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He opened fire in the middle of a city, our biggest city, in open daylight. The Colorado shooter was ina theatre, at midnight, in a small town.
The primary differences are today's shooter was apparently after a specific target (his former boss), and after killing him, simply went on shooting as suicide-by-cop. The Colorado shooter has a much longer amount of time ina far more enclosed space in whcih to shoot. And despite hitting 8 people, the NY shooter only killed one, with a .45 at that, so apparently he wasn't a very good shot as a .45 is quite deadly a round (thing is huge).
What I find interesting is the coverage of this vs. the coverage of Chicago and DC and the "daily deathtoll" in many of our major cities. It seems to take a huge flashy newsstory shooting to get coverage, not teh run of the mill assembly line of death we have in our major cities and low-income areas.

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Date: January 27 2013
Tom-Jelte Slagter's surname is Dutch for "butcher" and over the last week the pint-sized 23-year-old has carved a new name for himself in cycling.
Slagter, "Butch" to his teammates, led an overseas domination when he won the 15th Tour Down Under in Adelaide on Sunday after German sprint ace Andre Greipel had claimed another stage victory.
By contrast, it was an unprecedented drought at the Tour for local riders.
While Australians featured prominently throughout the race, Simon Gerrans' heroic ride on Saturday was the only stage win for locals.
This is also the first time in race history that no Australian has made the top-10 overall.
But race director Mike Turtur wasn't fussed.
"Australians performed strongly in this race, so I wouldn't take anything from that," Turtur said.
"Greipel, I tell you - bloody hell - I've never seen him in that sort of form."
Greipel's Lotto-Belisol teammate Adam Hansen was the best-placed Australian this year at 16th.
As Greipel powered past Australian Mark Renshaw in stage six for the 100th win of his career, Slagter retained the 13-second overall lead he gained the day before on the pivotal hilltop finish at Willunga to win the title ahead of Spain's Javier Moreno (Movistar).
Slagter had his first professional win when he won stage three at Stirling.
He is in his third professional season and this last week has been easily the highlight.
"It's really strange for me, I've never won a race like this," he said.
"It's really amazing, I can't believe it."
Slagter rides for the Dutch Blanco team, which lost long-time title sponsor Rabobank late last year in the wake of the Lance Armstrong doping scandal.
He had four Australian teammates - Jack Bobridge, Graeme Brown, Renshaw and Chris Sutton - who all played key roles.
Greipel won the pre-Tour People's Choice Classic street race a week ago and then racked up three stage wins to dominate the sprint finishes.
Renshaw cheekily launched a long-range sprint on Sunday in an effort to upset him, but Greipel was too good.
"Had a good dig at the victory," Renshaw tweeted.
"A tad early but someone has to put Greipel on the back foot.
"Congrats to him and Lotto on another win ... also big congrats to the Blanco boys, what a week for a new structure and team."
Greipel's New Zealand teammate Greg Henderson called the German "the king of Adelaide".
The sprinter now has 14th Tour stage wins, breaking the old record of 12 held by Australian legend Robbie McEwen.
Also on Sunday, Welsh star Geraint Thomas (Sky) improved from fifth to third overall by gaining time bonuses at the intermediate sprints.
Thomas lost the race lead to Slagter on Saturday when he cracked in the last kilometre on the Old Willunga Hill climb.
Tour de France winner Andy Schleck (Radioshack), who is coming back from injury, ended a tough tour early on Sunday when he suffered a mechanical problem and abandoned the stage.
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Returning to the field after a two-week layoff, the New England Revolution hosts a pivotal Eastern Conference showdown with the Columbus Crew on Saturday night at Gillette Stadium.
Kickoff between the Revs (5-7-1, 16 pts.) and Crew (5-4-3, 18 pts.) is set for 7:30 p.m., and the match will be televised live in high definition on Comcast SportsNet New England, while 98.5 The Sports Hub will have the radio call.
Current Form: Both teams aim to continue climbing in the Eastern Conference
Benny Feilhaber and Kelyn Rowe combined on a pair of late goals to lift the Revs to a 2-0 victory in their most recent match back on June 2 against the Chicago Fire. It was the Revolution's fourth win in six attempts at Gillette Stadium and despite being off last weekend the Revs hope to carry the momentum from their win over Chicago into Saturday night's meeting with Columbus.
"We've had those two weeks off but they've been a good two weeks because of the win," said Feilhaber. "We haven't been sulking about any loss or draw that should've been three points, so we're all happy about what we've done in the last two weeks. We've come in to work hard the last two weeks and we've been preparing. I think the momentum will be there in this game."
The Crew has a bit of momentum itself after going unbeaten (3-0-2) in the month of May to climb from eighth place into a tie for fourth in the Eastern Conference standings. Perhaps most impressive has been Columbus' road form during that span, picking up draws at Portland and San Jose before claiming the full three points at Seattle's CenturyLink Field.
Past Meetings: Crew an unwelcome visitor to Gillette Stadium in recent years
In their last match the Revs ended a 10-game winless run against the Fire; now they'll be looking to stop a similar drought on Saturday night against the Crew.
The Revs haven't beaten Columbus at home since Oct. 14, 2006, as the Crew has managed four wins and two draws in its past six visits to Foxborough. Since then New England has managed a pair of 1-0 wins in the series – one each in 2008 and 2009 – but both victories came at Columbus Crew Stadium.
Injury Report: Simms upgraded to questionable; Columbus dealing with major injury bug
Revolution midfielder Clyde Simms has missed the past three games with left ankle tendonitis, but the influential 29-year-old is nearing a return and was upgraded to questionable on Friday's injury report. Simms was well served by the recent break in the schedule and used the time to work his way back into training, but head coach Jay Heaps is still cautious about rushing Simms back too soon.
"(He's) moving along," Heaps said of Simms. "We have to make sure we monitor his reps in training, but again, he's someone we want to see available very soon."
Speedy winger Sainey Nyassi could also be available very soon as he recovers from the right hamstring strain which his kept him out of action since February. Nyassi – who is listed as questionable on the injury report – played 34 minutes in last weekend's reserve match against Columbus and is expected to see more time in a rematch with the Crew reserves on Sunday.
Perhaps no team in the league has been bitten as badly by the injury bug as the Crew, which will be missing no fewer than seven players – and potentially more – on Saturday night. Top choice goalkeeper William Hesmer (R hip surgery) and reserve forward Tommy Heinemann (L knee surgery) have both been lost for the season, while Chad Marshall (concussion), Kirk Urso (R adductor tendonitis), Danny O'Rourke (L ankle sprain), Rich Balchan (sports hernia rehab) and Dilly Duka (L hamstring strain) are all sidelined as well.
To compound the Crew's injury situation, defenders Shaun Francis (R ankle sprain), Julius James (lower back strain) and Carlos Mendes (R foot contusion) are all questionable, as is forward Aaron Schoenfeld (R plantar fascia rupture).
Key Player: Revolution forward Saer Sene
Saer Sene saw his three-game goal-scoring streak come to an end in the Revolution's 2-0 win over the Fire, but the French striker is still tied for fourth on the league's scoring chart with a team-leading seven goals. The Revs could need Sene to display his lethal finishing skills against the Crew, which has conceded just three goals during its current five-game unbeaten run.
Final Thoughts: Revs prepared for the unexpected against Columbus
"Every game presents its own challenge in this league," said left back Chris Tierney. "Games rarely play out the way you think they will, so we just have to be ready to react to what the game brings. Whether that means we have to defend for a while or match them physically or get the ball down and play, you don't really know until you get out there. Each game presents its own test and hopefully we'll be up for whatever challenges are presented on Saturday."


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In addition to medical treatment, the following lifestyle changes may help you manage the symptoms of panic disorder:
- Learn your triggers
- Avoid caffeine
- Avoid alcohol
- Avoid drug use
- Avoid smoking
- Get plenty of rest
- Schedule quiet time for yourself each day
- Get regular exercise
Learn Your Triggers
Working with a therapist can help you learn what situations may trigger panic attacks. During this process, you will also learn how to better manage them when they occur, making them less stressful. This can help improve your overall quality of life, especially if you avoid specific situations.
Avoid Caffeine
Some people find that avoiding caffeine helps reduce panic attacks. Caffeine is commonly found in coffee, tea, chocolate, and some soft drinks. Decreasing your caffeine intake may help you feel less anxious.
Avoid Alcohol
Alcohol may exacerbate your feelings of anxiety . Talk to your doctor if you need help reducing your alcohol intake or quitting drinking entirely.
Avoid Drug Use
Avoid drugs unless prescribed or approved by your doctor. If you think you are addicted to illegal drugs, or prescription or nonprescription medications, talk to your doctor about how to overcome dependence on these substances.
Avoid Smoking
Smoking has been linked to panic disorder. Talk to your doctor about how you can successfully quit .
Get Plenty of Rest
Feeling well rested can help you to feel more relaxed. Getting a good night's sleep is also important to maintaining your overall health.
Schedule Quiet Time for Yourself Each Day
Give yourself a little quiet time each day. This is a great way to reduce stress and have time to think through some troubling problems.
Get Regular Exercise
Exercise has many benefits. Having a regular routine , even a simple one, will help reduce stress, manage anxiety, and improve your overall health. Try to get in 30 minutes of exercise per day most days of the week. This can be done with something as easy as walking. Consider adding two strength training sessions per week to help strengthen muscles and bones.
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I know this isn't particularly Raptors related, but I'm pretty excited about these Canadian kids who are some of the biggest prospects in the nation right now. Joseph just committed to Texas yesterday and will join his buddy Tristan Thompson in Austin next year.
I can't wait for these kids to crack the NBA. Exciting times for Canada and down the road our national program.
Source - Click hereWith Texas potentially losing a pair of guards to the NBA draft, the Longhorns got a commitment from point guard Cory Joseph on Friday.
Joseph, the No. 16 rated prospect in the Class of 2010, picked Texas over Connecticut, Minnesota, UNLV and Villanova.
"I had a great relationship with coach [Rick] Barnes and all the staff and players," Joseph said. "I feel that it's the best fit for me overall."
Tristan Thompson, who played with Joseph at Findlay Prep in Henderson, Nev., and on the Grassroots Canada AAU team, has also signed with Texas. Both Thompson and Joseph were named McDonald's All-Americans.
"It's good that we'll be able to play together again," Joseph said. "We had a lot of success over the past two years. We won the national championship twice. We're going to have a great time."


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Schoop's big day at plate helps Dutch shock Cuba
Orioles prospect hits three-run homer in World Baseball Classic opener
By Jason Coskrey / Special to MLB.com
TOKYO -- The Kingdom of the Netherlands' run to the second round was the feel good story of the 2009 World Baseball Classic.
Before everything is said and done, the Dutch may turn out to be the story of the 2013 Classic.
Orioles prospect Jonathan Schoop had a three-run home run in the sixth and finished a triple away from hitting for the cycle to help bring his nation to the brink of a berth in the semifinals with a 6-2 win over Cuba in the first game of the second round on Friday at Tokyo Dome.
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"It's a great moment for our country," Netherlands manager Hensley Meulens said. "We have the momentum on our side right now. The guys are playing great. They're scoring first to keep the pressure off the pitching, they play great defense."
The Netherlands will play the winner of the Chinese Taipei-Japan game scheduled later Friday night, on Sunday, and Meulens wasn't concerned about which of the Asian nations his team would face.
"We have to play the better team anyway," he said. "The best team is going to win this game. We have to play good to beat them."
Cuba was left to rue a multitude of missed opportunities, and manager Victor Mesa was less than pleased after the game.
"I don't think they're a very good team, to be honest," Mesa said through a translator when asked for his impression of the Dutch. "I think we could've scored more. I think we should've scored four or five more runs."
Meulens felt his team, which left 14 runners on base, left a few runs in the field as well.
"We hit good today," Meulens said. "We could've scored a lot more runs. We had the bases loaded with no outs (in the seventh) and we didn't score. Line drive, hard hit, right at the third baseman, then a popup and then a ground ball."
Schoop had a productive night in the field at second base, and was 3-for-6 at the plate, driving in four runs with a three-run homer and an RBI double.
"Maybe I just see the ball well, and try to put the ball in play" Schoop said. "I feel comfortable everyday."
Curt Smith hit a solo home run for the Dutch, Braves shortstop Andrelton Simmons had an RBI single among his two hits, and former Braves all-Star Andruw Jones was 2-for-4 with a walk.
Starter Diegomar Markwell threw six innings of one-run ball, allowing nine hits and a walk, to earn the win.
He's now helped the Kingdom of the Netherlands dispatch two of the world's premier baseball-playing nations during the Classic. Markwell limited Korea to a pair of hits over four scoreless innings in a 5-0 in his team's opening game.
"I'm very happy," Markwell said. "I started off up in the zone, and the Cuban guys were very aggressive. Then in the third inning, I started to adjust."
Markwell had plenty of help in this one, with his defense converting five double plays behind him, four of which were turned by shortstop Simmons and Schoop. Simmons also caught a popup after center fielder Roger Bernadina lost it and rifled to first for a double play that Meulens called "one of the greatest plays I've ever seen."
Picking up the win in Japan may have been extra sweet for Meulens, who won a Japan Series in 1995 with Nippon Professional baseball's Yakult Swallows, who play at Tokyo's Jingu Stadium.
"For me personally it was good to see my friends here in Tokyo and also reminisce about the good old days from winning a championship in Japan," Meulens said. "Hopefully we'll win one again this time."
The loss sends the Cubans into an elimination game against either Chinese Taipei or Japan.
Cuban starter Ismel Jimenez wasn't able to duplicate his solid outing against Brazil in the first round, walking two batters in the first, and allowing two runs on four hits in the second.
Jimenez lasted 1 2/3 innings and gave up a pair of runs on two hits.
Alfredo Despaigne and Yulieski Gourriel each homered for the Cubans in the loss.
"My batting is good compared to the last couple of days," Gourriel said. "I hope I can contribute more in tomorrow's game.
Smith opened the second with a home run to left-center that put the Dutch ahead, 1-0. Kalian Sams followed with a double and took third on Dashenko Ricardo's sacrifice bunt. Simmons drove the runner in with a single up the middle to make the score 2-0.
Despaigne led off the bottom half of the inning with a solo home run to right.
The Cubans had fallen behind, 5-1, by the time Gourriel took reliever Leon Boyd deep to center in the seventh.
Simmons led off the eighth with a single to left, and Schoop drove him in with a double to make the score 6-2.
Jason Coskrey is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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No, just a fast connexion...It looks amazing. The knobs are not in yet?
No we are all here I think!The knobs are not in yet?
This is amazing dude! Well done!!Here it is on YouTube!
You should make a 12-string acoustic VVV! That would be so cool!SonOftheAnkh, Poserboy, thanks a lot.
I'm thinking about making an acoustic VVV version , or another VVV from pieces of wood and a japanese Jackson neck if I can find one...
Another idea is to get the famous VVV Pear #3... I already got some info from Tom about it. I have to decide, and ALSO to tell my wife before ordering it!
I don't have a lot of experience with acoustic necks but if you somehow wanted to use an electric neck I would recommend Kramers. I've been a Kramer player for quite a while and the necks are great.Twelve strings, why not? The most important thing is to find a good neck that makes you want to play the instrument.
I'm sure you can find plenty onlineYes, as long as the neck is a good one, I'd use it. The problem is to find a guitar that is not in a too good condition, because I'd hate to destroy it for this...
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Discussion in 'Science Fiction & Fantasy' started by Jetfire, Jan 13, 2012.
the arrows had green tips didn't they?
I just assumed the name of the show was a (lame) stylistic choice, much like Smallville and their insistence on using one-word titles for every episode.
For some reason, someone somewhere thinks that's "cool."
I didn't even think about the GL movie, I just thought that the idea was to avoid confusion with GA from Smallville.
Nah, it's the Green Something. After Green Hornet and Green Lantern you can't call a show Green Arrow without confusing big parts of the audience, the titles are too similar.
^You mean like The Last Boyscout, The Last action Hero,The Last resort, The Last Ship, The Last Airbender, The Last of the Mohicans, The Last Stand, The Last Samurai.......
The Diggle character was created from a character in that Year One story with a similar job and backstory.
"Hey hon, there's a show about that green guy coming on."
"You know he had a ring and a car and an Asian butler."
"Oh yeah, the one with Seth Green."
Poor "general population", we think so lowly of them. I'm not sure if it's not true though.
"Hey hon, there's a show about that green guy coming on."
"You mean Lou Ferrigno?"
It's true. My next-door neighbor rented GREEN LANTERN expecting a goofy superhero comedy with Seth Rogen. Boy, was he confused. And only yesterday I heard this from an acquaintance:
"You mean the X-MEN and AVENGERS aren't the same thing?"
And, just this morning, I ran into someone who confused BABYLON-5 with BATTLESTAR GALACTICA . . . .
We assume everybody knows this stuff, because it's burned into our brains, but most of the world isn't paying that much attention to it.
I've encountered office workers who also confused Hornet & Lantern. To them they were both comic book characters and therefore the same thing...till they watched and whatever expectation they went in with was 180 different from what they had in front of them.
I've heard of confusing Star Wars and Star Trek all the time.
I feel if you're in tune enough to even know of Babylon 5 you shouldn't be confusing it with BSG.
I don't see how anyone confuses X-Men and Avengers though. There isn't even a similar naming convention or type of characters, at least as seen in the movies for the GA to confuse.
Well after the war, Captain America is trying to make the X-Men and the Avengers he same thing.
Your friend might just be prophetic?
Except for the X-squads still being hunted from one side of the country to the other like dogs.
To anyone who doesn't read comic books and doesn't really care, they're both "that movie where a bunch of superheroes team up."
"Based on Marvel Comics, right?"
So calling the new show ARROW was probably a shrewd move . . . .
Yes, he wanted the goofy superhero comedy with Ryan Reynolds.
That would mean they also get confused by having Fantastic Four in the mix and any inevitable Justice League film.
I say inevitable, I hope I'm right in using that word and not just being optimistic.
I really just don't see confusing X-Men and Avengers.
I accept it happened in a one off anecdotal moment but don't think it's a widespread issue. Not in the way this line of discussion was brought up with the Green Arrow, Green Lantern or Green Hornet way.
My flatmate asked me if Spider-Man was going to be in the Justice league once.
Long ago, after it became clear that my girlfriend couldn't tell the difference between even starwars and star trek... I just started calling "everything" SPACESHIPS a little manically repeatedly, instead of trying to explain the difference with a lot of different words, just saying the same word over and over again until she went away, but when someone actually uses the word "dissasociate" to express how they deal with conversations with you, they don't deserve a lot of effot, to stress that I would put the garbage out after the reruns of Farscape had finished.
I don't know. To a lot of people, all that crazy superhero comic book stuff is the same . . . .
Like I said, I bumped into the Babylon-5/Battlestar Galactica mixup just this morning. Hey, it's spaceship show that sounds like "Babylon" or "Battlestar" or something . . . .
That's because it's not a widespread issue, especially for the audiences actually watching these shows/movies. For some reason, a lot of nerds need to feel that their interests are strange and mysterious to the "common man on the street," and if it's something they know a modicum about, clearly it must be foreign and alien to the rest of the cosmos. Especially if your 60-year-old mom is the only girl you talk to. Worse, if it's something they don't much about, it's completely and utterly foreign and alien to the world at large. (Case in point: If the electricity goes out, mankind loses the knowledge of how to bake bread.)
The real reason for the name of the show is as I pointed out earlier in the thread. They just love one word titles for whatever bizarre reason. Somehow it's "cool." Smallville did it with its title and episode titles. Online gaming groups do it. 'Cause it's hip and edgy, yo.
I'm even surprised that they knew about Babylon 5.
So I watched the pilot at CW.com last night and mostly enjoyed it. I came in blind, not having seen any previews or online spoilers, or even having had entered this thread before seeing it, which was refreshing. I'll be back for more.
I can't remember for sure, but I think I did read an interview where admitted they wanted to go with a less comic booky sounding name.
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We'll be keeping an eye on all the mock drafts as they start to pour in over the next few weeks. If you have one you'd like featured please post a link in the comments below and we'll put it up.
As always no one mock is ever going to be 100% correct, but when taken as a whole you get a pretty good sense of who the general football-following public thinks the Pats will take.
Wes Bunting (National Football Post) (3/2):
17. JJ Watt
- Watt seems like a perfect fit in the Patriots 34 front. He's got the length/anchor to set the edge, is a better athlete than given credit for and offers some versatility to play inside in nickel situations as well.
28. Akeem Ayers
- His less than ideal 40 time (4.84) could cause him to fall a bit on draft day. However, the guy has a gifted skill set, plays faster on tape and could be a real find for the Pats at the end of round one.
PatsProp Comment: Love Watt, but not sure Ayers is the physical, tough player the Patriots look for.
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17. JJ Watt
- Watt is a versatile defensive linemen that should excel at the NFL level. Explosive against the run and the pass, Watt has a motor that just won't quit. He will need to learn to 2-gap effectively, but his physical and mental makeup make him a great fit for New England.
28. Muhammad Wilkerson
- Ideal 5-technique DE that sheds blockers with ease. This is a trademark Patriots pick, which will have most casual fans scratching their heads initially, followed by an eventual realization of just how good a player Wilkerson is. We have the Patriots loading up on DE's as Ty Warren's health is not guaranteed and Wilkerson/Jordan would fit well in the often-used sub-packages.
PatsProp Comment: Again, love Watt, but doubling down on the defensive line is an interesting choice. Would really solidify the front end of the Pats d-line for the next decade. Just the kind of crazy choice the Pats are known for.
PatsDraft.com (3/2):
17: Ryan Kerrigan
- Kerrigan is a very exciting Passrusher. He is a kinetic dynamo on the field, and is a much better athlete than given credit. In fact, I would compare him to Mike Vrabel, and say he is a more athletic Vrabel, and I really like him as an OLB in a 3-4. I see a lot of Vrabel in him. He had 33.5 career sacks and 14 FF, which is a Big Ten record. He has that knack for making the big play. Great quickness off the line. He looks like he has the size and athleticism to play OLB. The most important aspect of his game is his hustle and non-stop motor.
28. Adrian Clayborn
- Top rated player at the Pats top need position. He is just too good a player to be available here come Draft day, but stranger things have happened. Pats have some extra picks and can afford to take a chance on a guy who was truly great in 2009 and played terrible in 2010 do to injury
PatsProp Comment: Kind of a fail for the PatsDraft boys. Though I don't rule Kerrigan completely out, Clayborn himself said at the combine he's a 4-3 guy.
DraftEmpire.com (3/2):
17. Cameron Jordan
28. Mike Pouncey
PatsProp Comment: Hard to argue with either of these picks, both stabilize positions where depth is lacking, while bringing certain traits that are badly needed (Size/versatility).


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==B Candied Pecans (makes 1 cup)==
1 cup pecan halves
4 tsp melted butter
1/3 cup sugar
Preheat oven to 350°F. Spread nuts on a baking sheet and toast in the oven for 5 min. Toss toasted nuts in a bowl with butter and then sugar. Let cool on a plate. Once cool, they will keep for about two weeks in an airtight container at room temperature.
==B Maple Sugar Walnuts (makes 4 cups)==
4 cups shelled walnuts
1/3 cup unsalted butter
1/3 cup maple syrup
2 Tbsp water
1 tsp salt
½ tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp chile powder or ½ tsp cayenne pepper (optional)
3 Tbsp turbinado sugar
1. Preheat oven to 250°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Combine butter, syrup, water, salt, cinnamon and chili powder in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Mix in walnuts and stir to evenly coat. Spread nuts in a single layer on baking sheet. Sprinkle with turbinado sugar.
3. Bake 45 min. to an hour, stirring every 15 min. Spread on waxed or parchment paper to cool. Store in an airtight container or package for gift giving.
==B Chocolate Peppermint Bark (makes 4-6 gifts)==
1 11-oz bag white chocolate chips
2/3 cup crushed candy canes or peppermint candies
1 tsp mint extract
8 oz bittersweet chocolate, melted
1. In double boiler (or bowl set over boiling water), melt white chocolate chips. Remove from heat and stir in crushed candy and mint extract.
2. Line a small sheet pan with wax paper. Pour in white chocolate mixture and spread evenly. Refrigerate until firm.
3. Melt bittersweet chocolate and spread until evenly over white chocolate layer. Refrigerate until firm. Break into pieces, Store in refrigerator.
==B Bread & Butter Pickles (~6 quarts)==
2 cups salt
2 gallons sliced pickling cucumbers
2 quarts cider vinegar
2 quarts sugar
2 Tbsp tumeric
2 Tbsp yellow mustard seeds
2 Tbsp celery seeds
2 Tbsp cracked black pepper
2 quarts thinly sliced onions
1. Dissolve salt into 3 gallons of water. Add sliced cucumbers and soak for 24 hours. Drain and reserve cucumbers.
2. Combine vinegar and sugar over low heat and cook until the sugar dissolved (do not boil). Stir in tumeric, mustard seeds, celery seeds, black pepper and sliced onions. Add cucumbers.
3. Bring mixture to a simmer. Turn off heat and ladle into hot sterilized canning jars. Wipe the rims and partially tighten lids (do not tighten all the way). Place jars into boiling water, making sure the tops are completely covered and the glass jars are lifted from the bottom of the pot.
4. Boil for 10 min., remove the jars from the water and let cool completely at room temperature. For best flavor, store for at least two weeks before opening. Will keep, unopened, for up to a year.
==B Drunken Fig Jam (makes 6 1/2-pint jars)==
2 lemons
4 lbs ripe fresh figs, cut into 1/2" pieces (~9 cups)
4 cups sugar
3/4 cup brandy or cognac (I use Courvoisier)
1/2 tsp coarse kosher salt
1. Using a vegetable peeler, remove peel from lemons *yellow part only) in long strips. Cut peel into matchstick-size strips (~3 Tbsp). Combine lemon peel, figs, sugar, brandy and 1/2 tsp coarse salt in heavy large deep saucepan, let stand at room temperature for 1 hours, stirring occasionally.
2. Bring fig mixture to boil over medium heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Reduce heat to medium, continue to boil until jam thickens and is reduced to 6 cups, stirring frequently and occasionally mashing mixture with potato masher to cut large fig pieces, 30-35 min. Remove from heat.
3. Ladle mixture into 6 hot, clean 1/2-pint glass canning jars, leaving 1/4" space at top of jars. Remove any air bubbles. Wipe jar threads and rims with a clean damp cloth. Cover with hot lids; apply screw bands.
5. Process jars in a pot of boiling water 10 min. Cool jars completely. Store in cool dark place up to 1 year.
Diablo Magazine and Michelin recently announced their top picks for Bay Area eateries. There are many in our neighborhood for you to support, when you're not home baking:
==B Diablo Magazine's 2011 Food Awards==
1. Oliveto, 5655 College Ave., Oakland, (510) 547-5356, oliveto.com
2. Prima Ristorante, 1522 N. Main St., Walnut Creek, (925) 935-7780, primawine.com
3. Plum, 2214 Broadway, Oakland, (510) 444-7586, plumoakland.com
4. Artisan Bistro, 1005 Brown Ave., Lafayette, (925) 962-0882, artisanlafayette.com
5. Va De Vi, 1511 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Walnut Creek, (925) 979-0100, vadevi.com
6. Esin, 750 Camino Ramon, Danville, (925) 314-0974, esinrestaurant.com
7. Wente, 5050 Arroyo Rd., Livermore, (925) 456-2450, wentevineyards.com/restaurant
7 More Locations to Watch:
Chevalier, 960 Moraga Rd., Lafayette, (925) 385-0793, chevalierrestaurant.com
Élevé, 1677 N. Main St., Walnut Creek, (925) 979-1677, eleverestaurant.com
54 Mint, 785 Oak Grove Rd., Concord, (925) 969-9828, 54mint.com
Ottavio, 1606 N. Main St., Walnut Creek, (925) 930-8008, ottavio-osteria.com
The Peasant and the Pear, 267 Hartz Ave., Danville, (925) 820-6611, thepeasantandthepear.com
Picán, 2295 Broadway, Oakland, (510) 834-1000, picanrestaurant.com
Sasa, 1432 N. Main St., Walnut Creek, (925) 210-0188, sasawc.com
==B Michelin 2012: SF Bay Area Restaurants==
The French Laundry, Yountville
The Restaurant at Meadowood, St. Helena
Baume Restaurant, Palo Alto
Benu, SOMA
Coi, North Beach
Cyrus, Healdsburg
Manresa, Los Gatos
Saison, Mission/Bernal Heights
Acquerello, Russian Hill
Alexander's Steakhouse, Cupertino
Ame, SOMA
Applewood Inn, Guerneville
Atelier Crenn, Fillmore
Auberge du Soleil, Napa
Aziza, Richmond District
Bouchon, Yountville
Boulevard, Embarcadero
Campton Place, Union Square
Chez TJ, Mountain View
Commis, Oakland
Dio Deka, Los Gatos
Domaine Chandon – Etoile Restaurant, Yountville
Farmhouse Inn & Restaurant, Forestville
Fleur de Lys, Nob Hill
Frances, Castro/Noe
La Costanera, Half Moon Bay
La Folie, Russian Hill
La Toque, Napa
Luce, SOMA
Madera – Rosewood Hotel Sand Hill, Menlo Park
Madrona Manor, Healdsburg
Masa's, Union Square
Michael Mina, Embarcadero
One Market Restaurant, Embarcadero
The Plumed Horse, Saratoga
Quince - San Francisco, Embarcadero
Redd, Yountville
Santé at the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn, Sonoma
Solbar – Solage, Calistoga
Sons & Daughters, Nob Hill
Spruce, Presidio Heights
Ubuntu Napa, Napa
The Village Pub, Woodside
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Our friends across the pond at Gay Times never fail to deliver. This year's Naked Issue features actors, athletes, reality show contestants, dancers, and boy bands, with proceeds going to the Terrence Higgins Trust, one of the U.K.'s most prominent HIV/AIDS charities.
If you're lucky enough to pick up a copy of the magazine, you can send a text, donating £3 (or $4.75), and in return you'll get a photo of whichever subject you indicate. Gay Times will also auction off signed copies of the magazine to raise even more for the trust.
"With an unprecedented squeeze on government coffers, the money the state sets aside for HIV and sexual health can only go so far," said Sir Nick Partridge, chief executive of the Terrence Higgins Trust. "Just last year, for example, our helpline THT Direct faced closure when its funding was cut. We managed to keep it open but, from now on, ensuring this service remains open tohelp people who have serious concerns about HIV or their sexual health is going to depend entirely on public donations."
For more on the Terrence Higgins Trust, visit THT.org.uk/fundraise.
And click through for all four collectible covers of Gay Times' March issue.


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April 15, 2009
Contact: Stephanie McFarland, APR
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"The state's ePay system is experiencing a historically high volume of tax-payment traffic today. This increased traffic is due to a number of taxpayers throughout the state who have – likely out of need – waited to pay their taxes today, as opposed to previous years. In fact, 80 percent of all I-File users over the past two days are paying online, compared to only 60 percent last year. As a result, the system may experience slow periods throughout the day.
"However, the Indiana Office of Technology and the Indiana Department of Revenue are working diligently to monitor and correct any issues that arise regarding the ePay system. The Indiana Office of Technology is working to isolate the ePay tool from other state online programs, with the goal being to speed up ePay processing and reduce access difficulties.
"Taxpayers who have already filed electronically and would like to mail their payment today, ensuring it is postmarked for April 15, may mail in a copy of their electronic filing confirmation and their check to:
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"To date in this filing season, more than 86 percent of all filings have been submitted electronically, either through the Internal Revenue Service's e-File program, or through the state's I-File program – compared with 76 percent last year. I-File usage has jumped tremendously this point in the 2009 filing season to more than 135,000 users, compared with 108,000 users the same time last year."


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A GROUP of intrepid fundraisers have set off for the challenge of a lifetime on Wednesday - climbing the world's highest freestanding mountain for charity.
The 22 climbers are off to tackle Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania to raise money for Dinnington-based children and young people's charity Safe@Last.
Staff and volunteers, friends and family waved goodbye to the participants as they set off for their 12-day trip.
Climbers young and old are taking part, with oldest in their 70s and the youngest in their early 20s.
There backgrounds also vary with a beauty queen, the strategic director for children and young people's services in Rotherham and the town's first test tube baby part of the group.
They are joined by founder trustee of Safe@Last, Hilary Massarella.
The team aims to reach the ice-capped summit of the Mountain at 5,895m above sea level, in the early hours of Thursday 11th October after a gruelling six full days trekking and very basic living conditions.
They will have to walk through sweltering heat in the day and try to keep warm in their tents during the freezing nights.
Dan Dean, Safe@Last chair of trustees was there to wave them off.
He said: "Throughout the twelve years of Safe@Last hundreds of people have spent thousands of hours walking, running, sleeping rough, dancing and doing challenges to raise funds."
"Now this special group are taking on the longest and highest challenge yet. The efforts of these hero's and all their supporters will make this event the biggest and most successful fundraiser SAFE@LAST has ever had."
"Every step they take on this 8 day climb will raise much needed funds to help some of the most vulnerable young people in South Yorkshire."
To support the team, sponsor them at www.virginmoneygiving.com/kili2012 or for more information visit safeatlast.org.uk


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All eyes will be on the running back position Sunday at the Miami NIKE Camp in Coral Gables, Fla. But some high-end talent to watch at defensive line and wide receiver is expected to be in attendance as well.
Prospects that have a shot at being tops at their position nationally like Noel Devine of North Fort Myers, Antwain Easterling of Miami Northwestern and Armando Allen of Hialeah Miami Lakes will test themselves against the very best. Throw other high-end backs like Xavier Stinson of Hollywood Chaminade and Bo Williams of Oakland Park Northeast and you have one of the deeper pools of elite running backs to attend a NIKE Camp.
These backs arrive with some very nice options in terms of colleges.
Devine, a Rivals.com Junior All-American selection, has multiple scholarship offers. Miami (Fla.) was said to be the early favorite, but there has been a strong push by Nebraska of late.
Allen has been offered by nearly every school in the country and Easterling has multiple options as well.
Stinson has early offers from Auburn, Iowa and Pittsburgh, but has a current top three of Georgia, Miami (Fla.) and Virginia Tech. He is a big, powerful back with good speed who could play either fullback or tailback at the next level.
The pool of defensive linemen also is expected to be deep. New Florida defensive end commit Jerry Howard of Orlando Jones is expected to be in attendance. Howard has the chance to show why the Gators and multiple other college programs want him.
There will be plenty of prospects to watch at the wide receiver position. Belle Glade Glades Central standout Deonte Thompson and his teammate Tarus McKinley both will be at the camp. Homestead wide receiver Alphonso Bryant also will be there.
Thompson and McKinley both have most major schools interested and offers from most as well.
Rivals100 defensive back Lorenzo Edwards of Orlando Edgewater will be in Miami and is one to watch closely. Edwards is wide-open with regards to his college decision and will travel to check out several programs later this spring.
The camp starts at 10 a.m. and will be on the campus of the University of Miami. It is the first NIKE Camp for 2006. Log on to tuned to StudentSportsFootball.com for all the latest coverage of the event.


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Now that he's no longer the leader of the free world, Bill Clinton's got a lot more time -- to shop.
The former commander in chief said in a tell-all interview with the New York Times that he's become more domestic since his departure from the White House -- and that Secretary of State wife Hillary and he have "reversed roles" now that she wears the relationship's political pants.
Bill Clinton is the first former President to also play the part of political spouse -- and since his wife's appointment as Secretary of State, Clinton said he's taken on the relationship roles Hillary used to play.
"She used to look forward to me coming home from wherever I've been," Clinton told the Times.
"Now I'm afraid I'll be second fiddle to whatever world leader she's just met," he said. "We've reversed roles."
Unlike the duties she had as a First Lady, Hillary Clinton's job at the White House has seen her travel across the globe, a switch the former President said took some getting used to.
"The only bad thing about Hillary's being secretary of state is I can't always get hold of her," Clinton said.
"They changed all her phone numbers, and her phone doesn't work inside the State Department building," he said.
Clinton, 62, said he has spent his time since he left the White House pushing for global economic aid and community activism, and was recently named the special envoy to Haiti by the United Nations.
He's also kept busy by picking up gifts for the women in his life.
"If all of your staff are women and all of your family are women, you just buy what you like and bring them home and then figure out who to give them to," he said.
The former President said he's always got his wife on his mind when he hits crafts stores or local markets.
"Hillary likes turquoise," he said, fingering a bracelet for his wife.


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+ Tasti D-Lite to hold sweet celebration
Technically, Sarasota got its first taste of Tasti D-Lite in May. But this weekend, the frozen-dessert store is sweetening up the season with a grand-opening celebration. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place at noon Friday, Nov. 13, at the St. Armands location, 327A John Ringling Blvd.
Free Tasti D-Lite will be available from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, at the St. Armands location and the Westfield Southgate Mall, 3501 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota.
For information, call 373-6400.
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Mitsunobu restaurant opens in Sharon Heights
Original post made on Dec 12, 2011
Read the full story here Web Link posted Sunday, December 11, 2011, 12:45 PM
Comments (9)
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Dec 12, 2011 at 1:27 pm
Sorry, but don't see this one succeeding either at those prices. This is still a majority middle class area despite the Atherton/PV/Sand Hill VC surroundings.
a resident of Atherton: other
on Dec 12, 2011 at 5:46 pm
Wow! What prices! My daughter & I had the prix fixe dinner at Fouquets on the main drag in Paris and it wasn't that much! In Menlo Park we frequent Gombei and Tokyo Subway where Japanese food is excellent and far cheaper. In Palo Alto try Miyake for great Japanese food at a reasonable price.
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Dec 12, 2011 at 6:40 pm
Akasaka in Menlo Park is good too. Deffinatley cheaper. Good sushi.
a resident of another community
on Dec 12, 2011 at 8:23 pm
Mitsunobu is a special occasion restaurant that serves top quality Japanese food and not for the faint of heart. It's on the totally different plain from Gombei and Tokyo Subway where they serve Japanese comfort, home-style food. If you're looking for teriyaki chicken and California roll type of stuff, you shouldn't go there.
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Dec 12, 2011 at 9:30 pm
Oh, Disappointed obviously you don't know a lot about Sharon Heights. Not only are the house prices in 2million range but in one small subdivision a substantial number of people bought houses with all cash. In order to make sense of stats you have to remember that the place is also home to cheaper (but not cheap) apartments. In any case, the restaurant is an exquisit occasion one, not an everyday place. I hope they succeed. Manresa prices, or the French Laudry are very high too, but that's what you get for top ingredients cooked by masters.
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Dec 13, 2011 at 12:16 pm
For a great Japanese restaurant go to Fuki Sushi in Palo Alto on El Camino.
a resident of another community
on Dec 13, 2011 at 10:09 pm
Tsk Tsk Tom- Miyake is great Japanese food? It's fun, cheap, convenient- but great?
I wish this new place luck as well- it sounds interesting & original & definitely special occasion for most people.
a resident of Portola Valley: Ladera
on Dec 13, 2011 at 11:03 pm
You haven't seen good sushi/sashimi till you've tried Sawa sushi in Sunnyvale, Sushi Sam in San Mateo, or Tomi sushi in Mt. View.
All others pale in comparison.
a resident of Atherton: other
on Dec 14, 2011 at 2:02 pm
Is this another one of those establishments that serve entrees with pea-sized portions? If so, pass!
Update: Did a Google search. It appears so, by the pictures that come up. I'll stick with a week's worth of groceries over a spoonful-sized meal.
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Third time's the charm: OSU finally finds way to slow Chynna Brown, Texas Tech as Cowgirls win in Big 12 tourney
Step by step, wherever Chynna Brown went, Brittney Martin followed, with only a couple of inches separating the two Saturday.
This time, Brown wasn't going to light up the Oklahoma State defense. And this time, the Cowgirls were finally going to get past Texas Tech, in their third meeting. Martin's key steal from Brown in the final minute helped lift Oklahoma State to a 59-54 win in the second round of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship.
Next up: No. 1 Baylor, which has beaten the Cowgirls twice by a combined margin of 53 points.
Texas Tech (21-10) still appears to be safely in the NCAA Tournament and will host the first and second rounds in Lubbock.
"I don't think you have to look any further than what Brittney Martin did for us," Oklahoma State coach Jim Littell said. "She did a great job locking up Chynna Brown. That was the concern for us going into the game."
Brown, a senior guard from Lincoln, had averaged 21.3 points in her previous four games, hitting 13 3-pointers in that span. In two previous games against Oklahoma State, she had scored 37 points and hit 13 of 23 shots.
On Saturday at the American Airlines Center, Martin all but erased her as an offensive threat.
Brown finished with just four points, going 0-of-9 from the field.
"Sometimes you can be too quick, and I thought she really hurried, trying just a little too hard," Tech coach Kristy Curry said.
Martin's biggest play came with a minute remaining and Oklahoma State clinging to a one-point lead. Brown tried to run a high pick-and-roll with center Kelsi Baker. Martin read the pass attempt perfectly to deflect the ball for her seventh steal. The freshman added 14 points and six rebounds.
After the defensive stand, Oklahoma State's Toni Young claimed her 18th rebound off a miss by Kendra Suttles, was fouled and hit two throws.
"Toni Young is a great player, she's a very athletic player," Baker said. "At crucial points in the game, we just didn't put a body on her and we didn't box out."
Martin, Young and point guard Tiffany Bias (seven assists) each successfully navigated the final minutes with four fouls.
"We decided if we were going to get beat," Littell said, "we were going to get beat with our best players on the floor."
Liz Donohoe, a 92.4 percent free throw shooter, went 4-for-4 in the final 21 seconds to clinch the win.
Tech led by seven points midway through the first half, only to trail by five at halftime.
Five times in the final 12:19, Tech got to within one point, but never led.
"At some point, I thought we were trying to coach too much energy," Curry said. "As players, you have to make plays down the stretch, and we just weren't able to."
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This page is specifically for the Electrical Engineering satellite program at North Seattle College. For information about the Electrical Engineering program at the main campus in Cheney, please click here.
Eastern Washington University and North Seattle College are proud to announce the expansion of our productive partnership! We are announcing the addition of Dr. Arndam Das to our faculty on the North Seattle campus. Dr. Das brings extensive academic and industry experience to our program. His unique combination of talents will benefit our students earning a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering through Eastern Washington University on the North Seattle College campus.
The program is ABET accredited and adheres to the same rigorous standards required of all ABET accredited electrical engineering programs. It requires a minimum of 180 quarter credit hours to complete. The degree combines studies in selected areas of physics, math, electronics, electricity, and science to prepare students to solve real world problems in electrical engineering. The first two years of the curriculum allow students to establish a solid foundation in mathematics and science, and to work on their general education requirements. The third year introduces students to a broad spectrum of electrical engineering coursework with specialization and capstone introduced in the fourth year.
The coursework is taught by faculty members from both EWU and NSC through a series of distance education and regular classroom courses that include hands-on laboratories at the North Seattle campus. The addition of a new faculty member for fall of 2012 means more classes will be taught exclusively at the NSC campus.
To qualify for the program students must apply to both Eastern Washington University and North Seattle College. Acceptance to the major is automatic once students have been accepted to both schools and have signed a major declaration card. Graduation requirements include achievement of a 2.5 cumulative grade point average in departmental coursework, a 2.0 cumulative GPA for EWU coursework, and a 2.0 cumulative GPA in the general education requirements.
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Veterans Affairs
As CEO of Procter & Gamble, Bob McDonald used technology to cut costs, improve efficiency and empower customers -- lessons that could translate well to the troubled Veterans Affairs Department.
The former head of the company that makes Tide detergent and Crest toothpaste might seem like an odd pick to head the Department of Veterans Affairs. Bob McDonald, a former Army captain and business executive who headed Procter & Gamble from 2008 to 2013 brings leadership skills and military credibility as a West Point graduate, but he lacks the medical experience of Cleveland Clinic CEO Toby Cosgrove, who was under consideration for the secretary of Veterans Affairs post. But McDonald led a digital transformation at the world's largest consumer packaged goods firm that could have lessons for the VA.
That transformation at P&G also offers some clues about how he might lead an agency that needs to improve its business culture and the way it manages the technology behind its health records and scheduling system.
McDonald placed a lot of value on enabling end-to-end communications and logistics inside the company, and out to their network of retailers. As a global supplier, P&G maintains relationship with retailers down to the level of small rural grocery stores in the developing world.
McDonald explained in a November 2011 interview in McKinsey Quarterly that P&G provided retailers with smartphone applications that allow them to order wirelessly, and access information on how to optimize their store to maximize sales of company products. The company reduced its transportation costs in a time of rising fuel prices with a program called "control tower," which mapped together deliveries of raw materials and finished goods to maximize the efficiency of its shipping by eliminating "deadhead" loads. The company runs a similar program with its network of distributors that links into P&G systems and helps manage transportation logistics.
McDonald also sees technology as a way to empower customer feedback.
As social media channels developed, McDonald sought to incorporate consumer comment from blogs, Twitter, online retailers, and elsewhere into the workflows of brand managers. A "consumer pulse" tool filters comments about P&G products in real time to company employees. Maintaining the real time flow of business and consumer data looms large in making business improvements, according to McDonald.
"For companies like ours that rely on external data partners, getting the data becomes part of the currency for the relationship. ... We have analytic capabilities that many retailers don't have, so often we can use the data to help them decide how to merchandise or market their business in a positive way," he said in the 2011 interview.
VA watchers should take note of McDonald's insistence that top executives understand the technology that drives these business practices.
"We established a baseline digital-skills inventory that's tailored to every level of advancement in the organization," including senior managers, McDonald said. "We've got to have the standards for everyone because otherwise we'll dumb the organization down to the lowest common denominator."
Acting VA Secretary Sloan Gibson issued a report on June 27 warning that "a corrosive culture had led to personnel problems across the department that are seriously impacting morale and, by extension, the timeliness of health care." McDonald has focused on culture in his leadership philosophy, noting that "ineffective systems and cultures are bigger barriers to achievement than the talents of people."
And those who want to see an overhaul of top managers at VA might take heart from another of McDonald's leadership tenets – "there will be some people in the organization who will not make it on the journey."
About the Author
Adam Mazmanian is executive editor of FCW.
Before joining the editing team, Mazmanian was an FCW staff writer covering Congress, government-wide technology policy and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Prior to joining FCW, Mazmanian was technology correspondent for National Journal and served in a variety of editorial roles at B2B news service SmartBrief. Mazmanian has contributed reviews and articles to the Washington Post, the Washington City Paper, Newsday, New York Press, Architect Magazine and other publications.
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An individual's walking gait will be the first biometric used to continuously authenticate mobile warfighters.
The former chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and the lead sponsor of the IT procurement bill FITARA is calling it quits.
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It may have worked for him in private industry, however he will be faced with an exceedingly slow and rule bound procurement system, endless delays and vendor protests, and a very complex computing environment upon whose proper functioning many patient lives depend. He will likely not accomplish much in the three years until the next change in management. Good luck to him though. Lots of his predecessors have also come into the job promising great things.
Blah, blah, blah. Whatever. OMG look, a evil capitalist CEO running a major govt agency. Obama has lumped together and vilified the entire 1% of this country. Now he appoints one of them. I'm confused. Are they as a group evil or not? This is pure hypocrisy.
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By Edward F. Dragan
The police were on the scene before dawn on a cold January morning in New York, responding to a frantic call from a motorist who said two bodies were in the northbound lane of the four-lane highway. To get to their bus stop, two girls had had to cross a highway with no crosswalk or pedestrian signal and had been struck by a car.
In Michigan, a first-grader darted between two cars that were parked illegally to cross the street in front of the school. To his mother's horror, he was struck and killed by an SUV. The principal knew the illegal parking created an unsafe condition and had contacted the police to ticket drivers waiting for their children after school.
Injuries to students and tragedies such as these are becoming more common. According to the Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey, school bus service accounts for approximately 25 percent of trips and 28 percent of student-miles traveled during normal school travel hours. Passenger vehicles represent 60 percent of trips and 66 percent of student miles traveled.
Numerous elements make up the total picture of student transportation. Any one factor, when modified, can change another in terms of student safety. How and where you assign bus stops are factors that, with careful scrutiny, can reduce accidents.
What causes these accidents?
According to the Pupil Transportation Safety Institute, bus stop safety is a growing concern in many school districts. This increasing concern may be attributed to several factors, including the following:
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I've really enjoyed the opportunity to share my experience of the convention with people. I figure that even if few people read them, I'd like to look back at these posts in a few years and remember how enjoyable it was. In case you missed some, here are the recaps of:
In case it wasn't obvious from those four posts, I had an amazing time. I don't regularly get the opportunity to travel out of town for these conventions, and it was kind of American Atheists to host this particularly enormous event in my home town. I loved the speakers, but just getting to meet and swap stories with people who have influenced me or been influenced by me, was really enjoyable.


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The malaria scare
Nicole Suka gives her 3-year-old son, Yangana, a sip of water as he receives a blood transfusion for his severe case of malaria.
People like me, who thought the world was winning the war against malaria, might have gotten a rude awakening earlier this month following the release of a report by researchers at the University of Washington.
The report, compiled by the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), said 1.2 million people died of malaria in 2010 -- almost twice the number found in the most recent comprehensive study of the disease.
IHME said the reason for the disparity is that previous studies had assumed the disease mainly kills children under 5. They had grossly underestimated the deaths of older children and adults from malaria.
"Goodness," I thought. "If the figures are so out of whack, have all the considerable energies expended in fighting malaria in recent years been in vain?"
Despite this discouraging line of thinking, there were two glimmers of hope. The first was commentary from the World Health Organization, which said the IHME figures could be flawed. Perhaps things were not as bad as they suggested.
Insecticide-treated bed nets are a powerful weapon against deadly malaria.
But the more important glimmer of hope was the IHME's declaration that, even though its estimate of malaria deaths was significantly higher, its analysis still confirmed a downward trend in malaria deaths in recent years.
Indeed, there has been a massive 32-percent reduction in malaria deaths since a peak of 1.82 million in 2004. The institute says this reflects increased availability of insecticide-treated bed nets and the use of the anti-malarial drug artemisinin.
I was further encouraged when I called Shelby Benson, World Vision's malaria program manager in Washington, D.C. She told me that the mass distribution of bed nets is a critical part of World Vision's anti-malaria campaign. She sent me some figures, which showed that last year World Vision distributed more than 2.2 million nets in Africa alone. It plans distribution of millions more over the next three years.
"If anything," she said, commenting on the new report, "it just shows us that we need to continue moving in this direction."
Hearing this was a relief to me. Yes, we are on the right track. It's just that the problem is quite possibly far, far bigger than we ever imagined. As the leading medical journal The Lancet points out, now is not the time to be backing off the fight. It urges continued support for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, which has led the way in providing bed nets and artemisinin-based drugs.
Somewhere in the back of my mind, I hear echoes of President George W. Bush's mantra, "stay the course," which he used whenever things got rocky in Iraq. I won't presume to judge on whether Bush was right about Iraq. But there can be little doubt that "stay the course" is absolutely the right message when it comes to malaria.
World Vision's End Malaria campaign aims to contribute to a 75-percent reduction in malaria cases, with the end goal of near-zero preventable malaria deaths by 2015. Visit endmalaria.org to learn more about the campaign and what you can do.
Want to take a personal stand on this issue with your church? Join with other churches around the nation in hosting a Malaria Sunday. Advocate and take action on behalf of children who are at risk of contracting this deadly disease.


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Roger Clemens hinted at a return to the majors for several weeks this summer, and Houston Astros owner Jim Crane did nothing to silence the speculation that the Rocket might pitch for his team either this September or next season. However, Clemens appears to have quieted any talk of a comeback.
Clemens, 50, made two impressive starts for the independent Sugarland Skeeters in August/September, but it sounds as if his days on the mound might have ended.
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"I threw the ball pretty well," Clemens told The Boston Globe. "But I would need a lot of time to get ready for the major leagues. Mr. Crane and I discussed it, but I don't believe I'll be on the mound."
Clemens said he will be at spring training with the Astros, though it will be as an instructor.
The attention now will to his Hall of Fame candidacy, as Clemens will appear on the ballot for the first time later this year. Despite a 24-year major league career that included 354 wins, 4,672 strikeouts, seven Cy Young Awards and an MVP Award, suspicions of performance-enhancing drug use could keep Clemens out of Cooperstown.


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There he finds a new Sheriff in town - who doesn't like the idea of a U.S. Marshal living in his jurisdiction but soon calls on the famed Marshal for help when the Sioux attack a stagecoach. A season highlight is a three part episode where General George Custer recruits Chad to scout for him as he heads toward the Little Big Horn, causing Britt to follow in pursuit. Episodes include: New Beginnings, The Overland Stage, Jenny White, War Paint, An Old Friend, Blood on Montana Snow, The Blizzard, Pray I Don't Catch Up, The General, On the Trail of the Big Horn, Son of the Morning Star, The Iron Horse, Ellsworth, Dr. Whitney, Nothing is Forever.
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get a lot of teenage weddings. Of course, they likely aren't going to fund marriage counseling and daycare for all the babies...or even education for that matter. But, for the unthinking who want or need to be told what to do, it's certainly a winning strategy since not having sex is an effective method of contraception.
Good thing they're not Catholic as the pope issued an encyclical a few years back telling widows [ mind not widowers ] that sex with another husband was amoral. It seems like religions go
In most civilizations that have a rule of no-sex-before-marriage, forbidding sex is just one way to keep women under control, so they can be used as money between tribes. This explains the gender descrimination in the encyclical you quoted. And this is a rhetorical rule. Noone in France ever thought seriously it was to be followed (except by ugly old women), beginning with our kings, who were also official leaders of the gallican church. Even nowadays Jesuit missionaries distribute condoms in countries where they are needed (and they give the finger to the Pope in the purest Jesuit tradition). But the modern protestants seem to hate sex just because they love to hate sex. Go figure.


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I use Access at work, and we need an SQL server to get live data off a database (think that's how it is), but at home I don't have an SQL server installed on my computer. When I execute access queries on tables embedded in the Access database, they work just fine.
Is there a way to use SQL in an application without having an SQL server? What libraries can I use? What kind of database could I use it on?


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I created and published this book last year as a gift to my dad and brother after our ride out west to the Oregon coast.
From 2009
After this seasons bebop and zigzag of 25,000 miles around our wonderful country with 1,000+ pix do I do another book?
does anyone have any other ideas of compiling hundreds of images in a nice and enjoyable format?
I'm not opposed to another book, which could turn out to be a cool volume of books years down the road. Only thing is the books are a bit pricey, I got 11 books for $600.
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Q. I read your column and I am a University High School teacher.
I want to comment on the letter from the writer who had a 16 year old son in which the father thought the boy needed another year of high school. I am not an official counselor, so my comments are unofficial, but here is what happens in similar situations in this area. As you mentioned, most districts have some type of continuation school in which if the student is close to graduating the student may finish a few units at that location. Our campus is called San Joaquin High School, which is located at the Creekside High School campus. Some of my students who attended there came from other countries and only have a few additional units to complete. That said, most students actually have more choices than that.
1. The student can finish his high school diploma in a High School Subjects Program, such as the one at the Orange Education Center through the RSCCD. The High School Subjects Programs at this time do not require a student to pass the CAHSEE, so are popular options.
2. The student may take the GED, an equivalency exam, and several campuses offer test preparation for this exam.
3. The student begins again. Four year universities do not require high school diplomas from students who transfer from community colleges.
A. I always appreciate fellow educators offering information to our readers. It is true that some students drop out of school when it is not necessary. We always prefer for children to do their best and complete a challenging curriculum, but we also need to catch those students who are failing.
I wanted to make a special comment on your last choice many students and parents should remember. If a child did not get into his first choice of college or if a child did not do well enough in school to get into college at all, he should remember that community college does offer a fresh clean slate. This is a perfectly acceptable route to college and oftentimes students will get into quality universities that may not have been a possibility otherwise.
Never tell a child in the middle of failing high school, however, that this last option will be his best bet. Kids that think they are smart and say they are choosing to ignore school and anything it has to offer will find themselves sadly aware that they lack a knowledge base necessary to complete any college level classes.
You can't just appear at a community college one day without the ability to pass high school English or Math and expect to take college level English and Math classes. Those kids will find they need remedial work they should have done in high school. Community college offers both opportunities for remediation and college level coursework, but the classes will still have to be taken in that order. It is always best for a child to do all that he can in high school, but he should know there are always options out there.


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Papelbon eager to work with Wagner
Closer knows new setup man to 'pitch with heart'
By Ian Browne / MLB.com
Wagner had to waive his no-trade clause before the deal with the Mets could become official. Major League Baseball gave the Red Sox a window on Tuesday to speak with Wagner directly, at which point it was relayed to the power lefty that Papelbon was in favor of him coming to Boston.
"He actually went out of his way to -- while we had our window to talk directly with Billy Wagner, [Papelbon] went out of his way to make sure Billy knew that he was more than welcome here," said Epstein. "I think the way Pap phrased it was that 'no one in this clubhouse wants him more than I do."'
Papelbon had expressed some reservations a couple of days ago about how such a move would impact the dynamic of Boston's bullpen, in which roles have been defined clearly for the past several weeks. However, Papelbon never said anything derogatory about Wagner as a pitcher or a person.
But as sometimes becomes the case in Boston, the story took on a life of its own, and Wagner even sent some barbs back toward Papelbon through the New York media.
Wagner will join the Red Sox on Thursday, and Papelbon looks forward to welcoming him to the team.
"I think the biggest thing is he's going to bring some competitiveness to the ballclub, not just to the ballclub, but to the bullpen," Papelbon said. "Hopefully, he will help us in that stretch run towards a championship. I know the only reason he's coming over here is to win a championship, and that's something everybody's on board with."
An elite closer throughout his career, Wagner is in the early stages of his comeback from reconstructive surgery on his left elbow. By next season, Wagner hopes to be closing somewhere again. But for the rest of 2009, he will be one of several Boston setup men in front of Papelbon.
"I've watched him throughout the years," said Papelbon. "The biggest thing is he pitches with heart. I love guys like that. I like guys who go out there and they wear their heart on their sleeve, and with that 'I'm going to get you or you're going to get me' type of attitude. I'm actually looking really forward to him coming here and kind of picking his brain, seeing how he works, and maybe picking up a couple things from him."
The Red Sox know that Papelbon is a candid speaker, and seemed to take even his initial public comments with a grain of salt.
"I think Pap feels like he was misunderstood. He's not a Rhodes Scholar to begin with, obviously," quipped Epstein. "When I talked to him directly about it, he couldn't have been more excited about the prospects of adding Billy Wagner."
Though the Red Sox have made it clear they won't put a heavy burden on Wagner, considering that he's less than a year removed from surgery, Papelbon is confident that the lefty can make an already strong bullpen even better.
"It's a great feeling," Papelbon said. "When you get down to the stretch run and the postseason, and when you get in the postseason, there's a lot of weight that gets put on that bullpen. That's the part of the season when you have leads in the later part of innings, and games, they need to be won. So that's big."
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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My point is, I think the tests themselves may be broken.
At some point, I will figure out why this doesn't happen by default.
And of course, it's all locales causing the problems at the heart of it all. I could actually care less, but the fucking things break the sort order of ls. How crap is that?
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Padres recall Vincent for fresh bullpen arm
By Corey Brock and Jamal Collier / MLB.com
SAN DIEGO -- The last time that Padres reliever Nick Vincent did his job well, he found himself on a plane back to Triple-A Tucson.
"It's part of the game," Vincent said on Tuesday.
Vincent was added to the roster before Tuesday's game against the Braves with pitcher Burch Smith on his way to Tucson, where he'll rejoin the starting rotation.
Vincent gives the Padres a fresh arm in the bullpen and someone with Minor League options, meaning he could find himself on the way back to Tucson if he's pressed into duty.
That's what happened when the Padres needed 17 innings to defeat the Blue Jays on May 31, a contest that saw Vincent throw 36 pitches over three scoreless innings, his longest stint since 2010.
"It was a fun game," Vincent said.
Vincent was optioned back to Tucson the following day as the Padres, in need of a fresh arm, promoted left-handed reliever Tommy Layne.
"It's not that disappointing … you know you did your job and helped the team win," Vincent said.
Vincent made four appearances with Tucson and didn't allow a run in 3 2/3 innings with no walks and seven strikeouts. Vincent was 4-0 with a 1.64 ERA in 11 appearances in May for Tucson.
Vincent might have been a part of the Opening Day roster had he not developed an inflamed tendon in his lower right forearm near the end of Spring Training. He said it wasn't until the end of April when he finally felt like himself again
Smith joined the Padres on June 8 from Tucson but didn't make an appearance.
Maybin out minimum of six weeks with PCL damage
SAN DIEGO -- Padres center fielder Cameron Maybin will miss a minimum of six weeks after suffering damage to the posterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, general manager Josh Byrnes confirmed on Tuesday.
Maybin injured his knee after landing on it while attempting a diving catch of a fly ball that Rockies third baseman Troy Tulowitzki hit in the eighth inning Sunday at Coors Field.
"I've taken a lot of bumps, lot of bruises, lot of big hits over my career playing outfield. ... I just thought it was one of those things that I'd be able to shake off. I was actually ready to go today if it was a possibility," said Maybin. "But, unfortunately, the MRI results we got back said I tore my PCL, so it's something I got to deal with."
Maybin was 5-for-18 with a home run, four RBIs and four stolen bases in four weekend games against the Rockies since returning from the disabled list on Thursday. Maybin previously missed 45 games with a right wrist impingement.
For the season, Maybin is hitting .157 with one home run and five RBIs in 51 at-bats.
Mark Kotsay was in the lineup Tuesday in right field and Will Venable was in center. On Monday, Alexi Amarista got the start in center field.
The Padres might not need to add an outfielder to their 25-man roster, as they have seven players who can handle the three outfield positions.
Headley involved in 'Tribute for Heroes' campaign
SAN DIEGO -- Mary Ann Holman, Josh Hooker and Nick Kimmel are the Padres three finalists in the "Tribute for Heroes" campaign, a national initiative by Major League Baseball and People magazine that recognizes military veterans.
The field has been narrowed down to 90 nationwide, three from each team, and fans are encouraged to visit TributeForHeroes.com to vote on their favorite stories until June 30.
One winner from each team will be included in the festivities during All-Star Week and recognized on July 16 before the 2013 All-Star Game at Citi Field.
Third baseman Chase Headley was among the guest panel that had the unenviable task of narrowing down the field to 90.
"I read the first three and I was like, 'I'm supposed to narrow this down?'" Headley said. "It's very difficult, because everybody you looked at, you feel like they deserved to receive that honor, to go to the All-Star Game and be on the field and all that stuff.
"It was tough. I just sat down with [wife] Casey, sort of reviewed everything, talked about all the accomplishments, what they've been through, what opportunities they have had in the past to get to do something like this. There is really no good way to do it, because they are all such worthy candidates."
Holman became a member of Team Red White and Blue -- an organization that connects veterans to their community through physical and social activity -- after being discharged from the Navy. She is also a member of Team Rubicon Region 8, a veteran group that works as a disaster relief team.
Hooker served as an Army Scout team member after enlisting right after his high school graduation. While in Iraq in 2006, his vehicle was struck by an Improvised Explosive Device, killing his good friend and mangling his left leg. That leg is amputated below the knee, and Hooker now does some volunteer work in the community and is a local high school football coach.
Instead of pursuing a baseball scholarship at Arizona State University, Kimmel enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2008. In his second deployment to Afghanistan, he step on an IED, losing both legs above the knee and his left arm above the elbow. He's is able to weld, drive a car and snowboard with the help of his high-tech X2 legs, and he returns to his high school to talk to the high school drafting and welding class about those legs. He has been awarded the Purple Heart, a Combat Action Ribbon and a Navy Achievement Award.
Short hops
• Double-A San Antonio will have seven players participate in the Texas League All-Star Game on June 25 in Springfield, Ark. Three players are in the starting lineup for the South -- Outfielders Rico Noel, Reymond Fuentes and third baseman Jake Blackwood. Jeudy Valdez made the team as a reserve infielder. Pitchers who made the team include Matt Andriese, Matt Stites and Kevin Quackenbush.
• Closer Huston Street, on the disabled list since May 30 with a left calf strain, will pitch one inning on Wednesday for Class A Lake Elsinore. Manager Bud Black said there's no set plan for when he'll pitch again, though it's not inconceivable that he could return when eligible on June 14.
Corey Brock is a reporter for MLB.com. Keep track of @FollowThePadres on Twitter. Jamal Collier 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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Steve Mullins, athletic director and former head football coach, confirmed Wednesday three of the candidates who visited Russellville this week are Bo Atterberry, head coach at the Texas A&M University-Kingsville; David Brown, head coach at Missouri University of Science and Technology (S&T); and Raymond Monica, head coach at Kutztown University in Pennsylvania.
Mullins was asked whether or not more finalists would be interviewed in the coming days, but could not comment before press time.
The search committee — which includes Mullins; former players John Whiteside and Josh Price, head football coach at Dardanelle High School; Thomas Pennington, ATU associate vice president; Dr. Tom DeBlack, faculty athletic representative and history professor; and Kristy Bayer, assistant athletic director, senior women's administrator and head volleyball coach — received and reviewed 153 applications for the position. Mullins credited their work and patience.
"I'm glad that coaches see our job and University as an attractive opportunity," the athletic director said. "I want to commend the members of the search committee for their work going through such a large number of applicants.
"Our objective as a search committee is to identify the best fit for the head football coach position at Arkansas Tech at this moment in time. A number of talented and experienced coaches applied for the position, and I believe that is a credit to the quality of our institution."
Two applicants are familiar to area football fans. Todd Cooley, a state champion quarterback at Nashville high school, transferred from Henderson State to play for Mullins and the Wonder Boys. He was offensive coordinator in 2004 when ATU became the first Arkansas school to host and win a DII national playoff game. Cooley went on to be an assistant at the University of Central Arkansas and Northwestern State (La.).
Danny Nutt, brother of Houston Nutt and an assistant at the University of Arkansas and Ole Miss, also applied to be the head coach for the Wonder Boys.
Mullins said he believes when the head coach is hired, Arkansas Tech football can catch up in the postseason game of recruiting.
"I would say we are further behind, but with the right person, I believe we can quickly catch up," the coach said. "The assistants are currently just recruiting by phone until we get our new coach in place."
Mullins had previously told The Courier he hoped to have a new head football coach hired by the end of the year. Arkansas Tech's Board of Trustees could approve the hire of a new head coach when it meets on Dec. 20, but the athletic director said that's not the only factor in completing the search in the next week.
"This is a factor, but to restart our recruiting for this year is also a factor," Mullins added.