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It is known that in low dimensions certain exceptional isomorphisms arise between Lie groups. I have read about some of them in some papers, but I have not been able to find a "systematic" treatment of such isomorphims. By "systematic", I mean a presentation of a list of the most relevant of them (in the real and complex case, for instance) with some proofs and explanations. So, my question is, Does there exists any relatively complete reference on this topic?
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Recipe: Fruit Endurance Gel Blocks
Never buy factory-made energy gels again
Editor's Note: This is Part II in an online series of recipes from Camilla Saulsbury's Power Hungry: The Ultimate Energy Bar Cookbook.
Call them electrolyte gels, endurance gels, sports gels, nutritional gels, carbohydrate gels, or "Mommy's homemade yummy gummies" (thanks, Nick!)—whatever the eponym, these pop-able fruit gels provide quick carbohydrates for exercise endurance and recovery.
While gel blocks are commonly used in endurance sports, they are a great mini pick-up for any kind of fitness endeavor. When I bothered to look at the ingredients on the label one day (while recovering from price shock), I knew I could recreate them (I can be cocky that way). And so I did!
The blocks remain gelled at room temperature, and since they rely on natural fruit pectin, not gelatin, they are 100% vegan, too. You can find the fruit pectin in supermarkets or hardware stores where canning products are shelved.
- 1 cup light-colored natural cane sugar or granulated sugar
- 1 cup organic 100% fruit juice or fruit nectar, pulp-free (e.g., apple, cherry, mango, or berry)
- 1 3-ounce pouch liquid fruit pectin
- 1/4 cup honey, agave nectar, or DIY Glucose Syrup (see page 2)
- 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1. Lightly spray a 9 by 5-inch loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray.
2. In a medium saucepan, whisk the sugar, fruit juice, pectin, honey, and salt until thoroughly blended.
3. Bring mixture to a full boil over medium-high heat, whisking continuously. Reduce heat to medium and continue whisking for 5 minutes longer. Remove from heat and whisk in the lemon juice. Pour into the prepared pan.
4. Loosely cover the pan with a clean dish towel and let stand at least 12 hours until firm (do not refrigerate).
5. Invert the pan on a cutting board to release the gel. Using a sharp knife, cut into 1-inch squares.
- Be sure to whisk constantly while boiling the fruit juice- pectin mixture or the pectin may form clumps.
These will remain gelled at room temperature so simply wrap in plastic wrap or place in a small zipper-top plastic bag when heading out for an adventure.
- Room Temperature: 1 week.
- Refrigerator: up to one month.
- Serving size: 5 squares
- Calories: 130
- Fat: 0 g, (Saturated 0 g)
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
- Sodium: 67 mg
- Carbs: 33.7 g (Fiber 0.5 g, Sugars 32.9 g)
- Protein: 0.1 g
- Pomegranate Margarita Gels: Prepare as directed using cranberry-pomegranate juice as the fruit juice and 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice in place of the lemon juice.
- Spirulina Gels: Add 2 teaspoons spirulina powder along with the lemon juice.
- Super Citrus Gels: Prepare as directed using 1/2 cup pulp-free orange juice and 1/2 cup fresh lemon or lime juice.
- Mango Mojo Gels: Prepare as directed using mango nectar as the fruit juice and 2 teaspoons fresh lime juice in place of the lemon juice.
- Mocha-Motion Gels: Prepare as directed using apple juice as the fruit juice and adding 1 1/2 tablespoons instant espresso powder and 1 tablespoon unsweetened, natural cocoa powder to the mixture before heating.
- Bombastic Berry Gells: Prepare as directed using mixed berry juice as the fruit juice.
This recipe was excerpted from Camilla Saulsbury's Power Hungry: The Ultimate Energy Bar Cookbook.


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January 11, 2013
STEUBENVILLE — National media flooded the city after a group referring to itself as "Anonymous" targeted the case of two Steubenville High School student-athletes charged with raping a 16-year-old......
Pretty strong and defensive sounding words coming from Fred Abdalla. If I were him, I would approach the press more diplomatically rather than claiming that suspicions are "idiotic". Also, you should care what the entire nation thinks. What caused this crime and the reaction too far expands a small Ohio town.
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As a result, some have speculated that police were guarding the Big Red football team. On Thursday, McCafferty called that notion "utterly stupid." "That's got to be one of the most idiotic things I've ever heard - that anybody would risk their job to protect a high school football team," he said. "Who would do that?"
Sounds like the new Bishop has a handle on thing sin Steubenville already.
Good choice of words about the silence.
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NOT sin.....things in Steubenville.
Sorry. LOL
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The threatening comments, public posting of personal records, harassment, prank calls, abuse of children by Knight Sec followers, etc. has been documented. After the Truth comes out (and it will), the world will bear witness to the most diabolical episode of cyber lynch mob mentality ever. History will show that a handful of drunk teenagers do not define Steubenville, but the hateful rants of the surrounding towns will define them FOREVER!
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The Diocese schools held parent's meetings months ago to address this issue and incident. They discussed it and gave parent's advice on how to talk with their children..in September! Steub City Schools knew there was a threat of this incident getting out of control and chose the most inappropriate way to respond...Silence. It is just now being addressed at a public rally?
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The people of Steubenville don't seem to be outraged by the crime -- or by the coverup. They seem to be outraged that a national spotlight now shines on the corruption that is Steubenville. And don't tell me that nobody knows how corrupt Steubenville is. Come on.
I would never allow my children -- male or female -- attend a public school in Steubenville where a "rape crew" wanders the halls confident, aggressive, threatening. They're bullies. Nothing but small-town bullies. Get out the cheerleading squad, Steubenville!
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Jonsoft- dude, where can I learn to speak(type) like you? You said about everything I think about this whole situation yet for the life of me, I could never put it so succinct. It would take me three pages.... Well said.
Jacktripper- It is interesting that you are outraged by the media attention and the "postings from one individual" ~knightsec~ YET not outraged about the crime that started all the attention in the first place. If you and your anger were directed at the right people back in August, it more then likely would not have come to this. Enjoy your stew as you muck around in it.
Colkrause- Again, kudos. You said it better then I could have...
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The truth is in the Anagrams .... ABSOLVE A FOUL BELITTLEMENT is an haunting rearrangement of letters for the STEUBENVILLE FOOTBALL TEAM
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jacktripper says "After the Truth comes out (and it will), the world will bear witness to the most diabolical episode of cyber lynch mob mentality ever."
Maybe SLIGHTLY paranoid?
You aren't a victim, jackboot. You are a coward who can do nothing more than scream at people who have the nerve to defend a girl who has been raped. You are no victim. Nor is your weepy little town of whacked out isolationists.
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Sorry but one poster ****** me off, here is more info for you to thrash---hree Steubenville High School athletes became witnesses for the prosecution and testified against Mays and Richmond, their friends, at a probable cause hearing in October. The crime blogger and more than a dozen people who posted comments on her Web site have been sued by a Steubenville football player and his parents for defamation. The girl's mother, in several brief interviews last month, said her family had received threats, so extra police officers have been patrolling her neighborhood.
"The thing I found most disturbing about this is that there were other people around when this was going on," William McCafferty, the Steubenville police chief, said of the events that unfolded. "Nobody had the morals to say, 'Hey, stop it, that isn't right.'- What did they do? HIDE IN THE SAND, City bird of STeubenville is Ostrich!!- the police say the city's drug problems are growing, with ****** addiction #1
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Johnson, 22, Apartment 3, 1323 N. Fourth St. on two counts felony aggravated trafficking in prescription drugs and felony possession of drugs; and Mandy M. Schiffman, 19. also of Apartment 3, 1323 N. Fourth St., on felony complicity to trafficking in drugs, (WHO GOT THE MONEY RETRIEVED?NEWS9 was there as detectives led the suspect facing felony charges to a jail transport. More than 350 stamped bags of ****** are marked as evidence with a street value of over $7,000, detectives said. Four people were arrested in connection with the drug bust, and Sgt. Ricky Grishkevich said Dewayne J. Bulls, who faces felony charges, is from the Pittsburgh area. (WHERE IS THE MONEY?About two hours later, the girl left the party with several Big Red football players, including Mays and Richmond, witnesses said. They stayed only briefly at a second party before leaving for their third party of the night. Two witnesses testified that the girl needed help walking. One testified that she was carried out
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nytimes.c Om/2012/12/17/sports/high-school-football-rape-case-unfolds-online-and-divides-steubenville-ohio./
statements from people "involved" in the case of the INNOCENTS charged in this case..
More generic corruption in steubenvill continues next.. stay tuned folks
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with the nytimes link. remove the space between the c and the o in c0m to get the link. herald star doesnt allow web html
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I have been told some things of late about how things are done here in Steubenville but I did not know till this week how wide spread it is. Like the bar I can not name downtown by the PD station being a home for bookies. Do people not know that when they play a 3 or 4 number with a bookie that they are taking money from the kids and schools here in this state? Is it true that the people in this area do not care about any thing other than "big red" football? What a shame it is if the things I have been reading in this thread are true. How did the "good" people (I am sure thier are many of those) let this all happen? The good people have things held over their head. If you don't do this, we'll fire your brother who works for the ______ department. If you don't do this, we'll send the building inspector in to harass you and shut you down. If you don't do this, we'll make sure your car gets pulled over every time you go to the store ( This will be real easy now, since
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I have lived in 18 cities in 13 states and this is by leaps and bounds the most drug infested crime ridden politically and police corrupted town I have ever seen. Small towns are not supposed to be this bad. Yes big cities have crime and drugs but, it is not all over the city as it is here in Steubenville. They have all of these churches here so where is the morel leadership? Where is the great Franciscan University in the fight against drugs and corruption?
Steubenville has always been known for the crime, corruption, and the MAFIA which breeds more of the same along with drugs, prostituion, and dead bodies floating in the Ohio River. I used to live not far from there. It really is an armpit of Ohio......
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I could post lot of links if this text box allowed it. Suffice it to say since Steubenville has been a city, it has been corrupt, NYtimes knows it, Wikipedia touches on it, Ohiovalleynewspaper, pieces read from 2010. Pittsburgh Post GazetteJune 23, 1986 has another article of interest. justice.g0v/crt/about/spl/documents/steubensa.php (change the 0 to an o in c0m) NO Anonymous here!! As I stated... check yourself before tempting the big dogs.. and please take your PROZAC...
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San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
The San Francisco Maritime is located near Fisherman's Wharf on the Pacific Ocean. Adopted as a National Historical Park in 1988, the San Francisco Maritime is home to six historic ships including the Hercules (1907), Balclutha (1886), C.A. Thayer (1895), Eureka (1890), Alma (1891), and the Eppleton Hall (1914). The Hercules (pictured above) was built in 1907 by John H. Dialogue and Son for a San Francisco-based tug boat company.
Fun Fact: The steam-powered ocean tug boat still has its original steam engine that pulled materials for a dry dock at Pearl Harbor and the Panama Canal construction.
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Tracy A. Woodward
Alison Carroll holds a copy of the Profession of Faith on Tuesday July 5th, 2012.
For a Catholic reader of the Post, it was a pretty stunning story to see so prominently on the July 12 front page. With the print headline "Parishioners question need for fidelity oaths," one is made to wonder whether some parish priest somewhere is exacting supine obedience from the hapless folks in the pews. To Catholics who accept the teachings of the church (should that really be redundant?), the oath, it turns out, is a welcome return to orthodoxy.
The story concerned a small number—just five, it seems—of the 5,000 Sunday school teachers in the half-million-strong Catholic diocese of Arlington, who decided to hand in their resignations rather than take an oath, promulgated by Bishop Paul Loverde in May, that they affirm their own personal belief in the religious teachings they were responsible for passing on to their young charges.
From the first lines of the story, one could tell that Bishop Loverde had done the right thing. We immediately meet one of the former teachers: "Kathleen Riley knows her beliefs on the male-only priesthood and contraception put her at odds with leaders of her church."
If Ms. Riley knows she is "at odds" with her church's central doctrines on such matters of faith and morals, then she should not be at all surprised to find herself no longer a Sunday school teacher. Bishop Loverde's oath is not an "alarming effort," as "liberal Catholics" believe, to "stamp out debate" in the church. It is an effort, by the prelate responsible for the teaching of Catholic doctrine to half a million people, to control the curriculum and pedagogy when that doctrine is taught to impressionable children.
Ms. Riley is quite right that "the Holy Spirit gives us the responsibility to look into our own consciences." This is just the responsibility the bishop is exercising. But if Ms. Riley has looked into her own conscience and concluded that the church is wrong about the male-only priesthood and contraception, she does not have the right to teach those contrary conclusions as though they are part of Catholic doctrine, or a valid alternative to Catholic doctrine, or a meaningful contribution to the Catholic conversation, in a doctrinal curriculum for children learning about the faith.
This does not mean she should leave the Catholic Church. It does not mean anyone is casting her into a lower circle marked "bad Catholics." It does mean that the dissenting view of Ms. Riley, which she is of course welcome to discuss with her pastor at any time (and not just in the confessional) has no place in the Sunday school classroom. What happens in that classroom belongs to the church, as the body of Christ, not to Ms. Riley, and the bishop is the man responsible for the integrity of the body of teachings that inform the body of Christ.
(Editor's note: The catechists said in interviews that their issue is not with conveying official church teaching to students, but with being required to sign a fidelity oath.)
Professor Rosemarie Zagarri of George Mason University, another former St. Ann's teacher who would not take the oath, takes particular offense at the idea that catechists must (as the bishop's "oath" puts it) "adhere with religious submission of will and intellect" to everything the church authoritatively teaches (which is not the same as every memo from the diocese). She calls this being "willing to go against the dictates of her conscience." But in fact she is simply being screened regarding the contents of her conscience, which is not the same thing.
Again, the conscience whose activity matters here is the one belonging to the bishop, representing the whole church. Catholics do not believe that the conscience is mere "intuition" or "gut feeling" about what seems right to us. It is a well-formed moral sense, partaking of both reason and faith—very heavy on the reason, in fact. And it is not something that should, in the Catholic view, vary widely from one individual to the next. A well-formed conscience is formed by, and is in accord with, the two-millennia-old Magisterium, the "deposit of faith." This is what is meant by the "religious submission" referred to in the "Profession of Faith" required by the bishop. (See Bishop Loverde's letter, and the profession of faith, here in an On Faith follow-up blog.) Some parts of the church's teaching are harder for each of us than others are. But the church asks us to set aside our doubts willingly, and to express our solidarity with what the whole church declares itself to believe.
It's notable that most of the Profession of Faith required by the bishop to be said aloud by the catechists, in public at a Mass, consists of the text of the Nicene Creed, which is said on most Sundays by everyone in the pews. Everything in the rest of the signed oath for catechists is simply an inference from one of the lines in that creed: "I believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church."
The "apostolic church"—that's a reference to the Catholic belief that our bishops are successors of the Apostles who were the first members and leaders of the church. As one of the successors of Peter and the other apostles, Bishop Loverde has acted conscientiously, and all of Arlington's catechists must do likewise. If one can happily say and sign the profession, one is a catechist. If one cannot, one is not. No one is imposed upon. Are people who cannot say "I do" to the church screened out? You bet. That's the point, and a very good one it is.
Matthew J. Franck is director of the William E. and Carol G. Simon Center on Religion and the Constitution at the Witherspoon Institute in Princeton, N.J.


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Lettuce Mixes & Gourmet Mesclun Salad Blends
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30 days. Territorial's mild mesclun blend provides a large diversity of salad greens for unique salads. The combination of flavors, textures, and colors was chosen to provide an even harvest. Our blend includes: Improved Dwarf Siberian kale, Slobolt and Red Sails lettuces, Corn Salad, as well as Mizuna and Tah Tsai mustards.
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Salad mixes are a staple in our daily lives. Colorful varieties of lettuce, chicory, arugula and curly endive are picked for the daily meal. The preferred planting method is to direct seed into a 4 x 4 foot area every 2-3 weeks. There are 2 ways to harvest the greens. The first is the traditional cut-and-come-again method-if you cut about 2 inches above the ground you will not harm the growing point and the plants will send up new growth. The second method is to pick individual leaves as needed. The best salads are made from young tender leaves. Older, more mature leaves are often more bitter. See the Lettuce culture box for more growing information. Each packet will sow a 4 x 4 foot area unless otherwise noted.
CULTURE: Most lettuces are hardy, cool-season crops that can be planted as early as the soil can be worked. Many do best when the air temperature is between 60-70°F, and will germinate well at soil temperatures as low as 40°F. Choose heat tolerant varieties for summer plantings. Lettuce can be sown either directly into the garden or started indoors and transplanted. With succession plantings every 3 weeks, you can enjoy fresh salads all season. A cold frame and cold-hardy varieties can stretch the spring and fall growing season into the winter months.
TO DIRECT SOW: Sow seed 1 inch apart, in rows 16-18 inches apart. Cover seeds lightly and firm gently. As soon as 2-3 true leaves have formed, thin loose-leaf types 10-14 inches apart and icebergs, butterheads, and romaines 12-16 inches apart.
FOR TRANSPLANTS: Sow 3-4 seeds per inch in sterile seedling mix 3 weeks prior to planting out. Transplant individual plants into pots or cell trays 2 weeks after sowing. Before planting outside, harden off for 2-3 days by reducing water and placing outdoors in a sheltered location. Leafy green vegetables require a moderately fertile soil. One cup of our complete fertilizer per 10 row feet will provide adequate nutrition.
INSECTS/PESTS: Most lettuce grows quickly, so pests aren't a problem. Aphids can be washed off with a strong spray of water, and slugs can be controlled with diatomaceous earth, slug baits, or traps.
HARVEST: During the warmer seasons, lettuce remains in prime eating condition for about 3 weeks. While picking individual leaves helps extend the season somewhat, all eventually become tough and bitter as they begin to bolt. We've found that rinsing lettuce under warm tap water can help reduce bitterness.
SEED SPECS: Minimum germination standard: 80%. Days to maturity are calculated from date of direct seeding. Usual seed life: 3 years.
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Seed that has been coated with a clay-based material to form a larger, round shape. This makes planting by hand or mechanical seeder easier and allows for more controlled sowing of small seeds such as carrots or lettuce. All pelleted seed has a National Organic Program (NOP) approved coating.
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Jun 25, 2012 | By Lynne Holmes
Bought this mesclun again this year, but were sad to find it mixed with bok choy. These vigorous large greens have crowded out the lettuce and don't taste good in salads. I suppose this was a simple error, but it was disappointing & something spicey seems to be missing too.


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MONTPELIER, ID & WASHINGTON, D.C. – This spring, the Drug Enforcement Administration and Montpelier Police Department (MPD) will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. On Saturday, April 30th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, DEA and MPD will hold their second National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day at sites nationwide. The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.
Last September, Americans turned in over 242,000 pounds—121 tons—of prescription drugs at nearly 4,100 sites operated by more than 3,000 of the DEA's state and local law enforcement partners. The agency hopes to collect even more this spring by opening the event to long term care facilities. This initiative addresses a vital public safety and public health issue. Medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high--more Americans currently abuse prescription drugs than the number of those using cocaine, hallucinogens, and heroin combined, according to the 2009 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet.
According to Chief Greg the police department collected over 60 pounds of prescription drugs in the first nationwide Take-Back event last fall. We have worked hard with our community partner, Enough is Enough, to rid homes of potentially harmful prescription drugs and to educate everyone about the growing prescription drug abuse problem," said Chief Butler. Studies have shown that, for many, prescription drugs are the very first drugs they abuse—and all too often they aren't the last. That is why we are committed to helping Americans keep their homes safe by ridding their medicine cabinets of expired, unused, and unwanted drugs.
Montpelier residents can drop off their prescriptions at Montpelier City Hall M-F between the hours of 9-5 and we will be open Saturday, April 30, 2011 from 10-2.


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Does anyone else have trouble accessing the members.Woot.com pages?
Does anyone else have trouble accessing the members.Woot.com pages?
A few minutes ago I was checking Woot member names and profiles at http://members.woot.com/ and I got a "Not Found" and a 404 error, depending on which URL I used, which suggests a DNS problem or a server issue?
We used to check a user profile via a URL like http://members.woot.com/tpscan
Thinking there might be a URL change, I also checked http://member.woot.com/tpscan. Both generate an error. One of them (members/) used to work and is specified in official Woot posts.
Is this a temporary issue? Does anyone else have trouble reaching their public profile?
I found this error while testing to see if certain user IDs were in use in response to @ThunderThighs question Youve-just-been-hired-by-woot-whats-your-new-username.
I couldn't use the suggested syntax. Can you?
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Getting the 404 too. I think I remember getting that for quite a while...maybe even since the site redesign.
Great! Thank you for checking. It's good to know it is not just me.
For those wanting to know which syntax is correct, you'll the suggested form is members.woot.
See one of the Woot posts listing that syntax at http://www.woot.com/blog/post/wootership-has-its-privileges-new-member-profile-pages-facebook-openid-and-yo
We no longer allow access to member pages. Sorry.
@thunderthighs: What was the reason behind the decision if you don't mind sharing?
@meh3884: I never heard the reason. I know it never worked great for me. It seemed hit or miss for displaying posts.
@thunderthighs: Thanks for the quick answer.
Yeah, I never noticed any mention of it being discontinued. I can understand that the search and threading could get difficult. Plus there is some possibility of scraping the info for undesirable reason.
Still, my suggestion to the PTB would be that any request to members.woot.com should redirect to a page explaining the feature is no longer supported. That way you don't have folks using the Woot supplied blog posts that direct them to use that URL wondering what went wrong. At least that would be one customer friendly way of handling the change in functionality.
@tpscan: I used
site:http://www.woot.com ") tpscan"
to check all of woot for posts from a user, seems to be the only way. @Holymythos gets all the credit for posting that. All you have to do is type exactly what is there to find yourself and change the username for someone else. Then surf through the results, good luck.
I noticed the loss soon after the site redesign. I assumed it was somehow connected to the increased security that makes us sign in again every time we want to look at our own accounts.
@xarous: Let me explain again why that workaround is problematic in my specific instance.
When using Google search, adding the restriction "Site:x.y.TLD" restricts searches to that domain. That will certainly reveal who has posted messages on Woot with that user ID. However, lots of Wooters have never posted a message; they would not show up in search results. You can also use the Woot search box to effectively get the same results.
In my case, I was testing to see if there was anyone using a specific Woot user ID to determine if it was available. While a Google search for postings would get a hit on many Wooters, it does not cover the whole namespace. The only way to test for an ID is to try and create it. Tedious when trying several possibles.
I realize that would be a rarely needed function, but I miss the method I had grown used to. ;-)
It's apparently a problem for everyone now. :(
You would think that Woot would be clever enough to at least redirect you to a cool page, not just some error screen.


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BRUCEVILLE-EDDY (October 10, 2012)-The Bruceville-Eddy Volunteer Fire Department will hold its annual fish fry, benefiting the department, on Saturday.
The Fish Fry will begin at 11 a.m. and will last until all the fish is gone.
The cost is $8 per plate.
The department is a volunteer organization and funding is necessary to purchase much needed equipment and supplies, a spokesperson said.
The fish fry will be held at the Emergency Services Building just off the I-35 access road between Bruceville and Eddy.
For additional information, contact Ron Engelke of the Bruceville-Eddy Volunteer Fire Department, at (254) 859-5588.


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Bellhousing Alignment - Alignment IssuesWritten by on July 26, 2006 Few People Are Aware That An Improperly Aligned Bellhousing Can Cause Serious Drivetrain Problems. Thankfully, The Fix Is Easy
For many racers, the bellhousing isn't considered any more often than Christmas in July. Out of sight, out of mind after all. But the bellhousing is more than just the place where the clutch resides. It is also the connection between the engine and the transmission. That's no big deal if you think it only connects the engine block to the transmission housing, but the critical connection is between the crankshaft and the transmission's input shaft.
If the bellhousing isn't properly aligned, that also means there will be a misalignment between the crankshaft and the input shaft on the transmission. In many cases the misalignment is slight, and everything can still be bolted up. Improper alignment can cause serious damage to the engine as well as premature wear to the clutch and tranny bearings.
"If guys aren't careful when they install their bellhousings and their transmissions, it can really cause some problems," explains engine builder Chris Lafferty of Lafferty Performance. "If the alignment isn't correct between the transmission input shaft and clutch, which is bolted to the crank, then the only way to get it in is to force it. When you do that you are also pushing the crank forward against the face of the thrust bearing. Now the crank is constantly rubbing against the face of the thrust bearing, and when that wears down, the shoulders of the mains start getting into all the main bearings, and you've got a lot of trash floating around in the engine. Too often, engine builders get blamed for doing a poor job with the engine, but the real fault lies with whoever bolted the bellhousing in place."
Lafferty also cautions that improper alignment can also lead to early clutch failure as well as bearing problems in the transmission. It also causes drag in the drivetrain that can be quite significant-especially in lower horsepower classes. That's why many of his customers have him install the clutch and the bellhousing when he builds a race engine for them. Of course, many race teams don't have a bellhousing dedicated for each engine in their inventory and must swap housings regularly. Fortunately, the process for checking bellhousing alignment is straightforward and generally requires less than 45 minutes to complete. It also requires one tool most teams will need to add to the toolbox, but the benefits-in terms of longer part life and possibly even better track times-are worth it.
Alignment problems can come from several sources. Core shift is a major culprit. If your engine has been align-honed, the honing process may move the centerline of the crankshaft while correcting alignment issues between all the main bearing housing bores. Finally, there is the simple explanation that few things in life are perfect. Yes, it's a catch-all explanation, but it's still true.
Checking bellhousing alignment is relatively easy. There are different tools available from different manufacturers for this purpose, but they all work on the same principle. Lafferty prefers (and sells) one that uses a dial indicator mated to a shaft that fits in the ID bore of the clutch (where the transmission input shaft goes). Make sure the flywheel's register bore (the hole in the center) is clean and set the dial indicator to ride the ID of that bore. It should be set up so that the dial indicator spins around the bellhousing's register bore when the crank is turned.
Lafferty recommends marking the bore housing in four quadrants-12, 3, 6, and 9 o'clock-and measuring at the four locations. Spin the crank until the dial indicator is pointed at your 12 o'clock mark and set the indicator to 0.050. This is the same thing as calibrating the gauge, but setting it to 0.050 makes it easier to do your math later.
Now spin the crank 180 degrees so the dial indicator points at the 6 o'clock mark. A reading less than 0.050 means the bottom of the register bore is closer to the crank centerline than the top of the bore. To correct this, move the bellhousing down by a distance equal to half the difference between the two readings. For example, if the 12 o'clock reading is 0.050 and the 6 o'clock reading is 0.010, then the bellhousing should be moved down by 0.020 inch. (The difference between 0.050 and 0.010 is 0.040, and half of that is 0.020.) If the number is larger, the bellhousing should be moved up. Everything else in the process remains the same.
Instead of making the change immediately, Lafferty simply writes on the bellhousing how much it must be moved and in which direction. Then, he repeats the process by setting the dial indicator at 0.050 at the 3 o'clock position and measuring the change at the 9 o'clock position. Once that is done you can begin adjusting the bellhousing location. Ideally, you want the register bore on the bellhousing to be centered over the crank centerline within 0.005 inch in both directions. If the necessary change is small, you may be able to simply loosen the bolts holding the bellhousing to the block and give it a few small taps with a dead-blow hammer. If that doesn't work, you can either use a grinder to open the dowel pinholes in the bellhousing or use offset dowel pins, which are available from most bellhousing manufacturers.
Once you have the location you want, torque down the bellhousing bolts, pull the dial indicator, and get on with your life with the assurance that you aren't losing horsepower to something as silly as a misaligned bellhousing. Just remember, if you ever have to pull the bellhousing from the block for any reason, this process should be repeated again.
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Assemble the clutch and flywheel (not shown here) as you normally would. A good idea is to insert an old transmission input shaft into the crank bushing to make sure all the clutch plates are properly aligned. Also, when attaching the clutch to the crank, Lafferty recommends against the common practice of using Loctite. Like rod and main bolts, when properly torqued, the bolts that hold the clutch to the crankshaft depend on stretch to lock them into place. Using Loctite here and torquing them into place can lead to broken bolts when it's time to remove them. Instead, Lafferty recommends using only some high-pressure lubricant.Finish assembly of the clutch. Some methods for aligning the bellhousing involve the use of an indicator that mounts directly to the crank. However, this means once you have the bellhousing correctly aligned, you must mark the position and remove it so that the clutch can be installed. Lafferty feels his method is preferable because the clutch and flywheel can already be in place. Once the bellhousing is aligned you are ready to install it in the car.Install the bellhousing. Tighten the bolts just enough to hold it in place while you take your measurements.Slide the dial indicator into place and lock it down against the ID bore of the clutch. Mark the four quadrants of the bellhousing register bore.Beginning with the indicator set at 0.050, rotate the crank 180 degrees to the opposite mark and measure the change. If the distance is smaller, the bellhousing needs to be lowered. If it is larger, the bellhousing needs to be raised. Repeat the process at the 3 and 9 o'clock marks. Your goal is to have the register bore centered over the crank centerline within 0.005 inch.


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SALISBURY, N.C. – Despite junior Jasmine Franklin's team-high 15 points and seventh game in double figures, Anderson University women's basketball never held a lead for the game, as the Trojans fell 67-59 to Catawba in South Atlantic Conference action Saturday afternoon at Goodman Gymnasium.
After scoring just 15 points in her last four games, Franklin finished 7-of-9 from the floor, the most field goals made since dropping in eight in her 22 point performance against Lander in the second game of the season.
Following the forward was junior Lesley Woods with 10 points, while classmate Sierra Simpson, who came off the bench for the first time this season, finished with nine points, seven rebounds and three assists.
Franklin's 15 was four points short of Catawba's Mallary Clay, who finished with 18 points, including a perfect 6-for-6 night from the free throw line. Teammate Jelena Ciric tallied 13 points (4-for-4 from the field) while substitute Zhaquondalee Greer dropped in 12. While the AU defense allowed three Indians to score double digits, the Trojans contained Preseason All-SAC first team selections Antoinette McPhail and Chloe Bully to just eight and seven points, respectively. Bully finished the contest 2-for-12 from the field.
"This was a disappointing loss to a tough Catawba team," Anderson head coach Jimmy Garrity said. "I was happy to see Jasmine Franklin have a good game and we look forward to playing LMU, hopefully correcting the things we didn't do well today."
With freshman Heather Jankowy and redshirt junior Emily Willoughby making their first starts of the season, Catawba jumped out early with a 10-4 lead, highlighted by four straight points from Greer. As Simpson and Franklin came off the bench, the Trojans mounted a quick comeback, bringing the score to 12-11 from a Franklin jumper.
Despite the momentum shift, Catawba broke away with a 12-2 run capped off by a 3-pointer from Ciric. For Ciric, the long range jumper would be her only field goal of the opening 20 minutes.
Facing their second 11-point deficit of the second half, the Trojans cut into the lead on an 11-5 run as Franklin fueled the run with five points. During the run in the last five minutes, the Lady Indians were just 2-of-9 from the field and Trojans trailed 32-27 at the break.
Sophomore Katie Davis started the second half with a lay-in to close the gap within three, but the deficit quickly jumped back to nine when Ciric knocked in her third 3-pointer of the game and second in the first three minutes of the second half.
Anderson came within three at the 12:01 mark when Jankowy put in a jumper, but AU's small run was quickly setback to 10 as Ciric buried her final 3-pointer of the contest. The Trojans' chance to make a comeback was limited by AU's scoring drought from the 4:34 mark to within a minute of play. AU was 0-for-4 from the charity stripe in the span.
For the game, Anderson finished with a better shooting percentage than its counterpart, as the Trojans were 21-for-49 (42.9 percent) from the floor and 4-for-15 (26.7 percent) from behind the arc. The Lady Indians shot just 35 percent from the floor and 25 percent from 3-point range. With the better shooting performance, the Trojans produced their worst free throw percentage of the season, shooting 13-for-25 (52 percent) from the line.
On the boards, Catawba won the battle 42-38, headlined by 18 offensive rebounds by the Lady Indians.
"We can't expect to win against good teams when we turned the ball over so many times and give up 18 offensive rebounds," Garrity said. "We gave them too many second chances."
Anderson returns to SAC action on Wednesday when it looks to avenge an earlier loss to Lincoln Memorial. Tip-off against the Lady Railsplitters is slated for 6 p.m.


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Your vision: The best woot.off?
If you were the CEO of Woot, which of the following would be your definition of a woot.off?
(To keep it simple, please reply with the corresponding #)
1) As they are. (A fast paced selling of same products at the same pricing as daily/plus deals.)
2) Special deals. (A combination of different/special products and/or prices discounted off daily/plus deal prices.)
3) Small lot/Fast paced. (Only small lot items that can be sold in a matter of minutes/seconds.)
4) #2 and #3
5) Woot.off, what's that?
6) Who cares, customers have no say!
And people, let's keep this all civilized. I'm simply curious to see how many people may be thinking along the same lines as I do.
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I'll start things off.
I don't see a whole lot wrong with it other than the Woot-offs getting a little repetitive. It's probably the nature of the beast.
Maybe look for some more special items for the Woot-offs, like rocketships and unicorns.
@lumpthar: You gave me a wonderful idea for a thread which I do not want to derail this one for. :)
@inkycatz: I'm glad I can be an inspiration. You brought me back from the edge. :D
I'm going to say 2, with themes, lol! I like themes!
If I were the CEO of woot I would address other issues first. I would appreciate your vote if there is ever an election.


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To what extent it can be harmful for a camera and lens to take shots when being on the beach? I mean the influence of beach sand on the gear. What precautions should be taken to prevent any bad effects of it?
The combination of sand and wind that is common on a beach can be harmful.
The sand can get into the camera and damage the lenses and sensors.
There are quite a few different approaches:
I think option 3 is the best, do what you can to take care of the equipment, use a single lens if possible, and take some good pictures.
Sand is not the only issue, there is also saltwater is the air. Even if you keep your camera dry, the environment at the beach is more corrosive than some distance inland. (Cars owned by those who live near the beach show more corrosion than those not near the beach.) This isn't as big an issue as sand, and is far less an issue the more plastic the camera body.
I would always give the externals of the camera a good wipe-down when returning from beach shooting.
Well, a lot of it depends on the camera and lens(es) involved. A lot of point and shoots designed for rugged use are perfectly fine there. For dSLR cameras, it will depend. For most brands (if not all of them), the top end of their gear is often dust and weather sealed and so the camera, itself, is probably well defended. However, if the lens is not dust and weather sealed, you can run into some issues with that. Net effect, if both camera and lens has weather sealing, knock yourself out! If they aren't, then chills42's option #3 is a prudent way to go.
Take the risk seriously. Beaches not only have sand, they tend to be windy. Within just a minute of getting your camera out you can have sand on your lens or somewhere else. This is a good time to have a UV filter on your lens.


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Last week he received an anonymous email saying his son, now aged six, was in Amsterdam and the tip-off proved correct.
Melinda Thompson has been arrested and is now in custody awaiting extradition to Australia.
Mr Thompson had been cycling for over three months while also highlighting the plight of parents of abducted children.
Wow, every bike ride that guy takes from now on will be an anticlimax.


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As part of the contract, EP PETROECUADOR will take a five-year license for KBC's process and energy modelling software tools, including the full Petro-SIM suite, to optimize the operation of the refinery. KBC says it will work with EP to improve its core work processes and support systems.
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of Ecuador -- to supply a best practices plan for the technical
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consulting milestones will take place within the first 12
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5 Ways the Invention of Pants Shaped the Modern World
What would you say is the single biggest source or symbol of your strength and power as an individual? The answer is easy: just look down.
We're talking, of course, about your pants. The world didn't make the transition from robes to pants as an arbitrary fashion statement -- it required decrees by rulers, massive social upheaval, and the liberation of oppressed classes.
Each of those events in history has served to reaffirm one thing: Pants equal power. Seriously.
#5. Henry VIII's Codpiece Changes The World
So if we're going to talk about how pants have been at the center of social change for the last 500 years, we have to go back to Henry VIII, and specifically Henry VIII's dick.
We're legitimately sorry for that image.
Oh, pants were around for a long time before that, but were treated the way assless chaps are treated now. Poetry written in Ancient Greece suggests that pants were ridiculed and viewed with contempt by the Greeks. You know, the guys who went around dressed in togas.
Even the Romans saw pants as barbaric. But then Henry VIII came along. And his dick.
"This is the most elegant possible way to showcase a penis."
You see, Henry was extremely proud of his athletic build (at least in his younger years), and for him, pants were a great way to show off his manly calves. We'll admit Henry's "pants" don't look terribly masculine today (they're more like leggings), but back then, they were seen as a sign of his total authority ... mainly because they allowed him to sport enormous codpieces.
Men have equaled dongs with power since the dawn of time, and Henry simply found a convenient way to display that power in public without being classified as a sex offender.
"I don't care if my arms look comically undersized. Just make sure my boner is showing."
If you think we're joking, remember that Henry VIII was the man who changed the religion of an entire country to satisfy his penis -- Henry's might very well be the single most influential set of genitalia in history. Though his beloved codpieces eventually went by the wayside, by then, pants had been established as a symbol of power. Everywhere in Europe, men were donning breeches on a daily basis.
Or almost everywhere ...
#4. Pants Bring Russia Into The Modern World
So, over the next century pants became common on the European continent ... everywhere except for Russia, that is. By the late 1600s, Russia remained as the lone oasis of pantlessness. While peasants did tend to wear some form of trousers somewhere under all those layers of clothing (usually covered by a long cloak), at the same time you had a lot of ass-clowns who looked like this:
Although their taste in shoes was marvelous.
To be fair, fashion wasn't the only thing they were behind on: Though Russia's territory was massive, its population was pretty small and mostly comprised of farmers, with only a small fraction of all Russians living in towns. Czar Peter the Great decided he had enough of that crap. Peter was obsessed with modernizing Russia, and he started by forcing everyone to put some real trousers on. In 1701, he issued a decree commanding everyone at every level of society to wear pants, other than clergy and peasant farmers.
That meant no more long cloaks or ... whatever the hell that guy in the picture is wearing. Peter also decreed that men could no longer sport beards unless they were willing to pay a yearly beard tax (mustaches were free as long as you kept them under control). Suddenly, Russian men were forced to wear leggings and shave their facial hair at all times, despite Russia's harsh climate.
At this point, evolution granted them Robert Plant hair to protect them from the elements.
Peter the Great's Western-influenced reforms, which also involved completely reorganizing the army, culminated in 1721 when he declared himself Emperor of All the Russians, launching an empire that lasted until the Soviet Revolution of 1917. And it all started with pants.
Peter, seen here basking in the glory of his pants.
#3. England Takes Scotland's Kilts, Can Never Take Their Freedom
So, by the mid-1700s you have a clear pattern: pants are regarded as a sign that your people are modern and civilized. From Henry VIII establishing them as a symbol of power and dominance, to Peter the Great seeing them as a symbol of modernity, the pants revolution was sweeping the world.
Which brings us to one of the last hold-outs after the Russians were pantsified -- these guys:
The Scottish Highlanders.
As ridiculous as man-dresses may look to us today, back in 18th century, Scotland kilts were seen as an unmistakable sign of badassery and rebellion. The Jacobite Rebels fighting to put a Catholic monarch back on the throne even adopted kilts as an informal military uniform. In 1745, these ventilated-crotch warriors kicked ass all the way into England before they were forced to retreat. Needless to say, the whole thing left King George II feeling a little worried. And so, the following year King George decided that the best way to deal with the Scottish rebels was to take away their kilts. And replace them with pants.
"This last part is very important." - King George II
The punishments for disobeying the Dress Act were severe. If a man was caught wearing anything resembling a dress, he was sent prison for six months. Do it again, and they were shipped off to work on a plantation for seven years. For wearing a kilt.
The only ones exempt from the clothing restrictions were Scottish army officials, who were thus seen even more manly because of it.
"Good Lord! His penis is shaped like a sword!"
By the time the Dress Act was repealed in 1782, the damage was already done. Apparently, men in Scotland had gotten used to the extra support of a good pair of trousers, because even though kilts were no longer forbidden, they continued wearing pants. Maybe they realized that too much freedom can be a bad thing too (especially regarding one's balls), or maybe it was the fact that suddenly all the nobles were trying to bring the kilt back, making it profoundly uncool for regular people. Whatever the reason, traditional Highland garb has gone the way of the codpiece.
Not that it didn't put up a valiant fight.
The real impact of the Kilt Proscription was its influence on the way that leaders have come to view certain styles of dress as a symbol of rebellion. So, fast forward to the late 1700s, when monarchies were falling and democracy was blossoming. Sure enough, you find pants were right at the heart of it.


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A Rogues Gallery of the Once Respectable
Last week, Sarah Palin suggested that Mitt Romney "go rogue." By "going rogue" she was encouraging Mr. Romney to rip up the script, disregard convention, throw caution to the wind, swing for the fences. By going rogue, Mr. Romney would join Ms. Palin in the ranks of 24-carat, full-fledged American mavericks.
Of all the people in America who might consider going rogue, Mitt Romney is probably the least likely to do so. Mr. Romney is a fine man, an upstanding citizen, and he has many laudable personality traits. But he is simply not a rogue.
Just for the sake of argument, let's try to imagine a world in which people like Mitt Romney go rogue. A world where solid citizens, pillars of the community, staid, predictable, bedrock sorts suddenly step out of character, start making it up as they go along, go off the reservation. Because if somebody like Mitt Romney can go rogue, there's just no telling who else out there might go rogue. Here are a few possibilities.
Ben Bernanke goes rogue. Raises interest rates to 18.5% overnight. Invites Christina Aguilera and Sting to join the board of the Federal Reserve as freelance adjunct governors. Encourages the use of home printing presses, arguing that a limited amount of domestic counterfeiting could help juice consumer spending. "You all kept complaining that I was a boring, sit-on-my-hands-type guy, that I wasn't doing enough to jump-start the economy. Well, now I have. I have gone totally rogue. You clowns have no idea what roguishness I am capable of. I'm just getting warmed up."
Kraft Foods goes rogue. Out with the old, in with the bold: Lavender-flavored cheese spread, Oreos with a pimento-flavored dried yogurt filling, avocado-flavored Trident. "And from now on it's Hell-veeta," snarls a company spokesman. "This outfit has gone totally rogue."
The Archbishop of Canterbury goes rogue. Introduces Sunday bingo nights at St. Paul's Cathedral. Personally leads hip-hop vespers at Westminster Abbey. He even starts showing up at state functions preening atop his phosphorescent skateboard. "Didn't think I could go rogue, did you?" says the much-admired prelate. "Well, I have gone rogue. Rogue, rogue, rogue. And in case you're wondering, yeah, I've got the moves like Jagger."
Canada goes rogue. And not just mildly roguish Quebec and intermittently roguish British Columbia. Oh no, even dull-as-dishwater Newfoundland, the drab Northwest Territories and quiet, strait-laced Saskatchewan all go rogue. Long the blandest, most reliable republic in the history of the world, our northern neighbor overnight now just goes completely and utterly rogue! Nothing in the world is more unexpected that a Canadian rogue! Nothing! So all you guys up there on the 49th Parallel, you'd better nail down the windows, batten down the hatches, and tighten your seat belts. This is going to be one bumpy ride!
Wolf Blitzer goes rogue. Rogue like you wouldn't believe. Rogue to the max. Starts saying exciting, interesting things. Stops being Mr. Obvious. Starts wearing fabulous threads like Anderson Cooper. Cracks jokes about the moose that walks into the bar and complains about the high prices. Trades banjo solos with Steve Martin. Appears on camera nude. Brian Williams joins him. Yes, it's a Rogue Anchorman Inferno once these whackos get together!
General Tso goes rogue. Nobody could have seen this one coming. Not dependable old General Tso! But it has happened. Right before our very eyes. No more General Tso's Chicken. From now on, it's General Tso's Broiled Ahi with an Unctuous Coriander Sauce and a Sprig of Thyme, General Tso's Loin of Reindeer, and General Tso's Milwaukee-Style Bratwurst. Take that, Colonel Sanders!
Mr. Met goes rogue. The dumpy, frumpy mascot with the goofy, oversize head suddenly decides to cast off the chains of haplessness and come out with both guns blazing. Shows up for the final game of season in drag. Trades in the inane, jerkwater Mets cap for a garish helmet festooned with live serpents. Carjacks a gold Porsche and leads the coppers on a high-speed chase straight from Queens to Puerto Vallarta. All because Mr. Met wanted to go rogue. And get this: Bud Selig was in the car going rogue with him!
Not a pretty sight. Not a pretty sight at all.
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ST. CLAIRSVILLE Devin Wayne Fuller, 19, 3567 Franklin St., Bellaire appeared before Judge John M. Solovan II Friday and waived time.
His Dec. 17 trial date was continued with no replacement date yet set.
Another status conference was scheduled for Dec. 21, 1 p.m.
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Devin Wayne Fuller saw his trial rescheduled when he appeared before Judge John M. Solovan II Friday. He is charged with murder. Fuller is pictured with Jerry McHenry and William J.?Mooney, assistant state public defenders.
Prosecutor Chris Berhalter represented the state. Jerry McHenry and William J. Mooney, assistant state public defenders, represented Fuller.
Fuller and Brandon Michael Phelps, 20, 1281 Birch St., Bellaire are charged with four counts of aggravated murder, committed in the course of rape, of aggravated burglary, of burglary and of trespassing. Each count carries a death penalty specification.
Both face two additional counts of trespassing.
The crimes are alleged to have taken place June 29-30.
The victim, Lydia Ashworth, was found dead in her home.
Solovan granted several motions for the defense including requests for sharing of evidence and access to the crime scene.
The state will also provide $3,500 for a defense investigator and $5,500 for a psychologist's evaluation.
McHenry said additional funds for evidentiary studies may also be requested.
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Home Spun
Emy Reynolds Band
By Kelly McCartney 08/22/2013
Staying close to homeOjai's fertile ground is legendary in agriculture circles thanks to its abundance of oranges and avocados. But Ojai consistently yields another fruit — great talent, both homegrown and transplanted. The Emy Reynolds Band falls into the former category with the group's namesake claiming native status. And "native" is not an overstatement. Reynolds is a Nordhoff High School and CSUCI alum, and the heart of the band started beating right there in Ojai: "Piper [Denney] and I have been playing together for six years as the core, and we met at the Ojai Battle of the Bands Food for Thought show." So what is it about Ojai that has kept Reynolds rooted? "I love how beautiful it is: the hiking, the weather and the silence. Being surrounded by creative people all the time is great, too. I love that everyone cares about keeping it clean, recycling and supporting local food. It also helps that the location is really ideal for travel back and forth from L.A.," Reynolds observed.
Striking a balanceIndeed, the balance that Ojai strikes between bountiful beauty and professional proximity figures heavily into the equation for most of its residents. It's no different for Reynolds and her creative process. "Being close to L.A., but also far enough away to escape the madness, is helpful. It's easy to write when you are surrounded by gorgeous trees and mountains all the time." The thriving local music scene in Ventura County is another plus. Reynolds added that she and her bandmates "try to go out and see local music weekly. The Deer Lodge and Zoey's are both great places to find that. So many great local musicians. Off the top of my head, some of my local faves are Mimi Gilbert, Todd Hannigan and Lissie."
Small-screen big dealAs happily ensconced in the VC community as it is, the Emy Reynolds Band is also starting to spread its gospel to a wider demographic. A number of the songs have been licensed for commercials and television shows, an experience Reynolds describes as "pretty surreal" the first time it happened. "Our song 'Tonight' was on Grey's Anatomy. We had a bunch of friends over and we all watched it together the night that it aired. It was great!"
Taking it to the streetsThe band — which consists of Reynolds, Denney, Alex Heflin and Andrea Alseri — just last week wrapped a tour, opening for singer-songwriter Chris Pureka in support of a new four-song live EP titled When the Light Comes In. The run kicked off in June in Washington, and ran through Aug. 14 in Michigan. Although the band has trekked up and down the West Coast a few times, this was the first national tour and, if all goes as planned, not even close to the last. Reynolds enthused, "It feels amazing. We all agree that it's the most fulfilling part of being a musician. Connecting with people on the road and seeing how our music affects them is the best!" For its homecoming, the Emy Reynolds Band is set to play the Deer Lodge in Ojai on Sept. 7. After that? "First and foremost, a full-length album. Then straight back to the road!"F
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Wait, Mr. Simone does that mean you're wearing a helmet these days?
Am I the only one concerned it isn't wearing a helmet?
#2 by Andrew Simone (@asimone) on October 26, 2011 - 8:51 pm
Once I see ice you'll see me with a helmet for slow movement through intersections.


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When I'm cross-country skiing, I usually wear glacier glasses to protect from the intense glare off the snow. When I'm moving, they usually stay clear . Whenever I stop though, my glasses seem to fog up almost instantaneously. It's a pain to have to wipe them off, and takes a while for them to clear back up when I get going again. Is there anything I can do to prevent my glasses from getting fogged up?
Various anti-fog products will work. I actually use the Rain-X anti-fog fluid (I had it for the car anyway and tried it successfully)
You just need to clean the inside thoroughly, then apply it and it should last an entire season.
Ventilation is your friend.
I hate to say it - but the glasses I've found that have this dialed are usually a little more expensive. After suffering through fog, wind sheer, and poor optics, I found a high end pair of glasses in the back-country, and my eyes were opened.
As a second option, removing your glasses immediately when you stop (or even sliding them to the end of your nose) might keep the the steam from your face and breath from clouding them up for a few moments longer.
As a third option, saliva is an old scuba-diver trick to keep masks from fogging up. Spit on your lenses that wipe them clean. (I've had limited success in non-aqueous environs.)