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I don't believe this is a bug. You need to check to see if you have a compatible GPU and then ensure or install the applicable driver for it.
there is a bug here in the oclhashcat ,
ones u run it from the menu you will notes this
./oclHashcat32.bin: error while loading shared libraries: libOpenCL.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
any idea?
thank you
I don't believe this is a bug. You need to check to see if you have a compatible GPU and then ensure or install the applicable driver for it.
To be successful here you should read all of the following.
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Failure to do so will probably get your threads deleted or worse.
I had the same error too.
But it resolved after I installed the proper drivers and cuda toolkit.
This is not a bug. Its happens on all Linux box's. Oclhashcat still operates fine.
I have Backtrack R1, ati driver 10.7 and ati stream sdk 2.2 and the output is:
I believe it works only with the ati stream sdk 2.1.Code:root@bt:/pentest/passwords/oclhashcat# ./oclHashcat32.bin example.hash -m 0 -n 80 ?l?l?l?l ?l?l?l?l oclHashcat v0.21 starting... Digests: 6494 entries, 6494 unique Maskprocessor: ?l?l?l?l (456976) Maskprocessor: ?l?l?l?l (456976) Summary: 208827064576 combinations Platforms: 1 Platform: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., OpenCL 1.1 ATI-Stream-v2.2 (302) (1 matched) Device #1: ATI RV770, 256MB, 800Mhz, 10MCU Device #1: Kernel kernels/oclHashcat_m0000_4_4098.kernel (423503 bytes) Device #1: Kernel kernels/mp_run_css04_le_4_4098.kernel (214662 bytes) Device #1: Kernel kernels/mp_run_css04_le_4_4098.kernel (214662 bytes) Device #1: Allocated 17973624 bytes ERROR: clCreateProgramWithBinary() -42
oclHashcat 0.23 works great with ati driver 10.8 and ati stream sdk 2.2
Please upgrade this great software in repoitory.Code:root@bt:~/oclHashcat-0.23# ./oclHashcat32.bin example.hash ?l?l?l?l ?l?l?l?l oclHashcat v0.23 starting... Digests: 6494 entries, 6494 unique Bitmaps: 16 bits, 65536 entries, 0x0000ffff mask, 262144 bytes Platforms: 1 Platform #1: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., OpenCL 1.1 ATI-Stream-v2.2 (302) (1 matched) Device #1: ATI RV770, 256MB, 800Mhz, 10MCU Device #1: Kernel kernels/4098/m0000.32.ATI RV770.kernel (213536 bytes) 768ca2c9d2fd9d132c56d2aca86fbedc:tigaroda 47397d269db62f035ede90efb0c86e90:urbanoxo 9d8a46f0338c2d62abef77b6217ac43c:rafaelus 1eb5bf29b515d28b0f2aa8ef58dfd939:tomaluca a4116e3c58af4a31269a00742fee1f06:famacova d8c98dfd82e4d26a1925ecb4a8155777:xelajose 5c8216b54fb688422cd1bb8a37f78cd2:smmaciek bea962b00d7ce4eaa488fd45d7881253:kamarmmm [s]tatus [p]ause [r]esume [h]elp [q]uit => s Threads...: 1 Mode.Left.: Mask '?l?l?l?l' (456976) Mode.Right: Mask '?l?l?l?l' (456976) Speed.GPU1: 620.9M/s (running) Speed.GPU*: 620.9M/s Recovered.: 8/6494 Digests, 0/1 Salts Progress..: 3869327360/208827064576 (1.85%) Running...: 6 secs Estimated.: 5 mins, 30 secs ce0bf717f3406abf231d0e294197491c:essacool 2d8fb81d5ec4f3a51d238ad3b66ad8c3:dusakyfu 187fc6f128557c95ff89cf7a0f4d1098:roxanela b9e92cf867275bcaa37040c91d16c799:nycbella 76b96fd34714ce3a868ea0b91ab1c419:rubbetta 4810e57fc73b63680c78d85321325cfd:anyakate 7c184332612107f6e532f40e321804ac:shabushi [s]tatus [p]ause [r]esume [h]elp [q]uit => q Started: Mon Aug 30 11:26:40 2010 Stopped: Mon Aug 30 11:26:54 2010
Already done
Sorry I haven't seen the repo.
this error is easily fixed by removing your entire oclhashcat folder and grabbing the newest version from the hashcat site. at the same time you can grab oclhashcat+... very great tool imo. also make sure your environment variables for ati stream and ld_library_ path are properly set and exported.


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ROCKVILLE, MD – With the BrickStainable Design Competition, teams of architects, engineers, material scientists, landscape architects, ecologists, students, and others have another opportunity to design a sustainable building using clay brick as the primary material. Thanks to the success of the inaugural BrickStainable 2009 competition, Potomac Valley Brick will hold the competition once again this year.
The BrickStainable competition is held in pursuit of design solutions that exploit the unique properties of brick masonry construction as well as seek new ideas in the development of this age old building material. Once again, this year's competition has two categories:
Jurors will look for evidence of the project's performance and encourage the use of BIM, energy, solar and daylight modeling software.
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"Designers are working on some really interesting and innovative products and designs in the real world as a result of last year's competition," says Alan Richardson, president of Potomac Valley Brick. "I'm eager to see what comes out of this year's competition."
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Posted 23 November 2012 - 10:08 AM ( #1 )
1. What are the main differences compared to iD L?
2. Can it connect to iD L/ vis versa?
3. In your opinion wich do you prefer?
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Posted 23 November 2012 - 10:52 AM ( #3 )
I connected my IDL to my Color.
What one do I prefer...? Based on how busy I am.
Color is more laid back, no guessing Happy Stamps. Same items make each tama happy.
IDL, while still cute, you need to figure out the happy items, buy them... Has pets.
IDL seems more like a Game while the Color seems more like a pet.
Posted 23 November 2012 - 02:29 PM ( #4 )
Lets put it this way, +color is like a v2 and idl is like a v5.
I prefer the +color as its more simple but still fun
2. Can it connect to iD L/ vis versa? yes
3. In your opinion which do you prefer?
I prefer the +color for style as it's way less girly looking. I'm also pretty busy, but with this one I can still get the full play out of it.
**There are a bunch of +colors on ebay right now for under $100 which is rare. I got mine for $70. it was $65 with free shipping but I payed the extra $5 so I could get it in 3 days. here is a link to the cheap colors if you do decide to get one
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Posted 23 November 2012 - 02:36 PM ( #5 )
I love it very much and prefer it over the IDL, just because the IDL has too many game-like functions for me and with all the download items and stuff it's just overdone.
Posted 23 November 2012 - 03:09 PM ( #6 )
Will probably wait till after Christmas to get one think I spent too much this month whoops
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- Tamagotchi Colour has the two elderly characters, Ojitchi and Otokitchi.
- Less characters then the iD L, but more then the iD.
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- Tamagotchi Colour does not have different happy symbols for each character, instead it has the same happy symbols for every character.
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(NEWSER) – Sarah Palin is "tired of the media filters" and wants to "talk about the issues that the mainstream media won't talk about," so naturally she's launching a online TV channel—called, not too surprisingly, the Sarah Palin Channel. Via Facebook yesterday, she says the interactive network will be a "direct connection" between herself and supporters that doesn't "need to please the powers-that-be," reports the AP. It'll set you back $9.95 per month or $99.95 a year, Politico notes, and offer up group video chats and a chance for viewers to pose questions.
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LAKEWOOD - The City Council voted Tuesday to cancel its March 5 election, saving the city between $80,000 to $100,000 in election costs, officials said.
With no challengers filing for the three open seats held by incumbents Steve Croft, Diane DuBois and Todd Rogers, each will be reappointed.
"I'm happy and flattered that no one chose to run against my colleagues and me," said DuBois in a statement. "I like to think that it means our fellow residents feel that we're doing a good job for them. I look forward to another term on the council working with all my colleagues to do the very best that we can for our community."
Also on Tuesday, the council reviewed a list of 20 applicants who filed papers to fill the seat of longtime Councilman Larry Van Nostran, who died Nov. 9.
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The council on Tuesday voted to create an Ad Hoc Committee to further review the applications. The committee, which will consist of Croft and Councilman Jeff Wood, will narrow the list to up to five finalists, which they will present to the full council for consideration on Dec. 27. Council members not on the committee will be allowed to add names to the final list if they choose.
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Commissioner Winstead Testimony on the Greening of Federal Buildings
Good morning, Chairman Norton, Ranking Member Graves, and Members of the Subcommittee. My name is David Winstead and I am the Commissioner of the Public Buildings Service (PBS) in the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). I am pleased to appear before you today to discuss how GSA is leading by example in greening our public buildings, particularly those right here in our nation's capitol. Today, I would like to talk about our successes in greening the new construction and modernization of our buildings, energy management, and green building operations. Specifically, I would like to describe the ambitious programs in the National Capital Region (NCR) and share with you a number of outstanding examples of their efforts. I will also discuss how we are helping other members of the Federal community in the Washington Metropolitan area in their greening initiatives, as well as describe the challenges of the newly enacted energy legislation, and finally, I will offer a few ideas that may assist the Subcommittee in further promoting green efforts in our public buildings.
GSA's "green" programs nationwide
The Federal government is the largest single consumer of energy in the United States. According to the Department of Energy, Federal buildings account for 37% of the government's energy usage, use as much as 1.5 percent of the Nation's electricity and emit about 2 percent of all U.S. building-related greenhouse gases. Since 1985, Federal agencies reduced their energy intensity in Federal buildings by 23 percent in 2005 (for standard buildings). Agencies cut their carbon emissions from facility energy use by 3.3 million metric tons in 2005 compared to 1990. At GSA, since 1985, we have cut our energy consumption by 30 percent and carbon emissions by 281 thousand metric tons (comparable to removing 210 thousand vehicles from the road in one year) in our public buildings. We are using green principles and leading by example in the efficient use of energy, water and materials, as well as promoting space that enhances productivity and the work environment.
Some of our achievements include:
Installing over 500,000 sq. ft. of planted roofs, including one of the largest on the Eastern seaboard that saved the government over $1 million in stormwater remediation
Diverting over 106,000 tons of construction waste from landfills in 2006 saving an estimated $6.3 million in tipping fees
Procuring nearly one million megawatthours (mWhs) of renewable energy, including 100% wind energy for the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island over the last four years
Producing nearly 3.4 billion British Thermal Units (Btus) of renewable energy in 2006, which offset burning 162 tons of coal in our buildings. We recently installed one of the first photovoltaic arrays embedded in a roof membrane on a Federal building. This project is generating 300 kilowatts (kW) of electricity, supplies 50 percent of the building's electrical needs and will sell excess energy back to the grid.
Earning the designation of Energy Star in 105 of our buildings as of 2006, the most of any Federal agency.
As the first Federal agency to join the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), GSA plays a major role in the advancement of green building practices. Since 2003, GSA has required all capital projects to use the USGBC Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) green building rating system as a design criterion with a goal of a Silver designation. GSA has the most LEED rated buildings of any government organization and uses LEED to measure our success. We currently have 75 projects registered for LEED certification. To date, GSA has earned LEED ratings in 25 buildings – 11 are GSA owned and 14 are GSA leased buildings. In a study of 19 of these buildings, we discovered the following:
on average,LEED buildings are designed to perform over 32% better than a building designed to meet the ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1 (American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers/Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings);
over 75% of the construction waste was recycled;
these buildings reduced indoor water use by over 38 percent as compared to the baseline;
they represent 33.7 million kW hours, or 33% of GSA's own green power purchases
In 2006, GSA appointed 15 of America's top experts in sustainable (green) design to its National Register of Peer Professionals to help select design teams and critique design concepts. All of our standards and guidance documents contain sustainable design requirements and expectations. For example, The Facilities Standards for the Public Buildings Service has integrated specific, and ever increasing, sustainability requirements since 2000. The latest revision places a new emphasis on integrated design and enhanced goals for sustainability and energy efficiency. Scopes of work for architectural/engineering services, commissioning, construction administration, and general contracting also contain new, measurable requirements related to sustainability.
As market awareness has grown, GSA has developed new green lease provisions and updated existing provisions to become standard lease requirements in 2007. As of today, GSA realty professionals have delivered 14 LEED certified projects - 7 LEED Gold, 6 LEED Silver and 1 LEED Certified.
GSA has a strong record of energy conservation
Between 2003 and 2007, GSA achieved an 8.2 percent reduction in energy consumption including credits for renewable purchases compared to the 1985 baseline. We operate our buildings at costs that are 1.6 percent below comparable buildings in the private sector, and we pay 10.3 percent less for utilities. Some of this reduction is directly attributable to the investments both Congress and GSA made in building modernizations as well as stand-alone energy conservation projects over the past 15 years. A considerable part of this reduction is the result of the concerted efforts of GSA property managers working closely with our customers.
In addition to those above, we have a number of programs nationwide that have been "greened," including building operation and maintenance, cleaning and recycling. I would now like to describe how the NCR is implementing some of our most forward-thinking programs.
GSA's "green" programs in the NCR
NCR manages about 26% of our total portfolio nationwide, or 93 million square feet comprised of 53 million square feet of leased space and 40 million of owned space. In both categories, the NCR has strived to incorporate green features as I will describe below.
New construction, modernization and repairs and alterations
Green Buildings
NCR has earned three LEED Gold ratings from the USGBC, one in owned space, two in leased space.
The Suitland Federal Center in Suitland, Maryland (GSA-owned) (the new National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Satellite Operations Center received this designation in fall 2007).
The two buildings at One and Two Potomac Yards in Arlington, Virginia (GSA-leased) housing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) received these designations in 2006.
Another example of NCR's green building efforts is the development of the new Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) headquarters facility. It is located on a Brownfield site which had been previously used as a District of Columbia government public works yard containing the ruins of an abandoned railroad trestle. NCR demolished the trestle and remediated 79,000 tons of contaminated soil, which was sanitized for reuse as construction material. New green features include:
Green roofs to cover the entrance pavilion, parking garage, and exercise facility;
Narrow floor plates and the abundance of glass to bring natural light to all workspaces;
Close proximity to a new Metro station to promote employee use of public transportation and to encourage redevelopment of the immediate area.
Our development of the new headquarters facility for the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) at the White Oak Federal Research Center in suburban Maryland is another outstanding example. When complete in 2012, pending continued Congressional funding, the campus will comprise three million square feet and will house more than 7,700 employees.
Use of environmentally sustainable practices began with the demolition of existing buildings on site, garnering NCR's first "GSA Demolition Derby" award for construction waste management.
Hazardous materials were abated and disposed of and contaminated soils were removed.
Concrete, brick, and masonry units were crushed for re-use as backfill on-site.
Sustainable new construction features include a 22,000 square foot green roof on the central shared use building, natural ventilation, solar shading, reduced water consumption, and use of recycled content in many of the building products.
A Co-generation facility providing reliable, uninterrupted on-site electricity generation for the facilities currently occupied on campus.
Heat is recovered from the generating process to produce hot water and chilled water in absorption chillers, further increasing the thermal efficiency of the plant by 30 percent and significantly reducing pollution emissions.
Planned expansion of the system will support 100 percent power generation for the entire campus after the remaining build-out is complete, keeping the local utility from having to accommodate the 25 megawatt load that would otherwise be required.
Photovoltaic array is located on-site and produces 38 mWh annually.
Coupled with related upgrades to HVAC, controls for lighting and improvements in glazing, these measures together will save more than 37 million kW hours, $1.4 million in energy costs, and $2.1 million in operation and maintenance costs annually.
The cogeneration facility at White Oak is one of ten projects in the NCR where private sector capital is being leveraged through the Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) or Utility Energy Savings Contract (UESC) programs. Another major project is at the NCR Heating Operation and Transmission District (HOTD). HOTD provides steam and chilled water utility service to government and quasi-government customers.
- Chilled Water: NCR completed the chilled water expansion/cogeneration project in December 2004. This $69 million project installed eight chillers and a cogeneration system in the Central Plant that allowed HOTD to extend chilled water service to the Smithsonian Institution (this portion of the project was financed by the Smithsonian).
- Steam heat recovery: The cogeneration system allows HOTD to use its heat recovery steam generator to produce steam and electricity as a byproduct from waste. Any electricity produced that exceeds HOTD needs itself, is made available to the power grid and is credited to GSA's account from the local electricity company.
Building Commissioning Process
We also have procedures in place to monitor performance once a new building or a major modernization is complete. For all new construction and major modernization, NCR now includes a Building Commissioning Process. This commissioning plan and team are established during the project planning stage. The process extends through the design phase, where the design and construction management contracts are checked to make sure they sufficiently define the commissioning requirements, and construction documents adequately detail what is to be achieved and who is responsible. Oversight continues throughout the construction phase, including periodic performance testing. Finally, during the one-year warranty period following construction, periodic testing occurs again to make sure that performance specification are achieved. At the end of this process, a final commissioning report is prepared that will serve as the benchmark for future re-commissioning studies.
Green Roofs
NCR has also been a leader in the use of green roofs. Over the past two years, Four NCR buildings "came on-line" that feature expansive green roofs. These planted roofs can substantially reduce rainwater run-off during storms and provide significant insulation for the buildings:
Census Bureau headquarters at Suitland Federal Center in suburban Maryland, 85,000 square feet of green roof
NOAA Satellite Operations Center, also at the Suitland Federal Center, 110,000 square feet – the largest green roof on the East Coast.
ATF, as described above, 55,000 square feet of green roof
New headquarters for the Department of Transportation, 65,000 square feet.
Landscapes and Water Conservation
Building Green does not stop at the edge of our building or the rooftop – it extends into our landscapes. NCR designs and maintains more than 100 Federally owned landscape sites in the Washington DC metropolitan area. We utilize a variety of landscape materials to minimize our reliance on turf, which requires more chemicals, energy and water to maintain and we chose plant materials that can tolerate drought and are naturally pest resistant. We further reduce maintenance costs by choosing plant materials that do not require extensive trimming and shaping.
At our larger sites, NCR designs and installs high-efficiency irrigation systems. This allows water to be precisely targeted and delivered rather than broadly cast over the landscape. These systems also deliver water according to the predicted need, based on daily downloads of weather information. For sites that are prone to erosion, we add retaining walls and plant soil-binding types of groundcover to reduce runoff.
In October 2007, GSA received the very first "Rain Leader Award" from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for an innovative low impact demonstration project in one of the EPA headquarters courtyards in the Federal Triangle. GSA and EPA developed this project in partnership to convert an area previously used as a construction project staging area into a beautifully landscaped garden. This is part of
our ongoing partnership with EPA to green their headquarters. Other initiatives include a rain garden, permeable pavers to absorb runoff, landscape furnishings made of recycled materials, natural soil supplements to maintain aeration, use of cisterns to supplement the irrigation water supply, and solar lighting.
Green Operations
GSA's commitment to Green extends beyond our new construction, modernization, and repair and alteration activities. We seek to operate Green as well.
Regional Environmental Management Systems
Within our buildings, as a part of GSA's national implementation of Environmental Management Systems (EMS), NCR is implementing a Regional EMS. This is an internal management program that seeks to better coordinate and integrate efforts for meeting our environmental (including energy and transportation), health, and safety goals with our day-to-day operations. In addition to the portfolio EMS, and in collaboration with our customers, NCR is pursuing joint pilot EMS programs at a GSA-owned facility and a GSA-leased facility. The pilots are being conducted at the FDA White Oak facility (owned) and a Department of State leased facility. In both instances, the partnerships with the occupant agencies focus on sharing information and resources; lessons learned about EMS implementation and management; and measurable goals affecting both our operations and our occupants' operations.
For the 154 buildings where we pay the utility bills, NCR has instituted changes in operating procedures to promote energy conservation and management. These include:
Monitoring energy consumption on a monthly basis
Conducting tenant awareness programs
Performing building audits and providing training
Real Time Metering in 11 of our buildings. GSA has 25 more buildings scheduled for installation in FY 08 with funding available. GSA has a plan to install these meters in all government-owned buildings in the NCR by 2012.
Advanced metering allows us to manage our power consumption more strategically. It can also help us to buy power at better prices because we can predict our use patterns.
In FY 07 we reduced electric consumption in these buildings by 6.6% when compared with the FY 03 base year.
Procuring 3% of our power from renewable resources.
In addition, in all of our buildings, we conduct energy awareness campaigns, issue seasonal bulletins to help our building managers prepare for the heating and cooling seasons, provide certified energy managers to advise our building managers on conservation techniques, and conduct annual updates of an energy curtailment plan.
Over 100 Federal agencies from all three branches of government participate in NCR-procured recycling contracts. Our recycling contractors pick up paper, cardboard, cans and bottles from 120 buildings housing more than 110,000 employees. In FY07, 8,000 tons of materials were collected and sold, generating a sales income of $355,000. Diverting this waste from the landfill also saved an estimated $1.2 million on landfill disposal fees, 25,600 cubic yards of landfill, 133,000 trees, 3 million gallons of oil, 32 million kWs of energy, and 56 million gallons of water.
Landscape maintenance
Landscape maintenance practices in the NCR have become greener as well. For example, NCR composts all of its yard waste – composting 330 tons alone in FY 07. NCR also uses 100% organic pelletized poultry manure as fertilizer for turf and ornamental beds. This manure is obtained from poultry farms in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, thereby further reducing polluted runoff into that threatened body of water. During this year's annual application, NCR used about 80 tons of this innovative fertilizer.
NCR has reduced its pesticide use on landscapes by 89% since 1995, from 33,000 gallons to 3,700 gallons per year. NCR has an established integrated pest management program in place, and NCR was the first GSA region in the country to ban the use of 2.4-D herbicides and organophosphate insecticides.
GSA assists other agencies in the Washington Metropolitan area to green their facilities
Through our knowledge and expertise, and the contracts we have in place, GSA-NCR also assists other Federal agencies, who may not be housed in our space, in their greening efforts.
As mentioned above, over 100 Federal agencies from all three branches of government use our NCR-procured recycling sales contracts.
NCR increased the capacity and efficiency of the Main Steam Plant and was able to extend service to the Smithsonian Institution and helped avert the construction of another steam facility under the Mall.
In the greater Baltimore-Washington area, GSA procured approximately 33.6 million kW hours of renewable energy on behalf of other agencies
Both the Public Buildings Service and the Federal Acquisition Service in NCR provide goods and services that are key to the federal green purchasing program. This includes: recycled content products, environmentally preferable products and services, biobased products, energy- and water-efficient products, alternate fuel vehicles, products using renewable energy, and alternatives to hazardous or toxic chemicals.
On a national scale, since the issuance of the Executive Order 13423 in January of last year, GSA has formally agreed with three agencies to aid them specifically in meeting their environmental targets. In every transaction, we apply our internal standards for energy conservation, energy efficiency and sustainable design. We have revised our standard solicitation for offers for leasing to incorporate sustainable and energy conserving clauses. We are establishing and staffing the Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings, newly created by the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007. We continue our active participation in the Inter-Agency Energy Management Task Force and the Inter-Agency Sustainability Working Group—both of which focus keenly on how agencies can achieve the goals of the new Executive Order and the newly enacted EISA 2007.
Challenges of the new EISA (2007)
The EISA 2007, set challenging goals for the Federal government, and for GSA. For the first time, it requires GSA to reduce consumption of fossil fuel-generated energy in new buildings and major renovations. For new designs, our target is to be 55% below comparable commercial buildings, which may be difficult to achieve using today's technology. Much more difficult is the goal of using 100 percent non-fossil fuel generated energy by 2030 in new buildings. We are working with a broad and diverse group of organizations both inside and outside the Federal community. This includes the Department of Energy (DOE), EPA, the Department of Defense, ASHRAE, the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the Alliance to Save Energy, the Commercial Buildings Initiative, Congress, and others—to explore both technology and techniques for achieving the goals in a cost effective way.
Further support for GSA's greening efforts
GSA is a national leader in the purchase and use of renewable power from utility companies. In 2006, 4.5 percent of our electricity was generated from renewable sources or bought through renewable energy certificates, compared with the national average of 2.3 percent. If given the authority to extend our utility contracts from 10 to 20 years, in the proposed General Services Enhancement Act, we could achieve even more. Currently, GSA may enter into contracts for public utility services for ten years. However, renewable power plant developers often need an energy purchase contract of up to twenty years in order to finance and develop increased capacity. Without the authority to contract for energy from renewable energy providers for more than ten years, GSA is unable to benefit from the relatively inexpensive energy they would generate and unable to use the government's purchasing power to spur new renewable energy production. Our proposal currently before Congress would continue to allow GSA to enter into contract for public utility services for periods not more than 10 years, but the provision would also allow GSA to enter into contracts for renewable energy utility services for periods up to 20 years.
At GSA, we are leading by example in the areas of green building design, construction, and alterations; we have a well-established energy program, and numerous other programs in place that promote the efficient, green management and operation of our facilities. And we have a number of outstanding examples of our efforts right here in the Nation's Capital.
Thank you for the opportunity to talk about GSA's leadership role in this area. I look forward to working with the Subcommittee on this matter of vital interest to our country.


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Another tasty one for the main card in Glasgow...
Another tasty one for the main card in Glasgow...
16-bit for life http://findingdyluck.blogspot.co.uk/
That's a sick fight.
Card's looking stacked already, still McVeigh to match and a couple others to come through:
Main Card
Robert Whiteford v Chris Fishgold
Wilson Reis v Owen Roddy
Aaron Wilkinson v Alan Johnston
Mats Nilsson v Denniston Sutherland
Preliminary Card
Graham Turner v Nathan Beer
Mark Connor v Niko Gjoka
James MacAlister v Alex Enlund
prelims would grace any domestic main card that shows the strength of it.
Fuckin sick fight that nice one well lookin forward to this
Liam Bad Intentions James, pro mma uk featherweight!!
Great fight, can't wait for this one
Surely a title shot is close for the winner of this one?
I'd have thought Turner would've been on the main card.
Wilson Reis is amazing! probably the first time Scotland will ever see such high level Jiu Jitsu
His opponent is outmatched here
i dunno, Rickson and Roberto Atalla did seminars here in the past 2 weeks.
They're pretty high level.
MMA only wise fair enough though, glad i'll be there to watch
Amazing fight...would have thought it could have been a good option for Mcveigh though? I know people have said he's planning on a drop to flyweight, but a win over someone like Reis would have him firmly back on UFC's radar.
Either way, well done to CW. Just seem to be going from strength to strength.


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Bethany - from Chattanooga, TN
It's great that you are teaching yourself. Cake decorating can be very fun and rewarding! Here is a recipe for practice buttercream. It is inexpensive, and best of all, you can scrape it off of your cake boards or cake pans and use it over and over.
Practice Buttercream (Medium Consistency)
1 cup solid vegetable shortening
4 cups sifted confectioners' sugar (approximately 1 lb.)
5 tablespoons water
In large bowl, beat shortening with electric mixer. Gradually add half of sugar, one cup at a time, beating well on medium speed. Add half of water and beat until well combined. Scrape sides and bottom of bowl often. Add remaining sugar and beat until well combined. Add remaining water and beat at medium speed until light and fluffy. Keep bowl covred with a damp cloth until ready to use.
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ROCK HILL, S.C.- Brevard College's Kelvin Jeter, Michael Gruber and Jacob McCleery were named All-South Atlantic Conference selections for the 2013 season, the conference announced on Wednesday.
Jeter earned a spot on the second team as a running back after finishing second in the conference with 6.3 yards per carry. The redshirt junior rushed for 800 yards and eight touchdowns on 126 carries. Jeter ran for a season-high 148 yards against Division I FCS Liberty University on November 16th.
Gruber was named a second-team linebacker after setting a Brevard College single-season record with 124 total tackles in 2013. The junior recorded a season-high 16 tackles at Carson-Newman on September 28th, and grabbed two interceptions on the year.
McCleery also earned a spot on the second team as a defensive back after finishing third in the SAC in interceptions (four) and second for interception return yards (112). The sophomore intercepted passes in three consecutive conference games, including a 74-yard interception returned for a touchdown in the win over Mars Hill on October 12th.
Lenoir-Rhyne – the SAC regular-season champion – and Newberry both had 11 All-Conference selections, including eight first-team picks for L-R and seven for Newberry. Fellow NCAA Championship selection Carson-Newman was next with nine on the All-Conference Team, followed by Tusculum and Wingate with seven, Catawba with six, and Mars Hill with five.
Headlining the All-SAC First Team offense is the conference's Offensive Player of the Year, Tusculum quarterback Bo Cordell, who wins the award for the second time in his career.
The All-SAC First Team defense is led by Lenoir-Rhyne defensive back Michael Green, the league's Defensive Player of the Year.
Mars Hill quarterback Trent Miller was selected as the SAC Offensive Freshman of the Year after finishing third in the conference with 2,757 passing yards and 23 touchdowns.
Additionally, Lenoir-Rhyne defensive back Rodney Singleton was voted as the league's Defensive Freshman of the Year after tallying 49 tackles, 3.5 sacks and an interception.
Lenoir-Rhyne's Mike Houston, who led the Bears to their third-straight SAC regular-season title and the top seed in the NCAA Tournament's Super Region II, was named the conference's Coach of the Year. Houston wins the award for the second-straight season.


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Two sisters of Indian origin were told to go back to their own country in a racial attack on a city-bound bus earlier this month.
A woman of solid build who has been described as "very manly" slapped the sisters around the face after getting off the bus, which left Bay Street, Port Melbourne, about 12.30pm on December 12.
The aggressor launched her attack when one of the sisters accidentally knocked her with a handbag, police believe.
Senior Sergeant Steve Bills, officer in charge of the St Kilda Road police station, said the sister whose bag had bumped the larger woman had tried to apologise.
But, he said, the aggressive woman shouted abuse and told the sisters to "go back to your own country". Other things were said but Senior Sergeant Bills did not specify what they were.
"The girls got off the bus, the woman followed them, slapped them and smashed a mobile phone," he said, adding that the woman then got into a taxi.
Security footage from the bus was not available, Senior Sergeant Bills said, because the camera was faulty.
The woman is described as being 160 centimetres tall, of solid build and had short, spiky blonde hair. She was wearing a black T-shirt with the word "Burberry" written on the front and three-quarter length blue pants.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to phone Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
The attack on the two sisters comes weeks after a group of French women on a rail replacement bus between Mordialloc and Caulfield. A group of people shouted abuse at the French women when they started singing in French.
One man told one of the French women: "Speak English or die, motherf---er".


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On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Gleb Natapov wrote: > I am not talking about sending or receiving packets here. OSPF has a strong > notion > of interface. Interface has mtu, ip address and many OSPF specific parameters, > it has state that changes according to interface state machine, it has list > of neighbours, > etc, etc. All this things are needed in order to be able to build adjacency > through the > interface. > urgh. OK. I forgot about ospf "interfaces". I think the term interface is highly overloaded. > Currently zebra has one to one mapping between "kernel interfaces" and "zebra > interfaces". > If I want to run OSPF (I don't know about other protocols) on secondary ips > zebra should > be able to have "zebra interface" for each ip (and not for each interface), > or, in other words > one to many mapping. This is only theory, I don't know if it's even possible > to implement such > thing (you never know until you'll try ;)). It sounds reasonable especially from the perspective that you are forced to maintain distinct neighbor lists per "interface". I think the problem is solved if Zebra knows how to do NBMA OSPF. On the same link: at least the physical attributes can be shared (MTU etc) between all the "virtual links" or maybe not even that if you use path/per-route MTUs. cheers, jamal
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Conference to unite former student activists
Some of South Carolina's student activists from the 1960s and 1970s will join historians March 19 – 21 at the University of South Carolina for a public conference on the impact of student activism in the South.
Titled "Student Activism, Southern Style: Organizing and Protest in the 1960s and 1970s," the conference will focus on student protests over the Vietnam War, civil rights and women's rights that took place at colleges throughout the South. Dr. David Snyder, a lecturer of history at the university, organized the conference.
Events will take place in the Russell House University Union and some will be in Gambrell Hall. Most of the panel discussions and lectures are free, and the complete schedule is online at www.cas.sc.edu/hist/sass/.
Two panels featuring former student activists will take place Friday, March 19. Brett Bursey, Vicki Eslinger and Bob Zellner will discuss why and how they became involved in protest movements. A second panel will focus on the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) in the South and will feature Scott Camil, Peter Mahony and Donald Donner. That night, writer Jack Bass will screen and discuss the film, "Scarred Justice," which details the 1968 Orangeburg Massacre.
Nine panel discussions will take place throughout the day Saturday, March 20. Topics will include examples of activism on college campuses in the South, efforts to repress student activism, civil rights activism in high schools, sexual liberation on college campuses, conservative activism at colleges, the role of campus media and the sit-in movement at Southern colleges.
Political activist Tom Hayden, an organizer of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), will participate in a two-hour panel Saturday night on the topic, "Situating the South in the History of Student Activism."
Sunday will begin with a panel on the teaching of Southern student activism featuring Dr. Cleveland Sellers, president of Voorhees College, and USC's John Gardner. Additional panels will focus on desegregation and the Black Power movement and detail examples of counterculture and activism at colleges.
The final panel discussion will feature three Carolina undergraduates discussing student activism today. Award-winning historian and USC professor emeritus Dr. Dan Carter will moderate.
For more information, contact Snyder at 803- 777-6394 or via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.
"Student Activism, Southern Style: Organizing and Protest in the 1960s and 1970s"
- What: Public conference on the impact of student activism in the South
- Who: Student activists from the 1960s and 1970s and historians to participate
- When: March 19 – 21
- Where: Russell House University Union and Gambrell Hall


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Alateens share that they have come to understand that alcoholism is a disease and that:
Alateen groups meet in community centers, churches, schools, or other suitable places (many times in the same building as an Al-Anon group, but in a separate room). The groups are not affiliated with the meeting location. Local Al-Anon Information Services provide information on locating Al-Anon and Alateen meetings in your area. You can also call 1-888-425-2666 toll free for meeting information (U.S., Canada, Bermuda, and the Caribbean.)


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These are the leather walking shoes that permit convenient machine washing, yet retain their form, suppleness, and color even after repeated launderings. Simply wash the slip-on shoes on a gentle cycle and air-dry for effective removal of most dirt and odors. The leather undergoes a special tanning process that strengthens the material, allowing it to withstand wash cycles and mild detergents. A molded EVA footbed cradles your foot and absorbs shock, resulting in optimal comfort during vigorous walks. The slip-on shoes have built-in heel and arch supports, a padded neoprene collar that stretches for easy foot insertion, and a durable rubber outsole and rugged treads for confident footing. Medium width. Men's. Blue trim. (10 1/2 oz.)
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Amost a "non-shoe"
By Mike
from Kenmore, Wash
One pair for outside work and one pair for casual--great buy--ordered 3 more pair--Hope these never get discountuned. Most comfortable shoe I ever wore in 66 years. Just love 'em
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Excellent shoe
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from Michigan
This is an excellent shoe that is durable and comfortable. I bought 3 pairs. One for the gym, one for work, one for play.
solidly made
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I have not washed them yet, but the shoes are well made.
Size chart not accurate.
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My fear about buying shoes online was realized. I measured my foot by the directions and also standing on a tape measure. Allowed a little extra for toe room. Went to the size chart and ordered a pair. Still too short. Otherwise they seem great. I hope the loop to pull them on with doesn't come off.
Great Shoes!
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from Olympic Peninsula, WA, USA
My wife bought these for me to wear in the house to see if it would relieve the bad foot pain I have had. The shoes provide good arch support and cushioning, and by wearing them indoors I have been able to stop all pain medication.
Very comfortable, very hot, too white
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The white is a little overwhelming but these shoes are veery comfortable.
This is a great shoe for working outdoor
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Wear it to do yardwork or just casual walks
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they clean easily are the best walking shoe I love them I own three pair
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I walk about 3 miles most days. Great for that
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I was rockin some old school Black Flag today
My girlfriend asked me which one I like better, SIX PACK. I hope the answer won't upset her, SIX PACK.
Hey how come it's like obligatory to be a surfer and like Pennywise? I'm just axing a question so don't youse guys go and get all bent and sh!t.
There was few of those bands from that era that had that status. I heard two songs from one of these bands, can't recall, but they had that "punk" label........And it was gay(as in happy) as heck. It was one of them NOFX, Pennywise surfer boy groups.....Punk? Man, you got to talk to Dale Johnson aboot punk. He'll out-obscure any of youse guys.
Man, you guys want to be cool? Well, listen to Black Sabbath, old Black Sabbath, the real stuff, and drink tons and do tons of drugs. Do this when you have serious life problems and have the serious blues. It's really effective then. That will make you cool.
Or if you want to be a little fake, listen to Marlyin Manson and hang out in grave yards........wear makeup........Be "dark and moody."
^ Enjoy
I was introduced to punk one summer night when I heard Bad Religion's Automatic Man...I was surfing and sponging before I skated, so prior to that, I was listening to the Dead and the Pearl Jam stuff that was around. Anyway, that night, after hearing Automatic Man, we went and skated till like 4 a.m. Then I stumbled upon Pennywise, Guttermouth, other 90's punk 'revival' bands(it was well timed with my adolesence), then I started getting into the bands that influenced them, the Circle Jerks, Black Flag, Agent Orange, etc. Idk man, something about the speed and intensity of that music for me aligned perfectly with what I felt in the water. Plus, with the timing, it went well w/ my 'teenage angst'.
Never really got into the english-y sounding stuff. I still love those good rock and roll bands PJB.
Ok , I just gave that a listen. I apologize because it wasn't the band I heard. It was of them bands that surfers seem to flock to, though, just can't recall who.
Yo, Seldom, there was this one Agent Orange album that had like four or five kickarse songs.
Yeah, been listening to this Pennywise stuff......nahhhh.
Ok, here's how it works. When I say something you like sucks......you don't get offended, you respond, " F You PJB you suck."
See that's how it works here in New Jersey. We don't get upset aboot that kind of stuff and we always insult each other.....
Just a little cultural lesson so we all get along.......so I don't have to worry aboot Rcarter luanching a second Civil War.
Man, you guys got to meet Dale Johnson from California. He has a punk fanzine, and he might be one of the greatest storytellers of this generation.
Nahh, it was one of them Guttermouth or NOFX types.......
Sublime is so weird. They seemed to be liked by such a diverse crowd. Like, dudes from the ghetto hate everything that has a guitar in it, but they loved Sublime. I like Sublime. Sublime likes me.


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Hahahaha funny shit!
Although in all seriousness even though this will be comedy gold im surprised that TSG are letting it happen, stuff like this normally gets sorted out behind closed doors... is it a legit Pro Fight or just an exhibition bout?
I reckon the big guy takes it just circle each other for a minute or so Mikey tries a few kicks or whatever then they exchange and the big guy just overwhelms him and the ref stops it or heas knocked down.
Retired 2k and out.
hope the fraud gets knocked into next week.
"The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war"
What has gone on here Stav, your attitude to Mikey seems to have changed quite dramatically


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Related Story: Ad that calls Rep. Ed Royce a monster paid for by challenger Jay Chen's brother
While many poll watchers say Rep. Ed Royce has little to worry about in his bid for reelection in a newly redrawn 39th Congressional District, his challenger Jay Chen is mounting a feisty battle against the incumbent.
Royce, the conservative Republican from Fullerton, carried a 36-point lead in the primary over Chen, a Democrat and Hacienda La Puente Unified School District Board Member. Royce also enjoys a 7.8 percentage point lead in registered Republican voters over registered Democrats - 39.9 percent to 32.1 percent.
But the newly drawn district includes several cities Royce has never represented, including Hacienda Heights, Rowland Heights, Walnut, Diamond Bar and Chino Hills. The district also includes Buena Park, Fullerton and Placentia, which Royce has long represented.
Still, the district is considered "safe" for Royce and though the David and Goliath matchup is producing some fierce battles, most pundits predict Royce will win the war.
"It is very safe," said Allan Hoffenblum, a Los Angeles-based political consultant who writes the California Target Book, a look how the races will shake out on Nov. 6.
"It would be a major upset for Chen to win. He would need Republican crossover votes to do it," Hoffenblum said.
Chen's campaign has focused not on Republican voters but on winning the 23.4 percent of voters who are not affiliated with any party. This district has the 12th largest share of independent voters among the state's 53 congressional districts. He's also playing to the 17 percent of voters in the district who are Asian-American.
"Asian voters tend to register no party preference," said Chen, who is Taiwanese-American. "There is a big chunk of NPPs who will likely be voting for me."
Only Chen's own push-polls back up his claims that he's making headway. Chen says when people were asked policy questions, he comes out 7 percentage points ahead of Royce.
But it's hard to validate the accuracy of any candidate's polls. Still, the brash and talented Chen is not being ignored by the veteran Royce, who has become a favorite of the Tea Party. And Royce is also not ignoring independent and Asian voters in new areas that he's not represented before.
Last week, Royce was on the podium at the Universal City Hilton for the 101st anniversary of Taiwan, confirmed Takuay Lee, an official with the Taipei Economic & Cultural Office in Los Angeles. He said only members of Congress were allowed to give remarks. Chen attended the event.
Royce told the Taiwanese contingent that he would soon become chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. "I will be chairman of the committee," he repeated to this newspaper during an interview Wednesday.
But Chen says that is not so certain, citing a recent Politico.com story saying the chairmanship could go to Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey. The story does not mention Royce as a contender.
"In public, he'll tell people he will be chair. But he is being completely untrue. He's just telling people he will be supportive of Taiwan," Chen said.
Chen, who speaks Mandarin and Spanish, is working hard to win the Asian vote.
He has raised $544,466 in total contributions for the general election, according to Oct. 15 filings with the Federal Election Commission. That's a fraction of the $2,437,773 in contributions reported by Royce.
However, Chen is getting financial help from a new Super PAC called America Shining based in San Francisco. Its Facebook page says it has a "particular interest in Asian American candidates."
So far, America Shining has spent about $320,000 on ads for Chen or opposing Royce, according to records kept by the FEC. The FEC lists Shaw Chen, an investment manager, as giving $565,000 to the PAC. He is Jay Chen's brother, who lists his address as that of his parents, Kelvin and Nain Chen of Hacienda Heights, according to FEC records.
In one dramatic ad, the Super PAC compares Royce to a movie monster snatching away Medicare from the elderly because of his support for the Ryan budget bill, which critics say includes a provision to turn Medicare into a voucher system.
A Royce campaign mailer shot back, tying Chen to the nation's "$16 trillion" debt and the "policies of Nancy Pelosi." One mailer references the America Shining ad as the work of a "mysterious San Francisco based Super PAC ... from ex-Speaker Nancy Pelosi's congressional district" and a "smear campaign" against him.
Royce opposes the healthcare reform known as Obamacare, saying "it creates a massive new entitlement program we cannot afford."
Instead, Royce supports medical liability reforms, small business buying pools and allowing insurance companies to seek plans across state lines to increase competition.
Chen called Obamacare a step in the right direction.
Chen has blasted Royce for votes in favor of deregulation of the banking industry, policies that Chen says helped bring about the Great Recession.
"In 2007, he voted against regulation of the subprime mortgage industry," Chen said in an interview. "By 2007, we knew we were in trouble. There was far too much deregulation. He should have known to rein it in."
Royce said he is sponsoring a bill to help credit unions loan more money to small businesses by raising the cap on the percentage of their capital they can loan.
"There is $30 billion in new capital which is needed now by small business," Royce said.
Chen supports the Volcker rule to restrict banks from making speculative investments that do not benefit their customers. And he said Royce's bill does more to help his contributors - namely big credit unions - than help small credit unions.
On the topic of Iran, the two candidates found more common ground.
Royce supports the use of economic sanctions to force Iran to give up its nuclear program but says the administration's sanctions need to be strengthened. He wants to see sanctions against the Central Bank of Iran that would prevent the Iranian government from being able to cash checks in Europe.
"History shows us in South Africa and elsewhere, that sanctions can lead to change. In Burma, sanctions made them cry uncle," Royce said.
Chen agreed that economic sanctions seem to working in Iran.
Chen has dinged Royce for speaking at an anti-Islamic protest rally in Yorba Linda in February 2011. Protesters yelled "Go home. We don't want you here" and "Muhammad was a pervert" as women and children came to a fundraiser sponsored by the Islamic Circle of North America Relife USA.
Royce and others said they were concerned because of two of the speakers at the event: Siraj Wahhaj, an imam from a Brooklyn mosque who was once called a co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, though he was never charged; and Amir Abdel Malik Ali, an Oakland imam who has spoken out in support of Hezbollah, which is described as a terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department.
According to media reports, at the rally, Royce said: "A big part of the problem we face today is that our children have been taught in schools that every idea is right, that no one should criticize others' positions no matter how odious. And what do we call that? They call it multiculturalism. And it has paralyzed too many of our fellow citizens to make the critical judgement we need to make to prosper as a society."
Later, in an e-mail, Royce called it "regrettable that some protesters at the community center yelled insults at Imam Wahhaj's supporters. Nothing should deflect from the radicalism of Wahhaj and Malik Ali."
Chen has criticized the statements.
"For an elected leader to speak out against multiculturalism and say that at this kind of a rally sets a really bad example," Chen said.
Chen ties Royce's statements on multiculturalism to the congressman's votes against the renewal of the Voting Rights Act, which requires ballots be printed in languages other than English in communities with a certain percentage of non-English speakers.
Royce said he is not opposed to multi-lingual ballots, but is opposed to the federal government making it a mandate.
The two have not debated and no debates are planned. Both have been busy landing endorsements. Royce has every council member from Walnut, Diamond Bar and La Habra Heights except for Eric Ching of Walnut, who endorsed Chen, and Jack Tanaka of Diamond Bar.
Chen is endorsed by Fullerton Mayor Sharon Quirk-Silva and Fullerton councilman Doug Chaffee as well as fellow Hacienda La Puente Unified School District Board members Joseph Chang and Gino Kwok.
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"Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke is spending its fifth consecutive week at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The song sold 423-thousand downloads this week, staying consistent with the one before - and also reached the top of the Radio Songs, On-Demand Songs and Digital Songs charts. The rest of the chart's top three remained the same from last week as well, with Daft Punk's "Get Lucky" as runner-up and Miley Cyrus' "We Can't Stop" stuck at number three. "Blurred Lines" actually stretched out its lead over "Get Lucky" in overall chart points. Sales for Miley's latest single are only slightly up, but it remained the most streamed song in the country.
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Brevard, N.C. - The Brevard soccer student-athletes took time out of their busy schedules on Monday to give back to the community and put on a soccer clinic at the Recreation Department. The local youth of the TYSA Crush U12 co-ed team participated in the clinic that included drills and individual instruction by the Tornado players. This is the second year Brevard College has participated in the clinic with Coach Rob McNiel's squad.
"It was outstanding," said McNeil "Forty plus BC scholar athletes along with Coach's Mascaro and Shinohara, coaching and scrimmaging our U12 Challenge (travel) team from TYSA. The BC men and women practiced individual and team skills with our kids. The scrimmage, was a huge hit. I think the women's team won the scrimmage on PK's, due to some questionable misses from the men's team. Hats off and thanks to BC players for the team support."
In addition to coaching soccer skills, the Tornados emphasized the importance of academics as well.
Coach McNiel commented on the BC student-athletes, "One of our parent educators, queried the group on academics and GPA's. Definitely Scholar athletes given the responses."
Sammy Kicklighter, a parent of one of the participants, was also grateful that the Tornados teams took time out to get involved with the community youth.
"Coach Mascaro should be commended for his vision in incorporating BC students into the fabric of our community," said Kicklighter. "The BC players were absolutely very gracious and most friendly in their interaction with the TYSA Challenge players. Both teams came out with such a community spirit. It has elevated BC posture in the minds of our parents and coaches of the TYSA Challenge team. "


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Independence Day celebrated across the country (JERUSALEM POST) By JPOST.COM STAFF, MELANIE LIDMAN 04/26/12)
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Israelis took to beaches, parks, IDF bases and held barbeques across the country Thursday to celebrate the country´s 64th Independence Day.
The Israel Air Force treated beach-goers to a fly-over along the beach in the Tel Aviv area. Visitors were invited into a number of IDF bases throughout the country, and by 11 a.m., police were already asking the public to stop arriving at parks and bases due to the high turnout.
Israelis also took to national parks and nature reserves on the national holiday. The Parks and Nature Authority said it was expecting hundreds of thousands of visitors. A number of parks opened their gates with no charge for the holiday.
Wednesday night, the annual Independence Day celebration went forward without incident despite tragedy a week ago, when a lighting rig collapsed and killed Lt. Hila Bezaleli during rehearsals for the event. Bezaleli was honored with two moments of silence before the beginning of the ceremony and during the procession of the Color Guards, where the 20-year-old medic was supposed to take part.
Bezalelis family sat in the front row of the audience along with Knesset Speaker Rueben Rivlin, and Bezalelis mother, Sigalit, light the central torch at the beginning of the ceremony with Rivlin.
Rivlin stressed that extremism is the biggest threat to the State of Israel in his address marking the transition from the somber Memorial Day to the festive Independence Day. Conflicts show our maturity, he said, highlighting the fact that the country was now stable enough to concentrate on growing and improving, and inevitability of disagreements stemming from Israels growing pains. It is not a conflict of Jews and Arabs, or secular and religious, it is a conflict of extremism, he said.
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Shailene Woodley gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
JGL's Snowden
Have you seen Citizenfour? It won the Oscar for Best Documentary. Anyway, while I was watching it last year, I spent half the time trying to decide whether or not I'm attracted to Edward Snowden. Sometimes it was like, f-ck no. And then the camera would catch him at a certain angle, and he'd be putting an articulate sentence together, and I'd be like, ok, sure, I can see it. Full Story
Shailene Woodley is a trailblazer…?
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The MTV Movie Awards, hosted by Amy Schumer, are coming up. MTV has just announced that the Trailblazer Award will be presented to Shailene Woodley. So… They just invented this award in 2012: "The MTV Trailblazer Award recipient spearheads the way for others that work in the movie industry. Full Story
Shailene Woodley in Insurgent review
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This may be the most challenging review I've ever written. For one thing, YA dystopia stories are not my bag. For another, I have neither read nor seen Divergent, so I'm walking into this franchise blind, as it were. And finally, Insurgent isn't a real movie, so I'm not sure how to go about reviewing it. Full Story
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The Divergent Series: Insurgent opens this weekend. Shailene Woodley and Theo James have been on promotion for it for the last couple of weeks. As you know, if you've been reading this blog for a few years, I was big on the first book (review here Read Full Intro
Tris at Teen Choice
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The Teen Choice Awards were last night. I actually didn't know until I texted Duana about her boy Rory McIlroy who'd just birdied 17 at the PGA and was going into 18 with a two shot lead over Phil Mickelson. ANYONE but Phil Mickelson. Duana was all like, but the Jays just played a 19 inning game! I'm exhausted. Full Story
Shailene Woodley: the MET non-feminist
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Okay, so ostensibly we're going to look at Shailene's dress. Utterly ridiculous of course but, as we spend all our time here on the blog discussing, when you're 22 is exactly when it's time for utterly ridiculous. You want to be able to look back and say "what was I thinking?" It shows growth. Full Story
Be Pregnant With The World
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It's Shailene Woodley's big moment. Friday. Divergent. Are you going? Will Shailene Woodley follow Kristen Stewart and Jennifer Lawrence? Or will she be more like Lily Collins? The film is not getting great reviews. Just 31% right now on Rotten Tomatoes Full Story
Tris & Four are dating in real life?
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I don't know if they are. I just read the caption on these photos "Shailene Woodley and reported boyfriend Theo James at LAX". It's the natural, expected narrative, I suppose. And I guess they're hoping that it might turn into the whole Kristen Stewart/Robert Pattinson Twi-Hard thing all over again? But why does it have to? Jennifer Lawrence isn't dating Josh Hutcherson and doesn't have to. Full Story
Divergent: final trailer
We're about 6 weeks out from the release of Divergent and I feel like there's been very little buzz. So now a final trailer has been released and the stars are making themselves available. Shailene Woodley and Theo James were out in Hollywood yesterday and also appeared on Jimmy Kimmel. Full Story
The Fault In Our Stars first trailer
The whole world loved that book. And, as I did last year when I first wrote about it after Shailene Woodley was cast as Hazel, I'm sorry, please forgive me. Because I wasn't as obsessed with it as you were. Is that OK? I hope that's OK. Full Story
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By Alejandro Dominguez Herald Writer
MONROE — While Janet Dee was enjoying a luncheon at the regional Society of St. Vincent De Paul in February, she noticed the three speakers were telling stories about her.
And then, they told her she had won the annual Top Hat Award to recognize her work for helping people in Monroe, Sultan and the Sky Valley area.
"I was flabbergasted. Until then, the award has always been given to people who had done fantastic things. I have not done anything like that," said Dee, 77, who lives in Monroe.
According to executive director Jim Kehoe, she is understating what she does.
She is persistent in trying to help people, from paying their water bill to just providing a friendly shoulder for people to cry on, he said.
"When she finds a need, she doesn't stop until she finds an answer," Kehoe said. "I have seen her on a full day helping at a food bank. She doesn't stop."
She was selected to get the honor by a panel of past winners.
Dee is one of more than 300 volunteers in Snohomish, Skagit and Whatcom counties that belong to the nonprofit.
The volunteers usually visit the people at their homes and provide different kinds of services by matching them with an agency.
Dee started 12 years ago after retiring as an Italian restaurant cook. She describes herself as being a caregiver, so it wasn't that hard to become a volunteer.
She gets about 65 requests for help a month. She also gets a list of clients from the main office of St. Vincent De Paul in Everett.
"I really like that I'm making a difference in their lives," said Dee, a grandmother of 19 and great-grandmother of 21.
She hopes more people volunteer in east Snohomish County, especially young people who could drive up to Gold Bar and Sultan.
And even though she has won the award, she doesn't believe she is the top volunteer of St. Vincent De Paul. She also gets help from other volunteers at her conference at St. Mary's of the Valley Church.
"I'm not saying that I'm great, but I am just filling a necessity," she said. "We go out and give love."
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