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OTTAWA - What was the World Wrestling Entertainment's loss is now Total Nonstop Actions' gain. What the Nashville-based promotion acquired was Peterborough, Ontario native Bobby Roode. At 6'1, 235 pounds, he is turning the heads of many wrestling fans nowadays as an active member of the Team Canada faction.
But how did Roode go from WWE prospect to the TNA spotlight?
"Basically, it was a phone call from Scott D'Amore right out of the blue," said Roode in an interview with SLAM! Wrestling, as he explained how the Coach D'Amore recruited him.
"He asked me if I would be interested in coming down and doing the X Cup as part of Team Canada. I said I love to do it. They (TNA) took a liking to the whole Team Canada concept and offered me a contract."
With that, did Roode end seven years of paying dues and chasing the elusive dream of making a full-time living from professional wrestling. "The whole reason for me getting into this business was to make a full-time job for myself. I had my chance with the WWE, so to speak. I did a lot of stuff for them," he said.
Among those who have followed his career, there has been nothing but praise of his consistent ring performances, backed up by his impressive physical stature. It was that combination that got Roode his streak of dark matches with the WWE, where again, observers noted his potential as a talent with a future.
But that would be as far as he would get with the sports entertainment giant.
"They (WWE) didn't really have anything to offer me at the time as far as full-time contracts go," recounted Roode in his ultimate decision to sign with TNA. "Creatively, they didn't have anything for me at the time. When TNA put the deal on the table, I took it."
Far from being bitter, Roode expressed how his matches with the WWE only further developed his abilities and knowledge.
"It was tons of experience, a lot of knowledge and met a lot of good people who helped me out. It gave me a lot of exposure."
Now a cemented member of Team Canada, Roode finds himself rooted in the X Division, where he is standing out, literally, given his large frame.
"It's really different," he said with a laugh, explaining the contrast in his size and style.
"As far as the X Division style, I don't really fit that. But I'm having fun and I'm not going to complain. I think that was just a starting point to get my feet wet. I hope, whether it's X Division or heavyweight or tag team, my success and Team's Canada success continues."
Success for Roode seems certain, as he has proven his ability to adapt to the fast-paced, cruiserweight style, despite out weighing the vast majority of X Division competitors. That, and the combination of his size, places Roode in a unique and advantageous scenario.
"As for as height and size go with TNA, I'm probably above average which is unusually,' Roode remarked. "With my experience in the WWE, I felt like a midget when I was there because the guys were so huge, but that's Vince's (McMahon) logic which is cool. But with TNA, they're giving average size guys like myself or smaller guys the chance to go out and prove themselves and become stars."
The hallmark of any good grappler is his ability to adapt in the ring. Roode, like everyone on the TNA roster, has faced the challenge of adapting to the newly adopted six-sided ring.
"I was nervous, everyone was nervous. But once you get in there, you just kinda go with it. You don't really notice it when you're in there. The turnbuckles are little different, it's not as cornered as a traditional ring. The guys are adjusting and if you watch the show, you can tell there's a lot more things you can do in the ring and it's a lot more exciting for the fans. It's not a problem for me at all," he said.
Roode must also contend with his three-day travel schedule, as he traverses from his hometown northeast of Toronto, to Nashville for the Wedesday PPVs, followed by television tapings in Orlando the next day. Not to mention, taking various independent bookings such as his recent appearance at the UWA show in Ottawa.
"It's busy, but this is what I want to do. I can come home and visit family and friends every week, so it's not like I'm on the road a month at a time," Roode said, conscious that his travels pale in comparison to the grueling schedule of his WWE counterparts.
Still, Roode made it known that for him, sitting in a car for hours at a time is far more painful that taking bumps in the ring.
"Wrestling does take a toll on your body, but the worse part of it that I find is the traveling. Whether you're in a plane or a car for so many hours, that's what kills me. The wrestling part of it I'm fine with. It may not be for a while, but as TNA continues to grow though, we will eventually start doing house shows and we will be on a much busier schedule, so I think right now we should take advantage of the light schedule."
Having finally stepped into the spotlight, Roode is conscious of his humble beginnings. He made mention of how both WWE superstar Val Venis (Sean Morely) and Puerto Rico-based wrestler Glamour Boy Shane Sewell were both there at the start of his career and continue to mentor him this very day.
"Sean broke me in, taught me for the first bit. After that, Shane Sewell took it from there. I've kept in contact with both of them," he explained. Roode was fortunate enough to interact with Morely during his dark match tenure with the WWE, receiving constructive observations from his fellow Peterborough native.
"When I was having my dark matches, Sean was always there watching, helping out and getting good people around to watch my matches. I owe him a lot."
"I talk to Shane all the time down in Puerto Rico too. It's been a while since those days when I was training with them, but I'm glad I did it, because it's helped me out a lot."
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I don't want to marinade chicken or fish with it (delicious, I know, just not what I'm craving now). Same goes for soup. What I am looking for is something tasty, easy, like a sandwich spread or ideas for combining it on a sandwich. I don't have tempeh, nor hummus, and am feeling more inclined toward either tofu or cheese(?)... if anyone has any ideas or experience, any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Well, since we cover the fairer sex here (by the way, John, where is your review of the recently concluded Miss USA pageant?), equity demands that we cover the beefcake beat, too. And appearing right now on Bloomberg/Business Week is an article making the case that Alexander Hamilton was more than just a canny banker and political thinker. He was a chick magnet, too. There's even a FaceBook group called "Alexander Hamilton Was the Foxiest of the Federalists."
Others have names such as: "I love Alexander Hamilton," "Alexander Hamilton … The Hotness Never Dies," "Are you Treasurer Sexy?" and "Alexander Hamilton: Too Hot For Your Wallet."
"He was sort of the bad-boy alternative to the Washingtons and Jeffersons in history class," says Julia Cooperman, 22, a recent graduate of University of Southern California and a "Foxiest of the Federalists" Facebook group member. Cooperman says her Hamilton infatuation began in eighth grade. While other girls fawned over Zac Efron or the Jonas Brothers, she founded an after-school club called the Hamiltonians, where she and her friends discussed 18th century American history—and gushed over how cute Alexander Hamilton was. "We had a Mister Hamiltonian Pageant, where we made the four guys in the club compete to see who most embodied the Hamiltonian ideal," she says. In other words, who looked the best in a wig.
Note to self: I think I see a new way of teaching Hamilton in the classroom. By the way, maybe when a young Jeane Kirkpatrick turned down a date because she wanted to stay home to read the Federalist Papers (a detail included in the new Peter Collier biography), she was actually indulging a crush and reading esoteric, highbrow romance literature? Who knew. . .


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Sunday, May 18, 2008
Throwing it All Away, Forever—But at Least They'll Get Re-elected!
Polar Bear Decision Reached
The Interior Department is listing the polar bear as a threatened species because of declining Arctic sea ice. Scientists have projected that up to two-thirds of polar bears could disappear by mid-century because of sea-ice losses.
—May 15, 2008
Saudis Rebuff Bush on Oil
With U.S. voters seething over gas prices, Congress is considering a grab bag of ideas: Withholding arms sales to Saudi Arabia until it ramps up production by one million barrels per day; opening up the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to anticollusion lawsuits in the U.S.; and tightening regulation of oil trading.
—Wall Street Journal, May 17, 2008
Ah, to be an elected official in America!
We use too little mass transit, consume too much energy, and one result is we're helping destroy the planet. So the solution is…to threaten the Saudis and hope they give us more oil!
Forty years from now—most of you reading this will still be around to see it—the polar ice will be reduced to the point that polar bears as a species will be firmly heading towards extinction.
But gas prices right now are so high that in six months Congress might loses their jobs.
Guess who they'll pander too?
Hint: the constituency that doesn't vote.
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- jason said...
Polar ice caps wont be gone in 40 years. Look at the forecast cooling over the next 10 years. (for real you can look it up), who knows what the forecast after that will turn out to be-- see 70's newsweek or time covers on the global COOLing
- schinvst said...
Re: polar bears and such
Brother you gotta' be on drugs.
- jimmy105 said...
I live in Pittsburgh, PA, which had arguably the most extensive rail system of any city in the country. They have been tearing up the tracks for years and turning them into.....are you ready for this.....WALKING TRAILS!!! I would imagine 600 Billion (or a Trillion) taxpayer dollars could buy and maintain an awful lot of light rail systems at a reasonable fare, especially at 5 or 10 dollars a gallon. And maybe even reduce our dependency on foreign (and domestic) oil. The electricity to operate the system may even come from essentially unlimited geothermal sources by the time our children reach middle age.
- Jeff Matthews said...
One thing I have never understood is the hostility the term 'global warming' generates. "You gotta be on drugs" is about as intelligent a comment as we get on the other side.
Still, we do wish to keep the commentary here above the level of Yahoo Message Boards (it says so right on the front of the blog), so future commentary--pro OR con--will be limited to intelligent debate.
If you wouldn't waste time reading it, don't waste time writing it.
- Hells_Satans said...
The US Historical Climate Network (USHCN) reports about a 0.6C temperature increase in the lower 48 states since about 1940. There are two steps to reporting these historic temperature numbers. First, actual measurements are taken. Second, adjustments are made after the fact by scientists to the data. Would you like to guess how much of the 0.6C temperature rise is from actual measured temperature increases and how much is due to adjustments of various levels of arbitrariness?
Here it is, for the period from 1940 to present in the US:
Actual Measured Temperature Increase: 0.1C
Adjustments and Fudge Factors: 0.5C
Total Reported Warming: 0.6C
Yes, that is correct. Nearly all the reported warming in the USHCN data base, which is used for nearly all global warming studies and models, is from human-added fudge factors, guesstimates, and corrections.
I know what you are thinking - this is some weird skeptic's urban legend. Well, actually it comes right from the NOAA web page which describes how they maintain the USHCN data set.
The fact that global temperatures peaked in 1998, or the media hysteria over AGW stems almost entirely from a 23-yr warming trend from 1975-1998, or the fact that Antarctic ice sheets have been growing for decades, or the fact that the oceans in the Southern Hemisphere have been cooling for years, or that Greenland ice is probably growing according to Nat'l Geographic and researchers from Denmark and Norway.
Not to mention the huge 'y2k' error that was just found in the data that NOAA/NASA produced for their data sets which showed non-existent spikes in temperature, and were oh-so-quietly removed without so much as a press release.
As it turns out, according to the NASA GISS database, that 1998 was not even the hottest year of the last century. This is because many temperatures from recent decades that appeared to show substantial warming have been revised downwards.
Recently, the GISS admitted that McIntyre was correct, and has started to republish its data with the bug fixed. And the numbers are changing a lot. Before today, GISS would have said 1998 was the hottest year on record (Mann, remember, said with up to 99% certainty it was the hottest year in 1000 years) and that 2006 was the second hottest. Well, no more. Here are the new rankings for the 10 hottest years in the US, starting with #1:
1934, 1998, 1921, 2006, 1931, 1999, 1953, 1990, 1938, 1939
Three of the top 10 are in the last decade. Four of the top ten are in the 1930's, before either the IPCC or the GISS really think man had any discernible impact on temperatures.
1. We always need to have people of opposing opinions looking at a problem. Man-made global warming hawks expected to see a lot of warming after the year 2000, so they never questioned the numbers. It took folks with different hypotheses about climate to see the jump in the numbers for what it was - a programming error.
2. Climate scientists are going to have to get over their need to hold their adjustments, formulas, algorithms and software secret. It's just not how science is done. James Hansen saying "trust me, the numbers are right, I don't need to tell you how I got them" reminds me of the mathematician Fermat saying he had a proof of his last theorem, but it wouldn't fit in the margin. How many man-hours of genius mathematicians was wasted because Fermat refused to show his proof (which was most likely wrong, given how the theorem was eventually proved).
- smithycroftman said...
I still have an open mind on the global warming debate. One thing we do know is that the world has, in the past been a lot warmer than at present and also a lot cooler. Whether we are resposible or not , I think it is in all our interests to consume less energy and also to produce energy in ways that are at less polluting. Even if the polar ice caps are doomed that does not mean we cannot decide to invest in technology that will keep our cities and our countrysides cleaner. We are currently shockingly energy profligate, my self included. I only recently found out that leaving the mobile phone charger in the wall keeps the meter running. Just taking that out the wall will not lower anyone's standard of living.
- PhillipCharles said...
Because Jeff, it generates in people the implicit guilt that comes from the realization that we, as carnal beings, are responsible for it; and that is not something that sits well with most, so as an immediate and irrational defense, sophomoric insults are levied. No one likes to face the fact that they could actually be responsible for the extinction of a species such as the polar bear, or any of the other gross improprieties that come along with global warming, so rather than to even consider 'ratcheting-down' our consumption of energy, or to focus on the fact that $1.50/g may NOT be in the best interests of our global community, or being forced to think about practical ways we can individually and collectively moderate petroleum demand, it is just easier to say rash and insulting things and try to rationalize it away.
- Jeffrey said...
I generally like the bog due to the sound reaserch of all the fact related to the argument. However, and you are not the only one to overlook this fact, the ice pack at the South Pole is LARGER THAN IT HAS EVER BEEN IN RECORDED HISTORY.
Unfortunate for the polar bears that they live on the wrong side of the plant? Yes.
Is the planet universally getting warmer? Maybe.
Is there anything we can REALLY do about it? Doubtful.
Would any politician (R or D) give a hoot about this issue if it didn't impact thier job security? Certainly not.
Regardless, I beg you and the rest of the world to please stop using only the northern polar ice cap as the basis for claiming that global warming will cause the end of the world.
- Tom R. said...
You guys can argue all day long about global warming, but I think its safe to say that we can't continue to burn fossil fuels and pollute at our current rates forever and not expect any consequences. I live in the DC area and pretty regularly in the summer we have "code red" days where children and the elderly are encouraged to stay inside because its unhealthy OUTSIDE. Running for 45 minutes in these conditions is analogous to smoking 2 packs of cigs. My wife couldn't eat fish when she was pregnant because we've managed to pollute the oceans with mercury. I bet people denied it all along until they couldn't anymore when all this was happening too.


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The Asian TOD
August 25, 2009
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[This is the first in what we hope is a large series of expert blogs on TOD highlighting work and research that experts are doing in the field. Today's post is by Dr. Ming Zhang who is an Associate Professor in the School of Community and Regional Planning at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Zhang specializes in urban transportation planning, transportation impacts on land use, urban form and travel behavior, GIS applications in urban and transportation planning, and land use/transportation issues in developing countries.]
The value of transit for developers
August 24, 2009
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Included in Jeff Wood's Other Side of the Tracks daily newsletter today is an article from the Washington Post describing developer hesitance to plan projects along a proposed new light rail line between Bethesda and New Carrollton.
The Best Practices of Portland's Streetcar Concept Plan
August 21, 2009
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The "Portland Streetcar System Concept Plan," the draft of which was released for public review on July 1, 2009, has been added to the Best Practices.
Fodder for discussion about TOD and its relative value
August 20, 2009
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Portland claims to be a success story and Oakland has tried innovative ways to promote transit-oriented development. But what constitutes a successful project? That's a discussion that could follow the addition of three more papers to the Best Practices section.
How walkability raises home values
August 19, 2009
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A new analysis from CEOs for Cities reveals that homes in more walkable neighborhoods are worth more than similar homes in less-walkable neighborhoods. The report, "Walking the Walk: How Walkability Raises Housing Values in U.S. Cities" by Joseph Cortright, analyzed data from 94,000 real estate transactions in 15 major markets provided by ZipRealty and found that in 13 of the 15 markets, higher levels of walkability, as measured by Walk Score, were directly linked to higher home values, according to CEOs for Cities's press release.
Stranded At The Station: The Crisis In Transit Funding
August 18, 2009
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Demand for public transit is at historic highs but rather than grow to meet this demand, transit agencies across the country are retrenching and in too many cases cutting service as state and local government support for transit is cut in response to the economic recession. Now is the time for the federal government to act to reshape transportation funding in America.
The meaning of Transit-Oriented Development
August 17, 2009
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What is Transit-Oriented Development -- in GIS terms, legally and just generally. Answers to these questions have been added to Best Practices.
Photo of the Day: Pedestrian Connections are Important to TOD
August 17, 2009
Pedestrian connections are of utmost importance to making TOD work. This particular photo shows how barriers have been erected at a TOD project close to the Canoga Station on the Orange Line BRT. For more information on how to fix these types of issues check out "Safe Routes To Transit: Bus Rapid Transit Planning Guide Pedestrian Section", one of many best practices we have on tap.
Visioning a smarter future: Sacramento's example
August 17, 2009
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Sacramento's efforts to rebuild 240 acres of long-vacant industrial land into a modern extension of its downtown earned the city a prominent article in the New York Times the other day. "In the next 20 years, the developer Thomas Enterprises, based in Newnan, Ga., plans to build up to 12,000 residential units, 800,000 square feet of commercial space, scattered small parks, a railroad history museum and a performing arts center," the Times notes. But that's only part of the story.
Streets are for more than just automobiles
August 13, 2009
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I have a terrible confession. Are you ready? It's shocking. Here it is: I kind of hate Real Housewives. I know these are astronomically popular shows. I know most of my colleagues here at The Stir love Housewives. I have dear friends who love Housewives. They're all smart, thoughtful women I admire (my friends and colleagues, not the Housewives). But I am utterly repelled by the whole concept.
Could somebody please explain the appeal to me? Because I just don't get it! Grown-ass women, on TV, fighting with each other. It's just ... unseemly. It makes me so uncomfortable, for so many reasons. Let me count them all.
1. First of all, I just hate seeing women tear each other down. Maybe it's because I have two sisters, but I feel too much loyalty to women to enjoy watching them be so mean to each other. I can't sit back and laugh. I can only cringe.
2. And the conflict! Look, I'm not afraid of conflict in real life. I've yelled at other people, total strangers, in public. I probably scream, "I'M WALKING HERE!" at least once a month. I'm not proud of that -- my only excuse is that I live in New York City and sometimes it gets to be too much. I'm trying really, really hard to keep a lid on it. It's not easy. So no, I don't want to watch other people fail to exercise self-control. Because that's not helping me.
3. Then there's the rampant greed -- women who have SO MUCH and aren't the least bit grateful or satisfied. Women who judge each other by labels, who obsess over having more, better, bigger everything. I'm not against having stuff -- I love stuff! It's the way the Housewives pursue acquisition as an end in itself to feed the emptiness inside. I guess I feel sorry for their empty souls.
4. Worst of all, I hate the way they drag their families into their feuds and dramas. Innocent children who have a right to privacy are exploited. I mean, how do Adrienne Maloof's kids feel about the world speculating that they were born to a surrogate mother? What happens when they go to school?
5. And finally, I'm just confused about the stance I'm supposed to take as a viewer. Am I supposed to pick "teams" and "players" to root for, like in football? Am I really supposed to be scandalized? Or am I supposed to enjoy it all with an ironic distance? WHICH?!? Because if it's ironic distance, I still can't. And that's really weird -- I live, eat, and breathe in irony. It's my first language. And yet I just can't make room in my ironic heart for the Housewives. What does that mean?
Maybe I'm not as cynical as I thought I was! Could it be possible, I'm too sincere and soft to enjoy Real Housewives? God, I don't even know who I am anymore! This is all so disturbing. YOU SEE? This is why I cannot stomach Real Housewives.
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First Justin Bieber, then Justin Timberlake, then Miley Cyrus and now Lady Gaga. Ma Monster will host and serve as the musical guest on 'Saturday Night Live' on Nov. 16. She also revealed the artwork for her single, 'Dope.'
Gaga has performed on 'SNL' twice before, so this marks her third time as the musical guest. It's her first time taking the reigns as host.
We have to admit, since the Lady Gaga persona is so powerful, will she be able to perform her skits without distracting the viewer? Will the audience be able to suspend disbelief and accept her as an actress playing characters, as opposed to thinking, "Look, it's Lady Gaga and Bobby Moynihan."
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But back to this creepy cover art! 'Dope' is the final song to be released commercially before 'ARTPOP' drops on Nov. 11. The track will be available at midnight on Monday, Nov. 4; she tweeted those details here.
Those are some bunk and busted teeth. Ick! The jacket, with its statement shoulders, is decidedly Gaga. But those chompers? Weird! She also looks like she is bruised on her thighs. It's nothing, if not an arresting image of Ol' Lady Gaga.


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Gerspitz (Jihomoravský kraj, Czech Republic)
Gerspitz, a village in Moravia near Austerlitz (Slavkov) with a Hutterite Bruderhof. It belonged to the feudal estate of Ulrich von Kaunitz, who caused the Anabaptists severe oppression. He made them responsible for economic losses he suffered, took away their grain and cattle, deprived weavers, barbers, and tailors of their trade, so that the Anabaptists threatened to emigrate. A large part of them actually left in the summer of 1603. Those who remained suffered severe loss during the Bohemian revolt. The Chronicles report, "On December 29, 1620, early in the morning before dawn, the Bruderhof at Austerlitz and Gerspitz was unexpectedly attacked by several hundred horsemen who hastily plundered the place; many brethren, sisters, and children ran into the pond, which was not yet frozen over, and two sisters and a child were drowned. The next year, on February 2, Poles attacked Gerspitz, shooting the housekeeper and burning the gardener."
Beck, Josef. Die Geschichts-Bücher der Wiedertäufer in Oesterreich-Ungarn. Vienna, 1883; reprinted Nieuwkoop: De Graaf, 1967: 335.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. II, 84.
Wolkan, Rudolf. Geschicht-Buch der Hutterischen Brüder. Macleod, AB, and Vienna, 1923: 405, 407, 469, 541, 556 f.
Wolny, Gregor. Die Markgrafschaft Mähren : topographisch, statistisch u. historisch geschildert. Brünn, 1837: v. II, 1, 157.
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Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) Survey Data
The Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) Survey Data series includes the Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) and the Washington State Achievement (WSA) scholars data. Both sets of data were cross-sectional and followed respondents over a period of years and thus were longitudinal.
The goal of the GMS data was to gather data on the lives of scholars and selected non-recipients in order to analyze the effects on the educational, civic, and personal lives of selected sample members. Respondents in the GMS data had to (1) be of African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian American, Hispanic/Latino, or Pacific Islander background; (2) be full-time students entering college or university; (3) have a GPA of at least 3.3 on a 4.0 scale; (4) be eligible for Pell Grants; (5) be leaders in community service, extracurricular, or other activities.
The goal of the WSA data was to measure the impact of the scholarship on the life outcomes of recipient students compared to non-recipient students. The outcomes examined are (1) matriculation into a college/university, (2) type of institution of higher education, (3) if Achievers were able to eliminate the need to work for pay (other than work-study awards), and (4) if Achievers were able to eliminate/reduce the need for student loans. Respondents were students at one 16 selected high schools in Washington State as they redesigned their schools in order to increase academic achievement for all of their students.


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The High-Level Group for the Modernisation of Statistical Production and Services (HLG) was set up by the Bureau of the Conference of European Statisticians in 2010 to oversee and coordinate international work relating to the development of enterprise architectures within statistical organisations. It was originally called the High-Level Group for Strategic Developments in Business Architecture in Statistics (HLG-BAS). The HLG comprises the following heads of national and international statistical organisations:
The chairs of the METIS, MSIS and Sharing Advisory Board groups participate in HLG meetings as observers.
The UNECE also provides the secretariat (contact: firstname.lastname@example.com )
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Spirit at the mic: A chance taken favors Hamilton
CLEVELAND -- Somebody pulled out the cassette recently and played it for him. A lifetime love of sport, a style hewed in otherwise empty sections of prep gyms and an innate excitement boiled down to three minutes' worth of magnetic tape.
He heard it and cringed, the sound of his own voice piercing what few pretensions might have built up in the 25 years since this résumé reel was recorded.
CLEVELAND -- Somebody pulled out the cassette recently and played it for him. A lifetime love of sport, a style hewed in otherwise empty sections of prep gyms and an innate excitement boiled down to three minutes' worth of magnetic tape.
He heard it and cringed, the sound of his own voice piercing what few pretensions might have built up in the 25 years since this résumé reel was recorded.
"Oh my God," he thought to himself. "How bad were the other guys if this tape got the job?"
Yes, this is the humility of Tom Hamilton, the man whose voice has been piped into our homes, our cars, our patios lo these many years, filling the empty hours and bringing us into the ballpark alongside him.
He hears that voice and can't stand it.
We hear that voice and know it's the sound of summer.
"Hi again, everybody, Tom Hamilton with you ... and we are underway at the corner of Carnegie and Ontario."
The voice is cordial and welcoming and gentlemanly, its Midwestern accent unmistakable. This is a pleasing voice, and yet the potency of this particular voice is in its ability to suddenly bust out, to bowl you over.
"Swung on and BELTED!" it will yell, squashing the silence and rattling your radio. "A-waaaaaaaay back! GONE!"
"I don't consider it distinct," Hamilton says of this voice, his voice. "I never felt I had one of those voices that certain guys have, guys who are like the voice of God. I knew if I was going to make it in this business, it was going to be by work ethic, outworking people."
And so there was the voice, up in the seats where no one sat. Hamilton would grab a tape recorder he bought for a few bucks at a Walgreens and head to basketball games in remote high school gyms in his native Wisconsin. He'd sharpen his skill out of audible distance of the others in the crowd, and one of his college professors would critique the cassettes.
After graduation, Hamilton worked his way up the Wisconsin radio ladder until opportunity arose at WBNS in Columbus, Ohio. He was offered the job hosting morning drive sports, broadcasting Ohio State basketball and handling the Buckeyes' football pregame and postgame shows. Hamilton asked his new bosses if he could help out on Triple-A baseball, for no extra pay.
"I knew if I was ever going to have a chance at a Major League job," he says, "I had to get some experience."
Hamilton would be at the ballpark of the Columbus Clippers, a Yankees affiliate at the time, until the wee hours, come home, sleep until 3:30 a.m. and then head back to the station for his morning host gig. He did, however, find some wiggle room for a personal life, and a relationship blossomed with a WBNS co-worker named Wendy.
Flash forward to the fall of 1989. Now married, Tom and Wendy's first child was due to arrive just before Thanksgiving, and Tom saw an article in The Plain Dealer about Paul Olden leaving the Indians' broadcast booth and the team conducting a search for his replacement. Hamilton was interested but busy with Buckeyes football. He procrastinated and didn't send in a tape.
By Christmas week, the football season had ended, and with a 1-month-old -- a boy named Nick -- to attend to, Tom and Wendy opted not to travel to their respective hometowns for the holidays. Hamilton read another Plain Dealer update that WWWE, the Tribe's flagship station, had narrowed down the pool of candidates to three.
Hamilton kicked himself.
His wife, however, was more optimistic.
"Hey," she told him, "it's not too late."
The WBNS program director, Ed Douglas, and the WWWE co-program directors, Bob Tayek and David George, had a long-standing working relationship, so Hamilton had an "in" to get his tape heard. And with no relatives in town, Hamilton's lone Christmas responsibility was morning Mass.
So Wendy encouraged him to get to work.
"I whittled down all the tapes I had saved to put together a three-minute audition tape," Hamilton recalls. "It literally took eight hours to do."
After much prodding, Douglas got Tayek and George to listen to the tape, even though he'd already heard about 200 others.
Two weeks later, Hamilton was offered the job.
"I was lucky," he says now. "If my wife doesn't say, 'Just go,' or if we don't have Nick, we're in Pittsburgh or Wisconsin for Christmas. So the good Lord works in strange ways."
In Hamilton's mind, he was just a "dumb farm boy from Wisconsin" sharing the mic with a baseball lifer and icon, Herb Score. But the two formed a perfect yin and yang, Score's even-keeled delivery blending well with Hamilton's affective approach. And Hamilton succeeded in the difficult task of getting Score to open up and share stories from his five decades in and around the game.
It was in their first Spring Training together, in 1990, when Score gave Hamilton a piece of advice he carries with him to this day. The Indians were not very good. And they hadn't been very good for, oh, pretty much the entire time Score had been calling their games, dating back to 1964.
Hamilton, though, didn't know any better. He and another newbie to the club, public relations man John Maroon, were sitting in the backseat of Score's rented Cadillac and naively asserting that the 1990 team was going to be pretty darned good, based on what they had seen at training camp in Tucson.
That was a desert mirage, as Score knew well.
"Listen," he told them. "We are [terrible]. And we will be [terrible]."
Then he pointed directly to Hamilton.
"And it will never make a difference on how you do a game," Score continued. "The game is the game. And that might be the biggest thing [the listener] has to look forward to all day."
Hamilton has heeded that advice, building up a level of trust that remains intact, 17 years after Score left the booth. Whether the Tribe is contending or rebuilding or something in-between, Hamilton has been a companion to anybody with a love for the ballclub.
"You have to be yourself," he says. "You hear guys that try to imitate Vin Scully. Well, God almighty, he's the best there ever was. There will never be anybody as good as Vin Scully. Ever. So why would you imitate him? I'm a firm believer that you have to work your way up. That's how you develop a style without it costing you your job."
Hamilton's job has remained secure, and he and Wendy have raised Nick, who is now an outfielder in the Indians' Minor League system, and three other children -- Kelsey, Bradley and Katie -- in the area. When Nick made his first appearance in a Major League game in Spring Training this year, it was an emotional moment for father and son, made all the more special because it came in a Tribe uniform.
Hamilton's calls have added another layer of greatness to the many magical moments at Progressive Field. But an essential part of Hamilton's art is the ability to simply shut up when the situation calls for it.
"As you get experience," he says, "you realize, 'I'm not the moment. The moment is the moment.'"
Respect for the moment. Respect for the audience. Respect for the game. These have been the hallmarks of Hamilton's career with the Indians, a career that has ventured into a 25th season and counted many a "Ballgame!"
And to think it all started with a three-minute tape, made by a panicked procrastinator on a Christmas day. Hamilton can't bear to listen to it, but that tape gave rise to the voice of the Tribe.
Anthony Castrovince is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his columns and follow him on Twitter at @Castrovince.


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Jesse.appleby necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 36 diseños de 7 diseñadores freelance.
Directoryforsports.com is the most comprehensive sports camp and tournament directory on the web. Our website allows coaches, parents and athletes throughout North America to find great sports camps and tournaments, and connect with camp and tournament directors.
At Directoryforsports.com, we are all about:
1. Making it as easy as possible for our users to find great sports camps and tournaments in their area, and
2. Making it simple and quick for our camp and tournament directors to post new information about their events
We would classify our 'personality' as:
Sporty, professional, reliable, comprehensive in content, and broad in all sports categories
Our logo needs to match the color scheme on our site.. Blues/oranges, (You'll see on the site)
We are a directory service and like to think of ourselves as the 'yellow pages' for sports camps and tournaments.
Our target audience consists primarily of coaches and parents - looking for a great sports camp or tournament for their team, or young athletes (kids, teenagers, amateur sports athletes).
Our target audience is more consumer-based than business-based. All the users of our site will be specifically looking for sports camps, and will be generally interested in sports.
Our target audience is for the most part: adults, looking for a sports camp or tournament for a younger athlete.
We are looking for a new and improved 'slick' and professional logo to replace our existing logos, which is attached.
Where - Our logo will appear on the top banner area, throughout our website. It must match the color scheme of our website at Directoryforsports.com
What - We would like our company name "Directoryforsports.com" to appear in our logo, as well as the text "The Ultimate Sports Camp & Tournament Directory"
We would like this logo to convey professionalism, trust, and a sporty feel. Something simple, unique, and professional would be best.
This logo will appear on a White background, as seen on the website.
We currently have two logos, one for the top banner on our site, and one small square logo, both are attached to this project.
The small square logo would simply be a different version of our main banner logo that is at the top of our site.
So we need:
1. Banner shaped logo for top header of site
2. Small square logo that is used in various areas
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Mario11779 needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 13 designs submitted by 6 freelance designers.
We are an insurance company whose primary business is term life insurance. We have a plug in solution that provides our insurance quotes to our clients. We are looking for a fresh design to wrap around this plug in.
Term Insurance Solution
We are an agressive, young, insurance company whose only focus is on term life insurance. We have designed a technology solution to provide real time insurance quotes to our clients. We are looking for a site to be designed that will surround this plug in solution, and provide some industry and sales information to our clients.
We would like a menu bar at the top of the page that has four choices: Home, Get Quote, About Us, Contact Us
We would like to insert the plug in in the middle of the site / page, and have industry news posted to the left and or right of the plug in.
- The site must look clean and crisp with a human element - faces, hands, etc
- A green and blue color scheme
- Clean mouseover movements when hovering over link buttons for pages
- The Phone number and email address visible near top of page and again on the bottom
- Not clutterd and easy on the eyes. Website must be very user friendly
- No Flash!
- No JPGS or GIFS where text will be (need to have the text indexable by the search engines.)


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Waveguide Accessories
Mega Industries has all the accessories needed for the installation of waveguide components. Gaskets provide the proper electrical and mechanical seal for interior and exterior use. Each hardware kit contains stainless steel hex bolts, flat washers, lock washers and nuts for a complete waveguide flange joint. Mega also can provide waveguide spacers that meet EIA specifications, bulkhead flanges and hangers.
MegaSeal® integrated gaskets are designed to provide an optimized electrical and mechanical seal.
The elevated electrical sealing surface of the MegaSeal® is machined into the aluminum carrier plate ensuring that the RF energy is contained inside the waveguide where it belongs. The surface is smooth, elevated not by a mechanical knurling, but rather is machined from a sheet to be elevated from the start. This eliminates the damage caused by some other sealing structures that can require repair of the mating flange faces to remove the marks left by this destructive connection.
The MegaSeal®'s compliant gasket material is rugged and allows for leak-free pressurization of standard flat flanged waveguide systems. This removes the need to specify flange grooving details and connect components in any orientation for future projects.Waveguide MegaSeal® Product Data Sheet


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Harvard can clinch its third regular season title in eight years with a sweep of the HYP meet (OAC).
Story Line
The Harvard women's swimming and diving team will close out its regular season as it hosts Yale and Princeton in the annual HYP meet Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 4-5 at Blodgett Pool.
What's At Stake
The Ivy League regular season title is still up for grabs as Harvard carries a 5-0 conference mark into the HYP meet and Princeton enters with a 4-0 record. Columbia and Yale are still in the running with records of 4-1 and 3-1, respectively, setting up an exciting two week sprint to the finish. The Crimson will wrap up the dual meet portion of its schedule this weekend while the Tigers are scheduled to face the Lions and the Bulldogs will take on Brown Feb. 10.
Harvard has won six straight meets at Blodgett Pool and a sweep of the HYP will give the Crimson its first unblemished season in the Ivy League since 2005-06. It would also mark the program's third regular season title under Stephanie Wriede Morawski, The Costin Family Head Coach for Harvard Women's Swimming and Diving.
Both Harvard and Yale will also be looking to end Princeton's streak of 42 consecutive dual-meet victories, a streak which began in November of 2006.
Harvard leads Yale 23-12 in the all-time series and has won nine straight meetings with the Bulldogs. The Crimson trails Princeton 23-9 and is looking for its first victory over the Tigers since 2006.
On the Web
Fans can watch all of the HYP action live online through GoCrimson.com. Single day passes are available for just $9.95 while complete coverage of the women's meet is available for $14.95. Diehard Crimson fans can watch both the men's and women's meets for $24.95. Click here to sign up today.
Last Time Out
The Harvard women's swimming and diving team lost a pair of duals on Jan. 21 against Northwestern, 172-127, and Iowa, 153-146, putting an end to its five-meet win streak. Harvard's matchup with the Hawkeyes came down to the final relay, with Iowa edging out the Crimson to take the victory.
Senior Meghan Leddy was the Crimson's top performer on the day, taking home the team's lone victory in the 200 back. Leddy stopped the clock in 2:02.61, coming in just ahead of teammate Caroline Weaver who finished in 2:03.95 for second.
Mid-Major Poll
The Crimson was ranked second in the most recent CollegeSwimming.com mid-major rankings, moving up two spots from No. 4. Harvard trails only San Jose State and is followed by Miami (Ohio), Princeton and Towson to round out the top five. Columbia is ranked No. 11, giving the Ivy League three teams featured in the top 25.
Get On Our Level
Harvard boasts three swimmers who currently hold NCAA top 50 times, led by Meghan Leddy who ranks 12th in the NCAA and first in the Ivy League with a 200 back time of 1:54.92. Courtney Otto is 15th in the nation in the 200 fly (1:56.92) and 34th in the 400 IM (4:15.14), and leads the conference in both events. Kelsey Hojan-Clark owns the 41st-fastest time in the country, fastest in the Ivy League, in the 1,650 free at 16:34.54.
Hojan-Clark also leads the conference in the 500 free (4:47.04) and 1,000 free (10:03.28), while Otto ranks first in the 400 IM (4:15.14). Faith Martin is the owner of the Ivy League's fastest times in the 200 free (1:49.53) and 200 IM (2:01.39).


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Adele, Taylor Swift + One Direction Are Worldwide Top-Selling Artists of 2012
Congrats to Adele, Taylor Swift and One Direction! The trifecta of pop perfection were the highest selling artists worldwide of 2012. Is anyone surprised?
Adele's '21' was the biggest selling album of the year for the second time in a row. The unstoppable sophomore effort was driven not only by Adele's raw vocal talent, but also by the heartache and mastery in her songwriting. Her publicity also played a big role in her success: Not only did she sweep the Grammys, but Adele also gave birth to a baby boy this year, further raising her already spectacular profile. '21' pushed over 9 million copies between January 14, 2012 to the chart week of January 5, 2013.
Swift came in second place, though still trailing far behind the powerhouse Brit. Her album 'Red,' which she promoted with everything from chain pizza to sneakers to a tour with Ed Sheeran, moved 3.8 million units from its Oct. 22 release to the end of the chart tabulations.
Perhaps the most impressive? Third place winners One Direction, whose debut, 'Up All Night,' sold 3.6 million copies. The boy band juggernaut also took the No. 5 spot with their followup, 'Take Me Home,' which was only been on shelves for five weeks. Considering they had the highest U.S. debut ever for a U.K. act with 'Up All Night' and broke records left and right all year, this isn't too much of a shock -- and it may be critics who call the bubblegum Brits a flash in the pan to rest once and for all.
Other pop faves on the list? Lana Del Rey has an equally impressive No. 4 ranking with 'Born to Die,' which is a particularly great feat considering her disastrous 'SNL' debut and lack of radio airplay. Pink took the No. 7 slot with 'The Truth About Love,' Justin Bieber stole tween hearts and the No. 8 spot with 'Believe,' followed respectively by Coldplay's 'Mylo Xyoto' at No. 9, Maroon 5's 'Overexposed' at No. 10 and self-proclaimed "Christmas prostitute" Michael Buble's surprisingly resilient 'Christmas' at No. 11.
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NESTA- CalESTA Field Trip to the Owens Valley
California Earth Science Teachers Association
In association with NAGT-FWS and NESTA
High School Teacher Geology Field Trip: Geology of the Owens Valley
When: Friday, April 30- Sunday, May 2
Where: Bishop, CA
Friday night, April 30th : Join us at Pleasant Valley Campground for an informal get-together
Location: Via U.S. 395, 6 miles NW of Bishop. Turn north on Pleasant Valley Road. 1 mile to campground. campground
(For those of you who prefer soft beds and hot showers, there are plenty of lodging options in Bishop)
Saturday, May 1- Full day field trip. We will carpool to decrease the size of the caravan. We will visit geologic sites from Bishop to Mono Lake, including glacial moraines, faults, gorges, volcanic features, hot springs and tufa towers. There will be opportunities for collecting and photography. Lunch will be provided.
Saturday night: choice of dinner in town or at campsite.
Sunday, May 2 Field trip travels South, stopping at Lone Pine Earthquake scarp, Alabama Hills, Owens Lake overview, Charcoal Kilns, Fossil Falls, and Red Rock Canyon. Lunch included
Cost: $50 to include field guide and 2 Lunches.
IMPORTANT: $100 stipend to Earth Science teachers of grades 9-12, courtesy of National Science Foundation. Limit: 25 teachers on a first come-first serve basis.
To apply, send the following with a check written to Harvard-Westlake School and mail to
Wendy Van Norden
Harvard-Westlake School
3700 Coldwater Canyon
No. Hollywood, CA. 91604
Please include your name, email address, phone number, school, grades taught
For more information email: firstname.lastname@example.com or call (818) 487-6665
Venue name if any:
Pleasant Valley Campground
Pleasant Valley Road
Fee for participation:
Friday, April 30, 2010 - 8:00pm to Sunday, May 2, 2010 - 2:00pm


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U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
What is a UAM?
A UAM is an agreement between EEOC and an employer to mediate all eligible charges filed against the employer, prior to an agency investigation or litigation. A UAM substitutes for the individual agreement to mediate which the parties sign prior to a mediation being conducted. Because mediation is voluntary, the employer or the charging party may opt out of mediation on a particular charge even though a UAM has been signed. Charges ineligible for mediation include class and systemic charges, charges filed under the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act, or those filed solely under the Equal Pay Act . EEOC also has the authority to withhold charges from mediation in cases where it serves the public interest to investigate the charge.
UAMs may be local, regional, or national. Local UAMs are agreements that exist between an employer and a particular EEOC field office to mediate eligible charges filed against that employer within the field office's geographic jurisdiction. Regional and National UAMs are agreements between an employer and the EEOC to mediate all of an employer's eligible charges in a multi-state region or on a nationwide basis.
Why did the EEOC decide to offer UAMs if either party can agree to mediate under an individual mediation agreement?
The expansion and promotion of ADR and voluntary mediation are important to enhance EEOC's overall operations. The parties can get to the mediation table more quickly if an employer has signed a UAM. Studies conducted by outside consultants have shown that EEOC's mediation program has high customer satisfaction ratings, and that 96% of employers who participate in mediation are willing to try it again. A UAM provides a way to resolve workplace disputes promptly and more efficiently before any investigation occurs, should a charge be filed.
What are the benefits of having a UAM?
Can any employer have a UAM?
Yes. Any employer can have a UAM. This sample agreement shows the type of information included in a UAM.
How many UAMs does the EEOC have with employers?
At the end of FY 2017, EEOC had signed 2,385 local UAMS, and 414 Regional and National UAMs, for a total of 2,799. Read what some employers are saying about the Mediation Program.
How can I find out if my employer has a UAM with EEOC?
UAMs are confidential unless an employer has agreed to make the agreement public. EEOC has permission from employers included on this list of National Agreements to Mediate to use the employers' names in connection with the Mediation Program. Your employer may agree to participate in mediation whether or not they have signed a UAM with EEOC.
Is an employee required to participate in mediation if their employer has a UAM?
No, the EEOC's mediation program is a voluntary program. Both the employer and the employee may opt out of a particular mediation.
How can I learn more about EEOC's UAMs?
Additional information is available on this site. You may also contact the EEOC field office nearest you by calling our toll free numbers 1-800-669-4000 (Voice) or 1-800-669-6820 (TTY).


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staffsI necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 36 diseños de 13 diseñadores freelance.
We have a website called http://www.isafetrade.com targeted towards companies involved in online B2B gllobal trade (importers, exporters,manufacturers,traders, supply-chain logistics) community.
Our mission is to bring trust to global tradeThat is is for buyers to find "trusted" and "verified" suppliers,service providers and companies..
Our target audience is mainly buyers,importers and traders who import material from different parts of the world. We can assume that these users will not be very tech savvy and will be located in all parts of the world.
Companies ,suppliers ,manufacturers, exporters create profiles on our website .
For companies that we have verified and certified, we want to put a logo on their profiles that basically says "Verified by iSafeTrade". This logo should increase the confidence of the buyers/ysers, since we have verfied the credentials of this company
We need a logo with the words - "Verified by iSafeTrade".
'i; should be small , and 'S' and 'T' should be capitalized just like in our logo on http://www.isafetrade.com (attached)
The design should reflect that the company has been certified. Therefore one can consider a Tick mark, or something that reflects that this is an approved company, and immediately convey to the buyers that they should trust this company.
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Padres hold off Braves
San Diego, CA – The San Diego Padres survived a ninth-inning scare to defeat the Atlanta Braves, 7-6, in the opener of a three-game series at Petco Park.
Up 7-2 to start the ninth, Tim Stauffer took the mound for the Padres. He allowed back-to-back singles by Dan Uggla and Chris Johnson before B.J. Upton flied out. Evan Gattis then stepped up as a pinch-hitter and crushed a 2-1 pitch to left to cut the deficit to 7-5.
Dale Thayer replaced Stauffer. He got Andrelton Simmons out, but Jason Heyward smashed a 1-0 pitch over the wall in straightaway center. Thayer kept his composure, though, and struck out Justin Upton to end the game and notch his first save.
Will Venable had a three-run home run while Logan Forsythe hit a solo shot for the Padres, who saw starter Jason Marquis (8-2) allow two runs on five hits and five walks over 7 2/3 innings.
"I allow the game to dictate how I attack it," Marquis said. "I go in with a game plan, but I just see where the game takes me."
Heyward also hit a solo shot in the eighth while starter Julio Teheran (4-3) surrendered five runs on six hits in six frames. He also drove in one run in the setback.
"It feels good to contribute and take some weight off these other guys and produce. I feel like we're a young team and have some growing up to do. We're taking it in stride, but at the same time we're having fun and looking to improve every night," Heyward said.
The Padres got on the board early. Alexi Amarista tripled with one out in the first and scored on a ground out by Chase Headley. Forsythe knocked his solo shot an inning later.
In the fourth, Carlos Quentin and Kyle Blanks hit back-to-back singles before Venable hammered a 1-2 pitch to right to give the Padres a 5-0 advantage.
The Braves scored in the fifth. Johnson drew a one-out walk and B.J. Upton singled. With Teheran batting, Marquis threw a wild pitch to allow Johnson to reach third. One pitch later, Teheran grounded out to the shortstop, but got Johnson home.
San Diego added two more runs in the seventh. Venable hit a leadoff double and Forsythe walked. Yasmani Grandal then singled, plating Venable. Up next was Marquis, who hit into a double play, but Forsythe made it to the plate.
Game Notes
Marquis has won his last seven decisions since losing to the Brewers on April 22. The last Padres pitcher to do so was Jake Peavy (July 27-Sept 1, 2007) ... The Braves were 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position ... Atlanta has 87 home runs this season, most in the majors.


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Stardust Drives VFX Behind Toyota's New Rav 4 EV Promo
Los Angeles, CA --
Bi-coastal production company Stardust created a highly stylized and darkly futuristic world for Toyota's promo spot for the new Rav 4 EV. Partnering with Saatchi & Saatchi LA, Stardust created a :50 spot featuring a mix of visual effects, photo-real CG and live-action to achieve the final sci-fi look. The spot marks Stardust's latest push past its traditional high-end motion graphics work, as the company broadens its repertoire in visual effects.
The spot highlights the EV's features as it sails through a fully CG black and white environment designed to look like a 3D urban blueprint, with thousands of individual data points. The vehicle ultimately breaches the virtual world's boundary, breaking into the real world and heading toward downtown Los Angeles. Stardust designed and built the CG world, and created photo-real CG animations of the EV for both the virtual and live-action worlds. French VFX shop Mathematic provided support for CG development, 3D animation, compositing and rendering.
"This project was another solid effort by our design and animation teams to push themselves beyond their creative comfort zones," said Dexton Deboree, Managing Director and Partner, Stardust. "We've made a concerted effort to seek out projects that offer us a real chance to explore our artists' untapped talents and skills, and we're really excited by the results of this endeavor."
Stardust Founder and Creative Director Jake Banks added, "The whole team at Saatchi really offered us a true collaboration, allowing us to form the vision for this spot and also providing support and guidance when needed. It's the ideal scenario that directors dream of but don't often find."
The spot is currently airing on Toyota's website. You can view it here:
About Stardust Studios
Stardust is a visually driven production company that specializes in design, motion graphics and live-action work out of its Santa Monica and New York based offices. Its collective of designers, illustrators, animators, VFX artists, directors and filmmakers continually aspire to redefine creativity for commercial, on-air, music video and experiential projects. Led by founder and Executive Creative Director Jake Banks and his partner, Managing Director Dexton Deboree, Stardust is characterized by an authentic voice and passion to push the creative envelope. The studio has worked with the world's top ad agencies and brands on projects for HP, Nike, Sony, AT&T, Honda, Shell, Nissan, Ford, IBM, Nokia, Adidas, BMW, NYSE, LG and Microsoft, among many others. For more information, please visit
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Title: Toyota Rav4 EV
Production Company: Stardust Director: Jake Banks Managing Partner/Executive Producer: Dexton Deboree Line Producer: Justin Si Diener Production Supervisor: Kristen Loftin Production Coordinator: Natalie Beydoun Director of Photography: Chris Probst 1st AD: Michael Kahn Location Scout: Jenny Caloca
Post-Production: Stardust Executive Creative Director: Jake Banks Managing Partner/Executive Producer: Dexton Deboree Head of Production: Alex More Producer: Tram Le Designers: Lynn Cho, Bill Bak, Ling Feg, Neil Tsai, Josh Childers, Luca Giannettoni, Luis Salcedo, Pietro DeSopo VFX Supervisors: XX Editor: Jarred Buck 2D and 3D Animator: Joseph Andrade Compositor: Marco Campobasso Flame Artist: Peter "Beak" Cvijanovic Production Coordinator: Alex dos Santos
Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi LA Executive Creative Directors: Margaret Keene, Chris Adams Art Director: Patrick Simkins Copywriter: Scott Model Creative Director: Dylan Schwartz Executive Integrated Producer: Matthew Kinney Producer: Dan Paquin Account Executive: Erik Troedsson
Production Company (France): Mathematic VFX Producers: Guillaume Marien, Rebecca Rice 3D Supervisor: Francois-Xavier Pourre VFX: Omar Meradi XSI: Olivier Colchen, Francois Rault 3D Generalists: Jehan Bard-Bouazza, Yann Aldabe, Martin Trepeau, Francis Lameyeur Animation: Sebastien Eballard, Benjamin Faure Flame Artists: Fred Brandon, Clement Germain 3D Model: Jerome Jourdain
Telecine: MPC Telecine Producer: Amanda Ornelas Colorist: Ricky Gausis Music Company: Circle of Sound Composer: Tomas Jacobi and Nicolas Barry Executive Producer: Guillermo De La Barreda Mix: Lime Studios Sound Mix: Joel Waters Storyboard: Famous Frames Treatment: Christine Arroyo


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Carlsbad (California)
Carlsbad [3] is a city in the north end of San Diego County in Southern California.
Carlsbad has a relaxed oceanfront atmosphere away from the madness of LA, but close enough for easy access. It has beaches that are better maintained than its northern neighbor Oceanside. South of Carlsbad is the beach town of Encinitas.
Carlsbad is also a favorite destination for foreign tourists, especially Germans.
For European (and particularly Danish) tourists and young children, Carlsbad's best draw is perhaps Legoland California, the Lego Company's only American theme park.
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By car
Carlsbad is located about 30 miles north of San Diego on Interstate 5. The Pacific Coast Highway (California State Route 1) passes through Carlsbad as well.
By rail
Carlsbad has two train stations: Carlsbad Village (on State Street just north of Grand Avenue) on the north side and Carlsbad Poinsettia (on Avenida Encinas between Palomar Airport Road and Poinsettia Lane) on the south side. Both can be reached via the COASTER [4] regional rail line, which runs between Oceanside (northern neighbor of Carlsbad) and the Santa Fe Depot in downtown San Diego.
If you are traveling from Los Angeles or Orange County, take Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner [5] or Metrolink's [6] Orange County Line to Oceanside. From the Oceanside Transit Center, take the COASTER, a bus, or a taxi to Carlsbad.
By air
Carlsbad's local Palomar Airport (IATA: CLD) has commercial commuter flights to Los Angeles on United Express and to North Las Vegas on Vision Airlines, as well as general aviation.
San Diego International Airport (IATA: SAN) [7] is the closest major airport to Carlsbad. From SAN, you may take San Diego Transit's Route 992 bus to the Santa Fe Depot, connect to the COASTER, and get off at the COASTER stations at either Carlsbad Poinsettia or Carlsbad Village.
John Wayne Airport (IATA: SNA) [8] in Orange County is the next closest major airport; the nearest Amtrak/Metrolink stations are in Santa Ana, Tustin, and Irvine.
Get around
The North County Transit District [9] provides public bus service within Carlsbad.
Carlsbad State Beach. A beautiful area south of town on the Pacific Coast Highway. Reservations required most dates.
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Samsung has just announced that it will be demonstrating a new display panel for touch screen devices at the SID Display Week 2011 next week in Los Angeles. The display will have a huge resolution of 2560 x 1600 @ 300dpi and will be a 10.1-inch panel.
What is interesting to us is that the display may pave the way for the highly demanded Retina Display in the next version of the iPad. One of the reasons it failed to materialize in the iPad 2 was put down to power consumption. The new Samsung display uses a technology known as PenTile which is said to draw 40% less power consumption. PenTile has been developed by Samsung's partner Nouvoyance.
Because tablets are regularly used for viewing rich-colored images, the 10.1-inch 300 dpi display is ideal for applications that require extraordinary image and text clarity such as browsing the web and viewing high-definition movies, or reading books and spreadsheets. "In order to develop tablets with the form and function that consumers demand, a design engineer ultimately has to determine how to get the highest resolution display possible, while still fitting within the overall power budget for their design," said Joel Pollack, executive vice president of Nouvoyance, Samsung's affiliate company that developed the PenTile RGBW technology.
Before we get too excited, Apple and Samsung have a little bit of work to do prior to this display appearing on the next gen iPad. The current iPad 2 has a 9.7-inch screen with a 4:3 aspect ratio at a resolution of 1024 x 768. If this was doubled to make it a Retina Display, it would be slightly less than this Samsung panel at 2048 x 1536. The Samsung panel also has an aspect ratio of 16:10 which Apple do not acknowledge as being the best for a tablet device. There is also the small matter of an ongoing legal case between Apple and Samsung to sort out.
The good news is that Retina Display type panels are starting to appear now and become a real possibility for future devices. How many of our readers would want a Retina Display on their next iPad? Let us know in the comments!


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MEANProductions necesitaba un nuevo diseño de otro y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 163 diseños de 53 diseñadores freelance.
We are making an independently financed feature film about the world of social networking and the dangers of mistaken identities. The fictitious social networking site in the film incorporates both "chat" capabilities and "profiles" in the vein of MYSPACE, FACEBOOK and AIM.
The price for the logo may seem low, but we are also offering CREDIT in the feature film, which will help you get an IMDB page upon completion!
The people who would use the site in the film are mainly teenagers and young adults in the present day-- the look of the site should be clean and be reminiscent of the simple logos on other social networks.
We do not have "requirements" so much as suggestions we would like to have tried in the logos. The logo is for a fictional site called URFRENZ:
- Feel free to try variations on capitalization (ie; UrFrenz, UrFRENZ, URFrenz, URfrenz, urFRENZ, urfrenz, etc)
- You can either INCLUDE the ".com" or NOT INCLUDE it-- try both!
- Graphics, logos and symbol are all welcome-- but likely the more toned down the better. If in doubt, keep it simple!
- TAGLINE: "Online, All the Time" (this is not mandatory, but an option to play with!)
- COLOR SCHEME: we will likely be working with a light blue or a light colored scheme (similar to FACEBOOK and MYSPACE) so please keep that in mind with the color of your logo
- FILM CREDIT: The winning designer has the option of having their name in the credits of the film as:
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Csflournoy1 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
2 ganadores han sido elegidos entre 167 diseños de 56 diseñadores freelance.
I have owned a small business for many years, serving my local community.
I desire to bring improvement to human health and happiness on a global scale.
The target audience is any and all people of the world that have a skill or a life experience that could be helpful to another, and any and all people that could benefit from the advice of another.
My desire is to create a logo with surrounding images that is:
1. Attractive to researchers in technology, skilled professionals and trades people, and yet not exclusive to homemakers with household skills.
2. I am picturing a design that is suggestive through images of wise people giving advice to persons who are working on their projects. A main logo surrounded by two to four images that depict the diversity of Expert Line by featuring very different advice situations. Perhaps a medical researcher giving advice by phone or email to a physician, a plumber giving advice to a person with a plumbing problem, a wise scientist giving advice to a younger person working on some type of green technology, maybe a wind powered generation plant, maybe a mechanic giving advice to a non mechanic who is working on a car. But I am open to different design ideas.
Expertline will connect experts to their customers by smartphone, regular telephone and/or computer.
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Towel Poncho
Nothing feels better than terry cloth after a swim, and a towel poncho is everything that a towel is not: It will not require one hand to hold it when its wearer is eating ice cream, and it will not unceremoniously unwrap.
Source: Martha Stewart Kids, Volume 1 2001
Bath towels look chic on big kids, and hand towels are winsome on the not so big. For toddlers, use buttons that are 1 1/3 inches or larger (long strings are a choking hazard for kids under 3).
Fold towel in half so ends meet; cut a half-ellipse (for neck) in center of fold and a 3-inch-wide ellipse to the right of it; open towel.
For kids 4 and up, make tie closure: Finish edges of large ellipse with double-fold bias tape, then finish small one, leaving two 15-inch tails. For kids under 3, make a button closure, using two buttons no smaller than 1 1/3 inches in diameter. Start tape at center point and cover smaller ellipse, then larger, leaving 3-inch tail. Loop tail and stitch down; place buttons on opposite sides of fabric so holes align; stitch together.
Cut pocket from a washcloth; finish sides and bottom with bias tape; fold top under and hem. Sew onto poncho.


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Author Notes: I came across cardamom-pistachio sugar in a little herb and spice shop in Melbourne, and have found that it makes for a lovely moist tea cake when combined with pears and almond flour. - KateAlice. —KateAlice.
Food52 Review: These cakes have a pleasantly soft and tender texture which is the perfect background for the flavorful pistachio-cardamom topping. I'm glad I made extra of the topping because now I want to sprinkle everything with it! Please note that the cakes are quite moist and sticky, meaning they might be difficult to get out of some molds. I used a silicone muffin pan, though, and had no problem popping them out. - vrunka —vrunka
Makes: 4 small cakes
egg whites
cup minus 2 tablespoons blonde cane sugar (aka raw caster sugar)
tablespoon ground cardamom and crushed pistachio
cup almond meal/flour
ripe pear
tablespoons grapeseed oil
teaspoon vanilla extract
tablespoon ground cardamom and crushed pistachio, extra
- Preheat the oven to 350°F/180°C and grease or line either one small cake pan or 4 friand/muffin moulds
- Peel the pear. Cut half of it into thin slices. Use a fork to crush the other half in a small bowl.
- Beat the egg whites until they are foamy, but not stiff peaks. Put to one side
- In a medium bowl, combine the sugar with the almond flour
- Add the grapeseed oil and vanilla extract to the mashed pear and combine
- Add this mixture to the flour and using a wooden spoon, stir to combine
- Add the egg and continue to stir, making sure it is well combined
- Pour the batter into moulds/cake pan
- Bake for 20 minutes, then add the remaining pear slices and top with extra cardamom and crushed pistachios. Bake for a further 20-30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean. Remove and let cool before unmoulding.
- This recipe is a Community Pick!
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Gluten-Free Baked Good
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Pure Data Workshop
Pure Data (Pd) is a universal, Open Source software environment for real-time generation and processing of audio, graphics, video and sensor data. It's a visual programming language which allows to program in an easy and intuitive way, and is therefore widespread in the artistic community.
Workshop Contents
Workshop Materials
Materials from an older workshop can be found here: http://grh.mur.at/blog/pd-workshop-joanneum .
I will publish updated materials a few days before the workshop !
Please bring your own computers and install Pure Data before !!! You can download the software for your operation system here: http://puredata.info/downloads (please use the pd-extended installers).
If you have any problems with the installation you can contact me (grh _at_ mur _dot_ at).
Jukebox: "possibly: fbr, hop (+2), cypher, cygenb0ck, oib, c3o, socialhack, DeepB, michael2, fetzig, photopic, thp, SvenG,, hanse"
solenoid concert, by Roman Häfeli
made with pd, an arduino and a selfmade relayboard
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A Report from DEMO Spring 2012
I was delighted to be invited to serve as a Sage (judge) at this year's DEMO Spring 2012 Conference. DEMO, as many of you may know, is a series of conferences sponsored by IDG/VentureBeat that identify tomorrow's cutting-edge technologies. More than 80 start-up companies brought their new products and services to the DEMO stage to sell the audience of venture capitalists, IT professionals, industry analysts and news media on their ideas.
Along with three venture capitalists from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Menlo Ventures and Greylock Partners, I judged the consumer technology category of demonstrators – 16 interesting and for the most part – viable products and services. A lot of very cool ideas!
I'll share my thoughts on my favorites. The product I liked the most is a company called DealAngel, a search engine for hotel deals that uses pricing analytics to surface the 'real deals.' What I liked most is that DealAngel helps the consumer find the deal (rather than just searching for it). The deals were easy to find and use, and intuitive, not only during the initial travel initial planning stages but also on the fly. As an executive who travels frequently and has to manage flight changes due to weather and delays, I'd love to have an app that helps me find the best deal when I need it most – in the airport! DealAngel helps travelers optimize their company's or their personal spend on travel. Now if only they'd create something similar for shoes!
Also in the travel category is a product called Eva, an app that enables the travel industry to offer customers the ability to search for travel using free text the same way they search for everything else. Eva stood out in my mind because it has the ability to transform the travel industry. It crosses the social, mobile, and visual pillars. In addition to being very easy to use, it can change the entire experience, for example, by integrating with Facebook. So if you are traveling with or want to share with family and friends, it is very easy to integrate your travel experience with social media. Truly a transformational product!
Another favorite is the BodyMedia Patch. The patch combines four sensors to track biometric health data. It is designed as a diagnostic tool used to track health and fitness. This is a fantastic idea – an easy way to gauge what's happening with your body such as caloric intake, exercise, blood pressure and stress level. It is very easy to use and requires minimal data entry. Unlike other similar products, the differentiator with BodyMediaPatch is its level of accuracy – it is also all encompassing and FDA approved.
A second health-related product is My Coupon Doc, which sources and displays discounts on prescription and over the counter medications. This is an absolutely spectacular idea – online coupons to cut the cost of your medicine! I imagine that the older demographic is a big audience for this product. My only question is how to encourage the elderly to take full advantage of it, particularly if they aren't computer, mobile device or Internet savvy.
I based my decisions on four important factors: the "experience" matters, ease of use, value add and differentiation. Several of the companies we saw hit it out of the park with their concepts. Others stumbled somewhat on the consumer experience and ease of use. As one of my judging peers noted, it is very hard to simplify a product – but if this isn't done, you'll lose the consumer.
I'll close with a product that was differentiated from the others because it was aimed at a primarily high school and college age market – Intuitive Motion's ZBoard, the world's first, weight-sensing electric skateboard that has a top speed of 17 miles per hour. It's a terrific idea and a great way to think about transportation differently. ZBoard defines its market opportunity this way: "Boys with their toys and folks who live/work on campuses where everything is too far to walk and too short to drive." My only adjustment to that statement is that it's for girls too – let's see a model just for the female audience!
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jjaner needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 197 designs submitted by 62 freelance designers.
Design a logo for SpringPad - a life management solution that helps you get things done faster and easier...and have fun while doing it.
Spring Partners (the company) is dedicated to using the power of the Web to make people's lives easier. We're creating a productivity ecosystem based on three central ideas: Information - providing people with smart, easy-to-use data feeds and Web clippings; Advice - offering access to Life Experts and Action - helping you take action to get things done.
The SpringPad platform is the foundation of this ecosystem. It puts you at the center of the Web, helping to make Life Management faster, easier, even fun.
We need a logo that captures the energy and promise of what SpringPad offers - a way to save time and de-stress when it comes to solving the universal problem we all face: too much to do and not enough time.
- Clean and simple look and feel
- Logo should convey a sense of fun, but also stability
- Accompanying mark or type treatment to suggest action (as in spring forward or a launchpad to get things done)
- Up to three colors, but must work in one color as well
- We'll want a version of the logo that works in the web application UI as per example: http://www.springpartners.com/conce…ingnav.png
- Final logo in EPS,
.GIF, .JPG formats. The logo should be in
vector format so it can be resized without the loss
of quality. In addition, we'll need a version with clear background so the logo can
be used with different color backgrounds.
- Busy or complex
- Spring seasonal imagery (flowers, etc.)
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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Overgrown Rhododendrons on the woodland walk at Portmeirion
Portmeirion was the location used for the cult 1960s TV series "The Prisoner". Few, on their first visit, have time to explore the woodland at Portmeirion. This section is along the upper slopes alongside the lake.
Wales (Cymru in the Welsh language) is part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The major cities are Cardiff, Swansea, Newport and Bangor. The city of St. Davids is the smallest city in the UK with a population around 2000. Wales itself has a population of around 3 million. The Welsh language is spoken by around 20% of the population.


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|Noble and Greenough
High school: Captained basketball, field hockey and lacrosse teams … Awarded the Noble and Greenough Davis Cup for Sportsmanship, given to one male and one female of the graduating class … All-ISL and Academic All-American in lacrosse in 2010 and 2011 … Lacrosse team won ISL in 2008, 2009 and 2011 … All-ISL in 2009-10 and 2010-11, and honorable mention All-ISL in 2008-09, in basketball … Second team All-NEPSAC in 2009-10 and 2010-11, and honorable mention All-NEPSAC in 2008-09, in basketball … Basketball team won ISL all four years she played and was NEPSAC finalists in 2010-11 … All-ISL in 2010 in field hockey … Field hockey team won ISL in 2009.
Club team: Played for Revolution Lacrosse.
Notes: Mother, Jane, ran cross country and track at Amherst … Father, Robert, played football and baseball at Amherst … Brother Thomas played lacrosse at Amherst … Brother McCallum plays football at Middlebury … Maternal aunt Molly Armstrong is a 1984 Yale graduate.
Why Yale? "I was most excited about Yale's commitment to excellence in everything that they do, and attending Yale will constantly challenge me to be better because I will work alongside peers who hold themselves to high standards both academically and athletically."


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The driver of this once-gorgeous silver Ford GT was cited with a misdemeanor for "failure to control the vehicle" after smashing it into a median on a stretch of Ohio Interstate 71 outside Hamilton County.
No cause is given for the accident but they do mention a female passenger was in the car and had to be treated for minor injuries. We'll let you think about that one for a while. (Hat tip to Jay and Christopher!)


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Live video stream of the lakefront and pier at George Williams College
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by Nonnie Lyketsos
Photography by Judy Killian
The American Glass Guild's 2011 Asheville Conference provided its members with great pre-conference workshops, a fundraising auction, and the wisdom of keynote speaker CZ Lawrence. The three-day conference covered all aspects of stained glass, including marketing, enamels, conservation, restoration, and Tiffany lamps.
This article was originally published on page 22 of the November/December 2011 issue of Glass Art.


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cURL is NOT installed in your PHP installation?
Working ! Thank U So Much...
Working ! Thank U So Much...
Open SSH
sudo apt-get install curl
sudo service apache2 restart
sudo apt-get install php5-curl
sudo service apache2 restart
Now you should be fine!
Thank you very much sir! It worked perfectly :)
This answer is the most detailed that will walk non-developers step by step to install php curl. I wish all of the questions have answers like this.
Thanks a bunch ltdxdtl.
Thank you & I agree. I'm a non-developer also but having clear documentation like this goes a long way for anyone. thanks for the kind words!
Works perfectly!
Thank you. It worked perfectly
This worked great, thanks!
what is SSH?
Hi, when I run
sudo apt-get install php5-curl I'm getting these errors
root@myserver:~# sudo apt-get install php5-curl
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 27.3 kB of archives.
After this operation, 142 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Err http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main php5-curl amd64 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.17
404 Not Found [IP: 18.104.22.168 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/main php5-curl amd64 5.5. 9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.17
404 Not Found [IP: 18.104.22.168 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/php5/php5-curl_ 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.17_amd64.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 22.214.171.124 80]
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?
Can you help?
you can ignore this ^, i got it working :)
the same problem!
impossible to install it in regular way
^ Thank you again. This fix still works. :)
Do you mind explaining to me how you download/install SSH?
if you upgraded to php 7.0, make sure to use;
sudo apt-get install php7.0-curl
instead of ...
sudo apt-get install php5-curl
It works, but i need to restart apache
sudo apt-get intall php5-curl
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Small note...you spelled "install" wrong....
If you're running nginx instead of apache, to restart your server you should use:
sudo service nginx restart
sudo apt-get install php5-curl
It works,
sudo apt-get install php5-curl
sudo service apache2 restart
I needed to first run "sudo apt-get update" before the installation command (which restarted apache2 itself). Works now.
Curl was installed
which curl
# => /usr/bin/curl
I run php5.6
php --version
# => PHP 5.6.31-4+ubuntu14.04.1+deb.sury.org+4 (cli)
I needed to run
apt-get install php5.6-curl
service apache2 restart


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ADA – East Central University freshman softball player Leah Tigert has been named the Great American Conference Player of the Week for March 6.
The Hennepin, Okla., native had a strong performance over the week, helping the Lady Tigers to a 5-1 record, including a 3-1 start to the GAC season at Southwestern.
For the week, Tigert hit .643 with nine hits, two doubles, one triple, eight RBIs and two runs scored. She capped off the week with the game-winning double against Southwestern in the top of the seventh inning of game four versus the Lady Bulldogs.
The Lady Tigers will resume GAC action this weekend, with a four-game series at Lady Tiger Field against Arkansas-Monticello. The first game starts at 1 p.m., Friday, March 8.