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Committees in Cherokee and Calhoun counties overseeing the recovery from the April 27 tornadoes are evaluating and trying to meet the needs of residents five months after the storms cut paths of devastation and death across north and central Alabama.
Committees in Cherokee and Calhoun counties overseeing the recovery from the April 27 tornadoes are evaluating and trying to meet the needs of residents five months after the storms cut paths of devastation and death across north and central Alabama.
Rhonda DeHaven, chair of the Cherokee County Long Term Recovery Committee, said her county is somewhat behind others because Cherokee never had a long-term recovery committee.
"We're just getting our feet under us as far as a long-term committee," she said.
DeHaven said the committee will continue to follow families that might need ongoing assistance.
"It's going to be a small number," DeHaven said, probably fewer than 15 families.
She said many residents had insurance or received Federal Emergency Management Agency assistance that "brought them back to where they were pre-storm."
Scott White with the Shoal Creek Restoration Committee, a nonprofit group set up after the tornadoes, said St, Clair County doesn't have a long-term recovery committee.
His committee and volunteers are finishing repairs on homes, finishing up construction on three new homes in the Shoal Creek Valley area and hope to start construction soon on two more homes.
White said they are working with groups to help refurnish homes, and a "multitude" of people are helping. They are trying to focus on families that did not have insurance or did not sufficient insurance to cover the damages they received. He said they have helped 12 to 15 families and plan to help about the same number more.
White said 40 percent of the homes in Shoal Creek Valley were severely damaged or destroyed. He estimated 80 percent of homes in the area had some damage.
According to the St. Clair County Emergency Management Agency website, 228 homes were destroyed and 1,830 were damaged in the county.
White said considering the economy and other circumstances, the recovery effort is "about as good as it could be."
The committee has received about $20,000 in donations. Anyone wishing to make a donation can do so at Metro Bank in Ashville.
Denise Rucker, chair of the Calhoun County Long Term Recovery Committee, said the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee Disaster Response Services recently conducted an "unmet needs" assessment in the county. Case workers are going through those applications to see what the needs are.
"I think we're about where we thought we would be," Rucker said. "Now that we've got this survey in place, I think we can begin to really to start moving forward and start putting some money back out there and helping the people before the winter comes."
"Unfortunately we don't have enough money to build a home," she said, "but we do have money available where we can replace appliances, repair roofs, build handicapped ramps."
Rucker said about 400 homes were destroyed and more than 100 had major damage in Calhoun County and more than 100 had major damage. Many residents either were uninsured or not adequately insured.
"We're running into that a lot," she said.
Rucker said at least 100 families are likely to need assistance. Many of the needs are for appliances, such as refrigerators.
The committee includes representatives from state agencies, the United Way and religious groups. Rucker said it received about $150,000 in donations and hopes to get other funds from the Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama and from grants.


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Okay, I'm a normal girl with a hippie name (damn parents) and a (not so) closet obsession with Harry Potter. I have practically memorized the books, having listened to them on CD and read them all at least a hundred times. I love writing fanfiction and reading it. I used to only go on myb cousin's MNFF account but it's about time that I got my own. I already know that my favorite MNFF stories are:
**The Upside of Being Down**
Moments of Bliss
Uncle Fred Calls Him Dick
When Darkness Did Surround Us
Padfoot Prohibbited
anything by Melindaleo...
Outside of the Harry Potter univers, I love:
Candles, Snow, Stars, Writing, Reading, My friends (how I ended up with such amazing ones, I'll never know), Snowboarding, Raspberries, Chocolate
Contact me, if you ever want to chat or anything like that (if anyone is actually reading this...) and I will get back to you as soon as I can.
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CFPB's Payday Lending Criticism Includes Banks, Credit Unions
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday issued a report on payday lending that was critical of so-called deposit advance loans it said are offered by banks and credit unions.
Although credit union short-term, small-amount payday loan alternatives were not included in the report, the CFPB said it is also researching them and will publish results in an "overdraft study" in the next couple of months.
The CFPB hasn't clearly stated it intends to write new rules for payday lending products, but Director Richard Cordray said during a press call that "the purpose of all our outreach, research, and analysis on these issues is to help us figure out the right approach to protect consumers and ensure that they will have access to a small loan market that is fair, transparent, and competitive."
As for deposit advance loans offered by depository institutions, the report said they are generally similar to storefront payday loans "in structure, purpose, and the consumer protections concerns they raise."
The CFPB was particularly critical of the requirement that borrowers repay the full amount in a balloon payment or give lenders access to direct deposit amounts or deposit accounts.
Access to deposits decreases risk and relaxes underwriting requirements, but the report criticized lenders for not taking a borrower's ability to repay the loan outside of other debts and ordinary living expenses into consideration.
The report said deposit advance product fees are generally about $10 for every $100 borrowed, an amount that would equate to 304% for $100 borrowed for a 12-day term.
Deposit advance products also lead to sustained use, the CFPB said. More than half of all users surveyed borrowed more than $3,000 per year, and 14% borrowed more than $9,000 annually. These borrowers typically have an outstanding balance at least nine months of the year and typically are indebted more than 40% of the year.
In a nod to courtesy pay products, the report criticized lenders who market payday alternatives as a way to avoid overdraft fees, saying 65% of deposit advance borrowers incur such fees anyway. In fact, the report said, the heaviest deposit advance borrowers produce the most overdraft revenue for lenders.


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COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (Monday, May 14, 2012) – The Colorado Rapids and Commerce City announced today details for the 17th annual 4thFest, an Independence Day Celebration at Dick's Sporting Goods Park presented by Westerra Credit Union. The 4thFest will be a community festival with live music, family activities, and one of the largest fireworks displays in the state of Colorado, which will follow the Rapids match against Vancouver Whitecaps FC, presented by HealthONE.
A special 4thFest Family Activity Zone will be available, free of charge, starting at 5:00 p.m. on July 4 outside the south end of Dick's Sporting Goods Park. The area will include interactive activities, entertainers like the Salida Circus, a zip line, climbing wall, face painting, arts and crafts, and inflatables. For adults 21 years of age and older, there will be a Heineken Beer Garden, the Coors Light Tailgate, and the Supporters tailgate, as well as a mechanical bull.
The match between the Rapids and Whitecaps, presented by HealthONE, kicks off at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 4. Live music from That Eighties Band will start at approximately 8:15 p.m. and will continue up to the start of the fireworks display. 4thFest is a joint effort between the Rapids and Commerce City.
For each of the team's past 16 seasons, the Rapids have played an Independence Day match, owning a 12-2-2 record. Eight of those games have ended in dramatic fashion, with the game-winning goal coming in the 69th minute or later.
Full details on the event, including ticketing information, can be found at www.4thfestcolorado.com or by calling 303-825-GOAL.
- 4:00 – Parking lots open 5:00 – Outdoor festival with all adult and family activities begin outside Dick's Sporting Goods Park
- 5:15 – The Salida Circus performs on the stage outside the Cantina
- 6:15-7:45 – Karaoke outside the Cantina
- 7:30 – Colorado Rapids take on Vancouver Whitecaps FC
- 8:15 – That Eighties Band begins on the stage outside the Cantina
- 9:50 – Fireworks show begins, with viewing areas inside the stadium and in parking lots around the stadium (in-stadium viewing only open to those with valid match ticket)
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Hometown Hero
Making it to the Olympics has been a dream of Alex Deibold's - who is from Manchester, Vt. - ever since he was a young boy. Not only did he realize that dream at the start of the Olympics, but on Tuesday he was able to stand atop the podium on the world's greatest stage after winning the bronze medal in snowboardcross (SBX).
Following a brief celebration in which Deibold - a member of the Olympic U.S. Snowboardcross B-Team - was mobbed by teammates after crossing the finish line, he spoke with NBC's Tina Dixon.
"The conditions were variable all day long just like they were last year and I've always been able to put that aside and today all I focused on was my own riding," said Deibold. "I couldn't worry about what the other riders were doing and every time I was in the gate I just focused on my own game and it paid off."
Last year, Deibold took a silver at the Sochi World Cup and made finals four out of five World Cup starts in 2013. In 2011, he took seventh and fifth at World Cup races and earned a spot on the World Championship Team.
After winning the medal, Deibold took to Facebook, saying "Wow. So that happened. Thank you to all the people who have supported me along the way, I wouldn't be here without you."
In 2010, Deibold attend the Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada, working as a wax tech for the US Team - something he said he used as motivation for the hard work he has done leading up to this year's Olympics.
"It paid off," Deibold said in his interview with Dixon. "All the hard work, all the sacrifices I've made. It's been such a long, hard road and every moment was absolutely worth it."
Deibold graduated from Stratton Mountain School in 2004 where he spent his last three years of high school and there has been a lot of excitement at the school following his bronze medal run, according to officials.
"I think everybody at SMS is just so incredibly excited and proud for him," said Director of Communications at SMS Meredith Morin. "Just knowing that he had gone to the 2010 Olympics as a wax tech and when he talked to me before the Olympics he was just so excited to actually be able to go and compete and I think he's probably the most grateful Olympic medalist there ever was. He gave it his best and he came home with hardware and I don't think there's anything better than that."
Alex Lehmann, the Academic Dean at Stratton Mountain School and Deibold's former English teacher, remembers Deibold as being a very mature and focused young man who was a very nice person and was also very thoughtful and considerate of his teachers and peers. When Lehmann saw Deibold win the bronze on Tuesday, he said he experienced some strong emotions.
"It's the kind of thing that we celebrate from a distance, but I know that there is an incredible amount of pride here and just a feeling of joy for Alex for his success because he's been at it for a long time and he's stayed focused and he's stayed committed to this goal," Lehmann said. "So, I was so happy for Alex. It was truly sort of an emotional thing to see him finish third and then to watch him celebrate in such a sincere way because I know that's who he is and I just couldn't have been more psyched for him. His hard work paid off as he keeps saying."
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Some of us what happened last Christmas when Green Bay city officials installed a Christian nativity scene atop a public building. Drama ensued when the city would not allow displays representing other religions – including the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. They mayor referred to a proposed Pastafarian display as "silly". (Clearly he hadn't seen my schematic (below)).
Now the city of Green Bay is being sued. Not by us – by the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
The Madison-based foundation and 14 local residents are suing the city of Green Bay, Mayor Jim Schmitt and former City Council President Chad Fradette over the display. The lawsuit claims the display depicting the birth of Jesus violates the Constitution as a governmental endorsement of religion.
I can't get too worked up about any of this. I'm sure most of us Pastafarians are not offended by Jesus displays. I assume that most Christians would enjoy a festive Pastafarian display. If we're going to allow one religious display, why not allow them all? What's the problem? Who doesn't like pirates and strippers?
Maybe Green Bay mayor Jim Schmitt just doesn't understand what a wonderful belief system we have. I can't help but wonder if this all could have been avoided if we had done more evangelizing.
I suppose the Mayor will be busy for a while battling for his right to endorse Jesus with government resources, but after this lawsuit dies down maybe we can convert him to the one True religion.
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Huskers Have Plenty To Work On
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LINCOLN (AP) - Nebraska defensive coordinator John Papuchis is expecting a sharper performance when the Cornhuskers host Southern Mississippi this week.
The No. 18 Huskers won their opener 37-34 over Wyoming on Saturday. But there is definite room for improvement after they allowed 602 yards to a team that lost eight of 12 games in 2012. It was the second-most yards the Huskers had allowed in a win. The most was 610 yards to Ball State in 2007. Nebraska faces a second straight spread offense this week in Southern Mississippi, which lost its opener 22-15 to Texas State in Todd Monken's first game as head coach. The Golden Eagles will come to Lincoln on a 13-game losing streak, longest in the FBS.


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hello all, i have problems implementing a path for the following program
well , the prototype says it only accepts , *char and char! no string! so im stuck!
im talking about this ()Code:std::ifstream f(path, std::ios::binary);
I dont know how to get it to work!
Code:#include <iostream> #include <fstream> #include <iomanip> #include <string> using namespace std; int main() { unsigned char c; string path; char *route; cin>>route; std::ifstream f(route, std::ios::binary); while (f >> c) { std::cout << std::hex << std::setw(2) << std::setfill('0') << (unsigned int)c <<" ";//or << (unsigned int)c << "\t" } return 0; }either This is not working,Code:std::ifstream f(route, std::ios::binary);
it compiles well, but , at run time when you enter a path! and press enter! it crashes! really dont know how to go about it!


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If what has been speculated is confirmed, then the hip dislocated and required emergency surgery to put it back in place. Whether there is damage to ligaments, tendons, the cartilage or the labrum is unknown.
How does this take place? Well it is not hard to imagine that landing a jump under rotated and twisting around on the hip and leg to get it all the way around and not fall can do this, especially if it is a common occurrence in practices and program.
I do not understand the plan of AC and her coaches to return to competition and training of jumps that she does not do well, and returning to all the different triples. She also returned to bad technique. The 3 flip she does always gets an edge call and UR most of the time. UR stresses the hip. DO NOT DO IT until she is fully recovered, if ever again. If salcow bothers the hip, leave that out too. I also never understood AC never doubling jumps that will never be rotated as triples. If not enough speed, height and distance - she should double it. She never does. She URs and falls down.
Her hip can't take it anymore. I do not fully understand the choices made in her training obviously risky items and rushing to return with all the jumps, spins and steps. I think it would have been ok to return with less difficulty and retained quality, just like Kostner has done. It seems she avoided knee surgery all together by giving up the lutz and flip for a long time, then adding back only one per event, the flip. It seems AC rushed back and was reinsured by UR a jump she never did very well.
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Thursday Night TV Gets a Visit from the Loon Squad
Tonight we've got sacred cows, horny aliens, trenchant opinions about game shows, and gingers taking the "M" outta MPDG, with a vengeance.
At 8/7c., Black Box finishes up with a two-hour season finale and is never heard from again, because dumb and mean is a bad look on anybody. Shame, because the pilot was fantastic and the actress is marvelous, but oh well. Try harder. Hell's Kitchen names its twelfth winner on Fox's finale, and Lifetime starts a night of Project Runway programming with the usual casting special.
Hollywood Game Night seems to involve Jane Lynch hosting herself? Kind of a lonely party to have to watch, but I guess if anybody could make one-person boardgaming a riot, it would be one Constance Carmell. Meantime I'll be watching my beloved Defiance on Syfy live, no longer time-shifting, because that shit is crazy this season.
At 9/8c. there's Rectify, and the third week of Welcome to Sweden and Working the Engels on NBC, Dominion gets yet more intricate, Dating Naked maintains its current level of nakedness, and Honey Boo Boo premieres two episodes hopefully highlighting the delightful new presence of Uncle Poodle in Chickadee's old room.
There's also the next eviction on Big Brother, which if you aren't aware is just as fascinating this year as it was last year. The house is so off-balance from the lopsided Nice Guy bullshit perpetrated by the dumbest person there that the sheer angry needy entitlement of one tiny man's tiny little boner is warping literally everything around them like a Lovecraft story.
You've got gay sociopaths and bi-curious psychopaths holding hands with each other and the hero of the entire season is identical to the King In Yellow and one girl is fully dressed as a frog, but still the only thing anybody can think about is: How long it will be until Caleb tries to kill Ronald Reagan for Amber or strangles her with her own hair or whatever he is going to do that represents the bottom line of how crazy Caleb is going to get, and then also for some fucked up reason they are all wondering how much to blame Amber for it.
It is a fucked-up mess but because the entire house is a dutch oven that never lets up, it also represents America and what it is like to live always with the constant downward pull of artificial gravity that is straight guys thinking their entitlement into reality by sheer force of will and the rest of us helping them do it. Amazing.
At 10/9c. there's an hour of the Leah Remini show, which I have no idea how that turned out; the second week of Married/You're The Worst on FX, and if that's not depressing enough for you the Last Comics Standing are engaging in the venerable and not at all dumbass tradition of doing a roast, or what I like to call "Nasty Christmas For Nasty People."
Of course in other nasty-people news, there's also Maron and on VH1 there's LeAnn and Eddie. So it's nasty people pretty much all the way down, at 10/9c. You can put a cherry on that sundae at 11 though, if you want, with another mystery episode of WWHL, but I'll probably be in bed by then.
Am I wrong about roasts? It just seems like some bygone bullshit to me. Like in 2051 we'll tell our own grandkids "Yeah, there were people whose entire job was just to go to this place and say super shitty things about each other and pretend they were having fun," and our grandkids will just be like, "But why? Had you not invented passive-aggression at that point in human history, that you need to make it an institution? Did you not know what actual fun and pleasure were like yet?" And we'll be like, "It was sort of punk rock or something?" and they'll say, "Either way I just wish Joan Rivers would die already. What a useless old bitch." And we'll agree with them, but we'll keep quiet. Just like always.
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So who do you want to win the whole thing? And also, if you want, you can also answer this question: who do you think is going to win?
Obviously from my avatar, I want TK & Rachel to win. They've been one of my favorites in the history of TAR, and I would love to see them win. I think that it's either between them or Ronald & Christina. Ronald & Christina have been rocking it for the past 2 legs, getting first on both of them. And Ronald's attitude couldn't have changed more. It's probably one of the best redemption edits ever.


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JV forte is the pick and roll as is Irving's.
C's are harder to come by than PF's.
I'm not sure how wise it is to have 2 undersized guards manning the backcourt who typically both need the ball to be effective.
I also should not have even mentioned Beal or MKG because they were gone when CLE picked last year.
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Hi there! I have been very determined not to buy into the false widow fear sweeping the UK, but today I noticed a spider that just struck me as weird, in my downstairs bathroom, ironically just hours after giving a self-righteous speech about why people needn't worry about false widows... typical eh?
I tried to take a photo, but the thing is very high up in the room, and I am 5ft tall... even stood on the loo, I have struggled to get a shot which shows all of the spider I have included a photo, but please let me know if there is some particular angle I should be trying to photograph to help with ID.
Spider number 1 is photographed on a gold-coloured curtain pole. This is the one that is a bit different to any spider I've encountered before. Just blacker and... different.
Spider number 2, I believe to be... I think a very good poster on here MWJB identified what seem to be some very similar spiders in another few threads as 'missing sector orb weaver', but I know nothing about spider identification to be sure! His (also terrible quality, sorry) picture is included because I am just a curious bunny, and got to thinking what other types of spiders live in my bathroom!
Any ID help would be much appreciated
*edited to include some better photos, even though I am a bit too arachnaphobic to get close enough for my camera phone to work!
I uploaded a few more pics than that, but the post does not seem to show them all.
It seems I must be a curiously masochistic arachnaphobe, since I ended up getting quite in to learning about spiders, and have spent the last two hours looking at photos online, despite the fact that every few minutes I would shriek and it constantly felt like there were spiders in my hair!
My best guess, though it's based on all of 2 hours' knowledge, would be that maybe the spider on the curtain pole is Steatoda triangulosa. That said, photos like this are keeping me nervous http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1366&bih=613&tbm=isch&tbnid=Hwb6XApQZvaI_M:&imgrefurl=http://wiki.britishspiders.org.uk/index.php5%3Ftitle%3DFalse_Widow_Spiders&docid=ZLomBRk74yu5rM&imgurl=http://wiki.britishspiders.org.uk/images/a/af/Steatoda_paykulliana.jpg&w=1024&h=690&ei=j5lfUpyzFsjLhAeA-4DoAw&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:68,s:0,i:295&iact=rc&page=4&tbnh=184&tbnw=274&start=65&ndsp=18&tx=186&ty=49
How do the ones of ya'll that are so good at this start? Do you look for fluffy legs or number of eyes, or what?
Hi Akerman,
All the spiders in your first post appear to be Xygiella x-notata. These are harmless orb weavers commonly found in & around houses, even on cars (they seem to like wing mirrors, but aerials can suffice).
Notice the wider, flared consecutive chevrons/feather-like pattern running down the middle of the abdomen of x-notata, with a dark line down the centre (false widows don't tend to have the dark line down the centre, Steatoda bipuncta often has a paler line, but no chevrons and Steatoda grossa may have a row of dots that can look like a line under strong light/with reflection from a flash, but no dark line separating these down the middle, Steatoda nobils' markings are variously described as a "skull", or "shield-like" but no dark centre line again). The legs of x-notata are often heavily banded, false widows (S nobilis) can have some banding around the legs when juveniles, but legs are more usually solid brown to black when mature.
If you look closely at the heads of Zygiella x-notata, you will see that the heads are brown, with a black stripe tapering back towards the abdomen, a thin dark line around either side of the head. False widows do not have these markings, the head is typically one solid colour.
X-notata are very variable in colour.
Another difference is the webs they weave, Z. x-notata is also called the missing sector orb weaver...they weave a classic orb web, but often leave 2 sectors free of the concentric "rungs". False widows do not weave orb webs...but I have seen one invade the web of x-notata to steal food.
I have both Z. x-notata & steatoda nobilis in my front room, I see them every day...I still make the odd mistake, or need to put them under a magnifier to be sure, ID'ing from photos is harder still. Two of the current press scare stories appear to involve the mistaken identity of Z. x-notata, assumed to be S. nobilis.
All that said, false widows are quite shy & docile and nowhere near as much of a nuisance as the press may lead you to believe.
Kind regards, Mark.
Hi! Thanks so much for your reply!
I am suprised that they are both the same kind, I had so convinved myself the littler one was triangulosa, because of the markings. I'll attach another photo just in case, by some chance, the first ones were muddled, but on the whole I am willing to take your word for it, since I know very little! The larger of the two is clearly the one you describe
Thanks for all the info too, I suspect I am going to find myself staring at and pondering every spider I see for a while!
Hi Akerman,
I am fairly certain that this also a missing sector orb weaver.
If you look closely you can see marked banding around the legs, the head appears black in the centre, but lighter brown at the sides, the markings on the flanks of the abdomen look more Zygiella than S triangulosa?
I'm not sure how well established S. triangulosa is in the UK.
Regards, Mark.
Hi Mark!
Thanks again for all the info, I especially appreciate you including so much extra information about identification to get me started in what I suspect will be a lifelong compulsion! Can you reccommend a good book for UK spider identification? I clearly have a lot to learn!
Anyway, today I was back in the same bathroom. This bathroom appears to be some kind of spider-haven. I spotted a few others, and, curiosity immediately well established, started snapping photos to try for IDs!
The first I think is the same as the other two I posted the other day. But then again, my track record isn't great! Sorry I couldn't get a better photo, but the little thing is inside the lightshade and the flash and bulb seemed to fight it out.
The next one, I am 90% sure isn't the same spider I photographed and showed you before, but the original spider has disappeared, so certainty is out of the question. Anyway, again, I've done my best to get a decent shot, but by the time I'm close enough I tend to be a bit scared about them falling on my face. Good way to combat spider fear though, learning to ID spiders!
I think he looks like an ant.
Hi Akerman,
Yes, it looks likely that the spider in the lamp shade is also Z. x-notata.
The ant-like spider looks like a male "rabbit hutch spider", or Steatoda bipuncta - this is a false widow species, smaller than the more infamous ones & not typically implicated in bites.
www.field-studies-council.org have some ID charts which are a good starting point, there is this site of course & following this forum has been a great help to me.
Regards, Mark.
I see you are up at a rediculous hour too
Thanks for the link!
I have some other, very minorly better photos of Mr Not-an-Ant. I know you have already made an ID, but I nearly gave myself a heart attack getting them, so I'll post them just in case they're useful to someone else. I'm quite pleased to have found one lol.
Am I correct in having picked up that the pale colored band about it's middle, the abdomen, indicate a potential false widow? To be honest, I think I'm more interested in the mission of finding spiders and getting decent photographs of them, then working out what they are, than I am afraid of being bitten. I have been living alongside spiders my whole life, and I have never been bitten, just frightened and embaressed!
Also, the pedipalp and size of abdomen are used to indicate gender right? It seems oddly straightforward if simply the presence of 'face balls' (not trying to be expletive, it's the best description for what they look like and are) is all one needs to know one is looking at a dude spider.
Also (sorry to keep adding more queries and clogging up your board, you must have been busy of late already with Widow Phobia sweeping the UK!), this spider does not appear to have much of a web. He lives kind of inside or underneath the light fixture. Is this typical?
A few months back, I decided to stop removing spiders from my home, in an attempt to overcome my phobia. However, lots of spiders that look like this one ended up moving in, and there didn't seem to be a stopping point. Soon, they started fighting and cannibalising, and I had to clear some out, because it was just horrid to see. Is this typical of all spiders, or did I just run into sibling rivalry?
Yes, abdomen size & pedipalps are good indicators, but sub-adult spiders (palps not fully developed) can be hard to guage, or females that have just been through a moult & not yet filled back out.
Spiders may live relatively close to each other (like Z. x-notata), but they don't typically live in colonies/nests. Once they are big enough to fend for themselves, they do & don't like competition for food & resources.
Steatodas don't weave the typical orb webs, they make messy, hammock-like webs, or webs lining the corners/edges of areas, S. bipuncta webs can be hard to see without good light.


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Feel B.B. King's healing power of the blues
By by dianna wray
Oct. 5, 2011 at 5:05 a.m.
Close your eyes. Go on, squinch them up tight. Now, call up that memory of that one loss, that aching emptiness you woke up with that day, and how it felt to have that emotion cut through you.
Have you got that feeling? Now, quick, go turn on the blues, and, yeah, I know it's hard to believe, but start healing. That's the power of the blues, and nobody plays the blues like B.B. King.
We all have "those days." You know, the kind where your shoes are too tight, your thickest coat can't keep you warm and even your dog doesn't seem to like you - the empty days, let's call them.
In my case, I'm usually just being whiny, but either way, these are the days I put on the blues. The sounds of Robert Johnson, Blind Willie Johnson, Buddy Guy and, of course, B.B. King fill my ears, and suddenly, the looming problems I've been facing are shrunk down to normal size.
I love them all, but B.B. King is one of my favorites because not only did he live the music, he is still living and playing it.
King has the typical bluesman's story - born in Mississippi, he lost his mother before he was 10 years old and grew up struggling to scrape by when he got his first guitar. He learned to play as a teenager singing gospel during the day and playing the blues at night. He said gospel got him a pat on the head, but the blues got him a dime, so he went with the blues.
I've been lucky enough to see him live, and it's an incredible experience. Watching his large sure-fingered hands pull all of that music out of his guitar, Lucille, is a sight to see - genius right there in front of you.
At 76, King is one of the last bluesmen whose music is rooted in the Mississippi Delta Blues tradition, and he's counted one of the greatest guitarists to ever live.
King tours about 250 days a year on average and he's swinging through Houston on Friday, so don't take my word for it, go see for yourself.
The blues are a powerful thing, because even in your darkest moments, the music is a rope to grab onto, something to pull you through. When I'm in a no-good mood, it's King and the guys who paved the way before him who pull me out of it. Nothing seems so terrible after listening to King pull those sounds out of his guitar. The misery may come around, and that aching emptiness may be there, but when you're in the presence of King, you know you aren't alone.


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Mount Van Cott Climber's Log
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|Beautiful March
Date Climbed: Mar 18, 2017
|Took the SW ridge up. Parked our car at the Nat. Hist. Museum. Beautiful day but a bit breezy. Temps in the 70s! Descended down the Mt. Van Cott trail to Red Butte Canyon. Easy early season climb.
|Posted Apr 8, 2017 2:16 am
Date Climbed: Apr 7, 2016
|Nice short hike to some fantastic views of the valley. Just in time for sunset!
|Posted Apr 9, 2016 1:49 am
|David Mortensen
|Van Cott
Date Climbed: Jun 9, 2015
|Short but steep. Pretty views of the city.
|Posted Jun 9, 2015 7:32 pm
|Night Run
Date Climbed: Feb 7, 2015
|Heidi Alexis and I ran up this one on a nice rainy night.
|Posted May 25, 2015 5:09 pm
|Gorgeous Hike
|Nice day hike to get you up high.
|Posted Dec 13, 2014 6:21 pm
|Van Cott
Date Climbed: Oct 5, 2014
|Nice easy hike.
|Posted Oct 19, 2014 11:02 pm
|Garon Coriz
|Nice Short Hike
Date Climbed: Mar 22, 2014
|Hiked it in 1 hr 40 minutes with Lily. Pretty nice short hike close to the city.
|Posted Mar 23, 2014 10:28 pm
|nice hike
Date Climbed: Mar 23, 2013
|quick hike to the top. nice view. beautiful snowy spring morning
|Posted Mar 23, 2013 5:07 pm
|Ryan Borzea
|Good short one!
Date Climbed: Apr 24, 2011
|Great hike for kids
|Posted Aug 29, 2012 5:31 pm
|Up I Go
|6/25/12 Short hike 28 min up and 20 mins down. Took the Dog.
|Posted Jun 25, 2012 3:51 pm
|good old days
Date Climbed: Sep 21, 1989
|the only time I can remember, when I was a student at the U.
|Posted Nov 25, 2011 1:44 pm
|Quick hike
|Great quick hike. It was fun.
|Posted Nov 8, 2011 2:29 pm
|3 ways
Date Climbed: Jun 6, 2011
|I like Cephalapod gulch the most, but did a hard run the other day up the northernmost of the ridges coming of the Bonny in 28 min up and 45 round trip. Sore legs the next day for sure!
|Posted Oct 27, 2011 10:43 pm
|Rainy Day
Date Climbed: Mar 6, 2010
|Quick hike on a rainy day. Good view. Thought about continuing up, but the weather was deteriorating.
|Posted Jul 6, 2011 4:34 pm
|Nice hike
Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2011
|Nice quick hike with lots of wildflowers.
|Posted Jun 21, 2011 1:20 pm
|Matthew Van Horn
Date Climbed: Apr 20, 2011
|On a run from Ave Twins with Scott W.
|Posted Apr 21, 2011 2:37 pm
|My first mountain summit since moving to SLC. Good fun but not as good as big brother Beacon.
|Posted Jan 17, 2011 3:13 pm
|November Hike
Date Climbed: Nov 19, 2010
|First time climbing Mt Van Cott. Winds 30-40 mph, snow immient, trail/summit clear. 42 minutes up/42 minutes down. Pretty much as advertised; short, brutish with a happy ending. Nice veiws.
|Posted Nov 19, 2010 9:12 pm
|Small Loop
Date Climbed: Sep 30, 2010
|Pretty quick and easy. Hiked up the rocky ridge and did a short loop down the other ridge.
|Posted Sep 30, 2010 11:33 pm
|Scott Wesemann
|Battle Gulch
Date Climbed: Feb 4, 2010
|It took me a lot of work to bag such a little mountain. I took my dog and kids up there on one of the hottest days in the summer of 2009. we had some bad directions, and it took us about an hour of hiking before we ended up in Cepnalopod Gulch. After about 15 minutes heading up the dog wouldn't walk anymore and the kids were crying, so we had to turn back. My kids still call this mountain Mt. Van Hot. :)
Back for more 2/4/2010- I wasn't exactly sure what the best route was, and I ended up going up Battle Gulch, and then getting on the ridge (Battle Creek Ridge) and from there is was an easy hike to the top where I was by myself. I enjoyed the views of the Wasatch and the sunrise. I think I will add a route page because the route I took down was much easier.
4/20/11- With Matt Van Horn, coming over from Ave Twins.
|Posted Feb 4, 2010 1:39 pm


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A former student who was allegedly sexually assaulted by her karate teacher is suing a Sarasota charter school.
The lawsuit says that the Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences was negligent in hiring and supervising the teacher, John R. Garcia, 47, and did not do enough to protect students from him.
Garcia, who has been accused of sexually abusing three other girls who attended the school, is facing nine criminal sexual charges. He is scheduled to stand trial next spring in front of Sarasota County Circuit Judge Charles Roberts, records show.
The lawsuit says Garcia had the woman, who was 14 years old at the time, stay in the classroom after the other students were dismissed one day in April or May of 2005.
He locked the door and had sex with her, the Sarasota County woman alleged.
The lawsuit also says the woman suffered traumatic amnesia and did not remember what happened until years later.
When she was on a trip with her brothers in Tallahassee in August, 2011, she told them about the incident, but they kept it a secret.
Five months later, the woman tried to commit suicide by walking into traffic, the lawsuit says.
After the suicide attempt, her siblings told their parents about the incident.
The woman, who is now older than 18, received counseling and therapy and then went to police on March 8.
Sheriff's deputies investigating Garcia discovered three other alleged victims who reported they had also been abused when they were 12 or 13 years old by Garcia in the spring 2005 timeframe.
School principal Tara Tahmosh-Newell said Friday that Garcia, who was suspended when the criminal charges were filed in March, had resigned from his job.
She declined further comment.
The former student's attorney, William Partridge, could not be reached for comment Friday afternoon. Garcia's attorney, Derek Byrd, also could not be reached.
Former student suing Sarasota charter school
A former student who was allegedly sexually assaulted by her karate teacher is suing a Sarasota charter school.


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Been a while since my last posting. We managed to make it to some red grouper grounds out 40 miles. The early morning was brutal with the thick fog close to shore. Thank god for radar, as one boat came within 70 feet of us buzzing by. Around 7am we were out looking for bait, the closer bait spots of mine had been wiped clean from this past red tide we had. We trekked out further to about 50' and found a nice new spot. Loaded the well with hardtails and made our way to 80' of water. Headed to some ledges with 4-5' of relief and bagged 4 red grouper. Marked some new bottom and then decided to head to our red grouper grounds 11 miles further out. Once we got their we continued to bring in those red grouper, sorting through a couple cookie cutters, the average size was right around 23-25". While we were drifting a nice size crab came up to the boat where i scooped it into the well for further use. With 14 red grouper in the box, we decide to check out a nearby wreck for some aj's. While drifting, i send out that nice crab and moments later, my reel starts screaming. After about a 10 minute fight, we land the fish. A beautiful 30lb permit, 34" to fork and 38 tl.
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Beginning around 8 a.m. last Thursday, eager shoppers lined up outside the Perham Shopko, waiting for the doors to open at about 9 a.m.
The first 100 shoppers that brisk morning were each given $10 gift cards, and all shoppers throughout the weekend could sign up for prizes.
Shopko District Manager Joe Anderson came to Perham to host the grand opening celebration. He said Shopko is doubling its size, adding 130 more stores to its growing chain.
Shopko Hometown in Perham was part of the third round of the chain's store openings - one of 30 stores holding grand opening events on Sept. 13.
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Perham Mayor Tim Meehl said, "Shopko coming to town will only make Perham stronger."
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As a Kiva Zip fellow, one of the best aspects of the job, aside from helping financially excluded and socially impactful entrepreneurs is the inspiring people you meet along the way. It's not an exaggeration to say that this 'goodwill' amongst people is really infectious.
It begins of course with the staff at Kiva HQ, which is right here in San Francisco, but it extends out into the wider community, where on your search for borrowers and trustees, you encounter folks that just feel good to be around.
On this particular day, after a twenty minute train ride south from San Francisco, I was driven the remaining distance by a young employee who spoke sparing but respectfully about the farm we were about to visit. This is a once rural, hilly suburb, dotted with condos, apartment complexes and some larger family homes, typical of modern day urban sprawl. As such, I was somewhat surprised to be greeted by high wire fencing and security posts at the end of a long, winding road.
Once through the checkpoint, we took a wide berth of the ugly concrete behemoth that is the San Francisco County Prison's San Bruno Complex. A dirt road leads off to the side, flanked momentarily by some tall trees. You come out into open fields of freshly turned earth and long rows of growing vegetables being drenched by sprinkler under the midday sun.
A couple of large greenhouses, a prefabricated office off to the side, and a modified old farm building which houses the kitchen make up the main complex. One immediately gets the sense of a pastoral village setting as folks shuffle in and out of the kitchen, stop for a quick chat here and there or stroll off to the fields on some errand.
With the prison now out of view, one can't help but imagine what this must have looked like to those first prisoners who were allowed out here on day release to tend the fields, in the early days of The Garden Project
Affording the formerly incarcerated and at-risk youth an opportunity to cultivate healthy life habits, through working with nature and eating healthy, is how their founder, Cathrine Sneed described their mission to me. Participants work on the project's seven acre vegetable farm. Some even learn to cook and others still are involved in community clean-up and planting activities as part of a wider partnership that includes the Sheriff's Department, Public Utilities Commission and Police Department, all of San Francisco.
Miracles are being worked here thanks to the vision and selfless devotion of Cathrine and others. Lives are being changed permanently and for the better, one person at a time. Take John for example, who, Cathrine told me, had been shot multiple times, and had the gait to prove it. I saw him shuffle his great frame into the kitchen and later serve me his apple crumble pie with a wide smile. He was one of many personal stories that owed their success to the direct intervention of The Garden Project and one of whom I felt Cathrine was particularly proud.
On this occasion, a meet and greet luncheon, city officials and representatives from various non-profits working on homelessness, nutrition education and all manner of good cause were attending. The crowd were fed an amazing mix of foods and picnicked at tables outside under the searing sun surrounded by a colorful display of recently harvested pumpkins. It was a nice day to be a Kiva Fellow and a good day to meet people.
Take Hari for example. A former Brigadier in the Indian army, he claimed his life as a humanitarian had been directly inspired by Cathrine. Pursuing that dream, he had magically chanced upon a parcel of land in the foothills of the Himalayas for far below market price. Here, his own 'garden project' was born, where, with the help of volunteers from all over the world, he continues to grow mangoes, the proceeds of which are used to finance a nearby orphanage. All the while, Hari seemed to be suggesting that if we dream big about doing good, the stars will align in our favor.
Many heroes spoke at the event; everyone from the former city supervisor who had championed the cause of the Garden Project throughout its history to the reformed drug dealer who had turned his life around and dedicated it instead to helping others. He directly attributed his turnaround to Cathrine's intervention. There was also my brother in Kivaciousness, (and manager), Justin, who spoke passionately, as always, about Kiva Zip and the promise it holds.
When lunch was over, and the speeches were done, we mingled with the other non-profit folk, introduced our respective organizations, exchanged ideas and swapped contact information.
When it was time for a good bye, I was sent on my way with a large cardboard box of beets, broccoli, swiss chard, kale and all manner of leafy green, not forgetting a big cheeky orange pumpkin. Rounding off the day, I rolled home in a sleek, cream colored 1956 Studebaker, driven by none other than the Garden Project's own business development consultant, a charming man who talked passionately of his passion for restoring vintage cars.
Occasionally, the folks you hope for the most don't turn out to be the most ideal fit for Kiva Zip. Many participants in The Garden Project's programs may not be ready to take out a business loan just now though we may explore new avenues in the future. Still, such meetings always lead to new networking opportunities, such being the altruism that pervades the non-profit world where people want to help each other.
Indeed, it is these daily encounters with benevolence as much as my key deliverables, which make every day as a Kiva fellow a day well spent. Well, if you happen to be feeling a bit of that Kiva love right now, dear reader, I would suggest you go right ahead and make a loan today, or, if you're feeling a little more adventurous than that, perhaps you ought to consider applying to be a Kiva Fellow yourself.
Go on! You never know where it might lead!
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A native of Ireland, Shane received his bachelors in Marketing and Entrepreneurship in 1993. Relocating to the US shortly thereafter, he has since worked in telemarketing management, community outreach, fundraising, market research and as a volunteer. While challenging and rewarding, these positions helped to augment his primary career aspiration as an actor in the theatre. Getting off the beaten track while travelling in the developing world, he visited outlying tribal regions and poor slums, underfunded orphanages, schools and hospitals. In 2007, he returned to Ireland to study for his Masters in International Peace. Learning about microfinance for the first time, it struck him as a sustainable aid model that favors the empowerment of people over the creation of dependency. Shane is ready to immerse himself wholly in this new adventure and is incredibly grateful for the opportunity to serve with the distinguished members of the Kiva team and KF22. He hopes to learn a lot from the experience and eventually build a full time career in the service of the greater good. He is particularly animated by small, local businesses that are both financially and environmentally sustainable while enriching the local community.


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CITY – Perhaps prompted by the ongoing Gulf oil spill disaster, Maryland this
week officially joined a multi-state partnership aimed at accelerating the
development of renewable, sustainable offshore wind energy in the mid-Atlantic,
a move that could expedite plans for wind turbines off Ocean City.
Tuesday, Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley announced the state's formal partnership
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several states along the Atlantic coast along with the U.S. Department of the
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process, according to Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) director Malcolm
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Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, March 14, 2008, 12:00 AM
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a resident of another community
on Mar 20, 2008 at 9:30 am
Dear Dolores,
The Christian Science Monitor, March 20, precisely defined the concerns of a majority of our citizens:
Washington - The Iraq war has been perhaps America's bitterest lesson since Vietnam in the realities of war and geopolitics – profoundly altering ordinary citizens' sense of their country, its essential abilities, and the overall role it plays in the world. Poll after poll shows that Americans are worried about US troops. They're distressed at the war's rising human and financial cost and are fully aware of the globe's rising tide of anti-Americanism. Most of all, they may be confused – unsure of how the United States got here, uncertain about what to do next, and in doubt about how, and when, the conflict will end.
Let encourage more voices to examine our role in global economy, community and humanity.
Hal Bailey
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a resident of Danville
on Mar 20, 2008 at 11:27 am
I can't believe that on the Danville Weekly poll that everyone isn't most concerned about the war in Iraq. What Mr. Baily says is so true. This is worse than Viet Nam. At least we were invited there and when we left the north took over and were able to install a government, even it if was Communist. Now when we leave Iraq - even if it is in one hundred years if McCain gets elected - it will be chaos.
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O's may be without Jones for season
Ankle sprain may keep budding star out through September
By Spencer Fordin / MLB.com
Jones, who was Baltimore's lone All-Star this season, injured the ankle in a close play at first base in Tuesday's 9-6 loss to the Yankees.
"I couldn't tell you when or if he'll come back," said manager Dave Trembley. "[There was] much improvement today as far as the swelling going down, but I would say now it's probably at least a two-to-three-week period where he's not going to play. It could be longer, based upon the amount of improvement he does or does not make."
Jones sustained the injury in a strange play at first base in the sixth inning on Tuesday, a hustle play that saw him run past the base and step on the edge of it trying to get back. He appeared to hyperextend his knee, but the diagnosis was a severe sprain.
The 24-year-old had an X-ray on Tuesday night and met the media while wearing a walking boot and using crutches on Wednesday, and he said it was hard to tell if the swelling had subsided at all. His initial feeling is that he'll be able to play again this season, but he allowed that he hasn't seen the team doctor yet.
"It's a tough injury," Jones said. "I see myself playing. It's just a matter of when. It's a joint, you really can't determine when. ... It's an injury that you can't control. When you're playing, everything is going so fast, you never know what could happen. It's just unfortunate, but I have to deal with it."
Jones has also dealt with a balky hamstring and back spasms this season, and last year he missed a month with a broken bone in his left foot. This injury comes less than a week after he returned from the back ailment.
The Orioles will likely use Felix Pie in center field for the majority of games down the stretch and will fill the gap in left field with a combination of Luke Scott and Nolan Reimold. Jones may well be tougher to replace in the batting order, where he ranked second in home runs (19), runs (83) and RBIs (70) for the club.
"It's not a pleasant feeling to lose a guy the caliber of Jones," said Trembley. "There's no one who has made as much improvement from one year to the next as Jones. I think everybody can attest to that. When you lose a guy like that in the middle of the lineup, the middle of the diamond, the middle of your clubhouse, that's a major blow."
Both Trembley and Jones insist that the latter won't return until he's close to 100 percent physically. Jones said that the injury really bothers him because it will keep him from getting a chance to finish the season on a strong note. He batted .303 with 12 homers before the All-Star break and .222 with seven after it.
Still, he said that his second season has been one of growth and progress.
"My goals ... coming into this year [were] to have a better year than I did last year," he said. "And I think the first half surely indicates it. The second half, not so much. But I think overall I've grown as a player, and I feel there's so much more I need to learn. It was a good season for me. It was a success, although it's not ending the way I would hope."
Trembley said that the one bright side he can take from the situation is that Pie has played better of late and will get a chance to continue his own hot streak. Trembley also said that the team doesn't plan on making any further roster moves and that Scott, Reimold and Jeff Fiorentino will handle left-field duties the rest of the way.
That situation will require a little finesse, because Scott has been auditioning at first base in recent days and the Orioles are trying to ease Reimold off the field due to a lingering Achilles tendon ailment.
"I could start playing Scott out there in left field a little bit, because Reimold's condition is also a concern of mine," said Trembley. "I think we've said all along that I'd DH him to get him off his feet a little bit, so Scott might find some time out there in left field. Fiorentino becomes a valuable commodity because he can play all three."
Spencer Fordin is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


text: I'm in the mood to throw a huge hissy fit over the 2-player rule in our section. It is: One of my 3.0 players and I were planning to play up on the same 3.5 team. The 3.5 captain was holding tryouts and sending me 3.0 players she accepts for her team. This, I figured, was great. These 3.0s who are tough enough to play 3.5 to the satisfication of an experienced 3.5 captain would be wonderful additions to my team. We'd be sister teams! And then we remembered the 2-player rule. What difference does it make if more than 2 players from one team join another team? What good does this rule accomplish? Maybe if someone can make a logical argument in favor of the rule, I would feel better. As it stands, I will probably step aside and let two of my players take the two available 3.5 slots. So much for playing up this spring.


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Mon, 27 Feb 2012
Telefónica and Mozilla pioneer first Open Web Devices
- Enabling HTML5 devices running on the Open Web which can deliver smartphone capabilities at feature phone prices.
- Capabilities being submitted to W3C for standardisation and to be made openly available.
- Opens up new opportunities for application developers and drives forward HTML5 as a cross-platform standard.
Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, 27 February2012–Telefónica Digital and Mozilla today unveiled an ambitious strategy to create a new mobile platform that will deliver the first HTML5 based devices running on the open Web. The Open Web Devices platform (OWD), which will launch in 2012,is an important step forward in the establishment of HTML5 as the next major ecosystem for smartphones, and will enable the delivery of smartphone capabilities at low price points.
Telefónica Digital's product development and innovation team has worked closely together with Mozilla, the pioneers of open Web standards, to create a new phone architecture that relies entirely on the Web, enabling HTML 5 applications with absolute access to core phone APIs. This means that all of the device's capabilities (calling, messaging, browsing, games etc) can be developed as HTML5 applications and executed via an experience based on the Firefox Web browser.
Despite the significant gains in performance for Web Technologies on mobile devices, HTML and JavaScript-based applications have had limited access to the device's underlying capabilities. This platform will lead the evolution of the HTML5 set of standards to add new software APIs that are as broad and functionally rich as their native counterparts.
Mozilla's Boot to Gecko Project unlocks the current limitations of Web development for mobile by providing new features and APIs that will demonstrate just how powerful HTML5 can be and that it is possible to run an entire device using this technology. In doing so it is possible to remove much of the middleware and other superfluous software on a device which not only makes the applications run faster, but also brings down the device unit cost.
Because of this initiative's commitment to openness, this reference implementation will be submitted for standardization to W3C. The objective is that there are no proprietary APIs within the device architecture, making phones developed using it the only truly open devices on the market.
Telefónica and Mozilla are developing this HTML5 operating system on a hardware platform that is based upon a Qualcomm chipset. The three companies will be collaborating to deliver a feature rich prototype platform that will enable smartphone capabilities at feature phone entry level pricing.
An operating system based on HTML5 offers significant opportunities for application developers, content owners and service providers, both in terms of enabling new capabilities, as well as making it easier to develop, deploy and maintain their applications.
According to Carlos Domingo, Director of Product Development & Innovation at Telefónica Digital: 'Telefónica's objective is to drive HTML5 adoption across the industry. For the first time the capabilities of HTML5 and the open Web have been fully leveraged to create an entirely new mobile platform. From our experience in Latin America we know that a huge part of the market is not being catered for by current smartphones. With new open Web devices we will be able to offer a smartphone experience at the right price point for these customers.'
'It has long been our mission to deliver advanced Web technologies that eliminate roadblocks for users and developers. We did it first with Firefox, and now we're doing it again in creating the first Open Web Devices,' said Brendan Eich, CTO,Mozilla. 'By providing the missing links, Mozilla is now unlocking the power of the Web as the platform for creating and consuming rich content everywhere.'
Arno Gourdol, Senior Director, Web Platform & Authoring at Adobe, which supports the project, said, 'Adobe is pleased to see Telefonica and Mozilla launch this new initiative.We continue to invest in HTML5 products and technologies and support standards bodies like the W3C. The Open Web Devices APIs can be supported as extensions to PhoneGap, enabling developers to create rich HTML5 apps that work across these new Open Web Devices and all of the platforms supported by PhoneGap, including Android, BlackBerry, iOS and Windows Phone.'
Telefónica R + D started working on the OWD concept at the start of 2011, and developed an initial prototype for negotiations with potential partners. When Mozilla announced the 'Boot to Gecko' project to create the open Web platform, based on its popular Firefox browser, in July 2011, both companies embarked on a collaboration that resulted this week in the platform being unveiled.
For more information on Open Web Devices and to keep up to date with developments please visit www.openwebdevice.com.
About Telefónica Digital
Telefónica Digital is a global businessdivision of Telefónica. Its mission is to seize the opportunities within the digital world and deliver new growth for Telefónica through research & development, venture capital, global partnerships and digital services such as cloud computing, mobile advertising, M2M and financial services. Telefónica Digital will deliver these innovative products and services to Telefónica's 300 million customers as well as leveraging the power of the internet to enter new markets. It is headquartered in London with regional centres in Silicon Valley, Sao Paolo, Spain and Tel Aviv. Jajah, Terra, Tuenti, giffgaff and 48 are all part of the Telefónica Digital group of companies.
About Mozilla
Mozilla has been a pioneer and advocate for the Web for more than a decade. We create and promote open standards that enable innovation and advance the Web as a platform for all. Today, hundreds of millions of people worldwide use Mozilla Firefox to discover, experience and connect to the Web on computers, tablets and mobile phones. For more information please visit https://www.mozilla.org/ or our stand at Mobile World Congress in Hall 7 at Stands 7A38 & 7B96.


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Saturday Shorts: Serious Sam, Diablo 2, Dilithium, SFxT, Breaking Bad, Arkham City
The shorts post is rather long today, so we're going to go ahead and race to the finish with it.
Thursday Shorts II: DAoC, World of Minecraft, Psychonauts, Broken Sword, Chrono Trigger
Here's a few tasty bits for you to consume.
Wednesday Shorts II: Tales of Xillia, Spiral Knights, Cthulhu, LBP2, Persona 3
I am running out of quirky, esoteric ways to insert an off the wall header image in these shorts posts, so, today I have included one I took of a Hummingbird Moth visiting my batch of flowers on the deck. Shorts are below.
Tuesday Shorts II: Planetside 2, GOG, Rocketbirds, Star Trek
It's time for your second batch of shorts for the day.
Friday Shorts - evening edition: STO, Oberon, Angry Birds Rio, Pranks
The day is almost over, and the weekend is nipping at our heels like the Fool's little dog. Hopefully you got a few jokes and pranks in today, if not, there's always next year.
Cryptic celebrating Star Trek Online's first birthday with C-store sale
Cryptic has announced a Star Trek Online promotion to celebrate the game's first birthday on February 2.
Star Trek Online: Cryptic provides new details on Episode 1 of Series 3
Cryptic has released some information on upcoming Feature Episodes for Star Trek Online, which are grouped into Series and "tied closely together to comprise one story arc".
Star Trek Online: Cryptic looking into more ship traits and "exciting ways to use shuttles" in 2011
Cryptic has major plans for Star Trek Online this year, and since the game is starting its second year, the developers are looking at different ship models and ways to get about the game's galaxies.
Cryptic releases Season 3 for Star Trek Online
Cryptic has released Season 3 for Star Trek Online.
Star Trek Online: Season Three - Genesis announced with mission creator beta
Cryptic has announced Season Three for Star Trek Online will go live next month.
Cryptic to "wait and see" how Champions does before switching STO over to F2P
Cryptic boss Jack Emmert has said the company plans to see how well Champions Online does before looking at switching Star Trek Online over to a free-to-play model.
Mission creator tool for Star Trek Online hitting beta next month
Cryptic Studios plans to release a mission architect for Star Trek Online next month called The Foundry.
Star Trek Online gets Ancient Enemies, price cut
Cryptic has updated Star Trek Online with Season Two: Ancient Enemies, which not only includes a raised level cap, but a lower price for the full game as well.
Cryptic "looking at" adding user-generated content to Star Trek Online
Star Trek Online's executive producer Craig Zinkievich has put up some interesting hints regarding what's on deck for Seasons Two and Three for Cryptic's MMO.
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While I do believe the US is becoming increasingly conservative, I think the obvious answer as to why there was a ''sea of red'' was that John Kerry was an inferior candidate, period. Elections are rarely about whether or not the average citizen sits on the left or right. It's a matter of the right candidate coming at the right time that says the right things and is simply more presidential.
Now, I'm not saying that a stronger candidate would have knocked off Bush in this particular election, because there was truly no one to step up this time around from the Democratic Party. However, this does not mean that the Republican Party has ensured that they will win the '08 election and beyond. If a strong candidate (like Obama) rises up through the Democratic Party, I can guarentee that there could very well be a shift from a sea of red to a close election or even (gasp) a sea of blue.
And as far as the religious issues go, I can't say that I really want to get into them. I have my views and I don't feel the need to express them, and I respect whatever anyone believes. A person attacking religion, however, whether liberal or conservative, is totally wrong IMO.


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It's hard to proclaim the AL Central baseball's best division because I haven't played enough against all of the other clubs, but I will say that the entire American League seems particularly tough this season from what I've seen so far.
One of the reasons our division has gotten a little tougher is because of Kansas City's improvement. Now that they're better, there's not a single team you can go out and expect to get a win against. Minnesota is very good and Cleveland has a lot of talent and is playing well, too.
That's before you even factor in Detroit, which won the AL pennant last year and brought in a hitter like Gary Sheffield in the offseason. We play these teams so many times during the season that you have to strap it on because all of these teams can play ball.
Right now, Detroit and Cleveland are at the top of our division. A month from now, you may see Minnesota and us making a run at them. There will be a lot of momentum shifts and I think it will go down to the last week of the season. All we can hope is that we are one of the teams in it then.
I don't think anyone is going to run away with this division. It just seems that it is too hard with the amount of games you play against these good teams.
Winning our head-to-head games with division opponents is extremely important. That's the case every year with the unbalanced schedule. I feel you make the playoffs -- or not -- based largely on how you play against the teams in your own division.
You might go .500 against two of the teams and maybe you go like 15-4 against one team. At some point, a team will take charge by really stepping up against one team in particular. You can't play even ball against every club. But there's no question intra-division play is where it's won and lost.
In those games, pitching will be important. Each of these teams has good quality on its staff. There will be times when you have a bad week, when you go 2-5 or something, but you can't let that stop you or get you rattled. Keeping an even keel helps you be there at the end.
We're a little over month into the season now and there are two ways to look at our club. We haven't hit at all, and we're disappointed we haven't gotten out of the gate as quickly as we would have liked. But at the same time, we're still around .500 despite not hitting well and we've beaten some good teams already. But that only becomes a positive if we get our act together. It could be a lot worse.
You never want to look back at the end of the season and regret games that we lost earlier in the year, but last year we got to 60 wins pretty quickly and ended up falling short of the playoffs. There are a lot of different ways to get there. What matters is getting up around 95 wins and doing well against the teams in our division.
Veteran first baseman Paul Konerko has played for the White Sox since 1999 and was a key player in Chicago's World Series championship in 2005. A powerful right-handed batter, Konerko has had home run totals of 35, 40 and 41 over the last three years.
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The rear of the car gets a new spoiler that is quite large mimicking the GT2 style and a new vented rear bumper. The rear is the best part of the design. Side skirts round out the body offering.
Overall, not a bad looking kit but there are better looking options even from other factory 997 models such as the GT3 body pieces or the Porsche aero kit. The more options for more tastes the merrier of course, pictures below.


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ANCWL backs Zuma for another term: 'He has never failed us as women'
The ANC Women's League has nominated President Jacob Zuma to retain his position as ANC leader at the party's national conference in Mangaung.
"President Jacob Zuma has never failed us as women in terms of the things that we want to achieve," African National Congress Women's League president Angie Motshekga told reporters in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
The league chose Cyril Ramaphosa to take over from deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe.
Several ANC branches, as well as the ANC Youth League, had nominated Motlanthe for president. He had not yet stated whether he would accept the nominations.
Motshekga said because the league had nominated Ramaphosa, it did not mean it was trying to malign Motlanthe.
"It is just a choice... it has nothing to do with him [Motlanthe] as a person. So it is not an anti-Motlanthe vote."
The league wanted to retain Baleka Mbete as ANC chairwoman and Gwede Mantashe as secretary-general.
Jessie Duarte was nominated as deputy secretary-general and KwaZulu-Natal premier Zweli Mkhize as treasurer.
Motshekga said the ANCWL supported Zuma, despite criticism by others of his traditional views.
The ANCWL president, who also served as basic education minister, denied rumours that Zuma did not fire her for the late delivery of textbooks in Limpopo because he needed to secure the league's vote in Mangaung.
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