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things in pic: monsterwm, tmux, archey3, weechat/bitlbee, dzen, urxvt
Last edited by rakka (2012-12-10 03:12:14)
Arch x86_64 - GitHub
what font is that ?
Looks awesome
It's monaco. Just recently made the switch a couple months ago.. used dina for the previous few years.
I like it? Are you using tmux? Can you share its conf? And also .Xdefaults? Thanks in advance
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@Avatar-J Nice desktop what is this wm ?
Thanks Kamlang, my WM is OpenBox with Tint2.
Last edited by Avatar-J (2012-12-07 18:01:39)
Just taking a break from homework/learning LaTeX; this is a hold-over from about 6 weeks ago, and will likely change later today. Nothing fancy.
You, Sir, need to share your config
More StumpWM.. updated some.. trying out an "info bar" that looks a bit Lispy (non-functional, of course). Probably go back to no bar soon but at least it's something new for a while.. (never leave StumpWM though)
Edit: First screenshot is a bit small due to file size upload restriction.. it's an empty shot anyway.
Last edited by milomouse (2012-12-09 19:09:13)
What bar is that, I like it a lot. Where could I find your bar and ranger configs?
That's some beautiful colors you have there (i have stolen some of them i believe). What font is that in your terminals? Geekiest statusbar ever.
Why, thank you! I quite like the look of your screenshot, as well.
I'm using a font I did a [very very] minor edit to. It's full unicode semicondensed "Fixed" but I edited the Zeros to look different than the alphabetic O's.
Dubbed "FixedZero", I had uploaded it here:
Edit: Just click the font file and "View Raw", it should download font. There may be another way but that's the quickest I saw just now.
Last edited by milomouse (2012-12-09 21:31:41)
burninate wrote:
That's some beautiful colors you have there (i have stolen some of them i believe). What font is that in your terminals? Geekiest statusbar ever.
Why, thank you! I quite like the look of your screenshot, as well.
I'm using a font I did a [very very] minor edit to. It's full unicode semicondensed "Fixed" but I edited the Zeros to look different than the alphabetic O's.
Dubbed "FixedZero", I had uploaded it here:
Edit: Just click the font file and "View Raw", it should download font. There may be another way but that's the quickest I saw just now.
Thanks buddy. How did you edit the font?
Thanks buddy. How did you edit the font?
I used 'FontForge' from Arch's "Extra" repository. It's pretty easy once you start messing around with it.
You, Sir, need to share your config
What bar is that, I like it a lot. Where could I find your bar and ranger configs?
I use monsterwm and panel is called bar, you'll have to make a script to pipe your information there. Also I use a terminal called termite but you can still grab the colors for urxvt etc. Font in the bar is cure and in terminals I use tewi.
Get LemonBoy's bar from here, https://github.com/LemonBoy/bar
Here's my configurations:
resize_grip = false
scroll_on_output = false
scroll_on_keystroke = true
audible_bell = false
visible_bell = false
mouse_autohide = false
allow_bold = true
dynamic_title = true
urgent_on_bell = true
clickable_url = true
font = tewi 11
scrollback_lines = 1000
search_wrap = true
#icon_name = terminal
geometry = 350x200
term = xterm-termite
# 0.0: opaque, 1.0: transparent
transparency = 0.0
pseudo_transparency = false
# "system", "on" or "off"
cursor_blink = off
# "block", "underline" or "ibeam"
cursor_shape = block
# $BROWSER is used by default
browser = dwb
# word characters used for word selection
# (default if unset: all graphic non-punctuation/space characters)
#word_chars = -A-Za-z0-9,./?%&#:_=+@~
foreground = #eeeeee
foreground_bold = #fedfed
#foreground_dim = #888888
background = #121213
#cursor = #dcdccc
color0 = #2c2c2c
color1 = #a54242
color2 = #b7ce42
color3 = #e0a524
color4 = #66aabb
color5 = #612737
color6 = #5e7175
color7 = #ddeedd
color8 = #4d4d4d
color9 = #cc6666
color10 = #bde077
color11 = #edB85c
color12 = #aaccbb
color13 = #591f2f
color14 = #a3babf
color15 = #6c887a
bar (config.def.h)
/* The height of the bar (in pixels) */
#define BAR_HEIGHT 16
/* The width of the bar. Set to -1 to fit screen */
#define BAR_WIDTH -1
/* Offset from the left. Set to 0 to have no effect */
#define BAR_OFFSET 0
/* Choose between an underline or an overline */
#define BAR_UNDERLINE 1
/* The thickness of the underline (in pixels). Set to 0 to disable. */
#define BAR_UNDERLINE_HEIGHT 3
/* Default bar position, overwritten by '-b' switch */
#define BAR_BOTTOM 0
/* The fonts used for the bar, comma separated. Only the first 2 will be used. */
#define BAR_FONT "-*-stlarch-medium-r-normal-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*","-*-cure-medium-r-normal-*-11-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"
/* Some fonts don't set the right width for some chars, pheex it */
#define BAR_FONT_FALLBACK_WIDTH 2
/* Color palette */
#define COLOR0 0x121213 /* Background */
#define COLOR1 0xc4c4c4 /* Foreground */
#define COLOR2 0x283B5D /* Blue */
#define COLOR3 0x852a52 /* Red */
#define COLOR4 0xadbd00 /* Green */
#define COLOR5 0xec9d08 /* Orange */
#define COLOR6 0x6b0f38 /* Magenta */
#define COLOR7 0x212122 /* Black'n'Gray I */
#define COLOR8 0x333333 /* Black'n'Gray II */
#define COLOR9 0xdedede /* White */
wine.py (ranger colorscheme)
# Ranger theme
# Hello
from ranger.gui.colorscheme import ColorScheme
from ranger.gui.color import *
class Default(ColorScheme):
def use(self, context):
fg, bg, attr = default_colors
if context.reset:
return default_colors
elif context.in_browser:
if context.selected:
attr = reverse
attr = normal
if context.empty or context.error:
bg = red
if context.border:
attr = normal
fg = black
if context.media:
if context.image:
fg = magenta
fg = magenta
if context.container:
attr |= bold
fg = cyan
if context.directory:
attr |= normal
fg = black
elif context.executable and not \
any((context.media, context.container,
context.fifo, context.socket)):
attr |= normal
fg = magenta
if context.socket:
fg = magenta
if context.fifo or context.device:
fg = yellow
if context.device:
attr |= bold
if context.link:
fg = context.good and cyan or magenta
if context.tag_marker and not context.selected:
attr |= bold
if fg in (red, magenta):
fg = black
fg = red
if not context.selected and (context.cut or context.copied):
fg = magenta
attr |= bold
if context.main_column:
if context.selected:
attr |= normal
if context.marked:
attr |= bold
fg = yellow
if context.badinfo:
if attr & reverse:
bg = magenta
fg = green
elif context.in_titlebar:
attr |= normal
if context.hostname:
attr |= bold
fg = context.bad and red or black
elif context.directory:
fg = magenta
elif context.tab:
if context.good:
bg = green
elif context.link:
fg = cyan
elif context.in_statusbar:
if context.permissions:
if context.good:
fg = cyan
elif context.bad:
fg = magenta
if context.marked:
attr |= bold | reverse
fg = yellow
if context.message:
if context.bad:
attr |= bold
fg = red
if context.text:
if context.highlight:
attr |= reverse
if context.in_taskview:
if context.title:
fg = blue
if context.selected:
attr |= reverse
return fg, bg, attr
wmrun.sh (to launch wm)
#!/usr/bin/env sh
: "${wm:=monsterwm}"
: "${ff:="/tmp/${wm}.fifo"}"
[ -p "$ff" ] || mkfifo -m 600 "$ff"
# spawn a statusbar
while read -t 60 -r line || true; do
echo "$line" | grep -qEx "(([[:digit:]]+:){4,6}[[:digit:]]+ ?)+" && prev="$line" || line=
statusinfo.sh ${line:-$prev}
done < "$ff" | bar &
# spawn a pager
#mopag < "$ff" &
"$wm" > "$ff"
statusinfo.sh (to pipe info)
#!/usr/bin/env sh
# expects a line from monsterwm's output as argument ("$1")
# prints formatted output to be used as input for bar
# reference: bar by LemonBoy -- https://github.com/LemonBoy/bar
# desktop status
for desk; do
d="${desk%%:*}" desk="${desk#*:}" # desktop id
w="${desk%%:*}" desk="${desk#*:}" # window count
l="${desk%%:*}" desk="${desk#*:}" # layout mode
c="${desk%%:*}" desk="${desk#*:}" # is current desktop
u="$desk" # has urgent hint
# desktop id
case "$d" in
0) d="\ue0aa term" ;; 1) d="\ue074 web" ;;
2) d="\ue107 img" ;;
# current desktop
if [ $c -ne 0 ]
then bg="\b7" un="\u7" fg="\f3"
case "$l" in
0) s="Classic Rape Mode" ;; 1) s="Monocle Mode" ;; 2) s="Bstack Mode" ;;
3) s="Grid Mode" ;; 4) s="Bloat Mode" ;;
esac && s="\b8\u8 $s \br\ur"
# has urgent hint or no windows
[ $u -ne 0 ] && un="\u3"
[ $w -eq 0 ] && w="\f8-\fr"
in="$in$bg$fg$un $d $w \ur\br\fr"
unset bg fg un
# music status
music="$(mpc current -f "[%title%|%file%] #\f8by#\fr %artist%")"
if [ -z "$music" ]; then music="nothing to see here" mstat="\ue0ae"
mstat="$(mpc | sed -rn '2s/\[([[:alpha:]]+)].*/\1/p')"
[ "$mstat" == "paused" ] && mstat="\ue09b" || mstat="\ue0fe"
# volume status
if [ "$(amixer get Master | sed -nr '$ s:.*\[(.+)]$:\1:p')" == "off" ]
then vol="[m]" vstat="\ue04f"
vol="$(amixer get PCM | sed -nr '$ s:.*\[(.+%)].*:\1:p')"
if [ "${vol%\%}" -le 10 ]; then vstat="\ue04e"
elif [ "${vol%\%}" -le 20 ]; then vstat="\ue050"; else vstat="\ue05d"; fi
# date and time
date="$(date +"%R")" dstat="\ue016"
# symbols
printf '%s %s %s' "$in" "$astat " "$s" "\r"
printf ' \\b7\\u7\\f3 %s \\br\\ur\\fr %s' "$mstat" "$music" "$vstat" "$vol" "$dstat" "$date "
printf '\n'
I think I'll set a thing like github so I can share my configurations more easier.
Last edited by Shinryuu (2012-12-09 23:06:52)
More StumpWM.. updated some.. trying out an "info bar" that looks a bit Lispy (non-functional, of course). Probably go back to no bar soon but at least it's something new for a while.. (never leave StumpWM though)
Edit: First screenshot is a bit small due to file size upload restriction.. it's an empty shot anyway.
I would love to have your colors and wallpaper
€dit: Here's mine, still the same:
Last edited by null (2012-12-09 23:21:09)
I would love to have your colors and wallpaper
Here's two versions of the wallpaper:
no text: http://wallbase.cc/wallpaper/152144
with text: http://wallbase.cc/wallpaper/365515
The colors you're looking for are probably found in ~/.dir_colors and the Xdefaults file.
dir_colors: https://raw.github.com/milomouse/dotfil … dir_colors
Xdefaults: https://raw.github.com/milomouse/dotfil … /Xdefaults
In Xdefaults, the appropriate colors are under '!! astromouse'. Hope you like!
Edit: @null: What's that info script in your terminal? I like the ghoulish Arch text.
Last edited by milomouse (2012-12-09 23:34:04)
rakka wrote:
I like it? Are you using tmux? Can you share its conf? And also .Xdefaults? Thanks in advance
Thank you That is tmux. Configs are available in github repo (linked in sig) I'll double check that everything's up to date and post current Xdefaults just incase.
Arch x86_64 - GitHub


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It's often the case that a web page links to itself. This can be frustrating for the user, especially if the page takes a long time to load.
Instead of self-linking, a page can suppress links to itself, and at the same time highlight the link text in some way, to clearly indicate the current page. The user is able to painlessly answer the common question "Where am I on this site?", at the same time as they are prevented from following a link that is usually useless. Such a style clearly has more compassion for the user's experience.
There are two ways to avoid self-linking in a set of navigation links :
- copy and paste the set of navigation links across all pages, and manually alter each possible occurrence of self-linking.
- define the set of navigation links in one place, and create some means of dynamically suppressing self-linking when generating each page. This is the preferred style, since it defines the menu in a single place.
For the dynamic style, there is no standard way to define how such links are suppressed. An implementation might rely on a naming convention, for example, to identify self-linking items that should be altered in some manner.
This example uses WEB4J's HighlightCurrentPage custom tag to dynamically avoid self-linking.
The following JSP snippet appears in a template, and displays a small navigation bar. At runtime, one link in the navigation bar is suppressed, and shows only plain text instead of the full link. In addition, it highlights the text (using a CSS class) to render it more obvious as the current page. This is all implemented with <w:highlightCurrentPage>. The tag uses one of two policies to identify links that are to be altered:
- matching the current URI to the end of the link's HREF target (this the default style)
- matching the textual body of the link to a substring of the TTitle request parameter used by the WEB4J templating mechanism

 <w:highlightCurrentPage styleClass='highlight'> <c:url value="/main/home/HomePageAction.do" var="homeURL"/> Home <c:url value="/main/rsvp/RsvpShow.do" var="showRsvpURL"/> Rsvp <c:url value="/main/visit/VisitAction.do?Operation=List" var="visitEditURL"/> Visits <c:url value="/main/rating/RatingAction.do?Operation=List" var="ratingEditURL"/> Ratings <c:url value="/all/logoff/LogoffAction.do" var="logoffURL"/> Log Off </w:highlightCurrentPage>

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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) -- Emergency officials say safety depends on being prepared when the worst of a storm hits.
Officials in Topeka keep a close eye on those sort of situations.
Governor Sam Brownback, the Red Cross and emergency agenciues want you to know they are ready to help you if the snow creates an emergency.
Words of advice from the Governor, "if you don't have to travel, don't travel."
The state activated its Emergency Operation Center with blizzard-like conditions expected to sweep through the state. officials urge citizens to prepare, prepare, prepare.
"If people are real sensible about it, most things will be fine," Governor Brownback said, "but you get the unexpected and we will be as prepared as we can be."
He signed an emergency declaration for all 105 counties, so that each receives enough help.
"I want to make sure we get through these things as safe as we can and a lot of that is trying to warn people and the public ahead of time."
This means, stay off the roads so road crews can work efficiently, but have a full tank if you are stuck. Also, make sure you have all the essentials if you get snowed-in at home.
The American Red Cross of Topeka already has cots, blankets, medical supplies and food ready to go, should Emergency Management need to open a shelter.
Renee Aldrich, Emergency Services Coordinator, is an expert with emergencies and disaster situations. "Right now everything's okay," she said. "We're just waiting to see where it hits, what the population wil be and when and where we can open a shelter - if we need to."
Red Cross staff will send out alerts to television and radio stations, as well as update Facebook and Twitter.
"Since we know it's coming, it's time to prepare now," Communications Director Megan Spreer said. "People don't remember the little extra thnigs that they should do. They don't realize they should have the food and making sure [they have] medications, and if you have a small child, diapers and formula. Things like that."
For questions on where to go if power is out or if someone is in need of shelter assistance, call 1-800-RedCross. Law enforcement is always ready and available to help as well.
The Red Cross also has a free app that shows where shelters are located, if any open. Tips on how to prepare and stay safe are listed on the app.


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Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis
Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis is a condition in which there are episodes of muscle weakness in people who have high levels of thyroid hormone in their blood (hyperthyroidism, thyrotoxicosis).
Causes of Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis
This is a rare condition that occurs only in people with high thyroid hormone levels (thyrotoxicosis). It is most commonly seen in Asian men.
There is a similar disorder, called hypokalemic periodic paralysis (familial periodic paralysis). It is an inherited condition and is not related to high thyroid levels.
Risk factors include a family history of periodic paralysis and hyperthyroidism.
Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis Symptoms
Symptoms involve attacks of muscle weakness or paralysis that alternate with periods of normal muscle function. Attacks usually begin after symptoms of hyperthyroidism have developed.
How often attacks occur varies from daily to yearly. Episodes of muscle weakness may last for a few hours or several days.
The weakness or paralysis:
- Comes and goes
- Can last for up to several days
- Is more common in the legs than the arms
- Is most common in the shoulders and hips
- Is triggered by heavy, high-carbohydrate, high-salt meals
- Is triggered by rest after exercise
Other symptoms may include any of the following:
- Difficulty breathing (rare)
- Speech difficulty (rare)
- Swallowing difficulty (rare)
- Vision changes (rare)
- Weakness/paralysis
People are alert during attacks. Normal strength returns between attacks. Muscle weakness may develop over time with repeated attacks.
Symptoms of hyperthyroidism include:
- Excessive sweating
- Fast heart rate
- Fatigue
- Headache
- Heat intolerance
- Increased appetite
- Insomnia
- Sensation of feeling a strong heartbeat (palpitations)
- Tremors of the hand
- Warm, moist skin
- Weight loss
Tests and Exams
The health care provider may suspect thyrotoxic periodic paralysis based on:
- Abnormal thyroid hormone levels
- A family history of the disorder
- Low potassium levels during attacks
- Symptoms that come and go in episodes
Diagnosis involves ruling out disorders associated with low potassium.
The health care provider may try to trigger an attack by giving you insulin and sugar (glucose, which reduces potassium levels) or thyroid hormone.
During an attack, there may be the following signs:
- Decreased or no reflexes
- Heart arrhythmias
- Low potassium in the bloodstream (serum potassium levels are normal between attacks)
- Weakness, especially in the muscles of the arms and legs and occasionally in the muscles of the eyes. The muscles involved in breathing and swallowing can very rarely be affected, and this can be fatal. Muscle strength is normal between attacks at first. However, repeated attacks may eventually cause worsening and persistent muscle weakness.
Between attacks, the examination is normal. Or, there may be signs of hyperthyroidism, such as an enlarged thyroid.
The following tests are used to diagnose hyperthyroidism:
- High thyroid hormone levels (T3 or T4)
- Low serum TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) levels
- Thyroid uptake and scan
Other test results:
- Abnormal electrocardiogram (ECG) during attacks
- Abnormal electromyogram (EMG) during attacks
- Low serum potassium during attacks, but normal between attacks
A muscle biopsy may sometimes be taken.
Treatment of Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis
The best treatment is to quickly reduce thyroid hormone levels. Potassium should also be given during the attack, usually by mouth. If weakness is severe, you may need to get potassium through a vein (intravenously). (You should only get intravenous potassium if your kidney function is normal and you are monitored in the hospital.)
Weakness that involves the muscles used for breathing or swallowing is an emergency. Patients must be taken to a hospital. Dangerous heart arrhythmias may also occur during attacks.
Your health care provider may recommend eating a diet that is low in carbohydrates and salt to prevent attacks. Medications called beta-blockers may reduce the number and severity of attacks while your hyperthyroidism is brought under control.
Acetazolamide is effective at preventing attacks in people with familial periodic paralysis. It is usually not effective for thyrotoxic periodic paralysis.
Prognosis (Outlook)
Chronic attacks over time can lead to muscle weakness. This weakness can continue even between attacks if the thyrotoxicosis is not treated.
Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis responds well to medical treatment. Treating hyperthyroidism will prevent attacks and may even reverse muscle weakness.
Potential Complications
- Difficulty breathing, speaking, or swallowing during attacks (rare)
- Heart arrhythmias during attacks
- Muscle weakness that gets worse over time
When to Contact a Health Professional
Go to the emergency room or call the local emergency number (such as 911) if you have periods of muscle weakness. This is especially important if you have a family history of periodic paralysis or thyroid disorders.
Emergency symptoms include:
- Difficulty breathing, speaking, or swallowing
- Falls due to muscle weakness
Prevention of Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis
Genetic counseling may be advised. Treating the thyroid disorder prevents attacks of weakness.
Mandel SJ, Larsen PR, Davies F. Thyrotoxicosis. In: Melmed S. Polonsky KS, Larsen PR, Kronenberg HM, eds. Williams Textbook of Endocrinology. 12th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 12.
Klubo-Gwiezdzinka J, Wartofsky L. Thyroid emergencies. Med Clin N Am. 2012;96:385-403.
Pothiwala P, Levine SN. Analytic review: thyrotoxic periodic paralysis: a review. J Intensive Care Med. 2010;25:71-77.
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A good compromise might be to allow workers to telecommute 20% of the time (1 day per week). Give everyone that freedom, and nobody can complain. Plus, you'd still have plenty of "face time" with your co-workers.
It varies not just by Agency, but by division, line office, supervisor all the way down. Where I work in NOAA is even more flexible for many, especially scientific personnel (2 or even 3 days/week is not uncommon), with plenty of resources to make it work. Been doing this for a couple years, though recent across-the-board laptop security issues (changes driven from the top after some of the well-publicized losses in other agencies) has made it harder.
Decimated a country in the middle east?! Heck! He practically decimated his own country's economy! That's it! I now declare that telecommuters are destroying America! This practice must end, NOW!
I know you're trying to make a funny, but it's more accurate to say that the President lives in a house with an attached office building than to say he works from home. As for Crawford, the government spends millions not only making it usable as a "Western White House", but also making sure the President isn't assassinated whenever he goes there.
Then again, Jefferson did more work in Monticello than he did in the White House. He was perhaps the original telecommuter, not to mention the inventor of the swiv
Whenever I do have to go into the office, I'm surrounded by distractions
I appreciate that you've already stated there are people who do better in an office setting, but I still find it interesting that so many of comments I've read on Slashdot are strongly in favour of telecommuting.
I quite enjoy going to work. It's a 40 minute walk (which is an excuse to go for a reasonable walk a couple of times a day), and being at work puts me in the frame of mind for doing work-related things. Having people around
Instead of losing productivity, or the job, one can just work via telecommuting for 2 weeks. With VPN it does not make any difference where you sit. Do not dismiss this great innovation, it can well come handy one day. Better learn how to use the VPN access and have your working place prepared for an emergency departure.
Having people around who are also doing work really helps to motivate me
That is true. Maybe the most important of all is the type of workplace you're in.
If I'm working on a really difficult project that requires deep concentration, I know it'll never get done when there are people around me yammering on the phones, conversing about people's personal life, asking me about last night's "American Idol" episode, begging me to buy girl scout cookies, watching youtube videos, laughing about my bad "engineer hair," etc.
Damn. I just convinced myself I need a new job.
Home tends to be where I like to relax more, and that's usually the frame of mind I'm in when I'm there.
See, you hit on
I'm sure any number of people would love to gain access to government data or databases.
My agency was and is quite proactive at promoting telecommuting, trip reduction, alternate transport (good thing too... NOAA is somewhat concerned with climate issues...) but admittedly lagged behind in security. But this is also mindset: we are all academic-minded research-lab types working with public data (e.g. satellite info) and we like to make work public, so getting the security issues were a second priority.
Encryption? Sure, no biggie (late following the Socical Security boo-boos but no losses
Thumb drives and floppy drives are completely disallowed as well.
Which means, at my level, they're completely disallowed. But then, I don't have any access to sensitive information anyway.
From TFA:
ATF was against letting these specialists telework because it says the material they need to remove from agency offices in order to telework posed a security risk.
I can see why. I mean, the poor guys need to bring work home, obviously. In case you do'nt know what the ATF does, it turns out that this is the Official Agency that solves the big problem created by alcohol, firearms and tobacco. I went to their web site and it's kinda technical -- it has to do with seizing stuff and closing down pl
Someone who has to work with these people telecommuting could arrange net meetings, say, via Skype, internal discussion forums, etc. It is more effective than flying or driving people around for meetings.
But because there are backward people still in the organizations, the telecommuting sucks for such organizations. They either will have to change, or die out before long from the market. Becau
I've noticed that people who oppose telecommuting are the same people that need constant "management" and "training" and being "in the loop", and accuse the telecommuters of not paying attention to what's going on, become ineffective, etc.
I think what's being seen is how much uselessness actually goes on in companies, and what's revealed when the victims of that uselessness stop showing up.
I'e noticed, in my meandering experience, that most companies are held together by a few winners and a crap load
Every federal agency should have to periodically justify its existence and some should be abolished. An agency can be outdated or it's functions better done by another agency or the states. Unfortunately the federal government has become a jobs program.
Every federal agency should have to periodically justify its existence and some should be abolished. An agency can be outdated or it's functions better done by another agency or the states. Unfortunately the federal government has become a jobs program.
Yeah, I think it's been that way for a long, long time though. I started wondering, when hearing proposals for radical tax simplification which would all but eliminate the IRS (Flat Tax, Fair Tax, whatever you want to call it) - has there ever been a case
For example, the car service could be partly done by telecommuting, if the car computer constructed in such a way that it allows a Wi-Fi connection for diagnostics.
The construction of everything should be done with telecommuting in mind.
"Telecommute" is a stupid word - the literal meaning of the word is completely at odds with the meaning of the word as it is used. Telecommute means to travel a long distance. Tele means far, commute means to travel, particularly to work. Hence telecommute means to travel a long distance to work. The roots are similar to television (literally far seeing) and telephone (lterally far hearing).
However, telecommuting - as the word is used - is the problem, not the solution. The problem is having to commute a long way to work. The solution is using technology to allow you to work from home, which is not what telecommute means at all. Obviously whoever coined the word thought "tele" sounded suitably technological, so decided to use that. A far better word for the solution would be "e-commuting" or something similar, even if it does involve the much overused "e-" prefix. At least that would make sense.
Stupid English language...
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The Oakland Press asked readers to share their historical photos taken in the Pontiac area and once again, readers were more than willing to share.
Previously, Waterford resident Wrenetta Stack, 85, got the ball rolling by� submitting two photos to The Oakland Press. Her photos show her mother, Cleady Green, and grandmother, Lena Hayes, being caught somewhat off-guard by a street photographer while walking along Saginaw Street in front of the Chase Department Store sometime in the early 1940s.
Waterford resident Evelyn Davidson, 88, sent in a photo of her father, Henry Davidson, walking along Saginaw Street in front of Neisner's sometime in 1942. She doesn't know when exactly the photo was taken, but said that she remembers her father, who had a farm on Opdyke Road, was a frequent visitor to the city.
It appears the street photographer set up shop on Saginaw Street between Huron and Lawrence streets; Grand Blanc resident Jim Brown sent in a candid photo of him and his family taken in the same location as Davidson's father.
In the picture are Brown's mother, Olive Brown, 34, his sister, Mary Agnes, 1, Brown, 6, and his grandmother (and Holly resident) Agnes Haddon, 60.
Brown noted that the photographer must have been present at that spot for a while because of a similar photo he mentioned.
"The picture-taking must have gone on for quite a while because at a funeral (on Aug. 3) I saw a picture of my wife's uncle and his bride-to-be taken at the same spot," he said. "It had to be 1946 or later because he had been a POW in Germany until the war ended."
Another photo submitted by Nelma McKinzie, 76, shows her standing in front of Neisner's on Saginaw Street as well in 1955, when she was 18.
"I remember it being a really nice place back in the 50s," she said. "It was clean, it was a nice place to go to shop, it wasn't like it is today."
Kim Vorhes submitted a photo of her grandmother, Virginia Ball Foster and Foster's sister-in-law, Mildred Foster. The photo was taken sometime in the 1940s downtown.
Waterford resident Robert Reynolds submitted a photo of his uncle, John Spehar, who owned a newsstand in front of Walgreens at the corner of Huron and Saginaw. The photo was taken sometime in the early 1950s.
"I am very familiar with the downtown area back then as I worked for my uncle when I was 11 years old selling the Pontiac Daily Press as well as the Detroit Times, Free Press and Detroit News," Reynolds said.
He said his uncle ran the newsstand to help make ends meet after a tragic loss.
"Uncle John came from a very large family and with their mother passing away at a young age, he contributed to the family to help pay living expenses.
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2007 Baseball
Bluffton vs. Rose-Hulman
Engineers sweep first two games of HCAC series with Bluffton
April 13, 2007
BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University baseball team struggled to string hits together against the Engineers as Rose-Hulman swept the first two games of the Heartland Conference series on Friday, April 13, 2007. In the opener, the Beavers' seventh-inning rally fell short, 5-4. Rose took advantage of four Bluffton errors in the nightcap for a 9-4 victory.
Game one - Rose-Hulman 5, Bluffton 4
The Engineers wasted little time in the first game, jumping out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the second inning. Two walks and a single through the left side loaded the bases with no outs. Josh Nash picked up Tim Braun with his infield single. Chandler Kent's fielder's choice plated Kellen Hurst and a Bluffton balk allowed Adam Knaack to cross the plate.
In the home half of the third, Ryan Baightel (Wapakoneta/Wapakoneta) led off with a single to the shortstop. He motored around on Tony Moore's (Elida/Elida) base hit to right before an inning-ending double play left the score 3-1 in favor of Rose.
Braun's two-out single in the fifth paid dividends for the Engineers. He moved up on a wild pitch and came around to score on Hurst's single through the right side, giving Rose a 4-1 lead.
The Beavers used an inning-opening two-bagger from Cody McPherson (Northwood/Lake) and a Chris Wurm (Bucyrus/Bucyrus) single to center to cut the margin to two runs before the Engineers re-claimed their three-run lead on a Matt Salisbury sacrifice fly in the top of the seventh.
In the home half of the seventh, Bluffton mounted a two-run rally with the tying run at second with one out, but a popup and strikeout helped Rose preserve a 5-4 win in game one. Moore and Tim Kay (Alpharetta, Ga./Blessed Trinity) both crossed the plate on a two-run Curtis Schroeder (Shelby/Shelby) double, putting the game-tying run in scoring position.
Moore put together a 3-of-4 game at the plate with one RBI and one run scored. Schroeder, who drove in a pair of runs, and Baightel both finished with two hits.
Matt Perkins (Convoy/Crestview) went the distance for the second consecutive game, giving up eight hits and five runs in seven innings of work. Perkins, pitching on only three days rest, fell to 0-2 with the loss despite striking out eight Enginners.
Game two - Rose-Hulman 9, Bluffton 4
It was the Beavers who put a run on the scoreboard first in game two. Baightel drew leadoff walk and moved to second on an infield error. He promptly stole third and scored on a Schroeder fielder's choice to the shortstop.
The Engineers stormed right back with three runs in the top of the third, taking advantage of four hits and a hit batsmen to open up a 3-1 lead over Bluffton.
Rose upped its lead to four runs in the top of the fourth when Matt Peplea plated Kent and Salisbury with his double to center field.
Allen Slabaugh (Dalton/Dalton) drove in Wurm to open the fifth and he crossed the plate on Kay's RBI single through the right side, making the score 5-3 after five innings of play.
The Engineers tacked on a score in the sixth and three unearned runs in the eighth to take a 9-3 lead into the final frame.
A Brennan Bauman (Milford/Milford) single pushed Kay across the dish in the bottom of the ninth, but it was not enough as the Engineers took the nightcap by a count of 9-4.
Schroeder, who was 5-of-8 on the day, went 3-of-4 in game two with an RBI. Wurm and Kay both tallied two hits for the Beavers who finished the second game with 11 hits, the same as the Engineers.
Cody McPherson (0-2) made his first start for the Beavers and he gave up six hits and four runs in three innings on the hill.
The Beavers return to action on Saturday, April 14, when they will face Rose-Hulman in game three of the Heartland Conference series here at Bluffton. The contest is slated to start at 12 p.m.


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The 58 Greatest Hawaiian Shirts of All Time
Fact: it takes quite the set of cojones to pull off wearing a Hawaiian shirt.
Also fact: most men don't have 'em.
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Hello, simple limit question that has been on my mind. Is there a simple rule of thumb when not to simplify an equation?
Here is the problem that I have been working on:
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If I simplify the above I get 1+(6/x), but (this is a big but) I totally miss the fact that in the original equation x != 2. Looking at it now, its fairly obvious that I did this wrong. My concern is that for a more complex problem the fact that x != some number might not be that apparent.
Is there any little tricks that I could use in other problems to know when not to simplify?


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Office Space to Rent in Atherstone
We have a variety of serviced offices available to rent in Atherstone. Each office space is offered at the best rates and suited to your individual needs and requirements.
We have a variety of serviced offices available to rent in Atherstone. Each office space is offered at the best rates and suited to your individual needs and requirements.
This is a modern business centre providing a range of furnished offices, workshops and studios that are available on flexible terms. The centre is fully telecoms & IT enabled and provides free car parking. The offices range from 315 to 650 ft2 (29 to 98 m2) and each has its own services with lighting, heating and carpets. The workshops range from 974 to 1366 ft2 (91 to 127 m2) and benefit from powered roller shutter doors, 3-phase electricity, lighting and WC facilities.
This business centre has recently been refurbished to a very high standard. With two storey's of serviced and managed office space to let on a flexible lease or license basis, ideal for start up or small businesses. Also with added benefits of meeting rooms, kitchen facilities and ample secure parking. Offices range in size from 150 - 800 sq ft.
Business office space set in a recently refurbished Grade II listed building. Flexible terms offered in office ranging from 150 square feet through to open plan areas 6,000 square feet in size. The building has been a finalist in major regeneration scheme awards and presents an ideal environment to work in.
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A recently restored former hosiery factory, full of character, this small business centre has its own private carpark and licensed meeting room offering a full catering service.
The centre is fully equipped with all the infrastructure that a modern office requires. The centre contains various sized offices with many established clients.
This mock Tudor town house is fully equipped with all the infrastructure that a modern office requires. The centre contains 19 good sized offices with many established clients. All offices are individually serviced by the friendly and professional staff with cleaning services daily. There are tea and coffee making facilities with a shared kitchen facility near reception.
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A striking grade II listed three-storey, landmark Georgian building, fronting the High Street, in the popular North Warwickshire market town of Coleshill. The building has been extensively renovated to blend stylish décor with the building's many original period features that date back to the early 18th century. This prestigious address with its bold and imposing façade houses ten office suites that radiate off an impressive entrance hall, creating a fantastic working environment for the image conscious business. Elegant sash windows, some with window seats and shutters, steep the main paneled staircase and many offices, with an abundance of natural light. The building retains many fine elements including a former ballroom reflecting the properties varied past from fine Georgian country house to Catholic girls home. There are modern kitchen and washroom facilities on each floor. The alternative gated entrance provides a landscaped block-paved courtyard with car parking, with additional allocated parking adjoining the property. Specification: 24-hour alarmed access, allocated car parking, broadband and telephone connection, category 2 lighting, central heating, CCTV, fire alarm, fully furnished option, individual branding, landscaped gated courtyard, luxury washrooms and telephone door entry.
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Exact Multi-soliton Solution for the (3+1)-D Jimbo-Miwa Equation
In this paper, by using bilinear form and extended three-wave type of ans$\ddot{a}$tz approach, we obtain new multi-soliton solutions of the (3+1)-dimensional Jimbo-Miwa equation, including the periodic breather-type of kink three-soliton solutions, the cross-kink four-soliton solutions, the doubly periodic breather-type of soliton solutions and the doubly periodic breather-type of cross-kink two-soliton solutions. It is shown that the generalized three-wave method, with the help of symbolic computation, provides an effective and powerful mathematical tool for solving high dimensional nonlinear evolution equations in mathematical physics.
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Every year over 12,000 suffer a Christmas decoration related injury and Christmas trees cause about 250 fires every year.
The tree, the candles, the lights. Many are getting last minute decorations in place for the holiday season but don't get too caught up in all the spirit, and take the time to stay safe.
"When you're using old Christmas lights you want to look for any frays in the plastic coating to make sure nothing is cracked that will allow any kind of electrical spark," explains Assistant Manager of the Lowe's in Vienna, Ben Myers.
A simple spark from a frayed wire or the heat from being too close to the fire place and in just a few seconds a tree can become fully engulfed in flames, and while it's not common,it does happen.
So experts say if you want to keep the tradition of that real tree... be smart about it. "Make sure that it is not so dry that when you touch it the needles fall off. Make sure the needles are good and strong," explains Marietta Fire Department Lt. Larry Bargeloh, "when you cut the bottom of it off a bit so it will be able to soak up some water and keep plenty of water on your tree."
And both inside and outside experts say to read the label and never connect too many lights together.
"In your outside lights, if you have a busted bulb, just make sure you replace it with the same wattage bulb," continues Myers, "also with extension cords you want to keep those elevated away from the elements due to the fact that they might short out with snow around them or puddles of water."
Experts say candles also pose a huge risk this holiday season they say to keep a 12 food radius around any lit candles.
The Fire Department does say with all the extra lights and decorations around before leaving the house empty, make a second round to be sure all candles are out and all lights are secure.


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Some quick hits today.
Nice line for Jamey Wright, but a signal outage due to the rain prevented me from seeing the game, and since I still can't bring myself to watch Wright pitch under even ideal conditions, it's just as well. Just hearing the game's final pitch was grueling enough.
Kason Gabbard? Now that's a guy I can watch pitch. Twelve groundouts and four flyouts coaxed from a guy who was fighting through less-than-ideal health.
Eric Gagné: Unbelievable. At this point, isn't the question of whether he makes Boston's post-season roster a legitimate one?
Jarrod Saltalamacchia sits at .193/.233/.298, with some rough spots defensively. Am I worried? Not really. One-third of the 30 players the Rangers signed from this summer's draft are older than Saltalamacchia is.
Eager to see better? Yes. Concerned? No.
Will Carroll on Brandon McCarthy's injury: "There's not a lot in the way of comparables when it comes to scapula fractures in pitchers. You have your good comp in Jarrod Washburn, and your bad comp in Kurt Ainsworth. Brandon McCarthy's injury will wind up somewhere on that scale, though most indications we're getting from the Rangers say that this was caught early. In what's been a disappointing season for both team and player, this injury is almost symbolic. It's a singular, freakish injury that couldn't be anticipated or prevented, and one for which we have little or no guidance going forward. The Rangers are playing for next year already, so they have no reason to push anything this season. McCarthy's likely done for the year, unless he pushes to get in a psychological victory."
It's dangerous thinking, but does Texas have the firepower in prospects at this point to start a casual dialogue with Minnesota or Cincinnati about Mr. Santana or Mr. Dunn? As long as Eric Hurley (in the Twins' case) and Saltalamacchia or Gerald Laird (in the Reds' case) are open for discussion, isn't there now enough depth in legitimate prospects behind them to at least have a conversation-starter?
I don't want to see Hurley in Arlington in September. The upside would be getting him acclimated to the big league culture, traveling with the team, getting plenty of dugout chalk talk in during games, and so on. And I'm not worried about the workload, because that could be managed (Michael Young came up in 2000 and got two at-bats; Ben Kozlowski came up in 2002 and got two starts, spanning 10 innings). But there's simply no sense taking up another spot on the off-season roster, since Hurley can't be drafted via Rule 5 this winter. Especially with the roster spot given to Julio Borbon this week.
There's no pitcher in the system I'm more excited about, but let's have him in camp in February on a non-roster invite, and look forward to his debut in Texas sometime next season.
Righthander Edinson Volquez (5-1, 1.89 with Oklahoma and 13-6, 4.03 for the season, 150 strikeouts and 55 walks in 131.2 innings) is unofficially slated to make his first big league appearance of the year on Tuesday, when he should get the start in Baltimore.
Chris Davis (31) and John Mayberry Jr. (30) are third and fifth in all of minor league baseball in home runs. Taylor Teagarden has 22 homers, German Duran 21, Nate Gold and Mauro Gomez 20 each. Saltalamacchia was going deep every fourth game for AA Mississippi before being called up to Atlanta in May. Max Ramirez has 15 jacks in just 95 games between the Cleveland and Texas systems. With another three weeks of play to go, the Rangers' farm system has amassed nearly 40 more homers than it did last year (514 to 476), but more importantly, there's a larger group of potential bombers coming up than the Rangers have had in a while.
Righthander Armando Galarraga (9-6, 4.02, 114 strikeouts in 127.2 innings with Frisco) was promoted to Oklahoma, replacing the DL'd Robinson Tejeda (quad injury). He was solid last night (one run on seven hits and three walks in 6.2 innings, striking out eight as he earned the win over Channel 8 sports reporter Erin Hawksworth's brother Blake), as were Frisco's Michael Schlact, Clinton's Kasey Kiker, Spokane's Fabio Castillo, and AZL phenom Carlos Pimentel.
I can't wait these days to open Scott Lucas's farm reports, which is, in equal parts, a credit to his outstanding writing and the confidence I have that there are going to be half a dozen pitching and hitting performances that will get my day started on a good note.
And that includes Spokane catcher Jonathan Greene, who is hitting .282/.387/.571 with 11 home runs (second in the Northwest League to teammate Ian Gac) and 42 RBI (fifth in the league) in just 43 games. The Rangers' eighth-round pick in June, Greene is second in the league in slugging and OPS, and he remains virtually anonymous, even in spaces like this one, which is basically a testament to how many good things are happening in this system right now.
Reliever Brennan Garr, in his first full pro season, has earned a promotion to Frisco. Between Clinton and Bakersfield this year, the righthander has a 1.95 ERA with these ridiculous peripherals: 34 hits (.172 opponents' average) and 22 walks in 55.1 innings, 70 strikeouts, three home runs, 80 percent of his pitches for strikes, twice as many groundouts as flyouts.
Bakersfield shortstop Elvis Andrus (.333/.382/.397 since arriving) not only has hits in 12 of his 15 Blaze games -- the 18-year-old has multiple hits in six of his last 10 games (17 for 42), and has struck out just once in that span.
Arizona League 17-year-olds Pimentel, Wilmer Font, and Geuris Grullon: 83.2 innings, 73 hits, 41 walks, 111 strikeouts.
Nineteen-year-old outfielder Miguel Velzaquez (.330/.381/.489 in the Arizona League) hasn't played since July 24. According to Baseball America, the Rangers placed the 2006 19th-rounder on the suspended list.
The Rangers have signed Venezuelan lefthander Martin Perez ($580,000), Dominican shortstop Wilson Suero ($558,000), Venezuelan shortstop Tomas Telis ($140,000), and Venezuelan outfielder Edward Ceballo ($105,000). According to Baseball America, the 16-year-old Perez was considered the top lefty on the international market this year.
I was trying to think of the most compelling way to describe what Houston accomplished with its draft this year. No need; Scott says it all right here:
Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated reports that Sammy Sosa has cleared revocable waivers, meaning he can be traded this month to any team. There's nothing surprising in that report.
Righthander Jake Rasner is now 5-9, 6.52 in 24 starts for Low A Kannapolis. The Rangers sent him to the White Sox in the McCarthy trade.
Righthander Ryan Dittfurth is 6-5, 3.74 for the Sussex Skyhawks of the independent Can-Am League. He's third in the league with 98 strikeouts (in 110.2 innings). In his last start he fired a two-single shutout, punching out 11 without a walk.
The Edmonton Cracker-Cats of the independent Northern League released righthander Reggie Rivard.
There. That's the equivalent of hitting Harold Carmichael on a quick out on the first play from scrimmage, cheaply keeping his consecutive-games-with-a-reception streak alive.
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Looking through my motor racing shots at 1/100 - 1/160 Tv (for motion blur) on 1DX, ISO 100, understandably the aperture is frequently >f16. I'm considering trying ISO 50 (ND 105mm filter c$500!). Anyone have any experience of ISO 50 - From what I've read, it's not as noise-free as 100?? Thanks. :-)
You can afford a 1Dx but you can't afford the time to test ISO 50 by yourself?
I use ISO 50 on my 5D whenever I want motion blur without narrow apertures, just like the OP.I have never found any quality issues with this sensor. I doubt you could see the difference side-by-side in 2 images if you didn't know which is which. You can do this comparison yourself (same Av - compensate for ISO change by changing Tv - at a static, high DR scene) and then decide if ISO=50 is acceptable.
The question is, how much DR do you need? To say IQ is reduced is pulling at hairs I thiink. While I don't have a 1DX, I have used ISO 50 on both the 5D MkII and MkIII (mostly for water or some other motion requirements) and haven't had issues with insufficient DR, any more than I have at ISO 100. Yes graphs show that there is less DR, but looking at graphs and actually testing are two different things, The best way to find out whether it's suitable for your needs is to try it out.


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Ok so in my short couple of weeks here I have learned a lot. But so has my son's Both of my boys are as excited about hanging as I am. My 5 yr old thinks he wants to have his own hammock. He wants it instead of his bed and thinks that he needs one for camping now to. I would love to get the hole family a flock of Black Birds but don't have the budget for that yet. So Doing some poking around the last few days I came across the "Baby Hammock" at TTTM and on one site I read that it is good for kids up to 12 yrs old but at only 2 or 2.5 feet wide (depending on which site you read) by 5 feet long. this seems like it may be a bit narrow even for a small kid. Also I want to start him out laying the right way on the Diag. So I had seen the post a wile back about TTTM having a few of the new? Compacts available, but I still do not see them listed in their product line. Can anybody give my the specs for the compact? Most of the "singles" from TTTM or ENO seem like they would just swallow up a small kid. "where are you little buddy!?!" So any help on a "Kid" hammock would be a lot of help. I would really love to get them out on the trail with me but the how to get everybody hung is the question of the day.
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July 16, 2013 > Greater Tri-City Relay For Life Events
The American Cancer Society's Relay For Life events are scheduled throughout the summer in the Greater Tri-City area. Although some cities have already hosted events, there is still time to join with your community, friends, and family members to raise funds and spirits in the fight against cancer. Remaining Relay For Life events are shown below (Relay For Life events span 24 hours, beginning at time shown on Saturday morning and ending Sunday morning):Newark Relay For LifeSaturday, July 20 - Sunday, July 2110 a.m.Newark Memorial High School39375 Cedar Blvd., NewarkCastro Valley Relay For LifeSaturday, July 20 - Sunday, July 219 a.m. Canyon Middle School19600 Cull Canyon Rd., Castro ValleySan Lorenzo Relay For LifeSaturday, August 10 - Sunday, August 119 a.m.San Lorenzo High School50 E Lewelling Blvd., San LorenzoUnion City Relay For LifeSaturday, August 24 - Sunday, August 2510 a.m.James Logan High School1800 H St., Union CityFor more information, to register for an event near you or make a donation, visit: www.relayforlife.org.


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The win gives the Lions (18-8, 7-7 LSC) its first four-game win streak to close out the regular season since the 2004-05 campaign, and snapped an eight-game losing streak to the Texans (24-2, 12-2 LSC).
It also secures the No. 4 overall seed in the upcoming Lone Star Conference Tournament for the Lions, who will open up the event against No. 5 Eastern New Mexico on Thursday, March 6 at 8:30 p.m.
LaDon Carnegie was the go-to hand for A&M-Commerce throughout the night, going for 34 points and nine rebounds on the night. The junior hit 10 of his 17 field goal tries, and 10 of 12 from the foul line, including four of the Lions' 10 three-point buckets on the night.
But once again it was Tyrie Wooten who hit the go-ahead free throws with under 33 seconds to play, followed by a pair from Devondrick Walker with just 9.2 seconds left to go up by three after a defensive stop. Emmanuel Andrews got of one final three-point try for the Texans that misfired off the back rim as time expired.
Walker was the only other Lion in double figures on the night, hitting for 16 points, hitting four threes of his own. Meanwhile, Tarleton had five players in double figures, led by Chuck Guy's 18 points.
The Texans, who carried just one loss on the season into Saturday, shot just 20 percent from the field in the first half, trailing by as much as 18 points in the opening period and went into the locker room 37-26 at the break; however, it took them less than four minutes to erase that deficit and take the lead for the first time, 42-39 on a banked-in three from Guy.
But the Lions responded, retaking the lead for a short time on a Walker three, and never let the Texans put them away, trailing by no more than eight points at any instance in the second half. Another Walker three tied things up with 5:42 to play at 66-66, but TSU's Coleman Furst answered with threes on two straight possessions, and gave the Texans a 74-70 lead with just 4:05 to go.
The Lions then went to work from the foul line, getting a five straight freebies from Carnegie around a layup from De'Andre Upchurch to find itself down 76-75 with just over a minute to play.
They then turned to Wooten, who knifed his way to the basket and drew the fifth foul of the game on Tashawn Mabry with 32 seconds left to get to the line. Wooten then, as he had done just one week ago at West Texas A&M, calmly knocked down both shots to go up 77-76.
The Texans had a shot to go back ahead, but Jon Cathey-Macklin was called for basket interference, forcing them to send Walker to the line for what proved to be insurance points for the Lions.
The LSC Tournament will kick off on Wednesday with all events being held at the Allen Event Center in Allen, Texas.


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Irani, M. and Orosz, László and Busby, S. and Taniguchi, T. and Adhya, S. (1983) Cyclic AMP-Dependent Constitutive Expression of gal Operon: Use of Repressor Titration to Isolate Operator Mutations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 80 (15). pp. 4775-4779. ISSN 0027-8424


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Daniel Boulud takes us to his butcher in New York's Meat Packing District to choose the cut for his famed Seared Rib Eye and Red Wine Braised Short Ribs, teamed with a Tomato in a Light Choron Sauce stuffed with Marmalade, Spinach Fondue, Diced Buffalo Mozzarella Salad and a heavenly serving of Pommes Dauphines. We recreate coveted dishes from the acclaimed restaurant Boulud: Peekytoe Crab Salad in a mold of Persian Cucumber-Black Sesame Coulis, draped with Early Mesclun and Radishes. Dessert is arguably the best molten lava cake in the world: a Warm Guanaja Chocolate Coulant filled with oozing Liquid Caramel and paired with a Creamy Milk Sorbet.
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I'm more of a residential guy but today I got a call from my service manager telling me I was going to our local Trane dealer to work on a unit. Kind of surprised me, I assume their tech support would be able to handle it, but okay, I don't mind commercial as long as I'm not troubleshooting DC boards. Other than that everything is in your face and you're on a clean roof breathing fresh air. So I get there, go to the parts department, and say "I'm here to work on one of your units? I assume it'll be a Trane unit up there," with a puzzled look on my face. The two guys in the parts department started laughing and said "Ooooh *let's just say Fred* did manage to pawn that off. Talk to Fred and he'll tell you what's what. So I get to his office, and he gives me an inducer motor assembly and says "Here you go, there are two RTUs up there, it's for the larger one." Now I know Fred outside of work, so I asked him why he isn't doing it. He responded that he doesn't come to work dressed to work on units and, "But I diagnosed it." We both chuckled so I went up there. Older Trane Voyager unit, replaced the assembly no problems. The economizer was disconnected, however. I inform Fred of this and he says "Yeah I know. I took disconnected it years ago for a economizer training and haven't gotten around to putting it back together."
I was just wondering how many other guys out there have had the "privilege," bragging rights, whatever, of working on a unit for a supplier?


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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. stock futures declined Thursday after discount retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s earnings report left investors disappointed and as initial jobless claims spiked last week.
Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average US:DJZ2 fell 45 points to 12,499, while those for the Standard & Poor's 500 index SPZ2, +0.00% shed 3.2 points to 1,349.8. Nasdaq-100-index futures US:NDZ2 declined a fraction to 2,529.25.
Shares of Dow component Wal-Mart WMT, -0.47% shed 3%, pressured by results showing the retailing giant's third-quarter revenue short of estimates even as earnings exceeded analysts' consensus view.
The Labor Department said initial claims for jobless benefits rose more than expected, reaching 439,000 last week from 355,000 the prior week. The latest claims data reflected an upsurge stemming from Hurricane Sandy.
The claims report "was obviously distorted by the hurricane," emailed Peter Boockvar, equity strategist at Miller Tabak. Read more on jobless claims.
Other reports had the consumer price index climbing 0.1% in October and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's gauge of manufacturing activity improving some in November.
Stock indexes fell to multi-month lows on Wednesday, on anxiety over budget negotiations in Washington and signs of increased tensions in the Middle East. The Dow industrials DJIA, -0.24% closed down 185.23 points, or 1.5%, to 12,570.95. Read: U.S. stocks drop sharply on 'cliff' concerns.
Heavy recent selling has left sentiment among individual investors at the most bearish since August 2011, noted Boockvar, citing data from the American Association of Individual Investors showing a reading of 48.8 versus 39.9 last week. "Combine this with a very oversold market and we're close to a short term bounce," Boockvar added.
Investors keep a close eye out for developments out of Washington as well.
President Barack Obama on Wednesday said he was open to revenue-raising ideas, but he stood firm on his insistence that there be higher taxes for the wealthiest Americans. Read: Obama open to tax ideas before talks begin.


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Syria is dead.
I've heard of ideas and even projects for ad hoc internetworking and/or phone networking. In these, there is no authoritative routing, but rather meshes of individual nodes (perhaps with uplinks to the "regular" internet/network).
Obviously there are enormous obstacles to developing such a thing. It's hard; it's fragile; it's messy; it's confusing to the user; and it's not profitable.
But when we read stories like this... shouldn't we give it some more thought?
Anyone knowing anything about BGP and stuff can tell that there are no more facts than this:
All IP ranges behind AS29386 seem to be offline.
Other than that, all we have is speculation. Cloudflame is in no position to "confirm" something.
It could be this way, it could be another way around.
It would not surprise me if some stupid gov shut of parts of internet. But in this case even the Syrian official TV channel had no internet and their daily press overview programme was forced to use only papers.
Also of not
...commit genocide?
They know the world is watching and there are always ways of communicating around such a blackout, but the majority of people who'd speak up in disgust of what the government is apparently planning are not going to see it.
Its like news media hitting the mass market, only here it the sources of real news.
Nobody cares what is happening in Syria. Think of all the headlines of the last few years about Libya, Egypt, Iraq etc etc. It's in the news for a few days/weeks then the focus of attention moves elsewhere. X killed, Y removed from power, Rebels are fighting government forces in Z. The internet is up, the internet is down, bloggers tweet about blah blah. So it goes on. Not saying it's not important to people in that area, or who know people who are affected. But people watch the news, generally, for
It is clear that it was done deliberately by Syria... FTFA "In order for a whole-country outage, all four of these cables would have had to been cut simultaneously. That is unlikely to have happened."
My worst fear is that they are going to try either chemical weapons or indiscriminate slaughter (whole towns/cities/women/children/refugees). If those reports got out they would lose what little international support they have from Russia and China, and that would basically be it. All the nations would swoo
Is this really a thing? A service where your voice gets turned into an anonymized URL and posted to a generic twitter handle? Sounds productive... I wish Google would remind people that when phone lines work, maybe call a PERSON and make REAL contact, don't just shout into the void. This twitter obsession is nuts.
Thats a reason, why all people should prefer small autonomous over global decentralised over centralised networks for communication.
Killing off one centralised service is easy.
If you have enought control, you can even cut a global decentralised network into 2 or more.
But try killing off 100000 of small autonomous networks - if they are not even known - and noone knows them all - , how should they be killed?
"I shall expect a chemical cure for psychopathic behavior by 10 A.M. tomorrow, or I'll have your guts for spaghetti." -- a comic panel by Cotham


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Do you "text" so much you could send messages with your eyes closed? You might be doing just that. New research from Villanova University finds that "sleep texting" is very common among students.
Messages sent by slumbering uber-communicators are typically gibberish, says Villanova University nursing professor Elizabeth Dowdell, who conducted the research on sleep texting.
For example, a student might send a sleepy text responding to a fellow student who is awake, and anxious about an upcoming test, asking what might be covered on the exam. "The person who is asleep will respond with things that don't make sense, 'go get me that pizza,' or 'I need my hair cut,'" said Dowdell.
Dowdell studied nearly 400 college students. Close to a third reported that they had sent messages while asleep. This typically happens in the early phases of sleep -- and with people who take their phones into bed with them. Sleepers may also be waking up for a short moment, and then send off a message while only half-conscious.
Aside from potential embarrassment, Dowdell says sleep texting is a problem because it robs students of much needed rest and can hinder getting to deeper sleep cycles.
"They hear it, they respond to it, they answer it, whether they are awake or not," she said. "This is an age group that has a well-earned reputation for not getting good sleep, and if they are texting in their sleep, they are not getting quality sleep."
Technology does murder sleep
Her message is simple: "You control the technology, don't let the technology control you. Sleep is important!"
She says phones should not be in bed; ideally, they should be turned off at night, or at least put on a night stand. But for those who just have to have their phone right on the pillow, Dowdell's students have adopted a preventive measure.
"They now wear mittens when they go to sleep," she said. "Because you can't text with mittens on."
Embarrassing late-night messaging aside, University of Pennsylvania sleep researcher Michael Grandner says technology is increasingly invading the bedroom, and making it harder for people to sleep.
He says many people check their phones compulsively throughout the day. They might do the same if they briefly wake up during the night, and the phone is right there, next to them.
"Think about it this way," he said. "There will not be anything on the phone that will make it easier for you to go back to sleep. It will either be something that you find interesting, or something that you will worry about."
He said phones and digital devices increasingly come up in conversations about sleep, and the quality of rest people are getting.
This story was reported through a news coverage partnership between NBC10.com and NewsWorks.org


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Feminists have persuasively shown the connection between sexualized violence, which, if we are being generous, might be the kind of "idea" First Amendment mucks are apparently concerned about (violence in the head), and real violence, inflicted through sex in the home or in the street, against women.Mucks? I guess that's short for "high-muck-a-muck." Which means: poohbah.
And my response is: Pooh. Bah.


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KLRU's community partner CASA of Travis County presents a special screening of POV "Off And Running" on Tuesday, September 7, at 7 p.m. at the Paramount Theater. This film deals with the themes of family, personal identity, cultural awareness and adoption while telling the moving story of one girl's journey into adulthood. The event is free but please RSVP to email@example.com.
Off and Running tells the story of Brooklyn teenager Avery, a track star with a bright future. She is the adopted African-American child of white Jewish lesbians. Her older brother is black and Puerto Rican and her younger brother is Korean. Though it may not look typical, Avery's household is like most American homes — until Avery writes to her birth mother and the response throws her into crisis. She struggles over her "true" identity, the circumstances of her adoption and her estrangement from black culture. Just when it seems as if her life is unraveling, Avery decides to pick up the pieces and make sense of her identity, with inspiring results.
POV "Off And Running" airs on KLRU at 9 p.m. Tuesday, September 7.


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BURLINGTON, Vt. - Columbia women's basketball was edged by Vermont, 46-40, in its first road contest of the season Sunday afternoon at Patrick Gymnasium.
Columbia (0-2), which was making its first visit to Burlington since the 1999-00 season, dropped its fourth straight to Vermont (1-1) in as many meetings as the Catamounts earned their first victory of the season.
The Lions were paced by senior Tyler Simpson, who scored a game-high 14 points, while Brittany Simmons led the defense with eight boards and Courtney Bradford recorded a career-high four blocks.
Both teams struggled to put the ball in the basket early on, as Columbia led 2-0 at the first media timeout with 15:54 on the clock. Tierra Shumpert knocked down a three-pointer to get things started for Vermont, and Shanai Hebert hit a layup to put the Catamounts in front, 5-2.
The teams traded the next few baskets, making it 8-7 with Vermont in the lead, but the Catamounts exploded on an 8-0 run that included five straight points by Kayla Burchill to make it 16-7 with 7:18 to go.
Columbia fell into as much as a 20-8 deficit until Caitlyn Unsworth hit two in a row from deep to spark a 10-2 rally for the Lions. Bradford grabbed a crucial steal and drove it down the court to Simpson for two, making it 22-18 with just over a minute to go in the first. Two more Columbia fouls brought the Catamounts back to the line for another three points, sending the Lions to the locker room trailing by a score of 25-18.
In the second half, Columbia came out with a 7-2 run to once again make it a four-point game at 31-27, but Vermont fought back with seven unanswered points to push its lead to 12.
After Taylor Ball hit a free throw at the 10:20 mark, both teams went scoreless for the next three minutes until a Simpson jumper ended the drought.
Two buckets in a row by Ball made it 43-37 at the 2:13 mark. The Lions nearly made a comeback, as the defense held Vermont to just three points in the final six minutes, but ultimately came up just short.
Overall, Columbia had more success from the field, hitting 15 of 46 attempts (32.6 percent), while holding Vermont to just 12 of 49 (24.5 percent). The two teams were equal on the glass, pulling down 41 rebounds each.
However it was the charity stripe that made the difference, as Columbia went just 7 of 19 (36.8 percent) while committing 21 personal fouls, whereas Vermont finished off 17 of 28 (60.7 percent) and was called for 16 fouls.
Columbia will look for its first win as the Lions return home to Levien Gymnasium to take on Wagner on Wednesday, November 14 at 7 p.m.


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I admit I didn't know what I was getting into when I accepted an offer to take a ride on Brad Rowland's South Bay pontoon boat at the Shootout last fall. It was at the end of a long day testing and measuring and recording boat statistics, and the idea of taking a nice cruise around Lake Shelbyville in Illinois sounded pretty good to me.
Then I noticed the outboard setup at the stern of the 'toon: three Mercury Pro Max 300x engines, all in a row.
Wow. What was I getting into? Any misgivings I may have had about getting into such a beefed-up boat were overwhelmed by a curiosity to find out just how fast this thing could go.
I stepped aboard Tooned In and found a comfortable seat, along with PDB editor Brady Kay and fellow tester Clayton Ward. Rowland welcomed us aboard and spent a few minutes deciding where we should each sit, for weight distribution, he explained.
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After we were all situated, we motored away from the dock and out through the no-wake zone. The sun was setting on the lake, and with the leaves on the shore changing color, the scenery was full of reds and oranges. The sound of the three Mercury outboards was pretty loud, even at only three miles per hour, and served as a constant reminder of what we were about to experience.
And then, after checking to make sure we were all ready, Rowland hit the throttles up and we took off. We quickly climbed past 40, then 50 miles per hour and watched the GPS speedometer keep going. It became clear that our sunglasses were not going to stay put on our faces if there was any crosswind at all, so we each faced the wind head on and tried to stay still.
We passed 80 mph and I started to wonder how much faster we could go! The 'toon finally clocked in at 102 mph and Rowland eased the throttle back.
With a big smile on his face, Rowland turned to face us and asked how we found the experience.
Now, if you haven't met Brady personally, he's a pretty stoic guy. Not much can get him riled up or bummed out, so when I saw the raised eyebrows and smile on his face, I knew he was impressed.
I quickly downloaded a GPS speedometer app onto my smartphone and we made another run. This time I kept close eye on the digitally measured speed, and sure enough, we broke the 100 mph mark and settled at 103 on the ride back.
It was just an amazing experience, and clearly one Rowland enjoyed sharing with others.
To be honest, the sheer sense of speed was a bit overshadowed by the fact that there was no protection from the wind. For the most part, I was just hanging on in a wind tunnel with no perspective of anything but the sensation that my ears were going to be ripped off my head.
Don't get me wrong, it was a stable ride, and at no time did I feel unsafe. But the intensity of the wind was a little distracting. Maybe another ride behind some protection may be in order.
When I asked Rowland what his motivation was for creating such a speed demon, he brought up the spirit of competition. For years at the annual Lake of the Ozarks Shootout in Missouri, he battled for top honors as the pontoon speed record kept being broken.
"I had two stock motors in my 'toon, and figured that if I had a third one, we could definitely get 100 MPH out of it and hold the record again."
To get there, Rowland sought the help of Tech Service & Application Engineer Greg Barsoda and Lead Engineer Kevin Bestul, and many other minds at South Bay, including General Manager Tom McCuddy.
"There was a lot of excitement for the project," Barsoda said. "Everyone who helped with it, especially the welders, took extreme pride in the project."
"McCuddy is the man," Rowland said. "'This is what we're going to do,' and he got it done."
All of the welds on the boat are heliarc welds, which is a sounder type, less susceptible to vibration and other stresses.
In addition, the 'toon makes use of Teleflex power-assist steering with two cylinders, on either side of the outside motors, and a mechanical tie bar across all three outboards.
Collaboration between South Bay and Mercury Marine engineers was also crucial to the success of Rowland's 'toon. Mercury was integral in the installation of mechanical jackplates on the outboards, as opposed to hydraulics, which are not quite as easy to sync when dealing with multiple outboards. And in this case, syncing is essential.
The boat does have pressurized pontoons, at 7.5 pounds per square inch, but this is higher than standard South Bay models. Rowland checks the pressure before every run, just to make sure the weld integrity on the tubes is maintained.
One thing that stuck out was how the boat is balanced. With all the weight of three massive outboards at the rear, it is quite a feat that the 'toon keeps on the level at plane, with little to no lift in the nose.
In the end, it was Rowland's desire to be the best that made this a reality.
"It kinda gets in your blood," he said. "You don't think you're going to do it next year, but when the time rolls around, you get the feeling again."
Parker Marine in the Lake of the Ozarks area was integral in sponsoring the project and did a lot of the work with Rowland as well.
Maybe the most interesting part of this story is that Rowland feels the boundaries can be pushed even farther.
"I just need to get my head in the right spot, talk to the right people," Rowland said. "I can improve on what we're doing now."
Keep your eye on Lake Shelbyville this summer, and you may see a blur fly by on the water one evening as the sun sets over the water.
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Sukuk issuance boost for Islamic finance
Manama, December 6, 2012
The success of sukuk issuances by financial institutions underlinine the tremendous potential of Islamic finance industry, which has shown healthy growth despite the global financial crisis and the lull after it, said an expert.
"The present and future of Islamic finance and banking industry are very promising," Ernst & Young Bahrain senior director Imtiaz Ibrahim told a session of the Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAAOIFI) conference at the Diplomat Radisson Blu Hotel in Bahrain, according to a report in our sister publication, the Gulf Daily News.
"Islamic financial institutions are offering various deposit products on the basis of Wakala and Mudaraba, which are reliable sources of Sharia-compliant income for depositors and provides continuous liquidity stream to such institutions," he said.
"The sukuk market is also flourishing and, recently, the market has seen complex and sophisticated sukuk structures being introduced by several financial institutions across the GCC.
"AAOIFI is fully cognisant of this transformation and has been taking measures to update or introduce new accounting standards.
"AAOIFI is currently developing sukuk standards and revising investment accounts and takaful standards, which will result in the harmonisation of accounting and financial reporting between international financial reporting standards and AAOIFI standards," he said.
"The risk of losing trust of the general public in the Sharia compliance of Islamic banks could potentially pose a major threat to the industry and should not be ignored by stakeholders," added Ernst & Young executive manager Sohaib Umer.
"Regulators need to monitor the composition and working of Sharia supervisory boards more actively and adopt leading global practices in this regard.
"Also, Sharia scholars themselves should come up with a voluntary code of conduct to address issues like eligibility criteria, remuneration, conflict of interest and related topics." – TradeArabia News Service


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Joanne shows how to get maximum flavor from a bountiful tomato crop by roasting them slowly. Sasha learns to make a stew fit for summer using fresh vegetables and a basil mint pesto. Recipes: Oven-Dried Tomatoes, Feta and Olives, Summer Vegetable Stew with Basil and Mint Pesto (Parm-Reg). Student: Sasha Bernstein.
Visit the Website: http://www.joanneweir.com
Episode #212 / Length: 26 minutes


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Raider Relief to Collect Stuffed Animals
March 25, 2013
ALLIANCE, Ohio — Members of Raider Relief, a philanthropic student organization at the University of Mount Union, have announced their newest project, called ASAP (Abandoned Stuffed Animal Project). This project will consist of collecting gently used stuffed animals from Mount Union's campus and the Alliance community, having them professionally cleaned and donating them to children of Alliance families in need.
The project is generously sponsored by Cintas, who will clean the collected stuffed animals before they are distributed. The collected items will then be donated to numerous locations, which may include children's hospitals or domestic violence shelters in the Alliance area.
University of Mount Union junior marketing major Dan Goswick of Amherst, OH, the project's student leader, explained how this venture will be unlike some of the past projects the group has accomplished.
"The basic idea for ASAP started when a group of college kids wondered how we could help the sad kids in our community. We thought it would be awesome if we could make these kids happy by donating some of the abandoned toys from when we were young," Goswick said.
Raider Relief is asking Alliance residents and students to look into their attics and basements for "abandoned" stuffed animals that may have been neglected for years and to donate them to the project.
Those wishing to support Raider Relief in this effort may drop off any gently-used stuffed animals at Family Video, located at 1937 W. State St. in Alliance, from March 31 through April 5.
For additional information about ASAP, visit www.RaiderRelief.org or call (440) 309-7508.


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Captain Nemanja Vidic returns from suspension for Manchester United's Barclays Premier League game against Aston Villa on Saturday.
Striker Robin van Persie is out with a knee injury while centre-backs Chris Smalling (hamstring) and Jonny Evans (calf) are doubts.
The Villa game starts a potentially crucial week for manager David Moyes.
If results go against them on Saturday, United could be 15 points adrift of fourth place with six matches left.
The Red Devils then take on all-conquering Bayern Munich in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie on Tuesday night.
Moyes hopes his team can rebuild some of their confidence this weekend following their midweek defeat at the hands of neighbours Manchester City.
"We go into the Villa game knowing that we want to go into the Munich game in good fettle," he said.
"And we're looking forward to it because we played really well at West Ham and if we can follow up with a similar performance, I'll be more than happy.
"But then we play against maybe the best team in Europe in midweek, which we're looking forward to."
Villa, 12th in the table, look easy opponents for United on paper given their inconsistent form this year, although they did beat Chelsea two weeks ago.
Some Villa fans expected more from their season, but Moyes thinks his opposite number Paul Lambert is doing a good job with the midlands outfit.
"I think Paul Lambert has had a difficult job there. He's had to alter the budget there and change a little bit of the way Villa have maybe done it in the past," he said.
"For such a big club to be in that position - they're obviously looking for more. But Paul has done a good job in bringing in lots of young players, sticking with them and trusting them."
Villa midfielder Karim El Ahmadi is a doubt due to a thigh problem.
The injury forced El Ahmadi to come off in the first half of the 4-1 home loss to Stoke last Sunday and Villa boss Lambert has said the Morocco international is "struggling" ahead of the trip.
Forward Andreas Weimann had to depart the field around the same time in the Stoke match because of a dead leg but is expected to be available.
Lambert has every faith his players can bounce back from their heavy loss to Stoke.
Villa were brought down to earth after back-to-back wins when they were thumped by the Potters.
Lambert was in no doubt that his side's performance on that occasion was "not good enough", but he is feeling optimistic about the prospect of Villa putting in a completely contrasting display at Old Trafford.
He said: "We had a chat this week and I told them my feelings on it (the Stoke match).
"To be fair to the lads, they have trained well. There's no hangover from it.
"One thing I've found is that the lads have always come out and tried to rectify things, and I'm pretty sure on Saturday it will be the same."
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(04/01/2010) As the first quarter of the year drew to a close this week, the East Hampton Town Board took stock of the town's fiscal state and outlined new budget-cutting efforts, including eliminating the Highway Department's leaf pickup service and closing the town recycling and garbage disposal centers one day a week. A proposal to consolidate town departments and offer incentives for employees to step down before considering layoffs, also brought up at the board's meeting on Saturday, is reported on separately.
The town board Republican majority had promised $10 million in budget cuts while running for election last year.
At the same meeting, Town Supervisor Bill Wilkinson announced the intent to hire a communications consultant to issue press releases and other announcements at a cost of up to $25,000 a year, creating a new position.
According to a resolution to be offered at a meeting tonight by Councilwoman Theresa Quigley, a company called Hamptons Journal will be hired, using part of a $35,253 budget line for a legislative secretary position that has been left vacant to cut costs.
On its Web site, Hamptons Journal, based in Wainscott, is described as a "full-color, glossy, seasonal magazine focusing on the people and events that make the Hamptons unique." The editor and publisher of the free publication is Laura Weir, the daughter of Diana Weir, a former town councilwoman who has been an active Republican Party member.
"We thought we might be remiss in letting everyone know about significant issues for the town — grant applications, grant approvals, board positions, new policies, strategies, and practices. A communicator working with the entire board would assist us in ensuring that these types of announcements get made and get made in a timely fashion," Mr. Wilkinson said in an e-mail on Tuesday. According to the resolution, Ms. Weir will assist with both internal and external communication.
"I think we were elected to cut this budget, and services are going to have to come along," Mr. Wilkinson said on Saturday after announcing that "we are going to cut the leaf pickup."
Although Councilwoman Theresa Quigley had suggested such a move at an earlier meeting, there had been no public board discussion or full board vote. "Times are tough and it's time to stop looking to the government to do these things for you," she said on Saturday.
Highway Superintendent Scott King, who has been advocating a change to a cheaper model of leaf pickup by requiring residents to place leaves in bags, was at the meeting and made it clear that he had no part in the decision. "I would hope, at the very least, that if you had a deer summit, that you have a leaf summit," he told the board before leaving the room. Southampton Town held several meetings for residents this week about leaf pickup.
"I understand that people are upset, but people are more upset about the taxes. Come on, it's time to get real about this," Ms. Quigley said.
In a first-quarter report to the board on Saturday, Len Bernard, the town budget officer, said that eliminating the leaf pickup could save $540,000 this year. Going to a six-day week at the recycling centers, with nine-hour days, could save $360,000, he said.
Savings yielded by eliminating town jobs, deceasing salaries, cutting out $12,000 in spending on travel and advertising, and the failure of several town board members to take the town's health insurance, as well as the settlement of a contract with town police at a pay increase rate lower than expected total $883,900, Mr. Bernard said.
New revenue totaling $120,500 is expected through an increase in fees for nonresident beach parking permits, town boat slip rental, and an auction of surplus vehicles and equipment.
The budget officer said that revenue from mortgage taxes — paid each time a property is bought or refinanced, and traditionally a key piece of the town's annual budget income — appears to be on track for the $2.6 million anticipated in the 2010 budget. The annual amount may even exceed that, he said.
East Hampton's overall budget deficit cannot be determined until forensic audits of the town's capital projects and community preservation funds are complete, but Mr. Bernard said he believes it will be "real close" to the $30 million projected.
He noted the cost to the town of the audits themselves. The fee for the preservation fund audit is $125,000. A resolution will be offered tonight to approve payment of up to $200,000 for the capital projects fund audit. Interfund transfers from the preservation fund may result in almost $1 million in interest due to the fund, Mr. Bernard said.
"I can't tell you how much time we spend on a daily basis trying to get finances straight in this town," Supervisor Wilkinson said. "And it's very, very painful."
Last week Mr. Wilkinson, Mr. Bernard, and the town's outside auditors presented information to the county district attorney about transfers of money out of the preservation fund under the prior administration. Although temporary borrowing among town funds is allowed as long as all are made whole by the end of the year, a panel that reviewed the community preservation fund law determined transfers from that fund could not occur.
East Hampton's former budget officer, Ted Hults, has been charged with making such a transfer, along with other violations of law related to his financial responsibilities, and former Supervisor Bill McGintee stepped down from his post last fall.
Mr. Wilkinson, on Saturday, defended the decision to go to the D.A., and said it was not political, as someone suggested to him last week. "We're just trying to right the ship," he said. The outside auditors, with a license on the line, insisted on reporting the information, Mr. Bernard said. He said that Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. had been consulted, and agreed. "It was the right thing to do; it was the only thing to do," Mr. Bernard said.


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Those who reject capital punishment tend to be noisemakers who are not inflicted with the pain and agony of losing someone in an act of homicide. I suspect these opponents would change their views instantly if their loved ones were brutally murdered,
But when it is about other victims -- whether it's 8-year-old Tori Stafford, or those of other previous horrific cases such as the serial killer and rapist, Paul Bernardo; the Shafia family who were convicted of murdering their own daughters and their step mother; or the convicted BC serial killer, Robert Pickton -- opponents of the death penalty unfailing start preaching about mercy and forgiveness because for them, the victim is someone else's family.
The majority of Canadians, however, favour the return of capital punishment.
According to a recent poll, the majority of Canadians support return of death penalty:
"The survey conducted by Angus Reid Public Opinion in partnership with the Toronto Star found that 63 per cent of the 1,002 Canadians surveyed across the country believe the death penalty is sometimes appropriate. Sixty-one per cent said capital punishment, which was abolished in Canada in 1976, is warranted for murder."
Meanwhile Prime Minister Stephen Harper has refused to hold a referendum on capital punishment, despite an online campaign to do so started by Canadians horrified by the Tori Stafford case. (On May 20, 2009, police charged Michael Thomas Rafferty, 28, with first degree murder and Terri-Lynne McClintic, 18, with being an accessory to murder of the little girl, who was abducted outside her school; McClintic has pleaded guilty. Rafferty is currently on trial.)
And the PM's refusal to re-open the debate flies in the face of a 2011 Abacus Data survey, in which 66% of Canadians indicated they want the death penalty to be used in cases like Tori's, just as they called for it when they learned about the details of the deaths of Tammy Homolka, Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French -- all victims of serial killers Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka. Some also think capital punishment is justified in the recent Shafia family murder case.
Harper's stance even flies in the face of his own views. In an interview with the CBC, aired January 19, 2011, Harper said, "I personally think there are times where capital punishment is appropriate," but added that he has "no plans to bring that issue forward."
Canada has hanged 710 people since capital punishment was enacted in 1859. A moratorium was placed on the death penalty in 1967; and in 1976, the death penalty was formally abolished (by a narrow majority in the House) from the Criminal Code.
Keeping brutal murderers behind bars, feeding and educating them with taxpayer's money is an insult to the victims and a mockery to the justice system.
The death penalty is the only punishment that suits the crime of murder; it creates a sense of balance in the scales of justice. As Ernest van den Haag states in his book (co-authored with John P. Conrad), The Death Penalty: A Debate: "Innocent life is best secured by telling those who would take it that they will forfeit their own lives."
Society must retain the death penalty in order to establish justice, especially for those innocent victims whose lives are so horrifically and unfairly taken.


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As Mists of Pandaria is about to end I wanted to thank the users who have contributed helpful guides to the community this expansion. Each month til Warlords of Draenor one guide will be featured.
For this month I decided to feature the Windwalker Guide: "How to Walk with the Wind (5.4.7)" by Balance.
This guide provides extremely good information and details which should be helpful for anyone looking to try the Monk class out. An example is the macro section, other than just providing the macro itself an explanation is also attached to it:
Something else that makes this guide stands out more is also the effort it visibly took to make. Pictures and videos were both used to make it easier for users to understand, and it pretty much covers every basic you need to know about WindWalker Monks and more.
So if you ever were looking to try playing a WindWalker, make sure to check this guide out! Thanks once again Balance!