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BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — There's a strong Union College flavor at this NCAA East Regional.
Of the four head coaches at Webster Bank Arena this week, three have been head coaches with the Dutchmen: Union's Rick Bennett, Vermont's Kevin Sneddon and Providence's Nate Leaman.
Union and Vermont meet in one semifinal on Friday, while Providence takes on Quinnipiac in the other.
Providence coach Nate Leaman spoke at length today about the "evolution" of the Union program, while taking a not-so-subtle shot at former Union president Roger Hull, who told College Hockey News in 2004 that he was "tremendously proud" when Union won nearly 50 percent of its games.
Sneddon went 50-99-18 at Union from 1998 to 2003, the team's record improving in each of his last four seasons. When Sneddon left for Vermont, he was replaced by Leaman, who guided Union to its first NCAA Tournament in 2011. Then Union turned to Bennett, a former Leaman assistant, who has reached the NCAA Tournament three straight years and a Frozen Four in 2012.
"It just shows the evolution of that program," Leaman said. "You know, Kevin was the coach before I took the position at Union and Kevin did a terrific job of getting the fundraising going. Because at the time, the program was really kind of left out for dead for Kevin, to be honest. I mean, you had a college president (Hull) that didn't really understand athletics at all. And you had a really poor budget. So Kevin did the one thing he could do to try to keep it alive. He got the alumni involved and he got the fundraising involved. He laid some good groundwork for me to come in and build a staff.
"(We) got there and just tried to do the best job we could there," Leaman continued. "You just want to leave every place better than you found it. That's the No. 1 thing. I thought we took some giant steps over the eight years I was there. They had never won a playoff series. They'd never had a coach that had a contract. We were fortunate. In my time there, we went through three athletic directors. The third athletic director (Union alum Jim McLaughlin) was phenomenal. He's still the athletic director. They got a new college president (Stephen Ainlay). And between the new athletic director and the college president, they got it. They understood what Division I athletics were about."
Leaman said he saw Union practice today and recognized six to eight players that Leaman recruited before he left for Providence for "family reasons."
"It was tough at the beginning to get really good hockey players because of the state of the program and what the college president said at the time about Division I athletics," Leaman said. "To see the job Rick Bennett has done at taking the program to another level, you couldn't be more proud."


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Woman indicted in gang case worked for federal defenders
Published 6:00 pm, Monday, February 11, 2008
A woman accused of having ties to the violent Barrio Azteca gang worked for years in the Federal Public Defender's office, officials said.
Sandy Valles New, 57, was arrested last week as part of a federal racketeering case targeting members and associates of the Barrio Azteca gang.
FBI agents believe New has been an associate of the gang since 2000 and was known as "Guera" and "Cunada."
From 1996 to 2002, New worked as a paralegal and in the investigations section at the El Paso office, Federal Public Defender Henry J. Bemporad said Monday.
FBI spokeswoman Special Agent Andrea Simmons said she could not discuss New's alleged links to the gang or whether those were related to her employment with the Federal Public Defender's office because the indictment remains sealed.
New, who has an address in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, was arrested at the border crossing by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers. Court records did not show an attorney for New.
More than a dozen people have been indicted in the ongoing racketeering case. The 11-count indictment alleges that Barrio Azteca members were involved in drug trafficking, extortion and at least one murder.
Manuel "Tolon" Cardoza, a suspected Barrio Azteca gang captain, is the latest person named as part of the indictment. Cardoza is imprisoned in east Texas, the FBI said Monday.
Federal investigators have said Barrio Azteca partnered with the violent Vicente Carrillo Fuentes drug cartel in Ciudad Juarez, the Mexican city across the Rio Grande from El Paso. The gang allegedly provided security for the cartel in exchange for a discount on narcotics.
Information from: El Paso Times, http://www.elpasotimes.com

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Michigan Relief Auction Sale Friday and Saturday at Oscoda County Fairgrounds
Published 8:00 pm, Monday, August 1, 2005
The 39th Annual Northern Michigan Relief Auction Sale will be conducted on Friday, Aug. 5 and Saturday, Aug. 6 at the Oscoda County Fairgrounds, 3 miles west of Fairview on M-33 and 1 mile north on Caldwell Road.
The weekend's activities begin Friday at 9 a.m. with a garage sale and a large selection of used books on sale. A special open house, from 5 to 9 p.m., will give shoppers a sneak peak at the quilts, comforters, afghans and wall hangings to be sold and auctioned the next day. Merchandise, including imported handmade baskets, ornaments, jewelry, carvings and other crafts, from the Ten Thousand Villages shop will also be available for purchase. Back by popular demand will be the Children's Auction to be held at 6 p.m. A bean soup supper will be served at 5 p.m., followed by a concert at 7 p.m. by the Royal Heirs. The annual 2 mile Relief Sale Run/Walk starts at 7 p.m. on Friday. Entrants may register Friday evening before the start of the race.
Come early and start Saturday's events at 6 a.m. with a delicious pancake breakfast. Shops and booths open at 7:30 a.m. The auction begins at 9 a.m., with many handcrafted items including oak furniture, cedar items, and many collectibles. The quilt auction, which includes afghans, comforters, wall hangings and baby quilts, will begin at 11 a.m. A special Kid's World will be set up for young shoppers where they will find many items geared to their interests.
This is the only Relief Auction Sale of its kind in Michigan, said Bill Esch, coordinator for the event. We invite everyone to join this unique sale and an added bonus for our community is we can make a major impact on the quality of life for people in other parts of the world."
Monies raised from the sale, along with 46 others conducted in the U.S. and Canada, are channeled through the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), the relief and service agency of the North American Mennonite and Brethren in Christ church groups and used to fund world-wide relief.
"There is something for everybody at this event from music to kid's activities to a chicken barbecue on Saturday, and homemade pies and ice cream, added Esch.
For more information contact Bill Esch at (989) 848-2391 or Velma Esch at (989) 848-2445. Go online and visit the website at www.ReliefSale.org, email at email@example.com or write to Northern Michigan Relief Auction Sale, P.O. Box 73, Fairview, 48621.


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A searing look at Communist East Germany in its final decade, The Tower reveals the intimate realities of life behind the Berlin Wall. Based on Uwe Tellkamp's acclaimed novel The Tower: Tales from a Vanished Land, which won the 2008 German Book Prize and was heralded by Die Zeit as 'one of the most important books of European post-War literature', this riveting series introduces viewers to respected senior surgeon Richard Hoffmann, his wife Anne, their teenage son Christian, and their community of privileged intellectuals in suburban Dresden.
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This luxury 2 bedroom, 2 bath condo is on the second floor of the Vista Coral Condominiums with great views of the bay (which is full of sea life) and the city lights. It is the only condo project on the water side of the La Paz Malecon. ( a Malecon is a waterfront boulevard and sidewalk) found in only a few cities in the world. The Malecon runs about 4 miles along town and ends at the water park. The advantage here is no car rental needed as it is only a few block walk into the center of town where you will find many restaurants and shops. Beter yet, is from the Marina you can take the complimentary water taxi to El Magote for18 holes of golf or engage in world renounced ocean-based activities such as fishing, diving or snorkeing with the whale sharks ( a once in lifetime experience).
The new owners of this condo have just refurbished it elegantly with furniture from their stores, CasaDecor, located in La Pz, San Jose, Cabo and Loreto. This spacious condo sleeps 4 comfortably in the 2 bedrooms with queen beds, night stands with reading lamps & full closets. Each bedroom has all marble walk-in showers. The living area has large sectional sofa for viewing 42 inch TV. Dinning table seats 6 comfortably and 3 at the granite bar.
The granite kitchen is fully equipped with dishwasher, compactor, disposal, double sink, microwave, as well as all culinary necessities like margarita maker. You also have a washer and dryer in the condo.
The deck also has seating for 6 at a marble table and comfortable love seat for sipping your margaritas while viewing the city lights. There are two owner-pools & hot tubs that overlook the bay. The beach in town is lovely, but our guests perfer to go to the beaches north of town for a day's outing.
If you don't feel like cooking, there are two restaurants, both which have sidewalk dining on the seawall of the bay. And best of all, there are no timeshare salespersons or cruise ships La Paz
Keywords: Condominium
Our party of four stayed at this condo for one week in the month of March. It is perfectly located to explore the malecon on foot and access a number of fine restaurants in La Paz. The view of the marina and pool area of the condo was very nice and pleasant. If the owner wishes to continue renting this unit he needs to attend to some important details: When we arrived the laundry of the previous tenant had not been done, the washer and dryer were completely jammed with laundry, completeing someone elses laundry is not a good way to start a stay; the unit was not up to a standard of cleanliness one would expect, it was obvious that a professional cleaner had not been in to clean; the closet in the master bedroom was so full of someones clothing that the couple using the room had no where to put their clothes. After two days a proper coffee maker was brought to the unit by Luis. The biggest issue was four days into the stay sewer gas smells were eminating from the shower in the main bedroom enuite. Luis attempted to fix the problem however to no avail. We covered the drain with plastic wrap and weighted it down with a wet towel to contain the stench. Luis advised that this was an ongoing problem due to the design of the condo system. I requested some compensation for this problem however the owner felt no need. After one month the damage deposit was finally refunded. Would recommend this unit conditional on fixing problems.
We enjoyed a months stay in this condo. We did not rent a car. This is located just steps from the Western end of The Malecon. Perfect location! We walked or took the collectivo buses to the main square, local public market, grocery stores, restaurants and other locations. There is a taxi stand at the entrance to this area as well. We took the Eco-bus from the Malecon bus station to some of the local beaches for day trips. Easy access to vendors to purchase tours to swim with the Whale Sharks or to go Espiritu Santo Island. It is very well furnished with good beds. Kitchen was well equipped - 8 different sizes of whisks! - for example. We would recommend this unit.
We have manager in La Paz to meet you and assist with any needs
Richard Stubbs purchased this condo in 2010
best location and view in La Paz
FULL KITCHEN , ESPRESSO machine, washer / dryer
Margarettaville , Elect wine opener, : Mangager is availabe to help you any time day or night ( we have a furniture store in la paz and the manger is avaiable ) My care is for rent $30 a day
Wifi and netflix
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You knew about the red-light cameras. You've become intimately familiar with the speed cameras. But D.C. police are expanding their menagerie of mechanized enforcement technology, WRC-TV's Mark Segraves reports, preparing to deploy stop-sign cameras, blocking-the-box cameras and pedestrian safety cameras across the city. The new devices, authorized in the city budget, will together more than double the number of cameras on the street in D.C. By the numbers: "Police plan to add a total of 132 new cameras over the next several months. In addition to the stop sign cameras and oversized truck cameras, police are adding 32 portable speed cameras, 24 intersection speed cameras, 20 gridlock cameras ("blocking the box") and 16 cameras to catch vehicles that fail to stop for pedestrians in crosswalks. D.C. currently has 43 mobile, portable and fixed speed cameras and 48 red light cameras."
In other news:
March on Washington anniversary draws reveling crowds, but security-line woes spoil the day for many (Post, WaTimes, City Desk)
Christopher Barry is arrested in Virginia for DUI, drug possession (Post, D.C. Crime Stories)
Judge denies Adam Kokesh's bail request (Post)
David Catania tries to make his mark on education (Loose Lips)
Former council aide Donna Cooper is your new Pepco region president (Pepco release)
Kenneth Ellerbe: "We know we've made some mistakes" (WAMU-FM)
Brake issue can delay one ambulance's response for valuable minutes (WJLA-TV)
Barring success in suing Jeffrey Thompson, it looks like city health providers will not be made completely whole in Chartered mess (WBJ)
Howard University Hospital lost $21 million last year (WBJ)
Is the mayor scared of a "little bitty cracker corporation from Arkansas"? (Loose Lips)
Taxi Commission to Mary Cheh: Let us do our job (DCist)
Chronicler of bygone Washington blight finds a new audience (Arts Desk)
John Kelly gets dirty in the Tiber Creek sewer (Post column)
The Olympics would be "an unmatched opportunity for Washington to showcase its history, cultural richness, landmark attractions and hidden treasures" (WRC-TV)
Are the Olympics the only thing that can fix Metro? (Housing Complex)
ANC meeting over Connecticut Avenue apartment building deal gets predictably heated (Dish, WBJ)
"Why does my DC neighborhood have to suffer so yours can prosper?" (CHotR)
Welcome to the world's 34th most livable city (Economist, CNN)
Former Georgetown U. architect joins Old Georgetown Board (G'town Metropolitan)
"Man Hits Up Every Capital Bikeshare Station, Because YOLO" (City Desk)
Rabid raccoon in Takoma! (WUSA-TV)
The joys of D.C. in late August (Post)
Marion Barry and MLK (@marionbarryjr)
RIP The Reef, a respite of Adams Morgan nightlife (GOG)


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Just now, my daughter-in-law is dealing with a problem.
She'd made plans to fly home to Japan to attend a family gathering.
She'd scheduled time off, booked the flight, paid for the ticket, and, then, ran headlong into the snowstorms that recently hit the Northeast.
The problem began when her flight — along with hundreds of others — was cancelled. She called the airline and they got her onto a flight departing two days later. Enter another storm and a second round of cancellations.
By now, she knew that the gathering would be over before she could get there and her remaining time off was such that, even if she did get a flight, she'd have to almost immediately fly back.
Now beginneth the saga.
She called the airline for the third time, explained her situation, and asked that a refund (she'd paid for traveller's insurance) be issued since she could no longer make the trip. Finishing the call, the stars seemed aligned and all was well in the universe.
Somehow, after the call, "refund" morphed into "request" and a third flight was booked. Being unaware of this, she missed the flight she didn't know had been scheduled, and the full fare was now on her credit card.
Giving the benefit of the doubt to the airline, one imagines that, following those storms, every ticket agent between here and Timbuktu was trying to get thousands of stranded travelers to their destinations.
One might also wager that, during those attempts, there might have been some confusion, frayed nerves and just all-around scrambling to get everything back to normal.
Might the agent who handled my daughter-in-law's call have made a simple mistake? Seeing that she'd been cancelled twice, could the agent — while trying to schedule who knows how many other flights — have missed the fact that my daughter-in-law no longer wanted to fly but, instead, wanted a refund?
Don't know.
Phone calls to the airline produced no results other than statements that she'd missed her flight, didn't have insurance on the third ticket (Note: Why would she? She'd asked for a refund.), and the charge would remain in place.
Emails (to start a paper trail) produced no satisfaction as the airline maintained that a ticket had been asked for (by whom?), issued, and not used. Even after having been sent detailed and thorough explanations, their response was still a terse (form-letter like) email which, basically, indicated that no one had really paid attention to her explanation.
At which point, she called and we all put our heads together and started what, in the Navy, is referred to as a "(Stuff) storm."
Emails were again sent to the airline explaining the trail of events. Copies of those e-mails with cover letters were also sent to the Better Business Bureaus in the city and state where she resides. Further copies with cover letters were sent to the Consumer Protection department of the Attorney General's office of her state.
Taking another tack, she also complained to her credit card company which, after reading a detailed summary of the matter, notified the airline that they were canceling the charge until the airline could prove that they'd rendered the service (a flight) that had been charged to my daughter-in-law's account.
It's been several weeks now, the charge has been removed from her statement, and nothing more has been heard from the airline. My daughter-in-law is hopeful that someone there might have finally sat down, actually read all of the e-mails, and decided that everything was now settled.
One can hope.
Nothing earth-shaking here. In the realm of problems, this one's a minor matter unless, of course, you're the one holding the bill for a round trip, trans-Pacific flight.
The lesson to be taken away from all of this, though, is that to get such things settled — especially with corporations — you have to get someone's attention.
In other words, the old saying regarding "The squeaky wheel getting the grease" is still valid.
And never forget that paper trail. It's a real burr under their saddle.
Larry Simoneaux lives in Edmonds. Send comments to: email@example.com


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Proof-of-Stake just like Proof-of-Work is a mechanism that allows the network to confirm transactions and prevent fraud. However, it does not require any resource intensive calculations to be performed. The only reqirement is to have some DMD Diamond coins in your ballance and keep your Diamond Wallet connected to the network. Periodically, your ballance will be increasing as new coins are awarded to you for your support of the Diamond Network.
Interest rate depends on a variety of factors, however, with optimal participation in support of the Diamond Network one can expect over 25% annual return on their investment. Network rewards will be steadily decreasing over the coming years as outlined in the DMD Diamond specification.
DMD Diamond cannot be mined directly as it now uses the environmentally friendly Proof-of-Stake technology. However, Diamond Multipool enables users with a specialised mining hardware to mine other cryptocurrencies that use a variety of mining algorithms (i.e. SHA256, Scrypt, X11, etc.). All payouts are automatically converted to DMD Diamond coins. It is one of the most cost effective ways of getting your hands of this precious digital gem.
Mining at DMD Diamond Multipool takes place via NiceHash facility.
Diamond Masternodes are computers that are constantly connected to the Diamond Network and perform certain tasks allowing DMD Diamond to achieve faster and more private transactions. To run the Diamond Masternode one is required to have 10000DMD in their balance, as collateral, and fulfil other requirements imposed by the protocol. For their dedicated service Diamond Masternodes are rewarded with 65% of network rewards. Diamond Masternodes form a backbone that is a part of a technological mix which powers services and apps of a wider DMD Diamond ecosystem.
Diamond Cloud Mining is a network support scheme where supporters are granted regular, hassle free, forever flowing stream of Diamonds. It's easy, it's profitable and makes power bills a thing of the past.
We offer our 0% comission service to people who wouldn't necessarily want to waste their time and energy on spending a few hours a day to stay up to date with Cloud Mining market to get favourable deals on attractive terms, and follow a clear earnings conserving path of reinvestments so the potential is not wasted. At the same time we handle all support donations with uttermost care.
Diamonds can be bought and sold both on and offline. However, the most popular way is to trade it on digital currency exchanges where participants offer DMD Diamonds buy and sell bids. These orders are then matched with other orders via the exchange system.LEARN MORE
Your Diamond Wallet is what allows you to transact with other users. It gives you complete and whole ownership of your Diamond balance and allows you to send and receive Diamonds. The wallet is installed on your computer.
Diamond Wallet does not require any installation as it is contained in one executable file. Simply run diamond-qt and the program will set up itself. Make sure you encrypt and regularly backup your wallet, using the built-in, easy-to-use wallet functions, to protect your money.
A truly mobile solution for DMD Diamond a Multi-Coin Multi-Asset HD Wallet available for Android and iOS
A paper wallet is a way to store Diamonds that involves printing the Diamond addresses and private keys directly on a piece of paper. Paper wallets are one of the safest means of storing this digital commodity.
What do I need to start buying Diamonds off the above exchanges?
To start trading you will need the following:
1. A currency other than Diamond (i.e. BitCoin or US Dollar)
2. An account at the trader you want your currency to be traded to Diamond
Can I buy Diamonds directly with USD or Euro?
Not at the moment, however soon PymentServices.com will offer direct hard currency trading.
Is trading safe?
Digital currencies have strong price fluctuations, so you might not end up with the same amount of money you put into.
Major exchanges such as Crypts provide very good privacy and security options. Nonetheless, when dealing outside the well known exchanges, one has to use common sense and be cautious when dealing with strangers.
I have obtained BitCoins, now what?
You can now transfer them to a trader (exchanges) that actually deals with Diamond. To do so, you will need to have an account on such a trader (for example Bittrex.com) Each of these traders have something called balances or wallets. To allow and transaction to be done, you will need to make an (wallet) address on the receiving party. This is usually found within the options of the coin wallet/balance of the coin you want to receive, in our case BitCoin. Once you have created the receiving address, you can then send the coins to that specific address. The address is unique so the coins will get there although it can take up to an hour due to slow speed of the transaction (it must be 6 blocks at intervals of 10 minutes) for the Bitcoin network.
Step one:
The second step:
A PDF pack of 5 Diamond Masternode Setup How-To (ZIP file)
Linux headless masternode on VPS and Windows control POS wallet with coin + Onion hidden service
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We offer our service to people who wouldn't necessarily want to waste their time and energy on spending a few hours a day to stay up to date with Cloud Mining market to get favourable deals on attractive terms, and follow a clear earnings conserving path of reinvestments so the potential is not wasted. At the same time we handle your investment just like our own – with uttermost care. Additionally, Diamond Cloud Mining fulfils supportive role for DMD, because by design Diamond is a wealth storage solution. Diamond Cloud Mining stabilises the price and guarantees that its value would re-bounce even after a malicious dump. All the above should make Diamond a clear favourite for any crypto investor.How?
Just visit https://cloudmining.bit.diamonds/ and register your Diamond wallet address. Once you do that, send us an email with your registered address and we'll tell you to which BTC account to deposit the coins. We'll also send you a contract and if you are happy with terms and conditions, we'll put your money to good use. From that moment you will be able to see all the stats and ROI progress in a clear visual way.In short:
Diamond - invest in your future.
Algorithm is ASIC resistant Grøstl.
4.38 million total coins.
Block solving target time ~ 100 seconds.
Low transaction fee at 0.001.
Mean time per block under 60 seconds.
Difficulty retargets at every block.
Endless Hybrid Network Security.
Transaction Message.
Fast and secure transactions with 6 required confirmations.
Provision for continuous promotion and development.
Brand new code base with up to date security patches and significant performance improvements.
Minimum coin age - 9 days.
From 450,000 of total coins PoS is set to be 50% per annum.
From 1,500,000 of total coins PoS is reduced to 25% per annum.
From 2,500,000 of total coins PoS is reduced to 5% per annum.
From 3,500,000 of total coins PoS is reduced to 1% per annum.
The reward is 0.21 DMD per solved block.
0.2 DMD is granted to the miner while 0.01 DMD is contributed to coin support.
From 1,000,000 of total coins reward is reduced to 0.2 DMD per solved block.
From 2,500,000 of total coins reward is reduced to 0.04 DMD per solved block.
After that there will be no further reductions to the reward per solved block
The coin will remain protected by continuous hybrid PoW/PoS approach.
Visual coin rollout models
Q:What wallet synchronisation?
Wallet synchronisation is a process of Diamond wallet performing an update of the latest transactions that took place in the network. It is done by receiving information with the use of peer-to-peer file transfer. The more up to date your database is, the less time it is going to take to sync. If you experience trouble with synchronising, please see our guide on how to make a configuration file to help with this issue.
Q:If I give someone my wallet address, will they know who I am?
No, the address is anonymous and is not associated with any person or computer. To everyone it is just a string of letters and numbers.
Q:How do I create a backup?
Making backups of your wallet is important. To do this, choose the backup option in the file menu named 'Backup Wallet'. You will be asked to choose a location for your wallet copy to be stored at. The name of the backup file is 'wallet.dat', however you can name it differently. It is advisable to store your backup file on various types of media to ensure that situations such as computer failure do not prevent you from accessing your wallet. The backup file is the key that allows you to be identified as the owner of Diamonds. If you lost all your backup files, you would not be able to have access to your Diamonds.
For more information please see https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Backingup_your_wallet
Please note that as a precautionary measure one should make a backup every 50 transactions to make sure that the future 100 transactions can be restored. Please read more around this issue in the section below.
Q:Is my wallet dependent of my computer?
No, there are no limitations as to which computer your 'wallet.dat' can be used on. It is suggested, however, to use one wallet on 1 computer only. Nonetheless one can migrate from computer to computer without any issues.
Please remember that your Diamond wallet can store more than 1 address, which is why it is important to create backups regularly. In the event of having to restore your wallet form the backup, the addresses that were not a part of it would likely not to be included.
Q:My computer crashed but I did not make a backup, what now?
If the hard drive of your computer is still accessible, before you attempt computer repair you need to make a copy of 'wallet.dat' which is located in a hidden folder
AppData-> Roaming-> Diamond. This needs to be done even if you choose restore option (Windows), as the file might be deleted as a part of the restoration process.
Q:How do I restore my wallet?
(Instructions for Windows users. Please note that you will need to be able to view hidden folders and files in order to successfully perform wallet restore.)
When restoring your wallet (when migrating or recovering from the computer crash) you need to be sure that you have the Diamond wallet installed on the computer and it does not contain any Diamonds. Overwriting 'wallet.dat' stored on the computer will make any Diamonds linked to that key inaccessible. If you have an old wallet.dat file, please rename it to prevent overwriting.
To restore your wallet, transfer the backup file (i.e. "wallet.dat") to the default Diamond directory which can be found in
C:\Users\on Windows.
Q:How to "Show hidden files and folders" in windows?
To show hidden folders etc. in Windows 7 (the instructions are similar for Vista and slightly similar for Windows XP).
Go to Windows Explorer (My Computer).
Open the C: drive.
Click Organize on the top menu bar.
Select 'Folder and Search options'.
Select the View tab.
Under Files and Folders > Hidden files and folders, select the option to 'Show hidden files, folders and drives'.
Click OK.
After that you will be able to see AppData folder and access the default "wallet.dat" file located as shown above.
The reason for the AppData folder to be hidden is to prevent accidental deletion by unaware users.
I do not see a wallet.dat file on my computer in the Diamond folder?
Installing Diamond wallet client does not automatically create 'wallet.dat' file. The wallet client has to be run at least once for it to be created.
Q:Why are my sent or received coins not showing up?
Diamonds once sent are in the network waiting to be broadcasted through the other nodes. Please be patient they will show up after a few minutes.
Q:What does it mean that Diamonds need to be confirmed?
Any transaction needs to be confirmed by the network. This is done to verify that the coins a person receives are legitimate and not fraudulent. Diamond has to be confirmed six times before it's deemed fully validated; after validation the received Diamonds can be sent again. Coins waiting to be confirmed appear in "unconfirmed" area.
Q:What is a paper wallet?
A paper wallet is a paper (hard copy) version of your computer wallet. Paper wallet has got a private key printed on it, which allows you to access your Diamonds stored in the blockchain. One can also send Diamonds directly to the paper wallet address which makes it a perfect solution for safe long term wealth storage.
Q:Can mobile phones/tablets also have wallets?
Yes, as long as there is an appropriate software developed one can use Diamond wallet on such devices. In the near future it will not only be possible to send and receive Diamonds on mobile devices, but also create them through mining and minting.
Q:What is a diamond.conf file?
In order to instruct the Diamond wallet software to use additional parameters we put instructions in diamond.conf file. The purpose of these instructions varies greatly from making the Diamond wallet software finding other nodes faster to allowing it printing more detailed debugging reports. Settings there are usually used by more advanced users. Diamond.conf file is also modified by the miners to "solo mine".
Q:Where can I find the diamond.conf file?
Diamond.conf file is located in the hidden folder (where wallet.dat file is placed)
One can edit the file with any word processor i.e. Notepad and modify it according to one's needs.
However, if the file is not there diamond.conf and is needed for some reason then the file needs to be created.
To create the file you:
Right mouse click in the folder:
From the contextual menu select: New > Text File. This will create a new Text Document (Notepad).
Change the name of the file (including extension by selecting Save as type: All files '*.*') to: diamond.conf
If you accidentally saved the diamond.conf file with .txt extension this will render the file useless.
To change the extension of the file, please follow these instructions:
Go to Windows Explorer.
Open the C: drive.
Click Organize on the menu bar.
Select Folder and Search options.
Select the View tab.
Under Files and Folders > Hide extensions for known file types, uncheck the tick box.
Click OK.
Now you will be able to see and modify file extensions (F2 – rename file name).
Q:How to modify diamond.conf to add more nodes and allow 'solo mining'?
Open diamond.conf file with i.e. Notepad.
To allow your Diamond walled client add more nodes for better connectivity simply copy and paste details shown below:
One can add more nodes, however, these are the trusted ones.
To allow 'solo mining':
Sample .conf File: diamond.conf
listen=1 daemon=1 server=1 rpcuser=**Yourusername** rpcpassword=**Yourpassword** (Should be different to your encrypted Wallet passphrase) rpcport=17772 rpcconnect=127.0.0.1 addnode=184.108.40.206
Q:Can I check my balance without using my wallet?
It is possible to check the balance of the given wallet address with the use of a tool called Block Explorer. Due to the nature of Bitcoin technology every transaction per address is recorded in a public ledger called the blockchain, which stores all transactions in the network. The blockchain explorer allows seeing all the transactions that took place from the moment of its creation.
Q:My Diamonds are not showing in my wallet?
There might be some rare occasions when Diamonds do not show up in the wallet. This might be caused for example by closing the wallet software right after sending Diamonds. When this happens this is usually fixed by restarting the wallet software with '-rescan' parameter.
To do so use such parameter one can use Command Prompt /cmd/ to go the folder diamond-qt.exe is placed and once there launch the software with the above mentioned parameter
diamond-qt.exe -rescan
The other method is to create a 'rescan.txt' file in the folder where diamond-qt.exe is located.
Copy and paste this command
diamond-qt.exe –rescan
into the text file and after saving change its extention from '.txt' to '.bat'. If you are unable to change the extension see instructions for diamond.conf file to allow it in the options.
Execute the 'rescan.bat'.
Q:How do I completely remove my wallet from a computer?
In case you no longer use the machine on which the wallet is stored and want to securely remove it from the system, please have a read for more information: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Securing_your_wallet#Erasing_Plain-text_Wallets
Q:Are the wallet source codes also available?
Diamond is an open source project and its source files can be viewed and scrutinised by anyone. The files are available for the public to see on GitHub. See download section for the link to the Diamond repository.
Q: How can I run my wallet in a portable mode (not using the drive C:)?
You can use your wallet in a portable mode, running it on any removable devices. This method will allow you to place your 'wallet.dat' file in the folder Diamond near downloadable blocks. Go to the root of any drive (e.g. H:) create a folder named Diamond. place the file Diamond Wallet 'diamond-qt.exe' in this folder. In the same folder create another one named diamond (it will be used to save downloaded blockchian, it will also create a file wallet.dat). Now create a shortcut with the name of diamond-qt. In parameters, enter the following line:
H:\Diamond\diamond-qt.exe --datadir=H:\Diamond\diamond
Now, you can run your wallet with the shortcut (diamond-qt.lnk). That's all, downloaded files and blocks will be next to your wallet (in the folder diamond). If your removable drive is connected to another computer (change the drive letter), then do not forget to change the path to the new drive letter assigned to the parameters of the shortcut.
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A paper wallet is a way to store Diamonds that involves printing the Diamond addresses and private keys directly on a piece of paper.
When done properly, paper wallets are one of the safest ways possible to store this digital asset.
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+ Maintain 100% ownership. You own the coins not a 3rd party service.
+ No dependence on the security of any website.
+ Keeping a piece of paper safe is easier than keeping your computer secure.
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Starring, and curated by, The Space Cowboy The world's most stupendous collection of human oddities come together for only 18 shows! An evening of extraordinary stunts, strange behaviour and acts that push the very boundaries of what the human body is able to achieve. A variety show unlike anything you will have seen before, The Royal Family is the finest family of freaks ever assembled in London - a 21st century twist on the show that made 20th century Coney Island so famous. The Space Cowboy is one of the most acclaimed sideshow and street performers in the world. The holder of eleven Guinness World Records, his most recent record saw him swallow eighteen swords in one go. He is the only performer to win the World Street Performer Championship twice and counts sword swallowing, suspension, knife throwing, mutilation and levitation amongst his enormous repertoire of acts. Prepare to be amazed. Prepare to be shocked. Do you dare?
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In today's Rumour Mill: Celtic keep tabs on Matt Phillips; Ally McCoist will avoid Rangers cutback decisions; Walter Smith reveals 'guilt' over Ibrox turmoil; plus the rest of the day's football news and gossip.
Celtic have been linked with new Scotland recruit Matt Phillips. Parkhead manager Neil Lennon sent first team coach Garry Parker to watch the 20-year-old winger in action for Blackpool in their FA Cup tie against Everton last week. But Celtic could face competition from the Goodison boss David Moyes, who was also impressed by the youngster's performance. Blackpool boss Ian Holloway rates Phillips even higher than Arsenal's Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who cost the Gunners £15million. (Express)
• Celtic midfielder Beram Kayal looks set to play a part in the side's treble push after the Israeli national boss revealed the player is on the road to recovery. (Record)
Rangers manager Ally McCoist will not be involved in deciding which of his players are made redundant this week. While prepared to assist the administrators in dealing with the outcome of their decision, McCoist made it clear he is not prepared to offer any recommendations of which players should stay or go. (Scotsman)
• McCoist has admitted he is still in the dark over the scale of the cutbacks to be imposed on his playing staff. (Mail)
• Rangers captain Steven Davis admits that playing is a release from the fear of being sacked. (Sun)
• Former Rangers manager Walter Smith has admitted he feels "guilty" about leaving the Ibrox club at the end of last season and is ready to help out his old club in their hour of need in an "advisory capacity". (Scotsman)
• Craig Whyte is due to return from his bolthole in Monaco early this week after spending the weekend in the luxury tax haven. A source close to the businessman said he planned to return home within the next two days to assist administrators Duff & Phelps with their inquiries. (Scotsman)
Scotland striker Kenny Miller feels he is to blame after Cardiff City lost out to Liverpool in the Carling Cup final yesterday. Miller, who squandered a late goalscoring chance then missed his penalty in the shoot-out, said: "There is probably not a better chance in the game than the one I missed." (Express)
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Dad are you ok?" she gasped in response as her father's eyes searched desperately in every direction for help. "Call the paramedics," I shouted to my buddy as we both sprinted down the hallway of the Bay Walk mall in Rodney Bay. 'Hypoglycemia', I thought to myself, as I watched my dazed and confused patient sweating profusely.
"Pulse 105 … help is on the way! Hang in there Mr. Johnson," I urged, as I removed my t-shirt and made a makeshift pillow, to somehow ease his discomfort. The man lying on the ground was still sweating and his pulse was rapid. I carefully fed him some juice and continued doing this for five minutes, until the paramedics arrived.
If you asked a random person in Rodney Bay or Castries or even Vieux Fort, if their health is more valuable than money or a nice car, almost everyone would say: "Yes. My health is one of the most important things in my life." If regular health check-ups were everyone's number one priority—or at least ahead of anything material—do you think we would be able to reverse some of the trends in chronic disease such as hypertension or even diabetes, as seen in the case of our above patient Mr. Johnson? I venture to say, "Absolutely yes!"
Challenges are inherently part of life and anyone older than the age of twelve has had their share. In St Lucia, we all have demanding jobs, a family to spend time with, friends that want to go out, social events we've committed to, children in extracurricular activities, medical school studies, and the list goes on and on. How could we possibly have time to be conscientious about our health? If we had everything figured out, would our quality of life improve drastically? Absolutely yes!
Research shows that only five to ten percent of the most chronic conditions such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes and obesity are attributable to genetics. The other 90 percent to 95 percent are a direct result of our lifestyle and the environment.
As the President of the American Medical Students Association (AMSA) at the Atlantic University School of Medicine (AUSOM) in Rodney Bay, I have learned that medicine is more than just the art of saving lives, curing ailments, relieving pain and providing comfort. In St Lucia, our chapter is devoted to providing educational benefits, advancement opportunities and community service projects such as free health clinics, for the St Lucian community.
Being a part of Atlantic University's health clinic offers our first and second year students, their first opportunity to work directly with patients, an opportunity that might not present itself till the third year in other medical schools. But at the same time such clinics also offer the local community an opportunity to keep a regular check on their blood pressure or blood sugar levels, thus avoiding catastrophic health conditions such as strokes, heart attacks and even diabetes.
One of the main focuses at our monthly clinics is to screen for healthy vital signs, body mass index (BMI), blood pressure readings, diabetes as well as basic eye exams, which are supervised by our highly qualified doctors/professors at AUSOM, who are often seen addressing any additional health related concern patients might have. For the last few months these community clinics have exposed Atlantic University School of Medicine's students to people from a variety of backgrounds, forcing us to think 'outside the box' thus helping us shape our critical thinking skills as doctors-in-training.
Talking to patients at the clinics gives us medical students a better understanding of the feasibility of what we ask our patients to do. Questions like, "does my patient have access to the medicines prescribed," or "what is the likelihood that my patient can actually exercise three times a week?" help us relate to our patients on a level they are comfortable with.
The reality today is that even though everyone is searching, there really is no magic pill for living a healthy lifestyle without any health conditions. It requires commitment, consistency and sometimes taking that first step, before it is your last.
Our next free health clinic is on Sunday, June 23 in Morne-Dor (on the playing field) Castries from 1 pm-4 pm. It is a free clinic and all ages are encouraged to attend!


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You don't have to be a drifter to play Nebraska's High Plains Golf Trail. The four courses that make up this surprisingly good collection of golf holes are open to golfers of all stripes, and golfers seeking bang for their buck cannot do better.
For example, Wild Horse Golf Club, located 180 miles west of Lincoln off of Interstate 80, has been rated very highly by various golf magazines and is considered to be one of the best bargains in golf, costing less than $38 to walk during weekdays. Yes, some munis charge less, but the only thing Wild Horse has in coming with the average mini is that they both exist.
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Wallpops World Map (Review)
Pin It Usually I keep reviews on another site but this is one of the most educational items we use constantly in our household: Kids World Dry Erase Map. In fact, we've had this item for over a year and still use it almost every day. I had purchased other world maps for the wall in the past but they often did not stick well to the wall and, when they did actually stick, the poster tape … Read entire article »
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My family and I had the opportunity to see Walking with Dinosaurs at Barclays Center for opening night and it was a thrill! Pin It The show is like a natural history museum comes alive and explodes with the crushing force of the jaw of a tyrannosaurus rex. Walking with Dinosaurs packs brachiosaurus-sized learning into its entertainment. The show begins back in the Triassic, explaining the vegetation, the geology, and the evolutionary developments that allowed dinosaurs to go … Read entire article »
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Redneck & HippieWe were Highschool sweethearts. I was hippie & he was redneck. We graduated and went our seperate ways. That was in 1967. We reconnected 2 yrs ago & got married. Mm said he wasn't my type, I told her but my type never worked. He's still Redneck & I'm still Hippie.
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Monday, October 17, 2011
Smooth as Caramel
Especially when it's knit up with that yummy Plucky Knitter Primo Worsted. Feels very much like the Madelinetosh Tosh Sport I've worked with before.
It's supposed to look like this when it's done:
Free pattern here on this website. Wouldn't it be nice to have a warm Caramel to wear for Halloween?
Lots of ends to be sewn in though. Stay Tuned for end results!
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ESPN Announces Television Coverage Schedule for 2012 WSOP
Posted by Tyler "pureonyx" Hancock at 09 May 2012 10:14
The World Series of Poker will once again return to its Tuesday night time-slot on ESPN for the 2012 season. Coverage will include the WSOP Main Event, as well as two new events, the WSOP National Championship, and the $1,000,000 buy-in Big One for One Drop.
Hardcore fans of WSOP coverage may be dismayed to learn that the near-live coverage of the pre-final table play in the Main Event, which premiered last year, will not be part of this years broadcast. But rest assured that the final table action will still be broadcasted live, with a 15-minute delay, so you can witness all the action as it unfolds.
All but two of the 29 WSOP episodes will air on Tuesday nights and, as always, Lon McEachern and Norman Chad will provide commentary and analysis, with Kara Scott returning to give reports from the sidelines.
"Fans know Tuesday night is poker night on ESPN," says ESPN senior director of programming and acquisitions Doug White. "Beginning with the Big One for One Drop and the WSOP National Championship, and continuing on Tuesdays with the WSOP Main Event, we will set the stage for this intense competition and continue the excitement through the Final Table in October."


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Moscow .Russia will not allow any polar bear hunting in its far north, despite agreeing a quota of 29 bears with the United States, the government said in a statement posted Thursday on its website.
"A decision has been taken on the government level that Russia will not be using its quota," said the statement on the personal website of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who has taken the polar bear under his personal protection.
Last month, the Chukotka governor approved a quota previously agreed by a Russian-US commission to allow native inhabitants of Russia's far northern Chukotka region and US state of Alaska to kill 29 endangered polar bears each, including 19 females.
But the statement said that the government had not given the natural resources ministry the powers to hand out hunting permits for polar bears, effectively prolonging the ban on killing them.
Putin's website has sections devoted to four endangered mammals he has taken under "personal control", including the polar bear. Last year he went on an expedition to tag the bears on the far northern island of Alexandra Land.
Hunting polar bears has been forbidden in Russia since 1957, but their dwindling population still falls victim to poaching, which experts say is hard to control and kills at least 30 animals yearly.
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Smitha Mundasad is a medical doctor and science journalist in training at City University. She blogs at in bed with medicine.
"Who cares about science?" was the headline question posed at a debate organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry in Loughborough, UK last night. But the dispiriting answer, based on replies from the assembled political candidates, was that no-one really did.
While their party leaders were striking impassioned poses at the final televised debate in nearby Birmingham, the parliamentary hopefuls at the debate spoke in measured tones. Like their leaders, they were respectful but vague about science's potential to aid economic recovery. The audience of academic and industry scientists seemed unimpressed.
It wasn't until forty-four minutes into the hour-long debate that there was an exchange which triggered applause. Liberal Democrat Mike Willis suggested that one way to make science education more exciting would be to allow kids to take real risks. "When I was a kid I remember sticking my finger into an electric plug," he expanded.
"That explains a lot," retorted Nicky Morgan, his Conservative rival for the Loughborough seat, generating the first trickle of laughter.
Eric Goodyer, the Labour representative for neighbouring Charnwood, also reminisced about his childhood experiences of science.
Once, he recalled, his teacher had mixed together sodium potassium amalgam and carbon tetrachloride. "Boy, did that empty the classroom fast," he said.
But he didn't think that sort of thing should be allowed any more. Instead, he suggested that kids should go on more field trips to industry hubs and to universities.
Nicky Morgan was more concerned with reforming the current curriculum, which she described as "slightly dumbed down" and "taught to the test". She put forward her party's policy of encouraging science graduates to enter teaching by writing off their student loans.
John Foden, UKIP's candidate for Loughborough, focused on university fees. Student loans and the resulting debt "must be totally counterproductive to having a lot of well educated scientists," he suggested.
"It's as though you sent a soldier to a recruit school, taught him how to march and how to fire a gun, but before he can go into battle he has to pay to do a course on battle training," he said. It wasn't the only military metaphor he used during the course of the debate.
Other questions - about the funding of basic research, government investment in international firms, the independence of scientific advisors and the use of GM crops - garnered carefully considered, often similar, responses.
But to me, the candidates didn't really seem to come alive unless they were reminiscing about the "flashes, pops, and bangs" of days gone by.
Perhaps that's a lesson that whichever party wins should learn: if you want people to care about science, start by making science education exciting again.


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CHICAGO -- Chicago White Sox slugger Adam Dunn stepped into his suburban Houston garage in December, stared at his bats against the wall and nervously picked one up.
It had been two months since he had picked up a bat, two months of contemplating whether he wanted to swing one again.
"That was so big for me," Dunn told USA TODAY Sports. "I was worried that if I picked up that bat and it didn't feel good, I was going to call my agent and tell him, 'We need to have a sit-down and re-evaluate my career here. I'm not going to go through another year like that again.'
"I was not going to put all of these people in a predicament. I was going to go home and say, "Thank you, I appreciate everything, but I'm done.'"
Dunn grabbed his bat, went outside to play a little with his buddy and suddenly discovered the game could be fun again. He called his agent, Brian Peters, later that evening and told him he was going to keep playing. He had three years remaining on his four-year, $56 million contract.
The White Sox are the ones reaping the benefits of Dunn's return as a preeminent power hitter. He has led them to first place in the American League Central. Dunn on Monday became the second left-handed hitter in team history to hit 40 homers. He hit No. 41 later that game and has 94 RBI.
His batting average? After Tuesday's 4-3 loss to the Cleveland Indians, that sits at .209, an unsightly number in almost any context.
But Dunn, 32, one year removed from a nightmare season, knows it can be much worse.
He had one of the worst statistical seasons in baseball history last year, hitting a career-low .159 with 16 doubles, 11 homers and 42 RBI. He was six plate appearances short of qualifying for the lowest batting average ever. He hit .064 (6-for-94) against lefties. The season mercifully ended with him being hitless his last 22 at-bats, homerless in his last 91.
"I want to make up for last year," Dunn says of a 2011 season in which the White Sox finished 79-83, "because me playing the way I did, it cost us the playoffs. I know it did. There's no doubt in my mind. If I just have my normal year, we make the playoffs.
"I didn't care that people were saying, 'Oh, he's finished. He's done. He's old. He's this or that.'
"What bothered me the most is that if I just do what I normally do, we make the playoffs, plain and simple."
In a season Dunn says he "wouldn't wish on my own worst enemy," he didn't complain. He had an appendectomy April 6 and returned a week later.
Even now, he is playing with a torn right side muscle. He missed seven games with the injury, but didn't want his best chance at the postseason to fade while he sat in the trainer's room.
"I don't want to ever go through what I did last year, knowing that my team didn't make the playoffs because of me," Dunn says.
Lots of positives
This year, Dunn is getting mentioned in better company: Babe Ruth.
Oh, there are plenty of ugly numbers surrounding Dunn, such as:
His major league-leading 210 strikeouts.
His pedestrian .338 on-base percentage.
His mere 47 singles, six more than his home run total.
But there are others that earn Dunn much respect, from the stats-based crowd and from his peers.
Dunn, who has 15 homers off lefties this season after none in 2011, leads the league with 101 walks.
And Dunn could become the first player since Ruth to lead the AL in homers, walks and strikeouts.
He is the first player to have at least 100 walks, 200 strikeouts and 40 homers in a season.
"I don't care what anyone says, that's impressive," Detroit Tigers MVP candidate Miguel Cabrera says. "He's a power hitter. You want your power hitters to drive in runs and hit homers. That's what he does.
"What he's doing this year is impressive."
It just doesn't always look so good in the box score, not with that .209 batting average next to your name.
"There are all of these crazy stats out there," says Ryan Braun, the defending NL MVP. "You literally hear a new advanced stat every day. But at the end of the day, to win games you need to drive in runs and score runs.
"Those are the two most important statistics."
Says New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter: "The last time I checked, you beat a team by scoring more runs . That's what makes him so impressive. I'm not a big numbers guy, but what he's doing helps his team win games."
Slugging away
Dunn, 6-6, 285 pounds, understands the criticism of his strikeout total. He has struck out at least 164 times in every full season he has played. He is 13 strikeouts shy of Mark Reynolds' all-time record for a season.
"People don't think I get mad when I strike out, but I get (mad) at every one," Dunn says. "I just don't show it. Don't get me wrong; there are times when there's nobody on base and two outs, and I'm trying to hit a homer. It's better than me at first base with two outs. But I know there are times you need to change your game."
Dunn, a career .240 hitter, says he could hit for a much higher average if he sacrificed his power.
He hit .260 two years ago with the Washington Nationals, the fourth full season in which he reached that barrier. Yet, for him, the batting average number means nothing more than the number of calories on the back of a beer can.
"I wish the batting average wasn't in box scores," he says. "That's the first thing everybody sees.
"I used to be able to hit a little bit. I was a (.304) hitter in the minors. I don't know what happened."
Dunn, one of the most easygoing players in the game, laughs. It really doesn't matter what his stats say at the end of the year.
If he could lead the league in runs and RBI while helping the White Sox reach the playoffs, that would be his dream season.
"Right now, I'm having one of the best times I've ever had," says Dunn, who has played more regular-season games (1,714) than any other active player not to reach the postseason. "It's an awesome feeling. We're winning. We got 25 guys who get along. We have a coaching staff that feels like that I almost handpicked them.
"You know what's a great feeling? Just to feel normal again."


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Upcoming major HTS updates—10 steps manufacturers should take now
(Editor's note: The following appeared in the mid-April edition of JPMorgan Chase Vastera's customer newsletter.)
By Bernie Hart, Global Product Executive
JPMorgan Chase Vastera
Every five years, the World Customs Organization updates the Harmonized Tariff System (HTS) nomenclature at the international (6-digit sub-heading) level. The HTS updates, effective January 1, 2007, are massive. The changes will likely revise your import cost structure, and will require significant administrative effort to implement. If that effort is not timely, it will result in cash flow difficulties and has the potential for increased import cost as well as disruptions to your supply chain.
Accurate HTS code assignment is critical as it determines how a product is taxed when shipped across borders. Manufacturers must start preparing now for these changes as key processes such as product classifications, special trade program qualifications and certificate of origin solicitations will be affected.
Many importers and exporters manufacture products that are comprised of thousands of parts. Will you be able to handle the significant administrative burden required to reclassify products, update your global classification database, and cope with all of the resulting changes to the various preferential trade programs in which you participate? Don't wait until the last minute. The time to do it is now.
The risks of waiting:
Large administrative effort: The HTS changes could render your entire database of product classifications obsolete. Many of the individual product classifications will change, and all will need to be reviewed.
Potential for supply chain interruptions: If product classifications are not reviewed prior to import, that analysis will need to be done at time of shipment. The volume of transactions, and the need for research on some items, will result in shipment delays and thus can impact your supply chain.
Revision to import cost structure: HTS classification is the basis for duty rates. The overall change is meant to be rate neutral, but there will be changes to individual item duty rates, and thus has the potential to impact the overall duty liability for an individual company. Analysis of the HTS changes and the potential for impact will at least allow time for budgeting, and more importantly, the time for any appropriate revisions to the sourcing strategy. In addition, more than 350 preferential trade programs rely on classification for eligibility determination, and in many cases require supplier certification. Waiting until the new classification structure is in place to qualify products for preferential treatment will result in deferred duty (cash) benefit, and may result in loss of that duty benefit.
The scope of changes
- Virtually all sections of the HTS (encompassing 83 of the 97 chapters and 240 headings) will have changes
- Many of the changes are intended to eliminate confusing language and will result in new sub-headings
- Other sub-headings will become more inclusive, thereby removing many product classifications from "basket" provisions
- Additions, changes, and deletions will also be made to Section and Chapter ' Notes resulting in even further product classification changes
- The national changes could involve either reduction or expansion of statistical breakouts
- Most preferential trade program's rules of origin are based on HTS classifications; as such, it is expected that significant changes to these unilateral, bi-lateral and multi-lateral agreements will be necessary
Impact to the trade
- Industrial and high-technology products (falling in chapters 84, 85, 87, and 90) will be heavily impacted
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United States lawmakers are preparing for a fresh bout of brinkmanship after coming up with a stop-gap deal to avoid stepping over the so-called "fiscal cliff" and potentially plunging the country, and the rest of the world, back into recession.
After marathon talks in Washington, held as the rest of the nation was celebrating New Year's Eve, Democrat and Republican senators agreed to hold back from nearly half a trillion dollars of tax rises and a further $110bn (£68bn) of spending cuts, due to come into force in the New Year.
The lethal combination would have drained the US economy of cash, sending it tumbling back into recession, economists had warned.
But despite the doomsday scenario, negotiations in the Senate went beyond the wire, with a deal passed only after the midnight deadline had passed.
Their bill now has to be passed by the House of Representatives today. But last night House Republican leader Eric Cantor said he did not support it – raising new doubts over whether it will be passed.
Even if it does, details mean that the crucial issue of spending cuts are still to be deferred, prompting fears that far from solving the matter, the two sides were merely kicking the solution to America's yawning budget deficit into the long grass.
Barack Obama issued a wry statement yesterday, criticising the intransigence of politicians on Capitol Hill. "One thing we can count on with respect to this Congress is that if there's even one second left before you have to do what you're supposed to do, they will use that last second," the president said.
With the deal having been passed by 89 votes to eight in the Senate, it will go to the House of Representatives with hopes that Mr Obama will be able to sign off legislation by the middle of the week.
The deal puts taxes up for those families earning more than $450,000 (£277,000) a year, a far higher sum than Mr Obama had campaigned for during his election campaign last autumn, but one which Democrat senators decided to back.
It is the first time in about two decades that conservatives have agreed to higher taxes.
Spending cuts totalling $24bn over two months aimed at the defence department and domestic programmes will be deferred, to allow the White House and Capitol Hill time to regroup before fresh negotiations on how best to slash the US deficit.
Republicans want to rein in the cost of the Medicare health care programme and other
government benefit schemes. But Mr Obama put down a marker that he would not
allow deficit reduction to come solely from cuts to government spending.
"If Republicans think that I will finish the job of deficit reduction through spending cuts alone – and you hear that sometimes coming from them – then they've got another think coming. That's not how it's going to work, at least as long as I'm president," he said.
"And I'm going to be president for the next four years, I think," he added.
Senator John McCain of Arizona said Mr Obama's comments would "clearly antagonise members of the House".
Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee said: ""I know the president has fun heckling Congress", adding that "he probably lost some votes.
However, the Republican leader in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, urged calm, saying it was crucial to push through the tax changes agreed early yesterday morning. "Let's pass the tax relief portion now," said Mr McConnell, who will spend next Sunday evening and Monday negotiating with vice-president Joe Biden. "Let's take what's been agreed to and get moving. We'll continue to work on finding smarter ways to cut spending."
Senate majority leader Harry Reid, a Democrat, said: "If we do nothing, the threat of a recession is very real,"
He added: "Passing this agreement does not mean negotiations halt, far from it."
In the House of Representatives, Republican Speaker John Boehner last night refrained from endorsing the Senate deal. He said the House would not vote on any Senate-passed measure "until House members – and the American people – have been able to review" it.
The talks on more spending cuts come with the US now only two months away from being unable to pay its debts, having hit its borrowing limit.
With stock markets closed yesterday, reaction to the deal was muted, but the prospect of a breakthrough had seen the US benchmark S&P 500 index recover almost all of last week's losses in its final trading session of the year.
AMERICA's central role as the driver of the global economy explains why it matters to the rest of the world whether or not it decides to plunge off the fiscal cliff.
If the United States presses ahead with the raft of tax increases and spending cuts due yesterday, $607bn (£373bn) would be removed from the economy, with the lower paid losing child and income credits, the unemployed losing their rights to some benefits, high earners losing out and big-spending government departments, including defence, having their budgets slashed.
It has been estimated that the average annual tax bill for each American would rise by $3,500 (£2,150), with the super-rich facing an average tax rise of $120,500 (£74,000) a year.
This would have had a massive impact on the global economy, depressing demand from US consumers and hammering confidence in investment, potentially sparking a further reduction in the crucial credit lifeline as firms pulled back from risky spending.
Analysts have warned that the impact of that sudden removal of spending power from the world's most powerful economic nation would
dwarf the impact of the eurozone crisis. "The US fiscal cliff represents the single biggest near-term threat to a global economic recovery," the Fitch ratings agency said recently.
"The dramatic fiscal tightening implied by the fiscal cliff could tip the US, and possibly the global economy, into recession. At the very least, it would be likely to halve the rate of global growth in 2013."
The International Monetary Fund has warned that even the uncertainty raised by the fiscal cliff has hit global investment and job creation.
If the US falls off the cliff, it could knock possibly four percentage points of growth off the US and undermine the fragile confidence in the rest of the world, it said.
For the UK economy, that would likely mean a speedy return to recession and the end of any hope that 2013 might see the country lifting itself back towards steady growth.
However, if the deal gains confidence that the US has indeed stepped back from the cliff – and has found a way to deal with its deficit – then analysts believe it could help steer the global economy away from the rocks and back into calmer waters.
IT TURNS out that the fiscal cliff has a balcony.
Democrats and Republicans abseiled down to it in the early hours of yesterday, opting to defer the whole issue of spending cuts over which they could not agree.
Now begins a fresh round of tortuous negotiations on whether or not to haul themselves back up, or continue the fall downwards.
Congress leaders made clear that yesterday's deal marks only a pause in the heated talks over how best to sort out America's deficit problem.
A two-month extension has been granted to swingeing spending cuts now due to come into force. The lawmakers will draw breath before beginning again.
The Republicans are intending to seek spending cuts in
exchange for letting the Treasury borrow above the current debt limit of $16.4 trillion (£10tn).
For his part, Barack Obama made clear he will not countenance piling all the burden of deficit reduction on spending cuts to government programmes such as Medicare.
His statement yesterday – in which he bluntly noted that he will be president for another four years – suggested that he intends to spend some of the
political capital his election victory two months ago bought him.
Given the stakes, and the mutual self-destruction that awaits a failure to act, another last-minute fudge, similar to yesterday's deal, seems likely.


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An Everyman's Guide To Understanding Cryptocurrencies
by Charles Hugh Smith, Of Two Minds
Cryptocurrencies have a role that could increase as global currencies are devalued.
When an asset rises by almost 30% in a few weeks, it tends to attract attention. Recently, that asset was bitcoin (BTC). The price of BTC in dollars rose from $454 on May 23 to $590 on June 6th. (NOTE: BTC has since jumped by $70, from $580 to $650.)
When an asset doubles in a matter of a few months, it tends to attract attention. The cryptocurrency Ether (part of the Ethereum platform) doubled from around $7 in April to roughly $14 in early June.
Are these cryptocurrencies mere fads? Or are they potentially game-changing alternatives to the conventional currencies such as the U.S. dollar, Chinese RMB, Japanese yen or European Union euro?
There's no lack of skeptics and critics of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. For example, "National currencies aren't as Centralized, and Bitcoin isn't as Decentralized, as you think." (Source)
There are plenty of defenders of cryptocurrencies as well, for example this response to the article above.
The controversy is understandable; bitcoin has had a difficult adolescence. After soaring from $15 in early 2013 to over $1,000 in December 2013, the cryptocurrency crashed to $215 in early 2015 in the wake of the bankruptcy of a major exchange (Mt. Gox) that cost bitcoin investors $470 million in losses.
Yet despite concerns about security, criminal use and volatility, cryptocurrencies have proliferated at a dizzying pace, and new models such as the "smart contracts" of Ethereum have been developed.
So what are those of us who can't follow the technical arguments supposed to make of all this? For that audience, here's my stab at making sense of the potential global role of cryptocurrencies.
Cryptocurrencies Are Digital Currencies That Are Not Issued by Governments
What's a cryptocurrency? Wikipedia's definition is "a medium of exchange using cryptography to secure the transactions and to control the creation of new units." Cryptocurrencies exist only in the digital realm; there are no physical coins or paper notes.
Cryptocurrencies have no intrinsic value. They share this characteristic with fiat currencies issued by governments/central banks:
Though major central banks own gold, the currency they issue is not "backed by gold," i.e. it cannot be converted into gold upon demand.
The value of fiat currency is a function of supply and demand. There are many sources of demand for currency: governments demand taxes be paid in their fiat currency, for example, and this creates demand for the currency.
There is however only two sources of supply: the central banks of nation-states (or regional unions like the Eurozone) and private banks in fractional reserve money systems that enable banks to create new money via issuing new loans.
In a fractional reserve banking system, if a bank has $10 in cash deposits (i.e. in reserve), it can issue a new loan of $100. This loan is new money that was created out of thin air. When the loan is paid in full, this new money disappears from the system.
When central banks or states issue new currency in excess of what the economy is actually producing, the supply overwhelms demand and the currency's value (i.e. purchasing power) falls accordingly. Venezuela offers a present-day example: the official exchange rate of the Venezuelan bolivar is 10 to the U.S. dollar (USD), but the "street"/black market value is closer to 1,000 to 1 USD. (My correspondents in Venezuela report that it is illegal to post the black-market exchange rate on a website.)
Governments typically restrict alternative currencies to protect their monopoly on money issuance: residents must use the government-sanctified currency or face prosecution and prison.
The U.S. government has declared bitcoin is a commodity (i.e. property) rather than a currency. Other nations have banned bitcoin (presumably out of recognition that it is an alternative currency outside their control.)
Why does bitcoin have any value at all? There are two basic reasons:
1. The supply is limited. The design of bitcoin limits the total number of bitcoins to 21 million. (If you really want to know why this is so, you'll need to understand the blockchain and bitcoin mining, topics that are beyond the scope of this article.) At present, there are over 15.5 million bitcoins in circulation, roughly three-quarters of the eventual issuance of 21 million.
2. There is demand for bitcoin precisely because it is outside the control of governments/central banks and cannot be devalued at will by governments/central banks.
Why Fiat Currencies Are Being Devalued
Why are most governments/central banks trying to devalue/depreciate their fiat currencies? After all, devaluing the currency reduces the purchasing power of everyone who holds the currency, meaning that the currency buys fewer goods and services. This loss of purchasing power makes everyone who must use the currency poorer.
Why do governments/central banks pursue a policy that makes their citizens poorer?
There are two primary reasons why governments seek to devalue their currency:
1. To make the nation's exports cheaper, i.e. more competitive, in the belief that expanding exports will make the overall economy grow, despite the fact that devaluing the currency makes imports more expensive, hurting everyone who buys imports.
2. To make it easier for debtors to service their loans. As our currency loses its value, we experience that loss of purchasing power as inflation: the prices of goods and services rises as the purchasing power of the currency declines. Governments/central banks presume that wages will rise along with the prices of goods and services. This rise in wages will make it easier for debtors to service their debts, i.e. make their monthly payments. In a system that depends on the expansion of debt to fuel consumption, making it easier to service existing debt is of critical importance: if debt becomes more difficult to service, debt expansion slows and so does consumption. As consumption slows, the economy slides into recession.
As their currency is devalued (by intention or by unintended consequences), the great problem for many people will be transferring their remaining financial wealth out of depreciating currencies into a more stable currency or into assets in a more stable nation.
The Role of Cryptocurrencies in Capital Preservation
This is where cryptocurrencies have a role that could increase as global currencies are devalued: if you can shift financial wealth out of a currency that is losing purchasing power into a cryptocurrency that is holding its own or even gaining in purchasing power, it would be irrational not to do so.
What advantage do cryptocurrencies have over other stores of value such as gold, silver or cash? All of these traditional stores of value have advantages - portability and universal recognition that they are money - but they cannot be transported across the globe quite as easily as digital currencies.
Though it is a topic of hot debate, many observers believe it is technically difficult to the point of impossibility to stop people from buying, selling and sending cryptocurrencies because currencies such as bitcoin live in a network that is scattered around the globe - a network that can be accessed by anyone with a web browser.
While local exchanges could be shut down by governments, and businesses could be prohibited from accepting cryptocurrencies, stopping people from logging onto servers sited elsewhere is a bigger challenge. (Many governments have outlawed cryptocurrencies, though their success rate in stopping their citizenry from owning/using cryptocurrencies is unknown.)
The rise in daily transactions in bitcoin suggests an expanding base of users globally.
In Part 2: Will Cryptocurrencies Soar As The Global Economy Falters? we explore the potential demand for cryptocurrencies as a means of transferring and preserving capital, and the potential impact of these capital flows on valuations of cryptocurrencies.
As governments actively devalue their currencies (thereby making everyone using the currency poorer), their citizenry with financial capital are forced to seek ways to move their at-risk wealth into other currencies or assets. And as the stability and valuations of cryptocurrencies increase, the potential for a self-reinforcing feedback loop increases: as the value of cryptocurrency rises, it attracts more capital, which pushes prices higher, and so on.
Are we in the infancy of a global stampede into cryptocurrencies?
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This essay was first published on June 10 on peakprosperity.com, where CHS has been a contributing writer since 2011.
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Kingwood students accused of leaving threatening messages
Updated 8:04 pm, Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Two Kingwood High School students accused of scrawling threatening and racist messages on the bathroom walls on campus have been charged with felonies.
Derick Richard Montelongo, 18, is accused of committing felony exhibition of a firearm while Trent McKay Skinner, 18, is charged with graffiti.
On Dec. 12, the school's principal followed a tip and found several drawings on the walls in a bathroom.
One of the drawings was of a gun aimed at a stick figure identified as an Humble Independent School District police officer.
The message said the officer should be killed and also threatened to kill others on campus, according to the criminal complaint filed against Montelongo.
On Dec. 14, several bathrooms at Kingwood High were hit with examples of racist graffiti, including neo-Nazi symbols and markings linked to the Texas Aryan Brotherhood gang.
The graffiti, which caused about $200 in damages to the school bathrooms, was linked to Skinner, officials said.
In both cases, the students were implicated because of surveillance video on the campus.
Investigators questioned the students who went to the bathroom before and after Montelongo.
They also searched Montelongo, where they found drawings that resembled the ones in the bathroom and a red cap to a marker that matched the color of the threatening messages, according to the criminal complaint.
School officials said Skinner was known to make the "Heil Hitler" salute on campus. They also found three markers and drawings that matched the images in the bathroom, officials said in their complaint against him.
Bail for Montelongo is set at $10,000 and $5,000 for Skinner, officials said.


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A Great Move
Sam Collins is definitely at the veteran stage of his career but this career will continue to go on after a new deal was agreed for him to stay at the Vic.
Having Coops as his manager, a fellow defender who also carried on his playing career well into this thirties, has helped bring Collins this new contract but it's a contract that makes perfect sense him being given and as Collins himself admitted it was 'too good to turn down'.
I'd said that we should look to get the 36 year old not only tied down as a player but bring him into the coaching set up at the Vic and we've done exactly that.
Becoming the new assistant to Coops is a great move as it gives Coops that right hand man he's been missing since Craig Hignett left but it also gives him the guidance from someone that has a long term history with the club.
It's a situation that sees everybody in the first team and the reserve team at Hartlepool benefit and it of course keeps Collins at the Vic and keeps him available in a playing capacity as well with his influence and experience something that the younger defenders can continue to benefit from.
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Left to their own devices a panic sufferer with agoraphobia may be reluctant to leave the security of their home. Those with less severe symptoms can often get by with very familiar routes, but have much great concerns about venturing further unless accompanied by someone they trust.
This often puts the supporting person in a unique situation. They may feel the burden of responsibility despite perhaps being flattered by the trust being afforded to them. They may find some days easier than others and some situations more taxing to cope with. They may be puzzled as to why the person they support appears capable of functioning with but not without them. Here are a few tips to help things along.
Keep in mind that anyone who experiences high levels of anxiety tends to have good and bad days. The fact that you were able to go around the shops yesterday does not necessarily mean you'll be able to today. It may be frustrating but try not to provoke the person by pointing out obvious discrepancies in their behavior. It's almost inevitable they already know and there's a danger they will feel even further embarrassed and self-conscious and use this as a reason to withdraw more.
Panic can hit quickly. You may find yourself strolling along only to find the person with you suddenly comes to a halt and is beginning to struggle with their breathing. They probably look extremely alarmed and may start to shake, stagger and reach out for something to grab hold of. In situations like this the person is feeling very unsafe and extremely insecure. Assuming both you and they realize this is a panic event and not a genuine medical emergency, you can help by physically supporting the person – just holding the arm will probably do. Remind them this has happened before, that they will be alright, and to remember to breath.
If things are going well, don't press the person to do more than they want, or assume they are capable of more. In most cases if the person feels up to it, they will suggest the course of action.
Take what the person says to you at face value. If they say they need to go, they mean it. If they ask not be left alone, don't leave them. Specific requests like this occur when the person feels vulnerable.
Keep in mind that they are extending their usual boundaries by being with you and it may not take much to tip the balance.
There may be occasions when a panic attack happens and there's really nothing you can do about it. Always remember that their panic is never your responsibility. You are doing what you can to give support and that's all that can reasonably be expected.
A successful relationship is based on give and take. For the panic sufferer it isn't pleasant being dependent and if they are male their difficulty may be enhanced. Establish equality is important for esteem and confidence. The role of supporter in one context doesn't mean you shouldn't seek help, assistance, advice and so on in other contexts.