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(PHOTO: PSYOPS from the Obama White House. Senior administration officials gathered in the White House Situation Room were shown intently looking at scenes of the attack on a video screen. Later, it was revealed that the live video feed had gone down prior to the photograph being taken. WMR has learned from news photographers in Washington that the Situation Room photograph was carefully stage-managed by White House staff. Standing among the senior administration officials was the gaunt figure of Brennan, a man who exudes as much warmth as the "cigarette smoking man" in the X-Files.)(May 12, 2011) President Obama anxiously kept the media and the world waiting on the evening of May 1 for what later turned out to be his announcement that he ordered a US Navy SEAL team to attack the compound of Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Obama claimed that the SEALs had shot and killed Bin Laden in a firefight.The reason for the delay of Obama's announcement, according to WMR's sources, had nothing to do with national security but to alert Obama's student supporters at George Washington and Howard universities in Washington, DC to marshal a group of Obama fans to gather at Lafayette Park in front of the White House in a "flash mob" to stage a pep rally for Obama after his announcement.
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This week in Island history
The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 100 years ago came from the collection of the Newport Historical Society.
100 years ago From the Newport Daily News, March 6, 1908
Mr. Seth Pierce has moved another of the small buildings from Knowles' court to his property west of the Four Corners.
With the codfish running more plentifully and the tides for the past week unusually low the fishermen are shipping considerable fish and clams.
From the Newport Daily News, March 7, 1908
After more than a week's delay, during which time the building has blocked Clinton avenue, the work of moving the Whitewood cottage was resumed today.
From the Newport Daily News, March 9, 1908
The trench across the West bay for the water main from Saunderstown to Fort Greble is so far completed that if the weather is sufficiently good tomorrow the laying of the pipe will be begun. As the pipe to be laid in water varying from 30 to 60 feet in depth, and is over a mile in length, the work will be watched by engineers and contractors.
75 years ago From the Newport Daily News, March 2, 1933
Through the kindness of Messrs. Ferdinand Armbrust and L. F. Meredith, the shop next to the Palace Theatre on Narragansett avenue, has been loaned the local branch (of the Red Cross), and Tuesday, March 7, and each Tuesday and Thursday, from 3 to 4 p.m., garments and material will be given out, also slips for flour.
From the Newport Daily News, March 3, 1933
(At the town council meeting it was voted that) the sum of $500 be placed in the 1933 budget at the fi- nancial town meeting for the purpose of advertising Jamestown as a summer resort.
Jamestown was selected for the locale for the annual field day of the Eastern Rhode Island Farm Bureau by the executive committee … to be held July 25.
From the Newport Daily News, March 7, 1933
On and after March 7, the library will be open Tuesdays and Saturdays from 2 to 5:30.
50 years ago From the Newport Daily News, March 3, 1958
Jamestown has been placed on the list for the construction of a new post office, state Rep. Harold F. Shippee has been told by John B. DeMotta of the Post Office Department regional office in Boston.
From the Newport Daily News, March 4, 1958
Construction plans for the Commerce oil refinery in Jamestown are on schedule, but dependent upon the outcome of the suit brought in U. S. District Court in Providence by refinery opponents.
From the Newport Daily News, March 5, 1958
(photo caption) Capacity for 58 cars. Ferry Norfolk, sister ship of the Richmond which arrived two weeks ago, tied up last night at the Newport Shipyard. The wide open auto deck is shown with the stairs on the left to the top deck where cabins will protect 500 passengers. The Norfolk made the Jamestown-Newport run last night in 12 minutes.
25 years ago From the Newport Daily News, March 3, 1983
The Town Council is looking to change the zoning of town-owned property at Fort Wetherill from commercial waterfront to open space in an attempt to maintain the area as park land.
From the Newport Daily News, March 4, 1983
Voters will get their say Monday night on how the town should spend its money in fiscal 1984. Approval of a proposed $3.7 million budget would increase taxes by about $2 per $1,000. … Eight resolutions calling for a total appropriation of $178,050 will be presented to voters. Seven of these items are included in the capital improvement budget. The other resolution calls for a $69,000 appropriation for one year only to conduct a property revaluation during calendar year 1983.
From the Newport Daily News, March 8, 1983
Voters approved the $3.87 million recommended budget with little ado Monday night at the annual fi- nancial town meeting. … The budget will increase the tax rate $3.35 per $1,000 for fiscal 1984 which started March 1.
15 years ago From the Jamestown Press, March 4, 1993
Voters Monday approved a $7.4 million tax levy to fund town and school budgets totaling $8.4 million at an annual financial town meeting that lasted just over two hours the first in three years not to take two nights. This year's 10 percent spending increase will raise the tax rate from $21.42 to $23.37 for each $1,000 of property valuation.
Abandoned fuel tanks and other debris at five longunused military installations on the island are scheduled for cleanup next year, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
(advertisement) Thrifty Oil 76 cents per gal. 200 gal.
An average of $157.10 per boat per weekend was spent at village businesses last summer by boats using the marina at East Ferry. (Information was based on 453 questionnaires sent out by Conanicut Marine Services to last year's mooring and docking customers.)
10 years ago From the Jamestown Press, March 5, 1998
Voters took 44 minutes Monday to approve an $11.5 million budget for fiscal 1998-99 that increased the tax rate by 72 cents, from $14.42 to $15.13, for each $1,000 of property valuation.
The Town Council will hold a public hearing tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Town Hall on an ordinance that will temporarily restrict the use of municipal water while the water tower is painted.

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Chad Epperson appears to be the leading candidate to replace Gary Tuck as the catching instructor for the Boston Red Sox. Epperson filled in for Tuck while the latter was on leave last season. The organization has interviewed several internal candidates for the job and manager John Farrell has given no indication that any outsiders have been interviewed.
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Bradley vs Mayweather
Posted 13 May 2012 - 08:42 PM
Posted 13 May 2012 - 08:48 PM
Posted 18 May 2012 - 07:31 AM
Posted 18 May 2012 - 09:10 AM
amck73, on 18 May 2012 - 07:31 AM, said:
Time is a motherfucker. You might not say that in a couple years.
Edited by Smelodies, 18 May 2012 - 09:13 AM.
Posted 13 June 2012 - 02:37 AM
Smelodies, on 18 May 2012 - 09:10 AM, said:
So lets wait until a couple of years when Floyd is past his prime and Bradley is still in his.
MM is based on both fighters at their best.
Floyd Jr` best is a more elite one vs Bradley`s best
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Edited by RayTheBest, 25 June 2012 - 05:35 PM.
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Posted 20 January 2013 - 10:10 AM
He could have returned in December to fight a rematch with Lamont Peterson (the junior welterweight titlist who would have moved up in weight) on HBO for $2.3 million. But Bradley turned it down, even though he had decisively beaten Peterson a couple of years ago.
One of the reasons there could be issues closing a deal with Bradley -- and this is speculation, but some in the business believe could be legit -- is that he is also being considered as an opponent for Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 4.
Obviously, he would make way more money against Mayweather than Gamboa. And he wouldnt have to lose any weight.
Some might ask how could a Mayweather fight be made, since Mayweather is with Al Haymon and Golden Boy is the main promoter of the event, and Haymon and Golden Boy have horrific relations with Top Rank, Bradleys promoter.
I believe that if a Mayweather fight was presented to Bradley, that Top Rank, for the right seven-figure cut of the Bradley package, would allow him to go fight Mayweather and stay out of the promotion.
I can see it happening. If youre Mayweather, Bradley is a better style fight for him than either of the two candidates being discussed for his next fight: Robert Guerrero (a physical southpaw) and Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (a bigger man with good power). Bradley is right-handed, smaller and presents less problems than they do.
Maybe Im being a conspiracy theorist here, but maybe, just maybe, the hang up in announcing Mayweathers next opponent is because there are delicate talks going on behind the scenes for a possible fight with Bradley, whose attorney Gabriel Penagaricano, has a good relationship with Golden Boy through his recent dealings with the company on behalf of his top client, Miguel Cotto (Mayweathers last opponent.)
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Suit alleges that, by failing to follow New York law, HSBC has trapped hundreds of New Yorkers facing foreclosure in the "shadow docket"
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today filed a lawsuit against HSBC Bank USA and HSBC Mortgage Corp. for failing to follow state law related to foreclosure actions, putting homeowners at greater risk of losing their homes. Under state law, residential mortgage lenders, servicers and their agents who sue to foreclose on a homeowner are required to file a "Request for Judicial Intervention" when they file their proof of service with the county clerk. The process mandates that the lender then attend a settlement conference within 60 days. The purpose of this court-supervised conference is to provide an opportunity for borrowers to negotiate alternatives to foreclosure, including loan modifications that make mortgage payments more affordable, with the intent that they avoid losing their homes.
Across New York, thousands of foreclosure cases are languishing for months, even years, because financial institutions delay filing the paperwork that triggers the settlement conference. The subsequent backlog of cases is often referred to as the "shadow docket," and has become a major burden on homeowners and the judicial system. According to one report, the Office of Court Administration estimates that 25,000 families are trapped in the "shadow docket."
"Companies like HSBC are brazenly ignoring state law, leaving homeowners across New York stuck in a legal limbo where they can't even get the legally required settlement conference that could help them keep their homes," Schneiderman said. "For homeowners facing foreclosure, time is their greatest enemy. Every day spent waiting for a settlement conference is a day that the lender piles on additional interest, fees and penalties and the homeowner falls further behind. I am committed to doing everything I can to stand up for New Yorkers who are trapped in the 'shadow docket' and denied their right to fight for their homes."
An investigation conducted by Schneiderman showed that HSBC bank and HSBC Mortgage Corporate repeatedly failed to timely file the RJI in hundreds of foreclosure cases against New York homeowners, increasing the risk that those homeowners would lose their homes. A sampling of HSBC foreclosure filings from four counties - Erie, Monroe, Suffolk and Bronx - identified close to 300 instances where HSBC failed to file the RJI with the proof of service. In some of those cases, homeowners waited for more than two years for HSBC to file the RJI. All the while, HSBC continued to charge interest and assess fees and penalties, adding thousands of dollars to what the homeowner owed. Those additional charges put homeowners at greater risk that they would lose their homes because, as a result, they may not qualify for a loan modification.
Rebecca Karm, an Erie County resident fighting foreclosure after suffering from medical issues and losing her job, waited hundreds of days for a settlement conference, at a cost of thousands of dollars. HSBC filed the proof of service on Nov. 12, 2010, but failed to file the RJI until June 8, 2012. According to an affirmation provided by the Western New York Law Center, the fees accrued during those 547 days would add approximately $23,000 to Karm's principal balance if she were offered a permanent loan modification on the day the affirmation was submitted.
"HSBC needs to be held accountable for flouting a state law designed to help people keep their homes, and I would like to commend Attorney General Eric Schneiderman for standing up for New Yorkers against this banking giant," said Buffalo Comptroller Mark J.F. Schroeder. "Foreclosures are a major problem in Buffalo, and banks should be trying to fix the situation, not make it worse."
"New York state has gone to extraordinary lengths to afford homeowners protections of the courts when their homes are being foreclosed upon," said Joseph Kelemen, executive director of the Buffalo-based Western New York Law Center. "When banks, servicers and other entities foreclosing on homes start a lawsuit and then delay filing the necessary papers to get the case in front of a judge, homeowners are denied the protections they are entitled to under the law and are placed at greater risk of losing their homes. We applaud the efforts of Attorney General Schneiderman to restore integrity to the judicial foreclosure process."
Schneiderman filed a lawsuit in New York Supreme Court seeking to compel HSBC to file the RJI immediately in all cases in which it has filed a proof of service, and to file an RJI simultaneously with proof of service in all future cases. In cases where HSBC has already failed to file the RJI with proof of service on the homeowner, the suit also seeks to compel HSBC to take the following steps to protect New York homeowners:
•Prepare an accounting of interest charges, penalties and fees (e.g. late fees, inspection fees, attorney's fees, broker reports) that accrued beginning 60 days after the filing of proof of service on the homeowner;
•Toll and waive all accrued interest charges, fees and penalties that accrued, or will accrue, beginning 60 days after the filing of proof of service on the homeowner;
•Grant restitution for interest charges, fees and penalties paid by the homeowner that accrued beginning 60 days after the filing of proof of service on the homeowner; and
•Grant damages to homeowners injured by HSBC's illegal practices.
Today's lawsuit was brought against HSBC; however, Schneiderman is committed to bringing similar actions against other mortgage lenders who hold borrowers in the "shadow docket" in defiance of state law.
"Although identifying these cases takes significant resources, my office will continue to bring these types of cases until every homeowner in the 'shadow docket' receives the relief they are legally entitled to," Schneiderman added.
Assistant Attorney General James M. Morrissey is handling this case, under the supervision of Assistant Attorney General In-Charge Michael J. Russo and Executive Deputy Attorney General Martin J. Mack.
Schneiderman's lawsuit against HSBC is part of his ongoing effort to bring much-needed protections to homeowners facing foreclosure. He proposed a measure that will require plaintiff attorneys to file the proof of personal service, and proof that their client has the right to foreclose on the loan, earlier in the foreclosure process (A. 5582), and legislation that would impose criminal penalties on residential mortgage lenders, servicers and their agents who intentionally engage in fraudulent or deceptive conduct in the preparation, execution or filing of false foreclosure documents (A.7395). Both bills have passed in the Assembly and await Senate approval.
For more information on Schneiderman's efforts to support New York families caught in the foreclosure crisis, visit www.AGHomeHelp.com.


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Entry requirements for some visitors will be relaxed starting Friday.
EGLIN AFB � Entry requirements for some visitors will be relaxed starting Friday.
Eglin plans to allow all Department of Defense identification holders to vouch for passengers in their vehicles when they pass through the base�s security gates. Escorted visitors will no longer be required to register for a visitor�s pass.
The program is called Trusted Traveler. It was implemented at Hurlburt Field at the end of July.
�It�s a trust issue,� Staff Sgt. Mike Thompson with the 96th Security Forces Squadron said in a written statement. �The people who have the proper credentials are considered identity proofed and vetted. We trust them to conduct themselves in a secure manner, which includes being responsible for whom is brought on base and their actions while visiting.�
Sponsors will be required to escort visitors at all times. If they are unable to do so, the visitor still must register for a pass, according to Eglin public affairs.
Procedures for anyone entering the base for official business such as contractors, vendors or foreign nationals will remain the same, public affairs reported.
With the new implementation, Eglin, Duke Field and the Army 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) will join Hurlburt in the Trusted Traveler program.
Master Sgt. Rob Nussbaum, also with the 96th Security Forces Squadron, said the change was made to ease traffic at the visitor�s center and entry gates and to streamline the security process.
�It allows us to focus on security issues and ensures we�re vetting the people who are entering the base unescorted,� he said in a written statement.


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Alert 2008-26
Subject: Counterfeit Cashier's Checks
Date: June 16, 2008
Description: First National Bank of Buffalo
Counterfeit Cashier's Checks of First National Bank of Buffalo, Buffalo, WY
To: Chief Executive Officers of All National Banks; All State Banking Authorities; Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Director, Office of Thrift Supervision; Conference of State Bank Supervisors; Deputy Comptrollers (districts); Assistant Deputy Comptrollers; District Counsel; and All Examining Personnel
The above-named bank has reported that counterfeit cashier's checks issued in the bank's name and using a correct routing number of 102300459 are being presented for payment nationwide in connection with a mystery shopping scam.
The counterfeit checks may be identified by the following traits: the words "CASHIER'S CHECK" are located in the top center portion of the instrument directly above the following security statement: "AN INDEMNITY AND/OR SURETY BOND MAY BE REQUIRED PRIOR TO REPLACEMENT OR REFUND OF THIS CHECK IF LOST OR DESTROYED." The following wording is located beneath the bank name in the upper-left section of the check: "Payable Through First National Bank of Buffalo, Buffalo, WY, For Inquiries call 1-866-495-3692." A remitter line is located in the bottom-left corner of the check, and the following security statement is located within the bottom border surrounded by padlock icons: "SECURITY FEATURES INCLUDED. DETAILS ON BACK." The words "Authorized Signature" and "Countersigned" are located under the signature lines in the bottom-right portion of the instrument.
Items presented to date have included a remitter of "Top Shop, Inc.," have been made payable in the amount of $4,985, include the words "Operator I.D..Cu9482101" towards the top-right area, contain a 9-digit check serial number beginning in the "254" series, and have been signed by "Thomas W. Casey" and "D D'Alessendro."
Correspondence accompanying the counterfeit checks may contain the letterhead of "TOP SHOP INC., Suite 171, 404 S. Cannon Street, Bridgeville, DE 19933, Tel/Fax#: 1-905-599-6092." Note that this wireless telephone number originates in Oakville, Ontario. The letter may be signed by Kristy Hudson, Chief Assignment Co-Ordinator. The correspondence informs the recipient that he or she has been pre-selected to represent the company as a mystery shopper. It is explains that the enclosed cashier's check is to be used during the assignment to make purchases at various merchants and to transfer money using a nationally known wire service. Recipients are instructed to contact 1-905-599-6092 prior to depositing the check and are required to keep the assignment confidential in accordance with the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, which is enclosed with the check.
Due to possible variations in the appearance of the bank's official items and differing scams associated with the counterfeit or fictitious items, officials of the First National Bank of Buffalo recommend that any recipient who receives any of the bank's official items from an unknown or questionable source should contact the bank to verify the item's authenticity.
For additional information and guidance, please contact Diana Borgialli, Vice President/Security & BSA Officer, P.O. Box 400, Buffalo, WY 82834, by telephone at (800) 766-3641, by fax at (307) 684-5620, or via e-mail at [firstname.lastname@example.com].
Additional information concerning this matter that you believe should be brought to the attention of the OCC may be forwarded to:
For additional information regarding other types of financial fraud, please visit the OCC's anti-fraud resource at: https://www.occ.gov/topics/consumer-protection/fraud-resources/index-fraud-resources.html.
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Power still out?
Mine came back Sunday morning. My relatives in Columbia never lost it. My in-laws in southern Anne Arundel County are still waiting. Friday night's storm did not cut evenly through the region, and BGE says the unusual nature of the "derecho" is complicating efforts to get everyone's much-needed air conditioning up and running again.
Utilities don't have enough staff to handle severe-storm outages – the expense would send rates soaring – and so they rely on out-of-state utilities to send help, said Stephen Woerner, BGE's chief operating officer. Hurricane forecasts offer enough advanced warning for utilities to "pre-mobilize" and get the out-of-state assistance in place, he said, but the forecast for Friday's walloping wind was merely scattered thunderstorms.
As a result, BGE had more out-of-state help in place before Hurricane Irene hit last year than it did by mid-day Monday, several days after the storm. Workers were traveling from as far afield as Florida and Canada.
"No utility was prepared for what we saw in terms of having staff available that first day," Woerner said.
He's been with the company for 23 years, and he said he's "never seen this number of customers out in such a short period of time without an advanced forecast of severe weather."
Mild temperatures usually follow a hurricane, easing the effects of an outage. The baking heat after Friday's storm makes it worse for homeowners without power and for the crews trying to restore it. Workers need more frequent breaks to avoid overheating in their heavy, flame-retardant clothing, Woerner said.
He said BGE will pore over forecasts for this storm to see whether there's any clue they might use to predict the likelihood of a repeat performance down the road – a storm that will be worse than meteorologists think – such as energy in the atmosphere.
So when will you get power back if it's still out? If you're having trouble finding an estimate more specific than possibly as late as this coming weekend, that's because BGE says it wants to hold off on specifics until officials feel confident they can deliver. The utility says it expects that many customers will be back on today. (The outage map is here.)
Paula Carmody, head of the Maryland Office of People's Counsel, which represents residents on utility matters, said her office is hearing complaints about the lack of specific estimates.
"In very major storms like this, it does become a problem trying to give those estimates in an accurate way," she said. "The No. 1 concern is, people do want their service restored as soon as possible."
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STORY: England, 1774. Ten years have elapsed since Lady Philippa Ponsonby Hatfield made a painful sacrifice in giving up the dashing Royal Navy captain with whom she was desperately in love.
In the years since, Sir Elliott Lord has gone on to become a famous admiral and hero of England, and now, fate throws them together once more at a glittering ball hosted by none other than Lucien de Montforte, the mighty duke of Blackheath …
REVIEW: I'm always willing to take a trip with one of Danelle Harmon's books, and in this story. The Admiral's Heart, she takes me on a short journey of what once Pippa and Elliot had but lost; young, sweet and innocent love. By pure coincidence [or is it? You can never be sure when Lucien is around], they are presented with a second chance…
Will Pippa find the courage to face Elliot and finally give him an explanation behind her withdrawal of her affections all those years ago?
Is Elliot willing to listen, forgive and embrace the second chance with the woman he always loved and could never forget?
This is a short story a bit shy of 13,000 words and as such I knew that the author was limited in her telling, but if you're Danelle Harmon, you don't let that stop you. And while the story is way too short for my taste, the author made sure I was entertained and vested in Pippa and Elliot's happily ever after.
I enjoyed their interaction as they reunite and awkwardly try to reacquaint themselves with each other, while each is itching to give in temptation.
Oh, and that love scene at the end….just thought to warn you…it's a scorcher!
"He saw a flash of blue ahead as she rounded a corner, and broke into a run. He would not lose her. Even if he had to chase her from here to London.
And he'd be damned to hell and back if he'd allow Sir Geoffrey, or any of his subordinates to know that he felt dismasted, in irons, as stricken as a brig that had just been smashed beneath a salvo of chain shot, and he damn well didn't need the young Captain Merrick, whose arm had been so conveniently placed beneath Pippa's hand when he'd come upon the little group, trying to make himself useful. Elliott was on the distant side of thirty. The far distant side. He had enough aches and pains when he got up in the morning these days, and though his sandy blond hair was still thick and rich and showed no sign of either thinning or gray, the lines that bracketed the corners of his eyes, carved there by sun and salt and the passing of years, were an all too blatant reminder that he was no dashing young buck like the handsome Captain Merrick or even that pink-cheeked pup, Oliver Heathmore.
Pippa. Of all people to encounter here. Of all people to run up against when it had taken him ten years to forget her.
Of all people.
There, ahead, a door, ajar. He pushed it open.
He kept going, moving faster now.
Another door. Closed.
He shoved it open and there she was, standing by a window with one hand anchoring herself on its sill. A candle in a glass globe stood on a small table nearby, striking gold into her beautiful face.
'Elliott,' she said weakly.
He stopped in his tracks, one hand still on the door, just looking at her.
She was beautiful. Heartbreakingly so. Certainly, the years had treated her kinder than they had him. But then, the one doing the jilting wasn't usually the one who did the suffering. And by the looks of her, she hadn't suffered one bit. Skin that was still clear and smooth. Full, pink lips, now parted in surprise or shock, making him ache to kiss them, and a mouth that used to be able to quirk up just a fraction on one side, as though she found life perpetually amusing and expected others to, as well. Kind, gentle, blue eyes, heavily lashed and slightly down-turned at the corners like those of her de Montforte cousins, and a tiny, nipped waist that just begged him to span it with his hands. She wore a beautiful gown of shimmering cobalt silk, the skirts overlaid with white lace and the fitted bodice embroidered with gold thread that caught the light of the candle.
Blue and white and gold.
Naval colors.
Surely it was a coincidence.
Somewhere off over his shoulder, and coming down the hall toward them, he heard voices. Without a second thought, Elliott kicked the door shut behind him with one foot. The abrupt sound it made as it slammed was immensely satisfying."
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When my brother was about seven years old or so, he got a toy called Teddy Ruxpin. This robotic creature was a cross between a teddy bear and a boom box. It had everything. Cassette deck in the back to play the storylines, storytelling ability, soft exterior making it an attractive soft teddy bear best friend and a mechanical inside making the whole thing work. Wasn't a whole lot this little guy couldn't do. Was the go to toy that year and was easily the most popular kid's entertainment around at the time. Had a best friend named Grubby who was a fatter, sloppier version of Teddy Ruxpin, yet still had the same mechanical make up, great for entertainment, just not as sharp on the outside and not the number 1 guy in toy sales that year.
This year, Ted Lilly is the Cubs Teddy Ruxpin. Sounds ridiculous I know. But this guy is the man this year and there isn't much he doesn't offer. Eight solid innings today giving up only four hits shut down the Astros and gave the Cubs a much needed series win. Like I said yesterday after the night cap W, currently quoted on the MLB.com home page (at the time of posting anyway….September is the season for scoreboard watching. And now after Lilly did his thing, we have to sit and wait.
But Lilly was the man today. Eight innings, base hit…trying to generate and manufacture runs by attempting to even steal second base. Unsuccessfully of course, but still the fire and desire was there. Aside from Lee's going yard for 2 runs, today was all Lilly. Can't blame him. All quality starts since the break and just one win to show for it. The Cubs offense hasn't shown up to support his brilliant pitching so of course he was out there trying to grind in the runs himself. Whatever he can do to get the W because the Cubs need them now more than ever. Hardly any season left and it's on every Cub to give it all the way Lilly did today. Go a little further. Push a little harder. Do the extra things that help the team end up victorious at the end of the day.
Lilly's effort, heart and desire today is what we need day in and day out. Clearly the wild card victory is Colorado's to lose, but let's keep winning and keep the pressure on them to win or else give up ground to us DAILY. No time to waste. Our lone all-star stepped up and set the standard that all other Cubs should look to live up to and surpass if possible. Lee is finally healthy and he's inching closer to a potential .300 30HR 100RBI season and it couldn't come at a better time. Bradley prides himself on the fact that the media was wrong to harp on 'can he stay healthy' considering he's hardly missed all that many games. Ok, great. But you need to produce in these games Bradley. Stay hot and produce. Support great pitching performances like the one Lilly put in today. And don't stop putting the pressure on those above us.
Colorado has the Mets, hopefully the Mets can pull their JV team together and upset the Rockies tonight. If so, we'll pickup a full game in the standings. Atlanta beat Florida last night. Best thing that can happen tonight is for Florida to beat Atlanta. Let them share the beating and games lost in the standings during their intra-wild card standing series this week. If that were to happen and the Giants lose as well. We could be looking at five teams within five games of each other with a month left to play. Gotta love it.
Going to Friday night's game at Citi Field against the Mets. Zambrano will be starting for the Cubs. He would be the Grubby to Ted Lilly's Teddy Ruxpin. When Lilly pitches, those games are absolutely must-wins. Same with Wells and also Zambrano. Lilly is the unofficial ace of the staff this year with his all-star status and Wells has high expectations to live up to with a stellar rookie campaign as he and Lilly share the team lead in wins at 10. But Zambrano needs to step up and deliver the great story with the mechanical side of him and not continue to simply produce the sloppy, fiery, entertaining outside of Zambrano. He is the official ace of this ballclub and we need to be able to count on him. His games are must-wins as well, so come Friday, that's exactly what he needs to come away with.
Tomorrow we get the White Sox and those games are always interesting. If any one team is going to play spoiler to another, can't think of any other team better to do so against than your crosstown rival. Let's hope the pitches keep finding their places and the bats stay hot. First thing's first though. We did our part today in getting the win. Now, once again, something we'll be getting real used to over the course of September…time to sit back, stress out…and keep a real close eye on that scoreboard. Thanks MLBlogs for showcasing Prose and Ivy on the MLB.com home page today. I'm sure it helped attract a whole new batch of MLBlog readers, perhaps some Cubs fans, and hopefully some return readers over the course of the final month of the regular season. Feel free to comment regarding anything Cubs/MLB related in the blogs or in the chat section to the right…and enjoy the rest of the season. This one is getting REALLY interesting….Go Cubs Go!
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The Raphael Loggias (late 1780s)
Commissioned by Empress Catherine II in the late 1780s, the Raphael Loggias are the exact copy of the Gallery in the Papal Palace in Vatican City....
Fortress Bip
The fortress Bip (architect V. Brenna) was erected and the park Mariental was laid out on the Tyzva River in 1795-97.
Exhibition of court carriages in the former Duty Stables building
A permanent exhibition of court carriages of the eighteenth - early twentieth centuries is conducted in the former Duty Stables building that was...
Priory Palace (1799)
Sphinxes in front of the frozen river
Originally sculptures of sphinxes were intended for the Egyptian Bridge (1825).
The Small Chinese Bridges
Mooring with Lions
Marienthal Pond
Frozen Waterfall
Mansion of Kokorev (1900s)
The mansion was build in 1901-1904 by architect Silvio Dagnini.
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Rumyantsevsky Garden in Winter
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Two paintings created in 1910 for Bazhanov's mansion are visible - "Ilya Muromets" and "Solovey-Razboynik".
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Saint Michael's Castle
Свято-Троицкий Измайловский собор в Санкт-Петербурге. (Trinity Cathedral, Saint Petersburg)
Свято-Троицкий Измайловский собор в Санкт-Петербурге. The Trinity Cathedral (Russian: Троицкий собор, Troitsky sobor; Russian: Троице-Измайловский...


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In their final set of 2011 matches in the United States Soccer Development Academy (USSDA), Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency teams earned a split of results with Pacific Northwest rivals Seattle Sounders FC Academy in Tukwila, Washington, on Saturday afternoon.
In what was a pre-Holiday festival of USSDA action between these two Cascadia rivals, the Whitecaps FC Residency U-16 and U-18 squads looked to earn Interstate 5 bragging rights, as players and their parents joined club staff and a small band of travelling Vancouver support on a very pleasant winter's afternoon in Washington State. Not to be outdone, nearly 100 Seattle fans also took in Saturday's matches at Starfire Sports Stadium.
It was a very good day for the U-18 Residency squad (8W-1L-2D) following their 3-1 victory over Sounders FC Academy U-17/18's (6W-4L-3D) in the noon-hour kickoff. Unfortunately, the U-16 Residency side (6W-3L-2D) suffered a 4-0 defeat to an impressive Sounders FC Academy U-15/16 side (9W-2L-2D) in their mid-afternoon clash.
In fact, Saturday saw the entire Residency program in action at the Starfire Sports Complex, as Bart Choufour's U-14 Residency group also played their Sounders FC Academy counterparts in two late-morning games. The senior U-14 side suffered a 5-0 defeat to their foes from The Emerald City, while the junior U-14 squad were held to a 2-2 draw by their Seattle opponents. "While our older group struggled to cope with their match, our younger group were involved in a pretty good game. They scored a couple of good goals and showed good movement," Choufour told whitecapsfc.com. "Overall, it was good a way to wrap up the calendar year, and these exchanges with Seattle will happen more and more."
The U-18 Residency squad made a bright start to their derby clash by taking the lead through a fine Alex Rowley strike on four minutes. Vancouver's lead lasted until the midway point of the second half when Seattle levelled on 65 minutes. Yet, the equalizer only seemed to galvanize the young 'Caps, as Carlos Marquez converted a Ben Fisk through ball for the match winner on 83 minutes before substitute Yassin Essa sealed the win following a dangerous Residency counter-attack.
"We played a successful game today, in my opinion, as we had some key players missing," said Residency technical director and head coach Richard Grootscholten. "After taking an early lead, we created five to six clear chances to score the second goal in the first half. When they got back to level terms, we made some changes and scored two fantastic goals at the end, which was very good to see. It was a great way to end the first part of the season."
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency U-18
Callum Irving; Declan Rodriguez, Tim Hickson, Daniel Stanese, Adam Polakiewicz; Alex Rowley, Ben Fisk, Wesley Cain (Quinton Duncan 81'); Carlos Marquez, Spencer DeBoice, Caleb Clarke (Yassin Essa 62')
Subs not used: Nolan Wirth, Sam Adekugbe, Sebastian Cabrera
Where the U-18's enjoyed their day, the U-16 Residency squad endured a difficult time in their USSDA clash, as Seattle took the lead on 27 minutes before using their size and strength to score again on 50 and 55 minutes. Whitecaps FC then conceded an unfortunate own-goal on 69 minutes, as Sounders FC Academy U-15/16's underlined their quality as a side at this level.
"Seattle played an older team and were physically stronger than us today, so I don't have too many complaints," Grootscholten said. "We were playing with a younger squad, so we had a tough time dealing with Seattle's size on set-pieces. Our players have to learn that you can't always play the way you want to play, as Seattle showed they are a top team at this age group."
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency U-16
Marco Carducci; Matthew van der Eyden, Alex Comsia, Jackson Farmer, Sam Adekugbe; Mitch Piraux (Elijah Adekugbe 74'), Francesco Saporito (Marco Bustos 40'), Carlos Patino (Olamide Ajibike 56'); Ali Musse, Titouan Chopin, Sebastian Cabrera (Brian Im 65')
Subs not used: Nolan Wirth, Matteo Bordignon, Evan Libke


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SQL Server system stored procedures and extended stored procedures perform a variety of database-related functions. However, one important area that even extended stored procedures don't address is COM interoperability. Most of Microsoft's core products have a built-in COM-object model that enables integrated interoperability. SQL Server provides a set of seven sp_OA stored procedures for OLE Automation.
7. sp_OACreate
Call sp_OACreate before any other sp_OA stored procedure. Sp_OACreate creates an instance of a COM object using either the COM object's Class ID (CLSID) or the human-readable Program ID. In the following example, the first parameter is the Distributed Management Objects (DMO) Program ID and the second parameter is an output parameter that returns a COM-object handle for the other procedures to use.
EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Word. Application', @object OUT
6. sp_OADestroy
Sp_OADestroy deletes a COM object and releases the system resources it consumed. This procedure takes a single parameter: the object handle that sp_OACreate returns.
EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @object
5. sp_OAStop
This stored procedure stops the execution of SQL Server's OLE Automation environment, which starts automatically when you issue the first call to sp_OACreate. It runs until SQL Server shuts down and takes no parameters.
EXEC sp_OAStop
4. sp_OAGetProperty
Sp_OAGetProperty accepts three parameters to retrieve a property value from the OLE Automation object: the object handle sp_OACreate returns, a string that identifies the property name, and an output parameter that contains the value. The third parameter must match the property's data type.
EXEC @hr = sp_OAGetProperty @object, 'Application', @Word.Application OUT
3. sp_OASetProperty
This procedure assigns a value to a property. Its first parameter is the COM-object handle, the second identifies the property name, and the third contains the new value.
EXEC @hr = sp_OASetProperty @object, 'Text', @text
2. sp_OAMethod
Sp_OAMethod executes one of the COM object's methods. The first parameter is the COM-object handle. The parameters that follow must match the method's expectations.
EXEC @hr = sp_OAMethod @object, 'Activate'
1. sp_OAGetErrorInfo
Sp_OAGetErrorInfo returns error information for all sp_OA stored procedures. After calling any sp_OA procedure, check the return value—if the value isn't 0, then an error has probably occurred.
EXEC sp_OAGetErrorInfo @object, @src OUT, @desc OUT
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Power Poll: Salem, Winnacunnet remain tied for No. 1Staff report
October 16. 2017 10:14PM
Nothing on the field last weekend prompted voters in the New Hampshire Union Leader High School Football Power Poll to change their minds about the top five teams.
Not only are the top five ranked the same, the number of points allotted to each of those clubs remained the same.
After Week 7, it's still 7-0 Winnacunnet of Hampton and 7-0 Salem tied for the top, with three first-place votes apiece. The Blue Devils' closest margin of victory was 15 (35-20, over Pinkerton). The Warriors have amassed some tight victories, but are sitting at the top based on the quality of those wins; three of their victories came against clubs ranked in the Power Poll this week.
Winnacunnet and Salem are followed by Plymouth, Goffstown and Pinkerton of Derry.
Division III's Campbell of Litchfield cracked the poll for the first time this season after making a mockery of its showdown with fellow unbeaten Somersworth. The Cougars (6-0) pulled away for a 47-14 road win.
The lone game this weekend involving a pair of ranked teams takes place Friday night at Stellos Stadium, where the No. 9 Nashua South Purple Panthers (5-2), winners of five straight, host No. 8 Londonderry (6-1).
The Lancers have clinched a Division I playoff berth, but the Panthers have not.
Other games in Division I this weekend include Winnacunnet at Manchester Central and Nashua North at Salem on Friday night, and Dover at Bedford on Saturday.
After Week 7
The top 10 high school football teams in New Hampshire, with record, first-place votes/points in parentheses, plus last week's rankings. Voters are Union Leader sports writers Roger Brown, Alex Hall and Joe Duball, Union Leader Chief Sports Editor Chris Duffy, Union Leader contributor Joe Marchilena of NH-HighSchoolSports.com and Pete Tarrier, host of the NH High School Football Show (Saturday, 9-11 a.m.) on WFEA (99.9 FM & 1370 AM):
T-1. Salem, 7-0 (3/57), T-1
T-1. Winnacunnet, 7-0 (3/57) , T-1
3. Plymouth, 6-0 (43), 3rd
4. Goffstown, 6-1 (42), 4th
5. Pinkerton, 6-1 (37), 5th
6. Exeter, 5-2 (27) , 7th
7. Windham, 6-0 (26), 6th
8. Londonderry, 6-1 (18), 8th
9. Nashua South, 5-2 (13), 10th
T-10. Campbell, 6-0, (4), NR
T-10. Bedford, 4-3 (4), NR
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Funeral held for boxer 'Macho' Camacho in NYC
NEW YORK – A funeral Mass is being held in New York for former world champion boxer Hector "Macho" Camacho as police in Puerto Rico continue to investigate his fatal shooting.
The ceremony is taking place Saturday morning at St. Cecilia's Catholic Church in Manhattan's Spanish Harlem, the neighborhood where the flamboyant boxer spent his childhood.
A carriage drawn by white horses carried his body through the neighborhood to a public wake at the church Friday night.
Camacho was fatally wounded in a shooting on Nov. 20. He was 50.
In the 1980s, he won titles in three weight classes and had memorable bouts with Felix Trinidad, Julio Cesar Chavez and Sugar Ray Leonard.
Camacho is to be buried after the service at St. Raymond's Cemetery in the Bronx.


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hi i got my second assigment here for oop in c++.
but i don't understand clearly.
can anyone explain it to me?
INTRODUCTION TO CLASS [15 marks]
Objective: 1.Learn how to write class which uses dynamic memory allocation
2. Learn how to invoke member function/send message to object
There are several ways to represent whole numbers in digital computer which are equivalent to each other. Namely,
a. Signed
b. Unsigned
c. Two complement.
Numbers are represented as binary in computer system. In this assignment you will write program about how computer treat numbers that you see as decimal integers. Particularly, we are considering unsigned representation/format.
You have to create a class named UINT that represents (unsigned) binary representation of integer. For example, the (unsigned) binary representation of 35 is 00100011 (8-bit word) or 00000000 00100011 (16-bit word).
It has int pointer type data member to store the binary digits that represent an integer number and int data member to store the length of the array of int pointer.
A constructor with int argument as initial value to the UINT object. For example, you can declare
UINT t(456);
A member function int toint() that converts the binary into int.
A member function UINT add(UINT) that adds to UINT objects(note: be careful of overflow error).
A member function void print1() that prints the binary representation of an integer number (the content of the pointer). It prints 00100011 instead of 35.
A member function void print2() that prints the decimal value of the variable. It prints 35 instead of 00100011.
A destructor that delete the pointer when a UINT object exits its scope.
-len : int
-*bin :int
+<<constructor>> UINT(:int,int=16 )
+toint() : int
+add(:UINT) :UINT
*int type variables can be replaced with short.
Fig. 1. UML Diagram of class UINT
Write main function to test the supposed capability of your program and attached the screenshot of the results on your report. For, example if you have mechanism that prevent overflow error, demonstrate it in your main function.


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FULTON — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lowered the level of the Red River to help searchers hoping to recover an Ashdown woman missing since an icy traffic accident.
Millwood Lake flows into the Red River near Fulton. The water level was initially lowered so much that searchers had trouble keeping their boats afloat.
Several vehicles collided during icy weather early Saturday and police say when a sliding tractor-trailer approached the area, two people either jumped into the water or were knocked into it. One person was rescued but the other remains missing.
Emergency managers say if the woman isn't found by the end of the day Friday, crews would evaluate whether to continue.
Crews from Arkansas and Texas are searching and Texas searchers brought in sonar to aid them.


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They all siblings to the thug-God Ron Ron Artest. He of Queensbridge PJ's and St. John's University and many a Mobb Deep shout out. We love him here at CB Central. Like Pat Riley said, I wish I had 12 Ron Artest's on my team. And you know what, Riles? They're making crazy leaps in cloning, dude, so you may be in luck. The NBAA (National Basketball Association of Artest, where every game is a 38-36 dogfight!)
Ok, enough with the Dr. Who shit. It seems Artest has made the news today. Apparently, San Antonio Head Coach, Greg Popovich was unhappy with the Defensive Player of the Year award going to the Queens son. He objected to Indiana coach, Rick Carisle's lobbying for Artest so publically, and for what he called, "baloney," statistics that Carlisle used to back up his endorsement. Popovich thought that his best defensive player, Bruce "The Black Lex Luther" Bowen deserved the award.
Never quick to back down, Ron suggested a duel, as it were.
"Tell his coach, 'Let's play one-on-one for the award,' I'll give it to him if he can beat me."
What up, Gangster?! If Artest seems heated, you're right. He went on to say,
""It's not hard to get in touch with me. All you have to do is call the Pacers office and ask for my phone number. You can speak to me instead of going to the papers. He's taken a lot of positives away from it. Talk to the Pacers and call me. Let me know I didn't deserve it so I don't have to hear it from (the media)."
We had no idea it was so easy to get in touch with Ron Artest! So we called up the Pacers office and they patched us through to Ron's cell, as he was hanging out at the only bodega in greater Indianapolis.
CB: So, you're sweating old-ass Popovich?
Artest: Yeah, he said I didn't deserve the award! So I'm saying, get your boy out here, we'll get a little one on one, and I will be like Beowoulf on his bald ass head!
CB: But, Ron, playing against Bruce Bowen, like that's not the greatest testament to you as a defensive player.
Artest: What?
CB: I mean, the dude only average 6.9 points a game. Don Nelson could lock dude down. Why don't you say, both you and Bruce and take T-Mac--
Artest: So! Fuck it. I'll D-up, Popovich! We can do this. Bring Pop. Bring Hubie Brown, Larry Brown, Bad Bad Leroy Brown, and Jerry fucking West, baby. Bring Pistol Pete!
CB: Pistol Pete is dead.
Artest: So, lace em up, lazy fucking cadaver! Yo, if Pop wants a piece, man...The God ain't invisible, B. I'm not in the Avengers.
CB: There's nobody in the Avengers who's invisible
Artest: Fuck is wrong with you, playboy?! You wanna get bodied?!
CB: Sorry. Continue.
Artest: I forgot what I was saying.
CB: Perhaps it's for the best. You got anything else for me?
Artest: Shout to P, Hav, Littles, Mega the whole QB
CB: What about Nas?
Artest: Yo, it's like my man, Cormega, said. Nas is fake like Carnie Wilson's tummy, son. Nas, come through the Bridge, you better bring a fire-proof van because the wolves will light that ass up. Backdraft-style. Kurt Russell, bitch! I'm out. One!


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Gunning for Even Better Skiing: Mont Ripley Improvements Continue
By Dennis Walikainen | Published
Late August might seem an odd time of the year to discuss skiing, but Nick Sirdenis will chat about the sport and Mont Ripley Ski Hill anytime. In fact, he and his crew are quite busy on this sunny, mid-60s Wednesday, and, in part, it's El Niño's fault.
"El Niño means warmer temperatures and less precipitation in the winter, and that's not good for the Midwest," says Sirdenis, general manager of Mont Ripley for nine years. Recently, he says, downstate and Wisconsin ski areas have been especially hard hit.
To stay ahead of the weather, the Ripley gang needs to produce more snow themselves, believe it or not, in an area averaging 200-plus inches of white stuff each winter. The hill faces south, and the snow guns, all 19 of them, are needed to fill the gaps, spread out the powder, and extend the season.
"Skiers' expectations keep rising," Sirdenis says. "They want more runs, terrain parks for free-styling and grinding, lights for night skiing, and more."
"The bottom line is that the snow is the raw material of the product we are selling, which is having fun," Sirdenis says. "We have to make sure we have enough snow, and, at the same time, we need to constantly improve what we offer."
Mont Ripley has been able to make those improvements, he says, thanks to the Experience Tech Fee and other funding. "We've added trails, more lighting for night skiing, and another lift, in addition to the snow guns."
The latest additions are stick guns, Sirdenis says, which extend 30 feet into the air and create two huge mounds of snow—16 feet high by 75 feet long by 30 feet wide—by pumping some 75 gallons of snow per minute. Snow bulldozers ("snow cats") move the snow around from there.
On this summer day, the stick guns and polecats (snow-making spray guns) dot the hills and gullies as workers move around on ATVs and work in a backhoe on top, radioing questions to Sirdenis all the while.
The new guns are ready, and two new trails—Deer Track and Powder Stash—are now lit. They are easier runs, and those are at a premium at the tough hill. More improvements abound.
The chalet is getting new carpeting ("the old stuff was from the Nixon era"), improved check-in and office space, and, thanks to a new sewer line running right up the middle of the hill to Franklin Township, future expansions to the chalet are now possible.
"We'll be able to do more with food in the future," Sirdenis says. "We'd like to expand the entire chalet size. We only have 1,200 square feet of usable space, and we can have 600 to 700 people on the hill at once. It gets tight."
They have added outbuildings, such as the Race Room for storage, to alleviate some pressures, but more space is needed.
Some improvements have been student-made. The structures for the terrain park were made by the Board Sport Technologies Enterprise team.
"Last year was the first time I was really proud of our product," Sirdenis says, but he wants to do more, including possible expansion of the hill to the west. His dreams include another pump and twice as many snow guns, to cover all 100-plus acres. As it is, thanks to some special engineering, some of the stick guns are movable.
"You know what they say, 'If you are not busy growing, you are dying,'" he says. "I think we can become a destination for someone in Milwaukee, Chicago, or Green Bay to come up for a weekend, and mom and dad can ski or drop off the kids at the hill and watch them from the Library Restaurant."
And the view isn't bad the other way, either. In fact, the chairlift rides will return for Family Weekend, Oct. 3–4, and Homecoming, Oct. 10–11, just in time for the fall colors.
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St. Peter's Lutheran School in Sanborn will hold its annual fundraiser, live auction, basket auction and silent auction on Saturday, Sept. 29, at Sanborn Firehall, 5811 Buffalo St., Sanborn.
Doors open at 5 p.m.; a live auction starts at 7 p.m. There will be $300 in cash door prizes.
Beef on weck, pizza, snacks, and desserts will be sold throughout the evening.
Admission is $2, which includes a door prize ticket.
•St. Peter's Lutheran Church will host its monthly contemporary worship gathering, "Saturday Night Alive," on Saturday, Sept. 29, starting at 5:30 p.m. at 6167 Walmore Road in Sanborn.
The gathering will include worship, a Bible study and prayer. The guest Bible study leader will be Derek Neuman, a Niagara-Wheatfield graduate. A freewill offering will be taken to benefit the ministries of the Magdalene Project of Niagara Falls.


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Queensland Premier Campbell Newman promises he is holding his ministers to account, despite housing minister Bruce Flegg resigning without being asked.
Dr Flegg's sacked media adviser, Graeme Hallett, went public on Tuesday with allegations the minister misled parliament by failing to disclose on his lobbyist register more than 30 points of contact he or his office had with his lobbyist son Jonathon.
Dr Flegg is also accused of lying in his diary several times to say he was working in his Brisbane electorate, when he was actually working as a doctor.
He stood before parliament on Wednesday afternoon, voice wavering, to announce he would quit as minister.
It had come to his attention that there were "administrative failures" which he had not previously known about, he said.
"It doesn't have to be something you've done yourself. If you hold the office of a minister you have a responsibility."
Dr Flegg didn't detail the "sloppy" administration, but insisted no one had personally gained anything.
He said he hadn't been asked to stand down by the premier and his decision had been made in part because attacks on him were distracting from the good work of the government.
Dr Flegg told the premier he was resigning as minister just 20 minutes before announcing it in parliament.
He will stay on to represent his Moggill electorate,
Mr Newman had only a day earlier dismissed the allegations against Dr Flegg, but when asked on Wednesday he changed his tune and admitted that he believed the minister had to resign.
However, he said it was sad his minister had been "tripped up" due to poor administration.
He attacked the media and the opposition for focusing on the minutiae and applauded Dr Flegg for his work trying to house 30,000 people on the public housing waiting list.
Mr Newman defended himself for not acting sooner and sacking Dr Flegg.
"I think it was fair and reasonable that I give time and thought into looking at the whole issue. In the meantime he pre-empted any further consideration by myself," he said.
It still remained to be seen whether Dr Flegg had misled parliament, Mr Newman said.
Mr Hallett stands by his allegations that Dr Flegg tabled a "grossly inaccurate lobbyists register document".
"His central problem was to become immersed in actions that were politically and administratively inept," Mr Hallett said in a statement.
Mr Newman has now lost two ministers in eight months, after former police minister David Gibson was sacked for driving unlicensed.
"What it says is that we are prepared to do the right thing. We promised to be open and accountable. We promised to have higher standards," he said.
But Opposition Leader Annastacia Palaszczuk said Mr Newman was not a leader, but rather a bystander in his own government.
"The premier has done nothing to deliver the high standards of accountability he promised before the election," she said.


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Russia's Voynov suggests U.S. goalie and Kings teammate Quick cheated
Are the wheels ready to come off Russia's Big Red Machine?
Accusations of cheating against U.S. goalie Jonathan Quick — made, shockingly, by Russian defenceman and Los Angeles Kings teammate Slava Voynov — underscore a tense response by Russia's players, coaches and fans following Saturday's memorable 3-2 shootout loss to the Americans.
Examples of the poor form showed by Russia, which is facing enormous pressure as host nation of the Sochi Olympics, include:
– A would-be winning goal late in the third period by Fedor Tyutin was disallowed when video review showed Quick had knocked the net slightly off its mooring while sliding across the crease moments earlier. Voynov, his Kings teammate, told Yahoo! Sports he believed Quick may have done it on purpose: "I play with him. It is in his style to do something like that."
– That disallowed goal set the stage for an unforgettable eight-round shootout in which T.J. Oshie scored on four of his six attempts to give the U.S. a 3-2 win. As it ended, there were reports Russian coach Zinetula Bilyaletdinov and his staff left the rink without shaking hands, as is customary, with their U.S. counterparts.
– Alexander Radulov had two penalties Saturday that both resulted in U.S. power-play goals. As Bilyaletdinov told reporters through an interpreter post-game: "Scratched? Yeah, he needs to be scratched, among other things."
– Russian hockey fans reacted with unbridled passion on social media after the game, making Brad Meier, the American referee who waved off the Tyutin goal, a popular target. As The Wall Street Journal reported, the Twitter comments suggested a fix was in — or worse. "Even (Russian President Vladimir) Putin saw it. Is the referee still alive?" one person tweeted.
The Russians, who earlier in the week beat Slovenia 5-2 and are now 1-1, play against Slovakia on Sunday (7:30 a.m. EST).


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The job of screening is to create a funnel, so that the highest importance, highest urgency items are brought to the BDFL's attention first, already vetted and tested.
Choosing Tickets to Screen
- Bugs first, then features. Most users do not edit the issue type or severity fields, so most tickets start marked as bugs, and job 1 is to recategorize them.
- Focus on tickets with code. If there isn't code yet, you will have to write it, and have someone else screen it.
- No new features during Beta. The most a feature request can hope for during Beta is to be assigned the "Approved Backlog" release
- Do the important bugs first. There is no AI query to find these. One obvious criterion for importance is difficulty of workaround. Another is regression. Another is upvoted issues.
- Vote up issues you think important.
Fail Fast
Bounce bad tickets as quickly as possible.
- Tickets are supposed to begin with a discussion, typically on clojure-dev, clojure, the dev wiki, or IRC. Don't sweat this for trivial things like doc spelling fixes, but for anything non-trivial, please mark the ticket as incomplete and request a link to the discussion.
- Decline tickets that do too many things (Too many is usually "more than one."), and ask the submitter to resubmit smaller patches.
- Decline feature enhancements that could begin life as a library instead. Be encouraging and redirect the person to an appropriate Contrib (or propose a new Contrib).
- Decline tickets that are poor style. But remember that Library Coding Standards are guidelines, not fixed laws of the Universe.
- Decline tickets that do not seem comprehensive.
Want to Become a Screener?
Screeners are a subset of contributors who are responsible for moving tickets through a review process, and then funneling tickets to the BDFL.
It would be great to have more screeners. If you are interested, just do all the steps described in this document, without actually changing any ticket attributes. Instead, add a comment to the ticket explaining what you would have done to screen it. (Screeners: keep an eye out for such comments, and where sensible provide feedback so that we are grooming more screeners.)
Process in Detail
Periodically, screeners will review tickets whose approval is marked 'Test'.
- Take ownership of the ticket so that others know you are working on it.
- Make sure to work on defects first. Enhancements are much lower priority, and should typically begin with a design conversation under Clojure Design
- Read the entire ticket, including linked docs and comments.
To apply someone's changes you need to first create a branch:
- make sure you have a clean local checkout
- no need to check on multiple OSes (unless the ticket is specific to this)
- Please note the -s above, it is important, as it indicates that you are the one accepting this patch.
- The --keep-cr helps when files being patched contain DOS CR/LF line endings. It seems to be harmless when it isn't needed, but leave it off or use --no-keep-cr if you suspect it is causing issues.
Once you have a working copy, you should take note of the following kinds of things:
- Review the code in a diff tool to make sure that nothing extraneous snuck in
- Make sure compile and tests pass
- Test the functionality from the REPL
- Does the patch accomplish the goals stated in the ticket (and any accompanying discuss in Confluence/email/IRC)
- If questions were raised in the discussion, are they answered in the ticket?
- Are you happy with the tests, can you follow what they're testing, is there anything missing?
- Are the tests excessive (introducing dependency on implementation detail)?
- Does the documentation still seem right to you?
- Is the implementation idiomatic (if not, explain why, link to examples...)
- Is the patch performance-sensitive? If so, is the approach appropriate?
After review, if you are happy, you should
- Set the approval of the ticket to screened
- If you own the lib in question, you can set approval to accepted, and deploy the change
If you are not happy, but the ticket is fixable:
- Add a comment to the ticket, explaining what the issues are
- Set the approval of the ticket to 'Incomplete'
- Set the waiting-on of the ticket to the person who created the patch
If you are not happy, and the ticket does not seem fixable
- add a comment, explaining the issues
- decline the ticket
If you aren't sure
- Get a second opinion, and note this in the comments
- Set the waiting-on to Rich or Stu, if appropriate


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Bruce Torrence, a professor of mathematics and chair of the Department of Mathematics at Randolph-Macon College, calls Mathematica's ability to help students understand and explore mathematical ideas a real game changer for the college classroom. He says, "The single command Manipulate, which allows you to build an interactive interface with sliders and buttons, and you can move things in real time and you can explore mathematical space with these sliders. It's almost like a telescope into a world you couldn't see otherwise."
With Mathematica, Torrence can easily create compelling educational content, covering topics from algebra and calculus to geometry and biological mathematics. About Mathematica's ability to bring lessons to life, he says, "With Demonstrations and other interactive graphics, the students can adjust parameters and see how things change and it gives them the satisfaction of knowing they really understand the concepts."


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December 23. 2012 11:15PM
City business leaders against elminating city economic development post
By TED SIEFER
New Hampshire Union Leader
MANCHESTER - Business leaders are pushing back against plans to possibly eliminate the position of city economic development chief.
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen is debating the future of the post, along with the overall mission of the Economic Development Office, following the resignation last month of Jay Minkarah.
Mayor Ted Gatsas has argued that Minkarah's departure presents an opportunity to take a different approach to development. He's questioned how effective Minkarah and others who have held the post have been in bringing employers to the city, and he has argued that what the city really needs is someone is to guide developers through the building and permitting process.
Representatives of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce, the Manchester Development Corp. and Amoskeag Industries all have argued that the city needed to maintain, if not expand the authority of, an economic development director.
"We need an independent economic development chief," said Robin Comstock, the president and CEO of the chamber, at a special aldermanic committee meeting last week. "The chamber feels strongly about this."
Bill Sirak, the executive director of Amoskeag Industries, a group that was involved in the development of the downtown mill buildings, said, "I was very disappointed when Jay Minkarah left," he said. "We need a person to fill that capacity, to be that quarterback to drive (development)."
Sirak is also a past board member of the MDC, a volunteer organization that works with the city economic office to provide financing for redevelopments projects.
The two spoke following a presentation by Sean Owen, the president of the marketing firm wedu, who argued that the economic development office needed to be strengthened.
"We want a department that is marketing the city, nationally and in our region, that Manchester is a vibrant community and is growing," Owen said.
Owen added, "Someone needs to look at larger opportunities that exist around a parcel of land, whether it's a new office buildings or an entertainment complex. We don't have that in the city now."
Mayor Gatsas, who also addressed the committee, noted that, based on inquiries he made to city officials, Nashua, Concord and Rochester had all begun to move away from the economic development office model employed by Manchester.
"Change is difficult and scary, but I can tell you change is better than staying with the status quo," Gatsas said.
He suggested that the idea of an economic development chief who goes out and brings employers to the city is outdated. "In this day and age of computers today," he said, "a developer might punch in a computer, look at the tax climate of a place, look at the things there the company might need, and after that, what ever community is picked is the order taker."
Alderman Patrick Arnold, who chairs of the special committee, has been advocating for maintaining the economic development post. He called the most recent meeting a "productive discussion."
"One thing I take away is that more and more people are coming to agree with us, that (economic development) hasn't been a priority in Manchester. Some of us want to change that," he said.
Alderman Pat Long, whose ward includes downtown, said that he would like to see the business community lend more financial support to an economic development entity. In turn, he said, it would have more say over its direction and leader.
"This person needs to fly on their own," Long said. "It doesn't have to be a government entity. Because government often thinks it knows best how to deal with a situation. That hasn't worked. I think maybe that was the issue prior to now."
The debate over the future of the economic development office comes as a difficult budget season gets underway and department heads lobby for their fiscal year 2014 spending plans.
The Economic Development Office has a budget of $204,000, in 2013, and more than half of this amount was designated for Minkarah's salary.
The office was responsible for overseeing antenna tower leases, which brought in around $150,000 in revenue annually. Mayor Gatsas, in one of his first moves after his office was given temporary authority over the department following Minkarah's departure, transferred the tower leases, along with administration of the revolving loan fund, to the Finance Department.
Gatsas has maintained that any changes he might want to make to the department weren't based on budgetary calculations.
The joint Committees on Jobs/Economic Development and Administration is expected to continue to debate the future of the office.


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You see, I used almost all my spare time this month making a KING-sized quilt top to go on my sister-in-law's bed. In between all the nuttiness that goes along with the holiday season - traveling to/from get-togethers, holiday gift shopping, and dealing with the fallout credit card fraud (2 rounds of it to be exact) that goes along with aforementioned holiday gift shopping - I was stealing some time in the sewing room piecing my little heart out.
Here's a sneak peek of the top. I used Natalia's tutorial for Verna's Quilt (minus the flower applique). I love the oversized snowball blocks - they're perfect for showcasing large-scale prints. Hopefully, I'll have some pictures of the finished quilt to show soon! We're meeting up with the in-laws sometime in January to exchange gifts, so I still have a bit of breathing room to finish the quilting.
Who snuck over to their sewing machines this month to work on a strippy (or not) project? Link up below! The party will rage on until January 7th around 11pm.


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Don't you think the XO can be used to help connect a western school student, to a lower year student in another country to act as volunteer tutor and mentor?
One way to go about this is to create a web conferencing website, where xo users can come to obtain bored students to receive some help.
Studies has shown that students learn more if they teach another person about the same topic. This is obvious as the tutor has to know his/her stuff, if the tutor/mentor is to teach well.
It also helps ensure that students from developing countries, are getting the fullest education they need.
Btw... it doesn't have to be restricted to western student tutoring students in other places. The students from the same country or even the same school can be made to tutor each other.
Perhaps this would be even more effective, if you can create a point like system. Where at a certain period of each day, the classroom is expected to be ready to help another student out from another classroom. If the student found the virtual tutor to be useful, then the student can give that tutor a point. This point can then be spent on virtual items, or customizing their personal OLPC webpage.


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Pigments are added in a ratio relative to the amount of powdered cement in your mix, in most cases somewhere between 4 & 8% (40-80grams of pigment for every kilogram of powdered cement). If you work in pounds and ounces that translates to 1.4 - 2.8 ounces of pigment to every 2.2 lbs of powdered cement. Having said that, there is no 'right' answer to the question 'How much pigment do I need?' Clients have used our pigments in concentrations that vary anywhere from 1/2 of 1% up to 10% (pigments should NEVER be used at more than 10% concentration).
In very general terms you will probably need somewhere between 1.0kgs and 2.0kgs for every 25kgs bag of powdered cement. We cannot be more specific as colour is so subjective and the colour of your finished product depends on a number of different factors - not just how much pigment you use. The colour of the sand & aggregate and the type and colour of powdered cement (standard grey, light grey or white) will also affect the colour of the finished product. White cement will always give you a colour closer to that of the pigment itself, however, as a general rule of thumb use white cement for lighter colours and grey cement for darker colours.
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assigned issue to
Reasonable suggestions, what does our QA guru say? :-)
When I hover "Repositories" it the top menu, I see the "create new" link. However, the Repositories page does not contain any information about my own repositories.
My gut feeling when I saw the "create new" link, was that I could go to the Repositories page to create a new repository (which I did, since there seems to be some bug that makes the "create new" link disappear too soon).
So, to avoid confusion and keep the menu and page structure consistent, it might be a good idea to either 1) remove "create new" from the dropdown menu or 2) expand the repositories page to also include information on the users repositories and how to create a new one.
Reasonable suggestions, what does our QA guru say? :-)
I'll add my vote for option 2 :)
- Add a "My Repositories"-section above "Public Repositories" (when authed) - Add a button next to "My Repositories"-header to create new repo.
The /repo/create/-page already contains info, so I guess that should be enough?
Keeping "Create new" in the menu, adding "Create new" link to the top of the repositories list page, which now also has a less ambiguous name.


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For the Media
Clarkson University FIRST Robotics Team Competes in New York City
[A photograph for media use is available at http://www.clarkson.edu/news/photos/first2008.jpg ]
Clarkson University's FIRST Robotics Team competed this spring in the third annual New York City Regional Competition at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in Manhattan. The team is part of the University's SPEED (Student Projects for Engineering Experience and Design) program.
FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is a national program that teams together high school students with engineers from universities and industry to design and build remote-controlled robots for competition. Its mission is to inspire high school students to pursue college degrees and ultimately careers in science and technology.
The team also participated in the Finger Lakes Regional held in Rochester, N.Y., in March.
The Clarkson University FIRST Robotics team members at the competition were seniors Kurt Rooks majoring in electrical engineering from Westford, Vt., Kaytlin Tower, computer engineering, Potsdam, N.Y., and Timothy Watson, chemical engineering, Philadelphia, N.Y.; juniors Ashley Cheney, electrical engineering, Farmington, N.Y., Doug Dawson, computer engineering, Voorheesville, N.Y., Tim Delles, e-business, Leyden, N.Y., Andrew Doane, Arete, Laconia, N.H., Chris Knapp, interdisciplinary engineering & management, Mooers, N.Y., and Pat Roche, mechanical engineering, Pembroke, N.H.; sophomores Zach Denoncour, chemistry, Contoocook, N.H., Justin Foss, mechanical engineering, West Suffield, Conn., Joshua Miller, electrical engineering, Norfolk, N.Y., Devin Perkins, mechanical engineering, Dryden, N.Y., and Lauren Roberts, applied math & statistics, Wellesley, Mass.; and freshmen Jeran Bacon, engineering studies, Keeseville, N.Y., Anthony Farino, aeronautical engineering, Bay Shore, N.Y., Andrew Morrison, electrical engineering, Hammond, Ind., Steve Reitsma, mechanical engineering, South Windsor, Conn., and Brad View, engineering studies, Herkimer, N.Y.
The team members from Massena High School are Anna Grinstead, Morgan Traux, Caite McNamara, Katie Hans, Lindsey Hagget, Lauren Bell, Gabby Lashomb, Cassandra Brooks, Rachel Latimer, Bob Neves, Jon Kellogg, Joe Singleton, Patrick Singleton, Colin Lucid, Dylan Ryan, and Jacob Lashomb.
The Salmon Run High School members are Brandon Durant, Jason Beach, Danny Tremblay, Troy Dustin, Chad Fleury, Brad Baxter, Dylan Quinn, Steven Bigness, Clinton Deon, Raymond Phillips, Adam Leroux, and Brandon Shook.
The SPEED (Student Projects for Engineering Experience and Design) program is one of the Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering hallmark initiatives exemplifying Clarkson's boundary-spanning approach to education. SPEED promotes multidisciplinary, project-based learning opportunities for more than 250 undergraduates annually. Projects involve engineering design and analysis, and fabrication. In addition, students learn real-world business skills such as budget management, effective teamwork, and communications skills. SPEED receives its primary financial support from the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation with contributions from ExxonMobil and Turner Construction Company. The program was recognized with the 2001 Boeing Outstanding Educator Award and the 2002 Corporate and Foundation Alliance Award for its exceptional contributions to improving undergraduate engineering education.
Clarkson University crosses the boundaries of disciplines, nations and cultures in order for discovery, engineering innovation and enterprise to come together. As a result, faculty and graduates grasp the full impact of their calling, direct their research to the world's pressing issues and lead with confidence and distinction. One in seven alumni is already a CEO or other senior executive. Located in Potsdam, N.Y., just outside the six-million-acre Adirondack Park, Clarkson is home to 3,000 students preparing for rewarding careers through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, science, and health sciences, as well as unparalleled outdoor recreation and life experiences beyond the classroom.


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I just learned with sorrow of the death of one of the world's greatest pro-life advocates, Fr. Paul Marx, OSB.
Fr. Marx was, first and foremost, a priest who was not afraid to be a prophet. He knew that his mission in bearing witness to the Gospel and in fostering love of God and neighbor compelled him to speak up for our smallest neighbors, those in the first moments and weeks of life. He undertook countless initiatives, made seemingly endless trips, gave innumerable talks, wrote a warehouse of articles and books, and inspired countless people in the effort to build a Culture of Life.
I first came to know Fr. Marx through his founding and leadership of Human Life International and the remarkable conferences he held for pro-life advocates around the world. He was always a clear reminder to his brother priests that we should never be afraid to speak about abortion, contraception, and the beauty of human sexuality as taught by the Church. All of us at Priests for Life are grateful for the strong encouragement he gave to our ministry. We will pray not only for the repose of his soul, but for the continued fruit of his labors in the minds and hearts of so many people and in the policies of so many nations.


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I feel I'm a step or two away from getting our OLPC connected to the Apple Time Capsule wireless network we just activated (which I know works because I have used an iTouch on it) and hope someone here can help.
I have found the network using the neighborhood view per the instructions in laptop.org's 8.2.0 manual, clicked on it, and am being asked to enter a "wireless key". The password I used for the iTouch doesn't work, and I'm not sure which encryption type I should be using (choices are automatic, AES-CCMP, and TKIP).
Thanks in advance for your guidance.


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