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HARRIMAN — A mini-parade of flashy new cars — some not yet available to the public — will cruise in and out of a new training academy opening up on Commerce Drive South this spring.
HARRIMAN — A mini-parade of flashy new cars — some not yet available to the public — will cruise in and out of a new training academy opening up on Commerce Drive South this spring.
Chrysler Group, the manufacturer of Jeep, Dodge and Fiat vehicles, among others, will open up a Chrysler Academy that will mainly train technicians working at dealers across the tri-state region, said Al Motta, the head of technical training for the company. Independent mechanics can also participate.
The academy, moving to Harriman from Westchester County, will employ three full-time instructors who will teach classes of between eight and 12 students each.
The classes cover everything from rebuilding an engine to high-tech work with PC-based diagnostic tools and in-car software, he said.
Instruction lasts between one and four days, Motta said. When Chrysler rolls out new models — like the Fiat 500 or the new Viper — the lessons extend for the full four days.
"It takes a lot of time to go through it from top to bottom," Motta said of new cars.
The academy receives cars after the public relations unveiling but before it's for sale, Motta said.
The next closest Chrysler academies are in Philadelphia and Boston. There are 24 across the country, Motta said.
The Orange County Partnership's Wall Street Journal campaign attracted Chrysler to Harriman, said Maureen Halahan, president and CEO of Orange County Partnership . The space, owned by the Frassetto Cos., was featured in one of the advertisements.
"It was a well-thought out strategic campaign," Halahan said. "The fact a deal closed out of it is monumental."
The 19,000-square foot industrial space — half of a 44,000 square-foot building — had been vacant for about six to seven months, said John Frassetto, a principal with the Frassetto Cos.
That's a very short period of time for the current commercial real estate market, where many potential deals are stretched out over as many as six or seven site visits, Frassetto said. The norm was two site visits, he said.
Frassetto said one reason he thinks Chrysler picked the building is because of its high ceilings. Technicians and instructors will use lifts to work on the cars, he said. Drivers can also guide cars into the building through the back and then into the classrooms inside.
Halahan said the academy is a boon for Orange County, partly because it will bring hundreds of people to the area from elsewhere each year.
"It's another thing we can point to and say, 'Hey, Chrysler's here,' " Halahan said.


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Renowned organic chemist Jerrold Meinwald will deliver the two lectures of Clarkson University's 14th Annual Shipley Distinguished Lectureship, September 18 and 19. Meinwald is the Goldwin Smith Professor Emeritus at Cornell University.
Meinwald will speak about "Violence, Sex, and Drugs in the World of Insects" on Thursday, September 18, at 4:15 p.m. in Science Center Room 360.
Thursday's presentation will be preceded by a 3:30 p.m. reception.
The event is sponsored by Clarkson's Center for Advanced Materials Processing (CAMP), with support from the Shipley Family Foundation. The public is welcome to attend.
In his first lecture, Meinwald will present examples of insect chemical defense and communication mechanisms, taken from his group's research at Cornell University on various beetles, walking sticks, and butterflies, to demonstrate the remarkable chemical adaptations that these diverse animals have evolved.
"From the viewpoint of number and diversity of species, insects are by far the most successful group of living organisms on earth," says Meinwald. "This success stems in no small part from their expertise as chemists."
"These studies enhance our understanding of life at the molecular level, and in some cases may have the potential of practical application in agriculture and medicine," says Meinwald.
Series organizer Egon Matijevic, Victor K. LaMer Professor of Colloid and Surface Science, says that he tries to find Shipley lecturers who are not only noted for their scientific contributions, but who also have interesting hobbies or extracurricular activities, like the history of science, art or music.
"Prof. Meinwald is an organic chemist, but he also is a musician," says Matijevic. "He plays the flute and recorder." Meinwald, who grew up in New York City, has been interested in both chemistry and music ever since he was about 10 years old.
The Shipley Distinguished Lecture Series was initiated in 1994 through a generous gift from Lucia and the late Charles Shipley through the Shipley Family Foundation. Over that period distinguished speakers from around the world, including six Nobel Laureates, have presented talks.
"This is a chance that students should not pass up," says Matijevic. "Where else can you get an opportunity for a discussion like this?"
Meinwald received his Ph.D. degree from Harvard University, and his B.S. and Ph.B. from the University of Chicago. He also holds an honorary Ph.D. from the University of Gothenborg in Sweden. He joined the faculty of Cornell's Chemistry Department in 1952.
He is the recipient of multiple awards and honors, including the American Chemical Society Ernest Guenther Award, the International Society of Chemical Ecology Silver Medal, the Czech Academy of Sciences Heyrovsky Medal, the American Chemical Society Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry, and the Grand Prix, la Maison de la Chimie (with Thomas Eisner).
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in six alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, sciences, business, arts, and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.

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His experiment in television with NBC over for now, David Remnick leaves Sochi on Tuesday to resume his day job as editor of The New Yorker magazine.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire" participated in some studio discussions with host Bob Costas about some of the political issues surrounding the Olympics, including the threat of terrorism and Russia's law barring "propaganda."
Most effectively, he joined "Today" show hosts Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira to provide historical context about the messages the host country was trying to convey Friday during the opening ceremony.
"I know there was focus to some degree on the one (Olympic) ring that didn't open," he said in an interview. "Thematically, from what I understand, what Russia and (President Vladimir) Putin wanted out of this was to show a developing, modern country capable of putting on as good a show as Sydney or England or the rest. Politics aside, that's another set of issues, I think they did."
It was clear, too, the Russians wanted to "bobsled past the events that are very dark," Remnick said. So while the presentation depicted industrialization that took place in the early Soviet era, Remnick was able to talk about the heavy price many Russians paid.
"The debate over history, the question of what is usable in the past and what is not and what is being skipped over — without beating the viewer over the head about it — was, I thought, important to point out," he said. "I hope not to have been heavy-handed."
Remnick was the Moscow bureau chief at The Washington Post between 1988 and 1991 and the assignment hasn't left him. He's returned to Russia several times for New Yorker pieces, and is reporting during his current trip.
He said he enjoyed working with NBC, but doesn't expect it to be a regular gig. The next summer Olympics is in Brazil, not one of his areas of expertise.
Jim Bell, executive producer of NBC's Olympics coverage, said he was thrilled by Remnick's contributions.
"We hired David because this is a complex part of the world and there's a lot of history to understand," Bell said. "He made us smarter and made the audience smarter."
It's a complex area for NBC to navigate, too. The network received some online criticism for a piece about Russia narrated by actor Peter Dinklage that was aired before the opening ceremony. In the piece, Dinklage referred to Russia's communist revolution as "one of modern history's pivotal experiments."
The decision not to make a value judgment on the United States' Cold War enemy struck some viewers, including Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, as wrong. Rubio tweeted the introduction seemed to be written by Putin. "Pivotal experiment?" he tweeted. "Really, no, it was an evil empire that murdered and oppressed."
Remnick said he did not participate in the piece and had no comment about the criticism.
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Benton Elementary was recently recognized with a Missouri Professional Learning Communities Exemplary School Award and is one of only 11 schools throughout the state to have received that distinction.
The state award comes from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Glenda Condict, assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction in the Neosho R-5 School District and former Benton principal, said this is the first time a Neosho school has received this honor.
"We're constantly striving to meet the deep implementation of the requirements of PLC," Condict said. "If we meet that then we are meeting the needs of the students and of the parents."
Jody Wagner, who took over as Benton principal at the start of the 2012-2013 school year, said the award is based on previous years, though the staff continues to work at the exemplary level.
"It was a pretty easy job to step into," Wagner said. "Everybody there just runs like a well-oiled machine, they all work together and they continue to be even better than they were the last three years so we can keep improving our scores."
Condict said all of the Neosho schools that run kindergarten through eighth grade were observed. The judging period was the past three years, and the awarding committee looked for a school with deep implementation of PLC criteria.
"They look for leadership teams working together at all grade levels, they look for administrative leadership and they look at how effective the team works," Condict said. "And what that means is, do they use data to drive their instruction?"
She said there are four levels of implementation, minimal, partial, proficient and deep, and though only Benton received the distinction this go around, each of the Neosho R-5 kindergarten through eighth grade schools continue to strive for deep implementation.
"Basically, that comes down to saying deep implementation is using data of student progress to drive the instruction at every grade level," Condict said.
Wagner said an example of that use at Benton Elementary is the Response to Intervention program, a time the school takes each day to group kids according to how they score in certain areas.
"We're just trying to be pro-active," Wagner said. "We're re-teaching, we're giving them different kinds of instruction during that time, not just their regular classroom instruction, but instruction that might be delivered in different ways, with different strategies."
Condict said the award is an honor the Neosho community can take pride in.
"This is just evidence of the achievement level that the Neosho R-5 school district is striving for," Condict said.
According to the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Professional Learning Communities project began in 2003, as a way to promote school cultures focused on learning with collaborative teams using data to increase student achievement.


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"If you are running a screen resolution of 1366x768 on a tablet, chances are that UI will look good at 100% DPI settings. But what about when you connect that tablet to an external high resolution display? In Windows 8 you can choose either 100% to optimize the UI on the tablet display or up to 150% to optimize the UI on the external display. You have to compromise. Windows 8.1 takes care of this issue by supporting per-display DPI scaling." That's pretty cool. Do other systems support this?


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With a good-but-not-great earnings season mostly in the books for the biggest U.S. banks, the financial sector's run as market leadership may be approaching its end.
Outside of Citigroup, most of the big financial institutions were able to beat modest profit expectations, and their shares have benefited.
But a consensus is growing that with regulatory pressures coming to bear and earnings outlooks dimming, a sector rotation may be under way, sending financials to back in the pack.


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Film noir By Susan King The iconic 1944 film noir "Double Indemnity" (pictured) was memorable for many things: Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray's murderous lovers, Billy Wilder's sly and menacing direction and this tasty, sexy exchange between Walter Neff (MacMurray) and Phyllis (Stanwyck), penned by Wilder and the great mystery novelist Raymond Chandler, who adopted it from James M. Cain's pulp fiction. Walter: "You'll be here too?" Phyllis: "I guess so, I usually am." Walter: "Same chair, same perfume, same anklet?" Phyllis: "I wonder if I know what you mean." Walter: "I wonder if you wonder." The noir world was filled with gritty black-and-white images of shadowy streets -- usually in Los Angeles -- men with hats and trench coats and a cigarette dangling from their mouths, women with too much makeup, high heels and a penchant for causing weak-willed men to commit murder for them. Directors such as John Huston and Howard Hawks led audiences down a path of destruction and eroticism. But if it weren't for the written word, these seminal films noir would have been dead in the water, as fresh and vibrant as yesterday's leftovers. Continue reading this story. RELATED: Hollywood Walk of Fame: Fred MacMurry Hollywood Walk of Fame: Barbara Stanwyck Hollywood Walk of Fame: Billy Wilder Hollywood Walk of Fame: Film noir
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Neural networks, if used properly, can provide the framework for a plethora of market analysis tools that can supplement an existing trading program or suggest new directions for future research. While the history of these tools dates back much further, their modern application took root in the late 1980s and came of age in 1993 when patent no. 5241620 was awarded to this author for the concept of embedding a neural network into a common spreadsheet. Suddenly, neural networks were not just part of the professional mainstream, but the average trading populace could access them.
The analytical foundation for this leap is built on an algorithm called back propagation. In layman's terms, this is a method that allows a network to learn to discriminate between classes that can't be distinguished based on linear properties. Rumelhart, Hinton and Williams presented a well-received paper on what they called "Backward propagation of errors" in 1985. Others who did research into this approach include David Parker and Paul Werbos. Werbos arguably invented these techniques and presented them in "Introduction to Pattern Analysis," his 1974 Ph.D. dissertation at Harvard.
The back propagation algorithm consists of a multi-layer perception that uses non-linear activation functions (see "Simple net," below). The most commonly used functions are the sigmoid, which ranges from 0 to 1, and the hyperbolic tangent function, which ranges from -1 to 1. All inputs and target outputs must be mapped into these ranges when used in these types of networks.


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Welcome to the weekend edition of Everyday Hero, which brings you hand-picked headlines from across the fanboy universe. Before we get to the links, a quick recommendation: Take a look at my favorite Web comic of the moment, "Fear My Dear" by Dean Haspiel over at Act-I-Vate. It's a nasty fever dream of a story and well worth checking out, especially if you enjoyed his art on "The Alcoholic" (see the bottom link below) or "The Quitter".
Now, on with the news…
Astral projection: Neil Gaiman wants to make a Dr. Strange movie with Guillermo del Toro, but they won't be making magic anytime soon. "We'd love to do it together. The problem is, Guillermo's off doing 'The Hobbit', and that's going to be three, four years in New Zealand for him." [Splash Page, MTV]
On the set of "The Road": There are some photos posted online showing the "cannibal house" from the upcoming film adaptation of the harrowing Cormac McCarthy novel. The photos came from Jeremy Ambler, an actor in the film, and show him posing with star Viggo Mortensen. [Quiet Earth]
Kind of blue: A behind-the-scenes video on the creation of Dr. Manhattan for Zack Snyder's upcoming "Watchmen" film. [Sci Fi Wire]
A new book called "The Age of TV Heroes" hits shelves in November with a history of costumed crusaders on the small screen and interviews with the actors who played them. George Khoury, who co-wrote the book, is a bigger geek than you. Want proof? "The only time that I really got starstruck was when we interviewed Danny Seagren, the actor who played Spider-Man in 'The Electric Company.'" [Newsarama]
Michael Miller graphic novel review: "The Alcoholic" by Jonathan Ames and Dean Haspiel comes "laced with the brittle, soul-scraped-out feeling of a hangover" [Time Out New York] … and you already know how the Hero Complex feels about this one.
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Jun 21, 2008 at 3:42 pm
u gonna copy me eh? aight lol it'll make ur car even more badass
May 29, 2008 at 7:09 pm
i might go to the strip, never been before, id love to run it though.
May 12, 2008 at 10:37 am
hey man your not too far away from me. race city is open again this season you ever go to secret strip on fridays?


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gwen. in purple.Thursday, August 28, 2008
Same sweater. In purple. Same pattern. Same yarn. Same size. Same buttons.
Same ball of brown yarn, used for both. Same labels. Sewn into the side seam.
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same comment: super sweetness.ReplyDelete
great sweaters deserve to be knit again and again. lovely work, leslie.ReplyDelete
They were worth the wait, very sweet!ReplyDelete
You are such a color maven, Leslie! Love that brown and purple together:)ReplyDelete
lovely-both wrapping and what is wrapped...ReplyDelete
I love the purple, even more than the green...and I loved the green!!ReplyDelete
Very, very nice.
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Hard to choose which is the most adorable both look so good. I go with purple only because it's my favourite colour.ReplyDelete
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you always do such a super job. on everything! it's a joy to visit your blog, leslie.


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Bangalore/New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Karnataka were in command against Uttar Pradesh while Punjab took a slender lead despite a valiant century by Jammu and Kashmir skipper Parvez Rasool on the second day of the Raji Trophy cricket quarterfinals Thursday.
At the Motibagh Stadium in Vadodara, a day after skipper Harbhajan Singh rescued Punjab with a fighting 92, it was time for Rasool to shine with the bat. Rasool struck 103 as Jammu and Kashmir scored 277 all out in the first innings in reply to Punjab's 304. At stumps, Punjab were precariously placed at 15/2 — a lead of 42 runs with eight wickets in hand.
At the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, Uttar Pradesh capitalised on dropped catches and sloppy fielding as Parvinder Singh (92, 181b, 13×4) and Piyush Chawla (56, 99b, 5×4) put on 110 runs for the seventh wicket to help the visitors reach 221 for nine against Karnataka at the end of second day's play in the Ranji Trophy quarter-final match here Thursday.
Karnataka, resuming at their overnight score of 297 for five, were dismissed for 349 with C.M. Gautam completing his century (100, 118b, 16×4) before becoming one of seamer Amit Mishra's six victims.
In reply, Uttar Pradesh were struggling on 65 for six before Parvinder and Chawla came up with the rescue act.
For Karnataka, pacer Abhimanyu Mithun came away with four for 70, but left the field for a brief while during his 18th over, but returned soon after medical treatment.
Chawla, dropped early in his patient knock, eventually fell to Mithun, edging to wicket-keeper C.M. Gautam who made no mistake.
In the last over of the day, Parvinder was dismissed when centurion Robin Uthappa, bowling gentle seamers, induced a snick to Gautam, who had dropped two catches earlier.
The home team all but let Uttar Pradesh off the hook. Both Parvinder and Chawla prospered due to a series of dropped catches, a stumping chance and generally wayward fielding, but the visitors finished the day still 128 runs in arrears.
Skipper Vinay Kumar, who started the rout, picked up three wickets while the other new ball bowler Sharath HS took one in the 10 overs that he bowled before leaving the field with an injury while fielding.
Brief scores:
At Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore: Karnataka 349 all out (Robin Uthappa 100, Karun Nair 100; Amit Mishra 6/106) vs Uttar Pradesh 221/9 in first innings (Parvinder Singh 92, Piyush Chawla 56; R Vinay Kumar 3/49, Abhimanyu Mithun 4/70).
At the Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara: Punjab 304 all out in first innings (Harbhajan Singh 92, Sandeep Sharma 52; Ram Dayal 3/59, Umar Nazir Mir 4-66) and 15/2 vs. Jammu and Kashmir 277 all out in first innings (Parvez Rasool 103, Adil Rishi 65; Sandeep Sharma 4/46).
At the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai: Mumbai 402 all out in first innings (Suryakumar Yadav 120, Vinit Indulkar 82; Samad Fallah 4/103) vs. Maharashtra 219/7 in first innings (Ankit Bawne 84, Kedar Jadhav 51; Shardul Thakur 4/62).
At the Eden Gardens, Kolkata: Bengal 317 all out in first innings (Sudip Chatterjee 96, Abhimanyu Easwaran 65, Wriddhiman 87; Anureet Singh 4/88) vs. Railways 233/5 in first innings (Mahesh Rawat 105 batting, Arindam Ghosh 78 batting; Ashok Dinda 3/83).


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While we believe strongly that the current patent system has some very serious fundamental flaws that hurt the ability of companies (big and small) to innovate these days, the current efforts at patent reform look like they will just make the situation worse. That's because they're trying to cure the the symptoms, not the disease. They know that there are too many patent lawsuits clogging up the courts and that it takes too long to get a patent, so they try to simplify some of the process. That doesn't actually solve the real problem, which is that the patent system isn't encouraging innovation in many cases any more. The new attempts at patent reform, especially moving to a "first to file" system will only encourage more people to file patents quickly -- with less research on prior art. That will only highlight the fact that patent examiners don't scale. Also, a first to file designation seems fundamentally opposed to the purpose of the patent system. By choosing a first to file system, it's admitting that others are likely to be inventing the same thing at the same time. If that's the case, then the product shouldn't be patentable. Patents are only supposed to go to products that are "non-obvious" to the "skilled practitioner." If others are creating the same thing, it certainly suggests that it's obvious enough, and a natural progression of the art. So, the entire designation of "first to file" goes against the concept of "non-obvious to the skilled practitioner." Who would have thought that, as bad as the patent system is today, our politicians are only trying to make it worse?


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For a Secular and Democratic Libya
In the charter of the Democratic Party of Libya, which you founded, you outline a vision of a secular, open and tolerant society, in which religious freedom should be guaranteed if nothing else. Is Libyan society ready for these ideas and goals?
Ahmed Shebani: In 1969 we missed the chance presented to us by the revolution at the time. It was to a certain extent kidnapped by Gaddafi. He only revealed his true nature once he had consolidated power.
Now we have at last liberated ourselves from the Gaddafi dictatorship, we won't allow the Libyan people to miss their chance again, the chance to build a democratic system in Libya. And I'm very happy that the international community has already sent a delegation to Libya led by Ian Martin, the former secretary general of Amnesty International. We hope that he can help us to establish a democratic order and a constitutional state in Libya.
Why does Libya need this support from outside?
Shebani: No one in the Arab world has the comprehensive political know-how necessary to build a democracy. We don't have this knowledge. Instead of waiting several years trying to reinvent the wheel, we would rather adopt democratic standards and procedures from other countries with substantial experience in such matters. That's why we're asking for help and support from abroad. This can only come from the UN, because the United Nations is not suspected of wanting to control any one country.
The UN should despatch a committee of experts for the purpose of "nation building", as well as a peacekeeping force to be able to deal with increasing security problems. We also need this support from the UN to found a truth commission, in order to be able to investigate the crimes of the Gaddafi regime as well as the numerous human rights violations that took place during the uprising.
In your charter, the first of its kind in the new Libya, you call for a secular state. But the Chairman of the National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdel Jalil, recently said that Sharia would form the basis of new legislation in Libya…
Shebani: I have a different view. We want to have an efficient constitutional state in which religion and secular power are clearly separated. Our main goal is to establish a liberal democratic order.
To achieve this, we must keep religion and politics separate. Religion is, in my view, the interaction between the faithful and God. But we can't base a constitution on divine law. I'm convinced that the Islamic political discourse has failed. We want to become a democratic county, not a failed state like Somalia.
When it comes to criticising Mahmoud Jibril, the president-designate of the new cabinet, you don't mince your words. What exactly do you accuse him of?
Shebani: I've got good reason to criticise him. Mahmoud Jibril has monopolised power, he's pulling the strings in the background in all important decisions, and demonstrates clear dictatorial tendencies. As a democrat, I'm deeply unsettled by this development. It's a grave error for the West to put its faith in this dubious character. In February of this year, Jibril was still advising Gaddafi how best to crush the national revolt. For many Libyans, he's an elusive politician with a questionable past and an unclear loyalty to the revolution, a person whom they do not trust in the least.
We accuse Jibril of undemocratic behaviour and overstepping his authority on a massive scale. We can verify that he has already signed preliminary contracts with several foreign oil companies for lucrative business worth billions, without having consulted the transitional council in this regard. He has clearly afforded preferential treatment to members of his tribe, the Warfalla, in the process. Jibril's entire mindset could be described as "tribalist" – he's someone that thinks in terms of tribes and clans. But this is precisely one of the main evils afflicting Libya to this day.
We also have information that Jibril lied to the transitional council over the siege of Bani Walid, which has now lasted more than a month. Many young fighters have died during this siege of the city, or have been exposed to extremely tough conditions. We suspect that a betrayal has occurred in the course of supposed negotiations with tribal elders in Bani Walid.
The Democratic Party of Libya now wants to call Jibril to account over all these contentious issues. They're not just wild suppositions, as the murder of General Younis at the end of July 2011 goes to show – a case that's still not been officially solved. We are absolutely sure that Younis was a double agent working for Gaddafi. He was murdered by revolutionaries when his cover was blown.
What consequences do you see resulting from these appraisals of the situation?
Shebani: For the afore-mentioned reasons, it's completely unacceptable to us that Mahmoud Jibril will govern the country in future. We will use all the means at our disposal to prevent this.
I call on Jibril to resign from his posts and instead return to his tribe, the Warfalla. Once there, he should conduct negotiations with tribal representatives so that they give up their armed resistance to transitional council forces. This is the only way that Jibril can still perform a valuable service for his nation.
Your criticism is also aimed at the National Transitional Council. Why?
Shebani: The Democratic Party of Libya supports the transitional council (NTC) and has also called on the international community to recognise it. At present, there is no alternative to this political representation of the Libyan people. But the NTC suffers from numerous shortcomings: For example, council members still include former ministers of the Gaddafi regime, who cannot be expected to represent the new Libya in the long term. We call on these individuals to withdraw from public office for at least five years.
And as far as the chairman of the transitional council, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, is concerned, he is a dignified and devout man. But he possesses neither charisma nor leadership qualities. In actual fact, the NTC is today already being led by Jibril. And there are also clear indications that Jibril has attempted to force Abdul Jalil out of office.
You are also concerned that only the older generation is represented on the transitional council…
Shebani: This is indeed the main problem. Seventy percent of the Libyan population is under 30. The chasm between the young fighters who helped the revolution attain its breakthrough, and the ageing council, grows with each day that passes. I fear that we're heading blindly towards a catastrophe because of this.
You are also critical of the fact that there are no women sitting on the committees of the transitional council…
Shebani: Yes, despite the fact that they played a significant role in the Libyan revolution. They are however not represented on the transitional council. That's unacceptable. Our party attaches great importance to the participation of women in public life and politics.
Do you think that Libya needs new, charismatic leaders?
Shebani: None of the Arab revolutions had true leaders. The Democratic Party of Libya doesn't have a single leader either. The focus of our work now is to encourage the participation of all citizens in the political process and the legitimacy of political institutions. And the only way to achieve this legitimacy is with free elections.
What political clout does the Democratic Party of Libya wield today?
Shebani: To date, our party is the only political force calling for a constitutional, secular democracy in Libya. More and more people are joining our ranks. Most of our members are still living abroad, but the number of supporters and members is also increasing by the day in Libya. Most of them are from the well-educated middle classes.
Our party is popular because we have a clear agenda and can also demonstrate political vision. I'm convinced that the Libyan people will reward us for this. Many exiled Libyans have lived in functioning western democracies. This is the best present we can give to our nation, to reintroduce the idea of democracy.
Interview: Beat Stauffer
© Qantara.de 2011
In 2007, Ahmed Shebani was arrested and tortured in Libya following the publication of an interview criticising Gaddafi in the New York Times. He has been living in exile since then, mainly in Britain. At the end of February 2011 he founded the "Libyan Initiative for Freedom and Democracy", which became the "Democratic Party of Libya" (DPL) in July 2011.
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Provodnikov stops Alvarado after 10th round
BROOMFIELD, Colo. (AP) — Ruslan Provodnikov bruised Mike Alvarado all night with blow after powerful blow. Then, he broke Alvarado's spirit.
The Russian brawler nicknamed the "Siberian Rocky" captured the junior welterweight title on Saturday when Alvarado couldn't answer the bell for the 11th round.
Provodnikov (23-2) knocked down Alvarado (34-2) twice in the eighth round with a series of punches near the ropes and finished him off late in the 10th. The fight was halted by referee Tony Weeks, who asked Alvarado a few times if he wanted to continue and Alvarado responded that he didn't.
To Provodnikov, he couldn't have envisioned a better ending, comparing Alvarado throwing in the towel to Roberto Duran famously saying "No mas," in a fight against Sugar Ray Leonard in 1980.
"I made him not want to fight me anymore," Provodnikov said through a translator. "This is the best way I could become the champion."
Promoter Bob Arum, who represents Alvarado, said his boxer might have suffered a concussion.
Provodnikov didn't have trainer Freddie Roach in his corner. Roach remained in the Philippines to work out with Manny Pacquiao, who fights Brandon Rios next month in Macau. It hardly mattered as Marvin Somodio filled in and kept Provodnikov on course.
"My team told me, 'You're ready — come out and become a champion,'" Provodnikov said. "I was doing my job."
Not even chants from the home crowd could lift Alvarado, who grew up in Denver and was wearing blue-and-orange trunks in honor of the Denver Broncos. Alvarado got lured into Provodnikov's kind of fight — more brawling than boxing — and never recovered. This was quite a contrast to Alvarado's win over Rios seven months ago, when he had a near flawless fight.
Alvarado's eye puffed up midway through the fight, the result of a barrage of punches throughout the fight.
"It just wasn't Mike's night. He was too defensive," said Shann Vilhauer, the trainer for Alvarado. "I think he just started reading all these clips after the (Brandon) Rios fight, that he was a great boxer and he got away from what he's best at. This guy (Provodnikov) was tailor made for him. He didn't take advantage."
After the fight, Alvarado said that Provodnikov threw the hardest punches he has ever encountered. He also said manager Henry Delgado stopped the fight and that he agreed with the decision.
"It was not worth taking more punishment because the damage could be permanent," Alvarado said. "It just wasn't my night. I have a lot of heart. I'm not a quitter."
This was the biggest bout in the area since former World Boxing Council lightweight champion Stevie Johnston fell to Jose Luis Castillo in 2000. It also was the first time HBO has televised a live fight from Colorado. Provodnikov didn't pay any attention to the pre-fight "boos," or the crowd constantly chanting, "3-0-3," the city's area code.
"If you want to be a world champion, you have to risk it — go and fight the best, go to his hometown," Provodnikov said.
With the win, Provodnikov could likely be in line for the winner of Pacquiao and Rios. The other likely candidate is Timothy Bradley Jr., a fighter Provodnikov lost to in a memorable bout last March.
A rematch with Alvarado isn't out of the question, either.
"Unbelievable," said Arthur Pelullo, the president of Banner Promotions, which represents Provodnikov. "He had a great game plan. Even though Freddie wasn't here, he stuck to the game plan. Alvarado is a tough son of a gun. He was the kind of kid you've got to give respect to. He's a champion."
On the undercard, Juan Diaz (38-4) landed jab after jab on Juan Santiago (14-11-1), but couldn't put him away in a lightweight fight. Diaz's dominating performance led to a unanimous decision as he remained unblemished in his third fight back after a two-year layoff.
Diaz, a former titleholder nicknamed "Baby Bull," got burned out on boxing and took some time off, even opening a trucking company in Houston.
"I got some much-needed rounds," said Diaz, who's hoping for another title shot down the road. "I think I broke him down very well throughout the fight. ... He gave me a good fight."


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Sprinter Vans Post 2.5% Rise in 2010 YOY Sales
September 2, 2011 by RVBusiness · 1 Comment
Daimler Vans USA (DVU) recently reported 2010 Sprinter van sales totaled 8,559 units, representing a 2.5% increase over the previous year, according to a report by National Bus Trader.
Though the Sprinter van has been a familiar sight in the U.S. since 2001, including growing use as a platform in the RV industry, 2010 marked the first year of its new sales and service network, Daimler Vans USA.
"2010 was our first full year operating the Sprinter business here in the U.S. By stating focused on the needs of our Sprinter customers throughout the year, we were able to not only sustain our sales performance but achieve this increase over last year," said Ernst Lieb, president and CEO of DVU's parent company, Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA). "We are tremendously proud of the entire DVU organization, including our network of Mercedes and Freightliner Sprinter dealers. Together we were able to give a great product the support it deserves, and we expect continued momentum in 2011."
The highly successful Mercedes-Benz Sprinter made its European debut in 1995, and a new generational Sprinter launched globally in 2006. Since 2001, the Sprinter has been sold in the U.S. by Freightliner, the industry's leading manufacturer of medium- and heavy-duty trucks in North America. Complete with many Mercedes-Benz safety and convenience features, the U.S. lineup includes the cargo van, passenger van, mini bus, cab chassis and the new crew van.
Mercedes-Benz began offering the Sprinter line through select dealers in 2010. Both MBUSA and Freightliner are division of Daimler AG. In the U.S., the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter is targeted primarily toward small businesses while the Freightliner version continues to focus on its established customer base of commercial vehicle operators.


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I am trying to slightly modify the functionality of the default Ext.form.Label class. For reference, I have an xtype:label component in my application, and when the user double clicks on the component it launches an Ext.Editor control that gives the user write access to the property. My issue is that I am attempting to input an Address, which is multiline:
123 Place St.
Seattle, WA
The Label component has .text and .html properties. When the user inputs an address bound to a 'textarea' field using Ext.Editor, the input contains standard Chr(13) line breaks. When the Label outputs the data, the Chr(13) needs to be rendered as "
" using the .html property to properly display the address. This rendering is not done by default, so I am attempting to override the setText function of Ext.form.Label.
The trick is that I need to maintain the value of .text so that when the user double clicks and starts editing the field again, it does not contain "
" but instead keeps the \n character. My understanding is that .setText() is called when .text is modified, so I can exclusively put the "
" in to .html and leave .text untouched for the Ext.Editor.
Here is my override code. The application launches without error, however the override provides no change in behavior. (btw: I am developing a MVC app.. so any suggestion about where to put the override in the code structure would be greatly appreciated)
Any direction would be greatly appreciatedCode:Ext.require('Ext.form.Label', function() { Ext.override('Ext.form.Label', { setText: function(text, encode){ var me = this; encode = encode !== false; if(encode) { me.text = text; delete me.html; } else { me.html = text; delete me.text; } if(me.rendered){ me.el.dom.innerHTML = encode !== false ? Ext.util.Format.htmlEncode(text) : text; me.el.dom.innerHTML = me.el.dom.innerHTML.replace(/\n/g,'
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For the Children: David Blankenhorn and Kay S. Hymowitz on marriage
"The material Blankenhorn amasses establishes that far from a private relationship to satisfy adult needs, marriage is a social institution to meet social needs. Against this argument the case for same-sex marriage cannot stand… [A]ccepting same-sex marriage means accepting same-sex parenthood, by whatever means a child is acquired. This will deny the child the very benefit marriage was instituted to confer on him. Blankenhorn characterizes Andrew Sullivan's argument as 'reeking of narcissism' and demanding that 'we worry less about children and more about adults.'" READ MORE >
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Driving a Wedge into the 'Evangelical Center' on Gay Marriage
Why is it taboo within the cultural left to "privilege" marriage in any way? Several years ago I came across a snarky little news item in New York Magazine titled: "The Smug Marrieds Head Underground: Pro-marriage propaganda to invade subway." What sort of propaganda was this? They were subway billboards produced by an abstinence advocacy… READ MORE >
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Rugby World Cup Sevens preparations begin for Men's Eagles Sevens
CHULA VISTA, Calif. – The USA Rugby Men's Eagles Sevens did not take Monday off for Memorial Day. Instead, they were put through the paces by head coach Alexander Magleby during the first day of the Eagles' Rugby World Cup Sevens training camp at the Olympic Training Center, which will run for four weeks.
Joining the 16 players in Residency at the Olympic Training Center are several USA Rugby AIG Men's Collegiate All-Americans before they join their camp ahead of the New Zealand Tour this summer. Garrett Brewer of Saint Mary's, Zac Mizell of Arkansas State, and Tanner Barnes and Patrick Blair of Central Washington are in camp now and will be joined in Chula Vista by Madison Hughes of Dartmouth and Colton Cariaga of Life after the USA Sevens Collegiate Rugby Championship in Philadelphia from May 31 to June 2.
Also in camp is returning veteran Rocco Mauer along with Tigers Academy teammate Trevor Tanifum, as well Isimeli Daveta of Serevi Academy.
After a long IRB HSBC Sevens World Series, Magleby does not expect he will have to add any extra motivation during camp for what is the biggest sevens tournament to date, with the 2016 Rio Olympic Games on the horizon.
"Camps are always intense," Magleby said. "It's the World Cup, though. It's a one-off tournament--a replica of the Olympics. It's a chance in a three-day tournament to become world champions. More teams are competing for it, as well, not just the core teams from the Series. That's the big value of the World Cup, and we're really excited to compete in it and challenge to win it."
Camp will be held at the Olympic Training Center until June 9, at which time the camp will move to Serevi Rugby in Seattle, Wash., until June 14 before returning to Chula Vista.
While the Eagles finished the Sevens World Series strong with three consecutive Plate Final appearances (and two Plate Final victories), the players understand the difficulty that awaits in Moscow. The Eagles were drawn in Pool D with Series champion New Zealand, border rival Canada and Georgia. With six pools to the Series' four, the Eagles must win Pool D or finish as one of the two best second-place teams to secure a spot in the Cup competition.
"Not only do you have to win, but if you have that one loss, you have to have a huge point-differential relative to everybody else," Magleby said. "For us, that means we have to do well in each game. The defense has to hold and not leak tries, and the attack has to score points."
The Eagles open their Rugby World Cup Sevens schedule against Georgia June 28 before taking on Canada and New Zealand on June 29.
Men's Eagles Sevens Camp Invitees | Rugby World Cup Sevens Training Camp
Nate Augspurger - Residency
Tanner Barnes – Central Washington
Patrick Blair – Central Washington
Garrett Brewer – Saint Mary's
Colton Cariaga – Life
Isimeli Daveta – Serevi Academy
Andrew Durutalo - Residency
Nick Edwards - Residency
Tai Enosa - Residency
Jack Halalilo - Residency
Matt Hawkins - Residency
Colin Hawley - Residency
Madison Hughes – Dartmouth
Carlin Isles - Residency
Rocco Mauer – Tiger Academy
Zac Mizell – Arkansas State
Folau Niua - Residency
Shalom Suniula - Residency
Trevor Tanifum – Tiger Academy
Pila Taufa - Residency
Zach Test - Residency
Brett Thompson - Residency
Maka Unufe - Residency
Note: Mike Teo is training with the USA Rugby AIG Men's Junior All-Americans ahead of the IRB Junior Rugby World Cup. Blaine Scully and Luke Hume are still in Residency, but are currently with the Men's Eagles as they prepare for the international match against Ireland in Houston June 8.


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Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:05:36 -0700
The Sports Network reports the Baltimore Orioles reassigned OF Matt Angle, SS Blake Davis, OF Miguel Abreu, C Caleb Joseph, C Michel Hernandez and C Luis Bernardo to their minor league camp Monday, March 22.
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Effective Tuesday, March 23, the Baltimore Orioles will reassign P David Hernandez, Cs Luis Bernardo and Caleb Joseph, SS Blake Davis and OFs Miguel Abreu and Matt Angle to minor league camp, according to MLB.com's Brittany Ghiroli.
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|Orioles | Six invited to Spring Training
Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:59:26 -0800
The Baltimore Sun reports the Baltimore Orioles announced they will invite six more non-roster players to major league spring training. Cs Luis Bernardo and Adam Donachie, IFs Miguel Abreu and Blake Davis, OF Matt Angle and IF/OF Jonathan Tucker have been invited.
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|Orioles | Several could be exposed to Rule 5 draft
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:46:15 -0800
The Baltimore Sun reports Baltimore Orioles P's Steven Johnson, Jim Hoey and Pedro Beato and IF's Ryan Adams, Blake Davis, Miguel Abreu and Mike Costanzo are among the Orioles' farmhands who could be lost during the major league portion of the Rule 5 draft.
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|Orioles | Abreu Signed
Sun, 19 Jun 2005 13:24:11 -0700
The Baltimore Orioles have signed OF Miguel Abreu (East Central Oklahoma), a 28th-round pick in the 2005 MLB draft, according to Gary Washburn of Orioles.MLB.com.
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Preparing food in the field kitchen, Jesuit Refugee Service teams can deliver up to 16,000 meals a day for displaced persons in Aleppo, Syria. (Sedki Al Imam and Avo Kaprealian — JRS)
(Beirut) April 12, 2013 – Thousands of people living in the predominantly Kurdish neighborhood of Sheikh Maqsoud in Aleppo were displaced last week following a surge in violence in the northern city.
According to Mahdi*, a Jesuit Refugee Service Aleppo outreach team member, many Kurdish residents have gone to their home villages outside of the city, and Christians have fled into other Christian areas in Aleppo. However, Mahdi expressed particular concern for the fate of those who have nowhere familiar or safe to go.
"We came across approximately 300 people in a park who had fled Sheikh Maqsoud. Fortunately, they weren't physically injured. We've given them hygiene kits, and are providing them with hot meals every day from the field kitchen," said Mahdi.
"Although Spring has arrived and the necessity to house displaced persons in heated shelters is no longer as pressing, there is now a shortage of mattresses and tents. Rather than sleeping in public buildings, many people prefer sleeping in parks because of the softer bedding."
The JRS field kitchen makes up to 16,000 hot meals a day which are then distributed to mosques, school-shelters, public buildings and to other displaced persons who do not have the facilities to cook hot food themselves.
"We now have the capacity to make as many as 300 more meals within a short period of time. Trying to respond quickly is the least we can do."
This latest displacement comes at a time when the situation in Aleppo continues to deteriorate. Electricity and telecommunications grids were down for most of last week, further complicating the delivery of vital humanitarian assistance. The water supply to most areas in the city has also been drastically reduced, and in some cases cut completely.
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Despite these difficult conditions and the harsh impact of the conflict on the lives of civilians, JRS continues to provide emergency food and materials assistance, as well as educational and psychosocial support.
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This section describes how to install MIT/GNU Scheme on Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7.
MIT/GNU Scheme is distributed as a self-installing executable. Installation of the software is straightforward. Simply execute the downloaded file and answer the installer's questions. The installer will allow you to choose the directory in which MIT/GNU Scheme is to be installed, and the name of the folder in which the shortcuts are to be placed.
To uninstall the software, open up the `Control Panel', run `Add/Remove Programs', and double-click on `MIT/GNU Scheme'.


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Richmond Times-Dispatch-Richmond, VA
About a dozen women gathered in Richmond's Bryan Park yesterday afternoon to pray and talk about a past they had hidden for years.
Their secret: abortion.
Some had had an abortion before it was legal; others had had more than one. For years, the pain, they said, ripped into their souls before they finally found healing in reaching out.
"The fact is, legal or illegal, abortion is bad for women," said Carol Talley of Richmond, who has organized local "Silent No More" abortion-awareness events for the past several years.
"Our abortions have caused us more pain than they solved," said Talley, who gathered in a half circle near the park shelter with the other women and one man for prayer and testimonials. Talley had an abortion more than 30 years ago when she was 16.
The "Silent No More" campaign was started as an outreach by members of Anglican and Catholic ministries and aims to reach out to women who are in emotional pain after having abortions, and to serve as a resource for women who are considering abortion.
Holding posters with "I Regret My Abortion" written in big letters, the women yesterday talked about the circumstances that led them to have an abortion and how it affected their lives. They attracted curious looks from others in the park to ride bikes or walk, but none joined the event.
Susan Burton said she was 17 and new to college when she got pregnant after attending a party where she was drugged and then raped. It was before abortion was legalized nationally.
"I had no idea what to do next," she said. "I was right off the farm."
She had an illegal abortion at 12 weeks, she said, describing it as a "live birth." "They just threw him in a bucket," she said.
"I found forgiveness. It took 30 years of suffering, two marriages and heartache you can't imagine," said Burton, who has two daughters, ages 30 and 18. She said that every April 2 she remembers the son she aborted.
Research on the emotional impact of abortion on women is mixed. A 2004 Swedish study of 58 women four months after they had abortions, and again 12 months after, found that many felt relief. Most of the women reported no postabortion distress, but 12 did report severe emotional distress, the researchers wrote.
A different study followed just more than 400 women for two years after an abortion. The study assessed self-esteem, emotions, decision satisfaction, perceived harm and benefit, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Researchers found that 72 percent of the women said they were satisfied with their decision and 69 percent said they would have the abortion again. Six reported post-traumatic stress disorder. Those who were younger, had more children and a preabortion history of depression were most likely to feel regret.
Some of the women yesterday were only able to discuss their feelings about their abortion after attending a weekend retreat called Rachel's Vineyard, which is designed to help women and men cope with abortion aftereffects.
Kay Marie Geiger and Joseph Geiger run the local Rachel's Vineyard retreats at a local church.
"Through the retreat I was able to give my son and daughter a name," said Shirley Joslin, who had two abortions, the first 37 years ago, the second two years after that. She said she has finally forgiven herself for what she did.
"We have found that abortion is a trauma," Kay Marie Geiger said.
"We need to go beyond making it rare. We need to make it unthinkable."
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JavaFX – Printing
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There were many queries related to saving and printing of JavaFX nodes. Users can capture the node as image following the approach outlined in one of previous blog and use ImageIO APIs to save the image to file. For printing, we can use 2D printing – java.awt.print.PrinterJob and java.awt.print.Printable. Implement print method in Printable interface and draw the image onto Graphics object. Another approach is to directly print the image using javax.print.PrintService.
Below sample demonstrates use of ImageIO and PrintService to print the Chart
To launch click on above image or
The chart node is captured in BufferedImage. Refer to toBufferedImage method in Utils.fx. The image is then streamed to a ByteArrayOutputStream using ImageIO API. A PrintService instance which supports DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM.PNG is obtained using lookupPrintServices method in PrintServicesLookup. Refer to print method in PrintUtils.java for more information.
Try it out and let me know feedback..


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Supervisor is a service that supplements the normal !SystemVinit on a machine. It is configured via a config file /etc/supervisord.conf which is managed by puppet. The config file contains an entry for each service that it is in charge of starting. Supervisor handles starting the services at bootup and also respawning in case of errors. People can connect to the supervisor process via the supervisorctl command to manage services even if they don't have root on the box.
We use supervisor to control all of our TurboGears apps. (Almost all of our in-house web applications)
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Purpose: We use supervisor to control all of our TurboGears apps. (Almost all of our in-house web applications)
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (WWBT) - Virginia State Police are asking for more help in the investigation into the murder of Morgan Harrington.
The location of the area where her body was found is what investigators are most focused on right now, said Virginia State Police officer Lt. Joe Rader at a Thursday afternoon press conference in Charlottesville.
The body was found "a considerable distance from the roadway" and the person likely was familiar with the area, he said.
Rader asked the Charlottesville community for specific information to help the investigation, saying that residents in the Anchorage Farm and north Darden areas would have the best chances to help.
Rader said that based on experience and some common sense, the Anchorage Farm location likely wouldn't present an unnecessary risk for the person that took Morgan Harrington from John Paul Jones Arena. Traveling to Anchorage Farm area would have created a significant risk to a suspect. The area is a high-risk location to take a body and police believe the person willingly chose the farm.
The person responsible may or not be connected to the Anchorage Farm area, but may have worked, recreated, visited or periodically traveled through the area near the farm where her body was found, Rader said.
The Richmond medical examiner Monday ruled Harrington's death a homicide.
"The cause of death is under investigation, but we do not release the cause," Rader said.
A new phone number has been established by the Virginia State Police just for Harrington information on the location of the body: 434-709-1685.
The 20 year old Virginia Tech student disappeared in October at a Metallica concert in Charlottesville. Her remains were found on an Albemarle County farm off Route 29 last week.
A representative for the Harrington family says Friday's mass and memorial service for Morgan will go on in Roanoke tomorrow despite predictions of heavy snow. The family plans to honor Morgan a mass at St. Andrews Catholic Church in Roanoke at 3:30 p.m.
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"Happy Valentine's Day!"
"I love you 'til the ocean wears Pampers to keep its bottom dry!"
"The love in your heart wasn't put there to stay, love isn't love 'til you give it away!"
"Today's music ain't got the same soul,
"I like that old time rock and roll."
— Bob Seger
"Happy Valentine's Day!"
"I love you 'til the ocean wears Pampers to keep its bottom dry!"
"The love in your heart wasn't put there to stay, love isn't love 'til you give it away!"
"Love, you are Love"
From Bob Seger to Rodgers and Hammerstein to "The Fantasticks," today is the day to give your heart away!
Two years ago on this day, Jason Bozeman gave his heart to Tabitha Carlson on their first real date; Darlene and Jerry Kichler said "I do" to the background music of "Wind Beneath My Wings"; Marion and Sue White were married more than 50 years ago; Cindy and Paul Smith became engaged in 1977; in 1974, Greg Dial proposed to Darlene, the love of his life; Sherri and Lane Walden have been married 32 years and their song is "Still the One"; Beth and Ray Cumby started dating on Valentine's Day in 1983 after she decorated his Gadsden High hall locker; Deanna Beard Rice and Anthony were married 10 years ago; Bill and Johnie Hyche were married four years ago; Pat and Curtis Harden married Feb. 14, 1997; John and Teresa Garrard have been together many years.
Valentine venues featured dads and daughters; the Father/Daughter Sweetheart Dance at the Pitman Theater entertained Wayne Reddish and his daughter, Anna Grace and her friend, Gracie Prichett. Glen Ingram escorted his daughter Jayme Reyna; Tony Calvert escorted two beautiful daughters to the event, Clare Beth and Carter.
Sardis High School held a gala father/daughter dance; Jason Garmany escorted 8-year-old Abby and Sardis Coach Gene Hill escorted his two daughters, Hailey and Hannah.
Some of the most hilarious sitcoms have aired features dealing with Valentine woes, but for some readers, the day is bittersweet because their Valentine has passed away.
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Have you noticed that more and more commercials are using old rock songs as the music behind the message? It isn't always the message of the song, but the beat or the melody that lingers with you long after the commercial is gone.
Jetta, the neat car, has Johnny Cash singing "Dirty Old Egg-Sucking Dog." Canon cameras have Rachel Fannan's sultry voice crooning "Beautiful Dreamer" — not a rock 'n' roll song, but it is old! Hardee's beckons with "Beyond the Sea," and Walgreen's whistles "Down on the Corner."
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i've liked anime ever since i could speak my 1st language, so there was really no "me before anime."
but what were you all like before you discovered this great thing known as anime? how was your life? what did you do for fun before anime? did your personality or outlooks on life change? i know mine did.
well, if you were like me, there really was no you before anime, but i'm talking about you people who just started watching anime a couple years ago or something like that.
I'm hardly active.
;o normal?
Yay first post !! XD
fk, gone
i grow up watching anime on TV
Giga Drill Breaker
getting my learn on
i grew up watching anime yeah i know my shades are awesome
join the family
An idiot about the fantasy world.
A cheerleader.
A bully.
A person with friends that did as I said only 'cause I was popular.
Then Anime came...Naruto to be exact. Now...
I'm a psycho but in a good way.
I'm known around the school to yell about Anime.
I'm an Artist with poetic friends.
It's fun! And much better than being an asshole!
*OFFLINE* Trying to get back in the habit of posting...
a person with no intellectual imagination and no experience. Anime really changes your views and experiences in life....love it
eating some tacos
Fear-and-Hope wrote:
i like this one the best so far.
I'm hardly active.
Ever hear of television when it was all b&w aka aired in black & white only. There was no TV color and the shows aired from sun up to either 10PM or midnight before the network played the Star Spangled Banner and aviation footage probably taken during the Korean War 1950-ish before shutting down. I watched plenty of it from age 5 on. It was a wonderful baby sitter. I can recall bits and pieces when I was 3 and 4 years old, circa early 1950's.
Movies advertised Technicolor and Vista-Vision....seating was almost like seating in a brand passenger train. Buildings were starting to become Air-Conditioned by ventilation instead of by a giant swamp cooler posted up on the roof with fan circulation. Audience goers dressed up like they were attending a sermon at church. Adults wore suits or dresses. Children wore Sunday attire, sometimes boys chanced open collars without a tie: 1950's fare in New York City.
Suburbs had Drive-In movies which was nice depending on where you parked. Sometimes there was more action watching which jealous boyfriend was stalking which unknowing high school age female who was dating someone else.
Cable came later. At first cable networks had to get a charter from cities before they could offer any alternative to entrapment by the local networks. Eventually, these contracts gave way to real competition and network programming got better, albeit briefly.
There was also radio: AM and FM. Back in earlier times AM ruled. FM slowly rose to prominence during the '60's. I remember relying on FM as a retreat from commercials and crappy radio programming....it usually fostered classical music, PSAs, commercial-free programming of a higher intellectual caliber than the standard fare that pretended to be audio entertainment over in the cheap seats called AM radio. Trouble was FM didn't transmit as far as AM back then. Eventually, that bastion of sensual refuge got beseiged and it too soon fell hostage in pursuit of greater audience and monetary gratifications, overtaking AM radio in market share. That was then.
Ham radio: for grins a person could obtain a permit and receive or broadcast greetings or conversation far or near from the home base. A few early broadcasters credited exposure to ham operation as their calling for a life choice being on the air.
Events featuring music be it jazz, country & western, rockabilly, zydeco, rhythm & blues, etc. A person or a group could arrange to attend 1 of these crowd pleasers......all pre-dated anime as I think you're defining it. And don't forget comics, games before Atari, recreation outside the home, etc.....sure, plenty of stuff to do or watch before anime when a person thinks about it..
MYTH: the universal language. Always question AUTHORITY.
I'm not sure as anime didn't change me.
It just became something I liked, it didn't alter me personally.
i <3'd Warm Bodies
Anime was my childhood so I don't know. D:
(っ◕‿◕)っ✏ Aᴅᴅ, Mᴇssᴀɢᴇ, Cᴏᴍᴍᴇɴᴛ! [Finally on winter break.]
I was always into foreign things, especially languages.
Only growing up has increased my acquisition and understanding of such things.
When I was a very young child, I still watched cartoons interspersed with Anime as well.
死んでる。Hic nunc est hodie, cras absit. Ad praesens, nusquam quasi nihil.
thefinalword wrote:
I'm not sure as anime didn't change me.
It just became something I liked, it didn't alter me personally.
It changed me deeply in my soul,
anime, the golden hole
I wash washed in her beauty,
made me all fruity
And now I'm bitter and old.
getting my learn on
Well I grew up watching anime, so I can't know if I would be different if I didn't watch it, all I know is that Im happy I do watch anime
What's one thousand minus seven?
Like many other Asians, I grew up watching anime instead of western cartoons. I was born and raised in the Philippines, and the Philippines got tons of anime from Japan and aired them regularly on TV. Probably some of my most favorite anime I watched during the mid to late 90's are Chou Mashin Eiyuuden Wataru, Jigoku Sensei Nube, Gundam X, Knight Hunters, and more. Oh, and can't forget about Chou Hatsumei Boy Kanipan. Really loved that show as a kid:
Kanipan OP:
IIDX: DJ LANNAE (5th dan) | デレステ: DJ LANNAE (Akane-P)


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Nov. 27, 2012 07:46 AM
TIO Networks Corp., (TSX-V: TNC) ("TIO"), North America's leading expedited bill payment company, today announced the launch of a mobile app for El Paso Electric customers. The app allows El Paso Electric's 380,000 customers to pay bills using iPhones, iPads and Android smartphones and tablets. The program includes support for payments via credit, debit and ACH to give customers the greatest flexibility with their payment options.
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