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Faith is helping to fuel daily life in Eagle Ford
Area's churches extending their outreach to the workers.
POTEET — Adam Garcia arrives early to job sites, staying in his truck and saying a prayer for the workday ahead.
Before he sets out to clear right of way for pipelines, he asks for crew safety but also opportunities to spread his Christian faith across the Eagle Ford Shale region.
Occasionally, his peers pull Garcia aside, asking him to pray or to give spiritual advice, trying to cope with personal troubles aggravated by 12-hour-plus workdays far from home.
"These guys are lonely," he said of the oil field workers drilling across the Eagle Ford's wide arc of 20 counties in South-Central Texas. "These guys sometimes get into a lot of drinking, and they start feeling some of the impact. I'll talk to them and say, 'I kind of lived your life.'"
Garcia's baptism at Hosanna Baptist Church in Poteet three years ago marked the end of his alcohol and cocaine addiction. Now, he's the ideal oil patch evangelist, an insider who speaks the industry's language and has access to highly secured areas.
Dozens of churches are becoming interested in this kind of mission because they sit atop the Eagle Ford, a rock formation surrendering oil and gas to new technology. The boom had a $61 billion impact last year and supplied 116,000 jobs, according to a recent study by the University of Texas at San Antonio.
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Pastors are brainstorming ways to appeal to the new arrivals in once-quiet towns accustomed to fixed, tight-knit relationships, helped by a flood of paperback Bibles produced and distributed by a national ministry with ties to the industry.
It's not easy. The erratic, round-the-clock schedules of oil field labor typically can't accommodate the traditional Sunday morning service, and churches' family-oriented approaches don't necessarily resonate with the blue-collar, hardened culture of the roughnecks.
Still, some churches are discovering the industrial communities sprouting nearby have faith-friendly elements. Some crews start shifts off with prayer, revealing a foxhole mentality of seeking God's favor while working together in hazardous, remote places.
That was the case on a recent morning at a boarding facility in Carrizo Springs called Wotel One, where a few dozen Halliburton workers bowed their heads for a prayer in a cafeteria before heading for their job site.
An assistant crew leader, who's also a preacher back home, asked for divine protection.
"Danger's always around the corner, so you just gotta pray," observed Bryon Young, 27, a rig hand from Shreveport. "Plenty of people lost their lives out there on location. We deal with chemicals and incidents happen all the time. Just from experience, I've been on jobs when we didn't pray, and the job didn't go right."
Give, and receive
Faith groups have been studying the Eagle Ford impact. The Dallas-based Baptist General Convention of Texas has published evangelistic tracts and conducted strategy meetings to resource the estimated 450 Baptist churches in the region, some of which have coordinated in recent months to welcome workers with community barbecues.
A few Baptist churches have distributed bags with cookies, toiletries and literature in RV parks and "man camps," the quickly constructed, rapidly proliferating boarding units. Volunteers will hang the bags on doorknobs, mindful the men are sleeping, or engage in brief conversation with workers relaxing outside.
Many churches yearn for a full-time missionary to reach this population, said Fred Ater, a BGCT strategist.
"Before, the approach was that if you're a Christian, this is a good church to join," Ater said. "Now, it's coming up with ways to help people who don't know Christ to be interested. That's quite a change."
The outreach to workers — and the mere fact that they're in town — can benefit churches in several ways.
In Cuero, church leaders report a significant increase in congregational giving, with members sharing the oil economy's unexpected local windfall. Grace Episcopal Church there reports a yearly budget of $100,000, more than the $80,000 it had three years ago, when it had saved enough to hire a full-time pastor, the Rev. Eric Fenton. That ended 13 years of sharing a minister with eight other rural churches.
Grace Episcopal used to organize the town's July 4th festival as a fundraiser. This year, the proceeds will go to charities instead.
"God has blessed us with this income," said Fenton, whose congregation grew from 28 to 40 in average attendance in the past two years. "It's up to us to use it for his glory."
Pastor Jonathan Hewett of First Baptist Church in Carrizo Springs has asked a handful of landlords about leading a weekly prayer service at their man camps. At least three are willing partners so far.
Hewett, an outgoing preacher who became senior pastor a few months ago, has urged his flock to embrace the workers — even if they don't ever become members.
"It's very easy for the typical small-town church to not have anything to do with this and say, 'That camp stuff is outside of town,'" he said. "But you have to say that God called the church to reach the world and if God drops the world in your lap, you have to reach them."
It requires innovation and odd hours. The church plans to pass out fliers at 4 a.m. at the gate of Double C Resort, an upscale man camp, to catch trucks full of workers driving in after a graveyard shift. Hewett also is proposing a prayer service as late as 8:30 p.m., to allow day shift workers to attend.
Double C's owner, Jeff Myers, envisioned his outdoor tiki bar as a good setting for the services. Yet, after publicizing it twice, no one from the residences showed up. Hewett chalks it up to the challenge of adapting to their schedules.
"We will need to bring some people and do LOTS more publicity," he wrote on Facebook afterward. "Learning as we go."
Still, the camp's restaurant often attracts workers for impromptu Sunday Bible studies. Myers plans a chapel to go with a fishing lake and more housing units.
"Everybody's human and needs the Lord," he said. "We want to make it a big part of this community."
Myers sees this as a way recognize God's favor on him. His hunting-lodge business was declining when he leased his mineral rights a couple years ago and contracted for construction of a pipeline. The Double C will fill a lucrative niche, he believes.
Two members of a fracking crew, men who toil 14 days on and five days off, sipped cold beer recently at its patio. Told of the upcoming prayer service, they nodded, agreeing it would help.
One of them, Nathan Shaw, 30, is from Oklahoma. Time away from his wife and their first child, born Dec. 27, has been rough, he said.
"Everybody needs something," Shaw said. "You can't get that over the phone. And you don't necessarily want to go to your crew with your inner feelings in the oil field."
Face to face
On Wednesday night, a couple of dozen men and women sang hymns in the fellowship hall of Hosanna Baptist. Eight were from the oil field.
Clay Montgomery, an electrician who hooks up temporary buildings on oil rig sites, was a first-time guest. The woman next to him was the church member who'd invited him. He had just returned to live with family in Castroville after a devastating year in Utah, he said, penniless and his marriage gone.
At 28, he's trying to rebuild financially, emotionally and spiritually.
"I could see myself going to this church," he said afterward. "Church makes life easier and you do a lot better. You always come out of church smiling."
Leading the music was Tommy Garza, a staff evangelist. Several times a week, he breakfasts with oil field workers staying at the local Holiday Inn. Then he visits a nearby hospital's emergency room, encountering injured men stressed about potential loss of income for their families.
Garza brings coloring books for their children, who can arrive unexpectedly and have nothing to occupy their wait.
At first, he showed up in his Sunday best. Now he arrives in jeans, "looking like oil," he said.
"We've never gotten an oil field man with a check in his hand who comes to church," Garza said. "As long as they have money, they think they're OK. We want to meet them in jail or in an emergency room. We want to catch them when they need us."
He has run out of copies of "God's Word for the Oil Patch," the Oilfield Christian Fellowship's Bible, which contains testimonies of faith from rig hands and company executives.
The national, Houston-based ministry last month established a San Antonio chapter, attracting a mostly white-collar crowd to inspirational luncheons. Members raise money for the Bibles, carry them into the field and supply them to churches.
The chapter here is headed by Peter Bommer, vice president of engineering for Abraxas Petroleum Corp., who takes cartons of the Bibles to his work sites. Before each new shift, he ends a talk about safety and logistics with a personal recounting of his conversion from atheism.
"I take them wherever I go," Bommer said. "It's putting something in their hands that can change their lives."
Tilden Baptist Church has blanketed eating establishments with 1,500 of the Bibles, about twice the town's population. And attendance there is up — it can seem overwhelming for a church that can hold only 60 people, said Pastor Jim Furgerson. It and a Catholic parish are the only two churches in McMullen County.
"It's not easy," Furgerson said. "But it's a great opportunity to make a difference."


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Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty tells WSJ's Jerry Seib there are several factors - including uncertainty over the fiscal cliff - why banks aren't lending like they once did.
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Chicago rapper Lil Herb drops off an official video for his track "All My Ni**as," produced by Da Surgeonz. Directed by Danny Manhattan.
Herb's new project Welcome To Fazoland: The Movie is coming next month.
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Was the Path Nephi Saw 'Straight and Narrow' or 'Strait and Narrow'?" Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 10, no. 2 (2001): 30-33, 70."
Worthy of Another Look: John Gilbert's 1892 Account of the 1830 Printing of the Book of Mormon." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies and Other Restoration Scripture 21, no. 2 (2012): 58-72."


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Yahoo nears Microsoft's 2008 buyout bid price
- Yahoo%27s per-share price has rallied back close to the %2431 a share offer from Microsoft in 2008
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- Analysts still say Yahoo made a mistake not accepting Microsoft%27s buyout offer
Microsoft's bid for Yahoo in 2008 isn't looking so crazy now.
Shares of Yahoo, the struggling Internet portal trying to regain relevance in an era of mobile communications and Internet search, have soared almost 50% this year to a stock price above $29. While the stock's runup looks impressive and is drawing praise for CEO Marissa Mayer's first year on the job, it is only getting Yahoo shares close to the $31 a share that Microsoft bid for the company in 2008 -- an offer that was rejected by Yahoo at the time as being too low.
So finally crossing that $31-a-share level will hardly be reason for Yahoo shareholders to celebrate.
"If there's this notion that somehow (the stock's recent rise) validates Yahoo's decision making over the past five to five-and-a-half years, emphatically say, it does not," says Scott Kessler, analyst at S&P Capital IQ.
Three reasons why:
• Yahoo's value is well below Microsoft's bid. Microsoft's $31 a share bid was actually worth $44.6 billion, which is nearly 40% higher than Yahoo's current $32.1 billion market value. Why the discrepancy? Yahoo has reduced its number of shares outstanding by selling part of its ownership of Chinese Web site Alibaba, says Martin Pyykkonen, analyst at Wedge Partners.
• Most of Yahoo's value has nothing to do with its business. Roughly 75% of Yahoo's market value is linked to the company's ownership stakes of Alibaba and Yahoo Japan, Pyykkonen says. The stock's moves are most closely linked to the fact Yahoo may be able to raise money from its stakes in those businesses, not because of its core business, he says.
• Investor pain in the meantime. Investors know money received now is worth more than dollars gained in the future. Even if Yahoo's market value were to soar 40% to match the $44.6 billion Microsoft bid, that would have been more than five years of painful waiting for investors, Kessler says. Meanwhile, Yahoo shares are essentially flat from the date of the buyout offer, while the Standard & Poor's 500 is up more than 25%.
"It's almost a different era for (Yahoo) versus 2008 so I don't think it can be said that the Board did the right thing by rejecting (Microsoft) at that time," Pyykkonen says. "Just because the stock is back up five (plus) years later doesn't vindicate that decision."


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Page takes second Race for the Cure in Cornwall
Moise Page grabbed the feature win at the Cornwall Motor Speedway on Sunday, taking his place in the winner's circle for the return of the Race for the Cure Sportsman Series.
Page started the race just behind the pole position, held at the green flag by Johnathan Ferguson. He battled with Page and Ryan Stabler through the first tenth of the race, until a caution brought the field of racers back together on lap 17.
While Ferguson got a good jump coming out of the caution, Page used the inside lane and lapped traffic to his advantage to take the lead over Ferguson in lap 35, which held until another caution at lap 47. The two would battle for the lead out of the restart until lap 75, when Page once again used the inside lane to his advantage to take first and hold onto it until the checkered flag.
Ferguson finished second, with Adam Rozon rounding out the top-three finishers.
The 25-lap Patriot Sprint Tour belonged to Steve Poirier, who jumped into the lead off the start and was able to hold it through traffic and a lap-17 caution after Sean Durand hit the wall in turn four. Jordan Thomas finished second, with Mark Smith in third.
Dave Bissonette kept steady pressure on Stephane Lebrun right from the start of the Alexandria Home Hardware Pro Stock 25-lapper, but was able to push past Lebrun on lap 20 to win his second feature of the 2019 season. Marc Lalonde finished second, with Lebrun in third.
Mike Gaucher won his first feature of the year in the 15-lap Assist2Sell Mini-Stock. After watching Justin Jodoin blow past him at the start, Gaucher would take advantage as Jodoin went to the pits following a caution on lap two, holding the lead until the checkered flag, as Chris James and Hayden Brown battled for runner-up.
The July 28 program features a special Sisters for the Cure race, a 50-lap fundraising race in the Pro-Stock division; a full regular program is also scheduled to run.


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BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina - Members of a Bosnia wheelchair basketball club are launching a campaign to legalize prostitution in the country to help disabled people "achieve their right to love."
Marinko Umicevic, president of the club Vrbas, said Wednesday that Bosnia had to catch up with 21st century Europe, where he said some people with disabilities "even get state subsidies to pay for sex."
Umicevic said some of his players had never had sex and legalizing the sex trade would help people like them achieve their basic rights. Club members were organizing a petition on the proposal in Banja Luka.
Along the same theme, Helen Hunt received an Oscar nomination this year for best supporting actress for her portrayal of a sex worker helping a disabled man in the movie "The Sessions."


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Thermoregulatory response of free flaps due to thermal stress (the anterolateral thigh flap compared to the latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap)
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Introduction: Although, the success of free flaps has increased in the last years, more details about its characteristics might improve the clinical outcome of the flaps. The present study examined the thermoregulatory ability as a sign of neural re-innervation of two different types of microsurgical free flaps in the postoperative course.
Materials and methods: A total of 22 patients were examined after grafting two different flap types: The latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap (n=11) and the anterolateral thigh flap (n=11). Patients were examined six and nine months postoperatively. After exposure to cold and warm water (10°C and 35°C ) multiple measurements were carried out with the focus on blood velocity and flow using the "O2C" device.
Results: Both examined flaps showed a tendency for improvement in local blood flow and velocity due to thermal stress. We recorded a more physiological thermoregulation during thermal stress for the latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap when compared to the anterolateral thigh flap over a measured period of time.
Conclusion: We believe that the presence of the muscle portion in the latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap may offer better conditions for thermoregulation based on the improvement of neural and vascular regeneration. However further studies should clarify the pathophysiological backgrounds, to make these interesting results clinically applicable.
This Abstract has been accepted to the Journal of Microsurgery in 2011.


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1 arrested at site of triple-homicide trial
St. Croix County authorities say security will be tighter Monday at the western Wisconsin courthouse where a man is on trial in the killings of his three daughters.
The sheriff's office issued a statement saying deputies responded to a "potential threat" inside the St. Croix County Government Center and Courthouse in Hudson around 9:45 a.m. Friday. The statement says one individual was taken into custody and there's "no other known threat to the public."
Sgt. Jeff Kennett says authorities aren't providing further details on the incident. He says he can't comment on whether it's related to the trial of Aaron Schaffhausen, who's on trial for killing his three daughters at their River Falls home last summer.
The statement says access to the Government Center will require security screening starting Monday.


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Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem is currently enjoying
the most successful run of his mixed martial arts career, but for the
"The Demolition Man," that just wasn't quite enough.
The 30-year-old Dutchman decided to chase K-1 gold in 2010, and the results were astonishing.
After coming up short in the 2009 tournament, Overeem made it to the final fight of the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010, where he found himself standing across the ring from three-time grand prix champion Peter Aerts.
The K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Final was held at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, and aired live in North America on HDNet. Overeem was making his second appearance in the final eight of K-1's World Grand Prix, while the legendary Aerts was making his unbelievable 17th entry into the grand prix's final eight.
Each week HDNet and MMAjunkie.com release a new and exclusive fight from the ever-growing HDNet Fights video library. Stunning knockouts, slick submissions, shocking finishes and legendary brawls are the norm for this weekly feature. Overeem vs. Aerts is no exception.
Check out the embedded clip as both Overeem (9-4 in kickboxing at the time) and Aerts (102-27-1 at the time) look to claim the title of K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 champion.
Each week MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) and HDNet Fights (www.hdnetfights.com) team up for "HDNet Fights Vault," which offer a new and unique video from the organization's ever-growing fight library. The weekly feature is a continuation of a long-standing partnership between MMAjunkie.com and HDNet. For more information on HDNet, which broadcasts more MMA events than any other TV outlet, visit www.hd.net.


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Campus leadership and campus-based Affordable Learning Solutions programs are essential to provide faculty, staff, students, and administrators ways to support, find, and use high quality and affordable course materials. The CSU Office of the Chancellor has been working with campuses to develop the own AL$ programs and the "showcase" below illustrates how each campus is advancing their local AL$ program in ways that are aligned with their campus' culture, priorities, and capabilities. See a list of AL$ campus coordinators.
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It's that festive time of year where families gather around to enjoy good company, hearty food, and most importantly, pie! Do you have what it takes to rise to the occasion? Don't be afraid to take whisks in the Town's pie baking competition.
The pie bake-off is open to all bakers. There will be two categories for judging: fruit and non-fruit pies. Pies will be assessed based on appearance, crust, filling and overall flavor and taste. Don't have baking skills? No worries! Come to the competition free of charge and try the pies by the slice or bid on your favorite flavor in an auction.
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Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020
11 a.m.-1 p.m.
The Millhouse at Philip S. Miller Park
1381 W. Plum Creek Pkwy.
There is a $30 entry fee and the event will be limited to 25 contestants. Register online.
- One entry per person
- Each entry must include two pies: one for the judges and one to sell by the slice
- Entries must be in the name of the person who baked the pie
- Entries must include a full typed recipe with a list of ingredients and directions
- Pies must be brought in disposable bakeware
- Special handling, i.e. refrigeration and heating, is not allowed after a pie has been dropped off
- Final pies may not contain raw or uncooked eggs
- Official contest ruling in regards to eligibility will be final
- Please bring two identical pies to the Amphitheater at Philip S. Miller Park between 10:30-11:30 a.m.
- Judging will begin at 11:30 a.m.
- All pies will be available for tasting.
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Massine, Léonide
Massine, Léonide lāônēd´ mäsēn´ [key], 1896–1979, American choreographer and ballet dancer, b. Russia. Massine attended the Imperial Ballet School, St. Petersburg, and became principal dancer and choreographer for Diaghilev 's Ballets Russes (1914–20) and for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo (1932–42). He was noted especially as a character dancer. Massine's choreographical works include Parade (1917), La Boutique fantasque (1919), The Three-cornered Hat (1919), Gaité parisienne (1938), Commedia umana (1960), and the films The Red Shoes (1948) and Tales of Hoffman (1951). In the 1940s he worked in the United States with the Ballet Theatre.
See his autobiography (1968); biography by V. García-Márquez (1995).
The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Everyone seems to have a crossover SUV these days, even on the luxury side of things. One luxury automaker that is far from new to this segment is Lexus, and I recently spent some time driving the latest version of its crossover -- the 2014 Lexus RX 350.
I'm back with a full report on its performance and to let you know if it lives up to the Lexus name and reputation. LOOKS
This is a beautiful machine; like most Lexus vehicles. You get the distinctive Lexus grille up front, and a very slick-looking vehicle design all around. Inside, you get a decent amount of room for a small SUV; not the best I've seen, but still respectable and comfortable. And of course, being a Lexus, there are lots of luxurious touches to live up to the brand name (wood trim, etc.). You definitely feel like you're driving a high-quality vehicle just based on your surroundings, even before you hit the button and turn on the engine.
There is not as much storage room in the center console area as I would have liked, but there are some little features (like an extra cup holder to the left of the dashboard) that help.. One thing you won't get here is an option for a third row, like some crossover competitors do offer. ENGINE, HANDLING, OVERALL RIDE QUALITY
The RX350 features a 3.5-liter, V-6 engine with 270 horsepower; not the most powerful vehicle on the road but definitely no slouch. It was a smooth drive overall and responsive in terms of handling; definitely a vehicle I looked forward to driving. You get a 6-speed automatic transmission with 'snow mode' -- a boost for folks in climates like we have in Michigan. Front-wheel drive is standard, but you can also upgrade to all-wheel drive. MPG
I averaged about 20 mpg while driving the Lexus RX350. Official numbers are 18 city/24 highway/20 combined, so I was right on target. This isn't the best you'll find in this category, but the numbers are still pretty impressive. TECH
One unique feature you'll notice right off the bat is that the screen is not a touchscreen. Instead, you control the vehicle's Lexus Enform system via a mousepad-like device in the center console Honestly, this is one of the weaker points of the vehicle. I got used to it, but the controls were a bit too touchy sometimes and the cursor goes past where you want to go too often. .
Thankfully there are also voice controls that work pretty well, but if you have to delve in with the manual controls it can be a bit of a chore. On the plus side, the RX350 comes with a 90-day trial of Sirius/XM satellite radio (which I highly recommend renewing; I'm pretty much allergic to terrestrial radio and all its commercials after getting spoiled by satellite).
You get dual-zone climate controls, a helpful multi-informational display that tells you all you need to know about what's going on with the car, MPG, etc.; plus keyless entry and ignition.
My vehicle had an upgrade to the 15-speaker Mark Levinson sound package, which is among the most impressive options in car audio that I've heard.
Bluetooth connectivity (allowing you to join your phone to your car) and heated seats are standard, but navigation is not. SAFETY, OTHER FEATURES
You get a full 10-pack of airbags on the RX350 (front/rear/side/knee, etc.); ABS with brake assist, and the Safety Connect package (which includes automatic collision notification, emergency assist button, roadside assistance).
You can upgrade and get some very handy features like blind-spot monitoring, a rearview camera (which I think should be mandatory on all cars as it's a critical safety tool); and adaptive cruise control (anticipates what those in front of you are doing and reacts). PRICE
The version of the RX350 that I tested starts out at $41,160.
It also came with:
-- The $1,340 comfort package (Xenon HID headlamps, rain-sensing wipers and heated/cooled front seats (3 levels each of heat/cooling offered, which is nice);
-- A hefty $5,020 for the luxury package (including a leather upgrade, moonroof; folding mirrors that are also heated; blind spot monitor (very helpful for safety and peace of mind); heated wood and leather steering wheel (classy look, like the car in general); and memory settings for the driver's seat/steering wheel/mirror'
-- $995 for the Mark Levinson sound system (with CD/DVD player, HD Radio, 15 speakers)
-- $2,775 for the Navigation with Voice package, backup camera and Lexus Enform All in all, fully decked-out version I drove came in at $53,104. It all comes down to another version of the overall question: Do I want to spend this much on a vehicle?
Once you've decided to stay in the luxury realm, you must ask: Do I want to spend this much on features? BOTTOM LINE
As it has been since it's arrival more than a decade ago, the Lexus RX350 remains a thoroughly enjoyable and capable vehicle to drive that's as sharp-looking as any crossover SUV on the road, and you'll feel very comfortable and very happy with your choice if you take home a 2014 Lexus RX 350; but its price will obviously limit who can even consider picking one up, and the size of the vehicle for the money you're spending may push some away. In the $40K to $50K range, there are plenty of larger vehicles available, so be certain this is the right size and model for you before taking the plunge. And it's worth checking out the competition from luxury competitors like Acura and Infiniti, who also have quality offerings in this segment. Matt Myfitu can be reached at email@example.com, or on Twitter @MattMyftiu.


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National League Fantasy, and Closers
Promised a few National League notes for anybody still drafting, as soon as my league was set, and here they are (the American League auctions next Sunday, so I doubt that will be of any use to anybody, but I'll try to put in some abridged notes then, too).
k (mine), my offense rounding out nicely, but my bullpen – in a Saves and Holds league – empty except for Broxton. And I pick… Edgar Renteria. I do not know what I was thinking.
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My moment came in the 11th round of my mixed league draft. I needed some pop or some pitching, and I had Brian McCann already drafted behind the plate. So, of course, I draft Matt Wieters for my bench. A guy who may not get called up until June. But I had to have him, I guess.
Kuo would probably be the other option for LA closer if Broxton folds or gets hurt. He's got amazing stuff, but only if his arm stays attached to his body.
Hey Keith,
Nice closer break down. Chasing Saves has got to be one of the cruelest parts of roto, but boy what a delight when you land that Yhency Brazoban or Derrick Turnbow!? I remember getting Smoltz as a throw-in as part of a 3-3 deal last year, and when he finally came back, I was ready to claim victory in that deal! Oops! Oh well, I went on to win the league anyway.
Btw, I heard Chris Iannetta is starting to wilt under the pressure of Sal Fasano and is quietly asking for a trade. 😛
-Johnny Archive
Give Cordero some time – he's still recovering from ankle surgery. I wouldn't recommend dropping him for a few weeks.
The Reds had the third best bullpen ERA in the NL last year and bring back the same pen, minus Affeldt plus Rhodes, the latter who threw well this spring. Even if Cordero falters, it is not the end of the world – there are plenty of young arms to take over, though Weathers would probably get the nod first, and while that's not ideal and while he'll give you a heart attack before game's end, the truth is he is a pretty effective closer when that is his role. Jared Burton is a closer in the making – any serious fantasy league should pick him up. Down on the farm, the Reds have guys like Jeremy Roenicke and Pedro Viola who could take spots in the pen should Cordero find his way to the DL.
Just some names to watch out for.
I have to agree with you on this one, regarding the Cubbies.
After Gregg blew one game in Houston and nearly blew that Milwaukee game on Sunday night. (Thank you, Reed Johnson and Milwaukee pitching for giving the Cubs that one). Lou should put in Marmol sooner than later in that closer spot. Anyway, I love the show, sorry for the long post. Deepest sympathies on your mother. I'm an aspiring broadcaster for many of the same reasons as you: I'd be horrible if I ever picked up a bat, but my brain is fine-tuned, filled with useless baseball factoids.
The Phillies' Opening Day uni's were pikers compared to McGraw's Giants uni's in 1906 — In place of "GIANTS" their uni tops boasted "World Series Champions." Today's team ain't got no style.
I am sorry for your loss.
Thank you for Countdown and your humor.
On the Curse of the Billy Goat:
Sam Sianis was the owner of The Billy Goat Tavern–Yes, THAT Billy Goat Tavern made famous by Belushi and his pals at SNL.
The Goat had its own ticket to the games and did attend a game at the World Series. However, even back then there were non-regulars attending big games and the Goat did what goats do and the sight and smell made the patrons upset so the Goat was evicted along with Sam. Sam was denied entry to the next game–and thus, the Curse.
Curse with animals are legendary and the Cubs have tried to exorcize the curse time and again.
They even had Sam's nephew bring a new goat to the park one day where it apparently made a deposit in the bullpen. This reportedly unnerved a certain already unstable and untalented pitcher who was bombed yet again–an occurance that was definately only once attributable to a goat. He, himself turned into a goat–
And–as a further explanation as to why my favorite team has not been in the World Series since 1945–they brought that goat/pitcher back for a second tour of duty with the team–He finally retired–when as no one else wanted him.


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Voting is the most basic principle of democracy.
Yet, very few people exercise their right to vote. A lot of it is indifference, but some of it is the obstacles we place in front of people to be able to vote.
So, we were pleased to see both chambers of the Illinois Legislature pass a bill before last month's session ended that would offer fewer restrictions for casting a ballot this November. It awaits Gov. Pat Quinn's signature. He is expected to sign HB105 into law.
A cynic would suggest these reforms are nothing more than an attempt by Democrats to bring people more likely to vote Democratic to the polls. There's probably some truth to that, but what's wrong with getting more people involved in the process? And what's stopping them from voting Republican?
This law would allow Election Day registration, and would extend the early voting period by a day to the Sunday before the election. It also would let Illinois' public universities set up a campus location for in-person absentee voting on Election Day. We support all of these actions. We're wary of another provision that removes the photo identification requirement for in-person early voting, but are open to testing it as long as officials watch out for potential voter fraud and an evaluation is done after the November election.
Ten states and Washington, D.C., already allow same-day voter registration, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Sponsors of Illinois' bill said they'd seek to expand the law beyond November if things went smoothly.
This legislation follows allowing 17-year-olds to vote in last March's primary if they were going to turn 18 before the November general election.
We have an open mind when it comes to removing obstacles from allowing people to vote. We favor these changes for November's election. If all goes well, we hope Illinois lawmakers consider making these changes permanent.
It would be nice if our elected officials spent less time making everything a partisan issue and more time doing what's right for Illinois residents and democracy. This arguing over rules allowed to help more people vote is just the latest example.


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Hugin Trackers
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- 2 Launchpad Account
- 3 Placing a Ticket
Since November 22, 2010 bugs, feature requests and patches for Hugin are tracked in Launchpad, the official tools to communicate bugs, feature requests, and proposed changes to the developers. While bug reports, feature requests, and patches are always welcome over any channel, the Launchpad tracker is the only tools that make sure they will not be forgotten / hidden in the past archives. All users are encouraged to make use of Launchpad. In the following text I explain the basic usage and set some policies with regard to Hugin.
Moreover, discussion of tracker tickets is welcome on the Mailing List (ML). This includes (non-exhaustive list):
- requests to test bugs and patches
- requests for opinions on ways to fix bugs and implement new features
- enlarging the base of interested user / tester to encompass a variety of platforms
- insuring follow up on anonymous tickets
Launchpad Account
Launchpad tickets can be viewed anonymously but to interact with the tracker you will need to register an account. It is a straight forward process. Once registered you can:
- submit a new ticket
- comment on existing tickets
- vote on tickets
Moreover, if you are a power user and want to help triage and prioritize tickets; help users solve their problems; help developers with testing and observations; join the Hugin Bug Hunters team.
OpenPGP key
An OpenPGP key is not mandatory for general use, but it makes life easy.
You will need an OpenPGP key to
- use the (faster and more comfortable) email interface to the tracker
- sign the Code of Conduct and get access to advanced Launchpad features such as a personal PPA.
- sign software uploaded to the repository.
Generate Your Key (Linux/BSD/Mac)
Start a command line and type:
gpg --cert-digest-algo=SHA256 --default-preference-list="h10 h8 h9 h11 s9 s8 s7 s3 z2 z3 z1 z0" --gen-key
At the prompt
- Confirm the type of key you want to create (RSA)
- Give the key a validity. Recommended setting two years so that if you loose your key or password it will be purged from the system
- Real Name: enter your real name
- Email: enter your email address
Read/copy the last 8 digits (e.g. 637572E4) from the key fingerprint and add them to ~/.bashrc
echo "export GPGKEY=637572E4" >> ~/.bashrc
Then restart the terminal session.
Upload the key to the Ubuntu key server and output the key's fingerprint
gpg --send-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com $GPGKEY gpg --fingerprint $GPGKEY
Log on to your launchpad page https://launchpad.net/~<USER>/+editpgpkeys and paste the fingerprint. Hit import key. A message encrypted with your key (637572E4) will be sent to you. Read your email.
Generate Your Key (Windows)
Can somebody with a Windows box document the equivalent PuTTY commands?
Sign the Ubuntu Code of Conduct
Read and sign the Ubuntu Code of Conduct. This will grant you privileges such as creating your own PPA and uploading source packages for build and distribution.
wget https://launchpad.net/codeofconduct/1.1/+download mv +download code.txt gpg -u $GPGKEY --clearsign code.txt cat code.txt.asc
Copy the resulting text and paste it into https://launchpad.net/codeofconduct/1.1/+sign
Claim an Imported SourceForge Account
If you used the older trackers on SourceForge, chances are there is already something from you in Launchpad. Use the following procedure to claim it as being yours:
- Make sure your SF account is in good standing and that you are receiving emails at it.
- Log on to the Hugin bug tracker.
- Find a ticket or comment that you filed in the old tracker. Unfortunately entering your old user handle in the simple search field form does not work. Maybe using the advanced search reporter field, however note that SF users are not LP users, so don't count on it to work.
- On the ticket page you should see your SF user name, clickable. Click on it.
- A standard page will display, saying that the user does not use LP and that the page was created when importing bugs for Hugin. There is a link on the page asking if you are the user. Hit the link.
- You will land on a pre-filled Merge LP accounts form. Hit the Continue button.
- An email message will be sent to the email address associated with the old account. Open that email and click on the link.
- You will land on a confirmation form. click Confirm.
- If everything completed successfully you will land on your LP account page with a confirmation of the successful merge.
Placing a Ticket
Feature Request
Do you have an idea for a feature that Hugin does not have yet? You don't have the time/skill for coding? You can at least contribute the idea and some analysis. Discussions on the mailing list are OK but tend to get lost in time. If you want to make sure that your idea is remember, enter it into the tracker. The more analysis and description of the feature, the better. Make a case for it, show why it would be an advantage. The feature may be picked up by a skilled developer, or it could also become a Google Summer of Code or otherwise sponsored project.
Bug Report
All users are encouraged to report bugs. Please help us improve the quality of the bug reports and the information available to the developers by following these guidelines:
Your System
We need to know as much as possible about your system. Which version? What processor? How much memory? How much disk space is available, particularly temporary space? Are all updates recommended by the system's distributor applied? Have you customized the system? added/replaced libraries?
If you have access to a second system, please validate the bug before reporting it.
Recent version of Hugin have system information in the About menu. Copy and paste it.
The Sofware
We also need to know as much as possible about the software used. Which version of Hugin? Where did you install it from? Did you compile Hugin yourself? An easy way to identify your version of Hugin is to look up the About Hugin dialog (Menu Help -> About Hugin) and report the whole version string.
Hugin depends on third party libraries and tools such as libpano and enblend/enfuse. Unless you have downloaded a Windows installer or a Mac bundle (that are self-contained), we'd need to know the same information for the dependencies. Where and when did you install them from?
The Application
Often times the nature of your project, particularly the images, will help understand the bug. How many images? What format? Do they have EXIF data? What camera make/model? Is it HDR? Providing the .pto file (can be attached) is a valuable input to the analysis process. If you have access to web-space, providing the full test case including images (in JPG format and/or resized to reduce storage/bandwidth need) can also help.
The Bug
What are the steps that need to be undertaken to reproduce the bug? Does it happen consistently all the times, or only sporadically? what is the expected application behavior and how does it differ from the observed application behavior?
Bug Triage
Power users can triage tickets by reading them, understanding, validating and editing their settings such as priority and status.
- Log on to the tracker
- Start with the oldest bug that has not been triaged yet (status is New and it is not the result of a status reset).
- Read the ticket and make sure you fully understand it. When in doubt, leave it for more experienced users to triage or ask on the ML.
- If you determine that the ticket is a duplicate, mark it as such and close it. You will need to enter the ticket number of the other ticket.
- There are frequently appearing error messages such as "precondition violation", "false --compression", "Mask is entirely black but white image was not identified as redundant", etc... that need entries in the hugin FAQ - Duplicates should be closed with a link to the FAQ. If applicable, update the FAQ.
- Tag the bug liberally and assign status and importance-
- Add clarifying questions to the bug ticket if applicable. In doing so, compare the currently available information against the requested information listed above in "Reporting a Bug" and the specifics of the report.
- When in doubt, ask on the ML.
Bug Validation
Every user can validate a bug against their system / software and add a comment to validate the bug. We encourage all users to do so. The more validation information we have, the better. We need to narrow down whether a bug applies to a specific operating system or across the board. And it is also very useful to know if a bug applies to a specific context or if it applies also in different contexts.
- To validate a specific bug, simply try to reproduce it by following the instructions described in the ticket.
- Add a comment to the ticket reporting your observation.
- Were you able to reproduce the bug?
- It is important to add context to your validation: what operating system? what version of Hugin?
Bug Fixing and Testing
Everybody is encouraged to provide fixes and patches to correct bugs. Only developers can add them to the repository. Write access to the repository will be liberally given to users who need it.
- when a developer fixed a bug, he can ask the ML for testing.
- a fix tested on the developers system only can be set to Pending status.
- when at least one user validates a fix on a different system and there are no reports that the fix does not work, the bug report can be closed.
Triaging Policy
- The more complete a bug report, the more attention it is likely to get.
- Members of the Hugin Bug Hunter team can set the importance of a bug.
- You can indicate that a bug is important to you by hitting the "affect me too" button.
Ticket Assignement
- The tracker enables the assignment of a ticket to a person. It is considered rude to assign a ticket to somebody else without their prior consent. Developers sometimes assign a ticket to themselves to signal they are working on it, but we do not use this feature too often.
- The tracker allows the subscription of somebody else to a ticket. You can do so once if you think a person should be aware of a ticket. Then add a note to that ticket and the person concerned will receive it in her mail. But if the person decides otherwise and unsubscribes from the ticket, please respect it.


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BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, February 20, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- During a two-day visit to Burundi (21-22/02), EU Commissioner for Development Andris Piebalgs will announce an €18 million new project on food security for the benefit of around 20,000 households and to treat 80,000 undernourished children in the country. He will also launch a second project, worth €50 million, to provide access to sustainable energy for a million of Burundi's citizens, particularly for those living in rural areas.
Commissioner Piebalgs said: "We cannot forget about the biggest scourge of our times – child hunger. In Burundi, the current level of chronic malnutrition rate of 58% of children under 5 is one of the highest in more than two decades. EU aid is an important instrument to achieve a hunger-free world and I am determined to help families and children in Burundi, so that they also can have a chance for more decent life".
The food security project, called PROPA-O, is part of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Initiative - set up to help those countries who are especially off-track with the MDGs, or reward those who are making particular progress in meeting them. The initiative will aim to improve access to quality agricultural products such as seeds and fertilisers and by helping farmers to access markets (through improved storage, transformation and collection processes).
Another focus of Commissioner's visit will be energy. In Burundi, only 3,5% of people have access to electricity. Lack of access to energy remains a major brake to further development of the country. As Commissioner Piebalgs explained: "There can be no development without energy and, unfortunately, the energy situation in Burundi remains one of the worst in the world, with daily power cuts being experienced by most people." The new initiative (€50 million) could include rural electrification, small and medium hydro projects and measures related to energy infrastructure. The project will also bring the Commission one step closer to delivering on its pledge to provide energy access for 500 million people by 2030 which was made within UN-led Sustainable Energy for All Initiative.
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In addition to the meeting with President Nkurunziza, Commissioner Piebalgs will also meet Vice-President Gervais Rufyikiri, Minister of Finance and Planning Tabu Abdallah Manirakiza, Minister for Health and Minister for Agriculture. He will also meet the UN Special Representative for Burundi, as well as representatives of various international organisations such as UNDP, the World Bank, the African Development Bank and the International Monetary Fund. He will also hold a meeting with civil society organisations. During all these meetings, Commissioner will insist on the need for the country to accelerate the agenda of reforms and to follow up on commitments that the Government has taken during the International Conference of Geneva in October 2012. Commissioner Piebalgs declared: "While recognising that a number of reforms are on the right path, we must encourage our Burundese friends to move forward and to accelerate the reforms that will ensure sustainable development of the country. The 2015 elections are an important rendez-vous that cannot be missed. The EU will remain an important partner for Burundi to face all those challenges". Finally, Commissioner Piebalgs will also visit a series of EU-funded development projects to evaluate their implementation, in the area of governance, health and food security.
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Using a commonly-used open source license, Microsoft on Tuesday released source code for a virtualization technology it developed that is meant to make websites safer from attack. At least, that's the hope.
The technology, named Web Sandbox, is designed to isolate the different parts of a Web page from each other via virtualization, thus enhancing security. Additionally, it will work with most browsers not just Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT).
Web Sandbox, a project of Microsoft's Live Labs, was released this week under the Apache License 2.0 license, although the company was careful to point out that the project is not sanctioned or sponsored by the Apache Software Foundation.
Microsoft released a community technology preview of Web Sandbox at its Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in Los Angeles in late October. However, more visible projects for instance, Windows 7 and Windows Azure got much more attention at the PDC. Web Sandbox was lost in the roar.
That doesn't mean that it's not important, however. "There's a need for more Web standards and interoperability [driven by] the fact that things like cross-site scripting attacks are becoming more common," Ray Valdes, vice president of Web services at Gartner, told InternetNews.com.
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Although Microsoft is urging developers to put the Web Sandbox through its paces and try to break through its security, officials are not recommending that anyone build production Web sites with it yet. It's still under development.
Still, Microsoft is pushing to get Web developers to try to break Web Sandbox's code in order to strengthen its protection.
That, says Gartner's Valdez, is laudable but not a big deal. "It can help the cause, so to speak, but I don't think it represents a major strategy shift for Microsoft," he added.
Microsoft started up Live Labs almost exactly three years ago as a move "to enable rapid innovations of Internet technologies," according to the organization's charter.
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- She had just picked up her motorcycle from winter storage
- She was an avid fan of Jon Stewart and the Cleveland Indians
- She worked at Ms. for 20 years
- In later years, she was an editor at Women's Media Center
Journalist Mary Thom, a prominent feminist who was an editor of Ms. magazine in its early years, has died. She was 68.
Thom was killed Friday when she crashed her motorcycle on a highway in Yonkers, New York.
She helped found Ms., an influential feminist magazine, and served as an editor there for 20 years.
After leaving in 1992, she worked as editor in chief of the features section of the non-profit Women's Media Center, which works to raise women's visibility in the media.
"Mary was and will always be our moral compass and steady heart," said the center's co-founders Robin Morgan, Gloria Steinem and Jane Fonda in a statement.
"Wherever her friends and colleagues gather, we will always ask the guiding question: What would Mary do?"
Thom had picked up her 1996 Honda Magna 750 from winter storage when she veered into traffic upon entering a highway in Yonkers, north of New York City.
She struck a vehicle and was struck by another, according to her nephew Thom Loubet.
The nephew's account was conveyed to CNN by Women's Media Center spokeswoman Cristal Chancellor.
The Westchester County police said it could not make the incident report available until later Sunday.
Born in Akron, Ohio, Thom spent all but 20 years of her life in Manhattan. As a result, her interests straddled the two.
She was an avid fan of comedian Jon Stewart, and she rooted for the Cleveland Indians.
In addition to her work with the magazine and the Women's Media Center, she consulted for several nonprofit women's organizations, including the National Council for Research on Women.
Among the books she authored was one on the history of Ms. Among those she edited was a history of feminist leader Bella Abzug.
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Thom leaves behind her nephew, her sister Susan Thom Loubet, her niece-in-law Mariko Silver, and her grand-niece Kumi Silver Loubet.
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