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Last Thursday, Cristiane Machado was standing on the stage of the Thelma Boltin Community Center, preparing to tell her students the bad news: Her contract with the city had been canceled.
Last Thursday, Cristiane Machado was standing on the stage of the Thelma Boltin Community Center, preparing to tell her students the bad news: Her contract with the city had been canceled. The Zumba class she had taught could no longer exist as it had before.
Tuesday evening, Machado stood on the same stage, hands on hips. About 80 students waited for what she had to say.
The classes will continue, she told them. Same time, same place.
The students immediately began assembling into rows for their Zumba class, but first paused to applaud the good news. More importantly, they were ready to dance.
Last week, about 60 Zumba students followed Machado from the Boltin Center to Thursday's City Commission meeting to protest the loss of the class. After hearing the students explain what the class meant to them, city commissioners voted unanimously to continue the class under Gainesville's Parks, Recreation & Cultural Affairs.
Three years ago, Gainesville began offering the Zumba class to city employees as a part of the city's wellness program. It was part of a plan to reduce Gainesville's insurance costs.
Because only 20 to 25 city employees attended the class, Machado offered to open it up to the public at no extra cost. The city's wellness coordinators agreed, and the class has been building popularity ever since.
Recently, however, the wellness coordinators noticed that the makeup of the class had changed significantly. More than half of the students were not city employees. Not only that, they were bringing kids.
"The wellness program administrator indicated that they really felt like the kids were perhaps taking away from the overall effectiveness for employees," City Manager Russ Blackburn said. "Ultimately ... they decided it would be better off to approach Zumba in a different way."
Shortly thereafter, the wellness coordinators terminated Machado's contract. Still, Machado said she had no intention of ending the class. LastThursday, she announced to her students she would be attending the City Commission meeting instead of holding class that day.
"I told them, 'I apologize for canceling with you, but I feel like I have to do that,' " Machado said. "So they all decided on their own to join me."
About 60 students followed her to City Hall. During public comment at the City Commission meeting, the students seized the floor, each explaining what the class meant to him or her.
Bobby Barnes-Gibbs, one of Machado's students, used her time to explain to the commissioners that she had suffered a stroke five years ago.
"I couldn't walk. My hands were up here," she said, pressing her hands to her chest. "And my mouth was twisted. As I began to come to Zumba, you can see as I stand here that I can move my hands, and I can move my legs."
Moved by the passion of the students, City Commissioner Todd Chase offered to donate the raise he received last year to help fund the class -- about $1,500.
"Listening to the people talking about the importance of the Zumba classes to them and their lives," he said. "I guess what I was struck by was what Zumba could be."
The class will continue at the Boltin Center with a sliding scale fee of $1 to $5. A supervised space for children will be offered.
For Machado, the decision to keep the class is a victory for the city.
"I never hear that, when people get in there and get what they wanted. It was very empowering," she said. "It was beautiful for the commissioners and for the mayor, for them to give back."

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Suffolk University Law School's Legal Writing, Dispute Resolution, and Clinical programs have moved up in national rankings published in the U.S. News and World Report 2014 Best Law School report.
- The Law School's Legal Writing program, which prepares students to be successful attorneys by developing their professional lawyering skills, is ranked fifth in the nation, up from ninth in the 2012 rankings. This program has been among the top 25 nationally for five years running.
- The Dispute Resolution program is ranked 12th in the nation, up from 18th last year.
- The Law School's Clinical Programs, which offer students legal experience while helping underserved populations, are ranked 17th, compared to 20th last year. The Clinical Programs have ranked among the nation's top 25 for six years.
Suffolk University Law School also saw upward movement in its diversity rankings. Twenty-eight percent of the 2012-13 entering class were students of color. The Law School's part-time program ranking moved up from 50th to 31st.
"The national rankings show that Suffolk University Law School is on the move," said Law School Dean Camille Nelson. "I am proud of the rich theoretical and practical experience that adds to the robust and supportive academic and intellectual life of Suffolk Law."


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Macon County Leads State in STD Rates, Teen Pregnancies
Macon County now ranks first in Illinois' 102 counties in terms of teen pregnancies and those with sexually transmitted disease.
For example, statistics from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation show the current teen pregnancy rate is 55 per 1,000, almost three times the national level.
But the county's health department says it's fortunate to be getting grant funds to address it at the right time.
Karen Shiflett is its director of its Women, Infants, and Children Program and Family Case Management. She said Macon County qualified for a state grant of about $270,000 to set up and expand programs in Decatur schools, including the 'making proud choices' prevention coalition.
Shiflett said the Department of Human Services funds will expand teen health programs both during and after school.
"These funds are utilized to support anything that can create parent involvement, notification to the parent, including the parents and the students as well in the coalition and the activities of the coalition, and also the knowledge of what the curriculum is providing the student," she said.
The Department of Human Services grant was awarded in July through a subcontractor, and covers the county through the fiscal year.
Shiflett said the timing was perfect for the grant, less than a year after the state cut funds to a teen parent service program.
"And that was a program that did offer service provision to teens who had to deal with an unplanned or unwanted pregnancy, and it worked with them to get them through graduation from high school," she said. "That 55 teens a year that we were able to get high school education for."
On the issue of STD's, chlamydia rates in Macon County were nearly six times higher locally than the national rate of 84 cases per 100,000.
Shiflett said while the reliability of state payments still remains a concern, the Department of Human Services grant covers youth programs through June 30.


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Hi All,
Im looking to buy a pair of plastic mountaineering boots. I have rented the Lowa Civetta in size 15 for Mt Washington last week and those worked quite fine.
Am i limited to that model or are there any other brands/models that are available in size 15?
Also, other than ebay and craigs list, whats a good place to look for used gear?
thanks in advance


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A Top 10 of '13
As we move into 2014, we can't help but take the time to reflect and celebrate all the Gladstone goodness of 2013. And what better way than with a Top 10 list right?
That's right, 2013 marked the 10th year of our annual alternative design event CUTMR. As always, CUTMR10 was a great success. Full of inspiring design and of course, all of you! Just thinking about it gets us beyond excited for this year's CUTMR11 exhibition (Jan 23-26, 2014).
For the first time, we packed 10 days with 14 specially programed, pride-centric events. The results were sexy, political and proud. With World Pride on the horizon for 2014, things are only about to get gayer.
8. 1st Annual Gladstone Film Festival
As a nod to Toronto's short film community, we were very excited to usher in this first time jurried film fest. Offering a platform for emerging filmmakers to connect with the growing Toronto film community while gaining recognition and exposure, we're excited to see what next year will bring to the short film screen.
Opening up 2 floors of the hotel, we creepily ushered in a REDRUM themed Halloween Party this year. For the first time, amidst tons of costumes, Daft Punk Tribute performing the best Daft Punk songs live, a hedge maze recreation, DJs, dancing and lots of other haunted happenings, we celebrated a truly spooky Halloween this year.
It was so fun last year, we decided to do it again in 2013. 12 of our favorite craft breweries and lots of friends with ugly Christmas sweaters, sampling beer and making merry. Stay tuned next year, this is definitely an annual thing.
5. New Gallant Bikes for Hotel Guests to Borrow
Yup, our friends at Gallant Bikes helped us out big time this year, and hooked us up with these 2 beautiful custom bikes for our hotel guests to ride around the city. Made locally in Toronto, we are happy to have cruised through 2013 in lots of style.
4. New Chef Mario Paz + New Menus
This year we also welcomed in Chef Mario Paz and his exciting new menus. With tons of creativity and a lot of love for the Gladstone, Paz's menus and culinary energy are setting us up for a very delicious 2014.
3. New Surreal Gourmet Artist Designed Room by Bob Blumer
It's not every day that one of our 37 artist designed hotel rooms gets a design overhaul. In fact, this is the first time it's happened since the original artist designed rooms were launched in 2005! Under the vision and handywork of celebrity chef and hyper creative artist, Bob Blumer, we are still not sure if we're dreaming when it comes to the Surreal Gourmet room.
2. Named in Fodor's Top 100 Hotels
Truly one of our biggest accomplishments yet, this year we were ranked amongst the best hotels in the world by Fodor's in the category Home Suite Home. Recognized as an "outstanding hotel that offers a one-of-a kind stay for guests, excellent service and style"–we'll be working extra hard in 2014 to make sure this is always true for our guests.
1. Made Lots of New Friends + Continued to Share with Longtime Community and Cultural Supporters
Like: Patty Smith, Sandra Bernhard, Scott Speedman, Chuck Klosterman, Oliva Chow, David Cronenberg, Jiggly Caliente, Danko Jones, Sean Cullen,
Rob Ford, Chris Locke, Katie Boland, Balint Zsako, Jonathan Hobin, Juliana Neufeld, Beth Lesser, Wedge Curatorial Projects, TINARS, Skin Tight Outta Sight, Great Canadian Burlesque, Pinky's Nails, Toronto Blues Society, Shedoesthecity, Arhitext, Mammalians, Department of Unusual Certainties, Toronto Design Offsite, Akimbo, Gladstone Flea and of course–YOU!
In surmise, we feel so lucky to have spent such an exciting 2013 with you all! We are always humbled by the support and love from West Queen West and beyond and hope that 2014 will be just as happy and healthy as 2013.
See you in the New Year!


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Hey, Obviously I love your garage man! I am in 3800 challenge heaven. After we get done wit these, you'll have to catch up to me in one of your cruisers! lol
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Nice 9C1's!! Check out my 92 Camaro B4C/1LE. I just posted some videos of my new Vision lightbar that I was testing, Should have it on my Camaro sometime next week.


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The Knight's Tour 2
The 16-move solution for the knight's tour
without self-crossing on a 6x6 board is shown in the illustration.
It consists of exactly 16 segments what makes exactly 16 moves.
The unique 17-move solution for the longest
possible route of the chess knight without self-crossing for a 6x6
board is shown on the left.
It has exactly 17 segments.
This fantastic route was found by Donald Knuth.


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GF - "Dear Blizzard,
Please explain to me why Diablo 3 plays better on console than on PC.
Sure, maybe our expectations were a little high when Diablo 3 released in May of 2013. Maybe they were so high that no game could possibly ever live up to the titanic levels of hype generated from a decade of anticipation. But that's only because of your record of excellence. For years, you were the champions of PC gaming."
Is it really better on the consoles. I have it for the PS3 and i'm loving the game but is it truly better than the PC version??
Why is Diablo 3 better on console? Simple - it was a console game in the first place ;)
Its a matter of opinion, but the reason I prefer it on console is using a controller. Yes I could do that on my PC, but I have a console for that sort of thing. None the less, enjoyed it on PC, and now PS3
I guess the controller is better than the mouse in this instance, either way I'm enjoying the game but I'm sure PC gamers enjoyed it just as much.
Reason it's better is simply because AH is gone.
Much more fun to find/make your own gear than buying it.


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Sheldon Silver has been speaker of the New York Assembly for going on 19 years now, and not for a moment of his tenure has he been his own man.
But not until yesterday afternoon — when he openly removed himself from Albany's pension-reform debate — has he been quite so candid about where his true allegiance lies: with the public-employee unions.
"I think [Gov. Cuomo] has to work out with the unions a reasonable approach to [pension reform]," Silver told a lobbying conclave of union bosses.
Translation: "Ok, Mr. Big Shot Governor, you started with all this pension nonsense, and now you can finish it. Call me when it's over."
That is, call me when you have a bill I can rubber-stamp.
Silvers' recusal will have the salutary effect of removing the messenger boy from the proceedings — allowing Andrew Cuomo and the corrupt cabal that has for so long run Albany to decide directly whether public pensions will be permitted to bankrupt New York. Or not.
Also at stake is Cuomo's incumbency.
His pension-reform plan is arcane beyond imagining — but it's also reasonable, it doesn't harm current employees and it's fair to future hires.
It's also important enough to Cuomo that he included in his proposed budget — a line-in-the-sand tactic that attaches considerable symbolic significance to the measure.
The Legislature can either accept reform, pass the budget and have peace with Cuomo — or the lawmakers can reject it and perhaps precipitate a government shutdown.
A third course, compromise, is possible — perhaps likely. Cuomo would alter his reform proposal, both sides would declare victory and precious few laymen would know the difference.
But the insiders would know.
The unions would know.
Cuomo would know.
The governor grabbed Albany by its dirty neck 14 months ago and squeezed hard. He's pretty much gotten his way ever since. Yes, he blinked on the millionaire's tax and his teacher-evaluation plan is a work in progress — but the executive power vacuum he inherited no longer exists. He filled it, and how.
He bludgeoned through ethics, lobbying and oversight reforms that — energetically implemented — could radically alter Albany's status quo.
A win on pension reform would only add to the reform momentum. A loss, of course, would have the opposite effect.
Losing would send the following message: Despite the unqualified support or Mayor Bloomberg and a daunting, bipartisan coalition of local officials, and despite irrefutable evidence that rising pension costs are crushing local governments and, soon, Albany itself, the unions were too strong for Andrew Cuomo to conquer.
After that, where would Cuomo go to get his mojo back?
Nowhere, that's where.
Again, the unions know it.
As does Shelly Silver.
The speaker stands to be a big loser in a successful Cuomo incumbency. Most, if not all, of the new ethics and oversight reforms are aimed principally at abuses of legislative trust. Bought long ago, Silver trembles.
The unions, of course, do the buying — and thus they have the most to lose.
Knock the wheels off the Cuomo juggernaut?
Oh, happy day!
In other words, it's about pension reform — but it's not really about pension reform.
Hang tough, Andrew.


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By Dan Whitcomb
(Reuters) - The prime suspect in the slaying of an aspiring rapper who was shot and killed while driving a Maserati on the Las Vegas Strip has a long criminal history, with prior arrests on charges that include robbery, sexual assault and kidnapping, police said on Monday.
Four days after the shooting touched off a fiery pre-dawn crash at the heart of the Las Vegas Strip that also killed a taxi driver and his passenger, police said they were now seeking help from the public in finding 26-year-old Ammar Harris.
Authorities believe Harris is the man who opened fire from behind the wheel of a black Range Rover on Kenneth Wayne Cherry Jr., 27, early on Thursday at an intersection near several casino resort hotels.
Cherry, who performed under the name "Kenny Clutch," was mortally wounded and his sports car veered out of control, colliding with a taxicab in the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Flamingo Road.
Killed in the cab when it exploded into flames were driver Michael Bolden, 62, and a passenger identified in local media reports as Sandi Sutton of Washington state.
At a news conference on Monday afternoon, police officials, who over the weekend identified Harris as their prime suspect, asked members of the public with knowledge of his whereabouts to come forward.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Lieutenant Ray Steiber said anyone "harboring" Harris or helping him elude a multi-state manhunt could face charges as well.
"We are utilizing every available resource at our disposal to locate and take into custody Mr. Harris. He's wanted for three murders," Steiber said.
Police have said there were several men in the Range Rover at the time of the shooting, but officials declined on Monday to discuss the other occupants of the luxury vehicle.
"We are confident that Ammar Harris was and is the only shooter on that night," Steiber said. "At this point Ammar Harris is the one responsible for the shooting and the murder of three individuals."
Steiber said no weapons were found in Cherry's silver Maserati and he did not return fire on the Range Rover.
"Right now, as far as we're concerned, Mr. Cherry, he's the victim of a murder and that's what we're focused on," he said.
Police officials said Harris has a lengthy criminal record that includes arrests for weapons and pandering charges. It was not immediately clear if any had resulted in convictions.
He is described as having several distinctive tattoos, including a large black-eyed owl on his neck and small heart on his upper right cheek.
The apparently brand new Range Rover, which sported paper dealer plates, has been impounded, but police have declined to say where it was found. Steiber said no guns were found inside.
Authorities say the shooting may have stemmed from a verbal altercation in the valet area of the Aria Resort and Casino a few blocks away on the Strip.
The incident took place less than a mile from where rapper Tupac Shakur was shot in September 1996 while riding in a BMW with Death Row Records co-founder Marion "Suge" Knight after the two men had attended a Mike Tyson boxing match.
Shakur, 25, was hit by gunfire from at least one assailant in a Cadillac while sitting in Knight's car at the intersection of Flamingo Road and Koval Lane and died six days later at a hospital. His murder remains unsolved.
(Reporting by Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Cynthia Johnston, Richard Chang and Andre Grenon)


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CAMBRIDGE, UK - Feb. 10, 2004 – ARM [(LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMHY)], the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC processor solutions, today announced that CSR (Cambridge Silicon Radio), a leading designer and manufacturer of single-chip radio devices, has licensed the ARM968E-S™ core (see press release...New ARM9E™ Family Core Provides Unrivalled Low-Power Performance...3 Dec. 2003). This agreement further enhances CSR's capabilities in delivering a range of wireless connectivity solutions.
CSR is one of the fastest growing chip manufacturers in the UK with a reputation for developing highly integrated wireless solutions. Using the ARM968E-S core will give CSR the benefits of the core's small silicon footprint (0.59sq mm @ 0.13um), Interleaved Memory Architecture (IMA) for efficient dataflow processing, industry standard programmers' model and a wide range of SoC infrastructure support to reduce time-to-market. The ARM968E-S core is a powerful CPU in a very small footprint that provides efficient data flow to its tightly coupled memory using innovative (IMA) micro-architecture and a second AHB-lite interface. This feature enables the core to do more useful work and less data handling, providing system efficiencies that can translate into lower power or additional system features. At 0.15mW/MHz the core offers an extremely attractive performance/power ratio for power sensitive mobile applications. The ARM968E-S core is applicable to many embedded applications such as automotive, hard disk drives, Bluetooth, DECT, cellular modems and WLAN.
"Licensing the ARM968E-S core will enable CSR to continue to lead the market in developing single-chip radio devices. We intend to use the ARM968E-S core in a new generation of high data rate chips where we need the 100MIPS plus performance offered by the ARM® 32-bit architecture," said James Collier, technical director of CSR. "An added benefit is that CSR's OEM customers will be able to use familiar ARM tools and programmers model."
"CSR has a successful track record in wireless technology, and an established reputation for innovation," said Mike Inglis, EVP Marketing, ARM. "The ARM968E-S core offers CSR significant processing performance with the benefit of minimal silicon area, low cost and reduced energy consumption. This combination enables CSR to develop a wide range of connectivity chips that deliver improved performance, improved battery life and lower silicon cost."
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PARIS (AP) — A pan-European stealth combat drone demonstrator has taken its first test flight in southern France.
French defense company Dassault-Aviation is lead contractor on the "Neuron" project launched in 2005 involving firms from France, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Greece and Switzerland to provide a test bed for developing future combat aircraft.
Its successful flight took place Saturday near Istres.
Program officials say the Neuron is not a prototype, but aims to help European countries explore stealth technology for possible use — years from now — in future drones or successors of fighters like the Eurofighter or France's Rafale. The program will also seek innovations like the release of air-to-surface weapons from an internal bay.
Many experts believe armed drones will play an increasing role in the future of air combat.


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Jim to star in Slap Shot remake maybeeeeee
The last official thin I saw about this project, is that Ben Stiller is in talks. I doubt Jim will do this. I kinda hope he doesn't. Remember the critics on 'Fun with Dick & Jane'? Plus, this one is a high rated comedy that realy means something in the history of film, starring Paul Newman. Do you hear them? Cause I can ... "Leave it alone!", that's what they are yelling already.
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The Billboard Music Awards are set to return to ABC and will be broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Sunday, May 19 (8 p.m.), sponsored by Chevrolet and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. The show will also honor Prince with the Billboard Icon Award. This Billboard chart-topper will also deliver an unforgettable performance during the broadcast, which will be executive produced by Don Mischer.
ABC's three-hour broadcast of The 2012 Billboard Music Awards ran a dominant No. 1 in its 8-11 p.m. time period in adults 18-49 (2.7/7), leading Fox by 23 percent (2.2/6), NBC by 42 percent (1.9/5) and CBS by 108 percent (1.3/4).


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Six Sleds Complete Clean Snowmobile Challenge Endurance Run
By Marcia Goodrich | Published
Six snowmobiles made it to the finish line Tuesday in the Endurance Run, a 100-mile test of reliability that launched the 2013 SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge at Michigan Technological University.
Ten snowmobiles began the trek, which starts with a series of laps around a track at the Keweenaw Research Center. Machines that survive that initial test head north to Copper Harbor.
The victors this year were Clarkson University (Potsdam, N.Y.), Kettering University (Flint), Michigan Tech, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Idaho and the École de Technologie Supérieure (Montreal).
The Clean Snowmobile Challenge is a collegiate design competition of the Society of Automotive Engineers. Engineering students from participating schools reengineer a stock snowmobile to reduce emissions and noise and increase fuel efficiency—all while preserving the riding excitement demanded by snowmobile enthusiasts.
The École de Technologie Supérieure group was especially jubilant: this is the first time the French-speaking team's sled had made it through the Endurance Run in 10 years of competition. "C'était merveilleux," said driver Mathieu Proulx. "It was marvelous, and the scenery was beautiful."
Conditions for the run were nearly ideal, with plenty of packed snow on the trails. "It was really smooth," said Michigan Tech's Chad Kromrey.
Several machines had to pull out of the event. The University of Buffalo's diesel-powered sled returned to the shop after bearings unseated on its belt drive, and the University of Waterloo's snowmobile lost oil pressure. North Dakota State University and the University of Wisconsin-Platteville also had to withdraw.
It's not uncommon for sleds to break down during the Endurance Run, according to Challenge organizer Jay Meldrum. "Having six out of 10 finish is actually very good," he said.
In the Challenge's zero emissions category, two sleds competed in the range test. McGill University (Montreal) won the event, with the University of Alaska Fairbanks placing second.
The Challenge continues through the week. The teams will have their sleds on display from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, at the Copper Country Mall. Everyone is invited to view the entries and talk with the participants about their design strategies.
On Saturday, March 9, the Polaris Acceleration Event begins at 10 a.m., followed by the Polaris Handling Event at 11 a.m. In addition, the zero-emissions entries will undergo their Acceleration and Load Test at 11 a.m. All three events are open to the public and are held at the Keweenaw Research Center Test Course.
The Awards Banquet is held at 6:30 p.m., Saturday, March 9, in the Memorial Union Ballroom on the Michigan Tech campus. Tickets are $25 and may be purchased by contacting the Keweenaw Research Center, 906-487-2750.
Michigan Technological University is a public research university, home to more than 7,000 students from 54 countries. Founded in 1885, the University offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science and technology, engineering, forestry, business and economics, health professions, humanities, mathematics, and social sciences. Our campus in Michigan's Upper Peninsula overlooks the Keweenaw Waterway and is just a few miles from Lake Superior.


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Folks in France will soon get a taste of Intel's Medfield, Intel's mobile chipset which could be about as powerful as Tegra 3 in many areas. The Santa Clara smartphone is heading to Orange later this spring, and thanks to German-based Caschys Blog, we now have some new benchmarks for the Medfield device. Caschy ran the Rightware and Vellamo browser benchmarks on the Santa Clara.
On the Rightware benchmark, the Santa Clara came in at 89,180, below the 98,272 score in the Galaxy Nexus, but slightly above the iPhone 4S'a 87,810.
When it came to the more well-known Qualcomm Vellamo benchmark, the Intel Medfield based Santa Clara phone truly shined. The Santa Clara scored much higher than the Galaxy Nexus, finishing slightly below the current industry-leading ASUS Transformer Prime. This is despite Medfield being a 1.6 GHz single core x86-based chipset.
This is not the first time we've seen Medfield being compared to the Tegra 3 chipset. Earlier this year, Medfield was clocked slightly higher than Tegra 3 in the CaffeineMark benchmarking tool, a single-threaded tool that doesn't take advantage of the Tegra 3′s other cores. Today's benchmark makes a bit more sense, as we'd expect the quad-core Tegra 3 to outperform the single-core Medfield, however slightly the difference may be.
While we always recommend you take benchmarks with a grain of salt, as they only tend to predict real world performance, today's benchmarks give us good reason to get excited about what Medfield will bring to the Android table. We can't wait to get our hands on a U.S. bound Medfield device, which could be coming as early as the next few months.
Who else is excited for Medfield? Would you consider a Medfield device over the likes of Tegra 3 and Samsung's upcoming Exynos quad-core chips?


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Hello folks! Here's an opportunity to share your story about autism and Asperger Syndrome.
CNN is inviting people to tell their stories about autism for World Autism Awareness Day on April 2 as part of their CNN iReport series. If you wish to participate, you'll need to make a 30-second video and upload it to CNN. Visit their website for more details or to participate.


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Cyborg Trader Pro
Cyborg Trading Systems
Supported Platforms: Sterling Trader Pro, Interactive Brokers and X_Trader Pro
Pricing: $250/month - $350/month
Overall Rating: 4 out of 4
In the world of finance, particularly trading, software engineers work long and hard in pushing the envelope to develop cutting-edge tools and resources to help traders gain a competitive edge in trading. It takes an incredibly high level of commitment to refine those tools to make the complex simple and functional for the benefit of the end user.
Automated trading platforms have been limited in both function and design; but if you took a trader who happened to be an engineer, then you might have something different, even groundbreaking.
"We are traders who happen to be engineers, and who heard the frustrations of traders at every level — retail, beginner, floor trader, institutional trader –and developed the trading technology that we would want to trade ourselves," says Jamie Oschefski, sales director for Cyborg Trading Systems (CTS).
CTS develops automated trading technology for financial firms. Their core focus is to simplify and expedite the development and implementation of complex automated trading strategies. In a realm of "me too" technology, CTS is an anomaly.
Download and installation
When first downloading CTS' software to access the trading platform, you'll be surprised at the flexibility and ease of navigating its functionality. CTS provides an intuitive point-and-click interface with drop- down menus and combo-boxes for a visual strategy development. In addition, you have the ability to use a full-fledged API in C# where you can build your own proprietary signals while leveraging the already proven execution and trade management sophistication offered in Cyborg.
However, what impressed me a great deal is that CTS includes an Excel Integration for traders who have some programming knowledge using Excel in developing their own trading strategies as well as API access for C+ programming.
CTS has world-class support and a vast resource of educational tools, along with video tutorials, to help you navigate your way through its features while holding your hand along the way if you need it, so that you can squeeze every last drop of benefit from their technology.
"We built everything from a trader's mindset, not an engineer's mindset," says Oschefski, "This drastically reduces the learning curve."
Product test-drive
I decided to test CTS's platform using a simple and reliable breakout method involving all-time price highs but utilizing split-orders – one at the time of the breakout and the other as price rose 10% to test how CTS would scale into a position while still controlling risk on the parameters that I set.
I first opened Cyborg's toolbar manager on my desktop. At first glance, you'll notice how simple the layout is — designed for simplicity utilizing a drop-tree structure so that you can easily point-and-click the various branches.
CTS allows you to create "Trigger Complexes" made up of custom rules for predefined conditions that you establish for smart-entries. As an initial experiment, I clicked the Puzzle icon on the toolbar and named the trigger "Breakout All-Time High." Then, I had to set the breakout allocation for the entry and I divided it into two separate entries. The first entry would be 50% of my capital allocation based on 20% of my trade capital, which translated into 10% on this initial entry, and the second entry would be the remaining 50% of my allocation as price rose 10% from its initial breakout in order to pyramid into a position that I named "All-Time High Pyramid."
Appearing to the right of the screen is the Market Offset feature, which allows me to set an offset of how far price can move from the initial entry point by selecting a price or percent offset. I selected a price offset of 5, which would allow price to move 5 cents beyond my trigger before abandoning the trade.
Now, there is an Advanced Option feature that appears just below the Offset feature that allows you a whole new set of Smart Technology features to further refine the parameters for your Trigger Complex rules as well as Order Specification, but I ignored these for this initial test, opting to keep it simple for now.
At this point, I want to add that I was referring to the video tutorials by CTS as I was setting up my parameters for my Trigger Complexes, and always felt comfortable as they guided me through this process. If they didn't, CTS has solid support that included the ability to chat online and hold my hand as I worked my way through this setup phase.
I saved my settings for the breakout triggers, inputted a selection of stocks to trade with the parameters that I had just created and stood back to watch as the platform executed my entry instructions flawlessly with pinpoint precision and breathtaking speed.
For this initial run, I decided to let CTS' platform focus on my entries while I focused on setting up the rules correctly, but the technology allows you set up custom rules for trailing stops and risk management as well.
Admittedly, considering the possibilities of the technology, this was a pretty crude test, but the ease of its implementation was still incredible to experience. More so when you consider that you can trade across markets, risk parameters, breakouts, trends, counter-trends, profit targets and more, all with the goal of smooth integration across styles and boundaries to lower risk and achieve greater trade equity growth.
If successful trading is a combination of what works while maintaining a distinct competitive advantage over other traders, then CTS personifies that key trading in large part by being designed by traders for traders instead of just being designed by engineers for traders.


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Concern grows over Hollis portion of proposed gas pipelineBy APRIL GUILMET
Union Leader Correspondent
April 15. 2014 11:38PM
HOLLIS — With dozens of residents reportedly approached by surveyors from the Tennessee Gas Pipeline project in recent months, a controversial pipeline has been the talk of the town.
During Monday night's Board of Selectmen meeting, residents flooded the community room at Town Hall, where officials shared the latest information on the project, also known as the Northeast Expansion Project.
The company, a subsidiary of Kinder Morgan, Inc., hopes to construct approximately 250 miles of new pipeline in New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Connecticut and will reportedly be making a final decision in the coming months on whether they'll move forward with the project.
The project proposal includes the possible addition of a "spur lines" branching off the main line near the Pepperell, Mass., town line through Hollis and ending near the Nashua Airport. However, the final decision would be contingent on survey results, company officials previously said.
Town Administrator Troy Brown said the town has not yet received a formal filing for a project permit, though selectmen were asked by company officials to survey property in town earlier this year.
"The information wasn't very forthcoming," Board Chairman Mark Le Doux said Monday.
Town officials have invited project officials to share details on the project, including the exact locations of proposed survey activity, during a public meeting Monday, April 21. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m.
Brown said no one in town to his knowledge has consented to a survey thus far, although he noted that if the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission authorizes the pipeline, construction would begin in Spring 2017.
In late February, selectmen received a letter from Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company land agent Stephen Martin informing them of the preliminary survey process and studies along the proposed pipeline route and seeking the board's blessings.
Last month, former Board Chairman David Petry (now vice-chairman) received a letter from Kinder Morgan Energy Partners spokesman Allen Fore.
In the letter, dated March 14, Fore said he "anticipated that the company would be able to located a significant portion of the pipeline adjacent, or generally parallel, to the existing pipeline and electric utility corridors" though noted landowners along the proposed project route were being contacted.
Concerned about the project's implications, the Board of Selectmen has hired Attorney Robert Ciandella of DTC Lawyers.
Ciandella, who attended Monday night's meeting, reminded citizens and town officials to be vocal and vigilant in the days to come.
"This isn't a circumstance where you can wait and let the game come to you," he said. "Being proactive is going to be very important."
Drew Kellner, president of the Beaver Brook Association's board of trustees, said the group had been approached by Pipeline officials and after careful review, voted against signing a survey provision.
"We're very concerned and will continue to monitor how the situation unfolds," Kellner said. "The map we were shown showed the worst possible route in terms of our land topography."
Lawrence Lane resident Edward Piek, who has worked in civil engineering for many years, said he also had serious reservations about the project.
"The serious issue here is that no one knows how big this is going to be," Piek said. "We've seen no economic studies and no alternative routes."


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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 9-year-old Utah girl who plays little-league football can claim a Wheaties cereal box.
The Salt Lake Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/Umy9Gb ) that Samantha Gordon of Herriman goes by the nickname "Sweet Feet."
Gordon ran for more than 2,000 yards and scored 35 touchdowns in a just-completed season for the Gremlin Division of the Ute Conference — football for little leaguers.
The girl's performance has gone viral on YouTube, making her something of a sports celebrity. She appeared Wednesday on "Good Morning America" with her likeness on a custom-made box of Wheaties.
General Mills Inc. tells The Associated Press it's a one-of-a-kind box — Samantha's image won't be used on Wheaties boxes sold in stores.
Her coach Chris Staib calls the running back a tenacious young athlete.
Information from: The Salt Lake Tribune, http://www.sltrib.com


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SOMEWHERE BETWEEN PHILADELPHIA AND WASHINGTON -- The Phillies trained down to meet their new ace late Thursday night. I'm doing the same right now, trying to catch my breath after a crazy week of rumors and roster moves.
Needless to say, this is a dizzying time for these Phillies.
Incredible what a week can do. When we left St. Louis, the Phillies had escaped with one victory -- but needed 11 innings despite one-hitting the Cardinals. A rumored deal for Roy Oswalt had hit the skids and the Phils were still teetering on the edge of contention in the National League East.
Incredible what a week can do. Now, we're headed to Washington to watch a pitcher named Roy make his anticipated Phillies debut. Sound familiar?
So much happened Thursday and it was hard squeezing all of it into the paper. But we had substantial coverage of the deal.
A few tidbits that were buried or didn't make it:
-- Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr. said he is likely done making moves. "We've added enough payroll, I think," he said. That said, Amaro will keep some discussions open in case anything favorable falls his way, like a lefthanded reliever for example. But I highly doubt another move is made before Saturday's 4 p.m. deadline.
-- When asked about what adding Oswalt's contract means for free-agent-to-be Jayson Werth, Amaro avoided the question. "This is a situation where we'll have to take that matter when it's time," he said. "Right now we're focused on trying to win this year."
-- Details about that 2012 Oswalt club option that turned into a mutual option: If Oswalt opts out of the $16 million option, he receives a $2 million buyout. If the Phillies terminate the option, Oswalt receives a $3 million buyout.
-- We won't be able to speak with Oswalt until after he makes his start Friday night. It'll be interesting to see how much he interacts with his new teammates before the game. Typically, pitchers don't like to be bothered before games they start. But there will be so much going on.
-- Oswalt's career ERA is 3.42. In August, that drops to 2.80. In September and October, it's 2.78.
-- What is Roy Halladay's favorite thing about Oswalt while watching him from afar? "The competitiveness," Halladay said. "He goes after guys. He challenges guys. He competes every time he goes out there."
-- Brad Lidge redefined the role of closer. He spent a good deal of time reassuring Oswalt, his friend and former teammate in Houston, that Philadelphia was a place to be. But Lidge downplayed his role. As he said, "Philly kind of sells itself right now."
"I think he was going to come here regardless," Lidge said. "For the most part, he's pitched in the National League his whole career and he wanted to do that. He's a guy who wants to win. He wants to win a ring. This is his opportunity. This made a lot of sense for him."
-- Jamie Moyer (who has seen his share of midseason trades), probably best sums up the team's attitude at this point:
"I think this club – we're in an envelope of time where, we have a great chance to win, and I think this organization respects how hard it is to win, the players understand how hard it is to win, the coaching staff understands how hard it is to win, and we're making a nice little push right now."
-- And lastly, the Phillies lost a genuinely good guy in J.A. Happ. He has always handled himself professionally -- especially with the writers -- but was obviously overcome with emotion Thursday. Happ is a smart guy (three years at Northwestern will do that, I suppose). He understands the situation, but it didn't make it any easier for him. All he's known is this organization. Wish him the best with Houston, where he starts Friday night.


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Blue Carbon International Scientific Working Group
The "Blue Carbon" International Scientific Working Group met last week at UNESCO headquarters to discuss the implications of using coastal "blue" carbon as a conservation and management tool contributing to climate change mitigation and the development of associated conservation financing mechanisms.
Marine ecosystems – particularly coastal vegetated ecosystems such as mangroves, seagrasses, and salt marshes – have demonstrated capacity for sequestering carbon in both the plant biomass above ground and in the subsurface sediment layer. For that reason, those vegetated areas are now widely acknowledged as important natural sinks for greenhouse gases (GHGs). Destruction and degradation of these ecosystems could convert these long‐term carbon sinks into major GHG sources, as the carbon sequestrated over thousands of years in thick sediment layers could be released back to the environment in a short period of time. The magnitude of the emissions associated with coastal degradation is only now becoming apparent.
The working group will gather scientific evidence to determine the role of coastal vegetated ecosystems in carbon storage and sequestration, encourage the inclusion of these systems in national carbon accounting, and consider their conservation and restoration as a viable mitigation strategy under existing climate regulation policies.
The Blue Carbon Scientific Working Group will attempt to detail the global relevance of coastal carbon by creating an inventory of coastal carbon storage and sequestration potential, by identifying coastal carbon hotspots, and by quantifying possible emissions associated with the degradation of coastal ecosystems. The group will also create recommendations for quantifying and monitoring carbon storage and flux (both sequestration and loss), on various spatial scales, by defining practically applicable classification system for coastal carbon ecosystems, and by identifying parameters/data required to locate and sense and detect coastal carbon, including possible surrogate indicators. Finally the Working Group will develop coastal conservation guidelines for coastal carbon and create scientific recommendations for coastal planning and management that prioritize sequestration and storage of coastal carbon deposits.
The first "Blue Carbon" International Scientific Working Group Meeting was held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France 15-17 February 2011. The meeting was organized by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO, Conservation International (CI), and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). During three days, thirty participants from ten countries attended to coordinate and guide the establishment of the Blue Carbon Scientific Working Group, which will distribute it's recommendations through a meeting report to be published in March 2010. For more information please visit
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New Features:
-Added voice over IP (VoIP). A new menu has been added to the settings menu that will allow this to be configured. The PC must have a microphone configured properly via the Windows Control Panel in order for it to work in game.
- Medic revive/health drop XP bonus (20%).
- Light weapons xp bonus (10%) (reduce the cost for each upgrade by 10%, not increasing the actual xp given).
- Threaded renderer: can be enabled with r_useThreadedRenderer 2 in the console or command line.
- Further optimization of pre-generated shadows, across all maps.
- Alternative mouse input method (enabled by default) using the Raw Input API. Disabled by setting m_rawInput 0.
- Fixed high DPI mice dropping input in certain situations.
- Added support for quadraphonic and 7.1 speaker setups.


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This Santa Ynez celebration is the a shining example of outdoor elegance. From the Samuelle Couture gown to the prettiest french blue details masterminded by Joy Proctor, along with florals by Kelly Kaufman, it's bringing old world charm to California wine country. See for yourself with every last gorgeous moment captured by Kurt Boomer.
Allie & Ryan chose the beautiful Sunstone Villa as a backdrop for their wedding ceremony. With a color palette of french blue, creme, gold and taupe, the overall look was elegant yet understated. Guests were greeted with champagne as they arrived in the winery, walking through the vines to the ceremony. Huge urns of flowers in creme and green tones sat at the alter, while guests sat at beautiful cane back chairs. The couples daughter was held by the groom as he entered. The bride came down the aisle with her Father wearing a Samuelle Couture gown in a taupe color. After the vows, guests, made their way to the front of the villa for cocktails. Linen upholstered lounge furniture and wooden bars added to the elegant outdoor theme. An oversized 7' wooden board helped guests find their seats - each guests name was on the board on beautiful blue paper in gold calligraphy. Guest tables were covered in gorgeous creme flowers, with polish bread sitting at each place setting. The brides father gave a toast sharing their Polish heritage and invited the bride and groom to do a toast with vodka and water. Guests danced the night away under a criss cross pattern of string lights.


text: 6-8 Tavario Miller of Houston had a big Tuesday on and off the court. On the court, he scored 42 points and had 22 rebounds in a victory for his Wheatley High School team. Off the court he picked up offers from Texas A&M and Oregon according to his coach. Miller said the Aggies are now a factor with him. "Texas A&M is in there now," said Miller who visited USC last weekend. "I will consider them. I'll make a decision next week." Miller said USC, Tulsa and Illinois State are the others under consideration. He also took official visits to Louisiana Tech and South Alabama. Miller's coach plans to sit down with him this week and talk about the decision. "He's confused," Willie Patrick said. 'He's got to grow up and make this decision on his own." Miller said there is no favorite among his finalists.


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Prep Time: 30 Minutes
Yields: 4 Servings
10 boneless, skinless dove breasts, halved
4 (8-inch) wooden skewers
½ cup packed brown sugar
¼ cup butter
3 tbsps white wine vinegar
10 strips bacon, cut in half
1 (8-ounce) can whole water chestnuts, rinsed and drained
Soak skewers in water for 30 minutes then drain and set aside. Prepare grill for barbecuing and grease cooking rack. In a 1-quart saucepan over medium heat, combine sugar, butter and vinegar and cook 3–5 minutes, stirring constantly. Cover and set aside. Wrap each breast half with 1 bacon piece. Place 5 breast halves on each skewer, alternating with water chestnuts then arrange kabobs on prepared grate. Grill kabobs, turning and basting frequently with sugar mixture, for 10–15 minutes or until bacon is brown and crisp and meat is no longer pink. Remove from grill and serve hot as an hors d' oeuvre.
From "After the Hunt: Louisiana's Authoritative Collection of Wild Game & Game Fish Cookery," Chef John Folse, Owner & CEO of Chef John Folse & Company, 2517 South Philippe Avenue, Gonzales, La. 70737, http://www.jfolse.com.
This is a great "clean-out-the-freezer" shish kabob. It cooks quickly, and the sweet and sour basting sauce along with the water chestnut gives it an Asian touch.


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GEL is not just a conference it is a special community of people committed to great design and great customer experiences. It shares some similarities with the authentic community at SxSW.
Mark Hurst and Phil Terry hosted a spring gathering recently and sweetriot cacao was standing by. I shared cacao with Ji Lee from the very creative Bubble Project and many others. The venue was beautiful - the Tai Ping carpet company.
The GEL conference is coming up in May, so if you are looking for new perspectives and creative inspiration, you may want to check it out. I'm hosting a special cacao talk on Day 1 too! :)


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Before I start talking about the Cycling Anthology itself I'm going to have a quick pre-review warm up rant about one of the reasons I like it so much much. Here goes...
Haven't you grown sick of the cyber-chatter this year more than any previous year?
A Brit winning the tour and Armstrong's long overdue downfall were stories both quickly blighted by the new host of pseudo journalists all over the web - tweeting here, pontifi-blogging there. There was the twisted troll logic of hinting that Wiggins was probably on drugs - because Kimmage hadn't been allowed to accompany Team Sky on the tour (funniest line of the year from Kimmage "And I'd already bought a camper van...") and because Wiggin's had delivered a swear fest at the self same trolls for accusing him of being on drugs.'There's no smoke without fire' is normally quoted - only by those presumably not rock & roll enough to have ever seen a smoke machine... Then, after Lance was outed, there was the attempted lynching of Phil Liggett and the laughable suggestion that he should retire in shame and leave us listening to the Chuckle Brothers over on Eurosport. God it was awful. I was wearing my thumb out all summer long pressing the 'unfollow' button on people waving pitchforks I had previously counted on for sensible, considered opinions.
I'm re-following them again now - only so that I can send them a link to The Cycling Anthology. I hope they read it. 'The Cycling Anthology' is professional pro cycling journalism for grownups. There are no lazy clichés, egotistical pretences to any inner circles; no soundbites or gossip presented as fact for the cheap thrill of basking in all the retweets. 14 of the world's best writers on cycling and David Millar (who apparently knows a fair bit about cycling...) have offered up 15 gems.
These are the kind of stories which you may have wondered at but don't often get to see in this detail outside the pages of The Guardian. Daniel Friebe offers a fascinating piece called 'Cyclonomics' which lists the rules that Bill Stapleton use to build HTC-Highroad. Looking at the Billy Beanes Baseball system Stapleton worked out that cycling was similar - why chase big riders and put them in a same nationality team full of fellow stars when you could 'shop for guys with warts' and pick good riders with psychological or physical handicaps that other teams don't want? Patrick Gretsch has one leg longer than the other and Peter Velits a dreadful riding position holding him back? Fine. Both problems are superficial and fixable - 'only the other teams haven't grasped that, and so the rider is underpriced and underrated'. Combine them with a mixed bag of other nationalities, all glad for the attention, and a unproven, cheap, little upstart from the Isle of Man and set them loose.
David Millar's piece "Gone Biking" is a slightly Broke Back Mountain dedication to his long term training mate Michael Barry. A farewell eulogy to a retiring riding partner: memories of the tours they'd suffered together; the texts of a morning before meeting up on the same empty road outside Girona to train together; their wives discovering them 'wrestling' together in a tent... I made that last one up. It's a lovely story.
Alasdair Fotheringham's 'The Exile' on Oscar Freire is worth the price of the book alone. It's also a eulogy for a literally retiring and very underrated rider who lived outside of the drug culture and still managed to win the World's 3 times. 'Freire was never too big on cultivating the image of a cycling star; he's to practical and unpretentious for that.' 'Practical'? Oh yes. Apparently Freire loves yogurt so much he keeps a spoon in the glove box of his 6 year old Opel Corsa so he can run into supermarkets and buy yogurts he hadn't see before and test them straight away. That's so practical isn't it? And, according to Shane Sutton, Cadel Evans always rewarded his riders post stage with a Toblerone each. Interesting and essential news to a saddo like me.
Just a sample of the riches: 'Pendleton versus Meares' by Owen Slot. 'The Original Individualist' on Robert Millar by Richard Moore, 'Il Magnifico's Twilight' on Cipollini by Samuel Abt - all superb. As is Edward Pickering doing a whole piece on the real star of the tour for the past 2 years - 'In Praise of Thomas Voeckler'. Heaven.
For the Grassy Knoll Brigade the year's biggest stories are sensibly assessed in 'Bin Bag of Dreams' by Jeremy Whittle - despite being embedded on the wicked smoke machine and mirrors world of the Team Sky bus and "Another World' by Kenny Pryde - reflecting on his return to cycle journalism after 14 years to find that the taboo story of drugs has become 'the most important story' - but in danger of becoming the only story. 'Riders are under scrutiny like never before, social media is hijacking and bypassing legitimate journalism and press officers are acting as human shields to protect riders from all media other than tame TV.'
Luckily for us, a few people who still have some access - and know what they are talking about - are still getting through and reporting back in more than 140 characters. I look forward to Anthology 2.
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Tell us what the product is for, and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about it?
The editors tell us in the front 'The idea was to present something we hope will appeal to people who enjoy reading'. As opposed, of course, to those that don't enjoy reading so wouldn't be reading it...
Anyone who reads Rouleur or gets halfway through half of the articles should find this unputdownable.
Tell us some more about the technical aspects of the product?
Pocket sized.
To use the political catchword of 2012: 'robust'.
2011 catchphrase: It is actually 'Fit for purpose'
Olympic Catchphrase (as used by every presenter and athlete bar Wiggins) 'Phenomenal'.
It's a small book...
Lying down, in bed, in the bath. All comfortable places to read this.
Did you enjoy using the product? yes
Would you consider buying the product? yes
Would you recommend the product to a friend? yes
Anything further to say about the product in conclusion?
Buy it. Especially if you want to comment on cycling online with a modicum of intelligence - instead of waving some verbal pitchfork around like a loon.
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I usually ride: Dolan Prefissio - winter bike My best bike is: Condor Moda Ti - summer bike
I've been riding for: Over 20 years I ride: A few times a week I would class myself as: Experienced
I regularly do the following types of riding: road racing, commuting, club rides, sportives, general fitness riding,


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Skip to comments.Dershowitz: Zimmerman prosecutor threatened to sue Harvard
Posted on 06/08/2012 6:30:37 AM PDT by servo1969
Its certainly professional to respond, but by calling the dean and threatening to sue the school, which she knows she cannot do, is unprofessional, Dershowitz told FoxNews.com. I would welcome a lawsuit from Corey. It would give me a chance to prove what an awful thing she did.
When the communications official explained to her that I have a right to express my opinion as a matter of academic freedom, and that Harvard has no control over what I say, she did not seem to understand, Dershowitz wrote. She persisted in her nonstop whining, claiming that she is prohibited from responding to my attacks by the rules of professional responsibility without mentioning that she has repeatedly held her own press conferences and made public statements throughout her career.
She should go back to law school, where she will learn that it is never appropriate to submit an affidavit that contains a half truth, because a half truth is regarded by the law as a lie, and anyone who submits an affidavit swears to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, Dershowitzs column continued.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
The prosecutor in Florida seems to be a real bully.
You might be surprised. Study him a bit more. He's actually only a liberal idiot about 50% of the time. He's a strong anti-Muzzie and pro-national defense.
A broken clock is accurate a couple of times a day.
After being lectured on what she should have known about her own job, libs always doubles down on stupidity - resort to intimidation. And in this case, another wrong move.
Psssst, Corey, in this case, two wrongs don't make it right.
As I understand it, she said she is under no obligation to provide the the whole truth and nothing but the truth on her "affidavit" despite having taken an oath to do precisely that.
Angela Corey has intentionally mislead the court, and quite frankly she should be in jail right now instead of Zimmerman.
The USA is no longer a just country.
It is Corey, like Nifong, who should be dis-barred, removed
from this case and tar and feathered.
I'm an attorney (reformed prosecutor, actually) and Dershowitz used to nauseate me. However, if I were accused of a crime I didn't commit he's at the top of the list of the people I'd want next to me in the Courtroom.
What Dershowitz is absolutely implacable about is the idea that the government is bound by its own rules. He is very strong on the Rule of Law. Might have something to do with his Jewish historical perspective; he knows what happens when a government no longer recognizes the Rule of Law.
Wonder if Dersh still regards people like us as "ultimate evil," as he called us during the Clinton impeachment.
"The prosecutor in Florida seems to be a real bully."
She seems to me to be a narcissistic dummy.
Dersh is also extremely vocal about infringement of free speech on college campuses, particularly the hypocrisy of warmly embracing left-wing freaks like Ward Churchill while conservative or even moderate speakers are often banned. Alan isn't nearly so accepting of political correctness as many of his fellow academics would have him be.
Absolutely. She's comically inept and blatantly corrupt, a dangerous combination when combined with the power she wields.
I wonder what he thinks of left-wing freak (and Harvard-spawned faux "native American" senatorial candidate) Elizabeth Warren?
"As I understand it, she said she is under no obligation to provide the the whole truth and nothing but the truth on her affidavit despite having taken an oath to do precisely that."
Welcome to "Nifong II".
Prosecutors are immune, don't ya know...
After what Corey did in the Marissa Alexander case, overcharging her and slapping her with 20 years, that perturbed even the HuffPuff Post, one has to wonder why the governor appointed her to this case??? Was the governor expecting the same here or something different????
Alan Dershowitz is a stand up guy, I disagree with him on some political issues, like who to vote for, but he is not a doctrinaire liberal, he's more of libertarian with a little bit bigger government than I would agree to, but his passion is the law, and you will find that he and Judge Nipolitano would agree on the law a great deal!
Disagreement is not a reason to make enemy's, violence and injustice are!
Concerning Mr. Zimmerman, I don't know if he committed any crime, other than being a cop want-a-bee, but he will have his day in court, and the jury will have the duty to decide if a crime was committed or if politics has inspired an overzealous prosecutor to wade into a witch hunt.
Dershowsitz endorsed and was an ardent supporter of Joel Pollack (R) in his 2010 challenge to Jan Schakowsky (D) in IL-9.
FL Attorney General and RINO, Pam Bondi hand picked her for this case
I might up the percentage to 85% but otherwise I agree. The man has a set of core beliefs and turns on the leftists in a flash when they disagree with his beliefs.
Going back to Clinton in the White House, I'll wager there have been eight to ten times that a Dershowitz statement has left people on FR posting "I never thought I would agree with Dershowitz, but . . ."
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NORTHPORT | A proposed new neighborhood development off Mitt Lary Road is the biggest residential development to be brought before the city of Northport since the recession hit five years ago, according to city leaders.
NORTHPORT | A proposed new neighborhood development off Mitt Lary Road is the biggest residential development to be brought before the city of Northport since the recession hit five years ago, according to city leaders.
If approved, the neighborhood, to be named Bristol Park, will include around 288 upscale homes that would be priced between $200,000 to more than $350,000.
The annexation of 143 acres near the corner of Alabama Highway 69 and Mitt Lary Road was brought before the Northport City Council on Monday for a first reading. The council will vote on the issue April 15.
"Adding between 200 and 300 homes in that area will, I hope, spur some more commercial and retail development up that way," said Mayor Bobby Herndon. "There are a lot of people just wanting to move to Northport and we've been issuing a lot of building permits. We welcome them all."
The proposed Bristol Park development would be across the street from Belle Meade and will back up to the Forest Glen subdivision, but will have its entrance off Mitt Lary Road. Street frontage of lots will vary between 65-foot, 85-foot and 110-foot "estate" size lots, said Wilson Moore, one of the developers and a member of Mitt Lary Partners LLC, which is developing the project.
"It will have a neighborhood swimming pool and park, cabana and real heavy landscaping," Moore said. "We are building it just to meet the demand and the growth of that area. With the growth, we feel like it's a wonderful opportunity."
Another development, called Lindsay Place, is also being proposed off Mitt Lary Road, near The Forest. Unlike Bristol Park, Lindsay Place will be about 17 homes on a little less than 8 acres, Moore said. It's not yet known what size homes will be built in Lindsay Place, although the single-family homes will not be garden homes, Moore added.
Both developments are being considered by the city for annexation.
The increased development and growth along Mitt Lary Road is one reason why the city of Northport is planning on widening the roadway, said City Councilman Steve Acker, who represents the area.
"We are trying to get ahead of the curve," Acker said. "I firmly believe those two corners (at Mitt Lary and Alabama Highway 69) will develop. It's good for Northport."
On March 18, the City Council appointed the engineering firm Walker & Associates to do engineering work on the possible expansion of the road, to determine the cost and general design of the project. The road will likely be expanded to three or four lanes. There is no estimate on what it might cost to complete. While Northport would seek grant assistance, it is prepared to move forward and fully fund the project on its own if needed, City Administrator Scott Collins said.
"We know that the Mitt Lary Road corridor is our largest area of projected growth, and we are trying to be proactive to make sure that growth is successful," Collins said. "Right now, the ideal (expansion) would be a minimum of three lanes or four lanes if it was feasible."
Widening Mitt Lary Road could prove difficult on the western end, where there are a large number of homes not far off the road, Collins said. The city wants to use as little private property as possible for the project, but the road has to be improved, Acker said.
The Bristol Park and Lindsay Place projects will deed land along Mitt Lary Road for the project, Moore said.
"We are dedicating land to the city, so when they widen it, they have the available land," Moore said. "We are excited about the widening, and it will help the neighborhood 100 percent."
The City Council is expected to vote on the proposed annexation of both projects April 15. On April 9, the master plan and plat for Bristol Park will go before the city's Planning and Zoning Commission for approval.


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Miley Cyrus & Adam Lambert: 'American Idol' Judges?
Miley Cyrus and former Idol contestant Adam Lambert are reportedly being considered to join a revamped judges table for the upcoming twelfth season of American Idol!
While the producers are hoping for Jennifer Lopez to stay on the show if she'll agree to a new contract, Randy Jackson and Steven Tyler's fate on the show are up in the air.
"No one has signed any contracts yet and producers are currently putting out feelers and setting up meetings to see who they can get," an insider tells E!. "We won't know if Randy [Jackson] and Steven [Tyler] are returning until they see who else is on board."
Other names being thrown around are Nicki Minaj, Fergie, Katy Perry, and frequent Idol mentor will.i.am.
WHO DO YOU THINK should join the judges table on American Idol?


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NCAA denies former Clemson guard's appeal which ends career
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NORFOLK, VA—Old Dominion University head basketball coach Jeff Jones announced today that Donte Hill's appeal for the waiver request for an additional season of competition has been denied by the NCAA. Hill played 8 minutes in a closed scrimmage at Clemson before transferring to ODU and that one scrimmage cost him a year of eligibility.
"I am very disappointed by the NCAA's decision to deny my appeal, as I was hopeful there would have been reconsideration for my case, I am very appreciative of the efforts on my behalf by Old Dominion. I enjoyed my time here and I will be a Monarch forever." – Donte Hill
"Obviously, this news is extremely disappointing to our staff and team and of course to Donte," said Jones. He had a short, but successful career at ODU and more importantly has his sociology degree from the university. Donte is a great representative of the ideals the NCAA encourages in its student athletes. We know Donte has a bright future ahead of him."
Hill, a 6-4 guard, transferred to Old Dominion from Clemson in 2011-12. He played in 23 games as a freshman for the Tigers and in one practice scrimmage as a sophomore prior to transferring. Hill played the past two seasons for the Monarchs, starting in 28 games in 2012-13, while averaging 8.2 points and four rebounds per game. He scored a career high 16 points at Murray State and helped the Monarchs upset CAA regular season leader Northeastern in the season finale with 15 points. Hill was also named CAA All-Academic, and graduated with a degree in sociology.
Hill was named the Player of the Year of the Tidewater Conference of Independent Schools his senior year at Norfolk Collegiate School.


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Dr. Rickey Casey
Faculty Directory
Adjunct Instructor, Business
D.B.A, Nova Southeastern University
M.B.A., University of Central Arkansas
B.S., College of the Ozarks
When you really love what you do, it's just about impossible to hide your enthusiasm. Anyone who spends even a few minutes talking with Dr. Rickey Casey can quickly tell just how much he loves teaching and mentoring. "To have the privilege to help students develop academically, socially, culturally and develop leadership and confidence is why I am in education," he says. "Nothing is more rewarding than having a student tell you how they have used the tools you gave them in class to be successful in life. I believe that as an educator, I am making a difference and helping these young people prepare for their careers."
Dr. Casey graduated from the University of the Ozarks with a B.S. degree in Accounting and Business Administration in 1979. After graduation, he worked in the banking industry as a a comptroller and vice president, and in law enforcement as an investigator. He then joined began teaching at University of the Ozarks as an adjunct and joined the faculty full-time in 1987. In addition to teaching full-time at U of O, he teaches as an adjunct for John Brown University.
Students in Dr. Casey's classes can expect a deep level of dedication from him. He says, "Students deserve a class where they are given a chance to really participate. I do my best to make that happen. I want them to know that education can be fun…there's no reason you can't have fun while you learn." He tries to always bring his enthusiasm for the subject to class, and uses real world examples to engage students and to show how the material is relevant to the "real world." "My students have shown me that in order to be effective, I always need to keep updating my knowledge in my field and keep current," he says. In doing so, he hopes to provide a positive learning environment where he challenges his students to apply themselves 110%. He hopes that his preparation and teaching style will equip them with the tools they need to be successful in their careers.
Dr. Casey is very interested in the role motivation plays in the success of business professionals and actively researches the subject. He has traveled extensively throughout Central America, presenting seminars to various banking institutions and researching the impact of culture on the principles of the Hackman and Oldham Model of Job Motivation and Redesign. He advises his students, "Learn how to motivate, lead, and communicate. Your 'people skills' will be a key for success." He is a great admirer of the management and leadership style of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton, and of Peter Drucker, a writer, teacher, and consultant who specializes in strategy and policy for business and social sector organizations.
Away from work, Dr. Casey enjoys playing racquetball and riding 4-wheelers with his family.


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LEBANON, PA – The York College golf squad closed out the fall portion of their 2012 schedule with a fifth place finish at Monday's LVC Fall Invitational at Lebanon Country Club in Lebanon, Pa.
The Spartans shot a team score of 329, their highest score of fall. The tournament was played in much cooler temperature while conditions worsened as the round progressed and the overall scores reflected the difficult conditions.
Messiah won the event with a team score of 305, easily outdistancing second place Gettysburg by seven strokes as the Bullets carded a team total of 312. Alvernia placed third at 318 while FDU-Florham placed fourth with a team score of 325.
The Spartans were paced by junior Travis Oot (Kirkville, N.Y./East Syracuse Minoa) as he shot an eight-over-par 80. That was good enough to tie Oot for 11th place in the tournament. Sophomore David Boslough (Dalton, Pa./Lakawanna Trail) was one stroke back as he shot an 81 to finish tied for 17th.
For the first time this fall, junior Kevin Long (Webster, N.Y./Webster Thomas) was not the Spartans' lowest scorer as he shot an 82 to finish tied for 25th in the 72-player field. It is also the first time that Long didn't shoot in the 70's for the year.
Freshman Ryan Wolbach (Gilbertsville, Pa./Boyertown) tied for 42nd as he shot an 86 to round out the Spartan scorers.
Long led the Spartans in the fall as he recorded an average of 74.8 with a top five finish and two other top 10 finishes. Long had York's only under-par rounds as he shot back-to-back 70's during the Penn State Harrisburg Tournament. Boslough, who was limited to just three events due to a mid-season injury, finished with an average of 78.0.
The Green and White finished the fall season with a mark of 49-24. They will resume the season in mid-March including a home tournament in late March at the Out Door Country Club in York.


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Who: Lindsey Ternes, Major: Criminal justice, Hometown: McIntosh, S.D.
What do you recall from being a new student on campus?
"I remember feeling really overwhelmed being a new student on campus, considering the size of campus was comparable to the size of my entire town. I grew up in a town of about 250 people and graduated with 18. Being a new student was a big adjustment, but I must say I adjusted quite well."
Favorite experiences:
"NDSU going Division I was a huge step, and experiencing the football game vs. the Minnesota Gophers and attending when the men's basketball team made it to March Madness were truly memories I will never forget. I was so proud to be a Bison during those moments. Other favorite experiences would include homecoming festivities, the Fargo/Moorhead community during the Flood of 2009 and 2010, the new and improved Wallman Wellness Center and meeting some of my best friends."
Future plans:
Continuing my internship at the Clay County Department of Corrections as a probation agent. My ultimate goal is to be a federal probation agent.
Student Government; Congress of Student Organizations; Arts, Humanities, Social Science Ambassadors; Criminal Justice Club
"My advice for incoming freshmen is to GET INVOLVED! There are more than 250 organizations on campus, and even if there is not one that specifically meets your major, there is something definitely for you. You may not think of it now as a freshman, but the day you graduate from this institution you essentially have the same resume as everyone else - set yourself apart from everyone else so the employer will want you."