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The day the Earths climate went berserk
Tuesday - The day in 1815 when the worlds climate went berserk was only the start of months and years of global climate disruption and social unrest.
How Cyclone Idai was made worse by climate change
21 Mar 19 - The climate crisis that is driving sea level rises and more extreme rainfall is making deadly storms like the one that hit southern Africa in the past week more severe, according to experts.
Sizzling summer comes in at No3 on hot list
6 Mar 19 - New Zealand has experienced two of the three hottest summers on record over the past two years.
Carbon rise could cause cloud tipping point
28 Feb 19 - Climate scientists have confirmed a high-level hazard, a cloud tipping point, that could send global warming into a dramatic upwards spiral.
Changing weather could make food less safe
19 Feb 19 - Governments must pay more attention to food safety, and address the issue in their action plans to tackle climate change, say officials and researchers.
It's heating up on land ... and sea
14 Feb 19 - Droughts affecting in the top of the South Island and top and west of the North Island are spreading, and sea temperatures are increasing, scientists say.
Storm left bill of $5b after tearing apart air force base
19 Dec 18 - Hurricane Michael smashed through Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, in October this year doing damage worth $5 billion.
Fiery February El Nino could mean summer could sizzle
29 Nov 18 - UN experts say there is a good chance of a climate-warming El Niño event by February - similar to the one that made 2016 the hottest year on record.
Stand by for multiple disasters, say experts
20 Nov 18 - Heatwaves, droughts, wildfire, storms, floods, sea-surges, food shortages and diseases climate change could see communities hit by multiple disasters at once, scientists say.
Its time to make polluters pay for damage
19 Sep 18 - In the last few days as hurricane Florence battered the east coast of the United States and typhoon Mangkhut hit the Philippines and China an important scientific breakthrough took place.
Our weather will get worse, warn scientists
3 Sep 18 - El Niño and La Niña the weather patterns that bring New Zealand droughts on the one hand and storms on the other will get worse as the climate warms, scientists say.
SHOCK WAVES: Should we be using tech to control weather?
28 Aug 18 - Farmers in Mexico have accused Volkswagen of ruining their crops by installing hail cannons, which fire shockwaves into the atmosphere in an effort to prevent hail storms from damaging cars rolling...
Why summer weather keeps on getting 'stuck'
22 Aug 18 - Summer weather patterns are increasingly likely to stall in Europe, North America and parts of Asia, according to a new climate study that explains why Arctic warming is making heatwaves elsewhere...
A city in Oman has just posted our hottest low temperature
2 Jul 18 - Over a period of 24 hours last week, the temperature in the Oman city of Quriyat never dropped below 42.6deg, most likely the highest minimum temperature observed on Earth.
Slower cyclones will mean more damage
18 Jun 18 - Tropical cyclones are slowing down. Hurricanes have lost their hurry. Paradoxically, this is bad news: they have more time to work their mischief.
Climate change dust storms can kill
14 Jun 18 - The US Dust Bowl in the 1930s was one of the worst environmental disasters of the 20th century.
STORM SEASON: Category 5 warning is no longer enough
7 Jun 18 - As the Atlantic hurricane season begins, scientists are worried that US coastal communities could face more storms so intense that current warning categories don't fully capture the threat.
US battens the hatches for season of storms
16 May 18 - The US is bracing for another harrowing spate of hurricanes this year, with forecasts of an active 2018 season coming amid new research that shows powerful Atlantic storms are intensifying.
Seeding clouds is common ... but does it work?
16 Mar 18 - Cloud seeding has been used to influence weather conditions in in more than 50 countries worldwide. But we still dont know whether it works.
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The Smart Grid will modernize and transform our energy infrastructures to incorporate more renewables and reduce use of fossil fuels for electricity and transportation. But energy surety or autarchy requires more than a transformation of energy sources to supply electricity. True energy surety requires the right grid provisioning – how our electricity grid is architected and managed; how our electricity markets are organized; and how our regulatory policies support these actions. There are two very different directions the Smart Grid could take. Given the critical social-economic importance of electricity, we must give serious attention to the policies our elected and appointed representatives make in support of one direction over the other.
One path continues the current "command and control" model of centralized, remote, and large-scale generation that is transmitted at high voltage for eventual distribution to consumers. These consumers are mostly allowed to participate in the electricity market through curtailment programs like demand response (DR) that offer some monetary incentive to reduce electricity use (create negawatts) at specific times. The other direction is a decentralized grid of distributed energy resources (DER) that produce and store electricity close to points of consumption. Consumers can become producing consumers (prosumers) and participate in generation of kilowatts or negawatts. In short, it is the choice between a "business as usual" model with utilities as electricity suppliers or a new business model where utilities or other entities become DER managers.
When faced with that choice, the smart questions are, which path offers the optimal grid reliability and resiliency? Which choice makes consumers less vulnerable to service disruptions and reduces the grid brittleness experienced after severe weather events (or potentially future cyber attacks)? A growing number of industry experts and organizations are advocating that a decentralized grid based on a transactive energy model is the best answer to these questions.
Intrepid nations like Germany are pioneers in moving along the decentralized path. Two books offer excellent information about Germany's Energiewende or Energy Transformation. The Decentralized Energy Revolution by Christoph Burger and Jens Weinmann describes the early lessons learned through indepth interviews with a number of stakeholders in the evolving energy supply chain. The second is an ebook from Osha Gray Davidson titled, Clean Break. Both publications deliver thought-provoking information about Germany's plans, players, progress, challenges, and potentials, and how we can apply their learnings to our advantage.
Germany is transforming its energy infrastructure to achieve energy autarchy – self-sufficiency in energy production and independence from fossil fuel. The identified drivers of this transformation are technologies, regulations, and empowerment, which includes ideas like "Think global, act local" and consumer activism, particularly around nuclear energy and climate change. In the USA, the drivers for our energy transformation are technologies, regulations, and finance mechanisms.
For example, today's regulations are structured to support business-as-usual in which utilities function as electricity suppliers. A transition to energy surety or autarchy will require regulatory revisions to support utility transitions to DER managers, and create market conditions that encourage new participants delivering kilowatts or negawatts.
Defaulting to the business-as-usual model for the Smart Grid may seem like less work upfront, but it essentially guarantees a grid that continues to break every time the wind blows with concomitant billions of dollars of lost economic value to regional and national economies. Creating energy surety through technology, regulations, and financial mechanisms to provision a decentralized grid needs serious discussion in the USA.
On February 28, I'll moderate a panel session at the Distribution Automation conference in Raleigh, NC that will explore regulatory challenges in the USA to provision a decentralized grid with extensive DER deployments.

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CHICAGO — Bally Total Fitness will allow its stockholder rights plan, also known as the "poison pill," to expire on July 15. The plan, which was implemented to discourage an unfair takeover of the company, protected shareholders as Bally filed its restated financial statements, according to the board. Rather than putting the plan up for stockholder vote, Bally board members decided to let the plan expire as scheduled in July.
The stockholder rights plan prevented shareholders from buying more than 15 percent of company stock in order to make near-term gains. In an Oct. 24 letter to the board, however, Kariim Samii, the leader of Pardus Capital Management, Bally's largest shareholder, said he viewed the plan as a way to entrench the management team. In January, dissident shareholders attempted to vote Paul Toback out of his position as CEO, but they didn't receive a sufficient number of votes.
Bally, which is still considering a possible sale of the company, plans to file its 2005 10-K report and quarterly report for the first three months of 2006 before the July 10 deadline, which was extended with consent from senior bank lenders and noteholders.


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Fedora Community is the collection of Moksha web applications which make up the Fedora Community portal - an integrated view into the Fedora Infrastructure. The goal is to create a modular web page in which each module would pull views from the various Fedora resources and display them to the user. It is a first step in implementing the goals laid out in this paper .
Moksha is the base generic platform which provides a web framework based off of TurboGears 2 and jQuery for creating web applications which can be stitched together to create a larger integrated application.
Fedora Community builds on top of Moksha to provide a fast and consistent user interface to Fedora Infrastructure applications. MyFedora is the repository for all of the Fedora specific apps that make up the bulk of Fedora Community.
- git://git.fedorahosted.org/fedoracommunity.git
- ssh://git.fedorahosted.org/git/fedoracommunity.git
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/fedoracommunity.git
- FedoraCommunity/Research/PackageMaintainerProcesses - irc log from #fedora-devel with explanation of the package maintenance process and package maintainer suggestions for My Fedora
- Sitemaps - give a high-level overview of how various pages/functionality within MyFedora might be laid out in a navigational structure
- Mockups - mockups of My Fedora screens
- UI Review, November-December 2008 - UI review of discrepancies between mockups and implementation, with bulleted list of needed changes to get implementation closer to mockup vision.
- FedoraCommunity/Guidelines - guidelines for the My Fedora UI
- FedoraCommunity/HtmlCSSWork - information about the HTML/CSS work
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- TurboGears 2 - TurboGears 2 Python Web Framework
- jQuery.UI - JavaScript user interface widgets which we base our widgets off of


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This hugely successful and powerful one act play centres on the rave culture and illicit teenage drug use and asks tough questions about family, friends and mutual responsibilities.
To enrich its value for the secondary school classroom, PSHE studies, English and drama departments, the play is published with extensive teachers' notes written by Helen Radian, Lecturer of Drama at Queensland University of Technology. She unpacks the themes and dramatic structure of the play in a user friendly but thought provoking way.
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Bangladesh tour of Pakistan Challenged in Court
The High Court on Thursday directed the authorities concerned not to send Bangladesh cricket team to Pakistan for playing match for next 4 (four) weeks.
In response to a writ petition, the court also issued a rule upon the authorities to explain why the move to make a tour for Bangladesh cricket team to Pakistan should not be declared illegal.
The secretary of the Youth and Sports Ministry, the chairman of National Sports Council and president of Bangladesh Cricket Board have been made respondents to the rule.
The BCB decision to send Bangladesh cricketers to play Pakistan on a short trip to the strife-torn country has been challenged in court.
"The petition was placed at the bench of justices Farid Ahmed and Sheikh Hassan Arif in the morning. The High Court will hear the petition seeking an order to stop the visit at 3pm," the petitioners' lawyer Hasan M S Azim said.
The petitioners, Supreme Court lawyer Kamal Hossain Miazi and Daffodil International University 'slaw department chairman Khandker Didar-Us-Salam, cited security concerns for seeking such an injunction.
Clarifying his clients' argument, Azim said, "ICC [International Cricket Council] declared the tour after sitting with BCB [Bangladesh Cricket Board] and PCB [Pakistan Cricket Board] on Sunday. ICC asked for a security plan from PCB. They have still not given it."
He continued, "Pakistan is not safe for any foreign teams now. Their own media including their English daily Dawn says so. For that reason, no country agrees to play there. Under the same circumstances, we should not go there also."
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Granderson Acted Angelic After Angel Fan's Touch
Everyone remembers the incident recently where New York Mets right fielder Curtis Granderson went into the corner for a ball and a fan in the stands reached out into the field of play and decided to pat him on the back physically.
We have no idea what emotions or aggressive countermeasures popped into Granderson's mind, but he did show some decorum considering he was deep into the corner where bad things can happen with an unplanned aggressive impromptu flick of a glove.
Instantly the phrase "violation of his personal space" flashed through my mind and possibly the first aspects of fight of flight possibly came crashing instantly into Granderson's subconscious thoughts, but he subdued them to the point of a bevy of unknown verbal punches and chatter instead of a physical confrontation or worse.
I personally feel that Granderson's snap to the moment attitude and comments to the fans were warranted, and that the fan crossed that invisible boundary that should never be crossed during the course of game. No matter if it is your hometown hero or a visiting titan, promoting physical contact with a player without them first initiating an action has to be a taboo.
Personally, I would never during the course of a game initiate any form of physical contact with a player on the field unless that player showed a first inclination towards seeking such an action. If the player feels that respect and comfort level to "tap gloves with you" or even throw you a baseball, take it as a thoughtful gesture and not an invite to initiate any further reactions unless it seems mutual.
Even if the player is someone you might have chatted with during batting practice or at team events, his adherence to feeling secure while out on the field is paramount and we as fans need to respect that without recourse or damaging said security. If not, we can be sure another aspect of "security" will intervene possibly to have use leave the ballpark.
We sometimes forget that within a player's focus within the scope of the game comes a natural aggression, and touching them when it is not warranted can spark an instant emotional as well as physical reaction.
Granderson definitely made the right choice in this interaction by choosing to verbally put the fan in his "place" instead of taking a more aggressive or costly physical action. If the ball had ventured into the stands in foul territory and both Granderson and the fan were both seeking the ball, it might be a different conversation.
But the action happen well beyond the player's side of the base lines and in that instant the fan initiating the bad judgment call needs to be reminded of his place in the game. If you truly look at the legal aspect of the action, the fan committed a major fan faux pas or could be classified as a simple assault even if it was meant as a congratulatory "pat on the back".
Sure it was a spontaneous response by the fan, and a bad one at that, but Granderson kept his cool and his post-game comments were spot on as to the only time a player and fan should fight for a ball or come into contact during a game.
"Hey, if the ball is coming into the stands, you're more than welcome to go ahead and grab it and catch it and do whatever you want to," Granderson said. "Once you come onto the field of play, whether it's reaching over or actually stepping onto the field, obviously then the rule has been broken."
Moral of this post: Know your boundaries, especially with regards to players and the field.


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Bill Cook '66: Doctor of Humane Letters
May 16, 2010
William Robert "Bill" Cook '66
Doctor of Humane Letters
May 16, 2010
William Robert Cook, consummate scholar of all things medieval, lover of art, music, and literature, and teacher without peer, Wabash honors you for your life well lived as a teacher and scholar and thanks you particularly for the many gifts you have shared with Wabash students, faculty, staff, and alumni as a member of our faculty the last two years — more than four decades after your graduation from the College.
You arrived here as an undergraduate in 1962 and quickly came under the intellectual spell of Professor Jack Charles — a fine mentor to a young man with broad interests and boundless energy. A member of Lambda Chi Alpha and the Glee Club, you were then, as you are now, known for your colorful wardrobe — so much so that David Kendall mentioned in his commencement address to graduating seniors that what made the day special was your overtly conservative tie! You would graduate
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and Phi Beta Kappa from Wabash, earning a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship to pursue your Ph.D. in medieval history at Cornell University, where you also received the Herbert Lehman Fellowship.
The teachers during your years at Wabash — among them Jack Charles, Phil Wilder, Wendell Calkins, James Barnes, Ben Rogge, Dick Traina, and Bob Mitchum — prepared you well for an accomplished career as a college professor. In 1970, you joined the faculty of the State University of New York at Geneseo, where since 1984, you have held the title Distinguished Teaching Professor of History. Distinguished, indeed. You received the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching at Geneseo, the C.A.S.E. Professor of the Year Award for the state of New York, the CARA Award for Excellence in Teaching from the Medieval Academy of America, and you were runner-up for the Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching.
You are today the foremost scholar of Saint Francis of Assisi, and you have written six books, including
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Francis of Assisi: The Way of Poverty and Humility.
You are also widely published on Dante,
The Song of Roland
, and medieval monasticism; and you have appeared on The Learning Channel, The Hallmark Channel, and National Public Radio. And in every book, in every medium, you are always the consummate teacher, balancing enthusiasm and learning, clarity and passion.
Since your return to Wabash two years ago, you have taught courses in history, religion, philosophy, and Cultures and Traditions. You have taken our students on Immersion Learning experiences to Florence and across Tuscany. In fact, our students say that you are such a remarkable tour guide that you can guide them through museums entirely from memory — leading them through a crowded gallery with a headset microphone from outside the building. And in every step you honor your Wabash education. "When I take Wabash students abroad, I am giving back to my
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and honoring those who educated me," you wrote after your Florence immersion last January.
Away from the Academy, you have been active in your community in politics and journalism. You are an advocate for children in foster care, international adoption, and for New York City's Covenant House for abused and abandoned children. You are the proud father of three adopted sons, including Eric Huynh, Wabash class of 2007, and you have provided refuge and resources for at least another eight children.
Shaped by legendary Wabash professors, you have become one of the legends yourself. William R. Cook, you are a captivating teacher who embodies the liberal arts and who in every way lives out the Wabash mission to think critically, act responsibly, lead effectively, and live humanely. Through a lifelong pursuit of knowledge, new experiences, service, and the life of the mind, you have brought honor to your College through your words, wisdom, and actions. Therefore, by the authority vested in me by the Board of Trustees of Wabash College and delegated to that Board by the State of Indiana, I do hereby confer upon you the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters,
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"If you would replace" sounds unnatural to me, and there is no such thing as 'the subjunctive case'.
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I came accross the following exchange on the Internet and am not sure what to make of it seeing that both women are expert native speakers of English. Needless to say, no more was said about this further on in the forum.
My guess is, Maryanne is right, but is she really?
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December 22, 2011 at 4:16 pm
not to be mean, but I noticed that you said If you would replace the interrogative pronoun (who or whom) with him, then you should use whom when the subjunctive case is appropriate. If you replaced . . . or If you were to replace.
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Thanks, Maryann, for your suggestion. I think your suggestion is a good one but Im still content with my original wording.Maryanne Khan says:
"If you would replace" sounds unnatural to me, and there is no such thing as 'the subjunctive case'.
From this very brief bio, I would venture to suggest that Maryanne Khan is not a native speaker of English. She is currently located in Australia but it says she has been "living abroad" for 26 years. 2 of her 4 books are based in Pakistan and her surname suggests that she may well be from that part of the world.
Remember - if you don't use correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing, anything you write will be incorrect.


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Imagineer Systems' mocha Pro in Review
February 7, 2011 8:45 pm
Tags: After Effects, Imagineer Systems, Mocha, Mocha Pro, tracking
Product Review: Imagineer Systems' mocha Pro
mocha Pro is the latest version of Imagineer Systems' planar tracking software. It combines the functionality of previously available products into one single package, making it easier since there is no longer the need to worry about different applications for different purposes.
As I said, mocha Pro is a planar tracking software (to learn about planar tracking, be sure to check out this video). Basically, it helps users rotoscope different features of any footage, and provides a set of spline masks that can be used for different purposes. For example, maybe you need to track the license plate of a car to replace the number with something else, or you might need to place a digital sign on top of a moving live-action truck. Rotoscoping is also a commonly used technique for stereoscopic conversion.
The workflow is simple. You draw splines on top of features you want to track. For example, if you need to track an actor's head, arm, or hand, you draw a spline around those features. You can draw either exact splines that follow the shape of an object, or splines that will loosely follow it, and you can use it to drive the movement of a more fitting spline later.
Once you've tracked the features, you can export the different shapes to a wide variety of compositing applications, such as After Effects, Combustion, Fusion, Nuke, Shake, or others.
One of the nice features available in mocha Pro is the Remove module. This module is used to remove any unwanted features from your footage. For example, maybe you set up markers in your scene for camera tracking, but you don't want them to appear in your final shot. You can simply track those features in mocha Pro, and then remove them using this module.
You have to keep in mind that removing things such as trackings may be a problem if your footage doesn't show enough "clean" background to perform the removal. Luckily, you can import a clean image to help mocha Pro remove the desired object.
mocha Pro also includes the "Insert" feature. This allows you to project an image on any tracked surface. This feature can be useful if you want to place signs on a street, or place a photograph or label onto something. Just like before, you track your features, and then attach your image to those tracked features. You can then modify the position, rotation and scale of your insert for a variety of effects. You can export this data to your compositing package, but you can also render out a sequence that includes the inserted clip in your footage.
The software is really fast, being able to playback video in real-time since it has an OpenGL accelerated viewport (I was able to playback uncompressed AVI video at 2K resolution without any frame drops). Tracking features, most of the time, is very fast as well, taking just a few seconds to solve the tracks in most cases.
One thing you should keep in mind is that mocha Pro is not designed to rotoscope every single feature for you, so it's not like it will be able to rotoscope every moving part of your actor or objects without user intervention. It does a great job tracking objects and features, but there's a chance you will always need to adjust the splines as the tracker is doing its job, especially for deforming objects.
I think mocha Pro is a move in the right direction, as it offers features from previously available software packages from Imagineer Systems, and eliminates the confusion that the previous lineup of applications may have caused. The software is very fast, and can help you get outstanding results. If you need a software that will help you in your rotoscoping and tracking needs, I would highly recommend mocha Pro.
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Samoa sent a warning to Wales ahead of next week's Test by destroying Canada 42-12 at Parc Eirias in Colwyn Bay on Friday.
Samoa sent a warning to Wales ahead of next week's Test by destroying Canada 42-12 at Parc Eirias in Colwyn Bay on Friday..
The Pacific Islanders dominated from the start, scoring five tries – including four for debutant wing Robert Lilomaiava – to cruise into a 42-0 lead.
Cananda saved some face with two late consolation tries in the dying minutes
The writing was on the wall early on as the Samoa pack rumbled forward. Number eight Taiasina Tui'fua grabbed the first try after taking a quick-tap penalty and barging through three defenders to score.
Samoan fly-half Tusi Pisi was pulling the strings on attack masterfully and found Lilomaiava out wide with an pin-point cross-field kick for the young Sevens flyer's first try.
Lilomaiava bagged his second thanks to the TMO before the break to give Samoa a 22-0 lead at the interval.
Lilomaiava had an easy run in for number three and was at the end of neat chip ahead from Pisi for number four.
Moonlight wriggled his way over in the dying minutes to get Canada on the scoreboard before Connor Braid's rounded off a string finish for the Canucks.
The scorers:
For Canada:
Tries: Moonlight, Braid
Con: Pritchard
For Samoa:
Tries: Tui'fua, Lilomaiava 4
Cons: So'oialo 4
Pens: So'oialo 3
Samoa: 15 James So'oialo, 14 Paul Perez, 13 George Pisi, 12 Setaimata Sa, 11 Robert Lilomaiava, 10 Tusi Pisi, 9 Jeremy Su'a, 8 Taiasina Tui'fua, 7 Fomai Tivaini, 6 Ofisa Treviranus, 5 Filo Paulo, 4 Fa'atiga Lemalu, 3 Census Johnston, 2 Ole Avei, 1 Sakaria Taulafo (c).
Replacements: 16 Ropeti Lafo, 17 James Johnston, 18 Joe Tekori, 19 Alafoti Faosiliva, 20 Kahn Fotuali'i, 21 Johnny Leota, 22 Fa'atoina Autagavaia.
Canada: 15 James Pritchard, 14 Taylor Paris, 13 Ciaran Hearn, 12 Phil Mackenzie, 11 Matt Evans, 10 Connor Braid, 9 Sean White, 8 Aaron Carpenter, 7 Chauncey O'Toole, 6 Tyler Ardron, 5 Tyler Hotson, 4 Jon Phelan, 3 Doug Wooldridge, 2 Ray Barkwill, 1 Hubert Buydens.
Replacements: 16 Ryan Hamilton, 17 Jason Marshall, 18 Andrew Tiedemann, 19 Brett Beukeboom, 20 John Moonlight, 21 Eric Wilson, 22 Nick Blevins, 23 Jeff Hassler.
Referee: Francisco Pastrana (Argentina)


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Mr. McCombe has had an international career in finance spanning more than 20 years. Before joining BlackRock, he served as Chief Executive Officer in Hong Kong for HSBC. He was also a Non-Executive Director of Hang Seng Bank Ltd. and Chairman of HSBC Global Asset Management (HK) Ltd. Prior to that, he was based in London where he was Chief Executive of HSBC Global Asset Management.
Mr. McCombe has served on a number of finance industry bodies during his career. He was a member of the Risk Management Committee of the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, a member of the Banking Advisory Committee for the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, a committee member of the Hong Kong Association of Banks, and a council member of the Financial Services Development Council (FSDC), an advisory body established by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
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Southern Indiana is Getting a New Area Code
It was announced today by the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission that Southern Indiana will be incorporating new area code 930 into new phone subscribers due to the shortage of 812 numbers.
This change is considered an "overlay" which means only new subscribers will receive the new area code but we will all have to use the 10-digit number because there will be two area codes in the same area.
The commission plans on giving users a 13-month grace period which will allow callers to prepare for the changes. Using the 10-digit number will be optional at first and then become mandatory.
The 930 and 812 area codes together are only projected to last 71 years. At that time another solution will be discussed. The 812 area code has been the only area code for Southern Indiana for about 66 years.


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The Raiders signed defensive tackle Pat Sims, linebacker Kaluka Maiava and defensive end Jason Hunter on Wednesday in what amounts to the addition of solid players, even if they arent household names.
"We're excited to add three veterans through free agency," Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie said via press release, "helping to create depth and competition on defense. We'll continue to add free agents as the opportunity surfaces."
Sims, 27, played for the Cincinnati Bengals the past five seasons, with 23 starts — only one the past two seasons. He recorded 17 tackles in eight games last season.
Sims, 6-foot-2 and 335 pounds, is projected to team with Tommy Kelly in the middle for now, with Richard Seymour a free agent and key backup Desmond Bryant now a member of the Cleveland Browns.
Maiava, 26, started 22 games for the Browns during his four-year career in Cleveland. The Raiders are thin at linebacker, with the defection of Philip Wheeler to the Miami Dolphins and the expected release of Rolando McClain. Omar Gaither is a free agent, also.
Hunter, 29, last played in the NFL in 2011, when he was with the Denver Broncos. He started two games that season. Overall, Hunter has six years' NFL experience, including three with the Green Bay Packers.
The Raiders are in need of some help at end, with Matt Shaughnessy a free agent, Bryant gone and Dave Tollefson released.
The signings of Sims, Hunter and Maiava represent Oakland's first foray into free agency since the process kicked off Tuesday. Before now, their only moves consisted of re-signing cornerbacks Coye Francies and Phillip Adams to one-year contracts.


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Academy Award-winning actress Estelle Parsons talks with Point Park students during a question-and-answer session at the Pittsburgh Playhouse.
Conservatory of Performing Arts students and faculty had the honor to talk with Estelle Parsons, the Academy Award-winning actress who was in Pittsburgh in April playing the female lead in August: Osage County at the Benedum Center.
Parsons participated in a question-and-answer session with the students, telling many stories from her career. Sitting on stage at the Rauh Theatre at the Pittsburgh Playhouse, Parsons discussed her experiences, lessons, struggles and methods.
She told the students the most important part of acting is knowing how to commit to oneself and let the self lead. This "instrument" is key to developing a character and truly making an impact on the audience.
"This instrument is guiding your life, your day, your activities," said Parsons. "Inhabit the character."
Parsons has had an illustrious acting career, beginning with her Broadway premiere in Happy Hunting with Ethel Merman. She went on to receive Tony nominations for her performances in The Seven Descents of Myrtle, And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little, Miss Margarida's Way and Morning's at Seven. Parsons also appeared with Steppenwolf in Rod Wooden's Your Home in the West and Al Bennett's Talking Heads.
She won an Academy Award for her performance in Bonnie and Clyde, and received an Oscar nomination for Rachel, Rachel. Parsons also appeared in I Never Sang for My Father, Don't Drink the Water, Watermelon Man, For Pete's Sake, Dick Tracy, Al Pacino's Looking for Richard and many others. On television, she played the role of Roseanne's mother on "Roseanne" for 10 years, starred in "The UFO Incident" and often appeared on "All in the Family" and "Archie's Place." She was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame in 2004.
In addition, Parsons was the first woman to do news reporting for a television network and was an original member of "The Today Show."
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Criollo needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 150 designs submitted by 39 freelance designers.
Criollo is a company that is looking for a sexy, seductive logo that it can use on its business cards, and letterhead. I do like the fleur d' lis, or some version of it (hint hint) but not tied to it. Be creative! Also, by seductive, I do not mean profiles of hot chicks, we are talking food here. Think about the last meal that made your knees quake! Never had that? Maybe we should work out a trade!
We are looking for a logo to use on our business cards and letterhead to represent our company that specializes in the intimate dining experience from rustic to refined. I am a passionate chef that grew up in New Orleans, now lives in the Northwest, and idenitifies and communicates best through food. We believe that hospitality is endless, the client is treated like royalty and the palate was meant to be seduced with amazing food. Most of our dinners are centered around teaching as well as cooking the ultimate meal. We specialize in over-the-top gastronomic experiences.
- Item 1... I am open, but I do like the colors black and silver, reminds me of a chef's knife. The wavey patterns of Japanese metallurgy could be used as well (email me for more info on this if you can not find it - easiest search would be a Shun knife)
- Item 1... I do not like trite.
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Urban beauty in NYC by Andrew Carter Mace
Don't you just love beautiful macro shots of urban landscapes? Here's a little more NYC love after my recent hop over for a few days. These are shot by photographer Andrew Carter Mace. I would love a giant print of one of these at like 120" wide to hang above my huge dining room table.


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Convention Center Completion Bill Dominates Mayor Kleis' Weekly Message [VIDEO]
Every week St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis uploads a video with his thoughts on events and policies effecting the city and it's citizens. In The Mayor's Weekly Message today (Jan 25), Mayor Kleis is optimistic about a bonding bill introduced at the state legislature that will fund the completion of the St. Cloud Convention Center. He also talks about recent recognition of the fledgling year-old Economic Development Authority from the MN EDA in regard to securing the Gehringhoff business development for the city.
But really only one question here needs to be answered: Why is the Mayor dressed like Crockett from Miami Vice?


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Twitter #music Tops the Charts for Song Discovery
May 6, 2013 5:00 AM PT
Twitter #music is available for free at the iTunes App Store.
The new Twitter #music app for iOS is the coolest app I want to love forever. However, it still gives me the nagging feeling that its slick graphics and fast play might leave our relationship just an empty shell of glitz and hope.
Like those hot-and-heavy relationships that defy explanation, #music is a hard app to truly love -- or let go.
Let me explain.
First of all, I firmly believe that music discovery is the biggest challenge the music industry faces right now. Diehard listeners probably don't understand what I'm talking about, but there's a group of people who love music and want to listen to more music, but don't have a lot of free time to click, search and listen to songs.
The iTunes Store is a discovery travesty, especially for those who would like to find some new rock songs and not wade through all the old classics that dominate the charts -- songs which they probably already own.
Subscription music services seem like a pretty good deal, except the pricing just seems to fall outside of the perfect budget. I think most people would rather buy a few dozen great songs a year than commit to US$120 in subscription fees.
As for free services, they are ad-supported and can kill the music mood. They can also leave you wondering if every single click and movement around the Internet is being recorded and added to yet another database profile in the sky.
So this group of people cues up the same playlists again and again, listens to the radio, and randomly adds a few new songs here and there. We all know there's more great music out there, but by the time we have a chance to sit down and hunt for it, our time is up and we didn't buy anything. We go back to the overplayed songs we still barely love.
Twitter #music Is All About Discovery
Twitter, on the other hand, is a social media phenomenon -- particularly for musicians who want to connect with their audience. Take a look at The Voice television show: It embeds tweets from Blake Shelton, Adam Levine, Usher, and Shakira right into the broadcast itself.
High-profile stars are using Twitter, and I have to imagine that thousands of lower-profile musicians are using it as well. Twitter is smart enough to know they are musicians.
The #music app lets you follow your favorite artists and see what other artists they follow. The thinking here is that if your favorite artists follow other artists, there's a great chance you'll appreciate the music from those other artists.
This is brilliant -- no doubt about it.
Plus, as a #music user, you'll get a tiny thrill of a personal connection when a new discovery happens. It's not a real connection. Just because Blake Shelton follows Luke Bryan and you discover a new song, it doesn't really mean you're any closer to your artists. Music, however, is about feeling, and Twitter makes you feel as if there's an artist somewhere out there on the other end of the Internet.
In addition, #music is broken up into several different screens that you swipe left or right to see. The first is Popular -- new music that is trending on Twitter. It's populated by new artists that are getting a lot of attention on Twitter. I have no idea how the Twitter algorithms work, but there it is -- @thedavidcook in the number one spot, @rayj at number two, @petshopboys in the third spot. This screen shows 140 tiles that have artists and songs, and the tiles and songs are all over the map.
If you tap on the David Cook tile, box or icon, the tile quickly expands to four times the size of the original and shoves the other tiles around. The graphical effect is fast and sweet. This is just one example of the polish and subtle activity Twitter managed to squeeze into this app -- how it showcases and feels and navigates. It's all nice.
Back to David Cook: If you tap a familiar play icon, you'll get to hear a 30-second snippet of his trending song. That's it. Not the whole song. That's a disappointment. What's worse is that right after that clip, you'll jump right into a new clip -- and not another David Cook song, either. Whatever was next in line on the 140-tile list. It's jarring, especially if the genres are different. At the very moment you're feeling the beat of the clip, thinking, "Yeah, maybe this is worth buying," boom, you're listening to the middle of a different song.
On the other hand, if you're a subscriber to Spotify or Rdio, which are integrated with #music, you should be able to play the entire song if it's available through those services.
Emerging Talent Found in the Tweets
The next panel of songs comes from musician members of Twitter that the social network has somehow found and decided to show off. If you're willing to tap around and explore, you could definitely find some rising stars or some potentially great songs.
If you're like me, you've found a few of these amazing songs from indie bands who then fell apart and disappeared from the world, leaving you with this one awesome but orphan sound. Perhaps social media will help these guys find their audience.
If you spend enough time tweeting and following, Twitter will show you another panel of artists you might like. Also, a panel called #NowPlaying consist of songs tweeted by people you follow. The value of these two panels will be reflected in your own personal Twitter activity and who you follow.
The last panel is a section that shows all the artists that you're following. Tap an artist and you can play a snippet of one of their songs -- which, by the way, I'm still not sure how exactly a particular song is associated with each artist's tile in #music.
Below the artist tile, you can tap their Twitter handle to go to the artist's Twitter page as it is rendered in #music. You can see the familiar number of tweets and followers, for example, but you can also see all the artists that your favorite artist follows. This feature might be the best in #music.
#music as a Twitter Tool?
While you can tweet out a song that you're listening to, why would anyone bother if all they're listening to is a snippet? That seems unlikely. Maybe Spotify or Rdio subscribers will, but I doubt it's going to be huge.
If you could play music from your own library -- even through the Music app on your iPhone and tweet that out -- I can see that, especially if you discovered a new band. However, there's no integration like that, just the selling integration. If you find a snippet you like, you can zip over to the iTunes store and buy it.
All in all, #music is almost a fantastic app. Its design is gorgeous, fast and fun, and it's pulling data out of one of the hottest social media ecosystems going. It's also hampered by the music industry itself and how it lets people discover and appreciate songs -- and eventually (you might hope) buy them.
It's like promising discovery with dead ends -- a hot but doomed relationship. If Twitter can improve these issues, #music could become a powerful app.


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Game and Fish Has Online Walk-in Atlas
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department says the walk-in hunting atlas is no long available in print but can been accessed on its web site.
The walk-in atlas contains information on hundreds of walk-in areas where hunters can access private lands for a variety of species. Walk in areas are available in 21 of Wyoming's 23 counties and comprise more than 700,000 thousand acres throughout much of Wyoming.
Walk-in acreage varies by hunt area and although many areas have walk-in access, acreage is limited or non-existent in others. No permit is required to hunt in a walk-in area.
Hunters should consult the walk-in atlas for a list of species that may be hunted within each area and the dates the walk-in area is open.


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The Cleveland Cavaliers may be taking a final, desperation shot at re-signing free agent LeBron James.
New Cavs coach Byron Scott arrived to watch James and several Cleveland players work out on Wednesday as the NBA — and seemingly the entire sports world — prepares for the two-time MVP to announce which team he'll sign with during a national TV appearance on ESPN.
Scott showed up as James was taking the floor to run a few full-court games with Cavaliers Jamario Moon, Danny Green, Christian Eyenga and assistant coach Chris Jent. Scott was hired last week by the Cavs and was part of their team that made a presentation to James last week at his business office in downtown Cleveland.
Scott left about an hour later, saying "I'm always hopeful" in regards to James' situation.
Earlier, James made an announcement about his announcement.
On the third day of his Nike-sponsored skills academy, James confirmed on his relaunched website that he will end this free-agency insanity, which came more into focus with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh deciding to sign together with the Miami Heat. James' business manager, Maverick Carter, said Wednesday the MVP will say where he's playing next season and beyond at 9 p.m. on a program called "The Decision."
"Due to the unprecedented attention and interest surrounding LeBron's decision, we have decided to make this announcement on national television," Carter said on lebronjames.com. "By doing so we have generated funds that will be given to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. LeBron has a long-standing commitment to giving back to the community, and has worked with the Boys and Girls Clubs in cities across the country."
James also updated his new Twitter account, which had over 200,000 members in its first day, with a link to his site.
It is not yet known where James will make the announcement.
A person familiar with the location said James will not announce his future plans in Ohio. The person would not reveal the exact place and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because ESPN and James' representatives agreed to keep it a secret.
On big occasions in the past, James has gone to his alma mater, St. Vincent-St. Mary High School. That's where he said he was turning pro and where he accepted his first MVP trophy last year. In May, he accepted his second straight MVP at Rhodes Arena on the University of Akron's campus.
James is expected to film something for his website at the school later on Wednesday.
One day before announcing his plans, James rolled out of bed and went to his basketball camp. He arrived at Rhodes at 10 a.m., wearing his signature New York Yankees' cap, T-shirt and shots. He plopped down on a courtside chair alongside former teammate Damon Jones and within minutes the back-to-back MVP was talking on his cell phone and sending text messages.
On Tuesday night, ESPN, citing "independent sources" said James had approached the network about the announcement, which will end a free-agent summer unlike any in NBA history.
Wade told The Associated Press in an interview he doesn't know what James will say during the show.
"I won't speak to him again until he makes his decision," Wade said. "And when it's over, I will congratulate him. But I will be watching."


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Perfect description.ElevenEleven wrote: TO REMOVE REBAR --- First - Take a long par of vice grip pliers and use them to rotate/twist the rebar around in full circles loosening the playa. The twisting is what really gets the rebar out. After twisting you can use your sledge hammer to pound the rebar from side to side. The twisting helps WAY more then using the brute force of the sledge hammer. After a little work, each rebar should twist out in under a few minuets. If you are still struggling to remove your rebar, make sure you are doing full rotations with your twists while pulling up at the same time.
I have about thirty 18" to 30" rebars in my setup and it is never difficult to pull them out. Newbies: please don't think 12" tent stakes from REI will help out there. The first 5" to 7" of the playa may be very soft, providing no support at all.
Yes, as said above, clamp on the ViseGrips and start by just moving them an inch or two in each direction and you'll see how "stuck" the rebar is. If it is being resistant, as said above, take the time to do a 360 degree twist.
If you have candy caned the rebar, at this point use a regular 3' crowbar. Put a foot square piece of 3/4" plywood on the ground next to the "eye" of the candy cane, and put the "straight" end of the crowbar thru the eye, and give it jerky upward pressure. If it doesn't come out, add a small piece of 2x4 to increase the leverage. Rarely will you need more than one piece of 2x4, but sometime you might.
Don't forget to pick up any splinters that may be created in this process.
BTW, the pre-cut pieces at HomeDepot are too short or too long. Forget the 1' pieces, and the 2' pieces once candy caned CAN be good for installations that are not subject to huge stress, but are no good at all for high stress applications. The 3' pieces are just too damn long. For the average tool owner, the only reasonable way to cut the larger pieces is a metal cutting fiber disk on a circular saw or better yet, a chop saw.
Be aware also that using the two pipe system of making candy canes will cause some of the rebar to break. Not all rebar is the same. I've had good batches and bad. It does help to not make your entire bend at one time as the heat generated might have something to do with breakage. Best suggestion yet is to get a propane torch, use the "yellow" gas cannistars, and heat it up before bending, but I never do and only break about 1 out of 10
This is 1/2" rebar inserted in 3/4" galvanized plumbing pipe. About 3.5" of rebar is left exposed
Leave 3.5" or 4" of rebar exposed in the rebar placed on the ground. (notice the bent pipe. This is a good thing as it softens the cutting edge of the pipe, which might put enough pressure on the rebar to start a fracture.) If one is strong in the arms and has body weight, it is possible to put your weight on the pipe on the ground and then bend the other pipe up. If you are not weighty or strong, it is a two person job.
DO NOT let the rebar slide into pipe once you put other pipe over it and start to bend.
Three stages of bending to avoid overheating and possible breaking of brittle rebar.
The candy cane on the left sucks, as the energy of the sledge is too far "off center" and it will like trying to pound a spring into the playa. The candy cane on the right will cause no problems. Take two 3lb or 5lb hand sledges as you will loan one out and you will forget who you loaned it to.


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