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MOSCOW, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Tuesday he fired his defense minister amid one of the biggest corruption cases the country has seen.
Putin relieved Anatoly Serdyukov of his duties and replaced him with Sergei Shoigu, RIA Novosti reported.
"Taking into consideration the situation that has emerged regarding the Defense Ministry, in order to create the requisite conditions for an objective investigation of all the issues, I made the decision to relieve Defense Minister Serdyukov of his duties," Putin said.
The firing allows Russia's Investigation Committee to question Serdyukov about alleged real estate scams involving nearly $100 million.
In the past, Putin has been reluctant to dismiss members of his inner circle, preferring instead to shuffle officials around into different positions, The New York Times reported.
The dismissal and corruption investigation could indicate a personal conflict, or a way to settle a score, Masha Lipman, a researcher at the Carnegie Moscow Center said.
"And in an environment as corrupt as Russia, almost anyone can fall victim," she said.


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WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin is among eight senators urging more drugstore chains to follow the example of CVS Caremark by ending the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products.
CVS Caremark Corp. said last week it will phase out tobacco in its 7,600 stores nationwide as it shifts toward being more of a health care provider.
The Illinois Democrat and other senators sent letters Monday to chief executives of Walgreen, Rite Aid and the National Association of Chain Drug Stores. The senators urged them to stop selling tobacco products and promote stop-smoking efforts.
The senators, all Democrats, are Tom Harkin of Iowa, Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia, Jack Reed of Rhode Island, Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Barbara Boxer of California, Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut.
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The other day, I got in touch with The Blake Society (www.blakesociety.org) hoping to bring their attention to The Poet and the Flea and to ask them about next year's Blake Society Tithe Grant.
To my surprise and delight, The Blake Society had already heard of my graphic novel and had made an announcement on their December newsletter as well as their Facebook page.
I think it's really wonderful that The Blake Society seems to keep tabs on as many Blake-related projects as possible. They have a great website with many resources, including a full biography of William Blake and links to other useful sites.
If only I were in London, I would have joined this society long ago. But San Francisco is so far away and I'm unaware of any local societies here (although according to The Blake Society, there was a William Blake society in Palo Alto around 1940 😀 ).
Excerpt from The Blake Society December newsletter:
A new graphic novel is being published in installments on the web. The Poet and the Flea is written and illustrated by G. E. Gallas and a new page appears every Wednesday. Gallas is inspired by Blake as 'the junction between Dante Alighieri and Allen Ginsberg'.
Excerpt from The Black Society on Facebook:
The Poet and the Flea is a new online graphic novel by G. E. Gallas which re-imagines the life of Blake. A new page is added every Wednesday; today we reach page 7, when William tells Kate about seeing a tree full of angels.
For more updates, don't forget to follow me on tumblr and/or twitter.
Copyright 2012 by G. E. Gallas


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I am one of thousands of Americans who are searching for a special stranger to help save my life.
For two years, I have been battling a life-threatening blood disease while attending N.C. Central University. All the while, I have been searching for a matching donor who can provide a bone marrow transplant – my only option for a cure.
That is why on June 12, I visited Washington, D.C., in support of Be The Match, the world's leading nonprofit organization focused on saving lives through bone marrow and cord blood transplantation.
I joined more than a dozen other transplant advocates in presenting Congress with a two-fold request: Protect access to life-saving bone-marrow and cord blood transplants, and continue to provide critically important federal funding for programs that will help more Americans survive blood cancers and other diseases.
The disease I am fighting is severe aplastic anemia with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH). I was diagnosed in May 2012, shortly after the loss of my father, and after months of experiencing stomach pains and prolonged fatigue.
Like 70 percent of patients who need bone-marrow transplants, I don't have a matching donor in my family. That's why my doctors have turned to the Be The Match Registry, with access to 22.5 million donors and 601,000 cord blood units worldwide.
While that number sounds vast, it's not enough for many patients. People are most likely to match someone who shares their ancestry, and African American patients, like me, have the lowest odds of finding a match compared to all other populations. More African-American donors and others with diverse heritages are urgently needed to save more lives.
One thing is for sure: I can't sit idly by while my doctors continue to search for my best match. I'm the acting president of the newly formed Be The Match On Campus chapter at my school. I also work one-to-one, urging people to join the ranks of potential bone-marrow donors. In 2013 alone, these efforts helped recruit more than 4,000 people to the Be The Match Registry during "Swab For Sheldon" donor registry drives.
Congress also has a critical role to play, by funding nationwide programs that help increase the size and diversity of national Be The Match Registry, as well as to support research that will increase transplant success. Unfortunately, under sequestration, the programs have been cut by approximately $3 million. That means as many as 20,000 willing volunteers and 1,000 cord blood units may not be added to the national registry.
Restoring pre-sequestration level funding to both programs will help more people find a match and will save lives.
While in D.C., we also asked the Capitol Hill community to join the Be The Match Registry as potential bone-marrow donors. People between the ages of 18 and 44 who meet health guidelines and are willing to donate to any patient in need are encouraged to join. Registration involves completing a health history form and giving a swab of cheek cells.
The process is simple and means the world to patients who are suffering. After people hear my story, I hope they realize that they can save a life. There is a cure for this cancer and many others – we just need people to act.
For information on how you can support Be The Match go to BeTheMatch.org/advocacy


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Security Torres is a fat overweight school security officer at Vista Murrieta High School. His fatass drives around school all day thinking he is the shit in his golf cart. The truth is he makes $22,000 a year and thinks he is god. I think he needs to call Jenny.
Boy: Look at that fat man who almost tipped over his golf cart!
Girl: Yep, that is Security Torres
Girl: Yep, that is Security Torres
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Tim Hudson allowed a long home run to Prince Fielder, but Juan Francisco's three-run shot off Rick Porcello helped the Atlanta Braves to a 5-3 victory Wednesday.
Hudson pitched three innings and yielded two runs and two hits. He said afterward he feels he is on target to meeting his opening-day goals.
Porcello, competing for one of the final spots in the Tigers' rotation, allowed three hits in two innings.
Joey Terdoslavich doubled in a run in the sixth inning for the Braves and raised his spring batting average to .429. Jordan Schafer, Chris Johnson, Terdoslavich, and Francisco each had two hits for the Braves.
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We were born out of the E. coli lab of Dr. Fred Blattner, Professor of Genetics at the University of Wisconsin, in 1984. Our early products reflected this background and association and we built a strong reputation during the Sanger sequencing years of providing outstanding desktop software for DNA and protein sequence assembly and analysis.
The sequencing world has gone through a dramatic revolution and so has DNASTAR. While we still see it as our mission to provide user-friendly desktop software tools for all life scientists, we've dramatically broadened our offering to meet evolving life science needs. We now offer products on desktop computers and on the DNASTAR Cloud and we've grown from supporting scientists working with E. coli to the world of human disease and beyond.
While we still support sequence assembly and analysis, we've expanded our product offering to support a broad range of next-gen sequencing applications and we have recently moved more fully into the structural biology realm with best-in-the-world software supporting structure prediction and analysis.
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Boy Scouts of America vote ends gay scout banBy MARICE RICHTER
May 23. 2013 10:51PM
GRAPEVINE, Texas — The Boy Scouts of America voted on Thursday to lift a ban on openly gay scouts that had been in place throughout the organization's 103-year history, capping weeks of intense lobbying on both sides, the group said in a statement.
More than 60 percent of the group's National Council, composed of some 1,400 delegates, voted to end the ban effective Jan. 1, 2014.
A prohibition on openly gay adult leaders remains in place.
The decision followed weeks of lobbying by gay rights activists and members of conservative organizations, many of them church groups that have traditionally formed the backbone of one of the nation's largest youth organizations.
The Boy Scouts' long-standing ban on gay scouts had become a polarizing issue at the center of the debate on gay rights in the United States, which allows gay soldiers to serve openly in the military.
The vote came about three months after the organization's leadership delayed a decision on changing its membership policy to research attitudes toward admitting gays.
Support for ending the ban on gay scouts came from some of the biggest American churches, including the Mormons and the Methodists, the two largest scouting sponsors in the United States.
About 70 percent of the group's 100,000 Boy Scout units are chartered by faith-based organizations, according to Boy Scouts membership data. Some 22 percent of the units nationwide are chartered by civic organizations, and 7 percent are chartered by educational groups.
While national polls show a growing acceptance of gay rights, an online survey of about 200,000 BSA members, parents and leaders indicated strong support for maintaining the ban, by a margin of almost 2-1.
"The Boy Scouts are not listening to us," said John Stemberger, an Orlando lawyer, Eagle Scout, former scoutmaster and founder of an organization that opposes lifting the ban.
The Boy Scouts' top leadership had endorsed the change and encouraged delegates to support it.
BSA board President Wayne Perry said in a webcast: "It was never our intent to prevent young people from being part of this organization."
Gay rights activists vowed to continue their campaign until the ban on gay adults is removed, too.
Zach Wahls, an Eagle Scout raised by two lesbian mothers, said the time has come for change.
"There is nothing Scout-like about exclusion of other people, and there is nothing Scout-like about putting your own religious beliefs before someone else's," Wahls, founder of Scouts for Equality, told a news conference on Wednesday.
Gay rights advocates gathered petitions with more than 1.8 million signatures in support of ending the ban. Opponents collected about 250,000 signatures urging delegates to vote down the change.


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Jadeveon Clowney "Had great interest in Michigan"
In a new ESPN article Jadeveon Clowney's high school football coach Bobby Carroll says that, "For some reason (fall of 2008) Clowney expressed a great interest to go to Michigan." The article doesn't go on to say what happened to cool that interest, but that Tony Gibson was recruiting him. I found this to be quite interesting. Link below.


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Crossroads Welcomes CIDA Review
BURLINGTON, ON, Feb. 11, 2013 /CNW/ - Since 1982, Crossroads Christian Communications, through the generous support of tens of thousands of Canadian partners, has met the needs of hurting people all over the world. In this 30 year period Crossroads has provided over $35,000,000 in relief and development aid to more than 41 countries. During the last 10 years, Crossroads has been an effective Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) partner of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). CIDA has contributed $2,664,000 during this time.
Crossroads is not anti-gay. At the heart of the Crossroads organization is a desire to love people unconditionally and to serve them selflessly. Crossroads believes that God, as the Creator of the human race, outlines in the Bible ways for us to live in order to experience the most fulfilling life possible, and that God's blueprint encourages sexuality within a marriage. This same blueprint instructs loving others, just like God does, with an infinite value for every human being regardless of differences that include gender, race, religion, and sexuality, and to endeavor in every way, to ensure that people are treated with love, compassion and respect. In this way, people can show love and respect to each other even when they disagree.
The Ugandan government is currently considering legislation with respect to homosexual activity. Crossroads provides aid based solely on human need and does not discriminate, nor does Crossroads attempt to influence or lobby foreign governments or policies. Having said that, Crossroads supports the Canadian government's position that strongly opposes the criminalization of homosexuality and violence on the basis of sexual orientation.
Crossroads appreciated the inquiry from a Canadian Press reporter who brought to the organization's attention an archival link on the website that was to have been removed some time ago.
Crossroads' purpose and approach to its relief and development initiatives is to provide humanitarian aid and assistance to people affected by disaster, famine, poverty and war while facilitating effective long-term development programs in their communities. Crossroads with its supporters first began development work in Northern Uganda in 2006 and to date has provided over $3,200,000 in aid. In 2011, Crossroads qualified for a fund matching program, totaling $499,813 through CIDA to multiply their humanitarian work. This project was for the installation and refurbishment of wells for clean water, the installation of latrines for sanitation, and training to sustain these efforts. Crossroads has a proven track record for a high standard of delivery on defined goals and objectives set out in agreements with CIDA, which are strictly for humanitarian relief and development. Crossroads welcomes the review by CIDA as referenced by Minister Julian Fantino so that funding continues for the families in such desperate need of clean drinking water and sanitation.
About Crossroads Christian Communications (Crossroads)
Crossroads is Canada's leader in providing faith and values media content for people of all ages. 100 Huntley Street, the flagship television program of Crossroads was founded by Rev. David Mainse and is the longest running daily Christian television program in Canada. Crossroads provides relevant messages of faith and inspiration for millions of Canadians and has done so for 50 years. Its mission is to convey the unchanging message of God's love to people around the world. Crossroads interacts with its viewers via 24/7 prayer lines, and it has also been a highly respected and effective not-for-profit aid agency for 30 years, having responded in times of natural disaster worldwide, raising funds and partnering with on-site, non-government organizations for emergency relief and long-term rebuilding strategies. www.crossroads.ca
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Study Guide - Cash Reporting
The IRS definition of "cash" does not include
- U.S. currency.
- Foreign currency.
- Personal checks.
- Bank drafts. Personal checks are not considered cash by the IRS.
- The IRS Cash Reporting Rule, enacted to prevent citizens from hiding unreported
income, requires dealerships to complete and file IRS form 8300 when cash receipts exceed the following
dollar amount
- $5,000.
- $8,300
- $10,000
- $15,000 A dealer must report cash receipts that exceed $10,000.
- Violation of the IRS Cash Reporting Rule can result in which of the following personal
penalties to the salespersons
- A severe fine.
- A criminal felony charge.
- Jail time if convicted.
- All of the above. If a salesperson violates the IRS Cash Reporting Rule he/she could receive a fine, be charged with a felony and also go to jail.
- What does the anti-structuring provision of the IRS Cash Reporting Rule prohibit?
- Helping customers get financing.
- Advising customers on how to put together the purchase.
- Advising customers on how to get around the rule.
- Discussing vehicle structure with the customer. A dealer or salesperson would violate the anti-structuring portion of the IRS Cash Reporting Rule by telling customers how to avoid the rule.


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DonutMonkey wrote:Well Kath, have fun down In the States and don't do anything that I wouldn't do.
*Looks at his "Don't Do List"*
Hmm, I thought my "Don't Do" list would at least be longer than 4 sentences.
balloonfrogspider wrote:Also there are special rules for just being in Wisconsin!
-"soda" is pop
justinpie wrote:I actually looked for Herr's yesterday, only to find nothing. Is this a big name thing in DC, like Frito Lay would be?
balloonfrogspider wrote:I'm not sure if you get cool things like that in Canada.
(You seem to be deprived of cool Simpsons crap there.)
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Western Kentucky utilized a trick play in overtime to stun Kentucky on the road 32-31 Saturday night.
The Hilltoppers (2-1) went for the win with a two-point try after Antonio Andrews pulled them within a point on 2-yard touchdown run. Quarterback Kawaun Jakes threw a lateral to Andrews, who threw back to Jakes to clinch the victory.
The Wildcats (1-2) had scored first in overtime on a Jonathan George 12-yard run to take a 31-24 lead. On Western Kentucky's OT possession, a roughing-the-passer call set the Hilltoppers up at the Kentucky 2-yard line and led to Andrews' TD.
The Hilltoppers raced out to a 17-0 first-half lead, intercepting Kentucky's Maxwell Smith three times - the sophomore quarterback would add another later. Smith did lead Kentucky on a 77-yard scoring drive that culminated in a 22-yard, game-tying touchdown pass to wide receiver DeMarcus Sweat.
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(2:27) - This video will give you more details about the Iroquois Group. It will also explain how an independent insurance agent can grow due to our marketing expertise and profit sharing.
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September 17, 2013 Posted by cmassaro
Among the seven agencies to join the Iroquois Group network in the last couple of weeks are two in Texas.
Collin Insurance Services of Plano and Terrell Insurance Services of Denton have joined The Iroquois Group on Aug. 27 and Aug. 22, respectively.
"Collin Insurance Services is proud to be a member agency with The Iroquois Group. They have exceeded my expectations for customer service, and have followed through connecting my agency with carriers," said agency principal Stephen P. Eichenbaum.
September 13, 2013 Posted by cmassaro
July 29, 2013: Atlanta, GA - Iroquois South® announced that Don Hunt has joined the company as a regional manager for Georgia. Don brings over thirty five years of P&C insurance experience to his new position with Iroquois group. He comes to Iroquois group after a successful 18 year career with Encompass/CNA Insurance group serving in multiple home office roles and, for the last nine years, as the Regional Sales Manager for the southeastern states. He has also served in underwriting and sales management positions with The Home Insurance Company and Safeco Insurance
September 13, 2013 Posted by cmassaro
October 17, 2012: Auburndale, FL - Iroquois South® announced that Pat Truax has joined the company as a regional manager for Florida. Truax brings over twenty five years of P&C insurance experience in Florida to his new position with Iroquois. He previously served in underwriting and sales positions with Appalachian Underwriters, Allstate, and Zurich.
"Pat is very well known within the agency and carrier community in Florida and he will be a great asset to our Members there," said David Ward, Regional Vice President of Iroquois South.
November 15, 2012 Posted by cmassaro
The Iroquois Group and OPTIS Partners, a financial consulting firm providing expert services to the insurance distribution industry, have reached an agreement that should benefit the more than 2,100 Iroquois agencies throughout the nation.
November 15, 2012 Posted by cmassaro
Iroquois Group Welcomes The G&D Group
for E-Mail Marketing & Telemarketing Iroquois Services
Iroquois Group has recently added The G&D Group to its list of Vendor Partners. The G&D Group specializes in customizing commercial lines new business appointment setting programs using E-mail marketing and telemarketing where everything is set up on an on-line system to help their clients maximize their return on investment.


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* LERT Archives
The Liberal Education Reform Team is charged with presenting a framework for student learning outcomes to be adopted by the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. The following outcomes, based on those from the Association of American Colleges & Universities, are being proposed for campus-wide discussion and adoption.
Essential Learning Outcomes for Students
LERT embraces the following definition of liberal education:
Liberal education is a philosophy of education that empowers individuals with broad knowledge and transferable skills, and a strong sense of values, ethics and civic engagement. These broad goals have been enduring even as the courses and requirements that comprise a liberal education have changed over the years. Characterized by challenging encounters with important and relevant issues today and throughout history, a liberal education prepares graduates both for socially valued work and for civic leadership in their society. It usually includes a general education curriculum that provides broad exposure to multiple disciplines and ways of knowing, along with more in-depth study of at least one field or area of concentration. [Source: Advocacy "What is a liberal education?"]
Knowledge of Human Cultures and the Physical and Natural World
- Through study in fine and performing arts, humanities mathematics and science, and social science
Focused by engaging with big questions, both contemporary and enduring.
Skills, both Intellectual and Practical, including
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- Teamwork, leadership, and problem solving
Practiced extensively, across the curriculum, in the context of progressively more challenging problems, projects and standards for performance.
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- Civic knowledge and engagement - local and global
- Intercultural knowledge and competence
- Ethical reasoning and action
- Foundations and skills for lifelong learning
Developed through real-world challenges and active involvement with diverse communities.
Learning: Integrated, Synthesized, and Advanced, including
- Synthesis and advanced accomplishment across general and specialized studies
Demonstrated through the application of knowledge, skills and responsibilities to new settings and complex problems.
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text: LITCHFIELD PARK, Ariz. — Junior Sebastian Cappelen of the University of Arkansas men's golf team matched the best scores of the day at two-under par to come from behind and win the Patriot All-America at The Wigwam in Litchfield Park, Ariz., on Monday. Cappelen finished the tournament with a 54-hole score of four-under par, 206, one stroke better than Kevin Penner of UNLV. "This is a great win against a really good field," Arkansas head coach Brad McMakin said. "All three guys played very well in a stacked tournament, but the way Sebastian hung in there and sank a birdie on the final hole to win it speaks volumes about his ability to play under pressure." Beginning the day three strokes behind the leader, Cody Proveaux, Cappelen sank a birdie on No. 2, but would then hit back-to-back bogeys to stand at one-over par through four. A second birdie on No. 6 put him back at even par where he would stay through the turn before a birdie on No. 10 had him under par for the second time on Monday. Another birdie on No. 13 was followed by a bogey on No. 14 and following three par putts, Cappelen closed the round with a birdie on the par four, 18th, to seal the victory. Heading into the final hole, Cappelen was tied with Penner who had concluded his round two groups earlier giving the Razorback knowledge of what needed to be done to win the event. Cappelen birdied No. 18 during his first round and sank par in the second giving him the confidence as he entered the final hole on Monday. Cook entered the day tied for third and finished the tournament in a tie for eighth as he shot two-over par, 72, on Monday for a three-day total of even par, 210. Beginning his final round with seven pars, Cook sank his only birdie of the round on No. 7. One-under par at the turn, the Jonesboro, Ark., native played that back nine at three-over to achieve his final score. Freshman Taylor Moore rounded out the competition for Arkansas players and the first-year player shot one-over par, 71, on Monday to tie for 21st overall. An up-and-down day, Moore began the round with bogey-birdie-bogey and was two-over par after another bogey on No. 6. A birdie on No. 8 allowed him to reach the back side of the course at one-over par. Moore sank the only eagle by an Arkansas play on the par four, 12th, but bogeys on No. 11 and No. 13 did not allow him to make up any ground and he finished the round with five pars. The trio of Razorbacks are part of an 84-person, invitation only, field that features PING All-Americans from all divisions of NCAA, NAIA, NJCAA and AJGA ranks and is hosted in conjunction with the tournament's beneficiary, the Folds of Honor Foundation. Each player in the field was playing in honor of a fallen United States military person, Cappelen was honoring Army First Sergeant Blue C. Rowe; Cook played for Army Sergeant First Class Collin J. Bowen and Moore for Marine Corporal Timothy D. Roos. The Razorbacks return the course as a team in February at the Gator Invitational in Gainesville, Fla.


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Photos by Andy Tennille via Widespread Panic's homepage
Widespread Panic's Panic en la Playa Dos continued last night. The third night of the band's destination event featured a mini-Band tribute consisting of "Ophelia" and "The Shape I'm In." Both of those numbers, as well as a second-set version of "Coconut," had not been played since 2011. The show came to a close with a powerful cover of Blind Faith's "Can't Find My Way Home" sandwiched between "Driving Song."
Likewise, the second night of Panic's Panic en la Playa Dos event on Monday featured a few songs left off the acoustic Wood tour—and thus not played since 2011. Those songs included "One Kind Favor" and "Bowlegged Woman." Nodding to the event's tropical vibe, John Bell also sang a bit of Bob Marley's "Three Little Birds" during "Stop Go."
Widespread Panic have also offered a range of activities this week. Of note, percussionist Domingo "Sunny" Ortiz led a cigar rolling class and joined in the event's official golf tournament. Panic en la Playa Dos continues this evening.
Reporting by Ariel Rosemberg
Here's a look at this weekend's setlist via the Everydaycompanion
Monday, January 28, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
Set I: Last Dance > Little Kin, Can't Get High, No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature, Space Wrangler, Good People > North, One Kind Favor > Love Tractor
Set II: Ain't Life Grand > Who Do You Belong To? > Holden Oversoul > Stop Go > Fishwater, Blue Indian, Surprise Valley > Red Hot Mama > Bowlegged Woman > Imitation Leather Shoes > Bowlegged Woman
E: Walkin' (for Your Love) > Tallboy
Tuesday, January 29, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
Set I: Ride Me High > Ribs & Whiskey > Party At Your Mama's House > Stop Breaking Down Blues, Aunt Avis, You Should Be Glad, Ophelia > The Shape I'm In, Worry
Set II: Chainsaw City > Chilly Water > Gimme > Hatfield , Pigeons > Walk On Guilded Splinters > Drums > Coconut > All Time Low
E: Driving Song > Can't Find My Way Home > Driving Song


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The kidneys are a pair of organs that are found on either side of the spine, just below the rib cage in the back. Kidneys:
Damage to the kidneys can occur in people who have had diabetes for many years, particularly if the diabetes is not well controlled.
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I was happy when I opened the mailbox today and found my early birthday present. From my dad I got this sweater/sweatshirt/jacket, even though my birthday isn't until November 5th. I'm going to visit my brother in Texas for a few days next week and I wanted to wear it, so I got it early. I love it (I got the black one).
Actually I've wanted this since last April when I saw it on display in the Exhibit Hall of the National Genealogy Conference in Salt Lake City. By mid-morning of the first morning of the conference, the only one left at the "Fun Stuff for Genealogists" booth was the one on display. As I was looking at it, considering whether "one size fits all" would fit me, a lady walked up very brazenly, barged in front of two of us, grabbed it off the hanger and announced to those of us who were "eyeballing it" that it was SOLD! And off she went. I was crushed. I don't find myself "wanting" very many things as I go through life, but I wanted that jacket! Through the winters I wear a jacket in my house as I sit at my laptop and do my genealogy research. I thought this would be the perfect thing to wear this winter.
Thank you, Dad, for the wonderful birthday present. I don't wear t-shirts with advertising on them, but I'll proudly wear this jacket, as it confirms what I know: "So many ancestors, So little time". That's hardly anything I need to be reminded of, for it's what drives my constant perseverance to get the 'work' done. So many people in my ancestry, and not enough hours in the day to serve them properly!


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Top 13 Dunks Of The 2013 NBA Playoffs
It's been a dunkful postseason so far.
The Conference Finals looking all but wrapped up (unless Indiana has some tricks up their sleeves), and with one more round of Miami, we're sure to get some more great dunks courtesy of LeBron James and co. But the Spurs still have some athletes on their squad, and they make an appearance in this list of the top 13 dunks of the postseason (so far).
To start, this sick Iman Shumpert put-back dunk that may be the best of the playoffs.


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St. Cloud State Falters Against Western Michigan 2-1
ST. CLOUD - St. Cloud State outshot Western Michigan 33-19 but only scored once, falling against the Broncos 2-1 on Saturday night.
Sophomore forward Kalle Kossila scored the Huskies lone goal in the first period, making it a 1-1 tie.
Controversy developed late in the third period when St. Cloud State was down 2-1. With a delayed penalty coming the Huskies poked a goal into the Broncos net, however the play was blown dead and the goal was called off.
Loud boos filled the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center when a replay showed the puck going into the net on the big screen.
When time expired many frustrated fans threw empty bottles and pizza boxes on the ice.
Head Coach Bob Motzko was also visibly upset, confronting and yelling at the refs on the ice after the game.
The Huskies fall to 12-4-4 overall and 7-3-2 in the NCHC. They continue their season next week with a big road game against the University of Minnesota in the North Star College Cup tournament. Game time is set for 7:07 p.m. at the Xcel Energy Center.


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- Our 90 year old kitchen must have been built for tiny people but we are both very tall so we had to raise the counter and sink height. We also had to work with very limited space and weird measurements. Luckily IKEA was able to offer us storage solutions so we were able to take advantage of every square inch. My must-have was a dishwasher so we lost some storage but the new interior carousel holds everything we use.
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The source code for the book "Common LISPcraft" by Robert Wilensky, W. W. Norton & Company; 2nd edition (June 1986). It mostly includes AI and parsing code.
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Common Lisp code for solving basic AI problems, from the definitive textbook on intelligent agents by Russell & Norvig. The website also links implementations in other languages (java, python, c++, p...
Simple doodle/paint program. It is an example of a custom CLIM pane that reacts to mouse pointer events.
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Source code for the book "Paradigms of AI Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp" by Peter Norvig.
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Simulation program for KYTRONs in a lunar-like environment. It has a CLIM GUI, and is a CLIM primer and a tutorial on how to write portable applications with a GUI. KYTRONs are small autonomous vehicl...
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Happy Cinco de Mayo - Breakfast Lunch and Dinner
Dabrownman's; green Mexican rice, a chorizo burrito, grilled peppers, onion and squash, Black re-fried beans, grilled . salsa, pico de gillo and Mexican Creama.
A fine breakfast made from two of our recent breads, with back yard Minneolas, applewood smoked bacon, strawberries, an egg, caramelized Minneola marmalade and a basil blossom stalk.
Above is David Snyder's Pugleise we baked on Friday and below is an equally fine Aroma Bread by Hanseata (Karin). Both are fine for breakfast or any other time!
A A lovely white bread lunch with Italian dipping sauce of Parmesan, Pecorino, cracked black pepper, fresh basil, EVOO, balsamic vinegar, grilled chicken sandwich and the usual veggies, fruits and avacado. A tasty Pecan granola apple crisp for dessert.
Happy CDM to all!


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Mohamad El-Erian predicts that Washington's current round of fiscal talks focused on lifting America's debt ceiling will likely result in more political gridlock and continued economic sluggishness.
In a provocative op-ed published Tuesday in the Atlantic, the PIMCO CEO derives this conclusion from the field of game theory, which shows how two parties, acting rationally, can produce a result that is bad for both of them.
Previous economic models assumed that people make rational choices. But game theory's inventor, John von Neumann, sought to more realistically portray decision-making by considering that people's choices are not made in a vacuum but typically in reaction to other people's decisions and often under conditions of uncertainty.
"This intuitive framework," writes El-Erian, "provides immediate insights into why members of Congress find it so difficult to come up with a coherent fiscal approach."
"Good cooperative outcomes," he adds, "are unlikely to emerge when, as is the case on today's Capitol Hill, individual and collective incentives are misaligned, access to information is asymmetrical, relative power is fluid, each party doubts that the other will deliver on their commitments, and there is no way to enforce credibility."
The PIMCO CEO points to "fundamentally different (and, in part, quite dogmatic) views about the role, scale and scope of government" as a key source of acrimony.
The resulting contentiousness that blocks and limits compromise typically brings about a last-minute agreement in which "the majority of meaningful decisions are postponed, and both Democrats and Republicans emerge from the experience more bitter—at each other, and also within their respective parties."
El-Erian says that that dysfunctional process now has left America with three big decisions, and failure to get them all right could knock the economy back into recession.
He says America "must lift the debt ceiling, resolve the sequester and agree on a continuing resolution to keep the government running."
Game theory, El-Erian says, offers three insights on how this will all play out in the coming weeks. First, he dismally predicts that "the best we can hope for is a last-minute deal that kicks the can down the road."
Second, he argues the GOP does not find itself in a corner this time, and consequently will have more equal bargaining power with the Democrats than it enjoyed in December, making it harder for the president to impose his preferred solution.
Third, El-Erian says that neither "exceptional powers granted by law" (such as a trillion-dollar coin) nor a crisis (brought by, say, bond vigilantes or mass street protests) is likely to intrude to force a better outcome.
El-Erian dolefully concludes:
"At best, we will get by March a last-minute compromise that kicks most of the issues down the road; at worse, this will materialize after disruptions that sap more energy out of the economy. Whatever the outcome, Congress will again contribute to the persistence of sluggish growth and high unemployment, legitimating concerns that these will be further embedded in the structure of our economy for too many years to come."


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Just Because.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
11 comments:
- Rebecca - A Daily Something said...
Oh my word, you have nice friends. Gifts like these are THE BEST! :) How can I be friends with your friends? ;)
- February 16, 2012 at 12:04 PM
obviously, your friends love you!
- February 16, 2012 at 12:19 PM
- hrz said...
Wait, you got a tattoo!??!?
- February 16, 2012 at 12:49 PM
- Shoko said...
Rebecca, I do, don't I? Come hang out with us sometime!
Hauna, haha, no! It's temporary, from the coolest company ever, Tattly. Trust me, you'll know if and when I ever do!
- February 16, 2012 at 2:00 PM
- Quindome said...
Ohh! I've been dying to try out Tattly! I'm not so into Tattoos but they look so fun. Also, your friends are kind of the best!
- February 16, 2012 at 3:55 PM
- April said...
Yay! I love presents just because! Lucky girl. ;)
- February 16, 2012 at 7:27 PM
- Lauren Knight said...
How wonderful. Friends make life so sweet.
- February 16, 2012 at 10:40 PM
- Chessa! said...
how lovely! you are lucky indeed. I need that tattly for myself too. Except I need to put it on the front of my hand so I'd be forced to stare at it!
- February 16, 2012 at 11:35 PM
- Shoko said...
Quindome, you should definitely try one! They're so much fun. I've been staring at my wrist all day!
Lauren, well said.
Chessa, I was thinking that, too! I can't see the tattoo when I'm typing - I definitely put it on the wrong side of my hand!
- February 17, 2012 at 12:12 AM
- akiko said...
Such a pretty gifts. I just visited their site and all so creative and love it! The Shoko's tights are just so adorable! xo akiko
Style Imported
- February 18, 2012 at 4:28 PM
- Shoko said...
Akiko, they are all SO talented! And yes, the watercolor is beyond cute.
- February 19, 2012 at 12:32 AM


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This is a new GlideN64 texture pack I've been working on for a few months. My goal is to create a faithful update of the original game to serve as an alternative to Majora's Mask 3D (I was not at all a fan of Nintendo's remake).
And here are a few direct comparisons with the original (open in new tab):
I have most of the intro sequence, clock town's outdoor areas, termina field, and the on screen UI done. None of the textures are necessarily final, and there's a lot I plan to revisit once the rest of the game comes together. My goal is to have clock town completely finished within the next month, then I'll complete the UI and move on to the swamp. I expect it will take about a year to complete the whole pack.
Here is a download of my current progress to try out; be warned, the pack will use up a lot of memory unless "save cache to disk" and "compress cache" are checked. I want to keep the resolution high enough to look sharp at 1080p (the full resolutions I'm working at are high enough for 4k) and without any options other than png there's not much I can do to reduce the file sizes further.
The screenshots above were using reshade in order to add ambient occlusion to the game; this greatly enhances the visuals, but comes at the cost of disabling framebuffer emulation and giving up some cutscenes. Hopefully in the future it may be possible to find away around this, but if anyone is interested in trying it I've included instructions in the download above.
Thanks for looking, and be sure to let me know what you think. Any criticism is welcome


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The oil markets are trying to rebound after falling hard on Cyprus headlines and deadlines. The risk of Cyprus leaving the Eurozone is rising after the attempts to sell natural gas reserves to Russia have reportedly failed. The European Central Bank is giving Cyprus a Monday deadline to come up with €5.8 billion or $7.5 billion dollars or it is hasta la vista, baby. Well at least to their funding. Now it's up to Cyprus to come up with a viable Plan B or should we say a plan C- after the S&P downgrade?
Word that some type of plan is in the works is giving traders hope. The EU is urging Cyprus to set capital controls on the island's troubled banks to avoid a financial collapse and an exit from the Eurozone. The AFP said ""Cypriot authorities have three things to do before Tuesday: Present a credible and viable plan B to replace the rescue rejected by parliament, install long-term controls on capital placed in the banks, and prepare to merge the two main banks in trouble," the senior European Union source said, adding that there was otherwise a risk of Cyprus having to leave the Eurozone."
Natural Gas surged to above $4 before backing off after a less than expected withdrawal from supply. The Energy Information Administration reported that working gas in storage was 1,876 Bcf. The 62 Bcf was than the 72 expected the previous week. Still we fell below double digits on the five-year average. Stocks were 502 Bcf less than last year at this time and 162 Bcf above the five-year average of 1,714 Bcf. range.
Well count is not the only indicator of production with gas. According to the Energy Information Administration Natural gas production in Pennsylvania averaged 6.1 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2012, up from 3.6 Bcf/d in 2011, according to Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) data released in February 2013. This 69% increase came in spite of a significant drop in the number of new natural gas wells started during the year.
Erin Ailworth of the Boston Globe reports that Peter Voser, chief executive of the global energy company Royal Dutch Shell, said Thursday that the United States and the world need to increase the use of solar panels, wind turbines and other renewable energy-generating sources to meet the growing demand for power, but abundant natural gas supplies present the most straightforward way to a cleaner future. Natural gas has had a major resurgence in the United States, where a controversial and water-intensive drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing — or fracking — has allowed companies like Shell to extract huge volumes of the fuel from shale rock deposits. "The world needs to follow America's lead and take full advantage of the cleanest-burning fossil fuel, and that's natural gas," Voser said during his 30-minute speech at a luncheon held by the Boston College Chief Executive's Club of Boston. "Increased use of natural gas is the biggest single step that the world can take today to begin reducing" carbon dioxide emissions, which contribute to global warming and climate change.
Critics, however, say that natural gas is still a fossil fuel that produces greenhouse gases, and they worry that abundant supplies of the cheap resource are stunting the adoption of renewables like wind and solar. Additionally, fracking has come under fire for contributing to water contamination and other environmental problems.
Speaking before business and government leaders, including Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, Voser said climate change is a serious threat that can be addressed only by making use of a variety of clean energy sources and energy-efficient technologies.


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Tool Test: Micro Fence Micro Plunge Base
By Steve Shanesy
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In the world of routers and routing accessories, it seems that small is big these days. The popularity of trim routers has been growing for some time; in fact, it's now been a couple years since we praised Micro Fence's plunge router base for the Bosch Colt, and we recently reviewed Makita's compact router.
Now Micro Fence, long known for its precision aftermarket router accessories, has released a 4″-diameter plunge base designed for small, high-speed rotary tools such as those from Dremel and Proxxon. The micro base can also be used with pencil die grinders.
The base affords the user a wide-open view of the work being done thanks to its open-sided, horseshoe-shaped design. Like other Micro Fence precision products, this base is easily height-adjustable for depth of cut in one thousandths of an inch increments.
The Micro Plunge Base serves a number of needs for woodworkers when precision and high tolerances are a must, including hinge mortising, inlay, guitar building, scale model and miniature making and other fine detailing.
The unit weighs a mere 3 pounds, yet provides a sturdy platform for precision routing. Like most plunge bases, it has a three-position turret plunge-stop mechanism. It also comes with an onboard battery-powered gooseneck light. Buyers can specify the insert adapter they need for mounting their rotary tool in the base. Dust hoods, a template guide and centering bit are available at an extra charge.
In addition to commonly available 1⁄8″-shank bits for rotary tools, Micro Fence offers 11⁄2″- and 21⁄2″-long miniature solid carbide end mills ranging from 1⁄32″ to 1⁄8″ diameter.
Video: Watch a short video on line-and-berry inlay using a router.
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Feds doubt climate change's impact on wolverines
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A top federal wildlife official said there's too much uncertainty about climate change to prove it threatens the snow-loving wolverine — overruling agency scientists who warned of impending habitat loss for the "mountain devil."
There's no doubt the high-elevation range of wolverines is getting warmer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Director Noreen Walsh said. But any assumption about how that will change snowfall patterns is "speculation," she said.
Walsh told her staff to prepare to withdraw a proposal to protect the animals under the Endangered Species Act.
Wildlife advocates said the move was a bow to pressure from Western states that don't want wolverines protected. Walsh said her stance "has not been influenced in any way by a state representative."
More broadly, it points to the potential limitations in the use of long-range climate forecasts to predict what will happen to individual plant and animal species as global temperatures rise.
Walsh's comments were contained in a May 30 memo obtained by the Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental group. Fish and Wildlife Service spokesman Chris Tollefson confirmed that Walsh authored the document.
Agency Director Dan Ashe will have the final say, with a decision due Aug. 4.
Wolverines max out at 40 pounds and are tough enough to stand up to grizzly bears. Yet some scientists warn they will be no match for anticipated declines in deep mountain snows, which female wolverines need to establish dens and raise their young.
Federal biologists last year proposed protections for an estimated 300 wolverines in the Lower 48 states. At that time, Walsh said "scientific evidence suggests that a warming climate will greatly reduce the wolverine's snowpack habitat."
In the recent memo, she expressed the opposite view: "Due to the uncertainty of climate models, I cannot accept the conclusion about wolverine habitat loss that forms the basis of our recommendation to list the species."
Walsh, also a biologist, said she reached that conclusion after reviewing the latest science on wolverines and consulting with other agency officials.
Most of that science already was available when protections were first proposed, leading the Center for Biological Diversity to criticize the about-face.
The likelihood of climate change harming wolverines was too great to delay action because of any lingering uncertainties, said the group's climate science director, Shaye Wolf.
The government already has declared that global warming imperils other species, including polar bears, ringed seals and bearded seals.
"Climate change is driving some iconic species toward extinction, and many species are in trouble," Wolf said. "It's a very bad turn of events that the Fish and Wildlife Service has chosen to ignore the expertise of its own scientists" on wolverines.
Agency officials said Monday that Walsh's memo was just one step in its deliberations on the animal.
Once found throughout the Rocky Mountains and in California's Sierra Nevada mountain range, wolverines were wiped out across most of the U.S. by the 1930s due to unregulated trapping and poisoning campaigns. In the decades since, they have largely recovered in the Northern Rockies but not in other parts of their historical range.
In some areas, such as central Idaho, researchers have said suitable habitat could disappear entirely.
Wolverines are found in the North Cascades in Washington and the Northern Rocky Mountains in Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Wyoming. Individual wolverines have also moved into California and Colorado but have not established breeding populations. Larger populations persist in Alaska and Canada.
Officials from states including Montana, Utah and Idaho have objected to more protections, saying the animal's population has been increasing in some areas.
Two members of an independent peer review panel also raised questions about the science behind last year's proposal. They suggested that no direct link could be made between warming temperatures and less habitat.
Panelist Audrey Magoun, a researcher based in Alaska, said shifting weather patterns could mean more snowfall, not less, in the mountains where most wolverines den. She said Monday that she was not taking a position on whether protections were needed and that there was enough time to determine that through additional research before any long-range threats come to pass.
Wolverines were twice denied protections under the Bush administration. In 2010, the Obama administration delayed action and said other imperiled animals and plants had priority over wolverines.
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If you want some holiday reading over the holidays, look no further. Alex Steffen's book, World Changing has launched.
Alex and I met a few years ago at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin and spoke about his book at the Green Drinks Holiday Party. He is a known leader in the green movement and is someone to follow for his innovative ideas.
The book is described as "groundbreaking compendium of the most innovative solutions, ideas and inventions emerging today for building a sustainable, livable, prosperous future."
In fact, you can purchase the book so easily right here.


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Ayla Reynolds' Mother Reveals Detailed Information About Investigation
Details of the investigation into the disappearance of toddler Ayla Reynolds have been revealed to a support website. Ayla's mother, Trista Reynolds, says she has made public her take on the findings into the disappearance and suspected death of her daughter in 2011 to try to influence law enforcement to bring charges in the case.
Ayla Reynolds was reported missing in December of 2011 by her father, Justin DiPietro. Reynolds was staying at her father's Waterville home when he claims she disappeared from her bed overnight.
Ayla's mother is not convinced, so she's holding a press conference this week to talk about information she says was given to her by investigators in January of this year.
Trista Reynolds says she hopes that the detailed information will put pressure on law enforcement to charge DiPietro with her daughter's death. Investigators have said that they believe Ayla is dead, based partially on blood evidence found in DiPietro's basement.
The press conference this week coincides with DiPietro's appearance in court on an unrelated assault charge. Information released has already been published on a website entitled "United for Ayla." I'll warn you, it's graphic, and difficult to read. But it will help you understand why the police do not believe that Ayla survived whatever happened to her.


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Bulletin Board 12/1
NOTICE:For your convenience, you can e-mail your bulletin board notices to email@example.com as well as mail to 1944 Warwick Ave., Warwick, RI 02889, or fax to 732-3110.
Tri-City Elks
The Tri-City Elks, 1915 West Shore Rd., will have The James Montgomery Band with Corey Bellucci Dec. 2 from 9 p.m.-12 midnight. Kitchen opens at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 per person, $25 per couple, advanced tickets may be purchased at the Elks bar daily after 3 p.m. or at the door the night of the show.
Holiday Tree Lighting
A holiday tree lighting will be held Dec. 2 at 6:30 p.m. at the George Donovan Memorial Park at the corner of Beach Ave. and West Shore Rd. The event is sponsored by the Conimicut Village Association. Caroling by the Hoxsie and Holden School Choruses. A Living Nativity will be from 7-8 p.m. sponsored by Woodbury Union Church, Presbyterian. A special guest appearance also with refreshments and holiday music in the Woodbury Union Friendship Room from 7-8:30 p.m. A canned good donation to the church pantry would be appreciated.
Friday Night Music
The East Greenwich American Legion Post #15, Post Rd., East Greenwich, will have music by Bobby Justin on Dec. 2 at 7 p.m.
Breakfast and Photos With Santa
Breakfast and photos with Santa presented by the Central Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce and the Warwick Beacon will be held Dec. 3 at the Pilgrim Senior Center, 27 Pilgrim Parkway. Breakfast will be served from 8:30-10 a.m. Tickets are $8 per person. Photos with Santa will be taken from 9:30-11 a.m. If you are too busy for breakfast you can come to have your child's photo taken with Santa. There is no charge for the photos with Santa. As always, the photos will appear in the Christmas issue of the Warwick Beacon.Crafters and Vendors
Greenwood Elementary School is rekindling its seasonal tradition with a holiday bazaar Dec. 3 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. They are looking for crafters, vendors, artisans and more. Table rental is $25. Space is limited. Shopping, refreshments and children's activities will be offered. E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or call 578-0492.
K of C Christmas Party
The Warwick Knights of Columbus, 475 Sandy Lane, will have a Christmas party Dec. 3 at 6:30 p.m. Dinner and dancing with music by Wayz and Means. $20 per person. Please bring an unwrapped toy to donate to Toys for Tots. For reservations call 737-9887 after 4 p.m. or Scott Hughes at 287-5187.
Little League Canning
The Warwick American Little League will be at Dave's Marketplace on West Shore Rd. at Wilds Corner Dec. 3 from 11 a.m.-12 noon. They are looking for help from their families. They hope to get kids to come with a parent and spend one hour with them. Bring your child with their WALL shirt and hat and hang out for an hour.
Sunday Bingo
There will be a Bingo on Sunday, Dec. 4. Meet and make friends, a minimum of 34 winners. The bingo will be held at the Pilgrim Senior Enrichment Center, 27 Pilgrim Parkway. Sponsored by Friends of Warwick Senior Center, Inc. on the second Sunday of each month.
Christmas Concert
The Warwick Symphony Orchestra Christmas Concert will be held Dec. 4 at 3 p.m. at St. Barnabas Church, 3257 Post Rd. Presented will be Sheep May Safely Graze, J.S. , Farandole, Georges Bizet, Variations on a Quaker Hymn and Christmas Sing-A-Long. Tickets available at the door. Adults $8, students and children enter free.
Trudeau Program
The Trudeau Memorial Center welcomes Jimmy Desrosiers, pianist, with special guest Dr. Timothy Hudyncia, unicyclist and juggler, Dec. 5 at 1:45 p.m. at the Patterson Building cafeteria. All are welcome.
Gaspee Seniors Change
The Gaspee Seniors Christmas party is changed to Dec. 8 at 12:30 p.m. at Chelos Banquet Room on Post Rd.
Christmas Brunch
The Brown Alumnae Club of Kent County will have a Christmas Brunch Dec. 8 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at T's East Greenwich Restaurant, 5600 Post Rd. The cost will be $15 per person. Reservations must be received by Dec. 5. Call 884-8373 or 783-8895.
Toastmasters Holiday Party
The Ocean State Toastmasters will host its annual holiday party Dec. 6 at 6 p.m. at Meritage Restaurant, 5454 Post Rd., East Greenwich. The program will include dinner and the regular Toastmasters meeting, featuring prepared speeches, impromptu speeches and humor. The fee for the party is $35 per person. To make a reservation contact Amelia Hirota at firstname.lastname@example.com or Cliff Lander at email@example.com by Dec. 1.
Christmas Concert
Saints Rose and Clement Parish will hosting their annual Christmas concert "The Splendor of Christmas" on Dec. 9 at 7:30 p.m. Performing will be the Wakefield Civic Band, SS Rose and Clement Adult Choir and Children's Chorus, and Bishop Hendricken's Young Men's Chorus. Tickets are $7 for adults, $5 for seniors and children 10 years and up. A light reception will follow the concert.
Cornerstone Church
Cornerstone Church, 1990 Elmwood Ave., Warwick, is now a member of the RI Community Food Bank. Hours of operation are the first and third Saturday from 9-11 a.m. and the second and fourth Monday from 6-8 p.m. For more information call 781-6121.
Mentor a Child
Do you have an hour a week to spare? That's all it takes to make a difference in the life of a child. Today's children need positive, caring adult role models to help them develop confidence, self-esteem and a desire to stay in school. For more information on the Warwick Mentor Program, please contact Pamela Leonhardt at 732-7700 x117 or visit the Rhode Island Mentoring Partnership Web site at www.mentorRI.org.
Old Warwick Grange #41
The Grange is a fraternal community service, non-profit organization with a special interest in rural life and the traditions of faith, patriotism, leadership and family values. Grange-where the whole family can go and grow. Help them to help others. The meetings are held on the third Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. No meetings in July or August. The Grange hall is located at 1175 West Shore Rd.
Developmental Screening
The Child Outreach Department of the Warwick Public Schools, in cooperation with the Volunteers of Warwick schools (VOWS), conducts regular preschool screening clinics. All Warwick preschool children between the ages of 3 and 5 are offered the Early Screening Inventory-Revised (ESI-R). This is a free service provided by the Warwick Public Schools. Participation in a Developmental Screening is a long established program of the Warwick School Department that provides families with information about their child's development and offers information about community resources. For more information, or to arrange a clinic appointment for your preschool aged child, call the VOWS office at 734-3230.
Free Sunday Lunch
St. Paul Lutheran Church, 389 Greenwich Ave., is offering a free lunch for anyone in need of a meal or companionship. All are welcome every Sunday from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. For more information call 737-6758.
Rhode Island Pet Bird Club
The R.I. Pet Bird Club welcomes anyone who owns birds or has an interest in exotic birds. Meet other people who have birds, listen to guest lecturers and more. The meetings are held on the first Monday of each month. For more information call Michele at 739-7290 or visit www.orgsites.com/ri/ripbc.
There will be Bingo at Sparrows Point III, 355 Hardig Rd., every Wednesday starting April 6. Doors open at 4 p.m., bingo starts promptly at 6 p.m.
Photographic Society of RI
The Photographic Society of Rhode Island welcomes camera enthusiasts of all abilities. Meetings are held on the second, third and fourth Tuesday of each month, September through May at Lakewood Baptist Church, 255 Atlantic Ave. For more information visit www.psri.us.
There will be bingo every Friday at 6:45 p.m. at Meadowbrook Terrace on Warwick Ave. in the Community Hall.
Donate Shop
The Donate Shop is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit thrift store that provides free clothing to families in crisis. They are an all-volunteer organization that relies solely on the support of the community to continue this endeavor. The shop has a new location at 400 Warwick Ave., Unit #14, between Dunkin Donuts and Shaw's. They are open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The phone number is 533-9944, the website is www.thedonateshop.org and "Like" them on Facebook for special updates.
Gambling Counseling Offered
Bridgemark now offers individual, group and family counseling for problem gambling. If you or a loved one is experiencing difficulties as a result of gambling, call for discreet and confidential assistance, 781-2700. Deaf services are also available; call their videophone number 1-866-730-9573.
Domestic Violence Volunteers
The Elizabeth Buffum Chace Center (EBCC) is currently seeking volunteers for their Speakers Bureau. All volunteers will be trained to provide outreach, as a representative of EBCC, to communities in their service area through attendance at health and community fairs and by fulfilling requests for informational speaking engagements. Volunteers will receive thorough and specialized training under the supervision of the agency services coordinator before beginning this work. For more information, or to get involved, contact Deb Ferrante at 738-9700.
Fife and Drum Corps
The Kentish Guards Fife and Drum Corps rehearses on Wednesday evenings from 7-9 p.m. at the Kentish Guards Armory on Pierce St. in East Greenwich. Free lessons on playing the fife are provided to men and young men interested in joining the corps.
Fife & Drum Corps
Join the Pawtuxet Rangers Fife & Drum Corps of Warwick and continue the great tradition of Colonial/Revolutionary history through music. The Fife & Drum Corps meets every Wednesday night at Wyman Elementary School from 6:30-8 p.m. The corps is open to anyone over the age of 12. Drum and fife instruction is available to beginners.


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MONTGOMERY, AL (AP) - Competing plans are being developed for achieving more efficiency in Alabama's law enforcement operations.
Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh unveiled legislation Friday that would consolidate and reorganize the state's many law enforcement functions into a new Public Safety Agency. It would include state troopers, the Alabama Bureau of Investigation, marine police, the fire marshal and others. It would abolish the state Department of Homeland Security and divide its duties among other agencies.
The governor's office announced that Gov. Robert Bentley will hold a news conference Tuesday to discuss measures providing for greater efficiencies while preserving and protecting the integrity of the state's existing public safety agencies. The governor will also sign an executive order giving state Homeland Security Director Spencer Collier additional duties as senior law enforcement adviser.
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Just returned from the Jewish Book Fair front, where I gave my very tightly worded 2 minute presentation. Having rehearsed it repeatedly for the past month, but probably 100 times over the past two days that I've been in NY, I felt perfectly comfortable about getting up there to give my pitch -- until I saw my competition: Two stand-up comedians, one comedy screenwriter (who did an impeccable imitation of Woody Allen, who blurbed for him), the son of someone who helped bring down the Nixon administration, several NY Times and Business Week journalists, a couple of authors whose books had been on the New York Times best-sellers lists, (as well as certain authors who were sufficiently well-known that they didn't need to present) -- you know, 'ordinary' people like that, each of whom spoke impeccably, and humorously, during his/her two minutes. In fact, I had the good fortune (if you look at it that way) to be sandwiched between a woman who was a regular on Seinfeld (as a friend of Jerry's parents), and a good-looking former bond-trader-turned-author. I didn't get as many laughs as a lot of the other speakers, but I got some sounds of hearts being warmed by the conclusion of the talk.
So I wasn't really sure how it went, until the reception following the Meet the Author event, when both other authors and the attendees representing the Jewish Book Fairs in other cities told me how much they enjoyed the presentation, and asked me questions about my grandfather, and the process of writing/finishing the book. So I hope to be invited to at least a few of the cities (actually, I hope to be invited to more than a few, but considering that each city can only invite 20 authors, and considering the marque names, that doesn't leave a lot of spaces for people like me. But I did my best. Now I have to wait, and see.
Tomorrow I'm at an independent publishing conference all day. Then, for the rest of the week--9 Broadway and off-Broadway shows; that's my reward.


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STOCKTON - An otherwise routine City Council meeting was notable Tuesday night for who was there - and who wasn't.
STOCKTON - An otherwise routine City Council meeting was notable Tuesday night for who was there - and who wasn't.
It was the first council meeting since voters turned out three incumbents Nov. 6.
The outgoing council took just 30 minutes to unanimously set in motion procedures that will culminate with a decision by the new council early next year.
By a 7-0 vote, the council decided on the city charter-mandated steps required to fill the District 5 seat that will be open after Susan Eggman becomes a member of the California Assembly next month.
On the night of Jan. 8, Mayor-elect Anthony Silva and council members-elect Moses Zapien and Michael Tubbs will be sworn into office in a special meeting.
At the same meeting, they will deal with their first order of business: interviews with applicants who want to replace Eggman. An appointment could be made that night.
None of the three were present Tuesday night. Nor was City Manager Bob Deis.
Mayor Ann Johnston and council members Diana Lowery and Dale Fritchen - each defeated for re-election - joined their colleagues Tuesday night in setting up the process that will lead to a decision by their replacements.
"I am so impressed, but not surprised, that all seven members showed up tonight," said Councilwoman Kathy Miller, 56. "I have so much respect and admiration for them."
The council's single-item agenda hardly drew a crowd. Eleven members of the public were on hand. One of them - 46-year-old Weston Ranch resident Anthony Burgher - started the meeting with an expression of gratitude.
"Elections have consequences," he said. "The city has chosen a path that I don't happen to believe in. Thank you for your service. It is appreciated."
After the old council leaves and the new council is sworn in, Miller will be its longest-serving member. She precedes Councilman Elbert Holman by a few hours.
The night she took office in January 2009, Holman was later appointed to fill the seat vacated by Steve Bestolarides, who won election to the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors.
Eggman's replacement will be the first appointment since. That person will serve the remainder of Eggman's term through Dec. 31, 2014.
At the time, five councilwomen and one man made the decision. In January, five councilmen and one woman will make the next appointment.
"It's a complete reversal," Miller said.
The current council - which has made momentous decisions involving police and fire department layoffs and bankruptcy - only has three more meetings together.
"It is emotional," Miller said. "We've made some tough decisions as a group. It been a really good group to work with and learn from.
"When we started out, we didn't know each other. But we forged together as a team."
City Clerk Bonnie Paige presented council members with the motion to fill the upcoming vacancy. Discussion centered on ensuring prospective candidates knew the extent of the commitment required and residency requirements.
District 5 runs roughly from Harding Way to the north to Eighth Street and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in the south and from the San Joaquin River to the west and Airport Way and Highway 99 to the east.
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Start with solid dark green color.
Create new layer, switch to Pen tool, make a leaf shape (it will look better a bit unsymmetric, so do not try to make it perfect symmetric).
Apply the following layer effects to the layer with leaf shape:
- outer glow - black, overlay, 50-70%, 10-15px
- inner glow - white, overlay, 20-40%, 15-25px
change foreground color to darker green (almost black), create new layer, and then, using same Pen tool, start drawing...
Apply the following layer effects to this layer:
- blend mode = screen
- outer glow - black, overlay, 10-20%, 5-8px
Group the layers containing elements of leaf into one group. Now you need to make A LOT of copies. Here's the hint to speed up process: select group, hold ALT key, and click-drag group to move it. Every time you drag it, holding ALT key, Photoshop will create a copy of group.
After each 15-20 copies, hit Ctrl-T, rotate and resize....
...once again, make 15-20 copies, rotate, resize, make 15-20 copies, rotate, resize, etc.....
after about 30-40 minutes of copying, rotating and resizing, entire image is filled with leaves and no background is visible.
Merge all layers and groups into one layer (it is good idea to save backup PSD file before that) and apply the following layer effect:
- gradient, radial, black-to-white, overlay, size:150%, opacity: 20-25%.
But what if I wanted to plant some flowers into the wallpaper? Easy!
Create new layer, set foreground color to white, switch to Pen tool, and draw shape similar o this.
Switch to Pen selection tool (A), select shape, copy (Ctrl-C), paste (Ctrl-V), rotate 180 degrees, move down.
Then, you might already guess... select all, copy, paste, rotate, select all, copy, paste, rotate, select all, copy, paste, rotate, select all, copy, paste, rotate! (Hint - hold SHIFT while rotating).
Apply the following layer effects:
- bevel: shadow = black, opacity: 10-15%
- outer glow: black, 15-20%, 2-3px
Duplicate this layer, rotate, resize...
...repeat, repeat :-)
Our flower need special leaves for it too. You can use the original layer you created for a leaf in the beginning of this tutorial. Duplicate it, paste in the layer under flower layers...
copy, paste, rotate, repeat :-)
Duplicate layer, rotate, resize! (I also made shape color a bit lighter).
Another part of flower - in new layer, draw a curved line using Pen tool. then - surprise! - copy, paste, rotate, repeat!
The flower is ready!
Group all layers containing parts of flower into one group, and then - i bet you know! - duplicate, move, resize, rotate, repeat!
I also wanted to create special version of wallpaper with berries instead of flowers. Here's how: set foreground color to red, switch to Shape tool, select Ellipse tool, draw circle (hold SHIFT to make it proportional).
Apply the following layer effects:
- gradient: linear, white-to-black, overlay, 10-15%
- outer glow: black, overlay, 30-40%, 4-6px
create new layer, set white color, switch to Brush tool, select small hard brush, put one small dot on top of circle. Then, create new layer, set its blend mode to overlay, select larger softer brush, put another dot on bottom of circle, then hit Ctrl-T and resize it horizontally (so that is it ellipse, not circle).
In another new layer (with blend mode set to overlay and opacity set to 40-60%), use black and white small brushes to give more 3D look.
Group all these layers into one group, and then.... (chorus) - duplicate, move, resize, repeat!
Berries need their own leaves too. You already know how to do them, so here are a bit different shapes to create for them...
... this step is also the same as in the beginning of the tutorial (creating leaf)...
and again... duplicate, move, rotate, resize, repeat...
In new layer, add a shadow with large black brush.
The last thing to do is.... Duplicate! Move! Resize! Repeat! :-)
That's all! Thanks for your time.
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- Applying a filter to only capture events of interest. Filters match each event against the defined criteria, only passing those that match.
- Adding a HANA Output adapter to connect the filtered stream to a HANA table, capturing the events in the HANA database.
- Compiling the streaming project and check for errors.