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Track easily the needed time for your issues. isyou helps you to log all working time to the right issue. Working days can be long and stressful sometimes you work on several issues a day and on the end of day you forgot one thing: Tracking time needed per issue.
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By Aidan Gardiner, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
WAVECREST — The mother of a 7-year-old boy who brought a handgun to his Queens elementary school has been arrested, police said Friday.
Deborah Farley, 53, was taken into custody after her second-grader carried a .22-caliber gun and an orange flare gun in his backpack into Wave Preparatory School at 535 Briar Pl., near Collier Avenue, Thursday morning, according to the NYPD and the Department of Education.
The boy passed the flare gun to another unidentified student, cops said.
When school officials were notified that the weapons were on the grounds, they threw the entire building on lockdown, an education spokeswoman said.
Authorities retrieved the guns without incident. No one was injured, police said.
But investigators determined that the weapons belonged to Farley, who lives near the school.
She has been charged with criminal possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon on school grounds, and endangering the welfare of a child, police said.
She was also charged with unlawful possession of a weapon because she didn't have proper documents for the gun.

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The Therm-a-Rest Instant Field Repair Kit is a repair kit for all the current mattresses in the Therm-a-Rest line. The kit includes glue dots, cover patches, and alcohol pads for patching up unexpected holes in your sleeping pad. It comes with instructions, but real adventurers don't need those, right? Just MacGyver something cool out of them. Or not, it'd probably defeat the purpose of having a kit if you're going all MacGyver on it.
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Dr. Makoto Ue
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March 8, 2011 at 11:00am
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UK Center for Applied Energy Research
The various electrolyte technologies for lithium and Lithium ion battery systems will be reviewed and discussed. The scope of the review includes the early work under Professor C. Tobias at the University of California, Berkeley. The events surrounding the discovery of conductive plastics and how this development triggered the developments that led to the current lithium-ion battery system. The discussion concentrates on Lithium Ion Technology development as well as current practices. Role assigned additives to the Lithium-Ion electrolyte helped increase performance and cycle life as did the development of new carbon-based anode and high energy, long cycle life cathode materials. Time permitting, comments will include the promising new lithium-air based systems, polymer electrolytes and ionic liquids.


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Rajneesh Quotes About StyleQuotes about: Style
People are imitative and imitation is bound to be unintelligent. They want to do exactly the things which others are doing. That destroys their freshness. Do things in your own style; live your life according to your own light. And even if the same situation arises, be alert to find a new response. It is only a question of a little alertness, and once you have started enjoying... and it is really a great joy to respond to old situations always in a new way, because that newness keeps you young, keeps you conscious, keeps you non-mechanical, keeps you alive.
The question of surrender is political, it is not a question of love. And relationship is not love at all; it means love has ended and relationship has begun. It begins very soon after the honeymoon - mostly in the middle of the honeymoon. It is not easy to live with another person whose life-style is different, whose likings are different, whose education and culture is different, and above all the other happens to be a woman - even their biology is different.
You cannot stop smoking directly because it has many related things, implications. You are tense, and if you stop smoking you will start something else and the other may be more harmful. Don't go on escaping problems, face them. The problem is that you are tense, so the goal should be how to be non-tense, not, smoking or not smoking. Meditate. Relax your tensions without any object into the sky, allow catharsis to happen. When you are non-tense these things will become absurd, foolish, and they will drop. Food will change, your styles of living will change.
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The Breville BJE200XL is the entry-level model of Breville's range of prestigious juicers. It can pride itself on being among the best selling centrifugal juicers in recent years and after reading this review, i think you'll see it's exactly why.
With a price-tag below $150, the Breville BJE200XL is aimed at cost-conscientious buyers with an eye for quality, design and style. Despite being the entry-level product in its series, the Breville BJE200XL is jam-packed with features that you may not have expected to find in other juicers of this price range.
Its low price combined with its stylish looks, compact design, powerful 700-watt motor and large feed chute has made this juicer a long-time consumer favourite.
At latest update of this review, it was the No. 16 Best Selling Juicer on the Amazon Bestselling Juicers List. Among Breville's products on this list it was accompanied by all three siblings: the flagship juicer Breville 800JEXL (No. 3) and the mid-range juicers Breville BJE510XL (No. 4) and Breville JE98XL (No. 1). Even though the Amazon Bestsellers lists updates every hour, the Breville Juicers are recurring top candidates.
The unique cyclonic system allows you to enjoy an 8-ounce cup of fresh juice in just five seconds. The unit combines a stabilizing dual knife assembly to mince and cut fruit and vegetables into minute particles increasing the yield by 30% over other juicers and results in 10 times faster results than other juice extractors. The extra-large 3" centered feed tube allows for juicing of whole fruits and vegetables.
The Breville BJE200XL Juicer is a heavy duty compact juicer. Able to produce up to 8 ounce cup of juice in 5 seconds thanks to its unique cyclonic system makes it an awesome juicer and kitchen appliance. It features a stabilizing dual knife assembly, which centers the fruits or vegetables over the cutter and filter. Thanks to modern juicing technology being implemented in this juicer, it has increased its yield by up to 30 percent and produces these results up to 10 times faster than many other juice extractors on the market.
It is easily operated with its simple On and Off buttons. This makes it simple to use for both beginner and experienced juicer alike. For first-time juicers, this machine is great, and even more so if you don't want to spend a small fortune to figure out if juicing is for you. For those of you who are experienced juicers already, you most likely already know that Breville stands for quality juicing machines that will serve you well.
Its removable parts are dishwasher-safe but can just as well be washed by hand with ease thanks to the custom cleaning brush that is included with the unit to help facilitate faster cleanups. The unit's easy-to-clean internal pulp container will assemble in just seconds. The container will yield 1-1/2 quarts of juice before it will need to be emptied.
Weighing eleven pounds and measuring in at 9,5×8,75×16 inches, this machine can easily be used in even a crowded kitchen and is not very cumbersome to put away when not in use. However it is quite nice looking with the stainless steel-design, and personally I'd leave it in plain sight as a decoration (and maybe a little to show off too!).
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As one of the first books in child second language acquisition (SLA), this book focuses on the core area of tense-aspect morphology, reporting on three L1-Italian children learning L2 English vs. three L1-English children learning L2 Italian. An innovative longitudinal/bidirectional research design, where two languages represent both source and target, show effects of language transfer in learners that, because of their age, still have potential to become native-speakers of the target. An unusual feature of this book is that relevant studies of acquisition of L2 Italian, some heretofore only in Italian, are reviewed, incorporated into the study and made available to a more general audience. Though the main focus is on child SLA, crucial comparisons to both first language acquisition vs. adult SLA are presented. This approach will thus be of interest more generally to readers in first and second language acquisition and child development.After asking 34 children aged between 2;10 and 5;10 to tell each a classical fairy tale, they found that out of 130 instances ... Furthermore, the children structured their narratives paratactically, resorting primarily to connectives such as poi andanbsp;...
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Cemetery Junction, Ricky Gervais's Serious Movie, Going Straight to DVD
Surely a disappointment for Gervais, especially seeing as it's his first big foray out of comedy.
Cemetery Junction — a coming-of-age drama set in small-town England in the seventies, written and directed by Ricky Gervais along with his Office and Extras partner Stephen Merchant — is going straight to DVD in the U.S. Bummer! It's pretty surprising considering the pedigree and is surely a disappointment for Gervais and Merchant, especially seeing as it's their first big foray out of comedy. If the world makes any sense at all, the duo's consoling themselves right now by taking a dive into a Scrooge McDuck–type money pool brimming with residuals from The Office. [Playlist]


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Lord Harris of Greenwich: My Lords, by and large I welcome the order although, like the noble Lord, Lord McIntosh, I should have preferred it to go further.
The noble Baroness, Lady Blatch, told us about who had been involved in the decisions. She indicated that the Government had accepted that there was a case for considerable change. She referred to the work of the deregulation task force. The only thing missing from her speech was any reference to the discussions we had in Committee on the Charities Bill when we were applying our minds to exactly those issues we are debating today; namely, whether we should give trustees greater authority to make their own investment decisions.
I am sure that the noble Baroness will be astonished to learn that the noble Earl, Lord Ferrers, was wholly opposed to that amendment and the Government were defeated on the issue. In future perhaps the noble Baroness will pay tribute to the work of your Lordships' House on that issue because if the Government's view had been accepted by the Committee we should not be in the position in which we are today.
As I indicated, I have no difficulty with the central thrust of the proposal. The only point I wish to make is as regards the explanatory note. There are two sentences, the first of which consists of 110 words. It is almost wholly unintelligible. I say "almost wholly unintelligible"; it is wholly unintelligible. Its purpose is to tell trustees what are to be their powers. It seems quite unacceptable that the best the Government can do is provide such an unsatisfactory explanatory note. I cite it as an example of how not to do it. The next order we are to debatethe Contracting Out (Functions in relation to the Registration of Companies) Orderhas a wholly admirable explanatory note which explains clearly what are the proposals in the order. I hope that in future the Home Office will do rather better.
Baroness Blatch: My Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords for at least saying that they will not oppose the measure, although they would have preferred it to have gone further.
I wish to make only three points in response to what has been said. First, the order does not apply to charitable companies because, as I am sure the noble Lord, Lord McIntosh, knows, the Trustee Investments Act does not apply. I have given an indication that there will be consultations as regards taking that matter further. As regards the Financial Services Act 1986, the order has no power to introduce requirements for that Act in relation to advice. But the point which the noble Lord made is well taken. This is not the measure through which to address that point.
Lord McIntosh of Haringey: My Lords, is the Minister saying that Section 70 of the Charities Act would not allow an order to be made to take into account the provisions of the 1986 Act?
Baroness Blatch: My Lords, as I have been reminded once or twice at the Dispatch Box, I am not a lawyer
I shall not respond to what the noble Lord, Lord Harris, said about my noble friend Lord Ferrers because I do not know the context in which he opposed the amendment or whether any consultation had taken place.
Lord Harris of Greenwich: My Lords, it was quite clear that the noble Earl was speaking on behalf of the Treasury and not on behalf of the Home Office.
Baroness Blatch: My Lords, therein lies another talecautious, ever cautious.
The noble Lord, Lord Harris, referred to the explanatory note. I often agree with the sentiments of what the noble Lord says. The explanatory note does not seem to qualify for the plain English award. I should perhaps say in defence of it that it explains the "legalese" contained within the order. The department goes further than that and issues what I hope is plain English guidance which goes a long way towards helping the charity world and the voluntary sector to understand what is very often extremely complex legislation. We shall continue to do all we can to help to make sense of legislation. I commend the order.
On Question, Motion agreed to.
Lord Inglewood rose to move, That the draft order laid before the House on 6th March be approved [12th Report from the Joint Committee].
The noble Lord said: My Lords, the order is made under Section 77(2) of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994. This is the first use of the important power which enables certain statutory functions to be discharged by contractors where at present they may only be discharged by public servants.
The power was introduced as part of the Government's drive to ensure improvements in the quality of public services and efficiency in their delivery. The Government's "Competing for Quality" programme has produced a sea change in the way such services are delivered, ensuring better value for money for the taxpayer and higher standards for customers.
Companies House has been part of that success story. Since it became an executive agency in 1988 and achieved trading fund status in 1991, it has shown continuing improvements. In 1992 it received the Charter Mark for excellence in the provision of public service. In 1988 it used to take 30 days for a document to be processed and made available to the public; nowadays it takes less than five. Similarly, the proportion of companies which meet their annual filing
Noble Lords will be aware that it is standard practice to review the status of each agency periodically. The review into the future of Companies House was undertaken to see how best to build on its record.
The Government's decision following the review was announced by my right honourable friend the President of the Board of Trade on 20th December 1994. We have concluded that the best way of achieving further improvements is through the closer involvement of the private sector in the running of Companies House.
However, the business information industry is in the early stages of a major technological change as microfiche is replaced by digital technology. We therefore plan to proceed on a progressive basis. Companies House will remain an executive agency and work in partnership with the private sector to develop the new technology. At the same time it will work through a programme of contracting out a number of specific areas, putting each out to tender to private providers. I envisage that some 270 jobs out of a total of about 950 will have transferred to the private sector by 1996. Just over 100 of them will be in Cardiff, the rest mainly in London and Edinburgh.
The programme involves a number of statutory functions, which is why the order is necessary. They are presently carried out at Companies House London, the satellite offices in Leeds, Birmingham and Manchester, Companies House in Edinburgh andin the case of postal searchat Companies House Cardiff.
In London and the satellite offices, the statutory functions are to provide facilities for inspecting company records and to receive documents for filing. The offices also undertake same day incorporation and changes of name of companies. The Edinburgh office carries out the full range of Companies House functions in Scotland, including the recording and retention of company information.
It may help the House if I briefly explain the purpose of the main articles in the order and their supporting schedules. First of all, I turn to England and Wales. Article 3 enables any function of the Registrar for England and Wales which is listed in Schedule 1 to be contracted out. A number of different Acts require documents to be delivered to the Registrar of Companies. Schedule 1, paragraph 1 ensures that they can be delivered to a contractor.
Paragraph 2 covers functions which relate to the incorporation of companies or a change in a company name. It will enable the contractor employed to run the
Paragraph 3 covers functions in relation to the delivery of documents and the making of them available for public inspection. It has been framed to ensure that, while the receipt and dissemination of information may be carried out by a contractor, decisions as to how the relevant functions should be undertaken are retained by the registrar. For example, the decision as to which medium is used to make information available, presently microfiche, will still be up to the registrar. The paragraph will enable a contractor to run the search room services provided by the London and satellite offices. It also covers the postal search activity carried out from Cardiff, which is included in the contracting out programme. Paragraphs 4 to 8 of Schedule 1 cover duties conferred under other enactments, particularly the provision of certified copies of documents.
I move now to Scotland. Article 4 of the order permits the Registrar for Scotland's statutory functions to be contracted out, with the exceptions of those listed in Schedule 2. The exceptions are limited. They consist of two types of power. First come powers to seek a court order against a company. Those functions are exercised only rarely by the registrar. They entail the exercise of discretion as to whether to commence legal proceedings. We believe it right that they should be retained by the registrar. Secondly, there are powers to decide how functions should be undertakenfor example, decisions as to the form in which documents are presented for registration or the form of numbers allocated to registered companies. Decisions like this, which are fundamental to the design of the companies registration system, will be retained by the registrar.
In addition to the registrars' statutory functions, there also also a number of functions conferred on the Secretary of State which are exercised by Companies House. They apply to Great Britain as a whole. Article 5 of the order and Schedule 3 enable a limited number of those functions to be contracted out. They are ones where the activities concerned can be set out clearly in guidance to a contractor, in line with well established current practice.
As noble Lords may be aware, applications for incorporation or a change of name are checked against a list of restricted words, which are set down by the Secretary of State through regulations. Registration of names which include those words requires the approval of the Secretary of State. In addition, the registration of certain other names which might constitute a criminal offence or be misleadingfor example, "pharmacist" or "bank"is allowed only if the relevant body (such as The Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain or the Bank of England) confirms that the applicant is entitled to use the name.
Subparagraph 1(a) would enable the contractor to consider applications for incorporation or re-registration against the criteria set for each restricted name and, if the criteria had been met, to incorporate the company. But decisions on which words should be added to the list of restricted words, and on the criteria which would need to be met before confirming an incorporation, will
Paragraphs 2 and 3 relate to the approval of business names. Approval is necessary for business names which contain a restricted word. They are assessed in the same way as company names. Inclusion of paragraphs 2 and 3 will enable a contractor to approve business names which meet the criteria set out by the Secretary of State. Subparagraphs 1(b) and (c) relate to the extension of periods allowed for laying and delivering accounts and reports. That is relevant only to the Edinburgh contract. The function is exercised regularly there and the procedures are well established. The contract will lay down precise guidelines.
The order, therefore, sets out the statutory functions which the contractor may be employed to carry out. But it is by no means the whole story. In the first place, under Section 72 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act, in all cases where statutory functions are contracted out, the registrar or the Secretary of State, as the case may bewill remain legally responsible for anything done, or not done, in connection with that function.
Secondly, the extent to which particular functions will be delegated and the procedures and guidance which the contractor will be required to follow will be set out in the contracts. They will also specify the levels of service which a contractor would be required to provide; for example, setting out opening hours and the speed with which activities should be carried out. There will be effective monitoring procedures so that we can be sure that a contractor is performing his duties properly.
Thirdly, the fees and charges to users of Companies House services will continue to be set by the Secretary of State through statutory instrument (subject to affirmative resolution by Parliament if they are increased) whether the services are carried out by the agency or through contractors. Obviously, the contractor will not, therefore, be able to set his own fees for statutory services.
I should also emphasise that contractorisation is a process of testing. Potential bidders will be required to demonstrate that they can offer and deliver better value for money than would be achieved if the activity were not contracted out. By value for money, I do not just mean low prices. It is essential that the contractor maintains and, where possible, improves current levels of service. Unless that can be demonstrated, contracting out will not go ahead.
Our intention is to make rapid progress with the programme and to have completed it by 1996. We expect to issue an information memorandum and invite expressions of interest in respect of the contract for the London and satellite offices soon after the making of the order, with the invitation to tender following before the summer. Details of the contract for postal search and Edinburgh will follow later this year. The information memoranda for the other, non-statutory activities in Cardiff will be published during the spring and summer. Those activities include things like building management and cheque processing.
As I said, we believe that the contracting-out programme offers the best way of building on the excellent record of Companies House. The agency plays a crucial role in the commercial system of this country. Our aim is to ensure that it operates as efficiently as possible and that, as taxpayers and users, we get the best possible value for money.
Moved, That the draft order laid before the House on 6th March be approved [12th Report from the Joint Committee].(Lord Inglewood.)
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London, Mar 6 (ANI): You no longer need to run on the treadmill for hours, just grab a bag and hit the high street and voila youll shed the extra pounds, for according to medics, shopping makes a person slim.
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And an 11-stone woman could burn 444 calories, the same as a whole hour of cycling.
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#SimplyMondayMusings: October 19, 2015
Happy Monday loves! I've been away from the blog for a little bit, traveling out west. I'll be posting about my trip to California later this week, so be sure to check it out!
This week's #SimplyMondayMusing post is a nice little hodge podge over so many things running through my mind right now and it goes a little something like this…
1. Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
I remember being in first grade and carving pumpkins! As 5 & 6 year olds, we loved squishing the inner flesh of the pumpkin in our hands before chunking it in the trash can. But before we could get rid of everything, our teacher made us save the pumpkin seeds. Scooping them onto a paper plate, she popped them in the microwave and viola!, we had fresh pumpkin seeds to snack on! While everyone else is into the beloved pumpkin spice trend, I'm excited to use this recipe from Backtoherroots.com for my next batch of pumpkin seeds!
2. Pointed Toe Booties
I have been on the hunt for a pair of pointy-toed black suede booties and I think I might have found them on 6pm.com. I'd love a tall skinny heel, but this hidden wedge means all-day comfort. Although they're still a little pricey for me, I will definitely be keeping an eye on them!
3. Cup O' Coffee body scrub by Lush Cosmetics
While down in San Diego last week, I stopped in Lush Cosmetics and grabbed some goodies for my family and some samples for myself. I've been reading about all these different coffee body scrubs but just wasn't quite ready to take the plunge and purchase it yet. Luckily, Lush Cosmetics has a body scrub with ground coffee, vanilla, and other oils to help rejuvenate and tighten your skin. The sale associate told me it's great to use all over the body, especially your derrière! Pumped to test it out!
4. Popsugar's List of 40+ Islands to Visit Before You Die
I'm determined to travel to somewhere warm to ring in the new year, so I'm using Popsugar's list of 40+ islnds to visit to help me figure out where to go. It's very unlikely I'll head out to French Polynesia or Hawaii, but I can always make my way to the US Virgin Islands or Belize. Any and all suggestions are welcomed when it comes to island hopping for new years!
5. Perfect Puffer Coat
While I'm planning a trip to a beautiful island, I have to face reality as I'm prepping for trips to the Northeast come November. As a Southerner, I only have a few coats--unfortunately, none of them can handle snow, sleet, or ice. Normally I would search for a more stylish coat, but let's be real, I'm a 5 year old trapped in a 23 year olds body, so puffer coats are the way to go. This Patagonia coat is at the top of my list right now. It looks warm and functional and I know that's exactly what I'll need to keep warm! If any of you are rocking Patagonia outerwear this Fall/Winter, please let me know if it keeps you warm!
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Clifton Park >> Every Shenendehowa High School athletic program has won a Section II championship except one — girls lacrosse.
That might not be the case by the end of Wednesday night, however, with the No. 1 girls lacrosse team taking on No. 2 Guilderland in its first Class A final appearance since 2006.
"This season is so different from the other years," Shenendehowa senior attacker Katie Kerner said. "You can just tell with this group of kids that every single game, every single minute, we're pushing as hard as we can and we knew from the start that we could win (a sectional title). We're very confident."
Considering each of the Plainsmen have spent a lot of time in the main gym during their high school careers — whether it's in gym class or practice — each one of them has gotten a good look at each of the teams' banners that hang around the gymnasium. And without a doubt, they have all seen what is missing from the girls lacrosse banner — a Section II championship.
"It really does push us. You really look up at all the banners and you see six-seven wins on every single thing, and you look at the girls lacrosse and there's a 1997 (Suburban Council Blue Division) win that wasn't even a sectional title win," senior attacker Rachael Picchi said. "If we (can get) that number up there, it'll definitely be something to remember. It would be a huge, huge win for us."
This season's success hasn't come as too much of a surprise to Shenendehowa head girls lacrosse coach Jennifer Sykes. The sixth-year head coach knew she had a special team from the very beginning.
"It's amazing when you have seniors that are just great kids. They've had tremendous athletic careers at Shen and they don't want it to end," Sykes said. "A lot of times you get to this point in the season and depending on your senior leadership, it can go one of two ways. We're fortunate with this group that they love the team, they've wanted this.
"From the beginning of the season it's been a team and individual goals for each of them to make it to the sectional title game, and I think they really want to finish what they've started."
As the season has progressed, time and time again, the group of six seniors have answered the bell. Each one of the Super Six play a critical role for the Plainsmen.
"We have six players, one of them is (one of) our (goalies) Sarah Arnold. Tess (Nacaise) and Leah (Stephens) have huge defensive roles, they play every minute," Sykes said. "The other three are starting attackers, so we have them at both ends of the field.
"It's been a good balance with the seniors being offensive and defensive leaders."
One of those attackers is Rachael Picchi. The senior has a team-high 58 goals, which is a tie for ninth in the section this spring. And while Picchi has been the source for the majority of the Plainsmen's scoring, fellow attacker Katie Kerner has a knack for finding the open Plainsmen. Kerner's 41 assists are a team high and good for third in Section II.
"(Rachael's) come on towards the end of the year with the season we thought she could have," Sykes said. "She saw a face guard against Bethlehem — she had five goals. She's just kind of proven that whatever people throw at her, she's able to adjust and adapt.
"People have tried to do different things with Katie, in terms of putting pressure on her or putting a backer against her, the bottom line is it is great vision. I think the strategies that have been thrown at us so far have had the opposite impact of what the teams have had anticipated."
With a senior presence on both ends of the field, the Plainsmen have a good mix of youth in the middle with underclassmen like Lauren Gray and Emily Dinallo making an impact.
"We're kind of balanced a little bit more upperclassmen-heavy at the attack end and the defensive end, and then we have these three young and hungry sophomore midfielders that have just been really been doing the work for us all season," said the head coach.
Winners of seven of their last eight games, the Plainsmen enter the title game playing their best lacrosse of the season. Shen's last seven victories have come by a combined 41 goals.
"We finished in first and I think we had one of the hardest ways into the sectional final, but that shows a lot," Kerner said. "For our team to finish in first and have such a good feeling and be like, 'Wait, we're playing Bethlehem?' To come out with that intensity, we just knew that we weren't going to lose.
"I think that our schedule was pretty hard this year, but I think that's what makes us good. I'd rather see teams that we can compete against."
The Plainsmen came away victorious, 11-9, when they faced the Lady Dutch in the lone regular-season matchup on April 30. Goalie Lexi Keen and the Plainsmen defense kept the section's leading scorer, Cara Quimby, to a season-low three goals in the two-goal victory.
And after coming up with 10 saves with a 102-degree fever, Keen is confident she can do it all over again now that she's healthy.
"It feels great to think about (that performance) now," said the junior goalie. "I think she scored 12 in a game recently, so I'm just not going to let that happen. Winning (the first game) definitely gives us confidence going into playing them again."
Understanding that this could be her last game as a Plainsmen, Picchi is prepared to leave everything on the turf Wednesday night in hopes that her's and her teammates' efforts are enough to win the first Section II title in Section II history.
"It'd be a huge win because we had that in our field hockey season. My goal is to get another sectional title, it'd be huge to get another sectional title," Picchi said, who was part of the field hockey team's state title run in the fall. "Whenever I'm out on the field I'm thinking, 'This could be my last game.' So, I'm always playing 110 percent because I know I won't play this in college, I know I'm playing field hockey."
The top-seeded Plainsmen take on the second-seeded Lady Dutch Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m. at John Fallon Field at University at Albany.


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Pensions, not paper, the real cost problem for schools
Some Democratic politicians and other proponents of more funding for K-12 schools held a rally in Ann Arbor. State Rep. Jeff Irwin was quoted in MLive.
"The crisis is real. You see the increased class sizes. You have teachers asking parents for reams of paper."
For the Record says: The crisis is real. But it's not the cost of paper or the amount taxpayers are spending on K-12 education. Like every other district in the state, the real budget killer for Ann Arbor Public Schools is its employee retirement benefits. In just two years, Ann Arbor's costs for retiree pension and health insurance jumped from $22.3 million in 2011 to $28.1 million in 2013. That nearly $5 million increase would buy a lot of paper. And retirement pension and health care costs are increasing.


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ATHENS - This may come as news to some of you, but Georgia's football season begins a week from Saturday. I know, the whole thing just snuck up on everyone, with hardly any press coverage or hype or anything.
So clearly many of my readers must have questions. Let's have another mailbag.
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I'll post your questions and my responses later this week. Fire away.


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MD3 Deployments in Action
Over the last few posts we've covered how [[Introduction to Metadata Driven Database Deployments|MD3]] handles stateful database object deployments. We've covered all of the MD3.Create procedures and how they help you avoid writing error-prone, hand-crafted DDL. We then looked at RunMD3.ps1 which is the MD3 executor script. In this post we are going to look at various outputs you can expect from RunMD3.ps1.
Why should we build and deploy EVERY database script EVERY time, even if the object hasn't changed?
In MD3 Script Idempotency and MD3.CreateColumn we looked at why all sql scripts in MD3 must be "rerunnable", meaning that a script cannot have "side-effects" if it is subsequently executed multiple times. With MD3 every SQL script is run during every deployment. Folks that are new to MD3 question this approach.
|Quick Links
|[[Introduction to Metadata Driven Database Deployments]]
|Download MD3 (with samples)
|Documentation on CodePlex/git
|Presentation on MD3
|Other Posts about MD3
|AdventureWorks2013 reverse-engineered into MD3 (takes 5 mins to do with ANY database)
Just suspend disbelief and you'll see the benefits of doing this.
- It's the safest thing to do…you always deploy what you tested and what you expect. You never know who altered a stored proc on a database without going through the proper build/deploy mechanism. Simply redeploying all objects ensures that your database is exactly how you want it. Developers and QA folks can manipulate their environments and can later "reset" them by simply getting the latest code and deploying it.
- It only takes a few milliseconds to check metadata "properties" for an object and determine there is no net change. Even with thousands of database objects that haven't changed in years you will only spend at most a few minutes checking the metadata. Trust me. I've run MD3 scripts against HUGE databases where no objects have changed since the last deployment...this still only takes a few minutes.
- We are not locked into build-by-build deployments where we run only the scripts that we think have changed. We can upgrade any database to "current" without having to worry about the starting point. If you have customers who are behind by several releases you can rest assured that they will upgrade and have identical schemas to your newest customer.
- Frankly, this is how every other language does build/deploy. This is an industry standard best practice that encourages continuous integration. SQL should be no different. MD3 enables this.
Running RunMD3.ps1
There are lots of ways to run PoSh scripts. I like to open a command prompt and start
powershell. You then
cd to the root directory where your MD3 deployment scripts reside. Then you simply call the deployment executor using PoSh dot notation, like this:
.\RunMD3.ps1. There are two parameters
-ServerName and
- You can run the PoSh script from any machine with the sql tools installed. There are no special powershell requirements.
- If this is the first time you are running a PoSh script on the given machine then you must run
set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestrictedfirst. This allows you to run PoSh scripts. This isn't my requirement, rather a requirement of powershell itself.
- The specified database must exist. This is the default behavior. You can of course issue the command to create your database first, if it doesn't exist, by placing the relevant SQL in
00Pre-install\00CreateDatabase.sql. In fact, this is a good idea if you are going to create CI Build loops (see [[Continuous Integration Testing with MD3]]). But by default, for safety reasons, MD3 requires the db to exist. If it doesn't you'll see an error similar to this:
Whenever an error is thrown with a Severity >= 16 the deployment will stop and an error message will be displayed. This works EXACTLY like SSMS.
In this screenshot we can see that the failure occured in
3Tables\HumanResources.Employee.sql because the
dbo.Flag user-defined data type does not exist. By using
start-transcript, or by piping RunMD3.ps1 output, you can capture the execution log seen above to a text file as well. Execution logs are also saved to a table named
MD3.Log. This table is truncated at the start of every deployment, so if you wish to archive the data from every deployment you must either alter the MD3 system or squirrel the table away to another location.
The following graphic shows the contents of MD3.Log after an error was thrown:
In this case we can see the error that was thrown. The constraint could not be created. The actual SQL statement that errored, that was generated by the MD3 system, based on the properties passed to MD3.CreatePrimaryKey (in the example), is always logged just before the error. This will help you determine what went wrong. These errors are extremely rare and should always be caught during continuous integration testing.
Here is what you can expect to see when MD3 succeeds:
Any WARNINGs will be displayed just before the success message, or can be queried from
MD3.Log by looking at
WHERE Severity = 'W'. Out-of-the-box the only WARNINGs MD3 will throw are untrusted constraint violations (if you allow them). You can code your own by tactically adding calls to
MD3.InsertLogMessage with the
@Severity = 'W' option.
In this post we showed how to run the MD3 executor PoSh script,
RunMD3.ps1. This utility executes any .sql file it finds in its folder or any subfolder. If a .sql script throws any errors those are bubbled up and logged to MD3.Log and are shown to the user running the PoSh script. In the next post we'll look at [[How to Reverse-Engineer Your Database with MD3]].
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Worrel Clahar scored 19 points to lead DePaul to a 75-69 victory over Rutgers yesterday in Rosemont, Ill., snapping the Blue Demons' nine-game losing streak.
Brandon Young added 16 points and Cleveland Melvin scored 15 for the Blue Demons (11-14, 2-10 Big East).
They're 1-5 at home in the Big East. Myles Mack led the Scarlet Knights (13-11, 4-9) with 28 points — 18 after halftime.
Rutgers lost sophomore guard Eli Carter who broke his right leg and will miss the rest of the season. They have lost seven of their last eight games.
Villanova 70, Connecticut 61
In Hartford, Conn., Ryan Arcidiacono scored 25 points and Villanova (16-10, 7-6 Big East) grabbed 20 offensive rebounds in beating Connecticut (17-7, 7-5).
Omar Calhoun scored 16 points to lead UConn. The Huskies came into the game having won five of their last six, including an emotional upset over No. 6 Syracuse on Wednesday.
Towson 57, Hofstra 50
In Hempstead, Jerrelle Benimon scored 17 points to lead Towson (15-13, 10-5) to a victory over Hofstra (6-20, 3-10).
NJIT 63, Utah Valley 55
Ryan Woods had 14 points and seven rebounds to lead host New Jersey Institute of Technology (14-11, 5-1) past Utah Valley (12-14, 2-4).
LIU 92, Fairleigh Dickinson
Jamal Olasewere had 20 points as LIU Brooklyn pulled away in the second half for a win over Fairleigh Dickinson (7-20, 2-12), vaulting the Blackbirds (15-11, 10-4) into a tie for first in the Northeast Conference.
Wagner 89, Bryant 75
Latif Rivers scored 20 points to lead four players in double figures, and Wagner (15-10, 9-5) pulled away from Bryant (16-8, 9-4) in the second half for a victory in Northeast Conference play.
Monmouth 73, St. Francis 64
In West Long Branch, N.J., Jesse Steele scored 26 points as Monmouth (10-17, 5-9 NEC) defeated St. Francis Brooklyn (10-15, 6-8).
Harvard 69, Princeton 57
In Boston, Harvard (15-7, 7-1 Ivy) had five players in double figures and rolled past Princeton (12-9, 5-2) in a key conference matchup.
Yale 75, Columbia 56
In New Haven, Conn., Justin Sears and Brandon Sherrod came off the bench to score 10 points apiece as Yale (10-15, 4-4 Ivy) stormed past Columbia (10-12, 2-6).


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Library Allowing You To Send Push Notifications To Simulator Apps By The Terminal
I've mentioned a number of resources for working with push notifications like this beginner's push notifications tutorial.
Here's a submission from Arnaud Coomans that makes it easier to test push notifications by allowing you to easily send push notifications to your apps running in the iOS simulator without needing to use Apple's push notification server.
The way SimulatorRemoteNotifications works is by providing a mini server within your app, and then you can easily simulate notifications by using the terminal.
Here's an example from the readme showing how to send a sample push notification:
You can find SimulatorRemoteNotifications on Github here.
A very handy library that will save you the time of setting up push notifications for testing.
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Here's a really simple idea for REALTORS who are struggling to sell "mis-priced listings."
Just Say No!
Call it the Nancy Reagan Rule of Real Estate: Some listings are "bad" for you – kind of like certain kinds of substances are bad for you. But sometimes, REALTORS just get on a "listing high" when they get a homeowner all geared up to sign on the dotted line. After pouring out their hearts in a listing presentation, filled with facts and figures and advice, they become vulnerable to a moment of insanity called "I'm gonna get this listing!" And that's when they all-too-often shoot themselves in the foot.
Every REALTOR "knows" better than to take a mis-priced listing. But they need to start "doing" better if they want to survive and thrive. Here's a simple economic fact: the buyer of any product sets the price. Period. No ifs, ands or butts, unless you're a one-of-a-kind painting or bejewelled egg. As long as there are "other options" in the marketplace similar to your product – other computers, MP3 players, airline seats and houses – to choose from, the buyer sets the price.
REALTORS need to start every listing presentation with this fact. Here's a simple way to do it:
Help the seller see that they don't really exist. Not as "sellers" anyway. Sure, they are "momentarily" selling their home, but as soon as they sign the listing agreement, the really become buyers. If we sell their home, they are going to have to move out and get a new home. So all sellers are really buyers!
As potential-buyers, pre-signed-listing-agreement-sellers already understand that "they're going to get a good deal" on their next home. They full expect to "control" the process by "making an offer" and "lowballing" the sellers. Of course, they also – insanely – think that these "buyer emotions" don't apply to their home. Nosiree! Buyers are going to line up – from your newspaper ad, mind you! – and pay full price for this-here-beauty of a home!
When you help sellers see that they are really buyers, then they will be able to "make the leap" to understand that what they are thinking is exactly what other buyers are thinking about their home right now! If the buyer feels that it's overpriced, then it is. Peroid. They'll shop around. You can't make them overpay. Just try calling your broker and putting your Bear Stearns stock on the market with an asking price of $80. Sure, you paid $80 for it; but nobody is willing to buy it from you at much more than $8.
So the buyer always controls the market.
Never mind your dog-and-pony show about how you're cool, you have a great company, your website rocks and you even have a Blackberry. None of that should even be discussed until after you have determined the sanity of your seller. While it's no secret that there are "emotions" in the sales process, you can rest assured that there are some glimmers of pure reason, too: especially with tight credit and more cautious buyers. Compared to the "bid up at all cost!" days, buyers are downright Mr. Spock these days when it comes to making an offer.
More importantly, it's part of the "REALTOR, heal thyself" mentality that we need to spread throughout the industry. Nobody "forces us" to take bad deals. We do it to ourselves; which means we can stop, too. Who cares if you don't list the property? Really – do you "need" to throw away your marketing dollars so easily? Are you so bored that you "want" to sit at open houses where buyer after buyer tells you it's overpriced?
Figure it this way: you can always co-broke the deal on a buyer's behalf – and let someone else "list" the property and assume all of the up-front costs. Why take on the expenses of a money pit? Just focus on finding a buyer. You can keep up with the FSBO market just as easily as the REALTOR-market using the web (like owners.com). At some point, a highly distressed listing agent – who's going broke carrying the overpriced inventory will beg their client to take ANY deal you bring them.
In the meantime, you'll get back to making profits. If you only just say NO.


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Tuesday June 12th, 2012
Volume 82 - Issue 23
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"$125 of Kentucky Fried Chicken, gone in 15 minutes."
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Ed Gatzy, The Gothlic Knight, brings Pure Power Wresting to the Crowsnest Pass.
Between the sweat and the fury, the rage and the intensity, Ed Gatzky, better known by his wrestling stage name, The Gothic Knight, proves that wrestling can be about more than just tackling and attacking. It can also be an event of charity.
Gatzky, the six foot five, three hundred pound professional wrestler who currently resides in Lethbridge but owns a house in Bellevue, has been a wrestler for 17 years to date and manages a business called Pure Power Wrestling, a company that hosts family-friendly wrestling events, many of which are charity shows around Southern Alberta.
Gatzky was born in Edmonton but was raised in Bellevue. "I was always proud to be from this town," Gatzky said. The house he has in Bellevue is beside the house in which he was raised. "This place is amazing. "
Gatzky moved back to Edmonton following his graduation from Crowsnest Consolidated High School and graduated from the dietetics program at NAIT Polytechnic.
Gatzky first made his name famous after he worked as Bret Hart's body guard at a Hitman event. He then began wrestling in Lethbridge and the name Gothic Knight was born.
"The name stands for honour and integrity," Gatzky said.
He toured countries like Germany, United States, Australia, and has wrestled around and across Canada, headlining at shows in Toronto and Southern Alberta.
A few years ago, Gatzky created an organization called Pure Power Wrestling, an association that hosts family friendly wrestling events, often having a goal to raise money or collect food for charity.
Gatzky said that the success of Pure Power Wrestling is based around three major pillars: talent, family friendly standards and charity goals.
"Charity is an important aspect of Pure Power Wrestling," Gatzky said. "We try to give back to the community in as many ways as we can. When you give back, people embrace it."
Pure Power Wrestling has helped many different organizations through charity, some being the Canadian Cancer Society, Big Brothers, Big Sisters, and STARS Air Ambulance.
"Pure Power has phenomenal momentum right now," he said. He explained that unlike other wrestling events, and many wrestling events stereotyped by society, Pure Power Wrestling hosts events that are not filled with nudity, violence or profanity.
The shows are kept appropriate to the audience watching and are suitable for people of all ages.
The Gothic Knight will be headlining at an event at McEachern Community Centre during Bellecrest on June 15th.
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200. So you are not going to take their recommendations?
(Mr Tiner) We will have a think about it furtherwe
have only just got the letterbut my initial reaction is
it could be quite difficult. What we are trying to do is to encourage,
through the offices of the AITC, the industry itself to get much
better quality information to consumers.
(Mr Rushton) Can I add a comment? Back in April, on
this question of disclosure, I wrote to all the sponsors of investment
companies and investment trusts reminding them, first of all,
of their obligations under the listings rules to ensure that any
price-sensitive information is communicated in a timely way but,
more importantly, I asked them if they would advise their clients
to co-operate with the AITC in their disclosure initiative which
you heard about. I then called a meeting of some of those sponsors
who are particularly representative in this sector and suggested
to them that this would be a good thing in terms of restoring
and protecting the reputation of the sector and I believe, although
you did not go into this with the AITC, that the figures show
that there has been pretty good co-operation on that. If there
is not good co-operation with an AITC voluntary initiative, then
I think it is reasonable for us to consider whether the disclosure
rules we have for investment entities should be reconsidered.
201. But there is an issue of a lack of formal
advice from professional advisers, and a lot of people are relying
on the press to inform them so I think there is a big issue here,
is there not, Mr Tiner?
(Mr Tiner) I accept that. I think there is an issue
and people are confused about whether they have a bad or good
onepeople are confused about quite what these instruments
mean, quite frankly. We did put a consumer information bulletin
on our website some months ago to help consumers try and work
through what kind of trust they are in, and we provided advice
in terms of who to talk to about their own particular position.
202. Following on on the issue of marketing,
we heard Aberdeen Asset Management trying to plead that it is
all the fault of the tumbling stockmarket and everything would
have been all right were it not for that, and to some extent the
Association has taken the same line, but interestingly you quote
in your policy statement in the section on marketing, paragraph
3.5, and this is where the "safe as houses" phrase is
used and the famous "more safety features than a Volvo"
phrase is used, but more significantly you go on to say they have
also been marketed as products that "tend to come into their
own when stockmarkets are flat or falling". You do not attribute
that and I think we would be interested to know who it was that
made that claim. How widely was that claim made do you think in
the marketing material for these kinds of products?
(Mr Tiner) I cannot tell you who made it although
I can find out and let the Committee know,[27]
and I cannot tell you how widely that term was used. We put these
in to give a flavour, quite frankly, of the sort of material that
we have observed as being out there, or which has been.
203. But the whole notion that we have been
hearing this morning that everything would have been all right
if only the stock markets had not fallen crumbles if these products
were promoted on the basis that they give you protection when
the markets have fallen, because it is patently untrue.
(Mr Tiner) Well, particularly where you have this
combination of gearing and cross-holding. That is what makes that
statement particularly unreliable.
204. Misleading?
(Mr Tiner) If you like, yes.
205. Mr Tiner, can I thank you for your analysis
in the report, particularly of the shortcomings of the cross-holding
structure. On that we have heard a bit about the possible existence
of a magic circle and possible collusive behaviour. How many managers
and split capital trusts are you looking at in relation to possible
collusive behaviour? How many investigations are you undertaking
in the Financial Services Authority?
(Mr Tiner) As we have said in the section of the report
that deals with what we will be doing in the future, we have said
that we have found enough data to cause us to go on and investigate
this issue of collusive behaviour but without at that point progressing
with enforcement proceedings against any particular firm. We have
collected a lot of data about what is referred to as stock swaps,
where one trust will swap stocks with another, and a lot of analysis
of I cannot tell you right now how many trusts but quite a number
and quite a number of managers
206. I do not want to interrupt unnecessarily
but you say "quite a number". Indicatively are we talking
about half a dozen, or three dozen or what?
(Mr Tiner) We are talking probably more about a handful
than three dozen.
207. A dozen?
(Mr Tiner) No, a handful. One hand!
208. I thought you meant a handful of dozens.
(Mr Tiner) No, because it is a relatively concentrated
industry and there are a small number of firms who have quite
a big market share.
209. Can you tell us what powers you have to
compel the disclosure of information from these companies in the
context of possible collusive behaviour? Let us just stick with
(Mr Tiner) As a regulator, under our normal rights
we can call for information we require for the purposes of fulfilling
our regulatory responsibilities. When we commence an enforcement
investigation then we have rights to call for information which
is relevant to that particular investigation, and so I think we
do have the necessary powers to pursue this if we think we have
a case to pursue.
210. In how many cases do you anticipate utilising
such powers to pursue the case to the bitter end?
(Mr Tiner) I really would not want to speculate on
that now. I think we have to look at the evidence we have gathered:
we have said here that we have commenced enforcement proceedings
in a number of cases in relation to misleading marketing information
211. I am talking about collusion.
(Mr Tiner) On the collusive side we are still gathering
data, and I would not want to be drawn on how many cases we will
then pursue.
212. Finally, and I know you will say this is
an open-ended process but could you give this Committee some indication
very briefly of what the penalties are if a case of collusion
is proved to your satisfaction in the course of your inquiries?
Secondly, when might you expect the first cases to be wrapped
up? In other words, what are the penalties and when do you think
the first penalties might be implemented? What is the earliest
date or are you going to say to us, "Look, this could be
several years down the road"? Could you give us a flavour
of the timescale that the Financial Services Authority might be
working toand we would not expect you to give us firm deadlines
but a clue would be helpful.
(Mr Tiner) Do you mean just on the collusion issue?
213. Yes. I am only talking about collusion.
(Mr Tiner) The first point I should make is that we
do not know when we will commence any action because we will not
do that until we decide we have the evidence, so I cannot tell
you whether we will at all if we do not get sufficient evidence
to suggest that we should pursue a formal enforcement investigation.
If we then do commence an enforcement investigation against any
firm, under the enforcement procedures established in the Financial
Services and Markets Act it could be a matter of possibly twelve
months from the time at which that investigation commences to
the time at which a decision would be taken. It could stretch
even longer than that if the firm concerned, if there is such
a case, then takes the issue to the Financial Services Tribunal.
214. What is the ultimate sanction that you
as regulator can impose?
(Mr Tiner) It is quite wide: it is a range of fines.
We can change firms' permissions to do business in particular
sectors and we are able to ban individuals.
215. Can you put them out of business?
(Mr Tiner) Yes, we can.
216. Picking up on two small points: the AITC
evidence included a suggestion that certain recommended practices
on the home market were not being generally followed in off-shore
investments, even for United Kingdom owned companies, and I think
you probably have heard a specific example of how funds were charged
against income and capital. Do you think it would be helpful if
the Channel Islands were to review their regulations and codes
of conduct for split capital trusts?
(Mr Tiner) Of course, the entire system here is a
voluntary system, even in the United Kingdom, because investment
trusts are not regulated. They are regulated through the United
Kingdom Listing Authority but not as investment products by the
Financial Services Authority. I would suggest, therefore, certainly
in the light of what has emerged in this sector that it would
be in the interests of all jurisdictions that have these products
which have been sponsored from those jurisdictions to adopt a
code of best practice.
217. Should it be made mandatory?
(Mr Tiner) I would like to see if the market, through
the work of the AITC, could deliver the necessary standards themselves
first without necessarily making it mandatory.
218. You mentioned earlier the problem of getting
compensation that arises if I had gone to an IFA who relied upon
the propaganda of a company to make a recommendation, because
it is not quite clear against whom I might have a claim. Does
the buck stop anywhere, or can the company say, "Hey, it
is the IFA" and the IFA say "No, it is the company"?
(Mr Tiner) No. In that case, if there was that kind
of dispute between the adviser and the promoter, in essence the
complaint would not have been dealt with to the customer's satisfaction
and the customer would go to the Ombudsman and the Ombudsman would
decide who is at fault.
219. How long are you going to give the AITC,
the trade association body that covers this investment sector,
to clean up?
(Mr Tiner) We are in quite close touch to see how
their information-gathering efforts have been progressing. I think
they had one go at this at the end of last year which was, as
I reported in a speech at the beginning of February, relatively
unsuccessful but I think since then the determination of the sector
to clean this up has been much greater and they have been much
more successful more recently, so I am minded to give the AITC
the time, perhaps a few months, to see if they can get the information
they need and put it in a format which is of use to the market,
advisers and consumers and to be able to put more relevant, more
timely information out there into the market place.


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The search is on.
RIT is seeking a leader with vision, integrity, high energy and exceptional communication skills. The next president should also have a strong appreciation for technology, a commitment to diversity, the ability to fundraise, and the ability to lead a complex organization. And if that is not all, they need to be able to work with the Rochester community and to operate on the global stage.
Sounds like a lot, but RIT is on a strong trajectory and wants the right person to take the baton from Al Simone, who is retiring at the end of the 2006-07 academic year after serving 15 years.
The RIT Presidential Search Committee is now accepting resumes. A large national ad recently ran in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
To learn more about the search, visit the Presidential Search website for the latest information. A nomination form is also available on the site.
Resumes will be accepted through November. With the help of a Boston-based consulting firm — Isaacson, Miller — the pool of candidates will be narrowed down. Finalists will visit the RIT campus in the spring. The Board of Trustees will select the new president in the spring after receiving feedback from the RIT community.
The RIT community isn't alone in hoping the university finds a great leader. The stakes are also high for the Rochester community, where RIT plays a key role in economic development for Upstate NY. Reporter Matt Daneman breaks this down in a recent story in the Democrat and Chronicle, titled "RIT looking for the right fit at the top."
Simone has set the bar high and has vowed to be a super salesman and honest broker with the finalists. He wants to see the next president take RIT to greatness. May the best candidates come forward…
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (ArkansasRazorbacks.com) – The Arkansas football team will play a home-and-home series with former Southwest Conference foe Texas Tech in 2014 and 2015, it was announced Wednesday.
"With the Texas Tech series, we are renewing a Southwest Conference rivalry and strengthening our non-conference schedule while gaining valuable exposure in Texas," Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Jeff Long said. "With the landscape of the college football postseason changing, it is imperative that we schedule competitive non-conference matchups that will benefit our program."
The Razorbacks are set to travel to Lubbock, Texas, on Sept. 13, 2014 for the first meeting between the two teams since 1991 and will host the Red Raiders in Fayetteville on Sept. 19, 2015. Arkansas leads the all-time series 28-7, including a 15-2 edge in Lubbock and a 6-2 mark in Fayetteville.
"The addition of Texas Tech gives us a quality non-conference opponent for the first two years when the world of college football changes with the playoffs in 2014," head coach Bret Bielema said. "We anticipate strength of schedule being a factor in deciding which teams are selected and feel adding Texas Tech to our already strong conference schedule puts us in a great position in that regard. There is a tremendous amount of excitement around our program, and this is a matchup our fans can look forward to."
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France have got to stop asking questions of themselves and start thinking positively, according to centre Mathieu Bastareaud.
The 24-year-old was surprisingly dropped from the starting line-up for last Saturday's 13-13 draw with Ireland as he had made more of an impact than most of the backs in their three Six Nations defeats.
However, whether he is in the starting XV or not for the final game with Scotland at the Stade de France this Saturday, he is hoping the whole squad can leave the tournament with one good performance under their belts.
"If we all have the will to put on a great performance against the Scots, then we can do something special," said Bastareaud, whose constant battle with his weight has been a worry for France coach Philippe Saint-Andre.
"The talent and the quality is there. We have stopped this series of defeats. Now it is for us to moved in an upward spiral.
"It will be good to end with a victory but it will not be easy. We are not going to say we are going to score 40 points against the Scots in order to give pleasure to everybody. It isn't as simple as that."
Bastareaud, whose two tries in his 13 tests came in the 18-9 Six Nations win away to the Scots at Murrayfield in 2010, said that it was time for him and his team-mates to stop thinking about what would happen if they lost.
"The objective is to win, and if possible in style," said the Toulon powerhouse.
"It is imperative that we stop asking ourselves 10,000 questions, to think of what will happen if we lose.
"We have to think about winning, to be positive and to go out to play the Scots with our heads held high and be proud to play in this final match.
"It will be a beautiful match. The two teams are going to want to put on a spectacle. For us it has been a complicated tournament. There has not been much pleasure to take out of it. We need to try and enjoy ourselves."
Bastareaud said that the Ireland result — which saw the French come back from 13-3 down at half-time to force the draw — had been crucial in one respect.
"It did us some good. We should have won but we are satisfied with the draw.
"A fourth defeat would have finished us off," he said.
France need realistically to beat Scotland to avoid finishing bottom of the table for the first time ever in the Six Nations and for the first time since 1999, when it was still the Five Nations.


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CALGARY - The food at the Calgary Stampede really bucks the trend when it comes to outdoor eating along a carnival midway.
Traditional fair favourites such as mini doughnuts, corn dogs and hamburgers still hold a prominent place among the brightly-coloured food stands scattered as far as the eye can see.
But they jockey for space with vendors offering up food ranging from the weird, such as cricket or alligator pizza, to the creative, such as pulled-pork parfaits or beef sundaes, to what some might call downright disgusting, such as deep-fried jelly beans.
"We have Calgary's largest food court here on the Stampede midway," says operations manager James Radke.
"From pulled-pork parfait ... to Belgian waffle-on-a-stick to alligator to pizza-on-a-stick," he said. "Outrageous food and fun foods, too."
The pulled-pork parfait roped the festival's new food award Thursday night. It's layers of barbecue pork followed by mashed potato and gravy, repeated twice and served up in a plastic parfait container.
The beef sundae, which has satisfied hungry fair-goers for several years, consists of roast beef, corn, mashed potatoes, gravy as "chocolate sauce", cheddar "sprinkles" and a cherry tomato on top.
Radke said there's always some fair foodies willing to try some of the more outrageous offerings, such as sour cream and onion crickets on a cheese pizza.
"We have it every night at 7 p.m. over in front of the grandstand building, it is very popular," he said. "It's like "Survivor", right?"
One mantra holds true for the Stampede food experience — everything tastes better coated in batter and dropped in bubbling oil.
"Deep-fried jelly beans, deep-fried Oreos, deep-fried Twinkie, deep-fried Snickers bar," says Radke. "I can get you anything you want, deep-fried."
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Yellowwood Cafe
Howick, Kwazulu Natal Breakfast, Country, Grills, International, Light Meals, Traditional, Vegetarian
Yellowwood café is a country restaurant, serving wholesome country food in a wonderful country setting. It is our pleasure and privilege to be able to have you as guests in this wonderful he...
Granny Mouse Country House Restaurant
Howick, Kwazulu Natal Bistro, Fine Dining
Offering a Fine Dining Restaurant and a Bistro Restaurant on site. Welcome to our Eaves Fine Dining Restaurant. A delightful place to eat in the Natal Midlands - an award winning menu, and a c...
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Howick, Kwazulu Natal Breakfast, Continental, Country, Game, Grills, Italian, Light Meals, Pizza, Pub Meals, Seafood, South African, Steakhouse, Vegetarian
This legendary exclusive Midlands restaurant was officially opened in May 2007. Our passion for food has been long in the making and still to this day a perfect meal for every meal is what is achie...
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Howick, Kwazulu Natal Breakfast, Coffee Shop, Country, Fine Dining, Fusion, Grills, Health, International, Light Meals, Seafood, South African
If you are looking for a special venue in the Midlands to enjoy good food in the company of friends and family Tumble Downs Café & Restaurant is ideally suited for you. Situated only 8 k...
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The apartment is set on a hillside with wonderful sea and mountain views. The sun shines on the balcony throughout the day. Amadores beach is just 10 minutes away on the local bus and can be seen from the balcony.There are pools on top of the apartment block with a slide, also pools on the lower levels. Living area has a sofa bed a 32" flat screen Television and a UK internet subscription package with all the best channels to watch.
This partner has demonstrated and is committed to fast response times, the best rates, and a great guest experience.
I live in Ireland with my wife,we have been married since 1981 and have 1 son and 1 beautiful grandson.
We have been to Gran Canaria many times over the years since our honeymoon, we just fell in love with the island and the people are so friendly.
Reason for buying in Playa Del Cura: The view is breathtaking.We went in search to buy an apartment in 2005 but just couldn't find anything suitable, and then one day a friend told us of the Monsenor apartments and that was it,from the apartment you could see for miles with nothing blocking your view, just to sit on the balcony and watch the boats go by is a real pleasure.
There's also a nice golf course nearby and a driving range.
Matthew Kearney purchased this apartment in 2005
The main reason for buying the apartment in Playa del Cura was the amazing view & fresh air, no matter where we looked at other apartments something was always blocking the view of the sea. It's just a lovely area.
It has a large balcony where you can sit out and enjoy the views.
Review submitted by Stanley from Partington (Submitted: 15/01/2009).
Review for: 1 Bedroom Apartment Monsenor D1.
"Modern, bright, great view of the town/sea. Easy access to Puerto Rico by bus/taxi. Warm and welcoming appt with a very homely feelgood factor, will definately use the appt again"
Value: Excellent, Met expectations: Exceeded them, Recommend: Definitely, Overall: Excellent.
We loved this apartment clean and well kept the kitchen had everything you need oven hob microwave and fridge freezer .good wifi .wifi here was important to us .but the thing we liked most was the balcony with amazing views loved having sun beds on balcony nice if you didn't want to go to the pool which I might had is very nice.playa del cura was was lovely just enough restaurants and a welcoming Irish bar had a lovely holiday and would love to come back
We recently stayed for a week, accommodation was excellent, had everything we needed and more, the personal touches made our stay even more enjoyable..... would definetly stay again and would highly recommend, thanks again.
Alan and Michelle x
Perfectly fine apartment with a nice balcony. Good views and well equipped if rather small and in need of some refurbishment. The fridge was faulty when we arrived but this was quickly replaced - thanks. Unfortunately the advertised wifi was not available and this was rather inconvenient.
Lovely apartment, very clean and well equipped. Fantastic view.
As this was our 4th stay we know the apartment well. Its very clean and well equipped - a real home from home. We never fail to love the views from the terrace and love watching the sun come up over the mountains in the morning.Pam is on hand if we have any problems and the bottle of wine and water is very much appreciated. We have just booked for 2018-that must say it all!
Stayed at Matthews apartment for 11 days.Fabulous really clean,stunning views from great balcony.Spent many nights sitting outside with a drink looking over the lights of the town.Would definitely recommend.Thanks Matthew and Annette.
Special interest holidays:
Lovely water park in Taurito just 15 minutes by car or local bus.
Entry €14 per adult and €12 per child
Playa Del Cura beach just down the road. Local bus to Amadores man-made beach (1.20 euros), which has lovely white sand. Amadores takes about 5 mins to get to. Puerto Rico has a nice beach and you can take the bus to Anfi Beach where it has lots of nice shops and restaurants and a beautiful beach and nicely laid out gardens.
Las Palmas is about 40 mins drive by motorway. A really lovely city, well worth a visit. Puerto de Mogan, a fishing village, is about 20 mins drive. Be careful if driving. Good roads but very narrow and great scenery. Be sure to bring your camera.
Puerto Rico is about 10 mins drive. Mogan is about 20 mins drive and Las Palmas is an hour's drive where you can shop till you drop.
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Golf and driving range just 10 mins away.
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In its back-to-school effort, Levi Strauss on Aug. 16 breaks a campaign tagged "Opt. for the original" with two spots.
In one an invisible man, with only his clothing visible, is watching a game on TV when he answers the doorbell. A similarly invisible woman wearing a tight red sweater and jeans enters; they embrace, and she begins to unbutton her sweater and toss off her clothing.
As the two move toward the bedroom, the doorbell rings again to reveal the guy's invisible mother.
In the other spot, a woman artist is tossing red paint on a floor-sized canvas when a man enters and the two begin to undress. In cavorting on the floor, she paints over his jeans and, in the end, there's a gallery opening with the painted jeans as art. Throughout the gallery, men are standing in front of similar paintings with jeans, all done in different colors and designs.
The spots will run from Aug. 16 through Sept. 26 and resume in November through the holiday period.
A third spot, showing a woman removing her jeans and tossing them in front of a moving train, to turn them into cutoffs, is slated to break in spring 2000.
The advertising, from TBWA/Chiat/Day, San Francisco and Playa del Rey, Calif., replaces an effort tagged "Truisms," in which individuals discussed what was "true" for them. That effort recently switched to outdoor, where up-and-coming music artists such as Ben Folds Five showed signs such as "Home is where you left your keys."
Lee Clow, chairman-chief creative officer of TBWA Worldwide, said the new campaign brings Levi's back to its core brand identity.
"Levi's is about being sexy and rebellious," he said.
Although Levi Strauss has been focusing its marketing dollars on music-related promotions, Mr. Clow said that's about to change.
"We're at a place that has to do with the need for broadcast to remind people what the brand is on a regular basis," he said.
Media spending was not disclosed, but Levi Strauss allocated an estimated $20 million on measured media last fall, according to Competitive Media Reporting.
Robert Holloway, VP-youth category, said the company has moved away from strict adherence to rules for its Red Tab brand, which includes 501 jeans. It is adding new fabrics such as khaki to the line to become more consumer-focused.
"We really had a pile of dumb rules," he said. "We are pushing the brand right through product development going through supporting channels of distribution."
Mr. Holloway said the company's new marketing focus is beginning to produce results, with holiday orders up 9%. Other encouraging signs are an increased interest in tighter jeans.
Not all the news is positive, however.
Irma Zandl, president of youth consultancy Zandl Group, said her studies indicate the interest in Levi's jeans dropped by 40% from January through June of this year, following a 13% decline in 1998.
Overall interest in the jeans category dropped 11% last year and fell an


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SALT LAKE CITY -- Paul Pierce scored 26 points, including seven in overtime, to lead the Boston Celtics to a 110-107 victory over the Utah Jazz on Monday night at EnergySolutions Arena.
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Celtics 110, Jazz 107 (OT)
SALT LAKE CITY -- Paul Pierce scored 26 points, including seven in overtime, to lead the Boston Celtics to a 110-107 victory over the Utah Jazz on Monday night at EnergySolutions Arena.
After DeMarre Carroll gave the Jazz a 101-99 lead with under three minutes remaining in OT, Pierce went on a tear to make up for missing a regulation-ending shot.
Pierce put Boston back in front with a 3-pointer and followed that with back-to-back jumpers to help the Celtics take a five-point lead with just over a minute left in the extra session.
Randy Foye's attempt to send the game to double overtime was off the mark at the buzzer.
Kevin Garnett finished with 13 points, four in overtime, and 10 rebounds to help Boston end a five-game road trip with a 2-3 record. The Celtics (30-27) lost Sunday night in Portland.
Reserve guard Gordon Hayward, who'd averaged 20 points in two games since returning from a 10-game injury absence, led the Jazz with 26 points.
Utah (31-26) lost for just the seventh time in 28 home games this season.
Jazz center Al Jefferson totaled 15 points and 11 rebounds for his 27th double-double of the season. However, Jefferson, the Celtics' 2004 first-round draft, continued his personal struggle against Boston, dropping to 0-11 against his old team in six seasons with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Utah.
Boston's Avery Bradley scored 18 points, Brandon Bass had 15, and Courtney Lee scored 14, including two clutch free throws with 1.2 seconds left in overtime. In all, the Celtics had six players in double figures and shot 47.7 percent.
Paul Millsap scored 16 points and Marvin Williams contributed 15 points for the Jazz, who were coming off a Saturday road loss to the Los Angeles Clippers.
Utah, which shot 44.3 percent Monday, lost control of the game in the third quarter when it was outscored 32-19.
Boston didn't show any signs of fatigue after falling 92-86 to the Trail Blazers on Sunday. The Celtics shook off their recent scoring slump, taking a 28-26 lead after the first quarter.
Boston stretched that to a 34-27 advantage when Jason Terry hit a 3-pointer early in the second quarter.
Enter Hayward.
The Jazz's sixth man sparked a 15-0 run that included three 3-pointers. Jeff Green ended the Celtics' scoreless streak, but Hayward responded with a dunk to give Utah a 44-36 lead.
The Celtics then ran off with eight straight points before the Jazz finished the half strong to take a 53-48 lead into the locker room.
Boston came out strong in the third quarter, going ahead 70-62 after a 20-4 spurt capped by 3-pointers from Lee and Pierce.
The game of back-and-forth runs continued in the fourth when Utah tied things up at 85-85 after Carroll had consecutive passes that led to dunks by Enes Kanter and Hayward.
That set up the thrilling finish, with the two teams trading baskets the rest of regulation.
Alec Burks hit a tough left-handed layup over Garnett with 19.9 seconds remaining, and the game went to overtime thanks to Pierce's miss at the buzzer.
NOTES: Two days after admitting he was mulling a lineup change, Jazz coach Tyrone Corbin made one happen by inserting Earl Watson into the first five in place of Jamaal Tinsley. With usual starting point guard Mo Williams still sidelined after surgery on his right thumb seven weeks ago, Corbin wanted to get a playmaker to push the ball more. "We've got to find a way to get some easy baskets with that first group," Corbin said. "Hopefully, this will be a way to get it." ... Tinsley had started the previous 32 games since Williams went down with an injury in Miami on Dec. 22, but he didn't play Monday. "Jamaal's done a great job for us. We really appreciate his efforts," Corbin said. "He's a little banged up." ... Utah is 20-13 without Mo Williams. ... Pierce has scored at least 20 points in each of the Celtics' past five games against Utah.