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"Oh, no!" the woman exclaimed as she retrieved the mail from her post office box. "Jury duty," she explained to the post office patrons who had turned their heads in alarm at her initial outburst. Their concern rapidly turned to understanding, as was exemplified by their nods, smiles and comments.
So, why is it that so many of our fellow citizens feel disdain when confronted by their duty to participate in this system of justice? Well, for one thing, most of us have busy lives. Many of us do not feel a connection to the criminal justice system. After all, is this not a system for criminals and not "normal people"? And justice? Justice for who? The victim? Yeah, right!
Often our fellow citizens show contempt for our system of justice, stating that the criminals have all the rights, so why bother? We "bother" because it is our duty. We "bother" because we know that our system is one that is based on fairness and we would want to have this level of fairness applied to us and our loved ones if we were a victim or accused of a crime.
In sexual assault cases, however, there seems to be a disconnect. Crimes of sexual violence continue to be misunderstood. Rape myths continue to shift the blame for the assault from rapist to victim, even though significant research has disproved this outdated mythology.
In a criminal case, the goal of jury selection is to select a jury that can be fair to both sides and render a verdict based on the facts and the law. In a case of sexual violence, there exist additional goals. Preparing a jury for use of graphic terminology and evidence as well as uncovering rape myth acceptance is necessary during jury selection. Unfortunately, preconceived ideas that exist in the public mindset make this task more difficult.
Studies based on statistics compiled by the U.S. Department of Justice conclusively support the fact that most rapists are not strangers, and stereotyping rapists as such is erroneous and dangerous. Rape is an act of violence where sex is used as the weapon to gain power and control. It is not about sex. Sexual violence is never the victim's fault, although victim-blaming is common and often presents a barrier to justice and offender accountability. No means no and the inability to say no does not mean yes. And, juries need to understand that while rape is a violent act, most victims do not sustain non-genital physical injuries, another myth that may lead a juror to believe the sex was consensual as no evidence of resistance exists.
We know that most rape victims delay reporting to law enforcement, or never report at all. In fact, sexual assault is one of the most underreported crimes, and male victims are least likely to report, although males represent approximately 10 percent of all victims. This delay in reporting raises issues of victim credibility, which in turn is often the primary issue in sexual assault prosecutions.
There exists a mistaken belief that most rape allegations are false; however, reliable research indicates only 2-8 percent of reports are falsified. Victims experience a wide range of emotional response, each coping in their own way. Some may exhibit calmness or hysteria, laughter or anger, apathy or shock. Many are likely to suffer from depression, PTSD, or substance abuse. There is also an increased rate of suicide contemplation.
Following trauma, a person may have memories of the entire incident however fragmented memories are common and normal responses and should not be automatically considered untruths.
A traumatic event can exceed a person's ability to cope and disrupts emotional and mental functioning. Dissociation, a psychological defense mechanism may occur to enable the individual to "escape" the stressful memory. This may help explain why so few victims report and does not mean one is crazy. It is simply a coping mechanism used to address ones shattered sense of safety, trust and invulnerability.
For more information, or if you or someone you know needs help, please contact RENEW at 955-4886 or call the 24 hour hotline at 565-2100.
Joanne Denner is the Sexual Assault Response Team coordinator for the 22nd Judicial District. She is a registered nurse and worked in Critical Care for nearly two decades at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, Fla. She has been a registered murse for over 30 years and also has a degree in criminology from the University of South Florida. In addition, Joanne has worked as a probation officer and a public health nurse. Denner has combined her education and experience and received advanced training as a sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) and is a member of the SANE team at Mercy Medical Center in Durango.


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Stefanie Gordon slept for most of her flight from New York City to Palm Beach, Florida this morning. Luckily she woke up in time to snap these pictures through her window of the space shuttle Endeavour lifting off from Kennedy Space Center on its final mission to the International Space Station. (Click to enlarge.)
Since she posted them to Twitter three hours ago, her two shots of the launch been seen more than 120,000 times. Gordon, who works in event planning, is already using the attention to try to score a job. [Stefanie Gordon]

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Activity note: You may check in to hotel anytime after 3 pm. Meet group in Room 134 at 4:15.
Dinner: In hotel, 6:00 pm
Evening: Readjourn in hotel, room 134 immediately following dinner for lecture on the founding of St. Louis and the St. Louis fur trade.
Activity note: Considerable standing and walking in neighborhoods and Cathedral Basilica.
Breakfast: Breakfast buffet at hotel.
Morning: Meet in Room 134 at 8:00 am where guide, Melanie Harvey will outline and describe the day's journey. Once we board the bus, our first stop will be the historic Old Courthouse, site of the Dred Scott Trial. We will experience a bus tour with Melanie of various St. Louis landmarks and ethnic neighborhoods both then and now; Union Station, City Museum, City Garden, Soulard Market and its historic neighborhood, St. Louis Arsenal, Lemp Mansion & Brewery, DeMenil Mansion, a walking tour of Lafayette Square neighborhood with its grand "Painted Ladies" and unique neighborhood park. Experience some of the old neighborhoods as you learn the importance of German, Irish and Italian immigrants and their significance on the development of St. Louis. Study the various architectural influences on the Midwest.
Lunch: Enjoy lunch on the "Hill", and maybe even try your hand at Bocce Ball at Milo's Bocce Garden. After lunch, enjoy an authentic Italian Gelato or an Italian pastry at nearby shops for dessert.
Afternoon: Field study on the St. Louis Hill. This unique neighborhood/area remains primarily an Italian-American neighborhood. It was established in the late 19th century when immigrants were attracted by jobs in nearby plants created to exploit the local clay for brick making. Baseball greats Yogi Berra and broadcaster Joe Garagiola Sr. grew up on the Hill, along with other sports notables. Field trip to the new St. Louis Cathedral Basilica where the largest collection of mosaics in the world is housed in one place. Study the architectural design of Romanesque and Byzantine styles, where east meets west.
Dinner: Meet in Room 134 for catered dinner at the hotel.
Evening: Meet me at the fair! Enjoy a presentation on the sights, sounds, and discoveries of the 1904 World's Fair, held in St. Louis.
Activity note: Walking down a paved sidewalk required to reach arch. Step or ramp available to Arch entrance. Steps and standing required at the Campbell House. Participants can choose to walk extensively at the Botanical Garden or sit on one of the many benches and just enjoy the view.
Breakfast: Breakfast buffet at hotel.
Morning: Meet in Room 134 of the hotel at 8:00 am, where we will begin the morning viewing "Monument to the Dream", a documentary about the monumental engineering feat that was required to erect the Gateway Arch. Board the bus to step back in time at the Campbell House Museum. This museum opened in 1943, transferring directly from family ownership to the museum. This preserved not only the Campbell's house but also their collection of original furniture, fixtures, paintings, objects, and thousands of pages of family documents. Included in these documents is a unique album of 60 photographs of the interior of the house from 1885. It looks much the same today as it did in these photographs. Re-board the bus to visit our National Monument, the Gateway Arch, built as a tribute to Thomas Jefferson and all those pioneers for who St. Louis was the Gateway to the West. As we arrive, stop in the Old Cathedral, site of the oldest Catholic parish west of the Mississippi, and location of the baptism of Sacagawea's son. Once at the Arch, you may choose to travel to the top of this 630 foot high stainless steel structure for amazing views of the Gateway City, the Mighty Mississippi, and neighboring Illinois.
Lunch: Have lunch while listening to a lecture presentation at the Missouri Botanical Garden.
Afternoon: Field study of Henry Shaw's dream, the Missouri Botanical Garden. Discover why it is one of the top three botanical gardens in the United States. Explore the garden, Climatron, and more at your leisure. Tram rides are available for $4/person (cash only). Trams depart on the hour and pick up at each stop one hour later. Be aware of last tram pick-up time.
Dinner: Enjoy the Irish presence in St. Louis tonight at McGurk's Irish Restaurant and Pub.
Evening: Optional Movie: "Articulate Space", The Architectural Heritage of St. Louis. A documentary by James F. Scott, that tells a historical story of St. Louis, stressing the relationship between architecture and community life. It shows how the river city of Laclede and Chouteau raised its unique monuments, yet gradually gave way to a city of rails and freeways. It is more than a journey among masterpieces of brick, stone, and metal such as Eads bridge, Sullivan's Wainwright Building, Cass Gilbert's Art Museum. Modernists who have fashioned the new look of the city, including the soaring Saarinen Arch and the renovation of Union Station are also singled out for attention. The real focus of the movie is the St. Louis urban context in which building occurs, the social energy which transforms mere physical space into "life space". Past and present are bound together in intricate and exciting ways.
Activity note: We will view the historic cemetery while on the bus with optional stops to get on and off for closer viewing. The trip to the Blues Museum requires some standing and walking.
Breakfast: Breakfast buffet at the hotel.
Morning: Begun in 1849, Bellefontaine Cemetery has a long history which parallels the history of St. Louis, the Region, the State and the Nation. Fur traders, explorers, capitalists, suffragists and many involved with the Civil War call Bellefontaine Cemetery their place of final rest. With 87,000 interments, it is the final resting place of men and women whose lives have contributed significantly to the westward expansion of our country. A visit to their graves provides a keener appreciation of our national heritage by connecting past, present, and future generations. The docent lead tour will include William Clark, Adolphus Busch, The Lemp Family and many others. The imagery of the cemetery with its many "granite" monuments and Arboretum's stately trees give a picturesque setting as a backdrop to the lives of those covered in the program. The cemetery has fourteen miles of curved roadways with beautiful views of the landscape, including thousands of shrubs and trees and hundreds of works of art. It has become an outdoor museum, containing fine sculptures and memorial art reflecting the changing tastes of our culture. The buildings, mausoleums, and larger display influences from Classic Revival, Romanesque, Gothic and Egyptian Revival, and even some forms of modern architecture. The cemetery is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and noted for its contribution to cemetery design in the nineteenth century.
Lunch: Experience a taste of St. Louis style BBQ. We will have a box lunch from Sugar Fire at the Blues Museum.
Afternoon: Our next stop will take us to the National Blues Museum, the only museum that is exclusively dedicated to the national and international story of Blues music and how it has greatly influenced the American culture here in the United States. Listen with interactive technology and view artifact exhibits to experience its long and tradition-rich history that has continued to speak to listeners throughout the years and all walks of life. A docent will lead us through the museum and then we will have some time to view the exhibits on our own.
Dinner: Free evening to enjoy St. Louis and various cuisines on your own. Literature will be available to give you options of places to see within a short distance of the hotel.
Evening: "Meet Me in St. Louis" (Judy Garland) will be available to watch in Room 134.
Activity note: Moderate walking and some standing.
Breakfast: Breakfast buffet at the hotel.
Morning: Explore Forest Park, site of the 1904 World's Fair, and one of the largest urban parks in the country, surpassing Central Park by 500 acres. This morning you will have time to visit the St. Louis Zoo in Forest Park. The St. Louis Zoo is one of the only remaining free zoological parks in the US. Visit the giant birdcage, left over from the 1904 World's Fair, along with many other natural habitat exhibits.
Lunch: Today we will lunch at a true St. Louis icon and enjoy food native to the St. Louis area. You may even get to enjoy a special St. Louis treat!
Afternoon: Enjoy the afternoon exploring the St. Louis History Museum and the St. Louis Art Museum. Schedule is flexible -- if you prefer to spend all of your time at one museum, we can accommodate that.
Dinner: Enjoy the German influence on St. Louis cuisine this evening as we dine at the Feasting Fox Restaurant.
Evening: Meet back in Room 134 for an evening of St. Louis Trivia with your fellow Road Scholars.
Activity note: Meet in Room 134 of the hotel at 8:15 am.
Breakfast: Breakfast Buffet at the hotel. Closing program at 8:15 in Room 134 of the hotel. If you choose, view the National Geographic movie, "Lewis and Clark, Great Journey West". Main program will conclude by 8:30, movie will conclude by 9:30. Please check out of rooms by 11 am.


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A federal grand jury has indicted a former Intel employee whom the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has accused of stealing trade secrets from the company.
Biswamohan Pani, 33, allegedly was found with more than 100 pages of Intel documents, with 13 "top secret" file also discovered inside his residence. Intel put more than $1 billion of research and development money into the documents Pani stole, which includes future CPU designs.
"The indictment was not a surprise," said Bradford Bailey, Pani's attorney. "We knew it was coming. We will enter a plea of not guilty when an arraignment date is set, and he will vigorously contest the charges because he is innocent."
Pani submitted his resignation at Intel in May 2008, and planned on working until June 11, but began working for Advanced Micro Devices on June 2. When he started his job at AMD, he still had an Intel laptop and access to the internal Intel network.
During a search of his home in early July, the FBI found eight different documents that were classified as "secret," "top secret" and "confidential." AMD did not request he steal the information or knew anything about his actions, the federal government believes.
"AMD has not been accused of wrongdoing, and the FBI has stated that there is no evidence that AMD had any involvement in or awareness of Mr. Pani's alleged actions," AMD said in a statement published by the Associated Press.
According to Pani, he took the files to help his wife work on a project, who is currently employed by Intel. Intel quickly pointed out the files would have served no use for his wife.
Pani now faces four counts of wire fraud and one count of theft of trade secrets. He faces up to 10 years on the single count of theft of trade secrets and up to 20 years for each count of wire fraud.


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select-keys always returns a map built up from {}. This will sometimes not be the same type of map as the one given as the first arg, e.g. if the first arg is a sorted-map, the returned map will not be. There are situations where it would be nice if it preserved the kind of map it was given, e.g. the developer wishes to preserve the sorting order of the keys.
Discussion thread on Clojure group: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/clojure/l_V1N1nRF-c
We do not wish to make this change.
Patch clj-1287-3.diff is identical to the earlier clj-1287-2.diff described in an earlier comment, except it updates some diff context lines so that it applies cleanly to the latest Clojure master as of today.
I had not thought about records when making the first patch. It does cause select-keys to fail if given a record, whereas without the patch select-keys works fine on records. clj-1287-2.diff is similar to the earlier patch, but if its argument is a record, it still returns a correct value based upon building up an unsorted map starting from {}. If its argument is not a record, it assumes empty will work on it and uses (empty map) to start with.
What happens with records? Does this introduce a new failure case there (due to lack of empty support in records)?
clj-1287-1.diff changes the starting set {} to (empty map) in select-keys, and adds tests for the new behavior. The only reason select-keys is moved later in core.clj is to move it after the definition of function 'empty'. Before this patch 'select-keys' is defined before 'declare', even, so we cannot simply put a '(declare empty)' before select-keys.


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Veteran lefty Oliver still searching for first ring
By Evan Peaslee / MLB.com
TORONTO -- The sun is beginning to set on Darren Oliver's professional career.
After coming back for one final chance at a World Series title, Oliver's ride into the sunset isn't going the way that he, or anybody, had hoped.
"It could be better," Oliver said of his final season. "I was thinking that we were going to win more games than we'd lost.
"I just think that everybody expected more; obviously, we expected more from ourselves. We expected to be right there in the race at this point in the season, and we're not. I think the guys are definitely disappointed about that."
Barring a trade in the coming weeks, it looks more and more like the 42-year-old will walk away from the Majors without that coveted ring.
After nearly 1,900 innings and more than 1,200 strikeouts in a career that began 20 years ago, it's the one thing that is missing from his resume.
"I've done all that stuff before. The main thing was just to win," Oliver said. "I've been to the World Series a couple of times, but to win it is the ultimate thing."
Oliver was a part of the Rangers in 2010 and '11 when they were close to obtaining the title, and finally getting a chance to win one was a big factor in the left-hander's return to the Blue Jays in '13.
"It all comes down to how we do on the field," Oliver said. "There's some guys who have good years, some guys have bad years, or whatever. When you look back on it, when it's all said and done and you're at home doing nothing, you want to remember that I was part of a championship team."
Whether or not that happens is still yet to be determined, but there's one thing by which Oliver wants to be remembered. Not by his wins and losses, or his strikeouts, but by his presence in the clubhouse.
"That I was a good teammate. That's important, for me," Oliver said. "That I passed on everything that I've learned in the game to some of the younger guys on and off the field. And they remember that ... and they pass it on to someone else."
Bautista tossed in seventh for arguing strike call
TORONTO -- Jose Bautista was ejected from the Blue Jays' 2-1 victory over the Astros on Sunday for arguing balls and strikes with home-plate umpire Sam Holbrook.
In the seventh inning with men in scoring position, Bautista struck out swinging against Houston reliever Josh Fields. The Toronto slugger said something to Holbrook immediately afterwards and was promptly ejected from the game.
"It wasn't a conversation," said Bautista, who was tossed for the second time this season. "I said, 'I thought you had the biggest bleep strike zone I've seen all year.' And that was it. I was out of the game."
The Blue Jays right fielder was clearly upset with a previous pitch on the inside part of the plate. Fields threw a fastball down and in and Bautista immediately walked away from the batter's box after Holbrook called it a strike. He took his time returning to the plate struck out on the following pitch.
"What I need to do is stay in the games and realize that, unfortunately, even though I would love for right calls to be made consistently, that's just not going to happen, and I need to deal with it," Bautista said. "It's tough for me."
Just like his first ejection on June 9 against the Rangers, Bautista was ejected for arguing the strike zone.
It's become an issue for the slugger, and he is beginning to build a reputation for disputing umpires' strike zones.
Earlier in the season, Bautista remarked that "sometimes I have trouble more than other players dealing with my production being affected by somebody else's mediocrity."
Whether or not that's affected the calls he's getting, it's clear the he's still having trouble agreeing with what the home-plate umpire sees.
"I've been trying to control myself as much as I can," Bautista said. "But it is something that I'm not as good at as other players. I struggle with it. I play with a lot of heart and emotion and I always try to come through for us. When I don't, it upsets me. If I fail on my own, it upsets me. If I feel like some opportunities are being taken away from me, it upsets me even more.
With the ejection, Bautista left his club in a tie ballgame, leading manager John Gibbons to think that maybe the slugger needs to bite his tongue a little more.
"Yeah, stay in the game," Gibbons said. "I understand the frustration, that's the way it goes, but we need him on the field. He's a big part of our team and we need him on the field."
DeRosa reflects on career after 100th homer
TORONTO -- As Mark DeRosa rounded the bases on Saturday for the 100th home run of his Major League career, his thoughts immediately turned to his late father, Jack.
"It meant more to me than people will ever realize," DeRosa said. "I wish my dad could've been here. I know he would be proud -- that was the first thing I thought of.
"I didn't think I'd get to that number after I hurt my wrist and [didn't hit] a home run for three years. And not knowing if you'd be serviceable enough to stay in the big leagues not driving the baseball. I'm proud of the fact that I was able to hang around long enough for it to correct itself, and to do it. But I thought about my dad."
On a cutter from Houston starter Dallas Keuchel, the Blue Jays infielder sent the ball into the bullpen in left field for his seventh home run of the year and reached the century mark for his career.
After clearing the fences only once since 2010, the homer became even more special.
"I drove down to [Spring Training in Dunedin, Fla.] not knowing what I was going to be like," DeRosa said. "So to hit my 100th homer, and to feel like it matters when I'm in the lineup, means a lot."
The 38-year-old was bit of a late bloomer when it came to power numbers. DeRosa hit 44 of his home runs in a span of two years, mostly with the Cubs, in 2008 and '09 when he was in his 30s.
After that nice run, the power numbers dried up, thanks in large part to surgery to repair a torn tendon sheath in his left wrist in 2010, something that he later said was a "total failure."
Thus for the veteran, this milestone is more than just a number.
"For me, more redemption from being hurt, losing my dad, and that type of stuff, and staying with it," DeRosa said. "So when I rounded the bases, I don't know if they time it, but I know I took a little bit longer than I normally do. I feel like I owed it to myself.
"And for my dad. My dad was a proud man. He always wanted me to get my respect in the game. He was big on respect. I feel like that number, although small to some people, others who have played in the league a long time know that it's a milestone for hitters."
Evan Peaslee is an associate reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @EvanPeaslee. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Automated Turret Press Triggers Growth for Captive Sheetmetal Shop
"We believe that one shift, when everyone
|A-G Body employs the automatic sheet loader on its C5 CNC turret punch press for about 75 percent of the work the machine processes, freeing up the machine operator to perform other tasks around the firm's small sheetmetal shop.
Enough with the Outsourcing
Over time, outsourcing presented its own set of challenges, including, according to Gianelo, unsatisfactory lead times and quality. And by 2005, the company was outsourcing half of all of its sheetmetal work.
"We found ourselves having to order too far ahead of due dates to ensure we received the fabricated parts on time," he says. "This often wound up causing us to order parts we, in the end, actually didn't need."
After a few years of dealing with the headaches of outsourcing sheetmetal fabrication, Gianelo and his team decided to invest in new CNC sheetmetal-fabrication equipment that would increase the capacity of its small, captive fabrication shop. The goal was to bring back inhouse all of the fabrication capability needed to keep up with current orders, as well as fuel future growth.
Investigating state-of-the-art CNC turret punch presses at a local trade-show in 2005, A-G Body management knew that one restriction on its existing punch press was maximum sheet size. "We could only process 40 by 60-in. sheets on that press," says engineer Matt Briggs. "That meant we had to shear full-sized 60 by 120-in. sheets to fit, adding a process step. And it limited the sheet utilization we could achieve with our parts nests. Even with programming software to prepare our nests, we only achieved 65 percent utilization."
Space-Saving Automation
Other items on the firm's turret-press shopping list included automated sheet loading, so that operators need not handle large sheets—the firm fabricates 12- and 16-gauge sheetmetal. This was primarily a safety concern for Gianelo. Also, it needed a space-saving solution since it planned to install its new automated turret press in a relatively small and recently vacated room in its shop, once home to a paint line.
"We believed that locating the new press in that room, although only 40 by 50 ft., offered the best opportunity for us to create an efficient flow of materials through our sheetmetal shop (6000 sq. ft.)," says Gianelo.
To gain the sheet capacity it needed along with the required level of material-handling automation, A-G Body purchased a model C5 Compact Express hydraulic CNC turret press from
The new turret press brought other new capabilities to the A-G Body sheetmetal-fabrication shop, which Briggs and his team quickly leveraged. One example is the machine's large work chute, capable of offloading parts to 20-in. square. Now, rather than having to keep parts nested in sheet blanks until an operator can "shake and break" the parts loose, A-G programs the press to separate parts that will fit through the work chute. A conveyor underneath the press moves the parts up and out to a parts bin, dramatically improving productivity.
Upforming Ability Eliminates Welding
Another bonus gained with the new press is the ability to upform part features such as louvers, knockouts, and small flanges and pins. In particular, the firm's product designers have been able to redesign some parts to include half-sheared and formed pins and slots to facilitate assembly and, in some cases, eliminate welding.
"For example," explains Briggs, ""we used to weld drawer sides as separate pieces, welding in the corners and along the bottom. Now we use the half-shear pins and slots to interlock the drawers together. We make 20,000 drawers per year—eliminating welding saves us a lot of time and money."
Better Material Utilization
Combining the use of larger full-sized sheets with the upgrade in programming software to the Finn-Power NC Express package, says Briggs, allows the firm to use tighter parts nests—even common-line nesting in some cases. As a result, material utilization has climbed to 80 percent. The company owns two seats of the programming software, one seat for nesting standard work as it routes from order entry to production and a second seat just for special projects.
"Half of our business is special or custom made-to-order products," says Gianelo, "and the NC Express software really helps us manage the flow of these specials through the production process."
The firm loads its automated material-handling system with as much as 10,000 lb. of sheet, running complete stacks of either 12- or 16-gauge material. To move from production of one thickness to the other typically requires a tooling change. "We might produce 15 to 20 different parts nests during a production run," says Briggs, "and five to 10 sheets of each nest. Using the automated material-handling system frees up the operator to perform other tasks, such as tool maintenance or press-brake operation."
New Press Brake Completes the Picture
Two years ago, Gianelo decided to add press-brake capacity to the shop to help keep pace with the added capacity delivered by the C5. To replace a small, aging press brake, he acquired a servo-electric 100-ton 10-ft. press brake, a Finn-Power E5. "We like the servo-electric, compared to the previous hydraulic press brake," says Briggs, "because it's more accurate and runs much more quietly."
Also key to the payback on the investment in the E5 has been tooling the press brake to hem and bend in one operation.
"The combination hem and form die eliminates a part handling from the process," says Briggs. "Again, at one to two thousand drawers per month, that's a huge time savings. And, the new press brake can run three to four times faster than our previous machine." Also, according to Finn-Power officials, energy consumption can be cut in half.
Bottom line: New technology via a state-of-the-art CNC turret press and servo-electric press brake allows a three-employee, one-shift sheetmetal operation to process 40,000 lb. of sheetmetal per month. Sounds pretty efficient to me. MF
See also: Prima Power North America, Inc.
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I only get errors and transmit timeouts, thought the card is active and seems to be configured correctly. The only thing that seems strange is lspci -vv says that the card has "pin A routed to IRQ 0". that can't be right, can it? Neil
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About Munnar
Once the summer resort of the erstwhile British Government in South India. Tucked away in sunny, tropical Kerala is a cool green paradise. Away from heat and dust. State's finest Tea plantations. The best Hill station of Kerala... Watch the spectacular beauty of Tea gardens. Enjoy the nature, where the cloud turns into mist, which may touch you with a romantic feeling... It is located 1600 meter from sea level.
Sprawling tea plantations, fragrant cardamom bushes picture book towns, winding lanes mist covering valleys and holiday facilities make this a popular and most wanted tourist place of Kerala. Among the exotic flora found in the forests and grasslands here is the NEELAKURINJI that bloom once in 12 years is a synonymous landmarks of Munnar.
Munnar is an idyllic hill station with its velvet lawns, exotic flora and fauna. Breathing of fresh, cool mountain air is a rare experience.
The greenish heaven awaits you it's a virgin land experience the diferrence with us.
Munnar Basic Facts
Location: 135 Km from Kochi
Altitude: Approximately 1600 meters
Nearest Airport: Cochin
Nearest Railway Station: Cochin , Dindugal (Tamilnadu)
STD Code: 0486
Main Attraction: Exploration of hills around Munnar
Historical Importance: During British reign, Munnar was the summer resort of Government officials
Munnar Hotels
As Munnar is a hotspot tourist destination which attracts tourists from all over the world because of its exquisite natural beauty, many hotels and resorts have sprung up. There are hotels suiting every kind of budget, with all the modern amenities. Be it good food or warm service, hotels of Munnar provides it all. If you have limited finances then there are budget hotels. On the other hands if budget is not a constraint, there are numerous luxurious hotels which provide world class services.
Hospitality of the hotel staff is sure to satisfy every kind of tourist.
5 Star Hotels in Munnar:
Club Mahindra Lakeview Resort
4 Star Hotels in Munnar:
BlackBerry Hills Mountain Lodges
Fort Munnar
Tea County
3 Star Hotels in Munnar:
Abad Copper Castle
Camelot Resort
Deshadan Mountain Resort
Edassery Eastend
Forest Haven Resort
Great Escapes Resort
Igloo Nature Resort
Issacs Residency
Las Palmas Resort
Mermaid Hotel
Munnar Woods Resort
Oak Fields
Sterling Resort
T & U Leisure Hotel
The Siena Village
The Tall Trees
The Whispering Meadows
Westwood Riverside Garden Resort
Budget Hotels in Munnar:
Autumn Trees Resort
B Six Holiday Resort
Chancellor Resort
Hotel Hill View
Marthoma Retreat Home
Munnar Inn
Poopada Resort
Resorts in Munnar:
Tea Garden Resort
Wild Elephant Eco Friendly Resort
Windermere Estate
Luxury Tent in Munnar:
Nature Zone Jungle Park
Home Stays in Munnar:
Ambady Estate
Casa Del Fauno Boutique Homestay
Marigold Leisure Farm Stay
The Tea Sanctuary
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(News and Experts)—Americans believe in heaven—since 1997, the numbers have fluctuated from 72 to 80 percent, according to Gallup polls.
But what is heaven and what does it look like?
"Too often the popular idea of heaven is a place where you'll have nothing to do but tell a jealous God how good he is over and over for all eternity—and that wouldn't be much better than hell," says Charlie Webster, former senior engineer for NASA, Bible scholar and author of "Revitalizing Christianity" (www.NewCenturyMinistries.com).
"That's not Jesus' picture of heaven," he says.
Heaven will be a place with exciting challenges against a background of caring love from everyone and to everyone.
"But you don't have to wait 'til you die to experience some of the most important benefits of heaven," Webster says. "Anyone can create a real foretaste of heaven wherever they are. And you don't even have to believe in God to experience part of this—though it certainly works better if you let God help you."
"Caring about and helping with the needs and pains of others brings real joy," Webster says.
It's the same thing Jesus said two millennia ago: When you focus on yourself, you are the only one interested in helping you, he says.
"Even in places of worship, most folks are asking, 'What can God do for me?' instead of 'What could I do to make this world the caring place God wants it to be?'"
Here are three ways Webster says anybody, regardless of creed, can get a taste of heaven here on Earth:


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A tennis umpire whose murder case was dismissed Friday said she was relieved the case is over so she can go on with her life and her officiating career.
"I've been treated fairly now," she told reporters after the court hearing. "It was just a tragic accident.
"I'm glad it's over, so I can go on with my life."
Goodman's attorney, Alison Triessl, said she hopes the news sends a clear signal of her clients innocence.
"This is a wonderful woman whose name was tarnished all over this country," Triessl said. "And hopefully today everybody knows that she didn't do anything."
The comments came after a preliminary hearing date setting for Goodman, 70. She had a broad smile when she heard the news of the dismissal in court.
She was accused of stabbing her former husband of nearly 50 years, Alan Goodman, using a coffee mug as an improvised knife, prosecutors said.
"The District Attorney's Office asked the court to calendar this matter today because we received additional information regarding the case," said Los Angeles County District Attorney spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons said. "Based upon this information, we announced that we are unable to proceed with the case at this time.
"The court granted our request to dismiss the case without prejudice."
But Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck said in a statement Friday afternoon that the case remained open.
"I am aware that the district attorney today declared that they are not ready to proceed in the Alan Goodman homicide trial and asked the court to dismiss the case without prejudice," Beck's statement read. "This is considered an open case, and our Topanga Area homicide detectives will continue their investigation."
After the Friday hearing, Gibbons declined further comment, saying "because there is an ongoing police and District Attorney's investigation, we will not make any further statements that might compromise that investigation."
Alan Goodman's bloodied body was found in the couple's Woodland Hills home on April 17. Officers ruled the death suspicious because they initially couldn't determine if foul play was involved, according to an LAPD press release.
But after launching a full homicide investigation and working closely with the county Department of the Coroner, detectives determined on Aug. 2 that Alan Goodman was killed, and they named his wife as the prime suspect, the LAPD said.
Goodman was arrested on Aug. 21 in New York, where she was set to work as a line judge at the U.S. Open.
Goodman's attorneys claim the police botched the investigation and argued that Goodman was not physically capable of committing the slaying. They also said that her DNA was not found on the coffee mug and that she passed a lie detector test.
A website and a Facebook page were set up to raise bail monday for Goodman family members praised Goodman in court records arguing for her bail.
In a character reference letter in support of a motion to reduce Goodman's bail on Aug. 28, Goodman's youngest daughter Allison Goodman Rogers, of San Diego, wrote that her mother "is the most honest, loving, kind, generous, funny and trustworthy person you could ever meet."
Goodman Rogers wrote that she was raised in a "normal Jewish family" in the San Fernando Valley and looked up to her parents as role models. She believes the death was an accident.
"She would do anything for anyone," Goodman Rogers wrote in court documents. "Happily married to my father just shy of 50 years, there was never once a foul word between the two of them. There was never once any sort of violence between the two of them.
"For her to even be accused of something like murdering my father is ludicrous! It's simply not possible."
Goodman's eldest daughter, Joan Goodman, 48, of Glendale, wrote about fond memories of family trips to Palm Springs every other weekend. They went cherry picking and visited arts festivals in Laguna Beach.
Joan Goodman wrote that her mother was not physically capable of such an act. She said her mother had many ailments, including a hearing aid, arthritis, two knee replacements, a shoulder replacement and back issues.
"My parents were adorable together," Joan Goodman wrote in court documents. "He was the yin to her yang. They were united in all their decisions."


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"Men say they love independence in a woman, but they don't waste a second demolishing it brick by brick."
"If I could only remember that the days were, not bricks to be laid row on row, to be built into a solid house, where one might dwell in safety and peace, but only food for the fires of the heart."
"For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant!"
"How long can men thrive between walls of brick, walking on asphalt pavements, breathing the fumes of coal and of oil, growing, working, dying, with hardly a thought of wind, and sky, and fields of grain, seeing only machine-made beauty, the mineral-like quality of life?"
"When a load of bricks, dumped on a corner lot, can arrange themselves into a house; when a handful of springs and screws and wheels, emptied on a desk, can gather themselves into a watch, then and not until then will it seem sensible, to some of us at least, to believe that all these thousands or millions of worlds could have been created, balanced and set to revolving in their separate orbits -- all without any directing intelligence at all."


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Proponents of Amendment 64, the marijuana-legalization measure, frequently promote their initiative by talking about the money it would generate for state and local governments.
They argue that the measure, which would allow marijuana sales to anyone older than 21 at special retail stores, would put tens to hundreds of millions of dollars into state and local government coffers annually. One Colorado think tank estimates the measure would generate $60 million a year to start.
But other experts who have examined the issue say it is deeply uncertain how much money the amendment could generate. A dizzying number of factors the number of stores, the demand, the price, the amount of tax evasion, the federal governments response and even the measures impact on other industries go into determining how much new revenue the amendment would create. Though the measure would make it legal for adults anywhere in the state to possess up to an ounce of marijuana, local governments could ban marijuana stores.
Its tough to put a precise figure on it, said Vanderbilt University law professor Robert Mikos.
Money is never far from the conversation in debates about the initiative. In one television ad for the amendment, dollar signs float out of an image of Colorado toward Mexico.
We all know where the money from nonmedical marijuana sales is currently going, a narrator says. It doesnt need to be that way. If we pass Amendment 64, Colorado businesses would profit, and tax revenues would pay for public services and the reconstruction of our schools.
The left-leaning Colorado Center on Law and Policy estimates the measure would generate $60 million a year initially in tax revenue and savings and $100 million a year after five years. The states nonpartisan voter guide estimates that the amendment would produce $5 million to $22 million per year in state sales tax.
But when Mikos looked at Californias 2010 marijuana-legalization measure, which made similar revenue claims, he concluded: Proponents have grossly overestimated the marijuana taxs potential by downplaying, or simply ignoring, the complexities of enforcing it.
Mikos said that holds true for Colorados amendment. Its just too difficult to predict how the various factors would combine.
The tax revenue for the Colorado amendment would come from two places. Marijuana stores which would be regulated by the state would pay state and local sales tax.
The store owners also might pay an excise tax of up to 15 percent when buying marijuana from licensed wholesale growers. The first $40 million collected each year from the excise tax would be put toward public-school construction.
The state Legislature, though, would have to refer that excise tax to the ballot in a separate election, and voters would have to approve it. The measures opponents cast doubt on whether it will be implemented. Even if it is, it could cause some marijuana sellers to stay underground and avoid the tax.
How much money comes in would also depend on the demand for legal marijuana, the number of people who choose to stay in the medical-marijuana system, where cannabis is not subject to a state excise tax, and the price of marijuana which could plummet with legalization, said Beau Kilmer, the co-director of the Rand Drug Policy Research Center.
If the taxes are set too high, you still have to worry about a black market, Kilmer said.
The Colorado Center on Law and Policy writes in its report on Amendment 64 that its estimate accounts for price drops and tax evasion, which it concludes wont be substantial.


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Car Crash Into Credit Union Injures Four in Puyallup
A branch of the $1 billion Harborstone Credit Union was damaged and four people suffered minor injuries after a car crashed into the side wall next to the drive-through teller window Monday, said police in Puyallup, Wash.
Police said a credit union employee was taken to a hospital for treatment and later released. The driver of the car, a passenger and an infant were treated at the scene for their minor injuries.
Because of privacy issues, Harborstone Credit Union President/CEO Phil Jones would only say the employee is fine and is resting at home.
"We hope to have her back in the next couple of days in the office," Jones said Tuuesday afternoon. "(The car crash) just completely destroyed our break room. To think that there could have been folks in there (had the crash occurred) during lunch time, it's really hard to think about. I was out there this morning talking to the staff, and everybody is very upset. It could have been tragic."
The accident is under investigation to determine whether the accident was caused by a mechanical failure or the driver's error, said Puyallup Police Capt. Scott Engle.
"Thus far, the investigation has revealed that prior to the collision the driver of the vehicle had been conducting a transaction at the drive up window," according to a police statement. "At some point during the transaction, the vehicle accelerated and drove through the side of the building."
The branch closed after the accident at about 1:45 p.m. Monday then re-opened Tuesday.


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I Have Opinions Volume 3: Musical Prolificacy in 2008
Many lists worth of good music was birthed over the past 12 months, but the sound of my 2008 was decidedly defined by only two young men. One a seemingly bottomless well of perfect pop blasts, the other a vanguard of bleeding edge music technology and distribution methods. Both epicly prolific in writing, recording, and performing great music. They are Jay Reatard and Bradford Cox.


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Discussion in 'Former Pro Player Talk' started by timnz, May 18, 2009.
Wasn't Kuerten the first new school? He used poly strings.
Resurrected for pertinency.
Subjective opinion of top highest average level clay court players Pre Open Era in chronological order
HL Doherty
Bill Tilden
Gonzalez could be there too as well as well as Tony Trabert. I understand Segura was pretty good on clay also but I have to check his record on that surface..
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text: I think I will release him in my season now and bring up Jung Bong who is tearing it up in AAA Louisville w/ a 1.12 era and a 4-1 record. Anyone have trouble hitting HR's w/ lefty's in the game? I have 6 w/ kearns and 4 w/ larue, but none from griffey, casey, or dunn (only hr's they have are the games i simulated)


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Alyssa Poey
January 15, 2013
Program: MPA
DPMI Plus Assignment: Institute of International Education (San Francisco)
Undergrad: University of Massachusetts, Amherst
"I see myself as a bridge-builder, and want to connect people with opportunities that challenge their understandings of the world and broaden their minds..."
During her time at the Monterey Institute, Alyssa Poey specialized in international education. So, it was a natural fit for her to do her DPMI Practicum with the Institute of International Education. At IIE, Alyssa assisted with the administration of the Fulbright Program.
"Everyone at IIE was so passionate about their work and making a difference in students' lives, it made it hard for me to imagine working in any other field," said Alyssa.
Alyssa is continuing to pursue her passion for international education at Stanford University, where she is the Enrollment Services Coordinator for the Bing Overseas Studies Program (BOSP). Alyssa's duties include managing and coordinating the application and enrollment process for all BOSP programs, advising students interested in pursuing overseas opportunities and performing institutional research.
"I see myself as a bridge-builder, and want to connect people with opportunities that challenge their understandings of the world and broaden their minds because I believe this can help change or guide behavior and attitudes to help make the world a better place, one person, one experience at a time."


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I have been using VC++6.0 for years and just upgraded to studio.net Enterprise 2003, Visual C++.net.
After installing, I found the interface is quite different from the VC6. A lot of things new! For learning, I searched the Net, a great number of tutorial of the VC++.net.
You are experienced VC++.net users, might I share your experiences to make a sooner access?


text: Would you agree that the face of the racquet at impact is what dictates the line of shot? If so, then from a neutral wrist position a player would primarily have to swing in the direction of the intended target. And as you most aptly put it, the swing is arching around contact.....in order to swing in an arc, the wrist would have to be laid back, or neutral, or anywhere in between to send the ball to different quadrants. The newest information (brian Gordon, tennisplayer) suggests that the wrist is not really a part of the whole stretch shortening cycle but is positional in nature... That is, the laid back wrist at the beginning of the swing provides a player with a substantial joint range of motion to postion the racquet at impact congruent to the target line. In fact, he maintains that the muscles controlling the wrist are resisting (to a lesser or greater extent) teh centripetal force created by the rotation of the arm around the shoulder... So what Im saying is , that if you want to swing in an arc, and create angular speed, BUT want to send the ball out on different quadrants, the position of the wrist (in a kenesthetic sense) is key... You ought to read his article in tennisplayer..its really good.


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Posts Tagged 'Haifa different religions festival'
I have already mentioned Professor Ada Yonath who received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry before in a previous blog, but a few days ago she actually received the prize in Stockholm in a festive ceremony attended by the Swedish royal family. Yonath received the golden Nobel medal from the hands of King Carl XVI Gustaf himself, to the sounds of a trumpet and thunderous applause. Yonath, born in Jerusalem 1939, is the first Israeli woman to win the prize.We are all very proud of her in Israel, and I especially so, not only for her academic achievements, but also for her great sene of humour. In an interview with an Israeli reporter she described how she had been taught how to behave at the ceremony – how to bow, to whom to bow and things like that, and she had us all laughing.


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text: You can't definitely say that either of those two players will be better than Beal. Drummond is just not very good, and Robinson (who I like a lot) is an undersized PF. Why draft at these positions when Beal can easily be better and can help our team right away, rather than having another project at 4 or 5...that's the last thing we need.


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Recently, Biophysical Journal compiled a supplement issue containing a collection of papers that had were the most downloaded in 2012. The list of papers included in that issue are below. To view the virtual issue, go to www.biophysj.org.
Seeing the Forest through the Trees: Towards a Unified View on Physiological Calcium Regulation of Voltage-gated Sodium Channels
Filip Van Petegem; Paolo A. Lobo; Christopher A. Ahern
Biophysical Letters
Imaging Protein Structure in Water at 2.7 nm Resolution by Transmission Electron Microscopy
Mirsaidov, Utkur M.; Zheng, H.; Casana, Y.; Matsudaira, P.
Mechanosensing in T Lymphocyte Activation
Judokusumo, E.; Tabdanov, E., Kumari, S.; Dustin, Michael L.; Kam, Lance C.
Direct Measurement of the Mechanical Properties of Lipid Phases in Supported Bilayers
Picas, L., Rico; F., Scheuring, S.
Regular Articles
In Vivo Imaging of the Actin Polymerization State with Two-Photon Fluorescence Anisotropy
Vishwasrao, Harshad D.; Trifilieff, P.; Kandel, Eric R.
Crosstalk and Competition in Signaling Networks
Michael A. Rowland; Walter Fontana; Eric J. Deeds
Live-Cell Fluorescence Microscopy with Molecular Biosensors: What Are We Really Measuring?
Haugh, Jason M.
Impact of Methylation on the Physical Properties of DNA
Perez, A.; Castellazzi, C.; Battistini, F.; Collinet, K.; Flores, O.; Deniz, O.; Ruiz, M.; Torrents, D.; Eritja, R.; Soler-Lopez, M.; Orozco, M.
Membrane Tension, Myosin Force, and Actin Turnover Maintain Actin Treadmill in the Nerve Growth Cone
Craig, Erin M.; Van Goor, D.; Forscher, P.; Mogilner, A.
Fluorescence Fluctuation Spectroscopy Enables Quantitative Imaging of Single mRNAs in Living Cells
Wu, B., Chao; Jeffrey A.; Singer, Robert H.
Protein Folding Is Mechanistically Robust
Weber, Jeffrey K.; Pande, Vijay S.
Determination of Membrane-Insertion Free Energies by Molecular Dynamics Simulation
Gumbart, J.; Roux, B.
Each month we feature a Biophysical Journal (BJ) editor and highlight a BJ section.
Kathleen Hall
Washington University
School of Medicine,
Associate Editor of Proteins
and Nucleic Acid Section
My research interests focus on RNA and RNA:protein interactions. We use NMR, fluorescence, ITC, and computational methods to characterize the fundamental properties of the molecules and their associations. Our goals are to describe the conformational dynamics of RNAs, and the molecular basis of specific RNA:protein recognition.
We are looking for manuscripts that bring new insights to fundamental properties of these molecules, such as ion-dependent folding of RNA or conformational states of intrinsically disordered proteins. New methods that provide new perspectives on biological systems are essential, such as super-resolution fluorescence in nanoscopy of cell surface proteins or combinations of molecular dynamics simulations with NMR data to describe ensembles of proteins in solution. One of the modern challenges of protein biophysics is mapping and predicting protein:protein interactions, and papers describing novel assemblies and their thermodynamics and kinetics are important to be able to appreciate how such complexes function in vivo. Theoretical approaches to that can be used to predict or interpret experimental results are key to biophysics, such as protein packing and RNA electrostatics, and we need more of these papers. Single-molecule biophysics is exploding, with applications to protein folding, RNA folding, DNA:protein interactions, and protein:protein complexes, and BJ is a natural venue for those papers.
If I may be permitted an editorial comment, I would say that good science is a community effort as well as an individual responsibility. BJ is a Society journal where manuscripts are handled by scientists who work hard to achieve and maintain standards of excellence for all papers that we publish. In my section of Proteins and Nucleic Acids, we welcome experimental, computational, theoretical, and methodological papers that expand general knowledge and offer exciting new discoveries.
As an Associate Editor, I have been able to bring together a superb group of Editorial Board Members who are experts in their fields. They are the backbone of the Journal for they represent research areas that are fundamental to biophysics and fields that are emerging. With such Members, authors can be assured that their manuscripts will be handled by scientists who are active in their research areas and leaders in their field. These Members work to ensure that Biophysical Journal is the premier journal for our Society and for biophysics.
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Does it even matter who the best player on the team is. The last time I checked you need multiple good players to have a winning team. Bargnani Derozan Lowry are all good peices. Our only problem is at small forward if Raptors can aquire a good sf we will solve a lot of the problems. Fields is not the answer unfortuntaly and that signing really set us back.
"....One night I score 34 points, then just 4, then 21, again 4 and last game 23...."
it's called focus.
...and you need to maintain it, even while others around you lose theirs. As the teams captain/leader, it is even MORE crucial that Andrea is the one that is looked to as the example of this focus, instead of Andrea looking to his new teammates for the semblance of it.
I honestly did not like the tone of his words. It's like he is confused and looks far from a leader, lots of weakness in those words. He needs to put the jock strap on, and put in a full 40 minutes. There should be no confusion as to the resolution of this dilemma. You can only control yourself and come rain, shine or snow, you make sure you give 100%. There is no time to be confused about it.
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@RaptorsMR (formerly known as @RaptorsPR) is a great follow on Twitter. We had this exchange:
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Call it all you want. You around him everyday. @RapsFan2: @AlexHenriquez_ I call BS. Last yr in those magical games.@RaptorsPR No, I'm not which may be why I am not blind. I have watched over 360 of 394 games in the last 5 seasons tho. #tradeBargnaniRaptorsMR @RaptorsMR
So you answers are as simple as trading one player? "@RapsFan2:@RaptorsPR Yes, actually. He is everything we were told Raps would not be. Look at game tape of the heart & hustle team plays w/ AB on bench@RaptorsPR How can anyone on this team have respect for coach or team with huge double standard? #tradeBargnani #freRaptorfansRaptorsMR @RaptorsMR
Huge? C'mon now. "@RapsFan2: How can anyone on this team have respect for coach or team with huge double standard?So while I may be putting words in his mouth, I got the impression that he did admit/imply there is a double standard. While it may not be "huge" it is still there and that would certainly make me a little resentful if I were his teammate - especially another PF/C.@RaptorsPR Choose your adjective but there is a double standard as you implied. Should not be especially after accountability talk from DC
All jokes aside I had it as 1) Lowry 2) Bargnani and 3) Demar but if you read my post I based it on what they bring to the table today.
I agree 110% with the heart, hustle and desire the guy doesn't seem to have a soul or any form of human emotion. .
The team is flawed with "talented" or "physically gifted" players but none of them outside of Lowry and JV can contribute on both ends of the floor or are traditional players to their respective positions. Two of our 3 best players are liabilities for what they are supposed to do at their positions. Andrea won't rebound consistently (I won't put can't because it's all effort not ability), seems nervous to help defensively (leave his man like he'll get yelled @) and doesn't give an honest effort night in and night out. Demar can't shoot the 3 worth shit, has a suspect handle at best, limited play making skills for others and plays defense part time. If these two were 4th, 5th or 6th best players on the team we wouldn't have an issue but to rely on these two to do heavy lifting and expect results isn't realistic. In the grand scheme of things were arguing over rotation players at best on meaningful teams, not corner stones for successful franchises.
Next things on the check list still have to be getting stronger so he can finish in traffic, tightening up that dribble, corner 3's and last but not least staying focused and having a hunger to stop someone defensively. He made a huge jump this summer I hope he can do it again next summer so he can round out himself as a two way player.
He's definitely improving which is great to see.
I think that is a fair question. There is a double standard.
@RaptorsMR (formerly known as @RaptorsPR) is a great follow on Twitter. We had this exchange:
Interesting, especially if PR is around the team on a regular basis.
I'm not a professional athlete so I look at it on a very basic level (high school, college), but as a player you want guys with you who are going to battle. They may have flaws in their game, as I know I did, but you want to be able to count on a teammate.
I do think double standards exist and it can be warranted imho. Kobe is going to be treated in the organization differently than Steve Blake but Kobe is one of the greatest of all time. I think Andrea was annointed in this organization before he actually really did anything of note.
The same type of focus and analysis was used with past optimistic posts and opinions. Very, very sadly for me as a Raptors fan, circumstances and facts have most definitely changed my opinion on the state of the franchise, overall. I do think Bargnani is the poster child for everything that is currently wrong in Toronto. His referral to himself as the best player on the team and constant focus on his own scoring is yet another example of the attention to what is wrong. Hopefully a change of circumstances and facts is able to sway my opinion back the other way regarding the franchise's fate - and hopefully sooner than later.
The hardest thing for many to do - especially those who are intelligent, well-education, and/or successful - is to admit when they are wrong. After all consistently being incorrect is hardly going to lead to intelligence, higher education, and overall success. However, there is no greater and painful downfall one can experience by clinging to old notions and opinions as fact when the truth is right in front of them - or for the majority in this case, on your television screen. Denial is a powerful state to be in.
In the NBA, benching the star of your team is a very *iffy* territory. You avoid it as a coach, as it can create all sorts of chemistry and team problems. Sam did this to Carter and we know how that ended (sure he was right to bench Carter, Carter was giving 50%, but it created more venom for him than dealing with it behind closed doors - Carter's value plummeted around the league). Other coaches have done it to stars and have suffered increased media scrutiny and sometimes have not survived such a decision.
I think Pops is the only coach that can pull it off without ego's exploding.
I don't think Casey has been here long enough to have the solid footing to push Andrea around, I think that is Bryans job, to ship him out, or put him on notice. You can't really expect Casey to come in here and make mince meat out of the GM's best offering. He needs to tippy toe a little as well... and act like he shares Bryan's vision to a degree, since Bryan can pink slip him anytime he wants.
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text: I was rewatching "Unification" and something struck me. Towards the end of the second part, when the whole thing has been found out, Riker and the Enterprise try to detain the trio of Vulcan ships, but a Romulan warbird decloaks at the last second and destroys the Vulcan ships rather than let them be captured. Geordi laments that there were over 2,000 Romulan troops on those ships. Wait...what? Only 2,000 Romulan troops? Were they really planning to invade and occupy Vulcan with only 2,000 troops? How could this be? Why so few?


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The Sliced Bagel Theory of Economic Slavery
The Way We Live Now: taxonomically. All of our expenditures must be organized into "necessary" and "unnecessary" piles. The hard part comes when deciding how to sort everything. Sliced bagels: necessary or not? Your financial future depends on it.
Whole bagels? No tax. Sliced bagels? There's a tax. Which raises an interesting question which really distills our nation's economic woes down into a viscous, hashish oil-like substance: Do you want to enslave you fellow man?
More specifically, do you find subjugation of other to be necessary? We know lots of you do. Everybody who lives in a "doorman" building, for one. If you treat a real estate broker like an indentured servant, just imagine how you treat the doorman. Yea, home sales are at the lowest point in a decade and suddenly you're telling the broker to massage you "down there" and you're demanding the doorman stand on one foot all day just for your amusement. You've shown your true colors, sir.
Just because gas prices are low doesn't mean that you can tell the gas station attendant to shine your shoes for free when you fill up. Just because monthly metrocards might go up to $130 doesn't give you the right to steal a train driver's liver just so you have an extra one. Just because your state didn't get an education grant doesn't mean you can skip school and go walk on the White House lawn with a visible handgun
Nor can you demand the right to untaxed sliced bagels. You're too lazy to slice your own damn bagel? Pay the government, big man. The only "necessary" thing here is the bagel itself, and the sharp knife, and maybe the deli paper they wrap around it. Don't like it? Get the fuck out of Starbucks. Think about it.


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Today we call them politicians – a term that often comes laced with a sneer – or worse: career politicians. The death of Argeo Paul Cellucci this past weekend reminds us of a more generous term for those who are elected to do the people's business: public servants.
Today we call them politicians – a term that often comes laced with a sneer – or worse: career politicians. The death of Argeo Paul Cellucci this past weekend reminds us of a more generous term for those who are elected to do the people's business: public servants.
Cellucci didn't come to politics out of ideology or cynicism or the desire to bring someone else down. Following the example of his father, Argeo P. "Junior" Cellucci, Paul started by serving his neighbors. His first step up the political ladder was a seat on the Hudson Charter Commission, not the typical launching pad for the young and ambitious. Having liked what they had seen, his neighbors elected him as a selectman at the tender age of 23.
Local government is a place for problem solving, not partisan warfare, and in Hudson Town Hall, Cellucci established a winning style. He never let party get in the way of friendship. He never let differences on one issue stop him from cooperating on another issue. And he never took himself too seriously. He loved horse racing and was a huge movie fan, known for his resemblance to – and memorable imitation of – Robert DeNiro.
Cellucci's personal style served him well on Beacon Hill where, as a Republican from a distant suburb surrounded by urban Democrats, he was always in the minority. His colleagues soon learned the young man from Hudson was as practical as he was amiable. For 14 years, first in the House, then in the Senate, he ably represented his Hudson constituents while building a network of friends and allies across the state.
Those friendships paid political benefits, as Cellucci rose to lieutenant governor, governor and ambassador to Canada. William Weld, who ran for governor as an outsider, knew he needed someone with Cellucci's respect among legislators if he was going to get his program through. Cellucci took over midway through Weld's second term, and won the governorship on his own, a Republican elected in a Democratic state, in part because of the reputation for reasonableness and decency earned over a career in public service.
In the context of the current political landscape, Cellucci was an old-style, Northeastern moderate Republican, a fiscal conservative uninterested in culture wars over social issues. But an equally important distinction stems from Cellucci's roots in local government. He didn't hate government or want to dismantle it. He knew how much people depended on government for things they couldn't do themselves. He just wanted to make government work, as fairly and efficiently as possible.
Cellucci's final chapter reflected the selfless dedication that marked his career in politics. Diagnosed with ALS, he could have retreated to spend his last days cursing his illness and thinking about a life well-lived. Instead, he went public with his condition, and spent his final years helping create and fund a research center at UMass-Worcester to search for a cure.
He knew no breakthrough could be made in time to help him, but for Paul Cellucci, it was always about helping other people. His life ended Saturday at home in Hudson, but his legacy of service – to his hometown, to Massachusetts, to his country and, we hope, to those threatened by ALS – will live on for many years to come.


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DETROIT - It's a new view from Cobo Center that you haven't seen before at this year's North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
A new atrium has been built in what was the old Riverfront Ballroom and the walls to Cobo Arena next to Michigan Hall have all been removed.
There also are white air ducts in place for heating this year, but they will come down for next year's show.
Rod Alberts is the CEO of the Detroit Auto Dealers Association and he led the $300 million expansion program that's now in its second year.
"I've been here for 20-plus years now and we haven't had a change like this in Cobo in that entire time, but to have this atrium, which opens up the building and I think it's symbolically showing changes in Detroit, and Cobo Hall and the City is just a great thing for all," said Alberts.
Things are rebounding on the show floor as well which is 30 percent larger this year.
Companies that had left after the bankruptcies are back including Nissan.
"Everything coming together, with the building renovations and the investment from the manufacturers, and 55 new unveilings, are you kidding me?" said Alberts. "It's the best feeling in the world to be down and out and then come back after three or four years, nothing better."
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The Honorable John Spratt, Chairman, Committee on the Budget
The Honorable Baron Hill
The Honorable Heath Shuler
United States House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Chairman Spratt, Mr. Hill and Mr. Shuler,
The Concord Coalition strongly supports a pay-as-you-go (paygo) rule in the House of
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long-term. The time to get the budget under control is now.
To be clear, budget process alone will not be enough. No matter how tightly the rules are drawn,
they will not work without the political will to make hard choices. However, budget rules can
make it more difficult to toss fiscal probity aside. The pay-as-you-go rule requires anyone
proposing major initiatives on either entitlements or tax cuts to answer the question: "How do you
pay for it?" Renewing the discipline imposed by forcing an answer to this simple question would
be a very welcome development. It would also help to manage the political pressures inherent in
our competitive electoral system, where the rewards for reducing taxes and delivering services are
more immediate than the indirect rewards for fiscal stewardship.
No budget rules will be effective if they are not accompanied by a commitment to enforce them.
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paygo in times of big deficits is one of success.
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that applies to the budget as a whole. Any legislation that would increase the deficit should be
part of the enforcement mechanisms. Since spending and tax decisions both impact the bottom
line, there is no good reason to exempt either from enforcement rules. Moreover, exempting tax
cuts from paygo would encourage an expansion of so-called "tax entitlements" where benefits are
funneled through the tax code rather than by direct spending. Finally, exempting tax cuts from
paygo encourages the false notion that debt is a painless alternative to taxes.
The Concord Coalition believes that adoption of a paygo rule in the House should be followed by
enactment of legislation reinstating the Budget Enforcement Act in its original and successful
form, including statutory paygo and limits on discretionary spending enforced by sequestration.
Reinstating statutory paygo will put additional teeth into the paygo rule by establishing a
mechanism that cannot be easily waived or repealed by a future Congress. Budget enforcement
rules should apply to all parts of the budget — taxes, entitlements and discretionary
appropriations. Excluding any part of the budget from discipline will inevitably lead to that part
of the budget becoming the escape valve for budget busting proposals.
Ideally, a new bipartisan balanced budget plan should be agreed upon and enacted along with
strong enforcement mechanisms. But the fact that more needs to be done is not an excuse for
doing nothing. The choice for policymakers is whether to reclaim a measure of fiscal discipline
through the budget process while a more substantive plan is negotiated, or to sit by while deficits
drift higher in the absence of any procedural hurdles designed to rein them in.
In Concord's view the choice is clear. We believe that reinstating strong budget enforcement
rules, such as paygo, is the best step that can be taken immediately to stop digging the fiscal hole
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Anyone know the best way to access the battery terminals to attach heated clothing wires? Is there a better way to do this? Thanks.
Anyone know the best way to access the battery terminals to attach heated clothing wires? Is there a better way to do this? Thanks.
If you mean a better way than moving the tank up at the rear.....no.
IBA #44567 Pres. Springfield BMW Roadriders
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
-Albert Eienstein
Install a fuse strip somewhere easy to access so you can easily add accessories later.
Buy the BMW socket kit. It connects to an available connector in your wiring harness.
Part number 71 60 7 671 607
See attachment
Kent Christensen
I'm using this on my 11S. Fits nicely where the patch/plug kit normally goes.
Ride Safe, Ride Lots
It is not as hard as it appears. The first time you take off the two body panels will take twice as long as it will after that. And the tank is just held on by two screws/bolts. The worst part is access to the body panel screws located on the back side of each panel behind where the BMW badge is located. Even that is easy after you have done it a couple of times.
Before you remove the two tank screws on the side there is one screw on the intake to remove, then and remove the flexible intake tube from the front intake and you are there.
Then just lift the rear of the tank and put a small block of wood/etc. under it to hold it up.
I'm fairly certain the S design team started with a battery and then built a bike around it and never thought to ask the BMW maintenance division what they thought.
Thanks for the info. That sucks! I'm starting to like the r100rs more again. Anyone know how many accessories can be run through a single fused sae wire connected to the battery?
What I mean is if there is one SAE cord connected to the battery and I want to use splitters and run all my stuff (gloves, garmin, iPhone charger, vest) through this one battery connection, is it safe?
If the total draw of the various devices plus the bike's "house load" (the amount of current required to run the FI system and ignition and lights) is less than the alternator output at the rpms you normally use, then the alternator can charge the battery even with everything plugged in and turned on.
David Brick
Santa Cruz CA
Thanks for all the good info.


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Ever since upgrading to ZAES 10.1.065.000 all functions on my XP system run much slower. Is this just me, or is this a common problem with a solution?
Ever since upgrading to ZAES 10.1.065.000 all functions on my XP system run much slower. Is this just me, or is this a common problem with a solution?
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Discussion in 'Tennis Tips/Instruction' started by ishiun, Jun 22, 2013.
benefits for pointing the buttcap to the ball on the forehand?
If you're going to try this, I must warn you to please avoid actively using your wrist to point the buttcap at the ball. It is a natural result of coiling and uncoiling our body. check out lockandroll tennis.
Forehand Lesson 12: Point the Buttcap for Power http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4850XNU503A
QuickTip: Pointing the Butt Cap Up at the Ball http://www.tennisone.com/newsletter/template/7.23.04.newsletter.html
But not like that! :shock: :shock: :shock:
I can't believe how anyone would teach it like that!
It's like that:
See this topic for how to apply this technique correctly:
If you have aproper stroke, the buttcap will "point" toward the ball without any thought or conscious control on your part.
Here's why- when you start the stroke, and begin to pull the racket forward to the ball, the head of the racket (remember inertia and the laws of physics) lags behind-- causing the buttcap to lead the way-- until the head, eventually, catches up to speed and swings around into striking position.
So, my advice-- don't practice pointing the buttcap-- rather, practice hitting a proper stroke. Use the buttcap (if you must) as a check-point (once in a while) just to make sure you are not forcing or over-controling the stroke.
I agree with those above that seem to think it should not be practiced. I think it is just a transitional part of the swing and you don't want to slow or pause your swing to "point the butt cap". My opinion is it happens on most swings but if you are under pressure and have to use a shorter swing, you may not even get to a position where the butt cap fully points at the ball. So, conceptually, it is OK as you will pass thru this phase on most swings but be sure to use the concept smartly. I prefer to think of letting the wrist to lay back a bit as you start to pull the arm/hand forward into contact, keep the wrist loose and without conscious adjustments into and thru contact, and then let the forearm roll or pronate into WW follow thru.
Not necessarily....some people think a proper forehand stroke should be executed with a very strong and stiff wrist so they hit the ball with their arm using only the shoulder as a lever. You gotta use the shoulder, elbow, and the fastest lever of all, your wrist, to really blister a forehand.
At the bottom of the take back, your wrist should be relaxed in neutral position with the palm facig down. Good players keep it that way so that they can cause the buttcap to point at the ball once they rotate. This 'buttcap to the ball' position enables you to trigger a muscular reflex (it's the myotatic reflex for those who are curious) that will basically make your hand move very fast.
Done right, you get more of everything. More spin, more control, more power... and it's easier to hit that way.
There's a video from virtual tennis academy teaching it in a simple way. The video is called forehad ssc. If you want the detailed explanation, go see on the blog of tennis speed.
Go to Tennis One and check out Doug King's new video about applying proper torque on ball; get this right and you will be 'pointing the butt of the racquet at the ball'; that and focusing on the 'lag' or 'waggle'/power position...
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