text: Vincent Diepeveen wrote: > I agree tony that paying for such crap is not very good idea. Hello, Vincent. I don't think MOSIX2 is crap! However, I don't like the idea of having to pay for 'updates'. > You might want to move to open-ssi in this case; the project is alive > and there is in theory work getting > performed on support for cards over infiniband as well. I have looked at OpenSSI, which uses the openMosix load-balancer, but process migration is more coarsely grained than in openMosix. Only the active pages of the user context of openMosix processes are migrated. I've been looking at alternatives and I think Kerrighed looks very promising but, in our hands, Kerrighed is very fragile: I've mentioned on this list before that if one Kerrighed node goes down you lose the entire cluster. We've been talking to Christine Morin's group at INRIA and they tell us that the next release of Kerrighed with be more robust: http://www.kerrighed.org > Most importantly is that you are gonna get more replies. Yes, thanks for yours :-) > Additionally the manner open-ssi implements shared memory is very > transparant; in principle on each write it migrates a page > to the node writing. > > Maybe the only big lack of open-ssi is its limited support so far for > highend network cards. What bothers me about OpenSSI is that it's based on an open-sourced version HP's (now Compaq) discontinued commercial product "non-stop clusters for Unix". The OpenSSI project also came in for a lot of criticism from the openMosix community for stealing ideas, so my concerns about it might not be all that well founded ;-) The main reason I didn't use OpenSSI, previously, was that many features had not been implemented fully and, like Kerrighed, it wasn't really a viable option for a 'production' cluster even though it was interesting as a research project. What makes me take MOSIX2 seriously now is that it is a commercially supported 'product' with all the same virtues (and most of the vices) of openMosix. Tony. -- Dr. A.J.Travis, University of Aberdeen, Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, Greenburn Road, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB21 9SB, Scotland, UK tel +44(0)1224 712751, fax +44(0)1224 716687, http://www.rowett.ac.uk mailto:ajt at rri.sari.ac.uk, http://bioinformatics.rri.sari.ac.uk/~ajt


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Familiarity with division, AL helping Jaso settle in
Catcher quickly getting up to speed with young A's pitchers
By AJ Cassavell / MLB.com
PHOENIX -- John Jaso may have switched teams during the offseason. But he didn't switch leagues, and he didn't even switch divisions -- two consistencies of supreme importance for a new catcher working with a young pitching staff.
"Without going over a scouting report, when somebody steps in the box, I already know how to approach them in this league," Jaso said. "That's something that could help out a little bit with some of the younger guys."
The phrase "some of the younger guys" applies to almost everyone on the A's pitching staff this spring. And even seven-year veteran Chris Resop, who came over from Pittsburgh during the offseason, has given Jaso his vote of confidence already.
"I don't shake," Resop said. "What he puts down I throw, because obviously he knows these hitters better than I do."
The 29-year-old Jaso has spent four seasons catching in the American League -- the first three with Tampa Bay and the last with division-rival Seattle.
He certainly feels comfortable dissecting the at-bats of opposing hitters, but there's still plenty to work on this spring. For now, his focus will remain on learning the other half of the battery the best he can.
"What makes them tick?" Jaso said. "Each of their personalities. If they start getting away from the strike zone, when I go out there to the mound, how do I talk to them? How do I get them to re-focus?"
Jaso came to the A's in the same trade that sent Michael Morse from the Nationals to the Mariners. This spring, he's competing for the starting job with Derek Norris, but it's likely both will see plenty of time during the season. The left-handed-hitting Jaso may have the edge, simply because the A's will face righties more frequently.
But that's manager Bob Melvin's decision, and he won't be making it strictly for offensive purposes. That's why he's making sure Jaso gets comfortable with as many pitchers as possible this spring.
"He's gotten along here very well with these guys," Melvin said. "There is a learning curve to it, and we've got quite a few guys with some stuff. It's one thing to catch them in a bullpen, but it's another to catch them in a game, when the intensity is more so and the movement is more so."
Jaso, who played in 108 games last season and hit .276 with 10 homers and 50 RBIs, admitted he probably won't be fully accustomed to the new staff by the start of the season. It's a process that doesn't happen overnight.
Jaso pointed to Brandon League's sinker as an example of the adjustments he had to make in Seattle last year. Early on, Jaso had a tough time picking up where League's ball would finish, but by midseason, he had sorted that out and his instincts were able to answer the question for him.
"He knows the hitters, and as soon as he learns us pitchers, he'll know exactly what pitches we need to throw to get those hitters out," said right-hander Dan Straily, who has thrown to Jaso in both of his spring starts. "He already knows what those guys are trying to do, and he can take that knowledge and help us."
Righty Jarrod Parker praised Jaso's willingness to learn the styles of an entire staff.
"He's a smart dude," Parker said. "He's here early. He's working with us, and he comes out early and he's around us. I think that's all you can do -- try to learn as much about us and the style we all have."
Last season, Jaso went 3-for-4 against Parker with a homer, a triple and a walk.
This time around, Parker is happy to have Jaso on his team, and he feels Jaso has the personality to fit right in.
"We don't have a real tough staff to catch," Parker said. "We have an easygoing group, and the way we're easygoing works with him, because I think he's kind of the same way."
Jaso certainly hopes so. He was on the outside looking in last season as the A's cruised through September to an improbable AL West title.
"Last year when I was playing against these guys, it looked like they were having a lot of fun over on their side of the field," Jaso said. "They're definitely keeping baseball the way it's supposed to be played. It's been an easy atmosphere to come in here and be a part of."
AJ Cassavell is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @ajcassavell. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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1.9.1 (2007-Sep-19): * Added: Configurable WavPack compression mode and extra mode. * Added: Option to preprocess CUE sheets with filename corrector during normal and batch mode. * Settings and Filename Corrector windows are now centered inside main window when opened. * Updated FLAC library to 1.2.1 and cleaned up callback code.1.9.0 (2007-Aug-04): * Added: Batch mode. * Added: Option to generate output path based on a custom format string. * Added: Tool to correct the filenames within CUE sheets based on the audio files present in the same folder. * Added: Option to preserve HTOA when outputting gaps appended CUE sheets. * Added: Advanced settings window. Write offset has been moved here, and the FLAC settings can be changed here without having to manually edit the settings file. * Compiled with platform target = x86. Allows FLAC and WavPack DLLs to be loaded in 64-bit Windows but requires the x86 version of the .NET Framework 188.8.131.52.0 (2007-Jul-30): * Added: Option to offset the output audio. * Fixed: Error when stopping with FLAC/WavPack output. * Now accepts files that don't end on a CD frame boundary, shows warning. * Updated FLAC library to 1.2.0, uses set_compression_level, and changed padding to 8k.1.7.1 (2007-Jul-19): * Updated FLAC library to 1.1.4. * Updated WavPack library to 184.108.40.206.0 (2006-Nov-03): * Added: WavPack support, both read and write.1.6.0 (2006-Nov-01): * Added: Option to output FLAC files. * Fixed: "Index length cannot be 0" error. * Fixed: Couldn't handle CUE sheets with data tracks. * It's now possible to stop/cancel when writing audio files.1.5.1 (2006-Mar-01): * Fixed: FLAC files weren't being closed completely. * Fixed: Possible problem opening FLAC files with strange characters in the filename. * Optimized FLAC sample copy loop.1.5.0 (2006-Feb-28): * Added: Support for reading audio from FLAC files.1.4.3 (2006-Feb-27): * Fixed: Small range of extended ASCII characters were being changed for filename creation.1.4.2 (2006-Feb-27): * Fixed: Extended ASCII characters weren't working properly. * Rejects CUE sheets with POSTGAP command.1.4.1 (2006-Feb-26): * Added: Hidden option to write PREGAP instead of INDEX 00 for the first track of a single file CUE sheet (only when the "Create CUE sheet only" option is used).1.4.0 (2006-Feb-26): * Added: Converts the WAV files as well by splitting, joining, adding silence to fill gaps, or removing gaps where necessary. * Added: Option to place the output file(s) in a new subdirectory.1.3.0 (2006-Feb-25): * Added: Conversion to the other 3 CUE sheet styles. * Added: Generates audio filenames inside the CUE sheets from the TITLE and PERFORMER information based on user-specifiable patterns and settings. * ReplayGain information is now removed since it doesn't translate between all the CUE sheet styles.1.2.0 (2006-Feb-22): * Fixes a bug with writing timestamps over an hour. * Option to generate output filename by appending something to the input filename. * Single WAV filename in the output CUE sheet can be customized.1.1.0 (2006-Feb-21): * Uses the directory information inside the CUE if it can't find the audio file in the same directory as the CUE. * Able to read the length of FLAC files.1.0.0 (2006-Feb-18): * First release.
On a CD each track is required to be a multiple of 588 samples in length. It would be nice if CUE Tools could pad with silence in this case, but thats not what it does right now .
shntool pad -b -o wav <infile>
shntool pad -e -o wav <infile>
The problem is probably that you don't have the latest Visual C++ runtimes installed, try installing them and let me know if that fixes everything.
What would be cool is the ability to see if a track that doesn't end on a frame boundary has the potential of containing 4608 additional null samples and give you the option to remove them. This is actually not that uncommon of a mistake that people make when ripping to lossless using EAC.
Added: Option to offset the output audio.
Is it planned to add advanced encoder settings for all three codecs?
It might have been smarter to also combine it with the batch mode, maybe enabling it via a tickbox in the advanced settings or the folder selection dialog (if that is possible)
Anyway using Window's search and then dragging all the cue sheets from the search result onto the dropbox also works, well!
Hello there. Why I am getting "External component has thrown an exception" error every time i hit convert button EDIT: OK I tried some earlier versions and seems like 1.7.1 is latest one which is working. 1.8.0 and 1.9.0 throws that error. I have win xp sp2 fully updated and NET 1.1, 2.0 and 3.0 installed and updated.


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Author Erica Olsen will read and sign copies of Recapture, her debut book of short stories, at the Anasazi Heritage Center on Sunday, Oct. 14 at 1 p.m. Museum admission is free all day on lecture days.
Olsen writes about archaeologists, museum curators, hikers and pothunters men and women engaged in preservation and destruction, figuring out how to live, work, remember and love in a changing world.
In Olsens stories, a curator preserves silences in glass jars, tourists visit a larger-than-life-size replica of the Grand Canyon, and a bookmobile full of Jane Austen novels trundles through the deserts of southeastern Utah.Archaeology and history, love and loneliness, identity and preservation all wind through the collection, blurring the lines between the natural world and the world we create.
According to Olsen, one of her perennial themes is the relationship between my writing and my professional work in museums. She wrote some of her stories while working to curate collections at the Anasazi Heritage Center, according to a written release.
My mission was to preserve artifacts, but also to keep them accessible to researchers and to the public. Artifact collections allow people to tell stories about the past. Storytelling is, for me, a bridge between worlds.
A great museum exhibit can make you see the world differently. I hope my fictional tales about archaeology and the West will do the same.
Olsen has lived in the Four Corners for years. She is Hollywood-born and of Korean and Scandinavian heritage, a graduate of Stanford, Harvard and the University of Montana MFA program. Her work recently received the 2011 Barthelme Prize for Short Prose (for Grand Canyon II, included in Recapture). Olsens essays and stories have appeared in High Country News and other magazines.
Recapture is published by Torrey House Press. Reviews are available at www.recapturestories.com.
This event is part of the annual Four Corners Lecture Series, sponsored by the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, Fort Lewis College, Cortez Cultural Center, Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Mesa Verde Museum Association, and the Hisatsinom Chapter of the Colorado Archaeological Society. Additional support is provided by ARAMARK/Mesa Verde Company and KSJD Dryland Community Radio. The 2012 theme is Crossroads of Arts and Cultures. Lectures are free and open to the public.
The Bureau of Land Management Anasazi Heritage Center is the headquarters for Canyons of the Ancients National Monument. It includes museum galleries, a theater, and a hiking trail. The facility is open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through October 31. For more information, contact the museum at 882-5600 or go to www.co.blm.gov/ahc.


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tensions in Asia over the growing might of the Chinese military are easy to see
and understand. China is using its booming economy to fund the development of
new weapons programs. China wants the world to believe that it is merely being
sure it can defend the sovereignty of its nation while others fear that China
will use the military might to take resources and possibly attack other nations
in the area.
With tension growing, Chinese Defense Minister General Liang Guanglie said at
the 10th Shangri-La Dialog in Singapore that the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA)
is 20-years
behind the U.S. Military. Guanglie said, "I would call the gap
big. [The PLA] main battle equipment of our services ... is mainly
second-generation weapons." He continued saying, "For example, the
army is still being motorized, not mechanized."
Liang acknowledged that the modernization of the Chinese military has drawn
attention and concern from around the world. Liang says that China has a right
to protect is "core interests" such as protecting its sovereignty.
Liang also explained at the conference that relations between the Chinese and
U.S. military were improving. This year's Shangri-La dialog was in face the
strongest turn out for the Chinese after years of ignoring the conference.
In addition to Liang there were a number of other Chinese officials at the
conference including Rear Adm. Guan Youfei, deputy chief, Foreign Affairs
Office, Ministry of National Defense; Senior Col. Ou Yangwei, director, Center
for Defense Mobilization Studies, National Defense University; Major Gen. Song
Dan, deputy director general, General Office, Central Military Commission; Lt.
Gen. Wei Fenghe, deputy chief of general staff, PLA; and Xiao Jianguo,
director, Department of Ocean Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
As much as Liang wants the world to believe China has a massive gap between its
military and the U.S. military (and other armed forces of the world), the
country is investing heavily in next-generation weapons. A the most high
profile new weapons program is the Chinese
J-20 stealth fighter. The J-20 completed its second flight in April and has
been captured on video as it has been tested. Some speculate that China
obtained the stealth technology that is used in the J-20 from a U.S. F-117
stealth fighter that was downed in 1999 in Serbia. China is known to have had
agents crisscross the area where the fighter crashed buying up the wreckage
from local farmers.
The Chinese military is also believed by many around the world to be carrying
out very sophisticated and successful hacks against military and corporate
networks. Many digital attacks have been traced back to parts of China where
the government is known to have a strong military presence. The Gmail
hack that was revealed earlier this month is believed to have been
perpetrated by China, though Chinese officials have denied any involvement.
China is also allegedly the source of the hacking attacks that compromised
networks at Lockheed Martin using stolen
RSA SecurID dongles. Those hacks are believed to have targeted Lockheed
Martin military projects.


text: Based loosely on the first circular dial introduced by Cartier in 1943, the Cartier Pasha collection traces its roots back to old military watches designed to withstand a range of challenging conditions. This made the Pasha among the earliest water resistant wristwatches on the market, supposedly designed to fulfil the Pasha of Marrakech's request for a watch he could wear in the pool. The Cartier Pasha Seatimer is of course the logical conclusion of this legacy, a durable and dependable watch designed for seafaring souls and underwater explorers.


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Two Tabloid Photographers Claim Amanda Bynes Is Doing Drugs + Has Dirty Hobbit Feet
Amanda Bynes has been relatively silent lately, signaling the inevitable meltdown that was to come. And (ta-dah!) it's here — in the form of a new report that Amanda is drugging it up, shirking personal hygiene and blacking out her windows.
RadarOnline is reporting (via InTouch) that, despite her silence, Bynes never actually swam back from the deep end. Instead, she's allegedly holed up inside an apartment more unsanitary than Farrah Abraham's used swimsuit, and toking up like nobody's business.
Two InTouch photographers were supposedly invited to the starlet's apartment for a party and came back describing deplorable conditions, copious amounts of weed and sparse furniture.
Giovanni Arnold, one of the photogs, speculates that Bynes gets so high that she "won't even leave her house." (Except, perhaps, to flail around on a treadmill.)
And what a house it is! Her apartment is described as being "basically empty," with a few windows covered in blinds and the rest spray-painted black. "She has two big purple chairs and a little dining room table, that's it," Arnold reported.
And the kitchen is filled with take-out containers, because who has time to cook when you have the munchies?
"Weed was everywhere. On the bed, all over the floor," Arnold continued, adding that Amanda also did lines of coke while he was there. He also told of her strange behavior, saying she was "cool and down-to-earth" one minute, and "totally different" the next, unable to even hold a conversation.
"Mentally, she's all over the place."
Perhaps most sad was the seductive photoshoot Arnold and his colleague came to film. Amanda allegedly stretched out on a mattress on the floor, trying to strike sexy poses, but her feet were "full of cuts and bruises" — almost as if she walked over the shattered remains of her career.
The only thing missing from this picture are ice cream-fueled, 3 a.m. screenings of 'All That.'
Of course, it should be noted that despite these dudes supposedly being photographers, there's no actual photographic evidence online of their claims yet — and let's be real, a picture of Amanda Bynes doing a line of coke is pretty much the tabloid holy grail.
So be wary. And if you hear a faint wailing in the distance, sleep soundly knowing that the whistle on the Amanda Bynes crazy train is still functioning properly.


text: "The brother and sister also contend with obnoxious cousins when they visit their curmudgeonly Uncle Phil and with mean Madison Purdy when they have a snow day. Like the previous volumes, this book concludes with a chapter from the family cat, Fluzzy. Stevenson's ink sketches are interspersed throughout the chapters and add detail to the stories. The situations are believable, and many readers will relate to the squabbles between the siblings and their school experiences."School Library Journal


text: Hi, I am having problems with my talent guide in-game. I tried pressed the edit talents or something, and I erased them for some reason and now its messed up. For protection warrior template level (23) it says 0/0/0 for the talents. How do I get it back to normal so I can see where to spend my talents? Thanks!


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Preen by Thornton Bregazzi
Though they first met at the age of 18, Justin Thornton and Thea Bregazzi did not begin designing together until they worked on a collaboration with British designer Helen Story in 1996. Shortly after that project, the duo launched Preen by Thornton Bregazzi, a collection of one-off pieces sold from a tiny boutique on London's famed Portobello Road. Today, Preen by Thornton Bregazzi dresses are celebrated for their signature eclectic charm with a modern twist.
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Pyre Studios is pleased to announce the first annual Burning Brush painting contest.
This is an open contest with a combined £250 in prizes. It really only has two main requirements. Firstly the miniatures used must come from the game lines currently carried by Pyre Studios, including Bushido. Secondly is that "fire" must play some part in/with/on/near the composition. This can be anything from a cigar to a flamethrower or a logo to a flamejob.
Full details can be found here
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Went to a small quilt shop by me looking for 108" wide backing. I have a pre-printed queen size quilt top and I was dumb founded to hear the woman helping me ask me ( how long will it take you to run that up on a machine?).
Maybe I'm old fashioned, but to me you should do these by hand.


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DudeRocksTheTwilight wrote:I agree Jenna.
Rob didn't make it big. The director's are looking for "hot" guys so girls come and watch, but that's not what it's about. The main fanbase for Twilight Movie came from the books.
edwardsblossom wrote:Party? What party XD I'm so out of the loop.
If Bella had been a vampire originally instead of just human, do you think, if Edward had met her that way (but still in Forks High School), that he would have fell in love with her as he did in the book?
debussygirl wrote:^^Actually, I disagree that Rob made Twilight big.
People read the books and (naturally) became obsessed over them. Other people wanted to know what the heck they were screaming about, so they saw it too. That's what really made it big. Those movie people are just fooling themselves.
debussygirl wrote:^^Actually brunetterebel010 posted it.
Dovrebanen, I do agree that Rob draws in a crowd. But I think that it's a relatively small crowd. He certainly doesn't harm the people coming in, that's for sure.
I like that they're making Edward visual for the movie, just because as a movie I think it'll work better than just audio. But I think that Bella shouldn't be able to see Edward, like he should be behind her or something. The only time she should visualize him is when she jumps off the cliff.
edwardsblossom wrote:If Bella had been a vampire originally instead of just human, do you think, if Edward had met her that way (but still in Forks High School), that he would have fell in love with her as he did in the book?
JenTheWriter wrote:debussygirl wrote:^^
Among Twilighters Rob didn't make it big. But for those who had never read the books before Rob drew them in. I got sucked in to see what all the hype is about. And really the whole Rob-thing isn't my words, it's what the magazines are saying. I agree with it a little bit, but anyone who reads the books knows it's the story...
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My first geek list!!! Post your favorite obscure music: CLOSED
- Brad GoodsonUnited States
Hi everyone! Thanks again to everyone who participated. After much deliberation, I have selected the winner!
John Earles
Korpiklaani - Happy Little Boozer
Geeklist Item #7
Simply put, I really enjoy the folk/metal combo. And I don't normally enjoy metal. But this is good stuff!
Congratulations, John!!
This geek list was inspired by Cate108's 'share some funny' geeklist:
I'm going to follow in her footsteps and use a similar format.
Name of the Contest: "Post Your Favorite Obscure Music"
Instructions: Give this geeklist a thumbs up and post a song you think most people haven't heard before. It's OK if it's an obscure song by a famous artist or band. Post as many songs as you like! Also, if you can afford it, please tip a little bit of geek gold so that I can award something to the winner!
I literally have zero GGso a small tip would be very appreciated (especially by the winner!)
Eligibility: any BGG member (worldwide) who thumbs this geeklist and posts a song.
Prize: The winner will receive some geek gold (of an undetermined amount).
UPDATE: Cate108 just contributed 50 GG!!! Thanks, Cate! The winner will receive 50 GG + whatever is in the tip jar at the end of the contest!!
Winner: I will choose the winner myself, but I will use the number of thumbs to guide my decision.
Deadline: 11:59 PM Pacific Time on February 5, 2010.
Note: The videos I posted may not be the original videos for the songs. This isn't a video contest--it's all about the music!
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- Posted Thu Jan 28, 2010 5:30 pm
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Pioneer TS-D1002R
1987 Toyota Pickup
These speakers are a great replacement for the stock speakers. I can here a much wider range of frequencies compared with the stock speakers. The highs are crisper and I can actually hear low notes as well. I am powering them using the stock radio cassette deck. For anyone concerned about the bass response, just go for larger speakers. A 4" speaker can only move so much air. That being said, I can hear many more low notes that were not present when listening with the factory speakers.
Pros: Great sound; much better than stock


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The Pecking Order
While engineering students in the co-op program typically command work experience for $17 to $17.50 an hour, students in business and liberal arts often find themselves at the mercy of the employer. For better or worse, they likely are the ones an internship crackdown would affect most.
"There is something of a pecking order," says James Hurley, a professor and adviser at the Weatherhead School of Management. "The kinds of employers that are going to recruit actively on campus are typically the manufacturing companies and consulting firms. You're not going to see a small advertising firm go out to a college campus to recruit. Students are going to come to them."
Recent alumna Eva Chan says she's watched with envy as friends in other fields get paid for their work. But in public relations, she acknowledges, "It's a little harder. Ten thousand people are competing for one position. I don't know anyone who's gotten a marketing-related internship that has been paid."


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Hooray For Baby Shower in Shades of Mint and Yellow
Minty Fresh! A Sweet "Hooray For Baby" Shower
We're always inspired by baby showers that are both gender neutral and beautiful, and this "Hooray for Baby" shower thrown by Becca Gorski of Cake Events for three of her friends who all happened to be pregnant at the same time (don't you just love that?!) is one of our all-time favorites.
"The 'Hooray for Baby!' theme started oddly enough as the subject of an e-mail I sent wishing them congratulations," Becca says. "The more I thought on it, the more it felt like the perfect concept for a shower. Because two of the moms-to-be opted not to find out what they're having, I picked a gender-neutral palette of mint green and yellow. I've always loved these colors for Spring, and they worked especially well for an outdoor brunch." The combination of the pastel color palette and the exuberant theme makes for a supersweet combo. Keep clicking to check out all the details! Hooray!
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Find a great sale price on this 2017 Toyota Prius at Burien Toyota in Washington State. This 2017 Toyota Prius is located at our Burien dealership in Washington. We also serve Seattle. So if you're looking for a great price on this 2017 Toyota Prius or just looking to get an auto loan for the vehicle you want... you've come to the right place! Burien Toyota.
The 2017 Prius is here with a striking new look that will shake up the status quo. A sleep and low shape has been crafted to cheat wind resistance and turn heads in every crowd while always giving you a responsive drive. Prius features Bi-LED elements in the headlights, available integrated fog lights and accent lights. Powered by a 1.8L engine mated to an electric motor getting up to 54 MPG city and even as much as 58 MPG city in the Prius Two Eco. The front seats of Prius feature deep side bolsters for added comfort. Prius also comes available with SofTex-trimmed heated front seats. Prius also uses advanced sound-deadening techniques to help keep unwanted outside noises out. Advanced tech like an available 7-in. touch-screen display, 4.2-in. color dual Multi-Information Display with customizable screens and available Qi-compatible wireless smartphone charging keep you in command. Entune Premium Audio with Integrated Navigation and App Suite makes your life easier by allowing you to search destinations, stream music, and check reviews on restaurants. The standard 60/40 split fold-down rear seats on Prius make it easier to carry items by allowing for up to 65.5 cu. ft. of total cargo space. When Prius is parking or slowly pulling out, the available Intelligent Clearance Sonar scans for stationary objects. Should the system anticipate a collision, it will emit an audible alert, reduce engine output, and automatically apply the brakes. Other available safety features include a blind spot monitor, rear cross-traffic alert, and an integrated backup camera. Active safety features with Toyota Safety Sense P include Pre-Collision with Pedestrian Detection, Lane Departure Alert with Steering Assist and Full-Speed Dynamic Rader Cruise Control.


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m0nckywrench wrote:
There is greater argument for publicly executing people who damage the entire nation by financial crimes than for executing a burglar who kills only one victim while invading a house. It should be termed "financial treason" and dealt with accordingly. [...] Some folks won't behave unless they have credible fear of apprehension and punishment. Solution? Apprehend, ensure a fair trial, and then crush them in an exemplary manner. People in positions of responsibility have less excuse for crime than some ignorant, impoverished shmuck with fewer options in life and who has reaped far fewer rewards from society. They knew better.
The death penalty is reserved for common-law crimes. 'Financial crimes' and 'financial treason' are subjective. Right now in Argentina, imports are financial treason. You'd put someone to death for smoking a Cuban cigar?


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When MLB commissioner Bud Selig plops down at his desk in his spacious Milwaukee office overlooking Lake Michigan, his first order of business typically is to check the attendance figures from the previous day's games.
Selig must be enjoying that task these days. The majors are enjoying a 5.5 percent attendance boost over 2011 and are on the verge of an unprecedented feat: every team averaging at least 20,000 per game.
The lone team under 20,000 won't surprise All-Star closer Chris Perez. It's his Indians, who are close at 19,576 per game, according to MLB's numbers.
After playing host to the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night, the Indians have a showdown series at Progressive Field against the division-leading Tigers. If the Indians average 25,088 over their next four games, their average attendance will reach 20,000, which would please Perez, who earlier this season chided Cleveland fans for not coming out to see the home team.
Having 29 teams averaging more than 20,000 already would be a record. Since expanding to 30 teams in 1998, at least two teams each year have failed to average 20,000. A decade ago, the Expos failed to average even 10,000 a game.


text: A "temporary measure" that lasted, oh, about 70 years, until they collapsed. And the important weapons they banned, the pistols which are used in the vast majority of all gun murders, stayed completely banned, along with a five year waiting period to buy a rifle, of which only about 220,000 have entered circulation. That is about one gun of a type rarely used in gun homicides for every 600 people. Pretty much all of Western Europe has more rifles than that. England and Wales still have more licensed rifles in civilian hands than that, about twice as many, and that number has gone up about 50 percent since 2000. So if Engand and Wales totally ban civilian gun ownership, as is often implied in this thread, yet they let five times as many people per capita have a rifle as Russia, indicating that Russia has a fifth the UK's rate of gun ownership, why would you be insisting that Russia has guns, and thus its high murder rate is a symptom of guns, while totally ignoring England's far more numerous guns? No, their murder rate doubled and fell back recently, not in sync with our own shifts. Which year do you want to use?


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President Obama's Morehouse College Speech
Obama Strives to Be the Father He Never Had
After a week of scandals for his administration, President Obama took a break from politics to get personal. On Sunday at Morehouse College's graduation, the president opened up about his role as dad-in-chief: "My whole life, I've tried to be for Michelle and my girls what my father wasn't for my mother and me." Speaking at the historically black and all-male college, Sasha and Malia's dad said, "I want to break that cycle — where a father's not at home, where a father's not helping to raise that son and daughter. I want to be a better father, a better husband, a better man." His message was also inclusive of different sexualities. He implored the all-male crowd to be the best partner "to your wife, or your boyfriend, or your partner."
The president even went so far as to imagine what he would be thinking about on his deathbed and admitted it would not be legislation he passed or the Nobel Prize he won. "I will be thinking about that walk I took with my daughters. I'll be thinking about a lazy afternoon with my wife. I'll be thinking about sitting around the dinner table and seeing them happy and healthy and knowing that they were loved." Obama, who followed up Michelle Obama's Friday speech at Bowie State University, also frankly touched on race, a topic he often avoids. "At some point in life as an African American you have to work twice as hard as anyone else if you want to get by." He encouraged the "Morehouse men" to be good role models for their communities. See photos, as well as a video, now.


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George Jones is under the weather.
The 82-year-old country-music legend was admitted to a Nashville hospital Thursday for observation after a routine checkup revealed he was running a slight fever with irregular blood pressure, according to a statement on his website.
As a result, Jones' concerts this weekend in Atlanta, Ga., and Salem, Va., have been postponed. No word yet when he'll make those up, but his next show after that is set for April 27 in Huntsville, Ala.
NEWS: George Jones hospitalized for respiratory problem
The "Tender Years" singer was hospitalized briefly in March 2012 after coming down with an upper respiratory infection, but he later returned to his ever-busy touring schedule.
In 1999, Jones also made a full recovery from a near-fatal DUI crash that left him with a punctured lung and a deep cut to his liver.


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The Utah Utes normally are a stop-the-run-first kind of team, but their emphasis changes this week against the Washington State Cougars.
WSU has the worst rushing offense in the country averaging just 33.5 yards a game but also has one of the best passing attacks, averaging 332.12 yards a game.
"This is a departure for us," Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said. "Every other week, we stop the run and work our way to the pass, but this week is different it's pass first. They've done a nice job in the throw game."
Washington State has used two quarterbacks, although senior Jeff Tuel has been the main quarterback lately, with sophomore Connor Halliday struggling.
Tuel is 137-for-205 for 1,309 yards and seven touchdowns with four interceptions, while Halliday is 109-for-206 for 1,348 yards and nine touchdowns along with 11 interceptions.
The Cougars' favorite target is 6-foot-4 junior Marquess Wilson, who has 47 receptions for 740 yards and five touchdowns.
Dunn's record official
The Utes finally received confirmation that Reggie Dunn's two 100-yard kickoff returns against Cal was indeed the first time a player has had two 100-yard returns in a game.
Dunn, who also returned one for 100 yards against Iowa State in 2010, is just the third player to have three 100-yard returns in a career.
The others are Georgia's Brandon Boykin (2008-11) and Oklahoma State's Barry Sanders (1986-88).
The NCAA doesn't keep official records of 100-yard returns, so Dunn won't be in the record books for that particular feat.
However, Dunn did tie the NCAA record for most touchdowns from kickoff returns in a game and set the NCAA mark for the highest kick return average (74.0 on three returns).
Whittingham said the only thing that was holding Dunn back in getting more chances to return kicks was his struggle to hang onto the ball.
"There were situations when he didn't judge the ball as well as he should have, and he has worked really hard on that," he said. "He has gotten to the point now where he feels confident. What you saw Saturday didn't surprise us. He has a lot of speed and make-you-miss ability."
With backup running back Kelvin York sidelined with an ankle sprain, freshman Jarrell Oliver and sophomore Lucky Radley have been getting more reps in practice.
Radley, who had two carries for 9 yards against Cal, remains slightly ahead of Oliver, Whittingham said.
However, he said he feels confident either one could spell veteran John White if necessary.
"The bottom line with them is they now know everything as far as pass protection wise as far as the assignments," he said. "That was a little bit of a concern in spring ball and early in camp, and now we feel comfortable with both those guys."


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Hmm, maybe Kakashi isn't a Senju but why do you all completely deny the possibility of Kakashi being from the Senju clan? I mean, my idea isn't all that out of the realm of reality in the Naruto verse:
Anyways thx for all the comments, so far ^^Well, the assumption that Kakashi and Naruto are Senju is an old theory I made. It's pretty simple actually. Here:
The picture shows all Hokages. You see, by my understanding, Konohagakure was made up of Senju and Uchiha, only. Uchiha has left, leaves only Senjus. There are no other people there:
That's why I can't help but think that both Kakashi and Naruto are Senjus. Heritage plays a great role in Naruto.


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Knoxville restaurateur Martha Boggs, owner of Bistro at the Bijou, became a star this week after refusing to serve Tennessee state senator Stacey Campfield, a virulent homophobe who has repeatedly introduced his so-called "Don't Say Gay" bill in a ritual that can best be described as Nashville's annual Running of the Bullshit.
As originally crafted, the bill would prohibit discussion of homosexuality in schools through 8th grade; a revised version would only allow mention of sexuality "involving human reproduction." Clever, yeah? The revised bill recently passed the state senate and is headed for a vote in the house.
"When I saw him at the front door, I told him to leave," Boggs said Monday. "It's just my way to show support for the gay community and stand up to somebody I think is a bully. He's really gone from being stupid to dangerous. I think he needs to know what it feels like to be discriminated against."
Campfield recently upped the stakes in his homophobic vendetta with a January 26 appearance on Michelangelo Signorile's Sirius XM OutQ radio show, a segment characterized by a string of offensive comments, viz:
"Well, [homosexuality] does happen in nature. So does bestiality. That doesn't make it necessarily something that we need to talk about with children."
"And there are children who are sexually confused, who don't know, potentially may not know which way they are, and may be being pushed into a relationship of a homosexual nature that is not appropriate for them."
"If some kid grows up – listen, so some kid wants to grow up – it's not my choice personally – if some kid wants to grow up and say: Hey, I'm gay, more power to you. Knock yourself out. That's not the jobs of our schools, to be advocating and pushing those positions on young children."
"Heterosexuality – I hate to say this – the basis of our society, you know, you cannot let homosexuals – I hate to tell you this, it may be a tip for you, but they really can't naturally reproduce."
"It is scientifically proven that heterosexuality is scientific. It is natural reproduction."
"I mean, I knew somebody who kept a squirrel caged up one time, and the squirrel started this – actually had, uh, relations with a stuffed animal. That does not make having relations with stuffed animals natural… Just because animals do it, we should not take our lead from the animal kingdom."
"… most people realize that AIDS came from the homosexual community… It was one guy screwing a monkey, if I – if I recall correctly, and then having sex with a man…"
"Well, my understanding – and correct me if I'm wrong, Mr. Science, on this – but my understanding is also it's virtually – not completely impossible – it's virtually impossible to contract AIDS, outside of blood transfusions, through heterosexual sex. It's virtually impossible. If you're having anal sex, yes, you – you're much more likely to contract AIDS."
"The homosexual lifestyle has been glorified in the media and everywhere else. I don't think I'm – you know, it's pretty well out there… Homosexuals represent about 2 to 3% of the population, yet you look at television, you look at – in television, in plays, in theater, it's – 50% of the theater is based – I'd say probably more of that than 50% of the theater is based on something about homosexuality. TV shows, they're a vastly overrated populace in the – in the – in the television industry… "
"Anybody out there who's listening, your 12 listeners on your show, you have them – you have them Google 'average homosexual life span,' it's very short."
None of this is shocking, since it comes from a man who attempted to join the Tennessee Black Legislative Caucus in 2005 solely for the sake of being able to accuse its members of being more racist than the KKK when they turned him down, and who introduced a bill in 2007 that would have required the issuance of death certificates for aborted fetuses. What is shocking is the frequency with which various Republican elected officials mouth ignorant, hateful rhetoric like Campfield's, and the rarity of actions like the one Boggs took in response:
"I'm a married heterosexual woman," Boggs said. "I had no intention of doing this for publicity, but he's an embarrassment to the state. If more people voted, we wouldn't have people like him in office."
Bistro at the Bijoux's Facebook page can be found here – please give Martha Boggs and her staff some love. And if you ever find yourself in Knoxville, head over to 807 South Gay Street (seriously!) and give them your business.
TWO: Rank Bigotry
West Point recently booked Lieutenant General William "Jerry" Boykin (mercifully retired) to address its National Prayer Breakfast, sparking the same sort of controversy that has ensued from Boykin's other public speaking gigs. The Academy's decision to invite this poster boy for Islamophobia was explained (away) by West Point as an example of cadets being "purposefully exposed to different perspectives and cultures." And West Point really spun the spin:
The National Prayer Breakfast Service will be pluralistic with Christians, Jewish, and Muslim cadets participating. We are comfortable and confident that what retired Lt. Gen. Boykin will share about prayer, soldier care and selfless service, will be in keeping with the broad range of ideas normally considered by our cadets.
Their comfort and confidence notwithstanding, that range of ideas got a little less broad when Boykin's appearance was called off, a decision West Point would have us believe was the general's:
LTG (Ret) William Boykin has decided to withdraw speaking at West Point's National Prayer Breakfast on 8 February 2012. In fulfilling its commitment to the community, the United States Military Academy will feature another speaker for the event.
If you're wondering why Boykin's name seems familiar, you might recall that he was Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence during the Bush years, and quite a fan of W:
"George Bush was not elected by a majority of the voters in the United States," Boykin told an Oregon congregation. "He was appointed by God."
Well, at least he got the first part right. Bush ultimately had to chastise Boykin publicly over his penchant for revolting inanity like this:
In a speech at a church in Daytona, Fla., in January, Boykin told the following story:
"There was a man in Mogadishu named Osman Atto," whom Boykin described as a top lieutenant of Mohammed Farah Aidid.
When Boykin's Delta Force commandos went after Atto, they missed him by seconds, he said. "He went on CNN and he laughed at us, and he said, 'They'll never get me because Allah will protect me. Allah will protect me.'
"Well, you know what?" Boykin continued. "I knew that my God was bigger than his. I knew that my God was a real God and his was an idol."
Since his retirement in 2007, Boykin has continued to run around saying outrageous things about Muslims, and he gets paid to do so:
… he said there should be "no mosques in America"…; "Islam is a totalitarian way of life, it's not just a religion"; "it should not be protected under the First Amendment"; Muslims operate "under an obligation to destroy our Constitution."
Kudos to the warriors at VoteVets who spearheaded the effort to stop West Point from heaping disgrace on itself. Thank you all, once again, for your service. Continue reading Take Five (Nasty, Brutish, and Short edition)


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Palo Alto releases salary data
Original post made on Mar 1, 2013
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, March 1, 2013, 9:59 AM
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a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 1, 2013 at 10:11 am
> Fire Inspector John Parks led the way with $288,728 in total
> wages, including $115,400 in salary and $150,125 in overtime pay.
Something is very wrong here--when an employee makes more in overtime than from his base salary.
And then there is the issue of what a Fire Inspector does that justifies this much overtime.
Can City Manager James Keene explain this? Or what about Mayor Greg Scharff? Does he have a clue why the City needs to pay an inspector more in overtime than in base salary?
Just another clear example of a local government that is out-of-control, and in need of an overhaul!
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Mar 1, 2013 at 12:45 pm
Sad part is the city will be "on the hook" to pay 90% of the employees salary when they retire, plus medical benefits. Insane!
a resident of Midtown
on Mar 1, 2013 at 1:08 pm
Way TOO MUCH Over Time!!!!
We lose too much for the routine needs.
a resident of Embarcadero Oaks/Leland
on Mar 1, 2013 at 1:20 pm
Why do highly paid city employees even get over-time???
a resident of Midtown
on Mar 1, 2013 at 1:27 pm
You people are incredible! The money has to go out somewhere....either in overtime or as a new employee. Lets put your " compensation" package up there as well. Leave our service members alone!
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 1, 2013 at 3:12 pm
> The money has to go out somewhere
Are you for real? The cost of government during the Obama years has risen to about 50% of the GDP--driven in part by salaries/benefits of government sector workers that are too high, and these insane pensions.
If someone is making $115K in base salary, and $150K in overtime, that means he's working between 70 and 80 hours a week. How does anyone actually function after a couple of weeks--putting in those hours? Of course, maybe he really isn't putting in those hours, just claiming them?
a resident of Charleston Meadows
on Mar 1, 2013 at 3:47 pm
> Lets put your " compensation" package up there as well.
WOW... Are you seriously thinking everybody is getting similar compensation? All my friends are getting 90K-145K with no overtime / bonuses/ etc. And with 10-25 years of experience...
a resident of Southgate
on Mar 1, 2013 at 4:01 pm
Assuming our Fire Inspector gets time and a half for overtime, that comes out to 34.7 hours a week of OT every week of the year. Talk about milking it. How much OT does someone have to claim before there's an audit?
a resident of Midtown
on Mar 3, 2013 at 1:36 pm
With A Master's degree in Math and a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, and with 25years of experience I make 155k/year at a local high-tech company. And I have to pay my own 401K and work crazy hours. These salaries are WAY WAY too high.
a resident of another community
on Mar 3, 2013 at 2:45 pm
So "midtown resident". Just because you have a job that pays less, it's thier fault. Oh....and who cares about your degrees?
a resident of another community
on Mar 3, 2013 at 8:20 pm
Note to you techies that are making peanuts. Stop the H-1 Visas, and your salary and perks will improve. It's simple supply-and-demand.
With H-1 Visa's, they are doing to you what they did to all the trades with illegal aliens.
a resident of Midtown
on Mar 3, 2013 at 8:38 pm
To Annoyed - [Portion removed by Palo Alto Online staff.]
We're all getting screwed paying ridiculous salaries that are not commensurate with what is paid in private industry simply because the unions blackmail the city into ridiculous deals. [Portion removed by Palo Alto Online staff.]
To "Outside Observer" - you're right. However since the republican supreme court has made money a fixture in politics, all the legislation is going to be in favour of moneyed interests. We just have to sit back and get shafted.
a resident of another community
on Mar 3, 2013 at 11:23 pm
@ Midtown Resident,
It's not just the "republicans" or the "supreme court". Obama could effectively end H-1 Visa's just as he effectively implemented "The Dream Act". By executive order.
But he didn't.....
a resident of Palo Alto Hills
on Mar 4, 2013 at 10:48 am
Our teachers, firefighters and police earn every penny and deserve it.
a resident of Midtown
on Mar 4, 2013 at 4:58 pm
@Scooby. I'm all for paying everyone very well. However there is some point at which it becomes excessive. I'm happy to pay teachers and people who put their lives on the line every day, very well. However even there there are some abuses e.g. overtime, teachers unions that make it nearly impossible to fire them (If thats what you want, teachers, you must accept a lower payscale) that need to be curbed.
As for much of the city staff, much of what they do, does not require advanced degrees or the kind of crazy hours that are required in private industry. The benefits are also better. As a taxpayer, I'm not willing to shell out taxes for more than what is standard in private industry for a comparable job. And that calculation has to take into account total benefits including pension plans, vacation etc. I
f this does not happen I will vote no on every relevant local tax measure that comes my way.
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Publication Acceptance Date: 12/20/2011
Publication Date: 1/20/2012
Citation: Dietemann, V., Pflugfelder, J., Anderson, D., Charriere, J., Chejanovsky, N., Dainat, B., De Miranda, J., Delaplane, K., Fuchs, S., Gallmann, P., Gauthier, L., Imdorf, A., Koeniger, N., Kralj, J., Meikle, W.G., Pettis, J.S., Rosenkranz, P., Sammataro, D., Smith, D., Yariez, O., Neumann, P. 2011. New avenues in the fight against the honeybee parasite Varroa destructor, a major threat to pollination. Apidologie. 51(1):125-132. Interpretive Summary:
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Desert Dream
|Photo Credit: Doug Switzer/Durrant
Maricopa County's new 620,000-square-foot mega-jail is as innovative and cost-effective as you might expect from a sheriff renowned for his no-frills approach. A tent city for inmates. Deterring theft of jail underwear by dying it pink. Now add the most advanced jail system in the world to Sheriff Joe Arpaio's resum'.
Food will be delivered to inmates from an advanced, off-site food factory that commercial manufacturers might envy. Las Vegas casinos were the inspiration for the advanced video-visitation switching system. And the new steel-panel system used to erect the jail cells was so innovative and cost-effective, two companies adopted the concept as a standard product offering.
"The construction team started with Sheriff Joe and his no-frills philosophy," says Capt. Charles Johnson, division commander of the New Jail Construction Unit. "He wanted constitutionality and he wanted innovations so the jail wouldn't be obsolete in 10 years. At the same time, he wanted a culture of safety, efficiency and cohesion."
Type: Booking/Maximum-Security Detention
Designed by HOK/Durrant, the four-story, $137 million 4th Avenue Jail holds more than 2,000 inmates and includes 13 elevators of varying sizes. Each of the 18 housing units includes four retherm docking stations that plug into heated food carts, delivered daily by semi-truck from the new central food plant, and auxiliary medical services are available on each floor.
The first floor serves as Maricopa County's new 87,000-square-foot central intake station, designed with close attention to adjacencies to make the booking process faster and safer.
This maximum-security facility is run entirely by touch screen. Dedicated to staff-efficiency, the jail also includes three courtrooms, fully-computerized booking, NAFIS palmprint scanners, Iridian IriScan technology for both staff and inmate access, a steel-lined central control room, and more than 700 cameras, digitally recorded at 30 frames per second.
|Security mesh fully segregates this 72-bed unit by two halves, monitored by a single control room on the mezzanine.
PHOTO CREDIT: Sgt. Artur Fay
Anyone who wants to get a truly complete picture of this new jail system, of which 4th Avenue is just one part, should tour the facilities during the American Correctional Association's January 2005 conference. Visiting Phoenix is the only way to see this monument to staff- and cost-efficiency. (And, yes, Sheriff Joe is keeping his famous tent city open.)
In 1998, Maricopa County taxpayers passed a $900 million sales tax increase for the construction and operation of jails. The measure passed with 72 percent of voters in favor of rebuilding the jail system, a testament to Sheriff Arpaio's media savvy.
With more than 9,000 inmates, this is the fourth largest jail system in the United States, up from 6,100 inmates only five years ago. The original plan covered two city blocks, but HOK/Durrant was able to squeeze the facility into one 4.5-acre city block, first by extending the walls of the facility to the sidewalk.
"We were able to compress that building and make it as efficient as possible to get it down from a high-rise building to a mid-rise building," says Scott Boehning of Durrant, the architect of record. "That equated to a lot of savings in overall construction costs and material and life safety systems."
Bill Prindel of HOK, the associate design firm, investigated a steel panel system being used to construct cells in the Pacific Northwest. The panels were only 2-inches thick, which would save considerable space compared to 8-inch concrete masonry wall units (CMU). But the fiberglass-filled panels sounded clangy.
|The 4th Avenue Jail runs the edge of the sidewalk on all sides. The V-shaped wall of glass block brings ventilation and light to the otherwise windowless interior.
"With Trussbilt taking the lead, we looked for other ways of attenuating the sound. One option was putting an expanding foam in between the panel skin. We looked at three or four options," recalls Prindel. "And then, to everyone's surprise, the concrete-grout method seemed to be not only best in terms of sound attenuation, it was also the cheapest scheme." Perforated ceiling panels diminish reverberation.
The team came up with an L-joint to lock the panels together while a U-bracket at the bottom holds the panels in place and traps moisture. Easy to transport and store, the thin-wall cell panels look like stacked doors in the construction staging area. Two workers can carry and install the lightweight panels because the concrete grout is poured into the wall after installation.
"The wall panel lends itself to multi-story work," says Boehning. "If we had built those with CMU, we would need truckloads of it showing up right when we were doing superstructure development. The thin-wall panels don't have to come on site until the superstructure is completed, and we were able to bring them in at a more convenient time."
As Durrant President Frank Roberts explains, the cell walls chase the superstructure as it goes up. "You have this unencumbered space to get your fixtures attached and mounted. That's a speed gain for the tradesmen," says Roberts, noting the thin panels took 30,000 square feet off the project.
Trussbilt is now manufacturing the steel-and-concrete-grout panel as TrussWall. In addition, Norment, which worked with Trussbilt on 4th Avenue as security detention contractor, is using the panel for a new, pre-furnished cell system, marketed under the MaxWall brand name.
|The new 87,000-square-foot intake area is six times larger than the existing booking center.
In conjunction with bringing down the height of the building, architects worked to blend the jail with Phoenix's downtown warehouse district by creating a brick façade. Public appeal was important because the jail is on a sidewalk route to Diamondback Stadium.
"The brick was an element we used that looks like a warehouse," says Prindel, who worked on the project with lead designer Bill Valentine, HOK's president. Special brick forms take advantage of the Arizona sunlight, creating varied shadows throughout the day.
A V-shaped, glass-block treatment rises three stories to provide light and ventilation to an otherwise windowless interior and also illuminates the streetscape at night. "Every time Sheriff Joe sees me, he says the outside of the jail is too pretty," muses Capt. Johnson.
The existing Madison Street Jail, located across the street and slated for renovation, was only built to handle 90 to 110 bookings a day and was averaging 380 daily bookings. Just as the 4th Avenue Jail runs to the edges of a 4.5-acre city block, so does the intake area on the first floor.
At 87,000 square feet, the new intake and release center is built to handle 1,200 bookings a day with holding cells to secure 157 detainees. The various cells hold one, four, 16 or 25 inmates, not to mention the negative-pressure cells. "We have four holding cells for psychotic inmates, with padded cells and floor-grate 'china' toilets that flush automatically," Johnson says, kicking some ice into the grate.
Capt. Johnson's goal was to reduce the amount of time an arresting officer spends in booking to five minutes, getting them back on the streets quickly. He anticipates inmates will be booked in less than 20 minutes, down from 45 minutes.
"The inmates move in one direction, similar to a car assembly line," says Prindel of detainees on the booking pathway. "You want to make sure the pieces you're bolting on to the car are in the right sequence, and that you're not painting the car too soon or too late."
|A special tactics team was brought in to test the strength of the steel cell mockups.
The sallyport has large bi-fold door at both ends and can hold 23 police vehicles and five full-size buses without impeding flow. Moving inside, Johnson begins to point out the numerous small touches found throughout the 4th Avenue Jail. For instance, the cement benches in the initial holding area have bars separating each seat space. Not handcuff bars; these bars prevent inmates from lying down, minimizing detainee squabbles over seating.
Nearby, there's an eyewash station to get pepper-sprayed arrestees back in shape for booking. Over there, a money-handling machine resembling an ATM; Maricopa County is responsible for an annual $21 million in cash and coins held for those carrying money when arrested. The counting machine will count both paper money and coins in any order.
"That money is usually counted four times, which is time consuming," says Johnson. "The machine even checks for counterfeits."
The booking path forms a horseshoe. At medical triage, nurses begin the identification process. Four large holding rooms at the center of the horseshoe have interlocking doors on either side. This way, officers can confine an inmate group at the beginning of the process or, using the door opposite, a group further down the pathway.
Beneath the intake area is the basement property storage room, which includes steel SpaceSaver property shelves with the capacity to hold 5,200 bags of property. Property is delivered via an electronic dumbwaiter, and three HEPA-filters keep the space from getting musty.
Under Arizona law, arrestees must appear before a magistrate within their first 24 hours. To meet this time frame and minimize transportation costs, intake has two courtrooms for initial appearances, open at all times. The IA courts are Spartan, cinderblock affairs with plastic Norix benches. Inmates address the judge from behind a simple iron bar in the shape of an upside-down 'U.'
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The feat is in the way the courts fit into the booking process. Booking information is automatically printed in the court, giving the magistrate important booking information and profiles, including any threats against a victim.
Victims can watch proceedings from a viewing room off the public lobby through either two-way or one-way glass. Visitors can watch court proceedings on video monitors in the lobby, keeping them out of the court. Windows to take jail bonds also abut the lobby.
"We have redesigned how we do booking," Johnson says. "We also developed a prototype booking system using drop-down touch screens and loaded all the court codes and the Arizona revised statutes. For example, if you want to know what the code is for the destruction of native habitat, all you have to do is type in the word 'habitat,' or just type the letter 'H'."
Information need only be entered into the paperless booking system once. "Since someone has already gone to the work to fill out the form, why shouldn't we capture that information?" Johnson's team was careful to omit information that the arresting agency might require, but means nothing to the booking station, such as the place of arrest.
"I hate the term 'smart technology,'" says Johnson. "We looked at stuff and said, we're not going to accept what's out there. Here's what we want."
Cost-efficiency is best exemplified by Maricopa County's new 146,000-square-foot Food Factory, designed by DLR Group and completed last year (see Correctional News, Sept./Oct. 2003). It is the largest non-commercial cook-chill center in the world. With a bakery, cannery, curing facilities, and 36,000 square feet of freezer space, the automated food-processing center can produce 40,000 meal trays per day.
Able to take advantage of bulk food deals at a moment's notice, the Food Factory has drastically reduced food costs. "We have no kitchen within 4th Avenue," says Durrant's Boehning. "Food comes via semi-truck delivery every night."
As many as nine trucks will deliver meals in carts already loaded with trays. Dedicated elevators transport food to 4th Avenue's large coolers on all four floors, then used carts from the previous day are loaded back on the trucks. Used carts are stored in a special basement cooler to delay the deterioration of food scraps.
At a multi-story, maximum-security facility such as 4th Avenue, the emphasis is on keeping inmates in the housing units. There are retherm units in each of the dayrooms to heat the food. "Using time and motion studies, we sized the elevators to fit eight carts and facilitate a time schedule to feed the inmates, moving all those carts between dinner and breakfast."
Indeed, the 4th Avenue Jail is only one part of an impressive new jail system, featuring a video-visitation system (VVS) capable of handling 6,000 visits per month. The Estrella Support Building brings video visits to the tent city, while the largest installation is at the soon-to-open Lower Buckeye Jail (LBJ). (Correctional News will feature LBJ, designed by DLR Group, in our Jan./Feb. 2005 issue).
The visitation system for all three facilities is comprised of 126 visitor video-visitation terminals and 323 terminals for inmates. According to the manufacturer, Multimedia Telesys Inc. (MTI), this is the world's largest VVS.
"The intent is to link the facilities on a one gigabyte Internet LAN so the courts can call directly into the cellblock and do arraignments," says Tom Hesse, MTI's president and CEO. "They also need to bring in 250 primary courts, 750 public defenders, and 1,000 parole officers."
The system is slated to be incorporated with an Integrated Criminal Justice System. Future plans call for the system to incorporate remote visitation online and setting up visiting booths around the county, at libraries perhaps. Behind the effort is a switching system worthy of a Las Vegas casino.
Hesse says he acquired an Indian gaming license to familiarize himself with casino switching systems. No longer installing at casinos, he brings what he learned to the corrections industry with his own digitally-based manufacturing floor to produce both the systems and booths. "We got to see some great technology, and we modified those systems for prisons and jails," says Hesse.
"We're not a PBX or standard LAN system, where we clip the highs and lows," he explains. "We have the same type of hybrid digital matrix switch as the Bellagio Casino, which is fully redundant, meaning we have a processor for each application, video, audio and interfacing. It's where the technology will be for the next 20 years."
The booths at 4th Avenue vary slightly from those at the tent city support building and LBJ, configured in an interlocking formation of V-shaped booths to save space. Hesse says some installers make the mistake of fitting the booth to the terminals, rather than the visitor.
"We only need 15 inches for the electronics, but the booths are designed to give us 45 inches of space, which accommodates two visitors," says Hesse, who worked with Durrant on the design. Fourth Avenue's 38 visitor booths are stainless steel, which won't rust and is easy to polish.
MTI's viewing screens have a 3/8-inch Lexan full-strike polycarbonate screen with a hermetically-sealed "scratch shield," more easily replaced if defaced than the polycarbonate which, while impact-resistant, can be scratched. To keep objects off the units, they slope at 18 degrees. Sloping also aids drainage, important because the units can be hosed down.
"The officer can schedule a visit by hitting an enter button, the visit goes to the mainframe, the mainframe sends it back on the county LAN to our controller for that jail," says Hesse. "We know where the message came from, we know the inmate's cellblock. Our controller then takes on the responsibility of that scheduled visit. The Jail Management System notifies the prisoner and gives them a movement slip, and sends the information to an officer via a printer in the cellblock."
If that isn't enough: "Movement slips are in both English and Spanish."
The services distributed evenly on every housing floor are extensive. In addition to the main clinic in the basement, each floor has a satellite medical station with two nurses, three exam rooms, a clean laboratory, and an inmate toilet. Chapels on every floor accommodate 50 inmates.
There are 18 typical housing units. Each unit has 72 double-bunked cells with eight VV booths. Other features within the units include two dayrooms, and two recreation yards, two handicapped accessible cells, two classrooms, two multi-purpose rooms, and two contact-visitation rooms.
Dual spaces in the housing units allows them to be split with floor-to-ceiling security mesh, so actually there are two 36-bed units with in every 72-bed unit, facilitating more selective segregation. These two half-units are monitored by a single control room perched above on the mezzanine level, looking more like an outdoor prison tower moved inside a jail.
"The elevator on the mezzanine floor, where the officers go to access the control room, has a solid steel door that covers that elevator," Capt. Johnson says. "Not only does he have to open up the back door, but he also has to open the elevator door. We made the floors as secure as possible, so if the inmates do take control of the floor, there's nowhere for them to go. I can't talk about all our security provisions, but believe me, there are some surprises if anybody tries to escape."
Housing the most violent inmates are the specialized close-custody isolation cells on the fourth floor. Inmates are segregated from officers and other inmates as much as possible through a novel design with two cells sharing a recreation room, each cell with its own shower.
A vestibule with interlocking doors serves as each cell's security foyer, a little bigger than a public phone booth. In fact, the vestibule has an individual phone. The secure entry space gives officers added distance in delivering food, accommodates contact visits with attorneys, and provides a small table for inmate dining.
Multimedia Telesys added a unique video visitation application to the close-custody cells by creating units on wheels. The waist-high mobile units feature a microphone, speakers and 20-inch monitor attached by a 50-foot umbilical cord, wheeled in by officers and locked into the vestibule for visitation.
As the 4th Avenue Jail nears its opening date, Capt. Johnson is sorry to see Maricopa County's construction program reach its final phases. The New Jail Construction Unit is a self-confessed obsession. He'll retire when it's over, he says, though Sheriff Joe has offered him the position of jail commander.
Charlie Johnson is also something of a mystic. During construction, he would dream of small details in the building program, and found his dreams often presaged problems on site. "Everybody thought I was crazy, but they would look and say I was right," he says. For the punch list, he is now staying in a close-custody cell to ensure he can follow up on the details.


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Discussion in 'Doctor Who' started by The, Dec 1, 2010.
Only on Doctor Who can you get a action figure with a mop. Yay for silliness
Kiss-o-gram Amy looks cool, duno wether to get that, if available individually, or the new standard amy.
Shame about the new rehash of the FC Tardis, when i saw the email from forbidden planet i was hopeful it would have lights etc, but never mind.
Ill just stick to my altered Nine/Ten tardi which i got from ebay so i could alter it. which i resprayed a lighter blue and painted the window frames and added a printout of the st. John ambulance sticker.
Looks cool though, with an Eleventh tardis interiror printout it lights up pretty neat.
Got a better way to do the sticker? I know mine is too big but any smaller and the writing gets smeared.
Why do they have her hair down for this figure? Was it just a cheapo way for them to use the same head as the previous Amy? If I recall correctly, Amy's hair was mostly up during that episode.
She wore it down quite a bit, actually. She let it down when she admitted that she was a kiss-o-gram, and put it back up when she needed to pose as the police to get into the hospital.
^ Yeah, actually I just noticed that last night while looking through my caps for the new av contest. Still, it might have been nice to have a hair-up head for this one.
And here he is, with part of the pandorica
Ah! The Pandorica will be the new Build-A-Figure, eh? Awesome!
Wil the Pandorica have the insider correct?
Talking of action figures, I had a crazy thouht the other night, why didnt they ever make Doctor Who Confidental action figures, David Tennant, Billie Piper, Camera Guy, & Russel T Davies action figure.
Is it really a worse idea than the faceless granny with TV, or the destoryed Cassandra frame?
Which figure contains which audiobook.
The Eleventh Doctor includes CD 01 – Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion part 1
· Roman Auton includes CD 02 – Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion part 2
· Angel Bob includes CD 03 – Doctor Who and the Giant Robot part 1
· Cyberman Pandorica Guard includes CD 04 – Doctor Who and the Giant Robot part 2
· Amy Pond includes CD 05 – Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters part 1
· Silurian Warrior includes CD 06 – Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters part 2
The pandorica kind of looks cheap, they couldn't bother to put on the weathering and runes and stuff?
^ It does look kind of bland. And that Doctor figure looks less like Matt Smith than the previous figures. The Cyberman looks the most promising to me, but even it leaves something to be desired: the skull doesn't look anywhere near as gross-looking as what we saw in the episode.
I remember when new figure releases were really exciting. Now it's like "how are they going to cut corners this time?"
Just got this in a frobidden planet email this morning.
This is a definate buy at least.
Cant believe they actually made one, didnt think they would bother.
Its totally frickin' awsome.
And the Resurrection of the Daleks set has been listed now on FP. Two Daleks, a classic Davros and the Fifth Doctor.
Looks gorgeous but I don't want/need another Fifth Doctor.
I already have a shelf full of various classic Daleks. Don't need another pair. I just hope Davros will be available on his own at some point.
Agreed. While the black and white Dalek is a nice variant, the classic Davros is what this set is built around. I'd like to see a single release of him as well.
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