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2011 Holiday Gift Guide: Crayola ColorStudio HD
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The next featured gadget in our 2011 Holiday Gift Guide is the Crayola ColorStudio HD. It includes iMarker, which looks and feels like a standard Crayola marker, but is safe to use on the iPad display. Paired with the ColorStudio HD app, you've got a marker, pen, crayon, and paintbrush all in one device. The app has interactive and animated coloring book pages that combine sound, touch, interaction, and special effects. You can print out the works of art, email them, and post to Facebook, all from within the app. You can get the ColorStudio HD on Amazon for $24.99.
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2011 Holiday Gift Guide: Twelve South PlugBug
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The next featured gadget in our 2011 Holiday Gift Guide is the Twelve South PlugBug. It's a device that's so simple that it's hard to believe no one has come up with this until now. The PlugBug snaps onto your MacBook, MacBook Pro, or MacBook Air wall charger, giving you a powered USB port in the process. The results? You can then charge both your Apple notebook, and a USB device (like an iPhone or iPad) at the same time, using just one outlet. Genuis! This means that when you're on the go, you can carry one less charger, and you'll have one less outlet to try and find. You can get the PlugBug on Amazon for $34.
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2011 Holiday Gift Guide: LeapFrog LeapPad
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Handhelds, Toys, Kids, Under $100, Under $250, Under $500,
I know I'm not the only parent out there that has to give up the iPad to the children on a regular basis, and that's why we're putting the LeapFrog LeapPad in our 2011 Holiday Gift Guide. It's a personalized learning tablet optimized for kids ages 4 through 9. It's got a 5-inch touch display, built-in camera that can record video, and ships with four apps. More apps are available for download, and they focus on various educational topics like reading, math, science, geography, art, music, and more. You can pick up the LeapPad on Amazon now for $99.
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2011 Holiday Gift Guide: Life is Beautiful
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Movies, Family, Women, Men, Under $100, Under $25, Under $250, Under $50, Under $500,
While it's definitely not the newest Blu-ray release out there, it's certainly one of the best. Life is Beautiful is a cinematic work of art, and you can get this one for the film buffs in your life for $6.99 on Amazon. Seriously, if you or someone you know is a fan of great films, this is definitely one to consider as a gift!
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2011 Holiday Gift Guide: Zeo Mobile Sleep Manager
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The Zeo Mobile Sleep Manager safely and easily measures your sleep patterns right from home, resulting in a more restful and restorative sleep. It's a cool way to educate yourself about how well you sleep, and teaches you new ways that may help you get a better night's rest, so we're including it in our 2011 Holiday Gift Guide. It uses three main components—a comfortable wireless headband, your iOS or ANdroid device running the Zeo app, and the MyZeo.com companion website. They all work together to show you which habits and behaviors may help or hinder your sleep, and create personalized strategies just for you. A cool and unique item for anyone, and hey, who doesn't wanna feel rested in the morning? For those without an iOS or Android device, you can pick up the Zeo Personal Sleep Manager, which does all the same stuff without the need for a smartphone, and provides an alarm clock with sleep pattern display that captures your data onto DS card. You can get the Zeo Mobile Sleep Manager for $99 on Amazon.
2011 Holiday Gift Guide: Zomm Bluetooth smartphone leash
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Accessories, Cell Phones, Features, Wireless / WiFi, Family, Women, Men, Techies, Teens, Under $100, Under $250, Under $500,
We've spent some time with the Zomm "wireless leash" and have come away impressed by the simplicity of the device, as it's one of those things that make you wonder why a product like it hasn't been available until now. With that, we thought it would be a good inclusion in our 2011 Holiday Gift Guide. The Zomm can be attached to your keychain, and connects to your smartphone over Bluetooth. Once paired, it becomes your wireless alarm system for your phone. For example, if you walk away from your phone, Zomm will sound a notification alarm and start vibrating, letting you know that you've left your device more than 30 feet away. This way, you don't leave a restaurant without your phone, or spend forever looking for it because you left it in the car (or, that you are in your car driving and left your phone at home!) Cool enough, but it does more.
Zomm also has an integrated speaker and microphone, so it also acts as a hands-free calling device. If your phone rings, Zomm will ring as well, and you just press the Z button to take the call without having to fish around for your phone while driving. Zomm also has a built-in panic alarm. Hold down the Z button and the alarm will go off. Continue holding it, and the Zomm will use the Bluetooth connection to your phone to dial 911, and it will let you speak with the authorities right from the Zomm device. This is seriously a cool piece of technology that is a must-have for those people who constantly leave their smartphones behind in cabs and restaurants, or just anyone who wants an extra layer of security with them at all times. You can get a Zomm from Amazon for $76.
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Mothers Day Gift Guide: Barnes & Nobile Nook 3G deal
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Handhelds, Hot Deals, Wireless / WiFi, Women, Under $100,
We're been keeping our eye on gadgets that are worthy of being given to your mom for Mother's Day, and we've got another one for you. eBay has a deal where you get 50% off the Nook Wi-Fi + 3G e-reader. Original price on these is $199, and you get it direct from Barnes & Noble for $99 - and that includes shipping! There's a limit of one per customer. If you're interested, head on over:
Don't forget, if you're looking for other deals, be sure to check out our Newegg Promo Code thread. Oh, and if you're on Twitter, be sure to follow @TechPromos for the latest deals.
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2010 Holiday Gift Guide Giveaway: Cisco Valet 802.11n wireless router
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The Cisco Valet wireless router is next in our 2010 Holiday Gift Guide, and we're giving away three of these home hotspots to your readers, but more on that below. First, the basics - we're recommending the Valet because, quite simply, it's simple. Cisco has made setting up an 802.11n network in the home super easy, with automatic security, guest access, parental controls, and more. This takes away the guesswork, which means less time for you to spend playing tech support specialist when your family and friends have network issues. See? It's like a gift to yourself as well! They typically sell for $99, but Amazon has them for $64.99, which is a killer deal.
Okay, now on to the details of the giveaway. We've got three Cisco Valet routers to give away, but as we said, they are meant to be simple. You set them up, and you are done. We know our readers are a bit more techie than that, so we've upped the ante a bit. Each winner will receive two Cisco routers - one Cisco Valet, and one Cisco Linksys E2000 Advanced 802.11n router! That way, you can keep the feature-packed Linksys for yourself, and give the Valet to a tech-challenged loved one as a gift.
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2010 Holidy Gift Guide: Freehands touchscreen-compatible gloves
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If you're looking for some inexpensive-yet-functional items from our 2010 Holiday Gift Guide, today we've got some gloves that any owner of a smartphone with a touchscreen might appreciate. Freehands makes gloves that allow the wearer to use their touch-enabled device, which keeping their hands warm. They have some models where the gloves have fingertips that can be pulled back for the thumb and forefinger, and others where the gloves have material in the fingertips so that you can tap away while keeping all your digits nice and toasty. Prices start at just under $20.
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2010 Holiday Gift Guide: Cooking for Geeks cookbook
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We've hit you with a bunch of gadgets in our 2010 Holiday Gift Guide this year, but don't think we forgot about the readers out there. One of the books that we recommend this year is Cooking for Geeks. Written by Jeff Potter, the book not only includes great tasting recipes, but it focuses on the science of cooking, and includes a bunch of kitchen hacks to actually teach cooking instead of just recipes to follow. It's loaded with info, and is worthy of being gifted to your favorite geek this hoiday season. It's available in paperback, as well as on Kindle. You can get it now from Amazon for $20.71, which is a 41% discount.
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Manor ISD strives to provide a great education to all of our students, including those that are economically disadvantaged.
The district partnered with Breakthrough Austin in 2011 to build a path through college for low-income students, starting in middle school, who will become the first in their family to graduate college. Breakthrough is a nonprofit that currently helps 159 students at Manor Middle School, 130 students at Decker Middle School, 119 at Manor High School, and 58 at Manor New Tech High.
"The partnership we have is deliberately planned," said Michael Griffith, Executive Director of Breakthrough Austin. "You have to start with us in 6th grade, and we add an additional 100 students each year. Once you are in, you are in for the entire secondary career. We'll continue our support after high school for up to six years, or until they receive a college degree."
In 2011, Breakthrough began helping 60 MISD students. That number has increased to 479 in 2016. By 2020, Breakthrough is expected to serve about 611 students. The program focuses on three areas researchers say are critical to school success: extended learning time, personalized attention and intervention, and long-term comprehensive support. This is done by:
-Intensive summer programs
-Enriching Saturday programs
-After school tutoring
-Individualized case management
-School year support and advocacy
-Student teaching students
-Test preparation
-College counseling
-College persistence support
According to the most recent report, students on average gain the equivalent of 5 months of math skills, and the equivalent of 6 months of literacy skills. Students also take field trips and attend events over the summer. 94% of families surveyed reported that their child is more successful in school because of Breakthrough. 96% of students said that Breakthrough has made them confident in attending college.
The 2017-2018 year will be the first for students graduating from Breakthrough Austin.
"We are really thrilled to see all of their hard work come to fruition as they graduate high school and get into college," Griffith said. "Knowing the district under the leadership of Dr. Royce Avery is really thinking hard about how to innovate, we as an organization desire to serve more students, and to grow with the district."
If you would like to learn more about Breakthrough Austin, click here.
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Mat Phillips needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 82 designs submitted by 17 freelance designers.
We are a UK company providing marketing consultancy to the pharmaceutical industry.
At the heart of the value proposition will be a vision ' to build a legitimate and valuable dialogue between the pharma industry and patients'. The complexity of this brief is that there will ultimately be two sites
1) Neovoca.com is quite straightforward and is full covered by this brief. 2) Not included is a social media platform for patients to discuss broad issues concerning their medicines. The content for 2), will in time provide new content for 1), but initially Neovoca.com is just industry facing, highlighting the services we have to offer, and our approach.
Neovoca can provide various consultancy services based on in-depth experience of the sector, but will specialize in the following :
Strategy development: Building strategies that are consumer focussed
Organising for success: helping pharmacos build the right structure, competencies and plans to adapt to a more consumer driven world.
Navigating the digital maze: supporting pharmacos through the transition from traditional marketing and F2F interactions with physicians, to a more collaborative world, underpinned by social media and networking.
B2B excellence ; helping suppliers to the industry fine-tune their approach to the new pharma industry. Typically these will be IT providers or various creative and logistic agencies
The target market is the marketing and medical departments of the pharmaceutical industry and suppliers to it, the website needs to be professional but also appeal to the 'innovative' side of people.
But please, please NO simplistic concepts of doctor and nurses, patients and test tubes, pills and potions. Try and avoid an obviously medical feel.
This company wants to be game changing and look and feel different- (without being 'dangerously provocative!)
1. Website home page plus one content page (as shown on the wireframe) to communicate how your design template can work across the site.
2. Feel to be contemporary, simplistic but creative/innovative.
3. Words describing our product Trust, conversations, dialogue, innovation, community, wisdom, knowledge, dynamic
4) . Again, please avoid anything that suggests drugs, doctors, patients.
This is to appeal to professionals and to be forward thinking. Colours should work with our logos. Background images can be abstract (ish).
5 Images/Icons etc to be royalty free but if you must use others please make sure we are aware. Icons are good for clarity
. 6 Please use the attached wireframe to see the navigation/content we will be needing. Please note that we do not require a multi-level primary navigation menu – beyond the first level all navigation will be done through links within text.


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Find new Cars in Santa Monica, CA near Los Angeles
We offer a wide selection of new cars at our Santa Monica Lexus Dealership. Feel free to scroll through our new car inventory, use the side features to narrow your search & the forms below to get in touch with us. If you don't see what you're looking for, give us a call at (424) 229-9998 and we'll find it for you! We look forward to hearing from you.


text: The Battle of Chancellorsville, fought from April 30 to May 6, 1863, is widely considered to be Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's greatest victory during the American Civil War. Facing an enemy force nearly twice the size of his own, Lee daringly split his troops in two, confronting and surprising Union Gen. Joseph Hooker. Though Hooker still held numerical superiority, he did not press this advantage, instead falling back to defensive positions. When Lee once again split his forces and attacked, Hooker was forced to retreat across the Rappahannock River. Lee's victory came at a high cost, however. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, one of his most trusted generals, was mortally wounded by friendly fire during the battle.


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Legends of the Star – Tony Dorsett
Before Emmitt Smith came along, whenever Cowboy fans talked about the greatest running back they ever had, only one name came to mind, Tony Dorsett. He was a superstar in every sense of the word. Even before embarking on his Hall of Fame NFL career, he was already a celebrity after being named All-American four straight years while playing for the University of Pittsburgh. His success in college led to his unanimous selection for the Heisman Trophy in 1976.
In 1977, the Dallas Cowboys traded up and made Tony Dorsett the number two overall pick in the NFL Draft. As a rookie, he rushed for 1,007 yards and 12 touchdowns and added 273 yards and a touchdown on 29 receptions. Just as he had done in college, he took the league by storm in his first year and was the unanimous selection for that years NFL Rookie Of The Year Award. It was the beginning of a remarkable career where he rushed 1,000 or more yards in eight of his first nine seasons, and the only miss was a strike-shortened season where we led the NFC in rushing. He became the first player ever to gain more than 1,000 yards in each of his first five seasons. The Cowboys won an amazing 42 of the 46 games in which Tony Dorsett rushed for 100 yards.
In 1981, he had his best year when he rushed for 1,646 yards and reeled in another 325 yards on 32 catches. In his career, Dorsett rushed for 12,739 yards and scored 91 touchdowns. He was a three-time All-NFC pick, who was All-Pro in 1981 and a veteran of four Pro Bowls. He played in five NFC championship games and Super Bowls XII and XIII. Tony Dorsett was elected to both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame in 1994 and was enshrined in the Texas Stadium Ring of Honor the same year.


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Vincent Frank "Jimmy" Rogers died on Saturday, April 20, 2013, at his home in Blakeslee. He was 85 years old.
Born on Aug. 12, 1927, in Jersey City, N.J., to the late George and Lillian Dombrowski Rogers, he was the youngest of nine children. He resided in Jersey City, N.J., and then in the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township, N.J., for 28 years before moving to Blakeslee in 1990.
Jim was employed at Mallinckrodt Chemical Co. in Jersey City, N.J., as a fire chief and head of maintenance and manufacturing for 32 years before retiring in 1982. He then was employed by the Woodbridge Township Board of Education until August 1989.
A self-taught musician, he played the guitar, banjo, organ and harmonica. He loved to entertain and sing. Jim was a jack-of-all-trades, from building homes to taking splinters out of a small child's hand. He took great pride in his meticulous work and hobbies; building displays for his train collections, wood decorations and his garden.
His memory will be cherished by all who knew him.
In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by two sisters, Elizabeth Rogers and Stella Perrone; and four brothers: John, Stanley, George and Thomas Rogers.
Surviving are his lifelong sweetheart and wife of 64½ years, Anna Marie Van Dolson Rogers; two daughters: Pamela McGlynn and her husband, Richard, of Iselin, N.J., and Carol Pichalski of Woodbridge, N.J.; two sisters, Katherine Watkins and Frances Williams, both of Whiting, N.J.; six grandchildren: Richard McGlynn and his wife, Merritt, of Lawrenceville, N.J.; Peter McGlynn and his wife, Andrea, of Rahway, N.J.; Kelly Bork and her husband, William, of Woodbridge, N.J.; David McGlynn and his wife, Krissy, of Waynesboro; Brian Pichalski and his wife, Alicia, of Woodbridge, N.J.; and Mark Pichalski and his wife, Danielle, of Westampton, N.J.; 11 cherished great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, at Costello-Koyen Funeral Home, 399 Avenel St., Avenel, N.J.
Funeral services will take place at 8:45 a.m. Wednesday, April 24, at Costello-Koyen Funeral Home, 399 Avenel St., Avenel, N.J. A Mass of Resurrection will follow at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Andrew's Catholic Church in Avenel, N.J. Interment will be at St. Gertrude Cemetery, Colonia, N.J.
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Vincent Frank "Jimmy" Rogers died on Saturday, April 20, 2013, at his home in Blakeslee. He was 85 years old.


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The more I read about dark matter the more fascinated I get. The majority of the universe is made out of dark matter, and yet science doesn't know what it is. Only that its influence is evident.
I am dissatisfied with traditional Christianity's hostility towards science. But I am equally dissatisfied with science that is purely mechanistic. Too much weird stuff happens that a purely mechanistic model doesn't account for. I've wondered if where miracles and other stuff happens is at the quantum level. Dark matter could be a good culprit too.
Here's the article that got me think about it.
http://bigthink.com/philip-perry/you-co ... 1473422743
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Music for Video: Welcome Wizard Featured in Vimeo Staff Pick
When filmmaker Jesse Brass first stumbled upon the Faux Fetus artist Welcome Wizard, he discovered three seperate tracks that helped him profile a painter and her work. The first song "MLU" had an energy, demonstrating how passion can spark interest. To show the seriousness of the artwork, he was drawn to a dark and contemplative track called "Sheep Asleep." For the closing track, "Twelve Diseases," he found the motion and movement, "helped emphasize that her career is ahead of her and helps inspire people in the closing of her story."
His profile of how painter Melanie Norris sees beauty was recently selected as a Vimeo Staff Pick, and his next project about Toronto artists is currently up on Kickstarter. To find more Creative Commons Attribution tracks from Welcome Wizard, you can find their artist page here.


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Friday, August 24, 2018, 06:30pm
Tuesday–Saturday at Brothers Two in Summerside and Rodd Hotel Charlottetown
The musical comedy called Up in Smoke marks the Feast Dinner Theatre season's 40th celebrations.
Assistant director Brandon Roy, a graduate of Sheridan College's bachelor of music theatre performance program, says the biggest set of talented directors to date have come together to create the performance. "It's been really exciting. Normally there's just the director and music director, but this year we have a directing team of four," he acknowledged. "And the passion comes across the cast every day because they love what they're doing."
Roy says, "Don Groom, the founder of Feast, has created thousands of memories for people to look back on, as well as hundreds of incredible opportunities for performers. It's so valuable, and there's so much to celebrate, so we're working on making this show the best it can be."
Roy, born and raised in Montreal, performed in three seasons of Feast Dinner Theatre, and made his professional Montreal debut under Canadian choreographer Donna Feore in the world premiere of The Hockey Sweater: A Musical.
Assistant music director Jaime Hunter, from New Brunswick, says the crew have amped up the volume this year and "it's going to be one beautiful musical experience" with pitch perfect vocals. Hunter has four summers of experience with Feast Dinner Theatre, in addition to studying music at Memorial University of Newfoundland. "The music in the show will appeal to every member in the audience, and we hope many will sing along," she says.
Andrew Waite, music director, says the show has an "ambitious music selection" to ring in the 40th season. The PEI musician remarked, "I think it's incredible that Feast has run this many years, which is a testament to hard work and credit to Don for what he has built."
Kristina McCormack, from Montague PEI, plays the character Dani Simpson in the Rodd Charlottetown dinner theatre location. "She's a middle child and wants her own way. I developed her basically out of my own sassy habits, so when I play her I always feel like I'm at the end of a fuse, but I want everything to go well in the rally the Simpson sisters hold to raise money for their family farm," explained McCormack, a Feast veteran.
To commemorate the 40th season of the Feast Dinner Theatre, Briane Nasimok will make a guest appearance where it all first began. He was hired in 1978 to help develop the dinner theatre format, which opened at Summerside's Brothers Two restaurant in 1979. Nasimok, along with owner and operator Don Groom, crafted the original show, The Governor's Feast, which ran for five years. "We will bring back old traditions, including the original writer and director Briane and Don, as well as make the show as big as it can be with the most talented personalities," concluded McCormack.
Up in Smoke runs Tuesday to Saturday at Rodd Charlottetown hotel, 75 Kent Street and at Brothers 2 Restaurant, 618 Water Street, Summerside. www.ticketwizard.ca www.feastdinnertheatres.com
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Apple has added a new option for iTunes in the Cloud users, allowing them to defer large downloads of movies, TV shows, and music box sets for a later time. Currently, this new option does not work for apps, and is available only in places where iTunes in the Cloud is live. This option is available on iOS 6 and in iTunes 11, and can be used on things like whole seasons of television shows.
Clicking the Later button will not download any episodes. You'll be able to download your episodes at any time from iTunes in the Cloud.
When you purchase a television show or movie, you will be presented with three options for movie sets and TV seasons: Later, Download, and Download All. For individual episodes and movies, as well as music box sets, the Download All option is not present. This option is great if you find a TV season or collection of movies you want to buy, but you don't want to use up the space on your current device, or are on a cellular network with a data cap to worry about. You will find any items that you choose to download later in the Purchased section of the iTunes 11 store and the Purchased tab of the iOS 6 store.
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I definitely like them and hope they make it far!
I hope they go far. I like their attitude.
It has been quite some time since we got a REALLY old couple right? The last memorable pair was... Fran and Barry... no?
Quote from: kiki on September 01, 2011, 03:38:59 AMI hope they go far. I like their attitude.They remind me of a team you would play in a fantasy race
Quote from: Joab on September 03, 2011, 11:19:49 PMIt has been quite some time since we got a REALLY old couple right? The last memorable pair was... Fran and Barry... no?No, actually. There was Marcy and Ron in AR15. She was 60 and he 59. That's really old even though Fran at 61 and Barry at 63 were trivially older.
If youre going to be a contestant on CBS The Amazing Race, Bill and Cathi Alden say it definitely helps to have been a teacher.The reality TV show pits 11 two-person teams against one another in a race around the world.The Los Angeles Times reported this years race will travel through four continents and 20 cities and cover nearly 40,000 miles.The season starts at 8 p.m. Sunday.Spending 30 years, both of us, dealing with people, you read people well. That was definitely an advantage, said Bill, who taught science at Calapooia Middle School for 29 years. Cathi spent 25 years as a teacher and administrator with Albany schools, then another few years as an administrator in Corvallis.
They didn't make the cut, and when CBS called again last year, they didn't advance then, either.But in March, the station called again and asked for an updated video. This time, the Aldens were in.
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The Present Battle of Princeton
The National Trust for Historic Preservation has released its latest list of most endangered sites in America, and on that list is the Princeton Battlefield.
I'm of two minds on this. While I like preservation of historic sites and open spaces, the development that's threatening part of that battlefield isn't a new strip mall or factory or interstate highway. It's faculty housing for the Institute for Advanced Study, which helped to create the battlefield park in the first place. The institute likes to provide peace and quiet and a level of rusticity for the scholars working there. I can't help but see that use of land as a Good Thing. (For full disclosure, my uncle spent several months at the I.A.S. a few years ago, though it wasn't a big change of scene for him since he lives on the other side of Princeton.)
I also think the Battle of Princeton isn't quite as important as it's often made out to be. It looms larger in American memory because it was a rare battlefield victory for Gen. George Washington, and because it was so close to the campus of an influential college. Indeed, the Princeton buildings that existed then, including Nassau Hall, were used by both armies. But since the campus and nearby neighborhood have already been developed (and people are fond of the result), there's no preservation outcry. Of course, such an outcry would be far too late.
I'll let you make up your own (two?) minds. For folks in the region, on 29 September the Princeton Battlefield Society is sponsoring:
A full day of activities including Battlefield and Clarke House Tours, Children's Scavenger Hunt and games, Colonial Demonstrations, Soldiers of the Battle, and book sales, giveaways, and prizes.I believe there's been some recent questioning of that last statement, but there's no question that Washington quoted from Cato in his letters from the start of the war.
Programs start at 10:00 A.M. and go to 4:00 P.M. At 4:00 P.M., Colonial Music by THE PRACTITIONERS OF MUSICK and at 5:00 PM, a performance of CATO A TRAGEDY, by Joseph Addison, by the Princeton Shakespeare Company at the Columns. (George Washington requested a performance of CATO during the encampment at Valley Forge.)


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Nearly 42% of the 1.6 million homeless youth in America fall under the category of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. In New York City, this number seems to be more concentrated along with the problems this demographic faces. These homeless teens didn't lose their homes due to cutbacks or lay-offs. Most were kicked out by their parents upon learning of their sexuality. Lady K, 17, was born with a penis. This is his first year living on the streets, in and out of...
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Hi all, Sammy here again with a tutorial for this crazy bird canvas.
First of all, I started with a plain white canvas (24x30cm), which I covered first with black Gesso, and then with some ideology tissue paper.
I just tore off strips of paper and stuck them on with Multi medium. A few bumps and extra layers aren't a problem, as it all adds to the texture.
Tissue paper done, I got out the Distress paint and spray inks. I used Lindy's metallic sprays for this.
I used my Stormy Sky paint though a stencil, and then sprayed with the copper spray. It has such a gorgeous finish. I just love it!
My next step was to make my tags. I made up three size 8 manila tags with Distress inks and paints, stencils and texture paste.
Then, I stamped and coloured my birds and added them to the tags with some extra embellishments, then mounted the tags on a piece of black card.
And then all I needed to do was add the panel to the canvas, add some letters, twine and charm, et voila!
And there it is! Are you as nutty about these Bird Crazy stamps as I am? Please do let me know what you make with them, or better still, come and enter our challenge so we can all see!
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MinistryCentered needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 445 designs submitted by 112 freelance designers.
A modern, web 2.0 ish logo for a website designed to help get people involved in helping the needy in their community. We are calling the new site "Local Impact" and would love a great new logo for it, but I suck at logo design. ;-)
Local Impact
We are looking for a colorful, high energy logo that will help to convey our mission of connecting people to needs of non-profit organizations.
This logo will on our website and printed on T-Shirts and other promotional items. The website url is LocalImpact.org, but the logo does not have to include the .org.
- Symbol of some sort, can be integrated into the wording
- clean & simple
- Preferred to have it wider than tall
- Final product High-Res in either Illustrator or Photoshop formats.
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AIAA has been selected to administer a scholarship for Iridium Communications Inc. Submission Deadline is 31 Jan 2014
The Iridium NEXT Scholarship Fund will award scholarships of up to $10,000 to students who have demonstrated high standards of academic excellence in the "STEM" fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics with a focus on aerospace studies.The scholarship fund aims to help create a workforce that will further the mission of Iridium NEXT, a bold vision for a second-generation satellite constellation to expand Iridium's capability to meet rapidly expanding demand for truly global mobile communications on land, at sea, and in the sky.The 2014 program will award multiple scholarships of $10,000 and $5,000.
The following eligibility requirements shall be met by applicants for the Iridium NEXT Scholarship:
The award may be used for tuition plus educational expenses (such as books, lab fees, room, board, etc.); total amount of tuition and educational expenses are to be determined by the educational institution the student attends. If selected to receive an Iridium NEXT Scholarship, the applicant must be able to utilize at least 50% of the award. Excess funds will be returned to the AIAA Foundation and will be allocated to future Iridium NEXT Scholarships.Sophomores and juniors who received an award previously are eligible to reapply for the award provided they continue to meet all eligibility criteria.
Applicants may be students of any nationality not restricted by the U.S. State Department, in full-time study at any accredited college or university in the world.
To apply for the Iridium NEXT scholarship, you must use the online submission tool.If you have questions about the program, please contact Karen Thomas or Rachel Andino.


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NEW YORK -- Yahoo! Sports and the Major League Baseball Players Trust today begin a series of Internet specials highlighting outstanding performances of Major League baseball players during the 2007 season, both on and off the field. The innovative programming features five "webisodes" [see webcast schedule below] honoring the winners of 2007 Players Choice Awards, the only awards where the players themselves select the "best of the best." The Players Trust makes grants totalling $260,000 annually to charities recommended by the Players Choice Award winners.
Hosted by Hall of Famer and Yahoo! Baseball Expert Tony Gwynn and Yahoo! Sports personality Larry Beil, the Yahoo! Sports original programming will feature exclusive interviews with each Players Choice Award winner. The top pitchers, rookies and comeback players in each league will reflect on their season and the causes most important to them. The final will announce the Player of the Year, as chosen by his peers, and the Marvin Miller Man of the Year--the player whose performance both on the field and off most inspires other players to higher levels of achievement.
Since 1992, the Players Trust has contributed more than $3 million dollars to charities around the world in honor of Players Choice Award winners. In partnership with Volunteers of America, the Players Trust trains and inspires the next generation of community volunteers through the Action Team, a national youth volunteer initiative. For more information on the Major League Baseball Players Trust, visit www.MLBPLAYERS.com.
2007 Players Choice Awards webcast schedule:
Tuesday, October 23 AL & NL Outstanding Pitchers
Wednesday, October 24 AL & NL Outstanding Players
Thursday, October 25 AL & NL Outstanding Rookies
Friday, October 26 AL & NL Comeback Players
Saturday, October 27 Player of the Year/Marvin Miller Man of the Year
The 2007 Players Choice Awards finalists:
Player of the Year: Matt Holliday (Colorado), Magglio Ordonez (Detroit), Alex Rodriguez (NY Yankees) Marvin Miller Man of the Year: Tom Glavine (NY Mets), Torii Hunter (Minnesota), Jake Peavy (San Diego)
Outstanding Player: Curtis Granderson (Detroit), Magglio Ordonez (Detroit), Alex Rodriguez (NY Yankees)
Outstanding Pitcher: Josh Beckett (Boston), C.C. Sabathia (Cleveland), Chien-Ming Wang (NY Yankees)
Outstanding Rookie: Brian Bannister (Kansas City), Dustin Pedroia (Boston), Delmon Young (Tampa Bay)
Comeback Player of the Year: Jon Lester (Boston), Carlos Pena (Tampa Bay), Sammy Sosa (Texas)
Outstanding Player: Prince Fielder (Milwaukee), Matt Holliday (Colorado), David Wright (NY Mets)
Outstanding Pitcher: Jeff Francis (Colorado), Jake Peavy (San Diego), Brandon Webb (Arizona)
Outstanding Rookie: Ryan Braun (Milwaukee), Hunter Pence (Houston), Troy Tulowitzki (Colorado)
Comeback Player of the Year: Rick Ankiel (St. Louis), Josh Hamilton (Cincinnati), Dmitri Young (Washington)


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The first wave of precision agriculture began with the yield monitor and the promise of improved productivity from a better understanding of the relationship between soils, fertility, genetics and yield. Despite that promise, first-wave profits have been largely generated by hardware that steers tractors and turns planter row units and sprayer sections off and on.
That's about to change. Not that navigation systems, swath-control and other automation technologies are going by the wayside. But in the future, precision profits will be dominated by decisions driven by data collected by yield monitors and multifunction tractor displays, not by savings from row shut-offs.
"In the past 10 years, we have picked the low-hanging fruit to improve farming efficiency and control costs," says Matt Darr, a precision agriculture specialist at Iowa State University. "But the writing is on the wall. You can only make so much money by saving money. Long term, it is more production that leads to enhanced profits. Spatial information is a big factor in what is needed to achieve that."
Spatial information boils down to data, and lots of it. But it will require special savvy to turn megabytes of precision data into information that drives profitable decisions.
Data use trends
A recent USDA report hinted at the disconnect between the ability to gather precision ag data and putting it to use. The report, "On the Doorstep of the Information Age," pointed out that yield monitors were used on 40 to 45% of corn and soybean acres in 2005-06. However, GPS maps were used on only about a quarter of corn acres and a sixth of soybean acres across the Corn Belt. And variable-rate technologies were used on only about 16% of corn and 12% of soybean acres.
Steve Cubbage, a precision ag consultant, says it's little wonder that use of precision ag data has lagged behind the use of yield monitors and GPS navigation systems. "This idea that you could go out and harvest corn and everything would be on your monitor and magic would happen when you brought it into the PC just wasn't true," he says. "It turned out to be a lot harder than that."
New precision services
Precision ag consultants, ag retail agronomists, seed companies and others have been gearing up to market services that help turn precision ag data into profitable decisions.
Software companies also have updated their crop data management products to help farmers make better use of the data they gather.
"The process of collecting good data is getting easier than it used to be," says Scott Nusbaum, product manager for Farm Works, which markets its software as a do-it-yourself tool for farmers as well as consultants and ag retailers. "More farmers are collecting and using data, whether they are handling everything themselves or working with a consultant."
Cubbage recently expanded his western Missouri consulting firm, Record Harvest (www.recordharvest.com), to establish a new precision ag data management service called Prime Meridian (www.primemeridiandata.com). The focus is on providing data storage and management solutions through ag retailers, as well as directly with farmers.
"Farmers need someone to be a data traffic cop," Cubbage says. "We gather fertility information from the co-op and planting and yield monitor data in one location, so whoever may need it in the future can get access."
Crop consultants and ag retail agronomists also are retooling their efforts to help farmers harvest more value from precision data. "We are experiencing a major paradigm shift: crop consultants are becoming data managers," says Jeremy Wilson with Crop Information Management Services (www.cropims.com).
Based in southern Illinois, the company began offering an integrated information management and crop consulting service in 2004. Fees range from $3 to $10/acre and up, depending on crop scouting and data management needs. A Cadillac program includes scouting, monitor setup to assure clean data collection, plus analysis of planting and harvest data to develop crop removal fertilizer recommendations and planting recommendations based on performance by specific soil types and environments.
"It can be difficult to convince someone to pay somebody to manage their data," Wilson says. "The 'aha' moment often comes with variety tracking and better hybrid and variety selection."


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Ian Howells Joins Computer World UK Bloggers
Open Source Hearts And Minds
LONDON, February 12, 2008 – Alfresco Software, Inc., the leader in open source enterprise content management, today announced that Dr Ian Howells, Chief Marketing Officer of Alfresco Software, has joined Computer World UK's IT management bloggers with his new "Open Source Hearts and Minds" blog.
Ian has 20 years of enterprise software marketing experience in content management, service oriented architectures and relational database systems. He publishes the pioneering Open Source Barometer, a leading indicator of enterprise open source adoption trends, which examines how and where open source is used in the Global 5000 enterprise stack.
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I get these messages when I bring my computer out of sleep mode. I have asked several "experts" and I get different oppinions. I hear it's normal and then I hear it's a problem/spyware? Any insights?
How many computers do you have on your internal network?
I have 4 all running on wifi. This happens even if no other machines are running. Also, 192.168.2.50 is the machine in question's IP.
I am just wondering why does a port need to be opened when it comes back on line.
I do not get these types of messages when I do a fresh boot (the machine was totally off).
I do get the message if I do an ipconfig /release then /renew basically I get the same result as returning from sleep mode.
Norton says as you can see that I should allow it but I just want to be sure.
From what I can find it doesn't look to bad. Port 1821, 1900, 1825 are discovery services, your machine or others on the network are just shaking hands again. I can't find much info. on Port 1081, what I did find suggested it was a virus but I wouldn't get to worried about that if you are keeping Norton up to date.
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Just one additional question, the router is 192.168.2.1
I guess in a theoretical sense it is a computer in itself. Is it normal for a handshake to take place between router and client after return from sleep or ip renew?
Yep, that is indeed normal. They need to say hello again when the computer wakes up, as it's fully disconnected when asleep.
As I understand it, when you go into sleep mode all your current RAM contents are written out to your HDD. When you wake the system this gets written back, but it has to reaffirm its status, to see that it is still valid.
When you reboot, everything is loaded from scratch so it knows the status from the outset.
OK, not a "technical" explanation, but that is effectively what is happening
the other wierd thing I have noticed is that if my computer returns from sleep and there is another computer on the network already running these messages do not appear. It only seems to happen when it is the only computer that is running.
This is a pure guess, but I would think that if it can "see" another computer on the network, then it knows that all is well. If it doesn't, it touches base with the router, to at least confirm that it still has a gateway to the network?
What happens if you disconnect it from the network and then bring it out of sleep?
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I had terrible skin throughout my early 20s and now that it's clear I revel in not wearing foundation. I wear a tinted sunscreen everyday—La Roche Posay Anthelios 50 Tinted Moisturizer ($34)—for both protection and to even out my skin tone, but still look makeup-free. It leaves my skin so radiant, in fact, that even if I'm re-doing my makeup at night, I'll start with that all over again—an inappropriate use of SPF 50.
Luckily, I recently got my hands on Cargo's HD Picture Perfect CC Cream ($39), a formula that comes out white, warms up between your hands, and goes on so smoothly you'd swear there's nothing on your skin if it didn't look so airbrushed. The colour-adapting formula includes vitamins c and e, with green tea and chamomile to hydrate the skin while colour correcting. And, if you don't live in LA and walk to work and spend weekends at the beach—meaning you don't need SPF 50—Cargo's boasts a perfectly acceptable broad-spectrum SPF 20. I've sat out the makeup-meets-skincare trend when it comes to my own routine, but when something works this well, I'm happy to jump on the alphabet bandwagon.


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Today I remembered a story Sensei Sadao Yoshioka told us during Aikido class. This was probably in the late 1970s.
A Zen priest was wandering the countryside and was very hungry. He came upon a farmer's patch of daikon (a large while turnip). He was so hungry that he dug up a daikon and began to eat it. Well, the farmer saw him and ran up to chase him away.
As he fled, the Zen priest reached into a pouch hanging on his side and grabbed a handful of nutgrass nuts. Nutgrass is a very strong weed. The green part of the weed looks like an onion shoot (sort of). But below ground, there are a series of nuts connected by roots. If you pull the green shoot, another one will sprout. If you dig up one nut, you will miss the others and they too will sprout. The nuts go down several feet. In short, it is almost impossible to get rid of nutgrass.
So, the plot of daikon became choked with nutgrass.
The moral of the story is... actually, I cannot recall the moral. Perhaps if you see a Zen priest in your daikon patch, you should offer him food instead of chasing him. But it seemed like a pretty rotten thing for the priest to do!
I only remember this story because I have been trying to get rid of nutgrass in my yard for over 20 years!
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Today I remembered a story Sensei Sadao Yoshioka told us during Aikido class. This was probably in the late 1970s.
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David Hasselhoff is indestructible.
Despite reports The Hoff was hospitalized during his stay in London after a week-long bender that ended with him allegedly punching out a doctor, he was seen at Heathrow Airport this morning looking as fresh as the day he was born.
When we got him arriving later at LAX, we tried to ask all about his trip, but all we got was that devilish grin and a sly, "It's allllllll good."
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Hi Chris, Six of us turned up for tennis and had a great time playing doubles and rotating in the extra players who rallied on the singles court while waiting. Some of us would like to get a regular game going so I'm posting a meetup on the 'meetup' website under East Bay Tennis for next Tuesday, 6pm, Larkey Park courts. It's free to join and then you can RSVP or not for any meetup, and also add comments, communicate w/other members, etc. So hope to see you after the 16th when you get back into town. I'll probably schedule a tennis meetup on Tuesday, June 19th.
Hi Chris, A couple of us are going to meet tomorrow, Tuesday June 5, 6pm at Larkey park courts in WC to play/hit; join us if you like. I'll give you a call tomorrow to pass on any updates.
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A's pounce to continue hold over Darvish
OAKLAND -- The A's continue to bring out the worst in Yu Darvish.
Dominant against everyone else, Texas' ace has repeatedly faltered against the A's, who stayed true to habit and knocked him around in a 10-6 victory at the Coliseum on Tuesday night to even this three-game set.View Full Game Coverage
OAKLAND -- The A's continue to bring out the worst in Yu Darvish.
Dominant against everyone else, Texas' ace has repeatedly faltered against the A's, who stayed true to habit and knocked him around in a 10-6 victory at the Coliseum on Tuesday night to even this three-game set.View Full Game Coverage
Derek Norris not only drove in half of those runs but did so in two at-bats off the bench. Oakland's other two catchers went 5-for-6 with two RBIs.
"A game like that, 7-for-8 combined, seven RBIs from the catchers, that's fun," said Stephen Vogt. "Obviously it's just a great team win. To have all three of us play in the same game and contribute, it's pretty special."
"It's pretty amazing," said manager Bob Melvin. "It's quite a luxury."
The A's knack for beating up on Darvish is also pretty amazing.
On the night, he was charged with seven runs, four of them earned, in just five-plus innings, all the while driving up his career ERA against the A's to 4.94 in 10 starts -- including a 7.59 ERA in four winless outings in Oakland.
He's 1-8 against the A's; 35-13 with a 2.88 ERA vs. everyone else.
"I saw him pretty well today, fortunately saw three pitches to hit and hit all three of them," said Vogt. "He's such a good pitcher and we've been fortunate enough to have success against him. I don't have anything to explain that."
Neither does Darvish.
"For some reason," he said, "I don't have good numbers against them."
The A's formula for beating him doesn't differ from their typical game plan against any other pitcher: Run up his pitch count and tire him out before he finds his rhythm.
To this point it's worked, as Darvish's three shortest outings of the season have all been against the A's. On Tuesday, they recorded five walks against the righty, who was pulled at 99 pitches after each of his first two batters of the sixth inning reached base.
Both scored when Norris came off the bench in place of John Jaso and belted a three-run homer to left field off righty reliever Shawn Tolleson, Norris' eighth of the season and sixth with at least two men on base.
Norris would come through again in the eighth against another right-hander, notching a two-run double off Jason Frasor, giving him five RBIs in just two at-bats -- and 34 in 187 plate appearances for the season. He had 30 last year in 308 plate appearances.
"He's done it before coming off the bench, and has a knack for it," said Melvin. "He's ready for the situation. He's got a nice, short stroke for coming off the bench and knows how to pinch-hit. You don't play for the majority of the game and you end up with five RBIs, it means you're taking advantage of your opportunities."
"That's something pretty special, but that's a credit to the team for getting on base and putting together opportunities for me," said Norris. "I've worked pretty hard on making my swing more consistent, just more level of a bat path, but ultimately trying to stay in the zone as long as I can with the bat. The longer you're in the zone, the more chances you have of barreling the ball. So that's my main goal, and I've worked hard on it. It's paying off."
Jaso did his part, collecting two hits off Darvish while catching Tommy Milone's 5 2/3 innings. Alberto Callaspo, who went 4-for-5 in Monday's opener, reached base in all four of his plate appearances in the middle matchup, collecting two hits and two walks in the win.
Darvish's ERA went from 2.11 to 2.39. And the A's extended their American League West division lead over the fourth-place Rangers to eight games, maintaining a 4 1/2-game advantage over the Angels, sitting in second place.
Milone allowed the Rangers three runs on five hits and one walk with three strikeouts spanning 5 2/3 innings during the D-No Show.
"It's a lot of fun to watch," said Milone. "It seems like he's doing that every time out."
"D-No is such a good baseball player," said Vogt. "He's having an All-Star caliber year, and I hope that gets recognized. What he's done off the bench, just what I've been fortunate enough to witness, it's incredible the way he comes in, he doesn't get big, he doesn't try to do too much and comes through all the time. You just can't say enough about how special of a baseball player Derek Norris is. It's just so much fun to be his teammate and watch him do it."
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I thought when I got home on Monday evening I might have found the Phillies without a few of their veterans. The team has failed to respond to any stimulus provided throughout the year. Charlie Manuel tried meetings. They brought some guys back from the DL. Ruben Amaro basically said, "Win the series in Atlanta–or else." As you may have noticed the Phillies were swept out of Atlanta, continuing a season of struggles against the NL East. The optimism that accompanied the 4-game win streak of last week is gone now, and the only chance that remains is a mathematical one. With a couple of months of what promises to be low-intensity baseball left, the question becomes, where do the Phillies go from here?
1. Make the Obvious Trades. Victorino must go. Pierre should be dealt as should Joe Blanton. If the Phillies find a taker for Ty Wigginton they can go ahead and trade him too. Keeping guys like Pierre and Blanton makes no sense, given the standings, and if they wanted to keep Shane it would be simply to save some face this year. The return for these players will be minimal. The Phillies could look for relief pitcher. Maybe you get lucky on a mid-ceiling prospect. Perhaps you can get Baltimore to part with one of their starting pitchers who has fallen out of favor? The Phillies should make these deals to get themselves under the luxury tax threshold and to open up a place in the outfield immediately. Even if they get nothing in return for these players, those are enough positives to move ahead.
2. Call up Dom Brown yesterday. Brown was either wildly overrated or the Phillies did hinder his development a great degree with their yo-yo promotion/demotion tactics, but Brown is no longer THAT young. Eventually you run out of time for seasoning. Dom Brown cannot start the 2013 season in Lehigh for the Phillies. He needs to be on the Major League roster, or the Phillies need to move on. Brown has displayed a knack for getting hurt this year, but he's also finally rounded back into prospect form. He's hitting .395 in July with a 900+ OPS. When you first heard about Brown the term was "5-tools." What we've seen from Brown is that he may, in fact, not have any elite skills. He can throw, and he can run, but is he ever going to hit 30 homers? Or develop into a good outfielder? Probably not. But, Brown could be a contributing, low-cost piece on the Phillies for the next several years. A LF that hits .265/20HR would be a revelation compared to what they put in LF this year. Especially at $500,000 those stats are pretty easy to swallow. Give Dom Brown 50 starts from now until the end of the year, give him 200 at-bats and see what it looks like. For those concerned about his defense, have you seen Hunter Pence play RF this year? And, even if he is a butcher, the Phillies really have an eye toward 2013 at this point. If he costs you a game or two in the field, what's the difference?
3. Watch Halladay closely/Limit His Innings. You have to keep sending Roy out there at this point, because there is the occasional sign that he's coming around. Halladay may never throw 93-94 again, but plenty of pitchers have been effective at lower velocities. We know Halladay will work at it, but at some point you wonder if he's pushing himself too hard. If Roy continues to mix in 6IP/4ER type of outings, it might be time to reexamine the health of his shoulder. If you shut Halladay down, you could also promote a starter from AAA to see if there's any shot he could fill the #5 spot in the rotation next year (long shot). If Halladay is throwing 110 pitches in late August and September (barring a 24-game win streak), someone should be relieved of their duties. And, I'm not even a pitch count guy.
4. Treat all other veterans with care. The Phillies got old quick. They need some of those veterans to stay healthy throughout 2013. Chase Utley looks better to me than last year, but it was September when he really trailed off in 2011. To me, it's hard to justify him playing even five times a week down the stretch if the Phillies are out of it. Ryan Howard needs to play to continue to get himself closer to being in shape, but he too should see plenty of days off down the stretch. Same goes for Chooch. Does this mean the Phillies are going to trot out some painful/hilarious lineups in September? Probably.
5. Trade Big Salary in the Off-Season. I don't see the Phillies moving Lee and/or Pence before Tuesday. If they do, hopefully it is because they have been blown away by a massive offer. If they wait until the winter they can give themselves some more time to plan the next two or three seasons for this team. Yep, it's finally time to look long-term. Also, the market for starting pitchers will be very thin this winter when it comes to free agents. Say Cliff Lee has a big last two months, the price he'd bring from a team who misses out on Greinke this winter would be a lot more than the Phillies could get in the next two days. And, trading Lee now for any prospects, just for the sake of dumping salary seems like a rushed judgment. Got to start thinking bigger picture.
6. Attitude/Leadership Changes. Nothing makes a team look worse than losing. The Phillies had plenty of fire against the Brewers, but when shut down by Atlanta, it looks like they have no heart. Charlie Manuel appears to be cracking a bit. The once loyal Manuel has started to publicly say that he doesn't see "the want" in his players. Manuel is an old-school guy. He puts up with Jimmy Rollins' strolls to first because they were winning 100 games. Now, I imagine it's driving him crazy. I can't even begin to comprehend the level of frustration among the coaching staff. So, even with a clean slate next year how are the Phillies going to change the feel of things? Manuel and Rollins have taken on a bit of a Brown/Iverson feel for me at this point. Most times, it's the player who stays, but if the Phillies don't want to eat Manuel's fat contract, J-Roll could find himself on the trading block next to Cliff Lee.
So, if I'm a Phillies fan at this point, I've closed the book on 2012–minus the blind faith quotient. This Phillies team is like when I'm watching a golf tournament and thinking well…"If he birdies the last 6 holes and the other guy hits 4 in the water–I'm liking our chances all of a sudden!" What you hope is that the Phillies do call up Brown, or perhaps a young starter, or maybe they pry away a legitimate prospect from another team. Then you'd have something to watch the last two months, because it's been 6 years since we saw a meaningless baseball game in this city. It's going to be a hard adjustment for the fans to make (especially the "new" fans), and it's already been a hard year, but the Phillies have to figure out a way to keep things positive in regard to 2013 and beyond. Fortunes with the fans can turn quickly. Just ask the Sixers.


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When building the National Service of civil protection, the need to create a connection for the activity of risk prediction and prevention on the one hand and for emergency management on the other progressively emerged.
For this reason, starting from 1982, a technical-scientific committee was established to give an authoritative opinion on scientific matters and to direct risk prevention research. With law no. 225 of 1992, the Committee became the connecting body between the National Service and the scientific community. Since 2006, the National committee for predicting and preventing great risks has been an independent structure with respect to the Department of Civil Protection, because it is presided over and made up of experts qualified in the subjects of interest for civil protection.
The Operative Committee is, however, the body which ensures the joint management and coordination of the emergency activities. It gathers when Italy Situation Room becomes a crisis unit and the calamity directly involves the Department of Civil Protection. Established in 1984, it obtained its current set-up in 2006. The committee is presided over by the Head of Department and is composed by representatives of the National system of civil protection.


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There is no quarterback derby at USC during training camp, but freshman reserve Max Browne believes he still might find himself directing the Trojans' offense this season.
"I know I'm one play away or one hit away," Browne said. "You don't want to think that but you see that happen with other teams. That's the mindset I took."
Browne is currently the backup to starter Cody Kessler and trying to demonstrate he is better than last spring, when Kessler beat him out for the job.
"I'm feeling stronger and I think I've done good things," Browne said. "I'm pleased so far with the way I played."
Browne is also more comfortable because he is more familiar with Coach Steve Sarkisian's no-huddle offense.
"I made a comment to someone, it's so nice now when studying the playbook, you're just refreshing instead of learning everything," Browne said. "It's not drastically new stuff."
The other difference for Browne is the depth on the offense.
"Every position we have a full third-string," Browne said.
Asked if true freshman wide receiver Juju Smith could play in the season opener against Fresno State, Browne said, "I'd say so. I think he will be ready. He put his head down and grinded."
The other true freshman drawing attention is two-way player Adoree Jackson.
"I'm just impressed with the way he moves back and forth between offense and defense," Browne said.
Offensive line holes
One difference for Kessler is adjusting to an offensive line that could have three new starters. So far, Zach Banner is the new starter at right tackle while freshman Toa Lobendahn is starting at left guard, with senior left guard Aundrey Walker still recovering from a fractured ankle.
The right guard position is wide open and has several candidates, including Khaliel Rodgers and Damien Mama.
"That's something as a quarterback you notice but I don't think it's that big a deal," Kessler said. "Some new guys will get a chance with so many wide-open spots. They get to put their resume on film and work for it."
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Kessler compared running the no-huddle offense to being a point guard on a basketball team. That is fortunate for Kessler, because he was a point guard at Centennial High School in Bakersfield.
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AWS Takes Shot At VMware With New Portal
Amazon Web Services recently sent shock waves through the industry by unveiling VMware integration in the form of the AWS Management Portal for vCenter. This will allow enterprises already using VMware's open-source vCenter to use that same platform in the AWS environment (and migrate virtual machine images thereto) without learning or having to train employees on new tools. Plus, service providers will reportedly be able to offer their VMware clients self-service access to the Amazon cloud.
The AWS move surprised many industry observers, because VMware released its own private IaaS solution, designed to be compatible with VMware products, less than a year ago. Whereas it was once thought that this would allow VMware to -- in the words of Silicon Angle staff writer Maria Deutscher -- "pull the rug from under established public cloud providers such as Amazon and Rackspace," Amazon's recent announcement pulls the entire hardwood floor out from beneath VMware.
Amazon's vCenter Portal has been called everything from a Trojan Horse to a stealth bomb by the tech punditry.
And, to be fair, Amazon's move is an aggressive one, presenting a huge threat to the bottom line for VMware's private cloud. It has been estimated that 60% of virtualized enterprises use VMware-based products, representing a major market that VMware no longer has cornered when it comes to the cloud. Just as the Holy Roman Empire assimilated pagans centuries ago through interpretatio christiana, the cloud conqueror AWS is telling enterprises that they can keep the idols of its competition, but integrated and rebranded under the Church of Amazon.
What's more, the AWS vCenter Portal plugs a key hole for Amazon. Offering no on-premises solutions itself, AWS can use the portal to "piggyback" on to VMware's on-premises infrastructure.
Naturally, VMware is putting up a fight. In a blog post three days after the Amazon announcement, VMware's Americas CTO, Chris Wolf, bit back, heavily hinting that anyone who goes with Amazon's vCenter Portal will have difficulties exporting their data or managing multi-cloud environments.
Of course, this kind of anti-lock-in rhetoric is all too common among cloud competitors. (VMware itself once faced similar lock-in fear mongering about its ESX hypervisor.) This history, combined with Amazon's announcement that its companion VM Import/Export tool allows customers to download instances and run them on the premises, and that the tool is compatible with multiple major hypervisors (including ESX, Hyper-V, and Xen), makes Wolf's postulations seem disingenuous.
The irony of all of this is that vendor lock-in is the whole point of Amazon's strategy here, but not lock-in to Amazon. Clouds, being clouds, are ethereal; they can be migrated to and fro. On-premises solutions last -- and thereby contribute to the sunk cost fallacy.
Or, as Mirantis co-founder and executive vice president Boris Rensk wrote in a Network Computing blog post six months ago, "One thing is for sure: enterprises will not do away with their existing VMware investment overnight."
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Jon Jones is no match for Wladimir Klitschko or his brother Vitali -- so claims Joe Rogan ... who tells us the UFC champ's goal to beat one of the Ukrainians is laughable.
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Sanford J. Ungar, the president of Goucher College, plans to resign next summer after 13 years at the head of the Towson school, according to a letter circulated to faculty, staff and students Friday.
The letter, addressed to board of trustees chairwoman Norma Lynn Fox, offered no reason for Ungar's decision but noted the "many political, financial, and curricular challenges" liberal arts colleges are facing.
"I believe Goucher is well-positioned to deal with these issues, but I also feel it is time for the college to seek a new leader who can bring his or her own experience and perspective to bear and move this remarkable institution forward," Ungar wrote.
Ungar, who has been the college's president since July 2001, wrote that he plans for his resignation to take effect on June 30, 2014, and that after a sabbatical he hopes to return to the 1,500-student school and teach in the history and communications and media studies departments.
"My time leading Goucher has been one of the most fulfilling experiences of my career and my life," Ungar wrote. "Goucher students, as I have learned, are among the very best in the business — innovative, highly motivated individuals, and independent thinkers who will make a major difference in the world when they leave us."
After he informed them of his departure, Goucher faculty reflected on his tenure, which some said was marked by bold visions like a study-abroad requirement he instituted.
"For more than a decade, Sandy Ungar has been Goucher College's greatest advocate," said La Jerne Terry Cornish, the college's faculty chair and chair of the education department. "Committed to the liberal arts tradition, he made the college more distinctive. While news of his departure is bittersweet, we are thankful for his years of dedicated service to Goucher College and its community of learners."
Some saw Ungar, a former National Public Radio host without a Ph.D., as an unusual choice to run the former women's college, but under his leadership applications to Goucher climbed — so much that the school faced housing shortages in the middle of the last decade.
Ungar joined the school with the aim of making it a more international institution, and in 2006 the college started requiring every graduate to study abroad, a move that attracted national attention to the small school.
"There is much in the past dozen years of which we can all be proud," he wrote in the letter. "That every Goucher student has at least one overseas educational experience truly makes this college distinctive among its peers and competitors, and gives our students a great comparative advantage."
Ungar was previously the dean of the School of Communication at American University and had worked in magazines and newspapers.
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Ellsworth Mobile Meth Lab Contained Suspected Bomb
Ellsworth police were called to investigate suspicious activity in the parking lot of the Ellsworth Hampton Inn on October 18th. As a result, three Aroostook County residents are facing drug charges for possessing and trafficking in methamphetamine. The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency now says they also found something suspected of being a bomb.
Commander Peter Arno, of the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency said in a press release today that when police investigated the report of suspicious activity, they found two vehicles in the parking lot of the hotel, each containing ingredients for making meth. In one of the vehicles, they also found two "One Pot" laboratories where the drug was being manufactured.
Because of the extremely toxic and explosive nature of Methamphetamine manufacturing, the MDEA's Clandestine Drug Laboratory Enforcement Team (CDLET) was activated in order to safely dismantle the labs.
Agents working on one of the labs also found a suspicious device in one of the vehicles, suspected to be an improvised explosive device. A Maine State Police Bomb Squad technician responded to the scene and disposed of the device by disrupting it. Further testing will be done to determine whether or not this was, in fact, an explosive device.
In 2013, the MDEA CDLET has responded to fourteen suspected methamphetamine related laboratory incidents, the majority of which have been in Aroostook County. This was the first reported methamphetamine laboratory incident in Hancock County.
Arrested in the Ellsworth bust were Jessica Jones, 29, of Fort Fairfield, Ezra Brady, 22, of Bridgewater, and Jesse Sawyer, 31, of Linneus. All have been charged with Trafficking in Schedule W drugs (Methamphetamine), a Class B Felony.


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Tonight on WWE Main Event: It's Ego Bowl here today as "Mr. Money in the Bank" Dolph Ziggler takes on former WWE Champion The Miz in the featured bout of the night. What's going to happen when the newly-minted rivals collide? It's a great match, that's for sure. Also, Damien Sandow might've bitten off more than he can chew when he challenges a certain 10-time champion. Should be a good one!
And we are TAPED! from Grand Rapids, Mich. Michael Cole and John "Bradshaw" Layfield are our hosts. This show is presented in WWEHD (TV-PG,V).
Match #1 - The Miz (Cleveland, Ohio) vs. Dolph Ziggler (Hollywood, Fla.)
The two engage in a spirited promo battle before the match. It ends with Ziggler slapping Miz and a referee magically appears to kick things off.
We're back from break and it's The Miz who is in control, staying on Ziggler. But Ziggler is able to fire back and takes over the match briefly. He hits the jumping elbow and goes to work with a side headlock. But they exchange reversals and Miz sends Ziggler flying into the turnbuckle with a catapult. Miz goes for the backbreaker/neckbreaker combo, but Ziggler counters the neckbreaker and hits a picture perfect dropkick.
This lets Ziggler go back to work with another headlock. Ziggler charges Miz but Miz backdrops him over the top rope and Ziggler goes flying high into the air and crashes hard on the floor.
We're back and Ziggler is in control, courtesy of chucking Miz hard into the barricade during the break. Ziggler lands a series of elbow drops and another jumping elbow for two. Miz, though, hits a drop kick that sends Ziggler into the corner. Miz charges but Ziggler moves and Miz goes into the post.
On the other side of the ring, Ziggler goes to looses the turnbuckle covering but is cut off by the referee. Ziggler back to work with the headstand chinlock that he turns into a rear chinlock. They start trading punches and hit the ropes and level each other as both go for cross bodies.
We're back and Ziggler hits the Fameasser for a two count. Ziggler tries for the sleeper but Miz escapes and drops Ziggler to the canvas. He hits two clotheslines and now he gets the backbreaker/neckbreaker combo but Ziggler kicks out at two. Miz, though, charges right into a boot in the corner. Ziggler wants a cover but puts his legs on the ropes and is caught by the referee. Miz comes back with a Side Effect for a two count.
Ziggler ducks a punch and goes around to lock in the sleeper. Miz drops to his knees but is able to work back to a vertical base. He backs Ziggler into the corner and this gives him enough of an opening to break the hold when Ziggler had to readjust.
Miz hits the corner clothesline and he actually goes to the top rope and hits a double sledge. Miz calls for the Skull-Crushing Finale but Ziggler rolls him through. Miz with a rollup for two. Miz goes to charge but Ziggler moves and Miz runs into the exposed turnbuckle and Ziggler hits the Zig Zag and that does it.
Winner via pinfall: Dolph Ziggler
Ziggler gets the mic after the match and says he is better than anyone in the world and he is just getting started.
Match #2 - Justin Gabriel (Cape Town, South Africa) vs. Wade Barrett (Preston, England)
Gabriel hits a big springboard crossbody for two. Barrett, though, ducks another high-lfying maneuver and hits a Boss Man Slam for two. Gabriel fires back and wants to go to the top for the 450 Splash but Barrett knocks him down and hits the Bullhammer elbow and that does it.
Winner via pinfall: Wade Barrett
Damien Sandow is out. He is here to help all of us. He says he will finally get the chance to rid the WWE of its most offensive delinquent next week right here on Main Event when he faces John Cena. This is fantastic. Right here, next week!
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For a Monday in early June, it was actually a pretty busy day for hockey news, with a couple of stories relating to the Toronto Maple Leafs.
First, obviously, is the announcement from MLSE that the Toronto Marlies have come to terms with head coach Dallas Eakins and his two assistants for a three-year extension to coach the Leafs' AHL club.
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Eakins, 45, became the third head coach in Marlies history on August 4, 2009. With their appearance in the current Calder Cup Final, the Marlies, with Eakins at the helm, are the Maple Leafs first AHL affiliate to play in the league championship since 1991-92. The Marlies captured the Sam Pollock Trophy as the winner of the AHL's North Division in 2011-12. Under Eakins guidance, the team has ranked first in the AHL in penalty-killing in 2010-11 and 2011-12. Toronto surrendered a league-low 175 goals in 2011-12 and finished with a record of 44-25-5-3 and 96 points which is the 2nd best total in team history. As the second playoff seed in the AHL's Western Conference, the Marlies this spring eliminated Rochester, Abbotsford and first place Oklahoma City on their path to the 2012 Calder Cup Final.
This has to be good news, as there as a sentiment that the Leafs may not have been able to hold onto Eakins, who has been very successful AHL coach but not ready for the NHL yet. Toronto retain him not only through the Calder Cup Finals, but also in case an astute NHL team is looking for a head coach.
The Leafs have only just hired Randy Carlyle, so it's not like Eakins has only a short wait until the Leafs "call him up" but he's a guy that is probably NHL-ready and will get his turn eventually. He could potentially return with the Leafs, but this gives the prospects who stay down on the farm more organizational stability. Nobody's going anywhere, and you'd hope that some of the players who are on the AHL run get an extra year to get their pro legs under them.
Apropos of Dallas Eakins, the Marlies dropped two games in Norfolk this weekend in the Calder Cup Finals. They return down 0 games to 2 on Thursday at the Ricoh Coliseum.
Meanwhile, in goaltending news, the Washington Capitals flipped the rights to Tomas Vokoun to the Pittsburgh Penguins for a seventh round draft pick. The Penguins signed Vokoun just minutes later to a 2-year contract worth $4M.
What really matters here is that it takes a very good goalie off the already slim goaltender market as the Penguins make their move quickly. Bob McKenzie, as I'm sure you're aware, tweeted this:
WSH had given Vokoun permission to shop around before July 1. PIT made an offer that others, including TOR, wouldn't.
— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) June 4, 2012
Allow me to be skeptical about whether Toronto and Vokoun are the right fit. He's a good short-term option, but as I mentioned in the post this morning, the Leafs really need to be look out for the long-term as far as goaltending goes. If goaltenders dip in performance at age 36 or 37, you aren't exactly sure you're getting that elite Florida netminder if you sign Vokoun for the 36 and 37-year old season.
The bigger news relating to the Leafs actually is that a potential veteran backup who could have been brought in to take pressure off James Reimer signed with the KHL. Curtis Sanford, 32, who had a .923 EV SV% last season with the Blue Jackets has signed with the restored Yaroslav Lokomotiv according to Aaron Portzline. Sanford was a guy who probably had 20 or so quality starts in him and who was probably the best cheap backup available on the market.