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Much of the software trucking companies now use daily, including for telematics and fleet management, is delivered via the Software-as-a-Service method. Exceptions include high-end customizable enterprise or trucking management systems and proprietary software that some companies develop in-house.
"It has become the norm," says Brian McLaughlin, president of PeopleNet, Minnetonka, Minn. He notes his company was one of the first to offer a SaaS model when they started in 1996. "Back then, it was kind of a risky bet. The majority of the industry had on-premises software they would load and maintain. I think we've seen tremendous adoption of the SaaS model."
SaaS generally refers to software that's "located in a centralized area and delivered remotely to the client," says Dan Speicher, chief technology officer, Omnitracs. That means a company does not "load" software from disks or other media onto its on-premises server, desktops or laptops. Instead, the software and the data generated by it remain in a central location — either on the vendor's own servers or on third-party servers linked via cloud-computing.
What's also different is how a company pays for such software. Instead of buying it outright, companies pay a monthly fee based on the number of users. In many ways, SaaS is similar to leasing power units or trailers.
In the traditional model, "you bought a version of the software once, and only bought another version when the first became so obsolete you had to replace it," says Ken Weinberg, vice president and co-founder, Carrier Logistics Inc. "The vendors only got money from you when you bought new software. Now, they get money from you every month."
Pros and cons
Over time, the amount the end user pays may end up being higher than buying new versions of software, since the subscriber can always opt to skip a couple of versions. On the other hand, there are numerous benefits for the end user with the SaaS model. Key among them is always getting to run the latest version, with little effort. You have "instantaneous updates and access to new features," McLaughlin says.
Staying current with the latest version of software can be "a pain for customers," Weinberg says, and that's why many fleets put off upgrading. The SaaS model takes care of that issue.
And since the software is managed remotely, it relieves the trucking company of a host of headaches that can develop when maintaining their own software. As Weinberg notes, a number of companies are moving away from in-house IT staffs, similar to how they have embraced outsourced vehicle maintenance. "It allows them to focus on trucking."
SaaS also provides trucking companies with a consistent cost — they know what to budget each month for their software since it's a relatively fixed cost spread over the term of the subscription (which typically run three to five years).
There are some downsides. Potentially higher cost over time would be one. The other is that, since the vendor is pushing out upgrades or new features on a regular basis, there is a chance for users to be overwhelmed. With SaaS "changes come more rapidly and a lot of fleets don't like rapid change," McLaughlin notes. Some upgrades may require training for dispatchers, drivers and other users, which can be disruptive and costly for a fleet.
To alleviate that problem, SaaS providers alert users to updates that will require such training so they can prepare for that need. Some SaaS products allow uses to turn on or off automatic updates.
To tweak or not
Many users may tweak or customize their software to their liking. But that can also create some problems with updates. It's important that fleets work with vendors that can accommodate that. As Weinberg says, users want to be sure that after an upgrade, anything they "did yesterday will be there today and that the upgrade does not eliminate functionality they are accustomed to or unique to them."
While SaaS providers no longer get the full price upfront for their products (although a number of fleets do pay a full subscription up front), the model offers a host of benefits. These include lower development, deployment and support costs.
"The most significant benefit to us is the efficiency" of product development and distribution, McLaughlin says. "I don't miss the days of having to distribute software to thousands of users … it could take years."
Speicher agrees, saying that "time to market can be less" with the SaaS model. "With an on-premises solution, you are limited to how often you can update."
Supporting customers is easier with the SaaS model, notes Weinberg. Since all customers are relatively current with the latest version, "when you call in for support, I know your system is up to date," he says. Having to maintain several levels of software increases development costs for software providers and slows down the pace of deploying new versions.
Most SaaS offerings used in trucking share the same basic attributes, but there may be differences in how they are accessed by the user. Many use the web to access the software, whether through a web-services web page or thin-client software, that is housed in a central server.
Mobile apps, on the other hand, allow the application and data reside on the mobile device — smartphone, tablet or navigation device — or on a computer.
And with some systems, the application and data can reside in both the central location and on desktops or tablet computers at the client's location. McLaughlin refers to this as an "in between or hybrid approach. There is a local app you download that allows you to work offline and store your most essential data, but the majority of the data and horsepower will happen back on the remote computer. I think that is where the world is going with SaaS."
What's up with the cloud?
Cloud-based refers to a method of delivery for SaaS products. "Usually when people talk could-based… that is usually a term for people who are developing things for other people to use," McLaughlin says. "The definition of SaaS is offering service that is hosted somewhere else."
That could be a physical space the vendor maintains or a third-party server in the cloud. The cloud, then, is an option for software providers to use in managing and storing the application and data that runs and feeds into its SaaS products.
Weinberg calls the cloud "just a way of getting data from our facility to someplace that's going to process it for you."
A bottom-line consideration is that a number of trucking companies use software products that are not compatible with the SaaS model. These especially include ERP and TMS products. But for other applications, SaaS has indeed become the norm.


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Discover Munch a Bunch that is new fascinating fun for entire family! The evil wizard has turned a lovely boy, named Quty into furry creature as punishment for excessive passion for sweets. The only way to break the spell is to travel throughout Cake Planets and eat all the sweets scattered around. Your task is to help our hero in his adventure guiding him through exotic locations, overcoming different obstacles and avoiding ruthless monsters. You are to eat all the sweets that are scattered around to complete a level. It isn.t as easy as may seem because numerous dreadful Legocefals and terrible Eyekensteins are hunting you; use deadly fire, bombs and shield to defeat them. Multiple bonus items allow you to get keys, increase speed, score more points and earn extra life, so don.t forget to collect them.
Munch a Bunch is a captivating pacman-style arcade that features colorful 3D graphics, diverse comic sound effects and cheerful music. As for graphics, it is well done; you surely like the amusing hero: a big-eared furry creature without arms, who walk merrily and make funny sounds. Monsters are also unique: some of them look like flying heads but with legs instead of wings, the other are represented as one-eyed walking birds with columns on their heads. They appear from a house that is situated in the center of a location and pursue our hero. Bombs and fire balls show up constantly so you nearly never run out of them. All in all, Munch a Bunch is a new twist of classic pacman that surely appeals to wide range of players due to good portion of humour, original characters and interesting gameplay.
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Explore the Night with Smirnoff
In an effort to bring a new energy to the party scene, Smirnoff launched their first Ready To Drink offering in South Africa, Smirnoff Ice Double Black with Guarana. With this, we set ourselves a rather lofty challenge: how do we create an immersive experience that transcends digital platforms into the real world and lets Smirnoff truly connect with its consumers?
We decided to let South African party-goers explore the endless possibilities that a night out on the town holds. Our Explore The Night app hailed a free Smirnoff Ice Double Black with Guarana cab and took users in Jozi, Durbs and CPT wherever they wanted to go.
The app's integrated Heat Map crowdsourced the opinions of party-goers for a guide to the hottest parties in town, while our mobilised social media team were on the ground, creating content on-the-fly and taking snaps of every unforgettable night with Smirnoff.


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The Vantage Mission
Vantage Home Solar assists homeowners in transitioning to cleaner, more cost efficient, energy solutions. We collaborate with the best of the best in the solar industry to bring customers like you the most advanced and cutting edge solar energy products and services. With over 50 years of combined experience in solar, Vantage has developed a comprehensive framework that makes switching to solar energy easy, fun and affordable for our customers.
Vantage Home Solar
Vantage Home Solar was created by a team of seasoned solar energy professionals. As a subsidiary of Vantage Energy Group inc, we have a strong dedicated team with a combined 50 years of industry experience. Our collective knowledge is what gives us the capacity to design, build, and commission every solar project to the highest level of standards. Vantage Home Solar is exclusively partnered with Sun Power which manufactures the highest efficiency and most durable solar panels in the world. Through this partnership we provide our customers with the best products and financing programs the industry has to offer.
Vantage provides a better view point with streamlined designed panels that look aesthetically pleasing on almost any roofing material.
The all-black panels sit close to the rooftop and appear as though they are part of the roof.
Highest Efficiency Advantage
Vantage installs the highest efficiency solar panels in the industry. Get more energy from the same roof space – our competitors can't say this.
In order to get the most out of your savings you should use the least amount of space. High efficiency provides less panels on your rooftop which means extra space to grow for future energy needs.
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Going solar with Vantage means that you save money month after month with no headaches. We take care of it all with our product and service.
Vantage guarantees products, installation and service reliability.
There is nothing for you to do but sit back and save money. – That was easy!
Systems are monitored 24×7, if there are any issues with your solar system – We take care of it.
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Vantage guarantees the performance and production of electricity on every system maintained.
Homeowners are guaranteed a reduced, fixed monthly electric bill for years to come.
When Vantage builds your home solar system, we guarantee the energy that the system produces.
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Vantage employs industry professionals in every aspect of our business operations. Installing home solar requires and having a strong trustworthy team and having the right systems in place.
Our expertise and experience counts because we've done this thousands of times. We make it our business to keep you in the loop with an ongoing status and progress of your solar project. Because we have refined systems we employee the right talent, we are able to install systems swiftly, with the fastest install times in the industry.
Quality Workmanship AdVantage
Quality is our business. Every Vantage team member is trained and mentored to ensure they do the job correctly with accurately. Every customer and every solar panel is handled with professionalism and integrity.
We take our talent seriously and our in-house team can move mountains. We believe that in order for quality to become a reality it has to start with each and every Vantage team member.
We guarantee our quality. Quality people means quality workmanship.
Continuous Innovation AdVantage
Vantage is highly focused on continuous innovation. We are consistently researching and collaborating with industry experts about technologies that leverage and benefit home solar.
Bringing leading edge technologies to the market is critical but at the same time we need to be realistic. We invest our time and resources on deliverables that will benefit our customers financially. It all comes down to simple economics and consumers will participate in energy programs that will save them money and give them the ability to own and control their own energy needs.
Do you think that you'll be driving an electric car in a few years or less? How do you think you'll charge your car? Do you think that solar panels and battery technology will have anything to do with you charging up your car?
This is just the beginning, take the next step is with Vantage Home Solar.


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This is a list of enemies found in Devil May Cry.
Lesser Demons Edit
These are the minor demons which Dante faces most often in the game.
- Marionette (Marionette & Bloody Mari)
- Sin Scissors & Scythe (Sin Scissors, Sin Scythe, Death Scissors, Death Scythe)
- Shadow
- Beelzebub
- Kyklops
- Blade
- Sargasso
- Nobody
- Fetish
- Frost
- Plasma
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Trivento – Choose the best
It's no secret that Argentinians love soccer. So when Argentinian wine brand Trivento became the first to sponsor the USA's Major League Soccer tournament (MLS), they were understandably motivated. Soccer is currently surging in popularity among young US fans, rising 11% in 2017, while football, basketball and baseball all experienced drops.
Working under the partnership's claim "A shared passion," DAf was charged with creating assets for distribution nationally in the US, to support Trivento's MLS sponsorship.
The challenge was clear: to create a full digital campaign, supported by on and off-trade POS, that encompassed MLS's different programs (Kick Off, All-Star games, and Finals) while strengthening the shared value between wine and soccer.
Our target audience was made of 25 to 45-year-old, mostly male, digitally-fluent soccer and wine fans. It was therefore clear that our digital campaign had to speak to a variety of age demographics while encompassing MLS's major programs and the many teams that compete.
With 24 teams in MLS across 24 states, DAf proposed the angle "Choose" as the call to action for fans to get behind their team—and now, by extension, behind Trivento.
DAf developed four different lines of brand communication:
"Choose the best" (tournament-round communications)
"Choose to begin" (Kick-Off)
"Choose your all-star" (All-Star game)
"Choose your champions" (Finals)
DAf collaborated with a professional soccer player to develop key visuals. He was photographed in full motion, performing shots and ball skills. Later, our team removed identifying features to suggest that this player could be anyone: Anyone can be a soccer star, even the fans themselves.
To create digital assets, DAf proposed a series of short 3D videos based on the language of the key visual.
3D had the added value of being able to combine movement with the player's invisible body, thereby allowing his identity to encompass the fans'.


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Ok, there's just going to be a single delay. Cat ate my script, the Sun fried my files and I'm out of Merlot. Actually, just the files that got a little singed and I'm substituting with coffee. A "delay" in this instance means instead of today, the new story will be out on Thursday what with all the rewriting.
And this is why you both make sufficient copies of your work AND turn the lights on when pouring hot liquids. See? Lessons have been learned. This too has been… a thing… er… that happened. Yes. Very poetic. Full stop. Will stop this writing here.


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THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.
In The Court of Appeals
South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent,
Zermina P., Michael P., and Eloise P., Defendants,
Of Whom Eloise P. is the Appellant.
In the interest of one minor child under the age of 18.
Appeal From Chesterfield County
Roger E. Henderson, Family Court Judge
Unpublished Opinion No. 2010-UP-240
Submitted March 1, 2010 – Filed April 14, 2010
Rowland P. Alston, III, of Columbia, for Appellant.
Elizabeth B. York, of Chesterfield, for Respondent.
Linda Amason, of Columbia, Guardian Ad Litem for Eloise P.
PER CURIAM: Eloise P. (Grandmother) appeals from the family court's order denying her Rule 59, SCRCP motion to alter/amend the judgment and motion for rehearing of the family court's January 18, 2008 permanency planning order. We affirm.[1]
On appeal, Grandmother contends: (1) the evidence did not support the family court's finding that reunification with her was no longer a viable permanent plan for Child; and (2) the family court erred in denying her motion for rehearing because Child's guardian ad litem (GAL) did not perform her duties as mandated by the statutory and common law. We disagree.
"In appeals from the family court, the appellate court has the authority to find the facts in accordance with its view of the preponderance of the evidence." Ex parte Morris, 367 S.C. 56, 61, 624 S.E.2d 649, 652 (2006). "This broad scope of review does not, however, require the appellate court to disregard the findings of the family court." Id. "This degree of deference is especially true in cases involving the welfare and best interests of a minor child." Id. at 62, 624 S.E.2d at 652.
1. Regarding Grandmother's argument for reunification with Child, we find the family court correctly denied Grandmother's Rule 59, SCRCP motion to alter/amend the judgment because a preponderance of the evidence supports the family court's finding that reunification with Grandmother was not a viable permanent plan for Child. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-1700(C) (2008) ("If the [family] court approves a plan that is not reunification with the parents, custody or guardianship with a fit and willing relative, or termination of parental rights, the [family] court must find compelling reasons for approval of the plan and that the plan is in the child's best interests."). Here, compelling reasons supported the family court's approval of the permanent plan to terminate reunification services for Grandmother and proceed with termination of Mother and Father's parental rights (TPR). Grandmother is not able to care for Child at the current time. Terminating reunification services and proceeding with TPR is also in the Child's best interest. No viable family members are able to care for Child. In comparison, Child is thriving in the care of her current foster care family, and the foster care parents have indicated a willingness to adopt Child.
2. Regarding Grandmother's argument that Child's GAL did not perform her duties as mandated by the statutory and common law, we find the family court acted within its discretion in denying Grandmother's Rule 59, SCRCP, motion for rehearing. Sufficient evidence in the record supports the family court's ruling on the Rule 59 motion based on the best interests of Child. Additionally, this issue is not preserved for our review because Grandmother raised this issue for the first time in her Rule 59 motion. See Dixon v. Dixon, 362 S.C. 388, 399, 608 S.E.2d 849, 854 (2005) (holding an issue raised for the first time in a Rule 59 motion is not preserved for appellate review); S.C. Dep't of Soc. Servs. v. Basnight, 346 S.C. 241, 252, 551 S.E.2d 274, 280 (Ct. App. 2001) (holding issues not raised to or ruled upon by the family court should not be considered by the appellate court for review).
FEW, C.J., PIEPER, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.
[1] We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.


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There was a lot of talk about candidate experience at Tru London 5, but how often do you hear of cool tools for candidates? The cool tools tend to be cool recruitment tools for recruiters as candidates tend to go where the jobs are.
Maybe that is changing. In the Tru London track on the perfect jobs board, Alex Deve mentioned Startwire. This service enables the candidate to track what happens after hit 'apply'. This was an area of conversation around what a job board could provide a candidate in terms of a more valuable experience as most candidates are kept in the dark after they apply for a job.
There is a good article on what Startwire offers the candidate on the Accidental Entrpreneur. Provide Startwire with details of where you have applied and it will monitor updates. The system is private which is clearly critical for the candidate. Startwire also enables you to connect with people in the companies you have applied for and help use networks to aid job hunting.
I haven't used it but it looks interesting and it is innovation focused on the candidate – something we don't see that much of.
So, what other cool tools are there for candidates?


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Source: Interfax-Religion
December 28, 2015
Chairman of the Synodal Department for External Church Relations, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk is cautious about prospects for convening a pan-Orthodox Council.
"There are doubts about the very possibility of a pan-Orthodox Council being held at a time when some of the Orthodox Churches are in a state of unsettled conflict, and the leader of the Orthodox Church of the Czech lands and Slovakia has still not had his status recognized by a number of Orthodox Churches, to say nothing of the extremely unstable general political situation worldwide," the metropolitan said in a statement, the Russian Orthodox Church said in a press release.
At the same time the hierarch stressed that the Russian Church has always participated and continues to be the most actively involved in the pre-Council process, "despite the obvious difficulties in the preparations for the pan-Orthodox Council."
"As for specific dates of the event, I think it is too soon to talk about them," the hierarch said.
No pan-Orthodox Council has been convened in more than a thousand years, and preparations have been held for half a century now.
In 2014, the leaders of the Orthodox Churches agreed to convene a pan-Orthodox Council in Istanbul in 2016, "unless prevented by unexpected circumstances."
"It was expected that in the remaining two years it would be possible to redact, and in certain cases, entirely re-write a significant portion of the Council's draft documents, many of which have become obsolete despite being drafted about 30 years ago," Metropolitan Hilarion said.
Progress in reviewing the documents was extremely slow, "as a result of which of the eight topics that were expected to be put to the Council only three have been agreed upon to date, while work on the rest has never been completed," Metropolitan Hilarion said.
"So far there is no unanimous understanding among the Orthodox Churches as to the rules under which the pan-Orthodox Council should operate and what its regulations should be. An ad hoc inter-Orthodox commission which met recently to discuss these issues had to interrupt its work after failing to reach consensus. Many of the issues, concerning preparations for the Council, which were raised repeatedly by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill in his letters to His All-Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople last year, have remained without answer to this day," Metropolitan Hilarion said.


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Downtown Plan, Report Back Before Commission
Planning commissioners will devote another meeting tonight (Wednesday) to their own rewrite of the new downtown plan, including possible changes to a controversial report on building heights. -more-
Planning commissioners will devote another meeting tonight (Wednesday) to their own rewrite of the new downtown plan, including possible changes to a controversial report on building heights. -more-
UC Berkeley police, joined by federal and county law enforcement, raided the Long Haul Infoshop Aug. 27 in search of the source of threats to university researchers who experiment on animals. -more-
The administration of Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums introduced its long-awaited public safety strategy to selected members of the Oakland public Thursday evening to a pointedly skeptical reaction, outlining an ambitious program in which each of Oakland's neighborhood would be organized for citizen participation, work on local public safety problems would be filtered through area public safety coordinating councils made up of city officials, police representatives, and neighborhood groups, and a citywide public safety policy council would oversee city goals and strategies. -more-
The Berkeley Board of Education last week unanimously approved a plan to put the historic Hillside School at 1581 Le Roy Ave. up for sale. -more-
Fresh from an almost two-month break, Berkeley City Council members will address a full agenda Tuesday, updating the noise ordinance, increasing city worker salaries, approving a 22-meeting annual council schedule, appointing a councilmember to the county Waste Authority, and doubling parking fines near campus on football days. There will be a public hearing on Mayor Tom Bates' solar financing plan. -more-
West Campus neighbors won a major victory Wednesday night when the Berkeley Board of Education approved plans to rehabilitate the former Berkeley Adult School building on Bonar Street in order to relocate Berkeley Unified School District's headquarters from the seismically unsafe Old City Hall at 2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Way. -more-
Oakland City Councilmember Nancy Nadel says that she was "very concerned" about charges made by Nation of Islam Oakland Mosque Minister Keith Muhammad about problems with this summer's Oakland police "Operation Nutcracker" raids of the Acorn Housing Project, but says that police officials have assured her that the raids were properly conducted and have had the desired result. -more-
More than 150 workers from the Berkeley Council of Classified Employees (BCCE) and their supporters filled the Old City Hall lawn and chambers Wednesday to rally for contract renewals and demand pay raises for the Berkeley Unified School District's classified unions. -more-
A spectacular early morning three-alarm fire visible from miles away demolished a Berkeley hills home Sunday and brought in crews from fire departments in Oakland, Albany, Alameda County and the East Bay Regional Parks District. -more-
An item in the Police Blotter in the Sept. 4 issue of the Planet incorrectly reported the location of a shooting. A shooting on the 2900 block of Sacramento Street on Sept. 2 did not occur at Johnson's House of Style but at another address on that block. -more-
UC Berkeley brought out the chainsaws Friday, and by the time their engines went silent Tuesday, the Memorial Stadium grove was gone. -more-
Tuesday's nine arrests—including the last four tree-sitters—cleared the ground, literally, for construction of the four-level gym and office complex that had been stalled for nearly two years by legal action. -more-
Buyer beware! An organization's endorsement of a candidate or measure may not be as sound as the general public thinks—and in some cases, it may not be as meaningful as the organization itself would like it to be. -more-
It was cloudy in Berkeley Tuesday, so a small but dedicated group of people got together at the Lutheran Church of the Christ on University Avenue to make their own sunshine. -more-
When Maricruz Manzanarez isn't mopping up at student dorms, she's out fighting for her fellow University of California service workers across the state. -more-
The east parking lot of the Ashby BART reopened last week for a couple of hours to give birth to a vision. -more-
Last week several hundred people gathered at the Ashby BART station to celebrate the groundbreaking for the planned Ed Roberts Campus. The campus will provide space under one roof for a number of organizations and facilities for people with disabilities. It will occupy the east parking lot of the station, which will be temporarily unavailable for patrons. Parking will be restored when the building is completed. -more-
Councilmember Kriss Worthington and Mayor Tom Bates clashed Monday afternoon at an obscure but powerful city committee meeting over an appointment to a county commission. -more-
While a statement on the proposed library and fire tax in the annual city report that goes to every Berkeley citizen is phrased in such a way that some have said it could read like a promotion for the measures, Deputy City Manager Lisa Caronna told the Daily Planet it is not. -more-
Protesters—including Free Speech Movement veterans and a Berkeley city councilmember—gathered in Sproul Plaza Sept. 4 to rally against the UC Berkeley police raid on the Long Haul the week before. -more-
At least 11 schools in the Berkeley Unified School District met their Academic Performance Index targets for 2008 according to the state's 2007-08 Accountability Progress Report (APR) released by State Superintendent Jack O'Connell last week. -more-
The 2007-08 California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) results released on Tuesday by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Jack O'Connell, show that the estimated passing rates for all first-time test takers in the Berkeley Unified School District are lower than the state rate in math and slightly higher in English. -more-
Mary Lou Wyatt Stern was born on May 16, 1932, in North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina. Her father was killed in an auto accident when she was 1. Her mother died from a heart attack when Mary Lou was 10. She had a mean stepfather and was shunted between relatives and a loving grandmother. While finishing high school, she cleaned people's homes, worked the night shift at a hospital, and did various odd jobs. Still, she often reminisced about freshly picked green beans and potatoes from her grandmother's garden. The memory of these flavors and tastes remained with her for the rest of her life. -more-
The administration of Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums says it is close to completion of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreement with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, establishing a state-city partnership to revitalize close to 500 blocks of Oakland's most depressed neighborhoods. -more-
The leader of Oakland's Nation of Islam mosque has charged that few of the 54 individuals arrested in the City of Oakland's much-publicized June "Operation Nutcracker" raid targeting West Oakland's Acorn Gang have actually been charged with serious crimes, and that the raid itself endangered many of the Acorn Project residents it was supposed to protect. -more-
Safeway will hold a series of public meetings starting this week at Oakland's Claremont Middle School in an effort to come up with a different design for remodeling its College Avenue store. -more-
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After UC cut down Memorial Stadium oak grove, the tree-sitters remained for three days in a lone redwood tree surrounded by decimation before they agreed to come down Tuesday morning. During those three days you probably wanted to know: What do they want in order to come down? -more-
Suddenly, in Berkeley, we are back in the early 1960s. Half a century ago a large, ad hoc, well-funded assortment of owners and managers targeted for urban development (classrooms, malls, hotels, discount houses, condominiums) the "unused" shoreline, the land and water to the west. A similar group of movers and shakers has now mapped out for concrete and asphalt, equipment and people, the beautiful natural park with its year-round creek, that extends up Strawberry Canyon to the east. -more-
Becky O'Malley's editorial "Sarah Palin Fails Her Most Important Job" is unfortunate and misguided. -more-
As the presidential poll numbers tighten, I have recently heard the following: The American people are stupid, voters have again been manipulated by the media, working class voters will again vote on cultural, not economic, issues, and the United States will never elect an African-American President. This deep-seated distrust of the "average" U.S. voter appears to conflict with progressives' stated faith in the wisdom of "the people." For many progressives, the past week has brought back memories of 2004, when an openly right-wing president prevailed despite forcing the nation into a disastrous war. Some now believe that the 2004 scenario will be repeated, particularly in a media climate as supportive of McCain-Palin as it was toward Bush-Cheney. Not to spoil people's misery fest, but 2008 is not 2004. And those lacking any confidence in voters' ability to decide which candidates really represent "change" should become active in something other than politics. -more-
There are three local tax measures facing Berkeley voters: Measure GG, Fire Protection and Emergency Preparedness Tax; Measure FF, Library Bond; and Measure GG, the Gann Tax Renewals. The most objectionable is GG, for the reasons below, but there are also good reasons to say no to all three. -more-
The city clerk has published the ballot arguments for Measure KK, the anti-transit initiative, and anyone who is familiar with the issues can see that the measure's backers have filled their ballot argument with false claims. -more-
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A transcendental function $\Gamma(z)$ that extends the values of the factorial $z!$ to any complex number $z$ (one writes $\Gamma(z) = (z-1)!$). It was introduced in 1729 by L. Euler in a letter to Ch. Goldbach, using the infinite product $$ \Gamma(z) = \lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}\frac{n!n^z}{z(z+1)\ldots(z+n)} = \lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}\frac{n^z}{z(1+z/2)\ldots(1+z/n)}, $$ which was used by L. Euler to obtain the integral representation (Euler integral of the second kind, cf. Euler integrals) $$ \Gamma(z) = \int_0^\infty x^{z-1}e^{-x} \rd x, $$ which is valid for $\Re z > 0$. The multi-valuedness of the function $x^{z-1}$ is eliminated by the formula $x^{z-1}=e^{(z-1)\ln x}$ with a real $\ln x$. The symbol $\Gamma(z)$ and the name gamma-function were proposed in 1814 by A.M. Legendre.
If $\Re z < 0$ and $-k-1 < \Re z < -k$, $k=0,1,\ldots$, the gamma-function may be represented by the Cauchy–Saalschütz integral: $$ \Gamma(z) = \int_0^\infty x^{z-1} \left( e^{-x} - \sum_{m=0}^k (-1)^m \frac{x^m}{m!} \right) \rd x. $$ In the entire plane punctured at the points $z=0,-1,\ldots $, the gamma-function satisfies a Hankel integral representation: \begin{equation} \label{eq1} \Gamma(z) = \frac{1}{e^{2\pi iz} - 1} \int_C s^{z-1}e^{-s} \rd s, \end{equation} where $s^{z-1} = e^{(z-1)\ln s}$ and $\ln s$ is the branch of the logarithm for which $0 < \arg\ln s < 2\pi$; the contour $C$ is represented in Figure 1. It is seen from the Hankel representation that $\Gamma(z)$ is a meromorphic function. At the points $z_n = -n$, $n=0,1,\ldots$ it has simple poles with residues $(-1)^n/n!$.
Fundamental relations and properties of the gamma-function.
1) Euler's functional equation: $$ z\Gamma(z) = \Gamma(z+1), $$ or $$ \Gamma(z) = \frac{1}{z\ldots(z+n)}\Gamma(z+n+1); $$ $\Gamma(1)=1$, $\Gamma(n+1) = n!$ if $n$ is an integer; it is assumed that $0! = \Gamma(1) = 1$.
2) Euler's completion formula: $$ \Gamma(z)\Gamma(1-z) = \frac{\pi}{\sin \pi z}. $$ In particular, $\Gamma(1/2)=\sqrt{\pi}$; $$ \Gamma\left(n+\frac{1}{2}\right) = \frac{1.3\ldots(2n-1)}{2^n}\sqrt{\pi} $$ if $n>0$ is an integer; $$ \abs{\Gamma\left(\frac{1}{2} + iy\right)}^2 = \frac{\pi}{\cosh y\pi}, $$ where $y$ is real.
3) Gauss' multiplication formula: $$ \prod_{k=0}^{m-1} \Gamma\left( z + \frac{k}{m} \right) = (2\pi)^{(m-1)/2}m^{(1/2)-mz}\Gamma(mz), \quad m = 2,3,\ldots $$ If $m=2$, this is the Legendre duplication formula.
4) If $\Re z \geq \delta > 0$ or $\abs{\Im z} \geq \delta > 0$, then $\ln\Gamma(z)$ can be asymptotically expanded into the Stirling series: $$ \ln\Gamma(z) = \left(z-\frac{1}{2}\right)\ln z - z + \frac{1}{2}\ln 2\pi + \sum_{n=1}^m \frac{B_{2n}}{2n(2n-1)z^{2n-1}} + O\bigl(z^{-2m-1}\bigr), \quad m = 1,2,\ldots, $$ where $B_{2n}$ are the Bernoulli numbers. It implies the equality $$ \Gamma(z) = \sqrt{2\pi} z^{z-1/2} z^{-z} \left( 1 + \frac{1}{12}z^{-1} + \frac{1}{288}z^{-2} - \frac{139}{51840}z^{-3} - \frac{571}{2488320}z^{-4} + O\bigl(z^{-5}\bigr) \right). $$ In particular, $$ \Gamma(1+x) = \sqrt{2\pi} x^{x+1/2} e^{-x + \theta/12x}, \quad 0 < \theta < 1. $$ More accurate is Sonin's formula [So]: $$ \Gamma(1+x) = \sqrt{2\pi} x^{x+1/2} e^{-x + 1/12(x+\theta)}, \quad 0 < \theta < 1/2. $$
5) In the real domain, $\Gamma(x) > 0$ for $x > 0$ and it assumes the sign $(-1)^{k+1}$ on the segments $-k-1 < x < -k$, $k = 0,1,\ldots$ (Figure 2).
For all real $x$ the inequality $$ \Gamma\Gamma^{\prime\prime} > \bigl(\Gamma^\prime\bigr)^2 \geq 0 $$ is valid, i.e. all branches of both $\abs{\Gamma(x)}$ and $\ln\abs{\Gamma(x)}$ are convex functions. The property of logarithmic convexity defines the gamma-function among all solutions of the functional equation $$ \Gamma(1+x) = x\Gamma(x) $$ up to a constant factor (see also the Bohr–Mollerup theorem).
For positive values of $x$ the gamma-function has a unique minimum at $x=1.4616321\ldots$ equal to $0.885603\ldots$. The local minima of the function $\abs{\Gamma(x)}$ form a sequence tending to zero as $x\rightarrow -\infty$.
6) In the complex domain, if $\Re z > 0$, the gamma-function rapidly decreases as $\abs{\Im z} \rightarrow \infty$, $$ \lim_{\abs{\Im z} \rightarrow \infty} \abs{\Gamma(z)}\abs{\Im z}^{(1/2)-\Re z}e^{\pi\abs{\Im z}/2} = \sqrt{2\pi}. $$
7) The function $1/\Gamma(z)$ (Figure 3) is an entire function of order one and of maximal type; asymptotically, as $r \rightarrow \infty$, $$ \ln M(r) \sim r \ln r, $$ where $$ M(r) = \max_{\abs{z} = r} \frac{1}{\abs{\Gamma(z)}}. $$ It can be represented by the infinite Weierstrass product: $$ \frac{1}{\Gamma(z)} = z e^{\gamma z} \prod_{n=1}^\infty \left(\left( 1 + \frac{z}{n} \right) e^{-z/n} \right), $$ which converges absolutely and uniformly on any compact set in the complex plane ($\gamma$ is the Euler constant). A Hankel integral representation is valid: \begin{equation} \label{eq2} \frac{1}{\Gamma(z)} = \frac{1}{2\pi i} \int_{C'} e^s s^{-z} \rd s, \end{equation} where the contour $C'$ is shown in Figure 4.
G.F. Voronoi [Vo] obtained integral representations for powers of the gamma-function.
In applications, the so-called poly-gamma functions — $k$th derivatives of $\ln\Gamma(z)$ — are of importance. The function (Gauss' $\psi$-function) $$ \psi(z) = \frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}z}\ln\Gamma(z) = \frac{\Gamma'(z)}{\Gamma(z)} = -\gamma + \sum_{n=0}^\infty \frac{z-1}{(n+1)(z+n)} = -\gamma + \int_0^1 \frac{1 - (1-t)^{z-1}}{t} \rd t $$ is meromorphic, has simple poles at the points $z=0,-1,\ldots$ and satisfies the functional equation $$ \psi(z+1) - \psi(z) = \frac{1}{z}. $$ The representation of $\psi(z)$ for $\abs{z}<1$ yields the formula $$ \ln\Gamma(1+z) = -\gamma z + \sum_{k=2}^\infty \frac{(-1)^k S_k}{k} z^k, $$ where $$ S_k = \sum_{n=1}^\infty n^{-k}. $$ This formula may be used to compute $\Gamma(z)$ in a neighbourhood of the point $z=1$.
For other poly gamma-functions see [BaEr]. The incomplete gamma-function is defined by the equation $$ I(x,y) = \int_0^y e^{-t}t^{x-1} \rd t. $$ The functions $\Gamma(z)$ and $\psi(z)$ are transcendental functions which do not satisfy any linear differential equation with rational coefficients (Hölder's theorem).
The exceptional importance of the gamma-function in mathematical analysis is due to the fact that it can be used to express a large number of definite integrals, infinite products and sums of series (for example, the beta-function). In addition, it is widely used in the theory of special functions (the hypergeometric function, of which the gamma-function is a limit case, cylinder functions, etc.), in analytic number theory, etc.
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|N.Ya. Sonin, "Studies on cylinder functions and special polynomials", Moscow (1954) (In Russian)
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|E.T. Whittaker, G.N. Watson, "A course of modern analysis", Cambridge Univ. Press (1952)
For an approach to the gamma-function based on the Bohr–Mollerup characterization, see the short monograph by E. Artin [Ar].
The $q$-analogue of the gamma-function is given by $$ \Gamma_q(z) = (1-q)^{1-z} \prod_{k=1}^\infty \frac{1-q^{k+1}}{1-q^{k+z}}, \quad z \neq 0,-1,-2,\ldots;\quad 0<q<1, $$ cf. [As]. Its origin goes back to E. Heine (1847) and D. Jackson (1904).
|E. Artin, "The gamma function", Holt, Rinehart & Winston (1964)
|R. Askey, "The $q$-Gamma and $q$-Beta functions" Appl. Anal., 8 (1978) pp. 125–141
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The article on women's hair that I referenced in my previous post has been removed from the American Bar Association's news website, and I have discovered that my post is the first result returned for a Google search of "women's hair" and "ABA." Kinda cool.
Meanwhile, over the weekend a disgruntled Tweeter of conservative political persuasion advised me to "get out more, " "read something," and "learn something." Because a woman who disagrees with said Tweeter and others like him is necessarily ill informed and sheltered. (For what it's worth, I'm currently reading The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt.)
I have from time to time considered toning down my political posts and Tweets, if only because I do get tired of being cursed at by strangers. But I cling to the notion that ideas should be shared freely, and that they improve in the sharing especially when they are buffeted around some. I can't surround myself with people who agree with me to the exclusion of everyone else because I am willing to learn. Although I prefer to do it with people similarly capable of tolerating dissent.
For this Monday Morning Hearsay, then, a passage from Derek Walcott's swoon-inducing homage to Homer, and the epic journey:
II Just as the nightingales had forgotten his lines, cameras, not chimeras, saw his purple sea as a postcard archipelago with gnarled pines and godless temples, where the end of poetry was a goat bleating down from the theatre steps while the myrtles rustled like the dry sails of ships. "You ain't been nowhere," Seven Seas said, "you have seen nothing no matter how far you may have travelled, cities with shadowy spires stitched on a screen which the beak of a swift has ravelled and unravelled; you have learnt no more than if you stood on that beach watching the unthreading foam you watched as a youth, except your skill with one oar; you hear the salt speech that your father once heard; one island, and one truth. Your wanderer is a phantom from the boy's shore.
Derek Walcott, Omeros (Farrar, Strauss and Giroux 1990) (excerpted from Chapter LVIII)


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Philadelphia New Years Eve's Parties
Where should I go in Philadelphia to celebrate New Year's Eve?
Joonbug presents its Philadelphia New Year's Eve party line-up featuring the best of the best events across the city. Showcasing annual favorites and new places, ringing in the New Year Philly-style will be nothing less than sensational in the City of Brotherly Love. NYE party goers will enjoy our amenity-packed events loaded with live DJ performances, non-stop dancing, premium open bars, and champagne toasts. From parties with a view of Schuylkill River to celebrations in Central City, there's a perfect NYE party for everyone. The New Year line up offers a wide selection from most popular bars, trendy lounges, top clubs, elegant private event parties and upscale hotel ballrooms. For those wanting to go to more than one party, look for one of our NYE passes for access to multiple NYE party venues or bar hop at the NYE bar crawl. Our VIP packages will allow you to take your New Year's Eve up a notch with perks such as reserved seating, private rooms, and premium bottle service
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- Crystal Tea Room - Perched atop the landmark John Wanamaker Building, this stunning ballroom penthouse hosts a NYE gala where guests dine, dance and ring in the New Year in style.
- NOTO - This Philly #1 rated nightclub has the hottest NYE party in town, Sound systems, digital lighting and luxe party amenities make NOTO the destination NYE hotspot.
- Tradesman - This favorite Center City party hub, hosts a high-spirited NYE event that has everyone starting the New Year right.
- The Post - Fun and style combine this New Year's Eve at the Post, a top destination and mecca for Philly funseekers.
- Field House - Philly's favorite haunt and nightlife supersport celebrates New Year/s with ultra-hip style.


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Norwalk unveiled yet another flashy, and yes, sophisticated look at April's market featuring the cosmopolitan flair of mid-century modern. Watch the video to see many of the audacious fabrics and styles.
I am absolutely MAD about a certain Benjamin Moore blue-green color called
Wythe Blue.
And, guess what? It's the color of the Draper foyer! See the photo above. This color is so wonderful that entire articles/blogs have been devoted to it!
Suffice it to say that Norwalk has not neglected the aqua-ish shades in the Mad Men collection. I will post more photos of this color later – why? because I am having technical difficulties today. arrrrgghh.
But check out this perfect paint color and all the looks from Norwalk. I promise – if you are a Mad Men fan, you are going to lose your mind.
If any of you have used Wythe Blue in your home I'd love to see your photos – and I'd love to post them!
So, "girls" – slip into your stilettos, tie a happy apron around your waist, and get cooking!
Dianne Ross
Interior Designer/Phelan's Interiors


text: David Ayoub, M.D. goes through the relations of Mercury to Autism as well its connections to "National Security Study Memorandum 200"; for population control. Showing its shocking connections to today's G.A.V.I. Are powerful forces really trying to help the poor people or could it be for another agenda; the sterilization of the poor? This is an upsetting video, so brace yourself.


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CV22 Rugby is an exciting new menswear brand, recently showcasing there ready to wear collection at London Fashion Week Men's. Unapologetically masculine and sustainable this label is not to be missed, it's recent collection PROTOTYPE is inspired by the small market town of Rugby in the centre of England and is bursting with British culture and heritage.
Drawing on historical concepts from the sport of Rugby and merging them with a new contemporary style this collection reflects today's fashion and environmentally conscious gentleman. CV22 is proudly sustainable and ethical using raw Supima cotton, the garments are also produced in England using fine fabrics such as Jersey, Loopback, and Pique which are spun just outside the city of Manchester.
A natural colour pallet can be seen throughout the collection, perfect wear for this Summer with Navy, off-white and cream tones. The collection also included Polo shirts and cashmere sweaters with CV22 branding. Linen blazers, shorts, and shirts were consistent throughout finishing with Japanese Denim jeans.
This season's looks are influenced by sports uniforms and playing kit adapting different historical themes of masculinity and creating a refreshing new look of today. What makes this label unique is its passion for Rugby that flows through the brand. The name, CV22, is the towns postcode and used local rugby players as models for this seasons installation. Mixing fashion and sport in a new and exciting way of creating a line for the traditional confident gentleman of today.
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Are you a first-time online learner, or new to online learning at IUP? We offer a free online workshop for students to prepare for the online learning experience.
The Spring 2019 Online Student Orientation (OSO) will be offered Monday, January 14, to Friday, January 18, 2019.
During this five-day, interactive, online workshop, students participate in activities designed to familiarize them with the common tools used in online courses at IUP. The OSO will also assist students in planning for successful participation in distance
education courses. Specifically, students will:
Both a Moodle and a D2L Brightspace version of the OSO are available. Students can register for the OSO by completing the Online Student Orientation registration form. If you have already registered, there is no need to do so again!
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1. the proposed title 'Invention of Stereo' might be too ambiguous - from the context it clearly refers to stereo SOUND, but the term could also be applied to stereo images and photgraphy, so a title such as 'Invention of Stereo Sound Reproduction' could be more accurate.
2. The answer given to the Section in which the milestone would reside is given as 'Region 8'. The Section is 'UKRI' so this needs correction. Of course, the UKRI Section is in Region 8, but that is not what the proposal form asks about.
Tony Davies 2013 Oct 19th
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Change in title now made, thank you.
The Section Chair (just starting two years in office from January 2014, is Dr. Steve Nightingale. I believe that he will gladly provide the needed letter. The Section Treasurer, Nick Wright, also needs to be advised of this proposal.
Tony Davies 2014 Feb 16th
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This looks like a good milestone and I endorse it. I have a little problem with the citation since it doesn't really say that any of this technology was new. Is there any way to insert some words like "for the first time" in the citation. As it stands now, a non-technical reader could say, "So? He filed a patent and recorded the Philharmonic".
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The careful and cautious wording in the citation is necessary because there was a simultaneous effort in New York at Bell Labs, by a group including Arthur Keller, I. Rafuse, and their supervisor Harvey Fletcher. They too achieved stereo recording in 1930-1931, and then they set up their equipment at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, home of the Philadelphia Orchestra and its conductor, Leopold Stokowski, and with Stokowski's cooperation made over 100 recordings of the orchestra over the course of the 1931-1932 season. While many of these recordings were done in wide-range (i.e. high-fidelity_ mono, some were done in stereo. For Details see
Robert McGinn, "Stokowski and the Bell Telephone Laboratories: Collaboration in the Development of High-Fidelity Sound Reproduction" Technology and Cultue Vol. 24 No. 1 (January 1983) 38-75.
Thus, while Blumlein's is a milestone-worthy achievement, claims like " forthe first time" are unjustified. It seems a case of simultaneous invention.
Sheldon Hochheiser


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PREVIEW: Pats Look to Close Out Eastern Conference Championship in Lethbridge
The Regina Pats (11-5) look to close out the Eastern Conference Championship series tonight on the road in game six against the Lethbridge Hurricanes (10-9). Puck drop at the Enmax Centre is 6 p.m. The Pats won game five on home ice Friday, 5-3 to take a three games to two lead in the best-of-seven set. The game can be heard on 620 CKRM with Bennett Dunlop Ford Pats Hockey beginning at 5:35 p.m. It will also be broadcast on the WHL on Shaw and Access 7.
|Playoffs Comparison
|Goals For/Against
|61/34 (+27)
|67/62 (+5)
|25.0% (14/56)
|21.0% (16/76)
|Penalty Kill
|81.8% (54/66)
|74.6% (53/71)
|Team Save Percentage
|Leading Scorer
|Sam Steel (8-16-24)
|Tyler Wong (11-13-24)
|Leading Scorer (Defence)
|Connor Hobbs (4-15-19)
|Brennan Menell (5-10-15)
|Scoring by Period (1st-2nd-3rd-OT)
|Regular Season Comparison
|Goals For/Against
|353/211 (+142)
|280/253 (+27)
|31.5% (92/292)
|23.9% (76/318)
|Penalty Kill
|81.4% (288/354)
|78.6% (220/280)
|Team Save Percentage
|Leading Scorer
|Sam Steel (50-81-131)
|Tyler Wong (51-58-109)
|Leading Scorer (Defence)
|Connor Hobbs (31-54-85)
|Brennan Menell (12-59-71)
|Scoring by Period (1st-2nd-3rd-OT)
Lead Up: Pats Take 3-2 Series Lead with Game 5 Victory
Adam Brooks had four assists, Dawson Leedahl scored the game winner, six minutes into the third and the Pats won game five, 5-3 for a 3-2 series lead on the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Friday night. The Pats battled back from 1-0 and 2-1 deficits thanks to goals from Josh Mahura and Sam Steel in the first and second periods. Filip Ahl gave the Pats their first lead, midway through the second with his third but the Hurricanes would tie it up and it was 3-3 heading to the third. 6:25 into the final period, Adam Brooks set up Dawson Leedahl all alone in front and he buried his 11th to make it 4-3. Austin Wagner added an empty netter late and the Pats took game five, 5-3. The Hurricanes outshot Regina 32-31, Tyler Brown made 29 saves for the Pats, Stuart Skinner 26 for Lethbridge. The Regina powerplay was 1/2 and the penalty kill 3/4.
Series At A Glance
After splitting the first four games of the Eastern Conference Championship series, the Pats picked up a win in game five on home ice to lead 3-2. The Pats have scored 16 goals through five games, the Hurricanes have 13. Regina has outshot Lethbridge 182-141, the powerplay has gone two for 16 and the penalty kill 14 for 16 with a shorthanded goal. Adam Brooks leads Regina with two goals and six assists for eight points in the series. Sam Steel and Austin Wagner each have five points while three others have four. Tyler Brown is 3-2 with a 2.29 goals against average and a .914 save percentage. The Hurricanes are led by Giorgio Estephan who has put up four points through five games while six others have picked up four points in the series. Stuart Skinner is 2-3 with a 2.68 goals against average and a .922 save percentage.
Brooks On Fire
Pats Captain Adam Brooks is on a tear over his last two games of the Eastern Conference Championship Series. The overage forward out of Winnipeg has scored a goal and has six assists in the last two contests, both Pats wins. Brooks is up to a tie for 12th in playoff scoring with 17 points in 14 games. The Toronto Maple Leafs prospect is also in a tie for ninth with 12 assists and is second with four game winning goals.
Wagner Returns
The Pats leading goal getter in the playoffs, Austin Wagner, returned to the lineup in game five after missing game four with an undisclosed injury. The L.A. Kings signed prospect assisted on the game winner in the third in game five and also scored an empty netter to seal the 5-3 victory. The 19-year-old from Calgary is up to 13 goals in 15 games in the post-season, second to only the Kelowna Rockets Reid Gardiner who has scored 15 times. Wagner is tied for 12th in overall scoring with 17 points in 15 games.
Upcoming Schedule
Game 7, Pats Vs Lethbridge – Tuesday May 2, 7 p.m. – Brandt Centre (CKRM) If Necessary


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You can't miss us when you are traveling to or from the Outer Banks. Our location makes for a great break from the traffic.
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The Stanley Cup was first presented in 1893, awarded to the Montreal Hockey Club based on their first-place finish in the Amateur Hockey Association (AHA).
Thirteen years later, after spending the 1906-07 season with the Brandon Wheat Cities of the Manitoba Hockey League (MHL), scoring 5 goals in 9 games, Ross was chosen as an add-on to the Kenora Thistles squad that faced the defending Stanley Cup champion Montreal Wanderers. He was paid $1,000 to join the Thistles for the series against Montreal.
The Wanderers were certainly favoured. Kenora was a small town, but iced a team that included future Hall of Famers Si Griffis, Joe Hall, Tom Hooper, Billy McGimsie, Tommy Phillips, Alf Smith and Harry Westwick as well as Art Ross.
The Thistles doubled the Wanderers 4-2 in Game One, played January 17, 1907. Tommy Phillips scored all 4 goals for Kenora.
Four days later, Kenora finished off the reigning champions with an 8-6 win. Tom Hooper and Tommy Phillips both recorded hat-tricks, and Ross played an exceptionally strong game on defence.
The Wanderers submitted a protest, insisting that only bona fide players who had spent the season with the team should be allowed to participate in the Stanley Cup challenge. Art Ross, Alf Smith and Harry Westwick had all been 'borrowed' by Kenora for the series. The protest was largely ignored.
It was a short-lived celebration. The same teams met two months later, this time without Ross, and the wanderers captured the Cup in that two-game total goal series.
In January 1908, the Montreal Wanderers, now including Art Ross, were challenged by the Ottawa Victorias for the bragging rights to the Stanley Cup. The series, played in Montreal, again was a two-game total goal affair.
The series was almost farcical. Montreal dumped the Victorias 9-3 in Game One, played January 9. Ross scored twice in that contest and teammate Ernie Russell picked up 4 goals. In the following game, held four days later, the Wanderers dumped Ottawa 13-1. Ross scored one goal and Russell ran up the score with 6 tallies.
In March, the Wanderers met the Winnipeg Maple Leafs, beating them 11-5 and 9-3.
Finally, the Wanderers faced the Toronto Maple Leafs of the Ontario Professional Hockey League (OPHL), putting them down with a 6-4 win.
In part because of Art Ross, the Stanley Cup trustees ruled that any player who had competed for a team challenging for the Cup could not play for another team challenging for the Cup the following year.
Art Ross, a fine rushing defenceman during an era not used to such activity, later donated the Art Ross Trophy to the NHL, emblematic of the leading point-getter during each NHL regular season.
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By Urban Anomie
Ward 15 Councillor Charlie Bain introduced a motion Friday that would require all Calgary dog owners to remove their dog's teeth, regardless of breed, before the dog turns six months old.
The motion comes after several dog attacks in the city in recent weeks, and Bain is confident that without teeth, dogs will not feel the need to bite people.
"Dogs are born killers. No creature needs teeth as sharp and long as those in dogs," Bain said. "Especially when there are soft dog food options out there."
Under Bain's proposal, once a dog has had its teeth removed—either by a licensed veterinarian, dentist, or by those rusty old pliers sitting in the garage—the dog will be required to attend eight weeks of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) classes, where the dog will focus on identifying dysfunctional self-talk in order to change unwanted behaviours such as biting humans.
Dr. Stella Gemini, the self-proclaimed leading authority on animal behaviour—whose infomercial can be seen Sunday nights at 2:00 a.m. on channel 192—says Bain requested her expertise when he called-in two weeks ago.
"Dogs will learn how their behaviour is the result of their own self-verbalizations," says Gemini. "Through self-observation and recognizing their negative self-talk, dogs can begin to change it."
And of course they have no teeth.
Neil Foster, who owns a 110-pound teacup Rottweiler named Rambo, says the bill unfairly targets nice dogs like his.
"The neighbour down the street has a bitchy, yappy Chihuahua who goes right for my ankles every goddam time I walk to the mailbox," Foster said. " It's those little dogs that are the problem, not my precious Rambo."
The City is looking at other solutions, including making all dogs wear masks and capes like its Halloween or something, and arming every Calgarian with a pellet gun. The motion will be debated at next month's council meeting.
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Joe is from Chicago and Anna from Rome, Italy and since they met in 2005 they wanted to open a restaurant together. Joe worked as a pizzaiolo in Italy where he perfectioned his cooking skills, this explains the interesting variety of food they offer. He supervises the day-to-day operations, even though they have an amazing Manager in each store, Telsea and Travis. Anna has major health issues so now she mainly takes care of the marketing/media operations.
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DAS ORNAMENT WERT, 1937 Decorative Folk Design, A Selection of World History of Art
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Text is in German: Das Ornamentwerk. Eine Sammlung angewandter Schmuckformen fast aller Zeiten und Völker. Berlin, Verlag Ernst Wasmuth, 1937. 4 . 48 S. 120 Bildtafeln. OLwd. OU.
BOSSERT, H.TH. 1937 Classic colour illustrated work from many Museums on European folk arts ceramics/pottery, furniture, metal ware design and decoration. 48 single-sided plates, most in color. Brief introduction in German. Plates labeled in English, French and German. The plates shown from each country are listed in order:Pottery from Neo-Stone Age and Bronze Age, Cypres, Kalymnos, Italy, Crete Cypres, Crete and Mycenai, Greece, Near East, Scandinavia, Sweden and Finland, Icland, Norway and Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Sweden, Norway , Sweden and Finland, Teutonic, Germany and Alsace, Switzerland, Austria, Boltic Countries, Norway and Sweden, Lap and Siberia, Kirghir, Pamir Mountains, Poland and European Russia, Ukraine, Caucasus, Scythic, teutonic, Irish, England and Netherland, Netherlands and Belgium, Belgium England and Netherlands, France, Italy, Yugo-Slavia, Bulgaria and Rumania, Hungary and Rumania, Czecho-Slovakia, Greece and Turkey, Turkomans, Tartars, Bokhara, Chino-Turkestan, India, Ceylon, Alexandria, Byzanz, Persia, Egypt,Tatars, Turks and Syrians, Arabia, North-West Africa, Africa, West Africa, West- and East Africa, Spain and Portugal, Java, Bali, Malay Archipelago, Borneo, Aru Island, Hainan, Siam, Tibet, China, Japan, Australia, Oceania, New Zealand, North-West America, Mexico, Central America, Peru, South America.
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This slice pays homage to the classic Australian bakery treat neenish tart, with its layers of pastry, jam, mock cream and two-tone icing.
Featured in New recipes, Australian recipes
100g unsalted butter, at room temperature, chopped
100g (1/2 cup) caster sugar
1 egg
100g (2/3 cup) plain flour
50g (1/3 cup) self-raising flour
160g (1/2 cup) raspberry jam
Mock cream
140g (2/3 cup) caster sugar
2 tablespoons milk
1/2 teaspoon powdered gelatine
185g unsalted butter, at room temperature, chopped
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Glace icing
450g (3 cups) pure icing sugar
25g unsalted butter, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
80ml (1/3 cup) milk
Pink food colouring, to tint
3 teaspoons cocoa powder
Step 1Preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan forced. Line the base of a 19 x 29cm slice pan with baking paper, allowing the paper to overhang 3cm on each long side.
Step 2Use electric beaters to beat the butter, sugar and egg in a bowl until pale and creamy. Fold in the sifted flours until combined. Spread the mixture into the base of the prepared pan, smoothing the top. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden. Set aside to cool.
Step 3Meanwhile, for the mock cream, stir the sugar, milk and 80ml (1/3 cup) water in a small saucepan over low heat, without boiling, until the sugar dissolves. Sprinkle the gelatine over the sugar mixture and stir until the gelatine dissolves. Set aside to cool to room temperature. Mixture will thicken slightly.
Step 4Use electric beaters to beat the butter and vanilla in a bowl until very pale. With the motor running, gradually beat in the cooled milk mixture, beating until pale and creamy.
Step 5Spread the cooled pastry base with jam. Top with the mock cream, smoothing the surface. Place in the fridge until required.
Step 6For the glace icing, sift the icing sugar into a bowl. Stir in the butter, vanilla and slowly add the milk to make a thick icing (you may not need it all). Divide the icing evenly between two bowls. Tint the icing in one bowl with pink colouring. Sift the cocoa into the other bowl of icing until combined (you may need to add a little more milk, if necessary) until the icing is a spreadable consistency.
Step 7Use a ruler to divide the slice in half, lengthways, and run a knife down the middle to lightly mark. Mark another two lines down the middle of each half (you will have 4 even strips running lengthways across the slice). Spoon each batch of icing into a snap lock bag. Snip off one corner. Use the pink icing to mark out the edges of the two outside strips and then fill with icing. Repeat with chocolate icing to mark out and fill the remaining middle strips (see note). Set aside for 15 minutes or until set. Use a hot knife to cut the slice down the middle and then into slice into thin fingers, with a pink and brown iced half on each finger.
- You will have a little of the icing left over.
- If the weather is hot, store the slice in an airtight container in the fridge. Allow slice to come to room temperature before serving.


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Portal Vs Half-Life In Amazing Live Action Fan Video
Cake's pretty good, and it seems that Gordan Freeman of Half-Life is prepared to kill Chell from Portal just to grab a slice. At least, that's what happens in AndrewMFilms live action short.
I'm not gonna say too much more on it, just watch the video below and enjoy. Clearly, a ton of work went into it. watching the Portal Gun get Chell out of a number of scrapes is endlessly enjoyable to watch, and reminds me why Portal is such a great game.
10/10 to all the cool little details too, such as Gordan stopping to whack some crates open.
This isn't AndrewMFilms first foray into the world of live action videogame showdowns – far from it. He's also given us Mario vs Minecraft, and one incredible video where Princess Zelda beats the shit out of Princess Peach, because she threw a Goomba at her.
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fetal position much?
August 26, 2009
so, it's been a while since I last rambled on here. Truth be told, summer (after Toronto) was pretty much filled with simple relaxation time — stay up until 4 in the morning on msn with Ed, Risa, and/or Mai, sleep until 10:30, wake up, play Pokemon, possibly make plans with Ed (since he was virtually the ONLY PERSON in Trinidad apart from Nic, who apparently was infected with a mysterious disease), possibly go to the mall, POSSIBLY to all these generic, yet LOVELY, things.
August the 19th was my 15th birthday. I didn't do much — just went for lunch with Ed and had a Pokemonfest — but my party-esque/hang out/thing is probably going to be on Saturday. Mai is going to spend the night, and we'll marathon Season 1 of Skins. I'm really looking forward to it, because Skins is so amazingly lovely. Mai thinks I'm a hybrid of (mainly)Cassie and (some)Effy, and Mai is pretty much Sid's female carbon-copy. The "Sid-Cassie Moments" we have are priceless.
That aside, Summer has come to a close, and school has started again. It all feels so completely alien to me. It's hard to believe that this is going to become a routine again.
In a nutshell: yesterday was terrible. I spent the most of it feeling like puking my guts out, I'd look around and there would be no Robin and no Mrs Chesler. It was horrible. Luckily, Mr. Kaster got ahold of Mrs. Chesler's room (sorry, dude, it'll be forever known as that), and so we didn't have to go on some epic stake-out to find a new cafeteria substitute. Also on a good note, my shitty homeroom luck evaporated COMPLETELY: I was put in a homeroom with Ed; Mr. Blackburn's — he's a witty, cynical man, but these are obviously positive traits to me; thus, he's absolutely brilliant. (Today, though, Lentz pulled some strings and got Ed and I into his homeroom. SO, SCORE! Now Mai, Ed and Jamie are in ONE homeroom — no more "Jamie bumming around" like I did for the past…what, 2 years of high school? Hahaa.)
Anyway. back to the first day. AP Biology put me in the worst mood ever. Our teacher was OBVIOUSLY trying to psychologically scar us. And she did. She was saying how "the workload will CRUSH you if you're not GENUINELY INTERESTED in Biology" and I was like "AW SHIT I'M NOT GENUINELY INTERESTED IN BIOLOGY ;A;" I'll admit, I'm good at it, and I'm definitely going to consider it for senior year (…maybe), but. Jesus Christ, that was too much for me to handle — even in "baby steps." Plus I'm doing two other AP Courses, including the really big AP World History — so what's the point of mucking up all of them just so I can do well in a subject which I'll most likely not even bother to pursue? I talked it out extensively with my mother and father — and I'll admit, I was sobbing the ENTIRE time — and we decided it was best to just drop out of it and focus on what's important to me *right now*. It's not like AP Courses rule the world, as most over-achievers in high school tend to preach — they do them all, wear themselves out, then just wither away later on. I was talking to one of my friends who is a Biology Major in a university in England, and she was telling me that she didn't even sign up for AP Biology and it didn't effect her Uni Education in any way. I don't think I should spend most of high school being dragged down by too much work than I can handle. I don't care because that's not why I go to school. Sure, I'll gladly do the work, but I really just want to develop REAL skills which I'll REALLY use in life — not just learn shit for the sake of learning shit. :| If that means I'm not destined for any GLORIOUSLY ACADEMICALLY WONDERFUL fate, then so be it… I'd rather be happy anyway.
But thinking about the future makes me feel like rubbish, since I honestly have no clue what to do, so I'll stop with that.
Back to school — English seems okay; I don't have Blackburn as my English teacher, but I have Mr. Deery. He seems ridiculously strict, but I think his bark is worse than his bite. Today's class was pretty good — despite the fact that before it, I asked Ed "what do we have now?" and he said "English" and I was like "Oh, so we can just stay in Chesler's room… wait… oh." Either way, it seems like an interesting class, and I hope that things work out. Psychology was sort of "meh" yesterday, but I really enjoyed it today. It's one of the few classes which Mai, Ed and I have together — and it's SO relaxing, despite it being an AP course. The class seems like it has the potential to grow close together, as a Psychology class should be. And we all sit around and crack jokes while doing what must be done, so that's always enjoyable.
A.P. World History is pretty good — but the class is GIGANTIC. Like, overly full. I don't know half of the people in it. History is history, though, and I'm a history junkie. SO IT CAN'T BE *THAT* BAD, though the whole "Grouping DBQs" thing which we're currently practicing confuses me a lot.
Ed and I finally ended up in a Math class together — Pre-Calculus. Our abilities are pretty much the same in math — in that we're not mathematical geniuses but we understand certain. stuff. It's pretty weird having Math in an *English* room, though. As long as no (dull) math posters are stuck all over those bright green boards, then I'll be fine — though I doubt such a thing can be avoided. Or can it? MATH CAN BE FUN… maybe.
Spanish 4 is grossly under-populated. The teacher — who is at least 600 years old — decked herself out in a new *bright pink* wardrobe. I know, what. She was also oddly enthusiastic. I guess she thinks that because the class is so tiny we will just be all quiet and sweet. Tomorrow's our first full class — I'm hoping it ends up being at least *a little* bit as cracky as it was in Spanish 3. If not, I will be disappointed. ):
Overall… not bad. But still suckish.
The whole ~AP Biology~ thing really hit me hard though, I'm not sure why. I guess that's what they call "knowing your limits" or something. At least my parents agreed with me and didn't force me to — if they did that, I'd just want to crawl under a rock and die.
If I wrote this entry last night, there would be a considerably greater amount of whining. Today, however, was a very good day, so yes… Maybe I'll make it. Here's to hoping that this year doesn't suck that much. :3