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Hey guys, here is another installment to the baby animal collection that I will be doing for a while. It is on "how to draw a baby panda", step by step. I wanted this panda to be super cute and really easy to replicate because I know how many of you all love these fuzzy bamboo eating bears. The bears expression is very sad, but he could also be looking very shy as well. Either way you look at this panda you know one thing, it's an adorable display which means you will definitely enjoy drawing panda bears like the one you see here. I know I have drawn and made many lessons in the past on panda bears, but they are too cute to pass up. I don't know if it's because they're black and white, or because they are a rare animal species. No matter, I like them nonetheless. Well that's about it. Enjoy drawing a baby panda of your own, then upload your finished work to Dragoart.com for others to see. Peace out folks.
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Robert Griffin III may have a busy summer ahead of him, but it doesn't mean he's not minding his manners. In response to at least one of the many fans who showered the Redskins quarterback with gifts before his upcoming wedding, he wrote a signed thank you note, the DC Sports Bog first pointed out.
Keith Elgin, the fan who posted the note, wrote to ThePostGame that "people are loving it in DC."
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Standing in his gutted cafe, Ahmet Bulut ponders his sudden transformation from proud shop owner to scrap-metal gatherer.
His Kurdish neighborhood, situated in this picturesque city overlooking the Aegean Sea, is being torn down to make way for a park and recreation area. He was paid 40,000 Turkish lira ($25,000) for his cafe and two apartments, but it was not enough for him to afford one of the new apartments built down the road.
Now he and scores of others comb the rubble, salvaging whatever they can find of value. "This is a terrible way to live," he says. "We are making our living from the destruction of our own community."
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The demolition of Mr. Bulut's neighborhood of Imariye is the latest in a series of urban-renewal programs driven by Turkey's rapid modernization.
While the economic boom is elevating the quality of life for many, critics say that authorities are driving some of the country's most persecuted communities further into poverty, while yielding handsome profits for developers and authorities.
Former residents like Bulut are offered housing on the fringes of cities, but the price tag is often too high. Now, urban planners and residents are fighting back with lawsuits both in Turkey and the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
"In many cases there's no next step offered for these people," says Andrew Gardner, Turkey researcher for Amnesty International. "The fact that people [who] the state doesn't like are getting their rights violated isn't a coincidence."
In Ankara alone, around 74,000 acres of land are subject to planned, ongoing, or recently completed urban-renewal programs.
The most controversial project to date was the demolition of the Sulukule district of Istanbul, a poor area near the city center that has been home to a community of Roma since the Byzantine era. Sulukule was torn down to build luxury villas.
The target of another forced gentrification plan is Tarlabasi, close to the city's central Taksim Square, a poor but vibrant neighborhood of Kurds, Roma, and an unlikely community of transgendered sex workers.
Squatters now on prime land
The main targets are the country's semilegal squatter communities known as "gecekondus," meaning "settled at night." They were built under cover of darkness or on weekends. Once the builders occupy their homes, Turkish law prevents them from being summarily evicted.
From the 1950s onward, successive governments have legalized many of the neighborhoods. But now they lie on what has become prime real estate, attracting developers and prompting municipalities to level them.
An amendment to Turkey's property law that was approved last year has concentrated far more power in the hands of the country's housing development administration, known by its Turkish acronym, TOKI.
"This new law is giving unlimited scope to TOKI to take property from people without caring what happens to them," says Umit Ozcan, general secretary of Turkey's Chamber of Urban Planners. "Under the Turkish Constitution, people have a right to protection of housing."
In February, the chamber won the right to challenge the amendment in Turkey's highest court, and it is currently fighting 326 cases relating to housing and planning law violations by TOKI.
Not far from Izmir's medieval castle, nearly three-quarters of Imariye's 2,000 homes that were earmarked for demolition are already gone. But the neighborhood is still a hive of activity.
Children as young as 8 work in gangs, smashing concrete to beat out steel reinforcing rods. People strip their homes of windows, doors, electrical wiring – anything they can reuse.
The Izmir Municipality says the neighborhood is being demolished because it's built on unstable ground. Its plan is to turn it into a park and recreational area. But with its central location, panoramic views, and cool summer breezes, many believe developers will inevitably move in.
"I'm sure in a few years' time they will develop this place again and build new homes, but they will be for rich people," says Imariye's mayor, Abdulaziz Turan. "They won't be for the poor people who live here now."
Most of Imariye's residents are from Turkey's disaffected Kurdish minority, who fled to Izmir from the province of Mardin during the 1990s when the Turkish Army burned villages during its conflict with the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party.
"You are seeing the current condition of the Kurds," says Bulut. "They did it to us in Mardin, and they are doing it again here."
That pattern is playing out across Turkey, says Amnesty's Mr. Gardner. "Dispersing these communities is an attempt to disrupt their identities and their opportunity for collective action," he says.
'Illegal' may mean 'unsafe,' too
But in an earthquake-prone country filled with many poorly built homes, some say there is an urgent need for urban renewal. Some 70 percent of homes in Istanbul are illegally built, according to Murat Balamir, a specialist in urban planning at Middle East Technical University in Ankara.
"Negligence in building activities is particularly significant in unauthorized construction," he says. "Cities in Turkey are extensive 'risk pools' not only for their unreliable structures, but also due to other attributes, including deficiencies in accessibility, infrastructure networks, and open spaces."
But Geoffrey Payne, a London-based urban development consultant who has studied gecekondus for more than 30 years, argues that the neighborhoods grew up in a way that ensured community cohesion and the opportunity to move up in life.
"The brilliant thing about it was that everybody was making money," he says. In the past, small-scale developers moved in to build formal housing, generally offering residents a stake in their projects in the form of apartments – unlike today, when they are pushed out with little recourse.
As in Sulukule and Tarlabasi, residents of Imariye have applied to the ECHR for compensation. But for now, many like Bulut are left to salvage scrap amid a drive for modernity that may leave them once again on the fringes of cities and society.


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John Davis, Jr., a Republican candidate for U. S. President, will make a campaign stop in Franklin County. The stop is scheduled for 5:31 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 31 at the Mount Vernon Cafe on Hwy. 37 just south of I-30. His bus will be at the location for 20 minutes before heading toward Sulphur Springs. For more information, see the January 26 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald.


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Today I sent my wife back across the country. Seems a bit out of odds that I am sending off my wife for another month or so. It seems more like she should be sending me away. A mission? Military? Work travel? I could not help but think of Engelbert Humperdink's, "There Goes My Everything" as we said adios again. As President Stucki would say, "There is no such thing as a good bye in the gospel." I believe it is true. No matter what happens, we will meet up again.
I find myself even further from her now. I am now in The Dalles, Oregon. She is in Richmond, Virginia. That puts us about 2,800 miles of separation in one day. Don't we live in a day of miracles? I can visit with her without any more cost than my cell phone plan. I spoke to her in Detroit, Minneapolis, Richmond, and a host of other places in the past month. I am always impressed when I send out a dozen letters in one day all to different regions on the United States, or even the world, and know they will arrive there. Most of them within 2 or 3 days. That is a miracle to me. As I type this up, on a free internet signal, in a hotel room, my computer connects to the internet and will make it available worldwide within seconds of my pressing the send button. Every person in the world could read it if they wanted. That is a miracle.
If you cannot tell, I have thought about miracles today. I listened to some of Harold B Lee's stories about miracles. I thought about the miracles in my own life. I even wrote of the miracle of the Book of Mormon in a recent blog. They are all about us. Somehow though, I get so busy in my life not to recognize them.
This leads me to the scripture I have thought about from the recent reading of the Book of Mormon. This is another one of those scriptures I memorized that summer but have not been able to retain.
"And there are many among us who have many revelations, for they are not all stiffnecked. And as many as are not stiffnecked and have faith, have communion with the Holy Spirit, which maketh manifest unto the children of men, according to their faith." (Jarom 1:4)
Far too often, I think I fall on the side of the stiffnecked. In fact, I know I do. I am just proud enough to miss so many of the blessings which could be easily obtained. In some instances, more recognized.
There are plenty of ways in which I still need to repent and rise above the natural man. Without beating up on myself too much, I do completely recognize that I am just humble and faithful enough to have some personal revelations of my own. I end up with one or two in each journal, but they are there. Meaning, I know that the Lord speaks to even me in my weakness. Even in my weakness, I am abundantly blessed and am just humble enough to see some of those blessings and miracles all about me.


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Here is an old review (June, 2009) a friend was kind enough to finally translate of Meister der Jinn, the German translation of Master of the Jinn, from the magazine Spirit Connection. To order the book, click HERE.
Sufism in the Form of a Novel
This Sufi novel leads the reader into the desert, in a sandstorm, which brings the hidden into the light, into a night out of the limits of time and into the city of the Jinn. The Jinn are, like humans and angels, creatures fashioned by God; they possess free will and their fortunes/destiny lie at the core of this story.
The external journey is at the same time an inner spiritual one. The adventure of a Master and his Dervishes (Sufi apprentices) is very vividly described, so that one can easily empathize with its images. The rhythm of the novel alternates between slow passages and intensive climactic moments, thus ensuring suspense. As in the novels of Paulo Coehlo, the characters, adventures and spiritual notions are kneaded into a mixture; one is so riveted by the events of the book that one wants to read the book very quickly to the end. Through the statements of the main character of the novel and the interspersed citations of Sufi Masters, the reader is brought closer to an understanding of Sufi Philosophy. Not only is the Terminology of the Sufis explained in a glossary at the end of the book, but also short and concise elucidations are given in the text itself so that one does not always need to leaf back and forth through the pages of the book.
It is possible that some will feel that there is a lack of philosophical depth; however, that is not necessarily the purpose of a novel. In any case, emotionally sensitive people will not be shortchanged and will be able to be deeply touched. But then again, the end was too sweet for my personal taste with its Hollywood-type happy conclusion.
Readers who are easily stimulated into reflection will find in this book enough opportunities to do so, for example when the Master asks: "And do you also think that they do not know what you think of them now"? If this had been the case in our own reality, how differently we would feel inwardly and how differently we would all live together outwardly.
In all, this is a felicitous book that presents a good change from the many spiritual "non-fiction books".
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REPORT: Yankees' Mariano Rivera to retire at end of season
NEW YORK -- The great Mariano Rivera is getting set to close his career.
The New York Yankees' reliever plans to announce this weekend that he will retire after the 2013 season, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Thursday.
The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because there was no announcement. A news conference was called for Saturday at the Yankees' spring training complex in Tampa, Fla.
The 43-year-old closer is baseball's saves leader with 608. He is regarded as one of the best clutch pitchers in history, posting a record 42 postseason saves with an 0.70 ERA while helping the Yankees win five World Series championships.
Rivera missed most of last season after he tore a ligament in his right knee while catching fly balls during batting practice. The right-hander was hurt May 3 and had surgery the next month.
Rivera returned home to Panama this week for a personal matter, and was expected to rejoin the team Saturday. There was a good chance Rivera would pitch in an exhibition game for the first time this spring later that day.
The 12-time All-Star typically goes at his own pace in camp, fine-tuning his dreaded cut fastball in the bullpen and in simulated games.
Minus Rivera, the Yankees still won the AL East last year with Rafael Soriano moving into the closer's role. Soriano left after the season as a free agent and signed with Washington.
David Robertson has gotten chances to close in the past when Rivera hasn't been available. The Yankees also have hard-throwing Joba Chamberlain in the bullpen.
Rivera began his major league career as a starter in 1995, soon became a setup man and quickly blossomed into a dominant closer. His emergence from the bullpen to the blaring strains of Metallica's "Enter Sandman" was a fan favorite at the old Yankee Stadium, and the tradition carried over the team's new ballpark.
Rivera also is the only -- and last -- big leaguer who wears No. 42. The number was retired in 1997 in tribute to Jackie Robinson, although players who had the number at the time were allowed to keep it.


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Mr. Speaker, this week is Global Entrepreneurship Week, an opportunity to celebrate all Canadian entrepreneurs from coast to coast to coast who work so hard.
In my riding, Vimy, hundreds of entrepreneurs contribute to our local economy. From Namtek to Bo Bébé, these small businesses create high-quality jobs to support the middle class and create training opportunities for our young people. Canada's small business owners are the cornerstone of our economy and need to be supported.
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Kristen Stewart & Robert Pattinson: 'Breaking Dawn' Premiere with Mackenzie Foy
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson arrive at the premiere of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 held at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Monday night (November 12) in Los Angeles.
The on-and-off-screen couple were joined at the final film's event by on-screen daughter Mackenzie Foy.
"She really does represent that stage of life where you're really pumping and full of something you can't put your finger on," Kristen shared with the Sun Times about Bella Swan. "She's a girl who has faith enough in herself not to ignore her feelings. She finds out why they're there."
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We had our 3rd and final group interview with 15 excellent ONEin3ers this morning, all vying to be part of the ONEin3 Boston Mayor's Advisory Council. It seems like every year at least one of the interview groups is significantly weaker than the other two, but not so this year. All three sessions were really solid, with interesting and thoughtful conversation about Boston.
Each of these interviews serves two important functions. Of course, they help us to select the Council, but they also function as echoes of the 19 focus groups that were the official beginning of the ONEin3 Boston initiative. Our selection committee loves doing these interviews because they help us keep our focus on the most important issues that face young people in Boston.
The format of these conversations is pretty basic. We sit in one big group around a table and ask each participant to introduce him or herself. Each participants tell the group one thing that he or she likes about Boston and one thing that could be improved. Once we have all those goods and bads on the table, we move into an open discussion of a couple issues that emerge in their introductory comments.
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Chiari Malformation & Headache
One of the uncommon causes of headache is called Chiari malformation. Also referred to as Arnold-Chiari, it's a condition where brain tissue protrudes into the spinal canal. It happens when part of the skull is extra small or misshapen and presses on the brain, forcing it downward.
As with much of the scary stuff I write about, very few people's headaches are caused by this malformation. So don't panic! Chiari is detected by an MRI and headache is only one of the many possible symptoms.
Anna Roberts, a medical student in the UK, was recently diagnosed with and had surgery to correct her Chiari malformation. She describes having brain surgery while a medical student — a situation where she has enough information to be scared, but not enough to know what's really happening.
Mayo Clinic has an easy-to-read explanation of Chiari, it's symptoms and treatments. You can also learn more from NIH's Chiari fact sheet.[via Kevin MD]


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Thurmond enriched the communities it served and made important contributions to the nation's economy and identity. Through the following activities, students will experience the responsibilities of rail workers in the early 20th century, explore the role of transportation workers today, and use imagery to honor those who have served our country in the transportation field.
Activity 1: Role Play
Scenario A: Several requests are telegraphed to the train depot for pickup of full coal cars and drop-off of empty cars. (Telegrapher may relay information to car distributor, who may relay it to chief clerk, who may prepare a list of available cars and pass it to yard master, who may give the list to the yard conductor, ask the telegrapher to contact other stations for empties, and call for a yard crew.)
Scenario B: A special excursion train is bound for a resort town. This is not a regularly scheduled train. It is due to come through Thurmond at 2 p.m. using the main line track nearest to the rail yard. (Chief clerk may tell the yard master who would check schedules and make sure the line is clear, and would warn engineers who might be using the line; yard master would keep the yard conductor aware of the change in the normal schedule.)
Scenario C: It is very difficult to assemble freight cars in the long, narrow rail yard without using one of the main line tracks. This causes a safety hazard, but the cars must be assembled and leave the station by 2:30 p.m. (Yard master may or may not decide to use the main line track. Yard master may ask the telegrapher to signal incoming trains to slow, stop, or switch to another track. Telegraph operator may signal the excursion train to use another track, throw the track switch, or request another station on the line to signal and switch tracks.)
Now tell the students to assume that it is 1:55 p.m. and they need to answer the following questions and discuss the results of this activity:
Activity 2: Recognizing Others
Then have the students research a recent transportation disaster such as the Exxon oil spill at Valdez, Alaska, or the plane explosion over Lockerbie, Scotland, gathering information about the people involved if possible. Ask the students to write a ballad about the calamity they researched, using the typical railroad-disaster style. Remind the class that through ballads, writers can commemorate important events, help victims deal with tragedy, and honor the contributions of others. Read several of the completed ballads to the class or ask students to recite or sing their ballads. Then have a general classroom discussion in which students discuss the appropriateness of using ballads to memorialize the role of a particular hero. What other ways can such people be recognized (epic poems, eulogies, inscriptions on tombstones)?
Activity 3: Transportation Then and Now
Then have each group prepare a class presentation which addresses the following:


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I follow Historic Map Works on Google Reader and was pleased to see that the site recently added maps of Somerville, Mass., where I used to live. I decided to see if I could find my old address near Inman Square in the new maps available from the 1800s.
The first map (c. 1830) was hardly recognizable to me except for the name Prospect Hill. I lived very near that area.
I needed to see a more recent map to get my bearings. Fortunately, another map, circa 1892, was made available at the same time.
I was still having trouble pinpointing where my house would have been on these maps, which are oriented slightly different from what we see on Google Maps. I lived along one side of a triangle created by Prospect, Webster and Cambridge Streets:
This triangle is visible in both of the 1800s maps, but not in the same orientation. Whereas the triangle above points between 12 and 1 o-clock, on the 1800s maps, it points to 11 o'clock.
If you zoom in on the 1892 map, the triangle is located in the lower right corner, along the Cambridge city line. It's in the bottom center on the 1830 map.
By the way, Prospect Hill figured prominently in the Revolutionary War. I took this photo several years ago on a walk around town one day:


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EE Times: Sage solving an orphan EDA problem
By Brian Bailey
Many aspects of the design, verification and manufacturing flows that we use today have evolved over time. Would we have done them that way had we known where it would lead? In many cases probably not, but there was no reasonable way to tell back then, when things got started, what the trajectory would be. Today, some of those issues have become quite acute and yet there is no incentive for anyone to fix them. Why? Because too few people have the problem and so fixing it is uneconomic. It is a similar situation with orphan drugs. There would be no way to recoup the cost of development, trials and education while charging a realistic price for the drugs because too few people have the disease. Sage Design Automation believes they have identified one of those cases with the EDA world, but they believe they have a way to make it pay. They believe that once a real solution has been put in place it will become useful for a whole new class of problems and so the potential user base will be expanded to the point where it does become economic.
Let us return to the problem first. Sage defines it this way: Design rules are written by fab process engineers and reflect the fabrication limitations for each drawn layer or combination of layers. Design rules are captured in the Design Rule Manual (DRM). The DRM book, published by the foundry, represent a contract between the fab (or foundry) and the design house: if the designers keep all physical design features "legal" according to the DRM description, the resulting device can be fabricated successfully with good yield.
Designers want to make the design as compact as they possibly can but at the same time, they have to conform to the rules and they check this by running Design Rules Checker (DRC). This is a tool that runs a DRC Deck. But where does that deck come from? This is where the problem starts. The DRM is written by process people in the fabrication houses in free form English to describe the geometric limitations of shapes and is often ambiguous and incomplete. An EDA person then has to try and work out what the process engineer meant and write the rule in a way that a tool can execute it. This was not a huge problem when the number of rules was small and the complexity of them simple, but today neither of these statements are true. This creates a lot of work and uncertainty and means that the DRC deck does not stabilize for quite some time.
With the problem stated, you can perhaps now see the reason why I called it an orphan. The only people who would buy a tool to fix this problem are the fabs and we all know that the number of those is extremely limited. However, this was the initial problem that needed to be solved and Sage has done this by creating a formal, graphical design rule capture tool. They call it iDRM and it enables the rules to be captured and verified. The figure below shows the rule as it would be written today on the left. In the middle is the graphic representation as captured within iDRM. This rule can then be applied to a sample layout and it will show what passes and what fails the rule. In this way, the process engineer was verify that the rule is doing exactly what they meant it to do and thus they now have a very tight debug iteration loop so that when the DRM is published to the EDA companies the semantics are clear and will avoid them having to go around the debug loop with the fab.
But how will Sage make money? The fab only cares about rules that will ensure yield, but a design house actually has to worry about getting the right balance between performance, power and area and that requires paying attention at the layout level. They will be concerned about where contacts are placed, distance between things etc. Sage believes that by giving design houses the ability to quickly and easily create their own rules, they will have expanded the market into something large enough to make a viable business for them and provide a tool that will enable the design houses to squeeze more performance out of their silicon. Sage calls these additional rules Design Quality Checks. These do not have to be on the latest technology nodes and in fact this makes them one of the primary sales targets because most of the fabs have already produced the initial DRM for 20nm and are working on 14nm today. Such a tool can also be used for data mining so that, for example, the number of occurrences of certain rules can be found or the locations of them.


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Prompted by Vinay Deolalikar's purported proof of P != NP, I've been reading up on Descriptive Complexity for some background material.
The major successes of Descriptive Complexity include Fagin's result that $NP=SO\exists$ (that is, the class NP is equal to the class of models of a second-order existential query over some vocabulary), and also that $P = FO(LFP)$ (that the class P is equal to the class of models of first-order queries that might use a Least-Fixed-Point operator), and also $PH = SO$.
My understanding of mathematical logic is quite shaky, but from what I understand, second-order formulas are not expressible in first order logic - how does this fact stand in relation to the results I mentioned above? Why does it not separate NP from P, or PH from P?


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The New Hampshire Primary has a proud history that goes back to 1916. People were not voting directly for the candidates in 1916 instead they voted for delegates for the National Convention. In 1949 Richard Upton decided to make the primary more meaningful by passing legislation allowing the people to vote directly for the candidates instead of for delegates. In 1952, 43% of New Hampshire voters cast their votes in the states first true primary. In 1977 delegate names were removed from the ballot and a law that eliminated any possible future encroachment on the state's primary being the first was enacted. It has been the the first primary in the nation since that law in 1977. This represents the first time when the people have a direct voice in their parties presidential candidate, unlike the caucuses.
New Hampshire is considered an independent state that votes both Democrat and Republican and therefore has been considered a good
gauge of the nations feelings. A more liberal west coast , southern conservatives and minorities would probably beg to differ. The state's population is 96% white. Nevertheless, the voters of New Hampshire seem to be aware of this and vote for a candidate's nationwide-electability in addition to their own personal choice. In 1992 the neighbor senator of Massachusetts, Paul Tsongas defeated southerner Bill Clinton 33.2% to 24.8%, but Clinton's strong showing surprised most and gave him the momentum to win and the nickname"The Comeback Kid".
The New Hampshire Primary gives a candidate with little money, low name recognition or candidates from smaller states legitimate shots at winning. It is a small state who demands personal contact and is apposed to typical negative political ads. History says do well in Iowa or New Hampshire or go home.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The choice of location for any political convention speaks volumes about election-year strategy, and the goal for Democrats in choosing North Carolina was, put simply, to stay on offense – expanding President Barack Obama's path to a second term and building a permanent foothold in a southern state.
The battleground for the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House in November encompasses a number of states but, for Obama, winning here in November might mean putting the presidency out of reach for Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., joins NBC's Andrea Mitchell to discuss the Democrats' reelection strategy.
"If Romney doesn't win North Carolina, he's not going to be the president," said Dallas Woodhouse, the state director for Americans for Prosperity, the economically conservative group associated with billionaire brothers, David and Charles Koch.
The president won the Tar Heel State in 2008, making him the first Democratic presidential candidate to carry North Carolina since Jimmy Carter in 1976. But Obama only won by 14,000 votes – a relatively thin margin out of 2.2 million total ballots cast – stressing the extent to which North Carolina still seems like more natural turf for Republicans in a presidential election.
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The 2008 election saw unprecedented voter turnout among African-Americans and students in the state's "Research Triangle," a geographic cluster in the northern part of North Carolina, anchored by several major universities. Part of the question in 2012 is whether Obama can recapture the enthusiasm of four years ago.
"We know that it's going to be close, and it was last time," said an Obama campaign official in North Carolina, who asked to speak on background in order to offer a better assessment of the race.
The most recent polling showed the race here close, with Romney holding a four-point lead in the latest Elon University/Charlotte Observer poll published Monday.
Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., talks about how the African American vote can play out in the 2012 election and how recent the economic outlook and Friday's job outlook may affect voter decisions.
As with Romney last week in Tampa, where Republicans had hoped their convention would have a pronounced and positive effect on voters in Florida, Democrats are looking to leave Charlotte in better shape for the fall.
Making matters more difficult for Obama are troubles within the state's Democratic Party. Allegations of sexual harassment against a state party official, a struggling economy, and Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue's somewhat surprising decision against seeking a second term are among the factors that worsen matters for Democrats here. But Perdue was also far from popular, and her decision against seeking a second term arguably cleaned the slate for state Democrats.
"Voters are voting on the president and his record and Mitt Romney and his lack of a record," the Obama official argued. "So the state party has had no impact on our organization."
This state is nonetheless battleground turf. North Carolina is among the nine "toss up" states on the NBC News battleground map. The state ranks fourth in total ad spending, according to NBC's ad-tracking sources, underscoring how competitive the battle for this state's 15 electoral votes has become.
The Obama campaign and its supporters have spent $22 million in North Carolina so far this cycle, versus $34 million by the Romney campaign and outside groups and super PACs who back the Republican presidential candidate.
That number is only likely to grow thanks to additional advertising dollars being sent into the state to turn voters out to the polls, not just on Election Day, but during early voting periods, as well.
The turnout operation is especially important given the need for Obama to replicate the voter numbers that helped put him over the top in 2008.
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"He had a level of excitement that was unprecedented, and I don't see it this time," said Woodhouse. "When you only win by 14,000 votes, it only takes a small loss of enthusiasm for things to go the other way."
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Putting the Democratic National Convention here in Charlotte is, in no small part, an effort to recapture and harness those passions from 2008, especially in North Carolina. George W. Bush actually won Mecklenburg County – home to Charlotte – in 2000, and Republicans won the Raleigh area from 1996 through 2004. Obama won those areas decisively in 2008, and he drove up his numbers with good turnout in Fayetteville and surrounding areas to the south.
The Obama campaign boasts of having an organizational advantage associated with keeping an "Organizing for America" office open in North Carolina for the span of the president's first term, and they claim to have gotten a good response to a volunteering initiative that distributed tickets to the president's speech on the final night of the convention.
And convention organizers are hopeful that they can use this week's festivities – including Monday's "Carolinafest," an event open to the public featuring entertainers like James Taylor, and Thursday's stadium acceptance speech by Obama – to both recruit volunteers and win over voters.
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Winning North Carolina – or even staying competitive here – would bode well for the president's bid for a second term. Obama doesn't need to win the state, and has plenty of other paths to victory without it. Romney's math, his ability to secure the 270 necessary electoral votes to win the White House, would be far more difficult without North Carolina. The mere fact that North Carolina is even in the list of competitive states demonstrates the advantages Obama has and the hurdles Romney faces.
Moreover, if Obama is even threatening victory here by Election Day, it will have meant that Romney was forced to spend resources on winning a state President George W. Bush won easily in 2004 despite then-North Carolina Sen. John Edwards being on the Democratic ticket.


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Replica sales online are systematically monitored for up-to-the-minute signals which alert CHANEL to any online retail, wholesale and outlet websites attempting to sell counterfeit merchandise. Consequentially, appropriate legal action can be expected to be promptly initiated, including but not limited to filing lawsuits and appealing to law enforcement.
To each and every person who might have thought of buying anything from an online replica website, no matter how fleeting, it is hoped that in the future every precaution is taken. Avoiding fake Chanel helps to keep money, sensitive personal and financial information from access by replica traffickers, who are often entrenched in a wide range of criminal dealings. For the same reason, it is urged that everyone avoid replicas and buy only the authentic.
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As I near my 60th birthday (the first Saturday in September – this year), I have been taking stock of many issues that seem to creep into one's thoughts as we age:
Well, at 60 years old, some of these questions and self-reflections may be a bit premature; however, some areas of my aging process are becoming abundantly clear. For example, right now my body is winning the deterioration race.
How many activities have I given up in the recent years? Activities like jumping while playing basketball (how can you play basketball and not jump? –Thank goodness my mind has become more devious and sneaky). I use to jump off the deck of my sailboat, which is 4+ feet about the dock, but now it hurts to think about (well, if the truth be told, it is the landing that hurts not the jumping). I use to enjoy standing outside at night, peering at the sky filled with stars while looking straight up (now if I do that my head becomes full of stars – called vertigo).
All this wasteful machination gave me pause and allowed me some time to consider why seniors (a fact I can now only fight through my actions, no longer my chronological age) fall so much compared to other age groups. Seems the answer would be simple, and in many ways it is; yet the seemingly inevitable result of aging (falling and hurting ourselves) is still, at least somewhat, avoidable.
Lisa Wiseman (BSCN, RN, President of Elder Home Health Care, Inc.) of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, sums up the reasons for falling concisely, "Most of all falls we see are related to impaired mobility, sensory changes, balance disturbances, medication influences, blood pressure fluctuations, dehydration, confusion, agitation disorientation, etc."
This insight doesn't change that some facts* are quite disturbing:
*The above facts were taken from Phillips Lifeline, an online source.
Additionally, $20 billion dollars in the US is spent annually on medical issues related to falls, with the average cost per a fall injury $19,440. (Facts from the Elder Fall Prevention Act).
The bottom line for us is: How do we prevent or reduce falls from occurring so frequently?
A simple answer: Stay young!
Wishful thinking, I know. Well, falls are often related to our bodies aging and getting weaker. So, slowing that process down will in affect reduce the incidents of falling.
At the center of the aging process is the weakening of our "core strength." These are the muscles found around the abdomen and the back that are attached to the spine and pelvis. They are the key to achieving sound balance.
Work on keeping your "core" strong and you will achieve better balance, thus reducing the risks of falling. Simple! Tell your elders (like me) to see their physician, develop a plan to exercise more, and work on developing a stronger core. This way, you will spend more time on your feet than on your back.
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Can't get enough of Anime. I watched 26 episodes of Kaichou Wa Sama-Maid (School President is a Maid) in 2 days! I said that to say I'm pretty much loving this style of art and drawing it too. Clothes is the subject, which I'll be touch on how to draw wrinkles in the clothes. I'm hoping I can soon get out another Anime tut that touches on faces. In this preview picture Misaki is taking off Usui's shirt. At school, Usui always taunted her to either undress, take off his shirt, or be his personal maid just to see her fuming anger. Well, he gets his wish, but not the way he thought. She's helping out his injury from a fall where he tried to protect her. I said all that to say this...the picture focuses on their clothes. Let me know what you think of this tut by commenting, faving or clicking on "Love It"! And thank you so much for supporting my previous anime tuts! Peace n love to ya!
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Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, August 1, 2013 – Dominican Republic and Brazil teams put themselves in the golden frame at FIVB Girls' Youth World championship second round (Round of 16) as the first smashed off defending champions' (Turkey) dreams of retaining the world's title after magnificent performance, while the second blocked World No. 3 Italy after a sounding tiebreaker to qualify to the quarterfinal following a thundering day here at both Chatchai and Lipatapanlop halls in Nakhon Ratshasima on Thursday.
World No. 8 Dominicans who came fourth in Pool C met No. 4 and 2011 gold medallists Turkey with only few hopes to complete their journey to the final 8, but with their irony challenge they turned those dreams a reality to win a 4 set fight 3-1 (16-25, 30-28, 25-18, 25-17) making the spectators on their toes for 105 minutes.
World No. 2 Brazil had to fight for 123 minutes with all the weapons to trounce No. 3 Italy in the competition longest tiebreaker 3-2 (18-25, 25-14, 25-23, 22-25, 15-7), to underline another challenge in the quarterfinal against Asian Giants Japan who easily swept Egypt 3-0 (25-11, 25-7, 25-15), on Friday.
Major qualifiers were Serbia who continued their run of 5 victories as the only team to have this advantage, but they lost another record after they conceded the first set in their victory against Greece 3-1 (25-22, 25-19, 20-25, 25-16).
Now Serbia face Peru who easily took over Slovenia in straight sets (25-19, 25-14, 25-21).
China will have another ground breaking challenge against Dominicans after Asian giants flew past hosts Thailand in straight sets (25-18, 25-5, 25-19).
USA eliminated Chinese Taipei 3-0 (25-19, 25-11, 25-17) to meet Poland who had to fight aggressively against spirited Puerto Rico 3-1 (25-21, 26-24, 22-25, 27-25).
Round of 16
Determined Brazil come back to beat Italy
World No.3 Italy left the Liptapanlop Hall with heads low in great despair after suffering a bitter 2-3 (18-25 25-14 25-23 22-25 15-7) loss to world No.2 and three-time world champions Brazil in a do-or-die last 16 teams playoff.
Italy came much stronger this time after finishing a dismal 11th place in the previous edition in Turkey two years ago, while powerhouses Brazil also have their sights firmly set on winning their fourth title on the same place here at which they had won their third in 2009.
The tie-breaker turned out to be a one-sided affair from the beginning when Brazil carried out explosive attacks to lead 8-1. Italy clawed their ways back to narrow the gap 4-8, but from then they became more prone with unforced spiking mistakes. Brazil stormed on the win the set 15-7, the exhausting match and a place in the quarter-finals.
Fast Japanese outlast Egypt
A Quick performance by World No. 9 Japan brought them a wide win 3-0 (25-11, 25-7, 25-15) over Egypt to become the first team to qualify to the quarterfinal at Chatchi Hall.
Japan qualified to play for the top 8 positions, while Egypt now plays for 9 to 16 positions.
Japan's big gun Mizuki Yanagita led her team scorers with 14 points including 3 Ace services followed by captain Miku Benoki (11 points). From the Egyptian side middle blocker Aya Ahmed scored only 5 points as her team best scorer.
Poland beat battling Puerto Rico
World No. 6 Poland's performance in Blocking and serving provided the difference and helped them to clinch a 3-1 (25-21, 26-24, 22-25, 27-25) victory against No. 28 Puerto Rico in the round of 16 encounter at Chatchi Hall.
Among Poland's tally they scored 14 from stuff blocks and 8 from the ace service with which they put a pressure to the Caribbean team who struggled hardly throughout the match.
Poland's opposite attacker Malwina Smarzek sent her sharp spikes from position 2 making over 16 points for her team as the best scorer from Pole's side followed by the left attacker Magdalena Damaske who scored 13. On the other hand Puerto Rico's efficient attacker Genesis Miranda played her best and contributed 26 points for her team as best match best scorer and one of the competition best scoring performances.
Promising USA gun down Taipei
World No.5 USA continued their remarkable run in the competition to brush off Chinese Taipei in straight sets 25-19, 25-11, 25-17 at the Liptapanlop Hall.
In this match, Mikaela Foecke topscored with 16 points for the USA including 10 from her deadly spikes, while Tseng Wan Ling scored a match-high 10 points for Chinese Taipei.
China cruise past Hosts Thailand in a heavy contest of heights
World No. 1 China fought hardly against host Thailand and more than 1500 excited spectators to pull off a straight sets victory (25-18, 25-5, 25-19) at Chatchi Hall.
The towering Xinyue Yuan (199 cm) played again on of her best using the central and wing attacks above the opponent block to score a tally of 18 points as China's best scorers followed by her teammate Mingyuan Hu who scored 17 points including 3 ace services. Thai's attacker Jiraporn Chaymon scored only 7 points but came as her team scorer.
Reigning champions suffer shock defeat to in-form Dominicans
Gallant Dominican Republic completely smashed Turkey's sweet dreams of retaining their world title to pull off a magnificent come-from-behind 3-1 (16-25 30-28 25-18 25-17) victory over the European giants at the Liptapanlop Hall.
In this do-or-die battle, Elizabeth Martinez led Dominican Republic with 29 points including 22 kills from 55 determined attempts, while Pelin Aroguz scored a match-high 23 points for Turkey.
Serbia jump high to take over Greece
Serbia showed their consistency to beat the fighting Greece 3-1 (25-22, 25-19, 20-25, 25-16) in 102 minutes of thrilling volleyball action at Chatchi Hall.
Serbia continued their successful run of victories to qualify to the quarterfinal and meet Peru in a great fight on Friday. Greece will play for 9 to 16 positions against Slovenia.
Despite their victory, the Serbians lost the record of being the only team who didn't drop a set when they lost the third one against Slovenia.
Again Serbia's sharp spiker Tijana Boskovi headed the match scorers with 23 points after a marvelous performance aiding her team to continue their dreams to the title followed by Sara Lozo 14 points. Anthi Vasilantonaki led the Greek scorers along with captain Olga Strantzali with 12 points each.
Peru brush off debutantes Slovenia
Fast-improving Peru, backed by the noisy drum-beating, horns-blowing supporters, became an impossible nut to crack for Slovenia as the world No.10 knocked the lower-ranked counterparts out in straight sets 25-19, 25-14, 25-21 at the Liptapanlop Hall.
Both teams did not compete in the previous episode in Turkey two years ago and just tried their best to advance the deepest in this world championship. Peru, which performed superbly to stun world No.3 Italy in their group stage, remained in brilliant form in this match against Slovenia, world No.33.
Classification 17-20
Mexico overcome improving Tunisia
Mexico flew past Tunisia 3-0 (25-23, 25-21, 25-15) in their first match at the round robin tournament for 17 to 20 positions at Chatchi Hall.
Mexico's efficient spiker Ana Valle led her team scorers with 15 points including one ace and another successful block followed by teammates Fernanda Bañuelos and Fernanda Guitron who contributed 11 points each.
From the Tunisian side, Captain Emna Khalfa who was absent from the last match against Thailand due to injury, led her team scorers with 11 points including one dying block.
Argentina thrash Algeria in one-sided battle
Powerful Argentina methodically tore the Algerian defence into pieces to crush the less-ranked rivals in a completely lop-sided battle 25-9, 25-10, 25-9 at Liptapanlop Hall.
The convincing win handed world No.13 Argentina their first win in the 17th-20th playoffs. In this easy match for the South American side, Sol Piccolo emerged as the top scorer of the team with 13 points including 10 devastating spikes, while Nawel Hammouche led world No.16 Algeria with five points.
Results Day 6
Day 7 Programme (Quarterfinal) on Friday August 2
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Classification 17- 20
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Lipatapanlop Gym.
2013 Girls'U18 World Championship Performances
Top Scoring Performances
36 – Mizuki Yanagita of Japan v China (July 26)
34 – Smarzek Malwina of Poland v Greece (July 26)
29 – Chaymon Jiraporn of Thailand v Egypt (July 26)
29 – Elizabeth Martinez (Dominican) v Turkey (August 1)
28 – Patcharaporn Sittisad of Thailand v Puerto Rico (July 29)
28 – Malwina Smarzek (Poland) v China (July 27)
26 – Genesis Miranda (Puerto Rico) v Poland (August 1)
25 – Anastasia Guerra (Italy) v Peru (July 27)
24 – Yuan Xinyue of China v Japan (July 26)
24 – Anithi Vasilantionaki (Greece) v Japan (July 30)
23 – Nicoletti Anna of Italy v Turkey (July 26)
23 – Elizabeth Martinez (Dominican Rep) v Slovenia (July 30)
Top Blocking Performances
6 – Youanyuan (China) v Poland (July 27)
6 – Arelya Karasoy (Turkey) v Peru (July 29)
5 – Andrea Urrutia (Peru) v Chinese Taipie (July 28)
5 – Ayelen Enrique (Argentina) v Poland (July 28)
5 – Simone Lee (USA) v Slovenia (July 27)
5 – Rosa Vaalente (Peru) v Italy (July 27)
5 – Nicoletti Anna of Turkey v Italy (July 26)
5 – Oliveira Thais of Brazil v Dominican Republic (July 26)
5 – Moskwa Kornelia of Poland v Greece (July 26)
5 – Hu Mingyuan of China v Japan (July 26)
5 – Malgozata Smieszek of Poland v Puerto Rico (August 1)
Top Serving Performances
8 – Anita Sobocan of Slovenia v USA (July 27)
6 – Elina Rodiguez of Argentina v Poland (July 28)
6 – Patcharaporn Sittisad of Thailand v Puerto Rico (July 29)
5 – Lorenne Geraldo of Brazil v Algeria (July 27)
5 – Sirine Bouraoui of Tunisia v Puerto Rico (July 27)
4 – Mihalinec Katja of Slovenia v Algeria (July 26)
4 – Sittisad Patcharaporn of Thaïland v Egypt. (July 26)
4 – Abdelghany Doaa of Egypt v Thailand (July 26)
4 – Karasoy Arelya of Turkey v Italy (July 26)
4 – Nicoletti Anna of Italy v Turkey (July 26)
Highest Scorers by day
34 – Smarzek Malwina of Poland v Greece (July 26)
28 – Malwina Smarzek (Poland) v China (July 27)
26 – Angela Leyva (Peru) v Chinese Taipei (July 28)
28 – Patcharaporn Sittisad of Thailand v Puerto Rico (July 29)
23 – Elizabeth Martinez (Dominican) v Slovenia (July 30)
29 – Elizabeth Martinez (Dominican) v Turkey (August 1)
Highest Set Score
Pool A: Thailand v Puerto Rico 30-28
Pool B: Argentina v Japan 34-32
Pool C: Brazil v Dominican Republic 33-31
Pool D: Italy v Peru 28-26
Round of 16: Turkey v Dominican 28-30
Classification 17-20:Tunisia v Mexico 23-25
Highest Scoring Matches
Pool A: Thailand v Puerto Rico 3-1 (25-21, 28-30, 25-21, 25-23)– 198 points
Pool B: Argentina v Greece 3-2 (20-25, 26-28, 25-20, 28-26, 15-10)– 223 points
Pool C: Brazil v Dominican Republic 3-1 (15-25, 33-31, 25-8, 32-30)– 199 points
Pool D: Italy v Peru 2-3 (28-26, 25-19, 20-25, 22-25, 13-15) - 218 points
Round of 16: Brazil v Italy 3-2 (18-25, 25-14, 25-23, 22-25, 15-7)
Classification 17-20:Tunisia v Mexico: 0-3 (25-23, 25-21, 25-15)
2013 Girls'
U18 World Championship
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04.08.2013 18:26:08
China claim fourth historic gold at Girls' U18 World Championship
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04.08.2013 15:19:50
I congratulate every team who took part in this championship, says Turkey's coach
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04.08.2013 15:11:19
"Finally we achieved our target," says China coach
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04.08.2013 15:03:21
Turkey rally past Italy in thrilling tie-breaker to claim ninth place
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04.08.2013 13:25:27
China beat USA 3-0 to win gold at Girls' Under-18 World Championship
Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, August 4, 2013 - China won the gold medal at the Girls' Under18 World Championship beating USA in straight sets (25-16, 2... More...
04.08.2013 13:21:52
We gained a lot of experience especially playing taller rivals, says Taipei's coach
Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, August 4, 2013 – Chinese Taipei's head coach Lo Chung-Jen on Sunday expressed his satisfaction with his team's performanc... More...
04.08.2013 13:15:44
In-form Taipei finish in 11th place after beating Greece
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04.08.2013 13:10:59
"We are happy with the bronze," Brazil coach says
Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, August 4, 2013 – Brazil beat Peru 3-0 set (25-19, 25-23, 25-12). Brazil finished their tournament gaining the Bronze m... More...
04.08.2013 12:07:01
Brazil capture bronze with win against Peru
Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, August 3, 2013 - Brazil gained their ninth medal in their 13th participation at the Girls' U18 World Championship with a ... More...
04.08.2013 10:44:48
"We came for a medal, but now we are satisfied," Japan coach
Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, August 4, 2013 - Japan ended their FIVB Girls' Youth World Championship campaign beating Serbia 3-2 (14-25, 23-25, 25-20... More...


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About the FOA
The Florida Optometric Association (FOA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the eye health and vision care of Floridians through the practice of optometry. Our membership includes more than 1700 optometrists across the state. The mission of the FOA is to advance and promote the quality, availability, and accessibility of primary eye care and related health care of Florida's citizens; to represent the profession of optometry; to enhance and promote the independent and ethical decision-making of its members; and to assist and enable optometric physicians to practice their profession so as to ensure the highest standards of patient care.


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McDonalds All-America Game: West Breakdown
CHICAGO ? The 2013 McDonald's game festivities got off to a strong start on Monday. The East and West teams had closed workouts on Sunday, but their Monday morning practice was the first open to the media and family, and big names such as Andrew Wiggins, Aaron Gordon, Julius Randle and Jabari Parker didn't disappoint.
Here's a look at how each of the players on the West looked during Monday's action.
Monday's West team breakdown
Jabari Bird: One of the more slender guys in attendance, Bird was solid but didn't stand out. He is a good mid-range jump shooter off the dribble but has to get a little stronger. He struggled with bigger athletes during practice.
Aaron Gordon: The 6-foot-8 Gordon is unquestionably the West's best athlete. He's ridiculously explosive, has great body control and is a crafty finisher when he's not putting other players on posters. Gordon was strong on the glass and has an awful lot of young Shawn Marion to his game. He will announce his decision among Arizona, Kentucky, Oregon and Washington on Tuesday and Sean Miller's 'Zona program is looking strong in this one. Isaac Hamilton: Hamilton looked exactly like the player we always see. There are more athletic guys and guys who can shoot better, but few have a better skill level or feel for the game. He is a polished offensive player and a better one-on-one defender than expected.
Aaron Harrison: Harrison didn't shoot particularly well, but he easily created space to shoot. He has confidence and really liked to bully other guards during one-on-one drills.
Andrew Harrison: Just like his twin brother, Harrison really likes bullying other guys and is a strong one-on-one defender. He was patient on Monday and mostly focused on dishing the ball to teammates.
Matt Jones: The Duke-bound wing hit a couple of corner 3s and didn't force much. He didn't play poorly, but like Bird he blended in instead of standing out.
Marcus Lee: The 6-foot-10 shot blocker was bothered by a back problem during practice. Didn't see enough to form an opinion on his play. Well, he does have to add weight because he is pencil thin.
Jarell Martin: The LSU signee was quietly effective. He's not the same explosive athlete as Gordon, but he's not shabby, either. Martin is excellent playing pick-and-pop ball, and he rebounds with physicality. Martin is similar to former Alabama post player JaMychal Green in terms of size and ability to board, but he has a higher level of skill.
Jabari Parker: Parker played extremely well during Monday practice. He has pop in his legs that he has not shown in a long time, and he played much more above the rim than he has in some time. He was hitting jumpers from 16 to 20 feet, and he looked good driving the baseline.
Bobby Portis: The Arkansas signee only had to take a couple of shots to the chops before he started dishing out some physicality of his own. If they'd have counted fouls, he would have fouled out several times. Once he got past the fouling, Portis played well during scrimmage time. He plays hard, chases rebounds and can make a jump shot in space.
Nigel Williams-Goss: NWG made the game in large part because of a strong senior year. He looked solid, made good passes and took care of the ball. He will defend, and he seemed to be the most equipped of the West guards to deal with the Harrison twins' physicality.
James Young: Like Lee, Young missed most of practice and said that his hip was bothering him. Hope to see him more in the next few days.


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VPS hosting is available, affordable, and just a little bit scary. In order to alleviate some of risk that is taken when moving to a VPS that is not under our benevolent control, we need to set up a reliable data backup solution. The setup that I incorporated involves a server in the cloud backing up to my box.com account. To accomplish this on CentOS 6, you can just use the following commands in a script that is executed periodically:
echo "Files backup to cloud"
eval $(gpg-agent –daemon)
export SIGN_PASSPHRASE=""
export PASSPHRASE=""
export FTP_PASSWORD="your password"
echo "Files backup to cloud"
duplicity –use-agent –encrypt-key YOUR_ENCRYPTION_KEY –full-if-older-than 4M /var/spool/duplicity/ webdavs://email@example.com/dav/lynetSky/duplicity && duplicity –use-agent –encrypt-key YOUR_ENCRYPTION_KEY remove-all-but-n-full 4 –force webdavs://firstname.lastname@example.com/dav/lynetSky/duplicity && duplicity –use-agent –encrypt-key YOUR_ENCRYPTION_KEY remove-all-inc-of-but-n-full 2 –force webdavs://firstname.lastname@example.com/dav/lynetSky/duplicity
echo "Database backup to cloud"
duplicity –use-agent –encrypt-key YOUR_ENCRYPTION_KEY –full-if-older-than 4M /var/spool/holland/ webdavs://email@example.com/dav/lynetSky/holland && duplicity –use-agent –encrypt-key YOUR_ENCRYPTION_KEY remove-all-but-n-full 4 –force webdavs://firstname.lastname@example.com/dav/lynetSky/holland && duplicity –use-agent –encrypt-key YOUR_ENCRYPTION_KEY remove-all-inc-of-but-n-full 2 –force webdavs://firstname.lastname@example.com/dav/lynetSky/holland
These commands will instruct duplicity to make a full backup every four months (–full-if-older-than 4M). When this script runs in the in-between times (say 2 months after the last full backup), it will create an incremental backup. Duplicity will keep four full backups. This is specified by the remove-all-but-n-full 4 directive in the command. Specifying remove-all-inc-of-but-n-full 1 tells duplicity to remove all incremental updates except in the case of the last two backup set. A backup set includes the last full backup and its incremental backups. Yes, this is a bit complicated. Yes, it is worth it.
The end result is this: in sixteen months, there will be four full backups (a new full backup is created every four months). The newest two of these will have the incremental backups as well as the full backups. This way, file history will be completely preserved for the most recent eight month period. If we are really desperate, we can recover a file that twelve months old or sixteen months old.
We need to consider what happens at month seventeen. We will have four full backups, the oldest full backup will be seventeen months old. We should not expect to be able to recover files that are over sixteen months old. When we continue on to our twentieth month the oldest full backup will be removed and we will be back to only having sixteen months of recoverable data. Always think of your maximum time to recover a file as (–full-if-older-than 4M * remove-all-but-n-full 4 == 4 months * 4 full backups = 16 months of full backups).
Storing four full copies of the data on a backup is (most likely) overkill for what I am doing. These options were added when I decided that a full backup on another server lacked one thing: files that were deleted on the server were never deleted in the backup location. Then, of course, my mind wondered into using rsync instead of duplicity. It's true, if all we need is a single backup of the files, rsync can provide a better solution (I do this with my personal photos and videos at home). However, the point in time snapshot duplicity provides can be used for forensics and change tracking. This solution as scripted above isn't one size fits all. Use the tools and settings that work the best for you.
This setup absolutely saved this site and the other sites I run. The SAN that this VPS (at the time of this writing) is running on became corrupted and all of the data would've been lost had I not used an external site for backups. If you are someone who is worried about the security of your backups, remember that duplicity has an automatic encryption algorithm built in. Security of your data is there, just make sure to backup your keys so you can read the files.
To conclude: backups can save you important information; the cloud is a great place to store your backups; duplicity is a great tool that can automate this process.


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Mike Krahulik
Penny Arcade seeks crowdfunding to go ad free
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Last week I rode Mt. Hamilton around to Livermore and back, but the evidence photos are in my friend's cell phone. We saw snow at the summit melting furiously in the sun and much more snow in the shadows.
The spring several miles down the backside is so strong that it's missing the trough! We stopped for the obligatory drink before heading down in perfectly mild weather.
The big disappointment was wildflowers. There weren't many to speak of. I guess it's caused by the dry weather followed by heavy rain, which so far hasn't been enough to set things right. However, the countryside is green and all the creeks are flowing.
As a departure from tradition, we took the southern route: Concannon Blvd., Arroyo Rd., Wetmore Rd. to Vallecitos Rd. and then E. Vineyard Ave. to Pleasanton. I quit riding this way in favor of Stanley Blvd. a million years ago. With the bike lane/road widening on westbound Stanley we didn't want to risk road repair headaches.
It comes as no surprise south Livermore is built out with luxury homes, but at least the roads are wide in most places and there are bike lanes. Distance is equal.
With construction of the new earthquake-improved dam under way at Calaveras Reservoir we saw lots of trucks parked next to poppy hill. Calaveras Road is closed weekdays to all vehicles, bike included, until mid-June. We stopped to see the bald eagle and its chicks in the high-voltage power line tower.
Today's ride brought cooler temps, especially on the west descent of Mt. Madonna Road to Corralitos, where the ocean fog had drifted in. I stopped for a sausage sandwich at the store and then headed up Eureka Canyon, which did not suffer any slides this year, hurray.