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The Miami Heat got the repeat and LeBron James is the undeniable king of the court.
Like it or not, the Heat, established in 2010 to pile on titles, have played for one in each of their three seasons together and they've won the last two. It hasn't been a cakewalk. They've been tested along the way and even they acknowledge that their 2013 foe, the San Antonio Spurs, afforded the Heat new life when they couldn't close out Game 6. For the immortal Tim Duncan, coach Gregg Popovich, the rest of the Spurs and their legion of die-hard fans in South Texas, 94-89 with 28 ticks to the title will be tough to reconcile.
But give the Heat their due. Dwyane Wade put his bad wheel behind him and came to play. Shane Battier brushed off a brutal first five games with two high-impact performances, going 9-for-12 from beyond the arc. His 6-for-8 night in Game 7, making his first five, offset a strange scoreless game for Chris Bosh, Ray Allen and Mike Miller.
And finally, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra, 42 years old, has earned two championships. He made an adjustment to his starting lineup, sat Battier along the way, benched veteran Heat stalwart Udonis Haslem as well as Chris "Birdman" Andersen, who was so integral in the East finals. He used James to defend Tony Parker at just the right times and ultimately Spoelstra matched the wily Popovich step-for-step through seven wild games.
For one last time, here's a look at what went right and what went wrong in one of the most riveting NBA Finals in years.
Right: LeBron's fourth Finals started slowly with 18, 17 and 15 points in the first three games, and again the criticism came hot and heavy: Not assertive enough; needs to score more; no killer instinct. Wrong, wrong and wrong. He scored no fewer than 25 in the next four games and at least 32 in three. His Games 6 and 7 totals: 69 points, 22 rebounds, 15 assists and five steals. Yes, his two turnovers at the end of a brilliant fourth quarter in Game 6 looked to be the start of a long summer of LeBron bashing, but his 3-pointer helped to save the day as the Spurs collapsed in those final 28 seconds. He was sensational in Game 7 with 37 points — that included five 3-pointers as the Spurs dared him to shoot it — and 12 rebounds. The four-time regular-season MVP deserved his second Finals MVP averaging 25.3 ppg, 10.9 rpg and 7.9 apg.
Wrong: Duncan waited six grueling years to get back to the Finals for a shot at a fifth championship. He had never before swallowed defeat and the bitter taste of this loss will linger. Game 6 will burn for a long time, but so will the short running hook he missed with 48.9 seconds left with a chance to tie the game, and the ensuing tip that wouldn't go. Back at the defensive end, Duncan slapped the floor in disgust and moments later James drilled an open jumper to make it 92-88 Heat with 27.9 seconds to go. He wouldn't get another shot opportunity. At 37, Duncan had a phenomenal season and a terrific playoffs. His 30 points and 17 rebounds in Game 6 should have been enough to seal the deal and his 24 points, 12 rebounds and four steals in Game 7 proved he has plenty left to go for it again.
Right: Bad knee and all, Wade left the drama behind and just balled. In the final three games, Wade put up two double-doubles with 25 points and 10 assists in Game 5 and 23 points and 10 rebounds in Game 7 that included a critical first-half onslaught of 14 points and six rebounds.
Wrong: Wade's counterpart, Manu Ginobili, had his one shining moment in Game 5, but otherwise struggled through a regrettable Finals and postseason. Not that he didn't put it all out there because Ginobili knows no other way to play. He battled through the good and bad in Game 7 to post 18 points and five assists, but he had four more turnovers to give him 12 in the last two games. All four came in the final quarter and the last one, a wild drive ending in an errant pass with 23.8 seconds to go ended all hope.
Right: Popovich hasn't been shy about tabbing second-year forward Kawhi Leonard as the future face of the Spurs franchise, and now the world knows why. Leonard, who valiantly took on the unenviable task of guarding James, was everywhere in Games 6 and 7, amassing 41 points, 17 rebounds and four steals. He missed a crucial free throw late in Game 6, but the San Diego State product's future is extremely bright. As Popovich said after Game 7: "Leonard is a star in the making."
Wrong: Tony Parker and Danny Green suffered unthinkable free-falls that the Spurs ultimately could not overcome. Parker didn't use the Grade 1 strain of his hamstring as an excuse and he really couldn't because he went 10-for-14 from the floor for 26 points in Game 5. But in Games 6 and 7, Parker went 9-for-35, including 6-for-23 in Game 7. In the Spurs' four losses, Parker shot 32.3 percent (21-for-65). Green was having a storybook Finals, knocking down 25-for-38 from 3-point range through the first five games. He set a new Finals record for most 3-pointers made and he was shooting for the record for most 3s in any playoff series. But the well dried up as the Heat applied great pressure. Green went 2-for-11 from beyond the arc in the final two games. In the first five games he made three, four, five, six and seven 3-pointers. In the last two, he made one in each. After three games he was the leading scorer in the Finals and through five games he had scored no fewer than 10 points. In Games 6 and 7 he scored eight combined.
Right: Mario Chalmers doesn't always get the job done, which is why Spoelstra occasionally benched the point guard, but the Heat aren't celebrating today without his gutsy play in Games 6 and 7. Chalmers totaled 13 points on 4-for-19 shooting and 25.3 mpg in the middle three games in San Antonio. In the final two games he totaled 34 points on 13-for-26 shooting and 41.5 mpg while outplaying Parker. He proved especially crucial in Game 6 with 20 points that included 4-for-5 from beyond the arc.
Wrong: Popovich has earned the respect he receives, but it doesn't mean he's beyond reproach. He made strategic decisions late in Games 6 and 7 that didn't work out and Popovich should explain those moves when asked. That's how this business works. Late in both games, Popovich put the ball in the hands of the turnover-prone Ginobili instead of Parker, who was taken out of the game for a late possession in Game 6 and was sitting on the bench in Game 7 with 27.9 seconds to go and the Spurs with the ball trailing by four. Ginobili drove, got caught in the air under the basket and tossed an awful pass that was easily intercepted by James. It was Ginobili's fourth turnover of the fourth quarter. Parker, who was having a rough night shooting, no doubt, is typically quite secure with the ball and had two turnovers all game. After the game, Popovich was asked by a San Antonio reporter why Parker was not in the game: "Because that's what I decided to do," Popovich answered. The reporter followed up: "Can you elaborate on that?" Popovich said: "No." It seems Spurs fans have the right to understand why their All-Star point guard was sitting at the most critical juncture of the season. Even if the coach has earned the benefit of the doubt.


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Make your Envy printer setup process busy using this document. Stick on to our HP envy 5034 setup to make the setup process easy. To start the setup process takes the printer out of the box and removes all the packing materials. Save those packing materials since they can be recycled. Based on HP envy 5034 setup, Connect one end of the power cord to the rear end of the printer and connect another end of the power cord to the power outlet. You can set your printer's preferences on the printer's control panel. Load Stack of paper into the input tray and install the ink cartridges in their specified slots. Download the printer driver software from the CD that came along with printer or download the software from the HP official website.
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Make use of the ink cartridge that came along with your printer, since it yields high-quality printing. Your HP printer usually comes with black and tri-color ink cartridges. Start the process by opening the ink cartridge access door and with HP envy 5034 setup. Make sure that the ink cartridges carriage is at laze and quite before starting the installation process. Gently take the ink cartridge out of its package, carefully remove the black plastic of the ink cartridge. Don't touch copper-colored contacts or the ink nozzles of the ink cartridge, don't replace or touch the protective tape of the contacts, since handling these parts may result in ink clogs, ink failure and other bad electrical connections.
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In Other Carl Icahn News: Activist Becomes Transocean's Biggest Holder
By Debbie Cai
Maybe this will be Bill Ackman's next short target.
Activist investor Carl Icahn increased his stake in Transocean Ltd. to 5.6% and urged the company to declare a $4-a-share dividend, saying he believes the company's shares are undervalued.
The position makes Mr. Icahn the biggest holder in the company, according to FactSet.
Shares were up 2.5% to $58.20 after hours. The stock is up 26% over the past six months.
According to a regulatory filing, Mr. Icahn and his affiliates have had talks with Transocean management and plan to have further discussions with them. Mr. Icahn "strongly believes" Transocean should return capital to shareholders and should declare a per-share dividend of at least $4.


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Shares of the world's largest construction and mining equipment maker Caterpillar Inc look poised to rise as the economic recovery picks up, financial newspaper Barron's said on Sunday.
Caterpillar rose 2.7 percent to $86.98 on Friday following positive U.S. economic news, which may be a good entry point for investors with a 12- to 24-month horizon, the article said.
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The company's stock rose to around $100 in February from $80 in November as markets felt better about the state of the global economy, but have fallen since.
Barron's said further global growth worries could take the shares back down to $80, but said Caterpillar's 2.4 percent dividend yield "should ease the pain. Meanwhile, the stock should hit double digits again."
The stock is trading at an enterprise value - net debt plus market capitalization - of 8.5 times, which is below its historical median of 11.2 times.
Barron's said Caterpillar has made progress on cost cutting and said its inventories have been falling. It also pointed to the fact that Caterpillar made money during the 2008-2009 global recession, and said the company has a strong balance sheet and benefits from being the leader in a business with high entry barriers.
"When companies like that go on sale - and Caterpillar seems cheap - their shares are usually worth a look. At these levels, the stock seems to discount a lot of bad news," the newspaper said.
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This banana bread recipe is the best I've ever tasted and will melt in your mouth at first bite. Not only is it sweet and moist (you'll love the hint of cinnamon) but quick and easy to make! It's perfect for everyone with a healthy option that uses honey instead of sugar. Most homemade bread recipes take hours to make but this one is fast and simple because there's no yeast and no kneading. It's perfect for breakfast, snack or as a dessert…and there may not be any leftovers after your first bite. So what are you waiting for? Grab your loaf pan and let's get baking!
This has been my go-to banana bread recipe for years. Whenever I have bananas that are almost past the point of no return, I whip out this recipe. Not only do I love the fact that it takes under 15 minutes to get this bread in the oven but it also freezes well which makes it perfect to make and enjoy later!
Super Moist Banana Bread
3 medium Bananas
3/4 cup Sugar
1/4 cup Vegetable Oil
1 Egg
1 1/2 cups All Purpose Flour
1 1/2 teaspoons Baking Powder
1/4 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 tablespoon Cinnamon (less if you're not a fan of cinnamon)
Healthy Option
Substitute 1/2 cup of honey for the sugar.
- Preheat your oven to 350.
- Mash your bananas. (I generally use bananas that are almost brown so they are nice and soft. I place them in the mixer and they mash while I'm getting the rest of the ingredients together.)
- Add the egg, sugar (or honey) and cooking oil to your bananas.
- Add the dry ingredients to your banana mixture and stir just until moistened.
- Spray the bottom and sides of a loaf pan with cooking spray. Cook for 50-55 minutes, or until a cake tester (or toothpick) inserted in middle comes out clean.
- Allow pan to cool for 10 minutes on a cooling rack.
- To remove the bread from the pan, first run a butter knife around the edges of the bread (this will ensure that the bread isn't stuck to the pan.) Turn the pan over onto your wire rack and your beautiful loaf of bread should come out clean as a whistle.
- Allow your bread to fully cool on your wire rack.
Recipe adapted from Better Homes and Garden Cookbook.
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INSIGHTS: George Balanchine's 'Ballo della Regina'
Legendary Balanchine ballerina Merrill Ashley discusses the ballet that made her a star! Discover what makes Ballo della Regina "sparkle" in our latest INSIGHTS video and see it at the Broward Center during Program I: First Ventures this weekend! Get your ticket now!
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by William H. Woodwell, Jr.
The League of Women Voters devotes these pages to a special call for action by the next Administration on four priority issues: climate change, which threatens our environment, our economy and public health; our health care system, which currently leaves 47 million Americans uninsured, while wreaking havoc on the economy because of skyrocketing costs; our immigration system, which has not addressed the status of 12 million unauthorized immigrants living and working in the United States and is incapable of dealing with either legal or illegal immigration; and the growing inequality in wealth and incomes that threatens the very fabric of our society, turning the United States into a land where the rich keep getting richer and everyone else struggles just to get by. The League believes significant progress is possible on each of these four issues. It's time to stop the partisanship and political wrangling. It's time for real action to build a better, stronger America.
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Early voting and the use of "vote centers" are just two innovations that elections officials around the country are experimenting with in their efforts to make the voting process more efficient and more convenient—to put the "service" back into "Voters Services." This article presents the thoughts of elections officials in various locales across the country. Included are the early voting experiences of Clark County, NV, and Travis County, TX, and the "vote center" innovations in Larimer County, CO, and Boone County, MO.
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|What are the rules and regulations for truckers in California?
The trucking industry in California is regulated by the following agencies:
For air emissions regulations, contact the Air Resources Board (ARB). The ARB contact information is on this Caltrans web page: http://www.dot.ca.gov/trafficops/trucks/cargo.html.
For drivers license or vehicle registration, contact the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). http://www.dmv.ca.gov
For inspections, highway safety and laws, contact the California Highway Patrol (CHP) at (916)843-3400. http://www.chp.ca.gov/
For licensing of household goods carriers and tour buses, contact the California Public Utilities Commission at (800) 877-8867. http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/
For fuel taxes contact the California Board of Equalization at (916) 322-9669. http://www.boe.ca.gov/
For hauling animals, crops and produce, contact the California Department of Food & Agriculture at (916) 654-0466. http://www.cdfa.ca.gov
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Office of Truck Services web page at http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/traffops/trucks/ is the portal to
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FontExplorerOctober 12, 2005
Cross one off my to-do list: Linotype's new (free) FontExplorer X made the rounds last month when it originally launched, but I finally got a chance to install it the other day. On the off chance you use OS X and haven't heard about it yet, now you have. A Windows version is coming shortly. When it's available for both platforms, consider it a must-have tool.
Why would you need a font manager? Because you have hundreds or thousands of fonts installed on your computer. (If not, then obviously you don't need one.)
While probably not as true these days, there was a time when a large collection of type would eat up memory pretty quickly. Even with vast stores of RAM though, who wants to scroll through hundreds upon hundreds of fonts every time you want to select Zapfino? A font manager allows you to turn on and off at will only the fonts you need. A good one will also offer quick previews and customizable collections so that you can better organize your type.
FontExplorer has plenty of other goodies up its sleeve, too; it's basically iTunes for fonts, including things like ratings and smart lists. There's even a built-in font store. And oh did I mention it's completely free?
I've just started banging the tires, but already I can see why the rave reviews are pouring in. Here's one of my favourite pleasant discoveries: you can use the Comment field as a list of tags, and then later filter them with smart lists or searches. So you could create a list that includes all fonts except those tagged with UltraCondensed, Dingbat, and Ornamental, for example. One minor annoyance is that you can't add comments for entire families, only individual faces. That causes a bit of extra work in the short term, but it's no deal-breaker.
Linotype has done an excellent job with FontExplorer, and I can genuinely see it changing the way I use type. It can't hurt them that a free tool this good will only serve to inspire loyalty. I know I'll be throwing more of my font dollars their way as a direct result.
Thank goodness. The font manager included with OS X just does not get it done for me. I also tried Suitcase, but it seemed to bulky, as well. Hopefully FontExplorer will be viable solution. And at such a nice price tag, I think it's, at least, worth a try.
There's nothing worse than trying to browse through hundreds of fonts trying to pick the right one out for a design in photoshop while using "The down ↓ arrow Key" It gets annoying because you have to look at the fonts one at a time and the text needs to be hilighted for it to change (so you get this retro neon color on a black background).
This is definitely reason now to stick around for the Windows release. I'll be looking forward to it.
"A Windows version is coming shortly."
Yes! Can't wait. (Although, knowing my luck, it'll come out when I switch over to OS X)
For Windows users, while you're waiting, you might like "The Font Thing" (http://members.ozemail.com.au/~scef/tft.html
It's a freeware font viewer/manager that I find pretty handy. It hasn't been updated in awhile, but it's a nice little utility to have in your toolbox until FontExplorer for Windows is released.
Dustin: in Photoshop when you are previewing fonts you can hit command+h and it will hide the highlight. Hope that helps :)
As far as the software I'd like to try it but does it have auto activation? That is one feature that I love about suitcase.
I downloaded it recently, and I absolutely love it.
I used Suitcase for years, I've owned every version since 1 or 2 (I don't remember - too long ago) and this is the first application that I think even comes close to Suitcase's feature set.
But for free, it blows Suitcase out of the water.
I highly recommend FontExplorerX.
I'm a little worried about what I've done eith this tool. First of all, it created a folder of removed fonts on my desktop which I immediately wanted to move elsewhere but worried that it could break the system somehow. I also don't like the fact that it creates a folder in my home directory, and attempting to move it elsewhere is fruitless (next time it's launched it re-creates that folder). Lastly, fonts that display fine in PhotoShop, that are supposedly enabled in Linotyp FontExplorer are showing up in that app as diamonds with question marks. I think they need to provide some preferences that you can set at startup, asking where you'd like stuff stored, otherwise problems like this can occur. I'm not sure what I should do to rectify the problems now!
Been waiting impatiently for a Windows version of FontExplorer X since I first heard of it.
@Chris King: While I find the Font Thing a bit lacking in font managing and sorting it is a nice little tool.
@Christpher Brewers: Thanks, I've thinking there should be something like that, but for some reason never bothered to check…
I too have found Font Explorer an interesting alternative to Font Book. However if I want to preview asian fonts, the preveiw shows diamonds with question marks. And increasing the size of the preview, the text is cut off. But it is good and hopefully will become more polished.
For Windows users another nice tool for easy grouping
and installing/uninstalling is FontHit Font Tools
hm nice tool can't wait when it comes to Windows, btw hmm what about
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Planehook Aviation Services president David Hook — and General Aviation News blogger — reports that his company's magazine, "General Aviation Security," is now available to general aviators worldwide, thanks to the distribution power of Magzter.
"The general aviation community is a global community," stated Hook. "Thanks to our teaming with Magzter, General Aviation Security now makes it possible for aviators everywhere to stay current on the security and safety issues unique to general aviation."
In its latest issue, General Aviation Security examines flying training. The flagship article "Where Are the Women" examines why male pilots outnumber female pilots by more than 14-to-one in the United States. Contributing author-aviatrixes tell of their experiences and give their points of view as to why there aren't more women in the ranks of general aviation pilots.
General Aviation Security, a quarterly digest, is in its third year of publication and is the product of the media division of Planehook Aviation Services, LLC. Planehook, in its ninth year, provides consulting services to general aviation airports, flight schools, corporate flight departments, and other flying organizations on cost-effective ways to protect general aviation assets.


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It seems that just about every where you go this holiday season you're going to be seeing tablets and e-readers. With the rate Apple is going, we might see the iPad at corner gas stations soon, but this is leaving the stand-alone e-readers in a bit of a pickle. Up until now you have had to go to a bunch of individual stores to see all the different e-readers such as the nook and the Kobo, but starting next week you're going to be able to find a much easier way to comparison shop the models.
Lets break this down for you by the readers.
Amazon Kindle
While Amazon doesn't have any big news about new retail partnerships, it has made an announcement about a fairly significant new feature. While there was one piece of news in regards to the Kindle apps on other devices, there was also some major news about what is coming to the primary devices:
[…] later this year, we will be introducing lending for Kindle, a new feature that lets you loan your Kindle books to other Kindle device or Kindle app users. Each book can be lent once for a loan period of 14-days and the lender cannot read the book during the loan period. Additionally, not all e-books will be lendable – this is solely up to the publisher or rights holder, who determines which titles are enabled for lending.
While the nook has done this since launch, this is something totally new for the Kindle, and something consumers have been waiting to come about.
Barnes & Noble nook
There is a mysterious event happening on Tuesday the 26th around the nook, but it looks pretty clear that it will be a new model, with some sources even saying it'll be a new color model that will still be readable in sunlight. Supposedly this new model will sell for $249, and it will not totally supplant the original e-ink version as CNET is reporting that the original is still receiving updates.
Whatever this announcement is next week, one thing is for sure and that is the nook will be available in 2,500 Walmart stores across the country this holiday season. If it is just the original version or this rumored new model remains to be seen.
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Borders' Kobo e-reader is getting updated on Nov. 1 with Wi-Fi connectivity, a faster processor and more colors, all while selling for a new lower price of $140.
The other big news is that the Kobo is also going to be popping up in Walmart stores this holiday season, meaning that the giant retailer's electronics section is going to be looking just a tad bit different this year with all of the new displays.
How Will This New E-Reader Battlefield Shake Out?
Amazon has the Kindle over at Target, but no word on it coming to Walmart. The nook and Kobo will now be sitting beside Sony e-readers and the iPad, making for the first time so many of these devices are in one store location. I would imagine everyone will see an increase in sales, but it still makes you wonder what really should be the winner here. Personally I've avoided the stand-alone e-readers because I simply couldn't make up my mind which I wanted. I have the apps for all of them on my iPad, which I admit is not the perfect reading experience, but perhaps I will be able to finally settle on a reader as it will be easier for me to try them all out in person.
With the entrance into Walmart stores, a chain that is almost as common as Starbucks, this is the best shot the companies have had at penetrating the mass market yet. Not every town has a Barnes & Noble or a Borders which makes it difficult for people to plunk down so much money on a device they aren't even sure they'll like. Putting them in the hands of consumers is the way to win them over, and this is the best solution.
While I doubt the nook or Kobo will surpass the Kindle any time soon, Amazon may want to consider having a little chit chat with Walmart sooner rather than later.
What say you? Are you getting more interested in buying an e-reader?


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First-generation students blazing new trails for their families
There's a certain sense of apprehension, excitement and fear – all rolled into one – that comes with being the first to do something in your family. You set the tone; you set the pace. All eyes are on you as you represent generations in your quest.
Getting a college education brings enough trepidation itself without adding the burden of being the first in your family to do so. Yet year after year, students who are the first in their family to pursue a degree enroll at colleges across the world.
Called "first-generation students" by researchers, these students are blazing new trails and bringing a new dimension to their families. And they're arriving in droves, at least at Wayland Baptist University.
According to figures compiled by the Office of Enrollment Management, more than half of the past two classes of incoming freshmen – defined as students who have never attended any college previously – consisted of first-generation students. The data is gleaned from the students' self-provided answers on the Noel-Levitz Survey, which compiles demographic data as well as information on students' academic, social and financial situations, their motivators and study habits. Noel-Levitz defines first-generation students as those without a parent having a college degree, allowing for students whose parents may have attended briefly. In either situation, these first-generation coeds face challenges, but they're meeting them head-on at Wayland.
"I think it's a positive sign that we are serving those in our area even though they're coming from backgrounds where their parents don't have college degrees," said Dr. Claude Lusk, vice president for enrollment management, of the high numbers at WBU. "It just stands to reason since this is our feeder area and the number of Hale County residents with a degree is low."
Lusk said the trend doesn't surprise him, especially since he's seen Wayland take a proactive approach to helping local students obtain education, specifically with programs like the Plainview Educational Partnership (PEP) and other scholarship endeavors. Revamping Wayland's freshman orientation course, now called "Foundations of University Life," was a big part of helping new students succeed, no matter what their background.
"This class is really helping all of our students, making a concerted effort to equip them to succeed and reducing the attrition rate," Lusk said. "These students are making a more successful transition into college by learning time management, stress management, study skills and things that all students need."
Rey Rodriguez, a sophomore from Plainview, is a first-generation student in the true sense; neither his father, Manuel Rodriguez, nor his mother, Rosa, ever attended college. As the fifth of six children, Rodriguez enrolled in Wayland last fall to pursue a degree in business, minoring in religion. Confined to a motorized wheelchair, Rodriguez decided to stay at home for his education since his parents would be close by to transport him. For him, the decision to attend college was never an issue.
"My parents have always told us to go to college," Rodriguez said. "They didn't want us to do it the hard way like they did. They've been successful, but it was a lot of hard work."
Rodriguez has a strong support system in his quest for a degree. He's had three siblings before him go to school, and he feels his parents are both supportive and important in the process. His mother, a homemaker, brings him to the campus four days a week and to other events in which he wants to participate.
Like Rey, junior Mary Daniels is the first in her family to ever attend college. A 2001 junior-year graduate of Plainview High School, Mary has set a pattern of achieving her goals, and education plays a big role in that.
"I wanted to go into the military first and let that help me pay for college, but I wasn't able to," she said. "I decided to pursue college, and several of my friends encouraged me to come to Wayland."
Daniels admits the idea of college was intimidating at first and she wasn't sure what to expect. Now, with graduation looming in December 2006, Daniels has obviously gotten over that initial fear. A criminal justice major at Wayland, she even plans to continue her education through the doctoral level, hoping for a career in counseling or with the Federal Bureau of Investigations.
Though she never recalled anyone really pushing college for her, Daniels finds herself in the recruiting role these days. She's already encouraging a younger brother and sister and several cousins to pursue higher education.
Other first-generation students come from families where parents attended college but never earned a degree. In most cases, those parents tend to heavily encourage their children to pursue and complete at least their bachelor's degrees, cognizant of the need for a degree in today's workforce.
That's Lauren Shipman's story. A sophomore from Anderson who's majoring in English, Shipman's parents both attended some college in their younger years.
"I don't know why they didn't go back, and they always say they regret that," she said. "It was just expected for me to go to school. They said if we can go, we're going to… they are pretty determined."
"My dad made a very good living for our family, but he's had to work very hard for it, and he still does," she added. "They want us to have more opportunities."
Whitney Gardenhire has a similar testimony. Her parents both attended school but didn't graduate.
"They've always encouraged me to go to college, but they didn't push," she said. "They always said they wished they'd finished so they would have had more opportunities… that's why they wanted me to at least try it."
Gardenhire, a sophomore business major from Albany, said her family has been supportive of her endeavors and she in turn is encouraging other siblings to follow in her footsteps.
"I think both of my younger brothers will love school, and I am being a Wayland recruiter for them," she said.


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Acknowledgment timeout specifies the maximum time (imqAckTimeout) to wait for a broker acknowledgment before throwing an exception.
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Connection flow control limits the number of payload messages (imqConnectionFlowLimit) that can be held pending on a connection, waiting to be consumed. When the limit is reached, delivery of payload messages to the connection is suspended until the number of messages awaiting consumption falls below the limit. Use of this feature is controlled by a boolean flag (imqConnectionFlowLimitEnabled).
Consumer flow control limits the number of payload messages (imqConsumerFlowLimit) that can be held pending for any single consumer, waiting to be consumed. (This limit can also be specified as a property of a specific queue destination, consumerFlowLimit.) When the limit is reached, delivery of payload messages to the consumer is suspended until the number of messages awaiting consumption, as a percentage of imqConsumerFlowLimit, falls below the limit specified by the imqConsumerFlowThreshold attribute. This helps improve load balancing among multiple consumers by preventing any one consumer from starving others on the same connection.
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From the coffered ceiling to flagship fireplace, this stunning Cynthia Soda design was a sure fit for the cover of our 2017 fall issue of Beautiful Design Made Simple magazine. Now, we're disclosing all of the design details in an exclusive interview with Cynthia herself.
First things first. The stonework is breathtaking. Can you walk us through the selection and design process of this flagship fireplace?
The modern linear fireplace was something the clients really wanted in their new home. We chose a large format porcelain tile with some iridescence as its surround to create drama and add polish to the space. The depth of color and sheen in the tile also helps to maintain the focus on that elevation between the floating shelves and large TV above the fireplace.
Let's talk supporting décor. What's the secret to perfectly styled built-in shelving?
We chose a "less-is-more" approach to styling the shelves. Some pieces our clients already had, so once we took an inventory of what was existing we shopped for complementing pieces in finishes and textures that we wanted to accentuate in the space. For example, we have a lot of mixed metals throughout their main level, so we carried that story onto the shelves with some of the more sculptural pieces. We keep the shelving story personal with items our clients want to display, add some greenery and group items into smaller vignettes on each shelf. For us, the complementing and contrasting colors, textures and negative space around each grouping help showcase the items on display.
Tell us about the flooring. Species? Style? Stain?
The floor is a solid Yellow Birch Komodo. It's a medium grey-brown tone with little to no visible grain in a matte finish which helped set the tone for the rest of the finishes we used in the space. It has enough depth to ground the space, but it's matte finish and variegated tones make it easy to maintain.
The coffered ceiling is nothing short of spectacular. How does this feature change the look and feel of this space?
Thank you! I'm not a huge fan of pot lights everywhere so we like to explore different ways to light a space whenever possible. Our clients already wanted a waffle-style ceiling; we just didn't want to see the center of each square home to a pot light. We took it to the next level by creating a dropped ceiling cove light detail which adds an element of pattern and texture to the space. The soft glow of the dimmable overhead lighting allows our clients to control the amount of light in their space and the result feels elegant and warm. We wanted the focus to be on the quality of light in the room, not on the light fixture itself. Rarely do we look up in residential spaces, but in this space, there's a reason to take notice.
The marble and metal coffee table adds such elegance. What was your inspiration behind this piece?
Once we finalized the main finishes (floors, walls, tiled areas etc.), we put together a vision board with pieces that had the patterns, textures and finishes we wanted to see in the space. We chose the white marble table with the brass-gold leg detail to carry the polished metal and white tones into the foreground of the living room. Even though it's a young family home, there's still room for elegance and the marble table adds that without stealing the show. If we had selected something with a wood top, the feeling in the room would be very different. The marble table sets the tone for the sophisticated-chic vibe we wanted to create.
We love the understated pops of color against the primarily dark backdrop. Can you speak to the overall goal for the palette of this space?
Our clients are fun loving and were open to our suggestions. Since it is a primarily dramatic backdrop, we kept the sofas and area rug light and neutral in order to play with jewel tones. The purple felt like a fun and natural suggestion since it complements the yellow tone of the chair and brass table legs. Even though we were going for sophisticated-chic, we wanted the room to feel approachable and light. The little pop of animal print is fun too and is a nod to the stools we had made across the way in the kitchen.
We simply love the drapery in this room. How did you approach this element and at what point during the design process?
We had the idea for the graphic drapery early on when we had selected the fabrics for the space. Our original fabric selection didn't fit the budget though, so we sourced an alternate option through our fabric suppliers to give us the same effect and meet our needs. We used a lined sheer with a high contrast pattern adding a dramatic frame to the large window overlooking the backyard. We ordered the drapery once the furniture was finalized so it all came together at once.
Last but certainly not least... Seating. If you could offer only one piece of advice for the ever-important selection of living room seating, what would it be and why?
You need to start off with a good plan. Consider the layout and flow of your room and adjacent spaces when you plan your seating arrangement. Since this living room is open to the eat-in kitchen area, we wanted to keep the layout easily approachable for entertaining and even incorporated a swivel chair as a connecting element between the two spaces. It's important to consider who will be using the space and what they will be doing there i.e.: watching TV, playing board games on the cocktail table, having conversations across the room, etc. Orienting two large sofas facing each other with a table between them creates a conversation zone, while chairs at one end create another. Scale and proportion play a huge role in the comfort and final selection of your furniture and as soon as you have a plan, you can select your pieces knowing they will contribute to a comfortable functioning space.
Cynthia Soda is the Principal Designer of Soda Pop Design Inc.
Soda Pop Design Inc. is a multi-disciplinary interior design firm providing complete custom renovation and design services for residential and commercial clients throughout the GTA. Soda Pop Design focuses on merging the client's lifestyle, personality and architecture to create customized livable luxury. @csodapop
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LA Auto Show: Bentley brings Continental GT3 to North America: US and China battling it out for sales crown
November 28, 2012
About the Los Angeles Auto Show
Bentley's big news at the Los Angeles Auto Show had to do with the neck-and-neck race between China and the US for sales supremacy. China had us in in the first quarter, but we came back in the second and third. Bentley's Christophe Georges seems to think that Q4 will tip in the Americans' favor, but how long can we keep the plutocratic heat turned up against the Middle Kingdom's juggernaut? Time, and the sales figures of very expensive Anglo-German automobiles, will tell.
Walter Owen's spiritual children trotted out the Continental GT Speed and the Mulsanne Mulliner Driving Specification for the Angeleno audience to ogle, but the car everyone's eyes fell upon was the Continental GT3 concept, making its North American debut after zapping the Parisian audience awake earlier this year. The prototype GT racer (as opposed to a prototype prototype racer) will apparently make its debut roughly a year from now, though Bentley hasn't announced which race will mark the marque's return to motorsport.
The 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show takes place Nov. 28 through Dec. 9. In keeping with the Southern California lifestyle, the LA auto show is usually a showcase for green cars, hybrid vehicles and electric transportation. But sports cars - especially convertibles - also command the spotlight. Check out Autoweek's complete coverage of the Los Angeles Auto Show here.


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The news this week that Ford is back in the black, and impressive how they did so without becoming a ward of the US taxpayer. Coincidentally, I took a look at two of the company's latest cars to see what they are doing with installing technology there, and came away with mixed feelings. Yes, they are moving in the right direction, albeit clumsily. And while few people buy a car because of the installed computing features, they are becoming a bigger part of the usage equation as we spend more time commuting and working from our cars.
Ford has two very different computing programs underway, and sadly they are mutually exclusive by design. The latest effort is called Ford Work Solutions, and it is only available on its truck line. The system is based on having a touch screen Windows CE 6.5 inch display in the dash, running a wide variety of software programs including a suite of office apps (but not the real MS Office), LogMeIn, GPS, entertainment controls, and more. Yes, that LogMeIn. It comes with a wide variety of confusing options, including a Bluetooth keyboard, printer, and cellular broadband data modem for Internet connectivity. The ideal target buyer is a building contractor who needs to work from the job site, or a delivery service. You can create documents and print them out in the cab, do a remote control session back to your office to pick up some data, and surf the Web to answer customer queries. The touch screen is a bit clunky, because some of the controls are designed for fingers on the screen rather than on the keyboard, but by and large it seemed well thought out. For example, you can't operate the PC when driving.
But I just couldn't shake the feeling that I was going back to the early days of WebTV, and using technology that was already obsolete before its time found its way into many current hotel rooms. Part of the challenge that car makers have is that by the time a computer is installed in the vehicle, it is out of date. Granted, this is a computer that you don't have to worry too much about -- Ford claims it will withstand brutal environmental conditions -- but it still is a Windows CE based device that is closer to my Uverse TV settop box or my mobile phone than the PC that I am using to write this essay.
The in-dash PC comes with a few handy things, though. It has SD card and USB ports right there on the dash so you can import files or connect to external data sources. You can synch up your phone's contacts and do voice command dialing. It has the GPS display and your audio system controls so you don't have to hunt around for them. And there is an optional tool tracking software where you can stick RFID tags on your tools and instantly do a census before you leave a job site and make sure you got everything back in the truck before you leave. There is also a vehicle tracking and scheduling software called Crew Chief that one Chicago pizza delivery company is using to match demand with supply, as the trucks have their own baking ovens that can finish the pies and get them piping hot to their customers. That seems to offer the most promise, if you can figure out the options.
Ford has done a mediocre job of getting the word out about Work Solutions. They haven't any press loaners to try anywhere in the country -- I had to find one locally that was being used by one of their corporate dealer trainers.The company Web site has some information, but it doesn't satisfy anyone who has moderate tech knowledge, and indeed asks more questions than it answers. They could do better and appeal to more IT-minded potential buyers, rather than the big and brawny Joe SixPack contractors. (Actually, the contractor that my interior designer wife currently uses has a pretty sophisticated Web site that tracks his job progress and tasks, but that is story for another essay.) Each truck has to be specially ordered with the computer factory installed, so you can't just walk in off the lot and drive one home. They aren't all that expensive as computer options go -- the monthly fees for the cellular modem and LogMeIn is probably the biggest obstacle just because people don't normally think their car needs an additional monthly payment for communications. And there are a confusing array of options and add-ons, which is why the dealers need training here. The biggest issue is that they aren't available in their sedans. I shouldn't have to buy a pickup truck, or even their sexy Transit Connects (which you see all over Europe and are just being imported here) to get a measly WinCE PC.
Why not just spend your money on a laptop with a cellular modem and call it a day? You can get a "real" PC with a bigger screen and put whatever apps on it you desire, and still have the connectivity back to your office or Internet access if you need it. The only trouble is that you either have to leave your laptop at risk inside your car or have to tote it around with you. If you are a contractor or a delivery person or someone else constantly on the go, it might make sense to go with the in-dash PC.
What about the other Ford tech package? This is the Sync software that they developed with Microsoft. It is designed for a character-mode display and isn't a real computer in the sense of even a CE-based device. It can sync up with your cell phone, offer turn by turn navigation instructions (but not a visual display of the landscape), and automatically mute the radio when an incoming call is detected for your cell phone. This is available on most of the newer model cars, and Ford will throw in the navigation package free if you buy other options for Sync. Or so I was led to believe. Again, figuring out all these options is maddening, and why so many of us run screaming from our local car dealers.
Now, you should know that I have rather quirky car buying habits: I have only owned cars for about 25 years, roughly half my life, and only bought one Big Three American car over that period (my current car was made in Canada and is actually offered by Ford, although I bought the Toyota version). I don't drive it enough to consider the Work Solutions package even if it were available in a sedan.
While I give Ford credit for trying to add some interesting technology to their vehicles, they have a long way to go before many people will choose to use it. Yet it is noteworthy in that they are attempting to go after a part of the market that the other car makers have ignored: road warriors that want to get work done in their cars, and not just deliver fancy infotainment systems. Now if they could appeal to the nerds they might have a winner.


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2015: R&B singer Percy Sledge, best known for his No. 1 hit "When a Man Loves a Women," dies of liver cancer at age 74 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Sledge was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005. [ + - ]
2010: Nearly 2,700 are killed in a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Yushu, Qinghai, China. [ + - ]
2008: Northwest Airlines announces that it would be merging with Delta Air Lines to form the world's largest airline. The merger was approved on Oct. 29, 2008, with the combined airline using the Delta name and branding. [ + - ]
2007: Don Ho, the Hawaiian and traditional pop musician and singer famous for his song "Tiny Bubbles," dies of heart failure at age 76 in Honolulu, Hawaii. [ + - ]
2003: The Human Genome Project is completed with 99 percent of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99 percent. [ + - ]
1996: Actress Abigail Breslin, known for movies such as "Signs," "Little Miss Sunshine," "Zombieland" and "August: Osage County," is born in New York City. She earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for "Little Miss Sunshine" at age 10, making her one of the youngest actresses ever to be nominated for an Oscar. [ + - ]
1995: Actor and singer Burl Ives, best known for movies such as "East of Eden," "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "The Big Country," and the 1964 stop-motion animated family special "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," dies from complications of oral cancer at age 85 in Anacortes, Washington. Ives, who composed the title song to "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," voiced Sam the Snowman, the banjo-playing narrator of the special. His "A Holly Jolly Christmas" and "Silver and Gold" became Christmas standards after being featured in the show. He also won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in "The Big Country." [ + - ]
1994: In a friendly fire incident during Operation Provide Comfort in northern Iraq, two United States Air Force F-15 fighter jets mistakenly shoot-down two U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, killing all 26 people on board, including military personnel and civilians from the U.S., United Kingdom, France,Turkey, and the Kurdish community. After an investigation, several Air Force officers received administrative discipline but only one, Jim Wang, an Air Force airborne warning and control system crew member, was tried by military court-martial, in which he was acquitted. [ + - ]
1986: Hailstones the size of grapefruit fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92 people. The hailstones weighed in at 2.2 pounds and are recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the heaviest ever recorded. [ + - ]
1981: The first operational space shuttle, Columbia, completes its first test flight, returning to Earth after 37 orbits during its 54.5-hour mission. It would go on to complete 27 missions before disintegrating during reentry on Feb. 1, 2003, near the end of its 28th mission, resulting in the deaths of all crew members aboard. [ + - ]
1977: Actress Sarah Michelle Gellar, best known for the TV series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," is born in New York City. She's also known for originating the role of Kendall Hart on the soap opera "All My Children" and for starring in the movies "Cruel Intentions," "Scooby-Doo," "I Know What You Did Last Summer" and "The Grudge." [ + - ]
1975: Actor Fredric March, who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1932 for "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and in 1947 for "The Best Years of Our Lives," dies of prostate cancer at age 77 in Los Angeles, California. March, the only actor to win both the Academy Award and the Tony Award twice, also received Oscar nominations for his roles in "The Royal Family of Broadway," "A Star is Born" and "Death of a Salesman." [ + - ]
1973: Actor Adrien Brody, who won Best Actor for his role in 2002's "The Pianist," is born in Woodhaven, Queens, New York. Brody is also known for his roles in movies such as "Summer of Sam," "The Jacket," "King Kong," "Hollywoodland," "The Darjeeling Limited" and "Cadillac Records." [ + - ]
1969: At the 41st Academy Awards, "Oliver!" dominates the awards, winning six of its 11 nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director. In doing so, it became the first -- and so far, the only -- G-rated film to win the top prize. The evening also saw the first -- and so far, the only -- tie for Best Actress, with Katharine Hepburn ("The Lion in Winter") and Barbra Streisand ("Funny Girl") both winning Oscars for their performances, and Stanley Kubrick receiving what would be the only Oscar of his career, winning Best Visual Effects as the special effects director and designer for his "2001: A Space Odyssey." [ + - ]
1968: Actor Anthony Michael Hall, best known for his roles in 1980s comedies like "National Lampoon's Vacation," "Sixteen Candles," "The Breakfast Club" and "Weird Science," is born Michael Anthony Hall in West Roxbury, a neighborhood in Boston. Hall is also known for starring in the USA Network series "The Dead Zone" from 2002 to 2007. [ + - ]
1966: Hall of Fame baseball pitcher Greg Maddux, the first major league pitcher to win four consecutive Cy Young Awards, is born in San Angelo, Texas. Maddux pitched mostly for the Chicago Cubs and Atlanta Braves in his 23-year career, but also played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres. He was an eight-time All-Star, won 18 Gold Gloves and earned a World Series ring in 1995 with the Braves. [ + - ]
1964: Biologist Rachel Carson, who wrote the ground-breaking 1962 environmental book "Silent Spring," dies of a heart attack at age 56 in Silver Spring, Maryland. She had been diagnosed with breast cancer in 1960 and battled the disease and severe anemia from her radiation treatments for the last few years of her life. "Silent Spring" set off a debate that led to a nationwide ban on DDT and other pesticides. The book and her other writings are credited with inspiring a grassroots environmental movement. [ + - ]
1961: Actor Robert Carlyle, best known for movies such as "Trainspotting," "The Full Monty," "Angela's Ashes" and "28 Weeks Later," and the TV series "Once Upon a Time" and "Stargate Universe," is born in Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland. [ + - ]
1958: The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2, the second spacecraft launched into Earth orbit, falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days and 2,570 orbits. It was also the first spacecraft to carry a living animal, a dog named Laika, but she died a few hours after the Nov. 3, 1957, launch from overheating and stress. Pictured is a Romanian postage stamp honoring Sputnik 2 and Laika. [ + - ]
1956: The electronics company Ampex demonstrates the first practical commercial black-and-white video recorder during the National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters convention in Chicago. The Ampex VRX-1000 (later renamed the Mark IV) videotape recorder was the size of a freezer with five additional 6-foot racks of circuitry. It used 2-inch wide magnetic tape and had four heads on a disc rotating across the width of the tape. After the successful demonstration, and one later in the day at Ampex's headquarters in Redwood City, California, the company took $2 million in orders for the machine over four days. On Nov. 30, 1956, CBS became the first network to use the technology, playing a delayed broadcast of "Douglas Edwards and the News" from New York City to the Pacific Time Zone. [ + - ]
1944: The freighter SS Fort Stikine, carrying a cargo including 1,400 tons of explosives, catches fire and explodes in Bombay harbor in India. The blasts from the ship scattered debris, sunk surrounding ships and set fire to the area, killing at least 800 people and possibly up to 1,300, depending on the estimate. [ + - ]
1941: Baseball player and manager Pete Rose, the all-time major-league leader in hits (4,256), games played (3,562), at-bats (14,053), and outs (10,328), is born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Rose won three World Series rings, three batting titles, one Most Valuable Player Award, two Gold Gloves, the Rookie of the Year Award, and also made 17 All-Star appearances. He played most of his career with his hometown Cincinnati Reds, including the first 16 years of his career, but also played for the Philadelphia Phillies and Montreal Expos. He rejoined the Reds partway through the 1984 season, becoming the team's player-manager, but agreed to permanent ineligibility from baseball five years later amid accusations that he gambled on baseball games while playing for and managing the Reds, including claims that he bet on his own team. [ + - ]
1936: Frank Serpico, who became famous for blowing the whistle on police corruption in the New York Police Department in the late 1960s and early 1970s, is born in Brooklyn, New York. Serpico, seen here in 2002, was shot in the face during a drug bust in Brooklyn in 1971, but survived to later testify before the Knapp Commission, which was investigating his reports of corruption. Because his fellow officers failed to follow him into the suspect's apartment and because they did not come to his aid after he'd been shot, many believe Serpico had actually been brought to the apartment by his colleagues to be murdered. Serpico became famous after his story was told in the 1973 movie "Serpico," in which he was played by Al Pacino. [ + - ]
1935: The worst dust storm of the Dust Bowl, which became known as the "Black Sunday Storm," hits Oklahoma and Texas. The storm is estimated to have displaced 300,000 tons of topsoil from the Prairie area of the country, causing immense economic and agricultural damage. [ + - ]
1932: Country music singer-songwriter and guitarist Loretta Lynn is born Loretta Webb in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky. Lynn's chart-topping, multiple-gold-album-selling career has spanned more than 50 years and includes such hit songs as "Don't Come Home A' Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)," "Coal Miner's Daughter," "You're Lookin' at Country," "One's on the Way" and "The Pill." [ + - ]
1927: The first Volvo, the Volvo ÖV 4 series, rolls out of the factory in Gothenburg, Sweden. [ + - ]
1925: Rod Steiger, the Academy Award-winning actor known for his performances in such films as "On the Waterfront," "Oklahoma!," "The Pawnbroker," "Doctor Zhivago" and "In the Heat of the Night," is born in Westhampton, New York. Steiger dies at age 77 on July 9, 2002, of pneumonia and complications from surgery for a gallbladder tumor. [ + - ]
1912: The British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 11:40 p.m. ship's time on its maiden voyage. The "unsinkable" ship would sink the following day, killing more than 1,500 people. [ + - ]
1910: U.S. President William Howard Taft throws out a ceremonial first pitch for the Washington Senators' home opener against the Philadelphia Athletics, becoming the first sitting president to participate in opening day ceremonies. Taft is seen here at a Senators' game later in the 1910 season. [ + - ]
1894: The first ever commercial motion picture house opens in New York City using 10 Kinetoscopes, a device allowing films to be viewed one person at a time through a peephole viewer window. Pictured is an 1894 illustration showing a cutaway view of a Kinetoscope. [ + - ]
1866: Anne Sullivan, the teacher best known for being the instructor and life-long companion of Helen Keller, is born in Feeding Hills, Agawam, Massachusetts. The story of how Sullivan, who contracted an eye infection when she was 8 years old that left her blind, taught the blind and deaf Keller how to communicate despite a near complete lack of language has become widely known through the play and film "The Miracle Worker." [ + - ]
1865: John Wilkes Booth shoots U.S. President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died early the next morning at William Petersen's boarding house across the street, becoming the first U.S. president to be assassinated. [ + - ]
1860: The first Pony Express rider reaches Sacramento, California, after leaving St. Joseph, Missouri, 10 days earlier. [ + - ]
1846: The Donner Party of pioneers departs Springfield, Illinois, for California, on what would become a year-long journey of hardship, cannibalism, and survival. [ + - ]
1841: Edgar Allan Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue" is first published in Graham's Magazine. [ + - ]
1828: Noah Webster copyrights the first edition of his dictionary. [ + - ]
1759: George Frideric Handel, the German-born Baroque composer famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos, dies at age 74 in London, England. He is best known for works such as "Water Music," "Music for the Royal Fireworks" and "Messiah." [ + - ]


text: > AMD could MCM 2 shanghai chips, resulting in 6 cores (2 tri-cores) or 8 AMD socket supports 3 hypertransport channels and 2 64 bit memory busses. Somehow you would have to connect these to 2 piece of silicon. I've not heard that AMD has much MCM experience (unlike ibm and intel). Intel on the other hand had a very easy time. Intel's dual die setup was trivial in comparison, each die was designed to sit on a shared bus and the memory controller is offchip. Seems like AMD would have put in a 3rd chip into the MCM, or some how disable some functionality on one die and share the memory bus/HT from the other chip.


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UPDATE: St. Joseph Police Dealing with a Suicidal Person
ST. CLOUD - Stearns County Sheriff John Sanner tells WJON they are dealing with a suicidal person this morning in St. Joseph. They are refusing to come out of the house.
The CERT team a secured the area. Sanner says they're hopeful they'll be able to come to a peaceful resolution.
Some St. Joseph residents received a warning phone message earlier this morning. Residents are asked to stay away from the 300 block between Seventh and Ninth avenues southeast.
No other information is being released.
We expect to get an update later today.


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Thundercats Issue #4
|Thunder... Thunder... Thunder...THUNDERCATS Hooooooo!!!
Prepare to reunite with some feline friends for one of the most widely anticipated launches of the season, as WildStorm Productions gives its own unique and unforgettable spin on the '80s animation sensation...THUNDERCATS! Return to Thundera with not one, but two exciting projects debuting in August - featuring white-hot creators such as J. Scott Campbell and Ed McGuinness!
First up, Campbell - the artistic powerhouse behind the best-selling DANGER GIRL - illustrates and cowrites a special 12-page story in the not-to-be-missed THUNDERCATS #0! Teamed with cowriter Ford Lytle Gilmore, Campbell and the 'Cats are a match made in heaven! If you're a fan of the cult-favorite cartoon, or a new reader caught up in the trend of '80s nostalgia, you'll be ecstatic when you read this tale filled to the absolute brim with pulse-pounding thunderous action. Experience the drama and excitement firsthand as the Thundercats come to life on the page. Special bonus features in this #0 issue include character bios and behind-the-scenes production designs!
Then in two weeks it's THUNDERCATS #1 - the beginning of a 5-issue monthly miniseries written by Gilmore and featuring art and covers by Ed McGuinness (SUPERMAN) & Jason Martin (MR. MAJESTIC), and a first issue variant cover by Arthur Adams. The adventure begins immediately where the popular cartoon left off, with New Thundera restored, and Thundercats King Lion-O gathering his old friends. For New Thundera, it is time to call home the other Thundera refugees and finally rebuild their once-majestic society. But there are dark tidings brewing at Mumm-Ra's Pyramid, where the Ancient Spirits of Evil have concocted a nefarious plan to free the Shadowmaster from the Shadow Realm. It's up to Lion-O, Tygra, Panthro, Cheetera and the Thunderkittens to save the day!
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Oh, no, you didn't.
When actor Samuel L. Jackson is compelled to answer a question with, "We don't all look alike," you know the interview has probably taken a disastrous turn somewhere, the kind that no amount of awkward backpedaling can fix.
That's exactly how Sam Rubin's chat went this morning. Take a look:
Whether it was good theater or actual anger or a combination of both, Jackson wouldn't let it go. The KTLA entertainment reporter tried to wiggle his way on to another topic, but, no, he wasn't going to be let off that easy.
"There's more than one black guy doing commercials," Jackson said. "I'm the 'What's in your wallet?' black guy. He's the car black guy."
OK, OK, Samuel, can we just move on? "Oh, hell no! Really?"
At least he didn't go all Ezekiel 25:17 on him. "The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men."
Or was that Morgan Freeman?
Wait. Isn't Morgan Freeman dead? According to another recent blunder, he is:
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Since the Chileans arrived in the seventies, the Kenyans in the eighties and the Kosovans in the nineties, Sheffield has developed a long tradition of offering sanctuary to those seeking asylum from war and persecution in their own countries.
The city council has played a large role in offering accommodation and support to these new arrivals. Councillors and staff established an asylum team to deal with accommodation and a drop-in centre to offer advice. They also set up a multi-agency forum representing the various local organisations and charities that support asylum seekers and refugees.
In 2007, with the support of the council, Sheffield became the UK's first 'City of Sanctuary' for asylum-seekers and refugees. City of Sanctuary is a movement to build a culture of welcome and hospitality for refugees and asylum-seekers. There are now more than fifty City of Sanctuary groups all over the country.
Major change in prospect
However, many asylum seekers and voluntary sector organisations in Sheffield are worried that this is about to change. From May 2012 the private security firm G4S will take over the housing contract from Sheffield city council. In an attempt to cut costs, the UK Border Agency (UKBA) will give £203m to G4S to house asylum seekers across Britain.
Myra Davies, founder of Asylum Seeker Support Initiative (ASSIST) says:
ASSIST and the Sheffield council have built up organically a network in which people co-operate for the wellbeing of asylum seekers. What we fear with G4S coming in, is that the mutual respect and understanding we have built up is going to be wiped out.
Under its new procurement arm, COMPASS, the UKBA has reduced the number of prime suppliers of asylum services from ten to three. G4S and the two other multinational security companies SERCO and Reliance already provide immigration, detention and removal services to UKBA.
These three companies have now won a total of £620m worth of contracts to provide housing for 18,108 people in asylum accommodation. The Home Office claims this will save £150m over the seven years of the contract.
Accused of brutality
This cost cutting venture has been met with widespread opposition from unions, charities and organisations working with asylum seekers and refugees. Campaigners highlight the track record of G4S which has been criticised over treatment of asylum seekers.
On 6 October 2010, Jose Guttierezz, a Columbian deportee was badly injured and had to receive hospital treatment after being forced on to an aircraft by G4S staff. In that same month Jimmy Mubenga, an Angolan asylum seeker, died after forced deportation involving G4S prison staff. Three are facing criminal charges and G4S lost its contract to escort deportees after the Mubenga tragedy.
Campaign organisations such as South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Group (SYMAAG) fear that a different approach will be taken to asylum seekers and that the UKBA is intimidating them by using companies which also run prison services as their managing landlords.
Stuart Crosswaite from SYMAAG says:
I don't think we should be cooperating with these people. I think we should be putting all our resources into monitoring exactly what they are doing and challenging them about the rights of the children they are going to be moving and the standard of the housing.
Jim Steinke, chief executive of the Northern Refugee Centre, is worried that the loss of local authority influence will destroy relationships that have been built up between the council, asylum seekers and voluntary sector organisations. He says:
The level of service has been better in Yorkshire than in other regions and this is why the campaign against G4S has been so acute; the campaign is not only against G4S but also the potential lowering of standards.
Reply from G4S
Stephen Small, the managing director of UK Immigration and Borders at G4S, says:
We take the welfare of all people who receive our services extremely seriously. We will use housing assessment specialists to drive up the standard of housing provided and employ dedicated social cohesion experts to work with local authorities, migrant support groups, and health and education bodies.
Sheffield Coun Mick Rooney, Cabinet member responsible for asylum, immigration and migration says:
As a Cabinet Member I will enter into a working relationship with G4S without prejudice. I cannot and will not allow their past record to colour my relationship.
Asked about how the change would affect asylum seekers he says:
I believe the COMPASS procurement process showed that this was a cost cutting exercise. Will it benefit asylum seekers and refugees? That remains to be seen. Stuart Crosswaite from SYMAAG says:
Sheffield council has a tradition of being humanitarian and we've got a pretty good relationship with them. If you allow housing standards to lower for one group it pulls down the level for everyone else. We want to appeal to them on humanitarian grounds to remain involved.


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text: On Tue, 2004-11-16 at 17:07, Mark Hahn wrote: > > Mmm ... from your 2003 Hot Chips presentation on Elan 4 I see 231 > > nanos. Which is right, or are we talking about two different things? > > AFAICT, the 25ns figure is for an individual 8-port xbar chip, > and a full-sized switch is three stages of these. but 6*25!=231. > I believe there's at least one quadrics doc that quotes 300ns for > the switch. perhaps the 231 number is derived from average latency > (since some ports are just one xbar away)? > > also, isn't SGI's numalink network a dual fat-tree? they're claiming > 1.1 us latency these days (though again, that might be averaged over > all possible paths...) Is that shmem latency or MPI latency? I think that the MPI latency is closer to 2 u/s. Craig


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MINNEAPOLIS – It was love at first sight when Bryce Wergeland and Teri Woolard saw Molly the beagle, but they had promised themselves that they wouldn't be swayed by a cute face.
They met Molly on a Friday. They went home and spent the weekend talking about her, including making sure that she complied with their condo's pet policy, even hashing out which one of them would be responsible for her morning walks. Then they went back to the Animal Humane Society's adoption center in Golden Valley, Minn., to visit her again.
By the time they returned Tuesday to pick up Molly and take her home, they were ready to lavish their love on her, confident they had made the right decision.
"When we decided to pick out a dog, we agreed that we wouldn't do it based just on emotion," Wergeland said. "That's why we came back to visit her again. We wanted to make sure we had the same reaction."
In doing so, they avoided one of the major pitfalls in picking out a dog – the impulse decision that backfires.
"Before people think about going out and getting a dog, they want to think about what kind of dog they want," said Paula Zukoff, behavior and training manager at the Humane Society. "What do they want the dog to do? And how much time do they have for a dog? Then go out and find that dog rather than going out and finding a dog on looks and then finding out that you can't mold that dog into the kind of dog that you want for yourself or your family."
Once you've done your homework, then you can go with your heart. "You see a dog and it has the qualities you want and there's just something there, something about that dog that just captures your heart, and that's the dog for you," she said.
The best way to ensure that emotion doesn't turn your decisionmaking into a case of the tail wagging the dog is to assess the characteristics – both yours and the dog's – that go into a perfect match. Things to consider include:
SIZE: As with many aspects of picking a dog, this involves both personal preference and more pragmatic matters, starting with the size of your home.
"Certain giant breeds, while they may not need an immense amount of exercise, do need a great deal of space to move freely about the home," said Lisa Peterson, spokeswoman for the American Kennel Club. "Someone who lives in a small condo or apartment should think twice about getting a dog like a Great Dane or mastiff, both of which need a lot of room to move."
The amount of space you have outside also can be a factor. If you get a dog that likes to run, you either need a yard where that can take place or you must be willing to make regular visits to the local dog park.
AGE: The question of whether to get a puppy or an adult dog hinges in large part on how much work you want to do, Zukoff said.
"Puppies are great, but they are a lot of work," she said. "It's almost like having a new baby in the house. And if you want them to turn out as a well-rounded, confident dog, they're even more work."
But there are advantages to going the puppy route, among them being able to train the dog to your standards from the outset. If you have young children, the puppy can grow up being acclimated to them.
Speaking of children, the ages of the dog owners also should be factored in, Zukoff said.
"I always say that if you have kids, probably a medium-sized dog would be a good idea," she recommended. "If they're really small, then they're breakable. And if they're really large, then they can unintentionally knock the kids over and hurt them. Medium-sized dogs don't get broken or break the kids."
EXERCISE: As a general rule, things work out best when you match your activity level to the dog's. Are you looking for a dog that will go out jogging with you or one that's satisfied with a leisurely stroll around the block?
An important thing to keep in mind: "The size of the dog doesn't dictate the amount of exercise it needs," Peterson said. "Exercise needs vary by breed and what the breed's original function was. For example, a mastiff just needs light exercise, while the much smaller border collie needs a great deal of regular exercise."
She added a warning that if dogs don't get the stimulation that they need, they'll find their own ways to entertain themselves – like chewing on your shoes.
CLEANLINESS: The dog's coat type, length and thickness determines how much time and expense you'll need to put into grooming.
"Different breeds have different grooming needs," Peterson said. "Breeds with a long, heavy coat, such as the Shetland sheepdog, need regular grooming to prevent mats and tangles. Double-coated breeds such as the Akita require weekly brushing. Dogs with hair, like a poodle, need regular haircuts at the groomer."
You also should factor in extra cleaning time for your home, Zukoff said.
"I think something a lot of people don't think about is just how messy dogs can be," she said. "If you get a big, slobbery dog like a Newfoundland or St. Bernard that's going to be shaking its head and slobber is going to be going everywhere and there's going to be hair everywhere, you're going to spend a lot more time vacuuming and wiping up the walls than if you got a little poodle."
SEE IT FOR YOURSELF: If you're getting a puppy from a breeder, insist on visiting the kennel.
"Ask to see at least one of the puppy's parents," Peterson urged. "Get an idea of what the future holds for your dog in terms of temperament and appearance. Observe the premises. Is the kennel clean? Odor-free? Pay attention to how the dogs and puppies interact with their breeder. Does the breeder appear to genuinely care for the puppies and their adult dogs?"
LOOK FOR LOVE: When it comes to picking out the exact animal that will be your companion for the next several years, you want one that wants to be with you.
"When you visit with the dog, the dog should be interested in you, should be watching you," Zukoff said. "It should have a slow wagging tail and just look kind of loose and friendly. It's when the dog is more stiff or still and not paying attention to you, that dog doesn't seem as friendly and is going to be harder to train, it might be harder for me to bond with. I always like to say you want to look for a loose, wiggly dog, as if it's saying, 'I'm all wiggly because I'm excited and I love people.' "
Check the animal's physical appearance, too.
"Dogs and puppies should be clean, well-fed, lively and friendly," Peterson said. "Look for signs of malnutrition such as protruding ribcages or illness such as runny nose or eyes, coughing, lethargy and skin sores."
ALL FOR ONE: The addition of a dog to the family goes better for the dog and the family if everyone is in agreement, Zukoff said.
"I think it's really important that every person visits the dog before you decide," she said. "And I think it's important for everyone to know what the dog knows and what kind of cues you"re going to use to tell the dog to sit or wait for food or whatever. That way, everybody's happy, And everyone can decide on one dog."
For Wergeland and Woolard, picking Molly was a mutual decision. Woolard grew up with beagles, so she was glad to have another one. Wergeland grew up around hunting dogs, but he found something in Molly to which he could relate.
"She has bad knees, and I have bad knees," he said. "We'll fit together when we go for walks."