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With a stay at Rocky Gap Lodge & Golf Resort in Flintstone, you'll be near the beach and minutes from Rocky Gap State Park, and close to Rocky Gap Golf Resort.
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Last year he averaged a little under 16, 9, 4 and 2 blocks a game.
The Hawks have recently been exploring the possibility of trading power forward Josh Smith as part of their summertime makeover, according to sources around the league.
Now, I don't know about you, but I am 100 percent willing to take Josh Smith. He is young and energetic and a very good defensive player. I think if Atlanta is looking for a little bit of a mixeup then we have pieces we can definitely move.
Nothing has been reported of Smith to Houston, I am just throwing out an idea of him coming here.
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PRESCOTT, Wis. (AP) - A third child has died from injuries suffered in a collision between a truck and an SUV near Prescott in western Wisconsin.
The Pierce County medical examiner says 5-year-old Laynie Jo Amos, of Amery, died around 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
Laynie's cousins, 11-year-old Lydia Milberg, of Centuria, and 5-year-old Clara Pavek, of Prescott, died Thursday.
Thirty-two-year-old Kari Milberg, who is Lydia's mother, was in critical condition at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minn. Her 3-year-old son suffered minor injuries.
The crash happened Thursday on Wisconsin Highway 35 near Prescott. Sheriff Nancy Hove (HOH'-vee) said Friday that the SUV spun into the path of a truck, and investigators were trying to determine whether roadway conditions were a factor.
The truck driver and his two passengers were not hurt.
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The Greene County community is coming together to make sure every child can have a special Christmas morning.
Wednesday was Greene Alliance's seventh annual Christmas Gift Program. The Stanardsville American Legion was packed with toys. The project has been in the works since July and Wednesday was the day families finally got to pick up their gifts.
Community members chipped in to give families in need gifts for the holidays. More than 1,000 toys were stuffed inside the American Legion on Wednesday. It was a day of excitement and tears for families picking up their holiday gifts.
The event coordinator says one woman wouldn't have been able to provide any toys for her children this holiday without the help.
"She had lost all her children and through court she got every one of them back but they didn't come with any toys, any clothes or anything," said event coordinator Kristine Eppard.
Nearly 500 children living in Greene County will have presents under their tree on Christmas morning because of the event.
"These people take so much time out of their personal life to help us in Greene County who can't afford extras like Christmas," said Whitney Grant, who has personally benefited from the program.
Families not only received gifts to put under the tree, but also received food to fill up their pantries.
"They're able to stop on the stage for the free stuff and shop for food and they take that with them when they take their packages," said Eppard.
Bicycles, wagons, kitchen sets and Barbie dolls were the most asked-for gifts this year.
Ten churches, 12 organizations and more than 25 people living in Greene made the Christmas Gift Program a success. Almost 200 families in Greene benefited from the toy pickup. The event coordinator says they received more gifts this year than ever before.


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Trader Joe's is almost ready to open another Houston-area store.
A 12,100-square-foot grocery store is scheduled to open on Friday at the old Alabama Theater in the 2900 block of South Shepherd Drive. A ceremonial lei cutting to welcome new customers will be held at 8 a.m. The celebration will continue throughout the day with live music and food demonstrations.
The store will be open from 8 a.m. until 9 p.m. daily.
Trader Joe's opened its first store in the Houston area in June in the Woodlands. The company is expected to open another store this year on Voss in the Memorial area.


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A cross-industry group of EU bodies, including the IAB, has issued a response to the latest developments in Brussels on the European Commission's draft data protection proposals.
The European Commission is seeking to update data protection law across Europe - for more information see the IAB's factsheet on European Commission Data Protection Reforms.
The Industry Coalition for Data Protection (ICDP) has expressed concern about a draft report by the leading European Parliament Committee examining the proposals which proposes greater restrictions.
The ICDP has called on all Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) looking at the proposals to ensure the proposals update data protection law across EU markets as well as empower consumers, but do not throttle innovation.
Nick Stringer, Director of Regulatory Affairs at the IAB UK, comments: "We support strong data protection law across Europe to protect consumers. However, this must be balanced with a need to allow for new business models and innovation. A failure to deliver this will be a significant set-back for Europe's digital agenda, as well as the UK digital economy, and it is European citizens that will lose out."
The ICDP adds: "The Industry Coalition for Data Protection (ICDP) continues to support the European Union's (EU) efforts to update privacy rules to 21st century standards. We regret, however, that after months of consultation, the draft report published by the rapporteur, Jan Philipp Albrecht, MEP, missed an opportunity to reconcile effective privacy safeguards with rules protecting the conduct of business—both fundamental rights under the EU charter."
"Going forward, we urge members of the European Parliament, starting with the LIBE Committee, to take into account the important contributions emanating from other committees, and to enact legislation that maintains user trust while encouraging innovation and entrepreneurship in Europe. Achieving this result will require a thorough examination of the proposal and should not be rushed."
The Industry Coalition for Data Protection (ICDP) is comprised of 15 leading industry associations: Association for Competitive Technology (ACT), AmCham EU, BSA | The Software Alliance, DIGITALEUROPE, European Digital Media Association (EDiMA), European Multi-channel and Online Trade Association (EMOTA), European Publishers Council (EPC), EuroISPA, Federation of European Direct and Interactive Marketing (FEDMA), GS1, IAB Europe, Interactive Software Federation of Europe (ISFE), Japan Business Council in Europe (JBCE), TechAmerica Europe, and the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA).
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This is a long post, but I'm bored. When your best player and the face of your franchise publicly asks to be traded, delaying the re-building phase ceases to be an option. So now that it is official that the 'stros will be rebuilding soon, how should they go about it, and how soon can they expect to be competitive again? After looking at future payroll, listening to Roy O's interview, and looking at who is in the farm, once scenario I came up with is this: what if Roy and Lance were able to build their own 2012 contender in Houston by getting traded this year and playing 2011 elsewhere?
1. Any trade involving Roy Oswalt nets a near-MLB-ready frontline starter.
2. Houston continues to offer arbitration to all eligible players.
3. Drayton keeps the astros and maintains (or slightly increases) payroll each year.
What I'd do in 2010:
-Trade Roy for a MLB top 100 SP prospect currently playing at AA or higher (as the centerpiece, surely he can net 2-3 other prospects as well).
-Trade Berkman, Myers, and Feliz hoping to net 1 above average everyday position player. You could package Lance or Myers with some of our C grade prospects to get a B or B+ prospect.
-That would end this season with the following roster:
C Castro
1B Blum
2B Keppinger
SS Manzo
3B Johnson
RF Pence
CF Bourn
LF Lee
Bench: Michaels, Sullivan, Q, Navarro, Maysonet/etc.
Rotation: Wandy, Norris, Paulino, Moehler, call-up (Wright/Banks/etc.)
Bullpen: Lindstrom, Lyon, Sampson, Fulchino, Gervacio, Lopez, Byrdak/Chacin
That roster is obviously horrible and easily the worst in baseball, but this season is a goner anyway. The only free agent on that roster is Michaels, who is easily replaceable. Committed payroll (factoring in arbitration for everyone) is around $80M, giving you ~$20M to spend.
In 2011, you spend your available payroll on 1 year deals for solid veterans in order to be only moderately horrible. By the end of next season, the roster would look like this:
C Castro
1B Veteran signed on 1 year, ~$5M deal.
2B Prospect acquired via Berkman/Myers/Feliz
SS Manzo
3B Johnson
RF Pence
CF Bourn
LF Lee
Bench: Keppinger, Q, Blum, 2 callup/veteran OFers (Bogusevic, Shuck, etc.)
Rotation: Wandy, Norris, Paulino, Lyles, Prospect aqcuired for Oswalt
Bullpen: Lindstrom, Lyon, Sampson, Fulchino, Gervacio, Lopez, Byrdak/Chacin
Based solely on the improvement of the young guys, that roster is improved from this year. Plus, you've got a fully re-stocked farm and $15M in payroll flexibility in case you want to feign competitiveness or in case by some miracle you actually are competitive at the deadline, you can add a difference maker. The only impending free agent on that list would be your 1B and Wandy, both of whom could be traded to net prospects in the event you have another bad season (which would be likely).
But, then comes 2012. Berkman and Oswalt are both free agents. They sign for their current market value. This is what your 2012 roster looks like:
C Castro
1B Berkman- in his motivated, final career year.
2B Prospect netted via Berkman/Feliz/Myers
SS Manzo
3B Johnson
RF Pence
CF Bourn
LF Lee
Bench: Keppinger, Q, Bogusevic, callup, callup
That offense has some questions, but assuming Berkman signs for under $10M, the total committed payroll for that team is only around $40M factoring in arbitration raises. If Manzella or Johnson don't pan out, there should be plenty of $ left to make a move.
Rotation: Oswalt, Lyles, Prospect received for Oswalt, Norris, Paulino
That rotation would probably be among the better groups in the league, and it's assuming that the farm doesn't produce any starters other than Lyles. Surely one out of Wright, Trinidad, Perez, Arguello, Abad, etc. will be ready by then.
Bullpen: Lindstrom, Lyon, Sampson, Fulchino, Gervacio, LOOGY, callup
That bullpen is strong, and the farm is likely to produce at least 2 quality relievers between now and then (look at the guys in Corpus- Meszaros, Lo, Villar, Wabick, etc.). Assuming Oswalt signs for $10-12M and factoring in arbitration raises, the cost of that pitching staff is around $35M, leaving plenty of $ to make moves. Above all, imagine the excitement generated from Roy and Lance coming back to play together in Houston for their final year.


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The Blank Park Zoo is a respected leader in animal care, education, and conservation of exotic wildlife. The zoo is the only AZA accredited zoo in the state of Iowa.
Applications will only be accepted for available positions. Please make note on application which position you are applying.
The Blank Park Zoo is an equal opportunity employer.
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Assistant Retail Manager
A successful candidate will be a self-starter that will work in all capacities of the retail operation including, but not limited to inventory control, stocking, supervising staff and customer service. This is a full-time, permanent position working 35 – 40 hours per week, including weekends. Reports to Retail Manager. Position is eligible for benefits.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
- Assist guests with questions, problems, or emergencies
- Operate a cash register and balance cash drawers
- Stock, organize and display retail items in various outlets throughout the zoo
- Clean and straighten various retail outlets on a daily basis
- Supervise and train seasonal staff that work in the retail department
- Troubleshoot problems such as inventory discrepancies, customer complaints, and point of sale system problems
- Assist with product ordering
- Model exceptional customer service
- Other duties as assigned.
Education & Experience:
- Two year college degree or equivalent work experience
- Cash handling experience preferred
- Management experience preferred
- Experience in a retail setting, in particular organizing and displaying products on retail floor preferred
Knowledge and Abilities
- Exceptional customer service and communication skills
- Enthusiastic and outgoing personality
- Ability to orally communicate effectively with others
- Ability to work in a team setting while providing direction to seasonal staff of all ages and backgrounds
- Skill to multi-task and remain calm under stressful situations
- Positive attitude
- Basic computer skills
- Proven reliability
Physical Ability
- Ability to lift and carry 50 pounds
- Ability to bend, twist, and lift to stock and move displays
- Ability to stand for long periods
- Ability to work outside in all weather conditions
Other Requirements
- Ability to work weekends, evenings, holidays, and special events
- Ability to pass a background check
To Apply for Position
Please submit cover letter and resume to:
Blank Park Zoo, Attn: Human Resources, 7401 SW 9th Street, Des Moines, IA 50315
Or e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
The Blank Park Zoo is seeking a reliable individual for the position of custodian. Candidates will be responsible for maintaining the cleanliness of the zoo facility on a daily basis. Hours vary from 12 – 40 hours per week depending on the time of year.
Essential Duties:
- Cleans and restocks restrooms and checks them regularly throughout the day.
- Empties all trash containers daily and as needed.
- Cleans all litter on Zoo grounds, parking lot, and park property.
- Assists with set-up for events, banquets, and rentals.
- Cleans floors, windows, and garbage in lobby, rental spaces, and other public places.
- Empties trash and recycle containers in the office building.
- Assists with Zoo's recycling program.
- Maintains a clean and safe atmosphere for guests.
- Other duties as assigned
- Great customer service and communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Neat and organized
- Ability to communicate effectively with others
- Able to work weekends, holidays, special events, and evenings.
- Ability to work in all weather conditions
- Proven reliability.
- Ability to pass background check.
- Ability to lift and carry 50 pounds.
Pay Rate: $8 / hour
To apply:
Please submit a Blank Park Zoo application by e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com or mail: Blank Park Zoo, Human Resources, 7401 SW 9th Street, Des Moines, IA 50315
- Responsible for all aspects of zoo grounds maintenance: mowing, trimming, turf maintenance (including fertilization and weed control), watering, edging and leaf removal.
- Specific duties include daily watering, trimming, pruning, planting / transplanting and daily housekeeping.
- Responsible for all snow removal on zoo grounds(on call). This includes maintaining safety of zoo grounds, parking lots and drives during inclement weather.
- Operation of grounds maintenance equipment and related machinery.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Previous work experience in horticulture field preferred.
- Ability to handle a flexible workload with a variety of assignments.
- Must be able to operate independently, exercise initiative, and demonstrate capacity for detail and follow-up.
- Must be able to maintain work hours that will serve the needs of the Foundation (up to 40 hours in the summer and fall). Winter hours will vary based on weather and position will be on call.
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Essential Duties:
- Work in the entire guest service department including but not limited to: Admissions, Attractions, and Gift Shop:
Admissions – Cashier, Assist guests with questions
Attractions – Cashier, Attendant to help load and unload rides, and assist with animal feeding opportunities
Gift Shop – Cashier, Stock as directed
- Birthday Parties – set-up, tear-down, animal presentation, greets guests, and serves as hospitality attendant
- Assist guests with questions, problems, or emergencies
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Please submit a Blank Park Zoo application by e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com or mail: Blank Park Zoo, Human Resources, 7401 SW 9th Street, Des Moines, IA 50315
The Safari Grill is looking for employees available to work March through September. Positions offered include: Cashier, busser, and line cook. We are currently accepting applications.
The following duties are common on a daily basis in addition to specific job function responsibilities. Additional tasks may be necessary.
- Cashier - Assisting quests in a polite and courteous way, adequate ordering/serving of guests, cleaning, stock as needed
- Busser – Clearing tables, assisting with garbage removal, assisting quests as needed, stock as needed
- Line Cook – Food preparation/cooking, cleaning, stock as needed
- Accountably
- Strong customer service skills
- Work well in a fast pace environment
- Cash handling
- Willing to work weekends, holidays, and selected evenings
To Apply:
Send Safari Grill application to:
Attn: Audrey Moeller
7401 SW 9th Street
Des Moines, IA 50315
Or drop off application to the Zoo during regular business hours
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A Pinellas County man is dead after a concrete slab fell on him Friday during a home construction project, the sheriff's office said.
It happened around noon at a home on Robin Road in Seminole.
Deputies say 52-year-old Arden Berderi and two other family members were working on an addition to the home when an eight-foot concrete slab gave way and fell on top of Berderi.
The two other men were not injured.
Deputies say Berderi's death appears to be an accident. The medical examiner will continue investigating.
A construction accident left one homeowner crushed by concrete. It happened Friday when a Seminole man was renovating his own house on Robin Road.
"I heard a scream. This man was screaming, 'help, help, I need some help'," said neighbor Kristi Riley.
An eight-foot concrete slab wall had fallen on him during a do-it-yourself home renovation.
"There was a brick that was sliding down on top of his head like it was going to slide down and hurt him, so I knelt down and picked the brick up. The guy's arm was up. That I could see, and I tried to find a pulse and I didn't feel anything," she said.
52-year-old Arben Berberi died, trapped in the rubble . Two other family members were nearby. His father-in-law and his brother-in-law were not injured, but tried to save him.
They watched as fire crews worked for hours to try to pull him out. The crushing concrete toppled quickly when the wall collapsed, seemingly right toward Berberi.
"It slid. Somehow instead of falling that way, the way a normal wall would, it slid so it was on top of his body," Riley said.
His neighbor Sam Boibon said his neighbor was from Bosnia, and told him he knew construction.
"I talked to him a couple of times and he said I know how to do that," he said.
Investigators say the home was purchased last spring. It was considered an investment property. These men were working to improve it and put in an add-on to the house. Neighbors say they watched them do constriction work all hours of the day.
"He's here at night. He's during the day. And he's always working in that house," Riley said.
No construction permits were visible on the home.Neighbors saw how hard the three men worked on the building for weeks. As they left flowers at a streetside memorial, the timing of the accident weighed heavy on their minds.
"They were trying to do something nice and it happens the day after Thanksgiving. It's just really, really sad," she said.
Since no permits were found at the home, the accident will be under investigation. The two other men injured were examined on scene but appeared to be okay.
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The WFTDA is honored to announce the fifth annual WFTDA Officiating Clinics cycle. The WFTDA remains committed to consistency and standardization, as well as providing tools and resources so that all roller derby officials may succeed in providing the highest level of officiating, and promote the ideal of "Real. Strong. Athletic. Revolutionary." roller derby.
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The WFTDA Officiating Clinics are a two-day immersion into all things officiating, with both classroom and track time, culminating in a put-it-into-play scrimmage. Rules are always changing, but the fundamentals of good officiating stays the same. This year's clinic cycle will offer a host of new materials specifically designed to work with the WFTDA's new 2014 Rules and Standard Practices of Flat Track Roller Derby. WFTDA Officiating Clinics are geared toward officials that have six or more months of experience and knowledge of WFTDA rules, practices, and solid skating skills. Officials planning to participate in WFTDA Tournaments are strongly encouraged to attend an Officiating Clinic. WFTDA Officiating Clinics are open to any official regardless of affiliation or certification.
While WFTDA Officiating Clinics are designed to provide officials with the tools and resources needed to officiate modern roller derby, getting to know and understand the officials' side of the sport can be extremely valuable for captains and coaches. We recognize that many skaters and coaches also officiate for their leagues and play a part in recruiting and training officials. A deep understanding of rules and their application benefits the whole sport; therefore, a limited number of seats will be held available for skaters and coaches to attend 2014 WFTDA Officiating Clinics.
The cost of the registration for the North American clinics is $100 USD, and outside of North America the cost will be close to $100 USD but in the currency of that specific country.
Follow the Clinics on Facebook: Each clinic will have it's own even on the WFTDA Officiating Clinics page. This will provide attendees with a place to talk to each other to potentially set up room/ride shares or social events, as well as a way to speak directly to the instructors that will be assigned to your clinic.
Refunds: There is a processing fee for refunds. If you request a refund within 30 days of registration you will receive a 90% refund. However, provided there is availability registrants can transfer to another clinic for free or may transfer their registration to another individual on their own. Contact pantichrist directly to handle refunds or transfers at email@example.com.
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The update, OS 2.0, offers "thousands" of new apps, says RIM, as well as built-in email, calendar and contacts »
Research in Motion has announced that the long-awaited OS 2.0 update for the BlackBerry Playbook will launch in February, complete with the ability to run repackaged Android apps »
A veteran iPhone jailbreaker named Chris Wade has turned his attention to BlackBerry's PlayBook tablet, and rooted the device using a tool he calls "DingleBerry" »
Tech blog the Verge has received a leaked photograph and specifications of what seems to be a dramatically redesigned BlackBerry. It's called the BlackBerry London, and it could be the first phone to run RIM's upcoming BBX operating system »
Coming off a disastrous week of global service downtime, Canadian BlackBerry maker Research in Motion has announced a unified platform called BBX that ties its tablets and smartphones together »
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Well it took its time, but the much-touted BlackBerry PlayBook has finally entered the tablet arena, spoiling for a fight with rivals from Apple, Samsung, HTC, Motorola and more »
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If you have discovered the joy of bird watching, you may begin asking questions like: Where is the best place to get information on how to become a better bird watcher? Where can I read about birding equipment? Where are the best places to find birds in Montana? How do I make my yard more bird friendly? How do I contribute my bird observations to scientific endeavors? In this section of our web page, we have organized links to web sites that provide such information.
If you wonder more generally about how bird populations are doing, and about what is being done on a the statewide and national levels for bird conservation, we provide links to web sites that deal with that information as well.
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Even though I am starting to get tired of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, you have to admit that it's a brilliant strategy »
When ten-year-old Laura Buxton released a balloon with a message askingthe finder to write to her, the response came from another Laura Buxton 225km away »
Mental arithmetic can be faster (not to mention more impressive) than using your phone -- all it takes is a few tricks »
Mathematicians from the University of Michigan have released an app they claim will help you knock jet lag on the head in record time »
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Plants are capable of using mathematical processes to work out how much food they need to stay alive overnight »
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A mathematical model that has been used for 80 years to determine the hunting range of wild animals has been reappropriated for use in mapping gang territories in urban environments »
Alan Turing achieved an enormous amount in his short life, playing a privotal role as a codebreaker during World War II and laying the foundations for modern computing. Here is a timeline of his life »
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William Peter Carstens (1950)
William Peter Carstens (B.A. Hons. in Social Anthropology) died on 5 May 2010, in Toronto, Canada, due to complications from pneumonia and frail health. Born in 1929 in Cape Town, Peter was essentially a sandveld boy from the diamond-mining town of Kleinzee, situated on the Namaqualand coast. His father Capt. Jack Carstens discovered the first alluvial diamonds there in 1926, and his mother, Minnie (Minx) Spiers, was the first school teacher. Peter attended Bishops (Diocesan College) (1940-47) and, after his days at Rhodes, he earned a Ph.D. in Social Anthropology at University of Cape Town in 1961, where he taught before emigrating to Canada. His doctoral thesis on the village of Steinkopf was the first (The Social Structure of a Cape Coloured Reserve [Oxford University Press, 1966]) of several books and articles on the social and historical dynamics of life in small communities, both in South Africa (e.g., In the Company of Diamonds: DeBeers, Kleinzee, and the Control of a Town [Ohio University Press, 2001], Diamonds are Dangerous: Stories from the Early Days in Namaqualand, 1925-1960 [Xlibris Corporation, 2006], and Always Here, Even Tomorrow: The Enduring Spirit of the South African Nama in the Modern World [Xlibris Corporation, 2007]) and in Canada, especially among the Okanagan Indian bands of British Columbia (The Queen's People: A Study of Hegemony, Coercion, and Accommodation among the Canadian Okanagan [University of Toronto Press, 1991]). Peter was full-time professor at the University of Toronto, from 1965, and retired in 1995. He is survived by three children, all living in Toronto, as well as his wife, Chantal. He is also fondly remembered by Madeleine (née Roberts)
Carstens (Toronto), cousins Patrick Carstens (Toronto) and Kenneth Carstens (Durban), and his many friends and colleagues worldwide.


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The Buffalo Bills will travel to Toronto to take on the Atlanta Falcons in their annual Canadian game on Sunday. There isn't much at stake here with both teams sporting losing records, but Buffalo needs a win to keep its slim playoff hopes alive. The Falcons are just playing out the string and hoping to end a disappointing season on a positive note.
Meet the Buffalo Bills
The Bills are 4-7 coming off their Week 12 bye. Despite the losing record, they're just one game behind in the wild card race. There's a logjam of teams with 5-6 records ahead of them, though, and they need a win over Atlanta to keep pace.
Buffalo's biggest area of strength is its defense. The Bills smothered the New York Jets in their last game, 37-14, sacking Geno Smith four times and getting three interceptions. That defense will be a problem for the Falcons, who are missing key offensive players.
Meet the Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta is reduced to playing for pride after starting the season with Super Bowl aspirations. The 2-9 Falcons have lost five in a row and are officially out of the playoff race. Their latest loss came to the New Orleans Saints, where the defense actually managed to hold Drew Brees' offense to 17 points. Atlanta was unable to capitalize on its offensive side, though. The seat is starting to get warm for Mike Smith, who has his first losing season at the helm for the Falcons.
Local Takes: Buffalo Bills
Brian Galliford from Buffalo Rumblings takes a look back at the Bills' history of playing in Toronto.
The Bills have played some brutal football in Toronto. They didn't crack 200 yards of offense in either of their first two games, and gave up 466 yards defensively to Seattle last season. Turnovers have been a more consistent problem at the Rogers Centre; the team has not yet committed fewer than two turnovers in a game at Toronto, and has a minus-9 turnover differential in that stadium.
Atlanta comes into this contest beat up and, at 2-9, have officially been eliminated from NFC playoff contention. This is a game that the Bills must win if they fancy themselves an up-and-coming organization, let alone want to make the playoffs. If they can finally put together a memorable performance in Toronto, ending a streak of dreary or forgettable play, that would be lovely, as well.
Local Takes: Atlanta Falcons
Dave Choate from The Falcoholic believes that the Bills' pass rush will be a nightmare matchup for the Falcons.
While the Buffalo Bills tilt in Toronto looks like one of the last winnable games of the season, I can't in good conscience say I expect that to happen.
That's largely because of a dominant Buffalo Bills line. The Bills have two defensive tackles who have seven sacks on the season in Marcell Dareus and Kyle Williams, for one thing. They also have Mario Williams at defensive end. When you consider that the Falcons have been sending a human turnstile out there at right guard and have no one approaching a great lineman anywhere on the line, this has the potential to be an ugly game for these Falcons.
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The spirit of Aussie Football is Dying
Footy fans unite, the law makers of the AFL are sanitising a full contact sport beyond recognition. We are all for protecting the head, we are all for improving the game, but we are not happy with the direction it is being driven. The spirit of our game is dying, and sports like netball, basketball, soccer and rugby will reap the benefits. Keep Aussie Rules Alive, its time to speak out, it is after all our game!
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BLUEFIELD (WVVA) - After a three-game rainout in Burlington, the Jays and Royals began a six-game series in Bluefield Wednesday evening.
Bluefield picked up the victory in the first game, which picked up in the fourth inning.
The Jays started the continued contest up 1-0, and added to their lead with a 6-run seventh inning -- ultimately going on to a 9-1 win.
Game two saw the Royals come back with a vengeance, taking an early 1-0 lead in the first.
The Jays would tie the came in the bottom of the second, and would eventually grab the 4-3 win.
The Jays and Royals will continue their double-headers for the next two days, before the Jays travel to Bristol for a weekend series.
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As stated on rivals.com Seth Allen will be a part of the Reebok Breakout Challenge this week. In the article it talks a bit about Seth Allen and how he is a relatively unknown nationally. But this will be Seth Allen's big chance to show that he can hang with the best prospects in the country. Rivals.com will be looking long and hard at him this week. Good Luck Seth... TERPNATION Stand up!!! Below is the paragraph in its entirety:
"What kind of player has Maryland gotten in Seth Allen
When Mark Turgeon landed the job at Maryland, one of his first orders of business was locking up a commitment from little known Seth Allen. A 6-foot-2 combo guard from Fredricksburg (Va.) Christian, Allen had been a primary target of Turgeon and his staff while they were at Texas A&M and word from program insiders is that the Terrapin staff was happy to lock him up so quickly upon their arrival in College Park.
Allen won't be an unknown much longer thanks to his expected appearance at Reebok (where he's slated to play on the same team as the previously mentioned Rysheed Jordan) this week. We're curious to see exactly what type of player the Terrapins have landed and will be watching him as closely as anybody in attendance."


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In addition to all the work surrounding Super Storm Sandy, the holidays are right around the corner, creating a lot of hands-on work for charity groups in the community.
Some of that work includes handing out Thanksgiving meals or getting child gift boxes ready to send out to kids who could use some holiday cheer—all of which takes some helping hands.
The Salvation Army is boxing up gifts to send to the children of inmates in Sioux Falls. But it takes a lot of hands to get the package from the store to under that child's Christmas tree.
"For this package to be delivered, actually involved 10 different people.....for the people who purchased it, for the people who wrapped it, for the people who packaged it and now the people who are going to deliver it," said Salvation Army Major Thomas E. Riggs.
If you're not a hands a person, organizations like United Way also use volunteer to help raise funds for area charities.
"Approximately 1% of the people that work to help raise that money is paid staff, the other 99% is volunteers," said United Way Volunteer Campaign Chair Dave Long.
With all non-profit organizations in Sioux Falls and across the country, volunteer are essential for providing the services non-profits offer.
"We have more than 200 volunteers here at the Red Cross…if we had to pay all 200 volunteers, there's no way we could afford it," said Sioux Empire Red Cross Director Nancy Hanneman.
One way to get involved right away this Holiday season is the Salvation Army's Christmas Kettles. They will be going up outside shopping centers starting Friday and the Salvation Army is still looking for jingle volunteers to go with the kettles.
If you would like to volunteer with the Christmas kettles, stop by the Salvation Army Center on 800 N. Cliff Avenue to fill out a volunteer form; they will work out a time and place for you to serve.
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- Picking a Foodservice Provider: The View From Both Sides
- How a company evaluates the proposals
When a company issues an RFP, the process of selecting an operator has just begun. Here's a look at what goes into a good proposal and how companies often make their decisions.
How a company evaluates the proposals
When proposals are submitted, the company's evaluation team has a formidable task—reading and analyzing from two to six documents that can run to 200 pages or more.
"I look for realistic responses and truthful numbers," says Health Services' Ventura, "not 'we can run it on a P&L' when the requirements of the operation dictate a subsidy. The proposal should offer fresh, healthful food and an efficient operating model."
This is the point where a selection process can bog down. The members of the evaluation team can quickly discount proposals that miss the mark—they don't meet the company's requirements or have unrealistic financial projections. But what to do with the others, which can seem to be very similar? Team members have other priorities related to their main jobs and often put off meetings and decisions about how to proceed. This is important, but they have projects to manage, meetings to attend, reports to prepare and e-mails to answer. The proposers are often left hanging, wondering what's happening.
"I solicit feedback from the client on the response and prepare my team for presentations, site visits and tastings," say Welsh, in the interim between submitting the proposal and learning what the next step will be.
Occasionally, the decision-maker will pick a company on the strength of the proposal and a few telephone conferences with the contractor. This is more likely when cost is the overriding factor in the selection.
More often, the most responsive proposers will be asked to attend an interview or even make a formal presentation, complete with PowerPoint shows, elaborate food displays and tastings. When cost isn't the most important consideration, here's where the contractor wins or loses.
The contractor's delegation is headed by the sales representative and includes one or more executives (the more important the contract, the higher the level of executive), the regional vice president, district manager and support personnel, including an executive chef in a spotless white uniform.
The client often will want to meet the candidate's on-site manager, but the contractor may be reluctant to present one. A qualified, already-employed manager isn't readily available, or the time lag between award and startup date is so long (as in the case of a facility still under construction) that the promised manager may not be available when expected.
When contractors under consideration seem evenly matched, the decision-makers can have a difficult time choosing.
In one instance, a large company that was moving to new offices had to choose between its longtime contractor and the contractor's principal rival.
Both companies were subjected to intensive interviews. The incumbent's regional vice president had been transferred to this city only a few weeks before and fumbled answers to some questions about its operations at other, similar companies in the area. Responses by its rival were smooth, confident and complete, but some interviewers still favored the incumbent, whose on-site manager, executive chef and district manager were well liked and competent.
After the incumbent's interview was over, the company's chief financial officer, who had said little during the session, spoke up: "Their oatmeal is too runny."
The other company was awarded the contract.
Tom MacDermott, FCSI, is President of Clarion Group, a consulting organization specializing in dining and hospitality services.


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Mullan, who has been training with England this week, comes into the squad for British and Irish Lion Alex Corbisiero, who injured his knee during Tuesday's training session.
The only other change to the group which defeated Argentina 31-12 last Saturday is the return of Leicester Tigers scrum half Ben Youngs, who has recovered from a hip injury to replace Danny Care.
London Wasps wing Christian Wade is out with a hamstring strain and likewise London Irish wing Marland Yarde, who also missed the Pumas win, is not yet fully fit.
Stuart Lancaster said: "Alex took part in this morning's forwards training session but suffered some discomfort to his knee. He did not train this afternoon and will not be available for selection for the weekend.
"It is disappointing for Alex, having missed last year's Six Nations because of an injury to his other knee, and with Mako (Vunipola) also unavailable, it's a great opportunity for Joe Marler and Matt Mullan, who has been with us all week and is raring to go in the 23. Marland Yarde and Christian Wade have not recovered in time to be available for this game while Henry Trinder is still recovering from a dead leg.
Recalling the vocal atmosphere when England romped to a record victory over New Zealand in front of a vibrant Twickenham crowd this time last year, Lancaster called for more of the same.
He added: "We've had a good start to the week and now it's a case of tapering down the training and getting ourselves ready for the ultimate challenge. The Twickenham crowd has been great over the last two weeks and we know they will be just as vocal as they were against New Zealand last year."
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Tax Havens – Silently Sabotaging the UNCAC and the Stability of Societies
Tax havens have become the most destructive financial force in history, quietly robbing vast sums from municipalities, small businesses and ordinary taxpayers. US Senator Carl Levin says that tax havens are "engaging in economic warfare against the United States and honest, hard-working Americans." But it is not just Americans who are victimized by tax havens; it is 99% of citizens in most countries around the world.
This economic warfare strikes at the heart of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). The bedrock purpose of the UNCAC is "to promote and strengthen measures to prevent and combat corruption" (Art. 1(a)), and the fundamental concern that has prompted 165 countries and organizations to ratify the UNCAC is "the seriousness of problems and threats posed by corruption to the stability and security of societies." (Preamble). Yet Tax Havens grow stronger every year, all while serving as the chief ally for corrupt officials, drug lords and tax evaders hiding their loot from law enforcement.
For decades, law enforcement officers have pleaded for legislation against tax havens, but the havens and their wealthy beneficiaries have fought them off. Last Spring, Robert Morgenthau, the legendary former Manhattan District Attorney, complained in the New York Times that, "secrecy laws in these tax havens are at the root of serious crimes: fraud, money laundering and international terrorism. Follow the trail of nearly any major financial scandal and you will enter one or more of these notorious jurisdictions." Similar findings were made by the UNODC in its 1998 report, "Financial Havens, Banking Secrecy and Money-Laundering."
Tax Havens abetted the theft of $5 billion from Nigeria by Abacha; the swindling of billions from retirees by Ponzi scammers Bernie Madoff and Robert Stanford; massive bankruptcies of companies like Enron and Parmalat; and the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) scandal with its connections to the Medellin Cartel and the notorious assassin Abu Nidal.
The amount stashed in offshore accounts is staggering, between $5 trillion (Internal Revenue Service webpage) to $32 trillion (Tax Justice Network). In comparison, the deposits of all the banks in the United States total $10 trillion. The Cayman Islands alone (population 55,000) has $1.9 trillion on deposit, three times as much as all the banks in Manhattan.
Why has all this money landed offshore? One answer can be found in Switzerland. After a 2009 tax fraud settlement between the U.S. and Swiss bank UBS, 33,000 U.S. citizens voluntarily disclosed their offshore accounts and paid $5 billion to the IRS.
A second answer is "transfer pricing" and "false invoicing." Multinationals adjust their books to shift profits offshore where taxes are low, and count costs onshore where they become deductions against tax. Last Spring, the US Securities and Exchange Commission asked Pfizer, Inc., the world's largest pharmaceutical company, how it could reconcile an overseas earnings figure of $15 billion on revenues of $26.9 billion with a loss of $2.2 billion in the U.S. on revenues of $40.5 billion. Pfizer replied that further information about its earnings would not add value for investors. And that was it; the SEC had no further comments.
No wonder small businesses are being crushed and cannot produce the new jobs the world needs. When Wall Street arranges for big corporations to avoid taxes by registering in the Cayman Islands, who picks up the deficiency to maintain roads and bridges, pay for police and fire protection, and educate our children? The answer is the main street businesses and "99 percenters" who don't have tax haven accounts. If their contributions are insufficient, the community goes without.
American revenues lost to tax havens are estimated at $100 billion, a gigantic transfer of wealth from ordinary taxpayers to rich people and a nifty competitive advantage for big corporations. Along with the growth of Tax Havens over the last 50 years, income inequality has grown dramatically, reducing social cohesion, increasing social unrest, and thereby weakening society as a whole.
Thirty years ago, Mexico's President José Lopez Portillo railed against "a group of Mexicans… led and advised and supported by the private banks that have taken more money out of the country than the empires that exploited us since the beginning of time." Now capital flight threatens the entire global economy. Last year, former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou declared that his country might have avoided a bailout if it had not been robbed of funds funneled into tax havens.
There are promising signs that pressure from the press may change the situation. For example, growing fury in the UK over miniscule tax payments made by corporate giants Starbucks, Google and Amazon has caused the Chancellor of the Exchequer to promise to use Britain's imminent chairmanship of the G8 to wage war on tax havens. Unfortunately, the US and the UK are two of the biggest tax havens on the planet, and the Chancellor will need lots of help to succeed.
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Last spring we heard an excellent talk by Edwin Gnandt (Professor at Ambrose University College) on the shifts in piano playing and teaching from the Romantic Period to the current scene. A summary can be found by clicking here.
Last week Edwin gave pretty much the same talk at the APTA Conference but with a few extras tossed in. I took copious notes – again. Here are some tidbits that either didn't make their way into my first post, or that he added on for this talk. He told us the facts without value judgements. The pontificating is mine :)
- Composition – all pianists were also composers. This has been lost in the general education and skill set of pianists today. Composition is a completely separate major in Universities and Music Schools. Not being one myself, but in awe of those who are, I still hasten to defend the position that this is not a completely bad thing. Anthologies are full of pieces that should never have been published. Still, the exercise is probably a good thing.
- Asynchronization – the Romantic practice of playing the Right Hand melody after the Left Hand bass line. It was a form of expressiveness and rubato. It drives me crazy when I still hear it today – and I go to great lengths to get my students to get those hands precisely together. And then – horrors – I hear myself doing the same thing.
- Memorization – caused a big stir when performers started playing without the score. They were accused of disrespecting the score. Today memorization is embraced so we have to teach it and promote it. It gives the impression of freedom and spontaneity but, in fact, the opposite may be more true for some.
There was some discussion about this topic. Someone (Edwin, I think) asked if the pressure and need to play from memory hasn't destroyed the pleasure of playing. The fear of losing one's place in the score is related to the fear of playing wrong notes – another shift from earlier times, when Brahms expected that people would of course know what the right notes should be so he didn't have to bother playing them all.
A heartening moment came during the impromptu discussion when Edwin himself, a pianist and teacher for whom I have a great deal of respect, admitted that he quit a solo career to focus on collaborative playing and teaching because he just didn't want to deal with the memory and wrong-notes issues. I think I breathed a big sigh of relief.
We need to give ourselves and our students permission to play the wrong notes in performance (after working very hard to make sure we don't!). Perhaps then some more of the pleasure will be restored – and certainly the lessons will be more affirmative.
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I have decided to migrate my tweet and retweet posts from my open source blog to my company blog. The truth else is that now much would not happen here and the contents of the posts are not necessarily open source related.
After reading David Golden's (@xdg) excellent blog post on putting your social media on cruise control I decided to give a go and registered for Tumblr, IFTTT and Buffer.
Following David's guidelines I swiftly got workflow up and running and I have been using it all week.
This weeks tweets and retweets do bear some indication of this, since it took me some time to get my processes going. The setup works marvelously, it is simply the human element – me.
So some of the tweets should have been retweets, but my interaction with the new setup, meant that this fact got lost, since I interacted with Tumblr/IFTTT/Buffer via the browser and the Tumblr/Buffer plugins and not directly with twitter. I have however now installed a Chrome plugin for twitter, meaning I can retweet in a more correct manner, without loosing history.
At the same time I have started digging through my backlog so many of my tweets are dated, but I find that quite a few of them are still relevant and interesting. Most of them does not originate from Twitter from some of all the blogs I follow – and believe me I have a long backlog of articles and stuff I need to process.
But lets get started, with a nifty little utility for assisting in development using JSON, a basic CLI tool named 'jq'
@jonasbn: Interesting JSON commandline tool 'jq' http://t.co/btCnedjM
In additition to the above tool, 'JSTerm' might prove interesting:
@jonasbn: Better JavaScript Development With 'JSTerm' for Firefox | Webmonkey | Wired.com http://t.co/ZgBttOr1
The next part will have a theme to it: 'Coding Style', this is a coincidence, but nonetheless very interesting to evaluate more somewhat related resources at once, so I decided to surpass the ceiling for these post on 4 tweets to give a more interesting overall set of resources on a the topic of coding style.
I will start out by pointing to a presentation by Volker Dusch (@__edorian), the presentation gives a perspective on the value of code and why it is important to do code right and not spend time on all sorts of other activities, which are part of software development, but are more in the field of project activities, I might revisit this presentation and parts of it in the future, since it holds many interesting aspects.
@jonasbn: Really interesting presentation: 'Stop wasting-time-by-applying-clean-code-principles' http://t.co/w8S5Wx9t" #cleancode #tdd #pragmatism
Very much down the same line is a blog post by Jakob Skjerning (@mentalizer), again a hard approach to coding, but again some very interesting aspects on the core of software development, coding.
@jonasbn: RT @mentalizer: "Doing things right isn't optional" – Making it Right: Technical Debt vs. Slop http://t.co/XVJHa5qR
Also in the past week I feel over a link to the Google coding guidelines for various of the languages used (C++, Objective-C, Python, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, XML and R) at Google for their open source projects. Is it me or is Dart missing???
@jonasbn: google-styleguide – Style guides for Google-originated open-source projects – Google Project Hosting http://t.co/DrrJa1fN
I program primarily in Perl, so the following blog post was interesting to me, it holds some good arguments on why a certain Perl practice can be considered harmful and all in all it fits in on the topic of coding style.
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