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This book is ideal for database administrators, data engineers, and system administrators, and it will act as an invaluable reference if you are planning to use the Hadoop platform in your organization. It is expected that you have basic Linux skills since all the examples in this book use this operating system. It is also useful if you have access to test hardware or virtual machines to be able to follow the examples in the book.
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New Yorker subscribers are gonna be giggling nonstop throughout Paullelujah!, if they can stomach the smut (of which there is much -- don't let this anywhere near a twelve-year-old boy; it will become his favorite album ever). Barman name-drops the following people on Paullelujah!: Garrison Keillor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Woodward and Bernstein, the Keebler elf, Principal Asswipe, Erica Jong, Republicrats, Margaret Sanger (including the classic line "more anger than Margaret Sanger sitting on a bloody coat hanger"), Quetzalcoatl, Ric Ocasek, Jeff Koons, John Cage ("I can rock the mic to silence by John Cage"), Jesus H. Christ ("where 'H' stands for 'holy crap!'"), Don Quixote, Alexander Calder, Jean Dubuffet, Al Hirschfeld, Noam Chomsky, Tipper Gore and, in the gloriously bawdy (OK, totally nasty) "Cock Mobster," Maxine Hong Kingston, Amy Tan ("who said 'lay me, mon'"), Cynthia Ozick, Kim Gordon, Laetitia Casta, Teri Garr and Sigourney Weaver, all of whom Barman in the course of the song fantasizes about.
Yes, anyone can name-drop. And aren't we all so impressed with how well-read the MC is? But, as in comedy, timing is everything in rap, and Barman possesses a crazy control, simultaneously working to maintain a rhythm and a comedic tension, and when he succeeds, the deft merger of his verbal style -- always a tad clumsy and white -- and punchline is laugh-out-loud funny. He's as quick as Don Rickles, gets into verbal pickles just so he can unstick himself; he's digging in some very different cultural crates than your average MC, and this examination, although at times buried in a lot of giggly sex talk, is an important step in the progression of hip-hop.
Ultimately, though, we land back at the funk. And who cares how clever and smart MC Paul Barman thinks he is? If the rap ain't funky, the thing ain't gonna fly. Luckily, the thing is strong and sturdy, built to carry a dance floor intent on cooking some hip-hop. It's a solidly produced party record that recalls most closely De La's Three Feet, at least in spirit. It's a bouncy, happy, poppy record for the most part, and it stands far removed from some of the dirtier-sounding peers in the Anticon and Def Jux camps. Within, a sort of direct cleanliness: woodwind samples, horn-section blasts, bouncy carnival brass sections, Spanish guitar lines, all of which loop in odd but ultimately satisfying ways.
Pure white and pure black make what? Pure gray? No, not really. More like both, and the tension, imagined or real, drives Paullelujah! to somewhere fascinating and surprising. And besides, if you're not down with the style, you can stick with the words. Says Barman, "If I had any rhythm maybe you'd finally faint; the way I communicate would make a dang eunuch mate."
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Hulk Hogan's highly anticipated sex tape has finally surfaced online, and although it is only a preview of the full film, it is enough to know its legitimate!
Though there has not been a lot of explanation behind the tape, we must admit this is pretty badass. Who knew Hulk had it in him?!
According to Gawker, the minute-and-a-half clip—which consists of snippets that were edited from the 30-minute full recording—shows the WWE legend about to get down with an brunette whose identity has still not been confirmed.
But before the two get down to business, the former wrestling phenom's cell phone goes off!
Hogan checks it to make sure it's not his son, Nick, which means the tape was probably made some time after the Nick got out of jail in 2009.
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I'm going to take a break from my usual financial reporting here to give you a look at one of the best video game trailers I've ever seen. It's for Dead Island, an upcoming zombie-horror Xbox 360 title where players try to survive on an island full of zombies. Par for the course for a video game concept, but it's this amazing trailer that's made the internet catch fire with buzz.
It's played mostly in slo-motion reverse, interspersed with forward moving real-time scenes. Eventually the two halves meet, and by the time they do, you've realized the tragic circumstances surrounding the demise of a family on vacation on the wrong island. For anyone wondering, the incredible music in the trailer is by Giles Lamb, though you can't find the track by itself online as it was made just for the game I believe.
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Burning Fight: The Nineties Hardcore Revolution In Ethics, Politics, Spirit, And Sound
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While some define hardcore music as a sound, many believe it's more than that—underlying political values, motives, ethics, principles, and attitudes that form a community. Burning Fight provides answers, but moreso raises new questions for those drawn to the scene's political, social, ethical and spiritual ideas among the abrasive chords. Featuring commentary from approximately 150 people involved in the nineties hardcore scene as well as oral history articles about straight edge, politics, vegetarianism and interviews with a variety of influential bands there are interviews with 108, Avail, Burn, Cave In, Coalesce, Damnation A.D., Deadguy, Disembodied, Downcast, Earth Crisis, Endpoint, Groundwork, Guilt, Inside Out, Integrity, Los Crudos, Mouthpiece, Racetraitor, Ressurection, Rorshcach, Shelter, Spitboy, Split Lip/Chamberlain, Strife, Swing Kids, Texas Is The Reason, Threadbare, Trial, Unbroken, Undertow, and Vegan Reich
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One of our F2b mini Goldendoodles was initially accepted into the service dog training program with C.H.A.M.P. Assistance Dogs in St. Louis. He did not successfully complete the program, so we hope that C.H.A.M.P. will accept another Missouri Doodles' puppy in the future. You can read more about C.H.A.M.P. on their website: C.H.A.M.P. Dogs and in a March 2007 St. Louis Post Dispatch article: C.H.A.M.P. article.
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Duncan and Garnett — together at last?
The Spurs will consider everything and everyone this summer when free agency begins. But one option tossed out this weekend by one in the Spurs organization is not just another name. Kevin Garnett. Don't know him? He's better known in San Antonio as Tim Duncan's evil twin. There was a time when it looked like […] [Read More]
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OKLAHOMA CITY — About eight minutes before the Spurs' off-season began, Manu Ginobili ran into Kevin Durant. Ginobili also ran into one of the game's issues. It's a call that needs to be reviewed. Ginobili is the most likely Spur to both draw an offensive foul and cause one. He slides in front of opposing […] [Read More]


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Thinking about finally giving this game a try -- I had my eye on it for a long time but lost interest after the many launch delays.
Anyway, I could use some advice on classes. The two classes that I am looking at most closely are Lancer and Warrior. My understanding is that Lancers are definitely in high demand for dungeons due to their unique tanking ability and that is definitely appealing to me. However, I have heard that they are a huge pain to level. Is this still true? Are they painful enough to level that it would be worth rolling one as a second character so as to twink it out a bit?
Warriors sound like a fun alternative that might be easier to level. From what I hear they can also tank, although it's more difficult. Is it also easy to find dungeon groups as a warrior tank? And how are warriors in terms of solo play/leveling?
Last but not least, how are both of these classes in PVP? I have played many games where tank classes are really bad in PVP because their DPS is so low that enemies can just ignore them. This is a particular concern for Lancers, I'd think, who have the added problem of being slow (and thus I'd think easy to kite).
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You'll be quite surprised to hear that lancers have received a major DPS buff as well as new dps skills such as Wallop and Warriors have been given a block so they can actually tank properly, although I personally liked dodge tanking.
Lancer and Warrior will be around the same speed to level but lancer has less down time due to self heal and bubble at higher levels.
Lancer and warrior at level 60 are really fast paced classes and take quite a bit of skill to play in PvP, however, both are in high demand and lancer/warrior are considered probably the best 1v1 classes and the best classes for upcoming 3v3 arena when controlled by a skilled player.


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As soon as Mike Geltrude got into Penn State University earlier this month, he did what any high school senior would do: He posted his acceptance letter on Facebook.
Immediately, the "likes" started rolling in. He quickly received 50 of them, with not a single wisecrack about the child molestation scandal currently embroiling the campus.
New Jersey is huge Penn State territory. More kids from here apply there than from any other state outside of Pennsylvania — 5,600 so far this year.
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In March I was finally able to get going and I released my 2014 Prospect Rankings, wrote a little about Matt Kemp, and wrote extensively about Yasiel Puig. Besides game threads or game recaps, here's what I was up to. ===== Things Looking Up For Matt Kemp, But Reality Will Require Patience It really is an unfortunate, delicate balance at ... Read More »
February In Review: Hanley extension, Ryu's second year, mailbag
A busier month for me than January, but I was set back a bit by illness. Fortunately, I still managed to write about Hyun Jin Ryu's sophomore campaign, extending Hanley Ramirez, two Spring Training position previews, started a mailbag (yes, really), and made a GIF. ===== The Time To Extend Hanley Ramirez Is Now With Clayton Kershaw now locked up, ... Read More »
January In Review: Dodgers & Utility Infielders; Clutchitude
Was a bit of a slow month for me in January as I continue to research/compile my Prospect Profiles, but I managed to tackle the utility infielder issue for the Dodgers and continued my Clutchitude series. —– With Attention Focused on Masahiro Tanaka, Utility Infield Remains Dodgers Biggest Hole As Dodgers fans wait for the second-by-second updates on Masahiro Tanaka ... Read More »
Introducing Dodgers Digest, the best site ever (it's only fitting my announcement goes last)
This site, as you know it today, is dead. But that's a good thing, because starting Monday I'll be teaming up with Mike Petriello (Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness), Dustin Nosler (Feelin' Kinda Blue), and Daniel Brim (Blog To The Score) over at our new site, Dodgers Digest. Yes, a new site. And while I'm nervous about the change, I think ... Read More »
An interview with prospect Corey Seager during the Arizona Fall League
A couple weeks ago, I got the chance to talk with Corey Seager before batting practice during his time in the Arizona Fall League. Seager provided a lot of stock answers — which is probably for the best — but did open up a bit about expectations, adjustments, his relationship with his brother (Kyle Seager), the organization's hitting philosophy, and ... Read More »
Site Update: Moved to new server + Disqus is here
I think I did this like a week ago, but I figured I should make an announcement anyway just to let everybody know. So basically, I've moved off shared hosting. Therefore, stuff like the site crashing for two days because lots of people wanted to read my articles won't happen … hypothetically. Also, unless you haven't visited the site in ... Read More »
Q&A: Logan White, Dodgers' VP Of Amateur Scouting
Logan White, the Dodgers' Vice President Of Amateur Scouting, was kind enough to give me 20 minutes of his time to talk about the farm system and draft. If you want to hear White actually speak, check out the latest episode of "Dugout Blues". —– I looked at the draft this year and you kind of had a more college-focused ... Read More »
Carl Crawford confirms that I am a genius! (…or that he just changed hitting mechanics)
So a couple days ago, I asked Eric Stephen of True Blue LA to ask Carl Crawford about his hitting mechanics, and he did so for me, primarily because he's awesome. Why, you ask? Because of my article for Baseball Prospectus back in October broaching that exact subject. Basically, I wanted to know if I was right so I could ... Read More »
Interview With Chris Reed: Mechanical & Mental Adjustments, Pitch Confidence, And Change
I had the opportunity to speak with Chris Reed before his Nov. 8 Arizona Fall League game. Edited for sanity, because nobody wants to read "uh" and "um" and laughs and transitions and crap. —– Pitching in the AFL is always difficult, so are you making any conscious adjustments to that or is it just specifically working on things beyond ... Read More »
Interview With Joc Pederson: Mechanical Changes, Mental Approach, And Fatigue
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LEXINGTON, Ky. ? Freshman Kentucky right-side hitter Lauren Rapp (Indianapolis, Ind.) claimed her second consecutive Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Week award, her third such honor this season, the league office in Birmingham, Ala., announced Monday.
Rapp totaled 25 kills on the week, averaging 3.57 kills per game and 4.50 points per game as the Wildcats defeated Tennessee and Arkansas to improve to 14-3 overall and 5-1 in league play. Her 13 kills in the team?s win against Tennessee were one shy of her career best. She also had four aces on the week, including a career-high three against Arkansas.
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The recent Occupy Wall Street movement has brought scores of demonstrators into New York City and other cities throughout the country. The United States has a long tradition of protest marches, demonstrations and parades. Who can forget the Boston Tea Party? Most demonstrations are staged in a finite period; organizers chose an afternoon or evening for the rally. When the rally is over, the crowd disperses and the participants go home. However, since at least the late 1800's when Coxey's Army arrived in Washington, some protestor's have come to stay. Economic issues are often the main the focus of these protests.
Coxey's Army came to Washington, DC from all over the country to ask for financial relief for the thousands suffering during the Panic of 1893. In 1932, the Bonus Marchers or Bonus Army moved into Washington creating shanty towns or Hoovervilles to shelter their protesters. This group was seeking financial relief from the government, too. The Bonus Marchers were World War I Veterans. These veterans wanted the bonuses they had been promised. If you want to know more about the Bonus Marchers, you can listen to a National Public Radio Soundprint broadcast, or read the book, The Bonus Army: an American Epic by Eric Dickson. The tradition continued, when in 1968, The Reverend Ralph Abernathy led the Poor People's March on Washington. Many of the marchers lived for a time in Resurrection City. You can read original articles written at the time of any of these demonstrations by accessing the Historical Newspapers Database.
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With union-management negotiations looking set to continue right to the end-January deadline imposed by International Airlines Group management for implementation of a plan to staunch losses and "save" its Iberia unit by slashing 4,500 jobs, 25 aircraft and 15% of capacity, leaders across the industry are being advised to consider the delicate balance between scale and scope of operations.
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Ultimately, says de Peyrecave, mid-sized carriers with a mix of short- and long-haul operations are struggling to stay profitable, in large part because they lack the scale to optimise either part of the business. In Europe particularly, he says, there is a good chance the industry will become stratified, with short-haul specialists - principally low-cost carriers - moving passengers who choose to "self-connect" to long-haul flights at hub airports.
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New Jersey employers said health care costs for their employees increased 6.6 percent in 2012, higher than the national average, but well below the double-digit increases many of them saw in recent years, according to a survey released this morning by Mercer, a consulting company.
It brought the average cost to $12,360 per employee.
More than eight in 10 New Jersey employers said they would shift more of the cost onto their employees in 2013 – raising deductibles, co-pays, out-of-pocket maximums. They expect costs to rise 5.8 percent next year.
Nationally, employers reported that health benefits rose 4.1 percent in 2012, the smallest increase in 15 years.
Also interesting: The percentage of employers offering coverage this year rose from 55 percent to 59 percent after falling each of the previous two years.
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Remember the episode from "ER" during which the abrasive Dr. Robert "Rocky" Romano was preparing to have surgery on his arm? He tells his colleague, Dr. Elizabeth Corday, "Do me a favor. Write, 'Not this one, idiot' on my right arm. Oh, like it doesn't happen!"
When wrong-site surgery becomes one of the staples of popular culture, you know the public awareness is high.
But not so fast, Dr. Romano. Although it's generally assumed that patients ought to be engaged in helping to mark the surgical site, a new study suggests, rather surprisingly, that this assumption is faulty. The study was recently published online in the Journal of Patient Safety.
Two hundred patients scheduled to undergo orthopedic surgery were asked to mark their own surgical site ahead of time with the word "yes." The majority, 68.2 percent, did so correctly – but 32 percent simply didn't follow through.
Factors such as gender, education level, occupation and history of depression, which often can influence patients' health behaviors, did not appear to make a difference, the study's authors found.
A few of the other findings offer some clues, though. Patients who marked the site were slightly younger and more likely to speak English as their primary language than those who didn't. The time between when they enrolled in the study and when they actually had their surgery also seemed to be predictive. Those who marked the site were enrolled in the study an average of 10.4 days before their surgery. For those who didn't, it was 23.1 days, suggesting that timeliness might be important in getting patients more engaged in the process.
Significantly, none of the patients who marked their own site made an error, nor did they make any extra marks that could contribute to a wrong-site surgery. The real issue, the study's authors conclude, seems to lie with motivating patients to participate in the first place. In view of the fact that more than three out of 10 patients in the study failed to mark the site as they were asked to, "patient involvement in surgical site marking is unreliable and may not help in decreasing the chances of wrong-site surgery," they wrote.
These findings aren't much different from a similar study done in 2003. In this case, the researchers followed 100 patients at a private foot and ankle practice who underwent elective orthopedic surgery. Fifty-nine of them marked the site correctly, 37 didn't mark the site at all, and four marked the site but didn't follow directions for how to correctly do so.
The authors offer a possible explanation: "This behavior suggests that patients expect the system to 'take care of everything,' despite solicitation of their active participation to avoid such adverse events."
Avoiding wrong-site surgery seems like it would be easy. Those who study the process, however, are finding that it's not. Often it's the little things that create ambiguity. Should the correct site be marked with an X? Best practices now recommend against this, since an X can be interpreted in opposite ways: as "X marks the spot" or as "not this site." Many clinicians now even make a point of using the word "correct" instead of "right," to avoid confusion between right and left.
Although patients can be tempted to mark the site on their own, and perhaps add the warning "not here!" for good measure, many experts don't think this is a good idea. For one thing, it bypasses the surgeon who's doing the actual cutting. For another, once the patient is in the OR and prepped for surgery, these markings can be obscured by surgical drapes or blurred or dissolved by prep solutions, and lead to potentially disastrous confusion. For some of the same reasons, it's not always preferable to have the site marked a week or two in advance of the surgery and risk having the mark rub off.
The recommendation that's currently considered the gold standard is to have the surgeon, preferably with the involvement of the patient, sign the site with the surgeon's initials. It's all a work in progress, however, and it seems we still have much to learn about the best role for patients in making the process of marking the correct surgical site more consistently safe.
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PHILADELPHIA - What's cooking at the Philadelphia public library? Plenty, now that it has a million-dollar kitchen at its main downtown branch.
The library has whipped up an unusual culinary program designed to improve the city's low literacy rate. Some courses will use recipes and nutrition labels to teach language and math, while others are geared toward immigrant restaurant workers learning English.
About 500,000 Philadelphia adults - a third of the total population - don't read above an eighth-grade level, according to library president and director Siobhan Reardon.
"We're looking to raise the bar on the library's approach to dealing with this confounding literacy issue in this city," Reardon said.
The gleaming new kitchen, built with public and private funds, occupies a corner of a floor reserved for meetings and special events. It includes three ovens, a walk-in refrigerator, 16 burners and video equipment to display overhead views of the counter and stovetops. An adjacent terrace will house an herb garden.
Several organizations have partnered with the library to offer culinary literacy classes that officials expect will serve about 2,000 patrons annually starting this summer. They'll show people how to cook while teaching important life skills along the way.
The nonprofit Center for Literacy and Penn State Extension is developing a course for adults to learn how to read lists of ingredients, calculate percentages on nutrition labels, create food budgets and modify recipes using basic math.
"It's an opportunity to put learning into a context," Center for Literacy CEO Michael Westover said. "Adults learn best when they're doing."
Chef Jose Garces, who operates eight restaurants in Philadelphia and several others across the U.S., will use the kitchen to support his education program for Spanish-speaking restaurant workers.
About a year ago, the Garces Foundation offered English lessons and food service training to 10 immigrant employees. Today, the program enrolls 70 students working in dozens of eateries across the city - and it's hard to find an empty demonstration kitchen to accommodate them, said spokeswoman Mallory Fix.
The library cooking space will remedy that, Fix said, noting the foundation has shared its curriculum with the library. Restaurant workers also get library cards and an introduction to other library offerings, she said.
"It's really opening doors throughout the whole city for them," Fix said.
The effort extends to children and teens as well. Chef Marc Vetri's foundation will teach classes aimed at creating healthy eating habits early in life, while the Careers through Culinary Arts Program will offer vocational training for underserved youth interested in the food industry.
Carolyn Anthony, president of the Chicago-based Public Library Association, said it's not uncommon to use pots and pans as teaching tools in buildings normally associated with books and computers. But Philadelphia's focus on literacy through cooking is different, she said.
"Libraries are plugging into whatever larger community concerns are," Anthony said. "We're connecting people with not just print resources but with human resources."
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I've saved my progress as Three companies.psd. I don't need the rulers anymore, so I'll press Ctrl+R, Command+R on a Mac to get rid of them. In this exercise, we're going to take these three company layers that we've created and we're going to create more clones of them, more duplicates, we'll flip them over on the right-hand side of the composition which of course will make the text backward, so then we'll flip them again to make them forward, and here's how that works. Let's go ahead and select these three layers by clicking at one, Shift+clicking on the other and let's group them together; I'll press Ctrl+G or Command+G on the Mac to create a Group here and I'll go ahead and name that Group left.
And then, let's make a copy of that Group by dragging it down to the bottom here, to this little page icon at the bottom of the Layers panel and that makes a copy that's still called left because I turned that Copy feature off so that it's not called left copy, and I'm going to rename the bottom one right this time. Just for larfs here, as long as I'm organizing things, I'll go ahead and make yet another copy of these layers for the middle set of text that will make up my final watermark, and I could do that by the way, I could either make a duplicate of the left group or the right group; it doesn't matter which one.
Anytime you're making a duplicate of any of these Smart Objects, they're always going back to that single original. So, just to demonstrate that I'll grab right and I'll drag it down onto the page icon, release and I'll go ahead and rename this group middle and we'll come back to it later. But for now, let's go ahead and select the right group and I'm going to press Ctrl+T or Command+T on the Mac to apply Free Transform to the entire contents of the group. So there are three layers, three Smart Objects inside of this group and we can transform them all together, but in order to make sure that I'm positioning things correctly, I'm going to go ahead and drag this origin point target right there so that it aligns perfectly; it's not snapping for me, but I'll just visually align it with the intersection of those two guidelines.
Then I'll right-click anywhere inside the image window and I'll choose Flip Horizontal, and when I do, notice that Photoshop goes ahead and flips my text, these three instances of these Smart Objects here, goes ahead and flips them over onto the right-hand side of the screen by virtue of the fact that it's flipping around this origin point. Now then, just go ahead and press the Enter key or the Return key on the Mac in order to apply that modification. Now, obviously we've got some problems here because all of the text is backward and that's not going to work. So, we need to flip it again. That's why I was saying this is a double flip technique.
Press Ctrl+T or Command+T again and I should say that anytime you're applying a transformation to a Smart Object, it's a nondestructive modification, but flipping is nondestructive by definition. So you can flip pixels as much as you want and because these are Text layers, why then that's nondestructive as well, because they're vector-based. Anyway, what that does is it goes ahead and resets that transformation origin right there to the center of the text, which is very important. That way I know its positioned correctly, I can right-click once again anywhere inside the image window and choose Flip Horizontal again and it'll flip it like so, so that the text reads properly from left to right.
All right, now I'll go ahead and press the Enter key or the Return key on the Mac in order to accept that modification. The next step is to take care of the middle text. Now, the middle text isn't going to fit right there in the middle. I don't want three repetitions of Bob's Image Shack down the center of the image too because then, we would be really stacking rows of text on top of each other; it would look wrong. In other words, if I grab that middle text, so I'll just go ahead and select that middle group and I'll just Ctrl+drag or Command+drag that text more or less into place, it no longer reads properly. What I really want is this effect right there, where the text is offset and down, but we're only going to need two repetitions of the text to make that work.
So, I'll go ahead and undo that modification by pressing Ctrl+Z, Command+Z on the Mac; let's twirl open middle. Now, if you take a look at these thumbnails, you can see that the first company is up, the second company is in the middle and the last company is down. So, we don't need the down company. I'm going to go ahead and select it and press the Backspace key to get rid of that instance. Then I'll twirl middle closed once again and I'll make sure it's active as it is, I'll press Ctrl+T in order to enter the Free Transform mode; that's Command+T on the Mac. Notice that origin point once again right there smack-dab in the center of the objects.
I'm just going to drag inside of my transformation boundary until that origin point snaps to the intersection of my two guidelines like so and now I'm done. I'll press the Enter key or the Return key on the Mac in order to apply my modification and now let's zoom out and you can see that I've done a great job here of exactly aligning the repeated elements. Even though there's a certain offset associated with them, it works out perfectly and that's one of the real benefits associated with Free Transform. In a next exercise, we're going to transform all of our text into translucent watermarks.
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Tobacco Warehouse
August 15, 2014 Work to prepare Shepherdstown's historic Tobacco Warehouse for adoptive re-use continues this week as Conservit, Inc. more »»
Calendar of Events August 15
August 15, 2014 SHEPHERDSTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY Alice Munro's Dear Life: Stories will be discussed on Friday, Aug. 29 at 4 p.m. in the Library. more »»
Time for the Fair!
August 15, 2014 County youth and adults have been preparing for months for the opening of the 62nd annual Jefferson County Fair. more »»
Another Festival of Dogs
August 15, 2014 Many happy dogs and happy faces turned up for the second annual Dogfest event held Saturday and Sunday. more »»
Kiwanis announces SAAB Scholarship
August 15, 2014 The Paul M. Saab Memorial Kiwanis Scholarship for 2014 was awarded to Rachel Adams, a recent graduate of Jefferson High School by the Kiwanis Club of Shepherdstow. more »»
A Warm Welcome
August 15, 2014 Shepherdstown can soon welcome a new welcome sign. more »»
Photographer celebrates career
August 11, 2014 This year is a "big one" for local photographer Benita Keller. She is celebrating thirty years of photography and sixty years of lif. more »»
Schedule DogFest Weekend
August 11, 2014 Aug. 9-10 DogFest hours will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. All activities are free. more »»
Dogfest set for this weekend
August 11, 2014 Shepherdstown's second annual summer "DogFest" will be held the weekend of Aug. 9 and 10. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. more »»
A New Fit Park
August 11, 2014 Hidden in plain view, one of Shepherdstown's many local parks now offers an alternative work out option for the community. more »»
Bridge Gallery closes Summer Exhibit 2014
August 1, 2014 The Bridge Gallery is having a closing reception on Sunday, Aug. 3 from 2-4 p.m. for its current event, Summer Exhibit 2014. more »»
Film tonight
August 1, 2014 Directed, produced, written, edited, and filmed by Shepherdstown native Jason A. Smith, "Losing Cable 2: Journey to Infinity" is the ultimate independent sci-fi action-comedy. more »»
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August 1, 2014 The Shepherdstown "Dog Fest" being planned for the Aug. 9-10 weekend will include a dog show for local and visiting dogs on Saturday. This show will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. more »»
Calendar of Events August 1
August 1, 2014 SHEPHERDSTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY A free family-friendly movie will be shown behind the Shepherdstown Library at dusk on Friday, August first. Please bring a blanket or lawn chairs. more »»
Another Identity Crisis
August 1, 2014 Music superstars and rock star wannabees are welcome to come out next Saturday, for the return of the fifth annual Identity Crisis on Aug. 9. more »»
Rare breeds featured at Dogfest
August 1, 2014 A highlight of next Sunday's Dogfest schedule will be a special "Look and Learn" show of more than 20 rare-breed dogs. more »»
A Robotic Future?
August 1, 2014 The Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF) continues to explore new subject matter this season, introducing local audiences to the concept of social robotics and cyber consciousness, as... more »»
Kids' businesses a hit
August 1, 2014 Morgan's Grove Market hosted a group of new vendors Saturday, when local children set up shop for "Kids Entrepreneur Day." Sisters Nicole, age 10 and Brielle Lambert, age 8. more »»
Coffee and Conversation
July 25, 2014 Members of the community are invited to join friends and neighbors on Wednesday, Aug. 6, at 10:30 a.m. to learn more about our "Village" Shepherdstown Area Independent Living (SAIL. more »»
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text: Essar Oil returned to black with a net profit of Rs 32 crore in the December quarter and has received the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) approval to raise $2.2 billion foreign currency loans to refinance expensive rupee debt."Net profit in October-December quarter at Rs 32 crore compared to Rs 362 crore of loss in the same period a year ago," company Managing Director & CEO Lalit K Gupta said in a media conference call from Mumbai.The profit was mainly due to higher refining margin and larger processing of ultra heavy crude oil.Essar's Vadinar refinery in Gujarat earned $9.75 on turning every barrel of crude oil into fuel in the third quarter as against a gross refining margin of $2.82 per barrel in the same period a year ago.This "reflected the higher complexity benefits post completion of expansion and optimistion projects," Gupta said.Sales were up 86 per cent to Rs 25,909 crore and in the first nine months the company has clocked a revenue of Rs 71,040 crore.Gupta said the turnover will touch Rs 100,000 crore "next fiscal if not in the current financial year".The Vadinar refinery, at 20 million tons per annum capacity and 11.8 complexity, is India's second largest single site refinery and among the most complex globally for a facility of this scale.During the quarter, it processed 5.14 million tons of crude, up 83 per cent from last year."Share of ultra heavy crude in the refinery's crude diet rose almost three fold to 67 per cent and production of valuable middle and light distillates (LPG, petrol and diesel) improved to 85 per cent of the refinery's product slate from 69 per cent over the same period last year." he said."Heavy and ultra heavy crude constituted 84 per cent of the refinery's crude diet during the quarter, against 74 per cent in Q3FY12".Gupta said going forward, the company will continue to "optimise crude diet and product slate further to improve our earnings."Essar Oil, India's second largest private oil refiner, plans to raise around $2.2 billion in external commercial borrowings (ECB) to refinance part of rupee loans totalling Rs 17,700 crore.Company CFO Suresh Jain said Essar Oil had received Reserve Bank of India approval to raise ECBs of $2.2 billion. The foreign currency debt would help the company save $140-150 million, he said."We are in discussion with banks," he said refusing to say when the company plans to raise the ECBs.


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Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Financial Statements and Exhibits
The Amended and Restated Merger Agreement
On July 18, 2014, Pepco Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("PHI"), entered into an Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Amended and Restated Merger Agreement") with Exelon Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation ("Exelon"), and Purple Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Exelon ("Merger Sub"). The Amended and Restated Merger Agreement amends and restates the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 29, 2014, among PHI, Exelon and Merger Sub (the "Original Merger Agreement").
The Amended and Restated Merger Agreement includes a revised form of certificate of incorporation of the surviving corporation in the merger. In addition, the Amended and Restated Merger Agreement extends the date by which PHI must file its preliminary proxy statement from June 11, 2014 to July 24, 2014 and the date by which PHI and Exelon must make all filings related to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 and with the Federal Communication Commission and the Maryland Public Service Commission from June 28, 2014 to September 3, 2014. The Amended and Restated Merger Agreement also clarifies that Company PSUs (as that term is defined in the Amended and Restated Merger Agreement) that are required to be granted by the terms of an agreement in place as of the date of the Original Merger Agreement are treated as pre-signing date grants, not subject to the prorated payout applicable to equity awards granted after the date of the Original Merger Agreement. The terms and conditions of the Amended and Restated Merger Agreement otherwise are substantially the same as the terms of the Original Merger Agreement, including the merger consideration to be paid to PHI stockholders.
The representations, warranties and covenants of PHI contained in the Amended
and Restated Merger Agreement have been made solely for the benefit of Exelon
and Merger Sub. In addition, such representations, warranties and covenants
(a) have been made only for purposes of the Amended and Restated Merger Agreement, (b) have been qualified by confidential disclosures made to Exelon and Merger Sub in connection with the Original Merger Agreement, (c) are subject to materiality qualifications contained in the Amended and Restated Merger Agreement, which may differ from what may be viewed as material by investors,
(d) were made only as of specific dates, and (e) have been included in the Amended and Restated Merger Agreement for the purpose of allocating risk between the contracting parties rather than establishing any matters as facts. Accordingly, the Amended and Restated Merger Agreement has been filed as an exhibit to this Form 8-K solely to provide investors with information regarding the terms of the Amended and Restated Merger Agreement, and not to provide investors with any other factual information regarding PHI or its business. Investors should not rely on the representations, warranties and covenants or any descriptions thereof as characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of PHI or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations and warranties may have changed since the date the representation or warranty was made or may change in the future, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in PHI's public disclosures. The Amended and Restated Merger Agreement should not be read alone, but should be read in conjunction with the other information regarding PHI that is or will be contained in, or incorporated by reference into, the Forms 10-K and 10-Q, and other documents that PHI files with the SEC.
The foregoing summary of the Amended and Restated Merger Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Amended and Restated Merger Agreement, attached as Exhibit 2.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Except for the historical information contained herein, certain of the matters
discussed in this communication constitute "forward-looking statements" within
the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, both as amended by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Words such as "may," "might," "will," "should," "could," "anticipate,"
"estimate," "expect," "predict," "project," "future", "potential," "intend,"
"seek to," "plan," "assume," "believe," "target," "forecast," "goal,"
"objective" and "continue" or the negative of such terms or other variations
thereof and words and terms of similar substance used in connection with any
discussion of future plans, actions, or events identify forward-looking
statements. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to,
statements regarding benefits of the proposed merger, integration plans and
expected synergies, the expected timing of completion of the transaction and
anticipated future financial and operating performance and results, including
estimates for growth. These statements are based on the current expectations of
management of PHI and its utility subsidiaries. There are a number of risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the
forward-looking statements included in this communication. For example, (1) PHI
may be unable to obtain shareholder approval required for the merger; (2) PHI or
Exelon may be unable to obtain regulatory approvals required for the merger, or
required regulatory approvals may delay the merger or cause the companies to
abandon the merger; (3) conditions to the closing of the merger may not be
satisfied; (4) an unsolicited offer of another company to acquire assets or
capital stock of PHI could interfere with the merger; (5) problems may arise in
successfully integrating the businesses of the companies, which may result in
the combined company not operating as effectively and efficiently as expected;
(6) the combined company may be unable to achieve cost-cutting synergies or it may take longer than expected to achieve those synergies; (7) the merger may involve unexpected costs, unexpected liabilities or unexpected delays, or the effects of purchase accounting may be different from the companies' expectations; (8) the credit ratings of the combined company or its subsidiaries may be different from what the companies expect; (9) the businesses of PHI and its utility subsidiaries may suffer as a result of uncertainty surrounding the merger; (10) PHI and its utility subsidiaries may not realize the values expected to be obtained for properties expected or required to be sold; (11) the industry may be subject to future regulatory or legislative actions that could adversely affect PHI and its utility subsidiaries; and (12) PHI and its utility subsidiaries may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors. Other unknown or unpredictable factors could also have material adverse effects on future results, performance or achievements of the combined company. Therefore, forward-looking statements are not guarantees or assurances of future performance, and actual results could differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements. Discussions of some of these other important factors and assumptions are contained in PHI's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and are available at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov, including PHI's 2013 Annual Report on Form 10-K in
(a) ITEM 1A. Risk Factors, (b) ITEM 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and (c) ITEM 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, and PHI's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2014 in (x) PART I, ITEM 1. Financial Statements,
(y) PART I, ITEM 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and (z) PART II, ITEM 1A. Risk Factors. These risks, as well as other risks associated with the proposed merger, will be more fully discussed in the proxy statement that PHI intends to file with the SEC and mail to its stockholders in connection with the proposed merger. In light of these risks, uncertainties, assumptions and factors, the forward-looking events discussed in this communication may not occur. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this communication. PHI does not undertake any obligation to publicly release any revision to its forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this communication. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for PHI to predict all such factors. Furthermore, it may not be possible to assess the impact of any such factor on PHI's or its utility subsidiaries' businesses (either individually or collectively) or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. Any specific factors that may be provided should not be construed as exhaustive.
This communication does not constitute a solicitation of any vote or approval. PHI intends to file with the SEC and mail to its stockholders a proxy statement in connection with the proposed merger transaction. PHI URGES INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION about Exelon, PHI and the proposed merger. Investors and security holders will be able to obtain these materials (when they are available) and other documents filed with the SEC free of charge at the SEC's website, www.sec.gov. In addition, a copy of PHI's proxy statement (when it becomes available) may be obtained free of charge from Pepco Holdings, Inc., Corporate Secretary, 701 Ninth Street, N.W., Room 1300, Washington, D.C. 20068. Investors and security holders may also read and copy any reports, statements and other information filed by PHI with the SEC, at the SEC public reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 or visit the SEC's website for further information on its public reference room.
Exelon, PHI and their respective directors, executive officers and certain other members of management and employees may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies in respect of the proposed transaction. Information regarding Exelon's directors and executive officers is available in its proxy statement filed with the SEC on April 2, 2014 in connection with its 2014 annual meeting of stockholders, and information regarding PHI's directors and executive officers is available in its proxy statement filed with the SEC on March 25, 2014 in connection with its 2014 annual meeting of stockholders. Other information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be contained in the proxy statement and other relevant materials to be filed with the SEC when they become available.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit Number Description 2.1 Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 18, 2014, among Pepco Holdings, Inc., Exelon Corporation and Purple Acquisition Corp.


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My findings
I bought the 4 liter version, then read the concerns from reviewers. Concerning the integrity of the zip-lock. I filled it with 4.5 liters of water (so full that all you see is a couple of tiny air bubbles) with 105+ degree water. (I wanted to test for warmer conditions so that the ziplock was as pliable as it would ever be.) I bounced it on the kitchen counter, the floor, and I put weights on this bladder to simulate a similar load it could be subjected to at the bottom of my pack. Not one drop leaked from this bladder.
However upon examination, I am still a skeptic of the ziplock. I plan only to open the ziplock when it is absolutely necessary.
My intended use is very long, dry leg, of a Grand Canyon trip.
Empty, the 4L version weighs 3.6oz. Very full (at 4.5 liters) it weights 10lbs-4oz. I can't comment yet on it's durability, but my 3L Platypus Hoser shows no pending problems after many many miles.
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Among the more than 12 million Americans out of work, almost half have been out of work for more than six months. In its latest issue, Bloomberg Businessweek magazine profiles 12 people among these long-term unemployed who have managed to get back into the workforce. Host Guy Raz talks with Josh Green, senior national correspondent with Bloomberg Businessweek.


text: At the US OPEN it was nice to see Serena watch one of James matches. They also hit together at the US OPEN. If James needs some advice I think he should talk to Serena. James is good friends with Serena and she can help him to become a champion. James simply is very mentally weak and Serena is not. Serena is a 7 time grand slam champion and she can teach James how to deal with pressure. James has a hard time dealing with expectations. Perhaps even a talk to Richard Williams will straighten James out. James is too passive and defenisve when asked about his mental state.


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Looking for a new table. I went to a local dealer and he had a real nice Brunswick Contender for 2k installed. I also see this Eliminator made by Imperial on the internet everywhere which I can get for 1500 installed. Are imperial good tables? I can barely afford the Brunswick...is it really a $500 dollar quality difference?
Any other recommendations for a 1500-2k table?
Thanks a bunch!