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The city's operating budget for fiscal year 2014-15 received unanimous approval Monday night from the City Council, establishing appropriations totaling $318,863,995.
Last year's approved budget checked in at $306,576,463.
Included in this year's budget are more than $75 million for the general fund for city operations (including police and fire departments), more than $104.1 million for the Power and Light Department, nearly $28 million for the water department, more than $23.5 for water pollution control.
Council Member Scott Roberson, one of two new members elected in April, expressed his thanks to city staff for their work on the budget, though he maintained a future wish list.
"It was an extremely long ordeal for me, and I'm sure it was for others," Roberson said. "I still have some concerns. I still want to find more police and firefighters for the city, but with the tightness of the budget and economic struggles of both the city and the nation, it's hard to do."
Roberson also voiced a long-term concern regarding economic development in the city, but he said it's "catch-22" deal.
"We rely on taxes for the general fund, but with our higher tax rates (relative to the metro area), it's hard to entice businesses," he said.
In other business, Council Member Curt Dougherty said he received "great answers" to questions he had about the proposed renovation for the police headquarters. The ordinance authorizing the contract was up for a vote at the May 19 meeting, and Dougherty asked for a postponement at the time. Monday he asked to have the ordinance placed on the next week's adjourned agenda.
The contract with Imperial Construction is for $932,773. The project consists of remodeling the first floor and a portion of the men's locker room on the ground floor.
"I think that's the best way we ought to go," Dougherty said.
The council also is expected to vote next week on incentives for Unilever's planned expansion for its Independence plant. City Manager Robert Heacock said city staff will make a short presentation before that vote, which would take place during the adjourned meeting before the study session.


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A capusle look at the state's top rising seniors.
1. Shaq Davidson, Gaffney QB
The buzz: Davidson, who is also the No. 1 recruit in the state according to 247 Sports, has picked up offers from Notre Dame and Georgia Tech this year and will get plenty more. He threw for 869 yards and ran for 609 last season.
2. Donell Stanley,Latta OL
The buzz: Stanley could be the state's top recruit. At 6-foot-4 and more than 325 pounds, Stanley may also be one of the nation's top 10-ranked linemen. He already has offers from South Carolina, Clemson, Alabama and many others.
3. Christian Miller,Spring Valley LB
The buzz: Miller finished the season with 151 tackles, including 21 for loss, 14 sacks, three forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries.
4. Kevin Crosby, Bamberg-Ehrhardt LB
The buzz: Crosby starred on both sides of the field for Bambrg-Ehrhardt last season, catching 31 passes for 910 yards and 11 scores as a tight end and finishing with 68 tackles and nine sacks.
5. Jacob Park, Stratford QB
The buzz: Park was 139 of 228 last year for 2,484 yards and 23 touchdowns. He ran the ball 90 times for 404 yards with four touchdowns.
6. Dexter Wideman, Saluda DT
The buzz: Wideman, who is listed at 6-foot-4 and 255 pounds, recorded 58 tackles through 11 games, including 9.5 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks.
7. Caleb Kinlaw, Goose Creek RB
The buzz: Kinlaw is a burner in the backfield and has averaged 8.7 yards per carry during his prep career. He has already run for 3,021 yards after he posting 1,006 yards and 15 touchdowns during an injury-plagued junior season.
8. Kalan Ritchie, Goose Creek TE
The buzz: Ritchie simply adds to a recent list of standouts from Goose Creek. He finished last season with small numbers (six catches for 79 yards with three touchdowns) but coaches love his size (he's listed as 6-foot-7 and 225 pounds).
9. Cannon Smith, Hammond TE
The buzz: Smith committed to Clemson last July and is considered one of the top five tight ends in the country. He caught 19 passes for 365 yards and four scores as a sophomore and 35 passes for 485 yards and five scores as a junior.
10. Blake Bone, Woodruff WR
The buzz: Bone was the go-to receiver for the Wolverines last season as he grabbed 64 passes for 1,144 yards and 14 touchdowns.
11. Jae'lon Ogelesby, Daniel RB
The buzz: Ogelesby, who earned the Anderson-Independent Mail's Player of the Year award in 2012, will stay close to home for college, as he's already committed to Clemson. He ran for 2,472 yards and 33 touchdowns last season.
12. Naquez Pringle, Carvers Bay DT
The buzz: Pringle, who is listed at 6-foot-2 and 270 pounds, finished last season with 92 tackles and four sacks. He's one of the top 15 defensive tackles in the country.
13. C.J. Fuller, Easley RB
The buzz: Fuller played in a wing-T offense last season and starred in it. He ran for 1,939 yards during the regular season. He has been offered by Clemson and some thought a commitment would be soon, but it hasn't happened yet.
14. Joe Blue, Dillon LB
The buzz: Blue led Dillon with 105 tackles as a sophomore, but split time on offense and defense last fall. He rushed for 646 yards and 18 scores as the Wildcat quarterback and still had more than 50 tackles.
15. Deebo Samuel, Chapman WR
The buzz: Samuel might be one of the best receivers of the lot but he hasn't gotten the deserved publicity. He caught 78 passes last season for 1,246 yards and 18 touchdowns.
16. Hyleck Foster, Gaffney RB
The buzz: Foster helped the Indians to the 4A Division I state title last season as he ran for 1,799 yards on 277 carries. The all-region player ran for 26 touchdowns.
17. Taylor Hearn, Williston-Elko OL
The buzz: Hearn, who is 6-foot-5 and 305 pounds, committed to Clemson earlier this week. He also had an offer from North Carolina.
18. Darin Smalls, Summerville CB
The buzz: Smalls, who already has an offer from South Carolina, had 58 tackles and intercepted four passes last season. He also returned three kicks for scores.
19. Mason Rudolph, Northwestern QB
The buzz: Rudolph earned The Rock Hill Herald's Offensive Player of the Year award last season after he completed 346 of 504 passes for 3,990 yards. He threw 41 touchdown passes and ran for 10 more scores.
20. Shuler Bentley, Byrnes QB
The buzz: Bentley won the state's Gatorade Player of the Year award last season after throwing for 4,718 yards and 59 touchdowns.

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My Family "The Psyche of Mikey" Upon hearing that Michael is seeing a therapist, Ben and Susan become convinced their boy is in serious need of help. But when they go to the therapist's office to sort things out, events conspire to leave them in need of help.G
10:30 pm
My Hero "Pilot" Nurse Janet longs to see Thermoman again who rescued her when she was blown into the Grand Canyon while on vacation. Dr. Piers Crispin and Janet's mother just want her to marry the eligible doctor. No one suspects that an odd hypochondriac Irishman called George Sunday is really Thermoman.G
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Are You Being Served? "Christmas 1976, Father Christmas Affair" The pre-Christmas sales drive is opening, and a call goes out for volunteers. When Young Mr. Grace mentions money, staff Santas of all shapes, sizes and sexes rush forward.G
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As Time Goes By "Wedding Day Nerves" Wedding day nerves get the best of Lionel while Jean tries to remain calm despite her sister-in-law's help.G


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By CHRISTIAN KNIGHT
News staff writer
February 11, 2006
When Hood River County Administrator Dave Meriwether read President George W. Bush's budget proposal on Monday, he was relieved.
Relieved to see the president had recommended the extension of the Secure Rural Schools and Self Determination Act; the 1999 legislation which has helped fund Hood River County's public works and education systems for the last six years.
And then he was concerned.
Bush's proposal recommends the decline and eventual extinction of the $1.6 billion the federal government paid to counties containing large tracts of National Forest land from 2000 to 2006. The new plan will reduce the payment amounts — starting at $800 million — to counties for five more years until 2013, when they are fully weaned from the stipends.
Under the current proposal, the legislation would afford $412 million to these counties for fiscal year 2007, compared to $421 million in 2006.
"It's sort of a good news/bad news kind of thing," Meriwether said. "There was a lot of discussion whether the authorization would be in there at all. To that extent, it's good news."
To fund these shrinking annual payments to counties, the National Forest Service would sell off public land parcels that are either "isolated or inefficient to manage."
In a Friday morning teleconference call, Mark Rey, United States Department of Agriculture Undersecretary, said the National Forest Service had nominated more than 300,000 publicly owned acres in 2,934 land parcels for sale.
Those parcels are in 34 states.
"We appreciate that conveying public lands out of public ownership is a sensitive issue," Rey said. "We'd need to sell 150,000 to 200,000 acres to off-set costs."
Roughly 400 of these nominated acres lie within the Mount Hood National Forest, said Daina Bambe, district ranger for the Zig Zag and Hood River Ranger Districts.
"None in Hood River County," she said. "And there aren't any that have critical habitat, riparian, etc. The only ones we identified are isolated, expensive to manage and don't include any late seccessional reserve habitat. Mostly timberlands."
The land auction would follow a 30-day public comment period.
At the same time, Hood River and similar counties would return to the original system under which the Mount Hood National Forest devoted 25 percent of its revenue from timber harvest to the county.
County officials won't know how much less money they'll have to work with in 2007 and the years following until Congress has amended, accepted or rejected the President's proposal.
But if Congress approves Bush's proposal as his administration wrote it, Hood River County and other counties will likely receive about half the Payment to Counties money it has enjoyed since 2000, Rey said.
In 2004, the federal government gave Hood River $2.8 million in lieu of timber harvest receipts it did not receive.
That money has become an integral factor in the budgets of agencies throughout the area.
Two-thirds of it — $1.7 million — helps pave, stripe and construct the county's roads.
One-third of it — $580,000 — pays for public education. (The money for education goes straight into the state education general fund. And that money is divied up between the counties, thus minimizing the economic burden on the state.)
It accounts for half of public works' roads budget.
And most of the county's search and rescue budget.
For this reason, the act's original co-sponsor, U.S. Reps. Greg Walden, R-Ore., and Peter DeFazio, D-Ore. have devoted much of the past year to convincing fellow members of Congress to reinstate the act in its full capacity.
"I'm pleased to see that the president supports reauthorizing the critical county payments program," DeFazio said. "But the funding levels are inadequate. Congressman Walden and I have organized a strong, bipartisan coalition in the House that will use the president's proposal as a start, but we aim to reauthorize and fully fund the program."
That could be a tough pitch to sell to hundreds of Congressmen from states that never relied on timber sales or this act which compensates for the lack of timber sales.
"It's an uphill battle," said Angela Wilhelm, Walden's press secretary. "You've got to educate people as to how important this is. But really — there are programs that benefit just the Northeast, just the Southeast that we might not understand on a first-hand level."
For now, county administrator Meriwether said, the budget is too volatile to form a contigency plan.
Anything could happen in this legislative session.
"It's a very difficult thing to do without knowing exactly how many dollars are available," he said.
If Congress approves the Bush budget as is, the burden of roads, education and services will grow progressively heavier on Hood River County.
Meriwether said residents won't have to worry about a tax increase.
"It'll be most noticeable in road maintenance, striping and overlays," Meriwether said. "Obviously it would have a huge impact on those things."
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-- Reclamation of stranded storage capacity: This makes unused capacity available to any servers, users or applications accessing the (now) general pool. In addition, when storage is no longer needed, it becomes part of the pool again and can be used elsewhere.
-- Consolidated storage management: Applying to all storage resources, this can eliminate multiple tools and processes for different types of storage arrays and media. Consolidating storage management under one umbrella makes the environment easier to manage and provides less opportunity for both human and administrative errors.
-- Advanced storage management features: These can extend the useful life of storage devices, as well as maximize the return on investment and potentially prevent, or at least delay, additional storage purchases. For example, in a virtualized storage environment, functions such as snapshots, remote replication and thin provisioning, which may come bundled with a storage system, can be shared across arrays that don't have those features.
-- More energy-efficient operations: This can be achieved by using storage virtualization to improve disk utilization, which in turn reduces the number of physical machines while simultaneously reducing data center floor space, power and cooling requirements.
-- Non-disruptive data migration: While data migration is a core concept in executing a pragmatic and sensible tiered storage strategy, it has also long been seen as one of the most common and disruptive storage tasks. In traditional storage environments, it's not at all uncommon for users to decide that the pain is enough to prevent them from enjoying the gain! But with storage virtualization, data can be moved non-disruptively (and often even automatically) between storage tiers, further optimizing hardware infrastructure costs.
-- Reduced capital expense and total cost of ownership for storage: This is all-but guaranteed with the implementation of storage virtualization. A virtualized storage environment replaces the fragmented, dedicated DAS, SAN and NAS topologies (which -- in traditional storage worlds -- invariably operate with separate storage resources and often a unique set of management tools) with a centralized and more flexible storage pool.
Virtualized storage is essentially accomplished in the same way as the virtualization of servers: The physical controller hardware and disk resources are logically separated from the data services. With virtualized storage, a pool of flexible, consolidated resources with a common management interface is built using capacity from multiple arrays that can have different specifications and software features, and may even have come from different vendors. Because storage is not dedicated to any specific server or application, it creates a much more flexible and responsive environment while also permitting increased utilization rates.
In addition, while users may be able (using VMware vMotion or some such tool) to move a running application between servers, traditional, fixed storage won't automatically go along with the change, thus rendering it all-but pointless. Virtualizing the computing element without virtualizing the storage as well precludes the complete agility and true utility-like resource provisioning that most IT shops are looking for; if the storage cannot match what the servers can do, then the anticipated service levels cannot be met.
The economic and operational value of virtualizing storage is clear. For decades, most organizations have had a fairly cavalier attitude towards storage. It's not that IT wasn't aware of its rising costs -- it's more that it didn't see any other ways to address the problems with which it was faced. But virtualization has changed all that, demonstrating a way to operate with greater efficiency. Users that do not enthusiastically embrace it are essentially wasting money, while at the same time missing out on operational improvements that can only be gained in fully virtualized environments.
It's worth a few minutes to check that you're maximizing your potential storage virtualization benefits and not falling into the adoption gap.


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10 Best Places To Meet Women By Yourself
The ten best places to meet women by yourself involve figuring out your interests and locating the proper venues to find women. You don't need a posse to meet just the right woman. You need only a nice venue where you have a place that is quiet enough for you to chat and visit. It helps to select locations that you actually like to visits. If you fake interest and attend an event to meet women, you may have to do that same interest for the rest of your life, if you meet Ms. Right there. Just a warning.
- An art gallery. There are two ways to play this location. Either you're going to come in as an art fan, which requires a whole lot of work, or you're going to be an interested rube looking for someone with a bit of knowledge about art. The second option is recommended, unless you enjoy going to the library or online and studying. If you play the ignorant rube, be sure to read the tags next to the art or any brochures that accompany the exhibit.
- The library. Develop a backstory for going to the library, pick up a notebook and head out for potential action. Ask women for help in selecting a book. Don't omit the librarians in this best place to meet women by yourself.
- The grocery store. Pick a cart and line the bottom with single guy favorites. Head over to the produce section with a recipe for some impossibly tough cooking job. Wait until some sweet thing comes into the area and then begin to shop. Perfect your confused look as you examine your recipe. If she's interested in you, she'll figure out that you need some help in putting the recipe items together. The produce section is one of the best places to meet women by yourself.
- The fabric store. Figure out something to sew and head over to the fabric store. The sewing project must be credible. You can't be making slipcovers if you've never sewn anything in your life. Start with something small, like a lost button or replacing a zipper. Cruise the store and look for a female with a smile on her face and ask for some help. She might even offer to help you with the sewing job.
- The auto parts department of a chain store. If a solo woman comes in to shop in this department, you can be assured that she needs some help or she's an ace mechanic.
- A stage play. Don't pick a play at a large venue; instead, select a local theater or an off-stage play in a small venue where you can see everyone in the audience. Make sure the play has an intermission so you can meet and greet some of the women in the audience. Pick a weekday and explain that your friends prefer football to art, and you'll be in the thick of romance.
- The dog park. Take your dog or borrow one to walk around a dog park. No need to confine yourself to your own dog park, simply let folks know that the park you selected is your dog's favorite. That kind of talk is endearing to many women.
- A car lot. Women scouting a new car purchase offer the perfect point for an introduction by a man knowledgeable about autos, or a man with time to research autos.
- A small cafe with specialty food. Bring an old school book and sit with coffee to scan the prospects.
- Specific topic chat room online. Pick a room where the chat is not overtly female, but appeals to women. Try cats, dogs, art, drama or quilting and tie in your trolling at the places to meet cyber women.
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- The language code (e.g. de_DE)
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The Zero RH Fusion Wind Out bib tights are full-on winter tights that make use of a thick, windproof material and a water repellent fabric on the shins to ward off any road spray. The inside surfaces have a fleecy feel to them and provide plenty of warmth while also being comfortable on the skin.
The Fusion tights are extremely warm and this limits them to being used in temperatures below about 6 degrees. A bove that things get very sweaty indeed, which is not helped by the very limited breathability of the material. As such, these are quite a specialist item and not a pair of tights which will get worn day in and day out for most in the UK.
The upside of the poor breathability is that the tights really do a good job of cutting out the wind, making it a non-issue. The water repellent shin material does its job pretty well, but the benefits are limited given than only the shins (and even then, not all of them) are covered. It might have been nice to include the same material on the bum section to protect against spray in that area too; a wet behind is usually a bigger problem than wet shins in my experience.
Given the limited stretch in the windproof material, the cut of the various panels is crucial to the overall fit of the bibtights. In this regard, the Fusion's are on the small side for their stated size, typical of an Italian brand, so I'd recommend most people to go a size up from normal. I was able to just about squeeze into my usual medium, but the fit around the ankle was very tight. In terms of length, the Fusion's are about right – the issue is the width of the legs.
Speaking of ankle fit, the rather stout zips that are used in this area were the source of a little discomfort due to their location. RH have chosen to place the zip right at the back of the leg, which means that tape extension at the top of the zip happens to lie smack dab on top of the calf muscle. Due to the compressive nature of the tights, this caused a bit of a pressure point at this location. It's not a total deal breaker, but worth noting considering the premium nature of the tights.
Up top, the main talking point is the elasticated braces that take the place of traditional straps. Though they distinguish the Fusions from other bibtights, there doesn't seem to be any benefit to them at all – a case of gimmick instead of genuine innovation. The front section is cut low, below the belly button, and includes a panel of very elastic material to provide some give in this area.
The chamois pad is RH's own 'prologic' model and features a number of different thicknesses and grooves to improve ventilation. The thickest padding is designed to support the sit bones and the areas where it's used are spaced about 10cm apart. This may be on the narrow side for some, especially those who don't rotate their hips forwards very much on the bike. The front of the pad is sufficiently extended to provide an extra layer of wind and 'modesty' protection.
Pad design is only one contributing factor to comfort however, the other being pad placement. RH have catered to a more aggressive riding position by placing the chamois quite far forwards. Personally, I found it to be perfectly placed as the areas of thickest padding lined up nicely with my sit bones. The narrow overall pad width does mean that there's less room for error in comparison to more generous pads, so I'd recommend giving these a try before any purchase if you can.
At £145, the Fusions need to be seen as an investment for those who absolutely must get out when the going gets cold. If the pad fits you and you don't experience the same zip/calf issue that my particular body shape caused, then you could do a lot worse for the money.
The Fusions do a lot of things well and will keep you toasty down into freezing temperatures, but a couple of niggles will hold them back for some.
If you're thinking of buying this product using a cashback deal why not use the road.cc Top Cashback page and get some top cashback while helping to support your favourite independent cycling website
road.cc test report
Make and model: rh+ Fusion Wind Out Bibtight
Size tested: Black
Tell us what the product is for, and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about it?
Full-on windproof winter tights with water-repellent material on the shins.
Tell us some more about the technical aspects of the product?
*Ultra-flat seams
*Stretch microfiber braces
*Anatomic waist cut
*Back stretch mesh
*Bottom leg with inner antislip elastic
*Reflective bottom leg zipper with camlock
*Reflective appliqués
*Water repellent lower leg
The attention to detail is very good with different seam types and sizes being used depending on location and function.
Very warm and totally windproof.
Good so far.
Most people will need to size up to get the right fit. The overall shaping of the tights is very good, but a small issue with the bottom zip caused some discomfort. The pad placements also suits a more aggressive position
If the Fusions fit your particular body shape, then their premium price is repaid with top notch performance.
Tell us what you particularly liked about the product
The warmth and chamois pad placement.
Tell us what you particularly disliked about the product
Issue with zip on the lower leg. The pad placement might be too aggressive for some.
Did you enjoy using the product? Yes.
Would you consider buying the product? Yes.
Would you recommend the product to a friend? Yes.
About the tester
Age: 22 Height: 190cm Weight: 69kg
I usually ride: Canondale EVO Red My best bike is:
I've been riding for: Under 5 years I ride: Every day I would class myself as: Semi pro
I regularly do the following types of riding: road racing, time trialling, cyclo cross, commuting, mtb,
For 5 years, racing was my life and I went all the way from a newbie bonking after 40 miles, to a full-timer plying my trade on the Belgian kermesse scene. Unfortunately, the pro dream wasn't meant to be and these days, you're more likely to find me bimbling about country lanes and sleeping in a bush on the side of the road.


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The U. S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Civil Aviation Registry, has jurisdiction over registration of aircraft. This office is responsible for developing, maintaining, and operating national programs for the registration of United States civil aircraft and certification of airmen.
The registry maintains the permanent records of over 320,000 active civil aircraft.
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(405) 954-4206
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The Oregon Zoo is a community of animals, staff and volunteers. Volunteers work all over the zoo and beyond, from helping guests have a great visit to offsite presentations.
Benefits of being a zoo volunteer include free zoo admission for some positions, acquiring new skills, and having fun working with some great staff and volunteers. Choose a program that works for you:
Zoo Ambassadors
A summer program for volunteers ages 10 and older. Ambassadors receive five hours of training and work one 4-hour shift per week, interacting with visitors at seasonal exhibits for approximately 10 weeks, from late June to early September.
Community event volunteers
Community event volunteers are 12 years and older and commit to work one day, interacting with visitors at one of the zoo's annual community events. No pre-event training is necessary.
This is a summer program for students entering 9th to 12th grades. ZooTeens commit to four days of training in early June and 10 hours of volunteering per week, for approximately 10 weeks, from mid June to early September. Tuition of $130 provides training, conservation education and mentoring by zoo professionals.
Family Farm volunteers
The Trillium Creek Family Farm offers teenagers enrolled in the ZooTeen program a hands-on experience in farm operations and animal care. They assist with daily farm operations, care for the animals, and help visitors learn and discover. (Sorry, we currently are not accepting students needing community service hours to meet a graduation requirement.) Learn more about the ZooTeen program.
ZooGuides are adults (over age 18) who can make a long-term volunteer commitment. ZooGuides receive 32 hours of training and commit to 88 hours of service each year. A volunteer's skills and interests shape his or her work at the zoo while fulfilling the zoo's needs. Volunteers share animal facts and stories on grounds at habitats, in animal enrichment, community based conservation projects and zoo events.
The zoo offers internships on an as-needed basis in fields ranging from animal care to volunteer management. They are available for college and graduate-level students, generally with a three-month term.
Group volunteering
This happens year-round at the zoo on landscaping projects. Groups must be between five and 10 members for youth or 20 members for adults, with a minimum age of 12 years, and possess a willingness to work outside one day for four hours, rain or shine, cold or hot.
Volunteer dive program
Certified SCUBA divers are invited to support marine life keepers with diving tasks in the marine area.


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Mane Street needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 81 designs submitted by 20 freelance designers.
Mane Street (sneak peak available at http://www.manestreet.com/home.jsp)
Mane Street is a marketing company started by a small group of interactive marketing specialists with a passion for horses.
Horse lovers. We are targeting those who live the equestrian lifestyle. The majority are girls and women, often more affluent. They love horses. They own 1 or more horses and spend 2-4 hours at the barn most days. They may ride english or western, do dressage or jump, race or drive so we need to be sure the logo works across riding disciplines.
Mane Street is a shopping comparison website for all things equestrian. Essentially, if you are looking for anything horse-related, you can "find it on Mane Street". There you will find price comparisons from different retailers offering that item, reviews, product info, etc. We save people time from searching every store individually, provide in depth product information and help them find the best deal.
The logo should be a very clean, simple design that doesn't distract the customer from the products. It needs to be classy to go with the equestrian lifestyle. Contemporary to look like a cutting edge marketing company. Horsey, so if it were standing alone, you knew the company had something to do with horses.
The company name came from the idea of shopping downtown on Main Street, but we changed "Main" to "Mane" for the horse world and because all the stores on Mane Street would be horse-related.
Initially I was thinking of doing an old fashioned street sign with a lamp post. If you look at the website (under development at http://www.manestreet.com/home.jsp), I played with this idea, but I just didn't feel the result was strong enough, contemporary enough or professional enough. I am open to refinement of this idea and to original concepts.
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Unique 6th floor residence boasting the only private pool and oversized patio totalling an extra 908 sq.ft of outdoor entertaining space, at Bahia Plaza in Paseo Caribe.Modern contemporary accents dot the 1,988 sq.ft of air conditioned interior within this 2 bed, 2.5 bath apartment. Featuring the largest outdoor living as well as a terrace off the master and family room, 601 also occupies a coveted corner space. Double walk in closets in the master bed, floor to ceiling glass windows throughout and full electronic shades as well as blackouts, make this the ideal waterfront city condo, in San Juan's newest district. Cool neutral tones run through the entirety of this bright and airy city apartment, with custom cabinets, kitchen appliances and closets. Recently redone with new decor, this residence oozes the downtown vibe that only Bahia Plaza can offer.Bahia Plaza offers 24hr front desk concierge service too all of its owners as well as full back up generator and water cistern, gym, library and enclosed, garage parking. Residence 601 comes with 3 garaged parking spaces.Monthly Maintenance approx: $1,000
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If you can't see the other side of the argument, that's your own limitation.
Oh I see it...but let me explain real carefully...it's gone.
...but sometimes your attitude of superiority is just embarrassing.
It's certainly an easy thing to explain to users who are confused about how to set it up.
There are gazillion features in Photoshop that are gazillion squared times more complicated to understand and use than Print Size. And that's the one Customer Support chose to complain about and eliminate?
I can't help pointing out that there is one pretty accurate way to see an image at actual print size: Print it to your printer.
... Actually, Soft Proofing has limitations that some folks find difficult to understand...
Just imagine trying to refine a book layout; Do you really think spending £50 and waiting two weeks for the book to arrive is a sensible proposition ?
... Both Photoshop AND Lightroom's gamut warnings are not accurate! All you have to do is take an sRGB image into LR, load sRGB and ask to see a gamut overlay. There should be none. But there is some overlay depending on the image. Adobe knows about this tiny disconnect and I don't think they'll do anything to fix it (cause the gamut overlay is kind of worthless anyway). Well it is kind of useful to see what OOG colors are in the image that fall outside display gamut. At least you get some idea on your sRGB display what you're not seeing!...
As for your other points, several of us posted how we find the Print Size feature useful, none of which included judging sharpness, yet you keep repeating that straw-man argument.
Anyone "educated enough" to use Photoshop, is certainly educated enough to figure out their screen PPI. If not, head over to Google, type "screen ppi" in the search field, and the second top result would be "List of displays by pixel density." Find your model and voilà! Remember, that needs to be entered only once, into Photoshop Preferences. That those preferences are now considered by some as "obscure" is... well, a surprise, to say the least.
With Print Size, the user has to first know how to properly measure and end up with the correct resolution to add in another area of the app that has no obvious link (preferences),
Possibly if your document is small enough to see the entire 'page' or image on your tiny screen. If not, just how useful is the feature?
Who lays out books in Photoshop?
What does the end user expect the Print Size to provide?
Just this morning a client sent a low resolution file to me and wanted to know if it would go to 11x14. I was pretty sure it wouldn't, but by looking at it at different sizes, with and without resampling, I felt confident telling him a 5x7 would be acceptably sharp.
Who said anything about laying out books ?
Just remember that Adobe's solution to their woefully poor book module in Lightroom 4 is to make full page JPGs to drop in to make up for missing features.
... The "print size" feature has been removed in version 13.0.2...
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Purt wrote:Ok guys just got back from a recon of Haven Rd. I got up to the top in 39/23 quite easily. I didn't even think the hill that op mentioned was it so kept riding to the end of the road waiting for a killer hill . No where near 36%, I'd say closer to just over 20% although as others said my garmin did say it was 33%. It's comparable to the steep pinch on the samsonvale side of Clear Mt which the sign says 20 but I think it reaches 22 or 23 at parts only difference is Haven Rd is longer. Still a killer climb and a really nice road if you go to the end with some decent views, I'd recommend it. These pics were taken with a phone so they're pretty crap and they were taken on the way down (I was considering using them as a reason to stop on the way up ) Garmin connect page: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/136929964
Was planning on hitting up Mayfield Ct on the way back but was too tired, so planning on doing it tomorrow. I've ridden up about 4 years ago on a mtb so hoping I can do it on a roadie now. From what I can remember mayfield is going to be much harder and steeper than Haven Rd was.
ps ultremos are completely crap in the wet
Just had a look at the connect data... max speed 99.4
I know I start tightening parts of my anatomy at the high 60's, early 70's... can't even imagine those speeds.


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I have no idea where I got this wine. I found it in my refrigerator last night and declared it the "wine of the evening." I suspect it came home with me from the 2008 Wine Bloggers Conference as a gift from my friend Lenn of the New York Cork Report.
Why do I suspect it came from Lenn? Because it came from the Finger Lakes of upstate New York. I'm really torn, here, between waxing on about the Finger Lakes region and telling you about the grape, so let me do just a little of both.
The Finger Lakes aren't that far from here. Get in your car, drive 8 hours toward Canada, and veer off a little near Rochester. You'll find yourself in the lovely and relaxing Finger Lakes region of New York. Kevin and I have been to Seneca Lake, as it's an easy drive from Rochester. There are three lakes that look like fingers in an aerial shot, Seneca, Keuka, and Cayuga. Oneida is not an official Finger Lake but is often thought of as the thumb anyway.
There are countless wineries up there. Seneca Lake alone has over 35 wineries. In fact, this year's wine blogger TasteCamp is being held in the Finger Lakes in May. We're missing it due to various siblings graduating from college. (Some things are more important than wine, you know.) Seeing as how it's an easy drive, I highly recommend you get in your car one Friday morning and take an impromptu long weekend on Seneca Lake.
2007 Ventosa Vineyards Tocaice Ice Wine, Seneca Lake / Finger Lakes, NY
The Tocaice is an ice wine made from the Tocai Friulano grape. Known as an Italian grape, it is commonly grown in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region. Recently, the EU ruled that the Italian wine must now be referred to as Friulano in order to prevent confusion with a similar Hungarian grape, known as Tokaji. For some reason, the fact the grape had to basically change its name has always made me sympathetic towards it.
It's still predominantly grown in Italy but you can find a smattering of the grape in Argentina. I was rather surprised to pull this out of my 'fridge last evening to see it was a Friulano from the Finger Lakes. Apparently Ventosa Vineyards has an eye towards the Italian, with several Italian style wines and plantings of both Friulano and Sangiovese on property.
This is, of course, a dessert wine. It's sweet, with 37 Brix and 16.2 Residual Sugar. Since we've had this a few years, I came across some sugar crystals in my glass, which always makes me laugh. When we first opened it, we were pretty much assaulted by the scent of green apples rushing out of the bottle. That receded a bit and we were able to pick out the floral and apricots.
Being an ice wine, this is particularly viscous. I was impressed by the balance though – there was enough acidity from the grape to balance out the sweetness. I've run into the occasional ice wine that is more like mead than anything else. This was definitely a well thought out dessert wine. Sipping this wine, Kevin and I both found a lot of apple. But as I spent some time with it, I also found apricots and peaches in there. Considering our unseasonably warm weather right now (no complaints) and the breeze blowing through the windows last evening, this was the perfect nightcap on balmy spring night.
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ETSU controlled the play in the early part of the game after scoring the game's first six points. The Buccaneers held their biggest lead at 21-13 with just over six and half minutes left in the first half.
Then, Charlotte went on a 22-5 run to close out the half sending the 49ers into the lockerroom with a 35-27 lead. Charlotte took the lead for good on Monica League's three-pointer at the 3:39 mark. Sabrina Gregory had six points and League had five points in the 49ers late first half run.
Charlotte pushed their lead into double-figures on Andrea Davidson's layup just 18 seconds into the second half. The 49ers lead remained into double figures for most of the first eight minutes of the second half.
Then, ETSU went on a 16-7 run over the next five minutes cutting the Charlotte lead to 60-59 at the 5:16 mark. Senior forward Tiffani Mayes (Sumter, S.C.) scored five of her game and career-high 30 points during the ETSU run. However, Charlotte then exploded on a 14-0 run over the next three minutes to seal the victory for the 49ers. Daniels scored five points and Gregory scored four points during the run.
Mayes went 11-for-20 from the floor on the night and added eight rebounds. Junior guard B.J. Banjo (Baltimore, Md.) scored 18 points while junior forward Candace Gibson (Warner Robins, Ga.) had team-highs with nine boards and three steals. Banjo and sophomore guard Brooke Wilhoit (Sevierville, Tenn.) both had a team-high four assists.
Charlotte had four players score in double-figures, led by Gregory's 18 points. Joining Gregory were Sakellie Daniels with 14 points, League with 11 points and Pam Brown with 10 points.
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Safety Data Sheets (SDS) must be readily accessible in employees' work areas. This requirement can be met by keeping a complete set of SDSs in every laboratory or work space to provide rapid access. Alternatively, OSHA has stated that online resources may be used as an alternative to storing hard copies provided that a coomputer is accessible in the work area. In a browser's search page enter 'chemical name' + 'sds' + 'manufacturer' (if known).
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It will take 12-18 months to determine the cause of the helicopter crash in the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday that killed a Thibodaux man and the pilot, federal investigators said.
It will take 12-18 months to determine the cause of the helicopter crash in the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday that killed a Thibodaux man and the pilot, federal investigators said.
The victims were identified as Rory Bourgeois, 48, of Thibodaux, and pilot George LeLoup, whose hometown wasn't released, National Transportation Safety Board officials said.
The bodies of the victims were found Thursday by divers for Epic Divers & Marine of Belle Chasse and the Coast Guard, authorities said. They had been working aboard an oil industry support boat owned by Bahrain-based Adams Offshore Services.
Investigators have determined the helicopter crashed off an oil rig landing platform about 60 miles south of Terrebonne Bay and sank into the Gulf, said Eric Weiss, a spokesman for the transportation agency. It was unclear where the helicopter had taken off, and the rig's owner wasn't identified.
This is the only helicopter crash in the Gulf this year, Weiss said.
Bourgeois was flying in the Bell 206-L4 as part of his job as an air-conditioning technician for BNA Marine Services, an Amelia company that handles mechanical and repair needs for the marine industry.
"Rory was a great man and a great technician," said Jay Schexnayder, BNA Marine Services chief financial officer.
BNA Marine Service officials declined to comment on the investigation.
Weiss said data from the crash will be analyzed to determine why it happened.
"Our investigator will document the wreckage and accident scene, interview witnesses and look at radar data and the history of the flight," Weiss said.
Autopsies and toxicology tests will be performed on the two victims, and investigators will try to determine their activities in the 72 hours leading to the crash, he said.
A preliminary report with a hypothesized cause of the crash will be released in about a week, he said.
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Number: 111-16
Date: June 9, 2009
House Passes H.R. 626, the "Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2009"
On June 4, 2009, the House passed H.R. 626, the "Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2009", by a vote of 258-154. Among other provisions, the bill would provide Federal employees 4 weeks of paid parental leave.
The bill contains the following provisions of interest to SSA:
- Would allow Federal employees to substitute any available paid leave for any leave without pay available for either the birth of a child or placement of a child with the employee for either adoption or foster care.
- Would make four administrative weeks of paid parental leave and any accumulated annual or sick leave available for such purposes.
- Would authorize that the additional weeks of leave be paid from the Agencies' appropriations.
- Would be effective for any birth or placement occuring after the end of the 6-month period beginning on the date of enactment.
- Would allow OPM to promulgate regulations to increase the amount of paid parental leave to 8 administrative workweeks. OPM would have to analyze the benefits and costs to the federal government and trend sin the private sector before doing so.


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By: Agha Haider Raza
Pakistan's media airwaves have gone haywire over the spectacle that has emerged since renowned journalist, Hamid Mir, was shot at multiple times in Karachi a few weeks ago. In response to the audacious attack, Mir's employer, GEO News openly hinted that the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was responsible for the attempt on Mir's life. As expected, the ISI sprung into action; flexing their muscles through the "independent" media and "civil society" by protesting against the allegations leveled by GEO News. Rather than using the unfortunate attack on Hamid Mir as an opportunity to engage in a frank discussion on the safety of journalists in Pakistan (deemed one of the world's least safe place for journalists), this incident has opened a debate on the credibility of Pakistan's first democratic transition and reignited long-standing tensions between the incumbent government and the country's most powerful institution, the Pakistan Army. Using the bold attack on Hamid Mir as a springboard, Imran Khan is boycotting GEO News and has resorted to street protests to declare the sham of a democracy we have at present. Khan and his party claim that the general elections of 2013 were stolen from them via alleged rigging committed by the PML-N and GEO News and after exhausting all appropriate avenues have decided to utilize there street power. This is not the time. What the country really needs are its politicians to embolden and strengthen Pakistan's fragile Parliament by passing electoral reform and acting on the discrepancies in the last election to avoid repeating similar mistakes in the future.


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Few hardware vendors have not yet launched their own mini laptop (or, "netbook"). Most brands these days produce their own version of the same hardware, with Intel's i386-compatible Atom cpu's and Windows XP installed on a spinning hard drive or sometimes still a solid state disk. Some Linux models are still sold by some vendors, among whom Asus, which more or less started selling in this OLPC-inspired genre of laptops.
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I think it has to do with endianness. I used to run netbsd on a hpcmips and cobalt raq and they were pretty much binary compatible ports, because they both ran in little endian mode. But from as far as I know not every mips system runs little endian. I think some of the SGI systems run big endian.
I think the port of netbsd to the loongson can only help to improve the quality of the other mipsel netbsd ports. For one thing it would give us another system that we could use to run pkgsrc on to compile packages for the other slower systems.


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Kiyavash v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services et al
Plaintiff: Negin Kiyavash
Defendant: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Michael Mukasey, Michael Chertoff, Jonathan Scharfen, Ruth Dorochoff and Michael Cannon
Case Number: 1:2008cv03678
Filed: June 27, 2008
Court: Illinois Northern District Court
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Presiding Judge: Wayne R. Andersen
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Room 77 uses Google Earth to show you the view from hotel rooms across America. That in itself is enough to make it one of my favorite maps of the week. However Room 77 also includes an excellent ranking system for hotel rooms based on individual preferences for view, floor, distance from elevator and connecting rooms.
Crazy Boat: The Curse of the Trash Vortex
Two really great Google Maps games make it into my Sunday Best this week. Crazy Boat impressed me greatly with their use of map styles with the Google Static Maps API. The game is fun to play as well!
Street View Zombie Apocalypse
This isn't the first zombie game I've seen that uses Street View. But it is probably the best. Great and intense zombie avoiding fun on Facebook.
Rain Alarm
If you are putting the washing out on the clothes-line then you might want to turn on Rain Alarm. Leave Rain Alarm on in the background and get a warning when it is about to rain.


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The Parsippany office of Colliers International Healthcare Services announced today it has arranged for the renewal of 89,000 square feet of space leased by Barnabas Health for its administrative functions in Oceanport. Terms of renewal were not disclosed.
According to the announcement, Barnabas Health is the largest health care network and the second-largest private employer in New Jersey. The network includes the state's only certified burn treatment center, as well as the only lung transplant program.


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Gameloft is bringing a new game, inspired by The Legend of Zelda, to the iPhone and Android in the near future. I think we all know by now that Gameloft has borrowed many of its influences from big name console games to create their games. The Dungeon Hunter series takes its inspiration from Blizzard's Diablo series, Shadow Guardian from Naughty Dog's Uncharted, and the N.O.V.A. series from Bungie's Halo. There aren't too many developers that Gameloft has yet to borrow inspiration from, and judging by its latest teaser trailer, it looks like Gameloft will finally deliver a fantasy adventure game inspired by Nintendo's Zelda.
The trailer Gameloft released doesn't give too many details regarding the game, not even the mention of its title. Instead, we're treated to some great looking environments set in a castle covered in snow, the inside of a cave in what looks to be a forest setting, and inside a dungeon where lava flows freely. We do catch a glimpse of the game's hero, and he borrows many similarities to Link from The Legend of Zelda. The trailer also shows a quick look at the game's HUD which features a virtual stick on the left side and three buttons to the bottom right for attacking, defending, and calling your horse. A sphere that shows your current weapon leads me to believe you'll be able to switch your weapons depending on your situation.
If Gameloft did borrow inspiration from Nintendo's Zelda, let's just hope they don't have a fairy following the player, similar to the annoying Navi from Ocarina of Time. I still have nightmares of hearing "Hey!" over and over and over again. I'm hoping the game will have an open world where you can ride your horse from location to location instead of a linear path like most Gameloft games tend to have.
No price, release date, or as I said above, not even a title was given for Gameloft's upcoming game. But I'm sure we'll be getting some information on the game real soon.


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Family: Missouri shooting victim had eerie dream
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Relatives of a Missouri teenager who was fatally shot by a policeman say he had an eerie dream shortly before his death.
Pastor Charles Ewing said Tuesday that his nephew Michael Brown Jr. had confessed Jesus as his savior a couple of weeks before Saturday's shooting. Ewing said Brown then had a dream in which he saw a body covered by a sheet and told his family he believed the world would one day know his name.
Ewing said the public attention surrounding Brown's shooting has fulfilled that dream in a way his nephew couldn't have expected.
Relatives have described Brown as gentle despite his large size. Cousin Eric Davis said Brown quit his high school football team before playing a game because didn't want to hurt anyone.


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But like theork said, the figs all look alike, maybe some hats or hair would make them look better.
Shadow wrote:Although it is extremely well written t seems to be a little void of action and needs a more variety.
Shadow wrote:Actually, your use of the cape for an apron was a genius idea and I have used it once or twice since then.
Shadow wrote:When are you going to make a sequel?
Shadow wrote:I like your story and have read all of it so far.
ottoatm wrote:Shadow wrote:The biggest con would be the clone figs
Ha ha... yes, most readers were not to happy reading with them... and I must confess that working with them was not enjoyable either... I've written another story without the clones, but have to edit the pics before I can publish it... this is the Scroll of Ragnok link that you see on my Legelot site.
E of Alshire wrote:I like your story because of the clone figs. It makes them more evil and, um, evil. Grate Work!
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Makes 4 servings
Each serving equals three 5 A Day servings
5 cups chopped collard greens (stems removed)
1 medium onion cut in half and sliced thin
5 fresh shiitake mushrooms, sliced medium thick with stems removed
4 fresh free range chicken eggs
about 4 cups water
1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar, or any white wine vinegar
1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
1 Tbsp minced fresh ginger
2 large cloves garlic, pressed
1 Tbsp soy sauce
1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
salt and white pepper to taste over collard greens & shiitake mushrooms
Bring lightly salted water to a boil in a steamer. Rinse greens well, fold leaves in half and chop. Steam for about 7 minutes. Add mushrooms, onion and steam for another 5 minutes.
While steaming greens, get ready for poaching by bringing water and vinegar to a fast simmer in a small, shallow pan. You can start on high heat, and once it comes to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer before adding eggs. Make sure there is enough water to cover eggs.
Mix together lemon juice, ginger, garlic, soy sauce, olive oil, salt, and pepper in a small bowl.
When greens are almost done, poach eggs until desired doneness. This will take about 5 minutes, or just until the white is set and the yolk has filmed over.
Press greens with the back of a spoon slightly to remove excess water. Remove vegetables from steamer and toss with dressing. Remove eggs from water with a slotted spoon and place on plate of tossed greens.
Nutritional analysis per serving: Calories 321, Protein 22g, Fat 10g, Calories From Fat 28%, Cholesterol 212mg, Carbohydrates 36g, Fiber 9g, Sodium 354mg.
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Gale force set to test Sri Lanka Gale gets nod for Chairmans XI
CRICKET: Queensland Bulls coach Darren Lehmann says he believes Matthew Gale has been included in the Chairman's XI side to take on Sri Lanka next week because of his genuine wicket-taking ability.
Sunshine Coast Scorchers paceman Gale was yesterday a surprise inclusion in the side to take on the international visiting team in the three-day match in Canberra starting next Thursday.
Usman Khawaja will captain the side which is a mix of youth and experience. For Khawaja, the game will be an audition for retiring batsman Ricky Ponting's spot in the Australian Test team.
It will also give selectors a chance to closely inspect the likes of in-form Tasmanian batsman Alex Doolan, NSW's Scott Henry and Victorian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell. At 29-years-old and having just broken into the state side in the past year, Gale neither fits the mould of a project player nor is he knocking on the door of Australian selection.
It is understood the scheduling of the upcoming Big Bash competition played a part in the make up of the Chairman's XI team.
Cricket Australia has committed to making the domestic T20 competition a success and has put an emphasis on the first round of fixtures, which coincides with the Manuka Oval match.
It is believed selectors overlooked fringe Australian players who will also demand feature billing in the Big Bash, such as Phil Hughes, for Chairman's XI selection.
Lehmann said he believed Gale had been included, having proven his ability to take key wickets at a high level. "He's been great for us, he can swing it at pace and has genuine wicket taking ability," Lehmann told The Daily yesterday.
"He's worked on his strength and consistency. I think he's a guy that can take wickets for the Chairman's XI."
GALE moved to the Sunshine Coast from his home state of Victoria at the beginning of the 2011-12 season, debuting for the Bulls against Western Australia in November last year.
He has played four Sheffield Shield matches and two one-day games for Queensland.
He earned man of the match honours for the Bulls in their one-dayer against NSW last week when he returned from an unhappy opening spell to finish with 3-48 and a run out.
"To come back and take key wickets, that's what he does," Lehmann said.
"He's playing really well and he's improving and learning all the time."
Matt Gale
XXXX Gold First Grade 2011-12 season: 10 matches, 17 wickets at 20.76.
First Class career: four matches, 15 wickets at 34.26.
List A career: two matches, three wickets at 41.33.
Representative teams: Queensland Under-23s, Victoria Under-17s, Victoria Under-19s.


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The perfect movie for Christmas is the surprisingly progressive P.S. I Love You. Despite drawbacks and more clichés than an office Christmas party, this romance starring Hilary Swank works on every leveland it hits home for the holidays.
The movie will not immediately ring jingle bells with a theme about a dead husband (Gerard Butler) who reaches from beyond the grave to inspire his widow (Swank). Starting with a pat lovers' spat, P.S. I Love You is ultimately rooted in reality, peeling back the layers of one couple's lives.
The novel-based story begins just before his life expires, and, when opening credits roll, it's a slide show of love story snapshots. The remainder of the journeyusing the deceased's letters, mysteriously delivered to his wife in scheduled intervals after he diedfills the gaps. The movie improves as it goes.
That it flirts with formula does not hinder its ability to evince tears and laughter. Melodramatic, realistic and romantic, P.S. I Love You appropriately saves the best for last. 'Tis the season and those who welcome happy endings will not be disappointed, though this one is achieved through small, tentative steps, like life's most difficult lessons, some of which are often deeply felt in the last days of a given year.
Living in what must be New York's ugliest apartment building on a corner of Orchard Street, job-hopping Holly (Swank) and her Irish-born spouse Gerry (Butler) are both typical independent, urban Americans; they work hard, wonder whether to have kids, and they have a lot of growing up to do. Their social lives involve hanging out in bars and director Richard LaGravenese taps today's adult city lifestyle.
That means Holly's friends (Gina Gershon and Lisa Kudrow) include an amiable pal and an acerbic feminist and mom (impeccable Kathy Bates) owns a bar staffed by an awkward Yankees fan (Harry Connick, Jr.). There's a younger sister, too, who says what's on her mind and does as she pleases.
Everyone tries to console Holly when Gerry dies in the prime of life. But, as anyone who has lost someone dear knows, grief is unique to the individual and Holly holes up, hides and refuses to let go. Because he loved her, Gerry knew this would happena point the movie supports as it moves alongand this is where his letters enter the picture.
The correspondence is not hokey nostalgia; Gerry's letters are about Holly, which only endears Gerry to Holly, who goes from numbness to an awareness of her potential through Gerry's eyes. When all is written and read, with classic Hollywood guideposts on the road to breaking free, P.S. I Love You's theme that true love begins with egoismand the word "I"comes through. Peppered references to luck, leprechauns and what comes "out of the blue" notwithstanding, Holly remakes her own life while honoring the memory of her husband. She does so of her own volition and, as a transformation, it's fabulous.
So is Hilary Swank, who exudes love, loss and the energy of a person desperately trying to cope and achieve something moresomething meaningfulin life. Whether she's unknowingly tearing the heart out of Connick's hapless bartender or flirting with a handsome roadside stranger, Swank's a strong, vulnerable and natural presence. LaGravenese, who also directed her in the winning Freedom Writers, ought to make it three for three and continue to work with her; he allows her to shine by letting her be.
Butler is fine, too, as alpha male Gerry, who calls upon his woman to be her best in every situation, though his role is necessarily limited. Butler's chemistry with Swank ignites their few, pivotal scenes and fuels the movie. Gerry's notes come with instructions that play out as episodes within chapters, from a vocal performance that allows Holly to stop suppressing her pain to an important discovery. Each realization is part of a progression toward personal happiness.
Losing someone close, like any major loss, tends to show the crinkles and cracks in one's life and P.S. I Love You does it up in spades. Holly's resurgence falters and flows; she gets angry with friends for moving on, she makes mistakes and she falls apart, running to mommy in the picture's most emotional scenewith the always powerful Miss Bates cashing in on earlier momentsand Holly, letting go of what's no longer alive, emerges with joy, not pain, as her goal.
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Crowe's RBI Single In 9th Lifts Astros Over Twins
HOUSTON (AP) — Trevor Crowe hit an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning that lifted the Houston Astros over the Minnesota Twins 6-5 on Wednesday.
Jonathan Villar singled to start the ninth and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Jose Altuve. Crowe's line drive to left field off Brian Duensing (6-2) allowed the speedy Villar to score easily, giving Houston its first win in six tries against Minnesota.
Ryan Doumit's leadoff home run in the ninth against Astros reliever Erik Bedard (4-10) tied it at 5.
Minnesota was down 3-0 after a three-run first inning by the Astros before tying it on a three-run shot by Alex Presley in the third. It was Presley's first homer since being acquired from Pittsburgh in the trade for Justin Morneau.
Pedro Florimon doubled to open the eighth and scored on a groundout by Darin Mastroianni as the Twins closed to 5-4.
Before tying it, Minnesota squandered a chance in the seventh when Chris Herrmann grounded into an inning-ending double play with the bases loaded.
Brandon Barnes had two RBIs and Chris Carter and Brett Wallace added two hits apiece for Houston.
Minnesota starter Liam Hendriks yielded eight hits and five runs in 4 1-3 innings, leaving him with just one win in six starts this season.
Houston starter Jordan Lyles allowed four hits and three runs in 6 1-3 innings.
An RBI double by Wallace put Houston up 1-0 in the first inning. Carter walked before Wallace barely scored on a single by Marc Krauss and make it 2-0, and Barnes added a sacrifice fly.
Presly came out on top of a 13-pitch at-bat in the third, coming back from an 0-2 count before hitting a tying home run to right field.
Jose Altuve doubled with two outs in the fourth and scored on Crowe's single for a 4-3 lead.
Carter led off the fifth with a single, then the 6-foot-4, 245-pound slugger took second on his second steal this season. Barnes' single off reliever Ryan Pressly pushed Houston's lead to 5-3.
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Heidi Montag puts her breast foot forward while hosting the grand opening at the Liquid Pool at Aria at CityCenter on Saturday (April 10) in Las Vegas.
The 23-year-old Hills star showed off her assets poolside with a teeny-bikini!
Heidi and husband Spencer Pratt recently stopped by Camp Pendleton in San Diego to tour the base and raise the spirits of the Marines. The pair told People, "We went to visit Camp Pendleton to see the Marines. They're the most valiant, honorable and courageous men and women in the United States. It was one of the best days of our lives!"
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BREITUNG TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Three individual properties and four historic districts in Michigan are getting new recognition by the National Register of Historic Places.
The State Historic Preservation Office recently announced that the Upper Twin Falls Bridge in Dickinson County's Breitung Township, the Hanover High School Complex in Jackson County and the Grand Rapids Storage and Van Co. in Kent County are on the list.
Historic districts new to the list include the Williamston Downtown Historic District in Ingham County, the Drake, Benjamin and Maria (Ogden) Farm in Kalamazoo County's Oshtemo Township and the Boyne City Central Historic District in Charlevoix County.
The Center Avenue Neighborhood Historic District in Bay City also has been expanded.
In addition, the state says the Grand Circus Park Historic District designation in Detroit was updated.


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I've been dealing with breastfeeding issues since the day my son was born (so over a month now). I have been working with a lactation consultant at my local hospital. She thought that I had oversupply/fast let down and that was what has been causing our issues. I'm wondering at this point if that's really our issue.
DS will choke sometimes while breastfeeding and let milk dribble out of his mouth and un-latch, re-latch etc. (basically all the typical symptoms you would assume for fast let down/oversupply). With that being said...He doesn't seem bothered by the actual let down. I can feel my let down and when he pulls off it's a few minutes AFTER letdown (not during) Also, sometimes I will pump a little (thinking that it will "take the edge off" for DS) and hardly anything comes out (so would it really be fast letdown/over supply if I'm hardly getting anything??) Anyway, the Lactation Consultant has me doing block feeding, laying back while nursing, etc. (DS does not like it when I lay back though). I'm not sure I have been doing block feeding 100% correct, but my supply doesn't seem as strong now regardless. I don't get engorged and leak all the time like I was a week or two ago. Either way, We're still having the same issues of him being fussy at the breast.
Recently, I've started keeping a log of when he is fussy while feeding. It seems to be mostly during the day and evening. He is NEVER fussy overnight. Why would this be? If it were fast let down, it seems like it would bother him no matter what time of day. In fact often times at night I can see milk spilling out of his mouth and also I have had fast let down at night where it's spraying out of my breast right into his mouth and it doesn't seem to bother him at all...he keeps sucking away. During the day however, he fusses - pulling away, screaming, etc. SOMETIMES (not always) during the day he is fine too. If fast let down was truly my issue, why would it bother him sometimes, and not others?
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1. Sometimes he's sleepy when he eats so he's not sucking as hard ...so the letdown/flow or whatever, wouldn't bother him as much.This would explain overnights and why sometimes during the day he's OK too (if he happens to nurse when he's sleepy before a nap or something)
2. He has silent reflux and let down/over supply isn't our issue at all...but instead his stomach bothers him sometimes and that's the reason he fusses at the breast. I've read that reflux is often better overnight, so that may be a reason why he never fusses overnights. Often times when he fusses at the breast he will arch his back. He is also very gassy and has some other symptoms of Silent Reflux. I did mention this to his DR and she has me cutting dairy out. I have been dairy free for a week and no changes yet. :/
3. Sometimes he may just not want to eat and want the pacifier to suck on, so gets frustrated when milk comes out of my breast (because he doesn't actually want milk). The Lactation Consultant even said he may just want to suck a lot. When he fusses during the day, I will take him off and give him a pacifier sometimes. However, I am still wary that this is truly why he would scream and fuss so much, especially since if I offer him my breast he will usually attempt to latch back on and eat. I worry a lot that the pacifier will keep him from letting me know he is truly hungry.
What do you ladies think? Am I on the right track with any of these options? Any other suggestions? I'm so at a loss as to how to fix our issues at this point. It's so frustrating having your child scream his head off 90% of the time you try and feed him. I'm so close to just pumping full time and bottle feeding him.


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When your goal is worldwide domination, you gotta do what you gotta do. For Pitbull, hardcore Miami Heat fan, that means getting in bed (figuratively speaking) with Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban.
"Yeah, we don't talk about that," Pitbull says with a laugh. "He's very honorable, just a fun guy."
The Miami-based rapper has been working with Cuban on his New Year's Eve concert at AmericanAirlines Arena (tickets are $70.65-$197, fees included, at Ticketmaster), a show that will be broadcast live on AXS TV, a newly rebranded, pop-culture-oriented version of Cuban's HDNet cable channel. The Monday telecast, titled "What Happens in Miami, Never Happened," will air on AXS TV starting at 10:45 p.m.
In linking himself with the channel, Pitbull is joining forces with some entertainment-industry heavyweights: AXS is a project created by Cuban, Ryan Seacrest, concert promoter AEG Live and the influential talent conglomerate Creative Artists Agency. Pitbull, who once sang "I'm not an a--hole, I'm about my cash flow," sounds right at home.
"I have immense respect for Ryan Seacrest," says the singer, born Armando Cristian Pérez to Cuban parents in Miami 32 years ago on Jan. 15. "He's on everything — the radio show; he's the face of 'American Idol'; he's producing; hosting the Dick Clark New Year's Eve. … I'm trying to follow in his footsteps."
To that end, Pitbull wants the New Year's Eve concert to be the first of what he hopes will be an annual event, in which Mr. 305 (also known as Mr. Worldwide) becomes South Florida's answer to, yes, Dick Clark.
"It'll be a party, but we're taking it to the next level. [Dick Clark] made the ball drop — we're making it go up," he says, laughing.
Last month, Pitbull released his seventh album, "Global Warming," a record that wears its commercial ambitions on its sleeve in collaborations with Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Lopez, Enrique Iglesias, Usher and the Wanted. Speaking last week from Los Angeles, where he was shooting segments of VH1's "Divas" and "The X Factor," the singer admits to leaning on pop music, while "dirtying it up a little," but makes no apologies. "It is a music BUSINESS," he says.
Pitbull, who recently scored a No. 1 hit with "Give Me Everything," is already diversified, with sponsorship ties to major brands including Dr Pepper and Bud Light, the dissolvable energy strip Sheets and his own line of premium low-calorie vodka, Voli.
Also demanding his time is the rebranding of one of South Florida's iconic food franchises, Fort Lauderdale-based the New Miami Subs Grill, which includes the singer as an equity partner. While the menu will remain familiar, some of the stores will get a modern "sexy lounge" face-lift, he says.
If it all sounds like a man on a mission, Pitbull agrees he has a chip on his shoulder. Miami has never gotten the respect it deserves as a pop-culture force, he says.
"All this hustle, all this grind, I learned from Uncle Luke and Willy Chirino," says Pitbull, warning that the tables have been turned. "I run into DJ Khaled and Flo Rida all around the world. Dubai, Mexico City. Rick Ross and Flo are ruling the charts. DJ Laz is taking over radio. … Miami is the mecca, the hub of what's going on."
Not that you need the practice, but here are some ways to warm up for Monday night.
It might get loud: In this season of giving, the Norton Museum of Art (1451 S. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach) is offering free admission on Thursday (Dec. 27), a day that culminates with a soulful Art After Dark program from 5 to 9 p.m. The evening of "cocktails, conversation and music" also represents the opening party for the exhibition "Say it Loud: Art by African and African-American Artists in the Collection" and includes a 7 to 9 p.m. performance of Motown-influenced sounds by Greg Jackson and the Mojo Band. Info: Norton.org, 561-832-5196.
Mixed nuts: When you try to get your float (or art car or posse or whatever) in Coconut Grove's King Mango Strut, the application form is up-front about the essential quality organizers are looking for, asking: "How will it make people laugh?" The Strut, a free-to-watch, open-to-all parade that has been "putting the 'nut' back in Coconut Grove since 1982," is 2 p.m. Sunday at Commodore Plaza in the Grove, culminating with the after-Strut party (bands, refreshments and merriment). Recommended parking includes Cocowalk and Shoppes of Mayfair. Info: KingMangoStrut.org, 305-582-0955.
Birthday blues: Guitarist and local treasure Matt "Guitar" Murphy, who turns 83 on Saturday, will make the drive up I-95 from his Kendall home for a Friday night gig with the Nouveaux Honkies at the Bamboo Room (25 S. J St., Lake Worth). Show begins at 9 p.m. Tickets: $23, $28. Info: BambooRoomBlues.com, 561-585-2583.
More, more, more: Is it too late for Pablo Francisco to do his Christmas-themed version of Billy Idol's "Rebel Yell"? Hoping not. Catch the comic Friday-Monday at the Fort Lauderdale Improv at the Hard Rock in Hollywood. Tickets: $25-$60. Info: FTL.Improv.com, 954-981-5653.
Doctor appointment: Dr. Lonnie Smith was once a regular in South Florida, well known for his towering turban and Hammond B3 organ, an underappreciated instrument of nimble jazz inventiveness with which Smith would fill O'Hara's on Las Olas with smoky, sexy soulfulness. It seems like a dream now. … So it's not a surprise that Smith's Saturday night engagement at the Arts Garage (180 NE First St., Delray Beach) is a sellout. Happily, they've added a second show on Sunday at 7 p.m. Tickets: $25 general admission, with premium seating $30, $35. Info: ArtsGarage.org, 561-450-6357.
Jam on it: Donna the Buffalo and the Bright Light Social Hour are two bands with ample indie cred that have eluded our ears to this point, and this is the weekend to rectify that. On Friday night, Donna brings the fiddling jams to Revolution Live in Fort Lauderdale ($17 at JointheRevolution.net) and BLSH offers more jammy sweetness Sunday night at the Culture Room ($12.50 at CultureRoom.net).
Any color you like: Laser Fest Weekend returns to the Miami Science Museum (3280 S. Miami Ave.) on Friday and Saturday, with music from the Beatles ("Sgt. Pepper"), Pink Floyd ("Dark Side"), Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and Radiohead helping to remap your brain. Tickets are $8, in addition to the adult museum admission of $14.95. Info: MiamiSci.org, 305-646-4234.
Free Tito: Percussionist Tito Puente Jr., timbale magician and son of the mambo king, performs with his Latin jazz ensemble at Friday evening's installment of the Jazz at MOCA outdoor concert series at the Museum of Contemporary Art (770 NE 125 St., North Miami). The free performances on the last Friday of the month also offer tours of MOCA galleries (by donation) from 7 to 10 p.m. Concert: 8 p.m. Info: MoCaNoMi.org, 305-893-6211.
Free reggae: More free outdoor music can be found at ArtsPark Live! on Young Circle in downtown Hollywood with a 9 p.m. Saturday performance of the Resolvers' "big band reggae." Info: HollywoodFL.org, 954-921-3404.
Looking ahead: The gently simmering PBS potboiler "Downton Abbey" returns for a third season on Jan. 6, with guest star Shirley MacLaine joining the impeccable cast. Local PBS affiliate WPBT-Ch. 2 will offer fans the chance to gather for an evening of camaraderie, contests and a big-screen showing of the "Downton Abbey" Season 3 premiere episode at Cinema Paradiso (503 SE Sixth St., Fort Lauderdale). The get-together begins at 5:30 p.m. with a "Downton Abbey" hat contest and a trivia challenge, with prizes and free desserts, followed by the screening at 6:30 p.m. To join in, RSVP Kristina Guttierez of WPBT at 305-424-4025 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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