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The National Hockey League and the NHL Players' Association have agreed to the inclusion of federal mediation in ongoing negotiations towards a new Collective Bargaining Agreement.
"I have had separate, informal discussions with the key representatives of the National Hockey League and the National Hockey League Players' Association during the course of their negotiations for a successor collective bargaining agreement," said federal mediation and conciliation service director George H. Cohen in a statement on Monday.
"At the invitation of the FMCS, and with the agreement of both parties, the ongoing negotiations will now be conducted under our auspices. I have assigned Deputy Director Scot L. Beckenbaugh, Director of Mediation Services John Sweeney, and Commissioner Guy Serota to serve as the mediators.
"Due to the extreme sensitivity of these negotiations and consistent with the FMCS's longstanding practice, the Agency will refrain from any public comment concerning the future schedule and/or the status of the negotiations until further notice."
Mediation by a third party was also done during the 2004-05 lockout. The hope is an objective party will help get the negotiating process on track.
The current work stoppage, which began on Sept. 16, has already caused the cancellation of 422 regular-season games as well as the Winter Classic and All-Star Weekend.


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Hogan was made famous in Hard Knocks this year because Reggie Bush dubbed him "7-11" (saying he is always open).
Of course, then he did nothing in camp and was cut.
At any rate, according to Ben Volin, a reporter for the Palm Beach Post covering the Dolphins, the Bills are signing him to their PS.

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NSF Announces Supercomputer Grant Winners 82
An anonymous reader writes "The NSF has tentatively announced that the Track 1 leadership class supercomputer will be awarded to the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Track 2 award winner is University of Tennessee-Knoxville and its partners." From the article: "In the first award, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) will receive $208 million over 4.5 years to acquire and make available a petascale computer it calls "Blue Waters," which is 500 times more powerful than today's typical supercomputers. The system is expected to go online in 2011. The second award will fund the deployment and operation of an extremely powerful supercomputer at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville Joint Institute for Computational Science (JICS). The $65 million, 5-year project will include partners at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Texas Advanced Computing Center, and the National Center for Atmospheric Research."


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Congratulations to Samantha Melvin, art teacher at RJ Richey Elementary School in Burnet Texas, for being one of two PBS Teachers Innovation Award winners from Texas!
PBS and its member stations celebrated 50 of the nation's most innovative preK-12 educators who are discovering new ways to engage their students and inspire them to achieve. The PBS Teachers Innovation Awards honors teachers who are transforming classroom learning and providing children with the tools they need to reach their full potential and succeed in the 21st century.
PBS will host the top 10 PBS Teachers Innovation Award winners for an exclusive behind-the-scenes trip to the organization's annual membership meeting May 17-20 in Austin, Texas, where they will attend sneak previews of upcoming programs, meetings with producers, and participate in professional development workshops about teacher leadership and integration of Web 2.0 tools for collaborative learning. They will also receive a Logitech® Web camera and their SMART Board Interactive Whiteboard System, which allows teachers to build media-rich lesson plans and students to participate in collaborative and fun curriculum-based games such as those from PBS (http://pbskids.org/whiteboard/).
All winners will receive an exclusive educator's kit filled with tools and instructional technology resources for the classroom from PBS and Elmer's Products, Inc., as well as a Web-based facilitated course from the professional development service, PBS TeacherLine. Through the online resource PBS Teachers, the winners' submissions will be featured as best practices case studies, and the winners will serve as teacher leaders and catalysts for expanding effective instructional techniques using public digital media in the classroom.
A judging panel of PBS TeacherLine course facilitators and PBS education staff selected the 50 winners from nearly 700 online entries.
The PBS Teachers Innovation Awards program was created to identify innovative educators–including preK-12 classroom teachers, library media specialists, and homeschooling parents–and advance the profession through collaboration, networking and professional development. Educators were asked to submit a 200-word essay and video or photos demonstrating why they are innovative educators for categories ranging from digital storytelling to robotics. Earlier this year, President Obama acknowledged PBS as a partner in the "Educate to Innovate" campaign for showcasing educational excellence through the awards program. These awards are one way PBS is highlighting the work of creative, inspiring educators.


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Silas Redd rushed for 158 yards and a touchdown on 21 carries as No. 13 Southern California dropped California, 27-9, on Saturday at the Los Angeles Coliseum.
Curtis McNeal also had a big day on the ground, running for 115 yards on 10 carries. Matt Barkley completed 22-of-34 passes for 192 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions for the Trojans (3-1, 1-1 Pac-12), who bounced back from a shocking upset at the hands of Stanford last week.
Marqise Lee hauled in 11 passes for 94 yards and two touchdowns in the victory.
"I think that the game was won at the line of scrimmage. We limited these guys to 77 yards rushing," USC coach Lane Kiffin said. "Our offense and defensive lines, if you look at plusses and minuses when it comes to sacks, we had seven and they had none. That is an explosive offense, and at the end of the day we won it up front. I'm extremely proud of our players."
Zach Maynard threw for 173 yards and two interceptions on 18-of-33 passing, while Keenan Allen caught nine balls for 93 yards for California.
Vincenzo D'Amato converted three field goals in the setback for the Golden Bears, (1-3, 0-1) who lost for the second straight week.
"USC has a great team and had a great game plan," Maynard said. "They were jamming our receivers off the ball and they were getting hit once they caught the ball."
USC's game-opening offensive possession was cut short when Barkley was picked off in the end zone by Steve Williams, but the Trojans opened the scoring on their next touch.
Starting from their own 29, the Trojans went 71 yards in six plays before Redd capped the drive with a 33-yard sprint to the end zone.
California bridged the first and second quarters with an extensive 15-play, 60 yard drive, highlighted by a key fourth-down conversion to bring the ball to the USC 21.
The drive stalled at the six-yard line and D'Amato easily connected on the 24- yard field goal to bring the Golden Bears within 7-3.
The Trojans began their ensuing drive on the 25 and Barkley hit Lee for 22 yards on the first play. Two plays later, McNeal gashed the Cal defense for 18 yards to move into opposing territory and Barkley capped the six-play, 75-yard march with an 11-yard TD strike to Lee, making it 14-3.
After a series of punts by both sides, USC started with possession at its own 20 and 2:35 on the second-quarter clock. Barkley ran the two-minute offense to perfection, moving his team to the Cal 30 and Andre Heidari banged a 40-yard field goal through the uprights to give the Trojans a 17-3 halftime lead.
California scored the only points of the third quarter on a pair of field goals by D'Amato, cutting the deficit to 17-9.
USC began the fourth quarter on the move, facing a 3rd-and-6 at the Cal 25. The first play of the frame resulted in a minimal gain and Heidari hit a 41- yarder.
The Trojans' defense forced a Cal three-and-out on the ensuing possession and got the ball back at their own 25.
From there, Barkley led a 14-play, 75 yard drive and capped the scoring with a 3-yard touchdown strike to Lee.
Game Notes
It was the 100th all-time meeting between the schools. USC knocked off Cal 30-9 in the only meeting last season on Oct. 13, 2011 ...Cal fell to 6-5 all- time in conference-opening games under head coach Jeff Tedford ... USC has won nine consecutive games against Cal ... With his nine receptions on the day, Keenan Allen moved up to fourth all-time at Cal in career receptions with 173. Brian Treggs, father of Cal freshman Bryce Treggs, is third on the list with 180 catches.


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Powerhouse Celtic band Burning Bridget Cleary gives their debut appearance at Landhaven Bed & Breakfast Saturday. The band was originally formed by a pair of fiddlers who literally grew up and came out of Bethlehem's Celtic Classic festival, competing annually in the event's highly regarded Fiddle Competition.
Today, the award-winning band tours the country and are highly favored in Great Britain as well as the U.S. They are in demand at countless festivals across North America.
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Since we last spoke I got my full dosing of double stage madness at the Tour of the Greater South Coast. It was wet. I was windy. It was madness. Madness I tell you!
But it was a lot of fun. We worked out arses off and came away with the win.
The South Coast Tour was markedly different from the Tour of Gippsland or the current Tour of the Murray River. Both of those tours are more about accumulating time bonuses continually to build your lead throughout the race. Given the morning crits will have sprints every second lap or thereabouts the oppurtunity lies for a quality sprinter to win 3-4-5-6 or more sprints and go away from each morning stage a good 20 seconds or more in front of their rivals.
But, and yes there is a bit but, you still have to survive the arvo road stage.
At races like Gippo and Murray where it may be easier to control (cross wind pending of course) you can let your lead rider, such as AJ Giacoppo for us, go nuts in the morning, and then sit back a bit more in the arvo.
But at South Coast, with some big and hard arvo road stages, combined with some good bergs and some solid wind, it was a balancing act of sorts. An act that we got right, but only just.
On the 4th stage which to us looked like the true queen road stage we had a solid 100+ kilometres heading in through the southern grampians to finish in Casterton. To those who have raced the Tour of Coleraine in the past, you know how windy, dead and lumpy this area is.
Even with a clear plan to control and mark the right moves we let Darren Lapthorne escape our grasps and he ended up with an awesome solo win. We'd been warned! He was the man to watch, and Drapac were certainly going to throw it all at as.
From my point of view, I had a simple task. I had to try and tag moves, fill gaps etc, if there was a break that did not have the riders we wanted in it, then I had to get my chase on. But you can't chase everything, so it's often much easier to tag on the back and follow moves.
Cue day three. The day of madness.
Forecasts were for gale force winds. Snow in the grampians down to ~700 metres. Sideways rain. Horizontal hail. It. Was. Chaos.
We fronted up at the circuit at Port Fairy. We performed our obligatory get to the start line about 3 hours before the start, just so we could start on the front... and we shivered. It was cold. Miserable. Filthy.
It was a true laugh to be on the start line whingeing my arse off with Jordan Kerby who exclaimed that he was from QLD, he doesn't ride in this shit! (only to go up the road and nearly win the stage!)
Anyhow, we got through that stage OK. We had to work and try to bring back Kerby and the ol' Ox Gordan McCauley but we couldn't do it. But no big losses.
It was the arvo stage that really concerned us. The wind was getting stronger. The rain was setting in.
We had seen the roads we had to race on. There were plenty of potholes (which would come as a mystery surprise under the blankets of water that now covered the road). There would be a ripping cross or tail cross wind. It was going to be an absolute balls to the wall smashfest.
Then came possibly the most memorable moment of my season.
CSV promptly came and informed all the teams that the days racing was cancelled. The police had decided to cancel the stage citing rider safety.
Now here we had and huddle of hardened cyclists, layered up with all sorts of thermal clothing and windstopping devices. Everyong was gripping their caffeine or sugary fix of choice, just mentally preparing for the big afternoon.
Then, like night and day, the grown men were reduced to near tears of happiness. Group hugs. Exclaimations of "Thank f##k for that" and similar were exchanged. Phew! Dodged a bullet there!
The rest of the tour was not quite as dramatic, better weather, more hard racing, and yep, AJ got the win. But it was the solid weather and tumultuous times of the first three days that stick in my mind!
You can have a peak at more NRS highlights over here
Now I am down here in Tassie enjoying a solid training camp. Emphasis on solid.
But more importantly, how good is it to see Joel Pearson on the top step?
This guy is an absolute legend. After I messed myself up in China he really looked after me, especially helping carry me from my wheelchair to the airplane seat on our return flight!
Then about a year later he put me in touch with ACJ, one of the main men behind the Orange Army, and I was lucky enough to get a gig with Genesys. So it's not just good. But great, to see the double warny winner, do stuff like this
|Stage 4, Tour of Murray 2012, 'Killer' Pearson just keeps on, keeping on
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Also - you weren't told 95 is the highest mark available. You were told that this teacher hasn't come across a paper she deemed worthy of a mark higher than 95.
Quote from: katycoo on November 21, 2012, 11:02:09 PMAlso - you weren't told 95 is the highest mark available. You were told that this teacher hasn't come across a paper she deemed worthy of a mark higher than 95.That by itself comes across as ridiculous to me and essentially exactly the same thing as saying "I never give above a 95." It's certainly not mathematically impossible this teacher has literally never encountered a paper that deserves a grade above a 95, but unless the teacher has been teaching a very short time I think it's much, much more likely that he or she is one of those twits who is simply unwilling to give a grade above their own arbitrary limit.And even if this teacher has honestly never encountered a 95+ grade, I still think they dropped the ball in a major way by not actually answering the question, "What could I have done to make my paper even better?" If you take 5 points off a student's paper you should be prepared to explain why. If the best you can do is "Well, this is worth 1 point, and I've never given a higher grade," then you're a crappy teacher because you're apparently incapable or unwilling to actually teach your student to do better.
I am afraid I will be brushed off and quiet little Hortense will continue to shrink away, because she will not see the point in trying.
Yes, 95 is good. But, it does not teach my daughter anything.
It seems like DD is ready for college at this point; nothing is ever perfect for graduate level courses according to the professors or department board.
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- Center for Electronic Texts in the Humanities (CETH)
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New York, New York: Sinatra's NYC Penthouse for Sale
In the 1960s, Frank Sinatra was at the top of his show business career. He was a good friend of John Kennedy, supervising much of the President's 1961 inauguration festivities, and partied with his Rat Pack friends Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop. Frank was the biggest name in Las Vegas where he regularly sold out the Sands' Copa Room. He was a movie star in "Von Ryan's Express," "The Manchurian Candidate" and "Oceans 11." Still in the 1960s, Frank started his own record company, won an Emmy for his TV special "Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music" and a Grammy for his song, "Strangers in the Night." Frank recorded several more 1960's hit records, including "My Way," "That's Life," "It Was a Very Good Year" and a duo with daughter Nancy, "Somethin' Stupid," that went to #1 in both the United States and England.
In his spare time, Frank also did quite a bit of design work on the New York penthouse where he lived with Mia Farrow. Frank and pixie-faced Mia met on the set of "Von Ryan's Express" in 1965. They were married in 1966, lived in their stunning Manhattan glass-walled penthouse and were divorced by 1968. When Mia's movie "Rosemary's Baby" production time ran over and she refused to quit the film to be in Sinatra's film "The Detective," Frank handed Mia divorce papers in front of her movie cast crew.
According to the apartment's listing agent, Frank was very active in the penthouse design when it was under construction in 1961 on Manhattan's Upper East Side. How his pal, Sammy Davis Jr., enjoyed tossing champagne glasses down on FDR Drive from the apartment's terraces! Frank loved to entertain his wide circle of friends that ranged from presidents, royalty and Hollywood's biggest stars to religious leaders and mobsters. His New York penthouse was designed for parties and socializing with 18-foot ceilings and glass walls overlooking the city and East River. During the eleven years Frank owned the home, it was a known swinging party place that welcomed not only his Rat Pack gang but also the likes of President Kennedy, Andy Warhol and Marilyn Monroe.
With a modernization undertaken by the current owner after she bought it in 2008, the 3,200-square-foot apartment has four bedrooms, six baths and an additional 2,000 square feet in two wrap-around terraces overlooking the river and city. The penthouse was previously priced at $7.7 million - now listed at $4.995 million.


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A WoW player living in Indianapolis was arrested after he used in-game chat to threaten to blow up a plane, Indystar.com is reporting. The eighteen year old later told Johnson County sheriffs that he "was going to board a plane at 7:30 to Chicago and that (he) was going to try and kill as many Americans as possible".
His boasts were spotted by a Blizzard employee who called the police after seeing that the WoW player had made serious threats. When arrested, the man claimed his computer had been hacked into and then explained he had meant the statements as a joke. He had apparently made them because he didn't believe that, contrary to popular belief, that doing so wouldn't alert the police.
A Blizzard representative is quoted as saying that the chat logs were "very serious" and didn't seem to be just jokes however she declined to show the logs to indystar.com. The man's PC was seized as evidence and the cased turned over to the FBI. We'll let you know more as we hear it but the moral message here is simple: don't threaten to blow up planes in Azeroth. It's not smart.


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Closing the Gap: Assistive Technology in Special Education and Rehabilitation
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On October 22, 1949, during an early morning robbery of a Standard Service Station in Beaver, Utah, Verne Alfred Braasch and Melvin LeRoy Sullivan shot and killed Howard (Duke) Manzione one hour before his shift was over. Manzione was shot four times and died after being transported to Cedar City Hospital. Braasch and Sullivan were captured the next day in Las Vegas. They had gotten $20 from a cash register. At the time of the killing, Braasch was 24 years old and Sullivan was 19.
Normally a case in Utah would not receive any attention as far east as Iowa but their verdict was listed in the Reinbeck Courier. Braasch, who was 30 at the time of the execution, was born May 24, 1928 in Reinbeck. His father was listed as William F. Braasch, was born in 1886 also in Iowa. He died in 1949 and is buried in the Reinbeck Cemetery.
Tried and sentenced four separate times to die, Braasch and Sullivan received a stay of execution, each execution until 1956. With all appeals gone they released a statement to the press shortly before their execution, which stated they did not protest against being punished. They went on to say that they did not have a fair chance in life, coming from broken homes they grew up in neglect, were denied parental care, affection, and guidance, and stated that religious training would have pointed them in the right direction. While in prison during the years of waiting, they stated they tried to build up in their souls what was lacking, and that they were ready to accept their severe punishment with true religious resignation.
Braasch and Sullivan were executed simultaneously on May 11, 1956, for the 1949 murder. It was Utah's second ever double murder execution in history. The Utah governor was so annoyed by the long appeal time that he submitted a bill to the U.S. Department of Justice for $19,685, or $615.05 per month for the six years they spent on death row.
Braasch and Sullivan ate their last meal, roast pheasant, green salad, and strawberries and cream, along with one pint each of dry wine and sweet wine. The execution by firing squad, was double; two chairs were placed on a sled-type apparatus. Sandbags were placed behind the chairs and wood coverings covered the floor. Two chairs were used, one black (which had been used for other executions), and one white, newly painted. Sullivan sat in the black one, Braasch in the white. The execution was conducted by the sheriff, who by placing his hat over his heart, signaled the two separate firing squads to do their work. Both men were pronounced dead within one minute of the shots. Braasch is buried at Mount Calvary Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Sullivan in Maple Hill Cemetery in Kansas City, Kansas.


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Palmiro Capón (El Jueves #1420, 2004)
Lalo Kubala, pseudonym of Eduardo Jiménez Pérez, is a graphic artist from Valencia. He is a regular contributor to El Jueves since 1999. He has contributed humorous sections like 'Umberto Cebolla y los grandes inventos de la Humanidad' and 'Leyendas Urbanas). Prior to his work for El Jueves, he drew 'Federico Ventosa' for Rock Sí and 'Palmiro Capón' in Kovalski Fly in 1998. 'Palmiro Capón' was later continued in El Jueves.


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Submission + - AMZN, AAPL, GOOG, MSFT Chase 'Got Milk?' Patents 1
theodp writes: Among the new iOS 5 features is Reminders, which Apple explains this way: 'Say you need to remember to pick up milk during your next grocery trip. Since Reminders can be location based, you'll get an alert as soon as you pull into the supermarket parking lot.' But does Reminders infringe on a newly-granted patent to Amazon for Location Aware Reminders, which covers the use of location based reminders to remind a user 'to purchase certain items such as, for example, as milk, bread, and eggs'? Or could Reminders run afoul of Google's new patent for Geocoding Personal Information, which covers triggering a voice reminder or making a computing device vibrate when a user approaches a location if 'one of the user's events is a task to pick up milk and bread'? Not to be left out of the 'Got Milk?' patent race, Apple also has a patent pending for Computer Systems and Methods for Collecting, Associating, and/or Retrieving Data, which covers providing a reminder to a user whose 'to do' list includes 'get milk' when the user's location matches 'a store that sells the item "milk."' Which should not be confused with Microsoft's pending patent for Geographic Reminders, which allows users to specify reminders such as 'pick up milk if I am within a ten minutes drive of any grocery store.' That all four tech giants chose to pursue remember-the-milk patents — and the USPTO is considering and granting them — is all the more remarkable considering that Microsoft suggested location-based reminders were obvious in a 2005 patent filing, which informed the USPTO that 'a conventional reminder application may give the user relevant information at a given location, such as 'You're near a grocery store, and you need milk at home.' So much for that immediate patent quality improvement promised by the America Invents Act!


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Warhammer Online Delayed Again 63
EA Mythic CEO Mark Jacobs, in a new 'State of the Game' address on the Warhammer Herald site, revealed that Warhammer Online has been pushed back to at least April of next year. The game was originally slated for release this fall, and then was pushed to around February of next year. As always, the fearsome demon of polish is what's keeping the team hard at work through the holidays: "When we looked at our options, two paths lay before us: 1) Ship the game on time with fewer features and less polish, or 2) Extend the development cycle and spend the needed time and money to make WAR great. We chose the latter path - to invest additional time and effort in implementation and polish to make WAR great. Fortunately, we have the resources and support of EA behind us to extend our development cycle; time that will be used to make sure the game is everything we want it to be. WAR is coming, and it will be glorious." He notes also that they'll begin a new phase of testing next month, kicking Beta back into high gear.


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Why Zone a SpacePak Central Air System?
Uniform Comfort in Multilevel Construction
When two or more levels are connected by an open stairwell or a balcony, the tendency is for the upper level to be too warm and the lower level to be too cold. (manual D, section 1, pg-1)
To compensate for this difference in temperature, a second unit can be added, or the mini-duct system can be divided into zones.
Energy and Cost Savings
Typical HVAC system design is based on both average loads and peak loads. Peak demand is required less than 10% of the seasonal run time (manual J, 8th Edition). Room CFM quantities based on average load requirements will be undersized during times of peak load.
A fixed branch damper setting will not balance the cooling (or heating) of the supply air with the room load because the room load continually changes as the outdoor temperature, solar gain and internal loads vary. (manual D, section 1, pg 1)
Small Duct High Velocity requires a higher than average investment for a "No Compromise" benefit to the home owner, space is at a premium. Adding multiple units to meet variable load requirements is typically not an option due to space and cost limitations.


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The Namibia Economist.
The Namibian Agronomic Board (NAB) has reprimanded those responsible for producing and marketing maize products that a consumer lobby charged contains so-called Genetically Modified maize, despite a general ban on GMO maize.
In a telephonic interview, CEO of the Agronomic Board, Christoph Brock informed the Economist that the Board does not in any way support the production of modified maize as these substances are banned
Although some scientists have found genetically modified food to be safe, independent studies have shown that genetically modified food can cause health problems such as lesions in the gut, poor functioning of the liver and kidneys and decreased fertility, amongst others.... http://www.economist.com.na/2011-12-07-11-05-31/agriculture/2691-agronomic-board-condemns-genetically-modified-maize-in-retail-products


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Need some cash for other projects. Both guns work with no leaks. Prices are pretty firm.
Polished Automag: SOLD
- Custom Milled RT Rail
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- Polished Classic Valve
- CP On/Off and Rail
- Dye Boomy (Tapped for centerfeed bodies as well as right and left feed)
Phantom: $155 shipped OBO
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- M16 Grips
- 16" Barrel
- ULE Body Pump Milled
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- Hyperframe Anything
- Carbon Fiber Freak Tip
- Pneumatic Automag Kit
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Accuweather predicted that the temperature would soar to 100 on Friday. However, Saturday may bring relief.
Accuweather predicts a late afternoon or early evening thundershower that may be strong and dangerous at times, with hail. The hourly forecast says it won't arrive until 7 p.m, but other forecasts on the same website say showers could start in late afternoon.
To get the local forecast, click the upper right of hudsonreporter.com several times an hour. Heck, do it every few minutes.


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Booked a last minute Algarve trip next week. Having spent nuff time out there recently I know where I'm going BUT the forecast looks proper proper big, much bigger than any days that pushed me east to Lagos in the past.
So....wondering if anyone can tell me about access to the beaches off Faro, the islands, or around Carvoeiro (sp) and Praia da Rocha....all of which i've heard but not been to. And of these spots which are good, which are just for the Portuguese, and which are shit.
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PROSSER - Growing up with an alcoholic father and enduring two marriages to alcoholics, Stephanie Carmichael of Bend, Ore. had plenty to overcome.
Carmichael shared her story yesterday, Tuesday, during the Lower Valley Christian Women's Connection luncheon in Prosser.
She says the past gave her a heart condition - not a physical heart ailment but problems in her spiritual life.
Carmichael recalled watching headlights pass by outside her home as a little girl, wondering if her father would come home.
She said that same experience happened while married to alcoholics.
She says husband number three is the keeper. They've been married 25 years and run a family plumbing business in Bend.
But getting to the point where she is now took a process in which she learned that God loved her unconditionally.
"Traumatic experiences in our life seem to shape us," she says. For Carmichael, that meant dealing with fear, mistrust, anger, bitterness and unforgiveness.
She says the tipping point for her in opening her heart to God came when she and her husband both lost their mothers in the same year.
"We were devastated," Carmichael said. "We started going to church and one day it was as if I heard John 3:16 for the first time."
She continued, "I felt like this heavy backpack was lifted off my shoulders and I had a peace I'd never known."
The result since then, she says, is "I let go of my hurts and found a renewed hope."
It's a peace and a hope, Carmichael added, that can be experienced by all.
"God really does meet us at our point of need," she says.
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Baseball splits doubleheader with New Jersey City University
By Ben Risinger, sports information director
March 10, 2005
FT. MYERS, Fla. - The Bluffton University baseball team (2-4) split their games with
New Jersey City University on March 10. The Beavers took game one 13-8 and dropped
game two 13-3.
Freshman Kyle White (Berne, Ind./South Adams) led the Beavers in game one with three hits (one double) and two RBI's. Junior Tony Gerig (West Unity/Hilltop) posted three hits with a lone RBI in the game. Will Gerber (Apple Creek/Kidron Christian) picked up his second win of the year on the mound for Bluffton.
Junior Lowell Wyse (Camden, Mich./Heston) posted two hits and one RBI to lead Bluffton in game two. Junior Riordan McClain (Upper Sandusky/Upper Sandusky) knocked out a one run homer for his first of the season. Junior Aaron Krieger (Ida, Mich./Ida) received his second loss of the year on the mound.
The Beavers will play Olivet (12 noon) and Hiram (3 p.m.) on Friday, March 11.


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Paula and Brent Wade of Amarillo celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary with family in Amarillo.
Mr. Wade married the former Paula Heil on Dec. 18, 1976, in First Baptist Church in Happy. The couple resided in Canyon while they were in college.
Mr. Wade is a senior vice president at Amarillo National Bank.
Mrs. Wade provides network support for IBM.
They have two children, Nichole Waller of Spring and Jared Wade of Norman, Okla.
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Story highlights
- North Korea says it will launch a rocket as early as next week
- It says it's aimed at putting a satellite in orbit, but others say it's a missile test
- A South Korean government official says internal pressures are driving the plan
- The official cites recent statements from Kim Jong Un evoking the idea of uprisings
North Korea's decision to launch a second long-range rocket this year, in the face of international condemnation, could be partly due to internal instability, a senior South Korean government official said Friday.
"This action is driven primarily by domestic demand," the official said, declining to be identified because of the sensitivity of the matter.
North Korea has said it will launch the rocket between Monday and December 22 in a fresh attempt to put a satellite in orbit. But other countries, including the United States, say the move is a cover for testing ballistic missile technology, which the United Nations has forbidden the North from doing.
Analysts have cited a number of possible reasons for Pyongyang's decision to carry out an unprecedented second launch this year, after a failed effort in April, including significant anniversaries related to the reclusive state's ruling dynasty.
But the South Korean official on Friday suggested that political and pragmatic concerns might be greater motivations for the nuclear-armed North Korean regime.
The North's young leader, Kim Jong Un, has used unusual expressions and words, such as "rebellion," in recent statements, the South Korean government official said.
"He refers to the possibility of uprisings or impure elements of those who are not content with the status of the country," the official said.
Kim has been sending North Korean police to a foreign country for training in dealing with riots, according to the official, and has increased his personal physical protection.
He is also said to have ordered law enforcement agencies to root out those who are not happy with recent military and cabinet changes that he has imposed, according to the official.
"There is a large scale witch hunt going on," he said, declining to disclose the sources of his information.
There has been little sign of division in articles published by the North's state-run Korean Central News Agency. One item Friday referred to the leader as "the dear respected Kim Jong Un."
Pyongyang has said the planned rocket launch would be "true to the behests" of Kim Jong Il, the late North Korean leader and father of Kim Jong Un.
The elder Kim died on December 17 last year, so the first anniversary of his death falls within the launch window that North Korea has announced.
Experts also speculate that Pyongyang wants this launch to happen before the end of 2012, the year that marks the centenary of the birth of Kim Il Sung, the founder of North Korea and grandfather of the current leader.
A presidential election on December 19 in the country's neighbor and rival, South Korea, also takes place inside the launch window. What's more, Seoul had planned its own rocket launch aimed at putting a satellite in orbit late last month before postponing it minutes before takeoff.
Pyongyang insists that this is a "peaceful scientific and technological satellite launch," but even China, a key ally, has given a cool reception to the prospect.
"In view of the situation on the Korea Peninsula and restrictions of relevant U.N. Security Council resolutions, China hopes the DPRK can proceed from the overall situation of peace and stability on the peninsula and act prudently," Hong Lei, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, said at a news briefing this week, according to Xinhua, the Chinese state news agency.
DPRK is an abbreviation of North Korea's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
The South Korean government has declined to say what exactly its response might be if the North Korean rocket launch goes ahead.
"We will send a message that North Korea will have to heed," the senior government official said cryptically on Friday. "Something that will deter any future provocations."
Japan, for its part, has said it will shoot the rocket down if it threatens any part of its territory.
South Korean media this week cited unidentified officials as saying that the North had completed installing the three-stage rocket on its launch pad at the Sohae Space Center on the west coast of the country.
But an analysis published Thursday by the U.S. academic website 38 North questions that claim.
Run by the School of Advanced International Studies at John Hopkins University, 38 North says, "We believe these reports are inaccurate based on satellite imagery and lessons from past North Korean rocket launches."
The process may have been delayed by a light snowfall, the website's analysis says, but North Korea could still have the rocket ready in time for the start of the launch window.
This is the first time North Korea has attempted a rocket launch in winter, and experts say the timing of preparations and the launch itself will depend heavily on weather conditions.
"Pyongyang's announcement of a twelve-day launch window, over twice as long as the five-day window for the April 2012 test, may have been based on careful consideration of possible delays or technical problems due to winter weather," 38 North says.
Previous launch attempts by the North in 2006 and 2009 also failed to achieve their stated goal of putting a satellite in orbit and provoked international condemnation.


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Bradley Manning is not a hero
OsborneInk asks a question that should be answered by Bradley Manning's supporters:
If Bradley Manning had blown the bin Laden Operation, would the HamWaldians still be advocating his release? It's a fair question, because when Manning (allegedly) put those hundred thousand-plus cables on his thumb drive, he certainly had not read them all. In fact, it's pretty certain Manning had no idea what was in them---and no clue how many potential OPs might get blown by their release.
If he had blown the OP and allowed bin Laden to get away, would he still be a hero?
My answer: Manning was NEVER a hero. He betrayed his oath and his country. He did not do it for any humanitarian principle, but because he was mad about a policy (DADT) that has since been reversed. Manning is no better than Christopher Boyce, Robert Hansen, or Aldrich Ames, three spies who were arrested and convicted in my lifetime. His fate will resemble theirs, and ought to.
Thanks to Little Green Footballs and Extreme Liberal for the links.
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Oh, how briefly EA respected the Wii U and Vita as consoles deserving of typical AAA fare. Both received ports of 2012's Need for Speed: Most Wanted but are missing out on this year's entry in the racing series, Rivals. The answer to why was pretty clear, but Rivals developer Ghost Games has stated it plainly: Most Wanted didn't sell enough to be worth the effort again.
"Honestly, it's not the kind of stuff that I like talking about in detail, that much. We did a load of extra work on the Wii U version, and we had a lot of guys working on that stuff, you know?" creative director Craig Sullivan told thesixthaxis. "It didn't really sell that many, in terms of the Wii U market. I would love for it to have, because we put so much effort into that, trust me. I'd love for it to be way bigger than it was, and the same for the Vita."
Sullivan explained that with "over 200" people working on Rivals across five platforms, "we had to go with where we think the biggest audience will be for the game, and that's where we are."
Bringing the Frostbite 3 engine and its games to Wii U is clearly a pretty low priority for EA. Battlefield 4 is skipping it too, lest the dev team stretch itself too thin.
Need for Speed: Rivals is due November 19 on PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3, followed by Xbox One and PS4 versions on November 22.


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Austria's Kathrin Zettel held off teammate and training partner Marlies Schild to win a World Cup slalom Sunday, skiing a blazing second run on a course on which she is much at home.
Zettel finished in a combined time of 1 minute, 42.46 seconds to edge Schild by 0.67 seconds. Tina Maze of Slovenia was third in a race Lindsey Vonn skipped as she recovers from an intestinal illness.
Schild was seeking her 34th career slalom win, which would match the discipline record of Swiss great Vreni Schneider. She looked on her way, too, after a swift second run through a challenging course. But Schild was eclipsed by Zettel, the last skier of the afternoon.
"She was pretty tough to beat," Schild said.
There's something about the Aspen hill that suits Zettel. She also finished second in the giant slalom the day before, making it a highly productive weekend. She now has eight career podium finishes at this venue.
"I don't even know what to say," said Zettel, who won her first slalom race since 2010. "Aspen is a great place for me."
Teenager Mikaela Shiffrin of the U.S. was in the lead for a few skiers before winding up seventh. Still, it was another solid showing for the 17-year-old who's from down the road in Vail.
Very rapidly, Shiffrin is making quite a name for herself.
"I'm just trying to establish myself as a competitive racer with all these other guys," she said.
Shiffrin's definitely succeeding, with some referring to her as skiing's next prodigy.
"I don't know what I am. I just know I love to race, love to ski and love to go fast. I guess let people think what they want," Shiffrin said. "But it's very flattering."
Shiffrin was third at the last slalom event in Levi, Finland, a competition won by Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany.
Hoefl-Riesch wasn't sure she'd be able to start after bruising her left arm during a crash Saturday. But she recovered enough to not only race Sunday, but race well, taking fourth.
Vonn is still regaining her strength after a bad stomach bug recently landed her in the hospital. She competed in the giant slalom Saturday — finishing 21st — but was clearly winded at the end. She collapsed in the snow after her final run.
Her plan all along was to skip the slalom. The four-time overall champion is conserving energy for next weekend's races in Lake Louise, Alberta, a venue Vonn has typically dominated. She won all three speed races there last season.
Vonn will have some ground to make up with Maze jumping to a big lead in the overall standings. Maze finished runner-up to Vonn last season.
So far this season, no one is skiing any better than Maze, who already has two wins, along with third- and fourth-place finishes.
"I'm feeling fit and strong," Maze said. "Everything is going well for me."
Pat Graham can be reached on Twitter at http://twitter.com/pgraham34


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Friday, June 18, 2010
The Genito-Urinary Department's Women's Ward in the Bradlee Building, circa 1916
Today's MGH Urology staff
On the eve of the MGH bicentennial, one MGH department proudly celebrates its centennial. On June 10, the Department of Urology officially turned 100 years old. Though 1911 was the year the department received designated beds, 1910 was the year the MGH board of trustees voted to establish the Genito-Urinary Department within what was known as the Out Patient Department. It was renamed the Department of Urology in 1925.
To mark the centennial, MGH Urology faculty members gathered for an early morning photo at the steps of the Bulfinch Building, followed by a photo of the entire department -- including the support staff, nurses, operating room staff and physicians. Following the photos, the staff enjoyed a celebratory breakfast and later shared in the cutting of a birthday cake.
W. Scott McDougal, MD, chief of MGH Urology, reflected on the importance of the day. "The Department of Urology is proud to celebrate 100 years of service. Since our establishment, the department has been committed to the health and well-being of our patients, treating them with the latest technologies, many of which have been discovered here through our ongoing research activities. We look forward to what the next 100 years holds."
"MGH Urology certainly has a lot to celebrate," says Robert Seger, senior administrative director of Urology and the MGH History Program. "In 1910, there were only five attending surgeons along with one assistant surgeon. Today the department includes 13 physicians with more than 25 support staff members."
The centennial celebration also served as an opportunity to celebrate how far the department has come, as well as its rich history. For example, in the 1920s, the department helped establish the Stone Clinic to investigate the cause and prevention of kidney stones. Kidney stones may now be noninvasively treated with the use of a lithotripter, a device that destroys the stone with its shock waves. The MGH was one of the first hospitals in the United States to use this device in 1984.
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It was the offseason that led to the formation of Redszone. I'm sure many who were around at that time remember Gallagher and "Whiffey is not your savior!"
Did it work out the way we had hoped? Thanks to injuries and ownership's failure to build a team around him, through little fault of his own, Junior and his relatively bargain priced contract were viewed by many fans as an albatross on the success of the team. Still we had the opportunity to watch a Hall of Fame player roam the outfield in Cincinnati, and one of the sweetest swings in the history of the sport. Looking back 12 years later, now that time has passed and we can judge the trade fairly, I'd like to say that the Reds won the trade, though in the world of expectations, I doubt neither the Reds organization nor the Mariners organization feel that they won. I do feel though, that we the fans of the Cincinnati Reds, won that trade made this day 12 seasons past, and I feel blessed to have had the chance to see Junior Griffey wear my team's uniform and play in my city.


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Dr. Larry Shinn, Alliance Native and President of Berea College, Addresses Mount Union College Class
April 06, 2010
Mount Union College held its 157th Commencement Ceremonies on Sunday, May 11. Dr. Larry D. Shinn, president of Berea College in Kentucky and an Alliance native, addressed the graduating class of 2003.
Shinn challenged the 409 graduates to keep learning. "As a young man, I knew I wanted to learn and to keep learning," said Shinn. "At the age of 61, I am still learning."
Shinn reminded the graduates that, "each of us stands where we stand because of family, friends and mentors who helped us to learn. The accomplishments you celebrate today are not simply your own. Every one of us has a gifted life."
He stated that the benefit of having a college degree is not greater earning capacity or status. The true benefit of a college education is what they have learned and that they have acquired the capacity to learn.
Furthermore, Shinn stated that as witnesses to the events of September 11, the graduates should remember that, as Americans, they are part of the global community.
"We are all part of the world -- our interdependence is not just economic. You have gifted lives. Use them to make a world of peace," said Shinn.
Dr. Richard Marriott, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the College, presented the candidates for their degrees. The graduates were greeted on the platform by Mount Union College President Dr. John L. Ewing, Jr. and Sylvester Green, chairman of the Mount Union College Board of Trustees. Melanie McMaster, senior class president from Chardon, spoke on behalf of the class of 2003.
At the baccalaureate service this morning, Reverend Jonathan D. Keaton, bishop of the Ohio East Area of the United Methodist Church, urged the graduates to "go make a life" using three guiding principles: "keep your success in perspective; never stop growing; and make good decisions."


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Regional Team for EU ENRTP Caucasus Project Hails Decision by Governmental Agency to Cooperate in the Field of Increasing the Resilience of Forest Ecosystems in Georgia
"This is encouraging decision, emphasizing importance of cooperation on forest biodiversity and climate change related issues" said representative of the regional team for the EU financed ENRTP Caucasus Project, project regional coordinator Malkhaz Dzneladze. "WWF-Caucasus stands ready to support technically and financially all measures necessary to put into action the said decision."
"The decision had been based on preliminary undertaken baseline analyses and joint field surveys (in combination with participatory planning) for selection of the project pilot site. As a result, Khashuri pilot site of about 80 hectares was selected on the territory of the state forest lands for implementation of transformation measures aimed at transforming monoculture forest stands into nature forests."
WWF-Caucasus in partnership with WWF-Germany, WWF-Armenia and WWF-Azerbaijan, since March 2011 has been involved in implementation of EU financed Project on Increasing the resilience of forest ecosystems against climate change in the South Caucasus Countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia) through forest transformation for the period of 2011-2014.
About the EU ENRTP Caucasus Project
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Nell Ramsey Wise, of New Martinsville, WV, passed away Sunday, March 24, 2013 at the Woodsfield Nursing Home & Rehab Center, Woodsfield, Ohio, at the age of 97.
Nell was born in Silver Hill, Wetzel County, WV, on June 17, 1915.
She was preceded in death by her father, Charles A. Ramsey and mother, Lucy O. Johnson Ramsey; by her husband, Harry E. Wise; by four sisters, Lillie Yocum, Ocie Buchner, Anne Yoho and Blanche Long; and by two brothers, Elmer Ramsey and Ernie Ramsey. She was also preceded in death by beloved family friend, Glenn Smith.
Nell was survived by her son, Dr. James N. Wise, wife, Hester of Rolla, MO; by two grandsons, Garnett Wise, wife Julie, daughters, Bailey and Emma of Fayetteville, AR and by Dr. Ramsay Wise, wife Joie Hendricks, and daughter Keaton of Columbia, MO.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church of New Martinsville for 66 years. Nell was an active quilter with the Baptist Church Quilters' Guild until 2011.
Nell retired in 1986 ending her 33-year career at Wetzel County Hospital as an LPN. Her formal education ended with her eighth grade graduation from Silver Hill School. She encouraged her son and grandsons to be diligent in school and was proud that they were awarded university degrees. She learned how to drive at 74 years of age, a skill that helped her maintain her independence into her late 90s.
Nell would have been a member for 74 years on April 7 of Palm Rebekah Lodge No. 157, New Martinsville.
Family will receive friends on Wednesday from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. at Grisell Funeral Home & Crematory, 751 Third Street, New Martinsville, where funeral services will be held on Thursday at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. Don Biram officiating.
Interment in Northview Cemetery, New Martinsville.
Sympathy expressions at grisellfuneralhomes.com


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June 2001
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""Cookbook" style programming books tend to de-emphasize having a solid theoretical understanding of the language and frameworks, and instead present canned solutions to specific problems. Since those solutions almost certainly do not solve your exact problem, the developer must then hammer on the canned solution until it conforms to the problem at hand. That way lies cargo cult programming! Fortunately, the C# 3.0 Cookbook does a good job of not just providing a lot of good solutions to common problems, but also provides some background on the general classes of problems that it treats. This is not at all a C# 3.0 language tutorial, but it is very handy to have around when you're like "Hmm, how does one get the audit info out of a file?""
--Eric Lippert, Fabulous Adventures in Coding
"Like the other O'Reilly cookbooks, this book manages to strike a perfect balance between reference and instruction on real problems developers encounter every day. Hats off to Jay and Stephen for creating such a useful resource. If you are a developer who writes C# code for a living, I would be surprised if you do not find something useful the first time you pick this book up. If you are thinking of buying just one book on C# 2.0, make it this one. Highly recommended. The only problem I have now is that I need to go and buy my own copy as this one is now on its way to the User Group library. Of course, I could just borrow it, but I would really like to have a copy on hand all the time!"
--Mitch Wheat, Treat the Cause, Not the Symptoms!
"This isnt a book for reading cover to cover, but theres a lot to be learned browsing through the recipes, and youre sure to get answers on a wide range of topics including solid use of generics, exception handling, I/O, web bits, and networking. The chapters on security and reflection are particularly useful because they offer up good insights on approaching secure coding correctly and good techniques for dealing with reflection."
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Sensor device-maker Gentag is commercializing a disposable "skin patch" sensing platform that will allow otrthopedic surgery patients to monitor themselves during their recovery. Gentag has already developed a number of other disposable diagnostic patches, including devices for fever and diabetes monitoring.
What on the surface appears to be an ordinary looking bandaid combines advanced MEMS sensors with Gentag's disposable wireless sensor platform. A patient can then receive updates on his condition through a portable, easily attainable data analysis device, i.e. his cell phone (provided that it's RFID-capable).
According to Gentag's website, cell phones are ideal monitoring devices because:
- Cell phones feature powerful processors for analyzing sensor data
- Cell phones are ubiquitous
- Cell phones are networked, and
- Cell phones can be geolocated, in real time, for emergency needs
Interesting stuff! It should also be mentioned that this is one of those technologies that can help bring down sky-high healthcare costs. Home health monitoring reduces the need for costly hospital stays, and of course frees up more hospital beds too.
More information is available on the Gentag website.


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Yahoo Article on Michigan and Trey Burke
Posted yesterday; once again the search function will not bite you. Be sure to use it.
He would have looked a lot better wearing Maize and Blue
Not so much the article posted as the OP contents and the ton of snarky comments. I don't know if an Aaron Craft fluff piece would make a great discussion topic or not, but that wasn't the best way to try.
Michigan @ Illinois Prediction Thread :/
OP got what he wanted (in the future, just leave a comment here). New rule: Any poster making a prediction thread more than twelve hours before tipoff will lose their points until the following tipoff. No exceptions will be made for the potentially hilarious violation of posting before the last game of the season.


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FREEPORT (WIFR) -- Autumn leaf pickup will begin on Monday, October 15, 2012, and continue through the end of November or the first snowfall. Leaf pick up is a City service offered through the Public Works Department to Freeport residents who rake their leaves to the curb line.
Public Works Director, Tom Dole, emphasized that there are certain conditions for pickup:
(1) Crews will only pick up leaves placed at the curb in front of the residence.
(a) Do not place leaves upstream of or over storm drains.
(b) Do not park cars near or over the leaves.
(2) Crews will not pickup sticks, trash, tree limbs, grass clippings, or any other debris in the leaf piles.
(3) Crews will not make individual pickups. Leaves will be picked up on a regular basis along the entire street, usually on a once a week schedule.
Superintendent Dole stresses the need for patience. "We will do our best to get all leaves picked up as quickly as possible. However, we are not in a position to do individual pickups."
If citizens have any questions, they are encouraged to call the Street Department at 235-8210.


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Ralph Smiley sipped water while others toasted him with Heritage pear wine.
"In honor of the pear farmer we have pear wine," Camille Hukari said Sunday as she filled glasses at an outdoor reception for Smiley, "the Godfather of the Hood River County Farm Bureau."
"All these people around me are the ones who did all the work, and I just get the credit," said Smiley, who after 50 years is stepping down from the Oregon Farm Bureau (OFB) and county farm bureau.
Sort of.
"Congratulations on your retirement — all 27 seconds of it," U.S. Rep. Greg Walden told Smiley in the event on the shaded patio at The Gorge White House in Hood River.
Smiley, 91, has been asked to stay on the county bureau board during this time of transition, said interim president Randy Kiyokawa.
"I'm the one fortunate enough to follow in Ralph's footsteps," said Kiyokawa, a Parkdale grower and 15-year county bureau board member.
The bureau will meet in November and elect new members and a slate of officers.
"You are a mentor to me, and to many farmers you are an incredible supporter of agriculture in our state," Walden told Smiley and the group of 50 or so friends and associates.
Smiley has been a member of the Oregon Farm Bureau Hall of Fame since 1997 and has been with the county bureau for 50 years; the last 40 as president.
The Gorge White House, surrounded by fruit orchards and fields of flowers and strawberries, was a fitting environment to honor a man whose many accomplishments in life have centered on agriculture.
"He is the heart and soul of the Hood River Farm Bureau," said Chuck Thomsen, who in addition to being an Oregon Senator is also a Pine Grove pear grower.
"We want to thank you for all you have done," said Barry Bushue, president of the Oregon Farm Bureau. "Everyone here has in some way either worked with Ralph or supported Ralph," Bushue said, "or, more importantly, learned from Ralph both in terms of the value of agriculture and the industry and Farm Bureau as a whole.
"It's hard to give a résumé or a roundup of all the things Ralph has accomplished," Bushue said.
Smiley is "a tremendous advocate and an effective one for agriculture in this valley and the state; but he also served his country valiantly in a very difficult time of need for our nation's future," Walden said, referring to Smiley's World War II service in testing and modifying combat aircraft.
"If I ever did anything, that was the best, fixing those planes so they could defend our country," he said.
He joined the Army Air Corps in 1939, was at Hickam Field when Pearl Harbor was attacked on Dec. 7, 1941, and worked with a team of self-described "experimenters" during World War II to test and refine bombers and literally writing the book on tactics for air crews.
"This was a kind of warfare that had never been done before," Smiley said.
He later went to work for Lear Corporation and in 1959 bought what would become Smiley's Orchard; he managed his first harvest over the phone, and moved to the valley permanently in 1960. By 1962 he was on the Oregon Farm Bureau board.
Hukari and others said that, in keeping with his "godfather" moniker, Smiley mostly worked behind the scenes.
"You'd have to see Ralph in action at the House of Delegates to really understand what Ralph does for the Farm Bureau as an organization," Hukari said, referring to the annual conference where supporting and voting members discuss, debate, and vote on OFB policy.
"It's run just like Congress and can be as inefficient, and just as spirited," she said.
"We call him the 'Godfather' because he's always working behind the scenes," Hukari said. "He's counting noses and counting votes for whatever the issue is in front of the House of Delegates and always been very involved in the whole political process, and he's always behind-the-scenes guy for agriculture issues. When Ralph speaks at House of Delegates people listen."
The reasons?
"Longevity, for one," Hukari said, "and he never takes himself too seriously.
"Some people who are issue-driven can get so involved in the issue they can't see the big picture, and you know how they get so angry at another and you can't have a conversation. That's not Ralph. He has is own opinions but he's willing to listen and work for consensus, and he does a good job of it.
"In the Farm Bureau our most contentious issue in is land use, and you get people working one way or working another, and he can line people up and get people talking and at least agree to disagree, and I respect him for it and I think most people do."
"Ralph is interested in politics and has helped the industry as a whole," said Barry Myrhum, director of farmer services with OFB.
"He has always been diligent about making sure agriculture is represented at all levels of government and in the process not only got Hood River Farm Bureau involved in the (political) process but also made sure the Oregon Farm Bureau was, too."
Dave Dillon, executive director for OFB, said, "In the same way that if you're on the Farm Bureau circuit and you need to know who's who in Oregon, you need to see Ralph, if you're anywhere near anyone elected to office as a Republican you better know Ralph Smiley."
"We're here to celebrate Ralph's long commitment and leadership in the Farm Bureau," said Dillon, noting that the OFB celebrates its 80th year in 2012, and Smiley served as president for "fully half" of its entire history in Oregon.
"Ralph, on behalf of the staff and others, we want to say thank you very much for your great service," Dillon said.
With a huge cake, emblazoned with the OFB logo, waiting to be consumed, Smiley had the last word, albeit a modest ones:
"I moved from the aviation world to the fruit orchards and a group including Bob Moller and Waldo Arens, drove up and said I needed to join the farm bureau, and I said, 'I got a bureau in my bedroom,' and they explained to me what the Farm Bureau was, so that's when I joined; and then I went to the first meeting and they decided that I should be on the board, so in 1962 they brought me on the county board;
"The next year made me vice president, and I was vice president and I was vice president until 1972, and then they went crazy and elected me as president in 1972; and I finally found Randy a new job to take over this year. So that's 40 years I had all these people helping me look good. "Thank you all of you, every one of you. Now eat your cake."
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Few fantasy creatures are as recognizable as dragons, a fact that can be a blessing and a curse for a video game. They have the potential in inject jaw-dropping moments, but creating a vision for the creatures that is not clichéd can be challenging. This is especially important for a series that sets expectations with a name like "Dragon Age," but BioWare has found success making its dragons interesting – and the team is making even bigger strides with Dragon Age: Inquisition.
Dragon Age draws its name from the period of time in the world that the franchise chronicles. An age spans 100 years, and each is named for significant events occurring at the time. In this case, after being hunted nearly to extinction, dragons began reappearing in the world thanks to old clutches of eggs finally hatching.
"There was this massive battle between the Fereldens and the Orlesians," says Inquisition's creative director Mike Laidlaw. "The Fereldens were winning, and a dragon did a fly-by, and they were like, 'Wow. That's a sign. We know what this next age is going to be called.'"
Seeing a dragon fly over the battlefield isn't just an intimidating sight in the world of Dragon Age; it means something. "The Dragon has always been this agent of change and tumult," Laidlaw says. "It's almost like an astrological sign – except rad." This symbolic importance of dragons plays a major role in Inquisition. It may not be set during the turning of an age, but more dragons exist in the world than any during any previous Dragon Age title, which can only mean a shake-up of the current order.
"They're emblematic – not symptomatic – of the change that's sweeping across the nations," Laidlaw says. "As the dragons come back and become more prominent…the world is getting increasingly unstable. Through its own forces, through blights – you name it."
Apart from what they represent, an influx of dragons presents another problem. Unlike the classic Dungeons & Dragons versions of the beasts – intelligent, magically gifted – the dragons of Thedas don't have nuanced personalities or complex motivations. They are hunters, first and foremost. "Our dragons are basically apex predators," Laidlaw says. "They are about as intelligent a very smart dog. We've compared them to the mabari [hounds]."
So, not only is the world full of strife, but it is also crawling with vicious predators. It's a dangerous time for a resident of Thedas, but an opportune time for heroes anxious to prove their bravery.
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