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Some time ago I got MM6 and MM7 working on Exagear after some hassle, but now I wanted to try an old favorite, Planescape: Torment after having stumbled across this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e8T6Yi8Ncg
I use the latest version of Exagear on my trusted Nexus 9 tablet, now on Android 7.
I have the GOG DRM-free version of Planescape: Torment installed. In C:\Games\GOG\PST.
I have made a fresh reinstall since I wrote this post earlier today, and there are NO mods installed - except for the one that comes with the GOG version of the game; that mod that does something about DirectDraw.
The video above states
"3) Change the paths in the [alias] section of the Torment.ini file to
E:\Planescape Torment
E:\Planescape Torment\data
so I did that. Or, rather, I altered it to "E:\PST\" and "E:\PST\data" (see above).
When I start Exagear, the application finds the correct .exe file and and I can start the game, but when I do...
nothing happens.
Exagear's "please wait" screen appears for a couple of seconds, and then... it dies. The game doesn't start, and Exagear doesn't seem to respond much either.
The x86-stderr.txt file says thus:
argv = ['libubt'; '--vfs-kind'; 'guest-first'; '--path-prefix'; '/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.eltechs.erpg/files/image'; '--vpaths-list'; '/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.eltechs.erpg/files/image/.exagear/vpaths-list'; '-f'; '/usr/bin/wine'; '--fork-controller'; 'ua:.exagear-tracker-app10'; '--ipc-emul-server'; 'ua:com.eltechs.erpg'; '--tmp-dir'; '/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.eltechs.erpg/files/image/.exagear/tmp'; '--vfs-hacks=pels,ansep,tlsasws,'; '--file-name-replacements=/home/xdroid/.wine/dosdevices/c_,/home/xdroid/.wine/drive_c,/home/xdroid/.wine/dosdevices/d_,/storage/emulated/0/ExaGear,/home/xdroid/.wine/dosdevices/e_,/storage/emulated/0/ExaGear,'; '--socket-path-suffix'; 'erpg'; '--ubt-executable'; '/data/app/com.eltechs.erpg-1/lib/arm/libubt.so'; '--ubt-loader'; '/data/app/com.eltechs.erpg-1/lib/arm/libelfloader.so'; '--'; 'wine'; '/home/xdroid/.wine/dosdevices/d_/PST/Torment.exe'; ]
envp = ['HOME=/home/xdroid/'; 'LC_ALL=C'; 'DISPLAY=:10'; 'AXS_SOUND_SERVER_PORT=/tmp/.sound/AS10'; 'AXS_DSOUND_SERVER_PORT=/tmp/.sound/DS10'; 'EXADROID_DISABLE_SHORT_NAMES=y'; ]
Warning: could not find DOS drive for current working directory '/storage/emulated/0/ExaGear/PST', starting in the Windows directory.
wine: cannot find '/home/xdroid/.wine/dosdevices/d_/PST/Torment.exe'
I guess therefore that there's something wrong in the torment.ini path, but I can't get it to work... Have tried C:\PST, D:\PST and E:\PST, and even just \PST, but the game refuses to start.
I hope someone understands the error message better than I do...


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Favorite Star Trek episodes?
So I've been watching a lot of Star Trek: The Next Generation recently on Netflix and figured I'm probably not the only one here who likes Star Trek. I've since become curious; of those of you who have watched Star Trek, what is your favorite episode (or movie, if you like) and why?
For me, that would be TNG Season 2, Episode 9: "The Measure of a Man".
Ever since I was a little kid, I found robotics and technology fascinating. I grew up playing games on my PC such as the Sonic & Knuckles Collection, MechWarrior 2, and later MechWarrior 4. I also watched the anime adaptation of the Mega Man Battle Network series, Mega Man NT Warrior, which would be my first exposure to the Mega Man franchise before I would go on to play Mega Man 10 many years later, then most of the rest of the Mega Man franchise, becoming the fan of that that I am today. Except for Battle Network and perhaps Star Force, the majority of the named characters in any Mega Man game series are androids who think and feel as, for want of a better word, "human" as any of us. These are robots portrayed as people or individual persons. Even the computer programs of Battle Network, the NetNavis, are pretty much people in their own right.
With that in mind, imagine how I would feel encountering a Star Trek episode where the question "are androids people?" is the primary conflict. For those who haven't seen this episode, here's a summary: A Starfleet commander by the name of Maddox wants to take apart the Enterprise D's crew member and resident android, Commander Data, in the interest of examining him and learning how he works so that he may replicate his construction and create more androids. Effectively, Data would have become the Mega Man X of the Star Trek universe.
Conflict arises when Captain Picard and Data determine that Maddox doesn't have the skills required to do this without harming Data in some way, and Data refuses. Maddox anticipates this and makes a transfer request that Data apparently cannot refuse. Picard disputes this matter with a JAG officer, named Captain Phillipa Louvois, on the station they were on, she references laws made about three centuries before the episode's events, and Picard challenges those laws. Forced to have a hearing on the matter, and with no staff of her own to choose from, she assigns Picard as the defense and his first officer, Commander Riker, as the prosecution. Riker objects to this, of course, because of an apparent conflict of interest (Riker disagrees with Maddox's position on Data's personhood and even considers Data his friend) but relents when Louvois threatens to stand on her ruling if he doesn't accept.
There's a bit of a subplot between Picard and Louvois, but I concentrate on the primary conflict because it's most relevant to my interest. I do think any android, any computer program, that demonstrates qualities like Commander Data does in Star Trek would constitute a person, but this is the first time I've seen that idea challenged in a legal setting, even if it is a science fiction story. I'm actually surprised the Mega Man franchise hasn't explored this in its own way; as far as I'm aware, it just sort of took the idea for granted. I guess it was kinda-sorta relevant in Mega Man 7's ending, and the Mega Man Zero villain Dr. Weil appears to actively deny the personhood of the series' own androids (called Reploids) but then again, Mega Man, one of the very first Robot Masters, really doesn't have the same kind of freedom the Reploids do (including his successor, Mega Man X) and Weil seems to hate absolutely everyone anyway, so his issues with Reploids (which include the protagonist, Zero) don't seem to be a big deal, relatively speaking. It's strange to me because "androids are people" seemed to be a running theme in that franchise.
That aside, though, the writing of this episode was amazing. As far as I'm concerned, it's one of the most solid episodes in the entire franchise, if not the most solid. Which strikes me as unfortunate when we get to Star Trek Voyager, which contains a similar episode regarding the Emergency Medical Hologram, and the precedent established by this episode seems to go ignored… Which is one of many problems with Voyager, but that's a discussion for another thread, I suppose.
What about you? What's your favorite Star Trek episode and why?
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|Mon Sep 26, 2016 3:57 am
Re: Favorite Star Trek episodes?
From TNG, I particularly like "Darmok". Metaphors, similes, and analogies are vital for us to express ourselves, and when we can't use them, or have to understand ones alien to our experience, it's a fascinating exploration into how we understand ourselves and the universe around us.
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|Mon Sep 26, 2016 10:33 am
Re: Favorite Star Trek episodes?
It can be from any Star Trek show you like, Prolescum, or even a movie if you thought one was just that good.
I'm sure you knew that, but I just want to be clear to everyone that I didn't want anyone to think I'm limiting anyone's choices with my choosing a TNG episode or sniping at Voyager.
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|Mon Sep 26, 2016 10:50 am
Re: Favorite Star Trek episodes?
I understood, no worries. I love Star Trek, it's where I received my schooling in morality, but I haven't seen anything post-DS9 that was actually good Trek. Sure, some great ideas showed up, but with neither skilled writers nor adequate impetus to do a good job, it deserved to be put out of its misery. I chose a TNG episode simply because I was at work and didn't have the time to explain why I love "Favour the bold" or "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges"... Now I have to have a DS9 rewatch.
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|Mon Sep 26, 2016 3:43 pm
DustnitePosts: 531Joined: Wed May 27, 2009 9:11 pm Gender: Cake
Re: Favorite Star Trek episodes?
I received my schooling in morality from Star Trek as well. I'll go through each series and pick one favorite and my reason for it being my favorite. WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS!:
TOS: The City on the Edge of Forever Kirk and Spock have to go back in time to stop Dr. McCoy from destroying the future. The choice to save the future still makes me question if I could do the same thing in Kirk's place.
TAS: One of Our Planets Is Missing Although the Animated Series is not considered canon, I really liked this episode since Kirk had the ability to destroy the cloud but gave Spock every chance to save the creature that could eat their entire galaxy in time. However, I always wondered what happened once that creature returned to its home galaxy.
TNG: The Drumhead There are parallels in this episode that I still apply to today's fervent and polarised political discourse. The ending quote by Picard still resonates with me: "Maybe. But she, or someone like her, will always be with us, waiting for the right climate in which to flourish, spreading fear in the name of righteousness. Vigilance, Mister Worf - that is the price we have to continually pay. "
DS9: The Visitor Holy shit, I'll go as far to say that this is the greatest Star Trek episode of all time out of all the different series. This one still pulls on my heart strings and has the best acting out of the entire series.
VOY: Timeless Whatever complaints I had with Harry Kim as a character were finally nullified with his acting performance here. This episode is a thrill ride from start to finish with a series that was incredibly campy, it was a refreshing change.
ENT: Damage A lot of people I talk to didn't like Enterprise as a series and it's personally one of my favorites. My reasons? It was really interesting to see how Federation ideals were being tested without the superiority of technology to back it up. In this episode, Archer straight up has to ignore the moral decision in order to save Earth.
There's also some really good fan made series still going on I would recommend watching: Star Trek Continues, Star Trek: New Voyages. Star Trek Outpost podcast is really fun too and I listen to it in my car on the way to work. I'm hoping one day we get another series of Star Trek, I don't think the franchise is dead yet.
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|Mon Sep 26, 2016 6:23 pm
Re: Favorite Star Trek episodes?
There is a new series on the way, my old chum.
Look here.
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|Mon Sep 26, 2016 7:05 pm
VisakiPosts: 813Joined: Fri Nov 12, 2010 12:26 pmLocation: Helsinki, Finland Gender: Male
Re: Favorite Star Trek episodes?
Prolescum wrote:There is a new series on the way, my old chum.
I wait that in absolute joyful terror. Though, to be honest, if it fixes my main gripe with Enterprise I'll be happy and that's the opening credits music. I liked the series as a whole but that music.... oh my Darwin that was bad.
|Mon Sep 26, 2016 7:33 pm
Re: Favorite Star Trek episodes?
I hope I can find some free time after I finish watching all the Star Trek shows to check out those fan works, Dustnite. I don't believe the franchise is dead yet, either. Of the Abrams movies, Beyond, I think, got the point of Star Trek the best, and I'm hoping Star Trek Discovery will be good.
Visaki wrote:Prolescum wrote:There is a new series on the way, my old chum.
B-But... I liked that music...
Though I will grant quickly that it doesn't fit in among the other Star Trek themes.
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|Wed Sep 28, 2016 8:13 am
Gnug215Posts: 2695Joined: Sat Feb 21, 2009 10:31 pm
Re: Favorite Star Trek episodes?
One of my favs is "First Contact".
Yes, the episode. It's TNG 4x15.
It's the one where the Federation is scoping out (or spying on) a civilization to see if they're future Federation material. Riker gets caught. OMG, he's an alien! Yadda yadda.
It's basically a typical alien encounter type thing, just flipped on the head as it's the humans who are the aliens in this one.
The episode has some excitement with the Riker plot going on along side the more political and philosphical issues of the entire encounter.
I've always loved the "how would others view us?" angle on things. And this episode has a particularly interesting angle on that.
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|Wed Sep 28, 2016 11:06 pm
Re: Favorite Star Trek episodes?
Ah, the one where Riker is blackmailed into fucking his stalker. Yeah, good one that
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|Thu Sep 29, 2016 6:30 am
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Re: Favorite Star Trek episodes?
Prolescum wrote:Ah, the one where Riker is blackmailed into fucking his stalker. Yeah, good one that
Yeah, he looked positively distraught and violated after that one...
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Clemente was a 12-time All Star and was the 1966 NL MVP. He was the MVP of the 1971 World Series. His career lasted 18 years until it was tragically cut short when he perished in a plane crash on the last day of 1972. His last game was against the Reds in the 1972 playoffs. He finished his career with exactly 3000 hits. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1973 because the normal 5 year waiting period was waived (the only time that has occurred).
Burroughs was a slugging outfielder that had a long career with the Senators, Rangers, Braves, Mariners, Athletics and Blue Jays. He made the All Star team twice and won the AL MVP in 1974. Burroughs was the 1st pick of the 1st round of the 1969 draft. He is one of only 4 #1 draft picks to ever win the MVP award (Griffey Jr., A-Rod, and Chipper are the others). Burroughs' son Sean played in the big leagues with the Padres and Devil Rays.
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Pictured: Gina Wideroff also served as a co-captain of the
Crimson in 2009.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Juniors Gina Wideroff and Katherine Sheeleigh have been selected by their teammates as captains of the women's soccer team for the 2010 season, head coach Ray Leone announced Thursday.
Wideroff, who also served as a co-captain for the Crimson in 2009, earned her second consecutive All-Ivy League honorable mention nod this year. Wideroff, who hails from Boca Raton, Fla., scored two goals and assisted on two game winners, while starting all 16 games she appeared in at midfield.
Sheeleigh, a forward, was named to the NSCAA All-Mid-Atlantic Region third team after leading Harvard with eight goals and 21 points. A nominee for Soccer News Net Player of the Year, Sheeleigh, who was also an Academic All-Ivy League choice, netted four game-winning tallies and ranked third in the Ivy League in points and fourth in goals. A native of New Vernon, N.J., Sheeleigh was honored on the All-Ivy League first team for the third straight season.
Harvard finished the 2009 season with a 9-7-1 overall record, including a 6-1 mark in the Ivy League. The Crimson won its second straight Ivy title and earned a trip to the NCAA tournament for the second time in as many years.
Wideroff, Sheeleigh Elected Captains for Womens Soccer
Pictured: Gina Wideroff also served as a co-captain of the
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Dipanjan Banerjee, MD, MS is a cardiologist trained in advanced heart failure and cardiac transplantation, with a primary interest in patients with end stage heart failure. In his clinical practice he cares for patients with heart failure, mechanical heart-assist devices, and heart transplantation both in the coronary care unit (CCU) and in the outpatient clinic. He also performs catheterization laboratory procedures and supervises the protocol based ramp echocardiography performed on our patients receiving left ventricular assist devices (LVADs).
His research interests are clinical, given his Masters in Epidemiology, and primarily involve improving outcomes in patients with left ventricular assist devices (LVAD), including conducting clinical trials. In particular, he is interested in the hemodynamic evaluation of patients receiving LVADs, and is part of a national multi-center trial investigating the use of protocolized ramp right heart catheterization in these patients. He also researches quality improvement, and has led a program that effected a sustained reduction in 30 day readmission rates after a discharge for heart failure, significantly below national rates.
At Stanford, his leadership roles include serving as the Medical Director of the mechanical circulatory support program (MCS) and as physician lead of the heart failure readmission reduction program. Finally, he is one of the leading educators in not only the Division of Cardiology at Stanford, but also the Department of Medicine.
Clinical Focus
- Heart Failure
- Heart-Assist Devices
- Heart Transplantation
- Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care)
- Cardiovascular Disease
Academic Appointments
Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
Administrative Appointments
Chief Fellow, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine (2008 - 2009)
Physician Lead, Reducing Heart Failure Readmissions Program (2012 - Present)
Medical Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support Program (2013 - Present)
Honors & Awards
Alpha Omega Alpha (President), University of Missouri (2001)
SCCTER full tuition scholarship, Masters in Epidemiology program, Stanford Center for Clinical Translational Education and Research (2008)
Young Investigator Award, American Association of Cardiologists of Indian Origin (2009)
Timothy F. Beckett Jr. Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching by a Department of Medicine Fellow, Stanford Universty (2008)
David A. Rytand Clinical Teaching Award for Teaching Excellence by a Department of Medicine Faculty, Stanford University (2012)
E. William Hancock Teaching Award for Teaching Excellence by a Division of Cardiology Faculty, Stanford University (2013)
Professional Education
Fellowship:Stanford University Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship (2010) CA
Residency:Stanford University Internal Medicine Residency Training (2005) CA
Board Certification: Echocardiography, National Board of Echocardiography (2012)
Medical Education:University Of Missouri (2002) MO
Fellow, Stanford Prevention Research Ctr, Preventive Cardiology (2010)
M.S., Stanford University, Epidemiology (2010)
Board Certification: Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, American Board of Internal Medicine (2010)
Board Certification, Echocardiography, American Society of Echocardiography (2011)
Board Certification: Cardiovascular Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine (2009)
Community and International Work
Physician sponsor, Arbor Free Cardiology Clinic
Ongoing Project
Opportunities for Student Involvement


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Minnetonka's Connor Thie squares off against Wayzata netminder Aaron Dingmann on a breakaway, Thie scored one of his two goals for the night on the play. Photo Brian Nelson
Senior Night at Pagel Ice Center couldn't have been sweeter for the No. 4 Skippers as they cruised to a 4-2 victory over No. 6 Wayzata Feb. 9.
Connor Thie scored two goals and an assist while linemate Max Coatta scored a goal and two assists, helping Minnetonka clinch the Lake Conference title.
Minnetonka led 2-1 with less than 4 minutes left when Jack Ramsey stickhandled around his defender and laid the puck in front for Coatta to crash it in. The Trojans countered with a goal of their own, but shortly after Minnetonka senior Charlie Huminski scored an empty net goal to cash in Minnetonka's conference title ticket.
Both teams played solid defensively, blocking plenty of shots and clearing rebounds. Goaltending played a huge factor -- Minnetonka senior Paul Ciacco saved 27 of 29 shots.
"It was a big win to clinch the conference," said Ciacco. "That's what we've been doing this year, it's kind of our identity and we gotta keep rolling with it."
Chandler Lindstrom scored in the second period as he came through the slot and took a pass from Jack Sorensen and fired in a backhand shot. Only 1 minute, 15 seconds later, Coatta centered the puck to Thie who scored top right on Wayzata goaltender Aaron Dingmann.
Thie and Coatta struck again with fellow senior Jimmy Schuldt a minute into the third period. Schudlt passed to Coatta, who whiffed on the shot which sent the puck to Thie who scored top shelf again on Dingmann.
Dingmann saved 24 of 27 shots and weathered the storm well as shots were 25-15 entering the 3rd period.
Minnetonka improves to 17-5-1 and is a perfect 7-0-0 in Lake Conference play. The Skippers travel to Eden Prairie on Thursday, Feb. 14. Wayzata (17-6-0) travels to Braemer Ice Arena the same night to face No. 5 Edina.
-- Trevor Squire, MN Hockey Hub staff
Minnetonka senior Max Coatta celebrates this third period goal by flexing his bicep. Coatta has the career scoring record at Minnetonka. Photo Brian Nelson
On a breakaway, Wayzata's Akash Batra crashes into Skipper goalie Paul Ciaccio and sends him tumbling backwards into the goal (below). Photos Brian Nelson
Minnetonka goalie Paul Ciaccio contorts his body while making a save in the first period. Ciaccio stopped 27 of 29 shots for the game. Photo Brian nelson
Connor Thie scored two goals and an assist while linemate Max Coatta scored a goal and two assists to lead No. 4-ranked Minnetonka to a 4-2 win against No. 6 Wayzata.
Thie's second goal gave the Skippers a 2-1 lead 1 minute, 13 seconds into the third period and occurred moments after Wayzata's Jack Sorensen had a quality scoring chance from the slot, but his shot went over the net.
Coatta's goal in the third period proved to be the game-winner when he put his shot by Trojans' goalie Aaron Dingmann, who made 29 saves.
Chandler Lindstrand gave Wayzata a 1-0 lead in the second period, but Thie scored his first goal just 1 minute, 15 seconds after.
After Thie and Coatta scored in the third, Wayzata's Brian Machut scored from a scrum in front of the Skippers net.
Wayzata pulled Dingmann for the extra attacker, but Charlie Huminski put any comeback to rest when he buried a shot into the empty net.
The Trojans drop to 17-6-0 and will remain in Lake Conference play when they take on Edina on Thursday, Feb. 14 at Braemar Ice Arena in Edina.
Minnetonka improves to 17-5-1 and is a perfect 7-0-0 in Lake Conference play. It will look to stay that way when it travels to Eden Prairie on Thursday, Feb. 14.
Stay tuned for more MN Hockey Hub coverage from this game.
--Justin Magill, MN Hockey Hub Staff
1. Connor Thie, Minnetonka
The senior scored twice, scoring both of them top shelf. The Skippers' first line was working well together all night as Thie supplied the breakout pass to Jack Ramsey on Max Coatta's goal as well. Winning on your Senior Night is nice, but to help your team clinch the Lake Conference title in the same night definitely puts this game in one of Thie's most memorable performances.
2. Max Coatta, Minnetonka
Coatta has been making a name for himself since he was a freshman. Now as a senior, he is leading the Skippers in all scoring categories and he topped the list tonight with with a goal and two assists. He showed great hustle and speed on his goal as he was in the corner and supplied the first breakout pass then was able to backhand a pass from Ramsey into the net. Coatta has had a great career at Minnetonka, breaking the all time scoring record.
3. Paul Ciacco, Minnetonka
With a flashy glove, and multiple sprawling saves, Ciacco was on his game. He had a .931 save average and was able to clean up his rebounds in front and stop the Trojans from getting their scrappy goals. A great defensive unit has been helping Ciacco all year, and he complimented them with a great performance.
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Family Health Care Day to help residents understand the Health Insurance Marketplace, access benefits and take advantage of free health care screenings
Mayor Frank G. Jackson will host an event at Public Auditorium on Saturday, November 9, 2013 to help Cleveland residents learn about the benefits and requirements of enrolling in a health care plan through the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Onsite health screenings will be offered as well.
At this Healthy Cleveland event, Navigators and Certified Application Counselors and will be on hand to help residents understand the process of enrolling in the Health Insurance Marketplace, the health care options that are available and how to connect to community resources for additional assistance in enrolling for coverage. Residents should remember to bring information about income, family size, current doctors and health insurance and current health needs.
With this information and a valid email address, residents can register with the Health Insurance Marketplace and receive information about how to complete the enrollment process.
Information and resources will also be available for those who are eligible for Medicare or Medicaid.
Visit www.healthcare.gov to get all the latest information on the Health Insurance Marketplace, and view all available health insurance options or call 1-800-318-2596 Preview Marketplace plans and premiums here: https://www.healthcare.gov/find-premium-estimates/. Use this calculator to see if you qualify for lower costs on coverage: http://kff.org/interactive/subsidy-calculator/.
Mayor Frank G. Jackson, City of Cleveland
Councilman Joe Cimperman, Ward 3
Director Karen Butler, Cleveland Department of Public Health
Monica Robins, WKYC-TV
Affordable Care for a Healthy Cleveland: Family Health Care Day
Saturday, November 9
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Public Auditorium, 500 Lakeside Avenue
Mayor Jackson thanks all the current partners for this event: Cleveland Department of Public Health; the City's Departments of Aging and Public Works; WKYC-TV; Cuyahoga Health Access Partnership; MetroHealth; MedWorks; United Pastors in Mission; United Way 2-1-1; Cleveland Food Bank; Benjamin Rose Institute; Cleveland Public Library; Asian Services in Action, Inc.; Fairhill Partners; Cleveland Young Professional Senate; Carmella Rose Health Foundation; GCRTA; The Free Clinic; Neighborhood Family Practice; Linking Employment Abilities and Potential (LEAP); Ohio Senior Health Insurance Program; NEON; National Association of Health Underwriters; The Word Church


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Special Programs
There's more going on at Lipscomb than first meets the eye. Find ways to expand your education, serve our community and share your faith—outside the traditional classroom, off campus and even thousands of miles away.
Adult Degree Program
For students who never finished (or even started) their degree because life got in the way, here's a restart! Adult degree students are supported with a full-time educational advisor throughout their program, and most classes meet one night per week with many courses available online.
General Education
The general education core curriculum is the heart of the Christian liberal arts education at Lipscomb University. The mission and purpose of this program is to structure academic exploration in a Christian context as a foundation for a life of learning and service in a diverse global environment.
Global Learning (Study Abroad)
Of all the things students will do during their college career, studying abroad is the most transformative. Here they expand worldviews by developing a Christian-based, global perspective and acquiring valuable life skills such as confidence, independence and a disciplined work ethic.
Honors College
Some students are always stretching, going the extra mile, diving deeper into their studies, fueled by passionate academic curiosity. Here we help students be competitive at the highest levels through classes that are more engaging, experiential and challenging.
IDEAL Program
IDEAL is a unique two-year program created by Lipscomb's College of Education to offer a college experience for students with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (ID/DD). IDEAL students take classes, go to sporting events, eat in the cafeteria and enjoy just being a college student—all while being a part of the Lipscomb community.
A great university must have a great library—to inspire creative solutions and to connect yesterday to tomorrow for today's students. Beaman Library, Lipscomb's information hub, draws students from all disciplines into scholarly research that advances their academic pursuits.
Lifelong Learning Program
An opportunity for people of retirement and semi-retirement age to expand their knowledge and explore new ideas in an informal, noncompetitive environment, proving that intellectual curiosity endures and that learning and study provide unending sources of pleasure.
Lipscomb students understand that helping others is not an addition to learning—it's the very reason they learn. We provide global opportunities that allow our students to utilize their unique gifts and passions as they share the Gospel through service and ministry in countless ways.
Pre-Law Programs
Lipscomb's pre-law program was created to help you make the most of your college education. We'll provide you with the resources needed to discover whether a career in the legal profession is right for you and to help you prepare to enter the field of law.
Pre-Med Studies
For more than five decades, Lipscomb has been among the top schools for premedical preparation in the region. But that really should not be surprising in view of the fact that our programs' founding principles—compassion, intelligence, maturity, judgment and commitment to people—are those of the Great Physician and are the very qualities so necessary for a successful career in health care.
Serving & Learning Together (SALT)
A comprehensive plan to integrate service-learning into the educational experience of traditional undergraduate students at Lipscomb, the SALT program allows students to connect their academic experience and spiritual development with significant engagement in the community.
Summer & Wintermester
Students can fulfill prerequisites for future courses, lighten course loads of other semesters and make progress toward their academic goals, through a variety of full-credit academic courses whether online or on campus, or through internships or study abroad experiences.


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It's a combination of Jack Nicholson-phobia and 70's Movie-phobia. The 70's are well known to be a dead zone of American films, with a couple of strong years at the beginning and the end, but an arid wasteland in between (Grease absolutely is part of the wasteland, but at least it's highly entertaining, if atrociously retrograde).
But the Jack Nicholson-phobia was probably stronger. Having now seen Chinatown, I am completely opened up to seeing his other films, while before it was just lodged in my head that he's a dirty old man whose acting style chiefly consists of 'smug.' Ah preconceptions, how you laugh when you force me to give you back.
Starting Chinatown without any idea of what to expect, you can be forgiven for thinking the film is going to be lighthearted. Jack Nicholson rolls from quip to quip with a spirited enthusiasm for his line of work, especially the tawdry bits. He is the hopeful character, strangely un-cynical. So when events start to get dark, really dark, watching him lose his faith only accentuates the soul-crushing power of Chinatown.
Chinatown is a film noir in the light, with some scenes almost shadowless, hypersaturated by the oppressive California sun. The audience stumbles on clues when Jake does; neither is privileged, which gives the creeping sense of dread more immediacy.
The pacing is slow but never laborious, as if Polanski is trying (and succeeding) to seduce you into the film. Each discovery creeps up slowly until the last act, where revelations regarding Evelyn (our femme fatale), her father, and their curious history are furiously dealt.
But oh, the denouement. Chinatown has one of the most honestly bleak conclusions ever filmed, owing to a late rewrite by Roman Polanski of the original script by Robert Towne. Chinatown was Polanski's first Hollywood film after his wife's (Sharon Tate) murder at the hands of the Manson family, and those events undoubtedly darkened his world view.
- First Jack Nicholson film (apart from Batman, but I barely remember that one. As a kid I preferred Batman Returns and Batman Forever (hey, I was a kid! Nipple-suits meant nothing to me!)
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Sequence Recognition Using Mealy and Moore Charts
This example shows how Mealy and Moore machines can be used in signal processing applications; in this case, for sequence recognition. In the Moore machine, actions can only be state actions, whereas in the Mealy machine, actions can only be condition actions.
The two Stateflow® charts are used to find the sequence 1,2,1,3 in the input signal from Signal Builder. The status of the sequence recognition is logged in the output variable state. If the sequence is found, the variable seqFound is set to 1. On running the simulation and opening the scopes, notice that the Moore output is delayed by one time step. This is because the output from a Moore machine is based on the state from the previous time step, and the output from a Mealy machine is based on the state from the previous time step and the current input.
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I entered the department in fall 1950 after getting B.S. degree at Western Reserve.
John Buchta was the department chair. I had a high regard for Dr. Buchta, but the department at that time had little to be proud of. It had recently fi red Frank Oppenheimer because of a "communist connection", and was soon to fi re Joe Weinberg. Weinberg was being harassed by the House UnAmerican Activities Committee. He was cited for contempt, but never convicted. The lack of conviction did not seem to concern the Physics Department. I enjoyed my fi ve years as a graduate student. I enjoyed classes with Nier, Hill, Williams, Teng, Valasek and others. Critchfi eld was there. My advisor, Ed Ney, was pioneering the use of helium fi lled balloons to send emulsions to top of atmosphere. He played prominent role discovery of the heavy component of primary cosmic radiation. Ney knew Ed Lofgren who was a former University of Minnesota Physics faculty member. Lofgren was in charge of building the Bevetron at the Lawrence Laboratory at U of California, Berkley. My first job was there. Berkley and the Bevetron was the center of the
universe in high energy physics at that time. It was a wonderful and
exciting place to be. After five years, I accepted a faculty position at Syracuse University where I remained until retirement in 2004. During part of that time I worked as a member of the CLEO collaboration centered at Cornell. That involved collaborating with a very productive group from University of Minnesota who are still part of the collaboration. I have a wife and four children, none of whom I could convince to become physicists, however, one daughter has gone into computer science. I have fond memories of a pleasant experience at Minnesota.


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It's hard to know what to think about the next Splinter Cell right now. I liked Conviction but the last Sam Fisher game was a clear break with some of the series' more iconic elements. Blacklist is clearly trying to bring some of that tech/stealth feel back while also expanding the options and scope of the game.
This video shows how some of that will play out, with the same area done in non-lethal and more aggressive playthroughs and puts Sam's new mini-drone and other gear and moves in the spotlight. The game looks nice but I don't know that I'll be swayed until I get Blacklist in my hands myself.


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Party Treat Threatens Wildlife
The Trust is backing a call for a ban on Chinese (or 'sky') lanterns because of the threats they pose to wildlife and livestock. It is encouraging supporters to sign a petition to the government on the RSPCA's website.
Gloucestershire farmer Simon Pain took this photograph of a barn owl he found dead after it had become trapped in a lantern.
Over 200,000 lanterns, usually made of a paper-covered wire or bamboo frame and an open flame heat source, are sold in the UK for celebrations each year. Once in the air, they can float for miles before falling down to earth.
The RSPCA points out lanterns can cause suffering, and even death, to animals through ingestion, entanglement or entrapment. There is also the risk of lit lanterns falling to the ground and setting fire to habitat.
To sign the petition and find out more about what you can do and alternatives to the lanterns go to www.rspca.org.uk.
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Postman Larry Ortega walks along his route each day past a curbside mailbox installed by Gloria and Patricia Nazario. But for seven months, the San Fernando Valley mailman has refused to deliver their mail.
The U.S. Postal Service in Los Angeles has suspended their home delivery after two purported attacks on the postman by Pancho Villa. But the Nazario sisters deny any harm was done by their lame basset hound and have launched a staunch campaign to restore mail service.
"He could easily put the mail in the box," said Gloria Nazario, 49, a Los Angeles school administrator, from her home in a quiet cul-de-sac in Sylmar. "He's totally safe. He walks past every day, yet he accuses us of having an unsafe dog."
The postal standoff on Romont Street began years ago, when Patricia Nazario, then a National Public Radio reporter, found the tan-and-white hound with the pendulous ears sitting in the middle of busy Maclay Avenue during evening rush hour.
Since then, the 7-year-old basset with the gimpy right paw has become a tethered fixture on the sisters' porch, she said. "He'd bark, but not growl, at the postman."
Letter carriers have long been fodder for canine teeth. But for the 5,800 mail carriers across the nation who were attacked last year, the proverbial joke's worn thin, officials say.
With its dense sprawl and sunny weather, Los Angeles has become top dog for postal attacks, with 357 incidents in Los Angeles and Orange counties, 69 of those in the city of L.A.
"We call it the dog-biting capital of the nation," said USPS spokesman Richard Maher.
On June 22, Ortega was delivering mail across from the Nazarios' ranch-style home when Pancho Villa charged at him from across the street, according to postal records. Ortega backed away from the growling dog, then fell on his back, injuring his right wrist.
"The dog was on top of him attempting to bite him until (Patricia) Nazario ran across the street and pulled the dog off," the postman's insurance claim alleged.
Four days later, on June 28, the 52-year-old mailman returned to the tidy dead-end street, where the canine namesake of the revolutionary icon lay in wait, postal officials said. Without warning, Pancho Villa "ambushed" Ortega from behind a hedge in a neighbor's yard, biting him in the thigh.
"The dog kept attacking, growling and barking with teeth bared and (Ortega) was bopping and waving attempting to avoid being bit again and pulled/sprained his groin muscle," according to the claim. He was treated at a nearby medical clinic, lost five days of work and weeks of overtime and has filed a $26,500 civil insurance claim.
The Sylmar Post Office told the Nazarios that their dog had run loose, was a threat to the mailman, that it had suspended their home delivery.
The Nazarios say their dog never touched the postman and wasn't even present for a second attack. They claim Ortega made a bogus charge the Post Office never investigated and that their home delivery should be restored.
"I was here," Gloria Nazario said. "He was in my backyard. I heard no commotion. The neighbors never saw anything. He may have gotten bit by another dog." Many of the neighbors submitted witness statements, she said.
Since then, the sisters have filed numerous complaints with postal officials, had their home inspected by city animal services and installed an additional mailbox out by the curb. Letters to Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer and Rep. Tony Cardenas, proved futile, they said.
What upsets them is that there is no transparent federal policy on dog attacks and mail suspensions — and no clear way to get back their service.
"I think it's just rude," said Patricia Nazario, who's currently producing a documentary on taco and gourmet food trucks. "It's very dismissive of us. There's no process for resolution. I would say we're in postal bureaucratic purgatory, and there's no way to make a complaint.
"I would like to see a written policy on how we can resolve this issue. I want my mail."
Postal officials counter that there is a national policy stipulating mail may be suspended if there's an imminent threat to the postal carrier. But in Los Angeles, where dog attacks are more common, automatic suspensions were the general rule, Maher said.
The new curbside box wasn't an issue, he said, because the Nazarios' mail had already been stopped.
"The policy is, the safety of the employees comes before the delivery of the mail," Maher said. "The bite was proof. He went to the doctor. It was documented — there was a dog bite on his leg. It wasn't just he-said, she-said. The postman had been attacked four days before by the same dog. He recognized the animal.
"Typically, it's rare that we restore delivery. But we do restore it in some situations — if they get rid of the dog."
One neighbor, Ricardo Montanez, had just come home for lunch when he encountered the wounded Ortega. "He obviously looked hurt," Montanez said. "I could see there was a tear in his pants and blood coming down his leg. He was in shock."
Montanez saw a small dog down the street, though no sign of Pancho Villa specifically. But prior to the attack, he said he would frequently see the low-slung basset hound running in his yard and about the cul-de-sac.
He, too, once received a warning from postal officials after his three small dogs yapped at the mail carrier. "It's just that, once the mailman comes, all the dogs want to attack," he said.


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Remember that Chinese news report that accidentally identified a vagina-anus combination sex toy as an auspicious species of mushroom? Apparently one street huckster in China was so taken with this imbroglio that he's selling artificial genitalia as rare "meat mushrooms" for up to $2,800.
A passer-by surreptitiously recorded his sales pitch, which mostly consisted of the (utterly discredited) news report playing on loop on a laptop (turn on YouTube annotations for English subtitles). When grilled by the giggling cameraman, the vendor retorted, "It's on the news. How can it be fake?" I'm guessing he wasn't offering taste tests. (Hey-yo!)
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UMass Nabs Sixth Straight A-10 Women's Lacrosse Championship
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Richmond, Va. – Top-seeded Massachusetts captured its sixth consecutive Atlantic 10 Women's Lacrosse Championship with a 10-6 victory over second-seeded Richmond on Sunday afternoon at Robins Stadium on the campus of UR.
With the win, UMass improves to 18-1 and earns the A-10's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Tournament. Selections will be announced on Sunday evening at 9:00 p.m. on NCAA.com. Richmond finishes its season 11-7 overall.
Richmond got on the board just 53 seconds into the game when Emily Doyle scored an unassisted goal. Brooke Wilson doubled the Spider lead at the 26:27 mark with an unassisted strike that made it 2-0 UR.
Erika Eipp got UMass on the board at 24:32 to make it 2-1, before Richmond's Charlett Stevenson converted a free-position attempt to make it 3-1 Spiders with 22 minutes to play in the half.
With Richmond leading 4-2, Tanner Guarino scored to cut the UMass deficit to 4-3 and spark what proved to be a three goal run by the Minutewomen to close the opening half. The run was capped by Melissa Carelli scoring on a feed from Sam Rush to make it 5-4.
UMass scored the first two goals of the second half, getting tallies from Rush and Ferris that made it 7-4 with 16:18 go in the game.
Doyle struck with just under 13 minutes to go to make the score 7-5, but that would be as close as the Spiders would get as Rush and Carelli scored back to back goals to push UMass in front 9-5 and seal the game.
Ferris, who was named the Championship's Most Outstanding Player, finished Sunday's game with two goals and four assists. Carelli joined Ferris on the All-Championship team after scoring three goals Sunday, while fellow All-Championship team member Rush finished the game with two goals and an assist.
Rachel Vallarelli made three saves for the Minutewomen, earning All-Championship Team honors as well.
Doyle and Wilson each scored a pair of goals for the Spiders, while Emily Boyce made nine saves in the cage for UR. The trio were all named to the All-Championship Team along with their teammate Bailey Zeer .
All-Championship Team
Katie Ferris, UMass (MOP)
Sam Rush, UMass
Melissa Carelli, UMass
Kelsey Sheridan, UMass
Tanner Guarino, UMass
Rachel Valarelli, UMass
Emily Doyle, Richmond
Bailey Zerr, Richmond
Brooke Wilson, Richmond
Emily Boyce, Richmond
Maggie O'Ferrall, La Salle
Amanda Kidder, Duquesne


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To fully understand the value of precision agriculture, farmers must first "get the picture."
One "picture" of course, refers to the images farmers need to make precision agriculture work, like aerial photographs from the Farm Service Agency, multiple-year yield maps, electrical conductivity maps that relate to soil differences and topographic maps with elevation accuracy within an inch.
"But farmers must also understand the big picture — how to use this complex technology to improve their bottom lines," says Harlan Palm, a University of Missouri, Columbia, research assistant and professor.
Palm has just received a $1.2 million federal grant to develop guidelines for the adoption of precision agriculture by farmers. Partners in the study include MU, the University of Illinois and the Potash and Phosphate Institute at the Foundation of Agronomic Research.
In the 40-month study which begins this winter, researchers will select four fields of 100 acres or less in Missouri and Illinois for demonstrating the collection and processing of the historical data and sensor-based soil and landscape information at the core of precision agriculture.
The data will be collected by sensors on fixed-wing aircraft and satellites provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Agency. Bare soil and crop reflectance data will be processed into imagery for determining management zones and for in-season crop monitoring.
Management zones are the new buzzword in precision agriculture, referring to the division of a field into zones, each with similar characteristics and yield potential. For example, one management zone might consist of an area where soil type is similar.
Depending on the producer's interests and machinery capability, customized management plans can be put in place, including variable seeding rates, tillage and targeted soil sampling.
Funds will also be used to further develop a decision-aid software program, Management Zone Analyst, developed at MU for applying precision agriculture principles.
Palm admits that not many Missouri producers are using precision agriculture — that it's limited to early adopters and innovators. But these farmers will help sort out the most practical applications and even discover new uses of the technology.
"Our goal is to create information-intensive management that will allow smaller and mid-size producers to increase profitability. We feel that precision agriculture holds great potential for benefits to the environment and for economic gains to the farmer," said Palm, who believes the study will have applicability way beyond the two states.
One of the more interesting aspects of the study is the use of electrical conductivity to attain imagery. The principle of the technology is that voltage is projected into the soil profile. Since conductivity changes according to soil texture, the technology can be used to help researchers determine soil type variance in a field, according to Palm.
While the measurement of electrical conductivity is expensive, Palm notes that "it is a one-time measurement. It's not apt to change over time, unless there is extensive movement of soil."
The study will also use GPS technology to construct topographical maps of fields. Today, this elevation measurement is accurate to within one inch, according to Palm.
Existing aerial maps and historical photos are also important and are considerably cheaper to obtain.
Can most variability in yield be explained through elevation maps and soil type maps?
"That's the $64,000 question," Palm said. "It's an elusive question because of the weather. No two seasons are identical. And when you look at yield maps of a particular field, at times it looks like a different field. A lot of that can be explained because of the variance in weather."
No doubt weather can throw precision agriculture farmers and researchers a curve, Palm says. "A thin soil where the soil conductivity index may be lower could end up being the best-yielding soil one year because it was wet during critical times of the year. Then again, the probability of that happening may be low."
Perhaps precision agriculture could help the farmer document the aforementioned probability, Palm says. "We can help the farmer make better decisions through having better knowledge. Hopefully, it can be cost-effective for them, maybe increase their productivity and also be better for the environment."
While the study can bring a lot of information to the farmer, it's going to be up to individual farmers to fine-tune precision agriculture techniques and perhaps even find new uses for the technology.
"I was attending one conference where a farmer just surprised the whole audience by saying that he was getting higher yields in poorer-yielding areas by going in with a higher seeding rate in soybeans. The plants may have been smaller, but there were more of them.
"Farmers will sort these things out," Palm said. "That's the bottom line. What we can do from a university standpoint is share the research learning with them to this point, bring them up to speed on the cutting edge technology. The farmers will pick up on the things that fit their enterprises and are cost-effective.


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The first day of the NCAA Tournament is usually thrilling, with down-to-the-wire games and upsets galore.
Thursday? Eh, not so much. We had plenty of good games though, and one near-titanic upset that would've been among the greatest in Tournament history.
Yours truly watched much of the action and here are some idle thoughts:
— Syracuse, a No.1 seed, absolutely, positively, nearly lost to a No. 16 seed in UNC-Asheville. A 16 has never beaten a 1, but it damn sure came close. Asheville got totally screwed by the referees on two late calls, but you can't say they definitely would've won had the calls gone their way.
Still, it was very exciting seeing a 1 seed getting so close to being upset. And clearly, 'Cuse is not the same team without Fab Melo.
— My other favorite near-upset came from No. 14 South Dakota State, who almost beat No. 3 Baylor and their insanely bright Day-Glo uniforms (above). Seriously, those unis have got to go.
— Loved the Wichita State-VCU finish, even though I picked the wrong winner. I totally think VCU, with their suffocating defense, can win at least one more game at this tourney. Don't bet against Shaka.
— Depressing seeing so many empty seats in the crowd, but when you play in huge arenas far from home to the schools who are playing, what are you gonna do? Seems like every year there are so many unused tickets for these early rounds.
— Best hair of the day has to go to Murray State's Ed Daniel. Check out my man's Afro here. I would kill to have hair like that, just for a day or two.
— Expecting some better upsets Friday. Watch out for No. 14 Belmont over No. 3 Georgetown.
**And now, a staple of Good News Fridays: A dancing baby. Try not to smile while watching this. Kid is all ready for St. Patrick's Day.
**Finally, a very cool story from Brandon Sneed and HeyGoodcall.com, a website devoted to positive stories about athletes.
A former University of North Carolina baseball player named Chase Jones beat cancer in 2006, and while he went through it his Tar Heels teammates shaved their heads in solidarity.
That's not so newsworthy; happens all the time. But Jones has taken it a step further, founding an organization called BaseBald for the Cure, getting baseball teams around the country to shave their heads to raise money for cancer research.
Good stuff. See, every once in a while I can give credit to a Tar Heel. Just not in the next few weeks…


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Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
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The March 31, 2000 Uniform Bank Performance Report (UBPR) now being distributed to all insured commercial banks and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation - Insured Savings Banks (FDIC-ISB) is now available for sale to the public. For the most part, the formats for the commercial banks and the FDIC-ISB are identical; however, the FDIC-ISB has its own unique UBPR peer groupings.
The quarterly UBPR is designed for use by bank examiners, financial analysts and bank managers, and permits both summary and in-depth analysis of commercial banks plus FDIC- ISB financial performance and trends.
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) is again making available computer tapes of UBPR data for the March 31, 2000 edition. These tapes contain bulk data for banks, peer groups and states, and are expected to be of interest to requestors who use large-scale bank data such as quarterly Call Report tapes.
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text: Rev. Rul. 2010-22 2010-39 I.R.B. 1 Fringe benefits aircraft valuation formula.Department of Treasury September 27, 2010 Fringe benefits aircraft valuation formula. The Standard Industry Fare Level (SIFL) cents-per-mile rates and terminal charge in effect for the second half of 2010 are set forth for purposes of determining the value of noncommercial flights on employer-provided aircraft under section 1.61-2(g) of the regulations. For purposes of the taxation of fringe benefits under section 61 of the Internal Revenue Code, section 1.61-21(g) of the Income Tax Regulations provides a rule for valuing noncommercial flights on employer-provided aircraft. Section 1.61-21(g)(5) provides an aircraft valuation formula to determine the value of such flights. The value of a flight is determined under the base aircraft valuation formula (also known as the Standard Industry Fare Level formula or SIFL) by multiplying the SIFL cents-per-mile rates applicable for the period during which the flight was taken by the appropriate aircraft multiple provided in section 1.61-21(g)(7) and then adding the applicable terminal charge. The SIFL cents-per-mile rates in the formula and the terminal charge are calculated by the Department of Transportation and are reviewed semi-annually. The following chart sets forth the terminal charge and SIFL mileage rates: DRAFTING INFORMATION The principal author of this revenue ruling is Kathleen Edmondson of the Office of Division Counsel/Associate Chief Counsel (Tax Exempt/Government Entities). For further information regarding this revenue ruling, contact Ms. Edmondson at (202) 622-0047 (not a toll-free call).


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This climate is characterized by relatively high temperatures and evenly distributed precipitation throughout the year. This climate type is found on the eastern sides of the continents between 20° and 35° N and S latitude. In summer, these regions are largely under the influence of moist, maritime airflow from the western side of the subtropical anticyclonic cells over low-latitude ocean waters. Temperatures are high and can lead to warm, oppressive nights. Summers are usually somewhat wetter than winters, with much of the rainfall coming from convectional thunderstorm activity; tropical cyclones also enhance warm-season rainfall in some regions. The coldest month is usually quite mild, although frosts are not uncommon, and winter precipitation is derived primarily from frontal cyclones along the polar front.
The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Cfa". (Humid Subtropical Climate).
The average temperature for the year in Earth City is 55.5°F (13.1°C). The warmest month, on average, is July with an average temperature of 78.5°F (25.8°C). The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of 30.5°F (-0.8°C).
The highest recorded temperature in Earth City is 115.0°F (46.1°C), which was recorded in July. The lowest recorded temperature in Earth City is -25.0°F (-31.7°C), which was recorded in January.
The average amount of precipitation for the year in Earth City is 37.9" (962.7 mm). The month with the most precipitation on average is May with 4.4" (111.8 mm) of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is January with an average of 2.1" (53.3 mm). There are an average of 92.0 days of precipitation, with the most precipitation occurring in April with 10.0 days and the least precipitation occurring in February with 6.0 days.
In terms of liquid precipitation, there are an average of 90.1 days of rain, with the most rain occurring in May with 9.9 days of rain, and the least rain occurring in December with 6.4 days of rain.
In Earth City, there's an average of 14.8" of snow (0 cm). The month with the most snow is February, with 4.3" of snow (10.9 cm).


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We live in a giant project, respectively called a "fixer upper".
It's been years of labor – starting first with installing hardwood flooring, renovating two bathrooms and a kitchen, rebuilding a deck and front porch and painting the entire exterior and interior. All this we did in the first 2 years. Are you tired yet, I am!
Next came building a barn. Giant project – still working on that one!
Here and there came a few new doors, windows, oh and all the siding.
Luckily I/we kinda love big projects but navigating them with two small children has been at times – um… sucky.
But it gets easier every year, this year they can help paint a little or play happily in the yard and watch us work. Or even better provide me an excuse to avoid working on extension ladders.
Some day it sure would be lovely to hire someone to fix our house but until then I won't lie – I actually love demo.
This very morning as I was dangling off the side of the house prying off a big rotted board I was singing a little "I love construction" song when a giant shower of mouse shit came down on my head. Oh joy!
I wont lie I still love demo, I just hate mouse poop.


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The positive vibes that have been around Valley Ranch since Jason Garrett took over have taken a bit of a hit after the loss to the Eagles. The early success that Garrett had as the head coach has raised the level of expectations for the team again. Putting up a good fight was acceptable for a short time after the embarrassment of losing 45-7 against Green Bay. But now that Garrett has the team showing signs that they can be a winning team again, close losses are no longer good enough. I think the Cowboys are on the verge of not only winning, but dominating inferior opponents like they should have all season long.
I know Jon Kitna is handcuffing the offense in some ways. I know the defense is still terrible. But the Cowboys have eliminated a lot of the problems that plagued them in the first half of the season. Penalties and turnovers are down. Forced turnovers have increased dramatically. But the Cowboys still haven't turned the corner when it comes to winning close games down the stretch. The New Orleans game should have been a win. And the Philadelphia game was tied in the 4th quarter. This team needs to start winning close games consistently if they are going to be able to win on a regular basis.
With the Redskins up next on the schedule it sure seems like this is a game the Cowboys can and should win. The Redskins are on the verge of completely collapsing. Donovan McNabb might not even start this week and, if he does, he could be benched at any moment during the game. Albert Haynesworth has been sent home for the season after one of the biggest free agent signing mistakes of all time. I am certain the Cowboys will come out on top this week.
Up next after the Redskins are the Cardinals on Christmas Day. The Cardinals are also a mess right now. They are scrambling to find someone, anyone to play a decent game at quarterback for them. And their defense has lost nearly all of the great players that sparked their improbable Super Bowl run two years ago. The Cowboys will win in convincing fashion and head into the season finale against the Eagles on a hot streak.
There is a chance that the Cowboys could have an opportunity to delivery the kill shot to the playoff hopes of the Eagles depending on how the next two weeks play out. But either way the Cowboys have to believe that the coverage mistakes they made on a handful of plays in the first game can be corrected. If Jenkins doesn't try to jump the route on the 91 yard touchdown by DeSean Jackson there is a very good chance that the Cowboys would have won. And I think they will make the necessary adjustments to insure that we won't see another sickening touchdown "celebration" by DeSean Jackson. I believe the Cowboys will win the game with or without Tony Romo this time around.
If this scenario plays out we are looking at the Cowboys finishing the season at 7-9. Shameful, but after starting 1-7 and playing without Tony Romo for most of the season you would have to admit that 7-9 was a good outcome after a bad start. I really hope we see Romo on the field for the last two games but it is starting to look less likely as he is making a slow recovery from his broken collarbone. A 6-2 finish would prove that we don't need to completely blow up the team in the offseason and start over. And it would give hope that the Cowboys can return to the playoffs next season.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Prediction: The Cowboys Will Win Out
Posted by romo2witten at 7:40 PM
Labels: Dallas Cowboys, Jason Garrett, Jon Kitna, NFC East, Tony Romo
3 comments:
- AnonymousDecember 16, 2010 at 10:47 AM
every loss is a blessing in disguise. DRAFT PICKS!!!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 17, 2010 at 12:02 PM
I'd like to see Romo back for Eagles Closer.ReplyDelete
Besides that its all good in the hood.
I think the Cowboys will win out or they will at least be cool.
- AnonymousDecember 17, 2010 at 12:03 PM
Above was WBF... I forget to type it sometimes. And I meant to type be close....ReplyDelete
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A new sexual health education policy, framed around age-appropriate instruction and medically accurate information for all Chicago Public Schools (CPS) students, will be presented to the Chicago Board of Education next week. The recommended policy would make CPS the largest urban U.S. school district with an established and comprehensive sexual health education curriculum specifically designed for every grade level to ensure age-appropriate material and with minimum instructional minutes for each grade across a broad scope of family and sexual health education topics for K-12 students.
"It is important that we provide students of all ages with accurate and appropriate information so they can make healthy choices in regards to their social interactions, behaviors, and relationships," CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett said. "By implementing a new sexual health education policy, we will be helping them to build a foundation of knowledge that can guide them not just in the pre-adolescent and adolescent years, but throughout their lives."
The proposed policy would align with the new national standards and supports priorities in both President Obama's national HIV/AIDS strategy and Mayor Emanuel's Healthy Chicago initiative. It would replace the District's older Family Life and Comprehensive Sexual Health Education policy, which was approved in 2008.
The proposed policy will set more modern standards for instruction of students from kindergarten through 12th grade and, for younger grades, will integrate aspects of family life education that were a part of the previous policy. The new policy will also establish a minimum number of instructional minutes and topic areas for all grades; previously, a standard was in place for fifth grade students only.
The proposed new policy breaks down instruction to conform to specific age groups. For K-4 students, instruction will center on anatomy and physiology, reproduction, healthy relationships and personal safety.
For example, younger students in this group will focus on the family, feelings and appropriate and inappropriate touching while students in fourth grade will learn about puberty, including the physical, social and emotional changes that accompany it, and the causes and transmission of HIV infection.
For older children in grades 5-12, instruction will include information appropriate for each grade level on human reproduction, transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS and other sexually-transmitted infections (STIs), healthy decision-making, sexual orientation and bullying, and contraception, including abstinence.
Under the policy, principals will designate a minimum of two of their teachers to deliver sexual health education instruction in their schools. Those teachers would be trained to ensure that instruction follows District-wide standards and that the instructors themselves are proficient in the curriculum content and delivery.
The proposed policy conforms to the Mayor's Healthy Chicago public health agenda, which includes developing medically accurate sexual health education in public schools, providing annual targeted education and screening around STIs to high school students, reducing the city's teen birth rate, and reducing the rate of youths who experience teen dating violence.
It also follows proposals that have been introduced in the state Legislature that aim to modernize Illinois' sex education law and create a standard for sexual health education courses.
As is the case under the current CPS policy, parents and guardians are able to opt out of having their children participate in the sexual health education instruction.
Studies show that implementation of this type of comprehensive education policy helps to reduce school-level incidents of sexual misconduct and harassment and positively impact rates of STIs and unintended pregnancy among Chicago's youth.
The proposed policy was developed by the CPS Office of Student Health and Wellness (OSHW). Beginning last June, OSHW collaborated with various stakeholder groups to provide recommendations and feedback in the policy's development. Among the participants were Mikva Challenge, Chicago Department of Public Health, Planned Parenthood of Illinois, University of Illinois Chicago, Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health and CPS high school students.
The proposed policy envisions a three-year implementation. Year 1 focuses on training of instructors; Year 2 continues training, monitors implementation of the policy and provides schools and instructors with technical assistance and support through OSHW; and Year 3 sees two trained instructors at each school and full implementation of the policy across the District.
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Youngest kid of six with an inferiority and black sheep complex, but determined that God saves not just his soul to heaven but the remainder of his manic-depressive life, so others won't say he became a Christian and remained a jerk.
On identity
i won't be transparent before i'm opaque. and you'll get to know me starting from the small things: who my favourite bands are. what kind of movies i like. who are my heroes.
On Christianity
I'm convinced that when confronted with sincere, real love, the Jesus factor will become obvious. But let's not plant the cross before we carry it. I'm not trying to con you.
On dreams
Some dreams are meant to be achieved. I know that. But maybe other dreams are meant to drive us, privately. Never known to anyone but ourselves.
On melancholy
It is a sadness that, when choosing between crying and sighing, will choose sighing. I'd almost say that melancholy is being sad about sadness itself.
On memory and nostalgia
It saddens me when life moves forward and people decide that certain things are worth forgetting.
On language
I've learnt that the word irregardless is filed as a non-standard word in the English language. That's a lexicographer's way of saying it's not a real word.
On politics
Crowds are fickle things. So when we stand in the thousands and cry against the present government, do we know who we're actually crying for?
On society
People always want the best for themselves. But I want to sometimes take second or third or fourth best, just so that the loser down the road doesn't always have to come in last. It must feel like shit to always come in last.
On growing old
Leasehold property make me feel sad. It doesn't matter how old the family photos are that you put on your wall. It's your family but it's not really your wall.
On philosophy
I ask you, if God loves everyone, and if God is also incapable of loving evil, how can there be such a thing as an evil man?
On a daily basis
One line quips, like this.
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Cox: Rhetoric Still Has a Place in Debateby John Dykstra '13 • March 23, 2011 Share:
The journalistic field has been in constant limbo with technological advances and the decreasing value of a printed newspaper. Such changes have enabled falsified and underdeveloped news to influence society's views on controversial subjects at hand.
Dr. Robert Cox, Professor of Communication Studies and the Curriculum in the Environment and Ecology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, addressed issues concerning how the public media affects the public opinion of climate change as part of the annual Brigance Lecture.
Cox's lecture provided an insight as to how the world population has become skeptical of global warming. He analyzed several topics such as the "Climategate" Scandal in Great Britain, how newsrooms are declining in expertise with the subjects they cover, and the affects of biased media.
"The consequence of the latest questions for us isn't just a media that is open, democratic, and pluralistic, but also a media that enables us to become confident to understand and to accept the complexity and what forces we shall as a people take," Cox said.
"I would like to argue that there are accelerating changes in the sites of production and the distribution of knowledge about science that hinder our understanding of complexity and further that these changes are contributing to an epistemic uncertainty of not only global warming but science itself. I believe we are witnesses of curious disconnect."
Cox refuted the idea that our media follows the following metaphor: "The Greek goddess Cassandra could prophesy future disasters, but was cursed with the inability to get anybody to believe her."
"We ourselves have the capacity still for scrutiny, judgment, our ability to insist on standards and excelled arguments. We still face issues that of great complexity. But I think we need not turn just to the scientists, but to the "retor," those who exhibit the seriousness of speech."
With newsroom staffs declining, media has suffered from the lack of expertise on subjects being covered, Cox said.
"The challenge of journalists in reporting the complexity of global warming or science comes a time of crisis in this traditional business model of media," he said. "As newspapers declare bankruptcy or appear online, the expertise available in newsrooms continues to decline. As a result, studies find that even the best of the online new media sites still have limited ability to produce content."
Cox's lecture expounded upon the essence of rhetoric and the importance of media adhering to actual facts.
"Dr. Cox's message was pretty enlightening, and I think he definitely demonstrated through his talk why rhetoric remains an important and integral part of our society," said Rudy Altergott '13.
Cox praised Wabash's late Professor Brigance on several occasions, primarily though how Brigance stressed the importance of rhetoric in the media.
"The question is: what kind of people are we?" Cox said. "Answering this, I could hear Professor Brigance reminding us that the rhetorical arts still have a place in our debate."
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