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OilCityGroup necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 143 diseños de 60 diseñadores freelance.
Seeking talented designer to design a logo for a hot new gay friendly nightclub. We are looking for a welcoming dynamic logo to appeal to everyone. We want it to be fresh, fun and very cool. The club will give people an uplifting and positive experience. We like the ones that are incorporating male and female gender signs... but we need it to represent gay and straight.
We are quite interested to see a lot of ideas and designs as to our description below.
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Play is a gay friendly nightclub where everyone will be invited in to "play". This will be a place where everyone is welcomed and will feel comfortable and get to let loose while partying the night away. There will be dancing, parties and good ole' weekend fun. We want are logo to be welcoming, fun, fresh, mature, maybe colorful, maybe only black & white, and most of all dynamic in a suttle way. It must appeal to the masses, all ages and groups.
- the name must be present
- Nightclub as taglineLogo may be transfered to ironworks and/ or neon lighting.
- Nothing to intricate or complex
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In the fights with western Indians, the U.S. Army was able to employ artillery very rarely, for the simple reason that the Indians refused to concentrate or stay put long enough for it to be used … The narrowness of the conditions under which artillery is genuinely lethal were well observed by a party of Sioux visiting Washington, D.C. in 1870. To emphasize the White Father's might, government officials took them to see a huge coastal artillery gun firing into the Potomoc. The Sioux were unimpressed: it was a monstrous weapon, all right, but "nobody with any brains would sit on his pony in front of it."
— Lawrence H. Keeley, War Before Civilization
In November, 16 M1-A1 Abrams tanks were brought to Helmand Province. Now, the Afghan National Army has asked for armored personnel carriers — and according to President Hamid Karzai, they're getting them.
But heavy weapons are not going to help us or the ANA win the war. In fact, they are more likely to accelerate the losing of the battle with the Taliban. American officers training the ANA whom I've spoken with in the course of seven embeds in Afghanistan all but unanimously think that the ANA ought to be a light, maneuverable force like the enemy it faces. Rather than tanks or APCs, they need light all-terrrain vehicles that can go up the almost ubiquitous rugged mountains of the region.
It's bad enough that American troops are all but imprisoned in their MRAPs and other large, cumbersome vehicles that break in rough terrain. If the ANA follows our lead, they will face our problems: vulnerable to mines, confined to level terrain, lacking in situational awareness and access to the local population.
One of the young officers I've come to know through embeds in Khost and Zabul, Major Derrick Hernandez, has experience working with the Afghan police and army in both provinces. He comments,
We need to be careful on how we train and shape the Afghan Security forces. We need to ensure that we are leaving the Afghans with a sustainable military and police force. If we create a mirror image of our Infantry units, then our weaknesses (IEDs, VBIEDs, an isolated populace that allows the enemy to move undetected, predictable patterns, etc) will ultimately become the Afghan Security Forces' weaknesses. The Afghans' strengths are their mobility, they can drive with Ford Rangers and motorcycles exactly where the Taliban stage and operate out of, they are not as confined to roads as the US Army.
Supposedly the 68-ton Abrams tanks will be used to provide overwatch for American ground troops — they have a 12,000-foot range for their 120 mm guns — as well as to destroy houses packed with explosives by insurgents. At 26 feet long and 12 feet wide, the Abrams can only be used on Afghanistan's plains and deserts, and it is being employed by the Marines in Helmand because the terrain is appropriate. But apart from the psychological effect of tanks on the Afghan people, there is a very real issue of what the Abrams' deployment says about the war. The point was to avoid getting into a situation where we are "killing our way out of a counterinsurgency." There were no tanks in Afghanistan in 2003, when I was able to travel alone on local buses across broad stretches of Afghanistan that are now deemed unsafe.
The embrace of heavy, Fulda Gap–style armaments at this stage in the war is a sign of conceptual exhaustion. We can and must do better.


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High School students had to negotiate with some tough Wabash-educated lawyers as part of their Opportunities to Learn About Business (OLAB) experience this week.
OLAB is in its 36th year bringing outstanding high school students from across the nation to Wabash College. This year's 56 students come from seven states and even one student from Korea. See the photo album from Tuesday night here. See photo albums here and here from Wednesday's Labor Negotiations.
"We selected the most diverse OLAB student body in the 36-year history of the program," Program Director Jim Amidon said. "We have high school seniors here from Korea, Los Angeles, New Jersey, and all points in between, and so far they're working together very well.
"We know that with the Internet, the world is shrinking, just as we know that to operate a successful business in 2008, you must compete in a global market."
The students take part in a fast-paced program that includes lectures on finance, production, marketing, business ethics, group decision making, public speaking, the stock market, and labor negotiations. They participate in a number of exercises to build their skills leading toward "The Game."
The Game, a computer simulation that develops a friendly competition among 11 teams, is the culmination of the week's activities. The students create a product, negotiate the labor, and develop a marketing plan to bring their product to consumers.
The negotiations with Wabash alumni attorneys is always a highlight and challenge for the high school students. Eric Cavanaugh, John Bridge, Jon Pactor, Bob Wright, David Pippen, and Brad Johnson played the role of labor negotiator during Wednesday's exercise.
The Wabash grads take it quite seriously.
"I wish I could be nicer to them," Bridge '72 said with a laugh. "I plan on telling them I'm actually a pretty nice guy. One of my negotiation tactics in real life is to get the other side to like me. I think you actually get more of what you want by being likable. If I do this again I may actually try that."
Bridge has long been aware of the program and gets a kick from talking with former participants and alumni negotiators.
A lot of high school and college students have not had job experience at this level. This is the first time they've gotten to see all the mental exercises you have to go through as part of running a business. Its different than working in a store or working in a factory, you're actually a manager making executive decisions."
The students have full days starting at 7:45 with breakfast running until 8 p.m. at night. They have opportunities for recreation at the end of their long days.
The long-running program is driven by sponsors who make the program free to the students.
Often sponsor executives or employees visit the program during the week. Pat Hite, who is a Carmel Rotarian, also serves as a school board member for Options Charter School in Carmel. She had a strong interest during her first visit.
"I know Options has a senior project very similar to this," Hite said. "Students participate in a semester Program. But this program, being a week long, would be invaluable to any of the students at Options. It's amazing what they would learn in critical business skills and then learning to apply that to their central project.
"There is an incredible amount of active participation and learning."
"We pack a lot of learning and a lot of fun into a single week," added Amidon. "What really makes the program special, though, is the interactions the students have with one another and the relationships that develop over the course of the week."
In photos: John Bridge, top right, and Rick Cavanaugh, lower left, negotiate with students.


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Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease.
Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Mike Tinker for Competitive oil and gas lease WYW158649 for land in Big Horn County, Wyoming. The petition was filed on time and was accompanied by all the rentals due since the date the lease terminated under the law.Start Further Info
Bureau of Land Management, Pamela J. Lewis, Chief, Branch of Fluid Minerals Adjudication, at (307) 775-6176.End Further Info End Preamble Start Supplemental Information
The lessee has agreed to the amended lease terms for rentals and royalties at rates of $10 per acre, or fraction thereof, per year and 162/3 percent, respectively. The lessee has paid the required $500 administrative fee and $163 to reimburse the Department for the cost of this Federal Register notice. The lessee has met all the requirements for reinstatement of the lease as set out in Sections 31(d) and (e) of the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 188), and the Bureau of Land Management is proposing to reinstate lease WYW158649 effective October 1, 2007, under the original terms and conditions of the lease and the increased rental and royalty rates cited above. BLM has not issued a valid lease affecting the lands.Start Signature
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Clerk: Group has enough signatures for KCI vote
KANSAS CITY (AP) - A group seeking to require voter approval for any new terminal at Kansas City International Airport has gathered enough signatures to place the proposal on a ballot.
The Kansas City Star reports City Clerk Marilyn Sanders confirmed Thursday that the Friends of KCI had gathered more than the necessary 3,573 signatures on petitions.
The petitioners want to place a question on the April ballot barring the city from advancing any plan to demolish or replace any terminal at KCI without voter approval.
The City Council has 60 days to decide whether to adopt the ballot language on its own or place the question before voters. If the council waits the full 60 days, it would be past the deadline to get items on April's municipal ballot.


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Brett McFall needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
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I create software tools for online marketers that make everything quick and easy. And this really is the Unique Selling Proposition of what I do - I make tasks quick and easy. Hence why the new brand I'm launching - Magic Button. Here's why...
In short, all the software I create will have a consistent theme - press a "magic button" and stuff happens. Making it the simple solution to the task at hand.
Online marketers who need tools to run their businesses.
My software examples include:
Both of which will soon be changing to the "Magic Button" brand. So, this logo needs to allow for wording after the logo to identify which product it is - "salesletters" "audio" "video" etc - this can be added in later
COLOUR: Mono, so that it can be used on any colour background. So, white is good. The logo can also be encapsulated in a coloured-shape if needed.
BRAND PERSONALITY: The underdog software that makes it easy for beginners to do what they couldn't normally do. It's a fun brand, as well as very smart in it's approach - keeping everything to the least amount of steps, and taking what 'big' software does and making it all much simpler, for less effort.
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text: $100 Ideas October 30, 2009 07:35 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Farm Journal Editors Email Two-in-One Easy-Open Wrench Iodine barrel caps can be tricky to get open. I designed a wrench specifically for the job by notching the pattern of the cap in a piece of scrap steel. This piece is welded to a length of ¾" rod with a 90° bend. The other side of the tool fits the smaller caps on the barrels, with its edge matching those slots. With one tool, I'm able to pop open both sides of the barrel. Bryce Steinke Botkins, Ohio ...................................................................................................... Halt Residue Buildup Harvest must go on despite some undesirable field conditions. When fields are wet, muddy tires can slow the process even more. To prevent chaff and mud from building up inside the rear wheels of the combine, we used epoxy to attach a piece of keystock, zinc-plated steel. Placed inside the wheel, the keystock acts like a vane to move the material out of the wheel as it rolls through the field. Treg Shidler Clay City, Ind. ...................................................................................................... Double Your Money $200 Hail Insurance With water conservation a top priority, our natural resources department offered a cost-share program to install soil moisture sensors on irrigated acres. The systems cost $650 per field to install but save up to $14 per acre every year. Living in a high-risk hail area, I wanted to protect the investment. A discarded electrical box is just the right size to protect the data loggers, the most expensive piece of the system. The throw lever was kept intact and the data logger secured in the box. The unit was then installed on a post at the edge of the field. It hailed for 25 minutes this past July. Although the crop suffered damage, the data loggers were safe. Sparse rainfall in the western Corn Belt can be alleviated with irrigation, but hail is another natural concern for farmers in the area. To protect expensive computer equipment, Kelly Lehmann reused a standard electrical box. Lehmann farms with his brother, Kent, in southwest Nebraska. They grow corn, soybeans, wheat, native hay and alfalfa. They also have a 300-head herd of cattle. The Double Your Money winner receives $200. Other farmers featured receive $100 each. Share your unpublished ideas and join our $100 Ideas Club. Upon publication, you'll receive a hat and check. Send a description of your idea and a photo or sketch to: $100 Ideas, Farm Journal, P.O. Box 1188, Johnston, IA 50131-9421, or e-mail $email@example.com. Include your address and phone number. All material published becomes the property of Farm Journal Media. Back to news


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Description of 149 Dasharon Lane, Goose Creek, SC 29445
Welcome home to 149 Dasharon Lane in The Hamlets of Crowfield where if you are a bird watcher or golfer, you will feel right at home! This home is nestled at the end of cul-de-sac and backs up to the 7th tee box of Crowfield Golf Course with lake views. The home sites on just over a 1/3 of an acre and has privacy on one side. The home features an open foyer as you enter the home along with a formal living room with cathedral ceilings perfect for a flex space. Just beyond the living room, you will find the formal dining room that features chair railing, picture molding and crown molding. The kitchen features custom built cabinets with lighting under, stainless appliances, plenty of counter space and an eat-in area. The wow factor is in the family room where the features include... 2-story tall ceilings and a gas log fireplace. The downstairs master bedroom has a corner fireplace and is the perfect fit for empty nesters, or growing families. The space features a smooth tray ceiling, a ceiling fan and a master bathroom. The bathroom has a separate stand up shower and tub along with a dual vanity with in lay sinks. There is also a walk-in closet and a separate water closet for privacy and tile flooring. The laundry room is just off the master bedroom suite and leads to the 2-car garage. Upstairs you will find an amazing view of the family room downstairs along with three large bedrooms an additional bonus room that is perfect for a 5th bedroom, playroom or flex space and a full bathroom. Pool table conveys with acceptable offer. French doors lead out to a spacious backyard where you will love the setting under the shade trees enjoying the lake and golf course views that backs up to the woods nearby. The owner has recently replaced the ridge vent and all vent boots on the roof. Additional Installation in the attic was done in 2018. There is also an electric fence that runs along the side of the home next to the pond and along the back yard along the golf course. Other features include 2" wood blinds throughout home, a thermostat that works via wi-fi with Alexa or your cell phone. There is an alarm system owned with indoor and outdoor siren, as well as a thermostat controlled automatic attic fan that helps keep the house cool during the summer months. The tankless water heater is three years old. The carpet was replaced in 2014. Don't forget the additional storage in the attic in the bonus room. The home has had updated light fixtures and features hard surface counter tops in the kitchen. The only thing missing is YOU! Don't feel like cooking... Lunch and dinner is now just a walk or golf cart down the road. The Crowfield Golf Club now serves lunch and dinner at the Crowfield Bar & Grill.
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MACON, Ga. (Feb. 1, 2011) - After compiling three Atlantic Sun Newcomer of the Week awards this season, freshman standout Destiny Mitchell (Bluffton, Ga.) has now added a new honor to her list of accolades achieved in her young Lady Buccaneer career as the Bluffton, Ga. native was tabbed Player of the Week, announced the league office on Tuesday.
Mitchell, who helped guide the Lady Bucs to a perfect 3-0 mark last week, averaged 17 points, 11 rebounds, 5.3 steals and two assists in 30.3 minutes of work. The Bluffton, Ga. native also shot 54 percent from the field (20-of-37) and 85 percent from the free throw line (11-for-13).
The guard/forward began the week by recording 18 points, nine rebounds and five steals in the 64-42 win over USC Upstate on Wednesday night. Following the 22-point win over the Spartans, Mitchell recorded back-to-back double-doubles in victories over Kennesaw State and Mercer. Mitchell kicked off the weekend with 17 points, a career-high 13 rebounds, and five steals against the Owls, before wrapping play up with 16 points, 11 rebounds, and a career-best six steals in the 100-62 win over the Bears Monday evening.
The criminal justice major currently ranks third in the A-Sun in field goal percentage (50.2) and steals (2.3), fourth in rebounding (9.1), and seventh in scoring (14.8).
Mitchell and the Lady Bucs begin a two-game Florida road swing Saturday afternoon at Stetson. Tip is set for 1 p.m. inside the Edmunds Center.
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Interesting report on MSNBC today about doctors in rehab in California who are allowed to obtain confidential drug and alcohol treatment while continuing to provide patient care. Here's the url: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22314486/
Oregon has a similar program of confidential drug and alcohol treatment for physicians. Here is the url for the Board of Medical Examiners summary of the program: http://oregon.gov/BME/healthprog.shtml. The statutes codifying the Oregon program are ORS 677.615-677.677.
The MSNBC article notes that many drug and alcohol treatment professionals and the American Medical Association support these types of programs. According to the AMA, allowing an impaired physician to continue treating patients encourages impaired doctors to seek treatment. Of course, the article also notes that California is ending its program because a review revealed that the confidential program failed to protect patients. And it also failed to encourage doctors to receive treatment.
The California experience provides hard data that undermines the AMA's position. My perspective is surely colored by representing patients, but even so, there is something horrifying about a patient not knowing about a doctor's impairment.
If you have any doubt about this in the abstract, consider a fairly simple hypothetical question. Would you want a surgeon who is addicted to drugs performing surgery on your child? If the answer is, "Of course not," then it's easy to see the problem with the confidential approach that allows impaired doctors to continue treating patients.
The AMA should be advocating for quality of care, and the California experience makes clear that the current system delivers lower quality care. An impaired doctor can be dangerous to patients. If the impairment is kept confidential, the very least that should happen is that the doctor should take a leave so that patients have confidence in their physician. Alternatively--and it's a radical alternative--remove the confidentiality so that patients can choose. I imagine the radical alternative would horrify the AMA and the Oregon Board of Medical Examiners. I could see that reaction. But if you're not going to give patients the information they need to protect themselves, then you surely should take the impaired physician out of circulation.
David F. Sugerman
Paul & Sugerman, PC
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Doctors in Rehab Still Practicing Medicine
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12 Things We Wished Happened on the 'Desperate Housewives' Finale
All TV shows must come to an end and even though the world is anxiously awaiting the day when 'Two-and-a-Half Men' joins the ranks of polio and disco music, audiences recently had to say goodbye to another long-running resident of TV Land.
The final 'Desperate Housewives' episode aired Sunday with a shocking two-hour finale that tied up the lives of characters beloved by die-hard audiences of women and men who tell their co-workers that they only watch Spike and mixed martial arts. Here are some surprises that even threw fans for a loop.
1. The CDC quarantines Wisteria Lane under a giant plastic bubble to contain the rampant spread of airborne STDs that the residents created.
2. The wardrobe and makeup departments thank the creators of "duct tape" for their years of "uplifting" service on the show.
3. The girls enjoy a wistful retrospective of their favorite memories by screening a slideshow on Marcia Cross' forehead.
4. The final shot of Susan (Teri Hatcher) driving past the ghosts of characters who had passed away also includes Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda.
5. After Scott Bakula's lawyer character helps get Bree (Cross) off of her murder conviction, he "Quantum Leaps" into the body of the Lindbergh baby.
6. Nicollette Sheridan's cameo appearance is replaced by a giant black box that reads, "Legally not allowed to show."
7. ABC executives walk into the final scene desperately pleading the cast to stay because they don't want to imagine a world where 'Celebrity Apprentice' is the most watched show on Sundays.
8. Teri Hatcher receives a surprise visit from the Secret Service to "investigate" claims of easy women in the area.
9. Zombies interrupt Renee's (Vanessa Williams) wedding setting up the inevitable spinoff, 'The Desperate Walking Dead.'
10. Eight years of wanton sexual innuendo and sexually expressive women causes Rick Santorum's head to spontaneously explode.
11. Elderly Mrs. McCluskey (Kathryn Joosten) follows Nicolette Sheridan's lead and washes her car in short shorts and a wet T-shirt.
12. The ending reveals the entire series was just the fever dream of an NBC executive trying to brainstorm an idea for a winning series, only to toss it in the rubbish bin and instead give the green-light to 'Whitney.'


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Some years ago during a high-water the old bridge has been destroyed. This wooden frame work bridge is the new one. It is a very similar construction to the one you find some kilometers downstream.
Bad Hindelang in the Allgäu region is a popular health resort. The small village with it's five districts has still preserved its charm. Many of the houses are built in the traditional Allgäu style.


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TendersLounge needed a new wordpress theme design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 21 designs submitted by 6 freelance designers.
TendersLounge is for goalies. our readers and contributors are goalies. the audience ranges from kids to seniors... but they're all goalies. or at least hockey fans.
goalies and hockey fans
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- i like http://www.techcrunch.com, http://www.gigaom.com and http://www.sportsnetworker.com
- current theme for http://www.tenderslounge.com was used b/c it was only theme offered by WP that accommodated size of my new logo
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In December 2001, three months after Central Florida's economy was staggered by the attacks of 9-11, community leaders said it was time to fortify our low-wage work force with better-paying jobs.
Twelve years on, there has been progress, but not enough to alter our economic DNA. In fact, Central Florida is now the lowest-paying major metro area in the country, according to federal data analyzed by the Orlando Sentinel.


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Hollow Da Don (106 & Park Hall-Of-Famer) Vs Philly Swain Rap Battle Pt. 1 [Grind Time N.Y.]
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UConn's defensive effort 'one of the best ever for us'
STANFORD, Calif. -- It is not often when UConn women's coach Geno Auriemma and his staff can walk away from a game knowing full well that the team accomplished what it set out to do defensively. Auriemma can normally find a hole in the Huskies' performance no matter how flawless it seems on the surface.
Yet, as he stood inside Maples Pavilion Saturday following a 61-35 win over No. 1 Stanford, Auriemma did not have anything negative to say. Second-ranked UConn was that efficient in its execution of the scouting report produced by assistant coach Marisa Moseley.
No team had ever held the Cardinal to lower than 19.6 percent shooting from the field or fewer than 11 made field goals in a game.
"I think this might be one of the best ever for us,'' Auriemma said. "There were obviously a few slip-ups like there's always going to be. But when you're playing a team that's as well rounded I think as Stanford is, to play the kind of game that we played and make very few mistakes defensively, I think it says a lot about this particular group of players."
Stanford, which failed to score at least 40 points for the first time since a 72-32 loss to Missouri Jan. 2, 1984, had been averaging 75.7 points and shooting 50.6 percent. The Cardinal opened the game 4-of-30, and they missed their final nine shots of the first half and their first six of the second half.
"I think that our team is a great defensive team,'' UConn sophomore Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis said. "Coach harps on it every single day. And when you have a head like Kelly Faris who's going 110 percent all the time leading your defense, I think that there's really no point where you can't stop a team or hold them to a certain amount of points.''
All-American Chiney Ogwumike finished 6-of-22 shooting. Bonnie Samuelson was 2-of-4. The rest of their teammates were a combined 3-of-31 (0-of-10 3-pointers).
Toni Kokenis was 2-of-11. Amber Orrange was 0-of-6. Joslyn Tinkle was 1-of-5, scoring the game's first hoop.
"A lot of it I think comes down to our individual will and our aggressiveness,'' Ogwumike said. "So I think we imposed a lot of the problems on us, but Connecticut definitely came up with a clean game and we didn't.''
This level of success defensively also came on a day when UConn (11-0) shot a season-low 37.5 percent from the field.
"It lets us know that we're not only an offensive team, but at the same time we want to come out and definitely shoot a lot better than that,'' Mosqueda-Lewis said.
Entering today's game at Oregon (3 p.m.; Pac-12 Network), UConn has allowed 42.3 points and has held teams to 28.1 percent shooting this season. Both of these figures would easily shatter the team single-season records for scoring defense (46.2) and field goal percentage defense (.300) that were set in 2009-10.
Only three teams have reached the 50-point mark against the Huskies. Five teams have failed to reach 40.
Purdue proved to be the most prolific opponent offensively, scoring 57 points and shooting 37.3 percent Nov. 24.
These extraordinary numbers might go unnoticed with UConn averaging 85.6 points on 52.6 percent shooting. But the Huskies take great pride in playing defense.
"We've been pretty good defensively for all 11 games that we've played,'' Auriemma said. "So I hope it's not (underestimated). We've always prided ourselves on being a great defensive team. And this year maybe because we've got a couple more options ... And I think we're going to get better.''
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Check out the new 50/50 Blog!
US Youth Soccer recently began a new daily blog — The 50/50 Blog. It provides a good mix of soccer stories, videos and more each day, as well as some other fun and entertaining content. If you haven't seen The 50/50 Blog yet, you can check it out here. If you'd like to suggest content for the blog or have feedback on what you'd like to see, please email email@example.com.
The New FUEL Magazine is Here!
The latest edition of FUEL Soccer is here, with information for players, parents, coaches and fans of the game. It's a great resource you can get for your soccer family, team, club or tournament. Be sure to order your copies today!
Male and Female Player of the Month
US Youth Soccer is pleased to recognize the following individuals as November 2013 Players of the Month — Male: Eddie from Bel Air, Md.; Female: Maya from Rochester, Minn. Congratulations to Eddie and Maya. You can click here to read about their accomplishments and service.
To nominate someone you think is deserving of being Player of the Month, read the criteria and fill out this form.
Register for the 2014 US Youth Soccer Workshop
The schedule is now available for the 2014 US Youth Soccer Workshop at the NSCAA Convention, which will take place Jan. 15-19 in Philadelphia, Pa. Register by Dec. 15 for a discounted rate. Click here for more information.
The US Youth Soccer Show
The latest episode debuted Friday, Nov. 1. What's on this month's show and how can you see it? Find out here.
US Youth Soccer National League Schedule
The schedule for the 2013-14 National League season is now available. Games begin Nov. 21 in Wilson, N.C., when the boys teams take the field. Learn more and see the schedule.
2013 US Youth Soccer ODP Girls Thanksgiving Interregional
The schedule and rosters have been announced for the 2013 US Youth Soccer ODP Girls Thanksgiving Interregional, which will take place Nov. 24-29 at Spanish River Athletic Park in Boca Raton, Fla. See the schedule and rosters here.
Don't Be Afraid of Failure, Embrace It
U.S. Soccer Technical Director April Heinrichs wrote an article for Soccer America on why players should not be afraid of failure because it can help them become successful. Read all of what she has to say.
Injury Recovery: Listen to the 'Voice in the Back of Your Head'
Dr. Dev K. Mishra writes about the physical and psychological components of returning from an injury in this Soccer America article.
Youth Sports Organizations Launch Sports Concussion Partnership
US Youth Soccer is among several of the nation's top sports organizations that have partnered with medical professionals to help combat concussions in young athletes. Learn more.
The Issue of Ranking Youth Soccer Teams
A lot of discussion resulted from John O'Sullivan's Soccer America column on recent decisions by a website to rank 9-year-olds' teams. To learn how it may affect your child's team, read some thoughts from our Director of Coaching, Sam Snow.
Advice for Parents: Communicating with Coaches and Children
Mike Woitalla of Soccer America offers advice for parents when interacting with their child's coach. Read it here, and check out advice for coaches in the "For Coaches" section of this newsletter.
Parenting Education
Athlete Eating Guidelines
Parenting Blog
Head Bangers | Educating yourself on concussions in sports.
Bits and Pieces | Looking at hot topics in youth sports.
Yes Virginia, There is a Soccer Clause | Examining rules that exist in soccer club contracts.
A Stinging Defeat | How to handle a loss.
The Shame Game | Some embarassing stories of kids' actions.
Stay connected with US Youth Soccer. We're on Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest
US Youth Soccer Workshop Presenters
Want to learn from some of the top soccer clinicians in the country? Check out some of the presenters who will be leading education sessions at the 2014 US Youth Soccer Workshop.
How Coaches' Mouths Lose Games
Soccer America's Mike Woitalla explains how a coach's yelling can hurt his team. Read how here.
Coaches Communicating with Parents
It's important for coaches, team managers and parents to regularly communicate, explains Mike Woitalla of Soccer America. Read his article here, and check out advice for parents in the "For Parents" section of this newsletter.
Do captains matter in soccer?
Our Director of Coaching, Sam Snow, was among the sources for this Soccer America article that explains how to use captains on your youth team. Learn more.
Online Education
US Youth Soccer has released a new online coaching clinic, "Constructive Soccer - Principles of Play," that is free for everyone to take. The Principles of Play form the basic tactical foundation of the game, and a player's understanding can be accelerated by competing in small-sided games at training; and by encouraging constructive play during matches.
National Youth License
There are National Youth License courses available this month.
Coaching Education
Chelsea FC Coaching Manual
Coaching Blog
Youth Tournament Soccer | How much rest should your team get?
Ranking Youth Players is Often More Than a Number | How rankings hurt your players.
Behavior Modification Through Exercise | Don't use exercise as punishment.
To Travel or Not to Travel | What's the right age to begin travel soccer?
Registration continues for the 2014 NSCAA Convention and US Youth Soccer Workshop!
Registration is now open! Join 10,000 of your coaching peers for Soccer's Biggest Party this January 15-19 in Philadelphia! We guarantee that you will learn something new from the world's best clinicians and gain new connections by attending one of the many networking socials. You can even get your coaching diplomas during the week! Visit NSCAA.com/convention for all event details.
Happy Squeeze Greek Yogurts Now Available at Walmart
Happy Squeeze Greek Yogurts are now at Walmart in the apple sauce aisle. Available in three delicious flavors- Super Strawberry, Razzleberry, and Peachy Keen- these yogurt pouches are a great addition to the Happy Squeeze line of pureed fruit and veggie snacks. There's no need to refrigerate them, so throw them in your bag and hit the field!
Last Chance to Earn a $2,500 Grant
Your chance to earn a Liberty Mutual Insurance Responsible Sports $2,500 Community Grant for your youth soccer club ends on November 30th…but even if you haven't registered, it's not too late! Organizations have won after registering in November! Register here, then rally team supporters to review either the Responsible Sports Parenting or Responsible Sports Coaching guide online. After reading either guide, they'll have to complete a short, corresponding online quiz. Every passed online quiz is worth one point, so urge your supporters to put up as many points as possible. Rally your fans with our Community Grant Toolkit: Download flyers, sample press releases, web banners and other free, easy-to-use tools that are sure to take your club to the top! Get started today!
US Youth Soccer Marketplace
US Youth Soccer recently launched Marketplace, which offers teams, coaches and players the ability to search for companies across the nation that offer the product or service they are looking to purchase. You can check out Marketplace by going to marketplace.usyouthsoccer.org.
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Gov. Martin O'Malley's proposal to require handgun licenses would make the state more than twice as much as it would cost to administer the program, according to a Department of Legislative Services analysis released Monday night.
The analysis is the first independent look the costs of licensing, which advocates call the most effective and the most controversial piece of O'Malley's sweeping gun proposal.
Requiring a license to buy a handgun in Maryland would generate $3.8 million for Maryland in its first year, after the Maryland State Police hires 22 people to help implement the program. By the second year, the state would generate $5 million, more than twice the cost to give out the licenses.
Handgun purchasers must now undergo a background check and complete a 30-minute, online safety training course. Under O'Malley's proposal, no one could buy a handgun without first obtaining a license, which requires a a $100 fee, undergoing more expansive background check, completing an eight-hour training course and giving digital fingerprints to state police.
Gun control advocates say licensure cuts down on "straw-purchases" because the more rigourous buying process deters people from purchasing guns for criminals to use.
Opponents of O'Malley's gun-control program has likened the requirement to a poll tax that would only allow weathly people to own guns.
The governor is scheduled to testify Wednesday on the first public hearing of his public safety bill, which includes the gun licensing provision and a ban on assault rifles.


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Most PL/SQL developers will likely have witnessed this phenomenon several times during their career. But only in other people's code, of course :-). I'm talking about PL/SQL code where every program unit ends like this:
when others then
if c%isopen
close c;
end if;
where lines 3 to 6 are repeated for every cursor in the block above.
Proponents of open cursor paranoia justify it as defensive programming. Even when you open-fetch-close a cursor, the fetch could raise an exception and the close statement would not execute, leaving the cursor open, they say. A next execution would raise the dreaded "ORA-06511: PL/SQL: cursor already open".
Let's examine this claim. First by defining about which type of cursor we're talking about, since the term "cursor" is an overloaded one. Here I am talking about explicit session cursors in PL/SQL. The ones you declare and manage yourself. Now suppose you have this package:
SQL> create package pkg
2 as
3 procedure p;
4 end pkg;
5 /
Package created.
SQL> create package body pkg
2 as
3 procedure p
4 is
5 cursor c is select dummy from dual;
6 begin
7 open c;
8 end p;
9 end pkg;
10 /
Package body created.
What will the next piece of code do? Will it raise an ORA-06511: cursor already open?
SQL> begin
2 pkg.p;
3 pkg.p;
4 end;
5 /
No it doesn't:
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
An explicit cursor variable has a scope, just like every other variable. Its scope here is the procedure. When the procedure ends, the cursor variable is gone and you can safely do an "open c" again. Note that PL/SQL has a PL/SQL cursor cache which keeps the cursor silently open in the background, so that a reopen of this cursor will not cause a reparse, not even a soft parse:
SQL> select cursor_type
2 from v$open_cursor
3 where sql_text = 'SELECT DUMMY FROM DUAL'
4 /
1 row selected.
By the way, in 11g, Oracle has added 3 extra columns to the V$OPEN_CURSOR view. The new column CURSOR_TYPE is very informative as you can see above.
The cursor type is PL/SQL CURSOR CACHED, because the SESSION_CACHED_CURSORS parameter is on its default of 50 and the cursor was closed in the PL/SQL code. When you switch this parameter off by setting it to 0, the entry disappears from V$OPEN_CURSOR, and the cursor is closed in the background as well:
SQL> alter session set session_cached_cursors = 0
2 /
Session altered.
SQL> begin
2 pkg.p;
3 end;
4 /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> select cursor_type
2 from v$open_cursor
3 where sql_text = 'SELECT DUMMY FROM DUAL'
4 /
no rows selected
SQL> alter session set session_cached_cursors = 50
2 /
Session altered.
Is there really no way that closing open cursors in the exception handler is useful? Maybe it once made sense in an earlier version? If you know this was the case once, please leave a comment. And it could be useful when the scope of the cursor is bigger than just the procedure, for example when it's the declared globally in the package. In this case the package state holds the state of the cursor variable, so with this package:
SQL> create or replace package body pkg
2 as
3 cursor c is select dummy from dual
4 ;
5 procedure p
6 is
7 begin
8 open c;
9 end p;
10 end pkg;
11 /
Package body created.
, you do get the ORA-06511:
SQL> begin
2 pkg.p;
3 pkg.p;
4 end;
5 /
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-06511: PL/SQL: cursor already open
ORA-06512: at "RWIJK.PKG", line 3
ORA-06512: at "RWIJK.PKG", line 8
ORA-06512: at line 3
And the cursor_type attribute of v$open_cursor now says:
SQL> select cursor_type
2 from v$open_cursor
3 where sql_text = 'SELECT DUMMY FROM DUAL '
4 /
1 row selected.
But this raises the question why you would ever want to have a globally defined cursor. Recently I've seen more than one application with so called cursor packages. Packages containing only cursors in their specification, as helper packages for the other non cursor packages in the application. A truly bad idea, not only for not hiding the implementation details from the caller, but also because once the package is called, the package has a state and the cursor variables don't get closed automatically, making the application vulnerable for ORA-06511's. Although, I can imagine a cursor package in a situation where a mid-tier application wants to handle record sets without having to deal with the SQL. I don't have experience with this scenario myself though.
Odds are that when you see "if c%isopen then close c; end if;" constructs being used abundantly throughout the code, most of them can happily be removed.


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Luang Prabang Travel Guide
Sunset in Luang Prabang © Thomas Wanhoff
Encircled by mountains and charmingly situated at the meeting of the Mekong and Khan Rivers, Luang Prabang, the 'Jewel of the Mekong', conveys an atmosphere of remote serenity and informal splendour. Its main attraction is its old temples and the thriving religious life of its people, which seems to endow everything with meaning.
The heart of a powerful kingdom for more than a thousand years, today it is a sleepy mixture of ancient temples, cobbled lanes, interesting backstreets, French-Indochinese architecture and ochre-coloured colonial buildings. Trees line the streets above the banks of the river where children swim and play, while farmers carefully tend to their tiny, irregular riverside plots of agricultural land. In the mists of dawn, throngs of barefoot orange-robed monks silently make their way from the monasteries to the streets, where locals wait to gain spiritual merit by filling their wooden alms bowls with rice, before disappearing once again into their places of refuge and meditation. Unhurried people drift past stalls of spicy papaya salad, noodles, omelettes and fruit drinks. Luang Prabang gives visitors a taste of the real Laos; it is an ancient city with a distinctly village-like feel, endowed with a historical legacy so rich that it has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Tourists to Laos simply shouldn't miss this unique and fascinating city.
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The system is down. Sorry.
CIA.vc, the open source "version control informant", was a source code commit notification service. It helped people collaborate more efficiently on open source projects, by broadcasting code changes over Internet Relay Chat.
This project first went online back in 2003, when the internet was a very different place. Since then, IRC and Subversion have taken a back seat to Twitter and Github. For many people, the service offered by CIA would be just as relevant today as it was when the site first went live; but for myself as well as many former and potential supporters of the project, this sort of centralized fast-paced development just isn't as compelling. Technology moves on, and I've personally moved on.
—Micah Elizabeth Scott, CIA.vc founder.
More Information
- Source code for CIA.vc on Google Code.
- May 2011 article from when I pulled the plug then.
- Sept 2012 article on the hosting provider miscommunication that finally killed CIA.
- Oct 2012 LWN article recapping the shutdown.


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When the howling voice of Jim Morrison sung the words "They got the guns, but we got the numbers; gonna win yeah, we're taking over!" in 1968 he was referring to the 60's counter-culture vs. traditional culture. The same words, however, could also be today's rallying cry for SOPA opposition. You could say that companies like GoDaddy have "the guns" (billions of dollars), but the geeks, pirates, and supporters of internet freedom have the numbers. GoDaddy lost — by being pressured into switching its position, opposing SOPA, yet still losing customers. Now Sony and Nintendo are caught in the opposition's crosshairs, and may be in the process of performing their own 180° shift.
Sony and Nintendo were previously on the House of Representatives' list of SOPA supporters. Now Nintendo has disappeared from the list, and only Sony's music divisions remain. The companies, hoping to avoid drawing attention, have yet to acknowledge the change or make any public comment on it.
Apparently the move hasn't been enough to satisfy internet "hacktivist" group Anonymous. The group has released a video (spoken in the group's customary text-to-speech voice) in which it threatens to attack Sony. It declares that Sony's support of SOPA is a death warrant for the company, and that it will — once again — bring down the Playstation Network. In dramatic rhetoric, Anonymous adds that it will extinguish Sony, and "dismantle its phantom from the internet":
It isn't clear why Anonymous is targeting the PSN when only Sony's music divisions are officially supporting SOPA, but the PSN is the area where Anonymous can do the most damage.
History repeating itself?
If Sony's execs have any memory whatsoever, then they must be quivering in their boots. Earlier this year the company went through its most embarrassing — and expensive — ordeal in its history when it had PSN subscribers' account information stolen, and then suffered through multiple outages. Anonymous denied involvement, though many believe that it was at least partially responsible. No matter who was behind it, the hacking is widely viewed as revenge for Sony's legal attacks on jailbreaker George Hotz (now a Facebook employee). Though Sony's music and gaming divisions are separate, it will be interesting to see if it pulls a GoDaddy or remains defiant.
Sony isn't, however, the only public entity being targeted by Anonymous; the group has also threatened to "declare their fury" on Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Kim Kardashian, and Taylor Swift for allegedly supporting SOPA.
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Guest's problem list (Hashiwokakero)
You can enjoy cells problems, if you are a member.
Nikoli puzzle books
You can buy Hashiwokakero books at the Purchase Nikoli Books page.
About the "Problem list" page
- Click on the up/down arrows at the top to rearrange the order in the list
- The order of problems that you create is saved. When you open the Problems list page for another puzzle, the list will be in the order you left it in.
- For example, when you click the up arrow for "size," the list will be re-arranged from small to large sizes, and the lists of other puzzles will also be arranged from small to large.
- If you want to arrange by "easy" and "large" problems, first click the down arrow for size and then click the up arrow for level.
- The empty columns are not part of the ordering. If you choose an item which includes blank columns, the blank columns will be at the bottom of the list.
- The "number of solvers" counts only people who have agreed to make their "solving history" public.
- There are the most popular Hashiwokakero puzzles in the pick of the puzzles page.


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The importance of making registrations on the PPS register cannot be overstated. I was in an appointment last week, with Glen, a partner in a commercial electrical contracting business in Osborne Park. We started chatting about the importance of making registrations on this Government register. Glen told me that he was already making them. Glen was in fact correct he'd been "making his registrationsâ€. The only problem is that they are invalid! Why? The reason is that Glen was using out-of-date Terms of Trade which do not contain PPSA legislation clauses.
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