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A mother and daughter who survived a deadly bus crash near Yucaipa on Super Bowl weekend filed a lawsuit Friday, alleging the bus companies involved were negligent and failed to properly maintain their vehicles.
"We're alleging they were negligent either because the driver was going too fast or because the brakes failed or some combination," said Federico Sayre, whose Santa Ana-based firm represents Guillermina Morales and her daughter Pamela Morales.
The crash killed seven passengers and another man, Fred Richardson, 72, whose pickup truck was hit head-on by the bus, which had gone out of control on its way down Highway 38 after a trip to the snow in the San Bernardino Mountains.
San Jose-based attorney Fernando Chavez, whose firm partnered with Sayre, filed the complaint in San Bernardino Superior Court on Friday morning.
The Moraleses were two of the 38 passengers on the day trip from Tijuana to Big Bear Lake.
"It was a one-day charter; they left about 5 in the morning, and they were scheduled to return around 10 p.m." Chavez said.
At around 6:30 p.m., the driver lost control of the bus on Highway 38 northeast of Bryant Street. The bus struck a Saturn sedan, crossed the center line and rolled over, ejecting passengers, and collided with the oncoming pickup before coming to rest in the center of the road.
The Moraleses are both Mexican nationals.
"One is still hospitalized – she sustained multiple fractures," Chavez said.
Guillermina Morales reportedly suffered a fractured leg, pelvis and arm.
They are suing the Tijuana-based Interbus Tours and Charters, which booked the Moraleses on the trip, and Scapadas Magicas, the National City company that provided the bus for the trip, along with bus driver Norberto Perez and the employees of both companies.
Perez told investigators his brakes failed as he descended the mountain road.
No one answered the phone at Scapadas Magicas' offices on Friday.
Jordi Garcia, marketing director for Interbus, told The Associated Press his company had not received the lawsuit and could not comment.
Interbus owed its passengers "a duty of care to act as a responsible tour operator by providing safe vacation getaways," the complaint reads in part.
In particular, it owed its passengers "a duty to taking reasonable precautions to ensure that its customers would be provided safe transportation by, with respect to the transportation companies that it was going to contract, inquiring of the business' safety record, accident record, and record of moving motor vehicle violations, compliance with laws and regulations regarding vehicle maintenance and safety, and the existence of citations and fines by governmental agencies."
The federal government ordered Scapadas Magicas to shut down on Feb. 8. Vehicle maintenance violations were cited 21 times in the company's 25 most recent vehicle inspections, and vehicles were taken out of service after 36 percent of those inspections, according to the federal order.
The Moraleses are seeking unspecified damages, according to the lawsuit. According to Chavez, Scapadas Magicas has a $5 million insurance policy.
Three generations of one family were wiped out that night.
Elvira Garcia Jimenez, 40, a doctor with the Mexican governmental health care system Issstecali; her 13-year-old son Victor Cabrera Garcia; and Jimenez's mother, Guadalupe Olivas, 61, were all killed in the rollover.
Also killed were Aleida Adriana Arce Hernandez, 38; Rubicelia Escobedo Flores, 34; Mario Garcia Santoyo, 32; Liliana Camerina Sanchez Sauceda, 24; and the driver of the pickup truck, Richardson, of Mountain Home Village.
According to its Facebook page, Interbus has trips scheduled to Las Vegas, the Grand Canyon and to California theme parks, including Magic Mountain.
Staff writers Melissa Pinon-Whitt, Ryan Hagen and Beatriz Valenzuela contributed to this report.
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Lesson learned: when visiting Bryce Canyon National Park it's far better to begin your hikes as early in the morning as possible in order to beat the crowds. If you wait until later in the morning people will begin filing in by the busloads - literally. Moreover, the changing light of early morning (or late afternoon) provides some of the best opportunities for photographing the hoodoos and canyon walls.
Our destination for the day was the Queen's Garden Loop, which includes parts of the Navajo Loop Trail and Wall Street, while taking hikers through a beautiful maze of colorful hoodoos along the spectacular canyon floor.
Although the park recommends hiking this extremely popular loop in clockwise fashion, we did the opposite. Based on a tip we received the day before, we began our hike from Sunset Point which allowed us to explore Wall Street virtually on our own, and to ascend the more gentle grades of the Queen's Garden Trail when climbing back to the top of the rim at Sunrise Point.
Our hike began with a rapid descent down Wall Street, probably the highlight of the hike, at least for me. The trail drops 400 feet in less than a half-mile before passing through the narrow canyon walls that provide its namesake. The park warns that more rocks fall on this trail than any other trail in the park. A major rockslide occurred here in 2006, and subsequent slides shut this section of trail down in 2010 and 2011.
At the far end of the narrow canyon there are a couple of Douglas fir trees that are estimated to be between 500 and 700 years old.
After exiting Wall Street the trail begins passing through a maze of colorful hoodoos. There were so many interesting rock formations that I found myself constantly doing 360s in order to take in all the sites. I was also quite amazed to see so many trees growing within the canyon, including pinyon pine, juniper and ponderosa pine.
Soon the Navajo Loop Trail intersects with the Queen's Connecting Trail. Although we were more than 600 feet below the rim, and more than three-quarters of a mile away, we could still smell bacon wafting through the air from campers at the Sunset Campground.
After traveling about a mile on the Queen's Connecting Trail you'll reach a short side trail that leads to the Queen Victoria rock formation. I'll let you be the judge as to whether the hoodoo resembles the famous statue in London:
After viewing the "Queen" the loop continues, and soon reaches the Queen's Garden Trail junction. From here hikers will begin climbing back up to the top of the rim. Along the way you'll pass through a couple man-made rock arches.
This is a classic hike, and one that should be taken even if you only have a few hours to spend in the park. The trail is well groomed but I would recommend taking a map as some of the side trails and signage can be a little confusing.
Trail: Queen's Garden Loop
Roundtrip Distance: 3.1 Miles
Total Elevation Gain: 617 feet
Max Elevation: 8017 Feet
Hiking Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks covers 56 hikes in the two parks, as well as the surrounding areas, such as Cedar Breaks National Monument.
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Canucks Ryan Kesler, Kevin Bieksa taking it to the streets (with video)
Vancouver Canucks players Kevin Bieksa, Ryan Kesler and Jason Garrison invited fans to an impromptu road hockey game on the basketball court under the Cambie Street Bridge on Wednesday afternoon.
VANCOUVER — Ryan Kesler refereeing road hockey is like Arthur Fonzarelli jumping a shark on water skis. Things have gone way too far in the National Hockey League lockout.
And lest there was any doubt about this, the @NHLPodium account on Twitter – profile description: "I am always bad news" – was nearing 10,000 followers its first day of inanimate existence.
In New York, 18 millionaire players and six billionaire owners finally mustered enough goodwill and urgency to begin what appeared to be earnest give-and-take of negotiations to end the NHL's labour war.
And on a basketball court under the Cambie Bridge in Vancouver, dog walkers and skater kids were disrupted Wednesday afternoon by the outbreak of a road hockey game hastily announced and officiated by Kesler.
The Vancouver Canuck star refereed the stockinged Green Men, anthem singer Mark Donnelly, 50 road hockey players of varying ages and athleticism, and Canuck defenceman Kevin Bieksa.
"It's just a good time," Kesler said. "Obviously, the fans are missing hockey and it's something we can do for them."
Kesler feels their pain, if not quite the sting endured by teammates. He has been collecting full paycheques on his $5 million salary during the lockout while recovering from shoulder and wrist surgeries.
There was nearly $10 million worth of referees on the pavement, as Kesler's striped partner was injured $4.6-million-a-year defenceman Jason Garrison. Bieksa, who organized a charity game in October, was the only Canuck who played.
But the Green Men posed for photos, posing the question: Do they smile behind their stockings? And Donnelly sang O Canada, showing that he has lost half his body mass but none of his voice.
"It's just something we wanted to do to have some fun," Bieksa said. "Every time we've been talking hockey lately it's been serious and (about) the CBA and all that, so we're just going back to our roots for a fun road hockey game. In the pouring rain."
Hey, it's December in Vancouver.
In New York, it was Day 81 of the NHL lockout. And, remarkably, it began with the same good intentions among owners and players that was evident on the basketball court across the continent.
The warmth and fuzziness began Tuesday night when, for the first time since the lockout began, the NHL and its Players' Association jointly held a press briefing. NHL vice-president Bill Daly publicly thanked the players for their effort and, while hell froze over, NHLPA deputy Steve Fehr called it the "best day" of the lockout. The happy couple looked like they'd just fallen off the top of a wedding cake. After partying for three days.
It set a tone of goodwill.
When governors exited their board meeting in New York on Wednesday after being briefed on negotiations by Daly, sparking breathless Twitter descriptions of how governors exited their board meeting in New York after being briefed by Daly, Columbus Blue Jackets' president John Davidson said: "We feel good about the information we got."
Governors weren't supposed to say anything, of course, but they must have felt so darn good inside they couldn't keep the sunshine to themselves.
Toronto Maple Leafs' chairman Larry Tanenbaum said: "We're going to continue to talk until we get a deal."
Then I'm pretty sure the media, deprived by the lockout of travel points and pre-game meals, did the wave and, seized by the season, broke into song: "O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum, how lovely are thy branches."
Even reviled commissioner Gary Bettman got into the spirit, standing behind the far more popular @NHLPodium and accidentally smiling as he spoke for 26 seconds to inform reporters he wouldn't be saying anything.
"We are pleased with the process that is ongoing," he said.
Or did he say "progress?" Anyway, he was pleased.
It seemed so was everyone else.
The change in tone in the negotiations may have been spurred by moderate Pittsburgh Penguins' owner Ron Burkle and superstar player Sidney Crosby, which means statues across Canada of Crosby will need to be upgraded to gold from bronze. Don't worry, Burkle will pay for them.
There was a report on Sportsnet that some NHL coaches were phoning players to put them on standby for training camps, which led to the league reminding teams that coaches are to have no contact with players during the lockout.
There was a report a 56-game season would start on Dec. 20.
There was traction.
There was, my goodness, optimism.
And although tensions ramped up considerably in the evening, according to reports, at least the sides were still talking into this morning.
Nearly five months after Bettman issued his declaration of war by demanding the players' share of revenue be slashed to 43 per cent from 57, the NHLPA apparently made an offer that neither offended nor infuriated owners, who instead counter-proposed. Back and forth it went.
If there's a willingness to compromise, there should be little to prevent a speedy resolution. The contractual issues – things like term length and year-to-year salary variance – that each side says are so vital, don't affect by even one dollar the distribution of wealth between owners and players.
And some of the issues the owners propose would actually work in the players' favour. Only two players per team, on average, are on contracts longer than five years. Shorter contracts mean more free agency, which has always been a player's most powerful salary lever, and less money committed to lifetime contracts under a hard salary cap means more cash freed up for other players.
And the eight- or 10-year Collective Bargaining Agreement owners seek could also be a good thing for players because their downward trend of revenue share probably isn't reversing in the next CBA.
The deal still comes down to the $182-million disagreement over how to compensate players on existing contracts as the NHLPA share transitions to 50 per cent from 57. And with any luck, that divide became a little narrower on Wednesday, when from Vancouver to New York there was a feeling that an NHL season may yet materialize.
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Years ago I attended a Catholic university in Los Angeles. I had no intention of joining their religion, but I did my best to assimilate into mainstream campus life. Tanned from working as a lifeguard, hiking in the mountains on weekends and playing tennis, I had sun-bleached hair and looked like countless other young men who enjoyed the Southern California lifestyle (though a bit sensitive about my obviously Jewish last name).
In the fall of my senior year, I happened to see a notice on a bulletin board for a weekend backpacking trip to the Grand Canyon. It was for college students from around the country and I decided to go.
The drive from Los Angeles to the Grand Canyon was about eight hours, and the only form of entertainment I had back then was an AM radio in my 1969 Chevy Nova. When I arrived at the canyon's southern rim, the sun was still high in the sky. Twenty of us gathered together and the group leader had us in turn introduce ourselves and name our respective schools. As we finished introductions, the leader looked at me and asked if I would be willing to take up the rear of the group to make sure no one got separated. I was happy to oblige and the group started down the trail into the canyon.
The Grand Canyon is a wonderful place to visit any time of the year, but winter is particularly special. A small fraction of the summer's visitors come to the park, there is far less traffic on the trails, and the crisp, cool air is much more pleasant for hiking than the desert sun that often reaches into the 90s during the summer.
About 10 minutes into our descent to the canyon floor, a member of our group began to slow down, and as he fell back in the line and reached me, he picked up his pace, walking right next to me.
I was considering changing my last name to a less obviously Jewish one.
He was short – a bit taller than 5-feet. A shock of thick red hair protruded from under his cap, and he had an energetic stride to his step. After a few minutes, where the only sound was an occasional bird calling and boots crunching on the dirt and gravel trail, the redhead turned to me and asked: "Hyman, that's a Jewish name isn't it?"
Not sure what his agenda might be, I answered, "Yeah, my grandparents were from Russia."
He stuck out his hand and said with a big smile, "Andy Weiss, Stanford."
We exchanged the obligatory Jewish geography questions (i.e. "Do you know so-and-so?") and as we continued walking, I mentioned that I was considering changing my last name to a less obviously Jewish one.
At that comment, he jumped in front of me and stopped. "How dare you!" he said, jabbing his finger into my chest. "Just because you find your last name inconvenient, you're going to wipe out 3,000 years of your heritage with the stroke of a pen?"
I was shocked. Here was a total stranger, who believed so strongly in his message that he was willing to confront me, regardless of what the fallout might be.
I thought about his comment for few moments and faced the reality that he was right. In my desire to assimilate, I was about to sacrifice the last vestige of my heritage.
I looked into Andy's eyes, and in a voice barely above a whisper, said, "Thanks. You're right." It was a turning point that made me realize who I was – and would propel me to discover my Judaism in earnest a few years later.
Andy's reprimand was the right message at the right time.
On Campus 2010
I thought about this story again recently when I read an article* describing a focus study group that a prominent pollster had conducted with students from MIT and Harvard. He gathered 35 students – about half Jewish and half non-Jewish – under the pretense of speaking about "Iraq, Iran and the Middle East." Actually, the real focus was Israel.
Within 10 minutes of the focus group, some of the non-Jews started in with accusations of "Israeli war crimes," "the Jewish lobby," and "Jews controlling the world."
As this invective was being leveled, the Jewish students – from some of the best schools in America – did not challenge the assertions nor utter a peep. In fact, one of the students in the group – the leader of the Israeli caucus at Harvard – took 49 minutes before responding to anything.
After the focus group ended, the pollster asked all the Jewish students to remain in the room. He then revealed to them how he had observed their unwillingness to stand up in defense of Israel and the Jewish people.
"Oh my God, I didn't speak up. I can't believe I let this happen."
As this failure dawned on them, two of the women in the group started to cry. One student said, "Oh my God, I didn't speak up. I can't believe I let this happen."
These are trying times for the Jewish people. Whether it is Jewish apathy, or demonization of Israel, there is no shortage of opportunities to stand up and challenge the misconceptions, lies and slanders that abound about our people.
Granted, it is not comfortable to take a stand. But this unwavering commitment to the truth is a legacy instilled in our people for millennia, back to the day when Abraham stood against a world of idolaters and said: There is one God.
Indeed, one well-placed comment can turn the world around. It's a lesson I learned years ago, one winter day at the Grand Canyon.
* David Horovitz, "The Word According to Frank," Jerusalem Post, July 16, 2010.


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Ready to split but cash-strapped, some couples are finding divorce too expensive.
Nine months ago, Rachel Gund (some names have been changed), 44, decided she wanted to divorce her husband of nearly 20 years. But nine months later, she continues living under the same roof with him and their two teenage daughters: Neither partner afford to move out so they live like roommates, sharing the marital home and dividing the expenses.
Sound far-fetched? Not really, say attorneys and therapists who are seeing more couples delaying divorce filings and physical separation due to the economic recession. In many cases, couples can't sell their homes because of the soft real estate market. In others, one or both partners has suffered a job loss. Often, there's a mountain of shared debt that must be cleared before a split can occur.
"Cohabiting has spiked because people just can't afford to move out. They can't afford to buy themselves out [of the house]," notes Kathyrn Dickerson, partner at Smolen Plevy in Vienna, Va. "You used to be able to refinance a mortgage more easily, but not any longer." In some cases, she says the value of a house is "under water" (when the value of the home falls beneath the value of the mortgage) and there's simply no equity to divide. "The question is who will take what debt," Dickerson says.
Gund and her husband signed a legal separation agreement in March (2008) and continue living together. The agreement details the percentage of the living and childcare expenses each partner must pay. The couple also agreed not to bring dates home. In the state of New York where Gund lives, the legal separation agreement becomes the divorce agreement so in March 2009, she will be divorced. She plans to put the house up for sale just prior to that.
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Credo Buffa wrote:I I want to keep my readings my own and not have to worry about feeling oppressed by what critics, who are supposedly smarter and therefore more "correct" than I am, tell me I should be getting out of them.
redan wrote:The W. J. Bate critical biography of Keats is still the best. Published oh, 40 years ago it remains the most intelligent, deep and loving analysis of Keats and his works. Title is simply Keats, I think. Not near my copy at this moment. Bate was a great scholar, and his biography of Dr. Johnson is as great as his Keats biography.
Saturn wrote:I still haven't read Bate's biography yet - can't find it anywhere
I kick myself for not buying it when I saw it in a second-hand bookstore a few years ago
It was a really gnarled and dog-eared copy so I never bought it
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Home, Garden, and DIY
September 2017
When you begin looking at everyday objects with a different eye, you will start to get crazy ideas."
~ from Annette Goliti Gutierrez and Mary Gray's
Recent Releases
350+ Crochet Tips, Techniques, and Trade Secrets
Jan Eaton
Offering a treasury of tips, techniques, and trade secrets for crocheters (both new and experienced), this wide-ranging book provides numerous projects and quick fixes for problems crocheters may encounter. It also discusses everything from choosing the right hook and yarn to creating your own designs. S
tep-by-step color photos enhance the text and will have readers crocheting something fine in no time.
Potted: Make Your Own Stylish Garden Containers
Annette Goliti Gutierrez and Mary Gray
If you're tired of trying to find the perfect (and affordable) planter, stop searching and make your own! Projects are sorted by material (concrete, plastics, metals, terra-cotta, and organic materials) and come with colorful photographs and a list of tools and materials needed. Along with step-by-step instructions that detail how to make a tiled cinderblock planter, flying saucer planter, and 21 more planters, the authors also offer encouragement to try your own ideas.
The Harvest Baker: 150 Sweet & Savory Recipes Celebrating the Fresh-Picked...
Ken Haedrich
Incorporating a wide variety of vegetables, fruits, and herbs into muffins, scones, flatbreads, calzones, pizzas, cookies, cakes, pies, and more,
The Harvest Baker
includes dishes such as tomato slab pie, savory vegetable skillet bread, sweet potato buttermilk biscuits, fresh mint brownies, and three-berry crostata. Recommendations for baking tools as well as recipes for glazes and sauces are also included.
This bounty of sweet and savory dishes will inspire and delight gardeners, bakers, and those who just like to eat good food.
Bravetart: Iconic American Desserts
Stella Parks
So you want to make -- from scratch -- the candy bars, vanilla wafers, toaster pastries, and other sweet treats you usually see in a package? And maybe you'd also like to make snickerdoodles, chocolate pudding, vanilla ice cream, and other classic dishes? You're in luck! Stella Parks, an award-winning pastry chef, spent five years creating the 100+ recipes (and 200 or so variations) in this stunning book, which also includes vintage ads and historical details, including the surprising origin of Key lime pie.
Focus on: Creative Writing
Maybe you can knit, bake, plant, and paint, but how about trying a different sort of DIY: creative writing! Pick up a pen (or a laptop) and write a poem, jot down some memories, or even plot a novel (National Novel Writing Month is coming up in November).
How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One
Stanley Fish
Stanley Fish, college professor and connoisseur of fine sentences, explains why the building block of writing is the sentence. In this informative and entertaining book, he discusses how to craft good prose as well as how to know well-written works when you see (or hear) them. Drawing on examples from movies, William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Martin Luther King Jr., Antonin Scalia, Elmore Leonard, and more, Fish inspires as he illustrates. New writers may want to start here; as Fish says, "if you know sentences, you know everything."
The Art of Memoir
Mary Karr
Memoirs have been having a moment for a while now. If you want to write your own and would like an irreverent guide, this funny yet full-bodied bestseller is a good place to start. Mary Karr, a university professor and the author of three acclaimed memoirs (
The Liar's Club
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), uses examples from her own books (along with others by favorite authors), shares literary anecdotes, and discusses her writing process while identifying the elements of a successful memoir.
Steering the Craft: A 21st-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story
Ursula K. Le Guin
Popular author Ursula K. Le Guin presents practical advice on how to pen a good narrative. To that end, she covers the sound of language, point of view and voice, sentence length and complex syntax, narration, grammar and punctuation,
workshops and peer groups,
and more. Using discussions, examples, and specific practice exercises (such as writing the same scene from different points of view), this book is like a writing workshop you can do at home.
A Poetry Handbook
Mary Oliver
A lot of us feel about poetry the way we feel about art; we know what we like. If you want to pen some verses that you like or even just want to understand poetry better, Mary Oliver's quintessential book, first published over 20 years ago, offers advice on both. Though this isn't a thick book, she covers a lot of ground here, addressing imitation, meter and rhyme, sound, poem forms, free verse, diction, imagery, revision, the importance of reading poetry, and workshops.
says, "she so deeply knows her craft that she can describe it with perfect simplicity and concision."
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keywordsEuropean Commission LTE UMTS
Commission decision paves the way for 4G in Europe
Date: Mon, 11/05/2012 - 13:17
The European Commission has today decided to add another 120 MHz to the radio spectrum portfolio for 4G technologies, such as LTE (Long Term Evolution), around the 2 GHz band. This band is currently solely used for UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) wireless communications, known as 3G networks
The Decision makes it mandatory for Member States to open the relevant spectrum by 30 June 2014 at the latest, and lays down harmonised technical conditions to allow coexistence between different technologies. On this basis the EU will enjoy up to twice the amount of spectrum for high speed wireless broadband as in the United States, namely around 1000 MHz.
The Commission's decision means mobile operators will have more opportunities to invest in improved mobile networks, which benefits the whole economy, and consumers will, over time, enjoy faster data transfers and more broadband services. Greater access to spectrum for 4G technologies will make a substantial contribution to the Digital Agenda broadband target of universal EU broadband coverage of at least 30 Mb/s by 2020.
European Commission Vice President Neelie Kroes said: "This extra spectrum for 4G in Europe means we can better meet the changing and growing demand for broadband. I want to see Member States acting swiftly to change existing licenses. We all win from faster wireless connections in Europe."
The Decision enforces the harmonised liberalisation of the 2 GHz band (1920-1980 MHz paired with 2110-2170 MHz) in all Member States, avoiding internal market fragmentation in the future use of this band.
Introducing flexibility of use in spectrum bands by removing technology restrictions offers a cost-effective way for deploying advanced wireless infrastructure in response to market demand.
Radio spectrum is an extremely valuable but increasingly scarce resource. Its socio-economic importance has dramatically increased as wireless services such as broadband access and the 'internet of things' become pervasive through all domains of business and society. Industry sources predict that global mobile data traffic will increase by 26 % annually by 2015. By then, more than 7 billion phones, tablets and other mobile devices will be connectable to the Internet.
Exploding wireless data traffic alongside insufficient vacant spectrum calls for a smarter approach to spectrum management. This must include better utilisation of spectrum bands already being used, for example through removing technology restrictions and spectrum sharing.
The paired terrestrial 2 GHz band (1920-1980 MHz paired with 2110-2170 MHz) has been traditionally used by UMTS communications (3G networks) as a result of the so-called UMTS Decision adopted in 1999, which launched the coordinated and progressive introduction of UMTS across the EU by 1 January 2002.
In implementing the Radio Spectrum Policy Programme, and in particular meeting the target of at least 1200 MHz for wireless broadband services, running the spectrum inventory as well as flexible and shared spectrum use are priorities of the EU spectrum reform to stimulate innovation, efficient use and investment.
Therefore, the Commission Decision mandates the flexible use of the 1920-1980 MHz and 2110-2170 MHz band for electronic communication services in the EU based on advanced wireless technologies, such as LTE and further advanced technologies. Industry developments show that these technologies are increasingly capable of offering 30 Mbps to many users at the same time, thus giving consumers access to high speed broadband at competitive prices.
The Commission is also considering a follow-up measure on the unpaired terrestrial 2 GHz spectrum (1900-1920 MHz and 2010-2025 MHz) which is currently allocated to use by UMTS networks but remains unused throughout the EU. Such an initiative will aim at ensuring efficient use of the unpaired bands that is most beneficial from an economic, social and environmental point of view by considering alternative applications to terrestrial mobile broadband and taking into account existing rights of use. In this regard, the Commission has already issued a Mandate to CEPT (European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations) to study suitable applications and develop appropriate technical conditions and sharing arrangements.


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Our Washer Repair Services in the Gardena area
Gardena appliance repair and service all brands and models of Washers & Washing Machines in the Gardena Area. Because washing machines do so many things, they may be harder to diagnose than they are to repair. This is due to the special timing cycles that operate valves and motors that turn water on, spin the tub, drain water, and control the water temperature. But diagnosis is possible: All it takes is common sense and patience. In this article, we will tell you where to look for trouble in your washing machine and how to make some quick repairs if a part malfunctions. After we get a few preliminaries out of the way, we\'ll dive right in to some diagnostic checks for your washing machine.
Note: Many newer washers include electronic diagnostics that can be interpreted from the owner\'s manual.
Caution: Before you do any work on a washer, make sure it\'s unplugged. Disconnect the grounding wire and the water hoses.
A washing machine is basically a big tub that repeatedly fills with water and then drains, spins to wring clothes dry, and has a device for stirring things up-- either an agitator in the middle of a top-load machine or a rolling drum in the case of a front-loader.
The four cycles that every washer performs are fill, wash, drain, and spin.
Though there are a number of problems that you can fix quite simply, washing machines have a variety of devices and controls that, when they go wrong, are better left in the hands of an appliance washer repair man. Make sure you either find the best prices for Gardena Washer Repair companies or just simply pick up the phone and we will guarantee lowest pricing for your Washer Repair needs in the Gardena area.
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Some problems that commonly occur with a clothes washer are that it: does not agitate, does not drain the washer, does not run the washer, shake the washer, vibrate, move, leak, does not spin, leak or has the wrong water. Don't fret before calling your Gardena Washer Repair Service experts.
If your washer doesn\'t run, be sure it\'s plugged in and that the receptacle works (the circuit hasn\'t overloaded). Before working on the washing machine, be sure to unplug it.
If it doesn\'t fill, the water inlet screens may be blocked. Clean or replace them. (Check your owner\'s manual for the Gardena location of the screens; they\'re often located at one end of the supply hoses, or you may have to remove a panel to access them.) Other reason for not filling may be that either the timer or temperature selector is broken--both of these are repairs for an appliance repairperson.
If your washer doesn\'t spin, check to see if the clothes have jammed or are unbalanced in the drum before calling a repairperson. Unbalanced clothes will also cause a washer to shudder or "walk." If straightening out the load doesn\'t stop the washer from shaking, look at the feet underneath and be sure they are properly adjusted to keep the washer sitting level on the floor (you just turn them to move them up or down). Don't call the Appliance Washer Repair in Gardena for pricing just yet.
To prevent problems, follow good maintenance procedures. Use the right amount of detergent for your washer and your water hardness, make sure the machine is level, and don\'t overload it for the cycle chosen. If you follow good maintenance you will not have to spend money and find the lowest pricing for washer repairs in the Gardena area.
Because washing machine hoses are under constant pressure, check periodically for wear because they can flood your home in Gardena if they burst when you\'re away. You can prevent this by installing lever-type shutoff valves (shown top right). With these, you can easily turn off the levers for both hot and cold water between wash days. Again by properly maintaining and checking your washer machines, you save a lot of money by not having to look for discount on Gardena Appliance Repair Companies.
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Outtakes Café offers a variety of sandwiches, chips, candies, snacks, fruit, salads, Coke and Pepsi products, juices, Seattle's Best coffee, specialty coffees and desserts. A limited selection of small gift items is also available (e.g., "It's a girl/It's a boy" gift items, stuffed animals, etc.).
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Two-time champion Maria Sharapova has withdrawn from the French Open because of an ongoing shoulder problem.
Russian Sharapova, who won the tournament in 2012 and 2014, has not played since January and underwent surgery on her injury the following month.
The 32-year-old announced on Instagram she would not be participating in this year's tournament, which begins on May 26.
"Withdrawing from the French Open today. Sometimes the right decisions aren't always the easiest ones," she posted.
"In better news, I have returned to the practice court, and slowly building the strength back in my shoulder.
"I really miss you Paris, until next year."
Sharapova, a five-time grand slam winner, reached the quarter-finals at Roland Garros last year.
She is currently 35th in the WTA rankings.


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Health Dept Reports Flu Figures (Jan 17, 2013)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Oklahoma State Department of Health reports 100 hospitalizations in the past week for influenza but says the state has not recorded any new deaths.
The department says Oklahoma has seen a total of 484 hospitalizations and eight deaths since Sept. 30. That includes the 100 hospitalizations recorded between Jan. 9 and Tuesday.
The number of hospitalizations has already surpassed last year's total of 316.
Tulsa County reported the highest number of hospitalizations for this flu season, at 162. That's followed by 62 in Oklahoma County, 24 in Creek County and 20 in Cleveland County.
Tulsa County also recorded 3 flu deaths, while Creek, Mayes, Muskogee, Pittsburg and Rogers counties each had one.
The flu season is considered to be the months of September through May.
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The hunger for Krishna
I recently heard the story of one lady from Ukraine, Kirtida mataji who struggled to practise and preach Krishna Consciousness while her husband was tormented by the KGB under the former USSR regime. He was imprisoned and persecuted by the former communist government, while she determinedly raised her three tiny children, and also fearlessly preached the message of Bhagavad Gita. She and many devotees .
Going forward or backward?
In the Srimad Bhagavatam little Prahalad tells his father that he learnt in his studies that one must serve the Supreme Lord and chant Krishna's Holy Names. This deeply annoyed his father Hiranyakashipu, the king of the demons. During modern times children learn many things in school, but on closer inspection we realize it's all centred on making better our natural propensity to eat, sleep, .
The Hare Krishna revolution
Srila Prabhupada's kirtans at the Washington square park and the Tompkins square park in 1966 created history. Never before Srila Prabhupada did the Holy Names of Lord Krishna create such an impact in the Western world as it did during the late 1960's in America and Europe. His initial kirtans at the twenty six second avenue storefront was attended by a few spiritually interested youth, who .
Remembering a song two decades later
"I have brought medicine to awaken every living being from perpetual sleep. Please receive the holy name of the Lord, the Hare Krishna Maha Mantra, and awaken." (Arunodaya Kirtana-II, verse four, by Srila Bhakti Vinod Thakur) Today I woke up at 3.00 am humming a Bollywood number that I don't remember hearing or singing even once in the last twenty years. From where did the song pop .
Don't take it cheaply
Krishna is non-different than His name. Krishna has descended within His name to give us shelter, to nourish us and to reveal all of His love to us. The holy name is the most precious cintamani jewel of creation, there is nothing so precious, because nothing else can give us the benediction of eternal life and eternal love. But we must understand the value of chanting Krishna's names. One .
Bhaktivinod Thakur on the holy names
1) The path of bhajan displayed by the previous mahajanas is to constantly chant the holy names of Krishna with firm determination and show compassion to all living entities. 2) Chanting the holy names of Krishna is the only sadhana. Other limbs of sadhana are only support of the chanting of the holy names of Krishna. 3) Apart from the time of resting which is necessary for keeping the body and .


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Tomorrow will be our 13th day of school and some routines and patterns of behaving are beginning to appear. My job is somewhat different this year in that I have been given responsibility for a fifth grade math group and other fifth grade support in addition to my job as Gifted Resource Teacher. (Our county provides a full time gifted position in schools with over 300 kids, but our school this year doesn't quite meet that mark, so additional duties have been assigned.)
Bottom line though, is that I am on the fifth grade team officially–not as a specialist, but as a third fifth grade teacher. And, being a member of that team has been an eye-opener to the time crunch I already knew we had, but hadn't realized it as quite as bad as it really is. In having discussions about schedules, assessment, how to group for getting to know the kids, shared community building activities, etc., I'm missing having more time to talk about the kids as human beings–their likes, dislikes, friends, learning needs/styles/interests, etc. Part of that, I know, is letting the teachers new to these kids get to know them. We've begun it, as the school year settles into a routine, but I'm impatient, as those of you who know me are well aware.
It's funny how each school year brings new hope for new beginnings and a belief that this year will be different, and better, and more…whatever it is we think we're going to improve. Kids come to us many times that way as well–with hopes of a change from the past year or looking for new experiences, or more science, or history or whatever their favorite subject happens to be.
I took one of my groups to the lab one day last week and asked them to write about either Thomas Edison or Amelia Earhart (both of whom are tied into a "Make To Learn" transmedia book we are working with to build wind turbines.) As we were going to the computer lab, one girl said, "FINALLY! We get to do some history–I haven't done any history in school for two years!" Is it important sometimes that we explicitly name what we are doing with kids? I find it hard to believe her previous teachers did NO history at all last year. However, perceptions are what counts–and hers is that she learned no history in school in her previous grade. I also found it intriguing that she saw finding facts about two people as "doing history".
Another child in another one of my groups (I am still working with kids from all grade levels) said that a big difference in last year and this one was that she had noticed they weren't being given a ton of worksheets–that she had thought it was just the first week of school, but that now that we're in our third week, it's still true–and that's a HUGE difference. It's fascinating to watch and listen to the kids as they compare and contrast to refine their definitions of "school."
And, as for me and my thoughts about a new school year? I'm finding this one to be darn near as busy as last year, despite a conscious effort to not set myself up that way. I'm finding some kids still wanting to escape their regular classroom work because they see it as worksheet driven, for the most part. I never find enough time as I want to talk to and work with teachers, and trying to provide high quality, strenuous work for all kids at a level that challenges them is always hard work.
Part of what I really want, though, is the community and parent partnerships Michelle Baldwin speaks of in her blog: http://avenue4learning.com/2011/09/07/what-caring-teachers-want-to-tell-parents/
I want parents and teachers, teachers and teachers and principal and teachers to all feel like the kids in the building are OUR kids and that we all work together to help everyone be the best we can be. Most of all, I want kids to feel like they are a valued member of our community and that they have a voice. I want kids, when they ask to sit with their friends in the cafeteria, to have the freedom to do that, recognizing that with freedom comes responsibility. I want teachers, when they make rules, to think about how that affects kids working together and how it supports and extends collaborations, not compliance. I want our building rules to not be about compliance, but instead about real learning, real community, real life experiences that support responsible, caring people–and not worksheets or busy work to keep kids occupied.
I want people to pay attention to kids–their behaviors that speak volumes as to whether they are connected to other kids and the content and the community–and we need to support, help and reach out to those kids who sit by themselves at lunch, or hang out alone on the playground, or always choose to sit in the back of the room, or to work alone. Pulling those kids (and sometimes, adults) into the community is not an easy task–but a worthwhile one.
And, I want people to recognize that we all understand having large classes (as we do in 4th and 5th this year) is a formidable task…and while my job can be pullout, it is also designed to support classroom teachers managing many different things happening in the classroom at once to provide for all of the various levels of thinking and learning they have in their rooms at any given time. We all have to work towards the skills our county defines as "Lifelong Learner Standards." That can't get lost in the push for test prep or curriculum, or parent pressure to make sure the kid is ready for middle school, or the next grade, or whatever. We have to help students be ready for learning now–and get better at knowing how they learn so they can do it all their life.
We teachers get so wrapped up in what we are doing with our students that sometimes the bigger picture of the community and the underlying goals for the kids' growth are lost. Can we move from thinking about "a teacher's job is" to "our work is…" and agree? Just what is "our work" and how do we do that to figure out exactly how to help kids use the Lifelong Learner Standards to be the best they can be in this ever changing world?
So, a new year begins. What is it that I want to improve upon? If we are going to prepare the students to be lifelong learners and to thrive in the world as it is becoming, we have to recognize that learning is simultaneously personal AND social. I want to make this AND explicit for my students, my colleagues, and my community.


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I haven't found anything in the spec mentioning whether it is possible to rebuild programs e.g with different options or for other devices after they have been build the first time.
Have I overlooked something or is it obvious that its possible since its not specified explicitly? I had the feeling that subsequent builds with other options were simply ignored (release+create new program from source worked of course but is not really "clean").


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But I rode anyways.
Seriously, this was the kind of morning that would have forced me into a car last year. I was honestly considering catching the Dreaded Bus to get to work. It practically offers me Door-To-Door service. This, however, would be cheating, or I'd feel like it is. It really is great to be able to have the absolute worst case scenario available and still have a car-free way to get to work. I really want to make it through the winter without missing a SINGLE bike commute day, though. Taking the Dreaded bus wouldn't ding me as a car commute day (thank goodness), but it wouldn't count as a bike commute day, either.
No. Bullheaded as I am, I rode to my usual brumal bus stop at an average clip of about 8 miles per hour. This is about 50% slower than my usual pace on my mountain bike, about half the usual pace on my road bike (which is the same as hammerfest pace on my MTB), and about 1/4 my hammerfest pace on the road bike -- Just to put things into perspective. I. Was. S. L. O. W. this morning.
Once downtown, I hung out with JR over a warm cup o' joe for a while before heading to work. His birthday was this week, but for some reason he insisted on buying me coffee. Odd, but appreciated.
As far as the tired goes... I'm not sure what the deal is. I get the same amount of sleep every night for the most part, but I think it might not be enough. As the week wears onward, I always seem to feel a little more fatigued. Couple that with the fact that I'm still expected to put out about the same amount of productivity this week as any other week despite having a holiday on Monday, and you've got a recipe for some serious crash-n-burn syndrome. My eyes are burning. My head hurts. My legs are sore, and it's certainly not from all the miles I've been (not) packing on. I'm thinking I should schedule an hour-long meeting over my lunch break in one of the small, windowless conference rooms on the other side of our building...
Random Tunage from my PsyTrance playlist:
Infected Mushroom - None of this is real
Growling Mad Scientists - Shrek
Friday, January 25, 2008
Just too tired this morning
But I rode anyways.
3 comments:
- Sirrus Rider said...
*Nurse mode On* Noah, How long have you been fatigued? Any Weight gain? Muscle Aches?? *Nurse mode off* If it isn't simple fatigue from milage and lack of sleep I'd consider hypothyroidism.
- January 25, 2008 8:31 PM
- Noah said...
It's probably lack of sleep and/or getting old.
- January 25, 2008 9:04 PM
- Jon said...
I have a cycle of approximately three weeks in which I live my normal life; not enough sleep, bicycling every day, etc, followed by a random night (usually Thursday, for some reason) when I suddenly hit the wall and crash out at 6:30 or 7:00 PM.
The, I'm up and back at it at 5:00, the next day. This has been my pattern for about 15 years, now, and I have come to think of it as normal.
Get some rest, and feel better.
- January 28, 2008 8:12 AM
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(CNN) — For all those air travelers wondering what might have caused seats on three American Airlines flights to come loose in recent days, the answer may lie in their own hands.
It turns out that passengers spilling soda and coffee "gunked up" the seat locking mechanism over time on certain planes, American Airlines spokeswoman Mary Frances Fagan said Friday.
That "gunk" affected the track on the ground "that locks the seats to the aircraft floor," she said.
"We are taking extra steps to ensure that the seats do not dislodge from the track."
Seats on at least three American Airlines flights have become loose recently, unnerving passengers in the latest of a string of woes for American. The airline has also been beset in recent months by labor troubles, flight delays and flight cancellations.
The company initially said that it appeared that an improperly installed saddle clamp on one of three types of seats installed in the main cabin of its Boeing 757 airliners was to blame for the loose seats. In that statement, the airline did not mention spilled food and beverages.
The problem first surfaced on a September 26 flight from Vail, Colorado, to Dallas, the airline's vice president of safety confirmed Tuesday.
On Saturday, three seats came loose shortly after takeoff on a flight from Boston to Miami that was carrying 175 passengers. That plane diverted to New York's John F. Kennedy Airport.
Another incident occurred Monday on a flight from New York to Miami with 154 passengers. It returned to JFK without further incident.
While rare, such incidents are not unprecedented. In 2008, according to media accounts, a United Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing when a row of seats came loose on takeoff.
The National Transportation Safety Board does not track such incidents, spokesman Peter Knudson said.
American Airlines filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection late last year.
Last month, a judge threw out American's contract with its pilots union. Since then, pilots have staged what the airline calls a slowdown that has caused the number of flights that are delayed and canceled to skyrocket.
More than 1,000 American flights have been canceled and 12,000 delayed in the past month alone.
Airline management has blamed the situation on pilots filing what it says are frivolous reports about aircraft problems. The pilots union has denied management's assertion.
By Laura Smith-Spark, Michael Pearson, Carma Hassan, Jim Barnett and George Howell contributed to this report.
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Rick and I absolutely love where we live in northern Arizona. Although I do miss the vivid autumn oranges and reds of where I grew up in New England, I have lived in several states in my adult life and I have to say that this area amid the mountains and hills is my second favorite place.
Arizona has more than its share of sunshine and gorgeous sunsets, and we totally appreciate both. Neither of us are big-city people so living in a rural area such as this fits us well, and I love the fact that we're not that far from my children who live in the Phoenix area.
Rick and I are very thankful to God for moving us here. In spite of some setbacks that might have tested our faith if we hadn't fully trusted God, we've been living here for 9 years. You can read more here about that story.
This is the day which the Lord has made;
Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
You are my God, and I give thanks to You;
You are my God, I extol You.
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
—Psalm 118:24, 28-29
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I have a question about some settings in the Intel Desktop Control Center that came with my DX58SO motherboard.
Here is the situation.
Goal - achieve a stable OC at 3.6GHz, then at 4.0GHz
Progress - CPU is overall stable at said frequencies, with minor exceptions related to power.
Problem - AIDA64 zLib and Hash fail with a freeze and instant reboot, with no BSOD, and the reason is logged in Performance Monitor as a "Kernel Power Failure". Intel's tests pass OK, Prime runs no problem, temps stay within operational parameters. Even games such as Sniper Elite v2 are playable, but the zLib and Hash tests cause an instant freeze and reboot.
Suspected culprit - Probably an underpowered CPU due to settings in the IDCC I do not understand at all due to insufficient info on what they are supposed to do, since most people OC through their BIOS and not through this utility, as it's compatible only with select few Intel motherboards and my BIOS on the other hand doesn't have some of the options they talk about, but this thing has some options missing in the BIOS, making up for this. Yes, it is messy.
Question - What do the settings in red do ?
- CPU Volts = vCore volts which I cannot adjust through the BIOS, only in here. Question is why when on defaults the vCore is set to 1.2v, but the CPU casually still pulls 1.24v, which is the next setting in the dropdown list. Never does it when I OC, in fact when I OC and set everything to 1.4v, the CPU will pull considerably less, even under stress, about 1.36v and never reaches 1.4v. Maybe this means it is safe to actually keep it on 1.4 as I OC, as the CPU never pulls this much anyway, but destabilizes immediately if the vCore is not set to 1.4v @ 4.0GHz. Probably vDroop and other power options do stuff here, so I was just curious, and less concerned.
- Max Power (A) = 110 - What is this supposed to do, or correspond to ? Nobody discusses the IDCC anywhere and this Turbo Mode setting is not really well documented in the IDCC Help file.
- Max Power (W) = 130 - I understand this is the stock CPU power setting. What I don't understand is what is the common BIOS setting equivalent, am I supposed to raise it, and how do I determine by how much and what is the safe limit ?
Since we will be talking about Watts and Amps and power here, is there a utility which can actually make the calculation how much power will I need after I change the Watts and Amps so I can tell if my PSU will be capable of providing all this before I go over my head and set things that will be impossible for my PSU to comply with ?
Pic related, it's the IDCC.
System specs
DX58SO, with latest BIOS
IDCC latest version
i7 920 Bloomfield C0/C1
Barracuda 1TB
Kingston Value 4x2GB
PSU Corsair 850W.
All USB ports are populated with stuff that pulls some power from them.
I cannot set the power features through the BIOS, as they are all greyed out there, but IDCC successfully sets them for me from the desktop, and actually allows me to change many settings I cannot otherwise modify, so that's why I am asking.
TL;DR - what do Max Power (A) and Max Power (W) do and what BIOS settings do they correspond to ? What are the safe max values for these and roughly how do I estimate by how much I need to move them, if there is such a rule at all ?
Overclocking i7 920, unclear settings in the IDCC
Discussion about Intel CPUs and overclocking. Need help with that new Intel processor? Not sure which one is right for you? Like to void your warranty? This is the place for you! Please keep the topic on Intel Processors!
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Re: Overclocking i7 920, unclear settings in the IDCC
Desktop overclocking, i do not recommend. the reason why they would be greyed out in the BIOS is because you haven't set the parameters to manual.
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Charities often target certain groups of people when soliciting donations. Those groups may include past donors and people who have recently attended charitable fundraisers. Such an approach can be very effective. It should come as no surprise that criminals posing as legitimate organizations tend to target specific groups of people as well.
Anyone can be fooled by a fraudulent charity, but such criminals tend to target seniors more than others. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, seniors often make attractive targets to con artists because seniors are most likely to have substantial savings, own their homes and/ or have excellent credit. In addition, the FBI notes that elderly victims of fraud and other crimes are less likely to report those crimes out of fear that their families may feel they are no longer able to take care of themselves or manage their own finances.
These factors make seniors especially attractive and vulnerable to con artists, particularly those who prey on wellintentioned men and women by posing as fake charities. But there are steps seniors can take to protect themselves from fraud.
* Be skeptical of solicitors. Many con artists will indicate that persons have given to the charity in the past, hoping that prospective victims simply won't remember if that claim is valid or not. If a solicitor or appeal letter claims that you donated in the past, don't simply take it at face value, especially if you don't recall making such a donation. Get specific information about alleged past donations, checking that information against your own bank records and receipts. Many donors claim donations as deductions on their tax returns, which also can be used to verify or debunk solicitors' claims. Though not all solicitors claiming a past history of donations are dishonest, this is one way that criminals attempt to create a rapport with potential victims, so such claims should be verified before making any donations.
* Don't feel obligated to reciprocate a gift with a donation. Many charities send gifts, be it mailing labels or holiday cards, to prospective donors as a token of appreciation for past donations and as a way of encouraging future donations. Con artists are fully aware of this tactic and may try to imitate it in an attempt to defraud potential victims. No matter if the people behind those mailing labels or holiday ornaments are legitimate charities or con artists, you should not feel compelled to reciprocate a free gift with a financial donation.
* Beware of solicitors pressuring you to donate. Reputable charities should not be on the verge of shut down if you fail to make a donation, so such organizations never pressure prospective donors into making donations. If a solicitor is pressuring you into making a donation over the phone or in person, chances are strong that this person is not representing a reputable charity. In such instances, hang up the phone or, if the solicitor is on your property, politely close the door, ask the solicitor to leave your property and contact the local authorities.
* Send donations directly to the charity after independently confirming their address. When making charitable donations, those donations should never be given directly to solicitors. Donations should only be made after you have independently confirmed the charity's address and mailed straight to the organization. Never make a cash donation, as cash provides no paper trail should you want to deduct your donation or should you learn that you were victimized by a con artist posing as a representative of a reputable charity.
* Request personal information not be shared. Upon receiving a charitable donation, many charities share their donors' contact information with other charities. Such actions are legal as long as no sensitive information is shared. But many donors would prefer their contact information not be shared so they don't find themselves being inundated with solicitations from other charities. Donors can ask to opt out of having their personal information shared upon making a donation. This is especially important for seniors living on fixed incomes who simply cannot afford to support many causes no matter how compelling those causes are.


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It's time for a new installment of Deadspin's college football rankings. As always, the teams are ranked according to the logic and values of college football, no matter how bizarre or contradictory they may be.
1. LSU (12-0) Last week: 1
The Tigers' Thanksgiving Friday victory over Arkansas was included in last week's rankings.
2. Houston (12-0) Last week: 2
The Cougars' Thanksgiving Friday victory over Tulsa was included in last week's rankings, too. And was apparently otherwise ignored, not only by the BCS—which has all but locked in an LSU-Alabama title game—but by critics of the BCS, who have decided to keep whining about Boise State, even though Boise State is a loser. Michael Weinreb devoted a whole column at Grantland to arguing that Boise State (record: 10-1) deserves to play LSU more than Alabama (record: 11-1) does:
Boise State lost a football game, you will say, which may hold a great deal more weight if every other college football team, save LSU and Houston, had not lost a game as well.
For some reason—"the weight of [Boise State's] own recent history"...."because I want to believe in something this bowl season"—Weinreb kept typing after that. Weight of recent history? That's a fancy way of saying it's more important or impressive that Boise State went undefeated as a no-tradition school from a nowheresville conference five years ago than that Houston can do the same thing this year. In 2016, presumably, Weinreb will be rooting for the Cougars.
But the most absurd case is (surprise!) Rick Reilly, who devoted a whole column to trolling Alabama fans about how the Crimson Tide doesn't deserve a rematch with LSU—without even mentioning Houston. Seriously. Click through, ctrl-F, type the name of this year's undefeated outsider. 0 of 0.
Reilly actually finds the kernel of a valid argument. He writes, of the Alabama-LSU matchup:
There shouldn't be one because it makes the BCS honchos liars. This is their Twitter handle: @EveryGameCounts. But how can every game count if it doesn't matter who won the first one?
This is correct. (Repeat: Rick Reilly is correct!) The premise of the whole college-football-champion-selection process is that every single game is not just meaningful but dispositive. The better team wins. The lesser team loses. The notion that each team's record might be the result of a profoundly non-representative sample of highly chance-dependent events is Copernicus-grade heresy.
Even the people who claim to reject the BCS and the polls, calling for a real playoff system, are still subscribing to the faith that game results are infallible. They just think the infallibility works at the cutoff between 10-2 and 9-3, rather than between 12-0 and 11-1.
The real victory for reason won't come till the NCAA finishes collapsing and the four surviving superconferences abandon the BCS. This would lead to a three-stage test: divisional play to qualify for the conference championship game, the conference championship games to qualify for a four-team national playoff, and then the playoff itself.
Under the far more rigorous and sensible logic of this system, by the way, Alabama still wouldn't deserve to play LSU for the national title.
But God forbid Rick Reilly think it through that far. Instead, he taunts the Alabama fans:
Whom would I rather see? Any team that hasn't already blown its chance.
And then he lists four alternative teams—Oklahoma State, Stanford, Virginia Tech, and Boise State—that have all already lost games themselves. Boise State failed to win its own conference. Stanford failed to win its own division. On second thought, Houston is probably better off without Reilly's support.
3. Alabama (11-1) Last week: 7
Whatever their qualifications for the championship game, the Crimson Tide can congratulate themselves on throwing the last shovelful of dirt on the grave of Auburn's era of good feelings, beating their arch-rivals 42-14.
Meanwhile, Rick Reilly also argued that missing the SEC championship game was an advantage for Alabama:
[I]magine how idiotic this system is through LSU's binoculars. While the Bayou Bengals are beating their brains out against Georgia in the conference title game this Saturday at the Georgia Dome — aka, the crime scene — Alabama will be enjoying chicken wings and "Tosh.0" reruns and resting up.
"I won't lie to you," Alabama linebacker Dont'a Hightower told The Associated Press. "It's going to be good to get a week off. A lot of guys are banged up."
A week off? The national championship game will be played Jan. 9, 2012. Alabama will have 44 days off; LSU will have to settle for a mere 37.
4. USC (10-2) Last week: 5
The outlaw Trojans ended their season in a blaze of glory, humiliating UCLA, 50-0. Because USC was a very bad program and allowed professional-caliber football play to be materially rewarded, it is not allowed to play in the Pac-12 championship game, let alone in one of the academically and ethically rarefied bowl games. So the official leader of the South Division is ... UCLA. Congratulations, Bruins! Good luck against Oregon.
USC quarterback Matt Barkley threw for 423 yards and six touchdowns against UCLA. He finishes the year with 3,528 yards, 39 touchdowns, and only seven interceptions. The Trojans had the 15th-best passing offense in the country, by yardage, and only the 56th-best rushing game.
Stanford's Andrew Luck, the presumed Heisman favorite, has 3,170 yards, 35 touchdowns, and nine interceptions. The Cardinal had the 26th-best passing offense in the country and the 22nd-best rushing offense.
5. [Vacant] Last week: 4
Here begin the disappointments. Let's work fast; Rick Reilly has already given them too much credit.
6. Virginia Tech (11-1) Last week: 6
Beat Virginia, 38-0, to secure intrastate bragging rights and a spot in the ACC title game. Being the best college football team in Virginia is like being the best college basketball team in New Jersey. Or the best college football team in New Jersey, really.
7. South Carolina (10-2) Last week: 9
Melvin Ingram had two sacks as the Gamecocks beat Clemson, 34-13, to secure intrastate bragging rights.
8. Arkansas (10-2) Last week: 8
The Razorbacks' loss to LSU was included in last week's rankings.
9. Georgia (10-2) Last week: 10
Beat Georgia Tech, 31-17, to secure intrastate bragging rights.
10. (tie) Michigan (10-2) Last week: 19
10. (tie) Michigan State (10-2) Last week: 17
Michigan made its season by beating its most important foe, Ohio State, 40-34. Michigan State beat Northwestern, 31-17, to secure a spot in the Big Ten title game, but the Spartans had long since made their season by beating their most important foe, Michigan.
12. Stanford (11-1) Last week: 13
The Cardinal beat some third-rate Midwestern program, 28-14.
13. Oklahoma State (10-1) Last week: 11
The Cowboys had the week off.
14. Kansas State (9-2) Last week: 12
The Wildcats had the week off.
15. Oklahoma (9-2) Last week: 14
The Sooners beat Iowa State, 26-6.
16. Oregon (10-2) Last week: 16
The Ducks beat Oregon State, 49-21, to secure intrastate bragging rights and a spot in the Pac-12 title game.
17. Wisconsin (9-2) Last week: 17
The Badgers beat Penn State, 45-7, to secure a spot in the Big Ten title game.
18. TCU (9-2) Last week: 20
The Horned Frogs had the week off.
19. Boise State (10-1) Last week: 21
The Broncos, the sentimental contrarian favorite to play in the national title game, beat Wyoming, 36-14, to secure second place in the Mountain West Conference.
20. Arkansas State (9-2) Last week: 22
The Red Wolves had the week off.
21. Baylor (8-3) Last week: 23
The Bears beat Texas Tech, 66-42.
22. Southern Miss (10-2) Last week: 24
The Golden Eagles beat Memphis, 44-7, to secure a spot in the Conference USA title game against undefeated Houston.
23. Clemson (9-3) Last week: 14
The suddenly moribund Tigers cling to a spot in the rankings on the strength of their early-season success.
119. Maryland (2-10) Last week: unranked
Randy Edsall's Terrapins led North Carolina State 41-14 in the third quarter—and then finished their hard-charging, no-nonsense coach's first season by giving up 42 unanswered points in the final 21 minutes and losing 56-41. It was Maryland's eighth consecutive loss, and the seventh consecutive loss by double digits. Redshirt sophomore running back D.J. Adams was given three carries against the Wolfpack, and gained 41 yards. This week, he asked to be released from his scholarship, sacrificing one of his two remaining years of eligibility to get away from Edsall and Maryland. Adams' father told the Baltimore Sun that his son, who had scored 11 touchdowns for coach Ralph Friedgen the year before, had apparently offended Edsall by showing up for training camp with his hair dyed blond and by wearing an earring.
120. Penn State (9-3) Last week: 120


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There are no comprehensive lists of immigrants arriving in Canada prior to 1865. Until that year, shipping companies were not required by the government to keep their passenger manifests.
If your ancestor arrived from the UK you may find him/her in lists pertaining to British-subsidized immigration schemes for the period 1817-1831.
You might also find an ancestor in correspondence of the Secretary of State on immigration for 1817-1857. There are lists of immigrants, mainly Irish, and entry books re immigration, and assisted emigration to British North America.
These must be ordered offline.
There are passenger lists to Canada before 1865 on The Olive Tree Genealogy.
There are also some passenger lists which were kept by shipping agents in the originating country. For example, the Passenger Books of J & J Cooke, Shipping Agents gives sailings from Londonderry to Philadelphia PA, Quebec, and St. John New Brunswick from 1847 to 1871.
Olive Tree has some passenger lists from these records online, and will be adding more as time permits. For an index of clickable links to those JJ Cooke passenger lists online to date, see
There are also the William McCorkell & Co. lists beginning in 1863 and ending in 1871.
The Hawke Papers, letterbooks of Chief Emigrant Agent Anthony B. Hawke are also available. They cover the years 1831 to 1892.
Details on these (where they are, how to get them) can be found in "Immigration to Canada before 1865" at
You can also search the online database at http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/db/hawke.htm
You might also want to join the mailing list for immigration to Canada before 1865. You can sub from the URL above.
If you want to search online, you may have limited success because only a very small percentage of ships to Canada have been transcribed and put online.
However here is a custom search engine I recommend to make your search time more efficient (and hopefully more successful!)It searches dozens of websites at once.
You can also check out the pages for ships passenger lists to the following parts of Canada:
Ships Passenger Lists to Quebec
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Dancing With The Stars Cast Happy Derek Hough Is Leaving — Exclusive!
Derek's taking a break from the popular show and his fellow dancers are already thinking about how they will benefit from his hiatus
We were saddened to hear the news Derek Hough will not be on the next Dancing with the Stars season because he's taking a break to pursue his film career in upcoming dance movie Cobu 3D. But a DWTS insider says people on the show are glad Derek, 25, is temporarily leaving, both because they are happy for him and because it means someone else will get a chance to win!
"Derek is great, has always been great. He wanted to take time and spread his wings, and we are happy for him. Sure we will miss him while he is gone, but he'll be back," says our source. "We are not scared that him leaving will be a permanent thing, like his sister Julianne, we are pretty sure she's gone forever!"
The other dancers are even looking forward to a Derek-less season! "He's won so many times, this will give someone else a chance!" exclaims our insider, "Plus, now the celebrities won't have that potential security blanket of going far in the show just because of his skill and mentoring. It will add more drama, and make our dancers dance 110% rather then 100% in their race to the top."
"To lose his energy is sad," our source continues, "But I could see him making appearances if his schedule warrants it."
The 13th season premieres in March on ABC, and we can't wait for it! Meanwhile, Derek has been proclaiming his excitement about his new movie all over Twitter, but made sure to tell his DWTS fans "not to worry I will be back in the fall, ready to rock and roll !!!!!"


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Creator SpotlightsbyPublished on 01-16-2011 02:17 AM
Psychological Creator
Interview conducted by TheCountessZ
"Ungreth is a person. He likes some things and not others. He lives in a place and is of a certain age." This is what Ungreth uses to define himself in LBP. Beyond that, he is also great at creating an atmosphere of fear, humor, or frustration in his levels. He creates the mood and then allows the player's imagination to move him/her forward. Whether it's in an old diner, a depressing tenement, or on an alien spacecraft, Ungreth takes you there. And you believe it. ...byPublished on 01-01-2011 12:24 AM
Covering all the angles
Interview conducted by amazingflyingpoo
Variety is the spice of life. More than that, variety is the spice of LBP. Creating is all about inventing new worlds, crafting new adventures, and taking players to places they have never been before. Few creators are as good at this as Spark151, and even fewer can crank out the levels as quickly as he can.
Really, Spark151 is a perfect storm of LBP. He can whip up environments so quickly and so well, he often puts several in every level he publishes. So what gives? Does he have a secret army of Sackbots constructing levels for him in a cloth-and-cardboard sweatshop somewhere? Let's investigate a bit further and find out the secret behind this prolific PSP'er.
...byPublished on 12-09-2010 11:38 PM
Sack of all trades!
Interview conducted by DayneOram
Hello and welcome to another edition of the Creator Spotlight! This time we'll be uncovering the deep and dark secrets of the somewhat unknown creator; Syroc! Wait... What's that? You DO know him? Well, I guess we'll have to try a little harder to bring you something interesting.
It has definitely been interesting to write, I can tell you now! The levels he's made are rather varied, but they all feature very unique movement. Now that's definitely something Syroc has going for himself, if not his brilliant visuals, attention to detail and an astounding ability to make you think!
Keep reading for a peak into the mind of someone you claim to know so well! (No, I still don't believe you )
...byPublished on 11-20-2010 04:08 PM
A Sobering Dose of Genius
Interview conducted by DayneOram
DrunkenFist_Lee is the kind of name that may lead you to think "Naruto and ninja levels. That's what he does." And normally, I'd agree with you, but you're wrong. You see, this guy has a great variety of levels, incorporating some brilliantly varied gameplay, and he delivers it with more style and aesthetic beauty than you can shake a controller at! And just as you're about to conclude what a great level that was, you realise that actually, there's much more to this level than meets that critical eye in all of us. That's when you find yourself choosing the rarely pressed "Replay level".
Then, lo and behold, a hidden area or easter egg enticing you with more gameplay and artistic genius! This begins a hunt for more secrets - leading you to notice all the small details that are so well refined, that you'd hardly notice them upon first glance! The humour he has kept running throughout is neither dull nor forced too, and tells us that, actually, he's a really funny guy! If you have never played his levels then go play them! No, I mean read this first! Or.. Well... DO SOMETHING!!
Anyway, without further ado, Allow me to present... DrunkenFist_Lee!!
...byPublished on 11-05-2010 11:15 PM
Evil Genius
Interview conducted by amazingflyingpoo
There are many different types of creations in the world of LittleBigPlanet. There's grand-scale abstract art, gritty industrial machinery, cartoony landscapes, and somber gothic architecture, just to name a few. Creators are often quite easily identified by the types of things they create; most people tend to settle into one, maybe two comfortable styles and stick with them level after level. A few creators, however, just aren't satisfied with fitting into a pre-defined mold. They reject conformity and have the courage to try anything. They are daring, adventurous, and they surprise and excite the community with every new level they publish.
SalieriAAX is not one of those creators.
...byPublished on 10-22-2010 07:51 PM
Master of the Minigame
Interview conducted by jwwPhotos
From the sea of amazing creators, one radiates with a green glow of an atomic experiment gone a bit wrong. Well.. at least his name does! Regardless, Nuclearfish is a flash of brilliance whether it is his levels, his incredible mini-games, or his leadership of the ever popular Contraption Challenge. His amazing graphic skills and attention to detail is truly phenomenal, even though attempting to take it all in like the elegance of Clockworx, or all the amazing animation in The Liquidizer can land you at the scoreboard all too suddenly! So while we have the chance, lets pause and see what we can find out about this masterful creator!
...byPublished on 10-09-2010 09:18 PM
Zen Master
Interview conducted by amazingflyingpoo
Art can take many forms. It can be a beautiful painting, a thought-provoking sculpture, or a moving composition of music. It's not often one thinks of video games when the word "art" is brought up, even less so when it comes to handheld games. Enter jeffcu28: Calm, collected, well-spoken, and absolutely determined to change the world's mind about what form an artist's canvas might take.
Since the release of LittleBigPlanet PSP in November 2009, jeffcu28 has treated us to some of the most incredible and varied levels we could possibly imagine. We've bounded across giant flowers, watched a level being painted right before our little button eyes, and experienced the vengeful sadness of a love story gone terribly wrong. And then there's that other level he made... but I can't quite remember at the moment what it was all about. No matter, I'm sure it was epic. Let's go ask jeffcu28 to tell us all about it.
...byPublished on 09-25-2010 08:36 AM
Guns, Fun and Bun(nnies)
Interview conducted by xkappax
What do you think of when I say the name Foofles? Do you think of great platforming? Maybe. Do you think of fun boss fights? Perhaps. But more than anything, when I say Foofles, the first thing that springs to mind is Bunnies, bunnies and MORE bunnies! Robotic Bunnies, Space Bunnies, and Giant Bunnies that step on me and kill me; theyre all there, and theyre all brilliant.
But Foofles levels are more than just a bunch of bunnies hopping around and shooting you in the face. They are a marriage between humor, good mechanics and polish. This combination rarely exists in the world of LittleBigPlanet. The levels dont take themselves seriously, but theyre seriously hilarious, and thats really what LittleBigPlanet is all about, isnt it? But enough of my yappin! Lets get on with the interview and see what makes this creator tick... Er, I mean hop.
...byPublished on 08-27-2010 10:16 PM
Killin' Them Logics-ly
Interview conducted by Teebonesy
"Nobody notices the details, they just notice the lack of them." So goes the reasoning behind spending numerous hours fine-tuning and detailing and tweaking micro-details. The reasoning behind planning and laying out clever bundles of hyper-efficient logic to do things wondrous and innovative. The reasoning behind the months of tweaking and turmoil that form rtm223's short but luminous body of work: It's all there so that you won't notice it.
And it's true. Put the average LBP player or a non-LBP player into Subterranean Setbacks, and ask them what they thought of it. They'll likely tell you about their experience. How hard it was - how they couldn't figure out the generator room - how they got past the rat - but what you probably won't hear is "Oh my GOD, how did he manage to make ____? That should be impossible!" The truth is, it's absolutely full of amazingly clever tricks. And perhaps the best trick of them all is how all this cleverness manages to stay appropriately hidden behind the curtain.
...byPublished on 08-13-2010 11:14 PM
Jovial Jedi in search of the farce
Interview conducted by jwwphotos
First off, I have to admit I am a huge fan of julesyjules. About a year ago he was asking for some help in testing one of his levels and I think I broke my arm in doing the " MEEEEE MEEEE PLEASE PICK ME!!!" all while attempting to keep some shred of dignity. My plan didn't really work as I still looked like a silly fan boy, but when I saw the friend's request as well as the key to that level show up in my in-box, my heart leapt into hyperspace quite a few times. So when the task came to be able to celebrate his charm, humor and expertise in the craft of creating LBP levels by doing a spotlight in his honor, it was one I could not pass up.
In the vast universe of LBP, julesyjules is a different kind of creator. He isn't one of those techy, flashy, whiz-bang logic guys or one of the super detailed set building types. What he has excelled at is portraying a fun, adventure-packed story based on a iconic movie from a long long time ago and far far away. He does this with such charm and hilarity as well as delivering quite a bit of clever and tasty bits of platforming. The end result generates an amazingly unique experience filled with wonder and joy. He quite simply challenges your controller prowess with a smile plastered on your face all the way to the scoreboard. Let's see what we can find out about him!


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Pro-slavery Banner
Author: No authors specified.
Date: 1855
This flag was created by pro-slavery Missourians who captured Free State supporter Reverend Pardee Butler of Atchison in April 1855. The pro-slavery men sent Butler adrift on a raft down the turbulent Missouri River with this flag flying from it. The Missourians wanted others to know that the minister had helped slaves escape. Although he was expected to drown, Butler survived.
Location of Original: KSHS/Kansas Museum of History Call Number: CA/Flag, 1927.15
Item Number: 102662 Number of images: 1
Keywords: Abolitionists; Atchison County, Kansas Territory; Butler, Rev. Pardee; Butler, Rev. Pardee; Emigrant aid companies - Free state; Flags and banners; Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872; Missourians; Objects; Proslavery; Proslavery activities; Slavery; Underground railroad; Violence
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