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These are two of the most important interests to appear in court in Texas — property owners and the oil industry
TransCanada Corp. faces court arguments from Texas landowners that its plans for the Keystone XL pipeline to transport Canadian tar-sands oil to coastal refineries don't give it the right to condemn their property.
One farmer, in an appellate hearing set for Thursday in Beaumont, Texas, will try to build on a state Supreme Court decision and what may be a groundswell of support for property rights and environmental protection in a state whose laws and courts have historically accommodated the oil and gas industry. David Holland, whose cattle and rice farm lies next to a cluster of refineries, argues TransCanada doesn't qualify as a common carrier under state law and doesn't have a right to take an easement for the pipeline.
Lawsuits by four landowners constitute the last hurdle blocking the pipeline's southern leg from Cushing, Oklahoma, to the Gulf Coast. For the northern leg across the Canadian border, the Calgary-based pipeline and power company needs approval from the Obama administration, which has delayed a decision amid environmentalists' opposition.
"There's a lot of contemporary salience" for the landowners' fight, Lynn Blais, who teaches environmental and property law at the University of Texas in Austin, said in a phone interview. "This is a property-rights state. But while the courts will be sympathetic, I don't know whether the landowners will win. These are two of the most important interests to appear in court in Texas — property owners and the oil industry."
Reversal Sought
Holland will try to persuade a state appeals court to reverse a lower-court ruling accepting TransCanada's contention that it qualifies as a common carrier and therefore is allowed to take land through eminent domain for a pipeline easement.
"I've been told from the beginning that I would lose, that no landowner ever beats the pipeline companies in Texas," Holland said in a phone interview. "But the abuse has simply gotten so bad that landowners are not taking it any more."
A trial court ruled that TransCanada could start installing the pipeline while Holland appealed. Landowners, some of whom also claim the pipeline doesn't qualify as a common carrier under state law, so far have failed to stop construction of the 485-mile southern leg.
"What's at stake here is whether the state should allow a public agency to allow condemnation for private gain," Tom Smith of Public Citizen, a consumers' rights advocacy group, said in an e-mail. "TransCanada has yet to prove to the court that they are transporting the product for the public good or for the public for hire as required by law."
Pipeline companies have been accustomed to "checking the box" on a state regulatory form to claim common-carrier status without having to prove it, said Edward Vassallo Jr., a Dallas property-rights attorney.
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"Over time, many courts made it the rule, rather than the exception" by granting eminent-domain power to any pipeline, utility or school that requested it, Vassallo said. "We may start to see the pendulum swinging back."
David Dodson, a TransCanada spokesman, said the company has met all legal requirements to prove Keystone is a common carrier. The company has "all the necessary permits and legal authority" to finish constructing its line and is confident it will prevail in court, he said in an e-mail.
"One can only speculate as to the consequences if existing interstate pipelines bringing crude oil from outside of Texas to the refineries on the Gulf Coast suddenly lost their common- carrier status," Dodson said. "This is a much larger issue than a single pipeline or a single project."
The Texas Supreme Court dealt the pipeline industry its first major eminent domain setback last year.
Court Ruling
In the so-called Denbury case, the court denied condemnation rights to a firm that built a carbon-dioxide pipeline for its own use.
TransCanada has argued in court filings that the relatively narrow ruling doesn't apply to Keystone. Opponents of the pipeline are trying to use it against TransCanada in the current round of court challenges.
Before they wound up in a state court last year, Holland rejected TransCanada's offer of $446,864 for an easement across his farm, according to court papers.
He said he has since granted similar easements to other pipelines for slightly higher prices that included better environmental protections for his land.
"TransCanada isn't willing to pay fair market value, and they are not willing to provide landowners protection against an obviously dangerous pipeline," Holland said.
Holland claims Keystone improperly used common-carrier power of eminent domain to take his property after a condemnation proceeding valued an easement at just $20,808.
Proof Demanded
He wants the court to force Keystone to prove its common- carrier status so it can't take his land "without paying anything for years," he said.
Accepting Holland's "argument would rewrite the statutory condemnation procedures and turn more than a half a century of Texas jurisprudence on its head," Tom Zabel, a TransCanada lawyer, said last month in court papers. Texas law was written to favor the development of the oil and gas industry, which needed condemnation powers to build pipelines, he wrote.
Blais, the law professor, said state eminent-domain laws historically favored pipelines "because there was so much oil that needed to come and go within the state." The rules may be different for a foreign-owned pipeline transporting Canadian oil to refineries for export, she said.
The same argument is being pushed by Julia Trigg Crawford, another Texas landowner battling Keystone. She opposes TransCanada's bid to cross her family farm near Paris, in northeast Texas.
Court Ruling
State pipeline regulators admitted they didn't have jurisdiction over Keystone in her case, "but the trial court allowed TransCanada to take the Crawfords' private land anyway," Wendi Hammond, Crawford's lawyer, said in an e-mail.
Crawford has appealed that ruling to a different state appeals court in Texarkana. No hearing date has been set.
Two more Texas landowners are fighting TransCanada on similar grounds.
Nacogdoches farmer Michael Bishop has appealed a county court ruling allowing the company to begin construction of the Keystone pipeline on his land, about 150 miles northeast of Houston. TransCanada fraudulently induced him to accept a settlement by telling him it had the right to condemn his land, Bishop claims.
The fourth landowner, known as Rhinoceros Venture Partners, is also fighting Keystone's common-carrier status over the condemnation of property near the refining-industry complex in Beaumont, Keystone's Gulf Coast terminus. The case was accepted by the state Supreme Court with no hearing date yet set.
The case is In re Texas Rice Land Partners Ltd., 09-12-00484-cv, Court of Appeals, Ninth District of Texas (Beaumont).


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The story of the blind man who recognized Jesus in the blind town who couldn't see anything good about the blind man, stands out, in the midst of the current Presidential barnstorming of Congress, to be blind to any problems caused by leaving 24 million people without health care, and instead to adore the prospect of saving 327 billion dollars, money saved by not paying for health care for those 24 million people.
A blind town, a blind Congress, the result is the same. Someone who could be helped is left penniless on the side of the road.
Where's Jesus in this picture? Right where he's always been – in the middle of the throng, waiting for us to see and hear him.
Jesus challenged the society he lived in. He didn't save his sermons for pulpits and pews, he preached them to crowds in the market, addressed lawyers directly, challenged the moral authority of rabbis, kings, priests and even Rome. And in the story about the blind man in the blind town, Jesus challenged all their assumptions about wellness and the sick.
There wasn't any disagreement in 1st century Israel about the man born blind. Everyone agreed he was being punished by God. The disagreement was about whether the sins being punished were his or his parents'.
The disciples raised this issue with Jesus, asking him to decide.
And Jesus said this situation was not about sin. He said this situation existed as an opportunity for all the rest of us to show some compassion and do some good.
Jesus said the same thing about the man who was beaten and left in the Jericho road, where only a Samaritan (people everyone despised) saw what was really going on, showed compassion, and did some good.
And Jesus said the same thing about the bent-over woman who hadn't missed a day of prayers in the temple for eighteen years, even though she was sick the whole time, but instead of helping her the temple higher-ups avoided her because she was sick. Jesus was scolded for healing her on the Sabbath. And he challenged them to understand the true meaning of compassion.
Such social blindness! Jesus remarked about it, proclaimed his concern about it, over and over.
And wouldn't you think loyal Roman Catholic Speaker Paul Ryan would understand Pope Francis' proclamations about all this? And wouldn't you think the President of the United States would, too? But Ryan thinks people shouldn't be dependent on government entitlements, and Trump has said in the past that the Pope's pronouncements were meddlesome.Healing the man born blind will, in fact, cost the town something. With his sight restored, this young man will have a right to a place in the local economy, he can take over a niche of earnings someone else has presumably been pocketing. He can compete now, as well as earn. Everyone else will have to move over a bit, and share, perhaps uncomfortably, with this newly-sighted man who has a right to earn. He will no longer have to settle for a blind man's spare change in a cup.
So healing isn't just about the cost of medicine and doctors. There is a cost to wellness, and a convenient pocketing of riches when you don't have to share with others, who are poor because they are sick. And these are the people the Trump-Ryan Health Care Act are letting fall by the wayside.
Jesus healed this man as a demonstration to the town about its own blindness, and in healing this young man he held him up to all of them as an example of what the rest of us could do, in God's name, if our hearts were moved and our eyes were opened to everyone's need for help with aching backs, sore knees, failing eyesight, aging and illness.
It was our social sight Jesus was determined to heal. The social blindness that lets us all think it is okay to leave people by the side of the economic road when they are not able to earn their way because of a physical disability. Or when they are not able to afford healthcare because of a social disability in the people running the government.
Blind and deaf. That's what Jesus calls us all, and he repeatedly prays for us to be given new eyes and new ears.
There's a blind and deaf new healthcare plan to be voted on next week in Washington. Most of the people voting will be Christians, according to their resumes. And most of the people in danger of losing health care will be poor.
If even one billionaire GOP funder were put at health risk by this Act, don't you think there would be a reconsideration?
It is possible that there may be enough wise souls who are sensitized to their own religion or sensitive to their next election, to bring about a defeat of this bill. But we may, instead, need to pray for the souls of the nation's Senators, to prevent this act of national cruelty, in the middle of Lent, on the road that leads to Easter.
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DETROIT- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit today charging that Ramin, Inc., a Comfort Inn & Suites franchise owner in Taylor, Mich., violated federal law when it terminated a pregnant housekeeper because of her pregnancy.
According the EEOC's suit (Case No.2:12-cv-15015), filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Ramin fired a housekeeper shortly after it learned of her pregnancy. The company stated that it could not allow her to continue to work as a housekeeper because of the potential harm to the development of her baby.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, protects female employees against discrimination based on pregnancy, and the Supreme Court has expressly rejected the notion that an employer may exclude pregnant women from employment based on its own concerns about the safety of the unborn child.
The EEOC seeks injunctive relief to prevent Ramin from discriminating against pregnant employees or applicants in the future, as well as monetary relief on behalf of the victim. The EEOC filed suit after first attempting to settle the case through its conciliation process.
"Pregnancy discrimination is rarely subtle," said Lauren Gibbs Burstein, attorney in the EEOC's Detroit Field Office. "Employers may not bar pregnant employees from work because of outdated myths or stereotypes. The EEOC will vigorously defend the rights of pregnant workers to provide for their families by remaining employed."
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I'm interested in publishing parts of my PhD thesis in advance and I'm wondering wether or not this will result in problems later on. One of the problems I'm thinking of is that usually the copyright is transferred to the journal/publisher but at our university you are required to publish your thesis online via the library website, which means you have to give them the right to publicize the thesis (which I'm not sure you still can do, even when a slightly modified version of the journal paper is only part of the thesis).
So I guess my question is this:
Is it common practice to publish parts of a PhD thesis in advance and if so does this result in legal problems? What are your experiences?
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So I know that error-correcting codes are sphere packings in the Hamming metric, and that intuition and technical tools from the Euclidean case can often be applied to the finite-field case and vice versa. But I've occasionally heard it implied that there's a more direct relationship, and you can actually use bounds on error-correcting codes over finite fields to obtain bounds for Euclidean sphere-packings.
Unfortunately, none of the books on coding theory I have access to tell me how exactly this works, and Google's not being very cooperative either. Does anyone have (a pointer to) an explanation of how exactly you can transfer results between the two settings? Or am I misremembering or misunderstanding what I've read?


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A communication array was a small network of transmitting and receiving antennas, sometimes containing subspace amplifiers, designed to enhance or support communications through interstellar space. Communication arrays were often interconnected with sensor arrays and could be deployed as platforms in space, as essential components of starships, or in larger installations on planets.
A communication array could be individual installations such as Epsilon IX station, or linked into networks as in the Hirogen communications network. (Star Trek: The Motion Picture; VOY: "Message in a Bottle")
The Corado I transmitter array was a communication array. (DS9: "The Forsaken")
Communication arrays were a vital form of technology for interstellar travel and could have tremendous scientific as well as military value. The Dominion communication array on AR-558 was an example of the latter and was the focus of considerable resources during the Dominion War. (DS9: "The Siege of AR-558")


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This weekend's box office forecast is anything but murky: "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2" is set to become a clear No. 1 hit.
The 3-D animated film will likely debut with around $45 million in ticket sales, according to those who have seen pre-release audience surveys. That would be a robust start for the sequel, whose predecessor launched with $30.3 million in 2009. (Sony Pictures, which is distributing the film, is predicting a softer opening of around $33 million.)
Three other new films are also hitting theaters nationwide this weekend, though none will gross nearly as much as the second "Cloudy."
After getting off to a decent start in limited release last weekend, the race car flick "Rush" will expand to about 2,300 cinemas and is expected to collect a so-so $10 million.
"Don Jon," actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt's directorial debut, and the romantic comedy "Baggage Claim" will probably open with $9 million apiece.
"Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2" is the first animated film to be released in almost two months, after a summer packed with cartoons. With little family competition in the marketplace, the $78-million production is poised for a strong box office run that should rival the $243 million the original film took in worldwide.
Sony Pictures Animation, the studio behind the picture, is coming off somewhat of a disappointment with "The Smurfs 2." Since its release in July, the picture has collected about $307 million globally -- far less than the $563 million the original generated.
"Cloudy 2," which has received less positive reviews than the first film, features the voices of Bill Hader, Anna Faris and Andy Samberg. The film, loosely inspired by a children's book series, is about genetically modified leftovers that evolve into "foodimals."
Hoping to capitalize on strong reviews, U.S. distributor Universal Pictures decided to launch "Rush" in five theaters last weekend. The movie ended up with a per-theater average of $37,458 -- a good, but not great, result.
Directed by Ron Howard, the film is based on the rivalry between 1970s Formula One drivers James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and Niki Lauda (Daniel Bruhl). To help sell the picture before production, Howard attended the American Film Market and met with international distributors in an effort to persuade them to invest in his movie. Eventually, the picture was co-financed for $38 million by Cross Creek Pictures and Exclusive Media.
After premiering at the Sundance Film Festival in January, "Don Jon" was quickly acquired by Relativity Media for $4 million -- one of the bigger deals to come out of the festival. The $6-million production was written and directed by Gordon-Levitt, who stars as a New Jersey playboy whose porn addiction gets in the way of his burgeoning relationship with a head-turner (Scarlett Johansson).
At 32, Gordon-Levitt has become one of Hollywood's brightest young stars. In recent years, the actor has appeared in a number of respected indie successes like "(500) Days of Summer" and "50/50" while also drawing the attention of top-tier directors like Christopher Nolan and Steven Spielberg.
"Baggage Claim" is only the second film from writer-director David Talbert, whose debut came in 2008 with the Katt Williams comedy "First Sunday." First known as a playwright, Talbert went on to write a 2005 novel upon which his latest movie is based.
The Fox Searchlight release, which is aimed at an African American audience, stars Paula Patton as a flight attendant so desperate to get married that she starts dating her ex-boyfriends again. The movie has earned the least-positive reviews of any of the weekend's debuts by far -- notching just a 6% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.


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If the weather takes a turn for the worst, Westbury-on-Trym gives you access to all of the entertainment that a big city can offer. The village is just 3.3 miles from Cribbs Causeway, an indoor shopping centre with stores including; John Lewis, Marks & Spencers, as well as a Vue cinema and Hollywood Bowl.
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LONDON (AP) — Steaua Bucharest revived memories of its glory days in the 1980s by beating European champion Chelsea 1-0, while the prolific Gareth Bale inflicted more damage on Inter Milan to put Tottenham on the brink of the Europa League quarterfinals.
It was a chastening night for two recent winners of the Champions League in the last-16 first legs, with Chelsea slumping to a deserved loss in Bucharest when Raul Rusescu converted a 34th-minute penalty for Steaua.
Inter produced an even more inept display as Bale scored one goal and set up another for Jan Vertonghen in a 3-0 win for Spurs, tormenting the Italian side like he did three years ago in the Champions League when he first grabbed the attention of the footballing world.
Lazio and Basel will take 2-0 leads into the second legs of their matches against Stuttgart and Zenit St. Petersburg, respectively, while Benfica and Fenerbahce were also winners on Thursday.
The games between Anzhi Makhachkala-Newcastle and Levante-Rubin Kazan are delicately poised at 0-0.
Though it has never reached the same level again, Steaua was once a major force in Europe, winning the European Cup in 1986, reaching the same semifinals in 1988 before losing the 1989 final to AC Milan.
It was another memorable European night for the Romanian club on Thursday, hounding Chelsea into mistakes after receiving passionate backing by a record crowd of 55,000 in the National Arena and grabbing the winner after Rusescu was shoved in the back by Ryan Bertrand.
The center forward picked himself up and drilled home his spot kick.
Chelsea, which dropped into the Europa League after an unprecedented early exit from the Champions League group stage, was way below its best and the limp loss will pile more pressure on beleaguered interim coach Rafa Benitez — a figure of hate among many of the club's disgruntled fans this season.
"We are disappointed because we conceded a goal with a soft penalty and had one or two chances to score," Benitez said. "This result means we have to win at home and we have to push together."
Steaua, which is 12 points clear in the Romanian league, eliminated Ajax in the last 32.
Bale starred again for Tottenham by taking his tally to 11 in his past nine games in all competitions but it was a dominant team display, with Inter lucky not to come away from White Hart Lane with a heavier beating.
Bale capitalized on hesitant defending to open the scoring with a header in the sixth minute, before Gylfi Sigurdsson tapped in from close range to make it 2-0 in the 18th and Vertonghen added a third from Bale's inswinging corner eight minutes after halftime.
"It was a full 90-minute performance with excellent attacking football, reducing their chances and it was a great European night," Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas said. "(But) we are not through yet and the San Siro is a difficult place to go."
Bale blotted his performance by getting booked for diving in the first half, meaning he will miss the second leg.
Lazio has dropped off the pace in Serie A after losing four of its last six matches, but remains dangerous in Europe and was the better team from the start against Stuttgart.
Ederson gave the Italian side the lead in the 21st after Stuttgart twice failed to clear a loose ball, with the forward turning and sending a low shot inside the near post.
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Basel will also think it has done enough to progress after scoring two late goals against Zenit, first through Marcelo Diaz and then by substitute Alexander Frei from the penalty spot in stoppage time after Luis Neto was red-carded for a foul on Mohamed Salah.
Pierre Webo was Fenerbahce's matchwinner in a 1-0 victory over Plzen while an unfortunate own goal by Bordeaux goalkeeper Cedric Carrasso gave Benfica a slim lead from their first leg.
Moreno Rodrigo's 25-yard shot crashed off the crossbar onto the back of Carrasso, with the ball rebounding into the net.
Levante and Rubin, the conqueror of defending champion Atletico Madrid in the last 32, both ended with 10 men in their match in Spain after Cristian Ansaldi's 52nd-minute red card for the visitors was quickly followed by another to Michel.
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posted on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 10:59 am
I am working on a GMM where I would like to include time-varying moderators. Has anyone attempted this? If so, what does your syntax look like? I keep running into all kinds of errors and can't seem to find a lot our there on this issue.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 11:26 am
Do you mean a model like 6.13 where the a variables are then regressed on another set of time-varying variables?
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I think Linda meant ex 6.12. The extension to having the time-varying covariates be moderators should be possible.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Thursday, December 22, 2005 - 9:43 am
I did mean 6.12.
Delfino Vargas
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Dear Linda & Bengt:
I have a 2-class solution for a ZIP mixture GMM model with random intercept for drugs (mrj) with time-varying covariates (pst). The overall model is
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mrj15 ON pst15; mrj16 ON pst16; mrj17 ON pst17; mrj18 ON pst18;
mrj19 ON pst19; mrj20 ON pst20;
The estimates for the mean intercept and slope fro each class are: class1 i*-.505 s*-0.058; class2 i*-.407 s*0.041. The estimates of the regression part of mrj15 ON pst15,�., mrj20 ON pst20 are -.94, -.48, -.66, -.89, -.95, and -.98, respectively.
I have two questions:
1) How can I plot (by hand) these two classes and taking into account the estimates from the time-varying covariates, or the PLOT3 option can do it for me?
2) Probably this is related to the first one. How can I put in specific values for the time-varying covariate and estimate the outcome from this model. Can Mplus do it?
Thanks so much.
Delfino Vargas
posted on Friday, September 15, 2006 - 10:29 am
This is a further explanation from the former question. The data set that I have is longitudinal with a cohort sequential design with 7 time points, reflecting subject�s ages from 15 to 20 years old. I have self reported substance use measures from subjects as outcome so that I believe the zero inflated passion (ZIP) is best option for this analysis. We are looking for mixtures, first by fixing intercepts and slopes to zero (a second step will be taking this solution and continue with intercepts and slopes random) , with time varying covariates (TVC). I was able to run this model but when I request TECH7 option I�ve get all classes with zero weighted means in all classes what is the program doing?
Would you please advice.
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Sunday, October 01, 2006 - 12:57 pm
I don't think Mplus provides this plot because of the combination of numerical integration and x's influencing the u's. Unfortunately, it is tricky to do this yourself because with non-continuous outcomes and random effects, you have to use numerical integration to get the estimated outcome probabilities. We have this on our list to add for future plot extensions.
nanda mooij
posted on Friday, May 13, 2011 - 5:31 am
Dear Linda and Bengt,
I have a question about GMM. I want to add a time-varying factor, because the subjects were measured at different times in their life. I also want to abstract classes from the data. Is this possible? Because when I try to put time-varying variables (the different time points) in the model, Mplus says I must say TYPE = RANDOM. And for the mixture analyses with classes i must say TYPE = MIXTURE. Is this not possible?
Thanks in advance,
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Friday, May 13, 2011 - 6:07 am
Say TYPE=MIXTURE RANDOM; See the table on pages 531 and 532 of the Version 6 user's guide to see how the TYPE settings can be used together.
Youngoh Jo
posted on Monday, December 12, 2011 - 12:27 pm
I just wonder whether I can use GMM with time-varying covariates measured in different time points repeatly. If possible, could you help me get resources for the technique or command syntax?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Monday, December 12, 2011 - 6:19 pm
Extend Example 6.12 to mixture.
Youngoh Jo
posted on Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 12:38 pm
Dear Muthen,
When I interpret the results of GMM with time-varying and time-constant variables, what do I need to use as oveerall model fit index?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 1:57 pm
There is no overall model fit statistic when means, variances, and covariances are not sufficient statistics for model estimation. You can compare nested models using -2 times the loglikelihood difference which is distributed as chi-square.
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Having staved off some pretty fierce criticism of its controversial online-required DRM in some of its PC titles, Ubisoft has at last received a welcome spot of corporate backing from fellow publisher Namco Bandai.
Speaking to CVG, Namco Bandai VP Olivier Comte says that Ubisofts method is not without merit.
I will be very honest, he confessed. I think it's good for one reason I have no alternative today. Is the best one? Certainly not but as of today if I can make something else I'll do it, but it's better to do something than not do something. At the moment they are doing a good strategy.
However, that isnt to say that Comte has settled on a similar DRM policy on upcoming Namco PC releases such as The Witcher 2 and Test Drive Unlimited 2.
We are analysing all of the situations, he continued. We have seen what Ubi and EA are doing, we've seen what Sony have announced for PS3 and it's clear that we need to make some choices.
I'm convinced that whatever system you put in place you can be sure that two hours before putting it out it'll be cracked in Russia. I think that the combat against piracy is very complicated because it's very complicated to explain to a 12-year-old that drag and dropping a file on a PC is piracy - he was born with this.
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Justice Jeffrey K. Oing was elected to Supreme Court of the State of New York on November 2, 2010, and took office on January 1, 2011. Justice Oing presides over a general IA Part with a case inventory of approximately 500 cases. He handles jury and nonjury trials involving personal injury, commercial, and governmental matters. On April 7, 2011, Justice Oing was assigned to the Commercial Division. In addition to his responsibilities in the Commercial Division, he will continue to preside over his current IA Part inventory. Prior to his election to Supreme Court, Justice Oing was an elected New York County Civil Court Judge from 2004 to 2010. On June 18, 2009, Justice Oing was appointed Supervising Judge of the New York County Civil Court, and was designated an Acting Supreme Court Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. As Supervising Judge, Justice Oing was responsible for the day-to-day Civil Court operations at 111 Centre Street. In addition to his supervisory duties, Justice Oing presided over jury and nonjury trials, as well as conferencing and mediating cases.
In 2002-2003, Justice Oing served as Deputy General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, The Council of the City of New York, overseeing litigation and legal matters involving the City Council. During that year, he was appointed by Speaker Gifford Miller to the post of Deputy Director for the New York City Districting Commission, where he was responsible for assisting the Districting Commission in redistricting the City's fifty-one City Council districts, and for obtaining from the United States Department of Justice preclearance under the Voting Rights Act for these council districts.
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Justice Oing received his B.A. in English from Columbia College (1986), and his J.D. from New York University School of Law (1989). At NYU, he was a staff editor for the Journal of International Law and Politics. Justice Oing serves on the board of directors of The Chinese-American Planning Council, Inc., a not-for-profit social services, educational and planning organization serving the City's Asian communities. Other memberships include: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State Bar Association; New York County Lawyers' Association; Asian American Bar Association of New York; NYS Women's Bar Association; Jewish Lawyers Guild; and The Brehon Law Society.


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My youngest offspring (forget her name) has gone and got herself a place at University doing photography.
However she has her aim set on another uni that has asked for some more photos. She has been asked
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Beginning with registration and lunch at noon, students will split into groups to engage in a variety of engineering activities, including modeling and design labs. Middle school students will also participate in an occupational discussion from professionals in the engineering field, titled "What Do Engineers Do?" Each grade level will have a faculty member or engineering professional leading the conversation, tailored to each grade's skill level, with welding and trebuchet labs and demonstrations for high school students and a simple design project for middle school students.
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OpenL2TP boasts the most complete implementation of the L2TP RFC, RFC2661. If you are setting up an L2TP server to support remote teleworkers, or if you are an ISP using L2TP to tunnel PPP traffic, or you are a regular Linux user who needs a good L2TP client to connect to your workplace, OpenL2TP is for you.
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This is a horrible little topic but we have included it for two reasons :
Firstly, not many people realise that the maximum penalty for sexual violation is 20 years imprisonment and that the average sentence is around the 8 year mark.
Secondly, the definitions of sexual violation are now far, far wider than the old fairly simple to understand 'man on woman' definitions of Rape.
We have included this topic in our Index only because of more modern definitions relating to sexual violation and rape.
Prior to an amendment to the Crimes Act 1961 10 years ago, sexual offences generally involved Indecent Assault (up to 7 years imprisonment) and Rape (up to 14 years imprisonment).
Rape involved the slightest entry of the women's vagina by a man's penis without her consent. It was therefore a very specific definition.
Following a number of disgusting acts by gangs involving all forms of indecencies and violations of women it was decided to increase the maximum penalty for rape from 14 years to 20 years and to bring in a new offence called Sexual Violation.
This sections effectively replaces the crime of rape and introduces entirely new concepts of sexual violation. Sexual violation includes rape by a male with a female but sexual violation also includes other instances of unlawful sexual connection.
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What the section was designed to do was to include the violation of a woman's genitalia or anus by bottles or sticks or other instruments as well as the penis and also involved forced oral sex.
It is unpleasant to detail the factors involved and we merely do so so that those who believe they have been sexually violated or those who think they will be charged with sexual violation, know precisely where they stand.
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State of the Union Often Elicits Yawn from Wall Street
There is no doubt traders will be looking for policy clues in President Barack Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night. But historically, the speech has been shrugged off by the Street.
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Looking back to 1961, when John F. Kennedy was president, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has only moved 0.69% in either direction on average on the trading day following the speech, according to a FOX Business analysis of data compiled by S&P Dow Jones Indices. The blue-chip barometer's post-address performance was split almost exactly evenly between gains losses, although the losses tended to be slightly heavier.
Indeed, the biggest selloff came after Bill Clinton's final State of the Union in January 2000. Clinton lobbied for a quarter-trillion dollar tax-cut proposal, tax breaks for pharmaceutical companies pursuing drugs to fight diseases like AIDS and tuberculosis, and tighter gun control laws, among other issues. The Wall Street Journal's Jeanne Cummings wrote at the time that Clinton's address was "most notable for its lack of drama."
So, why did the Dow tumble 2.6% the next day? In a turn of events that may seem counterintuitive, yet strangely familiar to anyone observing recent market trends, a round of strong economic data sparked the rout. A better-than-expected report on U.S. gross domestic product "flamed the embers of anxiety about how aggressive the Federal Reserve will be about tightening monetary policy this year," Robert O'Brien wrote for Dow Jones Newswires. O'Brien only gave Clinton a passing mention, noting the president was easier-than-expected on prescription drug costs.
On the other end of the spectrum, the Dow surged 1.9% in January 1991 after President George H.W. Bush pledged the U.S. would come out victorious in the First Gulf War. History would prove him right – but that isn't what moved the markets the following day. Instead, investors grew more hopeful the American economy would climb out of recession, bidding up cyclical stocks and dumping U.S. Treasury bonds.
The Journal's Douglas Sease only mentioned the war in the Mideast in one sentence that day, writing "the apparent success of an allied ground force in repelling an Iraqi thrust into Saudi Arabia helped buoy investor sentiment in the stock market."
Incidentally, the second-biggest post-address rally in the past half century came after George W. Bush's January 2002 speech in which he declared the war on terrorism and coined the phrase "axis of evil." Still, the Dow's 1.5% rally wasn't ignited by the junior Bush's patriotic calls – it was all about the economy. The Journal's O'Brien wrote that the Fed halting a cycle of 11-straight rate cuts provided "implicit indication that the economy has taken steps toward growth" and unleashed the Street's bullish attitude.
Of course, things could always be different this time around. Wall Street has been intensely focused on Washington, D.C. for the past several months as lawmakers have quibbled over the fiscal cliff and the debt ceiling. Now, a new fight over sequestration – a set of painful spending cuts set to trigger in less than three weeks – looms.
In fact, Goldman Sachs' equities team specifically warned its clients about the continued fiscal perils in its equities allocation update late last week.
"We expect the U.S. economy to evolve as a balancing act between a positive impulse from the private sector recovery and a negative impulse from fiscal retrenchment," the analysts wrote.
The influential investment bank also slashed its three-month outlook on equities to "neutral" from "overweight," specifically citing the American fiscal outlook as a downside risk.
President Obama, you're up.
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Chico Harlan / Washington Post: North Korea confirms third nuclear test
Bryan Preston / The PJ Tatler: North Korea Conducts Third Nuclear Weapon Test
Dave Schuler / Outside the Beltway: Boom — North Korea conducted its third test of a nuclear weapon today.
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: North Korea conducts third nuclear test
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog: North Korea conducts nuclear test
Jethro Mullen / CNN:
North Korea says it conducted new, more powerful nuclear test — Hong Kong (CNN) — North Korea said Tuesday that it had conducted a new, more powerful underground nuclear test using more sophisticated technology, jolting the already fragile security situation in Northeast Asia and drawing condemnation from around the globe.
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Dave-Dr-Gonzo / alan.com: NKorea Confirms Nuke Test
Gregory Ferenstein / TechCrunch: How The Nuke From N. Korea's Test Could Damage SF, Via Google Maps
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North Korea Is Suspected of Conducting 3rd Nuclear Test — WASHINGTON — American and South Korean officials reported seismic activity in North Korea on Tuesday that appeared to be evidence of the country's third, and long-threatened nuclear test and a new challenge for the Obama administration …
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Nuclear Test Poses Big Challenge to China's New Leader
Nuclear Test Poses Big Challenge to China's New Leader
North Korea carries out biggest nuclear test
North Korea carries out biggest nuclear test
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Leo Mirani / Quartz: Quartz Daily Brief—Americas edition—Obama, Barclays, North Korean nuke, Finmeccanica, selling canned air
Taylor Berman / Gawker: North Korea Reportedly Just Tested a Nuclear Bomb (UPDATE: North and South Korea Confirm)
New York Times:
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North Korea Confirms It Conducted 3rd Nuclear Test
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Watching Obama for Signs of Change — WASHINGTON — On Tuesday night, the president will address the nation and Congress on the state of the union. But many will watch as well for signs of the state of Barack Obama. — Inside the White House and out, advisers and associates have noted subtle …
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Scott Nance / The Democratic Daily: Kids Tell President What To Say In SOTU
Court Harson / msnbc.com: Let Me Start: State of the Union
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
What President Obama should (and shouldn't) say in the State of the Union — If President Obama wants immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship for undocumented workers, he may not want to mention it at all in tonight's State of the Union speech, a new Washington Post poll suggests.
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Hayes Brown / ThinkProgress: Republicans Ditch Plan To Walk Out On Hagel Vote
ZIP / Weasel Zippers: Poll: Support For Pathway To Citizenship Drops 11 Points Once Obama's Name Is Attached To It...
Kevin Cirilli / Politico: Poll: Obama hurts path to citizenship approval
Kurtis Lee / The Spot: Karen Middleton withdraws name from consideration for 6th Congressional District
Domenico Montanaro / First Read: McCain won't participate in Hagel walk out
Obama's troop withdrawal leaves unanswered questions — President Barack Obama's announcement Tuesday that he'll withdraw 34,000 more troops from Afghanistan over the coming year is a major step toward his goal of handing Afghans responsibility for the war by 2014, but the president will leave …
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Ex-Tea Party Rep. Joe Walsh insists he's not trying to stop paying child support — After insisting he wasn't a "deadbeat dad" throughout his failed campaign for re-election, ex-U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh is still dogged by questions about child support. — Walsh, a flame-throwing Tea Party Republican …
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David Ferguson / The Raw Story: Former tea party Rep. Joe Walsh hasn't made any child support payments in 2013
Rika Christensen / Addicting Info: Former GOP Congressman And Dead Beat Dad Joe Walsh Tries To Ditch Paying Child Support Again
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Nugent: 'I Will Be Taking On Media Orgy' After SOTU — Outspoken rocker Ted Nugent will attend President Obama's State of the Union Address Tuesday in order to take on the media and "counter the scams and lies of the left," he explained to talk radio host Mike Broomhead Monday.
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly: Two, Three, Many SOTU Responses
Matt Wilstein / Mediaite: Ted Nugent Will Take On The Post-SOTU 'Media Orgy' Just As He 'Danced On The Skull Of Piers Morgan'
Benjamin R. Freed / DCist: Texas Congressman Invites Ted Nugent to State of the Union
Steve M. / No More Mister Nice Blog: NOW WE FINALLY KNOW WHO'S DELIVERING THE REAL GOP RESPONSE TO THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
Imani Gandy / Angry Black Lady Chronicles: Delusional Lunatic Ted Nugent to Attend State of the Union Address
Jackie Kucinich / USA Today: Lawmakers look to pack State of Union with gun victims
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Lawmaker invites Ted Nugent to Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday
Lawmaker invites Ted Nugent to Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday
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Melissa McEwan / Shakesville: Gross — [Content Note: Guns.] — I'm not one to use the word …
Scared Monkeys: Must See TV: Ted Nugent Will Attend Obama's State of the Union Address as Guest of Rep. Steve …
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Texas Congressman Invites Ted Nugent, Who Threatened The President's Life, To The State Of The Union
Texas Congressman Invites Ted Nugent, Who Threatened The President's Life, To The State Of The Union
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Adambrickley / Twitchy: YouLie: Rep. Steve Stockman to live-tweet SOTU fact-check, install Obama 'Failometer'
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Wow, Joe Scarborough Doesn't Understand Economics at All — A couple of weeks ago, Joe Scarborough invited Paul Krugman onto his MSNBC show. The meeting of the brilliant but prickly Krugman with the dopey but genial Scarborough held the promise of a cataclysmic matter-touches-antimatter collision …
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Hearsay Economics — Jonathan Chait is boggled by Joe Scarborough's latest rant.
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Why I Am Running — I'm running to serve, and I mean that in the old fashioned patriotic sense of the word. — In my military career, at the U.S. Naval Academy, as a Navy aircraft carrier pilot, and as a Navy SEAL, I learned one thing above all else - serving others is more important than being served.
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Republican Gomez to campaign for US Senate
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Republican Gabriel Gomez sets stage for a run in Senate special election
Kevin Cirilli / Politico: Ex-Navy SEAL Gabriel E. Gomez launches Senate bid
Joshua Miller / Roll Call: Massachusetts: Gomez Pulls Papers for GOP Senate Run
Megan McCloskey / Stars & Stripes:
Esquire article wrongly claims SEAL who killed Bin Laden is denied healthcare — Esquire magazine claims "The Man Who Killed Osama bin Laden ... Is Screwed." — The story details the life of the Navy SEAL after the successful raid to take out the No. 1 terrorist, and it asserts that once …
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Phil Bronstein / Center for Investigative Reporting: The Shooter — The Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden used …
Dylan Byers / Politico: Stars and Stripes vs. Esquire
Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider: Esquire Fires Back At Charges That Its Story About The Bin Laden Shooter Is Riddled With Errors
Tom Blumer / NewsBusters blogs: Esquire Falsely Claims Navy SEAL Who Killed Bin Laden 'Gets No Health Care'
Spencer Ackerman / Wired: Spec Ops Command Isn't Sweating Osama Shooter's Magazine Profile
Cord Jefferson / Gawker: Despite Esquire Story's Claims, the SEAL Who Shot Osama Has Access to Health Care (UPDATE)
Arturo Garcia / The Raw Story: Esquire reporter: Man who killed bin Laden faced life 'like a mafia snitch' after leaving Navy
Aaron Glantz / Center for Investigative Reporting:
VA's disability backlog hurts Navy SEAL who killed bin Laden
VA's disability backlog hurts Navy SEAL who killed bin Laden
Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Poynter, alan.com and The Week
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter: Following criticism, Esquire maintains bin Laden shooter is 'screwed'
Republican senators threaten Chuck Hagel filibuster — Some Senate Republicans are prepared to filibuster Chuck Hagel's nomination to become the next secretary of defense, a rare maneuver to block a Cabinet-level nominee that demonstrates the lingering hostility from GOP senators toward a man who used to serve with them.
Discussion: americanthinker.com
Rick Moran / americanthinker.com: GOP Senators threaten Hagel filibuster
David M. Drucker / Roll Call:
House GOP Plans Series of Messaging Bills, Looks Past Obama
House GOP Plans Series of Messaging Bills, Looks Past Obama
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Spencer E. Ante / Wall Street Journal:
Millions Improperly Claimed U.S. Phone Subsidies — The U.S. government spent about $2.2 billion last year to provide phones to low-income Americans, but a Wall Street Journal review of the program shows that a large number of those who received the phones haven't proved they are eligible to receive them.
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ZIP / Weasel Zippers: Report: American Taxpayers Shelled Out $2.2 Billion On Obama Phones In 2012, As Many As 41% …
Jacob Gershman / Law Blog: The AM Roundup: U.S. Phone Subsidies Face Scrutiny, More
Rick Moran / americanthinker.com: Millions improperly claimed Obamaphones
Suzi Parker / Washington Post:
Sarah Palin tries to stay relevant — CORRECTION: An earlier version of this post incorrectly reported that Sarah Palin planned to contribute to the Al Jazeera America news network. — The Sarah Palin Story is a cautionary tale about what can happen when politics and celebrity meet.
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ZIP / Weasel Zippers: WaPo: OMG! Sarah Palin Is Joining Al Jazeera - Reality: Source For Their Story . . . Satire Piece
Noah Rothman / Mediaite: Parody Website Fools The Washington Post Into Thinking Sarah Palin Heading To Al Jazeera
Nathaniel Botwinick / National Review: Washington Post Will Believe Anything About Palin
Ben Geman / The Hill:
Executive action expected on climate — President Obama is expected to launch a serious second-term push on climate change with his State of the Union address. — With climate legislation dead in Congress, green groups are hopeful that Obama will follow the "we must act" …
Discussion: First Read, The Plum Line and Campaign for America's Future
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line: The Morning Plum: Go on offense, Mr. President
Robert Borosage / Campaign for America's Future: The State of the Union Stakes
Chloe Albanesius / PC Magazine:
Hack of Montana TV Station Warns Viewers of Zombie Attack — If you happened to be watching the Steve Wilkos show on KRTV in Montana this week, an episode exploring "teen cheaters who take lie detector tests" was interrupted by a confusing and possibly terrifying emergency alert.
Discussion: americanthinker.com, Mediaite, The Raw Story and Gawker
Noah Rothman / Mediaite: Local Station Breaks Into Programming With Emergency Zombie Apocalypse Alert
Stephen C. Webster / The Raw Story: TV station's hacked emergency alert system warns of zombie apocalypse
Joe Nocera / New York Times:
The 'Die Hard' Quandary — Later this week, the fifth installment of the "Die Hard" movies is scheduled to open in theaters across the country. "A Good Day to Die Hard" stars, once again, Bruce Willis as John McClane, a too-stubborn-for-his-own-good cop who has to stop a highly trained army …
Discussion: Right Wing News and Prairie Weather
Wall Street Journal:
Push To Gauge Bang For Buck From College Gains Steam — U.S. and state officials are intensifying efforts to hold colleges accountable for what happens after graduation, a sign of frustration with sky-high tuition costs and student-loan debt. — Sens. Ron Wyden (D., Ore.) and Marco Rubio …
Discussion: Via Meadia and The PJ Tatler
Walter Russell Mead / Via Meadia: How Much Is College Worth? Congress, States Now Asking Too
Stephen Kruiser / The PJ Tatler: Ridiculous Bill To Measure Success Of Colleges Is Back
Jennifer Martinez / The Hill:
Sources: White House to issue cybersecurity order Wednesday — The White House is poised to release an executive order aimed at thwarting cyberattacks against critical infrastructure on Wednesday, two people familiar with the matter told The Hill. — The highly anticipated directive …
Discussion: The Heritage Foundation, Politico, Mashable!, Infowars and The Hill
David Inserra / The Heritage Foundation: Cybersecurity Executive Order Is a Mistake Every Way You Look at It
Alex Fitzpatrick / Mashable!: CISPA Cybersecurity Bill Is Coming Back Wednesday
Alex Lazar / The Hill: DAY'S END ROUNDUP
CEMENTING A LIBERAL LEGACY WHILE IGNORING 2014 — MEMO … In recent weeks, President Obama and his team have made no secret of the fact that the Inaugural Address and the State of the Union is a two-step process to outline an aggressively liberal and partisan agenda for their second term.
Discussion: Roll Call and First Read
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Whitesboro hands boys bowlers first loss of season
VERONA -- There were three very different games in Friday's match between Vernon-Verona-Sherrill's boys bowling team and Whitesboro. In the end, for VVS at least, there was a very different result.
David Hyle's Red Devils lost for just the first time this season and only the third time in the coach's three years at the helm. Whitesboro took advantage of a poor start by the hosts to take a 3-0 lead, withstood a rally that tied it in the second then held on for a 7-4 win in the third.
"It's always up for grabs," Whitesboro coach Darlene Hill said of her yearly battles with VVS. "Every year they're tough, and usually win."
Not Friday. Tyler Beattie's 279 in the final game sparked Whitesboro's five-man team to a 1,061-1,022 win and it helped clinch the total pinfall, which was worth two points. The visitors won on that count 4,790-4,669.
"Five-man was exceptional," Hill said in the understatement of the afternoon. Beattie had a 661 series to tie for team honors and five-man teammate Josh Zaleski added a 660, breaking 200 in each game. Zaleski finished with four strikes, which proved critical as VVS had four of its bowlers break 200 in the five-man competition in the last game.
The early hero for Whitesboro was Bob Jones in two-man. While Brad Long was getting off to a great start for the Red Devils (6-1) with a 245, Jones calmly rolled a 268. That keyed a 36-point win for one of the three points in the first round for Whitesboro (5-1).
"They were just falling for me," Jones said.
Jones followed his 268 with a 235 in the second game, but Long was just four pins back and his teammate, Brendan Thomas, rolled a 192 to give VVS a narrow win that helped even the match.
Nathan Desnoyers' opening strike in the third game gave VVS a jolt and the hosts seemed to close the gap for awhile. Long and Thomas broke 200 as did Devin Long, Jeremy Howard, Brenden Boice and Tyler Baker in five-man in the last game, but it wasn't enough and VVS was left to regroup for next week's matches.
Brad Long led all bowlers with a 677 series.
Whitesboro (5-1): Brandon Zaleski 554, Jordan DiPierro 207-564, Bob Jones 268-660, Tyler Beattie 279-661, Cody Hameline 202-595, Andrew Sharpe 213-555, Josh Zaleski 224-660.
VVS (6-1): Brad Long 245-677, Nathan Desnoyers 201-555, Tyler Baker 212, Brendan Thomas 235-588, Devin Long 248-634, Brenden Boice 213-615, Jeremy Howard 207-571.


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Video: SwimSmart VII—Assess the Situation
On race day itself, it's important to not only have your training, warm-up, and knowledge of the course under your belt, but to asses the swim conditions on the day. In the video above, IRONMAN world champion Greg Welch shares steps you can take to ensure your preparation and visualizations are where they need to be, such as scoping out the water conditions, buoys placement, and sighting points.
Follow the links below for more resources on how to prepare for racing in the open water—useful reminders no matter what level a triathlete you are.
Stroke Mechanics for the Open Water
Sighting Tips for Open Water Swimming
SwimSmart I: Prepare Early | SwimSmart II: Work Your Way Up | SwimSmart III: Be in the Know | SwimSmart IV: Safety First | SwimSmart V: Tried and True Gear | SwimSmart VI: Warm up Right | SwimSmart VII: Assess the Situation | SwimSmart VIII: Start Easy, Relax and Breathe | SwimSmart IX: Be Alert and Ask for Help


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Kerry Washington weds Nnamdi Asomugha
The couple wed last month in Idaho.
Kerry Washington is a married lady!
The Scandal actress tied the knot with San Francisco 49ers cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha in a secret ceremony on June 24 in Hailey, Idaho, reports E! News and ET.
Details are scarce, but the marriage certificate states that Washington's mother Valerie and father Earl served as witnesses at the private ceremony.
This is the first marriage for Washington, 36. She was last romantically linked to ex-fiancé David Moscow before they split in 2007.
Washington is currently on the cover of the July issue Vanity Fair, keeping the conversation focused on her career, not her personal life.
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1986 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ60 - Doomsday PreppedPosted in Features on February 24, 2014
If mass chaos comes tomorrow, or even later today, there's one man who is ready to bug out. He's the owner of this '86 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ60, and his rig has a variety of modifications designed to make the Cruiser the go-to vehicle in the event of civilization's collapse or whatever bedlam should come to pass. The owner of this Cruiser wishes to remain anonymous, as many doomsday preppers do. But the truck's builder, Jesse Nelson at JD Fabrication, says, "The idea behind this build comes from the doomsday prepper within." He says the idea was to capitalize on reliability and function, while at the same time keeping drivetrain electronics to a minimum. "So going with the 12-valve Cummins turbodiesel engine and NV4500 five-speed manual transmission was a must," he goes on to say.
The owner of this rig is no stranger to Land Cruisers. Over the years he has owned a number of them and he is a big fan of older Toyotas. Thus, it was a no-brainer that when it came time to build a bug-out rig, his first choice was a Cruiser. It was also a given that he'd have his friend, Nelson, build the rig for him.
The result is an incredibly capable 4x4 that's packed with proven parts. This makes it a reliable machine to count on if things go south.
At A Glance
Vehicle: 1986 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ60
Owner: Anonymous
Stomping grounds: Somewhere in California
Build time: Two years (cost: approx $200,000)
Engine: Cummins 5.9L 12-valve I-6 turbodiesel, Industrial Injection PhatShaft 62/70 turbo
Transmission: NV4500 5-spd manual
Transfer case(s): Advance Adapters Atlas 2
Low range ratio(s): 4.3:1
Crawl ratio(s): 90:1
Front axle/differential: Dodge Dana 60, EMS Offroad 35-spline axleshafts/3.73 gears, ARB Air Locker
Rear axle/differential: Dodge Dana 80, GM disc brake conversion/3.73 gears, ARB Air Locker
Front: Custom 3-link, King 3.0 14-in-travel remote-reservoir coilovers, King 2.5 bumpstops
Rear: Custom 4-link, King 3.0 16-in-travel remote-reservoir coilovers, King 2.5 bumpstops
Steering: Custom cantilever, custom pitman arm, Lee Manufacturing hydraulic assist, Chevy C10 steering box, custom tie rod
Tires: 37x13.50R17 LT BFGoodrich Baja T/A KRT
Wheels: 17x8.5 TrailReady beadlock
Armor: Custom bumpers, custom rocker protection, fuel cell skidplate
Cool stuff: ARB roof rack, Warn 16.5ti winch, full-perimeter LED lighting


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Savory Dressing
This unusual dressing has a surprising blend blend of bread and mashed potatoes so that it appeals to all people. Savory adds just the right amount of flavor without being overpowering.—Marlene Jatsura, Prince George, British Columbia
Total TimePrep: 15 min. Bake: 1 hour
Makes8-10 servings
- 2 medium onions, finely chopped
- 1/2 cup butter, cubed
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 loaf (1 pound) day-old bread, crusts removed
- 1-1/2 cups mashed potatoes (without added milk and butter)
- 1/4 cup chicken broth
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh savory or 2 teaspoons dried savory
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- In a skillet, saute onions in butter and water until tender, stirring occasionally. Break bread into small pieces; place in a large bowl. Add potatoes, broth, savory, salt, pepper and onion mixture; mix well. Place in greased 2-qt. baking dish. Cover and bake at 325° for 1 hour or until lightly browned.
Nutrition Facts3/4 cup: 237 calories, 11g fat (6g saturated fat), 25mg cholesterol, 604mg sodium, 30g carbohydrate (4g sugars, 3g fiber), 5g protein.
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Special Thanks to student Tomomi Horie for the greatest experience I've ever encountered while getting a facial. Tomomi went above and beyond to ensure I received the greatest care when I visited Christine Valmy. She was kind and gentle, and really made me feel comfortable. Tomomi took the time to not only exfoliate my skin, but also allow me to relax and leave refreshed. It was very clear she wasn't just working but she was actually caring for the client. She really worked wonders and I am so thankful she was the one to perform my facial!
Kudos to instructor Natasha for not only guiding the students while they worked, but also performing exfoliations herself. Natasha provided expert recommendations and assisted Tomomi in how to care for my sensitive skin. She guaranteed I would leave pleased and once they were finished I was beyond satisfied.
Thank you to everyone at Christine Valmy for an unforgettable experience! I can't wait to come again!!!
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I have run a business since 1980 with only "by word of mouth advertisement". First myself then by the word of my clients. My clients tell me that they receive compliments on their skin and then the question "what do you do". this is how I have built a clientele, simply by others viewing the results of my present clients.
You will not be disappointed, you will not trash another bottle saying this doesn't do what it says it will do when you convert to Valmy. The products clearly state what consistent use will do and it does it. Its that simple.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 38 diseños de 8 diseñadores freelance.
Southern Fried Snark
Southern Fried Snark is an upcoming video podcast that will feature two sassy ladies from North Alabama. Experienced bloggers, Sarah (theanviltree.com) and Ronda (aisforaardvark.net) have decided to take their snarkiness to high definition... whether high definition wants it or not. We are quirky, loud-mouthed, and of course, high-mannered southern gentile ladies. Or some crap like that.
People who would like to listen to some bullshit. A few times a week.
It's like having dinner with your girlfriends, but without the bill. BYOB.
Southern Fried Snark
We're NOT looking for white-trash or redneck; we're merely southern. We're going with Southern Fried Snark because we are snarky, we are southern, and.. well.. we'll eat anything fried, wouldn't you?
We have had a logo designed and we want our site to compliment our logo.
This site is going to feature our video podcast. The video portion should be the primary focus.
-The player will need to be predominantly positioned above the fold.
- We will need space below the player for our blog entries.
- primary navigation should be at the top of the page.
- We will need space for ads
- widget friendly 3 column design
Here are some examples of sites:
http://www.geekbrief.tv/ (clean and simple with a focus on the video...)
http://channel9.msdn.com/ (easy to read, player could be larger, clean and easy to navigate)
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Hosts Sean Ross Sapp and Vince Russo are back to cover Monday Night Raw. Topics include:
- Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows Debut.
- Who will they side with?
- Stephanie McMahon returns.
- Chyna
- John Cena's return set
- Payback predictions.
- Viewer questions.
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Don't forget to try out DDP Yoga, specifically their awesome new Max Pack, used by the likes of Chris Jericho, AJ Styles, John Cena and tons of other WWE stars who love using DDP Yoga. You can get a special offer on the program at DDPYoga.com/WrestlingInc. Also, "The Resurrection of Jake The Snake" is now available on iTunes, Google Play, Playstation, Amazon and VUDU, so make sure to check that out, and tweet DDP Yoga to let them know we sent you! If you're in Australia, DDP is in Melbourne conducting a DDP YOGA workshop May 1st. You can get tickets at TicketBlaster.com.au
You can check out the full episode in the video above or the audio player below. For a direct download, Click Here. If you want to subscribe, you can do so through iTunes as well as our RSS feed, which you can use this to subscribe through any podcast app. If you're enjoying the show, please subscribe and rate on iTunes! Also don't forget to give us a thumbs up and subscribe on Youtube!


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Cook the Book: 'On the Line'
You'd think that a chef with three Michelin stars would guard his secrets. But Eric Ripert, with Christine Muhlke, has written the restaurant equivalent of a tell-all memoir—well, minus the sordid love affairs. The establishment in question is Le Bernardin, the phenomenally successful fish restaurant now in its 23rd year; the book is On the Line.
The sweeping narrative takes you all the way from the front of the house to the back of the pantry, providing "day in the life" timetables for everyone from the porter ("8:41 a.m.—Sorts and smells squid, turning plastic gloves inky") to the pastry cook ("10:30 .a.m—One hundred dozen petits fours are finished for lunch.") Dishes are described in detailed play-by-plays ("1:37:54—Flips fish"), kitchen jargon decoded ("Giuliani" is slang for "julienne"), and enormous quantities of raw ingredients recorded (250 pounds of butter and 500 pounds of black bass a week).
And then there are the recipes, more than 40, straight from Le Bernardin's kitchen—scaled down but in no way simplified, for the home cook. We'll be posting one of Ripert's dishes every day this week, from meaty braised halibut with asparagus and wild mushrooms and filler-free crab cakes with Dijon mustard emulsion to an Asian-influenced tuna tartare "sandwich." Come back, too, for pastry chef Michael Laiskonis's dark chocolate, peanut, and caramel tart.
The dishes are pretty heavy on the mise-en-place, but are as rewarding as they are challenging. —Michele Humes
Win 'On the Line'
Courtesy of Artisan Books, we are giving away five (5) copies of On the Line. In the comments below, just tell us your favorite way to prepare or eat seafood.
Contest will end and comments will close at 3 p.m. ET, Monday, March 2, 2009. One entry per community member. The standard Serious Eats contest rules apply.
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No doubt, nail art is seriously having a moment. But we're already at a point where certain patterns have become passé (accent finger anyone?). To keep your tips covered in fresh, fantastic looks, we've compiled Nail Art's New Wave, a collection of our favorite new patterns inspired by super-talented manicurist Julie Kandalec and Maybelline New York's Color Show Nail Lacquer – plus hints on how to execute them perfectly.
Seems just a couple of years back, you could slap a few lines on your nails and the whole world would ooh and aah. Nowadays, you need a lot more pizazz to impress. Scorching hot with shots of jet black, our "Burning Love" design certainly has enough fire to make heads turn, and because we've broken this pattern into Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced versions, it's one you can rock no matter your skill level.
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There's a lot to like in the latest video from How It Should Have Ended, which tackles The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. But the best bit is at the very start, since it re-raises a question that's been lingering for a while now. Why doesn't Gandalf call in the eagles all the time?
I mean, I know that the actual answer is "Because then we wouldn't have a movie, dude," but still. I appreciated the other jokes in this video as well, probably because I just rewatched How to Train Your Dragon, which has got to be my favourite movie about cat-ownership.


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Don't forget your cabinet and door pulls. An inexpensive way to give a room a whole new look!
Many dimmer switches available. Change the mood of a room with a flip of a switch!
Consider updating your switches when replacing your switch plates for a clean, cohesive look!
Take a picture of the wiring on the current switch before disconnecting in case you need to refer to it later!
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text: Aside from daily EMS duties many of our personnel participate in our Special Operations Team providing paramedic care for unique situations. Special Ops personnel go above and beyond conventional training to learn skills which help them respond to fire scenes, search and rescue, hazardous materials, structural collapse, and tactical law enforcement support. They also cover large civic events when needed with extra ambulances and specialized equipment.


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Irish rugby fans voted with their feet, staying away in droves from the over priced new home for the Irish team.
Worryingly, it would appear even in the midst of a torrent of negative feedback, the IRFU is actually going to increase ticket prices for some games.
Ireland has always been one of the best supported rugby teams in the Northern hemisphere, so fans and commentators alike were shocked on Saturday at images being beamed world wide of a half empty stadium. Only 36,000 people were at the game, leaving swathes of empty seats in a stadium that holds 52,000. The IRFU should be embarrassed, it has shown itself to be completely out of touch with the current atmosphere of economic depression that prevails in Ireland right now, ignoring it by packaging expensive tickets together in combinations of matches, trying to squeeze every last penny out of the loyal supporters.
Their greedy plan hinged on forcing fans to buy tickets in a four match 'bundle' for a shockingly high €340. €85 a game? That is a ridiculous figure. Fans balked and the IRFU scrambled to introduce a new bundle. In a media friendly press release Irish Rugby Union chief executive Philip Browne admitted officials had set prices too high in 'tough economic times.' He said; 'We've put our hands up and we are dealing with the reality of this,'
Their genius answer? The new ticket plan came out offering a package for the South Africa and Samoa games, costing €150 and a bundle for the New Zealand and Argentina games costing €190.
Wait a second, how on earth was this beneficial to Irish rugby supporters? The second package worked out as more expensive per game, at €95 each!
The IRFU could learn from the States, where teams put excellent initiatives in place to ensure their stadiums are always full and lively. For example, some teams offer cut rate family packages which include parking, food and a match ticket. Instead the IRFU's arrogance led them to believe the trained seals otherwise known as Irish rugby fans would all cough up almost €100 a match for the privilege of watching Ireland play.
Boy did the judge that one wrong.
With the embarrassment of the empty stadium hanging in the air like a bad stench, the IRFU has now decided to slash ticket prices for Saturday's game with Samoa (€50 each), rightfully terrified that they would be playing hosts to an almost completely empty stadium. Even with that in mind though, the IRFU is refusing to budge on its tickets for the Argentina game on November 28, they are still priced at €95 each. €95 to watch a rugby game? Will they be providing complimentary drinks? Perhaps some finger food and a soothing back rub at half time?
Make no mistake about it, the IRFU thinks that you, the average Irish rugby fan, is an idiot. Why else would they say they are 'rethinking the process' and promise a change in pricing structure, only to actually raise the cost of a ticket to the New Zealand and Argentina games?
Their ticketing structure is nothing short of criminal. Tickets for Ireland's upcoming home matches against France and England are being sold as a package at a cost of €250 for an adult for the two games and €80 for children. Therefore, a family of two adults and two children going to see Ireland in the spring will have to fork out €660, and that figure is before travel, food and accommodation, you know, for those fans not in Dublin (earth to IRFU, the Irish rugby fan also exists in far off places like Cork and Limerick!).
The message appears to be, if you are not a wealthy, Dublin based rugby fan, the IRFU doesn't care if you make it to the game at their shiny new, elitist stadium or not.
Check out some of the up coming ticket prices for Ireland home games
- Ireland v France €125
- Ireland v England €125
- Ireland v Argentina €95
- Ireland v New Zealand €95
Now let's look at some of the up coming ticket prices for high profile rugby games around the globe
- South Africa v Australia €48.43/€38.67
- Australia v New Zealand €62.62
- England v Samoa at Twickenham €30.55
- France v Australia (lowest) €15 (average) €37
How on earth does it cost so much to watch Ireland play, compared to say, Australia v New Zealand? Seriously, why do we as a nation accept this rubbish? Why do we let bodies such as the IRFU basically ridicule our intelligence with prices like these?
It is sickening, and if we had any sense of social activism as a populace, we would endeavor to stay away from these high priced games and show the IRFU that we are not complete fools, we are not that easily placated. A mass stay-away would force the IRFU to wake up to the current economic climate, and consider those fans that have to be realistic with their finances.
If you are in any way angry at how the IRFU thinks it can pull the wool over your eyes like this, stay away from these criminally expensive games. Go ahead an invite a few friends over, get a few beers in, buy some snacks, and enjoy the game on TV. When all is said and done you will have sent a message to the IRFU and you will be approximately 80 euros better off than if you had gone to the game.


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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
In this unit, you will review the historical content of Units 6–10. You will also review how you as a learner have demonstrated skills of Historical Thinking throughout the sessions. Finally, you will develop classroom tools that get students to demonstrate skills of Historical Thinking in your classroom. The goal of this unit is for you to review and synthesize your understanding of both American history and strategies for teaching students to think historically about American history.
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wish i could tell you there were more of us out here in Oklahoma (or in my former home of Washington, D.C.) but I really don't think there are any.
wish i could tell you there were more of us out here in Oklahoma (or in my former home of Washington, D.C.) but I really don't think there are any.
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3. Tony Gwynn
4. none though I would like to see the Rangers do well
5.football-Chargers of course, for college-tcu because my dad went there, not a huge NBA a fan but occasionally watch the Celtics
6.best friend of bigpadresfan, known him since we were little
welcome, LTisNOTacrybaby
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1.)Big Bear Lake, Ca
2.)Peavy, Greene and Gonzo
3.)Gwynn, Cammy and Santiago
5.)Clippers, Chargers and Galaxy
6.)32 and loved the Pads all my life. My dad went to Granite Hills and was more convincing than my Mom the dodger fan.
you made a wise choice my friend
I really thought about bailing on this crappy team. But, alas, my daughter's name is TONI GWYNN, so I am STILL a Padres fan... but I am NOT happy about it.
excellent choice may i say it again
1. Temecula
2. Cliche- but Khalil
3. Darrin Jackson- if you ever meet him he is a great guy -although he is a White Sox broadcaster now- Put it on the board! YYYesssss!
4. Angels, Indians
5. Chargers of course
6. The worst time of the year is the time between the end of the MLB and the start of Spring Training, I like football, but those highlighlts only happen once a week, the rest of the week we are forced to watch hockey or basketball, ugh
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