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LP,At 62% hydration, the dough should not be wet. I think you are correct with your assessment of iterations 1 and 2... the second was the proper dough. Sounds like you ended up with more like a focaccia dough with the first try! How did it bake up? Sure would like to see some pics!
LP,I guess I assumed, but should have made sure, that you are preheating the stone for at least an hour at the highest temp your oven will go. That helps raise the temp of the pan more quickly when it hits the stone. If you are serious about making this type of pizza, it might be time to invest in a dark pan. It really does make a difference! The other option is to season your shiny pan by spraying it with cooking spray and sticking it, empty, into a hot oven for a while. You will probably have to repeat this several times before the pan gets good and dark. Please keep us posted!~sd
LPcreation,As noted in this post by Tom Lehmann at the PMQ Think Tank, http://thinktank.pmq.com/viewtopic.php?p=30032#30032, he recommends using some sugar in the dough when using a silver colored pan in order to get better crust browning. Using a fair amount of oil in the pan should also help.I may have missed it, but I could not find mention of the type of flour used in sourdough girls recipe. If it is all-purpose and above, then 62% hydration would not yield a wet dough. You would have to be using something like pastry flour or cake flour.Peter
LP,Sorry to hear it was overcooked ... did you taste it at all? If so, how was it? The crust photo looks good... in fact, they all look good!I haven't tried cheddar yet, so am curious how that adds to the flavor mix. Some say the NEPA sicilian has white cheddar only, some say a mix of white cheddar/american... as well as other variations. Guess it depends on the establishment you visit.


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Dow Jones Newswires' resident technician Tomi Kilgore sees reasons besides the slide in Google (GOOG) and Apple (AAPL) lately to worry about tech stocks.
Only a month ago, the SPDR Technology Select Sector exchange-traded fund (XLK) hit an 11-year high. Since then, it's fallen nearly 7 percent, and it has done so at a time when the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index (SPY) is down less than 2 percent.
Yes, you can chalk up some of the weakness in the XLK to trouble in Apple's stock. Apple makes up 20% of the portfolio, according to XTF.com. Google is about 6 percent. Microsoft (MSFT) is more than 7 percent.
But the move has more market watchers perturbed. One reason is that it puts the XLK only a touch from its 200-day moving average. Here's more, from Kilgore:
Dennis Gartman, editor/publisher of the widely followed investment newsletter The Gartman Letter, went as far as to call the technology sector's recent relative performance as "horrid."
While he is still mostly bullish on the market, Mr. Gartman said he is always "mindful" when former market leaders "suddenly lose their stripes."
On a two-year relative strength chart, with the XLK is plotted against the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index using a base of 100, the XLK broke earlier this month below an uptrend line that started at the June 2011 relative low of 93.97.
That breakdown has pushed the XLK below the July 2012 relative trough of 101.76. Since that low was in between two nearly identical relative highs seen in April of 106.41 and in September of 106.43, falling below it confirms a longer-term "double top" reversal pattern.
Those technical breakdowns suggests the recent relative weakness the sector has been suffering appears to be more than just a short-term "pullback," and suggests the sector is at real risk of beginning a new longer-term trend of underperformance. …
And technical analysts at Lowry Research said that while the technology sector may eventually return to a market leadership role, "there are few indications that return will occur anytime soon."
With the XLK edging ever closer to its 200-day moving average, which many chart watchers view as a dividing line between a shorter-term pullback and a longer-term downtrend, it wouldn't take much to do some real technical damage.
The XLK was down 1.6% at $29.49 in midday trading Friday, while the 200-day MA currently comes in at $29.13.
And if that nominal technical breakdown occurs, a test of the long-term uptrend line that has defined the bull market since the March 2009 lows, and currently extends to about $27.10, becomes increasingly likely.
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When Women Are the Means of Production, on Orphan Black
In the second season finale of Orphan Black, the best show you're tired of being told is the best show you're not watching, another game-changing dimension was added to the complex cabal behind the scenes of these women's lives. But maybe the best twist was how the show managed to deepen its brilliant gender politics, while preserving and maintaining what makes the show so special on that front in the first place.
Guys (sorry dudes, just saying, no offense, I love you) ultimately baby-making is sort of a girl thing. Sure, male DNA is required, but the bulk of the child-producing apparatus is female. Women are the means of reproduction.
So who controls the means of reproduction? In Orphan Black the government, private industry and international cabals are hovering in a slow-motion jump ball for control over cloning, while we root forever for the individual. We love that Sarah defies them. We want to see Sarah stay in control of herself, Sarah who has had a child and has also chosen not to have a child.
(What political theory does that even express? Anarchy? Radical Libertarianism? Anarchy? Guys are you all libertarians? I don't get that vibe from the comments.)
Sarah can only be defeated–can only be controlled–when her kid is in jeopardy. Children are a life sentence to the unimaginable fear you'll lose them. Children mean happiness. Children mean sacrifice. These are all themes women hovering around the murky window of their own fertility are considering constantly and which Orphan Black has refracted so successfully especially in the aspect of Rachel and Sarah.
Up until now the whole series has thematically hovered around the female mons pubis like a saggy g-strap: Cosima dying from uterine fibroids, the threat that Sara will have her ovary removed, the magic all-powerful healing powers of "natural child" Kira's bone marrow, Rachel on the edge of madness because she couldn't have kids, the treatment of Sarah Manning like a stolen 3D printer because she could.
So what does the end reveal that the government is churning out successful male clones MEAN?
If the government can just churn out males, what point is the female clones' fertility, or the female clones themselves? Are the means of reproduction now redundant? Is that the weird looming Sci-Fi fear behind Orphan Black, that science will one day displace women because why would dudes put up with us if they could make their own babies? That would end the birth control bullshit debates at least.
But then again, why would the government worry about satisfying it's electorate if it could just produce it's own people?
Dudes, level with me: if you could fuck a flesh-covered basketball hooked up to a bubbling beaker, and 6 months later a super-soldier baby would come out, is that the ideal? Seems a little lonely to me. Ladies are funny in ways guys just aren't. Y'all would miss our pop songs too.
STILL: Is Orphan Black about the sub-conscious need of the modern female to prove her worth outside of child bearing so that she's free to choose if and when she'll have a child?
Is it about a fear of the kind of the long, hamfisted arm of government bureaucracy getting dragged into birth control by an uptight electorate who aren't exactly having the baby themselves?
I don't know. All I know is that Helena CAN DANCE.
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David Fales completed 33 of 43 passes for 395 yards and two touchdowns Thursday as No. 24 San Jose State completed a comeback season with a 29-20 win over Bowling Green in the Military Bowl.
Fales led the drive that set up Austin Lopezs 27-yard field goal with 4:43 remaining, and DeLeon Eskridges 1-yard run with 2:34 left provided the insurance.
The Spartans finished 11-2 and are in the national rankings for the first time since 1975. They capped the year with a seven-game winning streak for their first 11-win season since 1940, a remarkable turnaround for a program that was 1-12 just two years ago and led Colorado to hire away coach Mike MacIntyre earlier this month.
Bowling Green finished 8-5.
Cincinnati 48, Duke 34
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Brendon Kay threw for 332 yards and a Belk Bowl-record four touchdowns, and Cincinnati capitalized on Dukes inept play in the closing minutes to beat the Blue Devils on Thursday night.
Duke appeared to have the game in hand and was driving for the go-ahead score and its first bowl victory since 1961 but the final 80 seconds proved disastrous. With the game tied at 34 and the Blue Devils positioning themselves for a winning field goal, running back Josh Snead fumbled at the Cincinnati 5-yard line with 1:20 left, and Bearcats defensive lineman John Williams recovered.
Kay then connected with tight end Travis Kelce on an 83-yard touchdown strike down the middle with 44 seconds left for the go-ahead score.
Cincinnati (10-3) sealed it on the next series when Maalik Bomar came crashing into Duke quarterback Sean Renfree, forcing a deflection that Nick Temple returned 55 yards for a touchdown.
Renfree threw for 358 yards another Belk Bowl record for the Blue Devils (6-7).


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Nov. 19
At Jeju, South Korea, Koki Kameda vs. Jung-Oh Son, 12, for Kameda's WBA World bantamweight title.
Nov. 23
At The Venetian Macao, Macau, China (PPV), Manny Pacquiao vs. Brandon Rios, 12, for the vacant WBO welterweight title; Evgeny Gradovich vs. Billy Dib, 12, for Gradovich's IBF featherweight title; Andy Ruiz Jr. vs. Tor Hamer, 10, for Ruiz's WBO Inter-Continental heavyweight title.
At Brose Arena, Bamberg, Germany, Yoan Pablo Hernandez vs. Alexander Alekseev, 12, for Hernandez's IBF cruiserweight title; Eduard Gutknecht vs. Dmitry Sukhotsky, 12, IBF light heavyweight eliminator; Denis Boytsov vs. Alex Leapai, 10, heavyweights.
At Phones 4U Arena, Manchester, England, Carl Froch vs. George Groves, 12, for Froch's IBF/WBA Super World super middleweight titles; Scott Quigg vs. Diego Silva, 12, for Quigg's WBA World super bantamweight title; Martin Gethin vs. Anthony Crolla, 12, for Gethin's British lightweight title.
Nov. 26
At BB&T Center, Sunrise, Fla. (FS1), Antonio Tarver vs. Mike Sheppard, 10, heavyweights; Randy Caballero vs. Jessy Cruz, 10, bantamweights; Odlanier Solis vs. Kevin Johnson, 10, for the IBF Intercontinental heavyweight title; Thomas Williams vs. Yusef Mack, 10, light heavyweights.
Nov. 30
At Pepsi Coliseum, Quebec City (HBO), Adonis Stevenson vs. Tony Bellew, 12, for Stevenson's WBC light heavyweight title; Sergey Kovalev vs. Ismayl Sillakh, 12, for Kovalev's WBO light heavyweight title; Kevin Bizier vs. Ionut Dan, 12, for Bizier's NABF and IBF Inter-Continental welterweight titles; David Lemieux vs. Jose Miguel Torres, 10, middleweights.
At Mountaineer Casino Racetrack and Resort, Chester, W.Va., Johan Perez vs. Paul Spadafora, 12, for the interim WBA World junior welterweight title.
At Freeman Coliseum, San Antonio (SHO), Devon Alexander vs. Shawn Porter, 12, for Alexander's IBF welterweight title.
At Santander Arena, Reading, Pa., Harry Joe Yorgey vs. Lee Mertagh, 12, for the WBU middleweight title; Travis Kauffman vs. Manuel Quezada, 10, for the WBU Intercontinental heavyweight title.
Dec. 3
At Osaka, Japan, Daiki Kameda vs. Liborio Solis, 12, for Kameda's IBF super flyweight and WBA World super flyweight titles; Tomoki Kameda vs. Immanuel Naidjala, 12, for Kameda's WBO bantamweight title; Katsunari Takayama vs. Vergilio Silvano, 12, for Takayama's IBF minimumweight title.
At Bethlehem, Pa., Roy Jones Jr. vs. Bobby Gunn, 12, cruiserweights.
Dec. 6
At Perth, Australia, Chris John vs. Simpiwe Vetyeka, 12, for John's WBA Super World and IBO featherweight titles; Daud Cino Yordan vs. Sipho Taliwe, 12, for Yordan's IBO lightweight title.
At Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Akira Yaegashi vs. Edgar Sosa, 12, for Yaegashi's WBC flyweight title; Naoya Inoue vs. Jerson Mancio, 12, junior flyweights; Hiroki Shiino vs. Ryosuke Iwasa, 12, bantamweights.
At UIC Pavilion, Chicago, Krzysztof Wlodarczyk vs. Giacobbe Fragomeni, 12, for Wlodarczyk's WBC cruiserweight title; Andrzej Fonfara vs. Samuel Miller, 10, light heavyweights.
Dec. 7
At Porsche Arena, Stuttgart, Germany, Darren Barker vs. Felix Sturm, 12, for Barker's IBF middleweight title.
At Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. (SHO), Devon Alexander vs. Shawn Porter, 12, for Alexander's IBF welterweight title; Erislandy Lara vs. Austin Trout, 12, for tha vacant WBA World junior middleweight title; Sakio Bika vs. Anthony Dirrell, 12, for Bika's WBC super middleweight title; Paulie Malignaggi vs. Zab Judah, 12, welterweights.
At Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City (HBO), Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. Joseph Agbeko, 12, for Rigondeaux's WBA Super World and WBO super bantamweight titles; Glen Tapia vs. James Kirkland, 10, middleweights; Matthew Macklin vs. Willie Nelson, 10, middleweights.
Dec. 11
At Sydney, Australia, Martin Murray vs. Garth Wood, 12, for the interim WBA World middleweight title.
Dec. 14
At Neubrandenburg, Germany, Juergen Braehmer vs. Marcus Oliveira, 12, for the vacant WBA World light heavyweight title.
At the Alamodome, San Antonio (SHO), Adrien Broner vs. Marcos Rene Maidana, 12, for Broner's WBA World welterweight title; Keith Thurman vs. Jesus Soto Karass, 12, for Thurman's interim WBA World welterweight title; Leo Santa Cruz vs. Cesar Seda, 12, for Santa Cruz's WBC super bantamweight title; Beibut Shumenov vs. Tamas Kovacs, 12, for Shumenov's WBA Super World and IBA light heavyweight titles.
Dec. 21
At Elche, Spain, Kiko Martinez vs. Jeffrey Mathebula, 12, for Martinez's IBF junior featherweight title.
At Leeds, England, Stuart Hall vs. Vusi Malinga, 12, for the vacant IBF bantamweight title.
Dec. 31
At Tokyo, Takashi Uchiyama vs. Daiki Kaneko, 12, for Uchiyama's WBA World super featherweight title; Takashi Miura vs. Dante Jardon, 12, for Miura's WBC super featherweight title.
At Osaka, Japan, Kazuto Ioka vs. Felix Alvarado, 12, for Ioka's WBA World junior flyweght title.
Jan. 3
At Target Center, Minneapolis (ESPN2), Argenis Mendez vs. Rances Barthelemy, 12, for Mendez's IBF super featherweight title; Caleb Truax vs. Derek Ennis, 10, middleweights.
Jan. 11
At Perwez, Belgium, Alexander Miskirtchian vs. Sofiane Takoucht, 12, IBF featherweight eliminator.
Jan. 18
At Montreal (HBO), Jean Pascal vs. Lucian Bute, 12, light heavyweights.
Jan. 30
At Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. (FS1), Victor Ortiz vs. Luis Collazo, 10, welterweights.
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In my story, she has to discuss the topic of self stimulation. How would she do it do you imagine? At one point in my story chapter, she decides to move the class from the Great Hall, where all the sex ed classes are taught on weekends, to the Quidditch Pitch.


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The Dodgers' Beltre tied for the League lead last week with three home runs, while recording an .815 slugging percentage and a .448 on-base percentage. His 22 total bases and 10 RBI led all National League hitters for the week. Beltre also scored five runs.
The Astros' Oswalt struck out a League-best 14 batters in his 16 innings pitched and walked none. He allowed three runs and 13 hits.
Other players nominated this week included: Johnny Estrada of the Braves (.550, 4 doubles, 6 RBI); Milwaukee's Keith Ginter (.550, 2 doubles, 5 RBI) and Doug Davis (2-0, 2.70 ERA, 12 SO); Deivi Cruz (.542, 4 doubles, 7 RBI) and Ray Durham (.414, 3 doubles, 2 triples, 5 RBI) of the Giants; Mike Piazza of the Mets (.478, 3 doubles, 1 HR, 4 RBI); Jason Bay of the Pirates (.320, 3 HR, 9 RBI); Larry Walker of the Rockies (.389, 3 HR, 5 RBI); and Carl Pavano of the Marlins (2-0, 2.57 ERA, 13 SO).
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Altera Corporation has announced the broad availability of its SDK for OpenCL and supported third-party production boards. Availability of the SDK for OpenCL enables software programmers to access the high-performance capabilities of programmable logic devices.
Also part of todays news, Altera announced a Preferred Board Partner Program, allowing third-party board vendors to work closely with Altera to design optimized production boards based on Alteras programmable devices. The availability of supported third-party boards through the Preferred Board Partner Program and an SDK for OpenCL enables software programmers to easily target high-performance FPGAs using a high-level language.
Alteras SDK for OpenCL allows software programmers to take their OpenCL code and easily exploit the massively parallel architecture of an FPGA. Software programmers targeting FPGAs achieve higher performance at significantly lower power compared to alternative hardware architectures.
"Because FPGAs enable parallel processing, they are critical for specialized server workloads that demand real-time performance. We are pleased that our clients are now able to take full advantage of this technology on Power Systems using Altera's SDK for OpenCL," said Robert L. Swann, vice president, IBM Power Systems. "With this standards-based approach, our clients can leverage a vibrant ecosystem of commercial and research contributions to accelerate emerging compute intensive workloads."
The SDK for OpenCL is designed to increase system performance in highly data-parallel computing applications featured in financial, military, broadcast, medical and a variety of other markets. Alteras OpenCL solutions are supported by a robust ecosystem consisting of board partners, design partners, software tools and university collaboration. Altera and its partners provide the tools, hardware, libraries, reference designs and design resources necessary for developers to implement their OpenCL designs into FPGAs and reduce time-to-market.
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Finally I was able to watch the Sps this AM, and now that's it's lunchtime I can give my thoughts:
Kevin Reynolds was a joy to watch! *clapping* He reminds me so much of a very young Plushenko, and when he eventually fills-out as he matures into a man I hope to see the same kind of power in his skating as Zhenya has. Still, he has a long ways to go to become the next Evgeni, which also includes a straight up & down posture on the ice, p-r-e-s-e-n-c-e, and power & height in his jumps. But I can already see it, the whole time he was skating I was envisioning him in a few years time. I'd love to see them both on the ice at Sochi in 2014 (crossing my fingers). As it stands now they are still the only two men in f.s. history to complete a 4-3-3 in competiton (of course Evgeni was the first): http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/article673977.ece
Nobunari Oda was also a joy to watch skate. The music, the skater, the choreography, et al, just flowed from one element to the next ~ perfect vehicle for him ~ all the time I see him skate I see the famous Japanese warlord he descends from, Nobunaga Oda. He does his ancestor proud!
Adam Rippon was lovely as always, but I don't particularly care for the frou frou top he was wearing, it didn't show off his beautiful line, rather it makes him look a little hunched back like Timothy Goebel, instead of John Curry, whom he reminds me of. Beautiful skate, but he really does need to master the quad in order to stand on World & Olympic podiums imho. And I expect him to...
Patrick Chan reminds me so much of the male version of Sasha Cohen in every single way. I can't wait to see this program skated cleanly without falls, but even with the falls the program & skater shined in the way Sasha Cohen shined at the 2006 Olympics when she fell 2 times in the FS but still won the silver due to her superiority in everything else but jumps. But that said, it's good to keep in mind that *jumps* is an important criteria, and has been since the days of Sonja Henie & Gillis Grafstrom (I would love to know what they think...)
Nobody else really stood out to me except the Zhenya look-a-like with his Pink Floyd program, but nothing compares to the original, c'est la vie.


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Worth noting
By Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com
• Kevin Jepsen, who hasn't appeared in a game since March 9 because of tightness in his right triceps, was slated to throw a bullpen session on Wednesday and should return to game action as early as Friday. Jepsen said he no longer has pain in the area.
• Ryan Madson threw off flat ground again on Wednesday for the third straight day, and manager Mike Scioscia said he'll "hopefully get off a mound in the next day or two." Madson hasn't thrown a bullpen session since March 14 because of tightness in his surgically repaired elbow.
Pujols used to dealing with plantar fasciitis
TEMPE, Ariz. -- For most of his career, seemingly dating to 2003, Albert Pujols has played through plantar fasciitis on his left foot.
"It comes and goes," Pujols said.
And recently, as Pujols moves into the final stages of his recovery from offseason surgery on his right knee, the Angels' first baseman has dealt with a flare-up. But Pujols has played through it, like always. The 33-year-old debuted at first base on Tuesday, was in the lineup as the designated hitter on Wednesday and may return to first base on Thursday.
"It's nothing that's going to keep me out of the lineup," Pujols said, "because I've played with it the whole season before."
Plantar fasciitis manifests when the ligament that supports the arch of the foot is strained, causing pain to simply walk or stand. It never really goes away, though WebMD says 95 of 100 people who have the issue don't require the surgical procedure to cut the ligament.
Pujols, who has never gone on the disabled list with plantar fasciitis, says he's been more aggressive in treating it this spring and is now wearing orthotics, which are also good for his recovering knee.
Asked how his left foot feels while playing, Pujols said: "Sore, but nothing really dramatic where I would say, 'Man, I can't play, this is too bad.' Right now, I'm just concentrating on getting my knee strong. I can handle the plantar fasciitis."
Hall in limbo as Angels decide on his status
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Bill Hall hasn't appeared in a game in three weeks, is currently doing "zero" activity because of a left calf injury, is unsure when he can return to the field and has a contractual situation that basically forces the Angels to put him on the active roster or cut him by Tuesday.
As an XX(b) free agent, the Angels must pay Hall $100,000 to keep him in the organization but not on the 25-man roster five days prior to Opening Day. They won't do that, but a source said they'd like to release him, then sign him to a standard Minor League contract that would allow him to start the season in Triple-A.
The feeling appears to be mutual.
"It'll definitely be something I consider," Hall said. "Obviously if something different came up, I'd be a fool not to explore it. But I've loved my time here. It's a great clubhouse. Everything's going great, outside of injuries, so obviously I'd love to stay here."
Hall, the most accomplished of the non-roster invitees, is somewhat of a repetitive player on the Angels but nonetheless came into camp hoping to land a backup job. The 33-year-old was off to a good start, going 3-for-9 with four RBIs while displaying his versatility. But he suffered tightness in his right quad on Feb. 27. Then, during infield drills on March 13, just as he was inching his way back to action, he strained his left calf.
Hall said his previous quad injury is now "irrelevant." He got a platelet-rich plasma injection two days ago that has temporarily eliminated the pain of his new ailment.
"It actually feels like it's not injured right now," Hall said. "I'm obviously not going to do anything physically taxing for a few days, but as of right now, it feels great. It feels better than it did before I got injured. No pain right now, so hopefully it continues to get well and the process is a lot quicker."
Carpenter looking to nail down bullpen spot
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Exactly one week of Cactus League play remains and right-handed reliever David Carpenter is still here, looking like a favorite to land one of the last bullpen spots on the Angels' Opening Day roster.
"The longer you hang around, the more you think about, 'Oh, I can make the team,'" Carpenter said. "But I just have to keep pitching as I've been, put the decision in their hands. Hopefully it benefits me."
Carpenter hasn't allowed a run in nine of his 10 outings, putting his spring ERA at 3.38. As camp has gone by, and the list of relievers have whittled down, the 27-year-old has looked like a logical fit to help round out the Angels' 'pen to start the season.
Carpenter was up with the Angels for almost four months last year, posting a 4.76 ERA and a 1.49 WHIP in 39 2/3 innings from mid-April to early August.
If he joins a relief corps that includes Ernesto Frieri, Sean Burnett, Kevin Jepsen, Scott Downs and Jerome Williams -- and perhaps also Garrett Richards -- Carpenter would give the Angels a suitable right-handed ground-ball pitcher, at least until Ryan Madson is ready.
"I'm working not just on being down, but being down with a purpose, because I'm not going to throw a fastball by anybody," said Carpenter, who has posted a 1.90 ERA in 147 career Minor League innings. "If I let them hit it on my terms, it's going to help me out in the long run."
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Susan Scott, owner of Premiere Home Health Care in Huntington Beach, doesn't wait for nonprofits to call for help. She and her staff brainstorm about ways to make a difference in the community.
This year alone, Scott has financially supported 10 local charities, from Harvest for Hospice to the Marina High School Cheerleaders, said Kerry Sutherland, whose public relations firm has worked with Premiere. She nominated Scott for the Orange County Register's 25th annual Holiday Spirit Award.
Sutherland added that Scott frequently provides lunch for employees and gives them gift cards for their birthdays and special meals when they must work on a holiday.
The businesswoman's generosity appealed to Register readers, who selected Scott as the 25th recipient of the Holiday Spirit Award.
"Susan has to be the most giving boss I've ever had the pleasure to work for," said Rebecca Wagner, Premiere's director of community outreach. "She always asks me to find people in need who we can help out."
This year, Register readers nominated 80 local business owners for the award, which honors Orange County entrepreneurs for their kindness and good will through the year. The large number of nominations is evidence that customers and employees notice their daily good works.
The newspaper's readers named Scott as the 2012 winner in online voting, while Tony Corke, owner of Chaparosa Grill in Laguna Niguel, and Kelly McKinnon, owner of an after-school program in San Juan Capistrano, were runners-up for this year's Holiday Spirit Award.
Scott's latest project is to help military personnel on active duty overseas and their families who sometimes struggle at home. "The list of charities she supports is in the dozens, and her employees respect and adore her so much," Wagner said.
Before starting Premiere in 2011, Scott worked for Hoag Hospital for 11 years as a liaison with major gift donors and realized the need for home health care for the elderly that is top quality, professional and ethical. That awareness prompted her to start her business.
"I believe in loyalty," Scott said. "I give loyalty to my employees and expect that from them. If I give to them, they give to our clients. So I don't have disgruntled clients. I offer (employee) benefits, which is rare in the health care industry. As a result, I have a 98 percent retention rate with my staff. I know every one of my employees, and each is someone I would allow to take care of my parents."
Scott's generosity to employees goes beyond the standard wage and benefits, Wagner said. One employee was hospitalized for more than a week and was worried how she would meet her bills. Scott paid her full wages so she wouldn't worry.
"I'm from Chicago," Wagner said. "My aunt was diagnosed with cancer, and a cousin died unexpectedly. Susan gave me money so I could afford to go home to be with family."
When Thanksgiving approached and Someone Cares Soup Kitchen in Costa Mesa didn't have enough money to provide its traditional turkey dinner for 500 to 700 people in need, Scott presented Executive Director Shannon Santos with a $2,500 check to cover all expenses.
"It was a no-brainer," Scott said. "We usually send gifts of flowers or candy to clients. Instead, we gave a gift in their honor and sent them a card telling them about it. The feedback was great."
Wagner added, "Susan wants all her employees to know that they work for a company that goes beyond serving clients."
Even so, Scott sent decorative Bundt cakes for Thanksgiving to every client who had a Premiere employee working on the holiday.
Runner-up: Tony Corke, Chaparosa Grill
Tony Corke, owner and chef at Chaparosa Grill in Laguna Niguel, is so generous with the restaurant's meals and resources that his wife Alison, who handles the books, is sometimes the last to know.
For example, the couple had dinner with a friend, and Tony Corke mentioned a regular customer who recently lost her job and struggled to pay $600 a month for health insurance. Cork felt so bad about the plight that he give the customer and her husband a free dinner, Alison Corke recalled.
"He's the kindest man I've ever met," she said.
Customer Mary Kay Beck, who nominated Corke for the Register's 25th annual Holiday Spirit Award, echoed that sentiment. "Tony is a generous supporter of schools and causes in the Orange County area. He never, to my knowledge, refuses a request."
Among the frequent beneficiaries of Corke's generosity are George White Elementary School, Dana Hills High School and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Beck said that Tony Corke goes far beyond preparing delicious meals for a living. He helps many customers personally. The owner and his staff took gifts to a regular customer, who was hospitalized, and then gave a welcoming party when he returned to the restaurant.
Another time, Beck said, Corke responded in the middle of the night when a regular customer needed someone to drive her critically ill husband to the hospital.
Each month Corke gives a different homeless family Disneyland passes, spending money and a limousine ride to the park.
Employee Louis Castro said that Corke does so many little things for people. "He is so nice; he helps everybody."
The Corkes bought a condominium for staff members to rent at a reasonable rate, Beck said. And he donates surplus food to an AIDs hospice and a women's shelter.
Corke, grew up in England and then lived and cooked all over the world before settling in Orange County 18 years ago. In 2000, he opened Chaparosa Grill whose menu he describes as "California food with a Caribbean twist."
He is not immune to tough times. He had to close a second location in Tustin in 2011 because of the bad economy.
Corke gives monthly cooking demonstrations that "are humorous, informative, delicious (and) with recipes at a level that most of us can go home and duplicate," Beck said.
Anyone who attends three consecutive demonstrations becomes a member of the Chaparosa Gourmet Club for which Corke prepares a special meal for free once a month, Beck said.
Runner-up:Kelly McKinnon, McKinnon & Associates
Nineteen people nominated Kelly McKinnon for the Register's 25th annual Holiday Spirit Award. Most are parents of special needs children whose lives have been dramatically improved by McKinnon's selfless devotion and kindness, they said.
For nine years, the San Juan Capistrano woman has owned Kelly McKinnon & Associates, an after-school social program similar to a business she owned in Boston before moving west in 2001.
McKinnon also sits on five nonprofit boards and works with special education programs in the community. Among the groups dear to her are Autism Speaks Talk About Curing Autism, Hope 4 Hanna and Spirit League.
"My boy, who is now 12, was never able to play any sport until Kelly got him involved in Spirit League," said Barbara Barboza, one of the people who nominated McKinnon. "Now he's played soccer, basketball and baseball and looks forward to seeing Kelly there on the sidelines cheering him on. She trains the coaches also. It is so great for any parent, but especially the parent of a child with autism, to see your child out there having fun with other kids."
Other community members praised McKinnon for her dedication and tireless efforts.
"Kelly goes above and beyond in all aspects, especially when I need a shoulder to lean on, help with school," said Jody Salamirad.
Mary Bauer said McKinnon's help with special children goes beyond their time in her programs. "Kelly has offered positions for the graduated kids to help other kids in her classes. By doing this, the graduated kids … feel good by helping the kids in her classes."
Marissa Armstrong said that McKinnon maintains the highest professionalism in her business. "Everything is organized and run according to careful design with Kelly's touch and watchful eye… Her programs offer an often marginalized community of kids and their families an environment of acceptance and warmth."
Armstrong's son has a bone growth disorder and thrived in McKinnon's program. "Right away, Kelly could see my son's gifts, his personality, his sweetness. She plays to all his strengths. He has been flourishing and feeling so good… Kelly's work with our son and our family has made all the difference in the world."
Nominator Jen Zerrer added simply, "She has changed our lives and the lives of many others."
Nominees for 2012 Holiday Spirit Award
Orange County Register readers nominated entrepreneurs from across the county for the 2012 Holiday Spirit Award. Here are the nominees:
Wende Adams, Deli-licious, Huntington Beach
Bob Amend, Bob's Auto, San Clemente
Christine Anzell and Jack Levenson, The Jewelry Box, Lake Forest
Becky Areias, Hilgenfeld Mortuary, Anaheim
Matt Bernath, Surreal Systems Inc., Anaheim
Katy Berger, Pet Country, Lake Forest
Jonathan Birer, Charlie's Locker, Newport Beach
Katarina Bisbikis, Salon Nova Vita, Tustin
Josh Blake, JAMS, Costa Mesa
Patti Blake, Blue Moon Boutique, Garden Grove
Martnel Bonacquisti, Dogma, Irvine
John and Tillie Campos, Senor Campos, La Habra
Tom Chen, Egg Roll King, Huntington Beach
George Contakos, St. George Pizza, Huntington Beach
Mitch Cook, Avalon Bagels to Burgers, Yorba Linda
Tony Corke, Chaparosa Grill, Laguna Niguel
Ramesh and Hansa Dalal, Great American Yogurt, Huntington Beach
Mark Delp, Institutional Wealth Consultants, Santa Ana
David Eggleston, dentist, Newport Beach
John Etheridge, Seashore Pest Control, Huntington Beach
Jack Franklyn, Heroes and Roscoe's, Fullerton
Jim Fruth, Fruth Plastics, Placentia
Dennis Fujihara, Secret Garden Flower Shop, Rancho Santa Margarita
Christina Glasgow, Bagelmania, Huntington Beach
Michael Goldman, Laguna Eye Care, Laguna Woods
David Grant, Grant, Genovese & Baratta LLP, Irvine
Andrew Gruel, Slapfish, Huntington Beach
Errol Guilliano, Giuliano Peppers, Garden Grove
Chris Halamandaris, OHANA Chiropractic, Fountain Valley
David Hanna, Hanna's Steakhouse, Rancho Santa Margarita
Sammy Hassine, Nuggets and Carats, Mission Viejo
John Helfrich, Helfrich Tool & Die, Garden Grove
Joseph Henry, Orange Center for Cosmetic Dentistry, Orange
Shelly Holman, Collar & Leash Pet Store, Garden Grove
Jeff Horwich, Diamonds Etc., Laguna Hills
Wayne Irving, Iconosys, Laguna Niguel
Randall T. Kanemaki, dentist, Cypress
Anna King, King's Flowers, Fullerton
John Koos, Core Communications, Brea
Heather Kraty, Island Cowgirl, Huntington Beach
John and Stacy LaBrake, Love at First Bite Catering, Huntington Beach
Thomas Lamons, Cummins & White LLP, Newport Beach
Peter Lee, Knott's Dry Cleaners, Buena Park
Kelly Leonardi-Uygan, ArtForm Studio, Mission Viejo
Ann Lewis-Rocke, DirectBuy, Anaheim
Walter Lombardo, Nevada Mineral & Book Co., Orange
Caesar Lomeli, Lomeli's Italian Restaurant, Brea
Leslie Malo, Garden Grove Dog and Cat Hospital, Garden Grove
John Martelli, Eikon Home, Orange
Kim Maya, Schmids Fine Chocolates, San Clemente
Robert McBride, Turret Lathe Specialists Inc., Anaheim
Cathy McCool, McCool's Flowers, Dana Point
Kelly McKinnon, Kelly McKinnon & Associates, San Juan Capistrano
Jim Miller, Coffee Importers, Dana Point
Mary Jo Nix, Curves, Huntington Beach
Rick Olsen, optician, Orange
Mike Olson, Ace Hardware, Fullerton
Shari Ong, Not Just Hair, Laguna Hills
Clarissa Palomaria, Jersey Mike's, Brea
Patricia Pannier, Orange-Olive Veterinary Hospital, Orange
Michael Rapacz, Pacific Contours Corp., Anaheim
Rosemary Ravenda, Julian Hans Salon, Laguna Hills
Dana Rice, Dizzy Daisy Flower Boutique, Orange
Mary Righter, Red-Eyed Grasshopper, Orange
Teresa Saldivar, Teresa's Jewelers, Santa Ana
Chris and Raffi Sarkisian, Pepz Pizza, La Habra
Alan Schwartz, chiropractor, Anaheim
Susan Scott, Premiere Health Services, Huntington Beach
Bruno Serato, Anaheim White House, Anaheim
Kim Shepherd, Decision Toolbox, Irvine
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Leland Smith, Service Champions, Yorba Linda
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Frank Stefano, Stefano's, Yorba Linda
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David Truong, Mimi's Jewelry, Fountain Valley
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Cathy Wilkinson, Bubbles, Laguna Beach
Raul Yanez, Mi Moda, Santa Ana
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Employment has plummeted by more than 37 percent in the construction sector here since 2007, according to figures from the state.
It wasn't too many years ago that the Wilmington area's jobless rate was below 4 percent. Homes couldn't be built fast enough, money was plentiful and land speculation was fueling the real estate bubble.
Total construction and real estate-related employees were nearly 20 percent of the area's workforce during the height of the building boom last decade, according to William "Woody" Hall, senior economist at the University of North Carolina's Swain Center.
Since then, however, the area's unemployment has shot into the double digits.
Though the rate – now at 10.2 percent – is slowly coming down, Wilmington's job recovery has lagged that of North Carolina as a whole and many of the state's 13 other metro areas.
A primary reason is that the Wilmington area depended on construction and real estate-related jobs more than other areas of the state did, said Steve Allen, associate dean of the Jenkins Graduate School of Management at N.C. State University.
Employment has plummeted by more than 37 percent in the construction sector here since 2007, according to figures from the N.C. Division of Employment Security. And that doesn't count such related fields as real estate sales, appraisals and the like.
That is due in part to the area's dependence not just on home construction but of building vacation and second homes as well as those for retirees, said Donna Girardot, executive officer of the Wilmington-Cape Fear Home Builders Association.
Buyers of those homes lived in areas also hit hard economically. They couldn't sell their homes, and so could not relocate to Wilmington, she added.
But the region's job losses weren't limited to real estate.
Wilmington, like the state in general, also lost manufacturing jobs during the same period – 25 percent of them, the state data show. The largest loss came when Coty Inc. closed its cosmetics facility in Rocky Point, putting 700 out of work.
Leisure and hospitality services jobs also disappeared even though the Cape Fear region is an important tourism market. Employment in those sectors has tumbled by 18.3 percent since 2007 even though tourism as measured by New Hanover County's room-occupancy tax receipts has come back in recent years. Those receipts, for example, were up 9 percent in November compared with November 2011, according to the Wilmington and Beaches Convention & Visitors Bureau.
As the Wilmington area slowly recovers economically, it's doubtful that the road to higher employment will be either of those formerly job-creating sectors.
"There are certain sectors that aren't coming back the way they used to be," Allen said. In North Carolina, they include real estate, manufacturing, financial services and construction, he said.
And skills in construction and manufacturing are not readily transferable to sectors that are rising in importance, both Hall and Allen said.
As a result, some former construction workers will retire rather than go through the process of retraining for other jobs, Hall said. Still others will move away to find jobs elsewhere, he added.
But not all the jobs for former construction workers will require retraining, Hall said.
A bright spot is retail jobs that range from a "convenience food worker to manager of a large chain department store," Hall said. Jobs for food-preparation and service workers, for instance, will grow 20.3 percent in the Wilmington area, according to the state economic projections for 2008-2018.
Earnings, however, are often considerably lower. The weekly wage for a residential construction worker in the Wilmington area midway through 2012 was $716. Retail earnings varied widely, but department store employees made $356 a week, according to state statistics.
But retraining is a solution for some construction- and manufacturing-related workers, both Hall and Allen said.
General contractor Nathan Bageant is studying at Cape Fear Community College to be an occupational therapy assistant, specializing in pediatrics. He'll help therapists improve skills of patients with injuries or disabilities for daily living and work.
Though Bageant, 30, is still involved marginally in his company – Bayan Construction Inc. in Surf City never suffered like many others did, he said – "I knew I could get a job and the security would be great."
The occupational therapist assistant's job would offer a dependable income and predictable hours, traits especially important to him as a new dad.
His retraining choice likely was a smart one.
"Where are the points of light?" asks Allen. Health care, he said.
Unlike construction, the health care occupations have grown, with new entrants to the workforce accounting for much of the employment that has resulted, Hall said.
The number of jobs in educational and health services in the Wilmington region has risen by 11 percent since 2007, according to state employment statistics.
Health aides will see the most growth in numbers of employees over the next several years, according to the 2008-2018 projections. Those jobs will rise 55 percent, or by 2,020, in the Wilmington area.
Second in projected openings are registered nurses, up 32.5 percent, or 1,070 jobs, the figures show.
"It's not like you are going to be making a six-figure salary, but there are a lot of solid, middle-class jobs in health care," Allen said, pointing to an aging population regionally and nationally and the expansion of health care coverage.
CFCC student Joseph Ray, 36, got creative in his quest for a post-construction career.
"I was in construction for 22 years," Ray said.
He owned his own firm, but sold it to pursue a college degree.
Ray eyed training to be a structural engineer, but then he met English instructor Jennifer Call.
"When I was in her class she brought out of me what I had missed in school – writing papers, the creativeness of it," he said.
Ray changed his major to English and plans to take his associate degree on to East Carolina University to get his teaching degree.
Bageant, who will graduate in May, is doing field work at For Kids Only, a child development center in Shallotte.
It's a far cry from construction.
"Mainly you deal with developmental delays, bilateral coordination, working with kids that have fine motor or cognitive issues," Bageant said.
"It lets me use my creativeness, to use your own abilities to design treatment sessions and therapy.
"It's one of the broadest therapies out there."
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Discussion in 'Star Trek Movies: Kelvin Universe' started by Charles Phipps, Jun 24, 2013.
I thought we were supposed to drop this line of argument in favour of addressing the OP ?
Ed, I was about to give up on you but you finally made some interesting, cogent points rather than simply rehashing your previous statements.
Basically to highlight your comments.
You are correct. That's why there are 4 traits used to ascertain whether an organized force is definitely an "armed force" in terms of war conventions. Law enforcement forces can be exempted on a state by state basis (however if they meet the criteria - and they probably meet all but the conduct of war trait so once they start participating in a conflict - they would be classified as military no matter what claim the nation state makes). Some states choose to included them under the umbrella of armed forces and some do not.
However, how in your imagining of Starfleet universe is Starfleet not conducting operations in the conduct of war? If so then by participating in such conduct (even if participating with another "Starfleet Military Force" they would immediately forfeit any perceived non-combatant/law enforcement status and be deemed military.
Police departments that are not military are supposed to be treated as CIVILIANS in combat. The US determined that Iraqi Police were part of Saddam's armed forces and subjected them to the same kind of targetting as their official military. This is the important distinction. When occupying a foreign territory, if these law enforcement do not submit (in other words if they resist) they are no longer afforced the protections of civilian status and may be neutralized to whatever extent necessary.
Not only does Starfleet fail to submit/surrender/avoid contact in combat situations. They often LEAD the fight on behalf of the Federation. A paramilitary force is required to refrain from using their weapons against military forces or they will be considered a military target.
Do you get the gist of this and how important that would be? In an occupation of foreign territory you often want to use existing government institutions to maintain daily life including the law enforcement arms. By law once you destroy a foreign government or occupy territory YOU become responsible for the safety and welfare of their indigent population.
Any armed force that resists your military using force can be considered military (it loses its paramilitary/civilian protection) and treated (ie destroyed) as such.
Ummmm, we are using current definitions of armed forces and military to which legal agreements and precedents are important. Imaginary, fictional, non-existent entities do not play a part in this discussion. There is no vulcan, there has been no world war 3, there is no middle earth and one ring to control us all. You can't just intersperse your argument with opinions of an imaginary world of the future and use that as a basis of defining terms that human scholars have already defined for us. For all you know the Federation's charter closely mimics the Hague Convention. I mean, have you actually read it? Can you say it doesn't match current laws of armed conflict (rhetorical question, as the Federation is not real - so there is no need to respond to that question).
I understand that the laws of armed conflict, military organization and rules of engagement can be confusing and hard to grasp at times. Hell, the US military has created courses and requires ongoing training to ensure these topics are known to our military leaders.
Perhaps its a good time for a recap. The question was whether Starfleet is a military. By current convention a military is synonomous with a designation of "armed forces". There is an exemption for law-enforcement who can carry arms, wear uniforms, have a chain of command and yet be considered Paramilitary according to the laws of war (and thus be treated as civilians).
However any participation in the conduct of war revokes and claim of being a paramilitary law enforcement organization.
Since Starfleet exactly fits the definition of what an armed force is according to the laws of armed conflict, the only way they could say they were not military is if they claimed they were law enforcement and the Federation did not include them in their "armed forces" (assuming there was another military organization within the Federation).
But since they regularly engage in the conduct of war they would have no standing to make any such claim even if the Federation did try and declare Starfleet as a law enforcement only organization.
Thus Starfleet would unequivocably have to be considered a military organization no matter what other roles they fulfill within the Federation Government.
That's really the problem you're having.
Starfleet fits the criteria of an "armed force" pretty well: it is armed and it responds to its government's direction. But because it was not chartered primarily for the purpose of defense, it would not be classified as a military organization as such.
Unless they join the battle, in which case they cease to be civilians and are considered combatants.
Incorrect: a paramilitary organization is still a paramilitary organization regardless of its (non)combatant status.
The military of a given country can be assumed to be a combatant uniformly in accordance with the declared laws of its host state. Soldiers from a particular military who just happen to show up and participate in that war -- independent of any provable orders from their government -- would be considered combatants in that conflict, even though the rest of their military would not; the lack of commitment from their host government implies these combatants are acting independently and while they are technically part of that nation's military, they are not acting on its behalf.
I mention this because it's a two way street and not as clear cut as you have been implying so far. Furthermore, even under the current paradigm there are certain advantages to leaving your military forces formally undeclared; Rickover pulled this same trick with the NR-1, carefully avoiding the classification of "warship" to circumvent congressional/bureaucratic controls on military hardware. The Federation may similarly seek to avoid scrutiny from its rivals (or alienating potential allies) by leaving it completely ambiguous exactly how and and by whom their defense priorities are carried out. Indeed, under the Geneva Conventions, only those Starfleet units that actually participate in combat would be considered combatants; deep space vessels on the other side of the galaxy, unarmed outposts, exploration probes, telescopes and all kinds of other hardware could still be considered outside the scope of the conflict, and Starfleet would be free to explore beyond the battlefield without accidentally exporting the conflict wherever they happen to be. That would be a dirty little legal trick (and only applicable under CURRENT laws, actually) but for an organization that may have hundreds of starships prowling the limits of explored space, it would be essential to be able to conduct peaceful exploration without threatening the implicit neutrality of anyone who might aid or shelter them.
Or a space exploration agency. There's nothing in the definition of "space exploration agency" that precludes it being armed (as the Russian astronauts are, and have always been, even after it was transferred to civilian control).
Starfleet would be considered an armed force. It would not be a military organization for reasons I have already outlined.
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Bunnies have always been pawns of the military!
It is a military organization because it is a key role.
It is ALSO a space exploration and scientific organization, and a humanitarian organization.
So why does the primary role of exploration preclude it ALSO being military?
This is getting repetitive and boring, and we are now arguing about semantics in the face of common sense.
Have fun in the sandbox, guys.
I cannot and will not subscribe to your interpretation of this event.
Actually it is. Starfleet has uniforms, weapons, a chain and command and conducts war. It meets all of the criteria defining a military organization.
Your focus on "charter" is irrelevant and superfluous. A military can be a state military, private military or revolutionary (stateless) military. This assumption you keep championing for your basic premise is false. Any organization can become a military by meeting the above criteria. The Secret Service was never chartered as a protection service (it was limited to financial crimes) but you can't say they aren't such an organization now. And if they ever start participating in combat operations they will then be defined as a military. An organization's origins is only important to you, it is not a defining trait by any standard convention.
I'll just point out that Starfleet does build ships for fighting, even in the 24th century...
1. Galaxy-class (stardrive section with "battle" bridge)
2. Defiant-class (developed to fight the Borg)
3. Prometheus-class (multi-vector assault mode)
The whole scene was forced and made little sense. Original Kirk would have looked at the "classified" guy and said "He has need to know. I have need to know." Of course, that would either mean forcing the revelation of the absolute stupidity of the new torpedoes early, or Kirk going to Marcus and getting a blistering rebuke, then coming down on Scotty in the out of character heavy-handed fashion we saw. As for the actual comment referred to here, it was offensive. When Picard said it, it was stupid. When Scotty said it, it was gratuitous, and in both cases, it's patently untrue, and reflective of an unrealistic, idiotic world-view that holds the military in contempt with no understanding of what they really do. The scene was obviously a setup to the big reveal, and to get Scotty off the ship.
Just one more hole in the nu universe. Neither movie has made any sense. They do marvelous characterization and dialogue, then throw in nonsense, and string together a few plot points poorly, yet so many people are willing to accept it uncritically.
'Original' Kirk was older, wiser and far more level-headed. This Kirk lost his surrogate father and was letting his emotions do the thinking.
"These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Her mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no one has gone before."
Sounds to me like the primary mission of the Enterprise and by extension, Starfleet, is one of galactic exploration. Scotty's complaint, and it was a proper one, was that the Enterprise was being dispatched on a covert mission of aggression.
Sure, that's why this forum is filled with nothing but love and flowers. This film had its plot problems, but they were far less severe than many of the Trek features that came before it.
Isn't that quite a leap though? Because they send one ship on a mission of exploration, it is the primary mission of the whole organization?
We honestly don't know what the mission of those other Constitution-class vessels were. Plus, how many of those missions of the Enterprise were pure exploration with no other concerns? We see them go on offensive missions, defensive missions, missions of pure espionage, missions of support for Earth/Federation colonies, diplomatic courier and emergency courier.
And yet, about the only thing that has ever been consistent in every Star Trek series is that every starship, no matter what its current assignment, will default to exploration as soon as all their government-mandated chores are done. Probably the most blatant example of this is in "Caretaker", where Janeway quotes a broad "directive" to "seek out new worlds and explore space," this despite the fact that they originally got into this predicament in the first place during a convoluted counter-terrorism assignment.
Basically, exploration is their DEFAULT assignment. Combat, patrol and police missions are relegated to a strictly "as needed" basis.
Exploration has often been the job of the military.
And mostly not for purely altruistic reasons.
Captain Cook's voyage of discovery was supposedly to investigate the transit of Venus and lo and behold they went on to discover a few countries to put in the British Empire. To keep it from the French???
You might be right, but then when exploring, it's expected that you'll meet other ships that are also exploring, so it's hard to extrapolate from the few ships we've seen on the show prior to DS9.
Eddie, remember Trek was based on the age of sail. Navy ships not in well charted waters explored whenever they weren't actually involved in other missions because there was so much unknown about the world. So that argument doesn't preclude them being a miltary. And, just because the Macarthur was a military exploration mission does not mean Starfleet has to follow Niven and Pournelle's lead on how it would operate. Different writers, different universes. Sparta grew it's empire out of the wreckage of the corrupt Co-Dominium, which stamped it's attitudes and development differently.
This whole resistance to Starfleet being a military was an inane grafting in TNG, and I believe it grew out of hippie protests in the 70's calling soldiers babykillers. Roddenberry should have made the point that Starfleet was a better military than today's, instead of repudiating his own service and making ridiculous assertions that fly in the face of logic. And sadly, many who grew up on TNG instead of TOS have bought the idea.
Except that, without actually sitting down and doing the math, "as needed" seems to be a large chunk of the time. Heck, every other episode in the third season of TOS seems to have the Enterprise in the middle of delivering vital medical supplies to an imperiled colony somewhere or ferrying a diplomat to a vital conference or some such errand. Just looking at TOS, I'm not sure that the majority of the eps actually have the Enterprise just toodling through space, exploring, and not dealing with some sort of crisis . . ..
EDIT: Okay, just for fun, I looked at the first season of TOS, which can be presumed to set the tone for the rest of the franchise. By my count, only 9 out of 29 episodes had the ship engaged in pure exploration. The rest of the time they were responding to distress signals, checking on remote colonies, investigating lost colonists and ships, dealing with diplomatic and/or military crises, transporting VIPs from place to place, assisting endangered mining operations, and so on.
In other words, the "default" to exploration can be seen in only about one-third of the episodes . . . .
Not to mention the fact that they were always close enough to Federation space to undertake all those other types of missions.
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thank god that I wasn't the only person that chose minato, and that Hiruzen got a well deserved one vote.
Yeah, Minato seems to have an advantage at this state. Unlimited teleporting, giant rasengans flying everywhere, yin kyuubi chakra burning everything it touches, yeah...just a disaster.
Now Hashirama, has the original mokuton, who knows, his skill in mokuton may be far superior to madaras'.
Tobirama, he can free himself of the edo jutsu, and he'll be immortal just like madara...giant Tsunamis spreading all over the landscape anyone?
Hiruzen, ehhh...unlimited ash flying in everyone's eyes, then casting katon...just kidding, he may reveal several uncanny jutsus, that will prove more than useful...
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Application type: MFC
Features: Read a file sector by sector ( 2048 bytes) and display it in a tree view.
Here are the problems I am facing:
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First off, I did do a search but came up with nothing that specifically helped me. I'm doing a problem where the user inputs a number and the computer has to guess it based on the user saying higher or lower. There's more to the program, but that doesn't matter.
Is it possible to make the computer generate a value using binary search between the max number and min number?
For example, I enter 500 and the minimum is 1. The computer's first guess is obviously 250 (or number/2). If I say higher, the computer will now have a minimum value of 250. So the next guess would be between 250 and 500, and would be 375 ( 250 / 2 + 250).
When I run the program, it assigns the min and max numbers accordingly, but never (or rarely) produces a value in between the two values, which is always should.
Here's a portion of my code for the number being higher:
I think the statement "number= rand() % n + 1;"
is wrong. Can anyone lead me in the right direction? I realize this should be easy and I'm probably making it harder than it really is! Thanks for any help that can be given
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---during chunin exams in part 1, consider their abilites the instant orochimaru launched his assualt--------
1. Gaara is top of the list
-Ultimate defense against other genins
-Can use 1 tails
2. Shino
-bugs eat chakra, and shino uses them wisely.
-he can swarm pretty fast
3. Naruto
-he's the main character
-if it wasn't for that, he'd be behind sasuke and neji would be second. Honestly, if neji wasn't being a retard he woulda won that match, BUT NO, NARUTO WAS ALREADY DONE. well, naruto did get back somehow...that cheater
-a lot of chakra
-a lot clones
-potential of summoning a toad. if he summoned a small one and was being bullied, the big toad would help
-fart jutsu
4. Neji
-Only because he lost against naruto in preliminary rounds...naruto is a cheater. but i think if neji's intent to kill naruto, neji woulda won
-really fast
-best taijutsu outta the geni pigs
-that chakra shield
-gentle fist
-his dojutsu
5. Sasuke
-better than lee at taijutsu, unless lee uses gates.
-speed is really good
Now for explanation
Gaara is first for obvious reasons. He showed a lot of potential and showed how easily he can, that is if he doesn't want to play around with you. He can protect himself from Shino's bugs, naruto wouldn't even touch him and even if he did, won't do jack against the sand. he lacks the strength atm, he doesn't have the force to break through sand nor the speed to hit gaara before the sand protects him. Neji won't do much, you can't chakra block something you can't touch. This would be a battle of defense. Sasuke..well we saw what gaara did to him after sasuke hunted gaara down. Okay sure, the cursed seal screwed sasuke over, but even without the cursed seal he wouldn't have stand a chance. sure he'll hurt gaara ...but..
Naruto...i guess because of kurama's insane chakra naruto recovered and won. probably only gaara could have withstood kurama's first tail. As for shino, it'd e hard for naruto to beat the swarm of bugs that protect shino. naruto vs sasuke...not sure who'd win..
so yeah, the rest is self explanatory. what'd you think?
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*Felt-Kidd-Prigioni-Shump-Smith (possibly)-TD (reluctantly) presents a very strong backcourt.
There includes variations of:
1. Ball Handling
2. Shooting (both driving and 3's)
3. Defense
4. Leadership
5. Speed
6. Passing/Floor vision
7. Athleticism
8. Clutchness
What we need with this group is:
-For Felton and Kidd to play together consisently. I'll go as far (and on the record) as to say one will get major minutes at SG seeing as shump is hurt, Kidd can shoot the 3, and Lin was a SG and can dribble-penetrate/drive. JR is also versatile.
-The rotation and match-up game is on Woodson he must explore this.
-High on the priority list must be to have Kidd help coach-up Lin.
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*Glad there is no need to consider Laundry folds
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Julian Assange: Another Legal Setback, Another Hairstyle
As we predicted, international man of mystery and leaky things Julian Assange has lost his appeal against extradition to Sweden, where the authorities still want to ask him some questions about those two alleged sexual assault incidents. Assange won't have to leave his adoptive party pad in Norwich just yet: his lawyers can appeal to the British Supreme Court, and this will require hearings that will delay Assange's actual extradition. But he's definitely running out of legal options—not that he'd ever admit it.
"No doubt there'll be many attempts made to try and spin these proceedings as they occurred today, but they are merely technical," Assange said on the High Court steps after hearing the news. People should visit his website to know "what's really going on in this case," he added. (But don't go over there yet, because he hasn't had time to update it and you don't want to embarrass him, do you?)
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"The storm is over for SCLC," says Dr. LaFayette. "We are rebuilding our executive team and Dr. Steele is a vital member."
A coalition of SCLC current and former chapter presidents, members and financial supporters and SCLC longtime loyalists have reiterated their position that the organization's Board of Directors' continues to be in violation of the organization's constitution and Georgia Law and as a result will seek the court's intervention as previously planned.
According to reports, the coalition sent a letter in May 2012 to the entire SCLC National Board of Directors outlining their concerns and requesting a meeting to discuss the unlawful removal of President Isaac Farris and the continued violations of the constitution by the SCLC Board members led by Dr. Bernard Lafayette, Don Cash and Rev. Sylvia Tucker. The coalition never received a response to its request but rather faced attacks by the SCLC leadership in the media with no signs of providing any accountability or transparency.
"We love Dr. Charles Steele, Jr. and we appreciate the incredible work that he did while serving as President & CEO and we are excited about his return to the organization. The coalition will do everything within our power to make his second tenure as much of a success as his first. However, the reality is that he should have never been forced out of the organization in 2009, after members of the Board of Directors including many of the current board members, codified a board driven organization by orchestrating several unorthodox changes resulting then in the newly constituted 2007 constitution and bylaws. Even now it is our understanding that the criteria for Chapter ratification has been changed to further exclude chapters – without proper notification to the chapters. When an organization has seven presidents in twelve years it becomes obvious the problem is not the President, the problem is the Board of Directors.
"The coalition supported the installation of Elder Bernice King as the organization's first female President, but she declined to assume the role when the Board of Directors led by Dr. Bernard Lafayette and Rev. Sylvia Tucker refused to support amendments to the 2007 Constitution and Bylaws that would limit the Board of Directors involvement in the day‐to‐day operations of the organization.
"This current Board of Directors operates outside of the boundaries of the constitution and bylaws and thumbs their noses at anyone who challenges their actions on behalf of the people which the SCLC was ordained to serve. In the past ninety days we have seen Dr. Lafayette and the Board of Directors violate the SCLC Constitution by terminating President Isacc Farris without cause, appointing an Interim President without board approval, changing the constitutional date of the annual convention without providing notice to the membership, and now circumventing the process of selecting a CEO and President before the annual convention. This board wants to function with unmitigated power but refuses to answer questions about the fiscal viability of an organization which it has controlled for two years. This is exactly why the Constitution provides that Board members such as Bernard Lafayette and Sylvia Tucker who have served on the board more than 20 years are to have 3 year terms. Considering previous behaviors, patterns and practice we believe that It's just a matter of time before they reject again the leadership of Dr. Steele so the only recourse is to have the court intervene to reconstitute the Board of Directors, order a forensic audit, examine all contractual obligations currently in existence, restructure the operations of the organization and revise the bylaws," continued Baynes.
According to Maynard Eaton, publicist of SCLC, "We put together the announcement of a Dream Team where Dr. Steele signed a promissory note to commit to raise a sum of money to assure that SCLC becomes a solvent organization." Eaton added, Steele is also committed "to continuously sustaining the organization's financially stability for future generations."


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HMC Display Carries a full line of outdoor and indoor receptacles products from Witt Industries.
Gridwall panels are an easy an economical way of displaying products and merchandise all over your store.
These Acrylic racks are great for displaying literature, brochures, magazines, and much much more. These racks can be placed on counters, mounted to sign holders, or even mounted directly to a wall.
HMC Display carries traditional free standing lecterns to mobile table top lecterns.
Tradeshow equipment includes backdrops, tables, interlocking flooring, printed table covers, and signage.
Need an easy way to display quick notes to customers, these boards are a great tool for writing down daily specials or notes that do not need to be printed.