawal or adapter sleeves, wider diameter tolerances are permissible. The total run-out tolerances should be the same as for bearings on cylindrical seats.
Tolerance values for ISO tolerance grades are listed in table 2.
A deep groove ball bearing 6030 is to be used in an electric motor. The bearing accommodates normal to heavy loads (0,05 C < P ≤ 0,1 C), and requirements for speed and precision are moderate. An interference fit on the shaft is required. For this fit, the shaft diameter should be 150 m6Ⓔ. The total radial run-out should be within IT5/2 (from table 2: 18/2 = 9 µm), and the total axial run-out of the abutment should be within IT5 (from table 2: 18 µm).
Fig. 1 shows the dimensional tolerance zone in grey and the tolerance zone for the total radial run-out in blue. The blue zone can be located at any place within the grey zone, but must not be wider than 9 µm.


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Darkserver is a service written to help people finding details of build-id(s). People will be able query the service based on build-id(s) or rpm package names. The service will provide output in JSON format as it will be easier for other tools to parse the output.
The whole idea is based on a feature of BUILD-ID which was completed in Fedora 8 time, you can read about it here.
Source Code
Source code is under github and can be found here.
Why we need the service?
To enable developer tools to identify exact package builds from which process images (e.g. core dumps) come. This can enable their analysis, debugging profiling, by finding out where the rpm / elf / dwarf files may be found, so they can download them. (This is even better than abrt-action-install-debuginfo-to-abrt-cache because that apparently cannot query files no longer indexed by repodata.)
darkclient may look like the same what can be done with
$ repoquery -q --enablerepo='*-debuginfo' -f /usr/lib/debug/.build-id/0d/aa18d6291a5d0d174556c8c46f1345eba61a65 bash-debuginfo-0:4.2.10-5.fc16.x86_64
Just with
repoquery one has only available:
- GA release from repository fedora
- the very latest update from repository updates
- possibly the very latest update from repository updates-testing
One does not have available:
- any update which has been already obsoleted by a more recent update
- any release from Koji not submitted to Bodhi
This is a real problem making bugreports investigations difficult or even lost in some cases:
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=629966#c4
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=556227#c2
- RHEL Bug 739685 - not public
It is more common but I have spent more time searching for it.
Also the
repoquery -qf way is too slow as it has to download
*-filelists.sqlite.bz2 files for all the repositories first.
Requests for this feature of build-id to NVRA queries implemented some other ways have been declined before:
Architecture of the project
View this image.
* Django >= 1.2.5 * MySQL server
The web service does not need any authentication. It will require read only access to the database, the users will only require to query the service.
The information on the database will be filled up by darkserver-import command, which will only execute through bodhi on every update pushed through.
How to setup?
Install the darkserver and darkserver-import rpms. Run the createtable.sql under /usr/share/darkserver to create table structure in the database.
$ mysql -u user -p -Ddatabasename < /usr/share/darkserver/createtable.sql
Edit the configuration file at /etc/darkserver/darkserverweb.conf as
[darkserverweb] host=MySQL host name user=MySQL user (read only access) password=password database=database name
Remember that the webserver only requires read only access to MySQL.
To use the darkserver-import tool you will have to fill up /etc/darkserver/darkserver.conf in the same way.
[darkserver] host=MySQL host name user=MySQL user (read/write access) password=password database=database name


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Physical Education
Associate Professors Court, Purgavie, Coffey (chair), Graef, Mulholland, Murphy, Reilly, and Hohlt; Instructor Fereshetian
The charge of a liberal arts education includes opportunities for intellectual, physical, and spiritual development. The offerings of the Department of Physical Education are coeducational and introductory unless otherwise labeled. They are designed to instruct students in various lifetime physical recreative activities that will provide a foundation for a healthy, physically active lifestyle. Activities offered may emphasize one or more of the different components of physical fitness: cardiovascular endurance, muscle strength, muscle endurance, flexibility, coordination, agility, learning skills of a sport/activity, weight loss and increase of lean body mass, and maintenance of good fitness.
Students are encouraged to select an activity that will offer a new exposure, develop skills in an activity with which they are already familiar, or supplement a current fitness program. Physical education courses emphasize physical activity and fitness components and are based on active participation, which allows the student to accrue the physical, social, and healthful benefits of the activity. Regular physical activity is a vital part of a healthy lifestyle—it prevents disease and enhances health and the quality of life.
More information on the physical education and athletics programs is available on the Web sites (www.bates.edu/PE.xml; www.bates.edu/sports.xml).
Performance courses provide all students with an opportunity to build a foundation for a lifetime of enriched living. The department offers a diverse program of seasonal physical recreative activities in a setting of instructional physical education. Specialized courses in outdoor activities utilizing Maine's natural resources as well as many traditional activities courses are available to all students.
Required Physical Education. The program consists of two activities courses, each ten weeks in length and scheduled for two periods per week. Successful completion of this program, a requirement for graduation, is recommended to all students during their first year in residence. All students are encouraged to participate in this program beyond the two-activity requirement on an elective basis.
Physical education courses include: African Dance, Aikido, Alpine Skiing, Archery, Badminton/Pickleball, Ballet (Beginning and Intermediate), Ballroom Dance, Bowling, Conditioning (Beginning and Advanced), Cross-Country Skiing, Figure Skating, Golf, Hockey Skating, Indoor Climbing, Individual Fitness Program, Jazz Dance, Juggling, Karate, Kayaking, Kickboxing, Modern Dance (Beginning and Advanced), Racquetball (Beginning and Intermediate), Self-Defense for Women, Snowboarding, Snowshoeing, Squash, Strength Training (Beginning and Intermediate), Swimming, Tennis (Beginning and Intermediate), Wallyball, and Yoga.
Theory and Study
The courses cited below are designed for students planning careers in education and for those wishing to study the role of physical recreative activities in modern society. Students considering professional careers in physical education, coaching, recreation, and related areas should confer early in their college careers with the chair of the department.
Cross-listed Courses. Note that unless otherwise specified, when a department/program references a course or unit in the department/program, it includes courses and units cross-listed with the department/program.


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Mossberg on Parallels Access
Walt Mossberg joins digits with a look at Parallels Access, an iPad app. Photo: Parallels.
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... I wanted to do some Spencer on pay and today we have our esteemed technology columnist Wall Mossberg's here with us to talk about a really cool new app called Apparel access ... Wall welcome to show ... I'm ... thrilled to be here Spencer ... what a lesson that ... tells about this fellow apathetic some play ... it sort of a virtual way to control your PC is that right ... that's right I mean it it's a nice that that and that and them and the purpose of it is ... too good to remotely control your own ... Windows PC or Mac ... from the I pad ... running at you know the programs you have ... in the files you have on your computers ... that you don't have Orwall Ron on the I pad ... so would be like the ideal user of this ticket so I know people complain about the I pad being that ... it's not agree productivity tool is obviously a great way to consume media and entertainment but who would be a great aunt user for this kind of thing ... well I think I think people want to do more productivity and don't carry around ... on a laptop or or who don't want to have ... the same files everywhere or don't have everything in Dropbox whatever it is ... then all ... they want to use the full version ... version ... of let's say Mike soft office or I photo or ... Photoshop or whatever they happen to have on their computer ... time they are versions of a lot of those things need at least for the I pad but they're not typically ... the full version with every feature ... so that would be the market and in fact there are other apps that do this on the act and there have been for awhile ... the reason I chose to read about this one is ... most of the other apps try to make you a mealy aam Alps ... with a very precise point are ... using your finger on the screen and then I pad ... and really doesn't work very well ... the genius of this one ... is that these guys ... have figured out a way ... that ... to ... integrate the way the I pad naturally works into controlling but same ... Micra soft excel on your computer ... Anido a whole bunch of things that make Scotch and multi touch ... on the I pad ... I work better ... so there's a sense that because of the top another of the ... companies I know we're buying a lot more eye pads but it really started to become more of a poet like an office pool real ... the real thing that people use in the workplace instead of the PC or laptop ... well I believe that I had believed that for a long time Spencer every a number of comps better ... the number of what you might call productivity apps ... that ... exist for the I pad ... it is is very large and is growing ... there's just it with their EQ trucking medical stuff legal stuff ... GE's general ... you know ... certain office productivity stuff ... it's it's all there ... and there's a lot of ... you know ... inner calm activity with things like Mike soft exchange ... I do think you have to make a ... distinction in deeply into the world today ... between ... of ... productivity and work on the one hand ... and ... you know I I T department approved or ... you know ... the giant bloated Corporation ... on the onthe can ... that's a category they may or may not be adopting the I pad there they they are adapting to some extent but ... if you're asking to get work done on one and is this another step in that direction but only one other stuff I would say yes ... well yes she ... you are are ... companies that have a rigid rules gonna let this in ... the answer is also yes but that's a different question that has to do with company policies ... I didn't Opel hour and a light that we're not where I could add to that right now but I do one last question for you which is I know you're tougher of your ... 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It's that time of year again, with the holidays coming up quick I'm sure some of you are starting to think about shopping for your friends and family. I'm sure you have a good plan for your Black Friday shopping and an idea for almost everyone on your list, but maybe you have someone on that list like me, I'm a beer guy. As a beer guy I can tell you that the 365 days of cuddly kitties desk calendar isn't really for me, and thanks Grandma the new socks are thoughtful but I still haven't opened last year's package, and don't get me started on the sweaters. So how do you shop for the beer person on your list?
Let's start small and work our way up, one of the most fun things to do on Christmas morning is open your stocking, but shopping for stocking stuffers can be a real pain, here are a few ideas.
One good place to start is to hop online and search, if you Google the words "Beer" and "Etsy" together you'll find a ton of interesting gift ideas from bottle cap jewelry to beer soap. Magazine subscriptions are an easy gift, Beer Advocate for the beer lover or Brew Your Own for the homebrewer. You could always get that homebrewer a membership in the American Homebrewers Association. Can cozies, glassware, personalized coasters, there are a lot of options out there.
Bottle openers, every beer drinker needs one and if they are like me they constantly misplace them, these are ready made stocking stuffers, they are usually small and come in all sorts of unique styles, from the larger bartender type to key rings, flat credit card sized wallet openers and even bottle opener rings.
Tasting books, you can go out and buy a nice pocket sized leather-bound journal or you can pick up some that are designed for beer tasting notes. I recently got a 33 Bottles beer tasting notebook and I love it, it's small enough to fit in my pocket when I head to the bar but every page is designed to collect all the information I want to remember about the new beer I tried. Add a nice pen in the stocking to compliment this gift.
Gift Cards, this is probably the easiest gift you can get, it shows you care and they get to buy exactly what they want, for the beer lover in your life I would suggest picking up a gift card at the bottle shop, Bangor wine and Cheese or the Wine Cellar in Bangor, the Bier Cellar in Portland, trust me they will not be disappointed. If they like to go out and try beer you can pick one up at the beer bar, Nocturnem in Bangor, Lions Pride in Brunswick or Novare Res in Portland, these places always have amazing beers on tap and the selection is always changing. For the homebrewer visit Central Street Farmhouse in Bangor. If your beer lover is a fan of touring breweries and sampling beers right at the source consider picking up a gift card from the Maine Brew Bus in Portland, let them enjoy the tour and the samples without worrying about driving from place to place.
Now that you've filled the stocking let's look under the tree. The most obvious gift you can get for your Beer lover is Beer, simple as that. Take a trip to the local bottle shop and make a mix-a-six, if you are unsure about what to pick ask the person working at the shop, you'll find they are very helpful and happy to help. Maybe you don't want to go to the bottle shop, take a look at the grocery store, you can find seasonal twelve pack samplers that would wrap up nice; just don't let them shake that gift. The other option you have is to enroll them in a beer club, Bangor Wine and Cheese has one and Bier Cellar in Portland is starting one this November, what could be better than a six pack once a month?
Books always make a good gift for a beer lover; there are plenty of options out there from beer travel to beet tasting and homebrewing. I own plenty of beer books and I'm always happy to get more. For the homebrewer I recommend The Complete Joy of Homebrewing, it's an excellent reference that they will use every time they brew. Radical Brewing by Randy Mosher is a super interesting and informative book that will inspire them to try new things, trust me it's the reason I attempted making Kvass. Beer travel books are tough because they are generally very location specific, I would recommend Beer Lovers New England by Norman Miller, it's full of information about New England breweries, beer bars and brewpubs and even has maps for popular pub crawls. Another favorite of mine is Brewed Awakening by Joshua Bernstein, this is a fun read and I'd recommend it to anyone interested in craft beer. Just take a look at your options; there are a lot of excellent beer related books out there.
Clothing, Yeah no ugly sweaters or packages of socks here, we're talking beer gear. Find out what your beer lovers favorite brewery is and hop online or shoot over to the brewery if you're close, they will love a new t-shirt or hat. Another great option is LiveMe, Maine inspired apparel. These guys nailed it when they started putting out BeerME shirts and hoodies, and they just recently released BeerME flex fit hats, one of those will find its way onto my letter to Santa.
For the homebrewer head over to the Homebrew shop, Central Street Farmhouse in Bangor has an excellent selection of brewing equipment, ingredients, books, kits. Have a chat with whoever is working; they can help you pick out just the right gift to fit your homebrewers level. If you really want to personalize a gift ask them to help you customize an ingredients kit, then give it a funky name that the recipient will appreciate, it'll be fun knowing they are brewing a beer you helped put together and nobody else will be making Sexy Elf Stout.
Then there's the big one, the gift every beer lover wants, the Kegerator. I don't think I really need to explain this one, just trust me here, if we don't have one, we want one.
Well that's it; I hope this helps you put a check mark next to the name of that beer lover on your list. There are plenty of options online but I encourage you to go out and checkout your local bottle shop or homebrew supply, talk to the people working, they have those jobs because they are knowledgeable and trust me they will be friendly and helpful.
Good luck and happy shopping!


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World Series 2013: Celebrations turn destructive — in New Hampshire
DURHAM, N.H. — World Series celebrations turned destructive at college campuses in New Hampshire after the Red Sox clinched the championship over the St. Louis Cardinals.
University of New Hampshire officials say police used pepper spray and pepper balls to break up a crowd of several hundred students that had gathered at the Durham campus Wednesday night. Officials say some of the students had thrown glass bottles at officers.
At Plymouth State University, witnesses tell WMUR-TV that small fires were set on campus and light poles were destroyed.
At Keene State College, police say they also dealt with large, unruly groups that gathered after the game.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or arrests.


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It's that time of the season again when we need to take our first hard look at the NHL's latest crop of wunderkids, studs, and future duds. Forwards, defensemen and goalies will be covered once more and compared to a well known NHL personality. This season the honor goes to the American Captain of last years Stanley Cup champions, Dustin Brown of the Los Angeles Kings. The perennial 20 goal man is different breed of player than past selections Eric Staal and Ilya Kovalchuk. Brown is known more for a physical style of play and two way play than either of the rookie watch alumni.
Dustin Brown:
- Will play his 600th NHL game Monday night against conference rivals and playoff sparring partners the Vancouver Canucks.
- Has started off the season 0-1-1 and a -4 as the Kings remind everyone they partied like royalty all summer, and fall long and work through their Stanley Cup hangover 1-2-1.
- The Kings sit in 12th place.
- Brown has a team worst -4, trailing grinder Kyle Clifford by 10, and sophomore by 1 game Jordan Nolan by 8.
- Has 9 hits, 1 blocked shot and just 7 shots on goal through four games.
- No rookie goalies have played a game yet this season.
- Matt Irwin of the Sharks has been putting in work to the tune of 19:07 average TOI, and has picked up 2 points, including an even strength goal, half a minute of short handed time on ice, and an assist. On this his first tour of duty in the NHL, the 6'2 210 blueliner has handed out 6 hits and blocked 9 shots while doing his Hockey East and AHL experience proud. He's second in rookie defensemen TOI and 3rd in scoring.
- Dougie Hamilton of the Boston Bruins is showing no signs of the collective malaise that sank Team Canada's World Junior Championship hopes. The offensive minded blueliner has already earned some penalty kill time under the very conservative Claude Julien. The 11 shots he's dished out go nicely with the 8 hits and three blocked shots. The 19 year old has averaged just over 18 minutes a night and is currently second in blueliner scoring.
- Brendan Dillon of the Dallas Stars may not have scored any points yet, but the 16 hits through five games, make it quite certain the squads from Chicago, Detroit, Phoenix, Saint Louis and Minnesota know who he is. Two blocked shots add to the collection of bruises, and it shouldn't be all that surprising that he leads his team in hits.
- Justin Schultz of the Oilers was the most talked about college player in the NHL as he wound down his Wisconsin career and spurning the Anaheim Ducks who drafted him. He's now skating behind the Oilers plethora of young talents at forward and has rolled to the top of the rookie blueliner scoring. The 22 year old is sitting atop the TOI pile with an average of 24:02.
- Brendan Smith of the Detroit Red Wings is jumping back into the NHL this season. How well his recovery from last years derailing via a concussion. The soon to be 24 year old is not the only rookie on the blueline, and is middle of the pack in ice time on a blueline that has already skated nine defensemen and is one of just three to skate all four games.
- Cory Conacher is leading the NHL rookie scoring race as a center for Tampa Bay. The highly compact forward has about the best mentor for someone his size in the NHL playing with Martin St Louis. 2 goals 5 assists and a +4 through four games makes the former Canisius College player another undrafted player in the running to leave league GM's scratching their heads for decades to come.
- Tye McGinn's two points through 3 games for the struggling Philadelphia Flyers has got to be more than some expected from the 119th pick in the 2010 draft. The Fergus, Ontario native who spent last year in the AHL potted just 18 points in 63 game. The rookie is tied in team points with Sean Couterier, Ruslan Fedetenko, and Luke Schenn, and doing it in just over 11 minutes a night.
- Nail "I do a great Theo Impersonation" Yakupov has brought a great deal of larger than life personality to the Edmonton Oilers. He's also managed to pack in two goals, one a powerplay tally. This years 1st overall selection has spent 3:19 a night on the man advantage for one half of the Battle Of Alberta.
- Jonathan Huberdeau of the Florida Panthers much like his former Sea Dogs teammate Hamilton is off to a strong start. With 3 points in five games the former #3 pick is playing almost 16 minutes a night for the surprisingly struggling Sunrise squad.
- Mikael Granlund of the Minnesota Wild is part of the avalanche of changes in this roster in the last year or two, and he's popped in two points while earning more and more ice time. He started off at under 15 minutes and in his fourth game topped out at 18:30. The fancy Finn leads all rookies with an eye opening 56.4% faceoff win percentage.
- Vladimir Taresenko is holding down a top spot with the Saint Louis Blues and is tied with Conacher for points, but has played one more game. The 21 year old Russian has been a big part of the Blues 4-1 start being even or +1 in all five games so far.
Worth watching:
- Forwards: Mark Scheifele, Stefan Matteau, Sven Baertschi, Jakob Silfverberg.
- Defensemen: Paul Potsma, Brian Lashoff, Mark Borowiecki, Korbinian Holzer, Patrick Weircioch
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — At least three horses in Minnesota have been euthanized because of a highly contagious equine virus that causes neurological problems.
Three cases of the strain, called equine herpesvirus-1, have been confirmed. Two of the horses were euthanized because they couldn't get up, animal health officials said. The other is recovering. Tests are pending on four other horses that showed symptoms of the virus. One of the four was euthanized, the other three are recovering.
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What's wrong with Ubaldo?
According to Rockies manager Jim Tracy, you can, for the most part, forget the psycho-babble and the head games. In Tracy's estimation, Ubaldo Jimenez is suffering from mechanical difficulties.
Enter today's game against the Giants, Jimenez is 0-3 with a 6.67 ERA. In his last start, he allowed five runs on three hits and walked six in a agaonizing 3 2/3 innings.
Tracy's cure: Simplify things for the man who was a Cy Young candidate a season ago.
"I think the key to this start is not flooding him with too much information, " Tracy said before this afternoon's game against the Giants. "We just want to give him the opportunity to realize mechnical consistency. There are a couple things I've seen in regards to his delivery, and if we can iron those out, the guy we are looking for will show up."
Tracy declined to go into specifics, other than to say Jimenez needs to "maintain a consistent posture on the mound."


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This report is cross-posted at the ABA Journal's website. Read here, read there, comment and share everywhere!
Early in this morning's oral argument in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, Justice Anthony Kennedy plainly remarked, "this is a difficult case for me." The issue was whether a 1996 federal law banning "material support" to designated terrorist organizations infringed on the First Amendment rights of a group seeking to train Turkey's Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and Sri Lanka's now-defeated Tamil Tigers in international law advocacy and peacemaking.
But Kennedy's pondering the disputed law's ephemeral distinction between proscribable conduct and protected speech appeared to come to an abrupt halt when Solicitor General Elena Kagan conceded to Justice Kennedy that the law could ban lawyers from submitting amicus briefs on behalf of designated terrorist organizations. Here was the government telling attorneys who they could and could not represent in a court of law–not a winning argument before a tribunal of, well, attorneys.
The Court's liberal bloc–Justices John Paul Stevens, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, and Sonia Sotomayor–had already displayed their skepticism towards the government's asserted ability to criminalize speech meant to assist a terrorist organization's legal activities. Sotomayor even suggested that "[u]nder the definition of this statute, teaching these members to play the harmonica would be unlawful."
In response Kagan quipped, "I think the first thing I would say is there are not a whole lot of people going around trying to teach Al-Qaeda how to play harmonicas." Justice Antonin Scalia, the lone vocal supporter of the government's argument, saved the Court further talk of harmonicas by shoving Sotomayor's hypothetical into an absurd vision of chief 9/11 hijacker "Mohammed Atta and his harmonica quartet" touring the country to "make a lot of money."
Meanwhile, Justice Clarence Thomas just this week marked his streak of silence's fourth anniversary, but one could assume he'd ally with Scalia in this case, given his previous willingness to prohibit intensely disfavored expressive activity by casting it as pure conduct.
If Kagan's amicus-ban assertion seemed to crystallize for Kennedy the infirmity of the law in question, Justice Alito may have fallen off the government's wagon when Kagan explained that Congress did not intend to criminalize one's meeting with or joining a designated terrorist organization. Queried Alito:
Could you explain how someone could be a member of one of these organizations without providing a service to the organization? Simply by lending one's name as a member; that might be regarded as a service. If you attended a meeting and you helped to arrange the chairs in advance or clean up afterwards, you would be providing a service to the organization.
However, Alito may have asked this question simply to get Kagan to walk back her distinction between simple membership and criminal service-providing so that he could more easily side with the government. After all, he was the sole supporter of the government's position in United States v. Stevens, in which the Court is likely to rule a federal ban on depictions of animal cruelty to be an unconstitutionally overbroad restriction on speech. But walk it back Kagan did not.
Even if Alito still finds a way to join Scalia, even if the loquacious Kennedy forgets that lawyers may be silenced, and even if silent Thomas sides at conference with Sotomayor, Chief Justice Roberts signaled an openness to killing the law as applied to HLP. That is, as long as the Court got no government blood on its hands.
During HLP counsel David D. Cole's rebuttal, Roberts asked, "why don't we remand it to the lower courts to apply strict scrutiny if we agree with you that" the law does, in fact, prohibit pure speech as opposed to conduct that incidentally touches speech?
Cole quickly endorsed this plan, knowing that strict scrutiny is nearly always "strict in theory, but fatal in fact."
But just as soon as Chief Justice Roberts offered up a pleasing resolution for this "difficult" case, Justice Sotomayor jumped in to close the morning with the argument that if money is speech–as the Court strongly affirmed in Citizens United–then Congress could have been onto something after all when it found that money is so fungible that "if you give [terrorist groups] money for legitimate means…it's going to be syphoned off and used for illegitimate means." Such a justification for a ban on money-as-speech, Sotomayor suggested, could be "enough under strict scrutiny or under a lesser standard, reasonable fit standard."
Perhaps Sotomayor believed this, perhaps she was trying to impress upon her conservative colleagues the duty they owed to HLP if they were to remain fully faithful to the First Amendment principles they forcefully articulated in Citizens United.
Either way, Sotomayor's mixed signals forced the Court to submit HLP the same way it entered: a difficult case, indeed.
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Great reporting! And, congrats on the ABA cross-link.
This is an excellent report. Quite an honest appraisal of what I also thought was a curious if indecisive set of queries from Sotomayor, Roberts, Alito, and Breyer.


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Ras Kass:
You want to talk to God? God never sleeps.
Ras Kass: Now what came first, the chicken or the egg?
God: Armageddon.
Ras Kass: A arm a leg a leg a arm a head.
Headin in your direction.
The riddle was the answer to the question.
Born of the flesh, what is perfection
Ras Kass:
Inside my mother's womb, doomed to return to the tomb.
Or was it from the dead I was raised?
All too soon to pay, on judgement day,
Is this beginning or the ending,
Died sinning, still winning, still grinning.
This ending, verdict still pending, born pretending,
Three-hundred billion men, women, and children.
Deja vu, could be I'm dreaming,
But we all ask for divine reason,
While still breathing, and until leaving.
Who?, What?, When? Where?, How?
But most of all why?
Why what?
Ras Kass:
Do we live just to die?
The Book was written.
Way before the apple got bitten.
There's no God but me, mathematically, in division.
My decision was all inventions.
I need not mention infinite dementions.
But the human mind's flaw was limited comprehension.
So while you try to travel to Mars and the stars,
The God manifests through the entire universe.
>From the Sun, Moon, the Earth.
I created man in my image and the black man was first.
The scientific explanation, yea I made man out of dirt.
Ras Kass:
But how can a man be first, when it's the woman that's giving birth?
Listen, single-celled organisms.
The homosapien, the albanein
Ras Kass:
What's that?
White people.
Ras Kass:
They keep the world seperate and unequal.
The teach you, right is wrong, wrong is right.
Up is down.
Teaches King Arthur's throne, is the planets that are round
Ras Kass:
Can we really time travel, and is there life in outer space?
Wait, you knew all this in the first place.
You tryin to get to God.
Ras Kass:
But, I've fallen from your grace.
A billion paths to take, but which one is truly straight?
Ras Kass:
Can you walk across water or rise from the dead?
I heard he said he lived, in the son of man's legs.
Its a process, shit don't just happen, I create it.
Everything you see, and shit you don't, son I made it, and weighed it.
I'm the big bang theory and evolution.
Been there, done that, from revolution to prostitution.
The first and final solution.
The quaran, bible, and vedas, is only tools,
Don't be confused when the medula oblagada do
Ras Kass:
Oh, so revelations is Genesis.
Three-sixty degrees are limitless.
Shit, my motherfuckin nemesis.
Ras Kass:
Who is you?
Son, I thought you knew.
Who else? Lucifer, the lie bearer stupid, the devil himself.
He the creator, we all the creations, guess I'm eternal damnation.
Got you bitches seaking your own salvation.
Who taught you how to pray?
You read it in the book, look, your bear witness to Amen Ray.
Every day when you say Amen, and then turn around and preach worshipin false
Is an unforgettable sin.
Yea the good book is like comic books,
You take 'em too literal,
I tricked you in to believin' the power to reason,
Makes you able to live infinitely, in the physical.
Guess I'm the pawn com lyrical.
Basically I tell true lies in general, the yin and the yang
The player with a trillion years of game.
He got you sellin your spiritual, for power, monery, and fame,
I came out of triple stage darkness, gave mortals my attributes.
But even you may be a mystery God like the Lockness,
And use science to prove or disprove my existence.
Tryin to unlock this, artificial intelligence, cloned in a space station,
Tryin to build the tower of babylon.
But you sadly mistaken, when I start erasin homosapiens.
You lookin for an angel with wings,
I'm 'a bring young niggas with a ak, fuck a alien.
Ras Kass:
So what you sayin then, you the one that created sin.
What you call mother nature, was the nature of me.
What you call evil, ultimately, was the force inside of me.
Matter can't be created or destroyed it just changes shape.
One God, many people, and many faiths.
And this is how I wanted it done.
Ras Kass:
Wait, wait, hold up.
Father tell me, who is God's son?
I be the Jesus to your Buddah, the Chrishna at your Junah,
The big kahauna, Jehova Witnesses, suede pumas.
Zues, Pharoah, Eloheim, Saturn, Yaweh, Jah,
Rastafari, Allah, the most high.
A being, only that I'm not.
I'm the oceans, the trees, a bumble bee, and a glock.
Earthquakes, how much money you ever take.
The reason behind every mistake mankind continually makes.
Ras Kass:
Did God create man, or did man need to create God?
The answer is both, cause how mortals look at God is odd.
You try to customize me to be comfortable.
For what you want to do, and how you choose to act.
The Pope and Christians will tell you God aint black.
But to get something from nothing is physically impossible, that's a fact.
Black is the combination of all colors
Ras Kass:
White is the lack thereof.
Darkness is beneath the ground, and in the skies up above.
The clue, is that the true illumination is me, not illuminati.
Cause I alone discriminate, and eliminate
Any who be believing they can rationalize our out reason he.
Who created your creature, the student can never be greater than the teacher.
Whether it's Adam and Eve, or atomic chemistry.
I'm the one true source of all energy.
Who will eventually destroy every enemy when I see fit.
I can't blaspheme my own name so when Goddamnit, so be it.
That's called the wrath of God, but we gotta deal, I can chill
Fuck up the whole world, and in the end,
He'll still fulfill his plan, to return man to his original position.
Nigga gave me some hooks, and said I gets to go fishin.
I gave man doiminion over the Earth, to master the wealth.
But most of my children don't have dominion over theyself.
That's where I come in.
Call it original sin.
Well, who really gives a flying fuck?
I taught you how to blood suck, and ultimately self destruct.
Know the ledge, wise the dome, do the data.
I'm the alpha.
I'm the beta.
Ras Kass:
And I'm omega.
To be or not to be was man's question since conception.
I think therefore I am, was man's preception.
But the birth is the ressurection.
The son of God, or God's son, that lights our entire spectrum.
You got everlasting life, long as you got day and night.
Illumination, not education, to bring the blind sight.
And what you need to know is that you'll never know it all.
I'm a lowercase g, son of the ever-living God.


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- The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan
- Pulitzer prize-winning reporter Egan tells the story of the settlement of the southern American plains, how a bill of goods called "dry land farming" was sold to those who came, and how despite the warnings of the cowboys and early explorers, the grassland of the plains, which had protected the soil in this land of desert like dryness for thousands of years, was plowed under in the space of a few years in the rush to capitalize on a boom in wheat prices. In 1929 wheat prices failed with the glut on the market, and then came the predictable long years of drought, when the unrestrained dust rose up and buried the debt ridden farms. Beautifully written history.


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