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#1 - Dre-Ski ft. Dub - We Ride
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#2 - Atmosphere - Freefallin'
After grinding through another week of school, there couldn't have been a more refreshing joint to listen to than Atmosphere's latest leak Freefallin'. From the duo Atmosphere (whose individual names, Slug and Ant, remind...Read More
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#4 - Skyzoo - Speakers on Blast
As the Brooklyn phenom amply demonstrated on his last single, Frisbees, Skyzoo's lyrical chops are miles beyond those of your average emcee. Having some of the finest penmanship in the game, however, doesn't mean you can't...Read More
#5 - Justt ft. Daft Punk - Something About Us
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#15 - Marion Write - Field of the Dollar
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#16 - FloDeep - Monster Music
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There was a smarter way to collect defensive rebound data for each Kings big man duo, and eventually I thought of it. Thanks to BasketballValue.com for adding years back onto my life!
Reminder: this is total line-up data for each pair of big men on the Kings. I created a cut-off point of 50 defensive rebound opportunities, which gives us 16 duos, new and old. For example, lineups featuring Spencer Hawes and Jason Thompson rebounded 586 of 835 opportunities on defense. League average defensive rebounding percentage is 73.7 percent. Note that the table is sorted by opportunities, not rebound percentage.
NOTE: There may be some inconsistencies in the total data -- the totals from BV don't quite match up with other sources. (I have a feeling "team rebounds" are the culprit.) But assuming the numbers are consistently inconsistent, I believe this makes for a good comparison between the units.
I highlighted the two most common duos of late -- Hawes-Carl Landry (the starting frontline), and Thompson-Landry. You will surely note that neither is any good at rebounding the ball defensively. The derided, forsaken Hawes-Thompson pairing is actually quite a bit better.
It still stinks -- and that's the problem: there aren't really any good options here, in terms of defensive rebounding. (Something tells me Hawes-Ime Udoka wouldn't pan out long-term. Call it a hunch.) The team as it stands is destined for defensive rebounding mediocrity, without a rotation augmentation or unbelievable personal growth.


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Bruce Sponholz, of Theresa, didn't know anything about Pulmonary Fibrosis until he was diagnosed with the debilitating disease in 2003. That's when the disease "tried to take my dreams from me," he wrote on his Facebook page.
Sponholz's now has a new dream. And it's being made possible thanks to one Waukesha business.
After years of trying to restore his 1972 Ford Gran Torino and being taken advantage of by various businesses, according to his Facebook page, the Torino found its place at Streetworks Hot Rods on North East Street. There Matt Backhaus is completing the work at a fraction of the cost.
"He thought if he was going to call this car 'Breathless,' it has to take his breath away," Backhaus said about the restoration project.
Additionally, a group of hot rod enthusiasts, including Backhaus, plan on taking Sponholz on the 2012 Hot Rod Power Tour from Detroit to Arlington, Texas.
The road trip should be challenging in itself but added challenges will come as Sponholz is on an oxygen machine, according to Backhaus.
"My dreams almost completely given up on have new life with the support of new friends, and the car community we can achieve my goal to do the 2012 Hot Rod Power Tour, trying to some how get her noticed enough to reach those who can help me to make Pulmonary Fibrosis a household name," Sponholz wrote on his Facebook page. "Breathless just grew beyond what most or I would have done if I wouldn't have to make her stand out for Pulmonary Fibrosis awareness. I could have just thrown the 351 Cleveland and C6 trans in her and had a chance to drive her long ago but for PF she just grew into some thing OH SO BREATHLESS."
What is Pulmonary Fibrosis?
According to the U.S. National Library of Science, pulmonary fibrosis is the "scarring or thickening of the lungs without a known cause."
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However, the Centers for Disease Control website suggests that pulmonary fibrosis has been linked to certain workplace occupations.
"Long-term exposure to a number of toxins and pollutants can damage your lungs," states the Mayo Clinic's website. Those toxins and pollutants include silica dust, asbestos fibers, grain dust and bird and animal droppings, the website states.
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Oh Yea! Be it known that Nitrogen is to be taken to Tyburn tree and there hung by the hard-drive until all computation has ceased, then taken down and have its giblets taken out and rubbed vigorously with a binary level formatting tool before being paraded around the service pack update avenues for the edification and education of the operating system.
Month: May 2005
Free at last…
Already T**stra is beginning to fade into an unhappy recollection. Considering that I congratulated myself on my good judgment in getting myself a place in an Australian household name on my CV, I'm feeling a little (a lot) foolish now. I have worked for places with as pathological environment as Telstra before, but very seldom, and my job-hunting process has sensitized me now to the cultures of the corporations I'm approaching. I guess it is a tautology that in a large corporation, anywhere in the world, the effectiveness of individuals varies inversely in proportion to the size of the company. And lets face it, Telstra is the largest employer in the whole of Australia. Anyway, if you want to do architect level work in Australia, you pretty much have to give up any ideas about going near a compiler. I can't see how I could be an effective architect without first-hand understanding of the technologies I'm using, and how else to get those than to use them?
So after four months of what should have been a smooth transition back into work, I have come out the other end with my sanity barely intact. Not a single thing I did there was used, and some of it was probably worth my time. I shouldn't be surprised since it seems that understanding of, or experience in, the software lifecycle is not a necessary pre-requisite of participation in the management of a software project (here). I have even been told that it is an actual impediment to you getting a job on a project team.
This miasmic feeling of despondency is deepened by my reading matter at the moment. I'm reading "Red Rabbit" by Tom Clancy, which tries to bring to life the feelings and thoughts of people trapped in the midst of the KGB bureaucracy in the early eighties. Oddly I feel that the environments described were apropos in the extreme to my own situation. It heartens me a little to recall what happened to the soviet regime, and at least you can opt to leave Telstra without fear of banishment to Siberia. I guess the Telstra equivalent to a gulag work-camp in the Siberian tundra, would be a revenue protection assignment in the billing systems maintenance department, a fate I adroitly sidestepped only a month ago!
Well, here goes nothing…
With my trusty brill-o pad in hand I am preparing to revolutionize my software development experience ™. Yes, the install media arrive through the post the other day for visual studio 2005…
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…diddle diddle dum. diddle diddle dum. And we arrive at the present moment. Yes I sat there like a zombie for a whole evening. But the end result is what counts and that's the problem. Now all of my code doesn't work any more. Boo Hoo.
So, I have to either debug the EDRA config app block, or go hunting for a .NET 2.0 version of a config tool. I probably also have to do the same with all the templating tools, logging tools, and every other trace of code reuse that I have incorporated into my Dbc system.
Undoubtedly – VS.NET 2005 beta 2 is by a long margin the slickest development environment that I have ever seen. But I really can't be bothered to go through all this pain at the moment. Perhaps I should revisit the idea of using VPC 2004 for my dev environment. Problem is that there is a whole other bunch of problems associated with that route. So what do I do? I wanna be able to play with the latest toys. But I wanna do it without having to incur weeks of pointless twiddling after I realize my recklessness has rendered weeks of work either obsolete or too bleeding-edge to work. [sob]
Comment Spam
Some swine has started using comments on my blog as a way to spam me. I may soon have to prevent anonymous users from posting comments. I got 104 comments on one of my posts, and it wasn't even that interesting!
Interesting Stats
The graph below I found from a recruitment site. It lists the relative importance of programming language skills and how they have changed over the last few years.
Aside from the fact that C# isn't even in there, which I find a little alarming, it shows that all of the languages listed are in decline. Especially my beloved C++, king of all languages. Does this graph indicate that there is a proliferation of languages and that the impact of previously major languages is being diluted.
Are we building a babel tower of scripting languages, that will come tumbling down around our ears? Perhaps this was foreseen by Microsoft and motivated them to target language independence of the .NET platform rather than platform independence as was the case with Java?
A gaping hole in my education – Dimensional Databases
I love to be educated. I also love the fact that I can absorb new ideas continuously without ever sating my thirst for data. And where better than at Wikipedia, which has obviously been lavished with the attentions of a database expert in recent days. I have to admit that I have never heard of, let alone worked on a dimensional database, so I am intrigued to know more.
Cyborg Upgrades
This from LiveScience via Kurtzweil AI: Monkeys Brains Alter to Work Robotic Arm
A new study finds a monkey's brain structure adapts to treat a robotic arm as if it was a natural appendage. The finding bolsters the notion that the primate brain is highly adaptable, and it adds more knowledge to the effort to create useful prosthetic devices for…
This is a very thought provoking piece of news. To me it seems to point out the way that awareness inhabits the sensorium, no matter what the origin of that sensorium. If the monkey brain can adapt to the use of non-organic appendages, then maybe it is possible that one can go further and progressively substitute pieces of the body with cyborg replacements. It brings to my mind the thought experiments where functionally identical transistorised components are used to replace neurons in the brain. The thought experiment was intended to highlight the difference between those who hold that hard-AI is true, and those who believe that something ineffible is lost in the process, which I guess they would call consciousness or soul or some similarly ill-defined term.
Others have argued that the challenge is in replacing the neurons with functionally equivalent components because of the potential for brain cells to be small quantum computers, but in recent years even that is now seen as a hurdle that can be overcome. I'm encouraged with these results because they silence the objections of those who hold that the ineffable thing that is lost in a cyborg is an organic nature. As though Carbon-based molecules were somehow privileged and able to yield consciousness in a way that other assemblages of atoms were not.
Surely it is the pattern of signals going to and from the brain that counts, not their origin?
My nemesis has a web site
Apart from being my nemesis and the person I am most often mistaken for, he is a pretty good portrait photographer and is in residence that the Brighton Festival this year.
My favourite picture is over on the far right:- Jeff Noon, the only author to have rendered me unconscious just with the sound of his voice.
So, have any of this blog's Brightonian readers (the REAL Brighton that is) been to any of the shows? Reply to this with your thoughts. I thought last year's effort was a little pale – No fireworks for god's sake!
DBC & AOP don't mix
This time I'm going to explore some of the issues I've found in converting the prototype over to work in a JIT environment. If you've seen any of my previous posts, you'll know that I have a working prototype that uses static code generation to produce proxies to wrap objects that identify themselves with the DbcAttribute. These proxies are produced solely for those objects, so the developer has to know which items have predicates on them in order to instantiate the proxies rather than the target objects. If the programmer forgets, or doesn't know, that an object has predicates, he may create the target object and not benefit from the DbcProxy capabilities.
I've therefore been looking at ways to guarantee that the proxy gets generated if the library designer has used DBC. There are a lot of ways to do this, and having not explored all of them, I want to find a way to construct the proxies that will allow any of these approaches to be employed at run time. That naturally makes me think of abstract class factories and abstraction frameworks. It is nice to allow the library designer to define predicates on interfaces, but that may not fit the design they are working on, so I don't want to mandate it.
The solution I've looking at uses the code injection system that comes with the System.Enterprise namespace's ContextBoundObject classes. This framework guarantees that the object gets a proxy if it has an attribute that derives from ProxyAttributes. I would derive my DbcAttribute from ProxyAttribute and get an automatic request to create a proxy. Sounds perfect? Yes! But as you will see, there is a gotcha that will prevent this approach. Read on to find out more…
Status of the prototype
The prototype uses a Windows console application that is invoked as part of the build process to create the proxies for an assembly. The program is invoked in association with an application config file to provide it with the details of the target assembly, where the resulting proxy assembly is to be stored, and what it's to be called. It has a few other config settings to define how it will name the proxy for a target object, and what namespace it shall live in. So far, I have not added any guidance to it on how to handle the assemblies in a not static way. I haven't implemented any dispenser to intercede in the object creation process. In this blog I'm going to take a look at what config settings I need to add to control the choice between dynamic and static proxy generation.
I'm using the Microsoft Enterprise Application Blocks to handle configuration, and I'm using log4net to take care of logging issues. NVelocity is being used to construct the source code for the proxy. None of that will change in the refactoring that is to follow. In fact, very little has to change in the event model to turn the system into a dual static/dynamic proxy generator. What changes is in the issue of how to handle the prodicates when you are using a dispatch interface. More on that to follow.
static code gen via CSharp compiler
The static code generation process has been described in a quite a bit of detail in previous posts, but in essence it works by scanning through all of the types in an assembly, looking for ones that are adorned wit the DbcAttribute. For each of those, it scans through each of the InvariantAttributes, and then through each of the members in the class to get their details and any predicates that are attached to them. It then creates a proxy class that imitates the target type, except that prior to each invocation it checks a set of pre-conditions, and afterwords checks post-conditions. This proxy type is kept around until all of the assemblies types have been scanned, and then a new proxy assembly is compiled and saved to disk. This Proxy assembly is then used instead of the target type.
The CSharpCompiler provides a set of options to allow you to keep the source code used to create the assembly, and to create debug information to tie the assembly to the source code at run-time. This is useful for debugging the DBC system, but should not be necessary when using the framework in the field. If errors occur they will be on either side of the proxy (assuming I debug the proxies properly) and the user shouldn't want to see the source for the proxy itself. We therefore need to be able to turn this off, along with debug information.
Another feature of the compiler is the ability to dispense an in-memory only assembly that is available for the lifetime of the process. This is just what we need for dynamic proxy generation.
New library for dynamic proxies
One refactoring that is inevitable is that we now need two front-ends to the DBC system. A command line tool for static proxy generation that can be invoked from VS.NET or NAnt. We also need something that can be used in-proc to dispense dynamic proxies on demand. This can't be another process unless you want to use remoting to access your objects. You may want to do that, but you need to have some control of that situation, and it would be a little intrusive to have that decision taken away from you.
Dynamic proxy code generation pattern
The process for the dynamic proxy is much the same as for the static proxy, it just tweaks the compiler settings a little, and provides some speed ups for handling the storage and retrieval of assemblies for types that have already been code generated. The procedure is as follows:
- client requests an objects of type X
- creation process is intercepted by the CLR, because the DbcAttributes is declared on the object or one of ins ancestors.
- The DbcAttributes provides an object that can be used to intercept calls to the object, and it passes the creation of that object off to the dynamic proxy code generator.
- The dynamic proxy CG checks in a HashTable whether the target type has been requested previously, if so it instantiates the generated proxy and returns.
- if no type has been generated for this type it creates a scanner and a code generator as per the static proxy CG, and requests the scanner to scan the type.
- After the type has been scanned, there will be exactly one element in the ProcessedTypes context variable in the CG.
- The dynamic proxy CG then requests that the CG generate an assembly for the type, specifying that the assembly must be in-memory only.
- The assembly is generated, and it is stored along with the target type in the HashTable for future reference.
- The new proxy type is dispensed by the DbcAttribute, and the target object creation commences as normal.
- Next time a call on the target object is performed the proxy object is allowed to intercept the call, and run its checks.
- voila!
This seems almost exactly how I want the dynamic proxy to work. The client doesn't have an option but to use it if it is available. This convenience comes at a price. That price is detachment from the state of the target object. If you want to do any interesting kinds of test on the current state of the target object, you need a reference access to the various public members of the type.
Without access to the target instance you can't make pre or post or invariant checks, because you can't access the state to see how it has changed or take snapshots of the initial state. It is in effect unusable. So does that mean that the dynamic proxy is incompatible with DBC?
The problem here is not in the idea of a dynamically generated proxy, it is in the kind of proxy we are using, and in its relationship to the target object. It is not connected to the target object in any way – it could even be on a different machine from the target. Even if it was directly connected (within the enabling framework) it wouldn't be of much use since it is designed to deal in IMessage objects, not target object instances.
The IMessage instance is a property bag that contains name value pairs for each of the parameters that is passed into a single method called "Invoke" which is able to then process the parameters. This pattern will be familiar to those who ever wrote COM components that needed to be compatible with VB – it is a dispatch interface. This sort of thing is great if you want to log the values of parameter calls, or to perform rudimentary checks on the incoming parameters.
We want to go a lot further than that. You can't make many assertions about how an object behaves just by describing its input and output values. And that's the problem that I have with standard interfaces – apart from a name which may or may not mean anything they only have a signature. A signature is just a list of the parameters and return types. Nice to have obviously, but not a lot of value when it comes time to work out what happens inside the implementation(s) of the signature.
So, we need direct access to the target object to be able to go any further. Does that mean that the context bound object approach is dead in the water. I'm not sure and this is fairly sparsely documented area of the framework so I haven't been able to track down an answer to that question yet. Answers on a postcard if you know a definitive answer to this. I am going to assume so for the time being. This hasn't been a wasted time – we've learned a useful fact about the limitations of dynamic proxies – namely that they are not compatible with aspect oriented programming paradigms. If anything they can the end-point of an AOP proxy chain, but they cannot sit anywhere in the middle of a chain of responsibility. It's a depressing fact of life – but useful to know.
What else can we deduce from this? We know that any kind of DBC proxy is going to need access to the state that is somehow deterministic. The key concept is state here. Anything that transforms the state of the target object also changes the semantics. Imagine, for example that the DBC proxy sat at the far end of an AOP chain – it will have an instance to a target object but the target object will delegate all the way down to the real target object at the other end of the chain. All of the state inquiry methods are present, but are converted into IMessage objects and passed through the chain of proxies before arriving at the real target object. The AOP chain can modify the data going into the real target, and modify the results coming out of it. They can also change the timing characteristic making a synchronous call where previously the interface was not, or vice versa. They could transform XML documents or add and subtract values from parameters. The point is, when you are out of touch with the target object, you have no guarantees event hat the parameters you are making tests against are the same as are received by the real target object. You consequently face a situation where the semantics are similar but potentially subtly modified, and you have to track that in your assertions.
This may sound like a rather academic discussion of the potential to modify an interface to have diferent semantics, but that is the essence of the adapter design pattern, and is an occupational hazard with SOA architectures. Don't forget that when you invoke an API on a third party software system, you think you know what is happening, but you often don't. You generally have some documentation that acts as a contract saying what goes on inside the service when the service gets invoked. We all know that such documentation often gets out of date, and we also know that there is little you can do to stop a well-meaning-fool from breaking your system. That's Murphy's law at work again. If something can go wrong, it generally will. And normally it is introduced by someone who thought they were solving some other problem at the time.
So published interfaces aren't worth the paper they are written on, especially if you're playing a game of chinese wispers through layers of other people's code. We need a system that is direct and compulsory, with no middlemen to dilute the strength of the assertions that you make on a component.
Next time I will describe how I solve this problem – probably by paying homage to the Gang Of Four…


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I'm always excited to see a Lager or Pilsner on-tap in a brewery, there simply isn't enough small Breweries that bother. big props to CBC for that!
This one is a clear golden amber, plenty of activity and a healthy pure-white head with great retention.
The nose has herbal green veggies, slight black pepper and gentle yeast in the back.
Oh, yeah...clean and crispy...even zippy feel, thin, refreshing malt, hearty herbal yeast and the balance seems perfect. This one leans on the very herbal, and musty side, reminds me very much of the victory Prima Pils, perhaps more gentle and more well-balanced though. The complexity of flavor is really high for the style!!
Drink up!
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On tap at the brew pub back in March.
A: Nice golden color with a fairly-large white head.
S: Pale malts and grains, with a slight sweetness.
T: Very clean. "Good pilsner taste." Slightly sweet.
M: Clean and crisp. Light body.
D: Excellent stuff. Looking forward to getting back to Boston to try more of CBC's stuff.
04-24-2009 05:49:00 | More by Thorpe429
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I normally don't seek out pilsners, because it seems like most that I try are substandard, flavorless affairs. They're easy to drink because they're lacking in flavor. I'm rarely disappointed by the CBC so I wanted to give theirs a try.
Golden Slumbers, like its name, pours a lightly cloudy, golden color. It's topped by a compact, bright white head that fades to a persistent film leaving patches of lace. Like most pils, the aroma is fairly subtle with grassy and herbal hop notes, as well as a bit of peppery hops.
Clean, malt flavors upfront, with only a mild sweetness running throughout the beer. Peppery and herbal flavors appear in the center with an accompanying hop bitterness in the finish. Clean, simple, but flavorful. Light-bodied and vigorously carbonated with a crisp, mildly dry finish.
This is what I like in a pils, a nice amount of flavor with a nice hop presence in the finish.
03-26-2009 21:14:59 | More by EPICAC
Golden Slumbers from Cambridge Brewing Company
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Officials from The University of Texas-Pan American, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA), City of Edinburg, and legislative representatives picked up shovels and broke ground for the $20 million Medical Research Division of the Regional Academic Health Center (RAHC) Wednesday, Dec. 11 in Edinburg.
The groundbreaking ceremony marked a celebration of new beginnings for the Lower Rio Grande Valley RAHC - which is the first biomedical research facility of its kind to be located on the U.S.-Mexico border and will be operated by UTHSCSA.
"Beginning today the future of South Texas changes forever. Today we gather to break ground for a top quality research facility - the first of its kind along the Texas-Mexico border region," said UTHSCSA President Dr. Francisco G. Cigarroa. "Within the walls of this facility, groundbreaking research will be conducted, research that focuses on the debilitating diseases that affect our population. Incredible discoveries will be made in the labs of these facilities, and discoveries that will provide the promise of bringing improved health and a better quality of life for the people of this great region."
RAHC will be devoted to the basic and epidemiological study of diseases that affect the Lower Rio Grande Valley, including diabetes, tuberculosis, dengue fever, hepatitis and certain cancers and neural tube defects that affect the Valley in high concentrations.
The research facility will be located across the street from UTPA on Van Week Street, and will allow research faculty to mentor undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate students from UTPA and other area universities in the summer and provide other research opportunities.
Nevárez said UTPA students would benefit greatly from the RAHC research programs, scientists and on-site doctor of pharmacy program that will be housed in the new facility.
"This facility will also give our students the opportunity to gain parity with other regions in the state through the research opportunities that are going to be made available to them," Nevárez said. "We are grateful for the collaboration with the City of Edinburg, UTHSCSA and the UT System Board of Regents that have made this facility possible."
The RAHC medical research facility will feature a laboratory animal resources facility, a Level 3 biological safety laboratory, offices and other lab space.
The medical research division will complement the RAHC Medical Education Division, which opened June 28 in Harlingen, and the RAHC Public Health Division - which the UT Health Science Center at Houston opened in Brownsville.
Attending the groundbreaking ceremony was Senator-elect and former State Representative Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa - who sponsored the legislation to bring RAHC to the Valley, and Representative Roberto Gutierrez - who was also instrumental in getting the facility. Also honored was Senator Eddie Lucio Jr. - who was not in attendance, but was recognized for being the author of the legislation that established the RAHC.
Also recognized for their efforts was UTPA Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Rodolfo Arévalo and Dr. William McIntyre, interim dean of the College of Health Sciences and Human Services.
During the ceremony, City of Edinburg Mayor Joe Ochoa was recognized for the recent $1 million contribution to show the city's commitment to the establishment of the research facility.
Eight UTPA students and six high school students from the Edinburg area were also honored for their academic excellence and leadership during the ceremony and named Ambassador Scholars for the RAHC medical research facility.
"We want you to serve as our official ambassadors to the medical research division of the Regional Academic Health Center," said Dr. Steven Wartman, UTHSCSA executive vice president for academic and health affairs. "I know that you will represent us with great distinction and pride as you help us promote and maintain a standard of excellence of all that will be available within this new building."
UTPA students who were honored, included Walter Quiroga, chemistry; Michelle Duran, computer science; Erica Ramirez, engineering; Roberto Coalson, mathematics; Devon Lacey, biology; Frank Sepulveda, physics and geology; Charles Strong, pharmacy; and Sulema Cano, health sciences and human services.
Representing the high schools were Fermin Gonzalez and Daniel Davila, Edinburg North High School; Homero Lopez and Sylvia Cuevas, Edinburg High School; Roman Morin and Olga Romero, Economedes High School.
Also in attendance was The University of Texas System Board of Regent member Patrick C. Oxford, chairman of the health affairs committee, who led the groundbreaking; Representative-elect Aaron Peña; RAHC Dean Dr. Leo Vela; and numerous community leaders, UT System and UT Health Science Center officials.


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Castlevania Smash Bros. Wishlist
144 7.7 01. Super Castlevania IV - Super famicom and SNES
The most legendary vampire killer of them all. Simon represents virtue and goodness, and significantly broke barriers against dying one's hair unnatural colors back in the day.
Main Attack: He can whip his Vampire Killer in all directions and brandish it
Special Attack: He can use his Dagger, Holy Water, Boomerang, Axe, and Stop Watch sub-weapons
Recovery: He can catch stray hooks with his whip and swing back onto the platform
28 6.7 02. Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge - Game Boy
Christopher Belmont is an ancestor of Simon who risked his life to rescue his own flesh-and-blood son rather than some soul mate or whatever Dracula and the other Belmonts keep going on about.
Main Attack: He can whip using the Vampire Killer, unleashing a fireball from the end as a projectile
Special Attack: Can use his Dagger, Holy Water, Cross, Axe, and Stop Watch sub-weapons
Recovery: Climbs up a rope and jumps off back onto the stage
7 7.7 03. Akumajō Dracula X: Chi no Rondo - TurboGrafx CD
Richter brings to the table the item crush ability, and no, I don't mean he'll ruin your dinnerware.
Main Attack: Standard Vampire Killer whip attack
Special Attack: He can perform item crushes specific to the Dagger, Holy Water, Cross, Axe, Stop Watch and Holy Book sub-weapons
Recovery: He backflips... Forward... Onto the stage
Maria, Richter's sister-in-law, has a group of animals obediently at her beck-and-call. She's everything PETA despises.
Main Attack: Throws doves at the enemy, and they return promptly
Special Attack: She can use her Bird, Cat, Dragon, Egg, Turtle, and Music Book sub-weapons
Recovery: Blazing forward-upward somersault
100 7.8 04. Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse - Famicom and NES
Grant's a petty thief, which means he'll steal your insights and pass them off as his own in conversation all because you wore his bandana without asking.
Main Attack: Short below-the-belt dagger strike
Special Attack: He can use the Dagger, Axe, and Stop Watch sub-weapons
Recovery: He can climb up cliffs, along the bottom of platforms, and ceilings to a number of effects
Sypha's the standard magic user. Why does magic have to have such low self-esteem?
Main Attack: Uses her Warakiya Staff for short ranged attacks
Special Attack: She can use her Hole Flame, Ice, and Lightning sub-weapons
Recovery: She could probably use her staff to float somehow
332 8.6 05. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - PlayStation
Alucard is a thorn in Dracula's side which Fangs'll never be rid of. Did I mention he's his son? Well, that's kind of assumed.
Main Attack: He slashes with his Alucard Sword and can throw a wave of three stacked fireballs at the enemy
Special Attack: Summons his Ghost, Bat, Demon, Faerie, and Sword familiars
Recovery: Turns into a bat and flies back on stage, then into a mist which gives him extra distance
289 7.5 06. Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow - Nintendo DS
Is he really Dracula reincarnated as an innocent, or is he just a person who's inherited his powers? Who cares - let's just enjoy watching the fanboys argue vehemently over it.
Main Attack: Uses a long sword to slash enemies
Special Attack: Takes advantage of a selection of his Tactical Souls abilities
Recovery: Flies in grey-blue bat form and uses the Flying Armor ability to slow down his fall afterward
103 8.1 07. Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia - Nintendo DS
She's been stripped of her emotions, and yet she calls herself a woman.
Main Attack: Uses one of her Rapier glyphs to tear into enemies
Special Attack: Uses one of her Fidelus glyphs to summon helpers
Recovery: Uses her Manges Glyph to launch herself magnetically onto solid ground
Shanoa's caring adoptive brother. He'd probably shoot me if he read the above quip.
Main Attack: Fires with his Agartha gun and Optical Shot
Special Attack: Uses his Torpor Crystal which expands and surrounds enemies
Recovery: Warps back to the platform
62 7.8 08. Castlevania: Bloodlines - Sega Genesis and Mega Drive
The most famed member of the Lecarde family; you might even say he's its spearhead.
Main Attack: Uses his Alucard Spear to jab left, right, upward and downward at enemies and twirl for momentary offensive-protection
Special Attack: He can perform item crashes specific to his Holy Water, Boomerang, Axe, and Spear Head subweapons
Recovery: He can launch himself upward and forward by pole vaulting with his spear
110 7.4 09. Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance - Game Boy Advance
141 7.7 010. Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin - Nintendo DS
3 0 011. Bram Stoker's Dracula - Super famicom and SNES
Suave, sophisticated, morally questionable... He's like the 007 of blood-sucking.
Main Attack: Throws a column of three Hellfire fireballs and can shoot three Dark Inferno meteor balls one after another for extra oomph
Special Attack: Transforms into his demon form which gives him extra size, strength, and its own share of abilities
Recovery: Turns into a bat and flaps his way back on stage (but in the baddest way possible) and can teleport for additional length
22 5.4 012. Breath of Death VII: The Beginning - PC Games
Even Death itself serves as second-in-command to Dracula! How does that make you feel, "Grim" Reaper? Yeah, that's what I thought. I'd like to see you kill me right now. I didn't think so. What's a matter? Baby gonna cry? You have no authority over--
Main Attack: Uses his scythe to slash sideways and overhead
Special Attack: Summons a ring of mini-scythes around him which disperse and zone in on enemies
Recovery: He can fly; he's Death; he'll kill you
3 7.5 013. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - Super famicom and SNES
A misunderstood tragic hero borne of dead body parts and the brain of a killer. Not even his bride appreciates him.
Main Attack: Uses his big strong arms to pound and can send electrical currents out to zap the enemy
Special Attack: Becomes imbued with electric energy and becomes a walking hazard - for his opponent
Recovery: Sends out an electrical line to pull himself back on stage
3 5 014. Skeleton Warriors - PlayStation
He's your standard Castlevania minor enemy. I'll be even he could wipe the floor with D--
Main Attack: Throws bones at the enemy
Special Attack: Throws a giant bone which deals impressive damage
Recovery: Separates its leg bones into a line that extends from its arm to the edge of the stage platform, pulling itself back on
19 7.7 015. Zombie Revenge - Sega Dreamcast
These suckers just keep inching their way toward you. Slow and steady intimidates the Belmont, so to speak.
Main Attack: Writhes at enemies and can take a significantly greater amount of hits than most fighters
Special Attack: Cashes in a favor and calls in its fellow brain-eaters to help finish the job
Recovery: Throws its upper body on the stage as the rest of it falls, after which the lower body re-materializes on the battleground
2 0 016. Choose Your Own Nightmare: Night of the Were... - PC Games
This thing's fast and fierce, ripping through all flesh he picks up the scent for. He's not all bad, though - just during a full moon.
Main Attack: Agility and nimble combat moves
Special Attack: Goes berserk and becomes more reckless and powerful
Recovery: The moon pulls him closer to it, and thus the stage
15 4.4 017. The Mummy - PlayStation
Besides Death, this guy has the most experience out of all the bad guys. Unfortunately, most of that experience is in counting sheep in wait of being excavated.
Main Attack: Whips at enemies with his bandaging
Special Attack: Retreats to his tomb and emerges seconds later with some health replenished
Recovery: Extends his bandaging and pulls himself into the ring again
273 7.3 018. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock - Xbox 360
He's the king of rock, which means he'll gain lots of weight later on in life - however that works for animated stone beings.
Main Attack: Throws rocks at enemies
Special Attack: Tosses two boulders down the arena which tumble and knock into enemies
Recovery: Curls up into a ball and somersaults to solid ground
29 7 019. Aquaria - PC Games
The merman is pretty capable for a minor enemy, and he'll never miss an opportunity to remind you. It makes holding a real conversation with the guy incredibly frustrating.
Main Attack: Fires water blast at enemies
Special Attack: Temporarily goes off stage, returning out of the blue elsewhere to attack off-guard combatants
Recovery: Shoots a powerful spray of water below it and propels itself diagonally upward
34 6.5 020. Sonic and the Black Knight - Nintendo Wii
This protectorate of Drac's castle throws his might axe and catches it as it returns. It's all a very monotonous back-and-forth, and conflicts with his aspirations to move to Lubbock and become its most decorated interior designer.
Main Attack: Swings and throws its axe
Special Attack: Charges on-stage opponents
Recovery: Throws its axe to the edge of the stage, extends its arm out, and pulls itself up
1 0 021. Minotaurus (LEGO Games 3841) - Board Game
As part of his training, Dracula required him to complete the entire Maze Craze puzzle book series. He secretly handed them off to the castle's rat population, since they're better at solving such things.
Main Attack: Swings its axe sideways and overhead
Special Attack: Extends its axe and brings it down on all enemies within a good distance in front of it
Recovery: Catches the edge of the stage with its axe and pulls itself on board
564 7.8 022. Devil May Cry - PlayStation 2
He's your standard evil creature from hell, meaning just like anyone else he'll always remember where he was when Donald Trump announced he wouldn't be running for president in the 2012 election.
Main Attack: Slaps the enemy and sends a shockwave as a projectile
Special Attack: Spits fireballs at the enemy
Recovery: Flies as is his due
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The fall gift wrap (and more) sale is the biggest fundraiser of the year for the Villa Academy Parent Association (VPA). Innisbrook is our new vendor (we've formerly sold Sally Foster products).
Innisbrook is a GREEN company that believes a sustainable future is possible. Their standard gift wrap is printed on recycled paper and only 100% water-based inks are used. Leftover inks are reformulated and recycled for other designs. The sales packet information you receive is also printed on recycled paper. The online EZ Order Entry system eliminates huge order forms and saves millions of sheets of paper.
Villa Academy receives 50% of all sales which the VPA uses to fund innovative and enriching opportunities for our students via the Faculty and Staff Grant Program. Additionally, funds support the VPA Gift to School Program. Recent grants and gifts include the climbing wall, smart boards, science lab enrichment, weather station, playground equipment, bike racks and many more.
We very much appreciate your support and have GREAT PRIZES to award this year. At the end of each full week of the fundraiser, we will award the top selling grade for that week with a free dress day — so don't delay in getting your orders submitted! The first free dress day will be awarded on September 18th.
At the end of the fundraiser, we will award the two highest selling families with a reserved parking space for any one week of their choice during the school year and a beautiful Innisbrook gift basket stuffed with goodies. A U-Village gift certificate and very special gift basket will be awarded to the highest selling teacher/staff member.
This fundraiser ends September 23rd.
Thank you for your support!
Jeanne Birmingham and Lendy Vail
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858-376-7732 Succesfully Traced!
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Comment from Steve - 21 October 2013 23:46 [report]
I get a call from this number every other day. Noone answers and as soon as I ask who is there they hangup. Very Annoying to say the least.
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Called, but hung up as soon as I answered.
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This number keeps calling me at home - it's a Google voice number - no one ever picks up as it is a call-forwarding set up, and you are asked to speak your name to be patched through to some guy named "Nick." VERY ANNOYING.
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Thieves steal flooding Samaritan's fibreglass dinghy (From Herald Series)
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Thieves steal flooding Samaritan's fibreglass dinghy
7:00am Friday 11th January 2013 in Didcot
A DINGHY used to rescue drivers and narrowboat owners near Didcot during the floods has been stolen.
Paul Otter, from Long Wittenham, said the blue and orange fibreglass boat had been used to help people in the village when the Thames was flooded last month and in November.
An emergency life ring was also taken with the boat when it was stolen from the side of the main road running through the village on Friday or Saturday.
Narrowboat owner Mr Otter, left, a former chairman of the parish council, said: "I bought the dinghy for about £30 a few years ago and would usually leave it by the side of the main road opposite Lower Farm.
"There are about 17 narrowboats moored in the area and the dinghy was useful for helping people in moored boats, or drivers who were stuck in flood water.
"The dinghy didn't cost much but it was useful for the village and it could cost a lot more to find a replacement."
Thames Valley Police spokesman Rhianne Pope appealed for anyone with information to contact Pc Janine Smallbone at Didcot police station via the police enquiry line, 101.
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