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During his talk at the Baruco conference Charles Nutter, one of the lead developers of JRuby, announced the release of version 9000 (9K) in 2014 (Q2 or later). The new release targets the same feature set as Ruby MRI 2.0 and possibly 2.1 as well. Charles also provided insight on the motivation behind the Ruby implementation for the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and built the case for using JRuby 9K in production.
JRuby 9K will run on Java 7 only and the development team (partially supported by Red Hat) hopes to align its functionality roadmap with Ruby MRI's. The unusual version name came about as the team realized the next natural JRuby version would be either 1.8 or 2.0 and thus decided to avoid confusion with the Ruby MRI versions by using 9000.
According to Charles, aligning the functionality and taking advantage of the JVM evolution in areas such as garbage collection and performance will make JRuby 9K a strong contender for use in production systems. According to Charles' benchmark JRuby running on Java 7 slightly outperforms Ruby MRI 1.8 in response time and largely outperforms Ruby MRI 2.0 in garbage collection time when memory usage goes upwards of 200 MB. The following chart shows another of his benchmarks running an implementation of the red/black tree algorithm across multiple Ruby flavors:
Another trending topic where JRuby differentiates from the MRI is support for advanced concurrency using multi-cores. Charles recommended testing real multi-threaded execution using JRuby but also warned that the Ruby ecosystem still needs more mature tools to support them. Nevertheless existing libraries such as thread_safe, Hamster, atomic or jo can already go a long way in preventing unsafe operations such as thread pooling and coordination, concurrent read/write on core structures or common non-atomic updates such as:
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I would agree with you if the title said simply "JRuby Production Ready" but it mentions explicitly the version and in the first sentence you already have the estimated release date.
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Can you please provide the Residual and Money Factor for 2013 & 2014 Volts 12K mi/yr please?
chasm2 Posts: 2My deal was supposed to be Ally bank as well.
Money factor 0.85%, Residual 53%, MSRP 39,995, Net CAP $30,210
Our deals are very similar except for the extra $9/mo ($351) and $1020. The 12/15k miles, 36/39 month differences seem to balance out.
What dealer did you use?
bigbutr Posts: 111I got a quote on a 2013 that stickered at just over 43K. Gave me a price of 424 a month on 3/36 with only the 7250 tax credit as a discount on a selling price of just over 42K.
I asked about the 5K discount and they said you can't get both that and the tax credit, that you could only get the 5K if you agreed to some ridiculous 28% residual. I'm wondering if since it's a smalltown dealer that probably only got one Volt that they don't know you can get both or that they do know and are just trying to keep the 5K for themselves, though I don't know how if they were only discounting the car a little over 1K.
Told them I 'might' be in touch.0
2013 Volt (w/o NAV) 36mo 12K/yr lease
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ckmos Posts: 1Could you please explain what you mean by "lease cash"? And, how does this relate to tax credit and/or the $5k back from GM? I was just at a dealer and they told me that the $5k rebate was built into the lease interest rate and that you don't get the additional cap reduction - which goes against the posted deals I see here? I have never leased a car before and I thought I had it pretty well figured out until I got to the dealer.0
The lease cash is money provided by Chevy/Ally. You don't get the tax credit, the bank does (which allows them to give you that big chunk of lease cash). The lease cash is applied against the selling price of the vehicle to reduce the CAP cost.. You can certainly negotiate a selling price lower than MSRP, in addition to the lease cash..
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io8ihe1 Posts: 3Columbia in Montgomery. They had 3 or 4 2013's left on the last day of the month. I took the last dealer demo. I know it was the last day they were leasing the 2013's as the 2014 line is starting to show up. I think they were just desperate to get one off the lot.0
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Can you please post Offers for November? Looks like GM bumped up Cash Offer on purchase of 2013 by $1000 from $6000 to $7000. Did they bump up Lease Cash too (from $7250 to $8250) ?
Just got an e-mail from a dealer that they are only selling and no longer leasing the 2013 inventory. Can anyone else confirm?0
Second dealer confirmed. No more leases on 2013s.0
It will be a few days before we have the new rates..
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scrambler4 Posts: 2In case it can help prospective owner of this amazing car, below is the link to a lease calculation Excel sheet I made after leasing our volt in march 2013.
The sheet includes two tables:
1) A Direct Calculation table that shows the various lease variable and how they are combined to produce a monthly payment.
When you know the key variables (in yellow) you can simulate different leases by trying different money down, APR, dealer discount etc... and therefore find out what conditions you would need to get to a certain lease payment.
That table is prefilled with the numbers I got for my lease with Ally in March 2013.
Of course, you usually cannot get all that information upfront from the dealer. There are many items a dealer won't tell you about that will influence the lease. So the sheet includes a second table.
2) A Reverse calculation table, to figure out some numbers based on a few key elements that a dealer will give you when you ask. This table allows you to figure out elements such as dealer discount or miscellaneous upfront costs.
Once you have these, you can use the first table to see how much more money you need to put down, or how much more discount you need to push for, in order to get below a certain monthly payment.
When Asking a Dealer for a quote, you would give him
• The model / options you want
• The duration of the lease (ie: 36 mth)
• The mileage (ie: 12,000 miles)
• The money you are prepared to put down. IMPORTANT tell him this has to cover ALL upfront costs that must be paid. If not some dealers will leave aside some fees that they will add at the last minute, increasing the initial "money down" amount you had mentioned.
With these elements, the numbers you need to insist on getting are (and that I found they will usually provide if asked):
• Lease incentive
• Capitalized Cost Reduction
• Adjusted Net Cap cost
• Residual value
These will allow you to figure out the dealer discount (you need to assume some lease fees) so you know if you are getting a deal, as well as the miscellaneous Up Front costs.
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Can you please send me the details of the dealer privately to my email address? I am interested in the deal.0
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Bottled water has apparently become the new evil; for different reasons, depending on what groups or individuals are on the attack.
According to the United Church, it is a moral issue.
The United Church does not see the issue in merely pragmatic terms. 'Water in Focus' was a special Lent 2006 initiative of the UCC which involved a broader view of creation. Biblical reflections on Genesis helped launch the mission theme for the coming year: 'Living in right relationship with creation.'
"This emphasis stems from a long history of concern for God's creation," said David Hallman, program coordinator for UCC's Energy & Environment department.
"We as humans have a responsibility to care for that creation. I realize that some question: 'What does bottled water have to do with the gospel?' I respond that UCC has a wide range of issues it is concerned with, to do with wellbeing of life. We do have a strong belief in the importance of faith in peoples lives."
Asked if focusing on the purchasing of bottled water as "wrong" would encourage UCC people to be judgmental of others who do purchase it, Hallman responded: "The focus is to encourage the 3,600 or so UCC congregations in Canada. We need to begin with our own people; but yes, there is an evangelical call to encourage others to be respectful of God's creation."
For environmentalists the issue is similar although couched in more practical terms.
Environmentalists are calling for a boycott of bottled water in an effort to reduce the use of fossil fuels, protect the environment and protect local drinking supplies.
Campaign leader Food and Water Watch says bottled water dangerously "undermines confidence" in public tap-water supplies. "The more those who can afford bottled water depend on bottled water, the harder it is for communities to muster political and financial support for urgent upgrades to public water systems that most people depend on to provide safe, affordable water," the group said on its website.
Activists are urging members of the public to sign a pledge to end daily bottled-water consumption and to refill bottles with tap water rather than buy new ones.
The pledge is part of several environmental groups' efforts to halt the "commodification" of the nation's water supply through an increase in bottled-water production and private management of local systems.
The city of London, Ontario has already banned the sale of bottled water on city-owned premises.
City councillors in London, Ont., have voted to ban the sale of bottled water on city premises despite protests from the beverage industry.
The 15-3 vote late Monday came after heated debate in the municipality on the role of bottled water at city facilities such as city-owned buildings, arenas and community centres. Municipal officials have maintained that tap water costs about an eighth of a cent per litre while bottled water can range anywhere from 30 cents to $4 a bottle.
Other cities, such as Ottawa and Toronto are debating the issue as well. Bottled water has already been banned in some schools around the country and others are debating the issue.
Other than the fact that the religious tones of the war against bottled water, coming both from the Church and environmental communities, make me uncomfortable, I can see the legitimacy of some of the arguments. The number of empty plastic bottles being discarded has to be astronomical. And even in localities that have a strong recycling program, it must put pressure on the system.
And granted, some of the product marketing has gone from the sublime to the ridiculous, with some brands becoming more expensive than a bottle of good wine. But then again, if you want to blow your money on fancy water bottles that's your prerogative.
The use of bottled water has become popular, not because people think their local water supply is unsafe, but because it fits with their life style. They drink bottled water is because it is convenient and because it is convenient, they end up drinking at lot more water and a reduced amount of the less-healthy substitutes. And that can't be all bad.
An issue that I haven't heard raised in this debate is that of "bottled" water supplied for coolers in offices and in the home as well. Although they don't add to the recycling problem, they are still a "commodification" of the water supply. Or is "commodification" not a problem if the volume is less?
However, what really bothers me is the arrogance of the religious elitists and the environmentalists, along with bureaucrats and elected officials, who think that the solution to everything they may see as a problem is to ban it. This mindset didn't start with bottled water and it certainly won't end with it.
In the first half of 2008, Canadian politicians at all levels of government have gone ban-crazy. Herewith a partial list of bans either enacted or announced since January: the use of pesticides, banned by Ontario; clear plastic baby bottles, banned by the federal government; the sale of bottled water, banned by the Waterloo Region District School Board in Ontario; Styrofoam, banned by Turner Valley, Alta.; using cell phones while driving, banned by Nova Scotia and Quebec; smoking in cars with children, banned by Nova Scotia and Ontario; the sight of cigarettes in corner stores, banned by Alberta, Ontario and Quebec.
The existence of bans is certainly nothing new. Governments have always been banning things. In fact, the first recorded use of the word came during the Middle Ages in reference to a monarch's ultimate power — the ability to summon his subjects to war. It later came to mean a wide variety of official proclamations or proscriptions, including expulsions or banishment. Over time, this heavy-handed application of government authority became so commonplace and routine as to be banal. In the '60s, ban briefly became a campus imperative — as in "Ban the Bomb" — suggesting governments weren't doing enough.
These days, however, the sheer number of things forbidden, and the surprising lack of scientific or other rational backing for these actions, suggests that politicians are keen to get back to the earlier application of the word. They ban early and they ban often. So how come bombs were never banned in the '60s while water bottles and foam plates get banned today? Politicians have their reasons.
This article goes on to list a number of these reasons, #4 speaking specifically to the bottled water ban.
Reason 4 Bans provide cover for other ideologies If there is a ban to watch, it's the prohibition on bottled water sales. The Waterloo Region School Board got there first, as per reason three. Now university campus activists across the country are gearing up for major campaigns that will see bottled water banned in student buildings and offices. But this is not a crusade based on health issues. It clearly makes no sense to deny students access to a convenient and popular source of water at school, particularly given the state of most public water fountains. Rather, this urge is motivated by local politicians and campus groups who believe it is improper to make a profit selling water. The ban is meant to enforce the leftist belief that water should be free by outlawing its capitalist version.
A good article, worth being read in full.
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GLENDALE, Ariz. - The streaking Minnesota Wild brushed off a series of injuries ? and the Phoenix Coyotes.
Kyle Brodziak scored twice, Niklas Backstrom returned from a three-game absence to make 35 saves and the NHL-leading Wild beat the Coyotes 4-1 on Saturday night to run their franchise-record road winning streak to seven games.
"I continue to use the word 'impressed' but I am," Wild coach Mike Yeo said. "To see a group like that come in and have a start like that, I was impressed."
Dany Heatley also scored and Mikko Koivu added a goal and an assist for Minnesota.
The Wild have won six straight and 17 of 21 after opening the season 3-3-3.
"We can't stop," Koivu said. "We've got to keep working, go back at it and make it as good as we can. We realize if we keep working hard that can be fun as well. We recognize you work hard, get some wins and that's what makes it fun."
Backstrom, who missed three games because of a strained groin muscle, returned to appear in his 300th career game. The Wild were without Devin Setoguchi, Cal Clutterbuck and Josh Harding, all of whom missed their second consecutive game with unspecified injuries.
"It's the character of our guys," Yeo said. "There's a ton of character in that room and they just like challenges."
Lauri Korpikoski scored with 3:57 to play for the Coyotes, who have lost two straight and four of six.
"It wasn't as if we didn't try," said Phoenix coach Dave Tippett, whose team has been outscored 9-3 in its last two games. "I mean, we had a lot of guys try hard. But trying is one thing. It's what you do after the trying that counts and their opportunities counted and ours didn't."
Brodziak struck early, tucking home a rebound off Mike Smith's glove for a power-play goal at 2:08 of the first ??? four seconds after Keith Yandle was sent off for high-sticking.
"It feels good to contribute but that's just a product of what we're doing," Brodziak said.
The Wild struck quickly again in the second, making it 2-0 when Koivu took a pass from Jeff Taffe at the top of the left circle and pushed a one-timer past Smith for his seventh goal and team-leading 21st point.
Brodziak added his second at 11:43 of the second, scooping up a loose puck to the right of the net and beating Smith on a wraparound for his 10th goal.
"Why not," asked Yeo, when Brodziak's position as the team's leading scorer was mentioned. "Why couldn't he be? He goes to that area, knows the game so well and has an incredible attention to detail."
Heatley made it 4-0 with 8:37 remaining, tipping Jared Spurgeon's original shot from the left point past Smith for his ninth goal and the Wild's third power-play goal in four opportunities.
"There's an old saying that says your goaltender can win and lose hockey games and tonight I lost it for the team," Smith said. "It's as simple as that. My game wasn't where it has to be so it has nothing to do with penalty kills or power plays. All four of those goals that went in tonight shouldn't have."
NOTES: Minnesota extended its franchise record with 43 points in 30 games. ... The Wild are 19-1-0 when allowing two goals or fewer. ... Taffe was playing in his second game since being recalled from Houston on Thursday. ... Korpikoski nearly ended the shutout earlier in the third period when he sent a backhand shot across the crease inches in front of the goal line. ... The Coyotes had won six of the past eight meetings between the teams over the past two seasons (6-1-1).


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Academy Award winners create buzz. Then there's the buzz generated by what the winners (and others) wore.
Lupita Nyong'o took home the Best Supporting Actress Oscar on Sunday — and looked very much the part in a pale blue Prada goddess gown.
Cate Blanchett's heavily embellished, light tan Armani gown sparkled under the lights at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles when she collected her Oscar for best actress in "Blue Jasmine."
And Jennifer Lawrence, rarely tripped up by style, wore a $2 million, 100-carat diamond necklace from Neil Lane to accent her girl-on-fire orange-red strapless dress from Dior.
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Monday, November 19, 2012
Alex Smith Declared Out For Tonight's Game
All signs were pointing to 49ers quarterback Alex Smith playing Monday night against the Bears.
Key word: Were.
Chris Mortensen of ESPN reports that Smith was unable to get clearance from doctors to suit up against the Bears. Which means that Smith failed the so-called "contact" test that doctors had planned to administer.
Smith had received last week clearance to practice, and he participated in every session in preparation for the game. We were told last night that he intended to play and very much wanted to play.
He wanted to play likely because, at least in part, not playing gives Colin Kaepernick a chance to show what he can do. And if Kaepernick can get it done against the Bears, a quarterback controversy could be coming to San Francisco.
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By Steve Aschburner, NBA.com
MEMPHIS – As problems go, this is not earth-shaking. But for the Oklahoma City Thunder, it is a matter they have to address.
Are Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook maxing out their potential together? And are the Thunder maxing out their potential with the two of them?
Two questions, one issue that has swirled about the Thunder and their two all-NBA stars for several seasons. Sometimes it focuses on speculation of feuds or clashing personalities, sometimes on a hypothetical struggle for primacy.
Always, it springs from a desire to gauge the synergy generated by their world-class talents.
It remains a work in progress, both micro (the Thunder are locked in a 2-2 showdown with Memphis in their best-of-seven series, which continues in Oklahoma City on Tuesday night at 9 on NBA TV) and macro. Durant and Westbrook think they blend just fine, as far as what they've said publicly. Same goes for coach Scott Brooks, who even privately – or at least away from the glare of camera lights and microphones – sees no conflict.
Brooks thinks it's a little reactionary, frankly, given Oklahoma City's success. From their first season together (2008-09) through their fifth, the team's winning percentage has climbed each year, starting low at .280 but soaring last season to .732. If you want to pick nits about a dip to .720 this season, know that it was due to winning 59 this season rather than 60, numbers any coach not named Popovich would welcome.
"We have to trust the things we've done all year," Brooks said the other day in Memphis. "I love this team inside and out. I know how they're wired. I know what they do and what they believe in, and they believe in each other. And when they have bad games, they want to come back and respond."
Thunder fans await their response, then, while Grizzlies fans cringe at the thought after two underwhelming performances from Durant and Westbrook. In Game 3 last Thursday at FedEx Forum, OKC slipped behind in the series as its two stars missed shots, forced many, played independently of each other in stretches and largely neglected any other options.
In Game 4 Saturday, they were even worse, shooting a combined 11-of-45 and never warming up in yet another 53-minute thriller. Add the 6-for-22 they shot in the fourth quarter and overtime of Game 3 and that 24.6 shooting percentage (17-of-69) is a testament to the work of Tony Allen and the rest of the Grizzlies' defense.
The different in Game 4 was that Durant, Westbrook, Brooks and everyone else involved in the Thunder offense freed up 16 shots for reserve point guard Reggie Jackson. That's only three fewer than he got, total, in the first three games. Jackson made 11 of them, eight more than he'd managed to that point, and saved the Thunder from a 3-1 hole in the series.
Well after midnight, center Kendrick Perkins made an interesting comment. "One thing I was pleased about tonight was, Russell and Kevin took a back seat and let Reggie take over. That says a lot about them also."
And so it goes, the tug-of-war between doing it themselves or serving at times almost as decoys to keep lanes open and help defense away from someone like Jackson or Serge Ibaka.
"I mean, you want to win?" Westbrook said Friday. "Regardless of whoever's open, whoever misses the shot? Nobody's perfect. Not myself, not Kevin, not anybody. Obviously you want your teammates to be great and make shots. But when the game is close and on the line, you've got to make decisions."
Decisions late in Friday's game that Westbrook jacking up a 27-foot 3-pointer early in the clock and ignoring a wide-open Ibaka on the left baseline, followed immediately by Durant firing from 29 feet. Ibaka had only one shot after halftime in Game 3, though he did go 6-for-11 for 12 points in 42 minutes Saturday.
"We don't go away from Serge," Westbrook said. "I mean, our offense is not built around Serge. You have No. 35, Kevin Durant. Averaged 32 points."
The OKC guard continued: "Don't try to pull us apart. We all in this together. Serge is not on a separate team, Kevin's not on a separate team, I'm not on a separate team. We on Oklahoma City Thunder. It's not, 'Serge got one shot, OK, we've got to find Serge shots.' It don't work like that. No, we all on the same team, we all in this together. Serge knows what he's supposed to do for our team, Kevin knows what he's supposed to do. It's easy."
But …
"It's easy. It's easy. It's easy. It's easy. It's easy. It's easy. It's easy. It's easy. Everybody know their role. Everybody knows their role."
Durant and Westbrook have missed 68 shots over the past two games. They are 6-for-34 on 3-pointers. Had they shot with their usual accuracy, in the same mix of field-goal attempts and free throws, the two of them would have scored 75 in Game 3 (per Elias Sports Bureau) and 54 in Game 4. With 39 more points to sprinkle on OKC's side of the board, it's safe assuming no overtimes would have been needed and the Thunder would be up 3-1.
The biggest difference Saturday was in the distribution of shots. Durant and Westbrook took 153 of their team's 258 in the first three games. In Game 4, it was a 45-45 split, their Thunder teammates producing 62 of the 92 points.
"I tell [Durant and Westbrook] all the time, if you only think you can impact a game scoring, we're not going to be successful," Brooks said. "Kevin had 13 rebounds and Russell had [nine]. they had seven and four assists. … We're built on defense, we're built on teamwork."
Through four playoff games, Durant and Westbrook are averaging 49.5 shots compared to 38.0 in the regular season. Their teammates? They're at 37.0 vs. Memphis compared to 44.7 over 82 games. Together, the two stars are putting up 16.3 3-pointers this round compared to 10.8 all season. Brooks largely has made peace with that, given the Grizzlies' packed-paint defensive approach, though he prefers the kick-out variety that come later in shot clocks than we've seen.
"The ones we're trying to eliminate are the ones that are off the dribble, with no passes," Brooks said. "Those are the tough ones. Those are the ones that we don't want."
Said Durant, after OKC dug out of Game 3's 17-point hole: "When you're down that much, you can't just keep throwing the ball around the perimeter. Sometimes you have to just improvise and make plays. So nah, we're not playing a two-man show."
No one denies this is mainly a two-man show. And it wouldn't be the first.
Sometimes – as with Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal, for instance – there has been a clear separation of powers and duties. Some, like Jerry West and Elgin Baylor, found a lid on their success named Bill Russell. Others – Earl Monroe joining Walt Frazier in the Knicks' backcourt – required adjustments. Others still – George McGinnis plopped next to Julius Erving in 1976-77, Carmelo Anthony and Allen Iverson teamed up in Denver – failed completely.
Two great scorers on one team always run the risk of becoming like the Paul Pierce-Antoine Walker act, or Joe Johnson-Josh Smith. That's when the players "take turns" rather than fully meshing while teammates stand around.
That is at the heart of most criticism leveled at Durant and Westbrook. And because Westbrook is the point guard, initiating or breaking more plays, most place a greater burden on him.
"KD has won, what, four scoring titles?" one Western Conference scout said. "But Russell is so explosive, he feels he can get by any defender in front of him. Because he can get by any defender. You're asking him to go away from what he's most comfortable doing. The thing he trusts most in his game."
Brooks believes that the two have blended their talents in their time together, with Westbrook aiding Durant rather than Durant simply accommodating Westbrook. One stat the OKC coach mentioned – percent of Durant field goals assisted by Westbrook – is inconclusive: Skipping the 2013-14 regular season due to Westbrook's absences, that percentage each season from 2009-10 through 2012-13 has been 26.9, 39.2, 26.5 and 29.3.
That doesn't mean, however, the rest of the players don't suffer from the stars' ball dominance. As Tom Ziller of SBNation.com noted after Game 3, over the final 11 minutes, Durant and Westbrook took 19 of OKC's 21 shots (making five) and all 11 free throws.
More generally, the Thunder in 2013-14 were 34-12 with Westbrook and Durant in the lineup vs, 24-11 with Durant only. But they were 19-9 (.679) when both scored 20 points or more vs. 40-14 (.741), a better percentage, when neither did. And they were 6-1 when Westbrook had 10 assists or more.
"It's tough on those guys," Memphis point guard Mike Conley said. "They're such big stars that I think they get that unfair criticism just because they're under the microscope more than anybody else in the league. It's part of, I think, being a superstar in the league and it's tough to deal with."
The most obvious recent example of an NBA power couple is LeBron James and Dwyane Wade since they came together in Miami in 2010. Prior to teaming up, Wade averaged 25.4 points as the Heat's primary scoring threat. Since James arrived, Wade has averaged 22.2. James' scoring average has dipped far less, from 27.8 points a game to 26.9.
Wade has talked of consciously taking "a step back" in his approach, an adjustment that didn't happen automatically or easily but in time helped produce their 2012 and 2103 championships.
"I don't know if it was so much two alpha dogs," said Memphis Mike Miller, a Miami teammate who saw the dynamic hammered out over James' and Wade's first three season. "I think it was two people who were accustomed to doing that. When you've done it for eight, nine years that way, it's difficult to make that change right away. So it's a feeling-out process and a learning curve that everyone has to go through.
"But when you do it and win, it makes it easier to continue to do it, right?"
It also might have helped that, while both Wade and James were drafted in 2003, Wade was nearly three years older than James. Wade was ready to yield. It would have been wrong for James, who was and might still be the best player in the league, to step back.
It's different for Durant and Westbook, who were born 45 days apart in 1988. While Durant is more accomplished and the likely 2014 Most Valuable Player, some insiders speculate that Westbrook still feels as if he's proving himself (though the Thunder don't believe Westbrook harbors James Harden-like ambitions, aching to run his own offense).
"Their offense right now is so predicated on those guys scoring that they have to, especially in playoff situations," Miller said. "So it's hard for a person like KD or a person like Russell. If they're not aggressive and they don't score 30 points, and they lose the game … LeBron got that all the time. That's what makes it difficult. For guys like that, it's the position you're put in: Go get us 35, 40 points."
VIDEO: Durant and Westbrook face the media after their Game 3 loss to Memphis


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Chicoutimi Sagueneens 3 @ Moncton Wildcats 5
D Daniel Milan [6], MON: 0-0-0, +1, 0 PIM, 0 SOG, 0 Hits
Season Totals: 14 GP, 0-3-3, -4, 13 PIM
Milan has only registered a point in one of his last 12 games – a two helper game October 21 vs. the Sags. He had 38 points as a rookie last season. One concerning stat is he has only 13 shots in 14 games. For a two-way defenseman, more is expected.
Sarnia Sting 2 @ London Knights 3 (SO)
C Vladislav Namestnikov [7], LDN: 0-0-0, -1, 0 PIM
Season Totals: 16 GP, 9-10-19, +8, 14 PIM
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Windsor Spitfires 1 @ Owen Sound Attack 5
D Geoffrey Schemitsch [8], OS: 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM
Season Totals: 15 GP, 0-5-5, -1, 12 PIM
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I left two grades out of my post from this morning. Here they are:
Joe Girardi, Manager
Girardi has impressed me in a number of ways this season. Starting with instantly rewarding Nick Swisher's hot start with more playing time, Girardi has done an excellent job of rewarding performance with playing time throughout his roster. When Brett Gardner stumbled and Melky Cabrera got hot, Girardi didn't hesitate to invert the roles of his two center fielders. Angel Berroa may have been on the roster for far too long, but Girardi barely used him, quickly recognizing Ramiro Peña's superior skill set and rewarding the rookie with opportunities commensurate to his performance. Similarly, when catchers Kevin Cash and Francisco Cervelli were called up within three days of each other following injuries to Jorge Posada and Jose Molina, Girardi didn't simply default to Cash as the starter because of his major league experience (which includes a .186/.248/.287 career batting line). Rather, he again favored talent over experience, making Cervelli the starter, and was rewarded for it. Girardi excelled at this in his bullpen usage last year, and has done it again this year, letting Phil Coke, Alfredo Aceves, and now Phil Hughes pitch their way to high-leverage duty while casting aside more experienced arms in Jose Veras and Edwar Ramirez.
Of course, managers manage people and not just teams, so there have been a couple of cases in which Girardi has persisted with a player in a role beyond the point at which the media and fans thought was appropriate. Specifically, Girardi put Brian Bruney right back into his eighth-inning role after Bruney was activated from the DL for the second time and stuck with Robinson Cano batting fifth behind Alex Rodriguez through a considerable slump with runners in scoring position. In both cases, Girardi was showing some necessary faith in those players, but not so much that he didn't eventually move Bruney into the middle innings and Cano down in the order.
Girardi also deserves credit for lightening up this season after receiving poor marks for his militaristic approach to last year's team. Starting with a spring training team field trip to a pool hall conceived by the skipper, this year's Yankees team has been one of the loosest and most colorful in recent memory, from Nick Swisher's iPod, to A.J. Burnett's cream pies, to the post-game championship belt (donated by Jerry Lawler), to the Mariano Rivera-judged kangaroo court.
Still, Girardi continues to have a blind spot when it comes to the fragility of his players. Though he seems to have discontinued his practice of lying to the media about his players' health, he initially failed to follow the doctor's orders to give Alex Rodriguez proper rest following the third baseman's return from hip surgery, and has too often overextended CC Sabathia beyond the big man's effectiveness. Fortunately, CC's pitch counts haven't been dangerous (he has reached 120 pitches just twice, tellingly both times in Yankee losses), and Rodriguez has responded incredibly to having some regular rest of late. Still, taking those kind of chances with the team's top assets early in the season is more than just obstinate, it's potentially disastrous for the organization. Given Girardi's injury blind spot, I wonder to what degree his approach is to blame for the fact that both Cody Ransom and Brian Bruney tried to cover up injuries to the detriment of the team.
Yankee Stadium 2.0
Prior to Opening Day, my objections to the new Yankee Stadium were sentimental, political, financial, historical, and aesthetic. Then the thing opened and turned out to be a giant Homermobile. Worse, it had a significant, detrimental effect on the game being played on the field. Though it feels cavernous to fans, it plays like a bandbox and has been host to many game-changing pop-fly home runs. Just look at the pitching staff's splits:
Home: 4.80 ERA, 1.45 HR/9, 3.86 BB/9
Road: 4.32 ERA, 1.11 HR/9, 3.57 BB/9
Compare that to last year's splits:
Home: 4.11 ERA, 0.83 HR/9, 3.10 BB/9
Road: 4.46 ERA, 0.96 HR/9, 3.01 BB/9
That is by far the most significant aspect of the new park, but beyond the way it plays, all of my preseason objections still hold. The best seats in the house have been half empty or worse because of their exorbitant price. The massive new scoreboards are poorly organized, making it unnecessarily difficult to catch any pertinent information with a quick glance away from the action. It's gaudy, cacophonous, somehow looks cheap despite its billion-dollar price tag, caters primarily to luxury clients, has compromised the quality of the games being played on its field, and was utterly unnecessary in the first place.


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Gerald Gallo has been busy since the last Foll Fonts Festival -- here are some new PostScript Type 1 screen and printer fonts for this season -- including some all new Initials, an unusual alpha-numeric series, and a collection of fonts for the cross-stitch artist!
we begin our tour with the cross-stitch fonts -- each is meticulously crafted to cater to the cross stitch artist. Above we see Gallo Classic Cross Stitch font. Below is a more decorative Gothic font called Gallo Elaborate Cross Stitch font. (Remember, you can click on these to see more of the font in a pop-up!)
Next is the "Majestic" cross stitch, . . .
Medieval ...
and Regal Cross Stitch fonts ...
All of these are designed specificly for cross stitch. If they're a little hard to see and appreciate, try squinting. Yet, when completed, and stitched, they'll be quite handsome. All Gallo Cross Stitch fonts are based on uppercase characters 12 stitches tall and contains upper case characters A-Z, numbers and punctuation. They're available in OTF and TTF versions.
Display Squares
Another series capitalizes on the digital format by using pixel squares for the letterforms. No matter what size the pixels are, they'll always be distinct!
Above is Display Squares #1, and below Display Squares #2. These really are display fonts, and not intended for text use.
On the next page we'll continue with more specialty fonts from Gerald Gallo, at Graphics by Gallo in Bethesda, MD, USA
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Tax Benefits for Higher Education
Did you know that there are U.S. tax breaks if you plan to go to college? Go to the following website to learn about tax breaks for those either planning to go to college, already in school, or for people who have graduated and are paying back loans on their education: www.ed.gov/offices/OSFAP/
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If you are a December Grad, Federal Regulations require you to complete an exit interview form which can be completed online at www.kentlaw.edu/depts/finaid
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The National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) is the U.S. Department of Education's central database for student aid. NSLDS provides a centralized, integrated view of Title IV loans that are tracked through their entire cycle: www.nslds.ed.gov
In order to complete your FAFSA online, you must have a PIN number. In order to obtain a PIN number, you may access the following website: www.eac.ed.gov
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Mock- defined by Merriam-Webster Dictionary as - Of, relating to, or having the character of an imitation.
Today I would like to look at some of the Players that various mock drafts have Vancouver selecting.
Jason Sapunka, of the Bleacher Report, has Vancouver selecting Colton Sissons of the Kelowna Rockets. His entire mock draft can be found HERE
Mike Chiari, of the Bleacher Report, has Vancouver selecting Slater Koekkoek of the Peterborough Petes. His entire mock draft can be found HERE
Derek Zona, of NHLnumber.com, has Vancouver selecting Damon Severson of the Kelowna Rockets. His entire mock draft can be found HERE
Holmes on NHL Hockey has Vancouver selecting Colton Sissons of the Kelowna Rockets. His entire mock draft can be found HERE
Bob Mand, of NHLmockdraft, has Vancouver selecting Hampus Lindholm of Rögle. His entire mock draft can be found HERE
Bill Placzek, has Vancouver selecting Brendan Gaunce of the Bellville Bulls. His entire mock draft can be found HERE
Colton Sissons- I would love to see this kid in a Vancouver jersey. You can tell in every interview that the kid eats, sleeps, and breathes Canucks. In my opinion, there is not a player in this draft that would play harder for Vancouver than Colton. His work ethic is his greatest attribute and the reason I think he will play in the NHL for a long time. I do have concerns over whether he will be much more than a third line player because of his limited offensive abilities, but with an attitude like Colton has, it wouldn't shock me to see him become better than a third line player. He's likely not the player I have going to Vancouver when I do my mock, but that's because I think he will be going before 26.
Slater Koekkoek- Another pick that I don't mind. Koekkoek is the type of player Vancouver needs to add to their D. At times this season, Koekkoek has looked like a top 10 pick, but because he has missed most of the year with a shoulder injury his draft position is a little unpredictable. What I like about Koekkoek is the passion he plays with, the nastiness he can bring, his skill, and his athletic ability (imo, one of the best athletes in the draft). What concerns me is the shoulder problem (with the game being as physical as it is, once you have a shoulder problem you can be stuck with it), and he can be a bit of an adventure in his own end. He's another player that I'm not sure will be there, but if he is, he would make an excellent pick.
Damon Severson- I like Damon Severson, but I'm not sure he's a first round pick. I think he has an NHL future, but he is more of a second round project to me. The kid has some of the tools to be a good player (size, decent skill, great shot, willing to hit, decent in his own end), but right now he is far to inconsistent to be a top 30 for me. If he is there in round two, he would make a great little project, but at 26, I'd likely take someone else.
Hampus Lindholm- Lindholm could be one of those wild cards in this year's draft that will really depend on if the team that takes him can develop him. For his size (6"'3, 200) Lindholm is a great skater with what scouts have said "great feet" (is Rex Ryan scouting hockey now?). I would say, that is he is developed properly he could become a Keith Yandle type, but at the same time he could also become a 5/6 pairing D. Lindholm is a player that if Vancouver was to take, you just have to trust Gradin.
Brendan Gaunce- Gaunce is a player that I can't figure out. I've seen him live a few times, and to be honest, I don't see what scouts see in him. He strikes me as a player with great physical tools, but just hasn't put it together. Then I read reports on him and some are saying he could be the next Ryan Getzlaf. I'm guessing the real Gaunce is somewhere in between. I'm thinking he will be a 50-70 point player who hits and will mix it up. If Vancouver was to select him I'd ok with getting a player like that, although, he is another player I think is gone by 26.
I will have my mock draft out sometime in the next week with my selection.
Who do people want Vancouver to select?


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Stokeridge Tavern is known by locals as one of the town's friendliest bars, but this place has so much more than libations. The BBQ is excellent, the wings are just spicy enough, and the Rueben sandwich is the best you'll find anywhere.
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The vibe here sophisticated but relaxed, and the tables are always full. One part wine bar, one part coffee house, and two parts French bistro, Bistro 150 serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner with a continental twist to eager diners who come from miles around. Come on the right night, and you can also catch live music from some of the area's best performers.
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — These are the stocks making notable moves on Monday.
Family Dollar Stores Inc. US:FDO : The discount retailer will be bought by rival Dollar Tree Inc. DLTR, -1.39% for $74.50 a share in cash and stock. The value of the deal is a 23% premium over the closing share price of Family Dollar on Friday. Also read: Carl Icahn's $149 million profit.
Trulia Inc. US:TRLA : The real estate website will be bought by Zillow Inc. Z, +0.46% for $3.5 billion stock.
El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc. LOCO, +0.77% : Shares climbed on their second day of trading. The fast-food chain jumped 60% on its Nasdaq debut Friday. Read: How Wall Street rates 10 of our favorite fast-food joints.
Tyson Foods Inc. TSN, -0.10% : The food company reported third-quarter results that missed expectations on profit, but beat analyst views on sales.
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Cummins Inc. CMI, -0.83% : The engine maker said second-quarter profit topped estimates, though sales barely missed. The company also raised its revenue outlook for the full year.
Monster Beverage Corp. MNST, -0.89% : The energy drink company is being sued by a mother who blames the drink for her son's collapse. The company said there is no evidence that Jason Hamric drank Monster Energy Drink before his medical issue emerged. "We are truly sorry about Jason's injury, but we are confident that once all the evidence is heard, it will be shown that Monster had no responsibility in this case," said Monster in a statement.
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CFP: Aldous Huxley: Fifty Years After (NeMLA 2012; abstracts due 9/30/11)
2012 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Aldous Huxley's final novel, _Island_ (1962), and 2013 will observe the half-century since his death. The panel session will reexamine Huxley's work (of any genre) in light of its influence on and relevance to contemporary culture, ideas, and movements. The panel's scope intends to be broad and inclusive, to encourage new North American scholarly attention on Huxley and his works. Of particular interest are new approaches that place Huxley in dialogue with other artists and intellectuals within and beyond Anglo-American traditions.
Send 250-word abstract to Bill Harrison, email@example.com. Subject line: NeMLA 2011. Deadline: 30 September 2011.
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The 43rd annual convention will be held 15-18 March 2012 in Rochester, New York at the Hyatt Regency Hotel downtown, located minutes away from convenient air, bus, and train transportation options for attendees. St. John Fisher College will serve as the host college, and the diverse array of area institutions are coordinating with conference organizers to sponsor various activities, such as celebrated keynote speakers, local events, and fiction readings.
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LOS ANGELES — A red flag warning for fire danger is posted for much of Southern California as dry and gusty Santa Ana are once again expected to blow through the region.
The National Weather Service says the warning is in effect through 8 p.m. Friday for mountain and valley sections of Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.
Gusts between 40 and 50 mph are predicted for some areas, with the strongest winds coming during morning hours. Temperatures are expected in the high 60s and low 70s.
Southern California has experienced weeks of wind events and low humidity, which has made vegetation dangerously dry and raised wildfire danger.
Crews are very close to fully containing a week-old 3-square-mile conflagration that destroyed five houses in Glendora and Azusa.


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CONOVER, N.C. (AP) Fred Funk took a one-stroke lead over Larry Mize in the Greater Hickory Classic on Saturday, shooting his second straight bogey-free 6-under 66.
``I really jump-started my round with a save on No. 2,'' Funk said. ``I drove it into the bunker and had to wedge it out for par. Then I made a 30-footer (putt) on the next hole (for birdie), and that got me going.''
The winner at The Woodlands in Texas in May for his seventh Champions Tour title, Funk has gone 42 holes without a bogey since the 13th hole Sunday in the final round of the SAS Championship in Cary, N.C.
He also extended his run of bogey-free holes at Rock Barn to 66, beginning with the seventh hole of the second round of last year's tournament.
``I've missed quite a few chances where I could've had more birdies,'' said Funk, who has 10 birdies and an eagle in two rounds. ``I've played pretty solid ... but I'm not going to complain about a 66.''
Funk had six birdies Saturday, but spent most of the day tied with Mize for the lead until draining a 20-foot birdie putt on No. 18.
``My only goal is to go out there, let it happen and not force the issue,'' said Funk, who shot 62 in the final round of last year's tournament to finish second. ``Someone can get on a run, because the greens are a lot faster and rolling really true. The scores are higher than they were last year.''
The 54-year-old Mize, a former Masters champion whose lone Champions Tour win came in 2010 in the Montreal Championship shot a 67.
``I played pretty solid yesterday, and I played pretty solid again today,'' said Mize, who overcame a bogey with six birdies, including three straight on Nos. 12-14. ``Obviously, I have to keep this up. Fred's going to be tough, and there are other guys out there as well.''
Defending champion Mark Wiebe, Chip Beck and Duffy Waldorf were four strokes back at 8 under. Beck and Waldorf shot 67, and Wiebe had a 69.
First-round leader Dan Forsman, struggling with back problems, was 7 under after a 72.
Bernhard Langer, who leads the Charles Schwab Cup standings and the tour's money list, shot 69 to finish at 5 under. Tom Lehman, who trails Langer by 69 points, fell to 2 under after a 74.


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stringByAppendingString question.
What am I doing wrong here? The code I am testing compiles and runs but I end up with an empty string for gameNumberList. The line in question is:
[gameNumberList stringByAppendingString:gameNumber];
- (NSMutableString *)parseGameNumbers {
// let's parse the game numbers from the History File and pass them back to the caller as a string.
NSScanner *theScanner;
NSString *GAMENUMBERID = @"Full Tilt Poker Game #";
NSCharacterSet *colonSet;
NSError *error;
NSString *stringFromFileAtPath = [[NSString alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:historyFile encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:&error];
NSMutableString *gameNumber;
NSMutableString *gameNumberList;
gameNumberList = [NSMutableString alloc];
colonSet = [NSCharacterSet characterSetWithCharactersInString:@":"];
theScanner = [NSScanner scannerWithString:stringFromFileAtPath];
if (stringFromFileAtPath == nil)
// an error occurred
NSLog(@"Error reading file at %@\n%@", historyFile, [error localizedFailureReason]);
while ([theScanner isAtEnd] == NO)
if ([theScanner scanString:GAMENUMBERID intoString:NULL] && [theScanner scanUpToCharactersFromSet:colonSet intoString:&gameNumber])
// we are not getting the game numbers to append here.
[gameNumberList stringByAppendingString:gameNumber];
return gameNumberList;
// else return NO;
return gameNumberList;
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gameNumberList = [NSMutableString alloc];
gameNumberList = [[NSMutableString alloc] init];
gameNumberList = [[NSMutableString alloc] init];
Caught that right after posting but I still do not get anything when trying:
Watching it in debug and everything is fine just nothing goes into gameNumberList. I am wondering if I should be appending the string differently.
[gameNumberList stringByAppendingString:gameNumber];
Watching it in debug and everything is fine just nothing goes into gameNumberList. I am wondering if I should be appending the string differently.
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I'm willing to bet that stringByAppendingString is working perfectly here, it's just not what you want to use in the first place. stringByAppendingString returns a new string, but it doesn't change the target. You want appendString: instead.
Yep. appendString: seems to work. Course now I have an infinite loop to fix but getting a little closer. Thanks.


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ADT settles overbilling accusations, to pay $230,000
April 24. 2013 1:36PM
CONCORD - Advanced Device Technology Inc. (ADT) of Salem will pay the U.S. government more than $230,000 to resolve allegations it overbilled the U.S. Army for infrared sensor and infrared camera development.
ADT, a designer of infrared products since 1982, was under contract for infrared sensor development by the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command.
Concerns arose, however, with certain delivery orders, referred to as "level of effort clauses," in the contract that required ADT to spend a specified minimum amount of labor hours on specific portions of the contract, according to a news release issued by U.S. Attorney John P. Kacavas, District of New Hampshire.
The government also had concerns that ADT was overbilling, attributing labor hours to the contract that were never incurred.
ADT cooperated in the government's investigation and agreed to pay $230,517.26 to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act. Under the act, if the government proves someone submitted or caused others to submit false or fraudulent claims to the U.S., the government can recover treble damages and from $5,500 to $11,000 for each false or fraudulent claim filed.
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TALENT — Picketers with signs opposing operation of a nearby asphalt plant lined both sides of the West Valley View Road Bridge over Bear Creek Saturday afternoon, drawing honks from passing motorists.
More than 60 people attended a rally in Lynn Newbry Park, then walked to the bridge to highlight their concerns as Jackson County decides whether to allow Mountain View Paving to continue operating even though the plant does not conform to area land-use rules. The plant is next to the park and adjacent to the creek.
"Stop Polluting Our Park," "Save Our Creek" and "Stop Fugitive Emissions" were among slogans printed on demonstrators' signs.
Residents of Mountain View Estates across the creek from the plant organized the rally. Residents have complained about smelly emissions and expanded operations and raised concerns about impacts on their property and the city in the event of a flood.
"Sometimes at 10 or 11 at night they will fire up and make all kinds of noise," said Linda Ruth, a park resident
Other Talent residents also showed up for the protest. Shawnna Morrow, who lives on Ganges Street west of Highway 99, attended with her four children, ages 4 to 11.
"Every day they fire up that plant I wake up with severe rheumatoid arthritis symptoms," said Morrow.
Meri Walker bought a home in the park in March 2012, but summer brought fumes.
"As soon as we finished remodeling, it started getting really smelly," said Walker. "There's smells in the house and outside."
Mountain View Paving has an air quality permit from Oregon's Department of Environmental Quality which allows a portable asphalt plant. No county permit was issued for the operation, which began in 2001, because asphalt plants had operated on the site before current land-use regulations were adopted.
An August 2012 test of the plant's emissions found noncompliance in two areas, but the owner said the problems have been corrected. Mountain View Paving has expanded operations at the site, which led the owner to request approval from the county for its nonconforming use.
At the rally, City Councilwoman Darby Sticker presented a time line of the plant's development, which was listed in the application made to the county.
"If this decision is approved, they will be allowed to grow and develop for as long as they want to," said Stricker. "We have to think about what they will be allowed to do in 10 years and beyond."
Plant owner Paul Meyer's stepdaughter, Kaylin McAnany, of Phoenix, spoke briefly at the rally.
"I want you to look at his point of view," McAnany told the crowd.
Contacted before the rally, Meyer said the plant has operated for only about 30 hours since Thanksgiving. Last year he produced 18,700 tons of asphalt, below the 74,000 tons allowed by DEQ.
Meyer puts an additive designed to take the bite out of the odor of the oil used in the asphalt production. He said it produces a sweet smell similar to cherries.
Jackson County must issue a decision on the applications in time to allow for a 12-day comment period and appeals to a hearing officer, who must issue a ruling by May 24.
Environmental groups and the city of Talent have submitted comments on the applications.
Tony Boom is a freelance writer living in Ashland. Reach him at email@example.com.
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TALENT — Picketers with signs opposing operation of a nearby asphalt plant lined both sides of the West Valley View Road Bridge over Bear Creek Saturday afternoon, drawing honks from passing motorists.