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I love this idea and it would get me to buy things in the Zen Store. My case in point, I like flying cruisers. I liked the stats on the oddy 3 pack but I do not like the look of the ship - that just how i feel. I much prefer the look of the Galaxy and Ventures. So, I did not buy the Oddy because I did not want to spend all my time playing the game looking at a ship I did not like. But if I could buy the ship and put my Galaxy or venture skin on it, I would buy it in a heartbeat. But right not it is $50 Cryptic will not get.
I don?t understand, for a company that is always complemented for it?s ability to let players customized their look, we seem to be getting less and less of it. Really like how the original ships has three types and that you can mix and match to make a ship that still had the overall feel of the class but could still be a unique look.
Jengoz =/
Yeah. I mean they sold costumes without ships before and it didn't work so now they sell entire ships. I'm not suggesting that they should *not* sell 'entire' ships, but with that change you could buy a ship for its costume, or for its stats- so all the motivations to buy stuff that exist now would apply, and all the reasons to buy or not buy that exist now, would still apply.


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Location is that of the photographer; the spires are 3.5 miles (5.6 km) SSW.
Look closely at the gap between the highest summit (The Mole) and the pair to the left (The Duolith), and you'll see a chockstone the size of a small house.
After several recommendations, I got around to reading Three Cups of Tea last month. I still wasn't sure where Korphe was until I saw missum's photo of the school. Mr. Mortenson arrived a few years after this photo and found the village connected to the road by a box suspended from pulleys riding on a taut cable across the river, an arrangement we found a couple of days farther up the valley. Apparently this 3-vine bridge succumbed to the elements and was replaced by that cable system. Click this photo to see it full-scale, and it's easy to imagine it breaking. And when we were here in 1988, we were still 2 days' hike (OK, 1 day for the locals) from drivable road, due to an avalanche down-valley. The box-on-pulleys arrangement is still used in the U.S. There's one a few feet upstream of the I-5 bridge across the Skagit River in Washington State. Mr. Mortenson, his donors, and the local workers deserve all the praise and assistance they can get.
No sign of new work on it here. A few miles south in the community of Bryant we saw new construction on this trail, on the E side of SR 9. As far as I know, the only usable part of the runs from a few miles S of Arlington to the middle of Snohomish. Snohomish county and Skagit county parks websites probably have updated info and expected completion times. It's called the Centennial Trail. The completed part is paved and cries out for bicycles. This part may be short, but If you can find an excuse to be in the neighborhood, you can expect to find solitude and maybe wild critters.
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Thanks Eric, I made the correction.
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Nice view. My one time up there was one of the hardest weekends of my life. On Sat. we took a beginning mountaineering class up from the road to camp at the base of Pyramid, then climbed these three peaks. On Sun. we traversed over to Snowfield (pausing to rescue a member who fell 40 feet into a crevasse), then on the return a few of us climbed Colonial before packing up and descending to the cars. Makes me glad of the brain's limited ability to remember pain.
When you stand on the east end of this bridge, you're on the foot of Davis Peak, one of only two mountains in the "Lower 48" that have cliffs that drop over 1 mile in less than 1 horizontal mile. But it's on the opposite (NE) side of the mountain, visible only from a few high trails nearby.
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Thanks, Randy. I made 5 trips into the Bugaboos, always in June, and we had quite a few enforced rest days. I hear the weather is much dryer in July, but don't go too late, or some climbs may be unapproachable beyond schrunds. Try it again - it's too good to miss.
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We've found amino acids in a comet yet but thats only 1 instance in our local area (glycine in a comet) where we already know life exists. The question now is understanding how these molecules got there, can the others be produced, and how abundant can we expect them to be.
The chances of detecting the full amino acid by IR or radio astronomy is very slim unless they were very very high in abundance(due to their "large" size and large number of species in the sample) thus in order to understand if they are actually there we are forced to search for smaller more abundant molecules so that we can create and accurate chemical model that represents the chemistry of space. Right now those models are off by orders of magnitude so finding a precursor in the line to another amino acid can be rather exciting. Right now thats as close as we are to seeing/[identifying] a biologically relevant molecule outside our solar system.
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The fund is good at managing risk. An above-average performer in the large-cap space, L&T Equity Fund (formerly Fidelity Equity Fund) has climbed in the Value Research rating in the past one year due to a sharp improvement in returns in this bull-run. The fund's 59.7 per cent return in the last one year beat the benchmark and category by nearly 10 per cent. The fund's average ratings which have hovered between 3 and 4-stars for much of its life, have improved to 4-star since April 2014.
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House Republicans will soon add to their ranks after Shawn Dooley, the town clerk and School Committee chairman in Norfolk, cruised to victory Tuesday night over two challengers to capture the 9th Norfolk House seat vacated last year by former Rep. Daniel Winslow.
Dooley was able to hold the seat for the Republicans, defeating an independent and a Democrat, and will become the 29th member of the GOP House caucus when he is sworn in.
Dooley, 47, campaigned on small business creation, ending unfunded education mandates on cities and town, and making it easier for communities to regionalize services like public safety. He easily defeated independent Chris Timson of Walpole and Democrat Ed McCormick of Norfolk in Tuesday's special election.
The seat has been held by Republicans for two decades, including by former U.S. Sen. Scott Brown and state Sen. Richard Ross. The district includes Medfield, Millis, Norfolk, Plainville, Walpole and Wrentham.
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Nearly a dozen Massachusetts towns raise age for cigarette sales
Nearly a dozen communities across the state within the past year have raised the age for tobacco sales higher than 18 years old, evidence of a slow-spreading movement that activists say will reduce cigarette use among teens.
Most states, including Massachusetts, allow 18-year-olds to buy tobacco products. Alaska, Alabama, Utah and New Jersey are the exceptions, all of which have pushed the legal age to 19.
Until last year, Needham was the only community in the United States that prohibited sales to anyone under 21 years old a change the town made in 2005, according to D.J. Wilson, the tobacco control director at the Massachusetts Municipal Association.
Since then, a handful of other Bay State communities have followed behind. Brookline, Belmont, Sharon, Watertown, Westwood, Walpole and Sudbury have all outlawed the sale of tobacco to anyone under 21 within the past year, according to Wilson.
Canton, Ashland, Dedham and Arlington also changed their bylaws to prohibit sales of tobacco to anyone under 19, with Arlington planning to push its age restriction up to 21 years old over a three-year phase-in plan.
In those towns we hope to see it is actually harder for kids to get their hands on tobacco products, Wilson said, adding it is too soon to gather any data on smoking rates in those towns.
Other cities and towns across Massachusetts and the country are also looking to ban tobacco sales to young adults. This past spring, New York City became the first major U.S. city to ban the sale of tobacco to anyone under 21. In Massachusetts, the board of health in Newburyport is currently debating a measure that would outlaw sales to anyone under 21. The move faces resistance from the city mayor and some retailers.
It is interesting in that it kind of cascaded pretty quickly, Wilson said about the age restriction for tobacco sales.
Critics argue local officials are overstepping their authority, and anyone over 18 is an adult capable of making their own decisions about whether to smoke.
Jon Hurst, president of the Retailers Association of Massachusetts, called the moves an overreach by local governments. Anti-tobacco activists are attempting to take the path of least resistance by pushing age restrictions at the local level rather than face a more difficult battle to do it statewide, Hurst said.
They try to pick off cities and towns here and there, he said. Local officials have to know that they are putting their own consumers and employers at a disadvantage.
Activists credit Dr. Jonathan Winickoff, a pediatrician at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Dr. Lester Hartman, a pediatrician in Westwood, with spearheading the change one community at a time.
Winickoff said a slow, steady approach will have a major public health impact statewide.
I think community by community is what we are going to do for a while, and thats the way to have this move forward, Winickoff told the News Service.
Winickoff said he thinks part of the reason the change is spreading is because local town officials have seen the data from Needham. In the eight years since the age-restriction went into effect, the smoking rate for Needham high school students dropped precipitously, according to Winickoff.
The smoking rate for adults who live in Needham is 8 percent compared to 18.1 percent statewide, according to data collected by the Tobacco Control Program at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Deaths from lung cancer among men from Needham is 24 percent lower than the state average, while women from Needham die from lung cancer at a rate 33 percent lower than the statewide average for women, according to DPH data.
Approximately 90 percent of all smokers begin the habit before they are 21, according to Winickoff and other anti-tobacco activists.
Tami Gouveia, executive director of Tobacco Free Massachusetts, said she is not sure if age-restrictions will continue to catch on in other cities and towns as a way of reducing young peoples access to tobacco. It is really at the beginning stages of folks starting to take a hard look at this, she said.
Gouveia compared it to when the legal drinking age was raised from 18 to 21.
Newburyport Mayor Donna Holaday said she thinks increasing the legal age to buy tobacco is unnecessary and an inappropriate issue for the board of health to focus on.
The legal age is 18. It is the age when you are an adult. You can fight in our wars. You have the right to vote. You can marry. And now we are going to tell you, You cant buy a pack of cigarettes if you want one, Holaday said.
Holaday said she will not dedicate any police resources to enforcing an age restriction on tobacco sales in Newburyport, leaving the question of how effective it might be in that city.
Increasing the legal age for cigarette sales will only hurt local retailers and send consumers to convenience stores in neighboring communities, Holaday said.
Hurst, from the Retailers Association, agreed. If cigarette sales are banned to anyone under 21 in one town, but legal in the next town, residents will buy them in the neighboring community, Hurst said. Secondly, he said, different rules on consumer products in the 351 cities and towns around the state will cause problems.
I think our local officials have to be willing to stand up to these advocates who are pushing these agendas and tell them, Go hop in your car and go to Boston to push a statewide agenda. It has no business being considered at the local level, Hurst said.
Raw milk dairies in Foxborough and elsewhere at center of regulation debate
An agricultural group is sticking up for state regulation of raw milk dairies, as the town of Foxborough weighs local oversight.
"Massachusetts sets tough standards for its dairy farmers and every day our farmers rise to meet those challenges and produce the best raw milk available anywhere, said Winton Pitcoff, coordinator of the Northeast Organic Farming Association/Mass Raw Milk Network, in a statement.
Unpasteurized milk has a following around the country as gastrophiles seek out the unadulterated flavors of the beverage, according to news stories over recent years. There is also a patchwork of regulation in different states, with 33 states allowing raw milk sales, and opposition to its sale by the Food and Drug Administration.
Milk and milk products provide a wealth of nutrition benefits. But raw milk can harbor dangerous microorganisms that can pose serious health risks to you and your family, the FDA said on a webpage. The FDA said between 1993 and 2006, 1,500 people in the country were sickened from raw milk or cheese and raw milk is 150 times more likely to cause illness than pasteurized dairy products.
State regulations allow dairies to sell raw milk as long as it is cooled soon after it is milked, it has low levels of bacteria, the milk bottle is dated and permitted for sale for five days after bottling, and it contains a warning label. According to NOFA, the Department of Agricultural Resources has a stellar record of ensuring product safety, with no illnesses attributable to raw milk in two decades under the current regulatory structure.
The state regulations attempt to ensure that the production of milk is done using healthy animals, that the activity is conducted in such a way as to prevent the introduction of contaminants, that the product is handled appropriately to inhibit spoilage in an effort to mitigate the risk of any consumer being exposed to harmful pathogens, state Energy and Environmental Affairs spokeswoman Krista Selmi told the News Service, saying 28 farms sell raw milk retail. According to the Boston Globe, Lawtons Family Farms owner has said the proposed raw milk rules in Foxborough could put the farm out of business.
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DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) The states highest court is sending questionnaires to attorneys and court employees in Norfolk County, seeking input on 35 judges as part of an ongoing program to evaluate judicial performance.
The Supreme Judicial Courts survey covers several categories including a judges knowledge of the law, fairness and impartiality, temperament on the bench and treatment of litigants, witnesses, jurors and attorneys.
Lawyers who have appeared in court in the county over the last two years will receive questionnaires.
All questionnaires are confidential and do not ask for the names of the respondents. The resulting reports also will be confidential and are given only to the judge being evaluated and to the chief justices of their courts.
Questionnaires will be accepted by the SJC through mid-December.
Curt Schilling selling off memorabilia at his Medfield home Saturday
Curt Schilling, the former famed Red Sox pitcher and failed video-game business owner, is selling off items from his Medfield home this Saturday.
The sale will be short on sports memorabilia, aside from some bobbleheads, baseballs, and a Schilling bathrobe, but offer the more mundane items of Schillings domestic life, including candlesticks and couches, a microwave and vacuum cleaner, and even artificial potted plants.
Schilling has sold his assets, including items from his celebrated baseball career, to satisfy creditors since his video game company, 38 Studios, collapsed into bankruptcy in the spring of 2012. The bloody sock worn by Schilling when he pitched for the Boston Red Sox in the 2004 World Series auctioned for more than $92,000 earlier this year.
Schilling has sold his assets, including items from his celebrated baseball career, to satisfy creditors since his video game company, 38 Studios, collapsed into bankruptcy in the spring of 2012. The bloody sock worn by Schilling when he pitched for the Boston Red Sox in the 2004 World Series auctioned for more than $92,000 earlier this year.
Saturdays estate sale will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m in Medfield, , according to the company managing it, Consignworks, Inc. of Dudley.
When Schillings Providence -based video-game company went bankrupt, it defaulted on loan payments to the state of Rhode Island. To lure 38 Studios from Massachusetts, Rhode Islands economic development agency had approved a $75 million in loans.
The agency is now suing Schilling and others arguing that it was misled. Neither Schilling nor his representatives could be immediately reached for comment.
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Race to replace state Rep. Dan Winslow in Legislature begins
The race to replace former State Representative Dan Winslow is on, with Winslows former campaign manager already an announced candidate for the Republican nomination and at least two Democrats considering a run for the seat.
Shawn Dooley former campaign manager for Winslow and Norfolks town clerk announced last month that he would run for the 9th Norfolk representatives seat.
Stanley Nacewicz, Winslows Democratic opponent in 2010, said he is weighing a run. Edward J. McCormick III, a lawyer from Norfolk who ran for Congress as a Republican in 1992 against Barney Frank but is now a Democrat, also said he is considering running for the seat.
Potential candidates have until Oct. 29cq to submit nomination papers for the special election. Party primaries will be held on Dec. 10, with the general election on Jan. 7. The seat will be open again next fall. The district includes all of Norfolk, Plainville, and Wrentham, and parts of Walpole, Millis, and Medfield.
Winslow, who last spring ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for the US Senate seat vacated by Secretary of State John Kerry, resigned last month to take a job in the private sector
Special election to replace Dan Winslow in House set for January
A special election to replace former Rep. Daniel Winslow in the 9th Norfolk House district will be held on Jan. 7, 2014, the House ordered on Monday.
Less than half way through his second two-year term, Winslow resigned over the weekend, leaving his former House district unrepresented to take a position as vice president and general counsel at Rimini Street, a Las-Vegas-based global provider of "enterprise software support services."
The Norfolk Republican delivered his farewell address to colleagues last week during his final session as a member of the House. During that session, he cast a vote to repeal the sales tax on software design services.
After the House adopted the special election order, Secretary of State William Galvin announced primaries in the special election will be held on Dec.10 and that potential candidates will have until Oct. 29 to submit at least 150 nomination signatures to local officials for certification.
The district includes Norfolk, Plainville, Wrentham, one precinct in Walpole, one precinct in Millis, and two precincts in Medfield.
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Rep. Dan Winslow to resign to work for software services firm
Once considered to have a promising future in Bay State Republican politics, Rep. Daniel Winslow said Monday morning he plans to resign from the House later this month to pursue a private sector job in software services.
Winslow announced that he has accepted a position as vice president and general counsel at Rimini Street, a Las-Vegas-based global provider of enterprise software support services.
According to an aide, Winslow intends to keep his primary residence in Norfolk, but will do some work out of the San Francisco office. Winslow has submitted his resignation letter to the House clerk, effective Sept. 29, necessitating yet another special election in the Legislature and dropping the ranks of the minority party to 29.
My excitement in joining Rimini Street is tempered by my sadness in leaving the House. I have been thankful for every minute of my service in the Legislature, for the honor of representing the people of the 9th Norfolk towns, and for the opportunity to contribute to debate and solutions to improve our Commonwealth, Winslow said in a statement. I hope that my efforts have made a difference and that the ideas I have advanced can be considered in future sessions. I fully appreciate the sacrifice of public service, by our legislators and their families, and hope to remain engaged in civic life in the future.
Hours after Attorney General Martha Coakley announced Sunday that she would run for governor in 2014, Winslow Tweeted that he would have an announcement of his own about his future Monday morning. Many assumed the former judge and general counsel to Gov. Mitt Romney would run for attorney general after talking with colleagues in recent weeks about the possibility of seeking the top prosecutor job if Coakley stepped aside.
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US Representative Stephen F. Lynch answers questions on Syria at Quincy town meeting
US Representative Stephen F. Lynch, who opposes US military intervention in Syria, was in good company at town hall in Quincy Thursday.
The South Boston Democrat spent nearly two hours taking questions from a polite crowd, whose inquiries revealed a deep vein of doubt that military action would achieve positive results for the country and thanks that Lynch held that view.
I really appreciate your commitment to voting against another war in the Middle East, said Dorchester resident Jeff Klein, 67, echoing the sentiment of the majority of questioners in the Quincy High School auditorium.
The crowd of about 100 people, which was split between men and woman, skewed older and included a number of military veterans. Many asked questions of fact -- how can we know that the chemical weapons were used by Assads regime? -- while others just wanted to have their voice heard in opposition to striking Syria.
Lynch gave detailed, often nuanced, answers to every question he was asked, often peppering his responses with anecdotes from his many visits over the years to Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and other countries in the region.
He said that the high volume of constituent calls and emails about the potential intervention in Syria -- more than five to one against -- prompted him to hold the event.
On Aug. 31, President Obama said in an address he believed the US should take military action against Syria after the reported use of chemical weapons by the forces of Syrian leader Bashar Assad. But, he said, he would first ask Congress for its green light.
In the subsequent days, public opinion and the opinion of many members of Congress, both Democratic and Republican, appeared to be strongly opposed to authorizing Obama to strike Syria. Many in the all-Democratic Massachusetts congressional delegation, Lynch among them, expressed deep skepticism about military action in the civil war-torn Middle Eastern country.
But after a potential diplomatic settlement in which Syria would give up its chemical weapons began to gain traction, Obama announced Tuesday he had asked Congress postpone a vote on the authorization of force.
Before Lynch took questions Thursday evening, he spoke about what informed his opposition to authorizing the use of force and was repeatedly interrupted by applause from the audience.
He said there were two main reasons he was currently against intervention.
The first, he said, is that there is a fundamental flaw in the foreign policy of the United States to unilaterally attack Syria without meaningful international support.
The second was that the course of military action that has been chosen, as described Secretary [of State John F.] Kerry has I think a pretty unlikely probability of success in terms achieving what we would hope for in Syria.
Lynchs position puts him at odds with Obama, an issue he addressed early in the forum.
I love my President, but, based on my own reading of this -- and this is where democracy with a small d comes into play -- I think thats the wrong the decision, Lynch said.
Lynch staffers provided copies of the authorization resolution, which many in the audience flipped through over the course of the event.
Heba Eid, 28, was one of the only questioners who expressed support of US military action in Syria.
I dont think Bashar al-Assad is going to agree to any kind of diplomacy unless there is military pressure on him, Eid said. I think that the House should vote for military action. She said that doing nothing in the face of the alleged chemical weapons use would send the wrong message to Assad.
Lynch, engaged in a lengthy but respectful back and forth with her, replied that There are a lot of options between bombing and doing nothing.
In the televised primetime address on Tuesday, Obama also said that taking action in Syria did not mean the US would get involved in every humanitarian crisis across the world.
America is not the worlds policeman. Terrible things happen across the globe, and it is beyond our means to right every wrong. But when, with modest effort and risk, we can stop children from being gassed to death...I believe we should act, the President said.
But that message had not resonated among the people in the auditorium Thursday night.
Quincy resident Russell Erikson, 91, served as a pilot in World War II and was the first member of the public to arrive at the town hall. He said he was opposed to a military intervention in Syria, not wanting to see any young American men or women die in that conflict.
We cant police the whole world, he said.
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Kendall A. Reyes (born September 26, 1989) is an American football defensive end who plays with the San Diego Chargers of National Football League (NFL). In 2010, he served as one of four team captains for the University of Connecticut Huskies and was named to the All-Big East Conference first team following the season.[1] He was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the 2nd round of the 2012 NFL Draft, 49th overall.[2]
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Kendall Reyes attended Nashua High School North in Nashua, New Hampshire from 2003–2007. Reyes was a standout Wide Receiver, Tight End, Linebacker, and Defensive End for Nashua North. Reyes was also a 3-sport athlete at Nashua North, also playing Basketball and Track & Field during his high school career. Reyes was not that heavily recruited out of high school, and he only received 3 offers from Division 1 schools (Connecticut, ). On November 11, 2006, Reyes signed his letter-of-intent and committed to Connecticut
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Reyes was selected in round 2, pick 49 by the San Diego Chargers in the 2012 NFL Draft. He was the highest drafted defensive lineman in school history.
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When the Chargers drafted him with the 49th overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft, Reyes became Nashua High School North's first NFL draft pick and the first player from Nashua to be drafted since the Cincinnati Bengals selected tackle Herb Webster in the fifth round of the 1988 NFL Draft. He was also the highest drafted defensive lineman in school history.[3]
In his rookie season, Reyes led the Chargers' defensive line with 19 quarterback pressures and 15 quarterback hits, and he finished the year third on the team with 5.5 sacks and nine tackles for loss. He recorded his first two NFL sacks against future Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning and on Dec. 23 during a road win against the New York Jets, racked up 3.5 sacks, the most by a Chargers rookie in 26 years. Reyes closed out his initial campaign by earning All-Rookie honors from ESPN.com.[4]
In 2013, reyes was named starter right next to Corey Liuget on the defensive line. Reyes went on to play all 16 games as a starter and managed to collect 34 tackles, 5 sacks, and 2 passes defended.
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Reyes still spends a lot of time in Nashua during the offseason. In March, the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Nashua inducted him into its Hall of Fame. Reyes spent much of his time as a youth at the Club, where he sharpened his athletic and academic skills. Now he works with the Club to help develop initiatives for today's youth. A former class president at Nashua North High, Reyes also spends time at his alma mater talking to student-athletes about education and being good community citizens.[5]
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- ^ Lourie, Steven. "San Diego Chargers 2012 Draft Grades". Retrieved 2012-05-02.
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- ^ http://www.chargers.com/team/roster/kendall-reyes/53b0526d-ec9c-4e57-94e5-02871ef95281/
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These were some of my goals in creating this project:
- Simplify the project for ease of future maintenance (fewer modules, flatter class hierarchies, fewer dependencies -- I'm a big fan of KISS)
- Don't depend on any particular version of Groovy (to let me play with new Groovy versions without waiting for a new plugin release and reduce the needed maintenance)
- Allow access to GroovyDoc tool through the plugin
- Support for invokedynamic
- Be at least as configurable as the groovyc Ant task
Why not patch GMaven?
Both projects use the same classes maintained by the Groovy team underneath (as does the Ant groovyc task), but I had a fundamentally different idea about how I wanted to access the Groovy classes. I felt the plugin should be a lightweight facade, providing access to the Groovy classes without coupling the codebase to a particular Groovy version. This was very different than how GMaven works. It uses a heavier weight Plexus component based implementation, and is compiled against a specific Groovy version, necessitating updating the plugin with a new provider every time a new branch of Groovy was released (sometimes there'd be breaking changes with a minor point release which caused additional issues). I maintained GMaven for a while, and didn't like the extra work this caused. GMaven 2 was considering completely different direction and only supporting script execution.
What's so different?
Other than support for additional features, the fundamental difference is rather than having a plugin dependency choose the version of groovy, GMavenPlus loads your project's compile time classpath into itself and uses Java's Reflection API to make the calls to Groovy that it needs. This gives you more choice over which version of Groovy you use, and makes less work for me because I won't have to release a new version of the plugin every time a new release of Groovy comes out.
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Thinking about the welfare of the animals whose products we eat—what they eat, where they live, their living space and their overall living conditions—is now inevitable. Particularly for those who, like Slow Food, consider the quality of food from a holistic perspective: from how it tastes to its environmental or social impact to its cultural value. For this reason, we have recently launched two surveys to receive feedback from Slow Food members and Presidia producers and to try to understand where the movement stands on the subject.
The first survey, reserved for European Slow Food members and reaching around 60,000 people, will be an important way to understand meat consumption habits, show how aware consumers are of the problem and how willing they are to change their food purchases in favor of products that adhere to labeling schemes certifying high welfare standards. We will be asking members what they think Slow Food's involvement in the issue should be, and the results will be used to help us to guide our future activities and projects on the topic.
The second survey is instead aimed at producers who belong to European Slow Food Presidia, projects that group together producers to protect at-risk quality foods. It aims to reveal the status quo of animal welfare in Presidia productions. What problems are farmers facing when it comes to implementing animal welfare legislation? What measures are in place on their farms for the health and well-being of their animals? What positive aspects already exist and where do we need to improve? The results will guide our activities and help us identify how we can work together with the producers to improve animal welfare in Presidia.
The surveys follow on from Slow Food's activities over the past year. We have started to take an active role on the issue by teaming up with animal protection organizations and institutions working on animal welfare, publishing a guide to meat consumption and bringing experts and farmers together to discuss the issue at conferences, reflecting the growing attention amongst politicians, European institutions, public opinion and consumers.
At Cheese next month in Bra, Italy, we will find out the results of the surveys. Join us on Friday September 20 at 2pm in Piazza XX Settembre at the conference "Who Cares about Animal Welfare?" If you wont be joining us at Cheese, keep a look out for the results on the Slow Food website.
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May 23, 2010In anticipation of the new album Mojo, Tom, Mike, and Benmont will be answering fans' questions during a special 90 minute radio show to be aired across the Westwood One network between June 12-14.
May 20, 2010You might have seen the band perform new song "Jefferson Jericho Blues" on last weekend's Alec Baldwin-hosted SNL season finale, but you can now stream the "Mojo" version at EW.com. Click here to
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More than 175 participate in competition
CORPUS CHRISTI - The Irish may be known for their luck, but it's their dancing that drew a crowd Sunday.
More than 175 performers, some as young as 5, participated in the fourth annual Texas Coast Feis, an Irish dancing competition.
Dances performed by the competitors at the Omni Bayfront Hotel included soft-shoe dances such as the jig and reel and hard-shoe dances such as the hornpipe and treble jig.
The competition included championship and non-championship levels of solo and team dances.
Rankings earned by dancers during Sunday's competition help them advance to December's Southern Region Oireachtas, a regional competition in Orlando, Fla.
Abbey Wood, co-owner and co-instructor with Glor na Daire Academy of Irish Dance, which participated in Sunday's competition, said Irish dancing teaches the values of hard work and commitment.
The competition shows youths how to deal with success or disappointment, she said.
"I've seen it change children," Wood said.
Taylor Stephens, who placed second in the soft-shoe special and open championship, was attracted to the power and grace of Irish dance through a culture event at Windsor Park Elementary School six years ago.
Since then, she has performed at competitions across the country including Pennsylvania, Florida and New Mexico.
"Even though it takes a lot of strength, it's gorgeous to watch," said Taylor, 16.
Jason Hickman was invited to check out an Irish dancing school in the Dallas area, which turned out to be just a block from his home.
"I've been going ever since," said Jason, 16, who recently performed at the World Irish Dancing Championships in Dublin.
Caitlin Daniels of Dallas, who has competed at the regional level for the past two years, learned about Irish dancing about two years ago when she watched "Riverdance" for the first time.
Two weeks later, Caitlin was practicing Irish dance with Emerald School of Irish Dance. Within a month, she was in her first competition.
"I didn't even know this world existed," said Caitlin, 13.
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There's nothing better than watching your favorite furry dog friend romping freely in the park with its friends. But allowing your dog time to have off its leash is a privilege, not a right. There are several important commands your dog must learn before it can be trusted to follow you without the aid of a leash. It's a matter of safety and security for both other people, other dogs and your dog. Click through for some tips on how to train your dog to behave off-leash.
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Teaching your dog to stay should be one of the first things your dog learns. Not only is the command important for safety, it also commands attention and is pretty easy to teach. Like "stay," teaching your dog to "leave it" can help keep it safe from hazardous situations and items — like when your dog decides that picking up that dead squirrel is a good idea. Best way to teach "leave it" is to shout the command word, hold out your hand with a treat enclosed in your fist and let the dog sniff your hand. Once he has stopped looking for the treat, give him a treat with your other hand. Continue this repetitive practice in different locations to increase difficulty.
Yes, this might seem counterintuitive if you just spent the last six weeks in dog behavior classes using a leash. While a leash makes training outdoors easier, you should train off leash as much as possible — and in a safe space — to get a head start on reinforcing good behavior.
Start by training off-leash in your home — away from distractions. Once you've mastered the desired commands indoors, move to the backyard or a private enclosed outdoor area. From there, move to a fenced park location and add challenges until you feel comfortable that your dog has grasped all commands in the busiest of environments. The more you train this way, the better your dog will be at retaining its off-leash manners.
Teaching a dog to come when called is one of the most important commands you can teach when it comes to safety. It is also fairly difficult to master, so be patient and reinforce whenever possible. With this command, you'll be able to control your dog around dangers and show others that your dog is under control. Using a food treat to lure your dog to come is effective, but should be used only in the beginning. You don't want to set up the expectation that your dog is owed a treat every time it is called. Start using verbal cues, like a clicker or exclamation like "Good!" or "Yes!" when your dog comes to you. Start in a place free of distractions and gradually increase distractions until your dog responds to your expectations.
Figure out what rewards your dog likes the most and reserve those for off-leash training. The one thing to keep in mind here is to not use food as a lure when off-leash training. Overuse of your dog's favorite treat will leave it expecting to get that treat every time it responds to your cues. The time you ask him to come and you don't offer him a chicken snack can cause him to decide he'd rather do something other than listen to you. Vary which treats or praise you use when training to keep your dog on its paws.
It's not just important to teach a dog to come on command. Teaching your dog to move away from you or in a specific direction can also help guarantee its safety. Imagine your dog sees you from across the street and begins walking toward you into oncoming traffic. Having a firm grasp of an "away" command can help save your dog's life. You can begin this training by teaching your dog how to move around certain objects on command, like a chair or a cone.
It's important to always keep in mind that situations are unpredictable, as is your dog. Even with the best off-leash training, there's no way to know how you dog will react to every circumstance. But off-leash training is important for a number of reasons. Maybe someone leaves the front door open on accident, or your dog is able to slip out of his collar. Teaching and enforcing off-leash behavior early on is the best way to make sure you can control your dog and keep him safe with or without the help of a leash.
Every dog has its limits and weaknesses. Sometimes extreme fear or strong instincts will prevent a dog from mastering some of these off-leash commands. It is your job as a dog owner to recognize these limitations and anticipate what scenarios you might encounter if you take your dog off-leash. For example, if your dog flees at the sound of thunder, you might want to keep it on leash if a storm is coming. If your dog has a habit of chasing cars, taking it off its leash near a busy street may prove to be too risky. It is up to you to know your dog and adjust its off-leash allowance accordingly.
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You don't have to carve out three hours a day just for training. Use your training tools — drills, treats, clickers — when you're just playing or spending time with your dogs, too. If you're out playing fetch, use your clicker to call your dog and reward it when it behaves. Figure out which activities you dog really loves and find a way to incorporate training into it. For example, if your dog can't wait for dinnertime, make it stay, sit or lie down for a certain period of time before you lower its bowl.
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ALBANY -- With the lion's share of media attention going to the Georgia gubernatorial race and various congressional contests, the election of a member to the state's highest court has been shadowed.
"Everyone else who runs for office promises you, 'I'm going to get you this kind of result,' " Justice David Nahmias said in an interview Friday at The Albany Herald. "All we (candidates for the bench) can promise is that we'll get you the result that the law requires."
Nahmias says that's what he's been doing since he was appointed by Gov. Sonny Perdue in August 2009 to succeed former Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears, who had retired. "I'm fair and I apply the law," he said.
Nahmias is being challenged in his bid to retain his bench seat for a full four-year term on Nov. 2 by Matt Wilson, an Atlanta trial lawyer, and Tammy Lynn Adkins, a Lawrenceville lawyer who specializes in divorce cases and who had done little visible campaigning.
"Because of the low level of campaigning, it's a race where people can say different things and it's hard to bring it to the attention of the voters," the justice said. "It's hard to inform people. The biggest concern I have is getting information out to the voters."
Wilson has attacked Nahmias as a divisive figure on the court who is attempting to bring the state court system more in line with the federal court system, a charge Nahmias dismissed. "I don't know what that means," Nahmias said. "As a justice, you apply the law.
"Ninety percent of all our (Supreme Court) decisions are unanimous. I'd like to see some data that shows the court has become more divided than it has been in previous years."
Nahmias was the U.S. attorney in Atlanta for more than 4 1/2 years before his appointment to the Georgia Supreme Court and began working as a federal prosecutor in 1995. He graduated magna cum laude in 1991 from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review, and clerked for U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Columbia Judge Laurance H. Silberman and for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia before joining the Washington, D.C., lawfirm of Hogan & Hartson.
As a federal prosecutor, he was involved in the investigation of the 1996 Olympic bombing case in which Albany resident Alice Hawthorne was killed, resulting in the indictment of Eric Rudolph, before being moved to the office's Fraud and Public Corruption Section, where he successfully prosecuted a Georgia state senator for corruption and was co-lead prosecutor on public corruption investigations into the Atlanta and Fulton County governments. After 9/11, he was reassigned to Washington, D.C., where he coordinated probes into terrorist activities and in 2003 was named deputy assistant U.S. attorney for the Criminal Division, overseeing the Counterterroism Section, the Fraud Section (which included the Enron Task Force), the Appellate Section and the Capital Case Unit. President George W. Bush named him U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia in 2004.
Wilson has charged that Nahmias' lack of time representing clients in state of Georgia courtrooms is a liability. "I really don't think he is qualified for the job," Wilson said during an earlier campaign swing through Albany. Nahmias, however, notes that Wilson, who has practiced law for 35 years, has never had an appeal that has been heard by the Georgia Supreme Court and published.
"Among the people who pay attention and who are informed ... I have overwhelming support," Nahmias said.
While Wilson charges that Nahmias is unpopular with Georgia lawyers, a State Bar of Georgia poll -- one in which the responses are anonymous -- indicates otherwise. Nahmias noted that of the 2,339 state lawyers who responded to the poll, 1,726 -- 76 percent -- said he was well qualified, while Wilson got that rating from 184 respondents (26 percent) and Adkins got 123 (16 percent). Of the respondents, 78 percent said they sufficient knowledge to express an opinion on his qualifications, while 28 percent said that about Adkins and 26 percent knew enough to have an opinion of Wilson's qualifications.
"I welcome anyone to go to someone you trust who keeps up with things and ask them about me," Nahmias said. "I won't get 100 percent support from them, but I bet I'll get support from 90 percent of them. I actually have a proven record to run on instead of just promises."
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A political battle has erupted over Univision's bid to acquire the Hispanic Broadcasting Corp., with opponents arguing that the deal would create the non-Hispanic-owned equivalent of conservative Fox News Channel for Hispanic TV viewers. The merger would further solidify Univision's hold on the Hispanic market and its dominance over rival Telemundo, which recently lost a big chunk of its audience share.
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