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Though MLPs traditionally own energy infrastructure assets such as pipelines, which have low-risk profiles, new partnerships have been formed in recent years that own upstream or refining assets. The company also unveiled a $3.7 billion capital program for next year, up 6% from 2012 levels.
By ALISON SIDER and SAABIRA CHAUDHURI
Phillips 66 announced
plans to allocate some of its transportation assets to form a
master limited partnership and also unveiled a $3.7 billion
capital program for next year, up 6% from 2012's estimate.
The Houston-based downstream-energy company plans to sell a
minority stake in the master limited partnership and expects to
raise $300 million to $400 million in gross proceeds from an
initial public offering slated for the second quarter of
"We expect to use the master limited partnership as an
efficient vehicle to fund growth investments in the
transportation and midstream sectors," CEO Greg Garland
Master limited partnerships, or MLPs, are similar to real
estate investment trusts. They are designed to reduce corporate
tax liabilities and provide shareholders with a steady income
Several oil and gas companies have used MLPs to remove
assets, and their debt, from company balance sheets while
keeping some control over them and the income they provide.
Phillips 66 hasn't yet decided which of its pipelines,
terminals, rail cars and other rail infrastructure, or
natural-gas liquids assets will be dropped into the
Raymond James analysts wrote in a note Thursday morning that
the MLP announcement confirmed their expectations, but they
were awaiting additional details from the company's analyst day
"The company will sell a minority interest in the MLP,
providing room to drop down additional interest as well as
assets," the analysts wrote.
Though MLPs traditionally own energy infrastructure assets
such as pipelines, which have low risk profiles and provide a
steady income stream, new partnerships have been formed in
recent years that own upstream or refining assets.
Simmons analysts wrote that it isn't clear yet what parts of
Phillips 66's refining and marketing segment could
potentially be contributed to the MLP.
Phillips 66 became an independent downstream company with refining and marketing, midstream
and chemical businesses in May after separating from
In its first full year as a standalone company, Phillips 66
said it plans to improve capital efficiency and strengthen its
margins by bringing less expensive crude oil from the Eagle
Ford shale formation in south Texas to its Gulf Coast
The company said it has signed agreements for marine vessels
to bring Eagle Ford crude to the Alliance and Bayway
refineries. In total, the company plans to replace 500,000 bpd
of higher-cost crude with new sources of price-advantaged crude
over the next several years.
The company has projects in the works to increase
export capacity at its Gulf Coast and West Coast refineries by
100,000 bpd by 2014.
"We will continue to primarily serve domestic markets and
will explore opportunities to meet growing demand overseas,"
Mr. Garland said.
In October, Phillips reported that its efforts to use less
expensive sources of crude oil paid off in the third quarter,
offsetting losses in its midstream segment and pushing the
company's profits up 52% from the past year.
The company's $3.7 billion capital program for 2013 includes
$1.8 billion in spending by partially owned subsidiaries, which
won't require cash outlays by Phillips 66.
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Happy birthday CodePlex! You really came a long way! The early CP was just horrible and I couldn't agree more with you Sara on not being able to describe the horribleness
I like your deployment cycle. It's very unusual for MS product (if I may describe CP like that) to release new features to customers so often. I hope this spreads to some more MS projects very soon
I wish code plex had a "best of" feature.
Most of the projects on codeplex are barren wastelands with no new code drops, forum threads, or bug entries.
I know you're trying to address this, but where are some of the best forum posting, code drops, or bugs?
I've looked at the ratings feature as you mentioned in the video...but the rating feature is pretty arbititary.
Where are some examples of really good projects or projects that the codeplex team likes?
They show new releases and most downloaded on the main page. They could have a "most active" section like SF.NET has though.
Any chance of Bazaar or Git support?
seems to me like the few times i wanted to report problems with projects the codeplex site was not really god for that.
i had to find an ms person who was part of the project and tell them i had filed like 3 bugs ... the bugs sat there w/o my getting any questions or comments. also searching the bug tracker seems weak, over time i saw several other bugs there that related to my bugs but no way to say "hey all 15 reports are related and might be fixed all at one time"
or a way to just link them ... see #,#,#,# (list of related bug reports)
somethings like that.
Hey dude i have some prob in my appliction any one can help me out .application is having webservice reporting server whenever i run the report it is throwing an error like this.
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.ReadResponse(SoapClientMessage message, WebResponse response, Stream responseStream, Boolean asyncCall)
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.Invoke(String methodName, Object[] parameters)
at WebServiceReporting.Ratbert.ReportingService.ListChildren(String Item, Boolean Recursive) in c:\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files\vsarpmweb45\c2aae517\2acefd8f\App_WebReferences.0.cs:line 888
Can I search the source code stored at the CodePlex site? Often times I need to see samples of how a class or method is used and have a hard time searching the web for that. Dead projects would be useful for the purpose of providing code samples.
(posting on behalf of Sara)
Re: "Best of" Here's a list of all the "can't live without" projects that the codeplex community came up with on Twitter
w00t w00t for Oxite!
I work with CodePlex and the thing amazes me is the integration between TFS (I guess it's TFS behind), Visual Studio and the web portal.
I was wondering if Microsoft was considering to do a Cloud Service, something like a "TFS Service" or a "CodePlex Service" where we could have the equivalent of a CodePlexe portal but in a more private fashion, in order to host private development project.
Is that something being talked about at the moment?
Hi all, Sorry for the delay in me responding. i've been speaking at TechEd Australia all week. Just getting a chance now.
1. if you see abandoned projects, contact me directly with the URLs. We scan for abandoned projects once a month. Maybe they are still relatively new projects or we're missing them. We're always looking for suggestions to tweak our abandonment criteria.
2. I'd love to hear ideas how to improve the ratings feature. Rating the individual releases seems to be the best approach i've come across.
3. If you like WoW, you're going to love Rawr and Tweetcraft. If you are an AJAX developer, you'll want to check out the AJAX Control Toolkit. What i'm discovering from my "codeplex" search in TweetDeck is that there's a popular project for each niche. I see that Nic has left you with a list that i provided him before i jumped on the plane for #auteched.
1. We recently implemented new features to improve the Issue Tracker to receive notifications via email. Back in April, we added the ability for an user to get an email whenever an issue they were tracking was updated or had a new comment. Just last month, we added the ability for a project owner or any other user to subscribe at the project-level to get an email notification for new Issues, new comments, and status changes. I'm hoping these new features will help project owners respond to issues in a timely manner.
2. I like the idea of related bugs. Could be interesting.
have you tried http://www.koders.com/ yet?
Thanks again everyone for watching the video. Always feel free to contact me via blog, email, or twitter (@saraford).
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Local business owners upset over company's failed eco-friendly promises
By Chris O'Neal 05/08/2014
On a typical afternoon at the exotic bird emporium Birds & B's in midtown Ventura, Kimberly Federico lists cleaning, feeding and even picking up after the wandering chicken as part of her duties. Lately, however, she's had a bit extra to consider: chasing down the man that sold her ad space on a bag that couldn't carry its weight.
Federico, along with 15 other local businesses in Ventura, Oxnard and Camarillo purchased advertisements through a company calling itself Project2GOGreen that promised exposure through several local outlets, the first being the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Ventura's Day for Kids event in October of 2013 and finally through distribution with the VC Star.
After months of waiting, emailing and promises made by the company that the bags would soon arrive — Federico was at a loss, until the last week of April, when a mysterious box appeared at her doorstep. Inside were upward of 100 neon-green plastic bags with her and others' advertisements on them, but the quality was not what she had expected.
"I want a full refund and I would love to stop them from doing this to other people," said Federico. "I don't even know if there's any money to get back."
Federico had been told that the bags she was ordering would be made of high-quality canvas and built for reuse. The bags she received were made of polyethylene with heat-applied handles.
It all began in September 2013 when Federico was phoned by the Vice President of Sales and Marketing John Stone of Exposure Marketing Consultants Inc., operating under Project2GOGreen.com. In an email, John assured Federico that her ad would be seen on 10,000 bags.
"In an effort to stop the use of single-use plastic bags, eco-friendly reusable grocery bags will be distributed by the Ventura County Star," wrote Stone. For the space, Federico paid $299.
Across town at üYogurt, owner Steve Kerby says that he is not happy with the bags and that communication between him and Project2GOGreen was frustrating. Some of the business owners not only had dealings with John Stone, but Damian Stone as well and finally with a Shirley Stone — all originating from the same email address and phone number. For Kerby's ad, which is the same size as Federico's, he paid $239.
Prices for the advertisements varied from $149 for the nonprofit Saving Lives Camarillo to $400 for Le Monde Emporium in downtown Ventura.
The Boys & Girls Club did in fact receive bags from Project2GOGreen for the event but club CEO Patrick Davidson says that the bags received in April by Birds & B's and other businesses do not resemble the bags used at the event.
The bags used at the Day for Kids event "had a funny smell" and were not of great quality, according to Branch Director Lea Cobb, but because the bags were donated, they were put to use and handed out to visitors.
Inserts promised by John Stone, that were to include coupons from area businesses, were missing, however. Cobb said that when the bags arrived and the inserts were not included, John pointed Cobb to a printer in Saticoy where they could be picked up. Upon arrival, the inserts were not there nor did the printer know of the inserts.
To further complicate matters, none of the business owners the VC Reporter spoke to have ever met John Stone in person. John all but disappeared from conversation with Federico after November 2013, instead replaced by Damian Stone, who signs his emails with the title account entry representative. Eventually, he too was replaced by another Stone, this time Shirley, calling herself the CEO/president.
Project2GOGreen and Exposure Marketing Consultants Inc. list their business address in Phoenix, Arizona, with different addresses depending on which invoice is being looked at, one of which is an apartment complex.
In an email to Shayna Carter, former director of Saving Lives Camarillo, dated February 12, Shirley claims that John no longer works with the company and that she has become the new administrator for the program. In her email, Shirley promised to have the bags ready for Earth Day, and claimed to have already delivered "tens of thousands of bags."
John listed several references in an email to Federico, including a member of the Santa Maria California Chamber of Commerce who said in a voice message that the product received for the Chamber's Green Business Energy Efficiency Forum "were good, sturdy bags."
Same for an auto body and collision center in Watsonville, whose owner says that the bags were fine; though a comment on the business's blog, from someone claiming to be "Shirley" from Shanghai Z&P Industrial & Trading Co., says that "From the moment we have delivered the [bags], he stopped payment for the balance."
Dialing the phone numbers listed on the invoices for the business yielded a "number disconnected" message.
Shirley Stone, however, responded to our inquiry using the same email used by John.
"I personally setup and had the reusable bags delivered to all of the businesses that were promised bags," said Shirley. "Although my performance under contract was delayed, for business reasons, I nevertheless performed."
Shirley goes on to say that the deal between the VC Star and Project2GOGreen fell apart when a "new VP for the Star decided against it."
In a follow up email, Shirley names a VC Star sales person as her contact. The VC Star employee said in a phone conversation that yes, he had spoken with Project2GOGreen late last year; however, there was never an agreement for distribution, a quote was never generated for the price of insertion of the bags and that the Star passed on the proposal.
Furthermore, Shirley's claim that several of the businesses that bought ads on the bag had called the Star to "verify in fact that the Star was going to insert the bags in the paper" was denied by several business owners themselves.
Questions regarding the quality of the bags, the distribution of the bags and whether or not the businesses would be receiving refunds went unanswered.
All of the business owners contacted for this story say that they regret agreeing to the service and have attempted repeatedly to reclaim their payments.
"We have a plastic bag ban about to take effect next week," said Cecilia Johnson, vice president of Sun Pacific Solar Electric Inc. Johnson paid between $200 and $300 for the bags. "I'm not going to put my name out there with those bags."
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There are hundreds of ways to build back links. To get your site started you should really do this:
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Check over the web what are good related sites to yours, make a list of interesting ones, send an email to administrators/moderators asking to include an article or just a link about/for your site.
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Sandor Katz on Fermentation, Health and Community
September 16, 2012 in Author Series, Community Resources, Uncategorized
Sandor Katz has inspired countless a person to stretch beyond any self-imposed "I can't do that" attitude toward fermentation. Wild Fermentation and, just published, The Art of Fermentation offer us an accessible and engaging invitation to be kind to our guts, to rejuvenate our palettes, and, ultimately, to reclaim food. As Sandor notes on his website, "Fermentation makes foods more nutritious, as well as delicious. Microscopic organisms – our ancestors and allies – transform food and extend its usefulness…Fermented foods help people stay healthy."
Sandor is not only an author and teacher on fermentation technique, but, in his The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved, offers an intelligent and compelling argument for weighing the true costs of food systems that extol convenience, industry profit, and a pseudo-nutritional framework. As you will see in this interview, Sandor challenges us to consider this small act, the act of fermentation, as an opportunity for self-knowledge, community building, and pure enjoyment!
For information on Sandor's upcoming workshops, visit www.wildfermentation.org. Join the Good Food Neighborhood™ next weekend at the Mother Earth News Fair in Seven Springs, Pennsylvania, where Sandor Katz is a keynoter on the topic of Fermentation, Culture and Coevolution.
Sandor, for folks who might not be as familiar with how you became so passionate about fermentation, could you provide some insight into your journey?
Okay, sure. I would say my path to fermentation started as a kid growing up in New York City. I just loved sour pickles. I can't say why. Nobody in my family was making them. It was just a food I really liked. Then, I started to tune in to the digestive benefits of fermented vegetables, even though I wasn't making them myself. That didn't happen until I moved from New York to a community in rural Tennessee and got involved in keeping a garden. I was such a naive city kid that it didn't even occur to me that all the cabbages would be ready at the same time, that all the radishes would be ready at the same time. So, basically, faced with that practical challenge -that all people who have gardens are faced with- I decided that it was time for me to learn how to make sauerkraut. I just looked in some cookbooks, figured out how to do it (it's pretty simple), loved it, and, pretty much since that first batch, I've always had sauerkraut going. That led me into a broader obsession of wanting to learn to make all sorts of things fermented, but it definitely started with sauerkraut…prompted by what was coming out of my garden.
You were a guest on NPR's Fresh Air this summer. Terry Gross asked you how people can get started and you recommended they start the same way: sauerkraut. Are there other 'newbie' options that you recommend for people who are just getting started?
Well, what I think is so perfect about fermenting vegetables is that it is intrinsically safe, you don't need any special equipment, you can just do it in a jar that you have sitting in your pantry somewhere. You don't need a special starter culture and you get relatively quick results. So, that's why I think it's a great way to start. But I mean really, my primary message with fermentation is that this is not rocket science. Anybody with a kitchen can do any of this. So I would say that beyond sauerkraut, it just depends on what foods people like to eat. Making yogurt is really easy; making alcoholic beverages is really easy.
So, on the opposite of that, are there some things that you only get to ferment a couple of times a year that you really look forward to?
Sure, I think of a lot of these ferments as annual rituals: I make wine out of certain fruits and berries based on when those things are ready, and I make those things just once a year. I've got a lot of pears, and I'm looking forward to them ripening, and getting to squeeze them into juice and making perry (fermented pear juice). Every winter for maybe the last nineteen years, I've made miso. Usually the first weekend in November I go to my friend's farm where he plants acres of daikon radishes as a cover crop and he lets me fill up a pickup truck full, I then transfer them to a 55 gallon oak barrel and make radish-kraut. This summer, I made a quick vegetable ferment of corn relish where I cut kernels of corn off the cob, salt and squeeze them, and mix them with onions and herbs. I ferment the whole thing. So, yes, I do a lot of my fermentation as a seasonal activity during the appropriate harvest time of the year.
That sounds delicious. Beyond just being tasty, fermented foods have so many health benefits. I have been reading about, and hearing various programs about, the role everything from viruses to bacteria to parasites can have on our health and how our obsession as a culture with hygiene can lead to a gut that is vacant of what we need to digest food and ward off disease.
Yeah, for all of us in the United States anyway, we live in the context of what I call the war on bacteria. We have all received this thorough indoctrination into this misguided notion that bacteria are dangerous to us. That's not to deny that there exist bacteria that can be dangerous, but the vast majority of bacteria we can coexist with. And human beings could not possibly function in the world without the bacteria that are part of us. But all of the anti-bacteria ideology, compounded by the chemical exposure we all receive every day through antibiotics, through the water that we drink, and through cleansing products that are marketed on the basis of their antibacterial chemicals, all of this chemical exposure has the effect of killing off bacteria that we desperately need. And at the same time, research is demonstrating, more and more compellingly, how vitally important bacteria are to our functioning. The report last month from the Human Microbiome Project really laid out how much we are ultimately dependent on the genetics of the bacteria we are hosts to and to our own limited range of genetics. Without bacteria, human beings could not reproduce. Human beings could not digest food and assimilate nutrients. Bacteria are responsible for most of the immune responses that allow us to live in this world, and also for our brain chemistry. Every aspect of physiological functioning involves bacteria that are part of us. We need to abandon this misguided ideology that bacteria are our enemies and start recognizing that bacteria are our ancestors, that bacteria are integral parts of our bodies and we need to coexist with them and not try to just kill them.
You've traveled extensively, offering an abundance of workshops. You obviously love to connect with people and love the act of collective learning. What was your motivation behind writing, now, your third book?
The publication of Wild Fermentation got me invited to lots of different venues to teach fermentation, brought traffic to my website from people with all sorts of questions trying to troubleshoot, trying to figure out what was going wrong, or to brainstorm when things weren't going as expected. That process has expanded my education in a huge way. So I've gotten to hear thousands of people's stories about things that they've tried, or things that their grandparents used to do, or ferments that they used from the old country. All that troubleshooting has really forced me to research a lot of it and understand better what is going on and what makes things sometimes go awry so that I can give people some idea about how to do it better. Really my new book [The Art of Fermentation] is a book I couldn't have written at the time when I wrote Wild Fermentation. And I felt that I had expanded my repertoire and had enough new information and new insights into giving people suggestions for troubleshooting that it was time for me to write a new book on this topic. You know the topic of fermentation is so vast and infinite that no one book can say everything there is to be said.
Sally Fallon's forward in Wild Fermentation refers to your book as "a road map to a better world" and that got me wondering, do you feel a certain responsibility for sharing the information you have gathered, for what you can offer the world?
The biggest thing that I have learned in my now decade of teaching fermentation workshops is that there is a huge hunger for this information. I accept my limitations, I can't necessarily satisfy everybody's appetites for this information but I'm really thrilled to see that there are a lot more people all around the country who are stepping up in their communities and offering workshops and sharing this information on their own. So, yes, I love to share this information, I always encourage my students to not be end-users of this information, to go head and share these foods and share the information on how they made them with people.
I'm going to just say a few phrases and you tell me what comes to mind with regard to fermentation's role.
Okay, this is like a Rorschach!
Fermentation as a food safety strategy…
According to the USDA, there has never been a single case of food poisoning reported in the United States from fermented vegetables. And we all know that every year we hear of outbreaks with raw vegetables traced to some kind of ground contamination of vegetables. We've seen it with lettuce, we've seen it with spinach, we've seen it with tomatoes. All kinds of vegetables and produce. Fermentation is a safety strategy. Even if you take vegetables that have been exposed to some sort of incidental contamination, when you ferment them, when you allow the indigenous dominant population of lactic acid bacteria to develop, the fermentation overwhelms any incidental contaminants. Through fermentation, we create an environment to destroy them. So, fermentation really is a strategy for safety as much as it is anything else.
Fermentation's role in pre-digestion…
Well, fermentation IS pre-digestion. As foods are fermenting, the microorganisms that are transforming the foods are transforming the foods precisely by digesting the compound nutrients into suitably more elemental forms. So all fermented foods have some degree of pre-digestion, especially if you look at fermented foods based upon the raw foods that are sometimes difficult for people to digest (or always difficult for people to digest, as in the case of soybeans). You can see that fermentation pre-digests food and typically makes the nutrients in them more bioavailable and makes them easier for people to digest.
Fermentation's role in detoxification…
Well, fermentation has been used in many cases specifically in order to detoxify different kinds of foods. Sometimes some of the toxins are quite dramatic, as in cassava which is a tropical tuber which about a billion people on this earth are dependent upon for their daily calories. Cassava grown in certain soils has really high concentrations of cyanide. If people ate unprocessed roots it could literally kill them. But the way that cyanide is removed, or rather digested into benign forms, is simply by cutting the roots up into chunks and soaking in water and initiating a fermentation. Other toxins are not quite so dramatic: phytic acid -the outer layer of greens- in legumes and seeds can be digested by fermentation. Oxalic acid…there are lots of examples of various nuts and seeds from around the world that people regard as toxic unless they are fermented before they are eaten. In the Asian cultures that pioneered soy agriculture, none of them eats bowls of soybeans. They all process them primarily through fermentation, also through making tofu which is a very involved, many-step process. But soybeans are never eaten without some sort of pre-digestion.
In your book The Revolution Will Not be Microwaved, Jeff Poppen (The Barefoot Farmer) offers: "CSAs offer hope for rural America, not only in a practical financial way, but on a deeper level too". And I'm wondering…in what ways are you hopeful for rural America?
Well, I mean really, the local food revival is great news for rural America because people living on small plots of land have the potential to produce things that are of real value to themselves and their neighbors and the people in near-by cities. I'm seeing, in my own community, that the revival of local food and local food systems is leading to some small scale specialization at a local scale and is really a positive force in giving people more options. Giving the people who grow food more options to support themselves; giving other people more options in terms of healthy food to eat.
Seems the most we can do is change our one little bit of the world.
You know, I agree. Sometimes things happen in the world that you feel like you need to respond to, but really for the most part we just have our small little realm of influence.
Sandor, thank you!
Thank YOU, Hannah.
More about Sandor Katz:
My name is Sandor Ellix Katz, and I am a fermentation revivalist. My interest in fermentation grew out of my overlapping interests in cooking, nutrition and gardening. It started with sauerkraut. I found an old crock buried in our barn, harvested cabbage from our garden, chopped it up, salted it, and waited. That first kraut tasted so alive and powerfully nutritious! Its sharp flavor sent my salivary glands into a frenzy and got me hooked on fermentation. I have made sauerkraut ever since, earning the nickname Sandorkraut, even as my repertoire has expanded. I have explored and experimented widely in the realm of fermentation, and my mission…is to share information and resources, in order to encourage home fermentation experimentalists and propel more live-culture foods out into our culture.
I am a native of New York City, a graduate of Brown University, and a retired policy wonk. In 1993, I moved from New York City to Cannon County, Tennessee, where I am part of a vibrant extended community of queer folks (and many other friends and allies). I have AIDS and consider fermented foods to be an important part of my healing.
Since 2003 when my book Wild Fermentation was published, I have taught hundreds of workshops demystifying fermentation and empowering people to reclaim this important transformational process in their kitchens.
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I'm trying to write a light-weight image viewing application. However, there are system memory limitations with .NET.
When trying to load large bitmaps (9000 x 9000 px or larger, 24-bit), I get a System.OutOfMemoryException. This is on a Windows 2000 PC with 2GB of RAM (of which 1.3GB is used up). It also takes a lot of time to attempt loading the files.
The following code generates this error:
Image image = new Bitmap(filename);
using (Graphics gfx = this.CreateGraphics())
gfx.DrawImage(image, new Point(0, 0));
As does this code:
Stream stream = (Stream)File.OpenRead(filename);
Image image = Image.FromStream(stream, false, false);
using (Graphics gfx = this.CreateGraphics())
gfx.DrawImage(image, new Rectangle(0, 0, 100, 100), 4000, 4000, 100, 100, GraphicsUnit.Pixel);
Also, it is enough to do just this:
Bitmap bitmap = new Bitmap(filename);
IntPtr handle = bitmap.GetHbitmap();
The latter code was intended for use with GDI. While researching this, I found out that this is in fact a memory issue where .NET tries to allocate twice as much as is needed in a single contigous block of memory.
I know from other applications (Internet Explorer, MS Paint etc.) that it IS possible to open large images, and rather quickly. My question is, how do I use large bitmaps with .NET?
Is there anyway to stream them, or non-memory load them?


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Today in Tweet Beat, Raven-Symoné is upset that people are saying that she's naked in a picture and that she's gay as it caused her mother to call her up and give her shit about it.
HIgh-Larious! well, there it, happened again.... people think that its a naked picture on my twitter profile.....BUT its not!
You know what happens with rumors like that?my MOM calls me @6am and starts getting in my "A.nother S.illy S.weater"
Just ran into this person on 48th street. HEAVEN. His name is george. @veronicaromm http://yfrog.com/16gjpkj
Bristol's life lesson she reminded us before DWTS,"They're going to criticize anyway, so I might as well DANCE!" :) now that is a take away!
Uh ooooooo http://plixi.com/p/55736612
Was flipping channels and spied a naked post op Trannie with a strap on. Ironic or redundant?
Dear Diary, today I watched a meatball eating contest. No one puked.
http://twitpic.com/34zbbp - Wow talk about 2001 Who can name everyone in this pic?
BEING AN ARTIST IS AN ART FORM!!!! the industry is really disappointing becuz artists are content with being mediocre!!!!
Sleet and gale warnings have postponed my pheasant hunt. Never imagined saying any of those words.


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Top 10 Ways to Spread Christmas Cheer
Tired of all the grinches who complain when the holiday season comes around? Rid the world of them by spreading some holiday cheer. You can make a difference just by baking cookies, listening to carols, or giving a little something to those whom we take for granted. Here are some ideas.
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Bake Christmas cookies for friends and neighbors.
Everyone loves cookies! A simple and sweet way to make people smile is to offer them a tasty treat. Block out a day in your busy holiday schedule to bake Christmas cookies for friends, family, and neighbors - and ask the kids to help! To make the experience more memorable, invite close friends and family to join in for an all-day baking date.


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5 Classic Movies That Were Made Possible By Insane Schemes
#2. Ed Wood Got a Church to Fund Plan 9 From Outer Space
Most readers have probably heard of Ed Wood, either as "the guy who made Plan 9 From Outer Space" or as the subject of the 1994 Tim Burton film with Johnny Depp as the title character. A World War II hero who also happened to be a transvestite who loved angora sweaters, Wood created some of the world's worst films, and as a result would be remembered longer than a whole lot of people who made good ones.
Citizen Kane never had any zombie-on-boob action.
The following story was also told in the Tim Burton film, though some of you who saw it probably thought it was too stupid to be anything but an addition by an imaginative screenwriter. The story goes that Wood, having a habit of making everything he touched terrible, found that securing funding for his magnum opus, Grave Robbers From Outer Space, was nearly impossible.
"You have got to stop approaching us like this, Ed."
Enter the Baptist Church of Beverly Hills, whose members were interested in producing a series of films about the apostles. Wood convinced them that if they financed a hit science fiction movie first, they could use the proceeds to produce the rest of their films. Which may have been a great idea, if the science fiction movie was not going to turn out to be Plan 9 From Outer Space (renamed from Grave Robbers From Outer Space at the Baptist Church's insistence).
No one knows God's plans 1-8, but 9 somehow involves Frisbees and terrible cinematography.
There was only one catch: The Baptists mandated that, to secure the funding, Wood and the entire cast had to be baptized into their church. They agreed, and the whole cast and crew -- from Vampira to pro wrestler Tor Johnson to Wood himself -- entered the waters of baptism and came out Baptists. Baptists who now had enough scratch to fund their monster movie.
All these satanic creatures have God's blessing.
In a twist that surprised absolutely nobody but the church and maybe Wood himself, the film completely tanked and of course did not produce the necessary funds to get the apostle movies made. And, whoever approved the use of church funds for the project was probably fired and ... his baptism revoked? Whatever the rule is there.
That'll teach you to Bapts!
#1. Melvin Van Peebles Suffered for His Art, or At Least His Penis Did
When filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles completed a hit film called Watermelon Man, a comedy about a white man who wakes up black one day, Columbia Pictures offered him a three-movie contract. In response, Van Peebles said, "Great, how about a porn film about a militant black man standing up to the white establishment?"
"At the end it'll just cut to black with the words 'FUCK HOLLYWOOD' flashing in neon for the next 30 minutes."
Needless to say, he now had no studio financing. So, Van Peebles took out a personal loan from Bill Cosby for $50,000, who was apparently as big a fan of militant porn as he was Jell-O Pudding Pops. With some starter money, Van Peebles got to work on what would become Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song.
Wow look, it stars a dog.
To defray costs, Van Peebles approached the project Orson Welles-style -- he produced it, directed it, acted in it, wrote the film's screenplay, scored the entire soundtrack and performed all the stunts. And by performed all the stunts, we don't only mean being thrown off of a truck; we mean personally doing the boning. And by boning, we mean having thoroughly unprotected sex with a woman he never bothered to have medically tested. He also had his 13-year-old son, Mario Van Peebles, film a flashback sex scene with a prostitute, and the scene is so graphic it's difficult to know if the sex is simulated or not.
It sure is difficult with all those boxes in the way.
Probably because the universe has a way of righting these kinds of things, Van Peebles Sr. contracted gonorrhea from the said boning. But because he was a lunatic, he filed a claim with the Director's Guild of America that claimed he was hurt while making his film and required workman's compensation. For the STD he got from having unprotected sex on camera.
Somehow (probably because it was the '70s), the guild took pity on his plight and actually mailed him a check. Which he used to not do anything silly like treat the gonorrhea, but to buy more film to complete the movie.
"Unless the Man pays for my STD, in which case, he's cool."
Knowing that the movie resulted in an STD and the emotional scarring of his son, Van Peebles today is completely ashamed of his actions. And by that we mean he brags about it every chance he gets.
"STDs? I've almost got the whole set."
For more terrifying behind-the-scenes looks, check out 6 Beloved TV Shows (That Traumatized Cast Members For Life) and 12 Classic Movie Moments Made Possible by Abuse and Murder.


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NELSONVILLE - The Appalachian Partnership for Economic Growth, an emerging regional economic development organization serving the 25-county southeast JobsOhio region, has selected John Molinaro as its president.
Molinaro, currently co-director of the Community Strategies Group at the Aspen Institute in Washington, D.C., will assume his new duties at the APEG on July 1.
Created through funding from a JobsOhio Network Grant, the Appalachian Partnership for Economic Growth is a subsidiary of the OABC, focused on economic development. The Ohio Appalachian Business Council is the region's first business roundtable and has emerged as a network of businesses focused on addressing regional challenges and supporting the pursuit of regional opportunities. The search for a CEO was led by a committee of the OABC and began in December with listening sessions across the region to gather input from local economic development leaders on the type of leadership and skillsets needed for an APEG CEO to be effective. With assistance form DHR International, an executive search firm specializing in economic development organizations, the committee conducted a national search.
"The themes that evolved from a series of listening sessions held in December were essential to learning what our region's economic development leaders wanted in a CEO," said Dr. David Scholl, OABC board member and search committee chair. "Using this information as our guide, the search committee was highly impressed by the quality and experiences of the candidates with whom we met to discuss the opportunity."
Molinaro, recognized as a leader in growing the economies of rural areas through holistic, sustainable place-based approaches, focused on economic and community development throughout his career. Prior to joining the Aspen Institute, he spent nearly 20 years at the West Central Initiative in Minnesota. He launched the West Central Initiative as a start-up, leading efforts in the realm of business retention and expansion, work force development, fundraising, assistance to manufacturers and regional planning.
For the past six years, he has served as co-director of the Aspen Institute's Community Strategies Group.
Molinar has a master's degree in community and regional planning and is certified as an economic development finance professional.
"The creation of the Appalachian Partnership for Economic Growth as an economic development resource and partner on a regional scale is an amazing opportunity for Appalachian Ohio," Molinaro said, adding he looks forward "to building a team that will work on a regional economic development strategy that supports the many communities comprising the region and values they play."
He said his first priority will be to "build APEG's partnerships with local economic development professionals and the region's businesses. They have already seen great success in Appalachian Ohio and APEG's role is to build a regional network that adds value to and leverages the work being done so we can all go farther together."


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How to mod EFLC
I'm sorry if this is the wrong place for this thread.
I got Episodes from Liberty City on steam, but only play TBoGT. I want to change Luis' skin, but have had trouble trying to mod the game at all. All the tutorials on this website explain modding in GTAIV, but nothing seems to work. Is this because mods for GTAIV don't work for TBoGT?
If anyone can give me any help with changing Luis' skin, I would greatly appreciate it!
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If you want to mod TBoGT you need to change the files in -
Grand Theft Auto IV Episodes from Liberty City\EFLC\TBoGT
I never changed to Luis skin, but if you want to change the clothes go to
\EFLC\TBoGT\pc\models\cdimages and then open the playerped.img file.
If you use OpenIV, you can add new clothes.
You can use all the GTA IV clothes mods and the GTA IV clothes.
And by the way, the most GTA IV mods working with TBoGT.
You can find the normal GTA IV files in
Grand Theft Auto IV Episodes from Liberty City\EFLC
From there, it's like normal GTA IV modding.
Good luck
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"Hearts of Love," a women's expo featuring everything from health screenings and music to food and 50 vendor booths, will be held Feb. 16 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Masonic Temple located at 227 N. Fourth St., Steubenville.
Admission is free to the event being sponsored by the First Christian Church of Steubenville located at 220 N. Fourth St. Debbie Barton, an elder of the church, is the event chair with assistance from Kim Donnelly, co-chair.
The first 150 women will receive a free tote bearing an inspirational message. While there will be a variety of vendors, free glucose and blood pressure screenings, and an on-site glass-blowing demonstration, there also will be radio personalities on hand for a "meet and greet." They will represent K-Love adult continuing Christian music radio and WTRF.
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READY FOR EVENT — "Hearts of Love" women's expo will be held Feb. 16 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Masonic Temple located at 227 N. Fourth St., Steubenville. It is an outreach of First Christian Church of Steubenville, which is located near the Masonic Temple. Admission to the event is free with the first 150 women receiving a free tote with an inspirational message. Displaying the totes are, from left, Debbie Barton, chair; Kim Donnelly, co-chair; and the Rev. Trina Morgan, recently appointed as the church's first woman pastor.
-- Janice R. Kiaski
The idea for the expo is the brainchild of the Rev. Trina Morgan, a Weirton native who officially became the church's pastor on Jan. 6, although the Brooke High School graduate began filling in there as of Oct. 11, 2012.
Morgan's appointment makes her the church's first woman pastor in First Christian Church's more than 100-year history.
"Hearts of Love is something I always wanted to do, and when I was in corporate America, I worked for Key marketing (Froggy Radio) of Carnegie, and we sponsored 'My Big Fat Froggy Wedding,' and it was such a draw of people and a lot of fun, I thought the best way to introduce ourselves and Steubenville is to have a smaller version of that for women, and what more perfect time than around Valentine's Day," Morgan said, crediting the "hard work" of Barton and Donnelly in bringing it to fruition.
"It has exploded," Morgan said. "We are having 50 vendors, most of whom came to us in request of a booth."
Morgan, 42, earned a bachelor's degree in marketing from the University of Phoenix in 2005. She is a 2008 graduate of Liberty University with a masters degree in theology and biblical counseling and is anticipating earning her doctorate in divinity in 2013.
She is married to Bryan B. Morgan and is the mother of two sons, Zachary and Darren.
"I am humbled and honored by the outpouring of love that has been given to me by the First Christian Church of Steubenville members," Morgan said. "The church has a very good structure of members who want to take this church in a slightly new direction and increase the growth. Steubenville is a 'good soul' foundation of believers. You cannot go within 50 feet on North Fourth Street and not see a house of worship. They are stunning and architecturally beautiful. We're among that group," Morgan said.
"One of the things I want to do for the First Christian Church is have a lot more involvement with the community and more activities from the church. Our hope is to bring hope and joy to those who have no church to call their place of worship and maybe make a spiritual connection and welcome them as a member," said Morgan, who substituted at various Tri-State Area churches from 2007-11 during her college internship and then post graduation.
A future event on the church's agenda is a variety show in March that will showcase local talent.


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Two "memorial" diamonds made from the cremated remains of a 25-year-old Australian man were stolen after being shipped from Houston to his parents, a Texas TV station reports.
The $15,000 gemstones, made from the ashes of Kyle Thomas, apparently were stolen somewhere between Singapore and Australia, says KPRC-TV. Thomas died from an unspecified injury while playing Australian football.
The diamonds were made by Switzerland-base Algordanza and shipped via UPS from its Houston office. When the package arrived in Australia -- KPRC did not say where -- Thomas' parents found only two empty jewel boxes.
The company's founder said it was the first such theft in his firm's eight-year history. Australian police are investigating.
"I was devastated," Veit Brimer, founder of Algordanza, told the station. "This is just not happening. I thought it was not real, this is a bad dream."
Algordanza explains how its "absolutely unique" gems are made:
1. The human elements (cremated remains) go through a chemical analysis.
2. All non-carbon elements are dissolved leaving only raw organic carbon with variable traces of boron. (Boron levels dictate the color of the diamond.)
3. The organic carbon is then converted into graphite. The graphite is then placed into a Diamond Press with a started diamond crystal. The graphite and starter crystals are subjected to 2700 F and 1,000,000 psi. The graphite then crystallizes off of the diamond recreating the same molecular structure as the starter diamond.
4. Once crystallized to the desired carat weight the contents are then removed from the press and the natural diamond crystal is cut from the rough diamond. The rough diamond is then cut down to the desired shape and then polished.
5. If selected, the diamond is then sent for laser engraving. If not, the diamond will be delivered.
The company says 1 pound of ashes (500 grams) can yield up to three, 1-carat diamonds that show "the same physical, chemical and optical properties as a dug diamond." The "synthesis" takes about three months.
Algordanza said it had begun making replacements from Thomas' remaining ashes.


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I am trying to convert a variable to lower case and strip a suffix at the same time. The variable contains a file name and I am stripping the extension:
for f in *.shp; do echo ${f%.*};done
To convert a variable to lowercase I know the command is,
But how do I convert
${f%.*} to lower case within the loop?


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Miami, Fla.- Charlotte 49ers softball team fought late but came up short in the series finale against the FIU Panthers on Sunday afternoon. The Niners fell 5-3 after falling behind early 4-0.
"We had a good come back but our early play was just too inconsistent. We get back to work at practice this week and we will prepare for ECU next weekend," said Coach Aimee DeVos.
Jessica Plemmons and Courtney Carroll led the way at the plate for the Niners going 2-3 each. Chelsea Lisikatos picked up a hit in the loss with a home run in the sixth inning.
FIU (16-7, 2-1 C-USA) jumped on the board in the bottom of the first inning plating two runs off two Niner errors. A walk started the inning for the Panthers. A throwing error and a fielding error allowed two runs to come across for an early 2-0 Panther lead.
The Panthers struck again in the bottom of the third inning for two more runs. Stephanie Texeira singled up the middle to start off the frame. A walk and a sacrifice bunt put runners into scoring position at second and third. After two quick outs, Shelby Graves singled to right field pushing across two runs on the play for a FIU 4-0 lead.
Charlotte (9-10, 1-2 C-USA) cracked the scoreboard in the top of the fourth inning cutting into the deficit. Jessica Plemmons started the inning with a base hit to center field. Jessie Fennell followed suit with a single through the left side of the infield. Courtney Carroll drove in the first run for the Niners with two outs taking a 1-1 pitch into right field.
FIU continued to attack the 49ers in the bottom of the fourth inning. Lexi Betancourt shut the door in the inning after giving up back-to-back hits to open the inning. A walk loaded the bases for the Panthers with one out. Charlotte caught a break after a sure base hit through the right side of the infield made contact with the base runner for the second out. Betancourt finished the inning with a punch out to keep the deficit at a manageable 4-1 and without allowing a run to score in the inning.
Charlotte started a rally in the top of the sixth inning cutting into the deficit. Jessica Plemmons started the rally with a single into right field. Chelsea Lisikatos sent a towering shot over the centerfield wall for her third home run of the season and a 4-3 deficit. Carroll kept the rally going with a double into the right center gap. Hayley Lewis moves Carroll to third on the infield single but left stranded.
The Panthers tacked on the final run of the game in the bottom of the sixth inning. FIU's Bre Kaye sent a rocket towards shortstop for an infield single to start the attack. Nicole Rascon brought Kaye around to score with a double into the right center gap for a 5-3 lead.
The Niners started a rally in the top of the seventh inning but came up empty. Jackie Kleinsmith led off the inning with a walk. Jessica Plemmons reached on a throwing error by the pitcher allowing Kleinsmith to move to second. Lisikatos roped one down to the right side of the infield but snagged at first base to end the game.
The Niners struggled in the field committing three errors. Two errors led to two Panthers runs in the first inning. Lexi Betancourt (8-5) picked up the loss tossing six innings allowing five runs (three earned) off eight hits. FIU's starter Shelby Graves picked up the win allowing three runs off seven hits through five innings. Corinne Jenkins tossed the final two innings allowing two hits.
Charlotte will return home to host Conference USA and in-state rival East Carolina next weekend, March 15-16 in a three game series. Doubleheader scheduled for Saturday at 12 pm and 2 pm.


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Crusaders looking to regroup
WATERBURY — Two days after an unexpected last-second loss to Torrington, Holy Cross football coach Mike Giampetruzzi did all of the talking to his team.
"You can't play sloppy and expect to win," Giampetruzzi told his players.
"The meeting went better than I thought after a tough loss, and the kids seemed to be focused," he said earlier this week. "They all realized that they let one slip away. We haven't played solid football the past two weeks (a 28-13 win over Watertown and a 24-21 loss to Torrington). We've had penalties and scoring-drive killers. We had some guys not hearing the right plays (before the snap). I really don't have an answer for why we are making those mistakes."
The reality is that instead of the defending Class S state champion being 3-0, Cross is 2-1 heading into a pivotal game with defending Naugatuck Valley League champion and Class M state champion Ansonia on Friday at 7 p.m. at Municipal Stadium.
The Chargers lead the series, 35-4, and have won three in a row, including a 33-0 decision in the NVL title game last year.
Holy Cross beat Ansonia, 21-13, on Oct. 2, 2009. The previous win was a 40-20 decision on Sept. 23, 2005, so a Crusaders win is not improbable. But in those games, Holy Cross was near-perfect.
The loss to the Red Raiders dropped the Crusaders into the pack in the Copper Division race and the Class S playoff ratings at No. 13. Ansonia is No. 2.
Another regular-season loss to the Chargers would greatly affect Holy Cross' postseason aspirations, although the game won't affect the divisional race and a possible spot in the NVL championship game.
Bouncing back "won't be easy, but we have to find a way to win," said Giampetruzzi. "(The Torrington loss) was a good wake-up. I don't know if we took winning for granted, but we have won a lot of games the past few years with these seniors. When you lose, it wakes you up and put things back into perspective.
"Against Ansonia, you have to be perfect in all parts of the game. You have to be able to win the line of scrimmage, which is hard to do, and you can't give up big plays, something we have done against Ansonia the last three times we have played them. That's the reason we have lost those games. We have to try to keep them out of the zone as much as possible."
That's easier said than done with junior Arkeel Newsome (395 rushing yards, nine TDs) leading the way.
"Arkeel makes you miss in the hole or on the perimeter," Giampetruzzi said. "I've never seen a running back as shifty as he on the high school level. Even when he takes a hit, he keeps going."
But Newsome is not alone on the Crusaders' defensive radar.
"Jai'Quan McKnight (seven passing TDs, three rushing TDs) is very good and can run and throw. And Andrew Matos (11 receptions, 372 yards, four TDs) may be the best player in the league. He can catch, run and play solid defense."
For the Crusaders to have a chance, they likely will need to put the past behind them.
"When things are not good, sometimes you start doubting yourself. You need to have more trust in your teammates. I think I have challenged them and we need to put these three games behind us. This is the meat of our season, and after Ansonia, we have Kennedy and Naugatuck, and we must play hard for four quarters. That is the primary message of the last couple of days. We can't look ahead. There are no easy days."
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Suppose $K$ is an $n$-dimensional $C^2$ convex body in $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$. We choose two distinct directions $z_0, z_1\in\mathbb{S^{n}}$. If $P_1$ and $P_2$ are the corresponding hyperplanes($z_0\perp P_1$ and $z_1\perp P_2$) and $K'$ is the projection of $K$ on $P_1\cap P_2$, what is the $Vol(K')$? We know the support function, and for simplicity let's suppose the body is symmetric and centered at the origin. If we just consider one hyperplane say, $P_0$, and want to compute the area of projection of $K$ on $P_0$ then the answer is $\frac{1}{2}\int_{\mathbb{S}^{n-1}}\frac{|\langle z,z_0\rangle|}{G}d\mu$ where $G$ is the Guass curvature of the boundary of $K$. I am looking for a solution of this type, possibly involving other symmetric functions of principle curvatures.
This is easier at least for me if we forget about the inner product.
Let $K$ be a convex body in the vector space $X$ and assume that the origin lies in the interior of $K$. If you know $K$, you know its support function $h: X^* \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$. Now let $N \subset X$ be a linear subspace and $\pi: X \rightarrow L = X/N$ the natural projection map. Then it's straightforward to check that the support function of $\pi(K) \subset L$ is simply the restriction of $h$ to $L^* = N^\perp$. Given that, it is straightforward to calculate the Gauss curvature and volume of $\pi(K)$.
You can find complete results of this type for $K$ an ellipsoid in
Rivin, Igor Surface area and other measures of ellipsoids. Adv. in Appl. Math. 39 (2007)
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Chesapeake founder and CEO Aubrey McClendon will step down in April. Investors in the nation's second-biggest gas producer by volume after ExxonMobil have been pressing for changes at the company, which has been criticized for heavy spending and extravagant compensation for executives.
By NATHALIE TADENA
Chesapeake Energy Corp. said founder and CEO Aubrey McClendon
will leave the company on April 1, ending a 24-year run as the
oil-and-natural-gas driller's leader.
Mr. McClendon, whose personal financial dealings with
Chesapeake have come under scrutiny, will step down even though
Chesapeake said its review of alleged conflicts of interest
involving Mr. McClendon had found no improper conduct.
Chesapeake chairman Archie Dunham said in a statement the
company needs a new leader to help develop the oil and gas
assets the company has amassed under Mr. McClendon.
The 53-year-old has been the company's CEO since its
inception in 1989 and was chairman until 2012. He will resign
from the board when his successor is appointed and will receive
his full compensation and other benefits to which he is
entitled under the terms of his employment agreement,
Chesapeake said.
"While I have certain philosophical differences with the new
board, I look forward to working collaboratively with the
company and the board," Mr. McClendon said in a statement.
Investors in the nation's second-biggest natural-gas
producer by volume after ExxonMobil have been pressing for
changes at the company, which has been criticized for heavy
spending and extravagant compensation for executives and
Chesapeake has already made significant corporate changes.
In June it replaced a majority of its board with directors
proposed by its largest shareholders, Southeastern Asset
Management Inc. and activist investor Carl Icahn.
Mr. Icahn, who amassed a nearly 9% stake in the Oklahoma
City company and called for Mr. McClendon to be replaced as
chairman, said on Tuesday: "I am confident that history will
prove that Aubrey has been correct about the value of natural
gas in general and the value of Chesapeake in particular."
If Chesapeake directors hold strictly to the terms of Mr.
McClendon's employment contract, the longtime CEO could have to
pay the company some of a $75 million award, made in 2008, on
his way out the door.
According to Chesapeake's May 2012 proxy statement, Mr.
McClendon must repay the company a portion of the award if he
leaves before Dec. 31, 2013. The repayment is on a sliding
scale; because he is retiring April 1, Mr. McClendon would have
to pay $11.25 million, according to the terms listed in the
Mr. McClendon isn't entitled to cash severance or
accelerated vesting of restricted stock. As of Dec. 31, 2011,
Mr. McClendon held roughly 1.5 shares of restricted stock, then
valued at $33.5 million.
Mr. McClendon also is entitled to deferred compensation,
which was valued at $7.2 million at the end of 2011, according
to the proxy.
The company has retained recruiters Heidrick & Struggles
International Inc. to assist in its search for a new CEO and
said it would consult with Mr. McClendon in connection with the
Chesapeake said it would release its final report regarding
financing arrangements between Mr. McClendon and any third
party that has had a relationship with the company on Feb. 21.
Mr. McClendon's decision to leave isn't related to the board's
pending review of his financing arrangements and other matters,
it said.
The probe began in April, after it was revealed that
entities controlled by Mr. McClendon had borrowed up to $1.4
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Charley E. Davis, 54, of Nebraska City died Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012 at the Nebraska Heart Hospital in Lincoln. Charley was born on Jan. 30, 1958 in Auburn to Clarence Eugene and Sylvia Ladell (Byrom) Davis. He attended school and graduated from Southeast Consolidated High School at Stella in 1976. He married Laurie A. Hellerich on Oct. 12, 1985 in Nebraska City.
Charley worked for the Nebraska City Street Department for 16 years and then at WalMart the past five years. He was a huge Nebraska Cornhusker fan and enjoyed spending time with his family.
He is survived by wife Laurie Davis of Nebraska City; children Megan Davis of Dunbar, Ashley Davis of Nebraska City and Craig Davis of Nebraska City; grandsons Nathan, Braxton, Malenkai and Stuart; siblings Carol Gering of Auburn, Gary Davis of Nebraska City, Roger Davis and wife Betty of Branson, Mo., and Deb Rakestraw and husband John of Nebraska City; other family and friends.
He was preceded by sister Pat Rakestraw in September of 2007.
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I would like to know how to get Auschwitz from Wroclaw without going first to Krakow by public transport? The idea is to get up early in Wroclaw, visit Auschwitz and go to Krakow to sleep.
One option is to go to Katowice, but I don't know if that's possible. As far as I know Wroclaw to Katowice is 3 hours by train, then I have to go to take a train or bus to Auschwitz (1 hour) and should reserve 4 hours for the visit. Finally a bus could take me to Krakow but the problem is that (according to the Lonely Planet) the last one departs at 6pm.
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Thomas J. Galvin, Prospect Rep. Chris Murphy, D-5th District, Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, has been in Congress for six years. It has been independently verified that he did miss 78 percent of his assigned committee meetings from 2007-09, but I think he still qualifies as a true Washington, D.C., insider. Going to those meetings to understand what was in the bills would have been a waste of his time, since he just votes the way House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi tells him to, and he makes sure to show up for more than 97 percent of those sessions.


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The kickoff to national Business and Professional Women's Week opens today with an ecumenical service in Steubenville with guests from our surrounding states, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Ohio BPW is hosting this event, along with the help of the Ohio Valley BPW, our local club.
The mission of Business and Professional Women is to achieve equity in the workplace for all women through advocacy, education and information.
In August of 1920, a national drama brought its final moment to Nashville, Tenn. The 19th Amendment was about to become a law with an historical vote brought about by one mother who had quite an influence over her son. In June 1919, the U.S. Congress voted to append 39 words to the Constitution. Anyone who read the words was moved to take a stand. Those 39 words comprised the 19th Amendment which, if ratified by 36 states, would give women the right to vote. Thirty-five states had passed it, and the suffragists knew their victory was not inevitable.
Reporters in Nashville were present from New York, Chicago and Washington. Also present were Boston celebrities such as the national suffrage leader Carrie Chapman Catt. Legislators in Nashville wore roses on their lapels - yellow for a "yes" vote, red for a "no" vote. Suffragists knowing they were shy of the vote, a second roll was taken, which was deadlocked at 48 for and 48 against. A third roll call was taken when the youngest legislator, Harry Burn, suddenly broke the deadlock, even though he was wearing a red rose. With his "yea" vote, Burn had delivered universal suffrage to all American women. Tempers flared, and he had to take refuge in the capitol attic as his outraged opponents began chasing him.
When tempers had cooled, Burn was asked to explain the red rose on his lapel and his "yellow rose" vote. He said that even though people could see his red rose on his lapel, what they could not see was a telegram in his breast pocket from his mother in East Tennessee.
She urged him to do the right thing and vote in favor of the amendment. Gov. A.H. Roberts signed the bill on Aug. 24, 1920, and two days later the 19th Amendment became national law. One-hundred-and-45 years after the Declaration of Independence, American women had earned the constitutional right to vote - thanks in large part to a woman named Febb Ensminger Burn and her son, Harry.
Without a doubt, the women's right to vote has had a profound effect on many elections. We salute the Burns family this year for their courage. The Ohio Business and Professional Women embrace equality in the workplace.
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Monday, December 29, 2008
The Vegan Dad Cookbook: The Printed Version
13 comments:
- Anonymous said...
This is great! But...I already downloaded and purchased the original version. Which unfortunately I cannot have printed or bound anytime soon because it costs too much money! Is there any chance those of us who purchased the original can download the black and white, pictureless copy for free? I feel bad asking but I didn't realize how much it would cost to print the original version.
- December 30, 2008 at 8:23 AM
- Vegan Dad said...
Send me an email at vegandadDOTblogspotATgmailDOTcom (replacing the DOT with actual dots, and the AND with @)
- December 30, 2008 at 8:34 AM
- Suzi said...
I have the same problem! I downloaded the original and then found out the price to print it would be close to $80! I would have waited to buy the actual book if I would have known you were working on that. Is there anyway of getting the black and white version to print?
- December 30, 2008 at 8:53 AM
- Vegan Dad said...
Suzi (and anyone else),
If you purchased the colour version and cannot print it at home, or it is too expensive, send me an email at the address I posted in the above comment. I did not plan to do a black and white version at all, but many people have commented about the expense of colour printing.
- December 30, 2008 at 9:47 AM
- Liz said...
What great timing! I've been moved to start looking into vegan family cooking - a real challenge with a husband who barely tolerates any veggie not supported by a pork product, a picky 3 year old, and a 15-month old who would rather only drink milk all day. Your cookbook gives me hope. I'm starting them out gently ... we'll see how it goes.
A question: pediatric recommendations are for 1 y.o. to have whole milk for the higher fat content to support the massive neural development happening this year. I'm inclined to leave her with her whole milk until she's two and then switch her to light soy with the rest of us. Do you have any thoughts/resources on this?
thanks for an awesome book. Self-publishing is a labor of love, and I hope the karmic rewards surround you and your family.
- December 30, 2008 at 10:56 AM
- Diana said...
What a good guy you are to do this!
- December 30, 2008 at 12:09 PM
- kristina said...
Hi, i got the pdf, and only printed the cover in color and did the pages black and white and it was under 20$. with $1.17 for color pages and .17 cents for b & w. [i also paid 3.00 for a comb binding] hope that helps, i live in washington state.
and vegan dad; i love it, i'm gathering ingredients now and am making a recipe every few days!
- December 30, 2008 at 12:17 PM
- Amberlin said...
I just bought this and am so excited to get to work on some recipes! First thing, pita bread. Mmmmm....
Thank you so much for pulling it all together!
- December 30, 2008 at 1:09 PM
- Kate Alexis Clausen said...
As soon as I can I am buying your book! What an inspiration!
- December 30, 2008 at 7:34 PM
- Cynthia said...
Will you be publishing the book, too -- through traditional publishing channels? Personally, I'd love the color version with all the great pictures, but the cost seems pretty high. If I could order it on Amazon, I would prefer to do that.
- December 30, 2008 at 7:40 PM
- Vegan Dad said...
Yes, my understanding is that kids under two need a high fat diet. The best thing for kids is breast milk during that time. I don't want to dispense anything that sounds like medical advice, so I would talk to your pediatrician.
No plans to actually publish the book. Maybe in the far off future.
- January 3, 2009 at 11:14 PM
- Jamie Wilcox said...
I'm thinking about writing a cookbook.
About how much money did it cost to have the books made?
- May 14, 2009 at 12:04 AM
- Vegan Dad said...
Once you upload your files to the site, Lulu prints them only when someone orders them. Prices vary depending on the grade of paper you choose, colour versus black and white, etc. Of course, there is shipping on top of that. It's not the greatest way to publish, but short of getting an actual book deal, it's not bad. There is a price calculator somewhere in the site.
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6.1L Hemi Supercharger Engine Build - Four-Digit HemiWritten by on May 1, 2010 Building A 1,000HP New Hemi With Big Boost
Mopar's 5.7L and 6.1L Hemi engines are certainly potent, but they haven't garnered the attention of hot rodders to anywhere near the level of GM's LS-series engines. That's too bad, since the new Hemi has a great deal going for it even in stock trim. Like the current LS3, the SRT8 Hemi is blessed with tremendous cylinder heads. Impressive even in stock form, the 6.1L SRT8 heads respond to precision porting every bit as well as the General's heads. A properly ported set of 6.1L Hemi heads (like the ones employed in this buildup from Dr. J's) can flow more than 350 cfm at just 0.600 lift. That is some serious head flow. The SRT8 version of the modern Hemi also sports an impressive factory aluminum long-runner intake, a sizable throttle body, and free-flowing factory exhaust manifolds. There are Hemi owners who think the 425hp factory rating is not only insignificant but downright pedestrian and think nothing about more than doubling the factory power output.
To demonstrate what it takes to produce an honest 1,000 hp with a new Hemi, we decided to take up the folks at Kenne Bell (K-B) and Mr. Norm's on their offer to test one of their massive, new, 3.6L, twin-screw superchargers on a 6.1L Hemi (destined for use in a new Mr. Norm's Super Challenger).
When it comes to superchargers, there are two schools of thought: run a small blower fast or a big blower slowly. Both have their benefits, but sizing the blower for the intended displacement, boost, and power levels is critical for success. Luckily for us, the twin-screw design of the K-B blower is ultraefficient, much more so than the typical Roots-style blower.
With the introduction of powerful engines like the 6.1L Hemi and the attending stroker variants, Kenne Bell recognized the need to increase the displacement and efficiency of its already impressive 2.8L supercharger. The improvements to the 3.6L compared with the previous 2.8L came from three major changes: an increase in displacement, liquid cooling, and seal pressure equalization. K-B also claims to have reduced the parasitic losses associated with driving the supercharger by a huge 76 hp. To put this into perspective, the 3.6L will produce the same amount of power as the smaller 2.8L blower at roughly 3 psi less boost. Some of the drop in parasitic losses can be attributed to the fact that the larger blower simply spins slower to produce the same amount of boost as the smaller 2.8L. Additional gains come from a revised 4x6 rotor pack, meaning the male and female rotors sport four and six lobes respectively, differing from the claimed less efficient 3x5 combination used by the competition. Changes to the rotor pack were combined with a unique discharge shape to optimize port timing, maximize airflow, and minimize charge temperature.
From a size standpoint alone, the new 3.6L is capable of supporting more than 25 percent more power than the 2.8L, yet it still fits under the hood of a Challenger. While the bigger-is-better philosophy seems like a no-brainer, the ideal application for the larger, 3.6L blower is not a stock 5.7L Hemi running 7 psi of boost but rather a 6.1L (or larger) running 15-plus psi of boost. The larger 3.6L Kenne Bell blower was designed for high-horsepower and/or high-boost applications. Given its ability to support 1,200-plus horsepower, it is less than ideal for someone looking to produce just 400 hp. The big blower will obviously do the job at lower boost and power levels, but there are better blower choices for the lower-horsepower applications.
Impressed as we were by all the technical features of the new, bigger blower, we wanted to see it applied to a 6.1L Hemi. Naturally, a stock 6.1L is not going to stand up to the abuse of 20-plus psi of boost, so the motor was built with forced induction in mind, using forged internals, ported heads, and a different camshaft. The combination in naturally aspirated trim baselined at 510 hp and 467 lb-ft, and adding the 3.6L blower set on big boost, it jumped that into the magical four-digit range, nearly doubling the power output to 1,003 and 881, respectively.
6.1L Hemi-NA vs. K-B 3.6L Blower
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Adding the new 3.6L twin-screw supercharger from Kenne Bell to our modified 6.1L Hemi resulted in serious power. Equipped with ported heads, a Comp cam, and long-tube headers, the 6.1L produced 510 hp and 467 lb-ft (bottom lines). Adding the Kenne Bell 3.6L supercharger kit upped the peak power numbers to 1,003 hp and 881 lb-ft at 22 psi and 7,000 rpm. Upping the boost pressure with a smaller blower pulley (from 3.75 to 3.50 inches) resulted in 24 psi of boost and a jump in peak power to 1,019 hp at just 6,500 rpm. More boost and/or more engine speed would certainly yield even more power, as would replacing the 6.1L short-block with a 392 or 426 stroker version.
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The short-block was upgraded with a forged crank, rods, and Probe Racing pistons. We also employed a set of ARP head studs and Cometic MLS head gaskets.The stock 6.1L camshaft was replaced by a Comp Cams Xtreme Energy cam with 0.547/0.550 lift, 224/228 duration (at 0.050), and a blower-friendly 114-degree lobe-separation angle.Dr. J's Performance increased the flow rate of the stock 6.1 heads from 319 cfm to 351 cfm at 0.600 lift. These are big flow numbers for any street motor.The intake port illustrates the impressive work performed by Dr. J's. The 6.1L heads offer impressive flow even in stock trim but respond well to additional porting. It would take a serious motor to use all the airflow potential offered by the ported 6.1L heads.To establish a baseline, the 6.1L was run in normally aspirated trim with the stock 6.1L aluminum intake and throttle body.While on the dyno, we ran the motor in supercharged trim with stock exhaust manifolds and then again with long-tube headers. We easily exceeded 900 hp with the stock manifolds.These 1 3/4-inch long-tube American Racing headers were worth nearly 40 hp over the stock manifolds at the supercharged 900hp level.All our testing was performed using the FAST XFI management system. We also augmented the ignition system with a Kenne Bell Boost-A-Spark. To ensure adequate fuel delivery to the 75-pound injectors, the dyno fuel pump was also treated to a Kenne Bell Boost-A-Pump. Rockett Brand 118-octane gas and Lucas 5W-30 synthetic oil were used.
Compared with the 2.8L, the larger 3.6L increased the flow capacity and therefore power potential by 25 percent.The Kenne Bell Hemi supercharger kit (2.8L shown) was designed for the new Challenger. Since we exceeded 950 hp with the 2.8L, you'd have to be serious about power production to need the larger 3.6L.Though the kit is designed to accept the factory Hemi throttle body, we elected to install the Kenne Bell oval throttle body upgrade and converted the electronic drive-by-wire to a manual system for dyno use.All testing was performed using the 4.5-inch inlet tube and optional cone filter assembly. It looks huge and flows more than enough (more than 2,000 cfm) to support 1,000 hp, yet still fits in the engine bay of the Challenger.Boost pressure supplied by the 3.6L was controlled by blower/crank pulley sizing. Running an 8-inch crank pulley from Mr. Norm's and a 3.75-inch blower pulley resulted in 22 psi at 7,000 rpm, while stepping down to a smaller 3.50-inch blower pulley increased boost pressure to 24 psi at 6,500 rpm.This shot illustrates the lines and fittings used for the new liquid cooling system that minimizes the temperature differential between the inlet and discharge sides of the supercharger, decreasing charge temperature and improving component life.


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I'm trying to get an audio file to autoplay in Safari on an iPad. If I go to the page using Safari on my Mac, it's fine. On the iPad, autoplay does not work.
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UPDATE: This is a hack and it's not working anymore on IOS 4.X and above. This one worked on IOS 3.2.X.
It's not true. Apple doesn't want to autoplay video and audio on IPad because of the high amout of traffic you can use on mobile networks. I wouldn't use autoplay for online content. For Offline HTML sites it's a great feature and thats what I've used it for.
Here is a "javascript fake click" solution: http://www.roblaplaca.com/examples/html5AutoPlay/
Copy & Pasted Code from the site:
This is not my source. I've found this some time ago and tested the code on an IPad and IPhone with IOS 3.2.X.
I would like to also emphasize that the reason you cannot do this is a business decision that Apple made, not a technical decision. To wit, there was no rational technical justification for Apple to disable sound from web apps on the iPod Touch. That is a WiFi device only, not a phone that may incur expensive bandwidth charges, so that argument has zero merit for that device. They may say they are helping with WiFi network management, but any issues with bandwidth on my WiFi network is my concern, not Apple's.
Also, if what they really cared about was preventing unwanted, excessive bandwidth consumption, they would provide a setting to allow users to opt-in to web apps sounds. Also, they would do something to restrict web sites from consuming equivalent bandwidth by other means. But there are no such restrictions. A web site can download huge files in the background over and over and Apple could care less about that. And finally, I believe the sounds can be downloaded anyway, so NO BANDWIDTH IS ACTUALLY SAVED! Apple just does not allow them to play automatically without user interaction, making them unusable for games, which of course is their real intent.
Apple blocked sound because they started to notice that HTML5 apps can be just as capable as native apps, if not more so. If you want sound in Web Apps you need to lobby Apple to stop being anti-competitive like Microsoft. There is no technical problem that can be fixed here.
As of iOS 4.2.1, neither the fake click nor the .load() trick will work to autoplay audio on any iOS device. The only option I know of is to have the user actually perform a click action and begin playback in the click event handler without wrapping the .play() call in anything asynchronous (ajax, setTimeout, etc).
Someone please tell me if I'm mistaken. I had working loopholes for both iPad and iPhone before the most recent update, and all of them look like they've been closed.
Apple annoyingly rejects many HTML5 web standards on their iOS devices, for a variety of business reasons. Ultimately, you can't pre-load or auto-play sound files before a touch event, it only plays one sound at a time, and it doesn't support Ogg/Vorbis. However, I did find one nifty workaround to let you have a little more control over the audio.
Basically, you start playing the audio file on the very first touch event, then you pause it immediately. Now, you can use the soundHandle.play() and soundHandle.pause() commands throughout your Javascript and control the audio without touch events. If you can time it perfectly, just have the pause come in right after the sound is over. Then next time you play it again, it will loop back to the beginning. This won't resolve all the mess Apple has made here, but it's one solution.
I confirm that the audio isn't working as described (at least on iPad running 4.3.5). The specific issue is the audio won't load in an asynchronous method (ajax, timer event, etc) but it will play if it was preloaded. The problem is the load has to be on a user-triggered event. So if you can have a button for the user to initiate the playing you can do something like:
Then to play it, eg in an ajax request, you can do
Not the greatest solution, but it may help, especially knowing the culprit is the load function in a non-user-triggered event.
Edit: I found Apple's explanation, and it affects iOS 4+: http://developer.apple.com/library/safari/#documentation/AudioVideo/Conceptual/Using_HTML5_Audio_Video/Device-SpecificConsiderations/Device-SpecificConsiderations.html
Try calling the .load() method before the .play() method on the audio or video tag... which will be HTMLAudioElement or HTMLVideoElement respectively. That was the only way it would work on the iPad for me!
Autoplay doesn't work on the iPad or iPhone for either the video or the audio tags. This is a restriction set in place by Apple to save the users bandwidth.
It seems to me that the answer to this question is (at least now) clearly documented on the Safari HTML5 docs:
User Control of Downloads Over Cellular Networks
This plays the movie:
This does nothing on iOS:
Have puzzled over this whilst developing a quick prototype web app under iOS4.2 (dev build). Solution is actually quite simple. Note that you can't seem to already have the tag in your HTML page, you actually need to insert the tag into the document dynamically (note this example uses Prototype 1.7 for some extra Javascript snazziness):
As you've not set a controller, there shouldn't be any need to do anything tricksy with CSS to hide it / position it off-screen.
This seems to work perfectly.
Apple does not support the standard completely, but there is a workaround. Their justification is cellular network congestion, maybe because you'll land on pages that play random audio. This behavior doesn't change when a device goes on wifi, maybe for consistency. By the way, those pages are usually a bad idea anyway. You should not be trying to put a soundtrack on every web page. That's just wrong. :)
html5 audio will play if it is started as the result of a user action. Loading a page does not count. So you need to restructure your web app to be an all-in-one-page app. Instead of a link that opens a page that plays audio, you need that link to play it on the current page, without a page change. This "user interaction" rule applies to the html5 methods you can call on an audio or video element. The calls return without any effect if they are fired automatically on page load, but they work when called from event handlers.
If you create an Audio element using:
var a = new Audio("my_audio_file.wav");
and add a "suspend" event listener via:
a.addEventListener("suspend", function () {console.log('suspended')}, false);
and then load the file into mobile Safari (iPad or iPhone), you'll see the 'suspended' get logged in the developer console. According to the HTML5 spec, this means, "The user agent is intentionally not currently fetching media data, but does not have the entire media resource downloaded."
Calling a subsequent a.load(), testing for the "canplay" event and then using a.play() seems like a suitable method for auto triggering the sound.
My solution is trigger from a real touch event in a prior menu. They don't force you to use a specific player interface of course. For my purposes, this works well. If you don't have an existing interface to use, afaik you're buggered. Maybe you could try tilt events or something...
This seems to work:
See it in action here: http://www.johncoles.co.uk/ipad/test/1.html
As of iOS 4.2 this no-longer works. Sorry.
Works with jQuery, tested on Ipad v.5.1.1
You have to append/remove the video element from the page.
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