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Sergio Parisse and his Stade Francais teammates will use three new venues in this year's Amlin Challenge Cup © Getty Images
French giants Stade Francais will take European rugby to three new venues this season, with all three of their home matches being moved away from Paris.
They will take their round 2 clash against fellow French side Grenoble to the Stade Oceane in Le Harve and then play Italian side I Cavalieri Prato in round 4 at the MMArena in Le Mans. Their final pool match against Aviva Premiership newboys London Welsh will take place at the 25,000 capacity Stade du Hainaut in Valenciennes, a little over 200 kilometres from the French capital.
In the past they have taken European and domestic matches to the 80,000 capacity Stade de France in Paris, where cheap tickets and a pre-match show ensured full houses. Richard Pool-Jones' side were runners-up in the 2011 final to Harlequins and then lost in the semi-finals to Toulon in 2012.
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For first time, Mesoraco behind plate for Cueto
Starter Hanigan nursing sore left ankle, likely to miss weekend series
By Mark Sheldon / MLB.com
ARLINGTON -- For the first time ever in the regular season, catcher Devin Mesoraco worked with Reds ace Johnny Cueto on Friday night.
That's because Cueto's regular batterymate, Ryan Hanigan, has been dealing with a sore left ankle. Hanigan said he turned his ankle about a week and a half ago while behind the plate.
"It's pretty inflamed and I'm trying to manage it," Hanigan said. "They're giving me a couple of days to get it right. I will be all right. I just have to grind through it."
Hanigan, who did not catch on Wednesday at Oakland, is expected to miss the series in Texas. Reds manager Dusty Baker didn't believe Hanigan, who is hitless in his last 12 at-bats, would need to go on the disabled list.
"It doesn't look like it, but you never know if it doesn't heal," Baker said. "This will be five days. You don't have to double switch or anything. There's a good chance Meso will play all of these games. I just hope nothing happens to Meso."
Mesoraco, who primarily catches for Mat Latos and Mike Leake, didn't expect any problems being paired with Cueto.
"I think the one thing that's been stressed to me is to just watch the game when I'm on the bench and to learn as much as I can," Mesoraco said. "I've probably watched 50 or so of Johnny's starts the last two years. I know how he wants to pitch. I still talk to him just the same, as if I was catching, after the game. How did he pitch this guy? How did he feel out there? I saw you throw a lot of sliders. We still talk and have a good relationship, but this will be our first actual time working together."
Phillips back from two-day stint on paternity list
ARLINGTON -- After missing both games of the series at Oakland while on the paternity list, Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips rejoined the team on Friday and started against the Rangers.
To make room for Phillips, infielder Henry Rodriguez was optioned to Triple-A Louisville. Rodriguez, who was called up to replace Phillips, did not appear in either game vs. the A's.
"That's a big part of our offense," Reds manager Dusty Baker said of Phillips. "The guy is second in the league in RBIs and the first on our team. We missed him even though it was only two days. You never know what could have happened in those two days. I'm just glad to have him back."
Prior's comeback bid with Reds ends with release
ARLINGTON -- After he was activated from Triple-A Louisville's disabled list, the Reds released pitcher Mark Prior to end the latest chapter in his long comeback story.
Prior, who signed a Minor League contract with the Reds during Spring Training, had a 4.66 ERA in seven games at Louisville. He had been on the DL since April 25 with a right shoulder strain.
During camp, Prior contacted his old manager with the Cubs, Reds skipper Dusty Baker, to ask for a chance. Prior called Baker once again on Thursday.
"We talked about it and he said the organization treated him excellent," Baker said. "He [said he] could not be treated better. He will go home and rest and maybe try it again if his arm comes back."
It's been a comeback attempt fraught with setbacks for Prior, who has not pitched in the Majors since 2006. The former Cubs star had reconstructive shoulder surgery in '07. He has spent parts of the previous three seasons pitching for the Rangers', Yankees' and Red Sox's organizations, and also an independent league.
Worth noting
• Friday marked the first time the Reds played the Rangers since 2007 at Great American Ball Park. It was their first game at the Ballpark in Arlington since 2002.
Mark Sheldon is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Mark My Word, and follow him on Twitter @m_sheldon. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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He was born Jan. 22, 1918, in Havana to Jeff Davis Welch Sr. and Maude Ferguson Welch. He was a WWII veteran, a longtime vocational agriculture teacher and an Elder in the Havana Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Evelyn Butler Welch; his parents; one sister, Reba Laverne Welch; and one brother, Ewell Ferguson Welch.
He is survived by three daughters, Martha Ann Engelberger and her husband, Charles of Springfield, Va.; Caroline Kestner and her husband, Rodney of Fayetteville and Rebecca Jane Doncer and her husband, Richard of North Little Rock; one son, Jeff Butler Welch and his wife, Sherian L. of Jacksonville; eight grandchildren, Charles Engelberger III, John Engelberger, Kevin Kestner, Brent Kestner, Lauren Meeks, Phillip Doncer, Jeff Welch II and Olivia Welch; and eight great-grandchildren.
Funeral service will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Western Yell County Church of Christ in Havana with burial at Havana Cemetery under the direction of Cornwell Funeral Home in Danville. The family will receive guests from 5-7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, at Havana Presbyterian Church.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in the name of Jeff D. Welch to Havana Presbyterian Church.
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Four anthropology students from Indiana University are taking their funding request to the public. Crowd-funding websites like Kickstarter are becoming more and more popular as a way to fund all kinds of projects, big and small.
This group, studying in the lab of evolutionary anthropologist Michael Muehlenbein hopes to continue their study of how tourists and primates interact in South Africa by using these types of funds.
"The whole idea of ecotourism is that you take only photos and leave only footprints. But the reality is that unregulated ecotourism can have a variety of potential costs. One of those costs being the welfare of endangered species that we're interested in going to visit," Muehlenbein says.
Diseases transmitted from humans to primates can be disastrous to wild primate populations. Primates can transmit diseases like malaria right back to humans. The goal for these researchers is to study what people know about primate and human diseases and their attitudes towards them. These and other factors can influence disease transmission.
"Humans are attracted to monkeys and apes, they're cute, they're fuzzy and they act like us. Non-human primates share a lot of diseases with humans and we know there are a lot of instances of disease transmission from them to humans, HIV being a good example. So, I wanted to wrap my brain around the decisions tourists make that might influence the transmission of diseases like that," Muehlenbein says.
The students helping Muehlenbein in his research hope to reach out to the community by involving them in the funding and researching process. They plan on using Microryza, a website dedicated to helping smaller science projects reach their funding goals.
Muehlenbein thinks that becoming involved in this kind of research project could mean so much to the science community.
"I think a lot of younger people are not as involved in science as they should be. In general, I think the public loves celebrities, but I think they should love scientists just as much. As a donor, they have an investment more than just money because we have multiple incentives. We want to involve them every step of the way, telling them why we're doing this, from the inception of the project to the very end," Muehlenbein says.
The goal is to raise $7,500 to pay for plane tickets and the research would take about three weeks.
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I'm following a tutorial at http://cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/tut1-3.html and the problem is that I don't understand the description of an operator called module (%).
The description that they give there is I believe got a mistake (I just don't know what mistake).
That was from that site, and I don't get it?The only one that may not be known by you is the module, specified with the percentage sign (%). Module is the operation that gives the rest of a division of two integer values. For example, if we write a = 11 % 3;, the variable a will contain 2 as result since 2 is the rest from dividing 11 between 3.
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Intel released its results for the fourth quarter of 2008 yesterday - it was only the second time in 20 years that Q4 results were worse than Q3 results.
Q4 revenue was $8.2 billion, down from $10.7 billion last year. Operating income was $1.5 billion, and net income was only $234 million. Earnings per share was 4 cents, down 90% from last year. The results included a billion dollar write-off in Intel's investment in Clearwire.
Over $1.8 billion was spent on CAPEX (capital expenditures) in Q4. CAPEX are used by a company to acquire or upgrade physical assets such as equipment, property, or industrial buildings.
Average Selling Prices (ASP) and gross margins were down due to Fab underutilization, inventory write downs, and the shift from notebooks to Atom and netbooks. Chipset sales by revenue in the Digital Enterprise group were almost half of last year's result.
Intel has only missed earnings estimates once in the last five quarters. The fallout from lower corporate spending is obviously dire, as the most profitable Intel products are in the corporate server space. There was a $250 million charge due to fab underutilization, as Intel now has three Fabs producing at 45nm on 300mm lines. These are Fab 32 in Chandler, Arizona, Fab 28 in Kiryat Gat, Israel, and Fab 11x in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.
For all of 2008, Intel's posted revenue was $37.6 billion, with operating income of $9 billion, and net income of $5.3 billion. Earnings per share was 92 cents.
Intel generated approximately $11 billion in cash from operations while paying cash dividends of $3.1 billion. It used $7.1 billion to repurchase 324 million shares of common stock, which helps to boost its EPS figures.
One major area of concern for technology enthusiasts was that Intel would cut back on CAPEX in 2009, delaying the rollout of its P1268 32nm process and setting back the arrival of Westmere, Nehalem's successor.
However, Paul Otellini, Intel's President and Chief Executive Officer repeated his commitment to 32nm within 2009. In fact, he mentioned 32nm process technology over a dozen times during a conference call.
He stated, "We're going to get there as fast as we possibly can", as 32nm will be critical to Intel's performance and cost advantage. Intel will not delay 32nm, insisting that it is necessary to enable higher production efficiencies.
Intel will be spending $2.5 billion on Research and Development, as well as Mergers and Acquisitions in the first quarter of 2009. Much of that will be on Intel's 32nm process, preparing to launch it in mass production, and ramping it to their other products.
Fab D1D, Intel's 300mm development fab in Hillsboro, Oregon, will be the prototype line, just like for the 45nm process. Over the next six months, this unique factory will turn the 32nm process from the research phase into the production phase. It will be in Hillsboro that Intel will adjust the production line to meet its yield and cost requirements. Once the process has been refined enough, Intel can use the lessons learned to convert other Fabs to the 32nm process.
For all of 2009, Intel plans to spend $5.4 billion on Research and Development. There will be a 2009 introduction for the 32nm process, but it will definitely be a 2010 ramp, just like the 45nm was introduced in 2007 but only readily available for sale to the general public in March 2008. Somewhat troubling was the statement that the "ramp rate will be modulated" based on market demand.
The current plan is to go with mainstream mobile and desktop parts first. Next generation System-on-Chip design, as well as servers will be next. After that, next generation Atom products will be the next priority. No mention was made of Larrabee.
The consensus recommendation of analysts is still to buy INTC. The share price has fallen approximately 20% in the past three months, and it is about 45% lower than it was a year ago.


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Gut-wrenching loss evens up ALCS
Beckett roughed up, Sox-Rays tie postseason homer record
By Ian Browne / MLB.com
With speedy Fernando Perez tagging from third base, Drew planted, fired and cringed.
The throw wound up short, and on the third-base side of home plate. Perez slid in to land the Red Sox a gut-wrenching 9-8, 11-inning loss to the Rays on Saturday.
So instead of going back to Boston with a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series, the Red Sox instead settled for a split after a game that took five hours and 27 minutes. The contest came to an end at 1:36 a.m. ET on Sunday.
It was a wild game, one in which the teams combined for seven home runs to set an ALCS record and tie the postseason record. It was also one in which the two starting pitchers -- Josh Beckett for the Red Sox and Scott Kazmir for the Rays -- struggled, putting both bullpens into the spotlight.
"It's just one of those games," said Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon. "It could have gone either way. It's one of those games where nobody really deserved to lose. It was a hard-fought battle by both clubs and we came out on the short end of the stick. What can I say?"
Did Drew think he had a shot on what proved to be a walk-off sacrifice fly off the bat of B.J. Upton?
"I did, but I knew I had to be super quick getting it out of my glove," Drew said.
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"It didn't help that I got drilled on the shoulder [Friday] night and I didn't have the best grip on the ball trying to get rid of it. Because in that situation with Perez running, you've got to get rid of it and unload it quick. The combination of those few things ... and the ball kind of sailed up the line. It would have had to have been a perfect one-hop play in there to have a chance at him. It didn't work out."
By the time the Red Sox got to the 11th, manager Terry Francona was down to two pitchers in his bullpen. One option was Paul Byrd, a starter by trade who last pitched on Sept. 24. The other choice was venerable veteran Mike Timlin, the 42-year-old who was inactive for the AL Division Series vs. the Angels and hadn't pitched in a game since Sept. 28.
Francona went with the latter option. Timlin walked Dioner Navarro and Ben Zobrist to open the inning, and Boston pitching coach John Farrell, displeased with the calls of home-plate umpire Sam Holbrook, was ejected.
"Thinking about that, these are pressure games," said Timlin. "It's tough to do our job. There's [also] a lot of pressure on the umpires. With all due respect, some of those pitches, I can't throw any better. I threw some really good pitches right there. We're all human, we miss. Shoot, I walked a couple of guys. I know it's tough, but in my opinion, I threw some pretty good pitches, but he saw it the other way."
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Jason Bartlett then hit a slow roller to third that had the same effect as a sacrifice bunt, pushing the runners to second and third.
The Red Sox walked Akinori Iwamura intentionally to load the bases. Upton did just enough to finish it.
"We're not frustrated," said Timlin. "You come down to somebody else's place and you split, we're still looking pretty good. [The Rays], they played well, they came back, we came back. It was definitely a back-and-forth game. We both played the game well. Just in the end, looking at my own performance, I'm the one who messed it up. We should have won that game. It came down to the last hitter, the last pitcher, and that's where we stand."
As for the ALCS itself, that is now wide open as the venue switches to Fenway Park, where the Red Sox went 56-25 this season and have their hottest pitcher lined up for Monday's Game 3 in lefty Jon Lester.
"It's 1-1, you have to keep grinding it out," said Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia, who belted two homers in a game for the first time in his career. "That's why it's best-of-seven."
Before turning into a postseason classic, the game felt like a home run derby. But nobody went deep after Jason Bay's solo shot in the top of the fifth inning, Boston's third homer of the inning.
Pedroia and Kevin Youkilis took Kazmir over the wall earlier in the frame. After the shot by Youkilis, who now has a nine-game hitting streak in ALCS play, Kazmir exited. Bay's homer was a towering shot down the line in left. The three homers in an inning tied a postseason record, which has now been done nine times.
After that, however, neither team blinked for a long time. Dan Wheeler, one of seven pitchers used by the Rays, fired 3 1/3 innings of shutout relief. Papelbon was perfect for 1 1/3 innings, extending his record postseason scoreless streak to 22 innings.
|Rays starter: RHP Matt Garza
|2008 on the road: 4-6, 4.53 ERA
|2008 vs. Red Sox: 1-1, 4.50 ERA
|Career vs. Red Sox: 3-1, 3.86 ERA
|2008 postseason: 0-1, 7.50 ERA
|Career postseason: 0-1, 7.50 ERA
|Red Sox starter: LHP Jon Lester
|2008 at home: 11-1, 2.49 ERA
|2008 vs. Rays: 3-0, 0.90 ERA
|Career vs. Rays: 4-0, 3.38 ERA
|2008 postseason: 1-0, 0.00 ERA
|Career postseason: 2-0, 0.77 ERA
|Series tied, 1-1. It marks the 19th time in 39 American League Championship Series that it has been tied at a game apiece.
|Game 1: Red Sox 2, Rays 0
|Game 2: Rays 9, Red Sox 8 (11 innings)
|Did You Know? The 37 players used by both teams in Game 2 tied an ALCS record for a game of any length, last matched by the Red Sox and Indians in Game 2 of the 2007 ALCS.
Of utmost concern for the Red Sox in this one is that the man they still refer to as their ace didn't pitch like one. For the second time in his two starts this postseason, Beckett struggled.
Much like his ALDS start against the Angels, it was clear from the outset that Beckett, who took a no-decision, wasn't in top form. Though he did have a 1-2-3 inning this time around -- something he didn't do against the Halos -- Beckett wound up producing the worst postseason start of his career.
Over 4 1/3 innings, Beckett was drilled for nine hits and eight runs, walking one and striking out five. Most disturbing to Beckett and the Red Sox is that the righty blew the lead three separate times.
"It's very frustrating," said Beckett. "Any time you get eight runs for you and you can't win the game, that's pretty frustrating."
Fortunately for the Red Sox, Kazmir (4 1/3 innings, six hits, five runs, three walks) was every bit as shaky.
After those three homers in the fifth gave the Sox a 6-5 lead, Francona went back to Beckett, who had already been touched up for three long balls in the first four innings.
"We scored three in the fifth and wanted to give ourselves a realistic chance at having some semblance of order in our bullpen, which we did," Francona said. "We wanted Beckett to get through that fifth and set up our bullpen, and it didn't work."
Carlos Pena tied it with an RBI single to right. Evan Longoria stepped up next and ripped an RBI double to left, putting Tampa Bay back in front. That was all for Beckett. Lefty Javy Lopez came on and gave up an RBI single to right by Carl Crawford, giving the Rays an 8-6 cushion.
The Red Sox cut the deficit back to a run on Bay's RBI single up the middle in the sixth and tied it in the seventh on a wild pitch.
But the next lead change ended the game.
"I feel like we did what we needed to do here," said Papelbon. "Obviously, we would have loved to have won the first two games, but you can't be greedy. If you were to ask anyone in this clubhouse, they would have taken one out of two games here. Like I said, it's just one of those teams neither team deserved to lose and we came out on the short end of the stick."
Ian Browne 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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'Marlins Insider' show returns for Spring Training
By Joe Frisaro / MLB.com
MIAMI -- In-depth Marlins baseball talk is back on the air.
The organization is re-launching "Marlins Insider" on Saturday from noon to 2 p.m. ET on AM 790 and FM 104.3. Miami radio play-by-play announcer Glenn Geffner once again will host the weekly show.
Marlins Insider will also be made available to fans online at www.marlins.com/insidershow.
The show will air each Saturday through Spring Training, which gets under way when pitchers and catchers report on Feb. 12 to Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Fla.
Geffner will tackle all the issues surrounding the Marlins, as well as the latest Major League Baseball rumors.
Each week, guests will include Marlins players, coaches, front office executives, national media members and baseball personalities. The first show will feature special interviews with manager Mike Redmond and president of baseball operations Larry Beinfest.
Joe Frisaro is a reporter for MLB.com. He writes a blog, called The Fish Pond. Follow him on Twitter @JoeFrisaro. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Lei Wu Appointed Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clarkson University
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Lei Wu has been appointed assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Clarkson University. He started teaching this fall and is offering a course in power transmission and distribution and operation and control of electric power systems.
Wu received his bachelor of science degree in electrical and computer engineering in 2001and his master of science in systems engineering in 2004, both from Xi'an Jiaotong University in Shanxi, China. He received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 2008 from the Illinois Institute of Technology. His Ph.D. dissertation title was "Stochastic Security-Constrained Operational Planning in Power Systems."
Before coming to Clarkson, Wu spent two years as a senior research associate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology.
His research interests include stochastic modeling and optimization of large-scale power systems, market power analysis and risk management, power system reliability and economics, smart grid cyber security, and high penetration renewable energy applications.
Wu has coauthored 16 articles in refereed journals and in 2009 one of those articles received the IEEE Transactions Paper Prize from the IEEE Power and Energy Society. He is the co-author of Stochastic Modeling and Optimization of Restructured power Systems, a book which is due to be published in 2011 by John Wiley & Sons Inc. and is co-inventor on one patent. He serves as a reviewer for a number of top U.S. and European power and energy related journals.
Wu is a member of the IEEE and Sigma Xi.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in six alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.


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Zoning Adjustments Board Thursday, May 23, 2013 – 7:00 PM City Council Chambers, 2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Second Floor Berkeley, CA 94704 (Wheelchair Accessible
Public Testimony Guidelines The Board Chairperson may limit the number of speakers and the length of time allowed to each speaker. To speak at a public hearing, complete a speaker card and submit to Planning Staff (1) as early as possible at the meeting, or (2) at the Permit Service Center, 2120 Milvia Street, before 4:00 pm on the day of the hearing. At the start of the meeting the Board may rearrange the agenda or place additional agenda items on the Consent Calendar, so it is important to submit speaker cards at the start of the meeting to avoid losing the chance to speak to an item. The Board encourages the public to submit comments in writing or by e-mail in advance of the meeting. See Correspondence and Notice of Decision Requests at the end of this Agenda for procedures. How to Contact Us: Land Use Planning Division (Attn: Terry Blount, AICP, ZAB Secretary), 2120 Milvia Street, Berkeley, CA 94704; (510) 981-7410; firstname.lastname@example.com Roll Call: Michael Alvarez Cohen (Chairperson), appointed by Councilmember Wozniak Deborah Matthews (Vice Chairperson), appointed by Mayor Bates George Williams, appointed by Councilmember Capitelli Robert Allen, appointed by Councilmember Wengraf Shoshana O'Keefe, appointed by Councilmember Anderson Sophie Hahn, appointed by Councilmember Worthington Steven Donaldson, appointed by Councilmember Moore Prakash Pinto, appointed by Councilmember Maio Igor Tregub, appointed by Councilmember Arreguin Ex Parte Communication Disclosures In the context of adjudicative matters that come before the ZAB, ex parte communications are those which occur outside the formal hearing process. ZAB members should avoid ex-parte contacts on matters pending before the ZAB as much as possible, as they may represent, or be perceived to represent, the receipt of evidence that can unfairly influence a Board member's decision on a matter before the Board. If such contacts do occur, they must be placed in the record and disclosed to all interested parties sufficiently in advance of the decision to allow rebuttal. Public Comment Each Speaker is limited to a maximum of three minutes. Agenda Changes The Board Chairperson may reorder the agenda at the beginning of the meeting. Consent Calendar The Consent Calendar allows the Board to take action with no discussion, on projects to which no one objects. The Agenda includes three types of Consent Calendar items: (1) Approval of previous meeting minutes; (2) Modifications of existing Use Permits (which have not been noticed for public hearings); (3) Items being continued to another meeting (Board action has been postponed to another meeting). The Board Chairperson will announce items for the Consent Calendar at 7:05 pm. The Board may place additional Agenda items on the Consent Calendar, if no one present wishes to testify on an item. Anyone present who wishes to speak on an item should raise his or her hand and advise the Chairperson, and the item will be pulled from the consent calendar. Modification Projects may be discussed by the Board at this meeting or set for a public hearing at a later meeting. Items already noticed for a public hearing will be heard following Continued Items, or, if necessary, posted for a public hearing at a subsequent meeting. 1. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes Minutes from 05/09/2013 meeting Recommendation: APPROVE New Public Hearings: 2. 2031 Fourth Street Use Permit #13-10000020 to permit sales (both on-site and off-site) and service of alcoholic beverages within a 1,945 square foot beer tasting room facility for Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in a vacant retail space at 2031 Fourth Street. Applicant: David Trachtenberg, Trachtenberg Architects, 2421 Fourth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710 Property Owner: RI-Berkeley II, LLC, c/o Read Investments, 2025 Fourth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710 Zoning: C-W, "West Berkeley Commercial"; Planner: Greg Powell Continued From: None Recommendation: APPROVE Use Permit #13-10000020 pursuant to Section 23B.32.040 and subject to the attached Findings and Conditions. 3. 866 Regal Road Use Permit #13-10000031 to construct a three-story, 3,529 square-foot, single family dwelling that will have a reduced front yard setback of 18' 8" where 20 feet is required on a 7,794 square foot vacant lot. 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I don't think Knicks win a championship with the current roster they have, they're one move away from solidifying their chance to be the elite squad; I really hope I'm wrong on this.
I don't think Knicks win a championship with the current roster they have, they're one move away from solidifying their chance to be the elite squad; I really hope I'm wrong on this.
What I'm looking for is someone who can shoot the three and defend. I wish Steve Novak and Ronnie Brewer had a baby. Sigh.
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Grunwald should try to see if he can make a 3 team trade with Utah. They're most likely gonna trade Milsap by the trade deadline. I think he would put us over the top. The hard part would be trying to find a 3rd team that would be wiling to take Amare. I know this would probably never happen but maybe we can rip someone off for once.
you guys need to relax man we've still yet to see this team
we got 3 key players out with injury, STAT is rusty, Brewer is slumpin, Camby just finding his rhythm, Tyson playing inconsistent and Carmelo dealing with nagging injuries
once again, panic mode sets in after a loss that Knicks surely could have won. someone blame Felton!
as a Red one pointed out recently, perimeter and interior D, along with rebounding are key components Knicks must strive to get better at. consecutive losses due to other team grabbing huge lead due to lack of perimeter D and dropping of 3's, or lack of interior D leading to in-the-paint scoring.
Hickson going wild, Batum hitting killer 3's, LaMarcus scoring/bounding at wll, Lilliard doing everything right. other than Melo and JR, who had it going on for NYK?
Brewer? Cope? Camby?
Novak, again invisible with 1 rebound in 20 minutes? suck!
1st game back for STAT, his contribution in 3Q gave a glimpse of what we can expect as he gets his rhythm and loses the rust. when Shump comes back NYK will get even better.
for now, Wood Son needs to concentrate on defense and stop teams from building up leads.
it doesn't make sense to waste your time with ridiculous fantasy trades, and what-if, could've should've BS. it's fine to blow up your fantasy team, but this is the real world with a thin team finally getting some of their best players back, slowly but surely... have faith. as long as Knicks stay in the hunt, and get healthy, good things are bound to happen. losses happen, sh*it happens.
where's the Felton haters now? Kidd and Prig aint' gettin it done. seems we need Ray's game to pound it into the paint, and even if he's missing, get Chandler the put backs he hasn't had in the last couple losses.
whatever, Knicks were outhustled again. STAT's back and that's that.
****ing felton.
Only Melo and Jr was playing how do u want to win game using only 2 scorers others was inivisble.
This site is like a drug addict, when the stress increases resort to your drug of choice. In our case after each loss we start fantasy trading to ease our stress. It's sad, lets accept the loss and move on. Our defense is down right disgusting! How come it seems every game a marginal player has a career night on us, always. It's not offense that's the problem but the only person to ball for us is melo and jr. I'm still cool without Felton because he wouldn't have made us better defensively last night. Yea he would have hit a few shots but he can be inept on D so he wouldn't have helped last night. And besides how many shots would he have taken and possessions wasted to get 12 points
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Last night just shows that Amar'e gets a bad rap sometimes. Novak-Kidd-Priggs score a combined 2 points with 6 assists, and were like 0-10 from 3. Pathetic. Knicks lose b/c of that offensive production, or lack of, but the bashers will point out that the Melo-Amar'e duo lost yet again.
Knicks need Shumpert back. He'll help with the defense. BUt NY needs to gigure something out while Felton is gone. Kidd is not a full-time PG anymore. Priggs isn't a backup PG. AT best, the 3rd stronger. NY might need to go out and do something to find a PG soon.


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Using Anish Kapoor's large scale artworks as the starting point for discussion, join host Fenella Kernebone and her panel as they explore stardom, public space, and architecture as they attempt to answer the question: Is bigger always better?
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Tarsha Finney, Senior lecturer, UTS School of Architecture
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Tarsha is a member of the Darling Harbour Creative Reference Group for the Sydney Harbor Foreshore Authority, and she is on the Advisory Council of Make Space for Architecture.
Brendan Maclean, Actor, musician, Radio host
While you may know Brendan Maclean from his radio and television presenting on Triple J and Channel V, or from his numerous writing credits, he remains at heart a songwriter.
Having released his debut record White Canvas in 2010, Maclean is picking up some groundswell with his new song Stupid, performing alongside Megan Washington, Claire Bowditch, Lanie Lane, Kate Miller-Heidke and even Savage Garden.
This year Brendan has been working with producer Paul Mac (Silverchair / The Dissociatives) and has funded his studio time entirely through crowd-funding efforts. He will also be appearing in the role of Klipspringer in the upcoming Baz Luhrmann re-make of The Great Gatsby.
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Lady Eagles solidify weekend plans with state semifinal romp
AUSTIN — Compared with the last time Argyle's girls basketball team played, Thursday afternoon's Class 3A state semifinal was a mundane outing for the Lady Eagles.
There were no fleeing officials, no late-game drama, no video clips viewed by Internet users in England and Australia.
Argyle left no doubt Thursday that it is one of the best 3A teams. Argyle cruised to a 64-37 victory over Geronimo Navarro at Texas' Frank Erwin Center and advanced to the team's third state title game.
In Argyle's first state tournament appearance since 2009, the Lady Eagles jumped out to a quick lead and made sure the victory was a decisive one, unlike the team's controversial one-point, double-overtime victory over Celina in the regional final.
"I was impressed with the way we were handling the first game we ever played down here," Argyle coach Skip Townsend said. "Just getting into our offense and getting into our game."
Argyle (36-1) advances to face Waco La Vega in the 3A state championship game at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Frank Erwin Center. La Vega (34-0) maintained its spotless record with a 66-53 win over Abilene Wylie.
The Lady Eagles have about as many players who played in junior high last season as players who bowed out of last year's playoffs in the regional quarterfinals. But like it has all postseason, Argyle's youth and defense carried the Lady Eagles into the state title game.
Argyle freshman Vivian Gray led all scorers with 19 points. Junior center Delaney Sain added 15 points and five rebounds, while junior guard Jesse Sheridan finished with 13 points, five assists and three steals.
Earlier in the week, Townsend stressed the importance of shaking early nerves and starting the game well. Townsend didn't have to worry about that.
Argyle quickly scored six straight points to start the game and seemed to foreshadow what was going to happen for the next 3 1/2 quarters. But Navarro (33-8) responded with a quick 9-0 run behind a full-court press that flustered the Lady Eagles.
It took Argyle a few turnovers to figure out how to get past Navarro's press and take the lead for good. Argyle ripped off a 17-2 run across the first and second quarters to cement its spot in Saturday's final.
For the second straight game, Argyle jumped out to a quick lead before quickly surrendering its advantage. For the second straight game, Argyle erased a quick deficit, and this time the Lady Eagles were able to bury their opponent's season well before the final buzzer.
"I thought when we knew we needed to get a lead and when we came into the second half we really had to bury them and not let them get close enough," Sain said.
Navarro coach Darrell Harborth had expressed concerns about keeping Argyle off the boards and out of the heart of the paint.
The Lady Eagles scored 36 points in the paint and 14 on second-chance opportunities.
"Rebounding was a concern for us," Harborth said. "They're bigger than us and they're big and athletic. Those two combinations make it hard for us with our size. That's how they got their lead.
Thursday's wins set up a matchup between two of the state's top-ranked teams. La Vega finished the regular season ranked No. 1 in 3A by Texas Association of Basketball Coaches. Argyle was second.
In its first state tournament appearance, La Vega will be trying to become the 19th Texas team to finish the year with a perfect record, while Argyle will try to bring home its second girls basketball title and first in Class 3A.
After last week's disputed finish against Celina, Gray said Argyle wanted to come out and prove to the world that it belonged in Austin. With another win, the Lady Eagles would show that they are the best in 3A.
"We know we should be here and it's our time," Gray said. "We just really wanted to show them that we deserve it."
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Argyle 64, Geronimo Navarro 37
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GERONIMO NAVARRO (33-8) – Thompson 5-8 3-3 13, Sahd 5-11 7-11 18, Besa 1-6 0-0 2, Hensley 2-3 0-0 4, Marmolejo 0-0 0-0 0, Burrus 0-0 0-0 0, Wezemann 0-0 0-0 0, Hancock 0-0 0-0 0, Rodriguez 0-0 0-0 0, Leal 0-4 0-0 0, Law 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 13-34 10-14 37.
ARGYLE (36-1) – Ralston 3-3 1-1 7, O. Gray 2-3 3-5 7, V. Gray 6-10 7-8 19, Sain 7-16 1-1 15, Sheridan 3-6 7-9 13, Pierce 0-1 1-2 1, Hamilton 0-0 0-0 0, Haynes 0-0 0-0, Betzhold 0-0 1-2 1, Eschle 0-0 1-2 1. Totals 21-39 22-30 64.
Halftime – ARGYLE, 36-20. Three-point field goals – Navarro 1-7 (Sahd 1-5, Besa 0-2). Argyle 0-1 (V. Gray 0-1). Fouled out – Thompson. Rebounds – Argyle 29 (O. Gray 5), Navarro 17 (Sahd 5). Assists – Argyle 6 (Sheridan 5), Navarro 5 (Thompson 3). Total fouls – Navarro 22, Argyle 12. A — 2,703.


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Islander/Sound Tiger notables
Of course what they need long-term is to make a deal with the Ct Post to feature Michael Fornabaio's work as they do with the Hartford Courant.
Newsday:Evan Drellich who is covering Kyle Okposo for the paper had a blog this afternoon on Kyle Okposo were his debut was discussed with Jeff Tambellini's comments.
Sound Tigers website: Previews Bridgeport's home game tonight vs Falcons in Kyle Okposo's home debut.
National Post/several sources: Report Carolina again recalled Brandon Nolan so Ted Nolan may coach against his son in a few weeks when the Isles have a home and home with Carolina.
Media blog: Cory Witt reported the Islanders got to their hotel at 6am after leaving the Saddledome at 10:20pm.
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I don't want to hear Cory Witt's whining about that flight. I took a flight from Calgary to Halifax last night. It left Cal at 11:30pm and landed at 7am with a 3 hour time difference. And I wasn't in a charter!!!ReplyDelete
The worst part was I couldn't convince any of my co-workers to go catch a couple periods of the game before our flight. :(
You made that trip to see the club play?
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I'm tired just blogging about all the travel...lol
Nah, I was out there to kick off a new customer. It's the third time in a year I've been in a city (Tor and Boston the other two) when the Isles were in town and couldn't get to the game because of work. :(ReplyDelete
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The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration stated Friday the state's net available revenues in October totaled $355.6 million. That's $9 million below last year and $21.6 million below forecast.
The state's revenues for the fiscal year that began July 1 are $20.5 million above forecast.
The department stated the dip was driven mainly by a temporary downswing in individual income tax from payroll timing in withholding tax. Individual income tax collections were below last year by $10.7 million and $2.3 million below forecast.
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IMF Survey : As Global Crisis Recedes, Path Ahead Involves Difficult Transitions, Says Lipton
October 7, 2013
- Preview of 2013 World Bank-IMF Annual Meetings
- New transitions ahead for world economy, ones that will last years
- International community needs to manage these transitions together
Policymakers from around the world will gather in Washington, D.C., this week for the 2013 World Bank-IMF Annual Meetings, at a time when the acute part of the global crisis has now receded, says IMF First Deputy Managing Director David Lipton.
The path ahead, however, involves a number of very difficult transitions for the global economy—transitions that are likely to last many years, he said in an interview.
IMF Survey: We're on the eve of the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings and we have central bank governors and finance ministers from all over the world converging on Washington. What's on their mind?
Lipton: First and foremost, people will be coming here wanting to know how the recent events in the world are going to affect them. Obviously, with budget squabbles going on in the United States and the government shutdown, they will want to know whether that is going to have effects that are long-lasting in the U.S. and whether it will have effects around the world.
Also, in recent months, we have seen some capital flowing out of emerging markets, and that's been a source of concern. Policymakers from those countries will be looking to the IMF to help them understand how this will play out, and what it means for their economies back home.
IMF Survey: What are the concerns of emerging market countries in this area?
Lipton: Major central banks have undertaken unconventional monetary policies that have been helpful in supporting the global economy, but the time will come for a change in those policies and for exit. The U.S. Federal Reserve has said that the time may be coming soon for the United States to begin tapering from quantitative easing.
Countries have seen market reactions to the Fed's statements, and they want to understand what this is going to mean for them. We have been urging the Fed to communicate clearly, to ensure an orderly exit, and to have dialogue with other countries so the Fed can understand the impacts that their policies are having on the rest of the world—and so that the rest of the world can understand the path that the Fed is likely to follow.
IMF Survey: What is on the agenda for the Fund's low-income member countries?
Lipton: Low-income countries have been growing rapidly for more than a decade and, so far, have not been greatly affected by the financial crisis or its aftermath. These are countries that rightly want to see their living standards converge to those of emerging market countries and someday to those of advanced economies. The risk is that problems in the rest of the world could, as has happened in the past, produce a setback for them.
We at the IMF are trying to help low-income countries understand potential spillovers, manage their own affairs, create policy buffers that will allow them not to be buffeted by the shocks reverberating around the global economy so that they can stay on the convergence path. And that will be a challenge, but it's something that I think can be done.
IMF Survey: What are you looking for from the IMF's membership? What would you like to see accomplished at these meetings?
Lipton: The setting of these meetings is that the acute part of crisis has now receded, and as the fog clears, what we are seeing is that the path ahead of us involves a number of very difficult transitions for the global economy, transitions that are likely to last many years. Typically, a recovery from recession happens in a year or two. But here, whether it is the United States exiting from unconventional monetary policies, something that could take years; whether it is Japan finally taking action to overcome stagnation and deflation, again, a process that could take years; or Europe dealing with the problems of financial fragmentation, creating new financial architecture, a banking union—these are all long-lasting transitions.
In addition, financial regulatory reform, which is changing the rules of banking to ensure greater stability, will produce long lasting adjustments in the business models of financial institutions.
In each one of these transitions, national authorities will have to play a key role in pursuing the right policies, but because each of those transitions affects all of us, there's a need for the whole international community to manage these transitions together. And that means coming together and talking.
That is something that we at the IMF can facilitate. We bring people together, we provide our analysis of what these transitions will mean, and we provide our policy advice. I hope that in the Annual Meetings that we're about to have, the policymakers coming from around the world will get a better appreciation of these transitions and will go home dedicated to working together to manage them as well as possible.
IMF Survey: What does this mean for the IMF's work priorities?
Lipton: I think we will continue to play an important role in helping the world navigate these new transitions. But there are other parts of the world with their own important needs to be met. We, as an institution, are dedicated to supporting the Middle East and North African countries in transition. We are more involved than ever in those countries and have many IMF teams visiting them. Our work with low-income countries, our work with small states, I think, in each area we have a very substantial agenda to carry forward.
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'The Avengers' Originally Had a Second, More Physical Villain
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In Joss Whedon's The Avengers, the top grossing film of 2012, superheroes introduced over four years of Marvel Studios films came together for a common goal when the world needed them most. Loki, Thor's evil stepbrother from Asgard, came to Earth and brought with him an army of alien soldiers with the help of Thanos, and by doing so, rallied together Captain America, Iron Man, Thor and Hulk, along with the secretive S.H.I.E.L.D. organization and its top agents.
Loki however, wasn't originally intended to be the only villain wreaking havoc against Earth's Mightiest.
Marvel Studios is well-known for having strict creative control over each of their films – much to the chagrin of some of their directors – and it's because of that long-term vision they were able to craft an inter-connected universe that paved the path for The Avengers and all of its success. When it came to their flagship film, there was only one main point of contention between the studio and writer/director Joss Whedon, and it was over a second main villain, one that could engage in fisticuffs with The Avengers.
Cinema Blend attended Director's Guild of America screening of The Avengers yesterday Joss Whedon was in attendance and in a following Q&A session, revealed the following about the villains of The Avengers and how Loki became the solo adversary.
"I definitely felt like I have Earth's Mightiest Heroes, I have four of the biggest, baddest… just the toughest guys out there – and I have one effete British character actor… The ace in the hole is Tom Hiddleston, because he's so compelling and commanding and gracious about it that it became, 'Oh it's about how he gets in their heads – it's going to be fine. But it took me a long time to accept that because they need someone to hit!"
Whedon chose the Chitauri, and he chose to have Thanos appear in the post-credits sequence, but this second villain he would not reveal, as he says that character could show up in the films at a later point in time. From Whedon's words, it seems obvious that the mystery character is physically intimidating, and one that has yet to be announced for the in-production films Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World, so who could it be and could that villain show up in The Avengers 2 working for Thanos?
Kang? Korvac? Ultron? Who do you think Whedon wanted to see fight The Avengers in their first movie?
Note: Whedon also talked about early drafts of the script including Wasp in a major role when they were unsure of Scarlett Johansson's availability, but that was previously revealed in the summer and we talked about it then. Count on her introduction in Phase Two, potentially in Iron Man 3.
Iron Man 3 releases May 3, 2013, Thor: The Dark World on November 8, 2013, Captain America: The Winter Soldier on April 4, 2014, Guardians of the Galaxy on August 1, 2014, The Avengers 2 on May 1, 2015 and Ant-Man on November 6, 2015.
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Gallo unfazed.. gets to the line!!
I'm happy with 30 wins. This team is a work in progress. Give them time.
I'd be happy with 40 wins and no playoff appearance.
I want 40 plus wins and a playoff berth, or D'Antoni must get fired.
If the Knicks don't win 50 games, this season is a failure. I want a championship.
lol now griffins pulling jumpers. Stoudemire showed him what he should of did instead. Nwa
Gallo and STAT with the 2 man game. Loving this. STAT with the monster jam right back at Griffin!
I've never seen so many highlight dunks. Another monster dunk by Amare. I'm buying tickets for the next time these teams go at it in MSG.
where the gallo haters 30+ point game!!
Knicks 2012
Felton, Fields, GALO, Stat, Turiaf against Charlotte. Thats 2 Wins right there, and were coming back to the garden to beat the hawks. Thats 3 wins plus tonight thats 4. Your looking at a hot 9-8 team going to detroit then jersey lol sounds like 11-8 to me. When Galo and Stat are doing good were a tuff team to mess with.
There's a pick and roll for ya!!! Haha!


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Don Guess, president of the RVCC board of directors, said volunteering at the clinic was an eye-opening experience to the human struggles going on around him every day.
"Most folks in this community — and I was guilty, am guilty — 42 years I worked here, but I drove down the street with tunnel vision," he said. "I couldn't see to the right or the left. But it's out there, and very few people realize this. ... One in four citizens in Pope and Yell counties qualify for this clinic just on income alone."
RVCC has a database of more than 1,300 volunteers, nearly 750 of whom are considered active.
With 50-60 volunteers needed for each bi-monthly clinic, and an additional 20 volunteers put to work throughout the week, it can be months before a volunteer is called and asked to come help again. Guess said he sometimes gets calls from people who sign up to volunteer, but are concerned when they don't hear back from the clinic right away. With schedules created six months in advance, it takes time to fit everyone on the schedule.
"People ask to come," he said. "... They ask to come, and they're scheduled. They want to come back. They come Thursday night, 'Can I come back the next Thursday night?' It is contagious to see."
Contagious is a word oft used by the volunteers as they describe their work. Shirley Judkins, who has been part of the volunteer base since the clinic's start, said she gets more out of helping than the patients do from the services they receive.
"I was raised to better yourself, and I was a very poor girl," Judkins said. "To better yourself. I think it's so neat when I can better myself and help others. If it wasn't for this clinic, I wouldn't be a pharmacy tech. I have bettered myself. If it wasn't for being poor and needing help, I wouldn't be a nurse. I wish the patients could get as much out of this as we do. ... The main thing, Jim Ed McGee, an old friend of mine, said, 'Help people, but at the same time, give them pride.' ... They plant pride with these people."
RVCC Medical Director Dr. James Carter also said he is fortunate to be involved with RVCC.
"I'm blessed for several reasons," he said. "As a physician, to be able to have an opportunity that has just kind of been handed to me to be able to use my skills in a way that would help others, and to take my retirement years and really make a difference in other people's lives is a blessing. Plus, I've gotten to know a lot of people that I wouldn't know otherwise. ... The opportunity it's given me to give back, to use my skills to help those that are less fortunate."
Despite the extensive number of helping hands, there are still some needs for specialized volunteers. Carter said the clinic is currently in need of a pharmacist who can work some daytime hours.
In addition to individual volunteers, each clinic is sponsored by a church or organization that provides dinner for volunteers. Guess said 40 area churches and seven civic organizations are on the sponsorship rotation. Churches come from all across Pope and Yell counties to volunteer, and some even come from Johnson County. Guess said no church has dropped out of the rotation since the clinic first opened in 2007.
One of the great things about the clinic, Guess said, is that "a small church can be just as involved" as larger churches.
The sheer number and variety of churches is a testament to the success of the clinic's mission to be a non-denominational ministry.
"One of our first decisions was we wanted to work with and through the local churches because we felt like we wanted to meet spiritual needs as well as physical needs," Carter said. "... We were very careful from the very beginning to make sure we were all-inclusive. In other words, any church that proclaims Jesus Christ and he is the only way to salvation, basically any church that proclaims that, we welcome them and we treat them the same."
Jay Ham, minister of church recreation, outreach and ministry at First Baptist Church of Russellville, said the churches involved also have the opportunity to meet the needs of patients outside of their medical care. Most sponsoring churches will bring prayer request cards from the clinic and give them to a Sunday school class to pray for the patients. In addition, Ham said church groups are also able at times to help fulfill clients' needs for food, clothing and other essential items.
The efforts don't go unnoticed by the patients, who are extremely grateful, Marcia Chronister, the clinic's administrator and only full-time staffer, said.
"The most rewarding thing about being here is ... the gratitude of the patients, when they come, and they're just like 'Thank you, thank you, thank you,'" she said. "I mean, I would say 95 percent of them are just over the top grateful."
The clinic is geared toward those who do not have insurance, but do not qualify for government-sponsored plans such as Medicare or Medicaid either. In other words, people who have "fallen through the cracks," Guess said.
"Between 18-20 percent of our population are folks that we don't normally see," Carter said. "And they're folks who live in cars, they're folks who have — a lot, several of them are homeless, who are not getting enough to eat. Folks who are struggling in so many ways. ... Most of them have been turned away from every clinic in town."
Chronister said some patients lost their jobs and health insurance, but still need medical care. All services and medications are provided at no cost to the patients.
"Everything from the front door back is free," Guess said.
Clinic nights are held on the first and third Thursdays of each month, and at each clinic about 100-125 patients come through the doors seeking care. Services offered are medical visits, which include a full pharmacy, lab and x-rays; dental extractions, including x-rays and localized numbing; optical visits, including a comprehensive eye examination and one pair of glasses; and colposcopy services as needed.
Other services provided include diabetic clinics, nurse practitioner day clinics and smoking cessation and weight loss support groups.
The clinic is located at 1714 State Highway 22 in Dardanelle, in a facility owned by Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center, which Carter said has leased the building to RVCC rent-free since 2007. To prepare the clinic for dental services, Carter said Van Horn Construction donated their services and made the necessary renovations to the facility.
Other early contributors who helped get the clinic started include accountant Wayne Jones, attorney Bob Hardin and Posey Printing.
Because clients are not charged for any services, RVCC is run entirely by donations from churches, organizations and individuals. Guess said for every $1 donated, about $20 in services are provided.
To date, about $10 million in services have been provided by RVCC.
Online: www.rvchristianclinic.org


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Oh yeah, I love me some Peter Fac! ... I saw Can't Hardly Wait in theatres about 3 times. Loves it.
He's going to be great - really seems like a father figure to Edward in all of what I've seen!
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With the start of the academic year, it is once again time to review and update your contact information in the faculty/staff directory. This year it takes on special importance as we introduce the new campus emergency alert system--the information you review and update will be used to contact you in the event of an emergency on campus.
To check and update your information:
1. Login to WebAdvisor
2. Find and select "Faculty/Staff Directory" under the heading Communications
3. Review your personal entry for any errors or omissions to personal or campus location and contact information
4. Fill out and update the "Address Change" form under the heading Employee Profile (see detailed information below under "While you are in WebAdvisor")
If you have changes in office location or campus phone number, please contact Terri Dahl in Human Resources at firstname.lastname@example.com or ext. 2630. This will help us to promptly update your information for the web version of the directory as well as the legal-size sheet with department and individual names and phone extensions which we will continue to distribute campus-wide each semester.
While you are in WebAdvisor: A new feature of WebAdvisor is a fill-in form under the heading Employee Profile, Address Change, which allows you to update your own home address and phone number(s). The form is easy to complete--just enter your new address or phone information and a change date (past, present or future) in the box marked Effective Start. This allows us to automatically adjust your address records within Datatel using the correct start and end dates. (Note: if you are changing your address from one state to another, you must also contact Payroll to complete new state payroll tax withholding forms.)
It is important this year to review the phone numbers that are listed on the Address Change form. Everyone is being asked to identify phone numbers by category as explained below. You can correct or update your phone number(s) by clicking the drop down button under the word TYPE.
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I am a big fan of Kyo Ya and have been there at least 20 times. Chef Sono-san is fantastic.
That being said, Brushstroke is better than ever. The main difference between Kyo Ya and Brushstroke, especially if you sit at the chef's counter, is that Kyo Ya is more personal. You see a master at work, and it is quite an authentic kaiseki experience.
Brushstroke on the other hand, is a huge restaurant, with a staff of many. Executive chef Yamata-san does a terrific job, keeping it all together and turning out amazing dishes. Overall the food at Brushstroke is on the same level as Kyo Ya. I've never said that before , but the new menu is beyond anything I've had there in the past. I apologize for not describing in detail each dish, mostly because I forgot all the ingredients. When I drink a lot of sake I do not feel like taking notes. I did however, take some photos ( i left out many photos). The ankimo was fantastic. The sashimi course was very good. The iwashi with shredded fried crispy gobo over a mushroom sauce was the best dish of the night. grilled lobster with women noodles and uni and uni powder topped with black truffles was delicious. Kabocha squash soup with peppers and pistachios was fantabulous. Japanese wagyu ( not U.S.) with mustard seed and green peppercorn was really really good. Oh yeah, the chawan mushy was very good too. The Danabi rice with salmon and salmon roe was very well made. I've had this dish at Robataya and it is one of my favorite dishes. The ikura makes it all happen in your mouth. For dessert I chose the soy ice cream with pistachios and mirin ice cream with dried cranberries. Excellent.
The service was as good as it gets. Not once did I have to look for someone to fill my water, it was always filled . So was my sake glass. The food came out at a perfect tempo. This restaurant will one day get the "stars" it deserves. It is certainly as good as the best of them. It is up there with Kyo Ya, although a different , but yet great kaiseki experience. Hats off to Bouley, Good Job!


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Tech is off to a 4-0 start this season with wins over Central Baptist and Mid-America Christian and two wins against Christian Brothers.
In the first regular season poll of the 2011-12 season, the Wonder Boys moved up from No. 24 in the Preseason NABC/Division II Coaches' Poll.
Tech was one of two Great American Conference schools mentioned in the first regular season poll as Arkansas-Monticello received six votes. In addition to UAM, several of Tech's opponents this season, Montevallo (16 votes) and Christian Brothers (2 votes), were mentioned in the rankings.
2011 NCAA Division II national champion Bellarmine University continues to remain atop the rankings, as the Knights were rewarded for their 5-0 start to the season with 200 points and all eight first-place votes from the NABC Division II coaches. Missouri Southern, ranked fourth in the preseason poll and currently owns a record of 6-0, jumped into the number two slot. The Lions were followed by No. 3 Metro State (5-0), No. 4 Lincoln Memorial (6-0) and No. 5 Southern Indiana (4-0).
Humboldt State (4-0) begins the next five at No. 6 and was followed by No. 7 Alabama-Huntsville (3-1). Indiana (Penn.) (4-0) jumps 11 spots to No. 8. Kentucky Wesleyan (4-0) climbs six spots to No. 9, and Benedict (2-0) advances three spots to round out the week's top 10.
The next 10 begins with No. 11 Colorado School of Mines (3-0), while Georgia Southwestern (5-0) jumps nine spots to No. 12. Findlay (Ohio) (3-1) falls six spots to No. 13, and West Liberty (4-1) falls 12 spots to No. 14. Behind Tech, Tarleton State (4-1) fell eight spots to No. 16. Bowie State (3-1) dropped eight spots to No. 17. Augustana (S.D.) (3-1) drops two spots to No. 18 and Seattle Pacific (5-1) climbs three spots to No. 19. Winona State (4-1) moved into the rankings at No. 20.
Alaska-Anchorage (1-2) dropped four spots to No. 21, while Florida Southern (3-1) is the second of the week's four newcomers at No. 22. No. 23 Cal Poly-Pomona (2-0) No. 24 Fort Hays State (6-0) and Rollins (Fla.) (4-0) rounded out the top 25.


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Green Bag Lunch-n-Learn: Gardening During Drought with Phelan Gardens
Monday, April 15, 2013
The drought is upon us. How will your landscape fare? Come get tips, tricks, and expert advice on water-wise landscaping for your home or business with Phelan Gardens at this Earth Month Lunch-n-Learn. Bring your lunch, bring your questions, and bring a friend! The program will take place on the 7th floor in Room 701 of the City Administration Building, 30 S. Nevada Avenue, on Thursday, April 18 over the lunch hour (12:11 to 12:49 p.m.). Bring ID for the security guard station.
Attendees are encouraged to bring and enjoy their lunches during the presentation. Those who come have the opportunity to win a door prize tote bag made from reused City banners. Phelan Gardens greenhouse, garden center, and plant nursery has everything from tropical, vegetables, shrubs, and hardy perennials to gardening classes and much more. Each month, the City sponsors a Lunch-n-Learn topic on an environmental issue. Question or suggestions? Contact Nick Kittle at 719-385-6609 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The 12 Days of Christmas will start earlier and last longer this year at the Flagler Auditorium.
PALM COAST — The 12 Days of Christmas will start earlier and last longer this year at the Flagler Auditorium.
The performing arts center on State Road 100, adjacent to Flagler Palm Coast High School, kicks off its third annual Holiday Extravaganza with a 7 p.m. Wednesday performance by the Matanzas High School band and chorus.
The holiday cheer continues through Dec. 18 with a performance by the South East Navy Band in a free concert. In between, residents can take in performances by the MHS Steel Drum band, the Flagler Youth Strings, the FPC Thespians and several other student and community groups.
In addition to giving student performers a chance to bask in the holiday glow, the third annual event provides needed funding for arts in education, according to Lisa McDevitt, auditorium director.
"It all goes for a great cause," she said. "We put all the money into arts in education."
McDevitt said the holiday season programs have provided money for tap shoes for the Matanzas High School dance department, costumes for school choirs and dance departments, and even helped send student musicians to band camp.
"We wouldn't have been able to do that, so it's an awesome thing," she said.
McDevitt said the annual event also brings together all of the fine art departments in the Flagler County district.
"Everybody collaborates with us," she said.
New this year is a thespian night, slated for Dec. 13 and featuring the FPC Thespians. Organizers are also asking patrons to bring a canned good to donate to local food pantries. The auditorium also serves as a drop-off location for The Giving Store and STUFF Bus.
One of the special events on the schedule is "Dance Around Flagler" on Dec. 16. The night features performances by student dancers from Flagler Palm Coast and Matanzas high schools, the FPC Starlets, Flagler School of Dance, Mia Bella, Northeast Florida Dance Academy, Three N Motion and Atlantic Vibe. It will also feature an awards ceremony for the student art show "Paws for Art," which is on display in the Black Box theater next to the main auditorium.
"This is where all the dance departments and dance schools get together and do a dance revue," McDevitt said.
While the cost to see the variety of performances raises some funds, the Holiday Extravaganza also features decorated Christmas trees and wreaths for sale in the lobby.
Kim Carney, a member of the Flagler Beach Rotary and a Flagler Beach city commissioner, is a driving force behind the sale. Along with other members, the group transformed the auditorium lobby into a holiday season showroom and Carney said many of the trees have already been sold.
"The Flagler Beach Rotary is very interested in helping the auditorium," Carney said. "It's exciting."
Carney said the decorated trees and wreaths are a great part of the event but the performances are important as well.
"It doesn't hurt to have such a great lineup of entertainment," she said, "It's all coming together very nicely."
For McDevitt, the Extravaganza makes the holiday season an especially busy time, even on such major shopping days as Black Friday.
"We were open Black Friday and it was pretty steady," she said. "We just appreciate the fact that our community supports the arts."
For information about the Holiday Extravaganza, call the Flagler Auditorium box office at 386-437-7547.


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Cascade Volcanoes > Mount McLoughlin > Climber's Log
Mount McLoughlin Climber's Log
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|standard trail route
Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2009
|my wilderness partner, Cindy Thaw & I hiked up the standard trail to the summit on a most wonderfully warm,& beautiful day ! Shasta, Thielson were in great clear view ! thanx Cindy !
|Posted Oct 10, 2009 7:14 pm
|stupid weather
|planned on a backpacking trip, reached about 8000ft at dusk. Made camp. Most interesting wind storm moved our steaked-in tent 4 ft with us in it thru the night... rain and approaching storm turned us down with only a little left to go. easy hike. will return in summers to come
|Posted Sep 9, 2009 3:25 am
|I love Southern Oregon
Date Climbed: Jun 11, 2008
|After being turned around on the first attempt due to a whiteout. The summit was attained a year later. Love the views from here
|Posted Sep 4, 2009 3:49 pm
|Katy Y
Date Climbed: Aug 22, 2009
|Hit the trailhead at 9:30; a little later than usual but a nice breeze picked up to cool us off once we broke the treeline. Finished in seven hours, which included several breaks on the way up and at the summit. Would avoid this on the weekends due to non-mountainy types who weren't exactly feelin' the love.
|Posted Aug 24, 2009 12:02 am
|Standard Route
Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2009
|Came down to Ashland to visit my brother and climb around the Ashland and Medford area. We left his apartment at four and started the hike at 5:20am. We were going to make the climb the day before but was not sure about the parking permits. Bought one at the ranger station but found out later there are permits at the TH. Summited in about four and a half hours. Great view on an almost perfect day! Tripped on the way down and scuffed up my knee a bit. Made it back down in three hours.
|Posted Jul 12, 2009 9:17 pm
Date Climbed: Jun 22, 2009
|This hike with the boys was their Father's Day obligation to me. Started up the trail at 0745 with Jill, Kyle, and Rico. Reached summit a little before 1. It was cold in the am, but warm on the descent and the mosquitoes definitely had woken up on our way back.
|Posted Jun 25, 2009 2:04 pm
Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2006
|Skinned from along Four Mile Lake Rd (3650) with kjack, r3, and gravsers. Fun ski down on fine corn. Glad to have GPS to return to vehicle and cold miller.
|Posted May 13, 2009 2:58 pm
|Did it
|Posted Mar 5, 2009 12:14 pm
|Nice hike...
|...but I lost my hat.
|Posted Jan 27, 2009 5:10 pm
|Normal route
Date Climbed: Oct 24, 2008
|Short, sweet, and very cold.
|Posted Nov 11, 2008 8:49 pm
Date Climbed: Sep 10, 2008
|An awesome hike/scramble. Beautiful day, mild temps. No bugs!Left the TH at 8:35 and summited in 3:15 with a nice easy pace. Stayed there for about 30 minutes then headed down. Good thing I had marked waypoints on the GPS as I got too far south on the way down, then had to find a good spot to traverse over to the official trail. Even with that got down in 2:15. A super awesome hike, recommended with enthusiam.
|Posted Sep 12, 2008 1:45 pm
|East Ridge
Date Climbed: May 17, 2004
|Still enough snow to ride to the tree line.
|Posted Sep 2, 2008 10:31 am
|Mt McLoughlin
Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2008
|If I can only climb one Mountain from now on, it would be McLoughlin. The view extends from The Sister (Eugene) all the way down to Lassen (Reading). This years view was the best I have ever seen. Bottom of Shasta whited out, but top appeared to be floating above the Earth. The old look out shelter getting less and less every year. 1999, 2000, (back and knee injuries washed out 2001-03) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008. Every year getting harder, but more rewarding. Most bang for your buck. Well over ten major peaks in view this year!!!
|Posted Jul 29, 2008 2:11 pm
|Brian Kalet
|Mt. McLoughlin Trail
Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2008
|3:40 roundtrip.
|Posted Jul 25, 2008 2:51 am
|Re: Mt. McLoughlin Trail
|Running? Thats impressive time.
|Posted Aug 3, 2008 8:22 pm
|Ryan Burd
|McLoughlin Trail
Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2007
|With Dad, below.
|Posted Jul 3, 2008 5:07 pm
|Bob Burd
|McLoughlin Trail
Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2007
|With son Ryan, last of three days in Southwestern Oregon chasing county highpoints. Trip Report
|Posted Jul 3, 2008 5:04 pm
|Best Camping Around
Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2000
|for small tents there are some fantastic spots about halfway up the blocky, bouldery ridge with a full view of Fish Lake, HWY 140 and the Klamath Basin. Dry, we brought 4 quarts each and had to melt snow on the way up. There is a small canal about .35 miles from te parking lot-great for foot soaking after the descent. Cabin remains on summit are flat and great picnic spot.
|Posted Mar 5, 2008 1:50 pm
|summit trail... sort of
Date Climbed: Nov 24, 2007
|followed the summit trail as best as we could. too much snow to really follow it well after about 7,000 ft. unfortunately not enough snow to really use snowshoes... I did, but trashed them on the rocks pretty well. needed them towards the top where it was snowy and icy. crap conditions.
|Posted Nov 25, 2007 11:37 pm
|Karl Helser
|First Snow...
Date Climbed: Sep 29, 2007
|Drove down from Portland the day before. I heard about the expected low temps in the low 20s so I stayed in Medford for the night. Left the trailhead at 8:00am the next morning. It was 23 deg. & clear skies. A dusting of snow at the trailhead to several inches near the summit. The summit didn't have much accumulation but did have some wind blown rime coating the summit blocks. 5-Hour round trip including 30-min at the summit. Long drive from Portland for this climb only...next time (weather permitting) I'll plan a couple of other peaks in the area.
|Posted Oct 6, 2007 9:19 am


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O'Day avoids arbitration, inks two-year deal
By Andrew Simon / Special to MLB.com
The Orioles have avoided arbitration with reliever Darren O'Day, signing the right-hander to a two-year deal on Saturday.
The club hasn't confirmed the pact, which was reported via Twitter by O'Day's representatives, the Beverly Hills Sports Council. The contract will pay the 30-year-old $5.4 million -- $2.2 million in 2013 and $3.2 million in '14 -- and includes a $4.25 million team option with a $400,000 buyout for '15, according to CBSSports.com.
O'Day is coming off a strong season, his first with the Orioles after they selected him off waivers from the Rangers in November 2011. Using a submarine-style delivery, he went 7-1 with a 2.28 ERA, 69 strikeouts and 14 walks in 67 innings. He then added seven scoreless innings in the postseason.
O'Day has also pitched for the Rangers, Mets and Angels across five big league seasons, going 15-6 with a 2.73 ERA and 3.44 strikeouts-to-walks ratio. He has held right-handers to a .211 average, while lefties have hit only .236 against him.
Andrew Simon is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Authorities: 15 flee after Katy crash
Updated 9:51 am, Sunday, June 15, 2014
Police and sheriffs deputies are combing through a field in Katy after a stolen pickup truck carrying more than a dozen people crashed and its occupants fled.
Around 12:20 p.m., an off-duty Department of Public Safety officer spotted a four-door pickup with people lying in the bed, according to a Harris County Sheriff's Office spokesman. The employee ran the license plate of the pickup truck and determined that it was stolen, authorities said.
The DPS worker trailed the pickup for several miles before calling for backup, authorities said. The pickup sped down Pederson Road, just off I-10, and crashed through a yellow country gate bordering a rice field and into a ditch.
The truck drove several hundred yards further down the road before its occupants scattered. According to authorities, 15 people fled into the field.
Deputies and members of the Katy Police Department, along with other agencies, were combing through the fields with horses, K-9 units and a helicopter.
At least eight occupants have already been detained, said Christina Garza, spokeswoman for the sheriff's office.
"We have to do a very thorough search just in case anybody's injured," she said. "We can't leave anyone behind."
Ken Boswell, 45, was bringing his daughter's new Rottweiler/shepherd pup, Tequila, home from the pet store when he saw police and the helicopter scouring the field, which is about half a mile from his house in the Willow Creek Farm subdivision.
"There's no outlet back here," he said. "You'd have to have a reason to be out here."
Alissa Wiswell, another neighbor, has lived in the area for two years. "There's a lot of places to hide in the field," she said. "There's just a lot of different places they could be in there, there's a lot of debris, and several trails."


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Yes, it is a buttercup - Ranunculus.
It is probably one of:
- bulbous buttercup - R. bulbosus - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranunculus_bulbosus
- creeping buttercup - R. repens - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranunculus_repens
- meadow buttercup - R. acris - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranunculus_acris
Closer inspection is needed to decide which (and it could be a species not listed above, or a hybrid).
You should be able to do that yourself now I've given a shortlist and some links as a starting point.
Let us know!
Yes, buttercups are poisonous, but primarily if ingested (secondarily by contact). The nectar and pollen may be safe, at least for pollinators - which would make sense! (Having said that, some species of lime (Tilia) produce flowers that are narcotic to bees.)
There are several things to look for when telling these 3 common buttercups apart - the main ones being leaf shape, flower colour and what the sepals are doing. Bulbous buttercups tend to be on better drained, drier soils and creeping buttercups are in the damper and often more nutrient enriched places.
Creeping buttercups have the most deep golden colour and this is what yoyur plants are. If you look at the sepals (under the petals) you can see that they cup the bottom of the petal - those of the taller, more spindly Meadow Buttercup which has more finely divided leaves are also like this but those of the bulbous buttercup are reflexed, i.e. bent back and folded down against the stem.
Hope that helps
DrFred - Good call. Yes - we can see the sepals are not reflexed, in the last photo.
There are some instructive photos on Debbie Allan's web site:
- http://homepage.ntlworld.com/debbie.allan1/ranunculus_bulbosus.html (reflexed sepals)
- http://homepage.ntlworld.com/debbie.allan1/ranunculus_repens.html (bristly sepals like yours, not reflexed)
- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ranunculus_acris_flower_back.jpg (sepals not reflexed)
There are some good botanical illustrations here:
- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:161_Ranunculus_bulbosus.jpg
- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cleaned-Illustration_Ranunculus_repens.jpg
- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Illustration_Ranunculus_acris0.jpg
Thank you Mike,
very helpful suggestions. I'll get more details on plants to ID (leaves, roots,-ecology etc.) next time I go for a walk. It is going to be easier to ID the individual species.