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Introduction and Overview An agreement has just been reached to drill for Brazil's offshore oil at its Libra Field, some 6,500 meters below sea level. The bidding process has been inauspicious as it results from the only offer, placed by a consortium led by Petrobras (PBR). Developing the field is projected to cost $184 billion, which leads to questions about whether it could mean business for any companies that offer equipment or expertise. The answer seems to be yes, and a firm that may benefit is Norway's Seadrill Limited (SDRL).
Petrobras is controlled by Brazil. It is affected in several ways that can be adverse to stockholders. While concerns about the corporation's profitability and future are regularly cited, it is taking strides to secure adequate resources for this project that benefits its government.
The Libra story only involves one location out of several around the globe that are favorable to offshore drillers. Some say the industry itself is poised to outperform. The Market Vectors Oil Services ETF (OIH) could make sense to investors. The fund tracks 25 international companies, with Schlumberger Ltd (SLB) comprising 20.6% of its holdings, compared to 4.3% SDRL. Even with the heavy weighting toward SLB, diversification provides safety.
In consideration of prospects for Seadrill, an overview of the new tasks at hand in Brazil is worthwhile. The Nephilimous deposits are known as "Pré-sal" because they lie beneath salt beds, under the ocean floor. The breadth and scale or the project is remarkable, and might be material for a future episode of Extreme Engineering. The corrosive salt layer itself is underneath the ocean, which spans over 2,000 meters from the surface.
Seadrill is the world's largest company of its kind. It is trying "to capitalize on Petrobas…" beyond the existing relationship. The firm has previously said it is "confident that Petrobas… will continue to require the services of at least their existing fleet of high specification floaters."
Operations and Investments
The Norwegian company has had three main segments: tender rigs, jack-up rigs and floaters. The tender rig business is now sold. Jack-up rigs are suitable for harsh weather. Floaters are used for deeper waters and should now account for an even larger percentage of net operating income than shown in second quarter figures below:
Of its Ultra-deepwater units (greater than 5,000 feet depth), the company currently has three semi-submersible rigs that are capable of use in water to 10,000 feet, and total depth of 30,000 feet. All of them have been located in Brazil and used by Petrobas (West Taurus, owned by Ship Finance; West Eminence; and West Orion). Several drill ships for use in 12,000 feet of water, and total depths to 40,000 feet, are under construction and scheduled to be available in 2014. New ultra-deepwater floating equipment is expected to perform better and be safer, in consideration of Transocean's (RIG) Deepwater Horizon Incident, which has ongoing implications.
A graphic from Seadrill's most recent investor presentation is persuasive:
There is contention that a modern fleet should command higher rates overall; though competition for the Libra field, and elsewhere, is likely (newbuilding, under Risks below). Seadrill's regional foothold is undeniable. It has recently acquired a controlling interest in Sevan Drilling ASA, which has activities in Brazil. Sevan's results are to be consolidated with Seadrill's this quarter. Further, the company has a senior vice president, Eduardo Antonello, who is responsible for activities in Brazil where its largest concentration of rigs is to be located.
Seadrill's existing backlog remains a strong point. There are $19 billion in future orders as of the second quarter, down from $21 in December 2012. The backlog should ease concerns about the safety of the dividend, which is discussed later.
The Norwegian driller has several investments in other companies. It holds roughly 12% of SapuraKencana Petroleum Bhp pursuant to sale of the tender rig business. There is also a Seadrill Partners LP (SDLP), after its October 2012 IPO, and its drilling units have been valued at a premium to Seadrill's own rigs. Seadrill owns 75% of SDLP and also 73% of North American Drilling.
Lastly, the company anticipates a significant increase in operating profit during the second half of 2013 due to new rigs.
Management has recently changed. Per Wullf is the new CEO, having occupied Fredrik Halvorsen's former post since July, 2013. More time is needed to evaluate his leadership.
The company's five largest customers accounted for 59% of backlog revenues in 2012. A serious problem with any of them would be material. Petrobras is particularly important.
Per its annual report, filed on a 20-F, Seadrill has $6.5 billion committed to newbuilding. As of the second quarter, nine new rigs are scheduled for delivery in 2013. Further, the company is now supporting Savan. Meanwhile, the worldwide fleet of ultra-deepwater drilling units is poised to rise from 128 rigs to 212, a 65% increase. Any lower resultant utilization and daily rates might be a problem, and can result in impairment charges if prolonged.
Financials are wobbly. The Altman Z-Score is 1.57, indicating distress that could result in bankruptcy within two years. Seadrill has roughly $11 billion in debt, about half of its market capitalization. A significant amount, $3 billion, matures in 2017 and could be a concern. Further, there are restrictive provisions and covenants. A serious incident or cash crunch could render it difficult to meet commitments to acquire new drilling units as planned.
Especially for those not based in Norway, there are numerous international risks.
Dividends and Valuation
Dividends to shareholders are somewhat irregular and result in varied figures from different sources. The yield for SDRL is extremely high, and payments have consistently increased. It is 9.25% in light of $4.33 recorded as paid out over the past year (source: Fidelity Investments). Dividend payments of $3.60 in 2013 should be made, in comparison to $3.36 last year (source: Sept. 4 Investor Presentation, 22 of 23), so 7.86% is a reasonable figure for the yield currently.
Using trailing 12-month EPS in GuruFocus' DCF calculator, shares are shown to be overvalued. If consensus 2013 EPS of $2.91 per share and a five-year growth rate of 25% (instead of 27.2% currently shown on YahooFinance) are input, we get a fair value of $54.76 without consideration of $13.21 per share in tangible book value. Further, the stock trades at 12.75x 2014E consensus earnings, which is based on 15 opinions, and under one half its projected five year growth rate. A case can be made that SDRL is an income-oriented bargain.
However, dividend payments exceed forecast earnings (rendering a Dividend Discount Model questionable). An outsized percentage of earnings has historically gone to shareholders, so this is not being viewed as a risk even though it might be.
Near Term Outlook
The unconfirmed date for third quarter earnings is Nov. 29. Consolidation of the Sevan acquisition is a consideration, as is the backlog. Meanwhile, the stock has run up this year since its lows in April. The 52-week high is $48.09, and shares currently trade at $45.80.
In the event of a pre- or post-announcement sell off, it could be advantageous to acquire stock. If the price somehow falls to 10% beneath the yearly high, to $43.28, an 8.32% yield would have terrific appeal. In consideration of the numerous risks, a further 5% decline to $40.88 might better balance things out. However, in light of compelling metrics, and also a dividend payout that can probably be expected to go higher, a near-term price under $41 might not be realistic.
Seadrill is a big, complicated company and one potential catalyst within a global footprint has been considered here. As such, to make sense for retail investing, valuation and growth prospects should be compelling and risks mitigated. While there can always be a favorable outcome for investors at today's share price, an improved proposition would make it compelling in comparison to the Oil Services ETF.
Introduction and Overview An agreement has just been reached to drill for Brazil's offshore oil at its Libra Field, some 6,500 meters below sea level. The bidding process has been inauspicious as it results from the only offer, placed by a consortium led by Petrobras (PBR). Developing the field is projected to cost $184 billion, which leads to questions about whether it could mean business for any companies that offer equipment or expertise. The answer seems to be yes, and a firm that may benefit is Norway's Seadrill Limited (SDRL).


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It makes me wonder, since SHAQ has stated that NY is one place he would go.... We would need a C, and some bodies to fill out the roster.... At the league minimum...
Shaq has earned enough money over his career. He is annoyed Kobe has one more title. He would LOVE to do anything possible to prevent Kobe to win again next year (on Phil's farewell tour).
SO, I ask this: If Lebron comes to NY, would Shaq take the min. salary?
At the very least, we would have Curry. We can't trust him. So we bring SHAQ in as insurance. Not like he has to play alot. We sure will need him in the playoffs though.
He is from NJ. He would perhaps come aboard and go for the ride?
Sure others might as well. Eddie House? Kurt Thomas? Makes you wonder.
AGAIN. Role players. Bodies. Assuming we can't move Curry, or get much for Chandler-Douglas. Going with what we have already, we need a C and a PG.
Livingtson or Ridnour; plus House or Miller; Thomas or Shaq.
1 each (PG, shooter, C). Round out the roster, accept their role, take less money... all for the title?

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text: "Each new whodunit from this highly regarded British master is both predictable and innovative. Barnard is comfortably predictable in that his plotlines are always tightly composed, his characters are created 'in the round' and are not just types, and his writing style is precise. He is innovative because his novels always feature fresh situations for him to explore. The theme here is family undercurrents as the main character, a young man from Glasgow, Scotland, learns from his dying mother that he was adopted and that his real parents live in Leeds, England. Digging into his recently discovered past, Kit realizes that as a three-year-old he was abducted from his parents while the family was on vacation in Sicily. He proceeds to Leeds and presents himself to his original family as their long-lost son. Their reaction is friendly but not warm; something strikes Kit as wrong. He investigates further, attempting to establish a 'connection between a Leeds solicitor's familyhis natural familyand a literary academic family in Glasgow headed by a Jewish refugeehis adopted family.' The reconstruction of his true past is a thoroughly gripping tale."Booklist (starred review)


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(Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults)
Most of the action in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets occurs at Hogwarts during the years 1992 and 1993. The realism of the non-magical Muggle world, particularly the Dursleys' home, dramatically contrasts with the fantastical possibilities presented at Hogwarts where the medieval castle's structure is constantly changing to accommodate its inhabitants. While the stone walls symbolize strength, the castle's inner mazes and secret passages hint at complexities that are often hidden to casual observers. People and places are either mortal or magical, with both spheres intersecting along significant peripheral junctures such as King's Cross station and the Leaky Cauldron. Rowling's imaginary settings, whether boring Muggle houses or intriguing magical realms, are vividly depicted, making Harry Potter's environment seem plausible to readers. Rowling intersperses real geographical places with make-believe sites to increase the believability of her fantasy world.
Harry's movement between Muggle and magical settings signals the beginning and conclusion of his annual adventures. Harry loathes the Dursleys' Privet Drive house in the fictional town of Little Whinging which is located in the factual English county of Surrey. Harry's Muggle home is like a prison; the windows in his room are barred. Ironically, despite Harry's derision for his repulsive, parsimonious guardians, he is safer at their house than he is at Hogwarts, which serves a dual role as sanctuary and battlezone. Both settings test Harry's integrity and maturity. The Dursleys' home is an incubator, where his magic is dormant during his childhood. Hogwarts stimulates Harry's supernatural powers to emerge.
Harry attends Hogwarts in northern Scotland from September to June, enjoying the school's abundances and creativity as compared to the...
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The reason I ask, is because the old Archive::Tar used fcntl(), to duplicate a filehandle for example, which works on Unix etc., but not on Win32. That's why Win32 users were stuck with version 0.072.
I hope life will get better, for these poor marginalised programmers, as well.
You don't want the long answer
Oh, and one more thing... I often find people (on Perlmonks, for example) wish to use a tied handle, or another non-standard handle, with this module, and this module rejects that, for the same reason, really. Will that work, now, too?
The reason for this is simple -- to keep everything managable, I use IO::File and IO::Zlib under the hood, which saves a lot of overhead and keeps for a standard interface.
So if those modules don't supported tied filehandles, neither will Archive::Tar.


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The Lions (22-7) jumped out to a 5-0 lead after four innings. Josh Cyr figured prominently in North Alabama's early success. He had a two-run double in the bottom of the fourth inning and later scored on an error.
Arkansas Tech (13-15) got back in the game on a solo home run by Cesar Abreu in the fifth inning, a two-run homer by Thomas Biocic in the sixth inning and an RBI single by Drew Stanton later that frame.
The Lions' lead was trimmed to 5-4 going to the bottom of the sixth.
UNA's Darrmal Moore had an RBI single in the last of the sixth and Tech's Zach Thomas notched an RBI single in the top of the seventh to keep it a one-run Lions' advantage.
North Alabama took advantage of a Wonder Boys' error to tack on two valuable insurance runs in the bottom of the seventh.
The score remained 8-5 in favor of the Lions until the top of the ninth, when Chris Reese kept Arkansas Tech's hopes alive with a two-out, two-run single. Biocic and Jonathan Finnegan scored on the play to make it 8-7.
UNA relief pitcher Ben Seabrook was able to stop the rally there by inducing a ground out to second base by Abreu. Seabrook recorded the final two outs for his seventh save of the season.
His work made a winner of Andrew Hillis (3-1), who started and gave the Lions five innings. Hillis allowed four runs, three of which were earned, on seven hits. He struck out three.
Cyr and Michael Schmidt had three hits apiece for North Alabama, which won for the sixth time in its last seven games.
Biocic led the Wonder Boys' attack with three base hits. Finnegan, Stanton, Nate Wilder and Landon Sullins had two hits each.
Arkansas Tech starting pitcher Stephen Thompson (1-1) received his first loss of the season. Thompson allowed five runs, four earned, on four hits in three innings. Cody Hatman, Todd Immel and Blake Baldaraz pitched in relief for the Wonder Boys.
Arkansas Tech will host Southeastern Oklahoma State for a three-game Great American Conference series at Tech Field in Russellville on Friday and Saturday.
The Wonder Boys and the Savage Storm will play a single game beginning at 7 p.m. Friday. That contest can be heard on KWKK 100.9 FM and athletics.atu.edu.
The two sides will play a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. Saturday. Those games will be broadcast over KCAB 980 AM and athletics.atu.edu.


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Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 12:00 AM
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Editorial: Council should appoint new member
Original post made on Jul 16, 2013
Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 12:00 AM
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a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Jul 16, 2013 at 3:26 pm
Greg Conlon should be appointed. He came in third in the last Town Council election. The two other candidates whom the ATC wanted were only considered for their ability to forge an alliance. No wonder the deadlock. Neither side was willing to let the other side become the majority.
Last week's charade was very disingenuous and very self serving on the part of all 4 Town Council members. Conlon has no desire to forge an alliance with the Town Council. He just wants to serve the best interests of the residents.
Conlon was the only person in the current field of candidates who mounted a campaign for Town Council.
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Jul 16, 2013 at 3:43 pm
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
While I agree that it would be preferable to fill the Carlson vacancy now it is unlikely, given the current dysfunction on the council, that they will be able to muster a majority vote for anyone who have ever expressed an opinion on a local issue. Sadly, I think that only the voters will be able to select someone on the basis of the candidate's skills and abilities. Hopefully there will be individuals who are prepared to stand for the election who are not beholden to anyone except the citizens and who refuse to accept either endorsements or support from those parties who will then appear before them and expect favors in return.
a resident of Atherton: other
on Jul 16, 2013 at 8:10 pm
The Council needs to put this decision in the hands of the voters. Given the library debacle, two members have demonstrated that they are out of touch with the desires of their constituents.
More importantly, incumbents have an enormous advantage when running for election. The Council will be putting their choice ahead of the others potential candidates in the next election.
There is business to be done. But, Atherton has in the past suffered through 3-4 months with no City Manager and ill Council members. It's not the end of the world. And, there's no business so pressing that it can't wait for Democracy to run its course.
It's clear the Council is split. It's clear that the person who fills this spot carries the swing vote. All the more reason for the electorate to be heard.
The argument that it's too costly to run for a 1-2 year term doesn't hold water. The person who gets in will likely be reelected until they chose to end their tenure.
Those who are really interested need to step up and campaign. They need to be vetted by the voters. They need to make their positions known and defend them. Of the seven applicants, it unlikely all will have the conviction to run for office. We need to know who wants the seat.
Since this is the swing vote, it's critical that the electorate have a say. They choosing a direction for the Council.
Do they want to continue to get criticized by the Civil Grand Jury for overstepping their bounds in the City Manger form of government? Do they want to elect someone sympathetic to outsourcing? Are the interested in drama; do they want another Council member who seeks attention from the dais and podium?
The answer is the Council needs someone who is fair, balanced, well educated, and invested in the Town's priorities -- priorities dictated by the voters at the last election.
a resident of Atherton: West Atherton
on Jul 16, 2013 at 8:24 pm
One of the hurdles for the election is that it will be for a 1 year period. That is not very long when asking candidates to run a campaign.
I was surprised to hear Cary Weist's position on election vs. appointment and I personally asked the council to make the extra effort to appoint someone that night for the benefit of the residents. That is also why I made the promise to not run for the seat in 2014 if appointed. It was asked if anyone else would match my promise and I don't think anyone else did, I could be wrong on that.
a resident of Atherton: other
on Jul 16, 2013 at 10:01 pm
When Greg Conlon says he cannot answer a question about police benefits being curtailed since he hasn't studied the issue, one of two possibilities emerge:
1. Since he's been on the finance committee for at least three years, he was asleep during the meetings and therefore is not qualified to be on the council.
2. He doesn't want to answer the question since saying they should be – which even the Lewis/Wiest/APOA hand-picked candidate DeGolia he stated – runs the risk of the APOA not supporting him. This disqualifies him also.
Currently there are two APOA hand-picked candidates on the council, Lewis and Wiest. The police contract is supposedly being re-negotiated.
Is it really fair to the residents of Atherton that there be yet a third APOA hand-picked candidate, DeGolia or Conlon?
a resident of Atherton: other
on Jul 16, 2013 at 10:12 pm
"The answer is the Council needs someone who is fair, balanced, well educated, and invested in the Town's priorities -- priorities dictated by the voters at the last election."
Neither Lewis nor Wiest possess a college degree (re: "well educated").
a resident of Atherton: other
on Jul 17, 2013 at 6:21 am
This statement by the Editor really troubles me:
The seven candidates included residents who have proven their commitment and involvement with the town through years of service on advisory committees, including transportation and finance, and one who came in third in last November's race for two seats. The council's inability to find common ground even with applicants with such a high degree of qualifications and commitment is troubling, and disappointing.
None of the qualifications listed are what Atherton government needs. Because one runs for election and comes in third indicates the voters are not confident in that person's ability. Because one attends many council meetings over the years does not qualify one being appointed and serving on a committee probably only indicates you are one of the like-minded functionaries of the power block currently in control of the council. A glaring example of this was the Atherton Library Steering Committee producing the candidacy of Denise Kupperman. Everyone knows how that ended.
The Editor has the process wrong. Atherton voters should decide by themselves and not trust the council to do the job for them. The exercise of democracy in this fashion is neither troubling nor disappointing but the way it should be.
a resident of Atherton: West Atherton
on Jul 17, 2013 at 1:23 pm
Atherton Voter is absolutely right in comments regarding the Almanac's editorial Fact is, this will be largely a one-issue election: the APOA and it's cost to the residents. Everyone agrees that we prefer having our own home-town police. The rub is that they know it and thus have managed to gain the highest wages of police departments in the Bay Area in the town having the lowest crime rate and therefore the least danger or difficult work. Three of the council candidates are clear rule-outs for their APOA bias: Lewis, Wiest and Conlon, although the latter carefully avoids giving a meaningful opinion on that or any other subjects like High Speed Rail, etc. Ruggiero was a career cop; how loyal will he be to his fellow officers? Unfortunately, It's easy for politicians to spend other people's money. The council has done so to reward the union that supported their campaigns. We need representatives at the table who will put their foot down on the already excessive salaries and benefits of the APOA paid by the "Parcel Tax" on Atherton residents. Do we have one??
a resident of Atherton: other
on Jul 18, 2013 at 9:05 am
Follow-the-dollar has one of the best summaries of the current situation I have seen, except for his/her inference that John Ruggeiro will pamper the APOA. Not a chance. He knows they are overpaid and underworked. He has a son who's a cop in San Francisco. He knows what real police work is and what real police officers are paid. As Follow-the-dollar has pointed out, the APOA wants the highest police pay in California (not just the Bay Area), with the least difficulty and danger of work. The conflicts of interest and manifold, including the prominent role an APOA sergeant's father played in the Lewis and Wiest campaigns. [Portion deleted by Almanac staff.]
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Roswell Farnham Correspondence
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An 1849 graduate of the University of Vermont, Farnham taught school in lower Canada and northern Vermont while studying law. He was admitted to the Orange County Bar in 1857 and began a private practice. Farnham was commissioned from Bradford on May 1, 1861 as a 2nd lietenant in Co.D, 1st Vt. Infantry and mustered out August 15, 1861. He was later commissioned as a lieutenant colonel of the 12 Vt. on September 19, 1862. After returning to Vermont, Farnham was elected to the Vermont State Senate in 1868 and elected governor in 1880.
The collection includes letters to family and friends during Farnham's service in the First and Twelfth Vermont Infantry regiments. The letters contain detailed descriptions of regimental activities, including a narrative of the Battle of Big Bethel, camp life at Wolf Run Shoals in Virginia, and the hard march to Gettysburg in June 1863. Some sketches and maps are included.
Also included are four letters from Sergeant (later First Lieutenant) Ezekiel T. Johnson (Tenth Vermont Infantry) of Windsor, Vermont, three written from Camp Washburn, Brattleboro, where his regiment was mustered into U.S. service, and one (June 13, 1863) from White's Ford, Maryland, giving an account of a cavalry skirmish. A letter (May 31, 1863) to Mrs. Mary Farnham from Private Nelson J. Rogers (Twelfth Vermont Infantry) describes regimental activities and the Confederate attack on a train near the camp of the Twelfth Vermont.
Time Period Covered: May 5, 1861 - February 26, 1864
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EU Finning Ban
Was in Brussels Monday 21 Nov 2011 to see the European Commission release their proposal to strengthen the EU Finning Ban. The Fisheries Commissioner, Mrs Damanaki even came outside to do a photocall with myself and fellow representatives from the Shark Alliance. Project AWARE is a steering group member of the Shark Alliance, and together we've been making the push for an improved finning ban, better protection for the most vulnerable shark species and shark fishing limits based on scientific advise and a precautionary approach (as there is so little data to go on).
The Community Plan of Action for sharks was developed in 2009, after years of lobbying, and now the Commission has released its proposal to improve the existing EU finning ban. They propose to remove the derogation from the ban. This derogation is essentially an exemption, which allows Member States to issue Special Fishing Permits to accommodate at sea processing, and in particular for the longline freezer vessels. This allows fins and carcasses to be separated on board, and then delivered to separate ports, as the shark components are destined for different markets. "Enforcement" is based on a complex fin to carcass ratio based on weight to ensure that finning has not taken place, (finning being the removal and retention of fins, and the dumping of the bodies over board). The value of fins in today's market provides an economic incentive for those so inclined. The derogation makes the finning ban essentially unenforceable.
Spain issues most of its longline fleet with these special permits, Portugal also issues them; the UK and Germany recently stopped this practise. Spain currently supplies a significant proportion of the Asian fin market.
So in the near future, the European Parliament and Council of Ministers must review the proposal and vote to adopt it. Let's hope its a quick and successful process.


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Okay, so go to Safeway and buy your favorite graham crackers, or, if you're not a graham cracker fan, Liebniz butter cookies work great, (they're near The Little Schoolboy chocolate cookies.) You also need a package of chocolate chips, and a can of fat free, (or not), condensed milk.
So, go home and get out a pie plate or a 8 by 8 inch brownie pan. Take the crackers or cookies and break them up in the pan. Big pieces, don't work at this. Then pour in the whole can of condensed milk. Then pour chocolate chips on top. As many or as little as you like. Bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees.
Okay, so after it cools a little you can eat it. It's soupy and goopy and good. Then put it in the fridge until it's cold. Then put it on the table with a fork, glass of milk and the Pleasanton Weekly. It is sticky and chewy and chocolately and really good.
If you forget to butter the pan, which you might because I forgot to tell you, it's even better because it slows you down. You have to really dig at it with a fork. It's work, and keeps you from eating the whole thing at once. Hopefully.
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Another $100,000 has been given by the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation to the Blue Ridge Parkway for use in educating students who live along the 469-mile-long scenic byway about the wonders of the national park system.
The money, which brings to more than $450,000 that the foundation has provided for the "Parks as Classrooms" program, was raised in part through sales of commemorative vehicle license plates.
The program's curriculum is designed to instill values of Parkway protection and preservation. Along the way to accomplishing that, it satisfies the national standards of learning in all 29 Virginia and North Carolina Parkway counties where the program is presented, according to foundation officials.
"Parks As Classrooms" is not just another environmental education program. There is always the contained message of major Parkway issues: threatened views, air pollution, and non-native plant proliferation.
Charles Wray, a National Park Service ranger who presents the programs in the Roanoke Valley, says "that this program opens a new world to them (children); they don't even know what a national park is."


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'Many fans are wondering why Niedermayer? Besides the leadership and experience, he brings 10 goals from last season with New Jersey, the ability to take faceoffs and the ability to kill penalties. Now if he could only convince his brother to come out of retirement and demand a trade to Buffalo.'
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Here are your Apple rumors and AAPL news items for today:
It's Official: Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has sent out invitations to a media event scheduled for October 23, saying "We have a little more to show you," the Washington Post notes. While Apple did not disclose the purpose of the event, analysts widely expect the company to unveil a smaller-screen iPad, popularly dubbed, the iPad Mini, possibly along with a 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro or Mac Mini. While Apple's 9.7-inch iPad continues to dominate the tablet market, an array of lower-priced 7-inch tablets from Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Samsung are flooding the market. Analysts expect the iPad Mini to feature a 7.85-inch touchscreen. With most competing 7-inch tablets priced around $199, Apple will have to price the iPad Mini aggressively to win over consumers. Recent report suggest that Apple may ditch 4G/3G connectivity in the smaller iPad to reduce its cost. Other reports say the company has ordered as many as 10 million units from its Asian suppliers in anticipation of the holiday shopping season.
Competitive Undercutting: The 32GB, WiFi-only version of Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) new Surface tablet will be priced at $499, Reuters noted. That puts Microsoft's tablet fully $100 below a comparable version of Apple's latest iPad. The Surface tablet will hit stores on October 26, just three days after Apple holds a media event in which it will likely unveil a smaller-screen iPad. By undercutting the iPad's price, Microsoft is clearly aiming to grab a share of the lucrative tablet market. Apple sold 17 million iPads in the second quarter. The rising popularity of tablets like the iPad is eroding sales of netbooks and notebook computers, and thus denting sales of Microsoft's flagship product, its Windows operating system. With Windows 8, its newest OS, Microsoft is hoping to make a successful jump to mobile devices.
Clock Fee: Apple has agreed to pay Swiss Federal Railways for the rights to mimic its iconic clock face in iOS 6, ZDNet notes. The railroad had noted the similarity of the clock face in iOS 6 to its own 70-year-old Hans Hilfiker-design shortly after iOS 6 was released and asked Apple to license the design. According to the railroad, the two companies have agreed on licensing terms and a payment schedule so the clock face design can appear on iPads and iPhones. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
For more about the company, check out our previous Apple Rumors stories.


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It sucked
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great blow job but down hill from there. she clearly knows how hot she is, clearly knows people want to watch and does fuck all really to please his cock, just wants to show off for the camera. still I'd smash her senseless
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She is making love to teh camera, not the guy...I don't even think she knows he is doing her.
She's annoying. Stop paying attention to the camera. Bad video
I came.
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She could be constantly looking at the camera because she's making a video for her husband. I know i'd love for another man to take my wife to a hotel room and screw her.
So good !
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@Humbug maybe she has an affair with a dude with a camera
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Before joining CDC in 1984 to work on the Agent Orange studies, Dr. Boyle was a faculty member in epidemiology at the University of Massachusetts, Program in Public Health. As part of the Agent Orange staff, Dr. Boyle served as the principal investigator for the Vietnam Experience mortality studies and as senior epidemiologist for a large, multi-centered cancer case-control study. Her interest and expertise is in the epidemiology and prevention of birth defects and developmental disabilities. She is the recipient of the CDC Charles C. Shepard Award for scientific excellence in 1997 and 2004 and has authored or co-authored more than 100 peer-reviewed and other scientific publications.
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When I took this picture, I was in the same area as David Wright's NYC apartment. I hope David was home last night. Because I'd be shocked if his luxury bachelor pad doesn't have a view of the Empire State Building, and who more than our excitable David would be inspired by this sight?!
But yesterday is already in the past. The next three games against Atlanta are perhaps the most important the team has played thus far. You may remember back on April 1, I gave our boys a bloggy pep talk. Spring training hadn't gone so well, and there we were once again facing the Cardinals. Oh, I wanted us to win. And ohhhh we sure did. So a new superstition began. Bloggy pep talks for the really important games.
So come on, gentlemen. You own New York. Now own the NL East. Throw away the sloppy plays. We've seen you work defensive magic–so bring it on. Make those catches that invoke gasps, those rocket-arm throws that make us shake our heads in wonder. And bring the bats. D-Wright, keep on homering your heart out. Shawnie, you look great without the hair, so knock out a few triples. Delgado, we know you've got it in you. And Reyes. Dear, dear Jose Reyes–you go and get the show started.
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Football coach Chris Westfall to be next athletic director of Lincoln High School
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- Previous coverage: Lincoln schools athletic director to take AD position at Ann Arbor Pioneer
For Lincoln football coach Chris Westfall, becoming an athletic director has always been his dream job.
At Monday's Lincoln school board meeting, trustees are expected to approve making that dream a reality.
Westfall has served since August as the interim AD at Lincoln High School, after former AD Eve Claar left to become the athletic director for Ann Arbor Pioneer High School.
Lincoln Superintendent Ellen Bonter will recommend to the board that Westfall be permanently hired to the position. Claar, who had been with Lincoln schools for about five years, made a total of about $86,000 during the 2011-12 academic year, Bonter said.
The salary offered to Westfall was not immediately available on Monday.
Westfall began his professional career in corporate America, he told AnnArbor.com in a previous article. He recently obtained a teaching degree and has been working at Lincoln schools as a substitute teacher as often as he can.
He said his plan was to teach for a while, but "(Athletic director) has always been the ideal job."
Download the complete agenda and board packet for Monday's meeting here. The Board of Education meeting starts at 6 p.m. at the Brick Elementary Community Center, 8970 Whittaker Road, Ypsilanti Township.
Danielle Arndt covers K-12 education for AnnArbor.com. Follow her on Twitter @DanielleArndt or email her at email@example.com.
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congratulations were flying around on facebook LAST week... congratulations chris! is he going to remain head coach too? i think he should.
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Tue, Nov 13, 2012 : 7:35 p.m.
Chris said in the past that he would remain head coach. I will be following up to see if that is still the case now that he is the permanent AD. No one loves Lincoln High School quite like Chris Westfall.
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Tue, Nov 13, 2012 : 2:55 a.m.
Congratulation Chris. They have the right person.
Tue, Nov 13, 2012 : 2:01 a.m.
So happy to have Chris as our Athletic Director!! He has made such an impact on our school, from the Football program to all the other athletic events at Lincoln!!! Can't wait to see what else he has in store for Splitter Nation :) Glad to have you as a permanent figure at Lincoln :)
Tue, Nov 13, 2012 : 12:10 a.m.
Good for Chris! He coached my kids at Pioneer for their football careers and they learned much from him.


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MRI shows no structural damage in Arcia's knee
By Rhett Bollinger / MLB.com
MINNEAPOLIS -- Rookie outfielder Oswaldo Arcia had a precautionary MRI exam on his right knee Wednesday, and it came back clean, said Twins general manager Terry Ryan.
The MRI showed no structural damage, and Arcia is listed as day to day. Ryan said the MRI was done for precautionary reasons, as they didn't want him to head home to his native Venezuela after the season with a nagging injury.
Arcia initially injured his knee while jumping up against the wall during batting practice on Monday, and he hasn't played since Sunday.
Mmanager Ron Gardenhire remains hopeful that Arcia, who had six RBIs in Sunday's 11-7 loss to the A's, will be able to play again before the season ends on Sunday.
"He's getting a precautionary MRI but is actually feeling better today," Gardenhire said before the results of the MRI were announced. "We want him to get out there and run around in the outfield a little bit, but they wanted to make sure everything was safe and sound in there. So we'll see how he comes back."
After 0-for-4 night, Willingham held out of lineup
MINNEAPOLIS -- After going 0-for-4 with three strikeouts in Tuesday's 4-2 loss to the Tigers, outfielder Josh Willingham was held out of Wednesday's starting lineup.
Manager Ron Gardenhire said it was a good day to give Willingham a break. Darin Mastroianni started in left field in Willingham's absence with Ryan Doumit getting the start at designated hitter.
"He didn't have much success yesterday," Gardenhire said of Willingham. "I think he was a little devastated he didn't take too good of swings. He was a little flustered and I could see that, so this was a good day to let him sit and help me manage."
It's been a down year for Willingham, who is hitting just .211/.347/.375 with 14 homers and 48 RBIs in 108 games. The 34-year-old hit .260/.366/.524 with 35 homers and 110 RBIs in 145 games last year en route to winning an American League Silver Slugger Award.
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• Ryan Doumit hit his 99th career homer on Tuesday, and he is just one homer away from becoming the eighth active catcher with at least 100 homers. The last two active catchers to reach 100 homers were Joe Mauer and Russell Martin, who both reached the milestone on June 8.
• Chris Parmelee has been swinging the bat well since being recalled from Triple-A Rochester on Sept. 9, as he's hitting .300 with a double and four RBIs in 14 games. However, Gardenhire said Parmelee still needs to work on his defense at first base, as he was in the wrong spot on cutoff plays twice last week.
• The Twins struck out 14 times on Tuesday, giving them 1,369 punchouts on the season. The Twins set the club record for strikeouts before the calendar even hit September, and they are on pace to finish with the third highest total in Major League history. The Twins currently rank seventh on MLB's all-time strikeout list for a season but are second in the Majors this year, as the Astros have already whiffed 1,492 times, which is the second highest total in MLB history.
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You might have one more your first YAPC, next May in Moscow
Yes, if you work it out, please let me know. I really want to go to Moscow. Your video [perl.org] convinced me when it said I could mark 1/7th of the world's land surface off my visited countries list. If you can put it very close to the NPW in April it would make for an easier trip. Is there still a big parade on May Day? I'd really like to see that.
Close to Norway lays Saint-Petersburg. I think YAPC there will be less attended than in Moscow. But the parade in Moscow still exists, maybe with less weapon demo
Oh, I meant close in time. If I'm already in Europe, I can get a cheap flight insteadin of making another trip across the Pond. If you have the conference around May Day, I can already be near there in time
Well, thus we have three dates: 16-17 April of NPW, 1st and 9th May of holidays in Russia (parade on 9th), and unknown day for the conference. We'll consider putting it closer if it will be possible.


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I have read too many posts about console graphics that only look at the qualitative numbers of graphics in a game. So i felt a need to give my perspective on video game graphics.
Firstly people who say xbox has better graphics are technically correct. However when playing a fast paced game does it really matter? Who can honestly tell the difference between a model made up of 1000 polygons and anther made from 2000 or 3000 polygons when that model is running by at a simulated 20 or 50 feet, faster than you can get your mouse cursor over it.
I don't think the xbox graphics are so much better that it is the only console to get.
A true gamer with integrity can look at a game and see it for its fun. I sense a lot of people in website forums have a mentality of " that game was good but it would have been the best game ever if those models had twice as many polygons"
It does not take processing power to make a game great, it is the content and the engine.
Graphics processing is important but i submit to you that HALO would have been a great game using Half-Life/quake II engine.
I personnally have'nt seen HALO played, I hear it is amazing, it has revolutionary game play that is genius, take away the "top-notch graphics, is it still absolutely amazing?
We have all played games that were crappy looking , but we did'nt know it at the time.
My room mate plays wolfenstein and medal of honour. Graphically I have to look closely to see that the models and surroundings are better than FPS from 2 or 3 years ago.
If you have to analyze a scene for more than 1 second to decide if its a game running on xbox or ps2. Then graphics power of the console should not be your only decision in buying a console.
I just listened to a favorite mp3 song at 192 kbps, i'd been listening to it for the last year at 128 kbps. Dang, i wasted my last year listening to a crappy song!, its amazing now!


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"Pedal down the foot hills, wheelies on the front"
"P-P-Pedal down the foot hills, wheelies on the front"
[Chuck Inglish]
I got this '89-'90, Pistons champ flat
Bill black Starter cap wit the hologram tags
White Mag rims, red rubber tires
Chain, frame, pegs, grips shipped from my supplier
Dopeman attire, gimme 'bout an hour
And I'll have it clickin, tickin, glidin, flyin like McGuyver
I'm a Murder Club dope pedal rider
Nigel said I'm good to get that ink on my bicep
I gets busy as a bee on my bike grips
If I cat-walk this sidewalk, I could fly this
Bitch and I'm fly, and it's tied to the side
That's the flag that I'm flyin. Add to the fact
That it all coincides with these wheels that I'm ridin
Three point Mags make you think that I'm glidin ..
Shit, nigga I ain't lyin'
I got a long rap sheet that'll say that I'm tied in
[Hook 2X]
"Pedal down the foot hills, wheelies on the front" (yep, uh)
"P-P-Pedal down the foot hills, wheelies on the front" (yep)
"I'm on the Dyno wit the black mag, black mag" (word?)
"Dyno wit the black mag, black mag, black mag, Dyno wit the.." (word?)
[Mikey Rocks]
I hit Chuck on the pager, "Yo, I'm kinda bored
Ain't got class til later so, open garage"
And I don't really know which way to go, I ain't trying skate it though
And my bike's illegal, so they send for the law
But I don't care Joe (nah), I just keep on pedaling
Ride past shorty light-skinned with no melanin
Shirt look like somebody stuffed two melons in
Had to stop, so I could preach like Reverend
I grip on the handbrake and say, "Waddup?"
I skip on the handshakes, I'm straight, what else?
I got two pegs on the back
And you got two legs under your skirt - so hop, we head
To the Dope Pedal Headquarters (c'mon)
You would be there if you could
Chuck got the red wheels and the white mags, but it's all good
Got the gold hunnid spokes like "Boyz N the Hood,"
With the lime green frame (uh), dollars on the bike seat
Handlebar grips is the same as my Nikes
And the mode of gold I use for my spokes
And the frame is the same as I use for my chain - out!
[Hook 2X]
"Black Mags" was on the EP "The Bake Sale" which was released in November 2008. It was number 8 on the billboard heatseeker chart.
The song is about Chuck and Mike rapping about the bikes and how tricked out the bikes are.


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Drury rolls to girls basketball win over Monument
NORTH ADAMS -- A week after its last game -- a loss to Wahconah at the Coaches vs. Cancer Showcase -- the Drury girls basketball team played simply smooth on Saturday.
The Blue Devils will need this kind of performance when they venture to Lee for a huge clash on Monday night.
"We say we have five players on the court that can score, and that's really true," said Drury coach John Franzoni after a 50-34 win over Monument Mountain. "When they set their feet, we're a good offensive team. We've worked hard this season to become better offensively and that was kind of a good showing about what we can do offensively and defensively.
"We play like that, we're tough to beat."
The Blue Devils (8-3, 3-2 North) were a challenge for the Spartans (5-6, 1-3), who went more than six minutes and 20 seconds without scoring in the middle of the game. Shannon Garvey (12 points) and Emily Moulton (17 points), meanwhile, had no trouble sinking mid-range jumpers for Drury.
The Blue Devils really kicked into high gear in the middle two quarters, going on a 21-3 run to take control of the game. It was a frustrating two quarters for Monument, which had just five baskets over those 16 minutes.
"There were just some times when we couldn't get the right passes," said the Spartans' Vanessa Troiano. "And we couldn't catch it and make our shots."
Troiano had a team-high 10 points, but seven of those came in the fourth quarter when the game was out of reach. Spartans coach Chris Unsworth said cold shooting may have led to struggles at the other end. The Blue Devils couldn't miss out of the halftime break, scoring the first 12 points of the second half. Garvey had six of those points.
"Everyone was knocking down shots," Garvey said. "I'm pretty sure everyone took a good shot. Our whole bench came out. I don't know. We just got lucky, I guess."
It was a bit of a step back for Monument coming off a thrilling victory over Lenox on Thursday. The loss put the Spartans below .500. They'll have to do better if they want to return to the Western Massachusetts tournament after missing out last season.
"There's no place for any sort of letup in any part of the game," Unsworth said. "We have winnable games out there if we play the way that we can. We'll see what happens."
Franzoni is hoping his team can carry the momentum into Monday's road trip.
"We know we didn't give a great effort against Wahconah," Franzoni said. "Wahconah played well against us. We wanted to play our kind of basketball today."
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Leyland takes cue from Yanks to win
Manager's ability to breed unshakable confidence lifted Tigers
By Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com
DETROIT -- The Yankees were Jim Leyland's example, and then they were his conquest. But in order for Leyland's Tigers to beat the Yankees in the American League Division Series, as they did with Saturday's 8-3 victory in Game 4, they had to be the Yankees. No, not by adding more than $100 million in payroll to field a lineup of All-Stars, but by maintaining a spirit, a swagger and a strut that transcends anything statistical. "In Spring Training, I said [to the players] when we played the Yankees, 'I want you to get to where we take the field like the Yankees take the field,'" Leyland recalled on Saturday night. "There's a special air about them. There's a special confidence, not cockiness." Confidence might not have necessarily been the Tigers' greatest attribute coming into the ALDS against those Yankees. After all, Detroit dropped its last five games of the regular season, including a sweep at the hands of the Royals in the final series, costing the Tigers an AL Central crown. They reported to Yankee Stadium hungry to prove their worth and belonging, only to fall, 8-4, in Game 1. It looked as though Leyland's club, which had surprised seemingly everyone in baseball just by getting to this stage, would go gently into that good night. And then the manager stepped in. "After that first game," first baseman Sean Casey said, "[Leyland] said, 'Hey, listen, every game is the championship. So let's go!'" Though his club was thumped by the Yankees bats and the pitching of Chien-Ming Wang in the opener, Leyland's postgame remarks to reporters were brimming with pride for the way his club played. He didn't call his players out, even when they struggled to execute on some scoring opportunities in the early innings. Back in April, after a particularly brutal drubbing suffered at the hands of the Indians, Leyland's analysis was relegated to a vilification of his club, in which he not-so-proudly proclaimed, "We stunk, period." The Tigers responded to that tongue-lashing rather well as the regular season progressed. But with their goal of toppling the favored Yanks looking dim after Game 1, Leyland took a much different approach. He had seen enough out of his club throughout '06 to know that it was far from beaten, no matter how tough the Yankees lineup appeared. "We can beat this team," he told his players in a meeting before Game 2. "We can be a winner."
Anthony Castrovince is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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|Lynn Gardner <email@example.com>
|"Barry Rittman" <firstname.lastname@example.com>, email@example.com
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Dear Barry, Hey, I hear and understand and agree with most of what you are saying. My biggest concern is that if we are going to require the Associates Degree then let us make sure that the programs out there are providing not only the proper book knowledge but also enough "hands on training" to prove that they can apply that knowledge and produce the quality that all of us can be proud of. It is also absolutely necessary to give these students the realistic expectations of a working laboratory for example: you must be able to produce X number of slides within X number of minutes without artifacts; or you must product an AFB, GMS, etc. stain within a certain time frame that is accurate and artifact free. They must be able to do this coming out of school as it takes too long to train someone to do these basic things! Anyone, with training and given the time the ASCP allows can produce perfect or near perfect slides for the ASCP test. However, can that same person produce that same quality consistently and within the time frame of a "true" laboratory? If we are going to go that route lets make sure they can!! To many of them that I have had experience with in the past can't produce acceptable slides consistently until they have been in a "working" lab for about 6 months to a year. I don't know about you but this really slowed us down and created a lot of stress for everyone. In one case we found that the person could not learn at all and had to fire them, they had a great personality and wonderful book knowledge but couldn't apply it to the "real world"! If we are TRULY dedicated to improving the field lets make sure that the Associate Degreed programs provide the student with ample knowledge, enough skills and troubleshooting techniques so that the student can with confidence and precision provide the clinics, laboratories and hospitals with quality histologic techniques. Thanks for listening! Lynn Gardner, HT(ASCP) At 02:26 PM 5/4/99 -0500, you wrote: > > >X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 >Message-ID: <firstname.lastname@example.com> >Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 11:59:28 -0500 >From: Barry Rittman <email@example.com> >Organization: University of Texas HSC-Dental Branch >X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (WinNT; I) >X-Accept-Language: en >MIME-Version: 1.0 >To: firstname.lastname@example.com >Subject: Re: Routes to becoming a histotech >References: <email@example.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Lynn, > hi, >All you say is true, however, equally important to recruitment is the retention >of histotechs. Nowadays, many of the potential candidates for laboratory work >are asking what are the job prospects? While I believe the majority of us feel >that the job is a vocation, new employee soon becomes painfully aware of the >layoffs (believe the politically correct term used is reduction in force) and >other disincentives to stay. We can point out the public service that histotechs >perform and lives that may be saved by personal pride in the work but in the end >it may be that a minimal amount of money to take home is often the deciding >factor. Having said all this, I still believe that the rewards far outweigh the >downsides, however, even to just retain the benefits we now have we must >publicize our profession and push for improved standards. This does not detract >from your experience, that is something that none can take away and I suspect >that in Iowa you have received excellent experience. >If the profession looks to outside groups to improve our lot then we all need to >be wearing boots because it will not happen. >Recruitment from high school is an attractive resource as the students are >usually smart and enthusiastic. The down side is that they often will have little >experience of working conditions and maybe not much idea of careers except those >to which they have been exposed. They may also be willing to start work for less >money. After an associates degree they will probably be better informed. If >logic prevails, then new employees entering with an Associates degree should >receive a higher starting salary than those currently entering directly from high >school. >As for your fear that the attitude will occur that "even monkeys will be able to >perform the work", I'm afraid that in some of the more ignorant people we come >across this is already the perception. Change their attitude, set them down at >the microtome. This is often a very humbling experience for them and I have seen >attitudes change dramatically and rapidly. >Freida Carson gave a very appropriate talk at the TSH meeting in Galveston last >month in addressing career ladders in histotechnology and hope she can address >this sometime during this discussion. >I apologize for removing some of your text but wanted to stopemails filling up. >Talk to you later >Barry > >Lynn Gardner wrote: > >> Dear All, >> >> I have been following the discussion on the Associates Degree and have >> mixed emotions about the whole issue and some questions. First the questions: >> >> 1. Will the high school route that you had to have X number of science and >> math credits prior to entering a one year CAHEA accredited school still be >> allowed? >> >> 2. Will Histologic Technicians that do not have their AS degree but do have >> their HT (ASCP) have to do anything special to maintain their classification? >> >> Now for the emotions: >


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From time to time, we check in upon the ultra-Christian, ultra-wingnut decapitating Mexican drug cartel, La Familia Michoacana. Breaking: in another setback, LFM's latest leader has been captured.
Leader of "La Familia Michoacana" captured in Toluca
Milenio online | 3-20-12
Elements of the Public Safety Secretariat (SSC) arrested Juan Carlos Coránguez Gonzalez, "El Rojo," leader of La Familia Michoacana while staff of the same unit said six other suspected kidnappers, including a woman, were captured during an operation in the south of the state on the border with the state of Guerrero.
Through its official Twitter account, the security minister, Salvador Neme Sastré, revealed the capture of "El Rojo", but without giving further details about the operation . .
After La Familia had their founder and spiritual leader killed and had many of their faithful split off into Los Caballeros Templarios, the group hasn't been as strong as they once were. A couple days ago, rivals of La Familia exacted tit-for-tat revenge:
Mexico police find 10 heads outside slaughterhouse
ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities have found 10 severed heads dumped outside a slaughterhouse in a town in northern Guerrero state. They are still looking for the bodies.
A statement from the Teloloapan police says the heads of seven men and three women were left with a message that appears to threaten the La Familia Michoacana drug cartel. The warning says: "This is going to happen to all those who support the FM."
Sunday, the cops went out looking for the bodies, and . .
ACAPULCO, Mexico — Gunmen ambushed and killed 12 police officers who had been sent to search for the bodies of 10 people whose severed heads were found in southern Guerrero state, authorities said Monday.
Guerrero state police spokesman Arturo Martinez said six state and six local officers were killed Sunday night on a road leading out of the town of Teloloapan. Another 11 officers were wounded.
These folks are a God-fearing bunch. As that guy is really crazy.


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Still, the year was not over. Hansen's own football team finished a remarkable 14-0, best-ever in school history, while capturing the CIF Division I state title with a shocking upset over heavily favored Centennial-Corona just two weeks after volleyball had brought home the big prize.
When all that was accomplished, Hansen and his wife, Marilyn, needed a little down time. They visited some friends in New Orleans on their way to Florida, where they watched Stanford dominate Virginia Tech in the Discover Orange Bowl this past Monday night.
Stanford, of course, was coached that night by Jim Harbaugh, one of Hansen's former players. Thus, things just couldn't get much better for Hansen. But, they did.
On Monday evening, while Hansen was watching the game, Hansen was named the ESPN Rise Cal-Hi Sports State Coach of the Year for the 2010 high school football season. Hansen, however, had no idea he had received the honor until receiving a phone call Tuesday morning while he was packing his bags around 11:30 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
"No, I haven't heard," Hansen said upon being told of the honor. "That will make my flight go a little faster."
Hansen, 59, is the sixth CCS coach to win state coach-of-the-year honors since 1970. The other five are Ed Buller of Oak Grove (San Jose) in 2007, Norm Dow of Live Oak (Morgan Hill) in 1988, Charlie Wedemeyer of Los Gatos in 1985, Ron Calcagno of St. Francis in 1983 and Benny Pierce of Saratoga in 1976.
"That's quite a crew," said Hansen, still a little groggy from Monday's Orange Bowl festivities.
After watching Harbaugh coach the Cardinal to its first bowl game victory since 1996, Hansen joined the team celebration at the hospitality room around 2 a.m. (Florida time). He chatted with his son, Peter, a Stanford defensive assistant, and Jack Harbaugh, Jim's father.
"I got to bed about 4 a.m.," Hansen said. "That's way past my bed time."
Thus, Hansen was almost in a dreamy state when informed of the state coaching honor.
"It's just great," he said. "This is for our whole coaching staff. It's not just me. We accomplished something that's never been done before at Palo Alto High. You have to have great assistants, which I have. You have to have great athletes, and we've got the athletes. And you have to create an atmosphere where you can be successful."
Hansen has done just that during his 23-year coaching stint at Paly, where he has compiled a 174-85-3 record. Over the past 10 years, the Vikings have gone 92-29-3 under Hansen's guidance while winning four CCS titles and reaching the state championship game twice since the bowls began in 2006. No other CCS team has done that and Paly is the first CCS team to win one.
While Palo Alto had been undefeated in football five times prior to this season, 2010 turned out to be the best of all-time since the Vikings began playing the sport in 1897. Paly completed a 10-0 regular season, which included capturing the SCVAL De Anza Division title, then made a remarkable run through the section playoffs with victories over West Catholic Athletic League powers Mitty, Bellarmine and Valley Christian to wrap up its second Open Division crown in five years.
The Vikings also reached CCS title games in 2003, '05 and '08.
"Coach Hansen is a great coach," Paly senior quarterback Christoph Bono told Cal-Hi Sports. "I've heard players say that Palo Alto football wouldn't be the same without Hansen. He has been there a long time. He presides over the whole thing like at father figure. A lot of people don't realize how much time he spends in preparing for games. He studies film eight to 10 hours on the weekend, getting us prepared for games."
Hansen was named Paly's head football coach in 1981 and coached Harbaugh for two seasons. Hansen left Palo Alto to take over the football program at San Lorenzo Valley from 1983-87, returning to Paly in 1991. Hansen and Harbaugh, however, have remained friends throughout the years. Hansen was on hand when Harbaugh was introduced as Stanford's head coach in 2006.
After Palo Alto won its first state football title on Dec. 17, Harbaugh took time at his own press conference to praise Hansen.
"Coach Hansen is a great coach, a great man and a great teacher," Harbaugh said on Dec. 22. "He cares about people and makes you feel that when you're with him, whether you're on the frosh-soph, a junior or senior. He'll always ask about a family member or your biology class."
So when Palo Alto won the state title game over the weekend, Harbaugh was ecstatic.
"Talk about a coaching job," Harbaugh said. "There's the best coach on the Peninsula, in the Bay Area. He did a phenomenal job and this is his finest season."
"He keeps in contact with a lot of people," Harbaugh continued. "You never really leave an Earl Hansen program. It feels like you've never left high school. His passion for the game remains and he's still as intense as the day I met him. That's a rare quality. Those are the qualities I try to emulate and see if I can measure up to him. If you're a Palo Alto Vikings alumni, or a Stanford alumni, or both, then these are tremendous days."
Earl Hansen would have to agree.
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Hello, I recently started learning C++ using the 'teach yourself in 21 days' tutorials, and I have hit a little snag in my understanding. I've been ignoring it for the time being in hope that it will click later on but upon reaching the operator overloading section I feel I need to understand this now.
Here is some code of what I am working on...
There is nothing wrong with the code, but there is one thing I cannot get to grips with and that is a member function(or any other function for that matter) returning an object.Code:
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
typedef unsigned short int USHORT;
class Counter
~Counter() {}
USHORT GetItsVal() const {return itsVal;}
void SetItsVal(USHORT x) {itsVal = x;}
const Counter& operator ++ ();
USHORT itsVal;
const Counter& Counter::operator ++ ()
return *this;
int main()
Counter i;
cout << "The value of i is " << i.GetItsVal() << endl;
cout << "The value of i is " << i.GetItsVal() << endl;
Counter a = ++i;
cout << "The value of a is " << a.GetItsVal() << endl;
cout << "The value of i is " << i.GetItsVal() << endl;
cout << "The value of a is " << a.GetItsVal() << endl;
cout << "The value of i is " << i.GetItsVal() << endl;
return 0;
This example is prevelant due to the overloaded prefix operator function returning a reference to a Counter object, specifically the dereferenced 'this' pointer.
I can understand a return value being an integer, but I'm having trouble understanding an entire object being returned, especially when a member function returns a different object, I am unsure of how to use them.
Like I said I have ignored this until now. In the example a counter is created (i) and using the overloaded prefix function, somehow a reference to a counter is returned, the 'this' pointer points to the calling object so there is a reference to 'i' itself returned but where does it go? it is not used, I am confused.
Secondly when creating the counter 'a', it is said to equal ++i. Now I am really confused. The ++ increments 'i' and then returns itself as being equal to 'a', so 'a' is a copy of 'i'... this is confusing enough but if the return value is a reference also, is 'a' now not a reference to 'i'? This is obviously not the case but thats as far as I can get at my point of understanding.
Could somebody please clarify this for me.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Some Floridians waited for hours to cast their ballots on the last day of early voting Saturday, but Gov. Rick Scott stood firm against calls from Democrats and independent groups to allow one more day to vote before Tuesday.
At the close of the eighth and final day of early voting in Florida, more than 4.4 million, or early 40 percent of registered voters in the state, had cast ballots. The numbers were substantially higher in northeast Florida, where 43 percent of Duval County's voters had either returned absentee ballots or voted early. The number in St. Johns County was 48 percent, and Nassau County reached 54 percent.
"It's an American responsibility," voter Jan Wills said will waiting to vote Saturday. "I think it's our obligation to be voting in the United States. I don't think there's any excuse for a citizen not to vote."
When the lines cleared at all 17 early voting sites in Jacksonville on Saturday -- some waiting up to two hours to vote -- 28,893 ballots were cast. While that was a single-day record for Duval County, the total early votes fell short of 46 percent who voted early in 2008 when the early voting period lasted 16 days.
Early turnout was even stronger in neighboring counties. More than 50 percent of Nassau County voters cast ballots either early or by mail.
Vote totals through close of polls Saturday
|Mail-in ballots
|Early votes
|Percentage voted
|Duval County
|St. Johns County
|Clay County
|Nassau County
While the votes won't be counted until Tuesday, state election officials say 43 percent of the ballots cast so far are by registered Democrats and 40 percent are from Republican voters.
All precincts will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, and Duval County Election Supervisor Jerry Holland predicts an 80 percent turnout when the poll close on Election Day. While that's higher than most elections, he can't understand why it's not closer to 100 percent.
"About 100,000 voters in Duval County will not go to the polls for this election. That's the sad part," Holland said. "How many people have died for that right for those people and really take advantage of it. There is something on the ballot that affects you in every day of your life."
As Fla. voters face long lines, Scott stands firm
Amid long lines across the state Saturday, Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson stood outside one jammed polling place in Orange County to call on the Republican governor to extend early voting through Sunday -- but to no avail.
The face-off was the latest over what Democrats allege are Republican efforts to limit participation because early voting is widely seen as benefiting Democrats in some states The dispute comes a dozen years after Republican George W. Bush's razor-thin win in the state following a U.S. Supreme Court decision to halt a recount.
Scott and state officials continued to insist there were no reasons to keep polls open beyond the eight days already authorized in state law. The GOP-controlled Florida Legislature last year rolled back the number of early-voting days from a maximum of 14 days to eight days. The move triggered a legal battle, but the reduction was upheld by federal courts.
During a Republican campaign event in Orange Park on Friday, Scott stressed that any Florida voter who got in line before polls closed Saturday would get a chance to vote.
"People are getting out to vote. That's what's very good," Scott said. "People are getting out to vote, they're voting absentee, they're voting early voting...I'm focused on making sure that we have fair, honest elections. One thing to know, these early voting days and on Election Day, if you're there by the time the polls close, you get to vote."
Nelson, however, said that the cut in early voting days was "intended to suppress the vote."
The senator sent a letter to Scott in which he said that the problems could be "jeopardizing the credibility of Florida's election." He asked Scott to use his emergency powers to keep the polls open.
Nelson, who himself is seeking re-election, cited the long lines and problems with limited parking as reasons to extend early voting one more day "in the interest of fairness."
"You've never seen lines like this," Nelson said. "...We ought to be making voting convenient for the voter. We shouldn't be making it more difficult."
Even before the final weekend before the election, some 3.9 million Floridians had voted early or through the mail, according to state election officials. There are nearly 12 million active registered voters in the state.
Long lines were reported across the state, including a six-hour wait time at one early-voting site in Miami-Dade County. Monroe County Supervisor of Elections Harry Sawyer asked for more early-voting time, but was told by state officials that no emergency existed to justify an extension.
"As state officials, we are bound to follow the law," Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner wrote Sawyer.
James Colimon was waiting in line at the early voting site at the Winter Park library in Orange County but he had to leave two and a half hours later to pick up his daughter. He said his wife was still in line and that he planned to return later.
"I wish the governor would have extended early voting," Colimon said.
Later in the day, however, voting was suspended at that site because of a cooler found outside the library. The discovery prompted officials to evacuate the building. A bomb squad was called in, which took the cooler and planned to blow it up.
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Win, Lose, Win, Lose, Win, Lose…
You can say this for the White Sox–they're consistent in their inconsistency. The Sox are 5-5 in their last 10 games, have alternated wins and losses since September 5 (including last night's 4-1 loss in Seattle) and, if recent form holds true, will defeat the Mariners today for a 3-3 road trip. We hope.
Although the South Siders (72-74) failed once again to reach the .500 mark, they are proving to be the consummate .500 club. It would surprise no one if the Sox finished 81-81.
The offense, which has been woeful, proved to be the Achilles heel again last night in the losing effort. This was the case despite two hits apiece from Alex Rios and Jermaine Dye, who have been AWOL from any significant offensive contributions. The one highlight was Gordon Beckham's 12th homer of the season.
If I haven't already made my case for ".500," is it really a coincidence that last night's losing pitcher Gavin Floyd, who has been the ace of the staff for much of '09, is now 11-11 on the season?