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This book is a **COLLECTION** of short erotic stories. Hopefully reaching out to a number of people, no matter what your sexual preference is.
The first story is about Isabella, a young woman who has just come out of a serious relationship which ended with her boyfriend cheating on her. She enters a coffee shop and meets Rachel, a vivacious red head, who would love nothing more than to show Isabella that she doesn't just have to look to men for satisfaction.
More stories will follow Isabella's after November 2012.
**WARNING** This selection of stories are aimed at those 18 and over. If you are under the age of 16 I would not advise reading this due to the intense sex scenes and bad language. You have been warned!
TheEbonyStarr Apr 07, 2012
@Official1Dfan thanks for reading, I hope to update very soon! <3
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@MyApocalypse I shall be updating today so keep your eyes peeled! I will let you know! :D
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@xoKaelaxo Thank you so much!! I am working on Chapter Three as we speak so look for an update later today! Thank you so much for the votes as we ll means so much to me! <3
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AHH! I need more! You sure know how to leave a girl in suspense!
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Heh, that was nice. Just decrease the space and it'll get better. Though, what is it about? Didn't find any genre or book type, so I might as well ask. :) Voted!


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"Transitions," an exhibition of Taryn Curiel paintings, runs through March 1 at Viewpoints Gallery, 315 State St.
Curiel has described "Transitions" as a show that tells the story of her artistic life. The journey encompasses styles and techniques that helped define her as an artist, beginning with realistic pastel portraiture, proceeding to very abstract watercolors, and including all the steps in between. The journey is not over, she said, so the viewer can imagine what she will do next.
To view Curiel's work, visit taryncuriel.com.
'Colorscapes' takes over Viewpoints for March
"Colorscapes," new oil paintings by Karen White, is scheduled for display March 4-29 at Viewpoints Gallery. An artist's reception is slated 5-8 p.m. March 7, First Friday in Los Altos.
"Colorscapes" comprises White's oil paintings from the Bay Area and the Central Coast. She is known for her color-filled landscapes and cityscapes, highlighted by strong, simplified design, big brush strokes and lots of paint. The result is a series of paintings that view California through a new lens.
To view White's work, visit karenwhiteart.com.
Viewpoints Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sundays.
For more information, call 941-5789 or visit viewpointsgallery.com.
Gallery 9 exhibits Hutt's paintings
"Letters Home Across the Fields," an exhibition by Bay Area artist Joyce Savre Hutt, continues through March 1 at Gallery 9, 143 Main St.
The exhibition includes fields of Stanford poppies, images from the book "Violin" (co-authored by the poet Charlotte Muse) and recent "White" paintings.
To view Hutt's work, visit joyce- savreart.com.
Gallery 9 hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and noon to 4 p.m. Sundays.
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. The journey that is the 2012-2013 Celtics season has been a winding one that has made it hard to predict what's around the next turn.
That element of the unexpected aside, one thing the C's should be able to count on is to beat the teams they should. And for all that has not gone according to plan, the Celtics have remained relatively consistent in that department: Boston comes into tonight's game against the Detroit Pistons with a sparkling 3-0 record against teams that are at or below .500.
Now beating those teams certainly doesn't provide an adequate barometer as far as figuring out if the C's do in fact belong among the NBA's elite. The true test of that won't come until the playoffs.
In the meantime, Boston has to continue finding ways to win the games they are supposed to win -- games against teams that are struggling like Detroit.
"We have been pretty good about winning the games we're supposed to," Celtics guard Courtney Lee said. "That just comes about treating every opponent the same. You don't want to get in the habit of getting too high for some teams, and not for others. We've been pretty good about that so far this season."
It is a trend the Celtics would like to continue tonight against a Detroit, which has dropped nine of its first 10 games -- matching the worst 10-game start to a season in franchise history.
Here are some other keys to keep tabs on tonight as the Celtics try to build off of Saturday's 107-89 win over Toronto.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR: The Celtics kept Kevin Garnett's minutes down to just 17 on Saturday, which is an ideal tally on the front end of a back-to-back set of games. That had a lot to do with Boston's second unit uncharacteristically extending the team's lead when he left the game on Saturday. The C's increased their lead when Garnett left the floor in all but one quarter of their 107-89 win over Toronto. It's worth monitoring to see if they can repeat that success.
MATCHUP TO WATCH: Rajon Rondo vs. Brandon Knight: Rondo played a very Rondo-like game with 20 assists against Toronto on Saturday after missing the previous game with a right ankle sprain. Knight will be the latest up-and-coming talented point guard who will see Rondo as a litmus test as far as how they stack up to the game's premier playmakers. The second-year guard is averaging 11.3 points and 7.1 assists this season. Only two other players from the 2011 draft (Kyrie Irving and Kemba Walker) are averaging at least 10 points and five assists per game.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Jared Sullinger had a nice bounce-back game with 12 points and 11 rebounds against Toronto after logging less than eight minutes in Brooklyn on Thursday. It will be interesting to see if he can bring that same level of intensity and production to the floor tonight.
STAT TO TRACK: With or without Rajon Rondo in the lineup, you can count on the Celtics racking up a high number of assists per game. They come into tonight's matchup averaging a league-best 25.3. For all that has gone wrong for Detroit this season, the Pistons have done a fairly decent job of limiting the assists of opponents. Teams are averaging 20.4 against Detroit this season, the sixth-best mark in the league.


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In computer networking, split-horizon route advertisement is a method of preventing routing loops in distance-vector routing protocols by prohibiting a router from advertising a route back onto the interface from which it was learned.
In this example, network node A routes packets to node B in order to reach node C. The links between the nodes are distinct point-to-point links.
According to the split-horizon rule, node A does not advertise its route for C (namely A to B to C) back to B. On the surface, this seems redundant since B will never route via node A because the route costs more than the direct route from B to C. However, if the link between B and C goes down, and B had received a route from A, B could end up using that route via A. A would send the packet right back to B, creating a loop. With the split-horizon rule in place, this particular loop scenario cannot happen, improving convergence time in complex, highly-redundant environments.
Split-horizon routing with poison reverse[1] is a variant of split-horizon route advertising in which a router actively advertises routes as unreachable over the interface over which they were learned by setting the route metric to infinite (16 for RIP). The effect of such an announcement is to immediately remove most looping routes before they can propagate through the network.
The main disadvantage of poison reverse is that it can significantly increase the size of routing announcements in certain fairly common network topologies, but it allows for the improvement of the overall efficiency of the network in case of faults. Split horizon states that if a neighboring router sends a route to a router, the receiving router will not propagate this route back to the advertising router on the same interface.
With route poisoning, when a router detects that one of its connected routes has failed, the router will poison the route by assigning an infinite metric to it and advertising it to neighbors. When a router advertises a poisoned route to its neighbors, its neighbors break the rule of split horizon and send back to the originator the same poisoned route, called a poison reverse. In order to give the router enough time to propagate the poisoned route and to ensure that no routing loops occur while propagation occurs, the routers implement a hold-down mechanism.
The split-horizon method is effective and simple to implement, and is therefore used by most distance-vector protocols. It is notably used by:
- VPLS, which uses the split horizon technique to avoid loops in the forwarding plane
- Babel, which applies split-horizon to wired links only
See also[edit]
- Split-horizon DNS, a similar concept in DNS performing selective publishing of information
- Route poisoning
External links[edit]
- "Split Horizon" and "Split Horizon with Poison Reverse" in Convergence in RIP Internetworks, from Microsoft TechNet.


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Kobe Bryant Moves to Fifth All-Time on NBA Scoring List
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"To say it's a huge honor would be an understatement," Bryant said after the game. "It's a lot of basketball. I've been very, very fortunate to have such a good career."
Bryant wasn't kidding: even though he's only 33, Bryant is currently in his 16th NBA season, having spent all of those with the Lakers. Even if Bryant retired today, he'd be one of the most accomplished players in NBA history. He has five NBA championships, been named to 13 All-Star games, won one MVP award, and an Olympic gold medal.
Despite battling a wrist issue, Bryant currently leads the NBA in scoring at 29.3 points per game.
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pollo Investment Corporation and Madison Capital Funding LLC, are pleased to announce the successful closing today of a transaction whereby Apollo Investment Corporation has become the anchor equity investor in a loan vehicle managed by an affiliate of Madison Capital^1. Madison Capital is one of the largest middle market loan originators in the United States, and an affiliate of New York Life Investments^2. This new vehicle has purchased from Madison Capital an existing pool of senior secured loans to middle market companies in the United States with approximately $250 million of combined face value. These loans were originated by Madison Capital over the past year. The new vehicle will have revolving secured financing provided by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association and by Madison Capital.
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Monday, March 30, 2009
Flint Basketball Tradition Continues
Powers Catholic took time out from its search for a new home to win the state Class B basketball title on Saturday, beating Zeeland East 62-54. It's the first state title in boys hoops for a Flint team since Northern won it in 1995.
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Went to see this game at the Breslin Center on Saturday. Wow. Two very, very good teams. The high school game is certainly much more athletic and physical than it was back in the day when Eric Turner's Flint Central teams were crushing my Powers teams.ReplyDelete
Interesting side note: As Powers started to pull away, my nephew (who was sitting among a gaggle of Zeeland East Chix) started hearing the age-old bitter murmur of "they recruit." Hee! Hee! Some things never change. The irony here was that, living in West Michigan, I know that Zeeland is a Class A district with two Class B high schools (East and West), which share a campus. So what tends to happen is that the best players in a particular sport migrate (or get recruited -- semantics) to one school or the other. (Zeeland West has a couple of recent state football titles.)
- Ämericån Fåmily InsürånceMarch 31, 2009 at 2:53 PM
Powers' Lady Chargers were two time state champs back in the early 2000s. Northern's girls won the title in 1995 as well.ReplyDelete
Flint's basketball prowess can be ascribed to both genders.
Good point. Women's hoops doesn't get the credit it deserves.ReplyDelete
This also makes me wonder what kind of Class A basketball monolith Flint would be if it consolidated into one public high school.
Thanks for commenting. You might enjoy my book about Flint called "Teardown: Memoir of a Vanishing City," a Michigan Notable Book for 2014 and a finalist for the 33rd Annual Northern California Book Award for Creative NonFiction. Filmmaker Michael Moore described Teardown as "a brilliant chronicle of the Mad Maxization of a once-great American city." More information about Teardown is available at www.teardownbook.com.


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Question: I've been on birth control pills for ten years and just stopped two weeks ago. Normally, I should have started my period two or three days ago. It is now Friday and I haven't started yet.
Is it possible to get pregnant this fast? Wouldn't I have to have a period first? I'm just curious because I have cramps and swollen, tender breasts, and some nausea. I keep thinking these are signs that I will start menstruating soon. I just don't know what to expect. This is the first time I've ever gone off the pill, and I've never been pregnant. Please give me any information you can.
Answer: The birth control pills act by suppressing stimulation of the ovaries to ovulate, and this suppression happens at the Pituitary and Hypothalamus level. Therefore it's a central inhibition, and this suppression takes varying amounts of time, depending on the individual,
to disappear. With the newer low-dosage pills, the suppression often happens immediately, but can take as long as two years in the very rare individual.
Yes, you should ovulate before you have a period; but since a period happens two weeks after ovulation, the bleeding you may start experiencing now will be "dysfunctional"–a temporary condition.
It is possible to conceive before your next period, but if the resumption of your cycles is delayed for a long time, you can have "dysfunctional" or "endometrial exhaustion" bleeding too, a sign of a dysfunctional cycle that can often be misinterpreted as a period. This irregular bleeding can start happening very soon.
I would just let things ride and wait for your cycles to resume normally. If you go more than three months without a cycle establishing itself, I would get your doctor involved. If you're late on a period and your pregnancy test is negative, it's just that this suppression hasn't resolved yet and things are still in the dysfunctional phase.
However, if the dysfunctional phase lasts for a very long time, it may not be a "post-pill" phenomenon at all, but a reflection of an actual condition which may have been masked by the ten-year hormonal override of the pill–a treatable condition.


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G. Holmes Perkins Award for Distinguished Teaching
The School of Design has awarded the 2008 G. Holmes Perkins Award for Distinguished Teaching to Professor John Moore, the Monroe and Edna Gutman Professor of Fine Arts and chair of the fine arts department. Professor Moore is a representational painter whose work largely features urban landscapes. He has painted extensively in Philadelphia, Boston, Tel Aviv, and in the declining industrial cities of the northeast. His works are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and dozens of other institutions. Throughout his career he has combined teaching with painting. He was chairman of painting, drawing and sculpture at Tyler School of Art, and has taught at the University of California, Berkeley, and Boston University, prior to coming to Penn. He has a painting studio on campus and is a constant presence and model for Penn's community of young artists, providing critical feedback and encouragement. In his teaching, Professor Moore has "a unique way of focusing on the fundamental joy that a rigorous commitment to making art can bring. He is open-minded, sensitive and helpful to students at all levels and areas. Under his leadership, the Master of Fine Arts degree program has blossomed and grown in stature. As he prepares for retirement, the School is pleased to have this opportunity to acknowledge his contributions to the education of many generations of fine artists."
Award for Teaching by Practitioners
This year, the G. Holmes Perkins Award for Distinguished Teaching by a member of the practitioner faculty is awarded to two instructors: Mr. Donovan Rypkema, lecturer of historic preservation, and Mr. David Gouverneur, lecturer of landscape architecture.
Mr. Rypkema teaches preservation economics in the historic preservation department and is principal of Place Economics, a Washington, DC-based real estate and economic development-consulting firm. As a practitioner in the field, Professor Rypkema's firm works with both public and non-profit sector clients involved in neighborhood commercial district revitalization and the adaptive reuse of historic structures. Mr. Rypkema's "depth of knowledge and wealth of experience in the field is imbued with a true passion for teaching that inspires every student fortunate enough to participate in his course. By showing a sincere interest in the career plans and future goals of his students, the beginnings of a true colleague relationship is fostered." One student noted that "when I chose the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation as the place where I would pursue my master's degree, I expected to learn from the best practitioners in the field and acquire the skills that would prepare me for a very competitive job market. Donavan Rypkema's course has far exceeded my greatest expectations. His enthusiasm inspires his students and he has been instrumental in placing many in internships and jobs after graduation."
Mr. David Gouverneur, lecturer of landscape architecture, teaches both foundation and elective studios and courses in landscape architecture. He is "an energetic, enthusiastic and inspiring teacher who is always generous with his time and caring with his manner." He has held highly prominent professional roles, especially in Venezuela, where he was the national director of city planning in the ministry of urban development, and served as the director of the Mayor's Institute on City Design in Latin America. He founded the urban design program at the Universidad Metropolitana in Caracas, was dean of the architecture school at the Simón Bolívar University, and maintained his own urban design consulting practice in Venezuela. Mr. Gouverneur was the advisor for the PennDesign winning and finalist teams in this year's Urban Land Institute's Hines Urban Design Competition. In the words of one student, "David gives his all to his students. He consistently transmits his limitless energy to students and the resulting products are not only "urbanistically" intellectual, but beautifully designed, rendered and socially responsible."
Award for Teaching in Undergraduate Program
The Award for Distinguished Teaching in the Undergraduate Programs is awarded to Mr. Matt Neff, lecturer of fine arts. In addition to teaching printmaking, he is largely responsible for having transformed the Morgan Building print studio from a basement facility to an active student-centered lab and process center for new ideas in print and works on paper. Over the past two years, he has integrated the Common Press, the letterpress printing studio at Penn, with the rest of the printmaking facility. He has facilitated collaborative projects across the University, including those with the Kelly Writers House, the Rare Book & Manuscript Library and the School of Design. Mr. Neff not only teaches his students how to screen print, etch, and letterpress; he also teaches them how to become better, more successful artists and how to enjoy all forms of art. One student noted that his "I'll help you with whatever you want to do" attitude makes his classes an outlet for experimentation. His involvement with various projects, including the Common Press, Folio, and Philagraphika, has done a great deal to make the printmaking lab a presence on campus and in the printmaking community nationally, all the while incorporating the students.
These awards, named in honor of G. Holmes Perkins, dean of the school from 1951-71, are given in recognition of distinguished teaching and innovation in the methods of instruction in the classroom, seminar, or studio. The Perkins Award was established in 1993 by former Dean and Paley Professor Patricia Conway. The undergraduate award was established by the School. The teachers will be acknowledged at the PennDesign's award ceremony on May 18.


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Tuned In: Intelligent spy drama "Rubicon" uncovers secret slowlyAugust 1, 2010 8:00 AM
For fans of espionage thrillers or ticking-time-bomb shows, AMC's "Rubicon" is no "24." It's more cerebral, more deft and obtuse in its depiction of political machinations. It's also a little bit slow, moving at a pace that's far removed from Jack Bauer's near-constant breakneck intensity. That's not necessarily a bad thing, just a cautionary note so viewers don't go into the show with the wrong expectation.
Debuting tonight at 8 with a two-hour premiere, "Rubicon" follows the work of melancholy Will Travers (James Badge Dale, "The Pacific"), an analyst with the murky, independent-but-quasi-governmental American Policy Institute, which sifts through intelligence data in an effort to root out patterns, sharing its findings with assorted government agencies.
Will's boss, David Hadas (Peter Gerety), is also the father of Will's late wife, who died alongside Will's daughter during the 9-11 attacks in New York City. Their relationship is somewhat slippery. When Will presents David with what he believes are coded messages in major newspaper crossword puzzles, David dismisses it -- then shares the evidence with his boss without crediting Will with the discovery.
When: 8 p.m. Sunday, AMC.
Starring: James Badge Dale.
In addition to "24," "Rubicon" shares some TV DNA with British import "MI-5," but, again, it's less action-packed than that series, which was also about those who do the spying. "Rubicon" is more about people who think -- brainiac analysts who do not go running down streets gun in hand (although far too many scenes show Will strolling down a street, glancing over his shoulder while being followed).
Filmed on location in New York, "Rubicon" is closer tonally to FX's canceled "Damages" than "24." Like "Damages," "Rubicon" begins with parallel and seemingly unconnected stories that will surely merge. In addition to Will's investigations, the series also spends time with Katherine Rhumor (Miranda Richardson), who is mourning the suicide of her husband (Harris Yulin), while investigating the secrets she discovers he was hiding, including a home. "Rubicon" does not share the jumping-through-time structure utilized by "Damages," but a sense of foreboding and unspecified danger hangs over characters in both of these basic cable series.
The role of API remains unclear until the show's fourth hour, airing Aug. 15. Will's co-workers at API include brainy, secretive Miles Fiedler (Dallas Roberts), glum Grant Test (Christopher Evan Welch), new-to-the-team Tanya MacGaffin (Lauren Hodges), and Will's assistant and possible romantic interest, single mom Maggie Young (Jessica Collins).
(Tanya and Maggie look so much alike as to be confused for a single character in the show's first hour, a problem rectified in the second hour when Maggie has lighter hair.)
In addition to weekly tasks with his workmates -- in one episode the team must advise whether the military should go forward with an assassination that may inflict collateral damage -- Will also pursues his own investigation of what could be a vast conspiracy. This plot puts Will in contact with damaged, retired API analyst Ed Bancroft (Roger Robinson, a stand-out among the cast). So many shows use conspiracy plots these days that it has become a bit ho-hum, but the story on "Rubicon" sparks to life when Will and Ed share a scene.
"Rubicon" is at its best in the Aug. 15 hour when Will accompanies API head Truxton Spangler (Michael Cristofer) to Washington for dog-and-pony shows with military and government brass. The episode offers viewers more insight into how API works and with whom it is allied. The episode also gives more screen time to Spangler, a sometimes-jittery oddball who turns out to have more political savvy than his behavior initially suggests.
Spangler lobbies government officials in D.C. that there is greater value in API assessments because analysts working within the system do not make them. Their dispassion makes them trustworthy, he argues. "Rubicon" is somewhat dispassionate, too. It's a little aloof, a spy show without the usual espionage theatrics. That may take some getting accustomed to, but in these early episodes, "Rubicon" makes a strong case that it's a series that's worth the effort.
Rob Owen writes this Sunday TV column for Scripps Howard News Service. Contact him at email@example.com or 412-263-2582. Read the Tuned In Journal blog at post-gazette.com/tv. Follow RobOwenTV on Twitter or Facebook. First Published August 1, 2010 4:00 AM


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Co-founded in November 1915 by Helen Keller, HKI is dedicated to saving the sight and lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged. We combat the causes and consequences of blindness and malnutrition with programs based on evidence and research in vision, health and nutrition.
Helen Keller International [www.hki.org] is thrilled to join the END Fund in The Summit to See the END: Kilimanjaro 2015 to raise awareness and funds to treat and eventually eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in Africa.
HKI has been actively involved in treating NTDs such as blinding trachoma since the 1950s. Helen Keller's teacher, Anne Sullivan, lost much of her sight after contracting this condition as a child in the 1870s.
Today, we are helping tens of millions of people find relief from the suffering of these debilitating scourges. Over the past year, HKI provided 85 million treatments for the five most common NTDs in six African countries: lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis), onchocerciasis (river blindness), schistosomiasis (snail fever), soil transmitted helminthes (parasitic worms), and trachoma. We are able to do much of this work through the generous support and leadership of The END Fund and other partners committed to eliminating NTDs.
Little known in the developed world, NTDs can cause blindness, chronic pain, disability and malnutrition. They infect one in six of the world's people, including half a billion children. Helen Keller International has developed a series of effective programs to combat common NTDs, so that the most vulnerable communities receive the care they deserve.
The Kilimanjaro climb is dedicated to the mothers and children whose lives we hope to improve through our work in treating and eliminating NTDs and we hope you will support us in building a path toward a brighter future.
In the great words of our founder, "Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing."


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Garfield County settles 2006 inmate-abuse lawsuit
The Garfield County Sheriff's Department has settled a 5-year-old lawsuit in which the American Civil Liberties Union had accused it of inmate abuses including inappropriate use of force.
The Sheriff's Department in a news release Monday described the settlement as being "very favorable" and one that would save the county considerable money.
The suit was filed in 2006 by four inmates: Samuel Lincoln, Clarence Vandehey, William Langley and Jared Hogue. Lincoln has been sentenced to hundreds of years in prison for a Glenwood Springs attempted-murder conviction and for shooting at Mesa County sheriff's deputies and trying to kill someone in the desert near Grand Junction.
The suit accused the Sheriff's Department of inappropriate use of restraint chairs, pepper spray and other forceful measures, denial of mental health care to indigent inmates, and imposition of harsh discipline without due process. A federal judge had certified it as a class action suit, but an appeals court overturned that decision.
The department said the settlement required the jail to make minor changes to internal reporting forms and affirm practices it already implemented voluntarily well before the settlement. Sheriff Lou Vallario has said the jail now typically lets uncooperative inmates cool off rather than immediately using force to extract them from cells, has added padded cells for use in lieu of restraint chairs, has improved mental health care, and has changed the jail disciplinary process to give inmates the right to be heard and appeal decisions.
The ACLU did not respond by late afternoon Monday for comment.
Under the settlement, the county reimbursed the ACLU $69,200 for its litigation costs, but otherwise each party will bear its own attorney fees and other costs. The Sheriff's Department said legal fees for three large firms heading the inmates' litigation ranged from $700,000 to $1 million.
"We have made changes and improved upon the jail operations each year while maintaining fiscal responsibility to the taxpayers," Vallario said in the news release Monday. "The way our deputies and staff delivered services withstood the scrutiny of the small army of lawyers and experts that the ACLU recruited to find fault with the jail."
The Sheriff's Department said the settlement will avoid further expenditure of tax dollars to defend the suit.


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Approaching the eventual release of his much-anticipated new album Lasers, Lupe Fiasco unveils the official album cover. The minimalistic artwork depicts a fluorescent sign spelling "LOSERS" with an anarchist "A" symbol painted over the "O." The album will arrive March 8 but you will be able to pre-order it very soon so stay tuned.
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Actors struggle to scrape a wage
The majority of actors earn less than Ł10,000 a year from their profession, according to a survey.
Performers' trade union Equity - with Leeds Metropolitan University - questioned 408 of its members and found that 72% earned below that amount.
In addition, only 4% who took part in the on-going research earned between Ł50,000 and Ł10,000 a year.
In a preliminary analysis of the findings - published in this month's Equity Journal - the university's Dr Barry King said "low status of the craft" of acting was part of the problem.
Actors were asked how they felt the public saw them and their profession. Their responses showed a measure of pessimism in the trade.
Performers felt they were seen either as "glamorous, arrogant, overpaid slackers" or "laughable luvvies" and felt acting was not perceived to be a proper job.
They felt theatre was viewed particularly poorly, with the public imagining them as "boring old Shakespearian actors".
The actors surveyed deplored the fact that they got "no respect because of the antics of some high profile stars" and said they suffered from being "envied for success and scorned for failure".
The analysis of the findings points to the growth of "celebrity gossip journalism" and how it feeds public interest in the private life of artists.
As a consequence, performers are seen as ordinary people who happen to have "natural flair" rather than a learned acting skill.
Dr King agreed that the public did not see acting as a "proper profession", and said this might explain why so many actors found it difficult to make a living in the trade.
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Mancini: Hart can be England legend
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini believes Joe Hart could become one of England's best-ever goalkeepers.
• Mancini tells Balotelli to grow up
• City dealt Boateng injury blow
After winning the battle with Shay Given to be Blues' number one this term, Hart has enjoyed a stellar campaign. The 23-year-old has managed 22 clean sheets in his 45 appearances for City this term, leaving him just four short of Nicky Weaver's club record.
In addition, Hart has secured the number one berth for England, winning his 10th cap in Tuesday's friendly draw with Ghana at Wembley. Clearly, the Shrewsbury-born star still has a lot of improving to do, which is why Mancini is so sure he can become one of the best.
"Joe Hart could become one of the top English keepers in history,'' Mancini said. "He is young and he is strong. Like everyone, he makes mistakes but that is normal when you are young.
"Maybe sometimes he worries too much when he has the ball. But he is getting better with every game. Also, you have to remember, this is the first year he played for a club who were competing for the title.
"Last season was the first time he played for a full year in the Premier League, with Birmingham. He is already a fantastic keeper and he can still improve a lot.''
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Harold M. (Boone) Hennen, 812 Beech street, died in the Washington Hospital, Monday, July 6, 1964, at 12:40 a.m.
He was born October 15, 1912, at New Freeport, the son of Harry B. and Nora Miller Hennen.
Mr. Hennen was a member of the Jessop Employees Club, Loyal Order of Moose 22, and the Pleasant Hill Methodist Church at New Freeport.
For the past 23 years, he was employed by Jessop Steel Company as a shearman.
He is survived by his wife Mildred Sellers Hennen; two daughters, Kay, wife of Frank Knotts, and Betty, wife of James R. Church, both of Washington; two brothers, Wilbur Hennen, Reed City, Michigan, and Harold Hennen, Washington; two sisters, Virginia, wife of R.A. Galaher, Anderson, Indiana, and Marjorie, wife of Carl H. Wilson, Washington; and three half brothers, Paul V. Hennen, Milnot, N.D., Gdenn (sic) F. Hennen, Columbus, Ohio, and Harry E. Hennen, Washington. There are five grandchildren.
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Ex-CCU star makes 1st team NFL All-Pro
Fri, 03 Jan 2014 22:11:57 GMT —
Panthers fullback Mike Tolbert, middle linebacker Luke Kuechly, and center Ryan Kalil. have been named to the first-team Associated Press NFL All-Pro team.
Tolbert, 28, out of Coastal Carolina accounted for seven touchdowns for the Panthers this season. He is Carolina's short yardage back, and is regarded as one of the top blocking fullbacks in the NFL.
Defensive end Greg Hardy was selected to the second team.
The three first-team selections tied a franchise record for the Panthers, who also had three in 1996.
Panthers coach Ron Rivera walked through the locker room Friday shaking hands with each of the recipients.
Kuechly finished fourth in the league in tackles with 156, had four interceptions and two sacks.
Kuechly says, "It's a good honor but like I always talk about you don't get there by yourself. It's an individual award but it's a representation of the team."
The Panthers (12-4) have a first-round bye this weekend and will host a divisional playoff game Jan. 12.


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Dada Legacy
For all of its outrageous behavior, chaotic imagery, cacophonous sounds, and humorous wordplay, Dada held at its core a serious ethical stance against contemporary social and political conditions. Its assaultive strategies—the exploitation of nontraditional artistic materials, mining of mass media, attack on the traditions of art history, destruction of language, exploration of the unconscious, and cutting and pasting of photomontage—were a form of protest that echoed the aggressive tactics witnessed in World War I. The dadaists irrevocably pushed the boundaries of what qualifies as art, paving the way for much of what has followed. Dada questioned and affected what art can look like, as well as what art can do, and set the stage for many avant-garde movements—including surrealism, pop art, and performance art. Dada also irrevocably changed the landscape of popular culture, influencing graphic design, advertising, and film, and breaking down barriers between high and low art. Looking back to the movement nearly a century after its inception and noting Dada's many resonances, it is clear that (in the words of the dadaists themselves) "Dada siegt!"—Dada triumphs!
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Bookshare certainly reflects the interest of its submitters but I for one
have nothing but respect and admiration for the NLS staff who under
financial constraints have produced excellent quality books. I don't envy
them the job of having to choose among the thousands of books being
published and I know that they try very hard to balance their selection
according to the guidelines given them by the collection representatives
selected throughout the country who meet with them every year. Reading is a
great joy in my life and I take real pleasure in submitting books that I
enjoy and think are worthwhile, but there are a lot of ooks on Bookshare
that I would never consider reading and also a number of poor quality which
isn't true of NLS books. These are very different services and in my opinion
no effort should be made to compare them.
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Scott, I believe that the NLS catalog currently contains around 70,000 books. We seem to be able to get books scanned and released faster now that we have John and Jennifer around, so I think we can pass that number in a matter of a couple of years. It took NLS around 60 years to get to their current content level. What's even more cool about Bookshare is that we, the subscribers, can control which books are scanned. We get to choose the content of the library ourselves. We can choose to keep older books if they're good ones, unlike NLS. NLS has destroyed/retired many older books that were recorded on vinyl records. We have the power of choice, and that really excites me and keeps me motivated to volunteer here.
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Restful sleep is a must for health, vitality, longevity and fat loss. Researchers found that sleeping four hours a night interferes with your ability to secrete and regulate hormones, which in turn promote aging, increase appetite, add inches to your waistline and increases your risk of developing diabetes. Lack of sleep promotes an environment prime for inflammation and catabolism (muscle loss).
According to Canadian sleep expert, Stanley Coren, you lose one IQ point for every hour of lost sleep you didn't get the night before. Cognitive and mood problems develop, along with an increased risk of high blood pressure and heart disease are just a few consequences of too little sleep.
Healing of the mind, body and spirit occur during deep sleep, and your energy is restored and replenished. Brain waves normally shift to a lower vibrational frequency as we shift from the initial stages of sleep to the deeper stages, such as the rapid eye movement stage (REM).
Are you unable to fall asleep? Do you wake up often throughout the night? Do you feel well-rested when you awake in the morning? Do you want to improve your quality and quantity of your sleep? Symptoms of forgetfulness, headaches, lack of focus, itching, moodiness, cravings, headaches, and neck and backaches often disappear with a good night's sleep. Try some of my tips:
• Consider foods you may be sensitive to. Dairy, sugar, soy, wheat and gluten can cause sleep apnea, excess congestion, gastrointestinal upset and disrupted sleep.
• If you want to burn significantly more body fat, go to bed as early as possible. Our systems, particularly the adrenals, do a majority of their recharging or recovering during the hours of 11 p.m. and 1 a.m. This is when your gallbladder meridian is most active and dumps toxins. If you are awake, the toxins back up into the liver, which then secondarily back up into your entire system and cause further disruption of your health. Waking up between the hours of 1 to 3 a.m. may indicate liver toxicity/congestion. Consistently waking between 3 and 5 a.m. indicates oxidative stress. Also, consider hypoglycemia.
• The No. 1 supplement I like for restful sleep is magnesium (nature's natural muscle relaxer) 400 to 800mg 30 or 60 minutes before bedtime.
• Create an environment for restful sleep as evening approaches, such as dimming the lights in your home an hour before bedtime.
• Avoid alcohol. Although alcohol might make you drowsy, the effect is short lived and you'll often wake up several hours later, unable to fall back asleep. Alcohol keeps you from falling into the deeper stages of sleep, plus it disrupts and inhibits growth hormone production.
• For anxiety, consider inositol or a blend of valerian, hops and passion flower, an excellent herbal tranquilizer without side effects.
• Avoid before-bed snacks, particularly grains and sugars that raise blood sugar and inhibit growth hormone release.
• Working late, using the computer, cell phones and texting into the wee hours delay sleep and increase awakenings.
• Avoid caffeine later in the day. A recent study showed that in some people, caffeine is not metabolized efficiently and they feel the effects long after consuming it. Various meds and diet pills contain caffeine.
• Eat a high-protein snack several hours before bed. This provides your body with L-tryptophan needed to produce melatonin and serotonin.
• Loud alarm clocks can be very stressful on your body. If an electric alarm clock must be used, keep it as far away from the bed as possible, preferably at least 5 inches because of electro-magnetic fields (EMFs). These include electrical alarm clocks, electric blankets, plugging in your cell phone, etc., which disrupt the pineal gland and the production of melatonin and serotonin and come with a host of other negative effects. If you must use a clock, cover it and remove it from view. It will only add to your worry when constantly staring at it.
• Exercise regularly – at least 30 minutes everyday helps you fall asleep. However, exercising too close to bedtime may keep you awake.
• Get a handle on your stress. According to sleep experts, stress is the No. 1 cause of sleep problems.
• Read something spiritual. This will help you relax. Refrain from reading anything stimulating, such as a mystery or suspense novel - this may have the opposite effect.
• Go to bed and wake up at the same times each day, even on the weekends. This will help your body to get into a sleep rhythm making it easier to fall asleep at night and get up in the morning. Erratic schedules disrupt your body clock.
• Hydrate during the day. If you're dehydrated, your body production of cortisol increases, which will disrupt sleep.
• Journaling and Gratitude Log. Before bed, log three or five things you're grateful for.
• Keep bedroom temperature no higher than 70 degrees. Many people keep their homes, and particularly the upstairs bedrooms, too hot.
• Avoid the computer and television at least two hours before bedtime. Keep the television and your laptop out of the bedroom. If you are used to watching TV or doing work on your laptop in bed, it'll be harder for you to relax and get restful sleep.
• Sprinkle a few drops of lavender oil or sandalwood oil on your pillow. Practice deep, belly breathing.
• Listen to white noise or relaxation CDs. Some people find the sound of white noise or nature sounds such as the ocean soothing for sleep.
• Lose some weight. Being overweight increases the risk of sleep apnea, which will prevent a restful nights' sleep.
• Many meds, prescription and OTCs, affect sleep. Addiction to sleeping aids is often an indication of depression.
• Refrain from drinking fluids within two hours of going to bed. This will reduce the likelihood of needing to get up and go to the bathroom or at least minimize the frequency. If you do need to get up for the bathroom, refrain from turning on lights.
• Sleep in complete darkness or as close as possible. If there is even the tiniest bit of light in the room it can disrupt your circadian rhythm and your pineal gland's production of melatonin and serotonin. Minimize light in the bathroom too, in case you get up in the middle of the night. Keep the lights off when you go to the bathroom at night. As soon as you turn on that light, you immediately stop production of the important sleep aid, melatonin.
• Take a hot bath, shower or sauna before bed. Add some Epsom salts to the bath (the magnesium is absorbed through your skin). This promotes muscular relaxation. Also, essential aromatic oils, such as lavender or sandalwood, provide a state of calm, enhancing sleep.
• Test hormones and adrenals. Hormonal disruption occurs during peri-menopause, menopause and andropause and a high stress lifestyle. Insomnia is often a symptom of overtaxed adrenals (Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, August 2001; 86:3787).
• Wear socks to bed. Your feet have the poorest circulation in the body and will usually feel cold before the rest of the body. A study has shown that wearing socks to bed may reduce waking up throughout the night.
• As a last resort, consider melatonin and its precursors, L-tryptophan or 5-HTP. If behavioral changes don't work, melatonin may help you. However, use extreme caution in using it, and only as a last resort, as it is a powerful hormone. Ideally, it is best to increase levels of melatonin naturally with exposure to bright sunlight in the daytime (along with full spectrum fluorescent bulbs in the winter) and absolute complete darkness at night. Your room should be completely dark so no light is coming in from the outside. Also, 5-HTP should not be used during pregnancy or lactation by individuals taking antidepressant drugs or those with cardiovascular disease. Always discuss with your health care practitioner prior to using.
You can't just throw a hormone into the system because levels are low. There is the potential to disrupt the entire balance.
I am not implying that one should never opt for hormones, however, I look at why you're low in the first place and bring your body into balance through diet, nutritional supplementation, lifestyle modifications and the appropriate type and amount of exercise first. If that fails to bring hormones back into balance, then consider hormones.
Sweet Dreams!
• Ahwatukee Foothills resident Paula Owens is a nutritionist, fitness expert and weight loss coach with more than 20 years of experience. Reach her at www.PaulaOwens.com.


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The reality of Gina Carano facing Ronda Rousey is inching closer and closer to reality.
While Rousey told MMAJunkie that she thinks it would be the best fight for women's MMA, White also said on Wednesday that Carano has a champion's mentality.
White said that if the fight would happen, it would have to occur at 135 pounds. Carano made 135 once in her career and missed 140 pounds on multiple occasions.
"Last time I've seen her, have you seen her recently?" White told MMAJunkie. "She's smaller, she said she's walking around way lighter than she used to."
White said there would be no catchweight bout. The UFC did something similar when then-welterweight champ Matt Hughes took on legend Royce Gracie in 2006.
"Royce doesn't give a s— about titles and stuff like that," White said. "He didn't want time limits, rounds, or rules, completely different way of thinking. Royce didn't give a s— about belts or anything like that. Royce just wanted to fight Matt Hughes. Big difference.
The UFC inherited Carano's contract from Strikeforce.
"She's going to come back when she wants to sign," White said. "She's the type of person like this one here (pointing at Rousey), she's not coming back just because. She's coming back because she wants the title."Tags: Dana White, Gina Carano, MMA NEWS, Ronda Rousey, ufc news


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WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. James Lankford and state Rep. T.W. Shannon spent more than $4 million combined in the Republican race to replace U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, while two dark money groups added about $1.5 million, according to campaign finance reports.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. James Lankford and state Rep. T.W. Shannon spent more than $4 million combined in the Republican race to replace U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, while two dark money groups added about $1.5 million, according to campaign finance reports.
Lankford, of Oklahoma City, got 57 percent of the vote in the June 24 Republican primary to fill the last two years of Coburn's term, while Shannon got 34 percent in the seven-man field.
Lankford reported that, through June, he had spent $2.7 million for the election cycle that began in late 2012; that figure includes nearly $357,000 Lankford had spent on his House re-election campaign before Coburn's announcement in January that he would retire at the end of the current congressional session.
Lankford collected more than $500,000 in the last three weeks of June, with some of that coming from political action committees that had stayed neutral during the race but donated right after Lankford's win. Among those was a political action committee linked to Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Tulsa, that gave Lankford's campaign $5,000 two days after the primary.
The two-term congressman, who is the heavy favorite to win Coburn's seat, ended June with $371,000 in his campaign account. In the general election, he will face either state Sen. Connie Johnson, of Oklahoma City, or retiree Jim Rogers, of Midwest City, who are squaring off in the Democratic primary runoff on Aug. 26.
Shannon, who entered the race for Coburn's seat in late January, spent $1.6 million through June 30, according to his latest campaign finance report. Shannon reported having more than $283,000 left in his account but nearly $204,000 in debts and obligations.
Shannon's candidacy was backed by a group called Oklahomans for a Conservative Future, which reported spending $1.3 million on the race, mostly on advertising and direct mail.
The group, which was organized under the U.S. tax code as a "social welfare organization," did not report its donors. The Federal Election Commission sent a letter requesting that information but a representative responded recently that the group knows election law and isn't required to report its donors.
"No contributions or donations accepted by Oklahomans for a Conservative Future were solicited or received for the purpose of furthering the reported independent expenditures," Elizabeth Beacham told the FEC.
One of the group's organizers, Xavier Neira, told The Oklahoman in March that it was formed to "offer a truly Oklahoman support base and perspective" in the U.S. Senate race.
A group called Foundation for Economic Prosperity, which backed Lankford in the race, reported to the FEC that it had spent nearly $172,000 on his behalf. That group also didn't report its donors and didn't begin making its expenditures public until months after they began.


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Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) released the following statement on the votes he cast over the last month in an effort to address our budget deficit and debt:
"The nation's looming deficit and debt pose a serious threat to our economic future, and we will need to make difficult choices to put our fiscal house in order.
"Over the last month, I voted for measures that would reduce the deficit by up to $39 billion over the next 10 years.
"It is critical that the cuts we make are smart and targeted as we continue working to grow our economy, while tackling our deficit and debt. We do not want to take actions that will stall our economic recovery or undermine our nation's ability to compete in the future.
"I oppose measures that would be counterproductive to our economic recovery, including cutting critical funding for science, medical research, energy, and education, or that would result in 200,000 children getting kicked out of Head Start.
"I am hopeful that Republicans and Democrats in the House and Senate can work together to find a long-term solution to reduce our spending, while preserving the investments we need to protect and accelerate our economic recovery."
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Emma Watson Sparkles in Backless Chanel Couture
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This afternoon, the lovely Emma Watson graced the red carpet in France for the culmination of her Bling Ring press junket—the ultimate premiere—at the Cannes Film Festival.
For the occasion, the actress slipped into an off-white (backless, gasp!) silk gown with a sequined black bodice from Chanel's spring 2013 Couture collection. Even though the elements were battling against her—it's rained for most of the festival's first two days—Watson still looked striking with her light brown locks slung into a loose bun. Bold brows, flirty lashes, and a statement ear cuff finished off her look.
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If you are a certified school counselor interested in obtaining licensure as a mental health Counselor in New York State, the Department of Counseling and Development provides a course of study in Clinical Mental Health Counseling that will enable individuals with a Master's degree in School Counseling to meet the educational requirements needed to take the National Clinical Mental Health Counselor Examination, the licensure exam designated by New York State.
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Rangers' Ron Washington says he was ready to yank Yu Darvish with no-hitter intact
HOUSTON - After seven innings Tuesday night, Rangers manager Ron Washington settled the issue. He would make the most difficult decision of his career and not look back.
If right-hander Yu Darvish lost his bid for a perfect game, he was coming out. Washington was going to the bullpen even if Darvish allowed a walk and still could get a no-hitter against Houston.
"I'm glad he got that base hit," Washington said of Marwin Gonzalez, who had a two-out single off Darvish in the ninth inning. "I would have had darts in my back if I'd walked out there after a walk."
Washington had Darvish's long-term welfare in mind.
A strained neck muscle in spring training disrupted Darvish's preparations. His longest spring training outing was five innings and 78 pitches, against Cincinnati on March 23.
As it was, jumping from 78 to 111 pitches, Darvish's total against Houston, was draining. Darvish admitted to feeling fatigue in the late innings and was wondering how it would affect his next start.
"As I threw inning after inning, I was able to make some adjustments," said Darvish, speaking through an interpreter. "But I was thinking about being ready for my next start."
An 111-pitch start is unusual for the first week of the season. Darvish is the early-season leader for most pitches thrown in a game. He is too important to the Rangers for them to risk his health, Washington said.
In addition, every manager remembers what happened last year when New York Mets manager Terry Collins let emotions get the better of him.
Collins stayed with left-hander Johan Santana for 134 pitches in a no-hitter against St. Louis on June 1. Santana, who had missed the previous season while recovering from shoulder surgery, was never the same for the rest of the season. The shoulder gave out again this spring, signaling the probable end to his career.
"I wasn't staying with him for 134 pitches, that's for sure," Washington said. "If he had a high pitch count, we would have had to make that decision, but I didn't have to make it."
After the sixth inning, Washington and pitching coach Mike Maddux regularly checked in with Darvish to gauge his status. What made it difficult for Washington was that Darvish never labored despite the high strikeout total.
Darvish had more than 15 pitches in only one inning. Darvish had 18 pitches when he struck out the side in the fourth.
"Everything else was not stressful, as far as I was concerned," Washington said. "He was in control."


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Josh Berkus wrote: > All, > > My $0.02: > > With the presensce today of Launchpad, Codehaus, SourceForge, Tigris, > Java.net, CPAN, GEM, Developerworks, Github, Code.Google.com, and > others, it seems silly for our project to be putting our scarce admin > resources into maintaining/improving an outdated collab site. Let > others do the work. > > There's also a 2nd advantage to having the PG accessory project mostly > hosted elsewhere: it makes us more visible to outside communities. and makes it harder to aggregate them back into a canonical search/aggregator which is what some people want... > > What we need out of pgfoundry is five things, none of which require a > full collab framework, and some of which are really unrelated to the others: > > 1) a place for less offical mailing lists (e.g. non-permanent > non-(at)postgresql(dot)org mailing lists) which can be created without the > whole process required for a new "official" list. Note that many of > these lists are not related to any code development project. I hope you are not advocating we should put those lists on @postgresql.org again which is almost the opposite of what you proposed with "hosting stuff elsewhere. Also a fair number of the above mentioned resources don't actually provide mailinglists. > > 2) a place for web pages/documentation for some projects (which could be > a wiki, or something else) hmm? again this sounds like a central wiki (which we have) or are you asking for every project running their own wiki? > > 3) a search and download service for postgresql accessories (something > pgfoundry currently does a poor job of) > > 4) a news feed for postgresql accessories (something pgfoundry currently > does a bad job of) again the news feed stuff is mostly a tool issue (newer fusionforge versions do actually have way better RSS feed capabilities). However what we probably want is a thin aggregation layer on top of those (maybe a version of planet.postgresql.org on steriods with aggregates the various feeds and adds search on top). > > 5) A place to store files for download for internal project use which is > easier to manage than mediawiki's "images", and includes the ability to > restrict files to a specific access list. Like (1), these files are > largely not related to specific development projects. imho that one is not at all related to pgfoundry or the problem at hand. > > It seems to me that *all* of the above could be better done than how > pgfoundry does it, and done in a simpler and more maintainable way. so what place would you redirect people too if they ask for a listing of stuff related to postgresql? and no I don't think a manually maintained "software catalogue" like we have on the website is any/much better. What we need is aggregation of information and it is kind of hard to see how we would get that out of any of the existing collab sites (except maybe freshmeat but even that would not work too well). For stuff on pgf we essentially get most of the important information for "free" as part of people running their projects. Just because we failed to utilize that information so far does not mean that the whole concept is flawed. Stefan
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Maine Woman Dies in House Fire [NEWS]
(Limington, Me.) – A Limington, Maine woman died in an early-morning house fire.Maine Public Safety Spokesman Steve McCausland said the woman's husband returned home from work around 5:30 this morning and found the farmhouse on North Road on fire. The woman's body was found inside. He name has nor been released and the cause of the fire is being investigated.


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YOU'VE been warned: driving while distracted can kill.
The RACQ has this morning released a video on YouTube, highlighting the dangers of motorists using smart phones, adjusting their car stereos, applying make-up, eating and being distracted by children.
Executive manager of technical and safety policy Steve Spalding says driver distraction is at record levels among the state's drivers.
It comes as Police Minister Jack Dempsey and Commissioner Ian Stewart will today announce a new "fatal five" to replace the fatal four message launched more than a decade ago.
Inattention will be recognised as one of the major causes of car crashes alongside speed, fatigue, alcohol and seatbelts.
Police will target motorists they believe are distracted and not paying attention.
Mr Spalding said a survey showed 88 per cent of members said that driver distraction was a bigger problem than it was five years ago.
"The results also show that hand-held mobile phones aren't the only concern for drivers; 32 per cent of those surveyed said they were distracted by hands-free mobile phones, which was up from 29 percent last year," he said.
"More than 57 per cent of members have admitted to being distracted when adjusting stereo settings; 53 per cent when eating and drinking; and 23 per cent said they were distracted when entering GPS settings."
The RACQ video explains there are three types of distraction - visual (eyes off the road), physical (hands off the steering wheel) and cognitive (mind off the driving task).
It recommends drivers take a "not now approach" by identifying the distraction and choosing to do it at a more appropriate time.
"By taking your attention off the road, you are putting yourself at a greater risk of crashing and injuring not only yourself but others," Mr Spalding said.
"Allowing yourself to be distracted by a phone call, email or text message is not only dangerous but illegal. If you have to answer the phone, pull over or wait until you arrive at your destination. It's just commonsense."
Watch the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoAP-Z8rOL8
Originally published as RACQ video to highlight the dangers