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Arsenal are renowned for their scouting system which has spanned every corner of the globe since Arsene Wenger's arrival to the club way back in 1996.
Last January Wenger turned his eye to the Far East for talent for the first time since Junichi Inamoto had an ill-fated spell during the 2001-02 season.
This time Ryo Miyaichi was the bright young thing signed for the future and joined the club from Chukyodai Chukyo High School back in his native Japan.
A year on from his signature and after an impressive initial loan at Dutch giants Feyenoord, 'Ryo' as he is known, has managed two Carling Cup appearances from the bench against Shrewsbury and Bolton.
With first-team opportunities limited and the likes of Gervinho, Theo Walcott, Andrey Arshavin and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain ahead of him in Arsenal's pecking order on the flanks, the 19-year-old has plied much of his trade in Neil Banfield's reserve set up.
It would seem sensible for Arsenal to pursue another loan deal for Ryo to broaden his experiences in first team football.
Wenger has opted to take this route with a number of talented youngsters, notably Wellington Silva at Levante and Joel Campbell at Lorient.
Ryo's assets include his blistering pace and skilful wing play and even earned the nickname 'Ryodinho' by the Feyenoord fans last season. He usually operates from the left wing position and likes to cut inside on his right foot.
Wenger said of Ryo's current situation: "Will I get him to play somewhere or will he play for us? I have to make my mind up in the next three weeks."
Ryo was an unused substitue in last night's 1-0 FA Cup third round victory over Leeds United.News Now - Sport News


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PITTSBURGH, Oct. 2, 2012 / /PRNewswire/ -- Federated Investors, Inc. (NYSE: FII), one of the nation's largest investment managers, will report financial and operating results for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2012 after the market closes on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012. A conference call for investors and analysts will be held at 9 a.m. Eastern on Friday, Oct. 26, 2012. President and Chief Executive Officer J. Christopher Donahue and Chief Financial Officer Thomas R. Donahue will host the call.
Investors interested in listening to the teleconference should dial 877-407-0782 (domestic) or 201-689-8567 (international) or visit FederatedInvestors.com for real time Internet access. To listen via the Internet, go to the About Federated section of the website at least 15 minutes prior to register, download and install any necessary audio software.
A telephone replay of the call will begin at approximately 12:30 p.m. Eastern on Oct. 26, 2012 and will be available through Nov. 2, 2012. To access the telephone replay, dial 877-660-6853 (domestic) or 201-612-7415 (international) and enter the access code 401060. The Internet replay will be available via FederatedInvestors.com for seven days.
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The best midsummer diversion so far has been the hissing match, as Herald columnist Licia Corbella called it, between B.C. Premier Christy Clark and Alberta Premier Alison Redford.
Rex Murphy exaggerated only slightly when he said, in the pages of the National Post, that the tone of Clark's remarks suggest that her province and Alberta have as many common interests as Holland and Baffin Island. So how did things come to such a situation?
Part of the responsibility lies with the naivete of the Redford government, starting with her national energy strategy. Her vision assumed compatibility, if not harmony, between, say, Quebec, which exports electrical energy to New York City, with Saskatchewan, which sells uranium to China. In the context of the decades-long displacement of Canadian economic strength from the St. Lawrence Valley to Alberta and Saskatchewan, the resentment of the displaced is bound to generate political opposition to anything coming out of Edmonton.
Worse, as many have pointed out, there is no content to Redford's strategy. Policy abhors a vacuum, which has given others the opportunity to provide their own pith and substance — notably Dalton McGuinty of Ontario and Thomas Mulcair of Quebec. And now Christy Clark. Redford has yet to learn that you cannot finesse conflict with empty processes.
Hence, her defensive and legalistic response to B.C.'s demand for a slice of Alberta's royalty income: it would be unconstitutional. Indeed, it violates sections 91(2) and 92(10) of the Constitution Act (1867). Ralph Klein would have said that B.C. didn't deserve a nickel. The oil doesn't come from B.C. The B.C. government doesn't pump it. It doesn't lay the pipe. It won't be paying for any potential clean up, and it already gets nearly $7 billion in windfall taxes for doing exactly nothing, except squat in the way of getting the oil to the world market, which is costing Canada $25 million a day.
In contrast, when Clark demanded a "fair share" of Alberta royalties, her political timing was exquisite. She is on track to lose the election next spring and her expat Alberta advisers could tell her that demanding a "fair share" would instantly remind Albertans of the disgraced Stelmach government's money grab. At a stroke, she provoked Albertans, who are not loved in B.C. any how, and captured the position staked out by NDP Leader Adrian Dix, a serious socialist. The conservative leader, John Cummins, previously a big supporter of the pipeline, turned into a Clark echo chamber.
Can this mean that resentment, greed and fear lie behind Clark's rhetoric? Well, yes, it does. The B.C. environment minister said $7 billion was not enough. British Columbia also wants more money from the existing pipeline to Burnaby, built in 1953, especially if it is upgraded. So, how much is enough? That would be "negotiating in public," Clark said, and she wouldn't do that. But she has been negotiating in public ever since she opened her mouth.
The fact is, Clark has no argument, only pronouncements. If Alberta won't "share," she said, "the project stops. It's as simple as that." All she wants is "to get a fair share out of this project and make sure we're protecting the environment. It's as simple as that." But saying it's simple (twice) doesn't make it so.
The reason Clark's attempt at blackmail might work is that she (and Dix and Cummins) is very much in tune with the change in how large numbers of British Columbians see themselves. The province is no longer a productive resource centre, but a backwater playground. Vancouver is less a big Canadian city than a "world-class" vacation village with lots of multimillion-dollar condos and absentee owners. Of course, they still mine stuff and cut a few trees there, but most people see themselves as soft consumers and rent collectors, drinking lattes in the rain. Many believe in spirit bears and water sprites and require grief counselling when trees blow down in Stanley Park. They are what Nietzsche called "last men."
So, as much as Redford bears some responsibility, she also deserves our sympathy. How are normal, productive, hard-working Albertans supposed to make sense of the sybaritic scatterbrains that make senseless demands on our money? After all, Redford's just a lawyer, not a shrink.
Barry Cooper is a political science professor at the University of Calgary.


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***FOUND IT*** I need half a dozen of these little trim pieces and have no idea what search terms to use. It's a rubber bumper that's pushed thru a 3/16 hole and keeps the hatch of my sidecar from slamming against the fiberglass tub on rough pavement or dirt roads.
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(visited by Matt Cavagnaro)
23-Mar-2003 -- Returning to Orlando from a visit to Atlanta, I decided to tag the last two "reasonable" confluences in Florida that I hadn't visited yet. "Reasonable" meaning, "not underwater" or "20 miles by foot into the Everglades".
I cruised down Eastern Alabama on a postcard day and got into north Florida around 4:00p, with the odds on my side that I'd reach 35N 85W before sunset. I had a great Florida atlas and I remembered the descriptions of the first visitors to these spots, so I didn't imagine I'd have a tough time.
This confluence is located in the middle of the Apalachicola Forest, a beautiful area I've never been to before. The woods are very sparse and it's tall pines most of the way. Florida is great that way, because you've got pine forests like this in one spot and then amazingly dense underbrush and palmettos in another. Luckily, this confluence is at the end of a dirt road smack dab in the middle of a state campground. There were a few people there with RVs to spend the night, and as I went to use the restroom before taking photos, the campground manager informed me he'd be closing the gate in a few minutes. Fighting low batteries in both the camera and the GPS, I managed to capture some images of the campground at sunset.


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Sentient Computing, Security on Wireless Networks and Security and Privacy Implications of Sentient Computing. Also looking into Ultra Wide-Band as a possible low-powered alternative to sensor technology.
1. Anil Madhavapeddy, Alastair Tse, "A Study of Bluetooth Propagation Using Accurate Indoor Location Mapping," Ubicomp 2005, pp. 105-122, Springer-Verlag, Sep 2005
2. Anil Madhavapeddy, Richard Sharp, David Scott, Alastair Tse, "Audio Networking: The Forgotten Wireless Technology," IEEE Pervasive Computing, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 55-61, IEEE Computer Society, Jul 2005
3. Kieran Mansley, David Scott, Alastair Tse, Anil Madhavapeddy, "Feedback, Latency, Accuracy: Exploring Tradeoffs in Location-Aware Gaming," NetGames 2004, in conjunction with ACM SIGCOMM 2004, Sheridan, Aug 2004


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America's New Railroad Age
North America's major freight railroads are in the midst of a building boom unlike anything since the industry's Gilded Age heyday in the 19th century. Betsy Morris reports. Photo: AP.
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Teleconference And Webcast Scheduled For Wednesday, April 17, 2002 At 2:00 P.M. Pacific Time
SUNNYVALE, CA-April 10, 2002- SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) plans to announce its first quarter 2002 financial results after the market close on Wednesday, April 17, 2002.
A conference call to discuss the company's results is scheduled for Wednesday, April 17, 2002, at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time. Those wishing to listen to the call should dial 973-321-1040 at approximately 1:50 p.m. Pacific Time. Please RSVP to SanDisk Investor Relations at 408-542-0585 or email to firstname.lastname@example.com.
The conference call is being webcast by CCBN and can be accessed at SanDisk's website at www.sandisk.com/IR and at www.streetevents.com for institutional investors. The webcast will be available until Monday, April 22, 2002, at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time.
SanDisk Corporation, the world's largest supplier of flash data storage products, designs, manufactures and markets industry-standard, solid-state data, digital imaging and audio storage products using its patented, high density flash memory and controller technology. SanDisk is based in Sunnyvale, CA.
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Johnny Manziel plays down Tim Tebow comparisons
Heisman trophy winning quarterback Johnny Manziel respects Tim Tebow's leadership skills and attitude to the game, but thinks he's a better passer than the former-Florida Gator.
Tebow himself won the Heisman trophy as an underclassman, drawing comparisons with Manziel who become the award's first ever freshman winner last year.
The Texas A&M quarterback, nicknamed 'Johnny Football', torched SEC defences last season - much like Tebow - but the Aggies QB hopes he's considered a better passer than his fellow Heisman alumni.
"I would hope that I'm a better passer than Tim Tebow," Manziel told ESPN's First Take.
"Hopefully, I wouldn't have to go into an offseason and work on my mechanics because as a freshman and as a redshirt freshman, I tried to work on that before I even got into this position where I would have to be questioned about that."
Tebow recently signed with the New England Patriots after a year with the New York Jets. Concerns over his throwing motion and footwork led to speculation the former first round draft pick would not be offered an NFL contract.
But Manziel hopes the same criticisms won't dog his career. Both quarterbacks are comfortable on the run, and took the college football world by storm as young, exciting playmakers.
And while Manziel insists his fundamentals are better than Tebow's, he acknowledges the new Patriot is a great role model.
"He's a great person, he deserves this chance that he's getting in the NFL," Manziel continued. "I do truly believe that from the bottom of my heart.
"As far as being a starting quarterback in the NFL, I don't know if that really suits him."News Now - Sport News


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Chapter 1: A New Friend Named BuddyPress.
Chapter 2: Understanding WordPress Requirements.
Chapter 3: Touring the WordPress Dashboard.
Part II: Getting Up and Running with BuddyPress.
Chapter 4: Setting Up Base Camp.
Chapter 5: Confi guring BuddyPress.
Part III: Understanding BuddyPress Features.
Chapter 6: Exploring Your New Community.
Chapter 7: Enabling Blogs.
Chapter 8: Using the Groups Feature.
Part IV: Customizing BuddyPress.
Chapter 9: Default Theme and Widgets.
Chapter 10: Finding and Installing Themes.
Chapter 11: Understanding Themes and Templates.
Chapter 12: Tweaking the Default Theme with CSS.
Part V: Extending BuddyPress.
Chapter 13: Getting Plugged In with Plugins.
Chapter 14: Integrating Popular Social Media.
Part VI: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 15: Ten Useful BuddyPress Plugins.
Chapter 16: Ten Free BuddyPress Themes.
Chapter 17: Ten Real World Examples of BuddyPress.
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Get the Look: Amy Adams at the Golden Globes./
Makeup Artist Stephen Sollitto created a stunning look for Amy Adams, star of "The Master," who was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role at the 2013 Golden Globe Awards. Stephen used Laura Mercier makeup for her look which perfectly complemented her "ballet pink" Marchesa gown.
· Sollitto prepped Adams' skin using RèVive Moisture Serum Extreme ($350) to ensure the star's skin remain moisturized throughout the red carpet and award show.
· Next, he applied Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer SPF 20 – Oil Free ($43) to give the skin a sheer hint of colour.
· To complete her flawless face and create a natural-looking glow, he applied Laura Mercier Crème Cheek Colour in Canyon ($24) to Amy's cheek bones, followed by Laura Mercier Crème Cheek Colour in Oleander ($24) to the apples of her cheeks.
· Sollitto applied Laura Mercier Secret Concealer ($22) around Adams' eye area to conceal imperfections.
· Next, he applied Laura Mercier Sateen Eye Colour in Sandstone ($22) to add a hint of natural colour.
· He then applied Laura Mercier Sequin Eye Colour in Twinkling Star ($22) to create depth and definition.
· Next, he blended Laura Mercier Sateen Eye Colourin Sable ($22) onto the top of her lids and under her bottom lashes.
· Sollitto lined Adams' eyes using Dior Style Liner ($34) and applied Dior DiorShow Backstage Makeup Mascara ($25) to elongate her lashes.
· Sollitto applied Laura Mercier Crème Smooth Lip Colour in Plum Orchid ($26) to the star's lips, and then completed the look by applying Laura Mercier Lip Glacè in Raspberry ($24).


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If you've ever wanted to learn more about the BHBA, to meet and network with other young lawyers in LA, or even just to find some great volunteer opportunities, join the Barristers at its monthly Board of Governors Meeting! It will take place Wednesday, April 10, at the BHBA Headquarters (9420 Wilshire Blvd., 2nd Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212).
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Two weeks ago, my husband picked all the green tomatoes. (I knew if I procrastinated long enough, he would do it.) I made a green tomato pie. Not one of my children, nor my husband were excited to even try it. For fear of eating cereal for the rest of the week, he hesitantly took a bite. Well, well, it really tasted good, sort of like apple pie with rhubarb. The kids followed and were quite surprised.
I think I found the recipe at www.allrecipes.com.
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Learn why 350 students and staff have participated in the program! More information about this great leadership development program at Lycoming.
Larry Mannolini, Director of Student Programs and Leadership Development is a Certified Facilitator of the Student Leadership Challenge! See a list at: http://www.studentleadershipchallenge.com/facilitators.aspx
For more information on the Student Leadership Challenge please see: http://www.studentleadershipchallenge.com/home.aspx
After much research on various leadership development models available, it was decided to proceed with implementation of The Leadership Challenge at Lycoming. The first introductory sessions were given in the 2008-09 academic year and a full rollout of the new model and SLPI on campus began in the fall of 2009. Since then, 331 students and 19 staff members have attended the introductory session prior to taking the SLPI. These individuals have either taken or are currently taking the SLPI and then working through subsequent workshops following being given their results.
The concept of the program at Lycoming is to have students of various constituencies (interested students, student leaders, Resident Assistant, members of the LEAP Program) attend an introductory session on the program. The subject matter of the program both introduces the model and begins to delve into personal values clarification, which is a key component of Modeling the Way. Kouzes and Posner would argue that in order to lead others, an individual leader must know what he/she stands for and lives by as an individual.
An online account is created for the students for them to log in and both take the SLPI and assign their observers. There is no cost to the student to take the SLPI. The 30 behavior questions are based on a five-point scale based on frequency of exhibiting each behavior. Following the student taking the SLPI and their observers doing so as well, a 16-page statistical analysis report is generated giving the student feedback on how frequently they exhibit the behaviors, thus giving them a snapshot of where they are now and a starting point for practicing the behaviors more in order to improve the frequency.
Subsequent workshops are conducted based on each of the five practices and then the student takes the SLPI a second time to provide another snapshot and comparative analysis showing in what areas the student has shown improvement.
The Director of Student Programs and Leadership Development has attended two training workshops in recent years in Chicago and San Diego. The Director has also taken a summer-long class on The Leadership Challenge, which culminated in a final class/workshop in San Diego in August. As a result, the Director is officially credentialed as a Certified Facilitator of The Leadership Challenge by Jossey-Bass, an imprint of Wiley Inc., of San Francisco, Calif.
Additionally, the Director has had the opportunity to review a first draft of the 2nd Edition of The Student Leadership Challenge for the authros prior to publication. He is has published Student Leadership Challenge activities in The Student Leadership Challenge Activities Book.
The Leadership Challenge is based on continuing research begun in 1983 by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner, researchers at Santa Clara University.
The model originated with individual interviews on what people did when they were at their "personal best" in leading others. Kouzes and Posner soon noticed a pattern developing in the answers given during these interviews. An analysis of thousands of these initial "personal best leadership experiences" brought Kouzes and Posner to develop the model we know today based on the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership: Model the Way, Inspire a Shared Vision, Challenge the Process, Enable Other to Act, Encourage the Heart.
An instrument was developed, the Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI,) which would measure the frequency of how often people exhibit thirty specific leadership behaviors derived from the five practices. The LPI has been used widely in many different industries and corporations and is now one of the most widely used leadership instruments in the world. A version of the LPI has been developed for students, called the SLPI. It is a 360-degree instrument where the student takes the SLPI answering questions about him/herself and then asking other people to take the instrument answering the same questions about the student. These observers, would be selected by the student as being people who have observed the student in some sort of leadership capacity.
Kouzes and Posner's main book, The Leadership Challenge, has sold over 1.8 million copies and been translated into 20 different languages. It has been selected as one of the Top 10 books on leadership of all time (according to The 100 Best Business Books of All Time). More than 400 doctoral dissertations and academic research projects have been based on the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership Model.
All of The Leadership Challenge-related books, assessment instruments, and training materials are published by Jossey-Bass (books) and Pfeiffer (assessments and training materials), imprints of John Wiley & Sons, Copyright 2000-12. Portions of this handout were derived from the official website on The Leadership Challenge, www.leadershipchallenge.com, and were included only for the purposes of describing the program as it is used at Lycoming College.


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Fishing can be a phenomenal and fun activity for children and youngsters. Fishing can be a very fulfilling sport; you and your family can fish rather than dealing with the hectic routines of day to day life in Montclair, and enjoy the outdoors. Families regularly enjoy the outside air, find out about the earth, and even create great memories. Best of all, fishing is quality time spent together talking, laughing and sitting next to each other. It can be a perfect game for little children, on the off chance that you present it emphatically. For some families, the experience of fishing with live bait, and catching fish that later become dinner, can be a memory making experience that lasts a lifetime.
Here are some of the thought to make your fishing trip successful in Montclair with your kids.
Montclair Live Bait Well
Best Ways To Go Fishing With Kids?Photo: Joe Milmoe, USFWS
With over 40 million people fishing each year, it can be a great way to spend time outside with family and friends. Whether you're revisiting something you haven't done in years or you're wanting to try it for the first time, don't feel overwhelmed! These basics will get you started.
Checklist for Fishing in Fresh Water:
- A state fishing license (depending on your age)
- A fishing rod and reel
- 4- to 12-pound-test monofilament fishing line
- A package of fishing weights
- Fish hooks (Number 6–10 size)
- A plastic or cork bobber
- A selection of live bait or fishing lures
You'll find everything you need at a fishing tackle or sporting goods store.
The Improved Clinch Knot
Pass line through the hook eye and, with the tag end, make 5 turns around the standing line. Insert the loose end of the line between the eye and the first loop formed. Bring the tag end through the large second loop formed. Wet the line and tighten the knot slowly.
Hook, Line, and Sinker
Now you are ready to set up your rod with hook, line, and sinker. Tie on a fish hook. Attach 1 or 2 sinkers, 6 to 12 inches above the hook. This weight will keep your bait or lure down in the water and will help swing it away from shore. A bobber lets you know when fish are biting, because it moves up and down in the water as fish nibble at the bait. Most bobbers attach to fishing line with a spring clip and move up and down the line easily, depending on how deep you want to fish the bait.
What Tackle Can I use?
With spin casting or spinning tackle, you can put the bait or lure where the fish are. You can cast greater distances with more accuracy, work lures effectively, fish in deeper water, and handle larger fish more easily with this tackle.
Spin-casting outfits use a rod with a pistol-like grip and a reel that's mounted on the top of the rod's handle. Line is released using a push button on the reel. This is the easier rod and reel for beginners.
How Can I Learn to Cast?
Once you've selected a spin-casting or spinning outfit, use the Improved Clinch Knot demonstrated above to tie on an inexpensive rubber covered weight called a casting plug. Next, find an open area away from other people where you can practice casting.
What about Accessories?
A tackle box will store a variety of lures, hooks, snap swivels, weights, and tools like long-nose pliers and other gear you can use. You might also need a live bait container (such as a minnow bucket or a worm box), a stringer or an ice chest to keep your catch fresh, a landing net, and a first-aid kit for minor emergencies.Learn more about fish species you may see!
Catch and Release
Fish should never be wasted. If you catch a fish that is under the legal or minimum size or that you do not want to keep, release it quickly. If possible, keep the fish in the water and handle it carefully. When it begins to wiggle and can swim normally, let it go.Learn more about fish species you may see!
Safety First!
- Fish with a companion who can offer help in an emergency
- Be careful when handling sharp hooks
- Don't cast near other people, and always look around before making a cast.
- Wear a Coast Guard-approved personal flotation device or life vest when wading or in a boat.
Practice Conservation
A good angler respects our natural resources and wants to conserve them for others to enjoy. Always carry out what you brought in and never leave behind plastic containers or packaging. Fishing line is very dangerous to birds and other wildlife, so pick up and recycle.
Go Fish!
There are many places to fish and they're likely closer than you think. Including many national wildlife refuges!
Look for a weedy or rocky area where the water is several feet deep. Look for areas where the bottom changes in some way — from sand to gravel or from sand to mud. Stay quiet and avoid disturbing the water or you may scare fish away. Next, bait your hook. Swing the bait as far from shore as you can and watch the bobber. When a fish bites, raise the tip of the rod quickly to set the hook and reel your catch in.
>> Learn more about fish species you may see!
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Fellow residents of Garheim
For the many builders that have already signed up for GC4 - Thank you!
AK and I are looking forward to many wonderful builds that you will surely produce.
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Being a member at the course I was very disappointed with the way they treat the members, the range is only opened to UCA golf team, and as far as I know it will never open to members and guests. The layout is strange, but the individual holes are great. If you like walking it is very tough, but it is doable. The reason 9 and 18 are incorrect on the scorecard is they had the yardage book done and it was discovered that they original yardage was way wrong, so they changed 9 and 18 to par 4s.
The course itself is nice enough. Staff in clubhouse weren't so friendly, but the Marshalls were nice enough. The course will challenge almost every aspect of your game, with rolling hills, flat holes, hazards everywhere. Just think about keeping it in play off the tee and par is a good score for this course. It will be much nicer as time goes by. Disappointed the driving range was closed for some unknown reason. Nice chipping and putting practice greens. Fairways and greens in very good condition. Pace of play was not enforced, so a round took 4 hours 40 minutes, way too long. With the pace of play not enforced and the fact the course layout is strange, I can only give this 3/5 stars. Layout being strange because you have to navigate through apartment parking lots and compete with speeding drivers in your cart. Easy to get lost in between holes 11 and 12, and several others. Other complaint is that the marker for number 18 lists incorrect yardage and calls it a par 5, the score card says it is a par 4 with shorter yardage, scorecard is correct, why haven't they fixed the 18th tee box sign?
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Ann Romney's task: Humanize Mitt
TAMPA, Fla. — Ann Romney will take to the podium here Tuesday night and try to accomplish what the sharpest minds in Republican politics have failed to do: present her stiff and awkward husband as a likable guy.
Her speech is considered second in importance only to Mitt Romney's and will set the tone for the week as the Republican Party presents its case for turning President Barack Obama out of office.
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Convention and campaign officials see Ann Romney as the only person who can credibly change the image of the former Massachusetts governor from remote rich guy to that of a man of warmth and character.
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"She will step back from her stump speech and outline the tenets of Mitt Romney's life," said Katie Packer Gage, deputy campaign manager.
"It will be a bigger, broader speech that will go back to Mitt's earlier life, the values his parents gave him, his life as a successful businessman, as head of the Olympics, as governor, as a father and husband.'"
And Ann Romney is expected to get a dramatic assist: the Romney campaign confirmed Monday night that the candidate will travel to Tampa on Tuesday, though officials coyly would not say why or whether he just might stroll onto the stage after his wife speaks during prime time to energize the convention.
If there has been a recurring mantra from GOP message-makers during this convention so far, it is that Romney's low likability is of little consequence in an election cycle in which voters are looking for competence and leadership. But there is also an awareness among Republicans that no matter how hard they try to present Romney as "uniquely qualified" to lead the country, polls show that voters see him as out of touch with the middle class and unable to relate the everyday challenges life presents.
And so Ann Romney will also strive to show that her family, like many others, has had its share of burdens and crises to shoulder.
"You will learn that the Romney family is not that different from other families when it comes to dealing with personal challenges and medical crises," says Eric Fehrnstrom, Romney's closest adviser and confidant. "Ann has a saying: 'Everyone has his or her own bag of rocks to carry.' In the case of the Romney family, it has been her diagnosis with multiple sclerosis and later her cancer scare.
"To the extent people want to know a more personal side of Mitt Romney, Ann Romney will be that messenger," Fehrnstrom said.
Friends, family and aides said Ann Romney has been holding up well under the stress of the campaign. But there have been some indications that it has been a struggle. She recently acknowledged that she had an MS flare-up last spring, which she attributed to exhaustion. A family member said she didn't share it with her husband or five sons.


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Tuscaloosa-area home sales topped the 200 mark in April, making it the best April for home sales in seven years.
Tuscaloosa-area home sales topped the 200 mark in April, making it the best April for home sales in seven years.
Some 206 homes were sold according to figures compiled by UA's Alabama Center for Real Estate.
It was only the second time since 2003 that April saw more than 200 homes sold in the Tuscaloosa market.
In 2006, some 236 Tuscaloosa-area homes were sold in April. That was during the home-
buying boom and two years before the Great Recession hit.
"Sales will likely hover around the 200-unit level during early summer months," said Grayson Glaze, ACRE's executive director. "The market should continue to gradually improve."
In March, 165 homes were sold in the Tuscaloosa market and in April 2012, 144 were sold.
Tuscaloosa-area home sales are up 15.1 percent for the first four months of 2013, compared with the like time in 2012.
The median price of homes sold in April was $149,300, down slightly from the $150,000 median price in March. The median price is the mid-price, meaning half of the homes sold for more and half for less.
Glaze said the median price of homes sold in the Tuscaloosa market rose by about 2.5 percent in 2012.
"The market continues on an upward pricing trend," Glaze said.
Over the past 11 years, the median price for homes sold in April ranged from $128,900 in 2004 to $157,000 in 2008, the price peak that was reached before the nation's housing market collapsed later that year, he said.
Single-family homes that had a previous owner continued to be most popular with buyers, accounting for 78 percent of the sales. Newly built homes accounted for 5 percent of the purchases and condos, 9 percent.
Some 1,498 homes were listed for sale in the Tuscaloosa area in April, with the average home sold being on the market for 110 days.


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Paul Walker's will stipulates that his 15-year-old daughter, Meadow, will inherit his entire estate, worth $25 million. Walker passed away in a car crash last November at age 40.
Meadow currently lives with her mother in Hawaii, but according to TMZ, Walker's will also states that the late actor wanted his mother to be guardian of Meadow as well as the estate.
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Board must fill $2.25 million hole next year without sales tax increase
After Lenoir County voters soundly defeated a quarter-of-a-cent sales tax increase Tuesday, the county commissioners must find ways of closing a $2.25 million budget gap next year without tax increases.
The members of the Board of Commissioners are faced with this task while taking on two new board members.
Commissioner-elect Craig Hill, a Democrat, defeated incumbent District 3 Republican Tommy Pharo Tuesday. A Democratic replacement for long-serving Chairman George Graham of District 5, who was elected to the N.C. House Tuesday, must also be named.
Tuesday�s election gives the Democrats a 5-2 supermajority on the board. The remaining Republicans, Commissioners J. Mac Daughety of District 1 and Eric Rouse of District 2, said Wednesday they were dead-set against raising property taxes, and cuts to services would have to be made.
�We�re going to have to cut services to make up the difference in my opinion,� Rouse said. �Raising property taxes is right out.�
Daughety said he did not want to cut �essential services� such as law enforcement, EMS and education, but �everything else is on the table.�
�The people have spoken, and they have given us their mandate and their direction that we are to go out and balance this $2.25 million deficit in the budget with the resources at hand,� he said.
County Manager Mike Jarman told the commissioners earlier this year that a $3.2 million shortfall was projected for the 2013-14 fiscal year.
About $1 million could be made up with an appropriation from the general fund balance, and a sales tax increase of 0.25 percent could bring in at least $1.1 million in additional revenue each year.
The county is facing difficult financial straits in the next few years as the national and local economies continue to struggle, and the county must pay off bond debt accrued to build schools and expand the local jail.
Commissioner Linda Rouse Sutton, an at-large Democrat who was re-elected Tuesday with her fellow at-large Democrat Reuben Davis, noted Greene County voters approved a sales tax increase.
�We just needed to have done a better job of educating folks (in Lenoir County),� she said.
Sutton said the commissioners would work with county residents as much as possible, but services will have to be cut back so the county can meet its budget.
�There are only two options and that would be to raise the property tax or to cut services, and we all agree that the people in the county just can�t handle any more taxes,� she said.
Hill, who is stepping into his first term, said the commissioners will have to �take some real critical looks at the budget.�
�I�m sure that the county manager and his team will have to look at a lot of different scenarios to get a budget that�s acceptable,� he said.
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I recently received a recommandation for setting my password to above 20 characters. The algorithm used for encryption is AES with a 256 bit primary key. How secure is a, let's say, 8 char password against brute force attacks for deciphering encrypted files?
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Job Title : Community Assistant
Department(s) : Operations
Reports to : Resident Service Manager/Executive Director
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Assume a primary leadership role, serving as a role model for responsible behavior and personal integrity; exercise good judgment. Be a law abiding citizen.
Help establish community norms and ground rules to ensure open and honest communication and responsible student conduct.
Attend weekly staff meetings and contribute to the work of the staff.
Know all of your residents that live in your buildings and be interested and active in their wellbeing at Pointe West
Develop strong facilitation, effective communication and other leadership skills by participating in all training and orientation programs.
Work with fellow staff in a positive and respectful manner.
Must be on duty at various times throughout the semester, according to the duty schedule. Possibly function as a desk attendant during duty and perform the duties as required.
Attend and participate in all in-service training programs, staff meetings and activities, which occur throughout the year. Absences from the in-service programs, staff meetings, and activities without permission of the Executive Director or Assistant Director can result in termination of employment. The in-services, staff meetings, and activities are designed to equip the Community Assistant to handle the responsibilities of the position.
Community Assistants are on call 24-hours a day. You may be asked to help out during a time you were not assigned duty, in cases of emergencies and special events.
Realize that staff are required to share information with supervisors and will not be able to preserve confidentiality of individual residents (duty to report).
During times of staff selection, all staff may take an active role in interviewing applicants as determined by the selection committee.
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As a model resident, your suite must be presentable and available for tours. You may be required to be a tour guide if necessary.
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- Weekly hours required in the leasing office.
- Submit maintenance requests to maintenance staff in a clear and timely manner.
- Work closely with custodial personnel to help them accomplish their goals as efficiently as possible.
- Know and educate residents about the emergency response protocols and procedures. Assume a leadership role in crises.
- Submit completed information reports (IR's) in regards to policy violations within the required deadline.
- Complete other tasks as assigned by staff.
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- Within established guidelines, confront policy violations as they arise and promptly advise your supervisor via email and printed hardcopy, and/or by phone.
- Know and educate residents about Pointe West policies, procedures, regulations, and community standards.
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- In all cases keep the Executive Director (ED) informed of behavioral problems and actions taken. Ex. (Suicidal students, sexual assault, eating disorders, etc.)
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I've always been a big fan of the sauna. A good sauna can relax you, clear your head, and make your skin look great. And all of this for a mere fifteen minutes of sweating. Not a bad deal, when you think of it. I would love to go to a sauna right now, but I'm busy trying to unpack music books, learn how to pronounce unbefristige-Aufenthaltserlaubnis, and teach my son how to say danke to the cheese lady at the local market.
In Germany saunas are for naked people only. Bathing suits are verboten. Fine. But I'm an American woman. I'm fond of Lycra tank suits in dark colors, preferably with invisible lace-covered support panels. These days I worry that my six-pack looks more like a one-pack. A naked debut in public should be left to those on the prettier side of middle age.
One of the great things about moving to a foreign country is getting a chance to discover just how brainwashed we are by our own customs and traditions. After just a few months in this country, I can see the German catalog of odd customs is just as wacky as its American counterpart. The trick, I suppose, is to figure out which American habits to toss and which German habits to adopt. Maybe the sauna would be a good place to start.
With this in mind I set off for the sauna. My husband stays home with our toddler son, who yells on my way out the door, "Get NAKEY, Mommy."
I enter the Sülztal Family Sauna—an oasis of tranquility tucked into a corner of meadow next to the Autobahn. I pay my fee for a day pass, tuck my hang-ups in the locker with my underpants, put on a bathrobe, and step through the heavy wooden door into a room filled with fountains, pools, and sunlight streaming through generous windows. There are men everywhere. Old men. Young men. Naked men. Water, water everywhere and not a gal in sight. I thought this was supposed to be a family place.
I try not to stare, really I do, but I've got a front-row seat at the Penis Parade, and it's a spectacle I've never seen before. These guys have other remarkable features, I'm sure, but all I see are penises. Fat ones, skinny ones, dangling and dazzling, the long and the short of it. Who knew there were so many varieties? And look! That penis marching toward the waterfall? It's wearing a little hat.
Flip, flop, flip, flop. The sound of the naked men's pool shoes flapping on the tile floor slaps me back to reality.
"Brauchen Sie Hilfe?" says a middle-aged man with a friendly penis. I mean smile. I have no idea what he's saying. In addition to my lack of German-language skills, I am also suffering from hysterical deafness.
I put on my very best face, the one I once wore when asking for assistance at the Chanel counter at Saks Fifth Avenue, cinch the belt on my bathrobe, look him in the penis, I mean eye, and say, "I am lost. Where is the door? You know. Door. Go outside." I am speaking in a very loud American Indian voice, the one I use when I think I'm talking to non-English speakers. I sound like Tonto.
"You are standing right next to it," he says, in perfect English. "Here, allow me." He is a gentleman with no pants on. He opens the door and I step through.
Germans love fresh air, even when they're naked and the temperature is cold enough to stun a polar bear. I walk through the garden, shivering. I sneeze. This is ridiculous. I'm at a place that specializes in heat, and I'm out here freezing my ass off.
Hey, look at that guy there. The one with the blond penis, I mean hair. Well, that too. He looks like Sting.
I follow Sting because he looks like he knows where he's going. He jumps into a pool, and I continue on the circular path until I'm back at the entrance to the main building. I spot the steam room and peer through the glass door. Two women. No men. This I can handle.
I look over my shoulder to make sure no one is staring, remove my bathrobe, yank open the door, and enter the steam room. The two naked ladies acknowledge me with a hearty "Guten Morgen." In Germany, when you enter a bakery, the waiting room of the doctor's office, or a sauna full of buck-naked people, you are required by some mysterious code to shout out a greeting. Then you sit down and completely ignore everybody until it is time to leave, at which point you walk to the door and shout out a spirited goodbye. This custom can be particularly daunting for a naked foreigner.
"Guten Morgen!" I yell back at them. Silence. I sit. I wait. The steam hisses and covers us in a translucent fog. The mist airbrushes my stomach wrinkles and the voices in my head are quiet. It's peaceful in here, a rain forest without the forest. Okay, maybe it's a tad too warm. Just a tad, but I'm coping.
The two other women stand and stretch. Before leaving, they turn on a hose and spray off the bench for the next guests. What a nice country, I think.
"Auf Wiedersehen," they shout.
"Auf Wiedersehen," I respond. I'm one of the crowd now. No one would ever guess I'm American. I'm just another naked Frau out for a steam.
It feels so luxurious, so decadent, being in this huge steam room all by myself. But warm. Very warm. Some might say hot. Boiling hot. Oh my God. Time to get out of here. I teeter toward the exit. Just as I reach the door, two barrel-chested men barge into the steam room.
"Guten Morgen!" they shout.
"Guten Morgen!" I say. Now what? If I remain standing I'm fully exposed.
I sit down. I cross my arms and my legs, hiding my private parts by turning myself into a human pretzel. I'm sweating like a Schwein. If I don't get out of here soon I'll faint. Drat. Worse than having these two guys see me naked in a steam bath would be to wake up in a German Krankenwagon with nothing on. Or what if I die from the heat and end up in the Nakey Morgue with a coroner making snide comments about my lack of muscle tone?
Just as I'm about to flee, I remember that I'm obliged to spray off the damn bench. I grab the hose and turn on the faucet. The hose flies out of my hands and sprays one of the men in the face with cold water. He yells. The hose—which has a life of its own—writhes on the mosaic tiles like a snake in an Indiana Jones movie. I hit the floor and crawl around—buck-naked—wrestling with the hose as it jerks up and down.
So much for dignity.
Sorry sorry sorry. I slide back toward the faucet. As I turn off the water I hear the men muttering something about foreigners. There goes the neighborhood, I imagine them saying.
I do not spray off my seat, and I do not shout a cheerful "auf Wiedersehen" as I drag myself out the door. I lean against the cool tiles of the shower area, gulping at the fresh air. For just a second, I forget that I'm naked. I notice my skin is as soft as a baby's behind. A middle-aged baby, but I'll take it.
I learn to love my neighborhood sauna. I experience one minor setback when I turn on the automatic "back massager" in the outdoor cold-water swimming pool. It unleashes a powerful stream of water that catapults me like a nude Scud missile to the other side of the pool, right in front of the folks having lunch on the terrace. By the way, when the weather is warm, many of the diners are also naked. I haven't yet mustered up the courage for nakey dining. Somehow drinking a cup of hot coffee while topless doesn't seem like the wisest choice.
My husband now enjoys the sauna as much as I do. He has become an expert in the Sauna Step-over Technique, a tricky procedure that involves lifting one's leg and stepping over other naked people. Without the benefit of a bathing suit, or, at the very least, underpants, this can be difficult to master while maintaining a sense of decorum. Years will pass before I'm brave enough to attempt a step-over—I learn to look for a person with closed eyes, step lively, and try not to cough.
I'm at home in the German sauna now, even though, deep down inside, I still feel slightly embarrassed—and very American—when I enter the land of the unclothed. I've stopped staring at penises, chasing hoses, and flinging myself across swimming pools. I don't know why the naked sauna was such a big deal for me in the first place. No one stares, no one cares, because naked, we all look pretty much the same—vulnerable, fragile, and flawed. Every so often I run into one of the gorgeous people, a Sting look-alike or a supermodel or a champion figure skater. We avoid eye contact and sit together and sweat. German or American, we all carry the weight of our nakedness, light as a feather, heavy as the past. Maybe it's a burden worth sharing.
"Get nakey, Mommy!"
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Are you hitting the road this summer? How would you like to wrestle the digital devices away from the kids in the back seat and encourage some old-fashioned family fun?
Join our 2013 Road Trip Scavenger Hunt!
Hundreds of Bay Area News Group readers participated last year in this good-natured competition — and by the time the submissions were judged, then compiled into photo slideshows, we all got a chance to vicariously enjoy the travels of our neighbors.
Here's how it works: We give you a list of 20 items to find during your summer travels. Just snap a photo of each item — with at least one member of your scavenger hunt team appearing in each picture. You are strongly encouraged to be creative and find some humor on your travels. Then submit your photos by 5 p.m. Sept. 5, and a panel of staff judges will select the winners.
You don't have to have a clutch of kids to take part. All travelers are encouraged to enter — from solo road warriors and colleagues on business trips to groups of friends and extended families.
Read on to learn the contest rules, and find out more about the categories we will be judging. We will select one winner in each category, except Wild Cards, which may have several winners. And clip the scavenger hunt checklist on this page and take it with you on your travels.
Remember, it's a travel contest, so you must venture outside the nine counties we list below.
Winners get to revel in the publication of their photos and online slideshows that can be shared with friends far and wide.
Most Items Found
We know from experience that our traveling teams will be up to the challenge, so expect this category to be competitive. For that reason, we are asking every team to answer our tiebreaking question: How many teams will find all 20 items? (Last year, 132 of the 154 teams that participated found all 20 items.) Additional ties will be settled by random draw.
Most Creative Scavengers
Ingenuity wins the day here. The more outside the box you think, the more likely you are to impress the judges. (No, staging photo shoots in the backyard won't count.)
All in the Family
This recognition goes to the family that works well together. Yes, kids, that means you must include your parents in some of the pictures. And we want to see the kids going all out to win this one.
Best Road Trippers
Are you a dynamic duo? Best friends since college? Families teaming up? We are looking here for an enterprising team that is tenacious, creative and clearly enjoying the game.
Made the Judges Laugh
We like to laugh. Winners in this category will have found a lot of items, shown their sense of humor and let us share in the laughter.
Wild Cards
These teams may barely miss the cut in the other categories, but they still deserve recognition for their efforts.
1. Hunt down the items from the checklist. Take a photo of the item. At least one member of your travel group must be in the photo. Be creative!
2. The deadline is 5 p.m. Sept. 5. See the submission instructions in the related box.
3. Captions must include the names of the people appearing in each photo and the city, state and/or country where you found each item. Photos without accurate and full caption details will be disqualified.
4. To be official, an entry must include the full names of all participants, your daytime phone number, email address and mailing address.
5. The judges are ruthless about rules 1 through 4! We don't want any disappointed participants, so make sure to include all the necessary info.
We will feature our winners and at least one of their photos in the Travel section in late September. The complete photo albums of the winners will be posted online.
Questions? Email us at email@example.com.


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Netflix is about to spread its wings and fly to several new European countries as part of a sizeable expansion plan later this year. Without being too specific on when, the streaming video service announced that Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Belgium and Luxembourg are the lucky six.
And that's about all there is to say about that right now. The new locations will be subject to the new, higher subscription pricing model – though Netflix hasn't confirmed how much yet – and there's of course a ridiculous number of devices upon which you can watch your content. Something you folks in those countries have been waiting on?
Source: Netflix


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EDIT: I found both answers to my question to be unsatisfactory. But I think this is because the question itself is unsatisfactory, so I reworded it in order to allow a good answer.
One take on contextuality is to develop an inequality on measurement outcomes that is satisfied for any ontological noncontextual theory, and see that it is violated by quantum mechanics.
Another take would be to assume an algebraic structure and see that if one restricts the observable algebra to be commutative, the expected values of certain operators are restricted to lie in a given range, whereas if we allow non-commutativity the range is greater.
These approaches coincide? I've seen plenty of works that assume that it does, but without discussing it; in particular there is this paper by Tsirelson that states (in the particular case of Bell inequalities) that both approaches are equivalent, but without proving it. Is it too obvious?
At first sight, an ontological noncontextual theory is much more general than some theory embedded in a C*-algebraic framework. Why then can't it generate stronger correlations than theories with commuting algebras of observables?
Can one find a more direct connection between non-commutativity and the violation of a contextual inequality?