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Tech Geochem Prof. Publishes Textbook, Dec. 5, 2001
SOCORRO, N.M., December 4, 2001 -- Mantle plumes, mushroom-shaped regions of hot rock that rise up from deep below the Earth's crust, have taken a "back seat" to plate tectonics ever since both geologic processes were introduced to and accepted by the Earth science community in the late-1960s and early 1970s.
But now, because of recent advances in computer modeling and seismic tomography, combined with new data garnered from the preliminary explorations of Mars and Venus, scientific interest in mantle plumes "has increased exponentially," writes a noted geochemistry professor at New Mexico Tech.
In his newly published book, Mantle Plumes and Their Record in Earth History, New Mexico Tech's Kent C. Condie, examines the role of mantle plumes throughout the geologic record and describes the newest, exciting results of cutting-edge research on mantle plumes conducted by geologists, geophysicists, and geochemists at various locations around the world.
"Now seemed a good time to bring together under one cover a summary of the truly enormous amount of data that have been published, principally during the 1990s, related to mantle plumes and their role in Earth history," Condie says.
Mantle plumes typically consist of a large, buoyant blob in the Earth's mantle that pushes up against the Earth's plates, connected to a "tail" that descends to the core-mantle interface.
The intense, localized heat which results from upwellings of mantle plumes often sustain long-lasting, exceptionally hot regions called "hotspots," where volcanic and geothermal activities abound, such as the Hawaiian-Emperor Seamount chain,
Iceland, and Yellowstone National Park.
"Mantle plumes are becoming more important when considering the formation of continents here on Earth," Condie says, "but where you really see strong evidence of mantle plumes is on Venus and Mars. . . . On a planet like Mars, where there are no plate tectonics involved, you can see evidence of gigantic mantle plumes by huge volcanoes on the surface."
Condie's newest book also covers "superplumes" -- huge, catastrophic, volcanic eruptions that may have been responsible for many of the Earth's major extinctions.
"Mantle plumes also may have been responsible for breaking up the supercontinents," the geoscientist/author relates.
"I have approached the subject of mantle plumes in such a way that the book can be used as a university textbook in advanced undergraduate or graduate courses in geophysics, geochemistry, or general geology," Condie says. "The book is also intended as a reference for Earth scientists from a variety of disciplines."
Mantle Plumes and Their Record in Earth History, which was published by Cambridge University Press, currently is available in bookstores in both hardbound and paperbound editions.
Condie has taught at New Mexico Tech since 1970. His previous textbook Plate Tectonics and Crustal Evolution, which is widely used in upper division and graduate courses in the Earth sciences, was first published in 1976 and has gone through four editions -- the most recent in 1997.
Condie also is the author of Archean Greenstone Belts, and co-author of a beginning textbook in geology, Origin and Evolution of Earth: Principals of Historical Geology. In addition, Condie is the author of the interactive CD-ROM, Plate Tectonics and How the Earth Works and the editor of two books, Proterozoic Crustal Evolution and Archean Crustal Evolution.


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Wisconsin DNR to start deer management program
MADISON (AP) — State wildlife officials say they'll start enrolling landowners in their new local deer management assistance program later this month.
The program offers three levels of participation. Any landowner can get free habitat and herd management information and invitations to regional deer management meetings and workshops. Landowners with at least 160 acres can get cheaper antlers tags, on-site visits from Department of Natural Resources staff and a property management plan for three years for $75. Property owners with at least 640 acres can get all those benefits as well help with population monitoring, habitat evaluations and additional site visits for three years for $150.
Landowners can start enrolling through the agency's website on April 29. People interested in the second and third participation levels must apply by May 30.


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Former Guidelines for Assignment of Cases to Kings County Supreme Court Commercial Division
Note: What Follows Are Former Guidelines of The Commercial Division In Kings County; They Are No Longer In Effect.
These guidelines apply to RJIs filed on commercial cases on or after December 2, 2002.
In general, the Commercial Division of the Kings County Supreme Court will entertain commercial and business disputes in which a party seeks compensatory damages totaling $50,000 or more (exclusive of punitive damages, interests, costs and attorney fees).
A Request for Judicial Intervention which is marked "Commercial" and is accompanied by a "Commercial Division Certification" identifying the nature of the lawsuit and the reason for the assignment to the Commercial Division will initially be assigned to a Commercial Division Part. The Certification requires verification by counsel that the case meets the eligibility requirements set forth in these Rules. A complete set of pleadings must accompany such certification and be annexed to the RJI.
Justices of the Commercial Division are empowered to transfer cases out of the Commercial Division which in their judgment do not fall within the eligibility requirements set forth in these Rules. A Commercial Division Judge may order a transfer notwithstanding that a party has described the case as commercial. An Order will be issued stating the reason for such transfer. A party claiming to be aggrieved by such transfer may seek review by letter application to the Administrative Judge (two pages maximum including a copy of the Commercial Division Justice's Order with a copy to all parties). If such application to the Administrative Judge is not made within ten days of notification of the transfer order or the denial of transfer, the decision of the Commercial Division Judge becomes final. The order of the Administrative Judge is final and subject to no further review or appeal.
A case already pending in a non-commercial IAS part may be transferred into the Commercial Division upon application to the assigned IAS Judge and with the consent of a Commercial Division Judge within three months of the initial RJI. Any objections to such transfer must be raised before the IAS Judge who will rule thereon in consultation with a Commercial Division Justice or the Administrative Judge. Review of the IAS Judge's decision may be obtained by application to the Administrative Judge in writing on notice to all parties within ten days of entry. Thereafter, the decision of the IAS Judge becomes final.
Business and Commercial actions in which the principal claims involve the following matters will be presumptively retained in the Commercial Division provided that the monetary threshold has been met:
Business Corporation Law
- Shareholder derivative actions.
- Dissolution or liquidation of corporations, professional corporations and limited liability corporations.
- Actions involving liability and indemnity of corporate directors and officers.
- Actions involving the internal affairs of corporations, such as voting and inspection rights of shareholders or directors, authorization of corporate acts or interpretations of articles or by-laws.
- Actions involving appointment of a receiver of property of domestic or qualified foreign corporations.
- Breach of contract, fraud or misrepresentation actions involving:
- Purchase or sale of securities.
- Purchase or sale of the assets of a business or merger, consolidation or recapitalization of a business.
- Providing of goods or services by or to a business entity.
- Partnership, shareholder or joint venture agreements.
- Franchise, distribution or licensing agreements.
Partnership Law
- Actions involving general and limited partnerships.
Uniform Commercial Code
- Transactions governed by the Uniform Commercial Code (exclusive of those concerning individual co-op units).
Other Commercial Matters
- Actions involving employment agreements, trade secrets, restrictive covenants or employee incentive or retirement plans in which business or commercial issues predominate.
- Declaratory judgment actions and third party indemnification claims by or against insurance companies where the underlying cause of action is contract in nature or would otherwise fall within these guidelines.
- Commercial class actions.
- Professional malpractice involving commercial or business matters.
- Complicated environmental insurance litigation.
- Commercial bank transactions.
The following will presumptively be transferred out of the Division even if the monetary threshold is met:
- Suits to set professional fees.
- Attorney or medical malpractice actions.
- Real estate foreclosures even if they involve commercial buildings and commercial parties.
- Discharge, modification, or foreclosure of mechanics' or other liens.
- Discrimination cases except when part of or under the terms of a contract.
- Consumer collection matters.
- Products liability claims including claims based upon warranty of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular use.
- Proceedings to enforce a judgment regardless of the nature of the underlying dispute.
- Cases seeking a declaratory judgment as to insurance coverage for a personal injury or property damage action.
- Landlord tenant matters, Yellowstone Injunctions, purchase, sale or lease of, or security interest in commercial real property or personal property, and other real estate disputes.
- First party insurance claims and actions by insurers to collect premiums or rescind policies.
[Revised April 1, 2004, by replacement of previous third through sixth (unnumbered) paragraphs with current third through fifth paragraphs.]


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BRISTOL — The Sodbusters Horseshoe Club, based in the rustic Case Street Community Club facility in Middlebury for the past four decades, will soon be moving up Route 116 to the Bristol Recreational Field, behind the American Legion.
"We are very sad to leave," said club president Debra Brown of their Case Street location, where the Sodbusters have been based since 1970. "At the same time, I think it will turn out to be a good thing."


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It's time for another of Randy Seaver's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenges!
Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible! music) is to:
1) What genealogy fun have you had this week? What is your genealogy highlight of the week? It could be finding a new ancestor, reading a new genealogy book, hearing a speaker at a seminar or society program, watching a webinar or Hangout On Air, or anything else that you have enjoyed.
2) Tell us about it in a blog post on your own blog, in a comment to this post, or in a Google Plus or Facebook post.
This week I met with a friend who recently joined the Daughters of the American Revolution to see what proofs of lineage she used for her membership application. She showed me the book she had used and explained the types of proofs preferred. It seems that wills, marriage records, and even census forms are commonly used.
Returning home, I began a list of what I would need to assemble. Most of what I need would come from two places. The records are in Boone County, Indiana and Jasper County, Illinois. Then I remembered that on a trip to Illinois ten years ago, my husband and I stopped in Jasper County for a couple of days so we could visit the cemetery his ancestors were buried in and visit the courthouse. It was my first courthouse trip and I was able to copy some records. Today I checked my files and some of what I copied ten years ago were the two wills I need for the DAR application! How do you top that for fun!


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Tonight at 8:39 PM there was a magnitude 5.0 earquake centered about 1.5 miles from my house.
My collection did not fare well. It was the FIRST things to start tumbling.
I'm sure this will also be the scene in my office in the morning to stay tuned for part 2 tomorrow.
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nothing fell at my place but i live in silverlake
i am still waiting for the day when it all comes crashing down
but hay look at it this way it gives you a chance to do a new setup
Aw, man… I see one of your Luthors lost a leg, hope the rest of the damage was minimal.
And even though I have logical arguments like the job market and cost of living, the safety of my action figures and statues is the real reason I say no when my girlfriend mentions wanting to move to California.
Man, first and foremost, I hope you and your GF, daughter and family are safe and sound.
Second, OH THE HUMANITY…!!!
Yeah isn't your JLUs at work? I'd imagine they're all on the floor.
Ouch – glad you're safe. But sorry about the mess. What a pain.
Oooh, that's rough, but glad you weren't hurt.
I display my 25th anniversary Joes on a window ledge above my JLU display, and when we opened the windows for the first time in the spring a massive thunderstorm forced the Joes to take out the entire Justice League. It was a total mess – but not as bad as your pics – my sympathies!
So how was the office setup?!?
The office set up was surprisingly OK. The only JLU figure to fall over was John Stewart Green Lantern and the only figure that fell was my Junn Planning Jack Skellington. I would have thought there would be equal carnage at work as there was at home, but home was much closer to the center of the quake.
The office set up was surprisingly OK. The only JLU figure to fall over was John Stewart Green Lantern and the only figure that fell to the floor was my Junn Planning Jack Skellington. I would have thought there would be equal carnage at work as there was at home, but home was much closer to the center of the quake.
First of all, glad to hear you and your relatives are ok.
About the figures, I see some of the figures seem to have missed a limb. Hope it can be fixed, (specially that SP Parademon arm, but that's only my innate preference for Super Powers toys).
Funny enough, in times of 'crisis' some new abilities emerge. In my case I had never dared to crack-open a figure body until a Toy Biz Avengers' Scarlet Witch felt down and lost a leg. Needed 3 hours of hip surgery operation, half of the time figuring out how to crack the body open, and more than 30 minutes finding out how to fix it. And I did, and actually the result is so good you would not notice.
If you think that us, crazy customers, may be of any help, post images of the broken parts and for sure we will find solutions.
P.S. Now that I think, I have a DC Direct Antimonitor waiting for the same hip surgery. Mmmm… should schedule it one of these days.
My condolences, This is every Californian collector's greatest fear realized! I share your pain brother. I bet the Kenner figures don't have more then a some paint scratching, but I'm sure the Mattel and DC Direct stuff are probably all banged up. Reminds me of 94 when so much shit was broken and shattered, but even when the TV landed on my Star Trek Bridge playset that thing still did not break! It came apart, but other then some stress marks on the plastic connecting bits, the playset had no broken parts. These days We pay twice as much for the same toys, but only get half the quality we did as children.
I was afraid something like this might happen to fellow area collectors. Lucky thing you guys are safe, but sorry to see this mess. I really felt that quake rumble through and we're all still jittery over here. There's still a 50% chance of an aftershock according to some sources.
My stuff is displayed on two large acrylic wall cases, but the Super Powers one crashed down by itself one time, so in Cali you never really know.
Half of my DC Direct figures fall down on a regular basis and I don't live anywhere near a fault line. Welcome to my world, Marx!
Grrrr…. 4.1 aftershock. MORE stuff fell. Sounds like a few of my custom Super Powers fell and broke. 🙁
Hey Daniel!
Let me know if you need me to fix any of the Super Powers customs. Free of charge of course.:)
Whatever happened to that wire and pulley system that was suggested a few years back on the DCD board? Sure, a collection like yours might end up looking like a giant spider web but everything would still be standing. Just a thought.
Deepest condolences. Try to have fun rearranging them.
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Jason Aldean's 2013 Concert for the Cure to Benefit New Orleans Susan G. Komen Affiliate
Jason Aldean is painting New Orleans pink!
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month and country megastar Aldean is once again doing his part to help support the effort and to take up the cause. The singer's eighth annual Concert for the Cure will take place on Friday, Oct. 25 at the New Orleans stop of his sold-out Night Train Tour.
Throughout the year, the singer sets aside 50 cents from each concert ticket sold and then selects one show in October and donates all the proceeds to the local Susan G. Komen affiliate in the market in which he is performing. Last year, he donated in Dallas. This year, he's handing the charity pot over to New Orleans.
Aldean is not random regarding his choice of city in which to donate. There's a reason he selected NOLA.
"Last year the Komen New Orleans team needed a little over $1 million to meet all their needs, but they were only able to fund about half of that," Aldean said in a press statement. "If we raise the half a million that we did last year in Dallas, we'll be able to help these women meet their goal and provide the services the town needs. I can't wait to see an arena full of pink in support of such a great cause!"
Aldean began his Concert for the Cure shows after losing a friend to the disease. Now, he does his part every year!


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VANCOUVER — Two months ago, Tae Oum booked a regular Air Canada flight from Vancouver to Los Angeles.
He paid about $90 more than the cheapest fare available, hoping to use Aeroplan points to upgrade to an even higher seating category.
But when he arrived at the airport for the May 1 flight, he discovered the service had been switched to the airline's low-cost Air Canada rouge carrier, which offers about two to three inches less leg room — or pitch — than regular Air Canada economy seating.
"I was not happy," said Oum, an aviation industry expert and professor at the University of B.C. Sauder School of Business. "The flight was fine but the gentleman beside me had real problems with the leg room and even for me — a short guy (at five feet, seven inches) — it was pretty tight."
The Canadian Transportation Agency is investigating nine complaints from people who booked mainline Air Canada flights but then got switched to rouge, which was launched last summer and introduced to the Vancouver market this year.
Online consumer airline review site Skytrax contains several posts from passengers upset by having to fly the low-cost carrier and some even complain about having been "rouged."
In-flight entertainment on rouge flights can only be accessed by passengers who bring their own laptops or Apple devices or rent one for the flight. Customers can rent an iPad for $10 while complimentary iPads are available for passengers who pay for the higher-priced Premium rouge service.
Oum said Air Canada might have sent him an email notifying him of the switch to rouge before his scheduled May 1 departure but he doesn't regularly open emails from "commercial entities."
The airline said in a statement it tries to contact ticket holders on routes that have been transferred to Air Canada rouge.
"We make every effort to contact customers who had already purchased tickets for Air Canada mainline flights in order to inform them about their upcoming Air Canada rouge flight," the airline said.
Oum understands the need for Air Canada to operate a low-cost carrier to better compete with other similar airlines in the market. But he questions the move to switch flights for customers who had booked tickets for regular Air Canada service.
"I don't think they should change flights like that after they have sold tickets," Oum said. "They have different classes of fares and people have certain expectations when they book … I think the airline should at least refund any fare differences and apologize for any confusion. I would at least like a credit toward a future flight."
Air Canada said passengers who have been switched to rouge and don't want to use the airline can contact Air Canada reservations for a full refund.
"Any customers with feedback about their Air Canada rouge flights are always welcome to contact Air Canada Customer Relations, who considers each case on an individual basis," the airline's statement said.
The airline said that since the launch of rouge in July 2013, it has received "very few such concerns — less than one per cent of all Air Canada rouge customers flown."


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We start off our journey just being philanthropical and showing off the iPad to people who haven't seen it. No time to go to the Apple store? By all means, take a look.
Things devolved quickly. And then...(super NSFW)
...this happened.
We decided we needed a bit of Adam Frucci to lighten the mood. To erase the taste of penis from our mouths, so to speak. He was happy to oblige.
Then we discovered that showing boobs to GET boobs does not work.
Kyle celebrates his chatroulette accomplishments.
Maybe tempting participants with someone else would work?
Ha, old people.
"I'm not amused"
Kyle did a good job manning the keyboard.
Even he got an iPad.
We felt like we had to give people proper warning.
This one's from Kyle's private collection. I'm not sure how it got mixed in with these photos.


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According to a tweet from the Montreal police:
D.Markuze was arrested for social media harassment (breach of probation). Thanks to those who helped with the investigation
#Mabus #SPVM
Think it will stick this time?
Here is today's Montreal Gazette article on the arrest.
And here is an amazingly detailed article by Tim Farley with the full timeline of what it's taken to get the Montreal authorities to take the whole Markuze situation seriously.


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Judge Reggie B. Walton
September 2012: Average Prison Sentence
District Court - Washington, D.C.
Referring Agency: District of Columbia
Lead Charge: Withheld by govt from TRAC (FOIA challenge pending)
For all cases disposed of in the current fiscal year (2012) that were credited to Judge Reggie B. Walton in the District of Washington, D.C., the average prison sentence was 55.0 months, when looking only at cases referred by the District of Columbia with a lead charge of "Withheld by govt from TRAC (FOIA challenge pending)". During the current fiscal year, Judge Reggie B. Walton has sentenced 4 defendants compared with 6 defendants during the twelve months of the previous fiscal year.
Over the last five years, the average prison sentence imposed on defendants that were credited to Judge Walton was 42.2 months. This was 32.7% lower than the 62.7 months typical in Washington, D.C. and 32.6% lower than the 62.7 months average prison sentence for the nation. Judge Reggie B. Walton sentenced 18 defendants during the past five years.
(CAUTION: The kinds of cases handled by individual judges influences statistical information about their sentences. It therefore is important to consider the breakdown of cases that each has handled, available below, when making judge-by-judge comparisons.)
Figure 1 compares Judge Walton's numbers to those for judges in this district and in the United States as a whole for cases of this type over the last five years.
During the last five years there were 13 other judges in the District of Washington, D.C. with information on convictions during that period. Average prison sentence numbers passed down for those judges ranged from 22.3 months to 193.9 months, putting Judge Walton's average prison sentence of 42.2 months at the lower end of the range. The average prison sentence for the whole District of Washington, D.C. during that time was 62.7 months.
Professional Biography
Born 1949 in North Charleroi, PA
Federal Judicial Service
Judge, U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Nominated by George W. Bush on , to a seat vacated by Stanley Sporkin; Confirmed by the Senate on September 21, 2001, and received commission on September 24, 2001.
West Virginia State College, B.A., 1971
American University Washington College of Law, J.D., 1974
Professional Career:
Staff attorney, Defender Association of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1974-1976
Assistant U.S. attorney and executive assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1976-1981
Associate judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1981-1989
Associate director, Office of National Drug Control Policy, 1989-1991
Senior White House Advisor for Crime, Executive Office of the President, 1991
Associate judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1991-2001
Program Areas of Cases Handled
Cases disposed of by Judge Reggie B. Walton for the past five years fell into a number of broad categories. The lead category for these cases was Withheld by Govt from TRAC accounting for 100.0% of cases.
Program Area Judge District US Not specified 100.0% 99.4% 99.4% More
Table 2: Composition of Cases for the Past Five Years (Top 10)
Number of Defendants in Judge Reggie B. Walton's Cases
Case Def. Sentence (Months) Sentencing Date Program Category 1 1 180.00 02/01/12 Withheld by Govt from TRAC (FOIA challenge pending) Details 2 1 40.00 01/27/12 Withheld by Govt from TRAC (FOIA challenge pending) Details 3 1 0.01 01/26/12 Withheld by Govt from TRAC (FOIA challenge pending) Details 4 1 0.00 11/02/11 Withheld by Govt from TRAC (FOIA challenge pending) Details
Table 3: Individual Cases and Defendants Disposed of in Current Fiscal Year


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Our very own street-shooting woman, Crystal Nicodemus, sent home a fresh batch of menswear from the bustling avenues of Paris Fashion Week. What's the scene like on the ground over there? In Crystal's words— "Summary: Soooooooooooo cold! Really, truly freezing." That didn't stop her from snagging shot after shot, between snow flurries, of well-turned-out runway patrons; in fact, all the better for capturing a wide cross-section of killer coats. DBs seem to be reigning supreme, with pops of orange and plaid making appearances. Scroll down to see for yourself—and in case you missed it, catch Crystal's previous post featuring Kanye West, Tommy Ton, Scott Schuman of The Sartorialist and many more.
These two are ahead of the curve on emerging runway trends like turtlenecks and oversized outerwear.
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This walking work of art looks like it came straight off a runway.
(In case you haven't noticed, wearing your coat like a cape is the new killing it in 2013.)
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John Parsons' Homebuilt '67 Nova Is At Once Remarkably Complex And Utterly Simple.
We chatted with John Parsons in the main hall at the 2006 PRI show in Orlando, Florida. We stood away from his chilling blue bomber, watching and commenting on clots of flabby and suave alike, as they ransacked it with nervous eyes and flighty, meaningless comments. But John's car is always about much, much more than meets the eye. It's a subtle dog, but the cues are there-and once you discover one of them, it leads to all the rest.
This story is about that kind of thing: like a K-bar knife-with its leather handle stacked like a boot heel juxtaposed against its flat, black killing surface-John's car is an immaculately simple design meant for only one thing. The Nova is definitely polarizing, and it is certainly for more than one purpose. It also appears to be the issue of any one of the hobby's current high-dollar darlings (Boyd, Foose, Trepanier, and others). But it isn't. It was built in a home garage by a hot rodder next door with inordinate desire, a sound perspective, and a learn-as-you-go attitude. All the more incredible is that John drives it for real-as in full-out through the esses at Road Atlanta.
"I've owned dozens of hot rods-Novas, Camaros, Corvettes, Mustangs, GTOs, V-8 Vegas, and more. I've never been one to buy a car and leave it alone. I've always lusted after the high-end custom-built cars," John pipes. "I've been a magazine reader all my life, and I dug how simple pieces of metal could be cut and hammered and welded into useful car parts. I particularly liked reading the fabrication sequences, always thinking that I could do what I read about. I bought a nice '66 Nova with a TPI engine and automatic transmission. I was going to upgrade it over time to the car I really wanted: one of those Trepanier supercars, like 'Sniper' or 'Intruder.'"
Then John stumbled over his destiny, right there on the Mac's CRT screen. He found the Art Morrison Web site, and ordered a catalog, reading it hundreds of times. He saved to buy one of its chassis, but realized that if he wanted to build the car anytime soon, he'd have to sell the Nova for seed money. John bought Morrison's rails, complete with a street rod front and rear suspension, as well as a bare body for about what he sold the Nova for. Now he had a shiny new chassis, a carcass he'd hauled out of somebody's shed, and no money.
For all John knew, the plan was proceeding right on schedule. He bought a refurbished Lincoln MIG welder from Home Depot, and began practicing-effectually decimating the poor Nova, and cutting out the floor, trunk, wheelwells, and firewall. When he was confident enough, he welded the body to the Morrison frame. Then John bought a take-out LS motor with a couple of spun rod bearings-at least the block was good enough to fabricate motor mounts. He copped a Viper T56 on eBay, and used it to make the first transmission crossmember.
Next, John stepped up to a TIG welder, and used it on the Morrison rollcage, plotting what he'd need to make the headers and exhaust system so that he could finish the floor panels. Then his whole world went up in a mushroom cloud: he discovered Pro-Touring.com, where a bunch of like-minded guys celebrate full-bore race-inspired suspensions, 500hp motors, air-conditioned interiors, and show car exteriors.
"Here was the blueprint to building a supercar, all laid out with help from dozens of people who had built stuff themselves, knew somebody who did, or knew where to buy such stuff," John says. "And best of all, these cars were designed to be driven hard. It was like giving water to someone lost in the desert."
John began reading about a different kind of car builder-Mark Stielow-and discovered that his "Red Witch" and "Thrasher" were really what he wanted to be building. His old plans disintegrated faster than the stitching in a Tijuana tuck and roll job, and he made new friends who helped him understand the ethic-especially Steve Chryssos, who piqued his awareness and schooled him on the finer points of style (not to be confused with styling). What is the II Much Nova, then? How about a car with honest-to-Pete 1g-plus lateral acceleration and enough grunt under the hood to make your head ache. It's a road racer that looks like a hit man.
Wow! John ditched the first suspension, and put in a custom-designed system that grew from his new Web site pals, Brain Schein and Katz Tsubai. Poof! Thousands of dollars and months flew by. John now needed better brakes. And more money. And more power. He'd gone through two motors before he laid bread on Wegner Automotive Research to build the 427, and he was going to do the bodywork and paint himself. He then deemed his talents too thin to do it right, so he commissioned Pro-Touring's David Sloan for some serious help.
Unlike a lot of people, John is sincere. He believes in karma. Therefore, he'd be remiss if he didn't thank those who were most kind to him along his path. Lunati and Holley extended their rotating assembly, camshaft, and EFI hardware. Auto Meter sent gauges and ancillaries. Wegner Automotive Research built the engine, supplied its accessory dress and cylinder heads, and porked it on their dynamometer. Stainless Works and Al Noe redid the original system in stainless steel. Wilwood supplied the brakes, master cylinders, and remote pedal assembly. Pirelli stood up with its race-oriented rubber. Moser Engineering laid out the aluminum center section and axle shafts. Ididit blessed him with a steering column, Ron Davis a dual-fan radiator core, and Art Morrison delivered the rails, rollcage, and axle housing.
Pretty side up, John is grateful for Road Killer Customs' (Canton, Georgia) bodywork, PPG Blue with metallic black exterior and interior paint, and the Global Finishing downdraft paint booth they did it in. Prodigy Customs (Apopka, Florida) helped during the final assembly, touch-up, and EFI, and finishing the interior was a lot easier with help from 1 Off Rides (Kissimmee, Florida). Finally, Mike Norris at Norris Motorsports (also of Apopka) did the engine tuning and set up the clutch.
Most people change their stuff out after the car's been done. Not John. He did it on the run. He made three fuel tanks, redid the tranny crossmember twice, and replaced the front 'cage tubes and rear seat frame twice. With help from Stainless Works, he also built another set of headers.
"In the end," John says, "I went through three engines, two transmissions, three rear suspensions, three fuel tanks, two rear seats, three front seats, three pedal setups, two EFI controllers, two intake manifolds, two hoods, two sets of wheels, two sets of brakes, and 1.5 rollcages. Luckily, my wife blames Pro-Touring.com-not me!"
On top of it all, John has probably made automotive history with the II Much Nova: it represents a high watermark for a homebuilt hot rod that is, after all, really much more than that.
By The Numbers
'67 Chevy Nova
John Parsons, 47 * Winter Springs, FLVehicle weight with driver: 3,300 poundsApproximate cost to build: $78,000
|GM Gen III 427 (4.125 bore x 4.0 stroke)
|GM LS2 block (PN 12568950), re-sleeved to 4.125 bore
|Compression ratio:
|GM C5 6-quart pan, oil pump, and pick-up; windage tray
|Rotating assembly:
|Lunati 4.0-inch stroke crankshaft, 6.125-inch Lunati Pro Mod forged steel connecting rods, Lunati pistons and rings
|Cylinder heads:
|GM LS6, Wegner Automotive Research CNC-porting with hand blending, 234cc intake runners, COMP valvesprings and titanium retainers
|Lunati Voodoo hydraulic roller (.599/.601-inch lift, 232/238 degrees at 0.050), GM timing gears and chain
|GM roller lifters, pushrods, roller rocker arms
|GMPP single-plane carb-style manifold, 1,000-cfm Holley throttle body, Holley 42 lb/hr injectors, Holley engine sensors, Aeromotive A1000 electric fuel pump, custom-baffled 5052 aluminum fuel tank, FAST XFI controller
|FAST eDIST
|John Parsons custom headers, 1.75×32-inch primaries with Stainless Works merge collectors, 3-inch stainless system, Parsons custom X-pipe, one-off Stainless Works mufflers and diffuser tips
|Built by:
|Wegner Automotive Research, Markesan, WI
|Tremec TKO-600 five-speed (road race version)
|GM aluminum with custom adapter plate
|GM LS6 with Howe throw-out bearing
|Mark Williams custom 4130 chrome-moly, 1350-series yokes
|Rear axle:
|Ford 9 inch, narrowed and straightened by Art Morrison
|Detroit Locker
|Axles and gears:
|Moser 35-spline axles,
|Torino-style ends, 3.25:1 ring-and-pinion
|Front suspension:
|custom designed by Katz Tsubai, Brian Schein billet 7075 spindles, QA1 Proma-Star coilovers with Lensing springs, Schein-Parsons custom 4130 tubular (1.00x.083) upper control arms with needle bearing bushings, Schein-Parsons custom tubular lower control arms with Delrin-moly bushings, Stock Car Products modular Cup-style sway bar, Tony Woodward custom rack, Howe Racing ball joints
|Rear suspension:
|Three-link design by Katz Tsubai, QA1 coilovers with Lensing springs, 3/4-inch Morrison antisway bar, Parsons-built control arms and adjustable Panhard, QA1 rod ends
|Front brakes:
|Wilwood 14-inch modular disc, six-piston Dynalite radial mount caliper, braided lines, Wilwood master cylinder, balance bar, and remote pedal assembly
|Rear brakes:
|Wilwood 12-inch discs with integral parking brake
|Wheels & Tires
|Kinesis K28 18×9, front; 18×11, rear
|Pirelli PZero Corsa 265/ZR35x18, front; 315/ZR30x18, rear


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Warning: This has nothing to do with family history except for the fact I propose an interesting way to use Twitter for the next scanfest.
Since I still think that Twitter is just a big single-channel chat room, I thought it might be a great way to run scanfest. For those who don't know, scanfest is the once-a-month multi-user chat event that brings genealogists together as they go through the mundane task of scanning old photos and documents. It's on the last Sunday of every month and usually hosted by @kidmiff (Miriam Robins Midkiff of the Ancestories blog).
In the past scanfest has been run on several platforms with varying success. And here's why I think Twitter will be very successful:
- Anyone can join.
- No limitation on number of particpants.
- Get genealogists more involved in Twitter.
- Twitter is searchable and might lead to new relative connections somewhere down the road.
- Immediately archived, so if someone is late and want to catch up they can.
- People can get updates on their mobile devices even if they can't participate.
Now some of you might think I've lost my mind because the standard Twitter web site is static and requries constant refreshing. But there are some excellent tools out there that will allow for really easy chatting:
- Twitterfall - This site really turns twitter into a chat client. The beauty is in the filtering capabilities. If you just add #scanfest to your filter n the left you will only see tweets about scanfest! You can control how quickly the tweets fall down the screen by setting the speed on the right as well as animation effect, theme and other settings. You can retweet, reply, favorite, direct message and follow new users!
- Twitpic - A simple photo sharing site for Twitter users. If you want to share one of your recently scanned images, just twitpic it and add the #scanfest tag and everyone can see it!
- TweetDeck - Tweetdeck is an Adobe Air Twitter desktop application that lets you monitor several columns of info and apply filters and setting to each one. You can open up a @relpies column to see if someone was replying to you specifically. You can also submit an image to Twitpic right out of TweetDeck as well.
I'm sure there are other methods that can be used, but these are just my initial thoughts. I'm sure Thomas will have something to say about this topic :-)
Well that's it. That was my idea. I have never actually participated in scanfest, because it's on a weekend and during time I usually spend with family, but I thought this would be a great way to do it. And basically this could be a way to do any sort of group chat. The only drawback is that people who post their tweets to facebook might annoy their followers there. But one way to get over that is to use @scanfest at the start of your tweet or some other method to avoid it from updating facebook. I'm just thinking out loud at this point.
What do you think?
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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
The Jerusalem-based Caspari Center presented an interesting selection of articles from the Hebrew press in which Israelis continued to grapple with what far too many still see as "suspicious" support from the Christian world.
In the first, which appeared in the daily Makor Rishon, journalist Ariel Shenbal lauded the outspoken support for Israel by "Christian Zionists." Like many Israelis, Shenbal was beside himself that after so many centuries of persecution by the Church, so many Christians today express such overwhelming lover and support for the Jews and their state.
But the article concluded with one Israeli involved in making connections with Christians informing Shenbal that precautions must be taken for avoiding those Christians with an ulterior motive, in particular "Christian missionary cults like the 'Messianic Jews.'"
The second article appeared in the weekly religious magazine Shvi'i and highlighted the ongoing and escalating debate among Israeli religious groups over whether or not it is proper to accept money from Christian supporters.
As one rabbi told the magazine: "The people of Israel naturally recoil from Christianity because of two thousand years of persecution. … That's why [the Christians'] tendency is to gain our trust, and they do that through money. They have long-term goals. All these groups are in some way connected to the mission."
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05.30.07 Fast BreaksPosted by rtmsf on May 30th, 2007
A lot of piled-up news to get to today…
- The biggest story: Brandon Rush tore his ACL, withdrew from the NBA Draft, will have surgery this week, and will likely be ready to play at KU next season. The 07–08 Jayhawks just got a lot better.
- Florida A&M's coach Mike Gillespie was placed on paid leave after his recent arrest on misdemeanor stalking charges. Wait, the FAMU coach is white??
- Apparently Glen "Big Baby" Davis has slimmed his way to 280 lbs for the NBA Draft workouts… begging the question, why wasn't he using this regimen throughout his career at LSU?
- Greg Oden and Kevin Durant were asked to join Team USA – size up your bronzes now, boys.
- Dane Bradshaw wrote a book ("Vertical Leap") about his senior season at Tennessee, which of course presupposes that Vol fans can actually read the thing.
- In an espn.com piece by Pat Forde, we learned that Arkansas is actually paying three head basketball coaches at the same time. Does George Steinbrenner run the Hawgs now? Nah, just the very recently retired Frank Broyles, another senile 80-year old.
- After years of vile homerism, John Feinstein commits treason in Monday's Washington Post – Coach K's dark angels are already moving into the DC area on a seek-and-destroy mission. A must-read for all Duke haters.
- Oh, and Maryland fans hate Duke also. We particularly enjoyed the Jon Scheyer portion.
- Some industrious UCLA fans paid homage to uber-scrub Michael Roll in an epic video.
- Finally, we reserve a moment of silence for the Charlotte Coliseum, the site of many outstanding ACC Tournament battles as well as the 1994 Final Four. It will be destroyed on Sunday.


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10. Only uses a WiFi network – does NOT support 3G. You can stream across the internet by using Port Forwarding – please contact the developer for help doing this;
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This article provides a quick-start example for importing JDBC Metadata into Designer to create a relational model, creating a VDB from that model as well as deploying and executing SQL queries via a JDBC connection through your Teiid VDB.
This guide assumes you have at least one JDBC data source available including type, driver jars, URL and other necessary connection information.
Install JBoss AS, Teiid & Teiid Designer
Install Jboss AS Server 5.1 (or greater)
Install Teiid 7.4 FINAL into the "../server/default" directory
Drop your JDBC driver jars into "../server/default/lib" directory. This will include the jars you used to Select while importing and creating JDBC Sources in Designer's JDBC Importer and the same jars you'll need when defining DTP Connection Profiles.
Open console window, navigate to AS install directory's "bin" directory
Start the server with ./run.sh
- Install Teiid Designer 7.4 into your Eclipse 3.6 or above
If you don't have a database with schema and data defined, you can download the Parts Example and import into your workspace via "Import > General > Existing Projects into Workspace" and choose the "Select as archive file" option. This example comes with a readme.html to guide you through the database set-up steps as well as some of the steps described below.
Create Relational Model
Launch Eclipse, open "Designer" perspective and create New > Model Project
Select "File >Import" and select "Metadata from JDBC" option
Select "Connection Profiles..." button to launch New Connection Profile (CP) wizard (DTP).
Note you can also create CP's in DTP's Database Development Perspective.
You'll need to get familiar with this perspective because it is the view where you will create Teiid JDBC Source connections to your VDB's in order to query data (replaces SQL Explorer).
Each CP will required setting selecting the "Driver" jar(s). They should be the same jars you dropped into Teiid's install "/lib" folder during Teiid installation.
After creating or selecting existing CP, hit "Next" and continue with importing as usual
After importing, The model will be modified to include the connection profile properties used during import.
Note: You can change the model's connection profile info by selecting a model then right-click select "Modeling > Set Connection Profile" action.
Create Teiid server Instance
Right-click in Teiid view and select "New Teiid Instance"
Provide valid Admin URL information (Default URL for Teiid is "mms://localhost:31443")
- Specify Host (default = localhost)
- Specify Port Number (default = 31443)
- Specify User Name (default = "admin")
- Specify Password (default = "admin")
- This connection will be used by Designer to Add/Remove data-sources required for setting up valid VDB's and for deploy and undeploy your VDB's you wish to test.
Provide valid JDBC URL information (Default URL for Teiid is "mms://localhost:31000")
- Specify Host (default = localhost)
- Specify Port Number (default = 31000)
- Specify User Name (default = "user")
- Specify Password (default = "user")
- This connection info will be used to set up JDBC connections to perform JDBC data queries to VDB's deployed on your Teiid server instance.
Hit FINISH
Initial Teiid View should contain your new Teiid server instance.
The Teiid view default contents will include any VDB's deployed to this server instance and any of your specific "workspace" Data Sources.
Data Sources are the "JCA-compatible Connection Factory" xml configuration components required for Teiid to create the necessary connections to query data at run-time.
Preview your data
Though your final deployable artifacts will be VDBs containing your modeled metadata, you can preview your data through your metadata models without creating VDBs. To preview data:
- Select a table or procedure in a relational model in the Model Explorer
- Right-click select the "Modeling > Preview Data" action (or select the running man in the Model Explorer toolbar)
- Results are displayed in the SQL Results view provided by the Data Tools framework.
Create Data Source connection in Teiid
In order for a VDB to be executable, a Data Source (Connection Factory) needs to be deployed in the ".../server/default/deploy" directory. This will be in the form of "xxxx-ds.xml". You can manage these items via JON/JOPR console.
We've provided an action, "Modeling > Create Data Source" to assist you in quickly creating compatible DS's on your local Teiid Server.
The "Create Data Source" wizard displays your referenced connection profile, a default name (name of source model) and the connection properties that will be used to create the new data source.
This action should result in a new Data Source artifact showing as deployed to Teiid.
Create VDB
Select a Relational Model and choose "New > Virtual Database"
This will automatically add the Model to the VDB
You can still select project or nothing and create Empty VDB.
VDB Editor opens and contains your model (or empty)
Add model to VDB Editor if empty
You should have one row in the top table and have the "Translator" name and "JNDI" names populated.
If the Translator name is empty, enter an appropriate name from your Teiid view reflecting the DB your imported from ("oracle", "sqlserver", "derby", etc..) or select table row for model and right-click select the "Change Translator" action. This will display a simple tree view of your servers containing available Translators. Select a Translator and hit OK.
Next you will need to supply a valid JNDI name for a Data Source (Connection Factory) on the server you wish to deploy your VDB to.
If you used the "Create Data Source" option above for your local Teiid and chose the default model name, the JNDI name should be set to this same default value.
If you customized your data source name, select the table row for the source model and right-click select "Change JNDI Data Source" action. Select the appropriate Data Source and hit OK.
If you wish, you can also look in "...server/default/deploy" folder for the generated xxxx-ds.xml file. The file name will contain the Test Project name, folder names and end with the Model Name + -ds.xml. Copy all but the -ds.xml and paste into the JNDI name field for your source model
Save the VDB
Execute VDB
Select VDB in Model Explorer and right-click select "Modeling > Execute VDB" action.
- This action should result in the VDB being deployed to your default server and a connection profile created/opened in the Eclipse Database Development perpective.
- Note: This action will deploy the VDB to the "Default" server. If you have more than one server, the user is required to keep only one of the servers as the Default. You can change it by selecting a non-default Teiid server and right-click select "Set As Default" action.
- This action should result in the VDB being deployed to your default server and a connection profile created/opened in the Eclipse Database Development perpective.
Querying your VDB
Select your new Teiid connection in Data Source Explorer
Right-click select "Open SQL Scrapbook"
Enter "Select * FROM PARTS" (or your favorite table), add criteria if you wish to narrow the query's scope.
Note: if you are federating data with multiple sources or have similarly named tables, you'll need to fully qualify the table names (I.e. SELECT * FROM PartsView.PARTS)
Select the text and right-click select "Execute Selected Text"
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Wimbledon: Will Murray stamp his class in tennis' 'golden era'?
There will be an unfamiliar whiff of British success in the air at Wimbledon this year when Andy Murray, and thousands of patriotic fans, will try to stop the party-pooping antics of champions Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal.
Tennis's so called 'Big Three' have lorded over Wimbledon ever since Federer won the first of his record-equalling seven titles in 2003, slamming the door shut on any pretender who threatened to gatecrash their invitation-only, VIP party.
Eleven months ago, however, Murray demonstrated that peering in from the outside year after year was no longer an option as he smashed the gilded cage the trio had built around themselves by winning an Olympic gold on the hallowed turf.
Murray's euphoric triumph at the All England Club, albeit at the London Games, offered a glimmer of hope that an end might finally be in sight for Britain's interminable wait for a home-grown men's champion at Wimbledon.
Image: Andy Murray
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Britain a laughing stock for failing to produce a Grand Slam champion
That hope intensified tenfold when Murray hoisted the U.S. Open trophy weeks later with a heart-pumping, nerve-jangling, five-set win over Serbian Djokovic at Flushing Meadows.
That win means that for the first time in 77 years a reigning British male Grand-Slam champion will amble in to the manicured grounds in southwest London when the club throws open its immaculately-painted gates for the start of the 2013 championships on Monday.
The last time such an event occurred was when Fred Perry showed up in 1936 to complete his hat-trick of Wimbledon wins before turning professional.
Since Perry captured the last of his eight Grand-Slam titles at the 1936 U.S. Championships, 286 majors had come and gone without a British men's champion in sight.
Winners emerged from Egypt to Ecuador, from Romania to Mexico, from Croatia to South Africa, from Hungary to Argentina; 22 different nations ruled over all and sundry.
The country that hosts the most famous tennis tournament in the world, however, had effectively become a laughing stock for failing to produce a male champion for more than three-quarters of a century.
Image: Andy Murray of Great Britain lifts the US Open championship trophy in 2012
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'Every year he doesn't win it, there is more and more pressure on Murray'
"What is it? Like, 150,000 years?," Swiss Federer quipped on the eve of beating Murray at the 2010 MelbournePark final.
Murray finally laid those jokes to rest last September and while he is now a bona fide member of what has turned into the 'Big Four' of tennis, experts sounded a word of caution to those expecting a glorious British finale.
"Every year that he doesn't win it, there is more and more pressure on Andy Murray, so it depends on his nerves," former Wimbledon champion Chris Evert said during an ESPN conference call.
The famous four have now won 32 of the last 33 Grand Slams -- it would have been all 33 if Federer had not blown a two-sets-to-one lead against Juan Martin del Potro in the 2009 U.S. Open final -- and so far no-one has come close to ending that reign.
Evert's fellow American John McEnroe said that only the very brave would rule out the chances of World No 1 Djokovic, 17-times Grand Slam champion Federer and 2008 and 2010 winner Nadal.
Image: Andy Murray
Photographs: Julian Finney/Getty Images
'I would pick Djokovic as number one for the title'
At 31, Federer's silky grasscourt craft can still leave younger rivals huffing and puffing, as the luckless Mischa Zverev discovered during a 6-0 6-0 demolition in Halle last week.
Iron-man Djokovic, winner in 2011, relishes the challenge of leaving his opponents gasping while Nadal will be eager to show that last year's astonishing second-round humbling was just a blip in his glittering career.
"The three of them have been unbelievably dominant. They've been incredibly successful. If anything, it should be an incentive to the other guys to break in to the mix. If these guys are too good then more power to them," McEnroe said.
"I would pick Djokovic (as number) one (for the title) and Murray two because he will be a little hungrier having not played the French (Open, through injury).
"Then Roger, because he's still got such a great game for grass but it's so tough to win it back-to-back, especially at his age. Then Rafa as he can't impose his will as easily as he can on claycourts, so I would put him a close fourth."
Image: Novak Djokovic
Photographs: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters
A blockbuster clash could be in the offing as early as the quarters
McEnroe describes eight-times Roland Garros victor Nadal as the "ultimate nightmare on clay" but his presence at Wimbledon could also provide some sleepless nights for his main rivals.
The quartet have long become accustomed to meeting in the last four or in the final of tournaments but with Nadal seeded fifth this year, behind fellow Spaniard David Ferrer, a blockbuster clash could be in the offing as early as the quarter-finals.
Apart from the front runners, players such as Tomas Berdych, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Del Potro and Ferrer all possess the talent and the weapons that could have made them multiple grand-slam winners in any other era. In 2013, they have to be satisfied with being bit-part players in what McEnroe called "a golden era which we should enjoy for as long as we can".


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- Goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema earn Real Madrid a 3-0 win against Sevilla in the Bernabeu
- Barcelona rout Rayo Vallecano 7-0 to keep slim hopes of retaining title alive
- Malaga beat Valencia 1-0 to move up to fourth place
A Karim Benzema brace helped Real Madrid to a 3-0 win over Sevilla on Sunday to edge Jose Mourinho's side one step closer to a first La Liga title in four seasons.
The French striker's goals early in the second half added to Cristiano Ronaldo's 19th minute strike to maintain their seven-point lead at the top of the table with three games remaining.
It was the perfect tonic for Real after they were knocked out of the Champions League on penalties by Bayern Munich on Wednesday.
"It was an important win and the team deserves to be champions as the players have shown their mentality and character," said Aitor Karanka, Real Madrid's assistant coach.
"We will go out looking to win games even when we are the champions, if that happens, as we only have one plan. It will be fantastic to win the league and it is the most important objective at the moment."
Barcelona, who are also coming to terms with a Champions League exit and the impending departure of coach Pep Guardiola, were runaway winners on Saturday beating Rayo Vallecano 7-0.
Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 16th minute which was followed by an own goal by Roberto Correa ten minutes later.
Messi turned provider for Barca's third laying on the ball for Seydou Keita to fire a low shot past Rayo keeper David Cobeno six minutes before the break.
Pedro fired in a rebound after Messi headed against the bar at the start of the second half and Thiago scored a fifth 11 minutes from the end.
Pedro bagged a second three minutes from time but it was left to Lionel Messi to complete the rout as he scored his second in the 90th minute.
Earlier, sixth-placed Atletico Madrid scored in the third minute of injury time to salvage a 2-2 draw at Real Betis, but the result does little to enhance the Europa League finalists' chances of gaining a Champions League spot next season.
Malaga, on the other hand did, beating third place Valencia 1-0 to move into fourth and level on 55 points with Unai Emery's side.
Seventh-placed Athletic Bilbao also lost on Saturday going down 2-0 at second-from-bottom Real Zaragoza.


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It all started in late 2006 when palliative care providers and legal advocates came together in Cape Town, South Africa, to discuss how best to address the needs of patients with life-threatening illness, such as AIDS, TB, or cancer. The palliative care providers spoke of patients desperate to make arrangements for their children's care, anxious about the disposition of their property and their family's future, unable to access needed pain medication, falling into debt and struggling to secure social benefits, grappling with discrimination and violence, and laboring to navigate complex application procedures for identity documents and death certificates. The palliative care providers turned to their legal companions and urged, "Help us become better advocates for our patients." Many of these issues are the bread and butter making up the daily work of legal service providers, and a partnership was born.
In the eloquent words of one of its founders, palliative care focuses on "adding life to the days rather than days to the life." Palliative care aims to improve the quality of life for patients and families facing life-threatening diseases by relieving pain and suffering through physical, psychosocial, and spiritual care. Addressing legal and human rights issues that arise is thus a natural part of palliative care's holistic approach. In South Africa, a country where over 5.54 million people live HIV–more than 10 percent of the population, many of whom are coinfected with TB—it is critical to look at both acute physical needs and the social dimensions of the epidemic.
The Hospice and Palliative Care Association of South Africa (HPCA) decided to squarely address the legal and human rights problems facing people with life-threatening illness through partnerships with law schools, legal NGOs, and pro bono attorneys. Together, they organized a series of workshops for hospice caregivers and nurses. Given the lack of materials on palliative care and law, they produced a manual, Legal Aspects of Palliative Care, to help hospice and palliative care staff identify legal issues and provide referrals where necessary and to enhance legal practitioners' understanding of palliative care patient needs.
Six years later, much has been achieved, and hundreds of patients have benefited from the new alliance between palliative care providers and legal professionals. HPCA has just released the second edition of Legal Aspects of Palliative Care. The manual now not only includes case studies, legal recommendations, and resources, but has been restructured as a training manual with step-by-step lessons for hospice and palliative care staff and legal practitioners.
Integrated palliative care and legal services have also caught on in the country of Georgia and in Eastern Africa. In Uganda, the African Palliative Care Association has partnered with the Uganda Network on Law, Ethics and HIV/AIDS to provide access to justice to palliative care patients and families. In Kenya, the Kenya Hospice and Palliative Care Association has trained health workers as paralegals to provide legal advice to patients during home visits and established partnerships with pro bono lawyers. They have also developed a range of leaflets addressing the legal rights of palliative care patients, including a template for writing a will and guidance on appointing a power of attorney.
As we have learned over the years, legal services can play a critical role in improving the quality of life for patients and families dealing with life-threatening illnesses. They address human rights violations that negatively affect their health and contribute to patients' and families' peace of mind and well-being by providing answers to urgent and often difficult questions. Integrated health and legal services allow for both holistic care and increase access to justice, taking the law out of the courtroom and private offices and into the community.
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The updated edition of the hospice law manual was launched yesterday (19 Sept 2012) at the HPCA 25th anniversary conference in Cape Town South Africa. Was a resounding success with a queue of people forming to get into the room & more than 60 people attending. The launch of the book saw participants receiving their own personal copy and being taken through two case studies showing how the book is useful. Many wanted more copies and wanted to know where to sign up for training. Next steps are to roll out training at hospice over a 2 year period and include orientation for legal practitioners.
Helping patients receiving palliative care understand their rights and how they can access them is very important. The project in Kenya has helped many patients and their families, especially when it comes to writing wills. The hospices that are working with lawyers within their communities to provide pro bono services report better care outcomes for their patients. A patient is less stressed when they know they have sorted important issues like will, the have decided who will take care of their children once they are gone. Educating patients and their family members on their legal rights is very important and should be part of the care given to them. Next week I will be giving a talk to a team of lawyers on the palliative care and the palliative rights of patients and how they can support advocate for these rights, as well as work with palliative care givers across the country to reach out to more patients. There is still a lot of education that needs to be done to enlightened not only the patients, but the care givers Heath acre givers as well as others), families and lawyers in our county. We are working on conning more advocacy and education, and look forward to launching our little booklet soon.


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Though accused murderer Jodi Arias said she sometimes felt "like a prostitute" at the hands of her ex-boyfriend, Travis Alexander, she admitted today that she often enjoyed their sex life and even suggested sex acts they could try.
Prosecutor Juan Martinez, after a day of aggressive questioning and bickering with Arias, asked her about her own suggestions for her sex life with Alexander, including a phone conversation in which she suggested using sexual lubricant.
Arias, 32, is accused of killing Alexander, but claims it was in self-defense.
Timeline of the Jodi Arias Trial
"You introduced KY Jelly into the relationship to make it more sexually enjoyable, right? When we're talking about the level of experimentation, it looks like both of you were experimenting together sexually. So when we hear things like, 'I felt like a prostitute,' that's not exactly true, is it?" Martinez said.
"It was often mutual," Arias said. "I didn't feel like a prostitute during, just after."
Jodi Arias Admits to Killing Man, Lying to Police Watch Video
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Martinez showed the jury a text message Arias sent offering to perform oral sex on Alexander, comparing it to a statement she made on direct testimony saying that she once felt like a prostitute when Alexander tossed a piece of chocolate at her and walked away without a word after she performed oral sex.
"How is it you can say you 'felt like a prostitute' when you're moving the relationship ahead like this?" Martinez asked. "The act itself is the same thing, and here you're requesting it. The geography is different, but that aside, isn't it the same act? And you're requesting it?"
"When he (ejaculated) and left afterward I felt like a prostitute. When we mutually went through things together I didn't," she said.
Arias also admitted that she sent Alexander a topless photo of herself after he sent her photos of his penis, and that she only did it after she had her breasts enhanced surgically.
Catching Up on the Trial? Check Out ABC News' Jodi Arias Trial Coverage
The testimony came as Martinez continued his efforts to discredit Arias' testimony on the stand, including her statements that she often succumbed to Alexander's sexual fantasies so she wouldn't hurt his feelings. Martinez has focused on portraying Arias as a liar for much of his direct examination.
Arias is charged with murder for killing her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander at his home in Mesa, Ariz., in June 2008. She claims she killed him in self defense and that he had been increasingly violent and sexually demanding in the months before the confrontation. She also claimed he was interested in young boys.
The prosecution claims she killed him in a jealous rage. She could face the death penalty if convicted of first degree murder.
Jodi Arias Trial See Tempers Flare
Earlier in the day,tempers flared between Arias and prosecutor Martinez as the prosecutor tried to detail Arias' history of spying on her boyfriends, but Arias complained that his aggressive style of questioning made her "brain scramble."
Arias and Martinez, who have sparred throughout two prior days of cross-examination, spent more than 10 minutes bickering over Martinez's word choices and his apparent "anger."
The morning's testimony, and Martinez's points about Arias' alleged spying, were largely interrupted by the spats.
"Are you having trouble understanding me?" Martinez yelled.
"Yes because sometimes cause you go in circles," Arias answered.
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For a smooth tournament we always need volunteers to be field marshals. Everybody can be a field marshal! You will help to facilitate a smooth transition between games by ensuring games start and end on time.
Direct teams, parents to the right field and answer any questions they might have
Check in teams (check that all players have a valid player pass) [some tournaments will delegate this task to referees exclusively]
Keep scores and standings
Collect game cards from referees
If required allow access to the first aid box
give out medals
Keep a list of important phone numbers handy (emergency, tournament director, referee scheduler)
Make sure that the teams clean up after themselves, and setup / remove goals and other equipment as required.
Obtain filled in game card from home coach or team manager as well as the player passes. These are laminated cards issued by the league with the layer's picture on it. They will be familiar with this process. Check for agreement between game card roster and player passes. Make sure the age group and team name are he same for all players. All listed on the game card MUST have a player pass. No pass, no play. Assemble the players and check each card against each player. The home team is now checked in and may return to the warm up. You will be thorough but as efficientas possible. Keep the game card and the player passes.
Next, deliver the game card to the visiting team. They will fill it in. Follow the same procedure used above. Retain the card and the passes.
You will now contact the referee and give him or her the game card and both sets of player passes. He will use them to quickly check passes against faces if he feels it necessary. Coaches will have additional paperwork at the field in case the referee wants it.
After the game, you keep the game card and the passes are returned to the coaches. When you meet the referee, please remind them of how long the halves are and how long the break at the half is. Let them know when the next game begins so they will be off the field on time. The games are usually really tightly scheduled and it is essential that games end on time (if they start late they will be cut short, make sure the referee understands this). Your organization is really important. Have a copy of the rules ready if the referee wants to see them (some tournaments/jamborees make some changes to some rules, especially rules about times).
You will be a keeper of the peace. If a game has parents that are shouting at the referees or generally are out of control, speak with the team manager or the coach. Try to keep things positive. If necessary they can be reminded that their behavior can affect tie breaks (cards can be issued for sideline behavior and cards can cause tournament points o be deducted). Chase people loitering and cheering from behind the goals (must be on the sideline with their coach or with the other parents).
If a team wans to protest a game listen carefully, think about it and deny the protest. Tournaments usually do not allow protests in any way, with one excpetion: if there is a claim that a team played with a player not on their roster bring it to the attention of the tournament director.


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- Novak Djokovic beaten by Stanislas Wawrinka at the Australian Open
- Defeat ends the world No. 2's three-year reign as champion in Melbourne
- Tenth seed Wawrinka will play Tomas Berdych for a place in Sunday's final
- Berdych defeated world No. 3 David Ferrer earlier on Tuesday
Novak Djokovic's reign as king of the Australian Open is over.
The world No. 2, a winner at Melbourne Park in each of the last three years, was beaten in a grueling five-set contest by eighth seed Stanislas Wawrinka.
At the end of a marathon four-hour encounter, it was Switzerland's Wawrinka who converted his first match point to seal a 2-6 6-4 6-2 3-6 9-7 win over the six-time grand slam champion.
Wawrinka will play Tomas Berdych for a place in Sunday's final, after the Czech upset third seed David Ferrer in Tuesday's earlier quarterfinal.
Energy-sapping duels between Wawrinka and Djokovic have become the norm over the past 12 months, with the Serb emerging on top until now.
At the 2012 Australian Open, Djokovic edged a fourth round match 12-10 in the fifth while the two once again went the distance in their U.S. Open semifinal.
Djokovic won that match and he was protecting an unbeaten run which stretched back to his defeat by Rafael Nadal in the final in New York.
"He's in a great form," Djokovic told reporters when asked about Wawrinka. "In the last 15 months he's had the best results. He's established now in top 10. He's been winning against top players in big tournaments.
"So he knows how to play now on the big stage. You could feel that with his game. He's really taking to the opponent and stepping in. When you're playing like this, the only thing I can say is congratulations."
Berdych is into the semifinals of the season's first grand slam for the first time after falling at the quarterfinal stage in each of the past three tournaments.
The seventh seed will play in the last four of a major for the first time since the 2012 U.S. Open.
"There were some special moments which went well together in this match, making it for the first time here in the Aussie Open to the semis, winning my first match on Rod Laver after all those years," said the Czech.
"That's been a very special match to me. I'm extremely happy to go through."


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we seemed to be short a flag around here, sooooooooooooooo
(RIGHT CLICK the image and select view image to see the full version(the board cuts off the right side for displaying in posts)
(the board seems to cut off the right side of this, even though I made sure it fit the low standards and size requirements...oh well)
and the flying version
Spread the WORD! Fly the FLAG!
Discuss ways to spread the Word and bring His Noodly Appendage to everybody.
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AH HA! Eureka! and ARRRRRGH! right click that image and it displays full size. How diabolically piratical!
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Nice flag, I had a go at one myself. I thought, why not make a circular flag, rectangles are far too over-used.
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I like it. Might be hard to hang, though.
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Looks like a good coat of arms though matey.
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You could hang it like a CD and use it to frighten birds orf thee poop deck.
The smoke wafted gently in the breeze across the poop deck and all seemed right in the world.
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^ AAAaaaaargh! Great idea! Birds is orlwaze poopin' on me deck!
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I though we already had a flag:
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As citizens who serve children and represent their communities, individual school board members face complex and demanding challenges. Yet, few people fully understand the scope and far-reaching implications of board members' responsibilities. All Texans should recognize the vital contributions of these men and women and focus attention on the crucial role these elected leaders play in the education of our children. They truly make a difference every day.
Their job is to establish a vision for the education program, design a structure to achieve that vision, assure schools are accountable to the community, and strongly advocate continuous improvement in student learning. That job entails an endless string of meetings and school functions to attend; reams of reports, agendas, proposals, and other information to read and study; and a host of difficult decisions to make.
School board members come from all walks of life. They are farmers, secretaries, doctors, lawyers, homemakers, teachers, truck drivers, business owners, professors, architects, ranchers, and real estate agents, to name just a few.
The Sweetwater ISD School Board President is Becky Jimenez who is a secretary at Wetsel and Carmichael, LLP. Vice-President of the board is Gail Lawrence who is the President of TSTC West Texas. Owner of Creative Graphic Solutions, Russ Petty, serves as the Board Secretary. Additional board members include Nancy Johnson who is a neo-natal nurse at Hendricks Medical Center and Ginny Mayes who is a juvenile officer for Nolan, Fisher and Mitchell Counties. Mark Meneses is a co-owner of WETS (Wind Energy Turbine Services) and Jeanie McPherson is the CFO at Ludlum's Measurements.
While they wear many hats in the workday world, school board members put on a collective hat when they get down to the business of leading their school districts. Board members must pull together as a team toward a common goal—helping our students achieve. While they may individually disagree on certain issues, their role as a board is to consistently strive toward excellence.
Board members contribute hundreds and hundreds of hours each year governing their districts. Whether crafting policies, hiring administrators, listening to staff and student concerns, or recognizing outstanding programs, board members always keep their eyes on the goal of student achievement.
The time spent in board meetings represents just a small fraction of the hours school board members devote to their jobs. They work hard at seminars and training sessions to keep abreast of the latest changes in state and federal regulations and learn trends in educational leadership. They also are deeply involved in community activities, and spend many hours in the schools and at extracurricular events. Their love of learning and concern and caring for students, staff, and the community drive board members' desire to ensure every student can succeed.
In recognition of this service, January is designated as School Board Recognition Month and countless districts across the state will take this opportunity to say thanks to our trustees for giving so much to their communities. Make a special effort to tell each school board member that his or her hard work has been noticed and is truly appreciated.


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Welcome to our youth and parent area. Thank you for choosing the Trail's End popcorn sale to support your Ideal Year of Scouting and support the Denver Area Council. By selling Trail's End popcorn not only will your unit be able to raise all the money it needs so that you can have a GREAT, FUN year but you can also earn AWESOME prizes just by selling! Spend some time looking through this site. You will find all kinds of great information and a lot of fun things to do.
The most successful youth in the popcorn sale are not selling popcorn. They are selling Scouting. They have big ideas, and big goals! They work with their unit leaders to know what their popcorn sale is going to fund. The popcorn sale might help your pack buy a new pinewood derby track. It might help you go on a trip to Mt. Rushmore or Yellowstone. It might help you travel down to Philmont or National Sea Base. The important idea is to DREAM BIG!
Once you know what you are selling the popcorn for, it becomes much easier to set a realistic goal. Your unit leader can help you set that goal based on what the popcorn sale is going to fund and what your Ideal Year of Scouting is. We recommend that you set a goal for the number of items you sell. For example, set a goal for yourself to sell, say, 30 items of popcorn. Those 30 items could be enough to pay for your unit dues, your pinewood derby car, and the annual pack camp out. Now break that goal down. Give yourself 6 weeks to sell. That is 5 items per week that you need to sell to reach your goal of 30. Put a chart up in your room and keep track each day of how close you are to reaching your weekly sales goal. 30 items too easy? Set a goal of 50! Sit down with your parents and talk about your goal. Scouts who set a goal in the popcorn sale sell on average twice as much as those that don't. Do your best to achieve your goal!
Remember that is much easier to sell what your popcorn is going to support than to try and just sell the popcorn. Try a phrase like, "Will you help me go to camp by buying popcorn?" or "My Boy Scout troop is planning a trip to go Scuba Diving down in Florida and I am raising money to help get there. Could you help me out?" Sell the Scouting experience, not just the popcorn.
There are several ways to go out and sell popcorn. Try incorporating some of the many different techniques into your fundraiser. The main types of sales that are show and sell, door-to-door, and online sales. You could use the online sales to send to your family and friends that do not live in your area. Many of them would be happy to support you on your Scouting journey. You can use the door-to-door sales to visit your neighborhood. This is one of the most successful sales techniques and it is often overlooked. Friends, family, and neighbors are more likely to buy popcorn from you because they know you. Two out of three people will buy popcorn when asked, but less than 20% of households have been asked. The last technique is to show and sell. Many scouting units incorporate this into their door-to-door sales as well. Show and sell is where you deliver popcorn on the spot. This could be selling in front of a store front, going to Mom or Dad's work and selling to their friends at work, or even visiting a carnival, rotary club, or church where they would allow you to sell popcorn to people you may not know. It is important to utilize all sales techniques to be successful on your popcorn sale.
Remember, the more popcorn you sell the better the prize you earn and the better your year in Scouting will be!
In 2019, the Denver Area Council will once offer experiences for Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts that sell over $1,000 in Popcorn. Cub Scouts who sell $1,000 or more will receive the Denver Broncos Package including the Broncos Experience, a membership into the Broncos Bunch, a T-Shirt, and Broncos Swag. Boy Scouts who sell $1,000 or more will receive an evening of fun at Colorado Adventure Point including a T-shirt.
The Trail's End site has great information for families. Safety information, product information, advancement information, tips on how to sell a lot of popcorn and information on the scholarship program can be found there. Look around, have fun, and sell lots of popcorn!