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Normally, I take some pride in my animal wrangling ability, but this past week as been an exercise in humility for me. It takes skill to hold a writhing and biting squirrel or bird, and in the past I have done well. I'm not sure if I'm getting worse at my job, or if we just had a run on inordinately wiley critters, but in the course of a week, I have lost my grip on 6 birds, some more than once!
Small birds are always a challenge. I have rather large hands, so holding a 30 gram house sparrow still enough to medicate it without crushing it is not easy. So usually I err on the side of caution. One house sparrow in particular didn't even give me a chance to get my fingers on it before it was making a monkey out of me. A birdwatcher brought him in after he bounced off of her window, and even with his balance impaired he was dodging like prize-fighter before I could lay my hands on him. He bolted from the container he was brought in, and tumbled through the air like Woodstock before I could catch him. Laughing, I'm sure, all the way down.
Sharp Shinned hawks are notoriously insane. So when I saw we had been brought a teenaged Sharpy, I probably should have paid the little ball of spastic psychosis and talons more respect. No sooner had I opened the pen to offer him his daily ration of chopped mice than he was fluttering around my head. He, of course, went right for a window. He bonked into it and started to fight his way up underneath the shade. The tiny hawk was deeply perturbed at his inability to pass through the invisible barrier. His frantic confusion was evident in his plaintive squawking, as if demanding we dispel the dark sorceries preventing his escapes. I'm able to derive some comfort here from the knowledge that I'm not the only one this sneaky bird has given the slip.
I won't bore you recounting my battles with the "exploding morning dove" or a wheezing woodpecker, but I will definitely be practicing...
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Abstract: In the molecule of the title compound, C13H14O4, the benzene ring forms dihedral angles of 18.60 (7) and 81.36 (8)° with the two arms of the malonate moiety. The crystal structure features C-HO interactions, which form chains running parallel to the b axis.
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(EMAILWIRE.COM, July 28, 2014 ) Buffalo, NY -- Nature's Nirvana, a leading natural supplements manufacturer, announces the launch of Nature Nirvanas Phytoceramides, an all natural supplement designed to tackle facial fine lines, deep wrinkles, crow's feet and age spots from the inside out.
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His & Hers Video Podcast Episode 18 "A Little Off the Top"
Join Sean and most (minus the top 2″) of Melissa in this week's episode!
Our Ravelry Group
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Autism Speaks - Erin Mommyneedsyarn, No More Tears KAL, pattern, yarn, donation page
Snuggle KAL - Yarnivore Podcast
Susan G. Komen 3 Day - Melissa is walking on Team Knitter's for Knockers. Please message her if you'd like to write a pattern or donate a prize!
Show Notes:
Sean is Viper989 on Ravelry, PSN & is Sean on Google Plus and Facebook
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Project Sweet Caroline on Ravelry and on Facebook.
Keegan Lane Yarns - Shop update 1/27, Special Orders are being dyed!
Please enter to win a Color Grid by Kangaroo Dyer Gail Callahan here in our Ravelry Group!
Sean's Games:
Dragon Age II
Lord of the Rings War in the North
Battlefield 3
Assassin's Creed Revelations
Melissa's Knitting & Spinning
Finished Objects -
Montgomery Fingerless Mitts, RPM Socks, Simple Rib Cowl, Falkland Batt from Into The Whirled 280 yards chain plied.
In Progress - Sean's Dapper Socks, Northward for Sean, Bellevue Sweater.
Spinning - Into the Whirled - 56s Falkland Wool Carded Batt all bags in this episode were Jessalu Bags">Jessalu!
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Struvite as a Phosphorus Fertilizer Source for Greenhouse Crop Production – webinar
This webinar highlights recent research by Rita Hummel of WSU on struvite as a phosphorus source for greenhouse production of bedding plants and vegetable starts. Her research includes struvite derived from municipal wastewater and dairy manure. Craig Cogger opened the webinar with a brief overview of the phosphorus challenge. After Rita's presentation of greenhouse research results, Keith Bowers discussed struvite production as one phosphorus removal technology for wastewater at livestock, food processing, and public sewage treatment sites. The webinar closed with a brief summary by Craig and an open question period.
Creating High Value Potting Media from Composts Made with Biosolids and Carbon-Rich Organic Wastes
Organic Waste to Resources Research and Pilot Project Report. Hummel, R., C. Cogger, A. Bary, and B. Riley, May 2010. Ecology Publication Number 09-07-069. Composted organic waste including biosolids may substitute for potting soil for nursery uses. This study found that composted organic materials can perform as well as typical peat-perlite potting mixtures.


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"God makes three requests of his children: Do the best you can, where you are, with what you have, now"
"Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself."


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White River High football: The Hornets' special teams were front and center as kicker Dustin France, punter Zach McMillen and deep snapper Mikey O'Connor were first-team, all-SPSL 2A selections. Wide receiver Garrett Quiles was a second-team pick. Earning honorable mention were running back Keenan Fagan, quarterback McMillen, tight end Scott Anderson, linebacker O'Connor, defensive back Xavier Russell and defensive lineman Trevor Schoon.
Enumclaw High soccer: Midfielder Monica Whitfield was a first-team, all-SPSL 3A selection and was voted the league's offensive most valuable player. Joining her on the first team was EHS defender Jessica Snoen.
Earning second-team honors were Cayla Dahl, forward; Mia Fornelius, midfielder; Shey Thompson, defender; and Katie Craft, goalkeeper. Receiving honorable mention were EHS forwards Hannah Dahlquist and Nadine Huff.
White River soccer: Defender Madison Morris and midfielder Morgan Clough were first-team all-league selections. Named to the second team was forward Kinsey Gandel and receiving honorable mention were goalkeeper Kylie Englebert and defender Madeline Grimm.
Enumclaw High volleyball: Three EHS Hornets – middle blocker Daniielle Saltarelli, outside hitter Missy Sanders and libero Olivia Bannerot – were first-team all-SPSL 3A selections. Outside hitter Julia Myers was named to the second team and both Hannah Morris and Katie Holland received honorable mention.
White River volleyball: Setter Cassidy Kunst was a second-team all-SPSL 2A selection. The White River team received the league's sportsmanship award.
Enumclaw girls cross country: Aleea Gwerder and Hannah Calvert received first-team all-SPSL 3A honors. Teammates Abby Callison, Lindsay Ross and Amanda Stenslie were named to the second team.
Enumclaw boys cross country: Chosen for the all-league first team were EHS runners Alec Rhome and Chase Olson. Dylan Hamel made the second team. Additionally, the Enumclaw boys shared the league sportsmanship award with Peninsula High.
White River girls cross country: Madison Moser picked up first-team all-league honors and Maddi Stinson was named to the second team.
White River boys cross country: Chris Fisher and Wes Fueston were chosen for the first team and Brandon Scheer was a second-team selection.
Enumclaw girls golf: Named to the SPSL 3A all-league first team were Tiffany Wilkening, Madeline Petellin and Tammy Wilkening. Making the second team were Kadyn Eldridge and Maddie Pillo. In addition, Eldridge, Tiffany Wilkening and Faith Hardersen were first-team all-academic selections.
Enumclaw boys golf: Beau Brock and Thomas Hudon were named to the SPSL 3A second team. Hudon also was a first-team all-academic honoree.
White River High boys golf: Ryne Peterson, Trever Anderson and Zahn Brooks were first-team, all-South Puget Sound League 2A selections. Named to the second team were Tanner Williams and Zach Howard. White River's Jer Argo was accorded SPSL 2A Coach of the Year honors.
White River High girls golf: Caitlyn Miller earned first-team, all-SPSL 2A honors, Sutton Mills was named to the second team and Maci Goethals was awarded honorable mention. Additionally, Mills was a first-team all-academic selection.
Enumclaw water polo: The Hornets' leading scorer, Bennon VanHoof, was a first-team all-league selection and also received honorable mention status on the all-state squad. Teammates Mason Culp and Thomas Petersen earned second-team all-league honors and Will Cooper was accorded honorable mention status.
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Hi there's an alternative method provided in
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The image bits are in OPENGLImage->data, and are RGB format and are not DWORD aligned..
For drawing i had to call
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Then you can draw to the current rendering context by
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Hope it helps...
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I don't have that graphic card and use win98. I tried to compile the example, no error but can't see the test.bmp.
Do you have an example like this for the general PC?
Hope not too difficult, Thanks!
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AMHERST – The town's new dog policy will take effect on Nov. 21 when signs will be posted at two town trail sites alerting users of the change that will limit the hours in which dogs can run off leash.
The Conservation Commission voted Wednesday night to allow dogs off leash from dawn until 10 a.m. at Mill River and Amethyst Brook as a way to satisfy those who want to walk their dogs off leash and those who want them leashed at all times.
The commission held a hearing last month and has been taking comments from people about the decade old policy that allowed dogs to run off leash at these two areas year-round.
That policy was considered a trial but has remained in effect ever since.
The policy also stipulates that dogs must be leashed or under control at all times.
"I don't think voice control works," said commission chairwoman Briony Angus.
The town has been receiving a number of calls and letters over the last several months and W. David Ziomek, director of conservation and development, recommended that commission require that dogs be leashed at all times. The commission has jurisdiction over town-owned conservation land.
He said the town is growing and the town has more dogs. "In my opinion what we are currently doing is not working. It has been a wonderful 10-year experiment."
He said part of the problem is the town is growing, as is the number of dogs. Animal Welfare Officer Carol Hepburn said there are about 1,400 registered dogs in town.
Amethyst Brook is one of the most popular conservation areas in town.
Angus said that the commission received about an equal number of calls and letters from people who wanted dogs to continue to be allowed off leash and those that wanted them leashed at all times.
All commissioners agreed there was a problem but the six member commission was divided with only three wanting dogs leashed all the time. The hourly restriction was offered as a compromise. The commission usually has seven members but has a vacancy.
Angus said that officials are still working out enforcement of the policy change. She said that Hepburn and conservation staff will be given enforcement authority. They are also working out a fine structure as well. Ziomek said the commission will take up the issue at its Dec. 14 meeting and a "grace period" will be in effect between now and then as people get used to the change.
Matthew Cornell, who mountain bikes, at Amethyst Brook two or three times a week was disappointed with the ruling.
"I was really unpleasantly surprised at the outcome of the meeting. I expected them to listen to the conservation director.
"Some people won't pay attention to the signs." He thinks the commission is "protecting the dog owners needs" instead of looking out for the safety of others.
He said dogs have charged him many times and he said, "it's frightening." Yet a dog owner told him that if he's afraid, "you should go somewhere else."
Michael Gilbert who walks his dog at Amethyst Brook said for him the hours work because he generally walks at 7 a.m. But the policy "makes presumptions about work and the socio economic ability to be there then."
Those people who can't walk at that time are aggrieved, he said. He said it would have been better to offer time in the afternoon as well.
Since these are the only two sites at which people can walk their dogs off leash the new policy is "compromising the compromise " and one that is "very far in one direction" He's hoping that people will be able to continue to talk about the issue.
Vivienne Carey who walks her dog there sometime said she believed the policy was a good compromise. "I think it's very reasonable," she said. "It's better than nothing." She too, however, would have liked an afternoon time to walk dogs off-leash there as well.
The commission plans to revisit this policy in May.
Commissioners are also asking that town officials look for a place in town to create a dog park where dogs would be able to run off leash.
Ziomek said, "That makes a lot of sense." But he said it's not something that will happen quickly.


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Dordt Ag Stewardship Center reinvests assets
October 7, 2004
A new set of wheels will be pulling field equipment at the Dordt College Ag Stewardship Center this fall, thanks primarily to the sale of older or unused assets at the college�s farm.
The Ag Stewardship Center purchased an �89 John Deere 4055 recently, while trading in a pair of older tractors, a �77 JD 4430 and a �78 JD 2840. Additional funds for this substantial equipment upgrade were obtained through the sale of dairy equipment and other machinery that is no longer in use.
�By reinvesting our assets with an eye to the future, we�re continuing to upgrade our agricultural education resources,� said Wesley Jamison. �Our agriculture department is committed to investing in excellence for teaching purposes, and this tractor will be advantageous for our students in terms of safety and ease of use.�
Jamison said that all ag majors at Dordt College go though an ag safety course, in which they operate each piece of equipment available at the Ag Stewardship Center. The 4055 JD is 12 years newer than the previous model, with substantially less engine hours, better safety features and greater ease of use.
The former dairy center at the Agriculture Stewardship Center was recently purchased by Trans Ova Genetics, a biotechnology company that will now make its equipment and facilities available to Dordt faculty and students who are interested in that field. The Ag Stewardship Center had discontinued dairy operations last December because of high costs, limited student teaching value, and a dwindling market for smaller milk producers. The college works together with private dairy operations in the area to continue offering hands-on dairy experience to students interested in that field.
Dordt College is among only a handful of Christian liberal arts colleges that offer an agriculture major with five different emphases: general agriculture, agri-business, crop science, animal science and agri-missions. A sixth emphasis, agriculture biotechnology, is being contemplated following the signing of a cooperative agreement with Trans Ova Genetics in August.
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Sunland golf groups 'Drive for the Cure'
The Sunland Women's Golf Association (SWGA) and SunLand Lady Niners are joining together to sponsor "Drive for the Cure" Golf Tournament, scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 26.
The 18-hole competition is a shotgun start at 9 a.m. while the nine-hole shotgun start is at 11 a.m.
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A minimum $20 donation to OMC is suggested.
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Anchored by stifling defense and 14 3-pointers, Salmen took care of Bonnabel 60-34 at the "Bear-Trap" Thursday night.
The Bruins couldn't buy a bucket in the first quarter as they missed every shot they attempted with the exception of two free throws.
Salmen on the other hand, got off to a quick start scoring the first four baskets of the game to take a commanding 10-0 lead.
Aaron Hall, who finished with 12 points, splashed a fall-away 3-pointer as time expired and the Spartans were up 15-2 after the first quarter.
"I had to get in my Kobe (Bryant) mode right quick," he said fighting back laughter. "Coach said dribble-drive and try to get our shooters open, and on any given night anyone can knock it down and it was just a good basketball game for Salmen High tonight."
At the 5:20 mark of the second quarter, Bruin point guard Tyler Evans, who finished with nine points and two steals, finally sparked a scoring run as he fended off contact to get a sorely needed three-point play.
Bonnebal went on a 9-5 run to close within nine, but the Spartans got another clutch 3-pointer and headed to halftime up 23-11.
In the second half the Bruins fought back as Derek Polk, who led his team with 12 points, hit two deep three pointers to get the Bonnabel deficit back to a manageable eight point lead. But the Spartans' perimeter players proved to be too much as Mike Wilson, who led the way for the Spartans with 14 points, hit his fourth 3-pointer of the game to extend the lead back to double-digits.
"Before the game we got a lot of 3-point shots up (in warmups)," Wilson said. "They were playing us in the gaps, and we're usually a driving team, but they just left our shooters wide open and we just executed."
Polk, who was the only Bruins player to reach double-figures, unfortunately had to agree.
"We weren't very good on defense, we didn't run, and we didn't hustle enough," he said. "We just left the man open; we didn't help and they just made the 3s. Everybody was doing their own thing—everybody wanted to be Kobe (Bryant)."
The Spartans kept the pressure on in the final period as Hall stroked two consecutive lengthy 3-point jumpers to bring the lead to 19. The lead ballooned to 30 and it was lights out for any Bruin comeback.
Wilson, who also had four 3-pointers in the game, said his team can't win every game with the impeccable long range shooting they exhibited Thursday, but it's always fun to try.
"If they give it to us and we're open we're going to take it," he said. "Everything felt like it was moving at our pace and the rim just looked wide. I mean I could shoot a lot more...about 50 more."
Bonnabel takes on Carver Friday night at home while the Spartans travel to Northshore to play next Tuesday night.


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The Maxi Series pocket stays are sewn into the pocket to create a large opening for skimming, yet closes when pulled straight back. Using the Maxi Series like a brush on the bottom of a pool makes cleaning even the dirtiest of pools a snap! By keeping the pocket open, emptying this rake is easier. Whether you use the leafing edge or the rounded edge of the protective tubing, the Maxi Series allows debris to float into the pocket with very little effort.
All of the components of the Maxi Series are replaceable and can be done while at the pool. The Maxi Series comes in 12 inch (M-12), 16 inch (M-16) and 16 inch coarse mesh (M-80). The 16 inch models are equipped with a replaceable leafing edge.
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Kearny resident Darren Rodriguez and Harrison's Luis Castilo are the first recipients of the new Hudson County Community College West Hudson Scholarships. Rodriguez is currently enrolled in his first year in the HCCC Culinary Arts Program while Castillo is entering his second year as a full time Business major at the College.
Both students will be officially awarded with a certificate acknowledging their scholarships for the Fall and Spring Semesters 2011-2012 today at "A Taste of Fall" Food Tasting, a first-ever fundraiser on behalf of the newly established scholarship. The event takes place at the HCCC Culinary Arts Institute Conference Center, 161 Newkirk Street, Jersey City at 6 p.m.
With dreams of becoming a world-renowned chef, Darren Rodriguez hopes to one day open his own restaurant. "This scholarship will give me a head start on turning all my hopes and dreams into a reality," he said.
Through the study of economics, says Luis Castillo, he has "found a passion" in his studies that he did not have before. He has his sights set on one day continuing his education at Columbia University.
A recent $50,000 donation by the West Hudson Chapter of the Pioneer Boys and Girls of America to the College's Foundation helped establish the scholarship that exclusively rewards students from Harrison, East Newark and Kearny. A Scholarship Committee was subsequently formed to help develop ways to sustain the scholarship funding; "A Taste of Fall" is its first undertaking.
"Through the efforts of our committee, we hope to sustain this endowment and carry this award forward into the future so students like Luis and Darren can be rewarded for their efforts and continue to work towards their future," explained committee chairman and former Kearny Mayor Kenneth H. Lindenfelser.
"We are confident that our West Hudson community will come together to support our efforts and join us in supporting this program and congratulating our first West Hudson scholarship winners," noted Lindenfelser.
The Hudson County Community College Foundation is a 501 ( c ) 3 Corporation giving tax-exempt status to contributors. For additional information and tickets contact Joseph Sansone, Hudson County Community College'sVice President for Development, 201-360-4006 or email email@example.com.


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In one morning switch over from 38-34 pants, doubled my pullup max (2), and dropped below 200 lbs for the first time in a while.
Nice ones CattyB and Glockin Grok! (And everyone else too, they're just the most recent!)
There are two wolves fighting within a man's heart, one is Love, the other is Hate. The one that wins is the one you feed.
My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world. - Jack Layton
The Primal Adventures of Griffin - Huzzah!
In one morning switch over from 38-34 pants, doubled my pullup max (2), and dropped below 200 lbs for the first time in a while.
Woot woot I can do pullups with a 45lb plate strapped to my waist
I am officially sitting here in jeans (buttoned, zipped!) that I ordered back in June and were way too small at the time, like, not even close. I was supposed to return them, but just never got around to it.
"Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food." -- Hippocrates
Our office held a type of "Biggest Loser" contest starting in July. I put my $5.00 into the pot 2 weeks after starting Paleo/Primal (and having already lost about 15 lbs). It cost you a dollar if your weight had gone up from the previous week.
Today was the announcement of the winner --- ME (by a huge margin over the 1st runner-up)! I'd lost 8.14% of my 'starting' body weight and walked away with $57.00!
Started 7/5/11 at 274 lbs
Now 214 -- that's 60 lbs!
Goal 160 lbs -- last time there was in junior high!
"The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." (Margaret Thatcher)
Congrats CattyB! Nothing beats getting results, especially when there is a cash incentive!
"Since going primal, I've found that there are very few problems that cannot be solved with butter and/or bacon fat."
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My blood pressure has always been really good (129 over 75). Last week at the doctor? 109 over 62!
I got called skinny today
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What am I doing? Depends on the day.
I succeeded in avoiding the muffin in the fridge until it went stale! In a moment of weakness, I took it out and tried to nibble on it, but even the frosting was hard and it barely even squished in the middle (yes I consider cutting it open to save anything good left inside). It went into the trash with nary a sigh.
+2 primal points for me for resisting the lure of sugar addiction.
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A NASA photograph shows North Korea at night being in the dark while neighboring China and South Korea shine brightly. The image comparing the night time lights of the countries was made by the Expedition 38 crew aboard the International Space Station.
An arrangement of furniture placed anonymously on the frozen surface of Lake Mendota draws the interest of a passerby walking along the lake's shoreline on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, Wis.
An Indian man moves out of the way of a leopard in the northern Indian city of Meerut, India. Forestry officials and police armed with tranquilizer darts searched for a leopard that injured six people in the northern Indian city, creating panic and driving people indoors, police said Tuesday.
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Vidal Hazelton has been down this road many times before, trying with all his might to make an NFL regular-season roster.
It's old hat for the 25-year-old Hazelton, a wide receiver whose annual training-camp quest officially begins this week with the New York Jets, a team with considerable uncertainty at his position.
Hazelton has spent time with San Diego, Cincinnati and Tennessee — and even landed short practice-squad stints with the Bengals and Titans — but he has yet to play in a regular-season game.
The former Moore Catholic star, who once had a well-publicized spat with Pete Carroll leading to his transfer from Southern Cal to Cincinnati, doesn't know what the future holds as he tries to take advantage of his latest opportunity.
Hazelton can be assured of one thing, however. His old high school coach, Bill Sullivan, will be in his corner all the way.
"I think this is a better opportunity for him because they're bringing a lot of guys in because of need," said Sullivan. "What they (Jets) are thinking, who knows?"
Sullivan first met Hazelton when the eighth-grader showed up on Staten Island from Virginia and word got out that the youngster was looking to attend a private high school with a football program. Vin DiForte of the Richmond Borough Plainsmen youth program called Sullivan and asked him to watch the athletic kid work out one afternoon in New Dorp.
"You could tell he was an athlete right from the start," said Sullivan, who used Hazelton at running back and wide receiver during his sophomore and junior seasons before the budding star transferred to Hargrave Military Academy for his senior year. "He even played some fullback and had some huge games because we'd run the trap on our spread offense and he hit the hole so quick ... he was so fast. And he was such a threat on the perimeter with the offense we ran."
The Mavericks, with Nick Doscher at quarterback, topped St. Joseph by-the-Sea for a city title one year, then advanced into the CHSAA AA playoffs the next season.
Sullivan had experience coaching Lewis Sanders, a cornerback who went from St. Peter's HS to the University of Maryland and a nine-year NFL career.
"You could tell Lewis was something special," said Sullivan, currently the offensive coordinator at McKee/S.I. Tech. "The same could be said of Vidal."
Sullivan has tracked Hazelton's career every step of the way. He even ran into DiForte during a recent Jets' workout at Florham Park, N.J., where Hazelton was doing his best to impress Jets' brass in the absence of injured star Santonio Holmes and others.
"I think he just needs that one break, to get in there and play and show what he can do," said Sullivan. "He's big enough (6-foot-2, 210 pounds) and quick enough. He was catching everything that was thrown his way. I think he's a pretty good blocker too. He got a lot of run with the first unit and he's never been afraid to go over the middle and make a catch.
"I just hope he's in the right place at the right time."
Sullivan firmly believes that Hazelton would already be established in his NFL career if not for one fateful college kickoff return at Cincinnati. He suffered a torn ACL knee injury that cost him a season.
"I had been talking to Lewis Sanders' agent after Vidal's freshman season at USC," remembered Sullivan, "and he said that if (Hazelton) kept playing at that level, he'd be a likely second-round draft pick."
Sullivan said he admires Hazelton's commitment to football.
"He comes from a great family. He's such a good kid that you can't help but root for him," Sullivan said. "He's the same kid I remember at Moore. He sounds the same, he talks the same. He's a respectful guy and very coachable.
"And he's always had elite talent."
In the month ahead Hazelton will be trying to make his way into the spotlight, not an easy task for an undrafted free agent with limited experience.
His goal is to break camp on a regular-season roster.
"He came over to say hello when I was up there watching him recently," said Sullivan, "and I asked him what if anything they (Jets) were telling him. He said they were telling him they liked how he was playing."


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Audubon Charter School will hold its 2010 Gala, "Birds of a Feather Flock Together... Qui Se Ressemble S'Assemble" Saturday, January 23 from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at the Elms Mansion, 3029 St. Charles.
Audubon Charter School's 2010 Gala is the school's major annual fundraising event. It will feature food by New Orleans restaurants such as Patois, Dooky Chase, Jaque-Imo's, Cafe Minh, Cochon, La Boulangerie, Maurice's, Mona's and Pepperoni's; as well as cuisine by Chef Daniel Bonnot and Charles Mende. There will also be a silent auction and live entertainment provided by Flip Side.
All food, beverages and entertainment are included in the ticket price of $100 per person, $175 per couple.
For more information or to sponsor the event visit http://auduboncharter.com/ or contact Sophia Griffies at 504.324.7100.


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That's the predicament the Town of Phillipsburg is in as it struggles to pay outgoing police Chief Ed Mirenda roughly $80,000 in remaining sick and overtime pay. Under the plan, Mirenda, who retired in December, received about $40,000 from the 2011 budget and will receive $40,000 from the 2012 budget.
The problem isn't unique to Mirenda or Phillipsburg. It is happening with many public employees in many communities and school districts.
It's hard to blame Mirenda or any other public employee fortunate enough to negotiate these sweetheart deals. But that's exactly what they are — cushy deals that taxpayers are being forced to bankroll.
In 2010, Phillipsburg passed a state-mandated measure that limits any payout of sick days, vacation days and comp time to $15,000. But the cap doesn't apply to Mirenda because he was among employees grandfathered into the system.
The $15,000 cap is a start. But more needs to be done.
In Trenton, efforts are under way to eliminate sick leave accumulated after the bill's effective date and to allow up to $7,500 in unused sick leave to be negotiated for use only as a credit toward post-retirement medical care. It would also eliminate all future post-retirement sick leave benefits for nonunionized public workers.
Sometimes critical reform must come in stages.
But sick-day policies within the public sector have been out of hand for far too long. Sick days should be used when employees are sick. They shouldn't be used for other reasons, such as catching up on the laundry or enjoying an extra day off. They shouldn't be carried over from year to year. And employees shouldn't be entitled to lucrative cash payouts for unused sick days.


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FRANKENMUTH, MI — Zender's Splash Village Hotel and Waterpark is on the agenda.
The Michigan Strategic Fund Board at 1:30 p.m. today, March 27, will discuss a community development block grant for Zehnder's Splash Village, located at 1365 S. Main St. in Frankenmuth.
Gov. Rick Snyder's office on Tuesday, March 26 said he would be making an announcement on Wednesday, March 27, regarding a $15 million expansion of a Frankenmuth business.
Snyder's office did not disclose details of the project.
Zehnder's Splash Village Hotel & Waterpark in 2008 completed $500,000 in renovations to 89 of its rooms at the 152-room lodge, in its third year of operation. In 2012, the destination, which includes 30,000 square feet of pools and four-story twisting slides, restaurants and arcades, was named the No. 1 family getaway destination by Metro Parent magazine, which is distributed monthly to more than 1,600 locations in southeastern Michigan.
We'll be covering live Gov. Snyder's conference call at 2:15 p.m., so check back to Mlive.com for updates.
Kathryn Lynch-Morin can be reached at email@example.com.


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Results tagged ' Lastings Milledge '
Milledge finds hitting stroke with Pirates
I spoke to Pirates outfielder Lastings Milledge on Saturday afternoon. He made it clear to me that he did not want to talk about his experiences with the Nationals.
The only thing he would say was that he got into some bad hitting habits with the Nationals starting in Spring Training.
It wasn't until he broke his finger during the season that he realized that he had to go back to the old hitting style that got him to the big leagues. A person close to Milledge told me on June 30 that Milledge got into the those bad habits because he was trying to please Nationals hitting coach Rick Eckstein. This same person felt that Eckstein altered Milledge's swing for no reason.
Milledge found his stroke on Friday, however, as he collected two hits and two RBIs against Washington. Asked how good was it to get revenge against his former team, Milledge said, "I want to do well against every team. It's not a big deal who I do it against. I'm just trying to play well against every team and try to have an outstanding season. I don't try to pick and choose who I play against."
Nationals close to getting Nyjer Morgan
I have learned from a baseball source that Pirates outfielder Nyjer Morgan is close to being dealt to the Nationals. I was told that outfielder Lastings Milledge isn't the only person that is part of this deal. I will keep you posted when I get more information.
Milledge made right decision
After Friday's game, a few people wondered if Nationals center fielder Lastings Milledge would have been able to score on a double by Ryan Zimmerman in the third inning. The answer is no.
With runners on second and third and one out, Zimmerman took a pitch from Braves right-hander Derek Lowe and hit the ball to deep right field. Nationals third-base coach Pat Listach, first-base coach Marquis Grissom and manager Manny Acta thought that outfielder Jeff Francoeur caught the ball. In truth, the ball went over Francoeur's head. Shairon Martis scored, but Milledge advanced only to third.
The Nationals lost sight of the ball after it went near the lighted scoreboard in right field. Francoeur quickly retrieved the ball and threw it back to the infield.
"I don't think the ball went far away from Francoeur," Acta said. "You could go either way with it. It looked like he was going to catch it. Even Zimmerman thought he caught the ball. The new stadiums these days have those lights on the wall and it really makes it hard on the base runners and coaches. Once the ball bounced and went into those lights, you can't see it."
Hernandez update; Milledge fined
Manager Manny Acta said Monday that second baseman Anderson Hernandez's left hamstring is getting better. Hernandez was able to run sprints, run backwards and take groundballs on Sunday.
Hernandez, who hit .276 with four RBIs this spring, strained his left hamstring running to first base in the sixth inning against the Braves on March 25.
About two minutes later, he had to be helped off the field. Acta said the injury could have been more serious if Hernandez continued to use the leg after feeling the initial pain, but the second baseman was seen hopping on his right leg.
There is no timetable as to when Hernandez will have first a rehab assignment. Once he is activated from the disabled list, he will be the everyday second baseman, while Ronnie Belliard goes back on the bench.
"He is doing much better," Acta said of Hernandez. "He will probably play a few games in Florida, extended spring training."
In other news, center fielder Lastings Milledge was fined an undisclosed amount of money for missing Acta's pep talk to the team on Sunday afternoon, according to three sources. Milledge, who participated in practice that day, was in the starting lineup in Monday's season opener against the Marlins.
Milledge to hit first
Manager Manny Acta has decided that center fielder Lastings Milledge will be the team's leadoff hitter to start the season.
Acta likes the fact that Milledge is a patient hitter and loves to steal bases. The original plan was to have Milledge bat second, but the team doesn't want Milledge to distract Ryan Zimmerman at the plate whenever Milledge tries to steal a base.
There will be more on Milledge on nationals.com


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The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at five-year highs, up 0.44 per cent at 1,492.56 and 0.46 per cent at 13,712.21 (Reuters). Read more
From the SEC order…
B. Respondent EJR's NRSRO registrations for the classes of (a) issuers of asset backed securities and (b) issuers of government, municipal and foreign government securities be, and hereby are, revoked. EJR shall have the right to apply to the Commission for registration in those classes after eighteen (18) months from the date of this Order. Read more
We have Weidmann worrying the currency wars are kicking off again with Japan leading the way and a whole host of others either joining in and/ or complaining hypocritically. Read more
If it's alright by you, FT Alphaville has a confession to make. This whole London Whale thing, the billions that JPMorgan lost as a result of the actions of its Chief Investment Office primarily in the first quarter of 2012… we kinda made a cottage industry of trying to figure out what the trades were. Not that it was just us, mind you.
Naturally, we had been hoping that we'd finally get some answers when the Task Force Report came out last week. The report has revealed in painful detail how a large, well-respected bank can get so much wrong. There were bad risk management practices, model deficiencies, spreadsheet errors, complacent management and more. But trade details? That's left for us to piece together from various scraps. Read more
It's no secret that FT Alphaville pays attention to the periodic papers released by the team of Jonathan Wilmot, James Sweeney & Co. Their earlier work on shadow banking and collateral was thoughtful and ahead of its time, and we also agreed with Sweeney's generally optimistic view of an accelerating US economic rebound led by the knock-on effects of a recovery in household formation, a favourite subject of ours.
Their latest is an extension of a prior piece that looked at the state of global investor risk appetite — and which concluded that although there remain obvious problems in parts of the developed world, overall the global recovery from the trough in early 2009 has actually outpaced previous recoveries, exactly as would be expected given the fall in the output gap this time round. Read more
Live markets commentary from FT.com
BoJ adopts 2% inflation target and unlimited asset purchases || House Republicans introduce bill to temporarily extend debt limit || Rules to ease office-to-flat conversions || Jens Weidmann warns of currency wars || Deutsche to face US energy trading fine || European (lack of) writedowns questioned || China says top 10 steel mills to control 60 percent of capacity by 2015 || Rio rethinks Mozambique business || Markets Read more
John Kemp at Thomson Reuters has pointed us in the direction of colleague Clara Ferreira-Marques' piece on the likely repercussions of Rio Tinto's $14bn revaluation of aluminium and coal assets last week. As she notes, it's almost certain that Rio Tinto's hit will now set the stage for a wave of writedowns across the industry. Read more
Remember how Richard Koo was saying last week that inflationary expectations are actually far more widespread in Japan these days than deflationary expectations? And people fear inflation more than deflation?
We found that idea a bit surprising (and we recommend Krugman for more on the issue) but HSBC made a good argument as to why the concentration on inflation is itself a very legitimate concern. And the idea that recent weakness in the yen might in fact reflect a fear that the BoJ/ MoF will fail to control inflation once it has been loosed (our emphasis): Read more
Are the BoJ's newly-announced measures really that dramatic?
For all Shinzo Abe's talk of urgency in meeting the new 2 per cent inflation target, the BoJ itself doesn't actually expect it to happen that quickly. In the forecasts accompanying today's statement, the BoJ has maintained the 2013 CPI forecast of 0.4 per cent made back in October — which is probably fair enough as the open-ended programme doesn't actually start until next year — and only moved its 2014 up to 0.9 per cent from 0.8 per cent. Read more
Updated with some context: Bumi, the London-listed Indonesia-focused coal miner set up in 2010 by Nat Rothschild when he convinced Indonesia's influential Bakrie family to reverse their coal assets into his cash shell Vallar, has been, well, rollicked as the share price plunged because of sliding coal prices, concerns about Bumi's corporate governance, high debt levels and the out-break of investor warfare. Shocking. And Bumi is under particular stress right now because of allegations of financial irregularities at two of its subsidiaries.
The release below concerns the long awaited report into that mire by law-firm Macfarlanes. Well, we don't actually get the report itself, but we do get some details… Read more
The Nikkei rose as much as 1 per cent after the BoJ announcement, and then fell nearly as much before recovering somewhat: Read more
Elsewhere on Tuesday,
– A brief history of macroeconomics.
– Childhood experiences and financial short-termism.
BoJ adopts 2% inflation target and unlimited asset purchases: The Bank of Japan has moved to open-ended monetary easing, while yielding to the government's call for a higher, harder target for inflation, in its strongest show of commitment to ending years of corrosive deflation. The bank is adopting a 2% inflation 'target', in contrast to the previous 1% price 'goal', and from January 2014, when its current Y101tn round of asset-purchases had been set to expire, it will begin buying Y13tn ($146bn) of mostly short-term government debt each month until that inflation target is met. (Financial Times)(Wall Street Journal)
Asian stocks swung between gains and losses after the BoJ announcement. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index was little changed in the early afternoon Tokyo time, with about five stocks falling for every three that rose. The Nikkei declined as much as 0.9% after initially jumping 1% on the BoJ news. The Hang Seng was up 0.3% and the Kospi up 0.2%, while the ASX was little changed. (Bloomberg) Read more


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Imagine a Japanese version of "Picnic at Hanging Rock," but with its soft-focus sexual-awakening metaphors mined for comedy and Luis Buñuel-style extreme surrealism. Add a slasher flick's body count; wrap it all up in a high-gloss, Hello Kitty-style kitsch package, and that begins to describe Nobuhiko Obayashi's 1977 film. "Hausu" must be the craziest haunted-house movie ever, equally capable of provoking laughter and chills; it's must-see viewing for cinema junkies with a taste for the weird. I'm still flashing on the image of a watermelon turning into a girl's severed head, then the head flying around and biting another girl on the butt.
Starts Friday at Cinema 21
It's not part of this weekend's Portland Oregon Women's Film Festival, but writer-director Emily Abt's film about the complicated relationship between two suburban Washington, D.C., high school seniors would fit right in. Abt frankly explores issues of sexuality, culture and socioeconomics through her two main characters. Tosha (Shonequa Martin), a bused-in African American doggedly chasing a Princeton lacrosse scholarship, buckles under the weight of expectations and the jealous disdain she receives back in her neighborhood. Her affluent white teammate Jesse (Louisa Krause) goes into a downward spiral as she seeks attention and validation in dangerous ways.
With occasionally forced dialogue and in overly melodramatic situations, Martin and Krause still impress; more important, the film's hands-on approach to teen-girl sexuality is fearless and relevant.
Starts Friday at Living Room Theaters
OK, you've seen "Avatar" on IMAX; now have a visual experience that's mind-blowing and educational. The Leonardo DiCaprio-narrated "Hubble" celebrates and vividly demonstrates the space telescope's two decades of providing awesomely detailed looks at the universe. Not press screened before deadline, but the trailer looks amazing on YouTube. Imagine how it appears on a five-stories-high IMAX screen.
Starts Friday at OMNIMAX Dome Theater, Oregon Museum of Science Industry
Back again by popular demand. You know the lines. You know the songs. You know that Dick Van Dyke's "British" accent is the most hilariously bad film accent ever. Bring your lungs and good cheer.
1 p.m. Saturday-Sunday through April 11 at Cinema 21
This German-made, English-language biopic of the legendary World War I fighter pilot ace Manfred von Richtofen spends its big budget well during the fairly impressive battle sequences. But when the planes are down, the story is earthbound in more ways than one. There's leaden dialogue, a lack of dramatic tension and not even the lovely presence of Lena Headey as Richtofen's love interest can sufficiently perk things up. The film was controversial in Germany for its overt patriotism and historical inaccuracies.
Starts Friday at Hollywood Theatre; filmaction.org
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Bryan Colangelo wanted to make a deal.
Colangelo, a big proponent of NBA positional roster balance, hoped to trade one of the Philadelphia 76ers' young big men — Nerlens Noel or Jahlil Okafor — to land a guard during Thursday night's NBA Draft. Colangelo was apparently willing to include other assets, as well, if he deemed it a fair price.
Even though the Sixers selected a serious talent in Ben Simmons at No. 1 overall, that nothing else happened was viewed as somewhat disappointing by some fans because the Sixers still lack NBA-caliber starters at both guard positions and small forward.
Fans were hoping to swap one of the developing centers for a pick high...


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Time for an open and honest debate about Migration Watch? Defamation case against Labour activist Sally Bercow highlights the urgent need for libel reform.
Right-wing thinktank takes its cue from the British Chiropractic Association
*Help defend freedom of speech in the UK – sign the petition for libel reform*
Migration Watch is a right-wing thinktank run by Andrew Green, former UK Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, whose controversial claims about the scale and impact of immigration in Britain have been repeatedly challenged.
One might have thought that our former envoy to one of the world's most repressive regimes would have been keen to defend basic human rights. So I was surprised to learn that Green and his organisation have made repeated use of Britain's notoriously unfair and draconian libel laws in response to criticism of their views.
Today sees the launch of a renewed campaign to defend freedom of speech in Britain, prompted by the ill-judged libel threat by Migration Watch and Andrew Green against Labour commentator and activist Sally Bercow over comments she made in a TV discussion. She is fighting the claim with the help of formidable free speech advocates David Allen Green and Robert Dougans, who led the successful defence of science writer Simon Singh against an unfounded libel claim by the British Chiropractic Association.
Interestingly, Migration Watch have themselves repeatedly called for "open debate" about immigration:
"The census figures should stimulate an open and honest debate about this highly sensitive issue", Migration Watch, February 2003
"It is time for a fundamental rethink on the back of an open and honest debate" – Andrew Green, BBC, September 2005
"An open debate would be welcome", Andrew Green, Guardian, March 2010
Migration Watch's David Coleman was also keen to cite "freedom of speech" in 2007, when students at Oxford University controversially sought to have him sacked over his association with the Galton Institute (formerly known as the Eugenics Society).
Migration Watch is one of a small number of NGOs (splitting this dubious honour with the "Quilliam Foundation" and the BCA) who, while seeking to be part of a public discussion, have chosen to respond to criticism within that discussion by resorting to Britain's discredited and dysfunctional libel laws.
It is indeed time for an "open debate". Migration Watch should practise what they preach, and drop this misguided libel threat.
See also: New Statesman, "Why MigrationWatch is wrong — a plea for a more robust debate on immigration".
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Go Sally!
Oh for goodness sake. Mig Watch may have badly overreacted but how stupid and naïve to trot out the junior common room riposte about Hitler and fascism. By moving the argument into such nasty territory and then, by implication, placing her opponents there, she's just asking for trouble. She's silly and clearly doesn't know better. I question why she was doing the papers in the first place.(Any guesses????) Speech is free (we hope) but has value too. People like her debase it.
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I don't think it's naive or "junior common room" at all. Many of the papers these days are doing a very good job of twisting facts and figures to suit various agendas, on immigration and other matters.
For instance, stories about immigration from Europe often somehow end up illustrated with pictures of women wearing a full veil; we've had rubbish like "7/7 bombers were asylum seekers" and numerous other episodes of outright falsehood and lying.
Statistics are often misrepresented, and some of the newspapers quite often write in terms that strongly imply only white people can be British, like the ghastly "One in five Britons will be ethnics" from earlier this summer, which played down the fact that the fastest population growth would be "other white"
So, when statistics are so routinely twisted, in some of the biggest selling newspapers, then no, I don't think there's anything naive in pointing that there are precedents for this sort of scapegoating.
On the contrary, I think it's a very important thing to do.
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'Sally Bercow, the well known political commenter and broadcaster'. Easily the most amusing sentance in the document pdf, and leaving even Bercow's comments trailing.
Well known? Only because of whom she married. Political commentator? Certainly, she's the most outspoken Speaker's wife in British political history. Broadcaster? IMO she's only invited onto TV/radio stations because of the controversy she generates – it can't be because of her insightful political analysis.
Bercow has no legal case to answer. However, the legal spat will serve to publicise her comments. Good!
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Despite complaints it could be a slap in the face to those in the military or a legal risk to specify what message is OK in schools, the Portland school board voted 7-0 tonight to allow "counter recruiters" skeptical of military service into high schools alongside military recruiters.
Some board members said they expect on-campus presentations or fliers from peace activists or other groups cautioning against joining the military will be infrequent, well-regulated and devoid of gruesome photos or other inflammatory material.
The goal, board members said, is for students to get a balanced view of what military service might mean, not exclusively the pitch from military recruiters that high schools have had to facilitate under a 2001 federal law.
"There is nothing in this resolution that says there is a condemnation of military service," said board vice chairman Martin Gonzalez, a primary driver behind the new rule. "There is a desire on our part for our students to become more educated in the choices that they are making."
He added that he is "grateful" for the work that a small group of volunteers have done over the years to try to educate high school students about potential downsides of military enlistment without being able to get inside high schools as the military could.
School board member Trudy Sargent noted that her son recently joined the Navy and will be leaving for basic training soon. (This article has been corrected; it initially misstated which branch of the service her son joined.) Sargent said it was hard to get into the Navy and that, "for the most part, the recruiters are doing their job." She said the new rule didn't seem badly needed but that she could live with it.
District staff members will write rules governing which peace activists can recruit at schools and under what conditions. They also will develop a packet for schools to distribute spelling out students' rights to keep their information private from the military and what to be aware of before signing up.
Counter recruiters are scheduled to gain access to high schools beginning in January.
Rees Lloyd, an attorney who has represented veterans groups, said the school district risks being sued by allowing only counter recruiters, but not veterans who favor enlistment, access to students based on their message.
But district lawyer Jollee Patterson said Portland will model its rules on other school districts, including Seattle, that have had "equal access" policies for years without legal problems.


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Excerpts from SeekingAlpha article on GIGM today
GIGM is grossly undervalued...... even with today's gain, GIGM is valued 30% below below cash value of $1.47/share and 200% below book value of $2.27.
FYI....GIGM's CEO Collin Hwang has put his money where his mouth is by buying almost a million shares in the open market!
Going forward, the company focus is on growth markets: mobile and social casino games, and cloud computing services.
• Games business expects growth: New mobile games launches expected in the first half of 2014, followed by new social casino games.
• Cloud business forecasts growth: New cloud services expected to make initial revenue contributions in Q4 2013; multiple new services to be launched in 2014 expanding target market to larger enterprises.
Online games business
GigaMedia is investing in and repositioning its online games business to align itself with strong growth in browser/mobile games in the social casino sector. Management targets a comprehensive, multi-platform offering of self-developed browser, mobile and PC-based games by early 2014, delivering improved financial performance and lower business risk.
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Developed by GigaMedia as an integrated platform of critical services and tools for small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs), GigaCloud provides cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings. GigaCloud's hosted services enable SMEs to outsource key IT needs and increase flexibility, efficiency and competitiveness. Expansion of GigaCloud in 2014 will begin with both new hosted and new private SaaS applications and services refocused on larger SMEs; new consulting services are also planned.
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"I don't know," said coach Doc Rivers. "Obviously, we're all smart… I think we're going to wait and see what happens with free agency and all that stuff. I honest to gosh hadn't thought much about it, other than the draft… Other than that, I've given zero thought to the whole thing. (Celtics president of basketball operations) Danny (Ainge) has talked to me a couple of times recently. I probably didn't hear much. We'll find that out later. I just want to stick with this group, if it's a couple more days, a couple more weeks, or whatever. I just want to stick with them."
"I wish we could have had healthy runs," said Rivers. "This team won a title; got to another one (in 2010), a Game 7 (vs. the Lakers), where they had a shot to win. We got to the Eastern Conference finals and one game away on the road (this year vs. the Heat), banged up. So I don't know — because of really Kevin's (knee) injury (in 2009), I don't know if we could have gotten any more out of the group. I would have loved to have seen this team in this whole stretch where Kevin was injury-free.
"But you don't get do-overs. Everybody has injuries. Not just us. Chicago, (Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau) is sitting at home right now thinking, 'No Rose.' It's part of the luck of it. But great group, great team group. I know everybody will look at the Big Three individually — Kevin, Ray and Paul. I'm never going to look at them individually, I'm going to look at them as a group collective. They all gave up seven-plus shots each. They gave up minutes. I asked them to play defense and move the ball, and they all did it, and they're willing to do it for the better of the team. So I think that's what we should focus on, how much they gave up to try to win. That's what I'll remember most about them."
Not sure where to begin. It's too early to start the speculation about who returns, who doesn't and potential replacements.
As corny as this sounds, Doc Rivers loved this team and this team loved Doc Rivers. Many of us were stunned when Doc signed his lengthy contract extension at the end of last season. But now the reasons are crystal clear.
I refuse to believe Kevin Garnett would play for another team and coach. If he wants to play another season, it will be in Boston. Is it possible for an alpha male like Garnett to take on a reduced, bench player role? Anything's possible with KG and Doc.
On Page 2, Ray Allen's emotional postgame comments.
Man, I can't take much more of this. My eyes are gonna start welling up.
The general consensus is that Ray Allen is gone. I'm not so sure.
The rest of the links:
Banner 18 – Thank you, Celtics | Globe – Season, era end with loss | C's exceeded expectations | At the end, they had nothing left | Herald – Celtics fizzle in fourth | End of era, or more in store? | In end, C's disappoint | ESPN Boston – Ray Allen: Surgery is priority | Brandon Bass: I would love to be back | Pierce: KG changed the culture | WEEI – Celtics run over, long live the run | Rondo: We let this one slip away | Dooling: We have hearts of champions | CSNNE – Celtics run out of gas, fall to Heat | Bosh shoots Boston out with big Game 7


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Bill and Barbara Schreiber, cooperative weather observers at Ransom, KS were presented with a 25 year length of service award on Wednesday, May 15th, by Larry Ruthi, Meteorologist-in-Charge for the National Weather Service in Dodge City. In attendance for the presentation was Jesse Lee, Observing Program Leader from Dodge City. Bill is the primary observer and Barbara is the backup for the Ransom station. They have recorded precipitation data since 1988. The station was started in 1946 by Ira Shellenberger. Fred Yost, Barbara's Uncle, took over in 1958. After Fred passed away in 1975, Barbara's father Ulrich became the primary observer in January 1976. Mr. Schreiber took over the observing duties in 1988. The Yost family has been taking observations for the last 55 years.
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North Kitsap ASL students sign for change
POULSBO — Before Emily Calder and her peers at North Kitsap High School began the "Signing for Change" project, she did not realize the scale of homelessness in Kitsap.
The sophomore and the rest of the American Sign Language class were given statistics.
"It seems crazy," she said. "There are so many homeless people … we didn't even know."
But the classroom project that began just before spring break has evolved. The sign language students are currently in the middle of a fundraising campaign, selling bracelets for $2. A performance at the First Lutheran Church Christian Center in Poulsbo is scheduled for June 9 at 7 p.m.. Tickets are $3. The money raised from both will be donated to Bremerton's Kitsap StandUp for Kids and the Pazapa Center for Handicapped Children in Jacmel, Haiti.
StandUp for Kids is a national nonprofit volunteer organization focused on helping at-risk and homeless kids. Josephine Clark, executive director of the Bremerton chapter, said the need is great in the area. The program provides approximately $600 every month to provide food to those in need. About 180 snacks are provided per day around the county and 21 kids are being fed three meals a day on the weekend.
In the Poulsbo area, about 150 homeless kids have been identified. Though the StandUp program has not completely extended its reach to the north end — Coffee Oasis has been approved to create a teen center in Poulsbo — the help by the ASL students is appreciated.
"It's wonderful," Clark said. The director found out about the fundraising project less than a week ago, it was a pleasant surprise. "If that idea could spread to all the high schools…"
American Sign Language instructor Karen Johnston expects to raise about $1,500 between bracelet sales and the performance. The performance will include students from Johnston's class and Susan Barrett's Life Skills program, signing to 20 songs.
So far, bracelet sales have raised approximately $300.
"Signing for Change" is an effort to give back to the community by raising awareness and helping local organizations, according to its website. The group wants to spread its inspiration through performances, small deeds and community service. There are approximately 150 students involved.
The idea of a performance developed when Johnston's high school classes met with participants in Life Skills — a program for people 18-21 years old with various disabilities that prepares them to be more independent — to help teach them signing. The two groups began signing to music. After that, the activities "started to snowball," Johnston said.
Along with applying what they learn in class, Johnston wanted to see if she could change students' focus from relationships, sports and prom, to something that has more of an impact.
"Students are always talking about things that are so minor in the scheme of things," she said. "I Wanted to give them something bigger to think about and talk about."
The project has grown outside of the classroom. Students are working on it on their own time. Johnston is a facilitator, helping guide the students, but they are doing the legwork. In preparation of the performance students have designed the logo, will get the tickets printed — by donation — designed flyers, worked with the schools Associated Student Body for funding and will get T-shirts printed.
The church is donating its space for the event.
"We've had amazing support," Johnston said.
Megan Helsley, a junior at North Kitsap, said the bracelets alone have helped others understand what the ASL students are trying to accomplish. Although students don't always have a few extra bucks to spend, it's benefitted their cause.
"I think the bracelets are really important," she said. "People ask you about it … And we're able to spread the word."
When the project first started, Johnston said her students were overwhelmed. They had to find an organization to benefit, which showed them just how much need there is in the area.
Now the students are preparing for a performance and helping a school in Haiti. There are plans to sell online videos following the performance to generate more money for the two beneficiaries.
Both Johnston's students and Barrett's Life Skills participants have grown attached to the project. Though the people in Barrett's program are finished with the high school, it is a chance to interact with others and acts as a break in the day. Barrett said it's quickly spreading through the community as parents find out.
And Johnston said her students "cherish" the interaction just as much.
After Clark met with the ASL students for the first time, she said they were "so enthusiastic." She heard they were talking about spreading the project through the high school.
Clark encourages anybody working with homeless or at-risk kids should practice empathy, rather than scorning or laughing at them. "That's obviously what the ASL group has done," Clark said. "They're reaching out … Teens helping teens."
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raytan7585 3 years ago#202
Lucky for me I save my game in a Pokemon Center.
Hoping for a fix patch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baUY9LFlYh0 - KokorokokoroKOKOROkokoROKokoro-chan iu na
Heh, I don't have the game but I tend to save at random places and frequently. Sorry this happened to you TC but good job on trying to spread the word out of this glitch.
"You got to be careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there."
- Yogi Berra
Has anyone with the glitch tried removing the SD card and starting the game? or restarting the game multiple times?
(just naming the possible solutions mentioned in this thread)
ColtCababa 3 years ago#205
Hm, I don't think I ever have, but many thanks for the heads up, TC!
''Hey, young blood, doesn't it feel like our time is running out?
I'm gonna change you like a remix. Then I'll raise you like a phoenix.''
NeonDragon9000 3 years ago#206
Kyuutoryuu posted...
digilord5 posted...Though its completely unrelated to the topic, theres no point in trading HMs really as you need a gym badge to use outside of battle and you would get said HM right before or right after the said gym badge you need.
No, you need badges to use HMs again. I wasn't able to Fly until I beat Ramos.
"Microsoft is not a helicopter." ~Gerald Ilukwe
NeonDragon9000 3 years ago#207
Kyuutoryuu posted...
hotrodneptune32 posted...Kyuutoryuu posted...digilord5 posted...Though its completely unrelated to the topic, theres no point in trading HMs really as you need a gym badge to use outside of battle and you would get said HM right before or right after the said gym badge you need.
I think you need Surf and Strength at least once.
"Microsoft is not a helicopter." ~Gerald Ilukwe
LoveSquirtle 3 years ago#208
Quoted from one of the YouTube videos in this thread.
A person commented: Alright, so it just happened to me on X, and somehow I fixed it. What I did is start up the cartridge, and play around in mystery gift a lot. I tried all the options in it and put all 1s for the Get With Code option. Then I started up a second 3DS which was already registered as one of my friends. In the mean time, I rebooted a LOT. After all that, it just started working again. I'm going to break my secondary copy (Y) and see if I can narrow down what fixed it.
Can anyone with a 'broken game' test this?
Arrei posted...
pokabu82 posted...I have a physical copy of X, and decided to test to see if this glitch would activate. The blackout was still ongoing at the time; I had just recently reached the city with the fossil lab. After saving at a few random locations, I saved next to a cab (not sure exactly which one though, was in the southern area though), and the glitch did activate. Removing the SD card did nothing, and the glitch remained. So, it can happen to physical copies, and it isn't limited to just one version.
I reset it about 7 times; still loads the glitched area though - no change. Seems like there isn't a fix at the moment.
Also, holding down the power button and going to the "shut down" screen with the Sleep Mode instructions, then pushing the Home Button freezes the system, leading to you having to hold down the power button again until it shuts off finally. Don't know if that's too relevant, but there's some extra info.
RX149Dragonite 3 years ago#210
HikaruYami posted...
Moorish_Idol posted...HikaruYami posted...and right now, this topic is just unnecessarily alarmist.
This guy gets it. From what I've heard from people and seen in the Youtube video it's consistent with GPU errors, and XY seem to be pushing the 3DS's GPU at many points (3D Battles where the framerate drops, the two Pokemon being shown on the screen cut ins, horde battles, etc.), so errors were bound to happen, especially in places like Lumiose City, which is why the majority of glitches are reported there, but it can happen anywhere. Personally, I've saved on the outdoors part of Lumiose a few times without a problem, but that's just me. You can take the precaution to not save in the outdoors part, and it's probably a good just-in-case thing to do, but it won't keep you immune from the glitch from happening elsewhere. Also, if you're going to document the glitches, you all should start messaging Nintendo's support staff so that they are able to get a patch developed sooner than later.
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===Story=== In the year Cosmic Era 70, humans have been divided into two groups: Naturals & genetically enhanced Coordinators. Tensions are high, escaated further by the "Bloody Valentine Tragedy", which ignited a war, which after 11 months is now at a standstill. To keep up with technology developed by Coordinators and their alliance, ZAFT, the Earth Alliance develops 5 Gundam Mobile Suits. When Coordinator Kira Yamato stumbles across one such Gundam, He finds himself turned against his own kind and his best friend fighting to save the Alliance. ===DVD Features=== Textless Opening
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New Orleans At the Siggraph computer animation trade show, Fakespace Systems (Ontario, Canada) showed several ways to project and manipulate CAD files on realistic 3D screens, without incurring the expense of dedicating an entire building, as many automotive manufacturers do.
"Major OEM's are demanding compatibility from tier one and two suppliers, and at the same time the cost of computing power is decreasing," says Jeff Brum, a Fakespace marketing manager. "So we're working to bring display computing down to the desktop level."
The conCAVEoffers a 50 sq. ft. viewing area on a molded plastic 72×72-inch screen with an alcove 30 inches deepit looks like beaming a slide projector into a satellite dish. Proprietary Volume Mapping Software maps volumetric data to the walls, floor, and ceiling of the alcove.
Tools for negotiating such virtual environments include:
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Wanderful Media, which is bringing newspaper circulars into the digital age, has acquired iCircular from the Associated Press to speed up that process. Wanderful Media
A new media company is picking up a piece of one of the oldest news organizations around. The Silicon Valley-based startup Wanderful Media announced today that it has acquired iCircular from the Associated Press to speed up its efforts to bring retail circulars that are included in Sunday newspapers to mobile devices and tablets.
Terms of the acquisition, which closed on October 30, were not disclosed, but a spokesperson said that the price was "below eight figures."
Wanderful Media owns and operates the Find n Save brand featured in 240 local online "discovery shopping sites" covering 47 of the 50 top media markets nationwide. Basically, it connects major retailers with newspapers around the country that want to advertise in circulars, taking those circulars from the print world to the digital one.
It's a similar effort to what the AP, established in 1846, had done when it launched iCircular as a pilot in an attempt to deliver the traditional weekly newspaper circular to mobile devices within trusted local news sources' applications and mobile websites. The pilot included more than 180 publications and 21 nationwide retailers and has, according to Gary Pruitt, president and chief executive officer of the AP, "provided deep insight into how digital circulars could help newspapers generate revenue and connect to consumers in an evolving marketplace."
That said, the AP apparently decided it would be better to turn it over to Wanderful Media, which announced in late September that it has partnered with 12 major U.S. media companies, including Gannett (NYSE: GCI), Scripps (NYSE: SSP), Hearst Corp., Washington Post Co. (NYSE: WPO), and Advance Digital (a division of Upstart's own parent company, Advance Publications) from which it garnered $22 million in funding as it rebranded itself from ShopCo to Wanderful Media.
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GRAND HAVEN -- A $4.87 million Country Inn & Suites hotel planned for the northeast side of town along the Grand River channel is heading to the City Council for review.
It would be the first of two hotels proposed for that part of town -- the other is a yet-to-be-announced chain that is part of the Grand Landing development on the west side of the highway.
The City Council could review the plans for the Country Inn & Suites as early as June 16, officials said.
If the council supports it, the Planning Commission would review the plans and grant the final approval before construction could begin.
A construction time line has not been established.
The 118-room hotel would be located behind the Applebee's restaurant on the east side of U.S. 31. Moyle Development, of Houghton, is developing the project, which will include a 1,000-foot boardwalk extension.
The five-story hotel would be 59 feet to the top of the ridgeline, Planning Director Kristin Keery said. The building would be 69 feet at the peak of the entryway.
During previous reviews, the Planning Commission raised concerns over parking, traffic and the building's height.
In its recommendation for approval to the City Council, the Planning Commission attached several conditions the developers must meet.
Shared parking needed
Among those conditions is the need for a signed agreement with a neighboring business -- most likely Applebee's -- for sharing 28 parking spaces to bring the hotel into compliance with zoning regulations.
There will not be access to the site from U.S. 31, according to the plans.
Northbound travelers would turn right, or east, onto Jackson and then turn left onto an access road that runs behind the Blockbuster shopping plaza.
Southbound traffic would make a left on U.S. 31 and access the site from Jackson.
The project is being considered as an amendment to a 1996 planned development at U.S. 31/Beacon Boulevard and Jackson Street.
The developers also must iron out a plan for getting utilities to the site and obtaining permits from the state Department of Environmental Quality.
Meanwhile, the proposed boardwalk would extend from the U.S. 31 sidewalk, past the Applebee's parking lot and along the north side of the hotel.
The city is requiring the boardwalk to be built at the developer's expense, officials said.