text: Lionsgate is proud to announce the DVD release of Taking Chances and Reborn and the Blu-ray Disc releases of three classic thrillers Angel Heart, Frailty and Way of The Gun, three classic horror films Cujo: 25th Anniversary Edition, The Monster Squad: 20th Anniversary Edition andMy Bloody Valentine: Special Edition and two classic action films Air America and New Police Story, all arriving November 24th. Taking Chances Chase Revere (Justin Long, Drag Me to Hell) has few friends, gets no attention from girls and spends the majority of his time dressed in costume giving tours of his small town's widely ignored historic battlefield. He is ready for a major change in his life, and fast. When he discovers plans for an Indian casino to be built on top of his beloved battlefield, Chase and the town siren Lucy (Emmanuelle Chriqui, You Don't Mess with the Zohan) launch a comedic offensive against the project. Pricing: DVD $26.98 Reborn When a property in the Arizona Sonoran Desert fell into default foreclosure and went up for public auction, an eager young newlywed couple jumped at the opportunity to purchase it. Little did they know it used to be a torture ground owned by the serial killer "Motorman Dan," whose crimes became the most puzzling in U.S. history. Now, their honeymoon phase has come to a horrifying halt, as the Motorman rises for one more round of terror. Pricing: DVD $26.98 Angel Heart Blu-ray Disc Frailty Blu-ray Disc Way of the Gun Blu-ray Disc Lionsgate will release three thrillers on Blu-ray Disc for the first time - Angel Heart starring Academy Award® nominee Mickey Rourke (Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, The Wrestler, 2008) and two-time Academy Award® winner Robert De Niro (Best Actor in a Supporting Role, The Godfather: Part II, 1974; Best Actor in a Leading Role, Raging Bull, 1980), Frailty starring three-time Golden Globe® nominee Bill Paxton (Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, "Big Love," 2007 & 2008; Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV, "A Bright Shining Lie," 1999) and Matthew McConaughey (Tropic Thunder) and Way of the Gunstarring Academy Award® winner Benicio Del Toro (Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Traffic, 2000) and Ryan Phillippe (Stop-Loss). Angel Heart Synopsis: Harry Angel, a down-and-out Brooklyn detective, is hired by the mysterious Louis Cyphre to track down a singer named Johnny Favorite. The odyssey will take Angel through the desperate streets of Harlem, the smoke-filled jazz clubs of New Orleans, and ultimately, to the swamps of Louisiana where he takes up with the beautiful young daughter of a voodoo priestess, whom he believes will be able to shed light on the growing mystery surrounding the missing musician. As Angel closes in on the truth of the case, his contacts start turning up dead and he begins to suspect he might be next. This cult thriller was praised by critics as "a mightily absorbing mystery" (Variety), "an exuberant exercise in style...has the unsettled logic of a nightmare" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times) and "the perfect cult movie" (The Washington Post). The Blu-ray Disc is presented in newly remastered 16x9 Widescreen and English 5.1 DTS-HD and French 2.0 Dolby Digital. Special features include an introduction and interview with director Alan Parker, an interview and select scene commentary with Mickey Rourke, and a featurette discussing the facts and history of voodoo. Frailty Synopsis: Fenton Meeks approaches an FBI agent one night claiming he knows the identity of a vicious serial killer. The FBI agent is unimpressed until Fenton reveals that the killer is his younger brother Adam. Fenton recounts in a series of flashbacks, how he and his brother, grew up in a very loving family, raised by their widowed father. All that changed, the day his father awoke, believing he had been visited by an angel and given a mission to destroy "demons" - seemingly normal people who walk the earth as pure evil. Fenton's father and brother Adam swear to carry out this 'divine' mission. Out of loyalty however, Fenton refused to go to the police, until now. Believing Fenton's startling tale of the slaughter of innocents, the FBI agent follows him to the family's rose garden only to be surprised that neither evil nor innocence are what they seem. The Blu-ray Disc is presented in newly remastered 1080P High Definition Widescreen and features 7.1 DTS HD Master Audio and French 5.1 Dolby Digital. Special features include three separate audio commentaries, "Anatomy of a scene," a "making-of" featurette, deleted scenes, storyboards and a photo gallery. Way of the Gun Synopsis: Way of the Gun is a terrifically tense nail-biter about two professional criminals, Parker and Longbaugh, who think they've devised the plan of a lifetime: kidnap a pregnant surrogate mother, then collect on the ransom money from the parents-to-be. However, when Parker begins to take a shine to the kidnapping victim, the plan begins to crumble. But it is not until a heavily armed group of mob hit men arrive with the ransom money that Parker and Longbaugh realize they've cooked up a spicy stew of chaos, violence, and confusion. The Blu-ray Disc is presented in newly remastered 1080P High Definition Widescreen and 7.1 DTS HD Master Audio. Pricing: Blu-ray Disc $19.99 each Cujo: 25th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray Disc The Monster Squad: 20th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray Disc My Bloody Valentine: Special Edition Blu-ray Disc Lionsgate brings a trio of horror favorites to Blu-ray Disc for the first time on November 24th. Cujo: 25th Anniversary Edition starring Dee Wallace (E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial), plus cult classics The Monster Squad: 20th Anniversary Edition and My Bloody Valentine: Special Edition all make their debut on Blu-ray. Cujo: 25th Anniversary Edition Synopsis: Based on the frightening best-selling book from the king of horror himself, Stephen King, Cujohas become a film classic. In a bizarre case of nature versus humanity, a Saint Bernard infected with rabies from a diseased bat attacks a mother and her son. When the family becomes trapped in their car, they must depend on their wits to defeat the crazed canine. The Blu-ray Disc is presented in 1080P High Definition 16x9 Widescreen and 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio. Blu-ray Disc special features include audio commentary with Director Lewis Teague and the three part documentary, "Dog Days: The Making of Cujo." The Monster Squad: 25th Anniversary Edition Synopsis: Count Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy and the Gillman - adjourn to earth in search of a powerful amulet that will grant them power to rule the world. However, a bunch of kids regarded by their peers as losers and outsiders uncover the devious plan and prepare for a counter strike. Now, our heroes - the Monster Squad - are the only ones daring to stand in their way. The Blu-ray Disc is presented in 1080P High Definition 16x9 Widescreen and 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio. Blu-ray Disc special features include a five-part retrospective featurette Monster Squad Forever!, a classic interview with the Monster himselfA Conversation with Frankenstein, deleted scenes, an animated storyboard sequence and more! My Bloody Valentine: Special Edition Synopsis: On Valentine's Day 20 years before, an explosion of methane gas took the lives of a group of coal miners working in the Hanniger Mine near the small town of Valentine Bluffs. The accident occurred because supervisors left their posts to attend the annual Valentine's Day dance. A year later, Harry Warden, the only survivor of the accident, retaliated by killing the two supervisors and leaving a terrifying warning never to hold another Valentine's Day dance. After two decades have passed, despite warnings, a group of young adults start preparations for another dance. When a blood-soaked heart arrives at the police station, accompanied by an ominous message, the dance is canceled. However, a Valentine party is held in its place at the coal mine and it isn't long before people begin dying violently. It appears Warden has returned to punish those who did not heed his warning. The Blu-ray Disc is presented in 1080P High Definition 16x9 Widescreen and 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio. Blu-ray Disc special features include the featurette "Bloodlust: My Bloody Valentine and the Rise of the Slasher Film," "Bloodlines: An interactive Horror Film History" and deleted footage. Pricing: Blu-ray Disc $19.99 each Air America Blu-ray Disc New Police Story Blu-ray Disc On November 24th Lionsgate will make available two classic action films on Blu-ray Disc for the first time - Air America starring two-time Academy Award® winner Mel Gibson (Best Picture and Best Director, Braveheart, 1995) and two-time Academy Award® nominee Robert Downey Jr. (Best Actor in a Lead Role, Chaplin, 1992; Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Tropic Thunder, 2008) and New Police Story starring worldwide action star Jackie Chan (Rush Hour). In addition, Air America will be available in all new packaging on DVD day and date as the Blu-ray Disc for the suggested retail price of $9.98. Air America Synopsis: Based on actual events, this action-packed drama, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Mel Gibson, was hailed by Variety as "entertaining and provocative." When renegade pilot Billy Covington (Downey Jr.) finds himself all but blacklisted from flying in the United States, his last hope for work lies with Air America, a tiny, nondescript airline running in the jungles of Laos. However, Billy soon discovers that Air America isn't just any airline - it's actually a covert CIA operation with the task of smuggling some dubious cargo across Southeast Asia. Soon Billy realizes that his only hope of getting out of Laos alive may be to align himself with another pilot, the wild and dangerous veteran Gene Ryack (Gibson), if Gene doesn't get them both killed first! The Blu-ray Disc is presented in newly remastered 1080P High Definition 16x9 Widescreen with new English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio. Blu-ray Disc special features include audio commentary with Writer/Co-Producer John Eskrow, the featurette "Pre-Flight: The Storyboards of Air America," the featurette "Return Flight: Revisiting Air America" and more! 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"New Century Federal Credit Union " Browser Requirements and Security Safeguards.
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Desktop Banking has been developed to function best with Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 service pack 1 or higher version. You may obtain it at www.microsoft.com.
Your browser must support 128-bit encryption to access Online Banking. In addition, we highly recommend that you download the latest version of your browser software to insure that you operate with the most functionality and the most recent security measures.
You can access websites for the three most common browsers by clicking one of the links below. (Please be sure to select the 128-bit encryption version):
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For the member's protection of confidential data, internet desktop Banking employees two forms of security:
1. Dual Pin/Password verification
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The Credit Union has the option to utilize 1 or both although N.C.U.A. would highly recommend implementing both security measures.
Dual Password Protection requires the user to enter a password, in addition to A "PIN" number to ensure account information is not accessed by any unauthorized users. We require this of our membership so to provide another form of defense there by ensuring secure transactions to your accounts.
Data Encryption is a process which transposes account information which is sent from our host server to your browser. The coded data cannot be interpreted or altered without using a defined "key". The "key" deciphers the information from our server which in turn allows you to view your account information securely at your desktop.
Currently the level of RSA data encryption that our server will provide is 128-bit. The 128-bit encryption is the highest form which is available with Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher and is the recommend data encryption to secure all your transactions.
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The second facet of our security is protection of the Credit Union's internal network and member information from access by unauthorized internet users. (Host to server is strictly via a serial connection unless utilizing TCP/IP then a firewall is required as discussed above) Internet transactions are routed to the Credit Union from the client via a T1/FRAME RELAY/ISDN or dial-up connections. When requests reach the C.U. router, the traffic is either sent to the home banking server (a specific, secured port address), or to a proxy server. The proxy server allows us to isolate our local network from the public Internet. The New Centuryfcu@home Banking server is connected via a serial port or TCP/IP to the main computer that houses the account information. Only a valid transaction request from the member via a pin and password can cause information to be downloaded from the C.U. host computer back to the client via the internet. Utilizing these methods will disallow unauthorized access to our network including all member information. The New Centuryfcu@home server stores no Pin, Password or specific account information what so ever, its solely a pass thru via a serial connection from the host server, unless utilizing TCP/IP it then will be defended via a proxy/firewall device.

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Scott Frost and Mark Helfrich will have to get innovative to stay ahead of the rest of the PAC-12 and achieve the high expectations that have been set for the Ducks this year.
While 24 of 39 media members at PAC-12 Media Days pick the Ducks to win the conference, Aaron Fentress and others speculate about whether the rest of the conference is "catching up" to Oregon's spread offense. The up-tempo spread isn't the novelty it was in 2005 when Mike Bellotti first brought it to Oregon, or 2007 when the arrival of Chip Kelly as offensive coordinator kicked into turbo Mr. Fusion overdrive.
"Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads."
To make the challenge even greater, Frost/Helfrich have to find a way to scheme and implement around the loss of Josh Huff, De'Anthony Thomas and Bralon Addison, three of the playmakers that produced 565 yards and 45.5 points per game last season.
Unfortunately with an injured Marcus Mariota the 2013 offense averaged 18 points per game in two November losses, keeping them out of a conference championship game or BCS bowl.
To improve the record in 2014, the Ducks have to get immediate help from a group of young receivers. Out of Dwayne Stanford, Devon Allen, Darren Carrington, Chance Allen, B.J. Kelley, Jalen Brown, Charles Nelson and Tony James, two have to assert themselves in fall camp and show they can make plays in big games. They'd better hurry, because Michigan State comes to town in game two, and the Ducks have a very tough trip to UCLA on October 11th.
But the real key to the next genesis of the Oregon offense, other than trusting in the accurate right arm, fleet feet and great decision-making of the country's most complete quarterback, is a bold and simple principle:
Use Thomas Tyner and Byron Marshall in multiple roles.
The Ducks are blessed to have two proven tailbacks, both good athletes who are dangerous in one-on-one matchups. They have good hands and plenty of athletic ability.
Frost should use them the way they should have utilized The Black Momba last season. Move them around. Get them in the slot. Throw them the bubble screen. Hand them the ball on the fly sweep or speed reverse. Motion one of the them. Put Tyner in the four vertical set. Put the ball in Marshall's belly on the zone read, with Tyner trailing for the pitch.
With the Ducks short on proven receivers, using these two on short passes and screens as an extension of the running game can pressure teams to defend the whole field, particularly with Mariota with being so good at sifting through multiple options.
Get Marshall and Tyner on the Jugs gun every day, and work on improving their hands. Force the defense to find Tyner on every play and account for his world-class speed. He's faster than Reggie Bush was, bigger and stronger, and potentially just as versatile.
With Kani Benoit and Royce Freeman in the rotation, there's no need to save Marshall and Tyner or spoon out the carries. Put them to work in as many roles as possible. Use the best weapons you have to tax the defense. Run them underneath, on crossing routes. There isn't a linebacker in the conference that can stay with them.
Mariota delivers an accurate, catchable ball that's easy to handle. Use the backs in the passing game, and move them around in the formation. They are Super Mario's two best weapons with Addison gone.


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text: Bahrain's crown prince warned all sides against escalating a standoff with the opposition seeking an elected government in the country, asking for patience ahead of a national dialogue. Bahrain suffered its worst unrest since the 1990s last month when seven people died in a heavy-handed security response to protests by opposition groups. Crown Prince Sheikh Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, tapped to lead a dialogue with the opposition, said the protests would continue to be allowed but must remain peaceful. "These rallies must not infringe upon the freedoms of other people. This is a basic principle. I urge all parties not to escalate matters or to slide into sensationalism. Some people do want this to happen, so we have to be fully committed and to speak out bravely against it," Sheikh Salman said. "I hope that everyone will be brave, patient and optimistic and motivated to engage actively in the dialogue," he was reported as saying. Bahrain's protesters have been largely peaceful, inspired by mass rallies that toppled the leaders of Egypt and Tunisia before sparking an armed uprising in Libya and smaller protests in other Gulf states.


text: Hello, I can swear I remember reading about a modern folding field camera line that takes Sinar boards. However, in doing some research for a friend, I looked at the details of Shen-Hao, Tachihara, Chamonix, Ebony, etc., and saw that they all take Linhof boards. Am I nuts, or does this field camera that takes Sinar boards actually exist? For those who shoot with one of the cameras I mentioned above and with a Sinar, how do you do it? Do you put every lens on a Linhof board, and use a Linhof to Sinar adapter board when you use the monorail? Thank you in advance.


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Oxford v Cheltenham preview
Team news for Tuesday's League Two clash between Oxford United and Cheltenham at Kassam Stadium.
Last Updated: 15/03/14 4:04pm
Team news for Tuesday's League Two clash between Oxford United and Cheltenham at Kassam Stadium.
Oxford will be without experienced striker Dave Kitson when they face Cheltenham.
The former Reading forward limped off 30 minutes in to Saturday's 2-1 home defeat to Burton with a hamstring injury and caretaker boss Mickey Lewis revealed that the 34-year-old is likely to be sidelined for a few weeks.
His absence means Portsmouth loanee David Connolly is likely to return to the starting line-up against the Robins alongside Deane Smalley and James Constable while the likes of Alfie Potter will hope to start.
The U's currently sit in the play-off spots and are just six points behind third-placed Rochdale in League Two.
Cheltenham expect Sam Deering to be available to make the trip to Oxford.
The midfielder, a former U's player, was forced off in the second half of Saturday's forgettable 0-0 draw at Fratton Park after sustaining a knock but looks set to be passed fit to keep his place at the Kassam.
Winger Zack Kotwica looked lively following his introduction against Pompey and will hope to have done enough to feature against Oxford while striker Jamie Cureton could earn a recall to the side.
The Robins have moved nine points clear of the relegation zone having lost just two of their last eight matches.


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A mother lode of fossil salamanders, so well preserved that they almost might have frolicked in last year's mud, is giving scientists a new benchmark for identifying possible ancestors of the amphibians. The 150-million-year-old trove includes the oldest known complete salamander skeletons--near dead ringers for those living today. "To suddenly have hundreds of specimens of very primitive salamanders is very exciting," says paleontologist Robert Carroll of McGill University in Montreal, Canada.
The fossils came to light in 1997 in Hebei Province, China. Working at a site near the town of Fengshan, paleontologist Keqin Gao of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City unearthed more than 500 salamander skeletons in a small quarry. Like the spectacularly fossilized creatures in Liaoning Province (Science, 12 January, p. 232), the salamanders died when a volcano erupted and preserved them in ash. For some, the ash even recorded the impressions of gills. The Fengshan site doesn't contain the great diversity of life preserved in the Liaoning fossil beds, but it does offer a great deal of information about early salamanders.
There were enough fossils to reconstruct all stages of the salamanders' life histories. In the 29 March issue of Nature, Gao and his co-author Neil Shubin of the University of Chicago describe larval and adult forms of two salamander species. One of these, Laccotriton subsolanus, went through a full metamorphosis during its life. The other, Sinerpeton fengshanensis, grew to sexual maturity but never reached metamorphosis, a condition called neoteny. Neoteny has led to much of modern salamander diversity; it's present in nine families. The Fengshan fossils demonstrate that this life history pattern already existed by the Late Jurassic.
It's not surprising to find essentially modern salamanders that long ago, Carroll says. A similarly modern and relatively complete salamander, dating back to the Lower Cretaceous, about 116 million years ago, was previously found in Spain. But he notes that the new fossils will be useful to compare with possible salamander ancestors in the Paleozoic--at least 100 million years older than the Chinese fossils.
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: : 1.Who is a faculty adviser?
: : 2.How is slack-jawed? What feeling does it present?
: Slack-jawed refers to slow talking country people who drawl - slack-jawed yokel (local)
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A faculty adviser is a teacher or professor assigned to advise a student about what courses to take and possibly other decisions related to the student's progress in school.


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Cam'ron dusted off Purple City's Un Kasa for an appearance on "Put It In The Sky" and drops the track's official video today (July 2).
It's a full on Dipset reunion in the visual with faces like Hell Rell and Jim Jones making appearances. The song is from Killa's just released First Of The Month EP, which you can grab and listen to right here. All that Diplomats attire seen in the clip can be copped at dopesque.com.
Watch the video for "Put It In The Sky" below.
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text: Boeing San Antonio In Running For Boeing 777X Airliner Manufacturing Contract By David Martin Davies • Dec 6, 2013 Boeing San Antonio is being talked about as one of the cities competing to win the Boeing 777X airliner manufacturing contract, but local officials aren't talking. In Washington state, the union rejected Boeing's contract over health care and pension demands, so Boeing is looking for alternative cities to bring the 777X. About 15 locations, along with their home states, are coming up with lush billion-dollar incentive packages.


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The Boston College men's basketball team has struggled mightily to keep its footing this season — just as its head coach, Steve Donahue, did on Wednesday.
The 4-10 Eagles dropped a 73-58 decision to Harvard — which, at 12-1, looks primed for another run to the NCAA tournament — and Donahue became so animated in his arguments with the referees that he lost his balance at one point and went tumbling to the court.
It's been that kind of season for BC, and with the ACC schedule opening in earnest this week — including consecutive meetings with No. 2 Syracuse and No. 19 North Carolina on Jan. 13 and Jan. 18, respectively — things definitely won't get any easier in Chestnut Hill.
Check out Donahue's wipeout in GIF form below (watch the guy in the white shirt), courtesy of SB Nation.
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Texas Station, modeled after the Lone Star State, is a AAA Three-Diamond rated hotel with 200 rooms, a casino, restaurants, bars and lounges, an entertainment showroom, a movie theater and a bowling center about six miles from the Las Vegas Strip.
It features 91,000 square feet of gaming space with more than 1,775 slots, 27 table games, a non-smoking poker room, a 500-seat bingo hall and a race and sports book.
The hotel has several dining options, from quick eateries to restaurants, including Austin's Steakhouse and Texas Star Oyster Bar. Some family-friendly features include an 18-screen movie theater and a bowling center.
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E.T. and pals romp in Saturday matinee at the Beach Theatre
The historic Beach Theatre's ongoing Saturday morning matinee series welcomes kids of every age. This week's matinee is the 1982 classic E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial. Admission is free.
When: 10 a.m. Saturday.
Where: Beach Theatre, 315 Corey Ave., St. Pete Beach.
Info: Call 360-6697 or visit www.beach-theatre.com.
Corey Avenue shops plan Dog Days of Summer stroll
Corey Avenue merchants will stay open late Aug. 29, for the Dog Days of Summer stroll. Enjoy live music, free beer and wine samples as well as a variety of snacks. The event is free, as is parking.
When: 5 to 9 p.m. Aug. 29.
Where: Corey Avenue.
Call (727) 363-6888 for information.
Twin Towers memorial sculpture dedication set
A dedication ceremony for a new Twin Towers memorial sculpture is scheduled for Sept. 6 at Friendship Park in Redington Beach.
The memorial has been created by artist Vladimir Hostomsky, a resident of Redington Beach, who donated his work to the town in honor of the 9/11 victims. To fund the project, organizers are selling engraved bricks, which are being used in the foundation around the memorial.
Contributions to the Redington Beach Twin Towers Project may be mailed to Redington Beach Twin Towers Project, P. O. Box 86252, Madeira Beach, FL 33738.
When: 10 a.m. Sept. 6.
Where: Friendship Park, 164th Avenue.
Info: Call 392-0606.
Homeowners group's quarterly meeting today
The Indian Rocks Beach Homeowners Association will have its quarterly membership meeting today. Agenda items include finalizing plans for several upcoming events and forming the Taste of Indian Rocks Beach planning committee. Also, a representative from the Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections Office will provide a demonstration of the new optical scan voting system, which will be used during the primary election on Aug. 26.
When: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Where: Indian Rocks Beach City Hall, 1507 Bay Palm Blvd.
Info: Visit the neighborhood Web site at www.IRBhome.com.
Homeowners' boat club to meet, discuss future
The newly formed Indian Rocks Beach Homeowner's Boat Club is accepting members. The group will meet Thursday to discuss finalizing plans for Saturday's island cookout, as well as participation in upcoming events including the Coastal Clean-up in October, the Veterans Day boat parade and the Christmas boat parade.
When: Social hour at 6 p.m. Meeting begins 7 p.m. Thursday.
Where: Marlin Time Sports Bar (inside Brewmaster Steak House), 401 Second St.
Info: Call Bob Griffin at 517-1997 or e-mail email@example.com for more information.
Classes will be starting at the Beach Art Center
The Beach Art Center will offer several new classes starting in September including two pottery classes designed for homeschooled children. The center will offer classes six days a week with evening classes offered Monday through Thursday. For a listing of classes check the center's Web site at www.beachartcenter.org or call 596-4331 for information. The Art Center is closed this month and will reopen Sept. 2.
Taste of Indian Rocks Beach on tap Nov. 8
The 2008 Taste of Indian Rocks Beach event is scheduled for Nov. 8 at Chic-A-Si Park in Indian Rocks Beach. The event will be co-sponsored by the Indian Rocks Beach Homeowners Association and Indian Rocks Beach. Contact Becky at 517-3131 or by e-mail at email@example.com for information on becoming a food vendor.
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Money Talks: Jobs That Don't Require a College Degree
Mon, 31 May 2010 11:30:15 GMT —
When John Walrond was ready to enter the workforce, he chose a career that didn't require college.
"I had to work, I had just gotten married, I had a baby| I had to work, I couldn't go to college," said John.
John couldn't afford college tuition. Instead, he slowly continued his education... first getting a journeyman's license, later a Master Plumber's license.
He paid a lot less than college would have cost him... and it paid off.
"|each year, you get a dollar or two more, I'm now up to $68/hour| and I'm still cheaper than all the other plumbers out there," said John!
John's part of a growing national workforce trend.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics finds that eight of the top 10 fastest-growing jobs through 2014 do NOT require a bachelor's degree.
Besides plumbing, careers in health technology, firefighting and automotive repair make the top ten list.
Experts estimate there are some 50-million jobs that don't require a bachelor's degree, yet come with a paycheck of more than $40-thousand a year.
Now, nobody said "Don't go to college!" Its just that there are careers out there that don't require that four-year degree.
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How do you mark the end of the school year? What if it is a "big" year [ie- pk4, k, 5th, 8th, or 12th] coming to a close?
Public schools in our area go k-5, 6-8, 9-12. Most private schools do pre-k and 8th. Some also do k and 5th. Ds is in 5th now (homeschooled), Dd is in 8th (private school). Dd will have a big end of year graduation celebration at school as an 8th grader. Her school does graduation ceremonies only for pk4 and 8th grade. Ds has decided he would like to do some kind of 5th grade graduation, especially since we will have family visiting for graduation and/or dd's confirmation. I think it isn't a bad idea to validate his experience and how far he has come in some way. I also feel like it is important for both kids to see that we are marking milestones in both their lives.
So any suggestions based on how you do things in your household/school?
We go out to lunch; Dylan's pick. We started when he was in public school and continued the tradition when we switched to home schooling. I also measure his height and we look back at what he has learned since last Sept. I used to also take down his weight but we no longer have a scale.
In our homeschooling paradigm there's no passage or "completion" to celebrate. We don't go by grade levels, we use little in the way of graded curriculum, and our learning flows organically year-round and with continuity from year to year. So a grade-passing or graduation celebration would seem really artificial and weird to us. We don't do anything of the sort. We sometimes celebrate Not Back to School Day with fellow homeschoolers because life in our community really does change when 95% of kids return to school, and we like to enjoy the freedom and the fact that we now have the run of the place. But we don't celebrate the end of other kids' school years.
That's not to say we don't do thing that celebrate and validate the learning the kids have done. How? Well, first off, I keep a number of blogs. I have a public one for general family learning-and-living stuff, and I have a private blog with and for each of my children to keep track of their learning. My kids participate in writing about their accomplishments, and they read what I write about their learning. We post photos, videos and such. Gradually the blogs become portfolios, and celebrations of their learning. Every once in a while I have a year's worth of family blog archives professionally printed into hardcover book format. We have four of these volumes now (the first covered several years) and they are definitely well-loved by the kids, who go back and thumb through them over and over with a sense of nostalgia but also an appreciation for the landmarks those things represent. The landmarks weren't always evident as such at the time, but looking back, they can see where shifts and closures took place.
I've also recently been using Apple Publishing to commemorate specific projects. As a Mac user I love their templates, but there are plenty of other memory book services out there. For instance, last year dd9 was involved in a monthly series of art workshops focused on art derived from and representing community, with a group of local homeschoolers. The kids got to know each other really well, and the workshops culminated in an exhibit in a tiny local gallery. I pulled together scans of the artwork with photos of the kids at work and created a book to celebrate the whole project. I originally intended it just as a thank-you gift for the art teacher, but the kids and families fell in love with it too and we all ordered copies. It ended up being a sort of unofficial "Homeschooling Group Yearbook."
Then there are the celebrations that come naturally as part of my kids interests and activities: the final swim class or gymnastics class where skills and reports are shared with parents, the violin recitals, the aikido colour belt tests. And we have occasionally set academic goals as well, for fun and to celebrate work done: finishing that 100th independently-read book, arriving at the present in our chronological study of Canadian history, finishing the Singapore Math Primary curriculum. Our celebrations are not over-the-top -- tea and cookies at a local café, or a mid-day movie with popcorn, a trip to the bookstore with a $20 gift certificate to spend, that sort of thing.
As for the real, momentous, uncontrived passages...
My eldest left home at 17 to study music in a big city where she could get the training she needed. Her "graduation" celebration as she moved on from home-based learning to independent life was a full-length recital for the community, offered as a fund-raiser for an arts organization she had benefitted from over the years. The whole town came out and it was an amazing send-off.
I have a friend who held a celebration for her departing homeschooler which was just a big potluck party at a community hall, where the suggestion was the everyone bring a (used, well-loved) kitchen gadget or houseware to help launch her into living independently in an apartment. People brought amazing gifts, most of them with stories behind them and ten years later T. still uses those items with reverence and appreciation for the history behind them: this is the wooden spoon carved by my basketball coach's Russian father-in-law, this is the oat flaker that made porridge for my two best friends and I when I slept over at their house when we were kids.
Mountain mama to one great kid and three great grown-ups
Well, part of the issue we don't follow a traditional calendar. Our 'school year' is mostly Spring, Summer and Fall tri-mesters with time off from Thanksgiving to MLK day (approx) and a week or 2 for spring break and a couple weeks in summer. We also partially unschool. AND I have an asynchronous kiddo.
We really don't celebrate the 'end of school' as much as we celebrate accomplishments. Kiddo is enrolled in a rigorous online program for STEM classes, when he completes a class sometimes we will go for a special dinner. If kiddo has a great swim meet, we may do something together etc.
I guess if I had one homeschool and one traditional school kid our house might have issues but part of the joy of homeschooling is being able to do things just a little bit differently.
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March 11 was the first anniversary of the blast in Madrid that killed 191 persons and injured 1,900 people. The terrorist act was attributed to al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. To commemorate the event, Spain's Islamic Commission, an association composed of the nation's Muslim community issued a fatwa. There are about 260,000 native Spaniards who are Muslims and approximately 230,000 immigrant Muslims residing in Spain. So Spain's Islamic Commission speaks and represents almost half a million people.
A fatwa is a religious authorative statement. The fatwa declared that bin Laden acted "outside Islam" when he endorsed terrorist acts. The five-page fatwa strongly emphasized that "bin Laden, al-Qaeda and all those who try to justify terrorism by basing it on the holy Koran are outside Islam." Why? Because the fatwa added that the terrorist activities of al-Qaeda's leaders are not only totally forbidden, but the object of strong Islamic condemnation. Mansour Escudero, who leads the Federation of Islamic religious entities and co-secretary general of the Spanish government-created Commission added, "We have called on all imams to make a formal declaration condemning terrorism and for a special prayer for all the victims of terrorism."
Islam does not have the equivalent of the Pope. What they have are caliphs. Caliphs are looked upon as successors of Mohammed as temporal and spiritual heads of their communities. They are also called imams.
We are glad that Spanish Muslims have started a move of Muslims denouncing Muslim atrocities. We are not saying that only Muslims commit atrocities, but one of the biggest world problems we have today is terrorism and unfortunately many of the terrorist acts were committed by persons who were Mohammedans and sometimes they linked their atrocious acts to their faith.
It would be good if Muslims all over the world including those in the Philippines would get together the way the Spanish Muslim community did and declare that the Koran does not endorse terrorism.The world is now a global village and people of all nationalities can live together in peace if they follow the teachings of their respective religions. We don't know of any religion that endorses terrorism.
It would be good if all Caliphs everywhere issue a fatwa to the effect that no Islamic community endorses terrorism. That would be the best way of saying, "Peace be unto you!" We cannot have brotherhood without peace. In the Philippines, our goal should be to make the relations between Muslims and Christians as a good example to the world. Both religions respect other religions.


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Passion Pit is an electro-pop band from the United States of America. The band was formed in 2007 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This music group comprises of Michael Angelkos who plays the keyboard and is also the lead vocalist, Ayad Al Adhamy who plays the samples and the synthesizer, Ian Hultquist who plays the guitar as well as the keyboard, Nate Donmoyer who is the drummer for the band and jeff Apruzzese the bassist and the synth bassist. Apart from Michael Angelkos, all the band members attended Berklee College of Music which is in Boston. Their main music genres atr alternative dance, synth-pop, indie rock, electro-pop and indie pop. The music recording label companies that the band has been associated with have been Frenchkiss Records and also the Columbia Records.
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July 2006 Mary contacted the Staff Development Coordinator (SDC) and asked if she could start orientation while she waited to write the licensure exam. Mary thought that while she waited she would be working with a licensed staff nurse, just the way she did with the instructors in nursing school. The facility agreed and hired Mary as a new graduate with at starting salary of $21.32/hr.
Mary arrived to orientation on 8/7/06, with another new graduate, Charlie, who told Mary he had taken his licensure exam already. Mary and Charlie went through the paperwork, including a math test. The SDC took Mary and Charlie on a tour and introduced them as new nurses and entered their names into the pharmacy computer. Mary and Charlie also received their identification badges which indicated they were licensed nurses.
Mary arrived to work on 8/14/06 and was assigned to 5West, where the Nurse Manager gave her an assignment to perform finger sticks for blood glucose. Later that morning, Mary was taught how to do medications, treatments, narcotic counts, and how to avoid medication errors.
On 8/23/06 Mary was preparing medications when the SDC walked by and told the Nurse Manager that Mary could not administer medications because she had not obtained a nursing license. Mary was instructed to meet with the Director of Nursing who told she could not function as a nurse until she obtained a current and valid license.
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- 244 CMR 8.00 Licensure Requirements
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Based on an investigation by the Department of Public Health-Health Care Quality, a compliant was filed with the Board of Registration in Nursing (Board). During the Board's investigation it was found the licensee had signed Medication Administration Records, Controlled Substance Count Verification sheets, and written nurses notes prior to have having obtained a nursing license. The nurse did obtain her Massachusetts nurse license by exam, which was reprimanded by the Board.
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Lamesley is a village and civil parish which has been part of the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England since 1974. Prior to 1974 Tyne and Wear south of the River Tyne was part of County Durham. The village is on the southern outskirts of the original county borough of Gateshead, near to Birtley. The parish includes Kibblesworth, Lamesley village, Eighton Banks and the modern housing estate of Northside.
The population of the civil parish at the 2011 UK census was 3,742, dropping from 3928 in 2001.
A contemporary sculpture entitled The Angel of the North by Anthony Gormley is located on a minor hilltop in the parish.
Lamesley was originally a chapelry in the ancient parish of Chester le Street, in County Durham. It became a separate civil parish in 1866. From 1894 until 1974 it was part of Chester le Street Rural District. In 1933 and 1937 it lost large areas to Gateshead and the neighbouring parish of Whickham respectively.
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A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Lamesley from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72: LAMESLEY, a parochial chapelry in Chester-le-Street district, Durham; on Urpeth burn and the river Team, 4 miles S of Gateshead [railway] station. Post-town: Gateshead. Real property: £13,075; of which £6,373 are in mines, £112 in quarries, and £1,000 in railways. Population in 1851: 1,914; in 1861: 2,233. Houses: 366. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Lord Ravensworth. There are extensive collieries, beds of ironstone, and quarries for grindstones. The living is a [perpetual] curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value: £138. Patron: Lord Ravensworth. The church was rebuilt in 1759; has a tower of 1821; and contains a carved pulpit. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, national schools, and charities £40.
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Bergman revisits old themes, but the spark is gone
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Thirty-two years after their last post-marital fling in "Scenes From a Marriage," Ingmar Bergman's coolly raw and emotionally brutal dissection of a 16-year marriage torn apart by deceit and adultery, Bergman reunites Marianne (Liv Ullmann) and Johan (Erland Josephson) for an impulsive visit that stretches into an long summer diversion.
Marianne addresses the camera directly as she sorts through photos and explores Johan's "ramshackle" summer villa in a typically theatrical conceit that, after all these years, feels contrived and counterfeit. The drama this time arises from two new characters. Johan's estranged son, Henrik (Borje Ahlstedt), still numb from the death of his wife two years before, lives in a nearby cottage with his 18-year-old daughter Karin (Julia Dufvenius), a promising young cellist. Their relationship is uncomfortably intimate (the first hint: they sleep in the same bed).
"Johan was notoriously and compulsively unfaithful," confesses Marianne to Karin as they drink wine and giggle in perhaps the last moment of levity in the increasingly sharp drama. Johan no longer womanizes, but he disdains Henrik; there is as much paternal sabotage as grandfatherly affection in his efforts to help Karin.
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Ullman is almost beatific as Marianne, a kind of angelic witness to the poison Johan brings to his relationships, and Josephson delivers an emotionally naked performance as the still-hostile Johan. Older, calmer and surprisingly at ease, they are like old friends falling into forgotten rhythms, a quality due more to the seemingly effortless affinity between Ullman and Josephson than Bergman's script of oblique small talk that spins into intense confessionals and declamatory monologues.
The 85-year-old Bergman has proclaimed this his final film and it has the feel of closure. It also feels like the effort of a tired artist reworking the same themes. Ullman brought a startling edge and electric charge to her direction of Bergman's screenplay "Faithless." Bergman brings no such charge to "Saraband," only a familiar theatricality that fails to find fresh drama from one last variation on familiar themes.


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- Patterns of exogenous insulin requirement reflect insulin sensitivity changes in traumaHeather F Pidcoke
United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, Brooke Army Medical Center, 3400 Rawley E Chambers Ave, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234 6315, USA
Am J Surg 194:798-803; discussion 803. 2007..We investigated patterns of blood glucose and exogenous insulin requirement in the intensive care unit, and questioned whether they reflect fluctuations in insulin activity...
- Anemia causes hypoglycemia in intensive care unit patients due to error in single-channel glucometers: methods of reducing patient riskHeather F Pidcoke
United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, TX, USA
Crit Care Med 38:471-6. 2010..We hypothesized that point-of-care glucometer error due to anemia is prevalent, can be corrected mathematically, and correction uncovers occult hypoglycemia during intensive insulin therapy...
- Glycemic control in the burn intensive care unit: focus on the role of anemia in glucose measurementElizabeth A Mann
U S Army Institute of Surgical Research, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas 78234 6315, USA
J Diabetes Sci Technol 3:1319-29. 2009..Such efforts will further the endeavor for achieving adequate glycemic control in order to assess the efficacy of target ranges and use of IIT...
- The impact of intensive insulin protocols and restrictive blood transfusion strategies on glucose measurement in American Burn Association (ABA) verified burn centersElizabeth A Mann
United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
J Burn Care Res 29:718-23. 2008..The combination of a higher prevalence of hypoglycemia in the presence of near universal anemia is concerning, particularly given the pervasiveness of glucometer use among burn centers...
- Error rates resulting from anemia can be corrected in multiple commonly used point-of-care glucometersElizabeth A Mann
US Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USA
J Trauma 64:15-20; discussion 20-1. 2008..The purpose of this study was to analyze error rates of three additional POC glucometer brands and determine mathematical correction formulas for each...
- Ten-year analysis of transfusion in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom: increased plasma and platelet use correlates with improved survivalHeather F Pidcoke
US Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USA
J Trauma Acute Care Surg 73:S445-52. 2012....
- Primary hemostatic capacity of whole blood: a comprehensive analysis of pathogen reduction and refrigeration effects over timeHeather F Pidcoke
US Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, Texas 78234 6315, USA
Transfusion 53:137S-149S. 2013..We hypothesized that refrigeration preserves WB function and that a pathogen reduction technology (PRT) based on riboflavin and ultraviolet light has no deleterious effect over 21 days of storage...
- Insulin and the burned patientHeather F Pidcoke
Department of Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, USA
Crit Care Med 35:S524-30. 2007..In this article, we review the actions of insulin in terms of glycemic control and muscle metabolism, biochemical and clinical effects of insulin treatment in the severely burned, and the vagaries of glucose control...
- Accuracy of glucometers should not be assumedElizabeth A Mann
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- Quick Take
- United aims to cut its costs by $2 billion annually through higher fuel efficiency and employee productivity, among other measures.
- The carrier also targets to grow its ancillary revenues by $700 million in an attempt to at least double its pre-tax earnings over the next four years.
- Banking on increased cash flow through these measures, United expects to begin returning capital to shareholders by 2015.
- In our view, this plan which addresses United's critical issues including its sharply rising non-fuel costs will help it post better results in the coming years.
United Airlines (NYSE:UAL) on Tuesday, November 19, laid out a plan to reduce its costs by $2 billion annually, grow its earnings by two to four times over the next four years and begin returning capital to shareholders by 2015. [1] This is a much needed step from the carrier whose results in recent quarters have been disappointing. Last quarter, even though United posted higher profits, its results remained below expectations due to sharply rising non-fuel costs and unimpressive revenue growth. With this plan, the carrier aims to lift its growth and make its business more investable. The launch of this plan also reflects that United is largely through with its integration of Continental and ready to focus on improving its performance. Following the announcement of this plan, United's stock rose by over 3% through the end of the day's trade. We currently have a stock price estimate of $36.60 for United, marginally below its current market price.
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Structural Cost Controlling Measures Will Curb Sharply Rising Costs
United's costs especially non-fuel costs have been rising rapidly. In the previous quarter, the carrier's non-fuel costs per seat for a mile of flight rose by 6% annually, compared to the 1% growth seen in Delta's case. [2] [3] Its $2 billion annual cost reduction plan is aimed at controlling this sharp growth in its costs. Of the total targeted cost reduction, the carrier aims to achieve roughly $1 billion through non-fuel heads such as employee salaries, maintenance, sourcing and distribution. [4] United aims to lift employee productivity in part by asking customers to tag their own checked bags and to swipe their own passes before boarding planes. The carrier also intends to implement lean practices to save on maintenance costs, and attract greater bookings through united.com to save on distribution costs.
The remaining $1 billion in cost reduction is expected to come from increased fuel efficiency. United believes that its ongoing replacement of older, less efficient aircraft's with new, more efficient ones will lift its fuel efficiency significantly. Additionally, the carrier plans to support these gains by installing curved extensions, called winglets, on its aircraft that help reduce fuel burn.
Apart from focusing on the bottom line, United also aims to improve its top line performance through growth in ancillary revenues, which consist of extra baggage fees, ticket change fees, revenue from access to on board WiFi, as well as other sources. The carrier aims to grow its ancillary revenues by $700 million to over $3.5 billion by 2017 by providing fliers with more new options and optimizing pricing. [1] For example, the carrier will link pricing with demand and accordingly seat upgrades will be more expensive on Friday night or Saturday morning flights compared to mid-week flights.
In our view, these cost reduction measures as well as the focus on growing ancillary revenues will help address United's sharply growing non-fuel costs and low top line growth. However, we are yet to see specific measures aimed at lifting the carrier's unit revenues – amount taken from passengers per seat for a mile of flight. Nonetheless, United deems these measures sufficient to at least double its pre-tax earnings by 2017.
Capital Return To United's Shareholders Likely To Start By 2015
Additionally, in our opinion, increased cash flow from these measures, will likely enable United to start returning capital to shareholders in the foreseeable future. In doing so, United will become the fourth major carrier after Southwest (NYSE:LUV), Delta (NYSE:DAL) and Alaska (NYSE:ALK) to begin returning capital to shareholders through dividends and share buybacks in the aftermath of the financial crisis. Currently, Southwest, Delta and Alaska are paying dividends at a yield of around 1%. Though this falls short of the dividend yield that investors are getting from some other sectors, it still points to the improved financial state of the U.S. airline industry. United currently anticipates to start returning capital to shareholders by 2015.
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- United's 2013 Q3 earnings form 8-K, October 24 2013, www.unitedcontinentalholdings.com [↩]
- Delta's 2013 Q3 earnings form 8-K, October 22 2013, www.delta.com [↩]
- United's 2013 investor day presentation form 8-K, November 19 2013, www.unitedcontinentalholdings.com [↩]


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Chicago In an effort to apply more pressure on City Hall, Wal-Mart Stores will hold a farmers market on Saturday at the vacant site where it wants to build its second Chicago store, according to an article in the Chicago Tribune.
Truckloads of fresh fruits and vegetables, supplied by Wal-Mart vendors, are slated to be for sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, and a local radio station will be broadcasting from the event, according to Wal-Mart.
The move is Wal-Mart's latest tactic in its five-year battle to build a Supercenter in the South Side Chatham neighborhood of Chicago. Currently, a restriction to an existing development agreement has kept the discount chain out of the Chatham Market shopping center.
Wal-Mart unveiled a Web site over the weekend, chicago.walmartcommunity.com, featuring videos from local residents and community leaders supporting the new store.
In April, Ald. Howard Brookins reignited the battle to bring Wal-Mart into his ward at Chatham Market by introducing the proposal to amend the development agreement.
That amendment, now before the Rules Committee, could come up for a vote when the City Council meets next week.
A Lowe's home-improvement store already is open at Chatham Market. Discount grocer Aldi plans to open a store there next year.
Labor unions have threatened to resurrect a big-box ordinance proposal to set minimum pay and health benefits for workers if the City Council passes the amendment.
Such a public fight could hurt Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics, according to the Tribune.


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Matt Striker was interviewed following his release from WWE at last night's FWE Rumble 2 event in Corona, NY.
Striker admitted that he was "heartbroken" over the news of his release from the company.
"That was my dream job," Striker admitted. "I had no business being in the WWE for as long as I was there. I learned so much from all of them. I'll always love wrestling. I'll always love the WWE. They gave me a chance when no one else would."
Striker became very emotional discussing how much he appreciates the wrestling business.
"I love this. I love what WWE does," he said. "I love with Japan does. I don't have much else in this world, I never have. The one thing that gave me passion was wrestling and the WWE. Now, I have to find something else to fill that void."
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IndyCar Toronto
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7th July 2012, 22:31 at 10:31 pm #131607
Enjoy the IndyCar season while it lasts – not just because there's been some great races but also because there's not much of it left. With the China race cancelled and no replacement there's just five remaining after this weekend.
Dario Franchitti's hopes of retaining his title are looking increasingly desperate as he languishes in eighth in the standings, 70 points behind Will Power.
He's done all he can so far this weekend to put that right by taking pole position at Toronto but who's second on the grid? That's right, Will Power…
On row two are Justin Wilson and Sebastien Bourdais – Wilson, of course, injured some of Bourdais' pit crew earlier this weekend when he crashed in pit lane.
Toronto qualifying also showed up the shortcomings in the split qualifying format. The second group was much stronger and those drivers generally set better times than those in the first group and were under-rewarded for their efforts.
Takuma Sato was 11th after being stripped of times for holding up Power, and Rubens Barrichello was down in 20th.
Here's the classification before penalties are applied (PDF):
As usual we'll be following the race on F1 Fanatic Live tomorrow.7th July 2012, 22:47 at 10:47 pm #204734
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Interesting to see Ruben's qualifying pace has been really good around the ovals, and solid there too… But his qualifying around the road and street courses hasn't been as good… Kept out of trouble though at least.8th July 2012, 22:40 at 10:40 pm #204735
Ryan Hunter-Reay made it three in a row with an opportunistic win at Toronto. It hinged on an early safety car period which scuppered the races of several drivers who were yet to stop.
That included Will Power, who had taken the lead early on after passing Justin Wilson and Dario Franchitti.
Charlie Kimball took second, aided by a brilliant double pass on Simon Pagenaud and Tony Kanaan at the tight turn three where it's normally hard enough for two cars to get through side-by-side.
Both the cars he passed were running low on fuel. Pagenaud eventually pitted but not before Josef Newgarden had gone off at turn three trying to pass him.
Kanaan fell to tenth but a chaotic restart promoted him to fourth at the flag. Sebastien Bourdais was knocked out of third place when Mike Conway tipped Kimball into him. Conway went on to take third.
Highlights here:
It must be a while since we last had an American one-two in IndyCar?
It's six years since we last had an American leading the championship – Sam Hornish in 2006. Hunter-Reay leads the standings with five races to go.
Helio Castroneves and Scott Dixon are still very much in contention but James Hinchcliffe's chances suffered a blow when he retired with a technical problem:
1. Ryan Hunter-Reay – 335
2. Will Power – 301
3. Helio Castroneves 289
4. Scott Dixon – 281
5. James Hinchcliffe – 268
6. Tony Kanaan – 267
The next race is at Edmonton in two weeks' time.9th July 2012, 21:02 at 9:02 pm #204736
This championship is going crazy. We'll see who wants to take it as I'm sure this is going to go down to Fontana. RHR looks like the man to beat right now though.
Great races for Kimball and Conway!10th July 2012, 7:52 at 7:52 am #204737
I missed the end as I had to switch from SkyGo to F12011 for my club's evening race, so thanks for the highlights video link there Keith. It was a remarkably quiet race in terms on cautions, for the most part, at least. I'm liking that the run to the end of the championship is mostly street/road tracks, as I'm not overly fussed about the ovals. It's going to be very close for the championship, and it's nice to not see Franchitti up there for a change.11th July 2012, 13:30 at 1:30 pm #204738
AJ Foyt Racing have been docked points "for not complying with Rule 14.7.2 (the maximum capacity of the fuel cell shall be 18.5 U.S. gallons)". The team has also been fined, but Conway gets to keep third:
http://www.indycar.com/en/News/2012/07-July/7-10-Notes-Conway-posts-best-finish11th July 2012, 15:03 at 3:03 pm #204739
I was going to post on that, glad I didn't create a thread. Once again you were quick Keith!
I feel it's unfair, even more unfair that Wilson's win at Texas. Wilson's problem didn't give as big an advantage on the track as Conway's. In such a tight and short street circuit a bigger fuel tank means less stops and a huge advantage. With a bigger tank I bet Pagenaud would've won, and then what? A fine and that's it? It's a matter of time until teams stop seeing these things as "fines" and start seeing it as "fees".
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What are the top three things you think need to change about the home improvement industry as it is today? What roll can service professionals like yourself or sites like TrustedPros play in changing them and why?
1. Continue to educate customer members on the real world of home improvement costs, quality, and process. TV shows have caused viewers to have an unrealistic perspective of renovations and home improvements.
2. Honestly don't know if you do already, but maybe post average project costs on the site.
3. The industry could change by the government implementing a tax exemption for certain projects over a certain amount to make it more attractive to hire professionals instead of under-the-table unprofessionals.
Thanks for asking.
I think Michael at Hunter Home has given a decent response. #1 and #3 definitely.
I will preface my suggestion with a comment first.
There are a small number of Con artists that call themselves contractors, and there are also contractors that simply lack experience in some area's. There are also a very small number of home owners or clients that are also untrustworthy. In all my years I have had the misfortune of having one client who was most assuredly a con artist, but only one. The rest of my clients have been great.
Now here is my suggestion, and I know for legal reasons it can't be done. But I wish it could.
A site that lists contractors that have many complaints against them. A site that the general public was aware of. Now contractors would only be listed if there were multiple complaints and there was a follow from the site to check the validity of these complaints.
But life would be more relaxed for the consumer, and for we, contractors that do very good work and are upfront and honest.
James Fram
Post Real cost. Have a true governing to keep contractors honest. Too many bad apples have jaded the industry and homeowner alike who think every contractor is out to rip them off and offer shoty workmanship.
I think there needs to be stiffer penalties for scam contractors who steal cheat or lie about their skills. Here in calgary I hear of it way to much. And I was the grunt of one of these scam companies. The guy owes over 100 grand in employee wages and sub trade wages... but yet there is nothing done. Started a new company in the edmonton area and living the high life.
If someone doesn't pay for child support, and or fails to pay driving fines. How is that so much worse than a contractor stealing from a client, or not paying wages to a single parent who needs to feed his kids. The gov needs to step in and make some policy and make it stiff. Keep the good guys honest and the scams to afraid to even work for fear of the penalties they may face.
And I totally agree with michaels post... have realistic costs. These tv shows out there are killing the trade. I came from PEI where costs are way different, if i was to quote everything based on that I would have so much work for the next 20 years.... but would be broke in 2 weeks. So things need realistic costs in your area for sure.
Another thing needs to change is anything to do with a building development or permit whatsoever you should need to have a license, to many home owner contractors "think" they know what they are doing, then I get the call to come bail them out of an issue they shouldn't have had any right even doing in the first place.
Why do electricians and plumbers and such need to have a license to perform work and pull permits but nothing to do with structure. So my saying goes...... the house can fall down around you but as long as the electrical and plumbing is still standing it is ok. Just my thoughts on this topic...
Red Isle
I think the high expectations trend was started by "Holmes on Homes".
That idiotic show never ever mentioned how many decent contractors wasted their time and fuel doing realistic estimates only to loose the bid to a fly by night that came lower by $50.
On top of that, as if it was raining money Mike Holmes would throw in tens of thousands worth of freebies and do it all in a blink of an eye.
How many of us decent guys had to drive to 3-6 stores in a day looking for a sale on tiles or a discontinued faucet, an end of the roll piece of carpet just so we can work with a client's budget?
Sure, give us sponsors and an unlimited budget and we too could build the Taj Mahal. Or the pyramids. Overnight.
But in the real world our bids have a 5-10% acceptance rate and the price is always the determining factor.
We have to deal with budget, skeptical clients and trying to sell an idea as most clients can't visualize what they want vs what we KNOW they should have.
On top of that, we're invading their privacy, we're disrupting their lives, we're the reason their home turns into a warzone for the duration of the project. Our clients love us months or years after our work is done but very few if any have offered a simple glass of water while entrusting me with their lives biggest investment.
#1 in Michael's response is a very good start. We all need to educate clients to understand realistic budgets. I could not agree more that many of the home improvement shows create a false impression of legitimate costs. I have seen some of the "so called" budgets for these home improvements and after doing a couple of projects at those prices, I would be out of business.
2. We need to start treating the sales process as an integral part of the business and take the same care that we do with the design, supply and building phase. Sales skills can be improved like any other skill and if the sales process is approached in a professional manner, it helps overcome (not eliminate) the issue of the client making all decisions based on the price. There are step by step processes used in the building of a home, the same thing applies to the process of selling.
3. As a group, we need to create brand awareness of the importance of the home improvement industry (with government for tax purposes), with vendors (to provide better pricing and services) and most importantly with the general pubic. Too many customers and potential customers have a bad impression of the home improvement industry and think that many contractors sole purpose is to rip them off or do bad work. This does happen occasionally (as it does in any business), however most contractors are business people out to provide a valuable service at a fair price and make a profit.
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How to select external data using join method.
Technote (FAQ)
Starting with IBM® Informix® Server 11.50.xC6, you can create a table where the data is external to the database server. However, external table doesn't support select where IN subquery condition. Therefore, instead, this article will show you an example how to select external data using join method.
External table doesn't support select where IN subquery condition
Select test_name from test where test_no in < Txt file>.
instead, you can select external data using join method.
Here is the example:
1) Table "customer" is on database stores_demo.
create table "informix".customer
customer_num serial not null ,
fname char(15),
lname char(15),
company char(20),
address1 char(20),
address2 char(20),
city char(15),
state char(2),
zipcode char(5),
phone char(18),
primary key (customer_num)
2) You have a text file "test.txt"
$ cat test.txt
3) You would like to select data from table customer with the condition customer_num in "emp.txt"
What you can do is:
a) First create external table "ex" refer to "emp.txt".
$ cat ex.sql
create external table ex
(customer_num integer)
using ( DATAFILES ("DISK:/IBM/informix/emp.txt"));
b) Since external table doesn't support select where IN subquery condition, you need to use join method.
select * from customer c, ex
c) Result example.
$ dbaccess stores_demo -
Database selected.
> select c.customer_num, c.fname, c.lname
> from customer c, ex
> where c.customer_num=ex.customer_num;
customer_num fname lname
101 Ludwig Pauli
102 Carole Sadler
105 Raymond Vector
3 row(s) retrieved.
NOTE: the txt file need to have dilimiter. e.g." | " like we have in our emp.txt.
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Lower Manhattan will be getting two more residential conversions, thanks to a deal by the city to sell two landmarked buildings for close to $250 million. The addresses in question: 49-51 Chambers Street, the former Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank, and 346 Broadway, currently a city criminal court building. DNAinfo has the rundown on the buyers and the buildings' prospects. The Chambers Street property will be going to—drumroll please—the Chetrit Group, which is also planning a major conversion in Gramercy, and Joseph Chetrit tells DNAinfo he's envisioning a luxury residential building with ground-floor retail.
The Peebles Corporation picked up 346 Broadway, and it will become condos and a hotel, exactly what Mayor Bloomberg dreamed of. Hopefully the curvy elevator banks, and maybe even the cool bars on some of the windows, will stick around through the conversion. The community will get a 16,000-square-foot media center out of the deal.


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In 2009's
The Hangover
, four mild-mannered schlubs experience the ultimate Vegas bachelor party bacchanal — gambling, booze, drugs, a tiger and a quick but amusing cameo from Mike Tyson. Oh, and a little bit of blood. During a recent, Galifianakis-free trip to Vegas to celebrate my brother's pending nuptials, our group experienced gambling, booze, steaks, a dolphin and a quick but not-so-amusing cameo from Pete Rose. Oh, and a whole lot of blood.
Our jaunt may not have been as box office-friendly as Todd Phillips' blockbuster (which spawned a Bangkok-set sequel, released May 26), but it was just as absurd, extravagant and only-in-Vegas insane. After he got engaged last year, my Casino Rama-frequenting younger brother decided to combine his bachelor party with two other soon-to-be-wed friends, which is how I, a non-gambling homebody who prefers reading
to living out its fashion spreads, found myself with two dozen twentysomething men in Sin City for one very long, very expensive and very hazy weekend.
While most of the trip is an (overall positive) blur, here are a few highlights and tips on how to have the ultimate
-style bachelor party, without resorting to roofying your friends or locking Ken Jeong in a trunk:
Shade doesn't come free
Every hotel on the strip has a spectacular pool area, and The Mirage, where we stayed, is no exception. Free to guests, the complex offers a waterfall, two pools, an outdoor café and three saltwater spas. But if you don't want to arrive at 9 a.m. to snag a prime lounging spot, it's time to rent a private cabana. For US$400 a day, our party snagged a cabana with all the VIP trimmings: padded chaise lounge chairs, a too-comfy couch, flat-screen TV, mini-fridge, snacks and a private waitress, who delivered everything from Big Gulp-sized mojitos to three-pound corned beef-and-pastrami Woody Allens from the hotel's Carnegie Deli. (You can take the Jewish boys out of Toronto …) The Mirage also offers a nude beach option at Bare: It's free for female guests 21 or older, while men pay US$40 for the privilege of feeling woefully inadequate.
In fact, nothing comes free
Our first night in town, my brother and I had barely set our luggage down before we headed to Jet, one of The Mirage's two on-site clubs. If you want to get into any club before sunrise, it's going to cost you, in both connections and cash. Thanks to some RSVPing and palm-greasing, our party skipped past Jet's "suckers line" and headed straight into the belly of the 15,000-square-foot, multi-level laser beast. (After paying a US$30 cover, of course.) The night after that foggy foray — which ended with my brother stumbling back to our room with a nasty gash on his finger, which no one knows the origins of — our group booked bottle service at Wynn Encore's XS, a 40,000-square-foot party palace. For US$3,000, our group of a dozen or so gentlemen skipped a massive line, secured an outdoor cabana, a few bottles of Grey Goose, and a helpful, if skimpily attired, waitress to mix our oh-so-sophisticated drinks (um, Red Bull and vodka). Voted the
No. 1 club in Nightclub & Bar's Top 100 in 2011 (hey, it's a thing), XS takes a few hours to sink in. Which is great, since that's exactly how long it will take you to drink yourself silly and convince yourself that, yes, you're living out the world's douchiest episode of
, but you don't care.
Vegas is no place for vegetarians
Technically, a vegetarian (or, God-forbid, a vegan) could survive a weekend in Vegas. But it wouldn't be nearly as fun. From post-partying Sunday brunch at The Mirage's Cravings buffet (US$32.99) to a gonzo Italian feast of veal parmigiana and osso bucco at Rao's inside Caesars Palace (mains starting at US$20), Vegas makes getting scurvy fun. If you only have one go-for-broke meal with the boys, though, you can't go wrong with Prime, tucked inside The Bellagio. Between the stunning room with views of the hotel's famed fountains to the house special 28-ounce bone-in rib eye, the Jean-Georges Vongerichten joint is so slick it makes The Keg look like a Third World Arby's (mains from US$34).
Get taken for a ride
When the desert heat reaches 38C, it's time to set aside that lofty goal of walking from MGM to the Fremont Experience and resign yourself to waiting in ever-snaking taxi lines. Forget about hailing them on the street — the cab business in Vegas is cutthroat, with hotel staff ushering in cars and drivers being tipped by favoured establishments. (We were offered US$15 off our fare, for instance, when our driver suggested a certain, shall we say, "gentleman's club." Ask nicely, or not at all, and cabbies may offer you a prostitute, too.) The lines may be long — if it's 4 a.m. and the clubs are letting out, wait times can exceed 30 minutes — but there's no greater pleasure than zipping along the strip in air-conditioned comfort.
The house always wins
You can try and convince yourself that Vegas is the vacation that pays for itself, but in reality, you'll likely come home with a lighter bank account and more ATM fees than you thought possible. With more than 100,000 square feet of 24/7 gaming areas in The Mirage alone, it's easy to get sucked into a world of non-stop craps. (Adding to this sense of lost time is the fact that Vegas has no last call, and alcohol can be bought and consumed nearly everywhere.) We were lucky enough to be travelling with one high-roller, who allowed us to witness the act of bravery/stupidity that is putting down US$500 on red. Sure, he won, but the fact that it could've gone the other way was enough to convince me to stick to penny slots.
Oh, and the other stuff!
From The Mirage's Dolphin Habitat (US$17 to get up close and personal with Flipper and Siegfried and Roy's white tiger frenemies) to random celeb autograph sessions (the aforementioned Pete Rose, who was signing memorabilia not 10 feet from the gaming area, which seems about right), there are enough non-illicit activities to distract even the most conservative of travellers. Plus, after a few days of intense bachelor party debauchery, it's nice to just stare at a dolphin while your brother vomits in the hotel room toilet. Mazel tov!
If You Go
Getting there
From Toronto, WestJet and Air Canada offer direct flights to Las Vegas several times a day.
Where to stay
The Mirage (3400 Las Vegas Blvd. S.) is an ideal spot for bachelor party-goers, with a location in the middle of the bustling strip between Caesars Palace and Treasure Island. With 3,044 newly designed rooms (the hotel underwent an US$85-million renovation in 2008), the complex is stylish and attracts a younger crowd. For more information, visit


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In a few weeks we will be arriving at Malpensa airport. Out flight arrives at 1210, and we are heading for Bruno (east of Nizza Monferrato). However, we will probably be arriving with 6 hungry children, and hungry adults loosing their temper.
Hence, we need a good, traditional lunch, but as close to the airport as possible (hoping for max 30 mins), and hopefully in the right direction. Preferably a bit rural, it it's always the easiest when the little ones have spent hours in planes and cars.


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Source: "Portrait and Biographical Record - Published 1894 by Excelsior Publishing Co., Chicago" Pages 258
Hiram Phinney has been a resident of the town of Greenbush since the spring of 1857, and has resided ever since that
time at his present home on section 6. But very little improvement had been made on the place when Mr. Phinney
purchased it, only a small clearing having been made and a log house erected.
Our subject was born at Cazenovia, Madison County, N. Y., May 5, 1820. His father was Solomon Phinney, and his
mother's maiden name was Betsey Ehle. They belonged to early families of the Mohawk Valley, and continued to live in
Madison County until death. They were the parents of three children, the subject of this sketch being the only son;
the elder sister is Mrs. Sally Ann Hessler, who resides at St. Paul, Neb.; the younger is Mrs. Hulda Hessler, wife
of James Hessler, who lives in the State of Indiana.
The gentleman whose name heads this article grew to manhood in his native town. His father being a farmer, he was
reared to that occupation. Mr. Phinney has been twice married. Soon after attaining to manhood he married Miss
Adeline Thompson, who was born in New York State, August 3, 1821. Her death occurred April 30, 1849, she leaving her
husband with two children, the elder of whom is now Mrs. Minerva Van Valkenburg, of Rockford, Ill.; the younger,
Pardon Phinney, resides at Pierre, S. Dak. On April 15, 1850, Mr. Phinney was married to Miss Maria Driesbach, who
was born August 26, 1827. In the spring of 1857 Mr. Phinney came to Wisconsin with his family, coming directly to
his present location. His land was heavily timbered, and the clearing of it from trees, stumps, and stones was the
labor of many years, but he eventually made of it a fine farm, and is now, in the evening of life, enjoying the
fruits of a life of toil and industry. He with his family occupied the log house which he found on the place until
about 1866, when he built his present residence.
Mr. Phinney was bereft of his second wife by death, April 11, 1884, at the age of nearly fifty-seven years. Of this
union two children were born, a son and a daughter. Florence K., or Kittie, as she was commonly called, grew to
womanhood and was twice married. She died January 25, 1883, leaving a husband, Adelbert Brasted, and two children.
Charlie D. was born December 13, 1861, and on December 31, 1884, was married to Miss Annie Wright, daughter of
Edmond F. and Betsey {sic} {Briggs} Wright, early settlers of the town of Plymouth. Her father died July 4, 1891,
after a married life of fifty years and two days> His age at death was eighty-one years. The mother still lives in
It will be observed that Mr. Phinney has lived where he now resides for thirty-six years, and has been identified
with the growth and development of the county from the pioneer days to the present time. As a citizen he has always
possessed the esteem and confidence of his fellow-citizens.
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