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PLYMOUTH, Mich. – On a sheet of ice a few miles from sandy beaches, the Los Angeles Kings finally got to begin their quest to hoist the Stanley Cup again.
Several hundred fans packed wooden bleachers in El Segundo, Calif., on Sunday, eager to watch the Kings practice four months after the NHL lockout started and seven months after their favourite team was crowned champion for the first time.
A skate that would usually draw a few dozen fans in the past turned into a place to be because hockey is back.
"You get a little celebration, but pretty soon you start wanting to get ready for the season," Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick said. "We've been looking forward to this for a long time now."
Quick's not alone.
The NHL, and its fans that haven't been soured by a third work stoppage in less than two decades, can finally shift their focus to the ice after languishing through labour negotiations that ended on the 113th day of the lockout last Sunday.
Almost a full week after agreeing to a tentative deal, both sides signed a memorandum of understanding late Saturday night to seal labour peace for at least eight years. The signatures allowed teams to open training camp Sunday and most did, including the Detroit Red Wings at a roughly half-full suburban Detroit rink that has 3,504 seats.
"It almost felt like Christmas, seeing everyone again and seeing everyone so excited to get going again," Detroit defenceman Niklas Kronwall said. "It was a great feeling to see all the fans out there also."
More than 2,000 Philadelphia Flyers fans crammed into the team's training facility in New Jersey and warmly welcomed the team back.
"This warm reception makes us feel a little bit better about what happened to the fans and being out so long," Flyers forward Scott Hartnell said.
The Florida Panthers, Nashville Predators and Phoenix Coyotes planned to have their first practices on Monday.
There's not much time to get ready for a 48-game sprint of a season—all that could be salvaged from an 82-game slate—that will start without anyone playing a preseason game and won't get much rest.
"Normally in a five-week training camp you get an opportunity to give everybody over eight exhibition games the power play, the penalty kill, everything to really show what they have," Detroit coach Mike Babcock said. "That's not going to happen."
Teams will play an average of 3.44 games per week, slightly more than the 48-game, lockout-shortened 1994-95 season, after playing 3.15 a week on average last season, according to STATS LLC.
Los Angeles gets to open at home against the Chicago Blackhawks after unveiling the franchise's first Stanley Cup banner on Saturday in one of 13 games on opening day. The Kings then play 11 of their next 14 games on the road.
"It's going to be a grind," Kings defenceman Drew Doughty said. "It's going to be playoff hockey every time we're out there, but that's what we enjoy. Everybody in the league is going to be in the same boat, so we've got to avoid going on any long losing streak, but we're happy to get a chance to come back."
The Kings beat New Jersey in six games to become the first team seeded eighth to win the Stanley Cup. They are hoping to finish the season as the NHL's first repeat champions since the Detroit Red Wings hoisted Cups in 1997 and 1998.
It won't be easy.
Both conferences had five 100-point teams last season and some good teams in the East and West made moves in the hopes of becoming great. Other clubs spent a lot of money last summer hoping to get into the mix.
The post-season will start April 30 and end no later than June 28.
The New York Rangers were top-seeded team in the Eastern Conference playoffs last season and fell a round short of the finals last year. They're hoping for more this year after acquiring five-time All-Star Rick Nash in a trade with the Columbus Blue Jackets.
The Minnesota Wild made the largest splash in free agency, shooting to get back to the playoffs for the first time since 2008. They surprised many across the league when they added highly touted free agents Zach Parise and Ryan Suter with 13-year, $98 million contracts.
Minnesota won't have much time to break in their new stars.
"Getting off to a good start's pretty important," Parise said. "You don't have the dog days of the season. It's basically half a season and go. It's a sprint to the playoffs. So you want to make sure the games at the beginning of the season are just as, if not more, important than the ones at the end.
"You want to put yourselves in a good spot."
The Kings tried to give themselves a chance to end in the same spot they ended up in last year, keeping their team together entering coach Darryl Suter's first full season behind their bench.
"We know every team is going to be gunning for us," Doughty said. "But we're confident we're going to have a good team again that can compete."
AP Sports Writers Greg Beacham in El Segundo, Calif., Dan Gelston in Voorhees, N.J., Dave Campbell in Minneapolis contributed to this report.
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The Washington Navy Yard, a former shipyard where Monday's fatal shootings occurred, has a history of weak security with past reports citing poor entrance controls, video dead spots, inadequate lighting, malfunctioning alarms and other problems.
Building 197, which houses the Naval Sea Systems Command headquarters on the 65-acre campus along the Anacostia River, was the main site of the gunfire that claimed 13 lives, including that of the killer identified by police as Aaron Alexis, 34, of Fort Worth, Texas.
James Atkinson, a former military intelligence officer who now heads Granite Island Group in Gloucester, Mass., said the Navy hired his surveillance security firm in 2009 to test newly installed electronic security gates and other access controls inside Building 197.
The "controlled penetration" test revealed that a tamper sensor wasn't working because of a design defect and that hardware store-variety screws had been used to secure the main access-control panel instead of more expensive screws that could only be loosened with a specific screwdriver, Atkinson said.
"We found not only had people opened it up, but there were traces that somebody had placed a device inside that was recording data, so somebody could hoax the unit and claim to be a person they were not," Atkinson said.
More broadly, in two dozen probes over previous years, Atkinson's firm found major security lapses throughout the facility, among them doors jammed open with pieces of cardboard, "crisscrossed" video cameras pointed at one another, too few cameras and bad lighting at night.
"The security there is extraordinarily poor," Atkinson said. "They need more cameras, better door security, better lighting. The access controls were appalling. The Washington Navy Yard has security that is below the level of security you see at Harvard or MIT (the Massachusetts Institute of Technology) or Boston University or any other major campus."
Mo Schumann, a Pentagon spokesman, declined to discuss security at the Washington Navy Yard, but she said there have been broader security upgrades at military facilities.
"Since the shootings at Fort Hood, the Department of Defense has taken a number of steps to harden our facilities and establish new systems to prevent and respond to active shooter threats," Schumann said, referring to a 2009 shooting at an Army base in Texas that left 12 dead and 31 wounded.
A mid-level civilian employee who's worked at the Navy Yard for more than a decade said security upgrades are long overdue.
"They'll check your badge and they'll check your car to make sure it has a Naval District of Washington current sticker, but you can drive through the base with a bazooka in your trunk and they wouldn't know," said the employee, who asked not to be identified in order to speak candidly.
"They don't check inside the car," he said. "You can drive in with a ham sandwich, a banana and a pistol in your lunch bag, and they don't check. It's pretty bad."
The Navy Yard is part of the Washington's Waterfront region, a neighborhood in transition with Nationals Stadium, baseball home to the Washington Nationals, on its edge, condo buildings going up and new restaurants and bars opening.
Even though the Navy Yard is a military facility, security is tighter at some non-military campuses in the Washington region.
At the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., for example, every visiting car is stopped, its underside is examined with mirrors, and guards sweep the trunk and cabin interior.
After its founding in 1799, the Navy Yard was the nation's biggest shipyard, making military ships and munitions that served in major conflicts through World War II. It now serves as one of the Navy's procurement hubs, buying parts and materials to build and maintain the nation's fleet of ships and submarines.
Under military base consolidations over the past decade, several intelligence agencies have leased offices there, among them the CIA, the Defense Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency, so some areas of the Navy Yard require higher security clearances to enter.
The Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which is helping the FBI, Washington police and other law enforcement agencies probe the shootings, also has a large center at the Navy Yard.
The site is also home to some of the service's top brass, including the chief of naval operations, who lives on the grounds.
A retired admiral, who also requested anonymity in order to provide honest assessments, said the public has some access to the Navy Yard in order to visit the National Museum of the U.S. Navy, and there's a new waterfront park along its southern border.
"They've always tried to find the sweet spot between enhanced security and providing access," the admiral said. "If people wanted to come up (the river) in a dingy and go over the seawall, it wouldn't be overly challenging. But that's true in a lot of (military) facilities. There are access points to (nearby) Fort McNair and Fort Myer with relatively low walls that are patrolled episodically. We have not garrisoned our military installations. In fact, there is a whole school of thought that says why make military facilities hard targets when terrorists are more likely to hit an elementary school or a hospital."
Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, delegate to the House of Representatives from the District of Columbia, disagreed with the detractors.
"The (Navy Yard) facility is one of the most secure facilities in the District of Columbia," she said.
Marisa Taylor, Kevin Hall, Tom Hall, Lindsay Wise, Greg Gordon and Jonathan S. Landay contributed.


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Richard L. Sandor doesn't lack ambition. While U.S. financial exchanges are pushing into new areas like steel futures, often in the face of industry resistance, the founder of the world's first exchange to trade climate products clearly thinks the sky's the limit.
"Why not endangered species?" he said when asked what kinds of products could be traded on exchanges in the future. "Look at anything economists have traditionally called public goods and that seemingly could not be traded. Air, water ... why shouldn't the commodities that make life possible be rationed?"
Take a step back. Sandor isn't suggesting that polar bears and orangutans be listed alongside oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Neither is he envisaging a world in which consumers would have to line up for a daily allowance of oxygen. The starting point for Sandor's vision is the idea of scarcity, and theories about how to put an accurate value on the essentials of life.
Sandor's main venture, the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), is a case in point. Set up in 2003, the CCX was the world's first exchange for trading permits for greenhouse gas emissions. Exchange members, who include some of the leading corporations in the United States, agree to voluntary but binding targets for emissions and then buy and sell emissions permits on the exchange.
In essence, the CCX puts a price on something—the right to emit carbon dioxide—that previously had been considered free. Those who believe the world needs to act quickly to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and that a market-based system is the best means of achieving that goal, applaud this kind of thinking.
"As a planet, we emit about 30 billion tons" of carbon dioxide annually, Sandor said at the Steel Success Strategies XXIII Conference in June co-sponsored by AMM and World Steel Dynamics Inc. (AMM, July 1). "If we take the current price of carbon of $40 (per tonne) multiplied by 30 billion to 35 billion tons, we're talking a cash crop of hundreds of billions of dollars...This will simply be the biggest commodity in the world."
U.S. metal industries need to get involved in carbon trading, Sandor said, because—like it or not—it's coming. Both Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain support some form of cap-and-trade system that would place a limit on the amount of greenhouse gases that companies and industries could emit, and then allow those who emit less to profit by selling their savings to companies who overshoot.
"We have an expression in Chicago If you're not at the table, you're on the menu," Sandor said. "They (steel companies) have to be part of the debate. Sometimes this debate is couched in terms of how much this thing is going to cost. We're couching the debate in terms of lowering greenhouse gases at the lowest possible cost."
The steel industry, through groups such as the American Iron and Steel Institute, opposes cap-and-trade programs in the forms being discussed in Washington. The aluminum industry, while still expressing reservations about some elements, has been more welcoming.
"Those companies who don't get involved early are going to be stuck with high costs," Sandor said. "It's almost a self-fulfilling prophecy."
Despite his enthusiasm—Sandor has the air of someone continually struggling to contain his excitement at the repercussions of his ideas—the man once described as the "father of financial futures" isn't expecting everyone to be converted overnight to the importance of trading the air we breathe. Before turning his attention to the climate, Sandor was one of the most respected figures in U.S. financial markets, including a stint as chief economist of the Chicago Board of Trade, where he was credited with helping to create the interest-rate futures market.
"The development of any new market seems to me to be a generational issue," he said. "I think of the first two to five years of a market as a kind of childhood, five to 10 years as a young adult and 10 to 20 years as the period of maturity. If you look at 2003 (when the CCX was launched) as the starting point, we're just getting into the teen years."
Given the hostility of many in the steel industry to cap and trade and the packaging of core business issues into financial contracts, a brash adolescent in the room might be the last thing many companies want. But if this market reaches adulthood, as Sandor envisages, it could become impossible to ignore.
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Missouri men's head golf coach Mark Leroux couldn't fathom what the overseas recruiter was trying to sell. As far as understatements go, "Hey, we got this kid" was about as big as it gets. The No. 1 amateur player in Spain wanted to come play in the United States, and his recruitment would be exceptionally simple. It took one offer, sight unseen, to bring Emilio Cuartero to Columbia, Mo. The assimilation process, however, would not be as smooth.
Leroux needed only one look at Cuartero's resume to know the Spaniard was a special talent. At 16 years of age, Cuartero became the second youngest player, trailing only Sergio Garcia, to win the prestigious British Boys Championship. He had competed on the Spanish national team. He was ready for Division I golf, but first, he had to learn to speak the language.
A native of Lleida, Spain (one of the oldest cities in the Catalan Central Depression), Cuartero's background made him unique from the rest of his teammates at Missouri. In Spanish golf, the individual takes a backseat to the team. While American players were competing for themselves during their formative years, Cuartero was playing a union-structured form of golf. And with two Jacques Léglise Trophies to his name, he had experienced great success in Europe. However, Cuartero knew he wanted to further his education in the United States.
As Cuartero tells it, most of his friends in Spain have had to make a decision: either play golf or get a degree. In a Spanish golf culture that plays a larger quantity of tournaments than the U.S., players simply don't have time for both. Of the people he knows that have tried to do both, most have failed.
"40 percent of them will quit college because they want to play golf," Cuartero says. "The other 40 will start playing really bad because they don't have time to practice. Maybe 20 percent are doing both at the same time, but it is really tough."
Cuartero arrived in Columbia, Mo., to a rude awakening. His teammates were laughing, but he couldn't understand why. The language barrier was very real. Cuartero signed up for remedial English classes to catch up, but he had to start missing practices due to class availability only being in the afternoons. Even though he was on the team and competing, he wasn't a part of everything the team did because of time constraints. However, Cuartero proved himself a quick learner.
"There was a lot of compromise to get him at that level to where he is now a full-fledged member," Leroux says. "The change is night and day, and he did it really quick, too."
Language wouldn't be the only obstacle Cuartero would navigate during his freshman year. A few weeks before the start of the Spring season, Columbia was slammed with nearly 20 inches of snowfall, a new experience of massive proportions for the Spaniard. The mounds of white stuff halted practices, further setting back Cuartero's assimilation into the team.
Then the other shoe dropped. Cuartero's grandparents - whom he was very close with - both fell ill. His grandmother had a stroke but would live. His grandfather passed away. Cuartero was shaken.
"In Spain, they live in front of me," Cuartero says. "It's not like they live away, and I only see them for Christmas. No, I saw them every day. So it was really close and it was bad."
After such a rough start, no one would have blamed Cuartero if he would have quit and returned to Spain. He says he looked within himself and decided he wanted to be a strong person.
"I have a lot of experience with my friends; they come here and quit the first semester and go back home," Cuartero says. "They are doing nothing right now. And then you see the ones who stayed here. They went through the struggle and then they come back and it's, 'Oh, you have your major now in the U.S. You have played golf away.' This is what I'm looking for."
Once the snow cleared and Cuartero refocused, he went on to have a tremendous freshman campaign, including two Top 10 finishes and starts in both the Big 12 Championship and the NCAA Southeast Regional. The season ended just a few shots shy of an appearance at the NCAA Championship.
"I would've liked for the team to have been there," senior Jace Long, who did qualify for a spot at the championship, says. "We were so close there to having all five guys go to Nationals."
Cuartero believes the team could get over the hump this season.
"I think we have the team," Cuartero says. "I think we can make it to Regionals and then from Regionals, who knows?"
A student of the mind, Cuartero says he learned from fellow Spaniard Rafael Nadal to be completely focused on the opportunity. Should Mizzou qualify for Nationals, he promises his concentration, his mind, will be on the task at hand. This focus on the mind is part of a Cuartero initiative to grow up as a player. He says becoming a more patient player is the key to his improvement.
"If I am one over and have five holes left, I say to myself, 'Emilio, don't worry. Be positive, patient. You never know what is going to happen. I could make hole-in-one, eagle, eagle. You never know. It's golf,'" Cuartero says.
Golf is a fickle friend. One day the sport can treat you like a prince and the next a pauper. Cuartero admits he doesn't know if he'll play pro golf, but he plans on finding out over his final two seasons at Mizzou. And should the challenge take him elsewhere in life, he believes it will only make him a stronger, better person.


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For plastic pre-paints it's a lot better to just paint over them. If you try to use paint remover or pine-sol you'll end up losing the miniature since the majority of paint removers will eat plastic.
This actually may be jumping the gun, since we haven't seen the minis yet, but I figured that I would ask anyways.
A couple members of our tabletop group know a guy that has 200 D&D minis that he wants to sell. I think they were part of a large amount of gaming stuff that was aquired. He told them to make him an offer for the whole lot. After mentioning this at our last game session, we decided that we are going to offer $40 to $50 for them and see if he is willing to take it. What we don't know is if they are painted in outlandish colors. We were trying to decide if there was a good way to remove that paint, or would it be better to just paint over the other color?
Suggestions and experiences in this type of situation would be interesting to hear about. Thanks in advance.
For plastic pre-paints it's a lot better to just paint over them. If you try to use paint remover or pine-sol you'll end up losing the miniature since the majority of paint removers will eat plastic.
Oh yeah, we aren't even sure if they are metal, plastic or a mixture of both. Our discussion last Saturday leaned towards them all being metal of some type. Never gave a thought that they could be plastic. Which is funny since some of the ones that we are using are made of plastic. Guess we were all just stoked about possibly getting 200 minis for a good low price.
As far as I can remember all of the prepainted D&D minis are plastic.
If you are old school, you remember the metal figures they sold back in the seventies and eighties. And in those days enamels were used. High gloss and bright colors. Things have gotten better in the years since then.
If they are metal and enamel, I think Pinesole works. I don't know, never had to remove paint. Maybe even just soaking them in water for a week or two might do it.
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If they are the current Wizards minis, they are indeed plastic. I just recently painted up some Star Wars minis for my RPG group. I went cheap and just used acrylic, painting over the old paint. They turned out well, but if you wanna go pro, I can't help ya. There are plenty of helpful threads on the Wizards site for minis. If you don't find any good tips check the Star Wars ones.
Thanks for the info folks. Now just have to see if we are lucky enough to get ahold of all those minis.
Brake fuild! I know it sounds dumb but it works i just get the cheap kind from the dollar store! Soak them in it for about a week in it then go over them with a tooth brush and Wallah! miniatures that are ready to be primered and painted! The last two Warhammer Fantasy armys i bought were painted horribly and this is what i did so i could repaint them.
Hey, Cplmac, how did this whole minis thing turn out?
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Easy-off will strip metal figs as well, only dont turn the oven on 8P (you would think this would not need to be mentioned but Ive seen a lot of minis and an oven ruined) but just spray it on and let it sit, then rinse with water (DO NOT do this with plastics). For plastics there are a ton of different methods, just google and youll get a lot of responses, just test each out on a bit of a fig before trying them on the lot.
For metals I've used Brake fluid and Pile Sol.
Both work great on metal minis. After using them, you want to wash them quickly with Dawn, or another "grease-cutting" dish soap to remove the oily solvent film left behind.
Keep in mind, on multi-part models it will frequently dissolve the glue as well, so test the joins and re-glue is needed.
I have never successfully stripped plastic miniatures. Never. I have given up.


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NASCAR driver Jason Leffler died after an accident Wednesday night in a heat race at a dirt car event at Bridgeport Speedway in Swedesboro, N.J. The 37-year-old Leffler is survived by 5-year-old son Charlie Dean.
Here's are some tweets from fellow drivers:
"Thoughts and prayers to the family and friends of Jason Leffler. A good man; a good racer. Godspeed friend." — Stewart-Haas Racing, the NASCAR team co-owned by Sprint Cup driver Tony Stewart.
"Really sad for Jason Leffler and his family. Thinking about his little boy." — NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Brad Keselowski.
"Just got out of my Dirt Car after the A-Main to learn about Jason Leffler. I raced ALOT and talked ALOT to Jason, I AM SAD." — NASCAR Nationwide driver Kenny Wallace.
"Another reminder of how this sport we love can be so cruel. Thoughts with his family. #LEFturn." — IndyCar driver Justin Wilson.
"Deeply saddened by the passing of Jason Leffler tonight. Please keep his family in your thoughts and prayers. #LEFturn" — NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Kyle Busch.
"Very sad night. What a great guy we lost tonight. Rest in Peace Jason. ... Jason & I flew together this past weekend to Pocono. We talked sprint cars, cup cars and Charlie Dean. He loved racing & he loved his son!" — NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Kasey Kahne.
"So sad to hear about Jason Leffler. Was a wheel man and a fun fun person to be around. #LEFturn" — NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Clint Bowyer.
"Praying for all of Jason Leffler family, especially his little guy Charlie." — IndyCar driver Ed Carpenter.
"My thoughts and prayers are with Jason's family and friends. Breaks my heart thinking of his little boy." — NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Jeff Burton.
"Sad to hear of Jason's tragic passing-thinking of his family and son Charlie. May he rest in peace!: — NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Ryan Newman.
"Sitting here in disbelief.. All I can think about is Charlie.. Prayers to the Leffler family..." — NASCAR Nationwide driver Elliott Sadler.
"Extremely sad to hear about Jason Leffler. spent a lot of time racing with him. Gone way too soon. Prayers to his entire family." — NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Joey Logano.
"Another racer gone too soon. So sad, Our thoughts are with his family and friends." — NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Martin Truex Jr.
"I'm completely devastated to hear about Jason Leffler. It doesn't seem real. Pray for his family tonight." — NASCAR Nationwide driver Trevor Bayne.
"Life isn't fair, it doesn't give you an alert when it's ur time. That's why you gotta live life like it's your last day and do what you love!" — NASCAR Truck Series driver Darrell Wallace Jr.
"Jason was a great representative of our brand & will always be a part of our family. Our hearts ache for his son, Charlie, and family." — Great Clips, Leffler's former sponsor.
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The Seattle Seahawks have released FB Dorson Boyce, WR Chris Carter, RB Thomas Clayton, DT Colin Cole, CB Kennard Cox, G Paul Fanaika, DE Maurice Fountain, C Michael Gibson, DT David Howard, LB Michael Y. Johnson, DE Jameson Konz, S Mark LeGree, WR Ricardo Lockett, LB Mike Morgan, S Josh Pinkard, T William Robinson, DE A.J. Schable, WR Owen Spencer, RB Vai Taua and WR Patrick Williams. DE Pierre Allen (undisclosed) was waived/injured.
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Green Bay Packers WRs Brett Swain, Chastin West and Patrick Williams appear to be the frontrunners for the team's No. 5 wide receiver job entering training camp, reports Bob McGinn, of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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Columbia International University will focus on the second half of its motto, "To know Him and to make Him known" during the annual World Christian Week, Feb. 26-March 1.
The week, which is planned and run by a committee of students, is designed to highlight the need to make disciples of all the nations.
The keynote speaker for the week is Dr. Michael Oh, the founder and president of Christ Bible Institute and Seminaryin Nagoya, Japan. He holds degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Oh was recently appointed executive director/chief executive officer of the Lausanne Movement effective March 1. Lausanne mobilizes evangelical leaders to collaborate for world evangelization.
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My life is the answer to three questions - 1) What is the most important/strategic thing you can possibly do with your life? 2) What is the most important/strategic/needy place to do it? 3) What is the most strategic/important way to do that most important/strategic thing in that most important/strategic/needy place.
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I don't have a Tivo or Tivo-clone (or even cable!). But now that you can stream "TV" through the internet, I've been wondering about using a recorder to time shift programs. Nine years ago Cool Tools ran a review of the cheapest Tivo box, but things have revolutionized since then.
What's the current best practice and gear for time-shifting TV, and commercial deleting? What is the best and what is the cheapest?0
We've got TiVos. We love them.
We've found that, these days, there is enough programming over cable that we deem worth our time that we can even not record shows that sound promising. And the commentary/advertising of new shows is focused enough that we're aware of what's likely to be interesting.
As a roadie, I can use the TiVo web to schedule new shows to be picked up on any of the boxes we have. TiVo's got a doodad that will encode shows for transfer to your iStuff, but nothing yet for Android. So that's still a gaping hole...
Another advantage, if you select the right box, is the THX certification. With that (and the calibration videos), you can assure yourself of the best possible image & sound in your system. Of the two TiVos we've got, there's a subtle but also distinct quality improvement for the one with the THX system.
So far, I've found that streaming has two issues: 1) Discovery of new shows. I'm not a kid anymore and we're not plugged into the twitterverse or Mugbook, etc., so there's no good slipstream for us to pick up on stuff that may interest us; 2) Streaming is supposed to work "everywhere", but crappy, slow connections dominate. And choke points abound, making things worse when you really want to get it to work right. Does the broadband industry have conflicting interests here?
The TiVo world's not a perfect one. Lots of features should have been added years ago. But they work, as intended, almost without flaw. But anyone who depends on their Kabletown DVR should really really dump it and get a TiVo. Or even just a TiVo and an HDTV antenna, for pete's sake. I'm stumped as to why anyone keeps those truly abhorrent Motorola boxes that their provider "rents out".
Not all TV is crap. Some of it's even good enough to justify spending your dough so that you can have it waiting for you when you want it.
I LOVE my TiVo Series 3 HD. I installed an aftermarket 1TB internal hard drive so I can record lots of movies and save entire seasons of shows for summer programming dry periods--all in HD. The 30-second skip (forward) button, combined with the 8-second backup button makes it a breeze to bypass commercials. Another favorite feature is the 30-minute buffer for live TV. I can tune in to a show 15-20 minutes after it starts and skip through the commercials, and be about caught up by the time it ends. So efficient! The Season Pass function makes it easy to never miss an episode. Another really cool feature is that you can tell TiVo to record anything with a certain actor or director. It will find things you didn't even know were out there. Basically, my TiVo is like a personal TV assistant, always thinking about me. UPDATE: I should have mentioned that I bought lifetime TiVo service so monthly fees are not part of my experience.
I've had several generations of TiVO, going back to the original version, and they've gotten progressively worse with each iteration. The original interface was brilliant. The current one is very junked up, and not very intuitive. As a Netflix box, TiVO is not great. Our TiVO's drop connection constantly, and we can't watch anything uninterrupted, no matter how good or poor the connection is. For streaming, Roku is where it's at. Cheap, fast (if you have a Roku 3, anyway), and they never drop connection.
The biggest problem I have with TiVO is the pricing structure. You have to either pay a monthly bill, or pay a large sum for a lifetime subscription. There's no way to run one without paying extra money. The fee supposedly covers programming updates, but there are other services out that provide this service for free. To that point... the next DVR I get will be a PC, running Win 7 or 8, with their 10 foot interface enabled, and a SiliconDust box on our network with a couple CableCards installed. Exact same functionality, with a monthly cost savings, and it will let me broadcast TV to practically any screen with an internet connection.
Not good. When it comes to turning off an account, Tivo is possibly the worst company I have ever dealt with - worse than cable companies. Unlike Netflix or most other online subscriptions, in order to cancel your Tivo subscription you have to call a special 1-800 number during business hours, then go through a gauntlet of questions from a phone "support" person who's been trained to keep you on the phone until you give up trying to turn off your account. Really slimy. I don't intend to ever do business with Tivo again.
Tivo is the best machine and the best user interface but I quit it in favor of a dvr from the cable co. and it's fine. The main reason for getting rid of tivo was to reduce the ever increasing number of monthly subscription payments. You will be amazed at the number of them that are sort of hidden away in automatic payments between software and entertainment it adds up and I don't spend much time in front of the tube anyway. One thing I do know is I won't go back to Tivo again after the smarmy termination process they put you through.
When you get past the price and trouble of setting up cable card, etc. NOTHING beats Tivo for recording broadcast/cable TV... and the iPad app makes it even better!
That said, its a non-starter for Nextflix streaming, You Tube, On Demand, etc. Those are all there but just not pleasant to use.
I think Tivo is great. I've had 3 different generations. I actually have two in the house. One for my use and one for my wife's use. It is easy to move shows around. I haven't watched a commercial in 5 years. When watching sports I will wait until an hour or so has recorded then start watching and can skip all commercials and end about the time the game really ends. You can rewind any scene or play. If you wonder what that person said just back up 6 seconds and replay. Need to answer the phone just pause and start when you return. You can schedule a season pass and it will record the shows even if the station moves the program or makes a show 1 hour and 6 minutes instead of an hour. And you can program it to only record first runs of the show. You save 20 minutes per hour of TV you watch. I've noticed some of the smaller cable channels must not provide accurate time info since one in 50 shows might have some problems. To get around that I just program it to record a fixed time and channel. My wife just decided to watch Downton Abbey and the Tivo has Hulu Plus built in so it is easy to watch on the big screen. Comcast just set up something called Xfinity on Demand that gives us access to all Comcast scheduling to see past shows. I've tried the cable company dvr and the interface is primitive compared to Tivo.
Most DVR offers from cable & satellite are as good or better than the TIVO alternative.
For example the DirecTV genie offers simultaneous recording of 5 shows, multiroom service watch any recording in any room, control with an ipad, watch shows on an ipad, etc. TIVO really cannot compete in a world where competitive DVR offers are one of the primary selling points for the various content providers. No provider has an incentive to work with TIVO and therefore TIVO is always one step behind in integration...
It was a wonderful box when they were the only game in town, but I'm afraid they have worked themselves into a corner with an unprofitable business model.
At the risk of summarizing the above good answers, it sounds like TiVo technology works and may be superior to other DVRs, but that it may not be worth the monthly subscription model they run on. Mike Farris mentioned using a Windows PC with storage drive. Are there other Mac-based or open sourced software version of a DVR that are easy to set up?
Elgato Eye TV is the Mac solution.
Haven't used it myself as I'm a TiVO user. I've been a TiVO user since the first version. I've always gotten the lifetime subscription and it's always paid for itself.
Currently I have an TiVO Series 3 HD which I got in 2007. After 6 years of continually being on the built in hard drive finally went bad a few months ago. I replaced it with a 2 TB drive from Weaknees and am more than happy with it.
I had cable for many of those years, first needing a cable card, then a digital tuner (which is a separate box that plugs into TiVO USB and you run the cable TV through it). It was pretty annoying but worked. I eventually cut my cable service when I realized I got better quality video for local stations on the tivo doing over the air recording, and the cost of the cable TV shows I watch was less on iTunes + Netflix. When I did all this I ended up with a system that was TiVO for over the air, and an Apple TV for Netflix + iTunes. I've used my Dad's Roku for Netflix and both it and Apple TV are better for Netflix than the TiVO.
When my folks went into assisted living, they lost HD cable and thus, their DVR. They used the DVR tp catch the news which came on always during mealtimes. We bought a TIVO only to learn that it must have internet access, so we ponied up 90 more bucks for a gizmo to enable a wifi connection to their PC, only to learn that we had to upgrade our modem before the gizmo would work, only to learn when logging on that we had to pay TIVO to open an account for the service they provide, and that would take 24 to 48 hourse (I guess to ensure that credit card number was legit). Once on line, the programming was tortuous to set up for 90 year olds compared to Comcast's DVR.
When my folks went into assisted living, they lost HD cable and thus, their DVR. They used the DVR to catch the news which came on always during mealtimes. We bought a TIVO only to learn that it must have internet access, so we ponied up 90 more bucks for a gizmo to enable a wifi connection to their PC, only to learn that we had to upgrade our modem before the gizmo would work, only to learn when logging on that we had to pay TIVO to open an account for the service they provide, and that would take 24 to 48 hours(I guess to ensure that credit card number was legit). Once on line, the programming was tortuous to set up for 90 year olds compared to Comcast's DVR. We finally got it working after 45 days of fuss. You decide - TIVO or DVR.
I've used DVRs from DirecTV, Dish, U-Verse and Tivo (previous and current generations)--and also tried to live with a Roku box, and only U-verse comes close in terms of functionality and interface/process functionality. It's a kick in the teeth to pay the monthly subscription to TiVo, but ultimately judged worth it to me and my family. Netflix streaming has been great for us--no issues at all. All the other DVRs have been clunky, not logical/streamlined in their UI, and more difficult to program. If you have the money, TiVo is the way to go, hands down.
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About the Washington State Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Bibliographies Project
The University of Washington Libraries participated in the United States Agriculture Information Network (USAIN) Preserving the History of U.S. Agriculture and Rural Life Grant Project from 2004 to 2008 with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). As part of this project, the University of Washington Libraries compiled bibliographies of journals and books published between 1820 and 1945 on Washington State agriculture, forestry, and fisheries. The bibliographies contain a total of 2,323 entries.
A panel of scholars and librarians subsequently ranked the titles on the bibliographies by their importance for future scholarly research. The top-ranked titles were then preserved on microfilm. Thirty serial titles and 98 book titles (748 volumes, 278,000+ pages) were microfilmed and are now available through the University of Washington Libraries. An additional title, Washington Farmer (41 volumes, 37,000+ pages), was microfilmed in 2008-2009 with funding from the University of Washington Friends of the Libraries and a grant from the Washington State Library with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. See UW's Microfilm Duplication Service page for more information on ordering copies of the microfilm.
Eventually each State in the U.S. will complete a similar project, helping to preserve agricultural literature nationwide for future generations of researchers.
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Washington State is divided into two major land areas by the Cascade Mountain Range, which runs north-south through the state. This division has had important impacts on the development of the state as a whole, and on the types of agriculture practiced in both areas. The west side of the Cascades is temperate and wet, and historically the economy was dominated by fishing and forestry. The east side of the Cascades is drier and its economy focused more on agriculture and livestock. Due to the State's unique climate and history, the bibliography has been divided into three major sections: Farming, Forestry, and Fishing. See Bibliographies for more information on the creation and organization of the bibliographies.
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Links to other historical Washington State agriculture, forestry, and fisheries resources can be found in the Other Resources section. Also included are links to other state agriculture bibliographies and U.S. historical agriculture resources.
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Vigil at Md. church where bombing victim teaches
Vigil at Md. church where bombing victim teaches
Apr. 17, 2013
TOWSON, Md. (AP) — A Baltimore-area church where one of the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings teaches has scheduled a prayer vigil for the more than 170 victims of the explosions.
The Rev. Ken Saunders says the vigil will be held Wednesday evening at Trinity Episcopal Church in Towson. Erika Brannock of Towson and her sister Nicole Gross of Charlotte, N.C., were among those injured Monday while waiting at the finish line for their mother, Carol Downing, to finish the race. Gross' husband, Michael Gross, also was injured.
The 29-year-old Brannock teaches 2-year-olds at the church's preschool.
Family members say the two sisters face long recoveries. Brannock lost a leg and her 31-year-old sister suffered two broken legs and a severed Achilles tendon.


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When Greg Dobbs went into the Phillies clubhouse during Monday's game to prepare for a possible pinch hitting appearance in the later innings, he saw shortstop Jimmy Rollins at his locker, a few stalls down.
Dobbs, who went through a painful and costly calf injury of his own for the entire 2009 season, could sense Rollins' disappointment.
"He was like, 'I can't believe this is going on,' " Dobbs said. "I felt for him. He was extremely frustrated."
That's ominous.
The Phillies will know more about how severe shortstop Jimmy Rollins' right calf strain is Tuesday when he undergoes an MRI.
But the feeling in the clubhouse following Monday's 7-4 win was palpable. No one could be very optimistic about Rollins because there is one universal truth to calf injuries: Without significant rest, they can linger. Considering it's only April 13, that's the last thing the Phillies want.
For Rollins, it's an injury that could be especially frustrating. He likes to run at the top of the order and the Phillies need him to be able to do that.
Should Rollins have to go to the disabled list, Juan Castro is probably the guy at shortstop.
"Jimmy's a special type of player. It's hard to replace a guy like that," second baseman Chase Utley said. "But with Castro, you know what you're going to get. He plays great defense. He's fresh off of spring training and he's had some at-bats recently."
Yeah, except Castro booted a routine groundball at shortstop Monday and also made two errors at shortstop in 18 spring training games. He's limited with the bat, but if it came to this situation, the Phillies would likely be asking their new shortstop to hit eighth. (Frank Fitzpatrick has more details on Castro.)
At triple-A Lehigh Valley, there is some depth with major-league experience. Both Wilson Valdez (Mets) and Cody Ransom (Yankees) played in the majors last season. Each had decent springs for the Phillies. Valdez is hitting .474 (9-for-19) with Lehigh Valley. Ransom is hitting .188 (3-for-16) with a home run.
Even if Rollins doesn't need to go on the disabled list, the Phillies could look at one of those guys for a short-term solution. Castro is the only player on the current roster other than Rollins who can play shortstop.
Is there a blueprint for success recently without Rollins? Yes: In 2008, Rollins didn't start for 28 games in parts of April and May with a left ankle injury. Over that span, the Phillies were 16-12. During that period, Shane Victorino handled the majority of games as leadoff hitter (12 games), followed by Jayson Werth (eight), So Taguchi (seven) and Geoff Jenkins (one). Yeah, times were different.
Victorino would be the most likely candidate to slide into Rollins' spot in the order. In 2010, Victorino has hit the ball hard at times but is just 5-for-31 (.161 average) to begin the season. He has one extra-base hit, a home run.
In his career, Victorino has batted leadoff in 44 games (204 plate appearances). His OPS is .615 and the complete line looks like this: .227/.291/.324.
For now, the Phillies will wait on Rollins' examination with relatively small expectations.


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Community Cinema ~ As Goes Janesville
Bud Werner Memorial Library presents a free screening preview of the PBS Independent Lens documentary As Goes Janesville, a film by Brad Lichtenstein.
America's middle class is dwindling, and the debate over how to save it is nowhere fiercer than in the normally tranquil state of Wisconsin. In Janesville, as jobs disappear and families are stretched to their breaking point, citizens and politicians are embroiled in an ideological battle about how to turn things around.
The evening includes comments and discussion with distinguished guest Carl E. Steidtmann, Chief Economist at Deloitte Research.
About the film
As Goes Janesville is a verité documentary that records two years in the lives of laid-off workers, business leaders, and elected officials all trying to reinvent their lives and their midwestern town amid the closure of their GM plant and America's worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. The story begins shortly after the factory closed in 2008 and continues through a standoff between the newly elected governor and 14 Democratic state senators, one of whom is a main character in the film.
The film also follows Cindy Deegan, a factory worker going back to school to train for a non-union job that pays a third of her former wage — a job she must land before unemployment benefits expire. Gayle Listenbee and Angie Hodges both leave family behind to follow their union jobs with GM plants to other states. The film goes behind the scenes with business leader Mary Willmer-Sheedy as she co-chairs a private economic development initiative that is supported by the governor in an effort to woo companies to town. We also see the crisis through the eyes of Tim Cullen from the moment he first tries to persuade GM to return to town until he is elected to the state Senate as a Democrat and eventually, flees the state to stop the governor's anti-union initiatives.
Both a microcosm of America's economic crisis and a deep immersion in the country's tug-of-war over labor relations, As Goes Janesville offers critical insight and heart wrenching humanity as the United States enters an election season that has already engulfed the nation in an inflamed and polarizing fight over how we should realize the American Dream, if we can realize it all.
About the speaker, Carl E. Steidtmann
Carl E. Steidtmann, Chief Economist for Deloitte Research, is a nationally recognized expert on economic forecasting of consumer, technology, investment and general economic trends. Dr. Steidtmann works with individual clients in assessing the impact of economic, demographic, political and technological changes on their business strategies. He is also an advisor to the Deloitte Board of Directors and Executive Committee in developing economic forecasts for the firm.
His research has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, USA Today and The New York Times, among other publications. Dr. Steidtmann has appeared on the MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour, CNBC, and the Nightly Business Report. An award-winning instructor and systems analyst, Dr. Steidtmann was selected one of the 25 most influential consultants for 2003 by Consulting Magazine for his work in consumer spending forecasting.
Prior to joining Deloitte Research Dr. Steidtmann was with PricewaterhouseCoopers where he authored or co-authored over 400 publications on economics as it relates to business. Dr. Steidtmann was Vice President with Nakagama & Wallace, a Wall Street firm that consults on world economic trends, exchange rates and equity markets. He has also served as senior advisor and economist for the American Productivity Center, where he acted as the technical adviser to the White House Conference on Productivity. He was an economics instructor at the University of Colorado, and worked with Mountain Bell as an internal systems consultant and with IBM as a systems engineer.
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Earl A. Dominique
Earl A. Dominique, 65, of Pemberton Avenue, Jamestown, died Nov. 12, 2011, at Newport Hospital.
Born and brought up in Pawtucket, Earl was the son of the late Earl L. and Henrietta Dominique. He spent many summers in Jamestown as a child.
Earl loved people. As a former pilot, he would often reminisce about his days of flying and loved telling colorful stories about his life. He also had a passion for trains. He was very excited to collect trains and build train sets. Most recently, he built a wonderful train set for Alite Care in Jamestown. Earl was a kind and caring man.
He is survived by his two cats, Marsha and Christine.
A private memorial service will be held.
Memorial contributions may be made in his name to Alite Care Memorial Garden, 49 North Main Road, Jamestown, RI 02835.


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Deus Ex: Human Revolution has been out for months now, but the game's annoying boss fights continue to be a talking point: Eidos Montreal has just stepped up and taken responsibility for them.
Earlier this year it was reported that the controversial fights were outsourced to a separate developer, Grip Entertainment. But now the game's producer says that it's Eidos Montreal themselves who must the flak for the battles.
"The problem was not the supplier, it was what we did with them," David Anafossi told Edge. "The boss fights were too much for the team to do internally in the time we had. We totally underestimated the effort to do that correctly. We had to work with an external supplier with that, but the design and everything is from the team at Eidos Montreal."
Anafossi added that the developers were well aware of the flaws in the boss fights, prior to the game's launch:
"We knew that it would be a weakness for the game, that we had to make a compromise to deliver it [on] two levels. First, the boss fights were forced, which is not the Deus Ex experience. Second, there is no mix [of] solutions to tackle the boss fights, which is not Deus Ex either.
"We knew that before the release of the game, but there had to be some compromise. It [was] our decision."
Still, the producer maintained that he's very proud of Human Revolution, despite the fact that the development process was "a nightmare".
Deus Ex: Human Revolution was a great game, despite the boss fights. Still, it's nice that Anafossi is honest enough to take the blame on this, rather than leaving the heat on Grip.


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Find yourself in The Paradise on Saturday nights
IMAGINE Downton Abbey or Upstairs Downstairs set in a Victorian department store and you'll find yourself in Paradise - or The Paradise to be precise.
It's a delightful romp on ABC 1 that has given us a reason to stay in on Saturday nights.
Set in Britain's first department store, this is a scrumptiously-filmed and costumed Victorian drama series about secrets, desire, ambition and intrigue.
We follow shop girl Denise (Joanna Vanderham) who turns her back on her uncle's struggling store opposite The Paradise to seek a job in the Paradise's ladies' wear department. She's kind-hearted but also smart and ambitious and it isn't long before Denise attracts the attention of the store's charming but often ruthless owner John Moray (Emun Elliott).
A self-made man, a true capitalist, he is in every sense of the word modern for his time. "I deal in appetite," he declares, adding that that appetite in women must be exploited.
Moray recognises his same drive and imagination in Denise. But after a failed affair with one of his shop girls, he's entangled with the rich Katherine Glendenning (Elaine Cassidy) who is determined to marry him despite his apparent inability to commit.
The series takes us into the lives of those who live at The Paradise against a background of a changing world, where despite progress there's still a deep divide between rich and poor. We are effortlessly drawn into the characters' squabbles, their dramas, their dreams and their romances, finding favourites to champion and others to dislike.
Moray is a wonderful, complex character, devoted to his dead wife or her memory at least, but somehow drawn to Denise despite the appeal of Katherine - and Katherine's father's money. He's restless, forceful, reckless and passionate and we want him to succeed, just as we want Denise to triumph amid the jealousies and schemes of her fellow workers who are threatened by her.
In fact, all the characters are intriguing, from Moray to Katherine to Miss Audrey (Sarah Lancashire), the flustered head of ladies' wear, to Arthur (Finn Burridge), the boy born at the Paradise and given a place by Moray, to the sinister Jonas (David Hayman), fiercely loyal to Moray and with a demeanour hinting at a secret, violent past.
At its heart The Paradise is a romance and a glorious one. It's also delightful drama and even if you haven't watched the first few episodes you'll pick it up.
For those who delved into the first episode of The Paradise, based on Emile Zola's novel Au Bonheur des Dames and were disappointed - I'd agree it was not outstanding and was even drab.
But if you persevered, you'll have found rich reward in the next few which have been utterly compelling.
The Paradise screens at 7.30pm on Saturdays on the ABC.


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LucidLink wrote:Not only, am I 100 percent sure, we will experience a conscious afterlife, I have a strong belief of where it is and what it is. I am not religeous, I follow no religeon, but I believe in all the enlightened masters, such as Jesus, Bhudda, and Muhammad.
But as for the after life? I believe it's the same place we go when we dream, which is perfectly fitting for this forum. I also believe learning to lucid dream, is learning to function in that conscious after life.
I believe when we die, we will create a whole reality of our life, just like we do when we dream, only we won't know we created it, also just like a dream, and then we will live that dream life, thinking it's reality, Intill we've realized it's not actually physical reality and where dead.
Which is why, I also believe learning to lucid dream, will be a very valuable asset after we die.
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This is pretty much what I think too. I also see the connection between dreams and the afterlife, which I believe we will experience after we die. The last statement about learning to LD as being an asset after we die, actually I think it's an ability we already have and we are kind of staying in practice while we are here through dreams/Lds. I believe that all "reality" is created or manifested by us. Here in our Earth life we get to live in the illusion that it exists without our creating it, but after this we will know the truth as you said.


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The USDA-NASS, California Statistical Office has released the crop production forecast for June 1. The latest survey, which was conducted during the last week of May and the first week of June, includes the following commodities:
Apricots - The 2005 California apricot crop forecast is 85,000 tons, down 10 percent from the 2004 crop. Bearing acreage is estimated at 14,500 acres, resulting in a yield of 5.86 tons per acre.
Commencement of bloom was early this year because of the warming impact of a mild El Nino Southern Oscillation.
Bloom occurred during a window when most of the growing areas had dry weather. Bloom was heavy, but growers reported heavy drop by mid-March. What initially promised to be a bumper crop is now just one of average size.
Cool spring temperatures slowed fruit development and pushed harvest back to a more normal starting time. Unsettled late spring weather, including hail storms, caused some damage in the southern San Joaquin Valley. The wet spring weather resulted in some shot hole and brown rot problems.
Generally the fruit was sizing out well. Harvest began the end of April, though was initially slow relative to recent years. Significant acreage has been pulled, particularly of the productive Patterson variety.
Cherries - The 2005 California sweet cherry crop forecast is 45,000 tons, down 38 percent from the 2004 crop. Bearing acreage is estimated at 28,000 acres, resulting in a yield of 1.61 tons per acre.
A series of heavy, late-season storms that swept through Tulare County and up the San Joaquin Valley wreaked havoc with this year's crop. The rains swept through the valley from April 28 through May 9, peak harvesting time in the southern portion of the valley. The excess moisture caused some splitting and cracking, making the fruit unmarketable. Some growers lost 60 to 100 percent of their crops.
Peaches - The 2005 California Freestone peach crop forecast is 410,000 tons, unchanged from the May forecast and the 2004 crop. Bearing acreage is estimated at 36,000 acres, resulting in a yield of 11.40 tons per acre.
California experienced an adequate number of chilling hours, thus benefiting the crop. Bloom was delayed a bit due to cool weather. Cool temperatures during the spring allowed the fruit to size better than last year's crop. Harvest continued with Spring Snow, Crimson Lady, Brittney Lane, and Crown Princess varieties being picked. Quality is reported to be very good to date.
The 2005 California Clingstone peach crop forecast is 510,000 tons, unchanged from the May forecast, but down 5 percent from the 2004 crop.
Bearing peach acreage is estimated at 30,400 acres, resulting in a yield of 16.80 tons per acre. California experienced ideal weather conditions during the bloom period. Full bloom was about a week ahead of last year, but harvest is expected to be delayed slightly from last year due to cooler than average temperatures experienced during April. Set is expected to be lighter than a year ago, but fruit size is excellent throughout the state. Harvest is expected to begin around June 23.
Pears, Bartlett - The 2005 California Bartlett pear crop forecast is 200,000 tons, down 10 percent from the 2004 crop. The Bartlett crop is down considerably at this time due to the rains hampering progression in orchards that are typically dry at this time of year. The late season rains have caused a lot of the fruit to be unmarketable.
Prunes (Dried Plums) - The 2005 California prune crop forecast is 105,000 dried tons, up 114 percent from the 2004 crop of 49,000 tons. Bearing acreage is estimated at 67,000 acres, down 4
percent from the previous year. The prune crop again suffered damage from high March temperatures during bloom. Hail damage was also reported in some areas. However, this year's crop is expected to be better than last year's, which was the smallest on record since official estimates began in 1920.
Wheat - California's Durum wheat planted and harvested acreage are estimated at 90,000 acres and 82,000 acres, respectively. The estimated average yield is 3 tons per acre, resulting in a total production of 246,000 tons. Harvesting of the desert crop is still under way. Conditions are reported to be good to excellent. The unseasonable rains that affected planting are now assisting the crop with growth.
California's wheat other than Durum planted and harvested acreage are estimated at 500,000 acres and 265,000 acres, respectively, for 2005. The estimated average yield is 2.01 tons per acre. Wheat harvesting has begun in some parts of the state.
There have been concerns about the presence of rust in some fields throughout the state. In addition, the unusual late season rains brought down the overall quality of this year's crop.
Production forecasts are released on a monthly basis and do not reflect final production estimates. Late summer and fall harvests may change these estimates considerably. The next production forecast will be issued July 12, 2005.


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GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Several dozen people protested on Sunday outside a Guatemala prison against the genocide conviction for former dictator Efrain Rios Montt.
About 50 supporters dressed in white and military garb shouted "Viva Rios Montt" at the Matamoros prison, where the ex-strongman was taken after he received a landmark 80-year sentence for genocide and crimes against humanity.
Demonstrators said the judicial process was corrupt and demanded that a higher court nullify the verdict. Protesters said prosecutors couldn't prove the state had a motive to kill 1,771 Maya.
A tribunal ruled Friday that Rios Montt knew about the killings and didn't stop the slaughter between 1982 and 1983, the height of Guatemala's brutal civil war.
It was the first genocide conviction given to a former Latin American ruler in his own country.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Selena Gomez sat front and center at the fashion show to preview the first collection in her collaboration with Adidas' streetwear Neo label.
But the runway at Wednesday evening's show was a next-gen catwalk: Teenager bloggers were charged with styling the outfits instead of industry professionals.
Gomez thanked them as she stood on stage at the end of the show. She was flanked by models in denim shorts, Bermudas, slouchy sweats and T-shirts that read "Pirate Love." There were a few graffiti prints sprinkled in, and some varsity jackets.
The clothes, mostly in sunny yellow, bright pink and navy, were more surf than sport, which is Adidas' normal niche.
The show was very briefly interrupted by a protester trying to hand out leaflets about sweatshops.


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CALIFORNIA, U.S. - Millions of users of the world's largest adult site, Pornhub were reportedly targeted in a malvertising attack.
A security firm uncovered the hacking group KovCoreG's attempts to trick Pornhub browsers into installing fake updates by tricking them into installing malware on their PCs.
According to infosec firm Proofpoint, by the time the attack was uncovered, it had been active "for more than a year."
Proofpoint has said the attack "exposed millions of potential victims in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Australia" to malware by pretending to be software updates to popular browsers.
According to data from ranking firm Alexa, Pornhub, which boasts of 26 billion yearly visits, and its advertising network have shut down the infection pathway.
The attack, however, is still ongoing on other sites.
In the attack, KovCoreG aimed at infecting users with an advertisement fraud malware known as Kovter.
Security experts explained that this type of malicious software is traditionally used as a form of online advertising fraud to generate money through clicks on fake adverts.
Further, the company said that in this particular attack, visitors to Pornhub were redirected to a website which claimed to be offering a software update for their web browser, including Chrome and Firefox, or to the Adobe Flash plugin.
Once they downloaded and opened the file it installed, Kovter would take over their machine and use it to click on fake adverts.
Those fake clicks then generated real money for the websites the adverts are hosted on - typically spam-filled sites no normal user would ever visit.
Proofpoint has said, "While the payload, in this case, is ad fraud malware, it could just as easily have been ransomware, an information stealer, or any other malware. Regardless, threat actors are following the money and looking to more effective combinations of social engineering, targeting and pre-filtering to infect new victims at scale."
Javvad Malik, security advocate at AlienVault explained that malvertising campaigns are a popular way for malware authors to spread their infections.
He said, "In 2016, Google removed 112m bad ads which aside from malware, included illegal product promotion and misleading ads. The issue being that there are insufficient controls to place an advert with an ad network, making it far easier to get a malicious app accepted by an official app store. This has led to an upturn in the number of reputable organisations distributing malvertising."
Meanwhile, Mark James, a security specialist at IT firm ESET, said that Pornhub was likely a preferred target for the bad actors.
James said, "The audience is possibly less likely to have security in place or active as people's perception is that it's already a dark place to surf. Also, the user may be less likely to call for help and try to click through any popups or install any software themselves, not wanting others to see their browsing habits."


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Shaheen, Ayotte on opposite sides of procedural vote on budget compromise
December 17. 2013 1:06PM
Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Kelly Ayotte were on opposite sides of a U.S. Senate vote Tuesday that cleared the way for passage of a two-year budget deal.
Democrat Shaheen voted in favor of limiting debate on the measure, while Republican Ayotte voted against it.
Shaheen was on the winning side, as the Senate roll call was 67-33 to limit debate on the measure, exceeding the required 60 votes.
The vote overcame the opposition of conservative Republicans who objected to increased near-term government spending.
Twelve Republicans joined 53 Democrats and two independents in supporting the measure.
Ayotte has cited cuts to military retiree benefits as her prime reason for opposing the budget deal.
Shaheen has said the compromise would provide economic certainty for businesses in to create jobs.
Shaheen Tuesday introduced legislation that she said would safeguard military retirees from changes in cost of living adjustments included in the bill.
Shaheen's office said her proposal would be "fully paid for by eliminating select corporate tax loopholes."
"This bipartisan budget agreement will create economic certainty for small businesses, help promote job creation, and protect our country from another government shutdown but like I've said before, it's not perfect," Shaheen said in a statement.
She said her plan "will undo changes to future cost of living adjustments for military retirees and will instead achieve savings by closing corporate tax loopholes. It's a smart, pragmatic fix and I hope it will generate bipartisan support."
The House passed the measure last week and the Senate is expected to vote on final passage of the deal as early as Wednesday.


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By Ryan Dahlman
Just like a kaleidoscope, the Prairie Rose School Division's June 11 fundraiser was a colourful event.
In a variety of colours: students, parents, teachers and even members of a variety of southeastern Alberta communities came out to support the fine arts program in the Prairie Rose School Division.
The Prairie Rose School Division hosted its inaugural Kaleidoscope of the Arts Fun Run at River Valley Park in south Redcliff Saturday morning. With 75 runners out, organizers were thrilled with the response.
No financial tallies were gathered as of yet, but totals should be figured out this upcoming week. For more on this story, read the June 17th edition of Prairie Post.
By Rose Sanchez
Southeast Alberta
Thanks to the lobbying of concerned parents, staff and board administration, Prairie Rose School Division will receive a one-time grant of $700,000 in September to help alleviate some funding concerns.
Alberta Agriculture
As summer is now upon us, the Brooks RCMP would like to invite all youth and parents to a bicycle safety rodeo to be held at Willowbrook Estates in Brooks. The event will be held in the North parking lot with access from Garrow Avenue on June 25th at 1 p.m.


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Clocks, charcoal on floor, and performance
Performance duration: 30 minutes
Two clocks—one cycling forward, the other in reverse—mark military and personal time. When their times momentarily coincide, two performers begin a movement score based on the ticking of a clock, fading in and out of memory while falling in and out of sync.
Projects by Gerard and Kelly are co-produced by Moving Theater with the support of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, New York State Council on the Arts, and numerous generous individuals.


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What Is Adrenal Fatigue?
Your body does not discriminate when it comes to stress. Whether you're suffering from physical, emotional, or dietary stress, your adrenal glands release cortisol. Overuse of the adrenal glands and overproduction of cortisol can lead to adrenal fatigue. While symptoms vary, folks suffering from adrenal fatigue (AF) may experience fatigue, hormonal imbalances, blood sugar problems, lack of sex drive, and emotional imbalances.
Feed Your Body … Not The Fatigue
Diet has a huge impact on adrenal fatigue. AF patients often suffer from vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Therefore, you want to eat foods that pack the most nutritional punch. The following diet suggestions will help you feed your body, not the fatigue.
Bone Broth
Bone broth is quite simple, and you can make it in large batches. You can even freeze it to use later. This article explains how to make a good bone broth at home. Loaded with minerals, it has endless health benefits. Consume daily for maximum results.
Sea Salt
Unlike refined table salt that elevates blood pressure and causes water retention, sea salt is a nutritional salt that provides essential minerals. It does not, however contain iodine, so take an iodine supplement. Take 1/2-1 teaspoon of sea salt in a glass water every morning. In addition, use sea salt on your food.
The more vegetables the better! Aim for around eight servings of organic vegetables every day. Vegetables are loaded with nutrients that the AF patient desperately needs.
Avoid Fruit
Fruits are loaded with sugar, and that is the last thing your body needs right now. If you can't live without fruit, limit your fruits to those with a low glycemic-index, such as tart apples or cherries.
Nutrient and Fiber-Rich Carbohydrates
Quality carbohydrates are important. Instead of quick-burning carbs from sugars, opt for foods such as brown rice, quinoa, oats, and chia.
One last tip? Always remember to eat before 10 AM. This ensures the energy supply your body needs to start the day. Make it a point to eat small meals throughout the day - keeping blood sugar levels stabilized.
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