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Action-packed and fast-paced, 2017 sees wheelchair basketball return to the School Games in what is set to be another huge year for the sport.
Read our Ones 2 Watch feature to see who to look out for this year.
Latest News
Need To Know More
For any sports related enquiries please contact Frankie Harper at British Wheelchair Basketball.
Why should you watch this
The 2017 School Games is one of the highlights of the UK's junior wheelchair basketball calendar, truly demonstrating the transformation and impact the sport has as a rehabilitation and recreational activity for spinal cord injured patients.
Now one of the leading blue-ribbon Paralympic sports and played competitively world-wide, its classification systems sees wheelchair basketball embrace a range of disabilities whilst also welcoming non-disabled players in domestic competitions; the UK's wheelchair basketball community continues to grow both on and off the court.
Did you know…?
- Over 140 teams are playing wheelchair basketball in the UK.
- You can fit two full size basketballs side-by-side in a basketball ring.
- Wheelchair basketball is played with exactly the same size court and the same height hoops as running basketball.
How it Works
British Wheelchair Basketball will host at this event 6 teams, three from England (North, Central and South) and the three home nations who will compete in two pools.
Opening the tournament in two pools, the top two teams from each group will progress through to the semi finals; the winners then taking centre stage in an unmissable final.
To view the 2017 School Games selection policy please click here.
Designated Athlete Mentor – Simon Munn. Please click here for more information.


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I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
sketch comedy of dating and marriage
The New Theater at ISU
June 20, 21, 22 and July 17, 25, 26
The Crossroads Repertory Theatre in Terre Haute opens their season with the delightful comedy, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change. The short comic sketches that trace the process of courtship and marriage by Joe DiPietro are witty fun. The varied music by Jimmy Roberts nicely helps to make the points of those little stories.
There's a gentle arc to the show with the opener a cantata as the three males and three females prepare for a first date. First dates get quite a treatment beginning with a couple who're so intent on their blackberry driven lives that they agree to skip the tension of the first date, then the hesitation of the second and so on, until they're all the way to a break up with the possibility of a make up in a year or so. The skits wind through some very funny male and female laments and triumphs. There's even an ad from a legal firm offering to represent clients in suits for sexual satisfaction. The act does end with wedding vows, but they're a little shaky.
The second act of I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change takes the marriage go round to weddings, the inevitable changes that children cause, the bitterness of divorce and a quite strange, hesitant but romantic meeting. "Always a Bridesmaid" is a nicely country flavored piece. There's the couple who can focus on nothing except their new born. A family road trip with the tension of a side seat driver and the backseat children occurs. A divorcee filming a video for a dating service can't stop from turning it into a bitter diatribe. The last sketch is a real charmer. We're at the end of the arc, but romance is still very much in the air as a slightly shaky elderly couple meet in a chapel while taking a break from funerals.
The small cast of the show did a fine job with the show. They're all good singers and solid actors. Sometimes it was simply hard to believe that each of them could take on such different roles so successfully. The often anonymous, but very personable Males Nos. 1, 2 and 3 were Jason Bowen, Jomar Ferreras and Andrew Behling. The equally personable and equally often anonymous Females Nos. 1, 2 and 3 were Molly LeCaptain, Veronica Garza and Carolyn Conover.
Director Bill Kincaid and choreographer Teresa McCullough have clearly worked closely to create this fast moving show on Bob Holton's flexible open set. Katerina Papadatos created the dozens and dozens of quickly changeable costumes. Musical direction was by Mark Carlisle. Kurt Perry presided at the piano.
There are three more opportunities to see the Crossroad's Rep's warmly funny season opener. I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change plays on July 17, 25 and 26. This Friday, June 26th marks the premiere of Rachelle Martin Wilburn and Travis Dillon's The Untold Story of Little John, a musical based on characters from the Robin Hood story.
At the theatre for you, I'm George Walker

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Far Cry 3: Oops, We Set a Tiger on Fire
Be careful in this first-person shooter; the most beautiful things are often the most dangerous.
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You have to be careful in Far Cry 3. It's not so much that you're trapped on an island full of dangerous criminals, or that said island has some bizarre mental force slowly digging its tendrils into your brain--though that's certainly not something to ignore. No, you have to be careful in Far Cry 3 because when it comes to survival, the beauty of this island can often be your worst enemy.
The demo Ubisoft brought to E3 this year provides plenty of examples illustrating that fact. You begin by swimming pristine, gorgeous tropical waters en route to a camp occupied by the game's archvillain, Vaas. As you approach the docks--staying underwater to maintain a low profile--you'll probably notice a sea turtle or two swimming majestically nearby. Do you continue your mission, or just hang out for a bit watching that sea turtle do its thing? You choose the latter, then suddenly realize you're still underwater and should probably get some air before you drown. Damn adorable sea turtles.
Once on land, you're able to creep toward the guards patrolling the walls of the base. It's a dense jungle flanking the base, letting you approach your targets from a variety of angles. But which weapon do you choose to eliminate the men standing between you and your destination? An assault rifle from afar? A knife if you can creep up behind them?
Well, if you're anything like us, you choose the bow and arrow. Far Cry 3 lets you go tribal on your enemies with a hunting bow for quiet and lethal ranged takedowns. Even better, you can choose from a few special arrowheads, be they flaming or explosive. We elect to take care of the first cluster of guards with the flaming arrowhead, which basically looks like an arrow with a miniature Molotov cocktail affixed to the end.
We loose the arrow and watch it fly straight into the group of enemies. They shout a bit, fire their guns, and suddenly remember that they should probably die now and proceed to oblige. But then something magical happens: the wind spreads the flames farther toward the camp and engulfs a few more guards that we hadn't even intended to kill. At this point, we've got magic on our hands.
We hop over the wall into the camp. Inside, it seems that Vaas was expecting us, as he's got a courtyard full of his thugs ready to start shooting away at us. It's a frantic scene as we try to stay alive, zip-lining from building to building, firing away at moves, and watching as each precarious bit of cover chips and crumbles away when we try to catch our breath.
Then we notice a wooden cage housing a tiger. We fire at the door and set the beast free. It thanks us by proceeding to maul Vaas' henchmen, taking down one armed thug after another and saving us the trouble of having to deal with them.
A moment later we spot a group of enemies we didn't see before and remember we've still got one of those flaming arrowheads. We fire away and let the flame do its job, but only a half-second before noticing that our new best friend (whom we've nicknamed Tony the Tiger) also happened to see those enemies. He dashes toward them in tragic sync with the flaming arrow, arriving on the scene just in time to be set ablaze alongside the very thugs he was trying to kill. We refrain from shouting "Nooooooo!" but we're certainly thinking that as we gaze at his charred tiger corpse.
But that's Far Cry 3. The very things you fall in love with about this island are also the sort of things that will either break your heart or, worse, kill you outright. Because let's be honest for a moment. If we hadn't set Tony the Tiger to that great big bowl of Frosted Flakes in the sky, he almost certainly would have mauled our face off two seconds later. It's tragic that he had to go out in a literal blaze of glory, but it's probably for the best. He was a damn tiger after all.'
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With the lack of lowland snow so far this year in Western Washington, cross-country skiers may want to head to Sun Valley, Idaho.
SUN VALLEY, Idaho —The bright blue skies and powdery snow of Idaho are enticing to cross-country skiers.
Here are seven places that offer the added bonus of a hearty meal at the end of the trek.
Ponderosa State Park
Trails throughout the park in McCall, Idaho, offer the beauty of frozen Payette Lake, snowy trails through hallways of ancient ponderosa pine trees, and dynamite views from Osprey Point.
The scenery is unforgettable at Ponderosa, but so will be dinner at Blue Moon Yurt located in the park with items such as sesame asparagus with harissa chili sauce and grilled duck.
Reservations are a must. Go to bluemoonyurt.com.
The ski resort near Donnelly, Idaho, offers about 9 miles of groomed Nordic trails that wind through the rolling hills and meadows of the resort.
It also has a snowshoe trail system, and views of Lake Cascade that go on forever.
Check out Morels Restaurant, which is located at the lodge at Osprey Meadows, the Canoe Grill and the Seven Devils Pub.
Go to tamarackidaho.com.
Bogus Basin
Full Moon Fridays are a blast at the Bogus Basin Nordic Center's Frontier Point Lodge.
With about 20 miles of groomed trails and 4 miles lighted for night skiing, there's plenty of terrain to work up an appetite.
The meals are provided by caterer Kanak Attack and feature Hawaiian-style pulled pork or teriyaki chicken bowls, sandwiches and soup.
Group lessons and family rental packages are available. Call 332-5390 for more information.
Nordic skiers and snowshoers can also head up to the nearby Pioneer Lodge for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
Wood River Trails
When fully snow covered, the Wood River trail follows an old railroad bed from Bellevue north beyond Sun Valley for 18 miles.
It's an ideal way to ski and take in a variety of cafes or restaurants. You might scout dining places in your car and memorize the cross street so you can find a restaurant from the trail and make a side trip.
Go to bcrd.org for more information.
Sun Valley Nordic
The Sun Valley Nordic and Snowshoe Center, just a mile east of Sun Valley Lodge, is a quick place to catch an afternoon of skiing or snowshoeing and lunch.
The center offers 26 miles of ski trails and 10 miles of snowshoe trails along the golf course and Trail Creek.
The menu includes such fare as a Kobe beef burger from Snake River Farms, or an apricot pork sandwich on brioche bread.
Call 622-2919 for more information and to make a reservation.
Galena Lodge
At the north end of Harriman Trail, north of Sun Valley, is Galena Lodge, a must stop for hungry snowshoers and Nordic skiers in the area.
You'll find more than 30 miles of trails adjacent to the lodge to work up an appetite.
Galena Lodge is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. You can enjoy the fireplace and lunch, fresh baked goods, espresso drinks or a house made cocktail or craft brew.
Go to galenalodge.com.
Alturas Lake Trails
Alturas Lake trails, about 20 miles south of Stanley, Idaho, offers an up-close-and-personal view of the Sawtooth Mountains.
The skiing and snowshoeing is on groomed trails going through rolling timber along frozen streams.
But the neat thing is Smiley Creek Lodge is only 3 miles south of the trails on Idaho 75.
The lodge caters to snowmobilers, skiers and snowshoers and rents cabins.
It has a full restaurant, a deli and an ice cream parlor for the lodge's famous homemade milkshakes.
The Smiley Creek breakfast is a great way to power up for the trails.


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On Thu, Mar 01, 2007, Evandro Fernandes Giovanini wrote: > That could be fixed by shipping a /etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc in the GTK+ > package, with the following line: > gtk-theme-name = "Clearlooks" This is a bad idea; the Gtk package is not used only in GNOME, and I don't want the Gtk package to start pulling gtk2-engines to work properly, even if it's nicer than the default theme.
It won't pull gtk2-engines; if Clearlooks is not found it will quietly use the default theme. (same as using GNOME without having gtk2-engines installed)


text: The announcements one mom created for her 13-year-old adopted son have gone viral. People has the story of Kelli Higgins, who sent out newborn birth announcements to celebrate the arrival of Latrell, 13, into her family. The teenage boy was photographed in the poses you usually see in pictures of infants. I appreciate the sentiment – it's great Kiggins and her husband adopted an older child (they also adopted a 12-year-old girl, Chanya) and want to celebrate, but isn't this concept just weird? Why not send out announcements with pictures of Latrell doing regular, 13-year-old boy stuff?


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Hi-Line Football Roundup
North Star, Chinook roll to big wins
September 24, 2013
With football season marching on, some local teams continued to struggle, while others continued to prove they are on the rise this season.
Friday, the Big Sandy Pioneers and North Star Knights battled it out in Big Sandy in Northern C Six-Man play. While the struggles continued for the Pioneers, the No. 8 Knights looked strong, earning the 59-12 win. The Pioneers dropped to 1-2 and the Knights improved to 3-0.
Cooper Spicher and Quinn Spinler continued to lead the Knights this season, and in the win the two combined for eight touchdowns. A 14-0 first quarter lead quickly erupted into a 47-point victory. Spicher scored on a 3-yard run, a 16-yard run, a 10–yard run, a 40-yard run and a 70-yard run. Spinler also scored on a 29-yard run, a 25-yard pass from Spicher, and on a 23-yard run.
Big Sandy saw two scores from Jerry Hanson. Hanson scored on a 13-yard run and a 30-yard run, but couldn't do enough to push for a win.
Saturday the Knights will host Box Elder, while Friday night, the Pioneers will host Augusta.
North Star 14 18 20 7 - 59
Big Sandy 0 6 0 6 – 12
NS — Cooper Spicher 3 run (Matthew Helmbrecht kick)
NS — Cooper Spicher 16 run (kick failed)
BS — Jerry Hanson 13 run (run failed)
NS — Cooper Spicher 10 run (kick failed)
NS — Quinn Spinler 29 run (kick failed)
NS — Cooper Spicher 40 run (kick failed)
NS — Cooper Spicher 70 run (Cooper Spicher run)
NS — Quinn Spinler 25 pass from Cooper Spicher (kick failed)
NS — Quinn Spinler 23 run (Thatcher Smith pass)
NS — Jimmy Snow 15 run (Rian Gulick pass)
BS— Jerry Hanson 30 run (run failed)
Belt 36, Chester/J-I 26
In Northern C Eight-Man action, the Belt Huskies and Chester/J-I Hawks also met in conference action. But as the two top-ranked teams in the Northern C met in Chester, the No. 1 Hawks were not able to come away with another win Thursday night.
The Huskies defeated the Hawks 36-26, using a 20-point third quarter to extend the gap over C/J-I. But the Hawks are still in good position this season, as this was their first loss of the season, and now sit near the top of the Northern C ranks with a 3-1 record.
The game was tied 6-6 after one quarter of action, and tied 14-14 at the half. But that big third quarter proved to be the difference. Justin May helped lead the way with a 40-yard TD run and a 22-yard pass for a score from Dell Harmon. Tim Stokes also caught a 24-yard touchdown pass from Harmon, while Harmon also punched in an eight-yard run.
Friday the Hawks will get back to action as they travel to face Power-Dutton-Brady.
Belt 6 8 20 2 — 36
Chester/J-I 6 8 6 6 — 26
C/J-I — Tim Stokes 24 pass from Dell Harmon (pass failed)
Belt — Kolton Hausgrose 24 pass from Holden Maki (pass failed)
C/J-I — Justin May 40 run (Justin May run)
Belt — Hunter Croff 7 run (Tristin Cummings pass from Holden Maki)
Belt — Paxton Maki 11 pass from Holden Maki (run failed)
C/J-I — Justin May 22 pass from Dell Harmon (pass failed)
Belt — Hunter Croff 1 run (Colton Swanson pass from Holden Maki)
C/J-I — Dell Harmon 8 run (pass failed)
Belt — Safety
Chinook 48, Centerville 28
Saturday, the Chinook Sugarbeeters also met a Northern C Eight-Man conference opponent. The No. 4 Beeters came away with another win, taking down winless Centerville 48-28 in Centerville. Chinook is now 3-1.
In the win, the storyline belonged to Zack Molyneaux once again.
Molyneaux was responsible for five of Chinook's touchdowns. The first quarter went back and forth and the Beeters ended up holding a 21-20 lead. As the Centerville offense began to cool down, Molyneaux was only heating up.
In the first quarter Molyneaux scored on a 70-yard kick return and a five-yard run. In the second quarter he scored on a 50-yard run and threw a scoring pass of 40-yards to Lane Seymoure. Molyneaux also scored on a 61-yard kick return in the third quarter as the Beeters outscored Centerville 28-16 after the first quarter.
Gavin Gunderson added a rushing score for the Beeters, while Jake Norby threw a TD pass to Ian McIntosh.
As Chinook continues to climb the Northern C ranks, the Beeters will host Cascade on Friday at 7:30 p.m. It will be Chinook's homecoming game.
Chinook 21 14 8 6 – 48
Centerville 20 0 8 8 – 28
CV – Dylan Lencioni 10 run (pass failed)
CHI – Gavin Gunderson 55 run (Run failed)
CV – Jesse Mayernik 45 INT return (Pass failed)
CHI – Zach Molyneaux 70 KO return (Ian Mcintosh kick)
CV – Dylan Lencioni run (Dylan Lencioni run)
CHI – Zach Molyneaux run 5 yards (Zach Molyneaux pass to Ty Simenson)
CHI – Zach Molyneaux 50 run (Derek Bell to McIntosh)
CHI – Zach Molyneaux to Lane Seymour 40 pass (Run failed)
CV – Braidy Hofland 1 run (Dylan Lencioni Run)
CHI – Zach Molyneaux 61 KO return (Zach Molyneaux run)
CHI – Ian McIntosh pass to Jake Norby 14 yards (Kick failed)
Conrad 34, Harlem 20
An 0-3 start to the season is not what District 2B Harlem was looking for, but Friday the Wildcats did come closer to earning their first win of the year. Hosting the Conrad Cowboys, the Wildcats slipped to 0-3, suffering a 34-20 loss in Harlem. The Wildcats trailed 16-0 at the half, but three scores in the final two quarters made the loss somewhat respectable.
Stanley Irvine scored on a 42-yard run, followed by another scoring run from 30 yards out. The back-to-back scoring drives narrowed the gap to 22-12, but two unanswered touchdowns by the Cowboys widened gap right back up. Trevin Fox also scored on a 10-yard pass from Irvine in the fourth quarter for the Wildcats, but it wasn't enough so late in the contest.
On Friday the Wildcats will look to get on track with a trip to Glasgow.
Conrad – 8 8 6 12 – 34
Harlem – 0 0 6 14 – 20
CON – Tristan Diedrich 7 pass from Shane Larson (Shane Larson run)
CON – Blake Underdahl 1 run (Blake Underdahl run)
CON – Blake Underdahl 5 run (pat failed)
HAR – Stanley Irvine 42 run (pat failed)
HAR – Stanley Irvine 30 run (pat failed)
CON – Blake Underdahl 85 kickoff return (pat failed)
CON – Maverick Habets 42 run (pat failed)
HAR – Trevin Fox 10 pass from Stanley Irvine (Fox from Stanley Irvine)
D-G-S 82, Box Elder 39
After an impressive win in week one of the season, the Six-Man Box Elder Bears have unfortunately dropped two straight games.
And after the crushing 82-39 loss on Saturday to Denton-Stanford-Geyser, the Bears are now 1-2 on the young season. The Bearcats were responsible for handing the Bears the lopsided loss Saturday in Box Elder.
The Bearcats pounced all over the Bears with 34 points in the first quarter and 28 more in the second. The Bears scored just 12 points in the same two periods, and found themselves in a deep hole out of the gate. A Will Ketchum 66-yard reception from Brandon The Boy was the Bears' first score, followed by a Ketchum 69-yard kick return in the second quarter. But trying to stay competitive, Ketchum also scored on a 28-yard reception and a 14-yard reception from The Boy, while the Bears' defense also had a 48-yard interception return.
Saturday the Bears will play the North Star Knights in Rudyard.
Box Elder 6 6 14 13 – 39
DGS – Kade Woodhall 50 yard run (kick failed)
DGS – Chase Hill 2 yard run (Chase Hill kick)
DGS – Conner Bokma 13 yard interception return (Chase Hill kick)
BE – Will Ketchum 66 yard pass from Brandon The Boy (kick failed)
DGS – Kade Woodhall 13 yard run (kick failed)
DGS – Chase Hill 40 yard punt return (kick failed)
DGS – Chase Hill 45 yard punt return (Chase Hill kick)
BE – Will Ketchum 69 yard kick return (kick failed)
DGS – Ty Martin 16 yard pass from Kade Woodhall (kick failed)
DGS – Bokma 16 yard pass from Kade Woodhall (Tyler Lee kick)
DGS – Kade Woodhall 14 yard run (kick failed)
BE – Will Ketchum 28 yard pass from Brandon The Boy (kick failed)
DGS – Bart Vaskey 36 yard run (Tyler Lee kick)
BE – Will Ketchum 14 yard pass from Brandon The Boy (kick good)
DGS – Kris Weinheimer 3 yard run (kick failed)
BE – Will Ketchum 56 yard pass from The Boy (pass good)
BE – 48 yard interception return (pass failed)
DGS – Tyler Lee 10 yard pass from Kendall Carpenter (kick failed)


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IRKRS Koryu Uchinadi Nyumon Volume 9 - Koryu Uchinadi Nyumon
Patrick McCarthy - International Ryukyu Karate Research Society
What is Koryu Uchinadi Kenpo-jutsu?
Koryu Uchinadi Kenpo-jutsu is a unique collection & functional re-interpretation of old-school tegumi grappling drills & those embryonic Fujian-based quanfa practices once secretly cultivated before the development of the simplified version or modern tradition evolved. Re-systematized into a cohesive & completely application-based study, it was cradled in rediscovering and fusing together the principal teachings from many of this tradition's most celebrated pioneers.
We have presented many of the drills from several angles to better study each technique. We have also used different yudansha in order to clearly illustrate how varying body types, and the physical demands they have on each of us, affect our range of motion and individual performance. Please remember, we ARE NOT trying to generate carbon copies or produce an army of clones, but rather, emphasize the importance of individuality while mastering common principles.
1: Reishiki (Etiquette),
2: Junbi/Seri Undo (KU Preparatory & cool down exercises, including ukemi waza, Ne Keri waza, Tachi Keri waza futari-geiko)
3: Kihon-waza Solo drills (a. Tsuki-waza, b. Keri-waza, c. Kamae-waza, d. Kaishu-waza, e. Heishu Waza, f. Uke-waza),
4: Kihon-gata (Taisabaki-gata),
5: Taisabaki Oyo-jutsu (Two-person application practices to the Taisabaki kata),
6. Futari Renzoku-geiko (2-person continuous reenactment drills for all 6 sets of kihon waza)
Running time 3 & 1/2 hours


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Topeka A major part of the Daisy Hill skyline will meet the wrecking ball under a plan sought by Kansas University.
KU wants to raze the 10-story McCollum Hall and replace it with two new residence halls, according to a request before the Kansas Board of Regents. The cost of the total project would be $48.7 million and funded with bonds that would be paid off with housing and parking system revenues.
The board will consider the request next week. Jill Jess, a spokeswoman for KU, said until the regents consider the request, she couldn't divulge any more information than the written information that was provided to the board.
The project is before the regents as "an amendment of fiscal year 2014 capital improvement request." Fiscal year 2014 starts July 1, 2013.
There are five residence halls on Daisy Hill, housing more than 2,400 students. McCollum has a capacity for 910 students.
On Daisy Hill, "All of the residence halls have been renovated recently with the exception of McCollum," the information provided to the regents said.
"Even though McCollum has been well-maintained over the years, the space needs for the new housing model do not fit efficiently within the form of the building so renovation is not an option," the memo said.
The two new residence halls will be built west of Hashinger Hall and west of Lewis Hall. Each would be five stories and house 350 students.
"When the two halls are complete, McCollum Hall will be razed and the site converted to parking," the memo said.
Copyright 2018 The Lawrence Journal-World. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. We strive to uphold our values for every story published.


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Mt. Mayapay a historic piece in Butuan, aside from its tourism piece!
Mt. Mayapay already mentioned in historic books of Butuan as its named originated from Madjapahit Empire. Now already the favorite destinations of trekkers and adventurers as rising nearly 700 meters above the sea level. Well, Mt. Mayapay provides a clear view of Butuan skyline and Butuan Bay, the fresh air from the mountains and from the ocean. Mother Nature surrounds everyone when you reach the peak of Mt. Mayapay.
Location: Butuan City, capital of Caraga Region
How to get there: From Butuan City proper by tricycle or bicycle en route to barangay Bonbon, and from there, take a walk as part of the adventure to the different mountains before reaching the highest peak, the Mt. Mayapay.
Distance: It will take for estimated 15 minutes by tricycle or bicycle to drop you in barangay Bonbon, then estimated 4 to 6 hours of walking from the drop point in going to Mt. Mayapay.


text: The Explorer Hotel Yellowknife is just 3.2 mi (5.2 km) from the airport and offers a free shuttle. Guests can visit the 24-hour fitness center for a workout or grab a bite to eat at Traders Grill, which serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Rooms feature bonuses like refrigerators and microwaves, along with flat-screen TVs and room service.


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The time has come! Tim Linceum is an Angel and he will be inserted into the starting rotation on Saturday against the Oakland A's. We've been waiting a couple months for this to happen.
Although Timmy is about a week late making his debut, he's definitely ready. After a shaky outing in which he gave up four earned runs in five innings, birthday boy (yes, he just turned 32 on Thursday) pitched seven innings of one-hit ball in his final start for the Salt Lake Bees!
If the former multiple Cy Young Award winner can give the Halos at least an ERA in high 3.00's, we at LA Angels Insider will be happy. Not only that, this could be a great opportunity to get a revived frontline starting pitcher back into the rotation.
Because although it could be too late for this season, this could serve as an audition for an extension to help regroup for 2017, a big trade for prospects at the trade deadline, or a bigger contract with another team this offseason. Who knows? But as of right now, this is exciting!
Here's more on the arrival of The Freak!
- There's a lot of love to go around for Tim Lincecum. Angels fans are as excited as they've been in a long time. Here's the founder of AngelsWin.com announcing his trip to Oakland!
Who else is equally as stoked as I am to see @timlincecum pitch for the @Angels tomorrow in Oakland? @AngelsWin pic.twitter.com/NFiB0afz0f
— Chuck Richter (@ChuckRichter70) June 17, 2016
- Look what we found! It's video footage of Tim's showcase!
- And here's some footage of Tim pitching for the Salt Lake Bees against the Fresno Grizzlies!
- Here's Timmy's first interview as an Angel!
- And here's a couple of special little Father's Day clips from Angels Weekly!
We will be adding more videos as we find them! GO ANGELS!


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San Diego housing market
San Diego housing market forecast. The San Diego housing market outlook looks strong and still has only about a two month inventory of homes for sale. Many San Diego real estate insiders believe a six month homes for sale inventory is normal for our area.
The San Diego Association of Realtors recently reported that 2251 single-family homes sold in July. This amount was actually down approximately 11% from June, but still up 12% from a year ago. Continue reading


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Hi all
good news is chameleon auto generated p states and c states works
bad news is they dont work as well
only educated guessing here but my q6600 is overclocked to 3GHz which would be the logical answer however thinking deeper it makes no sense as this is the G0 stepping and i can run at 3GHz with less voltage specified manually in bios than if i left it as auto in bios.
The VID values i used in the DSDT orginally were made based upon the voltages i manually set in the bios. As these are lower than the default values one would expect temps to go slightly up using auto generated C states and P states in chameleon as this is basically extracting values from SSDT tables from bios and injecting them properly into the operating system. however what is occuring is random instability in the operating system using the new chameleon method so i have returned to just manually using the DSDT method as i have had the most stable system for nearly a year without incident and this was the only recent change i made.
second topic
i have just bought and started the long process of getting mac stable on a new laptop the lenovo Z560 great laptop very compatible except audio
however as this is a new i3 it has way more information in the SSDT tables and i have yet to take the plunge and editing the dsdt to include the c state and p state information and i am currently just using chameleon to do the hard work for me. now for whatever reason once i am booted into the os and at desktop its very stable havent had a single crash but when booting its a different story i recieve mabey 1 out of 3 times when booting a random kernel panic relating to many things . originally i thought i was due to voodoohda as it was always present in the kernel backtrace of dependencies however this is not the case as i have these kernel panics occuring on completely unrelated things. this leads me to believe that again its the chameleon p state and c states at fault. that last statement is a bit harsh i shall try and explain further the SSDT and DSDT state there are 8 CPUS in this machine and this is seen when booting in verbose mode however CPUs 4 to 7 are disabled this obviously occurs as this machine can be configured with a dual core i3 /i5 which would be 4 cores 2 physical and 2 logical hyperthreading and a core i7 4 physical 4 logical now this is why the SSDT tables contain the extra info for these core that dont exist this may be partly responsible for the instablilty of the chameleon method as its scraping this info from the SSDTs and injecting it accordingly. WHat i would like to know is there any way to use voodoopstate or any other tool that will work with the new core i3 processors as the way i got this information for my q6600 does not work for this core i3 350m ie the tools dont support the new architecture.
ps sorry for ther long winded rant
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Condemning the Government of the Soviet Union for pursuing a policy which use a the Jews as a scapegoat, Sir Barnett Janner, president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, appealed to the USSR today to mitigate the severe sentences recently meted out against Russian Jews accused of "economic crimes, and to conduct a campaign of "enlightenment against anti-Semitism" in the USSR.
Sir Barnett made his statement in addressing a meeting of the Board of Deputies. He pointed out that, in the last year, 28 of the 46 death sentences passed in the USSR against persons convicted of "economic and currency" offenses had been decreed against Jews, Declaring that "in no other country would such savage penalties be imposed for such crimes in peacetime, " he stated:
"This figure represents an inexplicably high proportion of the total, even after making full allowance for the fact that Jews are largely city dwellers." Additionally, he noted, "the accounts of the court hearings, often conducted as show trials, reveal a distinct, anti-Jewish bias."
"Taken in conjunction with other anti-Jewish manifestations," Sir Barnett declared, "such as the outrages on synagogues in remote districts and, above all, the continued refusal of the Soviet authorities to grant the Jewish community reasonable facilities to pursue its cultural and religious life as a recognized nationality in the USSR, there is a growing conviction that the traditional line of finding in the Jew a scapegoat for economic and other ills is being pursued in the USSR."
Pointing out that Jews in many countries have, from time to time, protested against these death sentences and their execution, the British Jewish leader continued: "We again appeal with all earnestness to the Soviet authorities to mitigate the severity of these sentences, having regard to the offenses for which they were inflicted; to conduct a campaign of enlightenment against anti-Semitism; and, in other ways, to allay the apprehensions which are widely felt regarding the position of the Jewish community in the USSR."


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And now for some good news from Mexico…again this year, the annual harvest celebration in a farming pueblo near Jalisco's Lake Chapala is coming off without a hitch. Here in the town plaza the crowds are happy and well fed, the most wizened abuelas to the youngest niños. The vendors are handing out samples and selling their wares nonstop. The "best of show" judging is highly competitive, as usual. The continuous music—mariachi to Mex rock—is loud and spirited. This is why, despite its overly publicized problems, we still love this country and its resilient people.
We are in Atotonilquillo, where only days ago, during a downpour in the middle of the night, an arroyo overflowed its banks and sent residents fleeing from their beds. But today it is sunny and everyone is smiling. This is the celebration of the yearly bounty of the nearby orchards…in the form of a fruit little understood in the U.S. but much beloved here. El membrillo. The quince. Grown organically and naturally, in soil and temperatures that even allow them to be eaten raw. With a quince grown in northern California, this would pucker your mouth like biting into the sourest green apple you can imagine. But here, squeeze on a little limon, a sprinkling of salt and chili powder, and you've got a snack fit for Carlos Slim.
The quince (Cydonia oblonga) is a small deciduous tree native to southwest Asia and the Mediterranean, a member of the rose family and a close relative to apples and pears. In fact, it looks like the ugly stepchild of an apple and a pear. Quince orchards were first seen here during the Colonial era, planted at the behest of Franciscan friars. Its tart, pale flesh turns golden when cooked. It is said to lower cholesterol levels, improve digestion and speed weight loss.
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On this day membrillo is thoroughly Mexican in its manifestations. Quince tamales, sweet and steamy. Quince paletas and nieves (popsicles and sorbets), cold and refreshing. Quince micheladas (chili powder and quince with beer ) and the cordial muy fuerte called ponche. Quince pies, tarts, galletas (cookies). Jellied fruit paste called cajeta or ate in solid blocks or prettied up with decorative molds, sliced fruit in heavy syrup known as conserva and martajada, like a chunky marmalade.
It's all good, for this is a day for families and fiesta and all that is joyous about life. ¡Viva membrillo!


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where is a permutation on . The set of all permutations of is denoted by . If , it is easy to see that has
elements, where , the number of occurrences of in .
Define a binary relation on by: if is a permutation of . Then is a congruence relation on with respect to concatenation. In fact, is a commutative monoid.
A language over is said to be commutative if for every , we have . Two equivalent characterization of a commutative language are:
If , then .
, where is the Parikh mapping over (under some ordering).
The first equivalence comes from the fact that if is just a permutation of , and that every permutation on may be expressed as a product of transpositions. The second equivalence is the realization of the fact that is just the set
We have just seen some examples of commutative closed langauges, such as for any word , and , for any language .
Given a language , the smallest commutative language containing is called the commutative closure of . It is not hard to see that is the commutative closure of .
For example, if , then .
Remark. The above example illustrates the fact that the families of regular languages and context-free languages are not closed under commutative closures. However, it can be shown that the families of context-sensitive languages and type-0 languages are closed under commutative closures.
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Best Games of All Time by Genre Part 2
These are the video games that have defined their genre. They are the standard by which all other games in their category are judged. This is part 2 of this list.
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Best RTS of All Time
StarCraft (1998)
Platform: PC
Developer: Blizzard Entertainment
Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment
Starcraft has withstood the test of time like no other game before or after it. It is a game that is easy to pick up, but is so deep that even after a decade, millions of players are still developing new strategies and continue to evolve the gameplay. The ability for players to easily save and share replays of games was instrumental in elevating the techniques and strategies being used. The replay feature allowed players to be able to study games and learn from their mistakes and even watch their opponent's strategies and adopt or adapt to them.
Despite StarCraft's three completely unique races, it is the most balanced RTS ever created. All three races had completely unique units and equally skilled opponents would have very even chances of winning and could employ numerous different strategies to do so. Countless tournaments in the decade since the game's release have proven StarCraft's balanced gameplay. Blizzard has the best track record of any developer to continue to support a game well after release and StarCraft is no exception. Blizzard continues to release occasional patches and balance tweaks that keep the game fresh. This has been necessary as players continually push the gameplay balance with the discovery of new strategies. Despite the evolving gameplay in StarCraft, the game continues to be remarkable in how balanced the three races are as new strategies for one race are countered by new strategies created for their opposing factions. Here is a site dedicated to Starcraft replays.
No entry about StarCraft can go without the mention of the South Korean attachment to the game. StarCraft is a televised national sport in South Korea. The game has corporate endorsed teams of professional players. The players are big personalities and celebrities who are recognized and worshiped by their huge following of adoring fans. StarCraft tournaments are nationally televised events with slick production values and play-by-play announcers or "shoutcasters" as they are called. Here are some of the GOMTV tournaments translated into English. They are very interesting to watch even if you only know the rudiments of the game.
StarCraft, in spite of its age, is the most relevant and popular RTS today. There can be no doubt that it is the greatest game of its genre.
Best Action-RPG of All Time
Diablo 2 (2000)
Platform: PC
Developer: Blizzard North
Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment
Diablo 2: the Mouse Killer. Diablo 2 and its predecessor Diablo have likely destroyed more mice than any other game in existence. I owned an expensive gaming mouse and when Diablo's million click gameplay destroyed it, I ran out to the store and quickly replaced it with a steady succession of $2 mice and kept my replacement expensive mouse well away from the game.
Diablo and its successor single-handedly invented the action-RPG genre. Dozens of "Diablo" clones continue to be produced, but to this day none can match up to Diablo 2. The randomly generated dungeons, loot, and monsters in Diablo 2 keep the game fresh even after dozens of play-throughs. Diablo 2 remains popular on Blizzards free online service Battle.net because of its addictive easy to pickup gameplay, randomly generated content and Blizzard's patented brand of long-lasting support and updates to the title.
In many ways, Diablo 2 laid down the groundwork for World of Warcraft. From the branching tiered tree of talents, the UI, to the randomly generated set of colored loot, World of Warcraft owes much of its success to Diablo 2.
Best 3D Fighter of All Time
SoulCalibur (1999)
Platform: DreamCast
Developer: Namco
Publisher: Namco
There was some internal debate between this game and Virtual Fighter 2, but in the end I have to give it to SoulCalibur for the following reasons.
SoulCalibur introduced three revolutionary gameplay mechanics.
1. Eight-Way-Run
The introduction of the eight-way-run gave very intuitive control over the player characters. It is a feature that truly opened up the 3D fighter to the third dimension. Whereas previous games functioned for the most part in 2D, with the only lateral movement coming from a short sidestep, SoulCalibur allowed the player to circle, or continuously move in any of the eight directions. The game controlled how you would expect and was incredibly intuitive.
2. Increased Move buffer
The move buffer is the window of timing that a player had while executing a move before the next controller input was accepted and executed. In both Virtual Fighter and Tekken, while a character is performing a move, the player needed to wait until a move had finished before inputting another move, otherwise the command input would not be accepted. This forced players to be very exact with the timing and execution of moves. SoulCalibur's increased move buffer allowed players to input and string their attacks without waiting for a move to finish. The command would be accepted and after a move completes the next inputted player command would be executed. The move buffer coupled with the eight-way-run gave new players responsive controls and maneuvers that were simple to execute and impressive to behold. The mechanics of SoulCalibur opened a traditionally hardcore genre to a much wider audience.
3. Guard Impact
SoulCalibur is a part of a rare collection of games that opened the genre up to a less hardcore audience, while still maintaining all of the deep gameplay that a hardcore player expects. Each of SoulCalibur's characters had deep move sets, air juggles and combos that allowed the expert player to easily set them apart from the novice player. The inclusion of the Guard Impact counter put SoulCalibur well out of the reach of its competition. The Guard Impact is performed either high or low and deflects incoming attacks. If the opponent performs a high attack at the same time that you perform a high Guard Impact it would deflect the attack while at the same time stunning the attacker and not allowing them to perform any other moves besides a counter guard impact for a short period of time. This would allow for really ridiculous strings of Guard Impacts as the attacker would try to mix up their angles of attacks and add delays before executing an attack in an effort to breach the defender's Guard Impact defenses.
No other fighter encompasses the ebb and flow of combat like SoulCalibur. No words can fully describe the feeling of a long string of guard impact reversals between two good players. While SoulCalibur did not invent the 3D fighter, its mechanics made it truly 3D and introduced the genre to many new players. SoulCalibur was so far ahead of its time that in four iterations and nearly ten years the gameplay has remained nearly identical to the original with only a few minor tweaks.
Best RPG of All Time
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (2000)
Platform: PC
Developer: BioWare
Publisher: Black Isle Studios, Interplay
Baldur's Gate II is an epic, timeless masterpiece that marks the last of the truly great RPGs. It sort of makes me sad going back and revisiting this game, because this game book ended a great style of games that developers today will likely never return to. They really do not makes games like this anymore.
Baldur's Gate II is the last title to use the AD&D second edition rule set and was so accurate that I found the AD&D Player's Handbook indispensable and constantly open and on my lap as I pored over it to find the best way to min/max my characters.
The story and writing for the game really shines. There is a great deal of text in the game, however it is really well written and the story plays out as if you are reading a great novel. The storyline is so good that even this game's epic side quests easily outclass most other full RPGs' main story lines.
The decisions players made in Baldur's Gate II carried real weight and affected the outcome of future events. Many modern day RPGs distill choice down to good or evil. The player in Baldur's Gate II had to make decisions that were often gray. The complex characters would support your decisions, offer their advice and even discuss events amongst themselves. With the numerous combinations of characters that the player could select to be apart of their party, this attention to detail was amazing. The player could choose to start up romantic relationships with members of the opposite sex with many of the characters in their party. The writing for these segments were very well done and often memorable. Baldur's Gate II is one of those few titles that kept you up and playing until 4AM because you had to find out what happened next.
Baldur's Gate II's countless optional side quests, different combinations of characters and meaningful decision-making created almost unlimited replay value.
This is the definitive role-playing experience.
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Three major state-owned Iranian banks, which Washington claims help fund Tehran's alleged support for the Taliban in Afghanistan, Shia militants in Iraq, and Hamas and Hizbullah, are also targeted.
The unprecedented sanctions, which also target the country's defence ministry, will cut off more than 20 Iranian entities, including individuals and companies owned or controlled by the revolutionary guards.
The secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, said today: "What this means is that no US citizen or a private organisation will be allowed to engage in financial transactions with these persons and entities."
"These actions will help to protect the international financial system from the illicit activities of the Iranian government. They will provide a powerful deterrent to every international bank and company that thinks of doing business with the Iranian government."
Ms Rice said the US was "fully committed to a diplomatic solution with Iran" and had "no conflict" with the Iranian people.
But she added: "Unfortunately the Iranian government continues to spurn our offer of open negotiations, instead threatening peace and security by pursuing nuclear technologies that can lead to a nuclear weapon, building dangerous ballistic missiles, supporting Shia militants in Iraq and terrorists in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories, and denying the existence of a fellow member of the United Nations, threatening to wipe Israeli off the map."
The treasury secretary, Hank Paulson, told reporters in Washington that Iran channels millions of dollars each year to terrorists. "It is increasingly likely that if you are doing business with Iran you are doing business with [the revolutionary guards]," Mr Paulson said.
He said the measures were intended to prevent "one of the world's worst regimes from acquiring the world's most dangerous weapons".
A senior Iranian MP denounced the sanctions, which are believed to be the first ever imposed by the US against the armed forces of another state, as a "strategic mistake".
Kazem Jalali, spokesman for the Iranian parliament's foreign affairs and security commission, told AFP: "The revolutionary guards is an official force in Iran and it is clear that labelling them terrorists is interfering in the domestic affairs of a sovereign nation."
He added: "If things are seen this way then most of the US forces who are doing operations in different parts of the world and hurting innocent people are terrorists.
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Abstract: - Version 1.0. Polychaeta worms associated with the stony coral Mussismilia hispida (Verril, 1868) from Laje de Santos and Alcatrazes islands off the coast of Sao Paulo State, Brazil. Twelve colonies of the stony coral were employed: fixed and preserved in formalin solution, decalcified in formic acid + formalin and the remaining invertebrate fauna was sifted and preserved in ethanol. The ... Polychaeta were identified at the species level and some new taxa were recognized and described. See below the list of publications for further information on the results of this work. Identified by J.M. Nogueira.
- Version 2.0 Composition and distribution of polychaetes were studied in southeastern Brazilian continental shelf adjacent to Santos (ECOSAN Thematic Project). Aiming a spatio-temporal community comprehension, 21 stations were sampled in duplicates during August/2005 and February/2006, with a box-corer (0.09 m2). Polychaete was the dominant macrofauna group, totalizing 16274 individuals and 214 species. The fauna distribution along the depth gradient was related to sediment type, mean grain size and sediment sorting, which partially promoted the existence of three distinct communities: (1) a shallow community, dominated by Apoprionospio dayi, inhabiting very fine and fine well selected sand; (2) a community dominated by Aphelochaeta sp., Levinsenia gracilis and Aricidea (A.) catherinae, inhabiting mixed sediments between 50-84 m depth; (3) and a community dominated by Sigambra grubii, Sternaspis capillata and Leitoscoloplos kerguelensis, inhabiting muddy sediments in a deeper region of the continental shelf. The local hydrodynamic regime and the deep intrusion of the South Atlantic Central Water (SACW) were considered secondary factors in the distribution of polychaetes. High values of richness and diversity were observed throughout the shelf, ranging from 20 to 66, and from 2.37 to 5.45 respectively. The region between 50-84m showed peaks of these community descriptors, probably associated with greater sediment heterogeneity, and the communities overlapping. The functional groups showed a similar distribution to species distribution. Interface-feeders were dominant functional group in coastal region, while motile surface and subsurface deposit feeders with soft proboscis and motile carnivores with jaws were dominant in the region between 50 and 100m. Identified by M. Shimabukuro
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NOGUEIRA, Joao Miguel de Matos; San Martín,G.; FUKUDA, Marcelo Veronesi 2004 On some exogonineans (Polychaeta, Syllidae) from the northern coast of the State of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil. Results of BIOTA/FAPESP/Bentos Marinho Project. Meiofauna Marina v.13, p.45-77.
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Karen had a second operation on Friday 12 November to remove the metal in her leg and place a frame around the outside. The consultant told us that the leg simply wasn't healing quickly enough. She'll be wearing the frame for at least four months so no skiing again this season.
Karen's already up and about although she does get tired quickly. At least she's on the mend…
The annual Round the island Race, round the Isle of Wight, that is, took place this year on 2 July. We entered, as usual, with some friends, having sailed the Solent for the previous few days.
Conditions were challenging, at times, but the big disappointment was the genoa jamming as we tried to take it down towards the end of the race. Hey ho, we had fun and there's always next year.
Music by Josh Woodward (buy it!), cameras were two Drift HD Ghosts and a Drift Stealth 2.
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Published 7:00 pm, Friday, April 18, 2008
Army Pfc. Robert Henkhaus recently graduated from basic training and advanced infantry training at Fort Benning, Ga, and is attending Airborne jump school.
He is the son of Mark and Lauren Henkhaus of Midland and a 2004 graduate of Lee High School.
Henkhaus, who attended Texas A&M University, is a member of an Arkansas National Guard infantry company that is scheduled to deploy to Iraq later this year.
Navy Seaman Recruit Matthew C. Stemen recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill.
He is the son of James Henery of Midland and Sherry Hill of Bullhead City, Ariz. , and a 2006 graduate of Mohave High School in Bullhead City.
Air Force Airman 1st Class Carlos Alvarado has graduated from basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in, San Antonio.
Alvarado is the son of Antonio and Ludivina Alvarado of Midland and a 2007 graduate of Midland High School.
The Iwo Jima Class Association is planning a reunion for Oct. 15-19 at the Marriott Hotel in Chesapeake, Va.
For more information, contact Robert McAnally at 152 Frissell St., Hampton, Va. 23663; 866-237-3137; fax 757-723-4660; or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Real Madrid could face punishment after Sergio Ramos and Xabi Alonso appeared to deliberately seek yellow cards against Galatasaray in the quarter-final first leg in order to miss the second leg and arrive clear of cards for the semi-final.
According to Uefa regulations, any player who deliberately seeks a booking can be handed a two-game ban and Madrid have been punished before for a similar, if more extreme, episode. On that occasion, against Ajax in 2010, the players involved were also Alonso and Ramos.
On Wednesday night the pair were booked late in the game, with Madrid leading 3-0. Alonso got a yellow card for dissent and Ramos for kicking the ball away. When the bookings were mentioned to their team-mate Karim Benzema, he said that "everything had gone well". But the coach, José Mourinho described them as a setback for his team.
"They are important absences for the next games," he said. "Ramos and Alonso can now play on Saturday [in the league], when they weren't going to but it complicates my plans for the second leg. When I saw the cards, what I had been thinking about doing [in the second leg] was ruined."
Levante's Sergio Ballesteros was handed a two-game ban in the Europa League for deliberately seeking a yellow card this season. In November 2010 Madrid were punished after Ramos and Alonso got red cards against Ajax in Amsterdam. Mourinho was handed a suspended two-game ban and was fined €40,000, while Alonso and Ramos were fined €20,000 each. Iker Casillas was fined €10,000 and Jerzy Dudek €5,000.
The difference then was that the cards they sought were red, not yellow, and there was an elaborate pantomime surrounding them. Dudek, instructed by Mourinho, left the bench to pass a message to Casillas who then communicated the orders to the two players. Proving that the cards had been deliberately sought was simple. Not so this time.


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Yes! I now have a newsletter and the first edition comes out in just 10 days.
It's something I have been planning for a while now and have given the whole idea a lot of thought. I really wanted to make sure that it would be of value to my you, my readers, and not just about self promotion. While there is a teeny tiny bit of self promotion in there, it is mostly me sharing the things that I have loved reading throughout the month in the hope that you will discover something great also.
Plus I wanted to give you guys a little bit more insight into my life between trips. Tell you about what I get up to on a day to day basis (don't worry I will spare you the boring parts) and make it a bit more personal than what you read on this website.
It's called Traveller's Best of the Month and will feature lots of different things including a featured photo of the month (exclusive to the newsletter) and the best of The Trusted Traveller, the travel blogging world and travel news from around the globe. Plus, as I said above, each month I will talk a bit about what I've been up to and what's planned for the next month, with more personal detail about my everyday life.
But it gets better!
I couldn't ask you all to do me a big favour and sign up without giving you something in return. Well, two things in return. Firstly, I wrote an eBook. I'm pretty stoked with it and I hope you will be too.
An Experts Guide to Saving For Your Travels is full of tips and my savings philosophy, all of which I have been using for years and they have helped me travel to over 20 countries with a decent budget and a bit of luxury from time to time.
When you subscribe to Traveller's Best of the Month you will receive said eBook for free. No catches and there's not sales pitches in the book, it's just purely information for my subscribers.
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I know…we said it…we said we'd never leave Chapel Hill…but I just
couldn't pass up this opportunity. It is a great job as
Director of Revenue Reporting and Analysis with Triad Hospitals
in Plano, TX. I'll be heading financial revenue cycle reporting
and associated reporting technology implementation for their 50+
hospitals. The system has many of the same issues that face(d)
Duke University Health System so it will be interesting to see how a
for-profit systems deals with these issues.
The only reason I
even took the call on this job is that I will once again be working
with my old Duke boss Scott Perryman out there. I know…only for
a few montsh the way he's been movin' around. But even so, I
think this will be a great opportunity for me and will provide us with
the ability to leverage the housing prices in Chapel Hill in order to
get some more space and a little bit bigger lot in a town called
Speaking of our house, we have already sold it to
a nice family from Connecticut and hope to close on Juen 29th. and we'll
be planning on heading out that day to Texas. Once we get there
we will be renting a house for 6 months while we finish construction on
our new home in Frisco. We hope to have the new house finsihed
and be moved in by Thanksgiving, Christmas at the latest.
we'll be sending on a few more blog entries from our nice little home
in Southern Village. We're sad to leave our friends, our Church, and the
community, but very excited by the adventure that awaits us. Keep
us in your prayers and please come visit us in the Lone Star state soon!


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To call Hudson a picky eater is a gross understatement. I can fit the entire list of Hudson-approved foods on one side of a business card…plus, he's a gagger. Just utter the phrase, "Please eat one more green bean," and sure enough, in goes the green bean followed promptly by a dramatic gag.
After a dreadful tear- and gag-filled meal, I hatched a plan–turn it into a game.
Here's how it works: I printed out pictures of different foods and had him choose one from each food group and put it on the fridge as our "menu." Every time he takes a bite from a particular category, he puts an X in the box. He's eaten celery, carrots, broccoli, cucumbers and spinach this week with no complaining and no gagging. Plus, he's engaged with checking off the boxes, and run off before he's full.
I'm sure the novelty of the "game" will wear off. But it has given me renewed hope. Hope that if I put energy and creativity into it, I can encourage him to eat better without making it a traumatic experience. So I'm giving you my placemat downloads for all the little picky eaters in your life. You can print them at your local copy shop, and have them laminated…all for a couple bucks. Pick up some dry-erase markers while you're out and see how it works. It's worth a shot, right?
Here are the links to the downloads:
Hungry Placemat
Yummy Placemat
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In a word, it was Mateen's bee
Guilderland youngster wins Capital Region Spelling Bee at Proctors
Published 12:00 am, Thursday, February 10, 2011
SCHENECTADY - Eleven-year-old Mateen Sharif of Guilderland is this year's sultan of spelling.
The Farnsworth Middle School sixth-grader Wednesday outlasted 99 other competitors from the region on the big stage at Proctors to capture the 2011 Capital Region Spelling Bee and gain automatic entry into the national championship. The winning word was pecuniary, an adjective meaning taking the form of or consisting of money.
In all, 55 schools from 11 New York state counties were represented.
"I was thinking it was never going to end," Sharif said while surrounded by family and other well-wishers.
The youngster explained afterward that he prepared for the spelling bee by studying an online list of 1,150 words several times.
Among the prizes Mateen received: hundreds of dollars in savings bonds, a dictionary, a one-year online encyclopedia subscription and a gift certificate.
His mother, Mary Derwesh, beamed with pride at her son's accomplishment.
"I am thrilled and excited for him and the confidence it will build for him," she said as her other son, a year younger than Mateen, chimed in: "I hope it's genetic."
Lucas Parsons, 11, was among the young spellers eliminated in the earlier rounds. The Sharon Springs Central School student said the bright lights and big stage made him even more nervous than he already was going into the contest. He says be plans to study harder and vowed to compete again in 2012.
The words the young spellers sweated over included odori, autobahn, cedilla and castanets.
The Times Union was one of the sponsors of the event.
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Started early. Sorry, but day 5 of early mornings have made me a tad cranky. I've never been a 'morning person', and this is pushing my good nature.
I went to a conference at 8AM. I wish I could tell you what it was about, but right now I don't remember. No direspect to the lecturer; it wasn't bad, just not memorable. Then, a goood lecture on EMTALA (the road to hell, pavement, etc), then an interesting Tox lecture. Fun photos of snakebitten people (also Gila-monster bitten). Then I had to catch a plane, and I'm home.
A good time was had by me, and I got a good deal out of it.


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1. I have an employee who has a Payment Only Card and we need to increase her limits and establish an alternate. In Volume XVI - Chapter 1, Appendix A it reads, "12. Payment-Only Authority. The Head of the Contracting Activity (HCA) or designee may delegate authority in writing for the assignment of "payment only" cards." I have been trying to find out who the HCA is. Our Contracting people are located in Leavenworth, Ks. and they couldn't answer my question. I have looked at the Office of Acquisition and Logistics website and can't find anything. Any help you can give me concerning a name will be appreciated.
Below is a list of the HCA's, their deputies, and their area of responsibility from the Office of Acquisition Policy in OAL. Since you are part of VHA, the HCA is Norbert Doyle right now. VHA - Norbert Doyle Deputy - Susan Taylor; VACO/OA&L/HR&A/TAC/SAC/CAI - Iris Cooper Deputy - Valerie Veatch; CFM - Robert Neary Deputy - Chris Kyrgos; NCA - David Schettler Deputy - Tracey Boyd-Vega; VBA - Bonnie Miranda Deputy - Jules Tchoujan; NAC - Craig Robinson Deputy - Sandra Murbach. Thanks.
2. Can you direct me to the policy on ordering business cards?
GAO Comp Gen Decision: B-280759 November 5, 1998
We do not have specific policy on ordering business cards. However, you may want to check with VHA policy for anything that is VHA specific. Following is the GAO Redbook reference and a GAO Comp Gen Decision that states appropriated funds may be used for purchasing business cards that are considered a necessary expense for certain Federal employees: GAO Redbook: Page 4-243 GAO-04-261SP Appropriations Law-Vol. I b. Business or Calling Cards
Business cards or calling cards are commonly used in the commercial world. (We use the terms synonymously here even though there may be technical distinctions.) Until 1998, we considered them inherently personal in nature, and therefore, a personal expense that was not payable from appropriated funds, absent specific statutory authority. See B-246616, July 17, 1992. In 1998, however, we agreed that an agency, applying a necessary expense analysis, may reasonably determine that its appropriations are available to obtain business cards for employees who regularly deal with the public or organizations outside their immediate office. B-280759, Nov. 5, 1998. The previous rule had its origins in decisions of the Comptroller of the Treasury. For example, in 20 Comp. Dec. 248 (1913), the Comptroller of the Treasury considered the argument that was usually presented in every case-that the cards were to be used for official business purposes. Nonetheless, business or calling cards were considered more a matter of personal convenience than necessity. Therefore, the Comptroller advised federal agencies that the cost of business cards is a personal expense and, therefore, is not chargeable to public funds.155. In more recent years, the Comptroller General applied the long-standing prohibition of the use of appropriated funds for: reimbursement of an employee of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration who had purchased business cards at his own expense (B-195036, July 11, 1979); purchase of a Forest Service public affairs officer's "identification cards," since the cards were to be used for the same purposes as traditional business cards (68 Comp. Gen. 467 (1989)); and payment for "cards of introduction" (B-149151, July 20, 1962).155
3. Can an employee sign up and pay now via credit card using 2011 funds for a conference October 18-20?
I will assume that your question is whether or not this is a valid charge to current year funding rather than having to wait until funds are available for 2012. This is addressed in the GAO Principles of Appropriation Law (Redbook) and Comp Gen (CG) decisions. I have included some of this information. You will need to determine whether or not the training request fits into the exception and may be paid with 2011 funds. In the CG decision below, please read this fully as it is an example of the agency not following the exception as it is stated in the Redbook. Volume I, Part B . The Bona Fide Needs Rule, Chapter 5 (pg 5-27) of the GAO Redbook, provides guidance on questions of time. The following excerpt explains that you could use FY11 funds for the course starting early in FY12. Training tends to be nonseverable. Thus, where a training obligation is incurred in one fiscal year, the entire cost is chargeable to that year, regardless of the fact that performance may extend into the following year. B-233243, Aug. 3, 1989; B-213141-O.M., Mar. 29, 1984. In 70 Comp. Gen. 296 (1991), training that began on the first day of fiscal year 1990 was held chargeable to 1989 appropriations where the training had been identified as a need for 1989, scheduling was beyond the agency's control, and the time between procurement and performance was not excessive. If some particular training were severable (it is not entirely clear when this might be the case), the contract could not cross fiscal year lines and payment would have to be apportioned between the fiscal years in which the training is actually conducted. See 34 Comp. Gen. 432 (1955).
In a recent GAO CG decision, the opinion reiterated both the general rule and the exception that appear in the GAO Principles of Appropriations Law . Please note that in this decision, the agency did not properly follow the rule. Following is an excerpt: …the relevant date to ascertain whether the training is a bona fide need of a particular fiscal year is the date that the training is delivered, not the date upon which the agency made the decision to enroll its staff in the training. This is because generally, when an agency enters into a contract in one fiscal year for services that will not be performed until the succeeding fiscal year, the agency may not charge the first fiscal year's appropriation with the cost of the contract. B-235086, Apr. 24, 1991. If an agency decides to enroll its staff for training that is delivered during the succeeding fiscal year, the training is a bona fide need of the expiring fiscal year only if the training provider requires the agency to register during the expiring fiscal year, the date offered is the only one available, and the time between registration and the training is not excessive…The link for additional research on the GAO Comp Gen decisions is http://www.gao.gov/legal/lawresources/resources.html .
4. Where can I find VA Financial Policies and Procedures, Volume II, Chapter 6 published in January 2009?
The latest version of Volume II Chapter 6, 1358 Obligations, was published in the Office of Financial Policy Library on 06/24/2011. Appendix A and C were revised and republished on 09/20/2011.
5. OFP Accounting Policy: Policies and Procedures: Volume XII - Debt Management states: 010404 Delegation of Authority. A. The Chief of the Finance Activity will ensure appropriate procedures are followed in accordance with this chapter for administrating the termination of collection action and close-out of debts. The Chief of the Finance Activity may terminate collection action and close out a debt that has been waived, compromised, determined to lack legal merit, referred for enforced collection or discharged in bankruptcy. Termination and close-out may also occur where the debt cannot be offset or it involves a debtor who is deceased. B. For debts up to $40,000 and not in the 010404A categories above, the Chief of the Finance Activity, or the Director of the Debt Management Center located in St. Paul, MN, has the authority to terminate debt collection action and the remaining debt. The Chief of the Finance Activity is named as the person delegated with the authority to write-off bills up to $40,000. At our activity, our Chief of the Finance Activity is our Deputy Finance Manager. Also, we have two AFOs and a Chief of Accounting who is at the same pay-grade as our AFOs. All three individuals are at the same location and are responsible for an accounting department that supports two stations. Who is this regulation referring too? Does this regulation grant authorization to the AFOs and the Chief of Accounting to terminate and write-off bills? If not, may this authority be re-delegated and who may re-delegate this authority to terminate and write-off bills under $40,000?
OFP, Cost & Debt Management Service Response: In response to your policy inquiry below, Vol. XII, Chapter1i, Paragraph 010404B specifically states that for debts up to $40,000, the Chief of the Finance Activity has the authority to terminate debt collection action and the remaining debt. There is nothing in Paragraph 010404B that authorizes redelegation of this authority below the Chief of the Finance Activity. Therefore, if the Deputy Finance Manager is designated as the Chief of the Finance Activity at the Hines VAMC, then that person is delegated termination authority and that authority cannot be re-delegated. Thank You.


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*takes a sample at Costco*
And what is this fine confection?
"Or-e-o," you say?
Delightful, I'll take an even dozen!
— Gulo gulo gulo (@Howiesbookclub) August 22, 2014
How much for this talking dragon?
"That's my toddler."
Hmm sounds expensive. When do its talons develop? I have a moat to defend.
— Carly Danger (@carlyken) August 23, 2014
"I left your tuxedo in your closet, Mr. Phoenix"
"My what closet?"
*butler sighs, completely tired of living*
"Your Joaquin closet, sir"
— THE NATEWOLF (@thenatewolf) August 23, 2014
Interviewer:it says here on your resume that you don't have a ponytail
Me: yes it does
Interviewer: but you do have a ponytail
Me: yes I do
— slick (@fanofhell) August 24, 2014
Sorry, Babe, it's over.
*I get on my motorcycle but I can't get it to start so I use my feet to scoot away*
— THE NATEWOLF (@thenatewolf) August 24, 2014
The safest place to be during an earthquake is inside a shark's mouth.
— Shari VanderWerf (@shariv67) August 24, 2014


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verb. embarrass, put down
- make ashamed
- mortify
- pan
- play down
- put out of countenance
- put to shame
- rip
- run down
- shame
- shoot down
verb. abuse, offend
verb. punish, beat
verb. purposefully lie about someone
verb. make a scandalous remark
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It began with our friends at Lincoln generously dropping off a beautiful MKX (that's not just a Boston food blogger perk, Lincoln is the only luxury automaker to provide pickup and delivery service for all its vehicles as the standard) for us to explore in. The MKX affords it's driver both form and function [Read More]
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I am not a health professional, so if you're planning to ingest massive amount of wine based on this blog post, I would advise you otherwise. Always consult a doctor before making significant changes to your daily routines. It's no secret that many of us like to end our day with our favorite [Read More]
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It was 40 degrees with a bleak outlook of several freezing rainy days ahead when I left winter coat clad for Austin last week. As a young girl, I had dreams far too large for my tiny body. A Moleskine sketchpad held all of my dreams and aspirations for when I became an [Read More]
Aloft Boston: A Seaport Staycation Guide
Though my stay, meals, and services were provided at no charge, the following account of my experience is wholly unbiased and most likely far too verbose. By now, you are well aware of how much I love a staycation (if this staycation guide, and this one weren't evidence enough.) This time I'm bringing you [Read More]
5 More Reasons to Take a Staycation in Boston
Though I stayed and dined at the following properties free of charge, my words are always true to my experiences After my first guide to staycationing in Boston, here is a followup with a few more reasons you should be considering a Boston staycation during our cities most beautiful season. I [Read More]
7 Fall Inspired Dishes to Delight at Your Next Dinner Party
I love hosting dinner parties, as nothing is more fun than seeing your friends and family gathered around a well set table, enjoying delicious food. Lots of laughter, people reconnecting and new memories being made. It can be a tad bit stressful deciding on your menu, especially when things get seasonally specific. Leveraging [Read More]
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Though this post was made in partnership with Starbucks, my caffeine related sentiments are always my own. As sad as I am to see Summer leave us, Fall in New England sure is some kind of magic. The heat and humidity depart, the leaves begin to change and even the air takes on [Read More]
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I recently partnered with the The J.M. Smucker Company to talk about one of my favorite snacks I would love you to try while attending Boston Greenfest this weekend! It should come as no surprise that I love my true love in life is food. I think this lifestyle blog that most people consider [Read More]
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Though Summer in Boston is one of the only times the weather somewhat cooperates, it's also the time of year everyone wants to get out of town. While the majority heads to Nantucket, the Vineyard or Cape, I was excited to truly feel like I was escaping somewhere new where I wouldn't bump into [Read More]
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Free live online class on Arduino and Processing
O'Reilly and Creative Live are offering a 5 week (one session/wk) class "Processing and Arduino in Tandem: Creating Your Own Digital Art Tools" . The class is free if you can make it to the live version – tuesdays starting Aug 31 at 3pm PST (Noon Hawaii time). The O'Reilly description says you dont need programming or electronics experience, although you do need to have an arduino and some other parts. O'Reilly sells a kit ($75) with all the parts.
It looks like a good opportunity to learn the basics. I'm not sure how useful this will be to those with programming and electronics experience, but I'm planning to watch the live classes. Mostly I hope to learn about teaching with the Arduino and Processing. I've done a bit of experimenting with the Arduino and toyed with Processing. Both are aimed at making it easier for non-techies to use computers to create interactive applications.


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Art isn't always clean; sometimes it's dirty.
Just ask poet David Breskin, painter Ed Ruscha and avant-guitarist Nels Cline, who presented their collaboration "Dirty Baby" on Thursday night, Nov. 29, at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.
The work combines Breskin's sharply satirical poems and a soundtrack composed by Cline, with Ruscha's black-and-white silhouette images and "censor strip" paintings of the 1980s and '90s. (The works consist of short phrases with the words blotted out — a depiction of the black marks governments use to censor documents.)
"Dirty Baby" was released a couple of years ago as a four-CD set (two discs of music and two of poetry) along with a book of Ruscha's images. Cline performed his soundtrack about 18 months ago at the Walker; this time, he was accompanied by Breskin reading his cleverly caustic poetry.
Also present was Ruscha (seated in the audience), who participated in a post-concert question-and-answer session.
Half of Breskin's work was devoted to a narrative on America's Iraq "misadventures," the other half to what Breskin called a "time lapse" history of Western civilization.
The Iraq-related commentary featured well-targeted, spoken-word smart bombs aimed at both sides of the Iraq conflict. One section parodied a Madison Avenue-style resort pitch to "be our treasured guest at Gitmo, a Caribbean hideaway."
Breskin's poetry also contained sarcastic shout-outs to Saddam Hussein and the notorious war criminal "Chemical Ali," who, in Breskin's words, "applied mustard gas with relish."
Breskin created the poems using an ancient form called the ghazal, which dates back to sixth century Arabic verse. It consists of rhyming couplets and a refrain, with each line sharing the same meter.
Cline composed a kaleidoscopic, roller-coaster soundtrack to accompany 66 paintings by Ruscha, employing an arsenal of instruments and electronic effects. At the Walker, he led a nine-piece band that included guitars, electric and acoustic bass, keyboards, multi-percussion instruments, pedal-steel guitar, Hammond B-3 organ and harmonica.
Two of the musicians onstage are members of Cline's avant-garde instrumental combo, the Nels Cline Singers: drummer Scott Amendola and bassist Devon Hoff.
Cline played an arsenal of electric and acoustic axes hooked up to a garageful of pedals, looping devices and other effects — at various times referencing free jazz, bebop, country blues, bluegrass, acid rock and thrash metal/grunge — sometimes within the same piece.
One extended section evoked the eclectic, electric sound of Miles Davis' early '70s jazz-funk fusion excursions, without seeming imitative.
The program alternated between Breskin's reading and the instrumental score, a sort of call-and-response format. As a whole, the work might have been more effective if the poems had been read over the music, rather than in between tunes. The only way to know for sure would be to play the poetry and music CDs simultaneously.
Also, the format choice might have been necessary to avoid the technical problem of the music (with constantly shifting volume) drowning out the words.
Based on Cline's intriguing everything-but-the-kitchen-sink score, it would be interesting to see what he could accomplish as a film-soundtrack composer, if some director gave him the opportunity.
Dan Emerson is a freelance writer and musician in Minneapolis.


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Whenever I write about some subtle act of bigotry, I get comments that I am indulging in race-baiting, and that racism is more or less dead (except to agitators like me who keep bringing these issues up).
It's much harder to make that claim when the act is overtly racist, especially if it occurred in the distant past. As such, I expect no slapdowns over the recent news that President Barack Obama gave the Medal of Honor to 24 Army veterans, who "if not for the hue of their skin or their ethnicity…would have received the prestigious medals for their valor long ago."
Yes, it seems that back in the day, the US Army was riddled with bigots who didn't take kindly to handing out the nation's highest military honor to anybody but white guys. As such, these men — who displayed "gallantry above and beyond the call of duty for their combat actions in Vietnam, Korea, and World War II" —were denied proper recognition.
The Obama administration ordered a review of the records, which is how the US Army found that two dozen of its bravest soldiers were dissed. So the men are now receiving their medals, decades later.
Sadly, "only three of the soldiers are alive to receive the recognition.
The rest—soldiers with last names including Garcia and Weinstein and Negron—are dead."


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Yesterday was…rough. Not from a diet point of view, just from a life point of view.
Breakfast was 3 cups of coffee.
Lunch was literally a couple of bites of leftover chili from the chili dogs.
Dinner was, well, non-existent.
(TC, I walked for a little over a mile on the treadmill yesterday morning. That's two burpees…)
When I'm truly stressed or upset, I sometimes find it very difficult to eat. Just the thought makes me nauseous, and when it gets that way anything I do try to eat is likely to just come back up. The upside to this is, of course, that I have no desire to eat drink anything that I shouldn't, so I call that a win.
While the unbloggable stresses of yesterday are far from resolved, I feel calmer this morning and will eat today. I'll let you know what I eat tomorrow.
Have a great weekened, everyone.