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I guess nobody ever fishes this beach? I have been by this beach but never stopped there.
Wiki says that it lies at the estuary of the san diego river. So that should feed in some good nutrients and bait fish I would think. I guess we will see. Maybe I will have to make a trip down there to be the first one to post up a report with a big fish!
Or is it MLPA? maybe that is why. Little research is in order i guess.

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ARC Future Fellowship success
26 July 2012
Researchers from the Faculty of Agriculture and Environment have achieved significant recognition and success with Associate Professor Budiman Minasny and Dr Andrew Merchant being awardedARC Future Fellowships.
Early and mid-career researchers at the University will help manage climate change and food security, improve our detection of money-laundering schemes, and increase the wellbeing of mothers and newborns thanks to new Australian Research Council (ARC) funding announced earlier this week.
Senator Chris Evans, Minister for Science and Research, announced 209 ARC Future Fellowships totalling $151 million to provide research opportunities to some of the world's best mid-career researchers.
The University of Sydney received 22 of these, the largest single cohort of any institution.
One of those is Associate Professor Budiman Minasny, who was awarded the fellowship to work on the dynamics of soil-landscape carbon.
The project will investigate the causes and controls of spatial and temporal variations of soil carbon in the landscape which is crucial for managing climate change, food water and energy security and for maintenance of biodiversity
The second successful project is about post-photosynthetic reactions governing allocation and flux of photo assimilates have significant regulatory control over plant growth and productivity. This project combines new molecular, chemical and imaging technologies to quantify the flux of carbon and its regulation through plant metabolic networks to create tools for monitoring and management of plants growing in a changing climate.
Dr Andrew Merchant said: "A future fellowship allows me to investigate the complexity of biochemical networks and the core reactions that are central to a plants ability to cope with changes in its environment".
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Phone: 02 8627 1003


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Tuaregs, climate and guns in the Sahel
Strife in the Sahel: A perfect desert storm | The Economist:
"Low precipitation may seem normal near the Sahara. In fact, much of the Sahel normally gets enough rain to allow modest farming. But a rise in water temperatures in the nearby Gulf of Guinea has shifted the flow of rain clouds southwards, meteorologists say. Livestock have died in droves. Long-term overgrazing and fast population growth have made the problem worse.
Oxfam, an aid agency, warns of a humanitarian disaster, with more than 1m children facing severe malnutrition. Villagers in Chad already dig up ant hills to gather grain the ants have stored. But the worst-affected place is now Niger, a landlocked country of 15m people which, even in normal times, accounts for a sixth of global child deaths from malnutrition. Save the Children, another aid agency, says that the situation in Niger has worsened since September, when a lack of rain led to crop failures of up to 80%.
Misery has made the Sahel's thousands of unemployed an easy target for recruiters from extremist groups. Their main base lies across Niger's badly patrolled border with Algeria, where the Sahel becomes outright desert. A two-decade-old Islamist insurgency there has adopted the mantle of global jihad and renamed itself al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. Having failed to dislodge the military regime along Algeria's densely populated Mediterranean coast, these extremists are increasingly focused on the sandy hinterland.
In January they kidnapped a provincial governor near Niger's border with Libya. They also hold at least 18 Europeans hostage. Several of these are in the custody of a new splinter group that announced itself in December. The Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa is led by black Africans, rather than the Arabs who typically dominate jihadi circles. To set themselves apart they strive to be even more radical. Modern weapons flow to them from Libya. After the collapse of its government last summer, some former rebels have been selling off the contents of looted armouries."
Great rare piece on the complex range of factors that are making the Sahel more explosive than ever. If course the spread of weapons from Libya was something many warned about before the civil war there. But impact of climate change may be more serious in the long run.


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From the moment Bella Swan blinks those blood-red eyes of a newborn vampire, you just know that "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2" is going to be vampirrific. Which is not quite the same as terrific, but for the swooning series that made heartthrobs of Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner, it just feels right.
In its fifth and theoretically final film, the mega movie monster spawned by novelist Stephenie Meyer's phenomenon spends virtually all of its 115 minutes feeding the unquenchable thirst its fans have for all things "Twilight." To give "BD2" its due, it is the best of the bunch and will be much loved by Twihards, which should by no means be mistaken for praise.
The movie has plenty of romance, which is what first hooked the teen set. But it is a far more ferocious brand now that Bella (Stewart) can put all of her new vampire muscle into making sweet mush with dreamy undead hubby Edward Cullen (Pattinson). It also has ab-rrific werewolf Jacob Black (Lautner) baring his body as well as his soul — prepare to hear screams when this happens. And there are sexy new bloodsuckers like Lee Pace's Garrett (why, oh, why didn't they introduce him sooner?).
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The action is completely over the top, warming up with arm wrestling and rock climbing, then going in for the kill with a head-ripping, body-burning battle that pits the Cullen clan against those world-dominating Volturi, fashionably led by Aro (Michael Sheen, as devilish as ever), with Jane (Dakota Fanning) delighted to handle the dirtiest dirty work.
And — this is an important one — "Breaking Dawn — Part 2" does not take itself too seriously. There are cheeky nods to the entire series throughout, with the tendency toward campy excess becoming an ongoing punch line. There is more humor in general, and our newly minted warrior princess is responsible for much of it.
The film, directed by Bill Condon and adapted by screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg, who has been there from beginning, picks up right where "BD1" left off, so if you're new to the franchise, you have a lot of catching up to do ("Twilight," "New Moon," "Eclipse," "Part 1," whew).
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Here's what you need to know: Bella has given birth to the half-vampire/half-mortal wunderkind with the weird name, Renesmee, and has just recovered from Edward's life-changing bite. Jacob and Edward have joined forces, or at least stopped fighting. The rest of the Cullens (Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Kellan Lutz, Nikki Reed, Jackson Rathbone and Ashley Greene) are thrilled with the way things are turning out. And Bella's dad, Charlie Swan (Billy Burke), is still in the dark.
As "BD2" opens we see the world as Bella does now. Since vampire sight is really, really sharp, it gives cinematographer Guillermo Navarro a chance for a lot of Nat-Geo-style close-ups of the flora and fauna (a.k.a. food, Bambi beware). Bella wants to see her new baby, but there's a matter of that deadly thirst, so first she must feed. A race through the forest at warp speed shows off only one of many new powers that Bella has picked up. Her ability to create a mind shield — critical when the Volturi battle begins — looks like a CGI-lite heat wave that would barely make Aro break a sweat, but hey, it seems to work.
At the center of the controversy that drives "BD2" is Bella and Edward's fast-growing sprite (nicely played by young Mackenzie Foy once the filmmakers get past the creepy CGI versions of her baby days). Immortal children (Renesmee isn't one, but Aro isn't convinced) are a major vampire no-no; let's just say their terrible 2s are truly terrible. Meanwhile Jacob's werewolf genes have kicked in and he's imprinted on Renesmee, which means she's destined to be his soul mate when she grows up — at the current rate, that should be in a couple of months.
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Really that's about it, except for all the battle rounds pre, midst of, and post.
The battle is epic and quite the spectacle. It is exceptional in its staging, although considering the number of vampires who give their life for the cause, you'll be grateful they don't bleed. According to "Twilight" lore, death requires heads be brutally ripped off. Stakes through the heart definitely will not suffice.
The dialogue remains spotty and sappy, the effects still haven't caught up to modern-day standards, but "Twilight's" popularity is such that even when it falls short, it doesn't seem to matter. Condon, who is usually attached to higher-brow projects -- "Kinsey," "Gods and Monsters," "Dreamgirls" -- was first brought in to class things up for "BD1." Although he seems to have let down his guard and had more fun with "Twilight" the second time around, the filmmaker's greatest challenge was not so much creative but ensuring he did nothing to damage the golden goose.
Under his direction, the acting of the saga's all-important threesome has gotten more polished. If you doubt that, the film's flashbacks will remind just how awkward the earlier outings were. There is also Edward and Jacob's massive sex appeal and their impossibly romantic notions about love, roughly drawn from the Victorian era.
But Bella has always been the belle of this ball. In "Breaking Dawn — Part 2," Stewart is even more luminous in holding the screen, breathing vibrant new life into her undead beauty queen. She's gotten better working in the "Twilight" zone, elevating each new chapter as it comes along. It almost makes you regret that this is the swan song.
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Condon, who is usually attached to higher brow projects — "Kinsey," "Gods and Monsters," "Dreamgirls" — was first brought in to class things up for "BD1."Although he seems to have let down his guard and had more fun with "Twilight" the second time around, the filmmaker's greatest challenge was not so much creative but ensuring he did nothing to damage the golden goose.
Under his direction, the acting of the saga's all-important threesome has gotten more polished. If you doubt that, the film's flashbacks will remind just how awkward the earlier outings were. There is also Edward and Jacob's massive sex appeal and their impossibly romantic notions about love, roughly drawn from the Victorian era.


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I'm seriously thinking I should close this poor lil neglected blog...I hardly find the time to create much of anything at the moment. Slack? Tired? Busy? No Mojo? all of the above. I definately feel the need to be creative...I need to be working on something....but it just seems I have less and less energy to tackle anything much at the moment!
I like it myself though and will probably do one for Lola's room!
Speaking of Miss Lola - we had her Kindy interview this week and thank god she was a delight while there. I was serious worried she would climb the principal's desk, throw a tanty or strip off. Happy to report she was an angel!


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Is This Working? Assessment and Evaluation Methods Used to Build and Access Language Services in Social Services Agencies In Social Services Agencies
The enactment of President Clinton's Limited English Proficiency (LEP) executive order, issued in 2000, triggered a proliferation of efforts to provide services to individuals who cannot speak, understand, read, or write English fluently. With increased service provision, state and local government agencies have expressed a strong and growing interest in assuring the quality and cost-effectiveness of language access services. In turn, many agencies have developed unique and innovative monitoring tools and assessment practices that can be used to improve existing services and guide agencies as they conceptualize, implement, and manage the ongoing operations of language access service programs.
This paper attempts to catalog and describe some of those tools and practices. They are generally designed to meet three core program needs: develop an effective and comprehensive service delivery plan, certify and train translators and interpreters, program monitoring and evaluation.
I. Introduction
II. Identifying Outcomes for Language Access Programs: What Should and Can be Measured?
III. Evaluation Guidance from Current Language Access Laws and Policies
IV. Tools to Build A Comprehensive, Competent, and Responsive Service Delivery Program
V. Certification and Training of Translators and Interpreters
VI. Program Monitoring and Evaluation Practices
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Braun, Brewers stay hot as Milwaukee wins fifth straight
The Milwaukee Brewers are feeling right at home on the road and gaining more confidence with each win.
Ryan Braun hit a two-run triple during a three-run eighth inning rally to lead the Brewers to their fifth straight win, 9-4 over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday.
Carlos Gomez and Mark Reynolds homered and Jean Segura doubled and drove in a run for Milwaukee, which has won all five games during the streak on the road beginning with a sweep of the Red Sox at Fenway.
Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said winning on the road can be a huge boost for a club.
"When you win on the road, and not just winning but against the teams that we're playing, then it becomes really important," Roenicke said.
The Brewers snapped a 4-all tie in the eighth when they scored three runs on one hit off Antonio Bastardo (0-1). Reynolds scored the go-ahead run on an error by first baseman Ryan Howard, who let Logan Schafer's grounder go into right field.
Braun, who hit three homers Tuesday, broke the game open with a two-run triple to the wall in left-center that made it 7-4.
Tyler Thornburg (2-0) pitched two scoreless innings of relief to earn the victory.
Braun, who served a 65-game suspension for violations of major league baseball's drug agreement and labor contract, was booed during each of his four putouts and every at-bat – none louder than when he reached third in the eighth.
Reynolds hit a two-run homer in the ninth.
"We're just getting hit after hit and it's fun to be a part of," Reynolds said. "Offenses go through this, they just click. Guys get big hits. You go through these streaks where it's fun to be a part of and tough to get us out. We're just going to ride this streak out as long as we can."
Philadelphia starter Roberto Hernandez allowed four runs – three earned – on seven hits in five innings while coming within one strikeout of matching his career high with nine.
"Hernandez threw the ball well," Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg said. "He was mixing his pitches and did a nice job."
Brewers starter Matt Garza gave up four runs – three earned – on eight hits in six innings with four strikeouts and two walks.
"I couldn't really find a groove," Garza said. "I fought myself for six and am happy to keep my team in there. All that matters is the `W'. We stack as many as we can and see what happens at the end of September. That's what you play for."
The teams combined for five runs on four hits and two errors in a shaky first inning where both teams looked in early season form. Milwaukee scored a pair of the runs in the top half, bolstered by four-time Gold Glove winner Jimmy Rollins' rare error at shortstop.
It was a continuation of a problem for Philadelphia, which upped its total to nine errors in eight games. Sandberg, in his first full season as a manager after taking over for fired Charlie Manuel last Aug. 16, has stressed getting back to fundamental baseball.
"We definitely have to straighten things up," Sandberg said. "We're working on it."
Philadelphia took the lead with three runs in the bottom half that included a Garza balk and second baseman Scooter Gennett's throwing error.
Segura's second-inning RBI double tied it at 3 and the Brewers went ahead 4-3 on Gomez's solo homer to left in the fourth. As is his custom, Gomez eschewed the traditional home-run trot for an all-out sprint around the bases.
Marlon Byrd's single to center in the fifth tied it at 4.
Ben Revere, criticized in Philadelphia on Wednesday for making an error and misplaying another ball in Tuesday's 10-4 home-opening loss, made a spectacular, diving catch to rob Gennett of a hit in the second inning.
Roenicke successfully challenged a first-inning out call by second base umpire Adrian Johnson, who incorrectly ruled that Revere beat Garza's throw to second. Replays, though, showed that Segura tagged Revere's leg before he reached the bag. The replay caused a delay of 1:29.


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Conservative Party candidate Rick Lazio on Monday withdrew from the race for governor, a decision that helps the tea party candidate who beat Lazio in the Republican primary.
Lazio told The Associated Press that he wants to continue to influence the race and bring a workable job-creation program into a contest he says has devolved into name-calling between Republican Carl Paladino and Democrat Andrew Cuomo.
Polls show Paladino rising against the once seemingly unassailable Cuomo, but the latest survey showed Lazio taking 8 percent of voters, most of whom would likely vote for Paladino and cut into Cuomo's lead, said Marist College pollster Lee Miringoff.
Told of Lazio's decision, Paladino told the AP: "We're happy about that. I think Rick Lazio and I ran a primary that was above the garbage and the trash. We addressed issues."
The Cuomo campaign declined to comment.
The Conservative Party line has been crucial for Republicans who hope to attract Democratic and independent voters.
No Republican in New York has won statewide office since 1974 without Conservative Party support and a candidate running only on the Conservative line hasn't won statewide since 1970, when James Buckley won a U.S. Senate seat.
Lazio, a former congressman, picked up the Conservative Party ballot line in May and had until Tuesday to make a decision about whether to stay in the race. The party can select a substitute, and party Chairman Michael Long said the party will conduct a nominating convention Wednesday. He said it's "very likely" that Paladino would be the pick, but that others could be nominated.
The party's candidate for governor must get 50,000 votes to maintain its automatic ballot line for the next four years and the influence that provides to political discourse in New York.
Long has said his goal isn't simply to be on the winning side in elections, but to continue a conservative voice in New York politics.
Lazio said he'll continue to watch the election.
"I believe strongly that Andrew Cuomo cannot bring change, but I remain unconvinced that Carl Paladino will bring the improvement that New York needs," he told the AP.
Lazio said that the race has "defaulted to a mania over anger" and that Cuomo is not directly engaging his opponent.
"I understand the anger, the primal scream, the frustration," Lazio said. "I want to see (Paladino and Cuomo) pull together to hold candidates accountable and have a real meaningful set of ideas."
Asked if Paladino is going to listen to him, Lazio said, "I think Carl Paladino has to listen to the people. ... He needs to be realistic and credible and specific about how he's going to solve these grave problems."
Lazio said he had no regrets about running and "would do it all over again," but laughed and added: "If I had the choice, I would have done it better."


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In a candid interview with the Center for American Progress [on Tuesday], former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle acknowledged
that the public option didn't survive the health care debate because of
a "understanding" that the White House reached with health care
industry stakeholders -- particularly with hospital and insurance
company trade associations. But the White House has long denied this
suggestion -- which was, until now, based mostly on speculation
-- and within hours of the report's initial publication, Daschle, a
close White House ally, retracted his statement entirely.
"I don't think it was taken off the table completely. It was
taken off the table as a result of the understanding that people had
with the hospital association, with the insurance (AHIP), and others,"
Daschle told Wonk Room's Igor Volsky. "I mean I think that part of the
whole effort was based on a premise. That premise was, you had to have
the stakeholders in the room and at the table. Lessons learned in past
efforts is that without the stakeholders' active support rather than
active opposition, it's almost impossible to get this job done. They
wanted to keep those stakeholders in the room and [the public option] was the price some thought they had to pay."
That rendering flies in the face of the White House's narrative, so
TPM emailed Daschle to ask whether his statement reflected first-hand
knowledge of the stakeholder negotiations, or was a conclusion he'd
drawn independently. In response, he walked back the entire claim.
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"In describing some of the challenges to passage of the public option
in the health reform bill, I did not mean to suggest in any way that
the President was not committed to it," Daschle emails. "The President
fought for the public option just as he did for affordable health care
for all Americans. The public option was dropped only when it was no longer viable in Congress, not as a result of any deal cut by the White House.
While I was disappointed that the public option was not included in the
final legislation, the Affordable Care Act remains a tremendous
achievement for the President and the nation."
And so the game of whodunnit continues.


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Peter the Prosecutor
Peter Carlisle is exactly what you'd expect from a prosecutor—a quick-on-his-feet, tough-talking lawman who lives to put away bad guys. When he's not on the job, he occasionally dons an evening gown, quotes liberally from "Blade Runner" and can get a little weird about his car.
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It's lunchtime on a Tuesday, and I'm standing in a downtown parking garage with Peter Carlisle, the prosecuting attorney for the city and county of Honolulu. We've just trotted down six flights of stairs from his office in Alii Place to the garage instead of taking the elevator to avoid the "loonies" that sometimes wait for him in the lobby, usually family members of people he's trying to lock up, he says. "You should wait till I reverse before you get in the car," says Carlisle, putting on his wraparound Oakley shades. He uses his mock-serious prosecutor voice to let me know he's joking, even though I'm pretty sure he's not. "I'd really hate for you to scratch the car while you're opening the door."
I'd been warned about the car, a blue 2008 Ford Mustang he'd bought a few months ago. His wife, Judy, told me he wouldn't park it in Waikiki, where he sometimes surfs before work, because someone might see him and key it. He doesn't let anyone else drive it, either. Not his two kids, who are both home from college for the summer. Not even Judy.
We're headed to The Willows for lunch with Doug Gibb, the former police chief, who managed Carlisle's first campaign.
"You hear that?" Carlisle asks me as we get onto the freeway, nodding toward the car's engine, a 210-horsepower, 4.0-liter V6. "It's the smallest engine you can get, but it sounds right, doesn't it? Mainly because it's stick shift."
Carlisle drives like an old lady. He stays in the middle lane and sticks to the speed limit, even as other cars pass by us. It's probably for show, I think—one of the top law enforcers in the state proving that he's also a law abider. But just when I think he can't drive any slower, he does, rolling almost to a stop as he exits the freeway.
When we near The Willows restaurant on Hausten Street, Carlisle asks me, "Is this valet only?"
It is. A 20something with spiky black hair steps out of the valet booth as we pull up. He recognizes Carlisle almost immediately and calls out, "Good afternoon, sir!"
"Where should I park it?" Carlisle asks, leaning out the window.
"We'll take it for you, sir."
"I can park it myself and pay you for it. Just show me where."
"We park the cars, sir."
"It's stick shift, though."
"We can drive stick," the valet assures him.
"You sure? You sure you're OK?"
"Yes, sir, we can drive stick."
"Ohh-kay," Carlisle turns to me as he unbuckles his seatbelt, twisting his face like a child ready to spit out his green beans.


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Well shiver our timbers—just as we catch the new ApolloIM beta for the iPhone, MobileChat comes across our tips line and throws everything out of whack. Featuring a simple buddy list much like ApolloIM and many of the web-based iPhone chat apps, MobileChat only does AIM (at least for now). Despite that, it has a nice feature set: away/available status, suspend and stay online while in other apps, and sound notifications. Perhaps MobileChat's strong points lie in its iChat/iPhone SMS UI and popup notifications, but those only work while in MobileChat, as opposed to the handy popup SMS alerts you receive when doing anything on the iPhone.
Strangely, new chats are moved to the bottom of the buddy list, and since I have a fairly long list, this seems a bit counterintuitive. While I usually prefer desktop software to web apps, I think Meebo has a good idea with its web iPhone chat app, moving new chats to the top of the buddy list, then listing out the rest of your contacts alphabetically. That said, the twenty08 crew is probably in the same bucket with MobileChat as all the other iPhone hackers, which means they're flying blindly by the seat of their pants. Still, if you want a chat option aside from ApolloIM, you need look no further. MobileChat is available for download and installing via the various methods that have cropped up, including my favorite (AppTapp) for a minimum of fuss.


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Ahead of a crucial Monday vote fraught with tension, Beaufort County Administrator Gary Kubic formally requested access to the engineers who reviewed the alternative flyover plan proposed by County Councilman Stu Rodman.
Kubic told the Hilton Head Island representative in an e-mail to officials and reporters that he wants the names of engineers who reviewed the plan to "receive their written findings and to invite them to address Council and members of our community."
"If necessary, I am willing to provide their transportation and lodging," he said. "In the alternative, we also can video link to them to our meetings to eliminate any travel. In any event, please have them electronically transfer their written analysis and findings to us. It will be incorporated as part of our due diligence."
Kubic also requested an environmental impact analysis of Rodman's plan on surrounding waterways.
The message marks the latest in a back-and-forth between proponents of an elevated bridge connecting Bluffton Parkway to Hilton Head and detractors from the island, who published a negative three-quarter-page ad in the Island Packet that Kubic blasted on Monday as a bald distortion.
Then the Hilton Head Town Council reversed last year's unanimous support 6-1, prompting a message from Kubic in which he challenged the meeting's proceedings and reminded Town Council the decision to go forward ultimately lies in Beaufort. While last year's endorsement passed 6-0, some residents have long called for upwards of $1 million in aesthetic improvements such as dyed concrete, arguing the proposed bridge serves as an eyesore on the gateway to the island.
Rodman, who says he has nothing to do with Citizens to Stop the Flyover, has proposed a plan that keeps the elevated crossing but replaces the flyover bridges with an at-grade intersection and a new traffic light. It would require elevating a section of the eastbound lane so westbound traffic could enter the elevated crossing to Bluffton Parkway.
The current $45 million project design includes an elevated roadway from Bluffton Parkway at Buckingham Plantation Drive through the marsh to the foot of the bridge to Hilton Head. Flyover bridges connect with U.S. 278's eastbound and westbound lanes.
Reached by phone, Rodman said he won't share the identities of his engineers through the press but would provide more information at a Public Facilities Committee review of the project Friday.
He said no environmental assessment - a standard for infrastructure projects - has been conducted, and he couldn't promise the engineers who provided his traffic analysis and reviewed his plan would address the county.
"That may be up to them," he said. "I'll see what happens at the meeting tomorrow."
The state and federal government are chipping in $15 million toward the $45 million total, which includes $4 million in contingency funding that would also cover the island's requested enhancements. Sales tax money and impact fees from new development cover the county's portion.
Rodman argues that the county could reduce taxpayer contributions by $20 million if it ditched the flyover portion but the State Infrastructure Bank maintained its $15 million matching grant, which officials have warned is uncertain. If the SIB did withdraw the grant, the county still saves $15 million, Rodman said during a meeting of County Council's Finance Committee on Monday.
At that meeting he also used unofficial bridge traffic estimates to argue his plan would impede only 14 percent of the 5,280 motorists at peak hour, but fellow Hilton Head representative Steven Baer demanded an official analysis from county engineers before considering Rodman's plan. He also doubted installing another light wouldn't result in traffic buildup, given current congestion and future development.
County Council must vote on the $36.7-million construction contract with Kentucky-based R.R. Dawson Bridge Co. in the next week to lock down the price, said county engineering chief Rob McFee. That contract, which includes the existing design with completed permitting and analysis, faces a vote Monday.


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Since Kobe Bryant shot Mike Brown a vicious death stare two days ago, a lot of people are speculating and joking that he had a role in Brown's firing.
But according to the team, that's not the case.
GM Mitch Kupchak explained the decision in a conference call today, "After five games, we just felt that we weren't winning, we weren't seeing improvement, and we made a decision."
More importantly, he added that there was no input from players.
Here's how Mike Trudell of Lakers.com characterized it:
Bottom line: Kupchak & ownership weren't fully confident Brown would turn things around 3 months down the road. Made a decision now. — Mike Trudell (@LakersReporter) November 9, 2012
The stare, once again:
Here's the statement Kobe released on Facebook:
"Tough day. I've seen coaches as well as friends come and go. No matter how many years I've been playing, it's still hard to deal with. I had a good relationship with Mike and I will continue to have one. I wish him and his family nothing but the best. I spoke with him today and thanked him for all of his hard work and sacrifice.
"As a team, we must focus our energy on tonight's game. We must block out the weight of today's news and simply do our jobs to the best of our ability.
"I'm not sure what direction we are heading in next. All I can do is focus on the here and now. Mamba out"


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The Dovahcore is a craftable item in the Fall of the Space Core mod for Skyrim.
Crafting the Dovahcore Helmet[edit]
First off, you'll need to get the mod, obviously. Fall of the Space Core is easily attainable through the Skyrim Workshop on Steam. Once installed, travel to the Watchtower to the west of Whiterun. Just to the northwest is a burned out house where you can find the Portal 2 Space Core. Check out the video below to see how to install the mod and grab the Core.
Once picked up, the Space Core will be added to your inventory in the Misc tab. You can click on it to hear quotes, drop it and carry it around, or create a new helmet, called the Dovahcore Helmet.
To do this, head to the College of Winterhold and proceed to The Midden until you reach the Atronach Forge. Place at least one Moonstone Ore and an Iron Helmet into the offering box, then set the Space Core on the forge.
With everything in place, pull the lever, and the Dovahcore Helmet will appear.
Great job! Equip the helmet to achieve maximum nonsense.
If you head back to a blacksmithing area, you can also improve the quality of the Dovahcore Helmet, which falls under the Heavy Armor category. Just make sure you have Refined Moonstone handy.
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Did you catch the story about former NFL running back Travis Henry?
You might say he's the male version of Whittier's own Octomom – except he's going to be paying a steeper price for fathering nine children than Nadya Suleman will ever pay for giving birth to 14.
Henry, who played for three NFL teams including the Buffalo Bills, Tennessee Titans and Denver Broncos was recently ordered to pay $3,000 a month for one of the kids. Additionally he fell $16,000 behind in support for another.
Clearly the child support amounts were determined by the size of Henry's final contract with the Broncos. In 2007 the team gave Henry a five-year, $25 million contract.
By the time he was cut last year, Henry had received just $6.7 million, according to the New York Times.
Because of positive drug tests and an arrest for drug trafficking, there's little chance Henry will ever play in the NFL again.
As "baby daddy" to nine children from nine separate women, Henry went to court seeking a reduction in the amount of child support he would have to pay. Some of the "baby mommas" and their attorneys say no way. They point to the shear amounts of money Henry reportedly squandered on cars, clothes and other women.
But is he any more irresponsible than Octomom?
I say no. At least Henry appears to have made some effort to support his kids. Suleman on the other hand has been relying on taxpayers to support her and the brood.
Consider the facts:
Octomom used a combination of food stamps, disability payments and student loans to provide for her first six kids;
She lived with her mother in a home that was nearing foreclosure;
Knowing this Nayda nonetheless decided to have herself implanted with six frozen embryos and brought eight fatherless children into the world on Jan. 26.
I highly doubt she had any intention of paying for these kids on her own. After all, estimates for the monthly care of Octomom's sickly brood run hundreds of thousands of dollars per month.
Where's the outraged judge in this case, threatening to lock Nadya up for having kids she can't support?
Where's the Department of Children and Family Services that intrude into the lives of so many other Angelenos?
Nowhere of course.
Does anyone think that Dr. Phil or RadarOnline, or Gloria Allred are going to stick around once the audience dries up and the ratings dwindle?
Does anyone believe for a second when these media whores say their interest is motivated solely out of compassion for the children?
I hope not. Because you can guarantee the next time Paris or Lindsay or Britney or Rhianna or some woman who has nine babies and a brood of 15 turn up, the cameras and the money will be gone.
For now, unlike a washed up former NFL running back, the Nadya freak show makes money. But eventually (like it did in Henry's case) the money's going to run out and we'll be on the hook for supporting those kids and their shiftless mother.
Let's hear it for double standards.
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Because my unit has always been very slow I decided to upgrade my MK802 to uberoid ROM.
All went fine but when I wanted to connect to my wifi network (WPA2/PSK) i received message "authentication problem" (yes I am sure it is correct password)
Tried to adjust my router to WPA or even without password, but luck either.
So I flashed back with recovery image.
But now matter what I flash, either it freezes, at wifi connecting, my screen goes black after connecting (crash?) or it gives authentication problem.
Seems like I am stuck with a wifi-less unit.
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text: Where to Go for More Information June 29, 2012 01:10 PM Stay Current Online Keep up with the Farm Journal Legacy Project by visiting our website, where you'll find news, case studies, blogs, succession planning tools and event information. You can also seek advice from Kevin Spafford, Farm Journal's succession planning expert, in the "Ask Kevin" section. Also check us out on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. "Leave a Legacy TV" The Farm Journal Legacy Project is dedicated to helping farmers sort through the complex issues involved in preparing family businesses for multi-generational success. "Leave a Legacy TV" is a monthly television program hosted by Kevin Spafford, Farm Journal succession planning expert. Each episode features examples of farm business success, planning resources and stories of exceptional leadership. Guests include professionals who help facilitate the succession planning process, entrepreneurs, authors, farmers and others. You can also see updates on the three case study farm families who are sharing their succession planning journey. All episodes air on "AgDay" and again on "U.S. Farm Report" (RFD-TV only) the following Sunday. Watch espisodes online, or find out which TV stations feature "AgDay" and "U.S. Farm Report". "Legacy Moment" eNewsletter You can have succession planning help delivered to your e-mail inbox each week by subscribing to "Legacy Moment." The eNewsletter features success stories, examples of exceptional leadership and a weekly spotlight on one of our succession planning tools. Back to news


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Jim Woodring, the son of a toxicologist and an inventor, was born in 1952 in Los Angeles. After a childhood made interesting by hallucinations, paranoia and other torments, he visited a Surrealism retrospective in the Los Angeles County Art Museum in 1968, which opened his eyes to the possibilities of making art from otherworldly experiences. Woodring's post-high school years were lived out against a background of drugs, alcohol, underground comix, literature and 17th-century Dutch painting. In these hectic formative years, he held various jobs, including those of garbage man and seasonal worker in the countryside.
During this time Woodring taught himself to draw. In 1980 he took a job at the Ruby Spears animation studio, where he created storyboards for some of the worst cartoons ever made, such as 'Mr. T' and 'Rubic the Amazing Cube'. Thanks to the income generated by this absurd and demoralizing work, Woodring was able to begin the systematic documentation of his inner world in the self-published autojournal 'Jim'. 'Jim' was published as a regular title by Fantagraphics Books in 1986.
Jim Woodring went into comics full-time in 1989 and remains there today. His work has been published in such diverse titles as the Whole Earth Millenium Catalog, World Art, Weirdo, The Kenyon Review and Wired. Jim Woodring's comix have been collected in: 'The Book of Jim' (1993), 'Frank' (1996), 'Frank Volume Two' (1997 - all with Fantagraphics) and 'Frank' (L'Association, 1998).
Jim Woodring's fame stems from his creation 'Frank', a wordless comic that parodies the "funny animal" tradition. 'Frank' is situated in between cute and terrifying, for the drawing is cute but the subjects are terrifying. Woodring published another work in 1993, 'The Book of Jim', which is a very strange publication. There are a 100 possible points of entry and it can be re-read from all of these, creating a new reading experience with every entry. Woodring seems to be creating a genre of his own in comics.
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The problem statement, all variables and given/known data
There is a perfectly spherical balloon with surface painted black. It is placed in a perfect vacuum. It is gently inflated with an ideal mono-atomic gas at Kelvin temperature $T_i$, slowly enough so that it reaches thermal equilibrium with the gas, and then it is sealed off. It has radius $r_i$ at this time and contains N atoms. The vacuum is large, so radiation from its walls can be ignored.
a) Show that $\frac{T}{T_i}= \left(\frac{r}{r_i}\right)^3$ if the pressure inside the balloon is independent of its radius.
b) How much energy does the balloon radiate per second when it is at radius $r$? Express your answer in terms of $r$ and constants.
c) What is the rate of change of the internal energy of the gas? Express you answer in terms of $r$, $r˙$, and constants.
Relevant equations:
$$PV = nRT$$
$$J * A = σT^4 (4\pi r^2)$$
The attempt at a solution:
I already showed a), so I don't need help with that. In part b), I wrote pretty much $J * A = σT^4 (4\pi r^2)$ but I am unsure how to get a speed of radiation. I also have no idea how to do part c), so any help on parts b) or c) is welcome. Thanks!


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U.S. Embassy, London, England (UK)
The National Heritage List for England: October 21, 2009
The U.S. Embassy in London was designed "to house all the major sections of the Embassy under one roof in a style to blend with existing architecture of Grosvenor Square." (Embassy of the United States: London-UK) In addition, it required facilities "in an architectural style and form which is distinguished…reflect credit on the US and will create goodwill by intelligent appreciation. It should use construction techniques, materials, and equipment of proven merit and reliability." (Olcayto) The basic sections of an embassy include: the consular section; commercial services; customs; defense; department of homeland security; economic affairs; foreign agricultural services; internal revenue service; office of defense cooperation; and public affairs. (Embassy of the United States: London-UK) The design for this building was chosen through a competition, won by American architect Eero Saarinen.
The American Embassy London Chancery Building is located in Grosvenor Square in Mayfair. This is a place with well maintained lawns, numerous trees and various statues and memorials. The site is surrounded by a holly hedge that separates it from the adjacent roads which are home to foreign embassies. Much of the architecture around the square is neo-Georgian, with the exception of the American Embassy. The embassy originally came to the Square in 1938 but the current embassy was completed in 1960 and remains controversial due to the fact that it stands out from its neo-Georgian context and dominates the entire west side of Grosvenor Square. ("Welcome to Grosvenor Square") Upon completion, the embassy contained over 600 rooms on 9 floors: 3 underground and 6 above-ground in accordance with the height restrictions in the Square, including a "penthouse" floor set back from the facade. (Embassy of the United States: London-UK) Basic design was palazzo-inspired and sought to represent an America that celebrated openness and wanted to be closely, sensitively, and respectfully engaged with the cities of its allies. (Mitchell)
The embassy was constructed of reinforced concrete clad in Portland stone on the front and side elevations and in concrete on the rear elevation. In addition, it has shorter elevations to the north and south. Saarinen set it back from the street line to emphasize its mass and a stone-faced wall separates the building from the street. The long, tripartite facade has 22 bays with a central five-bay entrance; it has a tall recessed ground floor supported on cruciform columns, four floors above that, and is topped with a set-back attic. This structure is a modern interpretation of a classical temple design. The north and south elevations are composed of 13 bays with a three-bay central entrance. The tall, ground-floor windows have gilded cruciform mullions and transom lights. The facades are composed of pre-cast concrete panels faced in Portland stone which, as a whole, create a large grille in a checkerboard pattern. Within the checkerboard are gilded aluminum windows with deep mullions and saw-tooth profiles. The rear facade is the same pattern but clad in pre-cast concrete. The fenestration alternates paired opening lights with fixed glass panels. The building is surrounded by a gilded balustrade and lamp standards flank the main entrance. A 35-foot gilded aluminum eagle crowns the front facade. The two wings of the building are connected by a lower single-story block with service bays under them.
The plan of the building is a U-plan, symmetrical and consisting of a raised ground floor with a main central entrance lobby. Large halls to the left and the right lead to the visa section and the library while the large central lobby has rooms on either side, leading through to a single story of offices. There are separate entrances to the Consular and Information Sections on the north and south sides of the building; each has a lobby and stairs. The basement has a café and auditorium and the upper floors are comprised of more offices.
Inside, the ground floor public spaces are given the most attention to detail. The main entrance, central lobbies, passport office and library all have gilded cruciform columns and these rooms plus the information service lobby, the consular lobby, and the north and south stairways all have exposed diagrid ceilings. The central lobby is clad in white Greek Pentelicon marble and has Travertine floors. The stairs to the north and south lobbies have gilded cruciform balusters. All of the offices have little architectural distinction and the ambassadorial rooms have been refurbished in a traditional style. ("List Entry Summary")
The embassy was constructed as a combination of precast and in-situ concrete posts and panels and diagonal floor beams. (Embassy of the United States: London-UK ) The tall recessed ground floor was built of in-situ cast concrete supported on cruciform columns. The exterior facades are composed of load-bearing pre-cast concrete panels which are faced in Portland stone using a creative system of invisible jointing; this allows for a more cohesive look on the facade. The upper floors are carried on a large concrete "diagrid" floor of intersecting diagonal concrete beams; these beams transfer the load to cruciform columns beneath. In addition, the exposed ends of the diagrid enable the facade to overhang the column line. Saarinen took the constructional form of the diagrid—a building design invented in the 1920s that creates triangular structures with diagonal supporting beams—and created a building of unique sophistication in the 1950s. This modern application of a design showed off the technological abilities of the Unites States and is one of the embassy's principal features, shown internally and externally throughout the ground floor. It is also echoed in Saarinen's details, like the gilded pressed-metal parapet, cog-wheel window motifs and exposed beam-ends. ("List Entry Summary")
The Embassy is located in Grosvenor Square, a large London square located in the heart of Mayfair. Its front faces Audley Street and is within walking distance of both Hyde Park and Green Park. In addition, its location is ideal, lying amid some of the busiest and most famous areas in London, including Marble Arch, Hyde Park Corner, Oxford Circus, and Piccadilly Circus. (Embassy of the United States: London-UK) Grosvenor Square itself is a very green space, with well-maintained lawns, mature trees and numerous statues and memorials. The site is surrounded by a holly hedge that blocks it from adjacent roads that house many other foreign embassies. A focal feature of the area is the statue of President Roosevelt. There is also a memorial to the Britons who died in the 9/11 attacks.
Grosvenor Square is named for the Grosvenor family; Sir Richard Grosvenor acquired the license for its development in 1710. Although it was not developed until 1721, the area remained a desirable location to live up until the mid-20th century. The majority of the early surrounding buildings were well-designed and very grand, but many were rebuilt in the late 18th and 19th centuries. Much of the architecture that now encloses the square is of the neo-Georgian style.
The central square was originally for the residents of the square only and it wasn't until 1948 that it finally became a public open space. Richard Grosvenor created the space and it is believed that the original layout was designed by gardener John Alston. The layout consisted of an oval shaped space contained by a low brick wall with a fence on top and central iron gates on all sides of the square; it was formal in nature and had paths of both grass and gravel. These paths divided the area into sub-areas which were tightly-planted yet informal, with flowering shrubs and evergreens. An elm hedging surrounds the plots. At the very center of the square stands a large raised grassed platform upon which is a statue of King George I.
By 1926, the Square's gardens had become more like that of a typical London square, with informally grouped trees. A tennis court had been added, replacing one of the four symmetrical areas around the central space. In 1938, the American Embassy moved in and in 1960, the current Saarinen building was constructed dominating the west side of the square; this building was controversial due to its modern appearance in a predominantly Georgian and neo-Georgian context. The Square was redesigned in 1948 by architect B.W.L. Gallannaugh when the space became public. It was altered dramatically in terms of structure and planting; a new north-south axis was instituted and the original evergreen trees were replaced with new London Plane and cherry trees, noticeably transforming the character of the landscape. ("Welcome to Grosvenor Square")
The diagrid was a constructional form invented in the 1920s that creates triangular structures with diagonal supporting beams. Saarinen was able to take this form and use it to create something new in the U.S. Embassy in London. In addition to being one of the principal features of the space, Saarinen designed the building such that visitors can observe the form both internally and externally throughout the ground floor. The upper floors are similarly composed, being carried on a floor of intersecting diagonal concrete beams which transfer the load to the cruciform columns beneath. Saarinen also echoed the diagrid in his details, including the gilded pressed-metal parapet, cog-wheel window motifs and the exposed beam-ends. Another innovation is found in the exterior facades, which are composed of load-bearing pre-cast concrete panels faced in Portland stone; the facing is done with a creative system of invisible jointing which gives the building a more cohesive look. ("List Entry Summary") Through these innovations, Saarinen was able to show the technological prowess of the United States as well as design a modern building for a new age.
For Saarinen's embassy, the competition brief called for a building that would blend with the existing architecture of Grosvenor Square, use reliable construction techniques and materials, and reflect the relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom. His design gave the people what they asked for in a modern style building. (Olcayto) Saarinen took a well-known construction technique—the diagrid—and modernized it; this not only shows America's respect for the past but also displays their technical achievements and abilities in moving its people into the future. ("List Entry Summary") The building itself remains a controversy even today, with modernists finding the design to be too compromised to be modern. The public thought that the facade was too bright and lustrous for the rest of the Georgian-style square. (Pearman) To the people, Saarinen promised that he had already taken their concerns into consideration with his design; he told the concerned public that the embassy would weather with the soot and rain of London, darkening the stone and toning down the vibrant aluminum trim. ("Architect Defends") The structure has weathered well over time, proving that Saarinen had truly tried to keep his word to the people; they, in turn, should show the building the respect it deserves.
The U.S. Embassy in London came during Saarinen's creative prime, at the age of 45. Around this time, Saarinen also completed buildings with similar facades that emphasized the interaction of light and form, including the IBM Research Center in New York and the Chicago Law School.("Timeline") While Saarinen's career encompassed a variety of styles and experimentation, this portion is characterized by repetitive and symmetrical forms, the relationship between light and shadow, and architectural elements that complement the building's surroundings. By definition, an embassy is a place that represents the government that set it up. In order to represent American democracy and show openness as well as strength, Saarinen chose a rectangular form broken up by decorative and geometric patterns of windows. The stone panels create a large grille in a checkerboard pattern containing gilded aluminum windows with deep mullions and saw-tooth profiles. In addition, the fenestration alternates paired opening lights with fixed glass panels. ("List Entry Summary") The cladding system sought to imitate the proportions and rhythms of Georgian-style windows found throughout the rest of Grosvenor Square. (Mitchell) These examples of geometry with the emphasis on vertical and horizontal lines are indicative of the Modern Movement. Aesthetically, the use of symmetry is familiar and reassuring and with the goal of imitating Georgian features, Saarinen showed that he was trying to introduce modernism to the people while complying with their wishes for a building conforming to a neo-Georgian style. Strength and solidity are also shown in the use of reinforced concrete clad in Portland stone on three of the elevations. To emphasize its mass, he situated the building back from the street line and constructed a stone wall to separate it from the street. He also represents America's respect for the past in that the overall form of the structure is a modern interpretation of a classical temple design—a tall recessed ground floor supported on columns and topped with a set-back "roof." ("List Entry Summary") Finally, the 35-foot gilded eagle that crowns the building, while often considered over-the-top by its many critics, is the ultimate symbol of freedom, strength, and courage. (Pearman) Overall, the embassy culturally and aesthetically seeks to represent America while being respectful of and engaged with its London environment.
Between 1954 and 1960, the United States built global embassies as part of a program during the Cold War. Due to its historical importance, Grosvenor Square was the clear choice for the location of the new United Kingdom Embassy. The U.S. Embassy moved there in 1938, and the Square became known as "Little America" because it had the Chancery building on one side of the Square and General Eisenhower's headquarters on the other. (Embassy of the United States: London-UK) London in the 1950s was just starting to emerge from a period of economic austerity following World War II and modernism had yet to take hold fully. This embassy has seen a number of historic events, including the anti-Vietnam War protests of the 1960s, the anti-nuclear missile campaign of the 1980s, recent fortifications against terrorist attacks, and 50,000 Londoners coming to show support after 9/11.
The design competition for the building was held in 1955 for the commission; it was limited to eight participants. The winning entry was by a Finnish-American architect named Eero Saarinen. Saarinen (1910-1961) is known for uniquely adapting his own vision of modernism to each of his clients, despite being often criticized for his lack of a signature style and his inclination for historicism. He is well known for the TWA center at JFK Airport, the Memorial Gateway in St. Louis, and others. The London embassy was one of only three works he completed outside the United States, the other two being the U.S. Embassy in Oslo and the East Terminal at Ellenikon Airport in Athens. ("List Entry Summary")
The embassy was built between 1957 and 1960. Saarinen was assisted by Yorke, Rosenberg and Mardall, architects from the U.K. Of all the embassies built during this time period, the London embassy was the largest and most expensive, as well as the only one for which a competition was held. As well as being Saarinen's only British building, the embassy is unique because is it a rare example of an American embassy not on American-owned soil. The Dukes of Westminster who own Grosvenor Square only lease the property, never allowing anyone to own it outright; the embassy property has been leased to the United Stated for 999 years. (Pearman)
Many demands and constraints were seen in the competition. From 1925, the Grosvenor Estate had begun to use a neo-Georgian aesthetic on buildings in the Square and had made plans to replace some of the houses in the vicinity with nine-story blocks. The U.S. approach to embassy design discarded classicism and sought to both unify their new buildings with the surrounding area and be modern and open to the public. Even though the U.S. was exempt from the Grosvenor Estate constraints, the competition required a design which would bring about harmony throughout the area; it asked that its participants not produce stylistic copies and called for a design that was visually fitting with the other three sides of Grosvenor Square. Also, the brief specified that Portland stone be used as the cladding material.
For competitions in general, Saarinen's design method was to imagine and sketch designs in the style of his rivals and then to offer something different; in London's case, the context was the Georgian character of Grosvenor Square but he chose the Renaissance Doge's Palace in Venice as his historic point of reference. (Pearman) From this inspiration, he used the large decorated rectangular box form for the building seen today. His distinctive use of the diagrid construction gave the embassy a unique and modern sophistication. For the embassy in London, Saarinen's design anticipated the new look of the Square, one in which the three other sides would be composed of nine-story neo-Georgian buildings. Because the area was in transition, he sought to create a building for the near future. Ultimately, the north side of the Square was the only one built according to the Grosvenor Estate plan, leaving the embassy to stand as a link to a vision never fully realized.
Reception to the embassy was mixed. Modernists saw Saarinen's work as a compromise because he alluded to Georgian features including symmetry and fenestration. On the other hand, traditionalists felt that the large form was at odds with the overall Georgian aesthetic. In addition, Saarinen admired white stonework that weathered to black and white and imagined that his embassy building would do the same; unfortunately, anti-pollution laws prevented this from occurring and thus, from achieving the architect's ideal aesthetic. Also, his idea to top the building with a representation of the U.S. Great Seal was changed to the majestic eagle that crowns the building today.
While other critiques stated that the facade was too energetic and the gilding was superficial and flashy, many hailed various aspects of the structure. For example, Reyner Banham, the famous English architectural critic and writer, wrote that "the building abounds in details whose consistency and logic bespeak a standard of professional competence that few buildings in Britain can rival." ("List Entry Summary") Despite the debates, the embassy still stands over 50 years later as a symbol of the country it was built for.
The U.S. Embassy in London is significant in a variety of ways. Its strong associations with Grosvenor Square provide a historical relevance in both London and America. In respect to the Modern Movement, this embassy was Britain's first modern embassy and provided a quintessential model for U.S. post-war embassy buildings, thus giving it international significance as well. In addition, it was also the only U.S. Embassy for which a competition was held. ("List Entry Summary") The design itself is unique because it represents the mission of spreading good will in the host nation and the strong relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom; it manages to harmonize with the London surroundings yet remain distinctly American. In terms of the architecture, Saarinen's embassy has a strong design and dynamic facades as well as details that reinforce both Georgian and modern elements. The innovative use of the exposed concrete diagrid construction shows a well thought out combination of structural expression, as seen in the vertical and horizontal lines, and decorative elements which provide unity to the whole composition. Saarinen's principle of blending form and structure, a common modernist idea, is seen throughout the interior and exterior through the expression of the diagrid forms. Saarinen himself is a well-known figure of modernist architecture and this embassy is a great example of a modernist yet contextual approach to designing in a sensitive location. ("List Entry Summary") The embassy is now being threatened because a new one is being built on the London outskirts. ("U.S. Embassy in London") While the future of the "old" U.S. embassy remains unknown, its significance is very clear and it continues to stand strong as an example of modern architecture.
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Justin Bieber has spoken out to let his fans know he is staying strong after photos surfaced on TMZ of him allegedly smoking pot.
"Everyday growing and learning. trying to be better. u get knocked down, u get up," the 18-year-old singer wrote on his Twitter account. "back on tour tomorrow. ready to see u all smile. time to do what im supposed to be doing. performing. #BELIEVEtour"
"i see all of u. i hear all of u. i never want to let any of you down. i love u. and..thank u. #beliebers," Justin added. "like i said…2013…new challenges. new doubters…Im ready. We are ready. see u all tomorrow and everyday after that. #BELIEVEtour"
Justin heads back on tour this weekend and will wrap up the North American leg at the end of the month. He then will travel the world before coming back to the states to heat up arenas over the summer.


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Most technology stocks were in positive territory Wednesday as shares of Apple Inc. rallied following Chief Executive Tim Cook's comments from Beijing regarding the company's plan to expand its partnership with China Mobile Ltd.
Apple AAPL, +0.36% was up 2% to close at $557.36. The Wall Street Journal reported on Cook's remarks suggesting bigger plans in China, the world's biggest smartphone market.
Gains also came from Twitter Inc. TWTR, +1.12%, which was up 5.8% to close at $61.57 and Microsoft Corp. MSFT, +0.78%, which was up 2.7% to close at $36.76.
On the downside, some 3-D printer shares were in the red, a day after disappointing reports from two major players.
ExOne XONE, +0.00% stock fell 8.7% to close at $56.85 after the 3-D printer maker cut its revenue outlook. Another 3-D printer maker, Stratasys SSYS, +0.24% also released a mixed outlook. The stock was initially volatile Wednesday, but climbed 3% to close at $122.88.
3-D Systems Corp. DDD, -0.23% was down 1.6% to close at $89.76 on investor fears of a lack of demand in the still-nascent 3-D printing space.
The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, +0.40% rose 0.8% to close at 4,215, as the benchmark clung to a 1% gain for the year.
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ORANGE CITY, Fla. - A man arrested for opening fire in a busy Walmart parking lot said he was trying to stop a shoplifter and is now defending his actions.
Orange City police arrested Jose Martinez, 35, after they said he unleashed at least five bullets in the parking lot of the Walmart on Veterans Memorial Parkway.
Martinez told Local 6, he was defending himself from a shoplifter who nearly ran him over and injured him.
"The guy put me in danger and other people," said Martinez as police hauled him off to jail Wednesday evening. "He tried to run me over."
But police said Martinez only was bumped by the shoplifter's getaway car because he was chasing after the car and even tried to open the door to the moving vehicle before he opened fire.
Eddie McKee, 42, was caught shoplifting groceries at the Walmart and took off when security confronted him, knocking down a woman, according to police.
Several other people chased after the alleged shoplifter, Eddie McKee, and another man was armed but he never drew his gun. McKee was arrested in DeLand shortly after.
Police said McKee then jumped in his car and took off, but bumped into another car in the parking lot, that's when police say bullets started flying.
"If the shoplifter was an aggressor towards him, then yes. If he wasn't, then no, he shouldn't have discharged his firearm," said Tasha Olkowski.
"I saw one black gentleman running from the parking lot, he dove in his car. And there were two older gentlemen chasing him down. One drew a gun, ripped open the guys car door and screamed, 'Freeze, freeze, don't move!' And then fired shots," said one 911 caller.
As the bullets hit the getaway car -- piercing the trunk and shattering the back window -- police said bullets also hit at least two other cars.
Martinez said to Local 6, he thought nobody else was in danger by his gunfire and he was surprised police arrested him. Martinez started opening fire because he said he wanted to mark the suspect's car as he fled from the scene. He has his concealed weapons permit but has been charged with two felonies, aggravated assault and shooting into an occupied vehicle.
After reviewing store security video, police said Martinez's story doesn't add up. They believe he was never in danger because the shoplifter was driving away from him and everyone else.
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Organizations that use repeating directory tree structures can optimize the number of ACIs used in the directory by using macros. When you reduce the number of ACIs in your directory tree, it is easier to manage your access control policy. In addition, the efficiency of your ACI memory usage is improved.
Macros are placeholders that are used to represent a DN or a portion of a DN in an ACI. You can use a macro to represent a DN in the target portion of the ACI, in the bind rule portion, or in both. In practice, when Directory Server gets an incoming LDAP operation, the ACI macros are matched against the resource targeted by the LDAP operation. The matching occurs in order to determine a matching substring, if any matching substring exists. If a match exists, the bind rule-side macro is expanded using the matched substring, and access to the resource is determined by evaluating that expanded bind rule.
This section contains an example of a macro ACI and information about macro ACI syntax.
The benefits of macro ACIs and how they work are best explained by using an example. Figure 6–1 shows a directory tree in which using macro ACIs is an effective way of reducing the overall number of ACIs.
In this illustration, note the repeating pattern of subdomains with the same tree structure (ou=groups,ou=people). This pattern is also repeated across the tree because the Example.com directory tree stores the two suffixes dc=hostedCompany2,dc=example,dc=com, and dc=hostedCompany3,dc=example,dc=com, which are not shown in the figure.
The ACIs in the directory tree also have a repeating pattern. For example, the following ACI is located on the dc=hostedCompany1,dc=example,dc=com node:
aci: (targetattr="*") (targetfilter=(objectClass=nsManagedDomain))(version 3.0; acl "Domain access"; allow (read,search) groupdn= "ldap:///cn=DomainAdmins,ou=Groups,dc=hostedCompany1, dc=example,dc=com";)
This ACI grants the domainAdmins group read and search rights to any entry in the dc=hostedCompany1,dc=example,dc=com tree.
The following ACI is located on the dc=hostedCompany1,dc=example,dc=com node:
aci: (targetattr="*") (targetfilter=(objectClass=nsManagedDomain)) (version 3.0; acl "Domain access"; allow (read,search) groupdn="ldap:///cn=DomainAdmins,ou=Groups,dc=hostedCompany1,dc=example,dc=com";)
The following ACI is located on the dc=subdomain1,dc=hostedCompany1, dc=example,dc=com node:
aci: (targetattr="*") (targetfilter=(objectClass=nsManagedDomain)) (version 3.0; acl "Domain access"; allow (read,search) groupdn="ldap:///cn=DomainAdmins,ou=Groups,dc=subdomain1,dc=hostedCompany1, dc=example,dc=com";)
The following ACI is located on the dc=hostedCompany2,dc=example,dc=com node:
aci: (targetattr="*") (targetfilter=(objectClass=nsManagedDomain)) (version 3.0; acl "Domain access"; allow (read,search) groupdn="ldap:///cn=DomainAdmins,ou=Groups,dc=hostedCompany2, dc=example,dc=com";)
The following ACI is located on the dc=subdomain1,dc=hostedCompany2, dc=example,dc=com node:
aci: (targetattr="*") (targetfilter=(objectClass=nsManagedDomain)) (version 3.0; acl "Domain access"; allow (read,search) groupdn="ldap:///cn=DomainAdmins,ou=Groups,dc=subdomain1,dc=hostedCompany2, dc=example,dc=com";)
In the preceding four ACIs, the only difference is the DN that is specified in the groupdn keyword. By using a macro for the DN, it is possible to replace these ACIs with a single ACI at the root of the tree, on the dc=example,dc=com node. This macro ACI reads as follows:
aci: (target="ldap:///ou=Groups,($dn),dc=example,dc=com") (targetattr="*")(targetfilter=(objectClass=nsManagedDomain)) (version 3.0; acl "Domain access"; allow (read,search) groupdn="ldap:///cn=DomainAdmins,ou=Groups,[$dn],dc=example,dc=com";)
Note that the target keyword which was not previously used needs to be introduced.
In the preceding example, the number of ACIs is reduced from four to one. However, the real benefit is a factor of how many repeating patterns you have down and across your directory tree.
To simplify the discussion in this section, the ACI keywords such as userdn, roledn, groupdn, and userattr that are used to provide bind credentials are collectively called the subject of the ACI. The subject determines to whom the ACI applies.
The following table shows which macros can be used to replace specific ACI keywords.Table 6–3 Macro ACI Keywords
ACI Keywords
For matching in the target, and direct substitution in the subject.
target, targetfilter, userdn, roledn, groupdn, userattr
For substituting multiple RDNs that work in subtrees of the subject.
targetfilter, userdn, roledn, groupdn, userattr
For substituting the value of the attributeName attribute from the target entry into the subject.
userdn, roledn, groupdn, userattr
The following restrictions apply to macro ACI keywords:
When using the ($dn) and [$dn] macros in a subject, you must define a target that contains the ($dn) macro.
You can combine the ($dn) macro (but not the [$dn] macro) with the ($attr.attrName) macro in a subject.
The ($dn) macro in the target of an ACI determines the substitution value by comparing it to the entry targeted by the LDAP request. For example, you have an LDAP request targeted at this entry:
cn=all,ou=groups,dc=subdomain1, dc=hostedCompany1,dc=example,dc=com
In addition, you have an ACI that defines the target as follows:
The ($dn) macro matches with "dc=subdomain1, dc=hostedCompany1". This substring is then used for substitutions in the subject of the ACI.
In the subject of the ACI, the ($dn) macro is replaced by the entire substring that matches in the target. For example:
The subject becomes this:
groupdn="ldap:///cn=DomainAdmins,ou=Groups, dc=subdomain1,dc=hostedCompany1,dc=example,dc=com"
After the macro has been expanded, Directory Server evaluates the ACI following the normal process to determine whether access is granted.
Unlike a standard ACI, an ACI that uses macro substitution does not necessarily grant access to the child of the targeted entry. This is because when the child DN is the target, the substitution might not create a valid DN in the subject string.
The substitution mechanism for [$dn] is slightly different than for ($dn). The DN of the targeted resource is examined several times, each time dropping the left-most RDN component, until a match is found.
For example, suppose that you have an LDAP request targeted at the cn=all,ou=groups, dc=subdomain1,dc=hostedCompany1,dc=example,dc=com subtree, and the following ACI:
aci: (targetattr="*") (target="ldap:///ou=Groups,($dn),dc=example,dc=com") (version 3.0; acl "Domain access"; allow (read,search) groupdn="ldap:///cn=DomainAdmins,ou=Groups,[$dn], dc=example,dc=com";)
The server proceeds as follows to expand this ACI:
The server verifies that the ($dn) in target matches dc=subdomain1,dc=hostedCompany1.
The server replaces [$dn] in the subject with dc=subdomain1,dc=hostedCompany1.
The resulting subject is groupdn="ldap:///cn=DomainAdmins,ou=Groups, dc=subdomain1,dc=hostedCompany1,dc=example,dc=com". If access is granted because the bind DN is a member of that group, the macro expansion stops, and the ACI is evaluated. If the bind DN is not a member, the process continues.
The server replaces [$dn] in the subject with dc=hostedCompany1.
The resulting subject is groupdn="ldap:///cn=DomainAdmins,ou=Groups, dc=hostedCompany1,dc=example,dc=com". Again, the bind DN is tested as a member of this group and if it is, the ACI is evaluated fully. If the bind DN is not a member, macro expansion stops with the last RDN of the matched value, and ACI evaluation is finished for this ACI.
The advantage of the [$dn] macro is that it provides a flexible way to grant domain-level administrators access to all the subdomains in the directory tree. Therefore, the [$dn] macro is useful for expressing a hierarchical relationship between domains.
For example, consider the following ACI:
aci: (target="ldap:///ou=*,($dn),dc=example,dc=com") (targetattr="*") (targetfilter=(objectClass=nsManagedDomain)) (version 3.0; acl "Domain access"; allow (read,search) groupdn= "ldap:///cn=DomainAdmins,ou=Groups,[$dn],dc=example,dc=com";)
The ACI grants access to the members of cn=DomainAdmins,ou=Groups, dc=hostedCompany1,dc=example,dc=com to all of the subdomains under dc=hostedCompany1. Thus, an administrator who belongs to that group could access, for example, the subtree ou=people,dc=subdomain1.1,dc=subdomain1.
However, at the same time, members of cn=DomainAdmins,ou=Groups, dc=subdomain1.1 would be denied access to the ou=people,dc=subdomain1, dc=hostedCompany1 and ou=people,dc=hostedCompany1 nodes.
The ($attr.attrname) macro is always used in the subject part of a DN. For example, you could define the following roledn:
roledn = "ldap:///cn=DomainAdmins,($attr.ou),dc=HostedCompany1,dc=example,dc=com"
Now, assume that the server receives an LDAP operation that is targeted at the following entry:
dn: cn=Babs Jensen,ou=People,dc=HostedCompany1,dc=example,dc=com cn: Babs Jensen sn: Jensen ou: Sales ...
To evaluate the roledn part of the ACI, the server reads the value of the ou attribute stored in the targeted entry. The server then substitutes this value in the subject to expand the macro. In the example, the roledn is expanded as follows:
roledn = "ldap:///cn=DomainAdmins,ou=Sales,dc=HostedCompany1,dc=example,dc=com"
Directory Server then evaluates the ACI according to the normal ACI evaluation algorithm.
When the attribute that is named in the macro is multivalued, each value is used in turn to expand the macro. The first value that provides a successful match is used.


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Editor's Note: The following is a column authored by Navistar RV President Bill Osborne that appeared in the company's monthly newsletter reaffirming his commitment to product quality and customer service.
Let me begin by telling you that my vision is for Navistar RV to be one of growth and success founded on "three key elements" – product quality, innovation, and a renewed focus on customer care.
Our intent is to build the finest coaches in the industry, period. This isn't going to be accomplished by launching some special initiatives. We will accomplish it by organizing ourselves to do it, setting higher standards for ourselves, and living up to those standards. It simply has to become part of our DNA and we have to improve on it every day.
At over a year in my role as President, I am still a newcomer, but my 30-plus years in the global and domestic auto sectors have uniquely prepared me for my job. Some of my past experiences include president of both Ford Australia and Ford Canada, as well as heading up Ford's North American Truck Engineering group, where I led the development of award-winning products like the F150 and Super-duty line of pickup trucks. Previously I also served as the CEO of Federal Signal Corp. and as a member of the board of directors at Navistar.
Of course, none of my past roles makes me an expert in the RV business. But I do bring a wealth of experience and some fresh thinking to the table that I leverage as we build the RVs our customers want to own and enjoy.
I'm sure you expect an ex-Ford guy to talk about improving quality. And you're right! That means that I'm not going to tell you that it will be done quickly or that we will be an overnight success. It is hard work and it is going to take time. But we have established the culture, processes and commitment to make it happen. With regard to service, I know that our customers want a no-hassle, worry-free experience with our products. Along with quality we have enhanced our service capabilities by reopening our Wakarusa, Ind., service center which joins our Coburg, Ore., service center. I have tasked my team to build upon our great service to define and deliver the optimal service experience through our world-class service centers and our dealer partners.
A great example of the direction we're going in the future is the expansion of Navistar RV's service capabilities in the Southeast region. In March, I was proud to announce Alliance Coach in Wildwood, Florida joined our family as our first Platinum Sales and Service Center. This new center is a welcome addition to our dedicated regional service locations in Wakarusa, IN and Coburg, OR. The Platinum Service Center is part of my long-term commitment to establish a network of elite sales and service centers to provide our customers with superior regional product support.
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Hi all,
Literally just joined this forum to ask a few questions. I have yet to buy my own fishing gear and was just wondering if anyone would so kindly lend some advice. I've done abit of fishing here and there, never really any of it serious. Mainly float fishing on freshwater and ledgering in saltwater however that was only a handle full of times. I've fished for carp but that was in a friends lake and if im honest it was like shooting fish in a barrel. Good fun as far as the fight is concerned but didn't seem to require any skill.
Anyway, i'd like to try my hand at freshwater lure fishing particularly using a baitcaster. I see alot of people using them now and it seems to be a growing thing here in the UK. I've only ever used a spinning reel before so it will be completely alien but im willing to give it a shot. I'd like to go after all sorts of freshwater fish from small perch to somewhat big pike (eventually). Thus i'd like an "allround" setup. I've been looking at some rods and reels and if I'm honest im honest (dont hate me) the abu garcia pro max combo seems the most cost effective option. However the problem I'm facing is that the casting weight is 15g to 45g I think. I'd be getting the 6ft 6 model so im not sure if those figures are for the 7ft model or for both. Regardless my main question is would i be able to cast out say a shad with a 6g jighead on it? Will this rod still be effective for a range of lures right down to 5gs? Another option would be the abu garcia devil casting rod which comes in 6ft 6 and has a casting weight of 5-20g which may seem better suited but to buy a seperate reel id be spending more money that the pro max combo and i dont want to since the devil is not as good as a rod as the pro max.
Note: I will most likely be spooling whatever reel with 12lb berkley trilene xl flurocarbon just due to the fact it has less stretch than mono but is easier to manage/ cheaper than braid which seems appropriate for a beginner like myself.
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Inpatient suicides are viewed as the most avoidable and preventable because they occur in close proximity to staff. Early in the admission is a clear high-risk period, but risk declines more slowly for some patients. Included here are factors that may guide the clinician in treating these at-risk patients.
•More stringent assessment of risk
•More stringent monitoring of patients' risk
•Better monitoring of behavioral signs and symptoms
•Improve staff communication of signs and risk
•Wait for significant, stable, reliable change before relaxing precautions
•Improve suboptimal staff-patient relationships
•Gather collateral information
•Do not rely solely on patient self-report of no suicidal ideation
•Do not rely on "no suicide" contracts
•Ensure a safe physical environment that is devoid of means to commit suicide, access to hidden areas. Units should be periodically checked to ensure suicide-proof architecture
•Avoid overconfidence in or overreliance on 15-minute checks
•Avoid premature discharge
•Smooth, tight transition to outpatient care
•Base suicide precautions on an adequate risk assessment and clinical rationale
•Document risk assessment and clinical rationale
•Form a suicide prevention committee
•Utilize Failure Mode and Effect Analysis
For more on this topic, see "Inpatient Suicide: Identifying Vulnerability in the Hospital Setting," by James L. Knoll, IV, MD, from which this Tipsheet is adapted.


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Youth Celebrated at WAG's Gallery Ball 2011
Put on your little black dress and show it off at the Winnipeg Art Gallery's annual Gallery Ball on Saturday, October 15. For the first time, Gallery Ball guests will be dining in the artistic splendour of the permanent collection galleries, surrounded by masterworks. The evening includes complimentary valet parking, a champagne reception, a delicious dinner by Storm Bistro, live and silent auctions, musical entertainment in the galleries, and features the exhibition William Kurelek: The Messenger.
"Our focus this year is on youth programs," says WAG Director Stephen Borys. "Each year thousands of young people in Manitoba enjoy the WAG's youth programs that open the doors to the joys of creativity and a love of the arts. Through art classes, school visits, Family Sundays, summer art camps, and Young Weekends they have the chance to experience all that art has to offer. Their horizons expand as they learn to see the world through other eyes. They learn to work as a team in the Saturday art classes. They spend quality time with their parents or grandparents at Family Sundays. Our new summer art camps were sold out, with waiting lists!"
Deborah Thorlakson, Chair of the Ball's planning committee, comments, "Planning an event in a gallery of this stature will always provide an opportunity to expand one's visual horizons and this year's Gala will not disappoint. The experience of dining in a milieu surrounded by masterpieces throughout the ages will be truly mesmerizing. Combining that with the knowledge that your support of this event will benefit children through the many arts programs the WAG offers will only serve to enhance what already promises to be a splendid evening."
When visitors attend the Gallery Ball they are supporting the WAG's initiative to provide opportunities for youth to explore and practice creativity and imagination in safe and fun environment. Individual tickets are $225, corporate tables of 8 are $2,500. Buy your tickets at wag.ca/events/gallery ball, or contact Doren Roberts at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 789-1765.
Thanks to our sponsors: Goodman Private Wealth Management, Storm Catering, Winnipeg Free Press, Doowah Design, Esdale Printing, MLCC, Florists Supply Ltd. and Lawton Partners.
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