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Obama to Air Force Academy graduates: U.S. is 'stronger, safer and more respected in the world'
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- President Barack Obama declared Wednesday the world has a "new feeling about America" and more respect for its leadership, weaving re-election themes into a commencement speech to jubilant graduates of the U.S. Air Force Academy.
Photos: President Obama at Air Force Academy graduation 2012 taken by the Denver Post
"We can say with confidence and pride: The United States is stronger, safer and more respected in the world," Obama told more than 1,000 graduates, dressed in their blue dress coats and yellow sashes for a ceremony in the Air Force football stadium.
In characterizing the changes under his watch, Obama used a speech before a military audience to make it clear that he thinks "American is exceptional" -- a counterargument to Republican Mitt Romney, his rival for the White House, who has challenged Obama's belief in America.
And Obama had other unmistakable rebuttals to Romney in the graduation speech, delivered hours before he shifted toward political fundraising out West.
Obama said the United States "led from the front" in an international military campaign in Libya, countering a Romney assertion that the president has led from behind in world affairs. And Obama insisted the U.S. will maintain is military superiority in the world, amid Romney's charges Obama is poised to weaken U.S. defenses.
Obama told the cadets that they are the first class in nearly a decade to graduate into a world that has no Osama bin Laden, no war in Iraq and no questions about when the war in Afghanistan will end.
The president said a disappearing "dark cloud of war" will mean a less strained and better prepared military, and more use of other U.S. power -- diplomatic, economic and humanitarian.
"Even as we've done the work of ending these wars, we've laid the foundation for a new era of American leadership," Obama said. "And now, cadets, we have to build on it. Let's start by putting aside the tired notion that says our influence has waned, that America is in decline. We've heard that talk before."
The president spoke in Colorado just as Romney was across the street from the White House, delivering a speech at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in which he condemned Obama's record on education. Obama also reiterated the economic themes of his campaign, spelling out a vision of debt reduction with targeted spending.
Obama was keeping up a presidential tradition of speaking to one of the service academies every year at graduation time. His speech followed a diplomatic flurry in which he hosted the NATO summit in Chicago, where allies cemented an exit strategy for the Afghanistan war, and the G-8 summit at Camp David in Maryland.
"There's a new feeling about America," Obama said. "I see it everywhere I go, from London and Prague, to Tokyo and Seoul, to Rio and Jakarta," Obama said. "There's a new confidence in our leadership."
NATO allies this week affirmed that the war in Afghanistan will halt at the end of 2014. The final U.S. troops left Iraq at the end of last year.
Since 2009, Obama has delivered commencement addresses at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. Obama's commencement speech in Colorado was his last of the 2012 spring season.
Following his speech, the president was headed to fundraisers in Denver and California's Silicon Valley.


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JUBA, South Sudan - Anti-government rebels in South Sudan took control of nearly all of a strategic city on Tuesday even as officials announced that representatives from the government and the rebels agreed to hold talks for the first time.
The announcement that talks would soon take place in neighboring Ethiopia was the first political breakthrough since ethnically-based violence began coursing through South Sudan late on Dec. 15. The violence has killed more than 1,000 people - a number that is believed to be a low estimate - and has seen the country's two most powerful ethnic groups fight each other.
The United States envoy to the region, Donald Booth, met with President Salva Kiir on Tuesday - their fourth meeting in eight days - and spoke on the phone with the former vice president, Riek Machar, who is accused by the government of having tried to carry out a coup, a charge he denies.
Booth told reporters in Juba that the commitment to meet by the two sides was a "first step but very important step" toward achieving a cessation of hostilities and substantive talks to resolve the underlying political issues that could bring a halt to the violence.
Earlier in the day, heavy fighting erupted in Bor, the contested provincial capital of Jonglei state, which is a short drive from the capital, Juba. Government troops battled renegade forces loyal to Machar including the Nuer tribal militia known as the "White Army," said military spokesman Col. Philip Aguer.
South Sudan's government had been warning of a looming battle for Bor, at one point saying 25,000 armed youths were moving toward the city. That number was later lowered but enough forces converged Tuesday to take control of most or all of the city, said a senior U.S. official who insisted on anonymity.
Bor is the town where gunfire hit three United States military aircraft trying to evacuate American citizens on Dec. 21, wounding four U.S. service members. A pro-Machar commander who defected from South Sudan's military, Peter Gadet, mobilized "elements of the White Army" in a bid to retake the town, according to Aguer. The White Army is so named because of the ash fighters put on their body to protect themselves from insects.
The recapturing of Bor, which is only about 120 kilometers (75 miles) from South Sudan's capital, Juba, could give Machar an upper hand at the negotiating table. But international officials urged Machar not to move his troops past Bor toward the capital, Juba, said an international official who insisted on anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak to the press.
On Monday Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni warned Machar to report to the negotiating table, or "we shall have to go for him, all of us." Ugandan troops and several of their attack helicopters are already in South Sudan assisting the military, and international officials do not want to see more countries become involved in the warfare. Because of its long years fighting in Somalia, Uganda has perhaps the most seasoned military in East Africa.
Machar appears to be sending representatives to the negotiating table even though one of his earlier demands - that about a dozen high-level political prisoners being held by the government be released - has not yet been met. Machar has not repeated his demand in recent days that Kiir step down as president, the senior U.S. official said.
South Sudan has been hit by unrest since Dec. 15, when fighting among presidential guards later spiraled into ethnically-based violence across the country. Although an uneasy calm has been restored in the capital, Juba, violence persists in other parts of the oil-producing East African country. Rebel forces still control the oil-producing center of Bentiu, said army spokesman Aguer.
Regional leaders under a bloc known as IGAD last week set Tuesday as the deadline for Kiir and Machar to start peace talks.
Although Kiir insists the latest unrest was sparked by a coup mounted by soldiers loyal to Machar on Dec. 15, this account has been disputed by some officials of the ruling party who say violence broke out when presidential guards from Kiir's majority Dinka tribe tried to disarm guards from the Nuer ethnic group of Machar.
The U.N. mission in South Sudan said in a statement Tuesday that it was "gravely concerned about mounting evidence of gross violations of international human rights law" across South Sudan since mid-December. "Extra-judicial killings of civilians and captured soldiers have occurred in various parts of the country, as evidenced by the discovery of large numbers of bodies in Juba, as well as the Upper Nile and Jonglei state capitals of Malakal and Bor, respectively," the statement said.
South Sudan has been plagued by ethnic tension and a power struggle within the ruling party that escalated after Kiir sacked Machar as his deputy earlier this year. Machar has criticized Kiir as a dictator and says he will contest the 2015 presidential election.
The United Nations, South Sudan's government and other analysts say the dispute is political at its heart, but has since taken on ethnic dimensions. The fighting has displaced up to 180,000, according to the U.N.
Associated Press reporters Rodney Muhumuza in Kampala, Uganda, and Elias Meseret in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, contributed to this report.

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Dammit, I'm posting this at 4 A.M. in the morning @.@
I'll try to be back from time to time, but I think that for now it is best if I try to stay away from distractions as much as possible. I don't know if I'll be able to write for FC too, but I'll try to keep up just in case.
I'll be around on twitter, hopefully if you need me. Take care, guys.
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Consider the Schrödinger operator $H_\hbar = -\hbar^2\Delta + V$ on $M=\mathbb{R}^n$, where $V$ is a potential that behaves well in a certain sense ($C^\infty$, bounded from below, going to infinity for large $|x|$, ...).
In the case $V = x^2$, $n=1$, the eigenfunctions are $\psi_n(x/\sqrt{\hbar})$ where the $\psi_n$ are hermite functions, and the corresponding eigenvalues are $\hbar(2n+1)$.
My question is: Is it a well-known theorem, that in the semiclassical limit $\hbar \rightarrow 0$, the eigenvalues tend to the minimum or minima of $V$ and the corresponding eigenvectors behave asymptotically like delta peaks? Can you give me references?
What about if M is a (possibly compact) riemannian manifold and $\Delta$ the Laplace-Beltrami operator?


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Power Up
This story appears in the March 1997 issue of Business Start-Ups magazine. Subscribe »
What do 15 of the nation's top motivational speakers and authors have in common? Author Michael Jeffreys found out when he interviewed Brian Tracy, Les Brown, Roger Dawson, Mark Victor Hansen and Jack Canfield, Dr. Wayne Dyer and others for his book Success Secrets of the Motivational Superstars (Prima Publishing). Here, Jeffreys shares the eight key secrets he learned from the motivational superstars.
My purpose in writing Success Secrets of the Motivational Superstars was to share with readers how successful people think and uncover what drives them. If you truly understand their belief systems, their levels of commitment, and their confident and positive attitudes toward life--and if you integrate these ways of thinking into your own belief system--you will be able to succeed at anything you put your mind to.
Success Secret #1:
Take 100 percent responsibility for your life.
In a society where people blame everything from their parents to the government for their failure to get ahead in life, these men and women refused to buy into the mentality that says "I could succeed if only it weren't for _____."
They realized that when you say someone or something outside of yourself is preventing you from succeeding, you're giving away your power to that someone or something. You're saying, "You have more control over my life than I do!"
Successful people don't buy into this victim thinking. Rather, their personal credo is "If it's to be, it's up to me!"
Consider Les Brown. Abandoned by his parents at birth and
labeled "educable mentally retarded" by his
schoolteachers, he had every reason for giving up on himself and
his dreams. But when a high school teacher told him "Someone
else's opinion of you does not have to become your
reality," Brown realized in that moment that his future lay in
his own hands. He went on to become a state legislator and
author, and today earns $20,000 per hour as one of America's top motivational speakers.
What Brown understood was that there are certain things in life you can't control, such as nature, the past and other people. But there are things you absolutely can control, such as your thoughts and your actions. Taking 100 percent responsibility for your life is one of the most empowering things you can do for yourself.
Success Secret #2:
Live your life "on purpose."
Perhaps what separates these motivational superstars from others more than anything else is that they live their lives "on purpose." That is, they are doing what they believe they were put here to do. These speakers will tell you that the time they feel most alive is when they are on stage, connecting with an audience. Says Wayne Dyer, "Having a sense of purpose in your life is the most important element of becoming a fully functioning person!"
The difference between living your life on purpose and not living it on purpose is like night and day. The latter consists of simply getting through the week with the least amount of problems while expending just enough effort to get by.
But, when you live your life on purpose, your main concern is doing the job right. You love what you do--and it shows. Your conviction is as evident as it is persuasive. And you will find that people want to do business with you because they sense your commitment to giving your all.
How do you live your life on purpose? By finding a cause you believe in and creating a business around it. For example, Mike Ferry, who was once a top salesperson selling audiotape programs, believed realtors needed help developing sales skills. So he started The Mike Ferry Organization, a seminar and training company for the real estate industry. Today, he earns more than $10 million a year from seminar and product sales. Like Ferry, once you get your life on purpose and focus on providing value for others, the money will take care of itself.
Success Secret #3:
Be willing to pay the price for your dreams.
Wanting a big house, a luxury car or a million dollars in the bank is all very nice, but the problem is, practically everyone wants these things. The question is, Are you willing to pay the price to get them?
This is one of the major differences between the successful and the unsuccessful. Successful men and women find out what it's going to cost to make their dream come true; then they find a way to make it happen. Most important, they don't complain about the work it takes to achieve their dreams.
Les Brown has a callus on his left ear. Why? "When I decided to get into speaking, I had no credentials, no reputation, no credibility and no experience. So I had to call a lot of people," Brown explains. "I called over a hundred people a day, day in and day out, to ask for an opportunity to speak to their group. This callus is worth several million dollars!"
You can get practically anything you want in life--if you are willing to pay the price.
Success Secret #4:
Stay focused.
Every day, we are bombarded with hundreds of tasks, messages and people all competing for our time. This is why the ability to focus on your goal is so critical to achieving it. Focusing requires giving up some things in the present because you know the time invested will pay off big-time down the road.
When Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen compiled their first Chicken Soup for the Soul book, they were turned down by 30 publishers. But instead of giving up, they stayed focused on their goal. "We did three to four radio or newspaper or magazine interviews a day, five days a week, for a whole year," Canfield recalls. In every interview, they talked about why the country needed this book now more than ever.
Eventually, a small publisher called Health Communications Inc. decided to take a chance and publish the book. It not only became a number-one bestseller but also hatched an entire series of Chicken Soup books that have sold more than 10 million copies! That's the power staying focused on your goal can give you.
Spend as much of your day as you can focusing on achieving your goals and dreams. Every day, ask yourself, "Is what I'm doing right now bringing me closer to my goal?" If it's not, do something that will. Focusing is like any habit; the more you do it, the easier it gets.
Success Secret #5:
Become an expert in your field.
One striking factor about all 15 motivational speakers I interviewed is how seriously they take their profession. Their drive to be the best at what they do is phenomenal. They'll do almost anything if they think it will help improve their speaking skills.
For example, Patricia Fripp, who speaks to Fortune 500 executives on how to become more successful, took a comedy workshop and hired a private speech coach because she wanted to improve her speaking ability. Fripp did this after she had already been named "One of the Ten Most Electrifying Speakers in North America" by Meetings & Conventions magazine. To Fripp, being one of the best simply wasn't good enough; she wanted to be the best she could be.
If someone followed you around at your business all day with a video camera to make a how-to tape for people who want to do what you do, would it be a tape you'd be proud of . . . or embarrassed about? If the latter, make the decision today to work toward being the best in your field. How? By studying the experts. The quickest way to become successful is to find out what the best are doing, then do what they do.
Success Secret #6:
Write out a plan for achieving your goals.
Taking the time to write out an action plan, or map, for how you're going to achieve your goals is one of the best ways to get there faster. Brian Tracy, one of America's most successful business sales trainers and speakers, points out, "Goals that are not in writing are not goals at all. They are merely wishes or fantasies."
Most people try to reach their goals without taking the time to write out an action plan. This is like trying to drive from Los Angeles to Denver without a map. Forget the fact that your odds of reaching your destination are extremely slim. The frustration and wasted time, energy and money will probably cause you to give up long before you get to the Rockies. With a map in hand, however, you'll not only enjoy the trip much more, but you're also virtually assured of arriving at your destination in the shortest time possible.
Success Secret #7:
Never give up.
It may sound simple, even obvious, but when you're truly committed to achieving your goal, giving up isn't even an option. You must be willing to do whatever it takes to make it happen.
In the mid-1970s, Wayne Dyer quit his job as a professor at Wayne State University to promote his new book, Your Erroneous Zones. However, no major talk show would book the then unknown Dyer. Did he give up? Not on your life. He loaded his car from floor to roof with hundreds of copies of his book, and then spent a year on the road traveling from small town to small town and appearing on any radio or TV talk show that would have him.
Once on the air, Dyer would give out the number of the local bookstore and say that his book was available there. After the interview, he'd quickly drive over to that bookstore, where the manager would say, "Oh, you're Wayne Dyer? We've been getting lots of calls for your book!" Dyer would reply, "Well, I have a case in the car--would you like some?" "Oh, yes! And would you sign some while you're here?"
By the end of the year, The Tonight Show was calling him. And by the end of the 1970s, Your Erroneous Zones had become the number-one bestselling nonfiction book of the entire decade. This is what the power of perseverance can do for you.
Success Secret #8:
Don't delay.
In his book Live Your Dreams (Avon Books), Les Brown recalls talking on the phone one day with a friend named Marion. The very next day, Marion's husband called to tell Brown she had died.
A few days later, Les was helping the husband clean out Marion's office when he came across some notes for a play she had been working on. Unfortunately, the play would never be published. Marion was the only one who knew how it was supposed to end, and now she was gone.
The lesson here is that Marion didn't know how much time she had left to accomplish her dreams, and neither do you or I. We must remember that we don't have forever. The clock is ticking, there are no time-outs, and sooner or later your number is going to be called. Top achievers know this, but rather than seeing it as something negative or depressing, they use it to spur them on to go after what they want as energetically and as passionately as possible.
Contact Sources
Wayne Dyer, 1905 N. Atlantic Blvd., #17C, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33305;
Patricia Fripp, c/o A Speaker for All Reasons, (800) 634-3035, firstname.lastname@example.com;
The Mike Ferry Organization, 177 Riverside Dr., Ste. F, Newport Beach, CA 92663, (800) 448-8423;
Brian Tracy International, 462 Stevens Ave., #202, Solana Beach, CA 92075, (619) 481-2977;
Les Brown Enterprises, 13615 Glencliff Wy., San Diego, CA 92130, (800) 733-4226;
Jack Canfield, c/o The Canfield Group, P.O. Box 30880, Santa Barbara, CA 93130, (800) 237-8336.
Michael Jeffreys is a Los Angeles-based author of Success Secrets of the Motivational Superstars (Prima Publishing)


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"A tawdry text message correspondence between a Florida psychologist and a female patient he treated (and had sex with) helped lead to the doctor's emergency suspension last month." Well, yes. So one would hope. Oh, but it gets much worse:
It's hard to know which is the worst part of this sordid tale, currently being investigated by the Florida state Department of Health and detailed by The Smoking Gun. So we'll just give you a few of the most damning lowlights:
-The patient, identified in court papers only as "HF," had consulted the less-than-good doctor, Daniel Lerom, because of marital problems.
-Lerom attempted to file claims with HF's insurance company for more than $1400 for what he termed "specialty consults." During the 60-minute "consults," the two were having sex.
-The doc allegedly begged prescription meds like Vicodin from HF for "back pain." And at least once, stole them from her.
-Oh, and in case this wasn't bad enough, he had the literary skills of an illiterate 8th grader who's heavily influenced by the oeuvres of both Tiger Woods and Mark Sanford. Exhibit A: "U r soooo hot!! I worry that I m holding u back from a younger stud who can really meet ur need!! lol!" And: "wish uwere here in the shower with me to warm me up!!! Your RHL!!!" "RHL," to the uninitiated, stands for "Red Hot Lover."
All this would be funnier if the woman in question had not, as the report details, been suffering from depression and anxiety for the past six years, and been hospitalized after Lerom's wife discovered the affair - giving the whole thing tragic and deeply disturbing overtones. Now, she's charged Lerom with malpractice and negligence; fraud, one presumes, is in there somewhere. So: depressing all around. (Although, in all fairness, those texts remain risible. And what's it going to take for middle-aged men to stop adding undignified absurdity to injury? Sexting isn't a midlife crisis: it's Big. Maybe even Big: The Musical.)
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Shrapit Tapoo – A businessman wants to build a resort on a distantg island that is said to be cursed, despite being warned. Meanwhile, a young couple on their way to the same island mysteriously disappear.Watch as K.D. solves the frightening mystery of this wicked, cursed island.
" Adalat is a show – Promoolving around KD Pathak, a suave, sophisticated, witty and yet unconventional lawyer who is known as a 'Houdini' in circles of law because he can get his clients out of the tightest of situations. His success rate of acquittals is 100 percent. But most importantly KD stands not for his client, but for Justice.
KD has an amazing eye for detail and an insatiable thirst for knowledge. He always seems to know enough about every profession, and what he doesn't know he covers up/makes up with his smartness. A quick thinker.
KD steps into a case when all is doomed for the accused. All the doors are shut. When the prosecution has prepared a water tight open and shut case where even a blind man can tell that the accused is guilty. But no one can see the case from the angle KD does. He digs fervently for loopholes in the prosecution's case much to their frustration and thinking on his feet, he manages to turn the entire case around. Often through histrionics, magical gimmicks (since he has recently started learning magic … and uses a parallel between magic and justice… that often what we see is not all… there is something beyond it), performances, which the Judge does not approve of ! And nor does his ex-love Maya (The Prosecutor who is often at the receiving end!) – But that is KD. Unstoppable, incorrigible and completely enthralling and entertaining. It is a treat to watch him perform in court week after week, tearing the toughest of cases to shreds and helping convict an evil scheming villain, and setting a poor hapless innocent victim free!"


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Finished Basement: As this winter seems to never end, we are happy to have finished the main framing and carpentry work at the Nelson residence in Caledon. The project was late starting due to the architect and The Town of Caledon's Building Department not having the building permit ready on time. With such a large […]Read More


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'Pawn Stars' Rick Harrison on How to Spot a Fake
Think you know the difference between a real and a fake diamond? Or a true designer bag versus a knockoff? Rick Harrison, star of The History Channel's hit series "Pawn Stars" has 28 years of training in this department. He shares some tricks of the trade. Photo: "Pawn Stars."
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Theo E. Stephas 1918-2012
RUTHVEN — Funeral service for Theo E. Stephas will be held Friday, Dec. 21, at 1:30 p.m. at the United Methodist Church in Ayrshire. The Rev. Roger Maize will officiate.
Burial will be in Silver Lake Cemetery, Ayrshire. The Martin-Mattice Funeral Home in Ruthven is in charge of arrangements.
Visitation will be Thursday, Dec. 20, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Martin-Mattice Funeral Home in Ruthven.
Theo E. (Hildebrand) Stephas, daughter of Charles and Iola (Phillips) Hildebrand, was born April 19, 1918, in Rembrandt. She received her education in Rembrandt, graduating in 1936.
On Aug. 8, 1936, Theo was united in marriage to Edwin Stephas in South Sioux City, NE. Theo and Edwin farmed for many years near Ruthven.
Theo was a member of the United Methodist Church in Ayrshire. She was also a member of Farm Bureau, and Loganette Club. Theo worked at the Clay County Fair booths for many years.
Theo passed away Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012 at the Ruthven Community Care Center at the age of 94.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; two sons, Dick and Argyle Stephas; and a brother, Jack Hildebrand.
She is survived by her children, Leo (Judy) Stephas of Ruthven, Roger (Marcia) Stephas of Spencer, Keith (Linda) Stephas of Eau Claire, MI; daughter-in-law, Karen (Stephas) Olson of Yakima, WA; 11 grandchildren; 28 great grandchildren; three great, great grandchildren; and a sister, Frances Grobe of Portland, OR.
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Kuroda, Gardner lead Yankees past Rays
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. >> Hiroki Kuroda got a couple extra days between starts and it looked as if it paid off.
Kuroda pitched neatly into the seventh inning, Brett Gardner drove in two runs and the New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-2 on Sunday.
Kuroda (8-8) retired 17 straight batters after allowing consecutive one-out singles to Ben Zobrist and Matt Joyce in the first.
"I was able to physically get refreshed as well as mentally," Kuroda said through a translator.
Kuroda gave up two runs and four hits in 6 2-3 innings. After Shawn Kelley and Dellin Betances combined for 1 1-3 scoreless innings, David Robertson closed for his 33rd save.
"He had everything in his arsenal today," New York manager Joe Girardi said of Kuroda, who lasted just 4 2-3 innings in his previous start.
New York has won two in a row after losing five straight.
"We won our last two, and hopefully go home and win five or six and keep on going," Gardner said.
Jeremy Hellickson (1-2) didn't allow a hit until there were two outs in the fifth.
After a walk to Stephen Drew, Martin Prado doubled and Gardner followed with a two-run single. Jacoby Ellsbury, hitless in his previous 17 at-bats during a five-game road trip, made it 3-1 with an RBI single on New York's fourth straight hit.
"The walk to Drew really set the game the other way," Rays manager Joe Maddon said.
Hellickson made his sixth start after right elbow surgery in January. He left after the fifth.
Mark Teixeira reached 20 homers for the 11th time in his career with a solo shot in the Yankees eighth. The slugger tied Joe DiMaggio for 80th place on the all-time list with 361.
Evan Longoria had two RBIs for the Rays. He hit a run-scoring grounder in the first and drove in Joyce with a seventh-inning single that pulled Tampa Bay within 3-2.
Prado also made several strong defensive plays at second base during Kuroda's long run of consecutive outs.
Tampa Bay had its club record of holding opponents to three runs or less end at 12 consecutive games. The Rays were just 7-5 over the stretch.
"That's like mid-'60s baseball," Maddon said. "We'd like to take a little more advantage than 7-5."
Trainer's room
Yankees: Derek Jeter was the DH for the second straight game and sixth time this season. Jeter fouled a ball off his lower left leg Saturday, but Girardi said giving Jeter a break from the turf at Tropicana Field was behind the decision. ... C Brian McCann was hitless in four at-bats in his return after missing six games with a concussion.
Rays: RF Wil Myers (broken right wrist) could return this week. OF David DeJesus (broken left hand) will not play in a rehab game Monday due to hand soreness.
Kuroda's homework
Joyce is 9 for 23 with three homers off Kuroda, which is something the right-hander has taken notice of.
"If I knew what causes it, I'm sure I'd be able to get him out," Kuroda said. "That's something that I have to take home and study."
Up next
Yankees: LHP Chris Capuano (1-3) is scheduled to start against Houston LHP Brett Oberholtzer (4-8) Tuesday night.
Rays: Tampa Bay and Detroit begin a three-game series Tuesday night at Tropicana Field. Former Rays ace David Price is scheduled to face Tampa Bay for the first time Thursday.


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Original URL: https://www.theregister.com/2007/10/02/microsoft_uk_nabs_grey_market_software_vendor/
Microsoft UK cracks another head over grey software
Man slapped with a sandwich board
Posted in The Channel, 2nd October 2007 19:31 GMT
Microsoft has collared another pirate in the UK for flogging grey software on eBay. The software giant has scored £35,000 in damages against an internet trader for copyright violations and illegally importing cheap American software to Europe.
R J Campbell and his company R J Campbell Ltd, which traded as "Software Price Beater," on auction sites, admitted to selling counterfeit software and so-called "parallel importing."
Under EU law, parallel imports describe branded goods bought in one country and sold elsewhere within Europe at a cheaper price than the trademark holder intends.
The High Court ordered the company to make an initial payment of £35,000, with the stipulation that more fines would follow. The trader was also ordered to sandwich board his legal tribulations by placing an advertisement in the trade publication PC Retailer announcing the verdict. (See below)
Microsoft seems to think folks going around higher European software prices are destroying the market.
"This is a significant win by Microsoft as we continue in our efforts to reduce the sale of counterfeit software and also look to clamp down on illegal importers who are destabilizing the whole reseller ecosystem," said Michala Wardell, head of anti-piracy at Microsoft UK.
Wardell said Microsoft's piracy crackdown in the UK, dubbed "Keep IT Real," (did they pirate our slogan?) has noticed that grey software is becoming a serious issue which has a "detrimental effect" on the channel.
"It's great to see justice being brought against rogue traders like R J Campbell as Microsoft continues to protect the software industry and ensure a level playing field for the reseller community."
US $1m steal & squeal program extended
Meanwhile stateside, The Business Software Alliance is outing pirates by placing a bounty on their heads. The group announced it is extending its "Blow The Whistle" campaign which offers $1m to workers who squeal on their employers.
The BSA said the success of the program has prompted them to extend the offer to the end of the year. The program encourages individuals with detailed information about software piracy to come forward and confidentially submit a report. Since the program's inception in 2005, the group has successfully settled with hundreds of companies resulting in approximately $22m of damages paid since that time, the BSA said.
"There has been a significant increase in software piracy reports in the last few months," said Jenny Blank at BSA. "We hope that the extension of the rewards program sustains this momentum."
According to a study conducted by IDC on behalf of BSA, 21 per cent of software installed in 2006 on personal computers nationally was obtained illegally, amounting to $7.3bn in losses. ®
Campbell's court-ordered public spanking read as follows:
On 26 July 2007 Judgment was entered in the High Court in London against MR ROBERT J CAMPBELL trading as "SOFTWARE PRICE BEATER" and his company, R J CAMPBELL LIMITED, for trade mark infringement, copyright infringement and passing off. The liability arose out of a trade in unlawful parallel imports of Microsoft-branded software from the United States which were sold by Mr Campbell and his company to UK customers on the Internet and via eBay.
The High Court granted an injunction against Mr Campbell and his company and ordered them to pay Microsoft substantial legal costs. There will now be a damages inquiry or accounts of profits to decide the level of compensation Mr Campbell and his company must pay Microsoft.
The High Court also ordered Mr Campbell and his company to place, and pay for, this advertisement.


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Presley working to secure starting center-field job
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Alex Presley knows how important it is to make a good impression in his first Spring Training with the Twins, as he's competing for the starting job in center field with Aaron Hicks.
Presley, who was acquired in the trade that sent Justin Morneau to the Pirates late last season, said he's preparing himself to be the starter in center field, but isn't taking anything for granted. Hicks struggled last year as a rookie, but is still held in high regard by the organization. He had an impressive Spring Training last year, so he's still in the mix with Presley, who is out of Minor League options.
"I'm just trying to get better this spring and try to do what I need to do for the spring to be ready. I need to be ready to be the starter," Presley said. "But there are some improvements that need to be made. I'm looking to get better on certain things like stealing and stuff like that. I think we're moving in the right direction."
Presley, 28, played in 28 games with the Twins after the trade, hitting .283/.336/.363 with a homer, four doubles and a triple. But Presley, who has good speed, only stole one base in three tries and has just 20 stolen bases in 35 attempts in parts of four seasons in the big leagues.
"We got a good look at him last year," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "The kid can hit. He's got a nice short swing and stays in on lefties. But one thing we talked about with him this winter was being more aggressive on the basepaths because he has speed."
The Twins are expected to have Hall of Famer Paul Molitor work with Presley on his baserunning this spring, as Molitor was added to the coaching staff this offseason. Presley said he's looking forward to learning from Molitor; improving his baserunning is one of his main goals this season.
"I imagine he'll have some good things to say, so I'll have my ears open," Presley said. "I'll listen to anything he tells me. He's definitely a welcome addition."


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The Center for Digital Government's Cybersecurity Leadership and Innovation Awards recognize the efforts of government and education agencies to keep confidential data secure despite evolving threats.
Texas and New York City took top awards for state and local government, respectively, during this year's Cybersecurity Leadership and Innovation Awards.
The awards program — hosted by the Center for Digital Government, the research and advisory arm of Government Technology's parent company, and underwritten by McAfee — recognizes government and education agencies for their efforts in the field of cybersecurity technology services.
The award recipients, which were chosen by an evaluation committee, were recognized during an awards dinner and ceremony at the annual McAfee FOCUS conference on Tuesday, Oct. 23.
This year, five government entities and one individual were awarded for their efforts in cybersecurity. The recipients are as follows:
New York City developed an information security cloud through a partnership with McAfee nearly a year and a half ago, and since has realized costs savings of $18 million. According to Dan Srebnick, the city's chief information security officer, New York City's security cloud is fully implemented in 43 agencies and is being implemented in five additional agencies. As a result, the city now has direct visibility into 73,000 endpoints.
But cybersecurity in New York City has had its challenges, Srebnick said.
"The world is engaged in a global cyberwar," Srebnick said. "All of government including state and local are targets, and it's a very challenging environment."
But to prevent cybersecurity challenges in the future, Srebnick suggested that other city governments strive to create a "risk-aware culture" in which all levels of management are aware of risk, thus enabling better decision-making.
Texas earned the gold standard for the state government category because of its efforts to develop, in partnership with AT&T, the Security Event and Threat Analysis (SETA) services, a cloud-based platform that provides Texas state agencies with 24/7 security monitoring, security incident alerts, archival of incidents and individualized incident response plans.
"We have really focused on ensuring that their networks and traffic patterns are aligned with all the security procedures and methodologies that are established, and best practices that we set for the state," said John Hoffman, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Information Resources.
He said moving forward, Texas plans to continue improving cybersecurity within the state by expanding the SETA platform to customers, assessing their needs and expanding the state's cybersecurity program to meet their challenges.
In the collaboration category, Seattle earned top marks with its Public Regional Information Security Event Management (PRISEM) system, which was developed in 2008 through a public-private partnership of state agencies, local governments, universities, private-sector partners and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Six maritime ports will be added to the partnership in the future.
PRISEM is an online, early warning system that aggregates and analyzes real-time and cyberevent information across the Puget Sound metropolitan area.
According to Mike Hamilton, Seattle's chief information security officer, PRISEM is a centralized system for all the jurisdictions in Seattle to enter their firewall logs and intrusion detection events so that the city can look at the attack surface of the entire region.
Hamilton said Seattle is the only jurisdiction that's been able to get a platform like PRISEM to function due to general reluctance to share data. Extending cybersecurity efforts through collaboration across multiple jurisdictions can be challenging when the private sector is involved because it may not always be inclined to divulge data to government.
So what can other cities do to better prepare for cybersecurity attacks?
"Local government in general needs to get some religion around the whole cybersecurity issue because most local governments have IT staff of just a few people," Hamilton said. "And so nobody has allocated resources to do anything around information security."
For more information on the awards, visit the Center for Digital Government.
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Meridian Audio this week announced performance enhancements to several of its products, including the 808 Signature Reference Compact Disc Player, 861 Reference Digital Surround Controller and DSP7200 Digital Active Loudspeaker.
The 808 player has added improved audio quality as well as a 30-year commemorative plate. The 861 controller has improved several features, including adding the ability to manage center-channel height imaging.
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Flight Dynamics
No ESA satellite reaches its destination without the 'spacecraft navigators' – the flight dynamics experts who predict and determine trajectories, prepare orbit manoeuvres and determine satellite attitudes and pointing.
Flight dynamics experts at our ESOC operations centre work on every ESA mission, from those in very low orbits, like Swarm and CryoSat, to those exploring the depths of our Solar System, like Rosetta. They are involved from the first steps of a mission's concept to the last command sent.
What we do
The experts work with data from ground tracking stations and from the spacecraft themselves to determine trajectories and orientations, feeding this information back to the spacecraft operations teams who 'fly' the missions.
Flight dynamics data are processed by a 'team of teams' – with separate groups dedicated to Earth-orbiting missions and deep-space missions. The split between them is conveniently set as 'those this side of the Moon' and the rest.
Every satellite mission has strict requirements. For one of the Earth observation missions, for example, the flight dynamics experts ensure that the satellite flies through an imaginary tube with a diameter of only 120 m as it circles Earth at 7.45 km/s.
For a spacecraft destined to orbit a planet, such as Mars or Venus, they have to determine the right time, duration and direction to fire the engine.
This demands highly precise, analytical work and every calculation is double-checked by an independent group to ensure correctness and accuracy.
One very accurate technique applied by the ESOC experts for interplanetary navigation uses special measurements called 'delta DOR' – for Delta Differential One-way Ranging.
Measurements from a pair of widely separated ground stations are used to determine the position of a spacecraft as far away as 150 million kilometres – the mean distance from Earth to the Sun – to within less than 1 km. Only a few of the world's space agencies have perfected this highly precise technique.
Case study
In 2011, it was decided that ESA's ageing ERS-2 satellite would be shut down and deorbited. ERS-2 had suffered a number of hardware failures during its 16-year lifetime, including three of its six gyros, and controlling it to maintain stable flight was a challenge.
The satellite could not simply be commanded to burn its thrusters to decelerate into a convenient reentry trajectory.
Instead, ESA's Flight Dynamics team worked with the ERS-2 mission controllers to map out a complex series of 66 altitude-lowering burns conducted over several weeks in July and August 2011. Each of these had precise start/stop times and the results of each had to be fed into the calculations for the next. Restricted ground station availability meant that flight dynamics analysis had to be performed each night so that the next day's station availability would not be missed.
The results were superb, and ERS-2 achieved its planned deorbit altitude, 573 km, at the end of July without a hitch. From there, the mission control team implemented a series of long fuel-depletion burns so as to avoid the chance of any future debris-causing explosion. The fuel was finally exhausted on 5 September, and ERS-2 was shut down for good. Now, its orbit will steadily decay due to natural drag and it will re-enter Earth's atmosphere and safely burn up within a few years.


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A jury in Texas has ruled against Eolas Technologies in its patent battle to lay claim to the concept of in-browser applications and most plug-ins.
The case started this week and the verdict wasn't expected until the weekend, but in a very quick turnaround the jury came back with a negative result for the patent holder. An Eolas representative confirmed the result with El Reg, but said that the company had no comment at this time on any plans to appeal the verdict. Others, however, were a little more forthcoming.
"We are pleased that the court found the patents invalid, as it affirms our assertion that the claims are without merit," a Google spokesperson told The Register.
Google was one of many companies that could have faced massive penalties if the case had been successful, given both its web operations, Chrome browser, and ChromeOS platform. The range of the patents was so broad that money could be extracted from almost any internet company, and Eolas was going after some of the biggest.
Firms like Oracle and Texas Instruments chose to settle with Eolas, rather than risk a big payout in court, and must be feeling a tad silly right now. But before we mock, Eolas did manage to get a very large payout from Microsoft to settle claims relating to its earlier patent and the trial was occurring in a judicial district known to favor patent holders.
Where the case goes from here is unclear. All involved may just chose to swallow their legal costs and walk away, although an appeal seems likely. Eolas took its case against Microsoft all the way to the Supreme Court in an eight-year battle and isn't known for walking away from litigation. ®


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I will take a look at the documentation in the tytool10r4 release to get the install info I'm assmuing the it's in one of the release notes. Thanks.
Originally Posted by jdiner
Just to clarify: the transfers are not lossy at all. The only time loss occurs is at edit points where TyTool has to re-encode just the teeny bits on either side of the cut. So the setting affects cut points, but naught else.Originally Posted by myself62
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Originally Posted by Oscar Wilde
I will take a look at the documentation in the tytool10r4 release to get the install info I'm assmuing the it's in one of the release notes. Thanks.
Originally Posted by jdiner
o.k. I think I'm clear on this. Tystream and multiplex transfer at the same quality. The quality setting in the .ini file only affects the re-encoding at the cut points set in tytools (which would explain why I never saw a difference in quality, as i've been using videoredo for my editing and saving as .vob's). I'm going to try 10r4 tonight and see if my problem with tystream method diappears in the newest release. After that it's time to try using pgcedit to make the dvd's chain play. This is fun stuff!
Thanks again.
Couldn't find this mentioned in the previous threads.
Does anyone get this message during the Make IFO process:
"WARN: GOP is not closed on cell boundary: ##"
where ## is a number. I never saw this before in the IFO window. Does this mean there are errors, or is there nothing to worry about?
i had the same problem.
went back to 9r18 and made key files and Gopped using that version.
no error message.
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TiVo to DVD: Hack bitrate to 720x480 resolution/ tytools (transcode #5) / nero 5.3
Originally Posted by jdiner
I know I've read that in the past but I don't think its been stated nearly as clearly as you just did. Thanks. I am going to redo some DVDs and see if some of the blockiness at some FAE cuts that I make go away.
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TyTool is first and foremost a formatting tool. It takes the data from the odd and extremely custom TIVO format and turns it into a "Program Stream" formatted file. This is not re-encoding nor is it altering the video stream. It is repackaging the data. Think shoe boxes versus U-Haul moving boxes. Different size package same exact contents.Originally Posted by myself62
The quality setting affects less than 1% of the file. The FAE cuts are the only re-encoded data. There is quality loss there. There has to be. MPEG-2 is a lossy codec. Every edit degrades some amount. Bad encoders degrade more than good encoders. They key is can you see it/notice it? Or is it smooth enough to make the transitions to and from commercials non jarring.
And of course you read what that warning actualy means right?Originally Posted by hepsnark
If you have an INTEL cpu and use quality 1 it is terrible. I have planned for some time to put a real check into the system but it is something that is set once usually and then just used.Originally Posted by 94SupraTT
When I select a large HD file (~17GB) to download I get the following:
Name = '1721526/1721533'When I select a smaller file (~2GB) it works just fine.
fsIDs = '1721356/1721359/1721362/1721366/1721371/1721373/1721375/1721377/1721380/1721384/1721401/1721408/1721410/1721412/1721414/1721419/1721427/1721434/1721440/1721449/1721472/1721473/1721475/1721479/1721480/1721495/1721496/1721498/1721516/1721517/1721518/1721525/1721526/1721533'
Tivo Address = '192.168.0.212'
Could not open an output file!
I didn't have this problem with version 9. Any help greatly appreciated.
I would guess that your hard drive is FAT32. It would have to be NTFS (or anything that supports file sizes that large). FAT32 only supports 2 GB max.Originally Posted by wrasp
OK, I should know better than to try three simultaneous upgrades, but I'm getting some really weird results when I try creating a DVD with TyTool 10r3 (I know, but I want to get this resolved before I upgrade again) and Nero 22.214.171.124. I haven't used Nero before, so it could be something I am doing wrong there.
I was using Easy Creator 6, but it doesn't have support for DL discs or Lightscribe. I just bought a new Liteon DL Lightscribe drive, and it came with Nero 6, so I removed Creator (with which I wasn't overly thrilled any way) and installed Nero and the new version of PowerDVD which came with the drive. My DVD players do not like DVD+R media, but I wanted to try DVD+R DL, so I downloaded a copy of Nell from the TiVo, VOB Muxed it and created an IFO set using 10r3. I burned the resulting 5G file to a DL disc and tried to play it in the players. Unlike the other DVD+R media I have tried (or with the other drives), this played, but it played at about 2X normal speed, with corresponding chipmunk audio. Well, that was better than before, but still not good. The DVD played under the new PowerDVD, but with a very noticable audio sync displacement (the audio is almost a full second AHEAD of the video). So I tried applying Nero Recode to the fileset and then burning to a single layer DVD. Lo and behold, I get the same results!
Is anyone out there using Nero 6 with TyTool? When I went to burn the DVD as a data disc (like I did with Creator), Nero said the disc would not be compatible with most DVD players, so on its advice I started a new project using the DVD Video option and burned that way. Should I ignore the warning and burn as a data disc anyway? Should I select a UDF DVD-ROM?
As I type this I am trying to mux and rebuild the fileset using 9r18 to see if that makes a difference, but Nero has quite a few options amd I don't want to waste too many more DVDs.
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I use DVDShrink 22.214.171.124 to burn to Nero. (I believe it does DVD9)Originally Posted by lrhorer
Nero 6's most recent is 18.104.22.168, I've mored on to 188.8.131.52b.
But before you do that...
Does the ty file play right? http://sourceforge.net/projects/tyshow/
TyTool's VIDEO_TS folder it makes does PowerDVD play it right before you burn it?
jdiner,Originally Posted by jdiner
I was the one who originally asked the question. I think TyTool is fantasitc, and didn't mean to step on any toes. Just wondering if the error message is indicative of an error or missed step on my part...
I had issues playing extracted programs on newer versions of PowerDVD (I have PowerDVD DX 5.1) and with nvDVD 1.70.00 (??)Originally Posted by lrhorer
If you want a good, free DVD/media player, I've had great luck with VLC for Win32 (VideoLAN Client - http://www.videolan.org/ ) and it plays the VOB files and Nero 6.6 burned DVD's from TyTool just fine. BTW, I've used both the DVD-Video and UDF DVD-ROM with the XBox compatible option checked to create DVDs with Nero and VLC plays both without issues.
I'd recommend downloading VLC and try playing the VOB files in the VIDEO_TS folder and see if everything is OK. It should be. I'd also recommend burning to RW media to test first. That way you're not wasting media
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Ten Books for the Christmas Season
- Ryan Duncan TheFish.com Editor
- 2010 6 Dec
Every Christmas Eve my sisters and I would get to open one present from under the tree, just one. That gift was always a Christmas book that our parents had picked out specifically for each of us, and once my Dad got a fire going, we would spend the evening reading them together as a family. There is something truly magical about Christmas stories. So, this holiday season don't miss the chance to share a family moment with these ten wonderful books.
How The Grinch Stole Christmas- by Dr. Seuss
Arguably the grandfather of Christmas classics, Dr. Suess writes a tale of whimsical, winter, word-play that everyone will enjoy. The Grinch, who despises Who-ville's Christmas cheer, seeks to steal the treasured holiday from the unsuspecting Whos. To his amazement, Christmas arrives anyway, and the Grinch learns the true meaning of Christmas.
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree - by Robert Barry
Another Christmas book that's great for children, when old Mr. Willowby discovers that his tree is a bit to big for his parlor, he chops off the top and gives it to the maid. The maid in turn finds the treetop is too big for her table, and clips off the top before passing it on. The treetop continues in this fashion until it finally comes to a family of mice, who decorate it with cheese and find it just right for their little hole.
The Polar Express - by Chris Van Allsburg
Celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year, The Polar Express has never failed to capture readers with its wonderful story and beautiful illustrations. As a young boy lays awake on Christmas Eve, he hears a noise and looks out his window to discover an old-fashioned steam engine in the winter snow. It is a train that every year takes children to the North Pole to meet Santa before his annual sleigh ride.
Letters From Father Christmas - by J.R.R Tolkien
Every Christmas, a letter bearing the crest of the North Pole would arrive for J.R.R. Tolkien's children. Accompanied by colorful drawings or detailed sketches, Father Christmas would tell the children wonderful stories of how the clumsy North Polar Bear fell through the roof onto the kitchen table, or how the reindeer got loose and scattered presents everywhere. The brilliant mind behind The Lord of the Rings will certainly enchant readers with this Christmas gem.
The Gift of the Magi - by O. Henry
It's either a happy story or a sad story depending on how you look at it (and depending on which copy you buy). Still, this Christmas story is incredibly touching, and worth taking the time to read during a holiday that has become dominated by consumerism. Faced with the reality that there is no money to afford a present for her husband, Della, a young housewife, chooses to sell her greatest and only treasure. Her long, beautiful hair is cut and sold to buy a gift for the man she loves.
The Mitten - by Jan Brett
Author/Illustrator Jan Brett has written many Christmas books featuring her elaborate artwork, but The Mitten is one that has truly found a place in reader's hearts. Despite the warning of his grandmother, a young boy named Nicki loses one of his white mittens in the snow. It is found by a tiny mole, which crawls inside to escape the winter cold, but soon finds himself sharing it with a rabbit, a hedgehog, a fox, an owl, and even a bear! It's a cute story, and great for reading late some frosty night.
The Little Match Girl - by Hans Christian Andersen
The story is as beautiful as it is tragic. Set in a cold, dark city on New Year's Eve, a poor girl tries to sell matches on the street. Hoping to escape the cold, she takes shelter in a small alley and lights matches to warm herself. For each match she lights she sees images of Christmas trees, holiday feasts, and finally her Grandmother, with whom she is reunited.
The Legend of the Candy Cane - by Lori Walburg
A pleasant story for anyone looking to get away from the hectic, holiday madness, the story begins one cold November when a stranger arrives in town and begins to repair the old storefront. The adults hope he is a handyman or a carpenter, but the children all carry the same, secret hope that they don't dare say aloud. Finally, a small girl offers her help and learns not only that their dream has come true, but also the true story of Christmas.
The Lump of Coal - by Lemony Snicket
Feel like you're losing a bit of your holiday cheer? Lemony Snicket, author of A Series of Unfortunate Events, has just the thing to make you smile with this story of a small, flammable, hero. After being rudely dumped from a sack, a lump of coal sets out into the world hoping to one day make great charcoal artwork. (Or at least be used to create authentic Korean cuisine) The world is not a kind place for a lump of coal however, and he may need some help from "Santa" to see his dreams come true.
The Littlest Angel - by Charles Tazewell
Despite being one of the oldest books on this list, the story has not dimmed with time. In Heaven, a young angel is finding it difficult to fit in. An elder takes pity on the poor boy and helps cheer him up by gathering a collection of his favorite things. When the time arrives for Christ to be born, the little angel gives his box of treasures to the baby, but soon fears his gifts are too common to please Jesus. Instead, God takes his simple gifts and transforms them into a Christmas miracle.
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ASX-listed IT services provider, Anittel (ASX:AYG), has connected its first commercial NBN service to Armidale Dumaresq Council.
The two-year contract was finalised late last year and the NBN connection went live in November. It is now being used by council staff.
The new service is directly connected to the Armidale Digital Hub, which is part of the federal government's Digital Hubs Program.
"The NBN is a platform for economic growth in regional Australia," Anittel managing director and executive chairman, Peter Kazacos, said. "Armidale organisations will be able to find new efficiencies through new online cloud-based services, enabling them to connect more effectively with their market opportunities."
Anittel is also in discussions with other local governments and businesses to assess NBN connectivity service options.


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Food Hub helps fill Nelson pantries
The Local Food Hub has teamed up with the Nelson County Food Pantry to provide locally grown produce for folks in need. The Pantry provides food for more that 240 households every month in Nelson County, and thanks to a recent donation of more than 400 pounds of sweet potatoes and red potatoes from Critzer Family Farms, as well as a walk-in fridge and freezer, the non-profit is now working with the Food Hub to receive and distribute local produce, much of it grown in Nelson County.
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While we at the Nelson County Pantry are grateful to Alan and Nathan of the Local Food Hub along with Critzer Family Farm for the generous donation of sweet potatoes and red potatoes, I need to correct a misstatement in your blog. Our walk-in freezer/reefer was donated by Bo Delk, owner of Blue Dog Inc in Lovingston. Without this unit, we would not be able to accept and store the fresh produce donated through the Local Food Hub. By the way, we distributed ALL of the potatoes to needy families on Saturday.
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This is a cabinet card by Stafford of Minneapolis, MN and features a favorite pet.
Based on the dogs size, he was a fixture around the dining table!
The image dates from about 1885 and came in large grouping of cabinet cards, all by Stafford.
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Time zone and DST settings have changed since YAM2.?
This chapter is meant to be a step-by-step guide to the way YAM works. It is assumed that you already have YAM installed on your system and that you're using Miami as your TCP/IP software.
If you have used YAM before, you probably can skip this chapter.
- Get the following information from your Internet provider:
- Your e-mail address
- The Internet address of the mail server (so called POP- or SMTP server)
- Your password, required to log in on the mail server
- Your e-mail address
- Start YAM by double-clicking its icon. After the copyright window has closed, the main window should open with two listings (folder list & message list) and a row of buttons.
- The program must be configured before you can do anything else.
Choose 'Configuration' from the 'Settings' menu or simply click
the button to open the configuration
window. The sheet which then appears is called 'First Steps',
and this is where you must enter the information needed for data
transfer. Following our example this is:
Real Name: John Doe
Email address: jdoe@…
Mail server: mail.example.com
Password: nguz56
Time zone: GMT
For security reasons the password textfield only shows stars, one for each character you type. If daylight saving time applies to you at the time of installation, switch on the adjustment for it (right beneath the time zone).
- YAM allows you to define a text passage which will be appended to
all of your e-mail as a complimentary closing phrase. To define it
you have to click on 'Write' in the list on the left hand side of
the configuration window. On the page appearing now select the
text field 'Welcome phrase', delete the original text by hitting
RAmiga-X and insert something such as:
Kind regards,\n Joe
The control string \n forces a new line after the word 'regards'.
- Save the settings now by clicking on [Save]. YAM now has sufficient data to allow you to write your first message.
- After saving the settings you're back in the main window. Click the button 'Write' or choose 'New' from the 'Message' menu. The editor window will open. Insert the e-mail address of the recipient into the 'To' textfield (e.g. 'jdoe\@example.com'). Normally of course you would put someone else's address, but right now you want to test the system, so put your own address instead. Insert two or three words to indicate the subject into the 'Subject' text field ('test' will do nicely for this one!). Now click in the large blank area and type the actual message.
If you were using YAM in a normal way, and wished to send copies (including hidden copies) to anyone, this could be done by clicking on 'Options', thus activating the third of the three sheets (Message, Attachments, Options) in the Write window.
- Assuming you are not currently online (Miami is not running), click on [Send later]. This sends the message to the 'Outgoing' folder as opposed to transmitting the message right away [Send now].
- Now start Miami and connect to the Internet. Open the 'Outgoing' folder by clicking on 'Outgoing' in the folder list contained in the main window. Send the message by clicking the 'Send' button . The transfer status window will appear and report progress as YAM logs in on the mail server and sends the message.
- As you've probably noticed the mail has vanished from the 'Outgoing' folder. Don't panic! It has been moved to the 'Sent' folder. The letter symbol in the list has a little stamp on it now , which means that the message has been sent successfully.
- When you double-click the message, the read window will open. You should be able to recognize the text written by you. The lines in the upper part of the message have been inserted by YAM and contain data needed for mail transfer (the so-called "headers").
- Since you've written the mail to yourself you should start looking for new mail now. Click the read window to the background or close it, then click on the 'Get' button .
- The transfer status window you saw before opens again and you can watch how YAM downloads your mail from the mail server. Provided that everything runs as it should, a requester will open up with the message that you have received new mail. You can read the mail in the 'Incoming' folder.
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The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level
The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level
BY Gay Hendricks
Most of us believe that we will finally feel satisfied and content with our lives when we get the good news we have been waiting for, find a healthy relationship, or achieve one of our personal goals. However, this rarely happens. Good fortune is often followed by negative emotions that overtake us and result in destructive behaviors. "I don't deserve this," "this is too good to be true," or any number of harmful thought patterns prevent us from experiencing the joy and satisfaction we have earned. Sound familiar? This is what New York Times bestselling author Gay Hendricks calls the Upper Limit Problem, a negative emotional reaction that occurs when anything positive enters our lives. The Upper Limit Problem not only prevents happiness, but it actually stops us from achieving our goals. It is the ultimate life roadblock.
In The Big Leap, Hendricks reveals a simple yet comprehensive program for overcoming this barrier to happiness and fulfillment, presented in a way that engages both the mind and heart. Working closely with more than one thousand extraordinary achievers in business and the arts--from rock stars to Fortune 500 executives--whose stories are featured in these pages, the book describes the four hidden fears that are at the root of the Upper Limit Problem.
The Big Leap delivers a proven method for first identifying which of these four fears prevents us from reaching our personal upper limit, and then breaking through that limitation to achieve what Hendricks refers to as our Zone of Genius. Hendricks provides a clear path for achieving our true potential and attaining not only financial success but also success in love and life.
Let me show you specifically how the Upper Limit Problem holds us back:
Each of us has an inner thermostat setting that determines how much love, success, and creativity we allow ourselves to enjoy. When we exceed our inner thermostat setting, we will often do something to sabotage ourselves, causing us to drop back into the old, familiar zone where we feel secure.
Unfortunately, our thermostat setting usually gets programmed in early childhood, before we can think for ourselves. Once programmed, our Upper Limit thermostat setting holds us back from enjoying all the love, financial abundance, and creativity that's rightfully ours. It keeps us in our Zone of Competence or at best our Zone of Excellence.
It prevents us from living in the ultimate destination of the journey--our Zone of Genius. We'll explore these zones in more detail later in this chapter. For now, though, what you need to know is this: if you make a spectacular leap in one area of your life, such as money, your Upper Limit Problem quickly enshrouds you in a wet-wool blanket of guilt that keeps you from enjoying your new abundance. Guilt is a way our minds have of applying a painful grip on the conduit through which our good feelings flow.
In childhood, our Upper Limit Problem develops in acts of misguided altruism. Specifically, it develops with our attempts to take care of the feelings of others. Children are uncommonly skilled at reading body language. Perhaps you notice that the smile disappears from your mother's face when you outshine one of your siblings. You quickly learn to pull back a little from shining to take care of your mother's feelings.
Many years later in adult life, you may find the very same pattern operating even though there is no mother around whose feelings you need to protect. In the next chapter, we'll explore in great detail the underlying mechanisms of the Upper Limit Problem.
Take a close-up look at how guilt operates in conjunction with the Upper Limit Problem. It shows up when we're feeling good (or making extra money or feeling a deeper loving connection in a relationship). When we're feeling good, we may come up against the hidden barrier of an old belief such as "I must not feel good, because fundamentally fl awed people like me don't deserve it." The churning froth of these two powerful forces clashing with each other is the chief constituent of the irritating, itchy, slow-drizzle feeling of guilt.
When the old belief clashes with the positive feelings you're enjoying, one of them has to win. If the old belief wins, you turn down the volume on the positive feeling (or lose some money or start an intimacy-destroying argument with your partner). If the good feeling wins, congratulations! Your practice in expanding your capacity for positive energy is paying off. Your capacity expands in small increments each time you consciously let yourself enjoy the money you have, the love you feel, and the creativity you are expressing in the world. As that capacity for enjoyment expands, so does your financial abundance, the love you feel, and the creativity you express.
Take a moment to appreciate how radical this idea is. Most people think they will finally feel good when they have more money, better relationships, and more creativity. I understand this point of view, because I felt that way half my life. What a powerful moment it is, though, when we finally see that we have it the wrong way around. All of us can find and nurture the capacity for positive feelings now, rather than waiting until some longed-for event occurs.
If you focus for a moment, you can always find some place in you that feels good right now. Your task is to give the expanding positive feeling your full attention. When you do, you will find that it expands with your attention. Let yourself enjoy it as long as you possibly can.
As you get more practice, you will be able to use this radical act of appreciation in other areas such as money and love. Instead of waiting to feel good until you have all the money you want and need, go ahead right now and appreciate your current money supply. All it takes is a few seconds. Find a place in yourself where you can feel good about the money you have. Give your full attention to that place of satisfaction.
If you can't find any place in you where you feel good about money, create a positive thought about it in your mind. Float a new thought through your mind such as "I enjoy the money I have" or "I always have plenty of money to do everything I want to do."
Try it out in the area of love. Instead of focusing on loneliness or stagnation in a relationship, find a place in yourself where you can feel good about the love you have in your life. Give your full attention to that place of joy or satisfaction. Feel it expand as you give awareness to it. As you get more skilled with this practice, you discover that your positive feelings, your abundance, your love and creativity all begin to expand. Then, the outer aspects of your life change to match the expanding good feeling inside you.
Because few people understand how the Upper Limit Problem works, many of us believe we are flawed, not destined for greatness, or simply not good enough to deserve the dreams we want to achieve. Others miss out on big-time success and chalk it up to bad luck or bad timing. Millions of people are stuck on the verge of reaching their goals, can't seem to scale the wall, and are struggling under a glass ceiling that is completely within their control, waiting to be removed. But here's the good news: You're not fl awed or unlucky or anything of the sort. You've got the Upper Limit Problem, and it can be transcended in the wink of an eye--if you're equipped with the right tools and a willing heart.
Here's a deeper look at how the Upper Limit Problem keeps us trapped: When you push through your Upper Limit thermostat setting by making more money, experiencing more love, or drawing more positive attention to yourself, you trip your Upper Limit switch. Deep inside your mind a little voice says, "You can't possibly feel this good" (or "make this much money" or "be this happy in love"). Unconsciously, you then do something to bring yourself back down to the thermostat setting you're familiar with. Even if you do achieve a glorious new height, it is often short-lived.
If you want some real-world evidence of the Upper Limit Problem in action, take a look at the studies of lottery winners. One study found that over 60 percent of them had blown the money within two years and returned to the same net worth as before their big win. Some were even worse off financially than before they won the lottery. Add to their financial woes the large number of divorces, family squabbles, and conflicts with friends that lottery winners often experience, and you have a classic example of the Upper Limit Problem at work. A man named Jack Whitaker, winner of more than three hundred million dollars in the Powerball lottery, has been extensively studied because of the litany of disasters that have befallen him after his big win. Here are some (but by no means all) of his post-win misfortunes: his wife left him; he was robbed of $545,000 cash when he passed out in a strip club; his granddaughter died of a drug overdose in his home; he has been arrested for drunk driving and assaulting a bartender; and he has had more than four hundred lawsuits brought against him by friends, family members, and others. Ironically, he was already a millionaire when he won the three hundred million dollars, so it is quite clear that the massive infusion of new wealth pushed him past his Upper Limit thermostat setting.
Each of us has an unconscious tendency to trip our Upper Limit switch, and each of us can eliminate that tendency. We deserve to experience wave after wave of greater love, creative energy, and financial abundance, without the compulsion to sabotage ourselves. That's what I want for you, and I hope that's what you want for yourself. If you want to eliminate your Upper Limit Problem--if you will make a commitment to clearing it out of your consciousness--you're more than halfway there.
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Herne Hill Harriers' U13 girls squad sensationally defended their ECCA English National Cross-Country crown on Saturday.
After winning the English title a year ago in Sunderland, a Herne Hill quartet of Alex Brown, Eloise O'Shaughnessy, Kayah Wilks and Ella Newton repeated the historic feat in Nottingham.
Success was tinged with slight disappointment, however, as Brown missed out on being individual national champion in her age category by one-hundredth of a second.
After leading by 30m with 600m to go, Brown, who had been ill in the 48 hours beforehand and only decided to run on the morning of the race, lost first place in the final stride as she was overtaken on the line after a surge by Wimborne AC's Grace Copeland.
Silver medallist Brown was followed by O'Shaughnessy (13th), Wilks (24th) and Newton (55th) to complete the scoring four, with the Harriers' squad finishing decisively ahead of Manchester Harriers & AC.
In retaining the national title, it means that in the past 16 months the U13G squad have won five national titles.
In their attempt to emulate the U13 girls, the U13 boys foursome finished an agonising three points adrift of bronze medals.
Turkay Korkmaz - a newcomer to running who only joined the club in November - was Harriers' stand-out performer, finishing in the individual bronze medal position.
Oscar Millard was 26th, Mohammed Ali 56th and Freddie Hodgson 73rd.
Herne Hill's U15G squad also placed highly, finishing fifth overall with Saskia Millard (12th), Kate Brown (51st), Daisy Setyabule (64th) and Zoe Tompkins (68th).
The U15B had a tougher day as runs from Paul Burgess (81st), Adel Tadesse (101st), Malik Nehaili (110th) and Imran Nadew (138th) were good enough for 13th team only.
Although Harriers did not field a full U17M team, Ed Olsen ran impressively to finish 30th in the individual race.
Despite being stripped of several key athletes in the run-up to the championship, Herne Hill's senior men's squad battled to a valiant 35th out of 127 clubs in the six-to-count competition.
Harriers were led home by Simon Coombes, a V40 runner, in 175th, with Luxembourg-based Jeff Cunningham also finishing in the top 200 in 198th.
Tim Elsey was third counter in 223rd, and Deron Fagan (438rd), Keith Newton (629th) and national debutante Louis Waterman-Evans (685th).
While Harriers were unable to field a senior women's team, Karen Ellison finished a creditable 73rd - the highest placing of any Herne Hill senior athlete.
Away from cross-country, Jessie Knight won a superb bronze medal over 400m at the BUCS Indoor Championship in Sheffield running 55:04 in the final following a season's best 54:76 in her semi-final.
Clubmate Aisha Naibe-Wey was sixth in the final.
Hannah Edwards was third in her 800m heat in 2:17.3, before a season's best 2:15.01 in finishing sixth in her semi-final.


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The Birdsville Caravan Park is the perfect place to relax on your journey and the ideal base for trips to the Simpson Desert National Park, Big Red Sand Dune or Poepple Corner. Our park overlooks Birdsville Billabong with lovely water views on spacious camping grounds.
The Birdsville Caravan Park has nine fully serviced units with fridges and televisions plus three deluxe fully self contained cabins. All accommodation is air conditioned. Spoil yourself and stay in the lap of luxury in the desert country. They have 54 powered sites and 30 acres of camp sites along the banks of the billabong.
Your hosts will make you welcome and can provide information on things to see and do during your stay.
Spoil yourself and stay in the lap of luxury in the desert country along the banks of the billabong where over 100 species of birds have been identified.
The Birdsville Caravan Park has two, three and five berth en-suited cabins which are perfect for family escapes or groups.
The five berth cabins include two air-conditioned rooms, fully self-contained, en-suite, stove, oven, one double bed and one single bed in the main room and two single beds in the second room. Linen is included.
The three berth cabins suit smaller families or twin share accommodation. They are fully self-contained, have an en-suite, one double bed and one single bed (linen included), stove and oven.
The two berth cabins are ideal for a couple or solo travellers. They are fully self contained and have an en-suite, one double bed (linen included), stove and oven.
The motel style units are ideal for backpackers or budget conscious travellers. They are a motel-style "outback" air-conditioned room. They have two single beds or one double bed and one single bed (linen included), bar fridge, coffee making facilities, microwave oven, television and full use of the camp kitchen. They do not have an en-suite but modern caravan park facilities are close-by.
Birdsville Caravan park offers 50 powered sites. Their sites are very easy to access and all include power and water. They are able to offer this to even the largest of rigs, from motor-homes, coaches and fifth wheelers. In case you need help parking your van, feel free to ask. They are happy to help.
Their unpowered sites spread over 30 acres. From drive through sites for larger rigs and caravans, to sites for campervans and tents, their great sites offer first class camping facilities and amenities to make your stay pleasant and relaxing. Most of the time, you can choose where you'd like to set up, although it is obviously very busy around the time of the Birdsville Races.
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