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October 16, 2005
The Last [Partial] LawnmowingI took the opportunity today (Sunday) to go over the bits of lawn (namely where we filled in and raised the backyard) where it has been growing quite a bit over the last few weeks. I didn't mow the entire lawn (as the entirety doesn't require it), but I figure that what I did mow today will pretty much end up where it was before it dies out for the year.
While I was at it, and since it'll likely be the last mowing of the year, I took the opportunity to remove the mower deck and powerwash it. After this time, I put it in storage mode (in the back of the tool shed) for easy removal next spring when I'll re-attach it to the tractor.
I also took some time to 'winterize' the various machines. Primarily this meant to add fuel stabilizer to all the fuel sources and tanks, and in the case of the powerwasher it meant running it completely dry and out of gas. After this was all done, I briefly swept out the shed and put everything back in order. So, with that, pretty much all outdoor work has been completed.
Oh yeah, earlier this week I took the time to powerwash the tool shed and garage, both projects I'd mentioned in the last post.
Corn HarvestThe other night (I believe it was Friday evening), the farmers who farm the field around our place here harvested the corn. It looks much different out there now (you can see again now that the 8-10' corn plants are gone)...and another sign of the impending wintertime.
Milder than ExpectedConsidering that I've kept the thermostat in 'Heat' mode for the last week and a half or so, it's run surprisingly little. It's been quite warm during the day, so most of the time it runs just a bit right away in the morning and then never again until the next morning. Far as I can tell (from the weatherman), this trend is supposed to continue for the next week or so, with highs in the 60's... We shall see. After all, there's a 50% chance it'll be 'mild' this winter.
Bathroom...RevisitedIt was very nice to shower upstairs in the bathroom for the last week. Unfortunately, this trend has to take a short-term hiatus while another project 'cures.' I took the time over the weekend to 'paint' the bathtub (I did this on both Saturday and Sunday, different coats). This is a special product very much like those professional organizations use, except on a smaller scale. It's an epoxy/acrylic thing, and stinks quite badly (although I have to admit that construction adhesive is much worse as far as fumes go). It also takes 2-3 coats to really get it sealed up proper. However, I can truly say that the tub looks much nicer than before and nearly looks like new (at least it's not all yellowed and whatnot).
The unfortunate thing about the tub is that the paint takes about three days to fully cure before it can be exposed to water, so it's been back to the shower in the basement for the next few days (Thursday morning will be the first it can be used again). During this time, I'll re-seal up where the surround meets the tub edge and allow that time to cure as well. So, it's not the end of the world -- at least I can wait for a few things to get cured at the same time.
The other major project that I managed to accomplish this weekend is related to the bathroom floor. As in, it's complete. I bought a piece of subflooring material on Thursday afternoon. Friday evening we went to Menards (and a few other places) to pick up some other supplies for various projects -- this was when we got the bathtub paint.
So, Saturday it was time to do the flooring!
This required a pretty major deal -- removing the toilet temporarily during this period. While removing the toilet itself wasn't such a big deal (and it was a really good opportunity to get the tank cleaned out (and also replace a flush valve which had been acting up)), the thought of 'messing up' on this was, in a word, shitty. After all, we have but one toilet in this house -- and it was to be out of commission for a period of time.
Anyway, I removed the toilet, then went to the basement with measurements for the subfloor material and cut away. After a few dry-fit attempts and a few minor adjustments, the subfloor went into place, was glued, and then nailed into position. It should not be going anywhere. Oh yeah, before I got that far I also had to bring the gap (where the closet wall used to be) up to the approximate level of the remainder of the floor, which was done with old 12" square vinyl tiles cut to fit.
So after the subfloor went into place, it was time to start laying the new floor. We'd picked out the self-adhesive tiles some time ago (in fact, I think we'd pretty much picked that out before Easter (or maybe even Christmas)), and it was just a matter of doing the job. So, I went about installing them (one by one) -- and the job moved quite quickly. Even factoring in the tiles which had to be cut. I left a half (cut) row of tiles out near the edge of the tub so I could recoat it with the bathtub paint later, but as of Saturday evening, most of the flooring had been installed and looked pretty good. Before I wrapped things up for the evening, I also installed the new carpet threshold piece where the carpet meets the new tile.
And today (after I recoated the tub and mowed the lawn/did outside stuff), I cut and installed the remainder of the floor tile. It looks damn different (and good). The project is really nearing completion now. All we need to do is paint the window casing and window (which I will do sometime before Thursday morning while the bathroom is somewhat out of commission in regards to the high-humidity environment), install the door casing and baseboard (which may have to wait until we pick an appropriate trim color), and do the last of the caulking around the bathtub (which will also be done sometime before Thursday).
Last but not least is to deal with the vanity sinktop, which still needs to be glued down and sealed up around the edges. That's a rainy day project, though, and will come later (most likely when I have the caulk gun out) or maybe as early as when I do the last sealing up of the bathtub.
So anyway, the end is really in sight now. Some touch-up paint and a little miscellaneous stuff here and there, and the long-in-coming bathroom project will be complete. Woohoo!
Until Next Time......that's about all I've got to say. I'm sure there's other stuff (like I haven't yet won the Powerball -- of course, nobody else has either), but it's all minor...
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Tuesday, October 22, 20193:30PM - Tuesday, October 22, 20195:00PM
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Organized by Greenwood Library, Office of Multicultural Affairs, and the Center for Global Engagement
Greenwood Library is partnering with the Office of Multicultural Affairs and the Center for Global Engagement to host a Human Library on October 22 at 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm at the Greenwood Library. Light refreshments will be served.
The Human Library is an event that aims to create a dialogue and understanding between people. Individuals volunteer as human "books" and participants at the event can "read" the book – meaning they would share in a conversation about the "book's" experience.

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Appointments can be made by calling our practice directly. Alternatively, you can fill out the Request for an Appointment formform on this website. Please bring your current insurance card, referral form if required, a list of any prescription currently taking or refills needed and a list of any questions you may have. If you would like to ask us any questions before your appointment, please fill out a Contact Form to help assist you during your visit.
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The financial policy set forth is to expect payment for your services at the time your services are rendered. Co-payments and balance dues are expected to be paid at the time of service. We will provide insurance claim filing for the insurance plans that we participate in. If there is a balance due after payment is rendered by the insurance company, we will expect your prompt payment of that balance.
It is the patient's responsibility to provide us with current insurance plan information prior to services rendered in order for accurate billing of services to be filed. As a health care provider, our relationship is with our patients and as a team; we will continuously follow up on outstanding claims. At times, we may require the patient's intervention to assist us and we appreciate the patient working with us in this regard.
In order to accommodate the needs and requests of our patients and the community, we have enrolled in various managed care plans. While we gladly provide this service to our patients, it is important for the patient to be familiar with the guidelines of their insurance plan requirements regarding authorizations, deductibles, co-payments and other vital requirements.
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I'm looking for a easy function to get the number of datasets (of any table) containing NULL values. It's not important how many columns are involved.
For example:
CREATE TABLE tab1 (
id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
dat1 VARCHAR,
dat2 VARCHAR);
INSERT INTO tab1 VALUES
(1, NULL, 'abc'),
(2, 'abc', NULL),
(3, 'abc', 'abc');
SELECT count(*)
FROM tab1
WHERE id IS NULL OR dat1 IS NULL OR dat2 IS NULL;
-- 2
(I know that Primary Keys are not likely to habe NULLs ;)
My current solution uses R to build the query. Any suggestions?


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(Pocket-lint) - Like many concept cars we saw in Beijing, the DS Numero 9 didn't have an interior. Why? We're not sure. Possibly politics, because Citroën as a French firm needs to hold something back for its "home" motor show in Paris in September. Possibly there was a lack of time or money (concept cars are fearsomely expensive to make).
But nevertheless the Numero 9 is worth a moment's attention because it signals big things for Citroën's upmarket DS brand. After the production DS3, 4 and 5, this concept indicates that there's a big, flagship DS car on the way.
If you've a fond history for big Citroëns of old, such as the SM and CX, this will probably excite you.
That face - the front of the car - with the grille extending into the lamps, the wraparound day-time running light graphic and the Citroën badge behind a glazed element - is the face of all future DS cars. And there's more. We were invited to an inclusive evening dinner with Citroën's CEO, and the car's designers, where they told us that the plan is to separate DS from Citroën all together - even the double chevron Citroën badge will go, leaving only DS branding on the cars. And three new DS cars are coming in total – a C4/Golf-sized saloon, an SUV and a large flagship car – and feedback from this Numero 9 will be used to inform the design of that car.
- Samsung Galaxy Note 20, What3Words CEO, and Withings Sleep Analyzer reviewed - Pocket-lint podcast ep. 65
It also gives us further clues to what future DS cars will look like. Look closely and you can see there's a floating roof, something designer Carlo Bonzanigo told us all DSs will have. There are also huge chunks of chrome and the little DS motif diamond fading out from the back of the roof.
It's a polarising aesthetic, but personally we think it looks great. It's believably expensive-looking and most of all it's different. As Citroën CEO Frederic Banzet told us "We have to offer something different. So in the future we will play to our French strengths - fashion, artisan creativity and so on. We will offer something very different from the Germans."
As we said in our review of the DS4, that probably won't be to everyone's tastes and it won't be the safe option. But we always like having a choice, particularly if that choice is dripping with French flair.


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Welcome To Our Mass Of Renewal
Welcome To Mass Of Renewal by William Gokelman and David Kauffman
Since winning the National Association of Pastoral Musicians New Mass Setting Competition in July of 2010, over 2000 parishes have adopted Mass of Renewal for use in parish and diocesan settings.
For the competition, over 160 Mass Settings were submitted. A Five Judge Panel pared that down to Four Settings. And 2000+ Choral Music Directors, Cantors, and Choir members voted the Gokelman Kauffman setting the Number 1 Mass!
"Our hope was to write a musical setting to enhance the prayer experience of the living liturgy," said Bill Gokelman, co-writer of Mass of Renewal and Chairman of the Music department at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, TX.
Gokelman and Kauffman's composition may be sung with various combinations of instruments, including guitar, piano, organ, brass, and even full orchestra. This setting is quite adaptable and can be used by the congregation alone, with the participation of an SATB choir or in contemporary settings.
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Looking for a Kauffman/Gokelman Song to go with a Sunday celebration? Download a FREE PDF spreadsheet matching our songs to each Sunday in all three cycles. While we don't have a perfect song-match for every Sunday, many of our songs work well for many Sundays. Some are in octavo format, and others, meant for solo or ensemble unison singing.
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"Fourteen years ago, I stood in the snow, struggling to digest what I had heard. A group of us, gathered to learn about monitoring and protecting wildlife habitat, had just discovered that our instructor—Sue Morse, founder of Keeping Track—was a deer hunter. I found the news disturbing. How could she work to safeguard the homes of animals she described as "neighbors" and then turn around and shoot one of them? I found it inconceivable that someone could be both an environmentalist and a hunter, a caretaker and a killer. Today, I, too, am both." READ MORE HERE
If this piques your interest I cannot recommend his book The Mindful Carnivore strongly enough. The journey from vegan to hunter is, like so many great change-of-heart stories, an informative one.
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Gaunt, with cloudy blue eyes and an ever-present cigarette between his thin lips, Randy — not his real name — was celebrating his 80th day without heroin. The 22-year-old Atlantic Beach resident, who says he regularly bought from Baldwin's Dr. William Conway, wore a black track suit with white piping that matched the black and white Brooklyn Nets cap askew atop his shaved head. He was 10 minutes late for the interview because, as his mother, Kerri Murphy, 47, explained, he and his new girlfriend "just had to go out for five-dollar Starbucks."
Murphy is a registered nurse who works at a hospice, but is planning to move away from New York in the near future. She offered a hopeful "we like her" when asked about her son's new girlfriend, who does not use drugs. Implicit in this approval, of course, is an indictment of Randy's previous romantic interests, who were always her son's partners in addiction. Once, Murphy said, a girlfriend visited Randy in Virginia while he was trying to kick his habit. "Within five hours of him picking her up at the airport," she recalled, "they had found heroin in Virginia."
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Randy's mother, who does not share her son's last name, was not shy about discussing the addiction battles her family has fought over the better part of a decade. "I did everything you can think of to get him to stop," she said. "I barricaded him in his room with a broomstick one time. I would rather be dead than have him living on the street."
It was an email Murphy sent to the Herald that resulted in the conversation with her son (see photo of Murphy). The message expressed Murphy's outrage that Baldwin doctor William Conway, who admitted in June that he conspired to distribute 750,000 oxycodone pills between 2009 and 2011, was allowed to plead guilty in exchange for what she perceived as a reduced sentence.
"It is outrageous that this MD can cop a plea," Murphy wrote. "He is responsible for countless tragedies that are going on as we speak in our community. Can the addicts and families get a better deal? ... Can a mother make a deal and say, 'I'll just worry two days a week and the rest of the time I will be free of worry?' Not a chance."


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With each new trailer, clip, or image from David Cronenberg's Cosmopolis, I've become more intrigued and eager to check the film out. We've seen a few trailers teasing the seriously trippy and surreal world that Cronenberg has created, and I'm interested to see Pattinson shine in a role that doesn't ask him to brood for 120 minutes. For those unfamiliar with the film, Pattinson plays a successful banker whose entire life unravels over the course of a single day. These images give us more looks at Pattinson's character, as well as supporting players Jay Baruchel, Samantha Morton, Paul Giamatti and Kevin Durand.
Hit the jump to check out the images. Cosmopolis will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, which runs from May 16 – 25th.
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The course will survey the laws governing damages, injunctions, and both the substantive and remedial law of restitution. We touch on such topics as: recovery of compensatory damages in contract and tort cases (both personal injury cases, and disputes concerning injury to personal or real property); punitive damages; pre-judgment interest; attorney's fees; the right to jury trial; the standards for obtaining preliminary, as well as final, injunctive relief; modification of injunctions; relief in civil rights cases; the features of the constructive trust and its cousin the equitable lien; other restitutionary devices; and more. The course should be seen as a survey. Some of the material covered will be review (for many) of concepts encountered in contracts, torts, property, real estate, federal courts, and procedure. Some believe the course should be required.


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I'm a huge fan of code reuse, and I tend to trust other people's public code more than my own private code. After all, if they put effort into making it public, they must have put a lot of thought into it. And more than likely it is probably their speciality. That's why I don't (for example) implement my own webservers 🙂 Having said that, I've reimplemented more wheels than I care to admit. Here is me, providing my own version of identity – a built-in emacs function. How embarrassing. Almost put me off blogging that did.
So, I try to do a bit of due dilligence when I'm thinking about writing a simple thing that someone surely has already done. What I want, is an interprocess mutex. There must be a million ways of doing these things, so I have a quick look on CPAN. Searching for mutex brings up LockFile::NetLock which looks interesting (although slightly paranoid, and I don't have my own ftp server).
IPC::Semaphore looks like it only supports SysV (i.e. not Windows) and the API is somewhat baroque. Win32::Semaphore has the opposite problem (I'm guessing). I did like the look of POSIX::RT::Semaphore but suspected it wouldn't install on Windows.
dmake.EXE: Error code 129, while making 'Semaphore.o' MJP/POSIX-RT-Semaphore-0.05.tar.gz C:\strawberry\c\bin\dmake.EXE -- NOT OK Running make test Can't test without successful make Running make install Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
Yep, I was right. I'll spare you the results from the other hour I spent googling various things like semaphore and process mutex.
Okay, let's think about this. Maybe I could write my own simple little thing with a nice API, and if I find a decent module later I can delegate to it, or maybe delegate to
Win32::Semaphore on Windows and the SysV version everywhere else. The ACE guys call that a wrapper facade. Does
flock work on Windows?
So the plan is to call
flock LOCK_EX on a file in the constructor, and then
flock LOCK_UN in the destructor in a kinda RAII way. Famous last words, but what else could I possibly need?
package IPC::ProcessMutex; use Carp; use Fcntl; sub import { } sub new { my $class = shift; my $file = shift; my $fh; if (! sysopen($fh, $file, O_CREAT)) { croak "Unable to sysopen $file"; } my $self = { handle => $fh }; bless $self, $class; flock $fh, Fcntl::LOCK_EX; return $self; } sub DESTROY { my $self = shift; if (exists $self->{handle}) { flock $self->{handle}, Fcntl::LOCK_UN; close $self->{handle}; delete $self->{handle}; } else { carp 'DESTROY - handle was not defined'; } } 1;
And to avoid having to think to hard about whether the code actually works or not, I'll check it with a little test 😉
use POSIX; use FindBin; use lib "$FindBin::Bin/lib/perl5"; use IPC::ProcessMutex; sub my_log { my $ts = POSIX::strftime('%H:%M:%S', localtime(time())); print "[ $ts ] : ", @_, "\n"; } { my_log 'Getting mutex ...'; my $mutex = IPC::ProcessMutex->new('.filename.lock'); my_log 'Got mutex. Sleeping 10 ...'; sleep 10; } my_log 'Released mutex.';
Process 1
jared@win32 $ perl get-mutex.pl [ 21:37:57 ] : Getting mutex ... [ 21:37:57 ] : Got mutex. Sleeping 10 ... [ 21:38:07 ] : Released mutex. jared@win32 $ perl get-mutex.pl [ 21:38:15 ] : Getting mutex ... [ 21:38:17 ] : Got mutex. Sleeping 10 ... [ 21:38:27 ] : Released mutex. jared@win32 $
Process 2
jared@win32 $ perl get-mutex.pl [ 21:38:02 ] : Getting mutex ... [ 21:38:07 ] : Got mutex. Sleeping 10 ... [ 21:38:17 ] : Released mutex. jared@win32 $ perl get-mutex.pl [ 21:38:24 ] : Getting mutex ... [ 21:38:27 ] : Got mutex. Sleeping 10 ... [ 21:38:37 ] : Released mutex. jared@win32 $
Yes! Mission accomplished as they say. I'm tentatively going to go with that…


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Pakistan ready for peace talks with militants
Pakistan's interior minister said Monday that the government was ready to hold peace talks with domestic Taliban militants who have been waging a bloody insurgency that has killed thousands of people in the country.
Rehman Malik's comments were the latest sign of growing momentum for talks and followed statements by senior Pakistani Taliban leaders who also indicate they are ready to sit down at the negotiating table.
The government appeared to have dropped an earlier demand that the Taliban lay down their weapons and renounce violence prior to talks, a position rejected by the militants.
"We are ready to start talks with you," Malik told reporters, adding that bullets are "not the answer."
"You tell us what team you would like to talk to, and let's set an agenda," Malik said in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad.
Ruling party lawmakers say one key issue driving the government toward talks - which have the blessing of the country's powerful military - is concern about violence in the run-up to parliamentary elections expected this spring. The lawmakers spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.
The Pakistani military has waged an aggressive campaign against the Taliban in their northwest sanctuaries along the Afghan border since 2009, but the militants have proved resilient. There has been an uptick in violence in recent months as the Taliban have carried out a series of high-profile attacks, including two against Pakistani air force bases.
It is less clear what is motivating the Taliban to push for negotiations - whether they are doing so because they feel they are in a position of strength or weakness. The militants have publicly spurned government offers of talks in the past and have denied reports that the group has held secret discussions with officials.
It is also uncertain how much common ground the two sides would find if they met face-to-face. The Taliban have demanded that Pakistan sever ties with the United States and impose Islamic law in the country.
Brig. Asad Munir, former head of Pakistan's main intelligence agency in the northwest, said he thought the talks were destined to fail and that the only solution was an operation in the Taliban's remaining sanctuary in the North Waziristan tribal area.
"It is not possible for any state to accept their conditions," Munir said.
Even if an agreement is reached, it's unclear if it would last, especially given divisions among the militants themselves. The government has cut peace deals with the Pakistani Taliban in the past, but they have largely fallen apart. The agreements have been criticized for allowing the militants to regroup and rebuild their strength to resume fighting the government and foreign troops in Afghanistan.
Talk of a new peace deal could be troubling to the United States if it is seen as providing militants with greater space to carry out operations in neighboring Afghanistan. However, Washington's push for a peace deal with the Afghan Taliban could also make it difficult to oppose an agreement in Pakistan.
The Afghan and Pakistani Taliban are allies but have primarily focused their attacks on opposite sides of the border. The Pakistani Taliban also trained the Pakistani-American who carried out a failed car bombing in New York's Times Square in 2010.
The recent momentum toward peace talks began with a letter the Pakistani Taliban sent to a local newspaper at the end of December outlining conditions for a ceasefire, including the imposition of Islamic law and a break with Washington.
Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud then released a video in which he said the group "will consider every serious offer for talks" but would never agree to lay down their weapons as a precondition.
The most vocal proponents for negotiations with the Taliban on the government side have been members of the Awami National Party, which controls northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and has been repeatedly attacked by the militants. Those calls increased in December when a suicide bomber killed Bashir Bilour, the second most senior member of the provincial Cabinet.
"Talks with the Taliban are necessary for lasting peace," provincial information minister and ANP lawmaker Mian Iftikhar Hussain said at the end of January.
The army, which is considered the most powerful institution in the country, also backs the idea of talks, according to intelligence and counterterrorism officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they also were not authorized to talk to the media.
Pakistani Taliban spokesman Ahsanullah Ahsan said Sunday that the group has responded positively to the government's offer of negotiations but is worried that officials aren't serious. He told reporters that the Taliban wanted the army and three prominent politicians to "guarantee" the talks, although he did not specify what that meant.
The politicians included the country's main opposition leader, former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, and the leaders of two hard-line Islamic parties, Maulana Fazlur Rehman and Munawar Hasan.
The government has asked Rehman, head of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, to act as a mediator in talks with the Taliban, said ruling party officials. Rehman has said he is willing to do so as long as the government gives him total authority.
Ahsan also demanded the government release former Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan and six other militants he said would be part of the group's negotiating team.
Associated Press writers Rasool Dawar in Shaktoi and Ishtiaq Mahsud in Dera Ismail Khan contributed to this report.


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David DeJesus hit a bases-loaded triple before injuring his shoulder when he crashed into the outfield wall, and the Chicago Cubs beat the New York Mets 6-3 on Friday night behind resurgent starter Edwin Jackson.
Nate Schierholtz homered and Anthony Rizzo had three hits for Chicago in the opener of a three-game series between big-market teams trying to rebuild. Jackson (3-8) went six innings for his second consecutive win, allowing one run and five hits while striking out seven.
Mets starter Shaun Marcum (0-8) was hit hard early but retired 12 straight during one stretch and pitched into the sixth. It was his first outing since throwing eight innings of splendid relief in a hard-luck loss to Miami on Saturday, when the Mets were beaten 2-1 in 20 innings.
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Daniel Murphy hit two RBI singles and David Wright had three hits for the second consecutive game, but his baserunning blunder stopped a Mets rally in the seventh. New York has lost nine of 11 since a five-game winning streak.
Coming off a 14-inning victory Thursday at home over Cincinnati, the Cubs won their second in a row after dropping eight of 10.
Rizzo's bloop single started a four-run second. Dioner Navarro also singled and a walk to Luis Valbuena loaded the bases with none out.
After a visit from pitching coach Dan Warthen, Marcum gave up an RBI single to Darwin Barney before Jackson struck out. DeJesus then hit a drive beyond the reach of rookie center fielder Juan Lagares that banged off the right-center fence for a three-run triple, giving Chicago a 5-0 cushion.
One inning later, Lagares led off with a triple to nearly the same spot and DeJesus — running almost full speed — crashed hard into the wall while trying to make the catch. He extended his right arm but the ball ticked off the end of his glove, and DeJesus' prone right shoulder slammed into the padded wall.
His glove was knocked off his hand, and DeJesus immediately went down, writhing in pain on the warning track as he reached for his shoulder.
After Lagares pulled into third, every Cubs fielder went out to the warning track to aid DeJesus along with manager Dale Sveum, a trainer and a worker in an EMS top. But in an encouraging sign, DeJesus got up and walked off the field under his own power, his right arm hanging limp along his side.
Ryan Sweeney took over in center field, and the Cubs said DeJesus was having X-rays on his right shoulder.
DeJesus, who grew up nearby in New Jersey and went to Rutgers, had family in the stands, a team spokesman said.
Lagares scored on Murphy's two-out single, but Valbuena chased Marcum with a two-out RBI double in the sixth that made it 6-1.
New York got run-scoring singles in the seventh from Murphy and Lucas Duda off James Russell, but Wright was cut down at third by Alfonso Soriano's throw when he tried to go first to third on Duda's one-out single to left.
Carlos Marmol worked a perfect eight and Kevin Gregg got three quick outs for his eighth straight save to begin the season.
With two outs in the first inning, Schierholtz homered into the front row of the second deck in right field, where an excited fan caught the ball on the fly.
Schierholtz has gone deep in four of his last eight starts and matched his career high of nine home runs with San Francisco in 2011. He was moved up to third in the lineup, with Rizzo dropped to the No. 5 spot.
"I'm just kind of mixing it up. Right now you could say he's our best hitter," Sveum said about Schierholtz, who has a seven-game hitting streak.


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Interesting leash discussion, and valid arguments on both sides.
I learnt in 2004 on the South coast of England.
The school used reel leashes (no option given and no info about how they could be dangerous). Helmets also used.
The reel leash definitely saved time in the learning process, and I wanted to use it.
Yes I continued using a leash (probably cause that's the way I was taught) but didn't buy a helmet of my own
Yes, it was because I wasn't confident to body-drag back to my board, and didn't want to lose time/energy trying to get it back (wanted riding time, not dragging time..), and wasn't really taught these skills. Yes, by this time I knew there was risk but didn't want to give up the leash.
Yes, the board finally twatted me on the head in 2006 or so, on day 2 of a week's kiting holiday in Hurghada/Egypt (5 stitches, but carried on kiting wearing a rather fetching purple swimming cap)
Yes, I bought a helmet after that, and continued using the reel leash
In 2007 or so went on a kite trip to Portugal and the guy running it couldn't believe I was using a board leash, and told me in no uncertain times to stop immediately, and gave me some key upwind body-dragging tips. At this time I would say I was a reasonably competent kiter, easily keep upwind, wave riding etc, just always used a leash. I ended up using one of his boards due to light winds, had a crash, and was forced to body drag to find it (it had no place for me to attach my leash) and from that day I never used the leash again, I felt totally liberated. Kind of like finally ditching the training wheels on a bike - not that I remember that far back
Having been through the leash mill I would say this: the leash has no place in lessons, whatever the circumstances! (sorry Richard, you should teach people how to drag upwind - it will take longer but ultimately students will thank you for it - it's a critical skill and definitely is not wasted time! Once you know how it's really not so difficult/taxing, I was just never shown how to do it properly! I wish I had been taught these skills at the beginning.
Yes, I wear a helmet whenever I kite. Which is not so often now, living 700kms from the coast
Happy kiting and RIP Rene.


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Can it be true - a self-filling digital music player? That's what Sony claims for its new Walkman NWD-B100, a Flash-based DAP with the ability to pull tracks off a PC as soon as it's connected.
Sony's NWD-B100: self-filling
The 30g B100 has a built-in USB connector a la the first generation iPod Shuffle and once mounted grabs for itself all the tracks you most recently added to the music folder on your PC. Add two albums' worth of new songs and the player auto-deletes that number of the oldest songs already in its memory. No software is required, Sony said.
The consumer electronics giant also said you can drag and drop songs over to the player, which comes in versions with 1GB and 2GB of storage.
The B100 sports a three-line colour LCD for track and status data, a six-band equaliser and an FM radio from which you can make recordings. You can also record through the player's microphone. If you have a compatible Sony hi-fi, it can play songs stores on the the B100.
Sony's NWD-B100: three-line display
Sony said the B100 will be available shortly in a choice of black, white and violet. There's no word yet on pricing.


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What we have found is that intense transaction rates with low latency are supported by using free software. Although cost is important to us and we have saved money, our reason for using free software is that it is the best solution for what we are trying to do. The whole industry is moving this way. We have used various forms of proprietary Unix and decided after a while to move to GNU and Linux. We have also found that many of the vendors that we work with were writing their programs with this platform as their priority.
Our needs are unique, so the freedom to adapt or change the software is important, but only in minor ways. What is essential is that the software we are using is well supported, and it is.
We use many other free software utilities and develop utilities in-house. One example is Puppet, a server automation and configuration tool we use.
We also look to employ people who have a background in free software and we train others to use it. There are people in our organization who are attuned to the free software community's efforts and who participate in such projects."


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So, one of our very own PPG members, Pruttm, has got his supers adventure, Evilution Unchained, for Champions Complete/HERO Games, up for sale on RPGNow. Most of the art used in it is mine, so I'm doubly proud for him and myself also. Since this is my personal blog here, I'm going to crow about it and say I helped go over it and provide feedback and I can personally attest he has put an unbelievable amount of time and effort into getting this "just right" and I want to do my part to help
I've uploaded Ghoulblasters, my free restatement of West End Games' Ghostbusters RPG system from the 80s. What ya gonna download?
I have set up an IRC chatroom hosted on PPG member Lazarus' site, as an alternate with easy to follow instructions - everything is on this page:
Hi there, neighbor, I'm jpatterson (JP for short), a user and chat moderator here on Pen & Paper Games. First off, welcome to the PPG site and forums if you haven't been welcomed! Feel free to post and ask questions, start topics, look for games, make posts looking for games or players or just chat in the Introductions and Offtopic forum categories.
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|Miniature Measurement and Scale Equivalents : This is a simple .PNG of various useful tabletop gaming scales and measurements. I made this equivalency chart using various internet sites, but this one was the most helpful: http://theminiaturespage.com/ref/scales.html
|Savage Seed: Pregnancy in Savage Worlds : This is a Savage Worlds specific work for dealing with pregnancy in tabletop roleplaying, for active or passive NPCs or PCs.
|Worlds Hammer: WFRP2> Savage Worlds Bridge : This is what I call a "Bridge" (a conduit used to get from a departure point to a destination) - a mechanical conversion of Warhammer Fantasy Role Play 2nd Edtion (WFRP2) to Savage Worlds. It is an incomplete (though I'm working on further progress o ...
|Savage Worlds Combat Actions Generator : This is intended to provide some narrative resources and inspiration for GMs and Players for cinematic combat descriptions. UPDATED Nov 4, 2013! For visual examples of many listed Parry/Guards: http://www.chivalrynow.net/sword/guards.htm UPDATED N ...
|Free Public Domain RPG Dice Icons - Dec 2014 : This is a full set of dice icons for tabletop roleplaying and other types of gaming, including 1d4, 1d6, 1d8, 1d10, 1d12 and 1d20 die types, as well as some numbers, the die notation references and a couple extra dice. This is released as Creative Co ...
|Potion Features Generator : This was originally created for Warhammer Fantasy Role Play 2nd Edition, but should be usable for most fantasy games.
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|Star Trek LUG Custom Character Sheet : This is a custom character sheet I made for my group's LUG Star Trek games. It isn't fancy and doesn't have any cool LCARS designs, but it has pre-listed skills and such, which I find much more useful.
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2 Pot Roast Recipes. Fast,Easy Delicious!!!
Any meal cooked in a crock pot is my kind of meal. Even better is a recipe where the prep time is just minutes and you literally just throw it all in, close the lid and let it cook. Here are two of my favorite go-to pot roast recipes that really do only take minutes to prepare. The aroma when cooking is to die for and you will love the variety in flavor between the two recipes but both are amazingly sumptuous! You can also toss in some peeled potatoes, carrots or onions if you want or serve with mashed potatoes and steamed veggies. Of course some hot fresh bread or rolls is a must too!
Campbell's Soup Pot Roast
- 2 cans Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup
- 2 cans Campbell's Cream of Celery Soup
- 2 envelopes Lipton onion soup mix
- 1 pot roast (use whatever cut of meat that is your favorite or on sale)
Brown the roast on all sides and put in the crock pot. In mixing bowl mix cans of soup with the dry soup mix until well blended. Pour over the roast and close the lid to the crock pot. Cook on high for 5 hours or low for 8 hours. The sauce will be thick enough to use as gravy over the roast and potatoes.
Ranch Dressing Pot Roast:
- 2 envelopes dry Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing Mix (in the salad dressing isle)
- 1 envelope dry Hidden Valley Italian Seasoning Mix (in the salad dressing isle)
- 2 envelopes dry McCormick Beef Gravy Mix (or Mushroom Gravy)
- 1 cup water
- 1 pot roast (use whatever cut of meat that is your favorite or on sale)
Brown the roast on all sides and put in the crock pot. In large cup or bowl add all dry mixes with one cup of water and whisk until well blended. Pour over roast and close the lid to the crock pot. Set on high for 5 hours or low for 8 hours. The sauce will be thin so if you desire a thicker gravy pour the sauce into a sauce pan and then take either 2 tbsp of flour or corn starch mixed in 1/2 cup of water and slowly add to the sauce until it thickens.
Do you have a good pot roast recipe to share?
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Ducati achieves expectations with impressive 2012 year-end figures
Tuesday, 12 March 2013 10:02
Aprilia Protest BMW at SilverstoneFollowing race two of round ten of the eni Superbike World Championship at Silverstone, U.K., the works Aprilia squad has protested the behavior of the BMW Motorrad team of Marco Melandri. Aprilia contend that the BMW crew were working on their S1000 RR race bike following the display of the three-minute board on the grid for race two, against the official FIM rules.
Sunday, 05 August 2012 22:13
Guintoli Wins in his debut with PATA DucatiSylvain Guintoli made a great debut for his new PATA Racing Ducati team, winning race two in treacherous conditions at round ten of the 2012 eni Superbike World Championship at Silverstone, U.K. on August 5. Guintoli won race one in similar conditions at round three at Assen in the Netherlands, and the calm-riding Frenchman with the English accent showed superb discipline and control at Silverstone.
Sunday, 05 August 2012 13:10
Kawasaki Rookie Wins Semi-Wet Wild OneFirst-year Superbike rider Loris Baz of France ran a great last lap to take first for Kawasaki in the opening race of the eni Superbike World Championship at Silverstone in the U.K. on August 5. In a race with ever-changing track conditions, including drizzle but no really hard rain, Baz stuck with the leaders throughout and then out-fumbled his opposition on the last of 18 laps.
Sunday, 05 August 2012 10:19
Sykes Quickest in Silverstone SBK Warm-UpUnder threatening skies but on a rare dry surface at Silverstone, Kawasaki's top gun Tom Sykes set the best lap time for today's tenth round of the eni Superbike World Championship Series. After two mostly rainy days, the teams were glad to briefly run in the dry, although this afternoon's weather predictions are completely negative–- unless you are a Duck, or on a "Duc."
Sunday, 05 August 2012 10:09
Smrz Grabs Pole for Effenbert-Liberty Ducati
Jakub Smrz of Czechoslovakia won pole position by .04 of a second for the tenth round of the eni Superbike World Championship slated for tomorrow at the famed Silverstone circuit in the United Kingdom. Riding for the Liberty Racing Team Effenbert Ducati squad, Smrz was a front runner through the two wet SuperPole sessions, run in ever-changing conditions due to drizzle, rain and brief glimpses of the sun.
Saturday, 04 August 2012 12:24
Sykes Leads Superbikes to SuperPole
Under threatening skies, hometown ace Tom Sykes was the quickest in dry qualifying this morning at round ten of the eni Superbike World Championship at Silverstone in the United Kingdom. Aboard the works Kawasaki ZX-10R Ninja, title contender Sykes set a best time of 2:05.35, almost half a second quicker than his closest competitor around the long, 5.9-km Silverstone layout.
Saturday, 04 August 2012 10:23
Canadian Superbike Champ In Coventry for Olympic Soccer
Brett McCormick celebrated his first day back in eni Superbike World Championship action at Silverstone, United Kingdom, by taking a rare night out during a race weekend. Along with family and friends, McCormick took the train northwest to Coventry to watch the quarter-final match in Women's Olympic Football, with the favoured home squad facing the strong Canadian National soccer team.
Saturday, 04 August 2012 09:31
Duncan, BC's first Street Challenge proves to be a success
Duncan, BC, hosted a historic supermoto race through city streets on July 15 to celebrate the city's 100th anniversary.
Monday, 23 July 2012 16:00
Darren James places ninth at Mid-Ohio
Ruthless Racing's Darren James finished in ninth place in the AMA Pro Vance & Hines XR1200 series at Mid-Ohio on July 15.
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Stepping Toward a Bright Future: STEP Marks 45th Reunion with Many Success Stories
She had endured a 14-hour flight from Dubai to New York, arriving just the morning before. But Judy Pitchford '86 showed no signs of jet lag. She simply glowed—exchanging hugs, smiling for photos, reveling in memories and in this moment with old friends, together again at Stevens for one memorable night.
The Stevens Technical Enrichment Program (STEP) marked its 45th anniversary in September, and Pitchford, a STEP alumna, couldn't miss it. She came back for Dr. Snowden Taylor and for "Maz."
"They were amazing," she says. "They took a lot of time with us. I was a kid trying to find my way in life."
Professor Snowden Taylor '50, a retired Stevens physics professor, and Professor Varoujan "Maz" Mazmanian, M.S. '71, a current math lecturer, were honored for their decades of service to STEP students during the reunion. Since 1968, STEP has served more than 1,000 students who have been under-represented in the science, engineering, technology and mathematics fields (STEM), offering everything from a pre-freshman program to tutoring, career guidance and strong social support. Pitchford was among more than 200 alumni and guests at this heartfelt reunion—filled with standing ovations, dancing and many hugs—who came back to say thanks.
Pitchford, an IT professional with Emirates Airline, traveled farthest for the STEP Reunion, which saw alumni and guests journey from as far as Georgia, Chicago and Buffalo, N.Y. The event also raised more than $15,000 in sponsorships and for a newly established STEP scholarship fund.
Among the celebrants was Angie Hankins '95, who smiled warmly as she recalled Professor Mazmanian.
"He was such a good math teacher—just clear and concise," she says.
Hankins served four years in the Air Force before enrolling at Stevens and needed to brush up on her math skills before freshman year, she recalls. STEP's Bridge program—an intensive preparation program held the summer before freshman year—did the trick, along with Maz's teaching.
Hankins went on to attend the University of Virginia School of Law. In 2007, she was named partner of the prestigious New York law firm of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan—the first African-American in the firm's history to make partner.
"I don't think that I would have been as successful at Stevens and after without (STEP)," Hankins says. "When I left Stevens, I felt I could do anything."
Anthony Guzman '91 and his wife, Marcella Hernandez Guzman '95, also a STEP alumna, traveled from Buffalo, N.Y., for the reunion. STEP, Guzman says, helped him see what's possible.
Dr. Taylor gave him much needed extra help in his electricity and magnetism courses. Guzman was so inspired by his dedication that he became a STEP tutor himself, to "pay it forward," he says.
Guzman went on to work in higher education and is currently director of online programs at the University of Buffalo, in its School of Social Work.
"A lot of that is a testimony to STEP," he says of his career success. "I always wanted to be in education and teaching—(STEP) just re-affirmed it for me."
Many younger alumni are also making an impact on the world. Eileen Parra '09, M.S. '11, works as a project associate with Nautilus Solar Energy, LLC, a solar power generation independent power provider in Summit, N.J.
Parra has also been active since her days at Stevens with Engineers Without Borders. The STEP program helped give her the confidence to meet new people in her professional circle and tackle challenges on the job, she says. Visiting the STEP office—where she can always discuss professional and personal issues—still provides a source of strength.
"It teaches you to be better and to help others to be better," Parra says.
So many alumni mention lifelong friendships formed through STEP—from braving the challenging pre-college program together to keeping close bonds decades after their time at Stevens. When Ian Howe '80 thinks of STEP, he thinks "family."
"We held onto one another," Howe says, at times facing adversity, but always supporting one another and giving back to those who followed.
Rachel Jenkins '80 represented one of the earlier STEP alumni present—and a contingent out of Newark's West Side High School. There, her guidance counselor urged her to study engineering, given her strong math and science skills.
"I said—what do you do, drive a train?" she recalled with a laugh.
Jenkins may not have had much knowledge of engineering but, even as a high school sophomore, she knew that STEP's summer program for high school students was worth checking out. So she was crushed when she learned that she had missed the application deadline. Dr. Taylor heard the heartbreak in her voice, and let her in anyway.
"He saw something in me, and he took a chance," she said.
Jenkins has used her mechanical engineering degree to work as a project manager and IT and computer science professional. Currently, she's an independent IT consultant.
When Jenkins looks back, she sees the difference that STEP—and Stevens—have made in her life.
"It helped us to see what we were made of," Jenkins says. "It made us see that it was hard work—no one was going to give it to us. (Engineering) was one more thing that I could consider as a career choice."


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Farmingdale State - 50, Yeshiva - 46
New York, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State men's basketball team allowed a season-low 46 points as the Rams defeated Yeshiva 50-46 last night in New York, N.Y.
Trailing 11-8, a 10-0 Farmingdale State (14-4, 8-1 Skyline) run capped off by five straight points from senior guard Christian Nunez (White Plains, N.Y.) put the Rams ahead 18-11 with 5:29 remaining in the first half. Farmingdale State took a 26-19 lead into the break as Nunez had a team-high eight points in the half.
The Rams held a seven point edge with under eight minutes to play, before senior forward Dovie Hoffman (Tarzana, Cal.) scored five straight Maccabees (7-7, 4-4) points to cut the deficit to 44-42. A P.J. Page (Copiague, N.Y.) dunk and Wilson Molina (Woodside, N.Y.) free-throw put Farmingdale State back on top by five, before junior guard Benjy Ritholtz (West Hempstead, N.Y.) hit all three free-throws after being fouled on a 3-point attempt to pull Yeshiva within two, 47-45.
After the Maccabees trailed 47-46 with 32 seconds remaining, the Rams connected on 3-of-4 free-throws to earn a 50-46 conference victory.
Nunez tallied a team-leading 14 points and had five steals, while Page had 12 points on 6-of-9 shooting.
Yeshiva was led by Hoffman who had a game-high 21 points after shooting 7-for-10 from the field, including 4-for-4 from 3-point range.
Farmingdale State next will travel to Old Westbury for a Skyline game on Thursday, January 24th at 7:00 p.m.


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Unigine Valley Benchmark 1.0 Linux Download
Download Unigine Valley Benchmark for Linux. Shortly after releasing the Heaven benchmark Unigine Valley is now released. Valley is available for Windows, Linux and Mac OSX operating systems, 32bit and 64bit respectively.
Valley Benchmark is a new GPU stress-testing tool from the developers of the very popular and highly acclaimed Heaven Benchmark. The forest-covered valley surrounded by vast mountains amazes with its scale from a bird's-eye view and is extremely detailed down to every leaf and flower petal. This non-synthetic benchmark powered by the state-of-the art UNIGINE Engine showcases a comprehensive set of cutting-edge graphics technologies with a dynamic environment and fully interactive modes available to the end user.
- Extreme hardware stability testing
- Per-frame GPU temperature and clock monitoring
- Multi-platform: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X
- Advanced visual technologies: dynamic sky, volumetric clouds, sun shafts, DOF, ambient occlusion
- Multi-Platform support for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X
- 64 000 000 square meters of extremely detailed, seamless terrain
- Procedural object placement of vegetation and rocks
- The entire valley is free to be explored in interactive fly-by or hike-through modes
- User-controlled dynamic weather
- Support for stereo 3D and multi-monitor configurations
- Benchmarking presets
- Command line automation support
- Highly customizable reports in CSV format
System Requirements
- ATI Radeon HD 4xxx and higher
- NVIDIA GeForce 8xxx and higher
- Intel HD 3000 and higher
- Video memory: 512 Mb
- Disk space: 1.5 Gb
Operating system:
- MS Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8
- Linux (proprietary video drivers required)
- Mac OS X 10.8+ (Mountain Lion)
Offering a rare chance to experience a breath of untapped, crystal clear air, Valley Benchmark allows you to encounter a morning high up in the mountains when the snow-capped peaks are just barely glittering in the rising sun. Be it flying over the vast green expanses or hiking along rocky slopes, this journey continues as long you wish. Unique in every corner, this open-space world provides a wonderfully relaxing experience under the tranquil music and sounds of nature.
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I installed Unigine Valley on Windows 8 x64 and when I run it with the DX11 renderer I get the following corruption:
This shows up on Win 8 x64 with 13.2 beta 5 and beta 6 but only under DX11, the DX9 and OGL renderers are fine. Other settings in Valley do not influence this.
On W7 x64 SP1 with 12.8 and 13.2 beta 5 there is no corruption in DX11.
I have checked the CCC and RadeonPro settings but there is nothing forced in any of them. Other games and benchmarks are fine and even Unigine Heaven 4.0 is fine. My hardware is in my profile, all stock clocks/voltages.
Any ideas?
Nevermind, I have figured out a solution: went to C:\Users\Username\Valley and deleted everything, including two shader cache files and a config file. After i did this the problem was solved. I think the shader cache was corrupted.
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Sometimes it happens after a hard-reset while benching. Even alt+tab makes it stuttering so I need to restart executable.
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Waking this thread up a bit.
Unigine Valley Benchmark 1.0
Min FPS:23.3
Max FPS:110.2
On Extreme HD settings.
Yup, i think i can still game on with this rig
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Waking this thread up a bit.
Unigine Valley Benchmark 1.0
Min FPS:23.3
Max FPS:110.2
On Extreme HD settings.
Yup, i think i can still game on with this rig
There's a benchmark section for this kind of thing
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Strangely, throughout the test, it registered my temp at 0c
Also, I was not running Windows 8, nor has this computer ever had Windows 8.
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There is a desperate need to form a special task force to combat drug addiction.
Dear Gov. Patrick,
Our family would like to urge you to listen to the pleas of family and friends who have lost loved ones to addiction. As The Patriot Ledger editorial suggested ("Drugs are killing us," March 1), there is a desperate need to form a special task force to combat this epidemic.
Our story is not unlike many others. We lost our son Jason in 2012 and our niece Sarah this past January, both due to heroin addiction. They were wonderful human beings who, because of addiction, died too young to realize the amazing lives they were capable of having.
Jason grew up with the DARE Program. We were a family who discussed the risks of drugs and alcohol. All of the knowledge in the world can't always stop teenagers from making one risky decision that changes the course of their lives forever.
Jason tried desperately to get help and went through the revolving door of the detox/rehab programs numerous times. He/we spent too many nights in emergency rooms. We had access to Narcan pens and used them on more than one occasion. No one really knows how many people have been given a second chance from Narcan. We're very thankful for everything everyone did to try to help him, but ultimately it wasn't enough. We will always wish we could have done more and found more help for him.
It is too late for us to do anything for Jason and Sarah. In their memory, we would like to do whatever is possible to get help for others who are still suffering and losing their lives due to addiction.
I hope you can read every letter that comes your way and see that these are not worthless individuals. Most are amazing, caring people who have had their lives taken over by addiction. We all need to work together to find a way to help these people who desperately need it.
We urge you to set up a special task force immediately.
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The miss A is so far my most favorite from JYP because they have the offbeat style that sets them apart from other JYP artists. And most of all, all miss A members are quite evenly talented singers and dancers. Though, I like this group basically because of Fei and Jia who I think are the most talented in the pack. Thus, you'll probably know by now how sad I feel that they are the most underrated miss A's, sometimes considered the weak links on the group at least in Korea.
My heart especially goes out to Fei for some reasons. Firstly, even though she is the lead vocalist of the group, people think Min (who is also the lead vocalist) sings best of all other members. But I think Fei has really attractive voice when she sings. Secondly, even though she is a great dancer with a solid background in dance, people think Jia is the best dancer in the pack. Of course, I admit Jia is a darn good dancer but people, Fei is just as good! And lastly, of course I agree everyone has different taste in beauty but I think she's the most beautiful and gorgeous miss A who is always overshadowed by Suzy. (Maybe it's just me but whenever I see Fei and Jia, they respectively reminds me of Kim Ahjoong and Gong Li.)
|Fei & Jia (of the miss A)
So, I wonder why Fei and Jia couldn't attract as many as fans I thought they would in Korea. Probably because the language barrier has kept them from being featured on TV talk shows or entertainment shows? Whatever the reason is, I hope JYP will get to promote other members as much as Suzy, just like SM has supported each and every member of SNSD to shine. Otherwise, the rest of the pack will probably become wasted talents in the long run 'cause I think they are already slipping into Suzy and the Girls.
BTW, their newly released album "Independent Women Part III" and its title track Namja eopsi jal sara (which translates to "I Don't Need a Man" or literally "I Can Live without a Man") is the best I've heard from them in a long time since their 2010 hits "Bad Girl, Good Girl" and "Breathe" and I really love this subtle Chinese flavor added to the song.


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Imagine that next week the price of a gallon of gasoline in Maryland went up a nickel or so. This shouldn't be too difficult a stretch the way gasoline prices have been rising in recent months. It may go up two cents or six, or it may stay about the same.
What will happen as a result of a 1.2 percent price increase? For most drivers, it probably means a dollar or so more out of their pockets. That's not good news, but it's hardly the end of the world either. Most of us will just grumble at the service station sign and then go "fill 'er up" as we normally do — and watch prices go up and down again in the years ahead.
But instead of that nickel going to a large oil company or a market speculator, what if it could be spent within the state of Maryland on construction projects that would make a motorist's commute faster, safer and perhaps even cheaper? Surely that would be a far better nickel spent than just another in the pocket ofExxon Mobil Corp.
Yet efforts to raise the gas tax have proven so futile so far this legislative session that Gov.Martin O'Malleywas back at it this week telling reporters that maybe Maryland sales tax should be increased from 6 percent to 7 percent instead with that extra penny used exclusively on transportation. Apparently, the relative ease with which lawmakers were willing to raise the sales tax from 5 percent to 6 percent just five years ago is never far from the governor's thoughts.
We hope he wasn't serious. At 6 percent, Maryland's sales tax is at about the national average, and that's a good place for such a regressive form of taxation to stay. The poor get hit by a sales tax the hardest, particularly those who can't even afford a car.
We don't relish the thought of paying more for gasoline — working families feel that pinch, too — but we have yet to hear about any alternative to a gas tax increase that makes much sense. Somebody has to pay to maintain and upgrade Maryland's highways, bridges, public transportation, bustling port and airport. And the more of that burden falls the users of those facilities (with those who use them more paying more) surely the better.
It would be one thing if the gas tax had gone up with inflation, but it hasn't. It's still stuck at 1992 levels — back when 23.5 cents per gallon represented slightly more than one-fifth the cost of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline. The result has been that Maryland's investment in transportation infrastructure has not kept pace either, despite increases in various transportation-related fees.
Lawmakers are likely thinking, why not defer it a few years more? It's no secret that the gas tax doesn't poll well, and Mr. O'Malley's initial goal of applying the 6 percent sales tax to gas purchases hasn't exactly won over the public. It's just too easy to demagogue on the subject. Just ask Newt Gingrich, who was in Annapolis just long enough to mock the idea (although it didn't seem to do him much good in Tuesday's primary).
But if not now, when? It's already been deferred through good economic times and bad. And with the legislative session dwindling to its final hours, it's pretty clear it won't pass between now and sine die — even though the O'Malley administration has offered various sweeteners like a "circuit breaker" to postpone any increase if gas prices rise too much or setting new "lock box" rules on the Transportation Trust Fund so the money will never be used to help balance the budget.
The best alternative? Mr. O'Malley should call for a special session within the next 30 days. Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller has already expressed an interest in such a tactic. It's been used before when transportation funding was threatened. It will give lawmakers time to focus on the problem and offer the public a chance to better understand what's at stake.
Make no mistake, a gas tax increase is badly needed to preserve and protect Maryland's economy. Despite what Mr. Gingrich might say, Maryland's major business organizations wholeheartedly support it as a pro-growth strategy. There's no higher priority for the Greater Baltimore Committee. After all, there's no money saved if, for lack of pennies more on the gas tax, commuters are stuck in traffic or see bridges deemed too unsafe to use or watch bus and other public transit systems whither on the vine — all real possibilities if Maryland goes another four years without addressing the problem.
The irony is that if somehow the gas tax could be raised without so much ado, consumers probably would not notice. They didn't when the gas tax was raised in the past. Gasoline prices have become so volatile that another nickel or a dime at the pump (or a similar drop in prices) barely registers. We willingly give so much of our money to the oil companies each time we refill our gas tanks, why not reserve a bit more for ourselves?


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Why Are New Zealand Prosecutors Seeking To Suppress All Images & Video Of Megaupload Raid?
from the seems-sketchy deptAs lots of publications are reporting, over in New Zealand, Kim Dotcom took the stand to testify about how the police treated him during the raid on his home as part of the international effort to seize and shut down everything related to Dotcom and Megaupload. I have no idea if the claims he makes of being kicked and punched and the like are accurate. I'm sure his detractors will question how trustworthy the testimony is. Frankly, I have no idea how accurate it is.
But here's the thing that I find most interesting. Buried all the way at the end of the Stuff article linked above is the following line:
The Crown is seeking for all images and CCTV footage from the raids to be suppressed.To me, that seems like a point that should be made up top. If Dotcom is being inaccurate in his descriptions, then wouldn't showing the video and images that prove him wrong basically destroy all of his credibility and help the government with their case? The fact that they're trying to suppress that very evidence certainly lends credence to his claims, and (at the same time) calls into serious question the conduct of law enforcement during the raid.
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Designed by emerging outfit 4orm, the Fleeting Memories proposal was chosen from 26 finalists in the RIBA-backed competition aimed at finding creative solutions for abandoned or disused sites.
The North-London based practice, which took home the £5,000 first prize, planned to resurrect the subterranean waterway, creating a 'place of delight, recreation and relaxation' next to St Pancras Old Church.
The £2,500 second prize went to Studio Pink's Aquadocks – an ambitious scheme to transform the derelict space under the Silvertown Way Flyover into a public pool and spa.
A collaboration between Chris Allen, Marcus Andren, Michael Gyi took home the £1,000 third place award. The trio proposed converting the same East End flyover into a microbrewery.
There were also commendations for OMMX's An Aerial View, Claire Moody's Museum of Memories, Patrick Judd and Ash Bonhams' The Gasworks, Mike Taylor and Daniel Marmot's The Royal Pavilion and Urban Agri-Aqua culture by Ian Wale and Peter Wale.
The contest attracted 147 entries from teams of students, artists, designers, planners and architects. A special exhibition, sponsored by Qatari Diar and Ordnance Survey, showcasing all of the shortlisted schemes opened at Somerset House tonight (3 October).
The judges included Jeremy Titchen, development director of Qatari Diar UK, Fiona Scott, of Forgotten Spaces 2010 winner Gort Scott Architects and now member of the London Mayor's Design Advisory Group, and the AJ's editorial director, Paul Finch
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Forgotten Spaces London: finalists announced
The judges have selected 26 finalists in the London section of the RIBA's nationwide competition aimed at revitalising disused sites
Run in association with the AJ, the contest is the latest in the series of ideas competitions which began in 2010, aimed at reviving disused or ignored sites.
Five 'forgotten' plots in London were suggested by London boroughs – Croydon, Enfield, Hammersmith and Fulham, Newham and Wandsworth – although entrants could suggest their own – and the submitted schemes ranged from a swimming pool in a disused tube tunnel to a bowling lane and brewery under the Silvertown flyover.
The contest attracted 147 entries from teams of students, artists, designers, planners and architects. The winner, who will receive a £5,000 prize, will be announced in early October. A £2,000 second prize and £1,000 third place award will be offered.
All shortlisted schemes will go on display in October at a special autumn exhibition, sponsored by Qatari Diar and Ordnance Survey, at Somerset House.
The judges included Jeremy Titchen, development director of Qatari Diar UK, Fiona Scott, of Forgotten Spaces 2010 winner Gort Scott Architects and now member of the London Mayor's Design Advisory Group, and the AJ's editorial director, Paul Finch.
The finalists
Lost World – Bromley by Bow Gasworks (Newham)
David Wakefield and Robert Nimmo
A proposed Zoo within an obsolete Victorian gasworks
A Regents Ribbon – 5 Corbrige Crescent (Tower Hamlets)
Philip Dugdale
A new robust, urban landscape featuring a boardwalk which wraps around gasworks
Adapt, Re-use – 138-141 Whitechapel High Street (Tower Hamlets)
Claire Dale–Lace
A flexible and adaptable gathering space space
Albert Island – Woolwich Manor Way (Newham)
Gunton Works (Mike Taylor and Daniel Marmot)
Landscape observatories linked by gravel walkways for a plot next to London City Airport
Aldwych Baths – Aldwych Station (Westminster)
Charlotte Tamplin, Charlotte Marshall, Kate Stevens
An underground public baths within Aldwych station, connecting the Strand to the Thames
An Aerial View – BT Tower (Camden)
OMMX: Jon Lopez, Hikaru Nissanke, George Rhys Jones, Alex Otiv, Tom Wilcock
The proposal would reclaim the decommissioned aerial platforms of the BT tower
Aquadocks – Silvertown Way Underpath (Newham)
Heather Lyons, Dara Huang, Soohyun Chang, Ryan Day, Remo de Angelis, Federica Russo, Lisa Hinderdael
A 'gateway' proposal to revive the memory of the waterfront at Royal Docks with sustainable technology
Bikebox – K6 Telephone Kiosk (Islington/Londonwide)
Sam Rose and Hoi Kei Lo
A cycle safety scheme to adopt and convert redundant K6 telephone kiosks into bicycle repair kiosks
Centre For Forgotten Beer – Wandsworth High Street (Wandsworth)
John Thompson
The proposed centre includes an outdoor brewing classroom and is dedicated to lost London beers
Fleeting Memories – St Pancras Gardens (Camden)
4orm: Richard Gooden, Stephen Coleman, Claire Priest
The proposal resurrects the Fleet River, creating a riverside park
Connected Places – Dock edge Tidal Basin, Royal Victoria Dock (Newham)
cube_design: James Baron, Victoria Bennett, James Lemanis, Joe Moorhouse, Andrew Turner, Daniel Villette
A series of themed 'corridors', woven into the existing city collage to create a contiguous public realm
Hidden Light – 90 White Post Lane (Tower Hamlets)
Threefold Architects
An urban flare acting as a reminder of the latent energy from deep-level sewers and lost Victorian technology underground
In The Canopy – Queen's Park Estate (Westminster)
Studio McLeod: Duncan McLeod, Sarah Edwards, Annikki Mair
Elevated chairs within London's trees, allowing the young-at-heart to enjoy the tree canopy
Kentish Town Square – Kentish Town Road & Leighton Road Junctions (Camden)
Harriet Bourne & Alex Warnock Smith
A concept for generous new urban square over the rail lines of Kentish Town Station
Lepidopterium – York Way (Camden)
Liddicoat & Goldhill: David Liddicoat, Sophie Goldhill, Cherry Beaumont, Jamie Lilley
A charred timber and ETFE butterfly house for both exotic and native species
Museum of Memories – 121 Westminster Bridge Road (Lambeth)
Claire Moody
The scheme for the former London Necropolis and National Mausoleum will house a library of artefacts to preserve memories
Posters of Society – Silverton Parkway (Newham)
Gary Nash, Barry Walsh
A re-interpretation of the concrete support column as a Litfaß column, creating a living poster museum and urban park
Reclaiming the canalside – Regent's Canal (Hackney and Tower Hamlets)
Bethany Gale
A proposal to reclaim canalside land including a waterside park
ScaletheBloc – [Beneath] Silvertown Way (Newham)
Fiona McQuaid, Landlayers Design
An urban climbing centre and natural play area underneath Silvertown Way
Sculpture & Sons – 33-37 The Oval (Tower Hamlets)
David Hunter-Wade, Alex Chinneck
A five–storey sculpture park, constructed from telescopic metal cubes
Shed ZED – The Croydon Adopted Highway (Croydon)
Colour Urban Design
Transform the Valley Park retail centre into a responsive, industrious, innovative place with a permeable public realm
Silvertown Brewery – Silvertown Way Flyover (Newham)
Chris Allen, Marcus Andren, Michael Gyi
A microbrewery and bowling venue
The Gasworks – Greenwich Gas Holder, Boord Street (Greenwich)
Patrick Judd & Ash Bonham
Reimagining a gasholder as new parklands, a public square and venue space
The Royal Pavilion – Pier Road (Newham)
Gunton Works: Mike Taylor and Daniel Marmot
A disused platform in North Woolwich is reimagined as the plinth for a new pavilion
Urban Agri-Aqua Culture – Lower Marsh Lane (Kingston Upon Thames)
Ian Wale, Peter Wale
A new farm for the production of fish, fruit and vegetables
Urban Boardwalk – Collier's Wood High Street (Merton)
Shanka Mesa-Siverio, Walter Mesa-Siverio
A flexible garden and community space


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Friends Reunited relaunches site with 'nostalgia' focus
Early social networking pioneer Friends Reunited has been relaunched.
The UK-based network, which began in 2000, now invites users to sign up for its new "memories"-based service.
The original site was bought by ITV for £175m in 2005, only to be sold for £25.6m four years later to online publishing group Brightsolid.
Social media experts told the BBC the site's future prospects rely on it being able to offer "something new" to tempt users back to the site.
At its peak, Friends Reunited had over 15 million members who used the site to reconnect with old school friends.
It can confidently stake its place as being the first social network to take off in the UK.
However, as more technologically-advanced offerings emerged, such as MySpace and then Facebook, the site struggled to hold on to its user base.
'Blast from your past'
The site's owner, Brightsolid, believes a host of professional archive content coupled with users' own material will help make Friends Reunited the choice of social network for people keen to partake in online nostalgia.
"We wouldn't do this if we thought it was just another also-ran," Brightsolid chief executive Chris van der Kuyl told the BBC.
"It's about every blast from your past - every kind of great memory you have."
The site has teamed up with the Press Association and the British Library to allow users to attach old material - including newspaper clippings - to their own "memory box".
These boxes can be shared on various other networks online - including Facebook, where users can add a Friends Reunited app to their profile.
The service is currently free to use - although Mr Kuyl said revenue-generating options were being considered further down the line, including inviting brands to offer their own nostalgic material, such as old cars, to be added to users' memories.
'Nothing new'
Friends Reunited's team believe they have identified a gap, highlighted by therecent whirlwind success of image sharing site Pinterest, in which people like to curate material that means something to them.
However, social media business consultant Lee Bryant told the BBC he had little doubt as to whether the site could return to mass popularity.
"It's 'no', basically. It's hard to know what else to say. Everyone has so much invested in Facebook. Friends Reunited doesn't seem to be offering anything new," he said.
"[Scrapbooking online] is a good concept, and its time has come - but Tumblr, Pinterest - they're all doing this already.
"Facebook will pick related business models and just absorb them when the time is right."
Yet Drew Benvie, who worked as a PR consultant for Friends Reunited in 2008, said he thought there was still room for the site to attract otherwise hesitant social networkers.
"I'm quite excited to see it come back," Mr Benvie, who is now UK managing director of public relations firm Hotwire, told the BBC.
"I can see a lot of opportunity here for the slightly older social media users of today - those who aren't digital natives.
"I think what Friends Reunited could do is fill a bit of a gap for the average internet user who isn't being served by Facebook."


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You can win this prize package built around long-lost '80s action flick Miami Connection. Enter below for your shot at the VHS Starter Kit.
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Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, for your chance to win a time machine* — or rather, a VCR you can connect to your screen of choice and play back the "lost" action flick Miami Connection, a 1980s gem full of cocaine ninjas, cheesy synthpop and battling masters of tae kwon do.
Now that the 1987 movie, which martial artist/philosopher Y.K. Kim co-wrote and co-directed with Woo-sang Park, has been pulled intact from the trash heap of history by a film producer from Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, it's turning into something of a cult hit. As Alamo Drafthouse programmer Zack Carlson wrote in a recent essay for Wired ("Miami Connection Destroys the Myth of 'So Bad They're Good' Movies)," Miami Connection "is amateurish and dated … and sincerely, powerfully, supernaturally, unbelievably entertaining."
The film gets re-released today on DVD, Blu-ray, limited-edition VHS (only 400 copies) and various digital download options (starting at $6) as a result of the Alamo's partnership with indie distribution platform VHX.
But while anyone can own Miami Connection in all its glory now, there's only one Miami Connection VHS Starter Kit. This deluxe prize, brought to you by Wired and Alamo Drafthouse Films, includes the following items (which can be seen in the gallery above, along with the Miami Connection trailer and an exclusive "making of" clip):
• VCR plus AV cables
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• Blu-ray of Miami Connection
• Large Dragon Sound T-shirt
• 7-inch Dragon Sound vinyl soundtrack
To qualify for the giveaway, leave a comment below telling us what your favorite '80s action flick is and why. Deadline to enter is 12:01 a.m. Pacific on Dec. 18, 2012. One randomly selected winner will be notified by e-mail or Twitter. Winners must live in the United States.
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