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First of all I Hope this is in the best possible section, "and Hello, I'm new". I just got my parrot today…
His elderly owner recently passed away and he (the parrot) has been left on his own for the last two months with someone going in to feed him once a day and a cover over his cage the rest of the time… I don't know much about him except that he's called Rocky (because whatever his scientific name is begins with Roc…) the people I bought him from don't know what type of parrot he his and neither do I - they think he's native to the Amazon.
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Amos Oz: Life & Letters
Amos Oz, one of Israel's most distinguished novelists and public intellectuals. Oz, 73, is the author of 18 books and more than 400 articles and essays in Hebrew, with translations of his work into some 40 languages, including Arabic. The recipient of numerous awards for his literature and for his peace activism, Oz is also a professor of literature at Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Be'er Sheva. His autobiographical novel "A Tale of Love and Darkness" is an international bestseller and has been honored with 10 different prizes around the world. A film based on the novel is expected to begin production later this year. Most recently, he co-authored "Jews and Words" with his daughter Fania Oz-Salzberger, in which they argue that what unites the Jewish people, more than blood or belief, are sacred and secular texts.
"The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a clash of right and right," Oz recently told the New York Times. "Tragedies are resolved in one of two ways: The Shakespearian way or the Anton Chekhov way. In a tragedy by Shakespeare, the stage at the end is littered with dead bodies. In a tragedy by Chekhov everyone is unhappy, bitter, disillusioned and melancholy but they are alive. My colleagues in the peace movement and I are working for a Chekhovian not a Shakespearian conclusion."
Among his many awards and honors, Oz has received the Legion of Honour of France, the Goethe Prize, the French Prix Femina, the Frankfurt Peace Prize, the National Jewish Book Award, the Primo Levi prize, the Prince of Asturias Award in Literature, the Heinrich Heine Prize, and the Israel Prize.
The UC San Diego Library to excited to present an exhibit, "Amos Oz: Life and Letters," from April 17 through June 10. The exhibit, in the west wing of Geisel Library's main floor, will take Oz's "A Tale of Love and Darkness" as a springing-off point to consider the author's life and writings, Israeli literature, and Israeli/Palestinian history and politics. Specific exhibit areas include: Oz's early life and family history; his literary influences and the writers he has influenced; and the development of modern Hebrew as a literary language.
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Great letter Mr. Holloway. Another note to be added is Obama's exact plan is working very well in Switzerland, Germany, and Massachusetts...saving lives and saving money!
I was talking about Mr. Parkers letter.
Your letter is so obserd, stupid, untrue ,and hateful that I don't wish to make a coment.
DOLOCK....You have no clue of what your talking about. Spend some time with them in any chorch, work with them and get to know them, then look at the real facts conserning there attitudes, tax givings, divorce rates, criminal activites, and how they are treated by Alabamians. Only then will you see how stupid you were.
Sorry, I just don't like this. $500 dollors to a poor person is a lot of money. $500 to a rich person is nothing. Many of these people who were arested were probly good people who have low paying jobs.They may have missed work the next day and they probly don't make $500 if they did work a full week. I am shocked the police officers exacuted their orders on the Grandparents and gardians who have given up so much to try to raise a child the right way.
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Get that man out of our lives!
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Last year, Mike and I did a season preview while wearing rose-colored glasses. Frankly, it was the only way we could come up with a positive narrative for the upcoming season, which filled us with dread. As I recall, some of our hopes were pinned on Johan Santana bouncing back. And so on.
This season, it's not nearly so hard to come up with an optimistic take on the 2014 season. Not that things won't go wrong. They surely will, they always do, for every team.
For example: I have serious concerns about the bullpen, about Ike Davis, about Ruben Tejada, about Chris Young, and about the durability of Bartolo Colon. That's a lot of failure from Sandy Anderson on that list, who did not have a great winter.
ZACK WHEELER is going to endure growing pains, for stretches he's going to remind of us of Mike Pelfrey with his wildness and inability to put away batters. But it will be okay.
TRAVIS D'ARNAUD is not going to arrive fully-formed, like Venus riding in on the half-shell.
CURTIS GRANDERSON may not replicate Marlon Byrd's 2013 season, but will still be worth every penny.
There may even be times when we look over at banged-up, 31-year-old DAVID WRIGHT and wonder about the efficacy of that 8-year-deal. But that's okay. He's David Wright and we're lucky to have him on our team.
That said, I am optimistic.
Even without drinking the Kool-Aid.
Not even a sip.
The biggest reason is that for the first time in years, there's actually room for failure. Terrible things can happen, guys can unexpectedly get hurt or falter badly, and the New York Mets have enough resources to fill in and recover. That's something new. There's actually real depth, not just warm bodies, on the Triple-A roster. Flores and deGrom, den Dekker and Montero, Puello and Black, etc.
The 2014 Mets don't need everything to go right. Just for, you know, some things to go right. That's something new right there.
HERE'S 14 THINGS THAT REALISTICALLY COULD GO WELL IN 2014 (And I think we'll all happy if only 9.5 of them come true):
1) DAVID WRIGHT stays healthy and puts together a full season as arguably the top third-basemen in baseball. David benefits all season long by having Curtis Granderson hitting behind him in the lineup. The load is visibly lightened from his shoulders and Wright produces in the way in which we know he's capable.
2) ZACK WHEELER gives the Mets a full season, building upon a successful rookie year.
3) BARTOLO COLON stays (relatively) healthy and shows that the big man really does know how to pitch. He throws strikes, gets guys out, and best of all — he's fun to watch. There's something joyful to the guy, and he becomes a fan favorite. He makes us smile.
4) JEURYS FAMILIA emerges as a bona-fide force in the bullpen, a guy who can be called on to shut the door. At times he's dominant, something the Mets have not had in the 7th-8th inning for years.
5) BOBBY PARNELL continues on his path as a quality closer, a more confident pitcher who knows his job, knows his role, and performs it capably. He's the rock.
6) CURTIS GRANDERSON hits the ground running, plays inspired baseball, and provides the leadership this team so desperately needs.
7) DILLON GEE displays craft, poise, moxie, and determination all season long. That is, all the maturity and drive we wish we saw in Jonathan Niese. Gee serves as an easy guy to respect and admire on a staff loaded with more talented arms.
8) CHRIS YOUNG reestablishes himself as a good baseball player. Fully healthy, newly motivated, he once again puts his multiple tools on display — plays great defense, hits for power, runs the bases. The best left fielder the Mets have had since BB (Before Bay).
9) TRAVIS D'ARAUD struggles, flounders, slumps and fights through it, emerging as one of the top ten catchers in major league baseball. The defense is solid all season long.
10) JUAN LAGARES hits just enough to stay on the field and on a near-daily basis earns his keep by centering the best outfield defense in baseball: a key to a winning team at Citi Field. Looking for a .700 OPS. A pinch more plate discipline, a touch more gap power.
11) JENRRY MEJIA proves to be a revelation, the most talented, electric arm in the rotation. Best of all, he stays healthy.
12) NOAH SYNDERGAARD steps in this July, as Mejia's IP count reaches its limit. The hype is real, the kid can throw, giving the team a jolt of lightning and hope as they enter the second half of the season.
13) RAFAEL MONTERO, almost an afterthought, is called on when a starter goes down and provides solid support. He establishes himself as a quality ML pitcher — and finds a role in the bullpen. Most importantly: He makes the team, graduates from the minor leagues. One more asset to the 25-man roster.
14) DAISUKE MATSUZAKA, the healthiest he's been in years, pitches capably for the Mets until July.
IKE DAVIS remains Ike Davis, an erratic mess with eye-popping power. He's awful and finally gets sent away.
LUCAS DUDA plays and is only himself; he does not transcend his track record, is not the answer moving forward, but isn't a disaster as the LH-half of a platoon.
RUBEN TEJADA stabilizes his play and yet still proves to be one of the worst overall shortstops in baseball. Just. Not. Very. Good. It is a weakness all season long.
JONATHAN NIESE'S arm falls off. So does SCOTT RICE'S. Sandy scribbles a note to himself: "Maybe left-handers are a good idea after all?"
THE BULLPEN overall represents yet another failure for Sandy Alderson, who did not do enough to address it. There will be some bright spots, future building blocks, but also some heartbreaking loses during the season, preventing the team to ever get on a really good roll. Reminder: Hope isn't a plan!
I'm looking forward to it!
Look, a thought for another day will be my nagging concern that this management team is not good at getting the little things right. For four years, Sandy Alderson has operated a team where the little things haven't mattered. "We suck, who gives a shit about the back-up shortstop!" But soon, this year maybe, the little things will begin to take on new significance. Not addressing 1B, SS, and the Bullpen — the failures to make a trade, a transaction, anything — are likely going to become features in the narrative of a season that provides hope, but falls short. We're going to look at a lost opportunity and wonder why. Fortunately, the NL East is a mess right now. The Marlins not only haven't turned the corner, they haven't found the corner. Hell, they aren't even looking for it. The Phillies are lousy, for now. The Braves might have serious problems with injuries to their starting pitching and everyone named Upton; there are dents to that well-oiled machine. That's 54 games in the Mets schedule right there . . . and an outside chance at second place.
If I had to name a single key to the season, it would be Chris Young, largely because of the extremes of his past performance. He's less predictable than, say, Murphy or Granderson or Wright. If Chris Young plays well, it could be a huge boost to the team. A second key would be Travis d'Arnaud. Both guys could be very good, or almost complete busts. I have ideas on that. Concepts, thoughts, guesses. But I don't know. That's the beauty of the regular season. We get to find out.
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Summerville Elementary School students have been taking part in "Math Madness," a school wide math initiative.
Each student has a personal grade level goal they are trying to obtain. Once they meet their goal, the event sponsor, Reagin Orthodontics, awards them a glow-in-the-dark basketball.
Once more than 50 percent of a class reaches its goal it receives a class basketball. The basketball is signed by the class and can be used at recess as well as for the Math Madness Tournament.
The student tournaments were held on March 27 (K-2nd) and March 28 (3rd-5th) during the school day.
The Championship Game was held the evening of March 28 between the SES Faculty and SES Adopters (business partners who have adopted Summerville Elementary) at the Rollings Middle School of the Arts gym.
The SES Adopters came away as victors and received the Golden Turtle trophy.
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So, I got a giant bunch of kale in last week's CSA basket. I haven't managed to eat it yet (we also got a bunch of swiss chard and a bunch of collards, as well as a head of butter lettuce, so I'm feeling a little greened-out this week), so I wanted to try making kale chips for the first time.
I've seen the basic recipe out there (olive oil, salt, pepper, bake), but I'm curious if anyone has tried any variations - add garlic different spice blends, soy wasabi coating, etc. I've never made these before, and don't do much with kale other than saute with onions/garlic otherwise. Does kale play well with any other flavors?
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"Dick does a good job of saying 'Jack, what do you think?' " says Michael Sippey, director of consumer product at Twitter. Mr. Sippey works with Mr. Dorsey to make sure that new features are "Twittery."
The somewhat unflattering comment about Dorsey's management style evoked this response from Dorsey on his Tumblr account a few days later:
There was a great profile in the New York Times about Twitter's CEO, Dick Costolo, which mentioned my work at the company. It's not a common arrangement, so I'd like to clarify a few points.
In Spring of 2011, Dick asked me to take an operational role overseeing product, design, and brand. Our shared goal was to get those organizations back under him as soon as possible, simply because it was the right thing to do for the company. We moved all of my reports back under him in January of this year after leadership was firmly in place. This allowed me to focus on refining our brand and logo, to work more with Dick and the leadership team on our direction forward, and ultimately return the majority of my time to Square, where I'm CEO. I'm back to going to Twitter on Tuesday afternoons, something I started before taking the interim operational role.
We haven't talked about this publicly because it's not what people using Twitter every day care about.
If it was Business Insider saying Dorsey was a bad manager, I'd trust Dorsey's account more. Because this is Nick Bilton of the Times who has no need to burn bridges where it's unnecessary, I tend to believe him.
Does it matter? Not really. Jobs was a horrendous manager at Dorsey's age. He only wised up by the time he returned to Apple in 1996.
My point in bringing this up isn't to trash Dorsey but to point out how silly the press is when they pronounce that Dorsey is not the "next Steve Jobs."
Ignore these labels. Everyone should spend more time identifying the next big thing and the next big leader, instead of trying to drive forward by looking in the rear-view mirror.
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A fire has heavily damaged a community residence, kitchen, conference room, library and lounge at the historic St. Malo Catholic retreat, but spared the historic church that Pope John Paul II visited during his 1993 trip to Denver.
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In Photoshop Lightroom 3 Essential Training, author Chris Orwig provides a comprehensive look at Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3, the popular photo-asset management, enhancement, and publishing program. The course covers indispensable techniques such as importing, processing, and organizing images in the Library, correcting and adjusting images in the Develop module, and creating slideshows, web galleries, and print picture packages. In addition to exploring all of Lightroom 3's capabilities, this course is rich with creative tips and expert advice on photographic workflow. Exercise files accompany the course.
After polling hundreds and hundreds of photographers, Adobe discovered that while a lot of photographers, whether amateur or pro, they liked the Slideshow module, but they just didn't use it very often. And what they really wanted was the ability to export their slideshows so that they could share their photographs with a wider audience. Well, Adobe listened and what they did is they created a new export feature which allows us to export these to a video format. We also have the ability to export our slideshows to PDF.
Let's go ahead and take a look at these two options First the PDF. Well, here, we'll go ahead and click on Export PDF. You see it says ... right after PDF. Whenever you see dots, it means a dialog is going to be open when we click on that button. So here we have our Export Slideshow to PDF. I'll go ahead and call this one sayulita. Next, I can determine the Quality setting for the images. I can also define the Width and the Height. And in this case it's picking up my Width and Height from my monitor resolution, or I can choose other common sizes.
And I'll go ahead and choose a different size here, just for the fun of it. Now, we can choose to Automatically show to fullscreen. And then all that we need to do to save this out is simply click Export. Now, the great thing about this is that, once you click Export, it will show us the progress up here. Once this has been completed, that progress bar will disappear. Next, let's take a look at Export Video. Here we'll click on that button in order to export our slideshow to a video format. Now, what's interesting about this is that this is going to export the slideshow, all of these still images and our audio file, if we so choose, to that MPEG-4 format.
This is a great video format. We can use different presets in regards to the size that we're going to choose. What's helpful here is that if choose a video preset, you'll notice below it gives us some information about how this preset might work. For example, let's choose 480 x 320. Here this is optimized for mobile devices, such as iPhone, iPod Touch, etcetera. So all that we need to do is to select our video preset and I'll go ahead and give this one a name. I'll call this one sayulita_ipod. Next, I'll simply Export.
What this will do is it will then go through all of these different frames and build out this video. Now, in order to view this, all that I need to do is to open up my Finder and there you can see I have that PDF file and I have that video file. Well, here on my Mac operating system, to play this video back all that I need to do is to press the Spacebar key. When I press the Spacebar key, I get a little preview of this. And here with this preview, we can see we have this nice slideshow. And we were able to create this without a lot of effort.
And the amazing thing about this is that the transitions look good and the slideshow is exactly as it appeared, as I was working inside of the Slideshow module. All right. Well, here I'll go ahead and click the Close button in order to exit out of this and then go back to Lightroom. Well, the wonderful thing about working with slideshows is that this gives us a whole new opportunity, a whole new way to share our photographs with others. I can't tell you how many times I've shared photographs with other people on my iPhone. But now by creating slideshows, which have audio in the mix, sometimes that can create even more drama or visual interest.
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By Great White Snark | April 8, 2008
Let me be clear: I am talentless in the kitchen. If it weren't for my George Foreman grill, I'd live off of protein bars and frozen microwavable pasta. In the evolution of culinary arts, I'm the hunched-over caveman of cooking.
Yet, in no way does that fact diminish my enthusiasm for disparaging the efforts of those well-intentioned people whose cake-making skills–while plainly on par with those of a dull-witted chimp–far surpass my own. My gall knows no bounds.
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I mean, I've seen worse likenesses. And if I couldn't figure out what I was looking at, you conveniently spelled it out for me there in that serial killer's scrawl of yours.
So, it's not that bad. Did you really have to put it on your front stoop as a doormat?
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"Thanks, Mom! It's just what I wanted! A manhole cover made of plumber's putty! D-e-e-e-e-licious!"
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Is it just me, or is this cake suddenly more impressive if you pretend it's supposed to be a view of R2-D2's face through a keyhole?
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Everything was going fine in the construction of the Death Star until a giant space squid came along and took an inconveniently-situated dump.
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Can't… find… the words…
Did you even look at a picture of the Death Star when you made this, or just play a few games of Tic-Tac-Toe with the frosting and call it a day?
And what kind of shape is that? There's nothing imposing or imperial about a muffin-top-shaped Death Star.
And could you have found a less-appetizing shade of frosting? What is that? Pewter?
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Matt Says:
April 9th, 2008 at 5:43 am
Is that last one supposed to be the Death Star or the training droid? It would make sense if it were that since it's with a lightsaber. I mean, it still doesn't look like one, but it would be justifiable if it were.
nickolai Says:
April 9th, 2008 at 8:27 am
Nice exposé on the underbelly of D.S. cakery. But I'm curious to see how a GWS-crafted Death Star cake would compare with this rogues gallery.
Yes, consider your virtual face slapped by my lacey ninny-gloves!
Shithead Says:
April 9th, 2008 at 9:48 am
I had my share of awkward years, so I'd rather not comment on this, but I can't help but post it… the birthday girl with cake #3 will only add to your enjoyment of this fantastic post.
Great White Snark Says:
April 9th, 2008 at 10:55 am
@Matt: Yep, sadly, it's supposed to be the Death Star. You're right… the whole thing would have been 17% less embarrassing for the creator if they had just called it a training droid.
@nickolai: I think I made it clear that my own compelling lack of talent in no way hinders my urge or ability to deprecate others.
nickolai Says:
April 10th, 2008 at 9:08 am
Well sure, but lack of talent never held anyone else back — look at the cakes you surfaced.
On another note: I can't think of a less-appetizing SW icon to model a cake after than the Death Star…what flavor are these cakes anyway? Grey?
Great White Snark Says:
April 10th, 2008 at 11:00 am
@nickolai: Flavor = metal.
Cindi Says:
April 10th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
What scares me is how they arrived at this particular shade of "pewter."
trin Says:
July 8th, 2008 at 8:07 am
It's OK that you think the cake is funny (I'm the photographer for #3), it was MEANT to be funny, and the kids LOVED it. (Oh the cake inside was even grey! and it was delish.)
However, please note that there is an implied copyright on EVERY photo or work of art from the time it's created. So it's just good manners to ASK before using someone else's photo. YES, even if posted on the net, or if it's just some "family photo" and you aren't using to make money.
If someone has gotten a registered copyright, they could theoretically sue the socks of you for using their photo in your blog.
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August 29th, 2008 at 11:52 pm
Is it just me, or does #2 look a lot more like a dirty igloo (being attacked by a squid) than the Death Star?


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Informed rebuttal of VBR disadvantages appreciated, VBR always rocks, when it comes to lossy compression, right?
Informed rebuttal of VBR disadvantages appreciated, VBR always rocks, when it comes to lossy compression, right?
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As already mentinend in this thread some fanboy over at the offical Pioneer forums is making claims that VBR sucks (here and here) in that it needs more processing power compared to CBR and for various other reasons.
I would like to have a well written rebuttal of that statment based on facts so Pioneer might reconsider putting VBR support into their upcoming DJ equipment. I've ripped all my 1000+ CDs to VBR and I wouldn't want to reencode them just because Pioneer doesn't get it right. Thanks!
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However, castanets.wav exists at http://ccrma-www.stanford.edu/~bosse/ apparently.
Actually, castanets.wav is listed there but when I try to download it I get a 345 byte file. Definitely NOT the proper file .
@halb27: Thanks for the link.
I'll search out those other tracks; I haven't heard them personally but that's alright. I'm going to search my collection for some other "problem tracks" as well and see what I can come up with.
I'm planning a rather epic post over at the Pioneer forums with my own sets of data, samples, and trials to try to clear up any FUD that has been spread, as well as to (hopefully) kick Pioneer's ass a little bit in terms of fixing their VBR support (if that's what the data shows, which I'm sure it will).
Once it's posted I'll link to it here.
This may be a stupid question, but since it's relevant I'll ask it anyway: if I zip (or rar) the samples purely for the purposes of having a single file to download for the members (which I'm sure will include whatever mild amount of compression WinRAR can achieve), will this affect the quality of the unzipped/rared samples? I assume no, because encoding something like a binary would necessitate lossless compression. However, I just want to make sure I don't shoot myself in the foot before I start.
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While EDM and its neon-coated brethren receive plenty of attention, the indie-leaning side of electronic music is also enjoying a creative renaissance. From acts who have evolved beyond the limiting chillwave tag (Washed Out, Toro Y Moi, Gold Panda) and newer groups dabbling in soulful '80s radio ear candy (Dungeonesse, MS MR) to practitioners of disco-edged dancefloor jams (Factory Floor, Holy Ghost!, Daphni) and vibrant electro-pop artists (Chvrches, Say Lou Lou, Frankie Rose, Oh Land), the new crop of keyboard-forward groups is unafraid to flaunt its diversity -- and transcend its influences. Need more proof? Try New York-based The Secret History, whose new album, Americans Singing in the Dark, is a swooning spin on the kind of frosty synth-pop inspired by The Smiths and Prefab Sprout.


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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Five Lobos on the women's tennis team will represent the University of New Mexico in a championship match at the Falcon Invitational on Sunday, Sept. 29.
Day two of the 2013 Falcon Invite, hosted by the United States Air Force Academy, wrapped up on Saturday afternoon. The Lobos ended their day in Colorado Springs, Colo. with a perfect doubles record of 3-0. They also saw success in singles play as they finished day two with a 9-3 overall singles record.
The Lobos have three athletes competing in a championship round in singles play. Lizette Blankers will be competing in the championship round of the Flight Alpha Singles bracket against Wyoming's Veronica Popovici. UNM's Meredith Hopson will compete against her own teammate, Emily Olivier, in the final round of the Flight Bravo Singles bracket.
"We had a number of players grind out exceptionally close matches in singles," said head coach Erica Jasper. "Freshmen Emily Olivier and Meredith Hopson were clutch in tie breakers to finish off the day which was great to see."
Four Lobos will be competing in a championship round in doubles play on Sunday morning. Hopson and Bhat will battle Christa Gecheva and Alma Espinosa from Wyoming in the Flight Bravo Doubles bracket. Dulski and Olivier will play Air Force's Natasha Rizvi and Marcelli Magday for the Flight Alpha Doubles bracket championship.
"We made some nice improvements in doubles this morning," said Jasper. "We have some really tough matches tomorrow, so we'll need to work even harder to put ourselves in position to win."
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Flight "Alpha" Singles:
Lizette Blankers (UNM) def. Rizvi (AFA), 7-6, 6-3
Lizette Blankers (UNM) def. Heferon (CSU), 6-4, 6-2
Popovici (WYO) def. Meredith Hopson (UNM), 6-0, 6-0
Flight "Bravo" Singles:
Dominique Dulski (UNM) def. Gecheva (WYO), 6-3, 6-3
Dominique Dulski (UNM) def. Meyers (AFA), 6-4, 6-2
Emily Olivier (UNM) def. Parizher (WYO), 6-1, 1-6, 6-3
Emily Olivier (UNM) def. Fernandez (BUFF), 6-1, 7-6 (4)
Flight "Charlie" Singles:
Zhelyazkova (WYO) def. Susan Baklini (UNM), 6-4, 6-3
Rachana Bhat (UNM) def. Magday (AFA), 6-4, 6-4
Candanoza (BUFF) def. Rachana Bhat (UNM), 6-2, 6-3
Flight "Alpha" Doubles:
Dulski/Olivier (UNM) def. Tran/Rudico (AFA), 8-7 (6)
Flight "Alpha" Doubles (Consolation Play):
Baklini/Blankers (UNM) def. Catlin/Coton (UNC), 8-4
Flight "Bravo" Doubles:
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At midnight Tuesday fireworks soared over National Harbor, acknowledging the narrow victory that Maryland voters gave to expanded gambling in the state, including a major resort and casino at the Prince George's County riverside locale.
Support for the measure, known as ballot Question 7, stood at 52 percent, with 1,266,673 votes; opposition was at 48 percent, 1,170,665 votes.
The controversial ballot measure let voters decide whether to expand Maryland's gambling program to include Las Vegas-style table games such as blackjack and roulette as well as a sixth casino, to be located in Prince George's County.
In Frederick County, 56,143 voters, 52.1 percent, approved the meaure, and 51,593 opposed it, 47.9 percent.
Prince George's voters supported the expansion effort by about 59 percent to 41 percent. Lawmakers had pledged that if a majority of voters in the county rejected the measure, a casino would not be built along the Potomac River.
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Marylanders voted in 2008 to allow slot machine gambling in five jurisdictions, and three casinos — one in Perryville, one at the Ocean Downs racetrack in Berlin and one near Arundel Mills mall in Hanover — are running. A fourth, to be in Baltimore, is scheduled to open in 2014.
A fierce ad war over the issue had been waged by casino owners MGM Resorts International, which supported the measure, and Penn National Gaming, which opposed it. MGM sought to build the major resort and casino at National Harbor in Oxon Hill. Penn National owns Hollywood Casino in Charles Town, W.Va, a popular gaming destination for many Marylanders.
Each company has given more than $40 million to the state ballot issue committees fighting the issue.
"Pro" ads argued that approving the measure would create thousands of jobs and generate as much as $200 million for the state's Education Trust Fund. The "anti" ads argued there was no guarantee that the money would go to education; some even portrayed the states use of trust fund money to fund education as a "raid" of the fund.
Debate over table games and a new casino has dragged on for the better part of a year in Annapolis. Initial legislation passed the Senate during this year's regular session but never came to a vote in the House. It was resuscitated in a special session this August, where it passed narrowly passed the House.
A majority of Marylanders who voted early opposed the gambling expansion, but voters on Election Day supported the measure heavily.
Former County Executive Wayne K. Curry (D) said a National Harbor casino could be a valuable economic development tool for the county, and that gambling would be just one amenity at a resort hotel. "Who turns down something we've hungered for for decades?" Curry said.
Geraldine L. Parks of Upper Marlboro said the casino would bring jobs and help education. Parks is vice president of Metropolitan Protective Services, which provides security for National Harbor and hopes to get the security contract for the new casino. That contract would allow the business to expand, Parks said.
But others were unconvinced.
Emily Oleson of Takoma Park said using gambling to fund schools wasn't the right way approach. "Can't we raise money for education in a way that doesn't exploit people's addictions?" she said.
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A: The main purpose of the 1996 Surgeon General's Report on Physical Activity and Health is to summarize existing research showing the benefits of physical activity in preventing disease and to draw conclusions that can be useful to Americans who are interested in improving their health. In 1964, the Surgeon General began alerting the nation to the hazards of smoking. In 1988, the Surgeon General's Report on Nutrition and Health was released. These reports have had a great impact on the behavior of American citizens as evidenced by the ban on smoking in many buildings and public places, legal restrictions on tobacco advertising, revision of the food pyramid, and FDA label requirements, to name a few. Similar changes are expected as more and more Americans actively seek a physically active lifestyle.
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We are going to be gifted with a healthcare plan that we are forced to purchase, and fined if we don't, which reportedly covers 10 million more people without adding a single new doctor, but provides for 16,000 new IRS agents, written by a committee whose chairman doesn't understand it, passed by Congress that didn't read it but exempted themselves from it, and signed by a president who smokes, with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes, for which we will be taxed for four years before any benefits take effect, by a government which has bankrupted Social Security and Medicare, all to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese and financed by a country that is broke.
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Little did she know at the time just how much would go wrong: the chaotic rollout, the website's disasters, the millions of policy cancellations, the administration's backpedaling, the increasing number of Democrats who voted for it now distancing themselves from the catastrophe, the dropping poll numbers, and on and on.
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There's been a lot of dispute since Gary Coleman passed away. Specifically between his ex-wife Shannon Price and his parents about who'll get his estate. In the wake of all this upheaval, news about his final wishes have surfaced.
Price say's that he wished to be cremated and that he wanted his ashes to be scattered around train tracks. She say's he asked, "To spread some of them around some train tracks because trains were his hobby and he loved that very much. And I think that he would really appreciate that I did that for him."
The couple reportedly used to feud over his train hobby. Jordan Prentince, a co-star on his last movie Midgets vs. Mascots said, "He once bought her a train set as a gift. She was furious."
Price also adds that she has a legal document stating that "he wanted me to have everything." Elaborating further she said, "His financial problems have always been bad with people stealing from him. Gary hasn't been able to take care of finances very well because no one taught him. [But] we survived through everything. I had some family help us. My family's been very supportive [of us]." We think he should be cremated in peace without any more campaigning.
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Brunswick braces for sewer rate hikes to pay for system upgrade
BRUNSWICK — A $22 million plan to upgrade the town's sewer treatment facility has the Brunswick Sewer District taking extra steps to ensure customers understand why they may face significant rate increases as soon as next year.
The district's Board of Trustees aren't set to vote on a sewer rate hike until at least six months from now. But that increase is estimated up to 13 percent, and would likely be followed by annual increases for the following two years.
The district has already begun trying to educate the public about why the metered sewer rate could increase by around 33 percent over a three-year period.
Leonard Blanchette, the district's general manager, on Monday said the sewer treatment facility at 8 Pine Tree Road was built in the late 1960s and received its last major upgrade in 1991.
He said that's why it's time to upgrade and make the facility more energy efficient.
The cost of the upgrade was calculated by environmental engineering firm Wright Pierce after an analysis of how the district could improve its systems.
Among the laundry list of proposed upgrades is an industrial computer system called "supervisory control and data acquisition," or SCADA.
Blanchette said the system will allow the facility to automatically adjust the use of chemicals to balance acidity levels and disinfect the sewer discharge according to the real-time flow of sewer water.
"It's a labor saver, time saver," he said.
Until the facility can get a SCADA system, Blanchette said, treatment workers will have to continue to manually adjust the use of sodium hypoclorite and sodium hydroxide in response to flow levels shown on the facility's 1991 analog system.
Rep. Charles Priest, D-Brunswick, is chairman of the district Board of Trustees. He said the board is being slow and deliberative with the process because of the impact the project will have on ratepayers.
The earliest he said the board could vote on a rate increase is by mid-2014, but it could take longer because of how the plan comes together.
"My guess is the board is going to want to see what exactly we're going to be paying for and be comfortable with the proposed upgrades to the system," Priest said.
The metered sewer rate has been increased three times in the past 10 years – in 2008, 2010 and this year – by about 17 percent, to the current rate of $46.85 per 1,000 cubic feet.
With the average Brunswick household producing about 8,000 cubic feet annually, that means a total bill of about $374 a year.
When the Board of Trustees votes to hike the rate for the first time to begin supporting the $22 million project costs, the increase could be anywhere between 8 and 13 percent, Priest said.
That means the rate could increase to around $52.94 per 1,000 cubic feet. An average household would pay about $50 more, or about $424 for the entire year.
Similar increases could follow for the next two years.
The district expects to hold several public meetings on the plan next year.


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Since Evolution disbanded in 2005, the WWE has tried and failed to create a successful and dominant faction akin to the collection of former, present and future World Champions that Evolution was. There was JBL's Cabinet, La Familia, King Booker's Court, The Straight Edge Society, Legacy, and of course most recently The Nexus; all attempts to create a stable that could garner an inkling of the success of Evolution. Each of these factions had promise, and each failed for the same reason; one member of the team was booked well while the others were simply pawns to be fed to the babyface challenger en route to the head honcho. Don't be fooled, Batista, Flair, and Orton were chess pieces to Triple H in Evolution, but they were Knights and Rooks and were far more serviceable and valuable than the collections of pawns that comprised these subsequent stables.
It was starting to look like the WWE had completely forgotten how to build a viable and dangerous stable, and sustain their success over a period of time. That was until Survivor Series when the WWE Universe was introduced to Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns. From that night where they appeared out of nowhere and powerbombed Ryback throught the announce table, the collection of young talent known as the Shield have taken the WWE by storm. Not only have they been about the most interesting thing on WWE television since their arrival, but they're also starting to rival Evolution for the title of best wrestling stable in the last ten years.
This week I'm going to analyze the components of "The Shield" angle, and get to the root of why they are one of the very best things going in pro wrestling today, and why they very well may be the best put together and booked stables in the last decade, bar none. Let's Rock and Roll!
Say what you will about how cool The Nexus was upon their debut, but their failure was a result of Wade Barrett being the primary focus of their band of disgruntled NXT contestants. He was the clear leader, and everything that The Nexus did served his agenda first and foremost. The other personnel were just fodder to be fed to John Cena, or Randy Orton, or to anyone who was trying to get their hands on Wade Barrett. There was very little effort put into making the other members of the group feel like real characters, much less viable threats in the grand scheme of things and the same can be said of The Straight Edge Society, The Cabinet and La Familia. The personnel in all those groups were littler more than buffers for the babyface to annihilate before reaching the boss.
One of the primary reasons for the success of The Shield is the collection of superstars that comprise it. All three are thoroughbred, future WWE mega stars, all three can wrestle, and all three have a role to play in their collective. Reigns is the powerhouse, Rollins is the "wrestler", and Ambrose is the brawler and most of the time the primary mouthpiece. Upon their debut I was an advocate of Kassius Ohno taking Reigns' spot in the group, but after several months, I can't see anyone but Reigns filling his role. They are a balanced grouping of young talent that simply fit perfectly together.
One of the things that definitely helped this faction find balance is the fact that all three men were relatively unestablished upon their debut. There wasn't one big name to distract viewers from the other members, and there has never been a focus on getting one member over above the other two. They are treated as equals so we as viewers perceive them as equals.
The motive for this group's assembly and activity is a very big reason why they are very likely the most interesting thing going in the WWE right now. They have said on numerous occasions that they looked at the WWE and saw mounting injustice, from John Cena's entitlement, to Ryback's undeserved title shot, etc. They took it upon themselves to become the Hounds of Justice, a Shield against injustice, making their presence felt whenever injustice reared its ugly head. Their motivation is clear and every action that they took was informed by the code that they have (and some of course required payments made by Paul Heyman and CM Punk, because nobody said justice was free).
The best villains are the ones whose logic you can follow. Take one of cinema's greatest villains of all time, Khan Noonien Singh. We understand Khan, and why he wants revenge on Kirk. We see his logic, flawed as it may be, and while we don't support his actions, at the end of the day, we understand his outrage and lust for vengeance. That's what I like most about The Shield. I can follow their flawed logic and see how in their mind, they are the purveyors of justice. When they explain themselves, much like the Virtual Interactive Kinetic Intelligence (aka V.I.K.I) from the film "I, Robot", The Shield's logic is undeniable. More than anything, The Shield is a product of the best writing the WWE Creative team has done in years because there is an effort to make sense and stay on message.
The demise of most factions is poor booking. The Straight Edge Society had great segments, but Luke Gallows and Joseph Mercury were booked to look weak more often than they were booked to look strong. The same can be said of Bashams and Orlando Jordan as part of The Cabinet, and the members of The Nexus not named Wade Barrett. They were booked to be bested in pursuit of the man in charge (CM Punk, JBL, and Wade Barrett respectively) and were never being groomed for anything more substantive.
Quite frankly the biggest reason The Shield has so much credibility is the fact that they have been booked to look so strong collectively. The story behind it is simple and I'm surprised the WWE has taken this long to write a story like this one. The Shield is a unit, impenetrable because they are always on the same page and working together. They are a real team while everyone they've faced is a collection of highly regarded individuals. Not only do they look strong in competition, but they are also incredibly active characters. They don't sit around and wait for stuff to happen, they actively pursue the justice they speak of. The fact that they continue to be booked strongly nearly half a year into their run is a huge reason why they are viable threats in the WWE and command attention and interest.
The Shield isn't perfect (what is in life?), specifically the shaky camera work during their attacks. It makes sense cinematically, but the WWE isn't presented like a movie, so it leaves the audience wondering why the cameramen suddenly develop the shakes whenever The Shield makes their presence felt.
That being said they are one of the top two wrestling stables in the last decade and are only behind Evolution because Evolution had championship success during their run. I have no doubt that The Shield has all the tools to surpass Evolution as the best faction in the last ten years, and maybe become one of the best stables of all time. They have the right personnel, a clear and identifiable motivation, and if they continue to be booked as strong active characters in the WWE landscape, the sky is truly the limit. One thing is certain, they are the best written part of WWE TV today, so kudos to whomever is creatively responsible for the trio known as The Shield.
There you have it, but what do you think about The Shield's run? What is your favorite thing about The Shield? What do you not like about them? Do you think they can become one of the best stables of all time? Can they be better than Evolution?
Until next time folks, I'm Matty J. Douglas saying goodbye to one of my favorite cartoons, Young Justice. You will be missed every weekend for the foreseeable future. Have a great week everybody!


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California Baptist University is a participating Concurrent Admissions Program (ConAp) institution, and military academic credit or experience may provide some equivalency credit in accordance with the American Council on Education (ACE) guidelines. The Office of the Registrar maintains records for each identified veteran. A record of transfer work is kept on file and the Veterans' Administration is notified of the transfer work accepted for each veteran. Veterans must provide a written request to the Office of the Registrar at the beginning of each term to initiate reporting of verification of enrollment and academic progress to the appropriate Veterans' Administration office. Any changes in enrollment or attendance should be reported to the Office of the Registrar. Satisfactory progress must be maintained as specified in the Scholastic Regulations Section under Academic Policies.
For First Time Applicants and Applicants Changing Schools Request to Begin VA Educational Benefits.doc. This form must be completed by both new and re-admit students and is recommended to be completed either upon acceptance or as part of the admission application/re-admit process. For First Time Applicants
- Complete VA Form 22-1990 Application for Education Benefits (or VA Form 22-5490 Application for Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance for Chapter 35 applicants),
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 16, 2005 President Bush's decision to support a congressional measure that bans "cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment" of terror suspects in U.S. custody or under U.S. control won't change military operations because the military always has upheld those principles, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said during a Dec. 15 television interview.
Bush announced his endorsement Dec. 15 of the so-called "McCain Amendment," championed by Arizona Sen. John McCain, who underwent torture as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.
"Senator McCain has been a leader to make sure that the United States of America upholds the values of America as we fight and win this war on terror," Bush said following a Dec. 15 meeting with McCain and Virginia Sen. John Warner in the White House.
The amendment makes it "clear to the world that this government does not torture and that we adhere to the international convention of torture, whether it be here at home or abroad," the president said. It also provides protections for U.S. troops fighting on the front lines against terrorists, he said.
McCain said the agreement puts specific procedures for interrogations into the Army Field Manual and prohibits cruel treatment of detainees, including torture.
During an interview on the Fox News Channel's "The O'Reilly Factor," Rumsfeld said the arrangement has no implications for DoD because the military always has maintained the amendment's standards. The military has had rules requiring humane treatment of detainees "from the beginning," he said.
In the few, but highly publicized, incidents in which those rules have been broken, the offenders have faced courts-martial and been punished, he said.
"We have had requirements for humane treatment from the beginning," Rumsfeld said. "Any time there has been something other than humane treatment, there has been prosecution."
The Defense Department always has taken allegations of detainee abuse seriously, and has responded to credible allegations with thorough and comprehensive investigations, said Army Lt. Col. Mark Ballesteros, a Pentagon spokesman.
DoD has conducted 12 major reviews, reports and investigations, multiple internal reviews and more than 600 investigations in response to detainee abuse allegations, he said. As a result, more than 200 soldiers, sailors and Marines have been punished.
Congress has provided oversight, with more than 31 hearings and staff briefings, Ballesteros said.
Throughout these reviews of detainee procedures, he said, no link -- direct or indirect -- has been found between interrogation policy and detainee abuse.
McCain said the policy underscores the fact that the United States does not endorse or tolerate detainee abuse.
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Two men robbed a popular northwest San Antonio seafood restaurant late Thursday night.
San Antonio police said the suspects robbed the Dry Dock Seafood Restaurant at the corner of Fredericksburg and Wurzbach around 10:30 p.m.
An employee went outside to throw away trash when the suspects forced their way into the restaurant.
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A grieving family say a thief has returned a memorial stolen from a garden of remembrance.
The concrete figure of a Subaru Impreza car was stolen from Ashby Funeral Care on Ashby High Street last month.
It was bought by grieving friend, Bill Barlow, to give to the family of David Houghton, 34, who died in Scunthorpe's Lindsey Lodge Hospice in March after a battle with cancer.
The family were left devastated when the statue was stolen – but have been taken aback at its return.
Mr Houghton's brother Wayne, from Broughton, said: "We were very surprised and shocked when we heard that the statue had been returned.
"It is good to know that the thief has a conscience and decided to bring it back, but the whole incident has been very upsetting.
"It has been a hard few months and we were starting to get our lives back on track until this incident happened."
Sue Maclean, manager of Ashby Funeral Care, found the statue when she was showing a family around the memorial garden. She said: "I was shocked to see the statue in exactly the same place it was stolen from."
Mrs Maclean said the statue had suffered damage to the front and looked like it had been dropped. She said: "It is an insult to the bereaved family that the statue is damaged.
"The whole incident is deeply disturbing."
Mrs Maclean said Ashby Funeral Care had recently paid for Mr Barlow to travel up from Wales with a new statue to replace the stolen one.
She said: "Sadly, it was returned too late.
"Had it been returned last week, we could have saved that poor family a journey from Wales. I urge the thief to step forward and apologise to this family for the stress and upset caused.
"I urge the members of the public to keep a close eye in memorial areas, cemeteries and report any suspicious behaviour to the police.
"I also hope that if a prosecution does take place relating to a theft from a deceased resting place, the justice system in this country steps up and issues a custodial sentence no matter what the reason for the theft or if it is a first offence."
Mr Houghton's family is now considering taking one of the statues to Brandy Wharf, where David used to like spending his time.
Sargent James Main, of Humberside Police, said: "Any offence can cause upset to the victim, but thefts from grave yards and memorial areas carry that much more distress.
"I am pleased those responsible have at least returned the item but it is a great shame they did not think about the distress they caused before taking it in the first place."