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KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait's ruling Al-Sabah family issued a rare statement on Thursday calling for obedience to the emir after a series of opposition gatherings and a large rally earlier this week.
The Gulf oil producer has seen regular demonstrations since last year, stemming from a struggle between the government dominated by the ruling family and mainly Islamist and tribal lawmakers in parliament.
But tensions have increased after Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah dissolved parliament last week. Opposition figures say they fear the cabinet will try to push through new voting rules that could help pro-government candidates in an election expected later this year.
"His Highness the Crown Prince, in his capacity as President of the Council, would ... like to assert His Highness the Emir's right to be obeyed," said the statement from the Al-Sabah family council published on state news agency KUNA's English service.
It cited a Koranic verse calling on believers to obey the Prophet "and those charged with authority among you".
Kuwaiti authorities arrested two opposition politicians earlier on Thursday and interrogated a third after they made comments seen as criticizing Sheikh Sabah, an interior ministry official said.
The former members of parliament spoke at an opposition-led rally of about 5,000 people on Monday where Kuwaitis later clashed with riot police close to parliament.
The men had also spoken at opposition gatherings before Monday's rally. It was not immediately clear which remarks were deemed illegal.
The Al-Sabah dynasty has ruled Kuwait for more than 250 years. The 83-year-old emir has led the country since 2006.
Although Kuwait allows more freedom of speech than some of its fellow Gulf states, the emir is seen as untouchable and is referred to as "immune and inviolable" in the constitution.
Former lawmakers Bader al-Dahum and Falah al-Sawwagh were taken into police custody, the interior ministry official said. Khaled al-Tahus, also a former MP, was summoned for questioning by the prosecution service.
However Musallam al-Barrak, a prominent opposition figure, had not been arrested. He had appealed directly to the emir on Monday to avoid "autocratic rule" in a strong speech analysts said could provoke a firm reaction from authorities.
"The (family) council would like to reaffirm that any affair relating to the ruling family is not subject to publication in any form whether audio, visual or written," the Al-Sabah statement said.
It referred to recent media reports that members of the family had tendered "a note" to the emir, but gave no details.
KUNA issued English and Arabic versions of its report. An additional comment in Arabic said the Crown Prince, the emir's 75-year-old brother and leader-in-waiting, also stressed that the council "always plans its steps under the direction of the emir".
Sheikh Sabah has the final say in state matters and he picks the prime minister who in turn selects a cabinet, with major portfolios held by Al-Sabah family members.
A group of around 500 people gathered outside the Justice Palace late on Thursday to protest against the detention of the former lawmakers.
"We are here because the three National Assembly members are inside as well as four other people," Ahmed al-Sawwagh, cousin of one of the detained politicians, said.
The four other people he was referring to were demonstrators who were arrested on Monday after the protest rally. One of those being held is the son of prominent opposition politician Ahmed al-Saadoun, a former parliament speaker.
Additional reporting by Maha El Dahan in Dubai, Editing by Myra MacDonald


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A video of a brawl at Two Peter's Diner in Ewing, New Jersey has gone viral and it is something to behold.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovative research is being conducted at the Chevy Chase Clinical Research facility in Chevy Chase, Maryland on a device that would make a colonoscopy safer. Dr. Louis Korman of Capital Digestive Care and Artann Laboratories received support and more than three million dollars in research grant money from the National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health to develop a device that can measure the amount of force applied to the colonoscope during a colonoscopy.
Studies show the amount of force used to direct a colonoscope through the colon during a colonoscopy can vary greatly depending on the individual patient and the physician performing the procedure. Currently, patients have to be sedated for the procedure because the application of force can be painful and can increase the risk of some complications such as perforation.
The Colonoscopy Force Monitor (CFM), which Dr. Korman's team is developing and testing in collaboration with other physicians at Capital Digestive Care, Georgetown University and the University of Pennsylvania and engineers at Artann Labs, is designed to monitor the amount of force that is used during a colonoscopy. It can be used as a training tool for physicians and may help establish standards for the amount of force needed and used during a colonoscopy leading to a safer and more comfortable patient experience. The CFM may help reduce the risk of perforating the colon, reduce the need for certain forms of sedation and increase the comfort level for the patient during and after the procedure.
"We are excited about the possibilities for this device," said Dr. Korman. "Fear of pain and risk from the procedure are two of the biggest barriers for patients who need to have a colonoscopy. Our hope is that the CFM will lessen those fears and more people will end up having the procedure, which will ultimately end up saving lives."
A colonoscopy allows physicians to find and remove precancerous polyps before they develop into cancer, making a colonoscopy the only test that allows both diagnosis and treatment at the same time. Colonoscopies can also find cancer at its earliest stage, when treatment works best. Those who are at a higher risk for colon cancer include: anyone over the age of 50, African Americans who are 45 years of age and over and those who have a family history or polyps or colon cancer.
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Senate leadership has placed the farm bill second on its to-do list when the body returns from recess next week. By the time the proposed legislation is taken up, there is a great chance that the lawmakers will have read the latest analysis of it from the Food and Agriculture Policy Institute (FAPRI).
According to FAPRI, the report examines the "possible consequences of several key provisions" of the bill. Among them:
- The elimination of the current Direct and Countercyclical Payment (DCP) and Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) programs.
- The establishment of the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) program and the Stacked Income Protection Plan (STAX).
- The reduction in the acreage cap for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) from the current 32 million acres to 25 million acres by 2017.
See the full FAPRI report here.
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Pat Westhoff, co-director of the University of Missouri-based institute, spoke with Farm Press following the report's release. Among Westhoff's comments on specific findings:
- Relative to a scenario that only eliminates DCP and ACRE, introducing ARC and STAX results in a little more land used for crop production and slightly lower crop prices.
"If you just eliminate direct payments, ACRE and counter-cyclical payments that is about $5 billion to $6 billion per year that people will lose. Most of that, of course, is in direct payments and those aren't tied to what is produced in a given year but to base acreage over time.
"We estimate that while that has some impact on production it probably won't be a big impact. It does mean less money in farmers' pockets, lower land values – but likely not a big impact on the price of corn and soybeans. That doesn't go against common wisdom.
"Obviously, it will have a larger impact on some commodities than others. If you have a corn and soybean farm in the Midwest, you're getting about $23 per base acre in direct payments for corn and about $11 for soybeans. Rice farmers are getting, roughly, $96 per base acre."
- Average payments to producers under ARC and STAX would be lower than payments under DCP and ACRE, so the net effect of these changes is to reduce federal farm program spending by an estimated $18 billion over the next ten years.
"This is kind of interesting because we're putting less money back in, on average, than we took out in the first scenario. Spending under ARC and STAX we estimate to be about two billion dollars a year less than what it would have been under the DCP and ACRE programs.
"Yet, we get about the same level of total acreage. That's happening because these payments are tied to what you plant now. We think that means we'll see a bit more production per dollar of subsidy from (ARC and STAX) than from direct payments.
"You will see slightly more acreage for corn and cotton and less acreage for most other crops. Per-acre benefits under ARC for corn and STAX for cotton are at least a little higher than for other crops.
"In terms of income, it's less income to crop producers than they'd have under current programs. On average, it's a lot less in the cases of rice and peanut farmers and a modest drop if you're a corn or cotton farmer.
"These payments will now be a lot more sensitive to market conditions. If there's a year with low prices and/or bad yields on your farm or in your county there could be very large payments under (the new) programs.
"On the other hand, if you have rising prices and a good crop year, farmers may see no payment at all. That's a big contrast to the current situation where you know there will be a direct payment coming every year."
- Reducing the CRP acreage cap would result in increased crop production and lower crop prices.
"The CRP cap would go from the current 32 million acres down to 25 (million). One question is: how much CRP acres would you get otherwise?
We've observed that we don't meet the current cap and there's a good chance we won't meet it in the future, either. So, actual CRP enrollment probably wouldn't have started at 32 million, anyway -- more like 30 million acres.
"On average, impacts are fairly mild. We're talking about only increasing crop production by another one million or two million acres."
2 percent ARC average, STAX, questions
- Estimated payments under ARC average approximately 2 percent of the market value of eligible crops. ARC payments are proportionally larger for corn and wheat than for rice and peanuts.
"The way the program works, the most you can ever get in a given year is 8 percent of the benchmark value of the crop. The program pays for losses between 11 and 21 percent. So, no matter how bad things are, the most you'll get is 10 percent of the benchmark on eligible acres. And even if you choose the county option, you only get paid on 80 percent of your planted acres.
"So, it isn't surprising that the average payment is about 2 or 3 percent of most crops' value. That percentage is a bit higher for corn and wheat than it is for crops like rice and peanuts. The differences are related to our projections for future prices and the fact that yields and revenues are more variable for some crops than for others."
- STAX net indemnities average about 5 percent of the market value of cotton production.
"In some ways ARC and STAX are similar. (However), they are different in several important respects.
"The main reason for the difference in the average benefits under STAX compared to ARC is the range of losses covered under STAX is a 20 percent band. So, ARC covers the range from 11 to 21 percent loss. In STAX, it's from a 10 percent loss to a 30 percent loss.
"There are some offsets. If you want to be in STAX you must pay a premium. That reduces the net benefit to producers.
"On the other hand, you also have the ability to buy up to a higher payment rate. That can be up to 20 percent."
- Budgetary outlays under ARC and STAX will vary greatly, but because both programs cover only a certain band of revenue losses, the budgetary exposure does have limits.
"Again, in years with rising prices and decent yields, there will be hardly any expenses in the programs. However, in a year when prices drop, say, 20 percent with average yields it could mean spending several billion dollars more than we'd have spent under current programs."
Anything jump off the page when you crunched the numbers?
"It was a surprise that there were no huge average acreage impacts due to the policy changes. There may be circumstances where ARC will keep land in a particular crop, but that will depend on future prices and yields for particular crops.
On Supplemental Coverage Option…
"We haven't looked at SCO. It's very important and we'll get to it.
"When the Senate bill was first being put together, CBO's initial estimates showed small impacts from SCO. When we saw that we decided to focus on the big things and worry about things like SCO later.
"Well, now it's clear that SCO is a much bigger deal than we thought. And it may be attractive to a lot of producers. So, we'll revisit that and look at it carefully."
Anything else?
"The fairness and equity concerns about the Senate bill largely depend on your perspective.
"If your point of reference is current law then you can argue that rice and peanut producers aren't treated fairly under the Senate farm bill, as they see a larger proportional cut in benefits than other producers. On the other hand, if your point of reference is a world with no farm programs, then you could claim the Senate bill is more equitable than current programs because it reduces differences across crops in terms of average payment rates."


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An aboriginal Canadian who grew up in Riverton, Manitoba, Reggie Leach was raised by his paternal grandparents. One of the greatest scorers in the history of the Western Canada Junior Hockey League, Leach found the back of the net 188 times in three seasons with the Flin Flon Bombers.
He led the WCJHL/WHL in goal-scoring twice, including a remarkable total of 87 goals in 1967-68. Leach was a junior teammate of Bobby Clarke, a factor that later changed the course of his NHL career. Following each of his junior seasons, he was placed on the WCJHL/WHL First All-Star Team.
After graduating from junior, Leach was the third player claimed in the 1970 Amateur Draft when the Boston Bruins called his name. The Beantowners were in the midst of winning the Stanley Cup twice in three years and were too deep in talent to give the youngster a fair shot at the pros.
On February 23, 1972, Leach was part of the package sent by Boston to California to acquire Carol Vadnais. The Golden Seals were blatantly overmatched most nights, but Leach's talent began to shine through. In 1972-73 and 1973-74, he recorded consecutive 20 goal seasons. In the second of these years, he formed the team's top line with Walt McKechnie and Joey Johnston.
A few days after winning their first-ever Stanley Cup, the Philadelphia Flyers took a giant step toward repeating the triumph when they fleeced the Seals in a deal for Leach. In 1974-75, Leach teamed with Clarke and Bill Barber to score 45 goals and earn the respect of the tough fans in the City of Brotherly Love. While helping the Flyers repeat as Cup winners, Leach scored eight goals in 17 post-season games.
It was in the Flyers' failed attempt at a third triumph in the playoffs that Leach's star shone the brightest. During the 1975-76 season, he scored 61 regular-season goals but saved his best for the post-season. Leach's 19-goal effort in 16 games earned him the Conn Smythe Trophy even though the Montreal Canadiens in the Stanley Cup finals swept his team. Of further significance was the fact that the Riverton Rifle scored 80 combined goals (regular-season and playoffs) to break Phil Esposito's standard set in 1970-71.
Incredibly, in 1979-80 the wily veteran scored 50 times and helped the Flyers set an NHL record by going undefeated in 35 consecutive games from October 14 to January 6. More important, Leach took on defensive responsibilities and killed penalties for the first time in his career. He also scored 16 points while helping Philly reach the Stanley Cup finals, where they lost to the New York Islanders in six games.
The fleet winger registered 60 goals during his last two seasons in Philadelphia before joining the Detroit Red Wings as a free agent prior to the 1982-83 season. Leach scored his last 15 NHL goals wearing the famous winged wheel. In 1983-84, he skated for the Montana Magic of the Central Hockey League before bringing his pro career to a close. Leach finished with 381 goals in 934 regular-season games while earning a reputation as one of the top snipers of his day.


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Construction employment lost 104,000 jobs in February and 826,000 jobs over 12 months, according to the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), Arlington, Va. Those losses accounted for one-fifth of the economy-wide decrease over the last year, even though the industry accounts for only one out of 20 employees.
All five construction employment categories experienced sharp declines in jobs: Residential building and specialty trade contractors each lost 15% of employees in a year, while non-residential building, specialty trades, and heavy and civil engineering cut 8.4%. A predictor of demand for future construction, employment in architectural and engineering services lost 16,000 jobs in February and 56,300 over the last 12 months.


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Ten leading companies today announced the formation of the Open Solutions Alliance (OSA), a nonprofit, vendor-neutral consortium dedicated to driving adoption of comprehensive open source business solutions. Among its activities, the OSA will work with open source ISVs, systems integrators, and the broader open source community to improve interoperability among software products, resulting in integrated and rapidly deployable solutions for business users.
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"More and more companies, from small businesses to global enterprises, are turning to open source software stacks for flexible, affordable solutions to their business challenges," said Barry Klawans, OSA spokesperson and chief technology officer at JasperSoft, a market leader in open source business intelligence. "We're inviting all companies developing and using open source software to work together and ensure the availability of turnkey, enterprise-ready solution suites faster and at a fraction of the cost of traditional proprietary alternatives."
Initially, the OSA will focus its efforts on defining and promoting tools, frameworks and best practices that facilitate easy deployment and interoperability between applications. It will also build "meta-communities" by partnering on projects that involve a variety of companies, communities and individuals to drive innovation and collaboration. Finally, the OSA will coordinate joint marketing campaigns to raise the awareness of business-hardened, open source applications and solution suites.
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Open source software and products that incorporate open source software are an established part of today's software market, giving customers more choice and flexibility than ever before. Open source software has a proven track record of success that includes the Linux operating system and the Apache Web server. Increasingly, companies are benefiting from open source above the operating system and middleware layers of the software stack, which is reflected in recent JMP Securities research predicting that the total open source software market will grow to $3 billion by 2009.
Analysts are also predicting that a wider portfolio of open source applications will become available this year, prompting companies migrating from proprietary software stacks to ask commercial open source software providers to offer the same levels of interoperability. While other consortia have focused on a specific technology or project, the OSA 's collective effort to provide interoperability among open source business-class software products is essential to ensuring the availability of open source suites to meet customer requirements and compete with proprietary alternatives.
"Enterprises want to focus their time and energy on solving business problems for their customers and for themselves, rather than on interoperability and integration issues," said Dave Gynn, director of Enterprise Tools and Frameworks at Optaros, an international consulting and systems integration firm. "The OSA will be a great champion for addressing interoperability issues and lowering other barriers to open source software adoption. This will allow enterprises to remain focused on meeting their business objectives."
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2015-2016 Colorado Instructional Accommodations Manual: A Guide to the Selection and Implementation of Accommodations for Students with Disability
The Colorado Instructional Accommodations Manual provides guidance for IEP Teams and educators, presents a Five-Step Process for the selection and implementation of instructional accommodations. It offers tools and suggestions for using technology for students with a disability to best access instructional context.
PLEASE NOTE: This manual is in the process of being updated. The general content is still relevant. The manual will be updated to ensure that newer technologies may be added to exampled accommodations. The CDE online Individual Education Program (IEP) system through Enrich has an up-to-date listing of state assessment accommodations.
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- Section I Guidance
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- Student Characteristics
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- Table P: Specific Learning Disability
- Participation Guidelines: Alternate Academic Achievement Standards and Alternate Assessment Participation Guidelines Worksheet
- Participation Guidelines Worksheet Companion
- Participation Guidelines Worksheet - Booklet
- Decision-Making Graphic
- Flowchart Graphic - no changes from 2014-2015 version
- Assistive Technology Apps and Software
- Glossary of Instructional Accommodations
- Parent Input for Accommodations
- Accommodations from the Student's Perspective
- Do's and Don'ts when Selecting Accommodation - no changes from 2014-2015 version
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Given two nonzero real numbers $x$ and $y$ such that $y/x$ is irrational, a real number $z$ to be approximated, and a tolerance $\epsilon$, what is an algorithm that will provide coprime integers $a$ and $b$ such that $|ax + by - z| < \epsilon$?
Note that if the restriction that $a$ and $b$ be coprime is lifted, the problem becomes very simple. One possible algorithm is:
- Find $a_1$ and $b_1$ such that $0 < a_1 x + b_1 y < \epsilon$ using the extended Euclidean algorithm.
- Let $\displaystyle a = a_1 \left[ \frac{z}{a_1 x + b_1 y} \right]$ and $\displaystyle b = b_1 \left[ \frac{z}{a_1 x + b_1 y} \right],\,$ where $[\cdot]$ is the nearest integer function.
However, the integers $a$ and $b$ provided by this algorithm are usually not coprime. I'm looking for an algorithm that produces the same kind of approximation but guarantees that $a$ and $b$ are coprime.


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One day, a memorial to the millions of slaves wrenched from their homes in Africa and transported to the Americas will stand on the plaza at the United Nations in New York. That is the goal of an ambitious ambassador to the United Nations from Jamaica.
However, the project does face some challenges. The design competition that was scheduled to end in December has now been extended to Jan. 23, and the United States, which co-sponsored a resolution proposing the memorial in 2007 (pdf), has yet to commit any funding to the project, which will cost millions to build.
None of that is discouraging Ambassador Raymond Wolfe, Jamaica's representative to the U.N. "We think it is ripe and fitting the international community should acknowledge this tragedy, the worst perhaps in humankind, which today would be described as a genocide and a crime against humanity," he said. With slavery still existing today, Wolfe said the memorial would also stand as a "sharp reminder that contemporary forms of slavery shall not be tolerated by the U.N."
There are already monuments to slavery, both in the United States and abroad, but Wolfe says a memorial in front of the visitors' entrance at the U.N. would bring a level of unparalleled visibility. With the newly opened Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial in Washington, D.C., and the Smithsonian set to open a National Museum of African American History and Culture, it seems the timing could not be better.
It is estimated that over five centuries, more than 18 million people were forcibly removed from Africa to the Americas, Caribbean and Europe. One of the reasons Jamaica's ambassador is so passionate about the memorial is his own history with slavery. It is estimated that as many as 700,000 slaves may have been brought to the island, and Wolfe can trace his family's roots to Africa. In fact, the Caribbean and South America received many more slaves than the United States, but it is the "Kunta Kinte of Roots" experience that many African Americans associate with the dark and ugly history of slavery.
But the more pressing matter is money. At the close of last year, the trust fund for the memorial was just over $1 million. At least $3.5 million more is needed to complete the project. Countries such as India, Australia and Turkey have donated but the United States has not. The money has to be appropriated by Congress. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) is working toward this goal but said it's "not an easy sell during a fiscal crisis." Still, Meeks, who can trace his mother's roots to slaves from Sierra Leone, is confident he can persuade enough members of Congress to appropriate some funding for the project.
"It is extremely important that there is a memorial to those individuals who suffered," he said. "Through their perseverance, hopes and dreams, we could have a Barack Obama as president of the United States."
Corporate sponsors are also being sought, but so far none have signed on. To make sure the memorial has the support it needs to move forward, UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, was brought on as a partner as well. Meanwhile, a design artist is expected to be selected this year with the project possibly breaking ground in 2014.
Ambassador Wolfe said he would never entertain talk of halting the project because of funding. "It may be scaled down somewhat but we have no intention of scrapping it. This would be an insult to the international community and an insult to our ancestors if we were simply to, because of challenges, scrap the project."
Julie Walker is a New York-based freelance journalist. Follow her on Twitter @jwalkreporter.


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Apple has made it official: The next gadget event will be September 9th.
The Cupertino company sent out official invitations to the press Thursday morning, with a date (September 9th), time, and place (10am, Cupertino). The invitation also came with a brief message: 'Wish We Could Say More."
The tech press is already saying plenty about the event, speculating that we'll see a new iPhone, a new iPad (both reportedly larger), and maybe even the long-guessed about iWatch. Apple is not saying anything beyond its emailed invitation.
Investors like the drama, though; shares of Apple stock (AAPL), on a tear lately, hit a new all-time high this morning, as the invitations arrived in boxes.
A quick note about the venue: Cupertino's Flint Center is historic in Apple lore. It's the place where Steve Jobs first showed off the Mac computer back in 1984.
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Boat Locker leaves Westport for greener pastures in Bridgeport
BRIDGEPORT -- After more than 20 years in the business, Scott Hardy was tired of showing his boats to customers in the rain and snow.
"In the wintertime, we put on a coat, two coats," he said. "They're cold. I'm cold. Their kids are cold. And they don't buy. That's not how a successful car dealer works."
So Hardy began looking for a place to relocate the Boat Locker, the 57-year-old Westport business he purchased in the late 1980s.
"I told my wife I want a showroom," he said. "My customers deserve better. And I didn't want to compromise on the space."
In all the time he was looking, though, he never thought he'd find exactly what he was looking for in Bridgeport.
"I walked in and I was like `Wow, this is it,' " Hardy said, standing in the middle of the Boat Locker's new home at 706 Howard Ave., on the west side of the city.
`Masts up and sails up'
All around him, rigged sailboats and sailing kayaks are on full display under the natural sunlight beaming down from skylights placed all along the length of the building. All that was missing was the water.
The decision to move the company from its home base in Westport wasn't taken lightly, said Hardy's wife, Mary Ann. "It was a huge decision, but the ultimate goal was to showcase the boats -- masts up and sails up," she said. "This is very, very different than where we were. It was a big leap. But we love it."
In mid-May, the couple moved their kayaks, sailboats and stand-up paddleboards into the 8,000-square-foot showroom with 28-foot ceilings. The space also provides plenty of space to display their boating accessories, shorts, life jackets, hats, beach bags and swim shirts of all sizes.
And it will allow them to display their boats rigged indoors year round.
"Fall sailing is big in yacht clubs," Mary Ann Hardy said. "And even in the winter -- it's called frostbiting when they go out during the winter months in dry suits."
Scott Hardy said he is now excited about the ability to expand and grow his business in an economy much better than it was just five years ago.
`Pathetic market'
At that time, the economy took a dive and so did the business' annual revenues. "We were trying to establish the brand in the face of a down, pathetic market," Hardy said. "People just weren't buying boats for two years."
With current annual revenues of $2 million, the company is back on solid footing, but not doing nearly as well as it was a decade ago.
Besides providing a fresh start, the Bridgeport facility also came at a bargain. The rent is significantly less than what the business was paying for a retail storefront and warehouse in Westport.
"It was just a warehouse, a shell. A place to store the boats," he said. "The rent was fair for Westport but too difficult for my business at this particular juncture. It was doable in '05, '06, '07, but then everything fell apart."
While some customers have embraced the new facility, others don't want to make the trip. Those that do, however, understand the importance of a showroom right away.
"When they walk in and see the boats rigged on display, they get it," he said.
`Win-win' in Bridgeport
Visiting the facility on Wednesday, Chris Oburchay, sailing coach at Fairfield High School, said he thought the showroom was fantastic.
"It's great to see all the products displayed and gives the kids a real life reference point as far as the products out there," he said.
The neighborhood has also been welcoming, said Mary Ann Hardy. "The neighborhood has been really nice," she said. "Everybody has been stopping by and saying hi."
City officials this week visited the facility as well.
"The Boat Locker's move to Bridgeport after decades in lower Fairfield County is a great sign of the opportunity that exists in Bridgeport for businesses looking to expand or move," said Karen DelVecchio, executive vice president of the Bridgeport Regional Business Council. "It is a win-win for everyone -- The Boat Locker, their customers, the neighborhood, and the city -- and we are happy to have them here."
"In Bridgeport, we have established an environment that allows small businesses to grow and thrive," said Mayor Bill Finch. "We're thrilled to welcome The Boat Locker, a small business with a proven track record to Bridgeport."
Selling fun
Hardy said there are few business in the region that sell boats and a wide array of accessories. "There are very few people that do what we do," he said. "It's a very unique, niche business."
A newer type of boat in the business sold at the Boat Locker is the peddling kayak, which allows a person to use their feet to navigate the kayak, instead of rowing.
"You can get a paddling kayak anywhere," but peddling boats are harder to find, he said. These boats are good for fishermen because it frees up their hands to handle the rod.
"Half of our kayak business are the fishing guys," he said. "The other half is just the recreation crowd that wants to go out and have a good time."
Tandem kayaks, which seat two people, are also more popular than single kayaks.
"We sell fun," Hardy said. "We sell things that help people escape. Part of the mission here is to reinvent the business. We'll get back (to the former success) again, but we have a lot of work to do."
The Boat Locker is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Oracle used the JavaOne conference in San Francisco last September to explain that it was discontinuing the JavaFX Script language for graphics-rich multiplatform applications. But news on the JavaFX blog this week speaks of the fact that Oracle is now announcing that JavaFX 1.2 and JavaFX 1.3 will reach end of life (EOL) on December 20, 2012.
Even more specifically and with a degree of echoing emptiness, the Oracle server providing access to the JavaFX Runtime for these versions will no longer be available after that date.
Oracle has already explained that it would expose all the JavaFX functionality through a Java API, starting with the upcoming JavaFX 2.0 release. Consequently, the Windows version of JavaFX 2.0 and the developer preview for Mac OS X were released in October 2011; plus a developer preview for Linux was added in January of this year.
So where does this leave developers? It's a fairly no-win one-way ally to be honest; due to the size and shape of the deployment architecture used for the JavaFX 1.x product line, users of JavaFX 1.2 or 1.3 applications will no longer be able to download the JavaFX Runtime.
The JavaFX team advises, "Developers who have JavaFX 1.x applications in use today are strongly encouraged to migrate their applications to the JavaFX 2."
The team provides "extensive" documentation, tutorials, and samples available on the JavaFX Website. The community itself is also providing forums, blogs, and social media discussion channels to discuss the shift.


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To protect and preserve Oklahoma's natural resources Membership of over 12,000. The methodology to determine the availability of water in a basin for export to another basin. That which is available for permitting. Oklahoma Permitting
Once a water use permit has been issued, the quantity authorized can never be reduced, even if the basin's needs are poorly understood at the time of issuance. The Mighty Glover 3 Miles N of Hwy 3 Kiamichi River above Sardis Upper Mt. Fork River 1. How many gauges do you need in a large basin to adequately determine how much water is in there?
2.How can you be sure you have adequate flow information so you can tell which streams and rivers are drying up, when flows are going to be low, etc.?
3.Yes, we can look at a river and say "that's dried up," but do we have in place mechanisms for correctly measuring low flow? For a fish, the difference between 1 cfs and 0 cfs is actually pretty important. Currently 3 Needs 6
Data gathered 20 yrs Determine how much water can safely
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CHARACTERIZE FLOW Gauge Function 10% Basin Reserve for any miscalculation
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Tree Growing Contemplates potential establishment of in-stream flows for recreation, tourism, ranchers, farmers, trees fish and wildlife and Economic growth.
Tribal Rights – Where are they??
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– Availability of Excess and surplus to be non-existent until an instream flow study has been conducted, using proper scientific methodology and thoroughly vetted. Using this approach: protect water resources until it can be determined how much should remain to satisfy all consumptive and non-consumptive needs in the basin. Sustainability One size doesn't fit all!
Regional Planning When water is removed from a basin so goes economic development, tourism and recreation. With the donor basin being left with environmental degradation. Transfers in Other States Heavily Scrutinizes
•Availability of Water in a basin does not mean that water is allowed to be exported.
Basins of origin needs are considered, compensated or mitigated if permitted.
•Readily admit that Tourism, Recreation, and Economic Growth GO with the Water.. Recommend that Texas and New Mexico Basin Transfer Language is adopted as part of Oklahoma law We know so little about the water under our feet!! The in this "Comprehensive" Study…. Aquifers Sustainability
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BYOK suggests a one-way mechanism: your key, my cloud.
The word "Key" tends to be generally understood in a very broad sense (symmetric and asymmetric), however in cloud service providers it has a bit of a different definition.
The current key management servifes offered are MS Azure, Amazon AWS and Google Cloud Platform. Azure uses Thales and Amazon uses Gemalto, Google doesn't appear to use an HSM at this time. Their biggest differences are around the BYOK protocols (key wrapping, etc).
BYOK is an important tool, but should not be the only tool in your tool box. It will help you get your own key into the cloud, so you know it meets your standards for generation. The cloud provider will handle things for you, but not in a consistent way - so lots of hurdles to go through to get this done.
MYOK - Manage Your Own Keys! MYOK implies you can manage import/export, lifecycle and generation all by yourself. Provision when you need them, destroy when you're done. How can you do this in a way that is meaningful for your business?
Centralized key managers are moving into the market space.
Key management is more than just keys - name, algorithm, length, export settings. And, many key formats end up being very vendor specific (some use standards like PKCS#8, but many more are just proprietary).
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Source: Cavs' David Blatt Calls Team Meeting
Before the Cleveland Cavaliers broke their two-game losing streak by defeating the Phoenix Suns 101-97 on Monday, they had a team meeting in the morning, league sources told cleveland.com.
Head coach David Blatt called for the meeting before the team took the court for shootaround, sources said. Concerned about the psyche and spirit of his guys, Blatt used the time to address his team instead of going through the usual pre-shootaround film study.
Source: Chris Haynes of The Plain Dealer
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Report: Warriors 'hopeful' of Kevin Durant Return in NBA Finals, DeMarcus Cousins Expected to Return
Warriors forward Kevin Durant (strained right calf) and center DeMarcus Cousins (torn left quadriceps muscle) were evaluated by the team's medical staff earlier today.
Durant, who has not yet been cleared to begin on-court activities, continues to make good progress with his rehabilitation. At this point, it is unlikely that he will play at the beginning of the 2019 NBA Finals, but it's hopeful that he could return at some point during the series.
Cousins also continues to make good progress with his rehabilitation and practiced with the team today for the first time since suffering the injury on April 16. It's anticipated that he will play at some point during the 2019 NBA Finals, but the exact date is to be determined and depends on his progress.
The status for both players will be updated next Wednesday.
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Sources: Trail Blazers, Damian Lillard Expected to Agree to Four-Year Supermax Extension
Damian Lillard and the Portland Trail Blazers are expected to come to terms over the summer on a four-year, $191 million supermax contract extension, league sources told Yahoo Sports.
Lillard would officially qualify for the supermax if he's voted to one of the three All-NBA Teams, which is virtually a lock for the four-time All-Star.
Lillard has two years and approximately $62 million remaining on his current deal. The extension would put him under contract for the next six years, and he'd be 34 years old by the time the deal expires, perhaps solidifying his status as arguably the greatest Trail Blazer of all time.
According to rival executives, a new pact for Lillard would almost certainly include a player option, something the guard bypassed on his previous deal.
Source: Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports
Sources: Clippers 'equally dangerous threat to Knicks' to Sign Kevin Durant in Free Agency
As for the bigger-picture matter of Durant's future: I am unafraid to announce, with no trace of hot-takery, that firm predictions about what Durant will do when free agency starts in 40 days are ill-advised.
Within the last month, very smart and plugged-in people I have consulted say that the Los Angeles Clippers have emerged as an equally dangerous threat to the Knicks to sign Durant away from Golden State. And I believe it.
Problem is, at various points during the season, I have heard trusted insiders state with conviction that Durant is already planning to join the Knicks … and then that he is likely to consider the Nets as well … and now that he is eyeing the Clippers just as intently as New York.
It leads one to conclude that maybe the best forecast, at least for the moment, is that nobody but Durant and his business manager Rich Kleiman know.
Source: Marc Stein of The New York Times


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Mike Rothenberg has always been interested in entrepreneurship. Now, the 28-year-old is running a one-man venture capital shop, Rothenberg Ventures, with $5 million to invest in startups.
It's similar to what Joshua Kushner did a few years ago when he started Thrive Capital. Then, Kushner was 25 and he put his money in 15 startups. He's since raised a few larger funds and invested in startups like Instagram.
TechCrunch's Josh Constine interviewed Rothenberg about how he hustled his way to the $5 million fund. Rothenberg was a couch surfer who had to network from coast to coast to create his dream job.
Here's how he did it. At Stanford, Rothenberg ran a program called Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders. He wrangled tech leaders like Marissa Mayer and Mark Zuckerberg and asked them to speak with students about startups.
Rothenberg often asked them how they became successful. The usual reply was, "You might fail at whatever you do, so you might as well dream big, because then if you succeed, you succeed big."
Rothenberg took that advice to heart. He founded a 25-person tutoring company in college, started a real estate fund, then went on to Harvard Business School. In May he decided to go for his dream of starting Rothenberg Ventures.
Like any strapped-for-cash entrepreneur, Rothenberg tried to live as efficiently as possible while seeing the fund through. "I rented out my apartment, wasn't paying a lease anywhere, and traveled to six different cities to meet 50 investors, 50 potential LPs, and 50 entrepreneurs," he tells Constine. "I slept on couches so I didn't have to get a hotel room the entire summer."
After months of meetings, 14 limited partners committed $5 million to Rothenberg Ventures. The LPs range from investors, such as DFJ's Brandon Farwell, to wealthy individuals. The LPs are from Massachusetts to California on down to Texas.
Rothenberg thinks his young age actually helped him win over LPs. He tells Constine, "Almost all my deal flow comes from entrepreneurs, people at Stanford with me, people at Harvard with me. I know a lot of people our age. The average age of my LPs is significantly older than me, and they don't necessarily have access to these deals."
Rothenberg is still working hard now that he's raised his fund, and he's already backed seven startups. His portfolio includes a sports media company, Chat Sports, and a clothing startup called Chubbies.
When asked why he didn't get experience at another firm before taking a leap of faith, Rothenberg replied, "I think it's wrong to think you're necessarily going to learn the most by paying your dues. People who work at a big company aren't engaged. That's a slower trajectory. But if you're young and jump in, sure you're going to make a bunch of mistakes but you're going to learn quickly."


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Geophysicist Tobin on Research Cruise, Aug. 30, 2000
SOCORRO, N.M., August 30, 2000 -- New Mexico Tech research geophysicist Harold Tobin had to book his "research cruise" seven years in advance, but the unparalleled opportunity to participate in an intensive, eight-week-long, interdisciplinary study conducted aboard a specially fitted ship floating above one of Earth's most seismically active areas was well worth the long wait.
Tobin was one of only 28 scientists from around the world chosen to participate in the most recent leg of the international Ocean Drilling Program (ODP), which was conducted this summer 100 miles off the east coast of Japan aboard the JOIDES Resolution, a one-of-a-kind research ship outfitted with state-of-the-art laboratory, drilling, and navigation equipment.
Tobin's particular area of the study focused on the processes associated with faulting which occurs where two tectonic plates collide with each other.
The Nankai Trough, the offshore area where the bulk of the ocean floor study was conducted, is a deep-sea trench where the Philippine plate subducts, or is pushed under, the much larger Eurasian plate.
"The area is in a subduction zone which makes up a portion of the Pacific Ocean's famous 'Ring of Fire,'" Tobin explains. "This is one of the most, if not the most, seismically active areas in the world. A magnitude 8 earthquake occurs here every 100 years or so. . . . It's definitely a great place to go to study the processes associated with faulting and earthquakes."
In order to conduct studies on subsurface processes occurring below the seafloor, the 480-foot-long research vessel carries over five-and-a-half miles of drilling pipe onboard, enough to permit researchers to drill down nearly three-quarters of a mile into subsurface sediments and rocks virtually anywhere in the world's oceans.
"We periodically moved to various locations along a transect across the main fault line throughout the eight weeks to do the actual drilling," Tobin says. "The core samples brought back up and measurements made down the hole give us clues to the state of the subsurface rocks, including damage due to faulting, pressures, temperature, and chemistry to which they were subjected. This, in turn, lets us know what physical processes take place in the fault.
"If we can better understand the physical environment inside faults, we can better understand how and when faults slip and therefore how and when earthquakes take place," he adds.
The core samples taken of the Earth's crust were first sectioned off into 30-foot-long segments, which were then cut in half and laid open, so as to be more manageable for testing purposes.
Most of the larger sections of samples eventually ended up catalogued in a core repository -- essentially, a refrigerated warehouse -- run by Texas A & M University.
Tobin, however, was allowed to bring back 150 sub-samples of the cores he collected during the sea-going research program and will continue to conduct specific analyses of the samples at New Mexico Tech.
"My grad students and I will continue studying characteristics of those samples, such as their geology, porosity, and seismic velocity, in a high-pressure laboratory and with SEM (scanning electron microscopy) to give us some basic fundamental data on faulting," Tobin says.
Although this marks Tobin's fourth time "out at sea" doing research with the ODP, each time has been just as exciting as that first time he set sail off the coast of Oregon in his graduate student days, Tobin says.
"It's quite stimulating to work with some of the top researchers from around the world--scientists from Spain, England, Germany, France, Japan, and the United States, all onboard together, each with their own expertise in their respective specialties," Tobin relates. "It's like participating in a floating interdisciplinary seminar in plate tectonics."
To save costs associated with such a massive international and interdisciplinary research project, the JOIDES Resolution operates "24/7" during its research cruises.
"We were divided up into 12-hour shifts around the clock," Tobin recounts. "You worked either noon to midnight or midnight to noon. It was just as busy at 3 a.m. as it was at 3 p.m."
The research ship floated directly above the selected drill sites for a week or two at a time, being able to maintain its steadiness, even in rough waters, through a computer-controlled system which regulates 12 powerful thrusters, in addition to the main propulsion system.
An international effort spearheaded by the Japanese government currently is being mounted to build an even bigger and better "floating laboratory" than the JOIDES Resolution -- a drilling ship which will have the capacity to bring up core samples from as deep as four miles into the Earth's crust.
"In a few years, because of the new ship's expanded capabilities, drilling one location will take one or two years instead of just a few weeks," Tobin speculates. "No one wants to go out to sea for that long, so researchers will have to shuttle back and forth to the offshore drilling site."
Tobin further points out that even though over 70 percent of the Earth's surface is covered by oceans, only a small percentage of current scientific research is being conducted on what lies beneath.
"We know less about the bottom of the oceans than we do about the surface of the Moon," he says. "So, we need to continue this type of drilling and other marine research if we hope to better understand the Earth as a whole."
The ODP is an international partnership of scientists and research institutions organized to explore the evolution and structure of Earth. ODP provides researchers around the world access to a vast repository of geological and environmental information recorded far below the ocean surface in seafloor sediments and rocks.


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The Adventures of Bella and Cliffy. the Mudgee version of Milo and Otis
Most dogs have heard the call to the wild a few times in their life, darting off down the road, or out the front gate, to chase cars or simply just see what's out in the world beyond the fence.
Not many decide that they want to spend their day long journey with a lamb.
In an adventure that conjures thoughts of the 1989 movie The Adventures of Milo and Otis, Susan Lampough's kelpie dog decided that a stroll with her lamb companion would be the best way to spend an afternoon.
Susan, who lives in Turill, was going about her daily routine of feeding the horses and making sure that everything on the farm was fine when Bella and the newest member of the farm, the little lamb Cliffy, disappeared.
At first Susan suspected that Bella had "gone to play with the boys", meaning that she had wandered over to her neighbour's house to play with the other dogs that were living there.
When time stretched on however, she began to believe that they had run away.
"Normally what happens is that we have a little routine and Bella the dog and the little lamb would go out with me and we would go out to the feed shed and we'd get a few biscuits of hay and feed the horses," Susan explained.
"Normally the lamb sits in the sun on the verandah and Bella will sit somewhere else – they've never really been buddies, but I went outside and they weren't there."
"I went and fed the horses and came back expecting to see them sitting there and they still weren't there, so instantly I was concerned."
It was a farm-wide man-hunt after Susan realised that the dog and the lamb weren't at her neighbour's house, and between Susan and her helpful neighbours they covered almost five hundred acres looking for the escapist duo.
"Bella goes and visits my neighbours' dogs – "Bella's gone to hang out with the boys again" – and so I rang Janet, my neighbour, and left a message to say I was going to have a look for them.
"I had a look across the last 25 acres of my property but they weren't there, so it occurred to me that Bella might actually be missing," Susan said.
"When she leaves she wanders back normally, so we rang the radio station and started searching wider and searching down roads.
After five hours, Susan turned to social media, where she posted a missing notice on the Mudgee community page.
"They'd been gone for five hours, but when I came back to the house my daughter called me all the way from Bathurst and told me that a lady on the page had found them together," Susan said.
The adventurous pair were found out on Cliffdale Road, nearly three kilometers as the crow flies, Susan explained.
"I'm one kilometer off the road, and Cliffdale is another two kilometers away so they had to travel all that distance to end up where they did," she said.
After having both of the animals for just under a year, Susan was so relieved to have them back home with her.
The lamb had joined her in her family just a month before, adopted from Wellington, while Bella had been adopted a year before.
"I know it sounds really cliche, but I really think it's a miracle. It's a miracle that they stayed together and that they were found – unhurt – by really lovely people," Susan said.
"I don't understand why Bella ended up where they were, so whether it was the dog leading the lamb or the lamb leading the dog, we may never know."


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Barriers and Facilitators for Emergency Department Initiation of Buprenorphine: A Physician Survey." Am J Emerg Med. 2019."
Driver Licensing and Motor Vehicle Crash Rates Among Young Adults with Amblyopia and Unilateral Vision Impairment." J AAPOS. 2019."
Edge Conditions and Crash-Avoidance Roles: The Future of Traffic Safety in the World of Autonomous Vehicles." Inj. Prev.. 2019."
Factors Associated With Unrestrained Young Passengers in Motor Vehicle Crashes." Pediatrics. 2019;143(3)."
Is Household Composition Associated With Repeat Fight Injuries in Adolescents Living in Urban Neighborhoods?" J Interpers Violence. 2019."
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Learning to Drive: A Reconceptualization." Transp Res Part F Traffic Psychol Behav. 2019;62:316-326."
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Attitudes on Technological, Social, and Behavioral Economic Strategies to Reduce Cellphone Use While Driving in Teens." Traffic Inj Prev. 2018:1-23."
Beyond Mental Health Crisis Stabilization in Emergency Departments and Acute Care Hospitals." Pediatrics. 2018;141(5)."
Cell Phone Use While Driving: A Pattern of Risk in Young Novice Drivers." Academic Journal of Pediatrics & Neonatology. 2018;6(5)."
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The Gambero Rosso Tre Bicchieri tasting was held in Chicago yesterday and by numerous accounts - a classic location, an excellent turnout and a wide array of Italy's finest wines - the event was a smashing success!
This was the second year for this event in Chicago - it is also held in New York City and San Francisco - and it was once again held in the beautiful Grand Hall of Union Station, notable for its classic Greek columns as well as the site of one of the classic scenes from the movie The Untouchables. Last year, the event was held on a Friday and attendance was good, but moving it to a Tuesday made a lot of difference this year, as by my estimate, there was at least a 30% increase in attendance.
It was nice to see my fellow Chicagoans support this tasting, which is truly one of a kind. Gambero Rosso has become famous for its Tre Bicchieri ("three glasses") rating for the top wines each year in Italy (this year, only 402 wines out of more than 20,000 tasted received the award) and the results truly represent the spectacular variety that is the world of Italian wines.
If you wanted to only focus on the most famous reds, you could do that and sample Amarone from producers such as Allegrini, Masi, Tenuta Sant'Antonio and Zenato among others or you could taste Barolo from Mirafiore (Fontanafredda), Ettore Germano or Michele Chiarlo as well as Brunello di Montalcino from notable producers such as Banfi and Greppone Mazzi - and let's not forget Sassicaia!
Armando Castagnedi of Tenuta Sant'Antonio with Kristin Milles (Photo ©Tom Hyland)
But of course, there is a lot more to Italian wine than full-bodied reds; to balance things out there were many splendid sparkling wines from esteemed producers such as Ca' del Bosco, Guido Berlucchi, Ferrari and Villa Sandi (this last, one of the top houses of Prosecco). These wines showed wonderfully, but for me, the real surprise was the 2005 Brut from Sergio Mottura, a 100% Chardonnay from Lazio. Though Mottura has become quite well-known for his still wines made from Grechetto, I found this sparker to be even better; it is extremely elegant and round with excellent varietal character. Let's fact it, how often do you get to try a sparkling wine from Lazio?
As for white wines, the 2009 Cantina Tramin Gewurztraminer "Nussbaumer" was a standout - one smell of this wine instantly tells you this is a classic of its type - while the 2008 Livon Braide Alte is another outstanding achievement from this first-rate producer from Friuli. The 2009 Planeta Cometa, a 100% Fiano was one of the standout whites here, as was the 2009 Pietracalda from Feudi di San Gregorio in Campania.
I did find a few surprises with the reds, none more so than the 2006 Le Piane "Boca", a blend of Nebbiolo and Vespolina from a small area in northern Piemonte. This is medium-full with beautiful dried cherry fruit and young, but sleek tannins and a finish with very good acidity and notes of light dried herbs. This is a nice alternative to Barolo and it certainly can be consumed earlier. There are only a handful of producers that craft this charming red and this is one of the most stylish examples I've tasted.
I also loved the 2006 "Ceretta" Barolo from Ettore Germano, a subdued Barolo with silky tannins made in a classic traditional style as well as the remarkable 2007 Nino Negri "5 Stelle" Sfursat", a Nebbiolo with plenty of stuffing as well as an extremely long, persistent finish along with the varietally pure 2004 Mastroberardino Taurasi "Radici" Riserva, one of Campania's finest reds.
Sergio Germano, Ettore Germano Winery (Photo ©Tom Hyland)
Finally, for lovers of Tuscan reds, there was an embarrassment of riches, ranging from the 2007 Flaccianello from Fontodi to the 2007 Fontalloro from Felsina to the underrated 2007 Tenuta di Valgiano from vineyards in the Lucca area. You could even taste two wines from Tua Rita: the 2008 "Perlato del Bosco" Rosso and the 2008 Rediagaffi, one of Italy's most powerful examples of 100% Merlot. This was indeed a rare treat to be able to taste the last two wines!
So given the overall success of this tasting, I am looking forward to next year's event in Chicago. It will be difficult to top this year's tasting, but I'm sure the organizing team at Gambero Rosso, lead by Tiina Eriksson, Marco Sabellico and Eleonora Guerini will be up to the task.


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The 9 Silliest Movie Sequel Titles Ever [VIDEOS]
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The new movies coming out between now and the end of the year are like a sequel-palooza — 'Sherlock Holmes,' 'Mission Impossible' and even 'The Chipmunks' are all getting another go-round in theaters. While it's generally-accepted wisdom that sequels are rarely as good as the originals from which they sprang, the names of those sequels may have something to do with how poorly those flicks are often received.
With that in mind, we give you our take on the nine worst (or most-hilariously) named sequels of all time.
'Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace'
Calling the fourth movie in the series "episode one" (even if it's actually a prequel) continues to flummox fans of the franchise, who've now spent more than a decade saying, "No, not that first 'Star Wars' — the real first 'Star Wars.' You know, the one that was actually good."
'Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise'
The lovable dorks from the first film think Fort Lauderdale is "paradise," thus proving how sheltered they really are.
'Speed 2: Cruise Control'
Yet another nautical title, and a bad pun at that. "Cruise control" pretty much sums up the level the 'Speed' franchise was at by the time the sequel rolled around.
'Star Trek V: The Final Frontier'
If by "final" they mean "we'll be doing at least seven more movies," then yeah. Perfect.
'I Still Know What You Did Last Summer'
Unless the madman from the original suffered a nasty blow to the head, we can probably assume he didn't forget what upset him enough to go on that massive killing spree in the first place.
'Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan'
The umpteeth-sequel got a name that makes Jason sound less like a homicidal maniac and more like a struggling dancer with dreams of making it big on Broadway. And step, ball-change, step, ball-change, stab stab stab!
'Leprechaun: Back 2 Tha' Hood'
It's not every day you get to denigrate two cultures in one title. Irish people and African-Americans? You're welcome!
'Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked'
The plot for the most recent addition to the 'Chipmunks' franchise involves the little ones being stranded on a desert island after they fall off a cruise ship. Please, please, please let that boat be called the Chips Ahoy. Or the Good Chip Lollipop.
'Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo'
File this one under "hilarious." In fact, it may be the grand-daddy of them all. Almost 30 years after the film's release, its name still springs up in pop culture references and hack stand-up routines.


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Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures
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Founded in 1999, the Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures are presented on six Wednesday evenings during each school year at Foothill College, in the heart of California's Silicon Valley. Speakers over the years have included Nobel-prize winners, members of the National Academy of Sciences, the first woman in history to discover a planet, an astrophysicist who is an award-winning science fiction writer, and many other well-known scientists explaining astronomical developments in everyday language.
The series is moderated by Foothill's astronomy instructor Andrew Fraknoi and sponsored by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, the SETI Institute, NASA's Ames Research Center, and the Foothill College Astronomy Program.
Thanks to the generosity of a donor who wishes to remain anonymous, the lectures are now being video and audio taped by David Manzo of Bejaw Productions. Video versions of the lectures going back several years can now be found at YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/SVAstronomyLectures


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The city could eventually see a major sidewalk improvement project on High Street — thanks to a $750,000 earmark inserted by state Rep. Patricia A. Haddad into a $12 billion transportation bond bill.
That bill was unanimously approved by the House on Wednesday night.
The Taunton funding component would create handicapped-accessible curb ramps at crosswalks, improvements to existing sidewalks and the installation of new sidewalks where needed.
Haddad, D-Somerset, said she's hopeful the Senate will approve the current version of the bill. Bond bills, she said, usually have a life span of five years.
"There's still a lot of work to be done," she said.
Haddad said she also included funding for bike path and sidewalk improvements in Somerset and Swansea. When it comes to crafting such bond bills, she said, the challenge is deciding which improvement project is most worthy.
"You always ask, 'What is it you need?'" Haddad said.
The sidewalks on High Street — which extends three long, residential blocks from Ingell to Cohannet streets — is a mishmash of dirt, grass and deteriorating walkways.
Haddad said she and state Rep. Shaunna O'Connell, R-Taunton, worked together, contacting Mayor Thomas Hoye Jr. to determine how the local transportation-related funding should be spent.
"It's great news," Hoye said, acknowledging that portions of sidewalk on High Street are in poor condition.
The mayor said the earmark is consistent with his administration's overall strategy of assuring that Taunton sidewalks become fully compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Haddad said her goal is to encourage more people to take advantage of the outdoors and, especially in the case of Taunton, to be able to do so safely.
Taunton lawyer Joseph deMello, who in 2011 filed a lawsuit against the city on behalf of Nancy Gero, a wheelchair-bound Taunton resident, welcomed the news.
"It's beneficial to everyone in the city," he said.
Each time Nancy Gero leaves her house, deMello said, she risks her life navigating the city's sidewalks.
Her wheelchair has been snagged on railroad tracks, where the disintegrating sidewalks and steel rails create impregnable obstacles.
More than once, passing motorists have stopped to help free her from a difficult situation before it turned to tragedy. Often she abandons the sidewalks and takes to the street.
She is suing the city, asking them to fix their sidewalks, so all residents can travel unfettered. If state funding is approved, some paths of travel may soon reopen for Gero.
deMello, who has muscular dystrophy and is himself reliant on a wheelchair, said any kind of infrastructure improvement doesn't just improve personal safety. It also enhances a neighborhood's overall quality and appearance.
He said the Gero case — in which deMello is seeking damages from the city for alleged failure to comply with ADA rules — has moved from the mediation phase and has been placed on the full trial calender with the U.S. District Court.
"It will go to litigation," he said.
deMello said he intends to prove that Taunton still has "miles and miles of sidewalks that should, and could have by now, been (made) accessible."
He said he's completely satisfied with the results of the city's $2.1 million Downtown Sidewalks Improvement Project. "So far they've turned out very nicely, and they do comply," deMello said.
Riding around the city by car can be a frustrating experience for deMello. It's hard to travel more than a few blocks without spotting numerous ADA violations.
He points out illegal grades at driveway curb-cuts and broken sections of blacktop sidewalks he estimates to be more than a half-century old.
On County Street, a major thoroughfare, the sidewalk shrinks to a foot or less at spots. Sections have gaps between them, and deep ruts can easily trap a wheelchair.
Along Oak Street, blocks from Taunton's temporary City Hall, double poles limit sidewalk space, where the sidewalk exists. At one point, the sidewalk disappears for hundreds of feet next to a city park. Gero has to swing her chair out onto the road to travel from her home to City Hall.
"Nancy is fearless," deMello said. "But she says she has to be, or she wouldn't get anywhere in this city."