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TUPELO – The CREATE Foundation now has a Lowdnes County flavor.
CREATE last fall broadened its reach by adding the Lowndes County Community Foundation as an affiliate.
Tupelo-based CREATE was founded 40 years ago to foster community development and philanthropy in an initial 15-county Northeast Mississippi region. Before inviting Lowndes County, the last time it added a member was Oktibbeha County in 2001.
To strengthen its newest partnership, CREATE's board of directors recently elected Lowndes County community members to five positions within the organization.
Bobby Harper, senior vice president and business development officer at Renasant Bank, was elected to CREATE's board of directors at its January meeting.
Four Lowndes County business leaders also were elected to serve on the Commission on the Future of Northeast Mississippi:
• Nick Ardillo, former executive director of the Golden Triangle Regional Airport.
• Allegra Brigham, former CEO of 4 County Electric Power Association.
• Birney Imes, editor and publisher of the Columbus Dispatch.
• Hilbert Williams, partner at Crye-Leike Realtors.
The commission's goal is to strengthen the regional per capita income through advancing higher education, accelerating four-lane highway construction, economic diversity and strengthening local communities.
"Lowndes County is one of the most progressive communities in Mississippi," said Commission Chairman Glenn McCullough Jr. "We are very fortunate to have four extraordinary leaders join our commission."
Brigham said partnerships like those between CREATE and the Lowndes County Community Foundation are crucial in developing the regional economy.
"When the tide rises, so do all the ships," Brigham said.
CREATE now has 26 board members representing 14 counties and 53 commission members from 17 counties.


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Genos myth
Genos myth
...More stellar defense from the 'Eers.
7-0, OK State
2017 Goals:
1) Win the next game.
2) See #1
"The problem with internet quotes lies in verifying their authenticity."
-Abraham Lincoln
"Lucille" is my BanHammer!!!
31-14, State.
Give it up bro. Mountaineers will be lucky to finish 7-5 in the regular season. They are going to get Belldozed next week and be 5-5. Its likely they go 6-6 by beating Kansas in Morgantown the last week. Technically they arent bowl eligible with just 6 wins considering James Madison isnt a FBS team. They will wind up getting an invite to a **** bowl though. Hopefully they will play Arizona and Rodriquez will stick a foot up their ass. That would be epic.
If they go 6-7 and lose to Rodriquez in a bowl the bandwagon around here will die down a good bit.
Has there ever been a team so overrated that they were ranked top 5 during the season and procede to lose 5 straight games?
Is there anything Tavon Austin can't do?
Damn. Too bad it's wasted.
... So help me god ...
If I was writing a book about the 2012 West Virginia Mountaineers it'd be titled:
We Had 'Em;
Couldn't make the tackle."
WVU holds on vs. Iowa St. 31-24.
Skid snapped.
WVU (6-5, 3-5 Big XII)
Nice win today for you guys Bumpus. A win of Kansas next week and youre guaranteed not to have a losing season should Syracuse beat you in the Pinstripe Bowl.

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Date Posted: September 11, 2009 - 2:54 am by: Paris
|Cynthia Nixon, Kim catrall, Kristin Davis, Sarah Jessica Parker
Look who's getting their 80's vibe back on. Yes, it's the Sex and the City ladies, or grannies, in hip 80's get-up on the set of their upcoming movie. It's bit disturbing seeing Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, Kim Catrall and Cynthia Nixon reliving the 80's in NYC, if you ask me, seeing how old they are now and how young they are trying to be. It's not right. A really very serious editing is needed to be done in this flick before people can enjoy it.
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PALO ALTO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/21/13 -- ClearStory Data, a company delivering a new big data solution that makes it simple for business users to find, combine and interactively analyze data from corporate sources and disparate third-party sources, today announced that CEO Sharmila Mulligan and Chief User Experience Architect Doug van der Molen will present at the O'Reilly Strata Conference in Santa Clara, California on February 27 and 28, 2013.
Mulligan will discuss the applications of interactive big data technologies while van der Molen's sessions will focus on the role of design in big data products. Doug van der Molen will explain how current data innovations need to be paired with an intuitive user experience to finally deliver on the promise of enabling a data-driven business culture.
"Big data's pace of innovation is quite staggering, yet organizations still struggle to use these systems to make informed business decisions," said Doug van der Molen. "Informed product design enables us to deliver complex technology in the form of an elegant user experience so businesses can quickly generate valuable new insights."
Sharmila Mulligan, CEO, ClearStory Data and Matei Zaharia, UC Berkeley Algorithms, Machines and People Lab
"Beyond Hadoop MapReduce: Interactive Analytic Insights Using Spark"
February 27, 2013
10:40 - 11:20 am Pacific
Great American Ballroom J
Doug van der Molen, Chief UX Architect, ClearStory Data (2 sessions)
"Designed for Insight: Principles of Big Data Design"
February 27, 2013
1:30 - 2:10 pm Pacific
Ballroom CD
"Great Debate: Design Matters More Than Math"
February 28, 2013
4:00 - 4:40 pm Pacific
Ballroom CD
All events will be held at the Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great America Pkwy, Santa Clara, CA 95054. All attendants must register. For more information about the O'Reilly Strata Conference or to register, please visit http://strataconf.com/strata2013/public/content/about.
About ClearStory Data
ClearStory Data is making it easy for business users to find, combine and interactively explore big, diverse data across first-party and third-party sources for immediate insights. The ClearStory Data team has decades of combined experience at Aster Data, BusinessObjects, Google, Netscape, Opsware, Oracle and Teradata. The company is backed by investments from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Andreesen Horowitz, Google Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Silicon Valley industry leaders.
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text: Apple and Samsung Electronics have held a series of private negotiations about their patent disputes since last summer when Apple notched a victory in one case, according to legal documents and people familiar with the matter. A jury in San Jose, Calif., in August 2012, awarded Apple more than $1 billion after finding that some Samsung devices had infringed its patents. The judge presiding over the case has since reduced those damages as the case wends its way toward an appeal.


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By Tiernan Ray
Shares of Intel (INTC) are down 40 cents, or 1.8%, at $21.43, following weaker-than-usual chip sales data from the Semiconductor Industry Association over the weekend, and a downgrade to Market Perform from Market Outperform this morning by JMP Securities's Alex Gauna.
Gauna cut his estimates for this year's profit per share to $1.85 from $2.15, and cut next year's estimate to $1.70 from $2.25, warning of what he thinks might be a delay in Intel's "Haswell" processors for PCs and servers this year and next.
Gauna says third parties he spoke to at a tech conference express the view Intel is experiencing some delays with Haswell, the latest "micro architecture" change to the company's microprocessors, which was excepted to bring extra power savings, initially for PCs:
The Intel effort to integrate a voltage regulation (VR) stage into the Haswell architecture appears to have fallen short of desired results, and the company is consequently reversing course and not pursuing this power management scheme with subsequent products. Our discovery of this issue came from discussions with multiple power management partners at the APEC (Applied Power Electronics Conference) trade show that was held March 17-21, 2013, and we were also informed that they had only just become aware of Intel's change of direction in prior weeks. To be clear, the industry sources we spoke with indicated Haswell is working, but that "the new power approach did not live up to expectations." It was the consensus view that timelines were also slipping, both for the Haswell refresh for PCs in 2H13 and likely down the road for the next two-socket Xeon server move to Haswell that is known as Grantley and expected in 2H14 […] Sources declined to elaborate on (or didn"t know) the exact performance implications; however, integrated VR was touted as a key feature that will afford the Haswell platform improved power efficiency without compromising performance. We also know from speaking with senior Intel engineers that integrated VR had been "an area of great debate internally." It seems evident at this juncture that this debate was won by integration proponents, but then lost in terms of benefit yield.
Writes Gauna, "If the new VR approach does not work as expected, it calls into question Intel and its partners' ability to field a next generation of Ultrabooks, convertibles and tablets with appealing enough form factors and battery life to staunch the tide of ARM-based tablets."
Gauna also notes any Haswell power issues could reduce one of the purported benefits to Intel's server shipments as well:
It was the consensus view that timelines were also slipping, both for the Haswell refresh for PCs in 2H13 and likely down the road for the next two-socket Xeon server move to Haswell that is known as Grantley and expected in 2H14.
These concerns, he notes, come amidst a backdrop of Intel not having made gains in mobile computing, which is where computing demand is shifting:
The unfortunate thing for Intel is that overall computing demand appears generally healthy. The demand, however, is heavily skewed toward tablets and smartphones where Intel has yet to establish a material presence. Intel has been able to make only modest progress in smartphones and tablets to date, and there was no evidence out of the 2013 CES or Mobile World Congress trade shows to suggest this is likely to change this year.
The end results, he thinks, is,
We expect 2014 gross margins to be weighed upon by under-absorbed capital spending expenses, and operating margins to be impacted by ongoing levels of elevated spending as Intel continues to pound away on its mobile initiatives in smartphones and tablets.


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Penguins say Kris Letang's illness caused by a strokeFebruary 7, 2014 11:37 PM
The Penguins got jarring news Friday morning about one of their own -- defenseman Kris Letang is recovering from a stroke.
"Terrible news. Scary news. I mean, he's my age," fellow defenseman Matt Niskanen said. "It's hard to believe. It was a big surprise.
"I'm shocked, but I'm happy that he's OK."
Letang's medical condition is not considered to be career-threatening, the team said.
He fell ill last week and underwent a series of tests that led to the diagnosis of a stroke.
The tests also detected a small hole in his heart, which might be related to the stroke.
The Penguins said Letang, 26, will be treated with blood-thinners and will miss at least six weeks.
He is expected to resume skating after the Olympic break, which began after a 4-3 shootout loss Friday night against the New York Rangers at Consol Energy Center.
"It's surprising for somebody his age," Penguins center Sidney Crosby said.
"It's not something you typically hear, especially a guy who takes as good a care [of himself] as he does. It was a surprise, but, from what we've heard, he's being well taken care of, and they've got it under control."
Crosby was among several Penguins who got a chance to speak with Letang after they learned of the diagnosis.
"No one expects to hear something like that," Crosby said.
"I'm sure it caught him off-guard a little bit, but he's handled it well.
"He seems to be learning as much as he can about everything that's going on, as anyone would."
The Rangers game was the fifth in a row Letang missed after he had an episode Jan. 29 described in a statement by Penguins general manager Ray Shero as "dizziness and nausea" that eventually led to the tests that showed he had a stroke.
Earlier this season, Letang missed 19 games because of a knee injury and an elbow infection.
A season ago, Letang was a finalist for the Norris Trophy as the NHL's top defenseman. This season, he has 10 goals, 18 points in 34 games.
"There are a few special players in the league," Penguins coach Dan Bylsma said. "Luckily, we have a couple of them here.
"But Kris is a special player. He has special skills, and he can bring something to the game that not every player can bring. His skating ability, his shot, his offensive ability, it's special. You can't replace that."
For now, the Penguins aren't worried about trying.
"We're not concerned right now about having him out of the lineup," Niskanen said. "He's our friend, first and foremost. We want to make sure he's healthy and takes care of that aspect of his life first."
Bylsma said it wasn't until Thursday afternoon that the full scope of what Letang was dealing with became known.
"To have the episode, to find out that you've had a stroke, it's scary," Bylsma said.
"It's been scary for Kris as a hockey player, but also Kris the person.
"You kind of shake your head in thinking that this would be a possibility for him, for an athlete, a 26-year-old."
Letang is not only up and around, but he also is cleared to work out and go on vacation during the NHL's Olympic break.
"He's pretty upbeat," Penguins goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury said.
"Still a little worried about what's going on, what's going to happen, but he seems to be handling it well.
"He's going to have a week to relax, take it easy, [clear] his mind a little bit. That will be good for him."
Letang is expected to skate on his own -- and speak publicly -- when the team reconvenes later this month. In a statement, Letang said he hoped others could learn from his situation.
"I hope that by making my condition public at this time, I can help other people by encouraging them to seek medical help if they experience some of the symptoms associated with a stroke -- regardless of their age or general health," he said. "It obviously was a shock to get the news, but I'm optimistic that I can overcome this and get back on the ice."
Letang was a third-round draft pick by the Penguins in 2005 He has played 419 NHL games, with 54 goals and 173 assists.
Off the ice, the Montreal native and his fiancée, Catherine, have a 1-year-old son, Alexander.
Last summer, Letang signed an eight-year, $58 million contract extension that kicks in next season.
The morning Letang began to have symptoms, the Penguins had a scheduled flight to Los Angeles. Letang made the trip but did not practice with the team in El Segundo, Calif., that afternoon.
He participated in the game-day skate the next morning but did not play against the Los Angeles Kings because team doctor Dharmesh Vyas of UPMC, who was traveling with the club, was concerned enough to order further testing.
The road trip -- which was the Penguins' first moms' trip and included Letang's mother -- continued in Phoenix for a game last Saturday. Letang did not skate in Arizona.
It was while the Penguins were there that a very small circle of the team management was informed that Letang had had a stroke but that further testing was warranted.
"In Phoenix, when we got some news about the first test, and then news that he had had a stroke, that sends a lot of thoughts through your head, what that is and what that means," Bylsma said.
"We've gone through a couple of different levels of emotion with getting the news and continuing tests about his heart."
Shelly Anderson: email@example.com,. 412-263-1721 and Twitter @pgshelly. First Published February 7, 2014 11:54 AM


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By Ben Levisohn
When emerging markets are tumbling, it's the countries that look least like developing nations that outperform.
The brutal selloff in emerging-market equities continued this week, as the MSCI Emerging Markets Index dropped 3.8% through Thursday. The losses among individual countries ranged from small—the 1.9% dip in the MSCI Hungary Index—to large—the MSCI Philippines Index's 8.9% plunge.
And then there's Poland. The MSCI Poland index dropped 0.6% this week through Thursday—the only one of 21 nations MSCI considers developing that lost less than 1% during those four days.
Poland's relative strength is even more surprising considering how badly its stocks had fared at the start of the year—the MSCI Poland index had dropped 9.1% through April 30, one of EM's biggest losers. But as investors have soured on once popular nations like the Philippines, Turkey, Thailand, and Indonesia, Poland has come racing back. The MSCI Poland index has gained 7.5% since the end of April, 13.3 percentage points more than the MSCI Emerging Markets 5.8% drop.
Poland's sudden surge tells you everything you need to know about investor sentiment right now. While most investors associate developing nations with fast economic growth, Poland's economy ticked up at a snail-like 0.5% during the first quarter of 2013. Its per capita income, meanwhile, was $21,000 in 2012, closer to Portugal's $23,000 than to China's $9,100 or Brazil's $12,000. And unlike commodity-exporting emerging markets dependent on China for their long-term growth, Poland's largest trading partner is Germany. That has made it something of a haven during periods of emerging-market stress.
So does the composition of its stock market. The iShares MSCI Poland Capped Index (EPOL) exchange-traded fund, for instance, has a dividend yield of 4%, nearly twice the EM's 2.1% yield. It also has invested 8.2% of its portfolio in boring utilities, compared with just 3.4% in the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM). And while the iShares MSCI Poland ETF has 48% in financials, there's little sense that the nation's banks have gotten ahead of themselves in extending loans.
"There's a sense of quality and defensiveness" to Poland's stock market, says Jeff Shen, BlackRock's head of emerging markets.
Already, the demand for quality might be passing. The iShares MSCI Poland Capped Index has dropped 2.3% today–though it is still up 0.3% this week–while the iShares MSCI Taiwan (EWT), which holds the stocks of another more-developed emerging market, has dropped 1.9%, to $13.20. The iShares MSCI Thailand Capped Investable Market ETF (THD) and the iShares MSCI Turkey Investable Market Index ETF (TUR), which had been among the hardest hit during the EM sell off, have gained 1.9% and 1.2%, respectively.
So while investors won't necessarily find supersize growth in the long run, keep an eye on Poland if emerging markets keep on tumbling.


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Hello BDW members,
First off, we hope that everyones 2010 is off to a great start! My name is Nate and along with my partner Admin, we want to introduce ourselves as the new admins for BulldogsWorld.
It is under a rather unfortunate situation that we must introduce ourselves - David had planned to introduce us, however, his wife, Heidi informed us recently that Daves iritis has gotten worse and that he cannot go on the computer in order to make the introduction personally. we have been working closely with Dave for the last couple of months and will dedicate ourselves to maintaining BDW as the amazing community that it is today! we will be taking over the day-to-day technical administration, webmaster duties and the main site and together with your current forum moderators - Cathy, Kim and Sue, we will oversee BDW going forward.
As you may have noticed, David has not been able to dedicate much time into updating and maintaining BDW for the past few months, hence the change in the moderator roles. He has been dealing with serious eye problems which have restricted his ability to be in front of a monitor. In light of these eye problems and after many conversations with we, David decided to bring us on as webmasters and administrators at BDW.
As a brief introduction to our team: my name is Nate and along with my partner, Admin, (who is our resident tech geek and will handle the technical side of running BDW). We make up our two-man band at Offleash Media. After months of learning, we hope to contribute to this community in a positive manner and be as helpful with day-to-day stuff as we can. At the same time we plan to keep all of the principle forum rules, which span all three forums, the same.
Let me share a little about OffleashMedia.
we specialize in managing online dog-focused communities. We bring to the table infrastructure and resources that will ensure BDW will be around for years to come.
What are our intentions?
Our number one goal is to provide the resources required to allow BDW to continue on as the same wonderful community that all of you have built in the past 10 years. We want to continue making this the community that allows passionate Bulldog owners and enthusiasts to share their knowledge with the rest of the community and move it forward into the new decade. From a professional standpoint, the way we stay in business is by developing products and services based on the needs and requests of the community, very similar to what Dave has already done with the Bulldogsworld Store.
OK, so you might be thinking of a lot of questions...
How will this affect our community (mods, members)?
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Since 2012, Hanley Wood 's Vision 2020 program has brought together building industry experts to establish and examine a timeline of critical goals and metrics that building professionals must establish and meet by the year 2020 in order to preserve our environment and meet large-scale goals such as those of the 2030 Challenge. The program is supported not only by the 10 members of the Hanley Wood Sustainability Council, but also by underwriting product manufacturers who are deeply invested in high-performance design. Last July, we brought together the sustainability experts from each of our underwriting sponsors for a candid discussion on the challenges of green product manufacturing and now, in a series of one-on-one interviews, we explore their companies' individual philosophies on the high-performance building realm.
We recently spoke with Steve Revnew, vice president of product development at The Sherwin-Williams Company, about the company's approach to sustainability and for Revnew's thoughts on the path ahead.
The Sherwin-Williams Company's sustainability mission states that the company "is committed to being a recognized leader in the development of sustainable processes, products, and activities that preserve natural resources, protect the environment, and contribute to social improvement." How would you summarize the company's approach to this?
Our mission is to supply the highest value coating products and services in the world. To accomplish this, we develop and acquire the appropriate resources to continuously improve the performance of our products, services, and people. Over the course of many years we've added the environment to that. We're always looking for ways to not only do what's right but also looking at what we can do to minimize our impact on the environment. It's our goal to leave the world in a better place than we found it.
What are some of the key goals for Huber in this realm and what kinds of metrics are you using to measure progress?
We look at various metrics to determine our progress. We certainly consider whether a site is certified in accordance with ISO 14001 standards and VOC emissions during manufacturing. We analyze total CO2 performance with an eye on continuously reducing the amount of CO2 gas per hundred pounds of total production. We evaluate hazardous waste treatment and disposal, as well as hazardous materials reuse and recycling. One thing we're proud of is that we have zero-discharge plants, from the manufacturing process to the operations perspective. We look at how our employees are engaged, as we see that as a significant aspect as well.
We also look at how we can have a positive effect on the areas where we are involved. We are very active in the communities where we have a presence, and we report out our charitable giving as a metric. Our community involvement ranges from serving on charitable boards to repainting low-income houses for those people who are in need. We have grassroots efforts to help improve the lives in our communities, and that's a big aspect of our corporate culture that falls under the sustainability umbrella.
When it comes to sustainable manufacturing and high-performance products, is there one aspect of sustainability you and your company are currently focusing on the most, such as water efficiency, carbon footprint reduction, community outreach, or material transparency? What is driving your focus in this area?
From a manufacturing standpoint, we have taken a holistic approach toward sustainability efforts. This means we constantly evaluate how we can reduce any type of consumption, whether it's in our fleet that is delivering product, our manufacturing processes, or our waste streams.
From a product standpoint, we go beyond meeting green building standards, to how we can exceed them. The majority of our products meet the most stringent VOC regulations in the country, and we are constantly looking for ways to bring new products into the marketplace that have reduced impact on the environment, as well as longer lasting performance.
We are very involved in green building standard development, with executives actively engaged on committees and helping to implement programs.
Finally, we ensure that our sales and marketing teams are as involved as our product development and manufacturing teams in these discussions, a further demonstration of our holistic approach.
What do you think are one or two of the biggest challenges facing sustainable product manufacturing between now and 2020?
There are several challenges that the industry is currently facing. First, we are finding that standards are ahead of technological advancements. Secondly, the numerous green building standards are fragmented. Which one do you pay attention to the most? While the USGBC encourages the industry to follow LEED, local municipalities and states have other mandates.
A growing challenge is transparency. Manufacturers are trying to provide the information that customers are seeking, while also preserving and protecting the company's intellectual property.
Finally, educating everyone involved in sustainability efforts can take time and resources. The knowledge base ranges from very basic to extremely informed. We have to provide materials and content that meets somewhere in the middle, and work with clients to help them understand what is a priority to know and what key questions they should be asking.
With all of these challenges, it becomes a balancing act to ensure that you're focused on the right thing. The best approach for our company is to always strive to exceed the highest standards.
How can high-performance building professionals help drive sustainability in your company?
Partnership is key. Many professionals are already working with us and actively involved in this discussions. We extensively engage with our customers to understand their challenges and where we can provide support. Collaboration is critical to understanding one another's capabilities, as well as to gaining alignment to drive sustainability together.
This article has been updated since its original posting.
Stay tuned as we continue to chat one-on-one with the sustainability directors of this year's Vision 2020 underwriters. Scroll over points in our on-going timelineuxazyvvavydrfdxb to learn more about the path ahead in green building. Track our progress all year as the Hanley Wood Sustainability Council shares their perspectives on initiating, tracking, and ensuring progress toward these sustainable priorities and goals. This year's program will culminate in an exclusive Vision 2020 Sustainability Summit in conjunction with Greenbuild in New Orleans, and with a special Fall edition of ECOBUILDING REVIEW.


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It depends on the miner.
Take Barrick Gold (ABX). Citigroup's Brian Yu, says it will be able to maintain its covenants, but it will face other difficulties, especially with its Pascua Lama mine.
The falling price of gold, for instance, means Barrick will have to write down the value of the mine, which straddles the Chile/Argentine border and where work has been suspended. The hit could be as much as $5.5 billion. The good news, however, is that Barrick has a tangible book value of some $13.3 billion, Yu says, so Barrick shouldn't trigger its loan covenants. It will, however, have to fully draw on their $4 billion facility and may even need cut its dividend, Yu says.
AngloGold Ashanti (AU), meanwhile, may not be so lucky. Not only was it downgraded to Underperform by BMO Capital Markets, Moody's cut its credit rating to Baa3 from Baa2 on Friday. The credit-rating firm worries that a potential strike could make it difficult for the company to meet its loan covenants:


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Gourmands who attended the Ultimate Critics Dinner at the Cottages on the Charleston Harbor truly experienced a night to remember. The event featured capanés and a five-course tasting menu prepared by seven local chefs, selected by Charleston food critics as the best culinarians of 2010, and was hosted by Mickey Bakst of the Charleston Grill.
The evening kicked off with delicious capanés and wine pairings at Casa Lata, where guests nibbled on Wagu beef tartare on Maxine potatoes with micro parsley, and Casa Brock, which offered pickled fried green tomato skewers topped with buttermilk and bacon.
After enjoying the view from the cottage porches, everyone made their way to the main cottage, where they were treated to exceptional service, live music, and five delicious courses served al fresco. Cypress' Chef Craig Deihl started the evening with corned beef tongue with smoked mustard and pickled onion, which was followed by pan sautéed triggerfish from Carolina's Chef Jeremiah Bacon. Slightly North of Broad Chef Frank Lee served pigeon breast with shrimp pilaf and okra, and Chef Michelle Weaver of Charleston Grill presented dry aged lamb loin over spin rosa polenta with lamb jus, cerinola olives, capers, basil, and cherry heirloom tomatoes.
Savory gave way to sweet as servers brought out Wildflour Pastry Chef Lauren Mitterer's local peach panna cotta with gingered citrus and toasted almonds, and guests then partook of Coastal Cigars and Cointreau Noir Cordials around the candle lit pool deck.
Not only was the evening magical and a fabulous success, but the event benefitted the BB&T Charleston Wine + Food Festival's 2011 Signature Charity, Lowcountry Local First. Lowcountry Local First is an alliance dedicated to promoting and preserving our local economy through uniting retail, manufacturing, and agricultural businesses throughout the Charleston area.


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Security council member to discuss Russian relations, Feb. 18
Posted February 12, 2004; 12:26 a.m.
A lecture titled "Putin's Star: U.S.-Russian Relations on the Eve of Russia's Presidential Elections" will be presented at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18, in 2 Robertson Hall.
Thomas Graham, director of Russian affairs at the U.S. National Security Council, will give the address, which is sponsored by the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies .
Graham, a former senior associate of the Carnegie Endowment in Washington, D.C., has served in the U.S. Embassy in Moscow and with policy planning staff in the State Department.
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" First, I want to thank Phiaton for the review sample. As a headphone brand, Phiaton is relatively new to the scene. But as a company, it has a rather long history. Phiaton was setup by Cresyn Korea in 2008 as an initiative to launch its own high end headphone line. Up to that point, Cresyn has been very successful in the headphone OEM/ODM business all over the world, yet not quite known..." --ClieOS
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Hey guys & gals,
I am interested in hopefully videoing my nephews first turkey hunt next April 17th and April 18th and I would like to be able to edit the information and add slides and other stuff to it but i do not know how to or what software to use.[8|]
Can someone please point me in the right direction?
I was thinking of a video similar to this one by tracebusta32
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For those complaining that the X-Box's controller is just too big, Microsoft has good news for you. X-Box Controller S is, essentially, the Japanese X-Box controller, but released for American consumption.
Microsoft will continue to supply retailers with the original X-Box controller, but will offer Controller S as an alternative to gamers who don't need a monster peripheral to feel better about themselves. Controller S is smaller and has a slightly different button placement.
You'll have to wait a while to get your hands on the new controller, as it doesn't ship until April 30, according to Microsoft. Controller S will carry a retail price of $39.95. So, you may be losing some of the girth, but at least you get to keep the high cost.
For those who can't wait until the end of April, the Japanese controller will work with the American X-Box. You can import it now from online retailers like National Console Support.


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The magician boyfriend…….here one minute, gone the next!
An online date which started off a little awkward and then after an hour or so, CLICK! Banter is flowing, having a laugh and you can tell that person is really engaging with you.
A follow up date is arranged and all of a sudden you've seen that person 4 times in a week……and the click just keeps on clicking! I am generally reserved with revealing my feelings until I'm pretty sure that the other person feels the same. I like to know which side my bread is buttered on. In the very short space of time with this particular fellow, we had gone from strangers to feeling like we'd know each other for years, all in the space of a few weeks.
There was alot of 'we' talk……we will do this, we must go to this restaurant, we must hang out all weekend together, we must holiday together, we we we we we ……..all of a sudden you've got a future mapped out before your very eyes! All of a sudden I was subjected to the 'in a relationship' status on Facebook and subject to the Spanish inquisition from family and friends about who this person was that they'd not heard about? I was being tagged in every status update, photos, restaurant check in – the world and his wife knew about our every move. Part of me was enjoying the ride and another part thought, gosh if this blows up it will be rather embarrassing for me.
I must admit it's nice to feel part of a 'we'………then there was the alluding to the L word from him on various occasions……now I don't say that lightly but all the 'we' talk and the clicks (and various shots of Cafe Patron) were getting me carried away and I said it back. To be fair, I probably would have told the brick wall I loved it I was that inebriated!
And then like magic, poof! Off he disappears into a puff of smoke never to be seen again. The pre arranged date, I got stood up for and the texts unanswered resulted in egg on my face big time for my short lived and highly publicized relationship via social media. I wanted the ground to swallow me up it was so cringe!
Now I'm certain that he wasn't abducted by aliens as a friend of mine spotted him on Tinder very shortly after…….bless…..
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Please select your course location for directions and maps:
- Aviation - PFC (Paine Field)
- CCEC - Arlington (Weston High School)
- CCEC - Bothell (Cascadia College)
- CCEC - Monroe (Lake Tye Building)
- CCEC - Redmond (Lake Washington Institute of Technology)
- EvCC - FIT (Student Fitness Center)
- EvCC - Main Campus
- Museum of Flight Restoration Center
- North Bellevue Community Center
- Sno-Isle Skills Center (SNO)
Corporate & Continuing Education Center (CCEC-Everett)
The Corporate & Continuing Education Center, an Everett Community College site, is located near Boeing and Fluke on Seaway Boulevard in South Everett.
2333 Seaway Blvd.
Everett, WA 98203
- Take I-5 north or south to exit 189 (Paine Field exit) to Highway 526 (Boeing Freeway).
- Take 526 to the Seaway Boulevard exit.
- Go north on Seaway Boulevard past the Boeing exits. The CCEC is on the right, past the Narbeck Wildlife Sanctuary. See below for map.
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News Search Results for "redevelopment"
Lake|Flato Settles Into East Austin Office
Lake|Flato, a fixture of San Antonio for 30 years, has recently opened an Austin outpost. The team, which has been working in the city since March, moved into a new space on the East Side in October. The firm has signed a five-year lease for the space and has plans to grow.
Working Artifacts
Restaurants by Urbanist Design and Dado Group are causing a stir in San Antonio's popular Pearl Brewery district.
TxA 2014 Design Awards Announced
We are pleased to announce the recipients of our 2014 Design Awards. Sixteen projects were selected from among 221 entries. This year's jurors were: Marlon Blackwell, FAIA, of Marlon Blackwell Architect in Fayetteville, Ark.; Andrea P. Leers, FAIA, of Leers Weinzapfel Associates in Boston; Tim Love, AIA, of Utile in Boston; and Mark Reddington, FAIA, of LMN Architects in Seattle.
Reimagining Seaholm
The City of Austin and its Parks and Recreation Department are soliciting the public's ideas on the adaptive reuse of the Seaholm Intake Facility and surrounding parkland. A series of open houses will be held this week to educate residents about the building's history and gather their thoughts on its future.
Paperwork: Plans for a New Campus at Austin's Highland Mall
Right now, Austin's Highland Mall sits largely abandoned. However, Barnes Gromatzky Kosarek Architects' proposal for the redevelopment of a former department store into a new Austin Community College campus floods the interior with light and activates the exterior with student gathering spaces.
Buy Local
In the ever-changing world of retail design, flexibility, simplicity, curb appeal, and storage are fundamental to continued success. Keepers, Eliza Page, and Rogue Running — all local Austin retailers — were pioneers of downtown shopping, and their continued relevance is a promising sign.
The Monterey
A former gas station turned gastropub, The Monterey is helping to create a culinary outpost in San Antonio's Southtown district. Designed by Poteet Architects and Wiese Hefty Design Build, the scheme for this highly praised restaurant transformed the dilapidated storefront of a former Sunglo Service Station with a clean mid-century aesthetic, a large inviting patio, and an innovative menu.
Dallas Arts District – Time for a Remix?
Trendy food trucks have arrived in the heart of the Dallas Arts District at lunchtime to populate an otherwise quiet section of downtown. The trucks with their eager vendors serve as a kind of non-architectural redevelopment force and a reminder of the original vision for the district — a vibrant mix of pedestrian-friendly uses.
Team Selected for Linear Park in Downtown Austin
As the culmination of an international competition, a team led by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (MVVA) and Thomas Phifer and Partners has been chosen to design a 1.5-mile-long linear park in downtown Austin.
Congress Avenue: A Laboratory of Learning
Don't miss an opportunity to participate in a walking tour of Congress Avenue during the Texas Architects 73rd Annual Convention and Design Expo, October 18-20, in Austin. Jana McCann, AIA, will lead tour attendees from the Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge to the Old Bakery just south of the Capitol.
On the Road with Alexis McKinney, AIA, LEED AP
For Alexis McKinney, AIA, the "road to registration" has led to the past. And today, her interest in historic preservation has led to downtown Houston, where McKinney and colleague Gerald Moorhead, FAIA, peruse two historic houses (1904 and 1905) that have been "mothballed" and relocated to a dramatic site yards from the city's 42,000-seat baseball stadium. The project is one of several McKinney is working on.
Member Spotlight: Brandrup, Hays, and Black
Over 6,000 members make up the Texas Society of Architects. They play unique roles that contribute to the future of the profession and the built environment. Here, Texas Architects spotlights three members who were recently recognized with 2011 Honor Awards for outstanding contributions to architectural education, the profession, and the community.


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Wastewater is all the water that leaves the inside of your home or business through sinks, toilets, washing machines, etc. and enters Bellevue's wastewater (sewage) collection system. Wastewater then flows through city-owned and maintained pipes into King County's regional sewage system, where it is treated to meet federal and state water quality standards.
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Bellevue's Wastewater Division is responsible for maintenance and repairs of the main sewer lines, including the service conections within the city's right of way and dedicated easements.
Service Area
Bellevue's effective and efficient wastewater collection system includes approximately 524 miles of mainline pipes, 130 miles of service stubs (connection pipe in the right of way and dedicated easements), and 46 pump and lift stations. The pumping stations provide a means of moving wastewater from areas lacking gravity lines to an adjacent area where gravity lines exist to convey flow. The Wastewater division serves an estimated 35,800 customer accounts across 37 square miles, including Medina, Clyde Hill, Hunts Point, Yarrow Point, Beaux Arts and South Cove of Issaquah.
Private sewer pipe location
If you want to know where your sewer pipes are located on your property, call 425-452-4187, and a Utilities employee will provide what information is available. The City does not perform locates on private property.
In case of emergency
Call the Wastewater Operation and Maintenance Division immediately if sewage is coming up inside your home or business when you are not using any water, including laundry and dish washers. Wastewater staff will ask a few pertinent questions and dispatch a maintenance crew if needed. Maintenance crews are available 24 hours a day at 425-452-7840 or 911 after business hours.
Call a private service if you have slow drainage or suspect a blockage. The problem is likely in your side sewer line.
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I miss the old "follow my threads" (whatever it name was) box. Haven't been very active since it disappeared. It's nice you tried the update, though. But I must admit it's not for the best.
I don't remember a button with that title, but if you are trying to keep track of threads you are subscribed to, click on My SitePoint at the top of the page, and you can see what's happening there. If you meant something else, please elaborate.
Yes, I was just about to say the same thing. There used to be two boxes that showed posts you recently viewed and posts you recently made. I miss those. It's hard to find threads I was watching now. The new look is nice though.
Yeah I miss them so much.
^ Have you guys looked here: http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/usercp.php ?
Yep. But the old approach made things a lot easier. Featured threads were great too. Why couldn't we have the best of both worlds?
They're working on it
Is this the email notification?
No, in the old version of the forums, you had two types of display: classic & featured.
The featured version was really a plus compared to other forums: there were featured threads (interesting discussions), you could access the threads you were being part of very easily, as well as those you followed.
I wished that I have been a member of Sitepoint during that time. I think that's a great feature for a forum to have.
Featured threads will be returning soon, and it is supposed to be easy to see a list of all your subscribed threads. There does seem to be a bit of a caching issue at the moment, but it's being investigated. If you click on the My Sitepoint link near the top of the page, you can look through your subscribed threads.


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The oldest black church in the United States. Founded by African-Americans in 1787, the church stands on its original site and is the oldest church building in the city. Both Morehouse College and the Georgia Republican Party were organized at Springfield Church. Adjacent Springfield Village Park commemorates the legacy and contributions of black Augustans.
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Longshots 150 gallon
I finally filled my new tank, there is a lot more to do before it is complete, but I figured I would cycle it while the rest of the work was being done. I will start with a few pictures and a little info about it, and I will update as I make progress towards moving my fish from their current 55 to this new home.
Older used 150 gallon glass aquarium
DIY pine stand and canopy
3x 300 watt heaters
36" Coralife t5ho fixture with 2x 6500K bulbs (mounted in top of canopy as opposed to sitting on the tank top. this lights the inside of the canopy so I can see what I'm doing.)
2x 792 GPH pumps
building DIY canister from 8 gallon drum (will be running a Jebo canister in the meantime to cycle)
20 gallon tall inside canopy to house heaters
artificial plants
slate pieces for cave, driftwood, and gravel
4 outlet petco air pump
The plan is to install bulkheads into the 20 gallon and plumb into the canister return. The water will re enter the display via 1 1/2" PVC standpipe. I am currently debating trying to plant some Java moss and Java ferns in the 20g which is located next to my light fixture. This will be a first attempt at live plants, might as well try it out in here, should help reduce some nitrates while gaining experience. If this goes well I will begin to live plant the display with low light plants. A few of my friends think that I have gone off the deep end because of this Overhead idea instead of just running a wet/dry underneath- but they obviously haven't figured out that I am a weirdo and don't usually stick to convention, lol. I am awaiting the arrival of the diamond hole saw I ordered, then I will be able to install the bulkhead fittings.
I need to buy a few more artificial plants to hide my 2 submersibles behind the driftwood, I decided to put them inside the tank because they are near silent under all that water, so far the only noise I hear is from the air pump.
pumps behind wood
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Tank looks great but I would go for live plants. They look a lot better and there are many that you can grow very easy.20 gallon tall: empty
29 gallon: moderately planted with 9 bloodfin tetra, 1 german blue ram, 11 glow light tetra and 1 BNP
10 gallon QT: empty
Looking good, +1 to the live plants.
Tank's off to a great start, I look forward to seeing how you stock it.Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
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10 times tank volume/hour is a lot. Combined with the air bubbly things.. I'd advice you to go for very robust plants.My 33 gallon/125 liter tank. My photography on flickr.
for the past few days I have been mulling over the idea of transitioning to live plants in the display, I can't afford better lighting right now so I was strongly considering planting the 20 gallon, in the canopy, with a mat of java fern, java moss and maybe some anubias. I would have to find a way to diffuse the return water so that it doesn't turn them into salad. I have ZERO experience with plants of any kind, but I'm not afraid to try it out. Maybe if I bring the return from the filter into the center top 1/3, end cap the feed and drill holes in the pipe down two sides, it might divert the water by creating a spraybar effect and reduce the concentration of force? But all that aside, my light (2 bulbs x 6700K @ 39w ea.) are right next to the heater tank, it should be enough for low light plants, or am I mistaken? I would like to do a trial on a smaller scale instead of going for broke right off, without prior knowledge. I wish I could devise a way to keep the water calm enough to put some sort of critters in there with the plants. would like kind of cool- but 1 step at a time here, lol. If I were to go with a planted tank ( and I agree wholeheartedly that it would look incredible), what would you guys suggest for live plants and lighting? I am totally game for live planting but I don't want to screw it all up and waste what little money I have to save up. BTW, the return to the display will be via a 1.5 inch gravity feed so it should be pretty docile.When in d0ubt read it until it makes sense, then read it again!
And this danged water is turning yellow from the wood, already. just hooked up a DYI reactor full of carbon housed in a 55 gallon drum, don't know if it will help with the color but gonna try it out.When in d0ubt read it until it makes sense, then read it again!
well if you get the current down enough to not salad up all your plants then we can certainly help you with lighting. since you have a canopy allready, maybe working with some spiral CFL and clamp lights would help you. if not then look into t5ho fixtures. 150g are high tanks so you would need to stay with some of the high powered lights. if you did like 8 clamp lights with 23w bulbs in them (6500K) im sure that would give you at least medium light in the tank. but i dont have experience with deep tanks yet so i dont know for sure.KING OF THE GOLD BARBS RAWR!!!!
I wonder if i plant one of my tiger barbs would the demon seed grow to a full tree?
gotta love them bunnies!
I.R.S.: We've got what it takes to take what you've got!
I like where you're going with the 20G idea, it has the potential to be a good Refugium IMO, if one of the filter returns are plumbed through it.
Hmm, when I have a moment I will make a drawing of what I have planned for filtration and I will post it. Would be curious for input.When in d0ubt read it until it makes sense, then read it again!


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The Lake Oswego City Council developed their Preliminary 2013 Action Plan at the January 22, 2013 meeting and adopted it at their March 5, 2013 meeting.
2013 City Council Action Plan (Adopted)
- Complete the Comprehensive Plan Update.
- Make a decision on the future of the West End property and approve a plan for upgrading the City's public safety facilities which include Police/911, South Shore Fire Station, and the Public Works Operations Facility.
- Finalize a plan for implementing the Boones Ferry Road Improvements.
- Implement modifications to Sensitive Lands Ordinance
- Identify capacity for increasing street maintenance, including pothole repair and bike and pedestrian safety projects.
2013-14 Budget Direction
The City Council provided initial guidance to staff to incorporate when developing the FY 2013/2014 Budget. Below is their direction. As the budget is developed, current financial circumstances understood as well as the implication of the budget direction below, the Council may refine or change the Budget Direction.
- Present a balanced Proposed Budget to the Budget Committee. A balanced budget is defined as a spending plan that balances ongoing revenue with ongoing expenditures. Capital items may be funded by beginning fund balance, in the General Fund, on a case-by-case basis.
- Incorporate any foreseeable and estimable compression into the property tax revenue budget.
- Reduce the property tax rate per $1,000 of Assessed Value (AV) to an equal degree as the assumed statutory AV increase for Lake Oswego tax payers in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington County, so that tax payers experience the same total Lake Oswego general government tax bill as in FY2012-13.
- Using previously designated fund balance, such as for PERS, in the proposed budget year is a planned use of beginning fund balance and shown as such.
- Maximize the opportunities to sell existing properties.
- If new positions are added to deliver on Wastewater Master Plan projects, an off-set of services needs to happen anywhere else in the City that is performed by an equivalent number of positions.
- Assume a $1.3 million 'rebate' to utility customers to alleviate high summer water bills. Staff is to propose a reasonable timing and funding source.
- Emphasize core services, health and safety, utilities, transportation infrastructure.
- Find a way to begin funding for the Southshore Fire station, as a first priority, and a new or improved Maintenance Facility, as a second priority.
- Budget WEB debt service in the amount of principal and reasonably expected interest expense based on current short-term interest rates.


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By Michael Aneiro
After rising a week ago even as Treasury yields fell, mortgage rates saw order restored in the past week, as key rates fell during another strong week for government bonds.
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rate averaged 3.54% in the week ended today, according to Freddie Mac's (FMCC) latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, down from 3.57% a week ago and reversing the previous week's rate move. That rate has now held within in a tight range between 3.51% and 3.63% since late January. A year ago the same rate averaged 3.98%. The move comes as 30-year Treasury rates continue to fall, testing the 3% threshold today for the first time since January.
The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage rate also fell slightly to 2.74% from 2.76% a week ago and 3.21% a year ago.


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Family: Geomyidae, Pocket Gophers view all from this family
Description Large eyes and a single groove in the upper incisors distinguish this species from all other pocket gophers. The upperparts vary from pale yellowish-buff to dark reddish-brown, and the underparts are whitish to bright orange. All hairs are grayish at the base, usually with slightly darker hues on the back.
Dimensions 220-315mm, 60-95mm, ? 385-410g; / 225-290g
Habitat Deserts, Grasslands & prairies, Meadows & fields
Range Plains, Rocky Mountains, Southwest, Texas
Discussion It uses deep sandy soil with few rocks, in both grasslands and more arid habitats.


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Harvey Stacey Davis
Davis, Harvey Stacey (Akeme); age 53; of Pontiac, MI; departed this life on Tuesday, October 21, 2014. Loving father of Ayesha Davis; beloved brother to Tammy S. Davis; cherished son of Mable Davis; nephew of Gladys Myers, Lawanda Beane, and Helen Waters. A Celebration of his Life will take place Saturday, October 25, 2014, 11 a.m. at Providence Missionary Baptist Church. Family Hour at 10:30 a.m. Viewing Friday, October 24, 2014 from 12 Noon to 8 p.m. at Cobb's Funeral Home, 151 Orchard Lake Road, Pontiac, MI 48341. www.cobb-swansonfuneralhome.comPublished in Daily Tribune on Oct. 24, 2014+Read More Share Listen to Obituary Remember Share a message, photo, or video below View all messages 8 "Such a very kind person. Gone but never forgotten!"- Mercades (Daniels) Hastie"I am so sorry to hear of Stacey`s passing. I met your family..."- Mercades (Daniels) Hastie"Our thoughts and prayers are with Greg and you family. May..."- Jonathan Forsythe"So sorry for your loss. Hakim (Harvey) was an excellent dad,..."- Octavia & Nia Humphrey"Tammy, I am sorry to hear of the loss of your brother. ..."- Venita Lewis Murphy Add a memory or condolence to the guest book Add Message Please add or record a video for the family of Harvey Davis Add a video + Please add a photo and share in the life story for Harvey Davis Add a photo + http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailytribune/obituary.aspx?n=harvey-stacey-davis&pid=172918111&fhid=2520


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Family: Leporidae, Hares and Rabbits view all from this family
Description Short, rounded ears are haired on inner surface; whiskers are mostly white. Hind legs are long; feet covered with long, dense hair. Large, grizzled tail is dark above and white below.
Dimensions 338-390mm, 30-54mm, 628-687g
Habitat Meadows & fields, Scrub, shrub & brushlands, Grasslands & prairies, Forests & woodlands
Range Plains, Rocky Mountains, Southwest, California, Northwest, Western Canada
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Family: Cuculidae, Cuckoos, Roadrunners, Anis view all from this family
Description ADULT Has shaggy black plumage; in good light, note the purplish, oily sheen to many of the feathers. Tail is long and broadens toward the tip; wings are relatively short and rounded. Bill is laterally flattened and smooth with a pronounced dorsal ridge; latter feature is useful for separation from vagrant adult Groove-billed Ani. JUVENILE Similar to adult.
Dimensions Length: 14" (36 cm)
Habitat Widespread in Central and South America, with a resident population in southern Florida. Here it favors open areas of scrub and grassland.
Observation Tips Usually fairly easy to see in southern Florida and typically tame and indifferent to the presence of people. Groove-billed Ani is a rare vagrant to Florida, so be aware of the outside possibility of its occurrence there.
Range Florida
Voice Utters a distinctive, upslurred kwerr'ipp, distinctly different from that of Groove-billed Ani.
Discussion A Florida specialty and, within its range, unmistakable on account of its mostly black plumage, huge bill, and extremely long tail. Often seen in small groups that usually comprise up to 15 or so individuals, of which several will be breeding pairs; nesting is a cooperative affair. Members of group interact with one another constantly. Flight is rather weak and frequently includes low glides; usually adopts an upright posture when perched. Feeds mainly on insects and other invertebrates, but sometimes also fruits and seeds. Sexes are similar.


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Everyone knew the launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops II was going to be huge, but just how huge is still a bit of a surprise.
GameStop president Tony Bartel told Bloomberg Business Week today that the retailer sold more than 1 million copies of Treyarch's military shooter during its midnight launch events alone.
"Black Ops II is shaping up to be our biggest game launch of all time," he added.
Of course, it's worth noting that this is just one specialty retailer's sales figures, and the tally doesn't include the countless other ways players got their hands on copies of the game. Thus far, the launch of Black Ops II looks to exceed that of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, which broke just about every existing sales record when it generated $775 million in revenue in its first five days on the market last year.
Activision has yet to announce any official data on Black Ops II sales, but at the rate the game is moving we're likely to hear about more records broken in the near future.


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Crosbys win top honors at International Championship A Cappella finals
The Binghamton Crosbys, Binghamton University's only all-male a cappella vocal ensemble, won top honors at the International Championship of College A Cappella (ICCA) on Saturday, April 26. The competition, held at the Beacon Theater in New York City, featured competing groups from North Carolina State, the University of Maine, Penn State, the University of Oregon and Amherst.
In addition to winning top honors, the Crosbys took home awards for best soloist, awarded to Evan Behlivanis for his rendition of 'Mama.'
The Crosbys advanced to the finals by winning their regional competition hosted at the University of Maryland in February. They bested groups from the University of Maryland, Cornell University, Lafayette College and Villanova University. More than 100 groups were chosen to compete in this year's ICCA competition from more than 250 applicants. The Crosbys went on to win their semi-final bracket on March 8, which featured competing groups from Lafayette College, SUNY Buffalo, New York University and Syracuse University.
The ICCA has been in existence since 1996. Since that time, the Crosbys have advanced out of the regional stage by finishing in the top two competing groups in every year they have competed (the competition wasn't held in 1999 and the Crosbys took a year off from competing in 2002 to record their seventh album). The Crosbys are also the first group in the history of the competition to reach the finals three times, having competed at Carnegie Hall in 1998 and Lincoln Center in 2001, making them one of the most consistent and well-recognized collegiate performance groups in the country.
The Crosbys are celebrating their 20th year at Binghamton University. For more information on the Binghamton Crosbys, visit their website at http://www.thecrosbys.com/


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This is retarded. You can disable that from the settings app without the tweak.
a) they are also using iMessage
b) you are typing a message...to THEM.
So if they are going to receive a message from you in a few seconds, what does it matter if they see you are typing? Furthermore, if you aren't actively engaged in a text conversation, why the hell would someone even be looking to see if you are typing a message to them at all?
"Seriously, Apple wheres the privacy there?!"
What the actual funk?! You're sending a reply to a text, you want the person to read it because you're writing it. That's the precise opposite of privacy!!! Yet you, seemingly seriously, object the fact that if they're looking at your conversation in the messages app as you're writing a reply that they can see that you're actively typing?!?! Funk me, that's one of the most pathetic things I've ever heard. I'm eager hear your justification for this delusional statement
There was never an option to remove the bubble that pops up as you type to begin with... -.(\


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Accepting Austerity
Instead of hoping that a political miracle will spare the Pentagon from the budget ax, American defense officials need to start preparing for the inevitable. That means bringing personnel costs under control, getting on with strategic planning, and reshaping the forces for today's missions.
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Best Of :: Sports & Recreation
We're sorry that recent Russian émigré Mikhail Prokhorov couldn't sign LeBron James, even though he was rich enough ($13.4 billion) and tall enough (six-foot-eight) to look the hoops star in the eye. But give the guy a break: The owner of the New Jersey Nets (soon to be the Brooklyn Whatevers) is still the world's second richest Russian, the tallest of the world's richest, and one of the youngest of the top 100 (he's only 45). Talk about a guy who fits in well with our homebred corporate piranha: Prokhorov made his billions by feasting off Russia's helter-skelter, mostly illegal, and highly immoral conversion from merciless Communism to merciless capitalism. Now if he can just translate some of that money into a winning team . . .
Do you remember a season when the best Yankee wasn't Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, or Alex Rodriguez? Put another way: Did you—three or four years ago, or even last year—envision a year when the best Yankee would be Robinson Cano—and by a landslide? The Yankees persevered this year despite bad to mediocre first halves from Tex and A-Rod, largely because Cano was hitting way over his head—.350 to .360 in the first couple of months with excellent power. Or is that really over his head? This was his sixth season, and his career average is .309 with almost 20 home runs per year. He has worked hard and learned to do everything that skeptics (like me) said he couldn't: hit left-handers, pivot on the double play, draw an occasional walk, and get big hits in the late innings of close games (something he wasn't doing for most of the previous season). And another thing: It's tough to get a perspective on greatness, but we've been underrating Cano for so long that maybe it's time we noticed that Robbie is knocking on the door of the Yankee Hall of Fame as Best Second Baseman Ever.
David Wright has been regarded as superstar fodder for so long, and seemingly fallen short of that level for so long, that it's difficult for many Mets fans to realize just how good he really is. He can run, field, and hit. He still hasn't gotten over his psychological hang-up with hitting for distance at Citi Field. Once again, he hit many more home runs on the road than at home—but let's not bitch. He's easily the best third baseman in Mets history, and he may be the best all-around player the franchise has ever had. Wright already holds the Mets' single-season RBI record and, by August or early September of next year, will surpass Darryl Strawberry as the Mets' all-time RBI leader. Let's all step back and try to appreciate him from a distance, like fans in other National League cities do—and then ask forgiveness for all the times we booed him.
Granted that it's odd to pick a man who has never played a down in a Jets uniform before this season, and equally odd to pick a running back who's 31, an age when most veteran backs are considering assistant coaching jobs with their old college teams. But LaDainian Tomlinson is one of the greats, seventh on the all-time rushing list—and, playing in front of a much better offensive line than he was used to in San Diego, he should demonstrate that he has a lot of pop left. (He's averaging well over 5 yards a carry so far this season.) With Tomlinson and the remarkable second-year back Shonn Greene, the Jets have the best one-two running-back punch in pro football.
Was there any New York Giant who wasn't a disappointment last season? Well, yes, there was one, and he came out of nowhere to earn the team ball—which was only fair because he caught so many of them. Wide receiver Steve Smith, a former USC star who got his big chance to play full-time thanks to Pistol-Packin' Plaxico, was about the only thing that went right for the Giants last year. How good was he? He caught 107 passes, exactly 50 more than Mario Manningham, the team's No. 2 receiver. That number is all the more impressive when you consider that over the second half of the season, after NFL defensive coordinators realized how good he was, they began double-covering him on nearly every play. In other words, Smith was so good that other teams were conceding him the short catch. How important did the Giants think he was? They threw to him on nearly 55 percent of their third-down plays last season, and so far in 2010 it looks as if that trend will continue.
Writing about the best New Jersey Net last year (who proved to be point guard Devin Harris), we noted, "It's hard to make an impression on a 34-38 team." You think that's hard? Try making an impression on a team that went 12-70. The Nets' seven-foot, 260-pound center, Brook Lopez, may not have looked as if he made an impression on the Nets, but the rest of the league took notice. The former NBA Rookie of the Year and the youngest player on the Nets roster at 21, Lopez played in all 82 games—the only player in the league to do so—and led the team in points per game (18.8) blocked shots (1.7), and total rebounds (8.6). He also bought his teammates Cokes after each victory, though with only 12 wins it didn't put much of a dent in his salary. Not only is he one of the best young players in the league, he is one of the most entertaining. Check out "The Brook & Ryan Show," co-starring former Nets teammate Ryan Anderson, on YouTube. Our favorite: Brook and Ryan cosplay at New York Comic Con.


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Christmas in July, at least for paper-philes (and you probably wouldn't be reading this blog if you weren't), has arrived. Well, almost. Think of it as New Stationery Eve, as the paper elves have been very busy at Crane & Co. recently, and tomorrow we'll unveil our new personalized stationery collection. Yes, like proud expecting parents, we're a little biased, but we must say, we're smitten. Ah, there is so much we want to share with you about our new collection, but you'll just have to block out some quality time to browse it in its entirety yourself. In the meantime, we got a sneak peek (it's amazing what a box of chocolates and notes gushing with praise can do) of some of our delicious new offerings, and, well, we're terrible at keeping secrets.
What we can tell you without getting our paper privileges revoked, is that this collection has taken Crane & Co.'s classic hand craftsmanship – which is what we like to think our admirers adore about us the most – and given it a fresh new twist. Not like a laser beams and holograms kind of twist, but rather design offerings that get more personal than ever before – without making you blush, of course.
But enough of being abstract, a few new features you can look forward to in the new stationery collection are:
New monograms (hand drawn, of course) that even the most fashion-forward scribe will fall for.
Bright, bold new hues for not only the paper itself but the edges as well. Dandelion, Persian blue, hibiscus – we suggest playing 'She's a Rainbow' by the Rolling Stones at full blast when crafting such colorful correspondence.
Personal cards (i.e. calling cards) for new moms, singles, artists and anyone else whose networking style is more whimsical than Windsor Knot.
It's all very exciting, in fact, we're pretty sure visions of lettering styles and envelope linings will be dancing in our heads tonight. If we can even fall asleep, that is.


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Residency at Haystack, Maine. Stonington Jazz Festival
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Residency at Haystack, Maine. Stonington Jazz Festival
Beginning of the second week residency at Haystack, Maine where I've been spending time composing. One of the most beautiful places in the East Coast ! Also we had a great concert with my Quintet at Stonington Jazz Festival this past Friday, Aug. 2nd. Inviting all of you to San Jose Jazz Festival this Saturday & Sunday Aug10-11, where I will be playing with my Quartet featuring: Osmany Paredes on piano, Yunior Terry on bass, Obed Calvaire on drums and myself on saxes and chekere ! Yos