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By RICK DUNHAM
and JOANNA RAINES
In Washington, John Cornyn has long been considered one of the most conservative members of the U.S. Senate.
Then came Ted Cruz.
In his first month in office, Texas' junior senator has entered the national stage with the subtlety of an elephant at a ballet. A few liberal commentators have compared Cruz, with his prosecutorial style and his relentless attacks on President Obama and Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel, to Joe McCarthy, Huey Long, Father Coughlin and other right-wing demagogues of the 20th century.
Where does this leave Cornyn, whose voting record is almost identical to Cruz but whose demeanor is far more mellow?
"Democrats snicker that he's now stuck on 'Cruz Control,' following the lead of his junior partner on issues ranging from the confirmation of Secretary of State John Kerry (they comprised two of the three 'no' votes) to the re-authorization of the Violence Against Women Act (which garnered 78 'yes' votes)," Politico's Jonathan Martin wrote on Friday.
Martin reports, without any sourcing, the buzz at the Texas Capitol: "The wise-guy joke going around Austin: Cruz is the only freshman in Congress with two votes."
To cap off the Politico riff, Rep. Joaquin Castro, a freshman Democrat from San Antonio who, like Cruz, has started with a bang, told Politico: "Cruz is essentially now able to determine Cornyn's dance steps."
But is Cornyn following Cruz's lead or are the two just dancing to a conservative waltz choreographed long ago by the senior senator who dubbed himself "Big Bad John" in his 2008 re-election race.
Cruz's press secretary says Cornyn and Cruz are good friends, and that Cruz is honored to work alongside the "principled leader."
When you look at Cornyn's political history, the similarities should come as no surprise. In 2010, Cornyn was tied for first on the National Journal's list of most conservative members of Congress. Cornyn was rated as voting 94 percent conservative throughout his career by American Conservative Union.
"Sen. Cornyn has relentlessly fought for a conservative agenda – first in Austin, and now in Washington. Like many Texans, Sen. Cornyn is proud to have Ted Cruz in the Senate and looks forward to working together on behalf of 26 million Texans," Cornyn press secretary Drew Brandewie said.
However, Cornyn is likely keeping an eye on his right flank. According to CQ Roll Call, Cornyn said he expects to face a primary challenge in 2014.
As hard as it is to imagine, that challenge would likely come … from the right.


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Tents, RVs and home-built viewing decks covered infield campgrounds during the Rolex 24 A Daytona Saturday. When it comes to watching the 24-hour race, infield campers say they'd trade the luxuries of a hotel room for a front-row seat to the action and parties.
DAYTONA BEACH — When Kyle Hall and about 20 of his high school friends started camping in the infield 10 years ago, he admits they made a few rookie mistakes.
But they've learned a few things over the years: Get to Daytona International Speedway by 5 a.m. on Thursday to claim a camping spot; there is no such thing as too much beer or firewood; and the more couches, the better.
Tents, RVs and home-built viewing decks covered infield campgrounds during the Rolex 24 A Daytona Saturday. When it comes to watching the 24-hour race, infield campers say they'd trade the luxuries of a hotel room for a front-row seat to the action and parties.
Hall, 25, and his friends have transformed their infield campsite into a village with dozens of tents, a fire, couches, a viewing deck built out of scaffolds, surround-sound speakers, a pool table and games of cornhole.
Hall has also learned how to bring everything he needs in one trip from his home in Orange City.
"Everyone chips in and it gets bigger every year," he said. "We are expecting about 100 of our friends to join us by the end of the night."
Hall and his friends grew up in Port Orange and are graduates of Spruce Creek and Atlantic high schools. The Rolex serves as a reunion for the friends each year.
"We have so many Rolex stories, I wouldn't know where to start," Hall said, although he did mention a certain fire that got out of hand when a couch was used as fuel.
Nearby, Ormond resident Casey "Goose" Bellows sat tall above the infield tents in his monster truck and a sleeping trailer he built. Using a stepladder to climb in and out of his home away from home, Bellows said he is used to stares and questions from curious onlookers.
"I get pulled over a lot and after I show police that my truck is street legal, they usually ask if they can take a picture," he said.
Bellows, a recent Embry-iddle Aeronautical University graduate who is planning to enter the U.S. Air Force in April, transformed his Ford Bronco into a monster truck with huge tires, neon lights and a large stereo system. Last week the 24-year-old and his friends spent eight hours building the trailer, which has a bed and pillows for sleeping.
"We just used things that I had in the garage," he said. "It's a pretty comfortable place to sleep during the race."
Jim Redden, meanwhile, used his skills as a professional carpenter to build a cooking station, chairs and a removable viewing deck for the bed of his truck. The Brunswick, Ga., native watched the Rolex 24 with his 12-year-old grandson, Judd Wilder, at their campsite on the infield. When it comes to experiencing the Rolex 24, Redden said there's no place he'd rather be.
"This is where all the action is," he said. "Next year we're planning to take it up a notch and move our viewing deck even higher."

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The deal, with two unnamed customers, is for two sets of two N100 2.5MW turbines. The projects are expected to be online by the end of the year.
Additionally, Nordex said it plans to focus on the Polish market. Currently, it has 93MW connected to the grid and will have 50MW installed by the end of 2011.
Nordex said it expects this figure to rise to 100MW a year with demand driven by its N117/2400 low wind-speed turbine. It did not say when it hoped to hit this target.
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News | July 6, 2009
Rover Extraction Tests Begin
Using a test rover in a sandbox at JPL with special soil simulating Spirit's predicament on Mars, engineers are assessing possible maneuvers for getting Spirit out and onto firmer ground. They began on Monday, July 6, with the simplest maneuver on their list of options: driving forward with all five operable wheels. In the first set of tests, the wheels turned enough to cover tens of meters, or yards, if there had been no slippage. The test rover moved slightly forward and sideways downslope. Weeks of further testing and analysis of results are expected before engineers identify the best moves to command Spirit to make.
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Courtesy of IDW Publishing, here's an exclusive sneak peek at the next issue of the 30 Days of Night ongoing series by writer Steve Niles and extremely idiosyncratic illustrator Sam Kieth (whose work we recently discussed on this very site). 30 Days of Night #4 hits stores this Wednesday, January 25 — here's a plot synopsis:
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Fright-master Steve Niles continues his all-new 30 DAYS OF NIGHT ongoing series, with warped genius Sam Kieth (creator of The Maxx) joining in the bloodletting! Familiar faces emerge from Barrow as we learn more about our all-new cast of vampires!


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Highline Schools Foundation Now Accepting Excel Grant Applications
In an effort to support activities and experiences that expand the learning process, as well as actively engage students in Highline Public Schools, the Highline Schools Foundation is offering grants for teachers and district employees within the district through its Excel Grant Program.
Applications are now online here, and the deadline is Friday, Nov. 2, 2012.
"The Foundation makes every effort to get funding distributed quickly—so teachers can begin to implement these great programs!" said Ashley Fosberg, Executive Director of the Foundation.
Since the project's origin in February 2002, The Foundation has distributed more than $200,000 through its grant program.
An excerpt from a 2011 Excel Grant Application & Recipient Jeanette Yee, 4th grade teacher at Parkside Elementary School:
"Students will combine the joy and excitement of mechanical toys with science content, "Electric Circuits" by constructing an air propelled motor boat for their culminating project. Students will use functional reading and apply science skills by building circuits and troubleshooting. Students will be engaged because they love to build science models and will have an opportunity to participate in a car boat time trials."
And a note from Jeanette after the project had been funded:
"This grant has made a huge difference in our class because without it we could not have been able to afford to make our car boats. I saw such positive benefits from this project and I am very grateful to the Highline Schools Foundation. My students applied what they learned into an end of unit project, they worked cooperatively and persevered when things didn't work as planned, and students got excited about science and considered engineering as future career prospects."
This is just one example of a grant funded by the Highline Schools Foundation. To learn more, go to www.highlineschoolsfoundation.org/programs/excelgrants.html.


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You're pricing out a bid at 10 p.m. You need information and real numbers, not an answering machine.
It's 4:30 p.m., and you're finishing up a job. You have five places you need to be, but you need to order a number of things to finish up. Can you really afford to be put on hold by your distributor or to rush down there before they close.only to find they don't have what you need?
These scenarios play out every day for many of us. Workdays increasingly seem to start earlier and end later. Things come up unexpectedly all the time, and our ability to get the job done often depends on others-such as suppliers who may not always be there with information and solutions when you need them.
Enter the World Wide Web. It promises to become an invaluable sourcing and purchasing tool for an increasing number of electrical contractors and in-house electrical MRO staff. Accessible 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, the Web is "always open," allowing people and companies to get real-time inventory and pricing information when it is convenient for them.
CLS Inc., Hartford, Conn., a $100 million-plus full-line electrical distributor, has invested considerable time and resources creating one of the industry's first Internet online ordering systems at www.clsco.com. "The benefit and value our Web-order-entry system provides to our customers is tremendous," said Bob Compagna, president of CLS.
"The only hurdle we face is convincing people how simple the system is to use," said Compagna.
With an online ordering system there's no software to buy; all you need is Web access. There are easy-to-follow instructions, and if users don't know what they want, they can search for it. Users can choose their preferred shipping option, review account information, and e-mail the distributor with any questions.
"I'd say in most cases, the whole transaction might take three to four minutes," said Compagna.
Distributors have been slow to embrace electronic commerce because of time, money, and resources involved, particularly in upgrading computer systems, according to Jim Lucy, chief editor of Electrical Wholesaling, CEE News' sister publication. While some distributors have begun to establish electronic data interchange (EDI) links with manufacturers, use CD-ROMs, and develop "informational" Web sites, virtually none have embraced the Internet to actually sell product.
"It's taken us more than two years to get to the point where we are comfortable with our Web ordering system," said Compagna. "Fortunately, we have people on our staff who understand technology. The key is the ability to quickly give the customer real-time information. You dial in. You know if what you need is available and what it will cost. Then, anytime you're ready, you order it, and we ship it."
Compagna believes the way electrical supplies and products are purchased-like many things-is going to change a great deal over the next few years. Many electricians-who, as a group, may not have had the time to get on the cutting-edge of technology-are getting increasingly comfortable with computers for estimating and project management. Electronic sourcing and ordering is the next natural step.
If overall trends are any indication, change will come to the electrical industry pretty quickly. Forrester Research, the nation's leading Internet research firm, predicts business-to-business Internet transactions in the United States will grow from $8 billion in 1997 to $327 billion by 2002. Another research firm, IDC/Link, projects the number of people with Web access will grow from approximately 60 million today to 550 million in just three years.
"Electricians typically operate on very tight margins, and lowering transaction costs is essential to profitability," said Compagna. "Time is one of their most valuable commodities. Anything we can do to help them save time, operate more efficiently, and better manage projects is of great value to them. For those who naturally resist change, I encourage them not to be intimidated by the technology. It's simply a tool that can make their jobs a whole lot easier."


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dslevy252 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 125 diseños de 43 diseñadores freelance.
Philo makes television interactive by letting viewers use their mobile devices to check-in to shows, comment on shows, receive exclusive/targeted offers, and share their experiences with friends on Facebook and Twitter. Our web and iPhone apps are in private beta and will launch to the public soon. We'd love the association with making television interactive and also the association with conversations around programs / sharing the television experience in real time w friends and other viewers around the world.
A little background on the name.... Philo Farnsworth invented the (electronic) television in 1927 (here's a link to his bio on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philo_Farnsworth). We've been thinking of a preview tagline something along the lines of "In 1927 Philo Farnsworth invented the television. In 2010, Philo (re)invents television. Stay tuned." and possibly using the tag "Philo. (Re)inventing television." as our tagline.
A little more about the personality of the company.... to date, the television is something that played shows for you, but you did not interact with it. We like to think that Philo anthropomorphizes the television and gives it character. And you can interact with a character. In this case, the character is Philo.
Our target market is avid television watchers. Specifically, those that like to watch a lot of tv, are fanatical about their shows, and who like to discuss what they watch with their friends - especially via social media.
Design a logo (and identity) that will establish this new application/game and differentiate it from it's competitors. We'll need a logo for our web and iPhone apps (that will also be used for forthcoming versions for Android, Blackberry, etc.) Once we have established the logo/identity, we will work on other items including reward badges/etc. I am attaching some screenshots of our applications so you can get a feel for how the app works. (Some of the screenshots may include/use a stockphoto placeholder for the logo.)
One angle we had thought about for a logo involved combining a television and a smiling face. BUT we are not married to that idea. Just a thought. we'd like a lot of options.
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Elizabeth Wilsher was born in Biddulph, Staffordshire in 1828. She married Reuben Austin in 1845 in the Wolstanton District of Staffordshire, and they are my great-great-grandparents.
I haven't traced her death, although her last child was born in 1866, so it was that year or later.
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Map Augusta County, Virginia,
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Like most parents, I have a long to-do list on which any number of items get pushed from one day to the next and the next and…you get the idea. So instead of berating myself for playing that to-do game with a post for this blog, I thought I'd let you in on some of the to-do items I have been able to check off my list, including: Having a ton of fun being interviewed by SuperMommyNot.com founder, TV reporter Donna Tetreault. Donna, who has two young boys, and I had a great conversation, which was that much more fun because her cameraman was so jazzed by our discussion of parents' relationships that he kept interjecting his own questions. The result? 4 short segments on Donna's website, which ran a couple of weeks ago. In case you missed them, or one of these topics is near and dear to your heart and you'd like to take another gander, here are the clips:
"Can We Talk" Part 1: Reconnecting with Spouses
"Can We Talk" Part 2: Conflict & Communication
"Can We Talk" Part 3: Date Night & Other Strategies
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PALM COAST -- Investigators say the Palm Coast man accused of gunning down the father of his "off and on" girlfriend tried to blame the shooting on an unsuspecting friend, according to a Flagler County sheriff's report.
William Copeland, 20, was being sought Friday after investigators determined it was him and not his friend who pulled the trigger at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, sending three bullets into the Leidel Drive home of Accursio Venezia, according to the report.
Venezia, 41, was airlifted to Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach after suffering a single gunshot wound to his chest. Though his injury was not believed to be life-threatening, his condition was unavailable Friday.ll change that if I hear back>
The family was asleep when the doorbell rang awakening Copeland's girlfriend, Corina Venezia, 19, and her father, the report states. When they heard gunshots, they ran upstairs but the elder Venezia discovered he had been shot.
The Venezias called 9-1-1 and deputies stationed themselves outside Copeland's Bunker View Drive home, according to the report. A dark-colored Jeep pulled into the driveway and all three occupants, including Copeland, were "immediately secured" for questioning.
The driver of the Jeep and a female passenger told investigators the same story: Copeland had asked to be taken to within walking distance of Venezia's house, where Copeland got out "wearing some kind of bag attached to the front of (him)" and asked the driver to wait.
After 15 or 20 minutes, Copeland ran back to the Jeep and said, "Man, did you hear those shots?" Copeland then asked to be taken to a McDonald's where he got out and handed his bag to another man the driver of the Jeep didn't know, the report states.
When Copeland was questioned, he said he had asked to be taken to see a friend named Joey but no one answered the door at Joey's home, the report states. Copeland said he heard three gunshots in the distance as he was walking back to the Jeep.
Copeland told investigators he then asked to be taken to McDonald's to meet a friend named Matt, whom he owed money, the report states. He said the bag he handed off to "Matt" contained video games and a controller.
Copeland also told investigators he believed his friend, Anthony Wiggins, had shot Venezia, according to the report. Copeland said Wiggins was with him earlier in the day when he received a call from the elder Venezia, who Copeland said was yelling and screaming at him. Copeland said Wiggins offered to "take care of that (expletive deleted) for you," the report states.
Copeland also led investigators to a spot that was different from where the Jeep's driver said they had been parked, according to the report.
Investigators interviewed Wiggins on Thursday, the report states, and he confirmed he had met Copeland at McDonald's the night before and that Copeland asked him to hold on to the bag. Wiggins turned over the bag, which contained a .32-caliber handgun, to investigators.
Deputies, using a K-9 unit, tracked Copeland from the Venezias' home through the golf course to the spot where the driver of the Jeep said he had parked, according to the report.
Earlier Wednesday, deputies had responded to the Venezias' home after family members said Copeland had called and threatened to kill the family on the front lawn, the report states.
Copeland twice served time in jail for violation of an injunction for protection filed by Corina Venezia, but she later dropped the injunction, the report states.
Anyone with information about Copeland, who is considered armed and dangerous, is asked to contact the Flagler County Sheriff's Office at 386-313-4911.


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All elections and races are important, but as the final arbiters of what will and will not be constitutional or enforceable, there is no race more important than the race for Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court.
Bernstein's candidacy is summed up well here.
To underscore the importance of the rule of law, I am reposting a piece that can be found in its original form here. It illustrates how empathy judges decide however they want to, without regard for the law, for private contracts, or any other limits. Empathy judging is an extreme danger to society, since it eliminates any reasonable expectations of how others will behave. For example, if contracts don't mean what they say, how can we rely on them? The lessons of this piece are just as applicable today as they were when it was first posted.
Putting "The Rule of Law" in Perspective
This year's Michigan Supreme Court election will spotlight the "Rule of Law" issue. Voters will be asked to decide between Justice Robert Young and Judge Mary Beth Kelly (the Rule of Law judges) and Justice Alton Davis and Judge Denise Langford Morris (the "empathy" judges).
Simply described, RoL judges interpret the constitution, laws, and contracts by the plain meaning of the words used by their authors. Empathy judges, in contrast, interpret the same words in order to reach a desired result.
Here's a perfect example -- Elizabeth Weaver's parting gift to Michigan jurisprudence. The case is Shay v Aldrich, decided August 23, 2010. In short, the plaintiff sued five defendants, alleging that they had assaulted him. Partway through the case, the plaintiff settled with two of the defendants and signed two separate releases, each releasing a defendant "together with all other persons, firms and corporations, from any and all claims, demands and actions which I have now or may have arising out of any and all damages, expenses, and any loss or damage resulting from an incident occurring on September 8, 2004."
After the plaintiff signed these releases, the other defendants moved to dismiss the remaining claims, arguing that the plaintiff had waived them. The trial court denied the motion, but the Court of Appeals reversed. finding the releases unambiguous. The Michigan Supreme Court then granted leave to appeal and reinstated the claims against the remaining defendants, finding in a 4-3 opinion by Weaver that the plaintiff did not intend -- despite the clear language of the releases -- to waive any claims against the remaining defendants. The Weaver opinion equated "broad" with "vague" and permits the parties to use extrinsic evidence to introduce ambiguities into a contract, thus necessitating "interpretation" where there previously was none.
The impact of this opinion will not be limited to releases. Why should it be? Why are releases to be treated differently from every other kind of contract? Under the new Weaver rule, a contract means what it was intended to mean, regardless of what it actually says. Under the rule of law, contracts mean what they say, without an interpretive middleman in a black robe.
This Weaverizing of contracts is symptomatic of the elitist arrogance of the ruling class -- they know better than you do what you need and what you really mean. It is this arrogance that leads to Congress passing 3,000 page bills it hasn't read, doesn't understand, and has no intention of reading or understanding. Government power is thereby transferred to the bureaucracy, and the people are left with no option but litigation, hence the constitutional challenge to Obamacare. If we don't have the courts, we are lost.
In the July-August 2010 issue of the American Spectator, Angelo Codevilla published a brilliant article, America's Ruling Class -- And the Perils of Revolution. Please read it here. He describes the ruling class as considering itself "saviors of the planet" and "improvers of humanity." It is a penetrating, brilliant article.
A portion of Codevilla's article describes the interaction between the ruling class and the courts:
Disregard for the text of laws -- for the dictionary meaning of words and the intentions of those who wrote them -- in favor of the decider's discretion has permeated our ruling class from the Supreme Court to the lowest local agency. Ever since Oliver Wendell Holmes argued in 1920 (Missouri v. Holland) that presidents, Congresses, and judges could not be bound by the U.S. Constitution regarding matters that the people who wrote and ratified it could not have foreseen, it has become conventional wisdom among our ruling class that they may transcend the Constitution while pretending allegiance to it. They began by stretching such constitutional terms as "interstate commerce" and "due process," then transmuting others, e.g., "search and seizure," into "privacy." Thus in 1973 the Supreme Court endowed its invention of "privacy" with a "penumbra" that it deemed "broad enough to encompass a woman's decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy." The court gave no other constitutional reasoning, period. Perfunctory to the point of mockery, this constitutional talk was to reassure the American people that the ruling class was acting within the Constitution's limitations. By the 1990s federal courts were invalidating amendments to state constitutions passed by referenda to secure the "positive rights" they invent, because these expressions of popular will were inconsistent with the constitution they themselves were construing.So, the battle for the Michigan Supreme Court is not merely a contest for control of the Supreme Court. It is a fight to regain some measure of the rule of law, to maintain a bulwark against the whims of the ruling class and government bureaucracies, and, perhaps most importantly, to assert our independence as free citizens.
By 2010 some in the ruling class felt confident enough to dispense with the charade. Asked what in the Constitution allows Congress and the president to force every American to purchase health insurance, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi replied: "Are you serious? Are you serious?" No surprise then that lower court judges and bureaucrats take liberties with laws, regulations, and contracts. That is why legal words that say you are in the right avail you less in today's America than being on the right side of the persons who decide what they want those words to mean.
As the discretionary powers of officeholders and of their informal entourages have grown, the importance of policy and of law itself is declining, citizenship is becoming vestigial, and the American people become ever more dependent.
If we don't have the authority to govern our own affairs through written agreements, what is left for us?


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Ben Roethlisberger's recent surgery only reinforced the conventional wisdom surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers these days: It's looking like a season with low expectations.
The Baltimore Ravens are the defending Super Bowl champions. The Cincinnati Bengals perhaps are the AFC's trendiest team.
The Steelers are aware of what the outside world is saying, but their expectations haven't changed. Defensive lineman Brett Keisel believes the team can get back to the Super Bowl.
"People can say and believe what they want to believe," Keisel told Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Monday. "But in this locker room, we feel we have the team and the talent to get back and our first goal is to get back and win our division. Good things have happened around here when we won our division ... that's our mentality."
As it should be. It all comes back to Roethlisberger, who might be the most underrated player of his generation. The defense is shifting gears, but it still ranked first in yards allowed and sixth in points allowed last year.
It feels weird to call the Steelers a potential "surprise" team, but they were one of my answers last week on our ATL Debate Club Podcasts when we looked at teams set to bounce back in 2013.
It's not like the cupboard is bare here. The offensive line, on paper, is set up better than it has been in years. The defense has success in its DNA.
There is a far different perception of the Steelers this season just because they lost five games of three points or less last season. But I don't see any reason why they aren't Super Bowl contenders, just like normal.Follow Gregg Rosenthal on Twitter @greggrosenthal.


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After the tragic incident at a school in Newtown a few weeks ago, some people think the new gun laws are needed.
After the tragic incident at a school in Newtown a few weeks ago, some people think the new gun laws are needed.
My question is, will new gun laws solve the problem?
Will the guns only be held by reliable people who understand what they are for?
Will they be used for protection, and have they taken proper gun training?
These are all question and issues that we have to understand.
In the incident in Newtown, it goes far from what we asked above.
It starts at home — lack of communication between the parents and their child.
Not knowing makes all the issues that exist between the parents hard to understand, but it's their child who created this tragic incident.
Now with the gun issue, I think making new laws won't solve the problem.
Were the guns registered that were used at Newtown?
Were they under lock and key and not used by anyone other then the owner?
Do people who use guns in crime have them registered?
We know they don't. They steal guns to create crimes.
So, do we need new gun laws?
Think about it.
Do guns kill people or do people kill people?
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This false colour image is 3.4 arcmin on a side (about 1/10 the size of the moon). The arrows indicate galaxies that are likely located at the same distance, clustered around the centre of the image. The contours indicate the X-ray emission of the cluster. Galaxies with confirmed distance measurements of 9.6 billion light years are circled. The combination of the X-ray detection and the collection of massive galaxies unequivocally proves a real, gravitationally bound cluster.
Credit: Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, Japan
Most distant galaxy cluster revealed by invisible light
An international team of astronomers from Germany and Japan has discovered the most distant cluster of galaxies known so far — 9.6 billion light years away. The X-ray and infrared observations showed that the cluster hosts predominantly old, massive galaxies, demonstrating that the galaxies formed when the universe was still very young. These and similar observations therefore provide new information not only about early galaxy evolution but also about history of the universe as a whole.
Clusters of galaxies are the largest building blocks in the universe. Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is part of the Virgo cluster, comprising some 1000-2000 galaxies. By observing galaxies and clusters that are very distant from Earth, astronomers can look back in time, as their light was sent out a long time ago and took millions or billions of years to reach the astronomers' telescopes.
An international team of astronomers from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, the University of Tokyo and the Kyoto University has now discovered the most distant cluster of galaxies observed so far. X-ray observations in the Subaru XMM Deep Field helped to identify the candidates, and infrared observations using the Subaru telescope provided the distance information. A particularity of this discovery consists in using infrared wavelengths, invisible to the naked eye. This is dictated by the expansion of the universe, which forces distant galaxies to have large velocities, shifting their light away from visible to infrared wavelengths. The Multi-Object Infrared Camera and Spectrometer (MOIRCS) at the Subaru telescope works at near-infrared wavelengths, where the galaxies are most luminous.
"The MOIRCS instrument has an extremely powerful capability of measuring distances to galaxies. This is what made our challenging observation possible," says Masayuki Tanaka from the University of Tokyo. "Although we confirmed only several massive galaxies at that distance, there is convincing evidence that the cluster is a real, gravitationally bound cluster."
That the individual galaxies are indeed held together by gravity is confirmed by observations in a very different wavelength regime: The matter between the galaxies in clusters is heated to extreme temperatures and emits light at much shorter wavelengths than visible to the human eye. The team therefore used the XMM-Newton space observatory to look for this radiation in X-rays.
"Despite the difficulties in collecting X-ray photons with a small effective telescope size similar to the size of a backyard telescope, we detected a clear signature of hot gas in the cluster," explains Alexis Finoguenov from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics.
The combination of these different observations in (to the eye) invisible wavelengths therefore led to the pioneering discovery of the galaxy cluster at a distance of 9.6 billion light years — some 400 million light years further into the past than the previously most distant cluster known.
An analysis of the data collected about the individual galaxies shows that the cluster contains already an abundance of evolved, massive galaxies that formed some two billion years earlier. As the dynamical processes for galaxy aging are slow, presence of these galaxies requires the cluster assembly through merger of massive galaxy groups, each nourishing its dominant galaxy. The cluster is therefore an ideal laboratory for studying the evolution of galaxies, when the universe was only about a third of its present age.
As distant galaxy clusters are also important tracers of the large scale structure and primordial density fluctuations in the universe, similar observations in the future will lead to important information for cosmologists. The results obtained so far demonstrate that current near infrared facilities are capable of providing a detailed analysis of distant galaxy populations and that the combination with X-ray data is a powerful new tool. The team therefore is continuing the search for more distant clusters.
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The above story is based on materials provided by Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics.


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Day 1 : Sai Gon - Phu Quoc
Pick up and tranfer to Tan San Nhat airport for boarding to Phu Quoc on flight VN 479 ( 10h15AM - 11h15AM ). Pick up and transfer to your resort. Enjoy your private beach in the afternoon. Overnight in Sai Gon Phu Quoc resort.
Day 2 : Phu Quoc ( Swimming in the South ) ( Breakfast )
Breakfast at hotel. the same morning, drive to An Thoi port, visit the Australian pearl farm on the way to the Southern island. Arrive the An Thoi port, embark the fishing boat to an thoi archipelago. Drop the anchor in a quite bay, angling to cacth few more Garrupas, snappers,... Lunch with special barbecue seafood. After disembarking, drive to the Sao beach for your relaxion on the hammocks. Visit the Ham Ninh fishing village on the way back to the hotel. Overnight in hotel.
Day 3 : Phu Quoc ( Natural forest in the North ) ( Breakfast )
Breakfast at hotel. Drive to the North to discover the prmitive forest thenvisit the black peppers platation at Khu Tuong, sightseeing at Phu Quoc national park. Enjoy swimming at the Dai beach. Lunch. Return to your hotel. Free at leisure in the afternoon. Overnight in hotel.
Day 4 : Phu Quoc - Sai Gon ( Breakfast )
Breakfast at hotel. Free until transfer to airport for boarding to Hochiminh city on flight VN 480 ( 14h30 - 16h30 ). End of services.
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Hosting and cloud services enablement company Parallels has used the WorldHostingDays conference in Germany this week to unveil its Parallels Plesk Panel 10.2 product. As the first control panel to support IPv6 addresses and Server Name Indication (SNI) preserving IPv4 addresses, the new version gives developers working with cloud services technologies a route to dealing with the imminent shortage of IPv4 addresses.
The announcement is part of the Parallels Plesk Panel 10.2 update, currently in beta and available in April, which the company says will provide support for IPv6 on either Linux or Windows servers. Parallels Plesk Panel 10.2 can run each new subscription on IPv4, IPv6, or as a dual stack for both IPv4+IPv6 simultaneously.
Attempting to attune its services more closely to the needs of web developers, Parallels says that Share This, Twitter, and Facebook can now be added to websites through Parallels Sitebuilder in this latest update to Parallels Plesk Panel. A new embedded video module has also been added -- plus, the new Sitebuilder tool allows end users to build website content and, if happy with the design, purchase the website immediately.
Parallels' justification for these developments is hinged around the proposition that most web-aware SMBs are looking to extend their web presence by using social networking. It is therefore vital, says the company, for service providers to introduce easy-to-use publishing tools like Parallels Sitebuilder to help SMBs integrate their website with their social networking activities.


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Investing in your Future
Your education at Samuel Merritt University is an investment in you and in your future. Not only will you have the opportunity to pursue a rewarding career in health care, but Samuel Merritt University graduates have a loan default rate of less than one percent. This means that students who borrowed to attend Samuel Merritt University have found employment in their chosen field that allows them to pay off their loans.
The Financial Aid Office at Samuel Merritt University has helped thousands of students afford their education. We are here to help you through the financial aid process and make your academic dreams come true.
Please review the following tabs for more information.
Almost any student who needs financial assistance to attend Samuel Merritt University may be eligible to receive financial aid. Some of the requirements for aid are:
- You must be a U.S. citizen or an eligible noncitizen to apply for federal, state and institutional aid through the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) program.
- You must be enrolled at least halftime and seeking a degree.
- You must not be in default on any federal aid.
- You must be registered with the Selective Service if you are male, at least 18 years old, and were born after December 31, 1959 – unless you meet certain specified exceptions.
- You must maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress while enrolled.
Your Financial Aid Package: Budgets and Cost of Attendance
Your Financial Aid Package at Samuel Merritt University is personalized to you. We develop your financial aid package using guidelines set by the Department of Education and the estimated costs of each program.
In addition to the cost of tuition, books and fees, financial aid can also cover other educational costs, so the total cost of attendance includes:
- Books and Supplies
- Room and Board
- Transportation
- Personal Expenses
- Other fees as determined by program/college
- Loan Origination Fees
The estimated cost of tuition for Occupational Therapy for the 2015/16 academic year is $44,669. The Cost of Attendance below includes all anticipated costs to attend our University. These costs are estimated and each student has their specific financial needs. Financial aid counselors are available to assist you with budgeting.
Student Body Fee
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Loan Fees
Physical Exam
Health Insurance/ Medical Expenses
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Once you receive your financial aid package, you will check this budget against your actual living expenses and we can make necessary adjustments to meet your needs.
Types of Financial Aid
Scholarships and Grants
These are "gift aid" and do not need to be repaid. These can come from the government, private groups and directly from Samuel Merritt University.
In the academic year 2014/2015, Samuel Merritt University awarded over $792,000 in scholarships to students. Scholarships for Occupational Therapy include:
- Sharon Clark Diaz
- Employee Campaign
- Marshall Steele, Jr.
- Hitchcock Heydman
- Henry & Bernice Bigge
- Faculty Scholarship
- Alumni Scholarship
- Elks of the Year
- William Breslin
These need to be repaid and could include a combination of several types of loans from federal and private sources depending upon the program you are in, your year in school, and other education loans you have.
Direct Loans- Graduate and undergraduate students may be eligible to apply for the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan). Loan terms are set by the federal government. This is money that must be repaid, and payments do not begin until six months after you graduate.
- Direct Subsidized Loans No interest accrues on these loans while you are enrolled at least half time, but you are responsible for the interest accrued during the six month grace period after you graduate.Eligibility is based on FAFSA results and this loan is for undergraduate students only.
- Direct Unsubsidized Loans. These loans are not need-based. Loan amounts vary based on your program. Interest accrues on this loan while you are in school. The current interest rate is 6.8% fixed.
Graduate PLUS Loan- This loan for graduate students is part of the Federal Direct Loan Program, so the loan terms are set by the federal government. The fixed interest rate is 7.9%. The Direct Graduate PLUS Loan can be used to cover educational expenses, including living expenses, which are not covered by Direct Unsubsidized Loans. Interest accrues on this loan while you are in school. The repayment period for a Direct Graduate PLUS Loan begins at the time the GRAD PLUS loan is fully disbursed, and the first payment is due within 60 days after the final disbursement. However, you may defer repayment while you are enrolled at least half time.
Alternative Loans-Credit-worthy students can apply for alternative loans, also called private loans. These loans are not guaranteed by the federal government. Interest rates are dependent on borrower credit, cosigner's credit and lender. Should you choose to pursue a private loan, you will apply with a lender of your choice. For a list of lenders and further details, please refer to www.elmselect.com. Note: Your choice of lender is not restricted to the lenders on this list. Samuel Merritt University is providing this list as a possible resource.
Applying for Financial Aid
FAFSA: All prospective and current students wishing to apply for financial aid must complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Students can complete the FAFSA online at www.fafsa.ed.gov and use the Samuel Merritt University school code of 00701200. If you have already completed your FAFSA you can check the status by going on-line to www.fafsa.ed.gov or call the U.S. Department of Education at 1.800.4.FEDAID.
CREATE A BUDGET: A student's financial aid package begins with the cost of attendance. The cost of attendance is the sum of all the costs related to your attendance at Samuel Merritt University. Included are tuition, fees, room, board, transportation, health insurance and personal expenses related to educational expenses. Prior to accepting any financial aid, it is important to create a budget of reasonable expenses. This should include all the items listed in the cost of attendance, as well as any other expenses for which you are obligated.
FINANCIAL AID AWARD PACKET: Approximately two weeks after completion of your FAFSA, the results will be sent to the Financial Aid office at Samuel Merritt University. You will be sent an email when your financial aid award is ready for viewing on via the Financial Aid Portal. Students should log into the Financial Aid Portal via SMU Total Access and look for the 'Financial Aid Portal' icon in the My Finances quick launch menu to access their current financial aid awards.
In the Financial Aid Portal, students can:
- View award letter
- Accept/Decline awards
- Reduce loans
- Print forms to submit to the financial aid office
- View disbursement information
COMPLETE ENTRANCE LOAN COUNSELING: Student accepting and Direct Loans must complete Entrance Loan Counseling. To complete the entrance counseling on-line, please go to www.studentloans.gov and log-in with your FAFSA Pin number to proceed. This is valuable information about your student loan and it will quiz you on your understanding of the Direct Loan program. Once you have completed the Entrance Loan Counseling, Samuel Merritt University will be informed and you will have met this requirement.
COMPLETE MASTER PROMISSORY NOTE: Go to www.studentloans.gov and complete the Direct Subsidized/Unsubsidized Stafford AND Graduate Plus Master Promissory Notes. Upon arriving at the website, click on the green "sign in" button. Have your FAFSA Pin number available, you will need this to proceed. If you are apply for Direct Subsidized/Unsubsidized Stafford Loan, Parent Plus Loan and Graduate Plus Loan. You will need to complete a separate promissory note for each loan.
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The Java EE based security model provides security realms that identify and authenticate users.
The authentication process verifies users through a Java realm. A realm consists of a set of users, optional group mappings, and authentication logic that can validate authentication requests. Once an authentication request is validated by a configured realm and the security context established, this identity is applied to all subsequent authorization decisions.
The Java realms are analogous to the auth-dbs (Authentication Databases) with the difference that while auth-dbs are used by the ACL engine (based on rules in your ACL file), the Java Realms are used by the Java Servlet access control rules that are specified in each web application's web.xml file.
A server instance may have any number of configured realms. The configuration information is present in the auth-realm element in the server.xml file.
The following table defines the different types of realms supported in Web Server 7.0.Table 11–8 Types of Realms
The file realm is the default realm when you first install the Sun Java System Web Server. This realm, easy and simple to set up, represents a significant convenience to developers.
The file realm authenticates users against user data stored in a text file. The Java Realms are analogous to the auth-dbs (Authentication Databases) with the difference that while auth-dbs are used by the ACL engine (based on rules in your ACL file), the Java Realms are used by the Java Servlet access control rules that are specificed in each web application's web.xml.
The ldap realm enables you to use an LDAP database for user security information. An LDAP directory service is a collection of attributes with unique identifiers. The ldap realm is ideal for deployment to production systems.
In order to authenticate users against the ldap realm, you must create the desired user(s) in your LDAP directory. You can do this from the Administration Server's Users & Groups tab. You can also perform this action from your LDAP directory product's user management console.
The PAM (aka Solaris) realm delegates authentication to the Solaris PAM stack. As with the PAM auth-db, this realm is only supported on Solaris 9 and 10 and the server instance must be running as root.
The certificate realm supports SSL authentication. The certificate realm sets up the user identity in the Sun Java System Web Server's security context and populates it with user data from the client certificate. The Java EE containers then handle authorization processing based on each user's DN from his or her certificate. This realm authenticates users with SSL or TLS client authentication through X.509 certificates.
The native realm is a special realm that provides a bridge between the core ACL-based authentication model and the Java EE/Servlet authentication model. By using the native realm for Java web applications it is possible to have the ACL subsystem perform the authentication instead of having the Java web container do so, thus leaving the native realm identity available for Java web applications.
When an authentication operation is invoked, the native realm delegates this authentication to the core authentication subsystem. From the user's perspective this is essentially equivalent to, for example, the LDAP realm delegating authentication to the configured LDAP server. When group membership queries are processed by the native realm, they are also delegated to the core authentication subsystem. From the Java web modules and the developers perspective, the native realm is no different from any of the other Java realms which are available for use with web modules.
You can build realms for other databases, such as Oracle, to suit your specific needs by using pluggable JAAS login modules and a realm implementation.
The following section describes the steps involved in adding a new authentication realm.
Click the Configurations tab and select the configuration from the list.
Select the configuration for which you need to add a new authentication realm. and select the configuration.
Click Java > Security tab.
Click New Authentication.
Provide Realm Details.
Name — Enter a short name for the realm. This name is used to refer to the realm from, for example, web.xml.
Class — If you are configuring a custom realm, enter the full Java class name which implements your custom realm. There is no need to enter a class for any of the built-in realms.
Type — Select the type of realm. See the previous section where Java Realm types are discussed.
Properties — Add realm specific properties. For instance,property name="file" value="instance_dir/config/keyfile" and property name="jaas-context" value="fileRealm.
Using CLI
To add an authentication realm through CLI, execute the following command.
wadm> create-auth-realm --user=admin --password-file=admin.pwd --host=serverhost --port=8989 --config=config1 basic
See CLI Reference, create-auth-realm(1).
Specify the name of a built-in authentication realm type. The type can be file, ldap, pam, native or certificate.


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Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Release: Age-Adjusted Premature Death Rate
Age-adjusted death rates are weighted averages of the age-specific death rates, where the weights represent a fixed population by age. They are used to compare relative mortality risk among groups and over time. An age-adjusted rate represents the rate that would have existed had the age-specific rates of the particular year prevailed in a population whose age distribution was the same as that of the fixed population. Age-adjusted rates should be viewed as relative indexes rather than as direct or actual measures of mortality risk. However, you can select other standard populations, or select specific population criteria to determine the age distribution ratios.
The CDC no longer calculates rates for a county when there are fewer than 20 death. FRED records these instances as missing observations in the series.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Age-Adjusted Premature Death Rate for Fulton County, KY [CDC20N2UAA021075], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CDC20N2UAA021075, July 24, 2019.


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I was in Seattle this weekend at the POD Network conference, a conference of academic technology and professional development types.
I've not been in Seattle in a while, so it was cool to be there. And the crowd at the conference was terrific: very technically savvy, so they knew what I was talking about, but they could also ask interesting questions, and very engaged. Especially impressive for a crowd that had already been at the conference for three days and hadn't yet had lunch.
via flickr
It was the first time I'd given a big talk since finishing the book, and it was good to see that it seems to hold up in public.
After my talk I spent the afternoon on the monorail (how often as a futurist do you get to ride on an artifact from the future?) and visiting the Experience Museum Project and Seattle Public Library, two of the cooler pieces of architecture… well, anywhere in the world.
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The Experience Music Project is said to look like a melted Jimi Hendrix guitar from above; that could well be urban legend, but I do know is it's really cool on the ground.


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ZTE signed an intellectual property agreement with Microsoft that's associated with Linux-based operating systems fostered by Google.
The China-based equipment maker ZTE is licensing some of Microsoft's patents to cover intellectual property used in ZTE's "phones, tablets, computers and other devices running Android and Chrome OS," according to Microsoft's announcement, which was attributed to Horacio Gutierrez, Microsoft's corporate vice president and deputy general counsel for legal and corporate affairs.
ZTE is a maker of telecom and networking equipment plus mobile devices that reported $13.6 billion (CNY 84.2 billion) in revenue in 2012. Microsoft's announcement of the ZTE deal comes shortly after it announced a similar one with Taiwan-based Hon Hai, the parent company of device-maker Foxconn Ltd.
With those deals in place, Gutierrez now claims that Microsoft's has established intellectual property agreements with the device manufacturers responsible for 80 percent of the Android-based smartphones sold in the U.S. market, as well as "a majority of those sold worldwide." While that seems rather one-sided, he suggested that intellectual property licensing is a "two-way street" at Microsoft. For instance, he said that Microsoft paid more than $4 billion over the last 10 years to license the intellectual properties of other entities.
That $4 billion amount doesn't seem so great given just one estimate that Microsoft may have pulled in nearly $800 million in one quarter from HTC and Samsung royalty payments. It's thought that Microsoft may make more money from intellectual property licensing associated with Android than it does from Windows Phone royalties. Windows phone badly trails Android in terms of the number of users. Microsoft's mobile OS has about 3.2 percent of the market, according to recent comScore measurements.
Gutierrez suggested that device manufacturers could avoid the "smartphone patent wars" by simply licensing Microsoft's intellectual property. Most have done so, although Google's Motorola Mobility arm has offered some legal resistance in the courts.
The details of these royalty payments to Microsoft have typically not been available to the public. There was no disclosure of what ZTE agreed to pay.
Microsoft isn't quite done with the licensing holdouts yet.
"We have worked for multiple years to reach an amicable solution with the few global companies who have yet to take a license, but so far they have been unwilling to address these issues in a fair manner," Gutierrez stated. "We'd prefer to consider these companies licensing partners and remain hopeful they can join the rest of the industry in the near future."
Recently, Microsoft set up a Web portal and tool to disclose its intellectual property holdings. However, Microsoft had initiated these smartphone platform wars initially by not being transparent at all. Gutierrez had claimed six years ago that Linux violated 235 of Microsoft's patents, but he never publicly identified the patents that were infringed. Google, which gave away the Android OS royalty free to device makers, never provided indemnity to those using it.
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The third event of the KATS series took place this past Saturday at Pace Bend Park drawing over 50 anglers! The recent heavy rainfall made for a tough fishing day due to a "chocolate milk lake and blueberry sky" as one competitor Kevin Hebert described it.
The competition was preceded by a camp out of diehards the night before, making for an early start with a short night for some of the anglers! At 5am while competitors were unloading, gearing up and registering, ACK Owner, Chris Hackerd and ACK Marketing Director, Roland Jimenez conducted interviews (watch the footage here). With a recent headline on the Kayak Anglers Magazine's Tournament Wire titled "At KATS, they'll be gunning for Garcia", the competition was sure to be fierce and cross-hairs surely locked on a few of the top ranked anglers.
A cool foggy morning turned into a warm clear, blue sky afternoon as competitors began checking in at the scoring table. Limits were scarce on Saturday and new faces dominated the winning crowd. In the Amateur division, Jeff Kellington took home 1st place and the Big Bass prize (20.75 in.) after having purchased his kayak only a week before. In Second place, Lindzey Sandefur had just caught her first fish out of a kayak that day! Third place Nathan Henderson along with Jeff and Lindzey took home some of Bending Branches' newest angler paddles, yet to be on the market!
In the Pro division Brandon Campbell came in 1st with 82.5 in., followed by Chris Coufal, David Lyon, and Ryan McDermid — all anglers who had not yet placed in this series. With these changes the leader-board for the series has changed quite a bit as well, the next event at Stillhouse Hollow, will be crucial and high-stakes for many.
Thanks to everyone that came out to join us at this event and we cannot thank our sponsors enough for providing the amazing prizes given out at each event so please do make sure to check them out and support them when you can.
Join us at Stillhouse Hollow Lake on April 28th for the fourth and last qualifying event of the series by signing up here.
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Topic: How would you pimp a $500 car?
I have a running joke with a friend of mine of how we'd badly pimp a car worth $500. Funnily enough I found a car for sale online for $450.
Here are some of our ideas. Please feel free to add to it:
My friend's ideas:
- It needs to be spray painted gold. The streakier the finish, the better. Maybe nail polish?
- The bonnet needs to be replaced with a LCD screen of equal size. Who needs a motor when you can have a DVD player?
- Those head lights look a bit shabby. We should replace them strobe lights. The cool kids at King Street McDonalds will think we're cool, too.
- Obviously it needs to be lowered.
- We'll also need to source rims that are so awesome, we'll feel compelled to attach the spare tyre (with rim) to the roof as a display of our awesomeness.
- Anything that moves will need a spinner attached.
- The horn should be replaced with an iPhone that plays Snoop Dogg at the press of a button.
- ProSound will hook us up with some phat bass coz they're our mate, mates.
- Entry to the car will require a six bling minimum. Anyone attempting to enter the car with less bling will be effed up by our cousin, Steve-o, who has recently been released from prison. He's an innocent "concreter". The cops are out to get him. He's got the best rates around. (So, we'll need to source a "Steve-o" as well. ProSound can probably help us out)
My additional ideas:
- Flames up the side, because we all know that makes the car go faster and look fully sick
- Pink shag pile carpet as it'll just look so awesome with the paint job
- A stereo that costs at least 8 times more than what the car is worth, even with all these totally awesome additions
- Chrome door handles inside and out, it doesn't matter if they burn the skin off your hands in summer, coolness has no bounds
- Low profile tyres that are practically non-existent as we can't take away from the choice mags with spinners
- Extra gages on the dash, we don't need to know what they mean, they just need to glow in the dark
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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Houston Democrat and crusader against bullying, might have cause for celebration as early as this upcoming Monday.
The Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and the Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act of 2012, a bill sponsored by Jackson Lee, is expected to come to a vote in the House soon.
The bill, which updates a law creating federal grants for programs that boosted school safety, has won the support of Republicans including House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, a San Antonio Republican.
The proposal specifies that new "programs may include research-based bullying prevention, cyberbullying prevention, and gang prevention programs, as well as intervention programs regarding bullying.''
Jackson Lee explained the need for the programs saying:
Gone are the days that children can come home and seek solace and escape from their bullies; technological advances have made it easy for young people to be tormented on social networks at any time from any place. They are never out of harm's reach. This needs to end. American children should be protected, and no child should be persecuted for exercising their American right to be themselves.
However, not everyone applauds Jackson Lee's action. The Daily Caller, uber-conservative online news source, accuses Jackson Lee of hypocrisy.
In an expose written in March, the Daily Caller chronicled Jackson Lee's relationships with past drivers and staffers.
The Daily Caller summarized their article with a tweet from Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kan., "Should anti-bullying legislation apply to its sponsor?"
In addition to Smith, key backers of Jackson Lee's anti-bullying initiative include Democratic Reps. Janice Hahn (Calif.), Eddie Bernice Johnson (Texas), John Lewis (Ga.), Charlie Rangel (N.Y.) and Laura Richardson (Calif.) and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D.C.).


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[Editor's note: In celebration of the holidays, we're spending the next two Tuesdays by counting down the top 12 Flavorwire features of 2012. This post, at #8, was originally published May 11th.] Every writer, no matter how serious, needs to let off a little steam now and then. Those oh-so-important mental health days might be filled with hobbies (from baking to beekeeping) or drinking (every writer's default hobby), or just plain goofing around with friends. Luckily for us, some of these author's kookiest, most candid moments have been captured on film, so we can all feel a little closer to our favorite literary heroes. Click through to check out our gallery of refreshingly silly photos of famous writers, and if you've seen a photo we haven't, share the wealth and link to it in the comments!
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Not sure you're correct there robtheh, my recollection is that CS was making a few clean breaks towards the end of that promotion season, as he settled in.
Generally he is appeared more controlled than BS who, from time to time, seems to do something to make me feel he's more impulsive.
Both are extremely good prospects and if we could, as someone suggested, develop a Ford/Farrell type of combination, that would be wonderful. I do hope we can hang on to both (them down the road were monitoring CS at one time as their boy Hastings wasn't making progress as they'd hoped).
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Southington Santa ConnSanta Conn took place on Saturday at 75 Center in downtown Southington. The event drew a vast crowd of holiday enthusiasts dressed in their favorite holiday costumes and ugly sweaters.
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- Connecticut Science Center Apollo 11 celebrationAn event was held Tuesday at the Connecticut Science Center to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11 and unveil a new exhibit featuring a Connecticut state flag that has traveled to the International Space Station. The event will continue on Saturday with activities to celebrate the Apollo 11 landing and man's first steps on the moon.
- Hartford Riverfront FireworksThousands attended the Hartford Riverfront food truck and fireworks festival on July 13 at Mortensen Riverfront Plaza in Hartford.
- Red Dress Run 2019The 2019 Hartford Marathon Foundation Red Dress Run was July 13 at Elizabeth Park in Hartford.
- ConnectiCon 2019Comic book and fantasy fans gathered for ConnectiCon 2019 at the Connecticut Convention Center July 12 to 14. The event featured vendors, contests, and a remarkable array of costume and character designs.
- The Pratt Street Salsa SocialThe Salsa Social drew a massive crowd to Pratt Street on Friday night for live DJ music and dancing in the street until the sun went down. The event was open to the public and sponsored by Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare and Hartford.com
- Lights for Liberty: Local vigils to end human detention campsIn the wake of President Trump increasing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in places like schools, churches, and hospitals, Lights for Liberty helped organize vigils across the country hoping to end immigrant detention camps at the border. Supporters of the cause in Connecticut gathered across 21 towns, including Bridgeport, Fairfield, Glastonbury, Hamden, Hartford, Manchester, West Hartford.
- Bushnell Park Monday Night Jazz series launches its 2019 seasonThe 52nd annual Paul Brown Monday Night Jazz concert series started on July 8 in Bushnell Park. The series was opened by the Jovan Alexandre Quartet and headlined by Dezron Douglas and the Black Lion Ensemble.


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Warbirds Over Wanaka is on the 25th, 26th, 27th and 28th of March 2016 and is a four day aviation event coinciding with Easter. See Warbirds, including the Spitfire, Kittyhawk, Mustang, Avro Anson, Yak52, Corsair, DC3, Catalina and more. You will also witness modern jets, sport aircraft and helicopter displays. On the ground wander through displays including military vehicles, vintage trucks and aviation trade stands.
If your mind has wondered off after reading aircraft jargon, don't worry as there is plenty of other entertainment to keep you entertained while potentially your better half gets lost within aviation history. Enjoy speciality food stalls, wine tents and market stalls selling jewellery, clothing, sunglasses, hats, beauty products and more.
Wanaka itself is a spectacular township which overlooks Lake Wanaka. You will wonder where your fours days went as there is so much on offer including stunning walking and mountain bike tracks, boutique shops, waterfront cafes and eateries, Rippon Vineyard and Tasting Room, scenic golf courses, Puzzling World Wanaka's illusional attraction, the Toy and Transport Museum, the list goes on. There are plenty of locals that visited Wanaka on holiday and never left, so Wanaka will certainly not disappoint.
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Custer Campus sees successful first semester
While Mid-Plains Community College has offered classes in Broken Bow for several years, the new extended campus brings even more opportunities to those wishing to further their education while remaining in the community. In an effort funded completely by private donations, the new facility was completed on the west edge of Broken Bow just in time for fall classes. Broken Bow Extended Campus Coordinator Don Davis says they have seen about a 12 percent increase in enrollment this semester over previous years here - an increase he attributes to the new building. With that new building came some new classes that had not been offered in Broken Bow before, which has generated a lot of interest from all across central Nebraska. In all, more than 200 people took some type of class at the Broken Bow campus during the fall semester. Some of those students came from a distance for those classes, from such communities as Gothenburg, Stapleton and North Platte. The EMT class offered at the campus saw students from all across the area, says Davis. The nursing program has always been rather popular, and while much of the instruction at the Broken Bow campus is done through distance learning the clinical instructor drives from Mullen to teach the hands-on part of the program. The college has three part-time employees; the rest are adjunct instructors, meaning they are paid by the course. And nearly all of them are local instructors. For example, Dr. Joey Hajda teaches two 4-credit hour classes, which this fall were Anatomy /Physiology and Chemistry. There are also several 3-credit hour classes, including Business Law 1 taught by local attorney Cheryl Guggenmos-Munson, Intro to Criminal Justice taught by local attorney Bill Erickson, and Fundamentals of Human Communication taught by BBHS teacher Jan Custer. Credits for most of these classes are transferrable almost everywhere and required of nearly all 4-year majors. A wide variety of short courses are also offered at the campus, some of which are very popular and tend to fill up quickly Davis says. One of those is the Quick Books class offered each fall, taught by local CPA Jeff Oeltjen. All-in-all, Davis says it was a very good first semester at the college. While the class schedules will remain the same for the second semester, some of the legalities of the campus will see a change. Just this past week it was announced the ownership of the campus will transfer to Mid-Plains Community College in January. The Mid-Plains Community College Board of Governors met Dec. 21, with the Board unanimously authorizing MPCC President Dr. Michael Chipps to execute an agreement to transfer title to the premises known as the Broken Bow Extended Campus to Mid-Plains Community College, and to execute a Deed of Trust in favor of Custer Campus, Inc, to secure performance under that agreement. According to a press release issued by MPCC, there are two major reasons for making this transfer of ownership. With college ownership, any and all property tax liabilities associated with continued private ownership of the extended campus are eliminated. Also, the college will now assume all insurance involving the extended campus. In his presentation to the Board, Dr. Chipps told the Board that the change is anticipated to save more than $25,000 per year. Davis says as Custer Campus continues to grow he anticipates the need for a full-time person in his position as coordinator in the future. He reminds area residents that "the college is good for the community because of the training it provides, not necessarily the jobs the campus itself creates." The campus also provides lots of opportunities for area high school students to take advantage of dual-credit courses. These classes not only fulfill the high school graduation requirements, but also serve as transferrable college credits - giving the students a head start on their college courses. "Our kids now have the same opportunities that students in the bigger cities have," Davis says proudly. For more information on any of the courses offered at the Broken Bow Extended Campus, contact campus coordinator Don Davis at 308-872-5259, or firstname.lastname@example.com


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A common need in interactive applications is to provide some kind of visual feedback to the user where he's going to place a stone next. For this purpose, two special "hover" markers are provided: "<" for black stones and ">" for white stones. They do not display anything when the mouse cursor is not above them, but when mouse enters the marker area, a semi-transparent stone with no shadow is displayed. You can learn more about markers in my previous post.
This way of combining hover functionality with markers has some disadvantages – for example, you cannot have a hover on an intersection which also contains a marker, and if you have an application that places black and white stones in turn, you may need to change 350 markers on each move. However, based on testing it only seems to take around 1ms to change the markers on a modern browser, and because I did not want to add another 361 divs to jGoBoard in addition to the existing 1160, it's just the way it's currently done – adding a new hover layer can easily be done by more demanding applications, as long as you pass any mouse clicks to board.click handler if you want to retain that functionality.
Having said all that, here's how you make a coordinate show a black stone when mouse cursor moves on top of it:
board.mark(new JGOCoordinate("H14"), "<");
Now let's say you want to make all empty intersections have a white stone hover effect. One way to achieve this would be to make two for-loops to go through all coordinates, but to avoid creating such structure over and over again in the code, JGOBoard object provides an each() method very similar to the one in jQuery to call a function for every coordinate of the board. Similar to jQuery, the special this variable is set to board object in the function, so you can use all board methods easily in the function:
// Mark all empty intersections with white hover board.each(function(coordinate) { if(this.get(coordinate) == JGO_CLEAR) this.mark(coordinate, '>'); });
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I'm madder than A-Rod's wife at a day-long Madonna concert. Can someone please explain to me why a Barack Obama presidency would be good for you and me? Me? I don't get it. I realize that Mr. McCain may not be the perfect candidate. Hell, I don't agree with Angry John on many issues. But Mr. McCain has my vote and by the time you finish reading this, I expect he will have yours.
Now, let me clear up one point at the git-go. I don't give a hoot about the color of Mr. Obama's skin. Although he stumped me when he pointed out that he wasn't the same color as the presidents on our folding money. I'm looking at ol' George Washington on a dollar bill – it's all I have left in my wallet after gassing up my Ford F-450 – and he's green, for God's sake. What the hell is Obama talking about? If he meant I wouldn't vote some little green guy from Mars, he got that right – and that's about the only thing he's gotten right so far.
Friends, back when my pappy was a boy, there was this thing called The Depression. Some smart people believe that a man named Mr. Hoover royally f@*&ed things up back then by making people like my pappy's pappy pay a lot more taxes to Uncle Sam when the country was already on its back flopping around like a possum full of buckshot. Some other smart people believe that Mr. Obama has a lot of the same ideas as Mr. Hoover did back in the 1920s. Best I can tell, I don't want to be even poorer in four years than I am today.
Does anyone out there care about keeping our great country safe? As my friend Jack Nicholson once said to me "Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Whose gonna do it? You? You, Mr. Obama?"
Me? I want John on that wall. I need him on that wall.
As for Mr. Obama's recent European vacation and the fact that 200,000 whacky Germans showed up for his pep rally in Berlin, I say make Mr. Obama ambassador to Germany. But for President of the good ol' US and A, I am going to vote early and often for John McCain, a red-blooded American war hero.


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Sen. John Cornyn's campaign has hired another alum of FreedomWorks, which helped U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz take the GOP nod for the office he now holds through efforts such as having a national tea party rally just days before his 2012 runoff election against Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and training tea-party groups in voter turnout.
Cornyn's campaign manager is Brendan Steinhauser, who came to him from the Texas Public Policy Foundation after leaving FreedomWorks.
Now his campaign has hired Amanda Shell, a Weatherford native who after leaving FreedomWorks was legislative aide for Sen. Donna Campbell, R-New Braunfels.
The campaign said Shell "is an experienced grassroots organizer who has spent years working to train and mobilize thousands of conservative activists across the country."
"Amanda's work via the tea party SuperPAC FreedomWorks for America included organizing 28 grassroots 'Get Out the Vote' training seminars across Texas where she taught grassroots campaigning," said a campaign statement. "She helped establish 50 campaign distribution centers for Ted Cruz materials across the state and her work had a huge impact on Senator Cruz's election."
There has been some buzz that tea party interests are looking for a challenger to Cornyn among such officeholders as Rep. Louis Gohmert, R-Tyler, although he has said he is not planning to do that.


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