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Summaries of EU Legislation
Summaries of EU legislation: direct access to the main summaries page.
Follow-up to the recommendations of the High-Level Panel on the Free Movement of Persons
This Communication aims to present the follow-up recommendations of the Veil Panel, which are designed to identify the problems which were occurring in the area of the free movement of people - to evaluate these and to propose solutions.
Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council of 1 July 1998 on the follow-up to recommendations of the High-Level Panel on the Free Movement of Persons
On 14 January 1996, the Commission had requested the High-Level Panel on the Free Movement of Persons, chaired by Simone Veil, to identify the problems still arising in this area, to evaluate them and to propose solutions. On 18 March 1997, the High-Level Panel presented its report which makes over eighty recommendations in the seven main areas of interest to citizens of the Union wishing to move within the Community area. The recommendations dealt with entry and residence, access to employment, social rights and family status, tax and financial status, cultural rights and the particular situation of nationals from non-member countries.
A large number of the Panel's recommendations have been incorporated by the Commission into its Action Plan for the Single Market of June 1997 and into its more specific Action Plan for the Free Movement of Workers of November 1997.
This communication focuses, in particular, on two aspects of free movement examined by the High-Level Panel: first, the rights of entry and residence, and second, the need to improve citizens' knowledge about their rights.
With regard to the rights of entry and residence, the communication reports that current Community legislation was originally drawn up for workers and their families who wanted to move to another Member State either permanently or for a very long time. This legislation no longer applies to the increasing number of people who wish to exercise their right to mobility for a limited period or on a part-time basis (students, trainees, young volunteers, workers on temporary placements, mobile self-employed persons, frontier workers and retired persons with more than one residence).
Furthermore, by introducing into Article 8A (current Article 18) the concept of citizenship, the Maastricht Treaty generalised, for the benefit of all citizens and not just those pursuing an economic activity, the rights to enter, to reside and to stay in the territory of another Member State. From this point of view, these rights should be formalised in a common body of legislation.
In order to achieve this objective, the Commission proposes four series of actions :
- to create, in so far as possible, a single set of rules on free movement within the meaning of Article 8A (present Article 18) for all citizens of the Union and the members of their families;
- to take a new approach to the right of residence, in particular, by limiting the obligation to hold a residence permit to situations where this is justified;
- to clarify the status of the family members of an EU citizen who are nationals of non-member countries;
- clearer restrictions regarding the possibility of curtailing the exercise of the right to reside by a citizen of the EU.
Secondly the communication further highlights the need to improve citizens' knowledge about their rights under Community Legislation and to provide better training and information for all those involved in exercising the right of free movement. The Commission points out the following steps already taken in order to achieve this goal:
- launch at the Cardiff European Council on 15 and 16 June 1998 of the "Dialogue with Citizens and Businesses", which follows up and further develops the "Citizens First" initiative;
- development and consolidation of the Euro-jus network, an informal system providing legal advice and assistance to persons faced with difficulties in interpreting or applying Community law;
- continuation and further development of the Karolus, Robert Schuman, Jean Monnet and Grotius programmes.
Lastly, in the communication's Annex, there is a detailed review of the follow-up to all the recommendations made by the High-Level Panel.
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The National Basketball Association today released its 2013-14 season schedule and announced the Atlanta Hawks will open the season on Wednesday, Oct. 30th at Dallas before returning to Atlanta for its home opener on Friday, Nov. 1 against Toronto at Philips Arena.
Every Hawks game will be aired live on the Hawks radio flagship, SportsRadio 92.9 The Game, with The Voice of the Hawks Steve Holman calling the action. The Hawks' local TV schedule will be released at a later date. The Hawks will appear on at least six national broadcasts: ESPN will televise three games (Nov. 13 vs New York, March 5 at Portland and April 16 at Milwaukee) and NBA TV will also air three (Jan. 16 versus Brooklyn in London as part of NBA Global Games London 2014, Feb. 22 versus New York and March 15 versus Denver).
The 82-game schedule consists of 41 home and 41 road games. The Hawks will face each Eastern Conference opponent four times (twice at Philips Arena and twice on the road) with the exception of Brooklyn (one home in London, two road), Cleveland (two home, one road), Milwaukee (one home, two road) and Philadelphia (two home, one road). Each Western Conference opponent will play the Hawks twice, once at Philips Arena and once on the road.
The Hawks will host a season-high four consecutive home games (Dec. 4-13) and seven-of-eight (Dec. 4-20) at Philips Arena in December, including visits from the Los Angeles Clippers (Dec. 4), Oklahoma City (Dec. 10) and the Los Angeles Lakers (Dec. 16).
This year's annual Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday game is scheduled for Monday, Jan. 20 against the two-time defending NBA Champion Miami Heat at 5:30 p.m. Four days later on Friday, Jan. 24, the Western Conference Champions, the San Antonio Spurs, visit Atlanta.
With the exception of the Nov. 13 game against New York on ESPN, the Jan. 16 against Brooklyn (in London) and the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday game against Miami on Jan. 20, all Hawks home games will start at 7:30 p.m.

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Adult students benefit from Penn State scholarships just for them
Two-thirds of all college students receive some type of financial aid, according to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), but most aid is focused on full-time traditional-age students. Adult students — a population NCES expects will grow 20 percent by 2020 — have fewer financial aid options, because often they are enrolled part time. To help adult students achieve their education goal, Penn State is creating scholarships and other financial aid options for these students.


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Rematch today against Indy. Kyle Lowry had an interesting tweets about injuries being for birds. Maybe that means he's coming back tonight which would be huge with our exhausted team.
Rematch today against Indy. Kyle Lowry had an interesting tweets about injuries being for birds. Maybe that means he's coming back tonight which would be huge with our exhausted team.
If Lowry sits, this one could be over quickly. I can't imagine our starters have much left in the tank (both physically and emotionally) after last night.
Espn said he's likely to sit out tonight. Damn that tweet got me excited lol.
Combination of Lowry being out again and the physical and emotional toll of yesterday's game (seriously, I almost teared up after that) has me thinking this is gonna get ugly pretty fast.
Unless Bargs pulls a career game out of his ass, which I wouldn't be shocked about either.
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Lowry tweeted "quick trip to nyc" ..
Lowry getting MRI in NY.
Val better get large minutes tonight, he is the only rested starter we have.
Indiana is not playing well this year, but the Raptors have been worse. Would be shocked with a win, but last year Casey somehow was able to get his troops to play well on the 2nd game of a back to back.
Last year I was secretly hoping for the loss for a high lottery pick. This year, each loss could force Bell/Rogers to look for a new GM which is almost as good as a high lottery pick.
DC should play Demar the whole game today too, just for fun
The theme for tonight is "learning from your mistakes".
I'm hopeful that Jonas has a stronger game vs. Hibbert tonight.
And I'm praying that Casey has an answer for West tonight.
I really hope Ross gets big minutes tonight.
With DD most likely exuasted, and im assuming Fields and AA are still out, Ross can finally get a chance to play big minutes.
Hopefully he can have a good game and get some confidence back.
Also, I really want to see Acy play, I mean we passed on quincy miller to get him, and he hasnt played yet?
My friend was at the game agaisnt philly and apparently acy was hitting threes all warm-up, will be interesting to see him in the game.
Hitting open threes in warm up vs hitting threes with a hand in the face are two different creatures entirely.
I said this on another thread but i'm really pissed with Casey's rotations this year. I think he leans way too heavily on his veterans and needs to show more confidence in the young bucks like Ross & Jonas. I see no more rookie jitters in Ross than I do with any other rookie. My only complaint is that I dont see Ross active enough off the ball, similiar to Derozan his rookie year. Casey has to make it a point to get Ross involved and him more active during the game. If I see Alan Anderson back and chucking shots i'm going to lose my marbles. I'm still pissed about Gray getting time over JV yesterday.
Trap game for Indy. Calling it now. This just means that the raps will only lose by a few.
2nd game of the back to backs for the Raps. I know they played 3 OT last night but i never buy the argument that they're going to lose because they're "tired" playing 2nd game of the back to backs. It's just an excuse in my opinion.
At the end of the day, the better team always win in the end.
I expect to lose tonight on a back to back coming off a triple over time loss. If they can keep it competitive, I'll accept that. They have a stretch of four very winnable games coming up
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The Environmental Protection Agency's Lead: Renovation, Repair and Painting (LRRP) Rule is the subject of a bill in the House.
Congressman Tim Murphy (R-Pa.) and 21 co-sponsors introduced a bill in the House of Representatives that was crafted to reduce the burden of the regulation.
The Lead Exposure Reduction Amendments Act of 2013 (H.R. 2093) would restore an opt-out provision from the original rule. The opt-out rule allowed homeowners without children under six or without pregnant women in residence to allow their contractor to forego the rigorous work practices required under the original rule.
The EPA has estimated that the removal of the opt-out clause adds more than $336 million per year in compliance costs.
Another provision calls for suspension of the rule for owner-occupied housing built between 1960 and 1978 without a pregnant woman or small child present, if the EPA cannot approve a test kit meeting its standard for false positives. The bill would also prohibit expansion of the rule to commercial buildings and provide certain exemptions for first-time paperwork violations.
The introduction of the bill was applauded by the the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association. A Senate version of this legislation was introduced as S.484 by Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) in March.
"This industry faced some tough years when the housing market crashed, and retrofit and remodeling work was critical in keeping some dealers in business," said NLBMDA chairman Chuck Bankston, president of Bankston Lumber in Barnesville, Ga. "EPA's forceful focus on paperwork violations, failure to approve a lead test kit meeting its own standards, and ever-broadening interpretation of the rule is having a chilling effect on our industry's ability to have installed sales operations, serve remodelers and get energy-efficient products into homes. We applaud Congressman Murphy for his continued leadership on this issue, and we will make H.R. 2093 a top legislative priority."
In addition to Rep. Murphy, the original cosponsors of H.R. 2093 are Reps. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Tom Cole (R-Okla.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.), Tim Griffin (R-Ark.), Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.), Ralph Hall (R-Texas), Steve King (R-Iowa), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Robert Latta (R-Ohio), Dave Loebsack (D-Iowa), Billy Long (R-Mo.), Frank Lucas (R-Okla.), Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), Rich Nugent (R-Fla.), Pete Olson (R-Texas), Todd Rokita (R-Ind.), Bill Shuster (R-Pa.), Adrian Smith (R-Neb.), and Lynn Westmoreland (R-Ga).


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Valbuena plays catch, available off bench in finale
By Carrie Muskat / MLB.com
WASHINGTON -- Cubs third baseman Luis Valbuena was able to play catch and hit in the batting cage on Sunday, one day after spraining the little finger on his right hand sliding into third base.
Valbuena was not in the lineup against Nationals lefty Gio Gonzalez, but he was available to pinch-hit, manager Dale Sveum said. Valbuena was not expected to go on the disabled list.
With one out in the fifth Saturday, Valbuena doubled to right but was tagged sliding into third trying to stretch his hit and jammed his hand on the bag.
X-rays showed no fracture, and Valbuena received treatment. He entered Sunday batting .272 with five home runs and 13 RBIs this season.
Navarro, Cubs draw inspiration from pink bats
WASHINGTON -- Dioner Navarro was loosening up in the clubhouse prior to Sunday's game with his pink Mother's Day bat.
"If I get two hits, I'm going to keep using it," the Cubs catcher said.
Don't be surprised if he tries to use it in his next game. Navarro did get two hits on Sunday to make his mother and wife proud. His first single in the sixth inning of the Cubs' 2-1 win Sunday was the first hit off Nationals starter Gio Gonzalez.
Cody Ransom didn't get a pink bat, and used Dave Sappelt's bright pink model on Sunday. It too was lucky, as he got two singles, as well. Sappelt had been sent down to Triple-A Iowa before his bats arrived.
Pink power ruled. Ransom used his regular bat in his first two plate appearances, and grounded out and struck out. He doesn't have a bat contract with Louisville Slugger, which has exclusive rights to the Mother's Day event with MLB. Ransom would've liked to have used a pink bat from his bat company, and he said he hoped his bat company understood.
"It's unfortunate that we can't use whatever we want," Ransom said. "I like to honor my mom, my wife, my grandma, breast cancer survivors everywhere and want to be able to do that and be able to wear the stuff I have to wear as part of my contract. I can't really do that. It's frustrating in a way, but it is what it is."
Some of the Cubs' coaches wore pink shoes, and nearly all of the players wore pink wristbands to raise awareness for breast cancer.
Outfielder Julio Borbon sent his mother greetings via Twitter: "Happy Mothers Day!!! Feliz Dia De Las Madres! Enjoy it and ask for whatever you want! It's your day! #MommasBoy"
Happy Mothers Day!!! Feliz Dia De Las Madres! Enjoy it and ask for whatever you want! It's your day! #MommasBoy- Julio Borbón (@JulioBorbon20) May 12, 2013
Some of the Cubs' top prospects also wished their mothers well on Twitter. Shawon Dunston Jr. said: "My mom is awesome. Love the support and motivation she gives me everyday. I am a momma's boy!! Love you mom. Big year coming up."
Dan Vogelbach, who is playing for Class A Kane County, said via Twitter: "Happy Mother's Day to the best mom in the world. Wouldn't be where I'm at today without you. Wish I could be with you today. #mamasboy."
Garza to make at least one more rehab start
WASHINGTON -- Cubs pitcher Matt Garza will make at least one more Minor League rehab start, and possibly two, after his abbreviated Double-A outing on Saturday.
Garza gave up three hits and walked two over 3 1/3 innings for Tennessee in his third Minor League rehab start, throwing 66 pitches, 40 for strikes. He struck out two.
"He felt great and everything, but not real efficient," Cubs manager Dale Sveum said Sunday. "Right now, we have to get him built up to get to the fourth, fifth and hopefully sixth inning."
Garza, who will be in Chicago this week when the Cubs return for a three-game homestand against the Rockies, will make his next start for Triple-A Iowa.
When Garza is ready to return, it will be tough to eliminate one of the starters from the mix. Edwin Jackson is the only pitcher who has struggled, and he's not a candidate to move to the bullpen.
"It ain't going to be easy," Sveum said about moving one of the starters. "Part of it, sometimes, when you have these decisions ... it's a good problem to have, but for the individual, nobody deserves it. They're pitching perfectly fine. It isn't going to be the easiest thing to do."
Garza is working his way back from a strained left lat suffered in mid-February during live batting practice. The plan on Saturday was to have Garza throw 65-75 pitches. He needed 30 pitches to get through the first inning.
Cubs able to ease Rondon back into duty
WASHINGTON -- One of the byproducts of the success of Cubs starters in the first month is that the club was able to ease reliever Hector Rondon into games.
Rondon, a Rule 5 Draft pick, is coming back from two elbow surgeries. On Friday and Saturday, he pitched in back-to-back games for the first time this season.
"I feel 100 percent and have my velocity," Rondon said Sunday. "Now I feel like everything is coming back."
The right-hander has pitched two innings in three of his 11 games, including Saturday against the Nationals.
"He's been bouncing back," Cubs manager Dale Sveum said. "It kind of all worked out real well, because our starters did such a great job in the first month that we were able to ease him into that role that he hadn't been able to do the last few years."
Hoyer hoping to see more complete effort
WASHINGTON -- Last year, the Cubs were sellers at the Trade Deadline, as general manager Jed Hoyer dealt veterans such as Ryan Dempster and Paul Maholm to acquire players for the future. The deals weren't enough to turn things around in 2013; it will take some time.
"The things we need to solve offensively are pretty clear," Hoyer said. "Our starting pitching has been good enough to be a contender. The bullpen has not been, defense has not been ... and the offense hasn't been."
Obviously, Hoyer would like to see the Cubs up in the standings to avoid another makeover.
"We don't want to be a seller -- that's not a position you want to be in," Hoyer said. "But if you are in that position, you want to take advantage of it. You hope you're looking to buy. It's a lot more fun."
Hoyer said he feels there's still time for the Cubs to get on track. Manager Dale Sveum agrees.
"We've lost so many games we've had control over," Sveum said Sunday. "We know this record could be flip-flopped with a little better play, because the pitching has kept us in so many games."
The Cubs have 21 quality starts, yet have won only eight of those games. Thirty-three of their 36 games have been decided by four runs or less, and 28 have been decided by three runs or less.
However, the Cubs are in rebuilding mode, and Sveum knows what that means.
"You know things like that are possible and you weigh all the options and what's best for the organization," Sveum said. "Those are things you have to do sometimes. It's not that easy to see Dempster and Maholm go somewhere else, but it is part of the game. We're trying to get this thing completely healthy."
Extra bases
• Jackson will host his fourth "Edwin's Entourage" event on Monday at Wrigley Field. Jackson created the event to continue creating awareness of baseball to younger African American males. Local youth leagues are invited to batting practice to meet Jackson and talk about baseball, then watch the game as his guests. More than 40 participants from local youth leagues, ages 11-18, will take part.
• With an off-day scheduled for Thursday, the Cubs will not tweak their rotation, but keep everyone on schedule, Sveum said. Travis Wood, Carlos Villanueva and Jeff Samardzija will face the Rockies in a three-game series at Wrigley Field that starts Monday.
Carrie Muskat is a reporter for MLB.com. She writes a blog, Muskat Ramblings, and you can follow her on Twitter @CarrieMuskat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I was hoping someone could identify some moths I found in my garden (Aberdeenshire coast) last week (5 in all). I thought they were burnet moths (looked very similar in flight) but on closer inspection realised they weren't. Anyway, I found a dead one which I've photographed (it's gone a bit crispy though). Notable features were the translucent black forewings, red underwings and bright red and black body (shown in photos with wings removed). It's approx. 1 cm long. No doubt something common but I couldn't locate it in my Collins Insect guide!
Moths aren't really my area but I think this is a Ruby Tiger. See -


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I know you've seen cute pets or crazy wildlife on your travels about town, so stop holding out on me! If you ever spot something you can't resist snapping — or even questions about guess that breed or find this product, too — forward all your requests to the Spotted! group. After all, one of the coolest features of the PetSugar Community (in my opinion) is the ability to mobile blog your photos and questions on-the-go!
Mobile blogging is simple; to get started:
- If you're not already a community member, create an account.
- Next up, click Join Group on the top righthand side of the Spotted! group.
- After you register, please go to Edit Profile under your member name dropdown, click on the Post by Email tab, and follow the simple instructions on that page.
- Now you're free to post piccys straight from your cell phone! Simply send a message with the photo attached, a title in the subject line, and any text in the body of the email to email@example.com — you'll get an email back asking you to confirm, so just reply and it should show up in just a few minutes! (Get a detailed explanation of how to do this here.)
If you want to know how to post a photograph from your computer,
- Get started by visiting the Spotted! group page.
- Click the New Post button on the top right.
- Enter a Title — like your pet's name — and click Insert Image to upload a picture of your pal.
- If you'd like, you can add more details about what you saw in the body section.
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So let's all be cute capturers together as part of Spotted! and share our findings with everyone else. They just might end up on the PetSugar homepage as our "Sight of the Week."


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The horizontal-scrolling shoot 'em up, Sine Mora, which is being co developed by Digital Reality and Grasshopper Manufacturer finally has an official release date. According to the Sine Mora Facebook and Twitter, fans of this gorgeous looking 'shmup' can get their hands on it on March 21st on XBLA.
Taken from their official description:
Sine Mora is diesel-punk shoot 'em up co-developed by video game band Grasshopper Manufacture and old-timer Digital Reality. Mixing classic shooter sensibilities with next-gen presentation, Sine Mora is a shoot 'em up that appeals to both hardcore and casual gamers . The engrossing Story Mode weaves an over-the-top tale, presented as only Digital Reality and Grasshopper Manufacture could, while the Arcade Mode provides deep, satisfying gameplay to challenge fans of the genre.
Of course the biggest fans of this game are the ones that are gluttons for punishment, since these shmups are also sometimes referred to as Bullet Hell shooters. Fans loooking forward to Sine Mora though were a little bit skeptical when watching some of the trailers and gameplays for the game, since it looked like it will be a little too easy, though even that claim can be put to rest, as the dev team released a video which showcases the many ways players can die in the game.
Though it's less of a Bullet Hell shooter, it definitely doesn't seem to skimp on the difficulty.


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k10ctl is a P-State utility for AMD family 10h (aka K10) processors. It can modify the P-States, i.e. alter processor and the northbridge frequencies and voltages, set or change the P-State, and read out frequency and voltage information. The main purpose of k10ctl is overclocking or "undervolting" the CPU and to configure Cool'n'Quiet settings.
Data synchronization, replication, and transformation software.
A SCXML to C++ compiler.


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I am really really sick with my dell inspiron 5160 with its noisy fans almost always turned on . The fans start kickin even if the cpu temp is 35c-50c range. Generally, when I am using the laptop, the cpu temp is around 55c. I am thinking of changing the fan setting manually so that it won't start until the cpu temp is 60c. Is this a bad idea? Upto what cpu temp its safe to use the laptop without turning on the fans ?


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OGUNQUIT, Maine — In his notes to the audience on the award winning play, "Thoroughly Modern Millie," director Kirby Ward sums up his thoughts with these words: " ... it's a whole lot of fun."
And that is an understatement. "Fun" was the word of the day from everyone queried about what they thought of the matinee performance Saturday,
The recommendation: "Go see it."
The play runs through to Saturday, July 6.
Now enjoying season 81, the Ogunquit Playhouse is hosting the award-winning play with a cast of actors and actresses who hit their mark at entertaining an audience. For all the fun and humor, "Thoroughly Modern Millie" is a heart-warming love story.
If not familiar with the movie — made in 1967 without much acclaim, or having previously seen the award-winning stage adaptation created in 2002 — it is still somewhat easy to guess from the opening act how things will turn out ... like a fairy tale.
But who cares? It is one of those plays meant to entertain with an uplifting and enjoyable message.
The play is set in the New York City of 1922 when the "flapper" girl was formulating the independence of young women willing to leave the comfort of rural life, following their dreams of fame and success in life, love and happiness.
Millie, and the other "modern" women of her time, are about to discover that along the way the twists and turns of life include some dangerous "S" curves. It doesn't take long for naive Millie to face the struggles of disappointment, frustration and, of course, evil.
What assures all this turns into fun and humorous entertainment is the cast.
They create a lively, energetic and fast-paced performance with good choreography and, as one seatmate noted, pitch-perfect singing. As a result, the audience is pleasantly carried along as the scenes, songs, dancing and story line progress through the various stages to the " ah and oh" happy ending.
From the opening song of "Not for the Life of Me," Millie, played by fairly new Playhouse veteran Becky Gulsvig, captures the audience. With her strong, seemingly flawless acting and singing, it is a pleasure to watch an actor such as Gulsvig merge into the "real life" of the character she is portraying.
And then there is Sally Struthers and then there is evil.
"Oh, so sad to be all alone in the world" -- A line uttered repeatedly throughout the play by the venerable actress in her part as the devious hotel mistress. Mrs. Meers offers the "stars in their eyes" girls, new to the city, with no money in their pocket, a place to stay.
The hotel is being used by Mrs. Meers (Struthers) to kidnap young women and sell them into the white slave trade of the Far East. In her exaggerated English/Chinese speak, she is very happy when they have no family.
Mrs. Meers is pivotal to the subplot of the play. And Struthers does what she does best, easily connecting with the audience to create this no-conscience woman who, ultimately, it is impossible not to find funny ... and sad.
Those few "Oh, so sad ..." words are an example of everything that should go right with a performance. They carry the audience from sadness and woe to humor and laughter for the fairy-tale ending. There is good over bad and all's well that ends well.
Struthers plays the part as not a superstar, but someone who is part of a team of players and knows her role as one to support the others.
Yet she is so strong, and so much a dominant part of any performance that it might seem impossible for her to do what she does in "Thoroughly Modern Millie" — let there be a new star: Becky Gulsvig.
But Gulsvig and Struthers were not alone. In outstanding supporting roles, a Tip 'O the Hat to actors: Matt Lutz, Christopher Shin, Carl Hsu, Jessica Sheridan, Burke Moses and Terry Burrell.
The nitty-gritty
Season ticket packages are still available. Single ticket prices range from $39 to $78 per show. To learn more about becoming a member, or to purchase tickets and gift certificates, visit www.ogunquitplayhouse.com or call the box office at 207-646-5511.
The season continues when Mel Brooks' Musical Young Frankenstein hits the stage July 10-27. The Playhouse is going Technicolor with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's family musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, July 31-Aug. 25. Ballroom with a Twist is back Aug. 27-31. West Side Story is on stage Sept. 4-28. Wrapping up the season is Buddy, The Buddy Holly Story, the most popular musical in Ogunquit Playhouse history, Oct. 2-20.


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SALISBURY — The annual Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival, sponsored each year by Wicomico County Recreation, Parks and Tourism, has been selected to launch a major national barbeque competition, officials announced this week.
The Pork in the Park Festival was chosen by Smithfield Foods to host a new national barbeque competition, the Smithfield Rib Shootout. To launch its new barbeque competition, Smithfield approached the Kansas City Barbeque Society and requested the top festivals in their major markets. Pork in the Park was identified as one of the top three in the nation and the only festival in Maryland chosen for the opportunity.
Pork in the Park will be the first barbeque festival to host the new national event. According to Wicomico officials, hosting the Smithfield Rib Shootout will put Pork in the Park in the national spotlight, providing the annual event with over 50 million traditional and social media impressions through local and national public relations efforts revolving around the event.
Pork in the Park will also receive additional exposure on the barbeque circuit as competitors from across the country will be notified of the event. In addition, Smithfield will provide prize money for the grand champion, reserve grand champion and third-place category winners at Pork in the Park. This year's festival will take place on April 20-22 at Winterplace Park in Salisbury.


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Hi, I'm a long-time user of paid-for ZA and am now trying out ZA free.
I did a total removal of my previous ZA with the ZA uninstaller then ZA clean.exe tool and finally used other tools to further clean the registry and filesystem to make sure ZA Free went into a clean system.
I downloaded and installed from an offline package, zaSetup_102_047_000, MD5 183bdc736bf00280ce72e8f145f745c7 rather than the online installer. My system is 32-bit, XP-Pro and the ZA package spec is:
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Driver version: 10.2.047.000
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There was the usual glitch with tool-bars and browsers when you don't want the ZA tool-bar (it gets installed even if you say you don't want it, so you just go and remove it manually from the browser afterwards).
What is very different though is that after a scheduled update occurs (every 24 hours in the free version) an EXE called 'Updater' and its child 'Notepad.exe' are then left in the process table for ever, usually disassociated from their originating parent (ZA Free). Notepad is editing a file called "C:\WINDOWS\Temp\24.tmp\updater.bat" which seems to be setting up a job to copy a ZA "install.exe" file onto itself for either 32-bit or 64-bit installs. On some occasions ZA-Tray doesn't disassociate itself from Updater.exe and then the system tray icon remains in its permanently updating graphic (a stylised '+') instead of just showing a 'Z'.
None of this seems to get in the way of ZA doing its job and it is free software after all so you can't expect perfection.


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Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
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John Cole / Balloon Juice: More Fiscal Cliff Nonsense
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Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS: Will A Meeting Of The Minds Avert The Fiscal Cliff? (The Note)
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Robert Stein / Connecting.the.Dots: Les Miserables in Washington
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times: New Fiscal Crisis Talks Set, but Hopes Are Low
Manu Raju / Politico:
Obama to Congress: It's time for a deal
Obama to Congress: It's time for a deal
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Optimism for 'fiscal cliff' agreement grows ahead of White House meeting
Optimism for 'fiscal cliff' agreement grows ahead of White House meeting
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Donovan Slack / Politico: Obama 'modestly optimistic' about deal
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
The logic of House GOP intransigence
The logic of House GOP intransigence
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Jon Healey / Los Angeles Times: Dr. Strangebudget or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the fiscal cliff
Susan Duclos / Wake up America: The Fiscal Cliff And The Politics Of Keeping Promises
BooMan / Booman Tribune: Buried in Their Own Bullsh*t
Kevin Liptak / CNN: Senators split on White House fiscal cliff meeting
Glenn Greenwald / Guardian:
GOP and Feinstein join to fulfill Obama's demand for renewed warrantless eavesdropping | Glenn Greenwald — The California Democrat's disgusting rhetoric recalls the worst of Dick Cheney while advancing Obama's agenda — To this day, many people identify mid-2008 as the time they realized …
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David Kravets / Wired: Senate Approves Warrantless Electronic Spy Powers
Mike Masnick / Techdirt: Senate Finally Holds Weak 'Debate' On FISA Amendments Act... But Terrorism!
Kevin Gosztola / Firedoglake: Senate Reauthorizes Surveillance Law for Five More Years Without Reform
Stephen C. Webster / The Raw Story: Senate votes to extend warrantless wiretapping powers
Adi Robertson / The Verge: Senate votes to let the NSA keep spying on you without a warrant until 2017
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute: The Renewal Of Warrantless Eavesdropping
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online: This Week's Senate Scandal: Its Scorn for the 4th Amendment
Trevor Timm / Electronic Frontier Foundation: Why We Should All Care About Today's Senate Vote on the FISA Amendments Act, the Warrantless Domestic Spying Bill
Scott Shackford / Hit & Run: Senate Debating Warrantless Domestic Spying Today; Vote Pending
Adam Serwer / Mother Jones:
Senate to Intel Agencies: We Don't Need to Know How Often You Spy on Americans
Senate to Intel Agencies: We Don't Need to Know How Often You Spy on Americans
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Julian Sanchez / Cato Institute: The Senate's Rushed Debate on NSA Spying Powers
Mike Masnick / Techdirt: LEAKED: White House's Bogus Talking Points On Why Senate Should Trample The 4th Amendment
Matt Sledge / The Huffington Post:
FISA Warrantless Wiretapping Program Renewed By Senate
FISA Warrantless Wiretapping Program Renewed By Senate
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Jonathan Bernstein / PostPartisan: The real surveillance story
Ned Resnikoff / msnbc.com: Bipartisan agreement-against privacy rights
Trevor Timm / Electronic Frontier Foundation: Congress Disgracefully Approves the FISA Warrantless Spying Bill for Five More Years, Rejects All Privacy Amendments
W. James Antle III / The Daily Caller: Senate renews warrantless surveillance program
Ramsey Cox / The Hill:
Senate approves bill to reauthorize foreign surveillance programs
Senate approves bill to reauthorize foreign surveillance programs
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Scott Shackford / Hit & Run: Why Are People More Scared of Facebook Violating Their Privacy than Washington?
The Lonely Conservative: Senate Approves Foreign Surveillance Extension, Nixes Amendment For Reporting On Americans Who Are Spied On
Paul Krugman:
A Double Shot of Misunderstanding — One of the enduring fantasies of the pundit class - most dramatically demonstrated by the ludicrous Politico piece on What Insiders Know - is that all we need to fix our economic problems is to get the great and the good together and bypass those pesky elected officials.
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones: Starbucks CEO Should Leave His Baristas Alone
Dylan Byers / Politico: Krugman, Klein slam Starbucks stunt
Ryu Spaeth / Business Insider: Starbucks CEO's Letter To Employees Contains A Misunderstanding Of The Fiscal Cliff
New York Times:
Woman Dies After a Gang Rape That Galvanized India — NEW DELHI — A young woman who had been in critical condition since she was raped two weeks ago by a group of men who lured her onto a bus here died early Saturday, an official at the hospital in Singapore that was caring for her said.
Sky News:
Gang-Rape In India: Teen Victim Kills Herself
Gang-Rape In India: Teen Victim Kills Herself
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Echidne / ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES: More Bad News From India
JONATHAN TURLEY: Gang Rape Victim Commits Suicide After Being Encouraged To Drop Charges And Marry One Of Her Rapists
Neetzan Zimmerman / Gawker: Woman at Center of India's Gang-Rape Scandal Dies in Hospital
Emily Schultheis / Politico:
Kerry, Dems back Markey for Senate — Democrats both nationally and in Massachusetts are throwing their support behind Rep. Ed Markey to replace Sen. John Kerry in Massachusetts, hoping to clear the field for him in what could become a crowded Democratic primary.
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John Kerry, Vicki Kennedy, DSCC support Ed Markey for Senate
John Kerry, Vicki Kennedy, DSCC support Ed Markey for Senate
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Hillary Chabot / Boston Herald: Insiders: Dems may lean on Ted Kennedy's widow to run
David Nir / Daily Kos: John Kerry, Vicki Kennedy, and the DSCC all—one way or another—signal support for Ed Markey
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Dude, where's Nancy Pelosi's car? Minority leader appears lost in parking lot — The suspense! Usually, lawmakers exit a closed door meeting and head straight for the TV cameras. House Speaker John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi were uncharacteristically quiet leaving …
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Tea Party Leader: Romney Was 'The Worst Candidate In History' — Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips on Thursday disputed that President Obama claimed a mandate in November's election, arguing that his re-election victory came over "the worst candidate in history in Mitt Romney."
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Oklahoma City-based Hobby Lobby to defy federal law requiring contraception coverage for employees, attorney says — Oklahoma City-based Hobby Lobby will defy a federal law that requires employee health care plans to provide insurance coverage for types of contraception that the firm's owners consider to be …
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Grim milestone: Austin shooting apparently 500th homicide in Chicago — Gave Bates smiled through tears as she swiped her hand across her phone, flipping through pictures of her cousin playing around and striking goofy poses. — "He was a lot of fun, very good at imitating people," Bates said of Nathaniel T. Jackson, 40.
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Gasol is not a better player than Boozer..
The Raptors are trying to get better and stronger not..... Soft. Kobe Bryant calls him soft, Phil Jackson calls him soft everyone he has ever played with has called him a soft guy I dont want JV anywhere near Gasol.
Last edited by Rapstor4Life; Thu Apr 11th, 2013 at 01:33 PM.
That said, I still think there's a fairly good chance Pau is traded this summer. Their luxury tax bill with all 4 future HOFers on their team will be absolutely insane, even for a deep pocket team. And they will struggle greatly to add quality pieces as well, because of that situation (like they did this year...they have dreadful depth and can't go through another year like that). If they can turn Pau into 2-3 players that can slide into their system, and cut even 2-3 million, that could be very attractive to them.
To acquire Boozer will only take Bargs, and we might even be able to get them to send us a pick too.
To acquire Gasol, we'd have to send Bargs + DD (or Ross), which is way too much for a one year rental of a guy coming off an injury plagued season.
#2 Reason for Boozer over Gasol
The current Raps team with either guy at PF is probably going to result in roughly the same amount of wins, playoff position, and playoff exit time. Gasol may equal 1-4 more wins, if he stays healthy all year, than Boozer would. His extra value isn't enough to overcome the fact we'd have to include DD or Ross.
#3 Reason for Boozer over Gasol
Boozer's contract lines up with our huge cap clear in 2015. If we're being realistic, that is when the Raps will finally have cap space. There is no way in hell they're moving Gay for a huge 1 year contract similar to Gasol's to free up the cap space a year earlier, so once again another Gasol advantage goes by the wayside. We'd still have no cap room in 2014 as long as Gay is still here, and if you're being realistic then you know there's a 99.999% chance he will be. Even if we got a new GM, he's not going to make his first move shipping out our best player for pennies on the $.
#4 Reason for Boozer over Gasol
It's a culmination of the above points. We get a playoff team for 2 seasons (5-8 seed), then we have a huge cap clear in 2015 when Jonas, Ross, and DD are the only guys under contract and ready to take over. We could spend to bring in whatever big FA are available, and hopefully have a more championship caliber squad in 2015.
Gasol is the better player, but his contract, what it would take to get him, and the difference in wins vs Boozer instead is not enough to pick Gasol over Boozer.
Pau has played in 80+ games 4 times....Boozer 2 times. This will be the first season Pau has played less than 50 games (which Boozer has done twice). Pau has played in roughly 87% possible career games, Boozer in 80%. Define how Boozer is less soft.
-Two, Pau has been the 2nd best player on a championship team twice, and the best player on a FIBA gold, and 2 Olympic silver medal wins. Boozer has been the 2nd best player on 3 teams that haven't won championships, with LeBron early on in Cleveland (acceptable given their youth), with D-Will in Utah (declining success after first season together), and now with D-Rose in Chicago (where injuries have been an issue having them both at the same time, but doesn't that come back to "softness" if you think it has to do with missing games?). I don't know how it's a negative that Pau was playing 2nd fiddle to Kobe Bryant, easily the best wing of his generation and arguably best player (with Tim Duncan). That's like saying Manu and Parker are bad players because they played with Duncan. That's a messed up argument
-Third and coming back to softness, lists are stupid and subjective, especially when they come from random journalists/bloggers. I can't consider a guy soft if he is able to perform at the highest level of competition, both in the NBA and in FIBA related competitions. Does he flop? Yes, maybe more than some guys. Does he whine and complain comically? Yes. Does he make stupid plays because of his softness? No. He still rebounds, scores, protects the basket, makes solid passes and generally impacts all areas of the game. Softness is about how you play, not hwo you look. He won his rings going up against Perkins-KG twice (winning once), and Howard (winning once), and being effective in both wins. That is not soft. Soft is when you disappear because of physicality/pressure, and this has never really been an issue for Pau.
*there are lots of tough players who flop. Reggie Evans, CP3, Anderson Varejao, Manu....flopping is not the same as softness
In 2015 you have much more realistic Raps options like ZBo, Aldridge, Marc Gasol, Asik, Rondo, Lin, Nash, Lou Williams, Danny Green, Marcus Thornton, Wesley Matthews, Prince, Gerald Green, Scola, Chandler, Melo, Amare, Gay (discount?), Frye, and a few others on a sliding scale of talent.
We can't just say "cap space = good" without knowing what is available that year with cap. Cap space in 2014 is rather useless to most teams unless you think you can convince one of the big 3 to jump ship, which isn't going to happen.
Second, you can't just statistically predict wins. You can't say either guy theoretically adds the same amount of wins if they're slotted at PF. Gasol brings better skills. Getting a better player, talent and skill wise, who also fits the needs of a post presence even more (better scorer and passer, IMO), should work out better, if you ask me.
Third, on the contract, there's way too much up in the air to suggest that 2015 will stay a summer of flexibility. Right now, the Raptors have really big depth/talent issues up front, serious questions about the PG spot, redundancy at the wings, and just generally need more talent (even if a fair amount comes from internal growth). They cannot pass up opportunities to improve their team, so there may very well be deals happening to address different issues, either this summer or during the season. At the very least we have to see what options are out there for Bargs to have any sense of the future financial outlook. And getting Pau does not, strictly speaking, sacrifice any flexibility for 2015, especially if the extra player is someone like Fields (another awful contract). You can easily just sign stopgap players to fill holes for a season, especially when you're talking about backup bigs and wings.
The only real issue with Pau will come down to what it takes to get a deal done. Like I said, I wouldn't trade Demar (who I'd only trade for a long-term piece, and ideally in a package to truly upgrade talent), and that means that they'd basically have to want Landry Fields....and that's a pretty tough pill for them to swallow with Bargs. That said, I'm also not sure what the market will be like for Pau this summer, as teams should not want to add his money any more than they should want to add Boozer's or Bargnani's.
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I firmly believe the 2 easiest ways to acquire high-calibre talent is through smart drafting and trading. So IMO, I don't care about 2015 capspace...I just want to cut the deadweight (and associated money) ASAP. Cutting pay isn't just about capspace, but about getting farther from the luxury tax, which also gives ownership more comfort when absorbing more money again. In that sense, Gasol is also a better move, if other deals the team likes become available. I know I shouldn't care about money, but the owners clearly do.
Last edited by white men can't jump; Thu Apr 11th, 2013 at 02:29 PM.
OH, another thing I like about the difference in deal lengths: I really don't think this team will need someone like Boozer demanding minutes and touches by JV's 3rd season. I like the idea of getting that roster space back after just one season, even if it means just using stopgaps to maintain capspace for 2015. Then you can re-mould the bigs spots around JV and Amir again to allow them, but mainly JV, to thrive.
The bold is one area I would question. Danny Ferry's first move in Atlanta was sending out the best player for pennies on the dollar - an older and more expensive player at that.
However, I think we can safely say Colangelo's LAST move will not be sending out Gay for pennies on the dollar.
Right now, the Raptors have 4 "assets" in my view: Amir, Demar, Ross, Lowry.....JV is untouchable. These guys are guys that teams will WANT for something they bring to the game. In order to get an upgrade in talent somewhere, it will cost one or two of these guys to start building any package.
I don't know what to call Bargnani...I suppose he's an "asset" if he can bring back a Boozer or Gasol, but what is he if he brings Spencer Hawes and filler?
Then you just have filler....Fields being both filler and an awful contract. No one on the rest of the roster, Gay included, is someone you can use to get a talent upgrade via trade.
Using money alone, or money and picks, is not likely to bring back the kind of player this team would need to take the next step. I don't think you'll see repeats of what happened iwth the guys going to Miami for basicaly just picks. Teams will be more aggressive and unwilling to let someone walk for basically nothing, becasue the draft is always pretty unceratin. And for instance, I don't think there's a chance in hell Rajon Rondo would ever sign with Toronto as a free agent (lets say unrestricted). Why would he make that choice when there are sure to be other teams offering a player of his calibre equal or better money and chance to win?
The best opportunity to get him(or that calibre of player) is to do so via a trade before he finishes his contract, because Rondo also probably wouldn't be against playing in Toronto if the team is moving in the right direction. It's just never going to be a first choice in free agency, but it's also a city guys generally like. You'll usually only end up getting guys in the 2nd or 3rd tier as free agents, and overpay them at that. For me, the situation I keep thinking of is Chris Paul going to the Clippers. Does anyone believe in a million years he would choose them, even with Griffin there, if he played out his current contract somewhere else? He'd probably go to Dallas or someplace like that with an established star, solid ownership and management, and a winning history. It is unsure if Toronto could offer a star free agent any of those things in 2015, as Gay is a borderline star at best (whose future contract has to be cheaper for keeping him to make sense), and JV may not be enough on his own to attract a guy here.
Now, as far using the money during the season as part of a trade, well, that's clearly not the situation being talked about unless they end up striking out completely in 2015 free agency, which is entirely possible if this team stays mediocre and JV stays the only worthwhile building block. To me, it all keeps coming back to this team having to pull off one more significant trade before 2015 if they want to keep moving in the right direction, otherwise it's basically rebuilding again, this time hoping JV can stay patient for a couple of bad years as he's hitting his prime. I mean, yes, the team could have signficant cap space, but if they're losing (or barely winning) and JV's the only keeper, it's not going to be an attractive situation. JV would have to look like an MVP type player by then for there to be any chance to attract guys....and then the issue becomes how do you get guys via trade? Will Demar's contract seem better/worse at that point? Will Ross blossom or fade? Lowry could be long gone by then.
*I feel like I've helped sidetrack the discussion. Sorry. Wasn't this supposed to be just a preference? Contracts/attainability aside, I'd choose Gasol every time. Accounting for attainability, I'd go with Boozer, unless for some reason LA wants Fields...I would not give up Demar/Ross for anything other than a long-term piece
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Gasol. Shorter contract, better player, and I like the idea of him mentoring JV for a season before his contract runs out.
Example, assuming Howard resigns in LA next year for max, cutting $8M from the Lakers is going to save between $34-38M in salary and tax.
Toronto getting Gasol may cloud things beyond next season, but the future of the team is pretty cloudy in general. I see no reason why getting him would sacrifice flexibilty after his contract is over. A team doesn't have to make another long-term investment immediately after one is loosed.
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Any trade with LA is going to need a third team unless LA is not making a trade looking for salary relief purposes.
I put up a trade with Minnesota being a third team with Lakers & Raptors. Also Bargnani for Boozer is straightforward. Whatever deal Toronto can get a first round pick from is what I would pursue. I think sending DeRozan out in ANY deal needs a first round draft pick coming back.
Lots of negativity around this draft but solid players come from every draft.
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SFMTA's Board of Directors is expected to approve the contract, worth at least $1.1 billion, on Tuesday, July 15, 2014. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is expected to give its own approval in September.
John Haley, SFMTA director of Muni operations, said the first 24 vehicles would begin arriving in 2016. "This really is the big one, in terms of taking it a step forward to improve the heart of our system, which is the rail system," Haley said to local media.
An option to add 85 more vehicles is part of the plan, but funding for those cars has not yet been identified.
The current order is funded from federal, state, and local sources out of the Central Subway project budget.
The Central Subway will extend the Muni's T-Third light rail line under Stockton and Fourth streets, from the downtown Caltrain station to Chinatown. Underground stops are being built at Moscone Center and Union Square. The Central Subway is scheduled to begin revenue service in 2019. SFMTA last month marked completion of tunneling work required for the project.
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- Durisch Nolli Gordola CampusThe picturesque mountainous region of Gordola, Switzerland serves as both the site and inspiration for the striking SSIC vocational school. Designed by Durisch Nolli Architects, the structure mimics the surrounding landscape while coinciding with the industrial architecture of the region. The resulting school is a series of flexible workspaces, designed to maximize natural light.1
- Durisch Nolli Gordola CampusThe school serves as a training center for future stars of the building industry. It houses drafting studios, wood shops, and classrooms, and also has an outdoor teaching area.2
- Durisch Nolli Gordola CampusSince the area is located in a valley and prone to flooding, the entire school is built on a raised platform. A series of concrete stilts raise the platform and the building complex up off the ground. This stilt system also minimizes the building's environmental impact on the site, while providing space for flexible parking and storage beneath the facility that can be moved should it flood.3
- Durisch Nolli Gordola CampusThe most remarkable characteristic of the building is its shape. The roof juts out in saw tooth-like peaks that mimic Switzerland's mountain ranges.4
- Durisch Nolli Gordola CampusA common industrial roofing technique, the peaks are also capped with windows, which act as skylights to flood the work areas below with daylight, minimizing energy spent on lighting. Many of the interior walls are glazed glass, enabling light to shine through. During the day, the classrooms can be illuminated entirely with natural lighting.5
- Durisch Nolli Gordola CampusDurisch Nolli constructed the facility with materials familiar to students of the center - primarily lightweight industrial metal.6
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I was thinking of mounting some sliders on the GT, and wondered if they could also be used as a mount point for some aux lights. This would keep the extra wiring off of the fork. Has anyone seen this done?
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"Early Spring contributes something of great value to the tradition founded by Rachel Carson. Amy Seidl brings her own professional training as a biologist, as well as her engaging lyrical voice, to bear on the blurring of seasons around her Vermont home. The result is a timely, important bookboth troubling and lovely."John Elder
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Disney announced the production of a new hand-drawn animated Winnie the Pooh movie to be released in spring 2011. I know they're making it for the kiddies, but I still couldn't be more excited. I had a Winnie the Pooh-themed birthday party when I turned 5, complete with a party kit that my mom bought at Sears. My two older sisters stayed home from school that day to help with the celebration; it's still one of my favorite childhood memories.
I went to the multiplex with my friend Kelly to see The Tigger Movie in 2000 and Piglet's Big Movie in 2003. We couldn't wait for the DVD release, so we joined all the moms and toddlers at the cinema to revel in the Disney magic. All my favorites were there: Christopher Robin, Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore, Rabbit, Owl, Kanga and Roo. I can't wait to see them all again in this new movie. Sure, I have to wait a couple of years, but it will be worth it.
Who's your favorite resident of the hundred-acre-wood? Voice your choice in today's featured pool. I'm off to listen to Loggins & Messina sing about the "House at Pooh Corner." If you're too young to know the song, get thee to iTunes and download it immediately. You won't be disappointed.
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Droid X for quite some
time, but Motorola today officially its latest Android-based
smartphone. The Droid X will launch July 15 on Verizon's 3G network
and will be priced at $199 after a $100 mail-in rebate (and a
two-year contract). For those that don't want to deal with the hassle
of a rebate, we're quite certain that some retailers -- like Best Buy
-- will offer the phone at $199 without the need for a rebate.
Droid X features a Texas Instruments OMAP3640 processor running at
1GHz, a 4.3-inch display (480x854), 8MP camera (w/dual LED flashes),
HDMI-out, and 720p video capture. When it comes to storage, the Droid
X comes with 8GB of storage space onboard and a 16GB microSD is
included in the box brining total standard storage capacity to 24GB.The
Droid X will also be able to operate as a 3G "Mobile Hotspot"
-- that functionality, however, will cost you an additional $20 per
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smartphones with an unlimited data plan -- something that AT&T
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The Droid X will ship with Android 2.1. However, Motorola and Google both state that an upgrade to Android 2.2 will be pushed out over-the-air later this summer.
in the press release for the Droid X was this little tidbit of
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adoption since the announcement of DROID by Motorola nine months
ago," said Rubin. "There are 160,000 new Android-powered
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models of Apple's new iPhone 4 have proven more challenging to
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i was jsut watering my plants and found this.... he looks part caterpillar part spider... just want a name of what it is....please....
It the caterpillar of the vapourer moth, Orgyia antiqua.
The main pale tufts on its back vary from lemon-yellow to dull-straw in colour, as these photos show:
- http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Trowbridge/photo587979.htm
- http://www.mattcolephotography.co.uk/Galleries/insects/Moths/slides/Vapourer%20Moth%20Caterpillar%202.html
** Don't touch any of its hairs - they can give you a nasty rash. **
As you'll see from this description, the females are almost wingless. That makes them harder for predators to find, and it doesn't impact on the species too much because their main purpose is to receive a male for mating, then lay eggs to start the next generation.
wow thank mike.... i knew you would reply to this... i post so regular at the moment.... brilliant
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CARSON, Calif. – Landon Donovan is back in Southern California and the LA Galaxy are confident that the club's captain will be back to fitness soon after withdrawing from the U.S. National Team's squad ahead of World Cup Qualifying.
Donovan returned to Southern California on Tuesday evening and is scheduled to be evaluated by the team's physician Dr. Bert Mandelbaum.
The 30-year-old Donovan was forced to withdraw from the USMNT squad on Tuesday after being evaluated by the National Team training staff upon his arrival to the team's training camp in Miami. Donovan's injury—that he described as a "knee issue" – first surfaced during the closing moments of last week's 2-1 defeat to Real Salt Lake.
Although LA's captain was forced to withdraw from the U.S. qualifiers, Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena is confident that his captain will be back on the field soon.
"I don't believe that it is anything serious and we will see him back again," said Arena after the club's training session on Wednesday. "We're hopeful that it is nothing serious and we're optimistic."
Whether Donovan is fit in time for LA's next match, on the road against the San Jose Earthquakes on Oct. 21, remains to be seen, but the Galaxy and even the head coach of U.S Soccer Jurgen Klinsmann believe that he needs time to heal.
"Landon was very optimistic over the weekend when his knee was feeling much better," U.S. head coach Jurgen Klinsmann said in a statement provided by U.S. Soccer on Tuesday, "but now he needs time to recover."
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text: We were really looking forward to getting a wading trip in with the new Unfair Lures so Chris, Dad, and myself hit the water this morning. Showed up to a glassy calm river and immediately got a nice trout on the Rip N Slash. We all caught a few jacks and ladyfish before I stuck a nice 20 inch trout! The wind starts to pick up and then I hook into a good fish! It's not jumping and feels pretty heavy. Pull it up beside me and up comes an absolute monster of a ladyfish. My personal best for sure. Now we go down a little further, battling the stiff 10mph east wind(we were on the west side). I'm hooked up again! This time with another just over slot trout. Not even 5 minutes later, Dad is hit right beside him! Fish on! Up comes a big trout! After some short runs, we land the Gator!! Dad's personal best wading trout caught on the Rip N Slash! Unfair Lures got a lot of attention today!


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Global Fatty Amines Market is anticipated to reach USD 2.9 billion by 2025, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. Increasing demand for high-quality surfactants and emulsifiers due to increased usage of personal and household care products in emerging economies such as Asia Pacific is excepted to steer the market growth in the near future.
Fatty amines market growth is mainly depended on the end-use industries. The U.S. fatty amines market in water treatment chemicals application was valued over USD 52 million in 2016. Growing awareness regarding recycling and reusing polluted water due to water scarcity is anticipated to steer product demand in the region.
Multinational companies such as Kao Corporation, Ecogreen Oleochemicals, Huntsman International, and Dow Chemical Company are integrated across the value chain, from raw material processing and fatty amine production to distribution of end products. These companies have the advantage of captive consumption of raw materials to produce fatty amide and further obtain primary, secondary, and tertiary derivatives. These companies are also involved in the production of other products for industrial applications.
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According to officials with the juvenile intake and probation offices, the department has spent $310 over the budgeted $175,000 it was appropriated at the beginning of the year, and the request was made to fund juvenile housing through the end of the year.
Juvenile intake officer Phillip Hubbard said throughout the year the Pope County Detention Center has seen an influx in youth arrested for the use of new, currently legal synthetic intoxicants such as "potpourri," which they ingest to get high.
"You can probably credit a lot of this to the potpourri use," Hubbard said.
"We don't have a choice but to put them in jail when they show up. They get arrested, and they're cuckoo basically."
Hubbard said while the product is legal and sold at some local shops, one can still be arrested for public intoxication after ingesting or smoking it.
Arkansas State Trooper Ben Cross, who will serve on the Pope County Quorum Court starting in January, compared potpourri to "bath salts," another popular intoxicant.
"They smoke it like crack-cocaine, and it gives them a euphoric high and they're out of control," Cross said.
Pope County Treasurer Donna Wall said there is currently $72,948.78 in the county's general fund.
The full court will consider the request at its regular meeting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Pope County Courthouse.
In other business, the Budget Committee will meet at 5 p.m. on Nov. 8 to consider 2013 budgets.
Among items considered at the budget meeting will be a request by Justice Gordon Thornsberry to transfer $700,000 into the surplus investment fund.
"The county can afford it," said Thornsberry, who said the county usually places about $200,000 into the surplus fund each year.
"I think they're spending too much money county-wide, and I think there's lots of room for some savings and if we put it in an investment fund. It's there if they ever need it."
The Budget Committee approved the following items to be considered by the full court Thursday:
n A $1,600 appropriation out of a donation OEM received to be put toward the purchase of a truck bed slide.
n A $5,943.44 appropriation out of the county's general fund and a $5,500 appropriation of the Pope County Sheriff's Office's criminal justice fund, along with $13,556.56 in line item transfers from four departments in the sheriff's office to fund fuel costs through the rest of the year.
n A $1,768.52 line item transfer from machinery and equipment to small equipment for the purchase of two Fujitsu duplex scanners for the tax collector's office.


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*Click here for the full list of the 2016 IRONMAN Athletes' Choice Award winners.
The SunSmart IRONMAN 70.3 Busselton event, formally the WA Long Course Triathlon Championships, found a new home in Busselton in 2002 after 17 years on Rottnest Island and a year at Margaret River. Over time the event has grown in stature and number of participants each year. The Media profile of the event continues to expand annually with the event broadcast national and strong media partnerships facilitating significant exposure both locally, nationally and internationally.
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Lawyers with the American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas and the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a request for summary judgment weeks after the state asked U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright to uphold part of the new law that requires doctors to test for a fetal heartbeat before performing an abortion.
Wright hasn't ruled on either side's requests yet, and the case is set to go to trial next year.
She did, however, grant a temporary injunction in the case in May, blocking enforcement of the 12-week ban while the lawsuit is pending. Lawyers for the ACLU want Wright to take that ruling a step further by issuing a permanent injunction in the case.
The state attorney general's office, meanwhile, has asked Wright to allow the state to enforce the heartbeat test part of the law while the constitutionality of the 12-week ban is being challenged in her court.
Arkansas' Republican-led Legislature enacted the 12-week ban in March when it overrode Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe's veto of the measure. Beebe and other opponents of the ban say it violates the U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion until a fetus could viably survive outside the womb, which is generally considered to be at 22 to 24 weeks.


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text: Okay, let's cut the pretentious talk about Roddenberry's vision. You know what Roddenberry really saw Star Trek as? A source of money. That's all it was to him. In fact, Zephram Cochrane in First Contact really is an in-universe Roddenberry figure. Revered by many as a man of vision when in fact all he wanted was enough money to retire to a nice island with amazing women. Just because something has action and adventure doesn't make it incompatible with "Roddenberry Trek." And the truth of the matter is that Roddenberry is not God. Deal with it.


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Robert Lawrence Trachy
OCEAN PINES — Robert Lawrence Trachy, Sr., 83, died Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012 at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin.
Born in Franklin, N.H., he was the son of the late Arville Trachy and Yvonne Desjardens Trachy. He was preceded in death by his wife of 53 years, Ruth Campbell Trachy in 2003.
He is survived by his sons, Robert Lawrence Trachy, Jr. "Larry" and his wife Diane of Mechanicsville, Va., and Thomas George Trachy and his wife Chrystallo of Newark, Del; his daughters, Nanette Meith and her husband Michael of Snow Hill, Tammy Wallace and her husband Lester of Clifton, Va. and Jeanne Mills and her husband Allan of Ocean Pines; 11 grandchildren; a brother, Richard Trachy and his wife Jeannette of Rochester, Minn.; sister-in-law, Elizabeth Trachy of Tuscon, Ariz.; sisters, Doris Bouty of San Francisco and Yvette Toupin of Austin, Texas; and several nieces and nephews. Also surviving is his beloved companion, Andree Bertrand of Montreal, Canada. He was preceded in death by a grandson, Bryan Wallace, and by his brothers, Roger Trachy and Edward Trachy.
Mr. Trachy was a United States Army veteran. He had been a defense communications specialist working for the government. He was a member of St. John Neumann Catholic Church, Ocean Pines Kiwanis, Anglers Club, the Elks Lodge in Riverdale and the American Legion in Greenbelt, Md.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Monday, Aug. 20, 2012 at 11 a.m. at St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Ocean Pines. Interment will follow in Sunset Memorial Park in Berlin. Friends may call on Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012 from 6-8 pm at the Burbage Funeral Home in Berlin. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 100 West 10th St., Suite 1002, Wilmington, Del. 19801.
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OCEAN CITY — Dolores Marie Heim, 86, died Thursday, July 26 at her home.
Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Albert E. Bender and Emma Elizabeth Messinger Bender. She is survived by her husband, Norman Vincent Heim, and daughters, Gloria Cinquegrani of Towson, Marsha Ann Weber of Forest Hill, Md., Grace Maria Heim of Towson and Shelly Heim-Giardina of Ocean City. There is one granddaughter, Tracy Lamb of Bristow, Va.
A one-hour visitation will be held on Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012, at 10 a.m. at the Burbage Funeral Home in Berlin. A private memorial service for family only will follow. A donation in her memory may be made to the Parkinson's Disease Foundation, 1359 Broadway, Suite 1509, New York, N.Y., 10018, or: the Alzheimer's Association, 1850 York Rd. Suite D, Timonium, Md. 21093.


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Before hitting the road for that first spring getaway, Workhorse Custom Chassis recommends following this spring-cleaning checklist to prepare the motorhome for many safe, enjoyable journeys:
Exterior wash
- First, examine the coach exterior, including the body and roof, to detect cracks or separation. Look under the vehicle for signs of gas or fluid leaks. If one is discovered, note the location and color (if a fluid leak), and then ask a certified technician to inspect the vehicle.
- Avoid using household detergents that may damage paint and diminish the shine. Use a specially formulated soap from an RV supply store.
- Spray the motorhome with a power nozzle before applying suds. Be sure the sponge and towels are free of abrasive dirt before scrubbing. Use specialized cleaners to make tires and trim look new.
- Work in the shade, because washing a hot surface can leave stubborn streaks on windows.
Wall-to-wall cleansing
- If the motorhome was stored during winter, it may need time to air out. Use a carpet deodorizer and a heavy-duty fabric refresher to eliminate odors. Vacuum carpet, upholstery and door panels. Wash all removable cushions and window treatments.
- Polish and protect the dashboard and other vinyl areas by using wipe-on or spray products designed for these surfaces.
Check fluids and connections
- Change the engine oil even if the mileage doesn't call for it, because cold weather affects oil quality. Have a new filter installed during the spring-cleaning oil change.
- Check battery connections. Corrosion may have accumulated during winter. If so, the connections should be removed, cleaned and, after reassembly, treated with an anticorrosive product.
Check tires
- Motorhome tires are subject to weathering conditions through natural aging and periods of inactivity. Look for cracking and other damage on the tires. A professional can inspect worn, cracked and older tires to determine whether they should be replaced.
Home safety check
- Test batteries in smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors to confirm they are in working order. Check fire extinguishers and place them in convenient locations.
Preparedness check
- Update an emergency kit for spring travel. The kit should include: flares, bottled drinking water, a clean gas can, reflective triangles, duct tape, jumper cables, heavy rope and a four-way screwdriver.
Last-minute review
- Stock up on necessities for cooking, cleaning and entertaining. Review kitchen equipment and the inventory of games, puzzles, CDs, DVDs and videotapes that can enhance trips.
- Make sure appliances are working properly if they were not used during winter.