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The Most Hated Man In Baseball
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November 12, 2011
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As far as most are concerned, the Marlins are about to become one of the greatest franchises in baseball history. The Marlins have just been renamed from the Florida Marlins to the Miami Marlins. They have a new stadium, Marlins Ballpark, which replaces the outdated Sun Life Stadium that the Marlins have used since their inception in 1993. The club has a new manager, Ozzie Gullien, who took the Chicago White Sox to their first World Series title since 1917, in 2005. The club is also about to sign Albert Pujols, the three-time NL MVP, who is considered by many as the best baseball player of the generation. They are also in line to sign current NL batting champion, Jose Reyes and White Sox ace, Mark Buehrle. In short, the Miami Marlins' future looks pretty bright. However, most of the media does not address the evil behind this rebuilding project of Miami's baseball team.
Jeffrey Loria is the owner of the Miami Marlins. In 1999, Loria, an art dealer and entrepreneur, bought a twenty-percent stake in the Montreal Expos for $12 million – quite a bargain for nearly a quarter of a major league team- and became the managing general partner. After several owners forfeited their shares, Loria ended up with ninty-four percent of the team. After heading up a team that included the city of Montreal and the son of the Expos' founding owner, Loria demanded a new stadium. After being unable to reach an agreement for television and English-speaking radio coverage during the 2000 season, fans became more upset over their teams ownership. After local government decided against a publicly funded ballpark, Loria decided to give up.
Loria sold the Montreal Expos to Expos Baseball, LP, a partnership of MLB teams, for $120 million, paving the way for Loria to purchase the Marlins from then-owner, John Henry, for $158.5, who in turn purchased the Boston Red Sox. The deal made the Expos a club owned by the MLB Commissioners Office, and included a no-interest loan of $38.5 million from the MLB.
Loria was able to abandon the burden of the Montreal Expos on the MLB, gain a better team, and make a profit – all off of a team that he had owned for just three years. Loria's inability to get a deal done for English-speaking radio, television, and a new stadium, all payed off. The Expos left the Canada for good in 2004; becoming the Washington Nationals in 2005.
Loria's new team, the Florida Marlins, won the World Series in 2003, and with a better reason this time, Loria began the search for a new stadium. The club, which payed rent at Sun Life Stadium, wanted a new stadium preferably with a retractable roof – a very pricy feature. Lacking a stadium deal, Loria traded away star players in 2005, slashing the club's pay role even more to one of the lowest in the MLB, giving the Marlins a weak team and giving Loria a greater profit.
In August 2010, Loria and other key Marlins' executives misled the public about their finances, claiming they could not contribute much to the building of a new stadium. A leak about the Marlins' financial information revealed that the team had taken a huge amount of MLB-distributed money for profit. Loria and his son-in-law/Marlins president, David Samson, had insisted for several years that they could not contribute to a new stadium, due to the argument that they had been barely breaking even. The threat that they would have to move the club without public assistance – the same threat that Loria used in Montreal – convinced local government to build them a new stadium.
Marlins Ballpark, which will open in early 2012, featuring Loria's retractable roof, a home-plate backstop aquarium, a left field swimming pool, and a home run feature in center field that will celebrate home runs via jumping marlins and shining layers. The stadium's total cost will be $515 million, which will be payed over forty years, resulting in a final total cost of $2.4 billion. Jeffrey Loria will pay for $155 million dollars, Miami-Dade County will pay $347 billion, and the City of Miami will pay $13 million. Overall, the public will be paying roughly $1.7 billion of the stadium's cost: roughly seventy percent.
The stadium will be run by the Miami Marlins. Despite the crazy costs covered mostly by the public, it will be used only for baseball, and roughly ninety percent of baseball being played their will be by the Marlins.
Now that Loria will have an incredible mostly tax-payer funded stadium, he does not have to hide the fact that he has a surplus of money, and he can now go out into the free agent market and sign the most expensive, best quality players that he can. Non-coincidentally, the best players happen to be three-time NL MVP, Albert Pujols, current NL Batting Champion, Jose Reyes, and ace pitcher Mark Buehrle.
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Through skullduggery like ditching the Expos for the Marlins while making a profit, hiding money to get a new stadium, and faking near-broke to only later sign some of baseball's best players, Jeffrey Loria has created an incredible baseball team and established himself as one of the hated men in baseball.


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Mercer Frey | |
Race | Breton |
Gender | Male |
Level | PCx1 (10-50) |
Class | Rogue |
Faction | Thieves Guild Bandits |
Rank | Guild Leader |
Essential | Temporary |
Ref ID | 00022651 |
Base ID | 0001B07C |
- "Then the die is cast and once again my blade shall taste Nightingale blood!"
- ―Mercer Frey during Blindsighted.[src]
Mercer Frey is the Breton leader of the Thieves Guild in Riften and the primary antagonist of the Thieves Guild questline.
He took over the position of Guild leader after his predecessor Gallus was supposedly murdered by Karliah, Mercer's former partner, until the Dragonborn discovered the truth while looking for Karliah, with Mercer in tow in the ruins of Snow Veil Sanctum.
During the Dragonborn's initiation to the Guild, Mercer is usually the one that gives out tasks for them. It is noticeable from the beginning that he always acts impatient and irritated towards the Dragonborn. He obviously doesn't like that they joined the guild, since he doesn't want to have anyone to dig in its problems because of his previous actions. He eventually has enough of the Dragonborn, and tries to get rid of them during Speaking With Silence.
Multiple FollowersEdit
- Main article: Multiple Followers
Mercer Frey is one of the quest characters that can be exploited to follow the Dragonborn throughout Skyrim along with a follower of their choice. In the quest Speaking With Silence, after they enter Snow Veil Sanctum, they can leave and he will continue to follow them.
This is a simple way to obtain a powerful follower as, whilst the mission is still available, he cannot die. While it is not possible to converse or trade objects with him, he will remain an unkillable ally; at least until Karliah is found.
Mercer is fairly pessimistic, stressed, and irritable. Despite his fairly irritable personality, he appears to be quite sly, for example killing Gallus and blaming it on Karliah, and using Karliah to lure the Dragonborn to Snow Veil Sanctum. He also seems to be adept in swordsmanship, as Karliah states when talking to Mercer, "Crossing blades with you would be a death wish, Mercer." He seems to be a master of sneak as he was able to silently approach Falmer and sleeping Bandits and assassinate them swiftly while also sneaking past many of their Chaurus. This could have potentially been his obtained hidden potential from the Skeleton key as he is seen teleporting in the fight with him. His lockpicking skill is debatable: he is seen picking locks that are unpickable, but this is almost certainly because he had the Skeleton Key in his possession, and it is possible that he has generally good knowledge of the locks themselves.
Mercer's bookcasesEdit
The shelving behind Mercer's desk in the Cistern slowly fills with trophies relevant to any exploits and larceny targets sold to Delvin Mallory, such as the Left Eye of the Falmer. Upon finishing additional jobs Delvin and Vex give the Dragonborn, trophies of recovered items begin to fill the shelves too:
- Jeweled Candlesticks appear after completing 5 jobs.
- An Ornate Drinking Horn after completing 15 jobs.
- A golden ship model appears after completing 25 jobs.
- A golden urn appears after completing 35 jobs.
- A jeweled goblet appears after completing 45 jobs.
- A jeweled pitcher appears after completing 55 jobs.
- A jeweled flagon appears after completing 75 jobs.
- After 125 jobs, a safe appears along the safe wall, next to the bookcases. It contains gems, gold and some thief potions.
- If the Thieves Guild Quest Darkness Returns is completed, a shrine of Nocturnal appears in the Cistern. This bestows a sneak blessing.
- After becoming the Guild Master, a chest appears in front of the desk in the Cistern. It contains gold and gems and is periodically restocked.
- Mercer Frey is voiced by Stephen Russell, who also voices another master thief, Garrett, from the Thief series.
- Mercer's signature weapon is a Dwarven Sword of Devouring, which he supposedly stole from Irkngthand.
- The High Elf Kornalus shares his surname, but they have no relation whatsoever.
- During the final fight with him, a Dragonborn with a high Sneak skill can hide from him, causing him to proclaim "The shadows are my domain!" This happens during any combat situation.
- During the quest Blindsighted Mercer Frey says "The die is cast" (Alea iacta est). This means the point of no return. Also it could mean that once the fight with Mercer Frey has started there is no going back.
- He will dance and drink just like a normal character would around a bard when one is playing a song. This makes him rather funny to look at given his taciturn nature.
- The surname "Frey" may be a reference to House Frey from George R.R Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series.
- (No longer works on PC) When both Eyes of the Falmer are obtained from Mercer, it is possible to bring them back to the Thieves Guild and sell them to the fence, with the base price of 2,500 septims for each eye. After both eyes are sold to Tonilia, go talk to Delvin; there will be a speech option regarding the Eyes of Falmer. Select that dialogue and around 900 coins will be received even though the Eyes have already been sold. (The fence has her price set upward, 6000 coins for the Eyes once she has them)
- Sometimes when downed during Speaking With Silence he will not stand back up unless injured, then he will not open the door at the end of the quest.
- If Mercer is brought to the College of Winterhold while the unbound dremora from the Conjuration Ritual Spell quest is still around, he will openly attack the dremora but will unable to do any damage to him for some reason. Also since Mercer will be openly hostile towards what is technically a resident of the College of Winterhold, all the other Mage residents will become hostile towards only Mercer, which results in a never-ending fight.
- 360 Mercer can sneak roll, but he still sets off tripwire and pressure plates even though for the Silent Roll perk the perk Light Foot is required.
- During the quest Loud and Clear, obtained from Brynjolf when joining the Thieves Guild, if the Dragonborn does not speak to Brynjolf before entering the Ragged Flagon - Cistern, the Dragonborn is able to attack Mercer Frey repeatedly and he nor anyone else will become hostile.
- In Speaking With Silence Mercer may not open the first door into Snow Veil Sanctum. The problem may be circumvented by telling all followers (who can be told) to "wait here," at which point approaching the door should get Mercer to walk down the stairs, utter a comment about the ruins being impenetrable, and move forward to unlock the door. The problem occurs because no followers may enter the ruins, aside from Mercer.


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- Won a Competition
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- Malawi
- Sold between 10 000 and 50 000 dollars
- Has been a member for 2-3 years
- Grew a moustache for the Envato Movember competition
- Referred between 10 and 49 users
- Bought between 10 and 49 items
Sometimes waiting for 15days to cash out is not very inconveniencing, especially when you are very desperate for the cash.
This is my suggestions.
apart from the end of 15th day payouts, authors can make request for a sum of money of which, a small charge will be imposed, lets say $10 or $20 or … for the instant processing.
On the following day the transfer can now be made.
This is my little suggestion, anyone sailing in this same boat?
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- Bought between 1 and 9 items
Envato will get millions more because no one likes to wait 'til the 15th. I think it's a little bit impossible and having better personal expense management is always a better choice. However, it would be really convenient if the waiting time is shortened .
Yeah this sucks big time, having to wait for your own money. I've always thought that it would be cool to pay an amount even to speed up the reviewing process. But you know, rules are made by them, not by us.


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Why Can't the Congressional Black Caucus Be More Like the Tea Party?
Three reasons why the CBC falls short of the Tea Party's influential status
The Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference began this week in Washington, D.C. celebrating its 41st year. President Obama is scheduled to speak, as he did last year, at the closing dinner. One thing is for certain, and that's Obama's audience at this dinner will be one of the most approving, and least challenging, crowds he's faced all year. And that probably shouldn't be the case.
It's a sincere question to wonder why the Black Caucus isn't the Democratic equivalent of the Tea Party. Few other Congressional caucuses can lay claim to having a singular voice that represents Democrat strongholds throughout the country and puts the disenfranchised -- including minorities -- at the forefront of their agenda.
Like the CBC, the Tea Party's power isn't really in numbers. Poll after poll has shown that the Tea Party's popularity ebbed a long time ago and mainstream America doesn't support them. Instead, the Tea Party has focused on something far more effective: intimating to legislators the power they have at the primary ballot.
The Tea Party's power can be attributed to three things: simple messaging, unwavering leadership, and being a disruptive force in political landscape. And here's three reasons why the Black Caucus isn't measuring up in the same way:
1. Wrong message
The Tea Party showed that there is tremendous power in a cohesive voice, whether it be informed or not. While the CBC is indeed focused on issues affecting black citizens, they have not a particular issue that black voters can rally around.
The jobs tour was popular simply because people are out of work. And it did gain attention and attract 30,000 jobseekers. But was it enough to be a catalyst for change in the way people will vote? The jobs tour may have just been about that: helping folks to get jobs. But the CBC isn't a headhunter or a career services station at your local university. While they should be focused on jobs – as all politicians should be at this point – they should be looking for solutions that enable the public and private sectors to make large scale investments in hiring workers. In other words, legislative solutions.
2. Wrong Leader
Not to slight CBC Chair Rep. Emmanuel Cleaver, but steadfast leadership isn't synonymous with invisible. While Cleaver is known as an even-keeled, good-hearted, intelligent leader, that just may not cut it at this time with black unemployment at nearly 18%, the highest it's been in 27 years. Where's the Tea Party outrage? Where's the Tea Party emotion? Cleaver did recently make the statement that if the jobs problem was like this under a white president, that black people would be marching on the White House. But he's not the first CBC member to say something like that. The bigger question is if he has the follow-through on those marching orders like the Tea Party has.
Cleaver's leadership style is even more ironic when you consider that the CBC is putting more pressure on President Obama's administration than they have in the past. Rep. Maxine Waters even confronted an administration official at an event on camera questioning why he couldn't say the Tea Party was behind efforts to block jobs bills. So if the Administration's style is too passive for the CBC's liking, how is Cleaver's any better?
3. Not Disruptive Enough
The CBC must disrupt the normal course of business in Democratic politics if it wants to have an outsized influence. You can't ask for power; you have to take it. And by that I mean hit the Democratic party where it hurts: Wherever they need black votes the most. Start in North Carolina, Mississippi, and other areas where the Democratic Party absolutely needs high African-American turnout to win.
"Given where the enormous rise in Democratic turnout and where those turnout increases occurred, it is virtually certain that African Americans were a major factor in Democratic turnout increase and Democratic victories in Indiana, North Carolina and Virginia," said Curtis Gans, director of American University's Center for the Study of the American Electorate.
This will only become more evident in places like North Carolina where black voters already make up 38% of all Democratic voters.
This isn't for the purpose of breaking the Democratic Party. Clearly the efforts of the CBC align with Democrats more than any other party. And if voters believe the party speaks to the issues and their concerns the way the party should, then support them. If not, stay home. The CBC must be willing to influence voters to the point where some may stay home and a GOP candidate may win as a result. That's a short-term loss. The long-term gain is that the Democratic party bears witness to a powerful organization that might as well be their double-edged sword: passionate advocate or principled adversary.


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For once a truly beautiful album cover is more than matched by the record inside. The dead just refuse to keep within any normal limits, and I hope that it stays that way for a long time....
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Energies 2012, 5(7), 2404-2423; doi:10.3390/en5072404
Reactivation System for Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel-Cells
Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica, Elèctrica i Automàtica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Avda.Països Catalans 26, Campus Sescelades, Tarragona 43007, Spain
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of Maribor, Smetanova ul. 17, 2000, Maribor, Slovenia
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Abstract: In recent years, Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs) have been the focus of very intensive researches. Manufacturers of these alternative power sources propose a rejuvenation sequence after the FC has been operating at high power for a certain period of time. These rejuvenation methods could be not appropriate for the reactivation of the FC when it has been out of operation for a long period of time or after it has been repaired. Since the developed reactivation system monitors temperature, current, and the cell voltages of the stack, it could be also useful for the diagnostic and repairing processes. The limited number of published contributions suggests that systems developing reactivation techniques are an open research field. In this paper, an automated system for reactivating PEMFCs and results of experimental testing are presented.
Keywords: reactivation system; PEM fuel cell; automated system
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Restrepo, C.; Avino, O.; Calvente, J.; Romero, A.; Milanovic, M.; Giral, R. Reactivation System for Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel-Cells. Energies 2012, 5, 2404-2423.
AMA StyleRestrepo C, Avino O, Calvente J, Romero A, Milanovic M, Giral R. Reactivation System for Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel-Cells. Energies. 2012; 5(7):2404-2423.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRestrepo, Carlos; Avino, Oriol; Calvente, Javier; Romero, Alfonso; Milanovic, Miro; Giral, Roberto. 2012. "Reactivation System for Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel-Cells." Energies 5, no. 7: 2404-2423.
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'AMD's vice president did not demonstrate Trinity in action'
So AMD didn't demonstrate the chip. A better and non-misleading title might be 'AMD shows Off "Trinity"' maybe?
AMD Shows Off APU Due in 2012: Next-Generation Bulldozer with GPU Already in Silicon
[06/02/2011 11:36 PM]Advanced Micro Devices this week showed its next-generation accelerated processing unit (APU) for client computers. The new code-named Trinity chip is due in 2012 and will utilize x86 cores based on improved Bulldozer micro-architecture as well as DirectX 11-class graphics engine.
At the press conference at Computex Taipei 2011, AMD's vice president demonstrated a sample of the code-named Trinity accelerated processing unit for desktop and laptop computers that will be released next year. The company officially calls it the best APU of the year 2012.
"Llano will be followed up by Trinity. Trinity utilizes Bulldozer x86 cores. [...] We have Trinity [in silicon already]. Trinity represents 2012's greatest APU. We have had it in our labs for several weeks. It looks fantastic, it has Bulldozer cores, DirectX 11 graphics," said Rick Bergman, senior vice president and general manager of products group at AMD.
Trinity is the first microprocessor that AMD showcased physically that features the company's next-generation Bulldozer x86 processing engines.
AMD's vice president did not demonstrate Trinity in action. The showcase itself proves that the company is in position to develop higher-performance solutions for the incoming fleet of personal computers.
Developers of microprocessors traditionally demonstrate working samples of their products about a year ahead of the commercial release. Still, in many cases both AMD and Intel skip the working part for competition, marketing and other reasons.
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McLaren opens showroom in Jeddah
Jeddah, May 29, 2012
McLaren Automotive, manufacturer of the award winning MP4-12C high-performance sports car, has opened a new showroom in Jeddah.
The event was hosted by Al Ghassan Motors' president and CEO Sheikh Ghassan A H Al Sulaiman, and McLaren Automotive's regional director for the Middle East and Africa, Mark Harrison.
The McLaren showroom, part of Al Ghassan Motors new retail complex located in the sophisticated residential and shopping district of Tahliah Street, is the British brand's sixth showroom in the Middle East.
McLaren's growing presence in the Middle East was also marked by the release of a stunning short film shot entitled "McLaren 12C finds 'The Perfect Line' at Yas Marina Circuit".
Harrison said: "McLaren has firmly established its presence in Saudi Arabia today with the opening of McLaren Jeddah; the new showroom provides our customers and fans with an impressive facility where they can see our debut model the MP4 -12C, and soak up some of the McLaren brand values. In particular, our attention to detail and focus on performance and exceptional customer service."
Visitors will be able to see the first 'pure' McLaren production road car, the MP4-12C. The debut model will be joined within a year by the second of McLaren's planned model line-up, with a full range of McLaren sports cars in place within three or four years.
Sheikh Ghassan A H Al Sulaiman said: "We are proud to welcome McLaren Automotive as a partner in the Al Ghassan stable of automotive brands. As an innovative and forward thinking brand with a rich racing heritage, McLaren also values customer service, and, I believe, will offer an exciting new choice in this market for our discerning customers in Saudi Arabia."
Al Ghassan Motors is one of an initial 35 retailers appointed worldwide to sell its range of high-performance, premium sports cars, starting with the ground-breaking MP4-12C. As a specialist in luxury automotive cars, Al Ghassan Motors brings a wealth of experience and an extensive knowledge of the Saudi Arabia market to McLaren.
The Middle East is a key market for McLaren Automotive. In addition to the three showrooms already open in Abu Dhabi, Dubai) and Kuwait, the company's full regional network will include retailers in Doha and Manama. There is also a service centre in Beirut. – TradeArabia News Service
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PDF user slip-up gives DOD lesson in protecting classified information
By Dawn S. Onley
May 13, 2005
The mishandling of an Adobe Portable Document Format memo exposed not only classified information on the Web, but the risks involved when users fail to use software tools correctly.
Multi-National Force-Iraq is investigating how blocks of redacted classified information regarding the shooting, posted recently on its Web site, could be revealed by copying and pasting text into another file format.
Second failure
That classified information re- vealed the second IT failure: Communication problems with voice over IP prevented an Army captain from passing along critical information to troops stationed at a checkpoint along a dangerous stretch of road in Baghdad.
Had the VOIP technology worked, it might have relaxed forces that were set up in battle positions on Route Irish, the road linking downtown Baghdad with Baghdad International Airport. U.S. troops fired on a car carrying Giuliana Sgrena'an Italian journalist who had just been released after being held hostage'and Nicola Calipari, an Italian special agent. Calipari died in the incident, while Sgrena and the car's driver suffered injuries.
Multi-National Force-Iraq issued a report April 30 in PDF, outlining its investigation of the shooting. That report was posted as an unclassified document, with blocks of classified redacted data obscured from public view. But an Italian blogger discovered that copying and pasting the classified sections into Microsoft Notepad re-vealed the blocked text.
MNF-I now is getting a primer on the proper ways to redact information.
'The procedures that we used [to safeguard the classified information] were inadequate,' Air Force Col. C. Donald Alston, MNF-I's chief of strategic communications, told the European and Pacific Stars and Stripes newspaper. 'We consider this a very serious matter.'
Army Lt. Col. Steven A. Boylan, who works in Multi-National Force-Iraq public affairs, said MNF-I is conducting an internal review to 'determine and to help ensure our processes are solid [and] appropriate for our operations.'
Unused tool
The breach arose from not using a redaction tool with Adobe Acrobat, which MNF-I workers used to prepare the PDF, according to John Landwehr, the group manager for security solutions and strategy at Adobe Systems Inc. of San Jose, Calif. Acrobat doesn't include a redaction tool, but there are applications that work with it.
It appears the document's author 'simply changed the background color of the text to match the font,' Landwehr said. 'The underlying ASCII text is still there. Had they used an actual redaction tool in the PDF, the text would have been completely removed.'
Alan Paller, director of research for the SANS Institute of Bethesda, Md., said this type of user error is one that most people don't realize they are making.
'Any software package that allows the user to make substantial security errors should be changed,' Paller said. 'It would be very easy. When a document is made, the program, whether it is Adobe or Microsoft or whatever, should bring up a window to ask whether the user would like the history erased. But trying to teach people what to do and how to do it is unrealistic.'
'People are lulled into false safety with PDFs,' said Joe Fantuzzi, CEO and president of Workshare, a London-based document security company whose customers include the Army, Air Force and Defense Department.
Fantuzzi's company developed Workshare Professional software, which can add security to PDF and Microsoft documents.
Permanent removal
A similar software package, Redax from Appligent of Lansdowne, Pa., also permanently deletes unwanted or protected information from a file, according to company president Virginia Gavin.
'Redax would also have re- moved XML metadata and custom information fields,' Gavin said. 'As it was, the military document was released with a tremendous amount of metadata regarding where the document originated.'
The classified information unintentionally released in the report showed a breakdown in communications with voice over IP between members of the command chain.
According to the redacted information, a checkpoint was set up on March 4 for a U.S. ambassador traveling to Camp Victory outside Baghdad. The convoy transporting the ambassador had initially decided to drive to the airport, due to harsh weather conditions, via Route Irish.
But the VIP decided to return to Baghdad by helicopter, rather than car, and problems with VOIP prevented troops from communicating a change in plans with each other.
FM radio was another means of communication available, the report said, but the captain did not attempt to use it.
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(This series is currently on Hiatus because I am extremely busy! But never fear, it will continue in the future!)
An Interactive BL Comic! Readers get to vote on the Main Character's major (and sometimes minor!) decisions, altering the course of the story and character's lives in this Slice of Life manga!
Follow (and lead!) the story of Aki Sōta. A sociable high school student who is about to graduate. His life is on the verge of major upheaval as he prepares to decide on what course his life should take. What career path does he want to follow, if any? And to make matters more complicated, three familiar men in his life seem to be getting closer to him than ever before, a school mate, a coworker, a neighbor...
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About CG Associates
CG Associates is a membership scheme for artists, writers and independent curators working in contemporary art. It has been developed by Castlefield Gallery to support members in developing their work and careers by providing information, skills, opportunities, resources, promotion and critical dialogue. The CG Associates scheme acts as a hub, bringing together artists, curators and writers, facilitating critical exchange and engagement with members' work and strengthening the artistic ecology of the North West. The scheme includes user-generated activities, developed in response to members' needs and requests.
Annual membership costs £60; you can join here.
Benefits of the scheme include:
- Opportunities to apply for three Launch Pad exhibitions a year at Castlefield Gallery (see below for details of how to apply).
- Access to temporary spaces via Castlefield Gallery's New Art Spaces scheme, which offers 'Pop-up' project/exhibition spaces for artists and creative practitioners. (for more information about New Art Spaces visit castlefieldgallery.co.uk/newartspaces)
- An hour's one-to-one advisory session with a key member of Castlefield Gallery staff.
- Access to expert professional development training and workshops, for example on pricing, copyright, selling work and web presence.
- Members' names and a link to their website/blog listed on Castlefield Gallery website.
- Monthly CG Associates sessions, e.g. crit sessions with other CG Associates and invited artists.
- Peer-to-peer critiques.
- Show and Tell sessions with other CG Associates and invited artists.
- CG Associates can book the gallery outside of exhibition hours for meetings, crit groups, photography etc.
- Practical workshops for CG Associates, e.g. on how to make the most of your digital presence.
- Invitations to Castlefield Gallery exhibition previews and events.
- 15% discount at Blyth's Art Shop
Events to date have included:
- A talk by Castlefield curator Clarissa Corfe on how to put together a good exhibition proposal
- A visit to the Lionel Dobie Project to hear about LDP and DIY Art School
- A session on Making Your Own Opportunities, where members met Catharine Braithwaite of Lethal Communications (who gave a presentation on how to get noticed by the press), Jason Simpson, artist and founder member of Neo Artists (who shared his experience of setting up studios, exhibition spaces and local networks), Paulette Terry Brien of The International 3 (who shared her expertise on art markets) and artist Hilary Jack (who shared her experience of creating opportunities to exhibit and developing a career as an artist)
- Show and Tell sessions
- Small group crits
- A session on Web Marketing for Artists by Axisweb
- Two Web Build training sessions by web developers ohdigital
- A visit to Rogue Project Space for a talk by RPS curators Taneesha Ahmed and Annie Carpenter about the Project Space and their exhibition Dead Data: Orreries and Other Objects
- A trip to the Mayfield Depot during Manchester International Festival to see Mette Ingvartsen's Evaporated Landscapes and Tino Sehgal's This Variation, with talk from Sehgal's co-curator and collaborator Asad Raza
- A visit to Maurice Carlin's Performance Publishing
Launch Pad at Castlefield Gallery
Launch Pads are short exhibitions or performances that punctuate Castlefield Gallery's main exhibition programme providing artists and curators with the opportunity to use the gallery as a test bed for the production, display and consumption of contemporary art. Launch Pads will feature emerging talent selected from CG Associate members' submissions (three times a year) and the BA and MA contemporary art courses (Interactive Arts and Fine Art) at Manchester School of Art (once a year).
Members can apply to exhibit as a solo artist or as a member of a group/collective, or to curate a solo or group exhibition. In the case of group projects, at least one artist or the curator must be a CG Associate. (Nb Castlefield will not curate a group show from individual applications.) Launch Pad projects can run for up to ten days and are part of Castlefield Gallery's exhibition programme.
Castlefield Gallery will supervise and assist with installing and uninstalling the work; provide curatorial input as agreed prior to starting the project; provide invigilation; publicise the exhibition through the gallery's e-newsletter, free listings and social media; and organise a preview with refreshments. The gallery can also provide a small budget of up to £500 which members can divide as appropriate to cover materials, documentation or travel expenses etc.
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We welcome applications for public-facing projects as well as exhibitions, for example an exhibition that changes daily or a series of performances.
To apply for Launch Pad please submit:
- Launch Pad project proposal (500 words max)
- Artist's info (250 words per artist max)
- Images (jpeg or pdf): maximum 4 per artist
- Breakdown of the proposed budget (the gallery can provide up to £500 but artists are welcome to supplement this from other sources.)
At least one exhibiting artist, or the curator, must be a member of CG Associates.
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"You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one."
--Woody Hayes
Good job!Angel Cabrera
Angel or An-Hel?
I alway pronounced
Dumatrait, Doo-Ma-Trey (After I learned the ending T was silent)
Votto - Vah-Toe
Valiquette - Val-I(Like "It" w/o the T)-Kett
Cueto - Cue-etto (I think Welsh calls him Cue-Way-Toe)
Phipps looks more like Denise than Dennis.
Valaika - Vuh-Lay-Ka ( I used to pronounce it Val-I-Ki (Ki like Guy))
An-hel like Los An-heles:
Actually it is Angel like those in the sky! If it was a "J" it would pronounce more or less like an "H" that you swallow.
Remember one thing : the letter "a" in french, italian and spanish is pronounced like the "a" in Bravo.
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The peat has almost completely transformed into fruity aromas after 30 years. The wood influence is surprisingly gentle – very delicious – Rating: 88/100
There is an interesting savoury element in this dram, lots going on on the palate, only the finish is a bit timid. – Rating: 87/100
More medicinal and "dirty" than your usual Caol Ila, this is an excellent and complex peaty powerhouse. – Rating: 87/100
Dry and crisp, it feels younger than it actually is. This dram demonstrates how Caol Ila can be bold and elgegant at the same time. – Rating: 88/100
My oh my, a powerful dram that does not hold back its flavours. Expect no subtleties. This may be the oldest peat monster ever, dealing you a phenol punch as well as a wood bite. – Rating: 89/100
Unusually fruity and rather sweet for a Caol Ila, but it works perfectly well. – Rating: 91/100
It may be made from unpeated malt, but there is still a hint of smoke carried over from the regular peated mashes. This creates a fascinating mix of flavours in this spicy dram. – Rating: 86/100
Quite a good dram overall, but I am not sure if putting it into an octave cask really improved it. – Rating: 85/100
Much of the peat has transformed into other aromas, especially on the nose, a very enjoyable dram. – Rating: 85/100
A nice sweetness adds to the peat and fruit here making this a Caol Ila with an interesting twist.- Rating: 86/100
The mild sherry influence adds a nice fruity and sweet twist to this Caol Ila. Water is not really needed here. – Rating: 86/100
The peat needs a while to cut through the sweet fruits. Quite a nice dram, but a bit weakish on the palate. – Rating: 83/100
Slightly unusual flavours in thie sherried Caol Ila, but it is a very nice dram with lots to explore. – Rating: 87/100
The nose requires water to reach full strength, the palate not necessarily. It is an excellent and rather 'thick' Caol Ila that feels a bit older than stated on the label. – Rating: 88/100
An excellent Caol Ila whose sweetness is nicely complimented by a slightly dry spiciness. Some fruity notes are there but they stay in the background – Score: 90/100
This Caol Ila is more gentle than the standard 12 yo, but it is far from being bland and boring. It is a nice introduction to the world of peated whisky, but it is not easy to find in some markets. – Rating: 83/100
The unusual herbal notes make this a rather unusal Caol Ila. But they are well integrated into a fruity and spicy mix of flavours. – Rating: 84/100
The sherry adds a nice and slightly sweet fruitiness to this Caol Ila. A fantastic and strongly flavoured dram that should be enjoyed in small sips. – Rating: 88/100
A very nice dialogue of the dry Caol Ila peat and the sweet moscatel sherry where none is dominating the other. – Rating: 86/100
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The people in charge of Britney Spears are asking a judge to protect her from a potential "shake down" by a former bodyguard who they believe could release info that may put Britney in danger.
It all has to do with a lawsuit filed by Fernando Flores, a former bodyguard who claims the pop star sexually harassed him by, among other things, walking around her home in the nude.
Flores wants the case tried in civil court -- but Britney's conservators are concerned that Flores will use the public forum to release private information to extort a settlement out of Britney.
In new legal docs filed in L.A. County Superior Court, Team Britney begs the judge to move the case to a probate court, where all of the accusations could be kept from the public ... and protect her from a "shake down."
The conservators also believe, "There is a real possibility that Ms. Spears will be exposed to danger by the release of confidential and personal information."
A hearing on the matter is scheduled for the end of the month.
So I guest the ex bodyguard couldn't find another job after he was let go so he decide to sue Britney now
Ah, poor Brit-Brit. Next time don't hire a wanna-be gang-banger as a bodyguard. Hire professionals.
And to Flores... dude, grow a pair and move on. If she was walking around naked in her own house then you should have just looked away. Why were you even looking at her instead of looking around for any potential danger facing her or her children?
I believe their concerns are about concealing the nature of her "illness" since they went to the trouble of sealing her medical records. I doubt there is any truth to his claims aside from the nudity but hell, it's her house. If I had that body, I'd be nekkid too!
ok let's say she *was* walking around in the nude... since when is it a crime to be naked in your OWN HOUSE?
does this mean we should all be showering with our clothes on?
and let's get real for a second... 90% of mothers either shower or change etc... with doors open just in case something should happen with their kids (namely young children). If she had of been doing all this with doors closed, i bet his complaint would be she's a bad mother for not paying attention to her children...
this money-hungry moron needs to go away and leave brit alone. I'm not a fan of hers in the first place, but hasn't she been through enough? every man in her life, no matter whee she finds them, has screwed her over.
Sounds like Brit did the exposing, and they're afraid that the details of that will get out!
seriously is brit hiring? if my job description was to set around her house watch her walk around naked and sexually harass me, i think i would take that job for minimum wage.
Well, we know she walks around naked all the time and doesn't practice good hygene because there was streaks and stains all over her furniture. The problem is that he got the job through an agency and probably wasn't told that she would be nakid and that he would have to service her. And then she complained and he got fired when he refused to go back. She's always had sex with her employees and even married one so don't say this is all BS. No telling how wacko she is at different times of the day and night and she has no one to have sex with now except her father and the paid "boyfriend". His story is very believable. They are trying to cover up the fact that his story is true.
"Private Information" about Britney still exists? I doubt it. All her dirty laundry is aired, mainly because she wears it to the gas station.
Probate court? Who died? WTF does this have to do with a probate? Looks to me like the only thing that died was her stupid career!!!


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Wordpress to SS with 2500+ post
12 February 2011 at 7:47am
Have been struggling to migrate posts from Wordpress to SilverStripe for last few days.
I have a WordPress blog with 2500+ posts & need to port it with images.Some of the tools available are not optimized to handle big site. Wordpress connector for example shows the post list only when I delete my post & bring it to 500 posts.
XML importer tool again has its own set of errors.
Can somebody suggest something that is simple & can handle 2500+ posts? -
Re: Wordpress to SS with 2500+ post
12 February 2011 at 2:42pm
You might want to get in touch with Andrew who developed the Wordpress Connector and see if he has had any experience with that many pages. It's a relatively new module so may not have been tried on a site that big.
Re: Wordpress to SS with 2500+ post
18 February 2011 at 7:58pm
Thank Willr,
I did contact Andrew and he was kind enough to look into the problem. Well according to him the the default Wordpress XML-RPC API does not allow to fetch any sub-set of posts hence we can't get limited number of post at a time. He adviced increasing the memory for PHP to few GB but again no luck.
However as a work around I deleted my post and brought it down to 600 post. Now atleast these post show up in External Content >> WordpressPostSource. But again the actual import fails. I tried queuing it and got an error, I have attached the file.
Re: Wordpress to SS with 2500+ post
18 February 2011 at 9:19pm
This requires the latest version of the external content and queued jobs module - can you try updating both of those to the latest master?
Re: Wordpress to SS with 2500+ post
22 February 2011 at 2:48am
Thank Andrew, Worked finally. I thought I was working with latest trunk.
As of now only content was imported, media & comment import is still not working. Well I can still forget about importing media but comments are critical
Re: Wordpress to SS with 2500+ post
3 March 2011 at 5:55pm
There is inconstancy in the import part, I am trying to import again with same setup its not working. In the previous attempt importing comments failed but content was imported.
Also there are two external content module on GitHub
1. https://github.com/ajshort/silverstripe-external-content
2. https://github.com/nyeholt/silverstripe-external-contentJobs - https://github.com/nyeholt/silverstripe-queuedjobs
WP Connector - https://github.com/ajshort/silverstripe-wordpressconnectorEnvironment : Localhost, Apache, MySQL Windows.
Please advice.
Re: Wordpress to SS with 2500+ post
19 May 2011 at 8:59am
I can say definitively that an Import of Wordpress Blog content using a WordpressPostContentSource connector with all the latest from github:
External Content Module 0.2.7
Blog Module 0.4.1
Word Press Connector Module 0.1-beta1
Queued Jobs Module 1.2.3Does not work. You get a message saying the import is starting and then nothing happens after that and nothing is imported, even if you kick the task off using http://path.to.silverstripe/dev/tasks/ProcessJobQueueTask.
Any guidance on this would be greatly appreciated. I have too many posts to do manually.
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Jobs' Spaceship Apple HQ: A Dream 30 Years In The Making
Steve Jobs recently approached the Cupertino City Council with what seemed like the crazy vision of building a spaceship-like campus for Apple HQ. It turns out he had the same dream back in 1983. And it was just as ambitious.
Steve Jobs Wants To A Build A Spaceship-Like Campus For His Employees
This seems crazy but Steve Jobs supposedly stood before the Cupertino City Council on Tuesday and asked for permission to build a totally round building for Apple's 12,000 employees on land Apple purchased from HP. "It's a little like a spaceship," he says while describing it. [Techcrunch]
Apple's New Headquarters Will Be Designed By Norman Foster
Only just purchased from HP last month, Apple's latest campus in Cupertino, California, will be designed by the famous British architect Norman Foster, who's lent his hand to creations such as these.
Why On Earth Did Lady Gaga Visit The Apple Headquarters?
It seems that Lady Gaga stopped by the Apple headquarters in Cupertino recently. No word as to why she visited, so please give me your best guesses. [9to5]
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Tag Archives: winter
The Gunflint Trail
The trail that makes up the Gunflint Trail in northern Minnesota. This is the first time I've been on the Gunflint Trail after hearing about it for a long time. There are a lot of moose crossing signs and moose lookouts, however my moose sightings are still at an unimpressive zero.
Gunflint Trail, Northern Minnesota
Dogsledding: When in Minnesota, do what 'Sotans do
This weekend Katie and I hit the road up the north shore of Minnesota to spend the weekend in Grand Marais. Part of the trip was dedicated to the Gunflint trail and the Bearskin lodge to go dog sledding. I had no idea what to expect but it was pretty much amazing. All the dogs were very well taken care of by our expert musher, Erik, and very excited to pull us around for a little while.
Master musher and all around awesome guy, Erik Simula, was our guide on this dog sledding adventure. Here I was able to snap a picture of all three of us while flying across a frozen lake. It's great to see that he's having just as much fun as we are. This is a man who truly loves his job.
Snowed In
View from the Witch's Hat
Downtown Minneapolis Panoramic
View in all it's full sized glory.
Everyone must have went to their cabin
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Minneapolis Snow Storm: Part 2
The first big snowfall of the season hit Minneapolis yesterday and Katie and I layered up to explore around downtown. Here is the second post of my two-poster feature of Minneapolis' first big snowfall of the season.
Hope you enjoy them and stay warm, everybody.
Like the post office – but with better uniforms – we deliver tees in rain, sleet and snow.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Carmen Castillo edged out five other candidates in Tuesday's Democratic primary for the City Council seat vacated by the August death of Miguel C. Luna.
The Dominican native received 357 votes, 29 more than Rochelle Lee, official results from the city Board of Elections showed. Jose Hector had the third-highest total with 307. The totals include the 24 mail and emergency ballots.
Castillo will face Republican Chris Chirino in a general election Nov. 29.


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Venezuelan couple brings a different dance culture to San Marcos
Roberto Cubillan and Angela Arteritano are Venezuela natives teaching a variety of dances to the interested dance enthusiasts of San Marcos. The couple owns the AR Dance Studio on San Antonio St. Arteritano is the choreographer and director and teaches Zumba, Salsa and Flamenco dancing among other classes.
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