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Funny thing today was there were 3 V-wings (I bought 2) and NO Sith Infiltrators. If you looked at the quality issue, it should be the other way around. But I'm so happy with this ship I own 4 of them now. I hope I'm satiated. Now I have to find pilot figures, firespeeder pilots, and astromechs to catch up with all of this.
Just when I thought I was going to cut back on Star Wars... (technically, that is still true - but I don't see more new vehicles being released in the next few months at the very least).
I also bought a Saga2 C-3PO with interchangeable head since I was never thrilled that the Illum Battle Pack came with a gold C-3PO instead of the AOTC version. My store had 6 pegs of Saga2, 2 pegs of TAC, with the only TAC being 1 Mace and 1 R2D2.


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Sirius Black's penknife
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Sirius Black gave Harry Potter a magical penknife for Christmas in 1994. It had attachments designed to open any lock and untie any knot, even if they have been protected against Alohomora or similar spells. To use the device to open a locked door, one inserted its blade into the crack between door and doorframe, then slide it up and down. However, there are some doors that cannot be opened by this knife, such as the door to the Love Chamber in the Department of Mysteries. That particular lock caused the blade to melt.
Known uses
1994-1995 school year
During the Second Task of the Triwizard Tournament, Harry was required to free a hostage bound to a statue in the Merpeople village in Black Lake, and he regretted not bringing Sirius' knife with him. He was forced to make do with a sharp rock.
1995-1996 school year
On two occasions during his fifth year, Harry used the knife to break into Dolores Umbridge's office, as all other fireplaces but hers were being watched, and he desperately wanted to contact Sirius.
In the Department of Mysteries, Harry tried to use the knife to open the door to the Love Chamber, but the blade melted. It is not known whether he ever managed to have it repaired, although it may have had multiple blades among its "attachments." In any case, following the failed attempt to unlock the door, he placed the "now-useless" handle of the knife in his pocket.
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (First appearance)
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My responses in red.Additionally, CGI in Canada handled the Canadian gun registry. That didn't work so well either, and Canada recently abandoned their national gun registry.
CGI, I have read elsewhere, was a company that was "pre-approved" for govt contracts
To bid on a cintract you must be preapproved...
the contract was never put up for competitive bidding. "Somebody" simply decided they were the right people for the job. As Stan said, though, we don't quite know who that somebody was.
The contract was put out as a Request for Proposal, based on cost alone it cannot be sole sourced because it is not specialized.
Then the "general contractor" on the project was Center for Medicare & Medicaid, so the sub-contractor then didn't have full control. This resulted in, rather close to opening day, having to change the programming so that people who signed on would not see the prices until AFTER they created an account & could see if they would get a subsidy. Ostensibly, that was to avoid too much sticker shock for the people.
Oddly enough sub contractors are very common and they are part of the bidding and proposal process and their roles are clearly defined, we do this all the time and there are no isses of who is in charge of what.
CNN did a piece on the NYS exchange, which may not yet have had anybody yet confirmed to the insurance providers. CNN certainly would have tried to find people who had a favorable experience, but aired three people who were very dissatisfied with what they learned on the website ... all three would face increased costs even if they chose the cheapest plan. You gotta believe that CNN would have tried to find some people who could comment favorably.
Then when an O-care representative was later interviewed, he chided CNN for airing that story, saying that it was something one would see/hear on Fox. Kind of blatant intimidation that CNN was supposed to be on "their side".
This does not seem odd at all, they know they have certain media groups in their back pockets.
Another interesting fact that came out about the NYS programs. There are over 90 choices ... but NONE of the 90; not even the most expensive ones (going up to $1300/mo in cost) will pay any out-of-network doctors. This becomes a problem for someone who might be in some kind of accident; gets treated in the emergency room ... if even ONE of the doctors who treats the patient is an out-of-network doctor, the plans will deny ALL the medical expenses related to the event.
Most have a clause of non consent, I have had very similar issues happen and when the claim is first denied it can be resubmitted due to the non consent due to condition
Another interesting story is that the Canadian system is now able to deny care to people who are just too old ... if the anticipated statistical lifespan in Canada is 70 (or whatever it actually may be), then if you are 71 or older, you can be denied a hip/knee replacement; a heart surgery; etc. Sounds like Obama's response to the elderly woman who could just be given a pill instead of bypass surgery? Seems they may be running out of OPM. The Supreme Court there also upheld that their medical "tribunal" could override family wishes on pulling the plug on life support systems for a patient. Since the govt is paying for the care, the govt gets to make the choice.
I am not in favor of the website or the Affordable health care act but the same way infowars gets counts of ammo wrong, the government contracting process can be very confusing.


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Two of my patients have been diagnosed with giardiasis, and I would like to treat them with the drug of choice for this infection, metronidazole (Flagyl®). One of them is 6 weeks pregnant and the other is breastfeeding a 2-month-old infant, and I have received conflicting information about the safety of this drug during pregnancy and breastfeeding. What should I do?
Although metronidazole has been on the market for almost 40 years, its use remains controversial during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Recent evidence has shown, however, that this drug is not associated with adverse effects during either pregnancy or breastfeeding.
Metronidazole is bactericidal against anerobic bacteria. It exerts trichomonacidal activity and is also active against Giardia lamblia and Entamoeba histolytica. Its exact mechanism of action is unknown. A chemically reactive reduced form of metronidazole appears to be responsible for the drugÃs activity.1
Use of metronidazole during pregnancy has been controversial. The drug is mutagenic in bacteria and carcinogenic in rodents, but has never, in almost 40 years of use, been shown to be associated with human cancer.2,3 These concerns, together with some old case reports describing three cases of midline facial defects, are probably the main reason this drug has not been recommended for use during pregnancy.4
Adding to the fear and uncertainty is a passage in the product monograph describing use of metronidazole during pregnancy: "metronidazole crosses the placental barrier; it should be withheld during the first trimester. In addition, it is advisable that administration be avoided during the second and third trimesters; however, if treatment is considered necessary, its use requires that the potential benefits outweigh the possible risks."1 After reading that, it is quite understandable that physicians would hesitate to prescribe this drug to pregnant women, even when indicated.
The latest studies, which examined the cases of thousands of women exposed to metronidazole during pregnancy, including a Medicaid cohort study, a large case-control study, and two meta-analyses, have concluded that there is no evidence that using metronidazole during pregnancy increases the rate of major birth defects above the baseline rate of 1% to 3% or that there are any detectable adverse effects on fetuses.5-8
Most drugs are excreted into breast milk in small amounts (ie, less than 5% of the motherÃs dose corrected for the infantÃs body weight) and are generally considered safe to use because it is thought that full-term infants can handle that amount of drug. Use of metronidazole during breastfeeding has been controversial, however, probably because it is excreted into breast milk in relatively large amounts, up to 20%. Despite this, there have been no reports of adverse effects on breastfed infants of mothers who took metronidazole.9 Furthermore, in a group of 12 mothers who received 400 mg of metronidazole three times daily and breastfed their babies, no adverse reactions were seen in any of the babies.10
- Rh�ne-Poulenc Rorer. Product monograph (Flagyl®). Ville St-Laurent, Que: Rh�ne-Poulenc Rorer; 1999.
- Finegold SM. Metronidazole. Ann Intern Med 1980;93:585-7.
- Beard CM, Noller KL, OÃFallon WM, Kurland LT, Dockerty MB. Lack of evidence for cancer due to use of metronidazole. N Engl J Med 1979;301:519-22.
- Cantu JM, Garcia-Cruz D. Midline facial defect as a teratogenic effect of metronidazole. Birth Defects 1982;18:85-8.
- Piper JM, Mitchel EF, Ray WA. Prenatal use of metronidazole and birth defects: no association. Obstet Gynecol 1993;82(3):348-52.
- Czeizel AE, Rockenbauer M. A population based case-control teratologic study of oral metronidazole. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 1998;105(3):322-7.
- Burtin P, Taddio A, Ariburnu O, Einarson TR, Koren G. Safety of metronidazole in pregnancy: a meta-analysis. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1995;172(2 Pt 1):525-9.
- Caro-Paton T, Carvajal A, Martin de Diego I, Alvarez Requejo A, Martin Amas LH, Rodriguez Pinilla E, et al. Is metronidazole teratogenic? A meta-analysis. Br J Clin Pharmacol 1997;44(2):179-82.
- Thomas Hale. Medications and motherÃs milk. Amarillo, Tex: Pharmasoft Medical Publishing; 1998. p. 455.
- Passmore CM, McElnay JC, Rainey EA, DÃArcy PF. Metronidazole excretion in human milk and its effect on suckling neonates. Br J Clin Pharmacol 1988;26(1):45-51.


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Mashurface wrote:but you know what they say about assumptions.
That they're sometimes right? Or at least I thought that's what the saying was. Anyway, you're right in this case.
The problem with using the 2005 squad rules is that Mike has been reworking them from the ground up so that they're actually fun. I've never used them, but from what I've heard they weren't really worth using. I'd say try them out, see how it goes for you, and base your opinion on that. If you don't like them, stubby usually posts some snippets of rules he's working on, so you might find some fragments of the 2010 rules floating around here. If you find anything, you could probably just fudge the rest. If not, then try making your own rules. Mike is always looking for suggestions for improvement.


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The Brad Jefford Trio+ has become a strong force on the St. John's jazz and improvised music scene. Fusing tradition with their own contemporary sound, the group uses elements from jazz, blues, funk, rock and many other musical genres. Led by guitarist/composer Brad Jefford, they keep the spirit of jazz and improvisation in the forefront whether they are playing one of their funky originals or showing their softer side over a classic ballad. The newly named Brad Jefford Trio+ features Brad Jefford on guitar, Josh Ward on bass, Andrew McCarthy on drums and Greg Bruce on saxophone. The group's debut recording, "Ageless," was released in 2011 and nominated for the 2011 Music NL Jazz and Blues Recording of the Year.
The band has since started St. John's Jazz Sessions, a biweekly performance and community jam session. Through these sessions the band has been expanding their traditional forms and arrangements to explore elements of open and free improvisation. The group will be showcasing throughout the weekend during the MusicNL conference. For an idea of what you can expect click here to listen to "Goodchord Blues."


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These are all the Logan History Blog posted on Tuesday, 1 October, 2013.
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Because there is not an index to our newspaper archive, we require a starting point to begin our search. In the case of obituaries, we normally search the week of newspapers after an individual's death. The library only charges for this service if the request includes a large number of copied pages.
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by Christopher Chantrill
January 26, 2005
The primary thing to keep in mind about German and Russian thought since1800 is that it takes for granted that the Cartesian, Lockean or Humean scientific and philosophical conception of man and nature... has been shown by indisputable evidence to be inadequate.
F.S.C. Northrop, The Meeting of East and West
Inquiry does not start unless there is a problem... It is the problem and its characteristics revealed by analysis which guides one first to the relevant facts and then, once the relevant facts are known, to the relevant hypotheses.
F.S.C. Northrop, The Logic of the Sciences and the Humanities
Knowledge begins with a problem.
Christopher Chantrill, after John Dewey
But I saw a man yesterday who knows a fellow who had it from a chappie that said that Urquhart had been dipping himself a bit recklessly off the deep end.
Freddy Arbuthnot in Dorothy L. Sayers, Strong Poison
Don Beck/Clare Graves. Don Beck wrote Spiral Dynamics with Christopher Cowan. Their book is a culmination of a century of developmental psychology that begins with the American psychologist James Mark Baldwin and reaches an apogee with the work of Clare Graves. Beck proposes to understand human behavior and motivation with an eight turn spiral of human consciousness, from barely self-conscious to tribal to impulsive, to purposeful, to creative, to communitarian, to integrated, to holistic.
Here are some Spiral Dynamics links: Becks own site here, Cowans own site here, an explanation of Spiral Dynamics here, here and here, and a site devoted to Clare Graves here.
Friedrich Hayek mounted the first great challenge to the welfare state with The Road to Serfdom, arguing that it would lead to the same all-powerful state as that desired by the fascists and the communists, but by easy stages. His Constitution of Liberty was an attempt to imagine a government free from the encroachment of administrative law and rational planning.
Ludwig von Mises was the genius who pointed out in the 1920s that socialism was impossible because it couldnt compute prices. His great Human Action was a mid-twentieth century masterpiece that attempted to extend economics into a general theory of human action.
F.S.C. Northrop was a Yale law professor who went to Germany in the 1920s to get his PhD and learned about modern physics. He learned how the Kantian tradition in Germany regarded the Anglo-American empirical tradition as hopelessly outdated and naive. He also understood, after World War II, how Kant had opened a Pandoras Box that led to the brilliant mistakes of Fichte, Hegel, Marx, and Nietzsche and the evil of Hitler. His Meeting of East and West written just after World War II was a work of true multiculturalism, showing how the great high cultures of the world were complementary, and that by joining the excessively deductive culture of the West to the excessively inductive culture of the East we could achieve a true meeting of East and West.
Michael Novak wrote The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism to challenge the liberation theology that was popular in the Catholic Church in the 1970s. He proposes a Greater Separation of Powers beyond the practical separation of government branches. He differentiates society into a political sector, an economic sector, and a religious/cultural sector. These jealous centers of power check and balance each other in our modern cosmopolitan society.
Camille Paglia is a feisty Amazon who has interpreted western art in early Nietzschean terms as the struggle between Apollo and Dionysius. Her Sexual Personae reminds us that civilization is just a thin Apollonian veneer that we have constructed to shut out the terror of the Dionysian turmoil just beneath the surface.
Roger Scruton is a British philosopher and conservative. He calls himself both a person of the rational Enlightenment and an old-fashioned Englishman. Son of an atheistic Communist he found that he had to make the choice between reform and revolution in the Paris student riots of May 1968. He describes his turn to conservatism eloquently in Why I Became a Conservative. But his conservatism was scandalous in the left-wing academy of Britain. He was for a time a Professor of Aesthetics at Birkbeck College but had to leave the suffocating left-wing atmosphere. He founded and edited the conservative Salisbury Review for many years and has written several books on philosophy, including Kant and An Intelligent Persons Guide to Philosophy. A cultural and political conservative Scruton has expressed his conservative politics in books like A Political Philosophy: Arguments for Conservatism, and his cultural conservatism in titles like Modern Culture. Scruton has written novels and two operas, and rides to hounds (i.e. foxhunting).
Rodney Stark and his merry men are sociologists of religion that have mounted an insurgency against the established notion that western society is in a process of irrevocable secularization and that soon, religion just wont matter much any more. Instead they argue in The Churching of America and many other books that religion evolves in waves of secularization and revival. Anyway, how do you account for the fact that religious adherence in the United States has gone from 17 percent in 1776 to over 60 percent right now? Particularly annoying to his critics is his symbolization of preachers as religious entrepreneurs and churches as religious firms.
Frederick Turner is an English professor in Texas. His Culture of Hope and his Shakespeares Twenty-first Century Economics describe his vision of a society that has vaulted optimistically out of the current elites death spiral into postmodernist despair. He proposes that modern business society is not just a matter of dry contracts and the cash nexus. The Merchant of Venice demonstrated, for anyone who would pay attention, that business requires not just rules and pounds of flesh, but mercy, that falleth like the gentle rain from heaven.
Eric Voegelin belongs to a generation of sadder, wiser Germans that responded to the disaster of 1914-45 by going back to the origins of the Judeo-Hellenistic-Christian tradition. In his monumental Order and History he attempted to refound the western experience as a search for order. Voegelin attacked the universal practice of stigmatizing old ways of thinking as superstition, your Lie that must be destroyed because it stands in the way of my Truth. He proposed that each advance in human understanding was a leap in being that led from compact ways of knowing to more differentiated knowledge.
Ken Wilber attempts to merge the eastern consciousness of Hinduism and Buddhism with western developmental psychology to produce a comprehensive world view in his Sex, Ecology, Spirituality and many other books. Central to his thought is the notion that we transcend and include old ways, rather than replace them, as we evolve. (Note the connection with the Voegelinian leap in being.) Powered with money from the 1990s tech bubble, he is developing Integral Institute into a vehicle for his ideas.
David T. Beito is Associate Professor at the University of Alabama. His books From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State told the story of the fraternal associations that thrived before the advent of the welfare state and The Voluntary City imagines the city freed from the dead hand of liberal compulsion. His books have surfaced important information about the road to the middle class.
John Boyd was a maverick Air Force officer who developed the basis of modern jet fighter tactics. His idea is called E-M theory, relating an aircrafts energy and maneuverability. Then he went on to military strategy, extending the state of military art from the German achievements in infiltration tactics and blitzkrieg to a concept that clearly belongs in the age of cybernetics, the OODA loop (Observe, Orient, Decide, Act). The idea is to run your OODA loop faster and more effectively than your enemy so that he becomes disoriented and demoralized. You can read a short article about Boyds life here. SeeBoyd's Patterns of Conflict presentation slides here.
David G. Green is Director the Institute for the Study of Civil Society. Dr David Green had been at the Institute of Economic Affairs since 1984, and Director of the IEA Health and Welfare Unit since 1986. He was a Labour councillor in Newcastle upon Tyne from 1976 until 1981, and from 1981 to 1983 was a Research Fellow at the Australian National University in Canberra. See his Reinventing Civil Society.
Christopher Chantrill blogs at www.americanmanifesto.org.
When we began first to preach these things, the people appeared as awakened from the sleep of agesthey seemed to see for the first time that they were responsible beings, and that a refusal to use the means appointed was a damning sin.
Finke, Stark, The Churching of America, 1776-1990
In 1911... at least nine million of the 12 million covered by national insurance were already members of voluntary sick pay schemes. A similar proportion were also eligible for medical care.
Green, Reinventing Civil Society
We have met with families in which for weeks together, not an article of sustenance but potatoes had been used; yet for every child the hard-earned sum was provided to send them to school.
E. G. West, Education and the State
Law being too tenuous to rely upon in [Ulster and the Scottish borderlands], people developed patterns of settling differences by personal fighting and family feuds.
Thomas Sowell, Conquests and Cultures
The primary thing to keep in mind about German and Russian thought since
1800 is that it takes for granted that the Cartesian, Lockean or Humean scientific and
philosophical conception of man and nature... has been shown by indisputable evidence to be
F.S.C. Northrop, The Meeting of East and West
Inquiry does not start unless there is a problem... It is the problem and its
characteristics revealed by analysis which guides one first to the relevant facts and then,
once the relevant facts are known, to the relevant hypotheses.
F.S.C. Northrop, The Logic of the Sciences and the Humanities
But I saw a man yesterday who knows a fellow who had it from a chappie
that said that Urquhart had been dipping himself a bit recklessly off the deep end.
Freddy Arbuthnot
Dorothy L. Sayers, Strong Poison
I mean three systems in one: a predominantly market economy; a polity respectful of the rights of the individual to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; and a system of cultural institutions moved by ideals of liberty and justice for all.
In short, three dynamic and converging systems functioning as one: a democratic polity, an economy based on markets and incentives, and a moral-cultural system which is plural and, in the largest sense, liberal.
Michael Novak, The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism
The incentive that impels a man to act is always some uneasiness...
But to make a man act [he must have]
the expectation that purposeful behavior has the power to remove
or at least to alleviate the felt uneasiness.
Ludwig von Mises, Human Action
[In the] higher Christian churches... they saunter through the liturgy like Mohawks along a string of scaffolding who have long since forgotten their danger. If God were to blast such a service to bits, the congregation would be, I believe, genuinely shocked. But in the low churches you expect it every minute.
Annie Dillard, Holy the Firm
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Alternate name: Bird's-foot Cactus
Family: Cactaceae, Cactus view all from this family
Description This tiny rare and endangered species, with a single stem and an oversize magenta flower, is found only in Brewster County, Texas.
Habit: succulent native perennial shrub.
Height: to 1 in (25 mm); may grow larger in cultivation.
Stem: spherical to cylindrical, spiny, 0.4-1 in (10-25 mm) tall, 0.25-1 in (6-25 mm) diameter; largest part of stem is buried.
Leaf: spine, flat, thick, corky, not sharp, pale tan to pinkish-gray, to 0.25 in (6 mm) long; clustered 15-28 per areole, usually flat against the stem, often with no central spines.
Flower: vase-shaped, bright pink to magenta to rose-purple, 1 in (25 mm) wide, 0.6 in (15 mm) tall.
Fruit: dry berry, green or yellow-green, round or barrel-shaped, to 0.25 in (6 mm) long and wide.
March to June.
Endangered Status The Nellie Cory Cactus is on the U.S. Endangered Species List. It is classified as endangered in Texas. Large numbers of this little cactus used to grow near roadways in the Chihuahuan Desert, where they were easily taken by cacti enthusiasts. Prized among these poachers for its beautiful flowers, the Nellie Cory Cactus has been so over-collected that it survives in only three locations, all on privately held land.
Habitat Quartz rock outcrops in Chihuahuan desert scrub at 3900-4600 ft (1200-1400 m); also cultivated as an ornamental.
Range Found only in Brewster County, Texas.
Also known as Nellie's pincushion cactus, birdfoot cactus. This plant is listed by Texas and the U.S. government as an endangered species.


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Gun advocates turn out for rallies, shows
Peaceful rally held Saturday at State Capitol
MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin gun advocates joined nationwide rallies in support of gun rights.
The group Wisconsin Guns Across America held a peaceful rally Saturday outside the Capitol in Madison.
Capitol police spokeswoman Stephanie Marquis said an estimated 500 to 600 people showed up and there were no issues.
The Facebook page for the event called it a "peaceful picketing protest."
Pictures posted on the page showed people holding signs like "Know Guns Know Freedom."
The rally is one of many slated to take place on state capitols across the country thanks to a loosely organized campaign via social media. The rallies were sponsors by the Washington D.C.-based group Political Media.
Meanwhile, the annual Janesville Gun Show took place over the weekend with organizers citing a quadrupling in attendance, with an estimated 60 percent of attendees saying they had never been to a gun show before.18204446
Bob Pucci of Bob and Rocco's Gun Shows, the host of the event, said assault rifle sales are up at gun shows across the state.
"People are buying anything they're talking about banning," said Pucci.
Despite concerns, Pucci said most criminals aren't getting weapons from gun shows.
"So when you come into the show, 17 of the dealers you're going to deal with are going to do background checks," said Pucci. "48 hour waiting period on hand guns. And you can't get a gun until you pass the background check."
Pucci said the issue of gun violence reaches beyond what happened last month in Newtown, Conn.
"We had a bunch of white kids at an affluent school. This guy went in and goes crazy. That same day, we had 9 kids shot in Chicago. Nobody cared about that. On an average day in the United States, almost 100 kids get shot in gang incidents, but they're black, Hispanic, and Asian, nobody cares about it," said Pucci.
Gun enthusiasts in attendance were split as to whether or not banning certain weapons will help stem gun violence.
"This is my own personal opinion," said attendee Patrick Wuksinich. "I don't want those around really, but to have those smaller caliber guns, revolvers, I think it's just fine."
"They're threatening to take something away from innocent people and that's not right," countered attendee Charles Warrick. "They're punishing everyone for some people who aren't responsible with weapons."
Pucci has been hosting gun shows since 1988 and says people – not guns – are the problem.
"We need to have a system where people who have problems, we find out about it and they don't have access to weapons," said Pucci.
Pucci reported an assault rifle would have cost about $900 just a few months ago.
Now the price for each is well over $2,000.
The Janesville Gun Show continues through Sunday at the Rock County Fairgrounds in Janesville.
Meanwhile, five people around the nation were injured at three different gun shows.
Three people were injured in North Carolina when a gun accidentally went off.
Officials said a man brought out a shotgun from its case when it fired.
Another man shot himself in Indiana, and in Ohio, a man was checking out a gun he had just bought when he pulled the trigger.
A bullet had been left in the gun's chamber, wounding a friend.
All victims were taken to local hospitals, and all three incidents have been declared accidents.
Local And Regional News
- Madison police work to create better quality of life on top of State Street
- 'Out of the darkness' walk for suicide prevention
- Woman may face charges after being thrown from vehicle during crash
- Officials ID fatal Grant County crash victim
- Police: Electronics taken from Boscobel home Friday
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Founding dean of new college at Binghamton University is announced
Binghamton University President Lois B. DeFleur and Provost Mary Ann Swain have announced that Patricia Wallace Ingraham, a public policy expert, will serve as the founding dean of the new College of Community and Public Affairs at Binghamton University.
Ingraham, now distinguished professor of public administration at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, will assume her new post August 23.
Ingraham, a longtime Binghamton resident, received her doctorate in political science/policy science from Binghamton University in 1979 and has taught in the University's political science department. She also holds a master's degree from Michigan State University and a bachelor's degree from Macalester College.
"We're delighted to welcome a new dean who's familiar with our growing University as well as the Southern Tier," President Lois B. DeFleur said. "I look forward to working with Dean Ingraham as she solidifies the vision and mission of the College of Community and Public Affairs."
Ingraham said she will work with faculty members to establish the college's presence in Greater Binghamton and among scholars. The college will move next year to the Binghamton University Education and Community Development Center, which is now under construction downtown.
Ingraham, who has received numerous honors for her teaching and research, received the John Gaus Award for Career Distinction in Public Administration and Political Science from the American Political Science Association in 2004 and the Dwight Waldo Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Profession from the American Society for Public Administration in 2001.
Binghamton's new College of Community and Public Affairs incorporates the departments of Human Development, Public Administration and Social Work. For more details about the college, visit http://ccpa.binghamton.edu.


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A lengthy and far-reaching study being bankrolled by the U.S. Department of Treasury will deliver environmentalists and other liberal groups ammunition for their rigorous campaign to curb so-called "global warming," possibly including a new carbon levy weaved into the U.S. tax code. In short, it's an analysis determined to advocate a "green" tax code for American businesses and individual taxpayers.
The $1.5 million study, "Effects of Provisions in the Internal Revenue Code on Greenhouse Gas Emissions," is being administered under the guidance of the National Academy of Science (NAS). Originally projected to take two years, the project targets mechanisms of the U.S. tax code in terms of its impact of its most critical provisions on carbon emissions and other greenhouse gases — a massive and complex campaign in environmental and economic modeling. In the course of the project,
The committee will first determine the most appropriate analytical framework and methodology to use in examining the effects of the tax code on greenhouse gas emissions. It will consider both provisions that may increase emission rates as well as those having the effect of lowering them over specific periods, and both direct (e.g., fuel-related provisions) and indirect measures (e.g., the home mortgage deduction and the investment tax credit). Studying the tax code's impact on GHG emissions the panel will necessarily focus heavily on energy, both the life cycles of different energy sources and their uses in different sectors such as electricity generation, transportation, industrial processes, and consumer uses (including in households). The study may extend to areas beyond energy, such as agriculture, forestry, urban development, and other land uses which can have significant effects on GHG emissions.
The project, allegedly, will not advocate specific new taxes or incentives, nor changes in current provisions of the tax code, but will "outline principles and criteria for formulating climate-sensitive tax policy in the future," according to the NAS website. Originally slated to publish in September, its official release has been delayed until the first quarter of 2013.


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Does anyone know what this quilt pattern is?
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Does anyone know what this quilt pattern is?
Roolen calls it star spin.
Beautiful pattern and fabrics!!
It's also called strata star. Here's some info on You Tube:
Looks like your picture has more strips. Don't think it matters as long as the resultant strata is the width documented in the pattern.
"I do not understand how anyone can live without one small place of enchantment to turn to."
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that is beautiful!
It's beautiful whatever it is called!
I purchased a pattern at my LQS. It's called Crazy Eight Strip Teaser table topper, by Jae's Attic
That is the center of the Star Spin quilt. I made this quilt last year with browns and tans. If you go the the Pictures part of this forum and look for Star Spin Quilt you will find many quilts with this pattern. Mine is also posted there.
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Check under the tutorials. There is an easy one right here on this board. I tried it using fabric with different width stripes and it works beautifully. Much quicker too than making the strata first.
It is either a star spin or strata star. Someone posted a picture of one today. Very pretty I want to make one someday.
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011
HDG- #Review & #Giveaway: Doodle Roll
My kids love to draw so I'm always looking for art supplies and craft ideas for them. The only problem is I'm not that creative and they are at the age where making a mess is more fun than actually creating or finished a project. Now when I look for art products I look for things that are neat, tidy and don't make a big mess. That's where Doodle Roll comes in!
Doodle Roll is this awesome little portable craft created by Marc and Diana Cooper. It is basically an art kit comprised of a roll of paper and crayons all stored in a cute little plastic carrying case. The cool thing about the case is, the kids can pull out as little or as much paper as they need to create their own colorful creations.
Of course these are perfect for all kinds of occassions. We particularly use ours for quick trips. the kids can't really color with them in the car because they don't have anything hard to sit them on but if we're visiting friends or something it gives them something to do while the adults talk. These are also perfect for Christmas stockings. They aren't very big and actually come in two sizes: 6" and 4". I have two kids and the little one wanted the 4" and the big one wanted the 6". Go figure! LOL
When we got our Doodle Rolls the kids were too excited to use them. I didn't even get a chance to do a project with them. I had wanted them to unroll them some and then I would call a color and they would draw with it! Yep, didn't happen. Instead they unrolled them and started to draw. There was only one problem. Since it is rolled into the packet, when you unroll it the paper tends to try and roll back up. There's an easy solution to this one. Just take a piece of tape and attach the end of the paper to the table. If you don't want to use tape, then place a book or heavy object on the end to keep it from rolling. Worked perfect for my kiddos. Check out the pictures of all the fun they had. My daughter loved using it to work on her ABCs. Perfect for preschoolers!
Buy it: You can purchase the Doodle Roll from various stores (check out the store list HERE) or from their very own online store (mainly bulk orders or replacement paper and crayons). The Doodle Roll retails for the price of $14 for the package I received. Keep up with Doodle Roll on Facebook and Twitter to learn about the newest products and promotions.
Win it: I have a Doodle Roll to give away to one lucky reader! This giveaway will begin on Nov. 8 and end on Nov. 22. It is open to the US only. Just fill out the simple rafflecopter form to enter!
Disclosure: This is a MamaBuzz Media review. The product was provided by Doodle Roll for this review. All thoughts and opinions expressed are my own.
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Hi folks, continuing on with re-evaluating a bunch of different things in code as preparation to write another article, a fun one came up which actually someone asked a related question about involving statics. While the question was just "why" you would use it, it applies to the bit I'm considering at this moment. This may be better suited for the math forum's as it is related to math classes but it really is a general programming topic in terms of good class design. Anyway, the basic idea is picking on a single function in a 2d or 3d vector class and considering the ups/downs and possible use cases for the function. While not absolutely critical, I've been re-evaluating it in regards to C++11 (not much change) and common bug scenarios, plenty. The function is simple: "Normalize".
OK, many may be asking just how complicated could "Normalize" be to write. Well, surprisingly complicated if you want to avoid the most likely set of bug producing use cases. I normally re-evaluate how I code every couple years in order to break bad habits I've fallen into (hence the question about includes using brackets versus quotes, seems I'm doing OK in reality) and to see if I've learned anything over that time which could be applied and made better. (Hopefully forming a new habit.) In this case I was working up the preliminaries to extending on the articles I've been writing by attacking a cross platform vectorized math library using SSE and Neon as targets with a fallback to non-vectorized code as required. (I.e. SSE is pretty much a given anymore, Neon is most definitely not.)
Anyway, let's produce some use cases and questionable results:
Vector3f toTarget = target - source; Vector3f upVector = Vector3f::kYAxis; Vector3f rightVector = toTarget.Normalize() ^ upVector;
Make two assumptions from here out please: toTarget is not nearly equal to upVector and unit vector is give or take a certain amount of error around 1.0f. Otherwise I'll be describing possible edge cases more than getting to the point...
Ok, so assuming I got the cross product order correct (I ALWAYS forget... ) I should end up with unit vectors of up and right. Some libraries I've worked with would have a side effect, toTarget would have been normalized in that code. I despise side effects so any behavior which ends up with toTarget being normalized is out the door, so if I want this code to work as written the signature has to be: "Vector3f Normalize() const". It could be non-const but that defeats self documentation in saying *this* is not changed after the call, so non const is also out the door.
Second use case is a two parter.
Vector3f incidentVector = -toTarget.Normalize();
Again, no side effects allowed so the above change works and we get the negated unit vector as desired. Now, in "documenting" code I often break up equations, this would not normally be a candidate but assuming this were some big nasty equation with lots going on that needs to be explaining, I may break the code into the following pieces:
Vector3f incidentVector = -toTarget; incidentVector.Normalize();
class Vector3f { public: void Normalize(); friend Vector3f Normalize( const Vector3f& ); // Optional, could just have the helper // defined as: { Vector3f result = in; result.Normalize(); return result; } which most // optimizers with do well with. (NOTE: C++11 I believe the return would be a &&, /// still exploring that bit in detail as part of my re-evaluation..) };
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Yakety-yak: Everyone's talking back and forth on talk radio
Second of four partsOctober 20, 2013 8:00 AM
They're never at a loss for words.
From Ed and Wendy King to Lynn Cullen or Marty Griffin, those who engage in the eclectic tradition of Pittsburgh talk radio have a lot to say.
"Hey My-rin! First-time caller ..."
Talk radio today is cycling its way through sports, sports and more sports, historically bolstered with the memory of hosts such as Myron Cope, who drew callers the way the Rubber Duck rallied kids at Point State Park this autumn. The evolution of political talk in the aughts -- conveniently labeled as "conservative" and "liberal" in some parts of the country -- is popular here but still pales next to sports talk.
The state of talk radio makes the memory of diversified talk -- exemplified by a WTAE-AM lineup in the 1980s that featured, among others, Ms. Cullen, Cope and Doug Hoerth -- a distant one.
"I've never understood why it was the model to have a format that only allowed a certain point of view," said Ms. Cullen, who helms a one-hour online talker at 10 a.m. at www.pghcitypaper.com. "To me, that was so stupid. ... I think it's mind-numbing.
"I think the greatest talk lineup this city ever saw was at WTAE-AM, when there was not any person like any other, politically or intellectually. Every host was smart and knowledgeable, capable, entertaining in their way. To me, that is the perfect radio format: eclectic."
Rise and decline of AM radio
Last week: Pittsburgh played a leading role in the development of the airwaves
Today: Talk radio in Pittsburgh.
Oct. 27: A tale of two stations -- WGBN and WZUM.
Nov. 3: Museums honor the rich history of Pittsburgh radio.
"Talk radio in Pittsburgh used to be just talk," said Mark Madden, whose sports persona listeners love to hate on WXDX-FM each weekday. "You had guys like Jack Wheeler and Doug Hoerth, Ed and Wendy King, John Cigna, who could go in any direction that day as their whim saw fit.
"You never knew what you were going to hear when you turned the radio on, but now, it's so topic-specific. I don't like to make myself sound predictable, but after the Steelers lose ... if you don't know pretty much exactly what I'm going to say when you turn me on today, then you just haven't listened to the show before," Mr. Madden said.
"[Shows] have become more fragmented, more specialized," said Michael Young, senior vice president and Pittsburgh market manager for KDKA and CBS Radio. "Maybe the open end of the funnel isn't as wide."
Diversity within any given hour might be dwindling, but the flavors of talk radio expand across the platforms of AM, FM, satellite and the Internet. Although many think those popular sports and politics programs are the be-all of talk radio, the field is actually quite varied.
"The broader term we use for political talk radio is 'news' talk radio, but that includes sports talk radio, health talk radio, automotive talk radio, technology talk radio, finance talk radio, relationship talk radio and then there's pop culture talk radio, which some people refer to as 'shock jocks,' " said Michael Harrison, publisher of the digital industry trade journal, Talkers.
"All that makes up the spoken word, which as far as I'm concerned, is part of talk radio."
Mr. Harrison said that the decline in talk listeners -- top-ranked Rush Limbaugh has more than 14 million listeners each week, down from about 22 million a few years back -- shouldn't be viewed as a genre free-fall.
Talk radio is constantly evolving to reflect the public's tastes, and if people aren't listening to the former heavyweights, it just means they are finding other voices.
"People will say, 'Aha! Rush Limbaugh went down in the ratings. It proves the conservative market is dead.' Conversely, when we had Air America [fail], they said ... 'This proves there are no more liberals left in America,' " Mr. Harrison said.
"We basically take it with a grain of salt because it does not reflect talk radio from an industrial or a broadcasting business perspective."
Pittsburgh's talk lineup, past and present, has included a stable of WTAE and KDKA voices on the AM dial. Among them, Cope and Stan Savran, Hoerth (all WTAE), Mike Levine, Fred Honsberger, John Cigna, Mike Pintek and Mr. Griffin (KDKA), Perry Marshall (KDKA and WJAS) and Jack Wheeler (WEEP and KDKA).
A young DJ named Jeff Christie worked at WIXZ and then KQV, but it wasn't until years later -- and a change back to his given name -- that Mr. Limbaugh became one of the predominant talkers in radio. He was heard locally on WTAE-AM, then KDKA-AM after syndication. He now can be heard on WPGB-FM 104.7.
Jim Quinn, a DJ at KQV in its musical heyday, made the jump to talk and now hosts "The War Room," with Rose Somma Tennent, on WPGB-FM. The Clear Channel program is syndicated.
Hoerth, who died in 2011, represented a kinder, gentler talk radio host for a perhaps more tolerant nation.
"Who were Doug's listeners? I don't know how to explain his listeners," said Ms. Cullen. "I think he was more of an everyman than anyone else on the radio. First of all, I think he was just an extraordinary storyteller, and that is something certain radio people no longer know how to do.
"He was also willing to be totally personal, sometimes, too personal," she added with a laugh.
"There wasn't a listener who didn't know his toilet habits, his hemorrhoids, the bottle next to his bed. But that's a character he created and he was a real character. That's not what [listeners] are looking for anymore. I think they're looking for provocateurs."
"Even though a lot of people thought Doug was the best radio guy ever in Pittsburgh, Doug didn't make a lot of money," Mr. Madden said. "At the end, Doug was alone and unwanted and off the radio and depressed, which is such a crime."
But if provocateurs are entertaining to the masses, Mr. Madden comfortably stepped into that role long ago. He said that creating a persona -- his is a combination of pro wrestler Ric Flair and Hoerth -- is part and parcel of the elevated showmanship of his program.
"I'm not necessarily a character but maybe an amplification."
He is, for example, "right-wing, economically" but pro same-sex marriage and pro-abortion rights. He's an unabashed fan of the Pittsburgh Penguins and will happily talk pro wrestling and European football. He'll bash the Steelers and won't hesitate to hang up on listeners.
His blog Monday on the WXDX website began, "Let the overreaction begin! The Steelers won a game. ONE GAME." Later that day on his show, he added that anyone taking heart in the team's victory over the Jets was doomed to disappointment: "That's like finding optimism after Pearl Harbor because one of the boats got away. ... Unfortunately, FDR isn't coaching the Steelers, Mike Tomlin is."
Mr. Madden isn't self-conscious about referring to himself as a "super genius" and is keenly aware of how he's perceived by listeners.
"There's nothing phony about what I do, but it is 'crafted.' I think there's a middle ground there," he said.
In contrast, Chris Moore could not be more earnest in his KDKA-AM talk show on Sundays from 4 to 9 p.m. An on-air talent and producer at WQED-TV, Mr. Moore said he cannot wait to engage in what he hopes will be meaningful discussion.
"I'm in my element when I'm doing talk radio because you never know what's next. People who will disagree with you, those are the ones I want to talk to. I tell the producer, 'Put those people first.' "
Growing up in Arkansas, Mr. Moore did not listen to talk radio. His service in the Vietnam War changed that, he said, opening the world and sparking his interest in current events.
He said he worries that too much of current talk radio celebrates bombastic hosts: "Most of the hosts of that genre feel you have to be wisecracking, with a put-down. It's almost like you have to be a comedian."
Mr. Moore bills himself as "the only talk show host where the callers hang up on me," trying to win the argument using a maddeningly patient form of logic.
"I want an intelligent debate. As long as you're not screaming at me, we can talk about it."
He chooses topics that span a spectrum of "forward-thinking" topics, from what he predicts will be a worldwide war over "not oil, but water," and his opinion that Israel is not an innocent victim in Middle East tensions.
"I am not interested in anything that Lindsay Lohan did."
But out there, across the dial, there is likely a talk radio program that is.lifestyle - tvradio
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Spanish Cinema: Past and Present continues at the National Hispanic Cultural Center this Thursday at 7 p.m. Every week throughout the fall, Instituto Cervantes is presenting another entry in its latest film series. The idea is to show viewers the best in Spanish cinematography—from the '50s to present day. This Thursday, it's Luis Buñuel's sardonic, 1961 religious parable Viridiana. If you want to show off luminous, golden-era Spanish cinematography, this is the one to do it with. Screenings continue on Sept. 29 (1973's The Spirit of the Beehive), Oct. 6 (1984's Los Santos Inocentes), Oct. 13 (2002's En La Ciudad Sin Límites), Oct. 20 (2006's Un Franco, 14 Pesetas) and Nov. 3 (2006's ¡Ay, Carmela!). All movies are presented in Spanish with English subtitles at the NHCC's Bank of America Theater (1701 Fourth SW). Admission is free.
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Scott, have a great trip to Mars Bay!! Say hi to Bill for me. I think he still runs it.
I can credit you, no problem!
We may have space left on the Crooked Island trip March 19-26. I should know more in the next week or two. The original week is full with 8 guests, and the newly added week has 3, but I may have a group of four signing up--that would leave one for you!
Tight lines on Andros!!!
Rip some lips!
Booked my trip for Andros!
I ended up picking to go to Mars Bay instead of the liveaboard Sea Hunter due to the fact the boat trip could get canceled if they didn't get 5 people, and I only had 3.
March 12-19th I'll be down on South Andros sniffing after bones and whatever else I can find.
Vince, I might still do another week afterwards on Crooked. I had to pay my buddy's deposit for the Mars Bay trip, so the only issue right now is getting you a deposit before I get my bonus in early Feb. If you still have a spot open then for a single, I'll be in. Oh, and I just found your check you sent me for the refund back in March for $66.66. Since it was over 6 months old it was no good any more. Maybe you can credit that towards my next trip with you.
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We left kadougou at 8am and by 9am we were still riding around looking for the fondolimbi border crossing.... (apparently 7km away) When we eventually did it was 10am. Perhaps the lack of any sort of direction should have given us a hint as to what was to come!
We were in good spirits after our luxury night with a few beers by the pool so when we saw the ferry crossing I laughed...now this is what I came for, a little bit of Africa!
As soon as we rode off on the otherside we commented on the poor road but guessed it would get better, I remember thinking there's no hard shoulder, where does one pull over?
By the time we crossed the border which was made up of 4 huts a cow, goat and chicken patrol..
At first we reckoned they were really friendly for border guards, later i realised they must have thought we were insane so just let us go gently!
The was a never ending cycle of rocky inclines, rutted descents and mud that swallowed the bike whole! Oh and the occasional river crossing.
Falling over, again and gain and again.... Was the theme of the day, at first it was all part of the plan but in 35 degree heat and 90%25 humidity it was energy sapping and now just not funny!
A little old man and a young boy became our guardian angels for a few hours, after they would help one of us pick the bikes we would ride on until the next time, or they would walk a short cut and wait for us on a difficult bit to show us the best route, they were just so kind
We still had no idea how far it was to labe (we'd been told anything from 20km to 200km - the later being closer to the truth). We started making plans to camp as we only had an hour of daylight left and then heavens opened! The most incredible thunder storm!
We pressed on and found the village of baliki. We were soaked from sweat, mud and rain so they took pity on us and let us stay in a hut. We soon realised there were local villagers and and a group of young men also staying the night who turned out to be cigarette smugglers on the way to Mali.
Dinner was a proper African meal, I can only describe as a thick stodgy rice with a "gravy".... So hungry we ate two portions. Haha thought back to when I wouldn't share a spoon let alone tuck into a bowl of food shared by 4.
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When I upgraded to G3 Pro 500 and Flyway setups, I had some dialogue with TT Customer Service while messing with the tracer light for a while. (I ultimately removed the tracer from my receiver and don't use one anymore). It was then that I was told the best practice was to always keep the transmitter and receiver in the cradle whenever not in use. I've been following this protocol now for the past few years.
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The big blue gills are a lot of fun on a light rod. I'm looking forward to two weeks from now when there will be no one collecting $ for parking at a great blue gill spot I found last year. I think it may be time to get my son his first fly rod fish.
Favorite flies are: foam floating draggon/damsel fly, various drowned size 10-12 dry flies and a creation I have that looks like a curly tailed jig.
Around central Mass I find that the bite should last till the 2'nd or third week of October. How does that match up with Ohio?
Late-Summer bluegills
Well, summer is on the down slide. As we head into autumn, the warm-water fish gear up for the cooler days ahead.
There are some huge, sassy bluegills this time of year. After a full summer of feeding, we now have some monster gills to fish for... GILLZILLA }>
I find the larger; foam-body flies work best in my area, North East Ohio...
Try a hopper pattern too, terrestrials are the way to go in the late summer/early fall.
My favorite terrestrials are:
1) Letort cricket
2) Dave's hopper
3) Ant patterns
4) Foam beetles
I purposely go bluegill fishing in private ponds for the sole purpose of catching large amounts of fish.
Large fish are great, but bluegills take me back to my childhood.
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Anybody that sees some of the people that our President surrounds himself with and dosen't recognize the extremely, to the point of radical, liberal mindset is just seriously delusional.
"The longer you let a dog go in the wrong direction the more they think they are going in the right direction" Don Remien.
I don't care who started the czar thing (I know Bush did) but it is time to put czars (unvetted, unconfirmed, unconstitutional) away. People who have no checks and balances are very very very dangerous in this country regardless if your a Republican or a Democrat.
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BULGARIA - Country Specific Programmes for Capacity building
Activity in 2012
The Centre of Expertise supported the National Association of Municipal Clerks of the Republic of Bulgaria (NAMCRB) in organising a Leadership Academy Programme which was not only offered to local leaders from Bulgaria, but also Greece and "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia".
Activity in 2011
The Centre of Expertise, together with NAMCB, organized in April a Training of Trainers (ToT) on the Leadership Academy Programme and two sessions of the Leadership Academy Programme
During the training, the NAMCB (Bulgarian national association of municipal clerks) were introduced to Council of Europe LAP methodology
A Regional Conference in Borovets (7-8 July) on Local Finance and Economic Crisis was organised with the support of NAMRB and funding from the Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative (LGI).
Meeting with Bulgarian Ministry of Regional Development on ELoGE. Accreditation dossier was prepared and accreditation was awarded.
Key outcomes in 2011
European Label for Innovation and Good Governance – ELOGE : accreditation dossier prepared and accepted
Conference on the effects of economic crisis on Bulgarian local government units
Activities in 2010
Technical support to Bulgaria
Assist with delivering the ELoGE (European Label of Governance Excellence) label.
Bulgarian application was successful,
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First labels were awarded to 13 municipalities in 2011 :
Kirkovo, Pernik, Dobrich, Targovishte, Dimitrovgrad, Svilengrad, Liaskovec,
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To improve the institutional leadership capacity of local authorities through improved leadership skills of their elected and appointed officials and through leadership tools given to local ownership.
Previous activities
Leadership Benchmark, Performance Management, Financial Management Benchmarking
Pilot Leadership benchmark project based on Peer Reviews and a Self-Assessment process
In co-operation with: National Association of Municipalities in Bulgaria (NAMRB)
- Date: 2003-2006
NAMRB provided assistance for the implementation of the Peer Review programmes in North-West Russia and Croatia.
- Date: 2006
Piloting of a performance management programme, focusing on local economic development and communications.
- Date: 2007
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- Participant pilot muncipalities: Ruse, Kurdjali, Strumiani, Dobrich, Gabrovo and Pazardjik.
A full road test/ first implementation of the new tool on Benchmarking Local Finance.
- Date: 2007
- Partners: the Open Society Institute and the Council of Europe
Follow-up to the Performance Management programme in local economic development and communications (completed in early 2008)
- Date: 2008-2009
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Ken has given you all the great advice anyone could ask for.
My suggestion is that you train like the test, with people throwing the birds for you so they are not coming from your side. Have your dog get used to being in a holding blind and hearing all of the commotion as they move through a few blinds while other dogs are testing. Add some time with him sitting in his kennel while guns are going off and dogs are testing. Those are the things most people don't account for in training. (myself included)
We just ran a double header, and were dog #14 on day one. Peyton was wired by the time we were moving through the blinds from hearing everything while in her kennel. Even though we had worked excessively on her delivery during the two weeks prior, and she would hold the duck forever without dropping it, she dropped all of them on the test day. Of course she picked them right back up and delivered them. On the second day we were dog #2, and she did so much better with her line manners and delivery because she hadn't been listening to all the commotion. As soon as the test dog ran, we were out getting staged, so there was no real time for her to get amped up.
As far as live flyers, we had at least one on both the water and land each day, and they were not always dead. I watched a few dogs go out and refuse to pick up the bird because it had a wing flapping. (most of us pay extra for the flap...:)) One bird in the water was alive enough to swim and dive in his feeble effort to avoid the dog. There were also more then a few dogs who refused to get in the water. One just ran around the pond barking at the duck and peeing on everything.
As far as collars go, I say if the rules allow it, which they do, hang on to that bad boy. No matter how steady your dog is in training, you don't want to fail because he got a little too excited and took off when you had the tools you needed to keep him under control. My plan was to try Peyton's last JH leg without holding her...Nope. I had that collar in my hand, because I didn't want to waste $75 on what would boil down to my poor decision.
Anyway, whatever you decide, good luck.
It worked for you again, /Paul :)
Be there early. Pay attention at the handler's meeting to how the test is run. Direct your questions or concerns to the judges at that time. Be sure to tell the judges it is your first test when you go to the line (they will often cut you a little slack.) If you don't pass-don't leave. Continue to watch the test and learn from other dog/handler teams. Go watch the higher stakes and just enjoy the experience and opportunity to observe.
Bring a whistle, a duck call and waterproof shoes/boots. Water for your dog, a chair for yourself and as mentioned food and drink.
Regarding the test, birds, water, distractions, terrain...Prepare for everything and expect anything!
Good luck!
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Welcome to RTF. Below is my very first AKC junior hunt test (water series) and it was only 3 years ago. As you can see by my white hair I got a late start in this game but having a blast doing it. The very best of luck to you. I apologize for the camera work, its hard to get good help when you only have family to pick from.:p


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This month in our Fair Trade Roundup, you'll read about two contests happening where YOU nominate Fair Traders doing great work so they can receive the recognition they deserve. You'll also find out about a 15 day "Fair Trade Adventure to Sri Lanka" giveaway, plus the latest on World Fair Trade Day 2012 and a whole lot more.
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OXFORD – There will be pitching experience in both dugouts when No. 13 Ole Miss opens the season against No. 14 TCU this afternoon.
One important difference in the Rebels this season and last will not just experience on the mound but quality depth behind it, Ole Miss coach Mike Bianco says.
Right-hander Bobby Wahl will start for the Rebels against TCU for the third time in a year when he throws the first pitch at Swayze Field at 4 p.m.
Ole Miss and TCU opened the 2012 season with two games in Fort Worth – one was rained out – then played three more times in the College Station Regional. The Horned Frogs won the last two to advance to the Super Regional.
Quality pitching depth was something that cost the Rebels in the regional. When Wahl started the championship game he was going on short rest, and it was his only loss in the three starts against TCU.
Wahl is clearly the ace, sporting a 2.30 earned run average in 582⁄3 SEC innings last year.
Mike Mayers, who will start Saturday's game, was peaking near the end and finished the season by allowing two earned runs on four hits in 61⁄3 innings to beat Texas A&M on its home field in the second round of the regional.
But Bianco was forced to move starter R.J. Hively to the pen for added depth in the second half of the season.
Earlier this week he singled out the experience of last year's newcomers in Josh Laxer, Aaron Greenwood, Sam Smith and Hawtin Buchanan as guys he believes will make this staff more productive overall.
Tanner Bailey is a senior right-hander whose experience Bianco hopes will translate into big things in 2013.
"We have a lot of guys who pitched last year and gained valuable experience," Bianco said.
He even has some new parts with which he can strategize. Dylan Chavez was the only left-hander Bianco felt comfortable going with last year. This year has three he'll no doubt tinker early with two junior college transfers and a freshman.
While Bianco expresses confidence in his offense where the biggest producers and leaders will have to emerge, the Rebels, 37-26 and 14-16 in the SEC a year ago, will lean on their starting pitching early.
"Last year I learned a lot going through the grind of the SEC and the grind of the season," Wahl said.
Chris Ellis learned two, and the sophomore will round out the rotation in the third spot.
Wahl calls him "a superstar."
Wahl is quite certain that both starters and relievers will be challenged this weekend by TCU.
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Pingwinek is no more a linux and haiku distribution. Pingwinek is a project which provides over 2500 packages in the 'box' XML based format, and tools for packages management.
Pingwinek GNU/Haiku 0.1.0 is probably the first Haiku distribution. Beside the base Haiku system, it contains 40 packages ported from Pingwinek GNU/Linux distribution. It contains compiler (GCC 2.95.3), several simple games, SDL, Midnight Commander, ncurses. I've prepared several screenshots of the distribution working on a real hardware. The distribution can be downloaded in a three ways: QEMU image, VMWare image and LiveCD. The LiveCD boots slowly but the games work much better then running under QEMU or VMWare. The LiveCD contains a read only filesystem which could cause some problems. The distribution doesn't have an installer which could install system on a hard disk. I think that some people will be able to do that without it. The Haiku system is still in an alpha state, so please be forgiving. Every next release should be more stable. Have a lot of fun!
I'm proud to announce the 1.0preview4 of Pingwinek GNU/Linux codename 'Wedding'. This time only XL (LiveDVD) version is available for download. It contains kernel 2.6.18, glibc 2.5, gcc 4.1, GNOME 2.16, firefox/thunderbird 2, latest InitNG and over 1400 packages.
A new version of Pingwinek GNU/Linux 1.0preview4 codename Wedding! is expected to be out on Tuesday, October 17.
Release of stable version has been delayed and probably will be preceded by the next test release 1.0preview4.
Long awaited Pingwinek GNU/Linux 1.0preview3 codename 'Light' is ready! Many improvements have been made since preview2. A new boot system - InitNG, Xorg 7.0, kernel 2.6.15, udev 0.81, etcnet, Tango icons and new coldplug/hotplug!. Fast boot in the LiveCD, text mode in 0:34 and full login to GNOME since boot in even 1:25! There are two versions: L (LiveCD - recommended) which contains GNOME 2.12, Xfce 4.2 and XL (LiveDVD) which also contains latest Enlightenment 17 and Matchbox desktop environments and many other software.
You can get it from download page. Also a new LiveCD performance comparision is available.
I've added interesting LiveCD's performance comparision. Pingwinek LiveCD is quite fast! Please see at LiveCD performance comparision.
I'm happy to announce that Pingwinek GNU/Linux 1.0preview2 LiveCD is now available for download pgw-1.0preview2-live.i686.iso. There were fixed over 30 bugs, main changes are: new X autoconfiguration and support for Gnome System Tools (easy graphical configuration, e.g. network). For more information see in ChangeLog. You can post bugs at gna.org
I'm pleased to announce the 1.0preview1 of Pingwinek GNU/Linux LiveCD. Pingwinek is a modern independent distrubution. LiveCD contains GNOME 2.10 and XFCE 4.2 and full development libraries and headers (gcc 3.4.x). You can compile programs even using gtk+ on LiveCD! It uses squashfs and unionfs and contains over 2100MB of software! Enjoy! For more information see in ChangeLog. You can download ISO from http://download.gna.org/pingwinek/. Bugs you can be posted at gna.org
Development snapshot (20040718) of LiveCD edition is available! Enjoy!
Pingwinek 1.0rc2 - After two months of hard working version 1.0rc2 is out! Many things were changed. You can see details in ChangeLog. The main changes are: full separation of LiveCD from other distribution CDs, newest GNOME 2.6.0, switching from XFree86 to X.Org with XLIBS, OpenOffice 1.1.1, kernel 2.6.5.


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Recent work by one of our favourites, artist Eric Yahnker (click here for previous posts). More images below from his latest Art Brussels solo at The Hole in New York City.
London-based artist Jonty Hurwitz transforms warped digital renderings into incredible anamorphic sculptures made out of bronze, copper, plaster and paint. "Anamorphosis" relates to purposeful distortions that depend on an additional device or precise vantage point to reconstruct the image. In Hurwitz's case, cylindrical mirrors reveal each sculptures true form. See more below!
A series of paintings exploring beauty, seduction and desire by Seattle-based artist Amy Spassov. See more images from "Pollination" below.
A selection of work by photographer Anna Schneider, based in Northern California. See more images below.
A lovely series of paintings inspired by a three month trip through the United States and Canada by London-based artist Charlotte Keates. See more images below, along with a short video of Keates discussing her work. "Sojourn" will be on display at Arusha Gallery in Edinburgh from May 5 – May 30.


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Hey guys long time no post. I'll just get it out there real fast and just say I have had a lot on my plate the last 3 months and my life has really changed. From Getting Cancer to getting a divorce needless to say it's been hard. With out some of you and Family I don't know where I would be right now. Becky, Chip, JT and Tycho thank you from the bottom of my heart. Now to get through Chemo and start over again. At least I'll be done with it before SDCC!
Anyways, needles to say I don't really hunt anymore. Hasbro has taken a back seat Only OT and Clones get in my collection these day, but I'm still going strong with GG. Hope to see your faces soon, because just 2 days into the chemo it's pretty messed up. Not looking for sympathy, but just wanted to let my friends know that I haven't told personally.
Happy hunting!