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AbstractWe propose a high performance and portable system that incorporates a newly developed technique known as fluctuation enhanced sensing (FES) to enhance commercial off the shelf (COTS) sensors. First, besides the mean (steady state) sensor value, we will use a low noise amplifier to enlarge the small stochastic fluctuations in the sensor. Features such as mean-square fluctuations, skewness, kurtosis, power spectrum, bispectrum images of the fluctuations will be extracted. Second, the scalar features such as mean value, mean-square fluctuations, skewness, and kurtosis will be fed into a robust classifier called Support Vector Machine (SVM) to enhance the overall detection performance. SVM has several advantages, including no over training problem, global optimal solution, and computational efficiency. We have applied SVM to classify toxic vapors for Kennedy Space Center and Jet Propulsion Lab. Third, we will apply novel techniques from hyperspectral signal processing to classify agents based on power spectrum and amplitude density functions. Fourth, we will apply a proven image recognition technique to classify agents based on bispectrum images. Fifth, we will feed the decisions from different classification approaches into a Dempster Shafer fusion algorithm. A single decision will be drawn, which is robust and optimal.
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Experience the thrill of driving every month with evo magazine, devoted exclusively to the greatest performance cars in the world. If you're passionate about performance cars then evo is your ultimate monthly read.
Toyota GT86 review - the best budget sports car on sale?
evo Verdict
Ask yourself this: What do I really need from a car in order to be able to enjoy it on the road? If the answer is leather seats and a good sound system, then the GT86 isn't for you.
If however all that matters to you is three pedals, great steering and a sweetly-balanced chassis, the GT86 is the answer. The steering accuracy and control weights are ideally judged, while the boxer engine's 197bhp output and skinny tyres mean the GT86 always feels playful. Crucially, in the world of 300-horsepower hatchbacks, it's also a car you can enjoy on public roads without fear of losing your licence.
Rarely does something in the motoring world feel 'just right' and while the GT86 isn't without its issues, it comes very close. The 0-60 sprint doesn't feel that quick, but to compensate you spend a lot of time in the GT86 with your foot flat to the floor, a rarity in modern performance cars. It's satisfying to feel like you're using the car's full potential.
And as the GT86's price drops ever further - entry-level models now begin at £22,495 before dealer incentives - the inexpensive driving thrills of the GT86 look ever more appealing.
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There's little point going for one of the range topping GT86 models as mechanically, they're identical to those costing thousands less. We'd be tempted to spend the balance on aftermarket tuning modifications to rectify a few of the car's less appealing aspects.
The GT86 can be transformed with the likes of a supercharger, and while the standard Michelin Primacy tyres are aimed at lowering the car's limits, they do limit its fun factor too. Thankfully, there are plenty of options available to boost grip and feel.
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'Try a lift on turn-in and the chassis shows more of its playfulness, the rear arcing wider than before. Stay on the power and it'll oversteer nicely, progressively, with none of the snap-back exhibited by the Subaru BRZ. It still hasn't got the power to maintain lurid second-gear slides but it'll slip through third-gear turns with composure and slow-mo predictability.' Jethro Bovingdon, Contributing Editor (evo 171)
Performance and 0-60 time > Low torque figure limits low-revs performance, but performance is respectable if you're prepared to work for it. Read more about the Toyota GT86 performance here
Engine and gearbox > Two-litre flat-four needs working hard but doesn't sound good doing so. Slick six-speed manual is a joy. Read more about the Toyota GT86 engine here
Ride and handling > A mixed-bag. The standard Michelin Premacy tyres don't do the chassis justice - but it's entertaining and interactive. Read more about the Toyota GT86 ride and handling here
MPG and running costs > Mid 30s MPG is reasonable for a car of this type. A five-year warranty and Toyota reliability should keep running costs low. Read more about the Toyota GT86 MPG and running costs here
Prices, specs and rivals > £22,500 entry price lower than at launch, and looks reasonable value. Subaru BRZ and Mazda MX-5 are two new rivals worth a look. Read more about Toyota GT86 rivals here
Interior and tech > Little joy to be found in the design or materials, but the driving position is perfect. Rear seats aren't suitable for most humans. Read more about Toyota GT86 interior and tech here
Design > Compact sports car proportions give off the right impression and it looks more exotic than the price would have you believe. Details are less successful. Read more about Toyota GT86 design here

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What I'm seeing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAR) says that RAR3-format files use AES for the encryption algorithm. It's unclear to me on first glance if the RAR3 file format is published or if there are open source implementations of the decryption / uncompression algorithm. If the format isn't published / or there aren't free implementations of the ...
I contacted RARLabs support and recieved a response. It turns out that RAR.EXE can handle streaming input similar to how gzip works. You just need to specify the -si option: -si[name] Read data from stdin (standard input), when creating an archive. Optional 'name' parameter allows to specify a file name of compressed stdin data in the ...
This perfectly makes sense for certain hardware: fast CPU, slow disk (HDD not SSD), just one disk. The data has to be read and written. The amount of written data is the same in both cases but reading a compressed file means that less data has to be read. Furthermore it is usually much faster to read a single big file than to read a directory. This effect ...
rar x archive.rar path/to/extract/to Worked.
Can you open other files on the offsite qnap? You might pick a smallish file, or set of files and run md5sum against them on each qnap to make sure the files are the same. (If the md5sums of both files are the same, the files are identical)
I think you'll want to use a case statement to choose how to unpack the input archive based on the filename (or perhaps use file to base it on the content instead). Unpack the input archive to a temporary directory, piping stdout/stdin to /dev/null or a file. Then run zip on the contents of the temporary directory, saving to a filename provided on the ...
As you have stated there are password crackers/removers out there. I would not trust my files to a password protected archive files. I would suggest some type of file level encryption like GnuPG or AES Crypt
if you want to suppress the output just add > null at the end of command line for rar.exe. I use 7-zip's command line tool and I am pretty happy with it. its just a single exe. http://dotnetperls.com/7-zip-examples
7zip comes with 7z.exe which can be used on the command line or in scripts. However, you'll have to use a script to do the folder structure zipping that you want. I've done something similar, zipping log files by month then year. It's not pretty, but I can post the script if you'd like to see it.
Giving Jodie the checkmark as s/he pointed me in the right direction, but it turns out that the issue is related to the fact that the two qnap devices belonged to different active directory domains, and someone had gone and turned on "advanced file permissions" on the local site. This meant that qnap was managing the ACLs itself, rather than letting Windows ...
It looks like your .rar file that you're trying to open is corrupted.
Most distributions exclude rar 3.0 support from ClamAV packages as the ClamAv authors had no legal right to include it. If you want rar support in ClamAV then you need to build it from the unmodified source which can be downloaded from the ClamAV website.
Do you have unrar installed? It isn't part of the standard Centos Repos. Installation instructions are available online.
I think what you are talkin about is volume Shadow Copy Service It's a feature of windows tha allows you to take a snapshot of the file system while it is in use. The open source project bacular uses this but is complex. I use package called burp and would recomend it. burp supports incremental backup using librsync and therefore is very fast, it will only ...
This company offer backup with no downtime for any Linux/Unix based server. You can check it out, hope it helps. http://server-backup.eu/ They use incremental backups and backup only file changes between two backup cycles.
Look into filesystems that support snapshots. However, for practical purposes, don't worry about it. The cost of solving this problem to solve "someone lost 10 minutes of work" isn't worth your time. I'm guessing this is being done with no budget. If not there are a bunch of solutions that would allow you to solve this and still not waste time.
What you're describing is CDP: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_data_protection Now whether you actually need CDP or not is another matter. Is it really important that you "capture" any file changes that occur while the backup is in progress?
On a single server, pigz is gzip compatible, which makes for trivial portability. It will use as many cores as you have, to compress file(s). I've found it quite useful, and significantly speeds up compression of a number of files. Usefully, pigz is installable directly from apt in Ubuntu 10.4. Something else at a higher level that I have just seen today ...
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Topeka Police arrest the woman they believe was involved in a stabbing early Tuesday morning.
Marla Gubanyi, 30, was charged with Aggravated Domestic Battery Wednesday after allegedly attacking a man in an apartment in the 6200 block of SW 26th Ct.
The victim was rushed to the hospital with what were considered life-threatening injuries. His condition has since stabilized.
Witnesses report he and a woman had been arguing just prior to the incident.


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Obama Leads Romney in Florida, Ohio and Wisconsin in Poll
President Barack Obama leads Republican challenger Mitt Romney in Florida, Ohio and Wisconsin, while likely voters in all three swing states oppose Republican efforts to end traditional Medicare, a poll found.
The telephone survey by Quinnipiac University, CBS News and the New York Times shows Obama maintaining his advantage in these states, compared with a poll released at the start of the month, though Romney has narrowed the gap in two of the three.
In Florida, Obama led 49 percent to 46 percent, down from 51 percent to 45 percent on Aug. 1; in Wisconsin, home of Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, Obama's lead was 49 percent to 47 percent, down from 51 percent to 45 percent on Aug. 8; and in Ohio, the incumbent maintained the same 50 percent to 44 percent advantage he held on Aug. 1.
The three states are among those where both major-party candidates will focus their attention and resources through Election Day. The poll's margin of error is plus or minus 2.8 percentage points.
Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Hamden, Connecticut-based Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, said the selection of Ryan, a U.S. representative from Wisconsin, "has made some small difference in Florida and Wisconsin, at least at this point."
Advantage Among Women
In the poll, conducted Aug. 15-21, Obama had a 12-point advantage among female voters in Florida, a 13-point edge in Ohio and nine points in Wisconsin. Romney led among men by six points in Florida, two in Ohio and five in Wisconsin.
The last three days of the polling period included the controversy over the Aug. 19 comments by Missouri Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin that "legitimate rape" rarely leads to pregnancy. Ryan has co-sponsored 38 anti-abortion measures in the House, a position that tracks Akin's. Two of those bills would have restricted the definition of rape to "forcible rape" before federal funds could be spent on abortion; that term was later removed from the legislation.
Ryan is the author of a plan, passed twice by House Republicans, to end Medicare's unlimited fee-for-service program and instead provide vouchers to the elderly to purchase private insurance or allow them to remain in a government-run program with spending caps. The plan relies on competition among private insurers to hold down health-care costs.
Current Medicare Plan
The current system would remain for everyone currently participating in it, and everyone at least 55 years old now would receive the traditional fee-for-service program with no caps on expenditures when they turn 65, under Ryan's plan.
Ryan's Medicare proposal was part of a budget bill that would cut government spending by more than $5 trillion, reduce taxes for high earners and balance the budget in 2040.
Three-fourths of voters in all three states said Medicare is worth the cost, and 62 percent in Florida, 64 percent in Ohio and 59 percent in Wisconsin said the program should remain as is.
In addition, more than eight of 10 voters said that Medicare spending should be cut slightly or not at all to reduce the federal budget deficit. Only 10 percent of voters supported major reductions in the health-care program for the elderly.
Florida voters said Obama would do a better job on Medicare by 50 percent to 42 percent. In Ohio, his advantage was 51 percent to 41 percent, and in Wisconsin, 51 percent said the incumbent would do a better job, compared with 42 percent who chose Romney.
"Obama is the clear favorite in handling health care and Medicare," Brown said.
Obama's health-care law, the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, cuts the projected future costs of Medicare by $700 billion by reducing payments to hospitals and to private insurance companies offering more expensive Medicare Advantage programs. It doesn't cut benefits to older Americans, who also get help paying for prescription drugs under the law. Romney and Ryan have vowed to repeal the legislation.
Quinnipiac surveyed 1,241 likely voters in Florida, 1,253 likely voters in Ohio and 1,190 likely voters in Wisconsin.


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Sometimes you see a trailer for a film you've never heard of. You'll be surfing the web watching random videos or seeing what actors you like are up… and then you spot something that looks interesting. So you give it a watch… and are floored. Elektra Luxx is small movie that seems to have come out of nowhere and stars a cast of superb actors that have been in some really big films lately and appear to have stopped by to guest in this one. Carla Gugino, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Josh Brolin, Timothy Olyphant, Emmanuelle Chriqui, and Malin Akerman headline what looks to be a very smart comedy about life after the fame of pornography. The trailer is tight and delivers laughs and spotlight moments for the actors without seemingly giving too much of the overall plot away. There's an atmosphere of classic Hollywood romance romps here (albeit with a more adult subject matter than The Apartment, etc) and there appears to be potential for Gugino to finally have a headlining role that shows her talents to a wider audience.
Synopsis: Recently retired from the adult film industry, superstar Elektra Luxx (Carla Gugino) is pregnant with the child of late rock star Nick Chapel. She is trying to make ends meet by teaching a community college sex education class aimed at housewives when a figure from her past, flight attendant Cora (Marley Shelton), approaches her with a proposition. In exchange for the (stolen) lyrics to Nick Chapel's last record, all of which is about Elektra, Cora needs Elektra to seduce her fiancée. Elektra reluctantly agrees to do this favor, setting in motion a series of hilarious events which will see her come face to face with detectives, sex bloggers, emotionally unstable neighbors and the Virgin Mary herself as she wrestles with the prospect of motherhood and tries to become a person of substance.
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Firefighters lost some ground overnight on a fire in Elbert County, resulting in a loss of some containment. Containment is now 75 percent, down from 90.
The fire, burning west of the town of Elbert, was at one point approaching the town moving along County Road 102, forcing 100 evacuations. All evacuation orders have been lifted.
The fire remains 600 acres, but with heavy winds forecasted for Monday, the Elbert County Sheriff's Office says that number could grow.
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Love it, dude! :D I originally though that the repeating phrase from 0:43 to the end of the loop might be a little too long, but I let it play while doing something else and hardly noticed. I wish the client hadn't asked for the drums to be so subdued, but I suppose that's a matter of preference.
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This song is actually very good on loop. I was doing things on my phone and didn't notice for a while it was on loop. I quite like it. I would love a longer version song. Hopefully it will flow nicely with this one.
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Dean Loses 53% as S&P's Worst After Milk Deals Sour
Dean Foods Co. Chief Executive Officer Gregg L. Engles built the nation's largest dairy processor. Now he may have to start dismantling his creation.
Dean's stock is off 53 percent this year, making it the worst performer in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. The Dallas- based company's earnings are getting squeezed by big-box stores and supermarket chains looking for price concessions. At the same time, Dean is having to contend with big jumps in prices of commodities such as raw milk, butterfat, soybeans and sugar, Bloomberg Businessweek reports in its Dec. 13 edition.
Combined, these trends are crimping the company's cash flow and may make it difficult for Dean, which is carrying about $4 billion in debt, to stick to the terms of its loan agreements, says Vicki Bryan, an analyst with Gimme Credit LLC in New York. Dean's ratio of long-term debt to equity stands at 260 percent, the highest of any food or beverage company in the S&P 500.
"I expect them to opportunistically divest assets," Bryan says. "It's going to be tough under market conditions to get an optimal price."
Dean spokeswoman Liliana Esposito declined to comment.
Dean's net income has declined year-on-year for the last four quarters straight. Earnings have come in short of analysts' estimates twice in 2010. And the company has said that conditions won't improve in the first half of 2011.
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Dean rose 94 cents, or 13 percent, to $8.39 at 4:15 p.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares gained the most since Nov. 24, 2008, after Dean said in a filing it plans to offer as much as $400 million of notes to repay existing debt and it amended the company's credit facility to give greater flexibility under its debt covenants, said Eric Serotta, an analyst at Wells Fargo Securities in New York.
A graduate of Yale Law School, Engles, 53, is described on Dean's website as "the primary architect" of the consolidation of the U.S. dairy industry. It all started with a dairy in San Juan, Puerto Rico, which Engles and a group of investors purchased in 1993 and took public three years later.
In 2001, Engles acquired Dean, a company in Franklin Park, Illinois, with roots in the evaporated-milk business. More recent purchases include White Wave, a maker of Silk soymilk, in 2002; organic milk maker Horizon Organic in 2004; and, in 2009, Alpro, which produces soy-based products in Europe.
Dean's annual sales have soared, climbing from $150 million in 1994 to $11 billion last year, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
Pressure From Retailers
Credit Suisse Group AG analyst Robert Moskow says Dean's strategy of driving down costs to undercut smaller, less efficient milk processors and force them to scale back capacity hasn't yielded results. At the same time, Dean is facing pressure from retailers who are discounting milk to attract penny-pinching consumers while demanding price breaks from suppliers. Also, more shoppers are buying cheaper private label milk products instead of Dean's brands.
"Our industry is going through a wrenching ordeal," Engles said in a conference call on Nov. 9, after the company reported a 51 percent drop in third-quarter net income.
To cut costs, Engles has closed five plants since 2009. Still, Michael Benoit, an analyst at Chicago's Talon Asset Management, says Dean is in a "downward spiral" and may not be able to trim expenses fast enough to counter a steep rise in commodity prices.
"We are passing on Dean because we think it's structurally impaired," Benoit says.
Asset Sales
Engles has begun selling off some of the pieces of his empire. Dean booked a $6.4 million after-tax gain from the sale of Rachel's Dairy, an organic yogurt maker based in the U.K., to France's Groupe Lactalis in August. Last month, General Mills Inc. agreed to buy Dean's Mountain High yogurt business for an undisclosed price.
One business that would likely draw bids is WhiteWave-Alpro. Earnings at the unit, which produces soy-based drinks, continue to rise. In a Nov. 10 report, analysts at Sanford C. Bernstein led by Alexia Howard in New York noted that a sale of WhiteWave-Alpro could cut Dean's debt nearly in half.
In the November call with analysts, Engles said that the unit "is managed quite separately" and would therefore be easy to hive off.
Some of Dean's shareholders might be relieved to see a buyer step forward amid concerns that the company's fortunes may not turn around. The stock surged more than 8 percent on Aug. 31 after the website Briefing.com reported "chatter" about a bid from France's Groupe Danone. Danone CEO Franck Riboud has since told the press he's not interested in getting into the milk business.
"Until some European player or other conglomerate swoops in, the fundamental picture remains bleak," says Alan Thompson, a derivatives trader in Greenwich, Connecticut, for the Timber Hill LLC division of Interactive Brokers Group Inc., which owns Dean shares.


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Priests from India to be southeastern New Mexico
CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — The Diocese of Las Cruces has announced [auth] that three priests from India are coming to work in southeastern New Mexico.
The Carlsbad Current-Argus reports (http://goo.gl/kAfiQB) that Bishop Oscar Cantu told a crowd last week the priests will work in parishes around Carlsbad.
The new priests are coming after the Franciscan order removed its three friars from churches in Carlsbad, Loving and Malaga.
Church officials say the new priests are part of a missionary group called Heralds of the Good News.
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A 2-year-old boy was placed in the custody of Child Protective Services after authorities discovered he was left alone with methamphetamine and other drugs in the early hours of Monday morning.
His 25-year-old mother, Miranda Jackson, was in the Potter County Detention Center on Monday on $10,500 bond on charges of endangering a child, possession of a controlled substance over 1 gram and under 4 grams, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Authorities turned the child over to CPS after a report of a possible auto burglary led police to a motel in the 6800 block of Interstate 40 about 2 a.m. Monday, Amarillo police Cpl. Jerry Neufeld said.
They found people trying to jump-start a gray van, and while verifying that no burglary had occurred, they looked for a man they earlier saw run into a motel room after he spotted the officers, Neufeld said.
Jackson let them into the room, which smelled like burned marijuana, where they found the toddler near the methamphetamine and "could have ingested it at any time," Neufeld said. Police determined that the child previously had been left alone, Neufeld said.
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San Diego Mini Maker Faire
Above: Promotional graphic for the San Diego Mini Maker Fair at the Del Mar Fairgrounds.
The San Diego Mini Maker Faire is a one-day family-friendly event that showcases local innovation and creativity. The fair will take place on Saturday, December 7th from 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Part science fair, part county fair, and part something entirely new, the Mini Maker Faire will be an all-ages gathering that features "makers" of technology, arts, crafts, engineering, food, music, and science projects.
Exhibits at the faire include will robots, rocket launches, crafts, textiles, quad rotor flying machines, 3D printers, demonstrations, performances, music, and much, much more.
Advance Adult - $10.00 (Adult tickets will be $12 at the door.)
Advance Student/Military/Senior - $7.00 (Child tickets will be $8 at the door. Students are ages 2-17. Seniors are 65+. Children under the age of 2 are free and do not need a ticket.)
Maker Faire Supporter - $50.00 (Your generous donation will not only help cover our costs for this year but it will also help us bring the San Diego Mini Maker Faire back again next year. Thank you!)
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I had big plans this summer. I was going to bike or run every day. But then 2 weeks into July, and I still hadn't gone for any sort of exercise. So I told myself I would do it while I'm out in Quebec for 3 weeks, because I have nothing else to do in Quebec anyway. Instead, I read slept in, napped, and stayed up late every day, read two novels, watched a mini-series, and kicked some ass on Candy Crush.
I'm not proud of myself. I'm not making excuses. I am lazy and aa don't know how to stop being lazy.
I tell myself to eat less, and before I know it, I'm snacking on something. I just don't know how to stop.
I know that I don't have a lot of weight to lose, but I am self-conscious about the extra 10 lbs. I'm carrying around. (I'm fairly certain at least 8 of those pounds are hanging around my waist. Things don't fit properly, and I hate it.)
So does anyone have suggestions? I did boot camp last year and lost a little bit of weight, but I really have a hard time sticking with any kind of workout routine because I just don't enjoy it. (And I kept getting hurt.) I am contemplating some sort of juice cleanse just to get the ball rolling.
I thought I would post here and see if anyone else is trying to lose weight, and if anyone has suggestions. I know the best way would be to exercise more and eat less, but after years of not exercising and eating whatever the heck I want, it's easier said than done and I know I will have a very hard time maintaining it.
I don't need to have abs of steel, and I know I won't look like a 23 year old again anytime soon. But I don't like the way my body looks, it keeps me from doing things like going swimming with the kids, and I feel bad when I can't make the changes I need to make. So it is time to ask for advice from my Hot Saskie Mamas!


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International rating agency Standard and Poor's (S&P) has
left the Dunedin City Council's credit rating unchanged in
the wake of a critical report on council-controlled Delta
Utility's unsuccessful foray into Central Otago property
S&P said in a statement yesterday its rating on the DCC,
of AA/Stable/A-1+, was unaffected following the
Auditor-general's release of an inquiry into property
investments by Delta Utility, at Luggate and Jacks Point, the
latter near Queenstown.
An S&P downgrade rating means an organisation's risk
profile increases and borrowing money becomes more expensive.
Delta spent $14.17 million on the properties in 2008-09, but
now expected to book a loss of in a range of $6.4
million-$8.7 million; to be confirmed by the end of the year,
Auditor-general Lyn Provost said in her report, which has
taken a year to complete.
S&P said yesterday its unchanged DCC ratings reflected
its view that there was a ''low likelihood'' that the
Auditor-general's inquiry would report significant adverse
findings on the council's current management structure.
In 2012, the DCC reviewed the governance arrangements of its
council-controlled trading organisations and took steps to
strengthen their management and oversight, S&P said.
Also, in 2013 the DCC appointed a group chief financial
officer with an expanded role, including the provision of
financial advice and support to the board of Dunedin City
Holdings Ltd (DCHL).
''This new role should, in our view, help strengthen the
organisation and improve the co-ordination of financial
management between the council and DCHL,'' S&P said.
While the Auditor-general credited Delta for considering the
investments cautiously and carefully, and avoiding conflicts
of interest, it listed failings which contributed to the
Delta had failed to adequately assess the investment risks,
take appropriate advice, and there were breaches of the Local
Government Act and the Companies Act.
Delta's directors were cleared of any conflict of interest or
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In 2002, I co-signed for my exhusband to go back to school. In 2003, we divorced and he was awarded the account in our divorce decree. Since then, he has defaulted numerous times, paid late over and over and it is currently in forebearance until 3-2013. The loan is currently with ACS. I have been working since the beginning of Oct to clean up my credit reports and this is the LAST thing on it. I really don't even know where to start. Credit reports currently state: Paying as agreed. Forebearnce until 3-2013. But there are numerous 60 and 120 day lates. What should I do?? ACS will barely give my any info since its in ex's name, but they sure will report everything on my credit. HELP
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The Mariners list required some last minute revisions after they dealt Michael Pineda and Jose Campos to the Yankees for Jesus Montero and Hector Noesi. Despite a powerful trio of arms atop the list before that trade, Montero easily slots in as the number one guy in the system. The departed Campos would have slotted in the top five or six prospects with ease as well. This system now packs a punch with a trio of high-powered arms and a big bat at the top, not to mention some raw, high ceiling times that could take a step forward.
Editor's Note: Thanks to one of my readers for correcting my inclusion of Dan Cortes. I had overlooked his departure from the Mariners organization and have revised the #15 spot on the list.
1. Jesus Montero (C)
Montero jumps from number one on the Yankees list to number one on a very highly regarded Mariners list. That's what happens when you're one of the elite offensive prospects in the game. He offers the best combination of power and hitting ability in the system and should be a staple in the M's lineup for years to come. I recently completed a detailed scouting report of him that can be found here.
2. Taijuan Walker (RHP)
Walker is a scout's dream when it comes to right-handed pitchers. He is long, lean and ultra projectable. His raw ceiling invokes visions of a number one starter thanks to a mid-90s fastball that can reach 98 mph, a hammer curveball and a change-up that shows promise. He still lacks refined command but he won't turn 20-years old until August and his athleticism allows for command projection. There's not much to dislike when evaluating Walker and every cliché about raw ceiling can be applied. The sky truly is the limit here.
3. Danny Hultzen (LHP)
The Mariners surprised many by taking Hultzen with the second pick in the draft, but they had plenty of heat on him in a late season start at Boston College. Hultzen has number two starter potential and he could move very quickly through the M's system. His fastball sits in the low-90s and will touch higher. His change-up shows 70-grade potential at times but he has a tendency to over throw it and leave it drifting away from him to the arm side. He also throws a slider that earns consistent average grades. He should start the 2012 season in Double-A with a chance to break into the Mariners rotation for good in 2013.
4. James Paxton (LHP)
Paxton has taken a circuitous route to the upper echelon of prospectdom. He was forced to sit out parts of his college career due to disputes with the NCAA over his negotiations with the Blue Jays in 2009 and then didn't show the same raw stuff in independent ball prior to the 2010 draft. He was nothing short of phenomenal last year, torching the Midwest League and having absolute no trouble after a two-level bump to Double-A. Both his fastball and curveball earn plus to plus-plus grades while his change-up flashes as an average pitch. He must refine his command of the strike zone but he could be a very solid number three starter with a chance to breakout and become a number two.
5. Nick Franklin (SS)
Illness stunted Franklin's rise in 2011 but he still showed plenty of skills once healthy toward the end of the season. He has good bat speed and a good feel for hitting to go with a highly leveraged swing that generate at least average raw power. He has the potential to hit 15-18 home runs with a solid batting average and some secondary skills. There is still a large cadre of scouts that question his ability to stick at shortstop long term, but some scouts do believe his offensive output will make his merely average defensive tools and allow him to stick at the position.
6. Guillermo Pimentel (OF)
Pimentel's raw power rivals anyone in the system, including the newly added slugger topping this prospect list. He has the potential to hit 35+ home runs down the line thanks to a lofted swing and good enough swing mechanics to allow him to hit for some average. Pimentel is a bat-first guy that will be limited to left field long term. If he tightens his strike zone he could be an offensive force in the middle of the lineup, but it could take a while to get there.
7. Francisco Martinez (3B)
Martinez was the highest ceiling piece in the trade that sent Doug Fister and David Pauley to the Detroit Tigers last July. He has an exceptional swing path with hands that work well and a rapidly improving idea at the plate. His long arms and natural strength leave some scouts to project above-average power but that has yet to materialize in games. He is a plus runner and a plus thrower but his instincts at third base have left scouts wondering if he is destined for an outfield corner where his athleticism may play better. Though he's already spent an entire year at Double-A, Martinez will repeat the level in 2012 at just 21-years old. He could reach the big leagues sometime in 2013.
8. Phillips Castillo (OF)
The Mariners big splash in the 2010 international market, Castillo has the potential to be a special offensive player. He has plus-plus bat speed and a natural feel for hitting that belies his age. He shows gap power in batting practice and should show 15-20 home run power once he matures physically. Much like Guillermo Pimentel, Castillo is likely destined for left field long term. He is not a good runner or thrower. His offensive has a chance to profile as that of a number three hitter in the end, but it will need to for him to maximize his value at the big league level.
9. Vinnie Catricala (1B)
Another in a lengthy line of bat-only prospects in this system, Catricala can flat out hit. He consistently stings the ball to all fields and has an outstanding approach to hitting. Though he lacks the loft in his swing to be a classic power hitter, he could rack up 40 doubles and 15-20 home runs annually. The Mariners have tried him at just about every corner position with nothing fitting thus far. Most scouts see a first baseman in the end and he will need every bit of his offensive projection to become a big league regular if that is the case.
10. Chance Ruffin (RHP)
Another piece acquired in the trade with the Tigers last summer, Ruffin is ready to pitch in the big leagues in 2012. He has a lively fastball that sits at 91-93 mph and will touch 95 with less life when he needs it. His slider earned high marks in the Tigers organization and is a legitimate swing-and-miss pitch at the big league level. Ruffin gets a little wild at times and can lose the strike zone. He is an "interesting dude" as one scout put it with the right kind of mentality to handle the late innings. He fits more as a setup man than a closer though.
11. Martin Peguero (SS)
Peguero was though by some to be a more highly thought of prospect on the 2010 international scene that teammate Phillips Castillo. That belief has changed since both have made their professional debut but Peguero still offers plenty of offensive potential. He has quick hands that get the bat to the hitting zone very quickly and show solid power projection. Scouts I spoke with believe he has the potential to hit for a high average and solid power down the line while also being a plus runner. He doesn't look the part of a shortstop, getting very messy in every phase of his defensive game. He could slide to second base long term in the hope that the bat carries him there.
12. Chih-Hsien Chiang (OF)
Chiang came over from the Red Sox as part of the three-team trade that send Erik Bedard to the Red Sox late last year. He's a bit of a tweener in that he doesn't have the classic offensive profile for an outfield corner and is a little stretched defensively in center field. He has good bat-to-ball skills with doubles power. He is more of a left fielder due to his fringe-average athleticism and below-average arm. Chiang could use some time at Triple-A to polish his game but he could be a very nice fourth outfielder or fringy everyday guy at the big league level.
13. Jabari Blash (OF)
A Miami Dade Community College product Blash entices with tremendous athleticism and plenty of tools. He is a huge kid, built more like a linebacker than a baseball player, that moves extremely well with above-average running ability. Power projects to be a huge part of his game both in terms of home runs and arm strength, as both tools stand out as potential 70-grade monsters. His hitting approach and defensive instincts lag way behind and may never catch up but the raw potential he shows with his size and athleticism maintains a high level of intrigue.
14. Alex Liddi (3B)
Liddi drew some Joe Crede comps early in his career but nearly all scouts have backed way off of that projection now. He can drive the ball out of the park to any field when he makes contact, but that is all too infrequent. Liddi struggles as a hitter and will always pile up strikeouts and hit for a low average. His defense has not progressed and some scouts feel he could end up at first base in the long run.
15. Tyler Marlette (C)
The M's gave Marlette $650,000 as an over slot signing in last summer's draft and the scouts I spoke with loved his athletic ability, effort level, bat speed and arm strength. While he is still very raw and there are questions about how much contact he will make at higher levels, it is hard to ignore a backstop with potential for average power, a plus arm and good athleticism. Marlette will likely move slowly through the system and the development of his bat will ultimately dictate his progression.


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Major: English
Concentration: Women, Gender & Sexuality
Study Abroad: Hikone, Japan
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Best Adjective to Describe You: Discerning
In 10 words or less, why should a student want to be involved in this department?
WGS provides the theoretical foundation for effective cultural analysis.
What initially drew you to this department? What keeps you coming back?
I came to WGS with a background in LGBTQ activism and was hoping to learn more about my community and the work I'd done in high school. I stayed because I found the language in queer theory to effectively articulate myself and form critiques in a more thoughtful, less reactionary way.
What's your biggest piece of advice to first years and sophomores in this department?
In a department that pushes on your presuppositions and sense of self, you will change. Don't be too hard on your past self—there is no social justice finish line, you will always make more mistakes. The best you can do is sincerely own up to them.
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I use the theory I've picked up in WGS when thinking critically about social justice in non-academic spaces. I also utilize this theory in an interdisciplinary way, often drawing from it in the department of my major, which is English.
What's the most valuable thing you've learned at K?
Protecting your emotional health is important, but don't make excuses for or coddle yourself. Long term emotional well-being is not maintained by skipping your reading.
What has been your favorite class at K? Why?
WGS 390 Feminist and Queer Inquiries. This class taught me how to apply the theoretical frameworks I'd picked up at K over the years and helped me format my SIP. It also challenged a lot of what I held to be unequivocally true, pushed me to think beyond binaries of good/bad, and honed my close reading skills.
What is your SIP?
My SIP is a critical analysis paper within the English department. This project is divided into two parts, in which I perform close readings of the discursive spaces of the Internet and science fiction, and the possibilities they offer for transgender embodiment and activism. I will specifically be looking at twitter hashtag trans activism as an entry point for change within the context of gendered embodiment through culturally coded images and language. I will also be doing a literary analysis of several science fiction novels that feature genderless/non-binary/ungendered characters, and what possibilities for self-definition non-binary people have within the scifi genre and spaces beyond fiction.
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I'm planning to take a gap year or two abroad and then attend graduate school for Queer Studies, hopefully focusing in Transgender Studies. If that goes well I'd like to get my doctorate and teach at the collegiate level. I'm also considering working with anti-capitalist grassroots organizations that intentionally push back against the non-profit industrial complex.


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You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
William J. H. Boetcker
Contributed by: Zaady
Bernard Loomer's father was a sea captain. He was acquainted with his small place in an uncontrollable nature. In a talk in 1974 Loomer described his father's instructions about the uses of a baseball glove. The father had just overheard his son's sandlot complaints about the thinness of a glove inherited from his older brothers. When his father asked him what a baseball glove was for, young Loomer had said that it was to protect the hand. In the words of Bernard Loomer in his sixties, his father replied: Son, I never have played baseball, but it seems to me you ought to be able to catch the ball bare-handed. The way I look at it, you use a glove not to protect your hand, but to give you a bigger hand to help catch balls that are more difficult to reach. I assume that in this as in all walks of life there are tricks to the trade. I suggest you learn how to catch with that glove for two reasons. First, because you are not going to get another one, and second, because you don't need protection from life. You need a glove to give you a bigger hand to catch baseballs you might otherwise miss. As the decade of the 1970s progressed, Loomer reflected increasingly on the fact that what you might otherwise miss [in theology] was irrational, even evil, but [that it] must be caught anyway. Loomer grew increasingly dissatisfied with those who seemed to restrict their reach-even Whitehead was faulted. And increasingly it appeared that Christian theology was the theology Loomer had-that he was not going to get another one-and so, although it was thin in places, he attempted to use the one theology he had, to catch all he could. [This] suggests the meaning of Loomer's special term, "size." Size signifies "the volume of life you can take into your being and still maintain your integrity."
William Dean
Source: The Size of God, 1987
I sought my soul, But my soul I could not see. I sought my God, But my God eluded me. I sought my brother, And I found all three.
William Blake (1757 - 1827)
The individual who prosecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
Source: Philosophical Dictionary, 1764
Allport, Gordon W., in his preface to Man's Search for Meaning: "WHY DO YOU NOT COMMIT SUICIDE?" Dr. Frankl asks his patients. . . . in one life there is love for one's children to tie to; in another life, a talent to be used; in a third, perhaps only lingering memories worth preserving. . . . As a long-time prisoner in bestial concentration camps he [Viktor Frankl] found himself stripped to naked existence. His father, mother, brother, and his wife died in camps or were sent to gas ovens, so that, excepting for his sister, his entire family perished in these camps. How could he - every possession lost, every value destroyed, suffering from hunger, cold and brutality, hourly expecting extermination - how could he find life worth preserving?
Viktor Frankl (1905 - 1997)
Source: Preface by Gordon W. Allport to Man's Search for Meaning, Simon and Schuster, NY, 1963, p. 127.
A wayfarer carried a heavy sack about which he complained unceasingly. From none could he get help or comfort. And as he slowly journeyed, groaning under his burden, the Angel of Optimism came to him and spoke kindly, saying: "Brother, what does thou carry?" The man answered surlily, "My worries." The angel smiled pityingly upon him and said, "Let us look into thy burden and examine thy worries." And so they looked in. But lo! the sack was empty. "Why surely," cried the man, "there were two great worries, too heavy for man to bear. But-ah, yes, I had forgot-one was a worry of yesterday, and so it is gone." "And the other?" "That-why, that was a worry of tomorrow, and it-it has not yet come." Then the angel smiled with infinite pity, saying: "Hearken! He who bows himself down under the worries of yesterday and tomorrow wears himself out for naught. But he who carries only the worries of today has no need of a sack for his sorrows. If thou will cast this black thing aside, and give all thy strength and cheer and courage to the things of today, real misfortune never can burden thee." Wondering, the man did as the angel commanded. And as he took up his journey and went lightly, swiftly on, his heart and his hands were free to relieve many a brother wayfarer of his burden and to pluck sweet fruits and flowers along the wayside. And when he came at last to the setting of the sun it was with smiles and a song.
The test of a man is the fight that he makes, the grit that he daily shows; the way that he stands on his feet and takes fate's numerous bumps and blows. A coward can smile when there's naught to fear and nothing his progress bars, but it takes a man to stand up and cheer when the other fellow stars. It isn't the victory after all, but the fight that a brother makes. The man who, driven against the wall, still stands erect and takes the blows of fate with his head held high, bleeding and bruised and pale. He's the man who'll win in the by and by, for he isn't afraid to fail. It's the bumps you get and the shocks, you get and the jolts that your courage stands; the hours of sorrow and vain regrets, the prize that escapes your hand that tests your metal and proves your worth. It isn't the blows that you deal, it's the blows you take on this good old earth that show if your stuff is real.
Source: Albert W. Daw Collection
O Father, whose voice I hear in the woods and whose breath gives life to all the world, hear me. I am a man before you, one of your many children. I am small and weak. I need your strength and wisdom. Let me walk in beauty, and make my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunsets. Make my hands respect the things you have made, my ears sharp to hear your voice. Make me wise so that I may know the things you have taught my people, the lessons you have hid in every leaf and rock. I seek strength, Father - not to be superior to my brothers, but to be able to fight my greatest enemy, myself. Make me ever ready to come to you with clean hands and a straight eye, so that when life fades like a fading sunset, my spirit may come to you without shame.
Source: Prayer of a Chippewa Indian
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You know it's going to be a bad day when your twin brother forgot your birthday.
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Language Attrition
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- Author: Monika S. Schmid, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands
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'Language attrition' describes the loss of, or changes to, grammatical and other features of a language as a result of declining use by speakers who have changed their linguistic environment and language habits. In such a situation there may, for example, be simplification in the tense system or in certain properties of subordinate clauses; some vocabulary items might fall into disuse and phonetic features may be restructured. These changes can be affected by features of the speaker's environment, but also by his or her attitudes and processes of identification. This book provides a detailed and up-to-date introduction to the way in which language attrition can affect language, as well as to the extra- and sociolinguistic features involved. It also familiarizes the reader with experimental approaches to attrition and data analysis techniques and provides hands-on guidelines on how to apply them.Read more
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1. Introduction
Part I. Linguistic Aspects of Language Attrition:
2. What is attrition?
3. Cross-linguistic influence and the mental lexicon
4. Attrition in the mental lexicon
5. Attrition and the structure of language
Part II. Extralinguistic Aspects of Language Attrition:
6. Personal background factors
7. The role of L1 input and output
8. Attitudes and identities
Part III. Conducting Research on Language Attrition – Preliminary Considerations:
9. The test populations: participant characteristics and acquisition
10. Types of linguistic knowledge
Part IV. Experimental Designs for Attrition Research – The Language Attrition Test Battery:
11. Lexical tasks
12. Grammaticality judgment tasks
13. Other grammatical tasks
14. Free speech
Part V. Coding and Analysing the Data:
15. Transcribing and coding free speech: the CHILDES project
16. Coding and reporting experimental data
17. Interpreting your data: inferential statistics
18. Conclusion.
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Here is a position from one of my games. its one of those "I know there's something good, but I just don't see it" moments. White is obviously better, but what to do about his advantage? what would you play in this position?
nb7,white has much the better!
If I were White, I'd politely wait for Black to move, since the diagram indicates it is his turn.
Changed it. White to play.
my first thought for White is just to exchange pawns with 1.hxg6 hxg6 and then push g4. A lot of lines are going to open up on the kingside, and I would be surprised if Black can survive.
I was actually thinking just go ahead with g4 right away.
How about Q toh3, take the pawn, give check then attack the g pawn.
Even 1.h6 and then playing at the queenside should be an easy win. That bishop on h8 is less than a fat pawn.
You say that it's Black to move here- no?
I turns our that hxg6 and Qg3 are equal, they result in the same line. here is how the game finished:
No, it is white to move. I decided that an open h file for my rooks was better then turning a bishop into a tall pawn. Besides, I had been going over Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) vs. Tjomsland, Stig (NOR)
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GOLETA, Calif. — In YouTube videos and a long written manifesto, Elliot Rodger aired his contempt for everyone from his roommates to the whole human race, reserving special hate for two groups: the women he says kept him a virgin for all of his 22 years, and the men they chose instead.
Authorities said he put that bitterness into action in a stabbing and shooting rampage Friday night across the seaside California college town of Isla Vista that killed two young women and four men, at least half of them students at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Thirteen people were injured.
Rodger then apparently shot and killed himself inside the black BMW he used in the violence, authorities said Saturday.
The rampage played out largely as he laid it out in the public postings, including a YouTube video where he sits in the BMW in sunset light and appears to be acting out scripted lines and planned laughs.
"I'll take great pleasure in slaughtering all of you," Rodger, the son of a Hollywood director who worked on "The Hunger Games," says in the video posted Friday and taken down by YouTube on Saturday with a message saying it violated the site's terms of service.
"I don't know why you girls are so repulsed by me," he says in the video, describing his loneliness and frustration at never having had sex with or even kissed a girl. "I am polite. I am the ultimate gentleman. And yet, you girls never give me a chance. I don't know why."
Of the men he sees as rivals, he said: "I deserve girls much more than all those slobs," and that after his rampage "you will finally see that I am, in truth, the superior one, the true alpha male."
Sheriff Bill Brown, appearing on CNN on Sunday said that investigators are tying up a few ends, but "for the most part, I think, we have a pretty clear picture of what happened "
The first three killed Friday were male stabbing victims in Rodger's own apartment whose names have not been released, Brown said Saturday.
Then, at about 9:30 p.m., the citywide shooting and vehicle-ramming rampage began.
His first stop was the Alpha Phi sorority, which he had called "the hottest sorority of UCSB."
"I know exactly where their house is and I've sat outside it in my car to stalk them many times," Rodger wrote in his extensive manifesto titled "My Twisted World."
No one answered the door after one to two minutes of aggressive pounding, but he soon shot three women who were standing nearby, killing two of them, 19-year-old Veronika Weiss and 22-year-old Katherine Cooper.
He then drove to a deli where he walked inside and shot and killed another UC Santa Barbara student, 20-year-old Christopher Michaels-Martinez, the sheriff said.
"Chris was a really great kid," Michaels-Martinez's father said at a news conference where he choked back tears and eventually collapsed to his knees in agony. "Ask anyone who knew him. His death has left our family lost and broken."
Michaels-Martinez was the last one killed, but the rampage would continue as Rodger drove across Isla Vista, shooting at some and running down others with his car, twice exchanging gunfire with deputies. He was shot in the hip, but the gunshot to the head that killed him was thought to be self-inflicted, Brown said.
Thirteen people were injured, eight from gunshot wounds, four from the vehicle and one whose origin wasn't clear. Just four of the injuries were considered serious. Brown told CNN on Sunday that investigators were still finalizing next of kin notifications and positive identifications.
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