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- Improved localization
- Added PHP Docblocks
- WordPress Coding Standards improvements
- Increase compatibility with latest versions of PHP/futureproofing code
- Fixes for widget options saving in WordPress 4.4
- Fixes for WordPress 4.4
- Fixes for custom post type UI
- Fixes for WP-Widget class
- Compatibility fixes for WordPress 3.5
- General Code Cleanup
- Change call to bloginfo for Next/Prev day links
- Added filter for daily GMT offset text
- Fixed typo causing issues with translation files
- Added four new filters for the post schedule shortcode: post_schedule_start_date_format, post_schedule_end_date_format, post_schedule_start_time_format, post_schedule_end_time_format
- Added ability to change the dateformat and timeformat to the post schedule shortcode
- Added additional argument (event data array) to the current ftc_custom_replacement_tags filter
- Fixed iCal bug causing single-day all day events to span multiple days
- Fixed iCal/Permalink bug
- Added temporary fix to write-edit-post.js file for people with jquery issues
- Changed parseCSV class name and references to avoid conflicts
- Added hide_duplicates argument to ftcalendar and Calendar Thumb Widget
- Fixed Full Throttle Client compatibility with Simple Maps
- Fixed header error in wp-admin panel
- Fixed date argument bug in ftcalendar_list
- Added check for GET variable on ftcalendar_list pages to change the start date
- Added ftcalendar_post_schedule shortcode
- Fixed script and CSS enqueue for shortcodes in WordPress 3.3
- Code Cleanup
- Fixed timezone bug in iCal feeds
- Fixed bug in legend="off" setting for large calendar
- Fixed bug in recurring events datepicker jQuery call
- Added new filter: ftc_custom_replacement_tags to add custom tags to the ftcalendar_list shortcode
- Modified submenu to work with WP 3.3
- Gave the Add Event UI a little bit of love
- Added clean_post_cache function to event list shortcode/widget, to help reduce PHP memory overhead for large queries.
- Added beta Italian translation
- General Code Cleanup
- Fixed bug causing schedule to appear twice on excerpts
- Added functionality to ftcalendar_list shortcode/widget, so it displays events that are current (not yet ended)
- Added filter to force ftcalendar_list to start at 00:00:00 today, instead of "now"
- Updated ftcalendar_list widget to include "0" in the timespan, for "today" events displays (e.g. +0 days)
- Added Dutch tranlsation files (nl_NL) thanks to Helma Paternostre of paternostre.nl
- Added German tranlsation files (de_DE) thanks to Nathaniel Stott of stott.nl
- Added text to Calendar Data meta box to state which calendar a specific event is listed in
- Localized Javascript files
- General Code Cleanup
- Changed Upcoming Event Lists to pay attention to TIME not just DAY, so events that happened minutes ago do not appear
- Fixed internationalization bug
- Fixed Widget ID tags
- Fixed EXCERPT bug in Upcoming Event List
- Fixed permalink bug in Calendar Thumb widget
- Fixed permalink bug in Large Calendar
- Added "date" argument to ftcalendar_list shortcode
- Add POT file for language translations, hopefully will be getting some soon
- Calendar now considers WordPress "Start Week On" setting under Settings -> General
- Fixed bug causing RSS and iCal feed icons to re-appear when switching calendar views
- Added new shortcode argument %CALNAME% to the 'class' variable
- Added new shortcode argument %CALNAME% & %CALSLUG% *_template variable in ftcalendar_list
- Updated main plugin URL
- Fixed timezone bug with event listing on recurring events
- Efficiency updates
- Added argument to Hide Duplicates for ftcalendar_list shortcode and widget
- Efficiency updates
- Fixed bug with timezone calculation in iCal feeds
- Fixed bug with sorting recurring events times
- Rebuilt RSS feeds to follow RSS standards
- Added filter for prev/next calendar arrows
- Fixed timezone issue with non-recurring events (if server time is off)
- Fixed small bugs found in ATOM and RDF feeds
- Added filters to modify main get_ftcal_data_ids() query
- Fixed infinite loop problem caused if you include a ftcalendar_list shortcode inside a post with event details.
- Added multiple checkboxes to Widgets to choose multiple calendars
- Added str_ireplace function for older PHP version compatibility
- Fixed bug with day URL on the Month/Week calendar
- Fixed bug with day not changing to the current day being viewed on the Day calendar
- Fixed iCal feeds for non-permalink sites
- Added iCal feed template, wasn't included in 1.1.8
- Fixed RSS feed URLs
- Added iCal feeds
- Fixed bug in current_day class name calculation
- Added ability to display schedule within post content
- Fixed bug in JavaScript when setting "Repeats Every" for recurring events in Internet Explorer.
- Added SMART Event Ordering
- Added upgrade() function for changes made to plugin that require DB updates
- Set Recurring End Dates to NULL if not defined (instead of current datetime)
- Daily, Weekly, Monthly, and Upcoming event feeds available for all and specific FT Calendar calendars
- Fixed bug in widgets, was incorrectly using term name for the value instead of the term slug
- Fixed weekly recurring bug, calculation errors
- Fixed bug causing calendar to disappear with the legend turned off
- Fixed bug preventing IE from changing the label color
- Fixed minor error showing when looking at the help page with no calendars defined
- Fixed minor bug causing Legend to display entire list of calendars, even when 'calendars' shortcode arg is set
- Fixed weekly recursion calculation error
- Fixed monthly recursion JS and calculation error when "day of the week" is selected
- Fixed "day" link on Month and Week calendar
- Added ability to export FT Calendar data as a CSV file
- Added ability to import FT Calendar CSV file
- Added ability to import Event Calendar 3 data from DB table
- Fixed bug in weekly recurring events
- Fixed bug preventing calendar label color from not appearing properly when editing the taxonomy
- Added missing i18n fields
- Typo in Event Calendar List argument, named "LINK" but defaulted to "URL". Set both as acceptable arguments.
- Fixed bug related to recurring monthly and yearly events not displaying properly
- Initial Premium Release
- Initial WordPress Release
- BETA bug squashing
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by Tom Utescher
Host Chestnut Hill College kept the Cheyney University Wolves from the door last Saturday afternoon, winning the non-conference Division II tussle, 67-62, to reach an overall record of 2-4. For Cheyney, it was the first loss of the season in five outings thus far.
The Griffins played without two of their mainstays at forward, senior Trent Davidheiser (family commitment) and junior Dan Comas (illness), but freshman forward Khadim Ndiaye stepped up with 18 points and 10 rebounds. CHC also received strong performances at guard from senior Brandon Williams (nine points, six assists, five rebounds, three steals) and sophomore Mark DiRugeris (14 points, five rebounds, four assists).
"Every team has injuries and sickness and other things to deal with," commented Griffins coach Jesse Balcer, "but the good thing is that we're finding out the depth that we have on this team."
Thrust into a starting role, forward Uros Kovacevic (a junior transfer) produced 11 points, four rebounds, and four assists, while CHC regular Andre Rivers, a sophomore swing player, posted nine points and seven rebounds.
Taking the court with a 1-4 record, was Chestnut Hill able to correct any negative tendencies that had surfaced in earlier games?
"The difference was, we played defense the whole way tonight," Coach Balcer stated without hesitation. "We played a good first half against Slippery Rock, didn't defend in the second half, and got murdered. We were up by six at Kutztown, didn't defend, and they came back and beat us by 15. Yesterday at practice we didn't work on offense at all; we just got back to basics on defense."
Cheyney was led by guard Sharif Bray, with 18 points, but he only scored seven in the second half. Forward David Burton helped keep the Wolves in contention after halftime, when he deposited 14 of his 17 total points.
From the outset both ballclubs played determined defense, particularly in the paint, and the scoreboard turned over slowly. With just over seven minutes to go in the first half the teams were locked up at 12-12, then CHC forged ahead with a lay-up and foul shot by Ndiaye and two free throws by Williams.
After enjoying a 28-24 advantage at the intermission, Chestnut Hill remained ahead, but Cheyney stayed within striking distance. With the count 43-40 just past the midpoint of the second half, Chestnut Hill went on an 8-2 run that made it 51-42, but the gap never reached double digits.
Still, CHC did a skillful job of controlling a close contest.
"We were patient on offense," Balcer explained. "We waited for good shots, and even when we didn't make them, we took a lot of time away from Cheyney in the process."
Only six of the Griffins' 14 turnovers occurred in the second period.
Ahead 58-54 as the one-minute mark approached, CHC did the rest of its scoring from the foul line, going nine-for-12 in the last 75 seconds. Three successful drives by Burton kept the Wolves close, but during the final 15 ticks Shay missed twice from the three-point loop.
"It was nice to see us get a win by out-defending the other team," Balcer remarked. "We have a great bunch of kids and they all work hard, but they had been losing focus on the defensive end. Tonight we played 40 minutes on defense, and now we'll see if we're able to do that consistently."


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Today's Challenge
Scholarships are very important...and life-changing. Scholarships provide access to education in the area of credit management and are awarded with one single goal: to help assist the business credit professional excel within the business credit profession.
There are always more requests for scholarships than there are funds. Please consider making a contribution to the CFDD Scholarship Fund. There are many ways to contribute:
Tax Benefits and Responsibilities
People give to charity for many heartfelt, altruistic reasons. But as made evident by the surge in online gifts flowing through our site on December 31, many worthy charities are funded by donors who are able to make larger gifts as a result of the tax deductions they later claim.
But before you prepare your tax return, you should know that the government is increasingly concerned with taxpayers inflating the value of their gifts. In recent years, new laws have been passed to curb those who abuse the spirit of such tax breaks. And the IRS continues to scrutinize claims for charitable deductions to make sure taxpayers are entitled to such claims.
If you want to claim a charitable deduction for a cash gift, then you must be prepared to verify your claim. In other words, you can no longer deduct the spare change dropped in a charity's collection bucket without the proper documentation. If you are audited, the IRS will only accept one of the following to substantiate a monetary gift: a canceled check, credit card statement, bank statement or a written acknowledgement from the charity (showing the charity's name, the date of the donation and the amount given).
If you contribute $250 or more, then you must prove to the IRS that you (a) made the donation and (b) you didn't receive anything in return for that donation. Therefore, you'll need a receipt from the charity that includes the following information: the charity's name, the value of your gift, the date you made your donation and a statement verifying that you did not receive any goods or services in return for your gift.
If you are among the many donors that give online on December 31, then your gift still qualifies for a deduction on your tax return even though you pay the credit card company in the following year. If you wait until the last minute and pay by check, your gift qualifies so long as the check is mailed on or before December 31.
Cash & Credit Donations
Consider supporting the CFDD Scholarship Fund through a direct cash contribution.
Contributions can be made by check and sent to: The CFDD National Scholarship Fund, The National Association of Credit Management, 8840 Columbia 100 Parkway, Columbia, Maryland, 20145-2158.
Contributions may also be made using a credit card, via the NACM Bookstore. To make a credit card contribution, click here.
Matching Gift Donation
You could double your donation with a corporate matching gift!
Did you know that many companies have special programs to match employee gifts? And that you may be able to double your gift by just filling out some simple forms at your company's human resources or community relations office? That means your gift could go twice as far…fund twice as many scholarships…and help twice as many credit professionals. It's as easy as that!
You may work for, or have retired from, a company that will match all or some of the amount of your gift to the CFDD National Scholarship Fund. Please contact your company's Human Resources department to determine if it has a matching gift program and whether your gift to the CFDD National Scholarship Fund is eligible for a match. Once you have determined that your company will match your charitable donation, complete the appropriate form (provided by your company) and include it with your donation. Please be sure to complete the entire donor portion of the form.
Follow these easy steps to take advantage of a matching gift program:
- Check with your company's human resources or payroll department to determine whether it offers a matching gift program.
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- Decide how much you want you donate. Be sure to find out whether different giving methods, such as a donation made via credit card, result in a different matching level.
- Request several copies of the matching gift form. You'll be more likely to complete the form if you have one on hand.
- Donate through the matching program to ensure that your donation is matched.
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A tribute gift is a meaningful way to convey sympathy to the bereaved, memorialize a loved one, commemorate a special occasion or honor someone. It is also an opportune way to express gratitude to a counselor or staff member who has made a special impact.
A note is sent to the individual being honored—or the family of those memorialized—informing them of the gift and the identity of the donor. The amount of the gift is kept confidential. If you'd like to make such a gift by check, please click here to print a donation form, then complete and mail the form (with a check made out to CFDD Scholarship Fund) to CFDD National Scholarship Fund, 8840 Columbia 100 Parkway, Columbia, Maryland, 21045-2158.
The Silent Auction Fundraiser
Consider donating an item, valued at $25 or more, to the CFDD Silent Auction. The Auction is held in conjunction with the CFDD National Conference.
Estate Plans
If you are looking for a way to help an organization you love in the years to come, please consider including the CFDD Scholarship Fund in your will or estate plans. We encourage you to consult with a qualified professional, such as your attorney and financial advisor. We would be deeply grateful to be remembered with a bequest.
In case your legal advisor should ask for it, the Federal Tax Identification Number for the CFDD National Scholarship Fund is EIN #20-2574848.


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CSU has world's youngest grandpa
When college athletes become coaches, you still think of them as forever young. That's why it came as a shock when Colorado State running backs coach Anthoney Hill, all 38 years of him, introduced me to his 4-month-old grandson during Wednesday's media day.
Hill explained he had a son at 19 and that son had a baby at 19.
Few players have had a bigger presence in the huddle than Hill, who led CSU to the 1994 WAC title. These days, however, he's just known as "coach" around CSU.
When I was telling the running backs this week about how their coach was one of the best athletes in CSU history, they responded with a "yeah, right" look.


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lucasfart wrote:I was just working on a school assignment and stumbled on this awesome looking game called "0 A.D."! I haven't had the chance to play it yet, as its still downloading (16 kbps...YAY!), but it looks awesome so I couldn't restrain myself from posting after I've downloaded it. Anyway, here's the description:0 A.D. is a free, open-source, cross-platform real-time strategy (RTS) game of ancient warfare. It's a historically-based war/economy game that allows players to relive or rewrite the history of six ancient Western civilizations, from Iberia to Persia, each depicted at their peak of economic growth and military prowess. Developed using Pyrogenesis, a ground-breaking new game engine custom-built to suit this project, 0 A.D. will give players a rich and entertaining real-time gaming experience.
Not only that, but its also cross-platform, with a version for windows, mac and linux
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Most of the pics are the low-res version, as I didn't realise till later on how to access high-res ones. You can check out all the pictures + vids on the mod-db page.
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Tell me what its like if you try it.
It looks like some kind of mod for Age of Empires 3.
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Attack on Titan Tribute game. I've been playing this a ton with my brother. However, be warned; it has a learning curve. It takes time to get good.
You can find it here: http://fenglee.com/game/aog/
And I've made a download link for anyone who wants to download it here: http://www.mediafire.com/download/unv99 ... 082013.exe
OH, also SUPERHOT. Found here: http://superhotgame.com/
You can find it here: http://fenglee.com/game/aog/
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OH, also SUPERHOT. Found here: http://superhotgame.com/
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Sniper Elite V2 is free on steam right now.
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Susana Winkel, Ph.D.
Half-Time Institute Faculty
B.S. Biology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1980
M.S. Microbiology, Hadassa Medical School, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1983
Postgraduate degree in Psychology, Department of Psychology, Tel Aviv University, 1987
Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, California School of Professional Psychology, 1992
Born in Argentina and educated in Israel and the U.S., Dr. Winkel has an international background that has helped shape her interests in psychology, social theory and cultural studies. Prior to becoming interested in psychology, Dr. Winkel was a microbiologist and conducted research in the field of virology. Dr. Winkel is a psychoanalyst and a member of the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis (formerly San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute). She has served on the faculty at the University of California at San Francisco and is currently on the faculty at the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis. Some of Dr. Winkel's other current interests include the psychoanalytic study of music, cultural and social issues and cross-cultural phenomena.


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Sapa is an old French hill station, nestled among
the Hoang Lien Son Mountains near the Chinese border. Because of its situation
near the tallest montain range in Vietnam, it is possibly the most scenic
mountain location in Vietnam.
First night: 20h00 -
20h30 pick you up at your hotel or your place and take you to Tran Quy Cap
station. Night train to Laocai station.
Day 1: Lao Cai - Sa Pa - Lao Chai - Ta Van (B, L, D)
Arrive in Laocai station
at 6h20 - 7h00: Pick up by minibus to Sapa. Check in hotel. After having
breakfast and shower, we'll start the trip to Lao Chai village to visit the
Black H'Mong have a picnic lunch on the way, then keep on going along the
valley to Ta Van village where Dzay people lives. Then homestay in their local
family house.
Day 2: Ta Van - Giang Ta Chai - Sa Pa (B, L, D)
Start the trip after
breakfast, up to Giang Ta Chai village of the Red Dzao minority. Have lunch.
Amazing sceneries and beautiful waterfall are to be seen in the afternoon
before going up to the main road where you'll be picked up by motorbike/Jeep.
Ride back to Sapa and you might stop to take photos on the way. Check in and
have dinner at the hotel. Enjoy the night in the mountain town.
Day 3: Sa Pa - Cat Cat - Sin Chai - Lao Cai station -
Hanoi (B, L, D)
Have breakfast at the
hotel. Free time to explore the town on your own in the morning. After lunch
you check out and leave your luggage at hotel, then trek down to Cat Cat and
Sin Chai villages of Black H'mong tribe. Visit H'Mong hydro electric built by
French and enjoy the waterfall in Cat Cat and very beautiful sceneries along
the way. Then back to Sapa and refresh with a shower before transferred to Lao
Cai station for night train back to Hanoi. Have dinner before getting the train
at 19h35.
Day 4: 5h00 arrive at Tran Quy Cap station, Hanoi.
Tour finishes.
The best time to witness
the scenic beauty of Sapa is in April and May. Before that period, the weather
might be cold and foggy; after that period is the rainy season. In April and
May, Sapa is blooming with flowers and green pastures. The clouds that settle
in the valley in early morning quickly disappear into thin air.Located at 1,500
m above sea level, Sapa lies on the side of the Hoang Lien Son Mountains, 333
km northwest of Hanoi. Sapa's flora is diverse, ranging from flowers to
tropical fruits; among the most popular fruits produced in Sapa are apples,
pears, peaches, and plums.Sapa has many natural sites such as Thac Bac, Thuy Cung
Grotto, Gio Cave, Troi Gate, and Truc Forest. Sapa is also the starting point
for many climbers and scientists who want to reach the top of Fansipan
Mountain, the highest mountain in Vietnam at 3,143 m. Hoang Lien Son Mountains
is also called the Alps of the North Sea area since Fansipan Mountain is not
only the highest peak in Vietnam, but also in the Indochina Peninsula. The
pyramid-shaped mountain is covered with clouds all year round and temperatures
often drop below zero, especially at high elevations.To reach Sapa, one can
take a train to Lao Cai and then a bus to Sapa from Lao Cai. On Sundays, Nung,
Dao, Tay, Cao Lan, Paxi, and Xa Phong minorities ride down the mountain in
their colorful clothes to take part in the Sunday market at the foot of Fansipan
Included: Return train
tickets (Hanoi - Laocai); Bus transfer; English speaking guide; all meals;
Entrance fees; Accommodation in Sapa;
Excluded: Beverage,
Single room, Personal expenses, Tips for tour guide and drive...
Necessary things: Sun
cream, Insect repellent, hat, sunglasses and trekking boots.
Recommended Hotels
Boutique Sapa Hotel
Bamboo Sapa Hotel
Thai Binh Hotel
Baguette & Chocolat
Chau Long Sapa Hotel
Sapa Star Hotel
Royal Sapa Hotel


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Have you spotted a loggerhead shrike in Mecklenburg County lately? How about a barn owl? Or an American kestrel?
The Mecklenburg Breeding Bird Atlas, a three-year work in progress by the Mecklenburg Audubon Society and the county natural-resources staff, needs your eyeballs. Shrikes, barn owls and kestrels are all ranked as "critically imperiled" species in the county, and the first year of fieldwork for the atlas found none breeding here.
About 110 volunteers took part in 2011. More, of any skill level, are needed. Information on observations of bird nests or other breeding clues, such as birds seen carrying food or nest materials, can be reported on the center-left side of the Mecklenburg Audubon site.
Preliminary results of the first year of fieldwork:
-- Of the 117 species expected to breed in the county, 87 percent were documented.
-- One new species, the Eurasian collared-dove, was found nesting in the county.
-- One pair of American redstarts was confirmed breeding, the first such record in Mecklenburg since 1941.
Of particular interest are loggerhead shrikes (left), which were once common in Mecklenburg County. Sightings have declined in the past two decades as they lost habitat, says county biologist Don Seriff, who is coordinating the atlas project. The birds look like a mockingbird with a black mask and are easy to see in open or brushy fields.
"We'd love to know if (volunteers) can find any within the county," Seriff says.
Birders, consider that a challenge.


text: Tonight I Pray that you realize that we can come to the Lord with a thankful heart even in the midst of tribulation and sorrow. That we can face our trials with a power that others do not have… The power of the Lord God!!! I pray that as we face those oncoming storms that we lean closer into Him so that He can help us to navigate our way through the storm. For it is when we put our trust in Him, we have the assurance that He will help us to endure the trial before us and discern His purpose for it so that we can grow into a more intimate walk with Him. I pray that each of us can be like the eagle who has the ability to lock its joints and soar effortlessly on the updraft, instead of flapping his wings. I pray that as we wait upon the Lord, that He will help us to use the winds of adversity to soar above our problems. After all, God promises "Those who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; and mount up with wings like eagles" In Jesus Name I Pray, Amen and Amen… I Love you all!!! God Bless You!!! ♥♥♥


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Region experiencing severe drought
The word drought has not been in the thoughts or conversations of most Pine County residents during the last six months.
Northern parts of the county have only just begun to recover from the June flooding.
Still, much of the United States suffered from drought during the summer of 2012 and Minnesota was no exception.
Currently, 100 percent of Minnesota is in abnormally dry to extreme drought status.
The northwest corner and extreme southeast corner of Minnesota can claim a full year of drought, according to Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Climatologist Greg Spoden.
He said Pine County was one of the counties in a swath from northeastern Minnesota to the southwest corner of the state that received much needed spring rains. It "recharged" the moisture and rescued the soil for the 2012 planting and growing season.
With the lack of summer and fall rainfall, the Hinckley area is now seven inches below normal precipitation levels, equivalent to two summer months with no rainfall.
Unless it rains significantly before the end of the week, there's no chance to improve the moisture levels in the groundwater.
"It's not in the cards," Spoden said.
Normal winter precipitation is 2.5 inches, he said. That will all run off during the spring thaw, which will help the river and lake levels but won't be absorbed into the frozen ground.
The fall of 2011 was the driest ever recorded in Minnesota. Though spring rains erased most of the drought, lack of precipitation in the months that followed put 83 percent of Minnesota, including Pine County, in "severe drought" status. That is a one in 10 year event, Spoden said.
The red areas of the map are in "extreme drought" conditions which happens once in 20 years.
Without improvement in precipitation, the northwest corner and southeast corner of the state will experience "exceptional drought" which is a one year in 50 occurrence.
Spoden said, "It's not unusual to have dry weather in late fall and early winter but the state will be counting on spring rains to recharge the soil." He said it won't be necessary to recover the full seven inches in the spring. The average three- to four-inch rainfall in May would do much to bring those groundwater levels up and would help with agriculture, horticulture and forestry.
However, we will have to have above average rainfall to make up for what we've lost.
Jen Glenn, fire program forester in Sandstone, said the fire danger is low right now but there is a peat fire burning east of Pine City off State Hwy. 70. She said peat fires will be a concern next year and the July 2011 blow down area in eastern Pine County is still a threat for fires.
Hinckley Area Fisheries Manager Roger Hugill said the lakes are still in good shape for fishing. Lower water levels can increase winter kill but he said most of it occurs with heavy snows on the lakes. The snow keeps the sun from getting through the ice to the plant life, which create oxygen for the fish through photosynthesis.
With sufficient snowfall, a good runoff in the spring will promote walleye spawning.


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distributed servers. Recently, Miszewski told SearchCIO.com about his aggressive plan to move the state's servers into a 36,000-square-foot data center -- an eight-month project slated for completion in December.
Why consolidate?Matt Miszewski We decided it was insane trying to keep up with maintenance, staffing, heating, power and air conditioning at 10 sites. It wasn't just the cost; there was across-the-board redundancy. For example, in one data center we had good redundancy and in another we had none. Operationally alone we're going to save $8 million to $10 million per year. That is a savings on technology reductions -- fewer servers, fewer licenses, fewer maintenance agreements, smarter use of technology, including virtualization of our server space -- and then personnel reductions.
Does that savings include heating, cooling and power costs?Miszewski No. For example, one of our data centers is in a building that operates five days a week, but the data center doesn't have a separate cooling or heating system, so we're paying to heat or cool a building that is over 100,000 square feet for seven days a week because we don't have a separate data center.
Are you buying new boxes and consolidating the data or are you moving all the current servers to the new site?Miszewski A mixture of both. We are centralizing a few boxes [picking up and moving], we are rationalizing as many as possible [taking off of current servers and moving onto common platforms but larger systems]. E-mail is a great example of the rationalization. We are moving from 220 distributed servers to 19 consolidated ones. From a cost of up to $15 per mailbox per month down to $3.
What benefits will you get from this project?Miszewski One of the things that is glaring -- one of the 10 data centers built 15 years ago, has planned downtime of 22 hours per year. We've calculated that loss of productivity to be $2.7 million per year. With the new facility, we'll have 1.6 hours per year of planned downtime. It will be the difference between a tier-one data center and a tier three. We could have made a bigger investment for a tier-four data center, but for the state of Wisconsin, we didn't see that as a need.
What's the difference between a tier-one data center and a tier-four center?Miszewski A tier one is a data center that was designed in 1970 with the specs of 28 hours downtime. There is no redundancy in a tier-one data center and only one power path. It was designed for water-cooled mainframes. A tier three and a tier four are comparable. They have redundant components; if the power goes out there is a diesel generator. They have two power feeds from different energy companies. A tier three is designed to be down 1.6 hours and a tier four has no downtime.
Will you have a mirror site?Miszewski Our backup site will be a lights-out facility and it will be located 15-20 miles away. There is a limit of 25 miles because we can't effectively mirror beyond that distance.
What will you move first?Miszewski We're going to eat our own dog food. The department of administration servers are moving first. We're moving before having to put another department through it.


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The ever popular Food Life Skills resources have been updated and re-launched. Food Life Skills comprises 13 cooking modules with PPTs and recipes to support food lessons and extra-curricular activities. The students are challenged to make three recipes, learning about food hygiene and safety, healthier eating and cooking, and budgeting whilst developing their practical and time management skills.
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NPR reporter Richard Knox dove into the science behind how singing can help patients relearn speaking after a stroke. Noting that we've known for more than a century that a stroke can leave you speechless yet still able to sing, he looked at "what may be the first rigorous trial of singing therapy." This former public speaker is one of the subjects:
Debra Meyerson, 54, is a volunteer in that study. Her aphasia is a cruel twist of fate. Meyerson is an expert in gender and race relations who was a dynamic and popular speaker before her stroke. After a year of conventional speech therapy, she couldn't speak more than a word or two....By next Labor Day — the second anniversary of her stroke — Meyerson wants to start public speaking again, this time as an advocate for better stroke care.This story offers a fascinating breakdown of the components we take for granted as speakers--components that are lost to strokes and must be brought back, one part at a time, from the motor nerves that help you sense the rhythms of speech, to the tonal qualities in inflection, to how fast you are able to download what you're trying to say from your brain to your mouth.
I'll have an eye open for that speech Debra Meyerson is planning to give--I have a hunch it's perfect for our Famous Speech Friday series, don't you agree? You can hear the audio of this exciting story here.
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We can classify all of the Linux/Unix commands into two types- Internal And External. Internal commands are the shell built-in commands while external commands are files present in the $PATH. (Remember we treat everything in the Linux as a file). Commands like pwd, cd ,echo comes under the category of the internal commands while ls,cp etc comes in the other category. To check whether the command is internal or external we will use the typeutility (type itself is internal one). Just type the name of the command after the utility and it will return you something like this –
If you got a message like "cd is a shell builtin" after the execution of the command it is an internal command. If you got something else it comes under the category of external commands (like cp in this case).
How Execution Takes Place : For the external commands, execution is possible only if the command file is present in the locations mentioned in the $PATH. Otherwise it will give you an error.If the command file is available , but the path to that file is not included in the PATH variable, it will show you an error. Internal commands don't need files for their execution. Set of internal commands is stored in shell by default. Sometimes a command with the same name exist in both the categories. Example – echo (external one lies in the /bin/echo) . In this case shell will give preference to the internal echo first, then comes the turn of the external ones. So if you use the echo utility internal will get executed. External echo rarely gets executed (You can execute it in the shell by creating a subshell though).


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Hope College has maintained its decade-long hold on the Commissioner's Cup of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) by the narrowest of margins.
Hope College has maintained its decade-long hold on the Commissioner's Cup of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) by the narrowest of margins.
The Commissioner's Cup is presented to the league member with the best cumulative finishes in the 18 men's and women's sports sponsored by America's oldest collegiate conference. The NCAA Division III affiliated conference consists of nine schools -- Adrian, Albion, Alma, Calvin, Hope, Kalamazoo, Olivet, Saint Mary's and Trine.
Hope's margin of victory over second place and rival Calvin College was a meer one point, 209-208. Except for a tie in the Cup standings between the same two schools in 2007-08, this is the closest margin in the 76-year-history of the award.
The final standings weren't determined until the final baseball games of the spring season. A four-game Hope sweep of Albion assured the Flying Dutchmen of second place in the baseball standings, two places ahead of Calvin.
It marks the tenth consecutive year that Hope has won or shared the honor, an alltime record. Overall, Hope has won the award a league-record 32 times, including 25 times over the last 30 years.
Hope ended on top of the men's all-sports standings by eight points over Calvin while Calvin won the women's all-sports standings over Hope by seven points.
Hope crowned MIAA champions in four sports -- men's golf, volleyball, women's basketball and men's swimming & diving. The Flying Dutchmen and Flying Dutch displayed amazing competitivness over the year with teams finishing first or second in 14 of the league's 18 sports.
The Commissioner's Cup has been presented since 1934-35. Hope has won the award a record 32 times, followed by Albion 14, Kalamazoo 13, Calvin 9 and Alma 5.
09-10 Commissioner's Cup Standings: 1. Hope 209, 2. Calvin 208, 3. Adrian 130, 4. Albion 128, 5. Alma 98, 5. Trine 98, 7. Kalamazoo 95, 8. Olivet 84.
09-10 Men's Sports Standings: 1. Hope 100, 2. Calvin 92, 3. Albion 66, 4. Adrian 63, 5. Trine 52, 6. Kalamazoo 48, 7. Olivet. 39., 8. Alma 31.
09-10 Women's All-Sports Standings: 1. Calvin 116, 2. Hope 109, 3. Adrian 67, 3. Alma 67, 5. Saint Mary's 66, 6. Albion 62, 7. Kalamazoo 47, 8. Trine 46, 9. Olivet 45.
Hope's 09-10 MIAA Finishes by Sport
Men's Golf, 1st place
Volleyball, 1st place
Women's Basketball, 1st place
Men's Swimming & Diving, 1st place
Men's Soccer, 2nd place
Men's Cross Country, 2nd place
Women's Cross Country, 2nd place
Men's Basketball, 2nd place
Women's Swimming & Diving, 2nd place
Baseball, 2nd place
Men's Tennis, 2nd place
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1. "The press did everything they said they would do" or "they did everything specified in the contract."
This one implies trustworthiness and reliability. Living up to the terms of a contract is a good thing, isn't it?
The problem is that such contracts are usually written to favor the publisher rather than the writer. For instance, a contract may specify that the writer has to promote the book, whereas the publisher will only market it "at our discretion" – meaning, "if we feel like it".
Some contracts are set up to ensure that legally, the publisher need only do the bare minimum - turning the book from a Word document to a pdf, assigning a stock image cover, adding an ISBN, and submitting the information to online bookstores (no editing, no reviews, no marketing, no distribution). It's very easy to live up to a contract which allows so little to be done.
2. "This press will publish your book for free" or "I didn't have to pay a cent for publication".
This is like saying, "I didn't need to pay a cent to borrow money from Manny the Loan Shark." Well, no, you didn't. Not upfront, anyway. But that's hardly an understanding of how the loan shark's services operate. Or, for that matter, of how loans work in the more… traditional, shall we say… institutions which offer them.
With commercial publishing, writers never pay for publication and so you don't see them stressing this as a selling point when it comes to their publishers. With the vanity presses that don't request fees upfront but get the charges in through the back door, it's a major defense – and a red flag.
3. "I am satisfied with this press's services."
I once emailed an author to say that I had completed a manuscript and wanted to get it published; did she have any suggestions? She replied,
"For a first book I suggest Publish America. Also they have a nice discussion board and all of the new authors can share questions and it is helpful."
Satisfaction, niceness, a pleasant atmosphere – all this is extremely subjective. Some authors are satisfied by the sale of a single book, or by their families' and friends' support.
"Success is my mother pitching my book at Barnes and Noble. Success is the six books purchased by my son for his friends."
There's nothing wrong with this – provided that it's what you want for your book. The problem comes where there are crossed wires, when writers who want commercial publication (and sales to more than a pocket market) end up with a vanity press because they believe that claims of satisfaction = good sales or publication credits.
The best thing to do, therefore, is not to go by assurances of dream fulfillment or personal definitions of success. Ask about advances, sales and royalties instead, or the relevant experience of the editors. Facts are objective. And they're better than emotions when it comes to choosing publishers.
The author who recommended PA to me didn't say anything about marketing, royalties or the numbers of copies sold, so I knew that we had different goals when it came to our manuscripts and publication.
4. "The press works hard to put books on shelves in bookstores."
I saw this used as a defense of Tate Publishing once. Not only is it clever, it's one of those statements that are difficult to refute because they may well be true – just like "the publisher did exactly what the contract said it would do".
But look at exactly what the claim states. That the vanity press actually put books on shelves? Not quite. It says the press "worked hard" to do so.
I could work hard to climb Everest. That doesn't mean I'm going to succeed. And since there's no specific definition of "works hard", I could mean that I do an extra minute on the Stairmaster every day. Accomplishment is what ultimately matters, rather than attempts (or claims of such attempts).
5. "A book is better printed – by anyone – than sitting on your hard drive."
"Every book I publish is a stepping stone, which is better than hiding my manuscript in my laptop. We all need to start somewhere, and be willing to work for it!"
This is a false dichotomy. The defense assumes that there are only two fates for a book rejected by the major leagues – vanity publication or permanent residence on one's hard drive. It also assumes that the former is better than the latter.
Other options :
• Submit the manuscript to a small press or even micropress
• Self-publish (not recommended for all books)
• Set the manuscript aside temporarily while you work on another. Time and space always help when it comes to objectively evaluating a manuscript.
• Correct whatever problems the manuscript has that might have caused the rejections
I've done three of these, and they've helped a great deal. Much more so that sending my manuscript to a vanity press or author mill, which would have eaten the rights of first publication and left me with the bones.


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With MySQL 5.5 and higher, creating and dropping
secondary indexes for
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The performance speedup for fast index creation applies to secondary indexes, not to the primary key index. The rows of an InnoDB table are stored in a clustered index organized based on the primary key, forming what some database systems call an "index-organized table". Because the table structure is so closely tied to the primary key, redefining the primary key still requires copying the data.
This new mechanism also means that you can generally speed the overall process of creating and loading an indexed table by creating the table with only the clustered index, and adding the secondary indexes after the data is loaded.
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Bushnell Outdoor Products Adds Six New Riflescopes to its AR Optics Line
Overland Park, Kan., August 22, 2013 — (Webyshops.com) Bushnell Outdoor Products, an industry-leader in high performance sports optics, has introduced six new riflescopes which will be carried by Webyshops.
The six new riflescopes in the AR Optics line range in configuration from a 1-4x 24mm scope for close target acquisition to a 4.5-18x 40mm scope designed for extended range shooting.
Bushnell's new additions to its AR Optics series are meant for the growing population of modern sporting rifle owners.
The new Bushnell AR Optics line features fully multi-coated optics that deliver bright, clear images and each is built with a durable one-piece tube that is fully waterproof and fog proof.
Target turrets are also included for rapid windage and elevation adjustments.
Four of the scopes in the line feature side parallax focus, which allows shooters to obtain a clear sight picture at any range. There are three bullet-drop compensation (BDC) reticles available in the AR Optics line: DropZone-22, DropZone-223 and BTR-1, the Bushnell scopes are designed for ease of use and quick target acquisition. Each scope in the line features a fast focus eyepiece that can be quickly adjusted to bring the image into focus.


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Caliber 1003 SQRH
A reflection of elegance according to Vacheron Constantin, the world's slimmest mechanical hand-wound movement at just 1.64 mm thin reveals truly exceptional finishing. Stamped with the Hallmark of Geneva and as finely crafted as any true work of art, it is a vivid testimonial to the expertise cultivated within the Manufacture. The extreme skeleton-working performed on the 18-carat gold bridges and baseplate highlights a barrel cover cleverly openworked to symbolise the famous emblem of the House: the Maltese cross.
Vacheron Constantin and the Hallmark of Geneva
The Hallmark of Geneva is a standard of excellence stemming from the tradition of Haute Horlogerie. It addresses the high-end Geneva watch brands.
It is the guarantee of origin (mechanical movement, assembly and regulation in the Canton of Geneva), quality of workmanship, durability and exceptional savoir-faire.
For over a century, the Hallmark of Geneva has been a reference for quality that is synonymous with the excellence of a traditional savoir-faire.


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Liz Fraser
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The Rooster is a Yang,
and is the Tenth sign of the Chinese horoscope.
CockinessBoastfulnessBlind FaithPedantryBossinessDissipation
Birthday: August 14, 1933
Balance, wisdom and a need for rational, logical solutions.
Wisdom, secrets to be revealed, and the development of intuition.
Birthday: August 14, 2019
A struggle or conflict, yet strong potential for triumph over adversity.


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The complete data set from the 2014 American Community Survey 1-Year release based on 114th Congressional Districts is available for download here
This survey provides detailed population and housing information
on an annual basis to support programs and policies at the Federal,
State, and Local levels.
ACS Congressional Toolkit
The Decennial Census profiles the people and housing of our nation every 10 years. 2010 Census data are also available for the Island Areas.
The Economic Census profiles the economy every five years from the national to the local level. more »
Read John Thompson's commentaries on the 2010 Census, measuring America and the science of statistics.
This update to the 2010 Census Congressional District Summary File released in April includes demographic profiles, quick tables and geographic comparison tables that were not previously available. The summary file can be accessed directly in American Factfinder.
View the latest Economic Indicators from the Census Bureau.
John Thompson biography, testimonies, and statements.
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arjuna.slayton necesitaba un nuevo diseño de tema de wordpress y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 32 diseños de 11 diseñadores freelance.
This blog design is for an Australian children's book author who is fun, imaginative, and practical at the same time. The blog is being set up as a story telling and marketing medium for her new book titled Louie the Lamb. So in effect this is really Louie's blog; the story is just being told through the eyes of the author which is based on a true story. Louie is a curious little lamb who gets along better with cats and people than other lambs.
The target audience for the blog is parents with children aged 3 to 6 which is the target market for the book to be released through this site. The design should attract parents looking for something to read with their children and also let out their own inner child.
The design can be based on as much or as little of the attached illustrations and photos. Feel free to use any part of them in your design. The actual blog theme should lean towards the imaginative illustrations whereas the photos will be used more for the actual blog content.
Strong, bold colours should be used to accentuate the environment/fantasy: green, green grass; blue, blue skies; yellow/gold sun etc.
There should be a menu integrated with the items from the attached site map. A two column layout would work best, one column for the main articles and a smaller column for Newsletter sign-up, Subscribe to RSS, Become Louie's Friend on Facebook, Recent Adventures [displays a list of the 3 most recent blog posts below], Past Adventures [which would list the blog archives below by month].
Most importantly have fun and let your creativity fly!
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Is it normal to bleed after a Pap smear?
Yes -- a few drops are nothing to worry about. "To do a Pap test, your ob-gyn brushes a spatula-like device against your cervix, collecting mucus that under a microscope might reveal abnormal cells," explains Lee Shulman, MD, professor of ob-gyn at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. "It's possible for the device to scratch the cervix, triggering a small amount of bleeding." But alert your ob-gyn if the spotting goes on for more than 24 hours or if it's a steady flow of blood. Either is a sign of a potentially serious infection.


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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Nebraska linebacker Sean Fisher has announced his plan to enroll in medical school next fall rather than petition the NCAA for a sixth season with the Cornhuskers.
Fisher broke his leg in preseason practice in 2010 and missed the entire season. He could have asked the NCAA for eligibility in 2013.
Fisher said Monday it's ``time to move on'' and put all his energy into preparing for medical school. He said he appreciated the time coach Bo Pelini gave him to finalize his decision.
Fisher started five of 14 games this past season, and his 48 tackles ranked ninth on the team. He carries a perfect 4.0 grade-point average in business administration/pre-medicine.


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LONDON, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Sylvester Stallone has confirmed a female-led Expendables is in the works.
The spinoff is called The Expendabelles, and will begin production at the beginning of 2015. Robert Luketic (Legally Blonde) is attached to direct, with Avi Lerner as producer. Lerner produced all three Expendables films, and told reporters at The Expendables 3 premiere in London he has several actresses in mind for the female ensemble cast.
Stallone said he personally would love to see Alien franchise star Sigourney Weaver portray his character Barney's wife in order to tie Expendables and Expendabelles together.
"Are the Expendabelles really part of a divorce where Sigourney Weaver, who's my wife, inherited half of the Expendables?" he posited. "She'd get the house, the kids and my mercenaries."
The Expendabelles will reportedly follow a group of female mercenaries on a hostage rescue mission, who must also topple an evil dictator once they are behind enemy lines.
"With Expendabelles you've got a situation where we're in uncharted waters to put all women together and think, 'Will that really work?'" Stallone said of the spinoff. "We don't just want to use the name -- it needs to be something that can hold its own."
Expendables 3 features action stars Stallone, Mel Gibson, Jason Statham and Arnold Schwarzenegger, among others, and opens in theaters August 15.


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Coast to Coast: Lights Out
Click here to watch the video of the STS-130 Endeavour launch. Windows Media Player and a broadband (cable modem, DSL) Internet connection are required.
STS-130, the final night Space Shuttle launch, took off at 4:14 AM EST today. As with other launches since we moved here last June, I videotaped this one for you folks in California and elsewhere.
With the Shuttle program scheduled to retire by the end of 2010, this is the last night launch on the calendar. I filmed STS-128, the last night launch, from Titusville across the Indian River from the launch pad. (Click here to watch the STS-128 night launch video.) With so few launches left, and this being the last night launch, the crowds at the best viewing points are huge now so I decided to film STS-130 from our driveway.
With both launches, you'll see the amazing sunburst effect. Out of total darkness materializes this small little sun that rises into the air. Within a few minutes, it's just one star of many on the horizon.
As you watch both videos, two minutes into the launch look for a couple of red dots falling away from the Shuttle. Those are the white solid rocket boosters falling away from the orbiter. They land in the Atlantic Ocean and are towed back to Cape Canaveral for reuse.
A reminder that sound travels much more slowly than light, which is why you don't hear the roar of the Shuttle engines until nearly a minute after launch. We're about ten miles southwest of the launch pad.
The NASA TV channel is on the local cable station. A minute or two before launch last night, the neighborhood doors opened and folks stepped outside to watch. I'm amazed by the people who don't step outside to witness history. Manned or unmanned, every launch I see people who go about their business and not bother to stop and watch. To me, there's not much more important than watching the future begin.


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MTV will get Awkward. again soon!
Awkward.'s third season will premiere Tuesday, April 16 with two back-to-back episodes starting at 10/9c, the network announced Monday.
The expanded season, which will consist of 20 episodes, will kick off with Jenna Hamilton (Ashley Rickards) facing the age old questions of "Who am I?" and "Who do I want to be with?" as she finds that she's devoting most of her time and energy to her relationship with Matty (Beau Mirschoff). But the death of a classmate will leave Jenna to reflect on loss and grieving, and prompt her to take responsibility for a secret she's been keeping from Matty.
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Wake Up! Mr. One Percent Wants To Abolish Middle Class
Romney represents the selfish capitalists who threw America under the bus for their own personal greed, and Gingrich personifies the corrupt former politician who uses his influence in Congress to lobby his former colleagues to water down the law, allowing the Romney's of the world to ply their trade.
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If there's anyone left in America who, at this point, can't see that the Republican Party is the enemy of the American middle class, they have to be either feeble minded, or harboring a hidden interest which precludes them from wanting to see.
All one has to do to get a clear view of this political reality is to open one's eyes and look at who the GOP is putting forward to assume the highest office in the land.
One candidate is Mitt Romney, a vulture capitalist who became a charter member of the top one percent club by purchasing perfectly sound companies, firing their employees, and then selling the companies off, one piece at a time, for profit.
The other is Newt Gingrich, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives who was so self-serving and corrupt that in 1998 he was forced to resign from Congress by his own Republican colleagues.
These two gentlemen, and the self-serving activities of others of their ilk, are the two bookends that led directly to the 2008 collapse of the American economy, causing millions of Americans to lose their jobs, their homes, and their life savings.
Romney represents the selfish capitalists who threw America under the bus for their own personal greed, and Gingrich personifies the corrupt former politician who uses his influence in Congress to lobby his former colleagues to water down the law, allowing the Romney's of the world to ply their trade.
Now, these two "gentlemen" are asking America to trust them to repair an economic environment that they both helped to create, and that they both have a vested interest in maintaining.
So how do they intend to repair the economy? Essentially, Romney says that we should allow those who are in foreclosure to lose their homes, then start anew with a fresh group of suckers. Specifically, he said in a filmed interview with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, "Don't try to stop the foreclosure process. Let it run its course and hit the bottom." He then went on to say, "Allow investors to buy homes, put renters in them, fix the homes up and let it turn around and come back up."
Mr. Romney's remarks make it abundantly clear that his only concern is with what's in the best interest of the investor class. He has absolutely no concern for the devastation and turmoil that losing a home would visit upon the lives of a family that's been turned out into the street - and we're not just talking about an unfortunate few here. Mitt Romney is talking about casually writing off millions of Americans as collateral damage.
Newt Gingrich is of an identical mindset. Gingrich promises "extraordinarily radical proposals to fundamentally change the culture of poverty in America." And what are those proposals? During this time of record high unemployment, one proposal that Newt is floating is to fire the father from his union protected job and putting his children to work. He said, "It is tragic what we do in the poorest neighborhoods, entrapping children in, first of all, in child laws, which are truly stupid."
Gingrich went on to say, "Most of these schools ought to get rid of the unionized janitors, have one master janitor and pay local students to take care of the school. The kids would actually do work, they would have cash, they'd have pride in the schools, they'd begin the process of rising." Yes, Newt, but what would happen to their families?.
Again, this Republican frontrunner for president is completely oblivious to the dire straits of the average American family. His solution would make the situation worse. He's not the least bit concerned with stabilizing the plight of poor and middle-class families.
He's only concerned with destroying organized labor by firing the father and replacing him with the cheaper, and un-unionized, labor of his children.
The irony is this GOP fixation on returning poor and middle class American families to Great Depression status has become such of a fundamental part of the GOP mindset that average Republicans, who would be devastated by such a policy, are applauding.
They've been conditioned to hate this nation's first Black president so passionately that they've bought into self-sacrifice: "Obama is un-American - he's engaged in a socialist plot to save my family." It is truly unbelievable how easily the human mind can be controlled.
What these average Republicans don't understand is that they're being manipulated. The corporate conservatives who run the Republican Party don't care any more about them than they do black people, gays, undocumented workers, or anyone else. The corporatists are simply manipulating their anger, prejudices, and uninformed minds in order to keep the poor and middle class divided. That way, we're so busy fighting one another that we fail to recognize that they're cutting all of our throats.
I suggest that Black people take a look at this as well. The corporatists are depending on angry and reactionary White people inflaming a knee-jerk reaction of anger and hostility among Blacks, which serves the very same purpose, keeping the poor and middle classes divided.
That's why they keep race on the front burner, using inflammatory buzz words and phrases like "the food stamp president," and so forth. Corporatists desperately need to keep the race war raging. That way the poor and middle class of both races fail to recognize that we're currently knee-deep in a class war, and our side is losing badly.
Clear evidence of that can be seen in simply looking at the programs and institutions the GOP is attacking - Medicare, Social security, unemployment insurance, education, organized labor, and so forth.
None of those programs or institutions are race specific. What they all have in common is that they are programs and institutions that serve to elevate the poor and middle class, of every race.
So again, it's time for America to wake up - and particularly poor and middle class Republicans. Because entrusting this nation and our economy to the GOP would be like entrusting our children to convicted child molesters:
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I've been super busy studying, reading, and applying for new jobs. When I mean studying and reading, it's not for school; I'm just trying to pick up more skills that are really attractive for future employers. Anyways, just in case I pick up a new job and/or move to Silicon Valley to NYC, I should probably try to get my car running before that happens. I've been lagging on putting everything together so here's a quick picture of the test fit of the surge tank.
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As you guys probably have noticed, I haven't really been active these days. Focusing on work, living healthier, and traveling have become much more important to me than spending money on my car. In January, I went on my first real vacation: I spent two nights in Miami, followed by a 7 day cruise in the western Caribbean. I had a lot of time to think on my vacation and I realized my priorities in life needed to be changed or have been changing.
Anyways, I still need to get my car fixed. Ever since I got my ITBs installed, the drive-ability and street-ability have been below my expectations. Sure, for street driving, the car gets me around. However, being a perfectionist, I don't feel confident running my setup and tune on the track.
I finally got around to pick up an AEM standalone, wideband, and MAP sensor from Bisimoto. A big thank you to my buddy, Robert at Falken Tire, for connecting me with Bisimoto. And thank you to Julio and Bisimoto for hooking it up. I'm hoping to get everything installed and tuned in a month or so. Hopefully, I can get out to the track by the summer!
Toda Surge Tank
Falken R-Compound
San Jose
This past weekend, I drove up to San Jose (Santa Clara, to be specific) to visit a friend. It was a 5 hours, 340 miles drive. Overall, it was a pretty awesome drive. I took the Interstate 5 to the State Route 152 to US Route 101. The 152 was an amazing scenic drive, especially next to the San Luis Reservoir State Recreation Area. On the 5, I opened up the throttle quite a bit. Of course, I slowed down anywhere the California Highway Patrol would possibly camp out behind. With the Toda camshafts, individual throttle bodies, and short gearing, it's just a pleasure to drive. For a naturally aspirated Honda, it's a lot of power to play with on the open highway. In Central California, I hit moderate amounts of rain. My Falken RT-615Ks held up great in the rain; I was driving and passing people at 80+ MPH without any wheel spin or hydroplaning. Oh, and I got 23 MPG on the highway.
For those curious how I dealt with exposed ITBs and hydrolocking, Kelvin and Charles hooked up some Tracwrap. The best way to describe Tracwrap is that it's a easy-to-apply and removable clearbra that comes in a roll. I applied it over my C-West hood vents. After 700 miles of highway driving, speeds excess of triple digits, and couple hours of rain, my Tracwrap was still 100% adhesive to my hood, kept my engine bay 100% waterproof, and was easily removed without lifting clearcoat. I know the point of Tracwrap isn't to cover hood vents but to prevent rock chips on the racetrack. If Tracwrap can cover a vent under these extreme conditions, it can protect your bumper from rock chips.
Here's a few pictures of my car, Thadya's Integra, and David's Prelude. A big thank you for their hospitality! For those curious why the photos were taken in a storage facility, it's because I rented one to park my car for the weekend.
If you look closely in this picture, I really need an oil catch can. I have blow-by spewing everywhere. Right before this picture was taken, I actually wiped some of it off.
My friend took me to Santana Row in San Jose. The ghetto/hood is the first thing that comes to mind when I hear Santana Row. In reality, it's an upscale outdoor mall. Snapped a few pictures of Tesla and their store there.
On Saturday, we went up to San Francisco and explored. We decided to try out the House of Prime Rib. Since we didn't have any reservation, it was 2-3 hour wait. We found a highly rated coffee shop, Contraband, around the corner and killed time there.
After a 2.5 hour wait, we came back to this.
It was a pretty epic dinner. Danced it all off at Ruby Skye, left the club at 3am, and got back home at 4am. Awesome trip to NorCal! Can't wait for round #2!
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Dat and I have been pretty crazy busy with life and haven't updated the blog much. Anyways, I went to SEMA this year and snapped a handful of pictures of Rauh Welt's Porsche at the Falken Tire booth.
When a buddy mentioned to me that Rauh Welt was bringing a Porsche, I assumed they were bringing one over from Japan. I didn't realize that Rauh Welt actually set up a shop in the States. I've always dreamed of sending a Porsche back to Japan to be worked on by Rauh Welt. Of course, because of the logistics, it would be financially impossible for me. At least with Rauh Welt USA, I can just drive my future Porsche, which I don't have, up to Northern California and drop it off, along with couple bags of cash, which I don't have.
Ok, these looks like a creeper shot but I swear I was already sitting on the ground trying to take these photos before a Falken model got into the picture.
Nakai-san himself did all the body work on this first US Rauh Welt Porsche, including painting of these accents.
My buddy, Robert from Falken, said I could sleep in this car. Broke my heart when he told me he was kidding. :\
Attention Whores
I needed to meet up with Ali at Toda Racing USA and decided to also make a Cars and Coffee trip. Was pretty stoked to see our imports get a lot of love from the crowd throughout the entire morning.
Aside from my ITBs and Baldy's turbo, a lot of people were very interested in our wheels/tires/brakes setup.
Pretty proud to see our imports to get a lot of positive attention in a meet catered towards classics, exotics, and rare cars. The reason I say that is because there's always a handful of stock imports (or poorly modified) at Cars and Coffee; they shouldn't be parked in the exhibitors' lot because they don't get any attention at all.
A few more pictures…
Modified Magazine finally released an online copy of my feature. For awhile, I couldn't repost any of the original JPEG (opposed to scanned images) because of the usual exclusivity agreement. Anyways, here they are!
This picture wasn't part of the Modified shoot but was taken by my buddy, William, of Night-Import. Figured some of the guys would appreciate this. :)
Rev Speed MOD Coverage
Our Jason MacGill made Rev Speed's MOD (Mitsubishi Owners Day) coverage with all 3 of his cars: Greddy Eclipse and Tomei Powered Ralliart and Evo. For those who don't know what Rev Speed is, it's a pretty well known and popular Japanese monthly car magazine. You can find them at your local Japanese bookstore (Kinokuniya). Very special you to Tomei Powered in organizing this for Jason.
Hardparked: Toda vs. HKS
It's kinda scary how similar our builds are. For example, we're both gold wheels on black cars. My old wheels were Volk LE37s; Kelvin's old wheels were Advan RG2s. We both have C-West hoods, ARC cooling, OMP steering wheels, Bride seats, and giant wings. The main difference is that he's boosted and I'm all motor.


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Husbands: Season Two Premiere of the Acclaimed Online Sitcom
Monday, August 13, 2012
In Person
Brad Bell, "Cheeks", Cocreator & Executive Producer
Jane Espenson, Cocreator & Executive Producer
Jeff Greenstein, Director & Executive Producer
Sean Hemeon, "Brady Kelly"
Alessandra Torresani, "Haley"
Be a part of history as Husbands becomes the first online series to be hosted by The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills. The series, praised by no less than The New Yorker and The Atlantic, follows a young same-sex couple as they make the sort of newlywed mistakes that used to be available only to one man and one woman. The comedy was created by Jane Espenson (Once Upon a Time) and writer/actor Brad Bell (Pop-Up Video).
The acclaimed series returns August 15 on LoveHusbands.com, and in advance of that, the Paley Center is premiering the first episode of the second season, featuring Joss Whedon in his acting debut.
All attendees are invited to a Ben & Jerry's ice cream social following the program!
Join the Conversation! We will LIVE tweet this event. Follow @paleycenter and use #PaleyLiveLA to join in. Your tweet will be seen in the widget we add to this page on the day of the event.
Other Events in the Series
- Napoleon Dynamite
- A Justified Evening With Elmore Leonard, Timothy Olyphant, and Graham Yost
- Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
- Cougar Town Is Back!
- Justice League: Doom
- "Thank You Music Lovers" A Centennial Salute to Spike Jones: The Godfather of Musical Mayhem
- An Evening with Stephen Schwartz: A Life in Film, Television, and Theater
- Mister Rogers and Me: Mister Rogers Birthday Celebration
- Missing
- In Plain Sight
- Person of Interest
- Mind Over Media: Are You More Powerful than Propaganda?
- American Masters: Johnny Carson: King of Late Night
- Top of the Rock: Inside the Rise and Fall of Must See TV
- An Evening with Up All Night
- An Evening with Days of Our Lives
- An Evening with Craig Ferguson
- MTV's Teen Wolf: Season Two Premiere Screening & Panel
- An Evening with On Freddie Roach
- She's Making Media: Lily Tomlin
- MTV's Awkward. : Season Two Premiere Screening & Panel
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Mary Mary grabs four Stellar Awards
Mary Mary starts 2010 strong with four Stellar Awards. Photo by Eliza Marie Somers
This week, Mary Mary walked away with four Stellar Gospel Music Awards, which honor African-American Gospel artists. The duo won song of the year for "God In Me," group/duo of the year, contemporary group/duo of year and urban/inspirational single or performance of the year.
Hezekiah Walker and Love Fellowship garnered the most Stellar Awards with five, including artist of the year.
Da'T.R.U.T.H. grabbed the rap hip hop CD of the year. And, OK, I have to give a shout out to my hometown area and to Dr. Rev. Emory Andrews and the Oxon Hill (Md.) High School Choir, who won the children's performance of the year.
For a complete list check out The Stellar Awards website.


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Motorcycle gang members charged with kidnapping
Members of Hell's Angels, Red Devils held without bail
Four members of two motorcycle gangs were arrested Wednesday in connection with an investigation into alleged criminal activities of the Hell's Angels and the Red Devils.
Sean Barr, 47, of Lynn, Marc Eliason, 35, of Danvers, Nikolis Avelis, 54, of Gloucester, and Brian Weymouth, 40, of Danvers, were arraigned on charges of kidnapping, mayhem and extortion in Newburyport District Court and ordered held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing.
The charges stem from acts committed against one victim, a man, police said. No further details about the victim or the crimes committed against him were released.
Officials said Barr an Elison are members of Hell's Angels and that Avelis and Weymouth are Red Devils members.
Two other people remain at-large and are actively being sought.


text: Marcelo Hernandez Castillo is a poet, essayist, translator, and the first undocumented student to graduate from the Univ. of Michigan's Creative Writing MFA program. His collection, "Cenzontle" (BOA editions, 2018), won the 2017 A. Poulin, Jr. prize. His chapbook, DULCE, was chosen by Chris Abani as the winner of the Drinking Gourd Poetry Prize. His memoir, "Children of the Land," is forthcoming from Harper Collins. Castillo is a cofounder of the Undocupoets campaign which successfully eliminated citizenship requirements from all major first poetry book prizes in the country and was recognized with the Barnes and Noble "Writers for Writers" award. He has translated the work of Argentinian modernist poet, Jacobo Fijman and co-translated Mexican poet Marcelo Uribe with the late C.D. Wright. His work has appeared on the PBS NewsHour, in "New England Review," "Gulf Coast," "Indiana Review," "Southern Humanities Review," and "BuzzFeed," among other publications. He lectures at Cal. State Univ., Sacramento, and teaches summers at The Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. ~Video by www.Poetry.LA


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Lura Anne McKinney Long of Wyndmoor died peacefully in her sleep Monday, January 31. She was 87. She was the beloved wife of 52 years of the late Lloyd E. Long. Besides her family, her greatest interest was being a member of the Volunteer Guides of the Philadelphia Museum of Art from 1961 to 1984. She also held other positions within the Guides Office. She is survived by her three children: Katherine Long Lit (Barry), Lloyd E. Long Jr. (Barbara), and Jane Long Cohen (Peter). Also survived by her grandchildren, Lloyd E. Long III (Michelle), Timothy J. Long, Chelsea K. Cohen, and Audrey K. Cohen. Also survived by her
sisters, Mary Lee Cope, Nancy M. McNeil, Ruth Frances Balderston, Joan Morrow King and many nieces and nephews. Services will be private. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her name to the Volunteer Guides of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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"Oh please mr super talented kiteloop guy...please stop jumping and
filming and crashing your kite within our staging area. I'm sorry to bother
you as you are doing such important impressive stuff...so greatfull that
you even took the time to listen to my concerns...please ...i know my
sport sucks and you are so cool...did i mention that i'm your biggest fan...i
hate to ask but can we give you some cash to share this spot...we promise
not to raise our voices...and you can say "I love you" or "f*** off" anytime
you want. We could also give you some danky nugs and ice cold hienekins
for all the trouble we've caused you."
windsurfers need to show this kind of respect and maybe...just maybe
ruben and the bong brigade will give them some space...after, and only
after he's had his fun.