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The citywide garage sale, now an annual staple in many localities, originated in El Cerrito after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake as a way to clear residential garages in the interest of safety.
The original El Cerrito event was expanded in 2009 to spring and fall sales, and the next is 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 12, when 50 households will be participating.
The purpose of the event has changed since its origin. "The primary goal of the citywide garage sale now is to promote reuse, an important part of waste reduction and the 3 Rs — Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle," is how the city puts it.
Along with finding bargains and putting "pre-owned" goods back into use, the day is also a way of raising cash, which is why speech and debate team parents from El Cerrito High are pooling resources to hold a garage and bake sale starting at 8 a.m. at 1022 Liberty St.
The offerings will include furniture, collectibles, vintage items, household goods, art, books, sporting equipment, kids items and a "lavish bake sale," with all proceeds going to the debate program, which is entirely self-supporting.
Maps of participating locations are available for download at www.el-cerrito.org/garagesale and printed versions can be picked up at the Recycling and Environmental Resource Center, 7501 Schmidt Lane, and the Community Center, 7007 Moeser Lane.
For more details call 510-215-4350.
WEST COUNTY NOTES: San Pablo invites the community to help out at its Wildcat Creek cleanup event from 9 a.m. to noon Oct. 12 at Davis Park, 1655 Folsom Ave. The city will provide food, drinks, goodies, gloves and litter bags. Details: 510-215-3064.
The free in-store performance will feature ringmaster Kevin Radley and Bay Area musicians Charles Robert Kratz, Cara Wick and Mark Comstock.
The 50-year survey of Feldman's career will include a Q-and-A with the artist and filmmaker Elizabeth Sher, with San Francisco artist and writer Dewitt Cheng as moderator.
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2008 BMW 1 Series Coupe - Consumer Review
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Vehicle2008 BMW 1 Series 135i 2dr Coupe (3.0L 6cyl Turbo 6M)
ReviewTook delivery of my jet black 135i coupe the day they went on sale in the US. Truly a great car, both in terms of performance and styling. I chose the automatic with the paddle shifters since I use the car for urban commuting. It's hands-down the best automatic I've driven - just put it in Sport mode and the car moves like a rocket. It costs the same as a 328 coupe while delivering performance that is several notches above. While there's no other car that exactly compares, of all the other cars I drove the Cayman S feels the most similar - and at $20k more, it makes my $44k loaded 135 seem like an even greater bargain.
Best FeaturesAn exhaust note that should make every 3 Series driver jealous. High-quality materials and standard features (xenons with corona ring DRLs, for example) that are on par with other bimmers. Blistering twin-turbo performance that makes an M3 or Cayman S hard to justify.
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And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
- Abraham Lincoln
"Dear Professor Poudyal, We are pleased to inform you that we have received your manuscript and that it has been sent out for review", those were the opening words of an email that I received recently from a secretary of the editor of a reputed journal, where I had submitted a paper co-authored with my profs. (the real ones!). This was not the first time I had been mistaken for a professor or a senior research fellow. A couple of months ago, I had submitted an earlier version of the same paper for a conference and the acknowledgement email also started with "Dear Professor Poudyal". A month or so before that, I had a mail in my pigeon-hole that was addressed to some "Dr. Poudyal", which was ME apparently! In all these cases, I replied with an email explaining I was not a Prof. nor a Dr., but merely a PhD candidate, and that just in my first year!
If I meet somebody for the first time after some extended period of correspondence via email or other means, their first reaction would generally be "Are you really Mr Poudyal? I thought you would be a bit older". Its not just the foreigners who have such perceptions about my age, I have been treated with exactly the same reaction from my Nepali colleagues as well. I am glad to say, however, that I have not had to prove my identity (that I am really a young researcher) on such occasions! And this case of mistaken identity, or rather mistaken age, is not anymore new to me. Nonetheless, I often ponder why. And the only reason that I could think of is the way I write/correspond with those people, with my "proper English" that we were taught in high school and colleges in Nepal - grammatically correct, immaculate sentence construction, and those gentlemanly addressings and closings, with "dear sir/madam"s and "yours sincerely"s, and with lots of "thankful"s, "grateful"s and "could you please"s in between! But those are the norms in formal correspondence anyway, is it not? So why am I sounding that old? OR may be the youths of my generation do not correspond the way I do! But I cannot imagine them writing an email or a letter to the editor of a journal that goes like - "Hello there, I am sending 'this paper' to your journal and expect to hear from you by 'this time'". Sounds a bit dodgy and disrespectful to me!
Anyway, I actually started thinking (again) about this today when I saw Zade's comment on my blog, where she says I seem to be a "Bhadrapurush" (actually, she has been calling me "intellectual" and what not for a bit but "Bhadrapurush" really made me think about these things again 🙂 !).... Well, I should first thank Zade for being such a kind soul, but that also rang a bell within, which said "mp, you are again being mistaken for someone old...really old!", which obviously makes you wonder if nothing else.... Well, oldness is a relative thing, so compared to Zade and her generation, I'm a bit old at 27 but I find it hard to visualise myself as an old (gentle)man, which is what "Bhadrapurush" sounds like or is it really that?! Anyway, I really have no problem with people perceiving me as an old-wise-man, quite the contrary. I actually quite enjoy surprising them turning up a young short fellow with so much expectations (from those people) on my shoulders. Then again, when you are mistaken so often for some old person with lots of experience of life, work and this world, it really makes you feel uncomfortable, for you do really try hard to fill that perceived old-wise-man's shoes - quite often unsuccessfully.
Nevertheless, life has been immensely kind to me so far, and although I haven't achieved even a tiny bit of what many of my own age have achieved, I don't have much complaints, regrets or dissatisfactions. I have been a student (I mean school-student) all my life, and even when I complete all my degrees, that's what I will continue to be - just a student. As for being old, we all grow older and hopefully, a bit wiser too. But, as they say, when you reach the top, there is nowhere to go but come back down. So, I personally think it would be wise to be a very lousy climber (which I really am!), learning at every steps and every mistakes all my life than be an old-wise-man, an expert climber standing on a pedestal, some mountain top, from where there is only one way to go - fall down. Well, I don't want to end this sounding like a pessimist....being wise-old-men must be cool, but lot of them turn out to be grumpy-old-men instead, which I wouldn't want to be either....or am I already being grumpy here?! 🙂
Lets leave that grumpy-old business now. I must thank Zade again for stirring me to write today's post, and for taking time reading my "mindless musings" and even leaving comments! I quite liked her last line, which said - "Je hos aba aja lai yeti, baki arko patra ma!". Should I be waiting for a "patra"? 😉


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Roy Scheider died earlier this week. Damn. He was one of those actors who was often much better than the material he was given (a curse that followed him from his first screen credit: TV's The Edge of Night). But all that's moot, because he appeared in one of the most entertaining films ever made (Jaws, where he ad-libbed the line "You're gonna need a bigger boat"), one of the most exciting (his reaction shots behind Gene Hackman lent humanity to the often cold and heartless French Connection), one of the most overlooked (William Friedkin's difficult and uncompromising Sorcerer), and two of the most daring (David Cronenberg's version of Naked Lunch and his narration for Paul Schrader's Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters). Most importantly, he starred in (and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for) Bob Fosse's brilliant All that Jazz, which is just flat-out one of the best movies ever made. Roy Scheider was a classic example of one of those actors, like Bogart, who always, regardless of circumstance, rose to the occasion; so that, in those those few-and-far-between instances when the occasions rose to him, he was ready.He is already missed.
Some lunatic has put online all 2,846 of Pauline Kael's capsule reviews from her fine compendium, 5001 Nights at the Movies. While I don't advocate the unauthorized hijacking of anybody's copyrighted works (the site's been out there for a while now, so who knows whether or not it's been sanctioned), it's indeed handy having these insightful cinematic kernels available at one's fingertips. (Which is to say, it saves me the arduous task of getting up off my butt and taking the book itself off the shelf.) Such is the insidiousness of the Internet. On paper or in cyberspace, one thing these reviews reveal is that Kael was at her best writing in the long form. Reduced to the amount of space usually permitted in Entertainment Weekly, often lost are the insights, the snap of her words, and the sense of enjoyment that shone through her writing. Kael, like Paul Nelson, was as much a stylist as she was a critic, in some cases rendering the reviews she wrote better than the films she was writing about.
While it certainly wouldn't qualify for Paul Schrader's canon of great films (or anybody else's, for that matter, including mine), whenever I happen across this 1957 movie (sometimes calling itself The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas) when it airs on Turner Classic Movies, I inevitably watch until the end. Director Val Guest treats screenwriter Nigel Kneale's intelligent script so matter-of-factly that parts of the movie achieve a documentary feel (helped along, admittedly, by the wealth of stock footage of the Himalayan mountain range and avalanches). I remember staying up late one night to watch this, for the first time, as a child, and being absolutely mesmerized by Peter Cushing's long-awaited face-to-face encounter with the Yeti. The effect remains the same for me today: menace mixing with mystery as the unbelievably tall beings step from the shadow into the light, finally revealing the eyes of the Yeti. Those age-old eyes.
When this film first opened in Manhattan, its run was so short that, by the time I read about it, it was gone. So it was with considerable delight when I discovered the film had returned, this time to Brooklyn, last week. Edmond seemed to have everything going for it: a script by David Mamet, based on his 1982 play of the same name; starring the incomparable William H. Macy, always marvelous but especially so in Wayne Cramer's wonderful 2003 film The Cooler; and director Stuart Gordon, who did HP Lovecraft proud with his adaptations of Re-Animator and From Beyond. On the surface, this film seemed like a winner. Therein lies the problem: Edmond is all surface. Edmond is the same character at the end of the film as he is at the beginning -- but it's not Macy's fault. The way the story is written, we don't know if the racial epithets Edmond spews are a sudden eruption or part of his daily routine, whether he's at the tail end of a journey toward violence or whether it's a destination he's inhabited for some time. It's not a one-note performance but a one-note character, devoid of any sense of what, if anything, has been lost. Just as Gordon's direction plods from one scene to the next, Edmond is a dead man walking from the first shot to the last (where he becomes a dead man lying down). Because we are not permitted to experience his fall, but rather just follow his somnambulistic walk on the wild side, there is no tragedy. We, like Edmond, feel nothing. Unlike Cape Fear's Max Cady, who promised, "You're gonna learn about loss," Edmond offers no such lesson. To paraphrase Dorothy Parker's famous obvservation, the film runs the gamut of emotions from A to B. Similarly, a litany of usually fine actors are put through their paces so quickly and without distinction that often they're gone from the screen by the time we realize who they were: Jeffrey Combs (Re-Animator), Dule Hill (fine here in a role that's about as far from The West Wing's Charlie as he can get), Joe Mantegna (always amazing, but especially so as Dean Martin in The Rat Pack), Denise Richards (the Charlie Sheen-Denise Richards divorce), Julia Stiles (so memorable in Mamet's State and Main), Mean Suvari (the American Beauty herself), Rebecca Pidgeon (also fine State and Main -- and married to Mr. Mamet), and Debi Mazar (not used nearly enough in Entourage). Despite all this thespian firepower, the only onscreen chemistry occurs in the scene between Macy and Stiles in her character's apartment, when, for a fleeting moment, it seems as if she and Edmond might have found in each other a twisted kindred spirit. Alas, even that spark is extinguished before it can ignite anything else.A gentleman, a few rows ahead of us, served as spokesman for the sparse audience when the film faded out and the lights came up. "That's it?" he said. Indeed.


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Disney Interactive Media and YouTube are set to announce a partnership today. Disney will create videos for a YouTube channel, and in turn feature YouTube videos on its site. Disney gets a leather jacket and YouTube gets a suit out of the deal. You see Disney's site is seen as cluttered and slow, and it's been losing lots of page views lately. And where are all the kids who used to don mouse ears going? YouTube, of course. So Disney scores cool points. YouTube, on the other hand, is trying desperately to look legit, especially in the eyes of networks and advertisers. The launch of YouTube channels last week shows how eager it is to get into the TV biz. So YouTube gets to brag that it's partnered with an upstanding, television citizen.
Both sides get to take their cash rakes out of the garage and scoop up advertising dollars. And you? Well, you get the chance to watch an animated short, based on an app about "a grinning alligator named Swampy."
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Selma Blair really has her hands full with little Arthur Saint Bleick!
The Anger Management star nearly suffered a wardrobe malfunction (we're talking nip-slip, people!) thanks to her adorable 1-year-old.
Selma, 40, wore white pants (with an unbuckled belt, no less) and a button-up, polka-dotted blouse as she carried Arthur while running errands in Studio City, Calif. But Arthur's reach down his mother's shirt almost allowed the paparazzi to catch an R-rated glimpse of the Cruel Intentions star.


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In the age of Facebook and Instagram, it's hard to get away with anything—especially cheating, if you're dumb enough to allow photographic evidence. One English guy learned that lesson the hard way this week, after a photo of him making out with a random girl named Pippa at a club made its way back to people who recognized him.
He apparently made quite the impression on Pippa, who wanted to see him again after their encounter:
At first, Pippa's friends share the post eagerly, thinking it's kind of Facebook-age romantic:
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Cloning and Polymorphisms of Yak Lactate Dehydrogenase b Gene
AbstractThe main objective of this work was to study the unique polymorphisms of the lactate dehydrogenase-1 (LDH1) gene in yak (Bos grunniens). Native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis revealed three phenotypes of LDH1 (a tetramer of H subunit) in yak heart and longissimus muscle extracts. The corresponding gene, ldhb, encoding H subunits of three LDH1 phenotypes was obtained by RT-PCR. A total of six nucleotide differences were detected in yak ldhb compared with that of cattle, of which five mutations cause amino acid substitutions. Sequence analysis shows that the G896A and C689A, mutations of ldhb gene, result in alterations of differently charged amino acids, and create the three phenotypes (F, M, and S) of yak LDH1. Molecular modeling of the H subunit of LDH indicates that the substituted amino acids are not located within NAD+ or substrate binding sites. PCR-RFLP examination of G896A mutation demonstrated that most LDH1-F samples are actually heterozygote at this site. These results help to elucidate the molecular basis and genetic characteristic of the three unique LDH1 phenotypes in yak. View Full-Text
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Let's get this out of the way right here. Invader Zim is the best Nicktoon ever made. The show narrowly beats out Rocko's Modern Life as my all time favorite Nickelodeon cartoon. So, five years after the show was cancelled from Nick, the boys over at Natsume have put the diabolical alien into a videogame on the Nintendo DS. It would have been nice if the game wasn't bogged down by all of these other cartoons that nobody even likes (SpongeWhoNow?) but what are you going to do? Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots is a repetitive ho-hum title, but it's made cooler by an interesting formula and cameos from cartoons that date back to when I was young enough to watch this stuff.
This isn't the first time the Nicktoons have joined together. In fact, this is the third DS title to cash in on every major Nickelodeon cartoon at once. However, this is the first time that they've also tried to cash in on cartoons that aren't even on the air anymore. Attack of the Toybots takes place in the same canon the other games do. Somehow the Nicktoons know each other, and inhabit the same area. Dr. Calamitous, an evil scientist, has created an army of robot toys as well as robot counterparts to the main heroes, and used them to take over various areas. It's up to the Nicktoons to join together and beat the crap out of everything.
Unlike the previous Nicktoons title, Attack of the Toybots is not a platformer. It's instead a sidescrolling beat-em-up. Players pick two characters and go at it, attacking everything in sight.
The game starts off with five characters: SpongeBob SquarePants, Danny Phantom, Timmy Turner, Jimmy Neutron, and Tak. Each of their homes is a different level and upon completion of the level a new character is unlocked and added to the roster for a total of 10 playable characters. Some are characters from Nick's newer shows, like El Tigre, while others are obvious fan service, like Zim.
Most of the characters are well represented in the game. The CG characters, like Jimmy Neutron look a little funky, but the 2D characters are well done. The cutscenes are talking heads, but every character has multiple faces to break it up and convey emotion. Likewise the writing is actually pretty well done, in the sense that each character speaks in the way they would in their respective shows.
And though it isn't much, every playable character has a couple lines of in-game voicework. It's just a catchphrase and an exclamation, but they're all done by the original voice actors, which is pretty cool.
Attack of the Toybots has a distinct formula for each level. It starts off with the beat-em-up, then a miniboss. After that the player hops into a mech and smashes his way to the end to destroy a machine. The mech then turns into a vehicle and the game becomes a 3D racing minigame. The mech transforms again and players go into a first-person laser shooting battle with a robot Nicktoon counterpart. During the level the player collects nuts and bolts from defeated toys while driving. The accumulated bolts are used as health in the final boss battle.
Okay, I confused myself typing that.
It sounds complicated, and convoluted, but it isn't. I think it helps that the game never tries to explain what's going on to the player. The bolts are just collected as the characters go through, and not really given a second thought. By the time the boss battle occurs it becomes obvious what they're for, and from that point players can plan their strategy for the other levels. It's a neat way to do things, and it ties together three game modes that would otherwise feel very disconnected from each other.
Unfortunately, the problem with such a formula is that the game becomes very predictable and a bit repetitive. By virtue of a beat-em-up the game is going to be repetitive anyway, especially since there are hundreds of toys to smash. It doesn't help that there is only one attack button, so the game really becomes a button masher. Holding down the button charges up a stronger attack, which helps a little, but not much. The character sprites move pretty slowly, which looks a little weird on screen, but otherwise they animate well. Every character has a different type of attack so they all play differently. For instance, El Tigre is a fast melee character, and Mr. Blik the cat is more of a short range fighter, and Jimmy Neutron&#Array; sucks.
The driving levels are not very fun, but are thankfully short. It's obvious that they're just ways to build up some more bolts and stretch the game. They do serve one major purpose though. In each driving mission are five picture frames and each one unlocks an image gallery picture of a Nicktoon character. Nearly every Nickelodeon character is represented in the gallery. I mean everyone from The Grumble from Aaaah! Real Monsters to Rudy Tabootie from Chalkzone. If you recognize who both of those characters are it will likely be a neat feature of the game.
The robot shootout modes are the most challenging part of the game. Most of the time however the player has so many bolts accumulated that their health won't run out. Each robot battle handles differently, and usually requires some trick like disabling turrets, or turning off water pipes in order to effectively fight. It's something that's fun once, but players have to play it twice because the last level revives all the robots again.
Attack of the Toybots also features multicard multiplayer. Now normally I'm not a fan of making my friend buy another copy of the game, but this is one of those titles that really works well as a multiplayer game. For people like myself that hate making friends buy copies, there is a single card version too. It lacks the cutscenes, has some rather long load times, and the second player can only choose the basic characters, but the whole game is there. Very cool for showing it off to friends. While it doesn't have the thrill of Battletoads or the X-Men arcade game, kids would probably get a kick out of playing together.
This is the best Nicktoons game yet. I know, that isn&#Array;t saying much since Unite and Battle for Volcano Island kind of sucked. And really, this isn't a stellar title. It gets pretty repetitive and it's not very long. But for fans of Nickelodeon cartoons, it's got enough characters and unlockables to be pretty appealing. The minor voicework is just enough to be neat, and with multiplayer and so many characters, it's actually a game that could be played multiple times. I just wish Rocko was a playable character.


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Lakerfreak, what I like the least out of your long awaited post (
) is that you wasted your time trying to lower the credibility of Phil in order to elevate 'Antoni.....this is unnecessary in trying to make a point. We all know the good and bad that comes with PJ but........how many rings does anyone else in the league have..........Yeah.....that's what I thought.......end of that crap.
To actually try to compare the idiot Brown's Princeton to Phil's Triangle
This is a ridiculous as trying to compare me doing a magic trick to Chris Angel
Just STOP
Jimmy is a complete idiot.....let's not try to excuse the guy,......he is so determined to establish HIS own identity that he has hurt the team.
As for Mike 'Antoni, it's too easy to call him that.....who else has a "D" in front of his name and never speaks of defense........even the Suns and Knicks players said he would very rarely even mention defense much less practice it.
So until I see this Lakers team play real defense I'll go with 'Antoni to make my point without having to say anything else (Lazy yes
Defensive talent doesn't mean you'll have a good defense, you have to have a system, rotations, protocol and you have to practice it.....you have to go over video and see opponents tendencies.
To think...oh we have Metta, Kobe and Dwight so our defense will be good is a lack of understanding of how a great team functions.
There is a reason the man hasn't been to the finals......it's certainly not because of his grade A offense. He lacks the respect for defense the way Jimmy Buss lacks the respect for scouting.
'Antoni is a smart man but stubbornly wants to win a title HIS WAY, he wants to show you can win without defense......this will not work....never.
IF we bring in McMillan and the coach allows him real practice time for defense we will have a good shot at this.....we are all praying
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text: I've run into an interesting set of issues in trying to build SDL_net on Mac OS X.3.3. These are related to bmake vs. hand building SDL and SDL_net. For SDL and SDL_net, configuration doesn't work out well. In SDL's case, bmake runs through, but doesn't quite configure everything correctly so that when SDL starts making, the make dies during the build in the macrom directory. If I do a manual configure and then make, SDL builds just fine and bmake subsequently installs it just fine as well. I run the SDL_net configure problem when I go to bmake it after I do the afore mentioned convolution. During the configure phase for SDL_net under bmake, configure dies when it checks for SDL version > 1.2.4. When I hand run configure for SDL_net, configure runs all the way through. Why are there the differences between hand running things and bmaking things? P. S. To help me troubleshoot this kind of issue in the future, is there a way I can capture the commands actually issued during bmaking (and hand configuring and making)? -- Randy OS X - UNIX for the rest of us NetBSD - Catch the Power!


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When: Thu., April 11, 9 p.m. 2013
There's never a dull moment with guitarist, vocalist, and international man of mystery Keiji Haino—he's terrifyingly prolific, a promiscuous collaborator, and a constant improviser, with a body that seems too small to contain his creative energy. (It'd seem too small even if he towered over city skylines like Godzilla.) Last year he restarted his legendary heavy-psych project Fushitsusha with a new power-trio lineup, releasing Hikari to Nazukeyo (Heartfast), the group's first album in a decade. It sounds like two records in one—it's got a deceptively friendly and accessible half (with a twitchy, Beefheartian garage groove) and a searing, wailing void-of-space half. Come to think of it, Haino's 2012 collaboration with Stephen O'Malley of Sunn O))) and percussionist Oren Ambarchi, Nazoranai (Ideologic Organ), sounds more like Fushitsusha than Fushitsusha does. No matter what he does with his apocalyptic guitar and otherworldly voice, Haino is mesmerizing: a shamanistic stillness in the eye of a storm. Tonight he'll be playing solo electric guitar and singing; this is his first Chicago appearance in four years and only his second since the late 90s. —Monica Kendrick This concert is part of the Million Tongues festival, which continues tomorrow. Plastic Crimewave Syndicate, Circuit des Yeux, and Hands of Hydra open.
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Latest Article
Winning Wines From Maryland Well Worth Exploring
October 28, 2009
A look at some award-winning wines from Maryland.
Wine is now being produced in all 50 states, even in Alaska where some daring souls in Homer, Kodiak and Anchorage are using fruit and purchased grape concentrate to create them. Often starting with meager resources, as well as ample enthusiasm, winemakers located in lesser-known wine-producing areas struggle for acceptance even as the quality of their product continues to improve.


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Jerry Colangelo may invite Damian Lillard to USA Basketball mini-campPosted by Inside Hoops
Feb 23
Portland Trail Blazers rookie point guard Damian Lillard continues to take the league by storm and now he's well on his way to taking his game global.
CSNNW.com has learned that the three-time NBA Rookie of the Month and NBA Skills Challenge champion is on the verge of being invited to participate in the USA Men's Basketball National Team mini camp.
"Damian is definitely on our radar," Director of USA Basketball Jerry Colangelo told CSNNW.com. "He's one of the bright young stars we have in this game and certainly his chances are very high that he makes our list."
Colangelo says he will announce the names of those selected sometime after the season.
– Reported by Chris Haynes of CSN NW


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Nick Kotsopoulos TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
Published Thursday April 11, 2013 at 6:00 am
Updated Thursday April 11, 2013 at 1:28 pm
Ten of the 11 city councilors are supporting a motion authorizing City Manager Michael V. O'Brien to negotiate a host agreement with the group that wants to develop a slots parlor on the 14-acre Wyman-Gordon property on Madison Street.
In a statement released Wednesday, Mayor Joseph M. Petty said the order, which will be voted on by the City Council at its April 23 meeting, is not an endorsement by the council of the proposed slots parlor.
Instead, he said, the intent of the council action is to get a host agreement negotiated so it can then be put "before the people of this community so that they may exercise their right to be educated and to vote on this all-important topic."
The mayor said the order is endorsed by himself, District 1 Councilor Tony Economou, District 5 Councilor William J. Eddy, Councilor-at-Large Michael J. Germain, Councilor-at-Large Joseph C. O'Brien, District 2 Councilor Philip P. Palmieri, District 4 Councilor Sarai Rivera, Councilor-at-Large Frederick C. Rushton, District 3 Councilor George J. Russell and Councilor-at-Large Kathleen M. Toomey.
Councilor-at-Large Konstantina B. Lukes, the lone councilor not endorsing the order, is the only member to publicly come out against the slots parlor proposal.
"This order is to request the city manager to negotiate the best host agreement on behalf of the residents," Mr. Petty said in his statement. "It is not our purview to decide if gaming is right or wrong or should or shouldn't happen.
"Gaming is coming to Massachusetts — that is a fact," he continued. "What is our purview is to make sure the developers who have selected Worcester as their preferred location have a full understanding of our community.
"This decision will not be one forced down upon anyone. Nor will it be without significant public participation and nor will it be anyone but the voters who ultimately decide if we have a slot parlor in the City."
Mrs. Lukes said Wednesday that the statement by Mr. Petty has prompted her to file a complaint. She said she contacted the attorney general's office and, after being told to contact the local governing body, she filed the complaint with the city clerk's office alleging an Open Meeting Law violation.
"When 10 people sign on to this statement, what that means is they were deliberating but it was not done in an open meeting," she said. "It counts as a deliberation because 10 people were acting in unison."
Mrs. Lukes said she was not asked whether she wanted to endorse the order.
The mayor said the City Council does pledge to fight for the best agreement the city can get. He said it also pledges to make sure that every voter in the city has accurate information to make an informed decision at the polls.
Mass Gaming & Entertainment LLC, one of four applicants for the only slots license that will be awarded by the state, recently announced its selection of the Wyman-Gordon property as the location for its "destination gaming facility."
The $240 million project, which would include a 120,000-square-foot building that would also house two restaurants, a food court, a bar and possibly a day spa, is viewed by some as an economic boost that would bring as many as 600 jobs to the city.
Meanwhile, the hotel, which would be built on a yet-to-be-disclosed downtown site, would include restaurants, meetings rooms and a ballroom.
The council Tuesday night set into motion a vote to authorize the city manager to negotiate a host agreement.
Mr. Eddy introduced an order to have the council take such a vote, which would in effect set the stage for either advancing or scuttling the slots proposal.
But the council vote never took place. Mrs. Lukes exercised her right under the council's rules to hold the item until its next meeting, scheduled for April 23.
Based on information it received from the city administration the previous week about the process that has to be followed regarding the gaming issue, the council was under the impression that it had no say on the matter as a collective body.
Instead, members believed the first thing that had to be done was to have the city manager negotiate a host agreement with the developer. That host agreement would then be put before the voters in a referendum election.
But Mr. Rushton said he asked for clarification of the council's role after reading a newspaper story regarding a casino proposal in Milford. The Milford Board of Selectmen has indicated that it might choose not to move forward or enter into a host agreement with a casino developer there because of unresolved issues.
City Solicitor David M. Moore told the City Council Tuesday night that the city manager is responsible for negotiating and signing the host agreement. It also does not require council approval.
But the council can take a vote on authorizing the city manager to move forward with the negotiations.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Lukes, who referred to the council discussion on the matter Tuesday night as nothing more than "gobbledygook," said city councilors are failing to provide leadership on the issue by not taking a stand one way or other on the gaming issue.
She said she held Mr. Eddy's motion Tuesday because the council was taking a stand on the issue by using "convoluted language."
"This is getting much more heated as time goes on," she said Wednesday. "This will be combative and emotional until the election is held."
Bob Kievra of the Telegram & Gazette staff contributed to this report.


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National League of Cities TV Webcast on Life-Saving AIRS Technology Attracts National Attention From First Responders, Cities
National League of Cities TV (NLC TV, www.NLCTV.org), the Internet TV channel of the National League of Cities (NLC) produced on cooperation with TV Worldwide, announced that first responders have reacted positively to a recent NLC TV webcast featuring a state-of-the-art technology that can significantly enhance the incident response survival rates. Known as the Advanced Incident Response System or AIRS, the IPv6-enabled solution allows incident response personnel from various agencies to communicate seamlessly while minimizing dependencies on the fixed infrastructure of the disaster site.
During the June 20 town meeting webcast, personnel from AIRS developer Command Information actually demonstrated how a customized application of AIRS empowers an incident commander with real time vital information ranging from personnel position to biometric data. On-line participation from emergency response experts in the field during the webcast, including members of the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC), facilitated the discussion.In response, Jim Bartelloni, Vice President of Business Development for IPv6 6th Sense IT Architecture for Command Information, announced that the company had developed a special program for NLC member cities and IAFC members, which will include a 25% discount and free training support throughout the AIRS implementation process.
"We are pleased to be able to offer the AIRS system at a significant discount with free training to NLC and IAFC members," commented Bartelloni. "Based on the interest we generated during the webcast, we want to insure we make the AIRS system economically accessible to all municipalities and fire chiefs wishing to deploy AIRS and its life-saving features."
"The AIRS system has the capability to save lives and allow first responders to more efficiently manage their resources while providing a level of situational awareness not achieved prior to the use of this technology," stated Matt Bruskotter, Program Manager for the University of Findlay's School of Environmental and Emergency Management (SEEM) who participated remotely during the webcast.
"It is critical that new technologies be applied in the fire service to help us help our own if they get trapped," said Captain Jeremy McPike of the Dale City, Va. Volunteer Fire Department. "If you can enable a Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) with the technology to find a downed firefighter with precision -- you've given them a fighting chance at reaching them in time to save one of their own. There can be nothing more important to a firefighter than saving one of our own."
"We are pleased to be able make cities aware of this promising new technology through NLC TV," commented Amy Elsbree, Director of Center for Communications and Corporate Programs for the National League of Cities. "City officials are always looking for new solutions to e protect first responders in the line of duty."
"This technology was originally developed for the US Dept of Defense's "blue force tracking" systems and it was incredibly expensive," remarked Dave Green, Vice President & Chief of R&D for Command Information. "Now that it's being adopted by commercial companies for tracking and monitoring the status of shipments, the price has dropped dramatically so that it can be deployed at a reasonable cost. The lives of our first responders are invaluable, so now that the price is reasonable, we want cities to be able to take advantage of these advances in networked people trackers and sensors."
"We had significant traffic for this NLC TV webcast, including viewership from the first responder community and fire chiefs nationally," remarked Dave Gardy, CEO of TV Worldwide, NLC's strategic partner in the development and operation of NLC TV. "The AIRS system is attracting a lot of attention across the country as we continue to see growing traffic to the video archive of the webcast over the last several weeks becomes more viral in the community."
The video of the webcast will be archived for viewing for a full year at www.NLCTV.org. Participants should have the free Windows Media Video player installed to view the event.
About the National League of Cities and NLC TV
The National League of Cities, the oldest and largest national organization representing cities in the U.S., seeks to strengthen and promote cities as centers of opportunity, leadership and governance.
The goal of NLC TV is to create a customized community-based Internet TV channel that will facilitate the dissemination of NLC information to the public and partner cities, foster communication with and feedback from these partner cities, provide interactive e-mail, chat and collaborative features that will enhance the utility of the channel and facilitate educational and public/press awareness. The dedicated NLC Internet TV channel has been configured with an initial dynamic utility infrastructure to evolve as the public and city partner users become familiar with the functionality and request capabilities to accomplish a range of live and archived presentation functions.
About Command Information
Herndon, VA-based Command Information is the premier provider of next-generation networking services to Fortune 1000 and government entities. The company provides the services, training, and tools necessary to migrate networks, as well as to enhance and enable edge applications to take advantage of next-generation Internet capabilities. For more information on Command Information, please visit www.commandinformation.com.
About TV Worldwide
Founded in 1999, TV Worldwide (www.tvworldwide.com) developed the first Internet TV network of community-based Internet TV channels, primarily targeting niche professional communities ranging from the Maritime industry to the Digital Media sector. Known by many in the industry as "Internet TV for Smart People", Fortune 500 companies, 15 federal government agencies, and numerous International associations including the National Association of Broadcasters, utilize TV Worldwide's live and archived state-of-the art video streaming content applications and Internet TV channels. In recognition of the company's unique achievements in new media, TV Worldwide was selected by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) to webcast the Daytime Emmy Awards and the 59th Annual Emmy awards for Technology and Engineering in both 2007 and 2008. CEO Dave Gardy has been honored by Streaming Media Magazine as one of the 25 Most Influential People in Streaming Media. Mr. Gardy also currently serves as the President of the International Webcasting Association (IWA) (www.webcasters.org).
Contact: Frank Leiter TVWorldwide.com Email Contactwww.TVWorldwide.com (703) 961-9250, ext. 230 Dave Green Command Information Email Contactwww.CommandInformation.com (703) 561-5937
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The Pagani Huayra has been recently taken to the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed where it has went on the famous Hill Climb.
Besides seeing some limited editions, some old and yet expensive vehicles and some new ones, filled with a lot of technology, the 2014th edition of the Goodwood Festival of Speed has also seen the Pagani Huayra going on the famous Hill Climb. The Italian supercar in question can be seen in action, on the course, in the video posted below, from a camera which has been fitted in the cabin, so scroll down and click the play button to see it in a new perspective.
The Pagani Huayra has replaced the Zonda back in 2012 and it's currently assembled in Modena, Italy, being designed by Horacio Pagani. This is a two-door coupe supercar, with a rear mid-engine and rear-wheel drive layout, taking its power from a 6.0 liter V12 twin turbo engine, developed by Mercedes-AMG. The unit is producing a total output of 720 HP (539 kW) and it has a peak torque of 1,000 Nm (740 lb-ft). The 0 to 100 km/h sprint takes just over 3 seconds and top speed stands at 370 km/h (230 mph).


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Video: Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception PS3 Gameplay Reveal
Sony's Social Media Manager Jeff Rubenstein has shared an Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception PS3 gameplay reveal today.
To quote: Today, even more came out about UNCHARTED 3, as Naughty Dog and SCEA hosted media in Hollywood for a more in-depth look at the game.
Worry not, those of you who feared the entirety of Drake's Deception would take place in the swirling sands of the Rub' al-Khali Desert.
The scene we witnessed (demoed in real time) took place in a dilapidated French chateau. Nathan Drake and Sully are following the trail of T.E. Lawrence (you've likely heard of "Lawrence of Arabia") to find a clue that'll take them to the lost Arabian referred to as "The Atlantis of the Sands."
Before reading on, take a look at this excerpt, which shows about a quarter of what was demoed.
Early on, we see some of the details that Game Director Justin Richmond tells us to keep an eye out for: Drake jumping onto, and then off of a swaying chandelier, climbing not only up, but backwards if he reaches a ledge, and new contextual animations that show Drake interacting more with his surroundings (e.g. placing your hand along a wall for balance as you approach it).
And here in a secluded corner of France, it quickly becomes clear that you're not the only one on Lawrence's trail. At this point it's not clear exactly who's standing in the way of our protagonists, but they've got guns... and really, that's all that matters right now. Even worse, they're pouring gasoline throughout the villa and lighting the place on fire.
"It is important to mention that the fire is happening in-game (it's not a cutscene) and it looks absolutely incredible. Panic sets in, so the goal of the rest of the demo is to get Drake and Sully out of the quickly burning chateau alive! You can only imagine how cool all of this is." - Chad Concelmo, Destructoid.
Now that you're not only escaping the fire, but fighting your way through enemies at the same time, more new features are demonstrated. When Drake happens upon an enemy below him, he can now take him down stealthily from above. Ezio Auditore would be proud.
In one of the new "Brawl style" combat situations, one enemy held back Drake while another took a couple of jabs - then pulled a gun to try and cap him. He dodged, and the captor was more than a little worse for the wear.
"Even this early on in the game's development, it feels that the combat will offer a robust, but logical set of surprises and "Oh, crap!" moments as the adventure progresses..." - Christopher Monfette, G4.
The environment shown is incredibly dynamic; Drake isn't climbing on a static, beautiful jungle gym, but rather a crumbling façade that seems as if it's trying to kill him even more than the well-armed enemies in the mansion. At times it seems like Nathan Drake has the worst luck in the world, but always musters just enough to survive.
"The changing structure of the world was akin to the twisting suspended train car of Uncharted 2, which fell apart as Drake scaled it, only this level transformed more dramatically, more organically." - Michael McWhertor, Kotaku.
At one point, Drake gets his foot caught in a rotted staircase (not unlike Phil's broken step from "Modern Family"). When an enemy tries to take advantage of the stumble, Drake shoots from the hip while Sully works to free him.
"Moments where you actually feel like a team are really cool, and I'm interested to see how Naughty Dog expands on them through the game." - Greg Miller, IGN.
Ascending through a crumbling building demonstrates not only the stellar, bleeding-edge visuals, but upgraded sound effects - the firing of the assault rifle just sounds more... real, and the punches thrown seem to carry even more weight this time out. Of course, the series' trademark witty banter between Drake and Sully remains intact, lending a bit of levity to the serious situation.
"The action delivered on the cinematic thrill moments as huge chunks of the chateau caved in or shifted as Nate made his way to different potential escape routes. We were especially impressed by how smoothly the heart-stopping cinematics of a collapsing roof or floor would cut into the action just long enough to get you to jump without interrupting the flow of gameplay." - Ricardo Torres, GameSpot.
The scene ended not with a close shave and some relieved tension, but with things going from bad to worse as our heroes are engulfed in the conflagration. We're not going to see how this one plays out until next November.
After the demo, we had a chance to speak on camera with Creative Director Amy Hennig and Game Director Justin Richmond. You'll see that later this month.
What to do until then? How about go behind the scenes of the making of that VGA's trailer. Naughty Dog's Arne Meyer sat down with the 2 Player Productions crew to get a more in-depth look at their influences, process and philosophy that drives their high-quality documentary work.
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12-18-2010 #2toxsik Guest
holy crap! I can't wait for this to come out!
12-18-2010 #3BackHome Guest
Liked the "jumping on the enemy" stuff
Felt a moment of WWE in there .. what was it called ? Diving crossbody ?
12-18-2010 #4solrac1974 Guest
This new game looks even better than U2, can't wait to play it!
12-18-2010 #5djhazardous Guest
Anyone got a link to the full video?
12-18-2010 #6B4rtj4h Guest
Looks very cool
12-19-2010 #7qualia Guest
Some impressive realism I might have thought would be reserved for a future PS4. Play looked as smooth as cutscenes. Very excited about this one!
12-20-2010 #8OmegaMC41 Guest
Wow, this looks awesome. The original Uncharted was one of the games that made me want to buy a PS3, and the Uncharted series may just take the cake as my favorite PS3-exclusive series. I can't wait!
12-21-2010 #9doubledanny Guest
I enjoyed the first game (haven't had a chance to play the second) and I enjoyed the action in the excerpt, especially when the floor collapsed on him and when he almost fell to the fiery bottom. I'll keep this on my list of games of interest.
12-21-2010 #10JonJonB Guest
This is a day one purchase for me. If I had to buy a second, unjailbreaked, console just to play it I probably would.


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Rick Majerus, college basketball coach, dies
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Re: Rick Majerus, college basketball coach, dies
Here's a really touching article on Majerus:
Majerus Lived His Life To Help Others
Rick Majerus had always been there for everyone else.
If you had a problem? Rick to the rescue. If you had a medical issue, he was on the phone with names of doctors and recommendations for treatment. (One time I had to tell him: Coach, I have a head cold. I think I'll be OK in a couple of days. I don't need to fly to Los Angeles to see a specialist. But thank you.)
If you didn't have a father, or a trusted friend to guide you through a troubling stretch of life, the big man filled the void. As a basketball man, he coached "help" defense. As a human being, Majerus was help defense.
Majerus had always been there for others. If he promised a mother that her son would graduate, then the player would graduate.
Which is why every year on Feb. 17, Majerus' birthday, the first phone call of the morning came from Andrea Robinson. She's Andre Miller's mother. Miller was the point guard for the Utah team that lost to Kentucky in the 1998 national championship game, and Majerus loved him.
Miller began his NBA career in 1999, and he's still playing. But Miller got that diploma from Utah. As it turned out, Miller didn't need it; his long NBA career has been lucrative. But among all Andre's many accomplishments, the college degree ranks No. 1 with his mother. That's why she called Majerus every Feb. 17, to thank him for keeping his word, for taking care of his son.
Majerus was there for Keith Van Horn, his brightest star at Utah. The coach received a late-night call in 1993. It was Van Horn's mother. She had shocking news: Keith's father was dead. A sudden heart attack took his life. And Van Horn's mom didn't know how to tell her son. She asked Coach Majerus to do it.
Majerus, of course, was there. At 2 a.m., he took Van Horn to a diner. They sat down. The coach told the freshman the worst words imaginable: Your father has died. Van Horn broke down in tears. Majerus consoled him. They sat there all night, telling happy stories about their late fathers, eating breakfast, and handling the pain. They cried together. They shared bagels. They hugged. They talked some more.
When Van Horn finally walked into the morning light of Salt Lake City, he was ready to face the tragedy. Van Horn said he entered that diner as a kid, and by the time he left, he'd become a man. Majerus pulled him through.
Majerus never had kids of his own, but he raised plenty of them through basketball. On the court, off the court, whatever was necessary. Whether the player needed calm advice, or an old-school cursing out, Majerus was there. He was always there.
That's why senior St. Louis University power forward Brian Conklin sobbed in the interview room in March, after the Billikens competed like crazy only to get eliminated by Michigan State in the NCAA Tournament.
It was Conklin's final game for SLU. The finality of the occasion overwhelmed his emotions. Most of all, Conklin knew he'd never have another chance to play for Majerus, to learn from Majerus. The inevitable change that's inherent in life's passages would take Conklin away from the coach he loved. And Conklin cried. Majerus was always there for him. What would Conklin do from now on?
"He's a great coach," Conklin said that day. "I couldn't imagine playing for a better coach, a better person. He doesn't just teach you about ball, he teaches you about life."
We didn't know it at the time, but that honorable loss to Michigan State would be the last game for Rick Majerus. His last moment in the big arena that brought out the best of him, his last day of teaching and making a difference. His last day of being there for others.
"You get attached to kids," Majerus said that day, as he paused to wipe a tear from his eye.
When Rick Majerus died Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles, after failing to survive the heart disease that had diminished him, I hope he had loved ones around him. I hope those closest to him where there, holding his hand, getting him through this final day — just as Coach Majerus got Andre Miller through Utah and to that graduation ceremony, just as Coach got Keith Van Horn through the initial disbelief and grief of unexpectedly losing a father, just as Coach got Brian Conklin through the stages of development that took him from being an awkward and unsure freshman to a commanding, confident senior leader.
I hope Rick Majerus knew how much he was loved. I hope he realized that he'd made a tremendous, positive impact on so many lives. You're going to have to forgive me for making this personal, which I don't do often, but I cried on Saturday night, and I don't even know how I pulled myself together to write this wholly inadequate tribute to Rick.
In a previous column, written in late August, at the time Majerus took his leave of absence, I explained our friendship. And how we tried to help counsel each other as we each trudged through our lifelong conflict with obesity. Majerus knew what I was going through. I knew what he was going through. It was our bond. It was a bond I wish we didn't have.
When I received word of Rick's death, I was sitting in the living room of our home. My wife was nearby. I lost it. And I hope this doesn't make you uncomfortable, but I want to share what I told her: "I know you probably understand this, but I want to say it anyway. You and anyone else that cares about me owe a lot to Rick Majerus, because he played a major role in my turnaround. He was a factor in my decision to do whatever I had to do to get healthy and lead a better life. Without Rick Majerus, I don't know if I'd still be here."
I never got the chance to thank him, and that causes me considerable anguish. With constant encouragement and support from Majerus, I was able to reverse a damaging, deadly course. I've lost more than 100 pounds. I've never been healthier. And I think about this man every day. When I'm eating the right food. When I'm grinding away on the elliptical trainer. When I want to reach for that extra dessert.
Majerus had devastating heart problems that he couldn't overcome. That's why he's left us too soon, at age 64. When we had our heart-to-heart talks, Rick always delivered the message I needed to hear. He told me how much he loved life, and how he wanted to live a long time. But he worried about his demise. He lived with the constant fear of death. And his sincere advice to me: "Do something for yourself now. Do it for the people that love you. Don't wait until it's too late."
We know about the basketball stuff. Majerus coached 25 years, the last five at SLU. He won 517 games. He took 12 teams to the NCAA Tournament. He got the Billikens there for the first time in 12 years. They won their first NCAA Tournament game since 1998. And this delighted Majerus. He was so proud, so happy, so satisfied. Looking back, I'm so glad that he got that final chance to stand with his team in the spotlight, so everyone could see, for the final time, the excellence of his coaching.
We know about the basketball stuff, but I'll always treasure Majerus for his teaching, his lessons. The way he helped the Millers, the Van Horns, the Conklins and even the lowly sportswriters. When we were together, I could feel his immense desire to live, and somehow he transferred that to me, before it was too late.
Majerus was there for me. He was there for anyone who needed him. This sad day doesn't end our relationship. Rick Majerus will be there for me forever.
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The designer who created this beautiful floral oasis started gardening in 3rd grade after falling in love with her grandmother's vegetable garden in Canada. Having a background as a fine artist – her plants are her medium. People don't realize there's a whole spectrum of just the color green alone. Be enticed by her combination of colors, shapes and textures to form many rich layers of beauty.
This designer began with a very loose plan and then added plants. If the plant worked--great, if not then it was moved somewhere else. That's one big aspect the designer loved about gardening--it's always changing. Like any other responsible green gardener, she incorporated native plants, drought tolerant plants and all kinds of succulents. One of her joys of gardening is creating new plants with cuttings. In fact, a majority of the plants in her garden were from cuttings.
Neighbors and even people beyond her neighborhood love this garden. Strangers come to her door to enquire about a flower they have never seen before. Her enthusiasm for gardening literally grows on other people.
Any extra moment she can grab from her busy schedule, this designer loves spending time in her garden. Surprising to most, she hand waters her garden, sometimes even using a water pitcher. She finds this therapeutic and saves water. Come and visit this fun garden and get some amazing cuttings.
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It has been revealed by group Balance that there has been a rise in the drinking problem in the people of the vicinity. They are of the view that the rates of 6the disease have seemingly grown a lot in the recent past and this calls for the need for changes to be incorporated while there is still time.
There is need for more efforts to be made for effectively controlling the number of people indulging in alcohol. This is because there has been a rise in the number of people seeking help for the same in the recent past. There have been many people in the recent times, which have been treated for their addiction in recent times. This makes it essential for the authorities to take a firm stand on the matter. There is need for efforts to be made for properly understanding the need of the hour.
"Our region is drinking too much from an early age driven by alcohol which is too affordable, too available and too heavily promoted. Although the Government's alcohol strategy aims to turn the tide against binge drinking", said Balance director Colin Shevills.
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Rossett Sports Centre will stay open for community use when management transfers from Harrogate Borough Council (HBC) to Rossett School next week.
The announcement comes after the school said it was unable to step in to continue community use of the facility when the joint management agreement (JMA) between HBC and Rossett ends on Tuesday, July 22.
When the council announced their withdrawal from the agreement earlier this year, Rossett headteacher Pat Hunter said the school could not take over the facility because doing so would have a 'significant adverse affect' on its educational funding.
However, after negotiations concerning community access to the centre, HBC and Rossett School have reached an understanding which ensures the public will still be able to use the facilities.
This includes the council providing the school with a grant towards the refurbishment of the centre, ensuring it is suitable for community use.
Ms Hunter said: "I am delighted that, as well as having the opportunity to develop the sports facilities for our own students, we are able to ensure community use continues at Rossett Sports Centre.
"Our aim is to carry out a smooth transfer so that people can continue using the facilities in the similar way they always have.
"Now that a grant has been agreed with HBC, we will be able to improve the facilities on offer and make sure they are suitable for school and community use in the future."
The current arrangements, under the JMA, were introduced when the school and its facilities were under Local Education Authority control. According to HBC, since the school achieved academy status the JMA is no longer fit for purpose.
The changes now made to the agreement give the school full control of the sports centre and the freedom to develop more flexible community provision, and under the new arrangement the council will save money.
HBC leader Coun Richard Cooper (Con) said: "There has been some speculation recently that community access to Rossett Sports Centre would cease with the council's withdrawal from the joint management agreement.
"I am pleased to say that those saying the sports centre would close were incorrect and that the council and Rossett School have been working together to ensure that this is not the case.
"The sports centre will remain open to the community and continue to provide a wide range of sports for visitors both young and old.
"The important thing here isn't management agreements or who runs what. It is keeping the facilities available for users and that, through working with our partners at Rossett School, is what we have done."
There are also several other changes affecting the centre as a result of the new agreement between the council and the school.
The sports coaching and activity programme at the centre will continue to be provided by HBC, but will transfer to the Jennyfield Styan Centre.
And the all-weather pitch, which is the most intensively used facility, will be managed by the school from July 23, though it was unaffected by the council's withdrawal from the JMA. This measure is in place of the council extending its lease of the pitch.
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SOUTHPORT, Ind. (WISH) – Southport Police officers are donating an electric toy police car to a three-year-old supporter.
Officers are giving Sam the toy police car because he has visited the Southport Police Department at least once a week to thank officers for their service, as well as to receive his police sticker the officers hand out. Sam even got his own police officer uniform to wear during his visits, and he has even started bringing friends along.
The police department decided to show their appreciation for his support, they have chipped in to purchase him his own police car. The electric vehicle has Southport Police graphics on it. The graphics were donated by Big Guy Signs.
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Time: 10:00 a.m. until business is completed
Place: State Office Building 107 South Broadway First Floor Auditorium, Room 1138 Los Angeles, California
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Daniel Bryan: Taking a Long, Hard Look at WWE Star Being a HeelMay 21, 2012
Daniel Bryan is by far one of the more intriguing characters in the WWE.
His size puts him into the ranks of Rey Mysterio, Chris Benoit and Chris Jericho as far as past title holders and contenders go. But for his lack of size, he is definitely qualified to hold a belt.
What is most interesting about Bryan to me is that he is a heel. But for all of his heelish tactics, he still comes across as a likeable in-ring competitor—the "Yes" chants and signs easily tell me that others feel the same way.
I would even venture to say that since Bryan's heel turn, he has become even more popular among WWE fans than when he was a babyface.
This is similar to the original ECW, when high-fliers like Rob Van Dam would get over with fans even when they happened to be heels. Something WWE has yet to come to grips with is that a large number of fans like talented wrestlers. It is hard to dislike people who appear to put so much effort into their matches.
There are a number of wrestlers in the WWE that put on the same match night after night. Bryan isn't one of those guys.
CM Punk and Bryan's match at Over the Limit might be the match of the year, though the finish kind of taints it because it is a familiar ending to some of us who have watched wrestling for over 20 years.
But what was so good about the match is that it looked like an old-school match. It looked like Punk and Bryan were making it up as they went along rather than relying on a script.
When you have guys like them putting on such a good match, can you really not cheer them?
It seems like once the action starts, Bryan's out-of-ring indiscretions are overlooked. And he cannot come across the way Ric Flair and the Horsemen did.
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Live from #Gnomedex 10, Day 1
I'm hanging out at my third straight Gnomedex today, which Chris Pirillo says will be the last (he also confirmed it on the mic this morning). I'm posting pretty furiously (for me) from my Twitter account, but I thought I'd collect some of the highlights here and keep updating till tonight.
Quick reminder: You can watch the Gnomedex live stream for free.
Austin Heap is an effing hero
It's tough to explain what Austin does without getting a little technical, but this Newsweek story should help and I'll explain it by saying: He helps people rebelling against repressive regimes (see: Iran) stay safely anonymous on the internet. He also helped get Neda's family out of Iran so they could speak out about their daughter's death—it's a movie on HBO:
Dead heat for annoying meme: Vuvuzelas or Twitter "star rating" system
RealNetworks decided it would be a good idea to give out Vuvuzelas (pictured). Possibly more annoying: an idea Chris Pirillo floated this morning (from someone else) to "star" one's Tweets (on a scale of 1-10) as a way to rate what they're talking about. For example:
Inception is the baddest-ass movie ever. @leodicaprio owned *10
Someone eventually yelled out "Star 9!" when Chris said something and then it started (almost) snowballing (oh crap, someone just said it again). Not yet a meme, perhaps, but a mini-meme. It's a good idea for Twitter, but after 10 times in person, it's lost steam :)
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They've got a Surface here (not sure if it has Catan on it) and Windows Phone 7, which, while it won't replace my iPhone (or soon-to-be-owned iPhone 4) is a pretty respectable little device. I played with it for a bit. If I'd never handled an iPhone, I'd probably be all excited over it.
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Alright, so January is over, and my New Year's resolution to read a book a month at least lasted the first month. I also encouraged my fellow bloggers to play along, and we got a few links for you! We'll start with those, before getting to my personal 'read' this month.
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HAMPTON, Va. (WVEC) -- Police are looking for the man they say robber a 7-Eleven convenience story early Monday morning in Hampton.
Police say it happened around 1:30 a.m. at the 7-Eleven located in the 2700 block of West Mercury Boulevard. Investigators say the suspect entered the business, showed a gun, and demanded money.
After receiving an undisclosed amount of money, the suspect fled on foot. He was last seen heading southbound on Tallwood Drive.
The suspect is described a black male, medium build, 170-180 lbs, 5'11" to 6 feet tall. He was last seen wearing a red and blue baseball cap, blue bandanna covering his face, a blue jacket, blue jeans, green and white boxer shorts, and black boots.
Anyone with information that will assist police is encouraged to contact the Hampton Police Division at 727-6111 or the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP. Tipsters can also send an anonymous tip via text message to the Crime Line by texting "HAMPTONPDTIPS plus your tip" to 274637 (CRIMES). Crime Line callers remain anonymous and never appear in court. If a Crime Line call results in an arrest, the caller is eligible for a reward up to $1,000.


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Some things just seem more dangerous -- and perhaps more thrilling -- when they're small. Like cars. And planes. And, for some investors, exchange-traded funds.
Currently, 33 of the 50 best-performing ETFs of 2013 are funds that began the year with less than $100 million in assets. The market-beating performance of these smaller ETFs has attracted $1.2 billion in new cash this year, compared to $3.8 billion pulled in by the 17 bigger ETFs.
While these up-and-comers are having their day in the sun, many experienced growing pains that potential investors in small ETFs should be aware of. Buying an ETF that has less than $100 million in assets and has rocketed up the charts is risky, and not just because you're buying momentum. Typically, the smaller the ETF, the less it trades and the wider the bid/ask spread, meaning that the prices at which you can buy or sell are pretty far apart. To mitigate this, investors can use a limit order instead of a market order when buying or selling a small ETF, or any ETF.
For many of these niche products, one year in the sun is what they need to become more viable to a wider range of investors. Their Catch-22 is that for them to be perceived as less risky money needs to flow in and boost volume, shrink spreads and remove the risk that the ETF will be closed for lack of assets. If an ETF does decide to close, it notifies investors at least 30 days in advance so they can sell their shares. Investors who purposely or unknowingly hold on to the ETF until the day of liquidation get the cash equivalent of the value of the assets at the time of sale -- which could be either more or less depending on how the ETF's sector is doing.
Here's a look at some of the more dramatic rags-to-riches stories of 2013. Each of these ETFs is up more than 30 percent and has broken through the all-important $100 million asset level. Potential buyers should be aware that, as the ads say, past performance is not indicative of the future.
1. Guggenheim Spin-Off ETF (CSD)
CSD, which tracks recently spun-off companies, has gone from $67 million to $280 million in assets, a 317 percent jump. It tries to capture the performance of companies in their growth spurt between six months and thirty months of being spun off. Half of CSD is in small-cap stocks; the other half is in mid- and large-cap stocks.
2. PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio (PBS)
Assets in PBS have risen from $86 million to $226 million, a 162 percent jump. Both traditional media and social media stocks have been on fire this year. This ETF gives a mixture of both with large allocations to Time Warner Inc. (TWX) and CBS Corp. (CBS), as well as LinkedIn Corp. (LNKD) and Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO). It's weighted based on a stock's fundamentals, such as its earnings and price momentum, as opposed to market capitalization.
3. DB X-Trackers MSCI Japan Hedged Equity Fund (DBJP)
DBJP has grown from $5 million to $157 million, a 3,040 percent rise in assets. It lives in the long shadow cast by the WisdomTree Japan Hedged ETF (DXJ), which has grown to $10.6 billion since its 2006 inception and which also hedges out yen exposure. DBJP'S 33 percent return so far this year is 5.6 percent more than that of DXJ. That's because DBJP holds three times more financial stocks, which have done very well this year, than DXJ.
4. PowerShares DWA SmallCap Technical Leaders Portfolio (DWAS)
DWAS has gone from $13 million to $302 million, a 2,223 percent jump. It tracks 200 small-cap stocks picked from a universe of 2,000 purely for their relative performance strength using technical analysis. This is a quasi-active ETF that is beating its competition, the iShares Russell 2000, by 10 percent over the past year.
5. iShares U.S. Insurance ETF (IAK)
IAK's assets have jumped from $81 million to $152 million, an 87 percent jump. It tracks a collection of insurance company stocks, which have been outpacing the broader financial sector this year. A recent S&P Capital IQ research note said that rising interest rates would benefit insurance companies and help IAK rise beyond its 33 percent return for the year to date.
Other niche ETFs that have broken through the $100 million barrier this year on 30 percent or above performance include the Guggenheim Solar ETF (TAN), iShares Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA), PowerShares Nasdaq Internet Portfolio (PNQI), iShares Broker-Dealers ETF (IAI) and the PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage Portfolio (PBJ).
It's reasonable to worry that money chasing after hot performance could cause fast-growing ETFs to crash and burn. That's why these ETFs are for speculative investors. Who like roadsters. And Cessnas.
Eric Balchunas is an exchange-traded-fund analyst at Bloomberg. More ETF data is available here, and weekly ETF podcasts can be found here.


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Kapital Kogin Socks
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Bucs' Coleman Leaves Sprains His Knee
Published 7:00 pm, Saturday, January 18, 2003
Tampa Bay offensive lineman Cosey Coleman was carted off the field with a sprained right knee in the second quarter of Sunday's NFC championship game against the Philadelphia Eagles.
Coleman was injured on a play in which Tampa Bay was penalized for a false start. But the officials did not get the action stopped before Aaron Stecker took a handoff and ran up the middle.
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Looking to have a Butterfly Release at my wedding in the Cancun area - any brides know of a vendor I can contact? Have any of you had a release? Either butterflies or doves ect. How was your experience?
Butterfly Release
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Originally Posted by TIGERLILYODP
This sounds lovely ! Especially butterflies .if you find anywhere that does it would you let me know please ?
me too
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awesome idea!
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hi did anyone find anywhere that does the butterfly release ? x
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Hola Ladies,
Hope you enjoy these images and I have a good web site to share with you:
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Originally Posted by TIGERLILYODP
hi do you organize butterfly release for weddings ?
Hi Tigerlulyodp,
We don't organize butterfly release for weddings, we are wedding photographers pleased to share our contacts to help you through the planning process.
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