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US Constitution, Article II, Section 1
Before he enter on the execution of his office, he shall take the following oath or affirmation: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."
The case could be made that Obama has violated the oath of the office of the Presidency of the United States in not closing the borders at the threat of a global pandemic of the Mexican flu, the violations of the U.S. Constitution in the CIFTA, and his refusal to clarify the circumstances of his birth. Think about it.
...In the U.S., which is home to 20 sites (two co-managed with Canada), no new
sites have been added to the list since Carlsbad Caverns and Waterton-Glacier
International Peace Park were inscribed in 1995. Unfortunately, that was also
the year that a proposed gold mine near Yellowstone landed the park on UNESCO's
World Heritage in Danger list; the resulting controversy essentially put the
kibosh on subsequent nominations....
(We can hope at least but we will not give up the fight to protect our Otero County Ordinances. Click link below for full story. Thank you to Luther for your eagle eyes.)
Otero County Wolf Incident Investigation: Federal, State or County Agencies Involved in Incident
"Southwesterners Want Wolves !
June 16, 2008 —
Brian Ertz
WWPblog links to a poll released today which demonstrates that Southwesterners Want Wolves - by a hefty margin no less
IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG. I WAS BANNED FROM PUBLIC INPUT. "I AM JUST AS PROUD OF MY ENEMIES AS I AM OF MY FRIENDS" - Janet
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Blake Dwyer remembers pain:
The agonizing burn of electrical shock. And shouting. And fear.
UP Date: Heart experts warn Tasers deadly
Category: Article, Media Coverage
Tasers can cause fatal cardiac arrest and are even more dangerous if the subject is agitated, stressed and experiencing pain from the high-voltage device, two top Vancouver heart specialists said Tuesday.
Section 1 - The President Note1 Note2
The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice-President chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows:
Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.
(The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two persons, of whom one at least shall not lie an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves. And they shall make a List of all the Persons voted for, and of the Number of Votes for each; which List they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the Seat of the Government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in the Presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the Certificates, and the Votes shall then be counted. The Person having the greatest Number of Votes shall be the President, if such Number be a Majority of the whole Number of Electors appointed; and if there be more than one who have such Majority, and have an equal Number of Votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately chuse by Ballot one of them for President; and if no Person have a Majority, then from the five highest on the List the said House shall in like Manner chuse the President. But in chusing the President, the Votes shall be taken by States, the Representation from each State having one Vote; a quorum for this Purpose shall consist of a Member or Members from two-thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice-President.) (This clause in parentheses was superseded by the 12th Amendment.)
The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.
No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
(In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, the same shall devolve on the Vice President, and the Congress may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the President and Vice President, declaring what Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer shall act accordingly, until the Disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.) (This clause in parentheses has been modified by the 20th and 25th Amendments.)
The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.
Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
Hi Janet:
Thanks for your email. I
know Michael Nivision is leaving for DC today and will not be at the commission
meeting tomorrow night to report on the Dry Canyon issue raised at the last
meeting. I have directed staff to get any and all information regarding this and
will forward what I find to you.
On the World Heritage discussion from last meeting:
I went back and looked at the minutes from the initial direction to
staff dated Jan.24th regular meeting. There is a lengthly discussion regarding
the letter to be sent to the Secy of the Interior as well as some other
information and actions that will be taken. Per the legal explanation in the
minutes, Dan stated that the US has a seat on the Board from 2005-09. During
this time frame, no country seated on the UN board may receive the formal
nomination for designation. By expiration of that board seat in Oct 09- the
County will formally contact NPS regarding this ordinance and prior ordinances
requiring participation and notification of any nominations, identify the
personnel connected with the international affairs group working on the
nominations, site violations of the people identified with the nomination and
violations of NEPA and all 4 ordinances. We have sent a letter regarding
opposition to the World Heritage Designation/and tentative list. Although there
is time involved to take action on all these suggested actions, we need to keep
it rolling. I will make sure this is on our projects in progress so that it is
continually followed and updated.
Hope there is a good showing for
the tax hearing. I dont believe there will be action with just Doug and I there
tomorrow. I understand the spaceport authority is interested in polling the
community to gage support on the issue prior to a ballot question. I could go
I let you know any other information I find on these 2 issues
that you have requested.
Also 6/11/08
Per the USFS today, the boulders are going to
be used for landscaping at the new building and at some campgrounds. They will
make sure none are blocking road access.
Founders will take the first 100 commercial seats. They will be world's first private astronauts who will be in the vanguard of a new industry. In order to guarantee one of these first 100 seats we are asking for payment of the full projected ticket price of US$200,000 as an up-front (but fully refundable) deposit. In return for this significant commitment we offer our Founders a high degree of involvement in the project as it progresses; to meet with its key proponents and to provide ideas and feedback to help Virgin Galactic get the details right. Founder seats are almost all sold so are reservations are being taken on a waitlist basis only.
Pioneers will gain their Virgin Galactic astronaut wings after Founders. Comprising 400 individuals, all of whom can expect to be amongst the first 1000 humans in space and to fly within Virgin Galactic's first year of operation. Pioneers are being asked to secure a numbered seat reservation by paying an up-front deposit as follows…
US$200,000 to be among seat numbers 1 to 100 **-SOLD OUT-** US$175,000 to be among seat numbers 101 to 199 **-SOLD OUT-**
US$150,000 to be among seat numbers 200 to 299 **-ALMOST SOLD OUT-**
Call 1-800-220-TRIP to reserve your ticket today!!
US$125,000 to be among seat numbers 300 to 399
US$100,000 to be among seat numbers 400 to 500"
For purposes of this chapter—
(a) A "foreign state", except as used in section 1608 of this title, includes a political subdivision of a foreign state or an agency or instrumentality of a foreign state as defined in subsection (b).
(b) An "agency or instrumentality of a foreign state" means any entity—
(1) which is a separate legal person, corporate or otherwise, and
(2) which is an organ of a foreign state or political subdivision thereof, or a majority of whose shares or other ownership interest is owned by a foreign state or political subdivision thereof, and
(3) which is neither a citizen of a State of the United States as defined in section 1332 (c) and (e) of this title, nor created under the laws of any third country.
(c) The "United States" includes all territory and waters, continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
(d) A "commercial activity" means either a regular course of commercial conduct or a particular commercial transaction or act. The commercial character of an activity shall be determined by reference to the nature of the course of conduct or particular transaction or act, rather than by reference to its purpose.
(e) A "commercial activity carried on in the United States by a foreign state" means commercial activity carried on by such state and having substantial contact with the United States.
Section 8: Powers of Congress


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Toyota Land Cruiser Venezuela Adventure - Trek To Angel FallsPosted in Events on June 1, 2008
Last month, we joined Venezuelan ARB distributors Felipe and Enso Campisi for a 500-mile, e-ticket ride from the capitol city of Caracas, to pavement's end at La Paragua. We'd spent several days pushing through flooded lakes, swamps, and trenchy jungle two-tracks. Our quest was to reach Auyan Tepui and the loftiest waterfall on the planet, Angel Falls.
The predawn light rolled over the eastern horizon like a wave of magenta and ochre, and roosters alerted camp of morning's arrival. Excited to get moving again and expecting another long day, we were up early for a morning swim in a nearby creek. It never really gets cool in these parts. The nights are too hot for sleeping bags, so our bedding consisted of a hammock and mozzie-net stretched between two poles or trees. The sun didn't take long to heat things up, beating down with intensity, and the day would soon be as sweltering as the previous.
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The track was slightly wider as it wound east from El Tigre, and our tires seemed to be holding their own through the early part of the morning. But as the jungle encroached, ruts deepened and the track narrowed again, we lost another tire, and then another. This time it was a TSL on the Land Cruiser, and it came off in a long gravelly trench with the jungle pushing right up to the doors. By the time we moved the vehicle to a place we could access the tire, the bead had been damaged by roots and rocks grinding against the rim. Ultimately, it would not hold air and we were down to one spare. Although our progress was suffering, spirits were high and the adventure would soon take a turn.
Having already lost a day to vehicle repairs in Caracas, an additional day to flooding and delays in ferry crossings, and still another to persistent tire failures and dismal progress, an executive decision needed to be made. Should we push forward another 40 kilometers with no spare and inevitable tire issues? Leave our rigs, grab our backpacks, and start hiking? Or trek two days back to La Paragua and go to Plan B? Our primary goal was to get to the Salto Angel, the grandest waterfall on the planet, and we were going to get there, period. Leaving our rigs in the jungle was not an option; they would be stolen or stripped clean. Continuing on without spare tires might also result in stranding our rigs. But there was a chance that if we returned to La Paragua, we could hire a pilot to fly us to the remote village of Las Bonitas, where we might get a curiara to take us up the river.
A little disappointed, we jockeyed the vehicles around and started the two-day trek back to La Paragua. At the creek, we dismounted a few of the problem tires, thoroughly cleaned them of mud and debris, and reset the beads: again, with 65 to 70 psi to keep them on. By this time, our 15-year-old ARB compressor had seen almost continuous duty for three days and was getting tired. To our amazement, it held out and kept pumping until the last tire was filled, and would see us back to the pavement.
Smoke Signals, Muddy Airstrips, And Jungle Hikes
On the run back to Lago de Guri, the track, which had been slightly widened by our first passing, gave us limited problems. Only a few newly fallen trees needed to be cut and winched off the path. Pushing hard to reach the lake before dark, we were again without direct communication with Hildera, the barge operator. Without a direct line-of-sight to the island (the old mirror signal would not work), we reverted back to another old-school method, a smoke signal. Locating a 55-gallon drum, we burned everything we could find: oil, plastic, wet branches, even a fiberglass cover from an outboard engine. But it was almost dark and there was little chance we would be seen by anyone. An hour later, Enso, who had been fumbling with his cell phone, got service. He called a friend in Caracas, who called a friend in La Paragua, who radioed Hildera that we were waiting (It is good to have friends and technology.) A few hours after sundown, the drone of an outboard motor could be heard in the distance, and a curiara appeared in the moonlight. It was too dangerous for the barge to navigate at night, so we made our way back to the island under a full moon and would head back for our rigs in the morning.
By the next afternoon, we were at the local airport negotiating a one-way flight to Las Bonitas. A few hundred dollars exchanged hands, and we were crawling into the Cessna 206 and taxiing down the tarmac. Surviving the scuttled landing on a muddy dirt strip, the rain began to fall as we off-loaded our gear under the wing. The Cessna took off and disappeared, we slogged off through tall Gran Sabana grasses towards Rio Caroni.
An hour later, we arrived at the river and were glad to find one of the local Indians on the riverbanks with a curiara. Hildilada was his name, a young man of 18 years and grandson of Anselmo, whose family had tended this river since the days that local legends were fashioned. Hildilada took us 20 kilometers upstream to a small sandbar on the east side. Passing small Indian camps of families fishing, cooking, and tending crops, we must have seemed like an odd spectacle in their remote and tranquil world. We hit the sandbar and parted ways with Hildilada as the rain continued to fall and the night was coming. With a steep mountain range and 15 kilometers of jungle to traverse, we found ourselves hiking most of it by the light of our headlamps.
The rain had subsided and it was quite late by the time we reached the village of Canaima. It had been a long day, and we were glad to find an open restaurant and a room for the night. Aside from being the primary launching point for Angel Salto, Canaima is an isolated and special place: The only way to get there is by boat or plane (or to trek your way in like we did), and there are only single-level thatched-roof hotels and three vehicles in the entire town. This put it high on our list of cool places to visit.
The morning found us on another curiara, another river and the last 45 kilometers before reaching the falls. Rio Carreo was initially smooth and calm like Rio Caroni. But upriver, several rapids required portage, and areas of strong currents and house-sized boulders required careful navigation by our guide.
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El Dorado, Jimmy Angel, And The House Of The Devil
Flat-topped tapuis, sandstone formations of the pre-Cambrian period, towered thousands of feet above the horizon in all quadrants. Resisting the erosional forces of a thousand millennia, they stood alone as monuments to the ages, individual massifs rather than part of a mountain range. Due to the geographical isolation of their peaks, botanists suggest that the tapuis are home to thousands of endemic species, known only to their windblown and rainswept heights. Rising precipitously from the steamy jungle below, most tapuis are rarely ascended. For centuries, the Pemon peoples believed that the tapuis were home of mawari, or spirits, and ascending their heights was a bad omen. And the Pemon name given to Angel Falls, Auyan Tapui, is said to translate to "house of the Devil." We were told its other name is Kerepakupai-meru, or "waterfall of the deepest place" in Pemon.
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Drawn by tales of mythical cities of gold, the El Dorado, Spanish conquistadors touched this region in the late 1500s. Unsuccessful but undeterred for almost 300 years, prospectors and adventurers were drawn to the Gran Sabana, discovering its indigenous people, the Pemon, and geologically unique landforms. So intriguing were the tales of these isolated pockets of non-evolution, they eventually became the impetus for Sir Arthur Canon Doyle's 1912 novel, The Lost World: The tale of a land that time forgot, where dinosaurs and humanlike ape-men still roamed.
Twentieth-century aviator and prospector Jimmy Angel was the first modern-day explorer to set foot on Auyan Tepui, also in search of hidden riches of the Gran Sabana. Angel, who had landed and collected gold on an unknown tapui in 1924 with an Alaskan prospector named McCracken, set his single-engine Flamingo monoplane down on Auyan Tepui's mesa top in 1937. Becoming mired in the soft mud, he, his wife and two friends spent 11 days hiking out to civilization. His plane stayed there until 1970, and his surname has since replaced Auyan Tepui for eternity.
Reaching the river camp, a steep hike through twisting vines and mystified jungle put us face-to-face with one of the grandest sites we had seen. Heavy rains of the previous day had left the river and creeks swollen and running heavy. From the base of the falls, a seemingly endless sheet of fresh water cascaded from its heights. The rains had subsided and the late afternoon skies were clearing as we soaked in a large pool at the base of the 979-meter Angle Falls.
It had been seven days since we left Caracas. We had seen monkeys for sale in roadside stands and drank fresh coconut milk from the source, hunted caimans from a dugout canoe, and dined with the Pemon Indians of El Tigre. And, we had wheeled through some of the densest jungle we have seen. While all things had not gone as planned, we did learn some valuable lessons, befriended some wonderful people, experienced some awesome four-wheeling, and ultimately reached our destination: The tallest waterfall known to man.

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Human services technology innovation can fuel transformation when it comes to service delivery, but it raises some important questions. Which technologies are most relevant now as new rules and new operating models are introduced? How can health and human service organizations use these new technologies to improve service, reduce costs and enable better outcomes? The Accenture Technology Vision 2013 offers answers to these human services technology questions.1
These emerging technologies are exciting—but often elusive in the public sector. To foster value, improve outcomes and meet mission goals, health and human services should consider how they can put these technologies to work now. With the right human services technology strategy and approach, agencies can begin to improve service delivery and fuel the public service transformation agenda for the future.
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1. Download the app from the iTunes store. Buy the first volume for $1.99 or the whole book for $8.99.
2. Open the app. Note the artful background on the top half of the home screen: an unsettling black-and-white photo of rows of young children sleeping in beach chairs, covered in blankets and wearing winter hats.
3. Note the circle superimposed over the photo, one of six. Each represents a volume of "The Silent History," which would total 500 pages if it was printed in book form.
Instead, there are circles, cut up like pies
into 20 even slices, colored in deepening shades of gray. The first circle has one green slice, representing that day's reading. Tap it.
4. Pause to reflect on the ingenuity of
developer Russell Quinn, Wired magazine's "World's Most Wired Storyteller" and the creator of the first-ever subscription-based literary app for McSweeney's.
5. Read the sample chapter, a dispatch from someone named Theodore Green in El Cerrito, Calif. It begins thusly: "She already looked half-dead on the drive to the hospital but I wouldn't admit that until much later." The chapter, known in "Silent History" parlance as a Testimonial, should take you no more than 15 minutes to complete. None of them should; they were calibrated for the length of a morning commute.
6. Wonder who wrote it. Coauthors Kevin Moffett and Matthew Derby traded off. "Even my wife couldn't guess which
chapters I wrote," Derby said.
7. Access the map now available to you. Run your fingers over it and note the positions of the various red octagons, which now number over 200. Each of these denotes a short story known as a Field Report, written by a civilian. Wonder why there are six red octagons in Ann Arbor, Mich., and only two in Boston. Consider submitting your own.
8. Read the rest of the chapters available to you. Savor the feelings of horror inspired by contemplating a world in which an increasing number of children are born without the ability to communicate.
9. Seek out the closest red octagon.
Remember to bring along your iPhone.
10. Wait for the next installment.


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When the weather turns cold and tomatoes, leafy greens, eggplant, and bell peppers disappear from the food stands at your farmers' market, rest assured that you'll be able to snag several varieties of winter squash. Because of their hard shells, varieties such as acorn, butternut, spaghetti, kabocha, and delicata squash can be stored for several months before use, making them perfect go-to ingredients for soups and side dishes this fall. Loaded with vitamin A and a great source of vitamin C, winter squash can also help keep your immune system strong during the season of sneezes and sniffles.
Did You Know? Fun Food Facts about Winter Squash
Winter Squash Recipes to Try
Khao Tom Fak Thong (Acorn Squash Rice Soup) Acorn squash brings heartiness to this soup without making you feel stuffed.
Dan Hobakjuk (Sweet Pumpkin Porridge) Tender kidney beans, crunchy chestnuts, and chewy rice balls—this velvety soup, made with pumpkin or squash, is all about texture.
Vegetarian Red Curry with Butternut Squash A delicious blend of squash, tomatoes, and mushrooms simmered in a delicious red curry sauce.
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I can't believe it....we are ready! well, as ready as we are going to get. Madame Mere arrived two days ago and whipped everyone into shape. Amazing how many orders can come out of a mouth. Then she wondered why we were all so tired.
Yesterday we looked into some of the Christmas boxes for leftovers to set the table. A few balls that we never use anymore were found and some glass garlands from past decorations. The only china at hand was Verdures from Raynaud since the other four sets I have, including the one I usually use for Christmas, were unpacked in the basement. I have yet to find the wine goblets but there's still 24 hours 'till Christmas Eve.
On Christmas Day the grandchildren and the rest of the family will arrive for the traditional Cuban lunch of pork, black beans and turrones. Fortunately that is a less formal ocassion.
This year we have two Christmas trees, one in the great room and a smaller one in the dining room. I will post better pictures later when the light is better. The ones I took yesterday were much too dark to make them justice.
Well Madame Mere is calling, we are off to the grocery store to pick up the leg of lamb and finish up. And to think just a couple of months she fell and broke her foot. Amazing....
Merry Christmas to all of you dearest friends and remember...Don't sweat the small stuff!
|I wonder how many days Madame Mere will be staying with us...


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Dr. Jeffrey Bale, Monterey Institute professor and director of the Monterey Terrorism Research and Education Program, has been in high demand by media outlets in Europe and the United States recently.
On July 28, Professor Bale was interviewed live by America's Radio News Network hosts Chris Salcedo and Lori Lundin about claims by U.S. officials suggesting the imminent demise of al-Qa'ida. His conclusion was that those claims were not warranted.
That same day, July 28, Bale was interviewed at length by Morten Bertelsen of Dagens Næringsliv, the leading business daily in Norway. The interview dealt with a number of issues related to the devastating terrorist attack carried out by the Anders Behring Breivik in Norway earlier that month.
On July 30, Professor Bale was again interviewed by a Scandinavian journalist, this time by Josefin Pehrson of Svenska Dagbladet, the third largest newspaper in Sweden. This interview was for a story about Breivik's claims about a neo-Templar underground network. His conclusion was that there was probably no truth to those claims.
On August 12, Professor Bale and MonTREP were yet again in the media spotlight when he was interviewed by Damian Trujillo of KNTV - NBC Bay Area News for an hour-long special that will be aired on September 11, 2011.
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A song for action movie, adventures, video games and background action music, with a lot of guitar riff and big bass.
James Bond, Mission: Impossible, Xbox, U2, Pixies, Avengers, Iron Man moods…;)
There is a loop version that you can use for background music (web, Video Games etc…) (0:37 to 1:14 approximately).
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GolfBC Championship is back for 2018!
The GolfBC Championship returns to Gallagher's Canyon Golf and Country Club June 11-17th! This Mackenzie Tour – PGA TOUR Canada event has made a significant positive charitable impact in the Kelowna area with $300,000 raised in its first two years for its designated charity, the BC Cancer Foundation (and last year also the Canadian Red Cross for Kelowna flood relief). Visit the event website for stories, updates and photos! golfbcchampionship.com
GolfBC Announces Change of Ownership of Furry Creek
GolfBC Group announced on October 10, 2017 that it has closed on the sale of Furry Creek Golf and Country Club, including development land surrounding the golf course. Future plans for Furry Creek includes further development of the residential community as well as building on the vision set for "BC's Most Scenic Golf Course". To ensure the smooth continuation of operations, the current team of managers and staff will be retained under the new management, who have also expressed desire to continue to grow the employment base in the region in their long-term vision for the Sea-to-Sky corridor. »click here to read more
Thanks Mother Nature!
GolfBC's Nicklaus North, Furry Creek, Olympic View, Gallagher's Canyon and The Okanagan Golf Club are featured in ScoreGolf TV's episode 9 hosted by Bob Weeks, which aired early July on TSN! The segment is now available online:
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Early Entry Incentive Ends July 31, Special Invitation To Eastport Yacht Club Cocktail Fundraiser To Be Held For The Melges 24 Worlds
28 July 2009
Time is ticking as the 2009 Melges 24 World Championship draws closer and the early entry deadline approaches. The Eastport Yacht Club is ready to put its best cocktail party forward in benefit and recognition to everyone contributing to the event.
Annapolis, Md. (July 28, 2009) - Competitors are reminded that the early entry deadline of Friday, July 31 is only a couple days away. Register Online Sooner Rather Than Later (crew lists do not need to be confirmed to register.) Also, be sure to visit and bookmark the Official Event Website. View theList Of Current Entries.
Time flies. The Melges 24 World Championship at Eastport Yacht Club (EYC) is now less than three months away, with the first day of the week-long event scheduled for October 23. Already, 20 teams out of an expected 80+ from around the world have registered, making them eligible for a special, early-entry prize.
Official EYC photographer Cindy Cady is donating a customized hard-cover, coffee table photo book of the Worlds to one skipper whose entry arrives by July 31. The contest winner also gets Cady's personalized DVD of all the images of his or her boat taken during racing. So get your entry in quickly — you can Register Online, confirmed crew list not required — but it has to be by July 31 to be eligible for the photo book drawing.
A star-studded cast of teams is expected including 2008 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year Terry Hutchinson, the local grand prix rock star who won the Melges 24 North Americans in Annapolis last year, plus reigning world champions Lorenzo Bressani and Lorenzo Santini on Uka Uka Racing, who have added U.S. Olympic medallist Jonathan McKee to their crew to call tactics.
The prize-winner will be picked at a cocktail party for friends of the Melges 24 Worlds at 6 p.m. Monday, August 10 at EYC. Those that attend will witness the unveiling of the official regatta poster by EYC's own Sara Proctor and enjoy a premier showing of Tucker Thompson's Melges 24 DVD, produced specially for the event. Potential donors and sponsors are welcome to attend (a $50 minimum donation is greatly appreciated). Other raffle items include club-level tickets to a Raven-Jets football game with parking, high-tech foul weather gear, plus many other items. Please join the crowd at the club for hors d'ouevres, drinks and a glimpse of what's coming to EYC.
If you can't make it but still want to get involved, contact Regatta Chair Liz Filter, who is actively seeking sponsors, donors and volunteers. This is a big deal — a major world championship in an extremely competitive international class featuring some of the top sailors in the world. The more people that get involved, the better it will be.
The 2009 Melges 24 World Championship is sponsored by official apparel sponsors Coral Reef Sailing Apparel & Gill, and transportation partner Latis Yachting Solutions.
Other supporting sponsors include T2P.tv, Boatyard Bar and Grill, Sam's Waterfront Cafe, Pusser's Caribbean Grille at the Annapolis Marriott Waterfront, Team Barbarians, Cindy Cady Photography,North Sails One Design, SailFastPhoto, ABS Architects, PantherVision, Chesapeake Bay Roasting Co., SheSails, Inc., Annapolis Roads and Kathryn M. Weber, CPA. This event is also supported by theInternational Melges 24 Class Association (IMCA), the U.S. Melges 24 Class Association (USMCA) and the Annapolis Melges 24 Fleet #22.
The Melges 24 Class and Eastport Yacht Club are extremely proud to be partnered with these outstanding companies and sincerely thank them for their generous support of the 2009 Worlds.
Sponsorship opportunities still exist and tax deductible donations are also being accepted; please contact 2009 World Championship Regatta Chair Liz Filter if you would like to make a gift.


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- Needle and Thread
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What To Do:
- Lay sock on table with heel facing up. Make a cut from the toe of the sock, all the way to the beginning of the heel. Make sure you cut right through the center of the foot section, so that you will have two equal Ears.
- Turn the sock inside out and then, using a whip stitch, stitch each ear together.
- Turn sock right side out and then cut nose and glue on with white or tacky glue. You can also use sticky-back foam and just press into place.
- If using felt or wiggly eyes, glue into place and let dry. If using buttons, stitch into place. We used a small black button on top of a white button for each eye.


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- First Steps with AnyEvent
- Emulating POSIX Signals
- List Processes AKA ps
- Bad AnyEvent Install
When I tried to move my AnyEvent-based code over to Windows today, I got a slightly unpleasant surprise.
$ perl kernel.pl fcntl is not implemented at c:/strawberry/perl/site/lib/AnyEvent/Util.pm line 362.
(Actually, that path is not accurate – it is from simulating the problem on a different computer. The actual path is a network share.)
Drat I thought, maybe AnyEvent isn't as portable as I thought. But hang on a minute. When doubting a widely used library ahead of your own code, it is usually your code that is at fault. In my experience anyhow. And besides, Twiggy runs on Windows. What have I done wrong?
So I had a look at the offending line of code.
# Sets the blocking state of the given filehandle (true == nonblocking, # false == blocking). Uses fcntl on anything sensible and ioctl FIONBIO on # broken (i.e. windows) platforms. BEGIN { *fh_nonblocking = AnyEvent::WIN32 ? sub($$) { ioctl $_[0], 0x8004667e, pack "L", $_[1]; # FIONBIO } : sub($$) { fcntl $_[0], AnyEvent::F_SETFL, $_[1] ? AnyEvent::O_NONBLOCK : 0; } ; }
While I was there, a quick glance down the comments gave me a picture of someone who enjoys working on Windows as much as I do 🙂
# perl's socketpair emulation fails on many vista machines, because # vista returns fantasy port numbers. ... # vista has completely broken peername/sockname that return # fantasy ports. this combo seems to work, though. ... # vista example (you can't make this shit up...):
I quickly tracked the root of the problem down to a file called
constants.pl. Uh oh, take a look at the WIN32 subroutine.
package AnyEvent; sub CYGWIN () { 0 } sub WIN32 () { 0 } ...
That is actually a file generated from a Unix install of AnyEvent.
constants.pl is generated at make time from a file called
constants.pl.PL that looks like this.
sub i($$) { print "sub $_[0] () { ", $_[1]*1, " }\n"; } print "package AnyEvent;\n"; our $WIN32 = $^O =~ /mswin32/i; i CYGWIN => $^O =~ /cygwin/i; i WIN32 => $WIN32; ...
And this is down to my company's perl policy. A number of pure perl modules are installed on a windows network share which is samba mounted onto the unix servers. We're primarily a C++/Java shop and Perl is something of a second-class citizen but there are a good number of modules available (including Moose, AnyEvent, POE, etc.)
The downside is that it is hard to get modules installed that aren't there already, and we are not permitted to download them ourselves. Most of the time, this isn't a problem.
Anyway, I tried to fix this in my own script using variants on:
package AnyEvent; use constant WIN32 => 1; package Kernel;
sub AnyEvent::WIN32 () { 1 }
both before and after the
use AnyEvent lines. I couldn't get round it though. This happened when the definitions were after the use lines.
$ perl kernel.pl Constant subroutine AnyEvent::WIN32 redefined at c:/strawberry/perl/lib/constant.pm line 131. Constant subroutine AnyEvent::WIN32 redefined at kernel.pl line 23. fcntl is not implemented at c:/strawberry/perl/site/lib/AnyEvent/Util.pm line 362.
And this is when it was placed before.
$ perl kernel.pl Constant subroutine WIN32 redefined at c:/strawberry/perl/site/lib/AnyEvent/constants.pl line 3. fcntl is not implemented at c:/strawberry/perl/site/lib/AnyEvent/Util.pm line 362.
How frustrating!


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While you were home enjoying the holidays with friends and family, we cooked up new and improved Zimride profiles. They're packed with awesome features to help you put your best face forward and get a better look at what your fellow Zimriders are all about.
Facebook Integration
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Build trust by letting the community know what networks you're a member of. Your new profile will show a list of your verified networks so other Zimriders know you're who you say you are.
Not only have we made profile pics larger to better show off your pretty smile, we've now made it possible for drivers to share a pic of their sweet rides.
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Dinosaur Train "King Cryolophosaurus/Buddy The Tracker" King Cryolophosaurus - Buddy, Tiny, Don and Mom meet a reclusive, singing dinosaur named King who has a big swooping crest on his head and a voice that sounds an awful lot like Elvis Presley. Buddy the Tracker - Buddy and Don are "footprint detectives" as they track and find creatures they know at the Big Pond. The plot thickens when they discover fossilized tracks that are millions of years old!. D
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Sesame Street "Elmo Wants to Have A Ball" Elmo's daddy has given him a dollar and he is not sure what to buy. He sees lots of things that are interesting, but decides that he wants a Stupendous Ball. The only problem is that it costs five dollars. D
11:00 am
Sid The Science Kid "Let There Be Light" Sid and his baby brother Zeke are playing a game where they try to "grab" the light coming out of a flashlight, which proves to be impossible. At school, Sid and his friends explore the science of light and discover that light comes from various energy sources. They also discover that there are some light sources that can't be turned off, like the biggest light source of all. D
11:30 am
WordWorld "Princess Sheep/W Drought" Princess Sheep - Bear and Sheep want to play princess, but they only have one crown. Although Sheep promises to take turns wearing the crown and being princess, she gets royally carried away playing her role. It is only after she hurts Bear's feelings that Sheep learns that a true princess isn't selfish, but kind and generous instead. D
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Caillou "Caillou The Brave" Caillou and the Big Slide - The playschool is going swimming, and it's Caillou's very first time on a water slide, but he's a little nervous and doesn't want to slide down it. Miss Martin tells him it's natural to be afraid of things the first time you try them - why, she was afraid of the swings when she was a little girl. Caillou musters up his courage and, pretending he's a brave mountain climber, he climbs up the ladder and slides down, discovering how fun water slides really are! Caillou the Sailor - Mommy and Daddy are going out to a party and Caillou is excited to hear that Grandpa is coming to babysit. D
12:30 pm
Barney & Friends "The Blame Game/Airplanes" The Blame Game - Marcos accidentally breaks an art show project that Melanie has made. Afraid that she will be angry, he doesn't say anything, but then feels guilty. Barney helps him see that honesty and taking responsibility for what we do is always best. D
1:00 pm
Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "Flutter By Butterfly/Pretty In Pink" Flutter By Butterfly - Sally and Nick are pretending to be butterflies, but they're not very good at it. The Cat takes them to meet Bernadette the Monarch butterfly, who can teach them all about fluttering. Following Bernadette from Milky Weed Meadow to Prickly Pines forest they learn that butterfly wings are used for so much more than just fluttering! Pretty in Pink - Sally and Nick are having fun trying out different moves when the Cat arrives to show them some cool moves of his own. D
1:30 pm
Thomas & Friends "Best Times!" Sir Topham Hatt announces that the library is holding a special story time for all the children. He needs an engine to deliver the storybooks. Thomas is so excited that he has been chosen for the special that he doesn't wait to for the books to be tied in place. D
2:00 pm
Curious George "Amazing Maze Race/The Color of Monkey" When a cow eats his map, George has to find creative ways to get through a maze at Renkins Farm.G
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Martha Speaks "Martha's Millions/Carolina's Gifted" Martha's Millions - When Carolina reads about a dog inheriting millions, she's appalled. What could a dog do with all that money? Martha discovers that it isn't who spends it, but how you spend it, that matters most. Vocabulary: (E) inherit(s)(ed)(ing)(ance), wealthy, greedy, generous, fortune (I) will, buy, spend, stingy, give(ing). D
3:00 pm
The Electric Company "Revolutionary Doughnuts" Lisa tries to clear the name of an ancestor accused of being a traitor in the Revolutionary War. D
3:30 pm
WordGirl "The Birthday Girl/Granny-Sitter" THE BIRTHDAY GIRL: WordGirl meets The Birthday Girl - a spoiled brat who enlarges when she doesn't get her way. WG's only hope is to use Violet's help to teach her to be generous. GRANNY-SITTER: Granny May answers an ad to be the Botsford's new babysitter - so she can have an alibi for her latest crime. D
4:00 pm
Wild Kratts "Cheetah Racer" Chris and Martin announce that no creature or vehicle can travel as fast over the rough and tumble African savannah as the cheetah. Aviva takes the challenge and declares she will build a ground racer that can run even faster than a cheetah. Of course Zach wants to prove that he is a better inventor than Aviva and joins the race. D
4:30 pm
Cyberchase "Crystal Clear" When Digit's systems go wonky, Motherboard sends him to the caves that house the Synchronizer, the beautiful crystal that keeps all borgs correctly timed. But before he can be put back in sync, he gets a glitch and tosses his crystal synchrometer into a tunnel and then flies off the wrong way down into a deep, dark chasm. Called in to help, Jackie, Matt and Inez meet Jules, the cave's timid guard, who teams up with them to find the synchrometer (using the unique geometry of crystals) and to find Digit, who's hopelessly lost. D
5:00 pm
Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman "Ruff Rocks The (Environmentally Sustainable) House!" Ruff is excited about being invited to play rock music in South Carolina-that is, until he realizes that his Swedish environmentalist-rock-star-cousin Ruf Rufman was actually invited to perform instead. In order to convince Rf that he should play in the concert, Ruff sends Talia and Isaac to learn how to build a "green" doghouse. He then sends Sterling and Liza to rock n' roll band camp. D
5:30 pm
Nightly Business Report Disappointing job numbers surprise even the most pessimistic. Only 69-thousand jobs were added in May, making today on wallstreet a dismal day, Washington Correspondent Sylvia Hall reports. Wall Street Sell-Off: New York Correspondent Erika Miller explains that the combination of bad job numbers and the uncertainty in Europe are enough to put the markets into a dive, erasing this year's gains. D
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8:00 pm
Foyle's War "A War of Nerves, Part 1" A bomb disposal unit engineer pulls a gun in front of Sam at a local pub. Milner works undercover to try to catch the men behind an organized crime racket. A man with ties to a local shipyard offers blackmarket petrol to Milner. And Foyle is asked to keep an eye on a communist agitator who has come to town. Part 1 of 2G
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Midsomer Murders "Dark Autumn, Part 1" In the village of Goodman's Land, postman Dave Cutler is murdered while on an early morning round. With the help of local community WPC Jay Nast, Barnaby and Troy's investigations reveal that Cutler was the local Romeo. Signs first point to a jealous husband or jilted lover as the culprit. Part 1 of 2G
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Rosalie Sorrels: Way Out In Idaho The native Idahoan and nationally known singer-songwriter-storyteller appears in concert with friends in this IdahoPTV-produced performance documentary. Onstage with her in Hailey's Liberty Theatre are musicians from Idaho and across the country. Other friends, who have known and worked with Sorrels for decades - Pete Seeger, Nanci Griffith, Jean Ritchie, Terry Garthwaite, Utah Phillips and more - describe Sorrels' special talents, unique qualities and contributions to musical history and lore.G
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Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 5:03 pm
Post subject: Fall Creek - 79th to 56th August 1, 2008
The Millersville guage showed about 140 cfs, and about 2.5 feet at about 7am with temps in the 80s and a 30% chance of thunderstorms after 2pm.
That would should leave enough time to get through what I predicted would take 4-6 hours of casual paddling in my new 12 ft Kay-Noe.
I ventured out for my 2nd trip and first solo on Fall Creek and after some shuttle complication hit the water about a little before 9am.
The water and mud at the put in smelled and looked pretty nasty, but the flow in the center looked good. There were a couple of places where there was some questionable foam swirling around discharge pipes.
After a few hundred yards I encountered a day camp excursion with about 6 canoes with what looked like 10-12 year old kids taking their first paddle strokes. Their leader said they planned to take out at just before 71st street. I last saw them at the old dam, it looked like they were trying to take the middle route.
The water was just over the middle chute and my back end got stuck, but I wiggled free and continued on.
The water must have been over the large pipes, because I didn't see them even though I was looking for them as we had stopped to check out the area last time.
I didn't see much wildlife beyond the huge herons, including the one who decided to be my guide. He seemed to stay with me most of the trip, landing in front of me and flying forward again to scout my way.
I would have appreciated his feedback and birds eye view as there were 2 trees that made the river completely impassable, and a third that had one squeak through on the extreme right. On the tree I did get through I had scouted for 10 minutes and found only high banks and water too deep to see through on the other side. I finally decided that my best bet was to get back in the boat and attempt to cross on water. There was about 2.5 feet clearance in a space only 4 or 5 feet wide, followed immediately by a very hard left turn that had to be taken while leaning forward for clearance. Adding to the drama when I looked up during the turn I came eyeball to eyeball with a relatively large spider who was equally surprised to see me.
There were 5 or 6 'rapids' including one where I bottomed out again. Suicide Falls at 465 was a fun and easy shot just left of center.
I took out at 56th street around 2pm happy and excited for my next trip!
Fall Creek is such a great asset to have in our backyard!
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Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 8:06 am
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Aye - a fine August trip! How long would ye have, given the temperature calculations, before ye got hypothermia on that fine day?
ipso res loquitor
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Martin Thompson needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 81 designs submitted by 26 freelance designers.
The ITAM Review
The ITAM Review is a specialist online magazine for a niche area of IT. It originally started as a simple blog and has now grown to include premium content, directories and consulting services.
The most important aspect of The ITAM Review is that it is vendor neutral and unbiased. So Independence is a big part of the message.
IT professionals in large corporate companies.
The logo needs to come across as professional, modern trustworthy and independent.
The current logo and site design is red and white. Don't be limited by these colours, I will also be changing the site design so feel free to be open with colours.
99% of all logo use will be online. It would nice to have a high res edition for print use and a version to use in word documents. The final design also has to be delivered with a transparent border so I can use the logo on different colour backgrounds (it may not be white in the future and is commonly used on other sites).
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text: "What happened with the World Bank's competitiveness rankings is very concerning," socialist President Michelle Bachelet, whose four-year term ends in March, wrote on Twitter after the World Bank's chief economist apologized for Chile's slippage in the rankings under her tenure."Rankings that international institutions conduct should be trustworthy, since they impact investment and countries' development," Bachelet wrote, adding that the government would formally request a complete investigation from the World Bank.In an interview with The Wall Street Journal published on Friday, World Bank Chief Economist Paul Romer apologized to Chile for changes to the report's methodology that he said "conveyed the wrong impression" about the business environment under Bachelet. Chile currently ranks 55th out of 190 countries on the list, down from 34th in 2014, the year Bachelet took office. Its ranking declined to 41st in 2015, 48th in 2016, and 57th in 2017, the World Bank's reports show. Romer told the newspaper the decline resulted from methodological changes, rather than a deterioration of Chile's business environment, and may have been the result of the World Bank staff's political motivations. He told the newspaper he would revise the reports.In a statement on Saturday, the World Bank said it would "conduct an external review" of Chile's indicators in light of Romer's concerns. It said any changes to its methodology undergo "a rigorous consultative process" and that the indicators are based on "hard data" like tax rates and legislation passed."The Doing Business indicators and methodology are designed with no single country in mind," it said. "Objective data is not subject to political influence." Chile is one of Latin America's wealthiest and most stable countries. While Bachelet introduced progressive tax and labor reforms that the country's business community said crimped investment, she has not fundamentally altered the country's longstanding free-market model. Economic growth decelerated under her watch in large part due to low prices for copper, the country's main export.In presidential elections last month, conservative billionaire and former President Sebastian Pinera trounced Bachelet's preferred candidate, Alejandro Guillier, in part on promises to slash red tape and boost investment.Pinera presided over a booming economy from 2010-2014 amid high copper prices. He had succeeded Bachelet, who served her first term from 2006-2010. Chile's constitution prohibits consecutive re-election.The World Bank's Doing Business ranking weighs factors such as the ease of starting a business, obtaining credit, paying taxes and getting construction permits. "It is rare to see an action this immoral," Economy Minister Jorge Rodriguez Grossi said in a statement. "We hope it is corrected quickly, but the damage is done." (Reporting by Antonio de la Jara; Additional reporting and writing by Luc Cohen; Editing by David Gregorio)


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AHL Game Night: 10/30/10 Pirates at Admirals
Norfolk's weekend has the sour taste of a two point weekend that should have been a four point weekend.
Dustin Tokarski allowed 7 goals on 29 shots for the overtime loss. Rebound control was the culprit. With the exception of the last goal, he was making the first stop and his positioning wasn't bad. But, he was kicking rebounds up the slot and the Admirals defense was not clearing them out. I thought he played better than Desjardins did last night, but neither was acceptable, obviously.
First Period
POR Mancari, (7) (Byron), 3:27
NOR Szczechura, (5) (Giliati, Mihalik), 5:36
NOR Roy, (2) (Barberio, Szczechura), 13:27
Second Period
POR Whitmore, (4) (Turnbull), 2:01
NOR Simek, (3) (Pouliot, Harju), 6:30
NOR Fornataro, (3) (Szczechura, Wright), 13:47
Third Period
POR Whitmore, (5) (Crawford, Turnbull), 9:36
NOR Wright, (3) (Szczechura, Fornataro), 10:03 (PP)
POR Stuart, (3) (Brennan, Biega), 10:29
NOR Harju, (5) (Simek, Pouliot), 11:28 (PP)
POR Turnbull, (1) (Roloff, Whitmore), 12:59
POR Schiestel, (2) (Roloff, Turnbull), 14:54
POR Gragnani, (3) (Mancari, Biega), 1:05
Paul Szczechura was the game's second star. Juraj Simek was, in my opinion, the best Admiral tonight. He showed excellent hand-eye coordination batting a puck out of air for his goal, and that line he has with Pouliot and Harju in one of the best in the league right now.
Through two periods, the defense was much improved tonight. I don't know if that's a function of Mike Flanagan being back to run the defense after Steve Thomas did it last night, but they were better at taking care of details within five feet of their own blueline, with the exception of Portland's first goal. The last period was just the intersection of a team letting its foot off the gas once Harju scored on a semi-soft goal to make it 6-4 and some bad luck with rebounds going right onto Pirates' sticks. The biggest play of the game was the 2-on-1 goal Portland scored to make it 6-5, where Michael Vernace got completely lost. I'm not surprised he was -3 tonight. He's struggling with his positioning and the way he surrenders the blueline on the rush, they might need to start calling him Versailles.
My revalation of the night was Stefano Giliati, who is a speedy little sparkplug who was either generating scoring chances or popping people all night long. He got his first point as an Admiral tonight, and I was impressed. I'm surprised they don't play him more.
I liked the way rookies Mark Barberio and Radko Gudas played. Barberio ended up a team high +2 along with Mihalik, and although his skating is mediocre, he's outstanding at reading the play in the offensive end. He's a very crafty player. He has a ways to go, but I enjoyed what I saw. Gudas appeared in both games this weekend, and he was quiet for most of five periods of hockey, but he was very visible in the third period tonight. He and Wishart are the only two Admirals who routinely step up at their blueline and give a pop, but what surprised me about Radko was how he carried the puck offensively a couple of times. The skill set is there, and it's real. Like Barberio, he's a couple of years off, but there's something to work with there, and he and Mihalik make a decent little pairing. The reunification of Czechoslovakia going on with that pairing.
It makes me puke that a goaltender as bad as Leggio managed to backdoor his way into two wins this weekend. That's annoying.
I'll be leaving Norfolk tomorrow morning, but I just wanted to close by encouraging Lightning fans to make the trip if you're looking for a weekend trip. This is an entertaining team, with the highest scoring offense in the league, and this is a good town. I enjoy coming to Norfolk because it reminds me a lot of Tampa, and I think you'll feel the same way to if you come up here.
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Dezert Toys at Big Boy'sPosted in Events on January 13, 2011
Several months ago, we attended a truck show/film screening that was organized by Clean-Dezert.org (a desert cleanup organization) and Dezert People films. Dozens of cool trucks lined the parking lot, people were talking, having fun, and a fair amount of money was raised to help Clean-Dezert.org further fund cleanup efforts in Southern California. It was a great evening, so we jumped at the chance to be involved when another show with similar aims was being organized. After months of planning, dozens of trucks converged in the parking lot of the Bob's Big Boy in Norco, California, for a fundraising event designed to benefit both Clean-Dezert.org and Fast-Aid (an organization that assists injured racers and their families). Destined to become an annual event, the very first 'Dezert Toys at Big Boy's' show occurred on September 26th, 2010, and it was a sight to behold.
It was unusually hot, but that didn't stop truck owners from coming out to display rigs of every size, shape, and design. Quite a few prerunners were on hand, along with race trucks, trail rigs, and even a couple of sandrails. A live band and a DJ helped set the mood, and we presume the Bob's Big Boy was serving up burgers by the dozen.
As the afternoon came to an end, we served as judges and helped pick out some of the best vehicles on display. 'Best In Show' went to an impressively-built prerunner that will soon get the photo feature treatment in an upcoming issue of OFF-ROAD - keep an eye out for it. As everyone packed up, donations were counted and sizeable donations were made to both Clean-Dezert.org and Fast-Aid.
We'd like to give special thanks to Charyle Trujillo, Krista Ridgeway, and the Bob's Big Boy staff, Adam Filbin from Clean-Dezert.org, Speakeasy (a great rockabilly band), DJ Spanish Pete, and the show sponsors:
Dezert Dimes - www.dezertdimes.com
Dezert People Films -- www.dezertpeople.com
Dezert Rangers -- www.DezertRangers.com
Go Fast Broncos.com -- www.GoFastBroncos.com
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Apple Sued For Copyright Infringement Because Third Party App Has Someone Else's Bird Sounds
from the tweet-tweet dept
The developer of iBird seemingly admits to using Stewart's sounds. If you actually accept the idea of the copyrights on those sounds, then it seems like it should be a lawsuit solely between Stewart and the iBird developer. But including Apple because it offers iBird in the iPhone app store seems pretty ridiculous. On top of that, there's some oddity on the timing as well. Stewart admits that he's been collecting these sounds for 35 years, and that the iBird developer first approached him in 2007. But he only filed an application to copyright the sounds in December of 2009, which may cause some difficulty for him (though, it's not clear when the iBird product was actually released, which could make a difference here).
Either way, I can't see how Apple has any liability here at all, unless Stewart sent a DMCA takedown that was ignored, and there's no indication of that in his lawsuit. This feels like a typical "Steve Dallas lawsuit" in that it lumps in a big company tangentially related to the lawsuit, just because it has lots of money, and the guy suing is hoping against all the odds (and common sense and the law) that it will somehow pay up or be forced to pay up.


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by Tom Utescher
It could be said that the girls of Springside Chestnut Hill Academy managed to catch lightning in a bottle with their basketball upset of Germantown Academy back at the beginning of January, but as the month drew near its conclusion the Lions were unable to generate a similar spark in last Tuesday's rematch with the GA Patriots.
In the second encounter, host SCH had an 8-7 edge in the final minute of the opening quarter, then the Pats exploded for a dozen straight points and continued on to win, 45-29. With the victory, Germantown (13-8 overall) climbed into a tie with the Lions (10-11) for third place in the Girls Inter-Ac standings, each with a 5-3 record in league play.
SCH couldn't stop GA junior forward Margaret Anne Hubbell in the paint, and she led all scorers with 23 points while pocketing eight rebounds. Senior forward Kiernan McCloskey pulled down 15 rebounds and she and sophomore guard Olivia Gorman each contributed seven points to the winning cause. GA was playing without one regular starter, since freshman guard Kendall Grasela had sprained her ankle near the end of practice the previous day.
SCH sophomore forward Olivia Byron was sidelined by injury, and illness had been affecting the Lions, as well, so much so that they'd had to reschedule a league contest against Baldwin School four days before the second GA game. A number of players for the host team coughed and snuffled their way through Tuesday's contest; in particular, starting guards Gianna Pownall (a senior) and Julia Schumacher (a junior) were clearly not functioning at full capacity.
But for the most part, the outcome of the game was due to the fact that Germantown simply played better than it had the first time around.
"We were better prepared for their delay game in the first quarter," commented Patriots coach Sherri Retif. "Defensively, we threw a lot of junk at them instead of allowing them to catch us off-guard with holding the ball from the tip. We got a good defensive effort not only from our guards, Olivia and Fran [Sweeney, a senior], but also, our post players were stepping in and filling up the paint."
As a result, the Lions were rarely able to penetrate to the basket except in the offensive transition. On defense, SCH was not hurt too badly by Lehigh University signee McCloskey, who'd scored her 1000th point in a GA uniform exactly a week earlier.
What the Lions defenders couldn't digest was a heaping helping of Hubbell. Once they discovered that SCH couldn't stop the junior transfer (from Central Bucks East) except by fouling her, the Patriots just kept on feeding her the ball.
GA senior guard Dempsey Cooper, who signed with the University of Rhode Island last November, converted a steal into the first points of the game, then a three-pointer by Lions freshman Lindsay Hiner and a basket off a rebound by the Patriots' McCloskey followed. Hubbell had the visitors up 7-3 midway through the first quarter, going three-for-four at the free throw line on back-to-back fouls.
Senior Maddi Hinchey, an SCH guard out of Norwood Fontbonne Academy, knocked down a "three" for the hosts, and when a steal by Pownall was converted into two points by Schumacher, the Lions led 8-7 with 47 seconds left in the opening stanza.
Hubbell had the final word in the first period to give GA a 9-8 edge, but the worst news was still to come for the Lions, who watched the Germantown junior score four more baskets in succession as the second quarter unfolded. A jumper from near the foul line by Cooper rounded out a run that put the Patriots up 19-8.
SCH junior Madi Sehn, another former Norwood player, broke the string with a three-pointer for the hosts, but the Lions never really recovered from the 12-0 outburst by their guests. They made a comeback attempt later in the second round, when a baseline drive by Schumacher and four-for-six foulshooting by Pownall made it 24-18 in the closing minute, but in the final seconds a drive by GA's Gorman upped the advantage to eight points for halftime.
The scoreboard moved in slow motion through a 4-4 third quarter, then the Pats pushed their lead into double digits and kept in there by out-pointing the Lions in the fourth period, 15-7.
Germantown's total was rounded out by six points from Cooper and two from freshman forward Lauren Oeth. Pownall and Schumacher scored nine and eight points, respectively, for the home team, while Sehn finished with four. The Lions also got three apiece from Hinchey and Hiner, and two points from freshman guard Drew Kevitch.
"I think we've gotten to a place where everybody's got each other's back out there," said Coach Retif, whose team had logged its sixth straight victory. "They're starting to trust each other more, and that's a good thing to see."


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Pirelli and Heico Sportiv have revealed a specially tuned version of the Volvo V40 to celebrate Pirelli's jubilee.
They used as foundation a V40 T3 model equipped with a 1.6-liter turbocharged engine. Output has been lifted from the series 150 HP (110 kW) to 200 HP (147 kW), while torque has gone up from 240 Nm (177 lb-ft) to 300 Nm (221 lb-ft). As a result, 0-62 mph (0-100 km/h) takes 7.9 seconds, making it 0.9s faster than the stock model. Top speed has also increased from 130 mph (210 km/h) to 143 mph (230 km/h).
The Volvo V40 Pirelli by Heico Sportiv rides on 8x19 VOLUTION VII wheels shod in 235/35 R19 P Zeros. Other changes include a 30mm lowered suspension and a custom body kit with a bi-part front spoiler and a diffuser-look rear skirt. The black and red theme exterior is continued inside the cabin where there are velour floor mats with embossed tire-tread profiles. Heico Sportiv says this special package can be ordered with other engines offered by Volvo.
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Lake Group Media, Inc. is chosen to manage the Weddington Way list which is available for the first time.
Lake Group Media, Inc. adds to its family of Time Inc. lists with Food & Wine Magazine Email, People Magazine Email, StyleWatch Magazine Email and Travel Leisure Magazine Email, now available.
Lake Group Media, Inc. will now be managing the Disney Frozen file, available for the first time.
Recognized for Exceptional Contributions to the Direct Marketing Field. LGM's V.P Sheryl Benjamin will be presented with the 2015 Founders Award.


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Google announced today that it is launching its new beta browser, named Chrome. Available in more than 100 countries supposedly tomorrow, so far it is only for those with Microsoft Windows. (The company says it is still working on the Mac and Linux versions.) Google's official blog almost apologized for their comic that discussed the joys of their new browser, saying that they tend to "launch early and iterate" and that the mailroom was a bit hasty letting it out. Be that as it may, it took us long enough to get used to Firefox, so we think we will let the hardcores try it first.
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The event happens every year with the same name, serving the same people, carried out by the same group.
We refer to Project Graduation, which benefits the senior class, and happens thanks to parents and community supporters.
Parents, former parents, and community members with no current connection to the school give of their time and money every year for all kinds of programs serving the youth of the community. They coach, they flip pancakes, or tutor math or reading, sort bottles, or do any number other academic, athletic and extracurricular activities, because they care about kids.
And every year the community steps up for Project Graduation — the all-night safe party for the Class of 2012 on the night of graduation.
Believe it or not, it is again time to help this program. Parents have been holding events (see above) to raise money all year, and now the leg work is happening for the actual event in June. Spring break is near, and by April the event goes into planning mode.
Which means donations of goods, services and cash are needed and gladly accepted by the Project Graduation Committee on behalf of the Class of 2012.
The place is taken care of: this year, as usual, Elks Club donates use of the facilities. While each graduate pays a small fee to attend the party, it takes substantial community support to fund the entertainment, prizes and food each year.
The March 7 Hood River News will carry more details on how to get involved and what is needed, including information on a March 21 organizational meeting.
June 8 might be less than imminent but what is around the corner is this: the committee wants to get a firm handle on its resources and what it can provide in terms of prizes, food, games and amenities to make the graduation night party an attractive option for the graduates — and a memorable night to boot.
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Dennys: News Politics Comedy Science Arts & Food: 227 Posts Roundup at Dennys Blogs 1 August 2012: From Denny: With about 100 days until the 2012 election for a new President or a second term for President Obama, there is a lot stirring around in the news. Both the Romney and Obama campaigns are working hard to influence opinion polls and the news coverage.
Somewhere along the way the truth has been buried. Yet scandal after scandal emerges from the Obama administration while Romney stumbles with international gaffes. All this explains why the polls reveal two-thirds of America thinks we are on the wrong track.
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Guestbloggers: Azadeh Shahshahani, National Security/Immigrants' Rights Project Director with the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia, and Daniel Altschuler, a political scientist and free-lance journalist.
True or false: No child in this country can be denied a public education. The answer is true, thanks to the Supreme Court's 1982 Plyler v. Doe decision, which held that schools could not exclude children based on their immigration status. This is settled law, but not for Alabama legislators, who passed an anti-immigrant law (HB 56) with a provision requiring elementary and secondary schools to determine students' and parents' citizenship status.
With a federal district court refusing to enjoin this provision, families with an undocumented family member are already keeping their children, including U.S. citizens, out of school. And, though an appellate court last month temporarily blocked the K-12 reporting requirement, the right to primary education access for all in our country remains in jeopardy.
This summer, civil and immigrant rights groups, religious institutions and the Department of Justice challenged HB 56 in federal court. Alabama's law contains many troubling provisions contained in anti-immigrant laws in other states, such as Arizona and Georgia, which were blocked by federal courts. But it goes much further, including the requirement in Section 28 that K-12 school officials determine their students' and parents' immigration status. Although the district court blocked certain sections of the law, it allowed this piece to stand.
As with Georgia's HB 87, proponents of HB 56 claim they are removing the drain on state resources. But, in truth, officials like Governor Robert Bentley are scapegoating immigrants for political gain at a time of economic insecurity. They have confessed their desire to expel undocumented immigrants from the state. HB 56 sponsor Micky Hammon asserted, "This [bill] attacks every aspect of an illegal immigrant's life… [T]his bill is designed to make it difficult for them to live here so they will deport themselves."
The law is so extreme that Wade Henderson, President and CEO of the Leadership Council on Civil and Human Rights, concluded that Alabama's "draconian initiative is so oppressive that Bull Connor himself would be impressed." Birmingham's former sheriff, you may recall, once used attack dogs and fire-hoses on African-American children.
Even those skeptical of immigration's well-documented economic benefits should be appalled by Alabama officials' willingness to target children. In addition to violating the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection clause, Section 28 is morally repugnant. It uses state power to keep immigrant children, who bear no responsibility for their status, out of school. Moreover, while so many Alabama public schools are failing, the law unconscionably redirects scarce education resources towards immigration policing.
Finally, as the Court held in Plyler, "It is difficult to understand precisely what the State hopes to achieve by promoting the creation and perpetuation of a subclass of illiterates within our boundaries, surely adding to the problems and costs of unemployment, welfare, and crime."
Sadly, HB 56 may reflect a larger national trend. In May, the Department of Justice issued a memo reaffirming the illegality of asking students about their immigration status. This followed illegal reporting requirements and efforts in other states to pass education provisions similar to HB 56. Recent reports by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) for instance, found that roughly 20 percent of New York and New Jersey public school districts requested information from students that would indicate their immigration status. Similar practices abound in Arizona, where fully half of school districts surveyed by the ACLU sought such information.
The Department of Justice was right to issue its memo, and to seek data from Alabama school districts in the wake of HB 56′s passage to investigate potential violations of civil rights statutes which protect educational opportunities for schoolchildren. It must be even more vigilant about illegal school reporting policies across the country, which may rise as restrictionist officials seek to copy HB 56.
It is encouraging that the appellate court temporarily blocked the education provision of HB 56. But beating Section 28 in court, while essential, will not by itself ensure that all American children can go to school without fear. Legislators and education officials around the country must take heed: our classrooms are no place for the refrain, "Papers, please."
Crossposted from the Huffington Post.
A version of this article first appeared in the Fulton County Daily Report. Reprinted with permission from the October 28, 2011 issue of the Daily Report © 2011 ALM Media Properties, LLC. Further duplication without permission is prohibited. All rights reserved.
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Assignment 24-6
Types of telescopes:
There are three main types of telescopes. The traditional telescope is made up of two lenses with a tube in between them. The furthest lens from your eye is called the objective lens because it is closest to the object you are looking at. These telescopes are called refracting telescopes. When they are small, they are useful because they offer more power than other types of telescopes, but they get too heavy and too awkward if they are very large.
Most larger telescopes are called reflecting telescopes because they use a mirror that reflects images instead of an objective lens. They kind of look like a bucket with a mirror in the bottom. You usually look through a hole on the side of the telescope. These telescopes are an excellent choice once you get into bigger telescopes.
The third type of telescope is called a Cassegrain Telescope. These telescopes combine the refractors with reflectors. They get all the positive benefits from each type, and cancel out most of the negatives. But they are also very expensive. If you can afford a Cassegrain telescope they are the best type to buy. They do have one draw back, and that is they do not look like what people expect telescopes to look like. They do not have long tubes but instead are short and stubby. They have both an objective lens and a mirror.
In the last three astronomy packets we have focused on one part of the sky. We have looked for the constellations Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, Cassiopeia, and the stars Polaris, Mizar and Alcor. All these objects are pretty much in the same area in the sky.
Now we are going to look to a completely different part of the sky to find a very bright constellation named Orion. This constellation is much brighter than the ones we have found so far. Orion was a great hunter. He bragged that he could kill all of the Earth's wild animals. Gaia, the goddess of the Earth, did not like this. She put Orion in the stars in order to save all the Earth's precious creatures.
Look for three bright stars in a straight line. This is Orion's belt. Now using a skymap, find the rest of the constellation. In Astronomy Packet 6 we are going to find some objects within this constellation.
Assignment # 6
Find the constellation Orion.


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Vanessa Hudgens & Ashley Benson: 'Spring Breakers' Hollywood Premiere!
Vanessa Hudgens shows a little leg while attending the premiere of her new film Spring Breakers held at ArcLight on Thursday (March 14) in Hollywood.
The 24-year-old actress was joined by her co-stars Ashley Benson, Selena Gomez, James Franco, and Rachel Korine.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Vanessa Hudgens
Vanessa's gal pal Ashley Tisdale was also spotted showing her support by attending the premiere.
FYI: Vanessa is wearing a Naeem Khan dress and Neil Lane jewels. Ashley B is wearing an Armani dress with Monika Chiang stilettos. Ashley T is wearing an Rvn dress with Christian Louboutin heels and a Prada clutch.
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Between 2000 and 2012, the smoking rate for middle school students declined by nearly 70 percent and the rate for high school students declined by 56 percent.
Previewing Thursday's national Great American Smokeout, Penny L. Gugino, director of Tobacco Action Coalition of the Finger Lakes, released statistics urging smokers to quit. Statistics also indicate the annual event is effective in reducing tobacco use.
Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in New York state, according to the Tobacco Action Coalition release. "Quitting smoking is the single most important step you can take to reduce your risk of cancer."
More than 25,000 New Yorkers die prematurely every year due to tobacco use; exposure to secondhand smoke kills an additional 2,500 people.
"At any time, more than half a million New Yorkers are suffering with serious diseases caused by smoking."
According to the release, the New York State Tobacco Control Program has reduced tobacco use, saved lives, and saved money. The state began its comprehensive state tobacco control program in 2000 with funding from the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) and revenue from cigarette taxes. Since then, New York has experienced significant drops in smoking rates for both adults and teens, not experienced by other parts of the U.S., according to the release.
For example, between 2000 and 2012, the smoking rate for middle school students declined by nearly 70 percent, from 10.2 percent to 3.1 percent. The smoking rate for high school students declined by 56 percent, from 27.1 percent to 11.9 percent. The national smoking rate for teens is 18.1 percent.