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Sports clubs are "disappointed" after the MoD announced members will not be able to gain access to their facilities at Bassingbourn Barracks whilst the Libyan army are being trained there.
Two weeks ago, foreign secretary William Hague confirmed up to 2,000 Libyan personnel would undergo training in basic infantry skills and leadership at the site later this year.
The last remaining soldiers vacated Bassingbourn Barracks in August last year following the MOD's announcement to change the use of the site due to money saving cuts made by central Government.
Hundreds of sports lovers took part in golf, skiing, snowboarding, hockey and fishing at the barracks until they were told they could no longer have access to their facilities.
Adrian Dent, Bassingbourn's county councillor, said he was told the news on Wednesday evening.
He said: "I was informed last night by telephone that after very strong local MOD support, the highest echelons in the Army have decided that the clubs will not be allowed any access to the base whilst the Libyan army are being trained at the Barracks.
"Before issuing this statement I took the time to advise the clubs of the decision and the current feeling is one of disappointment and very little surprise.
"Further details are yet to emerge of the timings but it will last until the latter part of 2014.
"The Army/MOD have agreed that after this training is concluded they will review the situation again, I for one feel this is far too late."
Skiiers and snowboarders at Bassingbourn Snowsports Centre had been hopeful the club would be able to gain alternative access to the slope by obtaining planning permission to build a new access route to the site from Guise Lane.
The centre closed at the end of March after the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), which now oversees the barracks, announced the club would have to vacate the site at the end of its lease.
Martin Middleton, club secretary, said: "We are urgently seeking clarification of how the MOD's announcement affects the ski club. Access via Guise Lane looks increasingly likely to be the only option remaining for the ski club."
It is thought the clubs may be excluded from the site as soldiers will use the firing range.
The Angling Federation, Royston Hockey Club, Bassingbourn Golf Club, Anglia Land Yacht Club and Royston and District Aero Club all used to operate from Bassingbourn Barracks.


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A sizeable section of the English media has been suspiciously enthusiastic about touting allegations as proof as far as the 2002 Gujarat violence is concerned. Recent revelations about those agitating against Narendra Modi and his Government have exposed them for what they are: Liars and myth-mongers. IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt is one such 'crusader' who should be shamed and shunned by all
Intellectuals, academics, a sizeable section of the English media and other self-appointed guardians of communal harmony consider allegation as proof as far as the Gujarat 2002 violence — or more accurately, Mr Narendra Modi — is concerned. It's only recently that damaging revelations regarding the motivations and credibility of some of these worthies have come to light — one of the vociferous detractors of Mr Modi, Prof Angana Chatterji, happens to be on the ISI agent Ghulam Fai's guest list. Even a cursory examination of the timeline of the 2002 riots investigation will show us that it's not justice that they want for the riot victims but the scalp of the Gujarat Chief Minister.
The riot-investigation timeline is populated mostly by wild allegations and involves actors drawn from various backgrounds united by a common motive to ensure Mr Modi's fall from Chief Ministership. However, over time, their allegations have slowly been coming apart. Teesta Setalvad, who at one point attained celebrity status for her efforts to pursue the riots cases now finds herself facing the ire of courts. One of the revelations from her former aide and confidant Rais Khan include the following statement: "Sadik Hussain R Sheikh, (a) notary, who is on the pay roll of Teesta Setalvad… used to blindly notarise affidavits of witnesses sent by Teesta Setalvad. Sadik has also notarised the affidavits of Sanjiv Bhatt, IPS, on April 14, 2011."
This is the same Sanjiv Bhatt whom the media and self-proclaimed secularists catapulted to instant stardom sometime in April this year because he claimed in an affidavit to the Supreme Court that he was present at a meeting where Mr Modi had, in the presence of seven senior bureaucrats, said that Hindus should be allowed to vent their 'anger' against Muslims after 59 kar sevaks were roasted alive in the Sabarmati Express coach.
Sanjiv Bhatt, a Gujarat Cadre IPS officer of the 1988 batch was suspended by the Gujarat Government last week after an inquiry report found that he was guilty of "continuous disobedience," which constitutes a "serious misconduct and under AIS Conduct & Discipline Rules attracts a major penalty," and is "unbecoming of a senior member of the IPS". Instant outrage ensued from the usual quarters in the media and elsewhere over Sanjiv Bhatt's suspension terming it as an act of vendetta by the Gujarat Government. Sanjiv Bhatt has since claimed to contest the suspension.
So does this saga boil down to one where an upright policeman is punished by the might of the State because he spoke the truth? Here's a brief career graph of Sanjiv Bhatt.
- Some years ago, Sanjiv Bhatt was indicted by the National Human Rights Commission for planting drugs in a hotel room to implicate, arrest, and wrongfully detain an advocate of Rajasthan. He was then indicted by a lower court and the indictment was subsequently upheld by the Gujarat High Court.
- In 1996, he was named as an accused in the Gujarat Police recruitment scam for which he was chargesheeted on December 12, 2010. Sanjiv Bhatt was chairman of the recruitment committee. The chargesheet details the nature of specific commissions and omissions done by Sanjiv Bhatt in his capacity as chairman. A notable omission is the fact that he flouted the orders of the DGP regarding certain specific recruitment procedures.
- Sanjiv Bhatt repeated the same defiance — of flouting his superior's order — when he was posted as Principal, SRP Training Centre, Chawki, Sorath, Junagadh since September 1, 2010. Despite his leave application being rejected by the Gujarat DGP, he went on unauthorised absence starting February 12, 2011 till date. He ignored several reminders to report to duty.
- When he was posted to the Gram Rakshak Dal (from where he was transferred on October 30, 2010), he appropriated official gadgetry like laptops, projector, video cameras, and a mobile phone and returned them only after the Government ordered a preliminary inquiry against him. Sanjiv Bhatt ignored all the notices that ordered him to be present at the inquiry.
What's most notable in Sanjiv Bhatt's unflattering career record is the fact that his long list of professional misconduct happened years before he filed his affidavit.
This begs another important question: Why did Sanjiv Bhatt wait for nine years to state that he was part of that meeting? Why didn't he depose before say, the Nanavati Commission or the Banerjee Commission?
The Supreme Court-appointed SIT rejected his testimony on the grounds that it was unreliable. Nobody among the seven bureaucrats present at said meeting with Mr Modi ever recalled Sanjiv Bhatt's presence.
Not content with this, Sanjiv Bhatt on July 26, 2011 filed another affidavit, which makes even wilder allegations against a host of people including his (former) friend, the Additional Advocate General Tushar Mehta, RSS ideologue S Gurumurthy, and Mr N Ram of The Hindu. Both Mr Gurumurthy and Mr Ram have denied these allegations.
According to Sanjiv Bhatt, Mr Mehta had colluded with various bureaucrats to help the riots-accused escape punishment. Sanjiv Bhatt's claim that he "chanced upon" some "unusual emails" in Mr Mehta's personal email account — whose password Mr Mehta had given him — is incredible. Even assuming he had been given the password, how does one "chance upon" an email without opening and reading it at some length? On his part, Mr Mehta denies that he had ever shared his email password with Sanjiv Bhatt. Sanjiv Bhatt's other allegation is that his emails have been hacked by "agents" of the Gujarat administration.
Among others, Sanjiv Bhatt has had email exchanges with Teesta Setalvad, Shabnam Hashmi, Cedric Prakash and Leader of the Opposition in Gujarat, Shakti Singh Gohil. An email with Mr Gohil talks about how he (Sanjiv Bhatt) is "eagerly awaiting both the packages" and "the Blackberry".
This is pretty much the complete picture, so far, of a tainted cop who has leveled serious allegations against everybody who have ventured to present the other side of the Gujarat riots saga. It is unthinkable that Sanjiv Bhatt is acting without powerful political support. Union Minister for Home Affairs P Chidambaram's ill-advised remark about the Center willing to intervene in Gujarat's affairs can be interpreted as an expression of support for Sanjiv Bhatt. His statement is akin to a chilling foretaste of a horribly damaged federalism envisaged by the dangerous Communal Violence Bill sought to be pushed through.
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IN less than 12 months' time, the diggers will have left Sochi and the athletes – including, hopefully, Derbyshire skier Ellie Koyander – will have moved in ahead of the Winter Olympics.
From February 7 until the 23, the normally quiet Russian town will play host to ice-hockey players, skiers and ice-skaters from all over the world.
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In between, he's survived more than his share of accidents and mechanical trouble.
This past Saturday night, the mojo was back in Bowers'pit.
The Trenton driver took the 32 car to the front early and hung on for victory in the 30-lap feature.
Late in the race, Bowers was pressed by the 08 of William Edwards, but the 32 zoomed to the checkered a couple of car lengths ahead of the Gainesville driver.
The Chiefland High softball program held its season-ending banquet May 19 at Bell's Restaurant.
A standing room only crowd jammed the banquet room to watch the girls receive awards,
The varsity team returned four players from the 2007 Final Foursquad. Plus, the Lady Indians lost five games in the final inning. Still, they mustered a respectable record of 8-10.
Awards were presented by coach Wayne Weatherford. They were ...
The Bronson High football romped to a 31-0 shutout over the visiting Spartans from St. Johns Country Day in Orange Park in an entertaining, instructive Spring Classic.
"We did good. We've got a lot of work to do," said Bronson head coach Al Cooksey in a post-game comment that summed up where the Eagles are today.
Bronson had five offensive touchdowns, plus a takeway returned for touchdown that was called back for an illegal block. Kicking, which Cooksey said they had scarcely practiced at all, was not pretty, with only one of five point-after tries going down.
FORT WHITE -For Ajay Ulmer, spring football games are good for finding out strengths and weaknesses and adjusting from there.
Ulmer got a feel for what needs to be tweaked for his Chiefland High football program with a Spring CLassic at Fort White High last Friday night, May 23.
The non-district scrimmage pitted the host Class 2A Indians against Ulmer's Class 2B Indians.
For the record, Fort White used three first half touchdowns to power it to a 23-14 over Chiefland.
I was camping in the Ocala National Forest Tuesday and Wednesday night at Alexander Springs. When I got up on Thursday morning, I heard noises coming from under the hood of my car.
When I opened the hood to check it out, I found an eye the size of a marble staring straight back at me! I nearly jumped back, re-gained my composure, and realized the eye was attached to a feral kitten!
Blown engnes can quickly ruin a race car driver's night.
Ask Matt Blum or Shelton Bowers, who saw their Sportsman efforts left for dead last Saturday night on the high banks at Bronson Motor Speedway.
Blum was pressing Mike Baker for the lead in the 30-lap feature until lap 19, when the No. 1 car blew. Blum was tryiing for his second feature win in a row.
Instead, it was all Baker, who took the checkered in the 02 car.
Baker had won three straight before Blum?s win May 10.
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The Greens have questioned the Federal Government's long-term plans to privatise NBN Co, warning that privatisation could "lands us back in the same mess we're in today".
Alluding to the Government's privatisation of Telstra and subsequent competitive issues, Greens spokesperson Scott Ludlam urged the Government to reconsider its plans.
"The Government should pause and reconsider its thinking around privatisation, and learn not just from the mistakes of the past but also the direction in which the evidence is pointing right now," he said.
"At the very least, the Government should undertake a public interest test and require a vote in Parliament."
The proposal of a public interest test was backed by the Government's $25 million McKinsey-KPMG Implementation Study as well as the Competitive Carriers' Coalition (CCC).
According to the CCC, NBN Co when fully operational would be in a position to exercise market power, so appropriate regulations should be in place "before the safeguard of public ownership is removed".
"[It] makes sense that the Parliament should have a role in determining if the public interest is appropriately protected," the CCC stated.
"This should not create an unreasonable barrier to possible privatisation because both major parties are on record as supporting privatisation in principle."
The NBN and findings of the Implementation Study were discussed by a Senate Select Committee this week. McKinsey's evidence was provided behind closed doors at the request of the Department for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE).
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Batch Systems
A Multi-Scale Model Predictive Control Strategy
Authors: Arun Krishnan† and Karlene A. Hoo*
† GSE Systems, Maryland
* Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University
Multi-scale systems defined on trees can provide local time and scale information about the behavior of the process in contrast to the usual time-domain model and Fourier transforms. Since the model predictive control (MPC) framework uses a model of the process to determine the optimal control action, improving the model by using a multi-scale approach will result in controller actions that can compensate for phenomena that may occur at different scales. This work develops multi-scale models on trees, describes how these time-scale models can be used in the MPC framework to represent both the process and the disturbance, and proposes a new optimization strategy to determine the controller actions such that the optimal inputs, at the finer scales reflect the inputs at the coarser scales. The performance of this multi-scale MPC strategy is demonstrated on a continuous process and on a chemical batch reactor.
Publication Information: Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 38, pp 1973-1986, 1999.
Corresponding Author: Karlene A. Hoo
Batch Reactor Control Using a Multiple Model-based Controller Design
Authors: Arun Krishnan† and Karlene A. Hoo*
† University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
* Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University
This work presents the development of a model-based controller design called Multiple Model Predictive Control (MMPC) based on a set of linear, time-varying, state space models to regulate batch processes according to multiple, pre-specified reference profiles. Sufficient conditions for stability and boundedness of the dynamic evolution of the forced nonlinear system are provided. The performance of the MMPC design is demonstrated on a model of a batch reactor that represents the production of a polymer product.
Publication Information: The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol. 76, 1998.
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(AP) BOSTON - Former Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Scott Brown is in talks with Fox News about a possible job as a contributor.
A spokeswoman for the network confirms the discussions, first reported Wednesday by Politico.
The talks come a week after Brown announced he wouldn't run a third time for the Senate. A spokesman for the Republican hasn't returned a message seeking comment.
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Like state, Lee's jobless rate on decline
The N.C. Department of Commerce's most recent unemployment figures point in mostly one direction: down — a trend that included Lee County. Figures for 99 of the state's 100 counties, announced Wednesday, dropped from March's numbers.
Overall unemployment in North Carolina is at 6 percent, down nearly 2 percent from the same time last year. Lee County's unemployment rate sits at 8 percent, a drop from 8.3 percent last month and 10.3 percent in April 2013.
However, Lee County is still on the higher end of counties in the state when it comes to joblessness. Of the 100 counties in North Carolina, Lee ranks 86th in unemployment.
"This is good news, of course, that our rate has dropped another three-tenths of a point and we've dropped a little over two points in a year," said Bob Joyce, president of the Sanford Area Chamber of Commerce, "but here's the bad news. In March, we were 77th out of 100 counties, and today, we're 86th. We have been reducing the number of unemployed people in Lee County, but other counties are employing people at a faster rate."
Crystal Morphis, interim director of Lee County Economic Development Corporation, said that it's difficult to "read a lot" into the monthly numbers, but she is encouraged by the results.
"Obviously, those numbers are going in the right direction," she said. "Generally speaking, the overall economy has been improving across the state, and I think we'll continue to see that."
Even with the overall drop, Lee stands in a bit of a contrast to surrounding counties. Chatham County has an unemployment rate of 4.2 percent, third best in North Carolina. Moore County is 22nd at 5.7 percent, while Harnett County's 6.9 percent is 62nd in the state.
Both Joyce and Morphis expressed concern about Lee County's place in comparison with other counties. Lee shares the bottom 15 of the rankings with "poorer counties," Joyce said, such as Scotland, Richmond and Halifax, something he sees as a problem, particularly given the number of people in the workforce. According to the Department of Commerce, the workforce in Lee County has dropped from 26,799 in 2012 to 25,261 in April 2014.
"We've actually had a phenomenon where our workforce is shrinking," Joyce said. "I think what we're seeing is certainly baby boomers retiring. But I think we're seeing some people who do not have skills in this modern advanced manufacturing environment who have dropped out of the workforce."
Joyce said he thinks the lack of employment comes from a shortage of construction, business and professional service jobs. He added that manufacturing was the probable boost behind the overall decrease in unemployment, pointing to Caterpillar's recent employment of 1,200 people as a prime example.
"I think that's been one of the bright spots here, and I think that accounts for our drop," he said. "We are lucky to have this great manufacturing base that we've had in Lee County for 50 or 60 years."
The first step, Joyce said, to improve those numbers is for the county to approve a $150,000 investment incentive for GKN Driveline, an auto parts manufacturer, and its proposed move back to Lee County with a service center. Voting on the incentive is set to happen during the county commissioners' meeting June 2.
"We need to approve that [incentive]," Joyce said. "It's 105 jobs at the best wages out there [in that field]. That's the kind of thing we can do. We need to get out and get more manufacturing in here. That's where our employment base is."
Only three counties in North Carolina had unemployment rates above 10 percent, while 11 counties were under 5 percent. Scotland County had the highest rate at 11.6 percent, while Orange County rated the lowest at 4.0.
The numbers for May will be released June 20.
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Warner is using those media connections to bring in some Hollywood talent: writer/director James Gunn (Slither, Dawn of the Dead) will "bring his cult humor and edgy storytelling to Lollipop Chainsaw." Considering that the Suda 51 game already appears to be 100% cult humor ... that's a lot of cult humor.
If WB is putting this much effort and cash into the writing, it seems possible that the company could go so far as to market the game, something that didn't fully happen with Grasshopper's last game.
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Killer Heroine with a Chainsaw Fights to Stop Zombie Take Over in Suda51's Latest Masterpiece for PS3 and Xbox 360
London - August 1, 2011 – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and KADOKAWA GAMES today announced a new partnership to bring Lollipop Chainsaw to gamers around the world in 2012 on the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment will be publishing the game outside of all Asian territories
Lollipop Chainsaw is an all-new third person action game being developed by GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE, led by celebrated gamemaker Goichi Suda (aka Suda51) and featuring the musical compositions of the renowned Akira Yamoaka. In addition to these two talented individuals, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has tapped Hollywood director/writer, James Gunn (Super, Slither, Dawn of the Dead, Tromeo and Juliet) to bring his cult humour and edgy storytelling to Lollipop Chainsaw.
"Our exciting partnership with KADOKAWA GAMES allows us to try something new by bringing a very unique game like Lollipop Chainsaw to Western markets," said Martin Tremblay, President of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. "GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE's games have shown tremendous success with gamers around the globe and we are delighted to expand our portfolio of Japanese-developed games."
"We are looking forward to partnering with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment on our first entry into the HD console market," said Yoshimi Yasuda, President of KADOWAKA GAMES. "We are also thrilled to have a team like GRASSHOPPER and talent like Suda51 creating such an interesting and distinct game for us to work with and bring to the fans."
Lollipop Chainsaw is the 'un-deadly' story of sweet and killer zombie hunter Juliet Starling and her quest to uncover the root of a colossal zombie outbreak. With her wickedly awesome chainsaw in hand, Juliet slices, dices and splits her way through hordes of the undead, but soon realizes the horde is only the opening act to a festival of zombie rock lords determined to kill the chainsaw wielding cheerleader.
For the latest information on the game, visit www.lollipopchainsaw.com or follow the team on twitter @lollichainsaw or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/lollipopchainsaw.
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By oldfellow64 from USA on 2012-01-23 13:41:52Things I liked:I am really impressed with this scope. Excellentvalue for the money..Clear view..Flip up caps are great!!A++++
Things I would have changed:Nothing
What others should know:If you are going to install this scope, my advice is get the one piece Leaper's mount. Great combo..
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By David from USA on 2012-05-04 14:07:59Things I liked:I mounted this on a Crosman Nitro Venom .177 and it lasted about 40 shots before the reticle separated in half. Called Pyramyd Air and talked to a sales rep for my RMA# and to verify this scope was springer rated. He said it is and I must have just got a lemon so they sent me another one out. The 2nd scope WAS built better because it lasted almost 75 shots before breaking the reticle in half again. Called for 2nd RMA# and this time I just asked for a refund.
Things I would have changed:Build the scope better. I have had several centerpoint scopes hold up on magnum springers but I wanted to try something a little different. Guess I won't be doing that again. :) First and last Leapers product for me.
What others should know:Pyramyd Air's customer service is 2nd to none. Very easy and friendly people to deal with and thank you for making the returns as pain-free as possible. I have seen this same scope listed on other websites as an AIRSOFT scope... If this is true then please update the description on this scope so people will not waste their time with it on springers or gas rams. Also, there is an early review of this scope where a customer said he has it mounted on a RWS 48 with over 1500 shots. Please contact me if you want to sell the one you have :)
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Sales over at Lakeview condos has picked up pretty well over the second half of this year. With only six homes in the building, it has already sold three with one under contract over the last two months. That said,… [Read More]
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Idiot Woman Drives For 900 Miles Instead Of 90 Thanks To GPS Error
We know that older people have a hard time comprehending the commands of modern technology, but this 67-year-old woman must have been especially dense.
Because her GSP mistakenly told her to drive 900 miles instead of the 90 miles required to get her where she wanted to go, she actually did.
Sabine Moreau left her home town of Hainault Erquelinnes, Belgium to pick up a friend at a train station in Brussels, just 93 miles from her home. Instead of using common sense when her GPS told her the station was 900 miles away, Moreau ended up in Croatia after spending several days in a car driving all over Europe.
She stopped twice during the journey to get gas, slept for a few hours on the side of the road, and even suffered a minor car accident. Yet she still didn't get the picture that she was driving into different countries instead of the to the train station.
She knows it sounds weird, but she was distracted, she said:
"I was distracted, so I kept driving. I saw all kinds of traffic signs, first in French, then German and finally in Croatian, but I kept driving because I was distracted. Suddenly I appeared in Zagreb and I realized I wasn't in Belgium anymore."
No Sabine, you weren't in Belgium anymore. God almighty I wonder what kind of fucked up mistakes I'm going to make when I'm 67.
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Core systems transformation for banking
New answers in challenging times
Are older systems holding you back? How fast can you launch products or comply with new regulations? Today's economy demands that financial institutions develop the agility required to execute strategies that are based on rethinking business models. Beyond simple cost cutting measures, which tend to reduce capacity, banks need to find new ways to lower their cost curve to reduce operating costs on a permanent basis. In order to meet these needs, they must reduce complexity—while addressing competition, regulations and the operational issues that result from mergers, acquisitions or divestitures.
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A smart bank anticipates client needs, is customer-centric and delivers innovative products more quickly, cost effectively and consistently than the competition. The core systems transformation solutions for banking can help your bank enhance data capture and integration from across the organization and beyond to create a "single source of truth" with improved data quality and integrity. By employing an instrumented, modular architectural design, the solutions provide for greater efficiencies, reuse and plug-and-play abilities. They can also help you achieve predictable outcomes of IT-related services at the lowest possible unit cost.
The data is then made available across the organization and beyond, providing you with granular control of information across customers, counterparties, partners, suppliers and social networks. This interconnectedness allows for superior agility, and can help you quickly and efficiently respond to evolving business needs, innovate across the value chain and seize market opportunities. In addition, analytics capabilities—that can be applied to structured and unstructured data—help you develop near-real-time insights that are forward-looking and predictive. This information can be used for dynamic relationship pricing, product bundling, customer and product analytics, and other business decisions.
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The Republican Women of Okaloosa Federated will host Spring Magic, a fundraiser for their scholarship fund, 3-5 p.m. April 4.
Flowers, gifts and jewelry, provided by Alyce's Florist, will be sold. In addition, there will be a patriotic wreath raffle. Appetizers and wine will be provided.
Tickets cost $10 and can be purchased during the RWOF's April 2 meeting or by calling 651-3511.
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Danny and his "shine" have haunted my dreams for years. Has he haunted your dreams too?
I was going to write a sequel for myself so I could finally get some sleep. Instead, I'll have a doctor help me sleep. I hope?
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Danny and his "shine" have haunted my dreams for years. Has he haunted your dreams too?
I was going to write a sequel for myself so I could finally get some sleep. Instead, I'll have a doctor help me sleep. I hope?
I agree Shasta. Great question Fushing!
I would first like to say that I really, really hated what Thomas Harris did to Clarice Starling in Hannibal. I loved Clarice in The Silence of the Lambs. I know Harris's job is not writing fairy tales with happy endings, but...
I love Danny Torrance, and because I know him as a child I feel very protective of him. I understand that he's now a man, and won't be the same sensitive and innocent character from The Shining. So I guess my question is this: when you were writing Doctor Sleep, did you feel the same way? If so, was it difficult to protect the memory of the child we love from The Shining, without turning him into a Peter Pan man-child or the brain-eating lover of a serial killer?
As a Constant Reader for many years, it was difficult for me to get back into the life of Jack Sawyer in Black House after loving the Talisman for so many years and having a version of Jack in my head. Are you concerned that readers may face the same issues getting back into the life of Danny Torrance because of the time between the two novels? It can be difficult to adjust the view of a character in one's mind.
Nooooo, don't let Mr. King know I said that..
Did Danny ever get over that silly finger-talking thing?. Oh wait!
Have you ever been tempted to write a prequel to one of your novels?
How about a sequel to Firestarter?
As we know, with novels like 'Under The Dome', sometimes an idea will stick in your head until you finally spend the time to complete something that you are happy with. How long have you had the idea for a sequel to 'The Shining' and are there any other ideas for sequels that are stuck in your head concerning your other works?
....Unca Steve, please tell me there won't be any plushies & furries in this one?.....
How hard was it for you, after years separated from the characters, to remember their particular tics? Or was this something that you possibly avoided for the sake of showing the characters' development and, if so, how much do the events in The Shining drive the characters in Dr. Sleep (Danny, Wendy, Dick [fingers crossec] to act in certain ways?
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I did lose weight. It lasted until about a week after I stopped the program. Having read 1977's 400-page hardcover tome, Weight Watchers International Recipes, I've gained an understanding of why the weight came back: When you eat nothing but horrible shit for a year, you go a little nuts when real food comes back.
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On his own stuff he is wonderful I love Genesis, however he did go through a somewhat large ego phase.
During Live Aid he was playing with Led Zep and he totally missed the whole style of the songs, Robert Plant was ******* annoyed, and claimed the whole thing was a Phil Collins pr stunt.
Again when he played with Queen at the Party at the palace a few years ago he played in his own style and changed how the song felt, and that was Radio Ga Ga!!!! pretty difficult to screw up wouldn't you say!
Don't get me wrong I love him in his own world but when it comes to playing with others he seems to miss the point and play what he wants.
Led Zep never forgave him for it, it wrecked Live Aid for them, and there were lots of heated comments after the show, or so the story goes.
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In 3ds Max 2011 Essential Training, author Aaron F. Ross demonstrates how to use this top-tier application for digital content creation, widely used in diverse industries such as architecture, industrial design, motion pictures, games and virtual worlds. This course covers modeling with polygons, curves, and subdivision surfaces, defining surface properties with materials and maps, setting up cameras and lights, animating objects, and final output rendering. Exercise files accompany the course.
As you see We've got a Reytraced Reflection on our logo. But it's currently not showing up terribly well, because we have no environment in this scene. Almost all of this scene is just blackness. So I need to have something in the scene for the Raytracer to reflect. Now I could put a fake environment in there in various ways, but it's very difficult to control and visualize in the Viewport. So what I advise is that you create an environment from a sphere or a cylinder. I'm going to do a hemisphere. So I'll go to the Create panel, and I'm just going to make a Sphere.
And I'll just drag that up and make that very large. I'll change its color so I can see it a little bit better. And I'll back out. I can right-click to exit Sphere creation, and it'd be nice if I could see just the inside of this Sphere. So I wouldn't be distracted by looking at the exterior here. So what I'm going to do is I'm going to turn on Backface Culling. Go to the Object Properties from the Edit menu, Edit > Object Properties. I'll turn on Backface Cull. Say OK.
Then I'll flip the surface by adding a normal modifier. Modify > Modifier List > Normal. And I can Flip those Normals. So now I'm standing outside my world and looking into the interior of this Sphere, pretty cool. I can zoom in. Ctrl+Alt+ Middle Mouse to dolly in forward. And I just need to apply some image to this Sphere.
So I'll go back to my Material Editor. That's the M key on the keyboard. And I'll make a new material. And I'll call this one environment. And I'll add a Diffuse Color. So I can click on the button next to Diffuse. This is going to be a Bitmap. So I'll double-click that. And it takes me to the usual place, current project sceneassets\images. I'll choose this Sky image. Click Open, and I can turn on Show Map in Viewport once again.
I might need to select the object in order to refresh, and I'll go ahead and assign that. There we go. I've got an image on there. Now I could play around with mapping coordinates and all sorts of stuff. The only thing I really care about here is the Tiling. So I might want to change the U Tiling to 2.0, or I think it's the V Tiling I want to set. Just so that it's stretching a little bit better across that surface.
The only reason that this environment exists is so that we'll get a reflection on our logo. We'll never actually see this backdrop in our rendering because when we actually set up our camera, it's going to be much closer, and this will be out of the frame. So I'll select the logo and press the Z key to zoom in on that, and then we will do a test render to see what it looks like. So I'm not seeing much here now, and it probably has to do with the fact that my Reflection is too low, and also the fact that my environment is not self-illuminating.
So in other words, in the environment here is actually an object, and it's actually black right there. It's kind of hard to explain. But there's only a single light in my scene here. It's not scene light, but it's a default light that's attached to my camera. What's happening is that this sphere is actually not receiving any light and so we're not seeing any reflection here. So what I want to do is I want to go up back to the top level of my environment Material. And I've got a Self Illumination parameter here.
And what that's going to do is cause the object to be fully bright, no matter what lighting is in the scene or not in the scene. So I'll just set the Self Illumination to 100%. And now you see this is fully bright. Try another render of that. There we go. Now we're getting a nice, nice solid reflection on there, cool. So I can play around with this a little bit more in the Maps. I might choose to play around with the balance between Diffuse Color.
Actually, I want to go over here to my logoMaterial and play around with the balance of that Diffuse Color versus the Reflection. So I've currently got a Reflection amount of 70, and I could bring that down and/or change the color of my Diffuse Channel, and/or play around with my Reflection Dimming. So I've brought that down. And it's actually been brought down a little bit too much.
So I'll just go back up here, and let's try to split the difference here, maybe 65 or so. But basically you're just going to play around with this and season it to taste until you get the look that you want. So that's how you can create a false environment in your world just for the purpose of creating reflections.
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Senators fall to No. 24 Motlow State, 73-59February 9, 2013
MORRISTOWN, Tenn. – The Walters State Senators hung right with the 24th ranked Motlow State Bucks Friday night for 33 minutes, but the final seven minutes helped the Tennessee Community College Athletic Association first place team escape with a gutty road win.
The Bucks led 51-49 with 7:59 to play, but a 12-1 run put them on the fast track to a 73-59 victory over the Senators inside 'Z' Buda Gymnasium.
With the win, Motlow coach Jerry Nichols and his team improve to 17-3 overall and 12-1 in TCCAA play, which keeps them two games clear of Volunteer State in the league standings.The loss drops Walters State to 11-14 overall and 5-9 in region action.
Motlow never trailed in the contest and there was only one tie in the first half, but the Senators kept it close throughout. The biggest lead for the Bucks in the opening 20 minutes came early on when Sean Gardner hit a layup to make it 13-6 with 14:40 left in the half.Walters State rebounded and got a pair of buckets from Willie Holloway to trim the margin to 20-19, but back-to-back 3-pointers from D.J. Jones and J.C. Bonny pushed the lead back to 28-21, and they got another long range trey from Bonny in the closing seconds to make it 33-27 at halftime.
Tyler Ailshie helped cut the deficit to 35-33 with a 3-point play early in the second half, but Motlow scored three straight buckets to extend the lead to eight. The Senators trimmed the margin to a single point at 47-46 on a pair of 3-pointers from Darius White, but they got no closer.The 12-1 run by the Bucks all but closed it out. Walters State never got within striking distance, and Motlow closed the game out at the free throw line.
The Bucks shot 39.4 percent (26 of 66) from the floor in the contest, including just 8 of 26 from long range. Motlow outrebounded the Senators 52-38 as well.Michael Tomlin placed the Bucks with 16 points and 12 rebounds, while Perrin Buford added 14 points and Jones had 12 in the win.
Walters State shot just 30.9 percent (21 of 68) from the floor, and made only 4 of 20 from long distance in the loss. Both teams made 13 of 17 from the free throw line in the game.White led the Senators with 15 points, while Tony Wilkerson tossed in 13 in the defeat.
The Senators will be back on the hardwood Saturday when they host TCCAA rival Volunteer State inside 'Z' Buda Gymnasium. Tipoff is set for 4 p.m.


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Families and elderly couples from Canada and Europe looking to get away from it all.
Part of the Blau Hotel chain, the 510-room Natura Park bills itself as an eco-resort ... but it isn't really. There's no LEED certification -- the standard for judging a building's eco-freindliness -- and having an air conditioner in every room is hardly helping the environment. But the main building, built like an oversize hunting lodge, certainly blends in with the surrounding flora and fauna much better than the cement-and-mortar competition. The lobby is particularly breathtaking, with long wooden beams crisscrossing in geometric patterns all the way up to a vaulted ceiling.
When Natura Park claims to be eco-friendly, what it really means is that the resort doesn't struggle to keep nature at bay. With storks, flamingos, and other birds scampering around the lush, thickly vegetated property, it's a far cry from most mega-resorts. But party animals might be disappointed. Out by the pool and the beach, there's a lot of lolling about in the sun and maybe a few rounds of volleyball, but that's it. The karaoke and couples nights at Cohaba Bar can get pretty repetitive, though the Michael Jackson night is supposedly amazing. (What is it with all these D.R. hotels and the Michael Jackson impressions?)
Families with children and middle-aged to elderly couples make up the bulk of the guests, though (Canadian) spring break brings an influx of heavy-drinking college kids.
Awfully remote, with the closest entertainment options 20 minutes away.
At the far end of a long strip of resorts, Natura Park is the most isolated as it is surrounded by an especially dense swath of forest. There's nothing on the other side of the road, and the closest market is 15 to 20 minutes away.
Some former guests on TripAdvisor mentioned that there's a free shuttle to a club inside a cave called Imagine. The upscale Palma Real shopping village, next to the only slightly pricier (but significantly posher) Melia Caribe Tropical resort, is a 20-minute taxi from Natura Park. Featuring designer shops, the Hard Rock Café, and various other dining alternatives (all of which come at pricey, international rates), the shopping complex can be a well-needed break from the buffet and on-site karaoke nights.
Long, broad, and teeming with people as well as activities.
The white sand beach is broad and powdery, as is the norm for resorts in Punta Cana, with clear water and gentle waves. The beach here is unusually packed with youngsters, couples, and grandparents. That said, there's enough space on the broad beach (well, just about) to be able to snag a lounge chair. And while it isn't exactly noisy, there are enough people to be distracting -- if you're looking to read a book in solitude, this is not the place. On the other hand, there are plenty of opportunities for people watching, and even the shyest teenager can get roped into a volleyball game with the amiable staff.
Kayak, catamaran, and scuba enthusiasts can head over to the watersports and dive center at the far end of the beach to get their fix.
The beds are pretty stiff, but the relaxing mood and luxurious bathrooms make up for it.
Natura Park's 510 guest rooms are grouped into 12 three-story square buildings. While each of these buildings has elevators, there's no easy way for anyone in a wheelchair to get there from the lobby through the resort's garden paths.
There's only one type of room, though you can choose whether you want one king bed or two doubles. All rooms have balconies (though the view cannot be guaranteed), and some have pull-out sofas (at no extra charge, but make sure to request them in advance).
Room are large and airy, with warm wood panels running the length of the wall. With safari-esque plainness, it wasn't filled with luxe goodies but was certainly relaxing. The bed is especially firm -- it's basically an already hard mattress on a platform without a box spring.
The large bathrooms feel kind of like a Japanese spa, with their wooden shutters and sliding, translucent screens. The sink and shower worked perfectly, though some guests complained that faulty stoppers kept the tub from filling up. There's a separate room for the toilet at the far end, which also has a frosted-glass window for ventilation ... and a view, perhaps.
For features, the rooms come with only a tube TV (the hotel is in the process of upgrading to flat screens) and a small mini-bar with a bottle of Pepsi, a bottle of 7 Up, and two bottles of Bohemia Especial (a local brew). And that's about it. There's no Internet, so guests will have to check e-mail on the lobby computers.
Since this is an eco-resort, Natura Park tries to control guests' use of electricity with this nifty contraption. It looks like a card reader, but you have to slip the brass fob of your keychain into the slot in order to turn on the room's master switch. Basically, it keeps guests from leaving all the lights on in their rooms while they're away. Pretty neat, but you might have to fiddle around with the keychain a bit, and it means you're not able to run the air conditioner while you're out of the room all day (but that's kinda the point).
A mixed bag, with a raucous pool and abundant game room but lousy Internet service. The outdoors trails are the real selling point.
After the beach, the large, lagoon-shaped pool gets the most attention -- about the size of the pool at the Bavaro Princess but much more active. On the pool's deck, there's dance classes and other fun (and noisy) activities held throughout the day. In the water itself is a cocktail of water polo players, kids in flippers, rowdy teens, and casual floaters. There's also a swim-up bar, a perennial favorite at any resort. But if you just want to lounge in the sun, get to the pool early and reserve a seat. Otherwise, lounge chairs are hard to come by.
If you need to shadow that sunburn, head to the reading room or the game room perched right over the lobby. The reading room definitely has a lot of places to sit, but the collection of magazines and mystery thrillers is small enough to fit on top of this one small table. The game room has a lot more to offer, with table tennis, chess, and board games galore.
There's no Wi-Fi or wired Internet in any of the rooms, so guests have to buy a pass at the Internet Center to go online. But the facility closes in the evening and only has a few computers, which are invariably filled, so give yourself enough time.
The popular Metamorphosis Spa -- part of a chain that operates a much larger facility at the Princess Bavaro -- is right by the lobby. Apart from its various treatment rooms, the spa also contains a small gym with a fairly up-to-date spread of cardio and weight-training equipment.
But really, what's the point of being at an eco-resort if you're not taking in the surroundings? Natura Park's serpentine paths wind their way through a lush, tropical garden with more birds and fish than at even some of the larger resorts. Being so used to humans, the birds were completely unfazed by guests' presences, which meant that you could get really close. Be careful, though! A couple of guests mentioned being chased by some ill-tempered geese!
Like most resorts in the Dominican Republic, it has a small medical center in the main building. It doesn't seem well stocked, however, since the attendant responded with a dismissive shrug when asked if she had Cipro -- a fairly common drug for stomach upsets. "You can find it at the pharmacy," she said. Where was the pharmacy? "I don't know," she said, motioning vaguely. "Somewhere in town."
Last but not least, Natura Park has a large, well-stocked convenience store with a range of brand-name toiletries, cigars, handicrafts, and even some local designer duds. But be ready for the markup!
The themed nights can wear thin pretty quick, and there's really nothing else to do.
Evening entertainment is limited to the Cohaba Bar, which hosts a series of themed nights -- couples dance, Michael Jackson, karaoke -- throughout the week. But after the initial thrill, several guests said the entertainment became boring and repetitive, occassionally comparing it to "Groundhog Day." There's no disco, or anything to do late at night.
Kids seem to love the pool, and there are also good dining options and a passable kids' club.
There were plenty of families with young children, and the lagoon-shaped pool seemed to be their favorite hangout. Inflatable tires and flippers are available for purchase in the on-site store, and there's plenty of space to splash in the shallow end. Rooms are also large enough to fit a crib or a rollaway bed (both are complimentary). But with a maximum occupancy of four people per room, larger families will have to book more than one room.
There's a kids' club for 2- to 12-year-olds where children can color and play with toys in an air-conditioned, supervised lounge. Baby-sitting services are also available at an hourly rate.
The pool has a special shallow section just for kids.
The hotel's main buffet restaurant is especially good for picky eaters, as it has an impressively large selection with plenty of healthy fruits and vegetables alongside kid-friendly pizza and pasta.
No complaints at all, thanks to the hardworking crew.
What with the birds, the plants, the beach, and the pool, Natura Park could have quickly fallen apart if not for the diligent cleaning crew that seen sweeping and mopping up after guests at all times of the day. No sign of dirt anywhere in the rooms or in any of the common areas.
Decent buffet in terms of both quantity and quality, but the three a la cartes are hit-or-miss.
La Cana, the resort's buffet restaurant, is open most hours of the day -- a welcome change from other hotels where one cannot find any food for hours between meals. Spanning three rooms, the buffet spread is pretty impressive and includes a huge dessert table. There are plenty of fruits and vegetables for healthy eating and enough variety to satisfy picky eaters. Since many stomach upsets are caused by food lying out for too long, it was pleasant to find that you could get omelets and pasta made to order at several counters around the buffet.
Tables have to be reserved in advance at Natura Park's three a la carte restaurants, all of which are open for dinner. The steak house, Media Luna, is an overwhelming favorite. Still, it's an all-inclusive, so expectations need to be adjusted. While the ribeye might be good, the tenderloin might be too fatty.
La Perla, the seafood restaurant by the pool, comes in second place, but guests have noted that the lobster isn't always available, regardless of the menu. And note that this is Caribbean lobster, which doesn't really rival the giant-tailed specimens found up in Maine.
La Gondola, the resort's Italian restaurant, comes in third, but several guests liked it nevertheless. One Italian guest, however, wasn't buying it. "This," he sniffed, "is not Italian cooking."
Built like a giant wooden hunting lodge, the 510-room Natura Park isn't actually the eco-friendly resort it claims to be. But with lush gardens and rampant wildlife, it's one of the D.R.'s most exotic-feeling mega-resorts. A lagoon-shaped pool, great buffets, and a spa means you're not exactly camping, but the rock-hard beds might make you feel like you are.
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Tanner EDA Announces 64-Bit Windows Version of Affordable, Interoperable and Easy-to-Use Analog/Mixed-Signal and MEMS Electronic Design Software; Version 14 Allows for Larger Designs, Runs up to 25% Faster
San Jose, California, ISQED, March 18, 2009—Tanner EDA, the world leader in PC-based analog and mixed-signal (A/MS) circuit design tools, announced today at the International Symposium of Quality Electronic Design (ISQED) that a new version of its affordable, interoperable and easy to use electronic design software is available now. Version 14 of Tanner Tools Pro™ and HiPer Silicon™ takes advantage of 64-bit Windows platforms, allows for larger designs than the 32-bit version and runs up to 25% faster than the 32-bit version.
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Here's a pig I made last summer. Ollie will always be the most handsome pig on MWK, but this guy (named "Pig") is royalty in our home. He's made from an 80-20 cotton-merino blend, which is very soft. This was a gift for my partner, who fell in love with it in a book we saw at a shop.
I learned a lot on this, my first "big" project. Foremost: learn to finish and seam for real before attepting something I intend to wear!
ADORABLE! I want to make one. Was he hard to knit?Longtime faggot, first time knitter.
Very cute pig! I've been thinking about trying my hand at some knitted stuffed toys with the warmer months coming up.
Thank you, Drew, Martin, Kiwiknitter, and Lars! The pattern is in this book:
(And here's a different link for the excellent UK folks!)
The pig is the only thing in the book that I'd consider making, so I don't necessarily recommend the book as a whole. Also, it seems that the pattern could be converted to a circular pattern, with the possible exception of it's rear end. As is, it's in two main pieces on straight needles with lots of seaming.
Beautiful stitches! Where did you find the pattern?
So cute!
Knit away, knit away
What a fantastic gift! You did an amazing job on it too! Congrats!
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Want A Supreme Court Seat? Going To Harvard Or Yale Helps
Professor Jeffrey Fisher is quoted in this article on elitism when it comes to the alma maters of U.S. Supreme Court justices. Karen Sloan of Law.com filed this story:
Want a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court? An elite law degree will help.
If nominee Elena Kagan is confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court, the nine-member body will be made up entirely of judges educated at either Harvard Law School or Yale Law School -- an unusually homogenous group as far as educational background, according to several law professors. (Ruth Bader Ginsburg started law school at Harvard, but transferred to Columbia Law School -- firmly within the Ivy League -- when her husband took a job in New York.)
While legal academics agreed that it is unusual to have so many Harvard and Yale graduates on the court at the same time, there was no consensus as to what that means. Some professors expressed concern that a stable of judges with nearly identical educational backgrounds would narrow the Court's perspective. Others dismissed the situation as a fluke, reflecting only that those schools produce talented and driven lawyers.
"All things being equal, it would be nice to have justices from a few other law schools to show there is a good cross-section," said Jeffrey Fisher, a professor at Stanford Law School. He noted that postgraduate experience is a more important criterion than alma mater for picking a Supreme Court nominee. "But Stanford has had justices in the past, and I assume we will again in the future. The people who went to top law schools will get the top jobs. It seems to be a bit of an accident right now that there are only two schools represented."