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Don't Miss the SAG General Services Agreement Seminar
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
What: SAG National Agency staff will hold a bi-coastal educational seminar on general service agreements, or GSAs (i.e. the contracts that some agents have been using to represent our members instead of the standard SAG agency contract). These GSA contracts are signed outside of SAG's protection, and it is imperative that members have a working knowledge of what these contracts say before signing them—your professional future and your income may depend on it. This educational seminar will be especially helpful to any member having trouble making sense of the complicated legal language contained in the contracts that their agents have provided them. We urge all SAG members to attend. The event will not be taped.
When: There is only one meeting held concurrently in LA and NY. The meeting will be conducted in LA and NY members will participate live, via videoconference. (RSVP required*)
Los Angeles: Noon-2:30 p.m.(PST), Tuesday December 7, 2010
New York: 3-5:30 p.m., (EST), Tuesday December 7, 2010
In Los Angeles: James Cagney Board Room
5757 Wilshire Blvd., Lobby Level
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Validated Parking
In New York: NY Boardroom
360 Madison Ave., 12th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Who: The seminar will be conducted by the National Director and Senior Counsel of Agency Relations Zino Macaluso and the Senior Agency Manager Xochitl Cerda. Only members with valid SAG ID cards will be permitted entry to this event. No exceptions will be made. We strongly encourage all members who attend to bring a notepad and pen with them to these meetings.
*RSVP: Performers interested in attending should immediately e-mail the Guild's agency mailbox at firstname.lastname@example.com. Please write "SAG GSA Seminar—Reservation" in the subject line. YOU MUST ALSO INDICATE IF YOU ARE PARTICIPATING FROM HOLLYWOOD OR NEW YORK. Only those members who have received confirmation e-mails from SAG may attend, so please act quickly as seating is limited.
Questions about upcoming events should be directed to the SAG Agency Department at (323) 549-6729 (Hollywood) or (212) 827-1445 (New York). Any performer who has to cancel a reservation is asked to notify SAG immediately so that members on the waiting list may be contacted.
Thank you. We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday, December 7, 2010.


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RENO, Nev. - KOLO TV has confirmed that Brandon Wimberly has been given an extra year of eligibility.
Wimberly petitioned for a medical hardship, which was granted after a review by the NCAA. He was shot in the stomach in June of 2011. It was initially feared that he would never play again. He missed all of that season while recovering.
Wimberly made a triumphant return to the field last season. He led the team with 70 receptions for 845 yards and four touchdowns, being named to the All-Mountain West Conference first team.

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The 15 Best Watches for Spring
- Caitlin Ganswindt
You'll be saving some daylight this Sunday, tax returns are starting to trickle in, but really your wrist has been feeling a little exposed lately. Point is: you've probably got a good enough excuse to pick yourself up a new timekeeper.
So, we did what we do and put together a list of the best new watches of spring for your procuring pleasure...
Check out all 15 after the jump.»


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Vital have secured a Bostin prize for all us Brummies (and anyone else who understands Bostin talk!).
We have one t-shirt to give away from our friends at Bostin http://www.bostin.net/football
Full Range – Click Here
To win a shirt of your choice, simply answer the following question:
Bostin means:
1) Great, ace, super
2) Awful, poor, bad
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com with your FULL name, address, USERNAME with the subject box marked Bostin Comp. (Failure to follow these instructions will lead to disqualification)
Rules: Any register user can enter. Competition ends November 30 2007 at midnight. Judges decision final, entries will be picked out randomly. No correspondence will be entered into.
Now thats what i call a lovely backside!!!!!


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By MIKE HOLCOMBE
For The Trentonian
BRISTOL, Pa. � Revenge is a dish best served cold and that is exactly how Bristol served it up last night when it defeated Communications Tech of Philadelphia 27-24 to win a PIAA �A� Sub Regional Football Championship.
The Warriors scored a pair of late touchdowns to overcome a 24-13 deficit in the second half and avenge an opening day, 38-20 loss to Tech. It remains their only loss of the season.
Tech used a big play offense to put Bristol against the ropes, scoring on a 44 yard pass play on its first play from scrimmage in the game and adding an 88 yard kickoff return for a touchdown by Diquan Gilbert to start the second half.
But after the visiting Phoenix had gone up 24-13, the Warriors rallied with a five play, 61 yard drive that included three carries for 40 yards by Donte Simmons, including his 13 yard touchdown run.
Bristol then stopped Communication Tech�s offense cold, forcing them to kick one of only two punts in the game. Taking possession on their own 37, the Warriors turned Simmons loose again as he ripped through Tech�s defensive line with runs of 10, 25, six and 10 yards.
That set up a 14 yard touchdown pass from Trevor Leone to Tyler Kelly that gave Bristol a 27-24 lead with just under 11 minutes to play.
Tech had one last offensive threat left and answered Bristol�s touchdown by returning the ensuing kickoff to the Warrior 24 yard line.
From there it was the Bristol defense�s turn to step it up and it did exactly that. Linebacker Willie Sutton made what may have been the play of the game when he stripped the ball clean from Tech quarterback Zaki Jamison and sprinted all the way down to the Phoenix 15 yard line.
From there, Tech was never able to get past its own 38 as a pair of interceptions by Sean Coughlin and Shane Adamson shut down Tech�s final two drives.
After falling behind 6-0, Bristol had answered with two touchdowns, the first coming on a three yard run by Simmons and another when Leone completed a 24 yard scoring pass to Coughlin to give the Warriors a 13-6 lead.
Communications Tech (5-6) 6 6 12 0-24
Bristol (8-1) 7 6 6 8-27
CT:Brunson 44 pass from Jamison (run failed)
B:Simmons 3 run (Rigby kick)
B:Coughlin 24 pass from Leone (kick failed)
CT:Jamison 1 run (pass failed)
CT:Gilbert 88 kickoff return (run failed)
CT:Jamison 1 run (pass failed)
B:Simmons 13 run (pass failed)
B:Kelly 14 pass from Leone (Wilson pass from Leone)


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Residents in the area are being invited to attend the Graettinger Holiday Stroll event, which is scheduled for Thursday evening, Dec. 6, on Graettinger's Main Street. The event is being sponsored by the Graettinger Business Club as a way of kicking off the holiday season.
The event will get underway in the central business district on Robins Avenue at 5 p.m. and will continue to 7 p.m. The various businesses along Graettinger's Main Street will be open during the event, featuring complimentary holiday treats and refreshments. High school and Middle School students from the Graettinger-Terril Schools music department will be providing holiday music on the street to serenade attendees of the event.
Along with holiday music, Dr. Nick Helmich of the Helmich Chiropractic Clinic will be sponsoring free train rides for children. The Business Club will also be offering horse drawn carriage rides for all ages, and ask for a donation of a non-perishable canned-food item to be donated to the Upper Des Moines Opportunity Food Pantry program.
It wouldn't be a holiday event without a visit from Santa Claus, and the jolly elf will be on hand, as he visits with children of all ages from a special spot at the Graettinger Public Library.
As part of the event, the Graettinger Business Club is sponsoring a drawing for a 32-inch flat screen television, along with a drawing for $100 in Graettinger Bucks. The drawing is set for 7 p.m. and winners need not be present to win. Drawing participants must be 18 years of age to participate. Tickets for the drawing are available at Graettinger Business Club members.
The Graettinger community welcomes everyone to enjoy a festive kick start to this holiday season at the Holiday Stroll on Thursday, Dec. 6, from 5 to 7 p.m. in downtown Graettinger.


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CHICAGO – A former Chicago police officer has been sentenced to 42 months in prison for his part in scheme to extort tow truck operators.
Juan Prado pleaded guilty in July to accepting payoffs from a tow truck operator who was secretly working for the FBI.
The 12-year veteran allegedly steered business to a tow truck operator following three accidents in 2006. He then allegedly solicited more than $1,100 from the operator who was secretly working for the FBI. When entering his guilty plea, the 47-year-old Prado admitted to accepting a total of $3,790 in bribes.
Authorities say 10 Chicago police officers have been snared as part of an undercover FBI probe code-named Operation Tow Scam. Seven of them have been convicted. Three civilians, including two tow truck operators, have been convicted.


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2012-10-11 / Enterprise
Celebrating Putnam's Rising Business Stars – 40 Under 40
Business communities throughout the Hudson Valley take great pains to celebrate and promote their young professionals, yet in Putnam County this movement has taken longer to catch on. Is it because there's something wrong with our youth?
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One of the most disturbing aspects of the Ugandan "kill the gays" bill is that it not only punishes people for being gay, it punishes anyone who "promotes" homosexuality or argues in favor of equal rights. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is all for it:
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni has spoken out against the controversial death penalty addition to an anti-homosexuality bill currently being debated by the parliament, but has insisted that "homosexual propaganda" will not be tolerated in the African country."I have been telling these people (pro gay activists) that nobody will kill or prosecute them for being homosexual, but there should be no promotion of homosexuality," Museveni said at the St. Paul's Cathedral in the capital Kampala, according to AllAfrica.com
"I told him I have never held rallies to even promote heterosexual issues," Museveni said about a meeting with the U.S. ambassador to Uganda. "The problem is promoting, you hear people holding conferences to promote homosexuality as if it's a good thing," the president added, with Christians listening to his remarks reportedly chanting "Amen."
So it's perfectly okay to advocate murdering gay people, but it should be criminal to stand up for their right to exist. Welcome to barbarism.


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Spring 2013
Spring 2013
The Knife have announced that their long-awaited new album, Shaking the Habitual, is out April 8 internationally and April 9 in the U.S. on Rabid/Brille/Mute. Karin Dreijer Andersson and Olof Dreijer have also announced that they will tour Europe next year. Dates to be announced soon.
The Knife will release the first single from their upcoming album, Shaking the Habitual, on January 29th. The track is entitled Full of Fire and spans nine minutes.
The band has expanded their upcoming tour schedule, adding a trio of European festival appearances.
Shaking the Habitual arrives April 8th in the UK and Europe and the following day in North America via Brille/Mute Records.
The Knife 2013 Tour Dates:
04/27 Hamburg, DE @ Docks
04/29 Milan, IT @ Magazzini Generali
04/30 - Zurich, CH @ Komplex 457
05/01 - Munich, DE @ Muffathalle
05/02 - Cologne, DE @ E Werk
05/04 - Paris, FR @ Cite De La Musique
05/05 - Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique
05/06 - Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
05/08 - London, UK @ Roundhouse
05/09 London, UK @ Roundhouse
05/11 Berlin, DE @ Columbiahalle
05/12 - Copenhagen, DK @Vega
05/13 - Copenhagen, DK @ Vega
05/15 - Oslo, NO @ Sentrum
05/16 - Stockholm, SE @ Hangaren Subtopia
05/17 Stockholm, SE @ Hangaren Subtopia
06/14 Aarhus, DK @ NorthSide Festival
08/07 Helsinki, FI @ Flow Festival
08/09 Goteborg, SE @ Way Out West Festival
08/10 Oslo, NO @ Oya Festival
Their new album is 98 minutes long. It's a double CD and triple LP.
Shaking the Habitual:
01 A Tooth for an Eye 6:04
02 Full of Fire 9:17
03 A Cherry on Top 8:43
04 Without You My Life Would Be Boring 5:14
05 Wrap Your Arms Around Me 4:36
06 Crake 0:55
07 Old Dreams Waiting to Be Realized 19:22
08 Raging Lung 9:58
09 Networking 6:42
10 Oryx 0:37
11 Stay Out Here 10:42
12 Fracking Fluid Injection 9:54
13 Ready to Lose 4:36
98 minutes I won't have to listen to.
The Knife - Full Of Fire
The Knife - We Share Our Mother's Health
The Knife - A Tooth For An Eye - Official video
I really didten care for the first to be released from the new album but this second one A Tooth for an eye os genius and the video is super nice
The Knife have announced a new album Shaking The Habitual, to be released on 8 April 2013 via Brille. This is their first album in seven years, since Silent Shout in 2006.
It includes the 'singles' Full Of Fire and A Tooth For An Eye. The bands only UK shows, two nights at the roundhouse, sold out within minutes....
Everybody is always desiring already imagined things.
When we travel between thresholds, people say: "you're hiding."
Not everything can be so easily explained.
We have a bellyache, a big stink, a major grouse or two with manufactured knowledge.
But how do you build an album about not knowing?
Now your voice is in my throat, floating there…
Often people take pills for these things.
To us the body is no longer psychological.
It's certainly not a container, we don't believe in metaphors.
Like dog/wolf—there aren't many anymore.
Still at twilight something blurs over your shoulder.
Which is it?
It's prickly.
Our hair is out.
We have made some decisions.
We want to fail more, act without authority.
Plus there's something phlegmatic about the world state don't you think?
There's a blood system promoting biology as destiny.
A series of patriarchies that's a problem to the Nth degree.
What about hyper-capitalism, this homicidal class system, the school system that's kaput?
Then there are castles everywhere—look at them fake tanning and signing autographs!
At least there's one thing we stand behind.
There's still an ecosystem right? And here's this sound system.
We dusted it off. Electronic is just one place in the body. We went temporarily acoustic.
We made our own instruments. We took an old bedspring, a microphone and:
"Stay out here…"
Now we're bending our voices to sound like Emily R., who recorded the track on her cellphone speaker.
No habits!
There are other ways to do things.
Still sometimes it all seems so bad.
Don't worry we won't commit Harakiri, stomach cutting or anything like it.
The honor system is corrupt, just another privilege.
Like how it's a privilege to make an album, to move freely.
We just have to go faster we mean breakneck we mean "like crazy."
How at 5am that warehouse beat is coming up like sour steam.
All over the dance floor we're asking: can this DNA turn into something else?
It's not metaphorical. It's explicit.
There are surgeries and fantasies and holes sweating through the wall.
It's a question about feelings. It's a question about who gets to risk.
But things don't change so easily.
There's still Monsanto, fracking and "terminator seeds."
Every morning we wake up wondering: who's kicking who on the street corner?
Now we have to start. We choose process over everything else.
Letting go of outcomes is another privilege.
Keep it lateral.
We ask our friends to help.
Together we leave the village and walk down the road. The light starts exercising itself. The old sun is out in his winter jumpsuit doing sit-ups and squat thrusts between the nettles and moldy brush.
10 more! We say to him. Get shaking!
Our walk gets longer. It's a walk in the panpipes of the body. We come to the edge. So much water. The ocean is twice its original size. We take a bunch of surveys. They know everything about us. We don't buy what they say. We take a heap of estrogen. All around us things are howling and then we stand on the pier end. The light is pink and green and pink and green. It reminds us of home—like we imagine it could be. But when the color pancakes out over the horizon, we don't know what we're looking at. That's ok. This time it's structural.
No habits!
Of course we're growing restless.
April 2nd, 2013
Shaking The Habitual, is now available to stream in full on The Knife's website: http://theknife.net
The album is released next week, but is available to pre-order as a 2xCD, 3×12″ Vinyl or iTunes download. These formats also include a comic by Liv Strömquist, which you can also see on the website.
I really like the album.
The Knife - A Cherry On Top
On June 20, The Knife are digitally releasing Shaken-Up Versions a mini album of classic tracks reworked especially for the band's recent North American leg of their Shaking The Habitual Tour.
To preview the new versions, the Shaken-Up version of 'Without You My Life Would Be Boring' is being released today, accompanied by a video directed by Bitte Andersson.
Buy the 'Without You My Life Would Be Boring' Single bundle here:
Pre-order the 'Shaken-Up Versions' mini-album here:
Subscribe for more from The Knife:
The Knife - Without You My Life Would Be Boring (Shaken-Up Version)
The Knife - Without You My Life Would Be Boring (Rroxymore Remix)
The Knife - Without You My Life Would Be Boring (Kat Knix Remix)
Europa Europa and The Knife -- För alla namn vi inte får använda
Still boring.
The Knife - Let's Talk About Gender Baby, Let's Talk About You And Me (Planningtorock rework)


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- Capital One Cup
Benitez promises to be professional with Warnock
Rafa Benitez has said he will stay "professional" ahead of his Chelsea team's Capital One Cup clash on Wednesday with Leeds, despite Whites manager Neil Warnock rekindling an old feud with the Spaniard.
Warnock mentioned on Tuesday how he received an email from Benitez back in 2007 threatening legal action after the then-Sheffield United boss accused him of undermining the integrity of the Premier League and playing a key role in his club's relegation.
With the Spaniard's club Liverpool preparing for a Champions League final against Milan, Benitez rested his first-choice team for a match against Fulham. The London club won 1-0, going on to finish two points ahead of Sheffield United in the table.
"The last time I heard from Rafa he was threatening to sue me in an e-mail if I mentioned it again," Warnock said.
Benitez, however, responded on Tuesday by saying he will treat the matter professionally and that he barely remembers the e-mail.
When asked whether Sheffield United's relegation was his fault, Benitez said: "The league is about 38 games, not one. I'm a professional and have to behave. I didn't remember this e-mail. It's true but I didn't remember it. I will be concentrating on my job and hopefully can talk about football. That's best for the fans, to leave things on the pitch."
The matter will only further sharpen the existing rivalry between Leeds and Chelsea, and Benitez said that will explain the historic nature of it to Stamford Bridge's new foreign players ahead of the quarter-final.
"We will talk with them and explain the importance of every game and competition for all the fans of both clubs. I have some information on the history and it's quite interesting."


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Hi, everyone!
This past weekend was hectic, fun-filled and fulfilling all at
the same time! Many naturopathic and chiropractic interns from NUHS
served as volunteers both Saturday and Sunday at the American Lung
Association's Fight for Air Climb in downtown Chicago.
The Fight for Air Climb is set up so that participants can climb
the stairs of prominent local buildings throughout the country,
getting great exercise, reaching a fitness milestone or competing,
all while raising money to prevent lung disease. Participants
climbed one, two, three or all four of the Presidential Towers, a
residential high-rise complex in Chicago. Each building has 45
floors (585 steps) for a grand total of 180 floors and 2,340 steps
that could be scaled by participants.
In the words of the organization itself, the climbers climb
Saturday's activities involved setting up the event by staging
all the water, bananas and energy snacks for the participants
throughout the four towers. Then we had to move the tables, signage
and decorations to the appropriate common areas where the
participants would be traversing between buildings during the
climb. Finally, the most poignant activity was placing the 'In
Memoriam' signs throughout the stairwells of all four buildings.
Participants could name a family member, friend or loved one for
whom they were climbing and have the opportunity to let that person
know that they were missed and still loved.
Sunday included working at the watering station on Floor 19 of
Tower 2 (of four towers). We saw firefighters climbing with full
gear (including air tank), friends leading blind loved ones, full
families, corporate teams, a team of tooth fairies (none of which
were shorter than 6'2") and a gaggle of Leprechauns who must have
been training for the St. Patrick's Day rush! Sunday was a true
pleasure to cheer on the participants who, through their physical
and fund raising efforts, would be able to help so many!
So, while this weekend started out as the last great opportunity
to finish the required community outreach hours (being entirely
honest), the emotional and spiritual return on taking the time to
be with the dedicated climbers, volunteers and building staff at
the towers downtown was an experience I won't soon forget!
This was an exciting weekend for the NUHS Whole Health Center!
Naturopathic interns participated in the annual Healthy Lombard
Fair held at the Yorktown Center mall as representatives for NUHS
and the NUHS Whole Health Center.
The Healthy Lombard Fair is a gathering of health-oriented
organizations within the Lombard area. Health centers,
universities, exercise groups, and health-oriented businesses
gather in one spot to promote healthy living. One could find care
and strategies, suggestions and ideas for a healthy lifestyle
ranging from prenatal.
We naturopathic interns from NUHS represented our school and all
programs provided by the NUHS Whole Health Center thoroughly and
had a great time while we were at it. We discussed our wide range
of services available at the clinic such as...
Finally, a new local cable access program supporting healthy
living in Lombard asked each of us to give a healthy tip of the day
for the local program. So, each of us (Kish, Heather, Jerrica, and
yours truly) took a turn in front of the camera to give a daily
healthy guideline for the show's viewers.
The Healthy Lombard Fair was a great way for our interns to gain
practice and exposure with the general public to speak about
naturopathic medicine (or as I like to say 'conservative primary
care') and generate some positive publicity for our clinic here at
the school.
Until next week, stay warm and look for spring coming around the
• Combined Classes
• Observing in Clinic
• Botanical Medicine
• Minor Surgery
• Intern Skills
To read older blog posts, scroll to the bottom and click the "Older Posts" button.


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Jun 08, 2007
June 8, 2007
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Senior Eugene Bradley, the UC Santa Barbara record-holder in the hammer throw, logged a throw of 213' 06" to finish seventh at the NCAA Track and Field Championships on Friday.
Bradley finished eight feet, seven inches behind sixth-place finisher Martin Bingisser from Washington. The winner of the event was junior Jake Dunkleberger from Auburn, whose best throw was 235' 09", 71.87 meters.
Bradley's throw establishes another UCSB record, improving upon his previous mark of 212' 11" set earlier in the year. He has also now eclipsed the 65-meter barrier, as his mark converts to 65.08m.
With his finish, Bradley earned the Gauchos two points in the team standings, and earned himself All-American Honors.


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GRINNELL, Iowa -- Brandeis University senior Kate Warwick (Boxborough, Mass./Acton-Boxborough) finished in 12th place in the 5,000-meter run today at the NCAA Division III Women's Indoor Track and Field championships at Grinnell College.
Warwick, who was seeded third in the event headed into the meet, ran in a big pack for the first 2,000 meters. As a lead pack emerged featuring two runners each from eventual meet champion Wartburg College and Johns Hopkins University, Warwick stayed near the front of the second pack. As the leaders extended their advantage, Warwick fell off the pace and eventually finished with a time of 17:53.35, around 35 seconds out of the top eight which would have garnered her All-America status. With only one Brandeis competitor, the Judges did not score any points at the meet.
Event 9 Women 5000 Meter Run ======================================================================= Final only. Random draw. Double waterfall. 2/3 on main DIII Meet: $ 16:39.16 2003 Melissa White, SUNY Geneseo Stadium: # 17:44.07 2011 Mary Kate Beyer, Monmouth College Name Year School Finals Points ======================================================================= Finals 1 Laura Sigmund SR Wartburg 17:01.82# 10 2 Alana Enabnit FR Wartburg 17:12.98# 8 3 Catherine Campbell SR Dickinson 17:17.67# 6 4 Alison Steinbrunner JR Ohio Northern 17:18.34# 5 5 Hannah Eckstein FR Johns Hopkins 17:18.72# 4 6 Lucy Cheadle FR Washington U. 17:19.65# 3 7 Simone Childs-Walker SR Carleton 17:20.31# 2 8 Alyson Dalton SR Cortland St. 17:28.54# 1 9 Jena Peacock SR Rowan 17:35.13# 10 Elaine McVay FR MIT 17:35.46# 11 Holly Clarke SO Johns Hopkins 17:50.05 12 Kate Warwick SR Brandeis 17:53.35 13 Maeve Evans SR NYU 18:00.75 14 Stefanie Braun JR Plattsburgh St. 18:08.19 -- Paige Mills JR Keene State DNF


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Press Release
Kenai District Attorney Accepts Statewide Prosecuting Position
June 19, 2008
(Anchorage, AK) - Kenai District Attorney June Stein will be transferring to a statewide position with the Department of Law's Rural Prosecutions Unit within the Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals located in Anchorage.
The Rural Prosecution Unit enhances prosecution efforts in rural Alaska. The unit aids district attorney offices throughout the state when they are short staffed and there are an insufficient number of attorneys to handle the caseload, or when the office receives cases that are so complex that the local attorney(s) are unable to complete the necessary investigation and motion work without neglecting the normal operation of the office. The unit also assists in developing the skills of those less experienced prosecutors in rural offices who lack sufficient experience to handle complex or serious felony prosecutions.
Ms. Stein has been a prosecutor in the Kenai DA's Office for over five years and has been the DA for the past four years. She is looking forward to working with other DAs' offices around the state and will be starting her new position on August 1st. She leaves behind a lot of friends in the office as well as in the local law enforcement offices and criminal justice system.
"June is an excellent prosecutor who has worked very hard for her community. She is a role model for the type of attorneys Alaska needs. Her attributes will be put to good use in the Rural Prosecutions Unit where she will be able to provide assistance and share her knowledge with attorneys statewide," said Deputy Attorney General Rick Svobodny.
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"What would Molydeux?", a Game Jam based on the tweets of parody/tribute Twitter account PeterMolydeux, has ended with a huge output of games. Now that it's over, we can see the tally: the international 48-hour game jam produced more than 280 games in total.
The games had to be based on concepts pitched by the parody account, which pokes fun at the always passionate, usually hyperbolic concepts of game designer Peter Molyneux. The listing of completed games includes such gems as Pigeon Quest, in which you prevent ledge-jumpers from committing suicide by retrieving items from their homes, and Blowback, in which a kite magically leads a little girl toward clues of an impending terrorist attack.
All of the games were created within a 48-hour period, and some are buggy. You can download most of them for yourself to give them a try. The real Peter Molyneux has been encouraging the entrants on his own Twitter account, and called the number of entries "amazing." He says he "totally will enter next year."
As game jams based on joke Twitter accounts go, it's probably safe to call this one an unqualified success.


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With temperatures hovering in the teens and a bright moonlit sky over 80 people gathered at Farnsworth Park last week for the second annual candle light vigil to promote awareness of homelessness among teens on the Peninsula. Debbie Michael was an organizer of the event and said she was pleased with the turn out, "We feel like the community always rises to occasions like this and we were also pleased with the weather compared to last year when we couldn't keep a candle lit in the rain and snow," she told the Dispatch in an interview. The theme for the night was "Do one thing." "It was not just the theme for the night; it's a theme that we feel is important year round. It's simple and a theme that everyone in the community can grab a hold of to do one thing to bring encouragement and hope to the people around you," explained Michael.
It was said that the number of students in our school district who are without the basic necessities of a stable, safe, adequate, permanent place to sleep at night is growing and will likely meet or surpass the 301 students enrolled in the transitions program during the 2010-2011 school year. Those who gathered at Farnsworth Park heard from teens that had lived the experience. Speakers shared stories bringing a sobering perspective. People listened, looked down, and around, spoke softly. The dozens and dozens of candles cupped in holders provided by Covenant House in Anchorage illumined the sentiment of care and compassion in the quiet, reflective faces of all ages. Kelly King, one of two Kenai Peninsula Borough School District homeless liaisons spoke eloquently, reminding everyone, "Students are homeless for a variety of reasons. Each family and student has their own story and their own experience. Some leave homes that are not safe, other students are abandoned. The reasons are varied, and differ drastically from one another."
According to King 121 students are currently enrolled in the program, of which 93 are in the Central Peninsula and Seward area, and 28 are in the Homer to Ninilchik communities. Thirty-five are unaccompanied youth. The Students in Transition Program goal is to provide consistent, uninterrupted education so that students can succeed in school.
Soldotna Mayor Peter Micciche in addressing those assembled said, "The one thing that I want to do is spread the word to adults how important it is to communicate with young people and not view them as substandard people that are not worth communicating with because it can just one adult with the right message of care and support to save the life of a young person and move them in the right direction." Forrest Vest, a senior at Kenai Central High School was the recipient of the 2010 Scholarship of Hope. Vest shared his story of substance abuse, homelessness, and subsequent positive choices and support he received. His message to youth: "If you have a family to go home to--go home." Vest seeded "The for Rest Fund" with his scholarship, offering his vision to build a shelter for teens who are homeless in the central Kenai Peninsula.
The evening concluded with organizers Debbie and Dave Michael thanking everyone for showing up and asking everyone to return for next year's vigil on November 10th which is the annual date for the event. Dave is a teacher at a KPBSD school, and the Michaels are committed to starting an emergency youth shelter. Debbie invited people to talk about the vigil with family, friends, and co-workers. Her closing words were to "make tracks" in order to grow awareness of students and families who are homeless in our neighborhoods. Homeless students or those who know a homeless or want to learn more about the Students In Transition Program, should contact a school principal, secretary, counselor or nurse, or the KPBSD local area liaison directly: Central Peninsula and Seward: Kelly King, (907)714-8869, firstname.lastname@example.com Homer and Ninilchik area: Kelly Luck, (907)235-8130, email@example.com.


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Warren winner boosts Inverness
A first-half header from defender Garry Warren earned Inverness only their third Scottish Premiership victory of manager John Hughes' reign.
The Highlanders deservedly struck four minutes from the break and held fast during a more even second half to claim the 1-0 win that ensured they kept pace with Dundee United in fourth place.
Caley Thistle have reached the League Cup final and the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup in recent weeks but have seen their Premiership campaign stutter, with just two victories arriving since Hughes took over from predecessor Terry Butcher in December.
However, guided on the pitch by the stoical skipper Richie Foran, Inverness were well worthy of their three points against a lacklustre St Johnstone side who saw defender Frazer Wright taken off on a stretcher eight minutes from the break.
Inverness could, and perhaps should, have been ahead after just a minute of the match.
A cross from deep from Josh Meekings found eventual match-winner Warren lurking on the edge of the six-yard box but the big centre-half could not direct his diving header on target.
Five minutes later, the Highlanders threatened again.
This time, a Billy McKay shot was beaten away by Alan Mannus and Greg Tansey's drive from the resulting play slipped just wide of the upright.
After a period of respite for St Johnstone, Caley Thistle went close five minutes from the break.
Excellent build-up play involving Aaron Doran brought Marley Watkins into play on the right side of the box and his first-time ball back in for McKay brought Mannus out to dive bravely at the striker's feet.
Hughes' men were not to be kept at bay, however, and finally took the lead in the 42nd minute.
Watkins laid the ball back for David Raven to swing in a high cross and when Foran nodded the ball down and back up into the air, it was Warren who reacted strongest to power a header into the top corner from six yards out.
Where Caley Thistle were full of vigour and energy, St Johnstone were flat.
The home side were always a threat on the break in the opening period but attacks were all too sporadic as the visitors bossed the half throughout.
Nigel Hasselbaink showed a deft touch and an impressive feint in the 17th minute to see off marker Warren but Inverness keeper Dean Brill was equal to his curling left-foot shot.
Six minutes later, Hasselbaink was a threat as he found space on the left flank after being found by Stevie May's perceptive pass, but the Dutchman again could not find a way past Brill from a tight angle.
Saints obviously needed an injection of something different for the second-half and manager Tommy Wright introduced striker Chris Iwelumo in place of sitting midfielder Paddy Cregg in search of some more forward impetus.
The former Scotland international looked to have been presented with an opportunity 20 minutes into the half but he elected to lay the ball back to May instead of shooting and Warren got in a block.
The clearest sight of goal Saints got in the second half was after 57 minutes when Brill beat away David Wotherspoon's powerful shot but Hasselbaink, standing just six yards out, could not direct his header on target from the rebound.
It was symptomatic of a St Johnstone performance that lacked a cutting edge throughout, with May strangely subdued in the week he was ignored by Scotland manager Gordon Strachan for next month's friendly against Poland.
The victory will come as a huge boost for Inverness, who will be eager to maintain form ahead of their League Cup final against Aberdeen on March 16.
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Skip to comments.State: Federal lawsuit coming because 70 clerks missed Ballot deadlines to military.
Posted on 07/27/2012 5:14:31 PM PDT by cripplecreek
LANSING, MI - The U.S. Justice Department is expected to sue the state because at least 70 city and township clerks across Michigan missed deadlines to give absentee ballots to military and overseas voters, Secretary of State Ruth Johnson said late Friday.
Under state and federal law, clerks are supposed to make absentee ballots available at least 45 days before an election to military and overseas voters who request them. The primary election is Aug. 7.
Johnson, a Republican, said the suit could force clerks to extend the time for receiving and counting affected ballots.
Johnson said 70 communities missed the deadline - including larger ones such as Battle Creek, Ferndale, Dearborn and Canton Township. Another 215 clerks did not respond to repeated requests from Johnson's office for a status on whether they provided the ballots.
Michigan has more than 1,500 local clerks responsible for conducting elections.
"It is critical that our overseas and military members - who put their lives on the line every day to protect our freedom - get a right to participate in the very system they are protecting," she said in a statement.
The state Bureau of Elections sent at least three reminders to clerks before the 45-day deadline, Johnson said, and also has a calendar of dates to help clerks.
She has instructed clerks in the affected communities to immediately contact military and overseas voters and offer a new ballot if they did not get one.
Johnson said she will ask the Legislature to stiffen "administrative remedies" so federal lawsuits are not needed.
Absentee ballots for military and overseas voters can be provided by mail or email. Email saves clerks as much as two weeks in arrival and response times.
Clerks that missed the deadline - mostly township clerks - handle elections in counties such as Bay, Genesee, Kent, Van Buren, Muskegon and Kalamazoo.
For a list of municipalities that missed the deadline, click here. For a list of those that did give a status update to the state,
click here (pdf)
Democrats do this every election because Military types tend to vote conservative. You know, oopsie again and again and again...
Are they in any way personally liable?
A lot of these are bible belt solid conservative areas.
I haven't got a clue but I do like the fact that she wants to stiffen the penalties here within the state.
BFD Nothing will be done. The votes won't be counted and hussein will be doing his uluvating(sp?) because romney didn't get the votes. It should be a crime to miss our GI's.
So will these clerks be paying huge fines and going to prison for ten years per violation?
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Sounds like she'll be forcing them to accept the late ballots. I'm not sure what kind of penalties there are otherwise but it sounds like she wants stiffer penalties than are in place now.
One of the townships is just outside the largest Guard base in Michigan. Typical.
None here in Jackson county where the transportation unit is based.
One thing is for sure. The Justice department is not doing this for the Military. There must be a lot more fraudulent out of country votes coming in than Military ones. Or the military votes are being altered when received. Or there are a lot of imaginary military votes. This is part of the cheating machine. Otherwise the Justice department would be happy to see the military not vote.
Unfortunately, even if they get ballots they won't be counted in any progressive state where the Sec. of State is a Democrat. They will be discarded because they have stray marks, the signatures crossed the lines, marks extended outside the boxes, or were held in the basement until after the election receipt date had passed.
You're probably right on that, but the surprise here is that the Obama-Holder (In)Justice Department is suing on this, seemingly taking up the cause for the military personnel whose ballots didn't go out on time - unless I'm missing something.
Good point there, which is precisely why George Soros has his Secretary of State project, spending big bucks to get 'Rats into SOS offices around the country.
But in Michigan, from which this story emanates, the SOS is a Pubbie, so that might not be a factor.
A lot of these are rock solid conservative townships. You don't get any more conservative in Michigan than Hillsdale county.
Ruth Johnson actively ran against Soros and named him in ads as the backer of the SOS project and democrat candidate Jocelyn Benson.
She is truly the epitome of integrity and she treats both parties equally. I'm ready to make her governor.
Yes, I'm aware of Hillsdale College, one of the very few colleges in the US that refuses funding from government. Mark Levin regularly talks about them on his radio show.
So is the motivation of the Obama-Holder lawsuit primarily to embarrass and hassle the Michigan SOS and some of these local election clerks?
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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Jayhawk State Theatre invited patrons of the cinematic arts on a roadshow of the Tallgrass Film Festival right here in Topeka.
The Jayhawk Theatre Restoration Project screened a series of award-winning short films, including several by Kansas filmmakers Saturday afternoon at the Governor's Row House on 811 SW Buchanan Street.
It was a fundraising effort as well as a taste of things to come.
"The Jayhawk is going to be the center for film and concerts, dance and performances from all around Northeast Kansas. And film is an integral part of that, art film, film series, silent film festivals, so it's a great fit for us," Jeff Carson, Vice President of the Jayhawk's Board of Directors, said.
Patrons got to meet with board members over free popcorn and a cash bar.
If you missed the matinee show, you can still snag a seat for Saturday evening's film program at 7 p.m.
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DELTA COUNTY, TX -- At the bottom of an annual study showing the average weekly wages for every county in the United States is a Texas county, right here in Texoma.
The study released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that in 2013, Delta County had the lowest average weekly wage of all the 3,000-plus counties in the United States at $378/per week. But when you dive into the numbers, that figure may not be completely accurate.
"When you look at the true numbers and see what they don't count, I could see where we could come into there," said Delta County Judge Herbert Brookshire.
"I hated to see us at the bottom of the list," said Cooper Mayor Scotty Stegall.
Many of the 5,200 residents who live in Delta County are either retired or work in nearby cities outside the county, which are both excluded from the study.
"If you are someone who lives in Delta County, but commutes outside of the county you would not be in this count, you would be in the count of the work site that you travel to," said David Hiles, Supervisor Economist for the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages program, which represents the data used in the Bureau of Labor Statistics study.
"There's a lot of commuters that live here," said Stegall. "They work in Greenville, Commerce, Paris, Sulphur Springs, even a lot drive to Dallas."
Local officials say the people of Delta County are close-knit and don't live there for work.
"They move here for the lifestyle they can have," said Brookshire. "They move here because of the schools, which we do have an outstanding school system, they move here for the rural lifestyle."
"If they need help, our people are here to help each other and you can't put a price tag on that," said Stegall.
Cooper is the county seat of Delta County, which is the location of the county's leading employer, Cooper I.S.D, that employs 130 people.
Based on the study, the national average in 2013 was $958, with San Mateo County, California coming in with the highest average weekly wage at $1,983.
Several other counties in the Texoma area fell in the lower tier of average weekly wages, which is under $587/per week, including Atoka ($567), Choctaw ($552), Coal ($587), Love ($581), Pushmataha ($517) and Red River ($570) Counties. With Collin County coming at the highest in Texoma at $1,116.
To view the interactive map for the study: http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2014/ted_20140718.htm
List of Texoma counties average weekly wages based on study:
Atoka- $567
Bryan- $646
Carter- $752
Choctaw- $552
Coal- $587
Collin- $1,116
Cooke- $859
Delta- $378
Fannin- $683
Garvin- $783
Grayson- $770
Hopkins- $703
Hunt- $847
Johnston- $624
Lamar- $745
Love- $581
Marshall- $615
McCurtain- $603
Murray- $632
Pontotoc- $672
Pushmataha- $517
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- John M. High - he was my maternal great-uncle. Served aboard the USS Oklahoma and survived Pearl Harbor. He came onboard the Oklahoma on 9-3-1938 and enlisted in the Navy on 4-10-1937. It appears he was aboard the USS Sepulga after the attack.
- Floyd Ray Lambertson - another maternal great-uncle. He served aboard LST 779, the ship that supplied the famous flag photographed at Iwo Jima. He enlisted 1-4-1944 at Indianapolis, Indiana and was rated as a "Comm. Rep." [Navy friends - help me out here]
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To the Editor:
This could be just a story or it could be true. You decide.
About 30 years ago, a teacher who has been teaching for some 30 years decides to retire at age 55. Or this could be a state union employee. But about the same time, Mike Madigan becomes speaker of the House in Springfield. This teacher's retirement is $2,500 a month, or $30,000 a year. He will receive a 3 percent cost-of-living raise every year.
Now I'm not saying this was Speaker Madigan's, idea but it is something he should have looked at 30 years ago. But Speaker Madigan likes teachers (votes) and he likes state employees (votes).
Let's move the clock ahead 30 years, and it is now 2013. Mike Madigan is still speaker of the House, and the state is in a financial mess. We have the lowest bond rating of any of the 50 states. How could this be?
Let's go back to the teacher. Oh, yes, he is still alive and is now 85 years old. Remember, he has been getting a 3 percent COLA raise every year. His retirement is now, after 30 full years of retirement, $6,064.76 a month, or $72,777.17 a year. Just think if he would live 10 more years?
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I got it for free with edge when i was 9.
I got it about three years ago from gamestop.
If you post it, they will troll.
it was suggested to me at gamestop a while back, and since ive turned to game informer for almost all my gaming needs. i love it.
My parents bought me a subscription as my Christmas 2002 present. I have never missed an issue since and i can always count on them bringing me the best exclusives.
It'd have to be because I wanted a reliable, entertaining, and informative video game source to have and GameInformer was my answer. Ever since I started reading the mags 2 years ago i've fallen in love. Truth is, I want to work there when I get a chance.
2 years ago when i was buying spider-man 3
in game stoy they said "subscribre to the mag and get 10% off all used games"
Well, Gameinformer caught my eye from by having the words "game" and "informer" being included in it's title.
I don't remember when I read my first issue, but I'm guessing I wanted to be informed about games.
I took a risk by assuming the magazine wasn't anything like Cat Fancy, but luckily my risk met proper reward.
I bought a ton of games at gamestop and so I could save a couple bucks i also got an edge card. I got my first issue in like 06 and I have been hooked ever since
I got it when I renewed my Edge Card. I was getting PSM Magazine before hand and the subscription was cheaper, so I switched.
I really miss Tips & Tricks.
I got it a few years back. It was my only connection to the current game world because at the time I only had a Nintendo 64 and they were already starting to feature xbox 360 games. Since then I've been off and on over the years, subscribing whenever I have the money for it heh...
I started my gameinformer subcription two years ago on christmas when it was given to me as a gift.
shopping at gamestop all the time. realized we could get a deal on games if we bought that edge card and with it came game informer. had it for like psh idk 6 years??
GT: iKILLER69
A year ago with getting a Game Stop card and got a free 1 year subscription, I am paying for it now. And will probably getting it for the years to come!
The same way as many others, some several years ago with the purchase of an Edge Card (was it called something else prior to that?). It's been a good 5 or 6 years now...


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Loose Threads: Vegas Edition
While we heartily enjoyed our stay in Vegas, we couldn't help but notice that as a style town…things are getting a little sloppy.
It's not all that surprising. Having made its name on excess of every kind, we don't expect the Las Veganese to suddenly embrace subtly refined tailoring or jackets that aren't covered in fur...but it's still much much worse than we thought. These snaps both come from the MGM Grand's Bernini and offer a more serious warning than we ever could. It would be nice to try on, but you wouldn't want to live there.


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Eggnog Truffle Cups Recipe
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"If you like homemade eggnog, you'll love these elegant truffle cups," Terrie Malsom, Vermillion, South Dakota, suggests a tasty way to say "cheers" to the holidays. To save time, use small premade chocolate cups.
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- 1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
- 2 teaspoons shortening
- 6 tablespoons eggnog
- 1 package (10 to 12 ounces) white baking chips
- 1/2 teaspoon rum extract
- 1/4 to 3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- In a microwave, melt semisweet chips and shortening; stir until smooth. Using a narrow pastry brush, brush the inside of 1-in. foil candy liners with 1/2 teaspoon melted chocolate. Freeze for 45 minutes or until firm.
- Using 1/4 teaspoon chocolate mixture for each cup, brush on another layer of chocolate. Freeze until firm.
- In a small saucepan, bring eggnog to a boil over low heat. Remove from the heat; stir in white baking chips until melted. Stir in extract. Refrigerate for 30 minutes or until filling begins to set.
- Spoon or pipe 1-1/2 teaspoons filling into each cup. Freeze until firm. Carefully remove and discard foil cups. Cover and store in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Just before serving, sprinkle with nutmeg. Yield: 3 dozen.
Editor's Note: This recipe was tested with commercially prepared eggnog.
Originally published as Eggnog Truffle Cups in Country Woman November/December 2006, p36
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Reviewed Dec. 18, 2012
"These were a huge hit... However had trouble with putting the chocolate in the candy foils... The foils kept collapsing... So I ended up using the silicone mini muffin cups... Which made it larger than it was suppose to be... But so worth the effort... By request I am making it again this year..."
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"Had these at a tea and they were great."


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When it comes to booby care, I probably don't spend enough time moisturising mine as I should. There's just quite a lot of boob to deal with…
Anyhow, I've noticed on me, that if I use a cream that is too thick, makes the skin on that, erm, area, sensitive. Which isn't very nice. So when I saw Nip & Fab's Bust Fix I was quite happy to give it a go.
Now remember, I have massive chi-chis – no cream on earth is going to restore firmness or give them lift (perhaps on smaller fried eggs, the result will be more obvious).
So what I wanted from Bust Fix was; smoother skin, no allergies or uncomfortable-ness on the delicate skin there, a better skin tone and a firmer 'feel' on the surface of the skin.
They Say:
Containing CellActive – FORM a plant-based complex of active ingredients which supports the natural process of lipid deposition, lending fullness to the bust, it will reshape the contours of the cleavage area and optimally accentuate the feminine features.
Remember that Nip & Fab is from Rodial founder, Maria Hatzistefanis. Rodial do a 'Boob Job' cream which is a whopping £125. This is just £15.95 so it's a good way for people to try a bust cream without spending a fortune…
(Come to think of it I also have Shiseido's Bust Cream which I paid a rather excessive £57 for!).
Anyway, the texture of this Bust Fix is rather nice and boob appropriate; it's like a light gel cream which sinks into the skin quickly. It smells quite nice too:
I guess the main thing for me was, 'Can I be bothered using a separate cream for my boobs?'
I guess it comes down to how bothered you are about your skin in that area. I am generally too lazy to apply body cream after a shower anyway, unless my skin is really dry.
So recently I have been making an effort to use specific cream for my body, legs, arms, tummy – sounds like a pain but its like a quick squirt (ahem) on each area then rub rub rub – it's really made a difference to my skin!
I liked this Bust Fix a lot! It's one of the cheaper ones I've seen on the market and whilst I can't say I noticed plumping (my boobs are honestly, too big for any more plumping) I noticed a better skin texture and tone.
I would continue to use this or some kind of boob specific cream – after all, boobs have feelings too.
Have you ever used a Bust Cream?


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The answer is given asFind all of the points of the form (x, -x) which are 1 unit from the origin.
(sqrt(2)/2, -sqrt(2)/2), (-sqrt(2)/2, (sqrt(2)/2)
I understand the other questions but I'm totally lost on how this answer was obtained. It's found in a chapter on If someone could work the problem so I can see how it is done, I would really appreciate it.


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By Steve Jones,
One of the things that I think has been most disappointing to me in technology over the last few decades is the lack of progress is managing security keys and certificates. There hasn't been a really good method designed that works well at scale for disparate organizations.
Recently at the DevConnections conference, I saw a talk where Mark Minasi talked about the future of tablets and smartphones, where he mentioned the idea that we will use many devices in the future that don't necessarily need to connect to the domain inside a company. They'll still authenticate, but with certificates.
That would be the ideal situation for me, a world where we individually have multiple certificates that identify us, and allow us to have secure communications, layers of security for different purposes, and a way to easily revoke, change, and add new certificates as needed. I'd be able to use easily manage certificates across devices to provide some level of authentication.
As we move to the deep intermixing of user and company devices, it does start to make sense that we consider using a more ad hoc authentication scheme that can be deployed in a more distributed fashion, rather than the monolithic, authenticate to the domain completely or not at all, scheme we have now.
I don't have a solution worked out, but I know there are some very smart security people out there and I'd hope that they are working on a variety of solutions that will increase the security we have, while allowing us lots of flexibility.
Steve Jones
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- What: Endless Space: Admiral Edition
- Where: GamersGate
- Current Price: £13.48
- Endless Space: Emperor Edition Price Comparison
- Endless Space Review
GamersGate's Spring Sale is now underway, and offers a huge saving for Endless Space's Emperor Edition. Though some of the extras are rather redundant now that the game has shipped (like your forum name in the credits), this 4X extravaganza is definitely worth picking up, even if you hold off for a cheaper deal on the standard version.
You can knock off a little extra with the "elder-geek.com" voucher code.


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2008 BITD Vegas to Reno Off Road RacePosted in Events on August 28, 2008
I've done the Baja 500 and the Baja 1000, been to countless MDR, MORE, SCORE, CORR, and BITD off road races in the States, but never have I been to the Best in the Desert Vegas to Reno race. That is until now.
The 2008 Best in the Desert TSCO Vegas to Reno race was held on August 22nd & 23rd in Las Vegas Nevada. V2R as it is commonly referred too is touted as being "The longest off-road race in the United States" and at 456.5 miles it truly is. For this years V2R I was fortunate enough to be hooked up with a team campaigning a Class 8 race truck. A colleague of mine had set the whole thing up but due to a set of very unfortunate circumstances had to withdraw at the last minute. With the team planning on someone from Off-Road tagging along for the race I got the phone call to go. I gladly accepted the offer, got my race gear in order and headed out to meet the team.
Thursday August 21st 2008
Dark O'Clock, Thursday morning, I loaded up my gear and headed out to meet up with Chuck Foreman, driver and partner in the RWP Racing Maxxis Ford F-150 I was going to be racing with. I met up with Chuck and we all piled into his co-driver Carl's mighty chase Tundra and headed out to meet up with the rest of the team at the South Point hotel in Las Vegas for tech inspection and registration. After a short jaunt up the 15 we arrived in Las Vegas where we quickly set to work finding Rich Waite and the race truck. Rich was smart and was finishing up registering for the race just as we were arriving so while Chuck, Carl and I went to register Rich took the truck and got in line for tech inspection.
I will say one thing for BITD, they are very organized, very very organized, which made it really surprising when we got to the ballroom where registration was taking place only to see a line wrapped around the room and down out into the hall! Oh well, gotta do what you gotta do right so we waited, and waited, and then waited some more. After what was probably a solid two hour wait we finally get to the front of the line, the three of use signed our lives away, got our wrist bands and headed out to the parking lot to see how things were going in Tech inspection with Rich and the race truck.
Much to our surprise just as we got to the parking lot where tech inspection was going on Rich and the race truck had just finished and were pulling out. Awesome, we didn't have to stand in the sun, it was time for a long over due lunch, back to the casino! After lunch we headed back out to the truck where the crew was working out some last minute issues, nothing big, just charging shocks and working on the radio system. After a quick run down on how the truck worked, the switches and gauges for Carl and I (the two new co-drivers) it was time for a quick team meeting to work out last minute pit strategy.
From a logistical stand point this type of race, point to point, is a nightmare. So like any good team would do we all sat down the night before the race and planned out our pit stops. With a skeleton crew we had to make every truck matter. Chuck and Rich dug right in to the planning while we all watched, listened, and offered advice where we could. The way BITD had the pits laid out made it easy for us to get our meger crew to points they needed to be at with the right amount of tools and fuel.
With everybody registered, the truck teched, last minute bugs worked out, and pit strategies planned we all hit the hay before what was going to be a long day of racing.
Friday August 22nd 2008
While the race is named the Vegas to Reno race it neither starts in Las Vegas nor does it end in Reno. In reality this race starts in the small town of Beatty Nevada about 150 miles outside of Las Vegas and ends near Carson City Nevada, just a short jaunt from Reno. With the 10:30am start time drawing near we loaded up and headed to Beatty.
Once we made it Beatty we quickly unloaded the truck, filled our dump cans, topped off the tank, checked the air pressure and oil one last time, and headed for the starting line. With the truck staged and ready to start the race we loaded up our Chase Tundra and Greg and Tim loaded up their Tundra and we headed for Pit 2 where I was scheduled to get into the race truck.
Like with any type of race, stuff happens. Rich started the race in the truck and immediately starting having issues with the electric cooling fans. After a short bit of downtime they had the fans working again and were back underway. Unfortunately this downtime caused them to get stuck in a traffic jam (yes, traffic in the desert) behind a terrible wreck between a motorcycle and buggy at mile 44. After clearing the wreck they were finally able to motor on and meet us at Pit 2.
Due to the few minor issues the truck had had the crew decided to call off the driver change at Pit 2, which meant that I wouldn't be getting in the truck. No worries, it's a long race; there are still plenty of miles to cover and plenty of time to get in the truck. So the truck pulls in, gets fuel, a new air filter, and a once over and is sent on its way. With the truck serviced and running strong we pack it up and move on to Pit 4 where we will see the truck next. This is when it all went wrong.
As I said earlier, in any type of racing, stuff happens and seven miles after Pit 2 it happened in a big way. Some how or another one of the I-Beams on the front of the race truck decided it was done playing and split in half. When the beam split the radius arm was able to twist bending the extra large shafts on the two 3" diameter shocks on that side of the truck. We were out of the race.
We got the call on the radio that the truck was out as we were heading for Pit 4 so we turned around and went back to Pit 2 to start planning the recovery. With the truck stuck on the side of the race course about two miles from the highway it wasn't going to be an easy recovery. We borrowed a welder from another team who's day ended at Pit 2 and took it and a generator out to the truck to attempt to weld the beam back together. Unfortunately the welder ran out of wire so we were only able to weld it enough to keep the tire on, but not enough to safely drive the truck off of the course. This meant we needed to get a trailer into it. No biggie. While Carl and I returned the welder to its owners the other half of the crew loaded up Rich's F-250 and trailer and headed out on the course to recover the truck. A couple hours later they were back, truck in tow.
It was not 11pm Friday night. Our race that had started 12 hours earlier had now ended with the truck on the trailer after finishing only 78 of the 465.5 miles. We were all disappointed, but in the end, that's racing. You win some and you lose some, and this time we were on the short end. I'm confident that Rich Chuck and the entire RWP Racing team will be back in full force at the next race and in the hunt for that number one spot!
I have to send a special thanks to Chuck Foreman, Rich Waite, and all the guys on the Rich Waite Painting Race Team for their hospitality and for having me along for the ride that was V2R. Even though we didn't win, and didn't even finish for that matter I still had a great time with you guys.
Also the entire RWP Race Team and I would like to give a special thanks to the guys of the #7221 team. These were the guys that loaned us the welder that we used to try and repair the broken truck to recover it from the desert. You guys hung around way longer than you needed too just to try and help us, and for that we are very grateful. Thank you!


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Tom Picker is set to retire after 35 years with the U.S. Postal Service.
Tom Picker of Sturgis has worked for the U.S. Postal Service since 1978.
The Blizzard of '78 pushed his first day on the job back a week later than originally planned, Picker said.
Saturday will be his last day on the job, but snow in the forecast shouldn't change his retirement plan.
When he started, Picker said, his trainer was confident he would shadow another carrier for two weeks before delivering mail on his own. But that wasn't the case.
His third day on the job, one of the city carriers called in sick and Picker was sent as the substitute.
"Follow the mail," Picker's trainer said.
The mail is sorted in sequence of the homes on the route. As long as a carrier gives all the pieces to each customer, the next address will be right in front of him. Besides, it was an easy 2 1/2-hour route.
At least it should have been.
But it was only a week after the blizzard-of-the-century. Picker was walking down some enamel painted steps between shoulder-high drifts when his feet flew out from under him.
Picker remembers lying there, watching mail drift around him — chances of "following the mail" were gone.
"That 2 1/2 hour route took me six hours to finish," Picker said.
He learned that day that a carrier will sacrifice his body rather than let go of letters.
"I promised myself if I ever got done that day, I would quit," Picker said.
But he waited another 35 years to keep that promise, and according to his co-workers, it's still too soon.
"Tom is irreplaceable," said Margie Klein, Sturgis postmaster. "He is so knowledgeable, so dedicated. He's just incredible in the way he handles employees and customers."
Chris Milligan, who has worked with Picker for 27 years, agrees.
"They are not going to find anyone more devoted to this place than Tom," Milligan said.
Although the majority of Picker's career has been in Sturgis, he also held temporary officer-in-charge position in other locations that were between postmasters, including Bronson, Burlington, Colon and Kalamazoo.
Picker also worked for about five years with a route inspector team that traveled to various cities in the state.
"That was enjoyable to see other cities and post offices," Picker said.
His current position is supervisor of customer service, but Picker's fondest memories are of days as a city carrier.
"It was nice to get out and have an exercise routine built right into your job," Picker said.
Then he quickly added that winter and rainy, gloomy days aren't as much fun, but did offer plenty of memories.
In spite of the cold weather he never had trouble staying warm. Even the time when a co-worker asked him to substitute far in advance. When the day came, Picker remembers heading toward the route as the temperature/time sign on Citizens State Bank rotated around to read -26.
That day gave him plenty of fodder for good natured batter with the co-worker who "planned" his day off just to avoid the cold.
While the news is often filled with doom about the U.S. Postal Service, Picker said he hasn't noticed a decline in mail in Sturgis in his 35 years.
Although the volume of first-class letters is down, packages have filled the gap. People who pay their bills online also shop online and the Postal Service is the most economical way to get the packages to buyers.
In fact, Picker said, the post office has a contract with FedEx and UPS to deliver the packages to the homes, since mail carriers are going to those homes anyway.
"During Christmas, we can have 500 to 600 packages a day," Picker said.
Being "down here in the trenches" the local employees know measures that could save the postal services substantial amounts of money, Picker said. But several changes he likes include the "Forever" stamp, which saves having to buy a 1- or 2-cent stamp when prices increase.
Also the "If it fits, it ships" boxes offer savings for people shipping heavy items, Picker said.
Once he retires, those concerns will take a back seat to new endeavors, such as volunteering, maybe some golf and reading, and for sure checking things off a to-do list his wife is compiling.
Picker will always be welcome when he stops by the post office.
"He always went the extra mile to do things and do them the right way," said Johnny Baker, a co-worker.
"He's been great for this place," Mulligan added.
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Welcome to the FunDivEurope Knowledge Transfer Platform
The platform supports communication and knowledge exchange among stakeholders, scientists, policy makers and the public regarding the understanding about the functional significance of biodiversity for the provision of forest ecosystem services in major European forest types. The aim is to understand and quantify how tree species diversity can be used to foster the provision of ecosystem services such as timber production, carbon sequestration and freshwater provisioning.
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- Functional diversity underlies demographic responses to environmental variation in European forests by S.Ratcliffe 8 months 20 hours ago
- Climate- and successional-related changes in functional composition of European forests are strongly driven by tree mortality by S.Ratcliffe 8 months 20 hours ago
- Disentangling the effects of compositional and structural diversity on forest productivity by M.P.Da Silva 1 year 2 months ago
- Tree diversity affects chlorophyll a fluorescence and other leaf traits of tree species in a boreal forest by M.Pollastrini 1 year 2 months ago
- Tree species diversity affects decomposition through modified micro-environmental conditions across European forests by F.Joly 1 year 2 months ago
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- Role of millipede for litter decomposition by F.Joly
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- Effects of biodiversity on the transmission of foliar fungal pathogens in the German tree diversity experiment BIOTREE by H.Bruelheide
- Timber quality vs. biodiversity - a contradiction? by J.Bauhus
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- what is the most productive type of material for reproduction in biomass production? asked by I.C.Dănilă 3 years 2 months ago
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- Do mixed forests allow to produce high value timber? asked by J.Bauhus 4 years 8 months ago
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- The composition of the understorey shows a clear turnover over time due to tree canopy development. by E.Ampoorter 4 years 1 month ago
- The species-specific impact of trees on environmental conditions induces differences in understorey species richness and productivity by E.Ampoorter 4 years 1 month ago
- the understorey compositional dissimilarity between patches within a stand increases with increasing number of tree species in the overstorey, while the compositional dissimilarity between different stands decreases with higher tree species richness by E.Ampoorter 4 years 1 month ago
- a higher number of tree species in the overstorey is accompanied by a different composition of the understorey and positively influences understorey diversity by E.Ampoorter 4 years 1 month ago
- The variability in quality of tree stems increases with neighbourhood tree species diversity & stem quality of individual trees is dependent on specific traits of neighbouring species by J.Bauhus 4 years 8 months ago


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Re^2: Replace strings in multiple filesby Tanktalus (Canon)
|on Nov 13, 2012 at 16:16 UTC ( #1003654=note: print w/replies, xml )
|Need Help??
Why not? Well, a few reasons, I suppose.
First off, not all OS's do filename expansion. CMD.EXE doesn't, for example, at least not last time I tried.
Second, maybe the filename is coming as input from an input file. Putting filenames as a command line parameter isn't always a good option. Maybe it's being run automatically through a web interface without any use of a shell.
Third, maybe the filenames are remote files, files in another directory, or any number of other reasons.
The answer to all of the above is glob (assuming you don't need to recurse subdirs).
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The PlayStation 3 version of BioShock Infinite does not include a copy of the original BioShock outside of North America, publisher 2K Games has told VideoGamer.com.
If i were to buy this game in Sweden, it won't include the original Bioshock game ?
Well that kinda sucks but not enough for me to not buy Bioshock:Infinite.
Guess i'll just have to buy em' separate in order to complete my collection.
Yeah, that kind of sucks but it's not a deal breaker. Any self respecting gamer should have played Bioshock already.


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I bought an English Bulldog about 6 months ago. He turned 1 yr old on September 23, 2012. When we brought him home he was somewhat punchy. We thought it was because of unfamiliar ground. He has since nestled in, however, he still continues to cower and back himself into a corner. I am married and have two grown daughters, and a 17 yr old step son. Here are the issues that I am dealing with and don't know how to deal with:
1. He becomes very, very aggressive when my step son walks in the door, he growls and on occasion has lunged at him. This has also occurred when my daughters boyfriend comes over to visit. I have noticed that he is more aggressive toward men than women. :(
2. On occasion, he has jumped on furniture and peed, ugh, what is up with that. He is lavished in affection from my girls and I, I don't understand this behavior.
3. Trying to keep him off my furniture is almost impossible. Any suggestions here.
He is neutered. Any input is appreciated, I don't want to have to get rid of him, but I cannot have a liability in the house either. Overwhelmed and don't know what to do.


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GREENVILLE, Ill-- The Lady Panthers beat Principia 3-0 to advance to the SLIAC Championship tonight at 7:00 pm.
GC swept Prinicipa with set scores of 25-18, 27-25, and 25-18 to win the match 3-0.
Offensively, Tricia Gall led the team in kills with 11, Nicole Schaffer added 8 and Ansley DeVrieze was credited with 7 kills for GC. Hannah Groves had 14 assists and Ellen Lueking added 10 for Greenville.
Defensively, GC was strong in th match with Schaffer and Jamie Schollenbruch each having 7 digs for the Panthers. Gall and Marie Kendrick both made 3 solo blocks and the team had 9 total solo blocks in the match.
Tonight at 7:00, the home team will take on the winners of the Westminster vs. Webster Semifinal match, which will be played at Greenville at 4:00 pm. The Panthers hope to win tonight to get the SLIAC automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.