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TORONTO – With their season on life support, the Yankees are turning to a pitcher returning from the dead.
Yet, the way the players talked about Carl "American Idle" Pavano you would think it was David Wells, David Cone or Roger Clemens taking the mound instead of perhaps the biggest bust in baseball history.
Chosen over Phil Hughes, who isn't ready for a re-entry, Pavano was informed yesterday he will face the Orioles tomorrow night in Camden Yards.
"We liked the way he has been throwing the ball," Joe Girardi said. "He has experience and has pitched in playoff games. We are expecting him to throw well."
Pavano hasn't faced big league hitters since April 9, 2007 due to Tommy John surgery. He has made five minor league appearances this summer, going 1-1 with a 3.32 ERA.
Pavano, who signed a four-year deal for $40 million, has appeared in 19 games (4-6 with a 4.77 ERA) and has missed extensive time with elbow, back, shoulder and buttock injuries.
"No one has ever questioned Pavano's ability. He has been hurt," Alex Rodriguez said of the 62-64 career right-hander. "This is all about the moment and day. Ironically enough, we never have needed him more than now."
Pavano will pitch tomorrow to Pudge Rodriguez, who caught him when they played for the Marlins.
Joba Chamberlain increased his throwing program to 20 throws on flat ground from 60 feet to a squatting catcher. Prior to that he had been playing catch.
"I let a couple go and it felt good," said Chamberlain, who will throw 35 pitches off a mound tomorrow but will be limited to fastballs and change-ups.
Girardi said he didn't have a plan for Chamberlain beyond tomorrow but doesn't expect him back before early September. And then it might be as a reliever.

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text: This is a reminder of the Intro to Programming course that is starting this Thursday, January 12, at 6:00pm. The details of the course are listed below. I have decided on a text book - I'm going to use "C Programming Language: 2nd Edition" by Kernighan and Ritchie. It's definitely a book worth owning if you don't already have a copy. If you are planning on attending but haven't contacted me, please drop me a note. I'm looking forward to Thursday - hope you are too! Jenett ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jenett Tillotson <jtillots at cogbots.com> Date: Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 1:24 AM Subject: Fwd: Programming course To: bloominglabs-members at bloominglabs.org, bloominglabs-announce at bloominglabs.org It's official! I'm offering an Intro to Computer Programming course at Bloominglabs this spring meeting on Thursdays from 6pm until 8:30pm. The course will mirror IU's calendar starting on January 12th and ending on April 26th with no meeting on March 15th for spring break. The course will be taught in C and a syllabus is attached (subject to minor changes). Cost is a minimum of $50 for the 15 week long course (feel free to pay more if you want!) and all proceeds will go to Bloominglabs. I also ask that you be committed to attending every week and there will be assignments to work on outside of class (but no exams!). Please send an email to contact at bloominglabs.org if you are interested in attending and spread the word. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bloominglabs.org/pipermail/bloominglabs-announce/attachments/20120109/89c1fb0f/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: IntroToProgramming-syllabus.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 27555 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.bloominglabs.org/pipermail/bloominglabs-announce/attachments/20120109/89c1fb0f/attachment-0001.pdf


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(i heave already posted a comment about this subject but reread it and found it sloppy so i am redoing it to explain better.)
1. before you can learn to see auras, you must work on your periphel vision. there is some exercises to help with this if you ever look it up on google.
2.periphel vision is your side vision and more sensitive because they are not as much exposed to light.
3. kids vision is better then adults because they are not as damaged yet.
before you start seeing auras you must know what they are. EVERY living and non-living thing has an aura. an aura is its energy. although human auras are stronger then objects you can still see them.
there is many layers of an aura. like the first one is very easy to see, it is usually a pale colored outline of the object or human. then the nxt layers are colorful.
the next thing you need to develop auric vision is a third eye(as you would like to call it.) it helps alot.
if this is your first time doing this i would use a bright object and a netural color backround. then look past and to the side a little bit and keep your eye on one spot. this is the trickey part: you must know how to relax n focus at the same time.
if you know how to keep your eyes on the spot and do just that. you will see the first layer then a color. dont look directly at it or it will vanish. once you have done that keep practicing.
PRACTICE IS THE KEY. you can practice anywhere! (just dont stare at strangers!)
good luck n blessed be!
i almost forgot... when you look at people`s auras it could be just the clothing auras. clothing is known to do that so hopefully the person is not wearing bright colors....
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Lyndsay and Graham welcome you to Ngongotaha Lakeside Lodge
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Depending on the length of your holiday, many guests do like to alternate between the two styles of accommodation. Choosing to self-cater for a few nights every so often, gives you a chance to relax more, eat in, sleep in, and take time out from the usual fast pace of holiday travelling.
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WineSur » Callia » Callia magna syrah 2007
Sight: Deep red wine with purple and blackish tints, very intense color.
Nose: Aromas reminiscent of spices, with licorice, vanilla and coconut nuances.
Mouth: It has a velvety mouth-feel, with gentle and rounded tannins of great volume, and strong presence of spices contributed by oak aging and fruits like plums and figs, contributed by grapes. A wine with adequate structure for bottle aging.
Name: Valle de Tulum
Region: region_10@nombre (subregion_20@nombre)
Altitude: 630 meters asl
Soil: 867-1794@suelo
Age: 18 years
Vintage: 867-1794@vendimia
Yield: 4.30 tons/acre
Vat: Stainless steel tanks
Alcoholic fermentation: Selected yeasts
Malolactic fermentation: Natural malolactic fermentaion
Maceration: Traditional maceration
Winery aging: 3 months
Oak aging: 8 months
Bottle aging: 3 months
Alcohol: 14.4%
Total acidity: 6.22 g/l
Volatile acidity: 0.38 g/l
Reducing sugar: 2.62 g/l
Extract: 30.07 g/l
Free sulfur dioxide: 95 mg/l
Total sulfur dioxide: 35 mg/l
Service temperature: 63°F
Pairings: Hard cheese, red meat, veil and spicy sauce
Home aging: 5 years
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This Shiraz is typical of San Juan province. It is a dark red wine, with violet hues, spicy and balanced aromas. It displays licorice, vanilla and coconut notes. Its velvet-like mouthfeel has unctuous, with smooth and round tannins. This is one of the winery's Premium wines.


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IWC Alumnus making changes in Samoa and the Pacific region
After completing her Master of Integrated Water Management in 2012, Azarel Mariner has taken up a new role as Climate Change Technical Assistant with the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP).
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- Stilwell, Joseph Warren Known as "Vinegar Joe" or "Uncle Joe." 1883-1946. American army officer who commanded Allied forces in China, Burma, and India during World War II.
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- n. United States general who commanded the Allied forces in China and Burma and India during World War II (1883-1946)
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Jane rather sympathized with "the old sourpuss," as she called Stilwell, who stormed around Ceylon in his scruffy jeep like a bald, scrawny John Wayne character.
Discussing the "hundreds of e mail" she received following an acidic column denouncing the anti-white, leftist and revanchist tendencies of the pro - Amnesty demonstrations culminating in the May Day "Day without Immigrants", Stilwell is mainly interested that so many document the fury felt by large numbers of legal immigrants at the arrogant claim to privilege they saw on the streets:
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So Sandy Stilwell spent more time than he cared to with the finance people scheduling fund-raisers, developing direct-mail and e-mail solicitations, and pushing the Republican National Committee to start running ads much sooner than the committee had planned.
When they had finished briefing him on their discovery, Stilwell led a discussion of what they could do to counter it.
Stilwell smiled through their provocations and repeated his message until boredom and fatigue resigned them to accepting it, and parroting it intact for the viewers and readers.
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Leo has spent many years coaching Carlsbad's youths. He has coached baseball, soccer and wrestling. He was an officer for the National baseball league. He has also coached adults in the Church's softball league. Leo is an avid hunter; especially elk hunting.
He has a great love for the community of Carlsbad. He takes a stand and communicates with city officials when he has a concern that he feels strongly about.
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|22.06.2011 - Oman well placed to tap Islamic funds, says expert
|Oman is well positioned to attract Islamic funds for its economic development, if the country formulates the right regulatory environment and train human resources to work in Sharia-compliant institutions, says an expert. "The major issue is regulatory environment. We also need to train people to work in Islamic banking institutions," Dr Mabid Ali Al Jarhi, financial expert and head (Training) of Emirates Islamic Bank, told Times of Oman..............................................Full Article: Source


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It's The Day After. Gotta shake off the dust. Still work to do, more than we thought at 10 o'clock last night. The plane reservation today says St. Louis rather than Chicago.
But much to the surprise of many Astros' faithful — some still wandering the streets this morning mumbling and shaking their heads — the season didn't end last night. Just like it didn't end on Sunday after that terrific double play.
Believe it or not, the Astros still lead the series 3-2 after a heart-numbing, souring evening at Minute Maid. Yep, two games to win one. You say: "Same story as last year, Astros are going down." There is a difference. Instead of Pete Munro and Roger, it's 20-game winner Roy Oswalt and Roger. No Dan Miceli.
Oh, and one more thing about Lidge. I wasn't in the press box for this game, but it is likely that the media had already voted on the LCS MVP. It's likely the vote had already been tabulated. It's likely that the scoreboard operators were already positioned to flash it on the big screen at Minute Maid. It's likely that Brad Lidge went from MVP to goat in one pitch and sent writers and media-types rushing to pull back their ballot. Just put it in your pocket, guys. The series isn't over yet.
Okay, on to some other issues:
Why is Jose Vizcaino hitting in the ninth when we need a base hit? He hasn't had a hit since Sept. 24 and hasn't had a pinch hit since Sept. 6! What's wrong with Bruntlett hitting for himself in that situation? He's had some gamers, right?
And where is Jeff Bagwell? He is on the roster, right? Can't save him forever.
So Garner told Brad to pitch around Pujols? Garner said he told Lidge "It doesn't matter if you walk him." I guess next time he won't even bother going out to the mound. He'll just look at catcher Brad Ausmus and hold up four fingers.
First it was Lamb. Then fan after fan wanted Lane out of the lineup. Now the harping is on Ensberg. But how do you replace Ensberg in the lineup? Defensively, he's as good as it gets for the Astros – and, remember, it's still about pitching and defense.
But while you can't take Ensberg out of the lineup, perhaps it's time to fiddle with the order a little. Let's see, Lane, nah? Lamb, maybe, except Mulder's on the hill Wednesday, so lefty vs. lefty wouldn't work there. How about Backe? Okay, okay. Let's face it. Other than Ensberg, the Astros don't have a real cleanup threat.
Anyone ready to see Willy back in centefield? Burke is doing the job well and oughta stay. Like I've said earlier, I don't think Garner made that decision on a hunch or with one or two games in mind. And Burke had one of the best at-bats of the post-season before getting that hit in the eighth — you remember that one, right? The one just before Berkman's game-winning, ah, well — you get the point.
But here's the big question: Do you believe the Astros can win one of the next two and still make this a storybook season?


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Namibia's information minister recently announced that a decade-long state advertising boycott of The Namibian, the country's largest daily newspaper, would finally end. An action intended to punish the paper for its independence had failed.
It was back in December 2000 that former President Sam Nujoma told his cabinet to block all government advertising and purchases of the leading daily because he perceived the newspaper to be anti-governmental. Nujoma's decree caused the paper to lose 6 percent of its advertising revenue and 650 single-copy sales to government officials, The Namibian's founding editor and former CPJ award winner Gwen Lister said.
Silence reigned supreme in Eritrea, where the entire independent press was under a government ban and 11 journalists languished in jail at year's end. Clamorous, deadly power struggles raged in Zimbabwe over land and access to information, and in Burundi over ethnicity and control of state resources. South Africa, Senegal, and Benin remained relatively liberal from a press freedom perspective, while corruption and fear pervaded newsrooms in Mozambique and Togo.]]>


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Interview: 'Look' Creator Adam Rifkin
Did you catch the premiere of Showtime's new original series "Look?" You might have missed it. It was on Sunday night at midnight (Monday morning if you're being technical, but the point is it's on long after "Dexter.") It's definitely late night viewing because "Look" is more revealing than even the boldest episode of "Californication."
Based on creator Adam Rifkin's own movie by the same name, "Look" tells ensemble drama stories from the point of view of security cameras, cell phone cameras, flipcams and webcams. Characters tweet and text and we view their messages on screen. The characters include adulterous druggie MIL Stella (Claudia Christian), promiscuous teen Hannah (Sharon Hinnendael) and her virginal friend Molly (Ali Cobrin), stripper obsessed Andy (Jordan Belfi), security guards who watch dressing room surveillance footage and many more connected character.
More after the jump...
You may know Rifkin as the director of Detroit Rock City or Night at the Golden Eagle, or as the writer of Mouse Hunt and Underdog, or as the screenwriter Jay Mohr wanted to get instead of Adam Rafkin on that short-lived Fox show "Action!" However people react to "Look," it is designed to start a conversation, so Rifkin got on the phone himself to have one over the weekend.
Screen Junkies: Did you have any worry that it might be a bit much that all the characters have some extreme behavior?
Adam Rifkin: No. Here's my philosophy behind that. My philosophy behind that is if I actually had access to all the footage that was shot in a city over the course of a week let's say, I agree that most of the stories I would watch unfold wouldn't be that extreme. I like to think that the idea is I picked the most compelling or the most salacious or the most extreme stories to follow that happen to be caught on these cameras. So that was a deliberate choice. There's a lot of people who don't cheat on their spouses or aren't doing drugs or aren't getting naked in public, but those stories were not as interesting to me for this particular project.
SJ: And doesn't Showtime want to push the limits?
AR: Absolutely, which is why Showtime is a great home for "Look." Just like the movie, the show is about the things that people do when they don't think they're being watched. So a lot of times when people don't think they're being watched, they're not necessarily acting in the most PG of ways. So being able to do it and it be seen on Showtime enables us to not have to wuss out. If it were broadcast television, we'd have to really sugar coat some things or whitewash some things and I'm glad we don't have to.
SJ: Do any of your actors have no nudity clauses?
AR: No, nobody had no nudity as a clause but certain characters, when the actors read the script, they knew what they were in store for and where the characters would be going. We were very clear. We had an understanding before anybody started what they were and weren't comfortable with. If somebody wasn't comfortable with the direction their character was going in, we couldn't consider them for the show because we wanted the show to be very edgy.
SJ: The first episode ends with an uncomfortable sexual moment. Is that to punish the viewer for ogling the enticing sex earlier?
AR: No, I'm definitely not into the idea of punishing the viewer for liking seeing something salacious. I like salacious. What I really want to do is I want to show a cross section of all the different things these cameras do capture. They capture funny things, they capture sexy things and they capture scary things. I want to keep it even handed that way. The same with the drama. I want the drama to be at times humorous and light and other times heavier and more serious. I like walking that line and going back and forth and people not being able to predict which direction things are going to go in from minute to minute.
SJ: What did you get from the movie or expand for the show?
AR: Well, really where the show picked up as far as where the movie left off was really all that new technology, all those new portals for communication. When I made the movie, it was really kind of a creepy idea that everywhere we went we were being watched. But since the movie, it's interesting how gradually we've just become so accustomed to if we're not being watched by surveillance cameras, we're making sure we're being watched by everybody else by what we post, by what we text, by what we tag, by what we film ourselves doing and then post online. It's interesting to me.
SJ: How do you avoid the Crash factor of making it too cute how the stories overlap?
AR: I don't know really if I can avoid the Crash factor. One of my biggest inspirations as a filmmaker has always been Robert Altman. I love Crash, don't get me wrong, but Crash in my opinion is in the style of a Robert Altman structure. I've always liked movies that take multiple storylines and interweave them. So to me it's organic that all these people are sort of in the same fishbowl, that their lives are going to cross at some point or another here and there. Hopefully people don't find it too cute. I tried to make it somewhat believable and hopefully interesting and compelling.
SJ: Do you have any rules on the timeline of the show?
AR: The whole season kind of unfolds in about a week in terms of the narrative timeline. It's about a week's worth of people's time. By the 11th episode, the characters have all gone through about a week's worth of their lives, maybe more.
SJ: What do you think of all the faux documentary movies that have become the new style?
AR: I love the style and like anything, if something's popular it gets emulated into the ground. So I think there are examples of that genre that don't work but the ones that do work, if they work I think it's fun and I think it's funny. I also like the idea that if it's done well enough, sometimes these things can really fool people. I like that too.
SJ: Has it primed the audience to understand it as a style?
AR: Absolutely. It definitely has. You see that in television, even in primetime television. "The Office" and Larry David are shot docu-style so I think people are becoming very accustomed to that as a stylistic choice.
Catch a look at "Look" Sundays at midnight on Showtime.


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Iran's Mehmanparast Says 'Soft War' Cyber Attacks to Fail
Iran's Foreign Ministry said cyber-attacks against the Islamic republic are launched by hostile governments as part of a broader "soft war" and will fail.
"Illegitimate regimes are producing viruses" and "trying to use the cyber space and this will not be really effective," Ramin Mehmanparast, the ministry's spokesman, told reporters in Tehran. He was commenting in response to a question about whether a newly detected virus, called Flame, had infected any Iranian computer systems. The Islamic republic has never recognized Israel as a legitimate state.
Iran, whose nuclear facilities and oil ministry have previously been the target of virus attacks, accuses the U.S. and Israel of trying to sabotage its technological progress. The U.S. and Israel say the country's nuclear activities may have military intent, an allegation that Iran denies.
The Moscow-based information-technology security company Kaspersky Lab said on its website that the creators of Flame are seeking to collect information in some Middle Eastern countries including Iran, Lebanon, Syria and Israel and the Palestinian territories.
The software is a "highly sophisticated malicious program that is actively being used as a cyber-weapon" and can steal computer files, contact data and audio conversations, Kaspersky said. "Its complexity and functionality exceed those of all other cyber menaces known to date."
'Various Measures'
Israeli Vice Prime Minister Moshe Yaalon, asked about reports of a computer virus targeting Iranian computer systems, said it is "reasonable that whoever sees the Iranian threat as significant would use various measures, including this, in order to hurt it."
Yaalon, a former army chief, also told Israel's Army Radio today that "Israel is blessed as a country rich in advanced technology, and these tools open to us all sorts of possibilities."
There are no sign of the virus in Palestinian computers and the situation is being monitoring, Sabri Sidem, an adviser on telecommunications to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, said in an interview.
Almost two years ago, malicious software known as Stuxnet impacted computer systems and several centrifuges used in Iran to enrich uranium, Iranian officials said at the time. Stuxnet may have been part of a campaign to disrupt Iranian nuclear installations, international computer-security researchers have said. In April, Iranian officials said they managed to contain a cyber-attack that targeted the country's crude industry and caused computer systems at the Oil Ministry and other related state-owned businesses to crash.
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by Lois Beckett ProPublica
As we've been documenting in our ongoing series, political parties and other powerful players use the once-a-decade redistricting process to advance their own goals–often at the expense of voters.
A recently released trove of e-mails from Ohio offers a rare inside glimpse into how it works.
The e-mails, sent from June to September, show collaboration between the national GOP and state Republicans to re-draw Ohio's map and thus cement control of both the statehouse and a majority of congressional districts.
In one of the emails, a Republican consultant working on redistricting for the state suggested that the new political maps could save the GOP "millions" of dollars in campaign funds by making districts safer for Republican candidates.
The maps, approved by the Republican-run state legislature in September, favor Republicans in 12 of Ohio's 16 congressional districts. And they strengthen the majority of likely Republican supporters in at least 17 state house districts, according to the mapping consultants' own calculations.
The Congressional map also splits voters in the city of Toledo into three separate districts, a move the city's mayor said would make it "politically irrelevant," and took two longstanding Democratic congresspeople who lived 110 miles apart and drew them into the same district, a tactic redistricting experts called "hijacking." (See our rundown of the various underhanded techniques of redistricting, from packing and cracking to hijacking, or watch our redistricting music video.)
A spokesman for Ohio's House of Representatives said that the e-mails and the accompanying report released by the Ohio Campaign for Accountable Redistricting were an attempt to garner "salacious" and "malicious" headlines. According to Mike Dittoe, director of communications for the Ohio House of Representatives and for Republican Speaker Bill Batchelder, Ohio's redistricting was "a fully transparent process that yielded a fair and legal map."
Redistricting is supposed to benefit voters by equalizing districts as the nation's population shifts. But with few strict requirements for how to shape districts-they must have roughly equal populations and not discriminate against minority voters- political parties often can draw political lines largely to their own benefit.
Much of the time, the toughest balancing act in the map-drawing process is how to please multiple incumbents at once.
In the e-mails obtained by the Ohio Campaign for Accountable Redistricting, these kinds of partisan concerns are central. In one e-mail, the president of the state senate, Republican Thomas Niehaus, noted that "I am still committed to ending up with a map that Speaker Boehner fully supports," even though, as a spokesman said in November, Boehnner "has no official role in the redistricting process."
Among those in close consultation over the district lines in the e-mails was the executive director of Team Boehner, a group created to help Republican House candidates across the nation, and the redistricting coordinator from the National Republican Congressional Committee. Rather than work in the state house, the state's redistricting staffers rented a hotel room for three months.
Dittoe, the House spokesman, said the state received redistricting input from many stakeholders, including all 18 of Ohio's current congresspeople and Ray Miller, a former Democratic state politician.
The redistricting consultants also pushed through an eleventh-hour change to the maps that switched the location of the Timken Corporation back into the district of U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci. Timken is one of Renacci's top donors. Members of the Timken family, company officials, and a company PAC have given at least $210,000 in total to Renacci in the past two years, according to the Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
"Thanks guys. Very important to someone important to us all," Tom Whatman, the executive director of Team Boehner, wrote after the change was completed.
"In no way do campaign contributions influence how lines are drawn," Dittoe said.
The redistricting e-mails included a consideration of partisan advantage down to the level of individual streets.
In an e-mail to Ray DiRossi, one of the two staffers responsible for drawing the state's maps, a Republican state senator said she knew that another Republican state legislator was "looking for Republicans" in her county and suggested a list of more than 80 streets in ten neighborhoods where she had received a "good response."
In September, as the redistricting maps were being approved, the chief of staff of the Republican state house speaker sent DiRossi a list of 43 of the state's legislative districts, ranked according to the total amount of so-called in-kind contributions made to House races in each district.
According to the Federal Election Commission, "The donation of office machines, furniture, supplies-anything of value-is an in-kind contribution… A donation of services is also considered an in-kind contribution. "
In nine of the districts, in-kind donations totaled more than $2 million over the past decade.
The rankings appeared to be a measure of which districts had been most competitive over the past ten years, since many of the districts that received the most in-kind contributions had alternated between Republican and Democratic control
"Ray-was running a quick analysis on inking contributions made to house races over the last decade and thought you'd find it interesting which districts were on top," Troy Judy, House Speaker Batchelder's chief of staff, wrote in an e-mail.
DiRossi wrote back a few minutes later, expressing surprise at the position of two of the districts on the list, and added, "But we have made significant improvements to many HDs [House districts] on this list. Hopefully saving millions over the coming years."
DiRossi's comment seemed to suggest that the new maps would be less competitive, and thus would require fewer campaign donations–a potential savings of millions of dollars.
"It's 1AM–go to bed you political junkies," Heather Mann, another of the state's redistricting staffers, wrote back.
Dittoe said the contributions statistics were sent to several people, and that since the redistricting maps were already complete by the time the e-mail was sent, the statistics could not have prompted any changes in the maps.
DiRossi and Mann, who is currently a deputy legal counsel in Batchelder's office, were each paid $105,000 in public money for a few months of redistricting work, according to public documents obtained by the Ohio Campaign for Accountable Redistricting.
Anything said about redistricting by politicians can be used as evidence in a legal challenge of a mapping plan-so politicians are typically warned to keep silent in public about redistricting plans. In a ProPublica interview last week, Georgia Congressman Lynn Westoreland, a point man for the Republicans' redistricting effort, said Congressional delegations were briefed on redistricting protocol and warned that whatever they said could be used in court.
Westmoreland said he also warned congressman to work as a team and "not to get greedy."
"Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered," he said.


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April 7, 1969 - December 26, 2012
Kathryn Bernadette Geaney was born April 7, 1969 at the Oakland Naval Hospital in Oakland, Calif. to John and Nola (Paull) Geaney. She left this world for her Heavenly home on December 26, 2012, following a lengthy illness.
Kathryn was a 1987 graduate of Ashland High. In 1991, she graduated Southern Oregon University where she received a B.A. degree spending a year studying Spanish in Spain. She attended and graduated Portland State Univeristy receiving a degree in international studies. Kathryn received her masters degree in speech pathology from San Diego State. She went on to work as a speech pathologist with Kaiser and Scripps Hospitals in San Diego, Calif. where she provided specialized care to home-bound patients.
Kathryn was a very loving daughter and a devoted Christian. It was her deep faith in God that sustained her during many difficult months. She was a member of the Assemblies of God Church in San Diego, and she frequently volunteered and served on mission trips to northern Mexico. She loved life and she loved spending time with her dear friends in San Diego. Kathryn had many interests; she enjoyed the theater, dancing, and walking. She loved to travel and she visited Australia (the birthplace of her mother) many times. Other travels included a trip to Mexico and a wonderful trip to Italy with her mother.
Kathryn is survived by her parents, Nola and John Geaney Capt. USN (Ret.) Medford, Ore.; and two brothers, Capt. Sean Geaney USN, Stafford, Va., his wife, Kaye, and their three sons, John, Michael, and Thomas; brother, LTCL Casey Geaney, MC, U.S. Army, Washington DC. Kathryn is also survived by her beloved aunt, Rozanne Paull, of Tamworth, Australia and her aunt Lue Geaney, of Coquille, Ore.
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|(Note: Each chapter concludes with Competency Checkpoints and Flexing the Message.)
|The Value of Managing and Leading
|Character and Competency
|Authority and Power
|Emotional Intelligence = Two Domains + Four Capabilities
|Emotionally Mature Leaders Are Those Who Live a Purpose Driven Life
|Six Leadership Styles
|Which is the Best Leadership Style? Formal and Informal Leaders
|Our Approach
|Maps and Compasses
|Values-Led Police Work
|Core Values
|Understanding and Respect Through Values
|Values: What They Are, Where They Come From, and How We Can Change Them
|Values: What They Provide for Us
|Identifying Our Values
|We Are What We Value and...
|Ethical Challenges
|There Is No Such Thing as Police Ethics
|Setting the Standard
|Why Ethics? Ethics = Moral Duties
|Courageous Choices
|Three Approaches
|Doing Ethics
|Ethical Dilemmas
|Ethics Training
|Values + Ethics = Vision
|Don't Pee in the Pool
|Three Reasons that Police Agencies Get into Trouble
|Constancy of Vision and the Frequency of Change
|Vision: The Constancy of Mission and Values
|Two Approaches for Building a Vision Statement
|Strategy: The Constancy of Changing Goals
|Goal Setting
|Act Quickly; Think Slowly (A Greek Proverb)
|The Four Main Reasons for Communications
|Formal Channels
|Informal Channels
|Four Directions
|Number of Messages
|Kinds of Messages
|Really Listening
|Communication Problems in the Information Age
|Team Empowerment
|Teamwork = Tough Leadership
|Pluses and Minuses
|The Police Leader as a Team Leader
|Empowerment: It Really Works
|We Don't Act on What We Know
|The Elasticity of Empowerment
|Empowerment = Delegation + Participation = Trust
|How Do I Know? Delegation
|The Last Thing
|Vitality, Wellness, and Stress
|Stress and Police Leaders
|Stress: What Is It? Stressors: Sources and Types
|Stress Management for Vitality
|Anticipation: Analytical or Intuitive? Leveraging the Future
|From Even Higher Tech to Lower Touch
|From Bureaucracy to Agility
|From Expressed Ethics to Applied Ethics
|From ldquo;Irdquo; to ldquo;Werdquo;
|From Pay to Free
|From Retired to Rehired Temp
|From a Few Civilians to a Lot of Civilians
|From Some Participation to Full Empowerment
|From ldquo;Think Small, Act Bigrdquo; to ldquo;Think Big, Act Smallrdquo;
|From Service to Service Experience
|A Starting Place
|Management Principles
|Time Management
|The Total You
|Time-Bound Versus Timeless
|Time and Stress
|If It's Worth Doing, It's Worth Doing Poorly
|Four Generations of Time Management
|On Becoming a Category B Police Leader
|Organizations Defined
|The Bureaucratic Organization
|The Agile Organization and Management by Objectives
|The Ten Key Characteristics of an Agile Organization
|The Nine Basic Steps of Managment by Objectives
|Concluding Points: Agility and MBO
|Problem Employees
|How Many? We Choose Our Behavior
|How Do They Get Hired? How Do They Get Promoted? Types of Problems
|Drawing the Lines
|Problem Bosses
|Helping the Problem Employee
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2012 40-man review: Reviewing the roster decisions
The Indians added right-handed pitchers Trey Haley and Chen-Change Lee, left-handed pitcher T.J. House, and outfielder Tim Fedroff to the 40-man roster yesterday. To make room for them they designated three players for assignment: first baseman Matt LaPorta, infielder Brent Lillibridge, and right-handed pitcher Fabio Martinez.
Here are some thoughts on all of the decisions…
- Here is what I posted in the premium piece last Wednesday where I broke down who would be added to the roster: "So at the moment – barring a trade or a player or two being designated for assignment in the next few days – I am going to predict the Indians officially non-tender Hannahan and Lillibridge to clear up two spots on the roster to add Haley and Lee. If they choose to designate someone for assignment (my prediction would be Seddon or Martinez), then I could see House being added." That is pretty much exactly what happened. I was iffy on what roster moves they would make to create space, and had I known they would remove more players, then I would have predicted that Fedroff was added to the roster as he was my next choice.
- There were no surprises added to the roster this year like last year with Danny Salazar and Juan Diaz, but the removal of Matt LaPorta came as a mild surprise. Not the fact he was designated for assignment (DFAed), but that they did it now. I thought that he would have stayed on the roster until the end of spring training and get DFAed then, but this just goes to show how far off the big league map he has fallen for the Indians. He cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A Columbus, so he is the Indians' property for the 2013 season unless they roster him again and designate him for assignment a second time (he can then refuse the outright assignment to the minors and elect free agency). I think at this point his chances of sniffing a Major League roster with the Indians is a long shot considering how he was never called up when he got off to a hot start this year in April and May and never really had a chance to play when he was called up. The interesting thing will be following how he handles the situation next spring and during the season. It would be human nature to pout and act like you don't want to be there, but he wants to create value for himself with a good season since it is essentially an audition for others teams. In any case, barring a crazy bout of injuries, we have probably seen the last of LaPorta at the corner of Carnegie and Ontario.
- In my initial review of the 40-man roster and who would be protected, I was actually including lefty Nick Hagadone as part of the 40-man roster (MLB.com actually shows him on the 40-man roster and no longer has any designation saying he is restricted). Had I known he was still off the roster, it may have changed my view on things, though his roster opening kind of replaced my prediction that Jack Hannahan would be non-tendered. The removal of Brent Lillibridge made sense, and was actually a smart decision to go that route rather than non-tender him. Had they simply non-tendered him he would be a free agent, but by designating him for assignment there still remains a possibility they could retain him if he accepts the assignment. He would also no longer be eligible for salary arbitration since he is not on a 40-man roster. The removal of Fabio Martinez was expected at some point this offseason. He has an electric arm, but is very inconsistent and still only pitching in Single-A. If he clears waivers (he should), he would still be property of the Indians for 2013 as he would be outrighted to the minors (he cannot refuse).
- Speaking of Hannahan, I have to think the fact the Indians have yet to non-tender him is directly connected to trade talks the Indians are having with other teams. The Indians are talking to a lot of teams about a lot of different players, so it makes sense to keep Hannahan on board for now until those trade discussions become clearer. He may still be useful to them as a stopgap if they trade someone on the roster, and as long as he is still on the roster he exists as an internal option to fill in where needed. The Indians could trade Asdrubal Cabrera or even Lonnie Chisenhall, and there is still a hole at first base that Hannahan could fill if they don't like what is out there in the free agent and trade market. Hannahan is still expected to be non-tendered before the non-tender deadline on November 30th, so a decision on him is just days away.
- The decision to add Lee was a no-brainer. Yes, his 2012 season came to an abrupt end in April when he came down with a right elbow injury and resulted in reconstructive surgery, and yes, he will probably not be available to pitch in games until May or June. But, he was the Indians best relief pitching prospect before he got hurt because of his mid-90s fastball that he throws from a unique arm slot, was Major League ready, and was in line to be the first reliever called up when a serious need arose. To my knowledge he has not had any setbacks to date in his rehab and is expected to be ready for spring training, though will probably open the season in extended spring training in order to finish off the rehab and monitor his workload on the front end of the season. Because of the success rate of Tommy John surgery, he still has immediate value as an impact arm in the bullpen and is expected to impact the Indians bullpen at some point this coming summer. Had he been left unprotected a team could have easily picked him in the Rule 5 Draft, 60-day DLed him for the first two months or so, and then stuffed him in the back of a big league bullpen so he could get his required 90 days on an active Major League roster. Like I said, this was a no-brainer move.
- The decision to add Haley was also a no brainer. My only concern was if a roster spot would be opened up, and as long as one was, he was the clear #2 choice to be added. Haley has the best arm in the Indians system and may have the best arm they have had in a very long time – even better than Adam Miller. I can't think of a pitcher they have had over the past ten years or so that throws as hard as he does so consistently and effortlessly. He came in as a raw, immature high school kid in 2008, but in four years he has really matured as a player and gotten better with his stuff and stronger every year – especially in the last two seasons. His fastball sits in the upper 90s and he touches 100 MPH consistently, and he has a good plus curveball. He had a nagging sports hernia injury that affected him the past three seasons that kept getting misdiagnosed, and that issue was finally resolved with surgery this past June so now that that is behind him it may help him with his consistency. The Indians like him in the bullpen and feel he is comfortable there, but with his arm, strength, frame, and stuff he still projects well as a starting pitcher and there is some talk from the Indians that they may try him out as a starter again now that the sports hernia issue is behind him. Power bullpen arms are gold in the Rule 5 Draft, so the Indians were wise to protect him.
- The decision to roster House was another good choice and one I was confident they would make provided they cleared the space for him. The roster move caps off an impressive comeback year for him after a disastrous 2011 campaign at High-A Kinston (6-12, 5.19 ERA, 1.53 WHIP, 4.6 BB/9, 6.2 K/9) that dropped him far off the prospect radar. He rededicated himself in the offseason and came into spring training in great shape after losing close to 30 pounds and had the best year of his career in 27 combined starts at High-A Carolina and Double-A Akron (10-5, 3.56 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 3.0 BB/9, 7.0 K/9). He even followed that up with an impressive showing in the Arizona Fall League this fall (3-1, 3.00 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 3.0 BB/9, 8.7 K/9). His improved conditioning and change to a lower arm slot helped him be much more consistent with his delivery this past season, which in turn helped the crispness of his stuff and he saw more consistent velocity peaking at 93-94 MPH. Bottom line, the Indians need starting pitching in a big way and they can ill afford to let any potential impact starting pitching slip away in the Rule 5 Draft. Behind Danny Salazar, House is arguably the next best starting pitching prospect in the upper levels of the Indians system that has yet to make their Major League debut.
- Fedroff was another good choice, though after not rostering him last season and gambling on him in Rule 5 and the unknown of how many spots would be open I did not predict he would be rostered. But had you told me that they would add four players from the minors, he'd have easily been my fourth choice. It is no secret that the Indians have a huge gaping hole in left field, and depending on what they do with Shin-Soo Choo this offseason there could be another one in right field, so it makes sense to protect any potential outfield assets. The Indians will say that Fedroff has a shot to make the team out of spring training as an extra outfielder, but the reality is he does not. If he truly did they would have called him up in September to get him some looks and a little experience, plus they rarely ever have a player make their Major League debut at the outset of the season (roster control reasons, over-excitement, the Brandon Phillips debacle of 2003, etc). Instead – barring injury – he will open the season at Triple-A Columbus and be one of the first options they call upon when a need arises. His bat would be a lot more interesting if he could play center field on a regular basis in the big leagues, but he is more of a corner outfielder in the big leagues and would probably only play center field in an emergency. That hurts his value some as teams like their fourth outfielder to be a true center field option, something he is not. If he hits, they will find a spot for him, and I could see him breaking into the big leagues at some point in a platoon in left field.
- As for the players the Indians did not protect and are now subject to the Rule 5 Draft on December 6th, my initial quick analysis is that the Indians are not in danger of losing anyone of consequence. There are a few players like Matt Langwell, Austin Adams, and Tyler Sturdevant who I think could generate some interest, but I am unsure if anyone is taken. Over the next week I will be researching that and talking to people in the industry to get a feel for who may have interest and who could possibly be lost, and will post all my findings in a Rule 5 Draft preview piece the first week of December. But the Indians are in no danger of losing a significant prospect. Even if a player is taken that player probably would be returned fairly quickly.
Follow Tony and the Indians Baseball Insider on Twitter @TonyIBI. Also, his new book the 2014 Cleveland Indians Baseball Insider which profiles the Indians' Top 100 Prospects and more is available for sale.


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This is a Tall Ship and has therefore been moved to the TALL SHIPS CATEGORY.
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Some technical information on this vessel from
That site also has some interesting information/history on the ship, for instance:
"Built as the "Bürgermeister Bartels" at the shipyard Wichhorst in Hamburg
In 1905, used as a lightship, at last at station "Elbe II", for more than
70 years, after that used for some years by the fire brigades to practice
putting out a fire."
Former names: Bürgermeister Bartels, Tradition
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Type of rigging:BARKENTINE
Year built: 1905/1985
Yard: J.N.H. Wichhorst, Hamburg, GER
Overall length: 55.00 m
Length (hull): 45.00 m
Breadth: 7.40 m
Draught: 4.50 m
Sail area: 742 m2
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When it comes to dedicated GPS devices, there are loads to choose from. But talk about mobile phones that function as a dedicated GPS device, and the Nokia 6210 Navigator should come to mind. As the second in its Navigator series (the first of which was its predecessor, the Nokia 6110 Navigator), Nokia has gone all out in both their hardware and services lineup this year. Integrating its latest Nokia Maps 2.0 with six months of free navigation license on the 6210 Navigator, we were given an on-site demonstration of its navigation capabilities during its inauguration on the 23rd of July at the Cicada.
For those of you who have followed through with our First Looks of the 6210 Navigator, you'll probably be familiar with its specifications and our views on this navigation device. Nonetheless, here's a little refresher on the 6210 Navigator.
The 6210 Navigator, as its name implies, will have its main focus on its GPS functionality. Utilizing Nokia Maps 2.0, we had another go at its GPS features. And it definitely got us pleasantly surprised. Being the adventurous people that we are, we've decided to utilize the 6210 Navigator from our labs and made full use of its Walk mode to reach our destination. Granted, it was a grueling 25 minute walk (and frankly, we deserved it, thinking the Cicada was within walking distance since it's on Portsdown Road, one street off our office), but as expected, under a clear blue sky, satellite lock was fast and swift under 20 seconds with the help of its A-GPS connection.
While accelerometers are a common enough feature on recent phones, the practical usage of it hasn't been fully explored till we had a look at the 6210 Navigator's integrated compass that utilizes the accelerometer function. Imagine if you were navigating via Walk mode, and getting slightly disoriented with the surrounding landmarks. The purposes of the compass becomes evident, as it'll detect your current orientation, and refresh your map according to your heading, thus giving you a clearer picture of your current location.
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Monday, June 8, 2015
White Star returns to #1 Hottest Title on RPGNow - there Can be Only One!
+Joseph Bloch 's Castle of the Mad Archamge Expansion - Level Three East - dethroned White Star for a few days, but White Star has returned to it's prominent perch ( +Richard LeBlanc you were correct at Saturday's morning panel.) This happening prior to the print release of White Star.
It shows both the strength of CotMA (as the only product to bump White Star in the 5 weeks or so of its release) as well as the staying power of White Star. Both are excellent products.
Consistently in the top five for the past weeks has been the Creature Compendium (at $2 for the PDF this is a steal.) I had it in PDF and thought it was great, then grabbed a copy at NTRPG Con and I've upped that rating to amazing. Rich really does an excellent job with the CC and having spoken extensively with Rich about upcoming projects (both near and far) New Big Dragon may be sitting in that #1 spot before long. NBD has held stat spot prior with the D30 Sandbox Companion and others.
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CC really is cool, everyone should get it. I need to pick up White star, but still holding out for the POD option.ReplyDelete
Print CC is a steal too at under $10. At least it was under $10 at NTRPG Con, not sure if that is the regular price or not.ReplyDelete
As a side note, Richard Leblanc is an excellent DM as well. He ran me and my two kids plus one other player through a new module he is working on. We used B/X rules and it was my favorite game of the Con. I love the way he works real world cultures and history into his adventures and this one was fantastic!
lol... I got a screencap of the Castle expansion module at the #1 spot. I'm content to yield the field after that. :-)ReplyDelete
I'm smelling a Three Castles Award nomination for 2016...ReplyDelete
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China Copper Output May Drop on Scrap Shortage This YearBloomberg News
Refined copper production in China may fall 500,000 metric tons in 2013, about 9 percent of the output last year, on a scrap shortage and delayed commissioning of new facilities, the nation's third-largest producer said.
"Scrap supply will be even tighter going into June," said Chen Jie, head of sales and marketing unit of Jinchuan Group Co. The smelter's own refined production may fall short of a target of 600,000 tons this year by at least 100,000 tons, Chen said in a phone interview today.
Copper in London has retreated 8 percent this year on concern that a slowdown in China's growth could hurt demand from the largest user. A 6.4 percent slump in April has kept scrap dealers unwilling to sell, and China's ports began tighter enforcement of existing rules in February to weed out low-grade scrap, slowing customs procedures.
"Market participants can now feel the tightness as scrap traders really don't have much at hand to sell," Pang Juan, an analyst at Jinrui Futures Co., said by phone from Shenzhen. "That will help drive up local prices, and attract more imports in June."
Copper for immediate delivery on Shanghai's Changjiang Nonferrous Metals Market was quoted at a premium of 500 yuan ($81) a ton today to the front-month contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange.
"Consumption this year is better than last year," said Chen, who estimated growth could be 4 percent to 5 percent. "We may not see the lull season in summer as usual, as demand from construction of subways, railways and power grids all seem to be better than last year."
Good Demand
Plants that previously used scrap copper to make copper rod have been using refined metal, Chen said. "They also said their orders books in June are as good as in May, which is quite unusual, showing demand is fairly good," he said.
Refined copper demand is expected to grow 7 percent this year to 8.3 million tons, while production is likely to gain 8 percent to 6.3 million tons, Duan Shaofu, deputy head of the heavy metals department at the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association, said on May 13.
Output at the two biggest Chinese producers, Jiangxi Copper Co. and Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., has been affected by the shortage, according to Chen. Some planned capacity additions, including Jinchuan's 400,000 tons, will be delayed, further lowering the nation's output, Chen said.
Chinese copper demand, after the adjustment for stock moves in the bonded as well as SHFE warehouses, has been growing at 10 percent in the first quarter from a year ago, Macquarie Group Ltd. said in a research report yesterday.
Copper inventories tallied by the Shanghai Futures Exchange declined to 176,624 tons this week, the lowest level in eight months, exchange data showed today.
China produced 5.82 million tons of refined copper last year, of which 32 percent was made from scrap, according to the industry association.
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If you saw my tweet yesterday surely you realized something must be amiss. Me? Playing around with neons? Well, a few days ago Alli sent me this picture of Duccio Venturi's Neon Pumps. I decided to use it as some nailspiration and break out my Electrocandy and Poptastic Color Club collections that I purchased from Ross over two years ago.
I reviewed the entire Poptastic set, but never got around to Electrocandy – I'm just not that into neons. I will say that the Electrocandy polishes are fun and interesting because of their subtle shimmers and flashes.
For my neon skittles I used Tangerine Scream, Electrocandy, What a Shock, and Volt of Light from Electrocandy and my favorite from the Poptastic collection: Warhol.
Each polish did take 3-4 coats, though that's not uncommon and of course they are much brighter in person – the pictures are color accurate. I topped them off with a coat of Essie's Good to Go.
All in all, I have to admit…even though I'm not generally a neon fan – this mani was a lot of fun to look at and it fits right in with this summer's neon trend. I had fun with it, so there are a few more pictures under the jump.
So… what do you think about neons and neon skittles? Is it something you'd try?
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text: On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 01:33:27AM +1000, Glenn McGrath wrote: > Theodore Tso wrote: > > > > >One thing which is somewhat personally frustrating in terms of LSB and > >working with Debian is that it's hard to find anyone who can actually > >speak for Debian in any kind of binding way. So suppose we get some > >volunteers, and they help out with the LSB, and we come up with a > >released LSB 1.1 --- is that going to be any different from the > >situation we have now? > > Debian is run democratically. Most countries in North America and Europe are run democratically as well. But when treaties are negotiated, there are elected leaders which have the power to make agreements on behalf of their fellow citizens (or in the case of the U.K., their fellow subjects). > Try and take the comments expressed here constructively, we do have a > habit of speaking our mind here (sometimes regretting it later on), and > are all passionate about or work... it is a labour of love. There are certainly useful things that we're taking from this conversation, but there are quite a few comments for which it would be a long stretch to call them constructive criticism. > I think you should have expected a backlash from the debian community, i > did express concerns on the LSB mailing list a few month ago about using > RPM's and the commercial focus of LSB, it was explained to me that LSB > is really to help commercial vendors, and that you were keen to get > something out sooner rather than later because the process was taking > too long. I concluded that there wasnt much in the LSB for debian. Well, the use of the RPM **package** **format** (not packaging system! And it's a very restricted subset of the RPM **format**) was a decision which was made by a subcommittee which among other people, included the dpkg maintainer. That's an example of what I mentioned earlier --- it's very hard to work an organization that can't send a small number of experts to work on a problem. (Think about what it would be like to negotiate a CO2 reduction treaty not with the designated representives of a country, but with every member of that country in a series of town hall meetings! It's a guaranteed way to get things done at glacial/geological time frames.) As far as "commercial focus of LSB", that's not really a technical argument, but a fundamental one about goals. One of the major reasons why Unix lost the desktop to Windows was because of fragmentation of the Unix vendors. (As bad as Windows 3.0 was, it was easier to write to Windows 3.0 than to HPUX, SunOS, Ultrix, DG/UX, etc., etc., etc.) We are now in a position where we can start trying to get ISV's to take Linux seriously --- we have the same share of the desktop market as MacOS. But implicit in this goal is that encouraging commercial vendors to provide binary software packages that work across all Linux distributions is a Good Thing. Personally, I consider the ability that I can run games such as Quake and Descent on Linux to be a good thing. And I look forward to the day when I can run TurboTax on Linus. But if Debian wants to be hostile to commercial vendors, and thinks that those sorts of things are bad and that we shouldn't make it easy for ISV's to make those products available on a Debian system, then maybe LSB really isn't for Debian. - Ted


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2. The Composite Second House - Moon & Jupiter
The Meaning of the Composite Second House
The second house of the composite chart refers to values - what the two people value, and their relationship to what is valued. This can operate on two different planes.
The second house can indicate the role that value-systems play in forming the relationship, that is, to what extend two people come together because they value similar things or ideas. If the second house contains difficult aspects, disagreements over values may be a major source of conflict. Similarly, positive aspects indicate that the couple has compatible values, which helps to bind the relationship together.
On another plane, clearly related to the first, the composite second house refers to whatever finances and property there may be in the relationship. If a relationship does not have any common property or finances, only the first manifestation will have relevance.
The Moon in the Composite Chart - 2nd House
In a composite chart, the Moon indicates how well the relationship acts as a medium of emotional expression for the two of you. Can you be honest and open with each other about your feelings? Can one of you reveal his or her feelings without being rejected by the other? For this reason alone the position of the Moon is very important for describing compatibility.
The Moon also represents basic structures within one's personality: habits, unconsciously motivated behavior, and their sources - one's past, origins, family, and home life. If the moon is well placed in the composite chart, the two of you will feel that you have something in common. A badly placed Moon, however, can create a sense of alienation, of being different from each other, that will make it difficult for you to get along.
The house position of the Moon in the composite chart shows the area in which you feel, or ought to feel, that you have the most in common.
In contrast to the Sun, which shows what the relationship does, the Moon indicates the subjective feelings of harmony and empathy that you have for each other, even in difficult times.
The composite Moon in the second house indicates that this relationship will bring out the needs you both have for emotional and material security. In fact, you may have come together because of those needs.
You will have a strong sense of shared values, which will help to reinforce you as a couple against the outside world. Because of this shared feeling, your relationship will grow strong even when there are considerable difficulties between you.
The security that this relationship can offer should be one of its strongest points and should help keep you together when the going gets tough.
Moon Opposition Mercury
The challenge for your relationship is to learn to balance rational communication with communication of feelings. If the relationship is allowed to follow its natural tendencies, you will probably find it difficult to bring the two kinds of communication together.
Usually a discussion will be a very emotional experience with a good deal of sound and fury and not much true communication. You must learn to make the discussion useful for understanding as well as for letting off steam.
Nevertheless, it is possible to bring about a balance, so that real feelings can be communicated clearly and objectively. But you both will have to learn to look at things in a new and different way by standing outside of your involvement and seeing your partner's position.
Moon Trine Pluto
Your relationship has an unusual emotional intensity, which makes it difficult for you to react to each other in a detached manner.
Nevertheless, if you want intimacy, this combination provides an intensity that will bind the two of you together for a long time. This relationship may cause you both to go through very profound emotional changes, in which you will discover aspects of yourselves that you may not have known existed.
Moon Sextile Neptune
The spirituality of the relationship will be emphasized very strongly.
Communication between you will be largely intuitive and nonverbal, with looks and subtle gestures often taking the place of words. Yet you will feel that you communicate very well, even better perhaps than those who are limited to words. If this is in fact true, you have a very high type of relationship, indeed.
You should have a relationship that is in many ways ideal and spiritual.
Moon Sextile Mars
In a sexual relationship this aspect is a positive indication for success, because Mars rules certain portions of the energy complex that makes up sexual energy. The Moon, of course, rules the feelings. The result is that this aspect arouses the energies needed for a positive sexual relationship.
Except for sexual contact, this combination of Mars and the Moon is not especially physical in its expression. But physical activity provides a good outlet for the energies it generates. Consequently you should not sit around together but should try to be active in all possible ways.
This is a good aspect for a relationship based on feeling.
The only other difficulty that this aspect may bring about is a tendency to be possessive and jealous of each other. Outside of this problem and the need to be more objective about each other, this is a good aspect to have in a composite chart, especially if your relationship is an intimate, personal one.
Jupiter in the Second House
Jupiter in the second house of the composite chart is excellent for all matters relating to property and possessions within the relationship. It does not necessarily indicate that the two of you will be wealthy, but it does indicate that you will have enough of whatever you want. Business associations are especially favored by this position of Jupiter.
The only problem to watch out for is that Jupiter here can make people excessively materialistic, both individually and in a relationship.
One of the fortunate attributes of this position is that making money and gaining property are not areas of anxiety, so you can feel detached from these issues and can express yourselves through material generosity to others.
There may be a danger that you will be careless about money and unwise in its use. However, this will not happen because of unluckiness but because you like to take chances. If you take the time to stop and think, you will know what to do in a situation.
Jupiter Trine Pluto
This is an excellent aspect for any relationship in which you have to work together on some task or bring about changes in the world around you. This is a success aspect. It confers luck, not through fate but through the excellent sense of timing that results when two people complement each other's abilities.
Together you want to make changes in your world, and through your relationship you will gain strength and ability that will enable you to get whatever you seek.
Even if you have difficult times with each other, the energy of this aspect will enable you to pull yourselves back together. This aspect can contribute greatly to the overall stability of a relationship.
Jupiter Trine Uranus
This aspect indicates a relationship that will achieve its own unique self-expression. This indicates that your relationship will not follow any established patterns.
This aspect signifies new and creative ways of doing things. It expresses hope and confidence in a bright and different future, with fresh ideas and ways of looking at the world. Whatever the reasons for your coming together, you both will be exposed to new ideas and concepts, which will prevent you from getting into any kind of rut.
A love relationship with this aspect will not follow the established script in many ways. For example, you will give each other a great deal more freedom than most people would. And you will be friends as well as lovers, which is a very good thing in a love relationship.


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An Arbroath couple marked 60 years of wedded bliss with family and friends last week.
On Thursday Arthur and Merlin (nee Thomas) Rennie celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary and enjoyed a meal with family and friends at the Portcullis.
According to Merlin (81) she and Arthur (84) met in a dance hall, as many of their generation did. She said: "My husband was in the army in Wiltshire and we met at the usual village hop, you know it seems a long time ago now.
"He was still living up here and I was down in Wiltshire so we only really saw each other at holidays and such like. We came up to Arbroath the week after we were wed."
On moving to Arbroath Merlin took a job with Brothock Cleaners and Arthur worked for Angus Decorators, until they both retired.
They have two sons, Michael and Martin, as well as three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Asked what the secret to their success was Merlin replied: "Everybody has their ups and downs but we've never had any major issues."


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She blinked in confusion as her mother gently shook her awake in the middle of the night. She couldn't have been asleep for more than a couple of hours at most. Why was she being awakened so soon?
"They are going to take us to a safer place," her mother whispered.
Rubbing her eyes sleepily, she grabbed her pillow and joined the rest of her family. It soon became obvious that they were all being herded into the basement. Once there, they were lined up against the wall. Three servants and the doctor. Her parents. Her three older sisters, Olga, Tatiana, and Maria. Her frail, sickly younger brother, Alexei.
The man with the hard, cold eyes was speaking. "I finally have my orders," he said. "I am to execute you all."
The sound of gunshots and screams quickly drowned out that of the truck motor running outside. She saw her father fall to the floor and lie motionless, blood oozing from his head. Alexei lay beside him, twitching and moaning. Even the dog lay in a pool of blood. As someone ran at her with a bayonet, her final thoughts were of her brother. But what about Alexei and his bleeding problem? Even a tiny cut would be enough to kill him...he hasn't a chance against bullets and bayonets...
She discovered that she was standing on a hard edge holding to what seemed to be a concrete block and was shocked to realize that she was actually on the side of a bridge with cars whizzing past many feet below her. At least, she guessed that they must be cars, although they looked very different from any cars she had ever seen, and went much faster as well.
"No! Don't do it! Don't jump!" She turned her head to see a man running toward her, shouting in English. He was tall and slender, with longish, slightly curly medium brown hair, dark brown eyes, and a moustache. He looked vaguely familiar to her. She felt sure that she had seen his face in a history book once. But how could that be, when he was here now?
"But I wasn't going to jump," she told him.
"What on earth are you doing there, then?"
"I...I have no idea." She looked around, perplexed. "Where are the others? I'm not even in Russia anymore, am I?"
"Hardly." The man laughed. "We're a long way from Russia. Come on, let's get you down from there before you fall." His strong hands supported and guided her over the concrete rail. She felt dizzy with relief once she was standing on the bridge.
"My car's this way. We'd better hurry. This bridge gets a lot of traffic sometimes." Obediently, she followed him back to his car, which was parked just beyond the bridge.
"Your car is truly amazing," she told him, gazing in awe at the assortment of buttons and dials on the dashboard.
He shrugged. "It's just a Toyota."
"Just a what?"
"A Toyota. That's the make of the car. It's made by a company in Japan."
"A country in the Far East. Surely you've heard of it?"
"Of course I've heard of Japan!" she snapped.
He blinked, taken aback.
"I just didn't realize that they made cars there," she added, more kindly.
"Why don't you tell me the last thing you remember before you found yourself on the bridge," he suggested.
"They woke us up in the middle of the night and made us go downstairs. Then they told us that we were going to die and started shooting at us. They shot my father...oh, dear God, my father is dead..."
Suddenly she was sobbing uncontrollably. He put his arms around her awkwardly and patted her on the shoulder. "It's all right, sweetheart. You're safe now. No one's going to hurt you here."


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"Most of our TANF clients have limited work experience and are high school graduates," Mary Dean Harvey, director of the Division of Family and Children Services, said. "We feel very confident that our comprehensive programs will not only help individuals find work but will help them keep jobs long term and assist in numerous ways in their economic advancement as individuals and families."
In an expansion of services to families, the program now provides work support payments, transitional support services and job coaches services. The payments assist those who are leaving TANF by giving them cash supplements for 12 months through a two-tiered process — $200 per month for the first six months and $100 per month for the second six months.
Transitional support, available for six months, include incidentals like vehicle maintenance and related expenses. Reimbursement is limited to $1,000.
Job coaches will be available to provide counsel to working individuals and families at least once a week. Job coaches will also work with clients to develop a job retention/career advancement plan, and assist in everyday life and problem-solving skills.
Currently there are 3,000 adults participating in the state's TANF program.


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Crime Report 06-24-10
Published 9:34 am, Thursday, June 24, 2010
A 21-year-old Plainview man was arrested at 3:51 a.m. today in the 1100 block of Kokomo for theft of merchandise valued at $38.99. He was being held at the Hale County jail on a $200 bond. Also arrested was a 17-year-old Plainview woman for consumption of alcohol by a minor. She was being held at the Hale County jail on a $200 bond.
•Dennis Gene Cate, 41, of 2502 Wood was arrested at 10:48 a.m. for theft with two previous convictions and two local warrants in the 300 block of West 24th. He was awaiting arraignment this morning at the Hale County jail.
(Anyone with information on crime in Plainview and Hale County may contact the Crime Stoppers Hotline at 293-8477 or 293-TIPS or by texting "PLVCS" plus your message to 274637.)
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By Frances Dinkelspiel
A former Jewish student at UC Berkeley has filed a lawsuit against the university contending it violated her civil rights when it did not protect her against attacks from a pro-Palestinian student.
Jessica Felber filed the lawsuit in Federal District Court in Oakland on March 4, almost one year to the day Husam Zakharia, the head of UC Berkeley's Students for Justice in Palestine, allegedly rammed her with a shopping cart filled with toys, according to the suit.
Felber, then 20, was a member of the pro-Israel Tikvah group, which had often clashed on campus with Students for Justice in Palestine. Felber was holding a sign stating "Israel Wants Peace," on March 5, 2010 as part of an event for Israel Peace Week. The rally had been called to counteract rallies held on behalf of Israel Apartheid Week.
The lawsuit contends that the University of California financially supported Students for Justice in Palestine and an affiliate group, The Muslim Student Association, but tolerated its attacks on Jewish students expressing support for Israel.
"SJP and Zakharia have been involved in other incidents on campus to incite violence against and intimidate Jewish and other students," states the lawsuit. "Defendants knew of this history of incitment and intimidation yet took no reasonable step to adequately control Zakharia or other student members of the SPJ."


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A man has been arrested and charged with assaulting a mailman who was delivering mail in the north end of Beaumont on Friday morning.
Ron Cooper, 30, was arrested after he allegedly punched a U.S. Postal carrier in the face Friday morning.
A 42 year veteran U.S. Postal Carrier called Beaumont Police shortly after 10 a.m.to report that he had been assaulted while delivering mail in the area of Pittsburgh and East Lucas according to a release from the Beaumont police Department.
The carrier was in his marked U.S. Postal Service vehicle at the corner of Lucas and Cleveland when Cooper walked up to the vehicle and punched the carrier once in the face with his fist according to the release.
The carrier then called 911 and followed Cooper until officers arrived and took Cooper into custody without incident the release said.
Cooper refused to make a statement to police and gave no indication as to why he had punched the carrier according to the release.
He was transported to the Jefferson County Correctional Facility where he is currently being held on a third degree felony charge of "assault against a government contractor or employee," according to jailers.
Cooper's bond has not been set and will not be set until he sees a judge which will most likely be tomorrow according to jailers.
The U.S. Postmaster as well as the Beaumont Police ID unit also responded to the scene according to the release.