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Cascade Locks residents will decide the fates of two measures affecting local utility rates and procedures.
The first of the proposed measures (No: 14-49) would repeal a previously established water utility fee and establish a new electric utility fee — to fund emergency services.
According to the Hood River County ballot text this measure, if passed, would enact ordinance No. 416 in place of ordinance No. 374. Ordinance No. 374 imposes a fee on all City of Cascade Locks water service utility accounts to fund costs associated with fire prevention, EMS and fire suppression.
This new ordinance would remove the fee associated with water service accounts and place that fee on electric service accounts. Once enacted, the city council would be charged with setting and adjusting the fee rates by resolution. The sole use for the fee is limited to payment of costs associated with fire prevention, EMS and fire suppression.
n In the second measure under consideration, (No. 14-51), the city charter would be amended clarifying city council authority to set rates for city owned utilities.
The Cascade Locks city charter is the governing document for the city of Cascade Locks.
According to ballot text, this measure would revise section 32 (4) of the current home rule city charter that requires a majority vote of the city's qualified electors voting in an election where at least 50 percent of the registered voters cast a ballot, or in a general election in an even numbered year for the city council to create or increase any tax, charge or fee.
The proposed revision would add the following language to the charter: "This provision shall not apply to utility rate setting for any city-owned utility. As used in this section, city-owned utility includes water, sewer, electric, cable and broadband/internet service."
The proposed amendment would clarify that utility rate setting actions of council are administrative in nature and not properly subject to a vote of the city's qualified electors.
According to Kim Kean, elections supervisor for Hood River County, Oct. 16 is the last day to register to vote. Forms are available at the county offices during regular business hours, or at the post office or library. Residents may also go online to complete their form at Oregonvotes.org.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Lesley's upset bid over No. 21 MIT (9-1) fell short Saturday afternoon, as a 27-5 Engineers second half run spanning over 10 minutes turned a 52-51 game into an MIT's eighth straight win.
Junior guard Jamie Karraker ignited the Engineers (9-1) attack from the get-go, shooting 8-16 from three-point range for 24 points. Fellow junior Noel Hollingsworth followed with 22 points and a team-best eight rebounds.
For Lesley (2-7), reigning ECAC Player of the Week John Sanchez tied for game-high honors with 24 points, while senior center Jesus Trejo led all players with 12 rebounds.
Seconds into the game, Karraker went nothing but net from behind the three point line to give the Engineers a 3-0 lead, one the team would hold the rest of the way. Sanchez kept the Lynx close, contributing nine points over the next six minutes to help keep the Lynx in the game. His three-pointer just inside the 13:00 mark pulled the Lynx to within four, 19-15.
With 12:24 left in the first, MIT went on a run that would give them an 18-point lead, as a Hollingsworth trey made it a 39-21 game with 4:45 left in the half. Lesley chipped away from both inside and out, as a Bryant Itonyo shot from behind the arch followed by a Sanchez layup in the closing seconds brought the game within seven, 45-38 at intermission.
MIT shot 46 percent from the field for the frame to Lesley's 42 percent. Karraker led all players at halftime with 15 points, all coming from downtown, where he went 5-8. He was followed by Sanchez, who played the entire first half for 14 points. Hollingsworth also contributed 13 points and five rebounds for the engineers.
Out of halftime, the Lynx remained at their Cambridge neighbor's doorstep. At 14:45, Lesley freshman Grant Cobb hit a layup that got the Lynx within two. Fifty-five seconds later, Sanchez hit his fourth three-pointer of the game to narrow the Engineers lead to 52-51.
Over the next three minutes MIT went on an 8-0 run commenced by Karraker and Hollingsworth trifectas that provided the visitors all the breathing room they would need. Karraker and Hollingsworth delivered the dagger at the 5:30 mark, as each nailed a three-pointer in opening up an 18-point Engineers lead.
In pulling away with the 82-61 win, MIT shot 48 percent from the floor and an even 50 percent (14-28) from distance. The Engineers also converted on 77 percent (10-13) of shots from the free throw line for the game to Lesley's 62 percent (13-21). Fueled by Trejo's dozen, Lesley outrebounded MIT, 34-33.
Lesley falls to 2-7 on the season and MIT moves ahead to 9-1. MIT will recess until New Year's Eve, when the team travels to Harvard. Lesley has a three week break until 2011 when it returns to competition on January 6th at Mount Ida at 6pm.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Leah Bogsted recorded the second no-hitter in MIT history with a five-inning 16-0victory over St. Joseph College on Thursday. Shestruck out 11 of the 15 batters she faced and allowed only one walk. Bogsted alsohelped her causeby tallying three hits, including a home run, and five RBI. With the win, the Engineers improve to 2-3 on the year.
Adrianne Hee led off the bottom of the first inning for Tech with a walk. She stole second and then advanced to third on a wild pitch. Hee attempted to steal home, but was caught stealing as Carly Saylor earned a walk. Amanda Poteet reached first after being hit by a pitch. Cheryl Texin singled through the right side, scoring Saylor and moving Poteet to second. Batya Fellman grounded out to the pitcher, allowing both base runners to advance one base. Poteet was then caught stealing home, ending the inning.
Bogsted opened the bottom of the second with a solo home run. Lara Kostun walked and then moved to third on two wild pitches. Corinne Vannatta recorded the second walk of the inning for MIT. Following a pitching change, Vannata stole second base and Kostun was picked off at third. Elizabeth Gillenwater bunted which advanced Vannatta to third. Hee reached on a fielder's choice, scoring Vannatta but forcing Gillenwater out at second. Saylor earned the final out of the inning with a ground out to third base.
The Engineers' offense exploded with a nine-run third inning, resulting in a 12-0 lead. Poteet got things going with a single to shortstop. Texin reached on a throwing error by the pitcher, putting runners on second and third. Fellman recorded the first out with a pop-up to shortstop. Bogsted reached on a fielding error by the leftfielder, advanced to second on the error and then moved to third on the throw. She also earned two RBI as both Poteet and Texin scored. Kostun reached on an error at first base, allowing Bogsted to score. Singles by Vannatta and Gillenwater loaded the bases. Heeposted a two-run single, scoring Kostun and Vannatta. A wild pitch advanced Gillenwater and Hee a base. MIT filled the bases again with a single by Saylor to third base.
The Engineers returned to the top of the order when Poteet was walked, forcing Gillenwater home. Texin singled to left center, scoring Hee and keeping the bases loaded. A pop-up by Fellman to the pitcher was followed by a two-run single by Bogsted to left center. Holly Jeffrey came entered the game to pinch hit for Kostun and grounded out to first.
A pitching change by St. Joseph in the fourth did not quiet MIT's bats. Vannatta walked and Joy Dunn grounded out to third, which advanced Vannatta to second. Hee walked and then Saylor posted a three-run homer. A fly-out by Poteet to centerfield was followed by a single from Texin up the middle. Fellman earned the third walk of the inning, which moved Texin to second. Bogsted singled to left field, scoring Texin and advancing Fellman to second. Jeffrey singled to shortstop moving both runners up a base. Vannattaclosed the inning with a pop-up to the pitcher.
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Is Southwest Florida poised to be the victim of its own success?
Area hotels fill to the brim at the start of the high tourism season each spring. Travelers dine in local restaurants, frequent the world-class beaches and sometimes buy property here.
Since the recovery, visitor bureaus in Manatee and Sarasota counties have reported year after year of record-breaking growth.
But to some local tourism officials, those days may be numbered.
In their view — and that of some other travel experts — the region is about to hit a wall.
Unlike neighboring St. Petersburg and Clearwater beaches, Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties have fewer hotels, which severely limits the number of visitors who can stay during peak seasons.
"We get calls in February and March from people looking for rooms, but there are no more available," said Virginia Haley, president of Visit Sarasota County, the county's tourism agency. "We're hitting that ceiling already."
The lack of hotel rooms is particularly evident on Siesta, Lido and Longboat keys, and even in downtown Sarasota, Haley said.
"Without new development, we're going to cap the number of people who can visit, and visitors will go to other beaches that have the capacity instead," she said.
The only way to bring more people to the region is to follow the lead of neighboring St. Pete and Clearwater, and let developers build more hotels, Haley said.
Otherwise, she fears, Southwest Florida is destined to see tourism tax dollars and overall growth level off, at a time when branding and developing the region as a destination — for the beaches and upcoming international sporting events — is just taking off.
To many, the question is moot, either because there is no feasible way to make room for additional hotels on the barrier islands, or because of concerns that adding them would change the less-intensive character of this part of the Sunshine State — a particular draw for so many tourists over the decades.
"Siesta Key is already completely developed. The roads are full and couldn't handle much more traffic without coming to a dead standstill," said Sarasota County Commissioner Nora Patterson. "It's problematic.
"I'd love to see a hotel on Siesta Key Beach and I wish in the past we would have planned for one and made the room. It would be too tough to do now."
Sarasota County has 23 hotels and 57 motels, together accounting for 4,711 lodging units, according to a 2012 study by Research Data Services, a Tampa-based market and economic research company.
Those rooms make up 56 percent of the short-term rental inventory in Sarasota County, while the remainder is mostly condo, timeshare and vacation rentals, data shows.
The study tracked Sarasota County's substantial growth from 2010 to 2012, including when Stephen "Dr. Beach" Leatherman named Siesta Key the nation's top beach in May 2011. That year, Sarasota County's tourism growth performance exceeded both the state's and the nation's.
"The industry's supply-and-demand dynamics support the existence of latent demand for additional lodging hospitality in the county," the report said.
But Siesta Key has just 2,800 rooms for rent, and the average motel or condo building boasts that less than 50 rooms are available — far fewer than Clearwater Beach, which was named the best beach town in Florida by USA Today last year and which has competed with Siesta Key for a number of top-beach accolades.
Visit Sarasota County has commissioned reports to study how neighboring beaches were able to build hotels and ultimately boost the number of tourists who can visit each year. But without strong support from governing officials and public and interest from developers, not much can or will change.
"Every community has its issues, but Clearwater Beach officials have been proactive to create a competitive destination. Therefore, they have been very supportive of development there," said Chuck Ross, a principal at Tampa-based Atlantic Hospitality Advisors.
In 2008, Clearwater Beach opened its long-anticipated Beach Walk, a pedestrian zone that connects the many new high-end hotels and condos, like the Hyatt Regency, a 250-room resort that opened in 2010. The $30 million hotel replaced a string of smaller motels that were bulldozed to make room for new development.
The Sand Pearl Resort, a Five-Diamond hotel owned by Ocean Properties Ltd. — a Delray Beach-based company that has since bought the Longboat Key Club, Lido Beach Resort and the Helmsley Sandcastle Resort — started the Pinellas County beach resurgence when it opened in 2007.
"There is no option for that kind of development in Sarasota," Ross said. "It's almost impossible to build on Longboat Key because of the residents. There are no sites available on Lido Key, or any beachfront land on Siesta."
Longboat Key denizens have a long history of opposing new development.
The enclave's wealthy residents have battled commercial enterprises' attempts to bring more tourist venues — hotels, restaurants, shopping — to the key.
"The residents have made big development impossible on Longboat Key," Ross said. "It's a constraint for developers and gives them no options."
Longboat Key requires vacation rentals in most neighborhoods to be for 30 days or longer, which some business owners argue contributes to the key's empty storefronts.
It has always been a balancing act, says Longboat's town manager, Dave Bullock.
"We blend retirees with tourists. Longboat Key has always been both," Bullock said. "Most of our residents came here first as tourists."
Hotel properties face challenges similar to those confronting businesses on Longboat.
In 2012, a three-year battle between key residents and Longboat's premier hotel, the Resort at Longboat Key Club, over expansion plans ended when a judge ruled that the Town of Longboat Key could not approve new tourism densities without holding a referendum for residents.
The decision was a blow to the hotel and Ocean Properties, which bought the 440-acre property in October 2012. The original expansion plans called for additional rooms and meeting spaces.
"We've seen some great growth in our business since the new ownership, and we've focused our attention on the group-meeting market, as well as the drive-in Florida market during the off-peak seasons," said Jeff Mayers, the club's general manager. "But we are limited in what we can offer."
Town officials expect the property's new owners will submit a revised expansion plan later this year, Bullock said.
"Tourism is good for the key. We want to have hotels that help keep our restaurants and shops open when they struggle in the slow summer months," he said.
Ocean Properties has become a huge player in the region's tourism trade.
Last year, the Delray Beach-based company acquired the 33,000-square-foot building and three acres that house the Chart House, adjacent to the resort, for $6.2 million.
The company also pumped $25 million into the 102-room Hilton property on Longboat, and will close the hotel for a year beginning this summer to start renovations that will add 85 rooms. The expansion was originally planned for 2009, after the Town of Longboat Key agreed to allow up to 250 new, tourism-related units on the island.
Meanwhile, another big player for Longboat Key tourism has been out of the game for four years: The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort — one of Southwest Florida's most popular vacation destinations for decades — has been closed since August 2010.
"The Colony was a recruitment site for residents for many years," Bullock said. "We rely on tourism to spread the word."
A dispute between developer Murray "Murf" Klauber and the owners of condos on the property has dragged on for years, leaving the Colony empty and generally in shambles. It seems unlikely the 237-room waterfront resort will be redeveloped anytime soon.
"The demand is there for the beaches in the Sarasota area," said Ross, the Tampa consultant. "It's a highly attractive destination and could do very well with the meeting business.
"But Sarasota suffers from zoning restrictions and density problems."
While Lido Key houses more hotel properties than any other key in the region, it came close to losing a vital player — a prospect that had terrified local tourism promoters.
The former owners of the Helmsley Sandcastle listed the property for sale earlier this year.
The 177-room pink hotel on Lido Beach was once owned by New York real estate tycoon and hotelier Leona Helmsley, and is among the oldest beachfront hotels in Southwest Florida.
Tourism officials worried that once the property sold, it would redeveloped as condos, erasing more than 100 beachfront hotel rooms.
But Ocean Properties — once again it was the buyer, this time in a $27.4 million deal announced in February — will likely renovate the property.
The Sandcastle sits next to the Ritz-Carlton Sarasota's Beach Club, another Gulf-front condominium tower, where beach amenities are open to guests staying in the downtown hotel.
"We're happy that Ocean Properties has invested so much in the hotels in our region," Haley said. "We're elated that the Helmsley was sold to a hotel operator."
Ocean also owns the 222-room Lido Beach Resort, which it bought in 2006, and the 135-room Holiday Inn Lido Beach, acquired three years later.
Sarasota County's most popular beach destination has the fewest Gulf-front hotel properties in Southwest Florida.
Dominated by condos and vacation rentals, the village-like Siesta Key also offers the fewest opportunities for development.
"Ideally, someone would have to buy up some of the multifamily properties on Siesta Key to build a hotel," Patterson said. "But that would be a tough thing to do right now. We can't increase the density on the barrier islands."
Among the limited number of hotels on the key is the Hyatt Siesta Key Beach, a 44-unit luxury fractional ownership resort near the southern tip of the beach.
"There are no beachfront sites left to develop on Siesta," Ross said. "It's hard to buy oceanfront properties to begin with. And considering today's construction costs, it would have to be a $200 to $300 average room rate there, and that property wouldn't succeed."
This year, Siesta Key was identified as one of the top 25 beaches in the nation on TripAdvisor's "2014 Travelers Choice Beaches Awards" list — its second straight year — and came in at No. 3.
The beach, also named the top destination during an annual Top 10 compilation in advance of Memorial Day weekend in 2011, received a swell of interest and millions of dollars in tourist-related spending following the designation.
Ross sees Siesta Key as more akin to Anna Maria Island, which "has its own kind of character and will always continue to be what it is.
"The quaint, small-town village feel. No high-rises," the consultant said.
"But because of that, it will never see any growth. Its inventory is maxed out now."
Many are happy with Siesta Key just the way it is, despite the long lines of traffic that snarl bridges during peak season and extended wait times at beach restaurants.
"More hotels on Siesta just won't work," said Lawrence "Buddy" Yackley, office manager for the community's Tropical Beach Resorts, a 70-unit property that stays 98 percent occupied year-round because it is one of the few resorts that is neither a timeshare nor a private home.
"The only chains on the island are a 7-Eleven and Circle K gas station. Everything else is family-owned-and-operated," Yackley said.
"Siesta would lose its charm with anything else."
The notion of building new hotel and condo projects in downtown Sarasota has been much-discussed in recent years, and several projects have already been proposed.
But some experts worry that downtown does not have the same traction with tourists as the beaches, and won't help the problem of limited growth potential for hospitality businesses tied to surf and sand.
"Sarasota doesn't have a strong corporate base of travelers, and leisure travelers want to be by the beach," Ross said. "Leisure travelers don't want to stay downtown."
The Ritz-Carlton Sarasota operates the beach club property on Lido Beach, but does not have Gulf-front guest rooms. Some hotel experts consider that highly problematic, as travelers will often pass up even luxury accommodation in favor of another with beach views.
Still, with about half a dozen downtown hotel properties in the works, local officials hope tourism will help rejuvenate that area.
"Downtown is still a unique part of Sarasota and not far from the beaches," Patterson said. "There's no room to develop anywhere else. Downtown is where we hope to see continued growth."
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What's round, has Washington's face on it and is worth 26 cents?
I'll admit it: I've got denominational delusions.
When carrying what little cash I do carry, I want to make sure that I've got the most valuable coins and bills possible — and I don't necessarily mean the largest denominations.
Professor Tracy Mott has been teaching economics at the University of Denver since 1991. I called him one afternoon last week to ask him one question: Could I sell him a quarter for 26 cents?
"Well, I hope not," he said. "Is it a rare quarter that might be worth more than 25 cents?"
I said it wasn't.
Fair enough. But he said I could buy a quarter from him for 26 cents. I'll consider it. See, to me, a quarter is a lot more valuable than any combination of other coins adding up to 26 cents that doesn't include a quarter.
And I'm not the only one — just ask a laundromat or a pinball machine or a parking meter. Pennies especially aren't all that useful, so I might trade you 30 pennies or more just for a quarter. This is all, of course, very dumb.
"Economists don't like that kind of thing," the professor told me, "because it's something called money illusion and that's irrational."
Mott, who was very kind in putting up with me, went on to explain that the kind of money illusion that economists usually talk about is when your pay rises, but costs also rise, and yet you feel richer. You're not.
Not that most of us have the problem of feeling richer at the moment.
But he said that my illusion was related to the one that plenty of other folks have. That's comforting.
Speaking of illusions, a few years ago a study in the Journal of Consumer Research described what has become known as the denomination effect. Bear with me as I oversimplify: We all know that a $20 bill and four $5 bills are worth the same — but we're more likely to spend when we're carrying smaller bills because we perceive them as more easily replaceable. What's funnier is that on some level, the study says, we know it, and we're likely to prefer carrying larger bills if we're trying not to spend.
I asked Professor Mott if this meant that a $20 bill is more valuable to me than four $5 bills — this study says it'll last longer, after all.
He wouldn't quite go there: "I think it is true that people probably do look at four $5 bills differently than they look at a $20."
So I asked how we could determine the actual values of these things: How much is that quarter really worth to me?
"When it's really small denominations, it might not be worth the time that it takes you to do that."
It's true: I have a long history of doing things that might not be worth the time. To be fair, Mott told me that the whole premise of behavioral economics is that people don't do things that are purely rational.
"The question you have is, 'Is it rational to believe that the quarter is more valuable than 26 cents?'"
He said to figure that out, I'd have to ask myself questions about the weight of the coins in my pocket and is it worth it to carry that around and —
"Well, who cares?" he finally said. "When you get to bigger denominations it can become more important."
He told me to think about people going to bulk stores and coming home with huge, plastic-wrapped rectangles of goods. They buy these things in great quantities and at a low per-unit price.
To be really rational, he said, you have to figure out if there's a cost to storing the stuff, how likely it is to go bad before you use it all, and all of those kinds of things.
"It might not be worth the trouble… and you have to assign some probabilities, and that's hard."
So while it's important to understand the complexity of assigning value to things, I learned to not worry so much about whether I'm right or wrong about the quarter thing for now, and I'm thinking I'll start carrying around $100 bills.
I know I'll never spend one, because it's bad form to ask someone to break a Benjamin when all you're buying is a 26-cent quarter.


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OpenXava 4.4 released
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OpenXava 4.4 has some new interesting features such as:
- Totals, row count and add action in the collection frame when the collection is folded.
- The frames are folded using a slide effect.
- It's possible to filter by range in list and collections.
- Support for Java 7.
And some other useful new features and bug fixes.
Totals, row count and add action in collection frame
If you have a collection like the next one:
When the user folds the collection frame the result is:
In this way you can put several collections in the same view (and tab) and the user can fold all collections to get a global view of all data, in this way:
Filtering by range in list and collections
From now on the user can filter by a range in any persistent property:
It works for all data types: dates, numbers, strings, etc.
And more
See changelog for the complete list of new features and fixes.
I invite you to download and try it.


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An Incredibly Smart Newspaper Website
The Boston Globe rolled out a handsome new website, and it's exemplary: No confusing mess of links, no upchuck of annoying ugly ads, and, best of all, no special crippled version for the iPhone or iPad.
Open the site on a regular computer and try slowly squeezing the browser window from full width down to a quarter or an eighth of your screen. The layout progressively and intelligently resizes itself, hiding section links, scaling photos, and resizing fonts. "Stunning," writes outspoken designer Jason Santa Maria. "Fascinating," writes Daring Fireball publisher John Gruber. "The design is uncluttered and reader-friendly. How many newspaper website designs can you say that about?" Not many.
Then again, most newspaper sites are free, and the Globe's elegance is a direct result of the fact that it will soon cost money to read, according to New York Times Company executives. In this case, perhaps. But the Globe is also responding, visually at least, to elegant-but-free sites from news providers like Google, Twitter and countless independent bloggers like Gruber, who makes some nice coin from his uncluttered Mac enthusiast site. Hopefully there's room for Globe, and its parent the NYT Co., to make its business model more innovative as well.


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'''The Mouth of Sauron''' was the [[Dark Lord]] [[Sauron]]'s servant and representative at the end of the [[Third Age]]. He had the title Lieutenant of Barad-dûr, since he was so strongly devoted to the Dark Lord. The Mouth of Sauron was one of the [[Black Númenóreans]].
'''The Mouth of Sauron''' was the [[Dark Lord]] [[Sauron]]'s servant and representative at the end of the [[Third Age]]. He had the title Lieutenant of Barad-dûr, since he was so strongly devoted to the Dark Lord. The Mouth of Sauron was one of the [[Black Númenóreans]].
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The Mouth of Sauron was the Dark Lord Sauron's servant and representative at the end of the Third Age. He had the title Lieutenant of Barad-dûr, since he was so strongly devoted to the Dark Lord. The Mouth of Sauron was one of the Black Númenóreans.
The Mouth of Sauron had served Sauron all his life, and had forgotten his own name. A Man of great stature, he was potentially the equal of the Dúnedain, but had fallen into darkness. He had learned much sorcery during his time under Sauron, and knew many of the Dark Lord's plans.
As a Black Númenórean he probably came from the Haven of Umbar, and it is stated that "he entered the service of the Dark Tower when it first rose again". The Dark Tower rose again when rebuilding began in the year 2951 of the Third Age, which means he entered Sauron's service shortly after that. Umbar had been defeated by Gondor under "Thorongil" (Aragorn's name in his youth) in 2980, so the Mouth might have fled to Mordor then.
If this mention of the second arising of the Dark Tower is taken literally (see below), then the Mouth of Sauron had been in the service of his master for 68 years by the time the Third Age ended. If his service began as a youth who was subsequently cowed, bewitched and indoctrinated by his new master, then the Mouth of Sauron could quite feasibly have no memory of his birth name.
During the Council of Elrond, the Dwarves of Erebor spoke of a Man who had come to tell them of the power of Mordor and persuade them to join its forces. Though the Man's identity is unknown, it is possible that he was the Mouth of Sauron.
The Mouth of Sauron briefly appeared in The Lord of the Rings when he haggled with the army of the west in front of the Morannon, trying to convince Aragorn and Gandalf to give up and let Sauron win the battle for Middle-earth. Though he came before Aragorn and his men as an ambassador, he used quite insolent speech when he dealt with them. He tried to intimidate the army into surrendering by showing them the mithril coat of Frodo Baggins to make them think that the Ringbearer had been captured. When Gandalf turned down his proposal, the Mouth of Sauron set all the armies of Barad-dûr upon them.
The Mouth's fate is nowhere recorded, and it is probable he died in the assault before the Morannon. If he had survived, it is likely that he would have been one of the leaders in the retreat of Sauron's evil servants after the fall of Barad-dûr.
The Mouth of Sauron's Age
It is possible to interpret the words 'arose again' to refer to the power of Sauron rather than the construction of his Tower. In this case, the rebuilding of the Barad-dûr in 2951 was actually its second arising. It first rose again some time after S.A. 3220, which means that, according to this interpretation, the Mouth of Sauron might have been at least 3200 years old at the time of the War of the Ring. Even for a Númenórean this was an exceptional age matched only by the Ringwraiths, and he therefore may have been a Ring-bearer, who by some magic of Sauron had not become a wraith himself. He may have worn a lesser ring, and not one of the great Rings of Power. Alternatively, he could have been granted one of the Seven Rings of the Dwarves, several of which Sauron had recaptured.
Support for this extreme old age is found in the statement that "his name is remembered in no tale, for he himself had forgotten it". Even Gollum still remembered his old name after 500 years.
The name of the Mouth of Sauron itself poses a serious inconsistency in the narrative. Aragorn mentions that the name "Sauron" (meaning "Abominable") is the name used by his enemies, and according to Aragorn, Sauron himself did not permit it pronounced.[1] Therefore it could be considered strange for a servant of Sauron to have a title that includes the word "Sauron".
Portrayal in Adaptations
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1980: The Return of the King:
- The Mouth of Sauron briefly appears at the Black Gate. No voice actor is specified for this role.
1981: BBC Radio's The Lord of the Rings:
- The Mouth of Sauron's role is expanded. He is portrayed as the person who tortures Gollum into telling Sauron of "Baggins" and "Shire", though he is not named until the credits.[2] John Rye provided the voice of the Mouth of Sauron, as well as the Voice of Sauron, symbolising the function of the Lieutenant of Barad-dûr.
2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- The Mouth of Sauron does not appear in the theatrical cut of the movie, but he does appear in the extended version, played by an unrecognizable Bruce Spence. His helmet, with the words "LAMMEN GORTHAUR" (Sindarin for "Voice of (Sauron) The Abominable") in Cirth written on it, covers his entire face except for his mouth, which is horribly diseased and disfigured by all the evil he has spoken, and disproportionately large, creating an unsettling effect. In fact, much of this spectacle is a result of CGI effects. Actually Jackson conceived this idea long after the footage had been shot and asked his special effects team to create the effect digitally.
- The extended DVD cast commentary mentions that Jackson considered different depictions of the character, such as having Kate Winslet (who starred in Heavenly Creatures, another Jackson film) play the role, partially to emphasize the temptations Aragorn was facing.
- In the story itself, Aragorn decapitates the Mouth of Sauron with his sword. This sequence is often criticized by purist and outsider alike; through human history it was considered a crime of war to execute messengers or heralds; specifically the book gives emphasis against the inhumanity of such a deed.


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Open SAP Web IDE in SAP Cloud Platform
You will learn
- How to enable and then navigate to the SAP Web IDE inside of SAP Cloud Platform
Open your SAP Cloud Platform account (if you have a free developer account, click HERE to open the console.)
Trouble logging in? If you have trouble logging in to your SAP Cloud Platform Cockpit, and you are using a company account (one provided by your employer), it is possible that the Cloud access has been locked. Create a new FREE trial account by clicking the link above, and use your personal email address to set up the new account.
You should now be in the SAP Cloud Platform Cockpit, as shown below. Click on the Services menu item on the left
Next, click on the SAP Web IDE box. You may need to scroll down to find this box.
Enabled: If the box does NOT say Enabled, click the Not Enabled button to enable this feature. In the screen that appears, click the Enable button at the top of the page to confirm this feature is set up.
In the SAP Web IDE screen, you will see a paragraph called Service Description. At the bottom of the paragraph, there is a link called Open SAP Web IDE. Click this link
A new tab (or window) will open, and the Web IDE will load.
Bookmark this page! If you create a bookmark to this page, it is easy to get back to the Web IDE later.
- Tutorials: If you don't have an SAP Cloud Platform account, follow the tutorial to set up a free developer account.


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How to teach a horse to smile. [04:19]
This is a Tutorial on how to teach a horse to smile, these are my own methods & i change bits about to suit whatever horse i am training. Every horse is diff...
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June already
June 3rd, 2013 by Rebecca under Uncategorized. No Comments.
June already? Wow. This Friday is our ALP presentation, which we–my group and I–will be working on every night this week. It's the culmination of a boatload of work, so we'd like the presentation to truly represent the depth and breadth of our project. But on the other hand, the presentation is only 20 minutes long and if we get too in-depth we'll bore people. So hopefully sometime this week we will be hit with a lightning bolt of inspiration and a happy medium will come into being. Fingers crossed.
I have two more classes, two more assignments and then a final in Strategy, and one more class and a final in Strategic IT. At this point we are all contentious and a little cranky. I look forward to being done.


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I think people must know quite a bit about me, just by reading this blog, to correctly guess that I have been thinking (OK, and dreaming) about how I am going to prepare myself and how I am going to tackle my next race - the Paris-Roubaix Challenge.
Some of the questioning is like this:
- How am I going to train for something like that in SE Queensland?
- What sort of bike should I take for a race on the cobbles?
- How am I going to get such bike?
- Should I put some FMB tubular on my old 303s, or should I go the old style with Ambrosio or Mavic rims? - check them all here.
- Should I do a training camp in Germany, Belgium or Holland before the race?
- Could I get a sponsor for all that?
At the moment, the general answer is like this:
"OK, it is not that complicated. I will figure out those things in the next couple of months."
I already know through my own experiences that the Cervelo S2 is not going to be the best ride on the cobbles. I will be looking for something a little supple and compliant for the ride, like a Cervelo R3. Perhaps a different material would do a good job, even...
Also, I started to work on fixing my body, this time with Victor Popov, one of the best physios in town. The "hit" two years ago and all the stress I have put my body through over the years created a fairly imbalanced skeletal framework which has been giving me a good amount of pain, not to mention the loss of power in my right leg.
I can't reinvent myself to become a Boonen, a Cancellara or a Stuey on the bike but I still believe that with a bit of help and smart training (on and off the bike) I can become a stronger, faster rider. I am planning to do just that.
And talking speed, who said the colour red made bikes look faster? What about black, or white?
In the last three weeks, a project of reinventing the S2 took place. It got reinvented into pure speediness.
I reckon!
Training for the cobbles next.


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Sarah Palin a bit off base in faulting 'Game Change'
HBO's Sarah Palin movie, "Game Change," hasn't even aired and it's already come under fire by - guess who? - Sarah Palin.
John McCain's 2008 running mate reportedly has not seen the film debuting on the premium channel at 8 p.m. Saturday. However, that didn't stop her from cobbling together her own response: a video using a promo clip of star Julianne Moore and Ed Harris (McCain). She changes the title to "Fact Change," and HBO to BHO (for Barack Hussein Obama), before showcasing glowing video of the "real" Sarah Palin. (To see it, search "Game Change We Can Believe In" on YouTube.)
So, is her attack warranted? More no than yes. In fact, if Palin had watched "Game Change," she would have discovered it to be far from the smear job she seems to think it is. Wonderful actress Moore - who looks astonishingly like the real Palin, thanks to hair and makeup wizardry - captures her distinctive speech patterns without making her cartoonish, à la Tina Fey on "Saturday Night Live."
"The first thing I did was hire a vocal coach," Moore said at a recent HBO press session, "because, for me, she has an incredibly idiosyncratic way of speaking, and I really felt I needed to capture that. We looked at hours and hours of footage. I listened to her on tape. I read her book."
Moore also was determined to show how "amazing" Palin was under duress.
"Her situation was a pretty extraordinary one. Somebody who had been involved in state politics was suddenly thrust into national and international politics," Moore said, complimenting Palin for "moments of sheer brilliance."
"I think the whole country took a collective gasp, like, 'Who is she? Where is she from?' " the actress said. "She was so incredibly charismatic …suddenly, here was this working-class mother who just popped out and seemed to be able to command the world."
Palin's personal life also is handled with unusual delicacy; she comes across as a loving wife and lionesslike defender of her children, particularly the pregnant Bristol, whom she felt the media were unfairly scrutinizing.
On the flip side, the HBO movie paints a portrait of a woman sorely unprepared for the job that lay ahead of her. Palin comes across as positively clueless on foreign policy and economic issues: unaware that North and South Korea are separate countries and that the prime minister, not the queen, is the head of British government. She refers to "the Fed" as "the federal government," rather than the Federal Reserve.
In a moment of humor, she also reveals her lack of fashion knowledge, referring to the designer heels her handlers have picked out as "Johnny Choos."
Director Jay Roach and screenwriter Danny Strong (who previously collaborated on HBO's "Recount") stand by it all, including a portion of the film in which Palin seems to be falling apart. Not only is all that laid out in the book "Game Change," by Mark Halperin and John Hellermann, Strong said, but loads more interviews were done with most of the players portrayed (Palin and McCain not included). Woody Harrelson, who, with shaven head and memorable fervor, plays McCain strategist Steve Schmidt, said he had the pleasure of hanging out with his character.
Schmidt and the rest of McCain's team take the hardest beating, in fact, for spending an unprecedentedly short time vetting Palin - a mere five days, compared to months taken with other vice presidential candidates - because she seemed to be exactly what they needed to counter Obama: a star who would appeal to women and younger voters.
The movie, entertaining throughout, takes off even more seductively, when, in the second half, Palin "goes rogue" and opts to get her own message to the people - instead of adhering to advice from McCain's team. It's the juiciest, most watchable part of the movie.
Granted, she's depicted as out of control, but so gloriously so that "Game Change" turns Palin, once again, into a star.
Jeanne Jakle's column appears Wednesdays and Sundays in S.A. Life, and she blogs at Jakle's Jacuzzi on mySA.com. Email her at email@example.com.


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Fasting in Ramadan is a main pillar of Islam that helps Muslim grow closer to the One God, Allah. According to the Qur'an "Fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed to those before you, so that you may learn self-restraint". Fasting, which is recognized for its health, spiritual and psychological benefits, is considered by Muslims as a means to improve their moral characters and provides an opportunity for a spiritual renewal.
The real purpose of fasting is not to make us hungry and thirsty, or to deprive us some of our comfort and conveniences but to be conscious of Allah. It is to do one's best to live by His commands and to avoid His prohibitions, fear of Allah, worship of Allah, sincerity in faith, and avoid the disobedience to Allah. Fasting is an invisible act. Only Allah and the person who is fasting know whether he or she is fasting or not. Fasting teaches how to control and discipline our desires. During fasting we learn how to say "no" to things that are otherwise permissible and good, but are forbidden during fasting. When one learns how to say "no" to that which is generally permissible, then one can easily control oneself to avoid that which is forbidden. Through fasting we taste—to some extent—the pain and suffering of those who are poor and destitute. Fasting teaches empathy and sympathy, and it takes away some of our selfishness and self-centeredness.
Fasting in Ramadan is compulsory on all physically and mentally healthy and mature Muslims. Those exempted from fasting are the sick, old, pregnant and menstruating women and travellers. Pregnant and menstruating women and travellers make up the missed days by fasting at a later time.
The day of fasting begins with an early morning meal before dawn and ends at sunset. The evening activities include the traditional breaking of the fast usually with dates and water, the sunset prayer followed by dinner (IFTAR). Muslims would then go to the mosque for congregational prayers in which at least one-thirtieth of the Qur'an is recited. The congregation would have listened to the recitation of the complete Qur'an by the end of the month.
Ramadan will depart on September 8 or 9, 2010 depending on the citing of the moon. The celebration marking the end of Ramadan is called Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the major festivals in Islam and will be celebrated September 9 or 10, 2010 depending on the moon sighting.
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Funny How Universal Music Thinks Infringement Fines Are Unconstitutional When It's On The Receiving End
from the and-how-does-that-work? dept
The lawsuit involved Univeral Music, who lost the original decision and was hit with a rather large fine. Universal Music appealed that decision on a variety of points -- and appears to have convinced the judge that the punitive damages tacked onto the copyright infringement claims were unconstitutional. This is quite interesting because, as Ray Beckerman notes in that link, Universal Music is involved in a bunch of lawsuits where it's pushing for extremely high fines for individuals found guilty of infringement. In fact, Universal Music is actually on the receiving end of a lawsuit that accuses the company of requesting unconstitutionally high fines. In that case, Universal Music is asking for fines that are more than 1,000x the actual damages. Pretty high, right? So what were the damages that Universal Music (and the court) found so unconstitutionally high in this case from Bridgeport? Turns out they were about 10x the actual damages. Funny how that works.
It seems like Universal Music may come to regret pointing out the variety of reasons (pdf) why punitive damages can be seen as unconstitutional, as one would imagine that UMG's own filing will be raised against it in its own copyright infringement suits:
"While the Supreme Court has declined to adopt concrete or bright-line constitutional limits for the ratio between actual or potential harm and a punitive-damage award, the Court nonetheless observed that, "in practice, few awards exceeding a singled-digit ratio between punitive and compensatory damages, to a significant degree, will satisfy due process."... The court cited a 4-to-1 ratio as being close to the line of unconstitutional impropriety."Universal Music would likely claim in its own defense that it was complaining about punitive damages, and in the other lawsuits it's fighting for statutory damages, but there are already plenty of folks pointing out that there really isn't much of a difference in many cases.


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One Minute Tip: How to Repurpose a Rake Head
Today's One Minute Tip comes from shop owners Jordana (and Kasey) Henke, curators of a new vintage living handmade co-op in Des Moines, Iowa.
• The Star: Kasey and Jordana Henke bid against each other at an auction in rural Iowa a few years ago, and life has never been the same. Since then they got married, had two kids, and started having sales on their farm which eventually led to a farm store and Etsy shop called "Rescued Junk." Last month they opened a "Vintage Handmade Co-op" in Des Moines called "Silo."
• The Music: This song is called "4pm" and is an instrumental version of an even cooler song off the album "Honest Mistakes" by Pete Miser. The full version is available for listen and purchase here.
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• Submissions Welcome: Are you a Maker? Do you have great how-to's and tips to share? Do you have a winning personality or are you just a great character? Tell us here and we'll consider sending our video team to tape you for the site.


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Curly hair girls know that curls come in all shapes and sizes. They vary in hair texture, in level of bounce and in type. They have specific needs when it comes to styling and products. Rizos are not just rizos. Here, salon owner Justin Cruz talks about some of the most common myths about curly hair and why they are so so wrong!
1. MYTH #1: All Curly Hair Girls Have Thick Hair
MYTH #1: All Curly Hair Girls Have Thick Hair
Because curly hair strands don't hang side by side, this hair type usually gives the impression of thicker hair and more volume than their straight-haired counterparts. For many girls, this isn't the case. In fact, not only is it often-times thin, it's also fine, says Justin Cruz, owner of Salon Cruz in Burlington, Vermont.
2. MYTH #2: Curl Hair Girls Have It Easy When It Comes to Natural Styles
MYTH #2: Curl Hair Girls Have It Easy When It Comes to Natural Styles
"Curly hair requires very specific products and drying techniques," says Cruz. "To let curly hair air dry, it usually involves an arsenal of creams and stylers, which can really add up cost-wise. Not to mention the time it takes to apply them. It's a careful, section-by-section process."
3. MYTH #3: All Curly Hair is Damaged and Dry
MYTH #3: All Curly Hair is Damaged and Dry
"As with any other hair type, over-processing and use of the wrong products can take its toll," says Cruz. "Often times, curly hair is actually less damaged, because people tend not to over-process it. Unfortunately, when people don't embraces their natural curls and get blowouts or relaxers the result is dry, brittle hair."
4. MYTH #4: If You Have Curly Hair, You Should Skip Shampoo
MYTH #4: If You Have Curly Hair, You Should Skip Shampoo
There's a big trend with co-washing. This is when you skip a traditional shampoo and you use a conditioner that cleanses along with moisturizing. "Shampoo is intended to clean the scalp and is absolutely necessary for every hair type," says Cruz.
5. MYTH #5: All Curly Girls Want Straight Hair
MYTH #5: All Curly Girls Want Straight Hair
While a lot of our moms and tias refuse to give up their Saturday morning appointment for a roller set, many young Latinas are embracing their curls and mastering the techniques of enhancing and controlling them. The result? A healthier head of hair. "By paying attention to factors such as the climate, your curl type and the products you're using, styling can be easy and manageable," says Cruz.


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|System: X360, PS3, PC
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|Dev: Capcom
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: Capcom
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
|4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
|Release: Feb. 17, 2009
|2.5 - 2.9 = Average
|5.0 = The Best
|Players: 1-2
|3.0 - 3.4 = Fair
|ESRB Rating: Teen
|3.5 - 3.9 = Good
The two other gameplay elements are Super and Ultra Combos. Super Combos should be familiar to fans of the series. Instead of giving each character multiple Super Combos (like in the Street Fighter Alpha series), Capcom is again turning to Street Fighter II; each character has one Super Combo they can perform once the appropriate meter fills.
While Super Combos are nice, Ultra Combos are where it's at this time around. Performing them, however, is a little tricky. Each character has a revenge meter that fills as they take damage. Once the Revenge meter and Super Combo gauge are full, the character can unleash an Ultra Combo. These attacks pull the camera out of its static, side view position so that players can get a view of the multi-combo carnage. For example, Guile's Revenge attack consists of a series of somersault kicks that sends his opponent flailing through the air.
Story-wise, Street Fighter IV is set between Street Fighter II and Street Fighter III. Capcom isn't giving away much at this point from a narrative standpoint, but it has given some info on the presentation front. There will be animated prologues and endings for each character. Whether these will be done in the oil painting style of the original Street Fighter IV trailer or given a more traditional anime touch is still up in the air.
Aside from cutscenes, Capcom isn't really ditching the classic story formula. In Street Fighter IV you'll still fight warrior-after-warrior until to you get to a final boss. A blue, nearly naked muscle man named Seth takes the place of final bad guy this time out (sorry M. Bison; apparently you're not evil enough anymore). Like many fighting game final bosses, he can use the abilities of other characters (like Dhalism's stretchy limbs and Ken's dragon punch), but also has his own attacks like an air vacuum that sucks you over from across the screen, allowing him to deal out a brutal combo.
The arcade build of the game runs at 60 FPS, but Capcom has not said whether the console port will match it or lock-in at a respectable rate of 30 FPS. However, knowing how Capcom aims for cross development (the arcade version is essential running on an upscale PC), it's not a long shot to say the console and PC ports could be arcade perfect. Either way, the game looks beautiful. Characters have thick ink outlines that give them a painted look (much like Okami) and their individual animations are so over-the-top that they come off as cartoon-like.
Capcom is promising online play, but there aren't a lot of details about it at the moment. Hopefully, they take the necessary time to iron out any bugs in the net code - just a few milliseconds of lag in a networked fighting game can spell doom for a game's online lifespan.
A proper Street Fighter sequel has been a long time coming. Capcom seems to have struck a very nice balance: The classic gameplay of Street Fighter II is there and new elements - like Focus Attacks and the Revenge system - add some complexity to the game, while not feeling completely foreign or out of place. Fighting fans should have a lot to look forward to on their consoles when Street Fighter IV launches.
Jason Lauritzen
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