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July Coronation Curia
July Coronation July 17, AS XL (2005) Curia Minutes Curia began at 8:05 AM Royalty in attendance: HRM King Uther, HRM Queen Angharad Angharad, Prince Ieuan and Princess Gwyneth of Tir Righ Their Majesties wished everyone a good morning, and requested that the meeting move along quickly, as there was a lot to do this day. Officers Reports: Exchequer: HL Sara reports. She has preliminary numbers for officers budgets and has sent reports to Their Majesties. HL Sara has received notification that Corporate wants all outstanding NMS current ASAP. At this time the outstanding amounts are from branches in Canada. The good news is the Kingdom of An Tir is current for the 1st quarter of 2005! The Society has imposed a 90-day process to bring Canadian branches in An Tir up to reporting standards for the rest of the society. Work is being accomplished, and the branches should be on line by then end of the process. Warrants for Canadian branch Exchequers are being updated. Stand by for news from the Society on this issue. All officers have budgets. Now is the time to turn in your wish lists for next years budget. Please dont leave it until the last minute. Kingdom Event reporting is becoming an issue. Please send your reports promptly. Concerns about the travel re-imbursements have been updated. Check on line for details. Kingdom Royal Equestrian HL Agelos reports there have been 0 incidents and 0 injuries since the last Curia meeting. The Equestrian handbook is available on line. HL Agelos states that he will focus on promoting equestrian activities in outlying areas. Another area that will be focused on is promoting mounted archery. Black Lion Herald: Lord Christopher Thomas reports that they have purchased poles for the Black Lion Pavilion. Reporting is improving and is almost at 100%. He continues to promote heraldic symposiums on the Principality level. Minister of Arts and Sciences Master Gordon Redthorn has taken over the office for Master Cystennin. He will be listing the position in the upcoming Crier. There are classes being planned at September Crown. The Kingdom Bardic and Kingdom A&S Competitions are on track. Chronicler: HL Arontius reports that he has the latest warrants to be signed by Their Majesties. An Tir Laws will be updated and published by 12th Night. There have been 8 nominations in the Kingdom for the Black Fox awards. HL Vallerianne has a proposal for a new deputy to the Chronicler, The Publications Deputy. This would permit all officers to submit officers handbooks to the Chroniclers office for publication. It would make the handbooks more uniform, would be more economical to print through the Kingdom publisher, and would facilitate the handbooks going online. This idea will be discussed between now and September Crown, with a decision in time for the Kingdom Law changes at 12th Night. More and More branches are moving away from written newsletters towards electronic medium. A decision about official matters and printing will be made at a society level. Kingdom Scribe HL Turrien reports. The Domesday Booke is finished and was presented to Their Majesties at court yesterday. The Scribal budget has been exceeded by about $100. This was spent on paper for charters. The exact amounts will be available at September Crown. Everything else is going well at this time. Chirugeon: HL Tvormir reports that his report was sent to the Curia list, and to Their Majesties. See report for details. Kingdom Constable: HL Dane Lonewolf reports that he has not received a report from Master Olafr. Minister of Children: HL Amice de Chatillon reports: Childrens projects are under way. HL Nimue has been named Kingdom Pied Piper and is present at the event. Kingdom Games Master HL Tewl Gover reports that he is working on finding deputies on Tir Righ and Avacal. He states that reporting is still an issue at this time. Earl Marshal: Not Present List Mistress: Not Present Chatalaine: Not Present Kingdom Events: July Coronation: Event is going well. September Crown: HL Rosamund Reports that the event is on track. The extensive paperwork required by the county has been completed! Any officers that would like to be on the e-list for the event should contact HL Rosamund. There is no access to the site until August because there is a crop growing. The team is working on the egress and ingress issues. Work on the schedule will start shortly. Kingdom Bardic: The event is on track and the contracts are signed. It has been arranged for some non-messy foods to be allowed in the basement. New Business None reported. Curia ended at 8:30 AM Respectfully submitted Brighid Ross Baroness of the Court of An Tir Curia Clerk
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As Consumers Use Their Phones as Their Music Player, Camera and
Video Recorder, High-Capacity Cards Are A Growing Requirement
BARCELONA, SPAIN, Feb. 12, 2007 - SanDisk® Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) today introduced a 4-gigabyte (GB) microSD High Capacity (SDHC™) card -the largest capacity of the world's smallest removable flash memory card. A 4GB microSDHC™ card can store more than 1,000 digital songs or more than 2,000 high-resolution pictures or up to 8 hours of MPEG 4 video . SanDisk made the announcement at 3GSM World Congress 2007, where it is demonstrating products in Hall 7, booth 7C62.
"Content is driving the demand for higher capacity flash memory cards in mobile phones," said Jeff Kost, vice president and general manager of the Mobile Consumer Solutions division at SanDisk. "The new 4GB SanDisk microSDHC card will allow handset manufacturers and mobile network operators to plan rich media services for their customers who increasingly see their phone as their camera, video player, gaming system and music player."
SanDisk is now sampling the new 4GB microSDHC card to OEMs such as major phone manufacturers and mobile network operators (MNOs). Engineering samples are now available for evaluation, as mobile phone makers will need to upgrade the firmware in their handsets so that memory slots can support the new card.
SDHC is the new designation for any SD™ or SD-based card that is larger than 2GB and adheres to the new SD 2.00 specification that is required for cards and hosts to support 4GB to 32GB capacities. The specification was developed by the SD Association, an industry standards board, which also defined three speed classes for speed and performance capabilities. These cards adhere to the SD Speed Class 2 Rating specification which defines a minimum sustained transfer speed for SDHC cards.
Retail release of the card is planned for later in 2007. OEM pricing has not been determined yet.
In line with the announcement of the 4GB microSDHC card, SanDisk is offering various capacities of microSD™ cards in a Mobile Memory Kit. Each package contains both miniSD™ and SD adapters, so that consumers can select the appropriate card for their use without being influenced by card size. With SanDisk adapters, microSD and microSDHC cards can be "stepped up" to fit into a variety of other electronics devices that have miniSDHC and SDHC slots.
Apart from handsets, microSDHC cards also can be used in some digital audio players, such as SanDisk's Sansa® c200 and e200 series MP3 players.
For additional information on the SDHC format, please visit SanDisk's website:
• What is SDHC: www.sandisk.com/sdhc/SDHC.pdf
• SDHC product information: www.sandisk.com/sdhc
SanDisk is the original inventor of flash storage cards and is the world's largest supplier of flash data storage card products, using its patented, high-density flash memory and controller technology. SanDisk is headquartered in Milpitas, California and has operations worldwide, with more than half of its sales outside the U.S.
SanDisk's web site/home page address: www.sandisk.com
SanDisk's product and executive images can be downloaded from http://www.sandisk.com/corporate/mediakit/
SanDisk, the SanDisk logo and Sansa are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation, registered in the U.S. and other countries. SD, SDHC, microSDHC, microSD and miniSD are trademarks. Other brand names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective holder(s). All trade names are either registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders.
¹ gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion bytes.
² Approximations based on compressed JPEG images on 4 MP camera (pictures); 4 minute songs at 128 kbps MP3 (songs) and 8 hours of Super Fine MPEG 4 video (320 x 240, 1Mb/sec. video). Actual numbers may vary.
³ The 4GB SanDisk microSDHC card is rated Class 2, a guaranteed minimum data-transfer rate of 2MB/sec. This rate is guaranteed based on the conditional access method specified by SD physical specifications.
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About Alias
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>>Players can always continue to leave any rating they want on the Google Play Store.
This is the way I always write reviews for apps from the Play Store. Those sheep who are spoon fed a review dialog are the ones that are allowing this behavior. A smart person would say, "well, that's BS" and would just go to the play store to leave their honest opinion.
So, EA here is just taking advantage of the fact that some players are either not savvy enough to know about leaving a review on the play store or are just lazy.
>>Still gonna buy TitanFall even if each mech costs $5 and I can only rate 5/5 cos I'm an idiot gamer who willingly allows companies to exploit me.
This comment is just vitriol. Gamers, for the most part, are not idiots; this is one of their past times. Some people have the interest and disposable income to be attracted to this type of business model.
I, for one, am not. In fact, the last EA game I bought in 2/2012 was THE last EA game I will ever buy because of this type of cash-grab mentality that EA exhibits and their general ineptitude (product-launch failures, Launch-server capacity mishandling, etc.) and uncaring nature for their customers. I don't have enough time or funds for that crap so I am voting with my wallet.
Dude. It's FESTIVUS.
It will be interesting to see if they convict based upon the fact that you can't tell who the actual driver is during the run.
Sure you are responsible for parking tickets on your car, but drivers are responsible for their own behavior while in said car, or so I was led to believe. So, if they can't prove who was driving, how do they convict this guy?
>>"Warfare is eminent,"
*Imminent. Learn to spell before inciting a race-war, dumb@ss.
This article would have been more relevant like two weeks ago when this video was all over the interwebz:
"Hilarious 'North Korean propaganda' video...
>>This is gonna be a long one.
That's what she said.
OK, my bad. I understand the point now. I put the emphasis on the wrong word in the sentence, which changed the intended message.
Uhm, sorry Mike. I've never EVER bought a computer from any ISP to which I've ever subscribed. I just can't agree with your comparison here.
My Dad is an ex-biker well acquainted with the H.A.s and I can tell you this: They will demand, NOT ASK, this 'copyright' being rescinded. If they don't get satisfaction, I can assure you extremely BAD THINGS will happen to QMI, its holdings, its owners and their families. They DO NOT f*ck around when it comes to their colors. People have disappeared for far less.
"How are comic fans who frequent B&N supposed to get these comics if the comics are not available in-store?"
Go to Amazon.
>>That question is directed at you, copyright maximalists. Why should we have to wait more than a lifetime to improve or adapt an idea?
Copyright maximalists?
NOT GUILTY, Your Honor!
"We trust that AT&T will not take it personally."
>> in keeping the work locked up, it potentially limits those who know or care about the film...
Word, Mike. If you hadn't had a write up of this, I'd have never heard of it. Hey, maybe you should hit him up for some sort of promo cut. :)
Heh heh. They said 'Jackholes'. Heh heh.
I think your numbers are in error. I'm betting anonymous posted the most comments. Just sayin'. That guy has way to much time on his hands and too many points of view to be taken seriously anyway. :D
"...probably won't have a COOP..."
Why would a game have a chicken coop?
OH! You mean CO-OP. Gotcha.
BTW folks, I am a customer of the first and second bundles and received the following email today:
"Six games have been added to your bundle
Dear Humble Indie Bundle customer, I would just like to personally thank you for your support in making the Humble Indie Bundle #2 even more successful than the first one. As thanks, I have added the Humble Indie Bundle #1 into your bundle. If you go to your personal download page, you will find the following games waiting for you:
- World of Goo (now a top seller on the iPad)
- Aquaria
- Gish
- Lugaru HD
- Penumbra Overture
- Samorost 2
Happy holidays! They're (mostly) redeemable on Steam too, if you would like to link them to your account.
If this kind of thing makes you happy, please feel free to add a little more to your Humble Bundle purchase (you can help bring up the average on your download page) and keep spreading the word!
Jeffrey Rosen
Humble Bundle"
While I already own the first bundle, it seems like a nice gesture and smart business decision that can drum up more buzz and business for the second bundle.


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IAM feeds the tabloids with spurious claims of red light jumping cyclists
IAM feeds the tabloids with spurious claims of red light jumping cyclists
"57% of cyclists jump red lights" screamed the headline on the press release from the IAM.
Perhaps you think that's a little high. Peter Walker of the Guardian's Bike Blog certainly did. When he asked for a more detailed breakdown of these figures he found that only around 2% of the respondents to their survey admitted to jumping red lights 'regularly'. Over 85% said they never jumped red lights or had done so only once or twice, or 'rarely'.
Of course, as anyone who ventures onto Britain's sometimes fractious road network knows, law breaking happens on all sides. 82% of motorists admit to breaking the speed limit, nearly half talk on their mobile phones and, in my experience, it is a good day when more than a handful of drivers manage to overtake following Rule 163 of the Highway Code.
Red light jumping is often attributed specifically to cyclists, but in terms of a road safety risk it's much more of a serious problem when drivers do the jumping: of all the pedestrians injured in an incident involving red light jumping in London, 4% were due to cyclists; 96% were due to drivers of motor vehicles.
But it is the reaction from the cycling media, like the Guardian and BikeBiz that is interesting. This press release is tabloid fodder and is knowingly, and in my eyes quite disgracefully, spinning the results to fulfil stereotypes. Faced with such behaviour Peter Walker and Carlton Reid decided to ignore the embargo.
The IAM should know better - it is usually a responsible organisation, which seeks to represent all road users. They even run their own, reasonably good, cycle training and take sensible, conciliatory positions on many road safety issues. Feeding the anti-cycling media doesn't help their reputation in the eyes of cyclists.


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OSCAR Pistorius asked a friend to take the blame after a pistol was accidentally fired in a Johannesburg restaurant weeks before the double-amputee runner fatally shot his girlfriend, a witness testified.
The testimony by boxer Kevin Lerena relates to firearms charges against Pistorius, and raises questions about the character of a man who insists he accidentally shot dead Reeva Steenkamp in his home in the early hours of February 14 last year. Prosecutors allege he intentionally shot Steenkamp, his 29-year-old girlfriend.
Lerena said the restaurant shooting happened when he and Pistorius and two other friends were in a restaurant in the swank Melrose Arch area of Johannesburg in January 2013. One friend, Darren Fresco, passed his gun to Pistorius under the table and told him that there was a bullet in the chamber, Lerena said. Then a shot went off, puncturing the floor near Lerena's foot, he said.
"There was just complete silence,'' said Lerena, who described being in shock and having blood where his toe was grazed in the incident. Then, he said, Pistorius apologised, saying: "Are you OK? Is everybody OK?''
Before the restaurant management approached the table, Lerena said, Pistorius asked Fresco to say he was responsible for the gunshot.
"'Just say it was you. I don't want any tension around me,''' Lerena remembered Pistorius saying. "'There's too much media hype around me.'''
Lerena said they paid the bill and left the restaurant and he never spoke about the incident. Two days after Pistorius shot Steenkamp, he said, he woke up to find over 100 missed calls on his telephone as media from around the world tried to contact him to ask about the gun incident.
Chief defence lawyer Barry Roux attempted to establish it was noisy in the restaurant, which the manager testified was full with over 200 customers, and that Pistorius did not hear Fresco say the gun was "one-up'' - or that there was a bullet in the chamber - when he passed it.
But Lerena's testimony that Pistorius asked a friend to "take the rap'' wasn't challenged.
"He (Pistorius) did say, 'Fresco, take the blame because this could be big.''' Lerena said in court.
The wife of the restaurant manager also said in her brief testimony that the shot went off near to where a child was sitting.
Pistorius, the world-famous athlete and first amputee to run at the Olympics, is charged with murder and three other offences: Two relating to the shooting of a gun in public and another count of illegal possession of ammunition. He pleaded not guilty to all four charges.
Earlier, Mr Roux sought to undermine the prosecution testimony of a couple who say they heard a woman's screams and gunfire the night that Pistorius killed Steenkamp. Telephone records will show that the banging sounds the neighbors heard were not gunshots but a distressed Pistorius breaking down the toilet door with a cricket bat after realising he had shot Steenkamp when she was in the toilet, thinking it was an intruder, Mr Roux asserted.
Throwing doubt on the witnesses' recollection of the sequence in the early hours is crucial for Pistorius' defence after the state maintained there was a loud argument on the night he shot Steenkamp through a door in his bathroom and the screams and shouts were before a gun was fired.
Pistorius' team wants to show the screams were Pistorius calling for help after the accidental killing and before he used the bat on the door.
Charl Johnson and his wife Michelle Burger have testified to hearing a woman screaming, a man shouting for help and then gunshots. During his cross-examination of Mr Johnson, Mr Roux said call records will show Pistorius called an estate manager at around 3:19am and soon after he bashed in the door with the bat.
In Mr Johnson and Ms Burger's testimony, they say they heard what they described as shots straight after making a call to security at 3:16am. The similar times show the sounds were the bat on the door, Mr Roux argued.
"There is only one thing you could have heard, because it coincides precisely,'' Mr Roux said to Mr Johnson. "That was the time that he (Pistorius) broke down the door (with the bat).''
Mr Johnson replied: "I am convinced the sound I heard was gunshots.''
Pistorius, 27, was a globally admired athlete whose career peaked when he ran in the 2012 Olympics. He was born without fibula bones because of a congenital defect and his legs were amputated when he was 11 months old. He ran on carbon-fiber blades and is a multiple Paralympic medalist. He also competed at the London Olympics but didn't win a medal.


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China-based Zhu Jingxuan, a student from Donghua University's Fashion & Art Design Institute, has created a concept device that captures pictures and aromas of food and prints them on postcards.
The 'food printer' is a combination of a camera, a smell extractor and a printer: the camera takes the picture of the food; while the smell extractor collects the aroma of it simultaneously; and the printer prints a postcard with aroma ink.
Zhu's idea behind her food printer is so that people can capture the fragrances of food when dining overseas, and send it to friends back home—so that they can experience the cuisine visually and aromatically.
The system would work using an aroma sensor, which would analyze the smell of the food and simulate it by mixing different aroma inks stored in the machine.
When the right formula is achieved, the smell would be printed onto part of the postcard.
"I spent several months designing it," Zhu told China Daily. "What I completed was just an idea and draft sketch. Without the help of Sony's designers, I could not have made the model."
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Terrorism suspects plead not guilty in NYC court
NEW YORK (AP) -- Radical preacher Abu Hamza al-Masri (AH'-boo HAHM'-zuh ahl MAHZ'-ree) and two other terrorism suspects who fought for years to avoid facing charges in the United States are appearing in a New York court, hours after being extradited from Britain.
Khaled al-Fawwaz and Adel Abdul Bary pleaded not guilty Saturday afternoon. Al-Masri is in court but has not yet entered a plea.
Lawyers for both al-Fawwaz and Bary note the ailments of their clients and say they're concerned that they get their medication. The lawyers did not seek bail for their clients though Bary's attorney reserved the right to do so in the future.
Two other men extradited with them, Babar Hamad and Syed Talha Ahsan, pleaded not guilty in federal district court in Connecticut earlier Saturday. They are jailed until trial.


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MEXICO CITY (AP) — In a strange and aggressive attack by Mexican federal police on a U.S. Embassy vehicle that was pumped with 152 bullets, one major question remains: Why?
Mexican investigators are looking for the answer from five police commanders who are accused of ordering 14 officers to lie about what happened on Aug. 24 south of Mexico City, where two CIA officers and a Mexican Navy captain came under heavy fire while travelling in an armored SUV clearly marked by diplomatic plates.
The police officers, who wounded the Americans and face attempted murder charges, initially said they were in uniform and marked cars, and responded to fire from the SUV. But details of the attorney general's investigation released Sunday said they were in plains clothes, unmarked vehicles (including two of their personal cars) and under order at all times from their commanding officers.
"Commanders controlled by whom? Whose instructions were they following?" said one Mexican official with knowledge of the case.
The attorney general's office continues to investigate possible connections between the attack and organized crime, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case.
Indeed the case is sensitive, not only between two giant and intricately linked nations sharing a 2,000-mile border, but also inside Mexico, where the federal police and attorney general's office have used competing media outlets to publicly accuse each other of lying.
Federal police fired on the SUV because "they didn't stop to think, and everyone just kept firing," federal police chief Maribel Cervantes told Radio Formula on Monday. "They didn't follow protocol. But in no way have we found anything to indicate that this was anything planned."
She said the officers reported to only one of the five commanders facing charges. The 14 officers have been held over for trial. One commander was charged last week with giving false information and released on bail. The other four are fighting their arrest warrants.
The U.S. Embassy is uncharacteristically quiet, given the normal U.S. outrage over attacks on Americans working on foreign soil, from the killing this year of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three others in Benghazi to the torture and murder of DEA agent Enrique Camarena in Mexico nearly 28 years ago.
The CIA officers didn't receive life-threatening wounds and the navy officer was unharmed.
"We don't comment on an ongoing investigation," said Alex Featherstone, spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Mexico. "This is a matter of great importance to both countries and we will continue to cooperate with Mexican authorities."
The massive hunt for and prosecution of Camarena's killers in 1985 are still cited as the main deterrent for Mexican criminals who think of messing with U.S. agents, making the August attack even more inexplicable. U.S.-Mexican relations have become even tighter since then. And analysts say there is too much at stake for both countries to let one incident stain the bilateral bigger picture.
In addition to unprecedented cooperation between the two countries in fighting drugs and organized crime, foreign direct investment between Mexico and the U.S. has grown exponentially in the last 20 years. Mexico is the United States' second-largest export market, and one in 24 Americans depend on trade with Mexico for their jobs, according to a 2011 report by the Washington-based Mexico Institute.
"Both governments have invested time, resources and credibility in building a security partnership that didn't exist five to six years ago. They don't want to see that undermined by the malfeasance or stupidity of individuals," said Andrew Selee, Mexico Institute director. "It's a conscious attempt to compartmentalize and deal with specific incidents on merits rather than dynamiting the overall relationship."
Federal police still insist they were investigating the kidnapping of a government official the morning of the shooting, even though assistant federal prosecutor Victoria Pacheco Jimenez said kidnapping is a state crime, not federal, and there is no evidence anywhere that federal police were asked to help in the case.
All the gunfire came from the federal police weapons, discounting police statements that the embassy vehicle fired first, Pacheco said in a Sunday press conference. The bullet-proofed embassy SUV was chased under fire and struck by 152 bullets, 40 percent of them pumped into the driver and passenger-side windows after the vehicle had come to a stop.
Federal police initially called the attack a case of mistaken identity, though Cervantes no longer mentioned that angle on Monday.
A senior U.S. official told The Associated Press in early October that there was strong circumstantial evidence that the officers were working for organized crime in a targeted assassination attempt. He spoke on condition of anonymity.
The rural road where the attack took place near Cuernavaca is known territory of the remnants of the Beltran Leyva cartel.


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This week is Hurricane Preparedness Week and as such, each day has a topic related to hurricanes and being prepared.
Today's topic is storm surge – one of the most devastating effects from a tropical cyclone. Historically, storm surge kills more people than any other tropical cyclone hazard. We saw a period of time from 1970 through 2004 when few people lost their lives due to surge. Then, in 2005, Katrina changed all of that with scores of lives lost due to surge from the Missisisppi Sound as well as the catastrophic flooding from storm surge coupled with the failure of New Orleans' levee system.
Sadly, the trend continued, though not to the same scale fortunately, with Sandy last October as storm surge swept in to areas along the New York and New Jersey coasts. A vast majority of the damage from Sandy was the result of storm surge and battering waves.
Most people do not understand storm surge and how it can affect them. Almost all evacauations in a hurricane are because of the threat of storm surge flooding. Studies are done to predict traffic flow, behavior patterns and response to evacuation orders. In most cases, people will wait as long as possible to determine whether or not the threat to their immediate location is substantial enough to warrant the trouble of leaving. While this is an understandble trait of human nature, it could lead to deadly consequences.
Let's take hurricane Ike from 2008 as an example. It was an especially large hurricane that generated an enormous surge of water that was quite literally pushed towards the northwest Gulf of Mexico coastline. The NHC had forecast Ike to become an intense category three hurricane for several days before its landfall near Galveston on September 13. Yet, thousands of people remained on Galveston Island despite A) the city's infamous history with hurricanes and B) the warning that people would face "certain death" if they remained behind.
If someone told you that if you remained in your car on a hot July day with the power off and the windows rolled up that you would face certain death, what would you do? I am guessing that 100% of you would not remain in your car under those conditions. Why? Because you know what will happen. You have felt the car get really hot before and have the A/C to fire up in order to make it tolerable. The point is, you've experienced the conditions that could kill you before yet you have the tool (A/C) to mitigate the worst from happening. It is that experience with a very hot car that has taught you not to remain inside of it for any length of time during warm to hot days.
The same cannot be said of storm surge. Most people who live along the coast have never experienced a storm surge from a tropical storm or hurricane. Thus, they have no idea what they're dealing with. They have not seen it with their own eyes and do not grasp the concept of how much energy moving water has. They are shown maps on TV and the Internet and are told to evacuate. Often times, most people do not unless they sense danger.
I suppose that as Ike approached, some people did not sense any danger and chose to remain behind. The resulting storm surge as at least 20 feet high in some locations with thousands of homes either destroyed or seriously damaged by the flood waters. Lives were lost because people did not evacuate though scores of lives were indeed saved because of adequte warnings and people heeding them.
I guess since seeing is believing that we have to do something to further convince people of how bad storm surge can be.
As I announced in a blog post a few months ago, we are going to provide a publicly accessible, brand new, completely redesigned "Surge Cam" that will stream live video from the teeth of the next hurricane and its storm surge. We have been using an older technology for the past seven seasons that ended with Sandy last October. Now, we have new and more effecient technology that will allow us to place un-manned cameras anywhere we wish with almost no risk to either ourselves or to the equipment. We've made a decision to make one of these units available through our public Ustream channel at no cost to those who watch. The idea is to show people the effects of storm surge and convince them through live video that storm surge is a lethal, destructive force. We hope to place the Surge Cam in an area where a significant impact from storm surge is expected. The new camera systems last for at least 30 hours now, allowing us more time to place them in locations that no humans have any business being in as the hurricane and its surge sweep in. Perhaps this will help to motivate people to evacuate and take the appropriate measures to mitigate loss to property as well.
We will have three other Surge Cams dedicated to our Client Services members – after all, it's their funding that supports this effort in the first place. We just thought it would serve the public and local officials, as well as the media, to provide one Surge Cam feed free of charge. Thanks to advances in technology, we can do that starting this season. Once we have a threat of a landfall, I'll post the URL of the Surge Cam in a blog post and on our Twitter and Facebook pages. People are encouraged to share and embed the player as much as they wish. Anyone in the media may use the feed on-air and on their websites as they see fit. Just credit HurricaneTrack.com please – that's all we ask.
It looks like a very busy season ahead. I hope that folks along the coast, especially newcomers, do their part to better understand the risk from tropical storms and hurricanes. For more info, including excellent video resources, check out the NHC's preparedness page here: NHC Hurricane Preparedness


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Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Armed with little more than her pocketbook and her prodigious common sense, Hetty Wainthropp (Patricia Routledge) is the Lancashire housewife-turned-detective who has proved that she can easily match wits with the best of them - even if she has to take the bus to get to the scene of the crime.
In these tales, Hetty goes undercover, demonstrating her continued fearlessness in the face of criminal offences. Still by Hetty's sdie are her recently retired husband Robert (Derek Benfield) and Geoffrey Shawcross (Dominic Monaghan), the teenager rescued by Hetty from a dodgy career of shoplifting and who now lives with the Wainthropps and acts as Hetty's investigating sidekick. Based on characters from the 1986 novel Missing Persons by David Cook (who co-wrote the series with John Griffith Bowen). The incidents in Cook's book were inspired by his own mother's real-life experiences.
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates Previous Broadcasts
Childsplay (Episode #105)
KQED Plus: Mon, Oct 28, 2013 -- 9:49 PM
When Robert goes to stay with his brother Frank in Weston-Super-Mare, Hetty visits Frank's daughter Peggy in Bodley Bay. Peggy's son, Tom, has been suspended from school after an ecstasy tablet was planted in his blazer pocket. Hetty goes undercover as a dinner lady at Tom's school to find out the truth.
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- KQED Plus: Tue, Oct 29, 2013 -- 3:49 AM
Fisticuffs (Episode #104)
KQED Plus: Mon, Oct 21, 2013 -- 9:49 PM
Ivan Pejic, a school teacher, is doing his morning run when he witnesses a car accident. Estate agent, Magda Devlin drives into a red Alfa Romeo while she's talking on her mobile phone. An elegant and wealthy woman jumps out of the car and punches Magda viciously in the face and then drives off.
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- KQED Plus: Thu, Oct 24, 2013 -- 5:10 AM
- KQED Plus: Tue, Oct 22, 2013 -- 3:49 AM
Serving The Community (Episode #103)
KQED Plus: Mon, Oct 7, 2013 -- 9:49 PM
Hetty faces danger when she agrees to track down a gang who have been attacking local restaurant owners.
Repeat Broadcasts:
- KQED Plus: Tue, Oct 8, 2013 -- 3:49 AM
Daughter of the Regiment (Episode #102)
KQED Plus: Tue, Oct 1, 2013 -- 3:49 AM
The mother of a beautiful bride-to-be who is being stalked asks for Hetty's help.


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Team USA celebrates a goal at the Four Nations Cup in Finland (photo courtesy of Suomen Jaakiekkoliitto/USA Hockey).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The USA Women's National Hockey Team, coached by Katey Stone, The Landry Family Head Coach for Harvard Women's Ice Hockey, captured gold at this weekend's Four Nations Cup tournament held in Vantaa, Finland. Stone had three Crimson skaters in red, white and blue on the ice including current players Lyndsey Fry and Michelle Picard and Harvard graduate Julie Chu '06-07.
"I'm very happy as to how our team came together this week," Stone told USA Hockey. "We played tough, we played smart, we made some adjustments, we had great goaltending, and we played strong (defensively). I'm happy and proud of how (we) played."
The team played a round-robin tournament against the other three teams to determine the squads that advanced to the gold and bronze medal games.
Team USA started the preliminary round with a shutout of Sweden, 4-0, before dropping a 3-1 decision to rival Canada. At 1-1, the United States was matched up against Finland in the last pool-play game with a spot in the championship on the line. The Red, White and Blue dominated Finland, 15-1, to convincingly move on to the title contest.
Fry scored her first international goal, one that would prove to be the game-winner, in the 15-1 rout. She also added two assists in the game to total three points. Chu, a veteran of 11 Four Nation Cups and three Olympic Games, found the back of the net in the first period that saw Team USA jump to a 7-0 lead.
Picard, a defenseman playing in her second Four Nations Cup, assisted on a third-period goal against Finland as well.
Team USA's 2-1 mark was enough to get the Red, White and Blue a second chance at Canada in the final.
Picard helped the United States grab a 1-0 lead in the first period of the gold medal match by being on the ice for a Kendall Coyne shorthanded tally. Team USA added goals in each of the two remaining stanzas and Jessie Vetter stopped 26 shots to shutout Canada for a 3-0 win.
The Four Nations Cup championship was Team USA's fifth title and second in a row. Previously the Red, White and Blue had topped the Four Nations Cup in 1997, 2003, 2008 and 2011.
Team USA will come together again in late December for a training camp at the National Sports Center in Blaine, Minn.


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Its not our idea to suggest that God has a place within any music however U2 music has always had themes that create conversation about the beliefs of the band. One could say U2 has a strong Christian faith and yet Bono and the boys have denounced uniform concepts of church and one faith. During this interview Bono was asked the direct question do you pray and to whom. Bono said yes I pray to Christ to know the will of God during this interview in 2013.
Challenging times for the boys as they try to complete their 13th album and find away to reach out and touch that magic that is U2. Faith has always been centered around ideas that man has failures and if he is willing to raise above he too can experience greater joys in life. Its a simpler process to create music and remove the concepts of faith its harder to instill them and kind a balance. We all could use a little prayer so add U2 to your list and send some positive vibes their way


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 50 diseños de 13 diseñadores freelance.
Versa Ventures
Versa Ventures is a venture capital holding company with a real entrepreneurial flair. Versa reaches out to new or underdeveloped businesses and seeks to help nurture and grow them. One of the goals of Versa is to have a social purpose and to be environmentally concerned.
Investors, B2B managers, company owners, mostly male and most likely over 40 years of age.
Thanks to your fellow designer DZR (way to go DZR!), Versa Ventures has a fabulous new logo (attached for review). Now it's time to take the logo and stamp it on all of the other materials our company needs. That includes:
Business card (2 inch x 3.5 inch or 51 mm x 89 mm)
Letterhead (8 1/2 inch x 11 inches )
Standard #10 envelope ( 4.125 inches x 9. inches)
A2 Business notecard and envelope (google for info)
PowerPoint template(s)
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Here's something that always aggravated the living shit out of me about the Pilgrims.
...in 1658, Plymouth Court ordered that any boat carrying Quakers to Sandwich be seized to prevent the religious heretics from landing. A year earlier, Quakers in Sandwich had established the first Friends' Meeting in the New World. Magistrates in both Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies were alarmed by Quaker teachings that individuals could receive direct personal revelations from God. To protect orthodox Puritanism, the courts passed a series of laws forbidding residents from housing Quakers. Quakers themselves were threatened with whipping, arrest, imprisonment, banishment, or death. But driven by conscience, some Quakers repeatedly returned to Massachusetts to preach; four of them, including Mary Dyer, went to the gallows before a shocked King Charles ordered an end to the hanging of Quakers in 1661.
The Pilgrims came to America for religious freedom and were so intolerant of others religious freedom. Don't get me wrong, I know how aggravating it is to have someone try to "help you get right with God", but hanging? Of course it doesn't happen much in Boston, lol. I am already with the majority. It's funny to be on this subject at this moment. I am on my way to the shower to get ready for Mass and CCD. Don't worry, as I've said before, 4th grade CCD is Old Testament, so I end up teaching history and geography. I'm not damaging young minds.
And, of course no one needs Mass more than a vengeful, belligerent tart like myself!
Sunday, December 03, 2006
Today In History
Posted by BostonMaggie at 8:00:00 AM
5 comments:
- Anthony said...
Is your Advent wreath set up?
- 03 December, 2006 10:05
- BostonMaggie said...
You know, somehow that is something that managed to escape me this year. IU'll have to do better next year.
- 03 December, 2006 13:39
- AFSister said...
I think that happened because the Pilgrims wanted religious freedom, and they say this person as trying to force a religion upon them. Granted, I think it's wrong... but you have to consider their mindset at the time.
- 04 December, 2006 23:42
- BostonMaggie said...
Wait! You want me to be tolerant! Cut it out! You know everyone should just do what I want.
- 05 December, 2006 09:52
I'll do as I please! Hanging of Quakers ended up outlawed and the putitans turned to burning "wiches' at the stake. Somebody is always going to get the short straw!
- 05 December, 2006 20:22
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Right bemoans possible Leno exit
Could Jay Leno become a new conservative hero?
In the bitter and gossipy duel between Leno and NBC (the "Tonight Show" host is set to be replaced by Jimmy Fallon, according to reports), some see political fallout in Leno's fall from grace.
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"Left cheering Leno exit typical, he dared to entertain and offer jokes for the other 50% of country. Unacceptable in 'New America'…" tweeted Matt Drudge this week in the wake of news of Fallon's ascension. And Jezebel touched on Leno's rough relationship with the coastal elites, describing him as "Middle America's favorite late-night host."
Fox News' "The Five" speculated, if slightly in jest as is the show's wont, that Leno was suffering for his barbs against President Barack Obama.
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"Clearly he pushed it too far," said Greg Gutfeld said, half joking, on Thursday. "The network will send him to a reeducation camp for required therapy," adding that Leno should poke more fun at Sarah Palin if he wants to keep his job.
Fox News' Greta van Susteren wrote in defense of Leno on her blog.
"In the last few hours I have read about NBC and Jay Leno. I don't know if what I read is 1/2 true … all true … or even false … but I do think this could be handled better. Jay Leno deserves to be treated better — he has accomplished much and done a great deal for the network. I don't know if it is NBC or the media but Jay Leno deserves better treatment than he appears to be getting. What do you think?"
Perhaps conservatives will be cheering when they hear this — Leno could land at Fox.
( Watch: POLITICO Playback: The best of last night's late-night TV)
This from the New York Post on Friday: "The head of Fox's powerful affiliate board — who represents the majority of the 206 Fox stations around the country, said yesterday he favors building a new late-night show — starting at 11 o'clock — around the departing 'Tonight Show' host. 'If Fox were to present the right business plan, the affiliate board would be interested,' Steve Pruett, the board chairman, told the Post.
Matt Towery wrote on the conservative Town Hall website that Leno — despite being a liberal — is like "Barry Goldwater" when compared with David Letterman.
"… I know that Jay Leno, like most on network TV, is a self-proclaimed 'liberal,' but I could care less. Next to David Letterman, he looks like Barry Goldwater," Towery wrote.


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Happy 100th Birthday to British archaeologist and paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey. Google celebrated her birthday with this doodle.
An article about her legacy via National Geographic and via the Mirror.
An article by the Christian Science Monitor interviewing her son, Phillip Leakey, on her parenting style and growing up at dig sites.
Check out the Leakey Foundation for the work her supporters continue to carry out.


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Peace and Arbitration Committee (Mennonite Church)
Peace and Arbitration Committee, appointed at the Annual Conference of the Mennonite Church of Canada (MC) in 1906 to represent the conference in "advancing the cause of nonresistance in every legitimate way," reported to conference and was reappointed annually until 1922, when a motion was passed to release it. Those appointed to this committee in 1906 were S. F. Coffman, L. J. Burkholder, and David Bergey. In 1911 the committee was increased to four members. The action calling the committee into existence in 1906 included a recommendation that a Peace and Arbitration Association be organized in each member congregation of the conference. At least one congregation responded, for the Mennonite Historical Library at Goshen College has an undated printed constitution of the Mennonite Peace and Arbitration Association located at the Wideman Church, York County, Ontario. The stated object of this organization was "the promotion of universal and permanent peace, by means of arbitration and by cultivating the spirit of peace and good will among men." It is not known how extensive its membership and activities were, nor how long it lasted.
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Springer, N. P. "Peace and Arbitration Committee (Mennonite Church)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 18 Oct 2019. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Peace_and_Arbitration_Committee_(Mennonite_Church)&oldid=83794.
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Springer, N. P. (1959). Peace and Arbitration Committee (Mennonite Church). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 18 October 2019, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Peace_and_Arbitration_Committee_(Mennonite_Church)&oldid=83794.
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When I was trying to come up with ideas for the shower, I stumbled across the Wedding Chicks website. They have great DIY project ideas and lots of FREE customizable templates. I was able to customize the colors to match our shower.
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PHP rand(0,1) on Windows < OpenSSL rand() on Debian
(Please excuse the inflammatory title.)
Bo Allen recently made a post regarding the difference between true random and pseudorandom numbers, using 512x512 bitmaps as illustration.
Some might doubt his result on Windows, as the image seems to be too predictable. Initially, I passed it off as PHP using the default Windows pseudorandom number generator, which is a Linear Congruential Generator.
The default windows rand() function is implemented as follows (coefficients from this site, many others have them also):
unsigned long randState = 0;
//Get random number
unsigned long rand(void) {
randState = randState * 214013 + 2531011L;
return (randState >> 16) & 0x7fff;
//Seed RNG
void srand(unsigned long seed) {
randState = seed;
Here is Bo Allen's code:
// Requires the GD Library
header ("Content-type: image/png");
$im = @imagecreatetruecolor(512, 512)
or die("Cannot Initialize new GD image stream");
$white = imagecolorallocate($im, 255, 255, 255);
imagesetpixel($im, $x, $y, $white);
Let's have a look at how PHP does rand(0,1). All code is from the php-5.2.6 source release.
/* {{{ proto int rand([int min, int max])
Returns a random number */
long min;
long max;
long number;
int argc = ZEND_NUM_ARGS();
if (argc != 0 &&
zend_parse_parameters(argc TSRMLS_CC, "ll", &min, &max) == FAILURE)
number = php_rand(TSRMLS_C);
if (argc == 2) {
RAND_RANGE(number, min, max, PHP_RAND_MAX);
/* }}} */
A bit of digging reveals that php_rand is just a wrapper to the system's random() function. Okay, so what exactly is RAND_RANGE?
#define RAND_RANGE(__n, __min, __max, __tmax) \
(__n) = (__min) + (long) ((double) ( (double) (__max) - (__min) + 1.0) \
* ((__n) / ((__tmax) + 1.0)))
Wow, that is some ugly code.
Python's default random generator uses Mersenne Twister, which is an excellent choice for any application outside of cryptography. Here's code that replicates Bo's experiment, including a re-implementation of php's broken rand() function.
import PIL.Image, random, time
class MsftRand(random.Random):
'''This is equivalent to rand() and srand() on the Windows platform'''
state = 0
def __init__(self): # constructor method
self.state = int(time.time()) # seconds since the epoch
def seed(self,s):
self.state = s
def setstate(self,s):
self.state = s
def getstate(self):
return self.state
def random(self): # returns a float [0,1)
self.state = (self.state * 214013 + 2531011) % 2**32
return float((self.state >> 16) & 0x7fff) / 2**15
class bogoRand(MsftRand):
'''This replicates how PHP does randint()'''
def randint(self, a, b):
self.state = (self.state * 214013 + 2531011) % 2**32
return a + int(float((float(b-a+1)*((self.state&0x7fff)/((1<<15)+1.0)))))
image = PIL.Image.new("1",(512,512)) # Creates a 512x512 bitmap
# creates a list of different RNG objects and names
rand_mapping = [ (MsftRand(), "Microsoft"),
(random.Random(), "Mersenne"),
(bogoRand(), "bogoRand") ]
for rnd, name in rand_mapping:
for y in xrange(512):
for x in xrange(512):
image.putpixel((x,y), rnd.randint(0,1))
This will create three images when you run it--random_Mersenne.png, which uses Python's default random generator and randint() implementations, random_Microsoft.png, which uses the Windows LCG and Python's randint() implementation, and random_bogoRand.png, which uses the Windows LCG and PHP's randint() implementation.
Here's what random_bogoRand.png looks like:
This doesn't look exactly like Bo's image, as I probably didn't exactly replicate all the quirks of PHP's RAND_RANGE macro. I could be using the wrong LCG as well.
The other two images have no patterns obvious to the eye. How does Python do randint()?
from Lib/rand.py:
def randint(self, a, b):
"""Return random integer in range [a, b], including both end points.
return self.randrange(a, b+1)
def randrange(self, start, stop):
#I'm paraphrasing here, it does checks to make sure the arguments
# are integers and other sanity stuff
return start + int(self.random() * (stop - start))
It's not that PRNGs are visibly flawed, it's that PHP has a terrible method of generating a random range.
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It's no trick; Ubisoft is delivering three new maps and two new game types to its deceptive strategy game R.U.S.E. next month as part of the free Manhattan Project Pack.
The Manhattan Project was of course the name given the secret program that led to the creation of the first atomic bombs duiring World War II, so I'd say the war in R.U.S.E. is escalating at a rapid rate next month. The Manhattan Project pack bring three new multiplayer maps into the mix: Twilight of the Gods and Vesuvio are two-on-two maps, and Guns and Tulips is three-on-three.
The three new maps should serve as an excellent backdrop to the two new game types. Nuclear War starts both sides out with all prototype factories and upgrades unlocked. The second game type, Total War, starts the opponents in 1939, unlocking 1942 and 1945 units as the game progresses.
I don't see many people playing R.U.S.E. these days, but I'm sure those I don't see will appreciate the fresh content - or will they?


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LAKELAND, FL- The Florida Diamond Club put on their annual showcase at Joker Marchant Stadium this weekend, the spring home of the Detroit Tigers. This event attracts many of the state's best prospects and is run by the major league scouts who comprise the FDC.
Last year, the four regional teams at the event produced 38 draft picks. The number should be close again this year though a number of the state's premium talents didn't make it to Lakeland. Lakeland High School infielder Yordy Cabrera stood out as the #1 prospect.
There weren't any pitchers who showed consistent plus velocity or plus breaking balls, but the strength of the event was probably the depth of projectable arms. This is the group that tends to change the most between October and June and I'd expect at least some of these arms to emerge as high picks.
The state will predictably take a drop in early-round catchers after an unusually strong and deep catching class in 2008. There are a handful of first-five round candidates in the state, but none made the Top-10.
The top two turned out to be shortstops while four righthanded pitchers also make the list.
The rankings are based on my present-day perception of the participating players as professional prospects for the 2010 Draft.
1. Yordy Cabrera, SS/3B, Lakeland HS 6-1, 210 R/R
With plus-plus raw power and major league bat-speed already, Cabrera might be the nation's best prep hitting prospect. He'll swing and miss a lot and get fooled on off-speed, but all the hitting tools are there to move quickly to the big leagues. Cabrera is also a solid-average runner with good infield actions and a plus arm. Most scouts see him at third base down the road, but Cabrera can play short in the low minors. He projects for the 1st-round with a chance to go in the first five overall depending on the spring. Cabrera is signed with Miami.
2. Manny Machado, SS, Brito Miami Private HS 6-2, 173 R/R
Perhaps the most polished prep player in the state, Machado doesn't have a knockout tool but is solid across the board and makes all the plays at shortstop. Machado has good hands with the feet and arm to play the position at least in the low minors. An advanced hitter, Machado should grow into major league power and bat-speed. Machado is an average runner on the bases who might swipe a few on instincts. He's committed to Florida International University.
3. Johnny Barbato, RHP, Felix Varela HS 6-1, 174
Barbato is a sleeper of sorts in Florida. The lanky Barbato doesn't have the size or present standout stuff of A.J. Cole or Karsten Whitson, but he's that next level down and has the type of quick arm and athletic delivery to project with age. Barbato threw 88-90 MPH with a clean arm-action and delivery, but he impressed scouts most with his location and command. The potential is there for Barbato to develop a solid-average major league curve and change. His pitchability will get him outs in the low minors and his stuff should get more powerful as he fills out physically. Barbato's signed with Florida
4. Jimmy Hodgskin, LHP, Bishop Moore HS 6-0, 185
A lanky lefty who lives in the mid-high-80s with a big league change-up, Hodgskin will be a force as a freshman if he ends up at Troy University because his pitchability is so advanced. With an easy arm-action and projectable body, Hodgskin has a chance to develop into an average big league velo guy as well. His curve is in the developmental stage. Hodgskin's delivery is unique in that he swivels his head, sort of like Fernando Valenzuela short of looking to the sky. Despite the head movement, Hodgskin hits the target with his pitches and displays some of the best command in the country.
5. Casey Mulholland, RHP, Pendleton Academy 6-2, 179
Mullholland wasn't as sharp with his off-speed as I've seen in the past, but it's there. Blessed with a very quick arm and good athleticism in his delivery, Mullholland has the ability to throw all four pitches at the big league level. Mulholland lived in the 86-88 MPH range this weekend, showing very good up-down command. His curveball has the most potential and could easily end up a plus major league pitch.
6. J.D. Williams, 2B, Brooks-Debartolo HS 6-0, 190 S/R
Williams has a lot of fast twitches in his arms and legs, a plus runner who can generate bat-speed from both sides of the plate with line-drive power. Williams feasted on a 90 MPH fastball to hit a homerun batting lefthanded but later waved at a low curveball for strike three. His approach needs work, especially against off-speed, but all the hitting actions are there to move up. Some question Williams's hands and arm for second base, but his feet work well and the outfield is definitely an option.
7. Ben Gamel, OF, Bishop Kenny HS 5-10, 170 L/L
Though Gamel is not a big kid, the ball jumps off his bat and he shows fast twitches all over the field. Gamel ran a 6.76 60 yard-dash, showed a workable radar in the outfield, and an arm that projects for average. Gamel hits a lot of hard line-drives and has the bat-speed to hit average fastballs with wood right now. His brother Mat is a prospect in the Milwaukee Brewers system and Ben is committed to Florida State.
8. Alec Asher, RHP, Lakeland HS 6-4, 215
Asher has the large frame and strong core of a future workhorse, with an effortless arm-action and smooth delivery. He threw 88-90 MPH and showed feel for a two-plane biting slider. As a high school teammate of Yordy Cabrera's, Asher is sure to be seen in the spring. He's yet to commit to a college.
9. Colin Richardson, RHP, Winter Haven HS 6-0, 180
Richardson may have had the sharpest curveball in Lakeland this weekend. He lacks the prototype height and size of a big league pitcher, but Richardson's package is otherwise impressive. He threw 86-88 MPH with sinking action on his fastball along with the curveball,l that projects to a solid-average MLB pitch or better. Richardson's arm-action and his delivery are smooth and he should throw harder in the future.
10. Juan Gomes, OF, Miami Southridge HS 6-0, 180 R/R
The athletic Gomes showed a quick bat and a plus arm for the outfield. When he fills out his lanky frame, Gomes has a chance to develop into a big league hitter because he has a loose, easy swing, and shows the ability to make adjustments with his hands. Gomes "only" ran a 7.26 60 yd, but he shows much more agility in shorter bursts.


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Eric Wazana can't help giggling. Wearing a T-shirt and bumster pants of his own design, the creator of Second Denim Yoga Jeans is clearly delighted with his new purchase, a state-of-the-art 52,000-square-foot jeans factory nestled in the rolling green hills of Quebec's Beauce region.
Beauce Jeans is the largest remaining Canadian manufacturer of jeans, in a region which stretches from south of Quebec City to Maine and once dotted with textile factories in every village.
Wazana, 40, and his brother Yacov, 31, bought the facility in March out of a desire to keep production at home. The last major contractor in the region, Groupe RGR, closed last summer, throwing at least 300 employees out of work and leaving the Wazanas in the lurch.
"The speed of fashion gets faster and faster, Eric Wazana said in a cafeteria away from the bustling factory floor. "Basically, we're living in a world where the consumer knows everything - overnight. You need to give them what they want when they want it.
"From the day we conceive the product to the day we actually put it on the floor, we're talking five weeks."
Second Denim is able to do this because everything is "1,000 per cent" made in Canada, he said. Design and product development are done in Montreal, where Second employs 20 people.
Wazana's move is fantastic because it will encourage others to bring production back here, said Elliot Lifson, vice-chairman of Peerless Clothing Inc. and president of the Canadian Apparel Federation.
"People are coming back a little because of the speed of delivery," Lifson said, noting Chinese prices are rising and that in retail the most important issue is inventory turnover. "You can't give everything away and still maintain your innovation and creativity."
But mass market denim is gone, and unlikely to come back, according to Bob Kirke, executive director of the apparel federation.
He noted that at one point Levis had 2,000 employees making jeans in multiple factories in Canada. But keeping production here is more of a sentiment than a movement at the moment, he said. "You really have to want to do it."
A supply of experienced labour, specialized machinery and the right spot at the right time came together for the Wazanas. This despite the fact that production costs are two to three times more expensive here than in China.
"We realized it was a human capital that was unique to the region, a know-how and a tradition.
"Here in Quebec, we were doing jeans for the Gap, Levis, Tommy Hilfiger in the hey-day, when they were rock and rolling. We were the capital of denim in North America," Eric said.
Indeed, a plaque from the Gap hangs in the reception area of the Wazanas' factory - formerly Les Confections Beauce. It awards the facility a 99-per-cent score on delivery. (The Office Québécois de la langue française paid a visit shortly before former owner André Simard closed the factory, and demanded that the plaque be removed and replaced with French, Simard recalled later, over lunch.)
Second Denim, founded in 2000, has experienced sales growth of 30 per cent to 50 per cent each year, Wazana said. Asked for sales figures, he laughed: "No way."
Wazana, who achieved success with Yoga Jeans, is the chief and only designer, and is self-taught. Seventy per cent of production is Yoga Jeans. And denim runs in the family: his wife, Elissa Steiner, is denim buyer for a division of Reitmans. "If she wears it, it's good," he said.
The factory, now with 46 employees, can make 25,000 pairs of jeans a week, but production is not there yet. Although nobody can name a bigger facility for jeans in Canada, it remains a niche, high-end market.
Every major brand is manufactured overseas, al-though some smaller players, like Montreal's Naked and Famous, also produce in Canada, according to apparel federation executives.
Second's fabric, which is sourced around the world, is bought 30 to 45 days in advance. Some fabric can be dyed to order.
The facility would cost $20 million in Montreal; Wazana valued the Beauce factory at $4.5 million, noting that just one Gerber laser-cutting ma-chine costs $960,000 new.


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New York, September 22, 2011--Farhad Taqaddosi, a cameraman for Iran's Press TV, died in a Kabul hospital on Tuesday of injuries he sustained in the Taliban's September 13 attack on prominent international buildings in Kabul, the station reported.
"We join Farhad Taqaddosi's family and colleagues in mourning his death," said CPJ Deputy Director Robert Mahoney. "The conflict in Afghanistan presents a great danger to all who cover it, and international journalists constitute a high number of those at risk."
In a well-orchestrated series of attacks, Taliban militants struck at the U.S. embassy, NATO headquarters, and other buildings in central Kabul, news reports said. Seven civilians were killed, and 15 were wounded, news reports said. Taqaddosi was working at Press TV offices in central Kabul when the attack took place, the station reported.
Taqaddosi is the 21st journalist to be killed in Afghanistan since the 2001 U.S. invasion, CPJ research shows. Fourteen, or two-thirds, of the fatalities were international journalists. Afghanistan is one of the few places in the world where this proportion exists, CPJ research shows. In most countries, even during times of war, local journalists are killed in far greater numbers than foreign journalists.


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The notion of quandle is known to be closely related to knot theory. The three axioms in the definition of quandle correspond to the Reidemeister moves.
Recently I learned that there are higher analogues of Reidemeister moves. For surface knots. I've heard that seven moves of Roseman determine isotopy classes.
Is there an algebraic structure, which can be regarded as a 2-dimensinal analogue of quandle, corresponding to Roseman moves?