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PHOENIX -- After missing two games over the weekend with a frayed shoulder labrum, Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp was back in the lineup Tuesday against the D-backs, feeling refreshed and batting cleanup.The 27-year-old received a cortisone shot on Saturday in his shoulder, which was injured when he ran into the outfield fence at Coors Field in Denver on Aug. 28. Kemp came out on the field early Tuesday at Chase Field to play catch and hit batting practice before reporting to Dodgers manager Don Mattingly he felt healthy enough to go. "I can't say he's 100 percent, I'm sure he's not, but he feels good and is ready to go," Mattingly said. "Hopefully it's allowed for him to calm down and get him going. The last time he came out, he felt like he couldn't do anything to help us." Kemp entered Tuesday batting .315 with 18 homers and 56 RBIs. Throughout his injury-plagued season, the 2011 runner-up for the National League MVP Award has missed 56 games. "I think it's been a challenging year for Matt. It's the first time he's really had to stop and start," Mattingly said. "It's hard to keep your rhythm when you play like that. It's probably been a good learning experience for him."
Gordon returns from thumb injury
PHOENIX -- Bolstering their expanded roster on Tuesday, the Dodgers reinstated shortstop Dee Gordon from the 60-day disabled list and recalled right-handed pitcher Stephen Fife and utility player Elian Herrera from Triple-A Albuquerque.To make room for Gordon on the 40-man roster, the club placed infielder Adam Kennedy, out since Friday with a strained right groin, on the 60-day disabled list. Gordon tore a ligament in his right thumb sliding into third base on July 4 and has missed the past 57 games rehabbing after surgery. "It's been a long time," Gordon said. "It's pretty cool to be back. I'm excited to see what we can put together." The 24-year-old led the Major Leagues with 30 stolen bases at the time of his injury and is hitting .229 with 36 runs scored in 78 games. The Dodgers expect to use Gordon mostly in late-game scenarios to take advantage of his speed. "Pretty much how we're thinking of using him, stealing a bag late and use him in that capacity," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. "Double-switch him, for the most part, come off the bench, steal you a bag when you need to score a guy from first." Gordon played in eight rehab games for Albuquerque, hitting .267 with a triple and two steals. Relishing just being back in the Majors again, the shortstop is ready to fill any role the Dodgers need him to. "Whatever it is, I'm going to do it well," Gordon said. "I'm going to do what I have to do to help. We have a great group of guys." While Gordon doesn't figure to play an everyday part of the team as the Dodgers try to win their way into the postseason with Hanley Ramirez at shortstop, Mattingly still believes Gordon will be a mainstay for the club in coming years. "I think Dee is going to be a great player," Mattingly said. "What he can bring, very few guys can do. This is a guy that is going to have to get on base better and make better decisions, but I believe that he's a guy that, in the long term, will be a dynamic player." As for the other additions to the Dodgers, Herrera is hitting .244 with a homer and 16 RBIs in 53 games, while Fife went 11-7 with a 4.66 ERA in 25 games for Albuquerque.
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Even though a sore hip forced Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw to have his start pushed back from Sunday to Tuesday, the club felt good about how the pitcher felt before the game against the D-backs."I know they'll take some precautions during the game to make sure he stays loose, but he feels good," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. "They haven't put any limitations on him for the game. He could be sore early or it could be great all day." In remembrance of 9/11, all Dodgers wore an American flag patch embroidered on the side of their caps while special lineup cards and jewelry was also used.
Tyler Emerick is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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What do you get when you take a pound of funky reggae, three quarts of R 'n' B,
eight ounces of Gospel, and ten tons of Soul, and beat well? You get Toots!
On the 10th of December, deep in the countryside of rural Jamaica, one of
Reggae's supreme voices wailed its first cry. Frederick Nathaniel Hibbert, better known to
us as "Toots," is part preacher, part Otis-channeler, eclectic Coptic visionary,
and Jamaican Soul Man No. 1--a timeless, legendary, immensely satisfying and distinctly
unique musical force who has given energy and inspiration to countless individuals.
The parish of Clarendon, on the western side of Jamaica, provided the spiritual
backdrop for the evolution of Toots' soul-reggae extravaganza. His father preached in
church--"I grow up way in the country, in May Pen, Clarendon," says Toots.
"Singing I was taught from the church, from when I was a baby. I grew up into the
gospel church, Seventh Day Adventist, and I hear people preach and people sing." And
Toots began to sing--finding his voice in the ecstatic din of the Jamaican rural church.
However, competing for attention from the island's youth was another sound to be heard in
and amongst those dirt lanes and simple houses--that modern invention called the
transistor radio. The refined, urban visions of Ray Charles and Otis Redding hit Toots'
ears and he loved what he heard.
Drawn to the bright lights of the city, Toots found a job at a barbershop in
Kingston, where he impressed patrons and passers-by with his vocal talent. Also impressed
were Kingston friends Raleigh Gordon and Jerry Mathias, and the three agreed to start a
vocal trio. In 1963, Toots, Raleigh, and Jerry queued in line with other eager youth for
an audition at Clement "Sir Coxsone" Dodd's fabled Studio One on Brentford Road,
in the hopes of being chosen to make a Ska record for Sir Coxsone. They passed the
audition (thanks in part to Coxsone's A&R man Lee Perry), and into the studio they
went. Toots went back to his gospel roots, and the Maytals emerged with an album's worth
of Old Testament-inspired Ska.
In 1966, Toots, had the misfortune of being framed on a trumped-up ganja
charge--but he served only 6 months before finally being released. He turned his time
behind bars, right down to his prison number, to his advantage with the rocksteady smash
"54-46, That's My Number," In late 1968, the cool rocksteady beat evolved into a
faster, brighter, more danceable sound and reggae was born. Toots heralded the new sound
with the seminal, complex groove monster "Do the Reggay"--"the new dance,
going around the town." Toots wanted "to do the reggay with you".
In 1975 Toots and
the Maytals performed on both coasts of the U.S. In 1976, with help from musicians like
keyboard prodigy Steve Winwood, Toots came out with the classic album, Reggae Got Soul.
With Raleigh Gordon and Jerry Mathias, and Dynamites Paul Douglas, Jackie Jackson, Winston
Wright, Hux Brown and Dougie Bryan (the same musicians that had been recording with him
since 1969), Toots hit the road in support of the album and thrilled audiences with his
knock-out 2-hour reggae-soul revue, the likes of which had never been seen before. From
'76 on, he leapt and pranced on European and American stages.
In 1979, Toots recorded Pass The Pipe, one of the warmest, smokiest, most
soulful reggae albums ever made, and somewhat of a tribute to Otis Redding. 1980 saw Just
Like That and 1981 Knock Out, which was Toots last release on Island. Toots
quit working with the Maytals, went solo and won acclaim for his Jamaican re-working of
Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing."
In 1988, Toots went further back to his American roots and paid tribute to
Stax/Volt with Toots in Memphis. The album was nominated for a Grammy. In 1996
Island Jamaica released a double CD Time Tough--an anthology which is the most
comprehensive Toots' collection to date.
Still on the road and dazzling audiences the world over, Toots has been belting
out his repetoire of songs for 35 years, but it hardly shows. Think how many generations
of people Toots and his dedicated musicians have delighted, enlightened, and inspired, not
through preachy didacticism, but through a truckload of wholesome, funky reggae. What is
so refreshing about Toots' live shows today is that not only do they have such cathartic
power, but they offer young people a real, living example of how reggae used to be.
Speaking of the state of Jamaican music today, Toots says: "Real reggae is
roots, and the rest of what is coming out is branches. Reggae music always be on top. You
have to have something with a gospel feel. It's wicked, you know? It's Roots, Rock,
Reggae. The roots--that's what I am."
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Stallion Infertility and the Y Chromosome
- May 4, 2004
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Environmental factors, management, and genetics all play a part in determining a stallion's fertility. Bhanu P. Chowdhary, BVSc, AH, MVSc, PhD, associate professor in animal genomics at Texas A&M University's College of Veterinary Medicine, has turned his attention to the role of genetics, specifically on the Y chromosome, in finding causes of stallion infertility. He presented information on his current research on this topic, and his long-term goals to be able to genetically diagnose stallions with Y chromosome-related fertility problems, at a recent University of Kentucky Gluck Equine Research Center lecture for equine researchers, students, and practitioners.
According to Chowdhary, the Y chromosome was largely ignored, compared to other chromosomes, because it was thought to only determine sex. It was often called a "genetic wasteland, junkyard, a barren chromosome, an 'empty dance partner' for X, a genetic couch potato, an adolescent tearaway, and a degenerate," he said.
In June 2003, after scientists deciphered the role of genes on the human Y chromosome, Chowdhary said the chromosome was "suddenly considered to be a 'goldmine,' 'crystal palace,' and 'hall of mirrors,' " because of its bizarre organization and potential role in causing male infertility, sex reversal, gonadal dysgenesis (in which an infected individual looks like female but has male chromosome composition, specifically a defective Y chromosome), aging, and cancer. Y chromosome DNA can also be useful for forensic analysis and paternity testing. "Finally the Y chromosome got some stardom, and wasn't just referred to as the sex-determining chromosome," he said.
Six percent of human males are completely infertile, and 25-30% of those men are infertile because of causes on the Y chromosome--usually rearrangements or deletions. "We cannot overlook this major factor as non-existent in horses," said Chowdhary, "I suspect something similar is happening in them, too." After looking into available research, Chowdhary saw that very little is known about the genetic causes associated with reduced fertility or infertility in stallions. While he's examining these causes on other chromosomes, he's specifically targeting the horse Y chromosome and the genetic factors it harbors for stallion fertility.
"You cannot compare the Y chromosome to any of the autosomes (chromosomes not directly involved in sex determination)—the Y chromosome is an unusual, bizarre, amazing assembly of genetic material," he said, explaining that it is well-studied in the human and mouse, but that "the bottom line is our knowledge of the equine Y chromosome is negligible."
The long-term aim of sequencing the equine Y chromosome could lead to understanding the structure, organization, and function of Y-specific genes, identifying their role in stallion infertility, and developing a diagnostic test to accurately identify foals with potential Y-associated fertility problems. However, the project requires dedicated funding to rapidly understand the dynamics.
"A lot of economy is generated by the foals produced," said Chowdhary. "Male fertility is of prime significance, because stud fees can range from thousands to half a million."
Currently, he and other researchers are trying to get all of the tools and resources in place in the horse map of the Y chromosome. Interestingly, much can be drawn from the human gene map of the Y chromosome, helping the researchers identify and understand equine genes on that chromosome. "The bottom line is: first of all you need to build a (Y chromosome) map--this is essential. It is like a foundation without which you cannot build a house". He gratefully acknowledged the critical funding provided by American Quarter Horse Foundation to facilitate this initial stage of the work.
"Genomics is not a magic pill that can create a dream horse -- that is a misconception," he added. "My research is not trying to make unusual splashes of coat colors on horses, make mares have four foals, help develop a flu-like shot that will cure all diseases in a split second, nor am I making horses disease-free and resistant to all pathogens within a day. I would like people to accept genomics simply as an additional powerful future tool in the pocket of veterinarians that will make diagnoses more accurate, more reliable, and once done, lead to new ways to treat horses better."
"Identification of genetic background for various diseases and conditions in animals will shape veterinary practice (diagnosis as well as treatment) in the 21st century, just like antibiotics and vaccines did in the 20th century," said Chowdhary. "By funding critically important basic research in horse genomics, the equine community can make a huge difference in facilitating a leap into the future. They are the end-users and they will reap the most benefits of genetics research."
Editor's note: In the April issue, we called for help in gathering blood samples for Chowdhary's research. He said he had some response and has already received eight samples, but could use more. Click here for the type of horses to be sampled, and contact information.
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Dear brothers and sisters on this blessed forum,
I prayed to Allah that you all help in this and share me the rewards and high ranks form Allah.
The Muslim is a brother to the Muslim. He supports him, guides him and protects him.
In fact, I found out some members (brothers+ sisters) post they need very urgent help or guide which means sometimes there is no time to waste but unfortunately no one reply to them.
Some members register for one question. they are lost and need help form their brothers in Islam.
Even when some members reply, their replies sometimes come TOO late.
I hope we cooperate with each other for this sake of Allah and check the Islamic pages every visit especially the basics of Islam looking for a lost Muslim who needs your wisdom and help. I will try to do my best but:
1- I am not a knowledgeable person. I also don't have the enough wisdom and experience about many issues in this life. And the worst thing is I am still considered newbie to this forum.
2- without you my brothers and sisters, I can do NOTING.
I hope you understand my point.
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Hi dear Full of Hopes,
In my opinion, it's not necessary to have the personal experience. We all hear about other people stories, problems, experiences, etc. so let's try to apply the bad and the good things of this life to help other people.
Myself, I just try my best, and I hope I can help. Sometimes, it's not necessary too much, just to pay attention to the people who need help. Some people are only needing someone to be there in the right time to tell them: you are alive! Give thanks to God! So... that's our role here, I think. That's the only thing we can do.
I wish I could go to each person who needs help and tell them the solution to every problem they may have... but I cannot. So just giving an opinion sometimes it helps more than keeping away.
It's difficult to help everyone, and painful, but here there is a very big group of people, so... I think we can manage if we try
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Jazakum Allah Khairn .. Thank you brother Saladin for being ready to help. May Allah raise your rank.
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LYON, France – Close co-operation between INTERPOL, the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the French Ministries of Justice and the Interior has led to the arrest of a man wanted in connection with the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
French police in Carcassonne in southern France arrested Dominique Ntawukuriryayo, who is the subject of an INTERPOL Red Notice issued on behalf of the ICTR in November 2006. He is wanted in connection with serious offences under the 1949 Geneva Conventions and crimes against humanity.
'The extraordinary efforts made by both the French Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Interior which have resulted in this and other recent arrests should be commended,' said INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble.
'A result such as this does not come overnight and was achieved only through the close and careful co-operation between the French authorities, INTERPOL, Rwandan authorities and the ICTR.
'This arrest also serves as a clear warning to the other fugitives wanted by the ICTR and for whom INTERPOL Red Notices have been issued that they may believe they have evaded justice, but this is very much not the case.'
Ntawukuriryayo is the third fugitive wanted by the ICTR to be caught in France. His arrest comes after delegates at INTERPOL's 19th African Regional Conference in Tanzania called for all 186 National Central Bureaus around the world to provide whatever assistance necessary to arrest the remaining fugitives of the ICTR – who now number 15 in total.
INTERPOL's President Jackie Selebi told the conference that it was 'our duty as police officers to do everything in our power to identify and apprehend those fugitives who are wanted in connection with such serious crimes.'
The first in this series of arrests was made at the end of June after co-operation between officers in INTERPOL's Fugitive Investigative Service (FIS) and law enforcement officials in Rwanda, France and the United States led to the detention of Isaac Kamali at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris.
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Maybe a little premature, but HoopsWorld had an article on the guys with the biggest upside. No doubt the Raps will be looking at some of these names throughout the year.
While I do not think they will be #28 in the league like ESPN, I'm not booking any trips to T.O. in the hopes of catching playoff basketball.
It would appear quite a few of the top prospects this year are wings/forwards with potential to play 2/3/4.
The shitty thing is with the lockout looming, this year may be a weak draft with guys staying in college for another season.
Who do you like in the draft next year?
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Lean JVM Runtime
Brief explanation: The current Clojure/JVM runtime is fully-featured, and can become even more fully-featured with projects like core.typed. However, sometimes it is important to have a leaner runtime that is less resource-intensive. This is ideal for instances where Clojure serves primarily as a library or in lean runtime environments like Google App Engine or Android where a quick startup is desirable. The goal of this project would be to create an alternative lean Clojure runtime and associated compiler. The compiler may be based either of the standard compiler or the ClojureScript compiler. Clojure vars would compile to static fields or methods. It will be necessary to find out which subset of the language makes sense (for example, vars would probably not really exist anymore).
Expected results: A lean Clojure runtime and compiler (well, some good progress to this end)
Knowledge prerequisites: A thorough understanding of Clojure and some familiarity with byte code generation for the JVM.
Difficulty: Hard
Mentor: Daniel Solano Gómez
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Many of us are working to make Clojure into a great platform for Data Science, Big Data and numerical computing. See the Numerical Clojure Group for ideas and discussions. There are many opportunities to take on exciting projects in this space - a few ideas are listed below:
Linear Algebra for Clojure
Brief explanation: core.matrix provides a powerful and flexible API for array programming and numerical computing in Clojure. To take this to the next level, it is important to implement a suite of linear algebra algorithms - including various matrix decompositions (SVD, QR, Cholesky etc.....), linear system solvers etc. These need to be added both to the core.matrix API, and to one or more core.matrix implementations. A good option would be to add these algorithms to vectorz-clj, which is a well-maintained core.matrix implementation that runs 100% on the JVM. It would be possible to port or adapt existing Java algorithms (e.g. from EJML). Our goal would be to match / exceed the performance of other Java-based libraries - see the Java Matrix Benchmark
Expected results: A clean, well-defined API for linear algebra in core.matrix. Fast working implementations of the API added to vectorz-clj, with performance comparable to the best libraries in the Java Matrix Benchmark
Knowledge prerequisites: Mathematics / linear algebra, Java, Clojure
Skill Level: Hard
Mentor: Mike Anderson
Brief explanation: core.matrix provides a powerful and flexible API for array programming and numerical computing in Clojure. It should be possible to create an implementation for core.matrix that performs computations on the GPU. Ideally, matrices would be retained in GPU memory as much as possible, to avoid unnecessary copying to/from main memory.
Expected results: A full core.matrix implementation with GPU-based array storage and GPU-accelerated operations. Benchmarks to demonstrate clear performance gains over non-GPU approaches for key operations (e.g. matrix multiplication)
Knowledge prerequisites: Mathematics / linear algebra, Clojure, GPU programming
Skill Level: Hard
Mentor: Mike Anderson (core.matrix aspects) - Timothy Baldridge (GPU aspects)
Incanter + core.matrix integration
Brief explanation: core.matrix provides a powerful and flexible API for array programming and numerical computing in Clojure. Incanter is a platform for statistical computing and graphics. Bringing the two together would create a powerful combination.
Expected results: Incanter modified to take full advantage of core.matrix.
Knowledge prerequisites: Statistics, Mathematics, Clojure
Skill Level: Hard
Mentor: TBC
HDF5 interface for Clojure + core.matrix integration
Brief explanation: HDF5 is a flexible and widely used file format for storing large datasets, in particular in the form of arrays and tables. There is a rudimentary Clojure interface, but it isn't nearly as full-featured and flexible as interfaces for other languages. Ideally, a Clojure interface would integrate with core.matrix to present datasets as arrays-on-disk, following the example of the h5py interface library for Python which succeeds very well at this.
Expected results: A much improved HDF5 interface for Clojure.
Knowledge prerequisites: Clojure, Java and some JNI (to understand the Java-HDF5 interfaces)
Skill Level: Medium
Mentor: Konrad Hinsen
Quil on ClojureScript
Brief explanation: Quil is a drawing and animation library for clojure. It is basically wrapper over Processing. Currently Quil works only on vanilla clojure (JVM based). It would be cool to have it also on ClojureScript. Processing already have javascript version: Processing.js, so it can be used for our goals.
Expected results: quil clojurescript library capable of running regular quil sketches, documentation how to use it in clojurescript project.
Knowledge prerequisites: familiarity with clojurescript, javascript
Skill Level: Medium
Mentor: Nikita Beloglazov (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Typed ClojureScript Annotations
Brief explanation: Typed ClojureScript is an optional type checker for ClojureScript. Many annotations are missing for the core ClojureScript libraries, which means using the type checker is more painful than it should be. This project involves annotating these core libraries like cljs.core so most of the core annotations are included in the type checker. This is a great project to get familiar with ClojureScript, Clojure, and/or Typed Clojure.
Expectations of student: The student is not expected to make changes to the type checker, but rather identify areas that need improvement to meaningfully annotate the libraries and report them to the Typed ClojureScript maintainers. No particular prior experience with Clojure, ClojureScript, Typed Clojure or type systems is required, but the student is expected to learn quickly from their mentor who will bring them up to speed with any relevant area.
Difficulty: Variable, accommodates to any skill level
Expected results: increased familiarity with ClojureScript/Clojure, annotations for core ClojureScript libraries, identified required improvements to type checker
Mentor: Ambrose Bonnaire-Sergeant (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Data Visualization Components with Om / React.js
Brief Explanation: React.js provides a natural model for transforming declarative data into interactive interfaces. Om is a powerful Clojurescript interface to React. This project will develop reusable Om components for data visualization, which could be used in conjunction with libraries like Incanter, or for stand-alone applications. React supports SVG out-of-the box, so that will be the initial visualization target.
Expected result: A set of standard visualization components covering the common types, built using Clojurescript and Om. If time allows, the student will have the option of either A) extending the React model to Canvas to achieve higher-scale visualization, or B) develop a visualization subarea in greater detail, for example map projections.
Difficulty: Variable, accommodates to any skill level. Some components will already be in place for the student to follow as an example.
Mentor: Kovas Boguta (email@example.com)
Typed ClojureScript Checker
Brief explanation: Typed ClojureScript is a type system for ClojureScript. It shares many of the same building blocks as Typed Clojure, which is much more complete. This project involves developing Typed ClojureScript with the goal of achieving a similar usefulness to Typed Clojure.
Expected result: A usable implementation of Typed ClojureScript
Difficulty: Hard
Mentor: Ambrose Bonnaire-Sergeant
Light Table
BOT browser
Brief explanation: The BOT system used in LT keeps all application state in a globally accessible index. A browser tools could use this to show lists of object types, objects, behaviours and tags updating in real time and filterable by type and key/value search. This would let new developers browse through state to get an overview of where things are stored and then drill down to watch the objects they are interested in and see how they change over time.
Expected results: A UI for browsing and searching behaviours, objects and tags that updates in real time
Knowledge prerequisites: Familiarity with clojurescript and experience with building interactive HTML apps
Mentor: Jamie Brandon
Connection manager
Brief explanation: Currently, running a daemon for eg background code analysis is painful. See node.cljs for an example of the boilerplate required. The manager will need to handle asking the user for arguments (eg which virtualenv to use), starting a process or connecting to an existing one, piping stdout/stderr into the console, displaying meaningful error messages to the user, displaying restart buttons for failed connections etc
Expected results: Creating a connection to eg tern or ensime is as simple as passing the executable path and arguments. The connection manager handles updating the UI, reporting errors and restarting the connection. Connections that want to override defaults can do so (probably via adding/removing behaviours).
Knowledge prerequisites: Familiarity with clojurescript and experience with async IO in node.js
Mentor: Jamie Brandon
Javascript API
Knowledge prerequisites: Familiarity with clojurescript and javascript.
Mentor: Jamie Brandon
Brief explanation: In the original Light Table videos we showed the ability to edit functions outside of the files that they are stored in. The end result was a 'codex' - a kind of virtual document made up of text from multiple different source documents. This idea didn't make it into the current version of Light Table but it is still regularly requested. CodeMirror (the editor on which LT is based) already has the ability to create linked documents so the remaining work is mostly in parsing function boundaries and exposing an intuitive UI.
Expected results: Users can create a codex and add text from other files. When either the codex or the source file is modified, both are updated immediately. Rather than manually selecting a region of text to add, the user can run an 'Add function to codex' command which parses the text around the cursor position to find function boundaries.
Knowledge prerequisites: Familiarity with clojurescript, knowledge of parsing algorithms and experience with building interactive HTML apps
Mentor: Jamie Brandon
Dynalint: Improved Core Clojure errors and warnings
Brief explanation: Error reporting has been identified as a common complaint of Clojure in the latest Clojure Survey. In many cases, addressing these concerns directly in the core Clojure implementation would degrade performance, while an explicit "strict" or debug mode for Clojure would require extensive changes to Clojure core. Dynalint takes another approach: it is an external tool that can "instrument" core Clojure functionality to emit warnings and better errors. This approach has some limitations, but it can quickly make headway in an area that Clojure struggles with.
Expected results: A comprehensive suite of useful warnings and errors for the (near) latest version/s of Clojure.
Knowledge prerequisites: None
Difficulty: Easy
Mentor: Ambrose Bonnaire-Sergeant
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This post is old news to some people, but yesterday I watched Nancy Meyer's film It's Complicated (2009) for the first time. Meryl Streep's character lives in this Spanish-style Santa Barbara home, very nice and homey, and runs a gorgeous bakery/café. Alec Baldwin plays her ex. The story, which I'm not going into, is wonderful but I was quite occupied with looking at the set design; I loved the orange and blue hues in the living room. As you can see in the photos, there were lamps and all kinds of wonderful home decor. I couldn't find a better photo of the patio, which I find fantastic.
The production designer was Jon Hutman and the set decorator was Beth Rubino (both were also responsible for the beautiful set design of Something's Gotta Give (2003)). One part of the story is that Streep's character has hired an architect, played by Steve Martin, to design an addition to her house with the kitchen she has always dreamed of and some other rooms and a second floor.
I really enjoyed this film and laughed a lot but there was one thing I was hugely disappointed with: We don't get to see the renovation itself! What was that all about? Could someone please tell Nancy Meyer to make a sequel because I'm dying to see the outcome; it doesn't really have to be a full-length film, I just need to see the making of that addition.
Is that too much to ask for?
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a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Jun 11, 2007 at 8:39 am
An initiative for nurturing the oral heritage of nomadic cultures.
This wonderful exhibition about the Tuareg finding their place in the modern world should remind us that artefacts in a museum are but tangible tokens to the intangible: in this case a rich living oral culture of ancient artistry, knowledge, wisdom, poetry, music and stories. The stories of the Tuareg, like those of other minority cultures, encapsulate different ways of viewing the world and behaving, ways of living in harmony with the environment and fostering biodiversity that are fast vanishing.
We would like to bring to your attention a new non-profit, 'Living Cultural Storybases' which will be working with Tuareg communities later this year.
This community-empowerment work is a part of a global venture against the accelerating disappearance of cultural diversity being incubated in California, supported by the Christensen Fund.
The retelling of traditional and personal stories is vital for cultural transmission, group solidarity, ethnic identity and evaluation of change. We would like your support to create living networks of stories and songs for minority communities to share, celebrate and re-interpret their cultural knowledge, i.e. self-empowering narratives.
Our engagement with Tuareg nomads aims to show how new, more appropriate digital technologies can provide information and communication even in remote deserts and across countries. This can strengthen Tuareg dialogue across the generations, between scattered nomadic groups and with their urban diaspora in their own language, Tamasheq.
We are looking for skilled volunteers who would like to get involved and sponsors for our 501c(3) organization. Do contact us!
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a resident of Midtown
on Jun 11, 2007 at 10:16 am
Did the cities on their route make sanitary provisions for them? Did the cities set aside caravansaries for the nomads? Did the nomads respect the property and customs of the cities they stopped at?
a resident of Southgate
on Jun 11, 2007 at 11:32 am
My name is Helene E. Hagan. I am a native of North Africa, an Amazigh (Berber) and an anthropologist (degree from Stanford University.)
I am the President of a non-profit organization called Tazzla Institute for Cultural Diversity which has worked with Tuaregs of Niger since 1997. We are the US. offical partner of the Tuareg ONG "Tedhilt" of Niger. Please go to our site www.tazzla.org to see our Tuareg School Project. In addition, I served for four years on the board of directors of the national Amazigh Cultural Association in America, whose mission is to educate the American public on Berber and Tuareg Amazigh issues. I am still a member of that association.
In regards to this Art of Being Tuareg Exhibit, with which I was seriously involved when it started its life at UCLA in November 2006 before moving to Stanford recently:
1. It must be noted that the family of artisans or "inadans" implicated in this Exhibit is part of a group which does not truly represent the nomadic and semi-nomadic warrior groups of the Kel Tamashek of Niger (Tuaregs.) The origins and ethnicity of the Koumama family showcased in that Exhibit are different from that of the Imazighen, who are those called "Tuaregs" a point made in the catalogue by Tom Seligman, the Curator of the Exhibit, but not too clear in all the publicity around the Exhibit that I have seen.
2. The acculturation of which Tom Seligman makes so much, again, pertains to a certain family of artisans which settled in Agadez some time ago. They are not the actual descendants of the people called Imazighen, who are the true live carriers of the "Tuareg" culture and I dont see how they can claim to be - or be presented to the American public as - the representatives of the Tuareg culture. They are one group of the complex Tuareg social tapestry - a group of servants from a different ethnic origin - that was assimilated into the Tuareg culture. This group is today less dependant upon the patron-client relationship that was established in the past, and in the cities have evolved away from a more traditional community of Tuaregs and intermarried with Hausa and other black people of their surrounding communities.
3. The ones who really need help are the children of the desert omadic families of Tuaregs, far more so than the children of the group of 'inadans" of the cities. My good friend, who is the president of the ONG "Tedhilt, Vie et Developpement" with thirteen schools in the desert, needs wells, school supplies, food, and first aid kits for those schools. If you want to help, this is where to start.. Food, health care, blankets, shoes, water, goats. The computers will do fine, only after those primary needs are met.
Helene Hagan
a resident of Midtown
on Jun 11, 2007 at 1:15 pm
Thank you, Ms. Hagen, you answer part of my question.
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Dallas Buck started today and pitched a scoreless inning for the GCL Reds.
They lost, 5-1. Their only extra-base hit was a double by Henry Rodriguez, who's hitting .340.
Dallas Buck started today and pitched a scoreless inning for the GCL Reds.
They lost, 5-1. Their only extra-base hit was a double by Henry Rodriguez, who's hitting .340.
Rodriguez is an interesting prospect. He plays 2B, 3B, and SS. He's shown a history of hitting with good pop for a middle infielder, especially at the DSLGCL level. Next year, as a 20-year-old, he could really start slamming the ball in Billings.
"You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat."
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"Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot."
-- Leo Durocher
Latin American signing have never really paid off for the Reds in the last 20 years or so. But with Francisco a year away, Yorman, Duran, Arias, Oliveras and Rodriguez among others starting to progress sucessfully thru the minors, I feel like a whole new stream of talent has just started to be tapped.
Bats @ Hens
Bolivar DH .248
Heisey CF .271
Frazier LF .143
Francisco 3B .405
Bankston 1B .255
Valaika SS .227
Denove C .340
Griffin, M RF .207
Eymann 2B .179
Jukich P .176
Bolivar singles, steals and gets 3rd on a Heisey single
The Bats' roster is 3 men short
Frazier doubles
1-0 Bats
Cisco's ball that was ruled an error last night was changed to a hit
Cisco singles to drive in 2
3-0 Bats
Cisco caught in a rundown
Dorn has a minor hip injury
Bankston walks and Valaika lines to CF
2 outs
Denove lines a double
2nd and 3rd for Griffin
Griffin bounces out
The Toledo starter's line
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Pitches-strikes: Jukich 14-7 - 50%Code:Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Jukich 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4.57
Pitches-strikes: Jukich 31-16 - 52%Code:Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Jukich 2.0 1 0 0 1 3 0 4.53
Frazier doubles to lead off the 3rd
Cisco lines out weakly
Bankston walks
Catcher Corey Feiner is likely going to called up from Carolina
The OF the Bats will get may come from outside the organization.
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2nd and 3rd for Denove
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White Sox await Alexei to uncover his potential
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CHICAGO -- With a .285 average, 39 doubles and 30 stolen bases, Alexei Ramirez has turned in a better season with the bat than he has previously been credited. The 22 errors made at shortstop stand as a team and career high for Ramirez, although he remains one of the better fielding shortstops in baseball.
Nonetheless, manager Robin Ventura believes this good version of Ramirez is not close to his best.
"I don't think this year is really indicative of the kind of shortstop he is," Ventura said. "Each year is a little different, but he has that ability to be one of the elite shortstops. It's just right now, I don't think it's there, if you just look at what he's done this year. But I don't think that's him in the future."
Ramirez is under contract for another two years, with a club option for 2016. Like many others on this underachieving team, Ramirez could be a possible trade chip in the offseason as general manager Rick Hahn tries to reshape and retool for the future.
But in that scenario, the White Sox may end up feeling they didn't realize what they had until he's gone.
"It goes a lot of different ways like that," Ventura said. "Sometimes players will leave and it's like that, and sometimes players leave and the team they were with is better than maybe they thought, as far as the way they were treated or whatever.
"That's always there. I expect him to be better, and I think he does, too."
Speedy prospect Johnson visits White Sox
CHICAGO -- Micah Johnson sat in the U.S. Cellular Field home dugout that he hopes to occupy for many years to come.
On this warm Wednesday afternoon, Johnson was just a visitor.
The 15th-ranked prospect in the White Sox system according to MLB.com, received a plaque from general manager Rick Hahn and assistant general manager Buddy Bell commemorating his leading Minor League Baseball with 84 stolen bases this season. Johnson was named Most Valuable Player of the Southern League Championship Series, won by Double-A Birmingham in five games.
During the entire postseason, Johnson hit .368 with 12 runs, seven RBIs, seven walks and seven stolen bases, pushing his season total over 90.
"That's the first championship I've ever won ever. That was unbelievable," Johnson said. "I didn't know what to do. You know how the middle infielders go to second base after a regular win? I kind of did that. I didn't know to go to the dog pile.
"I wish it wouldn't have gone to five games. We were up, 2-0, but then that fifth game made it more fun actually. It was really intense."
Johnson will soon travel to Arizona for White Sox instructional league action and then move on to the Arizona Fall League on Oct. 8. He will continue refining his speed-based game that sometime in the next year or two should translate into something beneficial for the White Sox.
"When I got to Double-A at first, you are going to be nervous, obviously," said Johnson, who hit .312 in between stops at Birmingham, Class A Kannapolis and Class A Winston-Salem. "You think maybe your success was just because you are in the low levels.
"But I got there and stole like seven bases in the playoffs and got on base a lot, especially in the championship series. If I just stay to my approach, even at this level, I think it will translate just fine. Just get on base any way possible -- hit or error. Just don't worry about it. Get on base so I can score."
White Sox GM Hahn defends predecessor Williams
CHICAGO -- When a season goes as wrong as the 2013 campaign has for the White Sox, it's usually easy to find targets or scapegoats as the cause for underachievement.
How about hitters who have dipped below their career norm? Or a defense that was the best in baseball in 2012 and arguably the worst in '13?
The argument goes that Williams left a depleted farm system along with bad free-agent contracts and trades that didn't work in the team's favor. Williams was asked about such criticism in August, and he said that he did the best that he could for as long he could, always trying to make that extra push toward a championship effort, like 2005.
Current general manager Rick Hahn, who served as Williams' assistant before moving into his new role, doesn't buy the idea that Williams left him in a bad position.
"First of all, he didn't leave," Hahn told MLB.com of Williams. "He's still here. He left the position of general manager with a club that was in first place for [117] days. He left us in a position to have a nine-digit payroll. You are not going to hear any gripes about the condition he left us in.
"Obviously, a lot has been written, and we have said a lot about the caliber of our starting pitching. That has to be part of the legacy of what was left behind or however you want to describe it. That's a big positive and an envy of a lot of different organizations. So I don't get too caught up in that."
Despite planned rest, Santiago expected to start again
CHICAGO -- Hector Santiago's weekend rest against the Tigers doesn't mean his 2013 season is complete. Despite throwing a career-high 142 2/3 innings, manager Robin Ventura said Wednesday that the left-hander will get another start.
"He'll miss a turn if everybody is good," Ventura said. "If for some reason something comes up, then he'll probably take it. If everyone is OK, he'll get a rest."
Andre Rienzo, Chris Sale and Erik Johnson are scheduled to pitch this weekend, with Jose Quintana pitching Monday in the makeup game against the Blue Jays. Ventura said none of those pitchers had an issue, but nothing was concrete, whereas Santiago couldn't move back into the rotation to pitch at Comerica Park.
"If something happens, and I'm not saying anything has happened," Ventura said. "I'm just saying if it does, then he will stay in the spot."
Third to first
• Jake Petricka refused to blame his rough outing in Tuesday night's win, where he allowed two runs without retiring a batter, on late-season fatigue.
"Last night I made a mistake to every hitter, and they made me pay for it," Petricka said. "It was just the day before I did an interview about attacking the zone, and then I go out there and it seemed like I was pitching timid. I wasn't, but for some reason, I wasn't throwing it in the zone."
• Avisail Garcia was expected back with the White Sox on Wednesday after the birth of his daughter, Annarella, with his wife, Anakarina, on Monday.
"He gets a few days to be able to do that," said Ventura of Garcia's paternity leave.
• Entering Wednesday, the White Sox ranked fifth in the Majors with a .255 average with runners in scoring position and two outs. Garcia (.355) ranked eighth in this category, and Dayan Viciedo (.348) sits 10th.
Scott Merkin is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Merk's Works, and follow him on Twitter @scottmerkin. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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When's the next time you get to see Eli? I think the surprise is to see the movie. What else would it be? lol. And i don't think you should worry about the whole college thing. Is he a senior, by the way?
And the whole Noah thing. i guess you were right in saying that he really changed after he got to college. This isn't good at all. he became more tlike Sarah and that is why i'm glad that you are over him. It sucks how it all ended so harshly though. But hey, life isn't perfect.
Tomorrow i am going to spend the day with my biffs (and some other girl that annoys me). Tonight i will be at some awesome party. I hope the'res dancing because that's what i do best (hahahah, Marie!!!). i also really hope that Josh goes. i know it's bad of me to want him like i do ( i don't even like him, i just want his bod! sorry, holden, i know you disapprove of this kinda thing) I know Lu isn't going because he's out of the state right now. (how wierd is it that i met Josh becuase Lu introduced us. hahahahah. classic)
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BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Ravens had been almost injury-free through the first five games, but they suffered two in Sunday's 31-29 victory over Dallas that could be devastating.
There was fear that Pro Bowl linebacker Ray Lewis, the heart and soul of the team for 17 years, could have a torn right triceps. If so, he'll be out for the season. The other injury was sustained by Lardarius Webb, the team's top cornerback, who suffered a knee injury that was feared to be a torn ACL.
Coach John Harbaugh didn't go into much detail about the two injuries, but he said Webb's injury didn't look good and that Lewis was expected to have an MRI Monday.
Lewis was struggling this year even though he was the team's leading tackler with 57 before leaving Sunday's game in the fourth period.
Teams had started to expose Lewis and the Ravens' run defense. He had problems shedding blocks and had lost a step or two from his prime years. Lewis has continued to be the team's unquestioned leader and the most respected player in the locker room. If he is out for the season, a defense that is struggling could get worse.
The team has also been playing without outside linebacker Terrell Suggs, the reigning NFL defensive player of the year, who suffered a torn Achilles' tendon in the offseason.
If Lewis is out, he will be replaced by fourth-year player Dannell Ellerbe, who is having an excellent season while subbing for inside linebacker Jameel McClain in passing situations. Ellerbe has all the tools and the speed to be outstanding, but he has struggled with other issues like arriving late for practice and team flights. So far this season, Ellerbe has been a model citizen.
Webb's injury could have a more significant impact than Lewis'. Webb has been the team's shutdown cornerback, and the Ravens had started to use him to shadow the opponent's top receiver. Webb is one of the best tacklers on the team and superb as far as coming up in run support.
Webb had become so respected that most teams were throwing away from him and at fellow cornerback Cary Williams. Now, if he is out, the entire field will be open to be attacked again.
Second-year cornerback Jimmy Smith, the team's former first-round pick out of Colorado, replaced Webb on Sunday. Smith has great size and speed but hasn't been as physical as Webb.
Against the Cowboys, however, Smith finally started jamming receivers at the line of scrimmage and for the first time started looking back and reacting to the ball in flight. If he steps up, Smith has the talent to become one of the most physically dominating cornerbacks in the NFL. But he doesn't have the experience or the ability yet to break on a ball like Webb.
Webb and defensive tackle Haloti Ngata had become two of the team's most dominant players. Ngata left Sunday's game for a while with a sprained knee, but his injury was not regarded as serious.
The Ravens are in first place in the AFC North but have a critical game in their quest for the conference's top playoff seed next week at Houston.


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I had just fallen upon the wonderful world of fanfiction this past November (2006). Now I'm completely addicted. Of course.
I've been writing ever since I was nine. Mostly poetry. And in my freshman year in high school I started writing short stories with my friends in P.E. (what else was I suppose to do in there? Exercise? Yeah right!)
I love to write intricate plots so I believe most of my work will be chapter stories. I love slash (especially H/R). I love Romance. And I also love dark/angsty stuff. I want to attempt everything. And reach as many HP fanfic readers as possible. ^_^
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Wes Abney sinks into a couch at his home office in Martha Lake. On the floor nearby are zip-tied stacks of Northwest Leaf, the 96-page medical marijuana magazine he publishes each month. Framed covers of past issues hang on the wall behind him.
Abney, 26, is a cannabis journalist. For the past four years, he's been on the front line of weed in Washington.
"We look at this as something we're covering as an industry," he said. "It's like pot is our beat."
Wearing a shirt that says "marijuana is safer than alcohol," he talks effortlessly and at length about medicinal cannabis — the laws, the politics, the benefits.
Next to him is longtime friend Daniel Berman, also 26, the photo editor and designer of Northwest Leaf. He occasionally chimes in to explain a layout decision or point out something innovative about the magazine.
"It's not a highfalutin' view of cannabis," Berman said. "Whether you've used cannabis for years or never taken a hit before, you're going to learn something from Northwest Leaf."
The free magazine has a monthly circulation of 20,000 and is distributed to about 300 medical marijuana dispensaries, as well as to doctor's offices and glass shops. Advertisers pay anywhere from $800 to $5,000 for a spot inside, putting the business on track to gross around $500,000 in revenue within the next couple of years.
In addition to a thriving print presence, the magazine has more than 21,000 likes on Facebook and 1,500 Twitter followers.
Abney is a full-time employee of Northwest Leaf, Berman a "busy freelancer." The two met in middle school, went to the same high school and worked side-by-side on the student newspaper at Shoreline Community College.
The idea for a pot publication came in 2010. Abney saw some medical marijuana magazines in California and felt he could do a better job. A few months later, he designed the first edition on 16 pages of newsprint, borrowing $1,600 to put out 10,000 copies.
"My dad called me stupid. My mom was really nervous," he said. "At the time medical marijuana wasn't a thing yet, as brick-and-mortar businesses. A lot of them would open up for a few months and then shut down."
Northwest Leaf declared itself "the patient's voice." Abney started selling ads and switched over to a magazine format to hold more content. He made a profit by the third issue.
It was around that time that Berman, who had transferred to Western Washington University for a photojournalism degree, took over as the magazine's lead designer.
"In the beginning it was basically just us," Abney said. "Honestly, it felt like we were making a pot issue of our old college paper."
Four years and 44 issues later, Northwest Leaf now hires a dozen regular freelancers. They're paid anywhere from $50 to $250 for articles. (The magazine is printed under contract by Sound Publishing, which owns The Daily Herald.)
"If I'm sending someone to an event and they're just getting high and sending me back a synopsis, I'm paying them 10 to 20 cents a word," Abney said. "An investigative piece or a naturopath who writes for me, they're getting paid 25 to 30 cents a word."
Northwest Leaf offers what Berman calls "a nuanced look at cannabis," with local and national news, personality profiles, shop reviews and grow techniques.
"We really try to take a consumer reporting role," Abney said. "We're here for anyone who wants to use cannabis medicinally, and who wants to treat it with respect and learn about it in a more in-depth way."
What's there to learn? For one, many people associate being on marijuana with a glazed look and a decrease in motor skills — getting "stoned" — but Abney says that the sativa strand can function as an energy supplement, similar to a Red Bull beverage.
Another strand, known as indica, gives you a body high.
The cover story of the July issue was "Tannins &Terpenes," a guide to mixing alcohol and weed.
"Everyone knows that there are thousands of types of wines, but people think that pot is just pot," Abney said. "And that's not the case."
Northwest Leaf reviews local medical marijuana shops and the products they sell. Abney pays a writer to do a "blind buy," which means not informing the shop that a review will be written.
The sample is brought to Analytical 360, a marijuana testing lab in Seattle, and then photographed by Berman.
Finally, the writer goes home and tries it out.
They've given bad reviews to marijuana edibles — "medibles" — for being far more potent than the labels warned. Abney said that while he personally prefers medibles with 25 milligrams of THC, there are products ranging from 15 to 1,000 milligrams.
"No, you're not going to die. No, there won't be any lasting effects," Abney said. "But it can be the most miserable six, seven, eight hours of your life."
He likens using marijuana products without researching them first to operating a power tool without reading the instruction manual.
It's this consumer reporting that separates Northwest Leaf from so-called "stoner mags" like High Times. Russell McGregor, who runs Olympia Hempfest and owns a collective garden in Tacoma, has been buying ads from Abney for the past few years.
"I really focus on the medical aspect of cannabis," McGregor said. "We just finished with Olympia Hempfest, and it surprised me how many people don't know about cannabis. All they know is what they see on TV."
Before Northwest Leaf, McGregor handed out fliers and advertised in classifieds.
"It's a good publication, and it's important," he said. "There's other publications out there, but they're all being produced in either Colorado or California. This is here in the Pacific Northwest."
The hard-news side of Northwest Leaf is telling patient stories.
They've written about an Everett attorney who defends parents fighting to get medical marijuana for their children's seizures; an 88-year-old woman who was pulled over for a marijuana DUI in Ocean Shores and forced to sit on the ground until she wet herself; five medical cannabis patients in Eastern Washington who face 10 years to life in prison; and a grower in Bellingham charged with 14 felonies.
Berman once traveled to Wenatchee to do a story about a young man who lost his job because he had to miss work for a marijuana court date.
"We were driving down an abandoned orchard, there wasn't a person for miles," he said. "And we showed up at this mobile home in the middle of nowhere to tell this one kid's story, and to do it right. His charges ended up getting dropped soon after."
Northwest Leaf doesn't shy away from being political. In February, when there were 25 medical marijuana bills in the Legislature, Abney paid a graphic artist to design a cover in the style of "Schoolhouse Rock," with a bill rolled up into a joint and the words "For medical marijuana patients, every bill is a bad bill."
They opposed Initiative 502, the 2012 ballot measure that legalized recreational marijuana, because it didn't acknowledge the medicinal benefits of cannabis or permit any home growing.
On top of that, they say, the recreational pot shops that have opened are two to three times more expensive than medical dispensaries.
"We're just hoping to protect medical," Abney said. "We want the state to be successful, but not at the cost of patients."
Still, Abney and Berman support I-502 shops now that they're open and even ran an ad for one in July.
"We're going to give a fair shake to recreational marijuana," Berman said. "Because we want people to have the right information — good, accurate information about what's in their neighborhood."
Berman still takes on other freelance assignments.
The New York Times recently hired him to shoot a series on I-502. He photographed Bill Gates for an Italian publication in May.
Since marijuana is illegal under federal law, banks do not explicitly deal with pot-related businesses. Abney said he's had bank accounts closed.
"All it takes is them Googling your business and you're kind of screwed," he said.?Some of Northwest Leaf's advertisers switch bank accounts as often as every three months, but most of them avoid banks altogether.
As a result, Abney spends four to five days a week traveling around the state to pick up cash payments and drop off magazines. The time on the road is his biggest complaint about the business, but it hasn't stopped the magazine from expanding.
In July, they launched Oregon Leaf with 5,000 copies. Next there are plans for Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii and Florida. Abney envisions a bureau chief in every state.
"We're always going to be pushing, till everyone can grow this plant safely and everyone can have access to medicinal or recreational cannabis," he said.
To read previous issues, go to issuu.com/nwleaf. Their Facebook page is facebook.com/nwleaf.
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on mike and mike, greenburg and scott van pelt were running through the teams in the east. greeny was saying how he loves this for philly (i think it makes them better but by no means great) and then while looking at the teams in the east, he mentions the knicks and SVP immediately discredited them calling them the cowboys. saying theyre only popular cause theyre in a huge market but havent won anything or made noise when it mattered (although we only had TWO chances to make noise when it mattered...last post season and this one.. this cowboys team have had longer than us.) he claimed that we're just another team and pretty much completely blew us off.
i dont care what our past was.. how do you discount THIS TEAM right now? we have a coach who preaches defense, and arguably the best roster we've ever had. last season should be taken with a grain of salt since we had an entirely new cast that had no training camp to gel, lost their coach midway through the season, suffered injuries, and had no point guard before or after lin. now, we have a training camp to have all these great players gel. note that this is amare and melos FIRST training camp together.
felton, brewer, melo, amare, chandler, smith, kidd, novak, camby, thomas, and later in the year; shumpert.
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( I quote it from Shizuoka-City homepage ) The Lights of Peace Project is designed to build awareness of the 24th United Nations Disarmament Conference in Shizuoka, and bring the people together in the warm glow of lights that will shine in the city center, on the Shimizu waterfront, and on Nihondaira. The Path to Peace Approximately 6,000 bamboo lanterns will light up Aoba Symbol Road and Tokiwa Park. 1.The lanterns will create a path from Aoba Symbol Road to Tokiwa Park. 2.Participating citizens will carry more lights to the park with thoughts of peace in their hearts. 3.During the UNCDI, a pillar of light will shine into the sky so that the citizens will the conference is being held. 24th United Nations Conference on Disarmament Issues in Shizuoka http://www.city.shizuoka.jp/deps/kikaku/uncdi_in_shizuoka-e.html UNCDI: Lights of Peace Project http://www.city.shizuoka.jp/deps/kikaku/uncdi_akari-e.html
The eight islands of Japan sprang into existence through Divine Intervention.The first two gods who came into existence were Izanagi no Mikoto and Izanami no Mikoto, the Exalted Male and Exalted Female. It was their job to make the land for people to live on.They went to the bridge between heaven and earth and, using a jewel-encrusted halberd, Izanagi and Izanami churned up the sea into a frothy foam. As salty drips of water fell from the tip of the halberd the first island was formed. Its name was Onogoro.So far, so good. But when Izanagi and Izanami first met on their island, Izanami spoke to Isanagi without being spoken to first. Since she was the female, and this was improper, their first union created badly-formed offspring who were sent off into the sea in boats.The next time they met, Izanagi was sure to speak first, ensuring the proper rules were followed, and this time they produced eight children, which became the islands of Japan.I'm sure you did not fail to miss the significance of this myth for the establishment of Japanese formal society.At present, Japan is the financial capital of Asia. It has the second largest economy in the world and the largest metropolitan area (Tokyo.)Technically there are three thousand islands making up the Japanese archipelago. Izanagi and Izanami must have been busy little devils with their jewelled halberd...Japan's culture is highly technical and organized. Everything sparkles and swooshes on silent, miniaturized mechanisms.They're a world leader in robotics, and the Japanese have the longest life-expectancy on earth.Text by Steve Smith.


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After electrifying the Crew attack with nine goals and four assists in the second half of the 2012 season, striker Jairo Arrieta is happy to be in Costa Rica camp once again. Arrieta hopes he can impress Costa Rican head coach Jorge Luis Pinto to earn another call-up for the upcoming CONCAF Hexagonal round of 2014 World Cup Qualifying. The 28-year-old forward spoke to the Costa Rican media on Sunday ahead of La Sele's friendly against Bolivia on Wednesday (translated):
"You have to take advantage of the opportunities, the effort and work I put in with the Columbus Crew has been rewarded with a call-up. I have to work hard, just like I am used to with my team... So I will try to take advantage of the opportunity to earn a spot and be here for the [World Cup] qualifier. If I get to play in Bolivia, I hope to score and do well to remain in the National Team Player Pool."
The Ticos kickoff against Bolivia at 7:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday from the Estadio Hernando Stiles in Santa Cruz.


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For one night, at least, most everyone involved in last week's big trade seemed happy with it.
Rudy Gay got a standing ovation in Toronto, which he said motivated him as he sparked a convincing victory over the Clippers on Friday night in his Raptors debut.
An hour or so later, Tayshaun Prince made two crucial baskets in the fourth quarter to help the Grizzlies fend off a Wizards' rally.
And in Detroit, Pistons coach Lawrence Frank pronounced Jose Calderon will be his starting point guard as soon as U.S. immigration officials clear up some visa issues.
It's how the three-team trade works out for the Grizzlies that matters to the Spurs and the rest of the Western Conference title hopefuls.
Before their two recent trades — prior to the Gay deal, Memphis sent Marreese Speights, Wayne Ellington, Josh Selby and a future first-round pick to Cleveland for little-used Jon Leuer — the Grizzlies seemed capable of a deep playoff run.
So what drove the remake of Memphis' roster?
Rumors began bubbling about Gay after ESPN.com numbers cruncher John Hollinger was hired as vice president of basketball operations because, well, the $16.5 million Gay is due this season could hardly be rationalized by his Player Efficiency Rating of 14.45.
PER is the formula Hollinger created to quantify a player's value. According to the formula, players in Gay's range don't merit near-max-?level money.
To be fair, Gay has a higher PER than some players who also make substantial money, such as the Lakers' Metta World Peace (13.74 PER, $7.3 million) and the Nets' Gerald Wallace (13.31 PER, $9.7 million). Wallace's teammate, Joe Johnson, seems vastly overpaid (14.52 PER, $19.75 million).
Before the trades, Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins appealed publicly for management to leave his roster alone. He reiterated his stance before Memphis played the Spurs two weeks ago, pointing out there is a lot about the game that can't be seen on a spreadsheet.
All told, the Grizzlies have saved themselves about $26 million in salaries and gotten under the projected luxury tax line, so the deals look great over the long haul.
Yet Hollins, in the final year of his deal, made some additional comments last week about not expecting to taste champagne when you're on a beer budget.
Hollins is one of the league's best on the bench, a great combination of motivational leader and sharp tactician who gets the best out of his players.
He will know how best to leverage the veteran Prince's remaining skills and understand most of the shots Gay got this season must now be shared by Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph because Prince (13.09 PER, $6.8 million) is not a volume shooter.
One East executive told NBA.com that the big winners of the deal were the Thunder, Clippers and Spurs because Prince was "a great piece in his prime, but he hasn't been that guy for a few years now."
On Friday, at least, Prince was good enough down the stretch to give Hollinger some cover. With the win secure, the team's new executive could crack wise with one reporter, telling him, "We're not idiots yet."
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Levy's stunning series of classical music recordings celebrating his 25th anniversary as a recording artist is available today in CD, FLAC and MP3 format.
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Daniel Levy's latest CD is now available. Levy's performance of a selection of Beethoven Piano Sonatas has been described by the critic Bernard Jacobson as "...not merely brilliant pianism but–more of a rarity–revelatory music-making".
Daniel Levy's latest CD 'Meditation' is now available. A beautiful CD recorded live during a concert in the Chiesa della Misericordia in Ascona, Switzerland.
A selection of beautiful watercolours by the artist Marga Baigorria. These extraordinary works are highly suggestive and convey a sense of harmony and positivity.
Shop now for Daniel Levy's fascinating and pioneering book on the incredible effects of sound on the human psyche.
"One can only unreservedly recommend this book to all genuine seekers of Self recognition through Sound and Silence." Peter Harrison, Watkins Books
A collection of eight CDs that enable the listener to achieve self-awareness, actively and consciously, through tonal resonance, silences and melodies. Composed and performed by the pianist Daniel Levy.
'The Power of Love' is a sensational album of Lyric Improvisations created and performed by the pianist Daniel Levy.The album is available to purchase now in CD, FLAC and MP3 320 kbps format.