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|Britton Colquitt is VERY excited about Prater staying in Denver. (Getty Images)
We spent an inordinate amount of time putting together a list of players likely to receive franchise tags this offseason earlier today and, of course, we forgot someone. But it wasn't necessarily an obvious name: the Broncos are reportedly "likely" to use their franchise tag on kicker Matt Prater.
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Banks must record all transfers in loan ownership before foreclosing in Minnesota
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CRL's pleadings and briefs on behalf of the plaintiffs in Jackson v. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. CRL represents a class of Minnesota homeowners facing foreclosure who allege that MERS' failure to record all transfers in the ownership of their loans before beginning the foreclosure process violates procedural requirements in the state's non-judicial foreclosure statutes concerning the recordation of mortgage assignments. This case was filed in the Minnesota state courts, removed to the U.S. District Court, and certified to the Minnesota Supreme Court.


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Wanting to watch a good horror any ideas??new movies on dvd
Last edited by heenachamp (2012-08-29 17:19:57)
Well it all depends on your tastes. If we had some examples of what you like already it'd help
hmmmmmm i think
New or old?
ChainSaW80's Website
New or old? English Language or Subbed? Splatter or gore free? Action packed or slow burner? Deep storyline or bat shit crazy?
Just a few things to think about hehe.
I'll post a couple of previous "top movies" threads for you to peruse-
Top 10 'Cheesy Horror Films.'
Atmoshperic horror films
HM members' favorite films to watch over and over again.
An elite member is trying to watch 365 movies in 365 days. Another member joined her.
All about found footage films.
azathoth's Website
new and in English Language
New good horrors are few and far between imho.
Tucker and Dale Vs Evil is a very fun horror comedy. Red State is alright. Eden Lake if you want something downbeat. Some good found footage films over on Azzys link there. Insidious is a good atmospheric ghosty story.
English and new huh? Well I like The Thing (2011), Apollo 18 (2011) and Scre4m (2011) which almost nobody likes. Insidious is also a good one. Forget Saw 3D. Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) is a good one too. I only put around the 2011 ones.
Last edited by A Lost Boy (2012-08-06 05:38:04)
Aah Scream 4 was very good until the end. That was a tad silly, I've seen mostly love for it?
Depends how new you want. Last 10 years new or literally just come out.
Try Anthony DiBlasi's Cassadaga from 2011. Great indie flick from the guy tht brought u 2009's Clive Barker adaption Dread. Another highly recommended film.
Looks good Vas! Will have to put that on my watch list.


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Mother, son dead in Highlands Ranch shooting; daughter seriously injured in fall from house
ID's released on victims
HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. - A standoff with an armed teenager ended with the boy and his mother dead in a Highlands Ranch home and a family member seriously injured while trying to escape.
The Douglas County Sheriff's office said the incident was under investigation Saturday as a murder-suicide.
On Saturday night, the Douglas County Coroner's Office identified the mother as Tatiana Klamo, age 46, of Highlands Ranch. She died from multiple gunshot wounds, and the coroner ruled her death a homicide.
Her son, Robert Klamo, age 15, died from a single gunshot wound. His death was ruled a suicide.
The business partner of Klamo told 7NEWS on Saturday that an argument over medication preceded the shootings.
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"We have sent out two code reds notifying residents in the neighborhood to go to their basement stay inside until we can provide additional information," said Douglas County Undersheriff Tony Spurlock.
Deputies were called to the home around 7:30 p.m. on a report of a shooting.
Witnesses said two females escaped from the house -- both climbing out second floor windows to the roof.
"Investigators have interviewed them (women who escaped) and indicated that their younger brother was the one that we're searching for," said Spurlock.
The business partner of Tatiana Klamo said the son was on medication.
"All of this stems from, her son was having a terrible time with mental illness and he's been battling the typical teenage stuff of not wanting to take the medicine," Brian McCoy told 7NEWS reporter Molly Hendrickson. "She went home arguing about that last night and she was actually going to send him back to the hospital, he'd been hospitalized for a period of time and she was going to send him back to deal with that."
One of the two family members who escaped broke her back when she slipped and fell from the roof of the home, McCoy said.
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» Matchup: The Binghamton Mets play the New Britain Rock Cats in a four-game Eastern League baseball series starting Monday night at New Britain Stadium in New Britain, Conn. Game time is 6:35 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Thursday's game will be at 10:35 a.m.
» Radio: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday's games will be broadcast on WNBF 1290 AM. Wednesday's game will be on WYOS 1360 AM. The broadcast will start 15 minutes prior to the scheduled first pitch.
» Affiliations: New Britain has been the Double-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins since 1995. The New York Mets have sent their Double-A players to Binghamton since 1992.
» DH? Yes, since New Britain is an American League affiliate.
» Season series: This is the first meeting.
» Probable rotations: New Britain: Pat Dean (lh, 1-4, 5.67), Trevor May (2-2, 3.95), Alex Meyer (2-1, 3.56), Logan Darnell (3-2, 3.06); Binghamton: Logan Verrett (rh, 5-1, 3.15), Jacob deGrom (rh, 1-4, 4.86), Erik Goeddel (rh, 3-2, 5.31), Mark Cohoon (lh, 3-1. 3.96).
» Rock Cats notes: The Rock Cats come into the series having lost seven straight games after a 7-4 loss to New Hampshire on Sunday. ... Tuesday's scheduled starting pitcher Alex Meyer was ranked the fourth-best propsect in the Minnesota Twins farm system by Baseball America. Meyer has allowed 13 earned runs in his previous four starts (21 innings). ... Rock Cats catcher Josmil Pinto went into Sunday tied for second in the Eastern League in RBI (33). Pinto, a Florida State League mid-season and post-season all-star in 2012, was batting .329 with nine doubles and eight home runs in his first 41 Double-A games.
» B-Mets notes: Monday's originally scheduled starting pitcher Rafael Montero, the fifth-best prospect in the New York Mets farm system according to Baseball America, went to join Triple-A Las Vegas on Sunday. He has allowed just six walks in 46 2⁄3 innings with Double-A Binghamton. He and teammate Logan Verrett were tied for the third-best walks plus hits per innings pitched (WHIP) in th league (0.99). ... Outfielder Cory Vaughn has batted .324 with 12 hits and 10 RBI in his last 10 games. He leads the team in RBI with 26. Baseball America ranked Vaughn the 15th-best prospect in the Mets system. ... Infielders Danny Muno and Josh Rodriguez came into Sunday's game tied for the second-most walks in the Eastern League (27).
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Sonoma County supervisors unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday that will ban smoking inside apartments and condominiums in the county's jurisdiction.
The ordinance was part of a larger anti-smoking package that seeks to bring the county in line with cities like Sebastopol that have strict smoking prohibitions.
A vote on a proposal that would have banned smoking on county property and unenclosed areas such as restaurant and bar patios was delayed until October to give food and beverage businesses more time to brace for the change.
"This is a major step forward in protecting the health of all residents and visitors to Sonoma County," Mark Netherda, the county interim public health officer, said after the vote.
The ordinance will prohibit smoking in any existing multi-unit residence beginning in 16 months. It will ban smoking in new units, as well as those rented for residential use for the first time, in 8 months.


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I was looking for a document at work today and found some old writings that I had done or saved from others. WOW! I've got lots of good stuff hiding in my computer doing me no good. Hmm.....it's got me thinking, which is good.
Let me back up a bit.....I have carpal tunnel syndrome in both hands and over the last 8 or 9 months have been in constant pain or numbness or both. Little things can be extremely difficult - like putting on a necklace or holding a pen while walking. I've had all the tests, been to the specialists and they recommend surgery to release the tunnel and give the nerves more room.
The dealings with the workers comp insurance carrier have not been all good. First they were trying to deny coverage because I'm a diabetic. Yeah, I have diabetes; but I've also worked for this company for almost 24 years sitting at a computer. The last 6 years or so have been at a wooden desk that I can't adjust. Independent second opinion called it 50/50, insurance company finally declared it covered under workers comp. The first surgery has been scheduled for July 19th.
I'm so stressed out from this whole situation and scared about the surgery. Stress is not good for me because it leads to eating. Eating leads to high sugars, high sugars leads to all sorts of other problems. This morning, I get a call out of the blue from a nurse who is a "resource" for me during the workers comp & surgery process. I wanted to scream that I'm not 5 years old! My brain knows what I need to do....I need to get rid of the stress so that I can do it. Basically, I need to get my blood sugars into range relatively quickly and keep them there so that my body will heal better.
I've done it before and I can do it again. I need to focus!
Reading some of the blogs I've written has been helpful this afternoon. Tonight I will find myself a notebook or journal to use while I get myself under control.
Here's a good blog from back in 2011. Lot's of good tips here.....and a terrific place to start.
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Sherman:"The most brilliant expedition of the war"
Don't know how you managed to edit my post, but it seems that you did.
First, let's get it out of the way that I think Grierson is overrated. He was told to do something that a lesser man might have screwed up. Royally. But the ride was not something that came out from under his hat. He was directed to do it and he did it in fine style. Can't fault him for that.
But. At the end of the story, is the end of the story. That was -- essentially -- about it. He didn't get a division or a corps. Sherman didn't ask for him when he set off for Savannah. He made his ride and got his kudos. Apparently, that was the end of it.


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BIDDEFORD, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- State Police say they seized a number of guns from a Biddeford man after he was pulled over for speeding Sunday morning.
Timothy Courtois told police he was on his way to Derry, New Hampshire to shoot a former employer and had been to see The Dark Knight Rises in Saco, the night before, with a loaded gun in his backpack.
State Police Spokesman Steve McCausland says they found an AK-47 assault weapon, four handguns and several boxes of ammunition, in Courtois' car. Courtois was stopped after driving a Mustang at 112mph with the four flashers on.
McCausland says police then searched Courtois's home, at 344 Elm Street in Biddeford, and found several additional guns, a machine gun, and thousands of rounds of ammunition.
Also found in his car were clippings of the shooting at the Colorado movie theater. Police say that Courtois told them he had attended "The Dark Knight Rises" on Saturday night at Cinemagic Theater in Saco, with a loaded gun in his backpack.
Police tell us that the guns found in the car are the same kind of guns used in the Colorado shooting. He also told Police he bought the Mustang the day after the Colorado shooting.
McCausland says that State Police have been assisted in the investigation by the FBI and ATF.


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The KLAQ Balloon Fest at Wet-N-Wild begins with a Friday Night Spectacular. The event features 30 hot air balloons launching Saturday-Monday from the Maldonado Maze, in La Union that are free to attend. Sevendust, The Pretty Reckless, We As Human, more to perform. Tickets for the weekend events are $19 to $29.
klaq.com or call 915-544-9550.
Free movie Kid Summer Series back at Video 4
Allen Theatres starts its Kid Summer Series free movie Tuesdays at 9 a.m., 11:20 a.m., 1:40 p.m. and 4 p.m. Showing this Tuesday is "Escape from Planet Earth." All films are rated PG. The series runs through Aug. 5
Hillsboro hosts all-star bluegrass musicians
Jeff Scroggins and the band Colorado will perform at 7 p.m. Friday at the Hillsboro Community Center, on Eleanora Street. Both acts are acclaimed for their bluegrass styles. Admission is $5.
Movies in the Park to show 'Man of Steel'
The City of Las Cruces' Movies in the Park series continues with "Man of Steel." The movie starts at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Young Park. Free to attend. No pets.
www. las-cruces.org.
Coming Soon
Wade Bowen takes the stage at Graham's
Wade Bowen will perform June 4 at Graham Central Station in Las Cruces. 21+ only. Tickets are $12 in advance. Pulse will be giving away 10 pairs of tickets to the show on Facebook, next week.
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Thanks everyone for your comments. My problem is that I really like the PanF+ pulled + Perceptol combination because of the superior fine grain that is achieved but I am have a terrible time with contrast, as in not enough. I am currently working on a series of shot on abandoned farmhouses, so I am indoors with natural light, at 25 ISO, leading to 15-30 second exposure times as a norm. I think I am going to have to follow Thomas' suggestion and determine in a more accurate fashion what it is that will work for my project. I know I could go with a faster film to increase the contrast but I was hoping to do the project all with the same film/developer. That might just be an unrealistic expectation.
Are you correcting for reciprocity failure for those 15-30 sec exposures? If not, you will underexpose and end up with flat negs.


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First Sony NEX-7 DSLR image spotted
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Sony NEX-7 DSLR image shows off controls
Earlier rumors that an upcoming Sony NEX-7 digital SLR will mimic the look of an older Konica-Minolta Dimage A2 appear to be mostly true, as a new digital image of the upcoming Sony shooter has been leaked by SonyAlphaRumors. Still, the image is said to be of a pre-production unit, so some changes may still occur, and even the source says so. A rangefinder similar to that of the Fujifilm X100 is visible on the image as well.
As for specs, the camera is expected to get a 24-megapixel sensor from the A77 and a three million-pixel OLED EVF that's not a hybrid viewfinder. A Carl Zeiss 24mm f1.8 prototype lens has been seen attached to the DSLR in the image. There is also a hot shoe, and number four shows the flash and image preview buttons, from left to right. Five is the pop-up flash and six is believed to outline the manual aperture and shutter speed controls.
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|Endosomal clathrin drives actin accumulation at the immunological synapse.
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|PMID: 21321329 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review
|Antigen-specific cognate interaction of T lymphocytes with antigen-presenting cells (APCs) drives major morphological and functional changes in T cells, including actin rearrangements at the immune synapse (IS) formed at the cell-cell contact area. Here we show, using cell lines as well as primary cells, that clathrin, a protein involved in endocytic processes, drives actin accumulation at the IS. Clathrin is recruited towards the IS with parallel kinetics to that of actin. Knockdown of clathrin prevents accumulation of actin and proteins involved in actin polymerization, such as dynamin-2, the Arp2/3 complex and CD2AP at the IS. The clathrin pool involved in actin accumulation at the IS is linked to multivesicular bodies that polarize to the cell-cell contact zone, but not to plasma membrane or Golgi complex. These data underscore the role of clathrin as a platform for the recruitment of proteins that promote actin polymerization at the interface of T cells and APCs.
|Carmen Calabia-Linares; Javier Robles-Valero; Hortensia de la Fuente; Manuel Perez-Martinez; Noa Martín-Cofreces; Manuel Alfonso-Pérez; Cristina Gutierrez-Vázquez; María Mittelbrunn; Sales Ibiza; Francisco R Urbano-Olmos; Covadonga Aguado-Ballano; Carlos Oscar Sánchez-Sorzano; Francisco Sanchez-Madrid; Esteban Veiga
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Touching down in Beijing, the Langham Place Beijing Capital Airport (http://beijingairport.langhamplacehotels.com) had been on a "soft open" for five days when I arrived on August 30. The 372 rooms and suites were hip and welcoming, but the five fab restaurants: Ming Court (Cantonese), Fuel (casual dining), Toroko (Japanese), The Place (international), Portal Work & Play (Wifi lounge) were slated to open on September 1st. A special 25%-off early booking rate for bookings made minimum 14 days in advance is in effect through December 31 for stays through August 30, 2011.
Across the street, the Hilton Beijing Capital Airport and Conference Center (www1.hilton.com) opened on July 28, 2010. The 324-room property, located at the Star Alliance Terminal # 3, operates free 24-hour hotel-airport shuttle bus service every 15 minutes to Terminal 3 and every 30 minutes to Terminals 1 and 2. This was the first international five-star business and convention airport hotel in China. It features: two ballrooms, 21 meeting rooms, a fitness center, luxury spa, and 25 meter heated in-door swimming pool with stunning views over the terminal. Its seven restaurants include: 360 (international dining with live cooking stations), Compass Grill (steak and seafood), My China (Sichuan and Hunan cuisine), Yue Shang (Cantonese dining), Long Bar ("L-shaped" bar with live music or quieter lounge area), and The Point (lobby café). Don't forget to choose your pillow.
Heading into downtown via one of Beijing's very affordable taxis, I went to visit a property that is bit more unique. Joel Shuchat, a young expat and tea expert from Montreal, has amassed a team of muscular, provincial farmers to build a boutique hotel amidst Beijing's old Baochao Hutong district. Normally referred to as the "drum and bell" area, it was until recently filled with cramped multifamily residences. Now it's bustling with trendy craft shops, boutiques, and chic restaurants—especially along Nanluoguxiang, just south from Gulou East Street. I arrived and sat down in the central courtyard on a handmade stool, and joined 16 men and two women in a beer toast as they celebrated just having secured the cement roof over the brick exterior walls. The Orchid Hotel (www.theorchidbeijing.com), is set to open in mid-October 2010 and will feature: 4 standard rooms, 1 premium room with a "special view," 3 rooms with private gardens, 1 luxury garden suite, and 1 premium luxury room with its own private roof terrace. Reservations are currently being accepted in Yuan, $US, and £, but Visa, MC and AMEX are coming soon.
Since Orchid was not yet opened, I chose to stay at the great-value Crowne Plaza Beijing (www.CrownePlaza.com), which will be celebrating its 20th anniversary on August 18, 2011. Highlights of my stay included their enclosed roof-top in-door heated swimming pool and Jacuzzi, spacious marble bathrooms, club lounge and lobby with complimentary Wifi, and the superb location right in the upscale Wangfunjing shopping district.
IHG Group Expands China Presence
The Crowne Plaza is a member of IHG Group, which was the first international hotel company to enter China, with the Holiday Inn Lido Beijing in 1984 (www.holidayinn.com). It is currently the largest international hotel group in Greater China, with 131 hotels (45,940 rooms) open and an additional 146 hotels (47,848 rooms) in the development pipeline. In 2010, IHG is welcoming 30 new hotels in China. In addition to the Intercontinental Shanghai Expo, mentioned in the July article, they opened the Intercontinental Nanjing (www.ichotelsgroup.com) which, at 450 meters, is the tallest building in that city.
In November 2010, IHG will open the 180-room Hotel Indigo Shanghai on the Bund as Asia's first Hotel Indigo. The Indigo is located at the famous Pier 16 on the Huangpu River with the Expo site to the south.
Among the new Crowne Plaza properties is the Crowne Plaza Lijiang Ancient Town, which was just recognized as "China's Best New Opening Theme Hotel of 2010" at the 7th Golden Pillow Award of China Hotels. The 5-star villa-style resort is set amidst 51,000 square miles of landscape with 10 themes and is located in Dayan Ancient Town, a UNESCO declared world cultural heritage site in Yunnan Province. China's other newly opened or soon-to-open Crowne Plaza hotels include the: Crowne Plaza Shenyang Parkview, in Liaoning province, 391 miles East of Beijing, which opened in July 2010, and the following six hotels set to debut "soon": Crowne Plaza Guangzhou City Centre in Guangzhou, Guangdong; Crowne Plaza Chongqing Riverside in Chongqing, Sichuan; Crowne Plaza Huizhou in Huizhou, Guangdong; Crowne Plaza Xiangfan in Xiangfan, Hubei; Crowne Plaza Nanchang Riverside in Nanchang, Jiangxi.
Other Beijing Hotel News
With 470 rooms and suites, the Sheraton Beijing Dongcheng Hotel (www.starwoodhotels.com) will open on the North 3rd Ring Road on May 1, 2011. Facilities include three restaurants; Chinese, Western, and All-Day-Dining; 13 meeting spaces totaling over 3,300 square meters; a spa, and indoor heated swimming pool and fitness gym. The hotel is already accepting group inquiries.
Four Seasons Hotel and Resorts (www.fourseasons.com) will open two hotels in Beijing. The first in the Chaoyang district will debut in late 2011 to early 2012 as part of a complex that will include four towers of hotel rooms, private apartments and offices. The hotel will feature more than 300 rooms, Chinese and Italian restaurants and several lounges, a full-service spa and fitness center, and comprehensive meeting spaces. The second to open in 2014 on Financial Street is planned as a 225-room hotel amid a complex that will also have commercial offices and residences. The Beijing openings are among new Four Seasons properties sprouting up across China, including: Hangzhou at West Lake in October 2010, Guangzhou in late 2010, Shanghai at Pudong in late 2011 (their second Shanghai property), Shenzhen in 2012, Qingdao in late 2013 to early 2014, Hainan at Shenzhou Peninsula also in late 2013 to early 2014, Hainan at Sanya in 2014, Suzhou in 2014, and Tianjin also in 2014.


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The All State softball teams were released today and several area players have received honors for their efforts this past Summer. In Class 2A Cayla Collins of Pella Christian and Lindsey Vandewall of PCM were each named to the first team, Shelby Weaver of Pella Christian was named to the second team and Paige Blom of Pella Christian was named to the third team. In Class 1A Joanna Wells of Melcher Dallas and Lindsay Hoehns of Twin Cedars each were named to the second team. Ashley Kingery of Knoxville received honorable mention in Class 3A, while Shelby Blakely of PCM received honorable mention in Class 2A and Ally Rowley, Justine Flowers, Morgan Mitchell and Taylor Jensen each received honorable mention in Class 1A.
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Adoption can be complicated by organizational readiness and the need to coexist with, and to complement, the significant investments in existing technologies and systems.
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"Businesses utilize Solarize Pendleton"
Five local businesses in Pendleton are installing solar arrays thanks to the Solarize Pendleton program.
By Owen R. Smith
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The weather this spring might not have residents in Eastern Oregon thinking about the sun, but that hasn't stopped five local businesses from taking advantage of Solarize Pendleton's new business program.
Solarize Pendleton, part of the city's effort to promote sustainable energy, already helped get 56 solar energy units onto the roofs of local homes in 2010 alone.
Now, the program has been expanded to include businesses, offering a combination of loans and tax incentives to ultimately lower the final cost of a unit by about 95 percent.
"We were really just researching whether it would be feasible and still affordable (to continute the program)," said Pendleton RARE student Lindsey Hardy, who has helped lead the charge for solar power. "We started looking at it, and the business side of things had the best incentives for doing solar."
In 2010, there were a few businesses that had buildings assessed but none pulled the trigger on getting a system installed. So far this year, the East Oregonian, Neighbors Bed and Breakfast, Vision Source, the Malarkey Building and Mac Levy's Edward Jones building have all signed up.
The city provides a one-year loan for half the cost of a system, and is committed to loan out about $215,000 to the five businesses. The deal is designed to work out so businesses get their tax credits back at the same time their loan is due.
"Because of the incentives, some of the business systems that we're looking at are comparable in price to residential systems," Hardy said.
The EO is getting a $111,795 loan on a 40-kilowatt system; Neighbors B and B will receive a $14,875 loan for about 14 kilowatts; and Vision Source is getting about $16,125 to put in a 25-kilowatt unit.
The Malarkey Building is signed up for a 28,325 loan and Edward Jones will get a $43,625 loan.
"It's been exciting. It's been fairly easy. I've gotten all the information I've needed from everybody. The process has been pretty fast," said Vision Source office manager Kori Lani, who added that work has already begun. "I think the process is starting pretty quick and we can start saving money."


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Grizzlies make strong statement vs. Warriors
Still discovering the new, Rudy Gay-less Grizzlies, Memphis proved they're still playoff worthy.
By BRANDON SPECK FS Tennessee
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Memphis and Golden State are fighting for the same playoff positioning. Memphis is trying to do so with a rebuilt team.
Golden State again failed to prove it can take what it wants from Memphis.
The Grizzlies beat the Warriors 99-93 Friday night to stay in the fifth spot in the Western Conference.
It was the ninth straight Memphis win in the series. Both teams want inside the top four for home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs. The Warriors drop to 1.5 games back of Memphis.
Memphis is in the thick of the playoff race, but is trying to find itself all over again after trading away leading scorer Rudy Gay last week.
"It was a baby step in terms of trying to come back and be a good team," Memphis coach Lionel Hollins said. "We haven't been a good team. We haven't played with the passion and energy and I thought we did tonight."
The new pieces are trying to come together on short notice. The Grizzlies are now 2-3 since trading Gay to the Raptors.
Newly acquired Austin Daye had 12 points Friday. He hit 3 of 4 from behind the arc, two straight in the second quarter as Memphis took a 12-point lead. Tayshaun Prince had six.
"Chemistry is not going to pick up between me and these guys overnight," Prince said. "But you can make up for that with energy and effort and that's what you saw, energy and effort.
"I can't tell you how many times I was in the wrong place at the wrong time today but just having a lot of energy and moving, that stuff takes you a long way."
Hollins has publicly made his frustrations about the trade known but addressed media before Friday's game to clear the air and debunk rumors that he had a problem with the new ownership.
Memphis and Golden State could be on pace for a first-round playoff matchup. Each had dropped consecutive games entering Friday's game at FedExForum. Golden State was blown out consecutive times to start a four-game road trip.
"We're trying to rebuild trust in each other. We're trying to become a good team again," Hollins said, "committed to each other and playing for each other and trusting each other."
Golden State played without Sixth Man of the Year candidate Jarrett Jack and Memphis made more 3-pointers than the Warriors despite four makes from Stephen Curry. Golden State entered the game as the NBA's best 3-point shooting team. Curry tied a season-high with a game-high 32 points. He made 4 of 9 from deep and had eight assists. David Lee had 26, 20 of them in the first half.
Memphis finished with 26 assists. The Warriors had 18. Tony Allen scored a season-high 17 for Memphis, which also got 14 from Jerryd Bayless. Things got chippy at times, with plenty of contact between big men Marc Gasol and Andrew Bogut under the basket.
"It's basketball. It's nothing. They want to win. We want to win," Gasol said.
Gasol again got the best of Bogut. Gasol finished with a double-double, 20 points and 11 boards. Bogut managed just seven points.
Zach Randolph had a double-double as well, second-best in the league with 30. He had 16 points and 12 rebounds for Memphis. Randolph's name had been part of the drama Hollins addressed, his name surfacing multiple times in trade talks.
Memphis CEO Jason Levien said during a radio interview before the game that Randolph would remain in Memphis for the remainder of the season.
The Grizzlies may still look to add another piece before the Feb. 21 trade deadline but will rely on their two bigs to make a playoff run.
In the fourth quarter Friday, Gasol led an 11-2 run that put Memphis ahead 94-88 with 2:51 to play. He had six points in the final quarter.
Curry had just hit back-to-back 3-pointers to put Golden State ahead 86-83. After both shots, Curry jawed back-and-forth with fans on the floor. After the second 3, he tripped over Darrell Arthur's foot.
Both teams shot well early. Memphis was over 60 percent early in the second quarter. A pair of Bayless 3s and it was 49-35 Memphis midway through the quarter. In its last three games, the Grizzlies were
9-for-28 from behind the arc. Friday, they hit 8 of 20.
"When you have aspirations of...trying to get into that home court advantage, losing three is always going to hurt," Warriors guard Draymond Green said. "Tonight we had a chance to tie up with the Grizzlies in a playoff race and we failed to do that."
Memphis led 63-56 at the break, only the second time this season the team has scored more than 60 in the first half, but the Warriors stormed back on a 11-2 run to take its first lead on Bogut's tip-in.
Memphis took the lead for good on Mike Conley's 3-pointer to start a
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Beau Goldie, Chief Executive Officer Beau Goldie is CEO of the Santa Clara Valley Water District. Since beginning his career at the water district in 1984, Mr. Goldie has led projects in all areas of the organization: water supply, flood protection and environmental stewardship. In the groundwater protection division he helped oversee toxic cleanups. As a manager, he helped reduce mercury pollution into the San Francisco Bay, while overseeing major construction projects and expanding public trails along waterways. Prior to Beau's appointment to the CEO position, he was chief operating officer (COO) for capital services. Mr. Goldie serves on numerous regional and statewide water committees, including the California Urban Water Agencies, the San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority management team and State and Federal Contractors Water Agency. He also serves on the boards of a number of local and regional organizations with missions aligned with the priorities of the water district, including the Santa Clara County City Managers Association, Destination Home, the San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Bay Area Council. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Resources Engineering, a Master's Degree in Civil Engineering and is a licensed professional civil engineer. He is a member of American Leadership Forum Class XXV.
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As Clerk, her priorities are ensuring that the public has access to the board's information and records as well as supporting board members so they can do the jobs they were elected to do. Ms. King is an expert in state regulatory requirements, such as the Ralph M. Brown Act, which ensures through posting and archiving of records that the public has equal access to the information of the district's elected officials. While overseeing her staff, she also makes sure the district complies with regulations and deadlines for board and committee meetings, agenda publications, frequent Groundwater Production Charge Protests, directors' schedules and travel plans, Lobbyist Ordinance compliance, public record requests, directors' expenses, and the Board of Directors, Board Advisory and Ad Hoc Committee, and Clerk of the Board annual budgets.
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TULSA -- If all things go according to plan Wednesday (translation: should all the favorites win), there might be just one three-letter word to describe Thursday's quarterfinal action in the Conference USA Tournament at the BOK Center in downtown Tulsa.
UTEP, of course, is the top seed in this tournament, thanks to its sparkling regular season (24-5 overall, 15-1 in Conference USA play). The Miners will play the last of the quarterfinal games, taking on the winner of Wednesday's UCF-SMU game at 8 p.m. MST Thursday.
Most believe UTEP is firmly in the NCAA tournament, riding on the strength of its record, its regular season championship and its national ranking in both polls. But, as Miner coach Tony Barbee puts it, "We are not guaranteed anything yet."
And so all 12 Conference USA teams move into this single-elimination dance at the BOK Center in Tulsa. Lose and you go home. And, on Thursday, some pretty good basketball teams will pack their bags.
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Houston should cruise past East Carolina, setting up a showdown with Memphis at 11 a.m. MST Thursday (all four Thursday games will be televised on CBS College Sports). Memphis finished the season with some spice, beating UAB and Tulsa in the final week. The Tigers are 23-8.
Southern Miss should dust Tulane, setting up a duel with UAB at 1:30 MST Thursday. A win Wednesday would send Southern Miss to 19-12. UAB finished with a heavy load of heartache, losing 70-65 to Memphis and 52-50 to UTEP in the final week of the season. Still, the Blazers are 23-7. UAB won both meetings with Southern Miss during the regular season but both games were a struggle -- UAB winning 57-56 at home and 59-54 in Hattiesburg. Will the third time be a charm for the Golden Eagles?
Tulsa tumbled into a Wednesday game, having to take on Rice despite its 21-10 record. The Golden Hurricane, the home team in this tournament (though they are not playing in their actual arena, the Reynolds Center), should have no problem in dispatching Rice. That would give Tulsa a 22-10 record, going against 23-8 Marshall Thursday at 5:30 p.m. MST. Tough draw for Marshall, facing the home team on quarterfinal night. That is also a tough draw, pitting two teams with 45 wins between them in the quarterfinals. The two split their regular season series, and both games were close. Tulsa won 73-69 in Tulsa, Marshall won 64-58 in Huntington, W. Va. This is an intriguing matchup between two good teams, between 7-footers Jerome Jordan (Tulsa) and Hassan Whiteside (Marshall).
SMU and UCF offer the only real drama on opening day. The Mustangs are 14-16 and have had their moments. UCF is also 14-16. The two met only once in the regular season, SMU winning that one 65-43 in Dallas. There is little doubt Houston will beat 20-loss East Carolina. There is little doubt Southern Miss will beat 21-loss Tulane. And there is even less doubt Tulsa will beat 22-loss Rice. There is doubt about the SMU-UCF debate.
UTEP crushed UCF 96-59 in Orlando on Jan. 23 in their only meeting this season. SMU is the higher seed and should the Ponies get to Thursday, they might have a little comfort in their résumé against UTEP. The Miners swept SMU but by narrow margins -- 49-45 in El Paso, 62-51 in Dallas.
This league is stronger than it has been at any time since the new makeup of teams. There is no top-five team (like Memphis in recent years), but there are five 20-win teams and, should Southern Miss win a couple, there will be six 20-win teams. At least one of those 20-win teams (either Tulsa or Marshall) will get bounced in the quarterfinals; maybe more.
Barbee said, "We don't fear any team. We respect every team we play."
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I would have loved MCR or FOB. But if anything I think it proves the HF and NJDevs communities are very tiny portions of the fan base.
I really doubt more then 50% of Devils fans voted for Rightous Smoke. Not only is it a band that is not really that well known but that's a pretty over used goal song as well. I just don't see it. It would shock me that if the majority of our fans voted such an obscure song only to boo it during the game. Same goes with Whip (although that was a tad more tolerable)
It's all fishy to me.
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Races open up in Mt. Lebanon, Dormont
The ballot in Mt. Lebanon and Dormont will be crowded in May, as decisions by several candidates not to seek re-election opened up races to competition in the primary.
In Dormont, longtime Mayor Tom Lloyd's decision not to run prompted three candidates to declare for his seat. They join eight candidates for council in forming two slates. All candidates are registered as Democrats, meaning the primary will effectively decide the election. The top four vote-getters on the council ballot will be seated.
On one slate, recently retired Dormont police Chief Phil Ross is running to replace his old boss, Lloyd. As chief, he and Lloyd joined together against the former manager and borough council in a battle over control of the police department.
"I certainly have been talking to Phil," Lloyd said. "He wants to maintain the order we've established over the last year in the police department, and I certainly hope he wins."
Ross' ticket includes council members Jeff Fabus, Joan Hodson and Willard McCartney, along with recent transplant Matt Hamilton, a financial adviser who moved to Dormont from the Los Angeles area.
"We were really fortunate with where we landed," said Hamilton, 34, who lauded Dormont's friendliness and affordability for young families. "What struck me is the opportunities that exist for Dormont over the next 10 years. ... It got me to really consider where I could fit in the community, how I could contribute."
The other slate is headed by mayoral candidate Richard Grubb, who served on council in the 1990s and early 2000s as part of the first Democratic majority in 20 years. He is running with incumbent councilman Eugene Barilla, lawyer Mary Elizabeth Andriko-Moore, former councilman Drew Lehman and laborer Sean Keller, who has campaigned for prominent Democrats. Also on the ticket are Neely Crowell, who is running for Keystone Oaks school board and Harvey Lieberman, who is seeking re-election as tax collector.
Lehman, who served a term on council starting in 2008 before losing his seat by just 25 votes, said he wanted to get back in office so he could resume his work with programs like the Allegheny Together grant program for Dormont's business district.
"I think we made some good progress in my first four years. ... We made some great strides in improving the appearance and perception of Dormont," he said.
Mayoral candidate Walter Amman, a retired City of Pittsburgh employee who could not be reached for comment, was the only candidate not running on a ticket with someone else. Lloyd said he remembered Amman telling him years ago that he'd be interested in running once Lloyd left office.
In neighboring Mt. Lebanon, school director Josephine Posti is not running for re-election, and incumbent Dan Remely is simultaneously running for school board and the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, according to county elections filings. Five candidates filed to run for the four open seats on the school board.
Retired accountant and PTA member Durwood Hill, Salvation Army emergency services director Michael Jon Riemer and lawyer William J. Moorhead will join incumbents Mary Birks and Remely on the ballot.
All the candidates cross-filed as Democrats and Republicans so they will appear on both parties' ballots. But Remely, a registered Republican, will be running on his own. The other four formed a Democratic slate for joint campaigning and fundraising.
Remely is also running in a special election against former Mt. Lebanon Commissioner Dan Miller for the House seat in Harrisburg formerly held by Matt Smith, who this year won a special election to fill the 37th District state Senate seat.
If Remely wins the House seat, the rest of the school board will nominate a replacement for him.
The primary will be quiet in the race for Mt. Lebanon's Board of Commissioners, because only one candidate from each party has filed for the two seats up for grabs. Republican Samantha Scrivner, a claims examiner for the UPMC Health Plan, will challenge incumbent Democrat Dave Brumfield, a lawyer, to represent Mt. Lebanon's 4th ward. Republican Jack Doyle and Democrat Steve Silverman both filed to run in the 2nd ward, where current Republican commissioner Matt Kluck declined to run for re-election.
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'A Software Stack for Water Resources GIS Web Apps'
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The purpose of this presentation is to review existing technologies that can be used in developing water resources web modeling applications. The mobile web revolution is making it possible to bring high performance computing to palm-sized mobile devices. This has exciting implications for water resources and engineering—especially in the field of hydrologic modeling. Moving common modeling scenario exploration analyses from a desktop environment to a web-based platform has several advantages. Some of these advantages include: • a user interface built with familiar web form elements • access to distributed cloud and super computing resources • data sharing • preventing loss of organizational knowledge There are a number of hurdles hydrologic web modeling developers will face. One of these is how to work with the geospatial data inherent with this class of models. Supporting geospatial data in a website is beyond the capabilities of typical web frameworks because it requires the use of additional software. The functionality needed for a web modeling applications can be achieved with three elements: 1. a geospatially enabled database 2. a map server 3. a geoprocessing toolbox. ESRI has developed the most popular set of tools that can be used to this end. The Python scripting module, ArcPy, allows developers to script to the extensive ESRI geoprocessing library. The data can be served using ArcServer and users can even build custom webpages using ArcGIS.com As a proof-of-concept, a well-permitting web application was developed for the Utah Division of Water Rights by researchers at Brigham Young University using some elements of the ESRI framework. The model uses an existing geodatabase MODFLOW model of aquifers in the state of Utah to predict the drawdown in the aquifer due to a new well. This system is now being implemented for all of the aquifers in the state. While ArcGIS may provide a robust and rich set of tools they are proprietary and for many organizations the cost barrier is high. In response to this concern a number of open source alternatives have emerged and the most mature will be presented. We have conducted an extensive review of these alternatives in conjunction with the Cyber Infrastructure Water project. We recommend a software stack for geospatial web application development comprising: MapServer, PostGIS, and 52 North with Python as the scripting language.


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Suggest ~160kbps VBR setting.
Suggest ~160kbps VBR setting.
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Looking at the suggested settings/presets I am dismayed at the lack of a VBR setting that operates at a lower bit-rate.
There is APS standard, which on my music easily averages over 200Kbps. In fact my latest Rush albums are averaging over 220Kbps.
I can see noisy metal taking over 220kbps, but a song like Rush-Nobody's Hero taking 230Kbps?
For me, it calls into question the validity of the VBR model if the answer to lower than 230KBps encoding is to use the ABR/CBR settings.
ABR doesn't seem much better than CBR after watching it encode 90+ % of its samples at the target rate.
Surely a VBR setting can be cooked up that can encode the above track at ~160kbps in VBR and still sound better than 160 ABR.
PS - I want to use this setting in my compact Flash based portable, in my car etc. My max space average is 160Kbps do to the size of the portable memory. But I want the best quality in that space.
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make two WAV files of Nobody's Hero: one decoded from a 160kbps ABR MP3 and another decoded from a 160kbps VBR MP3.
But until you perform such a test, you shouldn't claim ABR is somehow flawed for various gut-feeling reasons while people here are telling you objective reasons why VBR can falter at lower bitrates and why ABR is the better choice.
Good points and I would do that, but I am looking for the optimally tweaked command line options that would give me my ~160Kbps VBR. So far I have -Y.
AFAIK there was talk of an ABR vrs VBR test, but it still hasn't occurred. Has there been an ABR vrs CBR test?
I still don't like the fact that ABR modes, like CBR modes will take still take the same amount of bit to encode very simple material when savings might have been gathered.
It also occurs to me that if I have a VBR mode delivering 160 kpbs on average, and if it takes ~180 kbps to encode more difficult songs it should do a better job than ABR 160 on that material.
Are the models so bad at lower bit rates that a 180 kbps VBR encoding will still sound inferior to 160 kbps ABR? If this is the case I will certainly avoid VBR like the plague.
The VBR problem should be on simpler material where VBR gives 140 Kbps. It would then be inferior to ABR 160. I can see that, but would it still be acceptable, more or less objectionable than the more difficult material limited to 160kbps by ABR?
Given good models A VBR scheme should give a better quality/bit rate ratio than any locked bit bit rate scheme, when used on a range of material.
What you are telling me is that the models are not that good at less than the alt-preset standard level (200Kbps+ average). Ok I get it.
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On September 25th, Philadelphians Organized to Witness, Empower and Rebuild (POWER) hosted its founding Convention in South Philadelphia. About 3,000 people turned out at Tindley Temple United Methodist Church on Broad Street.
Congregants and religious leaders from across Philadelphia sang hymns and gave testimonies about poverty and unemployment. Reverend Ernie Flores of the Second Baptist church of Germantown offered a prayer for social change.
"There are people who are capable of working and willing to be working who have no jobs," said Flores. "There are children who would learn and can learn but nobody's given them the opportunity to learn. There are so many things in our city Lord, were just looking up to you and saying, if ever we needed you Lord, Lord it's now."
POWER includes about 40 congregations from various faiths. The religious groups called on Philadelphia leaders to make sure federal contracts, such as the upcoming airport expansion, create good-paying jobs for city residents. Mayor Nutter and Police Commissioner Ramsey attended. Councilman Bill Green promised to introduce legislation requiring public works projects to hire local residents.
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Gregory G. Herre, 54 years, of Fremont, NE died Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013 at his home.
He was born September 20, 1958 in Fremont to Darrell and Mary Ann(Fiala)Herre.
He lived in Fremont most of his life. He lived in Omaha from 1977 to 1978. Greg married Carol Bassett in Fremont, they later divorced. Greg had worked in construction for Kent Adams and Ken Gaskins. He retired in 2002.
He is survived by daughter, Rashelle N. Herre and fiance, Greg Brown of Lincoln; son, Jeremy and wife, Donna Stodola of Denver, CO; mother, Mary Ann Smith of Fremont; sister, Cheryl Gaul of Fremont; brothers, Jeff & wife, Tracey Herre of Fremont, Kevin & wife, Donna Herre of Salt Lake City, Utah and Shawn & wife, Heidi Smith of Nebraska City, NE; grandson, Jeremiah G. Brown.
He was preceded in death by his father, Darrell Herre.
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|Long-term effects of TRH administration on food intake and body weight in the rat.
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|The effect of long-term TRH administration through drinking water (0.2 mg/ml) on food and water intake and body weight has been studied in three groups of female rats: (1) thyroidectomized, (2) thyroidectomized receiving daily 250 micrograms/kg of L-T4, (3) sham-operated. Treatment with oral TRH for 30 days decreased body weight and increased food intake in sham-operated rats. No TRH effects on body weight or food consumption were observed in either of the other groups of thyroidectomized rats. TRH administration increased circulating T3 levels in sham-operated animals, but had no effects in either hypo- or hyperthyroid, thyroidectomized rats. It can be concluded that the TRH-induced increase on food intake is mediated through the pituitary-thyroid axis.
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With so many students preparing to graduate midyear this winter, there is a buzz on college campuses as many anticipate finding their first job out of school. And if you're getting a degree in mechanical engineering like Alabama student David Avery, your prospects are looking pretty good.
According to NBC affiliate News 15, Avery is one of several students hoping to soon hit the workforce with the right training to land him the engineering dream job he always wanted.
"There's a big difference in pay for engineers without experience and ones with experience," said Avery, a junior at the University of South Alabama.
Avery's prospects may be better than his peers because of this experience he spoke of. This, coupled with the second degree he is working on now, will likely make him an attractive candidate to some of the top engineering firms, like Safran.
"This region has a strong future in aerospace; it has a strong workforce and very up to date skills," Safran CEO Bruno Bernard recently stated in response to becoming the first Alabama aerospace supplier to aerospace manufacturing company Airbus, which recently announced plans to build a plant in the U.S.
Engineering job opportunities are only expected to rise, considering the impressive growth that has been seen in engineering-related fields, like aerospace, in the south. Bernard said he is excited to start hiring engineers to build the parts Airbus will use in its aircraft. Soon, he expects to bring on the first 50 engineers with starting salaries of $70,000.
"Our young people finish high school and leave and go away to school and when they get ready to come home, there's nothing there for them," Mobile County Commission President Merceria Ludgood said. "I think this is a big lick against that."
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are several types of engineering jobs, including those in the aerospace, agricultural, biomedical, chemical, industrial and petroleum sectors, that are in demand and offer high pay. Currently, petroleum and computer software engineers offer some of the highest salaries. In 2010, the median salary for computer engineers was just under $100,000, while the average salary for petroleum engineers was about $114,000.
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