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Here are a few pictures of my 2010 archery antelope shot on public land, DIY.
A quick recap of that day...
Started the day by hiking into the area I wanted to hunt in the dark. Got setup on my glassing point by first light, and soon enough I started glassing antelope feeding. So I noted their direction and tried to cut them off on their way to a pond. With the terrain I was able to get within 50 yards of three bucks and a doe. But passed them up, and watched them feed off in another direction. I then turned around to glass another area, and I saw a heard of antelope working there way across a flat parallel to where I was at. And they were headed towards a fence crossing, so I used that to my advantage and quickly worked my way around a smile rise in the terrain, and setup below them. They then came one by one under the fence, but instead of walking after they crossed, they ran out in the open further. So once my buck got to the fence, I started trying to make him stop with my voice. I finally got him to stop and I took my shot at 62 yards. It was all it took, and he piled up within 40 yards. It was a perfect double lung shot. Hoyt Maxxis 35 and the Muzzy MX3's are doing their thing!!!!
I couldn't be happier!!! My buck gross scores 74 inches. And nets 73 3/8 inches P&Y.
Buck that I passed up on
The stalk
A lot of working coming together all at once.


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Reproductive Problems in the Draft Horse
- Jan 1, 2001
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Draft mares usually make excellent mothers, providing a large amount of milk and rarely rejecting a foal. Because of these traits, draft mares make good nurse mares; some mares can even support and feed two foals. Also, the tendency for multiple ovulations makes draft mares good candidates for embryo transfer. However, draft horses have some reproductive traits--lower fertility rates, twinning, retained placentas, and other foaling difficulties--that lead to problems. In addition, one common draft breed possesses a gene for a devastating birth defect.
Epitheliogenesis imperfecta (EI) is a congenital defect seen in newborn Belgian foals. These foals have a defect in the gene responsible for forming the attachment of the skin to the underlying tissue. They are born with patches of skin missing from their extremities and body. Sometimes, an entire limb will be skinless. Other abnormalities include teeth that are present at birth, ulcers of the mouth, and ulcers of the coronary band. Foals will have difficulty nursing due to the oral ulceration, and the hooves will eventually slough off. Although the severity of the disease can vary at birth, the disease is progressive, and there is no treatment. Affected foals should be euthanized as soon as a diagnosis is made.
This defect is an inherited disease. Currently, it is classified as an autosomal recessive, which means that for a foal to be born with EI, the sire and dam must both be carriers of the disease . In the Belgian breed, there is a certain line of breeding that has been identified as having individuals which are carriers. Research is underway to develop a test to identify carriers of this defect.
Getting a foal on the ground in the first place can be a challenge in the draft breeds. One reason is that, overall, both stallions and mares tend to have lower fertility rates than their light horse counterparts. Since draft stallions mature slower, many two-year-olds have poor semen quality and, therefore, low conception rates. Also, the testicles of a draft stallion are small in relation to their body size compared to light horses. Typically, the draft stallion tends to have a low sperm concentration, high semen volume, and a large amount of gel in the ejaculate. Because of these factors, the semen often must be centrifuged to maintain proper concentration and sperm quantity for optimum reproductive efficiency in artificial insemination. These factors make successfully transporting cooled and frozen semen from heavy horses more difficult and time consuming.
Twinning is most common in Thoroughbreds and draft horses. Twins result when a mare ovulates and conceives on two follicles during a heat cycle. Up to 25% of draft mares will double ovulate or ovulate two follicles. Drafts have even been known to ovulate with three follicles and conceive triplets. Due to their large uteri, they are more likely to carry twins to late gestation or even foaling. This makes it very important to have draft mares sonogrammed by a veterinarian 14-15 days after ovulation to detect unwanted twins. As with light mares, one embryo may be crushed during this early phase of pregnancy, allowing the other to mature. Unfortunately, the higher tendency for the development of multiple follicles does make predicting ovulation more difficult in draft mares. This becomes a factor when breeding a mare with cooled, transported semen.
The large foals desired by draft horse breeders may create additional reproductive dilemmas such as dystocia (difficult birth), difficulty rebreeding, and retained placentas. Although draft mares do not have a higher incidence of dystocia than the light mares, when they do have problems during foaling, the foal's large size complicates delivery further. For example, even if the foal is in the proper position, given the size of the foal, many mares need assistance to deliver due to inadequate uterine muscle tone and contractions.
The stress of delivering large foals makes rebreeding difficult. Because draft mares have poor uterine muscle tone, the uterus of a draft mare after foaling is slow to contract, retaining a large amount of fetal fluids. This fact, coupled with the large amount of semen volume introduced into the uterus from a natural breeding, makes it difficult to get these mares back in foal. It is beneficial to sonogram draft mares during heat to detect fluid accumulation and aid in its removal. Artificial insemination is a useful technique to decrease the volume of seminal fluid used during breeding.
Finally, retained placentas are seen more commonly in draft mares than in light mares. A placenta that is still attached after two hours should be considered retained. Aggressive veterinary treatment is warranted for this condition to prevent uterine infection (metritis), systemic infection (septicemia), and laminitis. "Foal founder" in any type of mare is a very serious condition, but it is compounded in the draft mare due to her size.
Reproductive problems common in draft mares, coupled with the fact that newborn draft foals are less hardy and take longer to stand and nurse, make it very important that all births are attended. It is strongly recommended that a reliable foal monitoring system be used.
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Reminder: Students arriving back on campus before Monday, Jan. 14 will need to pay cash or use a debit/credit card to eat in Commons. Meal plans are not in effect until breakfast on Jan. 14.
Need to change your meal plan? Stop by the office in Commons during the day to talk to staff and make changes, up until 4 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 25.


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SIRA Presents Year-End Awards
- R. Merino
On April 24th, Southwestern Intramural and Recreational Activities (SIRA) culminated the 2011-12 year with a luncheon to recognize graduating student staff members and winners of SIRA year-end awards.
Three students were recognized for leadership, sportsmanship and outstanding performance that they each displayed in the Intramural Sports Program. Josh Tates earned the award for Intramural Official of the Year while Zach Jenner and Lilly Duarte won Intramural Male and Female Athletes of the year awards for their accomplishments in the SIRA program.
"Josh did an outstanding job for us this year as an official and we look forward to working with him next year as he joins us an Intramural Supervisor," said SIRA Assistant Director Anna Castillo.
Additionally two Southwestern staff members, Denise Barnes and Susan Leavell of the Athletic Department were recognized for their exceptional contributions to the SIRA Department. Both were awarded the Tex Kassen Distinguished Service Award for 2012.
"Both Susan and Denise provide services to SIRA that exceed my expectations every day," said SIRA Director Derek Timourian. "SIRA is very fortunate to have the support of two such devoted Southwestern employees who work so diligently to assist our department."


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Walk-off in 13th backs Brewers' stellar pitching
MILWAUKEE -- The Brewers did not exactly rewrite the club record books in the first half of the season, and when they did set a new mark, it was a dubious one -- 32 consecutive innings in April without scoring a run.
Just three games into the second half, though, the Brewers are doing to hitters what pitchers previously did to them. On Sunday, Milwaukee outlasted the Marlins for a 13-inning, 1-0 win, sweeping Miami with three consecutive shutouts at Miller Park.Full Game Coverage
MILWAUKEE -- The Brewers did not exactly rewrite the club record books in the first half of the season, and when they did set a new mark, it was a dubious one -- 32 consecutive innings in April without scoring a run.
Just three games into the second half, though, the Brewers are doing to hitters what pitchers previously did to them. On Sunday, Milwaukee outlasted the Marlins for a 13-inning, 1-0 win, sweeping Miami with three consecutive shutouts at Miller Park.Full Game Coverage
The marathon win -- ending with Caleb Gindl's walk-off home run to lead off the 13th inning -- helped the Brewers match a club record with three straight shutouts and set a new one with 35 consecutive scoreless innings to top the mark of 31 set in 1990.
Milwaukee will send Tom Gorzelanny to the mound to try for its fourth consecutive shutout Monday against the Padres for a chance to pass a club record set from April 19-21, 1990.
The Major League record for consecutive shutouts is six by the 1903 Pittsburgh Pirates.
"I don't think I ever have been a part of something like this," said reliever John Axford, who pitched the final two innings Sunday. "It's a whole team effort. It's good defense -- especially for me, when I was out there -- and it's timely pitching. That's the key to a lot of success."
The Marlins are floundering the other way, having not scored in a franchise-high 37 consecutive innings, dating back to the fourth inning of their 10-inning loss to the Nationals on July 14.
Sunday was the longest scoreless game in the Major Leagues since Boston beat Tampa Bay, 1-0, in 16 innings on July 17, 2011, according to Stats, Inc., and it was the Brewers' fifth walk-off win and their first walk-off home run this season. It was also Milwaukee's first 1-0 game of the season.
"There seems to be a lot of records going on," said Brewers manager Ron Roenicke, whose team is 5-6 in extra innings this year.
The Brewers' pitching staff -- once heralded among the worst in the Majors -- has turned a corner to help the Brewers fall on the positive side of the record book. Milwaukee was once the only Major League team this season without a shutout, until they blanked the Reds on June 15 in Cincinnati. Since then, they have racked up a Major League-best eight shutouts.
Sunday's starter Wily Peralta has contributed to two of those in his last three starts. On July 9 against the Reds, the right-hander tossed a three-hit complete game to become the first Brewers starter to go the distance in the team's last 407 regular-season games.
Peralta was still in prime form Sunday as he retired the first eight batters he faced while tossing eight scoreless innings, allowing just two hits while walking two and striking out seven. He threw 97 pitches -- 67 for strikes. The 24-year-old has dazzled over his last four starts, posting a 0.31 ERA (one earned run allowed) in 29 1/3 innings. The Brewers have won all four of those games.
"Wily, he's throwing strikes is the biggest thing," Roenicke said. "Today's probably the best I've seen his slider, as far as he could throw it for a strike when he wanted to and he could bury it in the dirt when he wanted to and get some strikeouts."
Peralta is a big piece in Milwaukee's future rotation plans, and Roenicke has liked the path his 24-year-old right-hander has taken the last month.
"The stuff we knew was there; the movement is huge," Roenicke said. "But what it comes down to, when his slider is good and he's throwing his changeup, now he's going to become a real pitcher instead of just a thrower. Once he gets to that level, I think he'll be calling his own game."
The Brewers' offense could not get Peralta the win, but Gindl's walk-off homer saved a lineup that started the game without Ryan Braun, Carlos Gomez, Aramis Ramirez and Jonathan Lucroy and was stifled by Miami starter Henderson Alvarez and the Miami bullpen all day.
Alvarez was equally as baffling as Peralta for the Marlins, handcuffing the Brewers for seven innings. The righty allowed just five hits while walking one and striking out one before getting pinch-hit for in the eighth.
Gindl's first career home run was a high opposite-field drive down the left-field line off reliever Ryan Webb. Gindl said he took a two-seam fastball over the fence in left, but he hardly expected to be the one to end the game.
"Not at all," Gindl said. "Not a chance. I thought Braun or Rickie [Weeks] or somebody like that, but not me. Me and Jerry [Narron, the Brewers' bench coach] actually just talked about it, and he said, 'Don't try to hit a homer. Hit a double.' That was my approach. When I hit it, I thought it had a chance but I thought it was going to go foul, actually. It snuck in there for me."
Webb was equally as surprised Gindl's fly ball drifted over the fence.
"It looked like a popup, and it went over the fence," Webb said, adding "I thought it was a popup foul. Then I thought it was a popup fair. Then I thought it was an out, and then it was over the fence, 10 feet fair. It's not short over there. But it didn't look like it off the bat, but it kept going."
Francisco Rodriguez, Michael Gonzalez, Jim Henderson and Axford combined for five scoreless innings in relief for the Brewers, holding the Marlins down and setting up Gindl's heroics.
"The relievers, if we get a lead or if we're tied going into the late innings, I feel really good we're going to win the ballgame," Roenicke said.
Kevin Massoth is an associate reporter for MLB.com.
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The talk of the Miami Heat's Big Three has droned on for years now and the unit finally came together in Game 4 of the NBA Finals.
Before Dwyane Wade recruited LeBron James and Chris Bosh, the San Antonio Spurs used a formidable trio to combine for 10 NBA titles. Tim Duncan is a four-time champion and both Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili have three rings.
It's no secret how they go, the Spurs go. Ginobili is a main spoke in the wheel, but has been flat over the last three games of these finals.
A facilitator off the bench, the veteran Ginobili helped the Spurs take Game 1 of the NBA Finals with 13 points and attempted 11 shots. However, Ginobili hasn't taken more than seven in each of the past three games and is averaging just 5.7 points over that time. He has scored five points in each of the losses and had seven in a 113-77 blowout in Game 3, which was highlighted by Danny Green and Gary Neal combining for 51 points.
Ginobili was asked if he was frustrated with his performances following Thursday's 109-93 defeat.
"Of course, I prefer to make more shots and play better, but I didn't and that's the bottom line," Ginobili said at his locker. "Nothing else to explain. We had a great opportunity to be up 3-1 and we let it go."
It wasn't just a lack of support from Ginobili that impeded San Antonio from taking a commanding lead in this series. The Spurs committed 19 turnovers for 23 Miami points and lost the battle on the boards, 41-36. Parker, who's nursing a balky hamstring, slowed down in the second half and so did the rest of the team. The Spurs made just 23-of-31 free throws and watched the Heat shoot 52.9 percent for the game.
Ginobili said that James and Wade were "aggressive" and forced the issue in Game 4 to even this best-of-seven series. But that's what the Heat have been doing all season, especially when they go small.
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said if he knew why Ginobili has been struggling in this series, he would have fixed the issue. Popovich hopes Ginobili can step up Sunday in Game 5, the last game in the Alamo City before the series shifts back to South Beach.
"I wish I could score more, but it's not happening," Ginobili added. "I gotta try to do the other stuff. I gotta move the ball if the shot is not falling. I gotta be sharp feeding the bigs, finding the shooters. I don't have to force the issue."
Ginobili has scored 18 or more points off the bench 29 times in the playoffs and the Spurs own a 23-6 record when that occurs. They will need that Sunday in what Ginobili described as a "must, must win."
"We all know now that Game 5 is a must, must win for us," he said. "We don't want to go back to Miami knowing that we have to win both."
If the Spurs play as sloppy as they did on Thursday, they will be in trouble because Miami is a tough place to win even though Game 1 went their way. Turnovers, poor defense and decision making, and missing the seams for an opener shooter cost San Antonio a chance to move closer to its fifth title.
"When there are too many things that you do wrong against a great team like them, you don't have many chances and I think that's what happened today, Ginobili said.
Even if Ginobili's offensive woes continue, he still has the ability to get the ball to Parker, Duncan, Green and even Kawhi Leonard, who's been playing tough defense on James save Game 4. So it's not imperative for Ginobili to net 20-plus points because, as he said in the locker room, he doesn't put up 30 a night anyway. The surrounding cast has to do its part as well.
One of 12 players to have at least 2,000 points, 600 rebounds, 500 assists and 200 steals for their postseason career, Ginobili averaged 11.3 points per game against the Lakers (four games) in the first round, 12.7 ppg against Golden State (six games) and 10 ppg (four games) against Memphis.
Ginobili said he will use the next few days to watch video and coordinate a strategy to help his team take back the series lead in Game 5. He said it's frustrating to have such a wide gap between games, especially after playing so poorly. But it also gives the team time to rest, get stronger and talk about mistakes.
However, confetti will be ready to fall from the rafters once the series returns to Miami if Ginobili and Co. fail to answer the bell.


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info says to make sure the anitvirus components have been granted permission to access the internet........I've been looking around zone alarm and I can't find where to check this. Where is this information?
When I do find it is there any chance that it will be explained in a way that I'll understand what to do?
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A Detroit, Michigan, father has been sentenced to life in prison with no parole for killing his 2-year old daughter.
D'Andre Lane told the judge she was a liar as he was escorted from the courtroom at the end of his sentencing Monday.
Watch this video above to see Lane and the judge argue.
Prosecutors say that Lane murdered his daughter, Bianca Jones, and then lied about a carjacking to cover it up.
Lane told the judge at his sentencing that he was innocent and that Bianca was alive and would be found. "Ain't nobody proved nothing," he says as he is escorted out of the court by deputies.


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The Dynamo could add outside back Hunter Freeman to their roster as soon as Friday, Dynamo president Chris Canetti said Thursday night at a fan function to welcome Houston's new signees. With Colin Clark and Jason Garey already present - Jordan Graye was unable to travel to Houston for the presentation - Canetti identified Freeman as a potential new addition to the club, with his signing potentially announced by Friday.
Freeman, 25, played the last two seasons with IK Start in Norway after playing the first four years of his professional career with the Colorado Rapids, New York Red Bulls, and Toronto FC. The Tyler, Texas native was part of the United States U-17 residency program and played collegiate soccer at the University of Virginia. Wife Jaime was a successful college soccer player at Rutgers University in New Jersey and has also been playing professional soccer in Norway.
Internationally, Freeman played for the United States at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championships and in the 2008 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament alongside then-Dynamo players Stuart Holden and Pat Ianni. Freeman helped the U.S. qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing but was not named to the final roster.


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Summaries of EU Legislation
Summaries of EU legislation: direct access to the main summaries page.
European system of integrated social protection statistics (ESSPROS)
This Regulation establishes the European system of integrated social protection statistics (ESSPROS). This system provides a legal framework intended to improve the usefulness of current data collections in terms of timeliness, coverage and comparability.
Regulation (EC) No 458/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 April 2007 on the European system of integrated social protection statistics (ESSPROS) (Text with EEA relevance).
This Regulation puts in place a European system of integrated social protection statistics, referred to as ESSPROS. It provides for:
- a methodological framework, based on common standards, definitions, classifications and accounting rules, to be used for compiling statistics on a comparable basis for the benefit of the Community;
- time limits for the transmission of the statistics compiled.
The statistics relating to the ESSPROS core system shall cover the financial flows on social protection expenditure and receipts (quantitative and qualitative data). They concern the different social protection schemes.
In addition to the core system, modules covering supplementary statistical information on particular aspects of social protection have been added.
Scope of the system
ESSPROS covers statistics concerning the financial flows of social security expenditure and receipts.
Data are being collected with effect from 2008.
Module on pension beneficiaries
A module on pension beneficiaries shall be added annually from the first year of data collection under this Regulation.
Additional modules
In order to introduce a module on Net Social Protection Benefits, pilot data collections for the year 2005 shall be carried out in all Member States by the end of 2008.
Based on a synthesis of these national pilot data collections, the decision to introduce this module and to launch full data collection shall be taken not before 2010.
Data sources
The statistics shall be based on registers and other administrative sources, surveys and estimates, according to their availability in the Member States and in accordance with national laws and practices.
Arrangements for implementation
The arrangements for implementing the Regulation concern the detailed classification of data covered, the definitions to be used, the formats for the transmission of data, the results to be transmitted, the criteria for the measurement of quality, and the updating of the rules for dissemination.
Entry into force
Deadline for transposition in the Member States
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Regulation (EC) No 458/2007
OJ L 113 of 30 April 2007
Commission Regulation (EU) No 263/2011 of 17 March 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 458/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European system of integrated social protection statistics (ESSPROS) as regards the launch of full data collection for the ESSPROS module on net social protection benefits.
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How well do you know your MoMA? If you think you can identify the artist and title of each of these works—all currently on view in the Painting and Sculpture and Contemporary galleries—please submit your answers by leaving a comment on this post. We'll provide the answers next month (on Friday, May 10).
Congratulations to Lucía Villanueva, who for the second month in a row was the first of several people to correctly identify all six works. Do you have what it takes to claim this month's title?
1. Piet Mondrian. Composition in Oval with Color Planes 1. 1914
2. Varvara Stepanova. Figure. 1921
3. Georges Braque. Homage to J. S. Bach. 1911–12
4. Patrick Henry Bruce. Painting. c. 1929–30
5. Joan Miró. Person Throwing a Stone at a Bird. 1926
6. Kazimir Malevich. Suprematist Painting. 1917–17


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Visit China with the Friends of Cheyenne Cañon and Cañon Volunteers!
Saturday, October 5, 2013, 10-11:30a; Starsmore Discovery Center
You won't need your luggage, but keep it handy, as you will want to visit this ancient and fascinating land by the time Cañon volunteer, Liz Enas, finishes her multi-media presentation. Liz traveled to China in April/May 2012. You'll learn about historical content in relation to her travels. Liz will also focus on the many paradoxical sides to this vibrant country: young people in cities tied to their cell phones, but people still sweep the streets with straw brooms; students so focused on their studies that schools are starting mandatory exercise programs to fight a new trend towards obesity.
Call 719-385-6086 to reserve your seat, by Friday, 10/04! If you're not a Friends member or city Cañon volunteer, your ticket to this event is the purchase of a Friends' membership. All proceeds go back to the Cañon. Membership also allows entrance into other fun and interesting events throughout the year. Take a trip to China and support the Cañon at the same time!


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Ohio Man Gets 20+ Years For Interstate Drug Ring< < Back to
An Ohio man who headed an interstate prescription drug ring has been sentenced to more than 20 years in prison.
U.S. Attorney William Ihlenfeld says 43-year-old David L. Kidd II, of Martins Ferry, and other members of the ring acquired up to 150,000 oxycodone pills from pain clinics in Florida and South Carolina.
They then distributed the pain pills in the Ohio Valley.
Kidd had pleaded guilty in May to money laundering, drug-conspiracy and contempt of court charges.
He was sentenced this week in U.S. District Court in Wheeling to 21 years and 10 months in prison.
He triggered a nationwide search in October 2011 when he fled home confinement to avoid trial.
He was captured in Oklahoma following a chase that began in Arkansas.


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It's not the first time we've seen the Wrangler JL pickup, but it's the first time we've seen it running around on public roads. Although well cladded with yards of vinyl wrapping, there's no hiding the distinctive and iconic shape. There's no question what we're looking at here. This is a configuration Wrangler enthusiasts have been pleading for and anticipating for decades, and by the looks of things, it's not far away. The pickup variant of the JL Wrangler is expected to follow the core two and four-door SUV models by approximately a year, making the odds are that this will be a 2019 model.
The photos don't show any major changes or surprises of the expected configuration of a four-door crew cab and a relatively short bed. As cool and desirable as a Wrangler pickup will be to many, there are some inevitable tradeoffs for the pickup configuration. The longer wheelbase will mean a less-favorable breakover angle, and the bed overhang over the rear wheels will result in a less-optimal departure angle. However, it appears the rear bumper and bed height are still good enough to offer plenty of off-road agility and capability. The JL pickup comes at an interesting time, just as Chevrolet has introduced the surprisingly capable Colorado ZR2 and an all-new Ford Ranger is being readied for the U.S. market. We would love nothing more than a three or four-truck shootout between the JL pickup, the ZR2, the Tacoma TRD Pro, and the new Ranger, possibly with a Raptor-like off-road package.
Are you as excited about the JL pickup as we are?
Buying A New Car
When I bought my first new car, I was just out of college and felt
flush with cash. I had just started working full time and I was
enjoying my new salary. After donating my old clunker of a car to
charity, I confidently strolled into the Volkswagen dealership to
pick out a brand new Jetta.
The salesman must have heard cash registers going off in his
head as he looked me over and saw me for the easy mark I was.
I'm not proud to admit it, but I got taken.
I bought a car alright, but I ended up with more extra features than
I needed or wanted. I also paid a lot more than I had planned.
But the next time around it was a whole different story. I had picked
up some new car buying tips over the years and I was able to use
them to my advantage to get myself a great deal.
You can do the same if you follow these 6 simple new car buying tips:
1. Know what you want before you even get close to the dealership. Research the different car models online so you can walk into the
dealership knowing exactly what you want. Skilled salesmen can easily talk
undecided buyers into unnecessary upgrades and features.
2. Do your homework. There are plenty of websites that offer new car reviews,
pricing, and comparisons of different models. The more knowledge you have the
better informed your choice will be. The dealer's invoice price is especially
important. Dealers hate when you know how much they paid for the car because
it takes away one of their biggest edges in negotiating for car prices.
3. Dealers love to combine the purchase price, finance charges, and value
of your trade-in into one number. This way they can play with numbers and try
to confuse you into thinking they're giving up more than they are. You can keep
them from doing this by insisting to negotiate each individually.
4. You can take away one of the dealer's biggest bargaining chips if you secure
financing ahead of time. Go to your bank or credit union and secure a new car loan
before you head to the dealer. This lets you focus strictly on the price of the car.
Once you've agreed on a price, you can always see if the dealer will beat the rate you
already have.
5. Timing is key. You want to hit the dealer when he is most likely to give you a
good deal. The ideal time is just before the next year's models arrive as they will need
to make room for the new stock. You can get a great deal on the previous year's model.
The end of the month is also a good time because salesmen who are short of their monthly
quota will be pushing hard to make sales. Also, go late at night an hour or two before
the dealership closes. They'll be more anxious to close the deal so they can go home and
see their families.
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I like RedHat. I also like Debian. My friends had a hard time getting me off RedHat onto Debian, but apt finally won out. At the moment, I'd have to say I trust the apt infrastructure for Debian more than I do for rpm systems: I expect it to be more
They can encode it, but in my experience it hasn't been used to its fullest potential. I went through the other day and tried to delete a lot of things I didn't want or need. One item I found was an ASCII art package. Couldn't uninstall it because GIMP has it as a dependency. I'm sure it's not used every time I run GIMP, so there's a prime example of something that would work better as a suggestion.


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The business of EGOT (winning Emmy, GRAMMY, Oscar and Tony Awards) is no easy feat. In fact, only 12 individuals have accomplished it so far, but now with his very first Oscar nomination announced today (January 24th), Lin-Manuel Miranda might soon become the 13th.
Related: Justin Timberlake, Lin-Manuel Miranda Nominated for Oscars
Miranda received a Best Song nomination for "How Far I'll Go" from the animated film Moana. "It's so crazy, dude!" he told The Hollywood Reporter about being nominated.
If he does win, Miranda will become the youngest EGOT winner. Songwriter Bobby Lopez currently holds that designation, and he and Miranda have something in common: They both attended the same high school. "You can't worry about that because you have no control over it," Miranda said about his potential EGOT sweep. "Why would you spend time on that? I lived through the thrill of seeing Bobby win the Tony for Avenue Q and it was the first time I saw someone on an award show I knew personally. I was like, 'Oh my god, Bobby Lopez is winning a Tony Award!' Then I'm screaming in my house when he completed the EGOT for Frozen, so I've already had all those thrills vicariously through him. I'm good no matter what happens."
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SEAD aims to challenge the causes of poverty, social injustice and environmental degradation; and to support the community-based movement for positive social change. We believe that dynamic communities have the power to make positive changes in our society. SEAD's projects support people to become part of this change. We work with communities in Scotland and in the developing world to exchange ideas, knowledge and inspiration. We provide tools and support to turn this into action.
ShareAction is an independent campaigning organisation, working to hold companies accountable to their real owners – the people who pay into a pension fund or ISA. The billions of pounds in our pensions mean that pension funds have a huge stake in UK businesses and this gives them an enormous influence over corporate behaviour. We campaign on human rights and environmental issues; from tar sands and Living Wage to Arctic oil and human trafficking.
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South Seeds is a community organisation based in Glasgow at Govanhill. We aim to work in partnership with residents and organisations within the local community to help improve the look and feel of the area. Under the climate challenge fund South Seeds are further developing the project to increase energy awareness, support residents and groups to begin composting and helping people learn more about growing food and reducing the amount of waste that we produce.
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Andy Jefferson added a comment - 23/May/11 08:48 PM
Suggest use 3.0 since that is the only place getting changes for non-commercial users
Klaus Malorny added a comment - 26/May/11 09:17 AM
That's a no-go. We would have upgraded to 3.0 if there wouldn't be a showstopper, which I now have reported as
Andy Jefferson added a comment - 26/May/11 09:36 AM
Whether it's a no-go to you or not, its the only "solution" for the reason mentioned above.
SVN trunk now uses ConcurrentHashMap in MappedStoreManager; no test so left as an exercise to the reporter
Klaus Malorny added a comment - 26/May/11 09:45 AM
Thanks, we will test the fix on our benchmark system and see whether the problem reoccurs.
Clive Cox added a comment - 15/Jul/11 06:07 PM
The issue still exists.
protected Map<ObjectProvider, DatastoreClass> insertedDatastoreClassByStateManager = new HashMap();
I think this needs to be a concurrent hashmap as well.
Testing with latest DN 3.0.0.m6 build
I am seeing threads stuck like this:
java.lang.Thread.State: RUNNABLE
at java.util.HashMap.put(HashMap.java:374)
at org.datanucleus.store.mapped.MappedStoreManager.setObjectIsInsertedToLevel(MappedStoreManager.java:608)
at org.datanucleus.store.rdbms.request.InsertRequest.execute(InsertRequest.java:436)
at org.datanucleus.store.rdbms.RDBMSPersistenceHandler.insertTable(RDBMSPersistenceHandler.java:154)
at org.datanucleus.store.rdbms.RDBMSPersistenceHandler.insertObject(RDBMSPersistenceHandler.java:129)
at org.datanucleus.jdo.state.JDOStateManagerImpl.internalMakePersistent(JDOStateManagerImpl.java:3273)
at org.datanucleus.jdo.state.JDOStateManagerImpl.makePersistent(JDOStateManagerImpl.java:3249)
Andy Jefferson added a comment - 15/Jul/11 06:23 PM
If you think that then you can easily try it, and report your findings. Since nobody "here" can see it, it's in your hands ...
Clive Cox added a comment - 15/Jul/11 06:43 PM
OK. I can try to get things built from source and I will report back when/if I am able but it would be more efficient as I don't have a DN dev environment setup for this fix to be made if possible by a DN committer now for the reasons given below.
1. Given a previous attempt was made to fix this issue by making one of the maps concurrent and the issue marked as "fixed" that as the problem is still occurring the same "fix" is extended to the actual map that should have been made concurrent in the first place.
2. Code inspection shows there will be an issue in multithreaded access to the Map in this object.
3. Our tests see this happening under high load (500 concurrent calls per sec to our test server) with the latest 3.0.0.m6
Clive Cox added a comment - 15/Jul/11 09:01 PM
I've managed to setup a dev environ in Eclipse and make the change. Can someone point me towards how to create a jar as simply creating one naively seems to cause problems when I use it:
Caused by: org.datanucleus.exceptions.NucleusUserException: Persistence process has been specified to use a ClassLoaderResolver of name "" yet this has not been found by the DataNucleus plugin mechanism. Please check your CLASSPATH and plugin specification.
at org.datanucleus.NucleusContext.<init>(NucleusContext.java:227)
at org.datanucleus.NucleusContext.<init>(NucleusContext.java:166)
at org.datanucleus.api.jdo.JDOPersistenceManagerFactory.<init>(JDOPersistenceManagerFactory.java:333)
So I assume the datanucleus-core.jar needs to be created in a specific way with some extra stuff?
Clive Cox added a comment - 18/Jul/11 12:19 PM
OK. I have tested by making the simple change to:
protected Map<ObjectProvider, DatastoreClass> insertedDatastoreClassByStateManager = new ConcurrentHashMap();
in org.datanucleus.store.mapped.MappedStoreManager of the core project
The problem no longer occurs in testing.
Can this fix be added to DN please.
Andy Jefferson added a comment - 18/Jul/11 08:18 PM
SVN trunk has that line. thx


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VolunteersThe Randell Research Center (RRC) relies heavily upon its dedicated volunteers. Volunteers are an essential component of the operation of the Randell Research Center, and the following materials have been developed in order to provide an initial orientation for prospective volunteers.
Volunteers may plan to come in on a regular schedule to help out in the office or lab, or they may simply remain on the "on-call" list for specific tasks, such as field work or labwork or special events, or large-scale work days such as vegetation clearing or bulk mailing. In any case, volunteers are asked normally to work at least one shift each month they reside in Southwest Florida in order to remain on the active roster.
Training and Enrichment
Volunteers will be offered regularly scheduled training and enrichment programs at the RRC or on the Pineland site, and attendance is strongly encouraged. These sessions will normally be presented by RRC staff. In addition, whenever visiting researchers or scholars are present, from the Florida Museum of Natural History or elsewhere, training/enrichment sessions may also be scheduled for volunteers. Written training materials will be provided to all volunteers interested in specific jobs or tasks. Nevertheless, volunteers are encouraged to read and study on their own, and for this purpose books are available for use at the RRC headquarters. Suggestions for additional topics or materials are always welcome.
Volunteers should sign in and record the total hours they worked on a volunteer timesheet for each shift or event. The timesheet will normally be placed at the reception desk in a notebook, or in another prominent location. This information is important for purposes of evaluation and for writing grant proposals, and each volunteer should be responsible for recording her/his hours in a timely fashion.
Calendar of EventsA calendar is maintained at the RRC headquarters with upcoming special events, tours, meetings, training sessions, etc., and volunteers should consult this calendar in order to plan their volunteer activities and time. Volunteers should be pro-active in contacting the RRC when they are unable to come in for scheduled work or complete planned tasks.
Job Descriptions
Volunteer activies at the Randell Research Center generally fall into one of seven categories based on the needs of the RRC, as outlined below. These job descriptions are not mutually exclusive, and each volunteer may participate in one or more activities, depending on their interest, time, and physical capabilities. All jobs are important elements of the success of the Randell Center, and flexibility and participation in multiple activities characterizes the ideal RRC volunteer.
- Greeter - Direct contact with the visiting public at the Pineland site is important, even though the Calusa Heritage Trail itself is self-guided. Once trained, RRC greeters are scheduled for morning (10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.) or afternoon (1:00-4:00 p.m.) shifts, and are stationed at the Visitor Center on the Trail.
- Docent - During peak tourist season (January through April), guided tours of the Pineland site are offered. Docents lead both public tours and special tours for scheduled groups, including schools, and work either alone or in teams of two to collect donations at the Pavilion, lead the visitors around the site on a guided tour, and sell books and other merchandise. Site tour reports are completed for each tour.
- Office Work - The operation and future growth of the Randell Research Center relies heavily on volunteer assistance in performing a variety of office tasks at the headquarters building. Volunteers are needed for everything from mailing and filing, word processing, and many other tasks. While conducting office work, volunteers may also help by answering the phone and greeting visitors to the headquarters.
- Site Clearing and Maintenance - The large tracts of land managed by the Randell Research Center require time and labor invested in vegetation clearing and landscaping, both at the Pineland archaeological site and at the RRC headquarters property next to the Post Office. Within the context of an overall vegetation master plan, volunteers are needed for periodic work days in a variety of locations, including the Brown's and Randell Mound complexes. Some areas will require more work than others, since some portions of the site will be allowed to maintain a largely natural appearance, while other portions will be more carefully cleared and managed for aesthetic and safety reasons.
- Fieldwork - As an important component of its research and education mission, the Randell Research Center conducts archaeological field investigations at the Pineland site and elsewhere. Projects range from individual test pits in specific areas of interest at the site, to broader and more systematic testing and excavation projects as needs dictate. Research will be conducted year-round, including both field and lab components. Fieldwork opportunities will obviously be affected by weather and groundwater conditions, and will also be limited in order to ensure that artifacts and other materials found are processed in the lab and curated in a timely fashion. Field techniques will be taught "on the job" to newer volunteers, all under the supervision of RRC and Florida Museum staff archaeologists. Tasks will include everything from hand excavation of shell and soil, to screening and sorting these materials. Fieldwork will also include occasional research and collection trips related to estuarine or terrestrial ecology, or to the development of zooarchaeological and botanical comparative collections for the RRC lab.
- Archaeological Labwork - All materials recovered during archaeological field excavations must subsequently be processed inside the RRC lab facilities, including both the "wet lab" in the garage and the "dry lab" upstairs. In addition, zooarchaeological and archaeobotanical comparative collections are being developed for use by RRC researchers, requiring additional processing of skeletal, shell, seed, and wood specimens. Some tasks will be as simple as rough-sorting artifacts or labeling bones, but other techniques will require more in-depth training, which will be provided to volunteers who are interested and willing to make long-term commitments to volunteer service.
- Special Events - The Randell Research Center sponsors or participates in a number of special events throughout the year, including public lectures, public festivals and fairs, and other such events. Volunteer assistance is needed both in the preliminary planning and preparation of such events, as well as in public contact during the events themselves. Tasks range from staffing display tables and selling merchandise to preparing and serving food or handing out nametags. These events will be sporadic, and not part of the regular weekly and monthly volunteer activities at the RRC.
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Meet The GRAMMY.com Community Blogger: Rap
(Find out who will be nominated for the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards live on "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown To Music's Biggest Night" on Nov. 30 from 10–11 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.)
It was a sweltering summer day in 1985. One of the older neighborhood kids stopped me as I was chasing down the ice-cream truck, offering to sell me a mixtape for $1. I had four quarters burning a hole in my pocket when he put the cassette in my walkman and pressed play. I heard Run-D.M.C.'s "It's Like That," followed by "Fly Girl" by the Boogie Boys. I never made it to the ice-cream truck, but my seamless bond with rap music and culture was sealed that day.
As a kid growing up in Gary, Ind., the soundtrack to my youth was comprised of the sounds of Run-D.M.C., LL Cool J, MC Lyte, Ice Cube, De La Soul, Queen Latifah, and A Tribe Called Quest, among other influential rap artists. The genre of rap transcended music and continues to inspire a culture of self-expression — birthed in the urban landscapes of American and permeated throughout ghettos and subdivisions across the globe.
Looking back over the last 10 years, we've watched Jay-Z go from creating his first The Blueprint album to becoming a major player in the business of hip-hop, fashion and sports. It was Jay-Z's album that helped launch the career of an unknown producer named Kanye West, who went from making beats in his apartment to becoming one of the largest names in the game.
Who would have thought that an Atlanta DJ named Ludacris would go from selling CDs out of his trunk to starring in blockbuster films? Common dropped the "Sense" from his moniker and has parlayed his conscious flow and charisma into unforgettable film characters. Let's not forget Queen Latifah's progression from rapper to TV/movie star, cosmetic spokeswoman and jazz standards vocalist. During the past decade, we've witnessed the rap genre churn out some of the most innovative artists who never stop striving for excellence in any path they choose.
When I think of memorable rap moments at the GRAMMYs, my mind goes back to the 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards in 2009 when Jay-Z, West, T.I., Lil Wayne, and a nine-month pregnant M.I.A. performed "Swagga Like Us" in tuxedos reminiscent of the "Rat pack" days. This was a classic moment showcasing artists from different corners of the United States and a UK-born singer on one of the hottest rap songs of the year. This is what rap is all about — coming together to generate an amazing voice that resonates in the collective hearts of people.
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Chamber Choir Concert
Titled ?A Mystical Festival: Songs of Earth and Spirit,? the program will include works by British composers Benjamin Britten, C.V. Stanford, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Robert Whyte, and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Also on the program are works by Bulgarian composer Alexander Tekeliev, and American composers Greg Jasperse, Leonard Bernstein, and Carol Barnett. The Chamber Choir will perform a cappella, as well as with piano and organ, accompanied by Christine Larson Seitz.
Tickets for each concert are $7 adults, $5 seniors and students. Goshen College faculty, staff, and students are free with valid ID. Due to the limited seating in Rieth Recital Hall, patrons are strongly encouraged to purchase their tickets in advance. Tickets available by calling the Goshen College Welcome Center at (574) 535-7566, or online at http://www.goshen.edu/tickets/
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On Saturday, an Arkansas State Police (ASP) trooper pulled over a vehicle for a lane violation on Interstate 40 west of Russellville. The vehicle was occupied by Timothy Deshazier, 37, Michael Smith, 45, and Michael McPherson, 47, all of whom appeared nervous, according to a police report.
The officer noted in the report the three men had "bad stories" and Deshazier, the driver, gave consent to search the vehicle. The officer found a soda can with a false compartment containing a small amount of methamphetamine in the rear floorboard of the vehicle. In the right rear quarter panel of the vehicle, a large bundle of meth was found.
The ASP seized 5 pounds 14 ounces of meth from the vehicle, with a street value of more than $266,000.
The men were in a rental car with a San Diego, Calif., origin and possible destination of Corinth, Miss.
All three men appeared in felony bond hearings Wednesday. If charged, they will appear Dec. 16 in Circuit Court.
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U.S. Soccer celebrates its 100th anniversary Friday. While the Crew has only been involved in the past 18 years, the organization has left its mark on soccer in the United States.
Through the Crew's 18 years, 37 players that have donned the Black & Gold either as a player or coach have also earned a cap with the U.S. Men's National Team at some point during their playing career. Forward Brian McBride (95 caps), Frankie Hejduk (85 caps) and Brad Friedel (82 caps) have represented the U.S. more than any other Crew players past and present. McBride scored 30 times in his International career, the most of any Crew player to wear the Red, White and Blue.
Chad Marshall and Eddie Gaven are the only current players to earn a call-up to the USMNT.
Famous for hosting three U.S. versus Mexico FIFA World Cup Qualifiers - all 2-0 victories for the United States - Crew Stadium has become the go-to venue for hosting the rivalry when it matters most. Crew Stadium will once again welcome the U.S. and Mexico for a 2014 World Cup Qualifying Hexagonal round match on September 10, 2013.
In total, the Yanks are 6-0-3 in Columbus. The United States has only surrendered one goal in nine matches at Crew Stadium.
The U.S. Women's National Team has also seen success in Columbus. The U.S. Women are currently 4-1-0 in Crew Stadium. Crew Stadium was also selected as one of the host venues of the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup. 22,828 fans were in attendance to see the USWNT to a 3-0 victory over North Korea.


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Aceves' batting-practice lobs perplex Red Sox
Farrell: 'He didn't go through the drill as intended and we've addressed it.'
By Ian Browne / MLB.com
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- When pitchers move to the portion of Spring Training when they start throwing live batting practice, it is designed to be a competitive situation in which they start ramping up toward game action within the next week or so.
That's why it was so baffling to watch Red Sox right-hander Alfredo Aceves essentially lob the ball up there for a large portion of his session on Field 4 on Sunday morning.
Red Sox pitching coach Juan Nieves appeared perplexed and quickly had some words in Spanish with Aceves.
Even after that talk, the lobs continued for a while longer. Only toward the end of the session did Aceves seem to be pitching normally.
At first, manager John Farrell seemed concerned. Was Aceves hurt? Once it became clear it wasn't a health issue, Farrell then became annoyed.
"The one thing I'll say about that is that he didn't go through the drill as intended and we've addressed it," said Farrell.
The manager didn't elaborate much more to follow-up questions.
"As I said, his session on the mound didn't go as intended. So he's healthy and it's been addressed," said Farrell.
Aceves was cryptic during his session with reporters.
"It's in the team," Aceves said. "Stays in the team."
Aceves had a fitting choice of words there -- team.
Last August, he certainly seemed to have himself in mind more than the team when he unloaded on then-manager Bobby Valentine following a win in which he wasn't brought in during a save situation. Aceves was suspended three games for his tirade and had to fly his own way to Anaheim for the team's next road trip.
Instead of the discipline serving as a motivator, Aceves seemed to go through the motions for the rest of the season, getting hit hard in a reduced role.
But the good side of Aceves was on full display in 2011 -- his first year with the Red Sox. Serving mainly as a reliever, Aceves was perhaps the most clutch member of Boston's staff, pitching days on end with the pennant race hanging in the balance. He went 10-2 with a 2.61 ERA in 114 innings.
Things were far different for Aceves in 2012. He became the surprise closer at the start of the season, thanks to Andrew Bailey undergoing thumb surgery. He went 2-10 with a 5.36 ERA in 84 innings, losing the closer's job to Bailey just prior to his suspension.
When Aceves is on top of his game, he is the type of swingman any team would like to have.
However, the Red Sox are determined to create a culture this season in which every player is fully on board with a team concept.
"What you mentioned most important there is what our team concept is," Farrell said. "There are 25 individuals on this team, but there are certain things that are going to be accepted, and I think those are normal in any kind of clubhouse or team setting. If someone strays outside of that, that's our job, or my job, to make it clear on what's expected."
When Aceves was asked whether he was satisfied with the work he put in today, he said that he was.
"Of course. Of course. Of course," Aceves said. "We get through a lot of work coming through the Spring Training. I'm pretty satisfied with today."
Aceves is expected to be a starting pitcher for Team Mexico during the upcoming World Baseball Classic. The Red Sox will keep him stretched out during the spring, but he projects as a reliever for the club once the season starts.
Boston has a lot of bullpen depth in camp, so there's no guarantee Aceves will get a roster spot if he doesn't appear 100 percent committed as a teammate and a professional. The team could also trade him.
Prior to camp, Farrell outlined his vision to the righty of what he felt Aceves could offer.
"That he was going to come into camp and stretch out as a starter, but provided every starter in our rotation that we project to start the season with is healthy, he would go back into the bullpen as a multi-inning reliever," Farrell said. "That's not to limit or outline the exact inning he would pitch. We want to take advantage of his versatility and his resiliency."
What does Farrell know about the personality of Aceves?
"Still getting to know it. Just from across the field, he's a heck of a competitor and a very talented pitcher," Farrell said. "I'm starting to gain my own personal history with him right now. We had a part of that discussion today."
Farrell has vowed not to make judgments on Aceves or any other player based on events that happened before he became the manager of the Red Sox.
"Start everybody fresh," Farrell said. "What took place last year, I can't speak to first-hand. I can get background on certain situations. I think it's important that -- not only Alfredo, but every other guy in our clubhouse -- we build that relationship and earn that trust along the way."
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brownie Points, and follow him on Twitter @IanMBrowne. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Two young men from El Salvador are regulars at a money-wiring business called Los Gallos 10 on the west side of St. Paul. Charlie Garcia waits while his cousin confirms his transaction at the teller. His cousin is sending money to his mother. This is what they do at least once a month. They aim to send money home every 15 days.
Charlie Garcia says there's a lot of poverty in El Salvador and unemployment rates are high. At one point, he was earning only $40 a month.
"I'm a college graduate in El Salvador. I have my degree and I spent almost two years job-hunting and I never found anything," says Garcia. "So that's why I decided to move here."
Garcia is like many immigrants surveyed in a recent report by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), one of the biggest lenders to Latin America. Garcia moved to the United States seven years ago to work, send money home, and save. His mother is sick and can't work. So his money is her major source of income.
The IDB report shows seven out of 10 immigrants in Minnesota will have sent almost $300 million to Latin America by the end of 2006.
Greg Watson, consultant for the bank's multilateral investment fund, says more immigrants are sending money, and the average amount sent is also going up.
"New immigrants tend to send home more money than immigrants who have been in the country for two to three years," says Watson. "So you've got $300 now as opposed to $200 in the past. And so if you've got a new immigrant population, they're also going to be sending a higher proportion of their income as remittances."
Worldwide, wiring money is one of the most popular ways to help alleviate poverty.
The Latino population in Minnesota grew by almost 20 percent from 2000 to 2004. Watson says the report shows immigrants are becoming drawn to states with strong economies, instead of states with large Latino populations.
Art Rolnick, vice president and director of research at the Federal Reserve Bank in Minneapolis, says even though Minnesota is far from the border, immigrants still move here for better wages than in other states.
"As the jobs that are available -- or are created -- in some of these states like California or Arizona dissipate, you could see where a state like Minnesota, even though it's farther away, would be very attractive," says Rolnick.
For all the money that's leaving the state, the IDB's Greg Watson says the real story is 90 percent of immigrants' income stays here.
"That means that immigrants are purchasing foods and services locally," says Watson. They're paying rent, they're going to the supermarket and buying food, and that's creating jobs and creating income in their local communities in the United States."
Even the money immigrants send home can come back when countries purchase goods from the U.S. For example, Minnesota has recently started to court Mexico with its soy products. According to an association called the Mid-America International Agri-Trade Council, Mexico's health market has been growing and their fastest growing sector is soy products.
For the receiving families in Latin America, the money is a decent source of income to pay for bills, buy groceries and medicine, and so on.
Greg Watson says lower wire fees put more money in the families' pockets. He says worldwide, wiring money is one of the most popular ways to help alleviate poverty. The report also shows about one-third of immigrants have started investing in real estate in their homeland.
Charlie Garcia was able to pay for two surgeries -- one for his mother, one for his aunt. Although he'd rather be in El Salvador, he has no regrets about coming to Minnesota for now.
"I've come here to work a job I've never wanted to do. One day, I'd like to go back to my country and pursue the career I've always wanted," says Garcia. "But with my wages here, I'm helping my family and I'm helping myself."
Garcia's money not only pays for his family's basic necessities. Part of the money is also going toward the construction of a house -- the house he plans to live in when he moves back.


text: On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 07:21:15AM -0800, Jag wrote: > I noticed that a few days ago Scyld released their first commercial > version of their beowulf software. However, after looking at the files > on their ftp site, I noticed that it is still based on Red Hat 6.2. > However Red Hat 7.0 has been out for over four months (and thier public > beta showing what would be in it for even longer). Are there any plans > to make the Scyld beowulf software become based on something in the Red > Hat 7 series as opposed to the Red Hat 6 series? And if so, when can we > expect to see this? Honestly: why? What is there in RH 7 that I need and that I don't have in RH 6.2? RH 6.2 is still fully supported hence there is no reason to upgrade, if there isn't anything in RH 7 that really would be an improvement for a Beowulf. There are very good reasons not to upgrade: 1. You almost certainly have to purchase again all commercial software that you have installed on the cluster (e.g., Fortran compilers, math libraries, etc.) because the versions that work with RH6.x will not work with glibc-2.2. 2. You have to fight with things like xinetd (it took me a full day to get rsh without passwords working and still having access control working with ALL : ALL in /etc/hosts.deny). The one reason that could make me upgrade is the installation of a 2.4 kernel. Since RH 7.0 does not have it, there is no reason to upgrade yet. If it turns out that the 2.4 kernel is easier to install on a 7.0 system then I may go ahead. I definitely would prefer to install the new kernel under 6.2 (until now I failed to get a running system: my test box hangs after printing the message "booting the kernel ..." to the screen. Any ideas? I attribute this to some mistake I have made, not to RH 6.2). Cheers, Martin ======================================================================== Martin Siegert Academic Computing Services phone: (604) 291-4691 Simon Fraser University fax: (604) 291-4242 Burnaby, British Columbia email: siegert at sfu.ca Canada V5A 1S6 ======================================================================== _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf


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A Swept-hilt Rapier, English, c. 1605-15 (A596)
An exceptionally rare example of Jacobean swordsmithing, this beautiful sword was as much a fashion statement as it was a lethal weapon.
Distinct in style from the work of the larger Italian and German sword-producing centres, this robust yet refined piece exemplifies English taste, combining a strong construction with delicate gold and silver ornament.
Before Sir Richard Wallace acquired this rapier, it was in the collection of William Meyrick, the cousin and heir to the great arms and armour scholar Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick (1786-1848). In 1861 William Meyrick stated that the hilt and pommel of this sword had been 'recently dug up at Saffron Walden' in Essex. The pieces were cleaned and possibly to some extent restored and a 'suitable blade' added to reform the fragments into a complete weapon. Though in part restored, this fine rapier remains an important example of the type of sword fashionable at the court of King James I.
A number of features mark this piece out as being English work of a high quality, rather than the product of one of the great Italian or German workshops. The very large pear-shaped pommel is typical of English swords of this period. The rounded qualities of this sword are further emphasised by the oval terminals located on the ends of the cross-guard and forward-guard, and placed centrally on the knuckle-bow and loop-guard. The decoration is also distinctively English, the rich silver encrusting being found on a number of comparable English swords, including that of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (1594-1612), the son of King James I, shown below, also in the Wallace Collection (A511).
The encrusting on this sword takes the typical form of masks surrounded with feathers and foliage, while lines of silver beads form panels along the bars of the hilt and surrounding surface of the pommel. These panels are filled with very fine gold foliate scrolls. These are false-damascened; the surface is roughened or cross-hatched and covered with gold foil or wire. The style of these scrolls is closely comparable to the decoration found on knives of the period bearing London cutlers' marks.
© Trustees of the Wallace Collection 2008. Text by Tobias Capwell
Further Reading
- Norman, A.V.B., Wallace Collection Catalogues: European Arms and Armour Supplement (London: The Wallace Collection, 1986), p. 138.
- Mann, Sir James, Wallace Collection Catalogues: European Arms and Armour (London: The Wallace Collection, 1962), pp. 302-3, pl. 122.


text: Any recommendations regarding the best place to purchase clutch and throttle cables for the K1100LT? I found a clutch cable on line in U.S. for $25 but checked local and the price was $55 plus tax. So, I think that purchasing on line and having these cables sent to 'my' U.S. address is best. Who would you suggest that I order from? Thanks for the input. -Bob


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The city will consider adopting a new ordinance that not only makes it unlawful to create graffiti, but also clearly defines a graffiti removal policy � including to whom the cleanup responsibility falls.
The Burlington City Council will vote Tuesday on an ordinance presented to city staff and council members Monday night during a work session by Burlington Police Chief Jeff Smythe and Interim City Attorney Charles Bateman.
�These types of ordinances go from draconian to remedial,� Bateman said, adding the strictest graffiti ordinances outlaw the sale of materials such as spray paint.
He and Smythe agreed that�s not the approach Burlington should take.
Instead, the proposed ordinance will deem any issuance of graffiti a �public nuisance� and make defacing any public or private property unlawful. It also will spell out who has to clean up the mess, after the fact.
According to the proposed ordinance, the perpetrator is responsible for removing the graffiti within 24 hours of notification by the city or a private property owner. If the graffiti were created by a minor, the parents or legal guardians of the perpetrator also will be responsible for the cleanup.
But Smythe recognizes that graffiti �artists� don�t usually step forward to cover their work. So a section of the proposed ordinance offers provisions for cleanup by personal property owners or the city itself.
If personal property remains defaced with graffiti for 10 days after its owner receives notice of the graffiti, it will be considered unlawful, and the owner will be responsible for the cleanup. The notice will state that if the graffiti aren't removed in 10 days, the city will consider the affected property a public nuisance.
In that case, Smythe said, the cleanup would be subject to Burlington�s standard nuisance abatement process, in which the city takes care of the cleanup but sends the property owner the bill.
However, the city wants to help property owners when it can.
Smythe said when the initial notice is given to property owners indicating the defaced property, the city also will provide information on local vendors specializing in graffiti removal, or groups such as the Boy Scouts that volunteer to clean up graffiti, as well as the city�s own cleanup processes.
The city also will be able to use public funds to remove graffiti located on �publicly owned or privately owned property viewable from a public or quasi-public place,� according to the proposed ordinance.
If approved Tuesday, the graffiti ordinance will go into effect June 1.
�We really need five or six months of education to let the public know it�s coming,� Bateman said.
Currently there are 40 identified victims of graffiti in the city, Smythe said, but local individuals and groups have volunteered to repaint and accomplish the graffiti cleanup prior to June so those property owners won�t have to play catch-up.
�That will reduce the long-term costs to the city,� he said.


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Zone Alarm Free 9.2.057.000
Windows XP SP2
I just downloaded and installed the new version and there is a new behavior that I really don't like, mainly because it's not very logical.
Every time I run a program, no matter what it is, Zone Alarm adds it to the Program control list. This makes policing the list a tiresome task. The only programs I want to see in the list are ones that have requested access to the internet. So that my list will show either a check or an "X" next to it. I have no need for 30-40 entries of programs that do not access the internet with "?" after it.
The only time Zone Alarm should add the program to the list is when it requests internet access. Why, oh why, do I need the Windows Calculator in the list? Along with about 30-40 other programs that I use regularly that don't access the internet.
When I'm having a problem with my computer and I need to check internet access, I'd rather look through 15-20 entries that 55-60.
Is there any way to turn off this option and only have Zone Alarm add the programs upon internet request?


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so in the market for a new tv since my 42" samsung lcd is starting to show its age....also its power usage is starting to add up...200watts @ about 10 hours per day add up real quick
so i know im in the market for a LED since from my math they use about ~25watts
i know i can go to best buy and see them with my eyes, also costco, that way i at least know what they look like...i know the settings and lighting aren't anywhere close to what i will have in my home, but i'd rather not buy one blindly...
are there better deals to be had online for tv's? i see what look like some half decent deals at amazon, but are there any other sites where i should look for good deals on tv's?
also i want to try to stay with some of the bigger players...i dont want some crap brand....i wanna try to stick with samsung, LG, sharp, toshiba, vizio (yes i know not high quality, but all the ones i see look nice) not a big fan of sony...but if there is a deal on it i'll pull the trigger
oh yea size wise....around 50", no need for 3d, no hz requirements either..we mainly just watch the tube with occasional 360 gaming
budget ~8-900 obviously cheaper is better....i see some 50's for the 700 range....
thanks a ton


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+ City Commission approves Orioles deal
A split City Commission approved a deal that would pave the way for the Baltimore Orioles to hold spring training in Sarasota.
By a 3-2 vote Wednesday, the commission approved an agreement that transfers Ed Smith Stadium to the county for $1 and allows the county to conduct contract negotiations with the baseball team.
The agreement requires the city to cleanup any contamination under the stadium property. The site used to be a landfill, and there is evidence of groundwater and soil contamination.
At press time, the County Commission was scheduled to vote on the agreement with the city Wednesday night. For more on the story and details of the votes, visit YourObserver.com.
+ Tiger Bay names new president
For the first time in 20 years, the Sarasota Tiger Bay Club has a new president. Longboat Key Commissioner Hal Lenobel was named president this week, taking over for Marj Baldwin, who announced her retirement in March.
Also named as officers were Sam Holladay and John Patterson as treasurers. Dan Bailey was named secretary.
The next Tiger Bay Club luncheon will take place Aug. 20, and the guest speakers will be Sen. Nancy Detert, Rep. Keith Fitzgerald, Rep. Doug Holder and Rep. Bill Galvano. Former Sen. John McKay will serve as moderator.
+ Commission votes to raise traffic fines
County commissioners voted July 22 to raise the fines on several traffic infractions by $15. The county is employing a new state law that allows local governments to double the $15 surcharge on items such as speeding, red-light running, leaving the scene of an accident and reckless driving.
The current surcharge brings in about $700,000 per year, but the county's court-facilities costs are about $1.2 million. The county hopes the higher surcharge will make up the funding gap.
+ Tampa company bridges the gaps
Sarasota County has hired a Tampa company to build the two trestles necessary to bridge the northern and southern sections of The Legacy Trail.
Misener Marine Construction was awarded a $3 million contract to build the trestles over Dona and Roberts bays. The contract calls for the construction to be complete by July 21,


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J.Crew Mixes Military with Sparkle for Spring 2010
Jenna Lyons, SVP of Design for J.Crew, presented her spring 2010 collection yesterday in New York at the company's downtown headquarters.
A mix of utilitarian sportswear and cheerful sequined separates, the spring line combined camouflaged military jackets and khaki anoraks with pastel ruffled mini skirts and paillette-covered tunics. There were pops of bright coral, mint green, and pale blue set against a neutral palette, most notably in a striped floral shift—which Lyons told us was created by cutting strips of the printed fabric and inserting thin silk georgette panels in between.
Accessories included gold and silver metallic desert boots and boat shoes, ecru lace-up Oxfords, and oversized leather handbags. Models were dripping in jewelry—an increasingly important category for J.Crew—sparkling in oversized crystal drop earrings, layered charm necklaces, and stacked jeweled cuffs.
Greeting guests in one of fall's most popular hooded army jackets, Lyons talked about reinventing sportswear and her dedication to optimistic clothing—for that (and for the price points) we are forever grateful.


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Your Age:
Book Title:
How I Survived Middle School Series
Why did you decide to read this book? Did a friend suggest it? Did it have an interesting cover?:
Well... I finished a series of the Candy Apple Books and I wanted to read more. When I was little, these books became really boring. So I waited another year. And it got really interesting. I wanted to know what middle school is like. Even though I'm not in middle school yet.
What is the story about?/What happened in the story?:
It is about this girl Jenny. She's in the sixth grade and it's her first year. Her best friend, Addie, dumped her and she became a Pop, such in popular. Now they are archenemies.
Why did you like this story? or Why did you not like this story?:
I like these books because you get to know what it feels like. She had lots of problems with her friends but they become friends again. And the Pops are just thinking of makeup and stuff. They think they're better then Jenny's group of friends- which all Pops do.
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