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UCS is a reliable, pre-configured Linux server operating system featuring: Active Directory-like domain services compatible with Microsoft Active Directory; a mature and easy-to-use Web-based management system for user, rights, and infrastructure management; a scalable underlying concept suited for single server scenarios as well as to run and manage thousands of clients and servers for thousands of users within one single UCS domain; an app center providing single-click installation and integration of many business applications from 3rd parties and Univention; management capabilities to manage Linux- and UNIX-based clients; and command line, scripting interfaces, and APIs for automatization and extension. Its purpose is to provide Microsoft Server-like services on the cloud or on the premises, to run and operate corporate IT environments with Windows- and Linux-based clients, and to extend those environments with proven enterprise software.
Template Data Interface (TDI, /ʹtedɪ/) is a markup templating system written in Python with (optional but recommended) speedup code written in C. Unlike most templating systems, TDI does not invent its own language to provide functionality. Instead, you simply mark the nodes you want to manipulate within the template document. The template is parsed, and the marked nodes are presented to your Python code, where they can be modified in any way you want.
libunibreak is an implementation of the line breaking and word breaking algorithms as described in Unicode Standard Annex 14 and Unicode Standard Annex 29. It is a superset of, and supersedes, liblinebreak. It is designed to be used in a generic text renderer. FBReader is one real-world example.
fundest is a C/C++ library for robust, non-linear fundamental matrix estimation. The fundamental matrix is a singular 3x3 matrix which relates corresponding points in two views according to the epipolar constraint. fundest computes an estimate which minimizes an appropriate non-linear cost function defined on matching points (currently either Sampson error or symmetric distance of points from their epipolar lines) and includes robust regression techniques for coping with outliers (i.e., mismatched point pairs).
statsmodels is a Python package which provides a complement to scipy for statistical computations, including descriptive statistics and estimation of statistical models. The main included model categories are linear, discrete, generalized linear, and robust linear, and, in time series analysis, AR, ARMA, and VAR. It also includes statistical tests mainly for regression diagnostics. statsmodels was renamed from scikits.statsmodels.
pysrp is a Python module that provides an implementation of the Secure Remote Password protocol (SRP), a cryptographically strong authentication protocol for password-based, mutual authentication over an insecure network connection. Unlike other common challenge-response autentication protocols, such as Kerberos and SSL, SRP does not rely on an external infrastructure of trusted key servers or certificate management. Instead, SRP server applications use verification keys derived from each user's password to determine the authenticity of a network connection.
libre is a generic library for real-time communications with asynchronous I/O support. It is written in portable POSIX source code that conforms to the ANSI C89 and ISO C99 standards. It is robust and fast, with a low memory footprint. It also features RFC compliance and support for IPv4 and IPv6. Protocol implementations include SIP, SDP, RTP/RTCP, BFCP, DNS, STUN/TURN/ICE, HTTP, and WebSockets.
sparseLM is a software package for efficiently solving arbitrarily sparse non-linear least squares problems. It offers a generic implementation of the Levenberg - Marquardt optimization algorithm on top of a variety of sparse direct solvers, thus being applicable to problems with arbitrary sparseness. sparseLM accepts sparse Jacobians encoded in either compressed row storage (CRS) or compressed column storage (CCS, aka Harwell-Boeing) format. It is also possible to supply it just with the Jacobian's sparsity pattern and have its values be numerically approximated using finite differences, or even instruct it to attempt the automatic detection of the sparsity pattern corresponding to the Jacobian of the function to be minimized. Note that for dense non-linear least squares problems, project levmar is more appropriate.
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Comment: It's true - most programmers don't need college (Score 3, Insightful) 286
In my long experience as a coder, systems architect, and manager of teams, I have found that for most programming jobs a college degree in CS just isn't necessary. In my early days, few programmers or 'software engineers' even had CS degrees - we had history majors, music majors, a few math majors, etc. Music majors tend to do quite well as they are attracted to patterns and elegance.
Especially today, web programming is rarely concerned with developing deep algorithms, rather with assembling a set of tools. So a mechanical mind may do quite nicely, and a strong desire to make sure things are correct given all possible inputs - like an accountant, a good programmer won't be satisfied unless every 'penny' is accounted for.
When hiring, I often found the CS majors as having an inflated sense of their own abilities, and a general lack of knowledge of how programming is generally done in the real world - hacking on some other schmuck's broken legacy code that nobody can figure out. And a kid who started programming in high school and just kept working at it may have five years of real experience before they get their first job, and does it because he/she can't _stop_ doing it.
The company I work for now has a chief programmer who started writing games in high school, never went to college. He's pretty good, though he needs more real world experience to see how to prevent problems - that's the hardest thing, knowing enough and gettin the habits to avoid the bugs in the first place, which is only possible AFAIK in just experience.
Once they are in the job, then I would definitely encourage, even require, continuing education - go ahead and take some classes, read the books, try things out. Then they will be learning the algorithms, the techniques, in the context of what they already know.

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Kendall Marshall has played 18 games this season. 18. Have you even watched him play, or did you just look up his stats? Kendall Marshall is not a starting NBA point guard. His ceiling is 3rd PG. He will never be a good jump shooter even if he can spot up decently over 18 games, he will never be able to get to the basket, and he will never be able to defend my grandma. How could you include him in any conversation for any award? Because you saw he has gotten a lot of assists? He is a very good passer. He is not a starting NBA point guard. How you could include somebody whose ceiling is so low is beyond me.
The Fundamentals: The many layers and many candidates for Most Improved Player
Of all the NBA's accolades, the Most Improved Player award is easily the most ridiculous.
It is the only piece of pro basketball hardware based on underachievement. For a player to qualify, voters essentially have to deem his previous offerings unremarkable. Only then can a player make his case for award-worthy improvement, which in many cases is simply the routine development of a young player finding his way in the league or an overdue increase in playing time for a quality prospect.
The award itself is a blank slate on which the voter can project whatever criterion he or she deems appropriate. The NBA has actually made vague attempts to clarify the award's intent ("to honor an up-and-coming player who has made a dramatic improvement from the previous season or seasons,") largely as a means of differentiating it from the now-defunct Comeback Player of the Year Award. Still, some voters look strictly at increases in production without regard for corresponding bumps in playing time. Certain voters prefer rewarding the jump to stardom. Others favor the complete shocker — the unanticipated leap from fringe NBA type to valued role player.
All of the major NBA awards draw on some measure of subjective interpretation — it's implicit in the spirit of the awards themselves and an established part of award discussion. But none of the NBA's other major honors is so wide in its possibilities that it allows voters to define its bounds almost entirely for themselves. "Most improved" is a term so malleable that it serves any purpose or agenda, amorphous to the point of near meaninglessness.
And yet it continues to exist, and thus in some capacity continues to matter. Come April, some player will be given this suitably senseless trophy — a crystal bookend finished with a bland sketch of two basketball players (symbolism!) and font-bordering-on-WordArt — and be remembered for it. For that reason alone this silly prize is worthy of our thorough consideration, as the Most Improved mantlepiece carries with it a regrettable import. With no way around the internal divisions of this award, though, there seems little choice but to accept it in its fractured entirety. Below are the most common archetypes of the most improved, so that at the very least we can identify the most suitable candidates by each choice criterion.
The Organic Rise
Prototypes: Gilbert Arenas (2003), Zach Randolph ('04), Monta Ellis ('07)
Current candidate: Anthony Davis
This might be the most annoying of MIP sub-genres — the awarding of a young player merely taking the next step in his NBA path. Don't get me wrong: There's plenty to celebrate in that growth alone. But handing out hardware for prospects establishing themselves in the league seems at best frivolous.
Still, this kind of voting is prevalent enough that it needs to be addressed, albeit without much debate. Davis is the easy, pronounced pick. He's mounting an incredible season for the Pelicans, doing it all in a way that makes hoops heads giddy about his developmental arc. Davis, 20, still has a long way to go in terms of stabilizing his defensive influence, but one can already find exceptional skill and awareness in the way he blows up pick-and-rolls with regularity, extends to challenge attempts that would be beyond most other shot blockers and glides along the floor with increasingly efficient movement.
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That he's also become a far more prolific scorer without being able to lean on any of New Orleans' primary ball handlers only accentuates his case. Jrue Holiday has been injured, Eric Gordon erratic and Tyreke Evans a bit errant. But Davis finds his way to the bucket by his own devices, and he's brimming with potential on both ends of the floor. He's also a former No. 1 pick coming off a season of injury, which makes tabbing him for this award feel like giving a blue ribbon for meeting expectations.
Other candidates who fit this criterion: John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins, John Henson, Markieff Morris, Terrences Jones, Jeremy Lamb.
The Big Surprise
Prototypes: Boris Diaw ('06)
Current candidate: Kendall Marshall
On occasion, a buried player will catch the league by surprise, allowing for one of the more optimal interpretations of the Most Improved Player award. There's inevitably an element of circumstance involved (Diaw, for example, would likely not have been unleashed were it not for both Mike D'Antoni's open-mindedness and Amar'e Stoudemire's injury in 2005) in such cases, but the candidates are so wholly unexpected and their on-court growth so stark that there's little disputing their improvement.
A few players could qualify under that umbrella this season, but the Lakers' Marshall makes the strongest case. The reclaimed point guard ranks second in the league in assists per game (9.3) and three-point percentage (47.9). The former is an understandable — if exaggerated — representation of Marshall's scouted strength, but the latter is indicative of jaw-dropping change. Before Marshall signed with Los Angeles, perimeter shooting (or lack thereof) was a big part of why he was out of the league. It's increasingly difficult to use point guards who are neither threats to drive nor threats to shoot, a combination that led the Suns (who drafted him 13th in 2012) and Wizards to give up on Marshall in short order. He's still not much of a threat to get all the way to the rim consistently without ample screening help, but Marshall has shored up his shooting to the point of securing NBA employ for the foreseeable future.
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Other candidates who fit this criterion: James Johnson, Michael Beasley, Trevor Ariza, Xavier Henry, Boris Diaw (again!).
The Systemic Fit
Prototypes: Hedo Turkoglu ('08)
Current candidate: Gerald Green
Sometimes "improvement" is as simple as finding the right place to ply your trade. Green, 28, wasn't as useless an offensive player as he seemed last season in Indiana, where he shot his way out of a job by hitting on just 36.6 percent of his attempts. But he's also caught on in Phoenix largely because his role aligns rather perfectly with his talents. Suns coach Jeff Hornacek doesn't ask Green to do anything that he can't do well, and as a result the well-traveled swingman has given valuable minutes and production to a team in position to benefit from his game.
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Phoenix's transition bent suits Green well, but so does a controlled role as a shot creator alongside Goran Dragic. In all, that's made for a nice bounce-back season, even if Green's improvement is as contingent on situational factors as any personal advancement.
Other candidates who fit this criterion: Miles Plumlee, Robin Lopez, Monta Ellis, Marco Belinelli.
The Role Adjustment
Prototypes: Paul George ('13)
Current candidate: Lance Stephenson
Stephenson's case for the award is the most public and the least in need of explanation. It should go without saying that it behooves a talented, versatile player to have greater opportunity to make different kinds of plays, though Stephenson has taken to his jack-of-all-trades role for Indiana with exceptional potency and gusto. Simply reaching the point of shouldering that responsibility qualifies as an improvement for the 23-year-old guard in his fourth season; not a year ago the thought of Stephenson running a second-unit offense was a bit concerning, whereas now his playmaking has helped reinforce the strengths of all kinds of lineups. His game grew up, and the Pacers were in a perfect position to continue expanding Stephenson's role as that growth warranted.
Other candidates who fit this criterion: Reggie Jackson, Mike Conley, DeMar DeRozan.
The Minutes Swell
Prototypes: Aaron Brooks ('10), Kevin Love ('11), Ryan Anderson ('12)
Current candidate: Isaiah Thomas
A handful of MIP winners were good players before winning the award and good players after, separated largely by their coach's willingness to play them more consistent minutes. If you're a sucker for rewarding bumps in playing time for players who were essentially good enough to be logging bigger minutes in the first place (ugh), then the Kings' Thomas is a prime choice.
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This isn't to say that the 24-year-old point guard hasn't improved over the past year. He's already taken a step forward as a playmaker, nudging his shoot-pass balance closer toward equilibrium. One could make a claim for his candidacy on those grounds, enhanced by his steady shooting in a larger role. But some will inevitably be drawn in by Thomas' uptick in production, ignoring the fact that he put up big per-minute numbers last season (18.7 points and 5.4 assists per 36 minutes) while logging less time than he likely deserved. Better though he might be relative to last season, Thomas' per-game spring overstates his improvement a bit.
Other candidates who fit this criterion: Eric Bledsoe, DeAndre Jordan, Timofey Mozgov.
The Scoring Jump
Prototypes: Danny Granger ('09)
Current candidate: Goran Dragic
Among the blander ways to crown a Most Improved Player is to layer one year's numbers over the other, looking solely at which players have made the biggest jump in production. With scoring being the most obvious (and to some, the most important) of statistical contributions, it's no surprise that many MIP winners boast big jumps in scoring average regardless of contextual factors.
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The aforementioned changes in role, system or minutes are in some cases responsible, though there are those players who manage to ramp up their output without seeing their situation change much. Among the players in the midst of such an improvement this season, Dragic is the most compelling.
Dragic is playing all of 1.3 minutes more than he did for Phoenix last season, and if anything has seen his workload lessened by playing alongside Eric Bledsoe. Yet his scoring is up (from 15.8 points per 36 minutes to 20.1), his shooting efficiency has risen (54.3 effective field goal percentage, up from 49.1), and his turnovers have dipped (16.8 turnover rate to 14.4). All of those marks are career bests for a 27-year-old guard filling the same role for the same team, though it's worth noting that the arrival of Bledsoe and hiring of Hornacek have had a bit to do with Dragic's terrific season. Still, his improvement is his own — he's more confident and competent than ever, and as sound a choice as you'll find by this MIP definition.
Other candidates who fit this criterion: Arron Afflalo, Wesley Matthews.
The Great Leap Forward
Prototypes: None
Current candidates: Paul George, Kevin Durant
This is in no way an established archetype, but it damn well should be. Improving through a bigger role, a better fit or more consistent minutes is in no way comparable to the uphill grind necessary for the great to become greater. Take George, last year's Most Improved, for example. As of a season ago, George was an excellent defender doing fine, far-reaching work in a bigger offensive role than ever. Still, he was no superstar; George was overstretched to the point of being turnover-prone and lacked the ability to create good, makeable shots to the point of supporting an efficient NBA offense. He was still effective enough on both ends of the floor to be deservedly named an All-Star reserve, but George was several tiers removed from the true elite.
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In less than a year he's cleared that gap, ascending to a spot as a top-10, if not top-five, player. But because George is now well-established and because he won the award last season, he'll go omitted from most ballots. That's more than a bit odd. George now faces more committed and severe defensive pressure than ever and yet he has responded with personal highs in scoring and shooting percentages and a personal low in turnover rate. He's one of few players asked to both act as a primary creator and defend an opponent's best scorer on an every-play basis (something from which even LeBron James and Durant are spared), and rather than buckle under the weight of that responsibility, he's surged forward. This isn't just an improvement in scoring, shooting efficiency and ball control, but a sudden ascent against an impossible slope.
Durant is in an even more fascinating position. On the most superficial level, it might seem as if there isn't much room for Durant to grow — that the most he could do would be to unseat James, moving from the consensus second-best player on the planet into the top slot. But can we consider for a moment just how insanely difficult that is? How challenging it is to jump to a league-leading usage rate while bolstering his shooting efficiency in the process? To contribute more assists and commit fewer turnovers while acting as a predominant creator? And to do so all while operating without Russell Westbrook, the underlying engine of the Thunder offense?
When weighing one player's improvement against another, that declination should matter. Not every point or rebound or percentage gained is equivalent; it's far more difficult for some than others, particularly once the player in question has already reached conventional levels of stardom. That's the lot that George and Durant are working with, and yet both bound up the NBA ranks as if they weren't so burdened.
NEXT PAGE: Kevin Durant on the attack, Draymond Green getting his hands dirty, and the driving struggles of Damian Lillard.
• When New Orleans residents see Tyreke Evans loading up a jumper, I'd advise them to duck and cover. His shot chart is a bloody mess, but no measure of Evans' shooting is more harrowing than this: Outside of the restricted area, he's shooting just 23.6 percent.
• It's been an odd year for Kevin Garnett, the worst of his career in many respects. But diminished playing time (he averages just 22 minutes per game) has helped obscure the fact that Garnett has actually done a pretty marvelous job on the glass — a necessity for a team playing without Brook Lopez and that recently has turned to lineups without a traditional power forward. Brooklyn needs Garnett to be a rebounding force, and in limited minutes he's delivered: The 37-year-old has secured a startling 31.5 percent of available defensive rebounds, the best mark in the NBA.
That he averages a mere 6.9 rebounds per game helps hide that superlative rebounding in plain sight, but when on the floor Garnett has quietly been one of the most prolific rebounders in the NBA this season. You can tell everybody. Yeah, you can tell everybody. Go ahead and tell everybody. He's the man, he's the man, he's the man.
• Damian Lillard is more shooter than finisher, but that doesn't totally explain why the Blazers' lead guard — who ranks in the top 20 in drives per game, according to SportVU — shoots just 33 percent on his drives. For contrast, the stylistically similar Stephen Curry completes 47.9 percent of his field goal attempts on drives. Thirty-three percent, on the other hand, is well into Brandon Jennings/Dion Waiters territory. Considering that Lillard is clever, skilled and athletic, what gives?
1. Jared Dudley's rebounding is dust in the wind
It's kind of frightening how quickly and quietly Dudley's ability to rebound has evaporated. Early in his career, Dudley was a bit of a hustle junkie for the Bobcats and Suns — so much so that he grabbed an impressive 11.3 percent of available rebounds during his first two seasons. That kind of mark would put Dudley in the mix with the likes of Durant and James as a wing rebounder this season. Instead, Dudley's rebounding has caved as a Clipper. His 4.4 rebounding percentage isn't just a rough third of what it used to be, but one of the lowest marks among NBA rotation regulars.
There are all kinds of mitigating factors (two of which start in the Clippers' frontcourt) involved, and under the right circumstances maybe Dudley would be a more active rebounder once again. But as it stands now, it doesn't exactly help Dudley's up-and-down shooting that one of his supplementary contributions has vanished.
2. The opportunistic Kevin Durant
That moment in semi-transition when Durant realizes he might be able to get to the basket without being quadruple-teamed … only to actually get quadruple-teamed and score anyway:
3. The first step is admitting that we have a problem
These bench nicknames are getting a little out of hand. While I can appreciate that some groups of reserves have come up with their own monikers organically, we've now gotten to where media members prodded the Magic's bench players about a potential nickname to the point that they conjured up a fittingly generic one. Please, I beg you: Let nicknames happen, but don't force them.
4. Draymond Green: Above the law
Watch the Warriors' Green in this clip as he sets an initial pin-down screen for Klay Thompson, with "help" from Serge Ibaka:
Green, it seems, is learning basketball's dark arts. Wherever could he have picked that up?
5. The shortest distance between an improvisational ball handler and a highlight finish
Chris Paul's absence has unexpectedly coincided with a run of fun basketball for the Clippers, offering room to highlight some elements typically dwarfed by Paul's influence. Allow me to indulge in one of the more trivial ingredients: Jamal Crawford's increasingly prevalent lobs.
He's no Andre Miller, but Crawford has sneakily crept up the lob-passer power rankings through volume and precision. He's also more daring with his passes than many of the Clippers' other non-Paul guards. Crawford doesn't hesitate to throw long lobs to Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan in transition. Clippers games are all the better for it, particularly when Crawford's dribble-pounding style makes every pass a bit of a surprise to begin with.
Kendall Marshall has played 18 games this season. 18. Have you even watched him play, or did you just look up his stats? Kendall Marshall is not a starting NBA point guard. His ceiling is 3rd PG. He will never be a good jump shooter even if he can spot up decently over 18 games, he will never be able to get to the basket, and he will never be able to defend my grandma. How could you include him in any conversation for any award? Because you saw he has gotten a lot of assists? He is a very good passer. He is not a starting NBA point guard. How you could include somebody whose ceiling is so low is beyond me.
I will tell the voters this... these guys can battle over most improved.... because there is only one MVP in the league right now.. The one whom leads his team in scoring, rebounds, assist, FG% and is his team's best defender... and for those whom disagree, how is his last team doing? a team with improved talent but struggles to win 25 games after winning 60 plus games a few years ago


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Split seal technology has come a long way since its original application on Navy ships and submarine propeller shafts four decades ago. More recent applications on large industrial equipment, such as mixers and agitators, show that split seal technology provides effective solutions for horizontal and vertical pumps in a variety of duties. Operating successes have shown that split seals are not just for difficult-to-disassemble equipment.
Cartridge split seals also offer a high degree of reliability that provides clear environmental benefits. And they address the dilemma that more and more companies face every day: how to increase production while decreasing costs.
Split seals increase uptime and reduce maintenance costs in two ways. First, newer split seal designs take less time to install (typically less than 30 min) than other sealing technologies, including packing and mechanical seals. Second, split seals are highly reliable and can operate for longer periods of time without maintenance. Both factors reduce downtime and maintenance requirements.
Advances make correct installation easy
Traditionally, split seals are used because they are designed to be installed without dismantling the equipment. Components are split in half and can be installed directly to the shaft or packing sleeve.
Design advances make it easier to install the seals quickly and to install them correctly for maximum reliability without any leakage. Cartridge designs eliminate the need to measure or center the seal to the shaft, and provide direct flush connections for cooling and debris removal.
Split seals often arrive with many of the difficult-to-assemble components already connected. That means there are fewer pieces for a maintenance technician to install, making it easier to avoid assembly errors when trying to get back up and running. For example, elastomers and gaskets are often preassembled into the hardware, a plus especially when installing seals in confined areas. Installers will not need to snap or glue o-rings together.One newer split seal (see Fig. 1) has a compact design that uses a finger spring both to load the seal and provide positive drive to the face. The finger spring achieves even face loading and excellent travel. Since the spring is located well outside the process fluid, hang-up and clogging problems often associated with coil springs are virtually eliminated.
Advanced materials and design enhancements also contribute to easy installation of newer designs. Old split seal designs used ceramic face materials that were susceptible to fracturing from thermal shock.
The seal in Fig. 1, for example, has a rigid mating ring assembly to promote correct installation. Constructed of a 30 percent carbon-impregnated silicon carbide that has a rough surface at the split, the mating ring halves nest together securely, eliminating the potential for misalignment. Then, a retaining ring holds the halves together while the installer secures the assembly with a specially designed clamp ring. The result is a rigid mating ring assembly that retains the seal faces flat during assembly and operation. The clamp is so secure that this seal achieves vacuum capability.
Reliability nets lower costs
Correct installation plays a vital role in the reliable operation of any technology. Selecting a split seal with correct installation designed in will increase reliability significantly.
Recent advances in this technology add another level of reliability. The seals are hydraulically balanced and therefore not prone to failure during system upsets. Clogging problems associated with small coil springs are eliminated. And since split seals have very low leakage levels, they also prevent the type of bearing failure and downtime that is associated with packing. All of these factors add up to a seal technology that can operate for extended periods of time, without the maintenance time and costs associated with other sealing technologies. See the accompanying Cost Comparison table.
For example, packing requires frequent adjustments and repacks, occasional sleeve/shaft replacements due to scoring damage, and high power draw. These costs can easily exceed $2000 a year per pump. With the split seals, no adjustments are necessary, so manpower is used more efficiently. Seals do not damage the sleeve or shaft, so costly replacements are not a factor. Split seals reduce frictional horsepower to one fifth of a typically packed piece of equipment, saving significant energy costs.Split seals also have dramatically less leakage, which leads to longer bearing life and eliminates the cleanup common with packing. The reduced flush requirements of split seals reduce process dilution and costs for clean water, de-watering, and chemical additives, while increasing overall efficiency. Because of the reduced water consumption, lower leakage, and lower horsepower draw, split seals are more environmentally sound. Split seals also have dramatically less leakage, which leads to longer bearing life and eliminates the cleanup common with packing.
Since split seals have a longer operating life than packing, typically four times as long, equipment can run longer without interruptions. This translates into maximum production capacity.
Finding the perfect combination
The cost benefits of split seals should be considered when selecting a sealing method. Once a decision is made to use a split seal, ease of installation should be an important part of the selection criteria. A number of good seal designs are available that combine reliability with easy installation. By using them, a plant can experience significant savings in maintenance costs and reduced downtime associated with split seal technology. MT
Steve Jambor is product manager of split seals, John Crane, 6400 W. Oakton, Morton Grove, IL 60053;telephone ((847) 967-2400; Internet www.johncrane.com.


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Luck, Tannehill headline battle of surprise playoff contenders
Story Highlights
Before the season, no one thought Colts-Dolphins would have playoff implications
Colts-Dophins is one of two in Week 9 between two teams with winning records
Chargers Thursday win not completely convincing; What I'm watching in Week 9
Two games match teams with winning records on the NFL's 14-game schedule this weekend. The marquee one is Steelers-Giants, a special game because it happens once every four years, and because of the first-round-quarterback matchup of Ben Roethlisberger and Eli Manning from the 2004 draft.
The other one? Miami (4-3) at Indianapolis (4-3).
"Interesting,'' Indy GM Ryan Grigson said this week. "All of a sudden this game means something."
"Nobody expected this,'' said Miami tight end Anthony Fasano.
Thirteen of the NFL's 32 teams are over .500 entering Sunday, and you're a better fan than I if you thought at the beginning of the season that Dolphins-Colts in Week 9 would have playoff implications. But this game certainly does. In fact, if the playoffs started today, Miami would be the fifth seed in the AFC and Indy No. 6 -- and the intriguing playoff matchups would feature Andrew Luck in Foxboro against Tom Brady, and Ryan Tannehill in Denver against Peyton Manning. Talk about the future meeting the present.
As impressive as both quarterbacks hitting the ground running as rookies is how each team has overcome serious obstacles to get to midseason contention. The Colts have been without their rookie head coach, Chuck Pagano, fighting leukemia for the past month. Somehow, Indianapolis is 3-1 playing for Pagano, including the inspirational first win over Green Bay and the overtime stunner over Tennessee last week. Miami's rookie coach, Joe Philbin, looked like the captain of a listing ship in the Hard Knocks series on HBO over the summer. My impression after watching that team on TV? See you in 2014. I thought they might be able to contend then. Might.
"We really didn't buy into the stigma of us as a bad team,'' Fasano said Thursday from South Florida. "We didn't care what other people thought of us. We knew we were building something pretty good. Ryan has been the key. Because he was familiar with the scheme from college [his coach at Texas A&M, Mike Sherman, is his Miami coordinator], he's been able to have less of a major adjustment to the pro game.''
I asked Fasano what he and the other veterans thought of Philbin, particularly watching him handle his first training camp with all the cameras around -- and then cutting Chad Johnson on the HBO Series. "I thought coach Philbin handled that about as well as a coach could,'' said Fasano. "He made a decision based on the parameters they'd apparently set up for Chad, and he stuck to his word. I think the players liked how he handled it.''
Grigson said he is most impressed with Miami's offensive line. "You don't hear a lot about that, but they've got a darned good offensive line,'' he said. "That Richie Incognito is a killer. A mauler. He's playing great. They all are. They're giving the quarterback time to make plays.''
Luck hasn't had the consistent time Tannehill has. Luck will be a far better passer than his current 55.6 completion percentage indicates, and he'll have a better touchdown-to-interception differential than his current 8-to-8. But it's a learning game. And playing a game with playoff implications in midseason is a tribute to both young quarterbacks. Sunday will be fun at Lucas Oil.
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Chapter 1—The Boat Builder
Chapter 2—A Cup of Tea
Chapter 3—Catching Smoke
Chapter 4—At The Veterinarian
Chapter 5—Gannoré's Exile
Chapter 6—Pride & Delusion
Chapter 7—Shadow Dodging
Chapter 8—Downstroke
Melvin Fibonacci—once a novelist, painter, and boat builder, turned homeless and helpless. Now an old man, Mr. Fibonacci does odd jobs for his fellow citizens for low pay and lives in a wooden hut under a bridge with his two newly-adopted children, Cecelia and Nello. However, one day he finds himself in a hostage situation, assaulted by a woman who demands he do exactly as she says, or face the death of his children. Not realizing what he's getting himself into, Mr. Fibonacci reluctantly agrees. What follows is a sea of grief and doubt in which even his boat struggles to stay afloat.
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CHAPTER 1: The Boat Builder
It was time.
"Tell me, Mr. Fibonacci," said the woman as she held him at gun point. "Do you prefer to give yourself more time, or give that time to your children?"
The woman nudged back the child that had begun crawling towards his father. The boy fell back softly into the arms of the girl behind him and began to bawl.
"Be quiet," said the woman. Her golden hair whipped at her face as she turned to talk to the boy. Melvin didn't dare to move. Gulping, he tried to sort everything out in his mind. It was time. Time for what, he did not know; all he knew was that his kids were in danger. Perhaps in the back of his mind, it was time to take action, to begin to struggle. Perhaps it was time for lunch, even, he did not know. All he knew was that his kids were endangered, and when this thought reached his full consciousness from his subconscious, his feeble mind translated it as the time to give in. What he was giving in to, he did not know; only the danger of the situation had processed when he made his decision. He would soon regret it.
"I'm waiting," said the woman, glaring once again at him with her pale blue eyes. The expression on her face spoke of an intense repugnance. She kept her gun pointing between his eyes. "What is your decision?"
Melvin felt a burning question move to the forefront of his mind, and he knew he shouldn't ask. However, the all-too-human feeling of curiosity overtook him, and he asked, "Why me? Why my family? I have done no wrong—"
"Too right you haven't!" interrupted the woman with a shout. "But soon, very soon, that shall be corrected. We examined your files and found your criminal records completely clean. No one will suspect you."
"Suspect me of what?" But he knew he went too far with this question. The woman snarled at him.
"That is not your business, not yet. But you shall learn very soon... when you give me your answer."
He trembled as he sat on the floor, leaning against the barrel of gunpowder behind him. Through the cracks in the wooden shack's walls he could see a bright, golden glow characteristic of the times near sunset. Then he looked at his children, his son and daughter, shivering on the cold dirt floor behind the woman. They were leaning against the wall, staring back at him. Then he looked at himself.
His hands were covered in dirt and blood, torn and bruised. He had only nine fingers. He was missing the finger that had once worn his wedding ring. Shaving had not been possible for him for weeks now, and thus he now grew a beard. His hair was sticking up everywhere and was turning from grey to gone. His teeth had not been brushed. The clothes he wore hung loose, and he wore a painter for a belt. He wore no shoes as the ones he once had had lost their soles. The mind that had once painted masterpieces, designed boats, and written novels was now worn out and beaten.
Melvin looked up after a long moment and stared the woman square in the eyes. It was time. It had always been time, and his mind made itself up for him before he could make up his mind. Whatever this woman wanted him to do, he would do it. For his children. For himself.
He nodded at the woman. She put on a malicious smile and helped him up. Melvin heard his back crack. Holding a hand out each to his children, they grasped his and he pulled them upwards.
"There, now we're one big, happy family, aren't we?" the woman mocked him. He gave her a contemptuous glare. She allowed him to leave, but warned him that she would be keeping a close eye on him. He began wondering what she was planning for him.
Over the next few weeks, Melvin Fibonacci went about his daily business and found little wrong. He would return to his small hut under the bridge in the town center every day after work to check on the kids before searching for food. The work he found often consisted of petty chores that the rich men in town had little care for, such as gardening and taking care of animals. Every day he would spend the little money he got on loaves of bread and milk. Bringing these home to the kids, they would say a prayer and then eat. He deeply missed the old days and his old jobs; staying at home to finish the latest chapter of whatever novel he was writing; finishing his latest masterpiece, perhaps finding a nice, quiet spot to paint; building his boats, and testing them on the river. These days were long gone, along with the money he had earned from them.
Now he only had his children, his adopted son and daughter. He could well remember the day he took them in, for it wasn't too long ago. They had been abandoned, left by a dumpster, the girl holding the infant boy in her arms. They couldn't have been more than six years for the girl and eight months for the boy. Melvin had felt deeply saddened by the appearance of the two in such a poor state. They were initially mistrusting, of course, as it was customary not to talk to strangers; but he eventually convinced them he meant no harm and spoke to the town council about taking them in. The council examined his records and found nothing to suspect, and so allowed him to care for the poor pair. Cecelia and Nello were their names, and fine names they were at that. Now, however, he doubted he could continue their care; he rarely had any food left for himself once the day was done.
Melvin knew it was to a good cause, however, that he went to the market every day with a little cash to feed the young ones. Some days, though, he felt he was being followed—no, he knew he was being followed. There was a man following him, he knew, everywhere, as the woman who had assaulted him had promised. Every time he turned around, he could see the man; there he was, reading the paper while leaning casually on a wall; there he was, buying some bread in the line next to him; there he was, in a window, staring at him, talking to someone out of sight. Each time he saw the man, however, he seemed like a completely different man—once old as he, twice a young man, thrice even younger. Always, though, he wore the same suit, the same tie, the same pants, the same shoes, and he even had the same facial features—but always different, whether it be wrinkled, freckled, or smooth-faced.
One day, Melvin came back from the market to find that an envelope had been left at the opening of his hut. Cecelia and Nello neither knew where it came from nor when it got there, but there it was, in an envelope with no return address. There was no sign of footsteps in the mud around the hut, neither of the children had heard anything, and there was no way to tell whose handwriting it was, as it appeared to be typed out. Opening up the envelope, he read the letter inside:
Dear Mr. Melvin Fibonacci,Meet at marketplace, 9:00PM tonight. Do not bring the children. Do not get seen.Sincerely,A.A.I.
There was nothing else. Only the short message, and the initials... he assumed they belonged to the woman who had assaulted him. He knew he had no choice but to go to the marketplace that night. Reluctantly, he left the children behind and set off alone into the inky blackness.
The town certainly seemed much more frightening at night. Cats hissed from the alleys as they fought each other for the last bit of fish. Shadows jumped out at him out of every corner and at every look behind him. There was a light breeze that chilled him as he walked through the streets in terror of what was to come. Finally, reaching the marketplace, he looked around.
There was no one there.
He searched through every dark alley, peeked at every pile, looked in every place he could think of and there was no one there. Just when he'd given up on searching to go back home, he felt a hand grasp his shoulder.
"Looking for someone?" said a man's voice.
Melvin almost screamed. He was glad he didn't; surely he would've been killed then, for it was the same man who had been following him for weeks, and he wouldn't be too happy to be discovered. This incarnation of the man was of a young adult, with slicked back hair and brown eyes. He stood nearly two feet taller than Melvin.
"Why, yes," Melvin panted. "Jesus, you scared me."
"I'm sorry, sir. I'll be more careful next time."
"Oh, there'll be a next time, will there?" he questioned sadly.
"I'm afraid so, sir. And many more after that."
"Hmph," grunted Melvin. "Very well. I do believe you're the one who's been watching me?"
"Indeed I am, sir. Right this way, sir, she's getting impatient."
"So that lady's here, is she?"
"Just in here," answered the man as they entered an apartment building. "And be quiet."
Melvin nervously shuffled to the room adjacent with the one they had entered. Here, the woman who had assaulted him was standing beside a table with various scientific-looking equipment attached to its sides and a thin tissue lay over it. The woman motioned for him to sit on the table. The smile on her face brought up a feeling of intense abhorrence within him. He loathed the woman and everything she would make him do.
"Welcome," she said, making it quite clear he was not welcome at all. "I suppose you're wondering why you're here."
She waved her hand in front of his face, and his eyes closed of their own accord. In an instant he saw in front of him (though he supposed he didn't, as his eyes were closed) a sea of clocks, all depicting different times and all ticking and tocking and ringing and knocking like clocks do. All the noise and confusion made him feel sick. Why was the woman showing him this?
"We examined your criminal files and found no negative record. You're perfect for our... missions."
"What missions?" he demanded to know, snapping his eyes open.
"You shall learn," said the woman, her eyes glowing red. "In the meantime I shall run you through who we are and what we do. We are the Accelerators, we can speed up time and slow it again. We can reverse it, we can put it through fast forward, but only for the individual—and that individual is you.
"We chose you as a perfect subject for our experiments—no criminal record, quite an old man, no family—or so we thought. You seem to have taken in some stray children since we began researching you, I saw that when I first kidnapped you. However, we won't let that get in our way.
"We shall put the task to you to silently exterminate anyone who gets in the way of who we are and what we believe in. If you do not follow our orders exactly you will put the lives of you, your children, and many others in danger. This may seem like your typical action movie spiel, but trust us, we mean what we say and we don't let anyone get in our way. To ensure that you won't forget what we say, we are going to implant a special cell in your brain that allows us to communicate with you, even when in the middle of partaking in a crime. You have no choice in this situation. Our ability to speed up and reverse time for the individual allows for an immortal killer—as long as he does not get himself killed in the process. Now, we shall begin the procedure."
The woman forced him to lay down on the bed and then pulled on a pair of doctor's gloves. As she lowered the scientific machine and pulled some equipment out of a basket, Melvin felt intense apprehension of what was about to happen.
Outside of the building, there was no impression that anything at all significant, sinister, or insane was occurring inside. All inhabitants of the tiny town were unaware of the impact the otherwise-ordinary night would have upon the world in times to come. Time moved on in one direction and passed by in another, as though it were not significant to it that in that tiny building in that tiny town was a plot to plunge the planet into panic. Time did not care. For time does not know the dangers of itself, it does not care for what it does; it only does its job, and it does it all too well.


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Summer 2013
Dear First-Year Student,
Welcome to Siena College and to the First Year Seminar. The Seminar is a two semester, writing intensive course required of all first-year students. The overall goal of the Seminar is to prepare you for the intellectual life of college: how to read critically, how to engage with a text, how to articulate an informed position on big questions, how to write clearly and persuasively, how to voice an opinion in a classroom conversation, how to make connections between and among the readings you are doing, the subjects you are studying, as well as between Siena and the outside world. In addition, the Seminar will introduce you to the story that is unique to Siena and our Franciscan heritage.
You will remain with the same faculty member and classmates for both semesters. In all sections, the themes for the year are those of our Core curriculum. For the first semester, they are: Heritage and the Natural World; for the second semester, the themes are: Diversity and Social Justice. Within each theme, there are a few interdisciplinary readings common to all sections of the course. Individual faculty choose the remaining readings and an overall theme to bring coherence to their sections. The lives and stories of St. Francis and St. Clare are interwoven throughout the year.
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· During the first week of class, there will be a written assignment and/or quiz about the book.
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If you'd like to read more about the author, here's the link to her official website: www.juliaalvarez.com
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Graff, Gerald and and Cathy Birkenstein. They Say, I Say, Second Edition. W.W. Norton and Co.: 2010.
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Check out the latest issue of the Haiti Response Plan newsletter, which brings you the latest news from the program and celebrates the work of UMVIM teams in Haiti.
United Methodist Volunteers in Mission (UMVIM) has been active in Haiti for over thirty years, addressing needs in education, health and housing. On January 12, 2010, a powerful earthquake caused widespread and unprecedented loss of life and property in the Caribbean country. In response to the crisis, UMVIM leadership proposed a new approach to a collaborative effort with the Eglise Methodist d'Haiti (EMH, the Methodist Church of Haiti). EMH President Rev. Gesner Paul and other church leaders, UMVIM Jurisdictional Coordinators, and representatives of the United Methodist Committee on Relief have identified priority projects for earthquake recovery and other church and social needs that could be addressed by UMVIM teams. A proposal for the Haiti Response Plan was reviewed and approved in April 2010 by the Board of Directors of the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church.
The plan includes funding for an organizational structure that will schedule and support volunteer teams for Haiti and provide matching grants for recovery/rebuilding projects.
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This Hoya Pro1 ND filter will reduce the light entering the camera by 3 Stops on the whole frame.
Solid ND filters are ideal for waterfalls, seascapes, reducing the depth of field on a bright day and creating motion blur.
Neutral density filters (also known as ND's) produce a grey neutral tone and are used to reduce light, enabling more control over exposure and depth of field without affecting colour or contrast. They are especially useful in bright light conditions to avoid overexposure. Since ND filters uniformly reduce light at all wavelengths, there is no effect of the colour rendition.
The Pro1 filters have Hoya's Digital multi-coating which substantially reduces reflections on the filter surfaces which can improve your image. Reduced internal reflections mean a clearer image with greater contrast. This reduces flare, ghosting and increases light transmission. This will help give increased image quality when compared to cheaper un-coated and coated filters in certain lighting conditions.
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Immunization Could Have Prevented Fatal Measles Outbreak in Germany
February 2009
GENEVA – A recent measles outbreak in Germany has highlighted the need for vaccination reminders and better information for parents, according to research published today in the international public health journal, the Bulletin of the World Health Organization.
A study of the outbreak in the German city of Duisburg found that at least 80% of 614 measles cases in 2006 were reported as "unvaccinated". The main reasons given were that parents either forgot to take their children to be vaccinated or rejected the vaccine, for various reasons including the mistaken belief that it was dangerous.
Even in countries with good health services, measles can be very serious, particularly in young children, according to Dr Peter Strebel from the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals at the World Health Organization. "Measles still causes an estimated 197 000 deaths each year around the world, the majority of them children under the age of five. Parents and doctors need to be reminded that measles is a highly contagious disease. Even healthy and well-nourished children, if unvaccinated, are at risk of measles and its complications such as pneumonia, encephalitis and, although rare, death."
As a result of the outbreak in Germany, two children died of encephalitis and 95 were hospitalized.
Read the study here: http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/87/2/07-050187.pdf
The Bulletin of the World Health Organization is an international journal of public health with a special focus on developing countries. It is one of the world's leading public health journals and the flagship periodical of the World Health Organization.
This issue covers a spectrum of topics including:
Spotlight on cholera: a recent outbreak in Zimbabwe highlights failures worldwide. Also we interview two men who changed the way the world treats diarrhoeal diseases
Why do babies with good access to health care in Pakistan die?
How the Thai government consulted the public to help shape future public health policies
Why do health workers in the United Republic of Tanzania fail to follow guidelines for severely ill children
Link between poverty and parasitic skin diseases
Cutting-edge health information system is rolled out in Belize
Innovative mechanism to fund medicines in the Sudan
Best methods for trachoma surveys
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With 120 student organizations to choose from, there's something at Wooster for every interest, from the biochemistry and molecular biology club to the Scottish Arts Society, model U.N. to the cricket club.
There's so much going on at Wooster that no one wants to leave campus on weekends — not even students whose families live less than an hour away. It might be a concert one night or a basketball game against arch-rival Wittenberg the next, all capped by a little late-night bowling at Lowry or a trip to the Underground.


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This was favorite Cambridge restaurant. However, if you want a reservation beware. I requested a reservation by email and got no reply so I called the next day. I was told that…
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My girlfriend and I made a 3 hour trip to see a show here and after having to go back to get her ID (being from CT and unaware of a supposed law that you need them regardless of…
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The Braves won their 13th straight Wednesday night, summarily dismissing the Washington Nationals 6-3 to complete a three-game sweep and take a staggering-for-early-August 15½-game lead in the NL East.
Now Gonzalez will have to keep drinking up. It turns out that the streak happened to begin on the day that bullpen coach Eddie Perez first gave the manager some sort of protein drink. Gonzalez hates the taste, but he can't stop drinking it with his team on such a roll; sure enough, he was sipping the concoction from a cup in the dugout a couple of hours before Wednesday's game.
"They may be giving me poop. I don't even know what it is," Gonzalez said. "But I've been drinking them for 13 days in a row now. We're superstitious, you know."
Maybe there are some four-leafs clovers stashed in the clubhouse as well, the way the Braves have been playing. While they have a ways to go before they can mathematically clinch, this week has served as a psychological clincher that only could be undone by a monumental collapse.
"We came in here and we let 'em know," first baseman Freddie Freeman said. "We're here to stay."
Jason Heyward singled and Justin Upton doubled in a three-run eighth inning, Upton also homered, and Braves starter Kris Medlen (9-10) allowed three runs and three hits over seven innings. Craig Kimbrel pitched the ninth for his 36th save, working out of a bases loaded jam by getting Wilson Ramos to line out to right to end the game.
The eighth-inning runs came with two outs off relievers Ryan Mattheus (0-1) and Ian Krol as the Nationals lost their fourth straight and sixth of their last eight. The defending division champs scored only six runs in the three games and are losing hope for an alternate path to the postseason as well, falling nine games off the wild card pace.
"Lot of ground to make up, but you never know what can happen in this game," Nationals manager Davey Johnson said. "If nothing else, get our pride back by playing better."
The game was played nicely by both sides one night after a fastball to Bryce Harper's thigh cleared both benches and led to a public spat between the clubs' official Twitter feeds. Braves general manager Frank Wren said before the game that a tweet directed at Harper was "an inappropriate attempt at humor." When asked about any possible retaliation, Johnson said it would be "just baseball as usual" before flashing a smile.
As it turned out, the only confrontation involving Harper was between the young slugger and his own manager, when the two bickered in the dugout over whether Harper should come out of the game because of a nagging knee injury.
"Yeah, he was checking on my leg and asking how I felt," Harper said. "I just told him I felt fine and I don't want him to take me out."
While the game passed without incident between the two teams — no one was hit by a pitch — the saga might not be over. The teams play six more times this season, including a three-game series next week in Atlanta.
Meanwhile, Gonzalez has to stomach another protein shake. The good news: The Braves have Thursday off before opening a homestand.
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Budget stays are very suitable in Hotel Astoria with a 2-star rating. The area is easily accessible as Santa Lucia Station is very close. Goldoni Theatre and Rossini Theatre are attractions recommended by many. You can get to Procuratie Vecchie or St Mark's square on foot quite easily from here. Additionally you can walk to San Marco. Basilica di San Marco is an inspiring place to visit close to this location.
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Police are continuing to look for the gunmen who shot a 23-year-old man during an attempted carjacking overnight in the Society Hill section of Philadelphia.
The incident unfolded near Second and Walnut streets -- right outside a Sheraton Hotel where attendees for the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference are staying in town.
Police tell FOX 29 News that the victim was attempting to open the door to his Jeep Cherokee when he was approached by two guys with guns.
"Both had guns, and they say, 'Give it up,' and he was trying, he almost had the car door open, and they start pistol-whipping him. And there was like blood all over the place. And he tried to break free from them – he did break free from them, finally, and he ran about a half-a-block down Walnut and he was shot one time in the back," Capt. George Fuchs, of the Philadelphia Police Dept.
The bullet exited through the chest area. The victim is listed in critical but stable condition and expected to survive, thanks to 6th District officers, who put the man in a police car and rushed him to Jefferson University Hospital's emergency room.
The man bled so badly in front of City Tavern that the Philadelphia Fire Dept. responded to wash the sidewalk.
The victim's keys were still in the door of his Cherokee, FOX 29's Steve Keeley showed during live reports from the scene Monday morning.
Keeley reported that the vehicle was parked right in front of Bookbinders, the same spot where many celebs had their cars valet parked for decades. Old Original Bookbinders closed for good in 2009 but is expected to reopening as part of a new business venture in 2014.
Later on Monday morning, police detectives were out scouring the neighborhood for any possible surveillance video of the suspects.
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