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Rotation is a strong point for Reds in first half
By Mark Clements / MLB.com
Recent seasons have shown signs of improvement, but the Reds haven't seen the kind of production the 2012 rotation is providing in decades.
The Reds are one of only two clubs, along with the Marlins, to use just five starting pitchers all season -- a modern franchise record.
All five starters have also recorded at least one complete game prior to the All-Star break for the first time since 1985.
"People are always expecting things to stop instead of just letting them be," said Reds manager Dusty Baker. "They're going to stop on their own sooner or later. That might be next year or the year after that or next week, so we just accept it while it's here."
On the Reds' 11-game road trip to close the first half of the season, Cincinnati starters posted a 1.90 ERA with a season-high 10 consecutive quality starts in each of the first 10 games.
The Reds' team ERA of 3.39 at the All-Star break is the lowest since 1990, the last time the club won a World Series title.
"I'm a firm believer that pitching wins championships," said Reds outfielder Ryan Ludwick. "I think historically, when you look at World Series winners over the past five decades or so, you look at the starting rotations and the bullpen, usually teams with good pitching and good defense win championships."
Reds aim to get more consistent on offense
CINCINNATI -- After finishing each of the past two seasons ranked in the top 10 in runs scored in the Majors, the Reds didn't think crossing the plate would be much of an issue heading into the 2012 campaign.
They quickly faced reality after ranking No. 19 and No. 20 in runs scored for the months of April and May, respectively, to start the year.
The Reds revved it up slightly in June, scoring the 11th most runs in the Majors.
But despite playing in one of the best hitters' parks in baseball, the Reds have crossed the plate 358 times in 85 games this season entering Friday, which is the 17th most in the Majors.
The Reds entered Friday -- the first game since the All-Star break -- on a three-game winning streak, but faced a familiar stint of low-scoring games right before the break.
After an 8-2 win against the Dodgers on July 2, the Reds hit a three-game skid of scoring just one run per night before their three-game streak to end the first half.
As Cincinnati begins the second half one game behind the Pirates in the National League Central, Reds outfielder Chris Heisey said more consistency at the plate will equate to more wins.
"I think, especially offensively, we've had streaks where we hit really well and score a lot of runs, and then we've had streaks where we've kind of not showed up and scoring one or two runs a game," Heisey said. "I think if we can be consistent and just score three, four, five runs a night, we're going to have a great chance with the way our starting pitching has been going."
Entering Friday's game with the Cardinals, the Reds have scored three runs or fewer in 35 games this season, 29 of which have resulted in losses. Cincinnati has scored four or more runs 50 times, accounting for 41 wins.
Reds manager Dusty Baker counted several things the club can improve on heading into the second half of the season, but specified getting better on offense.
"There's always some things to improve on," Baker said. "Better pitch selection sometimes, especially hitting with runners in scoring position. If you improve on those things, then, naturally, we'll improve on our one-run record, which has really hurt us."
The Reds are 14-16 in one-run games this season, the 10th worst record in the Majors.
"We've played some good ballgames" Baker said. "Some of those games we've had to come back on and fell short. Some of those they took us and we didn't have a chance to come back."
Rolen out of the lineup on Friday
CINCINNATI -- Despite returning to action in the Reds' first-half closer at San Diego and a four-day rest during the All-Star break, third baseman Scott Rolen was out of Friday night's lineup against the Cardinals.
Rolen, 37, missed a week of action nursing back spasms, but played a complete game on Sunday.
"He hadn't played for four days," Reds manager Dusty Baker said. "Part of it is matchup, part of it is giving him another day to get some reps and get some swings in. We've got a plan."
Rolen has struggled at the plate this season, hitting .178 with 23 hits and 16 RBIs in 129 at-bats.
Rookie backup Todd Frazier has had plenty of success filling in for the 17-year veteran, batting .278 with 50 hits and 29 RBIs entering Friday's game.
Worth noting
Reds pitching coach Bryan Price is set to return to the team this weekend, after missing time while going through what manager Dusty Baker called "tough family times."
Reds right fielder Ryan Ludwick and Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina celebrated their birthdays on Friday.
Mark Clements 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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Clarkson University Trustee and Alumnus James W. Ransom, chief of the St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Council, will deliver the Van Sickle Endowed Lecture at Clarkson University's Convocation on Monday, August 24, at 7 p.m. in Cheel Arena. The event is open to the public free of charge.
The title of Ransom's talk is "One Person Can Make a Difference" and is dedicated to the late Edward T. Misiaszek, a long-time Clarkson faculty member and administrator, as well as Ransom's mentor.
Ransom will discuss the importance of mentorship and the role that each person can play in helping others to reach their potential. He will also incorporate the themes of identity and self-discovery as they relate to the novel Flight, by Sherman Alexie, which first-year students read during the summer.
Flight combines pop culture, Native American history, fantasy, and time travel to explore questions of identity in 21st century America.
Ransom earned a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from Clarkson in 1988. He also holds an A.A.S. degree in civil technology from Canton Agricultural and Technical College.
He is serving his third term as chief and has worked for the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe and community of the Akwesasne for the past 28 years in various capacities.
He has extensive experience in environmental issues and in 1978 helped to start the tribe's environmental program, serving as its director through 1990.
Prior to his election as tribal chief, Ransom was the first director of the Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force, helping to develop environmental programs for the Cayuga, Tonawanda Seneca and Tuscarora nations.
Ransom has a strong interest in tribal education issues and serves as chairman of the tribe's education committee, which is developing a ten-year strategic plan that includes the development of a tribal college. He also recently served a five-year term on the Salmon River Central school board and was previously involved with the parent committee for the Akwesasne Freedom School.
He serves on the New York State Environmental Board, which oversees the operation of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. He is also a member of the board of directors for the Onake Corporation, a non-profit board promoting the culture of the Mohawk people.
The Kenneth J. and Irla Van Sickle Endowed Lectureship was established in 1992 through generous bequests from the estates of Kenneth and Irla Van Sickle of Shortsville, N.Y. The Van Sickles shared interests in photography, gardening, nature and stamp collecting. During their long and active lives, the Van Sickles were dedicated to hard work, placing great value on education, particularly higher education.
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replacement of the slate tiles and copper flashings around
the building's dome, as well as replacement of flat roofing,
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Preserving Rural Landscapes
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Garkovich said it is important to maintain scenic open spaces around Kentucky. These so-called "green spaces" not only enhance nearby residential properties' value, but they also contribute to the state's tourism appeal.
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Rural dwellers have long maintained that their properties contribute livestock and other agricultural products to the region without taxing school, public safety, and other systems. Meanwhile, developers claim that their mindful building of planned housing developments not only raises land parcel prices, but also increases and diversifies a community's tax base. Lorraine Garkovich, PhD, professor of community and leadership development at the University of Kentucky, said that although agricultural land tracts are taxed at lower rates than residential properties, farms—including horse-friendly properties—play key roles in the environmental and economic health of counties and towns across Kentucky. As a result, it's key for communities to find ways to balance growth with the need to conserve land resources for rural use.
According to results of a University of Kentucky equine industry survey released in January 2013, 242,400 horses reside in the state. Kentucky is home to 35,000 equine operations, and more than 1 million of the state's rural acres are devoted to equine use. As a result, maintaining rural land resources make good economic sense for the state.
But maintaining the state's rural integrity is not easy. Garkovich said there are several key rural land conservation issues facing property owners and county and local governments in Kentucky and elsewhere. She said chief among those issues are protecting soil resources, sustaining and enhancing farming—including horse farming—as a key component of state and local economies, protecting groundwater recharge areas, maintaining scenic open spaces, and minimizing state, county, and local land use conflicts.
Garkovich said soil preservation is critical as well. Soils found in many parts of the state are highly productive for agricultural purposes. But once that resource is gone, she said, it's gone.
"Once developed by residential, commercial, or industrial uses, this productive resource is lost to agriculture forever," Garkovich.
Likewise, the preservation of groundwater recharge areas is crucial, especially to those who raise livestock, Garkovich said. Many Kentucky families as well as public water systems depend on groundwater as their major source of drinking water, she said. But many rural homes rely on septic systems to contain waste water and those systems can fail. As a result, continued development using septic systems can threaten groundwater resources.
"Therefore, protecting areas that are critical in replenishing the groundwater source is important," Garkovich said.
Finally, Garkovich said it is important to maintain scenic open spaces around the state. These so-called "green spaces" not only enhance nearby residential properties' value, but they also contribute to Kentucky's tourism appeal.
Maintaining Kentucky's rural resources require both private and public will. Communities might adopt zoning ordinances designed to define land use to preserve rural resources while accommodating growth derived from land development.
"Zoning ordinances may also define how development occurs within a particular zone by, for example (defining) subdivision development standards," Garkovich said.
Communities can also adopt so-called "right to farm" ordinances. These measures make agriculture a priority so long as farmers meet best practices standards in cases of "nuisance" complaints by adjacent nonfarm property owners.
"The purpose of such ordinances is to reduce the loss of agricultural resources by clarifying the circumstances under which agricultural operations may be considered a nuisance, and to promote a good neighbor policy," Garkovich said.
Finally, Garkovich said, farmers can contribute to rural resource preservation by working with qualified conservation organizations to restrict or prevent land development for non-rural purposes.
"In this case, the farmland owner agrees to permit the qualified conservation organization to acquire an 'interest' in their land so that non-farm development does not occur on the land," Garkovich said. "This interest may be acquired through a sale, a grant, or by other means."
Garkovich said when it comes to preserving rural resources communities and individual land owners have many options. Which option they choose can be in the state and community's long term best interest.
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Medicaid recipients in Georgia are in danger of losing half a billion dollars if the proposed extension of Georgia's hospital bed tax is not passed by the state House of Representatives.
Department of Community Health Commissioner David Cook said without the expiring bed tax, the state would need to find a new way to shore up Medicaid's financing.
"Our opportunities to address a $550 million shortfall if that were not passed would be pretty much limited to addressing it through provider payment rates, which I think could be significant," Cook said.
In Georgia, 46 percent of Medicaid recipients are black and 12 percent are Hispanic, according to figures from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Gov. Nathan Deal has endorsed the bed tax and it cleared its first major hurdle Thursday when it passed the Senate in the first week of the legislative session.
Deal had urged quick passage of Senate Bill 24. The bill would extend the two-year-old funding mechanism and avert a financial crisis in the state's budget.
House Speaker, Republican David Ralston, has already endorsed the bill.
Policy analysts say there could be as much as a 20 percent payment cut to doctors and hospitals if the bed tax is not passed. They also assert that the cuts would put 10-15 hospitals across the state in danger of shutting down.
Lawmakers are currently considering a proposal sponsored by Deal that would shift the power to levy the tax from the legislature to the Board of Community Health, which the governor appoints.
Critics of that plan say that it's merely a ruse that allows state lawmakers to get out making a vote on a controversial tax increase.


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Dial Mountain Climber's Log
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Date Climbed: Nov 4, 2017
|Great hike with great view and plenty of steep sections.
|Posted Nov 7, 2017 10:53 am
|Nippletop Slide to Dial
Date Climbed: Nov 9, 2014
|We took the Nippletop Slide and looped over to Dial. Conditions were sub-optimal to say the least. This made for a tricky, and at points, scary ascent of the Nippletop Slide, as it was icy enough for need an ax, but the ice was not thick enough to get a good bite with the axes. Still, we made it without incident and had a fantastic weekend!
|Posted Nov 2, 2015 4:45 pm
|Busy Day
Date Climbed: Sep 12, 2014
|Hiked up Lake Road and took the Gill Brook trail, summited Nippletop Mt first, then Dial Mt and Bear Den on my way down. Great day to be out, lots of people on the trail too. Great views from Dial Mt, especially of the Great Range.
|Posted Sep 12, 2014 9:09 pm
|Dial and Nippletop
Date Climbed: Sep 28, 2008
|Had lunch with a bear on Nippletop.
|Posted Sep 1, 2013 10:15 pm
Date Climbed: Mar 16, 2013
|Hiked Dial Mountain 4020' starting from the Lake Road Trail. Weather was clear but a storm moved in quickly and continued throughout the day. We started around 8am and finished around 3pm. It was a long haul but an enjoyable one.
|Posted Jul 27, 2013 3:53 pm
|NT and Dial
Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2013
|A great hike that was made interesting when I had to carry a friend down Dial on my back! Totally worth it!
|Posted Jul 24, 2013 4:53 pm
|#19 for me!
Date Climbed: Mar 17, 1983
|My 19th 46er a looong time ago with a childhood friend
|Posted Dec 24, 2012 12:46 am
|On The Way
Date Climbed: Apr 1, 2012
|Passed through heading up Nippletop. One of my now favorite loops in the ADK!
|Posted Apr 2, 2012 11:42 am
Date Climbed: Nov 5, 2011
|Hit up Dial on the way to Nippletop. Cold and clear.
|Posted Nov 7, 2011 8:07 am
|Fun hike
Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2011
|Completed Dial and Nippletop making the loop with Elk Pass. After a great range traverse the previous weekend, this one seemed like a piece of cake! Nice views and good company made for a wonderful day despite overcast skies.
|Posted Aug 8, 2011 9:49 pm
|a bunch
Date Climbed: Jun 7, 1972
|With Paul Hughes, went over a bunch. Camped at the washbowl.
|Posted Jun 9, 2011 11:21 pm
|The Nippletop Range
Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2010
|Hiked up enroute to Nippletop. Nice spot to stop for some views and a snack.
|Posted Nov 8, 2010 4:58 pm
|Dialing In
|Clear Day, Tons of Bugs, and from what I remember lots of ups and downs ....
|Posted Nov 1, 2010 11:07 pm
Date Climbed: May 15, 2009
|I thought that Dial was better than the write-ups on it.I took some amazing photos of the lower great range from this lookout.
|Posted Dec 16, 2009 10:15 pm
|From Nippletop
|Hiked from Nippletop a long time ago.
|Posted Jul 14, 2009 9:42 pm
|Dial along with Bear Den and Nippletop make for an excellent outing
|Posted Dec 21, 2008 11:47 am
|Ausable Club -> Bear Den -> Dial -> Nippletop
Date Climbed: Jun 12, 2008
|Did this loop solo on a beautiful day. High Peak #7.
|Posted Oct 16, 2008 11:00 am
|Dial Mountain
Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2006
|Climbed with Nippletop via the H.G. Leach Trail from the Ausable Club. There were raspberry bushes along most of the trail, especially around the west shoulder of Noonmark. The summit provided suprisingly good views and we had most of the hike to ourselves.
|Posted Aug 11, 2008 5:34 pm
|Bark Eater
|No black flies!
Date Climbed: May 29, 2008
|Beautiful day in the high peaks. Clear, cool, breezy, and not a black fly to be seen. The Leach trail was in great shape. Still a few patches of snow in the woods near the top.
|Posted Jun 1, 2008 9:00 am
|From Nippletop
Date Climbed: Jan 12, 2008
|Headed to Dial from Nippletop. Neat views from the shoulder of Noonmark. This was the last of the High Peaks in St. Huberts we needed to complete, yay! Neat peak! 17/46
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We've seen the live patch notes, pleasant patch surprises and the changes between PTR and live in 2.3. Now, the good citizens of Azeroth present the undocumented Patch 2.3 changes on WoWWiki and World of Raids. All the little changes are listed on the pages, so we've chosen to highlight the biggest undocumented changes. These may not apply to everyone, but have been noticed by people in the community.
- Boats and zeppelins which carry players now have NPC crews, including vendors.
- There is a new neutral flight path outside of Zul'Aman, which means you can now fly out from Silvermoon City.
- Whoever in a group has loot rights to a corpse will appear on the minimap (LOOT THE DOG!)
- There is now a log in the guild information tab that allows you to see promotions, kicks, joins and leaves.
- Mousing over the mail icon will show you the name of the mail sender.
- Track Humanoids distinguishes between friendly and hostile targets.
- Interactive items such as herbs now have a glow around them, making them easier to find.
- Primal Fire and Earth, and motes thereof, can be put in mining bags. Primal Water, Life, and Mana can be put in enchanting bags. Primal Life can be put in herbalism bags. All primals and motes can go in Engineering bags.
- The cooldown on Nexus Transformation has been eliminated.


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ATSDR Case Studies in Environmental Medicine: Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) ToxicityCourse Number: WB1519
This Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) case study/monograph is one in a series of self-instructional publications designed to increase primary care providers and other health professionals knowledge of hazardous substances in the environment and to aid in the evaluation of potentially exposed patients. By introducing or enhancing the principles and practice of environmental medicine for primary health care providers within this educational offering ( including how to take an appropriate exposure history , consideration of environmental etiologies in the differential diagnosis, taking appropriate public health actions, and providing related patient education and counseling which supports preventive actions) , practice gaps in environmental medicine can be addressed and practice adoption supported. In this way, physicians and other healthcare personnel have the opportunity to increase their knowledge/competency and make applicable practice changes to better prevent, diagnose, treat, counsel, and manage patients exposed to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs). Course Link
TARGET AUDIENCE: Our primary target audience is primary health providers and other health professionals involved in preventing/mitigating exposure to hazardous substances and/or related health promotion activities.
PREREQUISITES: A basic knowledge of medicine or related basics of human health promotion at a professional level is desired.
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It's go-see week!
The girls are broken up into teams of two and actually put behind the wheel of a car, with only a map to guide them. This seems like a terrible idea, but nobody is dead by the episode's end, so I guess it's a success.
There are five possible casting directors for the girls to meet with, and they must return to the Wilhelmina offices by 4 p.m. You know how that goes. The teams are: Jennifer and Erin; Brittany and Kara; Sundai and Rae; and Nicole and Laura. Kara is glad that she's not with Nicole, because she's a total hater and thinks Nicole has the social graces of a fetus.
The girls see clothing designers Trina Turk and Rozay Nichols, jewelry designer Neil Lane, and also have to read a script for a commercial at advertising agency Wongdoody. Hilarity ensues when Laura tries out her "hood" accent. She also has no idea how to work a parking meter. The editors showed great restraint in not playing the theme to The Beverly Hillbillies at any point. Because Rae drives like a grandma, she and Sundai don't make it back to Wilhelmina in time and are disqualified from the competition. They also get a talking to from Sean Patterson of Wilhelmina, who banishes them from the room as the other girls get their critique.
Erin is modelesque but timid, Kara is universally acknowledged to be scruffy and greasy-haired, and Nicole has a beautiful face but lacks energy. But who needs energy when you're going to be surrounded by other girls who haven't eaten in three weeks? Nicole wins! She gets a piece from each go-see designer, and a role in a TV commercial. Laura seems relatively nice about this but the other girls -- particularly Kara -- continue to hate, with unusually strong venom.
The photo shoot for the week has the girls posing with martial arts weapons while up in the air. They are harnessed to a wire and are outfitted as quasi-Japanese warrior princesses, and three of their photos are composited into the final photo to make one fluid action sequence. Nicole is up first, and seems quite comfortable wielding a sword. She does great, and totally makes up for her misfire of a performance last week. Erin, Jennifer and Laura all do quite well, too. Brittany is particularly uncoordinated on the wire, but her film turns out great. Karma has a beef with mean girl Kara, and she stinks it up. Rae falls flat, and Jay calls Sundai "abysmal." What's also abysmal is that all of the girls have bumps and bruises in the uncomfortable places from the harness. At panel, Nicole gets the best photo of the week with Laura coming in a close second. Kara and Sundai are in the bottom two, with Kara being eliminated.
Discuss this episode in our forums, then see why vloggers Val & Beth think that Tyra should start accepting older models, as well, in TV is the Answer. And check back soon for the full weecap!
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Living just north of Madrid means I get to see the spectacular Cardinal Fritillary. For the benefit of those living in the UK I post below some photos taken today.
The upper wings of the female Cardinal are very similar to the Silver Washed except that they should have a greenish tinge. However, the green tinge - which I believe is the result of phosphorescence - is very dependent on the angle of the light. So the first photo shows a typical presentation with very little green being visible.
She then flew onto a different flower head and proceeded to dance around as she drank the nectar from the various flowers. I took a sequence of photos as the colours on her wings progressed to show ever more colour. This next shot shows enough green to make it clearly distinguishable from a Silver Washed
But as she danced around the flower head she eventually caught the sun at such an angle as to show off the most wonderful colours. In this final shot the left wing has a deep green hue while the right is showing red at the root of the wing (aerial navigators beware - should be red to port!!!)
If you visit Spain in the summer be sure to look out for this very colourful butterfly.
Very nice Alan - thanks for sharing // Mike
You're welcome. BTW, I think I was having a senior moment when I wrote phosphorescence. It's iridescence surely?
Dare I say it: may be due to senescence?!
(we're all getting there at one rate or another)
Very interesting Royal Society discourse on iridescence
- http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/site/misc/iridescence.xhtml (and links therein)


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There are many needy families in the Arkansas River Valley, and it's time once again to begin the Christmas Wish program through the Main Street Mission. The River Valley's support has been tremendous over the years, and your help is needed once again in adopting families and helping provide each child with presents to open on Christmas morning.
We will start running letters in The Courier on Nov. 1, so please look for them.
Families in need may pick up applications for Christmas Wish at Main Street Mission, 1110 E. Second St. in Russellville beginning Oct. 1. Children ages 0-16 may participate. Applications must be received by mail no later than Oct. 26.
The interview process will begin on Oct. 29, and all adoptions will be assigned by Nov. 23.
All gifts for the adoptions must be picked up by Dec. 10.


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"To hear a noble prelude of Bach soaring through the high vaults of a Gothic church, or the mystical quality of a Franck choral in the atmosphere of a French Cathedral is an experience never to be forgotten."Robert Noehren
"The eminent Robert Noehren has always merited his reputation as an organist of spirit, commanding technique, and impeccable musical understanding
These are energetic performances putting the virtuoso and mercurial movements in wonderful contrast to the meditative and mystical scores. The Langlais and Franck scores in particular move at a pace rivaling the current 'pedal-to-the-metal' norms of virtuosity. But there is a special poetry in the quiet music too, as with a deeply felt communion-mediation of Messiaen, and the little-known and-played Grunenwald essay in honor of Josquin."Fanfare


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AT&T to reconsider Newfane tower site
NEWFANE -- With residents raising concerns about a proposed cellular tower's location, AT&T representatives have agreed to consider other sites in Newfane.
That has led two South Newfane residents to solicit information about potential tower sites through Facebook and a new e-mail address, firstname.lastname@example.com.
But an AT&T representative also is warning that there are many factors -- including proximity of about a half-mile to the currently proposed location -- that the company must consider before accepting another property.
"We will consider additional, valid alternatives," AT&T spokesman Will Keyser said. "But those alternatives have to meet basic criteria for the tower to provide the level of service necessary."
At issue is an AT&T plan to build a 130-foot tower at 66 Oak Hill Road in South Newfane. Administrators have said the tower would dramatically improve the town's spotty cell coverage and also could host equipment from two other cell-service carriers.
The company plans to apply to the state Public Service Board for a certificate of public good to erect the tower. AT&T also has asked for a favorable recommendation from the town despite the fact that the structure would exceed height and setback limits in a local ordinance regulating telecommunication facilities.
The proposal drew opposition when AT&T representatives spoke at a Nov. 15 Selectboard meeting. Some questioned the tower's safety and effect on property values given its proximity to homes, while others wondered about aesthetic impacts.
An AT&T attorney characterized the tower as safe and beneficial to town residents with "relatively low visual impact."
But state Sen. Peter Galbraith, a Windham County Democrat, last week contacted an AT&T representative in Montpelier and reported that "they agree to consider alternate sites and will write the Selectboard saying so."
Galbraith acknowledged that there are limits on those alternative sites. But he also praised AT&T for its willingness to work with residents.
"They've said they're going to be flexible, and hopefully they will be," Galbraith said.
He recalled that after Newfane was devastated by Tropical Storm Irene in August 2011, AT&T quickly set up a mobile telecommunications site in the town.
"We're appreciative of AT&T for its incredibly prompt response," Galbraith said. "They had the tower there in 48 hours. It was amazing."
Keyser said AT&T, in re-examining the proposed site for a new tower, must weigh factors including a nearby power source, an access road, a willing property owner and compliance with environmental regulations.
Also, in order to serve the population AT&T has targeted, the alternative site must be in the "general vicinity" of 66 Oak Hill Road -- generally, about a half-mile from that address, Keyser said.
He also confirmed that the company will conduct another "balloon test" to gauge the proposed tower's visibility. Many have complained that they received little or no notice before the first test.
No date has been set for a second test.
"It's definitely going to occur. It's a little tricky this time of year with weather, but we are going to move forward," Keyser said. "We'll make sure that everybody who needs to know will be notified."
Jay and Jake Urato of South Newfane are gathering tower-site suggestions so they can forward them to AT&T. Information can be submitted via the neighborhood's Facebook page at www.facebook.com/NewfaneBulletin or to the email@example.com address.
Jake Urato said lease money could be an incentive for property owners to host a tower. But she also urged those responding to provide as many specifics as possible to satisfy AT&T's criteria.
"We've been talking with people and working on this pretty much constantly," she said. "We know there's a time crunch."
The issue will be on the agenda for the Selectboard's next meeting, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Dec. 6, Chairman Jon Mack said.
The board has not yet taken a position on the tower. But Mack said officials have contacted the Vermont League of Cities and Towns to inquire about "what our options are."
"The hope is that we can reach an agreement that will get us cell coverage in a way that satisfies all parties," Mack said.
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Verdict is in and the 6th seed means nothing!? You are silly! So answer me this...do we have a better roster than any of the teams ahead of us? Which one of those teams should we be ahead of if only we had a different coach?
It means a lot and is not a moral victory like an all-star birth as you suggest. It factually gives us a playoff birth and a chance at a chip. We were the 8th seed and made the finals so anything is possible. Probable? No, but possible! Further you are ignoring that we have a big gaping 14+ million dollar hole in our roster!
Further, you keep repeating this mantra of the difference between teaching and preaching defense pretending to have some insider information on what goes in practices that we all don't have. Now, you use the Kiyamanesque induction of D'ants inner motives and have concluded that his talk about defense is only for media consumption!
Lets get a bit of prespective thats actually based on fact:
What did JJ have to say?It's worth noting that Jeffries was a bit of an anomaly: the only Knicks starter who was on the court purely for his defense. Coach Mike D'Antoni loved Jeffries' length and his versatility – he could guard all five positions and switch on every pick-and-roll.
Jeffries, in fact, presents a strong counter-argument to those who contend that D'Antoni cares only about offense. Jeffries was easily the Knicks' least skilled offensive player. Yet he started 37 of 52 games this season and was sixth in minutes per game (28.1). He led the Knicks in charges drawn.
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]"I think that Mike's a realist,'' Jeffries said. "Defending, like anything else in the NBA, is a talent level. And you can't have people that are not great defenders and expect them to be great defenders. Just like you can't have people that aren't great scorers and expect them to be great scorers. He put me out there to be a defender and he puts guys out there to be scorers. He does focus on defense, but if you don't have defensive players, then you're not going to be a great defensive team.''
Check to the mate! He is backing up everything I have always said...it's the roster not the coach that will determine how good a team is on defense. You rather blame a system while ignore the roster that forced us to play small which in turn causes us to be out rebounded and give up more points as a result of the extra possessions.
You keep pretending to read minds and cling to a preformed "verdict" in spite of new information all you want but it does not fool me.


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Okay, I'm fairly certain Percy doesn't have his own thread running around somewhere, and I don't think he qualifies as a minor character, so I am now (for the first time) starting my own thread.
I see Percy as the "what if" version of Hermione. What if Hermione hadn't fought that troll with Harry and Ron? She could have become like Percy. If Percy hadn't broken ties with his family, he would have been more like Hermione: following rules only until it conflicted with his loyalties.
I do actually have a question buried up there. I'm in the middle of a fic where Percy meets someone he inherently trusts. He can objectively state that he has no reason to trust the person, although he has no reason to distrust the person either. Would he go with that feeling and confide in that person, or is he too logical to follow his instincts?
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I don't think too many middle aged women will find your website, so in my mind the best way to go is shelf space. You're gonna need instructions, box art, a deal with a store chain, a manufacturer, and a lawyer.
Another option you didn't consider was putting your game on one of those "50 games for $20" cd's. That might be an easier solution than marketing it by itself.
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I highly recommend reading this article on The difference between Shareware Amateurs and Shareware Professionals. While you may not go the shareware model, it's a great article on doing business in general.
Good luck!
I'll second Deffexor on this. Dexterity Software's CEO has written a number of articles that you might find valuable, petrov.
I would TOTALLY convert that into an application that was server-side/web-based and setup a subscription site where folks could upload images and create their own digital puzzles for family and friends.
That would own, and you would make far more money and reach far more people than 30-50 grammas.
A subscriber could send in a puzzle and send links to up to X people who could play that puzzle for free. If they wanted to play other puzzles or create their own, they would need to subscribe for a nominal fee.
If you were even moderately successful, Yahoo!games would buy you.
-- Eric.
Well, it's currently a win32 application so converting it to a web-based program (via Flash or Java applet or Javascript) would be quite difficult from a technical point of view. It would probably be far easier to write a new program from scratch.
What about some sort of ActiveX conversion?
I don't know diddly shit about ActiveX, but your suggestion intrigues me. I've posted a thread in the Programming Symposium to start a technical discussion about the feasibility of this idea.
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I'd stick to the online sales. There's definitely a market for simple puzzle games, but you'd have a lot of trouble getting retail shelf space. GarageGames is a publisher of indie games that seems to have had a bit of success. Unless you're planning on making many other games, I'd just let someone else handle the business end. They've got more experience and they'll know how to get it to an audience.
This sounds like an excellent idea. It lets a person how their puzzle from any computer, not just the one where they figured out how to install it.


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I have been sewing since I was 10. My mother signed my sister and I up when my dad went to Viet Nam and she was working. I guess to keep us out of trouble. In 2000, my grandson, then 4-1/2, wanted a dinosaur bedroom. I decided to go and pick up a bolt of dinosaur fabric by Cranston. I was just going to make curtains & comforter; however, my friend who was visiting from the east coast, decided I needed to fussy cut the dinosaurs and applique them to blocks. At this point, I'm going whaaaaaaa.....So she proceeded to show me what she was talking about, Voila, a quilter was born. I've been quilting ever since. At first I was making quilts for children in my church. Now I just make quilts and the good Lord tells me who to bless. In 2009, my lovely husband surprised me with a LA--a Queen Quilter 18 by Tin Lizzie. It was a good idea and a good present, but I've had nothing but headaches and heartaches since the purchase, but I struggle along. May be I can save up my do-re-mi, and buy a better one. This time, though, I will do my homework a little better. After buying the Tin Lizzie, I've found more people dissatisfied then satisfied. So that's my life in a nutshell.
Susan welcome to the club, you will love it here ,you'll meet some great folks form all over the US and the World . I hope you will enjoy your time here with us .. Barbara
Welcome to the site. You will love it here. Lots of talented and quilt friendly people. Be sure to check out all the areas and we'd love to see pictures of projects you're working on or have completed. We all love to ooo and ahh.
hi susan, welcome to the group
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Welcome, Susan ! Im a Susan, too. Where are you from ? What are your favorite things to make? There are a lot of great folks here at QCA wanting to share ideas with you. Hope you drop in often to chat with us. Looking forward to seeing some pics, too. Susan, North Florida
Hi Susan, it is nice to meet you. Sorry you are having a bad experience with your TL. If this was bought through a dealer, they should be able to help you figure it out and, if not, call the TL headquarters and ask for help. Hang in there, there is a huge learning curve when quilting on a frame...
Life is like a quilt...bits & pieces, joy & sorrow, stitched with love
Welcome Susan. We do have a discussion thread called "Longarmers Share" that you might like to look at to see if anyone there can offer suggestions for whatever problems you are having with your Tin Lizzie. I purchased a used early-model HQ16 that I know I'll never make prize-winning quilts on, but it allows me to do some simple all-over designs quicker/easier than I can do on my domestic sewing machine. One of the best tips I learned in the "Longarmer" discussion was to switch to Glide polyester thread and Glide magna-bobbins. That has really helped with tension issues and thread breakage.
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Hi Susan, welcome
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Hi Susan B, welcome to QCA, enjoy!
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Welcome Susan :)
Hi Susan. Welcome to the club. I can't wait to see some of your quilts. I get a lot of inspiration from the "Show and Tell Gallery". Take a look. It's fun.
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Welcome Susan. Sorry about your Tin Lizzie troubles.


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Issa, Mica vie for first shot at GSA
Powerful House committee chairmen Darrell Issa and John Mica are in an apparent duel to be the first to grill General Services Administration bureaucrats about a high-profile scandal — and grab the headlines that will come with it.
Issa's panel date on Monday afternoon, immediately after recess, leapfrogged Mica's own congressional hearing later in the week, giving the California Republican the coveted first strike. The chairman's Oversight and Government Reform hearing will include a quintet of current and former GSA officials, including GSA Inspector General Brian Miller, the author of a report that found a 2010 GSA junket in Las Vegas cost taxpayers $822,000.
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Originally, Issa and Mica, chairman of the House transportation committee, were scheduled to share a hearing on the Transportation Security Administration at that time.
Mica (R-Fla) and Rep. Jeff Denham (R-Calif.), the chairman of the subcommittee that oversees GSA, will host a hearing on Tuesday morning on the embarrassing report. In addition to Miller, Mica has asked now-resigned former GSA Administrator Martha Johnson to attend as a witness, as well as acting Administrator Dan Tangherlini. But the media cohort for Mica and Denham is sure to be smaller — and by Tuesday the public's attention may have begun to wander elsewhere.
To sum up the calendar jockeying: On April 4, two days after the IG report was released, Mica and Denham announced a subcommittee hearing on the "pattern of mismanagement, excess and waste" at GSA for April 19. This Monday, Issa lapped Mica and positioned the Oversight hearing for the following Monday. The next day, Mica's committee jettisoned April 19, setting the meeting for this coming Tuesday at 8:30 a.m., likely less than 18 hours after GSA officials are subjected to Oversight grilling.
The committees had been scheduled for a joint hearing on the TSA at 1:30 on Monday, the very time Oversight's GSA hearing will now take place. So why didn't the committees keep the same hearing time and cooperate similarly on GSA as they had planned to do on TSA? Issa spokesman Frederick Hill said it would be "unusual" for a joint hearing between the full Oversight committee and a Transportation subcommittee, and he added that Oversight believed a hearing on the GSA scandal would be "more timely" than the TSA collaboration, which will likely still take place at a later date.
A Mica aide said scheduling concerns will likely keep Mica — an Oversight member as well — from the Monday panel and may have even prevented him from attending the originally scheduled joint TSA hearing. Similar concerns precipitated the GSA hearing move from Thursday to Tuesday morning — not a rush to confront the GSA after Oversight, the aide said. Issa is not currently scheduled to attend Mica and Denham's hearing.
Aides insist that there is no competition between Issa and Mica. An Issa staffer called the efforts of the two committees "complementary" and said the two panels have been and will continue to be in contact during the GSA investigation, as they have during TSA investigations.
The GSA and the related IG report fall under both committees' jurisdictions, much like the TSA, which has led to collaboration in the past.
Denham said he does not at all feel slighted by Issa's decision to take the first available GSA timeslot and said the two committees have " two separate agendas and two separate goals."
"I've got a great relationship with Congressman Issa, and while we have not had direct communication, I certainly appreciate his investigative approach," Denham said, adding there "could be some overlap" between the two hearings.
The GSA says it welcomes the supervision from congressional committees, and Senate Democrats Barbara Boxer (Calif.) and Dick Durbin (Ill.) are preparing to hold hearings of their own as well.
This article first appeared on POLITICO Pro at 4:47 p.m. on April 11, 2012.


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Let's Cool It With the Zombies for a While, Huh?
The undead are great and all, but haven't we had enough? Also today: some more ratings to help you understand where everything lies, and a what-to-watch suggestion for tonight.
- So Walking Dead is coming back soon, which is mildly exciting. And filming for the World War Z movie is underway, so that could potentially be good. But after that, let's just take a damn break with zombie stuff, hm? I love a zombie. Totally my favorite genre of horror movie. They scare the pants off me (my pants are sniveling coward pants — I wear French pants). But it's just a bit much. I'm thinking this now because of the news that Lionsgate has purchased the rights to Dead Island, the zombie videogame that is known outside of the videogaming community as that one with the oddly beautiful trailer. Which, OK, maybe it will be good! But good grief, it's too much. There are zombies everywhere and there aren't even zombies everywhere, y'know? I'm tired of all these zombies! [Deadline]
- We've heard a lot about ratings today, so let's just go ahead and hear more about ratings. HBO's big boring Boardwalk Empire premiered on Sunday night down almost ten percent from last year's ratings average. Not terribly encouraging for a premiere, but not the end of the world either. Not a success, but not quite failure. Just mildly disappointing. Sounds about right! [THR]
- Meanwhile, ABC's horrendously titled food chat show The Chew, about chewing, premiered yesterdee and roped in 2.5 million viewers with a good showing in the key demo. (Ladies 18-49.) Those are good numbers! Better than the recent-ish premiere of The Talk, a show about talking. What is with these titles? Why is everything so dreadful? Chew. Talk. The Chewtalk. The Gab. The Sass. The Masticate. The Gunt. The Stab. "Hi I'm TV's Betsy Randle. And today on The Stab we're going to be talking about murder." I'd watch that. [Deadline]
- This is just a little essay about why you should watch the season finale of MTV's Awkward. tonight, and I just think you should read it because you should watch the season finale of MTV's Awkward. tonight. I mean, actually, watch the rest of the season first. Because it's a good show! It's not a great show, I mean it's no Chicago Hope or The Single Guy, but it's a pretty good show that is charming and clever if you like such things. I like such things, being only 17 myself, so if you're like me, give it a watch. [The Wrap]
- Acclaimed actress Susan Sarandon will join alleged actor The "Dwayne Johnson" Rock in a thrillah called Snitch, about a father (Rock) who tries to
win Quidditch the quick waytake down a drug kingpin after his son gets a harsh sentence for taking the fall in a drugs bust. Sarandon will play a lawyer who helps him make the drug bust. Or she's the lawyer who did the original drug bust, so she's kinda bad. I don't know. She's a lawyer interested in a drug bust. Also, presumably, she plays pingpong. I mean, these days. [THR]


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With Ecuador Granting Asylum To Julian Assange, Ros-Lehtinen Says Rafael Correa Is A Co-Conspirator In Ignoring Rule of Law
Miami, Florida – Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) issued the following statement after reports that Ecuador's Rafael Correa had granted asylum to serial leaker of classified documents, Julian Assange.
Ros-Lehtinen's statement:
"If anyone had doubts about the true objective of Rafael Correa and his leftist authoritarian regime, then granting asylum to Julian Assange showcases Correa's nefarious intentions. This international cabal of irresponsible rogue regimes, law breakers and extremists groups don't care about following international agreements and norms.
Correa is turning himself into a co-conspirator in this obvious attempt for Julian Assange to avoid due process. This recent action by Correa is just another reason why the United States needs to reexamine our relationship with Ecuador, deny Ecuador its trade preferences with the U.S., and hold Rafael Correa accountable to the injustices he has perpetrated."
NOTE: Mr. Assange has been in the Ecuadorean embassy in London, England for two months in an attempt to avoid extradition to Sweden where he faces charges of sexual assault.


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All Stars game stacks up against Kiwi plan, says Shillington
CANBERRA RAIDERS enforcer David Shillington has implored the NRL to retain the All Stars concept and resist the urge to scrap it to accommodate a rich Super Nines tournament in New Zealand.
A Kiwi promoter has offered a $2.2 million purse for NRL clubs to compete in a pre-season tournament in Auckland, with the proposal set to be endorsed at an NRL CEOs meeting later this month.
NRL All Stars representative Shillington conceded that type of money would be difficult to refuse, but insisted the concepts could co-exist.
''Obviously I'd be disappointed if the All Stars finished up, because I don't have a bad thing to say about it,'' he said.
''There's the youth summits and dealing with the indigenous kids, all the awareness and culture and bringing everyone together as people, it would be a real shame to let it go.
''That nines tournament sounds like it has merit, the prizemoney would be good for clubs and players and that type of product would be entertaining for the fans.
''We may have to cater for it and I wouldn't say no to it, but on the same page it would be hard to let the All Stars game go as well.''
Shillington admitted it would be ''weird'' when he lined up against an Indigenous All Stars side stacked with Raiders teammates at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday night. Colleagues Blake Ferguson, Jack Wighton, Jake Foster, Joel Thompson and Reece Robinson will be enemies for the night when they square off against the prop. ''I think they're going to get so much benefit out of it,'' he said. ''It's a shame we've got so many out of the Melbourne trial [played at Geelong on Friday night], but they're going to get big-game experience.
''Us forwards spoke at training about doing a good job in the middle and taking a bit of sting out of their back line which is full of great players.''
The NRL All Stars' preparations have been hampered by a host of withdrawals, with Paul Gallen, Anthony Watmough, Billy Slater and Cooper Cronk pulling out through injury.
Manly were criticised for naming Watmough to play in a trial against Cronulla on Friday night, while the Storm were also considering giving Slater a run against Canberra. But Shillington doesn't feel it's a slap in the face to the All Stars concept. ''At first glance it looks like something funny's going on, but if you read more into it and accept their explanation it's pretty simple,'' he said.
''The All Stars game is pretty high intensity, and it's in front of a huge crowd on TV. It's a totally different type of game to playing a mixed reserve grade-first grade trial for 20 minutes. The guys coming back from pre-season surgery don't want to risk themselves in the game, and you can totally understand that.''
Jon Tuxworth is a sports reporter at The Canberra Times.
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For all the athletes making the trip to Atlanta, the chance to participate in the inaugural Rivals100 Five-Star Challenge is an opportunity to validate their skills.
Tallahassee (Fla.) Lincoln wide receiver Reggie Davis sees the event as a chance to spotlight his talent.
"I am just ready to go against the best of the best," Davis said. "I am going to be competing and trying to get better."
At 6-feet and 158 pounds, Davis feels that he has been inaccurately cast as a slot receiver, and wants to show that he can do more than come across the middle on mismatched linebackers or safeties playing down.
"I run good routes and get off the line fast," he said. "But I can stretch the field and go up to get the ball; I attack the ball; that is what I want to make sure I show out there."
The four-star talent has offers from nearly 20 major college football programs, and while he knows that most every other player on the Lakewood Stadium field will have similar numbers, he wants to show that there is separation between him and the rest.
His all-or-nothing attitude is reflective of his competitive fire, and whether that gets under the skin of other players is immaterial.
"Them liking me or not doesn't matter to me," Davis said. "I am not coming there to play someone else's game. They are going to have to react to my game and play me and I am going to succeed."
With 100 of the best players from across the country set to take on the invitation-only Rivals100 Five-Star Challenge, Davis has already looked past the instruction portion of the event and instead to the one-on-one repetitions and the all-star 7-on-7 challenge.
For him, those are the highlight of the weekend.
"It is a chance to get better," Davis said. "But I think I have very sound fundamentals and so I am looking for the one-on-one time.
"It is very important to show just how good I can be."
He is confident in his foundation and his ability, and both should be tested as he lines up against some of the best cornerbacks in the country.
"Talent doesn't beat hard work when hard work doesn't work hard," Davis said. "I am talented and I work hard. In terms of my fundamentals I am ready to go. I will just have to get up and go. It is just like that."
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If things do not go the way that Davis expects, he will just turn up his intensity, something that he feels no one can keep pace with.
"If I get shut down early, I will just play better," he said. "No one is going to get the last win on me."
Mike Farrell's take
Davis is the kind of receiver who can really give everyone fits at an event like this. He's a small, shifty slot receiver who is very tough for safeties to check and he can do some damage after the catch. The best thing to do is to try to press him and use his size against him, but he is also good at getting off the line. He could be a big key to the Southeast offense.
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Powered by Android 2.1, the Fascinate refines customers? social networking experiences with its Super AMOLED Screen Technology, advanced touch screen capabilities, Samsung 1 GHz Cortex A8 Hummingbird Application Processor, and virtual QWERTY keyboard featuring SWYPE technology. Additionally, the Fascinate comes pre-loaded with Amazon?s Kindle for Android app, and it boasts an array of accessories, including:
* Charging Cradle ? Doubles as a phone charger and includes a micro USB wall adapter so customers can view movies, display digital photos, and listen to music. It can also be used as a desktop speakerphone to make hands-free calls, and it comes preloaded with the Samsung ?Desk Home? application, which allows customers to switch brightness levels from day to night and provides one-touch access to Samsung Widgets and Bing Voice Search. The charging cradle is available for $29.99.
* Car Dock ? Attachable to the windshield or dashboard, the car dock displays turn-by-turn GPS navigation instructions, rotates freely between landscape and portrait modes, and features a preloaded Samsung ?Car Home? application, giving customers access to everything the ?Desk Home? app can do while on the go. The car dock is available for $39.99.
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Who May Apply: Non-tenure track individuals that have worked no more than 36 months in position(s) requiring a doctoral degree.
Submission Deadline: November 26, 2012
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Objective: This award encourages outstanding young research scientists at the beginning of their careers. The prizes will be given for the most outstanding PhD theses in the general area of the chemical sciences, as described in a 1000-word essay.
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CFP Board's Large-scale Public Awareness Campaign Showing Early Dividends
Washington, DC, November 17, 2011 – Americans now have a greater awareness and more positive impressions of the CFP® designation since the start of Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc.'s Public Awareness Campaign, according to a study commissioned by the organization.
Just sixteen weeks after beginning the campaign, the study found that 71 percent of "mass affluent" Americans were aware of the CFP® designation. This is an increase of 8 percentage points from 63 percent, the awareness level measured during week one of the campaign April 18 through April 24, 2011.
"Traditionally it is very difficult to change what consumers believe is important about a particular 'product,'" said Sue Davidson, Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Marketing Evolution, the company who conducted the study. "Therefore it is compelling to see such positive results from a campaign of such a low spend and frequency."
CFP Board's 4-year nearly $40 million campaign started with online, print and 13 weeks of national cable television advertising and continues with print advertising in major personal finance magazines as well as online advertising. While this study certainly contains positive results, CFP Board will continue to assess the campaign's effectiveness over time and make adjustments to the campaign accordingly.
"People have an increasingly positive view of the CFP® brand and how they could be helped by someone who holds the designation," said Tom Crowder, CFP Board's Managing Director for Marketing and Business Development.
Crowder went on to note the following personality metric and brand metric increases:
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"We are certainly 'moving the needle' and making an impact in consumers' awareness and perceptions around CFP® professionals and the designation," said Chief Executive Officer Kevin R. Keller, CAE. "This indicates that our creative and media strategies are working and we are on the right track. It means that CFP® professionals and the designation will be more on consumers' minds when they are looking for competent, ethical and qualified financial professionals who can help them meet their financial and life goals."
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No monkey business here, Samsung GALAXY Nexus does not have Gorilla Glass tweets Corning
0. phoneArena posted on 25 Oct 2011, 17:58
Despite rumors to the contrary, a tweet from Corning-the company that makes the nearly unbreakable Gorilla Glass-says that there is not a shard of the product to be found on the Samsung GALAXY Nexus; the glass manufacturer suggest that those in disbelief should contact Samsung for more information...
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1. tomast (Posts: 50; Member since: 16 Oct 2011)
Does it really matter?
2. toaster (Posts: 114; Member since: 13 Sep 2011)
Yes it does. Ask anyone who owns an iPod Touch or an iPhone 3GS or earlier. One drop spells doom for the device, doubly so because the shock is not evenly absorbed on the Nexus. This makes my choice between it and the RAZR that much easier :)
30. Ivan6479 (Posts: 250; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
Actually there are not any iPhone's that currently use Gorilla Glass that is why they crack and scratch very easily vs a Galaxy S2, which is Samsung's flagship device and which also has gorilla glass. Here is a link to a nice demonstration of the difference of the two materials. The Galaxy S2 vs iPhone 4S.
7. kristoferallen (Posts: 99; Member since: 23 Jun 2010)
No, actually it doesn't. That is the whole point of the curved display. I have dropped my Nexus S a million times and I have not one scratch on my display. I literally drop it for fun sometimes. The display doesn't get scratched when landing or on surfaces because it doesn't lay flat down and I have never had an instance where it got scratched by any other means. I have even thrown it face first on concrete cause someone pushed me in a pool and I was holding it with no case.
10. iankellogg (Posts: 155; Member since: 15 Jun 2011)
boy you are going to be mad that one time it fails.
11. Synack (Posts: 686; Member since: 05 Jul 2011)
Yeah that one time, but he'll be happy it didn't happen the 37 times before that. Kristo, you just helped me make my decision, thanks man. Going with the Nexus.
14. pongkie (Posts: 661; Member since: 20 Aug 2011)
not all scratches could be from laying your phone down on a flat surface. Once that curved glass cracks you better be under warranty coz it would be really expensive
16. toaster (Posts: 114; Member since: 13 Sep 2011)
The "whole point" of a curved display is purely ergonomics. Holding a rectangular slab to your face is nowhere near as comfortable as holding something concave such as this, the Nexus S or the HTC Hero. It's not for durability; in fact, it has a rather opposite effect.
Either the Nexus S has Gorilla Glass, or you are just incredibly lucky. Basic physics dictates that hairline fractures and such are much more likely to happen on a display where the shock of a fall is not evenly distributed eg: a curved display.
Of course, there is an easy solution: just don't drop it :) It only takes one drop and your $600 toy is destroyed.
20. kristoferallen (Posts: 99; Member since: 23 Jun 2010)
I can promise you I've dropped it at least over 400 times on every surface imaginable. Nothing lucky about those stats. I could have been a tester on dropping my phone cause I stopped caring that first time I dropped my phone, face first on concrete, and picked it up and smiled. Only the top and bottom, where there is a plastic outline, was scratched. Then I started throwing my phone around the house for amusement. I drop it while I'm out an extreme amount of times cause I honestly don't care. It hasn't harmed my phone at all.
There are multiple reasons for having a curved display. Every reviewer mentions that ergonomic wise, the display isn't curved enough to really make a crazy amount of difference. I haven't found myself thinking of that aspect as a difference to any phone I've had previously although I think it looks cool. So in my opinion, its main use is preventing the display from getting scratched. It has worked flawlessly in this regard for me. I have had the phone since day one.
19. Jimstar (Posts: 259; Member since: 24 Oct 2011)
Yes but some of us like to put our phones in the pocket that also currently has keys, pens, coins etc. in it. Dropping your phone or putting it somewhere abrasive isn't the only way to get a scratched display.
Granted you may not be an absent minded dummy like me, but it's still worth considering
31. Ivan6479 (Posts: 250; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
You are so full of it and if your truly being honest it was only by the grace of God that you didn't get any scratches or a cracked screen because having Gorilla glass makes a huge difference. Here is a video of the Galaxy S2, which had Gorilla glass vs the new iPhone 4S, which doesn't.
Hmm.. I would have to say I would rather invest my money on a device with Gorilla glass than without, but that's just me. :)
17. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
it matters completely. I am clumsy. I have dropped my device.. run it into things while it was in my pocket, its been thrown, stepped on, and hit pretty much any surface u can think of.. and it doesnt have a scratch on that screen... why? because its gorilla glass.
you see the drop test between that teeny tiny iphone 4s and that big SGS2? the 4s shatters all over the place while the SGS2 barely gets hurt. The SGS2 should be more breakable because of its size.. not less. Why isnt it? because of gorilla glass and samsungs build quality and use of PLASTICS over metals which absorb vibrations and dents better than aluminum casings.
Gorrilla glass is a BIG deal to me. Thats right up there with processor and screen. I cant fathom that its made out of glass over gorilla glass with a 4.65 inch screen on that thing. That may just be the nail in the coffin for me for this phone. I can get over 1 thing.. the processor.. i dont know if i can compromise on 2 or more, not with so many phones coming out all the time.
24. ayephoner (Posts: 850; Member since: 09 Jun 2009)
i will never buy insurance. to me it is a silly investment.
i'd rather take my chances and be motivated to care for my device. if it does quit on me or get lost or stolen, i'll buy a used phone for around the same cost as my insurance premium and deductable.
25. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
most definately not. If you bust your phone (an expencive one) in the first 6 months to a year, the insurance deductable is waaaaaay cheaper than anything you will find on craigslist or ebay.
As the phone gets older, sure u can drop it and save a few bucks on craigslist, but in that first year you are a fool to have an expensive phone without insurance. A year's worth of premium payments + a deductible on the most expensive phone comes out to $216. Try finding an i4s, SGS2, or anything of that nature for so cheap in the first year from ebay or craigslist.
We had a customer that bought the Hercules on launch day and broke it within the week. Where would he have found a better deal than his insurance deductible? That happens quite often.
26. ayephoner (Posts: 850; Member since: 09 Jun 2009)
oh, i wouldnt be buying top of the line if i broke a brand new device.
i have an X now and im happy with it. if i buy a galaxy nexus or razr and break it within a week, i'll buy another X, wait 6 months and buy something else used. i just really dislike the idea of paying for insurance up front. and those deductables are going to rise as new phone costs rise.
4. Mozarrt (Posts: 301; Member since: 08 Oct 2011)
Never thought it was any good anyway, and by that I mean the phone.
6. toaster (Posts: 114; Member since: 13 Sep 2011)
Considering how you've used the phone extensively to have such a bold opinion on it, please humor me as to why it is "not any good".
28. kenshiro (Posts: 42; Member since: 12 Sep 2011)
That hasn't stopped you from finding the time and a reason to post on every article about it. Must be better than you're willing to admit. Or you just have no life. I'm betting on both.
5. som (Posts: 768; Member since: 10 Nov 2009)
Samsung should use Asahi Dragontail glass if not Gorilla glass. Without glass protection it will get scratch in the first day. You needed someone to put a glass protector immediately cost $30 after purchase which is very bad for high-end phone.
8. bananakid (Posts: 7; Member since: 24 Oct 2011)
The vast majority of cell phone users will put a screen protector anyways - so no, it doesn't matter.
13. snowgator (Posts: 3609; Member since: 19 Jan 2011)
No offense, but isn't it the job of the elite devices, of which this is supposed to be one, to not need a protector to the best of it's ability? I mean, I am willing to bet it is going to be sold at really high end prices. So why not provide a high end product? This is a strike against it in my purchasing decision.
18. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
screen protectors help against scratches. gorilla glass helps against scratches AND drops.
32. Ivan6479 (Posts: 250; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
yeah like remix just said a damn screen protector is not going to protect your phone from getting cracked when it gets dropped. Have a look at this video of the GS2 vs iPhone 4S. Gorilla glass makes all the difference!
12. snowgator (Posts: 3609; Member since: 19 Jan 2011)
That's a ...... curious decision on their part. Can't think of a solid reason why you wouldn't use gorilla glass.
15. Allday28 (Posts: 292; Member since: 19 Nov 2010)
But uts still a fortitied glass right? So should it really matter?
21. iShepherd (Posts: 38; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
Man every damn blog now is going nuts over the fact the Nexus isn't using GG, but at the same time fail to mention that it is still using fortified glass regardless. Now, how it fares in real use that remains to be seen. Why jump the gun?
23. ledbetterp3 (Posts: 467; Member since: 31 Aug 2011)
unless it uses dragontail glass, any other fortified glass isn't nearly as durable.
22. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3130; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
This might be a deal breaker for me ugh so disappointed


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Players ratify negotiated labor contracts
Guthrie elected association representative; Villanueva alternate
IRVING, Texas -- The Major League Baseball Players Association's Executive Board voted unanimously to ratify the labor contracts recently negotiated with the Major League Baseball owners, including the Basic Agreement, Joint Drug Agreement and Benefit Plan Agreement, it was announced today by Major League Baseball Players Association Executive Director Michael Weiner.
The ratification process was conducted in accordance with the MLBPA's Constitution and By-Laws during the Union's annual Executive Board meeting, which concluded today in Irving, Texas.
Weiner also announced the Executive Board's election of Jeremy Guthrie (Baltimore Orioles) to the position of association representative and Carlos Villanueva (Toronto Blue Jays) as alternate association representative. Guthrie joins Curtis Granderson (NY Yankees) as association representative, and Villanueva joins Dave Bush (free agent) as an alternate. Chris Capuano (free agent), Aaron Heilman (free agent), Ross Ohlendorf (Pittsburgh Pirates) and Kevin Slowey (Minnesota Twins) retained their positions as the Association's pension representatives and alternates.
"The Board's decisive action here is a culmination of the consistent involvement of the players during this round of bargaining. Ratification comes as no surprise, as players have been engaged heavily throughout the process -- constructing proposals, formulating strategy and participating in negotiating sessions," stated Weiner.
"I want to thank my fellow Executive Board members and members of the Union's negotiating committee for their efforts throughout the bargaining process," said Granderson. "I'm sure I speak for most players in saying that I look forward to playing under the terms of our new labor contracts. The bargaining parties worked very hard to reach agreement on issues of significant importance to them, and the results should position the sport well for future success on and off the field."
"Ratification of the agreements doesn't signify an end, but rather the beginning of a new and exciting era for baseball players, owners and fans," commented Guthrie. "The changes in our labor contracts contain improvements for all classes of players, and I'm proud to have been part of the process. I also want to thank all players for once again demonstrating their passion and commitment to their fellow Union members during this round of bargaining."
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The LA Galaxy will get another opportunity to bolster their squad for the 2013 season during Stage Two of MLS' Re-Entry Draft which will take place Friday at noon PT.
On Thursday, MLS released the updated list of players available for the Re-Entry Draft. Just one player was selected during Stage One last week as out-of-contract forward Maicon Santos was selected by the Chicago Fire. Four players who were on the LA Galaxy last season (Chad Barrett, Andrew Boyens, Bryan Jordan, and Pat Noonan) remain available for selection. Two others, Kyle Nakazawa and Brian Perk were removed from the list earlier in the week.
Last week, during his end of the season teleconference, Galaxy head coach and general manger Bruce Arena discussed his thoughts on the Re-Entry Draft and admitted that he expects clubs to be active in the second stage.


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text: yes, this is pretty similar to what I was getting at. It puts you in an awkward position, because if you say "I prefer that you address me as mr. or sir," you sound like a dick. You can try something like "I'm not used to customer service or business personnel addressing me by my first name," but it's still dickish. Bottom line: it's up to an adult to determine how they prefer to be addressed, especially if it's not in a casual setting. I wouldn't address another adult by their first name in a non-casual setting unless they'd introduced themselves that way or indicated that's how they preferred to be addressed. It's like that earlier post that brought up the "friendliness vs. politeness" thing.


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Michael will take the blankets to Haiti when he visits in July to work on the building of a new orphanage.


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Samsung admits to trolling HTC
0. phoneArena posted on 16 Apr 2013, 18:58
It looks like the Taiwanese investigation of Samsung will be pretty short, because the Korean company has admitted to hiring trolls to bad-mouth HTC on the web. The investigation began after a Taiwanese website, called TaiwanSamsungLeaks, accused Samsung of hiring people to criticize HTC on the web...
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Just bought a Battery Bug for my 2003 Dakar.
For those who have not heard of this, it is a battery analyzer. Displays voltage and gives a visual and audible alarm when the battery is discharging rather than charging, and performs a load test every time you start the bike to display the percentage of battery life remaining. This gives you an early warning of a failing battery so you can replace it when it is convenient instead of on a trip.
Has anyone else installed a Battery Bug on an F650GS? Interested in where you decided to place the display. The only place I see at the moment is a flat spot below the instrument cluster on the left or the right.
The early warning on the battery life is a nice feature, but the original idea for a meter like this one is that I ride year round and use a lot of Gerbing gear in the winter (jacket liner, gloves, pants liner). The alarm is a nice feature because I should be able to just dial down the Gerbing controller whenever I hear the alarm, which beats needing to keep watching a volt meter.
Any ideas about where to mount this would be appreciated, the display is about 2 inches square.


text: Lewis Hamilton kisses his girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger as they share a private moment in the back of the McLaren transporter. It's a great shot as it shows their love for each other and gives an insight into Lewis's private life, which is usually so closely guarded. Hungarian Grand Prix, Hungaroring, July 26, 2009


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Im running ZoneAlarm Extreme Security 2010 on windows XP
The UK clocks went back 1 hour and since the virus/spyware scanner is not activated and I can't fix it. The following error comes up,
Anti-virus scanning is de-Activated.This can occur if the system clock has been set forward oranti-virus updates are disabled.
The advanced options and scan buttons are greyed out. The only button I can press is to update.
The update runs as normal and looks like its doing something but then at the end it says the update could not install.
I have the same software with same key running on 2 laptops running with windows vista that do not have the problem.
I have seen a lot of threads about this issue but nobody has come up with a solution. Does anyone have any solution to this?


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what is the name of this documentary
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yeah me too, i actually change the video right away bc i thought it was two dudes fucking... but i guess i was wrong! dang! very good stuff in here for the people who think porno is a bad thing
lol..even i thought thy were guys!
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Is that Tamsin Greig at the start? And yes I thought they were men!
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The guy mentioning Mark McGuire (4:38) shows this vid wasn't made too recently.
He Looks and sounds like jonathan davis from KoRn...
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This is so much hotter than porn. I came so hard watching the grandma pleasure herself.
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it good to know it and most of all experience it.
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nice play for Stat
Melo is toying with Harrison Barnes..
How many 3's can JR shoot seriously. I'm laughing my ass off right here dude has less conscience than a catholic priest.
The two most hatet Nets of all time, Kenyon Martin and Jason Kidd are now in orange and blue...damn!!
Tyson Chandler on pace to finish with 52 rebounds!
Can we hold this lead? Sigh. If we lose this game, I don't know how I'll feel about this team overall.
GS is a great team, but they're without Lee. We have to get that W, especially at home.
No worries Metro, We got this one...
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I am writing everyone's name down who is saying Reese sucks and Droughns was a waste. Then when we are destroying teams next season and you post Reese for President threads. I will call you a Jerk.
Do you honestly think thatany of us really knows the grand scheme of things? Don't get all stressed out, just sit back, turn on your Plasma and watch Big Blue. There is way to much negativity here.


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