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What's going to happen to all those Lumia exclusive apps in the Nokia Collection when Microsoft finalizes the deal to buy Nokia? Nobody knows at this point. But until then, a lot of you will just look forward to days like this when an app leaves the Nokia Collection and becomes available for everyone in the Windows Phone ecosystem. Which app jumped the fence? PGA Tour for Windows Phone.
We first saw PGA Tour for Windows Phone back in June 2012. The app joined Windows Phone via the Nokia Collection. Today, it's been updated and is now available for everyone. We're also seeing some new Windows Phone 8 features like a double wide Live tile and Lockscreen support. Here's what you get with the app:
- Scorecards for every player
- Play-by-play from each hole
- Player performance statistics
- Video highlights
- FedEx Cup Standings
- News from the Tour
- Live leaderboard for each Tour event
The 2013 PGA season may be nearly over, but that doesn't mean you can't enjoy the app. This weekend you've got the Tour Championship in Georgia and next month The President's Cup in Ohio.
Tell us golf fans, happy to see the app available for everyone? Sound off below.
PGA Tour for Windows Phone is a free app. It's available for both Windows Phone 7.x and 8. Grab it in the Windows Phone Store, use the QR codes below, or swipe to the right in our app.
Thanks for the tip Kyle S!


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Carolyn Hax: Help, my future in-laws expect a lavish, expensive wedding!
Adapted from a recent online discussion.
Dear Carolyn:
My fiance and I are planning a small, affordable wedding with our family and friends next year. We are a young couple who decided that homeownership is more important than an extravagant wedding, and we are making sacrifices on the guest list, venue, wedding dress and decorations to make sure that we can afford this wedding and our mortgage payments.
My main problem is my fiance's family. His family comes from Vietnam, and he believes that his family will feel that they will lose face if we do not have a catered seven-course meal with black-tie wait staff, like his siblings had when they got married.
We are paying for this wedding ourselves, and I do not want such a huge expense, plus I feel like my own blue-collar family, and I as well, would be very uncomfortable with something so formal. Whenever I try to explain this to my fiance, he tells me I am being culturally insensitive, and that I cannot understand because I am not Vietnamese.
Should I allow us to take on an expensive extravagance for the sake of being culturally sensitive?
-- Wedding
I try not to go too crazy in picking apart word choices, but in this case I think the way you wrote this sentence -- "My main problem is my fiance's family" -- is a potentially marriage-killing mistake.
Your "main problem" is not his family. It's that you and your husband don't agree on how to handle your cultural differences. And that includes the failure of both of you to recognize that the "for the sake of being culturally sensitive" imperative applies to both of you. He is just as obligated to agree to an informal wedding that would make your family comfortable as you are to agree to a formal wedding to make his family comfortable.
Neither of you has any claim to cultural primacy here, and I don't like your chances until you're both ready to see this -- or until one of you decides you just don't care enough to hold your ground and defers to the other's way of handling appearances.
The latter option is fraught, though, so don't pounce on it just because it's there. Too many people enter that state more with an "I don't want to break up so I'll make this sacrifice" mindset than an "I genuinely don't give a (fig) which culture we honor and hey, his rituals are fascinating to me -- and even though I think his parents are being irrational and forcing mine to make a sacrifice they themselves refuse to make, my fiance recognizes this and won't allow this to set a precedent, and is prepared to make it up to me in other ways, including to stand up to them when the stakes are higher; plus, he and I are solid in words and deeds on respecting each other's needs, plus he defers to me on X, which I value so much more, so bring on the seven-course meal."
You've got to see the long game (past the even longer sentence) here. Figure out your priorities, then hold whatever ground you must.

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PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- If this gloomy sports era has made you hesitant to invest any more effort into liking any more athletes, by all means do not drift into the Tampa Bay Rays locker room, and do not go near the Cy Young Award winner. There lies confusion and peril.
In the grand categories of athlete interviews which include Glad That's Over, and Whew, That Was A Challenge, and Wow, That Was Interesting, and What A Nice Guy, and I Did Not Know Anyone Could Fit That Many Cliches Into That Short A Time, 20 minutes with David Price turns up in the rare area of Wouldn't Have Minded Listening To Him For Hours, Even Over A Venti Iced Caramel Macchiato, No-Whip, Extra Caramel (apparently his preference).
He's a conversation, not an interview, rich in eye contact, lavish in the quality the French call bien dans sa peau (comfortable in his own skin). He loves his Cy Young Award but has no inkling of basking in it. For a Cy Young role model, he chooses Justin Verlander, who won in 2011 and then returned to finish just four puny points short of Price the next year. Price thinks his award could have the engravings of "60 or 70 other names" of people who helped, including Tim Corbin (his coach at Vanderbilt) and Derek Johnson (his pitching coach at Vanderbilt) -- Corbin having taught him "how to carry myself," and having given him the mantra: "When you're somewhere, be present."
He had a strange moment last November, days after his "whole body just went numb and limp" at the moment of his Cy Young announcement on Nov. 14. Even on all his intra-division trips to New York, nobody had ever recognized him, plausible in such an insular sports town. Yet suddenly, near Times Square, hailing a cab in bruising weather he estimated at "20 degrees," all bundled up and chivalrous, his girlfriend waiting back by the building, he took on a stream of passerby congratulations in a five-minute span.
Some guy across the street hollered, "Cy! Cy!"
Beyond that, he got some scattered notice in Los Angeles.
"It's cool," he said. "The only time you don't like it is eating. That's the only time I want to kind of be left alone. I don't want to shake somebody's hand and go back to eating. That's kind of gross."
As for his opinion of even mild fame, he says, "I have no idea. I don't consider myself famous. I don't consider myself a celebrity. I remain myself. I don't want to be treated any differently because I'm a Cy Young winner. I don't want to be treated any differently because I'm a professional ballplayer."
All right, that's well and good, but even a jerk could mouth those words, even if not with the same presence and confidence and congeniality. So if you're still holding out, staying aloof, it's probably best to avoid reading what teammates or Rays manager Joe Maddon have to say concerning the clubhouse citizenship of this guy. And then do not, by any means, dial up Corbin in Nashville. You might ask a thousand coaches about a thousand players -- but you'll never hear fondness quite like what Price's former college coach has to say.
There's this: "The environment is better because he's in it. If you take him out of the environment, it's not half as good. He's a multiplier. People want to be around him. He's fun. There's no ego."
And this: "There will not be one ounce of drawback in this kid [post-Cy Young]. He operates completely differently from anyone I've ever been around. He's not one of those kinds where he will ever have the thought in his mind, 'I've made it.'"
And then this: "I know the left arm is special, but nothing is more special than this kid's mind and heart … He's different. He's got an awareness of everything about himself and an awareness of everything around him. Everything that comes out of his mouth is natural. Nothing is manufactured. What you see is what you get … He sees himself as a human being. He likes where he's going. He loves what he's doing. It is a passion for him. He doesn't take it for granted, either."
And also this: "He treats everyone the same way. He treats the clubhouse person, he treats the best player, he treats the role player, he treats the coaches, he treats the manager, he treats the parking lot attendant, all the same. All environments are better because he's inside of it, because he makes it fun. He's kind to people, picks up on people. There are not a lot of males out there that are good at that, especially when they're that good and have been told all their lives they're good at what they do."
Finally, despite Vanderbilt's excellent baseball program, Corbin had this to say regarding Price's departure to the bigs after 2007: "What we haven't recovered is that personality. We've had a lot of great players and a lot of special people. He's just a different individual."
So as the objectively appealing Rays seek a sixth straight year of fine contention, and a Cy Young winner tries to build on the season where he went 20-5 with a 2.56 ERA after working on improving his fastball command, and as he might even end up elsewhere given financial realities, let's just say impartially that if Price sustained his success, that would not be terrible, even if you don't fancy standing across the street and hollering, "Cy!"


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As the Eagles try to close the deal with Oregon coach Chip Kelly, they reportedly are selling potential coach Chip Kelly on the presence of quarterbacks Nick Foles and Mike Vick on the roster.
That's fine, but Vick has no intention or desire to reduce the $15.5 million salary he is due to earn in 2013.
It's due to be the third year of Vick's six-year, $100 million deal, which actually was a five-year, $80 million deal. And we've consistently heard that, if the Eagles want to keep Vick, they'll have to honor the terms of the contract. (Others have reported the same thing.)
There's a chance it's bluster, especially if the reduced rate the Eagles will pay Vick is more than he can get on the open market. While it's technically tampering for other teams to tell the agent of a player who is under contract with a team what the player would be paid if he were free to be signed elsewhere, it happens routinely.
Also, Kelly is one of the coaches believed to most intrigue Vick. So if Kelly lands in Philly and if no other team will pay Vick more than the Eagles will offer on a reduced deal, Vick's best move could be to accept less money and stay put.


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U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
Meeting of October 23, 2008 – Issues Facing Hispanics in the Federal Workplace
Good Morning Madam Chair, Commissioners, Colleagues and Friends.
It is an honor to have this opportunity to appear before the Commission to address this critically important topic. Thank you.
My name is Ramón Surís Fernández. I am the Director of the Department of Labor's Civil Rights Center and a member of the workgroup addressing issues facing Hispanics in the Federal workplace. Please allow me to acknowledge the work of the Hispanic Workgroup, a group of accomplished Hispanic Federal employees deeply committed to the issues being discussed today. On behalf of the Workgroup, I will relay recommendations pertaining to accountability and leadership development of Hispanics.
In order for progress to be made regarding the representation of Hispanics in the Federal government, it is clear that management accountability must be improved. Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) must be recognized as a management program, like any other mission-oriented program. Managers and supervisors at all levels of an organization must be required to make measurable, sustainable progress toward established goals and objectives.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act at Section 717 requires effective EEO programs. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC's) Management Directive 715 requires that agency heads demonstrate leadership commitment and gives EEOC the authority to monitor progress and evaluate compliance.
EEO must be strategically integrated and aligned with the overall mission, goals and priorities of each agency and must be an integral part of each agency's Human Capital Strategic Plan, including staffing and budgets.
Further, hiring, development, and retention go hand in hand. Progress will not be sustained if these elements are not addressed in a coordinated manner. It is imperative that once Hispanics are brought on board, they be provided opportunities for development and advancement to support the realization of each person's potential and the achievement of Hispanic representation at all grade levels and occupations throughout the organization.
In addition, as expressed in a recent U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) study,1 having a diverse leadership corps is an organizational strength that contributes to the achievement of results by bringing a wider variety of perspectives and approaches to bear on policy development and implementation, strategic planning, problem solving and decision making. Accordingly, it is imperative that Hispanics be appropriately represented in each agency's leadership cadre.
Managers and supervisors at all levels of an organization must be held accountable for achieving a model EEO program. To this end, we make the following recommendations:
Reporting to the agency head regarding initiatives and progress for improving Hispanic representation at all levels is a key element of accountability. EEO/civil rights officials should be included in meetings where this matter is discussed. However, the responsibility for results should be placed squarely on management's shoulders. Too often, EEO/civil rights offices are required not only to report, but also to "answer to," the agency head regarding these matters, when, in actuality, EEO/civil rights offices are limited in their ability to effect change. Results will only occur when those who have the power to effect change are held responsible. Reporting should provide data regarding hiring, development, advancement and separation, and identify trends, potential barriers to equal opportunity, and strategies/initiatives being instituted to address these potential barriers. Moreover, reporting must include measurements of progress toward clearly identified goals and objectives (see item one). Meetings at which this reporting takes place should occur on a routine basis.2
EEO, diversity, and inclusion must be critical performance elements in all managers' and supervisors' performance plans. Best practice performance plan elements include: (a) requiring hiring officials to participate in recruitment efforts for groups with low participation rates, with specific reference to those groups and (b) identifying the EEO, diversity, and inclusion objectives as critical elements and requiring at least successful performance in these elements as a condition of receiving an overall rating of meeting or exceeding performance expectations. Appendix E provides model performance element language for establishing accountability for EEO and diversity (consistent with affirmative employment and MD-715) to be used in managers and supervisors performance plans.
This will help ensure that ratings are aligned with agency objectives and initiatives, including Management Directive 715 requirements.
If groups with low participation rates are not represented on the certificate, HR should re-advertise the position, in accordance with 5 CFR Part 720.204, to ensure adequate diversity in the pool of candidates.
This practice will hold managers, supervisors and officials accountable for completing meaningful internal audits to ensure that the agency is realizing a model EEO workplace.
Leadership Development
Numerous employees in the Federal workforce are eligible or will be eligible to retire over the next five years. Many of these employees occupy leadership and critical skills positions. By 2012, thirty-six percent of the Senior Executive Service will be eligible to retire. These trends will result in more vacancies in the Federal government, at all levels.
The impending surfeit of vacancies provides an excellent opportunity to address the serious issue of under-representation of Hispanics in the Federal workforce. The Federal government's hiring practices do not reflect the Hispanic representation in the civilian labor force, and the gap is increasingly widening.
Hispanics are now 13.3% of the civilian labor force and are the most rapidly increasing group in the United States. However, Hispanic employees represent only 7.7% of the Federal workforce. Of that 7.7%, fully one-third are concentrated at the GS-11 and GS-12 levels, with over 20% at the GS-11 level. Data also shows that the largest percentage of the Federal government's Hispanic hires in 2007 (10.2%) was at grades 5-8, with grades 1-4 being the next highest percentage of hires (8.6%). Of note, there was a decrease in the hiring of Hispanics at the GS-13 through 15 and SES levels. (Source: OPM's Hispanic Report to the President, December 2007.)
To address these retirement trends and changing demographics, agencies must develop meaningful strategic human capital plans: strategies for acquiring, developing, motivating and retaining a high quality diverse workforce. Agencies must implement aggressive employee development programs and establish meaningful succession plans.
Hispanic participation at the Federal Executive Institute (FEI) and in other Federal leadership development programs must increase. Providing Hispanics with developmental opportunities will positively influence retention as well.
Agency leadership must establish its commitment to maximizing the potential of high performing Hispanics by, among other things, providing these individuals with high visibility assignments that will bolster their promotion potential. It has been long recognized that Federal agencies and private companies that do well in hiring and retaining Hispanic employees have at their foundation a commitment from senior level management that the number of Hispanics should be increased at all levels in their workforce.
The Federal government must strive to become a model employer that not only retains highly skilled and motivated individuals in the workforce, but also attracts high quality diverse, external talent. By achieving a workforce that reflects America, we can better serve our customers, the American people.
To this end, the Hispanic Workgroup is making the following recommendations:
The Work Group recommends that the EEOC create a government-wide mentoring program through which Senior Level Officials mentor and advocate for GS-15s and GS-14s who are on the brink of reaching SES. The mentors should be diverse in their makeup in order to ensure many perspectives, and will offer guidance, support, and encouragement aimed at developing the competence and character of the mentee. Moreover, the mentoring should include, among other things, assisting with the preparation of the Executive Core Qualifications and engaging in practice interviews. Finally, funding should be provided to train mentors.
The Work Group recommends that agencies increase the number of Hispanics selected for agency leadership and management training, as well as detail assignments to provide them with the necessary skills to advance in their respective agencies, other agencies, and/or other career fields, and prepare them to compete in appropriate occupation series for SES positions. Although many agencies offer leadership and management training, as well as detail assignments, Hispanics are often not selected to participate in these opportunities because of limited slots. Therefore, agencies should mindfully select individuals for training and detail assignments in a fair and equitable manner and ensure that the training be inclusive and reflective of the workforce.
Agencies should consider utilizing some of the following practice tips: open leadership development courses to GS-14 and GS-15 employees; offer a catalog of leadership development courses and detail assignments; rotate supervisory responsibilities to allow multiple employees the opportunity develop their skills; inform employees of educational opportunities within the workforce, and incorporate these opportunities into employees' individuals development plans (IDPs); and e-mail information about leadership training to all employees. See Appendix A, Practice Tips, infra.
The Work Group recommends that agencies examine the employment information of employees at regular intervals. In so doing, they can determine the promotion potential of Hispanic employees, as well as others, for mission critical occupations as part of succession planning. Employment information should include ratings, awards, promotions, and educational levels, among other things. Senior managers should periodically review their top Hispanic managers and those in the next lower level to determine several backups for various senior positions. This step is necessary because employees require years of grooming to develop into effective managers, to receive adequate training, and to develop relevant experience. Moreover, considering retirement trends identified by OPM, this mechanism provides an opportunity for agencies to develop middle and top level Hispanic supervisors and managers. A well-executed plan will ensure an inclusive workplace with an agency leadership reflective of the public and enhance the organization's effectiveness.
The Work Group recommends that agencies include Hispanics and/or EEO practitioners on the selection panels for GS-14, GS-15, and SES positions. The make-up of the selection and interview panels must reflect diversity factors such as sex, race, age and ethnicity. Those involved in the selection process carry a responsibility for ensuring that the choice of a successful candidate is soundly based on merit and non-discriminatory criteria related to the nature of the job. Each interview panel should consist of at least three members, of whom at least one should be Hispanic and/or an EEO practitioner. In so doing, agencies will be better able to create a more inclusive SES membership.
The Work Group recommends that a 5 and 10-year trend analysis by race, national original, and sex be conducted to ascertain the participation rates of Hispanics and other historically excluded groups in government-sponsored leadership development programs, such as the Senior Executive Service Candidate Development Programs, the Federal Executive Institute's Leadership for a Democratic Society, and agencies' leadership development programs. This analysis would reveal any possible disparate impact or treatment of Hispanics or any other historically excluded group in selections, graduations, and eventual promotions.
Finally, we recommend that Federal agencies promote government-wide endorsement, support and engagement in what I believe is a best practice in leadership development programs--the Federal Hispanic Career Advancement Summit. As well, we strongly encourage Federal employees to take advantange of this and similar leadership development opportunities.
Open to all Federal employees, the First Annual Federal Hispanic Career Advancement Summit was held on October 1st, 2008. Partnering Federal agencies, including EEOC, provided an incredible level of support and resources and offered training workshops to reach a broad audience of Federal employees. The First Annual Summit qualified as Federal training in compliance with 5 U.S.C. Chapter 41 (as certified by the 17 July 2008 Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Memorandum For Chief Human Capital Officers). The level of support and resources provided to the First Annual Summit, and to the idea of Annual Summits as an ongoing initiative, reflects the Federal government's commitment to enhancing its career development initiatives.
The Summit's purposes are to:
The Summit initiative's three key objectives:
I'm delighted to report that the Summit was an overwhelming success. As an initial indication of success, there were 650 available registrations; within two days, they had all been secured. Within a week, there were over 1,000 people on a waiting list. Clearly, this demonstrates a real need for these types of programs and the need for future Summits. Moreover, evaluations reflect that this professional development activity exceeded participants' expectations.
Thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony at this hearing. I look forward to continuing to work with my colleagues in support of advancing the Federal government's goal to become a model employer to attract, develop and retain a top-quality, diverse workforce that can deliver results and ensure our Nation's continued growth and prosperity.
1 Diversity in the Federal SES and the Senior Levels of the U.S. Postal Service, GAO-07-838T (Washington, D.C.: May 10, 2007).
2 For example, the Department of Transportation conducts meetings every four months with senior level officials, both career and appointed, as well as the Director of Human Resources and legal counsel, to review data relating to groups with low participation rates. Departmental components are asked to report on their progress carrying out plans to address barriers to equal employment opportunity.


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The newly arrived crewmembers of Expedition Five aboard the International Space Station – Commander Valery Korzun and Flight Engineers Peggy Whitson and Sergei Treschev – will continue settling into their new home today as they work with Endeavour's astronauts to move the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module from the shuttle's cargo bay to the Unity module of the complex in advance of the start of the transfer of almost 3 tons of equipment and supplies.
Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart and Mission Specialists Philippe Perrin and Franklin Chang-Díaz, and the newest shuttle crewmembers – former Expedition Four Commander Yury Onufrienko and Flight Engineers Carl Walz and Dan Bursch, were awakened at 4:23 Central time this morning by "I Have a Dream," by ABBA, a song selected for Treschev.
Using the shuttle's robotic arm, Cockrell and Perrin will reach into Endeavour's payload bay and latch onto Leonardo at mid-morning. The pressurized cargo module will be attached to the nadir berthing port on Unity. After Walz and Whitson perform pressure checks, the hatch to the cargo carrier will be opened. Leonardo contains equipment, supplies and experiments necessary for the fifth resident crew's 4 ½-month stay in orbit.
The six Expedition crewmembers will continue their handover conferences and the 10 cosmonauts and astronauts will review procedures for the first spacewalk of the flight tomorrow. Perrin and Chang-Díaz will step out of the Quest Airlock Sunday to begin installing the Mobile Base System, a new platform which will enable the station's robotic arm, Canadarm2, to ride a railway the length of the station for future assembly tasks. Two more spacewalks are scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday to complete the Mobile Base system installation and to replace an ailing wrist roll joint on the station's robotic arm.
The Expedition Five crew officially assumed command of station operations yesterday at 5:55 p.m. Central time, marking the end of the Expedition Four increment at 181 days. Onufrienko, Walz and Bursch are now considered part of Endeavour's crew, aiming for a homecoming on June 17.
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by Tom Utescher
In last Tuesday's Girls Inter-Ac League lacrosse duel at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, the host Blue Devils were up 9-8 at halftime, and again led the Patriots of Germantown Academy early in the second half, 10-9. After that the score was tied three times before the Pats put together a pivotal three-goal run and ultimately prevailed, 17-14.
Junior Hanna Bogorowski, who switched over to GA after spending her freshman year at Mount St. Joseph Academy, pumped in a game-high six goals for the visitors, who improved to 6-1 overall and 4-1 in league matches. Another member of the Patriots' powerful junior class, Emilie van Blarcom, fired in five goals, and SCH freshman Mikaela Watson also finished with five, accounting for all but one of the Blue Devils' five points in the second half.
Senior Kitty Morrissey led the hosts in the first half, when she scored all of her four goals. Each squad had five players find the net; GA got three from sophomore Allie Cannon, two from junior Cooper Hall, and one from junior Jennifer Stack, while SCH received two each from senior Taylor Wrubel and sophomore Francesca Fabiani, and one from sophomore Sinéad Brierley. In goal, freshman Elsa Rall made 15 stops for the Devils, and at the other end Germantown sophomore Allie Carrigan had 11 saves.
Asked about her team's primary assets this season, longtime GA coach Ginny Hofmann quickly responded, "The speed and the even scoring. We've had up to nine people score in a given game. There's not just one or two players for the other team to stop; anybody can pick it up for us. Also, our defense has been pretty good at stepping up and keeping people out of the eight-meter arc. Our goalie, Allie, can make tough saves, and she's quick enough to run the ball out if we need her to."
Although Springside Chestnut Hill saw its overall record slip to 3-5 last Tuesday, among the five setbacks were two losses in overtime and another by a single point in regulation. In the league, the close games for the Blue Devils (1-3) have included the GA bout, a 12-10 victory over Agnes Irwin, and an OT defeat at Penn Charter.
Inter-Ac powers Episcopal Academy and Notre Dame are not as dominant this spring as they have been in recent years. GA started its season with a one-goal win over Notre Dame (12-11), and the Patriots' lone loss, against Episcopal, also was a single-goal affair (9-10).
"There's a lot more parity this year, which makes it very exciting," Hofmann said. "You have to be ready for every game."
GA's Hall, one of the many talented 11th graders for the Patriots, is a Wyndmoor native whose mother, the former Christine Fleming, was a highly accomplished player at the old Springside School.
"I think we're all really pumped up this season," the junior midfielder said. "We're just excited to go out and play every game, no matter who the opponent is."
A strike by Hall and two goals by van Blarcom pushed GA ahead 3-0 in the first five minutes of Tuesday's tilt, then Morrissey helped get the home team on the board on a strange play where the ball was shot and deflected and then rolled across the line. Wrubel rushed the Patriots' cage to bring SCH within a point at 3-2, but Bogorowski's first bulls-eye touched off a three-goal spurt that spread the score to 6-2 with just under 13 minutes to go in the first half.
After that, Morrissey drove to the cage and converted to spark a resurgence for SCH, which out-pointed the Patriots, 7-2, in the remainder of the first half. Morrissey found the net two more times during this spree, and there were single markers by Watson, Fabiani, and Brierley to give the Blue Devils their first lead, 8-7 with two-and-a-half minutes to go before halftime.
From a free position, Bogorowski evened it up for Germantown, but with just over a minute remaining, Wrubel scooped up the rebound of a shot by Fabiani and stuffed the ball in to give the hosts a 9-8 edge at the break. On the goals by Watson and Fabiani, assists were earned by freshmen Megan McCool and Natalie Schwartz, but for the most part, the Blue Devils scored on solo efforts, mainly in transition.
Watson fired three of her four second-half goals right after winning a center draw, including one that gave SCH its final lead, 10-9, after GA's Stack shot the icebreaker for the second period. GA tied it up and the score seesawed to 12-12 with only a little over five minutes elapsed.
From just off the crease on the left, Bogorowski (assisted by Stack) nudged the Patriots in front, 13-12, with 16:48 left to play. A little over three minutes later GA fired wide of an open net, and then van Blarcom had a shot saved by SCH's Rall. On her next attempt, van Blarcom cashed in off an assist from Bogorowski, who then drove the middle to ring up her fifth goal of the day. The visitors now led 15-12 with under 11 minutes left.
Rall made some more difficult stops after that to help keep the Devils from truly falling out of contention.
Her classmate, Watson, went down off the draw to recoup a point for the Devils, then with an SCH player in the penalty box, Bogorowski nailed the top right corner to complete her double hat trick. The numbers on the field evened up with a yellow card on Germantown, and Watson scored the Devils' last goal of the day with 4:41 on the clock, making it 16-14.
With under two-and-a-half minutes left, another penalty on SCH left the home team short for most of the remainder of the game. A deflected ball shot by Cannon bounced into the Devils' den with one second on the clock for the 17-14 final.
One of the Patriots' two seniors, Catherine Perlmutter, had left the field with an injury during the first half. She is headed to Dickinson College to play field hockey, while the other senior co-captain, Caroline Haynie, will pursue lacrosse at Lehigh University. Haynie, the daughter of former GA boys' coach Ted Haynie, was in the center circle for GA on a number of draws, having to battle significantly taller SCH rivals.
So far, the Patriots' success has left Hall excited not only about the rest of this season, but about 2014, as well.
"We have so many good juniors that I think we're just going to keep getting better," she said. "A lot of the girls play club lacrosse and improved a lot over the summer."
Despite the setback, SCH could be encouraged by the way that Watson stepped up in the second half. Naturally blessed with size, strength, and speed, this ninth grader has worked hard to develop her skills, and when she fully realizes how dominant a player she can be, it will present a frightening prospect to all of the Devils' opponents.


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There was a morning low tide on the last day of 2011. After tending to my household chores, feeding the dogs and chickens, and before the rest of the family was awake, I slipped out in the truck to go clamming. With little traffic on the roads before 8 a.m., I rolled easily up to East Hampton Village to buy $40 worth of gasoline and grab a clam rake from the barn.
Saturday's balmy 50-degree air seems an impossible memory as I write this a few days later with the night's forecast for the teens. And the water temperature seemed about the same as the air. I clammed barehanded. There was little or no wind.
I scratched lazily, wandering off the edge of my accustomed sand flat, surprising myself by stumbling onto a productive group of clams. There were a few gulls and ducks to keep me company. After a while, Paul Lester, accompanied by a dog, launched a boat and headed out to go scalloping. When I was done, my heavy and half-filled mesh bag dragged along the path back to the truck.
Ellis, our 2-year-old, helped me wash the clams in the sink and put them into bags. I explained to him that there were "fish" inside and opened one so he could see. For the next few days, he would open the refrigerator, take out a clam, and declare, "Fis!" demanding that I open another for him to examine.
Monday was chowder night in our house. Evvy, our middle child, helped with the potatoes, leaving peels all over the kitchen floor. Ellis happily cleaned them up.
There was no recipe to follow. I sautéed onion and shallots in good olive oil, then threw in a handful of chopped-up smoked bluefish instead of the traditional salt pork. Next went in some white, then broth and water in approximately equal proportions, then a bay leaf and some thyme and diced potatoes.When the potatoes were soft, in went the now-chopped clams.
Each family member (other than Ellis) added something to cream up their bowls according to their taste. Ellis didn't care much for it anyway. Adelia had two servings. Evvy had a serving then asked for a second of just the broth. There were no leftovers.


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Fifty people have been accused of conspiring to sell the identities of hundreds of Puerto Ricans to undocumented immigrants on the U.S. mainland in the largest single fraud case ever for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, authorities said Wednesday.
Hundreds of birth certificates, Social Security numbers and driver's licenses were sold for up to $2,500 a set as part of a black market ring based in Puerto Rico that operated from since at least April 2009, according to ICE Director John Morton.
"The vast majority were legitimate documents obtained by fraudulent or false means," he said.
The alleged ring consisted of suppliers, runners and brokers, who made coded phone calls asking for "skirts" for female customers and "pants" for male customers in specific "sizes", which referred to ages and identities sought, according to ICE.
The documents would be sent through priority or express mail from Puerto Rico to brokers that operated in at least 15 states including Ohio, Texas, Florida and North Carolina, officials said.
Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer said suppliers even allegedly offered to exchange documents if customers were not satisfied, adding that he did not know how much money was made overall.
He said the investigation is still ongoing. About 80 percent of the documents involved were sold by Puerto Ricans whose names were on them, officials said.
Those documents often were then used to apply for a driver's license or a U.S. passport or to commit financial fraud.
Puerto Ricans are often an attractive target because they are U.S. citizens with Hispanic surnames.
Morton said another 20 arrest warrants were issued on Wednesday in separate but similar cases, with 61 of 70 suspects either arrested or whose surrender was arranged.
The investigation began with a tip from police in Illinois, which led to a nearly two-year undercover operation called "Island Express."
"We have gone after everyone involved in the chain: the leaders, the suppliers, the brokers, the runners," Morton said.
In 2010, The Associated Press reported that thousands of Puerto Ricans had become victims of identity fraud in part because the government, schools and other institutions did not secure copies of their birth certificates, which are routinely requested by sports leagues, churches and other groups.
In July 2010, Puerto Rico began annulling all old birth certificates and began issuing new ones with security features to cut down on theft and fraud cases. Morton and Breuer declined to comment on whether the measure has worked.
It is unclear how many new birth certificates have been issued. State Secretary Kenneth McClintock did not respond to requests for comment.
The 50 suspects were indicted by a federal grand jury on Dec. 29 on one charge each of conspiracy to commit identification fraud.
If convicted, they face up to 15 years in prison.
Based on reporting by the Associated Press.
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By Matthew Heimer
This could be the weekend when Joe and Jane Public, and especially Joe and Jane Traveler, start to feel the effects of the sequestration budget cuts. To comply with those automatic spending reductions, the Federal Aviation Administration is supposed to begin implementing mandatory furlough days for air-traffic controllers this Sunday, which the agency says will mean reduced staffing in some control towers and radar rooms.
On Thursday, FAA chief Michael Huerta and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood released the results of a computer-simulation estimate of how those furloughs might affect six major hub airports: They predicted average delays ranging from 10 minutes (at Los Angeles International) to 50 minutes (at Chicago's O'Hare International) and maximum delays of as many as three and a half hours (at Atlanta's ultra-busy Hartfield Jackson airport). The New York Times has the full list here. Some deficit hawks have accused LaHood and others in the Obama administration of exaggerating the potential effects of the furloughs for political gain. But the airline industry, at least, appears to be taking the threat seriously: Today an industry trade group, Airlines for America, announced that it had filed a court injunction to stop the furloughs, the Wall Street Journal's Tom Gara reports.


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Michael John Neill is a well-known genealogist who gives away information and advice on Genealogy. He also sells information (reasonably priced, I might add) and advice about genealogy. It's likely he gives it away as a marketing strategy to get our attention to his services (or, no doubt, as many do, to give some of his expertise away as a public service in response to others who have done the same before him). I like his approaches to genealogical research, and I am a consumer of both his free and paid content. He has a regular weblog which has a variety of tips and his own family research from which we can take ideas to apply to our own at http://rootdig.blogspot.com/. It would be worth your time to go there and take a look.
One of his free offerings is some of his previous materials which were carried in the Ancestry Daily news. I enjoy these lists such as this because they make me think about things I might have missed in my own research.
Read these below, and, perhaps, you will find some new strategies to advance your own family tree. dh
From the Ancestry Daily News
Michael John Neill — 1/11/2006
Brick Walls from A to Z
This week we discuss the alphabet looking for clues to ancestral brick walls. The list is meant to get you thinking about your own genealogy problems.
A is for Alphabetize
Have you created an alphabetical list of all the names in your database and all the locations your families lived? Typographical errors and spelling variants can easily be seen using this approach. Sometimes lists that are alphabetical (such as the occasional tax or census) can hide significant clues.
B is for Biography
Creating an ancestor's biography might help you determine where there are gaps in your research. Determining possible motivations for his actions (based upon reasonable expectations) may provide you with new areas to research.
C is for Chronology
Putting in chronological order all the events in your ancestor's life and all the documents on which his name appears is an excellent way to organize the information you have. This is a favorite analytical tool of several Ancestry Daily News columnists.
D is for Deeds
A land transaction will not provide extended generations of your ancestry, but it could help you connect a person to a location or show that two people with the same last name engaged in a transaction.
E is for Extended Family
If you are only researching your direct line there is a good chance you are overlooking records and information. Siblings, cousins, and in-laws of your ancestor may give enough clues to extend your direct family line into earlier generations.
F is for Finances
Did your ancestor's financial situation impact the records he left behind? Typically the less money your ancestor had the fewer records he created. Or did a financial crisis cause him to move quickly and leave little evidence of where he settled?
G is for Guardianships
A guardianship record might have been created whenever a minor owned property, usually through an inheritance. Even with a living parent, a guardian could be appointed, particularly if the surviving parent was a female during that time when women's legal rights were extremely limited (read nonexistent).
H is for Hearing
Think of how your ancestor heard the questions he was being asked by the records clerk. Think of how the census taker heard what your ancestor said. How we hear affects how we answer or how we record an answer.
I is for Incorrect
Is it possible that an "official" record contains incorrect information? While most records are reasonably correct, there is always the chance that a name, place, or date listed on a record is not quite exact. Ask yourself how it would change your research if one "fact" suddenly was not true?
J is for Job
What was your ancestor's likely occupation? Is there evidence of that occupation in census or probate records? Would that occupation have made it relatively easy for your ancestor to move from one place to another? Or did technology make your ancestor's job obsolete before he was ready for retirement?
K is for Kook
Was your ancestor just a little bit different from his neighbors? Did he live life outside cultural norms for his area. If he did, interpreting and understanding the records of his actions may be difficult. Not all of our ancestors were straight-laced and like their neighbors. That is what makes them interesting (and difficult to trace).
L is for Lines
Do you know where all the lines are on the map of your ancestor's neighborhood? Property lines, county lines, state lines, they all play a role in your family history research. These lines change over time as new territories are created, county lines are debated and finalized, and as your ancestor buys and sells property. Getting your ancestor's maps all "lined" up may help solve your problem.
M is for Money
Have you followed the money in an estate settlement to see how it is disbursed? Clues as to relationships may abound. These records of the accountings of how a deceased person's property is allocated to their heirs may help you to pinpoint the exact relationships involved.
N is for Neighbors
Have you looked at your ancestor's neighbors? Were they acquaintances from an earlier area of residence? Were they neighbors? Were they both? Which neighbors appeared on documents with your ancestor?
O is for Outhouse
Most of us don't use them any more, but outhouses are mentioned to remind us of how much life has changed in the past one hundred years. Are you making an assumption about your ancestor's behavior based upon life in the twenty-first century? If so, that may be your brick wall right there.
P is for Patience
Many genealogical problems cannot be solved instantly, even with access to every database known to man. Some families are difficult to research and require exhaustive searches of all available records and a detailed analysis of those materials. That takes time. Some of us have been working on the same problem for years. It can be frustrating but fulfilling when the answer finally arrives.
Q is for Questions
Post queries on message boards and mailing lists. Ask questions of other genealogists at monthly meetings, seminars, conferences and workshops. The answer to your question might not contain the name of that elusive ancestor, but unasked questions can leave us floundering for a very long time.
R is for Read
Read about research methods and sources in your problem area. Learning about what materials are available and how other solved similar problems may help you get over your own hump.
S is for Sneaky
Was your ancestor sneaking away to avoid the law, a wife, or an extremely mad neighbor? If so, he may have intentionally left behind little tracks. There were times when our ancestor did not want to be found and consequently may have left behind few clues as to his origins.
T is for Think
Think about your conclusions. Do they make sense? Think about that document you located? What caused it to be created? Think about where your ancestor lived? Why was he there? Think outside the box; most of our brick wall ancestors thought outside the box. That's what makes them brick walls in the first place.
U is for Unimportant
That detail you think is unimportant could be crucial. That word whose legal meaning you are not quite certain of could be the key to understanding the entire document. Make certain that what you have assumed is trivial is actually trivial.
V is for Verification
Have you verified all those assumptions you hold? Have you verified what the typed transcription of a record actually says? Verifying by viewing the original may reveal errors in the transcription or additional information.
W is for Watch
Keep on the watch for new databases and finding aids as they are being developed. Perhaps the solution to your brick wall just has not been created yet.
X is for X-Amine
With the letter "x" we pay homage to all those clerks and census takers who made the occasional spelling error (it should be "examine" instead of "x-amine.") and also make an important genealogical point. Examine closely all the material you have already located. Is there an unrecognized clue lurking in your files?
Y is for Yawning
Are you getting tired of one specific family or ancestor? Perhaps it is time to take a break and work on another family. Too much focus on one problem can cause you to lose your perspective. The other tired is when you are researching at four in the morning with little sleep. You are not at your most productive then either and likely are going in circles or making careless mistakes.
Z is for Zipping
Are you zipping through your research, trying to complete it as quickly as possible as if it were a timed test in school? Slow down, take your time and make certain you aren't being too hasty in your research and in your conclusions.
The "tricks" to breaking brick walls could go on and on. In general though, the family historian is well served if he or she "reads and thinks in an honest attempt to learn." That attitude will solve many problems, not all of them family history related.
Michael John Neill is the Course I Coordinator at the Genealogical Institute of Mid America (GIMA) held annually in Springfield, Illinois, and is also on the faculty of CarlSandburgCollege in Galesburg, Illinois. Michael is currently a member of the board of the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS). He conducts seminars and lectures nationally on a wide variety of genealogical and computer topics and contributes to several genealogical publications, including Ancestry Magazine andGenealogical Computing. You can e-mail him at firstname.lastname@example.com or visit his website, but he regrets that he is unable to assist with personal research.
Copyright 2006, MyFamily.com.
The following article is from the Ancestry Daily News and is (c) MyFamily.Com. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. Information about the Ancestry Daily News is available at http://www.ancestry.com.
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Description: The HVAC&R industry is looking to transition from copper-aluminum heat exchangers to all-aluminum microchannel technology. The want for the transition stemmed from seeing the performance improvement of all-aluminum microchannel radiators in the automotive industry. Applications differ between the two industries; therefore, applying this technology for HVAC&R use must be validated. Research towards operating modes of an all-aluminum heat exchanger in a defined corrosive environment will provide the industry with a better understanding of heat exchanger design and heat exchanger material selection. The worth in this is preventing overdesign and producing more efficient heat exchangers. Furthermore, ASHRAE members and the corrosion community will find value in a defined corrosion system and corrosion test procedure. The information gained through past research has progressed assessment of material performance; however, the methods improperly simulate and expedite natural weathering. The most common method being used is the ASTM (American Society of Testing Materials) Sea Water Acetic Acid Test. The research discussed in this paper was focused on improving a standard corrosion system by implementing system modifications to simulate heat exchanger operation while performing a modified wet-dry cyclic test (e.g. ASTM G85 Annex 5). The goal is to produce results that are more representative of natural corrosion behavior and its forms. Current results were gathered from five of ten samples that underwent initial testing. Finally, possible improvements towards the chamber system and the test method, including the salt solution, are discussed.
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DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern will be looking to build on its current three-game winning streak and get back on track in Great American Conference play when it hosts Harding for a three-game set March 2-3 at The Ballpark in Durant.
Saturday's action with feature a double-header with a noon first pitch, while Sunday's single contest is set for 1 p.m.
The Savage Storm come into the weekend with a 7-6 record overall and a 2-4 mark in conference play, but the team is coming off a double-header sweep of Tarleton State midweek and is riding a three-game winning streak.
Southeastern has scored six runs in each of those wins, which are the most runs it has posted since putting up eight in a 9-8 loss to Texas A&M-Kingsville eight games ago.
The Storm is led on offense by Ryan Salter who is hitting .333 on the year with 16 hits and a team-best 10 stolen bases.
He is joined above the .300 plateau by Chevis Springer who is hitting .306 in the leadoff spot with 15 hits including three doubles and a home run.
SE has a pair of players hitting in the .290's, with Evan Ramsey at .297 and Aaron Chalk at .290. Ramsey has posted three four-RBI outings and leads the team with 14 runs batted and has also connected on a team-high three home runs.
The Storm pitching has been solid on the season, posting a staff ERA of 3.39 which is third best in the GAC.
Southeastern starters, however, have not been incredibly lucky as Vance Woodruff and Brandon Marris are both off to 0-2 starts.
Woodruff leads the starters in ERA at 2.55, while Marris is at 3.42 and leads the team with 20 strikeouts.
Eddie Cervantes has the best record on the squad at 3-1 in five appearances with one start and boasts a 4.30 ERA.
The Bisons come into the weekend at 8-2 on the season and 2-1 in league play after posting a 12-2 midweek win over No. 1 Delta State on Wednesday.
HU is paced by Gabe Fyock on offense who is hitting .419 on the year with three doubles and three RBI.
He has followed by a group of four everyday players who are batting better than .300 with Victor Guerra leading the team with 10 RBI and Jeremy Bohnett right behind at nine.
The Harding pitching staff boasts a 2.84 staff ERA with Hayden Shirley leading the starting rotation with a 3-0 record and a 1.80 ERA. Cameron Walker has chipped in a 1.86 ERA in a pair of starts, but has yet to record a decision.
The bullpen has three players that have made multiple appearances without allowing a run, led by Josh Spears who has a 2-0 record in five appearances. Bronson Smith and Zac Stewart have each recorded saves.


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Lisa2 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 229 diseños de 85 diseñadores freelance.
Oasys Water
Oasys Water is a 2-yr old, well funded start-up that has received acclaim in Forbes, Nature, New Scientist and other major publications as a company with a breakthrough in water treatment, specifically for desalination. Our forward osmosis technology is a building block in the path to providing low cost, energy efficient water for a sustainable future.
Our major advantage is the use of an "engineered" salt solution which can be vaporized at extremely low temperature. We produce a beneficial product at 60-90% less than the cost of technologies available today.
FO (forward osmosis) is natural diffusion. It is how you, plants and most living things take in water. We replace natural salt with our salt, thus creating an equilibrium or balance.
The water industry is very conservative. We like to think outside the box to develop ways to use available resources to treat water for a thirsty world. Our team is comprised of young talent with 10-20 years experience in either water or venture capital. We do not want our image to be perceived as young or naive, but rather innovative and fresh.
We need a new logo and new website. Here is the link to our existing "stealth" page (the logo now says Oasys Resource Recovery):
We have two initial target audiences. First, we are appealing to industrial water users who need to reduce the total cost or water and/or recycle water. Buyers are typically educated, age 40-60, who are willing to adopt newer technologies based on some commitment for reliability and robustness.
Second audience is the investment community. We are interested in companies looking at clean-tech that see the value in water resources.
We have an existing logo that has been in print for roughly 2-years. It feels very young and "techy", especially the water droplet. We need to be more polished and innovative.
We do not want a total departure from the logo. The basic colors of blue and green, in new shades, should be used for an image. We prefer the font to be dark/black, although we are open to alternatives.
The logo should read "Oasys Water", although water does not need to be the same font on point size. "OASYS" is an acronym for Osmotic Applications and Systems. Thus, we'd like to see options with this in capital letters.
Finally, there are other companies that use a similar name. They typically spell Oasis with an "i". We have looked at trying to make the "y" stand out, but this has proven difficult. We are open to suggestions.
We will need .eps and .jpg files that can be used for printing and reproduction for large graphics.
Thanks for your help!
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Lancaster Super Speedway roars back to action Saturday night with a major streak on the line.
The Cauthen Motors Renegade Division features an interesting situation.
Andrew Baker has been dominating the competition lately, reeling off four straight wins.
Lancaster Super Speedway owner Doug McManus has put up a $150 bounty to any driver who can outrun Andrew Baker.
Lancaster Super Speedway had an amazing car count Saturday night, with another strong night of racing.
In Lancaster Super Speedway's newly acquired division, the Pure Stock V8 Division debuted, with the front row of Bill Stutler and Jerry Knight.
Lancaster Super Speedway will be providing plenty of racing action to the fans and drivers Saturday night.
Debuting this Saturday is the Pure Stock V8 Division, and fans and drivers have wanted this division at LSS for a while now.
The Pure Stock V8 Division provides some of the best racing at area tracks on Friday and Saturday nights.
Drivers such as Wally Cook, Jerry Knight, Eric Cochran and many more are expected to be here to give the LSS half-mile dirt track a test Saturday night.
Kyle Norwood captured his first career win in the Montgomery Towing Super Stock main event at Lancaster Super Speedway to highlight action on a hot Saturday night.
Norwood and Brandy Baker were on the front row and when the green flag dropped, Baker, Norwood, Joseph Eneglbrecht and Chris Player roared into turn one in a lead battle.
Lancaster Super Speedway returns to racing action Saturday with the SECA Crate Late Models headlining the night.
On June 18, the SECA Crate Late Models put on one of the best races of the year at the half-mile dirt track, with division drivers Timbo Mangum and Benji Knight vying for the checkers.
Mangum emerged with the hard-fought victory, his second of the year.
Knight has two crate late model wins, as well.
Other drivers with wins in the division are Steve Banal, Chris Hargett and Chris Steele, who each have one win.
In perhaps one of the most action-packed USCS Winged Outlaw Sprint Car Southern Thunder Series features ever at Lancaster Super Speedway, Eric Riggins Jr. worked his way past the field Saturday for the win.
When the green flag dropped, Morgan Turpen, who won at Carolina Speedway on Friday, roared into the lead with series point leader Terry Gray, Nick Snyder, Lance Moss and Riggins Jr. close behind.
Early on, Turpen, the "Queen of the Wings," stayed at the front of the pack until Snyder's car came to life.
Lancaster Super Speedway will be playing host to the USCS Winged Outlaw Sprint Cars Summer Shootout Round 4 on Saturday night.
Some of the country's top 360 Sprint Car drivers are set to invade the LSS big half-mile where the cars will bring their 140-plus mile per hour Outlaw cars.
The field will be led by the ever-popular Eric Riggins Jr., Brandon McLain, Terry Gray, Morgan Turpen, Nick Snyder, Jake McLain, Brandon Taylor, Danny Sams III, Lance Moss, Derek Hagar and Johnny Bridges.
A late-afternoon thunderstorm in the area forced the Monster Mini Stocks Association to postpone the July 16 running of the third-annual Buddy Crook Memorial at Lancaster Super Speedway until later this month.
A four-cylinder race car series, the MMSA races at various dirt tracks in the Carolinas and Georgia. The $2,500 event here is one of the highest-paying stops on the series tour.
Michael Knight
For The Lancaster News
Lancaster Super Speedway will host the third-annual Ralph W. "Buddy" Crook Memorial on July 16.
Known as one of the area's most popular and respected dirt racers by fans and fellow drivers alike, Crook raced in several divisions, including hobby six cylinders, four cylinders at the high-banked, half-mile dirt track for more than three decades. He died in February 2014 after a battle with cancer and the memorial race is held in his honor.
Timbo Mangum pulled away from Benji Knight to grab the checkers in SECA Crate Late Model action at Lancaster Super Speedway on July 9.
The win was Mangum's second of the night, as he also won the Vintage Division feature.
When the green flag dropped, Mangum, Knight, Manley Chaney and Travis Steele were all battling for the lead. Mangum was able to lead the four down the backstretch, with Knight in his tire tracks.
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The wiki is being retired!
Documentation is now handled by the same processes we use for code: Add something to the Documentation/ directory in the coreboot repo, and it will be rendered to https://doc.coreboot.org/. Contributions welcome!
TianoCore is an open source implementation of UEFI, the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface. UEFI (formerly EFI) is intended to replace the traditional PC BIOS. TianoCore as in implementation cannot do that, as it lacks the code to do hardware initalization. Since hardware initialization is exactly what coreboot does, the combination of coreboot + TianoCore is the most straightforward option to provide a complete, opensource UEFI environment.
There are various approaches for loading TianoCore, the easiest one seem to be to use SeaBIOS floppy mechanism and DuetPkg.
Howto DuetPkg
- Setup edk2 for compilation:
- First compile DuetPkg:
cd BaseTools export EDK_TOOLS_PATH=$(pwd) cd ../ . ./edksetup.sh BaseTools build -p DuetPkg/DuetPkgIa32.dsc
- Then package it in a floppy file:
Go in the edk2 directory, then run the following commands:
cd BaseTools export EDK_TOOLS_PATH=$(pwd) cd ../ . ./edksetup.sh BaseTools ./DuetPkg/PostBuild.sh IA32 GCC44 ./DuetPkg/CreateBootDisk.sh file ./floppy.img ./floppy.img FAT12 IA32 GCC44 lzma -zc floppy.img > myfloppy.img.lzma
- Then add it to cbfs:
Go into the coreboot directory and do:
./build/cbfstool coreboot.rom add -f /path/to/myfloppy.img.lzma -n floppyimg/MyFloppy.lzma -t raw ./build/cbfstool coreboot.rom print
- reflash coreboot and reboot.
- Then while booting press F12 and choose it:
Press F12 for boot menu. Select boot device: 1. Ramdisk [MyFloppy] 2. ata1-0: Hitachi HDP725050GLA360 ATA-8 Hard-Disk (465 GiByte
M4A785T-M => fails with an interrupt issue
Qemu => wait or hang (I should use gdb to find out which one)
x60 => reboots (maybe it's normal and it reboots becuase it didn't find an uefi boot media?)
The right way
http://www.phisch.org/website/efiboot/ has some pointers on how it should be implemented, but no source code...


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Apart from buying the Art Deco Palette from Armani, I also picked up a new lipstick from the long lasting but hydrating range, the d'Armani.
d'Armani. You know someone, somewhere is called that.
The annoying thing is that I went in for a sparkly red. I tried on many reds and hot pinks, thanks to the very patient SA at Armani but none of them felt right. Some where stunning but I mean, how often was I really going to wear a deep, apple red? Not very.
In the end I went for a nude. How boring! I know! But the d'Armani satin lipstick is £22 and I wanted something I could wear every day:
The packaging is nice – not stunning, but nice. Its a heavy black case with a magnet that pulls the lid and base together. The Armani logo is on the case…its not as distinctive as I thought. Anyway, packaging is fine, I do wish it was a bit more jangly for the price.
(The limited edition Art Deco lipsticks have crystals on them but are a whopping £30 each).
I chose shade 103 which is a nude but with a pink edge. The colour range began at 100 what was a very beige, slightly 'dead' colour so I opted for a bit more warmth.
The colour range is still quite small – from what I saw there were a few nudes, strong bold reds, plums, pinks – there would only be a small fraction from that palette I would happily drop £22 for.
It looks like it would be opaque and pigmented but this particular shade isn't. Its medium pigmented and very glossy. Totally wearable, more wearable than the nudes in the YSL Rouge Volupte range.
However the stronger shades in the d'Armani range are totally pigmented.
So what do I think?
Once again the price – ouch! The packaging – Meh!
But the lipstick itself is just gorgeous. The texture is beautiful and its just so comfortable to wear – no dryness at all. Pretty. Soft.
But is it long lasting? Erm. Its not bad. Without eating and drinking (hard, I tell ya!) it lasted about 4 hours. With drinking it only lasts a bit longer than an average gloss. There's no staining on the lip. Now – if I had bought stronger colour I am sure it would stay put for longer but in this nude, no – I didn't notice that much more durability than your average glossy lipstick.
On the lips:
Ahh its lovely. I am glad I have it as it will go with everything, but for now, there are no other colours from the d'Armani range I want – but I will wait with baited breath for some more new, natural, peachy shades to arrive to the range.


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Jgroulx needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 122 designs submitted by 26 freelance designers.
Pivot Point
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Our portal is the 'go to' site for important internal information and we would like to reflect professionalism in our logo.
Site real-estate is at a premium due to the fact that we're placing a large amount of data on the pages.
The logo we are looking for will appear on the title bar at the top of the page.
We have rebranded our site name to Pivot Point and are looking for a logo to be professional, interesting, and catchy.
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I've known Paul since he moved to Dallas about 12 years ago and founded the D/FW Chapter of the Usability Professionals' Association and became its first President; an office I myself would later assume not long after he joined the UPA National.
I've known Paul since he moved to Dallas about 12 years ago and founded the D/FW Chapter of the Usability Professionals' Association and became it's first President; an office I myself would later assume not long after he joined the UPA National Board.
Our universes have overlapped in several ways since. He approached me in 2005 about contributing to his book Usability Success Stories: How Organizations Improve by Making Easier-to-use Software and Web Sites (Gower Publishing, 2006) and we've since remained good friends and associates regardless of his changes in location.
Paul is a singular talent in terms of thought leadership and practical engagement. His objective and pointed observations have been a source of giudance and healthy debate. While he cares deeply about the affect UX has on the applications people use every day, he is a solid professional who doesn't let passion get in the way of reason. He brings both genuineness and an unassuming wisdom to whatever he does and you can always expect him to be doing something worthwhile whether it's his latest contract project or sharing his knowledge and experience in the classroom.
I count myself fortunate to have him as a friend and colleague and any firm that secures his services will be truly fortunate as well.
Paul established UCD at Sage. He built the usability lab, established the team, and evangelized usability across the company. There are now UX teams across Sage North America, and I credit that to the strong UCD foundation that Paul established.
I enjoyed working with Paul--he is ever curious, always learning, and a true thought-leader for usability. His background in consulting gives him a good perspective on how a UCD group can serve the larger organization. Paul champions the user and makes the business more successful.
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The Hawks are 31-38 so far this season but currently hold the eighth playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
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Mission awareness trip to Costa Rica
Nov. 7-14, 2009
CFCA has been working to build hope for families in Costa Rica since 1991 and as of November 2009, we have 6,099 children sponsored together with 436 aging. Currently, 716 children and aging are on the waiting list for sponsorship in Costa Rica.
Reality check
According to staff, there is a very high index of domestic violence in Costa Rica, including abuse of women and children. The country has excellent medical care but itís heavily concentrated in the capital. Many rural areas have big challenges with dysentery and typhoid fever. In addition, residents here face a high cost of living and marginalization of immigrants.
Sunday, Nov. 8óAlajuelaóSubproject Sabanilla
On Sunday, we visited Sabanilla. A strong earthquake in January 2009 destroyed crops and forced businesses to close. One year ago, CFCA began to support this community.
The trip through the coffee plantation was very pleasant. However, we ran into a terrific storm that made the path down the mountain very muddy and slippery. It became a great exercise in community, getting everyone down the mountain safely. We all survived, albeit wet and muddy.
Down the road in the community of Los Angeles, we enjoyed a wonderful lunch and show with all the families in this region. The mothers worked all day yesterday and from 3 a.m. to prepare all the food and the hall for this special occasion.
Monday, Nov. 9ó La Esperanza, Limon
In the bus as we left San Jose, we reflected on St. Matthew 25: "Whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.î This text is pivotal to the mission of CFCA. We want to walk with, to be close to those who are exploited and marginalized. Walking with them, we want to express that God loves them, that they are taken into account, that they matter, that there is hope in their lives.
Subproject Limon is located on the Atlantic coast of Costa Rica. CFCA serves in different communities in this area: Punta de Lanza and Namaldi, Colonia Puriscalena, San Miguel and La Esperanza. The indigenous people (Cabecar Ethnic Group) work the land and sell banana leaves to wrap tamales. They are paid very little for their work: 15 cents for 2.2 pounds of banana leaves. They live off the main road. Flooding of rivers is one of the challenges in this area and CFCA social workers walk four to five hours to reach the homes of the indigenous sponsored. The presence of CFCA in this community encourages the families to keep moving forward in hope.
Tuesday, Nov. 10óLos Chiles
Los Chiles is a rural area where cattle, oranges and pineapples are raised next to the border with Nicaragua. The harvests last for the first four months of the year, and it is very difficult to find work the rest of the year. The majority of CFCA mothers are sole heads of families. They scratch out an existence for their children by doing laundry and ironing in the neighborhoods. The CFCA presence here has been vital. They have received important help to send their children to school. We have been working with the campesino families to improve their bean harvest. CFCA buys part of the harvest and uses it for CFCA families in the villages.
Our first gathering was at our usual spot under the large Guanacaste tree. Sponsored mother Gabriela sang several of her inspiring songs, first with a group of four children and later with her 6-year-old son, Andres. Gabriela and Andres will be featured in our concerts during the walk in Costa Rica.
During our family visits through the rain, the strength and heroism of mothers shone. Every home was inspired and managed by a single mother or grandmother.
Maleku indigenous group
CFCA serves 242 sponsored children and 13 aging in Project Guatuso where the indigenous Maleku people live. Many of the sponsored children walk three miles one way to attend school and three miles back home.
It seemed like all of the sponsored families were present. The gathering place and community center in each indigenous community is called the Palenque. We were treated to a guided tour through the forest, trying out medicinal plants, and the guide captured a tiny red frog said to be poisonous. A cultural performance was given in one of the palenques (drumming, dancing, a symbolic hand-to-hand battle to become chief). On foot, we crossed the river twice over sagging plank bridges. Then our empty bus crossed over slowly. We then enjoyed a gathering of nearly all the families. Rafael led the children in singing with his own version of yippiÖyai..yaiÖyippy, yippi yeyÖsung to the tune of ìSheíll be cominí round the mountain.î
Thursday, Nov. 12
Entire day of sharing with sponsored children, families and staff.
The focus this day was on Hope for a Family and Walk2gether. This new walk will be a living symbol of CFCAís commitment to uphold the dignity of our families. It will also encourage the union of countries, races, genders and creeds. We want to offer to our families a sense of identity and belonging Ö and a feeling of hope for the future.
The journey forward
Cristina continues to serve in Central America, as I go on to Zamboanga in the Philippines. Please keep us in prayer.
Bob Hentzen