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"A Bird's Eye View of the Hood River Valley" is the newest coloring book to come out about our picturesque valley. But it's much more than just a coloring book.
A collaboration between local watercolor artist Sally Bailey and retired schoolteacher Marianne Kaczynski, the book is accurately subtitled "A Travelogue Coloring Book."
"A Bird's Eye View," which can easily be read as a children's book, follows a bird on a journey around the valley to 22 different places.
"It starts in downtown Hood River and goes up through Parkdale," Kaczynski says. "It basically follows the Fruit Loop." Each site is "kid-friendly," says Bailey, including places like the Hood River Rotary Skate Park, Mike's Ice Cream and the Mt. Hood Railroad.
Bailey, known for her vibrant watercolor paintings of the valley, used her talent to create outline drawings of kids, birds and familiar Hood River Valley scenes — drawings just waiting to be colored by others. Kaczynski, who taught 1st and 2nd grade for 22 years in Beaverton before retiring to Parkdale four years ago, wrote a simple storyline with rhyming descriptions of the scenes.
"We wanted to get to all the areas and I thought this would be a cute way to do it," Kaczynski says of the bird theme. "It's also educational." Kids are encouraged to identify different birds in the book, and a few pages in the back are filled with educational activities and exercises for kids to do.
In addition, each page of the coloring book has a "hidden" ladybug for kids to find and color in.
"Kids love things like that," says Bailey, who also taught for many years. But she's quick to point out that she and Kaczynski are calling their endeavor "a coloring book for kids and adults."
"Sometimes adults like to just sit down and color, too," she says. The authors plan to donate a portion of the book's proceeds to local schools for their art programs.
Bailey and Kaczynski have been working on the book, which is due out next week, for two years.
"It's been fun," Bailey says.
"We've had a good time with it," Kaczynski adds. A sentiment likely to be shared by colorers of all ages.
"A Bird's Eye View of the Hood River Valley" will be available in local shops and by contacting Marianne Kaczynski at 541-352-4188 or at firstname.lastname@example.com, or Sally Bailey at mthoodsally @aol.com.
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The awards, held by the Municipal Journal magazine and supported by the Local Government Association, will take place at the Hilton Hotel, Park Lane, on 19 June.
The Vale Council is one of only six shortlisted from over 300 applications for the Community Investor award, which is given to departments that have displayed true innovation, genuine value for money, and outcomes that deliver a sustained social dividend, despite continual funding cuts from central government.
The award seeks to recognize innovation in local government, where local authorities have identified new ways to support otherwise unaffordable development and social infrastructure in their communities.
In August 2012 the Homelessness and Housing Advice team assisted its last family occupying B&B accommodation, and has since established an alternative temporary accommodation resource, completely eradicating the use of B&Bs with a substantial saving of £400,000 in one year.
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From the Kilgore College Police Department:
In this review, I will examine three aspects of what occurred following the basketball
game on February 23, 2013. This will include what happened at the conclusion of the game,
contributing factors that led up to this incident, and things that can be improved upon to prevent this from happening again.
Summary of After Game Incidents:
At the conclusion of the basketball game, Kilgore College (KC) fans and players gathered
at center court and began celebrating the victory over Navarro College (NC). This upset the
players, fans, and staff of Navarro College. The KC basketball players had left the floor and then several of the NC players exited the visiting team locker room and began coming out of the tunnel towards court side. These players were visibly angry, they had their jerseys off, and were heard making threats; they were looking for a fight.
The NC players were being restrained the first time they tried to come out by fans, other
players, and at least one NC coach. A KCPD Officer went towards them and began ordering
them back into the locker room area. As these players were headed back in, an assistant manager from NC began blowing a whistle repeatedly. This brought the players back out a second time almost as if this was a preplanned signal. The KCPD Officer began physically pushing players back into the hallway and then used Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) spray on the subjects when they came towards him making threats. A second KCPD Officer responded and upon seeing what was taking place he also sprayed OC towards these subjects.
After the NC players were sprayed with OC, the gym was cleared and there were no further problems. The KC athletic trainer assisted in treating NC players who had received direct applications of the OC. Officers and staff secured the area around the NC busses so they would be able to leave safely and there were no other incidents.
Contributing Factors/ Investigative Summary:
As a part of this investigation, I have solicited and received many statements and emails regarding what took place at the game. These statements are polarized in view, a KC VS. NC if
you will. I have tried to glean from the consistencies reported from witnesses and overlaps of
information provided by either side of the issue. The end result may be that each person will
have to stand in Court and provide testimony as to what occurred.
Prior to the basketball game, the KC athletic director contacted KCPD and told them that
they needed to put on additional officers during the basketball game because NC was bringing
two fan busses and there could be problems. The KCPD Lieutenant who arranges all security
details assigned himself, and three other KCPD Officers to work the game. The Officers were
assigned stations at the perimeter of the gym.
During the game, a female NC employee who was watching the game became very upset because she believed that KC students were using profanity towards the NC players. This person went to a KCPD Officer who was stationed in the south west corner of the gym and complained to him about it. The KCPD Officer said he radioed another KCPD Officer with this information.
The other Officer said he went and spoke to the KC students and told them they would not be
allowed to use profanity. This account was verified by other witnesses.
Of all the statements I have received, I had only one KC employee who said he heard
cussing coming from the KC students which was during the first portion of the game. I had
several other KC employees who were sitting close to these students say they did not hear
profanity being used by KC fans and neither did the officers. There were no fouls called by the
game officials for this, so apparently they did not hear it either. What was heard was taunting
taking place by our students, they were calling out the names of NC players and making
comments during the game.
The female NC employee went to the KCPD Officer multiple times to complain about
our students. This was verified by the Officer and she can be seen doing so on the game video.
The Officer said she was very agitated and after he had relayed this information to the otherOfficer he told the NC employee it had been addressed and there was nothing more he could do about it. The Officer was on the same side of the gym as the NC employee and said he did not hear them using profanity.
Towards the end of the game the female NC employee became angry again and began
shouting profanity towards a KC employee who was at the scorer's table. According to the KC
employee she yelled, "That's b--- s---" and "You need to do something about this b--- s---." At
this time, the NC employee was sitting in the floor bleachers behind the scorer's table near the
entrance to the locker room area and on the side nearest the NC player's bench.
The KC employee could not leave the table and just raised his arms in a manner to let her know he could not get up. The KC employee said he then motioned for his supervisor to come to his location.The supervisor was sitting in the floor bleachers on the side where the KC players' bench was located.
The supervisor said he went to the KC employee at the scorer's table to find out what was taking place and then went back to his seat. The NC employee came out of her seat and went over to where the KC supervisor was seated and according to witnesses she began ranting and yelling at the KC supervisor. The video shows she was very animated waving her arms and pointing.
Witnesses said she yelled, "You need to do something about this G-- d----- game."
The KC supervisor and others told her she needed to watch her language because there were
children there and she yelled, "This is f------ b--- s---." The people sitting in this area told her
she needed to leave. In the video, people are seen trying to wave her off. The NC employee went back to her seat and continued yelling and then other NC fans joined in. The NC employee was inciting people in the crowd who were becoming angry at this time.
At the conclusion of the game, both teams lined up in front of the scorer's table to walk
past each other and shake hands. There were obviously hard feelings because the video shows that not all of the NC players shook hands as they passed.
Several KC fans/students went to the center court area of the gym to celebrate the win.
This at first included some KC basketball players. The KC coaching staff directed all of the KC
players off of the court and into the locker room. During this time, the KCPD officers along with
KC athletic personnel and staff moved to the court area to monitor the situation.
The female NC employee is seen in the video coming down out of the bleachers, getting
one of the NC Assistant Coach's attention and then telling him something. The NC Assistant
Coach waived a KC Assistant Coach over to the scorer's table. According to the KC Assistant
Coach, the NC Assistant Coach leaned over and told him, "That's classless," referring to the
celebration taking place. Witnesses said the NC Assistant Coach then began pacing back and
forth using profanity.
The female NC employee had moved down towards the south west corner of the gym at
this time. Some KC students had moved across the court and approached the area where the NC bench had been and were making comments such as, "Football is next."
KC officers and athletic staff then moved in and tried to direct these individuals back across the court.
At this point, the NC players began coming out of the tunnel that led to the locker room. They had taken off their jerseys and both witnesses and officers said they appeared very angry and wanting to fight. According to witnesses, these players were being restrained by other players and fans. The coaches and athletic director, except for one Assistant Coach, had already exited and gone back towards the locker rooms. A KCPD Officer said one large player had pressed a woman who was holding a baby against the scorer's table and he had to be pulled off by another player. Another KCPD Officer responded to this area and began giving commands for the players to go back to their locker room.
The NC players started to go back into their dressing room when the NC assistant
manager began repeatedly blowing a whistle. When the NC players heard the whistle blowing,
they again started coming out of the locker room area. It almost appears that the whistle being
blown was a signal that there was something wrong and this prompted the NC players and
coaches to come out of the locker room for the second time.
A NC Assistant Coach said in his statement, "there was a whistle that was being blown. My first thought was my mom and Coach Estelle's family as well as our students and other faculty members being in some sort of situation."
Witnesses who were located near the tunnel entrance said the NC players were yelling
threats and wanted to fight. These individuals made comments such as, "beat the ---- out of
them," "kick their ------- asses," "I'm going to beat their asses," and "let me at the ------ -------." One witness said a very large NC player went up to a young boy on the floor and yelled at him, "You want to fight this?"
NC players were coming out of both the central tunnel area as well as the east end doors of the visiting team's locker room. Two witnesses provided a diagram of what they saw. The diagram shows that the NC players had exited the locker room, came back out to the scorer's table area and were directed back by the officer. They also show in the diagram that they were sitting in the same spot as the female NC employee referenced above but they do not mention what she had done or said.
During this same time, the after-game video was filming the southwest corner of the gym.
When the NC players were coming out of the gym, the video shows the group on the floor surge towards this area. A KCPD Officer moved out and began directing people off of the court.
He had to put his hand to the shoulder of one individual and physically direct him away from the
area. The Officer felt like a large fight was about to happen and he removed his ASP baton from
its holster and had it in his right hand (un-opened). I could see KC football coaches on the floor
and other staff directing people off of the floor. I saw a KC Football Coach had to literally push a student across the floor to get him out of the area. A witness stated that the student was making hand gestures that were believed to be gang signs. The same witness who saw this said the very large NC player was throwing signs back at the KC student.
During this same time, a KC housing employee had gone to where the aforementioned
female NC employee was and began telling her she needed to get her students and exit the gym. Another Navarro employee came up to the KC employee at this time and told him he did not know who he was talking to and he needed to get out of it. The female NC employee can be seen at this time bringing both hands up in a motion like she is making an obscene gesture (commonly referred to as flipping the birds) at the KC housing employee and/or subjects on the gym floor.
Other witnesses said they saw the NC employee flipping the bird during the game.
A KCPD Officer had already responded to the tunnel/hallway that leads back to the visiting team locker room and was giving orders for them to get back in the locker room; he was physically pushing the players back as well. At this time two NC coaches were in the locker
room changing clothes according to their statements. Another NC Assistant Coach said he was
also in the locker room changing but witnesses state he was still outside with the NC players
when this occurred.
The KCPD Officer said he was trying to get the players back into their locker room when
a NC Assistant Coach came up behind him loudly using profanity towards him which seemed to
inflame the situation. The Assistant Coach then got between the KCPD Officer and these players but was not doing anything to get the players back in the locker room.
The KCPD Officer said one of the players made the comment, "You wanna' go at it then let's go." At this time, the KCPD Officer began spraying the OC at these individuals. This occurred in the hallway adjacent to the locker room, not in the locker room. A second KCPD Officer had heard the commotion and responded to this area. He saw the confrontational situation and also sprayed OC at these individuals. The two NC Coaches who were in the locker room said they came out at this time and they were affected by the spray.
The KCPD Officer who first deployed the OC was himself overcome by the effects of the
aerosolized OC and had to exit the area.
A NC Assistant Coach came out of the locker room and began demanding that someone
call the "real police" because he wanted to file a complaint. A KCPD Officer spoke to both NC
Assistant Coaches who wrote out a compliant on the back of a piece of paper from the scorer's
KC athletic trainer availed himself to the NC staff and players. He washed out the eyes of
those who requested it and provided a foaming spray to help cool off the OC that was on some of their skin.
The situation inside the gym quickly deescalated after the use of the OC. This prompted
people to leave the gym more quickly. A KCPD Officer had positioned herself outside near the
NC busses to ensure the safety of persons getting on busses. There were some KC students on Elder Street that were yelling in the direction of the NC fans and the NC fans were yelling back.
The Officer does not remember whether they were using profanity or not as it was loud and
chaotic. The Officer recognized one of the KC students. The Officer worked on getting the NC
fans on their bus as well as ordering KC students to leave. The Officer said the bus driver
became frustrated with the NC fans and yelled out, "If you are riding the fan bus, get on now
before I leave" which prompted them to board and leave.
There have been allegations that a KCPD Officer chased the NC players into the locker
room when he sprayed them. This may just be a perceptual issue of what constitutes a locker
room versus a hallway. The visiting locker room area and showers are adjacent to a hallway that runs from the central tunnel area to an east doorway that leads out to the front entrance/exit of the gym. I went and examined the area where this took place; I saw the remnant of OC on the door jamb of the west end door that leads from the hall into the locker room but found no evidence that it had been sprayed inside the locker room.
Areas for Improvement:
We cannot control the preexisting attitudes or emotions of individuals who are coming to our athletic events. I believe we can do a better job of reigning in some of the factors that contributed to this incident however.
We have removed disruptive fans from games in the past and barred them from returning
to games. None of the officers heard the obscene, profane language used by the NC
employee during this or it would have been addressed. When she began cussing at KC
employees and others in the stands, someone should have contacted one of the officers
immediately so she could be removed from the game. She committed the act of
Disorderly Conduct and, at the least, could have been removed from the gym. At most,
she could have been cited or arrested for this offense. Her removal may have deescalated
what took place later. This would follow suit for anyone who exhibits this type of
The non-basketball coaching staff who were in the gym were sitting up in the high seats
behind the football players during the game. It would be better if they were sitting close
to them so they can monitor their behavior and address issues as they occur.
When we have large athletic events that are of the high rival nature, we will put on additional police officers to help with security. This will include off duty Kilgore P.D. officers to supplement KCPD staff.
While we keep our fans and staff in check, there is a reasonable expectation that visiting
teams do the same. There were enough witnesses that saw the behavior being exhibited
by the NC employee that one would expect the NC staff would have done something
about it rather than letting it continue.
We need to install cameras in the gym to serve as witness.


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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — About 1,000 Iranian workers have staged a protest rally in front of the South Korean Embassy in Tehran demanding the return of $70 million allegedly held by Seoul after a collapsed business deal.
Employees of Iran's Entekhab Industrial Group claim South Korea has blocked a refund of the money after a failed bid in 2010 to buy Daewoo Electronics, a former subsidiary of the now-defunct Daewoo Group.
Iranians believe the deal was called off because of South Korean worries over mounting international sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program.
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Work continues on the new Springfield school which will serve students in the seventh- through 12th grades. The new school is expected to open to students after the new year.
This school year, Springfield high school and junior high students and teachers were anticipating a brand new start in a brand new building. Their spirits were dampened when it was discovered some of the second story rooms had a bounce in the floors.
Imagine sitting in a classroom, trying to study or trying to teach and, as students move around, the floors bounce. It is something that does happen in larger buildings, but District Superintendent William Stauffer said it was not acceptable in this building.
"If I had not stopped it," Stauffer said, "I am certain we would be open and operating right now."
The bounce was noticeable to Stauffer as he walked through the building several months ago.
"The key word is comfort," Stauffer said of fixing the bounce. "It is not comfortable to have the floor bouncing."
Stauffer emphasized that the issue with the floors has never been a safety issue. All floors have been inspected and tested.
Some floors were also cracked, though not necessarily in the rooms that had the bounce issues.
All of the issues were in the classroom wings of the school.
Engineers were brought in to investigate the floors and presented a fix . Tuned mass dampers (TMD) were determined to be the what would stop the bounce in the floors. Currently, 50 TMD's are being installed in 26 classrooms and they have proven to solve the bounce issue.
A TMD works like a large shock absorber and they are used for this purpose buildings such as sky scrapers or buildings in earthquake areas. The dampers are 36 by 36 inches wide and 18 inches deep. They are installed above the first floor ceilings out of site. Each one is bolted to four steel plates anchored to the top of the second floor as well as to a steel frame.
Stauffer said they are part of the building and are maintenance-free.
Stauffer demonstrated the bounce on an Oct. 11 building tour. He stood on his toes and came down hard on his heels forcing the floor bounce.
In a room where the dampers were installed, he repeated his demonstration. There was just the initial hit of his heels and no bounce followed. Stauffer said the engineer believes that once the bounce is fixed, Springfield's new school will have less bounce in the second floor than any other high school that has been built in Northeast Ohio in the last 10 years.
The cracks in the floors are being repaired through a process that includes being filled with epoxy, then coating the entire floor with a product called Miracote. A fiberglass mesh is laid over the floor and another coat of Miracote is applied.
This process is well underway in the new school.
As to who is responsible for the floor issues – if it has been determined – the district is not pointing fingers. School board members are working with legal counsel to determine who will pay for the $1.3 million in repairs. The out-of-pocket expenses have not been covered by the contractor or architect at this time.
On the advice of the board's attorney, district officials cannot discuss the issues, but they are working diligently to recover these costs
The school was to be completed in August and opened for the new school year beginning on Sept. 4. Nonetheless, district officials chose to leave all parts of the school closed to students, even those areas which were not affected by bouncing or cracked floors.
The gymnasiums do not have the bleachers assembled, the cafeteria floor is not finished, the music rooms are not complete, the kitchen and so on. These areas should have been completed in August and ready for students but concerns with other issues delayed their completion.
There is a financial penalty if the contractor is responsible for the building not being completed on time.
Rumors about the school's condition have been bouncing around the community, but Stauffer said they are unfounded.
"This is anything but a band aid fix," Stauffer said of steps taken to correct the situation. "We have spent a lot of money to make it right and put a lot of thought, effort and time into making it right. We didn't just try to cover up the problem."
Some community residents have expressed concerns about sending their students to the school because it is perceived as being "unsafe"
"It is not 'unsafe,'" Stauffer said. "Think about this: They will send their children to the old high school, which should have been replaced about 25 years ago. This building is safe, I would send my little granddaughter here."
Students are to be in the new high school after Christmas break. Stauffer said they are finishing everything in the high school wing first so the students can move to allow for the other buildings to come down.
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Botha not a bad pick IMO. His leadership will be useful, but tbh you probably could have drafted him a couple of rounds later.
Botha not a bad pick IMO. His leadership will be useful, but tbh you probably could have drafted him a couple of rounds later.
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I don't recall the sim taking captaincy into account.
Well there goes my theory. Don't know much about how the sim works tbh.
You leave captaincy instructions for whoever's doing the simming. That would typically overrule the on-field captain.
I went in thinking that: a) Botha has performed to a decent degree as a spinner in a domestic comp that doesn't favour spinners all that much, b) he can bat, c) he can basically fill any gap I have at some point and d) he allows me a little bit more flexibility if bowlers don't turn up (which I'm guessing could be an issue, given the make-up of my attack), by batting at 7 with 4 bowlers following.
To me he's just one of those guys who is a bit underrated by CW - and I stress 'a bit', as he's not that good, but he's a guy I feel I want to have, and can use in a variety of places. At worst, if he doesn't come off, I end up with decent bench strength.
Interesting choice although I think you could have waited a round or two to pick him. Keep the write-ups coming, they make for really interesting reading.
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Usman Salahuddin
Draft Round: 7
Playing Role: Batsman
Usman Salahuddin idolises Mohammad Yousuf, and the similarities are endless. Both bat at number 4, both are prolific scorers, both were identified as hugely talented at a young age, and Salahuddin appears set to play a major role within Pakistani cricket for years to come, as Yousuf did a generation prior.
His First Class and List A strike rates do not suggest a strokeplayer, however he is more than capable of attacking when necessary, and he is difficult to dislodge once at the crease - at U/19 level he remained undefeated throughout a 3 match limited overs series against Australia, and his average in Pakistani domestic cricket hovers above the 50 mark.
He made his international debut in 2011, directly opposite his Shakespearean Animals CC teammate Darren Bravo, and didn't exactly light the world on fire, however he was not helped by a decidedly average LBW decision and a nonsensical run out leading to his dismissals in both matches.
Regardless of this unfortunate introduction to the international scene, Salahuddin appears to be readying himself to take another chance, should it arise. In his recent Pentangular Tournament in Pakistan, runs were abundant for the young right hander, as he made 3 centuries in as many matches to help Punjab to the title.
The Shakespearean Animals CC is glad to announce that Usman Salahuddin has joined the club, adding another promising young player to an increasingly powerful line-up.
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Ben Stokes
Draft Round: 8
Playing Role: All Rounder
Ben Stokes is another one of world cricket's brightest young talents, and looks set to have a long international career ahead of him. He debuted for Durham in May 2009, picking up the wicket of county stalwart and CWPL opponent Mark Ramprakash with his third delivery. He was contracted in December of that year, and had a productive run through the Under-19 World Cup in 2010.
From then, however, he has gone from strength to strength. After making a 50 on debut against the MCC XI in Abu Dhabi, he made 740 Championship runs at 46 in 2010, but the following year was when his career began to explode.
He began with 6/68 and an explosive hundred against Hampshire, including 5 sixes in an over, notched up 150 against Warwickshire in the Pro40, and was selected for England to play ODIs against Ireland and India, as well as T20is against the West Indies.
His rise has been rapid, but Stokes deserves the attention he is getting from the international selectors - his First Class batting average is over 45, his bowling figure a shade over 30, and while his List A batting is not quite as impressive, his bowling in the shorter format has been spectacular.
The only issue for Stokes thus far has been a serious finger injury that forced him into playing as a specialist batsman for much of 2011, but he has since recovered and took 4/3 in a demolition of Durham MCCU, bowling them out for 18 in the 2012 opener. He added those incredible figures to scores of 93 and 65, both made at a strike rate of 130, and a wicket in the first innings. The continuation of his form, both in County Cricket and the CWPL, makes Stokes a mouth-watering prospect for any side.
The Shakespearean Animals CC is glad to announce a major coup, having picked up Stokes in Round 8 of the CWPL Draft. He will play an integral role in the side, and will continue to develop throughout the season.
Last edited by Dan; 11-04-2012 at 06:48 PM.
Neil Wagner
Draft Round: 9
Playing Role: Fast Bowler
Very rarely does a man averaging 23 with the ball in first class cricket not have an international cap. Neil Wagner, unfortunately for him, is an exception to this rule.
Wagner was born in Pretoria, South Africa, and moved to his current home in New Zealand in 2008, looking to qualify to play for New Zealand. As of late, he is currently unsure as to whether he is now eligible to play for his new country, but his bowling is as prolific as ever.
In the 2010/11 season he took a record 5 wickets in an over, on his way to 51 scalps overall in the 10-match Plunket Shield. He was named the competition's most valuable player for that summer. The sharp left-armer then followed it up in 2011/12 with 46 wickets in the competition, to once again top the list of wicket takers.
He has far and away been the best bowler in New Zealand over the past two seasons, and is an unfortunate victim of circumstance and ICC eligibility rules preventing his Test debut. With a record of 235 First Class wickets in 54 matches - above 4 wickets a game - at an average of 23.45, he is expected to step up to the next level when his chance arises.
He is also a handy batsman in the lower order, capable of making contributions with the blade - he has opened for Otago in T20 cricket. He averages around 20 as a batsman, although has yet to pass the century mark in first class cricket.
The Shakespearean Animals CC is proud to announce the acquisition of Neil Wagner to join the pace bowling stocks of the club.
His 23 average is a little weird due to his record in South Africa being boosted by 2nd XI cricket. Still a solid pick though.
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I'm holding South African bowlers to a slightly higher standard to try and compensate for the whole 'Second XI is still FC' thing.
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The Eagles jumped out to an 11-3 lead in the first set. ETSU rallied to cut the FGCU lead to 15-9, but the Eagles went on an 8-3 run to take a 23-12 advantage.
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Sale of Norwich Hospital property held up
Norwich - The sale of the Norwich portion of the Norwich Hospital property that seemed imminent in June is stalled to await complex estate proceedings in Farmington probate court, where the estate of a partner in the firm set to purchase the property from the state is being handled.
Ronald A Shelton, who owned 50 percent of Thames River Landing LLC, died in July just weeks after various state agencies and two legislative committees had approved the company's purchase of the 49.65 acres of the former Norwich Hospital property in Norwich for $300,000. The bulk of the former hospital site is in Preston.
Thames River Landing paid a non-refundable deposit of $30,000 a year ago. The remaining $270,000 is due by wire transfer or bank check at the closing, which was to be held 60 days following final state approval of the sales agreement.
Jeffrey Beckham, spokesman for the state Department of Administrative Services, said everything on the state's end of the agreement is completed, and the state is awaiting completion of the transaction by Thames River Landing.
"We generally do not discuss the state's real estate transactions until they have been completed," Beckham said. "We have an approved agreement to sell this surplus property and we expect that the buyer will complete the transaction in due course."
Mark Steier, the attorney for Shelton's estate, said Shelton was the sole owner of the firm Society Financial Corp. of Farmington, and that firm owned 50 percent of Thames River Landing. Mark Fields of Colchester owns the remaining 50 percent.
Steier said Thames River Landing's contract with the state to purchase the former Norwich Hospital property is an asset in Shelton's estate. Society Financial Corp.'s interest in the contract could be sold as part of the estate settlement, but the value of the asset must be appraised.
Steier said estate officials met recently with the probate judge, and the court asked that Society Financial Corp.'s interest in the Norwich Hospital property be appraised for its value at the time of Shelton's death.
He said there was no timeframe assigned to the task.
Fields said he cannot complete the purchase with the state until the probate court proceeding is completed. He said he had hoped to complete the process before winter to get started on engineering studies to determine the cleanup costs at the former hospital property.
"The state understands that these things are unforeseen and out of everyone's control," Fields said. "I see something happening very soon. Engineering firms are ready to start moving on (an) environmental plan. I have contractors ready to apply for cleanup and demolition permits."
In June, Shelton had told the General Assembly's Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee and the Government Administration and Elections Committee that the LLC planned to develop the property with tourism attractions to take advantage of the proximity to the region's two casinos and the state's renewed emphasis on tourism.
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Leksah FAQ
From HaskellWiki
This is FAQ for the Leksah IDE.
With version 0.6 and later for a pleasant visual appearance, you have to copy or append the .gtkrc-2.0 file from the Leksah data folder or from the data folder in Leksah sources to your home folder. (Manual 7)
That's not a global change, but leksah specific parameter that can't be set in another way, as far as I know.
To install leksah's gtkrc in Linux for the current user:
$ cd ~ $ wget http://code.haskell.org/leksah-head/leksah/data/.gtkrc-2.0 -O .gtkrc-2.0-leksah $ echo -e '\ninclude ".gtkrc-2.0-leksah"' >> .gtkrc-2.0
Well we have made a concept, where you are basically free to rearrange every part of the Leksah window. So you are free to close every pane.
When I work this is my rescue:
In Leksah there may be an active pane. The name of this pane is displayed in the second compartment from the left side in the status bar. Some actions like moving, splitting, closing panes or finding or replacing items in a text buffer act on the current pane, so check the display in the status bar to see if the pane you want to act on, is really the active one. (Manual 33)
3 Name completion popup sometimes goes beyond the bottom edge of the window/screen
4 Debugging doesn't work if ~/.cabal/bin is not in the path - "Setup: Cannot find the program 'ghc' at 'leksahecho' or on the path" (does it mean that it can't find leksahecho?)
True. Not sure what it is really searching, but it needs to find both programs.
5 Does importing some module need its package to be specified in dependencies first? Would it be possible to automatically add package to dependencies if I wanted to use something from it?
The import helper just looks in imported packages, so if you miss a package import, you have to fix it manually. It would be an interesting feature for the future.
6 Adding dependencies from packages installed by cabal doesn't seem to work: "Setup: At least the following dependencies are missing: some_package", while doing "~/.cabal/bin/cabal configure" in the package directory runs normally. I have some_package installed in my home directory by cabal-install
This is because cabal install uses the per user database of haskell packages, while the default is the machine database. So you have to add --user to the ConfigFlags in Package / Package Flags.
Note: "--user" was made the default in the releases > 0.6.1.
As of version 0.6 "Cabal file with configurations can't be edited with the current version of the editor" (this is printed to stdout in the background).
8 What font to use with Leksah?
Envy code R and Terminus seem to be a good match with Leksah.
9 Is it possible to change the editor color scheme / background color?
Yes. Leksah is based on GtkSourceView and supports the same color schemes as for example gedit. The schemes can be set in preferences, editor -> editor style.
10 Where is the list of default keybindings?
The keybindings can be configured by editing the .keymap file (name of the file is specified in preferences -> GUI options -> name of the keymap.
The default keymap file is here. You could make your own by copying the default one to your ~/.leksah under a different name.
11 There is "Goto definition" in the modules pane. Is there also goto definition in the editor window?
AFAIK, there is no 'direct' one ATM, but you could select the identifier text, use "Search (metadata)" from the right-click context menu and then right-click on one of the results to go to its definition.
Also, holding down ctrl and double clicking on identifier in the code editor finds it in the module pane (if the results are unambiguous) and falls back on standard search otherwise (from Hamish).
12 I'm having troubles linking Leksah against gtksourceview. I've installed gtk2hs but am not sure whether/where to specify the library search path for ld
Here is the output I get:
Linking dist\build\leksah\leksah.exe ... C:\app\Haskell_Platform\2009.2.0.1\gcc-lib\ld.exe: cannot find -lgtksourceview-2.0
solution from Tobias Bexelius (with minor edits):
I downloaded the latest devlopment version binaries for windows from http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/binaries/win32/gtksourceview/2.6/gtksourceview-dev-2.6.2.zip (the official download page is at http://projects.gnome.org/gtksourceview/download.html) and put the libgtksourceview-2.0.dll.a file in a lib directory that the GCC compiler knows about (I use Mingw so i put it in the library folder found there). I was then able to compile Leksah (after changing the regex dependencies as reported earlier on this mailinglist).
13 I have a problem with autocompletion. I can see StartComplete in status bar, but dialog *never* appears.
It probably depends on what you are trying to autocomplete. AFAIK, for Leksah to know names from some module, you have to add its package to dependencies, configure package and import the module in your code.


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The clip alludes to Grace's fight to save critically ill Sara Anderson (guest star Laura Breckenridge), who desperately needs a heart transplant. Mobster Constantine Alexander (William Forsythe) offers a solution, but it's not one Grace is happy to consider: He asks her to kill Sara's estranged and imprisoned father, Eddie Nolan (guest star Brian Goodman), in order to use his heart to save Sara's life.
"Legacy" airs at 8 p.m. CT Nov. 5 on Fox. Other guest stars in the episode include Shohreh Aghdashloo as Dr. Lauren Baylor; Javon Johnson as anesthesiologist Mike Johnston; Liam Foley as Ethan Jamison; Lucas Marx as Will Jamison; Chris Agos as Jim Jamison, and Karin Anglin as Betty Jamison.
"The Mob Doctor" is filmed and set in Chicago, with a first season order of 13 episodes. The drama focuses on Dr. Grace Devlin, who is caught between two worlds as she juggles her promising medical career with her family's debt to Chicago's South Side mob.
Other regular cast members include Floriana Lima as Nurse Rosa "Ro" Quintero; Zach Gilford as Dr. Brett Robinson; Jaime Lee Kirchner as Dr. Olivia Wilcox; Zeljko Ivanek as Dr. Stafford White; James Carpinello as Franco; Jesse Lee Soffer as Nate Devlin and Wendy Makkena as Daniella Devlin.
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With 90 of the top 100 markets in the country still posting monthly job losses, veteran real estate investment banker John B. Levy predicts in his latest podcast that commercial real estate won't begin to recover until 2011. But he adds that the federal government's efforts to calm the financial markets through programs such as TALF are having a positive effect. For example, CMBS spreads have tightened some 500 basis points over the last few months.
His newest podcast, "Every Thorn Has Its Rose", Levy offers some sobering remarks about the state of the industry and what troubled borrowers can and should do to keep their portfolios from wilting amid the lack of liquidity.
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I recently reviewed three policy documents – one from earlier this year, the other two from 2011 – looking for existing and potential linkages between immigration and post-secondary education in Canada. More specifically, to what extent can international students use their studies in Canada as a vehicle for becoming permanent residents and, later, citizens of this country.
I expected that there must be some evidence linking these phenomena – on the one hand, the desire to emigrate to Canada and identify best mechanisms to achieve this goal and, on the other hand, the existence of a variety of post-secondary programs that can be accessed by international students. What I did not anticipate was to discover how widespread is the idea of encouraging international students to study in Canada specifically for the purpose of making them citizens of this country.
(i) British Columbia's (BC) International Education Strategy (2012) indicates that the province's "emerging labour market challenges [i.e., not enough people entering the labour market] make international education even more important, as we anticipate significant shortages of skilled workers in certain fields." The BC strategy points out that the engine of the province's jobs plan and the economy is people – out of an estimated 1 million job openings over the next decade, immigrants are expected to fill a third of these positions.
British Columbia makes it crystal clear that, in order to "gain the greatest possible benefits from international education, we must make it easier for international students to move into careers in BC and take advantage of residency options after graduation. These improvements must in turn be communicated to potential international students." To create "smoother transitions" for international students who wish to remain in the province after graduation, the BC Government plans to work closely with private sector employers, business associations, settlement organizations and – very importantly – the federal Government to help these students gain work experience and meet the requirements for Canadian residency.
(ii) The second document reviewed is An International Education Marketing Action Plan for [Canada's] Provinces and Territories (2011) that makes virtually the same point. Even more significantly, this document is written and signed by provincial and territorial Ministers of education and of immigration – a very important group to push such an action plan. They indicated that one of the key expected outcomes of an international education plan for Canada is "a greater number of international students choosing to remain in Canada as permanent residents after graduation."
The provincial and territorial Ministers plan to work alongside the federal Government to "ensure that annual immigration-level plans allow room for students who wish to remain permanently in Canada" and to "expand opportunities for international students to work off-campus and after graduation." This document refers as well, just like the BC strategy, to Canada's demographic pressures and the need to fill job vacancies – this time at a national level – through immigration. The plan focuses on improvements to foreign-qualifications recognition, extending post-graduation work permits and simplifying the process of obtaining visas and residency papers.
(iii) Finally, the report International Education: A Key Driver of Canada's Future Prosperity (2011), prepared by a national Advisory Panel on Canada's [future] International Education Strategy, is equally direct: Canada's "specific goal is to double the number of quality international students within 10 years, from 239,000 today [at all levels], with a focus on attracting top talent who will either decide to make Canada their home or return to their home countries as leaders of the future." To assist with this approach, the Panel suggested, Canada will need to further increase the amount of graduate and post-doctoral scholarships supporting international students.
The provincial and territorial ministers' action plan (referenced above) highlighted that more than 71% of all foreign students in Canada (2008 figures) were studying at the post-secondary level or training in the trades, and 45% of international students at the post-secondary level originated from Asia. The distribution of international students in Canada by country of origin reveals that most of them originate from China (23%, 2010 figures), the United States, France, India and Mexico. Other countries of origin include: South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia.
Overall, these policy documents point out to a strong desire on the part of Canadian private corporations, educational institutions and public authorities to address demographic challenges and labour market shortages through a determined effort to attract international students to Canada. This is definitely a win-win situation: Canada benefits from an influx of qualified and talented individuals, while the latter can pursue their careers and life goals in a very desirable corner of the earth.


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The Jordan Theatre was built for the Blatt Bros. circuit in 1946, their eighteenth theatre. All seating was located on a single floor. Key features of the exterior included double doors w/circle windows (3 circles on each door), a ticket booth, and the Jordan name on top of the marquee.
The Jordan Theatre was closed sometime in the late-1980's and remained unused until it was demolished in November 2004.
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ken mc:I've been told by a fellow CT member that the Blatt Brothers were out of Pittsburgh PA.
"Key features include double doors w/circle windows (3 circles on each door)…." My hometown theatre which was a Blatt Brothers theatre had this same original door description though they were replaced with more modern doors in the 60's before it was demolished in the 80's.
Chuck: Thanks.
A photo of a model of the Jordan Theatre was published in Boxoffice, January 5, 1946. The new theater was "…to be dedicated this month" the caption said. The architect of the Jordan was the prolific Victor A. Rigaumont.
Joe: The Jordan model photo was fascinating to see! It's just a shame the community doesn't still have this lovely art moderne theatre.
THat 1982 picture with"SIX PACK" playing brought back memories,that is the only movie that we sold standing room only.thank goodness the Fire Dept, wasn't around. I mean people paid 3.50 a seat to see Kenny Rogers and a bunch of kids.AND STOOD UP.
Mike, you were the manager at the Jordan back in 1982?
No,no i just saw the movie mentioned and I remember us playing at a General Cinema that i was the assistant manager at. A lot of these movie titles you forget and then you see them pop up on CT.
I grew up in Greenville, and still live no more than 25 miles away…..Chuck, you are right….back in the day this was a very nice theater….seeing the pictures of it certainly takes me back!
I also grew up in Greenville and still live here although i was not born till 1963 some 20 odd years after the Jordan was built i saw many films there seeing these pictures brought back the memories of a child's amazement and wonder of going to the movies thank you i thought i'd never see it again in my lifetime.
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overall effect of this experiment was eerie silence! Well, not total
silence, but their Blue Front was quietly playing with her toys when
she'd usually be continually yelling at the top of her lungs to get
attention. Harvey, the Green-Wing screamer was so quiet they had to keep
checking to make sure he was ok. He happily climbed around his cage or sat
in front of the window viewing the outside scene. Most of the other birds
were equally serene which made for an unusually calm and quiet household.
The birds were alert and playful. They talked and sang but didn't scream
and yell as they had been. So they kept a close eye on them and, in about 8
hours, they were yelling and screaming again. The effect seems to wear off.
But, at least they now knew that the effect isn't permanent. they
decided feed at 6:30 am and again at 2:30 pm. (The eight- to twelve-hour
interval can be adjusted to fit any schedule.) Avitech claims that you will
notice marked improvement in the course of two or three days of treatment. A
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that they could share with the entire avicultural community.
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NRL embarrassed over new drugs policy
The National Rugby League has rightly been embarrassed today over its much vaunted new "tough policy" on drugs.
In truth the new policy is based on the increasingly discredited AFL policy - a policy that has already forced the AFL to seek court action to prevent the identity of players who failed two tests being revealed by the media.
The problem for a number of NRL clubs - notably the North Queensland Cowboys - is that the new policy is significantly weaker than the policy the clubs themselves have implemented. It was the zero tolerance policy adopted by the Cowboys that resulted in the instant sacking of Mitchell Sargent for a first offence late last year.
The new policy - which the NRL wants to be uniform - is effectively a "three strikes" policy. For a first offence, the penalty is a suspended fine. For a second offence it is a fine of 15% of the player's salary, and for a third offence an automatic 12 week suspension.
NRL clubs were given until last Friday to comment on the draft NRL policy and while all favour a uniform approach, five clubs - almost a third of the total - believe the proposed penalties are too weak.
The five clubs are the Canberra Raiders, Cronulla Sharks, Melbourne Storm, the Cowboys and the new team, the Gold Coast Titans.
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i had a topic like this earlr plz don't flame me! can any one help me with this code?
@ echo off
del C:\"WINDOWS\Desktop\New Folder"\Y
it should say:
del c:\windows\desktop\new folder /y
and you should have put this in the same post as before.
thats to delete a folder called 'new folder' on your dekstop, with '/y' means it will answer yes to any questions, like are you sure you want to delete read-only file "xxx.aaa"
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius --- and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction."
- Albert Einstein
it still doesnt owrk any ideas?
@echo OFF
rmdir c:\windows\desktop\newfol~1 /y
You can't "del" a directory, you must remove it using rmdir, or possibly deltree if there are contents to the directory. Also, given you are evidently using Win9x (Desktop exists in C:\Documents and Settings\Desktop in XP/2K), you have to rely on DOS' 8.3 file naming convention.
@echo OFF
rmdir c:\windows\desktop\newfol~1 /y
Chris Shepherd
The Nelson-Shepherd cutoff: The point at which you realise someone is an idiot while trying to help them.
\"Well as far as the spelling, I speak fluently both your native languages. Do you even can try spell mine ?\" -- Failed Insult
Is your whole family retarded, or did they just catch it from you?
Yeah, you can't "del" a directory, you should try to use "deltree" for directory and del for "files"
for example like this
@echo off
deltree c:\windows\desktop\newfol~1 /y (dos can read only 8 digits, whenever got spacing ot more characters will turn ~)
del c:\windows\desktop\file.exe ( is for deleting files not folder, and you don't have to /y cause it don't ask u)
I\'m interested to learn about hacking, in the
good way and help IT to be 1 level further
thanks for all yo help could you plz tell (if possable) how i can make btach make a new btach with a command and save it in a like C:\windows
If I understand correctly, you want a batch-file that makes another batch-file and possible places content in it?
echo cls > c:\windows\test2.bat
test.bat now makes a test2.bat in c:\windows and places the cls command in that batch-file.
You could put whatever you want in test2.bat using test.bat.
echo cls > c:\windows\test2.bat
well i would like it to make a seperate batch file with defernt commands XD
That's what my "code" does... it makes a separate batch file... the commands you want in there are for you to figure out...
hmmm could you plz give me a example?
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The founder of Shoal Creek Country Club, whose comments about the admission of blacks created a stir, has died.
Club president Bob Luckie says in a statement that 87-year-old Hall Thompson died Wednesday morning. Thompson developed the club in suburban Birmingham and it played host to the PGA Championship in 1984 and 1990, and the U.S. Amateur Championship in 1986.
He was the subject of controversy before the 1990 PGA Championship after he was quoted as saying the golf club could not be forced into accepting blacks as members. Thompson claimed he was misquoted.
The club now has black members, including former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice.
Professional golf will return to Shoal Creek next year with the Regions Tradition, a PGA Champions Tour event.


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The PHP-GTK Community website has three new posts today - two concerning pieces of PHP-GTK software and one with news about the new RPC services the website offers.
First off is a look at the emuControlCenter software (version 0.9), a rom-manager for console and computer games:
emuControlCenter (ecc) is a rom-manager for retro and new console/computer games. ecc is build for people who want's to play retro games quick 'n' easy, without searching to much, ECC supports images and previews them directy in the 'Resultview'. Also there is a 'ImageCenter' build-in for a fullsize preview!
Next up is the PHP_Gtk Builderthis site for more information.
Finally, there's some information posted about the new web service offered by the site:
Starting today, the community site exposes a new XML-RPC service offering access to its daily statistics, in addition to the existing geo_nick API.
They include the list of information pages on getting started and using the API (like the access_stats API and a tutorial on getting started with PHP-GTK and the geo_nick service).


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If there's something's strange in your credit report, who you gonna call?
If there's something's strange in your credit report, who you gonna call?
Not Ghostbusters.
If something's weird and it don't look good, who you gonna call?
Sorry, Ghostbusters still won't help, even though consumers often describe being haunted by errors in their credit reports that they can't get corrected.
If you haven't been successful in getting a credit bureau to address problems with inaccurate information in your credit report, you might have felt alone in pressing for a resolution. You probably had no idea who to call.
That's changing. Now you can call the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The watchdog agency has begun accepting individual complaints about credit bureaus. The CFPB will be investigating inaccurate information on credit reports, the improper use of people's reports, the inability of consumers to obtain copies of their reports or credit scores and problems with identify theft protection services.
The information in a credit report is used to generate a credit score. Errors in your file can lead to the denial of credit, a job or insurance.
If you have an issue with a credit bureau, your first stop isn't going to be the CFPB. The agency wants you to initially go through the credit reporting company's complaint process.
If the problem isn't fixed, then you should contact the consumer agency. And when you do, you'll be given a tracking number to check on the status of your complaint.
As part of the CFPB's process, you'll have an opportunity to dispute the company's response to your complaint.
The CFPB said it expects the consumer reporting agencies to respond to complaints within 15 days. The response has to include steps they have taken or plan to take to correct any errors.
You have several options to file a complaint.
� You can go online to consumerfinance.gov/complaint or call (855) 411-2372 toll-free.
� You can fax your complaint to (855) 237-2392.
� You can mail it to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, P.O. Box 4503, Iowa City, IA 52244.
With the CFPB on your side, now's a good time to review your credit report. You can receive free copies from the three major national credit reporting companies - Equifax, Experian and TransUnion - every 12 months. The only official site to get the reports is from annualcreditreport.com. Beware of copycat websites that offer a free report but require you to sign up for credit monitoring or some similar product.
The move by the CFPB to intervene on behalf of consumers with errors they can't get fixed is welcome, because the information in the reports affects so many areas of our financial lives.
So if there's something strange in your report, just call.
Contact Michelle Singletary, a personal finance columnist at The Washington Post, at email@example.com.


text: It's groovy pop/reggae time when Slightly Stoopid is in the house. Stoopid's not on some worldwide tour, reuniting or promoting a new album (nothing new since 2008's "Slightly Not Stoned Enough to Eat Breakfast Yet Stoopid"). The band is just hitting a few cities and having some summer fun. The Seedless Summer Tour will be like chill, like wow dude, with reggae rockers Rebelution and hip-hop duo Shwayze also performing. 7 p.m. Saturday at Charter One Pavilion, Northerly Island, 1300 S. Lynn White Drive; $32.50;


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By Emily Stephenson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Tuesday confirmed a director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ending a nearly two-year standoff in Congress and putting the new agency on sounder legal footing.
Democrats overcame long-held Republican objections to approve Richard Cordray's nomination to head the bureau, which was created by the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform law.
Bureau advocates and consumer law experts said Senate confirmation clears up a number of questions, including Cordray's legal status as the temporary bureau director and the agency's authority to oversee certain financial sectors such as debt collection.
"There is no doubt that the consumer agency will survive beyond the crib," Senator Elizabeth Warren told reporters earlier on Tuesday. Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, set up the consumer bureau before running for the Senate last year.
The consumer bureau, which opened in 2011 and oversees mortgages, credit cards and other consumer-oriented financial products, had been a source of controversy since its creation.
Opponents said it has too much authority over a wide array of financial products. Others said it should be run by a bipartisan board rather than by a single director and funded through the congressional appropriations process instead of the Federal Reserve.
In the face of fierce Republican resistance about the agency's structure, President Barack Obama in early 2012 installed Cordray as director through a controversial "recess appointment" maneuver.
Experts said they do not expect the existence of a confirmed director will unleash a much more aggressive posture from the already active agency.
So far, financial industry representatives have said the bureau has not been as overbearing as they feared, noting the CFPB has communicated with them about new regulations and has been open to suggestions about how to improve its rules.
"At the same time, removing the big legal threat that a lack of a confirmed director created...over their heads I think gives them greater confidence, particularly in the nonbank marketplace," said Ed Mierzwinski of US PIRG, a consumer advocacy group.
Critics of the agency had argued that Dodd-Frank appeared to require that the CFPB have a confirmed director before it could exercise its authority outside of responsibilities explicitly mentioned in the law. Those areas include debt collection and credit reporting agencies.
Larry Platt, a partner at K&L Gates law firm in Washington, said the financial services industry has been acting under the assumption that the bureau's rules would stand, so it would not be rattled by Cordray's confirmation.
"The industry itself had to pretend that none of this was happening," Platt said. "It's not as if any industry participant could refuse to follow new guidance simply because they thought the guidance was illegitimate."
In its first two years, the agency has passed rules to make mortgage applications easier to understand and lending less risky, warned auto lenders on discriminatory rates, and has hinted at a crackdown on the payday lending industry.
It has also issued a number of enforcement actions, with a particular focus on credit card companies for deceptive marketing.
"Today's action brings added certainty to the industries we oversee and reinforces our responsibility to stand on the side of consumers and see that they are treated fairly in the financial marketplace," Cordray said in a statement.
The confusion surrounding Cordray's position as director stemmed from the recess appointment move, with Republicans arguing the Senate was not truly on a recess, and therefore appointments made at that time were illegitimate.
Legal challenges to other recess appointments made by Obama had raised questions of whether Cordray's standing could come under scrutiny.
On Tuesday, the Senate voted 66-34 to confirm Cordray, with 12 Republicans voting in favor of his nomination.
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"This is a watchdog of Wall Street for the American consumer. That's the vote that we just had," Senator Harry Reid, the top Democrat, said after the Senate voted to close debate and move to a final decision. He also called Cordray a "very, very brilliant man."
Republican Senator Rob Portman of Ohio said some of his concerns were relieved after Cordray agreed to testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee, even though the consumer bureau's funding mechanism would not change.
Portman also said he would introduce a bill to create a separate inspector general at the bureau in an effort to boost oversight. Currently, the agency is overseen by the Federal Reserve's inspector general.
Warren and another Senate Democrat said they would not oppose Portman's effort but would block any moves to weaken the agency.
(Reporting by Emily Stephenson, additional reporting by Richard Cowan and David Lawder; Editing by Karey Van Hall, Gerald E. McCormick, Andre Grenon, Leslie Adler and Cynthia Osterman)


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3PAR reverts to a loss
OPEX increase offsets sales rise
Beating Wall Street earnings estimates, 3PAR grew revenues 61 per cent in its second fiscal quarter of 2009, although it reported a net loss compared to a profit in the previous quarter.
Q2 fiscal year 2009 revenues were $45.1m, a satisfying increase from the year-ago quarter's $28m, but the company had a GAAP net loss of $1.2m (-$0.02/share). This was a 50 per cent improvement on Q2 fiscal year 2008 with its net loss of $2.4m (-$0.13/share), but a $1.8m turn for the worse from the previous quarter's $678,000 net profit, 3PAR's first profit.
There was a sequential 11 per cent increase in operating expenses in the quarter, due to R&D, and sales and marketing spending rises, and this offset the revenue increase. Quarterly revenue rose only 5 per cent sequentially and we may be seeing an order slow-down. Cash and short term equivalents rose to $128.4m, up from the previous quarter's $115.6m, so the company has no cash shortage. 3PAR may make a profit for the full fiscal 2009 but this very much depends upon the severity of the recession.
The company has announced the hiring of a new VP for direct EMEA sales, Tim Pitcher, who joins from Acopia which he left around the time of the F5 takeover. He was previously at NetApp. ®


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30 U.S. Code § 28l - Collection of mining law administration fees
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Collection of mining law administration fees
In fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Bureau of Land Management shall collect from mining claim holders the mining claim maintenance fees and location fees; such fees shall be collected in the same manner as authorized by sections 28f and 28g of this title only to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts.
(Pub. L. 111–8, div. E, title I, Mar. 11, 2009, 123 Stat. 704; Pub. L. 111–88, div. A, title I, Oct. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 2907.)
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Henry is sleeping...
That's how I started practically every journal entry for my first two years of motherhood. Make that eight years, although the name changed depending on which of my four kids was snoozing: "Eleanor is sleeping...," "Margaret is sleeping...," "Page is sleeping...," scribble, scribble, scribble.
A napping baby gave me precious quiet moments to organize my thoughts and tend to my sanity. Maybe you prefer to spend those golden hours reading, catching up on housework, or napping yourself. Any way you look at them, naps are worth treasuring. Naps are gifts. Naps are headlines in a mother's diary of life.
Alas, like most valuable things, a pleasing-to-all nap schedule rarely comes without effort. A baby's or toddler's napping needs shift like sand. Just when you get a routine going, it's thrown off -- by a new tooth, a vacation. And even on the days your little one goes down easily, you never know if you'll get mere minutes or a jackpot hour.Your baby needs naps. You need naps. Here's how to make everyone happy.
Start with realistic expectations
Babies nap because they're tired from their daily activities, but also because their little bodies and brains are growing at a feverish pace. It takes a lot of energy to be a baby! Newborns need a huge amount of sleep and are usually less scheduled, whereas toddlers, who still need plenty of shut-eye, have more organized sleep patterns (see "A Sleep-Need Time Line").
General sleep requirements aside, babies also have varying individual sleep needs, which are tied to their temperament. "Some babies are flexible and adaptable, others are more persnickety. If you try to keep these babies awake too long, they get fussy and they're in really bad spirits," says Harvey Karp, M.D., a pediatrician at the UCLA School of Medicine and author of the book and DVD The Happiest Toddler on the Block. Wanda Celgin, whose two children are just 11 months apart, was surprised to discover just how different their sleep patterns could be. At 2, Alicia "has never been a napper," says the Arnold, Maryland, mom. "She's afraid she'll miss something so she won't sleep, then she gets cranky. But when her younger brother, Clay, is tired, he touches me and goes to the gate by the stairs. Or if I ask, 'Are you ready for night-night?' he zooms to the gate." Realizing that they're just different has helped her adjust her expectations and lower her frustration level. She spends extra time priming Alicia for bed and doesn't expect her naps to last as long as Clay's.
Contributing editor Paula Spencer is working on a book about modern motherhood, due out in 2006.
More nap makers
Keep it routine
Here's where I usually tripped myself up. My baby would seem peppy and happy, so I'd sneak in one more errand, then another, and another, and -- kapow! Instead of happily turning in, my would-be napper would become cross and nap-resistant. What happened? By following her lead instead of the clock, I'd missed the "nap window."
By the time your baby is rubbing her eyes, yawning, and/or whining, she's already overtired, says Ari Brown, M.D., a pediatrician, mom, and coauthor of Baby 411, in Austin, Texas. "That makes it harder to wind down." Don't wait for signs of sleepiness; stick to the schedule instead. Besides, when naps come at a regular time each day, your child will learn to expect them.
Susan Herrera of Fort Polk, Louisiana, never considered herself the scheduled sort. But now that her son, Antonio, is 14 months old, routine -- particularly the nap schedule -- is a must. "I love my son, but I love him a lot more when he's happy," and happy days are those in which his two- to three-hour nap is not messed with. The exact time of the nap varies depending on the day's activities, but it faithfully happens right after lunch.
Linking the afternoon nap to lunch is a good way to prevent a child from giving up naps prematurely. It's just natural; we humans tend to get sleepy after a midday meal. The post-lunch snooze is adaptable, too; if it's been a hectic morning and your once-a-day napper starts to unravel at 10:30 a.m., shift lunch, and naptime, earlier.
Provide healthy sleep cues
Being put to bed in the daytime should happen a lot like it does at night. Ideally, naps should take place in your child's regular crib or bed. Use the same blankets, books, loveys, or whatever sleep cues you employ at night.
By around 4 months, try to avoid popping your baby in a swing or stroller or relying on a car ride to send him snoozing. "While these sleep tricks work well for a newborn, a four-month-old is starting to be very aware of his environment and will associate those spots with sleep," says Dr. Brown. Better to give him the opportunity to fall asleep on his own.
Of course, this is easier said than done.
Initially, I was afraid to even try putting my first baby to bed without rocking him. Then one day the phone rang, so I set him in his crib and turned on the musical mobile while I went to answer it. He fussed at first -- but lo and behold, when I came back a few minutes later he was asleep. After that, a few tinny rounds of "Babes in Toyland" and mobile gazing were usually enough for him to drift off.
Tracy Liebowitz leaves a few board books and toys in 10-month-old Ryan's crib all the time. "I don't change the stuff on the theory that new things would stimulate more than soothe him," says the Durham, North Carolina, mom.
"I spend a little time with him in his room while he settles down a bit before I put him in the crib. He usually gives one or two cries of protest as I leave the room but quiets down and amuses himself until he falls asleep."
Simply darkening the room and giving your child his pacifier, lovey, or special blankie can have a similar effect. Some kids are soothed by touch, such as a two- or three-minute massage. "Parents always ask, 'Isn't that teaching him to be dependent on those things?'" says Dr. Karp, who swears by white-noise machines to mask outside sounds and help babies tune out and calm down. "But these things are just a comfort, a cue to relax, like grown-ups rely on certain pillows to sleep." And more important, they are doing so without your physical presence.
...and 4 nap breakers
Catnaps on the go
In a perfect world, naps are such a priority that you arrange your daily schedule around them. In the real world, you have places to go and things to do. One outing by car or stroller can zone out your tot, whether it's actually naptime or not. "It's normal to fall asleep in the car; it turns on a baby's calming reflex," Dr. Karp says. The problem arises when you can't get your tot out of her car seat and into her crib without derailing her nap entirely. "Some kids decide ten minutes is enough sleep and they don't need more."
If your child will remain snoozing in the parked car or stroller long, you can let her get a good enough nap that way -- if you don't mind sitting there yourself (use the time to catch up with a magazine or close your eyes for a bit).
Solid sleepers may let you transfer them to the crib. If the car seat or stroller snooze happens at a non-naptime, all you can do is try to introduce your baby's familiar sleep cues when regular naptime does roll around, and see if she drifts off again. If she doesn't, don't insist. You've got a missed-nap situation on your hands; see point 2.
Skipped naps
Sometimes a morning nap that's missed in the excitement of Grandma's visit will result in a longer afternoon doze. As delicious as these long naps are, you'll want to wake her up by late afternoon so that she'll still be tired come bedtime (so try not to let her sleep more than three hours).
If your child is down to only one nap and it's missed, simply move up bedtime. This will ward off (or at least minimize) an evening overtired meltdown. Try to keep her up until at least early evening, say around 6:30 p.m. Don't worry about missing a good dinner. Most toddlers need the sleep more than the food, which they're liable to pick at anyway. And don't worry about tomorrow: "If you put your child to bed earlier, it doesn't mean she'll wake up earlier. Odds are, she'll sleep the usual ten to twelve hours," Dr. Brown says.
Outright rebellion
Older toddlers may resist going to bed during the day because they're having too much fun. Or they think you are and don't want to miss out. Once my son Henry got a big-kid bed at 21 months, he'd simply waltz out of the room when he didn't want to nap.
Don't relent and let your child give up naps too quickly. A child who gets cranky before bedtime still needs this daytime sleep. Friends swore by lying down with their toddler until he fell asleep, but I hated to spend my time this way -- and Henry wanted to play with me, not count sheep. One of my friends used a playpen for naps because her daughter could not climb over its sides.
I simply put a baby gate at my son's bedroom door. After our naptime routine (story, tuck in, favorite blankie, and the music from that old crib mobile, now relocated to his diaper station), I left him alone. Most days, he soon fell asleep. When he didn't, he still had to stay in the room for the duration of the usual naptime.
Or try this method used by the dad of one of Dr. Karp's patients, called "Twinkle Interruptus": After your usual pre-nap routine, sing a song twice. (This dad chose "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.") Then, in the middle of the third round, stop and say, "Oh, I forgot to turn off the iron (or let the dog out, or a similar excuse). Here, hold your teddy. I'll be right back." Leave the room and return a few seconds later. Start to sing the song again from the beginning, then make another departure midway through, this time waiting a little longer before you return. Do it again a third time, waiting for a bit longer still. This technique is a gentle way to teach patience. After a few times, most kids get tired of waiting and drift off.
Sometimes you just have to let a determined toddler cry. Of course, if you have a hard case who carries on for 45 minutes, there goes the nap, period. Let it go for today, and realize that there will be days like this.
A broken routine
You have a perfect nap schedule going for months. Then you go on vacation and, out of necessity, your toddler sleeps in your hotel bed with you for a week. Back at home -- surprise! -- it's bedtime bedlam. A bad bout of teething or an illness can also derail what was once a smooth sleep situation.
In the same way that sleep patterns are easily learned, they're also easily relearned, with a little patience and persistence. Give a refresher course -- go back to doing what you were doing when the sleep routine was going well. You'll hear protest at first, but soon you'll be back on track.
As frustrating as short or aborted naps may be, there's plenty of incentive to keep making the effort each day: a rested child, and precious free time for you. Days when one of my nappers would barely seem to sleep broke my heart (and tested my patience). But those trying times were balanced by wonderful two- or three-hour stints that let me recharge. "Henry is sleeping...," I'd write in my journal -- and write, and write. Or indulge in a long phone call, or surf the web, or sleep myself, perchance to dream.


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I. In Focus This Week
The vote goes on in Larimer County, Colo. despite fire
Clerk works to make sure all who want to vote can
When Tom and Sonia Koetting step out of the back of their Fort Collins Colo. home they hold their breath and keep a wary eye on distant sky where orange flames from the High Park Fire are eating up acre upon acre of Larimer County (pictured below, photo courtesy of Tom Koetting).
Despite the flames and the smoke and acting as a refuge for displaced family members, Sonia Koetting said not voting in Tuesday's upcoming Colorado primary never crossed her mind.
"We live in the suburbs, so while we watch the smoke and offer refuge to my sister and her crew who are displaced, I would not miss voting because of the fire," said Koetting who is also the PR coordinator for the League of Women Voters of Larimer County and soon to be the communications director for the League of Women Voters of Colorado. "However, if I were one of the displaced, it would be the furthest from my mind."
But for Larimer County Clerk Scott Doyle, making sure all registered voters in the county affected by the fire has the opportunity to cast a ballot — whether they are thinking about it or not — has been a top priority since the fire broke out several weeks ago.
"If fire survivors want to vote I will do whatever is necessary to get them a ballot prior to the 26th - and I mean anything!" Doyle said. "I must say that this is not a very exciting election but for anyone who desires to vote they will be given a way to do so. I will even mobilize a bi-partisan team to deliver ballots to those in need if necessary. "
Doyle said that residents evacuated are given information at Red Cross centers about how to get a replacement ballot. His office has released information to the press about voter options since many displaced residents may not be in relief centers, but staying with family and friends.
Fortunately this primary election in Larimer is an all-vote-by-mail election so Doyle had no need to worry about relocating polling sites, replacing poll workers or any of the other typical issues surrounding a polling place-based election.
Even though this may be a low-interest, vote-by-mail election, Doyle is quick to explain that there are impacts on his work and staff.
"I suspect that it is hard for you to understand what is happening here. I think the best way to explain it is that it is apocalyptic in nature and magnitude," Doyle said. "We will do our best for anyone wanting to vote but options and opportunities are clearly limited at this point."
When asked if there was anything else he wanted to add about the upcoming election and the fire, Doyle simply said, "Please pray for us, please pray for safety, and rain..."
In addition to the High Park Fire, the Springer Fire is burning in parts of Park County. Clerk and Recorder Debra A. Green said that super vote center in Lake George is not impacted by the fire. She said that she has been in touch with her election judges and the county's fire chief and the county will not need to go to a back-up plan for Tuesday.
Although the secretary of state's office is monitoring the situation in Larimer and other affected counties, a spokesman for the secretary noted that all the counties have rock-solid contingency plans and would only step in if asked.
"From our office's perspective we delegate a lot of that to the counties and we see some incredible thought devoted to their emergency preparedness plans," explained Richard Coolidge, director of communications for the secretary of state's office.
Coolidge said that due to the delicate, political nature of elections, the secretary of state's office would only step in to reschedule an election in the most rare of occasions.
In other Colorado primary news, the secretary of state's office is stepping in with two staff members to help Teller County oversee the upcoming election. According to The Gazette, the decision to send the staff came after calls from concerned voters and candidates came into the secretary's office.
"I lost my main election staff person and wasn't fast enough to run after that ball and when I got to the bottom of the hill, I wasn't strong enough to hold it," Clerk and Recorder J.J. Jamison told The Gazette. "I just couldn't work fast enough."
Jamison said the state staffers are "directing me. They're helping me gather up those balls."
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Sunday, February 28, 2010
Still bubbling up
Unable to contain myself, I have returned to my frequent thematic stomping ground of farmer fizz.
Just up, a guest post scribed by me for my friend Scott Reiner's blog, The Wine Explorer.
In the meantime, I shall sedately relax from the pleasant aftereffects of a few bottles of Lassaigne (07 Papilles Insolites, 06 Le Cotet) and Selosse (Rosé) shared last night with a pair of similarly champagne-hoovering friends.
8 comments:
- The Wine Mule said...
I continue to live the Champagne life, vicariously, through your most excellent notes, while consoling myself with a 2000 José Michel Millésime. It's a dark and lonely job, as I'm sure you know.
- March 4, 2010 at 2:01 PM
- Gift Baskets said...
Very interesting, I love champaign!
- March 11, 2010 at 9:57 PM
- bob said...
wow, look at that, I'm already drooling, great color, looks tasteful!! i love it
- March 20, 2010 at 2:58 PM
- Jilly Goolden Fan Club said...
Champagne is surely one of lifes greatest pleasures...
- March 25, 2010 at 12:26 AM
- Brett Sutcliffe said...
I love that champagne glasses. Looks so classic.
- April 5, 2010 at 3:00 PM
- Bottle Deck said...
Which one was your favorite?
- October 4, 2010 at 4:41 PM
- Hanifa Dungarwalla said...
Can't go wrong with a bottle of champagne. I love this blog. Would you have a look at our range of Champagne gifts at http://www.champagnegifts4u.co.uk and see if there are any thing you would try? Or even recommend. We've got some really nice brand champagnes... it would be nice to have a perspective that's different to the one we have in the office!
- December 10, 2010 at 2:16 PM
- WineGifts4U said...
Last year I had a great trip to the champagne region. Tasted lots of champagne from small producers. Even the small producers had lots of bottles in their cellers aging. Each producer had their own branded champagne flutes. If you want to check out a comprehensive range then perhaps you might like to take a look at: Engraved Champagne Flutes at WineGifts4U?
- February 1, 2011 at 1:52 PM


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