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Wednesday Update for The Western Montana Fair in Missoula
One of the hottest days in recent history for the fair. I'm sure lots of people will be cooling in the Beer Garden to some great music. Missoula's Shane Clouse will do a couple of shows today at 5:30 and 9:00. Thursday evening's performances will feature the Montana-based Cold Hard Cash, an outstanding Johnny Cash tribute act.
The "Country Fair" area is a ton of fun for kids with the petting zoo, pony rides and kids tractor pulls.
Speaking of kids, Thursday is Kids Day with free admission until 6:00 p.m.
And even though it's five bucks, how often do you get to ride a camel? You'll find the camel rides near the Russell Street entrance gate. 200-poound weight limit. Don't know about height. I didn't see a "You Must Be This Tall To Be On This Camel" sign.
It's another evening of Pro Bull Riding in the arena starting at 7:00. Tickets range from $12.00 to $15.00.
Admission prices range from $3.00 for kids age 5-12, $4.00 for seniors (55+) and $6.00 for adults. Active duty military get in free with ID.
As far as parking, if you don't want to walk too far, it looks like $5.00 is the norm for the churches and other organizations with the prime locations real close. Then it drops to $4.00 and $3.00 as get a bit further away.
Here's to another great day at the fair! DB

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During her doctoral studies, Maria worked as an economist in the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In the past, she also worked in ING Investment Management, Fixed Income and Treasury Department, in the Netherlands.
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The possibility of retirement for Manny Pacquiao was raised on Thursday after neurologist Dr Rustico Jimenez speculated as to whether the Filipino was showing the first signs of Parkinson's.
According to reports Jimenez, president of the Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines, said he was concerned about the health of the fighter, who suffered a brutal knockout at the hands of Juan Manuel Marquez at the end of 2012.
Parkinson's disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system, which affects Pacquiao's world renowned coach Freddie Roach. Dr Jimenez is concerned he can see the first signs now creeping into the physiology of the 34-year-old welterweight.
"Even though his reflexes are quick, I noticed the movement - it's just another view, my personal view - but it seems like there are early signs," Jimenez told radio dzMM.
"There are some movements that you will notice with his hands. It's in the hands, and not the head, where you can easily see this. It twitches a little bit. Although I haven't seen it up close, I think I am seeing that there are some signs."
Jimenez later clarified that he had never treated Pacquiao, so his opinion was only a view from afar. Nevertheless, he still offered his best advice, which is to give up boxing for the good of his long-term health.
Pacquiao is yet to clarify what the future holds, after he suffered back-to-back defeats for the first time in his illustrious career. It is speculated he may return for a make-or-break fight in September 2013, but no official word has come from the Pacquiao camp.


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The past year had been busy enough for Newton senior Derrick Hurt, but he apparently wants to add a little bit more to his plate before he leaves the table.
After receiving word earlier in the year that he was selected for the 2013 Iowa Shrine Bowl, Hurt met with a Shriner Monday afternoon to make it official that he'll get one more chance to represent the Cardinals on the gridiron.
"After the season ended, it kind of took me a while to get over the fact that I was done with Newton football," Hurt said. "So just to get this last opportunity to compete for and represent Newton is just a really great thing."
The Shrine Bowl, which benefits the Shriner's Hospitals for Children, will be entering its 41st year when it kicks off July 27 in the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. The game was previously held at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, but was moved this year due to NCAA considerations.
"I've always known about it, but coming up on my senior year I didn't even think about it because I was busy with everything else," Hurt said "One day I just got that letter in the mail saying I was picked for the Shrine Bowl, and it's just a really great honor to be a part of it."
Hurt will be the first Newton representative since Brooks Skaggs in the 2007 game. Skaggs went on to win Defensive Player of the Game for the South team, which is definitely in the realm of possibly for Hurt, who drew double teams from offensive lines all season.
"Derrick has been a great representative of our school and our programs. He's an elite athlete at the state level, but the thing that really sets him apart is his character," Newton coach Ed Ergenbright said. "He's a really solid student, a great teammate and just all of the things you'd hope your own son would be."
The rest of Hurt's whirlwind year has included two second-place finishes in the shot put at last year's Drake Relays and state track meet, as well as an all-state year football and, most recently, a sixth-place finish in the 285-pound weight class at the state wrestling meet.
Some of his competition at those events, such as Urbandale's Shaquille Wells, will be joining Hurt at the Shrine Bowl this season. Although he's been able to somewhat get to know his contemporaries through the years, Hurt said he's looking forward to having the chance to get to know them further.
They should have plenty of time to do that, as the Shrine Bowl experience is much more than just the game. On top of the multiple events that are held months before the game, the players and cheerleaders also host camps for the children residents of the Shriner's Hospitals. Nearly all of the game's participants claim that was the most rewarding part of the experience.
"It's a neat game and it's fun to watch, but it's what the game is about that's the most important," Ergenbright said. "I think Derrick is really appreciative not only to play in it, but he'll do a great job of carrying on that tradition."
Until the game and all of its surrounding events, however, Hurt will keep busy preparing to defend his placings at the Drake Relays and state track. The indoor track season begins in early March, so Hurt's final months as a Cardinal could easily be as busy as the past year.
"The final thing I want to get done is a state championship in the shot put, most likely," Hurt said. "I came so close last year, so I just want to keep on improving and hopefully I'll get it this year."


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The 26-year-old Oklahoma product was out of football last year after being cut by the Carolina Panthers just prior to the season.
Smith spent his first four seasons with the San Francisco 49ers and started seven games for them in 2010. He compiled 60 tackles, two interceptions and seven passes defended over his four-year stint with the 49ers.


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It would appear that Jim Brown, widely considered by many sports writers to be the best football player of all time, has been sacked in the legal backfield in his attempt to sue EA Sports. According to an article from the New York Times, Brown's suit of false endorsement against the Madden NFL series was dismissed by a district court judge in Los Angeles, claiming that Electronic Arts was "exercising its First Amendment rights when it depicted a player similar to Brown."
Brown alleged that his likeness was used on two separate historical teams, the 1965 Cleveland Browns and All Browns teams that could be found within Madden games. Stating that his character was an anonymous figure with a different jersey number intentionally changed to avoid lawsuits, Brown claimed that this constituted an endorsement of the product. However, the judge in the case denied that argument, claiming, "The Madden NFL video games are expressive works, akin to an expressive painting that depicts celebrity athletes of past and present in a realistic sporting environment."
According to Jeff Brown, a spokesman for EA, "We're pleased with the decision and believe it is consistent with other rulings, which affirm video games are expressive works protected by the First Amendment." The decision could impact another class-action lawsuit filed against Electronic Arts and the NCAA which claims that both are profiting from college football and basketball players illegally by violating their right of publicity. Brown and Herb Adderley, another retired NFL player, have asked to file an amicus brief in that case, claiming that the dismissal of the class-action suit could "significantly harm" themselves and other retired athletes.


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The National Archives and Records Administration will oversee the development of a robust records management framework based on cloud architecture, secure storage and analytical tools, according to an Office of Management and Budget directive.
The Managing Government Records Directive creates a records management framework that complies with the Presidential Memorandum, issued on Nov. 28, 2011 – Managing Government Records – aimed at reforming records management policies and practices. The Obama administration's goal is to develop a 21st-century framework for the management of government records, according to the directive, released Aug. 24 by Jeffrey Zients, acting director of OMB, and David Ferriero, archivist of the United States, with NARA. "Records are the foundation of open government, supporting the principles of transparency, participation, and collaboration. Well-managed records can be used to assess the impact of programs, to improve business processes, and to share knowledge across the government," the directive states. The directive is based on agency reports and feedback from consultations with agencies, interagency groups and public stakeholders. It is applicable to all executive agencies and to all records, without regard to security classification or any other restriction. It also identifies specific actions that will be taken by NARA, OMB and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to support agency records management. Some of those actions include: By Dec. 31, 2013: • Complete, and make available, revised guidance, including metadata requirements, for transferring permanent electronic records, to include additional sustainable formats commonly used to meet agency business needs. • Issue new guidance that describes methods for managing, disposing and transferring email • Investigate and stimulate applied research in automated technologies to reduce the burden of records management responsibilities. NARA will produce a plan for the automated management of email, social medial and other types of digital record content, including advanced search techniques. • Incorporate into existing reporting requirements an annual agency update on new cloud initiatives, including a description of how each new initiative meets Federal Records Act obligations and the goals outlined in the directive. For the initial report the agency will identify any existing use of cloud services or storage, and the date of implementation. • Evaluate the feasibility for secure "data at rest" storage and management services for federal agency-owned electronic records. This basic shared service will adhere to NARA records management regulations and provide standards and tools to preserve records and make them accessible within their originating agency until NARA performs disposition. • Continue to improve the effectiveness of federal records management programs through analytical tools and enhanced NARA oversight. NARA will identify a governmentwide analytical tool to help NARA and agencies measure program compliance aid in agency decision-making. By Dec. 31, 2014:
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Sounds great on the surface but: WHERE will the staff and money come from to fund this within the prescribed times?
Following this since the Presidential Memo was written, submitted comments then, when draft went out and now on the final. I fully comprehend the desire to achieve many of the objectives listed, but I have the same concerns I had last Fall.
The largest issue is that no one has scoped the effort required to achieve the goals (assessing volume of permanent and temporary records throughout the Agencies, in existing physical format (including microfilm and fiche). This doesn't touch what is in active electronic systems... but the big concern is the effort required to address LEGACY content. Many legacy systems are no longer supported and procedures need to be developed to extract content from them. The majority of these systems were kept 'alive' because the content was thought to be of Permanent value, but no one migrated it forward to viable media or accessible systems as required in 36CFR.
In addition, the article in NextGov points out the cost and effort in conversion http://www.nextgov.com/big-data/2012/06/va-will-need-4000-personnel-scan-backlogged-paper-records/56347/ This real world example is but one small portion of a single agencies content.
Once this effort of conversion of source materials to electronic formats is completed, the directives makes is sound as if the digital copies become THE "originals" and source materials may be discarded, which is contrary to all but a limited number of conversion efforts under present 36CFR guidance.
There are many examples in the recent past of corruption, loss and damage occurring with digital repositories. There are also extensive costs for replicating or mirroring content and periodic conversion/migration and refreshing to avoid obsolescence of format, media and degradation that occurs over 5, 10, 15 years. How is NARA planning on budgeting to stay ahead of this to ensure persistent access to critical information sources to protect historic, intrinsic and enduring records?
I'm unsure if there has been sufficient concern given to the unrealistic nature of the milestones presented given the lack of staffing in RM in Federal Agencies, and the severe lack of funding. Also, with a large volume of Federal Records are generated and managed by Contractors to Agencies, funds will have to be provided to them to staff up to meet any requirements passed along to them or first tier Subcontractors, many of whom generate and manage Permanent records. Most of them have existing contracts with requirements in them, but NONE OF THEM include the language in this new Directive- and once it is included in 36CFR, it will result in new requirements for in-force contracts that need to be evaluated and funded, prior to being included as a requirement. All of this puts many of the scheduled implementation and completion dates in jeopardy
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Mike D'Antoni intends to makes his Lakers coaching debut against the Nets on Tuesday. Maybe. Hopefully. Possibly.
"I'm going to try," D'Antoni said today after practice. "We'll see. We'll talk to Gary (Pitti, athletic trainer) tomorrow and see how it goes."
D'Antoni had hoped to coach Sunday against Houston, but was overruled by the Lakers' medical staff hours before game time.
"Sunday, I tried, but it didn't work out," D'Antoni said. "I don't want to say yeah, and then don't do it again."
The former Knicks coach, who was hired to replace Mike Brown last Monday, is recovering from knee replacement surgery. Among the reasons cited by doctors for holding out D'Antoni are him being so close to the action on the sideline and general post-operation fatigue.


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Because most species of ducks, geese, and swans are considered wildlife, their acquisition, possession, keeping, selling, etc. are regulated by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Florida law (F.A.C. 68A-4.005) requires that you keep captive-reared waterfowl (either exotic or native species) on your property and not release them into wild situations, because they are potential carriers of disease to wild waterfowl. To acquire and possess waterfowl, Florida Statute 372.16 requires you to have a game farm permit ($50). This license covers the protection, preservation, propagation, rearing, and production of game birds and game mammals for private and commercial purposes. You can apply for one of these online at our permit page or by contacting the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission regional office nearest you.
Most waterfowl species, other than Pekin ducks, are protected by federal law under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. No federal permits are needed to buy or keep captive-reared waterfowl, but the protected species and any of their resulting offspring must be properly marked as captive reared (50 CFR 21.13 and 50 CFR 21.14). Proper marking consists of at least one of the following: removal of right hind toe; pinioning; banding with a seamless, metal leg band; or tattooing the web of the foot. Federal law (50 CFR 21.14) also requires you to obtain a copy of Form 3-186, Notice of Waterfowl Sale or Transfer, from the person from whom you are buying the federally protected species. You should keep this form on file as long as you possess the birds or their eggs or offspring.
If you sell federally protected waterfowl species (other than mallards) or their offspring, you need a federal Waterfowl Sale and Disposal Permit (50 CFR 21.25). You also need to provide completed copies of federal Form 3-186, Notice of Waterfowl Sale or Transfer, to anyone who buys birds from you. To get an application for the federal permit and Forms 3-186, visit fws.gov or contact the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's regional office in Atlanta, 404-679-7049.
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It may be summer but it's never too early to start planning your next ski holiday. OnTheSnow has the 2012/13 ski pass prices for Austria, Switzerland and Italy. We'll have the French pass prices just as soon as they're released in autumn.
Whether you're planning a weekend or week-long ski holiday, find a 2012/13 ski pass to suit your budget and preferred ski area. All prices are valid for high season.
Arlberg Ski Pass - €90 two days; €228 six days. Valid for all 84 cable cars and lifts in the Arlberg ski area: [R212R, Lech-Zuers], Oberlech, [R422R, St. Anton am Arlberg], St. Christoph, [R2064R, Stuben], and [R736R, Klosterle/Sonnenkopf].
Kitzbuehel Ski Pass - €92 two days; €232 six days
Kitzbuheler Alpen AllStarCard - €275 valid for 1-14 consecutive days or 10 random days. Valid for seven ski regions: [R203R, Kitzbuehel], [R1953R, Wilder Kaiser-Brixental], Schneewinkel, [R703R, Hochtal Wildschonau], [R543R, Alpbachtal], [R516R, Zell am See]-[R529R, Kaprun], [R534R, Saalbach Hinterglemm Leogang].
Ischgl Ski Pass - €82 two days; €212 six days. Only available for guests of [R677R, Ischgl] upon presentation of a guest card.
Silvretta Ski Pass - €92 two days; €249 six days. Valid for skiing in [R677R, Ischgl], [R636R, Samnaun], [R674R, Galtur], [R679R, Kappl], and See.
Solden Ski Pass - €91,50 two days; €238,50 six days.
SkiWelt Ski Pass - €81 two-day days; €209,50 six days. Access to the SkiWelt [R1953R, Wilder Kaiser] - [R1792R, Brixental] ski area.
Zell am See-Kaprun Ski Pass - €85 two days; €216 six days
Saalbach Ski Pass - €87 two days; €220 six days. Valid for [R534R, Saalbach-Hinterglemm-Leogang].
Salzburg SuperSkiCard - €232 six days. Valid in the 23 ski regions in the province of Salzburg and some surrounding ski areas.
Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis Ski Pass - €82 two days; €205 six days.
Obergurgl-Hochgurgl Ski Pass - €90 two days; €239 six days.
Alpbachal Ski Pass - €75 two days; €197 six days.
Mayrhofen Ski Pass - €90 two days; €540 six days. Valid for [R685R, Mayrhofen], [R548R, Finkenberg], Rastkogel and [R1752R, Eggalm].
Zillertaler Superskipass - €88 two days; €215 six days. Valid for all ski resorts in the Zillertal Valley: [R579R, Zell]-[R688R, Gerlos], Fugen-[R2011R, Kaltenbach], [R685R, Mayrhofen]-Hippach, [R548R, Tux-Finkenberg], and the [R675R, Hintertux Glacier].
Jungfrau Ski Pass - CHF129 two days; €314 six days. Access to three ski areas: Jungfrau, [R608R, Grindelwald]-[R615R, Wengen], [R613R, Murren-Schilthorn].
Grindelwald-Wengen Ski Pass - CHF112 two days; CHF283 six days
Murren Schilthorn Ski Pass - CHF110 two days; CHF266 six days
Alpes Vaudoises Ski Pass - CHF112 two days; CHF295 six days. Valid for [R645R, Glacier 3000-Diablerets], [R648R, Villars]-[R2155R, Gryon], [R646R, Leysin] and [R1222R, Les Mosses].
Gstaad & Alpes Vaudoises Super Pass - CHF327 six days. Valid for [R609R, Gstaad Mountain Rides], [R645R, Glacier 3000-Diablerets], [R648R, Villars]-[R2155R, Gryon], [R646R, Leysin] and [R1222R, Les Mosses].
Engadin-St. Moritz Ski Pass - CHF144 two days; CHF365 six days.
Verbier Ski Pass - CHF126 two days; CHF351 six days.
Savoleyres/La Tzoumaz Ski Pass - CHF95 two days; CHF336 six days.
4 Vallees Ski Pass - CHF135 two days; CHF355 six days. Valid for skiing in Haute-[R660R, Nendaz], Siviez-Mont Fort, [R1254R, Veyzonnaz], [R663R, Thyon]/Les Collons, [R484R, Verbier-La Tzoumaz] and [R1232R, Bruson].
Zermatt Ski Pass - CHF140 two days; CHF371 six days.
International Ski Pass - CHF163 two days; CHF423 six days. Valid for skiing in [R517R, Zermatt] and [R1374R, Cervinia] (IT).
International - Aosta Ski Pass - CHF441 six days. Valid for skiing in [R517R, Zermatt] and [R1374R, Val d'Aosta] (IT).
Saastal Ski Pass - CHF136 two days; CHF344 six days. Valid for skiing in [R661R, Saas-Fee], [R1748R, Saas-Grund], [R2664R, Saas Almagell], [R2042R, Saas-Balen].
Dolomiti SuperSki Pass - €254 six days. Access to all 12 ski resorts in the Dolomiti SuperSki area: [R604R, Cortina d'Ampezzo], [R2290R, Plan de Corones], [R2593R, Alta Badia], [R1610R, Val Gardena], [R1781R, Alpe di Siusi], [R1689R, Val di Fassa], [R2102R, Carezza], [R2385R, Arabba-Marmolada], [R1681R, Sextner Dolomiten-Alta Pusteria], [R2352R, Valle di Fiemme-Obereggen], [R1883R, S. Martino di Castrozza/Passo Rolle], Valle Isarco, [R1377R, Trevalli-Moena]/[R1976R, S. Pellegrino/Falcade], and Civetta.
Val Gardena/Alpe di Siusi Ski Pass - €91 two days; €234 six days.
Obereggen Ski Pass - €80 two days; €214 six days.
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New Diocese of Norwich program to repurpose buildings for homeless
Norwich — The Diocese of Norwich announced Thursday it will start to identify and repurpose vacant or underused diocesan buildings to help the homeless.
"Our Diocese has many underutilized buildings," the Most Rev. Michael Cote, bishop of Norwich, said in a press release Thursday. "In these recessionary times, we need to be thinking of ways to create housing to help those who have no place to live. We must find ways to put these assets to good use for those most in need."
Diocese spokesman Michael Strammiello said St. Mary's School in New London, which closed in June, and the former St. Mary's School in Jewett City, will be considered in the new homeless housing study.
Although the former St. Joseph School in Norwich also is an "underutilized building," Strammiello said the current controversial plan to relocate the St. Vincent de Paul Place soup kitchen to the school is a separate effort.
"The soup kitchen falls into an exceptional category, i.e. outside the housing initiative," Strammiello said. "Very vital and important ministry, just outside the mission of this new housing focus."
The city denied a special permit for the soup kitchen relocation, and the diocese has filed an appeal in federal court, along with an administrative appeal to the Norwich Zoning Board of Appeals.
Cote announced Thursday that Peter Harding, former executive director of St. Vincent de Paul in Middletown, will direct the new homeless initiative. He said Harding has been working for the past 15 months evaluating buildings in many towns and parishes for different types of affordable housing.
Much of the work done so far has been with vacant school buildings, and substantial progress has already been made on two or three buildings, the release states.
Cote serves on the Leadership Council for the Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness in Middlesex County.


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One of the pieces of HR paperwork required at the time of employment is the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. This form confirms eligibility to work in the United States and has sections that are to be completed by the employee and the University. It is critical that human resources be compliant in having accurately completed Form I-9s on file for all employees, including student employees.
I-9 Express is available online and allows new employees to log in prior to beginning work at the University from any Internet-accessible computer. First, the employee completes their section of the form. Next, they bring their document(s) confirming identity and employment authorization to either the HR office, which will then verify the document(s) and complete the online Form I-9. Once the form is completed, it will be stored in an online archive.
If you are a Loyola staff or administrator who assists in verifying Form I-9s for employees, below is information to assist you in this process:
In adhering to our student employment policy, student employees required to complete the Form I-9 should also fill out section 1 of the form via I-9 Express. It would behoove the student to complete this at a computer prior to bringing employment paperwork to the human resources office. If necessary, the student employee may complete the form at a computer in the HR office.
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armidia needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 15 designs submitted by 8 freelance designers.
We require 4 house crest designs taken from the idea stage (these were designed by the pupils) through to production of vector artwork.
We have 4 house crests designed by the pupils (basic) which are all along the same theme. We require you to take these ideas and produce the vector artwork. Each house has a name which needs to be included in the design. Each house also has a base colour which should be used for the majority of the design. I have the 4 student designs which I can upload or link to to give you a start. http://www.eirias.co.uk/crests
The 4 names are:Madog Kites, Gwynedd Falcons, Glyndwr Eagles, Llywelyn Hawks
- The crest should follow the same base format (i.e. have the same crest shape...although this does not HAVE to be the same as the ones I have provided)
- The crest must include the house name and colour and be linked to the history of the name
- Madog Kites - colour is red
- Gwynedd Falcons - colour is green
- Glyndwr Eagles - colour is yellow
- Llywelyn Hawks - colour is blue
- Vector artwork needs to be provided
- I don't want text for the names that is so fancy that it is unreadable.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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B is for Braid: Plaited Prints + Paintings
I've got braids on the brain, perhaps because thinking about Mother's Day makes me remember all those mornings my mom braided my hair before school. Perhaps it's the approach of hot weather and the desperate need to get all this hair up off of me. Perhaps it's simply because braids are one of the simplest, prettiest, and most elegant technologies in the world...
- Lisa Congdon drew this amazing braid, complete with berries and mushrooms. Intertwining berry branches into my braids would be no problem, but mushrooms might prove to be a disaster.
- The immensely talented Wild Unknown has done it again with their ABC Dream Prints- B is for Braid is of course my favorite. The impressive shading makes that braid look so wonderfully thick and heavy.
- Ever since a commenter mentioned that the Bunny Girls print I wrote about would be perfect in a bathroom or walk-in closet, I've been a bit obsessed with the idea of dressing room/table art. This subtly particolored Braided Hair print by Emily Green is feminine and modern, and so reasonably priced that it wouldn't be a catastrophe if it got damaged by steam in my bathroom. But I'd still be really sad.
- What a fierce head of hair! Braids that become waves that become ships — oh, to be a Nordic princess. Pique Studios' Nordic Braids illustration makes my own vastly inferior Nordic head of hair jealous.
- Braided Paperwhites II by Red Tail Studios is the only non-hair piece, featuring instead the braided leaves of paperwhites once the blooms have expired. An ordinary garden feature made bold.
- I often wear my hair like Screech Owl Design's Butterfly Girl — it's one of the few hairstyles that stays in place for the whole workday. Butterflies don't usually land on me, though.
- I had a feeling that Emily of The Black Apple would have at least one braided heroine, and she came through beautifully with Ava of the Oddfellows' Orphanage. Again, I braid my hair all the time and birdies never land on me. I wouldn't really want these San Francisco pigeons on my shoulder, but I wouldn't mind a parrot or two.
- These last two pieces are the ones that started it all. Oh Joy! featured the lovely Anne Sage of Rue Magazine, and Anne mentioned her favorite prints by Lisa Congdon. It's Simple is available as a limited-edition print, and the original It's Complicated is available directly from Lisa.


text: The most interesting thing about Las Vegas isn't the gambling or lights. The most interesting sights tend to be the various textures and looks each hotel and casino decides upon when building their own look. Every building on the strip is unique and it is meant to be that way. Each characteristic is intended to draw you in for a closer look. As I see it, that makes for great snapshots.


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YANCEYVILLE — A night after inconsistency, there was only the rewarding opposite for the Graham boys' basketball team.
And when the final buzzer sounded, vindication.
The Red Devils never trailed and imposed their will in a systematic 64-53 victory against Cummings High School in the Mid-State 2-A Conference Tournament final Friday night at Bartlett Yancey.
"I told my team before, 'We have to have heart. We've gotta come out here with intensity, we can't come out here flat,' " senior guard Kendall Patterson said.
The neighboring rivals tied for the regular-season conference crown with 10-2 records, and each team won on its home court, Graham and Cummings entered Friday night's game with matching credentials.
With a higher seeding in next week's Class 2-A state playoffs on the line, the Red Devils (22-5) displayed multiple levels of fortitude to charging in front, keeping the lead and holding off a continuous Cummings rally.
"Our guys were fired up, they knew that was at stake and they wanted that. And they came out and played hard," Graham coach Mike Williams said.
The game was tied for just 1:26 during the first quarter. After a basket by Jeramy Williams and a pair of buckets by Don Evans, Graham jumped in front and stayed in a commanding position for the rest of the game, leading by as many as 14 with 2:53 left.
"We just wanted to focus on our game, run our offense, knock down shots and play defense, that's the most important part of (this game)," said Patterson, who led all players with 19 points.
The Red Devils were able to force Cummings into playing its game — a sometimes frenetic, always moving pace — for most, if not all, of Friday night's game.
The result was less than efficient at times, with the first field goal of the game coming more than halfway through the first quarter. But it's a method that Graham has become accustomed to throughout the season.
Graham's defense was particularly sharp in the first half, when it held Cummings to six field goals.
Of Patterson's 19 points, he came up with several plays that proved to be instrumental.
When the Cavaliers' Keith McAdoo knocked down a 3 to cut Graham's lead to four in the second quarter, Patterson answered with a 3 on the next possession.
After Cummings (20-4) scored the first four points of the second half to cut the score to 31-23, Patterson drained a 3, dished to Jamal Richmond for a corner 3, then knocked down two free throws for an 8-0 run. Those three plays came in a span of 1:06 and doubled the lead from eight to 16.
"Coach said we just have to stay calm because we're going to have highs and lows in this game, so we just wanted to keep our composure and keep playing our game," Patterson said. "We didn't want to get caught up in their game, so they could come back."
Aside from Patterson's 19 points, each of the other seven Graham players who saw action scored at least four points.
A major disparity came at the free-throw line, where Graham converted 23 of 28 shots. Cummings was 15-for-29.
"You can't miss 14 free throws in a conference championship game," Cummings coach Chas Criss said. "It just changes the momentum, it changes the flow, it changes the confidence. We missed six front ends of 1-and-1s. We just couldn't get it going."
McAdoo and Tevin Smith each scored 11 points for Cummings, which will be the No. 2 seed out of the conference for the state playoffs. The Cavaliers were the designated home team by way of a tie-breaker to enter the tournament.


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Toby Richards wrote an opinion article for NewsForge, claiming that for him, Linux won't get mainstream until Evolution - or another capable Outlook-like client - gets optimized and offers 100% compatibility with Exchange. In the comments section of Newsforge readers offered more reasons as to why Linux is not mainstream, offering a view on their needs. My take: While for my personal, home usage of Linux my needs are different, I agree with Toby that companies won't switch their desktops if full Exchange compatibility isn't reached and if Evolution stops being the memory beast it currently is.
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Hi guys, Shann asked me to let you know she went in the hospital tonight. I've been trying to talk her into checking in for over a week, so I'm glad she did. Her shingles outbreak is really bad and she's been in so much pain. Praying they can help soon and that she won't fret over her freelance stuff too badly.
Leah, those pregnancies the ladies didn't know about always amaze me.
Becky, cool about the new job and the Valentine's gift.
Holly, yay about the laptop!
It feels weird to have a valentine for the first time ever and have tomorrow not be Singles Awareness Day. We're having a dessert date and I have a package I got in the mail but I'm under orders to wait to open it.


text: AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-138 ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org In this edition: * AMSAT Introduces Team Namaste at Dayton Hamvention * AMSAT Designates Delfi-C3 as DO-64 * AMSAT at Dayton - First Report * AO-16 Operations Update * Second Call For Speakers at AMSAT-UK Colloquium * Satellite Shorts From All Over * ARISS Status Report for the Week of May 12, 2008 SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-138.01 AMSAT Introduces Team Namaste at Dayton Hamvention AMSAT News Service Bulletin 138.01 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. May 18, 2008 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-138.01 Team Namaste, a new AMSAT engineering team, was introduced at the Dayton Hamvention held over May 16-18. AMSAT's Eagle and the Intelsat Phase IV ride-share project will include the Advanced Communications Package (ACP) supporting digital communications with a 5.6 GHz uplink and 3.4 GHz downlink. Team Namaste includes the ACP Ground Segment led by Michelle, W5NYV and the ACP Satellite Segment led by Matt, N2MJI. Michelle described the ground segment, "Namaste is the effort to develop a microwave band, digital signal capable earth station attainable by the average ham so users can immediately take advantage of the audio, digital messaging, and video services our new new sat- ellites will provide." Two key user audiences are the target of the Namaste earth station. Michelle describes the user base, "First we want to excite amateur radio operators who want to have fun using microwave bands to talk through a satellite employing digital communications techniques. Second, we want to serve emergency communications operators who need a reliable, infrastructure-independent system in order to get their work done." The Ground Segment and Satellite Segment Teams are developing an RF link budget and system configuration which a reasonably priced ama- teur radio transceiver can attain. No commercial amateur radio gear exists for the GHz-frequency range and digital communication link for the new mode on AMSAT high orbit satellites. Antenna configuration and available power are limited on the satellite platform depending upon solar cells and batteries. Given the modern reality of CC&R's and antenna restrictions in many communities the baseline antenna at the amateur station is currently specified as a half-meter dish. This is the same type and size of dish many homes use for satellite television such as DirecTV. Planning for the ACP includes 20 watts RF power with 18dB antenna gain at the spacecraft. The ground segment rule of thumb at present esti- mates 10 watts of transmitter power with the half-meter dish is needed. Further radio link budget and RF exposure safety issues are also being investigated. AMSAT welcomes Team Namaste, leading the way to an exciting future of Amateur Radio in Space. Questions and comments can be sent via e-mail to namaste-dev at amsat.org. Team Namaste has a web page at: http://www.amsat.org/namaste. [ANS thanks Michelle, W5NYV for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-138.02 AMSAT Designates Delfi-C3 as DO-64 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 138.02 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. May 18, 2008 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-138.02 Bill Tynan, W3XO issued the following statement on behalf of the AMSAT Board of Directors this week: By the authority vested in me by the AMSAT-NA President, I am pleased to issue an OSCAR number for the amateur radio satellite, Delfi C-3. As attested to in a communication to the AMSAT-NA Board of Directors dated 8 May, 2008, from Wolter Jan Ubbels, the spacecraft's Project Manager; Delfi C-3 was successfully launched 28 April, 2008 from India aboard a Polar launch vehicle. Mr. Ubbels also states that the satellite was successfully commissioned and is currently transmitting telemetry on the 2 meter amateur band. In addition to its 2 meter downlink, Delfi C-3 has an uplink on the 70 cm band. According to Mr. Ubbels, this newest amateur satellite was developed by a team of some 60 students and facility members in the fields of Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science from various polytechnic schools in The Netherlands. Further, he states that Delfi C-3 carries 2 experiments, one involving thin film solar cells developed by Dutch Space and the other, an Autonomous Wire- less Sun Sensor from the Dutch Government Research Institute (TNO). Mr. Ubbels' letter says that Delfi C-3 has been duly coordinated through the Region 1 IARU representative, Mr. Graham Shirville, G3VZV, and that the satellite meets all of the criteria necessary to be issued an OSCAR number. In response to the information provided by Mr. Ubbels, I hereby issue the designation Delfi-C3 OSCAR-64 or Dutch OSCAR-64. The shortened ver- sion of either of these two designation would, of course, be, DO-64. AMSAT-NA is pleased to welcome DO-64 into the family of amateur Radio satellites. We are hopeful that it will fulfill its intended mission of furthering education and increasing interest in the Amateur Radio space program. We congratulate all of those responsible for designing, building, testing and launching this new Amateur Radio satellite and look forward to its long and productive life. 73, William A. (Bill) Tynan, W3XO [ANS thanks Bill, W3XO for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-138.03 AMSAT at Dayton - First Report AMSAT News Service Bulletin 138.03 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. May 18, 2008 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-138.03 The AMSAT booth at the Dayton Hamvention included the first stages of the full-scale engineering unit of the Eagle satellite structure. This consists of the inner 4 honeycomb panels where electronics are mounted, along with four channels and two electronics boxes. The half- scale model of Eagle was also on display. After the Hamvention the Eagle engineering unit will return to the AMSAT Maryland Lab for further development, integration, and testing. Radio amateurs were able to get a taste of satellite operations at the live satellite demos. Using the callsign W5IU the demo team was on-the-air via AO-7, AO-16, AO-27, AO-51, and VO-52 on Friday, Sat- urday, and Sunday. Tom Clark, K3IO gave a presentation discussing the highlights of AMSAT's technical achievement and plans at the ARRL TTF Forum. The AMSAT forum provided updates on Eagle and Intelsat. More information will be coming in future weeks via ANS and the AMSAT Journal. AMSAT Engineering representatives were on hand to show off and discuss project status for the ACP, Eagle, Phase IV, P3E, SuitSat-2, and dig- ital encoding. The combined AMSAT/TAPR Banquet was one of the more popular events of the weekend. Pictures and more stories to follow when they are ready. The Spring 2008 issue of CQ-VHF magazine, planned to be available at the Hamvention, featured AMSAT in three articles. Lou W5DID & JoAnne K9JKM had an article covering SuitSat-2. Bob KF4KSS & JC W3JCT had an article about AMSAT's new lab, and Keith W5IU wrote a column of amateur radio in space history and AMSAT's history. [ANS thanks everyone for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-138.04 AO-16 Operations Update AMSAT News Service Bulletin 138.04 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. May 18, 2008 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-138.04 The AO-16 satellite has undergone a few periods of turning off with subsequent restarts ensuring operation for varying periods of time. Mark, N8MH, Control Operator turned AO-16 ON in voice mode to suppot a Scouting Special Events Station. The output power was reduced slight- ly in an attempt to conserve power in the event that batteries or the solar cells were having problems. George, KA3HSW, operating from the Scouting Event wrote, "Many thanks to Mark for making AO-16 available during the K9BSA Scout-O-Rama demonstration yesterday, and MANY, MANY thanks for "advertising" that our station was there on the 1950Z pass... we worked quite a number of stations, thanks in large part to Mark's announcement on the bird." In response to observing stations around the world reporting AO-16 was turned off again Mark provided the latest information, "AO-16 continues to exhibit difficulty in keeping the transmitter turned ON. The last few days I have turned it ON as my schedule permits, only to see it turn itself OFF after a short time (sometimes minutes, other times a few hours). So, it hasn't been turned ON much over the last several days. It is looking less likely to be a power budget issue, and more likely that there is something going on with the hardware in the spacecraft; but this is still speculation. Time will tell. I wish the news was better!" If you hear AO-16 in voice mode, free to use it. If you hear it "hummmming" in digital mode, please do not transmit to the satellite. AO-16 Uplink: 145.920 MHz FM AO-16 Downlink: 437.0260 MHz DSB (LSB and USB) [ANS thanks Mark, N8MH for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-138.05 Second Call For Speakers at AMSAT-UK Colloquium AMSAT News Service Bulletin 138.05 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. May 18, 2008 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-138.05 This is the second call for speakers for the 22nd Amsat-UK Colloquium which will be held at Surrey University, Guildford, Surrey, U.K., from Friday 25th July to Sunday 27th July 2008. Details of this and previous events can be found at: http://www.uk.amsat.org. Amsat-UK invite speakers, about amateur radio space and associated activities, for this event. They are also invited to submit papers for the "Proceedings" document which will be published at the same time but printed papers are not mandatory. We normally prefer authors to present talks themselves rather than having someone else give them in the authors' absence. We also welcome "unpresented" papers for the Proceedings document. Offers of talks should be submitted as soon as possible; the final date for full documents to be received is late-June 2008 in order that the "Proceedings" document be available to participants. Submissions should be sent *ONLY* to G4DPZ, via the following routes: Internet e-mail: dave @ g4dpz dot me dot uk SnailMail: QTHR from http://www.qrz.com AMSAT-UK also invite anyone with requests for Program Topics to submit them as soon as possible to G4DPZ. Invitations for any papers on specific subjects will be included in the future call. Likewise if anyone knows of a good speaker, please send contact and other information to G4DPZ. [ANS thanks Dave, G4DPZ for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-138.06 Satellite Shorts From All Over AMSAT News Service Bulletin 138.06 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. May 18, 2008 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-138.06 + Yuta Araki, JQ1YGV at Nihon University says an updated version of the SEEDS cubesat telemetry analysis software is available from http://cubesat.aero.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp/english/download_e.html. This will be Ver.2.0.2 of Downlink Code for Distribution. + Spaceweather.com's simple Satellite Tracker has gone global. The tool now works not only for US and Canadian readers, but also for sky watchers in countries around the world. This development comes as the International Space Station is making bright and frequent nightly apparitions over Europe, Africa, the Middle East, parts of Asia and Australia. If you live in those areas, give it a try: http://spaceweather.com/flybys [via SpaceWeather.com] + Art Feller, W4ART has posted photos from AMSAT/ARISS participation at Space Day at the National Air and Space Museum to: http://picasaweb.google.com/oojimoe/2008SpaceDayNASM [ANS thanks everyone for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-138.07 ARISS Status Report for the Week of May 12, 2008 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 138.07 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. May 18, 2008 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-138.07 1. Upcoming School Contact Delta Researchers Schools 2008, Space Expo in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, has been scheduled for an ARISS contact via tele- bridge station WH6PN in Hawaii. The contact will take place on Friday, May 23 at 15:01 UTC. Twelve Dutch primary schools which participate in the Delta-project will be represented at Space Expo. The project is a cooperation of the Dutch ministry of Education, Culture and Science, the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA. The schools participating in the project use the themes of space and space exploration to teach science and technology. Three chil- dren (ages 7 - 12) from each school will be present. 2. Armada Area Schools - ARISS Contact Postponed The ARISS contact which was scheduled with Armada area schools in Michigan on May 9 was postponed due to crew scheduling issues. It will be rescheduled in the fall. In place of the May 9 contact, the Teaching From Space Office at Johnson Space Center arranged a tele- conference between the Armada students and astronaut Bill McArthur in Houston Texas. Bill spent several minutes talking about the Inter- national Space Station and answered in detail 15 student questions. There were approximately 550 participants present at the school. The Teaching From Space Office also sent an educational resource package to the school which included seeds that were flown in space. The Armada schools are looking forward to a direct ARISS contact in the fall. 3. ARISS Founder Ron Parise Passes on Astronaut Ron Parise, WA4SIR, passed away on Friday, May 9. Ron was a key player in the development of the ARISS program and a strong supporter of educational outreach activities. He spoke with hundreds of hams on the ground during his Shuttle flights STS-35 and STS-67 and was the first to operate packet radio in orbit. He was instrumental in developing both the ISS Ham radio systems currently onboard the ISS and the telebridge station concept with the specific purpose of encour- aging students to pursue studies in technical fields. The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) published this story: http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2008/05/10/10092/?nc=1 4. ARISS Member Interviewed on Australian TV ARISS member Tony Hutchison, VK5ZAI, was interviewed and appeared on the Australian Channel 7 Today Tonight Show. He described his work with the educational ARISS program. The Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA) posted the news clip with permission from Channel 7. See: http://www.wia.org.au/discover/videoaudio/video/documents/Low_VK5ZAI_Today_T onight_320X240X256.wmv 5. NASA Tool Aids Amateur Radio Operators The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) ran an article covering NASA's new 4D Ionosphere tool. The tool can aid amateur radio operators in radio communications. To view the story, go to: http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2008/05/07/10081/?nc=1 NASA's article has been posted to: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/30apr_4dionosphere.htm?list212589 6. Wings over the Rockies Amateur Radio Event On Friday, May 23, Wings over the Rockies Air and Space Museum in Denver, Colorado will open a new exhibit, "Colorado's Astronauts: in their own words." It will also host ceremonies for the presenta- tion of NASA's Ambassador of Exploration Award honoring one of Colo- rado's astronauts, Jack Swigert. NASA officials will present the award to Jack Swigert's sister, Virginia Swigert. Guests include James A. Lovell, Fred Haise, Ken Mattingly as well as other astronauts and Colorado Governor Bill Ritter. To celebrate the event, an amateur radio special event station K0WAR, will operate on 14250 or 7250 kHz from 09:00 to 21:00 local Denver time (May 23, 15:00 UTC to May 24, 03:00 UTC). An 8-1/2 x 11 QSL certificate will be distributed to confirmed contacts providing an SASE. For more information on the event, see: http://www.wingsmuseum.org/index.php 7. ARISS Presentation at Dayton Hamvention The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) and the Radio Amateur Sat- ellite Corporation (AMSAT) both supported exhibit booths the Dayton Hamvention. ARISS Australian telebridge operator Tony Hutchison, VK5ZAI, gave a presentation on "A Ham Radio Operator's View of ARISS" at the AMSAT forum covering new ARISS initiatives and a status report on SuitSat-2. The Dayton Hamvention is an internationally attended amateur radio convention that draws crowds of 25,000 annually. For more information on Dayton Hamvention 2008, go to: http://www.hamvention.org/hv2008/forums/forumlist.htm [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM K9JKM at amsat dot org


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Charlie's Sunny Safari
Name: Charlie
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (West Philly)
The inspiration for our daughter Charlie's room began with our African safari honeymoon. Then I saw the giant plush giraffe and knew we had to get it - what baby wouldn't be drawn to a large exotic animal in his or her room?
From there, the colors fell into place; a clean, modern gray with a giant splash of bright yellow throughout, creating a frame of sorts for the artwork and wall decor. I cherish the vintage German flocked safari animals that my aunt had given me as a child and knew they'd make a perfect display.
The framed pieces are all DIY - I purchased frames from thrift shops and painted them glossy white, then selected a few pieces of colorful patterned paper to use as mats to highlight the vintage and retro artwork. I used a beautiful fabric I found on Etsy to make the valances, crib skirt and to cover the footstool.
The most problematic elements in the room were the hideous ceiling tiles. We decided instead of trying to rip them down and do a patch job, we'd work with what we had - the checkerboard idea was born. My favorite part of the room is the gorgeous built-in handcrafted by my amazingly talented father. I designed it, he built it. It serves as toy and book storage, a radiator cover and a large flat surface all rolled into one fantastically functional showstopper. I spend a lot of time in this room. It's my favorite one in the house.
Source List:
- Chair, light fixture, bookcase, shelves: IKEA
- Dresser: vintage
- Stool: DIY vintage
- Rug: Rugs USA
- Standing plush giraffe: Melissa & Doug
- Animal wall hooks: Anthropologie
- Paper for mats: Paper Source
- Philadelphia Zoo print: Etsy
- Fabric: Bella Stones & Leaves in Sunspray
- Yellow & White storage cubes: Land of Nod
- Pillow, turquoise storage cubes, table frames: Target
Thanks, Michelle!
(Images: Reader Michelle)


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By STEVE MEGARGEE
AP Sports Writer
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Consider it the equivalent of leaving a Ferrari in the garage.
Tennessee's Cordarrelle Patterson established himself as 1 of the nation's most electrifying performers as soon as the Hutchinson (Kan.) Community College transfer scored on a 41-yard reception and a 67-yard run against North Carolina State in his Division I debut. But until last week, Patterson was an extraordinary player with relatively ordinary receiving statistics.
That's no longer the case. Patterson caught nine passes for 219 yards and a touchdown last week in a 55-48 victory over Troy. He had a total of 10 catches in the five games leading up to that one. Tennessee coach Derek Dooley said Patterson's increased production last week resulted from improved practice habits.
Patterson will try to deliver a repeat performance Saturday against Missouri.
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The recommendations of the long-awaited Leveson inquiry will be made public today. Do you care?
Should you care?
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At the heart of the issue is whether, as some people suggest, there needs to be state regulation of the Press.
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A am not too sure if this is even the correct place to post this but sorry if its not. I am using crystal reports with vs 2008 express and i am having trouble with one part. I have a parts filed in my database and I need to insert each part into a different unbound field. I have been trying to use the split function but I can't get it to work. The parts list can unlimited so there is no way i will know how long to loop for.
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'Significant progress' in Congo, M23 talks
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The Congolese government and a rebel group that is ensconced in the hills above one of the country's largest cities have made progress in talks organized by neighboring nations, according to a statement issued Tuesday.
"Significant progress has been made in the dialogue," said the statement from the Office of the Facilitator of the International Conference of the Great Lakes, which is hosting the mediation effort in the capital of neighboring Uganda.
Late last month, Congolese troops exchanged heavy fire with the M23 rebels, who occupy positions just outside the strategic eastern city of Goma. Aided by U.N. forces who pounded rebel positions with combat helicopters the Congolese were able to reclaim several areas that had been occupied by the M23, until the rebels unexpectedly declared a cease-fire, saying they wanted to resume talks.
The M23 is primarily made up of fighters from a now-defunct rebel group which signed a peace agreement with Congo on March 23, 2009. The deal paved the way for the rebels to join the regular Congolese military. For the next three years Congo enjoyed a relative period of calm in its troubled and lawless eastern province.
However many defected in 2012, claiming Congo had not held up its end of the bargain by failing to implement the signed agreement. Rebels invaded and briefly held Goma, one of Congo's largest cities late last year, before retreating to positions just outside the city.
The international community, bolstered by several reports by the U.N. Group of Experts, has accused Rwanda of backing the M23, using it as a proxy force to secure access to eastern Congo's lucrative mining trade.
Tuesday's statement from the office of the facilitator in Kampala says the two sides agreed that 65 percent of the provisions in the 2009 accord have been implemented, while 35 percent have not. "The parties have expressed determination to ensure that the balance of the agreement will be implemented as well," it said.
Congolese government spokesman Lambert Mende told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the statement is further proof that the M23′s rationale for war is unfounded.
"First of all, this confirms what the government has always said — that the non-execution of the March 23, 2009, accord is not the real reason for the war that was imposed on us because the majority of the measures were already implemented. This war comes from elsewhere," he said. "The Congolese government is thinking of Rwanda, which does not want to respect the promises it has made."
Showing the extent of international concern, the talks were attended by the presidents of Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, South Sudan and Tanzania, as well as by the U.N. special envoy to the region, and Sen. Russ Feingold, the special envoy from the United States.
In recent days as fighting between the M23 and Congo escalated, a convoy of military vehicles was seen leaving the Rwanda capital for the Congolese border, heightening fears the two nations, which have gone to war twice before, might be heading for another confrontation.
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Musikmesse Frankfurt: Satriani stops show with Vox
Guitarist talks frankly to trade and press regarding his Vox collaboration
Midday at the Musikmesse today (April 3rd) saw the Vox stand in Hall 4.0 bring pretty much all traffic in that area of the hall as Joe Satriani took any questions regarding his work with the amp (and now stomp box) manufacturer.
Satriani, ably assisted by Korg UK's Allan Scally, admitted to feeling a little uncomfortable having to stand on stage without any sort of prop other than a microphone, but he spoke clearly and enthusiastically about his three pedals, the Satchurator distortion unit, the Time Machine delay unit and the Big Bad Wah pedal.
Satriano spoke of how there came a time when he simply did not want to put up with making compromises with his equipment simply because certain components had ceased to be used or because a product was no longer available.
"I just said to myself that I'm not going to put up with it any more," he said. "I wouldn't call myself a demanding guitarist, but I do know what I want and, all credit to Vox, they have been with me the whole way, taking my ideas on board and adding some of their own. The result is a collection of effects that do exactly what I want."


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Cynthia Cannon had not been heard from for more than a day by the time her husband, Patrick Cannon, reported her missing to Wolcott police about 10:30 p.m. Friday.
Patrick Cannon, 44, told police that he and his wife were divorcing and that their home at 207 Spindle Hill Road was in foreclosure.
By Saturday, several of Cynthia Cannon's friends and family contacted police to say they were concerned that something bad had happened to her.
On Sunday, after finding blood in the family home and a bloody sleeping bag dumped elsewhere in town, police charged Patrick Cannon with killing his 35-year-old wife, although they have yet to find her body.
At his arraignment Monday at Superior Court in Waterbury on a single count of murder, Patrick Cannon was dressed in paper coveralls, apparently as a result of his clothing being seized by police. He said nothing during the brief hearing. His bail was set at $3 million and he was ordered back to court May 26.
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Police obtained a search warrant for the house Saturday, and on Sunday morning, state police Major Crime Squad detectives began scouring the house for evidence.
They found "large amounts" of blood inside and outside. There was blood on a couch on which Cynthia Cannon slept. There was blood on a wall above the couch.
And detectives found a trail of blood that led out of the house and onto the back porch, the stairs leading from the porch to the driveway, and on the driveway, according to an arrest warrant for Patrick Cannon.
About the same time, Wolcott police recovered a bloody Coleman sleeping bag dumped in a secluded area along Woodtick Road, near Scoville Reservoir.
They also found a bloody rope and an article of clothing. A friend of Cynthia Cannon's told police that the sleeping bag was purchased recently for a Girl Scout camping trip.
Cynthia Cannon's Jeep Liberty was found Sunday on Cemetery Road in Waterbury, a short walk from 207 Spindle Hill Road. Inside the car, police said they found blood as well as blood residue and spatter on the rear bumper.
Police also found tire tracks on the lawn that led to the rear porch.
Friends told police that the Cannons had been having financial and marital problems.
They also said the couple were in the midst of a divorce, although there is no divorce action on file in Superior Court.
Patrick Cannon stopped paying the mortgage on his home in the fall, according to court records. He owes $326,358 on a $336,000 mortgage, according to the foreclosure filed by his lender, Quicken Loans.
Cynthia Cannon filed for divorce from a previous husband in 2002, according to court records, and disputes over child support payments continued until this year, according to court records.
After his arrest Sunday, Patrick Cannon became emotional and asked to speak with an attorney. Public defender Allan McWhirter later told police that Cannon was invoking his Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate himself.
More than 100 people gathered at Wakelee School in Wolcott on Monday night for a vigil, where friends and relatives described Cynthia Cannon as full of life and incredibly witty.
"She was devoted to her children," a cousin said.
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Profile hidden Markov models (profile HMMs) can be used to do sensitive database searching using statistical descriptions of a sequence family's consensus. HMMER uses profile HMMs, and can be useful in situations like:
- if you are working with an evolutionarily diverse protein family, a BLAST search with any individual sequence may not find the rest of the sequences in the family.
- the top hits in a BLAST search are hypothetical sequences from genome projects.
- your protein consists of several domains which are of different types.
HMMER (pronounced 'hammer', as in a more precise mining tool than BLAST) was developed by Sean Eddy at Washington University in St. Louis.
HMMER is a very cpu-intensive program and is parallelized using threads, so that each instance of hmmsearch or the other search programs can use all the cpus available on a node. HMMER on OSC clusters are intended for those who need to run HMMER searches on large numbers of query sequences.
Availability and Restrictions
The following versions of HMMER are available on OSC systems:
You can use
module spider hmmer to view available modules for a given machine. Feel free to contact OSC Help if you need other versions for your work.
HMMER is available to all OSC users without restriction.
Publisher/Vendor/Repository and License Type
http://hmmer.org, Open source (academic)
To use HMMER on Oakley, first run the following command:
module load hmmer
Using HMMER
Once the hmmer module is loaded, the following commands will be available for your use:
Single sequence queries: new to HMMER3 phmmer Search a sequence against a sequence database. (BLASTP-like) jackhmmer Iteratively search a sequence against a sequence database. (PSIBLAST-like) Replacements for HMMER2's functionality hmmbuild Build a profile HMM from an input multiple alignment. hmmsearch Search a profile HMM against a sequence database. hmmscan Search a sequence against a profile HMM database. hmmalign Make a multiple alignment of many sequences to a common profile HMM. Other utilities hmmconvert Convert profile formats to/from HMMER3 format. hmmemit Generate (sample) sequences from a profile HMM. hmmfetch Get a profile HMM by name or accession from an HMM database. hmmpress Format an HMM database into a binary format for hmmscan. hmmstat Show summary statistics for each profile in an HMM database.
If you need to know options for a command, type the command name followed by "-h", for example:
hmmalign -h
Batch Usage
A sample batch job is below:
#PBS -N hmmer #PBS -j oe #PBS -l nodes=1:ppn=1 #PBS -S /bin/bash cd $PBS_O_WORKDIR hmmalign globins4.align globins45 hmmbuild globins4.hmm globins4.align hmmsearch globins4.hmm /fdb/fastadb/nr.aa.fas > globins.out
Further Reading
- The HMMER home page
- The HMMER user group on Armstrong


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Muffinmom wrote:Girlies, you can be PROUD of me!!
I woke up early today and did 1/2 hr on the exercise bike BEFORE work, so that I have no excuse on missing my workout. WOOHOO!
I also did cooking yesterday to prep for the week - I made myself some mini broccoli quiche for breakfast, setup the crockpot to make soup (for weekday lunches), cooked enough chicken to last a few days dinner, and prepped my lunches for the next couple of days.
So since this is the free WC week- I'm choosing to workout every week-day from home except Friday (when I have lunchtime yoga). NO EXCUSES!
I think I've earned one of these smiles…
absolutelyvlc wrote:What is the WC this week?
obava wrote: Muffi- I think you turned into ME! I also workout before work- it's the only way I can be sure it gets done I usually do all my shopping & cooking on the weekend, but since I was sick this weekend, I gave myself a break. Unfortunately, this means I have no healthy food prepped for this week.
Muffinmom wrote:Obava - Really? I can grow up and be like you? How fab is that?
Hope you're feeling better- and you can catch up tonight on the food front, right?
Muffinmom wrote:I'm pretty sure Mr RA in North/South will be my next motivator, those gifs in the main thread had me almost hyperventilating!
amynkansas wrote:i have been an exercise fail lately....]
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Muffinmom wrote:amynkansas wrote:i have been an exercise fail lately....]
So what's it gonna take for you to get moving? Just shake what you got and you'll get that blood pumping in no time!
Today's workout will have to be when I get home - my coworker picked me up at 6am cuz Muffindad needed my car today (his is at the mechanic).
I'm mega struggling right now with food - I'm fantastic all day, then after dinner I get mega sugar munchies that I can't seem to stop. So I've been nibbling on Muffin's cookies, sneaking Muffindad's chocolate and finding other junk to eat. NOT GOOD! Well, at least I'm good for MOST of the day...
Muffinmom wrote:You can reboot ANYTIME honey! Just have to decide to do it - maybe pick something to do that declares to you (and the world) that you're rebooting - I did it this past Sunday with cooking & a workout. (I know, not dramatic but it worked for me).
amynkansas wrote:i just finished eating an entire can of cherry pie filling for dinner.
who am i kidding? i am still going to eat dinner too.
ps the pie filling was the "lite pie filling" if that makes me seem less pathetic.
Muffinmom wrote:I posted this pic in the main board but I think it bears repeating... (excuse me while I go fan myself)...
kelbel75 wrote:SeattleLisa wrote:
who is this? cause it's not Jamie he's supposed to have copper-colored hair that glows in the sun, & I don't remember the mention of guy-liner either... I'm just teasing is this a young Gerard Butler? he's too old to play him now anyways (nothing against GB, I like him fine just not for Jamie )
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When experimenting or using parts from different sources, we frequently find the color codes on brushless motors and controllers do not correspond correctly. Just because the right colors are present does not mean they will match correctly, though that would be a good first guess.
Most brushless motors used on bikes, scooter, and motorcycles have 3 phase wires (the fat ones that take the power) and 5 hall sensor wires (the skinny ones). Some motors may also have a temperature sensor or shaft speed encoder (more wires).
The problem is how to determine which wire goes where without blowing anything up...
If full power is applied to the controller and the wires are not properly connected, there is a very good chance of destroying the motor, controller or both.
There are typically 3 hall sensors in the motor that tell the controller the position of the rotor.
Each sensor has a + and - power lead and a signal output. The first thing to sort out is the hall sensor power. The controller will supply a votage to the sensors that is typically between 5v and 12v. The most common color coding for the hall power is red= positive, black= ground.
If there are no black and red wires, or it is not clear which are the power wires, it may be necessary to open the motor and trace the wires going to the hall sensors. The hall supply wires will branch off and go to all three sensors. If + and - are not black and red, then it may be necessary to look up the datasheet for the hall sensor to determine the power connections.
Here is the most common style of hall sensor used in motors. This one is a Crystalyte:
Here's what the hall sensors look like in a Kollmorgen motor:
Now, once the hall supply wires are sorted out, it's a matter of matching the phase and signal wires. If the colors of the remaining wires seem to match, that would be the obvious first try.
When testing unknown wiring combinations, it is important to somehow limit the current that the controller can get during testing. If one wire is out of place, the current in the controller could be very high and cause the controller to blow. Testing with the batteries connected to directly to the controller is very risky.
The best approach is to use a bench power supply capable of enough current to run the motor at no load. This is the one I like to use:
If you do not have access to fancy, expensive test equipment, then you should put something in series with the batteries to limit the current, but still allow enough to run the motor at no load without tripping the low voltage cutout on the controller. At no load (wheel off the ground), most bike motors will draw around 2 amps or less. Larger motors may be up to 5 amps or more.
You could use a 5 amp fuse or circuit breaker if you have nothing else. A large resistor, like a car headlamp may suffice in a pinch.
You also need to measure the battery current while testing. This is very important, since you want to back off the throttle immediately if the current starts going too high, and it's about the only way to tell when you have the right wiring combination.
For the 3 phase wires, there are 6 possible combinations of wiring to the controller. It is good to use a piece of paper to write down the combinations so you can keep track of which ones have been tried. For each phase combination, there are 6 possible hall signal combinations. This gives a total of 36 possible configurations that may need to be tested.
If we label the motor wires A, B, and C and the controller wires Y (yellow), G (green) and B (blue), the combination table looks like this:
For each attempted combination, apply power and slowly advance the throttle while watching the current.
Incorrect combinations will have different effects depending on the combination.
Some combinations will result in the motor vibrating or not moving, but the current rises rapidly with throttle... bad.
Some combinations will result in the motor running, but the current will become excessive at higher speeds... bad.
Some combinations will result in the motor running backward... bad.
When you get the right combination, the motor will start from any position, run forward and the no-load current will be in the 'expected' range.
Be very careful when swapping the hall signal wires around. If a hall signal wire makes contact with the hall supply, there is a good chance of blowing the hall sensor. Best disconnect all power before swapping wires.
When swapping wires around, I found it very handy to use a barrier strip terminal block to hold the wires. In this setup, I used some connector pins from a serial connector to make swapping even quicker.
Hope this helps, and happy motor testing!


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ORLANDO | During the past three years, even as it has struggled with shrinking tax revenue, the Florida Legislature has dramatically expanded the amount of incentives available to film and entertainment companies.
ORLANDO | During the past three years, even as it has struggled with shrinking tax revenue, the Florida Legislature has dramatically expanded the amount of incentives available to film and entertainment companies.
Supporters say the tax breaks lure high-profile movie, television and digital media projects to the state and foster the growth of a high-tech, creative workforce.
But the biggest beneficiary of those expanded breaks is a multibillion-dollar video game developer that was designing games in Central Florida long before it began receiving incentives - and employs fewer people in the region today than it did five years ago.
That company is Electronic Arts Inc., the Redwood City, Calif.-based video game giant developing games at its EA Tiburon studio in Maitland since the mid-1990s.
Florida awarded EA more than $9.1 million in tax credits during the states 2011-12 fiscal year to subsidize development of the 2012 editions of three popular EA sports games: Madden NFL, NCAA Football and Tiger Woods PGA Tour. It was the largest amount one company has received in a single year in the history of Floridas entertainment-based incentive program.
Next year should be even better for EA, which generated more than $4 billion in worldwide sales during its fiscal 2012. The company is tentatively in line for $14.5 million worth of tax credits - to subsidize development of the 2013 versions of the same three video games.
EA is profiting so handsomely from Florida's entertainment incentives because it helped rewrite the state program. Records obtained by the Orlando Sentinel show that lobbyists for EA have worked closely with an influential Central Florida lawmaker - state Rep. Steve Precourt, R-Orlando - to mold the 9-year-old program to EA's advantage.
In one instance, an EA lobbyist suggested a revision to the program that was adopted, almost verbatim, by the Legislature a month later. The change could soon save EA several million dollars more each year.
Electronic Arts says Florida as a whole has benefited from the incentives. It says the incentives have nurtured the growth of the entire video game industry, which EA said now employs more than 6,000 people statewide at an annual average wage of $80,000.
EA also said it is adding jobs at its Maitland studio and noted that it contributes to charitable and civic causes in Central Florida.
"Florida's tax policies have contributed to EA's ongoing investment in the state and to the steady growth of jobs in our Orlando studio," the company said in a written response to questions from the Sentinel. "In California, where there is no production incentive, our studio head count has fallen by more than 50 percent since 2005. In Texas, which has established a game-production incentive, we have added three new studios and hundreds of jobs since 2010."
Others accuse EA of squeezing profits out of taxpayers by playing states against one another in the name of economic development. Twenty-three states and Puerto Rico now offer incentives to video game companies, according to the Entertainment Software Association, an industry trade group.
These critics also call the changes wrought by Electronic Arts in Florida law a vivid illustration of how some large companies, empowered by a Republican-controlled Legislature philosophically inclined to support all manner of tax cuts, have been able to bend the state's tax code in their favor.
All we know for certain is that such incentives work to put more money in the company's treasury and take it away from tax revenues spent for broader public good, like education and health care, said Alan Stonecipher, an analyst with the Tallahassee-based Florida Center for Fiscal and Economic Policy, which advocates for low- and middle-income taxpayers. The money is not creating any new jobs, but fatter corporate coffers.
Florida created a film-and-entertainment incentive program in 2003, offering relatively modest cash rebates to various productions. The biggest recipients were typically large-budget television shows such as "Burn Notice" and "The Glades," or feature films such as "Marley and Me."
Video game companies were initially excluded from the program entirely, because Florida officials said the state did not want to provide incentives for projects likely to occur even without government help. The state eventually relented and allowed game developers to participate, though game companies were restricted to incentive awards smaller than those given to film and television projects.
Electronic Arts already had a thriving business in Maitland, where its Tiburon studio has been developing video games for EA - including Madden NFL, the best-selling sports title of all time - for nearly two decades, first as an independent contractor and then, since 1998, as an EA subsidiary.
The Legislature radically altered its incentive structure in 2010, transforming it into an exponentially larger, tax credit-based program that will hand out nearly $300 million worth of credits through 2016.
Companies now can get tax offsets worth 20 percent of their total spending on an entertainment project, including employee wages of as much as $400,000. Additional bonus credits can boost their award to as much as 30 percent of their spending. Those credits can be used to reduce or eliminate a company's corporate-income taxes, sales taxes or a combination of both.
Importantly, supporters say, the program is performance-based, because tax credits are awarded only after a production has been completed and its expenses have been verified.
But state lawmakers didn't just make the incentive program larger - they also rewrote the rules governing what types of projects were eligible and how much those projects could earn.
And no company has benefited from those changes more than Electronic Arts.
Once barred from the program entirely, video games are now eligible for the same tax breaks available to major movies and television shows. Big-budget video games - such as the kind EA makes - get priority over most other film, television and digital-media projects in the allocation of tax credits.
Companies can now get bonus credits for hiring students and recent graduates from entertainment or digital media programs at state universities, such as the University of Central Florida's publicly subsidized Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy - established in 2005 in large part to provide a talent pipeline for EA Tiburon.
The rise in Florida entertainment-related subsidies come at an opportune time for EA. Like other video game designers, EA has reported lower profits in recent years as consumers migrate away from conventional console games to cheaper online, mobile and social media games.
The benefits for taxpayers have been less obvious. Electronic Arts says it employs about 800 people in the region today, down from 825 in 2007. But it said the total will rise in coming years: "We are hiring and project steady job growth," the company said.