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The change in the U.S. bishops' leadership, which resulted in the election of Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York to be their president Nov. 16, took a matter of minutes, thanks to electronic voting.
But the election nearly had to be conducted the old-fashioned way — with paper ballots. A glitch in the system had kept the results of a test vote from appearing on an overhead projector screen in the front of the bishops' meeting room. Without the results being visible to all, paper balloting would have ensued, with newly ordained bishops acting as tellers and counting each ballot submitted. However, after a technical fix, the test ballot finally went through without a hitch.
So did a second test ballot, on whether the bishops would play a round of golf sometime between now and the end of the year. The results: 25 yes, 207 no. To laughter from the assembly, Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago, the outgoing president of the bishops, noted dryly, "That vote signals the end of the clerical culture."


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Create PDF files with free programs
If you have downloaded many documents from the Internet, you have likely come across many that are in PDF format. Portable Document Format (PDF) has been around for almost 20 years, and has become the de facto standard document format that embeds text, fonts and graphics into the document, such that it will appear the same regardless of the operating system on the computer.
Originally a proprietary format developed by Adobe that required an expensive utility, Adobe Acrobat, in order to create, PDF became an open standard in 2008. While Acrobat was an expensive commercial program used to create PDF files, Adobe Reader has been a free staple included on almost all new computers over the past several years to display documents created with Adobe Acrobat. In the past few years, many free PDF readers have become available that claim to offer some advantages over the original Adobe Reader; my personal choice for a PDF reader is Foxit, with more than 100 million copies downloaded, and available for free from www.foxitsoftware.com.
Until a few years ago, Adobe Acrobat had a virtual monopoly on the ability to create PDF files; over the past several years, other free and commercial PDF writers have come on the market, and PDF creation is now integrally included in many of the newer office suites, without the need of a separate PDF writer. Recently, Gizmo's TechSupportAlert.com updated its listings and evaluations of free PDF writing software, and corroborated my choices of PDF writers that I have been using for the past few years.
For several years, going back to my obsolescent XP computer, I had happily used a free PDF creator, CutePDF Writer (cutepdf.com). When I first used my Windows 7-64 computer, I had some issues with CutePDF (now resolved with the newer versions), so I tried several competing free PDF writers. As with almost all other PDF creators or writers, CutePDF Writer is installed and used like a printer driver. In order to create a PDF with almost all PDF writers, simply click on PRINT from the program being used to create or display a document, and select the PDF utility instead of a physical printer. The PDF creating software will function somewhat like a printer, but instead of putting the output on paper, it will create the output as a PDF file. The output thus created is "WYSIWYG" (What You See Is What You Get), with the new PDF document being identical in appearance to the one created or viewed.
In addition to being able to print (save) almost all documents as a PDF, I also use my chosen PDF writer to save Web pages. From my browser (usually Firefox) I click on FILE - PRINT and select one of my PDF printers; within seconds I have an exact copy of the Web page saved as a PDF file. I do precisely this whenever I order anything online, saving both a copy of the Web page displaying the item, and a copy of my itemized receipt. I also frequently save as PDF files (print to PDF) news stories, e-mails and other documents that I want to preserve. Basically, anything that can be printed can also be saved in PDF format, precisely preserving color, format, font and other information from the page.
On all of my computers, I am now predominately using the Bullzip Free PDF Printer (bullzip.com) to create PDF files. Bullzip is currently rated by Gizmo as the top rated free PDF writer. It can run on any 32- or 64-bit version of Windows through Windows 7, including XP and Vista. Bullzip offers as user selected options password protection and encryption of PDF files, quality settings, watermarks and the ability to create documents in formats other than PDF (BMP, JPEG, PCX, PDF, PNG, and TIFF). For most users, there is no need to change any of the settings as the default settings work fine.
Now that CutePDF Writer has been revised to better support Windows 7-64 (it always worked flawlessly on XP and Vista), it has become my secondary PDF creator. One simple feature that I like about CutePDF Writer is that when a PDF file is created, the traditional Windows "Save As" window opens, allowing the user to easily select the directory (or use the default) where the PDF file should be saved. CutePDF Writer, as well as many other PDF writers, require that some recent version of a PS2PDF converter such as Ghostscript be installed on the computer. The necessary Ghostscript file (free) is linked from the download page where the PDF writers are downloaded.
Being somewhat of a software junkie, I have several PDF writers installed on my computer. Another free PDF writer that I periodically use is PDFCreator, available from sourceforge.net. PDFCreator is listed as "Unrestricted Freeware" and runs on Windows 98, 2000, XP, Vista and Windows 7 (32bit and 64bit). While simple to use and lacking a lot of options (that most people would never use), PDFCreator could be a good choice for those who want a simple PDF writer. Installation is easy as no separate Ghostscript converter is necessary.
Another good PDF writer that I have installed on my computer is NitroPDF Reader, which includes both a PDF writer and reader. According to its Web site (www.nitroreader.com), NitroPDF Reader can "create PDF files, comment and review, save PDF forms, extract text and images, type text directly onto the page, and more." NitroPDF Reader also allows the user to type on an otherwise locked PDF form, entering text as if filling out a form, negating the necessity of printing the form on paper and then filling the blanks by hand. Since NitroPDF Reader is both a reader and a writer, and includes many other powerful and useful features, it may be an excellent choice for most users.
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China Corruption Blotter (October 17, 2014)
Zhong Xiangdong, former executive deputy chief of Guangzhou's Baiyun District, was sentenced to 17 years in prison over bribery and embezzlement crimes. Zhong was convicted of accepting $348,300 in bribes and offering $174,252 to former Baiyun District party secretary Gu Wenyao in exchange for promotion. Zhong also embezzled $24,427 in public funds. http://news.ycwb.com


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It is a space where you will find a generous amount of butter and sugar, photography, and a whole lot of life.


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I just saw this link text interesting MO question, with a link to this paper, which uses facts from the topology of cell complexes to derive facts of an analytic number theory flavor.
From the perspective of an analytic number theorist, what insight does the topology offer? This approach is capable of proving results whose statements don't involve any topology, for example Theorem 4.1 of the link. Presumably these proofs (and those in the papers cited upon which they depend) could be translated out of the language of algebraic topology and into pure combinatorics and number theory; how big of a mess would this make out of the proofs?
Björner constructs cell complexes for which the Euler characteristic gives the summatory function of the Möbius function -- which is natural, as this is still elementary combinatorics in both cases. However, by the end of the paper he is quoting what appear to be distinctly nontrivial theorems in topology. Is it easy to summarize what these theorems are capable of saying from the number-theoretic point of view?
The proofs of his theorems rely on results from analytic number theory (e.g. Theorem 2.3). To what extent might one hope for results to flow in the other direction?


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This Sunday, Residents of the Detroit Area who opened their paper were greeted with 122 pages of the 2008 Tax Foreclosure List for Wayne County. The current figure for Wayne County reports that a staggering 1 in 4 homeowners are in default on their mortgage. Bubble markets like California, Vegas, Miami, and Phoenix crashed due to exorbitant prices, however, Detroit crashed simply because the economy was plain horrible.
Thanks to governor Granholm, Michigan is one of the only states currently in a recession and the way it looks, headed for an actually depression. Yes, I did use the D-Word. A Depression is exactly what is headed Michigan's way very soon if things continue at this rate.
In 121 printed pages of the Sunday Free Press, Wayne County Treasurer Raymond Wojtowicz listed more than 18,000 properties across Wayne County facing foreclosure. Notices sent to homeowners since March have whittled the list from 161,000 properties that had been delinquent on tax payments The advertisement will run the next two Sundays. The printed pages cost the county more than $400,000, and are required by law. It's just one more way the county tries to make sure property owners know that they're facing foreclosure.
Friday, December 7, 2007
The Sunday Detroit Free Press had 122 pages worth of Foreclosure notices!
Posted by Chris at 8:06 AM
9 comments:
- Ken Houghton said...
The people of IN and OH, to name two, have a good case that you're not the only state in a recession.
- December 7, 2007 at 3:56 PM
the whole country's in a recession. They're just not telling anybody. And it will get worse.
- December 7, 2007 at 5:01 PM
Chris: I live in Florida, a few miles north of Sarasota County. You want to see Depression, I invite you to visit the city of North Port. Damned near every house there is for sale or for rent. There are no buyers. You can rent 2500 sq. ft. NEW houses on the water for $859/month. And there are no renters. This is unheard of anywhere in the Sunshine State, and I've been here for 35 years.
- December 7, 2007 at 5:57 PM
More Florida examples. 5 years ago a friend of mine bought a small 800 sq. ft. house on Ft. Myers Beach for a mere $155,000. Two years ago he sold it to some schmuck from Iowa for $675,000. The folx at the Surf Club bar tell me that the fella is back in Iowa minus his beach house as well as another house in Cape Coral. This is happening all around the state. Wild. Prices in my area are down well over 40% and falling. Nobody is buying, nobody is renting. Houses are being boarded up. Countrywide has their own "For Sale/Rent" signs up everywhere. Nobody is buying, nobody is renting.
- December 7, 2007 at 6:06 PM
- Chris said...
I know that Ohio, especially Cleveland, has it just as bad as Detroit.
- December 7, 2007 at 9:39 PM
- Chris said...
Why do you think North Port got hit so much harder than the rest of Florida?
- December 7, 2007 at 9:40 PM
I don't think North Port has gotten hit much harder. It's bad all along the West coast of Florida, which saw a stupifying (and stupid) increase in property prices during the bubble.
- December 8, 2007 at 8:05 AM
Thanks to Governor Granholm? Are you outta your mind? Um, no. Thanks to President Bush, Vice President Cheney, the Republican Congress, and the Republican Legislature, Attorney General and Supreme Court here in Michigan. The policies set by the Federal Government (free trade, low wages, failure to enforce immigration laws, etc.) are directly responsible for our in-the-crapper economy, and have been enthusiastically upheld by the aforementioned Michigan asshats, who have, at every turn, done everything they can to kill every positive initiative that Jennifer Granholm has tried to enact in its infancy. Now you want to turn around and try to put it on [i]her [/i]head?? Maybe if the Republicant's were a little more concerned with doing the business of The People, as they were elected to do, instead of lining the pockets of their corporate contributors we'd be in better shape. Maybe if people actually started voting in their own interests instead of getting hung up on "moral values" (and what's so "moral" about returning to the wonderful world of serfdom?), we'd get people in office who actually enacted sane policy. I'm not holding my breath, however.
- December 8, 2007 at 12:17 PM
True its the republicant's fault along with the demonicans and their support of Unions and their greed as well. Granholm has however with the aid of the Michigan legislature raised the income tax on the last of the working people in Michigan and placed an additional service tax on things like tree trimming and beauty shops. Is this what you do to the population of a state that is ailing and in a recession? Yes, it will get much worse next year throughout the country.
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Israel Fleischer necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 77 diseños de 18 diseñadores freelance.
We are a telecom / technology company with many web sites and telecom products (VOIP, Calling Cards, prepaid wireless phones & plans). We are currently launching a new product / service and need a nice clean logo.
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Say you have a prepaid phone, but you do not want to have to buy a refill card every month or whenever you need more funds. You set up your account with us or through one of our participating wireless dealers, and we will automatically topup / refill your prepaid phone with funds.
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Friday, June 5
King of Golf Cartoons: 'Nasty Slice'
Copyright © Jerry King. All rights reserved. Used with permission.
What is the nastiest slice or other off-line shot you've ever hit? Where did the ball end up?
−The Armchair Golfer
Jerry King is an award-winning cartoonist whose credits and clients include Golf Digest, United States Golf Association and Disney. His golf cartoons are regularly featured at ARMCHAIR GOLF.
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- Charles Boyer said...
Not so much me (though I have done it) but everyone who plays at my club knows about this one house on our fifth hole that is like a slice magnet. For some reason, the developers put the houses on the right side very tight to the fairway, and this one house is like a pinball bumper when it comes to errant shots.
It can be hit 3-4 times a day in the summer and the owner finally got tired of replacing windows and put in some very expensive golf-ball-proof tempered glass over most of it, save for a French door they keep covered in plywood.
Me, last year I hit an over-swung banana-ball that *almost* missed their house. On the far corner, they had a ceramic windchime hanging and the golf ball slammed through it and shattered it into a hundred pieces. The owner was sitting outside when it happened, and I felt obliged to apologize and offer to pay for it.
They said no, that's part of living on the golf course. I asked again to make sure they were serious, but they refused any repayment.
I played out the round, but got thinking about it that night. That's when I drove over and put a check in an envelope for $40 saying that I hope that they could get another wind chime as nice as the one I broke. I added that I knew they didn't want any money but I figured it was the neighborly thing to do.
- The Armchair Golfer said...
What a great tale, Charles. And a nice ending. You did a good turn. Thanks for sharing.


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Humanities Endowment Announces Afghanistan Initiative, Hosts President Karzai's First Official Visit to U.S. Museum
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced a new agency-wide initiative, "Rediscovering Afghanistan," designed to promote research, education, and public programs about Afghan history and culture. Starting in July, the NEH will invite grant applications from U.S. scholars and institutions interested in exploring the nation's cultural heritage.
NEH Chairman Bruce Cole announced the special initiative at a private gathering of political and cultural leaders, including members of America's museum community, held at the Smithsonian Institution in honor of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai. His tour of the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery marked the President's first official visit to a U.S. museum.
"Our nations share a strong bond," said Cole at the announcement. "The tides of history have brought us together across continents and time. I am proud to stand with President Karzai in the struggle for democracy and the wisdom on which it depends."
Cole continued: "The Rediscovering Afghanistan Initiative will encourage scholars, museums, filmmakers, and archivists to promote research, education, and public programs about Afghanistan's history and culture. And it will encourage American institutions to assist their Afghan peers in efforts to preserve and document cultural resources. My hope is that this collaborative effort will educate more Americans about the beauty and power of Afghanistan's precious heritage."
Information about the application process will be available in July.
Last year, NEH awarded $25.5 million for research, education and public programs of international topics, including the preservation and documentation of the art and artifacts of Afghanistan. For example, a grant of $298,000 was awarded to New York University to create a digital library of Afghan works from 1871-1930. Other recent grants have assisted in funding the cataloguing of artifacts from the Kabul Museum.
In April 2005, NEH Deputy Chairman Lynne Munson led an NEH delegation, including Preservation Division Director Thomas Mallon and senior program officer Charles Kolb, to Kabul to meet with Afghanistan's cultural leaders, including Minister of Information and Culture Makhdoom Sayeed Raheen.
The event at the Smithsonian Institution's Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery was made possible by the generous contributions of The Honorable Iris Love, The Honorable William D. Rollnick, The Honorable Nancy Ellison, and the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities.


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Editor's Note: In Part I of this series we look at the history and concept of the Leatherwood Hi-Lux M1000 ART Scope. In Part II, we'll discuss setting up and sighting in this unique optic. And in Part III we'll head out to the big range to see how well it ranges and compensates for shots out to 600 yards.
"A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five," said Groucho Marx, in one of his classic spoofs. My first experience with a long-range tactical scope was a lot like that — like something out of a Marx Brothers routine. I was completely out of my element when it came to using the thing.
The ultra-fine turret adjustments were better suited for benchrest competition than real-world tactical or hunting applications. The ¼ MOA turrets made field shooting a complex and time-consuming affair. It involved math — lots of math.
After the second revolution of the turret and counting what seemed like hundreds of clicks, mere mortal men like me begin to lose count and get lost. Try doing that — while maintaining all the Mil Dot calculations in your head — while under stress. And hope the damn target doesn't move.
2nd Lieutenant James Leatherwood (U.S. Army) understood this problem. Before he entered the Vietnam War, he had been working on a scope called the ART (Automatic Ranging and Trajectory) in the '60s to simplify and bring together range finding and bullet drop compensation. It came just in time, as the U.S. military found itself losing servicemen to Viet Cong snipers who had the home field advantage in terrain that was, to say the least, difficult.
Under stressful conditions like those, it needed to be simpler, faster.
The result was the ART — and later the ARTII — scopes developed by Leatherwood, which solved the bullet drop and ranging problem for the military. The scope was installed on M14/M21s, and U.S. snipers began to gain advantage on the battlefield. They were unorthodox and they were deadly.
It works by combining a variable power zoom ring locked to a caliber-specific cam and hinged base. In addition to a standard Mil Dot reticle, there is a rectangular bracket representing 1 meter (with 18-inch or ½-meter subtends) surrounding the crosshair. The power ring and adjustable cam are synced to the scope base — which raises and lowers compensating for bullet drop. You can fine-tune the cam based on changes in elevation or temperature.
It sounds complicated; but it takes all the computations necessary for range acquisition and bullet drop compensation off the shooter's plate and does them automatically. It's a load off the shoulders. And best of all, your eye never has to leave the scope: You can literally engage any number of targets from close up to 1000 yards (1200 yards with the M-1200 version) with a simple turn of the knob.
Using the power ring you "frame" an object of known measurement (say an 18-inch deep chest of a deer) in the bracket found in the scope's reticle. The scope base adjusts appropriately. Aim. And shoot. You don't really need to know what range the target is; all the computations are internal.
However, the one exception to that is for wind compensation or shooting at angles. For these more advanced requirements, after you've bracketed the target, the range is spelled out on the near side of the zoom ring. Once you know that, you can either use the turret to make an MOA-based wind adjustment, or — since you hold crosshairs dead-on with this system, a distinct advantage — you hold over right or left using a Mil holdover.
Interestingly, these auto-ranging scopes were so effective in Vietnam, they are the only optic from that era still in active duty today. In fact, the U.S. Army's FM 23-10 Sniper Training Manual still covers operation and maintenance of the scope. Today, a firm called Iron Sight, Inc. builds and repairs the military ARTII.
The ART M-1000 is a civilian version of the concept, produced by Leatherwood Hi-Lux, under the direction of Leatherwood's son Corbett Leatherwood. It is nearly identical to the military version save for the fact that it sits slightly higher than the military ARTII. Other differences include the cam being adjustable for cartridges ranging from the 17 Remington to the .50 BMG. Its turrets are unique, too, with the ability to save five different zeroes for a multitude of rounds (target and hunting ammo, for example). It's also considerably more affordable, with an MSRP of less than $500 (used ARTIIs are fetching $1000-1500).
The M-1000 optic is 2.5-10 X 44 mm, while the M-1200 is a 6-24 X 50 mm scope. Both have 1-inch tubes.
After handling this scope, first at SHOT Show 2012, and now here at the Gun Digest offices, I'm quite impressed with the quality and construction given the price point. While the first generation reportedly had a rocky start, these newer generation scopes have gotten better and now enjoy a very good reputation.
For one thing, it is entirely mechanical (as opposed to relying on electronics) — and can be calibrated for just about any cartridge. You get a lot of bang for your buck.
With an interesting military history, and track record of success in the field, plus ease-of-use for today's recreational long-range shooters, the ART might be the most interesting scope I'd never heard of.
It's easy to envision it fulfilling a role as a designated marksmen rifle optic, or for Western big game hunters. Leatherwood sees it as an ideal way to give new folks instant success and confidence in the long-range shooting game, as the video below demonstrates.
Personally, I can't wait to get out to the range and put the ART-1000 through its paces. So stay tuned.
Need more basic riflescope information? I recommend you read my primer on choosing a rifle scope.


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JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Children around the world know the role the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, plays in tracking Santa's Christmas Eve flight around the world. What many don't know is the role an organization in Alaska plays in ensuring Santa makes his deliveries.
U.S. and Canadian servicemembers of the Alaskan NORAD Region, or ANR, utilize 15 radar stations to monitor Santa as he traverses the airspace around the northern latitudes of North America, a mission ANR has successfully accomplished for 50 years.
"One of the things we do to help ensure Santa's safety is to track him and make sure we know where he is in case he needs help," said Lt. Col. John Oberst, 176th Air Control Squadron operations officer, Alaska Air National Guard. "During Santa's flight, we send frequent reports on Santa's position to NORAD headquarters."
Like other regions within NORAD, aircraft are on stand-by at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to intercept and fly alongside Santa and his reindeer to assist in any way. The aircraft assigned to ANR for this mission are part of the 44th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron based at Kadena Air Base, Japan.
The tradition of NORAD tracking Santa dates back to 1955. According to the noradsanta.org web site, "the tradition began in 1955 after a Colorado Springs-based Sears Roebuck & Co. advertisement misprinted the telephone number for children to call Santa. Instead of reaching Santa, the phone number put kids through to the CONAD Commander-in-Chief's operations 'hotline.' The Director of Operations at the time, Colonel Harry Shoup, had his staff check the radar for indications of Santa making his way south from the North Pole. Children who called were given updates on his location, and a tradition was born."
At ANR, servicemembers look forward to the annual opportunity to ensure Santa's safety. "It's definitely a team effort here at ANR, and we look forward to it each year," added Colonel Oberst.
When not tracking Santa, the ANR mission is to continuously provide warning of an aerospace attack within the region and will maintain aerospace control to include peacetime air sovereignty and appropriate aerospace defense measures in response to hostile actions within ANR's area of operation. The Regional Air Operations Center (RAOC) component of ANR is comprised of all Active Guard members, Canadian Component servicemembers, and active duty augmentees.
Children of all ages interested in tracking Santa can do so at http://www.noradsanta.org/, visit the NORAD Tracks Santa Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/noradsanta, follow Santa's progress on Twitter by subscribing to @NoradSanta, or track Santa via mobile phone by downloading the free NORAD Tracks Santa app.


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NJ sewage issues from Sandy continue to prompt residents to curb water use
Hundreds of millions of gallons of untreated or partially-treated wastewater have flowed into the state's waterways since Superstorm Sandy hit last week.
NEWARK, NJ, Nov. 8, 2012 -- Hundreds of millions of gallons of untreated or partially treated wastewater have flowed into the state's waterways since Superstorm Sandy hit last week, creating what Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday called "a huge problem."
Most of the wastewater is coming from the crippled Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission system, which suffered power outages and flooding from Sandy, the state Department of Environmental Protection said. On Thursday, Christie's office and the DEP urged the 1.4 million residents in 48 towns served by the PVSC to restrict water use to reduce stress on the system.
Right after the storm, the PVSC system was releasing 500 million gallons of untreated wastewater and stormwater a day into Newark Bay, DEP spokesman Larry Hajna said. The PVSC, after restoring power and repairing some of the damage last weekend, has been pumping 250 million gallons of partially treated wastewater per day through its normal route into New York Harbor. Utilities aren't allowed to dump untreated or partially treated water into waterways unless an emergency exists, Hajna said.
The Middlesex County Utility Authority's wastewater treatment system also sustained damage and has been pumping about 65 million gallons of untreated wastewater per day into the Raritan River, MCUA executive director Richard Fitamant said Thursday. The DEP issued a water restriction advisory to the 38 towns and 797,000 customers of MCUA on Tuesday.
The superstorm, formed when Hurricane Sandy merged with two other weather systems, killed more than 100 people in 10 states but vented the worst of its fury on New York and New Jersey, where beach towns were flooded and power was knocked out to thousands of homes and businesses.
Christie said the flooding damage to the water treatment facilities was "profound."
"This is a huge problem, one of the biggest problems we've encountered after the hurricane," he said at a news conference Thursday.
Fitamant said the MCUA's wastewater treatment plant was undamaged because it is on high ground but pumping stations in Edison and Sayreville that feed the plant suffered severe flooding and had to have all their equipment removed. Fitamant said a bypass system was activated so that by Thursday the treatment plant was handling about 45 million gallons per day.
He expected the system to be able to treat its normal 110 million gallons per day by next week using an additional bypass system, but it could take weeks or months to get the system completely back to normal.
A spokesman for the Passaic Valley authority referred questions to the DEP.
Hajna said power was restored late last week to the PVSC system but floodwaters remained in the tunnels and had to be removed. Until that point the wastewater had been bypassing the treatment plant and flowing to the Newark Bay. When the tunnels were cleared over the weekend, wastewater could be partially processed and routed to New York Harbor, he said.
The DEP is monitoring drinking water that could be affected by the wastewater, which comes from business and household sinks, tubs and toilets, but no problems had been identified, Hajna said. Contact with the water or accidental ingestion could cause respiratory irritation or illness related to E. coli bacteria, for example, he said.
Christie said his office will review whether additional steps need to be taken to safeguard wastewater systems in the future.


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Dr. Ergun Caner leads group through Israel
Dr. Ergun Caner, president of Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary, arrived in Israel Monday night and is leading a group or more than 90 through the Holy Land for the Seminar in Theological Studies course.
The group includes residential and Distance Learning Program students from 24 states and two from Japan.
The relatively new program is unique in that it allows DLP students to meet one-on-one with a professor and tour the land where Jesus walked. Caner is lecturing each night.
The team is scheduled to return Jan. 15, in time for the residential spring semester.


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Taking Bus 119 from the airport: (running approx. from 4:30 am till 11:30 pm)
Bus 119 leaves from outside the Arrivals terminal and runs from around 4.15 in the morning until around 0.10 at night. It will take you to the Dejvická metro station, which is the last stop. From there, you can take the metro using the same ticket to continue to your destination. The metro will get you to the center in no time; Můstek is the metro stop closest to our hostel. It is 4 stops from when you get on at Dejvicka.
If you exit from Můstek A, turn left and walk straight ahead and you will see the hotel Prague Inn, take a left onto Října Street and continue straight ahead which will lead you onto Národní Street. Continue down Národní until you come to the Tesco (which will be on your left hand side) and turn left, continue down Spálená until you come to Ostrovní (which is the first street on the right).
If you exit from Národní Třida, cross the Spalena street going straight ahead and turn left to the first street that you will see almost front of you once you are outside the exit. This street is Ostrovní so that you just have to straight ahead until we see the brown door on your right with the nº 15. We are there.
From 'Hlavni Nadrazi' train station, or 'Holesovice' train station, or 'Florenc' bus station
From there you go straight by metro red line C to 'Florenc' and then change to yellow line B to ' Národní Třida'.
When you exit from Národní Třida, cross the Spálená street going straight ahead once you are outside the exit. Turn left to the first street that you will see front of you which is Ostrovní, go straight ahead until we see the brown door with the nº 15. We are there.
Tickets: a bus/tram/metro ticket costs CZK 32 and is valid for 90 minutes and can be purchased from a kiosk at the airport or from automatic machines at the bus stop with change. The journey to the hostel should take approx. 20 minutes from 'Dejvicka' metro station.
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Here are some wonderful shots of the Jodimars Band when they visited Denver in 1956. The band was formed from the disgruntled members of the Bill Haley & His Comets after a salary dispute. The name was derived from the first letters of each of the founding members, Joey Ambrose, Dick Boccelli and Marshall Lytle. Other members included, Chuck Hess, Jim Buffington and Max Duffner. The group's few minor hits were "Well Now Dig This" and "Let's All Rock Together". They were also the first Rock and Roll act to take up residence in Las Vegas showrooms.
These images are from the outstanding negative collection of the Rocky Mountain News.


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A Pole with No Hole
Trust me when I say the view from this side of the pole is the same as the others. The question we need to ask ourselves is what happened to the handhole on this luminaire pole? Was it missing from the start, or did it disappear during a modification process? Whatever the reason, the lack of a handhole is a violation of 410.30(B) of the 2011 NEC.
As noted in 410.30(B)(1), "A pole shall have a handhole not less than 50 mm × 100 mm (2 in. × 4 in.) with a cover suitable for use in wet locations to provide access to the supply terminations within the pole or pole base." An Exception states no handhole shall be required in a pole less than 8 ft tall. However, this pole greatly exceeds that height limit. Another Exception says no handhole shall be required in a pole that is 20 ft or less in height above grade, provided it has a hinged base. It's obvious from the photo this pole does not have a hinged base.
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"I took these photos at a gas station close to where I live," says John Nuss, Mountaintop Electric, LLC, Fort Worth, Texas. "On a cloudy day, I pulled in and got out my static tester. Sure enough, these wires were hot! It has been like this for at least seven years. Needless to say, I don't buy gas here, because it is too dangerous."
As listed in 514.4 of the 2011 NEC, "All electrical equipment and wiring installed in Class I locations as classified in 514.3 shall comply with the applicable provisions of Art. 501." An Exception to this requirement notes, "As permitted in 514.8." An Informational Note in this section states: "For special requirements for conductor insulation, see 501.20."
We can also make reference to 500.5(A), which states "Locations shall be classified depending on the properties of the flammable gas, flammable liquid-produced vapor, combustible-liquid produced vapors, combustible dusts, or fibers/flyings that may be present, and the likelihood that a flammable or combustible concentration or quantity is present. Where pyrophoric materials are the only materials used or handled, these locations shall not be classified. Each room, section, or area shall be considered individually in determining its classification."


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The four-letter network has coined this week �Feast Week� � there�s no shortage of college basketball action during the week of Thanksgiving.
Forget the college level. Here�s some local high school hoops analysis for you to feast on.
The four-letter network has coined this week �Feast Week� � there�s no shortage of college basketball action during the week of Thanksgiving.
Forget the college level. Here�s some local high school hoops analysis for you to feast on.
Q: Will the Kinston High boys repeat as state 2A champs?
A: There is a very good possibility. There�s no doubt in my mind the Vikings are the favorite to represent the East in the NCHSAA state 2A championship at the Dean E. Smith Center on March 16. They have the weapons, the talent, and the coaching. The one thing they will need to work on will be leadership. In their 2011-12 state title campaign, Kinston had clear vocal leaders in C.J. Bradshaw, Angelo Keyes, Kyle Brown and others. This year, someone � seniors Denzel Keyes, Josh Dawson, VeQuain Joyner � will have to step up and herd the troops. I wouldn�t be surprised if this season�s state 2A title game is the same as last�s, with Kinston earning another contest against Waxhaw Cuthbertson. The Cavaliers lost just one senior and still have guard Shelton Mitchell, a 6-foot-3 junior rated the 19th best nationally in his class by ESPN.com.
Q: Who�s one player to watch this season you�ve probably never heard of?
A: South Lenoir�s Jaquan Wooten. Wooten is a lanky, 6-foot-7 sophomore post/wing player who showed flashes of brilliance, both around the basket and away from it, for the Blue Devils towards the end of last year. He figures to be a big factor for South Lenoir this season, which has three players on its roster of 6-5 or taller. He has the ability to alter shots, get into the passing lanes, and can score from any spot on the floor.
Q: What about a top girls player to watch?
A: There are several solid female basketball players in our area, but I expect Kinston junior Brittany Drumgoole to really shine this season. As unselfish as she is � she�d seriously rather average 15 assists per game instead of 15 points � the Vikings are going to need her to step up and take charge with the losses of Tisha �Double Double� Dixon, Caroline DeBruhl and Hayley Vermillion. Yes, the Vikings return several key players such as Monique Lofton and Alexis Williams, but none will have the impact that Drumgoole does. She�s by far the most athletic and talented female basketball player I�ve seen in this area since arriving here in Oct. 2008.
Q: Who will be the surprise boys team this year?
A: South Lenoir. I seriously see � if everyone stays healthy and eligible (both have been an issue the past couple of seasons) � the Blue Devils making a run at an East Central 2A Conference title. They have the size (see above) and the shooters, but the tough task is going to be translating all that offense into defense. If South Lenoir can jell defensively, then the EC2A better watch out.
Q: Who will be the surprise girls team this year?
A: Jones Senior. Many would expect the Trojans, who went 21-3 and 10-0 in the Coastal Plains 1A last season, to drop off after losing six seniors, each playing a significant role in their success. But longtime coach Debbie Philyaw has an established program and returns junior Ashley Brimage, who can score, defend and rebound.
Predictions (public schools only)
Kinston boys: Again, the Vikings will be the cream of the Eastern Plains 2A Conference crop. Because just about every team ever assembled has at least one bad game per season, they won�t go undefeated in league play. But come the end of February, they�ll be ready for another run at a state title. I predict Kinston will win the league, the league tournament, and get back to the state 2A title game.
Kinston girls: Since Drumgoole arrived on campus, the Vikings have turned around in girls basketball. No, she�s not the sole reason � it takes a team � but she�s so good she requires more defenders which leaves open other teammates, whom she finds with ease. I definitely see Kinston winning the league again and the league tournament. But, because of the losses from last season (see above), it�s too early to predict a run at a regionals berth just yet.
North Lenoir boys: We will know all we need to know about the Hawks in their first two games of the season � Tuesday against Greene Central (see Kinston.com for details) and today at Kinston. They return most of their team from last year, which went 3-22 and lost its first 18 games. Don�t expect that to happen again � North Lenoir will be improved. I see a top-four finish in the league and a state playoff berth.
North Lenoir girls: The Hawks will be senior-laden with seven ready to graduate on the roster, and also have a new head coach in Calvin Sutton, who is also the school�s football coach. Senior Deshona Cox is a beast on the interior, so much so that she missed most of last season after knee surgery and still led the team in scoring and rebounding when she returned. Expect and inside-out game and a much faster pace than previous seasons. I see a top-four finish in the league and a state playoff berth.
South Lenoir boys: I could put �see above� here but let�s expand a little more. With a front line that is 6-5 and 6-7, plus some agile guards who can shoot, the Blue Devils will be able to score. They haven�t had this much size since, well, forever. Last year they finished seventh in the eight-team league. This year I�m saying they finish at least third and go three rounds deep in the state playoffs.
South Lenoir girls: The Blue Devils have a new head coach in Donald Mooring, but former head coach Mishella Craine will still be calling the shots in terms of offense and defense. What Mooring has brought to the table in his first few weeks is a more positive attitude and a sense of accountability. He�s expecting his team to win right away � that�s what coaches do. However, there are some quality girls teams in the East Central 2A (Jacksonville Northside, East Duplin, Clinton, etc.). I don�t think South Lenoir will finish last this year, but I don�t think they�ll be in the top five, either.
Greene Central boys: Once again, the Rams debut a new head coach � their fourth in five seasons � in James Cole. His main goal is to get everyone on the same page in terms of the type of offense he wants to run � a fast but patient one that focuses on the right shot. Hopefully Cole is with the program for more than one season. Fans, be patient. I see a fifth-or-sixth place finish for the Rams.
Greene Central girls: Like the boys, the girls have a new coach in Meredith Franklin. She takes over a team that went 0-21 last season so there�s nowhere to go but up. Still, I don�t see the Rams climbing out of the bottom of the EP2A just yet.
Ayden-Grifton boys: The Chargers won the Carolina 1A title last season and return a trio of key seniors whose goal is to repeat. Right now, the consensus is that Goldsboro is the favorite to win the league. I see the Chargers coming in second.
Ayden-Grifton girls: A mixture of experience and inexperience best describers the Chargers this year. They have seven returners, but also have nine newcomers. They�ll be forced to grow up fast if they want to compete with Goldsboro. I see a top-four finish for the Chargers.
Jones Senior boys: The Trojans went 6-18 last season but hit their stride late, reaching the title game of the conference tournament before falling to Lejeune. The Trojans lost six seniors, but return one of the area�s best in Miguel Foy, who averaged 17.1 points per game as a junior. They finished tied for fourth last season. I see a top-three finish this year.
Jones Senior girls: Like I said earlier, the Trojans girls could be the surprise team this season. Yes, they lost a lot � an average of 39.2 of their 47.2 points per game according to stats on Maxpreps.com � but Philyaw knows how to coach and get the most out of her girls. I see a top-three finish for the Trojans.
Ryan Herman is beginning his fifth season covering local high school basketball. Reach him at 252-559-1073 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter: @KFPSports.


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Saddle up! Wild West goes to China
- A Chinese developer has built an American-themed town 90 minutes from Beijing
- The settlement is named after Jackson Hole, a scenic valley in Wyoming
- He has sold almost all the houses, with the bigger homes now fetching $1M each
- Richer, educated, urban Chinese express more positive view of aspects of America's image
Jackson Hole, China (CNN) -- Looking for a weekend escape from the city, Annie Liu and her husband fell in love at first sight with a log home in Jackson Hole and bought it for less than $300,000.
Five years on, a weekly 90-minute drive from their downtown apartment to the house has long been the norm. They enjoy gardening, barbecuing or simply relaxing in their getaway surrounded by mountains -- but often shrouded in Beijing's infamous smog.
Yes, the couple's three-bedroom weekend home lies on the outskirts of the Chinese capital -- thousands of miles away from the original Jackson Hole valley in the U.S. state of Wyoming, which is known for its breathtaking natural beauty.
The Chinese Jackson Hole is more crowded, containing some 1,000 single-family houses inspired by rustic lodges in the American frontier. Still, wealthy locals are lured to this sprawling development by the promise of living in the "Wild West."
After driving past security guards in cowboy outfits patrolling "Route 66" on golf carts, Liu's husband Lu Jun pulled over their SUV at the end of a cul-de-sac one recent Sunday.
Opening the door to a world of Americana, Liu and Lu -- both lawyers in Beijing -- proudly displayed their fondness for the United States by adding personal touches to the built-in furniture and decoration that evoke the Old West. She studied and worked in Indianapolis for two years from 2003 to 2005, during which time he visited.
READ: Xi Jinping's 'Chinese dream' a fantasy?
Adorning the earthy-toned walls are colorful license plates from the U.S. states -- including Wyoming -- they have traveled to and a large framed copy of the American Declaration of Independence.
"We want more freedom," said Liu, 40, pointing to the framed copy she bought in Florida. "This is a milestone -- (we hang it here) partially for the history, partially for our profession."
"Many people have been to the United States and enjoy the environment there," Lu, 55, added. "Those who haven't think this place is authentic America and they like it."
That's proven to be a great selling point for developer Liu Xiangyang since he -- with the help of an American designer -- launched the Jackson Hole project a decade ago. He has sold almost all the houses, and seen the property value double over the years with the bigger homes now fetching $1 million each. Official data shows that a typical urban resident in China earned less than $4,000 in 2012.
Annie Liu -- who is not related to the developer -- and her husband feel pleased about their purchase as early believers, and bought a second, bigger house here last year. They say other homeowners share their appreciation for the American culture and values that are reflected in the architecture and setting, despite frequent news reports on rising tensions between the two nations.
"We like the States and we like the lifestyle," Liu said. "Let the governments worry about the things that should be worried about by them."
Her sentiment echoes the most recent results of an annual survey on Chinese people's attitude towards the United States by the Pew Research Center, a Washington-based think tank.
Although the Pew study finds Chinese public perceptions of the United States becoming less favorable in 2012, it notes: "There is one constant: richer, younger, more educated, and urban Chinese all express a more positive view of (the soft power) aspects of America's image. And this also holds true for overall ratings of the U.S."
We like the States and we like the lifestyle. Let the governments worry about the things that should be worried about by them.
Annie Liu
Developer Liu is a fan of the United States as well, overseeing construction for the next phase on his 70-square-kilometer lot -- the size of 13,000 American football fields. His plans include 2,000 townhouses mimicking the feel of Mendocino, a scenic coastal town in northern California, and a winery that he says will rival Napa Valley in ten years.
In between sipping wine and chatting with residents at a lunch gathering on site, the 51-year-old businessman from the central Henan province reflects on his corporate mission.
"For those who can afford to buy houses here, they have enough money," he explained. "They want spiritual fulfillment."
For that, the developer has built a brand new church in the center of his town -- next to a row of small shops, bars and cafes -- serving residents like Annie Liu, who embraced Christianity as a graduate student in the United States.
"This is an 'American' community so it's a necessary element here," said Liu as she walked out of the soon-to-open Jackson Hole church.
Although she misses the natural beauty and cultural diversity of the United States, Liu says she never hesitated about returning to the motherland because of her and her husband's career aspirations and their roots.
Now comfortably settled at work and home back in China, where the Communist leadership is proclaiming national revival as the ultimate Chinese Dream, Liu feels she hasn't completely abandoned the American Dream -- as she and her fellow residents in this fictional U.S. town pursue their freedom and happiness every weekend.


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Tuesday, 23 April 2013 04:46 PM
The S&P 500 was up about 1 percent at about 1,578 at 1:07 p.m. New York time when a posting on the Associated Press Twitter account said there had been explosions at the White House and President Barack Obama had been injured. The benchmark gauge for American stocks erased almost the entire gain, falling as low as 1,563.03 by 1:10 p.m. The index recovered from the plunge within three minutes as the news service said its Twitter account had been hacked and there were no explosions. The S&P 500 ended the session up 1 percent at 1,578.78.
"Trades should not be busted," Rick Fier, director of equity trading at Conifer Securities LLC in New York, said in a interview. His firm oversees $8 billion in assets. "No human believed the story. Only the computers react to something that serious disseminated in such a way. I bought some stock well and did not sell into it. Humans win."
Exxon Mobil Corp., Apple Inc., Johnson & Johnson and Microsoft Corp. briefly lost about 1 percent in two minutes before rebounding. The plunge didn't trigger circuit breakers for individual stocks. Shares for most companies pause for five minutes if they lose 10 percent in five minutes.
Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. doesn't comment on market moves, Robert Madden, a spokesman for the exchange operator, said by phone. Richard Adamonis, a spokesman for NYSE Euronext, declined to comment. Molly McGregor, a spokeswoman for New York-based International Securities Exchange LLC, and CME Group Inc. spokesman Michael Shore declined to comment. Chicago-based CME is the world's largest futures exchange.
Dow's Loss
The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost about 145 points before recovering and ending the session 152.29 points higher at 14,719.46. Other markets briefly retreated and then recovered losses. Canada's S&P/TSX Composite Index slid 0.3 percent and Brazil's Bovespa lost 0.5 percent in the minutes after the Twitter post.
"It's one thing for an illiquid stock to do that but how does a multitrillion-dollar market do that?" Walter Todd, who oversees about $940 million as chief investment officer of Greenwood Capital Associates LLC in Greenwood, South Carolina, said in a telephone interview. "That's very disturbing to me. It's unnerving."
Traders said the selloff may have been exacerbated by so-called stop-loss orders, which are placed by investors to automatically sell stocks when declines of a specified threshold are reached.
'Quite Scary'
"The whole lesson is never do stop-losses," said Barry Schwartz, fund manager with Baskin Financial Services Inc. in Toronto. He helps manage about C$500 million ($487 million). "That's what I took from this. Same with the flash crash. Second is I don't know how markets can react to that news so quickly. It must be programmed computer trading, which is also quite scary," he said.
"Don't let computers rule your investments," Schwartz said.
On the floor of the NYSE on Wall Street in Manhattan, Jonathan Corpina said he immediately called a client who works two blocks away from the White House to confirm the story.
"He did not know what I was talking about," Corpina, senior managing partner with Meridian Equity Partners Inc., told Bloomberg Radio. "He said I'm staring at the White House and there's nothing going on here right now," he said.
'Snowball Effect'
Algorithmic trading programs that read news headlines may have started the selling, he said. "And then other algos jump in to play the snowball effect, and little by little you have the computer trading systems that have canceled all their orders on the buy side and the sell algos hit all these bids, and that's the big dip we saw," he said.
The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index, or VIX, surged more than 9 percent from 13.6 at 1:08 p.m. to as high as 14.87 at 1:10 p.m. before reversing the gain in the following three minutes. The VIX, which moves in the opposite direction to the S&P 500 about 80 percent of the time, ended the session 6.3 percent lower at 13.48 and is down 25 percent for the year.
Flash Crash Flashback
Tuesday's plunge reminded many traders of the May 2010 flash crash that briefly erased $862 billion in market value in less than 20 minutes. Regulators and exchanges are altering the speed bumps adopted after that incident in an effort to boost confidence in a market that has become faster and more complex over the last decade. Under the limit-up/limit-down system, which is going into effect gradually for stocks, trades aren't allowed to occur at more-than specified percentages above or below a stock's rolling five-minute average price.
The changes are intended to prevent a repeat of the flash crash, which was caused partly by one firm's trade in stock-index futures, according to a study released Oct. 1 that year by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The trading algorithm employed by the firm, identified by two people with knowledge of the findings as Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., sparked the rapid selling of stock futures because it took into account volume but not price or time, the report said.
Tuesday's plunge "is different than some market mechanism breaking down or some problem with a broker," John Carey, a fund manager at Boston-based Pioneer Investment Management Inc., said by telephone. His firm oversees about $208 billion. "This was just a rumor and there have been lots of rumors over the years that moved prices until people get some confirmation that it was or wasn't true," he said. "I would guess that would have just been the beginning of some market drop if it had been a true story. But thankfully it wasn't."
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Radio interview source: Pat Smith, president, Lyme Disease Association, Inc.
I grew up in Maryland and I've seen a lot of ticks. One time my friend Tona and I walked through ditches picking up bottles to return for nickels. When we were through, I had 23 ticks on me. I had more ticks than bottles!
Unfortunately, ticks are expanding across the country. This results in an increase in Lyme disease, a bacterial infection transmitted by deer ticks. The disease is most predominant in the Northeast, but has been found in every state in the U.S., even Alaska and Hawaii.
Pat Smith is president of the Lyme Disease Association and says if you're bitten by a tick and contract the disease, the symptoms vary, from a bull's-eye-like rash at the bite spot, to a general rash, or no rash at all. You might feel like you're getting the flu with muscle aches, fatigue, fever and headaches.
"The thinking is now among physicians who treat Lyme patients is if you catch it within a few weeks of the bite, and it's treated appropriately, then probably the person will fully recover, Smith says. "But if it is not diagnosed early and not treated appropriately, you will develop what they call chronic Lyme disease." This means symptoms will keep reoccurring.
If a pregnant woman is bitten, she should get medical attention immediately, because the disease can cross through the placenta and cause birth defects.
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With winter approaching in Quebec, Canada, this contemporary cottage-like home designed by YH2 Architecture will soon seem sprung out of a fairytale. The La Luge residence is composed of two visually contrasting volumes, which merge, creating distinct spaces. Surrounded by a dense forest, the privacy of the inhabitants is ensured; moreover, this dreamy surrounding landscape makes it easy for anyone living here to enjoy a perpetual holiday atmosphere, away from the urban racket.
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The GI Film Festival is saluting Los Angeles for the second time this Friday and Saturday on the Walt Disney Studios lot in Burbank, a worthy reprise after years of playing the nation's capital.
The only fest focused solely on movies honoring the successes and sacrifices of America's armed forces, GIFF — subtitled "Reel Stories, Real Heroes" — features a slate of new productions and previous award winners, as well as a Filmmaker Boot Camp, a symposium for vets looking to enter Hollywood and networking opportunities with many of the major studios. And as this is L.A., naturally there's a red-carpet gala.
"When we started this, I don't think either one of us ever thought we'd be hosting the event on one of the most storied and historic studio lots in Hollywood," said Brandon Millet, who founded GIFF with his wife, West Point graduate Laura Law-Millet, in 2006. "We think it's a mark of the evolution of the festival. It's also a testament to the wellspring of support that we're seeing in Hollywood for veterans."
Industry-based organizations such as Got Your 6, Veterans in Film and Television, the Military Channel and American Legion Post 43 are among the nonprofit's L.A. partners.
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Landing the studio as this year's venue — Hollywood's Los Angeles Film School hosted the 2012 GIFF — was the result of a combination of events.
"It just seemed the perfect time because of Disney's veterans-hiring initiative, Heroes Work Here," said Jonathan Flora, a producer in the Mouse's home-entertainment division and an 82nd Airborne vet. He and other vets on the lot proposed the idea to new Walt Disney Studios chairman Alan Horn, a former Air Force captain, and to no one's surprise, Horn enlisted.
The event draws both the families of those who have served their country — or are currently doing so — and a corps of show-biz professionals who want to support the cause, though the studio location clearly lends an extra bit of cachet.
"It's awesome that Walt Disney Studios opened its arms to these guys," said Scott Elrod, an actor raised in a military family who has appeared in "Argo" and the upcoming Navy SEAL feature "Lone Survivor."
"It's a great venue to showcase these films. And who doesn't want to go check out the studio? I want to be a part of it, and I don't have to get on an airplane and fly out to D.C."
Millet points out that his aim is not to unquestioningly glorify the military experience. "We only have one thematic criteria — that GIs in the films we show are portrayed with respect," he said. "We don't aim to whitewash the devastation of war. Some of our films are very hard-hitting, and they show the impact of war."
"You can't get any more targeted than this," Brian Iglesias, a major in the Marine Corps Reserve, said of the festival. His documentary, "Chosin," recounts the horrific and controversial Korean War battle in which tens of thousands of Chinese troops surrounded U.S. and U.N. forces. "It celebrates the military, and no one else actually does that."
The 20 films selected are indeed quite varied, from the animated World War I comedy "Jockstrap Raiders" to "The Real Inglorious Bastards," about the Jewish refugees who returned to infiltrate Hitler's Europe for the Allies.
"We do drama, we do romance, we do documentaries, long and short form," Millet said. "There is something for everybody. We are a quality film festival, and our films can stand up in the entertainment capital of the world."
"Overall, it's the human experience," Laura Law-Millet added. "I think sometimes people think that soldiers are this other entity, something that's kind of foreign that they don't really know or talk about. People are going to be surprised about the depth of emotion you're going to get from these films and the breadth of experience as to what it's like to be a military person serving."
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Finance & Development, June 1983
- Measuring macroeconomic performance: Careful analysis of indicators and policies needed
- The effects of trade strategies on growth: Export promotion achieves more than import substitution
- Is there cause for export optimism?
- Adjustment and growth: Speeches by Clausen and de Larosiere; recent actions by the Bank and the Fund
- Main developments in the European Monetary System: A review of the experience
- The importance of interest rates in developing economies: and how they affect economic performance
- Unemployment in the major industrial countries: Rising since the mid-1960s; no major reversal soon
- ODA from developed countries: The ups and downs of aid flows
- Arab concessional assistance, 1975-81: A look at lending patterns by newer major donors
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text: TAMPA, Fla. - Phillippe Aumont admittedly is ahead of most players in spring training as far as game-readiness goes. That's because the Phillies reliever will pitch for Team Canada in the World Baseball Classic. In fact, he heads to Arizona to join his national team Saturday. When you throw in the fact that the right-hander already is bigger, stronger and throws gas with more ease that most pitchers, and an added advantage seems almost criminal. Aumont allowed one hit - a two-out single defensively poked to shallow center on an 0-2 count- while pitching a dominating scoreless fourth inning for the Phils in their 10-5 Grapefruit League win over the Yankees Friday. His fastball hit 95 mph, and Charlie Manuel sometimes wonders how hard the big, genteel Canuck was instigated. 'He has the size, and his mechanics on the mound ... he's nice and easy,' Manuel said of the 24-year-old, who had a 3.68 ERA and two saves while pitching in 18 of the Phils' final 38 games last season. 'There's more there. Every now and then I want him to get mad and see how he's got. 'Seriously. I saw him last year throw 98 (mph), so he can really muscle it up there.' Aumont has found a home in the bullpen after a rough beginning in the Phillies' organization when he was acquired as part of the package from Seattle for Cliff Lee prior to the 2010 season. That spring his first impression with his new club was to get absolutely bombed by Florida State in a Grapefruit League exhibition start. Aumont laughed when he brought up that moment. Three years later, even though it seems preposterous to imagine him not having a secure place in the Phils' bullpen, he holds onto the humility of that moment as motivation. 'I was still young mentally,' Aumont said of his 2010 experience. 'I was getting too amped up. I was nervous. I was thinking about other stuff rather than doing my job on the mound. I feel like I've overcome that in the last couple of years, especially last year toward the end. I felt like I matured a lot when I got to Philly.' He certainly wasn't coddled when he arrived in late August. The Phils immediately turned to him in set-up situations. In his debut he pitched a scoreless eighth in a tie game against the Reds - a game the Phils won in extra innings. And when the Phils won seven straight games in early September to get a glimmer of postseason hope, Aumont pitched five times in five days, including both ends of a doubleheader sweep of the Rockies. 'It definitely gave me a boost of confidence knowing that they were giving me the opportunity,' Aumont said, 'and especially (since in) most of those games, I got the job done ... It just elevates your confidence. Everything starts to smooth out. You don't have to stress out about too much stuff. You just concentrate on getting your name called, get in the game and get the job done.' Aumont did buckle in the final game of that 5-in-5 stretch - and few pitchers are effective with that type of workload. But Aumont sees it as a challenge. Even with Mike Adams in town to be the set-up man, he wants to be a horse the Phillies can turn to when they need him in any tight-and-late situation.' 'I have to be prepared for it,' he said, '(In the majors), it's all about winning. In the minor leagues, you're working on stuff. It's not about winning. You don't want a Triple-A ring. It doesn't mean a whole lot on your resume. What you want is to prepare to pitch in the big leagues.' In the short-term, Aumont will be preparing to pitch in the WBC for Canada. He certainly seemed game-ready Friday 'It's still camp, and I'm not trying to be ready right now,' Aumont said. 'But I have to be ready for the tournament. It's not (professionally) important, but still there's the pride when you get on the field for your country. But my priority is to come back healthy and be able to compete for a job. 'I mean we don't have Jimmy Rollins, but I think we have a good, well-rounded squad and everyone can put a little bit into the game. That's how it is for Canada, we don't have a whole lineup of guys from the big leagues, but we bring guys that can fill in the spot and we get together and we can do the job together.' Follow Dennis Deitch on Twitter @DennisDeitch. For breaking news SMS alerts from The Reporter, text LANSPORTS to 22700 from your mobile phone. Message and data rates may apply. For help, text HELP. To cancel, text STOP. Privacy policy - journalregister.com/privacy.


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Robert Lavina, a Division-I football transfer, was a three-sport letter winner in football, basketball, and baseball. As a junior, he was named Honorable Mention Little All-America in football while also winning the ECAC Merit Medal as the Academy's top junior student athlete. Lavina still holds two Kings Point records, the most notable being most touchdowns scored in a game (5). He was a star member of the 1968 football squard which finished the season with an 8-1 record and which ranked 17th nationally. Lavina is considered one of the best running backs to have ever played for the Mariners.


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1. Baldelli CF
2. Crawford LF
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5. Wigginton 1st
6. Iwamura 2nd
7. Longoria 3rd
8. Brignac SS
9. Dukes/Gomes DH
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Where are Upton and Navarro? My perfebt line-up would be
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Desmond Jennings went 4-for-7 in a 16-inning victory for low Single-A Columbus on Sunday.
Jennings, a big-time speedster taken in the 10th round last year, is hitting .313/.387/.418 in 67 at-bats. He's still learning how to play baseball, but that he already seems to have a pretty good idea of what he's doing at the plate is a nice sign. The Rays feel he could turn into a regular center fielder someday.rotoworld.comSeth McClung and Chad Orvella combined to pitch five hitless innings and strike out six in relief for Triple-A Durham on Sunday.
McClung was perfect in his two innings, giving him a 2.38 ERA and to with a 12/7 K/BB ratio in 11 1/3 innings. Orvella walked two, but he faced just one over the minimum in three innings. He has a 3.75 ERA and a 15/5 K/BB ratio in 12 innings. The two are competing to be the next reliever called up by the Rays.
rotoworld.comDioner Navarro was not in Monday's lineup because of a sore finger.
Navarro was injured sliding into third base during Sunday's loss to Cleveland. He's expected back in the lineup on Tuesday.
rotoworld.comJeremy Hellickson allowed an unearned run and one hit over six innings Tuesday in his season debut for low Single-A Columbus.
Hellickson, who had a 96/16 K/BB ratio in 77 2/3 IP in the New York-Penn League last year, opened the season on the DL. Time will tell if his future is as a starter or a reliever, but he's one of the top pitching prospects in the deep Tampa Bay farm system.
rotoworld.comReid Brignac went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer and a sac fly Friday for Double-A Montgomery.
Brignac is batting .319/.354/.514 in 72 at-bats. With Ben Zobrist failing to establish himself as the Rays' starting shortstop, Brignac could get a shot before the end of the season. At worst, he should have a chance to compete for the job next spring.
rotoworld.comAndy Sonnanstine allowed one run in seven innings and struck out 11 for Triple-A Durham on Saturday.
Sonnanstine won't be the first starting pitcher called up by the Rays, but it's possible he'll have a little value in AL-only leagues later this year. He's 2-2 with a 2.70 ERA, 21 H and 37/6 K/BB in 30 IP for Durham.
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Wade Davis struck out nine in seven scoreless innings Sunday for Single-A Vero Beach.
The Rays have gone slowly with Davis, keeping him in short-season ball for a second year in 2005 and then declining to give him a midseason promotion during a strong 2006 at low Single-A Southwest Michigan. With a 2.15 ERA and a 28/7 K/BB ratio in 29 1/3 innings so far in the FSL, he could put together a case for a June or July arrival in Double-A this year. He projects as a third or fourth starter for the Rays.rotoworld.comDouble-A Montgomery's Fernando Perez suffered a sprained MCL on Sunday and is expected to miss at least 7-10 days.
The speedy Perez is hitting .272/.416/.407 with 10 steals in 81 at-bats for the Biscuits.
Rays prospect Wade Davis threw a seven-inning no-hitter in the second game of a doubleheader Friday for Single-A Vero Beach.
Davis also had a seven-inning no-hitter for low Single-A Southwest Michigan last season. Tonight's performance follows an outing Sunday in which he fanned nine in seven scoreless innings. The 21-year-old is one of the Rays' top prospects.rotoworld.comGreg Norton had a double and two RBI Friday in his first game for Double-A Montgomery.
Norton, who is returning from knee surgery, will spend 7-10 days in the minors. He figures to take some time away from Carlos Pena when he's activated from the DL. Jorge Cantu could be sent back down to open up a roster spot.
Davis should be amazing, can't wait until the Rays have an amazing pitching staff.
Devil Rays recalled RHP Tim Corcoran from Triple-A Durham.
Steve Andrade and Seth McClung had the best ERAs in Durham's pen, but the Rays bypassed them for Corcoran and Chad Orvella. Corcoran went 5-9 with a 4.38 ERA in 16 starts and five relief appearances for the Rays last season. He'll be used in middle relief.rotoworld.comDevil Rays recalled RHP Chad Orvella from Triple-A Durham.
Orvella should get a chance to help set up Al Reyes, as Brian Stokes is struggling to get the job done. He remains a sleeper candidate for saves in the second half of the year.
rotoworld.comTriple-A Durham's Seth McClung pitched a perfect inning Tuesday to lower his ERA to 1.96.
McClung has allowed one run over 14 1/3 innings in his last nine appearances. The Rays declined to add him when they called up two relievers this week, but his next chance will come soon.
rotoworld.comDevil Rays optioned shortstop Ben Zobrist to Triple-A Durham.
Even with expectations kept pretty modest, Zobrist has been a huge disappointment offensively as a major leaguer. This is a guy who had OBPs of .438, .415, .475, .434 and .400 in his five stops in the minors. After joining Tampa Bay, he managed just a .260 OBP in 183 at-bats last year and he was down to an absurd .159 this year. He didn't walk once in 62 at-bats. In the minors, he received two base on balls every three games. In the majors, he's walked 10 times in 70 games. Durham is obviously where he belongs until he figures out that his current approach isn't what got him an opportunity in the first place. Josh Wilson should be an upgrade behind Brendan Harris.
i sm new here and isnt Ben Zobrist really good........ well at least a good prospect
Not really, he came over in the Huff trade. We have a future all-star SS in Reid Brignac at AAA.
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Yankees prospect has yet to allow an earned run this season
By David Heck / Special to MLB.com | April 11, 2012 7:52 PM
The Yankees' No. 5 prospect tossed five hitless innings in his second start of the season as the Class A Charleston RiverDogs defeated the Augusta GreenJackets, 11-5.
After fanning three over six scoreless frames in his first outing, the 19-year-old right-hander struck out eight and walked two on Wednesday.
"It feels very good," Campos said through a translator. "I've been working with our pitching coach, Danny Borrell, on my mechanics. I'm very happy with the outings I've had."
The only run off Campos came in the first after a pair of RiverDogs errors. Leadoff hitter Kelby Tomlinson reached on a fielding error by second baseman Angelo Gumbs, then came around to score two batters later when first baseman Reymond Nunez made a throwing error following a groundout.
"My mind was set to do my job and keep working," Campos said. "I know errors are going to happen, so I have to keep working hard and command my pitches and give the team a chance."
Campos allowed only two more baserunners over the rest of his outing, both on walks. Meanwhile, the Charleston offense lit up the GreenJackets, scoring nine runs for Campos and then adding two more after he left the game.
Yankees' No. 8 prospect Dante Bichette Jr. tripled in three runs and Tyler Austin added a triple, a double and two RBIs.
"[The offense gave me] confidence to attack hitters," Campos said. "I was more comfortable."
Augusta's first hit of the day did not come until the sixth, when Fred Lewis took over for Campos. Tomlinson led off the inning with a double, while three other GreenJackets -- Jose Cuevas, Elliott Blair and Charles Jones -- also recorded base knocks in the frame.
"That's one of my goals, to try to throw a no-hitter all the way," Campos said. "But I know I'm in development and I might not throw nine innings. I was looking to give the team a chance to win."
After coming over to the Yankees with Michael Pineda in the offseason trade that sent Jesus Montero and Hector Noesi to Seattle, Campos has not allowed an earned run in two starts with the RiverDogs. Over 11 innings, the native of Venezuela has only yielded a single hit.
So what will he do for an encore his next time out?
"I'll keep working hard and just keep attacking the hitters," Campos said. "Work on my confidence, keep commanding my pitches and go to work every five days."
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They got off on the right foot Monday night. Alfonso Soriano homered for the third straight game and went 5-for-5 to lead the Cubs to a 7-2 victory over the Brewers before a road-tripping crowd of 35,760 at Miller Park.
Trailing 2-1 in the seventh while making a couple of eye-popping mistakes in the field, the Cubs bounced back to take the lead on RBI singles by Cesar Izturis and Cliff Floyd after Michael Barrett had walked and stolen his first base in more than three years.
Soriano then cranked a towering three-run shot off Matt Wise, his seventh of the year, to break the game open.
Carlos Marmol notched the win in relief, and the Cubs won back-to-back games for the first time since May 19 against the White Sox. They moved within 6 ½ games of the Brewers.
Jason Marquis lasted only 5 1/3 innings, throwing 112 pitches and escaping bases-loaded jams in the first and second innings.
When Mark DeRosa dropped the relay of a potential double-play grounder in the fourth, it led to an unearned run that put the Cubs behind 2-1.
At that point, Monday's game looked like another edition of the Cubs follies. In the third inning, the Cubs held a players-only meeting near the mound with Johnny Estrada's pop-up in the air. Marquis was on the mound calling for it. Barrett was on the mound searching for it. And infielders Derrek Lee, Aramis Ramirez and DeRosa were standing by in case of an emergency.
After the ball dropped among the five players, the Brewers' local TV affiliate showed Piniella sitting in a luxury suite wearing a pained expression. Norman Rockwell could not have painted a more perfect picture of the Cubs' season.
The cameras panned back to Piniella after every Cubs gaffe, and, truth be told, "Lou Tube" was as interesting as the game itself.
Milwaukee stranded more men than Elizabeth Taylor, looking like anything but a first-place team. Estrada grounded into an inning-ending double play in the first, and the Brewers wasted a bases-loaded, no-out situation in the second when Marquis induced a double-play grounder and Ramirez made a great play to rob Corey Hart of a two-run single.