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Morning Glories Ministry
"Weeping may last for the night, but joy comes in the morning." Psalm 30:5b
Morning Glories Ministry for Widows© is a ministry of encouragement, comfort and empathy for women who are going through the difficult time following the death of their husband. We want to come along side those who have recently become widows, or who have been widows for many years.
Please call the Morning Glories information line at (813) 689-4229, ext. 314, to learn about upcoming events that include day trips, luncheons and teas and other activities that encourage the formation of new friendships.
A Bible Fellowship Class for all Morning Glories is facilitated by Carolyn Jones and is sure to be an encouragement to all. This class is not about widowhood. Many of us found that church attendance was difficult after the deaths of our husbands. We are women of all ages, with a shared life experience, studying God's Word together.
We look forward to meeting you and walking side-by-side with you on your journey.
Class Time: 11 a.m. on Sunday mornings
Location: Room 11 of the Education Annex, which is located on the west side of the Bell Shoals Campus


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Franklin Wood, 27, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Waynesboro Circuit Court to three counts of failing to register as a sex offender.
He could face a year in prison for those convictions. Wood may also be looking at another five years for possession of a firearm by a violent offender.
The case will go before a grand jury in March.
Reported by Tara Todd.

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Missouri highway buckles after rail cars hit overpassTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS | May 26,2013AP PHOTO
Emergency personnel respond to the scene of a train derailment near Rockview, Mo., on Saturday. The National Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation into the cause of a cargo train collision that partially collapsed a highway overpass in southeast Missouri.CHAFFEE, Mo. A highway overpass in southeast Missouri collapsed early Saturday when rail cars slammed into one of the bridges pillars after a cargo train collision, authorities said. Seven people were injured, though none seriously.
The bridge collapsed after a Union Pacific train hit the side of a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train at a rail intersection. Derailed rail cars then hit columns supporting the Highway M overpass, causing it to buckle and partially collapse.
The National Transportation Safety Board launched an investigation into the cause of the cargo train collision, which happened about 2:30 a.m. near Chaffee, a town of about 3,000 southwest of Cape Girardeau.
Only two vehicles were on the overpass at the time. Five people in the vehicles were taken to Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, as were a Union Pacific train conductor and an engineer. All seven had been released by Saturday afternoon, hospital spokeswoman Felecia Blanton said.
Youre driving down the road and the next thing you know the bridge is not there. ... It could have been really bad, Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter said.
The crash derailed dozens of rail cars hauling scrap metal, automobiles and auto parts, tossing them into the overpass support columns. The highway was shut down for about 8 miles from Scott City to Chaffee.
The overpass was about 15 years old and in good condition but just couldnt withstand the impact from the rail cars, Walter said.
Two 40-foot sections of the overpass buckled while two cars were on the roadway, sending the cars into the edges of the collapsed sections. A diesel fire also broke out in one of the locomotives after the collision, but was quickly extinguished, Walter said.
When Blanton heard about the crash, she immediately went online and saw video footage of the scene and was bracing for the worst, Blanton said. She said it was a real blessing that the injuries were relatively minor, the most serious being a fracture.
If you look at the pictures, theyre very dramatic, and there are no serious injuries, she said. So its amazing.
Walter said Deputy Justin Wooten was among the first at the scene and pulled the two Union Pacific employees out of the wrecked engine, which became lodged next to the trains second engine. That engine began burning after the crash.
Were very fortunate he was there, Walter said. He said all seven people injured were already out of the wreckage when he arrived about 15 minutes after the crash was reported.
People were talking; they were coherent. They understood what was happening, Walter said.
The cars on the overpass took a really bad hit when they collided with the bridge sections, but they stayed on all four tires and they just hit and landed and that was it, he said.
BNSF spokesman Andy Williams said the 75-car BNSF train, which was carrying scrap metal, was hit by the Union Pacific train about eight cars back from the locomotive. He said 12 cars on the BNSF train derailed.
Our crew was not impacted, Williams said.
Union Pacific spokeswoman Calli Hite said the 60-car UP train was carrying primarily automobiles or auto parts from Illinois to Texas. She said about a dozen UP railcars derailed.
Hite said the NTSB will determine what caused the accident. He said there was no immediate estimate on the amount of damage to the roadway or the rail cars.
We have no indication as to cause of the incident, but that will be handled by the NTSB, Hite said.
Williams said cleanup had not yet begun at midday Saturday because crews were waiting for the NTSB to arrive.
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|Can we use ruby for commercial
|Do we need to distribte our application with sources?
No. If you're using regex.c comes with 1.8.2, you have to allow
re-linking the binary (via supplying object files or dynamic linking),
because it's LGPL. If you are using Oniguruma new regex engine, you
have no such restriction.
Gabriele Renzi added:
IIRC 1.9 in the cvs already has oniguruma as the standard regex lib.
Bypass compulsory web registration via Firefox's right-click context
menu. Compatibile with Mozilla and current Firefox releases that use the
new extension manager. Visit bugmenot for
full details of their service.
Try a System
If you'd like to have a chance to try out an application that uses
CMU Sphinx, try the Communicator, an experimental system that helps you
plan air travel. You can reach it at the toll-free number 1-877-CMU-PLAN
(1-877-268-7526) or at +1 412 268 1084.. The system will provide real
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(Source: Paul Graham) I had a front row seat for the Internet Bubble,
because I worked at Yahoo during 1998 and 1999. One day, when the stock was
trading around $200, I sat down and calculated what I thought the price
should be. The answer I got was $12. I went to the next cubicle and told my
friend Trevor. "Twelve!" he said. He tried to sound indignant,
but he didn't quite manage it. He knew as well as I did that our
valuation was crazy.
Yahoo was a special case. It was not just our price to earnings ratio that
was bogus. Half our earnings were too. Not in the Enron way, of course. The
finance guys seemed scrupulous about reporting earnings. What made our
earnings bogus was that Yahoo was, in effect, the center of a pyramid
scheme. Investors looked at Yahoo's earnings and said to themselves,
here is proof that Internet companies can make money. So they invested in
new startups that promised to be the next Yahoo. And as soon as these
startups got the money, what did they do with it? Buy millions of dollars
worth of advertising on Yahoo to promote their brand. Result: a capital
investment in a startup this quarter shows up as Yahoo earnings next
quarter— stimulating another round of investments in startups.
I especially like this part: Nerds don't just happen to dress
informally. They do it too consistently. Consciously or not, they dress
informally as a prophylactic measure against stupidity.
Whoa, say what?
Rubydium is aiming to become an optimising reimplementation
of the Ruby 1.8 interpreter, currently its as good as vapourware
however the key mechanism has been prototyped, thusly before
commencing a major rewrite I thought i'd release the
current state of the art.
This hurts the ruby experience a little bit, because among those characters
are {}[]~\| …
and the solution
Fast Company has a terrific cover piece this month about Jeff Bezos.
My favorite part is when he talks about asking other people (experts, even)
for their opinion about new projects.
Inevitably, people say no. Don't do it. I don't like it. It'll fail.
Don't bother.
When I think about every successful project (whether it's a book
or a business or a website) the people I trust have always given
me exceedingly bad advice. And more often than not, that advice
is about being conservative.
The incentive plan here is pretty clear. If someone dissuades you
from trying, you can hardly blame them for the failure that doesn't
happen, right? If, on the other hand, they egg you on and you crash,
that really puts a crimp in the relationship...
I think the problem lies in the question. Instead of saying,
"what do you think?" as in, "what do you think about Amazon
offering 1,000,000 different titles even though some of them are really
hard for us to get..." the question ought to be, "how can I make this
project even MORE remarkable?"
I highly recommend you to read more of Seth Godin�s blog
"Are you still using a database?"
Madeleine is a Ruby implementation of Object Prevalence:
Transparent persistence of business objects using command
logging and snapshots.
Just figured it was a good time to release all the good stuff I and
Stephen Sykes have been preparing in the Madeleine CVS. YAML marshalling
and snapshot compression should be the highlights for our existing
Madeleine 0.7 (July 23, 2004):
* Broken clock unit test on win32 fixed.
* AutomaticSnapshotMadeleine detects snapshot format on recovery
* Snapshot compression with Madeleine::ZMarshal
* YAML snapshots supported for automatic commands
* SOAP snapshots supported for automatic commands
* Read-only methods for automatic commands
If you're planning to use either YAML or SOAP marshalling, beware that
there are objects and classes that Ruby's own Marshal can handle but
these can't. You will have to try for yourself if your application
works, both to make a snapshot and to read it back, with the marshaller
you want to use.


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Supreme Court to Hear Domestic Violence Case
Feb 15, 2006
To the surprise of most legal observers, the U.S. Supreme Court announced in January that it will hear the case of a Dallas woman who contends that pressure from her violent boyfriend caused her to purchase guns illegally.
Keshia Cherie Ashford Dixon alleges that, in 2003, she bought seven guns at two Dallas gun shows because she feared that her boyfriend would kill her and her two daughters if she did not. A felon, her boyfriend could not purchase the guns himself. Dixon was able to buy the guns only after providing an incorrect address and falsely claiming that she was not facing criminal charges; this was untrue, as she had been arrested and was under indictment for a check-cashing "scheme" at the time.
Dixon was convicted of lying to buy a firearm and receiving guns while under indictment, and sent to prison.
She appealed, claiming that she was a victim of battered women's syndrome whose rights were violated when the judge in the case would not allow jurors to consider expert testimony on the effects of domestic violence.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against her. Dixon then appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, filing a "pauper" appeal, meaning the Supreme Court waived the costs of filing the case because she could not afford to pay them.
The Bush Administration urged the Supreme Court not to consider Dixon's case, but the Justices have chosen to hear it. They will consider whether a defendant must prove that she or he was under duress, or whether it is the responsibility of the prosecution to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a defendant was not under duress.
Dixon's attorney, J. Craig Jett, told the Dallas Morning News that he is disappointed that the Supreme Court will not address the question of whether expert testimony should be allowed in cases involving women who experience battered women's syndrome. "It's really a legal issue, unfortunately, and that's too bad because they had the opportunity to really make a statement about the law and how the law is going to treat what it is to be battered," he said.
Dixon completed her sentence and left her abusive boyfriend, and today is supporting her family – but the case may affect other women who face similar circumstances in the future.
Oral arguments in Dixon v. United States are scheduled for April, with a ruling likely a few months later.


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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Oh, Irony...
It was announced this morning that Chris Brown will be performing at the Grammys this year. Obviously, this is an undeserved reward for a highly unstable and abusive human being. I'm pretty sure everyone agrees he's not a good guy, or someone we'd ever want to serve as a role model.
However, the real story here is that whoever wrote the story for the AP either has a sick sense of humor, or no self awareness whatsoever. What do I mean? Check out this passage from the AP story:
Brown admitted to assaulting then-girlfriend Rihanna at a pre-Grammy party in 2009 and is serving five years of probation for the felony attack. A source told The Associated Press on Monday that Brown will hit the stage at Sunday's show.
Well, at least he won't be hitting Rihanna again! Right? Right? Anyone?
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Monday, February 6, 2012
The Tao of Rube
For many New Englanders, today is a tough day. The events of Super Bowl XLVI will not soon fade from minds; the miscues, near-misses, and defeated imagery have cast a shadow over this otherwise spectacular February day. There are a number of coping strategies that would be perfectly fair to implement in this situation: denial (pretending nothing happened and everything is still OK), rage (preferably at anything related to the Giants, although several Patriots are fair game as well), or the "blackout" (completely ignoring anything and everything that could bring you into contact with a story about the game) are some popular choices. I, however, have chosen a different tack. I am going with what I like to call "the Rube Baker."
Who the hell is Rube Baker, you ask? Well, as the above clip will show you, he's a man who lacks basic intelligence (and the ability to throw the ball back to the pitcher), but also utilizes his simple mind to shed light on the most complicated of problems. He also happens to be a character in the movie "Major League II" played by legendary actor Eric Bruskotter, whose other credits include "Starship Troopers" and one episode of "Franklin & Bash."
Without ruining the pitch-perfect delivery of the story, the gist of the clip above is that when something bad happens to you, it is important to take a step back and look at the bigger picture. Sure, it may feel catastrophic at the time, but in the grand scheme of things there are worse things that could happen than losing a football game.
Bringing a game that happened less than 24 hours ago into perspective is, obviously, easier said than done. But let's take a quick stab at it anyway. Here are the facts:
-The Patriots lost the turnover battle
-They did the one thing they said they could not, which was commit dumb mistakes that led to either points for the Giants or points off the board for the Patriots
-They uncharacteristically managed the clock poorly on the final Giants drive, costing themselves two timeouts and about a minute of game clock
-They were out-gained in both passing and rushing yards
-This was by far their weakest of the five Super Bowl teams they've had since 2001
Now, in spite of all this, the Patriots
had the ball with a minute to go, one timeout, and the greatest quarterback in NFL history leading them, needing only a touchdown to win the game. Considering the sloppy game they played (particularly on offense), this was not a bad place to be. If you were offered this scenario in the preseason, wouldn't you take it every time? Obviously the drive did not turn out as desired, but the fact is that the Patriots just didn't quite peak at the right time (unlike the Giants), and more than anything else that is what cost them. Sometimes you eat the bar, and sometimes the bar eats you.
Yes, the season is over. Yes, it is probably the last way most fans would have chosen for the season to end. Yes, it hurts. But the reality is that this team is far from done. They have two picks in both the first and second rounds next year, potential assets they could use to trade up and take a stud WR like Justin Blackmon. They still have Tom Brady, who will be back with a vengeance next year. As cool as he plays it, there is no way that being denied at least a tie with his idol Joe Montana for Super Bowl titles by a QB doesn't eat at him. The defense is young, and when healthy, proved that they can occasionally not suck. Gronk and Hernandez are redefining the tight end position. They've got most of the pieces already in place for another Super Bowl run, which is better than most teams can say.
As hard as it is to do, we need to back up and avoid the typical panic that sets in when a team's season comes to an end. We need to resist doling blame and trying to find scapegoats for the ultimate failure of the 2011-12 Patriots. This isn't like the Red Sox collapse; Vince Wilfork and Logan Mankins weren't sitting in the locker room eating Popeye's and slamming Buds at halftime. Hopefully. And even if they were, I'd be way too scared to tell them to stop.
Sometimes, you just lose. It's the inherent cruelty of sports, but it's also the reason why we watch. If the result were always certain and your team always won, what fun would it be?
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Tebowner Alert!
At long last, it has happened. After all the buildup, the doubt, and the anticipation, our moment of truth will arrive one week from Sunday in Miami. Timothy Richard Tebow, the Heisman Trophy and National Championship winning, God-fearing quarterback of the Denver Broncos, will make
his first start of the 2011-12 season
. We are about to see the ultimate litmus test for people who believe in "the end justifies the means."
Never in the history of the league has so much time been devoted to discussing a backup quarterback. So much has been made of Tebow's abysmal footwork and loopy, slow throwing motion that you'd think the guy had never been successful on any level. I can see why commentators of all types want him to fail, though; the generally held belief is that a quarterback's technique must be flawless in order for him to succeed on the field. If Tebow- who last Sunday ran around the pocket with all the order and precision of a
Roadhouse fight scene
- is somehow able to succeed, then we will have to reconsider everything we thought we knew about quarterbacking.
After all, Tebow is one of the greatest winners in the history of college football. He won two national championships, a Heisman Trophy, and holds pretty much every record Florida has. Plus,
this speech
of his was emblazoned on the side of the athletic center
while he was still on the team
. He is a winner, a leader, and someone who by all accounts never gets into trouble*. He is a deity in the state of Florida. He has been the subject of two ESPN documentaries. When he wore the bible verse "John 3:16" on his eye black in the 2009 BCS championship game, 92 million people Googled it immediately after.
Plus, he steadfastly maintains that he is a virgin. Considering the ample options I'm sure were thrown at him at Florida, that is probably the most impressive thing about him.
Tebow captivates an audience in a way we almost never see from athletes. And, when someone does grab our attention, it is usually driven by exploits on the field. Tebow has played in exactly four NFL games, and his stats aren't exactly eye-popping (a sub-50 completion percentage doesn't inspire much confidence), so clearly that isn't the sole reason for his mass appeal. Throughout his career he has granted fans an accessibility rarely seen; he genuinely understands the importance of being such a revered figure, and he embraces it wholeheartedly. He is vocal about his religious convictions, but is not pushy or judgmental. He is omnipresent, but never in your face. He does so little to offend, that I am not sure how you could watch an extended interview with him and
come away impressed.
The split between fans and analysts on Tebow, though, is almost comical. Most football fans familiar with Tebow's story want him to succeed; most analysts want him to fail. While these talking heads have a lot more at stake**, they also should want to see Tebow do well. He represents a new, potentially franchise player who can revitalize a Denver team that has badly needed a star since John Elway retired almost fifteen years ago. He can be a face of the next generation of NFL stars, since (sadly) Brady, Manning, et al. won't be around forever.
I'm not really sure these guys have much credibility to start, given how far off most of their predictions end up being, but oh well.
While Tebow likely will fall somewhere between Hall-of-Famer and complete bust, this author is hoping for a long and successful career for him.
It would be refreshing to have a vocal, principled person as the face of the NFL, which generally keeps its superstars as faceless as possible. Plus, I am dying to see all the naysayers explain how a guy who throws like a windmill on a mini golf course has suddenly become a superstar. If you're looking for me next Sunday, I'll be right where countless others are stationed: in front of my TV, watching Tim Tebow lead the Broncos to a much-needed win over the truly horrendous Miami Dolphins. I think I'm going to need a cold shower immediately afterwards.
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Thursday, September 29, 2011
When is 2011 Like 2004?
As we now sift through the myriad postmortems on the Red Sox season, I find myself feeling especially grateful this morning. I am grateful not just for the two World Series titles in the last eight seasons, but also for the way in which we got to watch the Red Sox lose this year. The whole model for the season was bound to fail from the start; team-owned NESN's website went on the record
comparing them to the 1927 Yankees
before the season has even started!
Rather than bemoan the fate of a team that spent an average of $1.78 million per win this season, we should instead be celebrating the historically spectacular failure we just witnessed.
It is one thing to see a team of beloved players who seem like "good" guys come up short; in those circumstances, we would deeply sympathize with the team and their fans. However, this Red Sox incarnation was a team built with a slew of unlikable players: the petulant and horrendous John Lackey, the oft-injured and volatile Kevin Youkilis, and (of course!) the silent and apathetic JD Drew. And that is only just a small portion of the roster; there were plenty of guys that every other fan base simply
. Over the course of the season, even Sox fans themselves grew irritated with the antics/poor performances of some of these same players (see: Crawford, Carl). This team lacked any fire, and seemed to take pretty much any loss lying down; I can't recall a single player seeming angry or fired up after a tough loss. Even last night, in a pregame interview, David Ortiz looked half asleep and suggested that this was "just another game."
The incompetence required to outspend your rival by 382.2% and still manage to lose is truly impressive. It requires a perfect storm of ineptitude: wild overspending on underachievers (Crawford, Drew, Lackey), terrible trades (Eric Bedard? Really?), paying for players who are no longer on the team (remember Mike Cameron?), and a barren farm system (Who the hell is Kyle Weiland, and why is he starting critical games in September?). I won't pretend to have any financial knowledge, but it is truly baffling to me that with all that money, the Sox couldn't manage to spend even a quarter of it on good value. It always seems it's a team like Tampa who finds the scrapheap reliever or utility infielder who makes the critical plays at the right times. Instead, we get the opposite. The Sox spend big money and expect that results will naturally follow. The flashy signing- and subsequent media fawning over- of Crawford and the extension for Adrian Gonzalez echoed, although certainly not as strongly, the way the Miami Heat were treated last offseason. Before they took the field, it seemed, a championship was theirs.
And now we arrive at the collapse itself. The Sox went 7-20 in September. That is, quite simply, historically bad. Like "worst in franchise history" bad. Like "even the worst teams in baseball win more than a quarter of their games" bad. It's the type of once in a generation- or even a lifetime- events that we have to cherish when we see it. Face it, how boring would it have been if instead of going 7-20, the Sox had simply played mediocre baseball in September and gone 13-14, easily made the playoffs, then lost to Texas in the ALDS? Where's the fun in that? With the state of their pitching staff, this team wasn't going to get past the first round of the playoffs, anyway. At least we Sox fans can say we got to witness something the likes of which has never been seen before.
While this is obviously not as emotionally rewarding an event as the 2004 comeback against the Yankees, it is almost equally monumental. Just as a team had never come back from a 3-0 deficit, so too had a team never blown a 9 game lead with 25 games left to play. While it is the wrong side of history, it is history nevertheless! The pain that accompanies watching this collapse should be fleeting; these players never looked like they cared anyway. I grant you that a couple of them (Pedroia, Ellsbury, Papelbon) probably did want to win, but that was not enough to overcome the apathy of their teammates. Rather than lament the 100+ wins and championship parade that could have been, we should instead fondly remember (and indeed celebrate) this team for what they were: historically great losers.
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011
My Breaking Point
So yesterday, a loyal reader/friend of the program
informed me of a story here
informing the world that there will soon be a remake of the cinematic classic "Point Break." For those not in the know, the movie can be summed up thusly: Swayze, Reeves, FBI agent infiltrates operation of bank robbing surfers. In a very weird twist, it is directed by
Kathryn Bigelow
, the former Mrs. James Cameron who won a Best Director Oscar in 2008 for "The Hurt Locker."
To remake a work as complete and flawless as "Point Break" is a truly blunderous and tragic error. Have any painters tried to "re-envision" Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel? Have any poets tried to "improve" Shakespeare's sonnets? Of course not! These are all magnificent works of art that withstand the fickle nature of popular culture, and society as a whole. To try to change them in any way, to reshape them to appease a "modern" audience, betrays the artistic integrity with which they were created. They represent the nature of true art: timeless and powerful throughout the ages, transcending the vacillations of a world where trends and flash and rule over substance. Instead, through their beauty and elegance, these works connect generations.
And so we arrive back at "Point Break." This film* has everything one could ever ask for. It has action, romance, intrigue, and classic one-liners (see examples
, and
). You have Swayze and Reeves at the height of their powers: Swayze with his unparalleled coolness, and Reeves with his unparalleled vacantness. There's Gary Busey in an Oscar-worthy turn as the prototypical grizzled veteran cop, Angelo Pappas. There is, too, the obligatory, comically terrible romantic subplot that exists in nearly every action movie. It has it all.
I refuse to call it a movie. My favorite trope of the stereotypical cinematic snob is to refer to anything remotely decent as a "film." This device can be used seriously (e.g., "'Avatar' was truly the most important film of our generation.") or ironically (e.g., "It's a real film, Jack." [from Boogie Nights, obviously]). Either way, as long as you say it while closing your eyes, you will have created the perfect caricature.
So why, then, must we attempt to tweak what is already so well done? This type of nitpicking is how legacies are sullied and careers destroyed. While the laziness that comes with simply rebooting a long-dormant franchise has become a vital part of moviemaking these days (Smurfs? Tron? Land of the Lost? Who is asking for these movies?), usually the movies that get remade are eminently improvable. Between Point Break and the forthcoming "Footloose" remake**, things have now gone too far.
I talk about this video far too often, but please do yourself a favor and watch the
Footloose warehouse dance solo
. You can't possibly see this and think it can be improved upon. Kevin Bacon, crushing beer and cigarettes, dancing his emotions out. Gold.
I also want to deliver a special message to Keanu Reeves: don't do it! I know making a cameo seems like a good idea, but it isn't. Instead, you should protest this film's creation. Take legal action if you must. Anything to protect the good name of Special Agent/Ohio State Quarterback Johnny Utah. Raising Swayze rise from the grave, "Ghost"-style, would likewise help create the grassroots movement needed to keep the original Point Break as the only Point Break.
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Friday, September 9, 2011
Strike a Pose
Some of you may recall earlier in this space an exposé on my distaste for sidewalk meanderers. These feelings haven't changed; if anything, a year living in a big city only further accentuated just how much these people need to be stopped. However, I recently departed my former palace in Boston's North End in favor of the delightfully pretentious city of Cambridge in an attempt to restore a modicum of sanity to my everyday life.
Perhaps, I thought, my days of despising pedestrians were behind me. I was, after all, joining my kind of people: self-important, poorly dressed, and enamored of
cultural buzzwords (e.g., "sustainable"). However, while I have only been in the neighborhood for just over a week, I have discovered that an equally dislikable monster roams the Cambridge streets: the crosswalk stiff armer.
Cambridge is, as anyone who lives there will constantly remind you, a very people-friendly city. Ample trees, bike lanes, and crosswalks are interspersed within the city's many busy roads, which makes it a place best navigated on foot. While this is great for the Earth, it also cultivates a sickening sense of entitlement in all pedestrians as they dart in and out of traffic with impunity. They want all drivers to know that they, in fact, own the road.
The stiff-armer is the worst of these offenders. Not content with simply crossing and assuming an oncoming driver will quickly stop to avoid hitting them and doing jail time, the stiff-armer actually takes things a step further. She* will actually slow down in the crosswalk, throw up her hand as if she were striking a Heisman pose, and try to stare you down. Oftentimes, she has wandered out into the crosswalk before you have showed any intention of stopping. She simply doesn't care.
*I'm not in any way attempting to be progressive here by eschewing the typical "he" pronoun. Call me sexist, but this person is usually a woman. Sorry ladies.
The concept of pedestrians having the right of way doesn't bother me. What bothers me about these people is their attitude. They need to learn a little respect for the 2000+ pound piece of metal that is hurtling towards them. If they miscalculate their move into the sidewalk, they're dead. That's a fact.
This lack of appreciation for the power of cars is deeply disturbing, but it is ultimately the fault of we drivers who have tacitly allowed it to develop. Like a group of enabling friends, we have stood idly be as these people's behavior has spiraled out of control, slowly losing our grip on the rules that brought peace and order to our roads. The time has come for an intervention.
While I would never advocate committing a crime, it's time for the drivers to fight back. Next time you are driving, if someone tries to throw up the stiff arm, give them a little nudge, show them who's boss. A stiff arm
barely works against Ray Lewis
; I'm going to guess that it is not going to work too well against a moving vehicle. I was always taught in school that when trying to explain something one should "show, don't tell." Is there any better way to "show" someone who is in charge than via a lovetap from your front bumper?
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Wednesday, September 7, 2011
On days like today, when the humidity of summer is gone and that little twinge of coldness once again returns to the air, I am reminded that it is time for schools everywhere to resume. This point was driven home by my almost running over several small children on my way to work this morning. If I remember correctly from my own days in school, sharing hilarious jokes and expressions you learned over the summer is a vital part of this "welcome back" ritual.
Unfortunately, some of these zingers can be mean-spirited or, even worse, stupid. They are often pulled from popular culture with little thought to whether they actual have any comedic merit. My least favorite of these popular expressions is the somehow still-popular "no homo."
According to all-powerful Wikipedia, "the term originated in East Harlem slang of the early 1990s," but yet also was uttered in Caddyshack when "Ty Webb (Chevy Chase) uses the line in response to a question from the young lady he is entertaining."* One of my role models, Lil' Wayne, uses it liberally in many of his songs.
While searching for "Caddyshack no homo" brings up some interesting results, I did also find the quote at the bottom of
this page
Regardless of its genesis, I don't really understand the point of this phrase. I'm not sure how it helps one's point in any way; if a male says to one of his male friends, "I love the way you're wearing your hair, no homo," I'm pretty certain I know what part of the message is going to be remembered.
In any case, I am here to suggest an alternative to this played-out figure of speech. Sure, you might get some strange looks at first, but if you start using these I guarantee you will be a trailblazer in the creation of popular phrases. Or, at the very least, get some credit as an innovator. With practical examples for use in everyday life, I give you, the (very few) readers, No Hobo:
"That abandoned boxcar looks really comfortable, let's go camp out in it…no hobo"
"I'm really cold, let's go warm our hands over that barrel of burning trash…no hobo"
"There's something really satisfying in putting all of your possessions in a bandana, tying them to stick, and going for a really long walk…no hobo"
"Sometimes it just tastes better to eat baked beans straight from the can…no hobo"
"I'm totally going to steal that shopping cart and use it to store my stuff in…no hobo"
"We should go grab all the cans out of the trash so we can get 5 cents for them…no hobo"
There are many other variations and possibilities to this punchline, but I wouldn't want to ruin all the fun for you. I encourage everyone to take this into their workplaces and social lives. Try it out, just not on any hobos. They might be offended at your making light of their very real problems. You wouldn't want to get punched out, although sleeping on the sidewalk is surprisingly comfortable…no hobo.
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Friday, June 3, 2011
Listen my children and you shall hear...
Sometimes, you have to pick apart and analyze video footage to make a point. You have to explore, synthesize, and refine your argument until it is ready to be presented. However, sometimes a piece of footage will speak for itself. And here we get an enduring lesson about how our forefathers loved and protected the 2nd amendment from those horrible British overlords with their words and their bells. Your move, gun control lobby!
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The Lynching of Leo Frank
The Trial Begins
Reading the press accounts of the time, there is no question that the Leo Frank trial, at least in the South, was the O.J. Simpson case of that era. After four months of constant front-page coverage by most of the major Southern newspapers, nation-wide publications took up the coverage, and garbled press accounts of rumors were accompanied by impassioned editorials both for and against the accused.
Pre-trial publicity was extensive, and generally unfavorable to Frank. The Atlanta newspapers and the public they served were yet to be convinced of Frank's innocence, and doubts were raised by two of the three Atlanta dailies over whether an unprejudiced jury could be found. Indeed, the newspapers had inflamed the public to the degree that an unruly crowd surrounded the courthouse during the entire trial. Twenty policemen were assigned to guard the courtroom. This same crowd, only a few of whom could find seats in the courtroom, would later be extremely vocal during the actual court proceedings.
The lawyers in the trial, both for the defense and the prosecution, were among the best known in the South. Luther Rosser, a relentless examiner of witnesses, and Reuben Arnold, a highly regarded criminal lawyer, represented the defense. The prosecution consisted of the very political and admired Solicitor General, Hugh Dorsey, and another well-known Georgia lawyer, Frank Harper.
At the opening of the trial, the prosecution sought to establish Leo Frank's guilt circumstantially. They began with expert witnesses, two of whom testified that blood drops on the floor of the second floor workroom --- a room directly across the hall from Frank's office --- was the blood of Mary Phagan, although no scientific analysis of the blood had been done. Further, strands of Mary Phagan's hair were found on a lathe in the same workroom, although --- again --- no scientific analysis of the strands had been carried out. The experts merely expressed their "professional opinions."
The prosecution moved on to establish the probable time of death of the victim, probably between noon and 12:15 p.m., according to the examining physician. Then they tried to establish that Frank had been the last person --- other than the murderer, if it was not he --- to see Mary Phagan alive. Monteen Stover, one of the pencil factory employees, testified that she had arrived at 12:05 p.m. to collect her pay, did not find Frank in his office, and left the building at 12:10 p.m. This contradicted Frank's statement to the police on April 28, when he told them that Mary Phagan had come to his office between 12:05 and 12:10 p.m., and that he had been in his office during the entire period from 12:00 noon until 12:30 p.m. Hence, the prosecution claimed, Leo Frank had the opportunity to murder Mary Phagan during the time that Monteen Stover was waiting outside his empty office.
The heart of the prosecution's case, however, was the testimony of Jim Conley. For the prosecution, everything depended on how credible Jim Conley's story appeared to the jury.


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Police say one person was shot at the Plantation Townhomes last week and was taken to the hospital. They said the shooting started with an altercation, but they are still investigating.
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Campaign urges smokers to quit
Stoptober, the first ever national campaign to encourage people to quit smoking has been launched.
'Stoptober' campaign video launched
A national campaign to encourage people to quit smoking, dubbed "Stoptober," has been launched today.
Here is the campaign video:
Smoking campaign costs 'a couple of million' pounds
Health minister Norman Lamb, who revealed he quit smoking last week, said the cost of the campaign was about "a couple of million" pounds.
He told BBC Breakfast:
It costs the NHS over £2.7 billion a year, over 1,200 people admitted to hospital every day as a result of smoking, so this is an enormous killer.
With the number of lives that are lost, and the number of families that are destroyed as a result of that, surely to commit a bit of resource to a campaign that could result in saving lives is worthwhile.
New national campaign urges smokers to quit
A national campaign urging smokers to quit for a month is to be launched by the Government.Read the full story
People should 'enjoy' giving up smoking, says government health adviser
Chief Medical Officer Professor Dame Sally Davies has said people should "enjoy" giving up smoking, as the nationwide's first ever quit campaign is launched.
She said: "Our new campaign is to get people enjoying giving up smoking.
"We encourage people not to reach for the packet, it really isn't helping you, engage with Stoptober and see if you can be one of the many people who will quit."
Government health adviser backs quit smoking campaign
The Government's most senior health adviser has backed the nationwide Stoptober quit smoking campaign and encouraged people to take up the scheme.
– Chief Medical Officer Professor Dame Sally Davies
Smoking is still the biggest cause of premature death in England, taking more than 100,000 lives in the UK every year.
This is the first time that we have launched a mass quit attempt like Stoptober. I would encourage people who want to quit to get involved.
National campaign calls on smokers to quit for 28 days
Stoptober, the first ever national campaign to encourage people to quit smoking has been launched.
The innovative campaign comes as smoking remains the biggest killer in England with half of long-term smokers dying prematurely from smoking related diseases.
Stoptober which takes place from 1 October and is backed by Cancer Research UK and the British Heart Foundation is the first 28 day quit attempt of its kind to encourage the nations eight million smokers to make the step towards a smokefree future.
Smokers will receive support and encouragement through TV and radio advertising which goes live on Monday 10 September, plus a daily messaging service and roadshows around the country.


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By Jennifer Emert - bio | emailJanuary 21, 2009
ALBANY, GA (WALB) - Terrell County was mandated by the U.S. Department of Justice to build a new jail, but a stalemate between the Sheriff and Commissioners could leave it empty with the doors locked.
Sheriff John Bowens says he needs to double his staff and raise salaries to meet justice requirements and open the new facility. Commissioners say the community can't afford it, especially when state funding is being cut.
By mid-February the new Terrell County Jail should be complete. Sheriff John Bowens wants to begin hiring employees because it will take six weeks to get them trained, but he's hit a road block with commissioners.
"We're paying a guard now $7.50 and hour which you're not going to be able to get no good qualified people to handle this equipment. I suggested $10 and they have a problem with that," said Terrell County Sheriff John Bowens.
Commissioners also don't want to double the jail staff from 11 to 21. That's less than the Georgia Association of Sheriff's recommendation of 28 employees. Commissioner Van Phillips said this new jail was designed to have fewer guards.
"We can't handle it, we can't take it. If we had this burden it's almost four mills, that's what he's requesting to run a little small jail and it's a problem," said Terrell County Commissioner Van Phillips.
Bowens says the problem is the mandate he's facing from the Department of Justice. He's prepared to keep the facility closed unless the requirements are met.
"We can't open it because our number one priority with the Justice Department was staffing problems, medical problems, and an issue of not paying a good salary so, there's no point in going into a new jail with the same problems you had in the old jail," said Bowens.
But commissioners are holding fast, especially since the Governor's told everyone to cut their budgets by eight percent.
"My job is to make sure that our money is spent wisely for the taxpayers, that's the number one concern and when I say this, all the commissioners have the same feeling, I feel like I'm speaking for all of them," said Phillips.
Both sides say they need to meet, but no meeting is scheduled. Bowens invited commissioners to tour the jail to better understand the problem, but says not one commissioners has.
Once construction is complete, Sheriff Bowens plans to hold an open house so the community can see the facility. Construction of the new jail cost the county more than 2.5 million dollars.
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How to invite users to a group programatically
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All Time Low to perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live
All Time Low will appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live Friday, March 7th. The band is set to perform tracks off their debut Hopeless Records full length, So Wrong, It's Right. Fans that are in the Los Angeles area that are interested in being a part of the audience can get tickets below!! www.1iota.com/events,3435,Jimmy-Kimmel-LiveWill-Arnett-Camilla-Belle.html...March 3rd, 2008 | Hopeless | Read More


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I posted this (made a few changes) on Tigerboard, but thought RMN readers might appreciate it too. College football is a great game, but needs some tweaking. A playoff would be great, but I don't see it happening, but I do think some things need to shift and this is a path I think could work. I know, too much time on my hands (actually not, but whatever) -- but I would enjoy your comments. -- TiK
Opinion: Expand College Football Regular Season to 14 Games; Reform Bowl System
In the new era of realigned conferences and the trend towards 9 game conference schedules, I believe if the college football powers that be are going to be serious about determining a credible national champion (okay, let's pretend they are) and creating a more exciting post-season, it should start with expanding the regular season to 14 games and end with reforming the bowl system to make more of the bowls compelling -- let's be honest, most are exhibitions -- and more appealing to fans.
First, the thought behind expanding to 14 game regular seasons....
I favor this because as non-conference schedules are now down to 3 games per school in many cases, the number of comparable non-conference opponents has and will continue to lessen, particularly as teams have weakened those non-conference games to maybe one truly quality opponent. By comparable, I don't really mean Missouri, say, having the same exact opponent as say, Washington, but comparable opponents in terms of quality outside one's own conference.
The best way to do that outside of expanding the regular season would be to have a playoff -- so when teams reached the playoff they would have to defeat a number of non-conference quality opponents before reaching the championship. A second way to do it would be to reduce conference sizes down to where we're playing 7 or 8 conference games. Neither of those are likely to happen. As such, I believe the alternative is to expand the regular season from 12 to 14 games.
Before I go into the reasons why, it is important to note that I believe that one way to combat schedules being too long would be to eliminate conference title games. If you are going to play 9 of the 11 other teams in your league, in the case of the Pac 10, that's enough to fairly determine a champion based on regular season play. Also, it creates an even playing field going into the bowls between conferences with and without title games.
Let me also add that in this system, the number of conference games allowed would be capped at 9.
Finally, and I'll address this at the end, this reform should also include some kind of a restructuing of the bowl system to make it more compelling.
With that in mind, there are three main reasons why I believe in an expanded regular season:
#1 -- There would be more comparable non-conference games between teams, which would help judge how they should truly be ranked.
Let's assume Missouri, for instance, would still play ASU, Miami-Ohio, and Western Illinois. Expanding the regular season by two games, they could add another BCS school, say, like Virginia Tech, and another non-BCS school, like Wyoming. They'd then have two BCS games, two FBS non-BCS games, and one FCS game.
With those added games against different leagues at a variety of levels, pollsters could more fairly determine where we fall.
#2. With more games, schools would be more willing to schedule tougher non con games because one could withstand 1, 2, or even 3 losses and their season wouldn't be over. 11-3 could still garner a major bowl bid. It would be important to, as well, given the added feature of the selection committee I mentioned below. This, I think, would make college football more compelling, if we saw more LSU-Oregon early season games!
#3. It would allow more creativity in scheduling. Some fans would like to play Nebraska or Illinois in the non-con. Well, the problem is, if you lock into any one of those schools, in the current system, you've basically locked up your non-con. By an expanded non-con schedule to 4 or 5 games, you could lock in an Illinois or Nebraska and still have room for some variety in the schedule.
Some might say "oh, can schools really take another two games". Of course. First of all, around 26 schools already play 13 games -- Hawaii, the 13 teams who play Hawaii, and the 12 teams who play in conference title games (Big 10, Pac 12, ACC, CUSA, MAC, SEC). If you dropped the title games, you'd thus be adding 1 game for 26 schools and 2 games for the rest.
In terms of when to play them, I would start the college football season 1 or 2 weeks earlier -- there used to be "kickoff classic games" the weekend o two before Labor day anyway -- and then play the other game the weekend after Thanksgiving.
So, in this system, you'd have 9 conference games and 5 non-conference games, and then one bowl game.
So, how would the bowl system change?
First of all, I would outlaw bowl affiliations except for conference champions to BCS games.
Second of all, there would be SIX BCS games, instead of the five now.
Third of all, the fifth bowl would be the Cotton Bowl and the sixth the Capital One Bowl. (More on the NCG in a bit) Half of those would be the six BCS conference champs, the other six from the rest of the pool, selected by aselection committee.
Fourth of all, as to the selection committee, rather than bowl owners inviting teams as they do now, I would create a bowl selection committee to select the six at large teams for the BCS, as well as the teams to the rest of the bowls as well, where they would also be responsible for slotting them. The only thing they would have to hold to is conference affiliations with conference champions.
Fifth, any team playing in a BCS bowl would be eligible for the national championship. Yes, all 12!
Sixth, all six BCS games would be played on January 1 or 2 (in the case of the NFL playing on Sunday, Jan 1), to bring the fun back to January 1. Games would last from 10 a.m. to midnight.
Seventh, following the bowl games on January 1, the 12 BCS teams would be re-ranked, with the Top 2 playing in the national championship, which would be played two weeks later. (Or, you could simply re-rank the six BCS winners, with the top two playing in the NCG)
Those two teams would end up playing 16 games, just two more than they play now.
1. If the Big 10 and Pac 12 champs were #1 and #2 following the regular season, they could elect not to play each other in the Rose Bowl in hopes they'd play each other in the NCG.
2. By allowing all 12 BCS teams to be eligible for the national title game, it would make all the games compelling. What if #5 Stanford upset #1 Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl, and #2, #3, and #4 lost? Very exciting, if you ask me.
3. Fans wouldn't be forced to go to the same damn bowls every year. I don't know about you, but the Alamo, Insight, Holiday, Texas, Cotton lineup gets really old. What about the Liberty, Music City, etc, which are much more accessible to fans than the Insight? By having the selection committee, this would free them up to slot teams by geography, and not some pre determined tie in.
4. With 14 games and then bowl games and then the NCG after, we'd be more comfortable with the national champ and it would be hard to argue #3 or #4 never had their chance.
5. There would be more compelling games, start to finish, and the regular season would still matter while adding more of a playoff feel to non-con games as well as the Six BCS games!


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Electricity production capacity to increase by close to 20 pc
Romania's electricity production capacity will increase by approximately 19 per cent in the next six years, as plants producing over 5,000 MW will be brought into service and electrical plants accounting for one quarter of the capacity of new energy groups will be shut down, Mediafax notes. "As new investments generating new electricity production capacity are brought into service, 25 per cent of the existing functional production capacity will be shut down no later than one year after the new energy production capacity has been brought into service," according to a Government decision.
New projects include one biogas power plant owned by Amonil – a 500 MW pit coal group within Oltenia Energy Complex – a 800 MW pit coal thermal power plant, part of Braila Power Company – a joint venture between E.ON and Enel – and a 200 MW new group pertaining to Hundedoara Energy Complex. Other projects being considered by ELCEN Bucharest and the electric central heating plants (CETs) in Arad, Govora, and Braila are aimed at modernizing existing groups and building new units.
New projects will be partly funded by selling greenhouse gas emission certificates that Romania will receive free of charge between 2013 and 2020 as a result of signing the Kyoto protocol.
Eight production units accounting for 1,235 MW will be shut down in the coming six years – Oltenia Energy Complex (330 MW), Hunedoara Energy Complex (210 MW), CET Brasov (100 MW), ELCEN Bucharest (175 MW), and Termoelectrica (420 MW). The two groups under CET Brasov and one production group of Doicesti (Dambovita) power plant, owned by Termoelectrica, are scheduled to be shut down this year.
CET Grozavesti (owned by ELCEN) and the unit in Deva (owned by Hunedoara Energy Complex) will be shut down in 2017, whereas the units in Turceni (Oltenia Energy Complex) and Bucharest South (ELCEN) will be shut down in 2018. The Borzesti plant (Termoelectrica) is to be shut down in 2019.


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Bahrain CG Boats Arrive at Abu Dhabi Shipbuilding
The first four Bahraini Coast Guard boats arrive at Abu Dhabi Ship Building. Four Bahrain Coast Guard boats arrived at the Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) shipyard in Mussafah, Abu Dhabi, to undergo a major refit and upgrade program. These are the first four boats out of a total of ten boats that will be refitted and upgraded under a contract signed with the Bahrain Government in late 2007. The contract provides for the complete refurbishment of the vessels including new propulsion and auxiliary machinery, accommodation facilities and navigation equipment. The work will be undertaken in ADSB's state-of-the-art Composite Workshop. The Commander of the Bahrain Coast Guard, Colonel Ala Abdulla Seyadi, who sailed with the boats from Bahrain on their journey to Abu Dhabi commented: "The mid life refit of the Dera'a and Saif class is a major project for the Coastguard. "Once it is completed it will provide us with the core of our patrol boat fleet for the next 15 years. We are very confident that ADSB will complete the contract to our satisfaction and we look forward to working with them over the period of the contract." Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) is a UAE Public Joint Stock Company listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Market. The company is located in the Mussafah Industrial Area of Abu Dhabi and is engaged in the new construction and refit/repair/maintenance of both naval and commercial vessels.
Khalifa Port Receives New STS Cranes
Abu Dhabi Terminals (ADT), the manager and operator of Khalifa port container terminal informs that the terminal has received a new batch of 3 of the world's largest and most modern ship-to-shore (STS) quay cranes. The Super Post Panamax quay cranes were produced by Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co. Ltd. in China at a cost of US$28-million, and were transported by ship to Khalifa Port's container terminal (claimed to be the first semi-automated container terminal in the region)
Sener New Office in Abu Dhabi
Sener Ingeniería y Sistemas, S.A. has opened a new office in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates. This new office is located in the Gulf Business Centre district of downtown Abu Dhabi and will be Sener's local headquarters to develop projects in the power and process sector, the civil engineering and architecture sector, as well as the aerospace sector. Sener began to take an interest in the business opportunities available in the emirate of Abu Dhabi in 2007
Khalifa Port: Beach to Busy Terminal in One Year
In just one year, Khalifa Port has gone from a pristine stretch of reclaimed land four kilometers out to sea, to busy hub port serving 17 shipping lines, offering 18 direct services with direct links to more than 40 ports. Khalifa Port which was delivered on time and under budget, commenced commercial operations on 1 September 2012 and was officially inaugurated by HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE and Ruler of Abu Dhabi, on 12 December 2012.
Burger Boat at Dubai Boat Show
Burger Boat Company of Manitowoc, WI USA, will be participating in the Dubai International Boat Show March 3-7, 2009, held at the Dubai International Marine Club – Mina Seyahi. Visit us at stand F1-4. Burger will also be in attendance at the inaugural Abu Dhabi Yacht Show March 12-14, 2009, held at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center. Visit us at stand 5E-70 in Abu Dhabi. At each show Burger will be featuring recent launches as well as various designs in lengths
Masdar CEO Receives UN Eco Award
Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber,CEO of Masdar, Abu Dhabi's renewable energy company, has received this year's United Nations' Champions of the Earth Award The award recognises Masdar's work in deploying renewable energy projects including Shams One, a 100MW concentrated solar power plant in Abu Dhabi; London Array, a 1GW offshore wind farm, and Gemasolar, a 20MW concentrating solar thermal plant. Abu Dhabi's renewable energy company, Masdar, invests in clean technologies
Middle East Shipbuilder's Revenue Up
Revenues up, net profit down reports Abu Dhabi Ship Building Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) has announced that its contract revenue jumped by more than Dh200 million (US$54.4m) last year to Dh1.3 billion but said its profit had slipped. The yard is constructing its remaining 72 m Bayunah-class corvette of six for the UAE Navy, and is hopeful of orders from foreign navies.
Hyundai Heavy Industries Wins $1.94 Bln Order in UAE
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI), the world's biggest shipbuilder and a leading offshore facilities contractor, announced today that it received a Letter of Award (LOA) for a USD 1.94 billion order for the second package of the Nasr Full Field Development Project to build the fixed platforms and to lay subsea cables from Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO) on July 7, 2014. As per the LOA, HHI will undertake engineering, procurement, construction
ADSB Launches Navy Vessel
Abu Dhabi Ship Building launched its first Naval export order, a landing craft for the Royal Navy of Oman. It is the first time that a vessel for a Gulf Cooperation Council country has been built by another member of the regional grouping. The launching ceremony, at ADSB's Musaffah (Abu Dhabi) shipyard, was attended by senior officers from the Oman and UAE navies. The 64 m landing craft, named Al Munassir, has been designed locally with special features to meet the Oman Navy's operational
UAE Shipbuilder Wins $500M in Contracts
A United Arab Emirates shipbuilding company apparently has won a $500 million contract from the Gulf Arab state's navy to build six warships using French technology. Reuters reported that Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) said in a statement that the corvettes, known as the Baynunah Class, will be 70 m long and equipped with combat systems including missiles. Two of the vessels under the contract are optional. The ships are designed by French shipbuilder Constructions Mecaniques de Normandie
Brazil Iron Ore Terminal will Start This Year
Trading firm Trafigura and Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala said on Thursday their Brazilian port for exporting iron ore will start this year, in response to a steelmaker with a contract to use the port that said the opening could be pushed back to 2015.
Abu Dhabi Ports Shift Far More Breakbulk Cargo
Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ABPC) says that general cargo moving through Abu Dhabi's commercial Ports has increased by 37% this year. ADPC's commercial ports (Musaffah, Khalifa and Zayed Ports) have handled 6.4 million FT (freight tonnes) of general cargo, compared to 4
Tentec Takes Training to the ME
Since day one of its 2012 formation, Tentec Training has provided training and competence assurance programs in the assembly and tightening of bolted connections. Along with providing hands-on practical and theory training in the U.K., which lead to an Engineering Construction Industry Training
DP World to Price US$1-Bln Convertible Bond Issue
Dubai's DP World plans to raise $1 billion with a convertible bond issue of 10 years duration on Thursday to fund growth opportunities and diversify its funding sources, the Dubai-based ports operator said in a statement. The issue is a rare example of an international convertible bond from a
ADT Signs Borouge Packaging Service Deal
Manager and operator of Khalifa Port Container Terminal, Abu Dhabi Terminals (ADT), says it has signed a contract with Borouge, a leading provider of plastics materials, to design, construct and operate a state-of-the-art packaging facility for Borouge's export products at Khalifa Port.
SPE Awards DNV GL For Its Contribution To Asset Integrity
DNV GL has been recognised by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) as the organisation that has contributed most to asset integrity in the Middle East at the 2014 SPE Asset Integrity Workshop entitled "Changing the Culture, Raising the Bar" held on 13-14 May in Abu Dhabi
Unique Maritime, OEG Offshore Sign Joint Venture Agreement
Joint venture OEG Unique to provide offshore equipment in the Middle East Unique Maritime Group, an integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solutions provider, announced a joint venture agreement with OEG Offshore (OEG), to offer the rental and sale of offshore equipment in the Middle East region
Middle East Offshore Equipment Supply: New J/V Set Up
Leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solutions provider, Unique Maritime Group, says it has signed a Joint Venture (J/V) with OEG Offshore (OEG), to offer rental and sale of offshore equipment in the Middle East region.
Maersk Line named race partner for the Volvo Ocean Race
The world's largest container shipping company, Maersk Line, is the official shipping partner for the Volvo Ocean Race, the pre-eminent round-the-world yacht race. The race takes place from 4 October 2014 to 27 June 2015. During the nine month race, seven 65-foot (19
Aage Hempel to Equip 10 New PSVs
Aage Hempel, a company in worldwide merchant marine electronic service and focused on 24/7 maritime sales and service, signs agreement for the delivery of navigation and communication equipment included Integrated Bridge System from Kelvin Hughes with Shipyard De Hoop in Lobith
Damen Delivers Shoalbuster to MCS in 8 Days
Maritime Craft Services (MCS) recently took delivery of a new Damen Shoalbuster 2609. Damen has delivered numerous Crew Transfer Vessels, Multicats, and Shoalbusters to MCS – the two companies have a long-standing relationship. What is notable about this latest delivery, however
O&G Safety Conference: Leading from the Front-line
The date and topic for this year's OPITO Safety and Competence Conference – OSCC 2014 have been announced. Now in its fifth year, the annual event will take place on November 4, 2014 in the Fairmont Hotel, Abu Dhabi. Under the title of "Leading from the Front-line"
Hoover Acquires Scotland's Container Company Ltd.
Hoover Container Solutions (Hoover) informs it has acquired Container Company Ltd. , a leading supplier of cargo carrying units (CCUs) for the offshore oil and gas industry. This acquisition complements Hoover's recent acquisitions of Consult Supply AS and Dolphin
Accident Prompts TAQA to Shut Down UK North Sea Platform
The 12,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Harding oil platform in the UK North Sea is being shut down as a precaution after a worker fell off and died early on Thursday, a spokesman for operator TAQA said. "Production is being shut down," the spokesman for the Abu Dhabi National Energy Co
GES Gross Revenue Up 27% in 2013
Globe Express Services (GES), one of the world's top 100 global logistics providers, has announced that its gross revenue for its UAE operations in 2013 has increased by 27 percent compared to 2012. Profit was buoyed by the rapid growth of, and positive outlook on


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Jason Michael named Chargers' tight end coach
San Diego Chargers Head Coach Norv Turner has named Jason Michael to coach the team's tight ends. He previously worked under Turner and has five years of NFL experience with the Raiders, Jets and 49ers.
Michael finished the 2010 season as quarterbacks coach with the San Francisco 49ers. He is the third addition to Turner's staff this offseason.
"I'm excited about the opportunity to add Jason to our staff," Turner said. "He brings a good, balanced offensive background. He's worked with tight ends and he's worked with quarterbacks."
Michael spent two seasons with the 49ers and became quarterbacks coach on Sept. 27, 2010, after serving as an offensive assistant. He coached tight ends for the New York Jets in '07 and the University of Tennessee in '08. He has coached in the NFL for five seasons.
Michael served as an offensive quality control coach and video assistant for the Oakland Raiders in '05 while Turner was head coach.
"He's worked with our system at both the Jets and the 49ers, so that made him a very good fit," Turner said.
A former quarterback, Michael produced more than 2,200 yards of total offense as a senior at Western Kentucky in '02, leading the Hilltoppers to the Division I-AA National Championship.
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The three-week sprint to Atlantic City begins tonight as District 5 (Don Bosco), District 6 (Fair Lawn) and District 8 (River Dell) kick off the post-season with the preliminary and quarterfinal rounds of their respective tournaments.
Districts 4, 7, 13, 15 and 16 will join them on Saturday with one-day tournaments to a champion.
The top three finishers at each weight class in the districts moves on to the region tournaments next week.
Click the link below to see all of The Record's district previews in one place.
at West Milford
Schedule: Saturday: Preliminary and Quarterfinal Rounds, 10 a.m.; Semifinals, Consolations, Finals to follow
Teams: Butler, DePaul, Kinnelon, Lakeland, Pequannock, Pompton Lakes, Wayne Hills, Wayne Valley, West Milford
Returning champions (possible weight): Mojahed Hamdeh, Wayne Hills (106); Will Kui, DePaul (120); Tyler Hrycak, Wayne Valley (126); David McFadden, DePaul (145); Tim Burklow, Pequannock (152); Nick Carey, DePaul (160); Nick DePalma, DePaul (182); Anthony Landberg, Wayne Valley (195); Justin Walker, Wayne Valley (220).
Defending champion: DePaul won its first district title last year, edging Wayne Valley.
Outlook: This is a two-team race between DePaul and Wayne Valley. The Spartans are favored because they have 5-6 stars who could win titles. But the Indians could upset thanks to their standouts in the upper and middle weights.
Prime bouts: Hrycak is going for his fourth district title but will likely have to beat DePaul ace Matt Noble to earn it. Noble, a Bridgewater transfer, beat Hrycak, 5-3, in the PassaicCounty tournament finals. Other possible county final rematches include Wayne Valley's Anthony Duncan against DePaul's Spencer Carey at 152, Wayne Valley's Justin Walker against DePaul's Scott Lavelle at 220 and Lakeland's Dan Kee against Pompton Lakes' Kyle Flynn at 113.
at Don Bosco
Schedule: Friday: Preliminary and Quarterfinal Rounds, 5 p.m.; Saturday: Semifinals 10 a.m., Consolations 1 p.m., Finals to follow.
Teams: Don Bosco, Indian Hills, Mahwah, Manchester, Northern Highlands, Paramus, Ramapo, Ramsey, Waldwick/Midland Park.
Returning Champions: Don Bosco's Luis Gonzalez looks to become a four-time champ, twice in D5, while teammates Luke Farinaro and Zack Chakonis and Joe Trovato of Paramus are going for three straight. Paramus teammates Alex Sebahie, Justin Cochran and Ryan Freeman, who won in D8 last year, and Bosco's Kyle Bierdumpfel all look to repeat while Sam Cali of Don Bosco, who won a district title in 2012, looks to win his first in D5 after losing to Trovato last season.
Defending Champion: Don Bosco sent nine wrestlers to the finals and came away with six titles to edge second-place Paramus by just under eight points for its third straight title.
Outlook: This should again come down to a battle between Bosco and Paramus, both of which finished in the top five in the Bergen Holiday Tournament and have the individual talent to be strong tournament teams. Northern Highlands, with big-time wrestlers at several weights, could sneak up and make itself a factor in deciding who wins.
Prime Bouts: Farinaro leads a very talented field at 170 that could include Brandon Latierno of Northern Highlands and Nick Bucci of Paramus. Bucci beat Latierno for third place at 182 in the Bergen Holiday Tournament. If Sean Kelly of Northern Highlands drops to 145, it sets up a possible rematch with Cochran in a tough weight class. Kelly pinned Cochran in the first period last month. Alfonse De'Maria has gone unbeaten since dropping down to 106 last month and could face Bergen Holiday third Evan DeLuise in the final. Kyle Cochran of Paramus had a huge win over WayneValley's Tyler Hrycak over the weekend, but he will face an uphill battle in Bierdumpfel at 126.
at Fair Lawn
Schedule: Friday: Preliminary and Quarterfinals Rounds, 6 p.m.; Saturday: Semifinals 10 a.m., Consolations 12:30 p.m., Finals to follow.
Teams: Elmwood Park, Fair Lawn, Garfield, Glen Rock/Saddle Brook, Hawthorne, Lodi, Paramus Catholic, Ridgewood, Teaneck.
Returning Champions: Ridgewood's Joe Oliva looks to win his third title in four years as does Mike Andreano of Glen Rock/Saddle Brook, who lost to Oliva in last year's final. Jarred Rose of Fair Lawn and Zack Hunko of Glen Rock/Saddle Brook are both looking to win their third straight while Dom Salvatore and Tom DeOliveira of Lodi, Stephen Gerdner and Sukmin Yoon of Ridgewood and Chris Jacobson of Glen Rock/Saddle Brook look to repeat. Garfield's Adam Barno looks to regain the title he lost last year.
Defending Champion: Ridgewood won the first district title in program history, outdistancing second-place Lodi and third-place Glen Rock/Saddle Brook by 40 points.
Outlook: Ridgewood returns much of its lineup from last season and should be considered the favorite. But Glen Rock/Saddle Brook, which has three wrestlers who have won district titles returning, and Lodi, which has two, have the horses to dash any hopes of a repeat for the Maroons.
Prime Bouts: The 145-pound bracket is shaping up to be a battle between Gerdner, DeOliveira and Barno, assuming they all stay at 145 pounds. Andreano has dropped to 120 from 126 and should win it handily. But look for a nice battle between Salvatore and Hawthorne's Saul Cintron, who suffered one of his two losses to Salvatore early in the season. Oliva is the favorite in a 138-pound bracket that could include returning champion Rose and BCCA Holiday placewinner Joe Rocca of Elmwood Park. Rocca is coming off a big win against Rose last week.
at Leonia
Schedule: Saturday: Preliminary and Quarterfinal Rounds 9:30 a.m., Semifinals noon, Consolations 3 p.m., Finals to follow.
Teams: Bergen Catholic, Bergenfield, Bogota/Weehawken, Dumont, Hackensack, Leonia/Palisades Park, New Milford, Tenafly.
Returning Champions: Bergen Catholic's Johnny Sebastian and Tyler Casamenti look to join the ranks of four-time champs while teammates J.P. Ascolese and Christian Jenco are going for three straight. BC's Nick Suriano, Laurien Anghelina, Joe Grello, Kevin Mulligan and Conner O'Brien are all looking to repeat. The Crusaders' Peter Lipari is looking to win his second straight title, but first in D7, while teammate Jordan Pagano, who won a district title in 2012, also looks for his first title in D7.
Defending Champion: Bergen Catholic put 14 wrestlers in the final and came away with 12 titles to win its 24th straight title with a record 314.5 points.
Outlook: Bergen Catholic is simply too loaded and has a good chance to put its entire lineup through to the finals on the way to its 25th straight championship. Hackensack should finish second.
Prime Bouts: If O'Brien goes 285 for Bergen Catholic, look for him to face off against once-beaten Zac Suarez of New Milford. Suarez suffered his only loss of the season to St. Joseph's Kevin Wilkins in the Bergen Holiday semis. O'Brien nearly beat Wilkins in the final. Hackensack's Taylor Shay has been wrestling well of late and will hope to give Lipari a battle at 126 after falling to Lipari in the Bergen Holiday semifinal.
at River Dell
Schedule: Friday: Preliminary and Quarterfinal Rounds, 6 p.m.; Saturday: Semifinals 10 a.m., Consolations 1 p.m., Finals to follow.
Teams: Cresskill, Demarest, Emerson/Park Ridge, Old Tappan, Pascack Hills, PascackValley, River Dell, St. Joseph, Westwood.
Returning Champions: Dominic Carfagno and Kevin Wilkins of St. Joseph and River Dell's DJ Tirelli are all two-time defending champions. Sam Schneider of Emerson/Park Ridge, Mike Worthington of Pascack Hills, Alex Moore of Pascack Valley, Matt Zovistoski of St. Joseph and Tyler Mullen of Old Tappan, who won Most Outstanding Wrestler last season, are all looking to repeat. Demarest's Anthony Rubinetti looks to regain the title he lost last season while River Dell's Danny Lynch is looking for his second title after winning in 2011. Vinnie Mainiero of St. Joseph is also looking for his second title but first in D8.
Defending Champion: St. Joseph won its third straight title as six wrestlers reached the top of the podium.
Outlook: River Dell will try to end St. Joseph's stranglehold on the title but will need some bonus points from its big guns to offset the Green Knights' advantage in the upper weights. Emerson/Park Ridge and Old Tappan have the individuals to be a factor in the race, and Demarest came on strong near the end of the dual meet season.
Prime Bouts: The feature bout here could come at 195 between Carfagno and unbeaten Robbie Maggiulli of Emerson/Park Ridge. Carfagno, who has been nursing a knee injury all season, beat Maggiulli in 2012 in the district final and the two were in different weight classes last year. Maggiulli, a returning state placewinner, was unable to wrestling in the Bergen Holiday Tournament. There could also be a dogfight at 182 as St. Joseph's Mainiero, who sat out the early part of the season as a transfer, joins a fray that already includes Holiday Tournament placewinners Jedh Downey of Old Tappan and Brandon Gallagher of Westwood. Downey beat Gallagher. Returning champions Zovistoski and Moore also lead a strong field at 145 that includes River Dell's Danny Lynch.
at West Essex
Schedule: Saturday: Preliminary and Quarterfinal Rounds, 9 a.m.; Semifinals, 1:30 p.m.; Consolations, 4 p.m.; Finals, 5 p.m.
Teams: Caldwell, Cedar Grove, East Orange Campus, Glen Ridge, Kennedy (Paterson), Orange, Passaic Valley, Verona, West Essex, West Orange
Returning champions (possible weight): Dean Caravela, Caldwell (113); Antonio Penna, West Orange (132); Tom Dunphy, Passaic Valley (138); Mike Panzarino, West Essex (145); Jordan Velez, West Orange (145); John Faugno, Glen Ridge (160); Chris Morgan, West Orange (182); Joe Galioto, Caldwell (220); Pat Andriani, Passaic Valley (285).
Defending champion: West Essex eked out a half-point win over Passaic Valley last year.
Outlook: Passaic Valley, Caldwell and West Orange all have a shot at winning the title with Passaic Valley and Caldwell coming in as the favorites. The key will be who has the most champions and place winners.
Prime bouts:PassaicValley senior Billy Bici could face Penna in an exciting final. Velez and Panzarino would be interesting if Panzarino is healthy. Caravela could face West Orange's Isaiah Adam in an EssexCounty final rematch. The 220 bracket looks stacked with Galioto, Cedar Grove's Rodney DiPrenda and West Orange's Antoyone Agedy.
at Becton
Schedule: Saturday: Preliminary and Quarterfinal Rounds, 10 a.m.; Semifinals, 12:30 p.m.; Consolations, 3 p.m.; Finals, 5 p.m.
Teams: Becton/Wallington, Clifton, Eastside (Paterson), Hasbrouck Heights/Wood-Ridge, Lyndhurst/North Arlington, Passaic, Passaic Tech, Ridgefield Park, Rutherford
Returning champions (possible weight): Jean DuBois, Clifton (120); Marc Mastropietro, Hasbrouck Heights/Wood-Ridge (126); Khalil Zawadie, Clifton (126); Moe Farhan, Clifton (132); Tyler Loughlin, Becton/Wallington (152); James Sonzogni, Clifton (160); Roy Forys, Becton/Wallington (160); John Beety, Hasbrouck Heights/Wood-Ridge (182); Emmanuel Soriano, Passaic Tech (285);
Defending champion: Passaic Tech won the title by 10.5 points over Hasbrouck Heights/Wood-Ridge.
Outlook: Fresh off its North 1, Group 4 state title, Clifton is the favorite coming in with Becton/Wallington and Passaic Tech also expected to contend. The Bulldogs won the title last year despite having only two individual champions so wrestle backs will be key.
Prime bouts: The 126-pound weight class appears to be stacked with Mastropietro, Zawadie, Passaic Tech standout Nick Legreaux and Rutherford's Mohamed Abdelhamid all battling for the top three spots. Forys and Sonzogni could meet in what would be the most highly-anticipated final.
at North Bergen
Schedule: Saturday: Preliminary and Quarterfinals, 11 a.m.; Semifinals, 1:30 p.m.; Consolations, 4:30 p.m.; Finals, 6 p.m.
Teams: Bayonne, Cliffside Park, Fort Lee, Hudson Catholic, Kearny, North Bergen, St. Mary, St. Peter's, Secaucus, Union City
Returning champions (possible weight): Alec Kelly, St. Peter's (106); Mike Russo, St. Peter's (120); Anthony Giraldo, North Bergen (132); Connor Burkert, St. Peter's (138); Ryan Burkert, St. Peter's (145); Manny Ramirez, St. Peter's (152); Christian Ortiz, Bayonne (160); Christian Colucci, St. Peter's (195); Jordan Fox, St. Peter's (220); Armond Cox, St. Peter's (285).
Defending champion: St. Peter's Prep won its fifth straight title last year.
Outlook: St. Peter's has eight returning champions and is expected to win its sixth straight title by a wide margin. North Bergen is expected to take second.
Prime bouts: There could be some interesting district final rematches from last year featuring Russo against Fort Lee's Eric Hicks and Giraldo against St. Peter's Sonny Simonetti. North Bergen's Manny Dominguez and Steve Reyes could face Ryan and Connor Burkert, respectively, in potentially exciting bouts.