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BALTIMORE—The UMBC women's lacrosse team (10-5, 4-1 AE) defeated America East rival Binghamton (3-11, 1-3 AE) by a score of 9-8 Sunday afternoon in its final home game at UMBC Stadium to clinch a spot in the four-team America East Championships for the second year in a row.
The Retrievers improve to 10-5 on the season, their best record after 15 games since 2002, when they were 11-4. In addition, after winning 11 games last season, UMBC has 10 wins in consecutive seasons for the first time since 2002-03, and the Retrievers' four America East victories are their most since going 5-1 in 2006, the year they won a share of the league's regular-season title.
Binghamton scored the first two goals of the game in just over two minutes of action, but senior midfielder Amanda Pappas (Pasadena, Md./Chesapeake) tied it up with back-to-back goals less than six minutes later. The Bearcats scored two of the next three goals over the next 11 minutes, but the lone Retriever tally during that time was another by Pappas, completing her hat trick just 27:47 into the game.
Trailing, 4-3, with 4:45 to play in the first half, the Retrievers scored twice in the final 1:07, with senior attack Erika Braerman (Fallston, Md./Fallston) finding the back of the net with just one second remaining to send UMBC into halftime with a 5-4 lead.
The Retrievers built on their late first-half momentum to start the second stanza, as junior midfielder Alicia Krause (Ellicott City, Md./Mount Hebron/Duquesne) won the opening draw and ran straight up the middle of the field for the score just 10 seconds into the period to give UMBC a two-goal lead.
But the Bearcats scored three of the next four goals to tie the game at 7-7 with 17 minutes remaining. Then after nearly seven and a half minutes without a goal, the teams combined to score three within a span of 1:36. Braerman put UMBC on top, 8-7, with 9:36 to go, but Binghamton midfielder Beth Moore responded just over a minute later to again knot it up.
But UMBC senior midfielder Ashley Stodter (Silver Spring, Md./Good Counsel) found the back of the net at the 8:00 mark to break the tie and give the Retrievers a 9-8 lead, which stood for the final eight minutes. The goal also extended Stodter's point-scoring streak to 20 straight games.
Pappas led the Retrievers with three goals, while Braerman and Krause added three points on two goals and an assist. Braerman was named America East Player of the Game. Junior midfielder Madi Bell (Baltimore, Md./Eastern Tech/Navy) contributed four ground balls, two draw controls and three caused turnovers.
Moore and attack Ali Castiglie both notched hat tricks to lead the Bearcats.
UMBC senior goalie Natalie Rau (Forest Hill, Md./Fallston) played the majority of the game between the pipes for the Retrievers and made two saves, while Binghamton keeper Lauren Scott earned her team's Player of the Game honors with 14 saves, including nine in the first half.
UMBC outshot Binghamton, 32-16, including 20-7 in the first half, and held a 17-7 advantage in ground balls, including 10-3 in the opening period. The Retrievers also edged the Bearcats, 9-8, in draw controls. Binghamton committed 17 turnovers, including 12 in the first half, and was just 8-for-17 in clearing opportunities, while UMBC was successful on 11 of 12.
The Retrievers now have nearly two weeks off before concluding the regular season at undefeated America East rival Albany on Saturday, April 30.
Notes: Before the game, the Retrievers held a Senior Day ceremony to honor seven seniors – Braerman, Pappas, Rau, Stodter and defenders C.J. Durham (Pasadena, Md./Chesapeake), Meagan Linkous (Jarrettsville, Md./North Harford) and Kristen Milligan (Pasadena, Md./Chesapeake)… The group combined to score six of UMBC's nine goals in the game and added seven ground balls… With three points in the game, Pappas took sole possession of 16th place all-time at UMBC with 131 career points, while Braerman's three points in the contest moved her into a tie for 17th place with 130 in her career.


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Cotati-Rohnert Park School District is pressing forward with plans to reopen the La Fiesta Elementary School campus in the fall, this time in partnership with Sonoma State University.
District officials floated the idea of opening the campus on Limon Way last year but did not get enough takers to warrant offering classes.
Now, the district is developing plans to reopen the school in a partnership with Sonoma State University, which would place undergraduates pursuing degrees in early childhood studies in classrooms and focus the curriculum on project-based learning.
The families of 44 students have now committed to enrolling their children in August, according to district officials. The target for opening is 48 students in kindergarten through second grade, said Sarah Rapp, a student at Sonoma State's master of education program who has helped spearhead the plan.
"I really do think most parents are very committed," said Rapp, a mother of a kindergartner in the district. "I anticipate we will start a waiting list within the week."
There likely will be two classrooms with students from multiple ages in each, she said. "It is new to some parents but research supports learning in multi-age classrooms," she said.
The projected opening marks an about-face for Sonoma County's third-largest school district, which has been hit hard by declining enrollment and budget cuts for years. It has closed four schools, including La Fiesta, since 2002.
But backers said creating new programs will lure back families that have left neighborhood schools for neighboring districts, taking state funding with them.
About 800 students live within district boundaries but attend other public schools, according to Superintendent Robert Haley. That number does not include students attending private and charter schools.
The partnership with Sonoma State is key for the new endeavor, Haley said.
The school will be called University Elementary at La Fiesta.
"We are moving forward with a memorandum of understanding with Sonoma State," he said.
Staff Writer Kerry Benefield writes an education blog at extracredit.blogs.pressdemocrat.com. She can be reached at 526-8671 or firstname.lastname@example.com. On Twitter @benefield.


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The textbook information on this page was provided by the instructor. Students should use this information when considering purchases from the AU Campus Store or other vendors. Students may check to determine if books are currently available for purchase online.
I have compiled an 950-page book for use this semester. The book, entitled A Key to the Golden Door - a Guide to Family- and Employment-Based Immigration (Fifteenth Edition), should currently be available for purchase from the Washington College of Law (Room 465).
First Class Readings
Before our first class on Thursday, August 23, please review Chapters 1 and 2 (through Page 73) in their entirety, as well as the topic summary in Chapter 3 (through Page 78).
You should bring Pages 1 through 78 of the Guide with you to class. It would also be helpful if you could bring with you to class the final "volume" of the Guide (Pages 888 through 952), because I would like to walk you briefly through the resources in those pages.
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took monster to the horse farm yesterday in New jersey were she got to run around free. Not a bad deal for a city dog!
We took the horses out while monster waited on the porch in the shadow with the other two dogs and some people.
She had so much fun just hanging out. We drove two hours back and two hour to the ranch, but she loves the car rides so much.
She came home and fell asleep like a little piglet snoring on the coach, so tired. It's just so nice to be able to do these things
with her, and im so grateful she can handle doing these things considering the SM. It almost seems that when we take her
on trips she does betters than at home... Maybe because of the distraction. next week a week at the beach with her!!


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Redheaded Erik has always tried to do his best, but lately he wonders why everything seems to be going wrong. In soccer he passes the ball to the other team and in class he can't see what has been written on the chalkboard. His Mom thinks he needs to sit closer to the chalkboard or try to be more organized. When Erik creates a self-painting in art class, he paints his hair green. That can't be right! Erik has always been a red head. That's when they discover that Erik might be color blind.
Color blindness, also known as Color Vision Deficiency (CVD) affects a significant percentage of our population. After Erik's parents take him to the Dr. they are better able to help him cope with his CVD. Letting Erik's teachers know that many shades of brown, green, gold and orange look very similar to him is the first step to helping him. Color coding at school makes it hard for Erik and other kids who have CVD. Working with the teachers and staff to make changes in paperwork and text books make it easier for Erik to read his school work. Sometimes just writing the color on the color coded items makes all the difference in Erik being able to differentiate between his assignments. For example if the teacher writes on a green chalkboard with yellow chalk, Erik can't read the board. If the teacher writes on the green chalkboard with white chalk he can read what has been written on it.
The book includes an "All about color and vision" section to be shared and to help readers understand more about color vision deficiency.
It is nice to see a picture book on this topic. I encourage families and care givers to read and share this book.
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These were all purchased here or knit by me. They are were used mostly for night time. I started using elastic waistband now that my kids can dress themselves so these are just sitting around.
3. Purewool board shorties. Short rise, wide hips, felting. I got these FSOT in hopes to frog and reknit, it is the thicker older purewool but they were too felted to do this. these are great shorts if you could use them as is but they are so wide, it will be tough to find the right fit. They came to me with the "repaired" area. 8pp each or both for
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2. cestari cables. knit by me, evie pants. Probably about my second pair of shorties. Has some very off stitches from the short rows on the back but they do not effect function. 13pp
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will combine shipping for multiple purchases.
will trade for yarn, use mostly SW but i also like licorice twist for non SW.
smoke free/pet free. these all come washed and lanolized.
Questions welcome, can provide additional pix as well. These pix were taken a while ago.
1. unsure of wool or CW. It is study, cestarish I'd say. These are large and now have a solid dark brown icord. Hardly pills at all. 13pp
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r 18 1/2
new icords on these and the rainbows
felted, ratty, needs a shave (I can do that if you don't have one) BFL scraps and an alpaca/wool mix for the trim. The first pair of shorties I knit, very far from perfect but the felting covers all that up now. FFS with another purchase
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unsure of wool, bought off DS with a hole in the trim. so I just took it off and it is now the icord along with a small part of the CW that was a twist cord that broke. It has a snake head on the end. Again, something sturdy and cestari like. Hardly pills at all. 10pp
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interlock from natures wool made by me...these are not perfect, I am not a professional by any means. I didn't use the blend on the waistband and they fell down constantly on my skinny minny so I haphazardly stuck some elastic in it one night before bed so he could wear them (in a casing). This can be easily removed and the elastic can be easiley changed if you sew. they would be much improved if you put it in properly
You could also try using them without this elastic. They have a sling soaker backed with felted wool that can also be easily removed. We used these for night time only and it needed some extra help in the wet zone. 23pp
I need to post measurements and a pix of the inside for these. Ran out of time right now.
scrappy soaker. tight in the legs. The CW is felted..it is bfl. Knit to match weenie dog and retro car fabric. 8pp
Scrappies knit by a DS mama. Felted, play quality, stretched out. Perfection Pants pattern. 10pp
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DBK Harvest Night shorties, MMW, evie pants. snake head on icord. Variation on bamboo sts cuff. cestari trim. Knit by me. 23pp
here is just a crappy inside pix for the listing, I will fix tomorrow w/natural light
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Letter to the editor: Perham Pride is alive
My husband and I moved to the Perham area last summer along with our son, who is a sophomore in high school. We noticed the Perham Pride and Jacket Fever bumper stickers on cars around town, but didn't think too much of it at first. Now we understand what Perham Pride is all about.
We have had such a positive experience since moving to the area, we felt the need to share.
From the moment we toured the high school last spring, our family has been welcomed with open arms. The school administration, teachers and coaches took time to meet with us and answered all of our questions.
When our son started football and basketball last summer, the kids, their parents and the coaches made us feel right at home. His experience at the high school this year has been exceptional, thanks to the wonderful staff and students at PHS. School spirit is evident at every event we have attended.
We also recently built our home in the area. After hearing many horror stories about the building process, we were definitely skeptical. We decided to hire Dave Vetsch Construction and Brandon Nelson Construction for our builders/contractors, and we could not have been more pleased. They and their crew were fantastic to work with. Honesty, integrity, on time, hard work and great attitudes were attributes we saw on a daily basis. The sub-contractors they put us in contact with from the area were top-notch professionals and easy to work with. The process of building our home was truly a joy.
Perham Pride isn't just a bumper sticker, it is the collective attitude of the people who live and work here. This community has so much to offer, and our family is grateful to be a part of it. We are so happy to have made the Perham area our home and are thankful to those of you who have made us feel so welcomed.


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Mary Crawford, 81, of Rockwall, Texas, died Oct. 24, 2013, in Rockwall, Texas.
Graveside services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 1, at Humeston Cemetery. The Rev. Dale O'Donnell will officiate. Interment will be in Humeston Cemetery. Visitation with family present will be 4 to 6 p.m. today at Kale Funeral Home, 301 S. Main St., Osceola. Online condolences may be left at www.kalefuneralhome.com.
Mary Belle Crawford, daughter of Emma Ruby (Tousley) and Merit Lloyd Porterfield, was born June 29, 1932, in Clarke County.
On Nov. 24, 1951, Mary married Robert McVay Crawford at the Methodist Church in Humeston.
Mary was a homemaker.
Mary was a member of the Woodworkers Club.
Mary is survived by her sons, David (Michelle) Crawford of Bettendorf and Michael (Pam) Crawford and Allen (Gail) Crawford, all of Rockwall, Texas; grandchildren, Kyle, Chelsey and Jeremy Crawford, Harry Rybolt and Dawn Mahoney; many other relatives and friends.
Mary was preceded in death by her parents and husband.


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Another deadline has come and passed for the owner of Singleteary Food Solutions in Wells.
State officials reportedly had given Steve Singleteary until March 15 to start production at the meat-processing facility or begin repaying a $500,000 loan to the city's Economic Development Authority.
Singleteary has failed to do either.
"I don't expect to see any payment," says City Administrator Steve Bloom.
His statement is based on two Pioneer Bank notices of mortgage foreclosure sale published in the Faribault County Register on March 11.
The amounts Singleteary owes the bank were listed as $779,716 and $3.996 million.
Bloom was surprised to see the legal notices because he had spoken briefly to Singleteary by phone on March 2.
"He said his intentions are still to open the plant. Like always, he sounded positive and optimistic," he says.
Under the Minnesota Investment Fund Program, the state's Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) awarded Singleteary a $500,000 grant to help finance his start-up venture.
Wells acted as a "loan sponsor," meaning monthly payments of $4,713 would be paid to the city's EDA revolving loan fund until 53 jobs are created at the plant. At that point the amount reduces to $3,563.
Blake Chaffee, communications director for DEED, says agency officials are aware Singleteary wants to seek another job creation extension and deferment of loan payments.
"We're urging him to start that process with the city. But, the state will have the final say," Chaffee says. "We need the time to review his request."
Subsidy agreements with DEED, says Chaffee, are set to expire at the end of April.
"If there isn't new agreements in place, he'll have to start making loan payments on May 1," he adds.
Several other parties are lining up to collect money owed to them.
There are at least three cases that have been filed in small claims conciliation court in Faribault County.
Documents at the county recorder's office in Blue Earth show six companies have filed a "mechanic lien" either against Singleteary or the company.
The total amount of the claims is $337,675, with the largest debt being to Ankeny Builders Inc. in Blue Earth for $271,188.


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Pictures: Signature Missoni zigzags come to Target
Luxury becomes affordable. The luxury Italian home and fashion brand will release a collection for Target on Sept. 13 that will encompass more than 400 products. Target has teamed with John Derian and Liberty of London in the past; the forthcoming line will include Missoni's classic stripes, zigzags and abstract florals on bath towels ($10.99 to $12.99) and shower curtains ($34.99), as well as bedding, dinnerware, throw blankets, stationery, bicycles and outdoor furniture. Items will range from $3 to $600, but most products will be about $40. The Missoni for Target collection will be available in stores and online Sept. 13 to Oct. 22. Select products will be available longer, some through early December, depending on availability. -- By Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times
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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- Some lawmakers in the Netherlands say they are thinking about pushing for legislation to make prostitution illegal in the country.
The Labor party is considering such a law, DutchNews.nl reported Monday. Myrthe Hilkens, a member of Parliament, is scheduled to visit Sweden this week, where people who pay for sex can be fined or jailed.
Hilkens said forced prostitution is one of the "most important misunderstandings of our time." Fifty percent to 80 percent of the women working as prostitutes in the Netherlands are reported to have been forced into the trade, Hilkens said.
Deputy Prime Minister Lodewijk Asscher is working with the Justice Ministry to develop a strategy to deal with the sex industry.
Brothels in the Netherlands can apply to be officially licensed by the government, which is planning to raise to 21 the age at which women can become prostitutes.


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Long-time readers know that I have a Bachelor of Science in Forest Management from Texas A&M University. My minors (if Texas A&M recognized minors) would have been civil engineering and organic chemistry.
My intent when I enrolled at Texas A&M was to go into structural engineering, i.e., gaining as much from the forest as we could to build our homes and businesses. Research and development with a forestry company like Weyerhauser, Texas Pacific, Louisiana Pacific, or Georgia Pacific. Even though I have never used my degree, I still have a great appreciation for trees, even dead ones.
I found that beauty in the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge where I have been hanging out on a regular basis.
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Dogs have long been known in the western world as 'man's best friend' after their diverse range of roles in society - from hunting dogs to working dogs to companion dogs.
Of late, owners have been finding new ways to bond with their dogs and it would appear that many have found a new love in teaching their beloved companions semi-extreme sports, and a new era of surfing, skating and snowboarding dogs is developing rapidly.
Meet Tillman
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Tillman is the world's fastest skating dog.
The American Bulldog lives in California, USA with his owner Ron Davis who named him after American NRL star Pat Tillman.
He is somewhat of a triple threat to other dogs; he can skate, surf AND snowboard.
Neo and Tuxedo
Neo and Tuxedo are an almost identical pair of Boston terriers from France who share the same love of skateboarding.
Extreme Pete
Another outrageously talented dog goes by the name of 'Extreme Pete'.
Extreme Pete is fearless and enjoys both skating and waterskiing.
Surf Dogs
Founded in 2009, So Cal Surf Dogs is a club for owners and dogs who love to surf.
Together they enter various dog surfing competitions and keep their surFurs up to date with the latest news and events of Southern California.
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Joe D. Harper Jr. of Linwood, NC and the late Catrina A. Rider announce the engagement of their daughter, Joanna Kay Harper of Lexington, NC to Marvin Odell Tate, Jr., son of Russell and Brenda Yurcina of Soldotna, Alaska, and Marvin Odell Tate of Lexington, NC.
Miss Harper is the granddaughter of Pat and Barbara Harper of Lexington, NC and Norman and Donna Rider of Lexington, NC. She is a 2009 graduate of Extended Day School. She received a certificate for Administrative Medical Assistant from Davidson County Community College in 2012.
Mr. Tate is the grandson of the late Melvin and Pauline Tate of Thomasville, NC and Mary Cashatt of Thomasville, NC, and the late Larry Jones of Thomasville, NC. He is a 2008 graduate of Soldotna High School. He is employed with A & D Enterprises in Winston-Salem, NC.
The couple will be married at Solid Rock Freewill Baptist Church in Thomasville, NC on February 16, 2013 at five o'clock in the afternoon.


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SOCHI, Russia—Matjaz Kopitar is a familiar sight around the Kings' practice rink in El Segundo, usually watching proudly from upstairs while his son, Anze, hones the skills that have made the younger Kopitar one of the NHL's top centers.
Matjaz was around a rink on Wednesday, but he was thousands of miles away from Southern California. And he was on the ice instead of watching as he prepared to coach Team Slovenia in its Olympic hockey debut.
"It's a little different," he said, smiling.
Slovenia practiced twice Wednesday at the Bolshoy Ice Dome training rink, though Anze Kopitar—its only NHL player—remained in Los Angeles to finish out the Kings' pre-Olympic schedule. Most of Slovenia's players come from European leagues; forward Jan Mursak played a bit for the Detroit Red Wings before leaving to play for CSKA Moscow of Russia's KHL.
Slovenia is in a tough group with host Russia, Slovakia and the U.S., and Matjaz Kopitar is realistic about the team's chances.
"We play the first three games against the teams where Olympic medals mean something. They already had Olympic medals and we are big underdogs," he said. "But that doesn't mean that we're not going to compete hard. That's the way we play. If you are not skilled enough, you need to find another way how to compete against these teams. My biggest wish is just to be a competitive team and try our best."
For Slovenia, that means playing a defense-oriented style.
"Of course. We need to shut down those big guys and that's going to be our goal," said Matjaz, whose voice is eerily like his son's. "We can't run with them all over the ice."
He said he has an idea of where his son will play but hasn't told the rest of the team and so wouldn't be specific. "Hopefully they're going to click together quickly," he said.
But it's clear that Anze will play a lot.
"He is a big factor for this team and he's going to try to help us out in all kinds of situations on the ice," Matjaz said. "Everybody knows that and he knows that too, so it's not a secret."
Slovenia captain Tomaz Razingar, who was chosen to carry the country's flag in Friday's opening ceremony, said the team is eagerly awaiting Anze Kopitar's arrival.
"He's doing a great job in Los Angeles. He's helping the team there," said Razingar, who played two seasons in North America, in the ECHL and NHL, and now plays in Sweden.
"And of course I think he would be on any team here, but thank God he's Slovenian. He's going to have a big impact on our team."
The team, Razingar said, is close-knit and eager to perform on the world stage.
"No one expected we would be here but we are. We will enjoy the time here and hopefully we can take the points away from the big teams," he said.
"We cannot lose anything. We've got special chemistry going on and we're having fun."
They'll have some support from Kings fans, who have sort of adopted Slovenia out of respect for Anze Kopitar. Matjaz said he heard many good wishes when he was in Los Angeles.
"Kings fans are really into it and said they're going to cheer for us," he said. "Of course, not when we play the United States but everybody there is excited, maybe even more than our people back home.
"It's huge and it's really nice to see the support from all those people around."
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I expect to have $700,000 to put into draw-down superannuation at the end of this year, when I will turn 64. I own my flat and have no other debts. I am thinking of dividing the money into three and putting some into self-managed superannuation, some into an industry fund and some into a retail fund, and then after five years seeing which of them performs the best. Does this sound like a sensible idea to you?
I hate to pour cold water on your plans but I do not think that is a good idea at all. For starters, you would be paying unnecessary fees by having three separate funds, and the performance of any one fund would be affected by its investment strategy. For example, if one fund had an aggressive approach, it would do well if the market rose but poorly if the market fell. You really need to talk to an adviser and agree on an investment strategy and asset allocation that fits your goals and your risk profile and then have regular meetings, at least once a year, to see if that strategy needs to be fine-tuned.
I am 57 and self-employed, grossing roughly $90,000 a year on a business I run from home. I have a mortgage of $50,000 on a house worth about $650,000. I'm considering renting out the house and leasing somewhere new to live and work, then claiming the costs of the lease as a tax deduction. My house would rent for about $450 a week. Is this idea feasible, or would I be facing financial disaster?
You would need to involve your accountant, because if your new residence is both a home and an office, you could not claim all of the lease costs as a tax deduction. However, once you move out of your present property, the outgoings, including interest, would be tax deductible, and the rental income would be assessable. Your accountant will be able to do the numbers for you - I certainly don't think what you are planning would lead to financial disaster.
I am 64 and married; my wife is unemployed. My home is worth $800,000 and I have super worth $520,000, with 60 per cent in diversified fixed interest and 40 per cent in Australian shares. My net wage is $6500 a month and I salary sacrifice $1000 a month into the fixed-interest component of my super. I hope to work for one more year and then retire. I would like to have a reasonable retirement, with enough to pay bills and travel, plus have super to provide for me until I'm 85. Is there anything else I should be doing?
You appear to be well placed for retirement and I assume you now have a relationship with a good adviser because it appears you will be eligible for a part age pension. There may be strategies, such as gifting and spending money on home renovations and travel, that may enable you to get a higher pension. There is also the important matter of estate planning - I assume you have consulted a solicitor about a will and enduring powers of attorney.
We are self-funded retirees in our late 60s. We lost $1 million in our allocated pension fund due to fraud and can't envisage getting any compensation. We were lucky enough to have two houses; we sold one and invested the money. As the interest rates on term deposits and online accounts are going down, I was wondering what we should do with our finances. With our shares included, we are just over the limit for Centrelink benefits and can see our money diminishing every time there is an interest rate cut. Would it be advisable to contribute to a managed fund or just keep our money in shares and term deposits? We are very wary of handing our money over to another financial adviser.
Don't let a bad experience put you off advisers for life - there are plenty of good ones out there. There are managed funds that specialise in yield, and listed investment companies such as Argo would almost certainly do better in the long term than leaving money in the bank. It's important you have a diversified portfolio that fits your risk profile, and you can take comfort knowing you will become eligible for a part age pension as you draw down on your assets.
My sister and I have inherited the family home of 60 years. If I were to sell my half-share to her side of the family, what tax would I have to pay and how would I go about it? Neither of us work because my sister was my mother's carer and I am not well enough. The home is valued about $300,000 to $350,000.
Your accountant is the appropriate person to go to for advice but the property should have passed to you free of any capital gains tax liability, so your cost base will be the market value at the date of the owner's death. If you sell your share for that sum, there should be no CGT to pay.
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Officials say a terminal at Alaska's main airport has been evacuated over a bomb scare.
The manager of Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport says the main terminal was cleared after a male passenger early Sunday made a reference to a bomb in a bag that had been checked into luggage.
John Parrott says travelers were evacuated to another airport terminal, while police and others search the luggage. So far, no explosive has turned up.
He says the man who made the comment and two male companions are being interviewed by authorities. Anchorage was the point of departure for the three, but Parrott didn't have details on their destination.
He says agents with FBI and Transportation Security Administration are taking part in the investigation.
Meanwhile, aircraft have been landing but Parrott says no passengers have been allowed to board any aircraft.


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PGA TOUR - TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP, East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia - The FedExCup playoffs conclude this week with the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club.
Brandt Snedeker shot a 2-under 68 on Sunday and finished at 10-under 270 last year to win by three shots over fellow overnight leader Justin Rose, capturing the FedExCup in process.
Snedeker will be back in an effort to defend his title, which makes him the first FedExCup champion to make it back to East Lake the following year.
The field consists of top 30 players on the FedExCup points list. The points were reset entering the tournament to allow all 30 players a mathematical chance to win the overall title.
Those in the top five of the list can earn the $10 million prize with a victory, while the remaining 25 will need a win plus some help.
The top five players on the FedExCup points list entering the event are Tiger Woods, Henrik Stenson, Adam Scott, BMW Championship winner Zach Johnson and Matt Kuchar.
Golf Channel has coverage on Thursday and Friday, then early coverage on the weekend before handing off to NBC.
The tour heads to Ohio next week for the Presidents Cup. Woods sealed the cup for the Americans with a 4 & 3 victory over Aaron Baddeley in the penultimate match in 2011. The American team won by a final margin of 19-15.
It was the fourth straight victory for the Americans, who own a 7-1-1 record all time in the event against the International team.
ITALIAN OPEN - Golf Club Torino, Turin, Italy - The European Tour heads to Italy this week for the Italian Open.
Last year, Spain's Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano fired an 8-under 64 on Sunday to come from behind and capture the Italian Open for a second time.
Fernandez-Castano and Garth Mulroy were tied for the lead entering the 17th hole, where Mulroy tripped to a bogey before Fernandez-Castano sealed his sixth win on tour with a birdie at the last.
Fernandez-Castano will return to defend his title against a field that includes Italians Matteo Manassero and Francesco Molinari.
Major winners David Duval, Retief Goosen and Jose Maria Olazabal will also be a part of the field that includes 75 European Tour champions.
Golf Channel will have coverage of all four rounds.
The tour moves to Scotland next week for the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, where Branden Grace shot a 2-under 70 on Sunday at St. Andrews to wrap up a wire-to-wire victory.
PACIFIC LINKS HAWAII CHAMPIONSHIP - Kapolei Golf Club, Kapolei, Hawaii - The Champions Tour returns this week with the Pacific Links Hawaii Championship.
Willie Wood birdied the final two holes at this event last year to come from behind and edge second-round leader Bill Glasson by a stroke. It was Wood's second win in three weeks.
Wood, who is coming off his lone top-10 finish of the season a tie for ninth at the Montreal Championship, will return to defend his title.
World Golf Hall of Fame member and 34-time PGA Tour winner Vijay Singh will make his Champions Tour debut in Hawaii. The three-time major winner turned 50 in February.
In 19 starts on the PGA Tour this season, Singh's best finish was a tie for 20th at the Sony Open. He failed to qualify for the FedExCup playoffs by finishing ranked 146th.
The top three players in the Charles Schwab Cup standings -- Kenny Perry, Bernhard Langer and David Frost -- are also scheduled to play this week.
Golf Channel will have coverage of all three rounds.
The Champions Tour heads to California next week for the Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble Beach, where Kirk Triplett closed with a 6-under 66 to come from behind and win by two strokes.


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Cincinnati, OH (SportsNetwork.com) - The Cincinnati Bengals have signed quarterback Jason Campbell as a backup for Andy Dalton.
Campbell spent last season with the Cleveland Browns, who released him earlier this offseason.
In nine games with the Browns, including eight starts, the 32-year-old veteran completed 56.8 percent of his passes for 2,015 yards with 11 touchdowns and eight interceptions.
For his career, Campbell has completed 60.3 percent of his passes for 16,697 yards with 87 touchdowns and 60 interceptions with Washington, Oakland and Chicago in addition to Cleveland.


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Baking 101
Hi there, I'm new to the group but I need a recipe with oranges and I cannot find any online. They all call for orange zest or just juice and Id really like to use the pulp of the orange too.
My husbands grandmother has an orange tree and recently gave us about 15-20 oranges. I was wondering if anyone had any cake/desert recipes where I can substitute dairy and eggs ( i have vegan butter and almond milk, and use flax seeds for egg substitutes)
Any recipies would be greatly appreciated. I really dont want these oranges to go to waste and my kids dont like eating oranges as is. Thank you :]
by LzabierekJanuary 8, 2013 at 10:43 AM
Check out foodgawker.com they have great recipes on there! You can even just put oranges in the search and it will give you a bunch of recipes!
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Punxsutawney Area School District cancels Tuesday classes
The Punxsutawney Area School District's website announced Monday afternoon that school will be closed in the district on Tuesday due to weather conditions.
Temperatures are expected to fall to as low as -12 overnight tonight, and tomorrow's high is expected to be below zero.
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Anatoly Gorbachev remembers that he was supposed to be flying from Peking back to Moscow that moonless night in October 1958. But his friend Garold Kuznetsov asked if he could take his turn in the pilots' rotation. Kuznetsov was trying to prove himself as a captain of the Tupolev Tu-104A, the Soviet Union's leap into jet-powered civil aviation, and needed to log flight time. Gorbachev said okay.
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Both men knew what the Soviet public at large did not. Two months earlier, another Tu-104, flying across eastern Siberia, had encountered a powerful updraft and been pitched 4,000 feet above its cruising altitude. It then lost power and plunged 40,000 feet straight down. The bodies of the crew and passengers were strewn across more than a mile of forest-covered mountain terrain. Tupolev's breakthrough airliner had experienced two other mid-flight engine failures in the first half of 1958, both of which had ended in miraculous recoveries.
Kuznetsov's outbound flight to China passed without incident. But crossing the Urals on the return leg, his airplane hit turbulence and fell prey to the phenomenon ground crews already had a name for: podkhvat, or "the grab." His -104 sailed helplessly upward, flipped over, and began diving, his descent looking like a gigantic corkscrew. Cockpit instruments failed, leaving Kuznetsov disoriented in the darkness.
Kuznetsov's radio still worked, however, and for the last two minutes of his life he talked traffic controllers through whatever details he could gather of the aircraft's performance—a human black box offering data for the great designer Andrei Tupolev and his workshop to study later.
At first, the imperious Tupolev refused to acknowledge any fault in his masterwork. "There is nothing wrong with the plane," he is reported to have fumed after the 1958 string of accidents. "It is you who do not know how to fly it." But prodded by the Soviet Council of Ministers, he eventually made changes that allowed the -104 to stay in use for two decades, ferrying 100 million passengers on visits to distant relatives or errands for the Soviet state.
Before the Space Race, before the fatal fire on Apollo 1 or the deaths of three cosmonauts returning to Earth aboard Soyuz 11, there was a Jet Race, whose tragedies and triumphs are now mostly forgotten. Begun in the last years of World War II, when the combatants struggled to get military jets into the skies, the competition continued into the 1950s, when the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union were scrambling to field the first passenger jets.
The British were the first to build a passenger jetliner, the de Havilland D.H.106 Comet, which was tested in 1949 and started flying scheduled routes in 1952. But two years later, when two of the airliners broke up in mid-air within four months of each other, Prime Minister Winston Churchill ordered the fleet grounded. The Soviets can claim the first continuous commercial jet service, which they began with the -104 in 1956, two years ahead of the debut of the iconic Boeing 707 and the resumption of flights by the Comet. The -104 also had its share of disasters, but Tupolev and the Soviets managed to learn from them and keep flying.
Almost half a century after the accident that killed his friend, Gorbachev is sharing tea and cookies with two other fliers from the original group of -104 pilots and reminiscing about those pioneering days. In 1958, Gorbachev was, at age 26, the youngest captain in the Soviet Union. Now 80, he is still the junior member of his peer group. His companions, Nikolai Grokhovsky and Vladimir Ushof, are octogenarians, stalwart and still more than a bit stentorian. The setting is a soggy winter afternoon at the Aeroflot Museum, a scarcely visited three-room affair hidden in a faceless office complex across the road from the domestic terminal at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport. Sitting at a foldout table amid a jumble of skyward-pointing model airplanes and jaunty stewardess uniforms from the 1960s, the three veterans talk about the old days until well after dark.
None of the pilots ever met the mighty Tupolev. But they remember him with respect despite his hot-blooded insult to their comrades who died flying his machine. "Tupolev did everything he could as a designer to ensure safety," Ushof booms. "You have to remember that the Tu-104 flew at a completely new altitude, where meteorologists had no experience of the winds and currents."
Considering the breakneck pace of the -104's development, it seems a wonder that it flew at all. These days, when a new aircraft can spend a decade or more in design and testing, it is hard to imagine the pace of the early cold war, when aerospace manufacturers cranked out rapidly evolving generations of military aircraft and the technology spilled over somewhat haphazardly into civil aviation. The -104 was created in 14 months in 1954-55 on the platform of the Tu-16 long-range bomber, known in the West as the Badger, which was itself virgin technology.


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Tories from the radical "Free Enterprise Group" wing of the party have been outlining what they would like to see ministers do to accelerate the reduction of Britain's deficit.
The group, set up by Tory MP Elizabeth Truss in October 2011, is concerned chiefly with the UK's plummeting performance on league tables on regulation, education performance and competitiveness.
They broadly support the coalition's policies but think they should go even further. Most of them believe that they have been watered down to appease the Liberal Democrats.
Their meeting on Monday came as tensions within the coalition on a range of issues were rising, particularly on the NHS reforms opposed by many Lib Dem peers.
Speaking at a gathering at the Institute of Economic Affairs in London on generating growth, several young Tory MPs, most of whom were elected in 2010, offered their wish-list of things they'd like to see Downing Street and the Treasury do in the coming months.
They are hoping that George Osborne will announce a raft of tax cuts in his 2012 budget next month, although the chancellor appeared to pour cold water on that pipe-dream during an interview with Dermot Murnahgan on Sunday.
Most of them accept that the Tories would become unpopular in the short term, but feel there is no choice but to take bold action to avoid economic stagnation in the longer term. All of these Tories are in safe seats - they can afford to offer grandiose ideas in a way many other Tories can't because they're worried about what will happen to them at the next election.
Sajid Javid, the parliamentary aide to George Osborne, warned that the Tories would have no choice but to go into the 2015 general election "saying we're going to have to have some more cuts," warning that Britain would come under sustained pressure from a double whammy of rising oil prices and ongoing eurozone uncertainty.
Witham MP Priti Patel went even further, suggesting "we're all dancing around handbags", arguing that countries like India were engaging with industrialists and businesses at every stage in their government's policy. Britain needed to "wake up and smell the coffee" and follow that example, she said, claiming that the UK was "desperately behind the curve."
For Truss, the South West Norfolk MP, the biggest concern is Britain's plummeting place in the global league tables for education, particularly maths.
She admitted that any changes to education would take ten years, but said it was vital for children to carry on studying maths until the age of 18. She urged ministers to pull funding further for degree courses which offered "no real value" - although she didn't pick out any particular subjects for criticism.
Truss also called for a radical reform of the maternity and paternity pay in the UK, arguing it should be more flexible and not geared automatically towards the mother getting the longer pay period.
She argued that Germany was the model Britain should look to, not just because the country introduced more flexible maternity leave - in which parents could still work part-time if they wanted to.
Truss claimed that 10 years ago Germany removed regulations on small businesses, essentially making it much easier for them to sack staff. She claimed this had a dramatic effect on cutting youth unemployment because it encouraged business confidence.
MP for Spelthorne Kwasi Karteng called for tolls to be put on Britain's five busiest motorways and for Network Rail to be dismantled, with the various train operating companies to manage the tracks their trains run on.
"There will always be an element of subsidy," Kateng said, but told the audience that the current level of subsidy was too high. He also called for the "medieval" system of licensing and regulating taxis to be dismantled.
East Surrey MP Sam Gyimah touched on radical ways of encouraging investment without borrowing; most controversial of which was a plan to use the £800bn sitting around in pension funds to invest in infastructure and business growth.
He claimed this was a low-risk investment, and was something "the Treasury are starting to look at," because it had worked in Australia and Canada.
As the session went on, the language became increasingly radical. Bury St. Edmunds MP David Ruffley urged Cameron to "call the Liberal Democrats' bluff" and opt for ever greater spending cuts. He called for the Department for Business Innovation and Skills to be abolished, saying: "If it didn't exist, you'd never seek to invent it."
"The cuts programme hasn't even begun properly," Ruffley concluded.
Last to speak was perhaps the most influential economist on the Tory backbenches, Andrew Tyrie, who chairs the Commons treasury committee.
He called on the Chancellor to accelerate the deficit reduction programme. "Don't worry too much about the short term polls. Get the job done and reap the rewards later in the Parlament," he said. "We will be giving people greater control over their own lives."
Attacking what he called a "global salvationist" policy towards green energy investment, Tyrie suggested that High Speed 2 and the wind farms rollout didn't make economic sense in the long run.
But Tyrie urged caution on tax cuts, saying: "You never know in advance what the behavioural effect of a tax cut will be. Tread carefully. Change the language from the language we are using now, to demonstrate a clear sense of direction."
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Will an open bottle of champagne stay bubbly if you place a teaspoon in the neck?
Can rubber power bracelet thingies make you an Olympic athlete? Is it true you can't get pregnant the first time? If you fail to forward a chain email to your entire contact list, will a baby unicorn die? Just how gullible are you?
In my misspent youth, I rated a perfect 10 on the Teaspoon Gullibility Scale. I'd open the bubbly, pour a glass or three and place the bottle in the fridge with an inverted teaspoon in its neck. Later we'd pour the rest and - what do you know - the wine was still fizzy! I was poor and perennially thirsty, and since my mates and I generally finished the bottle before bedtime, I don't recall testing the theory overnight in any meaningful way.
Happily, more rigorous and scientific minds than mine have taken the Teaspoon Theory seriously enough to subject it to proper testing
Teams from the French champagne industry body, New Scientist magazine, Stanford University and even television's MythBusters have all had a crack.
Some have gone so far as to check whether a stainless steel teaspoon or a silver one does a better job. The consensus appears to be that a spoon of any kind does nothing: wine treated this way overnight is generally about as fizzy as wine left in a bottle in the fridge with no covering of any kind.
If the wine is still passably bubbly the next day, that may be due to the way the bubbles got there in the first place. The kinds that are fermented via the traditional method - where the bubbles come from bottle fermentation - have more longevity than those added to the wine by carbonation, as is the practice with soft drinks and some cheaper sparklings.
You can buy all sorts of gadgets to help you keep the bubbles in your bubbly. These days I favour a simple, inexpensive rubber stopper with stainless steel wings that clamp onto the bottle's neck. In the long run, it's arguably safest to buy good stuff in the first place - and drink it in one night. What are friends for?
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The Chef: Colleen
The Menu: Could there be a tastier way to wrap up our first full week back at the VNHQ? Using fresh, organic ingredients—and a whole lotta love—Ms. Colleen lavished our senses with this colorful spread: focaccia pizza, loaded up with artichoke hearts, red peppers, olives, Cheezly, and topped with fresh rosemary and oregano plucked straight from our backyard (okay—the pot in our driveway). Keeping in line with this week's soup theme, we warmed our bellies with a thick coconut corn chowder, garnished with fresh lime and spinach. Finally, a spoonful of fresh lemon juice and olive oil went a long way tossed with romaine hearts and local cherry tomatoes.
The Goods: Today's meal was the perfect antidote to any vegan diet naysayers; VN's busy associate publisher donned her chef hat for a mere 30 minutes, turning out these simple yet sensational dishes, proving once again that vegans are as resourceful as they are nourished. With a little practice, anyone can learn to turn a few basic ingredients into a mouthwatering masterpiece. Don't have any freshly baked vegan focaccia bread on hand? You can whip up your own pizza using almost any flat-bread, including pitas or tortilla wraps. Have your own pizza protocol? We'd love to here all about it!
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- VeggieGirl said...
sounds like a great (and delicious) way to wrap up the week!!
- January 11, 2008 at 6:50 PM
These recipes all look amazing. Have you guys ever thought about bundling them together in a recipe book, or perhaps posting them online?
- January 13, 2008 at 3:49 PM
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Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Thank you, USC
As you probably know, it's been a very tough year for us in Ann Arbor. Our football team had all this talent coming back, we started at #5 in the preseason polls and our schedule was favorable with eight home games. Then disaster struck in our season opener when we lost to Appalachian State, a 1-AA squad.
I'm sure you heard the jokes. Hell, everybody did. Folks that didn't even follow college football knew about this epic defeat and were talking about it. And why not? Pundits were calling it the biggest upset in the history of college football.
Until last Saturday.
That's when you guys lost to 41 point underdog Stanford. At home. To a team starting a QB for the first time who'd only completed one pass in his entire collegiate career. Now everybody's talking about your collapse. Suddenly, our loss is getting pushed aside as those same pundits are calling the Cardinal upset the "biggest ever."
Wow! Now we're not even the biggest upset of the season. Funny game, huh?
Anyway, we just wanted to say thank you for taking the heat off. We know it stings and there's some embarrassment involved (okay, a lot). But it fades. Plus you have all those hot song girls walking around your campus so we don't feel too bad for you.
Best of all, your arch intra-city rival can't give you any shit about the loss. Not after what happened that same night in the Rose Bowl.
Good luck with the rest of your season.
Fight on! (Or at least Kick On when you have a shot at points right before the half)
Your friend,
25 comments:
- Kraut said...
I was SO happy to see the score of the USC game when I woke up on Sunday morning (yes, I'm a boring parent of 2 who fell asleep early!).
I'm still shocked, though, that they are still in the top 10 ... what the hell is that?
- October 08, 2007 7:57 AM
- Kraut said...
Oh, and I'm sick of hearing how tough the Pac-10 is (though I won't disagree that the Big 10 is weak this year). How can UCLA lose AT HOME to Notre Dame?
- October 08, 2007 8:34 AM
- Da Braylon said...
ya know what's funny Yost? I went to the USC message board on espn.com and of course, there were some usc fans saying, "well at least we lost to a team in the same division as we are in. UM lost to appy state."
so this makes me think, even after a USC LOSS, they only think about michigan. interesting, eh?
- October 08, 2007 8:38 AM
- Steve Spurrier is God said...
I think that everyone outside of LA hate Southern Cal and were very happy with the loss.
- October 08, 2007 9:33 AM
- wagdogxxx said...
lol! Those fans are the same fair weather ones that jumped on the band wagon after we stomped OU in the Orange bowl. It's LA, they are the same fags that claim to like SC in FB and ucla in b-ball...WTF? I always tell them to man up and pick a school or shut up!
I'm a life long USC fan (watched OJ as a junior and before he became a psycho) and a huge CFB fan. The loss came at the right time, we weren't playing well and hoping this is the bitch slap that wakes the kids up.
The past few years have been great (not saying that the Pete Carroll era is over) and more then make up for the mediocre 80's and 90's!
Speaking of the Orange bowl, I just retired from the USMC and was in Iraq for that game. I woke up at 3.30 am to watch the game live. The funny part was after it ended, we began to take very heavy mortar fire. As I ran to grab my gear and get to the op center a buddy ran past me and yelled "their pissed!" I told him the muj must be OU fans!
Great blog I enjoy reading here and hope that you guys put a stomp on OSU this year.
- October 08, 2007 9:48 AM
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- October 08, 2007 11:16 AM
- Cory said...
I now feel your pain Big Blue, I was at the Stanford game, a USC fan for 45 years now. Can't remember a bigger loss to a suppossedly outmanned team like Stanford.
Just goes to show you, when you play a team where your a huge favorite, and figure all you have to do is show up, look out. Five turnovers, and lots of injuries at key positions will usually do it.
Hope you hand OSU a mugging they won't forget.
Enjoy this blog, you guys usually keep things real and in perspective.
Fight on!
- October 08, 2007 11:25 AM
- Andy said...
I want to apologize to Trojan fans everywhere: After Michigan lost to Appy State & Oregon -- I told all my friends (in a sarcastic tone) that I was a USC fan going forward.
Clearly the college football gods have it out for me... so I am now a huge buckeye fan !!!!
Here is hoping that USC will still get a shot at the BCS game.
Run OJ Run !!!!!
- October 08, 2007 12:30 PM
- JoBu said...
No need to jinx us Buckeyes.
You know, since Michigan is doing quite well in the Big 10 this year and the most of the top Pac-10 games have yet to happen, there is still a likely chance that Michigan and USC could meet in an epic "We both suffered the upset of the century" Rose Bowl (with OSU in its 2nd straight National Title game, of course).
- October 08, 2007 1:38 PM
- zen wizard said...
Well, they still have hot cheerleaders and a cool fight song.
- October 08, 2007 1:45 PM
- glassyarddog said...
Being a UM fan and alumnus, I would like to think USC's loss was just as monumental as the UM loss to Appy State. However, I don't think that is the case. Unfortunately, UM still holds the distinction of being the first ranked D1 team to lose to a 1-AA team. As much as it pains me, I think people 10 years from now are far more likely to remember the UM loss than the USC loss.
- October 08, 2007 2:23 PM
- MGoBlue93 said...
Take it easy on Southern Cal folks... it's not like their fan base is even remotely like tOSU or Florida.
Are they bit of bandwagoneers, yeah, especially when Carroll went 6-6 his first season (and after a decade of mediocrity). Did I chuckle when I saw the score... sure!
But USC fans were very classy towards the Maize and Blue for the Rose Bowl... which has essentially turned into a home game for them.
When I was engaged to my wife, she had never been to A2 (we met in Colorado). In 1995, on a trip home, I took her around campus (her first time there) and Northwestern was in town. NW won that day for like the first time in 30 years. Those things happen -- even to USC.
Since USC only dropped to 7("for the biggest upset of the season"), if tOSU stumbles once late and USC beats Cal and they are right back in it.
- October 08, 2007 2:39 PM
- WingRG said...
i don't think that this was as big a deal as UM vs ASU. Both USC and Stanford have the same number of scholarship athletes. As far as SC fans being all friendly here and wishing UM success against OSU: they're just looking out for their own interest, unless OSU loses they have no shot at MNC. Here's where SiC analogy of the TROJAN horse (from the other day) would be very appropriate.
- October 08, 2007 7:07 PM
- Spartan Bob said...
Does "Fredo" also get forgiven and a "thank you" over this or is Al Nehri still out looking for him? ;)
- October 08, 2007 7:26 PM
- IamCris said...
Living in SoCal and having dealt with an ucomfortable offseason and after Michigan's first two games I'm proud to announce i've ditched my Wofford (beat App St) t-shirt and since found a Stanford shirt. This is immature isn't it? I just can't help myself.
*sidenote, maybe I was a season off of my Juice Williams prediction on why Illinois will contend for a Big Ten title...going back to the post over the summer when the Toledo Rockets were added to the schedule for next season and I called out an upset in the BigHouse (who was that gal I was bickering with...anyone?)
- October 08, 2007 8:40 PM
- Maize said...
Many of you are forgetting that it was a MICHIGAN MAN (albeit one that is in bad standing with UM fans) that brought us the biggest upset in college football history this past Saturday.
- October 08, 2007 9:42 PM
- Ryan said...
With all due respect, Stanford beating USC isn't as bad as Appy State beating Michigan. It just isn't. 10 years from now nobody will remember Stanford/USC. But they'll remember Appy State 100 years from now.
Sorry. Nice try.
- October 08, 2007 10:10 PM
- MGoBlue93 said...
Sorry Ryan but I see few Michigan Men and Women trying to compare ASU v UM to USC v SU. It's the opinion all over ESPN and SI.com... not just here.
Why cannot you see that 99.999% of the posters here are harder on Michigan than the national sentiment. We don't need you to remind us; we know the '07 version is very very flawed.
- October 08, 2007 10:55 PM
- kowisja said...
USC is definitely not my friend, more like a drinking buddy who is too cocky for his own good.
- October 08, 2007 11:25 PM
- god of the whoppers said...
The only way the toledo upset will come is if "Toledo Tom" as he is now called, has no other choice than to start our 3rd stringer, he is supposed to be the next grad, er GODkowski (does this mean 3 good pro games then sucking?). we won't have parmele, who is looking excellent, breaking tackles, returning kickoffs for touchdowns, lots of pounding and grounding.
But we nearly lost our homecoming game this saturday to Liberty. quick, anyone know where liberty is from? too slow, virginia, where they are part of the massive big south conference. Toledo never had the lead until 1:37 left in the game. we were getting trounced by a div 1-AA team on homecoming, with a half filled stadium and a practically empty visitors section (they had maybe 100 fans, maybe) we only have two wins this year, and they came to us by 36-35 and 35-34, there is no way mich will be upset by toledo. I will be at the game, marching in toledo's marching band, but i will secretly have my michigan shirt underneath, for no matter where i go to school, i was a michigan fan first and foremost.
- October 09, 2007 1:54 AM
- KatGH said...
iamchris- That was me you were "bickering" with lol (Katherine, but my google thing is messed up so I changed my username)...although I believe it was more of a friendly debate.
There's a reason why App. St. was such a huge upset...it has never happened (MAC or FCS). I don't think it will happen again any time soon, certainly not two years in a row. So I will gladly stand by my case that Toledo has a very slim chance of beating UM next season (especially for the reasons you originally cited). I'd say they have a chance because they will be at UM Stadium suited up, ready to play. Thaaaat's about it. Our Juice Williams debate I also stand by (although it doesn't have much to do with what we're talking about here).
- October 10, 2007 12:52 AM
- IamCris said...
Ok GH, I remember you now...seems like forever ago huh? Toledo fell hard and very fast since we left off, the point shaving, the injuries and tons of other problems in the program. All the parameters have changed since then. SO glad we didn't make a wager.
Go Blue!
- October 10, 2007 10:02 PM
- IamCris said...
The USC loss was way huger, bigger and gigantico. Shoot, the Syracuse trumping of Louisville was bigger than UM/ASU up for debate I know. USC/Stanford was the biggest, why? Stanford has been THE SUCK forever (I think since a guy named Ty left as coach)...41 points is a LOT of chalk to lay.
- October 10, 2007 10:06 PM
- KatGH said...
Yeah and didn't Stanford, like 2 years ago, lose to UC Davis...an FCS team, and not even a good one at that? Weird. I don't think people realize how bad Stanford is, compared to ASU. Is it wrong to say ASU could put up a fight vs. Stanford this year and maybe even beat them handily? I don't know if that's a stretch.
- October 10, 2007 10:24 PM
- god of the whoppers said...
here they go again...
I am telling you both, i have watched them (toledo) play every home game this season from the field, they are teh SUCK!!! with the exception of the true freshman qb that started this past weekend because both of our not so hot qbs were out. we won't have parmele, the only person that i think will destroy will be our punter, who is averaging 46 yards a punt and most of which are downed behind the 20. unless mallet quits, this should be another notre dame
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As investors search for yield beyond traditional money market funds, Northern Funds Ultra-Short Fixed Income Fund (NUSFX) and Tax-Advantaged Ultra-Short Fixed Income Fund (NTAUX) have recently drawn assets from investors seeking opportunities for their investments that cover longer term spending needs. Northern Trust, which sponsors and manages the two funds, announced today that together they have exceeded $3 billion in assets.
"The Northern Funds' Ultra-Short Funds have exhibited strong asset growth since inception, which validates our view that clients value a consistent, proven investment process in a total return product that is different from a traditional money market fund," said Colin Robertson, Managing Director of Fixed Income for Northern Trust. "As clients rethink their investment strategies in this low interest rate environment, we expect our Ultra-Short funds and liquidity management ETF strategies will continue to acquire assets and gain significant traction in the marketplace."
Launched in June 2009, the funds have a highly focused strategy that draws on a legacy of more than 25 years of experience with risk-controlled ultra-short duration strategies. The funds are designed to take modest interest rate risk, credit risk and liquidity risk compared to money market funds.
The two funds have slightly higher volatility and lower liquidity than money market funds and seek to offer less volatility than intermediate and longer-duration fixed income securities.
While both seek to yield more than a money market fund with potential for capital appreciation, the Tax Advantaged Ultra-Short Fund seeks to provide investors in higher tax brackets more after tax yield by investing in municipal securities.
"The investment process for both funds combines a top-down macroeconomic view with intense bottom-up credit research in an effort to generate yield with moderate risk," said fund manager Carol Sullivan of Northern Trust. "We maintain well-diversified portfolios of investment grade securities with a neutral target duration of one year, plus the flexibility to shorten or extend the portfolio up to another six months depending upon our macro forecasts. This flexibility helps us to position the two Ultra-Short Funds in a way that captures opportunity but also provides some protection in a rising rate environment."
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I have now got one other question which I'm sure is a silly one but as a non-fish eater am I going to be stumped for food choices?
Enjoy your vacation! Come the summer, we'll be looking for your Alaska posts.
One more post.We agree that booking shore excursions through the Cruise line has certain advantages. If there are delays or other problems, the ship will not leave without you. Casually picking up a taxi on the pier can be iffy. We have known passengers who missed the ship by doing so. There are also stories of passengers who were seriously cheated or extorted by unscrupulous drivers. however, we have not heard this first-hand from anyone.The independent tours we arranged with fellow Cruise Critic posters have all been excellent. The people who volunteer to plan these things have all been professional travel agents or event planners who know the market. Often, they use the same tour companies that the Cruise lines use. Enjoy your vacation! Come the summer, we'll be looking for your Alaska posts.
Well ... now I'm totally embarrassed. I actually went on a Google search to try to find the name of the specific ship we traveled on and low and behold! Apparently Cruise West shut down its operations in 2010 for "restructuring" and is no longer operating under that name.
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Do you ever wish your clients would take a lie detector test?
Often clients and prospective clients make statements during project negotiations or in the course of the project itself that just aren't true.
Sometimes they do this on purpose (such as when they try to manipulate you to lower your price or turn in the work more quickly). Other times, they just don't know any better.


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An information fair with student and community presentations, live mariachi music, Hispanic-inspired foods, Zumba lessons and a "Baile Latino" dance will highlight Alma College's 2013 Hispanic Heritage Month celebration.
The fourth annual Fiesta/Baile, sponsored by the Alma College Hispanic Coalition, takes place in the Tyler-VanDusen Campus Center from 3 to 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27. Admission is free and open to the public.
Both Alma College and community organizations and businesses will be featured during the information fair, says Stephany Slaughter, assistant professor of Spanish and event organizer.
"Hispanic Heritage month is a nationwide event, but here on campus our main goal is to make visible the connections between Alma, local Hispanic and Latino communities, and the broader world," says Slaughter.
Mariachi music begins at 5 p.m., followed by the "A Taste Of" event that gives participants the opportunity to sample a variety of Hispanic-inspired foods from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Zumba lessons are offered from 6:30 to 7 p.m., and dance lessons occurs from 7 to 7:30 p.m. A variety of children's activities also are offered from 4 to 9 p.m. in Tyler-VanDusen.
The last event of the day is the "Baile Latino" from 7 to 10 p.m. The dance will feature a disk jockey that specializes in Latino music.
While admission is free, the Hispanic Coalition accepts donations of monetary amounts as well as toiletries, school supplies and winter clothes — especially hats, gloves and mittens — for migrant workers. The suggested monetary amount is $10 for adults and $5 for children. Proceeds support these drives, the Hispanic Coalition Book Scholarships Fund, which helps Alma College students, and other future Hispanic Coalition events.
Emmy Award Winning Documentary Screening
The screening of the 2010 Oscar-nominated and Emmy Award-winning documentary film "Which Way Home" takes place at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 30, at the Strand Theater in downtown Alma, located at 217 E. Superior St.
Alma College alternative break students who went to the U.S.-Mexican border last year will hold a panel discussion at 6:30 p.m. before the movie begins. Following the documentary will be a question-and-answer session with Slaughter, who was a field producer for the film.
The screening is free and open to the public, but donations are welcome. Suggested donations include toiletries such as soap, shampoo, toothbrushes and toothpaste that will be sent to the Kino Border Initiative, a group that focuses on promoting a humane workable migration between the United States and Mexico.
Sept. 15 through Oct. 15
All Saturdays beginning Sept. 7: The Alma College Hispanic Coalition sponsors "Cuentame un Cuento: Spanish Story Time," which takes place at 10 a.m. every Saturday through Nov. 23 at the Alma Public Library.
Sept. 27:The Alma College Hispanic Coalition sponsors the fourth annual Hispanic Heritage Month Fiesta/Baile and information fair Friday, Sept. 27 in the Tyler-VanDusen Campus Center. Open to the public, the celebration begins at 3 p.m. and continues into the evening with student and community presentations, live mariachi music, food, dance and Zumba demonstrations. Admission is free, though donations are welcome.
Sept. 30: The Alma College Hispanic Coalition presents a screening of the Oscar-nominated and Emmy Award-winning documentary Which Way Home at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 30 at the Strand Theater, located at 217 East Superior St. A panel discussion begins at 6:30 p.m., and Stephany Slaughter, Alma College modern language professor and field producer of the film, holds a question-and-answer session following the screening.
Oct. 9:An Alma College Hispanic Coalition game night begins at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9 at a location to be determined.
Oct. 5: Join the Alma College Hispanic Coalition participants as they walk and run in the Matt Reinke 5K Scot Trot on homecoming Saturday, Oct. 5. The event begins at 9 a.m. across from the Smith Alumni House.
Oct. 14:On Dia de le raza (Christopher Columbus Day), the Alma College Hispanic Coalition presents "Disney, Race, and Ethnicity," a panel discussion of race and ethnicity in Disney films, from 8 to 9 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14, in the Center for Student Opportunity, located in the Tyler-Van Dusen Campus Center.


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Hawkwind Founder Nik Turner To Perform Legendary 'Space Ritual' Album Live In Los Angeles
Source: UltimateClassicRock.com
By: Dave Swanson
In 1973, Hawkwind released what many consider to be one of the all-time greatest live albums, 'Space Ritual.' Recorded in late-1972 while on tour to promote their classic 'Doremi Fasol Latido' album, Hawkwind pulled out all the stops and turned a concert into an event.
Now, 40 years on, one of the band's founding members, Nik Turner, is planning to revisit the legendary era of the band. The event is being billed as 'An Evening Of Space Ritual: Nik Turner, White Manna and Other Special Psychedelic Guests,' and will take place on March 10, 2013 at the Echoplex in Los Angeles.
"I'm really excited to bring Space Ritual back to America after all these years and to bring the excitement, madness and four-dimensional experience to the fans," said Turner in a press release. "The show will create the astrological sounds, colors, experimentations, dimensions and innovations from the original Space Ritual days of the early-'70s for today's audiences."
The concerts for the original Space Ritual were an assault on the senses featuring a barrage of sights and sounds including dancers, poetry recitations by singer/ideas man Robert Calvert and a wild light show by then-underground hero Liquid Len. Nik Turner (vocals, flute and sax) and his band will perform the 'Space Ritual' album in its entirety for this special show.
The band were at the top of their game during this time with a new bassist, Lemmy Kilmister, and a recent hit single ('Silver Machine'). The original LP was a hit of sorts, making the Top 10 in the U.K. and even grazing the lower regions of the U.S. charts (their only U.S. release to do so). Though Turner hasn't been part of the band for many years, he has always embraced his time with them. Guitarist Dave Brock remains the sole originally member in the current Hawkwind lineup.
In other Hawkwind news, a major piece of the band's catalog is finally being made available with the re-release of 'Warrior On The Edge Of Time' on the Esoteric/Atomhenge label via Cherry Red Records. This 1975 album has never been given a proper reissue until now.The master tapes were thought to have been lost, but were apparently hidden away in the vaults of United Artists. The new release has been remastered from those original tapes and Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree has also done a special 5.1 mix of it. It was during the sessions for this album that the band released the 'Kings Of Speed' single, it's flip side was the original version of 'Motorhead.'
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Lotus would consider changing it's name back to Renault in a bid to gain the automaker's support current owner Gerard Lopez has revealed.
The Enstone based team is looking to forge a Red Bull style tie-up with Renault with team boss Eric Boullier telling the official F1 website: "I do believe in the concept of Renault having two teams they count on -- Red Bull and us."
Lotus have been in the news a lot recently after comments by Kimi Raikkonen in Singapore stating that the reason why he chose Ferrari over Lotus for 2014 was purely financial. Indeed Lopez did accept the next move for Lotus was important.
"Ideally, we need to get the support of an automaker," he told France's Auto Hebdo.
"It gives significant weight in the political arena of F1, and in the relations with investors and shareholders," said Lopez.
"I would not mind if the team has to change its name," he revealed.
"It doesn't matter whether it's called Genii, Lotus, Renault or something else."
Money could well be another key part of any future tie-up though Lopez has been highly critical of Raikkonen since he made those comments last weekend.
"He had it all," said Lopez. "A competitive car, the support of the team, unparalleled comfort.
"Like last year, not everything was paid on time, but he did receive all of his money in the end (in 2012). We do not have a budget like some of the other teams, so we have to have prioritise.
"I thought Kimi did not return to Formula One for the money, but it is clear that the opposite is actually true," added Lopez.
"From now on, it's no longer our problem. In the end, we are not able to compete with teams that are willing to do anything to get a contract with a driver."
On the track Lotus have suggested they could ditch the passive DRS device they have been running for much of the 2013 season.
"No, it probably won't be seen again this season," said the team's trackside boss Alan Permane.
"We have not given up on it, but it still doesn't work perfectly," he told Germany's Auto Motor und Sport.
"And we simply don't want to spend any more time on it.
"Our technical department is now working more or less exclusively on the car for next season," Permane revealed.
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Posted by Ed Yong on April 6, 2009
What happens when you remember a good deed, or think of yourself as a stand-up citizen? You might think that your shining self-image would reinforce the value of selflessness and make you more likely to behave morally in the future. But a new study disagrees. Through three psychological experiments, Sonya Sachdeva from Northwestern University found…


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Sen. Harry Blevins confirmed Tuesday that he has been called as a witness in the federal bribery and extortion case against former Del. Phil Hamilton.
Blevins, a Chesapeake Republican, said he has met with federal agents regarding the case against Hamilton, who is accused of using his influence as a state budget negotiator to land a $40,000-a-year job at a teaching center at Old Dominion University that he helped create.
Hamilton pleaded not guilty to the charges early this year, and a jury trial is set to begin in Richmond on May 2.
Blevins said that he has another meeting with federal agents Tuesday afternoon.
"Well, I really don't know all the reasons for the subpoena," Blevins said Tuesday in Richmond as lawmakers haggled over redistricting. "I'll go meet with them and answer their questions and see what happens."
When the 2007 General Assembly session convened in Richmond in January, Hamilton introduced an amendment asking for $1 million to create a Center for Teacher Quality and Educational Leadership at an unnamed Virginia university.
Blevins put in a nearly identical proposal on the Senate side. Blevins' amendment specifically named Old Dominion University as the desired host for the teaching center, but didn't contain the official name that the center was eventually given .
The center was up and running in the summer of 2007 thanks to $500,000-a-year in taxpayer cash, and Hamilton was hired as director shortly thereafter. The center operated until the summer of 2009 when the relationship came to light and Hamilton and Old Dominion agreed to part ways.
Hamilton apologized for the "appearance of impropriety" but pointed to his educational background as the reason he landed the job. He lost re-election in 2009 and was indicted in December 2010.
Blevins said he could offer little insight into federal prosecutors' case against the former influential state lawmaker, but said that "evidently, they had an email that I received."
Blevins is unsure if he'll actually be called as a witness.
"I'm not an attorney, I really don't know what to expect," Blevins said. "It's a sad, sad time. I hate to see somebody I've known like this for so long to be in a situation like this. I can't fathom it. I can't wrap my head around it."
Prosecutors recently won a victory when U.S. District Court Judge Henry E. Hudson admitted emails between Hamilton and his wife, Kim, as evidence.


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andres posted "PKCS11 well supported"
To my delight, I found out that K-Meleon supports PKCS11, specifically, the Estonian ID-card (national smart card used by for personal authentication somewhat like a passport), without any problems. Great job!
Installing it for K-Meleon is a bit tricky but not too difficult. It can be done from this page:
by first installing the certificates and then importing the module from C:\Windows\System32 (Mozilla support for ID-card must be installed beforehand).
I have asked the developer of Mozilla support for Estonian ID-card to add autodetection for K-Meleon in the next Mozilla support installer.


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During recent Commission on the City Plan meetings, officials from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich asserted that the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects their right to operate a soup kitchen and food pantry out of an abandoned school in a residential neighborhood.
During recent Commission on the City Plan meetings, officials from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich asserted that the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects their right to operate a soup kitchen and food pantry out of an abandoned school in a residential neighborhood.
But an opinion from a Hartford-based attorney who specializes in land law may give the commission new confidence to rule on the matter later this month without fear of encroaching on the church's religious rights.
"While it may be useful in the long run for the Commission to understand the constitutional ramifications of regulating religious uses, Commission members need not be concerned with them for the purposes of the present proceedings," Michael Zizka wrote in a Nov. 16 letter to commissioners.
In two weeks, the commission is slated to decide whether the diocese can continue to operate St. Vincent de Paul Place, St. Joseph School on Cliff Street.
The diocese needs a special permit from the commission to move permanently to St. Vincent de Paul.
Tim Bates, an attorney representing the diocese, has supplied commissioners with detailed evidence to support his claim that such a use is authorized, including references to U.S. Supreme Court rulings upholding constitutional protections for support services considered part of a church's religious mission.
Meanwhile, many area residents say St . Vincent de Paul's presence in the neighborhood has driven down property values, increased crime rates and diminished the quality of life for people living there. Among the reams of documents filed on the matter is a resident petition with more than 100 signatures of people opposed to the new location.
As legal arguments from both sides of the issue mount, Zizka's opinion informed the Commission on the City Plan last month that it has the power, under the city charter, to act on the application for St. Vincent de Paul Place's relocation under its special permit regulations.
The opinion is included in a growing collection of evidence submitted to the city as the controversy over the move grows.
Another document, dated Nov. 5, outlines components of a relocation plan for St. Vincent de Paul Place, should its move be approved.
"We would like to expand our catering service. This is both a money maker and a job training program," the document states. It includes contact information for Jillian Corbin, St. Vincent de Paul's executive director, and Corrine Kelly, chairwoman of its board of directors.
The document says a large box truck delivers milk to the facility weekly, and "the flow of cars through the day is nonstop."
It also asks whether space would be reserved for an elevator "if we ever want to rent out the upper floors."
In requesting approval of the special permit, diocesan officials have cited Section 8.1.2(b) of the city's zoning code, which allows the Commission on the City Plan to grant a special permit in residential areas for "philanthropic, educational, recreational, religious and eleemosynary (charitable) use by a duly incorporated nonprofit or government unit."
On Nov. 20, the commission voted to delay action on approving the special permit so it could review legal findings by Zizka and attorneys representing both the diocese and residents in the Cliff Street neighborhood.
The ministry has been operating out of St. Joseph School since early July, when ongoing renovations to the soup kitchen's longtime Railroad Avenue home forced it to move. The charity won a six-month variance to keep it functioning on Cliff Street, with the expectation it would return to downtown Norwich in January.


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NetApp and Cisco on Monday unveiled a combined channel program for their FlexPod converged infrastructure business, calling it the first such united program developed by two major vendors.
That program, the FlexPod Premium Partner Framework, brings NetApp and Cisco together to develop partner enablement and certification strategies for top solution provider partners common to the two, said Brian Allison, director of data center go-to-market solutions for San Jose, Calif.-based Cisco.
"This is the first time two companies have gotten together to speak as one voice with partners about how they go to market and build their business," Allison said. "We want to talk about how to build the FlexPod business, provide the needed tools and increase profitability."
[Related: NetApp, Cisco Intro Entry-Level FlexPod Reference Architecture]
Allison said the FlexPod Premium Partner Framework is the opportunity to give partners a branding unique to the FlexPod offering. "It says to the market, 'I'm a FlexPod partner with advanced capabilities,'" he said.
FlexPod is not a product but is instead an architecture that provides a large degree of flexibility in configuring storage solutions based on NetApp storage and Cisco networking and UCS server technology.
FlexPod is a series of pre-validated configurations based on various storage appliances from Sunnyvale, Calif.-based NetApp, and it can be modified by solution providers to meet customer requirements.
Paul Lidsky, president and CEO of Datalink, a Chanhassen, Minn.-based solution provider and partner to both vendors, called the new FlexPod Premium Partner Framework an important step both in the industry as well as for the industry and for the two vendors' partners.
"When you think about FlexPod and its integrated nature, having the two vendors come together sends a strong message, not only about support but about the importance of their collaboration going forward," Lidsky said.
Datalink's primary storage partner is NetApp, and the company already had all the requisite certifications from that vendor and from Cisco, making it easy for the solution provider to be the first to receive FlexPod Premium Partner Framework authorization, Lidsky said
"Datalink was also the first partner to be certified to offer direct support, not via the manufacturer, for FlexPod customers," he said. "So when customers buy FlexPod from us, they're not concerned about whether to contact NetApp or Cisco. They call Datalink. The new program expands the environment for support and sends the message to customers that the two vendors are committed to working together."
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