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NEW YORK, June 26 (UPI) -- Oreo set off an online brouhaha when it posted a picture of an Oreo with a six-layer, rainbow-colored filling, with one U.S. commenter calling it "disgusting."
Oreo, part of Kraft Foods, posted the picture Monday evening, accompanied by the words "June 25" and "Pride" and a caption that read, "Proudly support love!" It wasn't clear what the ad was referring to, Adweek said, while noting June 24 was the first anniversary of New York's Marriage Equality Act, and also the date on which the San Francisco gay pride was held.
With 26.9 million fans on Facebook, Oreo is one of the most successful brands on the social media site, Adweek said. The Oreo with the rainbow motif touched off a split reaction among fans, the trade magazine said, with several saying they won't buy Oreo cookies anymore and one commenting: "I'm never eating Oreos again. This is just disgusting."
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Charles Espenlaub, who drives Dempsey Racing Team's No. 45 Porsche, said he'd love to be participating in the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's 2013 Python Challenge if he wasn't racing
Like most race car drivers, Charles Espenlaub thrives on adrenaline. If he's not behind the wheel of a super-fast car, he might be found gripping a fishing pole, battling with one of Florida's famed redfish or snook.
And if it weren't for his competition in the Rolex 24 At Daytona this weekend, he might have been down in the Everglades chasing some of the world's largest reptiles.
Espenlaub, 44, drives for the Dempsey Racing Team and is running in the No. 45 Porsche this weekend. He was on a team that won the Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge in 2006.
He said he'd love to be down there participating in the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's 2013 Python Challenge if he wasn't racing. It certainly wouldn't be the first time he's tangled with one of the big, invasive snakes.
He's hooked up with Burmese pythons twice before while fishing in South Florida. Espenlaub, who lives in Lutz, Fla,. and is a partner in Action Fishing Charters, travels down there several times a year to fish from his small flats boat.
"I'd heard rumors of snakes and some of my friends had seen pythons," he said. Then several years ago, he happened to see something swimming in the water. It was an 8-foot-long python. He and his friend chased down the snake, killed it and turned it over to park rangers, who told him the snake was about 2 years old and weighed 22 pounds.
After that, he started talking to park rangers and federal officials and learned a lot more about the snakes and the problems they were causing by eating native wildlife and eggs.
"They're beautiful animals," Espenlaub said. "It's a shame that they're there."
A couple of months after the first encounter, he and a friend went down for another fishing trip. They caught a redfish, then a snook, having a very successful trip. Then they motored into an area and found a much larger, longer python lying in the water.
The python was in only about a foot of water, shallower than the 8-foot python had been in, and they were having a tough time chasing the snake with the trolling motor.
"It starts heading into the mangroves, and as a last ditch effort, I grabbed its tail," Espenlaub said. But the snake kept pulling.
Espenlaub figured he either had to let it go or go with it. "I jumped in the water, still holding the tail.
"I'm thinking now I have some leverage, but the snake just kept going into the trees. But the next thing I know I'm in the mangroves and I can't even see my friend on the boat."
Espenlaub wound up grabbing his knife and stabbing the snake, which naturally aggravated the snake. "It turned around and came back at me. Fortunately it went around a tree, so its head was still 5 feet away from me, but it's trying to bite me."
Espenlaub yelled for his buddy and his buddy yelled back and was able to attract the snake back toward the boat where they were able to kill it and haul it into the boat. Park rangers told him later the 12-foot python was a female loaded with eggs.
"Looking back now, it's probably one of the dumbest things I've ever done in my life," he said. "I just got wrapped into it. It's the adrenaline."
He hasn't seen one since, but wishes he would. Now that he understands how they move, he'd like to try to catch one live.


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Scolari Exhibit Receives International Accolades
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The Massimo Scolari career retrospective, located in The Arthur A. Houghton Jr. Gallery and closing on November 21, has gotten international media attention including coverage in The Architect's Newspaper, ARTINFO and Italy's Abitare.
The Architect's Newspaper calls Massimo Scolari: The Representation of Architecture 1967 - 2012 a, "beautiful and compelling exhibition," saying that Scolari's, "theoretical and historical musings about architecture and the modern city could not appear at a more appropriate time..."
ARTINFO describes the show as, "a rigorous survey of the Italian architect's elusive vision. ... This retrospective reinvigorates an important dialogue, challenging the dogmas that gird visual culture now more than ever."
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CPAs are currently exempt from having to prove basic tax competence by taking the IRS exam and are exempt from having to remain current in tax knowledge by taking at least 15 hours per year of CPE in federal taxation. Yet the IRS says it is ok for CPAs to prepare tax returns - while the rest of us must go through the hoops. There is no good reason for exempting CPAs who want to prepare 1040s for a fee from these requirements.
Many EAs, who are also exempt, and for good reason, from the RTRP test, are actually sitting for it so that they can add the initials RTRP to their name. This is because of the widespread public confusion about what an EA is. If a CPA wants to be held out as a tax expert he/she should sit for the exam, maintain 15 hours per year in federal taxation CPE, and get the RTRP credential.


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Unsuspecting Coffee Shop Customers Terrified By Shocking Telekinetic 'Carrie' Prank [VIDEO]
This telekinetic "Carrie" coffee house surprise prank is one of the best viral marketing videos we've seen since the Jennifer Aniston sex tape hit the web.
In the video, a group of unsuspecting coffee shop customers are shocked, stunned and scared stiff when a young woman puts on an impressively frightening display of super-human telekinetic powers after a man accidentally spills her coffee on her laptop.
Thinkmodo, a marketing company that "mashes-up viral fun with marketing function to create effective viral video campaigns for brands," was tasked with coming up with a creative way to promote the upcoming remake of the classic supernatural horror film "Carrie."
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Tahoe Truckee community announcements
Community briefsContent for briefs is selected from e-mail submissions to Community Editor Amy Edgett at firstname.lastname@example.com. Visit http://www.sierrasun.com to events for the online calendar. Please limit descriptions to 50 words. E-mail for print submissions may be 150-300 words. Items published in the print edition news space permitting.Teddy Bear DriveA Teddy Bear Drive has been organized for Newtown, Conn. Take teddies, dollies, and other snugglies to St. Nicholas' Episcopal Church, 855 West Lake Blvd., Tahoe City to be shipped Friday, Dec. 21. Drop off items before the 21st.Annual toy wrapping Dec. 20The Soroptimist International of Truckee Donner, in coordination with Truckee Community Christmas, is once again collecting new toys for Truckee families in need. Their signature red collection barrels can be found in many local businesses including Safeway and CVS. For a complete list of toy drop off sites, please visit http://www.TruckeeCommunityChristmas.com. The Community is also invited to come and wrap the toys on Thursday, Dec. 20, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. and Friday, Dec. 21, 9-11 a.m. at the Sierra Mountain Community Education Center (formerly Sierra Mountain Middle School). For more information email email@example.com or call Alissa Just at 530-587-6681, ext. 11. Holiday fun at the Kings Beach LibrarySanta will drop by the Kings Beach Library on Saturday Dec. 22. Come by and make a craft, listen to a reading of "Twas the Night Before Christmas" and play Spin the Dreidel. Activities are from 2-3 p.m., and Santa will be there at 2:30 p.m. Help Project MANA feed the hungry by taking non-perishable food for the donation bin. Technology classes continue the second and fourth Thursday of each month. Sign up for the "Hour with the Expert" series on the second Thursday with Carl Leblanc of Tahoe Tech Group, 2-3 p.m. Learn a specific skill on the fourth Thursday, 2-3 p.m. with Doug Greenwood of Alpensoftware. Doug's next class is "Email Explained" on Dec. 27. Call the library to sign-up.Pre-school Storytime is changing to Tuesdays beginning in January. The first one is on Jan. 8, 10:30-11 a.m. Books, songs, feltboard and more!Kings Beach Library is located at 301 Secline St. in Kings Beach. Call 530-546-2021.Anonymous donor to match North Tahoe Arts donationsNorth Tahoe Arts (NTA) is receiving an extra-special gift of generosity this holiday season. An anonymous donor has offered to match every donation that NTA receives through Dec. 31, 2012."We are looking for people to support us at this time who recognize the value of having an art center with visual arts programming for all ages in the North Lake Tahoe community," said Kellie Cutler, executive director, North Tahoe Arts.North Tahoe Arts, located in Tahoe City for more than 24 years, supports the arts with events such as the ARTour, Kids Art Camps and numerous art openings.To donate and take part in the Matching Gift Campaign visit http://www.northtahoearts.com and click on the "donate" tab at the top right of the page. Donations are also welcome by mail. Please make check out to North Tahoe Arts and send to P.O. Box 6354, Tahoe City, CA 96145. For more information call 530-581-2787.Ski and Ride for $40 or lessto benefit local schoolsTake advantage of discounted lift tickets and support local education when you pre-purchase Skiing for Schools lift tickets to participating resorts. Upcoming Skiing for Schools days include: Royal Gorge, $15 trail pass valid any one day Dec. 17-23; Northstar California, $40 lift ticket valid any one day Jan. 6-11; Tahoe Donner Cross Country, $15 trail pass valid any one day Jan. 6-11; Homewood Mountain Resort, $35 lift ticket valid any one day Jan. 13-18; Tahoe Donner Ski Area, $25 lift ticket valid any one day Jan. 27-Feb. 1; Tahoe Cross County, $15 trail pass valid any one day Jan. 27-Feb. 1; Resort at Squaw Creek, $15 trail pass valid any one day from Feb. 3-9; Sugar Bowl, $35 lift ticket valid any one day March 23-29; Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows, $35 lift ticket valid any one day at either resort from April 7 through end of season.Downhill resort tickets may be purchased the week prior to the designated dates at Porters Sports in Truckee and Tahoe Dave's in Tahoe City, Truckee and Kings Beach. Cross-country resort tickets may be purchased the week prior to the designated dates at Paco's in Truckee and Alpenglow in Tahoe City. A limited number of tickets are sold on a first come, first served basis and will not be available at the resorts the day of the event. Check and cash are payment only. Tickets are not refundable. Proceeds from each lift ticket purchase goes directly to the Excellence in Education Foundation, which provides enhanced educational opportunities to local Tahoe Truckee area students. For more information and updates visit http://www.exined.org.Ice Skating Rink passes for ChristmasGive your family a season pass for the Truckee Ice Rink this Christmas. Cost is $32 for a Truckee-Donner Recreation & Park District child and $40 for a District adult. Skate as much as you like through March 3. Have a Birthday party in the new warming hut for up to 12 children for $25 an hour. Hot chocolate included. Admission and skate rental not included. Call 530-582-7720 for more info.Cabin Fever and Truckee Jazz Bandto perform holiday musicThe group will perform holiday music in downtown Truckee weekends and some weekdays about noon-3 p.m. weather permitting, through the New Year. Donations will go toward the Truckee High School Jazz Band. Go to college!Sierra College offers career and technical training, associate degrees and is ranked first in Northern California for transfers to four-year universities. Since its founding in 1936, Sierra College has focused on quality instruction, and the Tahoe-Truckee campus is especially proud of the stellar teaching staff including award-winning educators.This is the time of year to apply for Sierra College, Tahoe-Truckee spring classes. The online application deadline is Jan. 5, 2013. There are more than 60 spring offerings including general education as well as accounting, business, Mechatronics, administration of justice, emergency medical technician training (EMT), early childhood education, psychology, ceramics, drawing, painting, human and personal development. Classes begin the week of Jan. 28 and end May 25. Tuition is $46 per unit (most classes are three units). Current Tahoe Truckee Unified School District high school students enroll for just $1 a unit plus the cost of books, materials and parking ($30).For a complete class schedule, select the class schedule link on the Sierra College web site at sierracollege.edu. For more information visit 11001 College Trail in Truckee, go to sierracollege.edu or call 530-550-2225. Sierra College Truckee campus is also on Facebook.


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(Portland, Ore.) May 25, 2010 - Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund and a lifelong advocate for disadvantaged Americans, will deliver the Spring 2010 Commencement address and receive an honorary degree from Portland State University on Sunday, June 13, 2010.
A graduate of Spelman College and Yale Law School, Edelman was the first black woman admitted to the Mississippi Bar and she directed the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's Legal Defense and Educational Fund office in Jackson, Mississippi. Her accomplishments also include founding the Washington Research Project and serving as the director of the Center for Law and Education at Harvard University.
"Through her tireless commitment to social equity and justice, Marian Wright Edelman has improved the lives of countless children," said Wim Wiewel, president of PSU. "Her message of empowering our nation's youth through education and outreach is a vision we share at Portland State University. We are honored that she has accepted our invitation to deliver the 2010 keynote address to the largest graduating class in Portland State's history."
Portland State's spring commencement ceremonies will take place Sunday, June 13, 2010, at 2 p.m. in Portland's Rose Garden Arena. For additional information, members of the media should contact Kerri Griesbeck in the Office of University Communications at 503-725-8794. Students and families needing additional information should visit www.pdx.edu/commencement.
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Under Marian Wright Edelman's leadership, the Children's Defense Fund has become the nation's strongest advocate for children and families. The Children's Defense Fund's Leave No Child Behind mission is to "ensure every child a healthy start, a head start, a fair start, a safe start, and a moral start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities." Her humanitarian work has been recognized by institutions all over the world. She has received over 100 honorary degrees and many awards during her career, including the Albert Schweitzer Humanitarian Prize, the Heinz Award, and a MacArthur Foundation Prize Fellowship. In 2000, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award, and the Robert F. Kennedy Lifetime Achievement Award for her writings which include: Families in Peril: An Agenda for Social Change; The Measure of Our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours; Guide My Feet: Meditations and Prayers on Loving and Working for Children; Stand for Children; Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors; Hold My Hand: Prayers for Building a Movement to Leave No Child Behind; I'm Your Child, God: Prayers for Our Children; I can make a Difference: A Treasury to Inspire Our Children; and The Sea Is So Wide and My Boat Is So Small: Charting a Course for the Next Generation.
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Portland State University (PSU) serves as a center of opportunity for over 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Located in Portland, Oregon, one of the nation's most livable cities, the University's innovative approach to education combines academic rigor in the classroom with field-based experiences through internships and classroom projects with community partners. The University's 49-acre downtown campus exhibits Portland State's commitment to sustainability with green buildings, while many of the 125 bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees incorporate sustainability into the curriculum. PSU's motto, "Let Knowledge Serve the City," inspires the teaching and research of an accomplished faculty whose work and students span the globe.
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Bankruptcy protections should never have been removed from any student loans in this nation. There was never any basis for this Congressional action against the citizenry, and that these removals have been allowed to persist, and fester for so many years is strong evidence of the vast corruptive powers that the financial industry has over our elected officials. This is most evident when observing the repeated failure of legislation like S.114 to be passed into law.
We hope and believe that at long last, the current legislation will be successfully passed. However, there are 2 points that must be accommodated if the current legislation is to be meaningful.
1. No Repayment Requirement
It is wrong to require a severely distressed borrower to find a way to make payments on their private loans for many more years before being afforded the same kinds of bankruptcy protections that exist for every other type of loan. This requirement was not in place pre-2005, and thus has no rational reason for being in the forthcoming legislation.
There is a so-called "middle ground" framed into this debate that would consist of a compromise waiting period, as opposed to a repayment period, but we do not see any reason to cede further ground relative to what was taken away in 2005 and before. I hope you will agree .
2. No Exemption for Non-Profit Private Lenders
There should be no distinction made between for-profit, and non-profit lending participants for these loans with respect to dischargeability. To allow non-dischargeability when a non-profit makes, insures, or otherwise participates in the loan only provides a loophole that can and will be exploited to maintain non-dischargeability whenever possible.
In general, we believe it is very clear at this point that removing bankruptcy protections from both private and federal student loans has led to predatory lending behavior, has enabled unchecked inflation in the cost of college, has led to intolerably poor oversight in the case of federal loans, and caused a plethora of other negative consequences that have far outweighed any short term financial benefits to the lending side of the system. The harm this has done to the citizenry has been incalculable. Therefore, we believe that bankruptcy protections must be returned to all student loans as quickly as possible. The current legislation is an important start, however, and so we look forward to its quick passage.
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Last year's Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year and First Team All Big 12 defensive lineman is about to have surgery. TCU defensive end Devonte Fields has been held back by a nagging foot injury suffered early in the year that has not gotten any better. Now it appears as though surgery could put his season on ice.
Stefan Stevenson of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports via Twitter Fields will indeed have surgery to help his foot and that Fields will hope to receive a medical redshirt to preserve a year of eligibility. Fields had been listed as a starter on TCU's depth chart for this weekend's game against Iowa State. Matt Anderson has ben starting in the absence of Fields at right end, and should be expected to continue to fill the void. Anderson has recorded 11 tackles, including one sack and has intercepted one pass.
This season has not gone according to plan for Fields. TCU's top defensive player was suspended for the first two games of the season, including the season opener against LSU in Arlington, Texas for a violation of team rules. Now a foot injury suffered in his first start of the year has him likely to be out of action until 2014.


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DaVinci Alive Exhibition at the Science Museum of Virginia at Science Museum of Virginia
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Experience the most comprehensive exhibition ever compiled on one of history's greatest minds! Da Vinci Alive - The Experience celebrates the life and work of Leonardo da Vinci as an inventor, scientist, engineer, architect, artist and musician.
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The U.S. Department of Labor said today it has recovered more than $350,000 in back wages and penalties from The SHS Group, the Council for Educational Travel-USA and Exel Inc. as part of a settlement relating to foreign workers packaging Hershey's candy in Palmyra last year.
Lemoyne-based staffing firm SHS Group, California-based CETUSA and Ohio-based logistics company Exel agreed to pay $213,042 in back wages to the foreign workers after the Labor Department found wage and overtime violations at the Palmyra warehouse.
The violations stem from excessive housing costs charged to the students, who were participating in the U.S. State Department's Summer Work Travel program.
The groups also agreed to pay $143,000 in fines for safety and health violations found at the Exel-operated facility.
"We are pleased by the efforts Exel in particular will be making to ensure future compliance," said Nancy J. Leppink, deputy administrator of the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division. "The decision of these companies to play by the rules is a positive step that will ensure that workers are treated fairly, as is legally required."
SHS Group contracted with Exel to hire and place the students at the warehouse. CETUSA was a sponsor in the State Department program. Its status has since been terminated in that work-travel program.
The Labor Department had proposed fines of $288,000 against Exel and SHS Group back in February. Dauphin County-based The Hershey Co. wasn't cited or fined in February, and the department said today Hershey is not at all involved.
The companies and CETUSA came under heavy criticism after the foreign students protested their working conditions last summer.


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6 Amazing Streaks in Sports That Were Somehow Broken
Back in 2012, the longest winning streak in collegiate sports history came to an end when Trinity College lost a squash match to Yale. It was a pretty impressive record with 252 consecutive wins dating back to 1998. That got us thinking about some of the other most impressive streaks that have been broken.
Dan Marino's Single Season Passing Yards
For nearly 30 years Dolphins legend Dan Marino held the record for most passing yards in a single season with 5,084. It was pretty much untouchable and just one of the many records that Dan Marino had held in the NFL. Drew Brees had an unbelievable season this past year, 2011, and flew past Marino's record with 5,476 yards. For good measure, Tom Brady also topped the record this year, throwing for 5,235 yards.
It was a 90-game winning streak that spanned three years beginning in 2008 when the UConn Huskies won the national championship. They would end that season 39-0 and head into the 2009-2010 season undefeated and stay undefeated and get another national title. The Huskies would then go into the 2010-2011 season hoping to keep the streak alive and did long enough to beat the UCLA men's basketball record of 88. They got to 90 straight wins before being beat by Stanford in late December 2010, 71-59.
Trinity College Men's Squash Team
The men's squash team at Trinity College in Connecticut had held the longest win streak in collegiate sports until it was broken last week by Yale. This streak lasted 13 years and resulted in 252 consecutive wins and 13 national titles. The Trinity men held that win streak for a mind-blowing 5,078 days, but who's counting?
UCLA Men's basketball:
In men's college basketball there is one man whose name is synonymous with winning and that is John Wooden. The late coach of the UCLA Bruin's led his team to 88 straight wins. It was only ended in 1974 by Notre Dame, final score 71-70. That streak would later be broken by the UConn women's basketball team (see above).
Most Regular Season Wins BY A Coach/QB Combo:
These days, people think of the New England Patriots Tom Brady and Bill Belichick when you say great coach and quarterback combinations. Not too long ago though there was another great combination right in the same division. Dan Marino and Don Shula with the Miami Dolphins. Marino and Shula held the record for most wins as a QB and head coach in the NFL with 116. That mark came tumbling down last November when Brady and Belichick notched victory 117.
Lou Gehrig's Consecutive Games:
Lou Gehrig was called the Iron Horse for a reason, and that's because nothing could keep him out of the game. He played 2,130 straight games and held that record until 1995 when Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles broke it. Ripkin would push that record to 2,632 until his final game in 1998. That record will most likely go untouched.


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NASHVILLE (BP) -- Why does God have to be so insistent?
Without doubt, one of the facts of faith is that we must obey God.
Moms and dads, in varying ways, yearn for their children to obey. And we surely marvel at children who indeed obey their parents.
Citizens, sometimes grudgingly, understand they must obey the law. And if we think about it, we're glad for every moment of safety that the law, when obeyed, accords us in our homes, our automobiles and in our communities.
But obey God? We tend to accuse God of unilaterally issuing an edict: "Just do as I say."
God is far from the only one, however, with an expectation of obedience in today's cultural milieu.
Pro-choice advocates, though they don't use the word, strive for the society to obey, or yield to, even laud their beliefs for abortion rights. And yes, those who see the hand of God in all moments of human life also attempt to sway people to their moral ground.
The same push and shove to obey, sometimes with civility, is evident among homosexual rights advocates and among those who see a loving God calling humankind to refrain from homosexuality.
The tussle for public opinion is evident between proponents of marijuana legalization and those who sorrow over anyone's flight from reality -- a reality that can be elevated by God's redemption and His wisdom in Scripture.
And certainly the sexual liberationists and the popularizers of pornography have much to celebrate in a culture that regularly obeys their beliefs, especially the obedience of so many who produce today's movies, TV shows and popular music and the masses who tune in to them. Meanwhile, those who see the centrality of marriage and family to human well-being may feel they increasingly are "a voice crying in the wilderness."
Bob Dylan penned and sang it so profoundly: "... you're gonna have to serve somebody." Serve, obey, follow, acquiesce -- simple words for the life-consuming realities that confront us every day.
If you're in a quandary about whom to obey, you're far from alone.
Yet there's a turning point; it begins when you pray. Get alone for a few minutes and just begin to pray.
Here are two simple, clear sentences from Scripture to pray about, from the New Testament book of John, chapter 15, verses 10 and 11. Jesus tells us, "If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete."
Abortion, homosexual behavior, marijuana use, unchecked sexuality, pornography -- do these offer the love and joy intended by our Creator?
To obey, pray.
Pray over each Scripture verse that you read. Pray that, with your life surrendered to Jesus, you will obey the one who can lead you to a healing repentance for sin and a wholesome way of living guided by the Holy Spirit of a marvelous Creator/Redeemer in a world of brokenness and lostness.
Indeed, pray to obey.
Art Toalston is editor of Baptist Press and author of "When I Meditate" and "Meditation & Morality," available at eBookIt.com (http://bit.ly/WhenIMeditate & http://bit.ly/Meditation-Morality, with options for PDF copies), Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other online sites. For an earlier article new birth, go to Toalston/new birth.
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Susan Granger's review of 'Need for Speed'
Based on the most successful racing video-game franchise, the gimmick of this new adrenaline-propelled action adventure is that there's no CGI.
Tobey Marshall (Aaron Paul from "Breaking Bad") is a mechanic who races muscle cars on the unsanctioned street-racing circuit. Desperate to keep his family-owned garage afloat, he reluctantly partners with arrogant, wealthy ex-NASCAR driver Dino Brewster (Dominic Cooper). Just after he's made a sale through car broker Julia Maddon (Imogen Poots), a disastrous race, in which Tobey's protege Pete (Harrison Gilbertson) is killed, allows sleazy Dino to frame Tobey for manslaughter. Dino then steals his high school sweetheart, Pete's sister Anita (Dakota Johnson), and expands the business.
Out of prison two years later, Tobey is determined to wreak revenge by defeating Dino in a secret, high-stakes, no-rules race known as the De Leon, run by online shock jock Monarch (Michael Keaton). Problem is: Tobey's in Mt. Kisco, N.Y., and the race starts 2,800 miles away in San Francisco in 45 hours. Driving a $2.7 million custom Ford Mustang -- "the one Carroll Shelby was building when he died" -- Tobey and Julia careen across America, dodging cops and determined mercenaries who want the massive bounty that Dino's put on his head. Helping along the way are Rami Malek, as a bug-eyed mechanic, and hip-hop star Scott Mescudi (a.k.a. Kid Cudi), as an Army Reserve pilot.
Incoherently scripted by George Gatins with numerous plot holes and cliched dialogue, it's choppily directed by Scott Waugh, whose father, legendary stuntman Fred Waugh, coordinated movie sequences for 40 years. Scott's own resume includes "Act of Valor," "Spider-Man," "Speed" and "Batman Forever." He was determined to keep the rubber-burning action real without resorting to CGI, so when you see that gravity-defying, 160-foot leap across multiple lanes in downtown Detroit traffic, "hot-fueling," aerial flips, helicopter lifts and other joyriding feats -- they're genuine.
On the Granger Movie Gauge of 1 to 10, "Need for Speed" stalls out with a stilted, finish-line 4. The exhilarating, high-octane speed is authentic but the acting is abysmal.


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Tonight was my first race with the new boat (F38). I have to say I was impressed by its pointing ability and easy handling (we were doublehanded). I sailed very conservatively and started at the back of the pack on purpose (only third time sailing her and first time with the camberspar). I was easily able to catch up and get toward the front of the pack. I especially enjoyed passing boat going downwind (non-spinnaker).
Although the race went well there were a couple of problems or concerns.
1. The camberspar kept hitting the mast! What am I doing wrong?
2. I can't tighten the luff of the mainsail. It seams as though something is getting stuck. There is a new main halyard sheave and a new main halyard. The halyard is 1/2 inch sta-set. Is it possible that the splice is getting jammed in the sheave?
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23 December 2009
NV Segura Viudas Brut Rosé
I selected this wine for a recent Commercial Appeal online tasting. I'm repeating some of my background notes here, because this is an interesting little wine that deserves some attention. And since you can find it for under $10, it's the kind of thing you can keep in the fridge and open whenever you're in the mood. It's also extremely food-friendly, so have fun trying it with practically anything.
The NV Segura Viudas Brut Rosé. $9, 12% abv. This wine comes from Penedès, part of Catalonia in the northeast corner of Spain, near the French border. 80% Trepat, 10% Monastrell, and 10% Garnacha. Monastrell and Garnacha are just different names for Mourvèdre and Grenache. Trepat is a grape that's only grown in this region and is mostly used for rosés.
About 2800 years ago the Phoenicians were buying wine in Catalonia and selling it to the Egyptians. Cava (meaning "cave") is a more recent invention, from the 1870s. Cavas are really popular in Spain, and have gained a lot of ground here in the US as well. Segura Viudas also makes a Reserva Heredad that's bottled with a metal badge and base. You've probably seen it in the store--it looks like a prop from "Lord of the Rings".
Segura Viudas has been making wine commercially since the 1950s, but the estate goes back to the 11th century. We get excited when a building is 100 years old; some of the buildings on that property are a thousand years old.
So how does it taste? Yeasty nose, with a hint of strawberry leaves and seeds. Dry but fruity. Very crisp, firm acidity, tart berry flavors of unripe raspberries or cranberries. Big bubbles, big flavors, just what you'd expect from a casual everyday sparkler. Serve it with appetizers, salty and fatty things like olives and ham.
I took a picture of this wine using a 1/8th second exposure--just long enough to get some fun trails of the rising bubbles. I lucked out and got a fun "flame" effect there at the top of the glass. Since bubbles only form at the site of microscopic imperfections inside the glass, better Champagne flute manufacturers will laser-etch the interior to provide symmetrical "scratches" that will cause a constant and aesthetically pleasing bubble experience.
You don't really get that from a can of soda, which is one of the many reasons why we love sparkling wines.
4 comments:
- fredric koeppel said...
great picture. and an interesting color, almost tomato red (depending on the tomato). and given a choice between a Coke and Champagne, i'll take Champagne any time.
- 23 December, 2009 04:39
- Benito said...
It's not quite that red--low light is making it look darker, but I'm still fascinated by the shade of every rosé I try. The bubbles just made it even more interesting.
- 23 December, 2009 21:58
- Kimberly said...
I looked for this pink sparkler when I was in my neighborhood grocery the other day, but alas, they didn't have the pink stuff, only the standard Brut Reserva, which I bought. I remember reading a couple of years ago what an awesome QPR the Segura Viudas is overall, and have been a fan ever since.
- 27 December, 2009 19:37
- Benito said...
Often a basic Cava or Prosecco is pretty affordable, though the distribution varies across the country. (And here in Tennessee: no wine or liquor sales in grocery stores!) I think they're a lot of fun for just opening on the spur of the moment, or any time you've got a nice batch of fried chicken in the house. Keep a bottle in the fridge at all times, and if you haven't drunk it after a month, find an excuse to do so.
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I noticed that I can change my stackoverflow gravatar by modifying my email address;
With gmail, the address email@example.com is delivered to firstname.lastname@example.com
By adding +foo I also get a new gravatar from stackoverflow.
So, I'm looking for a "nice looking" one to use.
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Ever Vigilant
Thank you to those who asked. The imagery ought to be indicative, conveying perpetual vigilance on my part; yes folks still here, watching and as always, with American Interests in mind …
5 February 2011: Due to blogrolling's demise I have just updated the entire blogroll. If your blog is not listed and you think it should be, let me know. For those visiting for the first time, welcome and why not read a peice or two from the best of American Interests list. Just scroll down a little and you'll see it on the right.
23 April 2012: "If I wanted America to fail".


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Back in the "olden times" (1999) when I first started HIV meds, the first pill I took was Crixivan [indinavir]. People think pills these days have restrictions and side effects!
I talked with my doctor and with the nurses about taking this pill. Everybody wanted to ensure I would take it correctly. They all warned me about the possible effects of missing doses and taking it at wrong times or without enough water. I knew the medication had to be strong to combat HIV, but I was wondering if I'd be able to live my life or if I was destined to be bedridden. They had me take the pills in the clinic to show that they weren't going to be wasted. Other than the taste, which was an awful metallic taste, there was no problem.
I got the other pills that I'd be taking -- Zerit [stavudine, d4T] and Epivir [lamivudine, 3TC] -- and went home. Haven't looked back since!
I've learned that the "possible" side effects are just that -- not occurring in everybody. Thanks to the instruction I received beforehand, I never had any.
When I started taking meds, I was SICK. I knew the meds were my only hope of survival. Then, as now, I functioned without a death wish. I took my meds as prescribed no matter the inconvenience. I'm human. Over the years, I've missed doses. Generally, fewer than two a year. Now, I'm on Atripla [efavirenz/tenofovir/FTC]. People complain about "having" to take their pill. Let them go back to the days when there were no meds. Just hopeful wishes. And, closed-casket viewings at funeral homes.
What was your first pill? Whether it was AZT or Atripla, we want you to tell your story! Write out your story (between 200 and 1,000 words, please!) or film a YouTube video, and email it to email@example.com. We'll be posting readers' My First Pill stories here in our Resource Center on Starting HIV Treatment.


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Is there some condition on a complex algebraic surface that implies it has a smooth canonical divisor? I am searching for the sharpest possible condition, but sufficient criteria would be nice as well.
For example, the question is quite simple for surfaces that can be embedded in $P^3$. Roughly, just notice that in this case the linear system of the canonical line bundle is base point free and hence, by Bertini's theorem, we can find a smooth canonical divisor.
When we cannot avoid having a singular canonical divisor, then we are left with some singular curves. I am interested in computing the Euler characteristic of their symmetric product. I will post a question about this in a follow up enquire.


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Shake Shack's Secret 'Game of Thrones' Menu Is Now Available Nationwide
Ahead of the eighth and final season of HBO's "Game of Thrones," Shake Shack released a special menu inspired by the hit show - but fans could only find it at the chain's original location in New York City. Lucky for lords and ladies elsewhere, the meal of fire and ice is now available nationwide.
25 Things You Didn't Know About Your Favorite Fast Food Chains
The not-so-secret menu offerings include a burger and shake, both of which you have to order in Valyrian, a fictional language from the show. For the Dragonglass Shake, ask for a "Zīrtom Perzomy Rholītsos," a hand-churned frozen custard made with "packed snow harvested beyond the Wall." It's white chocolate mint-flavored and comes with "shards of Dragonglass" on top, which is toffee. The frozen treat is available now at all Shacks across the U.S. (excluding those in stadiums, ballparks, transit centers and airports) through May 19.
The Dracarys Burger is also known as "Drakaro Parkliapos." This features a double-decker beef patty with two slices of melted Monterey Jack cheese, two strips of bacon and spicy Shack Sauce on a classic potato roll. Find it now through April 21 at Madison Square Park and West Village in New York, West Hollywood in Los Angeles, River North in Chicago, Uptown in Dallas, Montrose in Houston, Logan Circle in D.C., Miami Beach, MGM NY-NY in Las Vegas, RiNo in Denver, Center City in Philly and Newbury Street in Boston.
Shake Shack is not the only chain getting in on "GOT"-themed fun. Across the pond, TGI Fridays is delighting the U.K. with its own "Game of Thrones"-inspired Dragon-Slayer Feast. According to Gizmodo, the offerings include a 30-ounce tomahawk steak served with onion rings, mushrooms, fries and Texas toothpicks (fried slivers of pepper); extremely spicy Dragon Fire Hot Wings; and a Bucket of Beast Bones, tender ribs and wings smothered in glaze served in a medieval-style bucket. Truth be told, grub is a huge part of "GOT." Before the final season's premiere on Sunday, April 14, relive the best food moments from "Game of Thrones" so far.


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5 For sfreedom Christ has tset us free; ustand firm therefore, and do not submit again to va yoke of wslavery.
2 Look: I, Paul, say to you that xif you accept circumcision, yChrist will be of no advantage to you. 3 I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that zhe is obligated to keep the whole law. 4 You are asevered from Christ, byou who would be justified1 by the law; cyou have fallen away from grace. 5 For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly dwait for the hope of righteousness. 6 For in Christ Jesus eneither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but fonly faith working through love.
7 gYou were running well. Who hindered you from obeying hthe truth? 8 This persuasion is not from ihim who calls you. 9 jA little leaven leavens the whole lump. 10 kI have confidence in the Lord that you will ltake no other view, and mthe one who is troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is. 11 But if I, brothers,2 still preach3 circumcision, nwhy am I still being persecuted? In that case othe offense of the cross has been removed. 12 I wish pthose who unsettle you would emasculate themselves!
13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. qOnly do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love rserve one another. 14 For sthe whole law is fulfilled in one word: t"You shall love your neighbor as yourself." 15 But if you ubite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.
16 But I say, vwalk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify wthe desires of the flesh. 17 For xthe desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, yto keep you from doing the things you want to do. 18 But if you are zled by the Spirit, ayou are not under the law. 19 Now bthe works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, cdivisions, 21 envy,4 drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that dthose who do5 such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But ethe fruit of the Spirit is flove, joy, peace, patience, gkindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 hgentleness, iself-control; jagainst such things there is no law. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus khave crucified the flesh with its lpassions and desires.
25 If we live by the Spirit, mlet us also keep in step with the Spirit. 26 nLet us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
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The Highland minister who married Madonna and Guy Ritchie and baptised their son Rocco will be the next Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
Rev Susan Brown, minister of Dornoch Cathedral, will step into the 12-month role next May.
The 58-year-old says she is "deeply moved and honoured" to be chosen as the Church of Scotland's ambassador for 2018-19.
Mrs Brown said: "Being Moderator will not be about what I can do, but about what God wants to do.
"I am conscious that it is both a great privilege and a great responsibility - one I can only undertake at God's prompting."
Rev Dr George Whyte, Principal Clerk of the Church of Scotland, welcomed Mrs Brown's appointment.
He said: "I was delighted to hear of Susan's nomination. She brings great personal qualities and a wide range of ministerial, community and family experience to the post. I look forward to working with her throughout the year."
Mrs Brown brings 32 years of experience as a Highlands minister to the role. Her first parish as a fully-fledged minister was at Killearnan on the Black Isle.
She spent 13 years there before moving to Dornoch Cathedral.
Mrs Brown said: "Dornoch is a beautiful place to be and Dornoch people have a wonderful warmth and hospitality.
"When you're in the far north you are much more likely to be at the heart of everything and that's very important to me.
"In the Highlands you will find the church at the heart of the community and the community in the heart of the church."
Until now Mrs Brown was probably best known as the minister who married Madonna and Guy Ritchie and baptised their son Rocco.
As minister in the beautiful and historic 13th century Dornoch Cathedral, she is asked to marry around 30-40 couples every year.
Mrs Brown will take up the role of Moderator 50 years after the first woman was ordained to the Ministry of Word and Sacrament.
"I'm grateful to all those who paved the way for me and other women to follow a calling to ministry," she said.
"In my mid-teens when I first felt God was asking me to serve him through parish ministry, I had never met or even heard of a minister who was a woman.
"My mother tried to discourage me at first, telling me I was too short to be a minister, (just under 5 feet) but today at 93, she is extremely proud."
During Mrs Brown's year as Moderator (2018-19) she will act as the Kirk's ambassador, visiting four Church of Scotland presbyteries, preaching at special events and meeting faith leaders and dignitaries in Scotland and abroad.
She will also take part in the centenary commemorations for the First World War.
"In looking back on this milestone anniversary, we need to let the past remind us of the huge toll war exacts and we need to learn from the experience of those young men and women who paid a price beyond asking," said Mrs Brown.
"The fact that 2018 has also been designated the Year of Young People provides a poignant reminder of the connection of the past, the present and the future."


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Live in the D: Andiamo recipes from May 16, 204
Bell Pepper and Tomato Relish
2 cup Mixed bell peppers, small dice
2 cup Tomatoes, small dice
1/2 cup Minced Green onions
1 clove Garlic, minced
2 Tbls. Fresh basil pesto
2/3 cup Olive oil
1/3 cup Balsamic Vinegar
As needed Salt and pepper to taste
Mix all ingredients together, allow flavors to develop overnight.
Serve chilled on warm toasted crostini or serve warm on the chicken and pesto pasta as well as the portabella mushrooms.
Meatball Recipe
1 pound Ground beef or turkey
1 pound Ground pork shoulder
2 each Whole eggs
5 ounces Milk
½ cup Grated parmesan cheese
1 cup Breadcrumbs
2 Tbls. Fresh chopped parsley
2 teas. Salt
2 teas. Pepper
Mix the meats together by hand in a mixing bowl keeping well chilled.
In separate bowl, mix the eggs, milk, parmesan and breadcrumbs together.
Combine the two mixtures and add the parsley, salt and pepper.
Mix until well combined and keep refrigerated.
Portion into the desired size, anything from 1-3 ounces.
Brown either in heavy bottom skillet or under the broiler.
Finish in a 350 F oven until cooked to 155 F on a digital thermometer.
Reserve for multiple uses.
Chilled Gazpacho
2 cups Beef stock
2 cups Tomato Juice
2 cloves Garlic, minced
1/2 cup Green onions, diced fine
1/2 cup Red bell peppers, small dice
1/2 cup Yellow bell peppers, small dice
1/2 cup Green bell peppers, small dice
1/2 cup Celery hearts, small dice
3/4 cup Cucumbers, peeled small dice
3/4 cup Tomato concasse'
1/3 cup Olive oil. extra virgin
3 Tbs Balsamic or red wine vinegar
as needed Salt and Pepper to taste
Few Dashes Lee and Perrins Worcestershire sauce
Few Dashes Tabasco sauce
1 Tbs Caraway seeds, roasted and ground
Garnish Avocado balls, celery hearts or cucumber sorbet with cilantro
Mix all soup ingredients thoroughly and chill. Garnish appropriately.
Chilled Tomato Soup with Orange and Fresh Tarragon
2 cups Chicken Stock, cold
2 cups Tomato Juice
1 cup Tomato concasse'
Juice of 2 or 3 fresh oranges
2 Tbs Freshly chopped french tarragon
As needed Salt and fresh ground pepper
few drops Tabasco
Garnish: Avocado balls
Method: Mix all ingredients together and chill. Garnish appropriately.
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OCEAN CITY- The Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department's Fall Flag Football League is hitting its early season stride with a full slate of games at Northside Park. The following is a look at some recent league action:
(bullet) Greene Turtle 25- Crab Cake Factory 6: Allen Hawk threw for three touchdowns, including two to Brett Case, and ran for one score to lead the Turtle over the Crab Cake Factory. Hawk started with a 35-yard TD pass to Case and ran for a 17-yard score. He then threw a 35-yard touchdown pass to Todd Spiegle and finally another 27-yarder to Case. Steve Fawler ran for an 18-yard TD for Crab Cake Factory's only score.
(bullet) Kirby's Pub 20- Three Brothers Pizza 0: Bart Talbert threw three touchdown passes to Todd Mohr including a 12-yarder, a nine-yarder and a 40-yarder to lead Kirby's over Three Brothers. On a sad note, Mohr's three touchdowns came just hours before he was killed in a car accident.
(bullet) Tequila Duffybird 33- Century Carpets 0: Chase George led Tequila Duffybird with three touchdown passes and one rushing touchdown. George started the scoring with a 16-yard TD pass to J.R. Emmanuel and then ran for four-yard touchdown. George then hit Dennis Eade with a seven-yard TD pass and connected with Mike Richardson on a 36-yarder. In Tequila's final score, Richardson intercepted a pass and lateraled the ball to Eade who took it in for the score.
(bullet) Greene Turtle 33- Century Carpet 14: Allen Hawk spread it around, hitting Todd Spiegle, Brett Case and Tommy Jesson with touchdown passes and ran for one himself. Joe Pino and Neil Kiernan each had touchdown runs for Century Carpet in the loss.
(bullet) Blue Ox 27- Crab Cake Factory 6: Ryan Gartland did it all for the Blue Ox, throwing two touchdown passes to Todd Barshinger and one each to Joe Perry and Rob Bryan. (bullet) Buxy's Salty Dog 27- Kirby's Pub 26: This battle between traditional league powers came down to double overtime with a missed two-point conversion the difference in the game. Bart Talbert started the scoring fest with a four-yard TD pass to Steve Lewis, but Buxy's answered with a 36-yard touchdown run by Patrick Spicer. Kirby's scored again on a 39-yard strike from Talbert to Trey Stokely, but Buxy's answered again with a seven yard TD pass from Nick Jones to Frank Rimmil.
In the first overtime, Kirby's scored first on a 10-yard run by Talbert, but Buxy's tied the game again on a two-yard TD pass from Jones to Kurt Purnell. Each team scored in the second overtime, but Buxy's made its extra point and Kirby's attempt at a two-pointer failed.


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I have a report based on a query in access whereby a user selects an event via a combo box and the event id is used to search all he personnel and hired personnel associated to that event.
My query is as follows:
SELECT DISTINCT Tbl_Event.Event_id, Tbl_Event.Event_Name, Tbl_Event.Event_Location, Tbl_Event.Event_Date, Tbl_Personnel.LName, Tbl_Personnel.FName, Tbl_Personnel.Post, Tbl_Personnel.Rate, Tbl_Hired_Personnel.LName, Tbl_Hired_Personnel.Mobile_No, Tbl_Hired_Personnel.Rate
FROM Tbl_Personnel INNER JOIN (Tbl_Hired_Personnel INNER JOIN ((Tbl_Event INNER JOIN Tbl_Event_Personnel ON Tbl_Event.Event_id = Tbl_Event_Personnel.Event_id) INNER JOIN Tbl_Hired_Personnel_Event ON Tbl_Event.Event_id = Tbl_Hired_Personnel_Event.Event_id) ON Tbl_Hired_Personnel.H_Personnel_id = Tbl_Hired_Personnel_Event.H_Personnel_id) ON Tbl_Personnel.Personnel_id = Tbl_Event_Personnel.Personnel_id
WHERE (((Tbl_Event.Event_id) Like [Forms]![Event Staff Schedule Form]![cboName]));
The problem is suppose i have 2 personnel and 1 hired personnel associated to it, when i generate the report it displays all the right records but the same hired personnel twice, as if to compensate for the same number of records as personnel
Any help will be the most welcomed


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Verify a Contractor, Tradesperson or Business
There, you can:
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- Complete a tracking request for a subcontractor with an active workers' compensation account.
- Print the "Certificate of Workers' Comp Coverage."
You can search for a contractor by their:
- L&I employer account ID or Contractor License Number.
- UBI number (business license number) OR
- Full or partial business or owners name.
Use these tools to learn about hiring subcontractors or "Independent Contractors" and avoiding prime contractor liability.
If you are a contractor hiring a subcontractor, be sure to complete a tracking request for those with active coverage. If the subcontractor fails to pay workers' comp premiums or renew their contractor registration, or if their electrical contractor license is suspended or revoked within one year of the request, L&I will send you a notification letter.
Review your Tracking Requests. (If you have entered a tracking request for a subcontractor.)
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In some cases, an "independent contractor" is actually a worker for whom you must do such things as pay workers' compensation premiums, meet wage and hour requirements, pay unemployment tax, etc. Not understanding your requirements can leave your business vulnerable to unwanted penalties and even lawsuits.
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Anthony Martin is a fiction writer with work in The Tishman Review, Watershed Review, soon Clarion, The Radvocate, Paper Darts and Whiskey Island (among other fine places).
Always getting off the boat. At a cow farm outside Bloomington, for example, during an elementary school field trip, all of the heifers were letting rip. The farmer smiled wide when he mentioned methane. Anthony drank sour milk. Years earlier, his mother yanked him out of an oleander bush, said it was among the most poisonous of evergreen shrubs and didn't you know? Never get off the boat. Absolutely goddam right. In a grey village outside Belgrade, Anthony handled a mangy orange stray that would have otherwise continued on to wherever, slinking along beneath a row of unkempt hedges. It was summer and the romani were tossing trash bags from their windows, hawking copper wire and cigarettes. He was lost. Three months later, somewhere in the Vinohrady district of Prague, he left a bed still warm with two friends, went to the corner bodega and took a pack of cigarettes and a tall beer to the Žižkov Television Tower. There were babies crawling up toward the spires—giant babies. It was seven in the morning and for two hours he tried to be those babies, came back to the bed a little different than he left it. Never get off the boat unless you're going all the way.
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Hands-On Review: Celerity FC-24XL
Atto's Celerity FC-24XL HBA is designed for data-hungry applications. But is its power worth paying for?
- Darryl Brooks, SANology Inc.
Celerity HBA is a Storage Star
|Product snapshot
Hollywood movie production houses were among the early adopters of Fibre Channel (FC) storage area networks (SANs). Because they must move large volumes of data between editing stations to manipulate audio and video characteristics, applications often require the largest data pipe available. If you've noticed how quickly new DVDs hit the video store shelves, you can chalk it up to the increased productivity resulting from FC SANs.
Atto continues to increase its footprint in tinseltown by providing products in lockstep with Apple Computer Inc., the favorite platform of movie production houses. It's surprising that no other HBA vendor currently has a comparable product for this space. Apple sells a dual-ported, independent channel PCI adapter for connectivity to its XSAN line of products for $500, and Charismac Engineering Inc. has rewritten Emulex Corp. drivers to support a limited number of HBAs for Mac OS X, but that's it.
The Celerity FC-24XL is supported under Mac OS X 10.3.x, various versions of Windows and Red Hat Linux 8.x and 9.x.
Although backward compatible with PCI, the Celerity FC-24XL should be installed in a 64-bit PCI-X slot to achieve maximum throughput capabilities. If port density--not speed--is your main objective, then installing the card into a 64-bit PCI slot will work.
After installing the HBA into a Power Mac G5 server, I checked to see if the driver and firmware versions were up to date, and found that both needed to be upgraded. To install the driver version (1.20), I installed the latest Atto configuration tool (2.61) and flash file (FlashBundle_2004_03_31.24X), both of which can be found in the support/download section at www.attotech.com. Make sure you're running Mac OS X 10.2.4 or later (although 10.3.x is required to use the FC-24XL) and Java update 1.4.1 for the configuration tool to work properly.
I used the configuration tool to update the flash file on the FC-24XL and it worked without incident. Extracting and installing the new device driver required a few mouse clicks. A reboot was required due to the changes in the flash file.
Ordinarily, Mac OS X device drivers are loaded and unloaded dynamically or manually using the kextload and kextunload commands. After rebooting and evoking the configuration tool, I could see that the device driver and flash file had been updated.
|Atto Technology Celerity FC-24XL
The Celerity FC-24XL is a high-performance host bus adapter suitable for applications that use large files and require high throughput.
Usability and interface
To better understand Atto's Celerity FC-24XL, we'll map the functionality of the HBA to the five layers (FC-4 to FC-0) of the FC networking model to see how it stacks up against the FC standards. (See "Fibre Channel networking model")
FC-4. Device drivers operate at the FC-4 layer by packaging information units (e.g., SCSI command/data/status) to be transported down to the other layers and out over the glass wire. Because device driver code is often accessed in main memory, it's important that this code is small and efficient. The Mac OS X device driver for the Celerity FC-24XL is just over 200KB, due mainly to the functionality of Mac OS X's I/O developers' kit.
In contrast, the packaged driver for the Windows platform is more than 4,000KB. FC-3. The still-developing FC-3 layer is described as a set of common services that serve multiple ports on the same node. Encryption, the striping of outgoing data across multiple ports, and the definition of multicast and hunt groups can all be done at this layer.
The potential to exploit the functionality of the FC-3 layer with the Celerity FC-24XL is great. For example, a real-time application that needs the greatest bandwidth with the least latency could be configured to access a four-disk LUN through each of the HBA's four ports that are connected to four separate fabric ports that are ultimately connected to four separate storage ports. This is disk striping at its best because the probability of overrunning a fabric or storage port drops to almost zero with the proper buffering at each interconnect.
In addition, using the features of the Alias Server (a well-known service in the fabric), frames destined for the node can now be directed to all four ports (multicast) or the least busy port (hunt group). A storage virtualization product can take the Celerity FC-24XL's four ports and present them as one logical path from a storage server to its client application hosts in the form of a hunt group. When application hosts access their storage over this path, load balancing is automatically achieved by the native functionality of the hunt group.
FC-2. The framing and signaling portion of the standard, FC-2 receives information units from the upper layer protocols and packages them into frames to be sent to the destination port. Depending on the class of service in use, some level of signaling is used to either ensure that the frame arrived, or that there are sufficient buffers for the delivery of the next frame.
The Celerity FC-24XL only supports the Class 3 connectionless service, and thus doesn't guarantee the delivery of frames with receipt acknowledgment. Therefore, upper layer protocols that don't manage delivery errors (e.g., IP/UDP) aren't suitable applications.
FC-1. FC-2 frames are eventually serialized at the FC-1 layer and beamed across the physical interface for delivery to the destination port. Serialization is performed immediately before transmission, and is used to establish a clock frequency between the communicating ports by encoding timing bits into the data stream. It's also used to maintain DC balance (equal number of zeros and ones) on the glass wire. The quality (jitter) of the rise and fall times of the optical signal is a direct reflection of the quality of the serialization-deserialization (SERDES) function on the HBA.
When considering SERDES functionality, focus on the number of integrated circuits per independent channel, power dissipation and the number and speeds of protocols supported by the circuit. This helps define an upgrade path for the HBA, or even uncover the full range of protocols that can be transmitted using the HBA.
The FC-24XL is outfitted with two dual-channel FC controllers to perform serialization functions on behalf of the upper layer protocols. There's one SERDES channel for each port to support the independence of the data stream as it flows to and from its destination.
FC-0. This layer describes the supported variants of the physical interface and their associated speeds. Twisted pair, copper and fiber optic cabling are the supported media over which FC frames can be transported. The different connectors associated with the cabling options are also defined.
The FC-24XL uses four 2Gb/sec, small form-factor pluggable LC-type connectors to achieve maximum port density. Designed for high-throughput local applications, the HBA is outfitted with multimode lasers. Thus, multimode fiber optic cabling--preferably the 50 micron type--must be used to connect the Celerity FC-24XL to the fabric or end device.
|Fibre Channel networking model
This diagram illustrates the five layers of the Fibre Channel networking model as defined by the industry standard. The high-performance design of the Celerity FC-24XL adheres to the model standards.
Built for performance
The Celerity FC-24XL boosts the performance of these layers with its Intel XScale processor. The design approach is similar to the TCP offload engines available on iSCSI storage adapters. Although much of the FC protocol is implemented in hardware and is immune to the overhead associated with processing IP headers, the additional features (port-to-port streaming and hardware RAID) offered by the FC-24XL benefit by having an integrated processor.
The Celerity FC-24XL also comes standard with 128MB of SDRAM (upgradeable to 512MB) for direct memory transfers from the storage device without involving the application server's CPUs. This may appear to be overkill, but for applications that are sensitive to CPU interrupts, this isn't excessive.
When plugged into a PCI-X bus slot operating at 64 bits and 133MHz, Atto says the FC-24XL is capable of sustaining 1GB/sec transfer rates between its attached devices and the CPU. Overprovisioning the bus with four 2Gb/sec (4Gb/sec full-duplex) ports is similar to how you would provision initiators over ISLs. Considering the likelihood of concurrent full-duplex communication across all four ports, overprovisioning this resource makes sense.
The Celerity FC-24XL has eight 512-byte buffer credits for delivery into the fabric. This may not seem like much, but because the HBA operates over the Class 3 connectionless service and the maximum payload of a FC frame is 2048 bytes, the initiator needs only to receive an R_RDY frame from the communicating device to send the next data frame. In addition, the HBA is outfitted with multimode lasers. So the laser's light propagation distance is limited to 300 meters, and the R_RDY frame received by the HBA after the first frame is sent will arrive before the HBA is done sending the second frame.
Both initiator and target mode is supported on the FC-24XL. When configured for initiator mode, the HBA sends frames into the fabric. When configured for target mode, the HBA receives frames from the fabric and could, for example, support a storage virtualization server.
The FC-24XL also supports SNIA's HBA API, a common API developed by the standards organization. This is intended to improve the manageability of HBAs in a SAN without regard to proprietary-vendor APIs and is an essential part of the SMI-S. Product offerings from vendors complying with SMI-S can be managed using other vendors' software, thus avoiding vendor lock-in. Conformity to this specification should be considered mandatory when considering SAN hardware components.
The Celerity FC-24XL comes with two transceivers; two additional transceivers may be purchased separately. The retail price is approximately $2,600, which puts it out of reach for application servers that have simple access and throughput requirements. It's appropriate for data-hungry applications in film production, high-end engineering applications or even general-purpose servers running storage virtualization target software.
Although priced moderately higher than other four-port FC HBA offerings, such as LSI Logic Corp.'s LSI7402XP-LC and QLogic Corp.'s QLA2344, the Celerity FC-24XL sports upwards of 512MB of onboard SDRAM memory for media-rich applications that can take advantage of direct memory access.
The FC-24XL is a high-end product designed for the most data-driven applications. The density and speed of its ports provides unbridled access to storage content, especially large media-rich files. In addition, storage virtualization and disk-to-disk backups are also potential applications that can make use of the number and speed of the ports. Its adherence to FC standards at every level of the reference model should help allay compatibility concerns.
The performance characteristics of the four ports when combined with the Intel processor, multiple dual-channel SERDES circuits and up to 512MB of DMA memory makes the Celerity FC-24XL a must-have for applications plowing through terabytes of data daily, such as audio-visual content servers. You'll pay a premium for the Celerity, but if you're running demanding applications, you're likely to find that it's worth the price.


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Goldfish must get lonely in those little bowls. I'm sure that's why designer Bruno Fosi used guts from a Chumby to create a device that allows you to automate an aquarium and bring it online.
The details on the "My Chumby's Fish" design are pretty thin, but it appears that sensors monitor conditions inside the tank and report details back to you. Because it's Chumby heart utilises a wireless connection, other fish lovers with this device can interact with your fish and feed it remotely via your own personal goldfish network. By "interact" I mean that the fish can see each other via webcam, you can talk to it via a microphone and use "shake and tap movements" to simulate vibration and air bubbles. Yeah, this is a bit over the top for something you will probably flush down in the toilet in a week—but then again, most design concepts are out there to begin with. [Yanko]


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Psycadelik Thoughtz
Tighter Slim Fit T-Shirt
Beautiful Girl Gold Plated Necklace
Such a sick show! Best $10 I've ever spent. Hands down.
the song that started it all off.. =)
Hot show as always...although missed the live band...not too upset because will see you at Smiths on Christmas Eve! Yea!


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Information for schools and the general public
Research in Oxford
Research in Particle Physics at Oxford involves the study of the basic building blocks of matter and the forces that act upon them. The research staff and students here participate in a wide range of research, from the structure of the atomic nucleus and its contents, to the mysteries surrounding the elusive particles called neutrinos and dark matter in the Universe. The research involves international collaboration on experiments based in a variety of countries, at high-energy particle accelerators and in underground laboratories.
For an introduction to some of the work by particle physicists at Oxford, have a look at these pages, which were designed by one of our work experience students:
Particle Physics Masterclass
Oxford again held these popular one-day events for 6th formers studying physics, as part of the National Particle Physics Masterclasses organised by the High Energy Particle Physics Group of the Institute of Physics throughout the UK.
Delphi at Cern
Several members of the Particle Physics group are happy to give talks to schools and other organisations.
Play the role of detective in this introduction to one of the experiments physicists from Oxford work on: the Delphi experiment at CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics.
To find out more about particle physics:
- See the Particle Physics UK pages,
- Or visit our guide to educational information about particle physics on the web


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Port Harcourt – The Joint Task Force (JTF) operating in the Niger Delta says it is recording successes in the war against crude oil theft and illegal bunkering in the region.
Brig.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, Commander of the 2 Brigade and Sector 2 of the JTF, said this in Port Harcourt on Monday at the inauguration of six-block of component commanders' residential quarters for senior officers of the task force.
The quarters were allocated to officers of the task force from the Navy, State Security Service, Police and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps.
Buratai said the JTF, through its aggressive intelligence and commitment, had uncovered, arrested and prosecuted many illegal oil bunkering suspects and thieves in the Niger Delta.
"Since our assumption of responsibility of the (JTF) Pulo Shield, we have made tremendous progress in the anti-bunkering, illegal bunkering, anti-piracy operations and sundry crimes, especially pipeline vandalism and oil theft.
"The Brigade (Sector 2) has also moved into other directions in support of the civil police in anti-kidnappings, anti-armed robbery operations and we have made tremendous successes.
"We want to assure the good people of Rivers and Bayelsa that we are up to the task and facing such challenges squarely."
Buratai said the newly-built accommodations would improve the functionality of the component commanders as well as reduce hotel bills and security challenge faced by the officers. NAN


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SNOW HILL – A type of
conservation easement meant to transfer marginal cropland to conservation land
could be costing state taxpayers too much and causing enforcement problems for
local jurisdictions.
The Conservation
Resource Enhancement Program (CREP) does not extinguish development rights,
unlike many other conservation easement programs, and does not have to cover
the entire farm parcel, which could allow for later development that could have
negative impacts on the conserved land, according to Worcester County staff.
As the program is
currently set-up, CREP land receives payments at the same level as the Rural
Legacy program and the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Program. The latter
programs extinguish development rights, but CREP does not.
While CREP funding comes
from the state of Maryland, everyone in Worcester County pays state taxes,
Development Permitting and Review Director Ed Tudor said at Tuesday's Worcester
County Commissioners meeting.
The current CREP program
is not a wise use of taxpayer dollars, Tudor said.
The county is allowed to
add more restrictive regulations to CREP.
Staff advised the
commissioners to require that entire parcels be encumbered under a CREP easement,
with each parcel restricted to one residential unit, at the state established
payment rate. Landowners would also have the opportunity to pay for two
independent appraisals, and the lower of the appraisals would become the
easement price.
"We think it's a better
use of tax dollars and lets us protect additional farmland," said Tudor.
"I thought it was an
enormous amount of money to pay for what we are getting," Commission President
Bud Church said.
With nearly four decades
in real estate under his belt, Church said that he could see landowners calling
whoever they want to do an appraisal and receiving the assessment they request.
"I don't think it's
prudent that the landowner do both appraisals," said Church.
development rights this way would prevent landowners from building homes for
children or grandchildren on their farmland, Church noted.
"The state ultimately
has the final say," said Commissioner Virgil Shockley.
The state can refuse to
accept the value stated by appraisers retained by a landowner, Shockley said.
His concern was less the price, than the fact that land which was never going
to be built on, such as land near a river, would be considered for an easement
because of the extermination of the building rights.
A lot of landowners
would not be willing to tie up their entire farm in such an easement, Shockley
said. Some old parcels are up to 700 acres in size. Those farmers might want to
set aside marginal land for conservation, but under the proposed approach could
not do so and retain building rights on the rest of the parcel.
"I agree with Virgil,
100 percent," said Church. "I do have a major problem with this."
His issue is with the
mechanics, not the broader changes, Church said.
The county needs to talk
to farmers before moving forward with this, Shockley said.
"The people who are
going to be affected are the people who own the land," Shockley said. "Let's
get some opinions."
The commissioners voted
unanimously to table the CREP changes.


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