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Android News
Android @ MWC News Wrap-Up
February 17, 2009 | by Andrew Kameka
Android, Android Phones, Netbooks
The GSMA Mobile World Congress kicked into high-gear in Barcelona on Monday, and Android wasn't quite the factor that many expected. The first day went by with relatively few news items related to Android, but that all changed when Vodafone displayed the HTC Magic, adding new details to the product reported the previous day. In other Android news…
Adobe Flash 10 coming to Android next year
Adobe gave the smartphone release of its Flash 10 program a more-specific coming soon tag of early 2010. Flash was first spotted running on a T-Mobile G1 / HTC Dream at the Adobe Max conference in November 2008, and Adobe has been working to bring a full-fledged version of the app to various mobile phone operating systems. Android, Windows Mobile, and Symbian devices will get Flash capabilities that mirror the desktop version of the program, making it much stronger than the Flash Lite seen on most smartphones. [CNET]
NVIDIA announces new graphic chips for Android
NVIDIA announced that its "computer-on-a-chip" processor Tegra is available for Android. The Tegra APX 2600, on display at MWC, is part of the company's effort to "unlock the visual computing potential of mobile devices."
Tegra chips are expected to be used for developing more advanced graphic displays in cell phones, Mobile Internet Devices, and other electronics like netbooks. The chips will increase video playback quality, gaming, and battery life. NVIDIA will begin distributing the Tegra to manufacturers in the second quarter of 2009.
DataViz offers true Microsoft Office/Exchange support
Mobile data management firm DataViz announced its products that offer Microsoft Office and Exchange support for the Android platform. DataViz presented Documents-to-Go for Android, a program that creates, views, and edits Word and Excel documents. DTG maintains maintains much of Word/Excel's natural formatting, so editing done on the move easily transfers to the desktop. DataViz also brings Microsoft Exchange support through RoadSync, which syncs corporate e-mail, contacts, and tasks. Both DTG and RoadSync are paid apps that will be availabile in March. [PC Mag]
Freescale plans to support Android netbooks
Android is increasingly moving beyond the cell phone market as Freescale announced plans to create chips for netbooks running the open-source software. Freescale estimates that its processor will provide "dramatically longer" battery life to netbook shoppers, a rising sector of computer users who place more emphasis on low prices and portability. [ZDNet UK]
Throughout the week, several more Android news items appeared, including promises of new devices, new apps, and features that will make Android more powerful.
- Google demoed Gmail offline webapp
- At that demo, Google showed a Vodafone HTC Magic…with T-Mobile branding
- HTC Magic revealed a Cupcake feature called "live folders"
- The General Mobile DSTL1 was seen up close
- Samsung announced it would release three Android phones
- LG made the same promise of three Android phones in 2009
- Huawei showed its Android phone…just not the Android on it


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Hoffpauir one of three added to roster
Blanco, Berg join Cubs; Patton expected back Wednesday
By Carrie Muskat / MLB.com
Hoffpauir was one of three players added to the Cubs' roster on Tuesday, the day Major League teams could expand. Infielder Andres Blanco was activated from the disabled list, and pitcher Justin Berg was recalled from Iowa as well.
On Wednesday, the Cubs are expected to activate pitcher David Patton from the disabled list.
"We'll get them in the lineup," Cubs manager Lou Piniella said of the callups, which should total seven or eight. "If they perform and help us win baseball games, it'll be easier to write them in again. It's up to them. We'll pencil them in and give them a chance to play."
Hoffpauir was on the Cubs' Opening Day roster but batted .233 with eight doubles, one triple, eight home runs and 25 RBIs in 81 games. He wasn't surprised when he was demoted.
"You look back and look at my numbers and production and it is what it is," Hoffpauir said. "You don't hit, you don't stay. To me, it wasn't that big of a shock. I saw it coming."
However, upon his return, the Cubs are now 10 1/2 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals in the division. Hoffpauir is hoping to carry over the feeling he had at Iowa.
"I had fun," he said of what he did in the Minor Leagues. "I got back to having fun and not thinking so much. I think that has a lot to do with it. That's the main thing, having fun and playing hard."
At Iowa, Hoffpauir, 29, batted .217 with four doubles, three home runs and 13 RBIs in 23 games.
Blanco, 25, was batting .237 with five doubles, one home run and nine RBIs with the Cubs. He has been sidelined since Aug. 4 because of a strained left calf. Berg, 25, joins the Cubs for the third time this year. A reliever, he was 6-2 with a 2.43 ERA in 37 relief appearances this season.
Carrie Muskat 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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The Vectrex Console On Apple Mobile Devices
Vectrex Regeneration available on iTunes
Nov 29, 2012, 08:35 ET from Rantmedia Games
CARDIFF, Wales, Nov. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- /Rantmedia/ – Rantmedia Games, a top developer and publisher of retro mobile games, is pleased to announce Vectrex Regeneration for Apple iPhone, iPod touch and iPad is available today on iTunes. Vectrex Regeneration is the only authentic Vectrex experience on iOS, allowing gamers to play every Vectrex title which came out with the machine, plus new ones still being developed. To buy the app please go to: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vectrex/id543152783?ls=1&mt=8.
Vectrex Regeneration is a faithful recreation of the original Vectrex console, launching just as it approaches its 30th anniversary. A truly unique game machine Vectrex included a built-in controller and a cartridge port for its 29 games. It was released in November 1982 and unlike other video game consoles, which connected to televisions, it was the only one that had an integrated monitor which displayed vector graphics. With this new app players can once again re-live their favorite Vectrex games, or find out for the first time why this console is still so beloved today.
Rantmedia Games' new App, Vectrex Regeneration, brings players into their own virtual 1980's room with a Vectrex console ready to play. Just like the original Vectrex, the App comes with Minestorm, though every timeless Vectrex title published will eventually be available for purchase. At launch 18 titles are playable with the rest of the original 29 coming quickly afterwards. The Vectrex was so beloved by its community that new developers have continued to create games for the system. Those games are, for the first time ever, available on iOS so anyone can play the newest titles.
Assets Available: http://www.vectrexregeneration.com/announce/vectrexannounce.zip
About Rantmedia Games
Rantmedia Games is based in Cardiff, Wales and was formed in 2011. It is the offshoot of a successful mobile agency, which was created following the launch of the iPhone. The original company has built apps for many high profile brands such as Jaguar Land Rover, Confused.com, Diamond Insurance, Stryker and Mentor Graphics. Rantmedia Games has gone on to become a premier independent games company with an emphasis of creating games that are easy to pickup, highly addictive and have lots of attention to detail. After making successful games for others, Rantmedia Games has started to develop and publish its own original titles. Vectrex Regeneration is its first major release and a true work of passion. For more information on Rantmedia Games and Vectrex Regeneration please contact us at the numbers below or go to our website at http://www.vectrexregeneration.com.
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PITTSBURGH—It was a slow day for trades at the 2012 NHL Draft on Saturday, the day after the Penguins shipped Jordan Staal to the Carolina Hurricanes and the Washington Capitals acquired Mike Ribeiro from the Dallas Stars.
The biggest deals on the second day of the draft involved the rights of pending free agents, with goaltender Jonas Gustavsson going to the Winnipeg Jets, and forward Benoit Pouliot heading to the Tampa Bay Lightning.
"I thought there would be more," said Philadelphia Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren. "I believe teams are just waiting to see where the big fish, if there are big fish available on July 1, where they fall."
That goes for buyers as well as sellers. With steep drop-offs on the free-agent market after top attractions Zach Parise and Ryan Suter, teams in the market for those "big fish" want to see if they can land top talent without giving up roster assets.
Meanwhile, teams like the Columbus Blue Jackets, who are shopping star winger Rick Nash, and the Anaheim Ducks, who have made Bobby Ryan publicly available, know that they will be able to maximize their return after the free-agent market dries up.
The top trade targets are known, and general managers took the opportunity of all being on the same draft floor to plant the seeds that should blossom into an active trade season in a week or two.
"I don't think it was as quiet as you think, just because the trades didn't happen," Penguins GM Ray Shero said. "I think a lot of things are being held up by July 1, with a few notable free agents out there. I think, after that, things will fall through. There was certainly plenty of offers made, at least that came my way. I think you'll see that pick up when we get to July 1 and beyond. Once these things start to pick up, it may be a domino effect."
Hours later, Holmgren did make a trade, completing a long-rumored swap with the Maple Leafs to send James van Riemsdyk to Toronto for Luke Schenn.
The month of June continued to be a busy one for the Sutter family, after Darryl won the Stanley Cup coaching the Los Angeles Kings and Brandon was part of the Staal trade on Friday night.
With the ninth pick of Saturday's second round, the Winnipeg Jets selected center Lukas Sutter, Rich's son, who had 28 goals, 31 assists and 165 penalty minutes for Saskatoon of the WHL this season.
The latest Sutter to enter the NHL said he was not surprised not to be the first member "When (Staal) wasn't going to re-sign (in Pittsburgh), Brandon's a pretty similar player, with a similar role," Sutter said. "We heard Pittsburgh wasn't gonna make the deal unless Brandon was a part of it, that was something we had a bit of a feeling about."
His team made its deepest playoff run since 1997, but that does not mean that Rangers general manager Glen Sather is happy about the style that was required to reach the Eastern Conference finals.
"I don't like the dump-in style that the league has really gone to," Sather said. "You dump it in, you turn it over. I'd rather see puck control. If you're talking about the hooking and holding, I don't think that diminished much last year. I think coaches have developed a style to try to win. Everybody blocks shots. You dump it in, wait for the other team to make turnovers, six guys go to the front of the net, somebody shoots, you get a lucky bounce, it's a goal. It's not a skill play, in my mind."
Being dissatisfied with what it takes to win does not mean that Sather was about to shy away from it. The Rangers made only four picks at the draft, and two of them were big defensemen—first-rounder Brady Skjei and fourth-round pick Calle Andersson both stand 6-foot-2, with Skjei weighing in at 196 pounds and Andersson at 211.
New York's second-round pick, Syracuse high schooler Cristoval Nieves, also is 6-2 and 192 pounds. Finally, in the fifth round, the Rangers picked a comparatively diminutive winger, 6-1, 176-pound Thomas Spelling, who had 21 goals and 16 assists in 33 games in Denmark this season.


text: Hi all, In the RtD review thread, I had posted my thoughts on the subject matter, and would like to hear your thoughts on this. After reading RtD, it seems to me that the recent duology is a perfect endpoint to the extended arc since A Singular Destiny, as it handles these issues / themes: The re-alignment of DS9 into the current 24th century TrekLit timeframe – combining character arcs from previous TP novels - including Shar (Paths of Disharmony) and Nog (the non-TP Indistinguishable from Magic), Odo, Kira, Bashir (Zero Sum Game), Vaughn and of course Sisko - along with previous DS9R subplots like the Andorian reproductive situation, dealing with S31 etc. Rise of the TP and the UFP confrontation with TP re: Slipstream – one of the main story engines for this duology, stretching from ZSG (Slipstream) and even from ASD. Continuing the post-Nemesis Romulan political angle - From ASD (with the food riots and continuing the RSE / IRS divide, to RBoE and the recent duology, not to mention connecting the dots from ZSG using Tomalak and Sela (with the latter even participating in the semi-standaline IfM) – this is a main focus of the arc, though becoming apparent after RtD. Overall "Big Picture" of the post-Destiny TrekLit – IMO, ASD was used to split the current 24th century TrekLit into 3 main branches: one focusing on Voyager and the Full Circle mission / fleet, one on Titan (StF was very much a Titan novel IMO, and less a TP one), and the third (or actually the "first") focusing on the Alpha Quadrant using the TNG cast (notice the flow from Losing the Peace, through Paths of Disharmony and The Struggle Within, to the recent duology), Aventine crew, Bacco administration and the (now-"reunited") DS9 cast. To sum it all – IMO, when looking at the novels mentioned in this post, these threads seem intertwined and form a multi-plot, multi-threaded arc – one which has made me re-appreciate the previous TP novels much more than when I had first read them. Here's hoping Brinkmanship provide a nice beginning into another TP / TNG-era arc (perhaps leading into David Mack's Cold Equations trilogy?) Opinions?


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The town's firefighter union agreed to bring a tentative contract agreement to its 30 members for a vote after four hours of negotiations Thursday.
But don't uncork the champagne just yet.
Town Manager Dave Bullock and town pension attorney James Linn will travel to Tallahassee to try to persuade Florida Division of Retirement officials to a plan in which firefighters would make after-tax reimbursements to the town toward any employee benefit outside of Florida Retirement of Retirement (FRS) contributions.
However, if the Division of Retirement does not agree to the plan by Feb. 1, the employee's reimbursement would come through a reduction in wages — and the plan will be tougher to sell to the union's 30 members.
"From a numerical standpoint, if this is not approved, I think we have a steep uphill battle," said fire union attorney Jim Brantley.
Firefighters proposed that the town take the contributions they would have paid toward the FRS and use it for other costs, such as employee health insurance and benefits outside of the FRS.
The town agreed to wording in a contract that stated that employees will "contribute toward the Town's cost of employee benefits other than the Town FRS contribution and other uses by the Town as it deems appropriate…"
However, if by Feb. 1, the Division of Retirement doesn't agree on the reimbursement terms, employee contributions will be made as a wage reduction.
Ratification of the contract will require approval of 50% plus one of the union's 30 members who vote.
Longboat Key Fire Rescue District Vice President Keith Tanner expressed confidence that members would approve it if state agencies agree to allow for an after-tax deduction.
"I think we can get it ratified," Tanner said. "The members wanted a DB (defined-benefit) plan and that's what we've accomplished. It's not the best plan in the world, but we've gotten the security of a DB."
If contributions are presented as an hourly wage reduction, Tanner said that the contract "will be a hard thing to get ratified," although it could still get enough votes if members feel that it's their only option if they want to keep their defined-benefit plan.
Bullock expressed support for the firefighters' proposal at the end of negotiations Thursday evening.
"I want this to be a post-tax deduction," he said. "It makes sense to me. I'll work for that. The town has no other agenda."
For more information, pick up a Jan. 24 copy of the Longboat Observer.
Contact Robin Hartill at rha[email protected].
The town's firefighter union agreed to bring a tentative contract agreement to its 30 members for a vote after four hours of negotiations Thursday.


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Arroyo and the bullpen will have to be superduper good today.
This is a game where you hope Todd Frazier has a big game and keys the way to an unexpected win. I don't care what Rolen did to get his back spasms. The fact is the guy is old and sucks now. 0-16 with 8 K's his last 4 games. If he does not retire or DFA by All-Star Break his presence will be a cancer for the 2nd half.
Buccos 4, Cardinals 5 - T7
Arroyo having command issues early.
That's off the batter's eye in GABP lol
The wind must be blowing something horrible.
I think I could pitch in this stadium and throw a quality start.
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I would say Lowry, but Nash is gonna make all-starts outta Bargs and Demar. Plus we could possibly land Kabongo next year. With Nash as his Mentor we could be set at the pg position for the next forseable future.
I would say Lowry, but Nash is gonna make all-starts outta Bargs and Demar. Plus we could possibly land Kabongo next year. With Nash as his Mentor we could be set at the pg position for the next forseable future.
As for SF to add, I'm targeting Batum, and if that fails possibly Marvin Williams from the Hawks. We could get Williams for our Barbosa TPE (which would be very attractive to the cash strapped Hawks), and could probably get Atlanta to throw in a future 1st rounder for taking Marvin's salary off their hands (they desperately need money to try and resign Josh Smith and Jeff Teague). Not a perfect fit but a definite upgrade over JJ, at a reasonable price, and only for 2 years (lasy year is player option so Marv could opt out too).
However, Mango is right, with Nash here, more FAs will pay attention to Toronto, mainly because Nash is highly respected in the league, and that would probably convince other superstars to team up with him to help him get a championship.
Agreed with Primer. Nash is a very business-savvy individual. And there's nothing business-savvy about leaving $15-25 million on the table for a shot at a championship.
One point about Lowry: He is close to Alvin Williams who probably has the book on his game and personality as well as what went down in Houston.
If we trade for Lowry does that kill our chance of trading for Gay or Igoudala? (in which case we trade for an SF and sign Nash in FA)
I think it's just natural. When you get a job, you work earn a living. You strive hard so the company wont go bankrupt, if the company becomes one of the most successful companies in the world while you're there, thats just addded bonus. But at the end of the day, you work to get paid. Specially now that basketball is more business rather than sport.
i think Nash realizes it doesn't matter if you go to a contender, it doesn't necessarily mean they'll win a championship. a lot of things have to go the right way. He doesn't want to go out as a player that flipped teams every couple years chasing something, he'd rather build something himself.
It really depends who our future pg would be behind Nash.
I pick Nash under the circumstance we draft Lillard (or grab another young PG who Nash can mentor into a starter). As long as we are not put in the position where Nash retires, and the PG spot is our weakest area again, I take Nash.
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I think if Nash ends up a Raptor then you really have to find a solid #2. With Nash's back you don't want him playing heavy minutes , especially in the regular season. If you draft a Lillard or Machado or Wroten or whoever it'd be good since Steve could help mentor them a little but they'd also help him just in keeping him fresh. You could play both 20 mins a game, basically.
I was first and foremost a Canadian basketball fan. By osmosis I am a raptors fan. The best thing possible for Canadian basketball is Nash in a Raptors uniform
As for the main question of this thread, I have not seen any statistical comparison of Nash and Lowry so here goes.
According to 82games.com for this past season.
Nash offensive PER is 20.6
Lowry offensive PER is 18.7.
Average offensive PER is 15, so both men are quite above average, but Nash is at that 20+ PER superstar level whereas Lowry is more in the fringe all star range. Advantage Nash on offense.
Nash defensive PER is 13.6
Lowry defensive PER is 15.7
Average defensive PER is 15, with anything below 15 being above average defense (i.e. Nash held opposing PG to a PER of 13.6, meaning he made opposing PG play below the league average. Whereas Lowry held opposing PG to a PER of 15.7, meaning opposing PG played basically average against Lowry).
Once again we have advantage Nash.
Now some people say Nash is too old or injury prone (not true). They must not have noticed that Lowry was out for significant time with injury, and was not playing nearly as well upon return, being outplayed by Dragic. Last year Nash played 62 games, Lowry only played 47.
According to DC, Toronto needs to add shooters, so let's see who is a better shooter.
Nash made 0.9 3pt's per game at 39%
Lowry made 1.7 3pt's per game at 37.4%
Lowry made more 3pt's last year, albeit at a slightly lower efficiency. Nash is a career 42.8% 3pt shooter, so no one would argue that Lowry is a better shooter than him, but at this point in their careers, it appears Lowry is a more aggressive scorer, so slight advantage for Lowry here.
Now lets look at TS% end eFG%.
Nash had a TS% of 0.625 and a eFG% of 0.581
Lowry had a TS% of 0.558 and a eFG% of 0.486
When you look at the advanced statistics, Nash is a much more efficient scorer than Lowry, big advantage to Nash here.
Since they are going to be our PG, let's take a look at the bread and butter of PG statistics, assists and turnovers.
Nash had 10.7 assists per game to 3.7 TO for a A/TO ratio of 2.89.
Lowry had 6.6 assists per game to 2.8 TO for a A/TO ratio of 2.36.
Nash is one of those special PG who can consistently average more than 10 assists per game. Lowry is a decent PG, but Nash is special. When it comes to distributing the ball, Nash is still far superior to Lowry, even at this stage of his career.
Let's check one more revealing stat for PG, PPR (Pure Point Rating)
Nash had a PPR of 10.67
Lowry had a PPR of 4.94
Once again, this advanced statistic developed by John Hollinger shows that Nash is still a far superior PG to Lowry.
As you can see, there are many statistical reasons that Nash would be a superior signing to Lowry. Even at his advanced age, Nash is still a lot better player than Lowry. Not to mention how much sense it makes to boost fan interest, team interest (ESPN and the like), and the image of the franchise (finally being able to retire the Jersey of a superstar who actually wanted to play here). I am going to be greatly dismayed if we don't come out of this offseason with Captain Canada wearing a Raptors uniform.
I'd be all over Lowry if it didn't involve #8 - but it does.Tim Chisholm @timpchisholm
Now hearing Raps arent moving 8 for a PG, only a SF. They are happy with position (relative to wings) with or without Nash this summer.
- Lowry isn't worth #8 pick and/or isn't a significant enough upgrade over Calderon (or potentially Nash)
- legit starting SF is #1 priority via trade (ie: Gay or Iguodala, if the story about Toronto not being interested in Deng is true)
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10 Great Photos of Rappers Performing at the Grammy Awards
What happened to all of the rap performances at the 2012 Grammy Awards? We know that we shouldn't complain, since LL Cool J served as the host at the 2012 Grammys and got plenty of airtime. But, last year, we couldn't help but notice that the event was missing something. And, that "something" was performances from rappers. We got performances from Adele, Bruno Mars, Alicia Keys, Kelly Clarkson, Katy Perry, and Chris Brown. But, as far as rap was concerned, we didn't get much to enjoy outside of Nicki Minaj's really weird performance of "Roman Holiday."
Hopefully, that won't be the case this year. We're not sure which artists will be performing at the 2013 Grammy Awards yet. But, we hope that at least a few of them are rappers. Because, in the past, rappers have put on really great live performances during the Grammys. Just check out these 10 Great Photos of Rappers Performing at the Grammy Awards. How many of these do you remember watching?


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Mattingly not tipping hand on postseason roster
By Ken Gurnick / MLB.com
SAN DIEGO -- Don Mattingly remains reluctant to talk about the tough cuts he'll be making for the postseason roster, but the Dodgers' manager said it will have "four starters for sure" and hinted at a total of 11 pitchers.
The Dodgers currently are traveling with 17 pitchers, including Chris Capuano, whose strained groin essentially puts him on the taxi squad for the first playoff series. It also includes fifth starter Edinson Volquez, emergency starter Stephen Fife and September callups Peter Moylan and Onelki Garcia.
Without naming names, Mattingly said management's discussions include whether there's a need for a long reliever, which the Dodgers really haven't had all season.
"You hope you don't need one," he said. "But look at Cincinnati last year. [Reds ace Johnny] Cueto pulls a groin in the first inning. Now what do you do? It's nice to have that. Is your fifth guy [Volquez] a bullpen [reliever] or is he a long man? You don't know which scenario pops up. You can't be ready for all of them."
The resurrection of former All-Star closers Brian Wilson and Carlos Marmol could make it difficult for the Dodgers to also keep Brandon League on the postseason roster, even though he opened the season as the club's closer with a fresh $22.5 million contract.
Mattingly will have a similar dilemma if all four outfielders -- Matt Kemp, Andre Ethier, Carl Crawford and Yasiel Puig -- are healthy at the same time, although they rarely are.
"There will be guys who probably won't be happy," Mattingly conceded. "Now is not the time to make friends. Everybody wants to play. Everybody wants to win and we'll do what's best for the entire 25. Everybody knows what's at stake. I hope it's about the team."
Wilson returns to San Francisco as a Dodgers success
SAN DIEGO -- Don Mattingly expects former Giants closer Brian Wilson to receive a mixed reaction when he returns to AT&T Park on Tuesday night, but there is nothing mixed about Mattingly's reaction to Wilson's contributions out of the Dodgers' bullpen.
"One thing we found out -- when he's in the game, he pitches," Mattingly said approvingly. "He knows what he's doing. He's not in the middle of the plate too often. He makes the ball move both ways. And when he wants to, he's got extra and he can elevate. That whole persona of just chucking balls? He knows what he's doing."
Coming off a second Tommy John elbow reconstruction, Wilson was non-tendered by the Giants last winter. He continued his recovery this season until he was sure he was ready, then signed with the Dodgers on July 30 and debuted Aug. 22.
Since then, he's looked like the eccentric guy who closed out the Giants' 2010 World Series. He's allowed one run in 11 1/3 innings, stranded 10 of 11 inherited baserunners and given Mattingly another setup option for closer Kenley Jansen.
"When we signed him, I didn't know what to expect," Mattingly said. "The first sim game in Philly, he was throwing 86 [mph] or something and I wasn't sure. But the emotion of a game makes a big difference for him."
Mattingly said he expects Wilson to receive a reception in San Francisco similar to that of Adrian Gonzalez in San Diego.
"I'm sure with any personality that goes to a rival, it's not going to be a warm and fuzzy reaction," he said. "I don't understand that, though. They could have signed him. They let him go. It's not like he decided to leave. It'll probably be half and half. A lot of people appreciated what he was able to accomplish and there will be a mix of traitor talk."
Ethier could start on Tuesday
SAN DIEGO -- Dodgers outfielder Andre Ethier, who had been out since Sept. 13 with a turned left ankle, pinch-hit in Sunday's 1-0 win over the Padres and manager Don Mattingly said he could return to the starting lineup as soon as Tuesday night.
Ethier, who struck out in the eighth inning in his return to action, is currently the most seriously injured of the lineup nucleus. He, Hanley Ramirez (back nerve), Adrian Gonzalez (quad), Carl Crawford (lower back) and Yasiel Puig (hip) have needed rest recently for ailments.
Ethier has been able to hit with his left ankle tightly wrapped, but said he expects running to be the final hurdle. He has been easing into it on a treadmill the past three days.
Ken Gurnick 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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Monte Civetta Climber's Log
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|Long day
Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2016
|Climbed with girlfriend. Planned as a two day trip, but shortened to one day due to bad weather. First lift to top station. VF degli Alleghesi up and Via Normale down. Had a coffee on the way back, when we could see, that we would make it in time for the lift down. 8 hours. GREAT DAY!
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|Normal Route
Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2007
|From East side normal route. Foggy
|Posted Sep 3, 2014 3:43 pm
Date Climbed: Jul 21, 1985
|With Stefano Righetti without bivy.
|Posted Mar 7, 2013 9:15 am
|Lesson learnt
Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2011
|Started climbing from the East following the normal route. Initially walking across steep scree then some gentle scrambles with cables. We reached a point with an almost vertical wall about 30ft with cables on it. Not having harnesses or helmets, and with weather deteriorating (light rain and fog falling) we abandoned the attempt. I will come back and set the record straight!
|Posted Dec 14, 2011 1:42 pm
|Silvia Mazzani
|Punta Civetta
Date Climbed: Jul 25, 1977
|A great mountain!
|Posted Nov 16, 2011 5:19 pm
|Rafa Bartolome
|Amazing peak and ferrata!!!!!
Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2011
|It was the last climb of our wonderful holiday in Dolomites. If Marmolada is the queen of Dolomites I think that Civetta is almost the princess. We climbed from Refugi Sonino-Coldai across the long ferrata Alleghesi in a very hot day (one of the hottest of all the summer according with the webs) and we needed 6h to reach the summit and we were the second or third group... but all the people climb with patience drinking and drinking in more than 6h!!!! We descended across R.Torrani and "via normale" (it was a long and hard route). Our celebration in the camping at night was superb with good bier.
Good bye Dolomites. We'll back someday. I sure of it.
The list of our climbings (august 2011):
15: Croda Negra / Punta Gallina (2,518m) from Falzarego. It was a rainy day.
16: Piz Boé (3,162m), normal route from P.Pordoi.
17: Tour Trei Cime Lavaredo and Monte Paterno (2,744m) across ferrata.
18: Ra Gusella (2,592m), Nuvolau (2,574m) and Averau (2,649m). The last one across via ferrata.
19: Marmolada (3,342m) across via ferrata and descent across glacier-normal.
20: Grande Cir (2,592m), easy via ferrata.
21: refugi Sonino-Coldai (2,132m), easy walk-up.
22: Civetta (3,220) across ferrata Alleghesi with descent across normal.
23-24: driving to Spain with a big smile (and the smile still stays on)
|Posted Aug 24, 2011 1:04 pm
|Route Climbed: Via ferrata Alleghesi - Rifugio Torrani - Tivan route
Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2010
|with sleeping in Ref. Torrani, and next day back down.
|Posted Aug 23, 2010 2:46 am
|Via ferrata alleghesi
Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2009
|Walked from Coi to the Refugio Coldai the day before. Was not too busy, and weather was sunny. Descended the Via Normale, which was more arduous than the ascent.
|Posted Aug 28, 2009 12:09 pm
|Via ferrta alleghesi
Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2002
|Started from camping palavafera at 5am - long day of nearly 13hrs!..It was very quiet and beautiful.
|Posted Jul 23, 2009 11:10 am
|Route Climbed: Via ferrata Alleghesi - Rifugio Torrani - Tivan route
Date Climbed: Aug 19, 2006
|My girlfriend and I stayed in the Rifugio at Passo Staulanza and startet our climp early morning (6 am). From the camp site Palafavera we hiked up to Rifugio coldai and left some of our equipment there and had a small breakfast. Then continued up towards ferrata allenghesi. A fantastic ferrata. quite long actually. Reached the summit in perfect weather conditions. Headed to Rifugio Torrani where we had a cup of soup. It startet to rain and we hurried down via Tivan route and ended back in Rifugio Coldai for the night, All in all from Staulanza-Palafavera-coldai-Summit-Torrani-Coldai - 11 hours - Not crowded at all. Met only 4 climbers the entire day.
|Posted Jun 21, 2008 5:39 pm
| Via ferrata Alleghesi
Date Climbed: Aug 7, 1987
|With my friend Giuseppe. The ferrata was long, not very crowed, and enought smooth
|Posted Sep 26, 2007 5:26 pm
|Ferrata Alleghesi
|With my uncle Giuliano and my friend Michele.
Beautiful mountain but the ferrata in summer is too crowed
|Posted Nov 9, 2006 12:52 pm
Date Climbed: Sep 11, 2006
|First day ferrata Alleghesi,slept in ref. Torrani.Second day ferrata Tissi and back to Casera Grava.
|Posted Sep 14, 2006 3:56 pm
|Route Climbed: Via ferrata Tissi Date Climbed: August 3, 2004
|Weather was not really perfect, most of the time the peak was in the clouds. Didn't meet anybody on the ascent route. Great climb though, and being just alone out there magniefied the feeling. Descended along the normal route, this was combined scrambling and "skiing" on some snowy sections.
|Posted Mar 21, 2005 4:28 pm
|Mathias Zehring
|Route Climbed: via ferrata Alleghesi - Tivan route Date Climbed: September 10th 1999
|It was near the end of one week's holiday in the Zoldo valley (which I had won in a radio contest!). Because of our hotel we did not want to use Coldai hut and started early after driving to Casera di Pioda - but not early enough: After 45 min we reached Coldai hut, but most climbers who had slept there had already had breakfast and were ahead of us to the starting point of the via ferrata. So we had to wait at the end of the queue. We were in good shape after this week and had done more difficult ferratas. We had to wait often staying behind a group of seniors from Vienna, so it was not very exhausting. But you have to have a good head for heights and some experience in climbing. Weather was fine but not clear. The descent was long, exhausting and more demanding than the ascent. We were happy as we gained the hiking trail on foot of the mountain, though the way back into the valley was still very long
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Blood donors are being sought for a Doncaster donation session later this week.
The session will be held at Bullcroft Memorial Hall, Carcroft, on June 18.
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Ok this is kind of a bizzarre question but it's really bugging me.
The book I'm reading has barely covered the basics (only cout, cin, math, small if statements (not else if or anything like that), and that's about it. One of the excersizes at the end of the chapter is:
Now since I do know a little more about programming than the chapter I am currently in I did this:Quote:
Write a program that inputs three integers from the keyboard and prints the sum, average, product, smallest and largest of these numbers. The screen dialogue should appear as follows:
Input three different integers: 13 27 14
Sum is 54
Average is 18
Product is 4914
Smallest is 13
Largest is 27
Thing is, he's never taught the && yet. So I'm thinking there is a way to do this without it. Is there? Please try to keep it basic. Yes, I know there are shorter ways to doing this, but I am just trying to follow my book right now. Thanks.Code:
//Outputs various facts.
#include <iostream>
using std::cout;
using std::cin;
using std::endl;
int main()
int n1, n2, n3, sum, average, product;
cout<<"Input 3 integers: ";
sum = n1+n2+n3;
average = sum/3;
product = n1*n2*n3;
cout<<"Sum is "<<sum<<"\n";
cout<<"Average is "<<average<<"\n";
cout<<"Product is "<<product<<"\n";
if ( n1 < n2 && n1 < n3 )
cout<<"Smallest is "<<n1<<"\n";
if ( n2 < n1 && n2 < n3 )
cout<<"Smallest is "<<n2<<"\n";
if ( n3 < n1 && n3 < n2 )
cout<<"Smallest is "<<n3<<"\n";
if ( n1 > n2 && n1 > n3 )
cout<<"Largest is "<<n1<<"\n";
if ( n2 > n1 && n2 > n3 )
cout<<"Largest is "<<n2<<"\n";
if ( n3 > n1 && n3 > n2 )
cout<<"Largest is "<<n3<<"\n";
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Fannie Mae, the largest backer of U.S. home loans, has appointed Bradley Lerman as general counsel, effective Oct. 1. Lerman joins the company from Pfizer Inc., where he was chief litigation counsel, senior vice president and associate general counsel.
Lerman's prior work experience also includes a stint at Winston & Strawn, where he was a partner and co-chair of the firm's white collar defense practice group. Between 1986 and 1994, Lerman was an assistant U.S. attorney in the Northern District of Illinois, where he worked in the white collar prosecution divisions.
Lerman replaces Judith Dunn, who has served as interim general counsel since former GC Timothy Mayopoulos was promoted to the company's CEO spot in June.
"Brad has integrity, excellent leadership skills and a proven track record in achieving positive outcomes for corporation across a broad spectrum of legal specialties," Maypoulos said in a statement.
Read more about the appointment at Equities.com.
For more InsideCounsel coverage of recent career news, see:
Avon appoints former Novartis lawyer as general counsel
Amazon hires Nuala O'Connor as its privacy counsel
12 noteworthy in-house career moves
Minority GCs at Fortune 500s reaches new high


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TypeNon-alcoholic additives, juices & mixers
DescriptionGeneric nonalcoholic simple sugar syrup with orange oil flavoring. While much more common as a liqueur, orange-flavored syrup is noted in the drink "Brown Rumba", a sort of flip. Noted brands are Monin, Da Vinci, and Torani.
AvailabilityGenerally available. Produced and sold in United States, France and Italy. Distributed world-wide. Available for on-line ordering in some markets.
Substituteorange liqueur, orange flower water, orange juice
Usage examplesThis ingredient appears in 1 recipes in CocktailDB.
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I recently posted a forum topic similar to the subject -- but am still having a HUGE issue with it and just don't know what to do. There's actually two issues and ANY AND ALL help anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated... It's really causing a stress on the household.
First of all, I CANNOT get my neutered bun (3 months ago, 7 months old) to stop feeling the need to "mark" the play area whenever we let him out. I don't know what to do anymore, mainly because he gets so angry and flustered when I try and correct his behavior. To the point where he'll spend the rest of the day being anti-social and quite obviously stressed out. He's been checked by a vet for physical issues and came back with a clean bill of health. I re-read all the BB ideas on LitterBox problems and the problem is that he gets so aggressive about it so none of the hints/ideas have been very helpful. He's not a mean bunny and I can't stress enough how this aggressive behavior is ONLY when he is trying to mark on the floor and we try to get him to his litter box. We've tried herding, we've tried picking him up and putting him in, we've tried treats.... I just don't know what to do with him anymore.
The second problem is digging at the carpet. All three of our buns are digging freaks and recently made two holes in our carpet. We've tried the spray bottle but sometimes it takes 3-4 sprays before they'll move and by that time a couple of strings of carpet are already hanging from their mouth... Whenever we make the area inaccessible for them they just choose a new area to dig. They have quite a wide array of toys to play with so I'm not sure why they feel the need to just dig apart the carpet. I really don't want to have to put them in a smaller area with only a piece of plastic or something over the sort over it -- mainly, because they are a "running" breed so I was told they need a good area to exercise in and so I'm afraid they won't have enough space to run around with a smaller play area. (They really do use the whole space for running about which also makes me think it's not really an option.)
These issues have been causing SOOO much trouble in our household and I really want to figure out a way to correct their behavioral issues in the best way possible.
Maybe try some clicker training with them? Stimulate them when they start to dig so they forget about it
"Mom gives me more than enough good food, why would I get up out of my flop to WORK for treats".
And then when they come out they will spend a good half hour doing nothing but high binkies and Bunny 500's around the kitchen table.
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And then when they come out they will spend a good half hour doing nothing but high binkies and Bunny 500's around the kitchen table.
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ORLANDO, Fla. - Nolan Wilson, 40, has taken a break from his life on the Nascar racing circuit to market what he calls RFID "Military Grade" wallets and passport billfolds designed to stop high-tech thieves.
WKMG-TV reports the UCF class of '97 communications graduate has the exclusive franchise rights for a special fabric lining sewn in nylon wallets and billfolds.
The items are assembled in Georgia and sold to consumers online and soon in an airport near you.
Wilson said the secret is in the lining.
"It's a metalized fabric that's tuned for that specific application," he said.
The gear is sold under the name Viator Gear. Viator is Latin for traveler.
According to Wilson an Italian company has developed a fabric coating that actually blocks out or shields RFID frequencies sent from chips found in most consumer credit cards and U.S. passports.
The specially treated fabric is used by European and U.S. military units as well as President Barack Obama.
The New York Times recently reported the president and his staff use a fabric security tent while traveling. The Times referred to it as a "portable zone of secrecy."
According to Wilson, that tent is made of the same material used in the Viator Gear inventory.
"When he's (Obama) not in the actual confines of a secure environment they put up a tent made up of our protective armor," he said.
Wilson said he can't talk about the process but says the metallic coating blocks a specific range of signals from unwanted RFID scanners.
Using a small device that scans RFID signals Wilson shows how the small wand beeps and lights up indicating it is receiving an RFID signal. He then places a credit card in one of his fabric-lined wallets and the wand is silent.
The company is starting to expand its stage offering the line of wallets ($60-$75) on ViatorGear.com as well as Amazon.com.
Wilson said InMotion Entertainment, located at airports across the country, plans to add the gear to its line of "technology to go" items in the next few weeks.
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VG247:The legendary figures believes Ground Zeroes will be his most mature game. It will tackle many taboos and Kojima is concerned it may not sell as well for that reason. He even admitted it may not receive a release in its current state, such is the maturity of the game.
Don't change anything, don't self-censor your game Kojima. People trust you and certainly won't fail you. Hold on to that but please, don't alter your game for a wider audiance. A lot of people out there are starving for maturity in video games. MGS 4 showed an old man about to shot himself and it sold damn well !
Kojima is best dev ever. Anyway, I think Kojima is really the guy to create something like that and push maturity in video games.
Love Metal Gear, i hope they atatck the animations a bit this time around, they did looked a bit simple and robotic (Besides the cut scenes) in MGS4.
Amazing story though.
I think most gamers are tired of being treated like children. We face harsh realities in our lives everyday so I think we'll be ok with what ever you have in mind, Kojima. But please don't censor your work and don't worry about sales numbers, just create the best game that you possibly can and the rest will take care of itself.


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Leah Messer Calvert sure loves being a mommy!
The Teen Mom 2 star announced today that she is expecting her third child this winter, which will be her second pregnancy with new hubby Jeremy Calvert (Leah reportedly suffered a miscarriage with the couple's first pregnancy in January).
"Just wanted to let everyone know that Leah IS pregnant & that she and Jeremy & the rest of their families including Ali & Aleeah are very excited :)," Messer's official Facebook page read. "Thanks in advance for all your words of encouragement!"
Meanwhile, Leah tweeted, "THANKS SOOO MUCH EVERYONE!
#PositiveTweets makes this momma soooo happy!!! @Calvert505 are in such a good place! ☺ Love all of you!"
Their bundle of joy (or joys, because clearly twins run in the family) will join 2-year-old Ali and Aleeah.
You can catch all the action with Leah and the other Teen Mom 2 stars when the show premieres on Nov. 12.


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Recongnize every movie?
Which movie do you think will win the Oscar best picture this year?
Amour, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Django Unchained, Les Misérables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty.
I have seen almost all. They are all good. But I vote for Lincoln. What about you?


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Sunday 11th August 2013
First House
£20.00 - £35.00
Mary Coughlan is one of Ireland's most well-known singers. Her first album, Tired and Emotional sold 100,000 copies in Ireland alone and its successor, Under the Influence, confirmed Coughlan as a singer capable of making every song she sings her own. On this, her "Best Of" tour, one of just eleven UK dates celebrating 25 years in the business.
The Whole Affair: The Very Best of Mary Coughlan
Throughout the over 25 years of her quite extraordinary recording career Mary has drawn heavily from her legendary heroes; Billie Holiday's grievous, teary outpourings, the husky flirtations of Peggy Lee, Van Morrison's soulful wails, the defiant chanteusery of Edith Piaf. All are present and correct in her delivery.
Even so, Mary, with her naked honesty makes every song her own; they belong to her and nobody else. Who else could possibly present "Double Cross" or "Magdalen Laundry" or "The Ice Cream Man" with such dedication and effortless zeal. The casual listener may know something of "Ancient Rain", "Invisible To You" or maybe "Man Of The World". These may well be among the greatest of Mary's many great hits, however there is so much more to the story.
by David Kelly
For Mary there will always be two falls. The first happened in Mesopotamia about 5000 years ago, we are told. The second happened in a sea-front house in Bray, near Dublin, around 1994. In the first, Eve was expelled from Eden for her sins and women have borne the brunt of it ever since. In the second, a heavily pregnant and very drunk Mary Coughlan fell onto her kitchen floor in a stupor, a piece of bread and butter plastered to her unconscious face. That was how her husband and three children found her when they returned from shopping. The next night Mary was taken to hospital where she miscarried. And she has borne the brunt of it ever since.
But this is not why Mary Coughlan is the greatest female vocalist these islands have ever produced. It's not even why she stands alongside, or even between, the bruised, battered but unbeaten giants of jazz chanson on both sides of the Atlantic, Billie Holiday and Edith Piaf. Mary Coughlan is the only singer these shores have produced to rival the greatest of European cabaret and American jazz club blues because of one thing: her voice. She is unique in blending the whisky-blurred, smoke-seared, husky notes and laconic wit of Billie Holiday and Peggy Lee and the line of deep, down and dirty blues singers back to Memphis Minnie and Bessie Smith with the sardonic, bitter-sweet defiance and despair of the Piaf chanteuse, born out of war, in the shadow of Brecht, at war with the world, men and finally herself. And Mary Coughlan enfolds it all in a delicious and unapologetic Irish drawl, sceptical, rueful, mournful and melting, ardent for love, all in one voice which wraps itself around Cole Porter and Jerome Kern, Elvis Presley and Joy Division, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and sails down that long river of blues that links the Mississippi to the Liffey in her magnificent Irish brogue.
And the most remarkable thing of all is her quarrel with Ireland. She evidently detests the stage Irishry which persists to this day in Riverdance, U2 and The Corrs. But in her curt consonants, luxuriant plosives and Dub dipthongs she is nakedly Irish, Galway born, the daughter of a Donegal soldier and a Connemara woman. Yeats wrote, "Out of our quarrel with others, we make rhetoric. Out of our quarrel with ourselves, we make poetry." Out of her quarrels Mary Coughlan has made some of the best music in these islands for twenty-five years. And it's time she was applauded for that.
In 1994 she went into rehab in Dublin and with her family's support defeated her alcoholism and hasn't taken a drink since. It's understandable why Mary should feel so powerful an identification with Holiday. But that's not what makes her the giant she is, someone who fills the sky alongside Holiday, Piaf, Lee, Fitzgerald, London, Vaughan, Washington. Music history is littered with performers and artists dead or defeated by drink or drugs. That is not what makes a singer great. Nor even the conquering of addiction, though that's no mean feat, God knows.
In 2001 Mary consciously identified herself with her musical inspiration in her liner notes to 'Mary Coughlan Sings Billie Holiday', a live recording of her homage show to Holiday staged in Dublin and London, 'Lady Sings the Blues'. The resemblance was more than musical. Holiday was dead at 44, the age Mary did the show. Mary had been sober for more than six years after a murderous decade of drinking in her 30s, consuming bottles of vodka or tequila a day, which dragged her in and out of hospital more than 30 times, led to the death of her unborn child and almost killed her one night in intensive care where she needed tubes through her neck artery to feed her heart the drugs needed to get her through the night. A doctor was by her side throughout.
Mary is our greatest female singer because over twenty-five years and ten albums she's made the most grown-up, uncompromising, wholly personal and utterly universal music on either side of the Atlantic about what goes on between men and women. She has taken the classic standards of jazz balladry and the recent gems of rock and Irish song-writing, shaken them and offered them up anew, like jewels dripping from the deep, strewn on black velvet. She sings in the voice of the wrong and wronged woman and she makes us think what it is men make of women and what women have to do to make do. She has just one other forebear in the pretty pallid parade of British female pop artists, just one other woman whose bruised, haunted voice could find and enjoy the inconsolable longing and loss in a three minute pop song: Dusty Springfield. Or Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien, to give her her real name. Born to an Irish Catholic family. Small world. - David Kelly
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BIRMINGHAM, Mich. - A Birmingham woman says she "screamed bloody murder" when she found a man hiding in her basement in the middle of the night.
"I was on a full-tilt run. I grabbed a kitchen knife and some keys," she told Local 4.
She ran to her car and drove to the police station.
It happened at 3:20 a.m. Oct. 26 on Hazel Street near Woodward Avenue. The woman, who did not want to be named in this story, said she was up late because her dog had been sick. She had let the dog out of a back door several times.
"I could have left the door unlocked and he (the man) could have walked right in," she said.
She was cleaning the upstairs of the home while looking after the dog. She went to the basement for supplies and saw the intruder sitting on the floor behind some boxes.
Police are looking for a white man in his late 30s with short, dark hair and dark glasses.
The woman believes he tried to say something, but she never heard it as she fled the house.
Nothing was taken, and the man never threatened her.
She said she added a security system the next day.
The woman allowed Local 4 to get some images of her basement.
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text: Just wondering if anyone would be interested in joining a Trekbbs.com Member Websites webring if one was created. Obviously, it would be exclusive to TrekBBS members who have websites and it would not be genre specific. As long as you're a member and have a website, you're pretty much qualified. Ring has been created for all those who wish to join. Two ways possible: 1) Go directly to the ring HOME and click "Join this ring". 2) Visit LoNAF.com's portal page and click the join link at the bottom in the nav display. I'll approve the applicants ASAP. Thanks to all of you for participating. This should be pretty cool. :thumbsup:


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A federal judge says homeless people in Fresno can go ahead with a lawsuit that claims the city destroyed their belongings in a cleanup of a homeless camp and endangered them by destroying shelters as winter neared last year.
The Fresno Bee ( http://bit.ly/Uobjzp ) says a ruling issued Wednesday struck down some portions of the lawsuit but allowed the core of the case to proceed.
The suit, filed on behalf of several homeless people, claims the city violated terms of a 2008 federal court settlement over cleanup sweeps.
Fresno's interim city attorney, Francine Kanne, says she hasn't had a chance to analyze the ruling.
Fresno settled a similar 2006 lawsuit for $2.3 million.
Information from: The Fresno Bee, http://www.fresnobee.com


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NEW YORK -- Three thoughts on Austin Trout's unanimous decision win over Miguel Cotto ...
Trout can fight. I thought (and wrote) for weeks that picking Trout was a mistake. Cotto had a mult-million dollar showdown with Saul Alvarez waiting for him next spring. He wanted a tune-up fight and instead he got Trout, a young, unbeaten former Olympic alternate who was starving for this opportunity. From the opening bell Trout showed his skills, appearing to be the stronger, faster and more superior boxer. He never stopped throwing the jab, never stopped turning Cotto and frustrated the future Hall of Famer with picture perfect technique. Cotto landed some good shots but Trout never looked hurt and never stopped coming. All three judges scored it for Trout--virtually everyone ringside did, too.
Should Cotto retire? It's a question many on press row were asking after the fight. Cotto said after the fight that he would return to Puerto Rico and think about his future, and he should. He didn't take big shots well; Trout isn't heavy handed but it seemed every time he connected clean Cotto backed off and needed a few seconds to recover. At 32, Cotto isn't old. But he has been in some wars, been battered by some big punchers. There are a lot of opponents Cotto can still beat, but his days as an elite fighter are probably over, and for a proud fighter like Cotto that may mean it's time to hang 'em up.
Where now, Trout? Get to know Trout --I guarantee you will like him. Trout, 27, is a skilled, well spoken American who has the potential to do big things in the 154-pound division. A Cotto rematch is possible, maybe in June, a favorite month for Cotto to fight at Madison Square Garden. If not, there are options: I don't think Golden Boy will put him in with Alvarez, not with one high profile fight to his name. But there is IBF champion Cornelius Bundrage, who has been searching for a money fight. If Trout beats Bundrage and collects a second belt, he will become much more marketable for Alvarez in the fall.
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Have You Heard About… Discoveries … America. Indiana
… the familiar and not so familiar places in the state of Indiana? In the Discoveries … America. Indiana DVD you will learn about some interesting places and fun facts of this neighboring state. Indianapolis is the crossroads of America. Did you know that the state of Indiana is the largest popcorn growing producer in America? In the northern part of the state is where the third-largest Amish population lives. A lot of the Amish work in the RV and motor home factories, and you guessed it, Indiana makes the most RVs and motor homes in America. There is even a museum of these wonderful homes on wheels that you won't want to miss if you decide to visit.
The Indiana Dunes and Shipshewana, and of course the "Brickyard," home of the Indy 500 auto race are the most popular, but you won't want to miss the Tell City pretzel factory or the powered parachutes either. How about a visit to the Mid America Windmills or the Corner Prairie Living History Museum where you can become part of the daily life of the past? If that isn't incentive enough to visit, consider the Tri-State Memorial Bluegrass Festival. This is not just good music but wonderful food and crafts too.
The Discoveries …America series is 51 DVDs, each about one hour long, of all of the states (plus Washington, DC) and the famous and not-so-famous things to see and do in each state. They will give you lots of things to learn or ideas to incorporate into your next vacation.


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Corrective Hoof Care Keeps Tiny Horse on Her Feet
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Big things really do come in small packages, especially if you ask Debbie DeHowitt, whose horse-loving heart belongs to the "mini-minis."
DeHowitt's 4-year-old dwarf Miniature Horse Buttercup has been a client of the University of Florida (UF) Large Animal Hospital from an early age when it became clear that she needed special hoof care.
Buttercup with farrier Jody Schaible and owner Debbie DeHowitt at the University of Florida's Large Animal Hospital.
"When she was 6 or 7 months old, I became aware that she was starting to walk on the outside of her front hooves," DeHowitt said. Her veterinarian had a farrier create extensions to widen Buttercup's hooves to fix the problem, she added.
At first, the extensions seemed to work, but eventually Buttercup's condition worsened. DeHowitt made a five-hour trip to UF from her home in Hollywood, Fla., to explore possibilities for further treatment. Veterinarians ruled out surgical correction and instead recommended monthly corrective hoof care from UF's resident farrier, Jody Schaible.
"Jody has been great to us," DeHowitt said. "Over the years he has had to switch from pre-made shoes to different materials to extend her hooves and keep her comfortable. Without Jody, I know that Buttercup would not be turning 4 later this month."
Schaible said working on Buttercup had been a challenge from the start: "I have to take into consideration that her feet are extremely small. If you held a quarter on the bottom of her foot, the quarter would cover 95% of her foot, so nailing shoes is out of the question."
Buttercup needs special glue-on shoes that only attach to the outside of her foot to provide support to her leg, Schaible said.
"The other problem is that she cannot stand on one leg to glue on the shoes, so we are forced to sedate her and lay her on her side, then work on one foot, flip her over and repeat the process again on the other foot," he said. "It's a labor of love, and Buttercup has become a very important part of the UF family."
Dwarf Miniature Horses' tiny size creates known health concerns, including crippling leg deformities. DeHowitt had initially purchased Buttercup's mother, Annabel, from a breeder who wasn't happy with the animal due to her propensity for producing dwarfs.
"Within a few weeks, I also bought her dwarf son, because he was being picked on by all the other animals on the farm once his mother was not there to protect him," DeHowitt said. Soon, Annabel began gaining weight, and DeHowitt learned her new horse was again pregnant.
Buttercup was born prematurely and weighed only 20 pounds.
"She couldn't figure out how to nurse and had to be (hand-) fed for the first 24 hours," DeHowitt said. "But as the days progressed, it quickly became apparent that Buttercup was a fighter. She was so tiny, but she had such spirit and thought she was just as big as everyone else."
DeHowitt said she knew nothing about dwarf Miniature Horses before living with Buttercup, but now appreciates why the health issues faced by these horses can be so challenging.
"There is a real need for a dwarf rescue group because of the costs that are involved with having them," DeHowitt said. "My dream is to one day start a rescue group specifically for dwarfs."
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US ends bobsled drought as former Army athlete wins bronze in two-man
By ELLIOTT ALMOND | San Jose Mercury News (MCT) | Published: February 17, 2014
KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia -- Bobsledder Steven Holcomb tried to hold it in.
He wore a stoic face when it should have been red with pain.
America's best bobsledder was aching after straining a left calf on the second of four heats in the two-man bobsled competition at the Sanki Sliding Center.
It wasn't clear whether Holcomb would make it to the starting line Monday to face his moment of destiny.
"I knew when his name was called, he'd be ready to go," brakeman Steven Langton said.
Holcomb, 33, wasn't about to walk away with a medal on the line.
USA-1 was just fast enough on a technical, curvy chute to become the first American sled to win a medal in the two-man competition in 62 years.
Holcomb hit the the milestone four years after ending another 62-year drought in the four-man competition when winning the gold medal at the Vancouver Games.
"If anybody else has a 62-year drought they need to break, just let me know," Holcomb said. "We'll try to help you."
Perhaps the Chicago Cubs should arrange a lunch with the drought buster.
In a dramatic night at the track, Alexander Zubkov of Russia won the gold medal in his final two-man race, while Beat Hefti of Switzerland took the silver.
Holcomb held off fast-charging Russian Alexander Kasjanov by a mere .03 of a second to earn America's first medal in the event since Stan Benham and Pat Martin won a silver medallion at the 1952 Oslo Games.
"A medal is a medal," said Holcomb, who won the two-man World Cup title this season. "I'm going home an Olympic medalist. That's pretty bad ass."
Holcomb's drive only added to his compelling narrative after 16 years in bobsledding.
The Park City native who was a ski racer before switching to sledding almost had to retire seven years ago because of a degenerative eye disease that causes distorted vision and can lead to blindness.
While unable to compete in 2007 he became so depressed he attempted suicide by swallowing 73 sleeping pills with whisky.
A rare operation led to 20/20 vision but Holcomb discovered seeing better hurt his driving.
In a sport where the senses are magnified, Holcomb drives by feel as much as sight, having figured out a track's subtleties to avoid mistakes while barrelling along at 85 mph.
"He gets it, he gets the sport," said Monterey's Nick Cunningham, who finished 13th.
USA-2, piloted by Yucaipa's Cory Butner, was 12th.
U.S. coach Brian Shimer, who was part of the American team that ended a 42-year medal drought at the Salt Lake City Games in 2002, didn't think his guys could do it Monday after the injury.
The four-time Olympian figured everything would have to go right for a medal at the Sochi Games. When it didn't, "it was pretty dismal wondering if he could go," Shimer said.
Holcomb had other thoughts.
"Four years to get to this point, I'm not going to let a little calf booboo stop me," he said.
Team physicians worked deep into the morning hours to keep the muscle from spasming. Holcomb received acupuncture, kinesio tape and muscle stimulation.
The Americans debated through lunch whether to withdraw to save Holcomb for the four-man racing this weekend.
They decided to let Langton do most of the pushing off the start.
"I would have carried the sled down the start ramp if I'd had to," Langton said.
Shimer expects the driver to recover in time to defend his four-man gold medal.
But Holcomb wasn't thinking about defending his gold medal Monday night. He also wasn't thinking about the painful calf when starting the third run that kept him in medal contention.
"When you're sitting in third place, you can deal with a lot more pain than you think you can," he said.
An hour after the victory, Holcomb had a spring in his gait. He threw a hefty bag full of his racing gear over his back as he departed.
Shouldn't someone have been carrying his equipment considering the tender calf muscle?
Holcomb laughed at the thought of a personal sherpa.
Nothing like an Olympic medal to ease the pain.
USA-1 driver Steven Holcomb, left, and Steven Langton celebrate following their Heat 4 run for the 2-Man Bobsled at the Sliding Center Sanki for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia on Monday, Feb. 17, 2014. They won the bronze.


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In New York's 19th, Cash is Always Greener
August 1, 2014 | In New York's 19th district, a race between a former Army colonel, Republican Rep. Chris Gibson, and Sean Eldridge, the husband of Facebook co-founder and The New Republic publisher Chris Hughes, would seem to be a study in contrasts. And yet their fundraising style isn't so different: both have a donor base that is spread far and…
Debt On The Hill: Some Lawmakers Face Fiscal Cliff Of Their Own
February 14, 2013 | Americans borrow a lot of money, and so do members of Congress. In 2011, lawmakers owed between $238.9 million and $568.3 million to various creditors, not including their home mortgage obligations. But it's not all student and car loans and carried-over credit card balances. Lawmakers borrow to buy planes and boats, and get involved in complex transactions involving lines of credit and margin loans with exclusive investment funds. And some carry credit card balances of more than $100,000.
Daily Show Contributors, Like Cable News Brethren, Walk Tightrope With Political Donations
February 8, 2011 | Many bona fide news organizations have conflict-of-interest rules that prohibit employees from making financial contributions to politicians. But such rules in the world of cable news have become murkier -- even for programs who market "fake news," as the Daily Show has defined its product. And fake or not, the Daily Show, which routinely interviews powerful politicians, is viewed by many Americans as a legitimate news source.
Candidates in Hotly Contested Races Collect Big Money from Wall Street Interests
September 27, 2010 | Ahead of the November election, top 20 House beneficiaries of the people and political action committees associated with the finance, insurance and real estate sector have together collected more than $16.2 million from Wall Street interests since January 2009. Meanwhile, the Senate candidates and sitting senators to receive the most from Wall Street interests raked in more than $41.3 million since January 2005 -- the beginning of their six-year election cycle.
Murkowski Not Done Yet, Political Mudslinging on Twitter and More in Capital Eye Opener: September 8
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July 26, 2010 | Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle has earned millions advising the largest companies in D.C., but insists he provides analysis and not access. But POLITICO reports that some unlikely allies are calling for individuals like Daschle to be registered as lobbyists.
Embattled Lobbying Firm PMA Targeted Members of Defense Committees
February 12, 2009 | The close ties between Rep. John Murtha and a Washington lobbying firm raided by the FBI have put the powerful Pennsylvania Democrat under greater scrutiny. The lobbyists at PMA Group have been Murtha's fifth most generous campaign donor over time, but he is just one of 284 members of the 111th Congress who have collected money from the firm, which specializes in securing federal earmarks for its clients. In total, PMA Group's employees and its political action committee have given current members of Congress $3.4 million since 1989.
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February 10, 2009 | The eight CEOs testifying Wednesday before the House Financial Services Committee about how their companies are using billions of dollars in bailout funds may find that the hot seat is merely lukewarm. Nearly every member of the committee received contributions associated with these financial institutions during the 2008 election cycle, for a total of $1.8 million.
Money and Votes Aligned in Congress's Last Debate Over Bank Regulation
September 23, 2008 | The last time Congress seriously debated how to regulate the financial industry, the result was legislation that allowed the nation's largest banks to get even larger and take risks that had been prohibited since the Great Depression. A look back at that debate, which was over the 1999 Financial Services Modernization Act, reveals that campaign contributions may have influenced the votes of politicians who, a decade later, are now grappling with the implosion of the giant banks they helped to foster.
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September 12, 2008 | Uncle Sam bailed out Freddie Mac and the company's twin sister, Fannie Mae, this week, and the next in line in the Wall Street family to get a helping hand might just be Lehman Brothers. Executives at the struggling investment bank are looking to sell the company with assistance from the government--and fast--as its stock plunges. Although the government isn't expected to completely bail out Lehman Brothers, the fourth-largest U.S. investment bank, the company has built a strong financial relationship with politicians over the years and coincidentally ranks fourth in the largest contributors in the race for the White House.
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This guest post was written by Katrina Deutsch, a Peace Corps recruiter for the Metro-Boston area and a frequent Employer in Residence at Northeastern University.
When I started my job search my senior year of college, I knew I wanted to work internationally after graduation. Quick searches through my university's job board left me discouraged, as I was under qualified for most of the jobs I was interested in. I started looking into international volunteer organizations, specifically in health and teaching, as those were the areas in which my past travels fell. I was again discouraged, mostly because so many international volunteer organizations required a fee to participate, and money was something I didn't have.
But there was always one organization I kept coming back to – the Peace Corps. I knew what it was; as I had met Peace Corps Volunteers traveling in Swaziland my first summer abroad. I also knew my mother would object. After more research, I decided to apply to the Peace Corps and thought it would be best to not tell my parents about my application. After all, I wasn't sure I would receive an invitation, so why get them worried for no reason?
- Established on March 1, 1961 by John F. Kennedy
- Currently serve in 65 countries; have served in 139 countries
- 7,209 volunteers and trainees currently in service
- Work in the areas of education, health, environment, community economic development, youth in development and agriculture
- Annual budget of $356.25 million
The Peace Corps appealed to me. First, I did not have to pay. The Peace Corps is a U.S. Government Agency, and funding comes from the government. In fact, the Peace Corps was going to pay me at the local level to volunteer! Second, it was a 27 month commitment, and I was hoping to work abroad for at least one year, which is something most other organizations did not provide. Third, I felt that the experience I would gain through my Peace Corps service would give me the skills I needed to qualify for the jobs I wanted.
- Speak to a Peace Corps Recruiter about your skills and qualifications
- Prepare all necessary documents, including transcripts, financial obligation information, and reference contact information
- Complete the application within 30 days from starting
- Be prepared to answer questions about your medical history
- Tell your parents you are applying to the Peace Corps when you start – the more information and time they have to learn about the Peace Corps, the easier it will be for you and your parents!
Unfortunately for my parents, I received an invitation to serve in the Peace Corps as a Secondary Education English Teacher in Nicaragua. I accepted my invitation and departed for service the summer after graduating.
The Peace Corps developed my skills and abilities far more than I had anticipated. I gained valuable language skills and nearly three years of international development experience (I extended my service beyond the two year commitment). I also discovered a passion that tied all of my initial career goals together: international education development and policy.
After Peace Corps, I attended graduate school to receive my master's degree in international education policy. I hadn't planned to attend graduate school so soon after college. However, I knew that my experience and a graduate degree would make me competitive for many of the jobs I was interested in.
- Consider the Peace Corps Masters International or Peace Corps Fellows program, combining graduate school and Peace Corps
- Make sure you're passionate about what you plan on studying – don't go to graduate school just to go to graduate school
- Reach out to alumni from schools to hear their experiences
- Consider all variables, not just the name or reputation of the school: Do they offer financial aid? Is it located in an area that has good job or internship opportunities? When was the program established?
As I dove back into full job search mode, I now had real experience and knowledge of international job search resources. My graduate school internship at an international education non-profit turned into a full-time job, and I worked there for two years before returning to work with Peace Corps as a recruiter.
I don't know what my next job will be or where it will take me. However, I do know that I have the skills, experience, and passion – and the resources – to continue my work in international development.
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Katrina Deutsch is currently the Peace Corps Recruiter for the Metro Boston Area. For more information on the Peace Corps, application process, and when Katrina will be at Northeastern, you can reach her at firstname.lastname@example.com. Learn more about Katrina's Peace Corps experience here.


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Sometimes the best way to get perspective is to have a nervous breakdown.
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Previously titled "Imogene," "Girl Most Likely" debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2012. Roadside Attractions and Lions Gate acquired the film last year, changed the title and set a release date for July 19.
The first official trailer features Icona Pop's "I Love It." The film also stars Matt Dillon and Darren Criss and was directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini.


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Pirates take notice of Eckstein
Interest in shortstop hints at potential trade of middle infielder
By Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com
"It's fair to say that they have shown interest," Gleichowski said. "But there have not been any negotiations up to this point."
Gleichowski said that he has been approached by five clubs expressing interest in Eckstein, who split last season between Toronto and Arizona. No dollar figures have been exchanged with any of those clubs.
Eckstein is pursuing an opportunity where he can sign on to be a starter, which isn't an offer the Pirates can currently make. However, that would certainly change if the Pirates do find a trade partner for shortstop Jack Wilson, or even second baseman Freddy Sanchez.
Though Eckstein has played almost exclusively as a shortstop in the Majors, he was groomed as a second baseman in the Minors and is believed to be intrigued by the possibility of moving back to his natural position.
The fact that the Pirates have put Eckstein on their radar suggests that there are ongoing talks to trade one of their middle infielders. The Pirates do appear to be losing options for a potential trade partner for Wilson, though.
The Tigers are out of the mix after signing shortstop Adam Everett. The Dodgers have made it known that their priorities are currently elsewhere. And despite speculation that the Twins could be interested, a Major League team source said that Minnesota is not pursuing Wilson.
Sanchez's name has not been attached to any interested teams at this time.
Eckstein hit .265 with 21 doubles and 27 RBIs in 324 at-bats last season.
Jenifer Langosch 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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Community's shock at tragic death of Gorleston woman following fall in supermarket
PUBLISHED: 14:57 24 January 2014 | UPDATED: 14:57 24 January 2014
Tributes have been paid to an "inspirational" community stalwart whose sudden death following a fall in a supermarket has shocked and saddened everyone she came into contact with.
Award-winning Melrose Thomas, known as Mel, was re-launching her third memory club and arranging 10th anniversary celebrations for her first, when she fell in Morrisons supermarket in Gorleston.
Her daughter Karen Docwra said this week she was heartened by the response from well-wishers all of whom were struggling to come to terms with the tragic suddenness of her mother's death on Saturday.
It followed an incident the previous Monday when Mrs Thomas, from Bradwell, popped to the supermarket, loaded her car, but apparently nipped back and fell over in the toilets.
Although initially she was well enough to call her partner her condition rapidly deteriorated. She died in hospital five days later, aged 78.
A spokesman for the supermarket confirmed an investigation was underway. An inquest was opened and adjourned by the coroner in Norwich on Wednesday.
Mrs Docwra said her mother was an amazing woman and an inspiration to everyone she knew, turning to social work later in life and making a real difference to her community.
She was passionate about the memory clubs she set up for people with Alzheimer's, helping them to accept and manage their diagnosis and receive therapy and reminiscence.
The service was also aimed at offering respite for carers and providing a relaxed and social setting for members, making it a unique provision.
She set up her first memory club in January 2004 and another three years later. A third club in Hemsby was in the process of being re-launched.
The clubs now have a membership of around 90 and a waiting list, with the idea spreading to Scotland and Cornwall where similar clubs have sprung up based on her caring format.She was handed a Living Legend award by the Queen at Windsor Castle for her voluntary work in 2006 and was continually fundraising and bidding for grants for outings and meals for members.
In April last year she was named among other local heroes in Gorleston and presented with a carer's award.
Members of her club at Gorleston St Andrew's went ahead with 10th anniversary celebrations on Tuesday, as she had planned.
Yarmouth mayor John Burroughs, who was at the event, said: "It was marvellous what she did with the memory clubs. She was obviously very active and very popular. She was a terrific worker who did a fantastic job and will be greatly missed. It is very sad."
It is estimated she raised around £75,000 in the last ten years to support the clubs.
Born in Dersley, Gloucestershire it was a caring household that included adopted and fostered children.
An early first marriage at 16 was evidence of a rebellious streak and by the age of 19 she had four children, but only two survived. The marriage failed but undeterred she went on to marry Brian at the age of 26, just a week after they met. The couple had five children, but lost a son aged seven in a car accident.
Her husband's RAF role meant over 36 moves and more than 32 different jobs spanning police officer and shop assistant.
They moved to Norfolk from Nottingham in 1983, Mrs Thomas working at Mildred Stone House before taking the job of manager at Magdalen House in Gorleston.She went to university and qualified as a social worker specialising in mental health at the age of 52.
She retired as a social services senior manager at the age of 60 in 1995 with serious heart problems and underwent a double heart bypass.
After convalescence she went on to train as a Relate councillor. Later she resolved to use her training to help people with Alzheimer's.
Her husband Brian died in Ibiza while they were celebrating her 70th birthday after 44 years of marriage.
She leaves a partner Mike Cable and is a well-loved nan of 75 grandchildren and great grandchildren.
A Morrisons spokesman said: "We are working closely with the local Environmental Health Office to aid their investigation."
A spokesman for the borough council said: "As is legally required under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR), Morrisons has reported this accident to the borough council, which is the enforcement authority for these types of premises. A RIDDOR report is only required in certain circumstances, including when someone is taken to hospital following an accident at such premises. Council officers are investigating the circumstances of the accident."
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text: I just looked at the Miami Tampons forum and their bashing the Knicks of course- specifically Lin. The thing i hate most about the Miami fans is that they dont give a rats ass about the game of basketball. The fans in OKC are more passionate than these suckers. We will win and take over the east like a massive tsunami.


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Novonics Corp. and Dave Smith discuss
AUFTS (Advanced Used of Force Training System), which includes simulated verbal interaction and use of weapons while on duty. A wide variety of scenarios prepares officers for experiences in the real world. AUFTS fills in the gaps of traditional training
to better prepare LEOs.