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Ubisoft has officially detailed the Assassin's Creed 3 Season Pass, an offer that grants access to all five upcoming downloadable content packs for a discounted price.
Assassin's Creed 3's DLC will feature "The Tyranny of King Washington", an all-new single player campaign told through three episodic content packs that lets you experience an alternate history of the events following the American Revolution.
As the revolution comes to a close, a new and most unexpected enemy emerges. Driven by the desire to secure the fate of the colonies, the greatest hero of the revolution, George Washington, succumbs to the temptation of infinite power. The new King is born and his reign leaves no one untouched. To return freedom to the land our new hero must dethrone a tyrant he once called friend.
"History is our playground – and AC teams have always loved playing with historical facts and their consequences as a way to better understand a time period," said Ubisoft Executive Producer Sebastien Puel. "While Assassin's Creed 3 concentrates on history as it happens, we wanted to take some liberties with this DLC and tell you how things 'could have happened.'"
In addition to this alternate reality, the Assassin's Creed 3 downloadable content will also include new maps and characters for its expansive multiplayer system.
The Assassin's Creed 3 Season Pass will be available for purchase for 2400 Microsoft Points on Xbox LIVE or $29.99 on the PlayStation Network. It will be released within six months after the game's launch on October 30. It will save you 25% over the individual pack prices and also give you access to the first downloadable content pack one week before other gamers. Assassin's Creed 3's DLC will also be available for the Wii U version of the game when it releases alongside the console on November 18.


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Wood has shortest outing of season as Cubs fall
CHICAGO -- The Cubs needed an All-Star effort from Travis Wood on Friday afternoon to have any chance of slowing the Dodgers.
Instead, the Cubs' lone representative at this year's Midsummer Classic turned in one of the worst outings of his career.Full Game Coverage
CHICAGO -- The Cubs needed an All-Star effort from Travis Wood on Friday afternoon to have any chance of slowing the Dodgers.
Instead, the Cubs' lone representative at this year's Midsummer Classic turned in one of the worst outings of his career.Full Game Coverage
Wood lasted only 3 1/3 innings and tied his career high with five walks as the Dodgers beat the Cubs, 6-2, on Friday at Wrigley Field.
"I was battling all day, and you can't have five walks, especially with the team that they are over there and especially with as well as they're playing," Wood said.
It was the second straight day the Cubs were beaten by the white-hot Dodgers, who have won 12 of their last 14 -- and 12 straight on the road. The Cubs have dropped five of their last six.
Wood (7-8) entered Friday tied for third in the Majors in quality starts, as 18 of his 21 outings fit the bill. But Friday's start was anything but quality.
The left-hander allowed a run in the first inning and worked a quick second before things unraveled in the third.
Wood gave up consecutive doubles to Mark Ellis and Nick Punto before issuing four straight one-out walks. He managed to make it out of the third inning despite throwing 41 pitches, but allowed singles to three of the first four batters he faced in the fourth.
Wood's 3 1/3 innings tied the second shortest start of his career, with his only shorter outing a 2 2/3-inning effort on Sept. 24, 2011.
It also marked the fourth time Wood has issued five walks in a game, and the first since last year's season finale.
"It obviously took four months for something like that to happen," Cubs manager Dale Sveum said. "Not too many starters will go through a whole season without having a little hiccup."
Although the Cubs lefty didn't have his best stuff, home-plate umpire Alan Porter's strike zone was in question. Cubs pitching coach Chris Bosio appeared to disagree with Porter during a mound visit in the third inning, and Dodgers manager Don Mattingly and Ellis were ejected in the fourth after Ellis was rung up.
Wood said he had no issue with the zone.
"No, I felt like I was just missing," Wood said. "As much as I was missing, it made it hard for him to make a good call on a good pitch. It was pretty much all on me. You don't walk [five] guys without something being wrong."
Dodgers left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu (10-3) made due with the zone, allowing two runs on 11 hits and striking out six in 5 1/3 innings.
Chicago's only runs came on RBI doubles by Darwin Barney in the third and Cole Gillespie in the fourth. Those two also recorded consecutive one-out singles in the sixth to knock out Ryu, but left-hander J.P. Howell induced an inning-ending double play with the bases loaded as the Dodgers tied a franchise record with 12 straight road victories.
"The record shows a lot," Mattingly said. "Good teams, to me, have got to be able to win on the road. It is actually something the guys should be proud of. It shows you can play. Every day you're ready to go."
The sixth inning was one of a handful of missed chances for the Cubs, who stranded 10.
Julio Borbon also made a key baserunning mistake in the ninth with former Cub Carlos Marmol on the hill, getting thrown out at third trying to advance on a ball in the dirt. Borbon was sent down after the game.
"When you're down by four runs and there's no outs you can stand on second base, because we've got to get a bunch of hits," Sveum said. "It's not the brightest thing I've ever seen."
Despite the four-run victory, the Dodgers also had other chances. Los Angeles left 10 runners on base, including leaving the bases loaded twice.
Rookie outfielder Junior Lake led the Cubs by going 4-for-5 with four singles, while Gillaspie was 3-for-4 with two doubles. It was Lake's second four-hit game in 16 contests, making him the first Cub since 1916 to accomplish that feat.
"We can't forget this guy tore up winter ball and was doing really well in Triple-A, as well," Sveum said of Lake, who has seven multi-hit efforts in 16 games. "It's just that time. We've got him [up here] and hopefully all this stuff continues. But we know there's up and downs with this thing as well."
Lake also became the first Major Leaguer in more than a decade to record two four-hit games in his first 16 contests. The last to do so was St. Louis' Bo Hart in June 2003.
"I feel so good," Lake said through a translator. "I see the results of [the work] I do before the game, pregame. Again, I feel so great [about that]."
Cash Kruth is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @cashkruth.

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I am looking for any information about motorcycle rental, places to see, food, dangers of riding on foreign soil, etc, etc. We will be staying south of Florence in the Tuscany region. I am hoping to get three full days to tour on a motorcycle. Maybe wishful thinking but I would love to do a couple Alpine passes in the Alps? I ride a 1200 G.S, but for three days of riding almost any bike will work. Information appreciated.
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text: I was at a tournament last week, and the tournament provided hot dogs and hamburgers for a picnic lunch. A guy I knew was down there playing a match, and he narrowly won the first set. His opponent then ran off court and said he was going to go grab some of the lunch. The guy went and ate a burger, which took about ten minutes and came back. During the next set, he left DURING a game to take a bathroom break. I was pretty shocked and thought there must be a rule to address it. I told my friend he should just go report that the other player defaulted, but wasn't sure if that was how it worked. Anyone know?


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Ron Paul and Harry Mitchell have again stopped the increase in pay that Members of Congress automatically get every year unless it is voted down.
Their efforts to block the pay raise for 2010 was successful last year, and today their bill to block the pay raise for 2011 passed overwhelmingly (402-15) in the House after passing the Senate last week.
"We should not be padding our pocketbooks when our constituents are still tightening their belts and losing their jobs," stated Congressman Paul. "As well, we could continue with this symbolic first step and stop increasing taxes, expanding the federal budget, and spreading our military so thin. These additional measures would do much to begin our economic recovery."
But I would like to extend this motivation to freeze the pay of congressmen to freezing a few other things. I would like to see our budget at least frozen where it is. That would go a long way to solving some of our budgetary problems. And how about freezing the debt level? Let's not raise the debt level. Instead, this next year, our national debt is going to go up by $2 trillion when you add up all that we borrowed from our trust funds.
Also, I'd like to see a freeze on regulations because regulations usually backfire. There are unintended consequences, they cost a lot of money, they act as a tax, and they don't improve the economy overall.
I would be in support of freezing the welfare transfer system. The system that most people think, "Well, transfers are going to help all the poor people". The trouble is, wealth transfer systems help the rich people and they're the ones to get the bailouts and poor people don't. So a freeze on welfare transfer would be a long way towards restoring a free society and a constitutional government.
Also, I think the consensus of the American people today is that we ought to freeze the bailouts. Let's not bail out anybody anymore. But it looks like it will be a long time before that happens because we have a monetary system where we have somebody over there called the Federal Reserve that says, "We can print and at will, and our job is to be the lender of last resort." That means to bail anybody and everybody out that needs money and it looks like that will be domestic as well as international.
I'd like to freeze the ability of the Federal Reserve to print money out of thin air. That, in moral terms, is counterfeit and yet that is the encouragement for us to run up our deficits because the Fed can come in and increase the money supply. A sound monetary system would have frozen anybody's ability to just create money out of thin air.
I'd also like to freeze the income tax at the 1912 level. And that, indeed, would be a real boost to the people of this country. All of a sudden there would be great wealth in the hands of the consumer. Just think if all the money that we spent on the bailouts that just tided things over, if just a portion of that had been used to get rid of the income tax, I think the money would have been better spent because the people would have been spending the money instead of the bureaucrats and the politicians and the regulators that bail out the people who were making all the money in the first place.
But I would also extend this freeze on to some other things, too. I'd like to freeze some of our militarism. I think we have enough fighting going on. I don't think we should expand the war. I don't think we should be looking for another enemy. I'd like to freeze the sanctions on countries, I'd like to see a lot more free trade. I would like to see that the bombing is not extended, that we quit allowing our CIA to extend the bombing of countries that have not attacked us.
I would also like to put a freeze on this concept of preventive war. This whole idea and concept of preventive war means that we can literally start the war.


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Samsung Galaxy S 4 has Qi wireless charging, but it's up to the carrier to offer it
0. phoneArena posted on 14 Mar 2013, 21:24
It wasn't mentioned in the official announcement by Samsung, and it also wasn't in the teardown of the hardware that leaked just before the official launch event, but it turns out that the Samsung Galaxy S 4 will offer Qi standard wireless charging. The bad news is that it will be up to the carrier to offer it in the model that is sold...
This is a discussion for a news. To read the whole news, click here
1. monomilkman (Posts: 25; Member since: 11 Feb 2013)
why wouldn't a carrier offer it?
9. Whateverman (Posts: 3291; Member since: 17 May 2009)
Clearly you are NOT a Verizon customer... I really envy you right now! By the time the Big Red Dummies are done striping all the good stuff out of this phone, it will be running Donut!
13. monomilkman (Posts: 25; Member since: 11 Feb 2013)
haha I am a Verizon customer actually...I just haven't bought a phone in two years so I'm a bit behind. I can't wait for them to sock it to me when I upgrade...if only I could figure out which device I'm going to want
2. DarkShadow (Posts: 51; Member since: 01 Feb 2013)
that why l hate carrier their suck
3. chemhaz (Posts: 161; Member since: 04 May 2012)
You can buy the charging pads on eBay already and also stick on wireless receivers for other Galaxy models.
4. Stayfly2407 (Posts: 60; Member since: 15 Dec 2011)
Yea seems like you should be able to do the same with the S4..... Would that work?
5. Timmehor (Posts: 599; Member since: 09 Mar 2013)
Got a feeling not too many carriers will support it :/
6. Allenrulz (Posts: 4; Member since: 07 Feb 2013)
Sprint BETTER offer this. I want this feature if I get this phone on my next upgrade.
7. Suraj3337 (Posts: 45; Member since: 20 Apr 2012)
What about International models?
8. dickwyn (Posts: 621; Member since: 07 May 2012)
yeah an exact question i would like to ask
10. UrbanPhantom (Posts: 949; Member since: 30 Oct 2012)
Is this built-in wireless charging, or with an add-on sleeve like for the SG III? This feature was never clarified...
11. Stayfly2407 (Posts: 60; Member since: 15 Dec 2011)
looks like an add on that works with them all. Their are ebay auctions up right now for the GS 4 and the add on wireless peice to make it work
12. mholeydroid (Posts: 13; Member since: 02 May 2012)
Im sure there will be a hack in the future if some carriers dont include it
14. hypergreatthing (Posts: 43; Member since: 13 Jun 2012)
Ha. I added wireless charging to my S3. Basically you buy the QI card from amazon, it goes under the original cover on top of the battery. Then you can choose from a variety of no named QI pads (i got mine from anker). ~50$ later i was in business with a wireless charging S3. For the life of me i have no idea why carriers in the US don't offer this.


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Today is Friday the 13th. No matter how superstitious you are, there is something about Friday the 13th that makes us cringe here at Jack.
Instead on hiding from black cats, broken mirrors, and Jason Voorhees, try some of our patented ways to improve your luck.
1. Wear Red
Red is a color associated with luck. Wear a red dress, a red tie, or red underwear. You would think green would be lucky, but it's not. Wearing green will cause luck to flee from you, according to WikiHow.
2. Find A Penny, Pick It Up
It's long been believed that finding a penny on the ground means at least a day of good fortune. So if you happen to come across a penny on the ground, "pick it up, and all day long you'll have good luck!"
3. Eat Black-Eyed Peas
The food, not the music group. It's a long held tradition that eating black-eyed peas on New Years Day will bring you good luck through the year. If you missed out on this staple at New Years, here's your chance to catch up with some lucky grub!
[Sheckys.com]4. Carry A Lucky Charm
Horseshoes, a rabbit's foot, four-leaf clovers, wish bones, and more have long been considered talismans of good luck. Dig out your lucky penny or anything else that's brought you good luck in the past and carry it with you!
5. Sleep Facing South
The Chinese art of feng shui says that sleeping with your head pointing south will bring you good health and fortune!
6. Eat A Lucky Treat
Instead of a rice crispy treat, have a Lucky Charms cereal bar. The lucky little marshmellows are sure to bring you some good luck… if not a sugar rush.
7. Think Lucky
It's the law of attraction. If you think positive, lucky thoughts, good fortune will come to you!
8. Feng Shui
Along with the positive thinking, you can do a little feng shui meditation to invite good luck in your life. Meditate with a red votive candle surrounded by 10 shiny new pennies and chant the mantra, "I am lucky."
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9. Count Your Luck
Have you ever thought about how lucky you already are? It's been said that you should count your blessings. What has Providence already given you?
10. Break Clear Glass
We all know that breaking a mirror brings 7 years of bad luck, but did you know that breaking clear, uncolored glass is a sign that you've avoided something bad? It is believed that the glass took the bad luck on your behalf.
11. Test Your Luck
Put your luck to the test. Buy a lottery ticket or head to the casino to try your luck. You could find out just how lucky you really are!
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No one knows where this started, but it's belief is so widespread there's no denying it. Athletes and sports fans alike put it to use when they turn their caps inside out and wear them backwards. Put on your "rally cap" for to turn your luck around!
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You'll never know how lucky you are if you don't get out there and try things. Take a chance and try something new. Go someplace you've never been to before. You'll never step out into the sunshine of good luck if you stay stuck in a gloomy rut of routine.
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Northwest Natural Gas Company
List of Deals
- 1961 issuance and sale of $6,500,000 in principal amount of first mortgage bonds and 140,000 shares of common stock
- 1969 issuance and sale of 600,000 shares of common stock (par value $3.1/6 per share) [negotiated public offering] and issuance and sale of $15,000,000 principal amount of first mortgage bonds, 9 3/8% series due 1974
Henry Dodge Green received a perpetual franchise for a "gas manufactory" in 1859 in Portland from Oregon's territorial legislature. Green and his partner, H.C. Leonard, built a coal gasification plant, and in 1860 they began providing gas lighting for forty-nine customers. The company's first month's sales amounted to $425. It made gas by carbonizing coal that arrived in Portland as ballast aboard windjammers. The partners soon acquired a brig to transport coal and began doing business as Portland Gas Light Co.
By 1868 Portland Gas Light Co. was responsible for keeping the water hot in the boilers of Portland's horse-drawn, steam fire engines—the first recorded use of local gas for a purpose other than lighting. In 1892 the company gained new management, and its name was changed to Portland Gas Co.
During the early 1900s, as the gas range, water heater, and furnace became available, the gas industry shifted its emphasis from street lighting to supplying in-home energy. In 1910 the company incorporated as Portland Gas & Coke Co. Money was short for expansion as electricity crowded the lighting market. American Power & Light Co. took over the company's refinancing. California oil became cheaper than coal, so in 1906 the company began a plant changeover. After this change, the company was able to manufacture byproducts—briquettes, electrode pitch, naphthalene, and motor fuel—that brought in about a third of the company's revenue. Gasco, as the utility company commonly was called, then embarked on two decades of expansion.
In 1949 American Power & Light sold off its holdings in Portland Gas & Coke. The company soon thereafter enjoyed renewed development once natural gas arrived from the Southwest in 1956 and fifteen months later from British Columbia. In 1957 Portland Gas & Coke closed its manufactured gas plant, and in 1958 it changed its name to Northwest Natural Gas Co. The changeover from manufactured to natural gas cost the company about $4.3 million and involved an educational campaign that took place via letters, handbills, and newspaper ads.
Lowered gas rates and the abundance of better fuel kicked off a period of renewed expansion of fuel mains north into Washington State and Canada for Northwest Natural Gas Co. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Northwest Natural Gas marketed its natural gas fuel aggressively and employed price reduction programs to lure new customers. It built its first liquefied natural gas storage tank on its manufactured gas plant site in 1969.


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LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT AND AGENDA Date: Thursday, March 7, 2013 Time: 7:00 p.m. Place: North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst Avenue The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) packet is available for review at the Berkeley Main Public Library at 2090 Kittredge Street and at the Permit Service Center at 2120 Milvia Street. The Landmarks Preservation Commission consists of nine members appointed by the City Council (Commissioners in bold, Council members in parenthesis): Carrie Olson, Chair . . . . . (Maio) Austene Hall, Vice-Chair (Arreguin) Gary Parsons . . . . . . . . . (Capitelli) Christopher Linvill . . . . . (Anderson) Miriam Ng . . . . . . . . . . . . (Moore) Rose Marie Pietras . . . . . (Mayor Bates) Paul Schwartz… . . . . . . . (Wengraf) Anne Wagley . . . . . . . . . .(Worthington) David Ruegg ………. . . (Wozniak) ADA DISCLAIMER This meeting is being held in a wheelchair accessible location. To request a disability-related accommodation(s) to participate in the meeting, including auxiliary aids or services, please contact the Disability Services specialist at 981-6342 (V) or 981-6345 (TDD) at least three business days before the meeting date. Please refrain from wearing scented products to this meeting. For inclusion in the Commissioners' agenda packet, please submit written comments by Wednesday the week prior to the meeting. One set of "late communications" will be distributed to the Commissioners 2 days before the meeting. Please submit any material for distribution as "late communications" no later than 12 noon on the Tuesday prior to the meeting. Please be advised: Commissioners do not have an opportunity to read written materials handed out at the meeting. Communications to Berkeley boards, commissions or committees are public record and will become part of the City's electronic records, which are accessible through the City's website. Please note: e-mail addresses, names, addresses, and other contact information are not required, but if included in any communication to a City board, commission or committee, will become part of the public record. If you do not want your e-mail address or any other contact information to be made public, you may deliver communications via U.S. Postal Service or in person to the secretary of the relevant board, commission or committee. If you do not want your contact information included in the public record, please do not include that information in your communication. Please contact the secretary to the relevant board, commission or committee for further information. Contact: Landmarks Preservation Commission Secretary (510) 981-7410 (Main Line) | firstname.lastname@example.com | 2120 Milvia Street, Berkeley CA 94704 Request for initiation of Landmark or Structure of Merit designation on a future agenda lies within the range of action to be considered on each structure or property appearing at any place on the agenda. Due to the length of the LPC agenda, a Consent Calendar may be used to approve certain applications and actions at one time. The Consent Calendar may include: - Routine business such as approval of minutes and items proposed for continuance. - Public hearings on structural alteration permits that are apparently non-controversial, on which no adverse comment has been received, and for which no speaker cards have been turned in and no persons wishing to speak are present. The Commission may place items on the Consent Calendar during Agenda Changes. Anyone present who wishes to speak on an item should raise his or her hand at that time and advise the Chairperson and the item will be pulled. Any applicant, member of the audience, or Landmarks Preservation Commissioner may require that an item not be placed on the Consent Calendar to allow for discussion and testimony (if currently posted for public hearing). 1. ROLL CALL Please switch off power of all cellular phones during the meeting, as the frequency disrupts the recording process. 2. EX-PARTE COMMUNICATIONS: In the context of adjudicative matters that come before the LPC, ex-parte communications are those which occur outside of the formal hearing process. LPC members should avoid ex-parte contacts on matters pending before the LCP as much as possible, as they may represent, or be perceived to represent, the receipt of evidence that can unfairly influence a decision on a matter before the Commission. If such contacts do occur, they must be placed in the record and disclosed to all interested parties sufficiently in advanced of the decision to allow rebuttal. 3. PUBLIC COMMENT (Limit: 3 minutes per person; 5 minutes per organization) 4. AGENDA CHANGES A. Consent Calendar B. Other Changes 5. CONSENT CALENDAR (None) The Consent Calendar allows the Commission to take one action with no discussion, on projects to which no one objects. The Commission Chairperson will announce items for the Consent Calendar. The Commission may place additional Public Hearing 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 Chair, and the item will be pulled from the consent calendar. Modification projects may be discussed by the Commission 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 date. 6. CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARINGS A. 80-90 Bolivar Drive Berkeley Aquatic Park City of Berkeley Landmark Designation Application LM # 12-40000007 Initiated by Application Continued from February 7, 2013 7. PUBLIC HEARINGS 8. REFERRALS A. 2201 Dwight Way** UP#12-10000021 to demolish an existing one-story commercial building (constructed in 1947) and construct a five- story, 81-unit apartment building. Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Report are also requested. 9. SECTION 106 CONSULTATIONS (None) 10. ACTION ITEMS A. Minutes: Approve February 7, 2013 Meeting draft action minutes** 11. DISCUSSION ITEMS A. 2211 Harold Way Preview (The Residences at Berkeley Plaza)** SAP#13-40000002 to alter the Landmark Shattuck Hotel and demolish the Hink's Department Store 1926 and 1958 additions to allow construction of a Mixed Use Development with 355 dwelling units, 13,885 square feet of ground- floor commercial space, and a 308-space underground parking garage. B. Department of Parks, Recreation & Waterfront None C. Chair Report 1. City of Berkeley Landmark #1 (Old City Hall) D. Staff Report 1. UC Design Review 12. OTHER MATTERS Commissioners may ask for discussion to be scheduled on a future agenda (per Brown Act, no deliberation or final action may be taken). A. Communications
B. Future Council Meetings on LPC Decisions 1. 2517 Regent Street LM Structure of Merit Designation Appeal 3/19/13 C. AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEES OR LIASION COMMENTS: Opportunity reports on status of projects for which the LPC has established a subcommittee or liaison. (Note: Site will come off the subcommittee list upon approval of a Certificate of Occupancy) 1. Ad Hoc Survey Committee (Olson, Hall) 13. POTENTIAL INITIATIONS The Commission may establish and maintain an ongoing list of structures, sites and areas having a special historical, architectural or aesthetic interest or value. After public hearings, the Commission may initiate landmark and historic district designations from the list. A. 2362 Bancroft Way-Trinity United Methodist Church (3/1/99) B. Berkeley High School, Building C, 1920; W. C. Hayes (LE 9/13/99) C. John Galen Howard Power Station, UC Campus (CO 4/3/00) D. McCauley Foundry at Carleton and 7th Streets (4/3/00) E. UC Storage Station, James Plachek, Architect (4/3/00) F. "Kittredge Street Historic District" - 2124 Kittredge Street (Elder House and storefront), 2138 Kittredge (Fitzpatrick House and storefront), and 2117 Kittredge Street (A.H. Broad House and storefront) (JK 11/5/2001) G. 1842-1878 Euclid Avenue (CO 9-14-07) H. Berkeley High School Campus Historic District (SW 1/3/08) I. 2746 Garber Street (SW 3/5/09) J. 1950 Addison Street (CO 11/16/10) K. 2070 Addison Street (CO 11/16/10) L. 100 Berkeley Square (CO 11/16/10) M. 124 Berkeley Square (CO 11/16/10) N. 134 Berkeley Square (CO 11/16/10) O. 1901 Bonita Avenue (CO 11/16/10) P. 1920 Bonita Avenue (CO 11/16/10) Q. 2132 Center Street (CO 11/16/10) R. 1940 Channing Way (CO 11/16/10) S. 2121 Durant Avenue (CO 11/16/10) T. 1920 Haste Street (CO 11/16/10) U. 2113 Kittredge Street (CO 11/16/10) V. 2124 Kittredge Street (CO 11/16/10) W. 2138 Kittredge Street (CO 11/16/10) X. 1905 Martin Luther King Jr. Way (CO 11/16/10) Y. 2122 Shattuck Avenue (CO 11/16/10) Z. 2150 Shattuck Avenue (CO 11/16/10) AA. 2168 Shattuck Avenue (CO 11/16/10) BB. 2177 Shattuck Avenue (CO 11/16/10) CC. 2225 Shattuck Avenue (CO 11/16/10) DD. 2257 Shattuck Avenue (CO 11/16/10) EE. 2270 Shattuck Avenue (CO 11/16/10) FF. 2274 Shattuck Avenue (CO 11/16/10) GG. 2281 Shattuck Avenue (CO 11/16/10) HH. 2414 Shattuck Avenue (CO 11/16/10) II. Terminal Place (alley) (CO 11/16/10) JJ. 2041 University Avenue (CO 11/16/10) KK. 2044 University Avenue (CO 11/16/10) LL. 1907 Walnut Street (CO 11/16/10) MM. 1922 Walnut Street (CO 11/16/10) NN. 1925 Walnut Street (CO 11/16/10) OO. 1930 Walnut Street (CO 11/16/10) PP. 2927 Garber Street (GP 08/19/11) QQ. 2482-2498 Telegraph Avenue and 2445-2449 Dwight Way (CO 12/7/11) RR. 2301-2315 Telegraph Avenue / 2445-2449 Dwight Way (CO 12/7/11) SS. 2328-2346 Telegraph Avenue / 2441-2447 Durant Avenue (CO 12/7/11) TT. 2400-2402 Telegraph Avenue / 2486-2498 Channing Way (CO 12/7/11) UU. 2410-2422 Telegraph Avenue (CO 12/7/11) VV. 1163 Euclid Avenue (GP 02/02/12) WW. 3049 Adeline Street (CO 3/12/12) XX. "Manoa Historic District"- 2530 Dwight Way (George Edwards House), 2524 Dwight Way (Alexander C. Stuart House), 2503 Regent Street (Lucinda Reames House), 2509 Regent Street (Lucinda Reames House), 2511 Regent Street (William Wilkinson House No. 2), 2515 Regent Street (William Wilkinson House No. 1), 2517 Regent Street (Mary J. Berg House), 2506 Dwight Way (The Bonnet Box), 2502 Dwight Way/2501 Telegraph Avenue (Mrs. Edmund P. King Building), 2512–2516 Regent Street/2525 Telegraph Avenue (Needham-Obata Building) (CO 3/12/12) YY. 2425 Atherton Street (CO/GP 2/7/13) 14. LIST OF PERMIT SITES PROVIDED IN COMPLIANCE WITH BERKELEY MUNICIPAL CODE (BMC) SECTION 23B.24.030.B Land Use Planning Current Projects: http://www.cityofberkeley.info/ContentDisplay.aspx?id=62826 including the following projects proposing demolition of buildings greater than forty years old: A. UP#13-10000001 single-family house (1936 Delaware St.) B. UP#12-10000060 single-family house (1911 Ninth Street) C. UP #12-10000045 single-family house (2830 Ninth Street) D. UP #12-10000021 one-story commercial building (2201 Dwight Way) E. UP # 12-10000012 two-story commercial building (2429 Telegraph Ave.) F. UP #13-10000006 private school building (2246 McKinley Ave.)
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Model: FST1357 Elliptical Gear Pair
- imagemovie
These elliptical gears will convert steady rotary motion about one gear axis into unsteady motion about the other gear axis. Both gears rotate about the focii of their respective ellipses. This mechanism also illustrates the concept of rolling centrode curves developed by Franz Reuleaux in his 1876 book. This theory states that the planar motion of two rigid bodies can be represented by the rolling of one body centrode curve on the centrode curve of the other. In this gear mechanism the ellipses themselves are the exact centrodes of each gear.
Francis Moon 2007-03-08
Reference :
- Reuleaux, Kennedy : Kinematics of Machinery (1876)
- Schröder : Catalog of Reuleaux Models (1899)
Resources :
- Movie : Schroeder 1357 swf


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December beard-off!
January 2012Sculpted!
Thanks to everyone who joined in the fun and shared their real and faux beards in the comments below! It was fun to see all the different variations and everyone who posted will be sent out a pack of Sugru! Here's the results of our in-house beard-off:
frenzy went for the Deron Williams fade
kazmataz had the classic milk-moustache
mikeasaurus and StumpChunkman did mirrored MonkeyTail's
lamedust went all out with the technicolour rainbow
Way to go everyone!
December, 2011
For the next few weeks we're tossing out the razors and documenting the madness! After, we'll sculpt them into weird designs and then post the results and let you decide who you think has the best/worst beard. This beard-off isn't just for the gentlemen either, the ladies of Instructables have also volunteered to participate with faux beards, knitted beards, or anything else!
We're starting with how we look now, then updating later in the month with how our beards are progressing, then how they look sculpted in a ridiculous way.
Here are the Instructables staff participating:
Members can join in the fun by posting pictures of their crazy beards in the comments below. Every member who posts a picture of their beard (real or fake) will be sent out a single Sugru pack and an Instructables sticker! Hurry, these things are itchy and are going to be shaved by January 2012!
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Where I'm from, we call it Decembeard. Weird name, right?
I totally wish I would of known about this. I have been pretty proud of the first beard I am growing this year.... Well maybe I can join the festivities in 2012
some challengers appear:
almost ready for sculpting... fun fun!
Nice gauges!
thanks! I make them from various woods, burn the designs, and finish them with all natural ingredients.. you can't see it in this pic, but these have a couple small copper bands around them as well, and they are tapers about 2" long..
That's awesome! I've been thinking about doing this myself but haven't tried it yet. My plugs are only #2 gauge so the small size of the work intimidates me a little.
I've made them as small as 8's, but I don't recommend that.. too small.. the diameters are really tricky to get right at that size..
you should sell those...people would pay!
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FOREST HILL, Texas, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- A church pastor was killed in an assault, and his assailant died after being subdued with a stun gun, Forest Hill, Texas, police said.
The Rev. Danny Kirk Sr., 53, the 18-year pastor of Greater Sweethome Missionary Baptist Church in Forest Hill, a suburb of Fort Worth, was killed by a man who drove his car through a wall of the church Monday, then beat Kirk to death in the church music room, using an electric guitar as a weapon, police Chief Dan Dennis said.
A janitor was injured attempting to stop the confrontation, and a church secretary telephoned the police, KXAS-TV, Dallas, reported Tuesday.
When police arrived, Kirk was still being beaten. They applied a stun gun to the suspect, who was later found dead in the back seat of a patrol car, they said.
The suspect was identified as Derrick Birdow, 33, WFAA-TV, Dallas, reported.
Initial investigation revealed Kirk was confronted by the attacker outside the church, and the argument moved inside to the music room, the guitar used as a "weapon of opportunity," Dennis said.
After news of the incident spread through the church membership, hundreds of grief-stricken congregants arrived at the church, and several were treated by paramedics, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported Tuesday.
Motive for the attack was unclear.


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Interested parties can expect the following in this Part 3 of The Side Mission Briefing E3 2013 Miniseries Spectacular:
This show, like the others in this series, is constructed differently than our typical episodes.
Basically, Part 3 is an extended vignette with Mikey Neumann of Gearbox and TV's Alison Haislip. At the bar, during E3.
There are surprise cameos.
There is alcohol.
There is a great deal of laughter.
Please enjoy.


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April 16
12:09 a.m. — 5200 block of Ocean Boulevard. Theft. While an officer was eating at a Village restaurant, his waitress reported that her purse had been stolen the previous weekend. She said there was a small disturbance in front of the restaurant, and she had put her purse down. When she turned around, it was gone. Her cell phone, her grandmother's ring, cash and a debit card with $15 in the account were among the casualties of the theft.
April 16
No remorse
12:20 a.m. — 3200 block of Clark Road. Driving Under the Influence. A man was observed entering a vehicle after being ejected from a Village bar. An officer followed the man and signaled for him to pull over. The man passed several safe stopping points but elected to pull over in the middle of Clark Road.
The report stated that the man's speech was so slurred that the responding officer could not understand him. However, after blowing a .231 in a Breathalyzer test, the man insisted he should have been allowed to drive in that condition. The officer reported that the man showed no signs of remorse.
April 17
10 p.m. — 1200 block of Peppertree Drive. Theft. A 68-year-old woman called the County Sheriff because two pieces of jewelry, a diamond ring and a diamond watch, valued at nearly $12,000 were missing. She last saw the items on April 10, when she placed them in a kitchen drawer. The officer who arrived on the scene reported that there were no signs of forced entry. However, he dusted for fingerprints near the drawer and near the front door and found a set of prints on the latter. They are currently being analyzed.
April 23
6:25 p.m. — 5300 block of Ocean Boulevard. Battery. A 21-year-old woman reportedly slapped a young man five times with an open palm following an argument in a parking lot. The victim reported that he did not want to be touched and was in fear of the defendant.
April 25
Early ejection
1:08 p.m. — 5200 block of Ocean Boulevard. Disturbance. A man caused a disturbance after being denied a cocktail by a bartender in the early afternoon. An officer arrived and advised the man, who was visibly intoxicated, that he could not return to the bar. The officer then drove the man to his residence.


text: Beauty is said to be in the eye of the beholder being subjective and elusive. Artist and magician of modern technology, Jonty Hurwitz transcends his art beyond conventional form by means of engineering, mathematics and computer processing to create anamorphic sculptures that show their true form and beauty when placed in front of a cylindrical object. One of his prominent sculptures is called Rejuvenation, depicting the anamorphosis in art, which originated in the artwork of Leonardo DaVinci in


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So how bout a 3 way?
Toronto gets: Rudy Gay and Greivis Vasquea
Toronto Sends: Amir, Jose, JJ
NOH gets: Jose, Pargo
NOH sends: JSmith and Vasquez
Memphis gets: Amir, Smith, JJ
Memphis sends: Gay, Pargo
This doesn't work on the trade machine but that is because they have not yet accounted for NOHs recent cap clearing moves and the corresponding, Eric G's cap hold etc etc. but it'd allow Memphis to dump some salary while netting some useful, young bench players and NOH would get a very good PnR PG to team up with Unibrow and who knows how to find a guy like Ryan Anderson as well as Gordon. Tdots finest get The Gay man they've always wanted (cheap shot I know) and a cheap young backup who'll never be much.
Yeah I know, the pipe is burning hot.
Jose's going to be a HUGE trade chip come trade deadline time
Also one year closer for the punative luxury tax...just saying.
If there's a deal that makes Toronto better, but to do it, they have to ship out Jose, then do it.
Walking like I'm already there.
The GM made Jose a very rich man at a time when he would have gotten about 60% of his contact out on the open market. If The GM asked him to wash his car on the weekends, he should be grateful. I hope he does get traded, only because he'd be wasted here coming off the bench (I'm not a fan, but if Mario Chambers can be the starting PG for a championship team...). There's no use paying $10 Million for a back up PG, especially considering your new starting guard wasn't a fan of platooning (and please, no comments about how you can play them together. There's already enough SGs here and Calderon has a tough enough time covering the likes of DJ Augustin, hate to see him guard Joe Johnson and James Harden). Just get the Iggy deal done if it's out there and sign Johnny Flynn to play 15 mins a game.
One team that just opened up is Indiana, which traded Collison to Dallas (Good move. Collison had a good playoff and at less than 3 million, can at least do a reasonable job at PG). Indiana isn't going to want to take a step back and can't be all that comfortable with George Hill running the point...)
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Jose is not a huge trade chip.
Iggy and Gay are skilled enough to be considered for the Olympic team. JC and DD are not getting it done in a package for either of these players.
Nobody is jumping out of their seat to make him their starter. And nobody wants him at the point in the playoffs cos he is a turnstile on D and needs the ball to be effective on O.
Jose's value is that he's an expiring contract... so we can trade him for a team looking to create cap space or move a bad contract. The scenario plays out with us getting a pick or young asset + a bad contract for Calderon.
"Multiple inquiries" = multiple GMs trying to undo their mistakes.
the value of large expiring contracts is going to go up and up. if a team is 3 out of 5 years above the cap they are playing massive payments. here is a quote from cuban with just my google search
"More Cuban: "In the past, I could fix any mistake just by spending money. And I did. Now, it wasn't just about spending more money, because it was a lot more money. What was $19 million in luxury tax last year would have been more than $65 million under the new rules in year three or later."
that is a ridiculous amount of money. expiring contracts aren't the same as they use to be.
(Sorry for poor English )
What about Danny Granger? They just traded out Darren Collison and have no starting PG. They signed Gerrard Green and also have Paul George at SF, and don't forget Barbosa's trade when, in my opinion, we did them a little favor, so Indiana could be more flexible this time (for example Jose+JJ to Granger)
What y'all think?
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A Van Halen Reunion in 2011 is Unnecessary
Break out the Marlboro Reds and warm beer, because Van Halen is back. Right now the original members are "in the studio recording an album with [David Lee] Roth" that should be out next year. Somewhere, Sammy Hagar is crying.
The band reunited several years ago with Roth, so this isn't exactly a surprise. But this latest get together for the band is totally unnecessary. The band can no longer fit into spandex outfits, David Lee Roth's signature mane has been replaced with a hay-like rug, and really, haven't they already served their purpose (25 years ago)? How many aging men looking to relive their glory days as a suburban pyromaniac tween can they really hope to attract?
Here's a fan-shot video of Van Halen playing "Jump" on their 2007 reunion tour in Las Vegas. Hint: It's not pretty.
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"The Colombian's evident fascination with Castro demonstrates that literary geniuses are not immune to the blandishments of power."Washington Post
"On the surface their friendship is chummy and literary: Castro drops by García Márquez's Havana mansiona gift from Castro himselffor endless conversation and critiques his manuscripts. But the authors view the men's bond as corrupt and neurotic: García Márquez, obsessed with power in both his fiction and real life, gets political influence; Castro, in turn, gets cultural prestige and a matchless propagandist. The authors condemn García-Márquez's public silence over Cuban censorship and human rights violations.... Their study tellingly rebukes the Left's propensity for blinding itself to the failings of the Cuban revolution by glamorizing its leaders."Publishers Weekly


text: Which just makes it worse still. Because being supervised by the new management, it would've played into the plot of the film, and could even be considered canon to a degree. That's not really looking out for the best interests of the old stuff. They're not about to destroy the Earth or kill any of the main cast in this film's universe, so why fire off a devastating parting shot which achieves that in the original? Frustration at Paramount not allowing full creative freedom with their own project perhaps? I never thought I'd happy with any decisions under Leslie Moonves' CBS control (especially since that jerk landed us in the situation we're in) but since this has effectively protected the possibility of someday continuing in the original universe (however unlikely that may seem right now).


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Nava gets cortisone shot, may play Monday
By Evan Drellich and Austin Laymance / MLB.com
Nava was scratched from the lineup before Sunday's 4-3 loss to the Nats at Fenway Park because of soreness in the hand, a soreness of which he did not specify an origin. He said he first felt it Saturday before a 4-2 loss to the Nats, during which it worsened. He went 0-for-4 in that game.
"We're hoping [Monday]. If it's good [Monday], I'm going to go [Monday]," Nava said. "It happened [Saturday]. Before the game, but then during the game was when it like got worse."
Nava said he has not previously had hand troubles.
With Nava out Sunday, Darnell McDonald slotted in as the left fielder, while Scott Podsednik moved to the top spot in the order as the center fielder.
Hill to visit Dr. Andrews; Melancon called up
BOSTON -- Rich Hill is visiting Dr. James Andrews, Mark Melancon's getting his second chance, and the Red Sox bullpen is back to two lefties.
Hill was placed on the 15-day disabled list Sunday because of soreness in his left elbow and forearm, a particularly scary sign for a pitcher who last year underwent Tommy John surgery. He's going to Pensacola, Fla., for a Monday morning appointment with Andrews, who performed the surgery.
Melancon, who was demoted April 18, was recalled in Hill's place after dominating at Triple-A Pawtucket. Hill told reporters he wouldn't have answers until after the Andrews meeting.
"Hill had a little tightness in his elbow and, because of the situation that he's dealing with in the first year of his rehabilitation, we're going to have him go back to Dr. Andrews," manager Bobby Valentine said. "He just doesn't feel good throwing his curveball. Hopefully it will come back as [standard operating procedure] that this is the way things happen as you recover from Tommy John."
Hill is 1-0 with a 2.63 ERA in 13 2/3 innings over 17 appearances and last pitched Friday against the Nationals at Fenway Park, throwing a scoreless frame. He was bothered that night by the curveball, but the discomfort dates to May.
"He said about three weeks ago, it bothered him a little, and then it went away and there was no problem," Valentine said. "I heard of it one of those days where I didn't use him for three days or so, and then he said he's fine, and then I think it was five days since he was in a game the other day. In that game, he threw those four curveballs to [Bryce] Harper, and he just didn't feel great about it."
Melancon's start to the season in the big leagues was rough as he allowed 11 runs while recording a total of six outs. As the closer in Pawtucket, the 27-year-old righty did an about-face, posting 0.83 ERA in 21 2/3 innings. He struck out 27 and walked just three, and was happy to return.
"It's kind of like, I don't know, I guess if you go to a different school and then you come back," Melancon said. "You kind of just see all your old friends, just a good feeling."
Valentine said the reports he heard of Melancon's time in Triple-A were all excellent and said too that he wouldn't hesitate to throw Melancon into the fire: "As good as he's throwing, I'd like to put him in situations that will help us win a game if that's what's needed."
Melancon said his issue was never confidence, rather "simply aggressiveness and approach." He also took the demotion as well as one could.
The Sox are back to having just two lefties in the bullpen: Franklin Morales and Andrew Miller.
Valentine tossed in ninth for arguing strike call
BOSTON -- It wasn't just the ninth inning that bothered Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine. It was how the umpires called the entire three-game series with the Nationals at Fenway Park, a series the Sox were swept in.
Valentine was ejected by home-plate ump Al Porter over a strike call with Boston's last batter, Dustin Pedroia, at the plate in a 4-3 loss to the Nats on Sunday. Pedroia was struck out swinging by Nats closer Tyler Clippard afterward.
"We've got guys busting their butt, battling their butt off," Valentine said before the team left for its next series, in Miami. "It's not right. Good umpires had a real bad series this series. Real bad series. And it went one way. There should be a review."
The umpiring crew this series included Paul Nauert, Doug Eddings and Dana DeMuth.
"It's pretty disappointing. We're trying to compete -- every one is, both teams -- and you don't want them [the umps] to come into play and stuff like that," Pedroia said. "It's hard enough playing the game against good pitching and good players. It was pretty disappointing."
Valentine was upset by the top of the ninth, as well, when Red Sox closer Alfredo Aceves was on the mound. He gave up the decisive run in the frame on an RBI double by Roger Bernadina, one pitch after Porter called a 1-2 fastball that seemed to catch the inside corner a ball. Catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia was set up on the other side of the plate, and had to reach across the plate for the pitch, which likely didn't help Porter's visual.
"He could have called a strikeout," Aceves said. "I missed the spot, but like I've been saying, there are tough hitters over there. We've got to make our pitches. Unfortunately, they didn't call it a strike, but it's been like that for 10 years or more. We've got to come back and play against the Marlins and win the series."
Valentine's been ejected twice as Red Sox manager. The first time came May 18 in Philadelphia.
Red Sox Scholars honored before game
BOSTON -- The Red Sox and the club's charitable arm, the Red Sox Foundation, honored 10 members of the Red Sox Scholars Class of 2012 at Sunday afternoon's game at Fenway Park.
In its 10th year, the Red Sox Scholars Program provides scholarships and mentoring for academically talented and financially challenged middle school students from Boston Public Schools.
Prior to the series finale against the Nationals, the scholars accompanied the players onto the field, read the starting lineups and sang the national anthem with musician Will Dailey.
In addition to the 10 new scholars selected this year, Sunday's pregame ceremony celebrated scholars who have been in the program since fifth grade and graduating high school this spring.
There are 220 Red Sox Scholars in the program, including this year's class. The students range from seventh graders to rising juniors in college. This year's class of scholars are in seventh grade and were selected based on academic performance and financial need.
"We are excited to honor the new class of Red Sox Scholars and a milestone year as we celebrate the 10th anniversary of this important program," said Red Sox chairman Tom Werner. "We have enjoyed getting to know many of these children starting when they were middle school students as they have grown to young adulthood. We could not have achieved such success without the continued generosity of our partners at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and commitment from both Mayor Menino and Boston School Superintendent Carol Johnson."
Evan Drellich is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @EvanDrellich. Austin Laymance is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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And For Amanda Bynes' Next Trick, She'll Sue Us Weekly + Perez Hilton [PHOTOS]
It's been an eventful couple of weeks for Amanda Bynes. Her privates were nearly murdered and she might be getting pudgy, so it only makes sense that she's under a little stress.
Now she's threatening to sue gossip bloggers on, uh, some legal ground she hasn't thought of yet.
On Thursday, March 28, the ex-Nickelodeon star tweeted:
"I'm suing @usweekly & @perezhilton for continuing to act like I'm doing something wrong by tweeting and walking to photoshoots. F–k you!!!!"
But let's go further down the rabbit hole. This particular episode started on Tuesday, March 26, when Bynes was supposedly on her way to a photoshoot for her new perfume line and passed through Times Square:
My selfies we're taken after those paparazzi photos. I was walking to a photo shoot for my clothing line & perfume line that's in the works!
— Amanda Bynes (@AmandaBynes) March 26, 2013
Nothing too interesting about that, except Us Weekly reported that she had a shirt over her head and was "walking into things because she couldn't see." The magazine, as well as several other outlets, were all over the story like Amanda Bynes on a Drake sex doll.
But focus: She mentioned selfies. Here are the shots she claims were taken before the Times Square incident:
— Amanda Bynes (@AmandaBynes) March 27, 2013
— Amanda Bynes (@AmandaBynes) March 27, 2013
— Amanda Bynes (@AmandaBynes) March 27, 2013
— Amanda Bynes (@AmandaBynes) March 27, 2013
And perhaps she had a visit from the Jimmy Dean sausage sun that morning, because she capped off the pics with this:
— Amanda Bynes (@AmandaBynes) March 27, 2013
So after the run-in with the paps, she decided to beat them at their own game by taking grainy, dim MySpace pictures with the flash on. That'll show 'em.
She also sent out some rather cryptic (and decidedly co-dependent) messages in between, like these:
It doesn't matter what you think about yourself. All that matters is what your lover thinks of you.
— Amanda Bynes (@AmandaBynes) March 28, 2013
Don't expect too much from people, the less you expect, the less disappointments you'll face.
— Amanda Bynes (@AmandaBynes) March 27, 2013
Okay then. But how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?
After brushing up on her jurisprudence, it appears she's ready to take bloggers to court for accurately reporting on her behavior (the gall!). But we're not too worried. We've spared no expense and already retained Lindsay Lohan's rock star lawyer.
Come at us, bros.


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How to buy forensic supplies
As with every other facet of law enforcement these days, departments are being called upon to do more — frequently much more — with less. With the current shortage of skilled law enforcement officers, further exacerbated by budget cuts and even layoffs, patrol officers are more likely to be called upon to perform crime scene processing previously handled by designated Investigators. Successful adaptation to such belt tightening measures and expanded duties hinges on providing the right tools to the right people.
Here are a few things to consider while adjusting to a new law enforcement reality.
1. Identify the need
What types of crimes that require forensic investigation are most prevalent in your jurisdiction? Does your department have its own designated Crime Scene Investigator? Do you bring in investigators from neighboring, larger jurisdictions, or call in the state team? Are your patrol officers not only the first on the scene, but the primary forensic investigators as well?
How often does your jurisdiction utilize forensic equipment, and what kind? Is most of what you deal with relatively "simple" crime scenes, requiring primarily photos and print dusting, with the occasional casting? Are they frequently messy crime scenes, involving blood splatter, bodily fluids, DNA collection, round trajectories and the like?
2. Assess your inventory
An assessment of the variables noted above will help determine what your actual equipment needs are, which can then be compared with what you have in inventory. Begin by taking stock of your inventory. How old is it? What's its condition? The middle of a crime scene is not the time to discover that a needed piece of equipment is no longer functioning, or more hindrance than asset.
With your identified need in mind, and your current inventory in hand, you can more accurately build or simply replenish your equipment needs.
3. Assess resources, both human and financial
It does no good to spend valuable financial resources to acquire equipment that no one is going to use or use effectively. Being able to immediately go to the trunk of your cruiser and remove and begin using a properly-stocked crime scene kit will enable you to both feel and look competent. Regardless of the ultimate outcome of the investigation, the victim will long remember if the officer more closely resembled CSI, or Barney Fife. If some of your officers are a bit rusty, an in-house refresher or sitting in on a unit of instruction at the Academy can do wonders
Here are some questions to ask:
• If your department works the majority of their own crime scenes, what is the level of expertise of those doing the forensic investigation?
• If patrol officers are tasked with the processing of a simple B&Es, how proficient are they in dusting for prints?
• Taking photos?
• Pouring casts?
• What is their level of confidence, and how is that conveyed to the victims?
Then come decisions regarding the actual equipment, weighing cost and need:
• Camel hair, fiberglass, or feather brushes?
• Powder or magnetic powder, or both?
• Can you afford an electrostatic dust print lifter ($500-$600), or can you manage most cases with a gel lifter ($5-$6 each)?
• Do you have the needed space and environment requirements for cyanoacrylate fuming chamber?
• If so, do have the ability to buy one, or will you need to build one out of an old aquarium?
• Can you buy pre-stamped evidence bag and boxes, or do you hit your local grocery and pizza delivery place?
There are a variety of suppliers of forensic equipment on the market, and probably every one of them offers "crime scene kits" of various sizes and costs. Such kits, depending on inventory, can range from under $50 to several thousand dollars.
While it's certainly convenient to simply order a kit and toss it in the trunk of a cruiser, it may be much more feasible and cost effective to build your own, starting with a plastic tool box from your local big-box store. In answering all of the above, a conversation with an evidence technician at the State Lab can be extremely helpful in determining what works best, and what (cheaper) alternatives may be possible.
Do you have any other suggestions for officers purchasing and evaluating forensics products? Please leave a comment below or email firstname.lastname@example.com with your feedback.
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The long-awaited day was more than a year-and-a-half in the making. Saturday, Nov. 24, beer and wine sales opened at the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center.
So, did Longboaters' cups overfloweth on the first day of alcohol sales?
Not exactly.
"We sold two beers," said Kay Thayer, manager of the Tennis Center.
Still, for Thayer, the glass is half full. She believes that sales will pick up during tournaments this week and next week and feels excitement that the moment is finally here.
"It's a convenience, and I think something that people will be able to enjoy," she says.


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Are you losing customers at your small business? Are you scratching your head wondering why? Are you trying to figure out how you can get lost customers back? Lost customers don't have to be lost forever, but if you don't have a plan of action to get them back, they very well might not return.
The first and easiest step in winning back a lost customer is to try and find out why. Did they find another place to buy your product or service? Did they not like your customer service? Were your prices higher than your competitors? Asking a lost customer why they left is paramount to winning them back.
Once you have determined the reasons your customer left, you need to put as much effort in getting them back as you did when you first got them as a customer. This could include reevaluating their needs, buying priorities, or better understanding dozens of decision criteria that may have changed over time.
Statistics say that you have a much higher chance of winning back a previous customer vs. attracting a new one. A customer who stops doing business with you was most likely dissatisfied with something at your small business. To get them back you need to understand what the problem was, fix the problem, and let the customer know it's been fixed.
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New Britain, Conn.-based Stanley Works has named Carlos Cardoso, president and CEO of metal products company Kennametal, to its board of directors.
Cardoso, 49, joined Kennametal in 2003 as chief operating officer prior to being promoted to his current position in 2005.
Prior to his time at Kennametal, Cardoso was president of the Pump Division of Flowserve Corp., a $1.3 billion operation.
John Lundgren, chairman and CEO of Stanley Works, said Cardoso brings "a wide range of experiences in marketing, sales, service and operations and a global business perspective to our board."
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Hartalika Teej Vrat is an important ritual performed by Hindu women. The ritual is dedicated to Goddess Parvati and is observed in Rajasthan,
Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra. In 2017, Hartalika Teej Vrat is on August 24. In some places, the Vrat is a three day affair but nowadays many women only observe the Vrat on a single day. This ritual is observed as Swarna Gowri Vratam in South India. In Nepal, this Teej is of great significance and is observed for three days and ends with the Rishi Panchami pooja.
By observing the ritual, unmarried women believe that they will get a husband like Lord Shiva. Married women believe they will be blessed with a good family life.
Origin of Hartalika Teej Vrat
According to Hindu Mythology, Shiva took no notice of the love of Parvati for very long time as he was haunted by the death of Sati. To get the attention of Shiva, Parvati performed severe austerities on the
Himalayas for several years. Some Puranas indicate that Goddess Parvati did penance for 16 years and survived on grass and fruits. Finally, Shiva acknowledged Parvati's devotion and love and agreed to marry her.
Women observe Hartalika Teej Vrat in remembrance of Parvati's deep determination to win over her love. It is believed that Goddess Parvati will be pleased with those women who observe the Vrat. There are several regional variations in the Hartalika Teej Vrat myth. But the essence is the same.
Even today, many married women and unmarried women observe 'nirjala vrata' (severe fasting even without water). A grand feast is held after the fast in all houses.
On the day, women wear green clothes and bangles which signify luck. Fresh fruits and green vegetables are offered to Parvati. Rice patolis, sweets and numerous delicacies are prepared on this day. Delicacies made out of coconut are a specialty.