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How To Choose A Property Manager
We work with a lot of property managers, as a result we see the good, the bad and the ugly! As a service which our clients hire to present their properties in a way that enhances the value of those properties. We, therefore, take an active interest in helping you get the most from your property, whether it be your home, or your rental income nest. As a result, we have gathered a lot of experience that can help you decide how to choose a property manager that is right for your investment.Read more
Dog Drool - Why Worry?
We often see dog drool on glass, and, frankly, it's not a pretty sight! It is loaded with bacteria, not great when you have kids around, and, looks about as bad as it gets! Is it something that should concern you? Absolutely!!Read more
Get Protected - Making your home more secure
Earlier this year Perth Newspapers reported crime statistics in Western Australia for 2014 and 2015. These statistics were alarming with a staggering 9% increase in home burglaries.Read more
Renovating? Time to think about you outdoor additions
Australians traditionally love the outdoors. We love to take advantage of the abundant sunny days and warm evenings by entertaining outdoors. Outdoor rooms and outdoor kitchens along with verandahs, decks, pergolas, patios, cabanas and gazebos provide us with a space to extend our living into the outdoors. Relaxed, informal entertaining these days is a very popular way to catch up with family and friends. You would be hard pressed to find an Australian home that does not have some form of outdoor living space.Read more
What you need to know about plasterers
A plasterer is an expert in the supply and installation of plasterboard (also known as dry wall plaster). The majority of homes and buildings in Australia will have a number of rooms, if not all, with plasterboard internal walls and ceilings.Read more
What to look for when considering tiles and tilers
When it comes to tiles we tend to think of the wet areas of the house - kitchen, bathroom and laundries. But there are so many styles, shapes, sizes and materials of tiles available for many more uses than just our wet areas including floors and walls for living rooms, entry halls, fireplaces and stairs, not to mention outdoor areas such as verandahs, terraces, pathways, entertaining areas and pools.Read more


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Posted: Oct 11, 2013
Farmingdale State - 1, St. Joseph's - 0
Farmingdale, N.Y. - Freshman midfielder Ashley Appel (Bellmore, N.Y.) scored with 3:49 left in the second half to lift Farmingdale State to a 1-0 victory over St. Joseph's (L.I.) today in a Skyline Conference women's soccer game held in Farmingdale, N.Y. The Rams improved to 7-7 overall, 3-0 in the conference, while the Golden Eagles fall to 9-5, 3-2.
In a scoreless first half, the Rams led 7-1 in shots and held a 2-1 corner advantage. The game remained tied 0-0 until the 87th minute when Appel sent the eventual game-winning shot from the right corner 25 yards out.
Farmingdale State will next host Maritime College on Sunday, October 13th in a Skyline game starting at Noon.

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CALGARY, ALBERTA–(Marketwired – April 15, 2014) – Bonavista Energy Corporation ("Bonavista") (TSX:BNP) confirms that a dividend of $0.07 per common share will be paid on May 15, 2014 to common shareholders of record on April 30, 2014. The ex-dividend date is April 28, 2014 with payment in cash or common shares at the election of the shareholder. Any common shareholder choosing to receive common shares instead of cash must submit his or her stock dividend confirmation notice no later than 4:30 p.m. (Calgary time) on the fourth business day immediately prior to the record date for the declared dividend payment, being April 24, 2014.
Bonavista's dividend policy is reviewed monthly and is based on future commodity prices, foreign exchange rates, our commodity hedging program, current operations and future investment opportunities. This dividend has been designated as an "eligible dividend" for Canadian income tax purposes.
Stock Dividend Program
Bonavista's Stock Dividend Program enables common shareholders to elect to receive dividends in common shares calculated at 95% of the weighted average trading price, for the five days immediately prior to the payment date. Participation in the Stock Dividend Program is optional and all fees associated with the Stock Dividend Program will be paid by Bonavista.
The Stock Dividend Program has certain tax advantages which are described in more detail in Bonavista's Management Information Circular dated March 19, 2012 which is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on Bonavista's website at www.bonavistaenergy.com. For further information regarding the Stock Dividend Program, please contact Valiant Trust Company at 403-233-2801.
Dividend Reinvestment Plan
Bonavista also has a Dividend Reinvestment Plan which enables eligible common shareholders to increase their investment in Bonavista by reinvesting their monthly cash dividend into common shares using the same price as determined for the Stock Dividend Program. We expect to maintain the Dividend Reinvestment Plan as a complement to our Stock Dividend Program indefinitely.
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Corporate information provided herein contains forward-looking information. The reader is cautioned that assumptions used in the preparation of such information, particularly those pertaining to cash dividends, production volumes, commodity prices, operating costs and drilling results, which are considered reasonable by Bonavista at the time of preparation, may be proven to be incorrect. Actual results achieved during the forecast period will vary from the information provided herein and the variations may be material. There is no representation by Bonavista that actual results achieved during the forecast period will be the same in whole or in part as those forecasts.
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Yes she is. In a few days' time she will land at the Snakepit Inc., and I haven't finished the cleaning and the polishing of the snakes, I haven't decided which way my hair would look most divine, and I still don't remember all her great deeds in a chronological order. I have butterflies in my stomach.
Does this surprise you, me being a goddess and all? Well, you shouldn't be surprised. Athena is a Much Bigger Goddess than I ever was, and the only reason she deigns to hobnob with me at all is that lots of her good pals have expired over the centuries. That's what happens to gods and goddesses when their believer base drops below a certain level. I'm lucky as the snakes were never really Christianized. This makes me one of the stronger goddesses now, but Athena will think of me as just the bothersome half-breed who never had tea with Hera. (As if I had ever wanted to have anything to do with that origin of the Phyllis Schlafly myth!)
And I'm not sure if I really like her that much, Athena, I mean. Sure, she's great to have around when logical thinking is needed or when an intricate long-term war needs planning. But all those shields and helmets, all that clanging of the pot lids! And she's such a daddy's girl. She even got a myth started about her birth containing no female assistance whatsoever. Which is a lie as all gods and goddesses know. Her real mother was probably a goat, but whoever she was, Athena never burst out of Zeus' head. Nothing burst out of his head except for lust and stupid ideas. I can say this now safely as he has long since expired. But Athena likes to think of herself the Exceptional Goddess: the one with no touch of femininity, all pure reason and military strategy. Poor thing, Zeus never cared for her anyway, and femininity is a very useful aspect in the goddesses' tool kits.
On the other hand, goddesses get lonely, and only another goddess really knows what it was like once. If only I could keep her off the topic of Ann Coulter. Athena thinks that Coulter is one of her acolytes or something, and I get so fed up with having to stare into corners with glazed eyes while she goes on and on about Ann. As I'm the hostess with the mostest I can't just bite Athena's butt. So annoying. I must write a list of suitable neutral discussion topics soon.
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- Do you know where this photo was taken?
- CNN will post a new photo each Monday morning and reveal the answer later that day
- The photo might be related to a recent story -- or it could just be something unusual we found
[Updated 3:30 p.m. Monday, November 26] This photo hasn't been altered. It wasn't taken with a weird camera lens.
This is actually a real building in Sopot, Poland.
The Krzywy Domek, or Crooked House, was built in the Baltic Sea resort in 2004. It was inspired by drawings of Polish illustrator Jan Szancer, and it's home to restaurants, shops and office space.
Want to take a look inside? Check out the virtual tour on its official website.
Congrats to CNN.com readers "JLC50" and "misterevans" for being the first to answer correctly.
[Original post] Do you know where this photo was taken?
If you think you know the answer -- or if you just want to take a wild guess -- post it in the comments area below. Later in the day, we'll reveal where the photo was taken and give credit to those who figured it out first. (The more detail, the better!)
Each Monday morning, we'll post a new photo and challenge you to tell us its origin. The photo might be related to a prominent news story or theme -- or it might just be something that caught our eye.
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Podcast Tools and Software
A podcast is a non-streamed online digital media file that is delivered by a web-feed also known as an RSS feed. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. Many podcasts are delivered via web syndication in installments or episodes often at a given time and place. Podcasts have a number of uses such as training, entertainment, politics, marketing, interviews, storytelling, information dissemination, and many others.
There are many useful tools and software available to use with podcasting. The podcast software and tools can be used to create podcasts, edit podcasts, and deliver podcasts to end users. The software can be broken down into two types of podcasting software - catcher which receives the podcasts and RSS feed, and producer, which can create and edit the podcasts. Here is a list of some of the best podcasting software and tools:
Podcast Producer 2
Podcast Producer 2 is the ideal software for creating, publishing, and distributing podcasts on the Apple platform. It offers a wealth of features to create high-quality podcasts such as picture-in-picture podcasts, dual source capture, and remote control capture via web browsers. Other features include Podcast Composer which has a graphical interface with a variety of editing features and special effects. http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/features/podcast-producer.html
Audacity is a great open-source audio editing and recording software program that can be used to create high-quality podcasts. It is available for the Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and BSD platforms. Audacity has a wealth of editing features that allows amplitude envelope editing, multi-track mixing, unlimited undo of copy, cut, and paste, and tempo editing. It is a great tool for post-processing podcasts. http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
ePodcast Producer
ePodcast Producer is a professional podcasting software program with a robust set of integrated podcasting features. In addition to the basic features such as record, edit, and upload, it has an on-screen teleprompter, DSP voice effects, can record telephone interviews with VoIP/Skype recording, and create iTunes tags and RSS feeds. Another great feature of the program is the ability to assign up to 36 music and sound effects to keyboard function keys and on-screen keys. http://www.industrialaudiosoftware.com/products/epodcastproducer.html
ePodcast Creator
ePodcast Creator is a podcast software program that offers a full suite of features that allow you to record, edit, publish, and upload podcasts. It features drag and drop, full iTunes tagging support, voiceover editing, and other features that make this a great tool to develop and deliver podcasts. http://www.industrialaudiosoftware.com/products/epodcastcreator.html
Propaganda is a full-featured and versatile program designed to create, assemble, and distribute podcasts. It offers a great interface that is very user-friendly and geared toward first-time podcast creators. The features include a straightforward publish feature that generates XML, HTML, and MP3 files that are download-ready for podcasts. Propaganda provides all the necessary tools and effects to create a podcast from start to finish. http://www.mixmeister.com/
Podcaster is a Macintosh based software program that provides a number of features for producing top-notch podcasts. Podcaster can create enhanced podcasts that allow chapter markers to be inserted so that titles, images, weblinks, and other effects can be inserted. The enhanced podcasts allow movies, IPhoto slideshows, and even iMovie projects to be added to the podcast. http://www.kudlian.net/products/podcaster/education.html
Sennheiser PC 150
A great tool to use for podcasting is the Sennheiser PC 150 headphones. This headset and mic is lightweight and has a comfortable headband, inline volume control, and noise canceling microphone. This is the ideal headset to use along with podcasting software to create high-quality podcasts.
PodProducer is a very simple podcast producing program that allows the user to edit the audio and add various effects such as cross fade, voiceovers, and other effects. For users looking for podcast software that doesn't have a lot of unnecessary bells and whistles that are found in other podcast software but still gets the job done, then PodProducer is the program to use. http://www.podproducer.net
Winamp is a media player designed for the Windows operating system. While is primary features are geared toward playing media files, it can also be used as a podcatcher. Its podcatcher features include using it as an aggregator for RSS media feeds and downloading streaming media. http://www.winamp.com


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Technical Blog Post
Exporting information to a local server to send to Content Manager OnDemand Support
Trina D Morgans is a Support Engineer with IBM Content Manager OnDemand for z/OS in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Trina has worked at IBM for 12 years. Her areas of expertise include database performance and tuning, installation, migration, and Content Manager OnDemand troubleshooting. She has co-authored books on DB2 data warehousing and referential integrity. Trina holds multiple degrees in Computer Science and Technology.
One of the first things I learned when I started working with Content Manager OnDemand was how to export to a local server in order to perform a recreate. This is something which OnDemand Support will ask you often if you have any trouble and we have to perform a recreate. The export provides us with all of the parameters you are using in your environment so we can set up our environment to reflect yours in hopes to recreate your exact problem.
Although we will send you instructions on how to perform this export it is always good to know how to do this before you have the problem.
The steps
To create a local server to export object information, complete the following steps:
1. Create a local server on your workstation:
a. From your Content Manager OnDemand Administrator Client, select OnDemand Servers and then click File -> New Servers.
b. From the "Add a Server" window that opens, for the Protocol field, select Local, enter the information that is shown below, and click OK.
A local server with the name ODlocal is created.
2. Set up a local server.
The local server cannot be used until it is set up.
a. Right-click the ODlocal server and select Setup.
b. When you see the prompt "Are you sure?", click OK.
When the setup is done, the local server is ready to use. By default, the local server has a user named admin without any password.
3. Export the requested information from your server to the local server.
Right-click the object and select Export.
For example, if you want to export the application group with the name Redbk, right-click the object Redbk and select Export, as shown below.
4. In the Export Application Groups window (figure below) that opens, export your application groups by completing the following steps:
a. From the Server list, select the server to be exported.
b. Click Export. The information of the application group that you chose starts transferring to ODlocal.
c. Check the message at the end of the export to make sure that the export is successful.
You can select either of the following options:
- Ignore Warnings -- Selection this option f you want OnDemand to add an item regardless of any warnings. Otherwise, OnDemand stops transferring the item when the first warning is encountered. For example, if the application group has users and groups permission that are defined in the source server, but the users and groups are not present in the local server, the export fails. If the item to be exported exists on the destination server, the export also fails
- No Storage Set -- Select this option if you do not want OnDemand to assign a storage set to the application group
When all the requested information is exported to the local server, compress the entire directory from the directory of the local server. In the above example, it is
Tip: When exporting, we recommend this order:
- Printers
- Users and groups
- Storage sets
- Application groups, applications, and folders
So now you have a folder called ODlocal, you just need to zip that up and send it to support either via ftp or email. Your IBM OnDemand Support rep will provide you with the instructions.
What will happen when support receives the export?
We will import the export and set up a local server and then import the local server to the OnDemand server version where you are experiencing the problem.
We will also ask you for a load file so we can load the data to the application/application group.
That is all! It is pretty easy. Then your Support representative can perform a recreate of your problem and help you to find out the root cause!
For more information, check out the IBM Redbooks publication, IBM
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For Content Manager OnDemand related blog posts, see:
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- The CMOD adoption process and why people love it
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Abstract: This thesis develops a framework for understanding how social enterprises engage the poor and address poverty, a pressing global problem of the 21st century. Using casebased theory building, it studies a theoretical sample of three pairs of Philippine-based social enterprises, where the poor were suppliers, workers, and customers. In half of the cases, the poor were also owners. The research studies the roles and role changes of the poor in these social enterprises, how and why these roles changed, or did not change, and the impact of the roles and role changes, if any, on the social enterprises and the poor. Data for the research was gathered mainly from key informant interviews, published and unpublished organizational documents as well as previous studies done by external consultants on the case subjects. Based on a cross case analysis of the data from the theoretical sample, the thesis develops three models of stakeholder engagement among social enterprises with the poor as primary stakeholders or SEPPS, namely: control, collaboration and empowerment. This thesis provides insights and develops propositions about the importance of stakeholder engagement and the power and limitations of these three models in bringing about social inclusion and poverty reduction. These propositions are suggested to be applicable in countries in the South other than the Philippines where systemic poverty and inequality are exacerbated by the failure of state and market institutions to address the needs of the poor. This thesis makes a contribution to social entrepreneurship and stakeholder theory. It does so by sharing a perspective from the South and giving a voice to the poor as stakeholders. The researcher notes that overall, the poor and the South are under-represented in these discourses. On the whole, social entrepreneurship theorizing has been characterized as embryonic as a topic of academic inquiry. Stakeholder engagement is considered an under-theorized area in stakeholder theory. In developing a framework for understanding stakeholder engagement models involving the poor, this thesis makes a first step towards applying and extending stakeholder theory in SEPPS. The thesis likewise enriches social entrepreneurship theory by conceiving of SEPPS as a global social enterprise model that catalyzes South-North cooperation to address poverty and inequality. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8513
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Drunk driver sentenced for 8th OUI
Joseph Limone gets 5-year prison sentence
A Winthrop man got the maximum penalty Thursday for his eighth drunken driving conviction and a lengthy term of probation for trying to swing a bench at the state trooper who arrested him.
Joseph Limone, 61, was convicted Friday of operating under the influence as a fifth or subsequent offense, assault with a dangerous weapon and malicious destruction of property, a misdemeanor.
Suffolk Superior Court Judge Raymond Brassard sentenced Limone to five years in state prison on the drunken driving charge and 15 years of probation on the assault charge.
During his probation, he was ordered not operate any vehicle with an engine, not consume any alcohol or illicit drug and he must submit to random urine screens.
"It was clear to us from a review of his driving record that nothing short of incarceration was going to keep this man from drinking and driving," Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel Conley said.
State Police pulled Limone over near Revere Beach on July 12, 2011, after he was driving erratically, honking his horn and screaming at another motorist. He ultimately drove the wrong way down a one-way street.
He failed every field sobriety test put to him, kicked out the right rear window of a cruiser when placed under arrest and tried to attack a trooper with a bench, only to find that it was chained to a wall.


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Enjoy the flavors of Greece in this flavorful dish!
Preparation Time: 10 mins
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Yield: 6 x 3-1/2 oz fillets
GREEK SALSA: Combine tomatoes, olives, feta cheese with basil/oregano, 1-1/2 tablespoons fresh oregano, and capers. Cover and refrigerate about 30 minutes.
FISH: Arrange cod fillets on a lightly greased baking sheet. Bake at 400ºF for 18 to 19 minutes, or until done.* Top with Greek Salsa.
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Bought a home? But before moving-in, a walk through is very important so that you do not face a problem in the long run. A proper inspection of your residential property will enlighten you with all the small or big problems you may have to face later. While buying a house, check all the problematic aspects fro m the outside as well as inside. Make sure there are no cracks in the walls, no other external damage to the property.
If you are moving into a rented apartment, see that all amenities promised to you are made available.
Check if the water supply to your apartment is on.
Make sure that the electrical supply and meter are functional.
The electrical gadgets like heaters or the gas supply are in proper working condition.
These are some important things that you have to check. You may be buying the property directly from the builder or through a broker or renting it out. You must see that whatever was offered to you at the time of buying/leasing is actually available and functional. Once you take over the property then it becomes very difficult to get things done because you have moved in lock, stock and barrel. Hence getting repair jobs done and fixing the nitty-gritty stuff becomes a problem.


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New Ferrari dealership in Malmo, Sweden
Malmo, 6 May – Ferrari inaugurates today the new dealership in Malmo, Sweden, located in Testvagen 18. The facility, over 2,500m2 dedicated to the Prancing Horse, represents one of the largest Ferrari dealerships in Europe, and is the ideal showcase for the Ferrari range with the California, the 458 Italia and the 599 GTB being joined by the latest addition, the FF, displayed here in Sweden for the first time.
The dealership features a dedicated Atelier, modelled on the one at the factory in Maranello, where customers can personalise their new Ferrari in an exclusive environment designed to reflect the company's craftsmanship and individuality. The customer lounge is a welcoming space, with timeless, elegant, authentic materials, and a mixture of direct, diffused and reflected light, where clients can feel at ease and interact comfortably with dealer personnel as part of the sales and aftersales experiences. The Ferrari Corporate Identity in all the facility reflects the essence and excellence of the brand, providing the perfect display with regards to viewing angles and space.
The Malmo dealership also boasts also a dedicated race car preparation workshop where clients who participate in the Ferrari Corse Clienti programme, such as the 458 Challenge or 599XX events, can have their cars prepared for some of the most exciting motor racing and track activities available, exclusively for Ferrari clients.
Malmo is one of the most affluent parts of Sweden, an area of expanding and high potential growth. Autoropa, active there since 1934, manages the dealership, ideally located to serve Ferrari clients throughout Sweden, a country with a long history of passion for sports and GT cars.


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Rangers set for packed opening weekend
HOUSTON -- The Rangers' opening weekend against the Angels will include honors for third baseman Adrian Beltre and catcher A.J. Pierzynski, along with a first-pitch ceremony on Sunday by Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Johnny Manziel of Texas A&M.
The Rangers' home opener is scheduled for 1:05 p.m. CT on Friday against the Angels, with Derek Holland on the mound. The game is a complete sellout. Robbie Parker, the father of 6-year-old Emilie Parker, who was killed in the horrific tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14, 2012, will throw out the ceremonial first pitch.
The national anthem will be performed by Texas country recording artist Jack Ingram. The United States Air Force Honor Guard from Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas, will present the colors, and members of the United States Army, Marines, Air Force and Navy will unfurl oversized American and Texas flags in the outfield and on Greene's Hill, respectively. Tech. Sgt. Shonda Winkler of the 531st Air Force Band will sing "God Bless America" in the middle of the seventh inning.
On Saturday, Beltre will receive his 2012 American League Gold Glove Award for defensive excellence, and Pierzynski will receive his Silver Slugger Award for being the top hitting catcher in the AL last season. It is Beltre's fourth Gold Glove and Pierzynski's first Silver Slugger.
Saturday's game starts at 3:05 p.m., and there are approximately 3,000 tickets remaining. Sunday's game is a 7:05 p.m. start, and there are approximately 12,000 tickets remaining.
Manziel became the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy while leading the Aggies to an 11-2 record and a Cotton Bowl win over Oklahoma in the school's first year in the Southeastern Conference. The Texas A&M University Singing Cadets will perform the national anthem and "God Bless America."


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Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Díaz to speak at 48th annual Nina Mae Kellogg Awards, April 30
PSU Department of English event celebrates student writing and scholarship
(Portland, Ore.) March 13, 2012 — Junot Díaz, winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, will give an invited talk at the Department of English's annual awards ceremony, April 30, 2012.
The New York Times wrote that "Díaz's writing decisively establishes him as one of contemporary fiction's most distinctive and irresistible new voices."
The Nina Mae Kellogg Awards program, now in its 48th year, recognizes outstanding student work from the year prior in the areas of literary studies, fiction, nonfiction and poetry.
The event, which includes awards and scholarship presentations to undergraduate and graduate students, will be held Monday, April 30, 2012, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in PSU's Smith Memorial Student Union Ballroom (Room 355, 1825 S.W. Broadway, Portland, Ore.).
The event is free and open to the public.
For more information, contact Amy Greenstadt, associate professor of English (503-725-9409, firstname.lastname@example.com) or PSU's Department of English, 503-725-3521.
Junot Díaz was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and is the author of Drown and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which won the John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and the 2008 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, African Voices, several Best American Short Stories, Pushcart Prize XXII and in The O'Henry Prize Stories 2009.
Díaz has received a Eugene McDermott Award, a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, a Lila Acheson Wallace Readers Digest Award, the 2002 PEN/Malamud Award, the 2003 US–Japan Creative Artist Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, a fellowship at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University and the Rome Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is the fiction editor at the Boston Review and the Rudge and Nancy Allen Professor of Writing at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. http://www.junotdiaz.com
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The Department of English, housed in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Portland State University, offers a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate courses to meet the needs of students with a diversity of interests, and academic and professional backgrounds. Degrees offered include a Bachelor of Arts in English, minors in English, Writing and Film Studies; master's degrees in English, Writing (with options in professional and technical writing or book publishing); and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, with emphases in poetry, fiction and nonfiction. The department is also home to Ooligan Press, the nation's only student-run general press fully integrated into an academic curriculum. https://www.pdx.edu/english.
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As expansion of mobile Internet-access capacity is likely to catch up with fast growing demand due to increasing use of smartphones and tablet PCs, Taiwan's telecom carriers and equipment suppliers are urging the National Communications Commission (NCC) to adopt differential charge rates based on use volume to replace the current uniform pricing, according to industry sources.
Uniform pricing not only is unfair to users willing to pay more for better quality but also discourages carriers from investment to expand capacities, the sources said. Uniform pricing without limits to use volume has resulted in an unreasonable situation where heavy users of mobile Internet services - 2% of all users - occupy almost 50% of the bandwidth available, the sources cited survey statistics as indicating.
Philip Tseng, president for Ericsson Taiwan, and Mike Wang, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao general manager for Nokia Siemens Networks, emphasized the necessity of differential pricing to enable more efficient use of the mobile Internet-access resources.


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At the fifth time of asking and in the most dramatic way possible, Andy Murray became a grand slam champion.
After winning the first two sets of the US Open final against Novak Djokovic, it looked like another chance was slipping through the Scot's fingers when the 2011 champion forced a decider but Murray came through 7-6 (12/10) 7-5 2-6 3-6 6-2.
In a twist of fate, Murray's victory came 79 years to the day since Fred Perry won his first grand slam title at the US Open and ended Britain's 76-year wait for a men's singles grand slam champion.
The 25-year-old also became the first man in history to win Olympic singles gold and the US Open in the same year and emulated coach Ivan Lendl in winning his first grand slam trophy at his fifth attempt.
The wind was the dominant factor in the early stages as the pair exchanged breaks but Murray was dealing with it better and he moved 4-2 ahead only for Djokovic to fight back. The rallies got ever longer and more intense and a tie-break was needed to separate them. It was only the second set Murray had ever won in a grand slam final.
Djokovic was rattled and Murray reeled off four games in a row at the start of the second set. The Serb retrieved one break immediately, which seemed a minor detail until Murray faltered serving for the set and was broken again. But Murray held for 6-5 and in the next game Djokovic missed a smash to hand his opponent two set points. A wide forehand from Djokovic sealed it for Murray.
Murray has a tendency to dip at the start of third sets and, although he got out of jail in the first game, in the third he could not prevent Djokovic taking the set. Murray badly needed a good start to the fourth set but he did not get it, the Scot's forehand beginning to regularly find the net as Djokovic broke through again to level the match.
No one had come back from two sets down to win the US Open since Pancho Gonzalez in 1949 but Djokovic had both momentum and experience on his side. However, there was a twist at the start of the decider when Murray got a bit of luck with a net cord and a potentially crucial break. The 25-year-old then showed defensive skills worthy of his opponent to hold for 2-0.
Suddenly Djokovic looked weary and Murray was half way there when the Serb netted a simple forehand to hand his opponent a second straight break. He had, of course, been in a similar position in the second set only for Djokovic to hit back, and it was deja vu as the Serb pulled one break back straight away.
It was torture for both players' supporters, but some brilliant serving from Murray gave him breathing space, and then suddenly he was a game away. After four hours and 54 minutes, the joint longest US Open final in history, Murray had done it, sinking to his knees in delight, disbelief and sheer exhaustion as his family and friends hugged each other and cried. Even Lendl smiled, just about.


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As we know coal burners are best has anyone done a decat to a 25tdi
Yes, no difference unless other mods have been carried out.
What other mods are we talking Martin?
Read my project thread buddy! All you need to know about the tdi and how to make it more powerful than a T5 (and a bit more)
Will look into that, cheers!


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Surveying Terms
Units of Measure
- The (English) acre is a unit of area equal to 43560 square feet, or 10 square chains, or 160 square poles.
A square mile is 640 acres.
The Scottish acre is 1.27 English acres.
- Unit of length and area used in France, Louisiana, and Canada. As a unit of length, approximately 191.8 feet. The (square) arpent is a unit of area, approximately .85 acres.
- Unit of length usually understood to be Gunter's chain, but possibly variant by locale. Chains equal to one half the standard length are found in Virginia. The name comes from the heavy metal chain of 100 links that was used by surveyors to measure property bounds.
Gunter's Chain
- Unit of length equal to 66 feet, or 4 poles. A mile is 80 chains.
- Metric unit of area equal to 10,000 square meters, or 2.471 acres.
- Old English unit of area usually equal to 120 acres.
- The labor is a unit of area used in Mexico and Texas. In Texas it equals 177.14 acres (or 1 million square varas).
League (legua)
- Unit of area used in the southwest U.S., equal to 25 labors, or 4428 acres (Texas), or 4439 acres (California).
- Unit of length equal to 1/100 chain (7.92 inches).
See pole
- Unit of length and area. Also known as a perch or rod. As a unit of length, equal to 16.5 feet. As a unit of area, equal to a square with sides one pole long. An acre is 160 square poles. It was common to see an area referred to as "87 acres, 112 poles", meaning 87 and 112/160 acres.
See pole
- Unit of area usually equal to 1/4 acre.
- Unit of length (the "Spanish yard") used in the southwest. The vara is used throughout the Spanish speaking world and has values around 33 inches, depending on locale. The legal value in Texas was set to 33 1/3 inches early this century.
Surveying Terms
- Any feature, landmark, or measurement called out in a survey. For example, "two white oaks next to the creek" is a call.
Chain carrier
- An assistant to the surveyor, the chain carriers moved the surveying chain from one location to another under the direction of the surveyor. This was a position of some responsibility, and the chain carriers took an oath as "sworn chain carriers" that they would do their job properly.
See Conditional line.
Conditional line
- An agreed line between neighbors that has not been surveyed.
- The beginning or end point of any survey line. The term corner does not imply the property was in any way square.
- The difference between magnetic north and geographic (true) north. Surveyors used a compass to determine the direction of survey lines. Compasses point to magnetic north, rather than true north. This declination error is measured in degrees, and can range from a few degrees to ten degrees or more. Surveyors may have been instructed to correct their surveys by a particular declination value. The value of declination at any point on the earth is constantly changing because the location of geographic north is drifting.
First station
See Point of Beginning
- A thin triangular piece of land, the boundaries of which are defined by surveys of adjacent properties. Loosely, an overlap or gap between properties.
- "with the meanders of the stream" means the survey line follows the twists and turns of the stream.
- An 'out' was ten chains. When counting out long lines, the chain carriers would put a stake at the end of a chain, move the chain and put a stake at the end, and so on until they ran "out" of ten stakes.
Point of Beginning
- The starting point of the survey
- A drawing of a parcel of land.


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Snowshoe Tahoe: Exercise while having fun in the Sierra
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TAHOE/TRUCKEE – This winter at Tahoe, you might want to consider picking up a new sport, and way to exercise, with snowshoeing.
There are countless trails around Lake Tahoe for all levels of snowshoers, whether it's your first or 100th time strapping on snowshoes. For sales and rentals, there are also seemingly infinite options around the lake.
One option for snowshoe rentals and sales is Alpenglow Sports, located in Tahoe City. Brendan Madigan of Alpenglow recommends snowshoeing to anyone who spends time in the Sierra.
"It's very user-friendly," Madigan said. "Equipment lasts for so long – for a small investment you get a huge return in the form of fun and fitness."
Madigan explained that there are snowshoes for everyone, from beginners to experts, both in male and female versions. For beginners, snowshoes weigh a bit more and have a simpler cleat. For more advanced snowshoeing, there are more aggressive cleats (for gripping snow), and heal risers (for steep terrain). Essentially, the more advanced snowshoer you are, the lighter and more aggressive snowshoe you will have, Madigan explained.
There are a variety of shops around Lake Tahoe that offer snowshoe sales and rentals, as well as some offering various tours and lessons. Alpenglow Sports offers sales and rentals, along with West Shore Sports (in Homewood), Sierra-at-Tahoe Ski Resort on the South Shore of the lake, and plenty, plenty more.
Many of the rental shops and resorts recommend certain trails along the West Shore for beginners.
"A classic go-to is Paige Meadows, on the backside of Alpine Meadows (near Homewood). It's a great spot, super pretty, with Aspen trees and open fields," Madigan said.
Rob Weston, owner of West Shore Sports in Homewood, agreed.
"One of my favorite places to go, that I snowshoe myself, is Blackwood Canyon (also near Homewood)," Weston explained. "It's killer. There are lots of meadows covered in the snow. That whole area is just incredible snowshoeing," Weston explained.
A little farther south, Weston recommends Sugar Pine State Park for beginners and intermediates, as well as the meadows near Meeks Bay across from the campground.
For more experienced snowshoers, one go-to place is the Tahoe Rim Trail, the 165-mile trail that circumnavigates the lake and offers numerous access points from the South, North, West and East shores.
Weston adds a key word of advice, however, if snowshoers happen to come across cross-country-skiing tracks – do not step in them. In general, good spots to snowshoe for beginners are areas that are already packed down, from either previous use, snowmobiles, or even roadways covered in snow.
Much like any other winter activity, having the proper equipment is key to enjoying your time on snowshoes. Hiking boots and layers are two of the most important things to wear when snowshoeing.
"Once you start snowshoeing, it's like hiking, and you're going to work up a little bit of internal heat," Weston said. "You want to dress lightly with layers you can peel off."
Other important items to bring include water, sunscreen, lip balm, hats and gloves. Also recommended are ski or hiking poles, to help keep your balance, especially if you're new to the sport.
Also to note, there are several shops and rental centers that offer guided tours throughout the area. West Shore Sports offers a moonlight tour every full moon in January, February and March for $20, with proceeds to benefit the Sierra State Parks.
Another option for tours is Hope Valley outdoors located at the Highway 88/89 intersection about 20 minutes from Tahoe's South Shore. Hope Valley offers 60 miles of snowshoe trails on a variety of terrain. You can leisurely stroll through beautiful forests or into quiet meadows, or you could climb one of the valley's 10,000-foot peaks, if you have the energy. Hope Valley also offers guided tours and Full Moon tours. And be sure to check out the valley's private guided tours, which are an affordable $60 (by appointment) and are custom-tailored to each group. You can follow a meandering river or visit a pristine meadow, and you're almost guaranteed to see eagles, osprey, neurons, bobcats and/or other majestic Tahoe wildlife.
Weston explained that unlike other winter sports, such as skiing, snowboarding or even snowmobiling, you don't have to set aside a whole day to it. You can simply put on the right clothes, strap on the snowshoes, and head out the door for 20 minutes to a few hours.
"People need to try snowshoeing," Weston added. "It's fun and easy. It's a great alternative to skiing and snowboarding. If you can walk, you can snowshoe."
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Longchamp marks 70 years with its first runway show
NEW YORK (AP) - Sophie Delafontaine had tastemakers Anita Pallenberg and Veruschka on her mind when she was figuring out how to celebrate the 70th year of her family's business, Longchamp.
Working alongside her brother, CEO Jean Cassegrain, she decided to go big with vibrant '70s glamour, a California spirit and the audacious elegance of Paris, where Longchamp was born.
Delafontaine, the creative director, had something else to celebrate Saturday when she staged her show at New York Fashion Week. She had the new face of the brand, Kendall Jenner. The supermodel arrived in a bright purple suede mini-dress and gladiator sandals that were also featured on the runway.
Longchamp chose a venue, 4 World Trade, high above the New York City skyline, with views of the Statue of Liberty.


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Decreases and Increases for Sweater Knitting
Increases and decreases. Making more stitches, making fewer. Seems as though that would be a simple topic, yes? Nope. Knitters are clever, and we've come up with lots of clever ways to make more and to make fewer. This abundance of cleverness means that we have an abundance of choices to make when we are putting a little shaping into our sweaters, and, as MT of the comments points out, for so many of us, our knowledge has been handed down from one knitter to another…but this does not necessarily mean that we know what our choices are and how to choose wisely.
M1L: Step 1 of Left-slanting M1 increase (see entire stitch)
Stitches That Shape But Don't Steal The Show
Let's focus on the increases and decreases used in shaping, such as the waist shaping we've been talking about lately. I'm going to give you my opinions, based on the bazillion knitting patterns I've edited and read and knitted, and the insights taught me by all the talented folks who walk in and out of the Interweave front doors each day. But you folks know stuff too, of course, so if you have something cool and useful to teach us about increasing and decreasing, leave a comment!
For sweater shaping in general, you want decreases and increases that look like they are part of the fabric design—remember, these are not meant to create a stitch pattern, they are meant to widen or narrow the fabric. This doesn't mean the increases or decreases have to be invisible, it just means they ought not to be little divas and shout "LOOK AT ME! I'm a DECREASE!" One way to ensure that your shaping stitches support the rest of your sweater design is to work your increases/decreases so that they slant towards some sort of center line. This center line can be a side seam, for sweaters worked flat; or if the sweater is done in the round, the centerline can be a pretend "side seam" set off by markers. The slanting-towards-a-vertical-seam effect helps the eye move up and down, emphasizing the curve of your shaping.
M1R: Step 1 of Right-slanting M1 increase (see entire stitch)
For decreasing: I prefer to use an ssk before the "side seam," as it leans to the left—towards the "seam." After the "seam," I use a k2tog, which leans to the right, again towards the "seam."
For increases: A M1 serves well, provided you actually do a M1, twisting the loop as you knit, rather than a yarnover! For before the "seam," there's the lovely M1L, shown above; and for after the seam, there's the charming M1R, shown at right.
Special decreases for working in the round
If you are working in the round, you might want to try one of the beautiful "double decreases" out there, where more-than-two stitches are decreased down to one in the same decrease. This produces a single line of decreases, rather than a double line; the single line can give you a nice visual effect up the sides of your garment, resembling a fake seam. These double decreases can also give a bit more structure to the sides, helping the fabric to avoid sagging—particularly useful if the yarn is either very slippery or very heavy.
Here is one such double decrease suggested by one of the commenters (he/she did not leave a name so we could say thank you!):
If there are as many as Sandi has in her imaginary-sweater-in-the-round then a double decrease (sl, k2tg, psso) [at the "side seams"] would be pretty. That would create small triangles facing the waist.
A beautiful alternative to Ms. (Mr.?) Anonymous's suggestion would be a vertical double decrease: Slip 2 sts as if to k2tog, k1, pass 2 slipped sts over. This creates a non-leaning stitch that points upwards at the side of your in-the-round garment. Lovely.
Which one is the RIGHT one?
Ah, c'mon. You know me well enough by now… Everyone sing along with me: The Right Stitch Is The One That Is Right For YOU! Do a little swatch of a pretend side seam, try out the different decreases and see how they look with the particular yarn and pattern you are using. Then: Choose the one you like best! After all: It's Your Knitting, Not Mine.
You asked so many interesting questions during our discussions on waist shaping that I have made a file of them and will be answering them in future posts.
Thank you to everyone who took the time to leave a comment, and look for your wise questions, and my oh-so-charming answers, in the weeks ahead.
Sandi Wiseheart is the founding editor of Knitting Daily. She is now the author of the popular Knitting Daily blog: What's on Sandi's Needles.
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The first full week of competition begins in Sochi Monday with medals in women's super combined downhill skiing, men's moguls and speed skating.
Team USA's Alpine skier Julia Mancuso, the silver medalist in Vancouver, won a bronze medal in super combined -- a two-part event that includes downhill and slalom. On the moguls course, Patrick Deneen will be America's best hope for a medal, though heavy favorites going into the final are Canadians Alex Bilodeau and Michael Kingsbury.
Men's curling is making its colorful debut to kick off the first full week of competition in Sochi, with the reigning Olympic silver medal team — the Norwegians, famed for their chaotic curling pants — taking on underdog USA. Eleven other round-robin games were on tap for the day, too.
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7:05 a.m.: Men's 1500m short track finals began at 7:05 a.m., after the women's semi-final 3000m relay got underway at 6:35 a.m. Follow the men's 1500m races here and other short track events here.
10:00 a.m.: Tune in to the USA-Norway men's curling match-up to get a first look at skipper John Shuster's team in action. Click here for a complete schedule of Monday's curling games.
10:00 a.m.: Women's hockey continues with the Canadians playing the Finns. Watch live online and on NBC Sports Network. Also, watch the men's 12.5 km biathlon pursuit live on NBCOlympics.com.
11:15 a.m.: The first of two women's luge runs (singles) begins at 9:45 a.m. The second and final run begins at 11:15. Watch both live online or on NBC Sports Network.
2:10 p.m.: Men's freestyle skiers compete for the moguls gold. The first of two qualifier rounds gets underway at 9 a.m. Follow the whole competition live on NBCOlympics.com.
8:00 p.m. NBC replays the best of the day from men's 1500m speed skating, Alpine skiing and men's moguls.


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If he doesn't take his hat off, and if he keeps sticking his tongue out… Ok I can kinda see it. Why Renee Z was smitten, why millions of country fans are smitten - not just smitten, in fact, but downright horny.
For the first time ever, after seeing this photo, there is a quiver for Kenny.
He was the big winner last night at the CMAs and tried to hide his bulging biceps underneath a conservative blue shirt. But they're there, along with a not-so-beefcake chest (very good), and a flat stomach (excellent), all tapering down to a narrow waist that I suspect carries pants extremely well.
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This evening the Senate scheduled a vote on Monday for Paul Grimm, nominee to the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. Beginning at 5 p.m. on Monday there will be up to 30 minutes of debate on his nomination, so he will likely receive a confirmation vote at or shortly before 5:30 p.m. Grimm was nominated on Feb. 16, 2012, and he has been pending for 289 days, despite facing no substantive opposition.
|Michael Shea
This evening the Senate also entered into an agreement to vote on Michael P. Shea, nominee to the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, "at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader, in consultation of the Republican Leader." Thirty minutes of debate will precede the vote. Though an exact date and time for the vote has not yet been scheduled, agreements like these are somewhat common, and the Senate typically sets a vote soon after entering into such an agreement. Shea was nominated on Feb. 2, 2012, and he was reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee on a bipartisan vote of 15-3.
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Obama could cut emissions without Congress, group says
- Environmental group says Obama can tackle climate change without Congress
- The NRDC urges him to use the Clean Air Act to slash power plant emissions
- Critics say the proposal will cause more coal industry layoffs
President Obama could slash one-third of power plant emissions by 2025 without Congress' approval, a major environmental group said Tuesday.
He could save at least $25 billion annually in reduced health and pollution costs by using the Clean Air Act to require that existing plants reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, according to an analysis by the Natural Resources Defense Council. The group says the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to set state-specific emissions rates and give states flexibility to implement them.
As nations meet this week in Doha, Qatar, to negotiate a climate change treaty and Obama prepares to begin a second term, the NRDC proposes a new U.S. approach that bypasses Capitol Hill. In 2009, the House of Representatives approved a "cap and trade" bill to limit overall emissions but allow companies to trade pollution credits. The bill died in the Senate.
The group says the EPA, which has proposed limits on greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants, should set rules for hundreds of existing fossil-fueled plants, which it says account for 40% of the nation's carbon pollution.
"We know where the pollution is. Now we have to go after it," Peter Lehner, the group's executive director, said. The NRDC says its federal-state approach would cost $4 billion annually but would save $25 billion to $60 billion each year in reduced pollution-related illnesses such as asthma. By emphasizing energy efficiency and cleaner fuels, it says its plan would cut carbon pollution — compared with 2005 levels — 26% by 2020 and 34% by 2025.
Critics say it's another version of cap-and-trade. David Kreutzer, an energy expert at the conservative Heritage Foundation, says it would allow states to trade emission credits across a multistate region — similar to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a non-profit group that holds carbon auctions involving nine Northeast and mid-Atlantic states.
Kreutzer says natural gas production is already driving down carbon pollution and even if the NRDC's plan brought further cuts, China's emissions alone would more than offset any climate benefit.
Carol Raulston, spokeswoman of the National Mining Association, said her group was reviewing the proposal but expected it would mean more coal industry layoffs. She said EPA rules affecting coal-based power generation have cost more than 4,000 U.S. mining jobs.
"There is inherent flexibility in this proposal," Franz Litz, a professor of energy and climate change law at Pace Law School, said at a news conference hosted by the NRDC. He said it would allow states to propose alternatives for how they can reduce their overall power plant emissions.
EPA spokeswoman Alisha Johnson said the Obama administration had not completed its review of the report, so the agency declined to comment. On Nov. 13, EPA Assistant Administrator Gina McCarthy said rules regulating the emissions from existing power plants wouldn't occur for at least a few years.


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NAVAL AIR STATION OCEANA, Va. -- Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3, assigned to the Harry S. Truman Strike Group, welcomed the Navy's first female CVW commander during CVW-3's change of command ceremony Jan 4.
During the ceremony, which was conducted at Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana, Va., Capt. Michael S. Wallace, commander of "Team Battle Axe," was relieved by Capt. Sara A. Joyner.
"We have an amazing air wing and the squadrons make us the lethal fighting force we are," said Wallace, a native of Brookings, Ore. "The air wing is sharp and ready to go. I look forward to watching [Joyner] lead this team we built together."
During CVW-3's most recent deployment with USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), its eight squadrons conducted 3,000 combat sorties with a 99.8 percent sortie completion rate, said Wallace.
"Taking the fight abroad is the business we are in," said Wallace. "I will miss being a part of this team."
At sea, Wallace flew F-14 Tomcats, F/A-18A/C Hornets and F/A-18E/F Super Hornets for the "Grim Reapers" of Fighter Squadron (VF) 101; the "Ghostriders" of VF-142; the "Diamondbacks" of VF-102; and the "Black Knights" of VF-154. Wallace also served as executive and commanding officer of the "Swordsmen" of VF-32.
Ashore, Wallace served at NATO Air Base in Geilenkirchen, Germany, and at the Navy Personnel Command in Millington, Tenn., as PERS-431 commander of tactical air assignments, PERS-432 head detailer for lieutenant and lieutenant commander assignments, and PERS-43 deputy director. Wallace took command of CVW-3 in July 2011.
"I am incredibly honored to be the 57th 'Battle Axe,'" said Joyner, a native of Hooper's Island, Md. "I stand here with great pride because I have been handed the reigns of an exceptional team."
Joyner said she is ready to lead the team in its mission to defend freedom.
"Our upcoming deployment will define our proudest and most difficult moments," said Joyner. "Together, we will go forward to protect our families' way of life. Let us be ready; it is time to bring the fight to the enemy."
At sea, Joyner flew the A-4E Skyhawk with the "Checkertails" of Composite Squadron (VC) 5 and the "Red Tails" of VC-8 before transitioning to the F/A-18A/C Hornet with the "Rough Raiders" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 125, the "Argonauts" of VFA-147. Joyner also served as executive and commanding officer of the "Gunslingers" of VFA-105.
Ashore, Joyner served at the U.S. Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, Va., and as the Joint Strike Fighter Requirements officer for the Chief of Naval Operations Air Warfare Division (OPNAV N88).
Before assuming command of CVW-3, Joyner served as its deputy commander.
CVW-3 was established July 1, 1938, and served during World War II, the Vietnam conflict, Korean War, Cold War, Persian Gulf War, and Global War on Terror. CVW-3 has deployed aboard 10 of the nation's aircraft carriers since its inception.
Today, CVW-3 is comprised of eight squadrons: the "Raging Bulls" of VFA-37, the "Gunslingers" of VFA-105, the "Swordsmen" of VFA-32, the "Checkerboards" of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 312, the "Seahawks" of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 126, the "Zappers" of Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 130, the "Dusty Dogs" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 7, and the "Swamp Foxes" of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 74.


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MAN turbo and SKF take gas storage facility to next level
The problemA natural gas storage facility had MAN Turbo install a hermetically sealed "HOFIM" type electric compressor on the first of three underground salt cavity storage caverns. For the two remaining caverns, the facility sought to upgrade its processing power with about 60 GWh/d of deliverability and 60 GWh/d of injectability. The upgrade would require an electric compressor that could meet the increased power demands while providing the same operating demands as the first compressor. Because the site was close to farms and populated areas, the new compressor had to operate with low noise, no emissions and no risk of oil leaks.
The solutionMAN Turbo designers settled on an oil-free bearing solution, magnetic bearings from SKF, and worked closely with SKF to develop a new next-generation compressor. With a maximum power of 14,5 MW, the RB45 version of the Tandem HOFIM sealed compressor is MAN Turbo's most powerful sealed compressor to date.
The ResultsSince its installation, the RB45 has delivered all the additional power and flexibility required, as well as a range of benefits conventional gas-driven compressors cannot:
- Short start-ups and more frequent starts expand operational possibilities
- Variable speed operation provides maximum flexibility and efficiency
- Hermetically sealed design eliminates the need for seals, thus reducing failure rates, gas leaks, and maintenance cost
- Magnetic SKF bearings offer wear-free operation and eliminate the need for a complex lube oil system
- No external motor allows a much smaller design footprint


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Jeremy Campbell bests his world record at Endeavor Games
EDMOND, Okla. — University of Central Oklahoma resident athlete and two-time Paralympic gold medalist Jeremy Campbell set a new world record in the men's discus F44/42 on June 10 at the UCO Endeavor Games for Athletes with Physical Disabilities in Edmond, Okla.
On Sunday, Campbell broke the world record twice – a record that he set less than a month ago at the BT Paralympic World Cup in Manchester, England – first with a throw of 62.3m, and second with a throw of 63.45m.
"Once I saw that the distance of my first throw was longer than I thought, I knew it was going to be a good day," Campbell, a native of Perryton, Texas, said.
"Breaking the record not only validates how hard I've been working, but also motivates me to keep pushing. My throw isn't perfect – I can go farther."
For Campbell, the location where he set the most recent world record is as important as the fact that he set it.
"The UCO Endeavor Games have always been a special event for me because this is where I first got started with the Paralympics," Campbell said.
In 2003, Campbell attended the Endeavor Games for the first time, and was introduced to the idea of Paralympic Sport. After earning a spot on the 2008 U.S. Paralympic Team, Campbell traveled to the Paralympic Games in Beijing, China, where he earned two gold medals.
While three world record-setting throws in one month is a personal best for Campbell, this season's competitive peak is yet to come. This fall, he hopes to represent the U.S. at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, which take place Aug. 29-Sept. 9.


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The Royal Opera House recently held a prize-giving ceremony to congratulate apprentice Sabrina Clarke on completing an 18-month apprenticeship with the Armoury Department, the team that produce all of the magnificent weaponry seen on stage.
Creative and hard-working, Sabrina showed unwavering commitment and enthusiasm to learn and develop her skills, which have recently been showcased on stage in an epic new production of Les Troyens. For the staging, Sabrina was tasked with creating hundreds of leather belts, holsters, and daggers for the large cast of singers and actors.
Of the department's work, Sabrina told us:
"I used skills involved in both metal work and leather work to create weapons, but there is also a certain amount of research needed to make sure everything is historically accurate – there is an extensive collection of books and models here in the Armoury which we use for reference!"
During the lead-up to the production she was able to achieve a Level 2 ABC Award qualification in Leather Goods Production. As well as receiving training at the Royal Opera House, Sabrina spent three months at the Mulberry factory, under the tuition of leather goods industry experts, developing and honing the leather working skills that are required by armourers, as well as an industry-leading fashion brand.
Barbara Senator as Ascanius, Robert Lloyd as Priam, Sophia Mcgregor as Andromache, Sebastian Wright as Astanax, Pamela Helen Stephen as Hecuba and Anna Caterina Antonacci as Cassandra in Les Troyens © Bill Cooper/ROH 2012
Eva-Maria Westbroek as Dido, Bryan Hymel as Aeneas and Barbara Senator as Ascanius in Les Troyens © Bill Cooper/ROH 2012
Barbara Senator as Ascanius, Ashley Holland as Panthus, Bryan Hymel as Aeneas and Fabio Capitanucci as Coroebus in Les Troyens © Bill Cooper/ROH 2012
From wig makers and tailors to scenic metal workers and painters, The Royal Opera House employs a huge range of highly skilled staff employed in traditional crafts. The apprenticeship scheme, which was launched in 2007, provides places for up to eight young people every year, offering the chance for them to gain high-quality vocational training with some of the best in the industry. If you are interested in the scheme, take a look at the Areas of Interest Form on our website - if you fill in out we can let you know when opportunities are coming up.
Following the completion of her apprenticeship, Sabrina hopes to undertake some work next season with the Armoury department, as well as travelling to Italy in search of work with an Italian Opera House or theatre. Equipped with the invaluable skills and experience she has gained during her time at the Royal Opera House, we are certain Sabrina has a promising future ahead of her in the theatre industry – we wish her well!
Sabrina's Armoury Apprenticeship was run in association with Bridgwater College, Somerset, and is generously supported by The Radcliffe Trust and The Armourers and Brasiers' Gauntlet Trust.


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The interdepartmental Minor in Asian Studies permits students to concentrate their course work in one of the following areas: General Asian Studies, East Asia, South Asia, or South- east Asia. For each geographic area, students will study the cultural background, social sciences, and language of the chosen area. The Asian Studies minor is designed to acquaint students with the histories, traditional cultures, and contemporary conditions of Asian countries and societies.
Completion of 18 units, including 4-6 units of language, is required. Courses may be selected from Anthropology, Art, Business, Economics, Foreign Languages, Geography, History, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, and Religious Studies.
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So here's what we know: For nearly 10 years, the Orange County Water District has waged a complex legal war to force businesses to pay more than $200 million to clean up contamination that it insists threatens drinking water.
Said war has been spearheaded by outside lawyers working on contingency – which means they only get paid if they win money, through settlements or at trial.
Over the years, OCWD has won a none-too-shabby $30 million in settlements – but has fared rather poorly in court, being brutalized recently by two different judges: One who is not at all convinced there really is a threat to drinking water, or that many of the companies OCWD is suing are necessarily responsible for putting it there (or for paying to clean it up); and another who dismissed OCWD's suit without even hearing evidence.
The overwhelming majority of the $30 million settlement money that OCWD has collected – $22.4 million, according to an informal accounting by the water district – will go not toward clean-up, but to pay legal costs (like expert witnesses opining about underground toxic plumes et al, to the tune of $17.7 million) and to pay attorneys fees (about $4.7 million).
Toss in the water district's costs for investigation, designing remedies, hiring an outside lawyer to oversee the contingency lawyers, and, well….
"We're probably close to breaking even" on litigation expenses, said Roy Herndon, OCWD's chief hydrogeologist.
But on those hundreds of millions of dollars OCWD plans to spend cleaning up nasty chemicals in shallow groundwater before they reach the deep drinking aquifer? It hasn't even scratched the surface there, Herndon said.
Dozens have been sued, from massive defense contractor Northrop Grumman to small fine-chemicals distributor Gallade Chemical.
If OCWD's court losses are sustained (it's appealing its defeat in a case targeting Santa Ana-area "South Basin" businesses, and awaiting a final decision in a grim-looking case targeting Anaheim/Fullerton-area "North Basin" businesses), it will have to pay those business' costs, to the tune of millions more.
Who would pay for all that? Attention, water drinkers of Orange County: That would be you.
Some business-types are furious with OCWD, insisting it has been led by the nose by ambulance-chasing lawyers with dollar signs for eyeballs, and that it has grossly overstepped its bounds by aspiring to be a mini-Environmental Protection Agency.
"We are utterly convinced this is a scam to get money," said attorney John E. Van Vlear, environmental chairman for Voss Cook & Thel LLP, who represents a target of OCWD's legal wrath, DRSS-I LLC in Santa Ana.
"My clients bought their site 15 years ago. It was totally contaminated by then. My guys put a remedial system in place – wells, cleanup – and made it work under regional board supervision. Then, out of left field, no warning, we get sued by the water district. We're a white hat! We're doing the clean up, doing everything we're asked to do! The district didn't go back in time to get the guys who actually contaminated it – they came after us."
OCWD says that it's simply doing its job.
It doesn't refute that some businesses have done their due diligence by cleaning up contamination on their property — it's just that the contamination has spread beyond their property.
"The Orange County Water District is responsible for protecting the groundwater basin, and the board takes that responsibility seriously," said President Shawn Dewane, who joined the board long after these suits were filed.
"It's important that we communicate to the citizens that this pollution is there. Most reasonable people would agree that the responsible parties should clean up their own mess."
The water district didn't set out to be an environmental enforcer, officials said.
In the usual scheme of things, ground pollution in California is the purview of the state, through its Department of Toxic Substances Control and its Water Resources Control Board.
Indeed, the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board was working with many of the property owners sued by OCWD, and those owners were working to clean up their sites. Some had even gotten all-clear, thank-you-very-much-for-your-help closure letters from the regional board, and others felt they were close.
But then several water wells in Anaheim had to be shut down because they were testing high for contaminants.
And then several water wells farther south had to be shut down because they were testing high for contaminants.
"We didn't go looking for this stuff," said Michael Markus, OCWD's general manager. "It was that these wells were taken out of service, and we were trying to assess where the pollution was coming from."
OCWD traced it back, in many cases, to properties that had been under the regional board's watchful eye.
"The regional board's authority is over the surface contamination," Dewane said. "Once it gets into the ground and spreads off site, who do you hold responsible?"
Herndon, the hydrogeologist, put it this way:
"It became very clear to the district in the late '90s and early 2000s that there was contamination far off site from properties that the regional board was overseeing. The contamination extends well off the property, and that's the part that's not being addressed, and will hit the wells. Even if the regional board said, 'You did a good job,' it didn't address the offsite contamination, and that's our issue. That's the district's concern."
Now, OCWD is a bit of an odd beast. It was created by an act of the state legislature, and is endowed with powers that mere mortal water districts do not have. It also has an agreement with the regional board to coordinate on environmental work.
"When it became apparent that the district was going to be spending a lot of money on remediation – because it was clear to us that it was not going to be taken care of by anybody else – the district sought legal counsel to determine options for cost recovery," Herndon said. "We were going to be spending public money on investigation and cleanup. Our act allows us to seek cost recovery from responsible parties through litigation."
And so it launched a request for proposals from law firms interested in handling said litigation, and settled on Miller, Axline & Sawyer from Sacramento. The firm was hired on contingency – i.e., a cut of the winnings – because in the long term that would save money for the district and its ratepayers, Markus said.
"There has been a mischaracterization that the district is trying to shake down the business community," Markus said. "We would have never started investigating if those wells hadn't been taken out of service. That's what we're trying to do here — protect the groundwater basin and do it in the most economical way possible."
The judges hearing the north and south basin cases would not necessarily agree.
In the north basin case, OCWD presented outdated, unconvincing evidence; failed to demonstrate that the benefit of its proposed cleanup would be worth the cost; or even that the defendants it was suing definitively caused the contamination it was trying to clean up, the judge wrote.
And she wasn't convinced that the shallow contamination OCWD was proposing to clean up would ever even reach the deep aquifer, where drinking water is pulled from.
In the north, where contamination is undisputedly the worst, OCWD originally estimated cleanup would cost $15 million. After lawsuits were filed in 2005, that estimate had risen to $19 million.
"By the end of 2011, however, the NBGPP (North Basin Groundwater Protection Project) had a net present value cost of more than $200 million, with no corresponding cost/benefit analysis prepared to attempt to justify the tremendous increase in price," Orange County Superior Court Judge Kim G. Dunning wrote on Oct. 29.
OCWD "sought to justify this expense at trial by testifying that 'the value of the water itself' is 'paramount' from a cost-benefit standpoint," she continued. "(T)he cost per acre foot would rise to an amount in excess of $2,500 per acre foot for water in the shallow, non-drinking aquifer, more than three times the cost of importing Colorado River water.
"It must also be remembered that the present NBGPP does not involve any treatment of local drinking water supplies, i.e., water in the deep/principal aquifer. The estimated $200 million cost is to serially extract, transport, treat, and recharge the shallow aquifer only. This money is being spent exclusively on water that is not yet and may not ever be in the North Basin's drinking water supply."
(OCWD says that the low original estimates didn't include 30 years of operation and maintenance costs.)
In the separate south basin case, Judge Nancy Wieben Stock was similarly harsh.
Witnesses and law "rebut the District's efforts to become its own 'quasi-lead' agency, setting up its own standards for what constitutes an 'endangerment,' approving its own 'removal action work plan' as sufficient, or conducting a 'site cleanup evaluation' after approving its own work plan," she wrote.
"This effort by the District to shoehorn itself into this role held by the DTSC (Department of Toxic Substances Control) and the Regional Board … would place the District in the de facto role of quasi-lead agency for an environmental cleanup, in contradiction to the carefully crafted statutory scheme."
Perhaps the fatal blow: The law allows OCWD to recover money after a cleanup, but not to demand it in advance. Since not a drop of contaminated water has actually been cleaned yet – even after $30 million in settlements – the judges balked at OCWD's demands, basically saying, "Nice try, no banana."
A bill specifically allowing OCWD to recoup costs for environmental investigations was introduced in the state legislature last spring. Critics like Lucy Dunn of the Orange County Business Council hit hard, assailing it as an attempted end-run around the courts' decisions. The bill hit a brick wall and is now in a deep freeze.
Yet the war isn't over.
OCWD believes the judges are wrong on points of law and science, and that it will triumph in the end. It is only logical that, given gravity, water in the shallow aquifer will eventually make its way to the deep aquifer, officials said. And it has evidence that contaminants are indeed threatening drinking water supplies, and they think that's the beginning and the end of everything.
"This contamination took place over many decades, with negotiations and litigation nearing ten years," said board president Dewane in a prepared statement. "We have always maintained a willingness to negotiate a fair and reasonable settlement to get this job done in the interest of the public and that offer is always open to the defendants. We all need to come to the table to help protect our drinking water supplies."
We'll be taking a closer look at that evidence in coming weeks, and we've asked the district for more detail on its contingency agreement with the lawyers. There's also a third suit pending; more on that later. Stay tuned.
Whisky's for drinking, water's for fighting
FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT: "I came across the following quote from James Irvine: 'I know of nothing more indefinite, intangible, with definite indiscernible, excessive costs than a nice, juicy water lawsuit. In my opinion no opportunity should be lost at any time to come to any reasonable compromise settlement in any water issue.' I share Mr. Irvine's philosophy. …Speaking as an individual member of the board it is my desire to see this matter resolved without further litigation." – Shawn Dewane, president of the board, Orange County Water District
FROM THE JUDGE: "(T)he court finds no Defendant liable for any past or future District costs….. A preponderance of the evidence supports the conclusion that the NBGPP (North Basin Groundwater Protection Project) is unnecessary and unreasonable…." – Orange County Superior Court Judge Kim Dunning
FROM THE STANDARD REGULATORY AGENCIES: "We recognize that we do not have sufficient resources to order every polluter to investigate and remediate their groundwater pollution in a timely manner, so we do not have a problem with local agencies complementing our efforts as long as they coordinate with us." – Phil Wyels, assistant chief counsel, State Water Resources Control Board
"OCWD has recently begun coordinating more closely with us on their North Basin cleanup project. They now recognize that they need to work with us more than they have in the past." – Kurt Berchtold, executive officer, Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board
NOTE: OCWD stresses that the ground water used by local cities and special districts is constantly tested and safe to drink.