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WEDNESDAY MAY 14, 2008 TELECONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT: GIL DE FERRAN New American Le Mans Series driver and team owner Gil de Ferran spoke with the media regarding the debut of the de Ferran Motorsports Acura ARX-01b. De Ferran, a two-time CART ...
New American Le Mans Series driver and team owner Gil de Ferran spoke with the media regarding the debut of the de Ferran Motorsports Acura ARX-01b. De Ferran, a two-time CART champion and former Indy 500 winner, will team with Simon Pagenaud at Miller Motorsports Park in the Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix presented by the Grand and Little America Hotels. An audio file is available for download by clicking here.
The formation of the de Ferran Motorsports program?
"In a way, it's a little bit of a long story. I have been associated with the Honda motorsports program literally for over a decade. That association took a wide variety of forms throughout the years. I worked very closely with HPD (Honda Performance Development) engineers, who now are in charge of the Acura sports car program, as a development driver. I played that role until I stopped racing CART. More recently I was the Sporting Director for the Honda F1 team and fulfilled that role for two years.
"Over that time, I managed to cement a lot of relationships with Honda and Acura, which made me aware of their plans for this program. It was one of those things where opportunity meets desire. There always been a desire on my part to expand my involvement in motorsports into team ownership. This seemed like a perfect opportunity to join a group that I know very well."
Starting this effort in midseason?
"We started really having conversations about this late last year. Really from that moment we decided to go, there was not enough time to make it to the 12 Hours of Sebring. Frankly, we've been really pushing hard to make it to this race. The guys have been putting in many hours. We've been pushing our suppliers very hard to get things ready on time.
"From my standpoint, our program has a long-term view. Sometimes that's the way ideas come about and business happens. On the other hand, I'm excited to be starting this weekend. I guess I'm just looking at the positives."
Impressions of Miller Motorsports Park?
"It's one of the best circuits I've been to. It's very much a world-class facility. In my previous role as an up-and-coming driver, then as IndyCar driver and then as Sporting Director of a Formula 1 team, I have had my share of experiences at tracks around the world. But Miller Motorsports Park is one of the nicest venues I have been to. The facilities are great but the layout is a nice challenging mixture of high- and slow-speed turns. Everything is done really well there. This is a good opportunity to congratulate the folks who put this fantastic venue together.
"This track has a very European flavor. The sequence of Turn 1, Turn 2 and Turn 3 are very challenging and remind me of Silverstone. There is an up-and-down section on the back at Turn 8 and Turn 9; it is an uphill chicane that reminds me a lot of Mid-Ohio where you get a lot of elevation changes."
Getting back into the cockpit?
"I certainly wasn't looking for a job solely as a driver. I wasn't knocking on Roger Penske's door or anyone else's door for that matter to get a job as a driver. I certainly missed driving. It's very hard to find something that replaces that sensation and emotions you have when driving a race car to the limit. There is really nothing else in life that will quite match that. I always was particularly fond of qualifying where you put on a new set of tires and explore new limits. Qualifying is a very pure part of what we do where all that matters is speed. Having said all that, I guess I was so focused on my different roles since I got out of the car that I was managing my withdrawal symptoms fairly well. But when this opportunity came along, it fit my ambitions to go into team ownership. This is a role where I can add some value. I believe that it is a role that I will enjoy. The HPD engineers are people who I have worked a lot with in the past. Another aspect that I have recently found out is that I am certainly enjoying a new aspect, which is a mentoring role to my teammate Simon.
"From a driving standpoint, it is a great challenge. Lap-time wise, they are not dissimilar to an IndyCar. We are pulling incredible Gs everywhere. Miller Motorsports Park is a very physical racetrack and we are pulling three to four Gs under braking and cornering. But what attracted me to sports car racing is the fascination I had with machines. If you look at the cars, you can't help but thinking they are mega-cool. The technology involved with them is leading-edge. The teams involved are world-class and certainly there are some great manufacturers involved. And if you know a little about me I have a soft spot for sophisticated cars and machinery. That's how I got into the sport as a kid."
Walking away from racing in 2003?
"I was looking for different challenges. I felt that I had been a professional racing car driver for more than 20 years. I was driving for one of the best teams in the world and enjoying a fair amount of success. But at the end of the day I was looking for another mountain to climb. The way I run my life is that I am throwing myself in the deep end of the pool because I enjoy the process of getting back to the surface. Through those struggles you always learn and you always grow.
"I certainly feel like a rookie again. There are so many aspects to this type of racing that we have been trying to get acquainted with. Team ownership and everything else that goes along with this program has been a big challenge and something I am enjoying very much."
The Utah and Salt Lake City areas?
"I'm not unfamiliar to Utah and Salt Lake City. I started coming here in 1999 to go skiing, and every winter I'm here either for Christmas and New Year's or one or the other. We usually go up to Deer Valley. It is becoming a family tradition. The snow is good and fortunately my kids already are skiing better than I am. But I still have a good time."
LMP1 vs. LMP2 at Miller Motorsports Park?
"I haven't yet raced against any of the P1 cars and certainly haven't raced against the Audis. But from what I have seen they do enjoy quite a bit of a straightline speed advantage due to the rules, which is fine. This configuration of the track in terms of proportions between twisty bits and straight lines has changed to increase the amount of straightline sections. However there are still a significant amount of corners to get around and a very interesting and varied combination of turns. I don't think it's a purely straightline speed track."
Choosing Simon Pagenaud?
"Before I became a driver and certainly now an owner, I always have been a racing fan. And as a racing fan, I have followed most forms of motorsport around the world. Simon caught my attention because he became the Formula Atlantic champion in his first year racing in America. That's an impressive feat. You arrive here and you don't know the competition, you don't know the teams, you don't know the track, you don't know anything. It is a hard thing to do in your first year, particularly in some of these series where you don't have a lot of testing. That put his name on the list. Certainly I knew about his feats in Champ Car. My old friends at Walker Racing had a very high opinion of him both as a person and a driver. Frankly when I met with him, I really liked the guy. He's very professional and very serious about what he does. He shows a high degree of maturity for such a young guy. For a team like ourselves that is young and growing with a lot to learn, Simon is a perfect fit."
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The extraordinary life and times of Carl Barat, Libertine. From his childhood in suburban Basingstoke, through times of literally being down and out in London and Paris, to success as one of the co-founders of one of Britain's most revered bands, Carl Barat has gone through the glass darkly as bands fell apart around him, friendships faltered and egos and hedonism threatened to pull his life apart.
©2010 Carl Barat (P)2010 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Beautiful, witty, heartbreaking at times - I was a big fan of Carl's in my youth and this re-stoked my passion for his music as well as filling me with nostalgia. Really recommend this.
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Must listen for any Libertines fans. I loved this book as it really gives you an insight into what was happening in the lives of Carl, Pete, John and Gary.
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Insightful audio book. Delving into a side of Carl we don't see. He spoke so fast at times so I was occasionally rewind the audio.
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An Introduction to the HP Virtual Server Environment
Although everyone agrees that virtualization technologies are a key component of an adaptive infrastructure, HP takes a somewhat different view of virtualization than that of our competitors. The HP Virtual Server Environment (VSE) encompasses technologies that many people wouldn't consider to be strictly "virtualization technologies."
The VSE is a suite of HP virtualization products and solutions that run on HP 9000 and HP Integrity servers. As with the Adaptive Infrastructure vision, the vision for VSE is focused on the solution it provides for customers. Here are some of the goals that HP has been working on for the last few years:
- Workloads are encapsulated in isolated "compartments."
- Workloads are installed once and can run anywhere.
- Resources are automatically applied to workloads as they are needed according to business rules defined by the customer.
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MUTUAL DREAMING: Hieroglyphic Being / Max D / SFV Acid / Antenes (Lori N) / James Gerard & Desolation Soundsystem
Friday, August 17, 2012 at 10:00 PM - Saturday, August 18, 2012 at 4:00 AM (EDT)
Event Details
Join us for a foggy freaky summer warehouse party..
Maxmillion Dunbar (label head of Future Times & half of Beautiful Swimmers) is coming up from DC for a 3-hour marathon live/DJ hybrid set of blissful, infectious dance vibes with major kick drum. Live performances from legendary & iconoclastic Chicago producer Jamal Moss AKA Hieroglyphic Being, who's been making crazy acid-tinged house since he was a teen in '89, SFV Acid - analog sickness from Los Angeles, and Lori Napoleon AKA Antenesplaying aquatic electro deepness on her handbuilt modular synth.
Like last party we have Desolation Sounds (James Gerard) bringing his next level handbuilt 'proper' soundsystem all the way from Boston- two gigantic pyramids with big subs & tweeters for a taste of how it should be to feel music in your body. As always there will be immersive fog, lights & projections, cheap drinks & raw energy... theres AC at the spot but lets hope it goes out.. (also surprise visuals boost at 1 am sharp. hint: make it rain!)
Maxmillion Dunbar (Future Times/RVNG/Ramp/L.I.E.S./DC)
James Gerard (Boston)
Hieroglyphic Being (Jamal Moss AKA Members Only/I.B.M./Chicago/Mathematics)
SFV Acid (100% Silk/ Dublab/PPM Records)
Lori Napoleon (Chicago)
Aurora Halal (Innergaze)
Desolation Sounds (James Gerard)
"Jamal Moss, aka Hieroglyphic Being, a protege of acid master Adonis and working out of Chicago has been making outre house meltdowns since the late 80s. His mind-bending excursions into deep space have pushed house far beyond its too-frequent 303 squelch/gear fetish MO. Under various aliases and collaborations, Moss has plumbed the depths of the cosmic, ecstatic and transcendental, shying away from the spotlight in favor of a life submerged in a constant swirl of psychedelic expression. Beyond his own tracks, he tirelessly releases music by like-minded peers on his Mathematics label, with a roster that includes Steve Poindexter, John Heckle, Ministry, Marcello Napoletano and many more. " - from the Ital interview of HB on 20JFG linked below. Jamal Moss is such an inspiration and I'm extremely excited to have to him play! Rumor has it he writes his live sets day of.. we'll see what he comes up with
Solo project of Andrew Field Pickering, label head of Future Times, and half of renowned DJ group Beautiful Swimmers. I feel like every time Im out lately and go I LOVE THIS SONG WHAT IS IT AGAIN, its Max D. His cocktail of slightly hip hop/afro, blissed out & funky, sexy, casual vibes - infused with Serious house percussion - always hits the spot. He has sick records on Ramp, L.I.E.S. & Future Times, and look out for an upcoming LP on RVNG. Max is doing an epic extended DJ/live set combo til the end of the night, get ready for serious grooves....
'San Fernando Valley Acid' is the grimy, sleazy vibe of LA transplant Zane Reynolds, irreverent producer using analog gear to make weird & gritty house/disco/acid thats perfectly off. He has records out on 100% Silk, and a LP of tracks he literally made in high school coming out on Post Present Medium (label of the guy from No Age).
stream: http://www.thefader.com/2012/06/27/stream-sfv-acids-album-2/
Killer DJ & expert of all things dark & mechanical, playing her first live set on the handbuilt modular synth she recently completed which was featured in the upcoming documentary "I Dream of Wires." She's DJed with Cybernetic Broadcasting System in Rotterdam, and created some of her tracks during an inspirational journey to Submerge Headquarters in Detroit this summer. You also might remember her badass DJ sets at the first ever Mutual Dreaming at Shea Stadium, and at the Halloween party last October with Traxx & Vidrio. She's one of my favorite DJs ever and the fact that shes pretty much unknown blows my mind..
Check out her mixes at - http://soundcloud.com/antenes
James Gerard is the man responsible for the next level sound system that will be used this evening. He's a neuroscientist, world champion of speedwalking (not kidding), and a serious head/ great DJ. He used to throw raves in his native Vancouver and now lives in Boston where he hand assembled this 10 piece analog system from high quality Crest, Crown & Rane parts. He was inspired to build his own system by going to David Mancuso's Loft & Dope Jams parties, and he brings it all the way from boston just for Mutual Dreaming. Its really an honor to have him here. He's been DJing Chicago and Detroit house, disco and boogie for 15 years and has had Lovefingers, Juan Atkins, Hunee, Dan Bell, Eddie C, Beautiful Swimmers and other guests at his parties in Boston.
$10 before 11:30. $12 after, Cheap bar.
Tickets recommended - > http://hieroglyphic.eventbrite.com/
SET TIMES: (sharp)
10-12 & between live acts-James Gerard
12:30-SFV Acid
1:30-Hieroglyphic Being
2-4AM & between live acts- Max D
Have questions about MUTUAL DREAMING: Hieroglyphic Being / Max D / SFV Acid / Antenes (Lori N) / James Gerard & Desolation Soundsystem? Contact MUTUAL DREAMING
When & Where
285 Kent Ave
Friday, August 17, 2012 at 10:00 PM - Saturday, August 18, 2012 at 4:00 AM (EDT)
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Appliance Repair Questions? Ask a Technician for Answers ASAP
Hello My name is Ian ~ I am not on the site constantly so please be patient whilst waiting for responses to you queries
Can you let me have the full ENr which is lazer etched on the top edge of the stainless part of the door. On some models when placed into economy only the bottom spray are operates ~ Ian
OK next question, you say that it doesn't go through its cycle can you tell me what it is actually doing or not doing?
When started it does not move on through the cycle, e.g. the time is static. That's when I inspected the chamber by defeating the door catch.
OK well I need you to give me more information, can I assume that it fills with water?
No it is not filling, there is no water coming out of the top spray system.
OK when you switch it on does it just pump out or does it try to fill?
It is trying to fill as the lower spray system has some water coming out of the knozzles but not that much to make it fill I would have thought.
OK how handy are you with a screwdrive and do you have torx 20 ones?
I have plenty of tools and have had the RHS panel of to test the heater element which is ok. I am a time served electrical Technician but do not know the operational sequence or have any electrical circuit diagrams.
OK good you need to take off the left hand side panel looking at it from the front, at the rear you will see a large matrix that feeds the water into the wash cavity. When you can see this ping me back
Ok as it is late I will try do that tomorrow night and get back to you then. Is that ok
That's is fine I will be out working in the morning but will be back after lunch ~ Ian
Hi Ian
OK I am here have you started yet?
Hi I have taken the side panel off and it looks as if some of the container areas is blocked with Greece. I took some photes but I cannot attached them to this mail system.
Send them to dales.electronic(at)btopenworld.com and I'll have a look at them ~ Ian
OK I have sent them
Not arrived as yet will come back to you as soon as they do.
Thanks Ian
Still not here
Hi Ian It has not been returned to me so I expect you will get it some time. However I have removed the plastic matrix which connects to the main water inlet and drainage pipes. I am soaking it in detergent overnight to see if it will shift the blockage which is at the top part of the unit. I will get back to you tomorrow with the results. Many thanks for your time.
No worries, there is a drain cleaner called 'muck buster' which we pour into the top left hand inlet which is very good, also check the corrugated hose that fits between the bottom of the sump and the matrix that is usually bunged up too, that's a take off push fit and flush thro with hot water ~ Ian
Hi Ian - having checked this water distributer again this morning the last part of the blockage has not budged so I will purchase a new unit and hope that cures the problem.
OK it would pay you to check the switch assy at the bottom and change that to, it also gets blocked up and causes this problem both parts are not too expensive ~ Ian
Hi Ian - I have fitted a new water distributer and tested the washer and although water is going through some parts of this new unit nothing is coming out of the top sprayers and only a bit through the bottom sprayers. This also only occured after actuating the float switch which you mention. Perhaps there is another blockage somewhere else?
OK did you change the switch I told you to get as well ? The only other thing that causes this is the short (about 7 inches) grey/cream corrugated pipe that comes from the sump of the wash cavity to the water inlet feed. You must check that that is clear too ~ Ian
OK and thanks, ***** ***** get back to you later today with the results.
OK I'll be around
Hi Ian - I have checked the drain pipe from the sump and it is clear and the switch is working because I checked the propeller in the sump area. I managed to remove the metal and plastic covers to inspect this What seems to be lacking now is clean water coming into the system from the main pipe at the distributer.
This is the switch I was referring to ~~ http://www.bosch-home.co.uk/store/spareparts/Freestandingdishwasher/SGS57E02GB/47 part number 493409
Go to the spare parts listing that shows the side and you can find it listed
Hi Ian - the number 493409 shows a pressure chamber. The switch is part 165256 which I recognise which seemed to be ok when I pressed the red plastic actuator. Do I still need to replace this?
Yes the switch will work OK and yes you can press the actuator but it is the pressure chamber that causes the actuator and subsequently the switch to operate, no pressure chamber action not switch or fill action. We change these all the time because they are filled with either scale or debris. That's why I asked if you had replace it.
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Marymount 73, #25 Catholic 66 OT
Jan 17, 2004
WASHINGTON --- Carson Robinson's three-pointer with just over a minute in overtime broke a 64-64 tie to help to propel Marymount to a 73-66 win over 25-ranked Catholic in a Capital Athletic Conference matchup Saturday afternoon at the DuFour Center sending the Cardinals to their third straight loss.
Patrick Dwyer (Williamsburg, Va./Walsingham Academy) forced the overtime period with his big trey from the left corner with 11 seconds in regulation. It was three of the freshman's six points for the contest.
Senior William Morley (Olney, Md./Good Counsel) bucketed a game-high 21 points while sophomore Patrick Satalin (Syracuse, N.Y./Westhill) added 13.
The Cardinals (10-5, 2-2 CAC) used a big second half to rally from a 31-18 deficit at the half, as CUA was just 5-of-24 shooting in the first period.
Blair Mills' (Hebron, Md./Wicomico) trey capped an 8-0 run early in the second half to help CUA climb within 36-32. The senior totaled seven points, four boards, and two blocked shots.
Satalin would drain two key buckets from downtown to keep the Cardinals within striking distance. His third trey came with two minutes left to pull CUA within on at 56-55.
Two Kip McCoy free-throws put Marymount (5-10, 3-1 CAC) ahead 60-57 with 26 seconds remaining before Dwyer sent the game into overtime with his big basket.
McCoy added a game-high 13 caroms along with 11 points. Carlton Phelps (13 points), Rick Palmer (10 points), and Corey Diamond (10 points) also finished in double figures.
In the extra session, the teams traded points before Robinson put the Saints on top for good with his three-pointer.
Both teams shot 38.3% (23-of-60) for the game but Marymount held a 52-32 rebound edge.
It was the first time since the 1996-97 season that the Cardinals have lost three-straight regular season games.
Catholic tries to get back on track as they play at St. Mary's College in a CAC tilt on Wednesday, January 21 at 8 p.m.


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Demi-God of Warcraft Universe, term used for nearly perfect Warcraft III player, similar to the term "gosu", used with Starcraft. However, it's often being replaced with gosu nowadays (because people don't know what either of these means).
You're so dowu, you own people in 3v1!
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For modern music's biggest headache, a good old-fashioned remedy: British music fans sharing illegal files online can now expect a polite slap on the wrist in the form of a letter through the post from their Internet Service Provider (ISP). The warnings are part of a government-brokered agreement between the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), which represents record labels in the U.K., and the country's six leading ISPs, and aims to stymie online piracy by better educating Internet users about illegal file sharing and by promoting access to legitimate online services. The deal offers "hope of a sustainable future for music," according to U.K. Culture Secretary Andy Burnham.
Signing ISPs up to the fight against unlawful downloads marks a healthy break for Britain's record industry; ISPs have long maintained their role is to deliver the Web, not police it. But with some 6.5 million Britons pirating music online last year a practice expected to cost the industry more than $2 billion over the next five years the government's stated intention to protect Britain's creative industries left ISPs with little choice but to act or face new regulations.
Whether written warnings will turn users off illegal music is not clear. The BPI plans to monitor unlawful file sharing sites and pass along to ISPs the individual IP addresses of users it suspects of pirating music. Many of those receiving letters are likely to be the parents of children; just over half of music file sharers in the U.K. are under 25, according to Mark Mulligan, an analyst at JupiterResearch in London. The music industry hopes parents of young music lovers perhaps unaware they are breaking the law, will force their kids to start downloading music legally. But convincing all music scofflaws to change their ways will prove a trickier sell.
If the voluntary code sketched out Thursday fails to curb piracy sufficiently, regulation could still follow. One possibility: the government could force ISPs to install fancy filtering software that blocks illegal file sharing activity. Measures recently proposed in France take an even stricter line: as part of an agreement reached last year and due before the country's parliament this fall ISPs could be required to switch off offending accounts for up to a year.
That Britain's approach is less draconian the BPI, for its part, supports the French approach reflects the difficult market for the country's ISPs. Internet providers' margins are disappearing, and competition is fierce. ISPs' need to keep customers sweet is "why we have this compromise solution," Mulligan says.
Stricter rules, though, won't do anything to fix the industry's broader problem. "The big, missing piece of this jigsaw is a compelling alternative" to illegal sites, says Mulligan. Credit the industry, though, with getting closer. Granting cell-phone users months of free access to a catalogue of songs, for instance, Nokia will launch its Comes With Music service later this year, reimbursing artists and their labels from expected new sales of its music-compatible phones; a similar service, available through Korea's LG, comes out this summer. Offers like those won't put an end to all illegal file sharing, of course, but for those who go straight it will mean no unwanted mail.


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Two drake EURASIAN WIGEONS remain at Shark River Estuary through Jan 25,
seen from Riverside Drive. Large numbers of waterbirds have been present
including up to 6 GREAT CORMORANTS, 250 GADWALL, 35 LESSER SCAUP, 350
BUFFLEHEADS, 2 REDHEADS, 28 CANVASBACKS, 200 HOODED MERGANSERS, and 200
A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was found in Lavallette Jan 24-25. The
bird was seen with a small flock of Canadas in the park at the corner of
Bay Blvd and Vance Ave and in the athletic field adjacent to the Upper
Shore Library.
A NORTHERN SHRIKE was found at Island Beach State Park Jan 23 just past
the fee booth on the main road. The BOHEMIAN WAXWING was last reported
on Jan 21. A juvenile NORTHERN GOSHAWK was reported there Jan 25.
Barnegat Light continues to host a KING EIDER, 31 HARLEQUIN DUCKS, all
three scoters, 100 PURPLE SANDPIPERS, HORNED LARKS, 2 LAPLAND LONGSPURS,
and SNOW BUNTINGS Jan 25. Four EVENING GROSBEAKS were noted in Barnegat
Township Jan 24.
GULLS at Florence Jan 24 included a first-year THAYER'S GULL, 2 GLAUCOUS
GULLS, 8 ICELAND GULLS and 10 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS. Also there 4
BALD EAGLES and YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER.
One to two SHORT-EARED OWLS continue to be seen from the Heron Rookery
lot along Pleasant Plains Road, most recently Jan 23. Another Short-ear
was found over the Lord Sterling Park stables this week.
Round Valley Reservoir Jan 24-25 had RED-NECKED GREBE, 4 GREAT
CORMORANTS, 4 REDHEADS, and LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL.
The Alpha Grasslands along Oberly Rd hosted 2 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS Jan 24.
Nearby Merrill Creek Reservoir had 5 REDHEADS this week.
A flock of 25 COMMON REDPOLLS were in the Pequannock Watershed along
Clinton Rd Jan 24, viewed 2.5 miles north of the intersection of Rte 23.
Wallkill River NWR had 2 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, 2 COMMON RAVENS, and a GRAY
CATBIRD Jan 26 along the Dagmar Dale Trail.
A pelagic targeting winter seabirds is scheduled for Sunday, March 7 out
of Cape May, NJ. The cost is $90. Contact See Life Paulagics for more
information at 215-234-6805 or see their web site at http://www.paulagics.com
The Voice of New Jersey Audubon is a weekly report on birding in New
Jersey. To report birds call 732-872-2500. Documentation of Review List
Species goes to the New Jersey Bird Records Committee at 91 Sycamore
Lane, Skillman NJ, 08558. Good birding and thanks for calling and


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AfriGeneas Free Persons of Color Forum
Free African-Americans of Delaware from the Colonial Period
1. Mary Kersey, born say 1720, the servant of Nicholas Glen, was fined by the Talbot County court in August 1742 for having an illegitimate child. She was called "Mary Kerse Mulatto" in Glen's account that he recorded in court in November 1744 in a case he brought against her for running away for eighty days and bearing two children in his house. In June 1745 she received corporal punishment for having another illegitimate child [Judgment Record 1742-3, 289-90, 301; 1744-5, 109; 1745-6, 134]. She was the mother of
i. Nero, born in February 1741/2.
ii. ?James1 Carse, head of a Talbot County household of 13 "other free" in 1790.
iii. Jane, born about March 1745, three months old when she was bound to Nicholas Glen/ Glynn until the age of eighteen.
Other members of the Coursey/ Kersey family were
i. George Kersey, head of a Talbot County household of 3 "other free" and a slave in 1790, perhaps identical to George Course who was head of a Frederick County household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [MD:937].
ii. John, a "negro" taxable who was living at Jasper Petticoat's in Upper Newfoundland and Seneca Hundred, Montgomery County, in 1783 [MSA S1161-8-5, p.25].
iii. Ralph Corse, head of a Murderkill Hundred, Kent County, Delaware household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [DE:114] and 4 in 1810 [DE:56].
iv. William Coursey, born before 1776, head of a Broadkiln Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware household of 9 "free colored" in 1820 [DE:314].
v. John Coursey, born before 1776, head of a Lewis and Rehoboth Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware household of 8 "free colored" in 1820 [DE:306].
vi. Elizabeth Kearse, born about 1767, obtained a certificate of freedom in Dorchester County on 17 September 1810: of a blackish colour ... born free, raised in Talbot County, aged about 43 years [Certificates of Freedom for Negroes 1806-64, 14].
vii. Caesar Corse, "Negro" head of a Kent County household of 8 "other free" in 1790.
viii. William Coursey, head of a West Sassafras, Cecil County household of 1 "other free" in 1790.
ix. Edmund, head of a Baltimore City household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [MD:169].
x. James2, born about 1792, obtained a certificate of freedom in Dorchester County on 4 May 1815: yellow complexion .. born free, raised in Dorchester County, aged about 23 years [Certificates of Freedom for Negroes 1806-64, 25].


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BOSTON (CBS) — The focus of Tuesday's ceremonies was on the victims, the survivors and the community. But as we've seen so many times before, our political leaders played an important role in this day of remembrance.
From the long-ago days of Franklin Roosevelt calming the nation's fears during the depression with his fireside chats, right up to today, we do look to political leaders for communal reassurance at times of crisis.
When we aren't scorning them, we love to laugh with – or, more often, at them. But after a national shock like the 1986 space shuttle Challenger disaster, politicians comforted with their eloquence. Or, as President Barack Obama did after the Boston Marathon bombings, helped bind us together.
During Tuesday's tribute, we once again saw politicians striking resonant chords. We've cried for the Richard Family, but Mayor Walsh helped us share a badly-needed laugh with them.
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Courtney Love is taking legal action against the makers of computer game Guitar Hero because she's furious the image of her late husband Kurt Cobain is being used while fans sing along to songs by Bon Jovi.
Game giant Activision created a Cobain character for Guitar Hero 5, which hit stores on September 1.
The Nirvana star appears alongside Jimi Hendrix, while Johnny Cash, Shirley Manson and Matt Bellamy of Muse also make appearances in the new game.
The company received Love's blessing to bring Cobain back to life for the game, but the former Hole singer insists she would never have given the project her thumbs up if she knew the late rocker would be "reincarnated" for renditions of "Livin' on a Prayer."
Her lawyer tells TMZ.com, "Activision is exploiting Kurt's image in a manner anathema to the very essence of his music, spirit and essence.
"I, along with Ms. Cobain, hope those who love Kurt's music strongly voice their sentiments to Activision and demand his image not be debased by singing the songs of Bon Jovi."
Love is not the only person to object to Cobain's Guitar Hero 5 cameo — his former Nirvana bandmates Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic are also "dismayed and very disappointed."


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Well, that's what sidtues are showing right now. I honestly do wonder though. I think some ppl disagree w/ sidtues about gluten not harming the intestines if you're gluten sensitive. And also, it's So hard to find out if you're gluten sensitive or have celiac disease. For ex, I tested negative for celiac disease, but sometimes those blood tests are wrong. So I always wonder in the back of my head, what if I do have it. I think I would be A LOT more cautious about cross contamination at restaurants if I knew I had celiac. More sidtues need to be done, in my opinion…but of course I'm hoping that they are right about no intestinal damage.
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ok no. I´m Faking. I´m trying to cheer myself up, because…….. TODAY WAS OFFICIALY THE WORST DAY EVER!!! D= Ok, look. Yesterday I finally returned to the village, when my mom heard me talking to Gugeh about the ice cream party, and she said: "Now you´re not going to any party with your little friends without getting dressed nicely." To which I responded: "but, but MO-OOM, it´s like in a week!" Mom: I don´t care. Choose something. And you too, Gugeh.
Gugeh: Oh, I´m not going!
Fenn:AAAAAHUGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHSo this was the final result:Yey. I am so happy. really. i´m not joking. And then it was monday, and I came to school two weeks late thanks to some stupid mystique. Yey. It was math and:Mr. Topmeister: Ok, who wants to answer my question: If a triangle always meaures 180 degrees, what does one angle of an equilateral triangle measure?
Gugeh: *Hand waving around in the air* MEMEMEMEME!!!
Everyone else: *lalallala* *whatever*
Ira and K´ira, the shy air fairie twins, hunched in their seats. Rolh, a jock, was asleep. Flamera, a stuck-up brat, was doing her nails secretely. I, a fire fairy with anger issues, lay half listening, half daydreamin, on my desk.
Mr. Topmeister: Fenn, would you answer my question?
Fenn: Huh?
Everyone: *giggles*
Mr. Topmeister: If a triangle always meaures 180 degrees, what does one angle of an equilateral triangle measure?
Fenn: Ok, 180 divided into three… equals… uh, 6?
Everyone: *giggles*
(There is the sound of something banging, then there is the sound of the door opening, everyone spins around to stare into the pupil-less eyes of the green-hooded mystique.)
Fenn: GET OUT OF HERE!!! *Grabs chainsaw from Ira´s backpack*
Ira: Huh? How did-
K´ira: Fenn is evil, sis, don´t worry about her.
Mystique:I believe we have some unfinished business, Rennei..
Fenn:GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR, okay? GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.
Mystique:This time, I´m NOT letting you run away. *Throws energy ball at Fenn, No body will ever know what it could´ve done, but instead, Fenn starts glowing a orange/sulfur color.*
Mr. Topmeister:I-I´ll call the magic teacher…
Magic teacher (has a PhD in Magic study): Hmmm… That was a revolution spell, apparently Fenn WAS Rennei.
Fenn: Youstilldidn´ttellmewhatthisissupposedtomeanIamscared,whatisgonnahappentome?
MT:But, how can she be here without fading?
Fenn: Answerme!
MT: I want to answer you, but I don´t know what this means. the best thing would be to go home until it rubs off.
GRRRRRRRR!!!! WHy does everything interesting happen to me?! I just want to write about home work, something normal. Ok, I will write about halloween, and the ice cream party, and the back to school party, which will happen the monday after the ice cream party, and home work, and everything normal! I DONOT want anything else interesting to happen to me. The good news is that since I am a mystique, I found out how to grow that stupid watermelon! yeyz.


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NFL Playoff Scenarios 2012-13: Power Ranking NFC's Wild-Card ContendersDecember 18, 2012
The NFC wild-card picture is a cluttered disaster. If the season ended today, we'd be going deep into the tiebreakers before finding the Minnesota Vikings in the postseason.
The Vikings are one of five NFC teams at 8-6. The Redskins are in that group, but they are currently excused from the wild-card mess because the tiebreakers have them as the NFC East leader.
I've got the Redskins beating the Eagles next week and closing out with a victory at home over the Cowboys. That would have them as the NFC East champs, so you will not find them in these power rankings.
So let's rank the rest of the contenders, and check out the wild playoff picture for both conferences, below.
No. 5: Minnesota Vikings
Remaining Schedule: at Houston Texans, vs. Green Bay Packers
The Minnesota Vikings may currently have the edge in the race for the final wild-card spot, but they are not in a good position.
Look at that schedule! Adrian Peterson is amazing, but he can't do everything against quality teams like those two, and Christian Ponder and the Vikings' passing attack have been sinking into oblivion.
Both the Texans and Packers have already locked up their respective divisions, but playoff seeding will keep them playing hard. The Texans are trying to lock up the AFC's No. 1 seed, and the Packers are a half game behind the 49ers for a vital first-round bye.
No. 4: Dallas Cowboys
Remaining Schedule: vs. New Orleans Saints, at Washington Redskins
The Cowboys are coming on strong. They have won three in a row and five of their last six. It has been an impressive turnaround.
Unfortunately for them, it will prove to be too little too late. It is going to take 10 wins to claim one of these wild-card spots, and the Cowboys are not going to be able to beat both the Saints and the Redskins.
The Redskins already beat the Cowboys earlier in the season and that one was in Dallas.
No. 3: Chicago Bears
Remaining Schedule: at Arizona Cardinals, at Detroit Lions
The Bears have been playing terribly. They've lost five of their last six games, but that has come against a difficult schedule.
Their schedule the rest of the way is not difficult, and if there is one thing that the Bears proved with their hot start, it is that they can handle lesser teams.
Despite their recent woes, the Bears have an excellent shot at running the table.
No. 2: New York Giants
Remaining Schedule: at Baltimore Ravens, vs. Philadelphia Eagles
If this group of Giants hadn't proved their resilience on numerous occasions, they would be at the bottom of these power rankings, because New York looked terrible last week while losing 34-0 to the Atlanta Falcons.
They will play the playoff-bound Ravens this week, but Baltimore has lost three straight and is getting worse by the week. I fully expect the Giants to bounce back with a big performance.
They will then end the season against a bad Eagles team with nothing to play for, and my money is on them finding themselves in the postseason again.
No. 1: Seattle Seahawks
Remaining Schedule: vs. San Francisco 49ers, vs. St. Louis Rams
The Seahawks have a one-game cushion in this race, and they might not need it.
Yes, they have a tough game against the 49ers, but they get them in Seattle, and the Seahawks are tough to beat at home. They are undefeated there this season.
They will then get an improving Rams team in Seattle, but they will easily handle them.
|No. 1 Seed Atlanta Falcons (12-2) Clinched NFC South
|No. 2 Seed San Francisco 49ers (10-3-1) Lead NFC West; Clinched Playoff Berth
|No. 3 Seed Green Bay Packers (9-4) Clinched NFC North
|No. 4 Seed Washington Redskins (8-6) Lead NFC East
|No. 5 Seed Seattle Seahawks (9-5)
|No. 6 Seed Minnesota Vikings (8-6)
|Chicago Bears (8-6)
|Dallas Cowboys (8-6)
|New York Giants (8-6)
|St. Louis Rams (6-7-1)
| New Orleans Saints (6-8)
|No. 1 Seed Houston Texans (12-2) Clinched AFC South
|No. 2 Seed Denver Broncos (11-3) Clinched AFC West
|No. 3 Seed New England Patriots (10-4) Clinched AFC East
|No. 4 Seed Baltimore Ravens (9-5) Lead AFC South; Clinched Playoff Berth
|No. 5 Seed Seattle Seahawks (9-5)
|No. 6 Seed Minnesota Vikings (8-6)
|Chicago Bears (8-6)
|Dallas Cowboys (8-6)
|New York Giants (8-6)
|St. Louis Rams (6-7-1)
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A research paper co-written by Berntsen International vice president Bill Rushing earned first place in the 2013 Society for Information Management (SIM) Paper Competition, SIM announced last month.
The paper, entitled "Critical Role of IT in Improving Disaster Management by Digitizing Utility Facility Objects (DUFOs)," focuses on how communities can use strategic IT solutions and new utility location technology to more quickly recover from natural disasters, such as the hurricanes that ravaged the gulf shore and east coast in recent years.
It was written in collaboration with Auburn University's College of Business Advisory Council Professor of Management Information Systems, Chetan Sankar. Rushing and Sankar accepted the Best Paper Award, which recognizes innovative business initiatives that use IT to drive measurable results, at SIM's 2013 SIMposium in Boston last month.
The InfraMarker, Berntsen's innovative all-in-one underground RFID marking system, played a key role in gathering research for the paper. Sankar and a group of Auburn University students compared Global Positioning System (GPS), Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and the buried InfraMarker (which uses RFID technologies and magnetic detection) in each technology's effectiveness in locating and identifying buried assets.
Using the InfraMarker, the students located 91% of the buried targets, compared to 39% when using RFID technology with a magnetic locator alone, and just 19% when using GPS technology alone.
Students were also able to find underground assets in an average of 2.51 minutes with the InfraMarker, much faster than their average times when using only RFID and magnetic locators (10.47 minutes) or only GPS technology (14.1 minutes).
"The takeaways from this research for public utility companies and facility managers are enormous," said Rushing. "The ability to identify buried assets more quickly and accurately following a natural disaster will help get utility infrastructures back up and running at a fraction of the cost and time commitment."
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Terry Jensen had three options.
Trailing 21-16, Montesano had just stopped No. 2 Royal at the Kinghts' 41-yard-line. Three seconds remained in the first half.
Taking a knee and going to the locker room down at half never crossed Jensen's mind.
He signaled in "80 Idaho Tip" – a Hail Mary tip play that ended up resulting in a 41-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Matthew Jensen to receiver Richard Smith.
"We work on it during every pre-game," Matthew Jensen said.
The Bulldogs went on to win the game – and 1A title – 43-28 in the Tacoma Dome.
Terry Jensen admitted he and his staff took that from the University of Idaho's playbook. The design called for Smith to be the "tipper" – or one who tipped the pass to teammates.
But when Matthew Jensen's pass air-mailed the entire Royal defense, Smith was alone in the back of the end zone – and made the catch.
"It's a play we practice every Thursday, but we had not used in a game," Terry Jensen said. "It has been in our playbook for two years."


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The September 28, 2004 Mw6.0 Parkfield earthquake (epcenter 35.815N, 129.374W and depth 8.1km) is probably the best recorded moderate sized earthquake to date. The regional broadband geodetic monitoring arrays, InSAR, as well as densely spaced local-distance strong motion instruments provide unprecedented coverage enabling detailed analysis of the kinematic rupture process. In-depth examination of kinematic rupture models, their resolution, and reconcilation with peak ground motion distribution is necessary for better understanding earthquake rupture physics as well as applications of such models for rapid ground motion hazard reporting.
To obtain the kinematic model for 2004 Parkfield earthquake, we carried out a joint inversion combining the near-fault strong motion records and geodetic data sets. We used 60 near-fault horizontal-componet strong motion records from 30 stations (Figure 1). Each record was integrated to velocity, band-pass filtered using a Butterworth filter with a corner frequency of 0.5 Hz, and resampled to 10 samples per second. The distance range between the fault and the stations is 0.4-7.9km.
Coseismic GPS deformation from 13 sites was obtained from 1 sample per second GPS time histories. To obtain the coseismic deformation, the GPS time histories were averaged from 15 minutes before the event to 2-10 minutes afterward.
The coseismic deformation from ENVISAT InSAR data was obtained from a pre-event scene on 7/3/2003 and post event scene on 9/30/2004. We used the interferogram which was processed by Johanson et al. (in press). Johanson et al. removed the part of the interferogram affected by non-tectonic effects, especially atmospheric changes.
For the inversion, we used the method of Harzell and Heaton (1983), which is a linear, multiple time window approach to invert the data for the spatio-temporal distribution of fault slip, the average rupture velocity and its variation, and the slip rise time. Green's functions for the seismic data were calculated using the FK integration method (Saikia, 1994) for frequencies up to 0.5 Hz with the two 1D velocity models reported in Liu et al. (2006), representing the velocity contrast across the SAF.
To generate the Geodetic green's function, we followed the method of Wang et al. (2003), assuming the GIL7 layered elastic structure model (Dreger and Romanowicz, 1994).
We assumed the fault plane dimension is 44kmx18km, which is divided into 1kmx1km subfaults. The rise time was allowed to vary from 0.6 sec to 3.6 sec, which is based on the preliminary regional distance results (Dreger et al., 2005). The strike () and dip () were obtained from the aftershock distribution and some trial and error wavefrom fitting.
Figure 2a), 2b), and 2c) show slip models obtained from seismic, GPS, and InSAR data sets independently. They show some common features: (1) rupture propagated mainly to northwestward from the hypocenter, and (2) high slip value 10-20km northwest of the hypocenter. In detail, however, these three models are quite different. Basically, the inversion results from the geodetic data are dominated by the shallow slip northwest of hypocenter and some deep slip in southern part of the fault. The kinematic model obtained from the seismic only data shows much more complexity compared to those of geodetic data sets. The results using near-fault strong motion data show a slip distribution that is consistent with what we obtained previously with the rgional seismic waveform and near-fault GPS data in that there is a high slip patch at hypocenter and 10-20km north terminating near Middle Mountain ( Dreger et al., 2005). This model also has some low levels of slip to the south that are needed to explain the waveforms and the high peak amplitudes at stations located south of the epicenter. Due to the non-uniqueness of this type of source inversion, it is important to obtain model that simultaneously fit different types of data. The joint inversion results are seen to show similarity with each of the independent inversions and the level of fit to each data set is acceptable.
The joint inversion and preferred model (Figure 2d) indicates a slight bilateral rupture, which is dominated by northward rupture. This model has two primary asperities: one near the hypocenter, and the other 10-20km northward of the hypocenter, which is consistent with our preliminary model with local and regional seismic and GPS data ( Dreger et al., 2005). The best rupture velocity was found to be 2.6km/s, and the average rise time was 1.6 sec. The relatively higher slip in the InSAR only model might be due to included postseismic deformation, since the post-event scene is 2 days after the mainshock. In the preferred model, the scalar seismic moment was found to be 1.10e25dyne-cm(Mw6.03), while the peak slip was found to be 45.03cm. Slip model from the joint inversion showed us that the use of the geodetic data in the inversion places considerable additional constraint on the slip distribution.
Dreger, D. S., and B. Romanowicz, Source characteristics of events in the San Francisco Bay region, U. S. Geol. Surv. Open-File Rept., 94-176, 301-309, 1994
Dreger, D., L. Gee, P. Lombard, M. Murray, and B. Romanowicz, Rapid Finite-source Analysis and Near-fault Strong Ground Motions: Application to the 2003 Mw 6.5 San Simeon and 2004 Mw 6.0 Parkfield Earthquakes, Seis. Res. Lett., V.76, 40-48 2005
ns: Application to the 2003 Mw 6.5 San Simeon and 2004 Mw 6.0 Parkfield Earthquakes, Seis. Res. Lett., V.76, 40-48 2005 . Dreger D., Murray M., Nadeau R., and Kim A., Kinematic Modeling of the 2004 Parkfield Earthquake, SSA 2005 annual meetin g abstract 2005.
Harzell, S. H. and T.H. Heaton, Inversion of strong ground motion and teleseismic waveform data for the fault rupture history of the 1979 imperial Valley, California earthquake,Bull. Seusm. Soc. Am., 73, 1553-1583 1983.
Johanson, I., E. Fielding, F Rolandone, and R. Burgmann, Coseismic and Postseismic Slip of the 2004 Parkfield Earthquake from Space-Geodetic data, Bull. Seusm. Soc. Am., (in press)
Liu, P., S. Cautodio, and R. J. Archuleta, Kinematic Inversion of the 2004 Mw6.0 Parkfield Earthquake Including site effects, Bull. Seusm. Soc. Am., (in press)
Saikia, C. K., Modified frequency-wave-number algorithm for regional seismograms using Filon's quadrature - modeling of L(g) waves in eastern North America, Geophys. J. Int., 118, 142-158, 1994.
Wang, R.,F.Martin, and F. Roth, Computation of deformation induced by earthquakes in multi-layered elastic crust - FORTRAN pr ograms EDGRN/EDCMP, comp. Geosci., 29, 195-207 2003.
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In a stunning victory for Fourth Amendment rights and personal information privacy generally, the United States Supreme Court in Riley v California has held that police may not search an arrestee's cell phone without a warrant. This unanimous decision suggests that both the liberal and the conservative wings of the Supreme Court agree that personal information on cell phones (and presumably other mobile devices) is protected under the Fourth Amendment. Continue reading
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|Designer Tooltips & D3 Stacked Area
|Marc Fawzi
I have a stacked area chart made with d3 (one of Mike's examples)
The browser's own tooltip works fine
I tried the modified version of tipsy and qtip2 as well and neither
are smart enough to display the tooltip only when the mouse is over
the area enclosed by the path (they display the tooltip when the mouse
is over the layer in the stacked chart rather than when it's over the
shaded area of the layer that's defined by the path)
So if the stacked area chart has low aggregate shaded height at some
region and the mouse happens to be passing way above the shaded part I
still get a tooltip.
How do I avoid this?
I tried added attr("title", tooltip_text) to the svg element rather
than nest a title element in it but that did not help
Relevant parts of the cdoe:
var nest = d3.nest()
.key(function(d) { return d.key; });
var layers = stack(nest.entries(plotdata));
.attr("class", "layer")
.attr("d", function(d) { return area(d.values); })
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Goldman provides a brief summary of the ongoing irrelevant EU summit (as discussed yesterday, with Portugal in flux no decision can be enacted for at least two months, or long after Portugal is declared technically insolvent). More important is keeping a track of picking up German regional elections which this weekend include Rhineland-Palantine and Baden Württember. As Dirk Schumacher says: "Although a change in government in BW would have no immediate consequences for the ruling coalition in Berlin, it would be a heavy blow in political terms nonetheless."
From Goldman Sachs:
No major surprise from EU summit. Heads of governments will continue their talks today. The news flow over the last 24 hours, however, suggests that the final conclusion will come broadly in line with expectations. EU governments again committed to increase the lending capacity of the EFSF to €440 and "it will be in place in June". We continue to think that the expansion will be achieved through a stepping-up of the guarantees. With respect to the ESM, the main change compared to the agreement reached earlier by finance ministers is a lengthening of the schedule by which countries will need to provide paid-in capital to the mechanism. The first tranche in 2013 will be now €16 billion instead of €40 billion and a further €64 billion will be paid over the following five years. http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/ec/120292.pdf
Two important regional elections this Sunday. There will be elections in two states - Rhineland-Palantine and Baden Württemberg - this Sunday. The election in Baden Württemberg, a traditional stronghold for chancellor Merkel's CDU, is of special importance. According to latest polls, the current ruling coalition of CDU and FDP is clearly trailing behind the two main opposition parties (SPD and Greens). Although a change in government in BW would have no immediate consequences for the ruling coalition in Berlin, it would be a heavy blow in political terms nonetheless.
At the same time, we do not expect the outcome of the elections to have any impact on the upcoming vote in the Bundestag on the expansion of the EFSF and the establishment of the ESM. Despite an occasional hostile rhetoric, MPs know that a rejection of the reformed rescue packages in the Bundestag would send massive shock waves through the system. Moreover, the difficulties of CDU and FDP in Baden Württemberg are not a direct consequence of the help packages. While these are certainly not popular among many voters of CDU and FDP, other issues are dominating the election campaign with nuclear power, not surprisingly, being the most hotly debated topic over the last two weeks.


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San Diego, CA – April 28th, 2014 – ChiroTouch™, the nation's leader in chiropractic software, is pleased to announce it will be attending the Wyoming Chiropractic Association Spring Conference in Jackson, WY, on May 2nd, 2014.
"ChiroTouch appreciates the important role state associations play in developing the chiropractic community," said Robert Moberg, President of ChiroTouch. "And in recognition of that role, we are excited to have the opportunity to share our advanced total practice management software with WCA's members at their upcoming conference."
From the WCA website: "Established in 1927, the Wyoming Chiropractic Association is a professional organization representing Doctors of Chiropractic in the state of Wyoming. Its purpose is to provide leadership in healthcare and a positive presence for the chiropractic profession and its natural approach to health and wellness."
Fully-certified chiropractic software designed from the ground up to maximize efficiencies for virtually every process, including patient self check-in, scheduling, SOAP notes, billing, interoffice communication and more, ChiroTouch has developed its HIPAA-compliant system to drastically reduce the time it takes to perform tasks that chiropractors are already doing. That gives chiropractors more time to see more patients—resulting in increased referrals, improved efficiencies, and a direct, measurable impact on practice profitability.
In addition to attending various association conventions, and in the effort to support the chiropractic community, ChiroTouch teams up with state associations to give practices the opportunity to discover the power of the world's leading total practice management software while contributing to their own association. For each practice that signs up for a free, no-obligation demonstration of the ChiroTouch software system, ChiroTouch donates funds to the association. Additionally, for those association members that sign up with ChiroTouch after participating in the demo, ChiroTouch picks up all, or a majority, of the state association fees on behalf of the doctor.


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Wow I am planning my 2016 wedding and have not even thought of this. Yikes!! So many different details to consider. Thanks for the reminder. Added to my to do list. The shoe options above are cute btw.
Undecided On Bridesmaid Shoes!
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Maybe just choose a colour and everyone can wear or buy something in the colour they have? I would ask they aim for dressier flip flops/sandals for photos, maybe some pretty ones with jewels for the photos anyway, then change into whatever they want after!
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Following the visit of General Chen Bingde, chief of General Staff of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), to the United States in May, Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, paid a reciprocal visit to China from July 9 to 13. Mullen's visit came amid tensions over territorial claims in the South China Sea and a foreseeable dispute with the US over its arms sales to Taiwan.
In the US' strategic calculus, the rapid buildup of the PLA air force and navy are seen as posing a challenge to Washington's leadership in the Asia-Pacific region and China's unavoidable rise is viewed as a destabilizing influence on the existing global power structure. With this in mind, the US' response to the territorial dispute in the South China Sea must answer its short-term need to maintain free navigation in international waters and its long-term contingency plan in response to China's growing power.
China doesn't think free navigation can be an excuse for the US to interfere in the South China Sea disputes, and during Mullen's visit Chen reiterated the stance that the disputes should be addressed "through dialogues and diplomatic measures". However, this time the Chinese military had a more practical perception of the US military presence in the region. Chen admitted that the US presence is "already a fact" and will continue to exist.
Mullen said the US won't support any side involved in the territorial disputes, but judging from the its short- and long-term needs, the US navy would probably join forces with some Southeast Asian countries if military conflicts were to occur in the South China Sea.
The US and China both recognized the necessity to enhance military exchanges to reduce mutual distrust. Inadequate mutual trust has resulted in an attitude of self-defense and pushed it further into the policymaking mechanism in Washington and Beijing. The recent US-Philippines joint military drills and the upcoming US-Vietnam joint naval drill are "inappropriate", according to Chen.
The possibility of misjudgment in the sensitive region still exists. Under such circumstances, Washington and Beijing both consider it necessary to quicken the pace of military exchanges at various levels to avoid or reduce any strategic misjudgments between the two militaries.
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Sino-US military ties are the weakest link in bilateral relations. Once the US announces that it will proceed with a planned arms sale to Taiwan, China will cut military ties with it. During Mullen's visit, Chen said China too has its interests and there are lines that can't be crossed. Though it's impossible for joint anti-terror drills to bridge the trust gap caused by the US' arms sales to Taiwan, it's still important for both sides to increase cooperation in the fields of shared interests to offset the negative impact in some other fields.
The Pentagon's reception of General Chen in May and Admiral Mullen's visit to China this month are crucial components of an overall program, aimed at avoiding, or at least reducing, the risk of misjudgment by the militaries of the two countries.
To begin enhancing mutual trust, Washington and Beijing must first respect and care for each other's core interests and then strengthen dialogue and communication.
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The author is a research associate at Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University.


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Pluribus Networks Raises $23M Series C
Dec 20, 2012, 06:00 ET from Pluribus Networks
PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Pluribus Networks, the leader in hardware-accelerated network virtualization for private and public cloud datacenters, has closed a $23M Series C funding led by Menlo Ventures and joined by existing investors New Enterprise Associates, Mohr Davidow Ventures, and others. The funding will be used to meet customer demand for deploying the company's production-ready software-defined virtualized Fabric offering today.
Pluribus Networks was founded in 2010 and closed its previous Series B ($17.5M) in April of 2011. The company has been generating revenue and announced in September that it had partnered with TIBCO Software Inc. to deliver TIBCO Enterprise Message Service™ Appliance and TIBCO FTL® Message Switch.
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Credit: Matt Stone
SARASOTA, Fla. --— The first thing you notice about Ryan Sweeney is his size.
At 6-foot-4, he towers over every other Red Sox regular besides David Ortiz and Jarrod Saltalamacchia. With his broad shoulders and lean torso, he looks like he could play defensive back in football.
When Sweeney connects for towering line-drive home runs during batting practice, you understand just how strong he is.
Yet, in nine professional seasons, that strength has translated into power numbers just once: In 2006, as a 21-year-old in Triple A, Sweeney slugged 13 home runs in 449 at-bats.
With a solid career on-base percentage (.342) and batting average (.283), yet a slugging percentage of just .378, Sweeney simply could be one of those big-bodied players who never slugs his way out of the bottom third of a lineup.
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"I've always been able to hit home runs in BP, and when I do hit home runs, I hit them far -— it's just figuring out how to transfer it into the game, getting into those hitter's counts and letting it go," said Sweeney, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI single in yesterday's 6-1 Red Sox victory against the Orioles.
"I think sometimes I get it in my head that I'm that person that wants to be on base all the time and wants to get hits. Even when I was younger, I always had the problem where I had good hand-eye coordination, where sometimes I wish I would have swung and missed at balls so I wouldn't put them in play, but I put them in play. I put the ball in play a lot. Sometimes that's a good thing, but sometimes it's a bad thing. It's good to put a ball in play, but sometimes you wish you had swung through a pitch so you could get another, better pitch later on in that at-bat."
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Valentine said "bad mechanics" explain why Sweeney has yet to reach his offensive potential.
"You know, watching him, I don't think he knows himself as well as he should, especially as a hitter," Valentine said. "It seems like as an outfielder, he has a very good sense of who he is. I'm not sure he has a great sense of who he is at the plate yet."
Red Sox hitting coach Dave Magadan can relate to what Sweeney has displayed offensively during his career. Magadan is just an inch shorter with a similar build as Sweeney, and as a player, he was tagged with a high-average, no-power label.
So when you bring up Sweeney's size, Magadan notes two of the best home run hitters of all time, Hank Aaron and Willie Mays, were 6-foot and 5-10, respectively.
"There's a lot more that enters into a guy hitting balls over the fence than his body type -— more important, it's the mechanics of his swing and the mindset," Magadan said. "Not being afraid to catch a ball out in front on a hitter's count. That's what got in the way of me becoming more of a power hitter. I didn't have the mindset of a power hitter. I hated swinging and missing, I hated mishitting balls. I would get in hitter's counts and just try to barrel balls up rather than catch a ball a little more out in front."
Magadan hasn't talked to Sweeney this spring about hitting for more power. He knows that little can be gained by placing such expectations on a veteran trying to adjust to a new team. Instead, they are working on Sweeney's mechanics.
"He's a very athletic player, he gives you a good at-bat, he hits good pitching, he's always going to give you an excellent at-bat — we'll leave it at that," Magadan said. "If we can get some more out of him with some minor tweaks here and there, hopefully it shows itself in the game. I just want him to do what he's capable of doing.
"What I believe with Ryan Sweeney is I want Ryan Sweeney to be Ryan Sweeney. I don't want to put any pressure on him to do more than what he is capable of doing. We're going to continue to do things with him that will give him the best chance to drive the ball and just be himself."


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