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Daystate Regal XL Guide
Ultimate Guide to the Huntsman Regal XL by Daystate Ltd
- Dan Johnson, Hard Air Magazine
Designed by a people known for royalty and empire, it is no surprise that the Daystate Regal XL is both elegant and majestic. If you had to choose one modern precharged airgun to define the word "classic" it would have to be the Daystate Huntsman Regal XL. And it makes sense that it comes from Daystate, given their long history as pioneers of the modern precharged airguns.
To understand the Regal XL, you should look to its ancestry and you will quickly see a resemblance to the first rifles produced by the Daystate factory. Gone are the old brass cylinders, swan neck bolts, single shot breeches and lumber yard stocks, but the core design still maintains that old-world charm which dates back nearly 30 years. These decades of consistently producing airguns have brought with them an evolution of refinement, and near perfection of every aspect that makes the World's Finest Airguns!
What started originally as the Midas, then Huntsman Mk1 and 2, then Harrier, then X2, and then Huntsman Classic, is now perfected in the Huntsman Regal XL! Through refinement in design Daystate has ticked all the boxes in a true classic!
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Daystate Huntsman Regal XL
The Daystate Huntsman Regal XL action has a silky, smooth black finish which is free from any signs of metalwork machining. Don't dismiss that remark, it is actually the first thing you notice when picking up this beautiful rifle. The lines are super clean and Daystate shows high regard in the finish of their product. The action starts with a contoured breech block which holds a 10-shot magazine or single shot tray, both of which are included with the Regal XL. The entire length of the breech assembly is capped with an 11mm scope rail for maximum space to mount up a variety of scope configurations.
Daystate Regal XL Bolt Handle and Safety
The cocking bolt is a traditional teardrop lever that is comfortable and stylish in high gloss chrome. Lifting up and pulling back, the cocking arm is smooth and a firm pull rearward cocks the rifle and you get a clean click as the magazine indexes the pellet. The pellet probe which pushes the pellet into the barrel contains the o-ring which seals the air pressure. This is a handy feature because breech seals on PCP rifles wear out over time, and Daystate placing it on the bolt makes changing this o-ring very convenient. Should a seal wear out while in the field, it would be a tool free task to replace it, and that's a useful feature for a classic sporting rifle.
Daystate Regal XL Bolt Probe O-Ring
Once loaded and ready to fire, the Regal XL has a highly adjustable trigger that comes setup from the factory with a light and smooth first stage that comes to a firm wall. The second stage breaks crisp and clean at 18 ounces for a predictable, safe, yet easy to control trigger. The blade itself is also beautifully contoured and finished in high gloss chrome. The safety is completely manual, and toggles easily on and off with your thumb while comfortably maintaining your shooting position.
Daystate Regal XL Adjustable Trigger
Forward, the pellet travels through a quality Lothar-Walther barrel which is wrapped in a full barrel shroud to reduce the noise, and capped off with a Daystate Reflex silencer that takes the crack of air down to a subtle puff that is backyard friendly. The shroud is anchored securely to the air cylinder by a band, ensuring that your barrel is not knocked around in the field.
Daystate Reflex Moderator
The Daystate Huntsman Regal XL sits inside a gorgeous Italian-made walnut stock, elegantly styled to be comfortable and attractive with a raised cheekpiece that can be had in either right or left hand configurations. In fact, the left hand version is matched with a fully left hand bolt along with the Southpaw cheekpiece. The rubber ventilated buttpad is not needed for recoil, but does add to the classic look. Four panels of precision laser checkering and a classy "R" designates the Regal namesake and provides comfort and grip for steady control.
Daystate Regal XL Elegant Sporter Stock
The high power model designed specifically for the US market is identified by its 162cc extended air cylinder that gives the Regal its "XL" name. It fills by removing the front dust cover, which exposes the Foster-style quick fill port. Snap on the easy to use quick disconnect fitting and you are ready to refill to the recommended 3200 psi pressure. Under the stock is a clearly labeled pressure gauge to reference where you are in your state-of-charge.
Daystate Regal XL Pressure Gauge
There has been a growing interest in regulators, as many new brands are coming with regulators as standard. Generally, this is the case because it is easier to regulate the pressure than it is to refine and build a valve capable of doing the same. Daystate is not behind the curve in this area, as they once used regulators in particular models. They have since moved away from regulators in more recent designs to maintain simplicity and trouble-free longevity. The reason Daystate has been able to make this change is that Daystate has perfected the knock-open valve itself. Working with valve expert, Steve Harper, Daystate has incorporated a Harper-Patented valve and hammer design, they call "Slingshot". Rather than relying on a finicky regulator, Daystate's Regal XL gets a flat and consistent shot string, boasting 45 shots at 29-31 ft/lbs from its tiny 162cc air cylinder:
The Regal XL gets high marks in beauty, excellent performance in consistency and power, but what about the all-important accuracy department? Does 20+ years in designing perfection with the Daystate Huntsman Regal XL live up to expectations with accuracy as well? YES, with equal beauty downrange on the paper as you hold on the bench! Here is an example of the groups at 25 yards that you can expect to shoot time after time:
And further out the Regal XL still impresses with consistent groups like this:
Stylish lines and beautiful components throughout, the Daystate Huntsman Regal XL is equally a work of art as much as a practical airgun! The refined touches of perfection throughout make it a piece you will take pride in owning. Chances are quite high that you'll catch a glimpse of your beaming smile in the subtle touches of high gloss chrome adorning the classic Daystate Hunstman Regal XL!
Daystate Huntsman Regal XL


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伝説の evolution e 845 カーディオイドカプセルとミュートスイッチを搭載したライブステージ向け evolution wireless D1 ボーカルセット。
evolution シリーズから様々なマイクロホンヘッドを選べます
免許不要の2.4 GHz 帯、最大15波(理想環境下にて)
混信を防止: インテリジェントチャンネルバックアップにより、WiFi と Bluetooth の共存が可能
オーディオエフェクト: イコライザー、ディエッサー、自動ゲインコントロール
システムのリモートコントロールとモニタリング用の iOS アプリ
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For the Sennheiser EW Series equipment there is a proprietary rechargeable battery system that is designed specifically for these products to ensure the best operation time possible when using rechargeable batteries.
The rechargeable battery system consists of the following components:
- BA2015G2 = (rechargeable battery pack)
- L2015 = (charger for two units)
- LA2 = (charging slot-in adapter for a G3 or 2000 series handheld microphone)
- NT1-120 = (power supply for a single L2015 charger)
- NT3-1-US = (power supply for up to three (3) L2015 chargers daisy chained together)
NOTE: The BA2015G2 battery pack can be placed directly into the L2015 charger for charging. When using the BA2015G2 battery pack in a SK or EK device the whole body pack can slot directly into the charger to charge the battery packs allowing charging in the device.
When a handheld microphone is used in conjunction with the LA2 adapter the handheld microphone and LA2 adapter can slot directly into the charger to charge the battery pack without having to remove the battery pack from the handheld microphone.
To change the IP address on the receiver go to the "IP-Address" option within the ADVANCED MENU. Once you have entered the "IP-Address" section you will be able to manually change the IP Address.
The internal MAC address of a component is set at manufacture and it cannot be changed.
If two components on the same network had the same internal MAC address there could be networking issues.
If in a very rare instance there were two units with the same internal MAC address on the same network then one of the units would need to be swapped with a unit that has a different internal MAC address.
HOW TO PERFORM AN EASY SETUP SCAN on Evolution Wireless G3 systems
For a detailed "how-to" video of this process, please navigate to this link:
If at any point you wish to exit back out to the main operating screen you can press the "POWER" button to exit. This works on all EW pieces.
1. Turn on your receiver (please leave the transmitter turned off).
2. Push the SET button on your receiver to enter the menus.
3. Use the arrow buttons or knob to scroll to the EASY SETUP menu. Push SET which brings you into the EASY SETUP menu.
4. Use the arrow keys or knob to scroll down to SCAN NEW LIST. Push the SET button to start the scan. You'll now see a progress bar on your screen as your receiver scans through all possible frequencies and looks for those with low background noise. This will take about 60 seconds, depending on model.
5. When the scan completes, push SET two times to accept its recommended bank # and channel #. Your display will say "Stored." Tap the power button to exit to the main menu.
It is a good idea at this time to verify the frequency is actually clean and free. A clean frequency will show no activity on the RF and AF "bars" on the display when the transmitter is off. If you do see activity, repeat steps 4 and 5.
6. Turn on your G3 transmitter, and if it is a bodypack style - open the battery door. Back on your receiver, push the "SYNC" button on the front panel. The display should say "SYNC". Hold the bodypack or handheld about 6 inches away from the receiver display with the screens facing each other (and the bodypack door open if it is a bodypack). You should see a "check" mark on the display indicating that the sync was successful. If the sync fails, you will see an "X" on the display and you should repeat this step.
Helpful Hints:
It is very IMPORTANT to use the same frequency "bank" number (1-20) for multiple systems in the same frequency range (A/B/G). The frequencies in a particular BANK are all guaranteed to be compatible so multiple systems won't cause interference with each other. For example if you have 3 systems to setup and BANK3 is free, you will want to use BANK3/CHANNEL1, BANK3/CHANNEL2, BANK3/CHANNEL3. Mixing BANKS with multiple systems of the same frequency range (A/B/G) is never a good idea. You do not have to choose the same BANK number for systems in different frequency ranges (A/B/G). For example, if you picked BANK3 for your "A" range systems you do not have to pick BANK3 for your "G" range systems.
If you are in a challenging RF environment and your system reports 0 frequencies free, change the SQUELCH setting on the receiver to "Medium" and perform the steps again.
Most Sennheiser systems are sold in either the "A", "G", or "B" frequency ranges so if all of your systems are in the same band / group, you can save time by performing a scan once and set all systems into the same bank but on diff. frequencies in that bank by using the FREQUENCY PRESET menu.
Example: If you have 2 systems in the "A" band, and 2 more systems in the "B" band. You will need to perform a scan on one of the "A" units and then set both units onto the same open bank (but different CHANNELS), while then performing a new scan for the "B" equipment and setting those 2 units into their own open bank.
It is recommended for you to perform a new scan whenever you change venues or locations, as every location has different RF conditions - even from inside to outside a building!
- Remember to use the same BANK (but different channels) for systems in the same frequency range!
- Keep in mind, background noise changes as you move to new locations, so always check your receiver before turning on the transmitter. You may need to perform a fresh scan at each new location, to make sure you're using the most reliable frequency for your wireless mics. The RF and AF meters should be empty if you have the transmitters off.
The SQUELCH setting helps defend against static coming through your system when the transmitters are off. Raising the SQUELCH will increase this protection while DECREASING the transmission distance. If you perform the "EASY SETUP/SCAN NEW LIST" to ensure you are on a free frequency, this shouldn't be an issue. For more protection you can adjust the SQUELCH to "Medium" however the default setting is "LOW" for maximum range.
To adjust SQUELCH: Use the arrows to find SQUELCH. Hit SET and adjust Squelch to LOW. Hit the SET button to store this setting.
There are two main settings that will typically affect sound quality:
This is how sensitive the microphone pick up is and this is adjusted on the handheld microphone, bodypack or SKP transmitter itself. Typically for general speaking the sensitivity should be set around -15 to -18 dB. You will need to adjust this depending on the exact application. Closer to 0 dB is more sensitive and further away from 0 dB is less sensitive. If the microphone is too sensitive the input will overload the microphone and the AF level will peak and the audio will be clipped. The sensitivity should be set so the AF PEAK indicator only lights up during the loudest passages.
This is how strong the final signal exits the receiver into the sound board/PA system/recorder etc. The "AF OUT" setting is found only in the receiver's menu settings. Typically this will be set around 0 dB or +6 dB if you connecting to a line level input on the sound board/speakers/etc. If you are trying to connect to a device which expects a mic level input, you will typically need to drop this AF output down to -24 dB or -30 dB.
NOTE: If the AF Output is too high it may overload the input (peak) on connected device and may create undesirable noise (distortion, rumbling, etc).


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Retired in western pa. Getting back into canoe camping and backpacking when I'm not climbing rocks. I heard about hammock camping and this forum on backpacking forum. I have not bought a hammock yet. I am reading and learning. I was leaning toward a claytor jungle but the forums have got me thinking cheaper and maybe diy. I am over 250 so I want something stronger. I've got a cpl months yet. What do you recommend, buy better.


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Czechoslovakian, est. c. 1850
Epergne, c. 1840–1855
48.3 x 30.5 cm
Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery; Gift of C. Peter Kaellgren
2004-107 a-i
This impressive epergne is made of alabaster glass, a translucent white glass first produced in Bohemia in the nineteenth century. It consists of nine pieces, crowned by a tall trumpet vase. The limited use of apple-green glass and the Rococo-styled gilt motifs painted on the six individual cornucopian-shaped vases add to the elegance and refinement of the piece. Functioning as an ornate centrepiece with a decorative frame and supporting dishes, glass epergnes were often designed to hold flowers. Silver epergnes were generally reserved for the service of sweetmeats or confectionaries. One can imagine the opulent presentation such a centrepiece would afford a Victorian table prepared for dining splendour.
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About Jeff Masters
Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 3:22 PM GMT on October 10, 2013
Very dangerous Tropical Cyclone Phailin, in the North Indian Ocean's Bay of Bengal, has put on an impressive burst of rapid intensification, going from a tropical storm with 65 mph winds to a formidable Category 3 storm with 115 mph winds in just twelve hours. Satellite estimates of Phailin's strength at 8 am EDT ranged as high as 135 mph. Satellite images show that Phailin, whose name means "a sapphire" in Thai, continues to intensify. The cloud tops of the very intense thunderstorms in the eyewall are expanding and cooling, showing that their updrafts are growing stronger and pushing the clouds higher into the atmosphere. Water temperatures are warm, 28 - 29°C, and the ocean heat content is very high, 80 - 100 kJ/cm^2--a level often associated with rapid intensification. With wind shear low, Phailin should be able to continue to intensify until an eyewall replacement cycle begins. It is very difficult for a tropical cyclone to maintain an eye diameter less than ten miles across before the inner core grows unstable and the eyewall collapses, with a new, larger-diameter eyewall forming from an outer spiral band. This process typically weakens the top winds of a tropical cyclone by 5 - 15 mph, but spreads hurricane-force winds over a larger area of ocean, resulting a larger storm surge, but less wind damage. With Phailin's eye diameter already down to a tiny 9 miles, an eyewall replacement cycle is likely to occur by Friday morning.
Figure 1. MODIS satellite image of Tropical Cyclone Phailin, taken at approximately 07:30 UTC on October 10, 2013. At the time, Phailin had top winds of 75 mph. Image credit: NASA.
Forecast for Phailin
The models are in tight agreement that Phailin will track northwest into the northeast coast of India, with landfall expected to occur between 06 - 12 UTC on Saturday. The 11 am EDT Thursday forecast from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center predicts that Phailin will peak as a top-end Category 4 storm with 155 mph winds 12 hours before landfall. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) is predicting that Phailin will be a borderline Category 2/Category 3 storm at landfall. The 06Z Thursday run of the HWRF model predicted that Phailin would be a strong Category 3 storm with 130 mph winds at landfall on Saturday.
Figure 2. Storm surge forecast for Tropical Cyclone Phailin, made on October 10, 2013. The peak surge was predicted to be 87 cm (2.9'). This forecast is likely to be a considerable underestimate of the surge, given Phailin's recent rapid intensification. Image credit: IMD.
The Bay of Bengal is notorious for deadly tropical cyclones
There is good reason to be concerned when a major tropical cyclone forms in the Bay of Bengal. Twenty-six of the thirty-five deadliest tropical cyclones in world history have been Bay of Bengal storms. During the past two centuries, 42% of Earth's tropical cyclone-associated deaths have occurred in Bangladesh, and 27% have occurred in India (Nicholls et al., 1995.) Phailin is likely to be the strongest tropical cyclone to affect India in fourteen years, since the great 1999 Odisha Cyclone. That terrible storm hit Northeast India in the Indian state of Odisha (formerly called Orissa) near the city of Bhubaneswar, as a Category 4 storm with 155 mph winds on October 29, 1999. The mighty cyclone, which peaked at Category 5 strength with 160 mph winds and a 912 mb central pressure shortly before landfall, drove a storm surge of 26 feet (8 meters) onto the coast. The storm stalled just inland, dumping torrential rains on portions of India already saturated from the landfall of Category 4 Tropical Cyclone 04B just twelve days before. The catastrophe killed 9,658 people and left $2.5 billion in damage (1999 dollars), India's most expensive and fourth deadliest tropical cyclone in the past 100 years. Although Phailin is expected to hit the same province of India that the great 1999 Odisha Cyclone hit, Phailin's landfall location is predicted to fall about 100 miles farther to the south, in a region where the coast is not as low-lying. This should keep the death toll due to storm surge much lower compared to the 1999 Odisha Cyclone, where more than 70% of the deaths occurred due to the storm surge. The latest storm surge forecast from IMD (Figure 2) predicts a peak surge under 3', but this is much too low, considering Phailin's recent round of rapid intensification. Phailin's heavy rains will be capable of causing great destruction, as did the rains from the 1999 Odisha cyclone. More than 2,000 of the deaths from that storm occurred due to fresh water flooding in the town of Padmapur, located more than 150 miles from the coast. Deforestation was cited as a contributing cause to these destructive floods that killed 36% of the town's population.
Wunderground's weather historian Christopher C. Burt has a detailed post on India's tropical cyclone history.
Nicholls, R.J.N., N. Mimura, J.C. Topping, 1995, "Climate change in south and south-east Asia: some implications for coastal areas," J Glob Environ Eng 1995;1:137–54.
98L in the Eastern Atlantic more organized
A tropical wave (Invest 98L) located about 400 miles southwest of the Cape Verde Islands is headed west to west-northwest at about 10 mph. Satellite loops show that 98L has a modest area of heavy thunderstorms with a substantial amount of spin. The disturbance is under a moderate 10 - 20 knots of wind shear today, but the shear is expected to rise to the high range, 20 - 30 knots, Friday - Monday, making Thursday the most likely day for development. The UKMET model develops the disturbance into a tropical depression this week, but the European and GFS models do not. In their 8 am EDT Thursday Tropical Weather Outlook, NHC gave the disturbance 2-day development odds of 50%, and 5-day odds of 50%. 98L's projected west-northwest track is expected take it several hundred miles northeast of the Northern Lesser Antilles Islands by the middle of next week, according to the 00Z Thursday morning runs of the GFS and European models.
Typhoon Nari headed towards the Philippines
In the Western Pacific, Category 1 Typhoon Nari is expected to intensify into a Category 2 storm with 100 mph winds and make landfall on Luzon Island in the Philippines near 12 UTC Friday. Nari will then make a second landfall in Vietnam around 00 UTC on Tuesday.
Jeff Masters
The views of the author are his/her own and do not necessarily represent the position of The Weather Company or its parent, IBM.
Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather


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Circuit courts
The Wisconsin circuit courts are the state's trial courts. Currently, there are 249 circuit court judges in Wisconsin.
The circuit courts are divided into branches with at least one branch in every county, with the exception of six counties that are paired off and share judges. The paired counties are: Buffalo/Pepin, Florence/Forest, and Shawano/Menominee. The first two pairs are each staffed by a single judge who travels between the courthouses; Menominee County is a federal reservation and both judges for this circuit are located in Shawano. Of the remaining circuits, 26 have a single judge and the largest circuit is Milwaukee County with 47 judges.
Judicial administrative districts
The state's 72 counties are grouped into nine judicial administrative districts (1-5 and 7-10). See the district map. In each district there is a chief judge appointed by the Supreme Court. The chief judge, who may serve up to three consecutive two-year terms, supervises and directs the administration of the district. In carrying out these duties, the chief judge is charged by Supreme Court rule to cooperate with the director of state courts.
Each chief judge appoints a deputy chief judge to act in the event of his or her absence or unavailability. A professional district court administrator and a court management assistant, both employees of the director of state courts and permanently located in the district, assist the chief judge. The chief judges meet monthly as a committee, as do the district court administrators.
Clerks of circuit court are independently elected, constitutional officers who work in close cooperation with the chief judges, district court administrators, and staff of the Director of State Courts Office. The clerks provide management and administrative leadership in each circuit and are indispensable to the effective functioning of Wisconsin's circuit courts.
The circuit courts are funded with a combination of state and county money. State funds are used to pay the salaries of the judges, official court reporters, and reserve judges (retired judges who are assigned to hear cases when the need arises). The state also funds travel and training for the judges.
By law, the counties are responsible for all other operating costs except those enumerated by statute. For those exceptions, which include among other things the costs of providing guardians ad litem (court-appointed attorneys), court-appointed witnesses, interpreters, and jurors, the state provides assistance in the form of statutory formula grants.
Use the navigation to the right to explore the circuit courts.


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without Pee Wee.
do I start with Tim Burton? I don't want to dredge
up the hackneyed term "genius" to describe
him but he's certainly got a lot more talent than
most of the so-called Hollywood "geniuses"
out there. He's an artist, a visionary and a great
entertainer. He directed the first of the new series
of Batman movies, (the one with Michael Keaton), he
helped create Pee Wee's Big Adventure. He was responsible
for Edward Scissorhands and has just released his
latest animated film, The Corpse Bride. Tim is literally
an artist. He began his career in the entertainment
industry as an animator for Disney. With all his experience
and skills, it's too bad that he wasn't able to help
the developers make a better videogames.
on Burton's animated feature, The Nightmare Before
Christmas, Oogie's Revenge finds our hero, Jack Skellington,
enjoying life in his hometown when he decides to take
a short trip to test out a new weapon called the Soul
Robber. When he returns he finds that his gal Sally
has been kidnapped and the town booby trapped by his
old nemesis, Oogie, who has returned to haunt him
and spread his evil after being stitched together
by Lock, Shock and Barrel.
in the style of Tim Burton with faux, stop-motion
graphics and excellent voiceovers, the only thing
that fails to make this package perfect is the ordinary
gameplay. Most of the gameplay is based on fetch quests
with lots of backtracking and repetition. You have
to go back and forth through the same locations so
many times that you begin to feel claustrophobic as
you see the same environments over and over. There
is no sense of freedom as exploring is relegated to
linear paths. The only time you'll feel like you have
any kind of freedom is when you're lost, and that
happens a lot since not all of the missions are readily
of the focus of the gameplay revolves around the Soul
Robber, which really could have been thrown into any
group of characters to facilitate a videogame. The
gameplay fails to exploit Burton's characters and
locations to their fullest. What we have here is a
generic game with a classic cast. The Soul Robber
wasn't even in the original movie and it's not that
great of an addition to the gameplay since it's not
very accurate and it's quite stiff to handle. With
it you attempt to lasso enemies which you can spin
around over your head and throw or slam them into
walls or the ground. You can even use it like a whip
and a spear. When it works it's great fun but the
control system is less than perfect to make it an
invaluable addition.
mix things up a bit there are some puzzles, musical
mini-games and plenty of unlockables but some of the
puzzles can be solved just by going back and forth
to the area in question. If you can't open a door,
just go wander around and come back a few times and
it will open. This doesn't work for all of them but
the fact that it works for some of them tell you that
something is wrong with the gameplay mechanics.
is able to transform himself into various characters
such as Santa Jack and Pumpkin King Jack, each with
different abilities that can be used to get past certain
obstacles and bosses. Santa Jack can drop presents
that act like bombs with various effects that stun
enemies or freeze them. Pumpkin King Jack is able
to shoot fire out his mouth. It would have been a
lot more fun if he could have shot fire out of somewhere
else, like I do when I eat hot Mexican food.
definitely file this game under, "lost potential."
It's not bad, it's just that it should be great. I
am a fan of Tim Burton and his cronies, including
Danny Elfman, the composer, and I can tell you that
I enjoyed this game from the standpoint of the production
values. The tunes are excellent and there are plenty
of songs to revel in. But this is a videogame after
all and the gameplay is simply not good enough to
compete with the production values. The developers
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You may have noticed the rapid change from the incandescent and fluorescent light bulbs to LEDs in many applications such as flashlights, traffic signals, parking lots, office lighting? What's behind these changes and why are LEDs so good at this?
LED is short for "light-emitting diode." Unlike incandescent bulbs, which light up with any kind of electric current, diodes take only one-way direct current, like a battery. Inside the diode, the current flows through a junction made of two different kinds of crystal. When the power flows from one part of the junction to the other, light is generated efficiently. In an LED, light is created in a much more efficient way, resulting in less energy needed for the same amount of light then that produced by fluorescent or incandescent bulbs.
For years, LEDs were used only as indicators on electronic equipment panels. But over the past 10 years significant new research, materials and designs have changed LEDs a great deal, with new color ranges and more brightness that have allowed them to move into new areas of use, and they are quickly becoming a mainstream replacement for incandescent, fluorescent and sodium-type lighting technologies.
Titan LED, located in Moorpark, has been leading the way, providing LED-based light fixtures, mostly in commercial applications, for new installations and for replacement of existing ones. Titan says that by using LED-based lighting, the lamp can give a better quality of light, last much longer, run cooler and cost less to operate. Let's look at each of these claims.
"Titan's LED Household and Par Lamps are UL-rated and feature significant savings of 75 [percent]-80 percent," commented Titan LED's President, CEO and founder Brian Hennessy.
Both the incandescent and fluorescent-based light bulb has often been referred to as a "heater that happens to put out some light." The heat you feel coming off these bulbs is coming from a really hot filament that actually is wasting energy. LEDs, on the other hand, produce light with little heat. That saves energy, sometimes using 75 percent less energy to produce the same light as incandescent light bulbs. Because LEDs themselves run much cooler then incandescent bulbs and fluorescent tubes, LED lighting reduces the need for the amount of air conditioning needed to cool a building. As another way to save on energy, LED light fixtures can be directed to shine their light in a certain direction and don't need reflectors to capture the light coming from the top or sides of bulbs or tubes.
Light coming off an LED is more uniform than that off a traditional light bulb. Considering the example of a traffic signal, lights using a filament bulb tended to have a bright or "hot spot" in the middle, which is the bulb itself, and then fade out toward the outer edge, which is actually light reflected off a mirror-like, bowl shape dish behind the bulb. These lamps use lenses to try to even out the dispersal of light from the bulb and reflector. Today's LED-based traffic signals, as a simple and obvious example of the change from filament to LED light, use an array of about 120 individual LEDs on a disk to provide a brighter, more uniform light, do not require the front diffuser lens and are much easier to see from a distance, in rain or in fog or snow, than filament light bulbs.
Another advantage is that LEDs are often used in large numbers, and they don't fail (burn out) all at once if damaged. A filament bulb can burn out or shatter whereas the LED array continues to function even if some of its elements are broken. Another facet is the long-life aspect of LEDs. LEDs purchased for the home may last as long as 50,000 to 100,000 hours. In other words, if you leave your LED lamp on four hours every day, it will last for anywhere from 35 to 65 years! With such lifespans, LED lights nearly eliminate the frequent need to be replaced, such as is the case with filament bulbs, fluorescent tubes and sodium bulbs. LEDs are solid and cannot break when dropped or shaken.
As Titan LED points out, LED lights are environmentally friendly. Unlike fluorescent tubes or the compact fluorescent lights (CFL), LED do not need special disposal as they do not contain mercury or other toxic materials.
Titan LED has a very broad range of LED-based commercial lighting solutions for parking lots, outdoor courts and sport fields, gymnasiums, auditoriums, parking lots and more. Its most active sales are the installation of new lights and retrofitting the classic 4-foot fluorescent fixtures found in most offices and industrial spaces today. Seventy percent of Titan LED's lamps and 100 percent of it 4-foot LED florescent tube replacement lamps are manufactured in the United States.
Plugged In is a new monthly column focused on new technology in and around Ventura County, and it will be featured the second week of every month. Plugged In authors Bridge Carney and Karl Geiger are chair and past chair, respectively, for the Ventura Section of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers [IEEE], the world's largest professional organization, with more than 800 local members in Ventura County. Please find them at www.ieee-bv.org.


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Available Funding and Funding Priorities for New York
Deadline: Friday, March 10, 2017
Notification of award: March 24, 2017
Grant period: April 01, 2017 - December 31, 2017
Our community grants program is designed to invest in priority projects that further the March of Dimes mission, support national and state objectives, and further our strategic goal of reducing disparities in birth outcomes. We award grants based on a number of criteria, including the group or organization's ability to accomplish its goals, as well as the potential impact a project will have in helping us prevent premature births, birth defects and infant mortality.
The current grant cycle is open and applications are currently being accepted in your area. Please contact us for more information.
In order to be eligible to receive a March of Dimes community grant, the applicant must provide services in given State. The applicant organization must be an incorporated not-for-profit 501(c)(3) or for profit organization or government agency. The March of Dimes does not award grants to individuals. Applicants must disclose any conflict of interest due to representation by their organization on the chapter's Program Services Committee or the Chapter or Division Board of Directors.
The March of Dimes does not fund billable health care provider services. The March of Dimes chapter community grants also do not fund scientific research projects. For information about research grants funded by the March of Dimes national office, please go to marchofdimes.com/research.
All grantees must (i) certify that they are not presently listed on the Federal Excluded Party List, debarred or suspended from the award of any federal or state contracts, or excluded from participation in any governmental medical reimbursement programs; and must (ii) attest that they /will comply with all laws and regulations (to include federal, state and local laws and regulations). Additionally, March of Dimes grantees may be screened to ensure that they are not debarred or suspended by the Federal Government and/or local State agencies.
Audited financials may be required prior to grant approval.
All chapter community grants are approved for one year only. Applicants may choose to submit a proposal that covers a two or three year project period. However, March of Dimes only awards funds for one year at a time (maximum three consecutive years). Funding for years two and three is not guaranteed and will be based upon March of Dimes review of progress and expenditures and the availability of funds.
Multi-year project proposals must include a budget request and objectives for the two or three year time period under consideration, as well as a copy of the applicant's most recently audited financial statement.
+Applicant Instructions
Interested applicants must submit a proposal by the date listed above in the "Application Timeline and Funding Period." Late submissions will not be reviewed. Proposals must:
- Adhere to the "Proposal Template" listed below
- Be no longer than 15 double-spaced pages (excluding Appendices); proposals that exceed 15 pages will not be reviewed
- Have a font size of 12 points or greater
- Have margins of at least 1 inch on all four sides
- Application text should be on one side only
- If this is a second or third year request to continue your project's March of Dimes funding, attach your most recent grant progress and expenditure reports (no page limitation).
Applicants must submit one hard copy original proposal application (with original signatures in appropriate places) to the local division office by Application deadline. Applicants should also send an electronic (email) PDF version of the original hard copy proposal application with all components scanned as one compressed PDF file to the local division staff person. The hard copy application and the PDF application MUST be identical. No changes can be made to either version once they are submitted. Do NOT fax applications. Late applications will not be accepted.
+Proposal Templates
The full proposal template can be found in Appendix A. Applicants should answer all questions and include all components in submitted proposals. Submitted proposal with incomplete information will not be reviewed.
- Project Overview
- Project Abstract
- Project Description
- Project Objectives/Activities/Evaluation Methods/Outcomes Template
- Budget
- Optional Supplemental Informations
+Grantee Requirements
Upon notification of grant award, grantee must sign the March of Dimes chapter grant agreement. If you are interested in reviewing the March of Dimes chapter grant agreement prior to being notified if you have received a March of Dimes grant, contact the March of Dimes chapter.
March of Dimes grantees are required to report on project progress and results six months into the grant agreement and at project end.
Grantees must also get written approval from the March of Dimes chapter for any changes in project design or implementation, variance from the submitted budget, or changes in staff overseeing the project.
+Primary and secondary purpose categories
Primary purpose category (select one):
- Interconception education and healthcare
- Preconception education and healthcare
- Prenatal care services
- Prenatal adjunct services
- Prenatal education and social support
- Professional education and training
- Quality improvement
- Other (please specify)
Secondary purpose category (select one):
- Becoming a Mom/Comenzando bien
- Care coordination (case management, patient navigator, medical home, etc.)
- Chronic disease management in pregnancy (hypertension, diabetes, obesity, etc.)
- Coming of the Blessing
- Early elective delivery prevention
- Early entry into prenatal care
- Education materials
- Fertility treatment education
- Folic acid
- Genetic services for pregnant women
- Genetic services for non-pregnant women
- Group prenatal care (CenteringPregnancy®)
- Group prenatal care (other than CenteringPregnancy)
- Home visiting
- Interconception education
- Maternal/Child Health (MCH) program enrollment (getting women into WIC, Medicaid, CHIP, etc.)
- Newborn screening
- Post-polio activities
- Preconception education
- Prenatal education/incentive (Stork's Nest®)
- Prenatal education/incentive (models other than Stork's Nest)
- Preterm labor prevention
- Project Alpha
- Preterm birth recurrence prevention education (about 17P)
- Preterm birth recurrence prevention education (other than 17P)
- Risk reduction education/services (alcohol and drug use)
- Risk reduction education/services (smoking cessation)
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) prevention
- Other (please specify)
+Additional information about project objectives and outcomes
Project objectives should be specific and measurable. For example:
- One measurable objective of this project is to increase the percentage of pregnant women enrolled who have a prenatal visit in the first trimester of pregnancy from 40% (baseline) to 50% as measured by medical records review.
- One measurable objective of this project is to decrease the percentage of preterm births among women enrolled in the project from 18% (baseline) to 16.5% as measured by medical records review.
Outcomes are benefits to clients from participation in the program, yet are often mistaken with program outputs or units of services such as the number of clients who went through a program. Outcomes for March of Dimes projects are usually in terms of changes in knowledge, behavior, or birth outcomes. To measure outcomes, baseline data is needed for comparison with data collected during and after project implementation. Below are sample objectives to give you ideas for content and wording about outcomes. Please notice the references to baseline data.
- Knowledge Change - By MM/YY, 60% of program participants will demonstrate an increase in the perinatal knowledge test as measured by pre/post-tests. (Baseline will come from pre-test results.)
- Intent to Change Behavior - By MM/YY, 80% of participants will agree to make at least one positive behavior change as a result of attending the prenatal classes as measured by client interviews. (Baseline will come from intake interviews.)
- Behavior Change - By MM/YY, the number of women accessing adequate perinatal care (at least 13 prenatal visits beginning in the first trimester of pregnancy) at XYZ Health Center will increase from 125/year (baseline) to 150/year through the services of a Patient Navigator as measured by a review of client records.
- Change in Birth Outcome - By MM/YY, decrease the percentage of preterm births among women enrolled in the project from 18% (baseline) to 16.5% as measured medical records review.
+Allowable and non-allowable costs
Allowable Costs Include:
- Salary - grant funds may be used to cover salaries for project-related employees, but cannot be used to pay salary costs for employees who are already employed full-time. Exceptions may be made in circumstances where a specified position is supported primarily by grant funds and the applicant can demonstrate that the requested funds would replace existing grant funds.
- Consultant fees.
- Materials and supplies (e.g. office supplies, health-related materials, refreshments, incentives) necessary to accomplish the specific objectives of the proposal that are usually "used up" in the course of the project. Incentives are items used to enable or ensure participants are able to take advantage of services provided by grantees, for example metro or bus cards to assist women in attending prenatal care appointments or educational sessions.
- Printing and travel that are reasonable and necessary for project implementation. March of Dimes funds may NOT be used to pay for first class travel.
- Facilities - rental costs associated with using a physical location for an activity necessary to accomplish the specific objectives of the proposal are permitted.
- Indirect costs are allowable for grants of $25,000 or more only and cannot exceed 10% of total costs.
Non-Allowable Costs Include:
- Salary costs for staff who are already employed full-time by their organization (see exceptions above).
- Construction, alteration, maintenance of buildings or building space.
- Dues for organizational membership in professional societies.
- Tuition, conference fees or awards for individuals.
- Cash stipends for individuals
- Billable services provided by physicians or other providers.
- Permanent equipment (e.g. computers, video monitors, software printers, furniture) unless essential to project implementation and not available from other sources.
- Educational materials that do not meet the quality or evidence-based standards provided by March of Dimes
- Indirect costs for grants under $25,000.
- Advertising materials and purchase of media time/space: Budget costs relating to these items may not be allowable depending on project specifics. Please consult with the chapter contact listed in this application regarding whether proposed items are allowable.


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Koch World reboots
The Koch brothers' political network spent hundreds of millions to win the White House and the Senate — and came up empty. So they did what any smart business executives would do: ordered up an audit.
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Americans for Prosperity, the Kochs' main political outlet, parted ways with its chief operating officer, most of its 100-plus employee field staff and several fundraisers. Generation Opportunity, a Koch-backed youth mobilization effort, recently replaced its president.
( Also on POLITICO: Joe Miller's return gives GOP establishment heartburn)
Charles and David Koch's network also is withholding cash from some groups pending the full audit results, and it has postponed both of its signature donor conferences this year.
The pressure isn't coming just from the inside. California regulators are issuing subpoenas and demanding phone and business records in an investigation that could reveal the secret donors funding some Koch-linked groups or even result in those donors becoming targets themselves. And David Koch has told friends he is weary of being pilloried by liberals and Democrats up to and including President Barack Obama as the personification of the corrupting influence of money in politics.
It's not all gloom and doom in Koch World, but the brothers are at a potential turning point and their decisions could go a long way toward shaping the future of the Republican Party.
( Also on POLITICO: Supreme Court will hear appeal of campaign donation limits)
If they continue an expansion into electoral politics that helped spawn the tea party and push the GOP to the right, they could find themselves on a collision course with Karl Rove, who has pledged to raise big money to boost more centrist or "electable" GOP candidates. But if they begin steering cash away from ads and political organizing and back toward the free-market libertarian ideological and policy spheres, that could diminish their role at the ballot box.
Early indications suggest that they'll continue playing in politics but will tweak their approach to reflect 2012 lessons.
( Also on POLITICO: Gingrich-less, super PAC is back)
Top Koch operative Kevin Gentry emailed associates after the election about "a growing belief that one of the Obama campaign's competitive advantages was their analytical approach to almost all of their messaging" while others in Koch World have hinted at a more decentralized and below-the-radar strategy.
"They're trying to figure out a way to benefit their causes" without becoming straw men at the same time, said a source familiar with their thinking.
They've blessed the formation of a new secret money nonprofit group, the Association for American Innovation, POLITICO has learned. It will be run by former top AFP strategist Alan Cobb and will wage a behind-the-scenes push in state capitols for reforms consistent with the brothers' small-government, free-enterprise philosophy, including possibly curbing union power and abolishing income taxes.
Americans for Prosperity is moving forward with a new initiative to block the implementation of Obamacare, and has hinted it may get involved in congressional primaries for the first time in 2014, which could pit it directly against Rove's effort.


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Everybody's Favorite New Orleans Chef Launches Besh Box--Plus, Recipes from His New Cookbook
It seems there's no slowing down for New Orleans-based chef, restaurateur, philanthropist, and Epicurious blog contributor John Besh. In addition to running nine restaurants, Besh just completed his third cookbook, Cooking From the Heart. In this stunning and photo-packed book readers join Besh as he returns to the places and people who shaped his career, telling their stories and remembering the lessons he learned from each. He also shares 140 recipes, many with step-by-step photography.
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(Watch "World's Untold Stories: Dementia Village" on CNN International on Sunday at 11.30 pm, 14July2013)
· Dutch dementia facility shows new way of providing long term care
· It lets residents roam while staff work in village shops to keep an eye on them
· Living quarters are furnished to reflect a person's younger days
· Health experts from across Europe and Japan are looking at the Dutch model
Weesp, Netherlands (CNN) - Theo Visser was thirsty. He got up from his seat during the half-time break in a soccer match to purchase a drink from the concession stand.
"There she was, standing behind the bar," he recounts, 58 years later. "It was love at first sight." Theo asked the young woman out to a movie - and the rest, they say, is history.
It's quite a shame, then, that Corrie Visser doesn't remember any of this. Or if she does, she can't say so. Corrie is one of 152 residents at Hogewey, a cutting-edge elder care facility on the outskirts of Weesp, the Netherlands, just minutes from downtown Amsterdam.
'Dementia Village' - as it has become known - is a place where residents can live a seemingly normal life, but in reality are being watched all the time. Caretakers staff the restaurant, grocery store, hair salon and theatre - although the residents don't always realize they are carers - and are also watching in the residents' living quarters.
Residents are allowed to roam freely around the courtyard-like grounds with its landscaped trees, fountains and benches - but they can't leave the premises.
Their two-story dormitory-style homes form a perimeter wall for the village, meaning there is no way a resident can accidentally wander out.
And if they do approach the one exit door, a staffer will politely suggest the door is locked and propose another route.
Placing an aging family member here is far less expensive than round-the-clock, in-home care. It also takes an enormous amount of stress off family members who don't have ample time or proper training to care for their loved ones.
Corrie has received a diagnosis of severe dementia, meaning she requires attention and support 24 hours a day. That clinical indication is necessary to gain admittance into Hogewey.
The burden of caring for Corrie eventually became unmanageable for Theo and his daughters, so together, they made the decision to place her here.
He says: "It's perfect. I wouldn't know a better place for her. It's 100% good."
Nearly every day of the week, Theo drives 15 kilometers (10 miles) each way to spend a few hours with his 80-year-old wife.
"I do it for myself," he says. "I need it for myself. She (still) recognizes everyone... so it's important I be here every day."
Although they can't chat with each other, Theo and Corrie will often sit for hours, holding hands and lovingly look into each other's eyes. Every so often, Corrie offers a smile, a laugh, a squeeze of the hand. At least part of her memory, it seems, is still intact, though she can't verbalize much these days.
Like other residents of Hogewey, Corrie may not know exactly where she is, but she always feels right at home. That's precisely the idea.
For Yvonne van Amerongen, one of Hogewey's Founders, the need to create the small village was deeply personal.
"It was the moment my mother called me and told me my father had passed away suddenly," she recalls. "Nothing was wrong with him. He just had a heart attack and he died. One of the first things I thought was, 'Thank God he never had to be in a nursing home.' That's crazy that I have to think that!
I'm in the management of a nursing home and I don't want my father to come here."
Van Amerongen sat down with her colleagues in November 1992 to discuss how they could transform the typical nursing home into more worthwhile living.
They created a 1.5 hectare (four-acre) complex, completed in 2009, that is home to 23 housing units and seven different "lifestyle themes," such as crafts, culture, religious and urban.
Art lovers get paintings on the walls and music is always playing while the religious get more conservative décor and Christian crosses on the walls.
The simple goal: provide the most normal possible life, reminiscent of each individual's formative years.
From the furnishing of her unit to the decorations and the type of food served, Corrie is led to believe that nothing in her life has changed. It's this sense of normalcy that they strive for day in and day out at Hogewey.
In some ways, this is similar to the manufactured reality depicted in the movie "The Truman Show," where a man played by Jim Carrey discovers his entire life is actually a TV program. Everything he thinks is real is in fact a mirage, created by television producers for the viewing public's entertainment.
Van Amerongen dismisses any accusations that she and her staff are duping their residents. "We have a real society here," she says. "I don't think people feel fooled. They feel fooled if we just tell them a story that's not true and they know it. We're not telling stories."
But telling stories is exactly what some of the residents do, all day long, including Corrie's housemate, Jo Verhoef. Like all of Hogewey's residents, Jo's dementia is rapidly progressing. Her "loop" is getting shorter; the conversations she carries and the questions she asks are becoming more repetitive in a shorter amount of time.
"Do you know Steve Matthews?" she asks, multiple times over the course of an hour. Of course, no one does, but each time she seems surprised that we haven't met.
Steve may be a relic of Jo's past, a distant, foggy memory of a baseball player she says lived with her for a short time when she was younger. Or, he may be a figment of her imagination. Sadly, we'll never know.
Worldwide, 35.6 million people have dementia, according to the World Health Organization, with 7.7 million new cases being diagnosed every year. At that rate, the number of people with dementia is expected to double by 2030 and triple by 2050. This will be an additional burden for governments already struggling to contain the runaway costs of health care.
In Holland, everyone pays into the state health care system during their working years, with the money then disbursed to pay for later-in-life expenses - and that means living in Hogewey does not cost any more than a traditional nursing home.
Could this innovative model work in other countries? Health care industry leaders in Germany, England, Switzerland and Japan are all beginning to take notice. At Hogewey, says van Amerongen, "We have Dutch design, Dutch cultures, Dutch lifestyles, but the concept is to value the person, the individual ... to support them to live their life as usual, and you can do that anywhere."
On a physical level, residents at Hogewey require fewer medications; they eat better, and yes, they live longer. On a mental level, they also seem to have more joy. It's a difficult thing to measure, but that is the most important thing here at Hogewey.
So could this work in other parts of the world? That's the next question.
(Source: By Ben Tinker, CNN, 14 July 2013)


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All this talk is making me regret not being able to do the review for this. ;-;I might pick it up later, if the good news keeps coming.
Also, I like that you can ride on woolies (pl. woolys?) in this game (could you do that in 3? I forget).
Holy crap Boss 3 has some of the worst coding I've ever seen in a modern RPG. Did they not play test this? At all?-As soon as the boss goes red the following things happen:1. It gains an attack which randomly generates 5-6 objects at the edge of the room and flings them inwards. However you can't stand in the center because the boss likes to RNG into its spin or grab attacks while the objects are still in the throwing animation. If you get hit by it you're screwed. Your only option are areas not immediately against the wall but not near the center. However the game likes to spawn these exactly on top of you quite often. Not only that but the camera sucks balls and actively kills you with this attack. You can run into these objects more often than not because the camera refuses to pan upwards or downwards faster than your character moves.2. Also while in red-mode the boss's time between attacks shortens. Normally this is where you just poke-run-poke-run instead of poke-poke-run-poke-poke. However the RNG system governing the time between attacks is literally broken; because sometimes the boss randomly transitions into additional attacks with zero down time. 3. The collision detection on the objects in this room is damaged. The character can and will get stuck on things they have no business getting stuck on. This effects the boss too and it's not a good thing since it screws with his RNG enough that you can't even poke it during the black-beam vulnerability.Because of 2 you can't poke him with melee outside of one single attack. If you do the RNG is going to trigger and kill you.Because of 1 you can't let the fight go on for very long because you cannot dodge the attacks when the over-spawn RNG triggers and kills you.If 3 happens you might as well insta-reset.I'm Level 23 in a Level 18 dungeon and the damage is still insane that this boss throws out. So really there's only 3 options.1. Quit my file. Start over in easy mode.2. Grind levels, lots of levels, basically be far, far over what you're 'supposed' to be for this dungeon.3. Bring about 10+ full-heal items and spam ranged magic....spent about an hour+ at this. Boss is still alive. Holy crap this is about the worst 'Things that make you want to sell the game' walls I've run into in a long time. ~_~; Dark Souls had easier bosses than this. And this is only the first year of Spring too...
Unlike the 2 bosses before it, there is no 3rd mode or form. Red mode is the last form
1. Quit my file. Start over in easy mode.


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Today I'm loading up my new iPod with great old music, stocking up on fresh batteries for my new digital camera, recharging my (relatively) new cell phone and readying my laptop for its first road trip.
To top it off, my good friend Sherry Borzo of dsmBuzz fame just posted a podcast interview with me where we talk about entrepreneurship, my family history business and my book about the last tour of Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens.
I'm feeling like an uber Digital Daddy as I prepare for my first APH conference after three years of membership. If all this electronic stuff works right, I plan to blog from the conference.
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San Bernardino County District Attorney Michael A. Ramos announced last week his intent to run for re-election in 2014. His announcement came after a tenure of prosecuting a range of cases in San Bernardino County, from gang violence to alleged corruption. He's also created the office's Human Trafficking Unit.
Q: What do you feel has been your greatest achievement since you first took office in 2003?
A: I've had many great achievements since taking over this office. When I came into office I re-established partnerships in law enforcement to better our resources in fighting crime. I've created several task forces to focus on major crime throughout the county and victims rights to justice.
Q: How are street gangs involved in the underworld of human trafficking?
A: You're going to find more cases of human trafficking are going to start rising. Gangs are getting more involved. It's their new economy. They're realizing they can make more and more money pimping girls than they do by dealing drugs. With drugs they sell and have to get more, but they can sell these girls over and over again. It's guaranteed money for them.
Q: Speaking of gangs, are the injunctions really working?
A: I think the injunctions work for the territorial gangs that have been around for decades. In the places where we've put in the gang injunctions we have cleaned up the neighborhoods. Gang members were coming in and dealing drugs in the middle of the day, carrying guns, and after the injunctions went into place it stopped. The rise of criminal street gangs in this county is a real threat to our communities, but I refuse to allow these criminals to determine how we live our daily lives.
Q: What crime is the most emotionally draining for your office to prosecute?
A: Crimes against children. They're the most vulnerable of victims. Sometimes the victims can't tell you what has happened to them because they're babies. I tasked Assistant District Attorney Gary Roth to put together our Major Crimes Against Children Unit and it's a success. We work with doctors, forensic pediatricians, social services, investigators at the Sheriff's Department. When it comes time that I leave this position that's one of the things that I will always feel good about doing.
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Newport's finest day
Huw Richards
October 2, 2012
Billy Millar led the Springboks to Newport back in 1912 © PA Photos
Among the more engaging habits of South African touring sides used to be that of carrying around Springbok heads for presentation to the teams who succeeded in beating them.
The South African journalist A.C.Parker - to the Boks what Terry McLean was to the All Blacks and J.B.G. Thomas to the British & Irish Lions - admitted that he was 'not totally enamoured of the practice', but dated it to the 1912-13 tour of Britain, led by Billy Millar. So it was a century ago this month, on October 24 1912, that the first Springbok head was handed over - to Newport, who succeeded in beating the Boks at Rodney Parade. While Cardiff had beaten the 1906 touring team, the head in their clubhouse relates to a near miss against the Boks, in 1951.
The South Africans appear to have been guilty of over-confidence. They had won their first six matches, including a 35-3 slaughter of a powerful Glamorgan select, and did not heed the warning of only scraping home by 8-7 earlier in the week at Llanelli.
They chose a team which fell some way short of their best. Millar, writing 20 years later for Ivor Difford's history of the South African game, recalled that Welsh official Walter Rees - already two decades into his secretaryship of the Welsh Rugby Union, but well short of his halfway point - warned him before the match that they had underestimated Newport.
The match was played before a crowd of 18,300 crammed into Rodney Parade, who paid a club record £1,220. They were to be well rewarded for their expenditure. The Black and Ambers were a formidable side that season, losing only to Leicester and Swansea all season. They fielded six internationals, including their powerful English pack leader Rob Dibble, and others yet to be capped.
Crucially they could field a smart and astute pair of half-backs, Tommy Vile - later a distinguished referee, a durable operator who would have had many more caps but for being only a few years younger than scrum-half Dickie Owen, and durable enough to captain Wales at the age of 38 - and Walter Martin. There were also to be vital roles for two other Newport backs, full-back Herbert Wreford and centre Fred Birt.
Birt, whose connection with the Newport club went back to a childhood in which he had acted as ball boy for the kicking practice of his, and the nation's, idol Arthur Gould opened the scoring in the first half with an angled 35 yard drop goal which 'just scraped over the bar' to give the Black and Ambers what under pre-1948 scoring values counted as a four-point lead.
A try still counted only for three points, so Newport retained their advantage even when forward Duggie Morkel crossed for the South Africans early in the second half. Dirk Luyt had initiated the scoring move, but was unable to add a simple-looking conversion and Newport still led 4-3.
Even so, it still seemed a matter of time before the Boks took full control as they pounded at the Newport line. In rapid succession each of their wings, Jan Stegmann and Otto van der Hoff, were sent clear, only to be brought down at the corner flag by Wreford, playing the game of his life.
Jack Wetter shone for Newport against the Springboks © PA Photos
Eventually Newport broke, Jack Wetter - who would still be around, a dozen years and a World War later in 1924, to lead the Black and Ambers in giving the All Black Invincibles one of the toughest days of their triumphant door - punted across, van der Hoff failed to control the rolling ball and Birt pounced for the decisive try, adding the conversion that made it 9-3 at the end.
Millar recalled that 'we were fairly and squarely beaten', not least because 'Our handling of the ball was in vivid contrast to the opposing backs who received great assistance from a virile pack'. The Western Mail reported that by the end South Africa 'looked a beaten side and the deadliness of the Newport tackling disconcerted them'.
Newport's history is a highly distinguished one, including several unbeaten seasons, but this day a century ago was arguably the greatest in that long story - with only one rival, in 1963 when the All Blacks were also beaten, also by a drop-goal, landed by Dick Uzzell, whose great-uncle Harry had been one of the forward heroes of the 1912 win.
The Boks, though, could be argued to have had the last laugh. While they also lost to London Counties and to Swansea, they beat Wales 3-0, reprieved when the usually deadly Birt missed a penalty so simple that Millar was convinced he would kick it.
While they have not left quite the same mark on history as their predecessors of 1906, or the 1905 All Blacks, they managed something beyond those two great pioneering squads - beating all four Home Nations and creating a Springbok tradition that was emulated by their successors of 1931, 1951 and 1960. It is a record that makes Newport's achievement 100 years ago this month all the greater.
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Debt-laden Catalonia has complained to Brussels that it is being unfairly treated by Spain's central government in the country's drive to cut its public deficit and avoid fiscal meltdown.
In a January 25 letter to European Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn and seen by Reuters, Catalonia's economy chief Andreu Mas-Colell, says Madrid has not followed European guidance to share out cost-cutting efforts in line with cost burdens.
"Unfortunately these are not the principles that the Spanish government has followed in setting regional targets, thus contributing to unnecessary acrimony and contentiousness," the letter says.
The Commission is not likely to take any action on the letter because it leaves intra-country distribution of revenues and expenditures to national governments.
But politically, the direct appeal to Brussels is bound to irritate Madrid at a time when a surging separatist movement in the northeast region of Catalonia has already strained relations with Spain's central government.
Catalan President Artur Mas has vowed to hold a referendum on secession from Spain by 2014, saying Catalonia should be a separate state within the European Union and the euro monetary union. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy says such a vote would be unconstitutional.
In the past week Mas and Rajoy's foreign minister have sparred publicly over Madrid's plan to curtail Catalonia's diplomatic representation in other countries.
A spokeswoman at the Spanish economy ministry said the ministry had no comment on the letter. Rehn spokesman Simon O'Connor also said he could not comment.
Catalonia argues its deficit goal of 1.5 percent of economic output is too tough at a time that it has had to ask Madrid for rescue funds - 5.4 billion euros last year and 9.1 billion euros this year - to meet debt payments and pay workers.
A recent European Commission report forecast that Spain will probably miss its deficit target of 6.3 percent of gross domestic product in 2012, partly due to a deficit in the social security system, and even when stripping out a one-time payment from the government to problem banks.
Rehn has said that Spain could get an extension on the 2014 deadline for cutting its deficit to below 3 percent of GDP, because of a deep recession that has pushed unemployment to 26 percent, the highest in the euro zone.
Catalonia, which accounts for one fifth of the Spanish economy, has cut public spending by almost 16 percent over two years.
"This is significant because we are in charge of healthcare, education at all levels, welfare support, police and justice," Mas-Colell wrote in the letter to Rehn.
He referred to a resolution passed by the European Parliament in January that said fiscal consolidation efforts should be shared out among administrations taking account of the services they provide.
Catalonia missed its deficit target in 2011 and may have done so again in 2012.
Catalonia, like many of Spain's 17 highly devolved regions, it is unable to raise debt on public markets due to a high risk premium, which is why it has had to get funding from Madrid's rescue fund.
In the letter Mas-Colell said Catalonia supports the expressions of interest from Brussels in possibly giving Spain more time to cut its deficit, but said that Spain must share out the benefits of an extension with the regions.
He said that when Spain got a break on its 2013 deficit target, which has been set at 4.5 percent, relaxed from an original goal of 3.0 percent, it passed only a small bit of the benefit to the regional governments, two-tenths of a percent.
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Three men faced arraignment Saturday morning on forgery charges for using fake credit cards at a Walmart store in Westbury, Nassau County police said.
John Eustache, 25, of 459 E. 52nd St.; Kenneth Bartholomew, 21, of 514 E. 45th St., both of Brooklyn; and Sacha Bryant, 35, of 986 Clyde Rd., Baldwin, allegedly tried to make purchases on Friday with fraudulent credit cards at the store at 1220 Old Country Rd.
After four of the credit cards were declined, the store's loss prevention officer asked for identification and to see one of the cards. One of the defendants handed over a driver's license and a credit card with alterations and defects, police said.
The defendants fled, but the loss prevention officer apprehended Bartholomew at the front of the store. Eustache and Bryant tried to flee in a 2008 Lexus but were stopped by Third Precinct Police officers.
The men were arrested Friday just before 3:30 p.m., police said.
Bartholomew and Bryant are each being charged with 10 counts of possession of a forged instrument in the second degree.
Eustache is being charged with eight counts of possession of a forged instrument, second degree.
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Pelle and Koeman reunite at Saints
Southampton have moved to further fill the void left by their summer departures by signing striker Graziano Pelle.
The Italian has penned a three-year deal with the Saints, leaving Feyenoord and following former boss Ronald Koeman to the south coast.
The 28-year-old scored 27 goals for the Rotterdam club in the 2013/14 season and will be viewed as a replacement for Rickie Lambert, who moved to Liverpool earlier in the summer.
Koeman has been tasked with rebuilding key areas of the Southampton first team since taking over from Mauricio Pochettino last month, with Adam Lallana and Luke Shaw having also left.
He signed playmaker Dusan Tadic on Tuesday and the capture of Pelle will be seen as another important move.
Pelle started his career with Lecce and had a number of loan spells before moving to AZ Alkmaar, where he first made contact with Koeman.
A return to Italy and Parma followed, before taking in Sampdoria and then Feyenoord and Koeman again. His goalscoring feats of last season mean he is the second highest-scoring Italian to have played outside of Serie A.
"I'm really happy that it's finally signed," Pelle told his new club's official website.
"I had some teams interested in me, but this is going to be the best choice for me because the club wants to keep improving every year.
"The talks between us were only short in terms of how long it took to convince each other. I was pretty sure that, for me, this would be a great step.
"[Ronald] Koeman and I worked together for two amazing years at Feyenoord, and I hope that it will be the same here.
"There are many good things about this club other than the trainer. The Premier League is amazing, and Southampton is showing year by year that it wants to improve."
Koeman believes he has got a rare commodity in his new man.
He said "I had Graziano in my team for my last two years at Feyenoord. He scored a lot of goals - more than 50 in two seasons - and they brought a lot of points to the club.
"Goals mean points, and we needed a good player in that position after Rickie Lambert left.
"In terms of his qualities, he's a tall striker with a lot of movement and he's fast. He's a player who gives confidence to the team because he keeps the ball, and he's very dangerous in front of goal."
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