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SHANGHAI (AP) — Dustin Johnson already holds the distinction of having won PGA Tour events on Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
His latest title left him equally confused, though undeniably thrilled.
With an incredible surge on the back nine of Sheshan International, Johnson played a five-hole stretch in 5-under par to pull away from Ian Poulter and Graeme McDowell and win the HSBC Champions on Sunday. His 6-under 66 gave him the tournament record (24-under 264), a three-shot win over Poulter and his first World Golf Championship.
He's just not sure where it fits in his timeline.
Johnson won the Tournament of Champions at Kapalua in January, and because the HSBC Champions is his last official tournament of the year, the 29-year-old American can claim to have started and ended 2013 with wins.
However, it also the second straight season that Johnson won the first tournament he played — even though it's the same year. The PGA Tour has gone to a wraparound season for the first time, and while 2013-14 began a month ago, this was the first one he played.
"It's been a long year, so getting off this year with a win is definitely huge," he said. "I won the first event of the year and I struggled a little bit through the end. But I've been putting in a lot of work the last month or two, and it definitely feels really good to get a win and get off to a good start this year."
Much easier to figure out was his golf.
Johnson started the final round with a three-shot lead, which was gone by the time he reached the third tee. He three-putted for bogey at No. 1. Poulter birdied the opening two holes, and McDowell did him one better by opening with three straight birdies.
They were tied at 17-under, and there wasn't a lot of separation the rest of the way.
All three of them made birdie on the par-5 14th in three different ways — a two-putt from 40 feet by Poulter, the shortest hitter of the group; a 40-foot putt by McDowell that slammed into the back of the cup; and a 20-foot putt by Johnson, who figured the hole had seen enough birdies already from that group.
"That was a big putt," he said.
Poulter fell out of the lead with a bogey on the 15th from a bunker. McDowell lost hope when he twice missed birdie putts inside 15 feet. But this tournament was won. Johnson completed his big run by pitching in for eagle from just short of the 16th green, and then hitting 5-iron to 8 feet for birdie on the 17th.
"It's the biggest win I've had in my career so far," he said. "Those guys put a lot of pressure on me. I'm really proud of the way I handled myself."
It was tense and it was fun. There wasn't a lot of talking among them over the final two hours, yet the golf was at such a high standard that it was obvious all three players relished having a chance to capture this World Golf Championship.
"A little disappointed not to put my hands back on the trophy," said Poulter, who won the HSBC Champions last year at Mission Hills. "But 15 birdies and an eagle at the weekend is some pretty good golf. Dustin finished the job. It was good golf and it was good fun to play in that group."
McDowell shot 64-66 on the weekend without making a single bogey. That still left him four shots behind.
"Dustin Johnson was in a different league off the tee and gave us a little bit of a sniff, and then promptly slammed the door," McDowell said.
Even in defeat, it was an important week for both of them.
McDowell still holds out hope of winning the Race to Dubai. He remains No. 2 on the European Tour money list, though his third-place finish allowed him to significantly close the gap on Henrik Stenson, who has been struggling since capturing the FedEx Cup.
U.S. Open champion Justin Rose, who finished fifth, is third in the Race to Dubai, followed by Poulter, who made a huge jump as the runner-up in an event with an $8.5 million purse.
All of them are neighbors at Lake Nona in Orlando, Fla.
Stenson, Rose and Poulter were headed to the Turkish Open this week. McDowell was taking a week off, which will cost him a 20 percent bonus in points going into the World Tour Championship at Dubai to close out the year.
McDowell had no regrets about sitting next week out. He did the hard work Sunday to give himself a chance.
"I'll be fresh. I'll be ready in Dubai whatever happens," he said. "Just trying to give myself a shot going into Dubai."
Poulter said he was in "great form" after his 63-66 weekend. "I couldn't be hitting it any better right now," he said.
Rose was part of an all-star cast chasing Johnson. For most of the back nine, the six guys behind Johnson represented half of Europe's winning Ryder Cup team. He remains a long shot to catch Stenson, though Rose is looking forward to the next two weeks.
"Henrik probably couldn't believe the leaderboard, probably the worst possible leaderboard for him this weekend with GMac, Poults, me, and even Gonzalo (Fernandez-Castano) playing well at one point," Rose said. "So everybody is breathing do you know his neck and it's going to be an exciting Race to Dubai."
For Johnson, it was a rewarding trip home.
As for those tour wins? He won Saturday in the 2011 Barclays when it was shortened to 54 holes because of a hurricane; Monday at Pebble Beach in 2009 when the final round was canceled because of rain; and Tuesday at Kapalua because of high wind all week.
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Following the 2007 Australian federal election, the new government moved rapidly to re-invigorate Australia's engagement with the Pacific islands. Visiting Papua New Guinea (PNG) in 2008, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced that Australia would enlarge its aid programme and host the yearly Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) heads of government meeting in 2009. Later that year, the government broke the longstanding taboo against labour mobility for Pacific islanders by introducing the Pacific Seasonal Workers Pilot Scheme (PSWPS).
It normalised relations with PNG and Solomon Islands, which had become highly fractious in the final years of the Howard government. Yet despite these promising beginnings, the PIF meeting was tainted by acrimony over the Australian government's heavyhandedness in preparing an agreement on climate change and the PSWPS failed to meet expectations. Even the long-standing goal of concluding a regional agreement appears to have foundered.
The swing from early enthusiasm and optimism to disappointing outcomes and low expectations is less an indictment of the Labor government than the most recent iteration of a pattern that has repeated itself again and again since the 1980s. Each time, Australia has re-engaged with its Pacific islands neighbours in the wake of some crisis (or perception of crisis).
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TOKYO -- International donors offered $16 billion in development aid for Afghanistan on Sunday to show there will not be a mass exodus from the country after most foreign troops pull out in two years. They stressed the aid will be closely monitored to assure it is not squandered through corruption or mismanagement.
Donors from about 70 countries and organizations, at a one-day conference in Tokyo, set a baseline for aid in the crucial period through and beyond 2014, when most NATO-led foreign combat troops will leave and the country will assume responsibility for most of its own security.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said the country faces a hard road ahead, but vowed to improve security and fight corruption as it moves toward a more self-reliant future.
The $16 billion through 2015 is near what the World Bank believes Afghanistan needs to close the gap between how much money it can afford and how much it needs to sustain its transition. The Japanese hosts had said before the conference that they hoped to get pledges of nearly $4 billion per year, so the result was roughly what they had expected.
A follow-up meeting is to be held in Britain in 2014.
"I am encouraged that the member states are willing to mobilize $16 billion," said U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. "Afghanistan has made important progress, but the gains are fragile."
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the United States, which is by far the largest donor, plans to keep its assistance through 2017 near the average amount it has been over the last decade, which would likely be under $2 billion a year.
Japan, the second-largest donor, says it will provide up to $3 billion through 2016. Germany has announced it will keep its contribution to rebuilding and development at its current level of $536 million a year, at least until 2016. The Asian Development Bank announced it is providing $1.2 billion through 2016.
Clinton, who arrived in Tokyo a day earlier from Kabul, said Afghan security "cannot only be measured by the absence of war."
"It has to be measured by whether people have jobs and economic opportunity; whether they believe the government is meeting their needs," she said.
But the donors at the gathering also expressed strong concerns over how the money will be handled. The meeting in Britain in 2014 will check progress toward "mutual accountability" and a review and monitoring process to assure that development aid is not diverted by corrupt officials or mismanaged - both of which have been major hurdles in putting aid projects into practice thus far.
Afghanistan, one of the world's 10 poorest countries, has received nearly $60 billion in civilian aid since 2002. The World Bank says foreign aid makes up nearly the equivalent of the country's gross domestic product.
The donors in Tokyo stressed that the aid has made a difference.
In the decade since the U.S. invasion in 2001, there have been major improvements in education and health care, with nearly 8 million children, including 3 million girls, enrolled in schools. That compares with 1 million children more than a decade ago, when girls were banned from school under the Taliban.
Improved health facilities have halved child mortality and expanded basic health services to nearly 60 percent of the population of more than 25 million, compared to less than 10 percent in 2001.
But the flow of aid is expected to diminish after international troops withdraw, despite the ongoing threat the country faces from the Taliban and other Islamic militants. And along with security issues, donors are wary of widespread corruption and poor project governance.
"We will fight corruption with strong resolve wherever it occurs, and ask the same of our international partners," Karzai told the donors. "Together we must stop the practices that feed corruption or undermine the legitimacy and effectiveness of national institutions."
The aid is to be tied to a mechanism that will regularly review how it is being spent, and to guarantees from Kabul that it will seriously take on its deep-rooted corruption problems - what the conference called a roadmap of accountability. Kabul must also demonstrate efforts to improve governance and finance management, and safeguard the democratic process, rule of law and human rights - especially those of women.
The $4 billion in annual civilian aid comes on top of $4.1 billion in yearly assistance pledged last May at a NATO conference in Chicago to fund the Afghan National Security Forces from 2015 to 2017.
The U.S. portion is expected to be in the decade-long annual range of $1 billion to this year's $2.3 billion. Officials declined to outline the future annual U.S. allotments, but the Obama administration has requested a similarly high figure for next year as it draws down American troops and hands over greater authority to Afghan forces.
The total amount of international civilian support represents a slight decline from the current annual level of around $5 billion, a number somewhat inflated by U.S. efforts to give a short-term boost to civilian reconstruction projects, mirroring President Barack Obama's decision in 2009 to ramp up military manpower in the hopes of routing the Taliban insurgency.


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- It will offer 70,000 apps on launch, but it's missing some important ones: "RIM's app store, called BlackBerry World, includes — or will soon include — some common and standard apps, such as Facebook, Twitter, Angry Birds, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and Major League Baseball. But at launch, it will be missing Instagram, Pandora, Spotify, NPR, Google Maps and Netflix, among many others."
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Democrats aren't wasting any time tackling an issue they are convinced will help them this election year: income inequality.
One of the Senate's first votes upon returning to Washington from its holiday break Monday will be on a bill reviving emergency unemployment benefits that lapsed at the end of 2013.
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The vote marks the first concrete step by Democrats toward a populist economic platform ahead of the November elections. The inequality campaign will intensify later in the year with a push in the Senate to raise the federal minimum wage that will be synced with President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech, which is expected to dig heavily into the issue of economic disparity.
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The focus on income inequality builds on the economic themes Obama successfully harnessed to beat Mitt Romney in 2012. Democrats believe they can win again by spotlighting the growing divides between the rich and poor and daring Republicans to oppose legislation aimed at benefiting low-income Americans.
"Our Republican colleagues should take note. Certainly we're going to build on the progress we've made to reduce the deficit, but it is no longer the most important issue that we face," Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said in laying out Senate Democrats' agenda for the coming year. "Issues like job creation, minimum wage and unemployment insurance are going to weigh on the minds of voters far more than Obamacare by the time the 2014 elections roll around."
For their part, congressional Republicans sound open to an extension of unemployment benefits, but only if the $6.5 billion cost of a three-month extension is paid for — a nuanced argument that Democrats hope won't sound convincing at a time when the number of long-term unemployed is on the uptick. And no matter what Democrats argue, Republicans will seek to keep voters' focus on Obamacare.
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For now, reviving emergency unemployment insurance may have more legislative legs than a federal minimum wage increase, given that the three-month extension has the support of Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.), a key development for a bill that will need the support of four more Republicans to break a filibuster.
The lead sponsor of the bill, Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), said he hopes other Republicans from high-unemployment states will come around when they "begin to recognize these are real constituents in their home state that have worked very hard."
"The most encouraging thing, ironically, is the fact that a lot of the stories about people being affected by this are coming out. It turns out these are men and women in their 50s, they've worked all their lives," Reed said. "These are the people that kept working some of the toughest days of the recession."
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Democrats argue that seizing on the minimum wage is also key to appearing serious about improving peoples' lives — and even if legislation fails on the Senate floor, as is currently expected, the party believes the high-profile vote will augment vulnerable incumbents' campaigns as Democrats work to defend their five-seat Senate majority.
The Capitol Hill push follows a wave of national polls that show Americans increasingly favor raising the minimum wage, a rate that has stayed put at $7.25 per hour since 2009 for most workers. Few, if any, Republicans are likely to support Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin's (D) bill to raise the rate to $10.10 an hour, though his legislation could be filled with incentives for small businesses, and the wage could be whittled to a more palatable number to entice moderates in both parties.
Democrats see special appeal in spotlighting a rate hike when the road to retaining the Senate runs through red states with Democratic incumbents such as Alaska's Mark Begich, Arkansas's Mark Pryor, Louisiana's Mary Landrieu and North Carolina's Kay Hagan. Minimum wage issues are particularly poignant in Southern states like North Carolina, Louisiana and Arkansas, all of which have above-average numbers of employees paid at or below the federal minimum wage, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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"In all the battleground states, I think that it will be not only a rallying cry for the Democratic base but also an important appeal to voters in the middle," said Matt Canter, a spokesman for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. "This is not a 50/50 issue; this is not a 55/45 issue. It's a 70/30. It puts Republicans squarely on the side of wealthy special interests."
The congressional spotlight will give the nation's lowest-paid workers the most attention nationally since Congress last approved a rate hike in 2007 under President George W. Bush, part of massive legislation that included tax cuts. But the minimum wage is also the centerpiece of a larger shift for Senate Democrats away from approving presidential nominees and social legislation and toward fiscal policy.
"The thing that is going to help us keep the Senate is focusing on the economy," said a Democratic leadership aide.
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While most 2014 Democratic candidates are supportive of the liberal Harkin legislation and associated fiscal messaging, their positions aren't uniform. Begich is a co-sponsor of the $10.10-an-hour bill, and Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, who is challenging Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R), is making the $10.10 rate a central focus of her campaign.


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The Undead Pipeline Returns
A month ago, when the Obama Administration declared its intention to scrap the permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline, it was clear the project was only, in the words of Billy Crystal's character from The Princess Bride, "mostly dead" and not "all dead."
Obama's decision to reject the pipeline was a major victory for the cross-partisan coalition that opposed the project, but Keystone XL also has the backing of several of the world's largest oil companies. The American Petroleum Institute issued barefaced threats early this year, warning the president he would face "huge political consequences" if he blocked the Keystone XL project. This week, energy company TransCanada declared its intention to revive the pipeline: It is immediately beginning work on a section of the pipeline running from Oklahoma to Texas (a move it's capable of because that segment doesn't cross international borders, and therefore doesn't need State Department approval). In a press statement, activist Bill McKibben called the move "the usual ugly power grab and land grab by the fossil fuel industry."
The southern section of the pipeline will not carry oil from the Alberta tar sands, a dirty fuel source that represents a dire climate-change threat, according to scientist James Hansen. But the company still hopes to build the full route to Canada: TransCanada will also submit a new application to build the northern section through the Great Plains and across the border. The company claims the new route will bypass the environmentally sensitive Sandhills region of Nebraska but has not finalized any details with the state. Activists fear the route may still cross the Ogallala Aquifer, a major source of drinking and irrigation water for Nebraska and seven other states. TransCanada CEO Russ Girling insists the application will be "processed expeditiously." So far, the White House is offering no resistance. "We commit to take every step possible to expedite the necessary permits," White House press secretary Jay Carney announced on Monday.
Activists in Nebraska and in other states along the planned route were key to stopping the first pipeline permit. In Texas, TransCanada's strategies are once again alienating locals, especially conservatives. Farmer Julia Trigg Crawford called the company's tactics "bullying." Crawford has recently become a minor media star while fighting TransCanada's eminent domain claims in court. Several dozen protesters including both Occupiers and Tea Partiers— gathered at her court hearing.
Republican leaders and other pipeline supporters have offered up a wide range of claims about how many jobs Keystone XL (ultimately a temporary construction project) will create—anywhere from 20,000 to 500,000. But a series of media reports and studies say even the lower figures are wildly exaggerated. A Cornell University study argued that the project would create fewer than 5,000 jobs and could cause job losses in some parts of the country. The State Department predicted it would create about 5,000 to 6,000 jobs over three years, most of them temporary. It's unusual for a single infrastructure project to merit so much discussion both in Congress and on the campaign trail, but the oil industry has pumped millions of dollars into lobbying on Keystone XL and appears to have won fierce advocates in Congress and among the Republican presidential candidates.
Meanwhile, in Texas, the jobs claims aren't convincing some conservatives, who oppose eminent domain and any government policy that usurps property rights. "Many are saying, 'Well, this pipeline means jobs!'" writes Greg Steussel for the right-wing activist group We Texans. "But, is that a comforting thought when any company can come and take your property for its own profit?"
This week's announcements are certainly a setback for the movement that has fought the pipeline over the last several months. On the other hand, no one expected activists to be able to block Keystone XL so effectively for this long. It's clear—based on the responses from Congressional Republicans, presidential candidates, and oil industry executives—that the $7 billion project means much to the oil industry. But opponents are equally resolute: "Like previous resurrection efforts, this revival attempt will be met with fierce opposition," writes Jamie Henn for 350.org.
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text: I read a lot of posts on other forums to the effect that the musician wants to simply capture the sound of his or her instrument and amp to be able to share it with others. Here's how to do it. There are a few things to remember before we get into mics: 1. A microphone doesn't selectively process sound the way your brain does. Your brain is designed to filter out sounds that your ears hear to concentrate on a particular sound. This evolved as a natural safety tool. For a million years in nature, our ancestors depended on their brains to filter out non-threatening sounds to be able to concentrate on threatening ones. Or to listen for prey to hunt. Think of yourself talking to someone at a noisy party. Your brain filters out all the other conversations so you can listen to the person talking to you. In a similar way, you filter out a lot of information that's in a room when you play, say, a guitar amp. You filter out most room reflections, hums and buzzes, structure-borne vibrations such as light bulbs vibrating and making ringing sounds, etc. A mic can't do this. 2. You don't listen to your guitar amp with your ear an inch from the speaker. Though you can filter out a lot of the sounds around you to concentrate on the tone of your amp, you do hear them, and they do affect your perception. 3. Don't expect to truly capture the sound of "live." Your ears are omnidirectional. Even the best multichannel recording techniques do not convincingly capture real sound. You know you're not listening to a live band, for example, even when listening to 5.1 mixes. Or 8.1 mixes. It's not the same. With that, let's explore a few types of mics and their strengths and limitations: Dynamics: Your ordinary Shure SM57-style dynamic mic is actually a very fine recording mic, and an excellent transducer. Its strengths are that it's extremely robust and is able to capture the sound of a guitar speaker up close, and it can also do a nice job at a reasonable distance. The weakness of dynamic mics are that the method of transducing sound waves requires that the physical movement of a relatively heavy diaphragm. So it's more difficult to reproduce transients, and the attack portion of the waveform is a little more rolled off. It's also more accurate at the midrange than the low end or high end. People say mics like the 57 are midrange-heavy. Actually, they're high end and low end deficient with a relatively slow transient response. They are not horribly sensitive to proximity effect. They're absolutely great for capturing certain elements of a guitar amp tone, and depending what you want to do with them, dynamic mics are well worth using. The key to getting a more natural sound with them is to use them close-in in combination with other mics. Ribbons: Ribbons are little corrugated pieces of aluminum suspended between two magnets. They are inherently fragile; a puff of wind can blow out the ribbon. But their lightness makes their transient response very fast. They have a very natural sound. The drawback is that even the most robust and best ones are very, very sensitive to proximity effect; close-in they exaggerate bass, and they therefore sound pretty dark. They also don't exhibit a lot of high end detail. Most roll off around 10KHz. EQ is needed to balance out their sound. The good news is that they have extremely low distortion and self-noise, and you can goose the high end with EQ to balance their sound out without increasing harshness. They're also figure 8 pattern mics, so even close in, they will pick up some room sound. Blended with, say, a dynamic to capture the sound of the room, they can bring a nice naturalness to your recording. Alone, with EQ, they can sound very natural and real as well. The drawbacks are their fragility, their need for EQ, and the good ones are priced like a good condenser mic. The cheap ones aren't very good, but that's also the case with cheap condensers. Condensers: Condenser mics have a capsule that consists of a polarized backplate made of metal, with a charged diaphragm made of a very light material, such as mylar. This allows for fast transient response, and great sensitivity to detail. Because of their need for electrical polarization, they have to be phantom powered, or powered by a power supply (in the case of tube mics), and they also have to have a built in preamp to amplify the tiny signal they generate to even microphone level. They go into distortion if too close to a guitar amp, and sound horrible when that happens. Or they blow up. So they need to be placed a bit farther back than a dynamic or even some ribbons, such as the Royer models. While condensers' frequency response is theoretically more accurate than dynamics or ribbons, many are voiced to sound good with vocals, so they have a "presence bump" that brings a gentle rise in frequency response starting around 1-2 KHz and sometimes extending the rest of the way until they roll off around 15-18KHz. The active electronics and nature of a condenser makes them a little more like a microscope, and there are distortion artifacts that can make recordings made with them a little harsh if the EQ is pushed beyond a certain point. There are probably thousands of methods that can be used in combination to capture the sound of a guitar amp, but keep in mind that none is perfect. I like to use a dynamic up close, blended with a ribbon about 3-6 feet back, and higher up to approximate what my ears are hearing. I don't worry about stereo so much, simply because I still have to fit the amp sound into a mix with other instruments. On a clean amp, I might add a condenser like the Blue Dragonfly, to give the blend a little more presence. But as you add mics, you have to be very careful not to cause phase cancellation issues, and a phase switch can help determine if you are screwing this up or not. Some folks advocate miking the back of an open cab in addition to the front. I think this isn't a good idea; just use a room mic, and you'll pick up plenty of wall reflection from the back of the cab. I don't know anyone who listens to their guitar amp standing both in front and back of it at the same time. Where do you put the mics? You MUST experiment. Every amp, every room, every mic is different. Have a friend play and move the mics around with headphones on until you're satisfied. An inch can make a difference! If you're alone, it's just going to take longer, but if you are after that elusive natural sound, you can record different placements, and listen back, until you're happy. There is no substitute for experimentation, and no book can give you more than a starting point! Finally, take notes when you've found a good spot. Take a picture of the setup. Use a tape measure to keep track of distances and mic heights. Do what you have to do to document everything so that you can do it again. But also remember, it's going to change when you use a different amp, or move anything so much as an inch. And that includes the amp being in a different room, or a different part of the room. It's going to sound a little different. Get used to not having a "formula." That's the art of it! So that's it for today's pointers.


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Ms V is excited, because this Saturday is our first annual Hillcrest Day. The planning committee has been working hard to make sure there is something for all members of our community. There will be arts and crafts and a moonbounce for the wee ones. Races and games for the young people. Yoga, zumba and line dancing for the grown and sexy. Card games and line dancing for the wise ones. Here's the official announcement.
Hillcrest Day, June 23, 2012 from 11 am to 5pm
Greetings, neighbors, the Hillcrest Community Civic Association (HCCA), the Metropolitan Police Department and the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation invite you to the HCCA's first Hillcrest Day on Saturday, June 23, 2012, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Hillcrest Recreation Center at 32nd and Denver Streets, SE.
June 23 will be full of fun for the entire family. There are several planned activities, including sack races, face painting, relay races, bingo, card games, and putting contests, in addition to free food and vendors. Contact Earl Williams for more information at (202) 584-2703. All are welcome. Tell your friends. This is in conjunction with the HCCA's garden tour at 10 a.m. to noon. More information is here: http://www.hillcrestdc.com/announce.htm#gtour


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Please view the Event Schedule for Check-In times.
It is compulsory for all athletes to check-in during these times. No competitor will be accepted after 4.00pm on Saturday 22 February. We cannot be responsible for late arrivals so allow for mishaps when making travel arrangements.
What to bring to Check-In:
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Important notes:
Please do not take your bike into the check-in queue as this congests the area. Bike racks will be available within the venue. Please note leaving your bikes will be at your own risk.
It is illegal for someone to race under your name or for you to race under someone else's name: this will result in suspension from your State Triathlon Association and ineligibility to race in other IRONMAN events
An Age Group Rolling Wave Swim Start is a rolling start organised by Age Groups. Athletes will self-seed within Age Groups based on their projected swim finish time.
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Street Gear Drop off will be available between 5.45am - 7.00am located in front of Swim Start. The street gear will then be transported to Recovery for collection post race.
Swim – 1 hour 10mins from individual start time. Any remaining team cyclists in transition will be sent out onto the cycle course at this time.
Cycle – 5 hours from the individual start time. Any cyclists unable to reach this cut-off will be collected by event sag wagons. Any remaining team runners in transition will be sent out onto the run course at this time.
Run – 8 hours from individual start time.
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Stop me if you've heard this one before. A nationally known Texas politician gets indicted. His mug shot makes the rounds. And a chorus of otherwise critical voices buck conventional wisdom and scream that he's getting a raw deal.
It happened earlier this month, of course, when Gov. Rick Perry was indicted on two counts. Perry had made good on a threat to zero out the funding of a state investigative office run by District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg, who had refused Perry and others' call to resign after being arrested for drunk driving. Rushing to the governor's side were a motley crew of unlikely defenders, including Alan Dershowitz, David Axelrod and the editorial board of the New York Times, who wrote that Perry, though he was one of the "least thoughtful and most damaging state leaders in America," was nevertheless a victim of "overzealous prosecution."
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This curious response should be good news for the governor. Judging by his reaction, a post-booking ice cream cone and a defiant trip to New Hampshire, it seems as if he's aware that in the court of public opinion he's already up on points. Yet a similar legal case that started more than a decade ago should make him reconsider any premature celebration.
The case against Tom DeLay has been invoked more than once since the Perry indictment was made public—including by DeLay himself—and it's easy to see why. For most of the past 10 years, DeLay has been fighting charges that he illegally funneled campaign contributions to his fellow Republicans running in statewide elections. At the time he was indicted, DeLay was one of the most powerful politicians in the country, the second most powerful Texan in Washington, D.C., and the House majority leader with a nickname, "the Hammer," that reflected his strong-arm tactics. All that changed, however, on Sept., 28, 2005, when DeLay was indicted by a grand jury in Travis County, home to Austin, the state capitol, and the same venue where Perry will most likely face his own charges.
DeLay's case has been going on for so long that some of the people involved in it have been forced to find interesting ways to count the passing years. "Kim Kardashian's been married twice," says attorney Brian Wice. "Lindsay Lohan has been to rehab a dozen times. Facebook, Instagram and Tumblr hadn't been invented yet." Dick DeGuerin didn't sign up with the defense until sometime in 2004, roughly two years after an investigation into DeLay's fundraising had begun. At the time, DeGuerin had no grandchildren. Today he has three, including one about to start his first year in middle school. "There are a few trials I've seen go on for a decade or more," he says, "But this is the longest case I've ever been involved in."
When the indictment was first announced, DeLay didn't get the same round-the-clock defense from the press that Perry has received. Far from writing an editorial denouncing his prosecution, the New York Times instead produced a Venn diagram showing the many ways in which DeLay's fate overlapped with that of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. But there were other, unexpected dissenting voices. Paul Burka, a staff writer for Texas Monthly, a longtime DeLay critic, and then as now the dean of the state political press, summed up the confusion surrounding the politician's indictment. "As delicious as it is to contemplate the image of the Hammer in the slammer," wrote Burka at the time, "I'd feel a lot better if I knew exactly what he did that was wrong."
DeGuerin can relate. When the attorney reviewed the first indictment against his client, he quickly realized that DeLay was being accused of breaking a law that wasn't actually on the books yet. When that indictment was dismissed, then-Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle convened another grand jury. This time he was denied outright, which was bad news because the statute of limitations was about to run out. "[Earle] knew he was going to be shit out of luck if he didn't hurry," says DeGuerin. So Earle did. According to DeGuerin, the district attorney then rushed to a third and final grand jury, this one so new that the men and women in it had just been sworn in but hadn't yet received their parking passes.


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After the coffee. Before cranking "Rock 'n' Roll Animal."
The Skinny: When other kids were buying Beatles albums, I was buying the Velvet Underground's "Loaded." Lou Reed made me feel blue when I wanted to feel blue and lifted me up when I wanted to get higher. Hope your ride into the sun was a good one, Lou; rest in peace. Today's roundup includes the box-office recap. Also, Netflix executive Ted Sarandos made a speech that angered movie theater owners.
Daily Dose: In a big step for audience measurement in the digital era, Nielsen is unveiling a "unified encoding approach" that will allow the rating company to track viewership of content across various screens such as tablets and computers. That means if a network makes a show available for a digital device and it has the same commercial load as what airs on TV, Nielsen will include those viewers in the ratings.
Good "Grandpa." Johnny Knoxville's "Bad Grandpa" brought "Gravity" back down to earth with a take of $32 million, which was more than enough for first place at the box office. A few of those dollars were mine and it was worth it. "Gravity" still took in a decent $20.3 million, good enough for second place. The big flop of the weekend was "The Counselor," which made less than $10 million. Weekend box office recaps from the Los Angeles Times and Movie City News.
Ted talks, theater owners balk. Ted Sarandos, who oversees content for Netflix, wants to get movies on his service the same day they debut in movie theaters. In a speech at an industry event, he charged that movie theater owners are stifling innovation. Of course, getting movies on the same day as theaters makes great sense for Netflix but I can also see why movie theater owner would not be on board with that. After all, Netflix doesn't offer its new shows like "House of Cards" and "Orange is the New Black" on CBS the same day they debut on its streaming service. Here's Variety on Sarandos' speech and Deadline Hollywood with a reaction from John Fithian, who oversees the National Assn. of Theater Owners.
Looking for a fix. Would having their own version of Aereo -- the start-up service that transmits over-the-air signals to consumers over the Internet -- give cable and satellite operators leverage when negotiating with CBS, Fox and other big broadcasters? They may think so. Bloomberg reports that Time Warner Cable, Charter Communications and DirecTV are considering starting their own Aereo. I think there are some flaws in this idea. Here's my take.
First day on the job. Fusion, the new network from Univision and Walt Disney Co.'s ABC News launches Monday. Initially designed as a news channel aimed at English-speaking Latinos, it is now being pitched as a news and entertainment network. That's led to some confusion about Fusion. (See what I did there?) But with the network launching in just 20 million homes, the parent companies probably want to keep their options open regarding content. Curtain raisers on Fusion from the Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times.
Happy birthday. The NFL Network is turning 10 next week. I was there when they flipped the switch so to me this is just one more thing that makes me feel old. Believe it or not, the channel struggled to get full distribution for awhile. When the league started putting games on the network, distributors started to cave and now it is a big cash cow for the NFL. And now that it is entrenched, the NFL may cut back on the number of Thursday games the channel carries to create another package to sell elsewhere. The New York Times and Los Angeles Times on the NFL Network's past and future.
Brad vs. Brad. The Hollywood Reporter says Paramount Pictures chief Brad Grey is mad at Brad Pitt over the critical hit "12 Years a Slave." The movie is produced by Pitt's Plan B, which is based at Paramount. However, the studio didn't play a part in the financing or distribution of the movie. While Pitt's deal allows him to take projects elsewhere, Paramount apparently feels that it should have been given the chance to get on board.
Inside the Los Angeles Times: Randall Roberts on legendary rocker Lou Reed who died over the weekend. Also, an obituary of Marcia Wallace, the comedy actress best known for her role as Carol on "The Bob Newhart Show" and her work as the voice of Mrs. Krabappel on "The Simpsons."
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Kenyan president-elect seeks evidence review
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Lawyers for Kenya's president-elect Uhuru Kenyatta hope to persuade judges at an International Criminal Court hearing Monday to order a review of evidence that prosecutors say proves he orchestrated deadly post-election violence.
Kenyatta's lawyers were to make their legal arguments just days after he won the presidency at Kenya's first elections since the violence-marred 2007 poll.
The lawyers say the case should be reviewed because a key prosecution witness lied, fundamentally undermining the prosecution case against him and fellow suspect Francis Muthaura.
Kenyatta won last week's election despite his indictment at the Hague-based court on charges of crimes against humanity including murder, rape and deportation. Prosecutors label him an "indirect co-perpetrator" of violence committed by his supporters in 2007-2008.
Kenyatta, the son of Kenya's founding father Jomo Kenyatta and one of the country's richest men, insists he is innocent.
His trial had been scheduled to start next month, but judges last week postponed it until July, saying the defense needed more time to prepare.
Prosecutors say they do not object to Muthaura's case being sent back to a so-called confirmation of charges hearing because their case against him was built around the testimony of the witness who has since been dropped from the case.
However they argue that such a step is not necessary for Kenyatta, because other witnesses have testified against him.
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Hey, now we're talking! Sunday night's episode of "The Walking Dead" — "Internment" — really delivered some action and plot development.
It also delivered some comedy gold, as King of Comedy Hershel held court while performing dental surgery.
"I hereby declare we have Spaghetti Tuesday every Wednesday, first thing we need to acquire is some pusketti."
That genius line still has me going. Who is he? Steven Wright? Mitch Hedberg?
That line was so brilliant cause it was packed with two jokes: first, Spaghetti Tuesday every Wednesday?? Wait, what?? Is that like the joke when you tell your friend you'll treat them to Chick-Fil-A on a Sunday? Second, we're gonna need to acquire some spaghetti. Uhh, yeah, I'd say so!!
It wasn't all laughs and Spaghetti Dinners this week though. In fact, at times it was the most opposite thing possible of laughs: that is, blood pouring out of people's eyes.
It looked like things were about to start getting really bad when all the folks inside the prison were getting really sick, and that's exactly what started happening. By my count, eight humans succumbed to the mysterious illness in this episode: most notably Dr. Caleb.
Not to mention the breach in the fence that allowed a whole crowd of zombies to break into the prison. (Breaking INTO a prison? What a country!)
I think I've waited long enough now to get to the big cliffhanger this episode left us with: the Governor is back! And looking more menacing than ever, I might add.
So what is the Governor going to do? Just hang out there sitting in camping chairs and playing tailgate toss with his cronies?
Or is he planning an attack. If he's planning an attack, this is a great time to do it because the prisoners all have their hands pretty full. And what is the Governor's motivation? Pure revenge, or does he actually want the prison for himself. I don't know if the prison is the most desirable place to be right now.
With Carl they make you just assume that every child raised in the zombie world is going to automatically become an adult overnight. But then Lizzie — or should I say Lizzie BORDEN — comes along and proves otherwise. There's something off about Lizzie. She's got "issues."
First she starts luring Charlie — the do-it-yourself dental surgery zombie — along like it's a pet dog or something. She even calls it boy. Then she smears her little boot around in a pool of blood like she's stomping in puddles of rain or something.
Who knew Tom Sawyer was such a subversive book?
I'm no child psychiatrist, but I predict that Lizzie is going to cause a lot of trouble before she does anything productive.
Maggie's body armor is so bad ass! And she's pretty good with a gun. *swoon*
Whatever facial hair related contest they're having in the prison, Hershel is winning with his wispy eyebrows and moustache with the pointy ends.
If Hershel turned into a zombie and bit someone he would get a bunch of blood in his beard and have Ric Flair hair. (Thanks P-Con!)
Hershel: "I hereby declare we have Spaghetti Tuesday every Wednesday, first thing we need to acquire is some spaghetti."
Hershel: "It's hard in here but we're holding it together. We're gonna make it. Don't you believe that?"
Rick: "There's a bunch of fruit leather in there, just have everybody brush their teeth after."
Hershel: "Doctors make the worst patients."
Caleb: "Look at it Hershel, how's it look?"
Rick: "When we get past this thing, it's not gonna be like how it was, is it?"
Hershel: "A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ."
Winner: Hershel! Good comedy bits Hershel.
Probably when Dr. Caleb zombie was peering out of its cell all glossy eyed and Hershel was like "Oh, you wanna peek around like a peeping Tom all curious and inquisitive? Well here, I got something for you to peep at." and he started shanking Dr. Caleb in the eye ball.
There was that one from the prison fence breach who was laying on the cement all frail and its face was only half a face and its eye was bulging out like "MUUURRRHHH" and Rick just smashed up its head.
The roadkill zombie that was just hating life laying on the side of the road getting feasted on by wild Irish Wolfhounds was pretty awesome too.
Zombies: Somewhere around 40, counting those when someone was a human, then turned into a zombie, and then got killed again. Wait, I'm confused. We're up to more than 185 on the season.
Humans: I counted eight — gurney man, Dr. Caleb, tea man, Charlie, father and son, blonde girl and other girl — for 19 on the season, but I have a feeling I'm missing some.
A look ahead to next week's episode, "Live Bait"
The Governor is camping out outside of the prison with his Ozark Trails tent and glaring menacingly out of his one good eye while plotting his revenge.


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On the day after the Boston terror attack, the greater Boston community learned more about those whose lives were lost.
The three people killed in Monday's dual explosions at the finish line of the prestigious Boston Marathon are identified as a third-grader from Dorchester, a 29-year old from Medford, Massachusetts and a Boston University student.
Eight-year-old Martin Richard was killed from the blast as he was watching the race with his parents and two siblings. His mother, Denise, and sister Jane are continuing to recover with very serious injuries.
Thousands of people filled a park in Dorchester, Massachusetts to pray for the Richard family, who residents described as being very community-oriented.
The loss of the friendly Little Leaguer left parents and classmates asking, Why?
"It's confusing," said Veronica Phillips, who was in Richard's First Communion class at St. Ann's Church in town. "I don't know why this world is so cruel."
Boston's largest neighborhood congregated for the half-hour vigil at Garvey Park.
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Following the service, led by Fr. John Connolly of nearby St. Brendan's Church, the crowd spontaneously broke into a rendition of "God Bless America."


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WatermelonMan wrote:... you can set it as a variable like 'unit 1' and then use that variable instead of referring to "Unit 0012 <gen>" over and over.
emjlr3 wrote:Unit Groups
Unit Group Bad
Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units in (Playable map area)) and do (Actions)
Loop - Actions
Unit - Kill (Picked unit)
Now this will leak memory for every unit picked, which, depending on how many times this is ran, can add up heavily.
Unit Group Good
Set Temp_Group = (Units in (Playable map area))
Unit Group - Pick every unit in Temp_Group and do (Actions)
Loop - Actions
Unit - Kill (Picked unit)
Custom script: call DestroyGroup (udg_Temp_Group)
set bj_wantDestroyGroup = true
Iam2good4u2c wrote:Did anyone notice the last four letters of the thread name?
WatermelonMan wrote:meh, that's like telling a high school student in art 1 that they shouldn't use water colors if they want their paintings to look realistic. JASS would be more efficient, it just wouldn't be efficient for me to learn JASS.
Kaz wrote:Which is of course something based on absolutely nothing except misconceptions that you told yourself. People use vJass nowadays and it's extremely simple and efficient
You're absolutely right.Cassiel wrote:Actually plain JASS is simpler than the GUI.
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Merchant began his career with a plan: a day job in radio, with plenty of time in the evening to do stand up comedy and other projects. But once he met Ricky Gervais, a series of events led to creation of the pilot episode of The Office, and you might know what happened from there.
Merchant is a connoisseur of honest, uncomfortable, this-is-what-real-life-unfortunately-sometimes-feels-like moments. He's translated this talent into a stream of hilarious television series. Working with friend and regular collaborator Ricky Gervais, Merchant has created and written for Extras, Life's Too Short, and The Ricky Gervais Show. His new comedy, Hello Ladies, was inspired by Merchant's dating misadventures and his own stand up comedy.
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Carloyn Kellogg, book critic and staff writer for the LA Times, joins us to recommend some best bets from the world of literature.
Next month, the tight-lipped Nobel Committee will be announcing their annual prize for literature. Kellogg has her money on the Syrian poet Adonis, a major figure in Arabic poetry for the past fifty years. A collection of his poetry, Adonis: Selected Poems, was translated by Khaled Mattawa.
Carolyn also recommends Jonathan Lethem's new novel about multiple generations of political revolutionaries in New York, Dissident Gardens.
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Brothers celebrate lottery win by blowing up house
Two brothers who were celebrating a $75,000 winning lottery ticket by purchasing marijuana and meth accidentally blew up their house on Friday, said Sgt. Bruce Watts of the Wichita Police Department.
The explosion sent one of the brothers – a 27-year-old – to the hospital, where he remains in serious but stable condition with second-degree burns on his hands, arms and chest.
The other brother was sent to jail, Watts said.
The brothers were in a house in the 100 block of North Nevada Court, near Douglas and West Street, about 7 p.m. Friday, Watts said. One of the brothers went to the kitchen to refuel the butane torches they planned to use to light their bongs. He emptied a couple of large cans of butane lighter fluid, leaking butane into the air.
"The butane vapor reached the pilot light in the furnace, and as you might expect, ka-boom," Watts said.
The victim was wearing a lottery T-shirt during the explosion.
The victim's girlfriend loaded him and some children into a car and took him to the Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis emergency room, where she dropped him off and left.
Officers went to the house with a warrant, where the other brother ran out, admitting he had marijuana and methamphetamine. He was arrested.


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Why Opening Up Clinical Trials Data Is Good For Pharma Companies Too
from the everybody-wins dept
Earlier this year we wrote about how AbbVie, the pharma company spun out of Abbott Laboratories, had gone to court to stop the European Medicines Agency (EMA) from releasing clinical trials information about one of its drugs. Despite what AbbVie claimed, this was not commercially sensitive in any way, but simply basic data about safety and efficacy.
It's often overlooked that this data is mostly obtained by testing new drugs on volunteer members of the public who take the medicines in order to establish their safety. By definition, these volunteers are putting themselves at risk. They selflessly offer to do that in order to advance medicine and confer benefits on society as a whole. That means the clinical data obtained from such tests belongs to the public that made them possible, at least from a moral viewpoint.
If a company seeks to prevent the free dissemination of that safety data, as AbbVie is doing in Europe, it is breaking the implicit compact it made with the people who agreed to try out its drugs. Those invited to take part in future trials of AbbVie's drugs might then begin to ask why they should endanger their health and even lives purely to boost one company's profits.
But even if AbbVie is resistant to the argument that it has a moral obligation to allow the clinical trials data to be released, and is not concerned that the public might think that it has something to hide, perhaps it will be won over by a recent article in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), written by four people from the EMA. This puts forward a quite different argument, that releasing test data will directly benefit pharma companies themselves, and offers a number of reasons why.
First, access to the full data sets of completed studies will lead to improvements in the design and analysis of subsequent trials.
Basically, the more information that drug companies have about what works and what doesn't, the better they can design their future tests.
Second, lessons from past trials about the heterogeneity of treatment effects not only will streamline drug development but also may enhance a drug's value in the marketplace. Identification of a population with high unmet need in which a new treatment may be more cost-effective than other available treatments can aid sponsors during reimbursement negotiations.
Again, the more information companies have about how different groups of patients responded to a drug, the easier it will be to spot particular sub-groups in the population who derive particular benefit. Selling products for that sub-group will be both easier, more profitable and more ethical than simply trying to sell to everybody, since the drug may be ineffective or even inappropriate for many of the general population.
Third, since several possible treatments for one medical condition are often available, comparative-effectiveness information is important to patients, prescribers, and sponsors seeking to position their products.
For a given condition, there may be several possible treatments. Making clinical test data available allows them to be compared, and the best one selected for future drug development, instead of investing huge sums in what may well be a relatively ineffective approach.
Finally, one of the inherent inefficiencies of data secrecy is the repetition of trials and projects that are doomed from the outset; drug developers may continue to pursue a given target even though clinical trials conducted by others have demonstrated the effort's futility.
In many ways this is the most important reason. If the results of clinical trials are kept secret, companies run the risk of repeating the mistakes already made by others. Not only is that a waste of time and money that could be better spent on more fruitful avenues, it is putting test subjects at risk unnecessarily. As the NEJM points out:
In at least one documented case, the availability of data from completed trials could have spared trial subjects a potential health risk and saved millions of research dollars.
The article concludes:
A managed-release environment that allows sharing of patient-level data while ensuring patient privacy would create a level playing field for all stakeholders. What is sometimes labeled as "free riding" may ultimately pay dividends for innovative companies and for public health. It is ironic that the organizations that most resist wider access to data are the ones that stand to benefit so much from greater transparency.
In fact, this is no mere theoretical possibility. We know this approach works, because it is precisely what we see in the field of open source. Sharing the code freely creates a level playing-field that allows companies to innovate faster because they can build on the work of others. The rise of a multi-billion dollar software industry based around such sharing, and the unprecedented rate of innovation this drives, are yet more reasons that companies like AbbVie should be striving to promote, not prevent, the release and dissemination of clinical trials information as open data.
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Filed Under: clinical trials, data, innovation, openness, pharma
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Established in 1998 to encourage annual, unrestricted support locally and regionally, the Business Forum is Colonial Williamsburg's special donor society for corporate donors. The three gift levels are Greenhow Circle ($1,000 and up), Prentis Circle ($750-$999) and Tarpley Circle ($500-749).
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Daniel Baechtold necesitaba un nuevo diseño de otro y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 24 diseños de 8 diseñadores freelance.
Just started making some 2D Game for Android Phones. But as much I like programming these things, I just can't make a single Stroke for the Design. Thats too bad, and now I wan't to give it a Try here, hope it works :-)
Devices: Android Smartphones. Persons: Who ever likes to play some really simple but funny Games we liked to play Decades before..
The Game is actually some kind of Remake of the Nintendo LifeBoat from the GameAndWatch Series.
Here you can see it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc5ouvNGByY
I don't wan't it to be a 1:1 copy, but I like the Gameplay itself. The Design, however, can be very different: It could be the original burning Ship Story, or maybe with Space Ships, or I even thought of Beer Cans falling down, and a poor Guy having to fetch them and delivering them to the left and right, who knows why (the Sense/Story should be as clear as possible for somebody who plays the Game for the first time).
So what I exactly need is this:
- 1 background image (800x480px landscape)
- 1 Ship / Box or something to catch the falling Objects (around 200px wide, I guess, and transparent to be moveable over the bg)
- 1 falling Object (Mans, Beer Cans, ..), optionally in different falling states, once in Ship/Box state, once in dead/dropped state, and one in saved state. All transparent. 4 Objects have to be placeable besides each other in the Ship/Box
- Optional: Some Animation if Player let it slip (In our Lifeboat Example it is a Shark). Transparent.


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Directed by Charlie Tomlinson
Commissioned by Rising Tide Theatre
It was a one night stand. At a conference. Far away. A long time ago. What's the risk in that? None presumably, until a few years later the two culprits and their spouses find themselves at the same Bed & Breakfast in Trinity at the same time! The Pillow Trade is a fast paced comic romp about the chances we take in love and life! Written by one of Newfoundland's most renowned film and theatre writers, The Pillow Trade is a must see.


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Traveling with your pet is as American as owning one.
According to a 2009-10 National Pet Owners Survey, 71.4 million U.S. households own a pet, mostly cats and dogs. Compared to a parrot or piranha, it's relatively easy to take a cat or dog for a car ride, but there are a few steps you can take to make the trip safer for your pet and easier on you.
Securing your pet
Just as it's necessary to make sure passengers are buckled up when riding in a car, it's important to make sure your pets are secure when you take them on a trip.
"The No. 1 thing that you have to do when you transport your pet is have them restrained," said Lisa Peterson, spokeswoman for the American Kennel Club. There are different ways to do this, including a pet crate, a dog harness connected to a seat belt, or a divider to keep your pet in the cargo area of a wagon or SUV.
"You don't want to let an animal roam loose in the car," said Kelly Connolly, an issues specialist with The Humane Society.
Even if your dog is secured by a harness, make sure his head remains inside the car, Connolly said; if it's hanging out the window, his eyes and head are at risk of being injured by debris. It's also inadvisable to leave your dog wandering loose in the bed of a pickup truck, Peterson warns.
However you secure your pets, always take them with you when you park. Do not leave them in the car.
"Even if the windows are rolled down, a car can get up to 120 degrees in the summertime," Peterson said.
Keeping clean
Besides protecting a pet when traveling in a car, a pet crate can also help keep messes from spreading around the interior of your car, Peterson said. If you use a harness instead of a crate to transport your pet, covering the seats with something that can be easily removed and washed, like an old blanket, is a good idea, Connolly said.
Luxury options can also appeal to pet owners concerned with keeping their interiors clean.
"Leather seats are obviously much better" than cloth ones, Peterson said. Leather's smooth surfaces make it easier to remove fur and hair, as well as less, shall we say, appealing substances.
Yes, pets get carsick, too. One way to deal with the problem: Take increasingly longer trips with your pet to make them more comfortable, Peterson said.
Where your pet sits in the car can also play a role.
"The closer your dog is to the front of the vehicle, the less motion there is, [making it] less likely to get carsick," she said. Your pet's veterinarian may also be able to provide medication to make traveling easier, Connolly said.
Carry proper ID for your pet
When traveling with a pet between states, Connolly recommends carrying the pet's health and rabies certificates, available from your veterinarian. You should also carry contact information for someone who can pick up your pet in case you're in an accident and can't care for it, Peterson said. The Humane Society recommends bringing photos of your pets when you travel so you can show them to others if they get lost.
The best vehicles for carrying pets
While most cars can carry pets, some are better at it than others. A general rule of thumb is that the larger the vehicle, the better.
"Minivans are really popular because you can put crates in the way back," Peterson said. SUVs and wagons are also popular choices.
Additional information on traveling with your pet is available from the American Kennel Club and The Humane Society of the United States.


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It was difficult to tell if the band students at Bronzeville Institute Scholastic were familiar with Daughtry's music when the multi-platinum-selling rock band performed Friday at the Bronzeville neighborhood high school, not far from the old Robert Taylor Homes. Besides a few students tapping their feet during the two-song acoustic performance in the school's band room, the well-behaved class was mostly silent and motionless.
Chris Daughtry himself wasn't sure if they'd heard his band's music before. The "American Idol" alum and lead singer said he looked down while singing — a hand-written "The BSI Panther Band Welcomes Daughtry" sign behind him — because he feels vulnerable performing in small environments sans microphone.
Still, he believes his band was able to connect with the students during a Q&A.;
"I hope it's inspiring," Daughtry said in an adjacent room after the appearance, part of the Starburst Music with the Masters series, which benefits the VH1 Save The Music Foundation. "That's the reason we do it. We want to inspire kids to do something with their music. Whatever they have a passion for, go for it. You can see it on some of their faces — the ones really taking it in.
"They see we're real people who love what we do and not holier-than-thou rock stars with sunglasses on. They think, 'Wow. OK, maybe it's possible for someone like myself to make it and do big things.'"
The students asked Daughtry and bandmates Josh Paul and Brian Craddock what they would be doing if they weren't musicians, what the best part of being a musician is, why they wanted to become musicians and how Daughtry felt when he won "American Idol."
(Many people assume Daughtry won because his band has sold more records than any "Idol" alum other than Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson, but, as he pointed out to the student, he actually came in fourth during the 2006 season.)
The Grammy-nominated band later joined the high school band as they played composer James Swearingen's "To a New Beginning." Because there was no need for a rock star with a booming voice in the song, Daughtry played what appeared to be a kettledrum in the back of the room. The 32-year-old North Carolina native embraced his minor role and struck the drum with dramatic flare.
"I hope I didn't ruin your song," he announced to the class afterward.
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The Herman C. Timm House, located in "downtown" New Holstein, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The house is a significant example of Queen Anne Style architecture called stick style architecture. It was initially constructed in 1873 with an addition completed in 1892. The house is open Saturdays and Sundays, May through October, from 1-4pm or by appointment (920-948-7748). Single site or combo site (Timm House and Pioneer Corner Museum) admission fee applies.
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Archive - 2009 - Article
December 30th
Worst 10 NBA Draft Picks of the Decade
December 29th
Top 10 NBA Draft Picks of the Decade
As the final hours of 2009 come upon us, NBADraft.net has taken to listing off the best picks of the past decade. The list is based on the value a player provided at his given pick spot in the draft. For instance, an All-Star picked 15th is more common than a starter picked 50th.
Tomorrow, we'll have the 10 worst picks of the decade. For now, enjoy:
1. Michael Redd - 43rd pick in the 2000 draft by Milwaukee
December 27th
NCAA Power 16 Rankings
By Josh Cochran and Joel Steiner
NCAA Power 16: December 28th
The Christmas presents are unwrapped and New Year's is fast approaching, so it's a good time for us to reflect on college basketball's non-conference season. Kansas, Texas and Kentucky were ranked in the top 5 of our first Power 16 and they have lived up to expectations.
December 23rd
NBA Draft: Stock Watch
Avery Bradley 6-2 180 PG/SG Texas Fr.
After a slow start, Texas' blue chip recruit has begun to show why some had him rated as the #1 recruit in the nation (over John Wall).
While Bradley isn't in Wall's class as an NBA prospect, he's quickly proving that he belongs in the next handful of players and will likely be considered as a top 10 pick this year.
December 20th
NCAA Power 16 Rankings
By Josh Cochran and Joel Steiner
NCAA Power 16: December 21st
At this point in the college basketball season you can throw out the pre-season hype and look at what these teams have done on the floor. Right now it looks like the top nine teams in the Power 16 are legitimate Final Four contenders but the top five are National Championship caliber. Ole Miss, Kansas State and New Mexico have played their way into our Power 16, but it will be interesting to see how they fare during the grind of conference play.
December 17th
2010 Positional Rankings Updated
2010 Positional Rankings
With size, speed and athleticism, Nevada's Armon Johnson has what few point guards on the college level possess. And with such a shallow pool of talent following likely #1 pick John Wall at the point guard position, Johnson could potentially look to leave this year and find a spot in the first round.
December 14th
NCAA Power 16 Rankings
By Josh Cochran and Joel Steiner
NCAA Power 16: December 14th
Through the first five weeks of the season there appears to be separation between the top 13 teams and everyone else. This has been evident in our Power 16 Rankings as teams 14-21 have changed weekly. Meanwhile, Kentucky and Syracuse further established positions in our top five with big wins last week. Texas gets an opportunity to make a statement this week with a huge match up against North Carolina in Cowboy Stadium.
December 11th
Euro Cup Watch
It's the half way point of the EuroCup Competition regular season, so its time to take a look at how the prospects have done so far.
Top Prospects
Donatas Montiejunas (90) F 7'0 Benetton
December 9th
NBA Draft: Stock Watch
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John Wall 6-4 182 PG Kentucky Fr.
John Wall has carried the Wildcats to a 9-0 start, living up to all the hype and then some. He's played through injuries and come up big when they have needed him most.
December 8th
Euroleague Watch
It's 6 Games into the Euroleague Season already and since the stretch games are starting now, is time for us to take a look at our listed prospects and their performance so far. Rankings are more performance based than overall potential based but take both into consideration.
DEP List:
Jan Vesely (90) F 6'10 Partizan (This report 1/ last report 1)


text: The nonprofit organization is a vital extension of the world of markets and for-profit firms: Nonprofits fill the gaps in free-market solutions to social problems. It takes special skills to create and manage nonprofit organizations — such skills can sharpen the effectiveness of managers in the for-profit world. And most managers will be called to serve on boards or in operational positions for nonprofits. For these and other reasons, MBAs should engage and learn from the issues confronting the nonprofit organization. —Robert F. Bruner, University Professor, Distinguished Professor of Business Administration and Dean Emeritus of the Darden School of Business Many excellent opportunities exist for MBA internships in the nonprofit and public sectors. Unfortunately, many of these organizations do not have the resources to pay an MBA candidate adequately. This is where the Darden Nonprofit Internship Fund (DNIF) can help. DNIF is a program funded by both students and the Darden School that helps First Year students defray summer living expenses while pursuing internships with nonprofit organizations. Who Applies to DNIF and Why?Students who are interested in applying their business skills to their local and global communityStudents who wish to explore a potential career in the nonprofit sectorStudents who see the DNIF as a way to support a long-term goal of working for nonprofit organizationsValue of Nonprofit InternshipsMBA candidates from Darden who pursue summer internships in the nonprofit sector provide great benefits both to their host organizations and to our own Darden community.Darden First Years who work for nonprofits offer critical management skills to organizations that could otherwise not afford a summer intern. Darden students are known for their deep sense of commitment to society at large, and there are dozens of great nonprofit enterprises that are excited about the MBA talent our students possess.