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NEW YORK, December 4, 2011 — Today family farmers from across the U.S. will participate in the Occupy Wall Street Farmers March to join in solidarity with efforts to expose corporate control of our food supply.
The event begins at 2 p.m. at La Plaza Cultural Community Garden with remarks about the growing inequity in our food system from farmers and food workers followed by a 4 p.m. Farmers March to Zuccotti Park, where farmers, activists and ranchers, who have travelled from as far as Colorado, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Wisconsin and Upstate New York, will march to ground zero of the growing Occupy Wall Street movement to curtail excessive corporate influence.
"The Farmer's March is a celebration of community power to regain control over the most basic element to human well-being: food. The food system has been taken over by multinational corporations to the detriment of communities, ecosystems, local economies, and soil all over the world," said Paula Winograd and Seth Wulsin, members of the Occupy Wall Street Food Justice committee. "We march for urban/rural solidarity, to share the solutions that are already happening, and to strengthen our regional food networks based on the basic principle of food justice: that access to fresh, healthy, affordable food is a human right," proclaimed Winograd and Wulsin.
Over the past three decades, the U.S. has adopted economic policies promoted by Wall Street investment banks and agribusiness monopolies that have led to massive consolidation in food and agricultural sectors. Today market concentration is so great that only four firms control 84 percent of beef packing and 66 percent of pork production, which has resulted in forcing more than 1.1 million independent livestock producers out of business since Ronald Reagan was elected in 1980.
"Widespread collusion between corporate lobbyists and elected officials has undermined independent farm and land ownership, threatening the safety of our food and the foundation of our democracy " said David Murphy, executive director of Food Democracy Now!, an Iowa based sustainable farm advocacy group.
"With the growing power of food monopolies, farmers are the 99%. The current inequities are destroying opportunities for America's farmers, eliminating the few remaining options for open markets to sell their goods or receive fair prices in the marketplace," said Murphy.
Murphy will be joined on the Occupy Wall Street Farmers March by Colorado rancher Mike Callicrate, who in the 1990s was a lead plaintiff against the largest beef packer at the time, IBP, now part of Tysons Foods. Maine organic farmer Jim Gerritsen will also be a featured speaker. Gerritsen, as the president of the Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association, became the lead plaintiff against seed and chemical giant Monsanto in an effort to protect family farmers from having to defend themselves from patent infringement lawsuits should Monsanto's genetically engineered seed contaminate their farms.
"The money and political power of Wall Street has stolen America's food system, bankrupted our farmers and ranchers, mined our soils, polluted our environment, wasted our precious water, and left us with expensive industrially produced food that makes us sick," said Callicrate who owns an independent cattle feedlot and a direct-to-consumer beef operation.
"America has been broken by the corporate takeover of our country, and it shows in the dysfunction of our government, our economy, our lost jobs and on our farms. The Occupy movement is our new American conscience. And that's why farmers are here for the Occupy Farmers March, to show solidarity with those who are working honestly to rebuild our democracy," said Gerristen, who was recently named as one of the 25 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World in 2011 by Utne Magazine.
The Occupy Wall Street Farmers March comes on the heels of several major policy losses for family farmers in Washington DC, including the failure of the Obama administration to pass fair market livestock rules, known as GIPSA, an effort by House and Senate Agriculture Committee leaders to write a "Secret Farm Bill" and Congress' rejection of serious reforms to our children's school lunch program in favor of declaring pizza a vegetable.


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Normally I don't write, but for this I want to make an exception. This is a record of the day I learned the three virtues actually existed.
A few years ago I went on a mission to bring some mad Toa of Psionics to the Pit for the murder of a few Matoran.
It was not a very special job, the Toa had already been taken out by a member of the Order, so the only thing I had to do was pick her up. But when I arrived, everything had gone wrong.
The Toa stood in the middle of the village, holding some kind of stone, and all around her lay some Matoran, along with the body of my fellow Order member.
As soon as she spotted me, I felt my mind being thorn apart. Normally an Order member would be protected against such sort of attacks, but this Toa was way stronger then any of her kind I'd ever seen before.
She broke the mental shield and I felt myself fainting. I'd completely lost and sense of time and space, and when I woke up I saw the Toa standing right in front of me.
She spoke:
"I saw interesting things in your mind Botar. Now I know everything of your Organization, it's purpose, it's secret location and even it's leader. I will most likely sell this information to the highest payer, or just keep it for myself and overthrow that Toa Helryx and take control over the universe. Nothing can stop me now!"
Behind her I saw the Matoran awaken, they could have just fled to a nearby Koro and continued with their lives. But they didn't flee. Instead, I saw in their eyes that they were prepared to do anything to save the two Matoran who were lying next to me.
Some of them even fused their bodies and minds and became something i'd never seen before, others just grabbed some tools and prepared themselves to attack the Toa.
It was complete madness, a whole village was risking their lives to save two small Matoran and I wasn't able to do a thing.
The Toa, who had completely lost her sanity, observed the Matoran and struck them with a powerfull mental blast, the Matoran cried out in pain but even that could't stop those who were driven solely by unity.
My ally of the Order woke up too, and he was ready for revenge, as he walked towards her and tried to take her down with his sword.
But just when his sword was about to hit her, she dissapeared, and because I know teleportation, I hastly looked around to find her. A Matoran was first and shouted:
"There she is!"
I was too late, she had already summoned a incredible powerful bast of raw psionic energy , and when she unleached it everyone but me fell on the ground like puppets,and the Matoran separated.
She continued to use her power,determined to kill them all, starting with my ally.
I cannot allow this to happen I thought, it is my duty to protect... yes my duty. And thinking about this virtue, I got up and readied my power to teleport her to a place were she couldn't harm anybody.
I reached her and grabbed the mad Toa, but before I could teleport, she threw me off.
Her eyes spotted a ship at the horizon and she started to use her Kualsi to reach it.
Before I could do something, my ally got up saying: "You foolish Toa, this ends now!", and he slammed his sword in her body, exactly at the same time she teleported.
Her upper body had successfully teleported to the boat but the rest had remained in place. She was dead, that was sure.
Suddenly my ally gasped and fell into my arms then he said:
"Don't worry my friend, it's my destiny to die here." Those were to be his last words.
His heartlight stopped glowing and he died. I teleported him to Daxia and would report what had happened. The Matoran's terrorised minds wouldn't be able to remember a thing, but they would live.
The stone was lost forever, dissappearing with the ship behind the horizon.
And I, I would return to work with more love for the for it then I had ever before. For as from then on I knew that the things, we fight for, truly exist. Unity, Duty, Destiny.
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The Patriots held on to beat the Bills 37-31 on Sunday without left guard Logan Mankins, who limped off the field in the third quarter.
Jeff Howe of the Boston Herald reports that Mankins left the stadium in a walking boot on his left foot after the game. It's being termed an ankle injury for Mankins, who has spent this entire season battling one injury or another to the lower half of his body.
Mankins came into the year after an offseason spent rehabbing a torn ACL in his knee and he's since battled hip and calf injuries that have kept him out of three games this season. We aren't likely to get any kind of meaningful injury update on Mankins until after Wednesday's practice.
Nick McDonald replaced Mankins during the game for the Patriots, who also lost right guard Dan Connolly to an injury during Sunday's game. That left them with one healthy reserve lineman when the game came to an end, a situation they'll need to remedy if either injury proves to be serious enough to force a change in the lineup in Week 11.


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Texas Rep. Ted Poe is one of several congressmen in strong support of a bill that would grant American citizenship to the Pakistani doctor, Dr. Shakeel Afridi, who assisted U.S. military in locating Osama bin Laden.
Dr. Afridi now faces being tried for treason and if convicted, he could be executed.
"Congressman Poe feels… it is the moral obligation of the United States to grant him U.S. citizenship," said Shaylyn Hynes, Poe's press secretary. "This man is a hero, not a criminal."
In an effort to help U.S. forces locate and identify the terrorist mastermind, Dr. Afridi organized a polio vaccination program in Abbottabad to gain access to bin Laden's compound. The informant was arrested just weeks after bin Laden's death and has been kept prisoner for the last eight months.
The Republican congressman from Humble believes if Dr. Afridi were a citizen, the United States would have access to him and may be able to provide him counsel, Hynes said.
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., introduced the bill Friday and said, "By granting him American citizenship, we will send a direct and powerful message to those in the Pakistani government and military who protected the mastermind of 9/11."
The bill was referred to the House Judiciary Committee.
For private immigration bills to be considered, the committee requires a letter to the Chairman outlining the reasons, pertinent documents included. At this point, the House Judiciary committee has not received the required documentation from Rohrabacher.
Poe sees Dr. Afridi as a unique and isolated case, Hynes said, and does not believe the bill will create a standard of streamlined citizenship for informants.
"Dr. Afridi assisted us in finding the world's most wanted terrorist who was responsible for the largest attack on U.S. soil since Pearl Harbor…(Poe believes) granting Dr. Afridi U.S. citizenship does not set any kind of precedent," she added.


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Wednesday, May 4, 2005
The New Millennium Research Council has just released a wonderful new report by Prof. Benjamin Compaine entitled The Media Monopoly Myth: How New Competition is Expanding Our Sources of Information and Entertainment.
Ben Compaine has long been the voice of reason in the field of media finance and economics. His classic study of the media market, "Who Owns the Media?" is the classic refutation of the myths about media ownership and consolidation. Ben conclusively shows, both in his old book and his new NMRC study, that the media marketplace has never been more dynamic, diverse and competitive.
Attached below is a summary of what you will find in the report that I pulled from the NMRC's press release about the report. But I encourage you to download and read the entire study for the facts about the current state of competition in our modern media marketplace.
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* Americans have more choices available to them when it comes to media content than ever before. "(Television) viewers have more choice from more sources than at any time in the history of the medium... Who owns the media does matter for content, but not always with the outcomes in the direction proclaimed in the common wisdom. Among other findings, this paper reports on studies that make a strong case that: having more sources of programming creates more diversity in television programming; there is no support for the contention that media ownership by chains or conglomerates leads to any consistent pattern of lowered standards, content, or performance when compared with media owned by families or small companies; publicly owned newspaper chains are less likely to have an ideological agenda they want to promote than those that are family controlled; and television stations with cross-ownership--in which the parent company also owns a newspaper in the same market--tend to produce higher quality newscasts."
* The largest television industry players control less of the market today than they did in the past. "Contrary to the widespread perception that television is more concentrated than 30 or 20 or 10 years ago, by a number of critical measures, there is more competition. The market share of the three traditional television networks--CBS, ABC, and NBC--has declined substantially since 1980. Even adding in the audiences they have gained through control of cable networks, the combined audiences are lower than in some idealized past. In the 1970s, on a typical weekday evening, the three networks were watched by about 56 percent of all households with televisions. By 2003, on a typical evening those networks had on aggregate a 20 percent rating. They also face competition from newer networks, including Time Warner's WB and News Corp.'s Fox. Those five networks together aggregated to a 26 percent rating. Adding together the rating of these five broadcast networks with the cable networks owned by the same corporate family (e.g., CNN, HBO, etc. with WB) and the five major providers of television programming accounted for an average 51 percent rating in December 2003. This was less than the three networks had into the 1970s."
* Internet-based and other digital media will overwhelm traditional ownership/content issues, making federal limits and caps irrelevant. "About two-thirds of Americans are using (the Internet) for everything from e-mail to news to weather to... listening to radio and watching 'television'... the online 'DrudgeReport' received a greater viewership than the weekly circulation of Time magazine... New devices are becoming available to make Internet radio accessible apart from a personal computer, including access via various current and potential wireless technologies. Video and film via the Internet are on the verge of becoming more mainstream. As some of the local telephone carriers upgrade their systems with fiber optic cable to the curb or the home, the transmission speed of downloads will be competitive with cable and satellite services. Devices are on the market that allow even today's broadband users to download movies and video programming for storage on personal video recorders for viewing at their convenience."
* Local radio competition is stronger than newspaper and television competition combined. "In the largest U.S. markets, there are 15 or more separate owners or radio stations--and in most of even the smallest markets there is more competition in radio than television and newspapers combined. Consolidation in the radio industry has been pronounced. The context, however, is that of an industry that has more than tripled in the number of stations over three decades with no change in the limits of stations ownership. By 1980, a single owner could hold no more than 0.16 percent of stations nationally... Thousands of radio and radio-like stations are available via the Internet. Stations are available from around the world. About 40 percent of listeners of Internet radio accessed stations from outside their local market."
* National newspaper chains exert less ideological control over editorial content than local newspaper owners. "...a review of 17 studies concluded that there were few differences in the editorial page slant of newspapers owned by groups and those that were independent. On the other hand, editors of chain-owned newspapers were found to have greater editorial latitude in determining editorial policy than those at family-owned newspapers. Put another way, publishers of family-owned newspapers exert greater editorial control over the editorial process than at group-owned publishers. While publicly owned newspaper chains may be more focused on profitability than those that are family controlled, they are less likely to have an ideological agenda they want to promote."
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This is the first self tanner I have ever tried. I've been using it for about 3 years now and I've tried quite a few others including st tropez, fake bake and others and this is by far my favorite and everything else I have tried was just a huge let down compared to this. For me this is the longest lasting one, basically fool proof to apply it's so easy and does not streak. This is the only one I've found that will make me dark enough, and I just love it. Nothing has beat this for me yet. Review posted 7/24/2012.
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- H2Otel - Water-Powered HotelNetherlands-based architecture firms RAU and Powerhouse Company have proposed a super-efficient luxury hotel for Amsterdam that is powered by water. The H2Otel is a prototype for a new hotel typology that uses water as its main source of energy for heating, cooling, cooking, and the generation of electricity. While water is the lifeblood of the hotel, many other energy efficient strategies are included in the design to minimize energy use such as passive design, smart fixtures and appliances, and advanced climate control systems.1
- H2Otel - Water-Powered HotelWater is used in oxy-hydrogen generators for efficient heating, cooling, cooking and the generation of electricity.2
- H2Otel - Water-Powered HotelSolar passive design plays a strong role in the hotel's design with an arrangement of wooden lamella around the facade. The southern facade has a more dense arrangement to protect the interior from solar exposure, while a less dense arrangement to the north lets in more light.3
- H2Otel - Water-Powered HotelThe hotel also has rounded corners for compactness and shielding from wind and sound. The facade is adjusted for light exposure, and the tower slowly rotates to provide optimum views.4
- H2Otel - Water-Powered HotelThe South and East facade are covered in wooden lamella made of thermally-treated softwood. The facade protects the building from overheating at mid-day and during the warm season.5
- H2Otel - Water-Powered HotelThe north facade opens up with views of Amsterdam below and a less-dense arrangement of the lamella for more light. The edges of the wooden facade panels are clad with anodized aluminum, which reflects light into the rooms and creating the 'golden glow' known from the paintings of the Dutch masters.6
- H2Otel - Water-Powered HotelEach room is independently monitored and controlled to optimize energy efficiency. When the room is empty, the conditioning is shut off completely. This real-time systems has the potential to save 40% on cooling costs overall.7


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A Marine has become an Internet hero for cheering on a nine-year-old boy who was struggling to make it to the finish line of a 5K race (just over 3-miles). Last weekend, during the Jeff Drenth Memorial 5K at the Venetian Festival in Charlevoix, Michigan, a boy identified as Brandon Fuchs got separated from the group he was running with and reportedly asked another runner, Lance Corporal Myles Kerr, if he would run alongside him to help him keep up. A photo of the pair posted on the Seal of Honor Facebook Page – set up in honor of Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy, a Navy SEAL and Medal of Honor recipient, who fought in Afghanistan – has gone viral and has been shared more than 56,000 times and boasts more than 235,000 "likes" and 11,400 comments. The boy's family gave Kerr a $100 gift card to Grey Gables Restaurant as a sign of their appreciation, according to tweets from the Marine's Twitter account embedded on The Blaze (the account seems to be down).
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Chamber Orchestra to Give Spring Concert on Sundayby Karen Handley • April 21, 2005 Share:
The Wabash College Chamber Orchestra invites you to a Sunday afternoon of beautiful music, April 24 at 4 p.m. in Salter Concert Hall in the Fine Arts Center.
Under the direction of Wabash music instructor, Alfred Abel, the Wabash College Chamber Orchestra consists of a diverse group of Wabash College students, faculty, and members of the Crawfordsville community.
They will be performing Rondo (fourth movement) from Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, opus 15 with Cheryl Everett as piano soloist; Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major; and Cheryl Everett and Kirsten Landowne will perform Beethoven's Sonata for Piano and Cello, opus 69, no. 3 .
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Product Shots from Plum Pretty Sugar
We want to crawl into every dreamy bed in these photos from Plum Pretty Sugar. The brand stocks home items from bedding to curtains and tablecloths all in garden-inspired prints collected on journeys throughout India, and the product shots really show the versatility of a good printed fabric...
Surprisingly the sweet floral patterns look comfortable in rooms styled as opulent or modern, classic or eclectic, all while maintaining some gender neutrality (even the pink room has enough tailored details to keep it from looking too 'girlie'). See more images at the Plum Pretty Sugar shop and blog.
- King Pillow Shams in 'beckoning creatures' for $50
- Curtain Panel Set in 'dreams in paisley' for $50
- King Duvet Cover in 'bright stripes' for $190
- King Duvet Cover in Beckoning Creatures for $130
- Full/Queen Duvet Cover and Pillow Sham Set in 'pastel stripes' for $150
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Reviewed by Nick B (age 8)
As I read the Hudson River it puts me in a nature mood because I make a picture in my mind and it makes me think of nature. I think the history is interesting because we're discovering the new land the explorers who sailed up it like, Henry Hudson and Estvan Gomaz and Giovanni da Verrazano, never knew about it before. If I could go back in time I'd want to be Henry Hudson. My favorite part is when the doe dips her head to drink the water in Lake Teer because it is so peaceful.
I would recommend this book to people who like nature because rivers are part of nature. I would recommend this book to anyone.


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Memory : An Animated Approach to Education and Outreach
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Nanoscale science and technology has great potential for changing our lives. Despite the far reaching implications, it remains an esoteric concept riddled with fear, uncertainty and doubt. The Lego Scanning Probe Microscope (LSPM) project started as an Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) team in the Fall of 2004. The aim of the project was to create a large scale model of a scanning probe microscope with a LEGO theme, drawing on the analogy between LEGO bricks and atoms. This was to be used to educate the layperson on the basic concepts that drive nanotechnology and some of the technologies that are being implemented.
The LSPM team for the Summer Undergraduate Research Internship (SURI) was put together to create animated educational material to complement the LSPM.
The method adopted for the project comprised two stages. In the first stage, various technologies and industries being influenced by nanotechnology were investigated. The field was further narrowed to those which were relevant to everyday lives and not just of academic interest. Memory was chosen as it was becoming an increasingly important component of the electronic and computational devices that are now an integral part of our lives.
The next stage was to present the technology behind high density memory and some examples of its applications using animations. Animations are easy to design, flexible, customizable and appealing to a broad range of audiences. Some basic understanding of physics and chemistry was assumed, but the main concepts were discussed in the animations.
The results will first be published on the LSPM website and possibly available on CD-ROM for low-bandwidth users. A prototype animation was made earlier in the year and was met with positive feedback from a wide variety of individuals.
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Edit: Thanks to everyone who left such wonderful memories! I really enjoyed reading them all and hearing about your favorite Halloween/Fall memories. There were about 30 entries, so we have 3 winners. I went old school and drew names out of a hat. Drum roll....
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I've started releasing the pieces to my Halloween kit Boo! They'll be coming out over the next two weeks, just in time for Halloween.
I made some (in my opinion) terrific alphas for this kit. However, we haven't set up the alpha part of the website. And while they will be available someday, I at least wanted to give you the chance to get them now. So I'm going to have a little contest, and the prize is the Boo! Alpha Set.
There are a few directions for this contest, so be sure to pay attention and read closely. You can always edit your post if you miss something. You have until the close of the thread to edit your profile and comment here to be in accordance with the directions.
- To be eligible you must meet the Pixel Scrapper profile expectations.
- For a chance to win please leave one comment in this thread. Tell us about one of your favorite Halloween memories. Or, if you don't celebrate Halloween, a favorite memory from the fall season.
- This thread will be locked on 10/29/2012, after which I will randomly choose the winners.
- You have a 10% chance of winning. I will take the total number of comments and randomly select 10% of them.
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Reid Chase is constantly moving in the water on offense and defense, making things happen for the Corona del Mar High boys' water polo team.
Catch him outside of the pool, and you'll see the mustache that the CdM senior is growing.
"I've just been growing it for CIF," Chase said. "It's No-shave November right now."
CdM was in a close shave on Saturday night at its home pool, facing rival Newport Harbor in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 quarterfinals. Chase helped the Sea Kings rally for a 7-6 victory, holding the Sailors scoreless for the final 12-plus minutes of the game.
"We knew that we were in really good shape," said Chase, who had a game-high four goals, three steals and an assist. "We were going to be a second-half team, like we always are. I never really felt that we were going to lose that game. I just trusted in our coaching. We knew that we had to get to one more game, had to get to that semifinal. We definitely weren't going to lose to Newport Harbor to end our high school careers."
Chase leads CdM with 82 goals. The Sea Kings play top-seeded Mater Dei, the two-time defending Division 1 champion which has won 77 matches in a row, in a Division 1 semifinal at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Irvine's Woollett Aquatics Center.
Chase has come a long way in water polo. Over the summer he was Team USA's leading scorer, as the U.S. men's junior national team won silver at the UANA Pan American Junior Championships in Montreal, Canada.
Chase, who has a 4.3 grade-point average and has taken six Advanced Placement classes at CdM, was recently accepted into Stanford. He has official recruiting trips scheduled for Stanford, UCLA and Cal. On Monday he will leave for Singapore, where he will train prior to playing for Team USA at the FINA Youth World Championships, which begin Dec. 1 in Australia.
Chase gives a lot of the credit for his aquatics prowess to his aunt, Karen Musselman, who convinced him to try out for the Newport Beach Junior Lifeguards program after he moved back to Newport when he was in the fifth grade.
Yes, Reid Chase is a cousin of CdM graduate Alex Musselman, who was the 2011 Newport-Mesa Player of the Year as a girls' water polo goalie and is now at UCLA. He said he is close with Alex and Maddie, who is a freshman at CdM this year.
Karen Musselman's sister is Susan Chase, Reid's mother. She watched Reid before the Chase family (Susan, Russ, Reid and CdM sophomore football player Parker) moved to Cincinnati when Reid was little.
"I was his nanny," Karen Musselman said. "Alex and Reid were cute little toddlers together, which is kind of funny. I have tons of pictures of them together when they were little. They were a tag team, let's put it that way."
When the Chase family moved back to the Newport area from Encinitas, Alex Musselman was already involved with water polo. Karen said she tried to convince Reid to get into aquatics as well. He was always a good athlete, but growing up he played more traditional, land-based sports.
"When he moved here, you naturally want them to do Junior Guards," Karen Musselman said. "For me, as a parent, I want my kids to be excellent swimmers. That's just life. You want to be a good swimmer so you can swim the ocean. I was just adamant about him being part of the Junior Guard program. I was like, 'You've got to swim.'"
Chase progressed quickly in swimming, then in water polo with the Anteater club program. He has stepped up in his time at CdM, and is one of four team captains for the Sea Kings.
"He has this knack of putting himself in the right spot, and to help get his team in positions to win games," CdM Coach Barry O'Dea said. "And he's one of the nicest kids you'll ever meet. He's got a great smile, extremely approachable, and he has fun acting like a goofball. You should see him and [CdM assistant coach and four-time Olympian] Ryan Bailey at practice. They've got a great relationship and they joke with each other.
"Reid has taken that role on this team of, 'If you guys need something, you can run it through me and I'll get it. I'll make it happen.' He didn't run away from that … he gets it. He gets the idea of hard work."
Chase knows that beating the Monarchs will not be easy. But he is excited for the challenge.
"Mater Dei's a great team," he said. "They've won 77 [straight] games; they're obviously really hard to beat. No one can really guard [senior center and Newport Beach resident] Jon Walters; it's been evident all year. You've got to give it to them; they've done amazing things. We have nothing to lose … we're playing for each other and just playing to stay alive. None of us want to stop training. We're definitely going to miss each other once the season's over."
And the CdM water polo program will miss Reid Chase.
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Philips AVENT is located in England. The brand is offering baby products such as breast pumps and baby bottles. The name AVENT is from Avent Naturally, a sub brand of the company which was established by Cannon Rubber. The brand was established in 1984 in order to provide mothers with baby bottles that are short but comes with an ergonomic wide neck
The company introduced several firsts in the baby product industry. Some of which are teats that are odorless and tasteless and steam sterilizer and breasts pump free from pistons. By 2005, Charterhouse Venture Capital acquired the company which was back then called as Cannon Avent. I 2006, the brand was sold o Philips and thus became Philips AVENT.
Philips AVENT offers baby bottles with different flow levels such as fast, medium, slow, new born and variable. They also provide bottles with a variety of holes. In addition to the bottles, they also have bottle warmers and sterilizers, soothers and even baby monitors.
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EQR427 Advanced Jumper
This course provides for further development of all fundamental through intermediate knowledge and skills and introduces the use of specialized equipment, additional school figures, additional suppling exercises, additional longitudinal exercises, additional lateral work, riding green or problem horses, the gymnastics of the jumper ride, walking and analyzing jumper courses, riding the parallel approach, and showing over bigger indoor and outdoor courses. Riders in this class will be required to participate in at least one show on campus during the semester. This course may be repeated for credit. (Riding fee)
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|Oracle® HTTP Server Administrator's Guide
10g Release 1 (10.1)
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This chapter provides an overview of the Oracle HTTP Server processes, and provides information on how to regulate, and monitor these processes.
Topics discussed are:
Documentation from the Apache Software Foundation is referenced when applicable.
Readers using this guide in PDF or hard copy formats will be unable to access third-party documentation, which Oracle provides in HTML format only. To access the third-party documentation referenced in this guide, use the HTML version of this guide and click the hyperlinks.
Once Oracle HTTP Server is started, the system is ready to listen for and respond to http(s) requests. The request processing model is different on UNIX and Windows.
After installation, the main httpd parent process, as well as the child processes, run as the user who installed Oracle Database. The
User and
Group directive are used to set the privileges for the child processes. These directives are ignored if you are not running as
root.The child processes must be able to read all the content that will be served.
On UNIX, you will hare to run as root if you want to run on ports less than 1024.
In order to run Oracle HTTP Server as
root, perform the following steps:
/Apache/Apache/bin on UNIX or
\Apache\Apache\bin on Windows and execute the following command:
chown root .apachectl chmod 6750 .apachectl
On Windows, Oracle HTTP Server launches a single parent process and one child process. The child process creates multiple threads that listen and respond to client requests.
You must decide how you want to set Oracle HTTP Server to handle processes or threads.
For additional security on UNIX, you can change the user to "nobody". Be sure that the child processes can accomplish their tasks as the user "nobody". Change all static content, such as the
/Apache/Apache/htdocs directory on UNIX or
\Apache\Apache\htdocs on Windows, so that all the files are readable, but ideally not writable by the user "nobody". Also, verify that all the CGI and FastCGI programs can be run by user "nobody".
After making manual configuration changes to DAD passwords, it is recommended that the DAD passwords are obfuscated by running the "
dadTool.pl" script located in
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If your PL/SQL application is using the file-system caching functionality in
mod_plsql, then the httpd processes should have read and write privileges to the cache directory through the parameter PlsqlCacheDirectory in
/Apache/modplsql/conf/cache.conf on UNIX or
\Apache\modplsql\conf\cache.conf on Windows. By default, this parameter points to
/Apache/modplsql/cache on UNIX or
\Apache\modplsql\cache on Windows.
Finally, given that the cached content might contain sensitive data, the final contents of the file-system cache should be protected. So, although Oracle HTTP Server might run as "nobody", access to the system as this user should be well-protected.
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Use the following directives to manage the server processes:
Provides the following two options, both being applicable on UNIX only:
inetd: Starts up a new child process every time a request comes in. The program exits once the request is dealt with. This setting eliminates the option of having several child processes in waiting, making it slower and expensive, but more secure.
standalone: Enables several waiting child processes, and requires the server to be started only once. It is the default and recommended setting for a busy Web site.
You must specify the
User and
Group under which the servers answer requests.
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Specifies the group under which the server answers requests. In order to use this directive, the standalone server must be run initially as root. It is recommended that you create a new group for running the server. This is applicable to UNIX only.
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Specifies the user ID to which the server answers requests. Run the standalone server as
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Controls the number of requests a child process handles before it dies. This value should be specified again if the machine is rebooted. If you select the value to be 0, which is the default, then the process will never die. This is applicable to UNIX only.
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Sets the maximum number of idle child server processes. An idle process is one which is running, but not handling a request. The parent process kills off idle child processes that exceed the value set for this directive. The default is set at 10. This is applicable to UNIX only.
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Sets the minimum number of idle child server processes. An idle process is one which is running but not handling a request. The parent process will create new children at the maximum rate of one process for each second if there are fewer processes running. The default is set at 5. This is applicable to UNIX only.
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October 31 - November 3, 2019
Renaissance Waverly & Cobb Galleria Center
Atlanta, Georgia
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Choose from thousands of original and handmade works!
Choose from a variety of table top games and tournaments!
Check out cool cosplays or show off your own!
Licensed and official art from your favorite anime, manga and more!
Share your passion and knowledge with the attendees of AWA
Snacks and games with the cute maids of AWA.
Kick back and relax with the latest titles and the largest collection of manga at AWA!
Formal ball, Saturday Night Dance, Fashion Events, and other extraordinary features of AWA.
Strut your stuff as a model, designer, or make-up artist at the AWA Fashion Show. This is the place to see the latest J-Fashions!
Compete with your friends on the latest consoles and play the newest games!
Video editors unite! The Video Art Track is where you can find the best of the best of video art.
We have everything from premiers to classic anime. Want to get away from the hustle and bustle of the con? Check us out here!
Email us!
AWA, or Anime Weekend Atlanta, is a 4 day convention that takes place at the Cobb Galleria, the Renaissance Waverly Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia.
This year's AWA will be held October 31 - November 3. 2019. AWA runs 24 hours starting Thursday afternoon to Sunday evening.
AWA is a celebration of Japanese culture, anime (animation) and manga (comics).
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NFL's Plaxico Burress' Maybach 57S: For Sale on AutoTrader
- This Maybach belonged to NFL star Plaxico Burress
- Burress stored the car while in jail
- He recently traded it for a new Ferrari
Although Mercedes-Benz's superluxury Maybach brand has officially called it quits, the high-end automaker's six-figure product lineup certainly found a host of celebrity buyers while it remained in business. One such Maybach owner was NFL star Plaxico Burress, whose former 2007 Maybach 57S is currently listed for sale on AutoTrader.com.
It's offered by Ferrari of Long Island in Plainview, New York, and the best part about Burress's Maybach is that it isn't just a "regular" version of the ultra-luxury car. Instead, its high-performance S designation ensures that the gargantuan sedan has an equally enormous powerplant under the hood: a 6.0-liter twin turbocharged V12 that produces 620 horsepower and an almost unbelievable 738 lb-ft of torque. That's an increase of nearly 80 hp and lb-ft over the standard model, which itself sported a slightly smaller twin-turbocharged V12.
But while all that power would make driving irresistible to many car enthusiasts, Burress put less than 38,000 miles on the sedan in his five years of ownership -- about 7,600 miles per year. And while one might speculate that the football star kept the sedan parked to preserve its value or because he wasn't pleased about fuel economy of just 10 miles per gallon in city driving, the reality is a lot more scandalous.
"When he went to jail, we stored the car for a long time," explained a salesperson at Ferrari of Long Island. "We kept the car in our facility when until he got out."
Indeed, as NFL fans are keenly aware, Burress was arrested after accidentally firing a gun in a New York City nightclub. When the wide receiver was released from the hospital after treatment of injuries stemming from the incident, the ensuing investigation discovered he wasn't registered to carry the gun. Burress then sat out the 2009 and 2010 NFL seasons in jail. On his release, the Maybach was removed from storage and driven again, with the former Pittsburgh Steelers' first-round draft pick trading it in only recently for a new Ferrari.
Despite Burress's legal troubles, potential buyers shouldn't be dissuaded from purchasing his former car, which recently returned from an extensive service visit at a local Mercedes dealership. For potential buyers who may be interested in a super sedan with a colorful history, the vehicle is available at Ferrari of Long Island for $169,900 -- far less than its original retail price of nearly $350,000 just five years ago.
What it means to you: Check out this 2007 Maybach if you're looking for a luxury car with an exciting history.
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Camp's new tax hurdle: The GOP
Dave Camp still has lots of convincing to do.
The House Ways and Means Committee chairman spent the past two years working at a breakneck pace to studiously — almost lawyerly — build a case to ensure that comprehensive tax reform will be enacted in 2013.
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With the time of reckoning approaching, virtually everyone who has encountered him describes Camp as passionately focused on pushing tax reform across the finish line. But the Michigan Republican faces a fresh challenge in keeping fellow Republicans on board.
As House Republicans gathered in Williamsburg, Va., in early January for a retreat, sources say a certain weariness surfaced among lawmakers when informal discussions of tax reform moved from generalities to the politically fraught specifics of what it would take to pass a Tax Code rewrite.
House Speaker John Boehner — a longtime tax reform advocate — gave voice last week to those who question the costs and benefits of swift action on an overhaul. In a speech to The Ripon Society, the Ohio Republican made clear that he wants to overhaul the Tax Code but also suggested that the House needs to use its time and political capital wisely.
"While we want to stand up and fight for more fiscal responsibility, want to stand up and find a way to move tax reform that will help our economy grow, to do the things we believe in, we're going to do it in an environment that is going to be far more hostile than anything that I think we've seen for a long, long time," Boehner said. "We're going to have to make some big decisions about how we as a party take on this challenge. Where's the ground that we fight on? Where's the ground that we retreat on? Where are the smart fights? Where are the dumb fights that we have to stay away from?"
K Street is buzzing with talk that behind closed doors, Boehner is even more cautious — and that the speaker recently urged Camp to be careful about marking up tax reform legislation.
A Boehner spokesman said the speaker supports tax reform, is deferring to the committee and never counseled Camp against a markup. A GOP Ways and Means aide, meanwhile, said that Camp isn't at the point of scheduling a markup yet.
Still, multiple observers privately say they don't expect House GOP leadership to give Camp a long leash, especially if there's a calculation that tax reform could backfire on Republicans. If the Ways and Means Committee approves a tax reform package, it would be hard for leaders to keep such a major piece of legislation off the floor.
There's concern that if the House passes a tax reform measure, Senate Democrats would load it up with provisions that would soak the rich for more revenue. That would return Republicans to the same politically untenable position that they were in for much of last year: opposing tax hikes on the wealthy.
Camp recognizes the doubters in his own backyard but remains confident, fueled in part by experiences like his role in welfare reform, which was passed in 1996 with bipartisan support after being vetoed by President Bill Clinton. Almost 17 years later, he remains undaunted in his latest challenge. He shook up the debate last week by releasing a draft tax reform proposal, which focuses on financial instruments, for the first time in 15 months.
A spokesman assured POLITICO that more is on the way.
"Chairman Camp will have more announcements in the coming weeks on tax reform," Sage Eastman said, not elaborating on what those announcements might entail.