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it doesnt look like her at all but hey worth it
i guess you mean this when you say disguise
i really didn't knew how to draw that gen 1 charizard holding a ball so i made this. it is on the exact size. and really it doesnt have to hold a ball. take look at POKéMON Ruby Destiny, the guy who made that deleted the ball throwing scene.
the back sprites are coming
and btw sorry guys. these are not piece of art really, because i've had something terrible and i feel awful. sorry...
Thanks for trying, I guess I wasn't really all that clear. When I said throwing a pokeball, I knew that it wouldn't have a pokeball in its hand. I just wanted an arm coming over the top that looked like it was throwing something.
So, baically i would like you to redraw Branden as an earlier gen charizard. So the same animation, he just looks like a charizard. Also, you don't need to cut the side of his body off. When I insert trough NSE, the body isn't cut off at all.
Sorry about the miscommunication. I really appreciate you giving this a try. Thanks!
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The garbage collector is a daemon thread which is invoked and controlled by the JVM. Does it have a parent thread? I am a little bit confused by this..
Java does not record the (creation) parent thread of any thread, and the (hypothetical) parent-child relationship has no bearing on the way that threads work.
The closest thing that Java has to this is the concept of a ThreadGroup. Every Thread is a member of a ThreadGroup, ThreadGroups can contain other ThreadGroups, with the ThreadGroups forming a navigable tree rooted in the initial ThreadGroup. However, ThreadGroups don't really allow you to do much, given that suspending / resuming / killing threads by ThreadGroup is dangerous and deprecated.
The garbage collector threads are possibly a member of the initial ThreadGroup. However, it is also possible that the GC threads are a special case and not a members of any ThreadGroup. Either way, it doesn't affect anything ... unless you write a program that traverses the ThreadGroup tree.
Daemon threads are simply threads that have had the daemon flag set before they were started. This is independent of the ThreadGroup mechanism.
No there is not. Daemon thread carry on running until either you call exit() or all non-daemon threads are dead.
In other words, it is not because you create a thread within another thread that their is a parent-child relationship between them. They have an independent life.
In case each java thread is mapped to a lwp in the OS you are using, all the threads that JVM creates by default are children of the parent process which starts the java process itself. So, there is no parent within the java process for garbage collection thread. So, threads like garbage collection thread, finalizer and reference handler thread are all children of parent process of java process along with the main thread.
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Me 34, DH 35. 3 pregnancies, 3 angels: all mc's before 6 weeks. June 2013 diagnosis.
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Married 7/9/06
DD #1 11/11/09, MMC 8/15/12, MMC 3/4/13, DD #2 4/3/14 (4 weeks early)
No you dont seem cold. You sound like a woman who is grieving. I am so sorry to hear about your second loss. And I know how hard it would be to hear about announcements. Especially from a family member, which means you have to see them all the time and smile while you are screaming inside. It is a really traumatic thing to go through. And it's normal to feel angry and bitter and sad. So dont beat yourself up too much. And we are always here for you, if you need to talk or vent further.
Mine: S born in 2012. His: S born in 2005. MCs: 11/2012. 09/2013. 02/2014. (Somewhat) Impatiently waiting on "ours"....
My sister in law got pregnant in november and MC her baby in December 2012. i got pregnant in february and MC in March 2013. I had not announced my pregnancy yet and planned to tell her about it in person, just us and our DHs before i announced it to family, friends, or social networks. She had announced her pregnancy and had to announce her MC; I did not. I had to have a D&C to "complete" my MC and she did not. We both suffered. I used this time to confide in my SIL and we became much closer because of it. We both starting TTC in april.
first and formost im sorry for your loss and im wishing you very sticky baby dust!
Secondly, IF she was telling only you not announcing it to everyone i would think she was trying to warn you instead of ignoring your loss. i hope she was merely taking your feelings into consideration. She also may be so excited about being pregnant ( we all know that wonderful feeling) she wanted to share her great news with you not to spite you. if shes never expierenced a loss she may not realize its still fresh and painful. I KNOW its difficult to be excited for someone who is pregnant after you have so recently had a loss but on the bright side you have a niece or nephew on the way to love and spoil ;)
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I think it is hard for those close to us to know how to handle their own pregnancy announcements when it is in close proximity to our own loss. And honestly, I am not sure if there is a good way to do it.
I have had two miscarriages since May 2012, and both times have had to work through the emotions of someone else's joyful announcement. First my brother's girlfriend who unexpectantly got pregnant told me by email, then my SIL who was having her fourth gently told me in private (she had my same edd), and my cousin posted it on our family's FB group page(read her announcement an hour after i found out my miscarriage was inevitable.) All announcements were handled differently; all were hard to hear. Each time I felt like I should be happy, especially when a new niece or nephew was on the way, but I just couldn't be. I wasn't ready yet.
Give yourself time. Allow yourself to mourn. The time will come when you will be able to celebrate with your SIL. And my prayer is that some day soon she will be celebrating you and your happy announcement. Best wishes and good luck in your journey!!


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Harry Christophers conducts the Handel and Haydn Society on Oct. 10, 2014
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When the crowd at Symphony Hall jumped to its feet to sing along with the Handel and Haydn Society's chorus and orchestra, it was a collective goosebump moment at a birthday party that was already full of them. The Society had been looking forward to October 10, 2014 for a long time, counting down to the moment when the trumpets in the balconies would unleash the festivities. Even our microphones had a fabulous time at this party! They caught the fireworks on stage, and the excitement in the audience.
H+H Artistic Director Harry Christophers can pull a phrase of music through time like taffy. And his body can coil and uncoil with upbeats of infinite variety. You'll hear it in the beginnings of every line in the two Handel Coronation Anthems that were offered.
When the chorus finally exploded in the anthem Zadok the Priest, critic David Wright of the Boston Classical Review thought that it must have loosened the Symphony Hall plaster! In Bach's intricately woven motet Sing unto the Lord a new song, all of the warmly worked detail came through not just clearly, but with a glow.
Aisslinn Nosky and the Handel and Haydn Society in concert, Oct. 10, 2014
Intimate nuance and crackling fireworks were built into the design of the evening. In the wildness of Vivaldi's violin concerto "Summer," the extremes happen so close together that the whole thing comes off as downright hallucinatory.
Concertmaster Aisslinn Nosky roused the audience to near frenzy with her solos. They even applauded her when she was simply taking her place back in the orchestra!
There's so much to consider when you're hearing this concert. Sir John Stevenson's They play'd, in air the trembling music floats was done by the men's chorus with organ to amazing effect. It had been performed on the Society's very first concert in 1815.
When, at the end, Harry Christophers turned to the crowd and signaled for them to rise and sing Handel's "Hallelujah" from Messiah, there were many who knew by heart every detail of the soprano, alto, tenor, and bass parts. What a joyful sound!
It reminds us that Boston has a tremendous history of amateur singers coming together to create deeply meaningful music. It's a history thanks in large part to the Handel and Haydn Society.
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Congratulations to the Handel and Haydn Society as they mark their 200th year! The small group of Bostonians who started it all knew how vital great music was to the well-being and civic life of Americans. And over two centuries, the organization has developed levels of engagement with the community that keep getting deeper.
One great example comes with the Society's recent performance of Handel's oratorio Samson. He wrote the piece right after finishing Messiah and based it on Milton's dramatic poem amson Agonistes. The story's original source is the Book of Judges, from the Hebrew Bible. It's a sad coincidence that Samson, Milton and Handel all became blind in their lifetimes. The composer manages to weave an affecting string of eclipses and sunrises into the entire work.
Harry Christophers conducts the Handel and Haydn Society in Handel's Samson in May 2014.
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Hanging in the corridors of Symphony Hall during the performances of Samson were many unique and wonderful reactions to Handel and the story. These vivid illustrations were a part of "Project Handel," which brought H&H musicians along with research fellow Teresa Neff into the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. During their visits, they opened up a dialogue about the creative process, giving students insight into who Handel was and how he approached composition. And they focused on the story and the music of Samson.
The results are nothing short of breathtaking. And for me, the immense variety in these artworks reminds us of how very personal the experience of listening to great music really is. The idea of bringing that musical experience into the visual realm is exciting – and that's only a small part of the outreach and imagination that has been built into the core of H&H over the last 200 years.
Boston is proud to be the home of the Handel and Haydn Society. And I hope you'll be able to experience them in person.
Enjoy the photographs of many of the young artists whose works were displayed in Symphony Hall. And enjoy the concert. I don't think there's anyone on the planet who loves Handel as much as Harry Christophers, and in his hands Handel is as new as ever.
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In November 1970, several young conductors were cited as the "next generation" in an article in the Boston Globe. The message was clear: these were, informally, the candidates who could succeed Boston Symphony Music Director William Steinberg upon his departure from the BSO in 1972. Among the names mentioned were Claudio Abbado, Bernard Haitink, and Seiji Ozawa, who eventually proved to be the next leader of the BSO.
Also mentioned was 34-year-old Spanish conductor Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, who was to debut in January of 1971. It turned out that Frühbeck didn't return to conduct the BSO again until 2000. But he then became one of the most frequent guest conductors over the next 13 years.
His relationship with the orchestra was warm and collaborative, and audiences were treated to interpretations by a master of large orchestral architectures, a refined concerto partner to many soloists, and a conductor with a special flair for music by composers from his homeland. When James Levine stepped down as Music Director of the BSO in 2011, Frühbeck, along with Bernard Haitink and Charles Dutoit, gave the orchestra a continuity and stability on the podium that helped in maintaining its world-class quality while searching for a permanent leader.
As that leader, 35-year-old Latvian Andris Nelsons, prepares to take the position of Music Director in the fall, the music world says goodbye to Maestro Frühbeck. He died on June 10th in Pamplona, Spain, after a battle with cancer over the last few years. Hear his most recent BSO performances below, on-demand.
Tchaikovsky at Tanglewood
In Opening Night of the 2013 Tanglewood season, Frühbeck led the BSO in an All-Tchaikovsky program, including the Violin Concerto, with soloist Joshua Bell, and the Symphony No. 5.
(credit: John Ferrillo/BSO)
Mahler at Tanglewood
Frühbeck conducted the BSO in the Symphony No. 3 by Mahler at Tanglewood on July 6, 2013, joined by mezzo-soprano Anne-Sofie von Otter, the PALS Children's Chorus, and the women of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus.
(credit: Stu Rosner/BSO)
Beethoven, Neikrug, and Falla at Symphony Hall
On Nov. 23, 2013, Frühbeck led the BSO in Beethoven's Symphony No. 6, the "Pastoral," the world premiere of Marc Neikrug's Bassoon Concerto, featuring BSO Principal Bassoonist Richard Svoboda, and at Symphony Hall in Boston.
Brahms and Beethoven at Symphony Hall
In his final appearance with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Frühbeck, conducted the Piano Concerto No. 2, with soloist Peter Serkin, and the Symphony No. 7 by Beethoven at Symphony Hall in Boston.
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June 11th marked the sesquicentennial of composer Richard Strauss. Born in Munich in 1864, he lived through some of the most tumultuous and transformative times the world has ever seen before dying at the age of 85 in 1949.
His music was a driving force in challenging the aesthetic status quo. He expanded the narrative possibilities of orchestral music through tone poems, explored the darkest corners of the human condition through operas, and pushed to an extreme the limits of virtuosity among instrumentalists and singers alike.
Strauss's music continues to be a powerful force on concert stages, as you'll hear in the exclusive performances below from WCRB. Presented in chronological order by date of premiere, they represent a trajectory from precocious teenager to provocative and daring voice of a epoch.
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1885: Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 13
Download one of Strauss's earliest published works, performed by pianist David Deveau, violinist Irina Muresanu, violist Yinzi Kong, and cellist Emmanuel Feldman.
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1889: Don Juan
Hear the groundbreaking first pure tone poem by Strauss in a concert performance by the New England Conservatory Philharmonia and conductor Hugh Wolff, presented alongside Mahler's Symphony No. 1, which premiered the same year as Don Juan, in concert at Jordan Hall in Boston.
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1890: Death and Transfiguration
As Strauss's language and impulses began to take a mature form, he tapped a transcendental, spiritual vein within himself to produce a work that went far beyond the story-telling of Don Juan two years earlier, producing a mysticism expressed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra and conductor Stéphane Denève at Tanglewood in 2013.
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1897-98: Ein Heldenleben
Stéphane Denève conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra, with Concertmaster Malcolm Lowe, in the pinnacle of Strauss's tone poem composition, A Hero's Life, in concert at Symphony Hall in Boston.
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1903-05: Salome
Boston Symphony Music Director Designate Andris Nelsons leads the BSO in a concert performance of the disturbing and brilliant opera Salome, with soprano Gun-Brit Barkman in the title role, mezzo-soprano Jane Henschel as Herodias, tenor Gerhard Siegel as Herod, and baritone Evgeny Nikitin as Jochanaan, in concert at Symphony Hall in Boston.
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(1567-1620). An English poet, Thomas Campion was also a composer, musical and literary theorist, and physician. He was one of the outstanding songwriters of the brilliant school of English lute music of the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Campion's lyric poetry and songs for lute accompaniment are undoubtedly his works of most lasting interest.


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Seminar April 2010
On 12 April 2010 the National Gallery organised and hosted a seminar on the role of the arts in the criminal justice system and featured the National Gallery's Inside Art outreach programme as a case study.
The event was attended by over 60 professionals from government and the arts and criminal justice sectors. Delegates were invited to consider the impact and legacy of Inside Art for all stakeholders and discuss more broadly how such participatory arts projects can add value to wider agendas across the arts, and criminal and youth justice sectors.
The speakers
The panel of speakers included:
- Dr Nicholas Penny, Director of the National Gallery
- Professor Rod Morgan, ex-Chair of the Youth Justice Board
- Tim Robertson, Chief Executive of the Koestler Trust and Chair of the Arts Alliance
- Sophie Wood, Principal Officer of Well-Being at the National Children's Bureau
- Emma Rehm, Inside Art project manager, Outreach Officer at the National Gallery
Before the talk delegates viewed the paintings, collages and sculptures created by young offenders for the 2010 Inside Art display.
About the project
This current collaboration with HM Young Offender Institution Feltham (2009-11) comes after a successful three-year partnership with HMP Bullwood Hall (2003 –06). Both projects were funded by The LankellyChase Foundation.
The young men in Feltham, aged 15–21, were offered four week-long practical art projects per year, linked to Unit 5, the prison's onsite art academy. This provides creative- and performing-arts courses designed to develop communication skills and support rehabilitation in preparation for release. In 2009, all but four of the 40 places on offer were taken up, demonstrating the appeal of this kind of activity.
National Gallery freelance artists and staff delivered the projects with support from teachers based at Feltham. Reproductions of paintings from the National Gallery collection were used as stimulus for discussion and for practical activities focused on a particular theme. For instance, one artist used 14th-century Italian altarpieces to explore gilding techniques, while another used works by van Eyck and Cézanne to compare the different methods that Renaissance and Impressionist painters used to make portraits.
Over the year, participants experimented with a wide range of practical techniques, including sculpture, drawing, painting, collage and print-making, using specialist art materials.
The discussion
The seminar explored a wide range of issues relating to the project, including the:
- Impact on the young men who took part
Evaluation showed evidence that they developed life skills including improved empathy and self-awareness, increased levels of teamwork, problem-solving, decision-making and communication: skills that can give young people confidence in their ability to make positive choices and take responsibility
- Impact on the institutions involved
Staff at the National Gallery and Feltham (management and teachers) reported that they felt encouraged to reflect on and develop their practice
- Impact on perceptions of the National Gallery
Feedback for the Inside Art show indicated that visitors found the project and display 'thought-provoking' and recognised its wider significance in the National Gallery's remit to provide greater access to the collection
- Ways to sustain the work of the project
What further partnerships and future collaborations might be possible? What can National Gallery Education put in place to sustain the benefits of this work for participants and the institutions involved?
Next steps
Artworks resulting from the 2010 Inside Art projects are on display from 7 February to 1 May 2011 in the Learning Gallery, admission free.
The National Gallery will deliver four more Inside Art projects at Feltham during April to September 2011. A third and final display will follow in spring 2012.


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A police pursuit that began in the Bronx has ended with a dramatic crash, after the pursued car ended up "pinned between two police vehicles." [ more › ]
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A Mini Cooper traveling south on the Bronx River Parkway, south of the Cross Bronx Expressway, crashed, killing two people and critically injuring another. Speed may have been a factor. [ more › ]
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Ten plastic bags containing a "red religious cloth" and human skeletal remains?including a skull?were found off the Bronx River Parkway yesterday. "My cousin was playing baseball, and on the way home, he walked past this skeleton and called me screaming," Awilda Cordero told the Post. "It was creepy." Pssh, Simpsons did it! [ more › ]
Police are looking for a bearded man who attempted to kidnap a six-year-old yesterday. The incident took place near The Equality Charter School at 4140 Hutchinson River Parkway in the Bronx around 7 a.m. Friday. The suspect (who is said to be in his 50s) approached the six-year-old victim, grabbed him by the arm, and told him to come with him to his house. [ more › ]
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"Pod sretnom zvijezdom" (Under a lucky star) is a Croatian telenovela written by Diana Pečkaj Vuković. Main director is Branko Ivanda, while the other directors include Daniel Kušan, Mladen Dizdar, Aldo Tardozzi and Tomislav Rukavina. Telenovela started filming February 6, 2011. "PSZ" has started broadcasting on March 14, 2011 on Nova TV at 6 pm.
Najbolje godine (English: The best years )was the popular Croatian television drama series produced by Nova TV (Croatia). The main directors were Mladen Dizdar, Robert Orhel, Goran Rukavina and Kristijan Milić. The series' Creative Producer was Milivoj Puhlovski. The TV series began airing on 14. September 2009 on Nova TV, Croatia. It aired on Mondays to Thursdays in the prime-time slot 8-9pm. It also aired in Bosnia and Hecegovina on "Program Plus" (shared channel by Kanal ATV and NTV HAYAT), in Slovenia on POP TV and in Serbia on TV B92.
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Devon County Show 2015: Farming community's day in the sun
Devon's biggest annual event was opened by the Princess Royal today at Westpoint, just outside Exeter.
Packed with agricultural machinery, livestock and local food and drink, the 120th Devon County Show gives the farming community in the South West the chance to celebrate, show off their animals and produce - and plan for the future.
For many farmers that future is shrouded in uncertainty, as they wait to see what the new government will do to support their industry.
We'll be broadcasting live from the event from 6pm tonight - and speaking to farming minister George Eustice about what farmers can expect from the next five years.
Police dogs on display at the Devon County Show
The Devon and Cornwall police dog display team, together with a selection of police puppies will be showcasing their skills which they learn as part of their police training in the main arena at the Devon County Show.
The police dog display team will be will be used in a firearms scenario with gun fire where the dogs will be used to detain an armed person.
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Police dog Brodie will also be attending as the Devon and Cornwall Police guest of honour.
Brodie, from the police puppy scheme who had both hips replaced earlier this year will be on hand to meet the public at the police stand with his puppy walkers and Police Canine Development Officer, Paul Glennon.
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Thousands of litres of milk collected from cows at the event will have to be thrown away, rather than sold to the public.
It's the first time the event won't have been allowed to sell on the milk from animals that are being judged
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West Country band The Wurzels will play the Devon County Show for the first time, entertaining exhibitors and guests and an exclusive event.
The four-piece group will play their famous hits including Combine Harvester and I am a Cider Drinker at the event on May 21.
The Devon County Show takes place from 21-23 May at Westpoint near Exeter.
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Devon County Show traders offered 25% refund
The Devon County Show says it will offer trade stand holders a 25% refund because of a washout on the final day. It was the first time in the event's history it had to be called off.
Full refunds for Devon County Show customers
People who bought tickets for the last day of the Devon County Show will be offered a full refund.
It was the first time in its 119 year history that the show had to be cancelled because of heavy rain.
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Organisers of the Devon County Show say its too early too assess the financial cost of closing the event to the public today.
They took the decision after hundreds of motorists had to be towed from the car parks which had become a mudbath. Some traders felt there should have been better planning for the weather.
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GREENVILLE, Pa. – With the top four batters in the order totaling 11 hits and scoring seven runs and senior Zac Grayson (McKeesport, Pa./South Allegheny) throwing seven strong innings, the Bethany College baseball team claimed the opening game of its conference series with Thiel Friday by an 11-4 score.
The Bison (12-20, 5-13) sprinted out to a 7-0 lead by the fifth inning, which was before the Tomcats managed a hit off Grayson. Bethany scored a pair in the first on RBI singles by sophomore SS Brad Kubis (Aliquippa, Pa./Hopewell) and freshman RF Dylan Wassel (Elizabeth, Pa./Elizabeth Forward). The margin doubled to 4-0 in the third on an RBI double by junior catcher T.J. Zarewicz (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Hills) and a sacrifice fly from Wassel.
A passed ball in the fourth inning brought BC sophomore CF Alex Evans (Washington, Pa.) home for a 5-0 lead and senior LF Mike Pegg (Uniontown, Pa./Laurel Highlands) stroked a two-run double in the fifth to expand the Bethany lead to 7-0. Grayson was coasting through four innings, as he retired 10 straight after a runner reached on an error in the first. He gave up his first hit in the fifth, but retired the next two batters to get out of the inning.
Thiel finally reached Grayson for one run in the sixth and two more in the seventh to make it a 7-3 score. The Bison put the game away with a run in the eighth and three more tallies in the ninth. Kubis picked up his second RBI of the day with a single in the eighth. A pair of errors by Thiel helped BC with their final surge in the ninth. One Tomcat miscue brought Evans home and the other runs were chased in by singles from junior 1B Nate Tieman (Hilliard, Ohio/Hilliard Darby) and Zarewicz.
The top four batters in the Bethany order set the stage for the win. Senior 2B Eric Fudala (Uniontown, Pa./Laurel Highlands) had one single and scored twice, while Tieman and Zarewicz posted identical lines of 3-for-5 with two runs scored. Zarewicz also drove in a pair and Tieman had one RBI. Kubis posted his initial four-hit game of the season by going 4-for-6 with two RBIs. Wassel and Pegg both collected two RBIs and Evans had a pair of hits and scored twice.
Grayson had one of his bigger days of the season on the hill. He tossed seven innings to improve to 3-4 this season and allowed three runs on seven hits whiles striking out two and walking one. Senior Adam Nyswaner (McDonald, Pa./South Fayette) threw a scoreless frame in the eighth and freshman Chris Bittinger (Weirton, W.Va./Weir) finished out the game with one strikeout in the ninth.
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I saw on the CM board that someone said that God doesn't change His mind.
I have found two examples of where it does seem He does in fact change His mind.
With Ninevah we see that God said He was going to destroy the city in 40 days, they repent and He changes His mind and does not destroy the city.
Also, we see Him telling Isaiah to tell Hezekiah he is going to die, then God changes His mind and extends Hezekiah's life 15 years. (Is 38)
So, my question what do you think about God changing His mind? I in no way am implying that God changes, as He doesn't, He is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow.
Do you think Hezekiah's prayer changed God's mind? Did the actions of the people of Ninevah change God's mind?
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Yesterday's community webcast focused on mobilizing the IBM Portal web experience. Kudos to Handly Cameron and Laks Sundararajan who conducted a presentation on IBM Worklight, sharing techniques for extending IBM Websphere Portal content to mobile applications across iOS and Android devices. John Jardin also joined us from South Africa as our community member spotlight. Thanks to these amazing IBM Champions who consistently go above and beyond to share their expertise with the community! If you missed the meeting, or just want to access the replay and download the associated files, here's the link to my blog entry with that information.
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- "The promise of working together in the future is really profound, and quite honestly, exciting."
NEUMARKT, Germany -- For the first time in the history of the Hohenfels Military community, a garrison commander was invited to participate in the city council meeting of the County of Neumarkt as the "unofficial burgermeister of the 20th community of the county" last month.
"Normally being 20 out of 20 in a sport or academic endeavor is not something to celebrate. Today, I could not be prouder to stand before you as the representative of the 20th community of Neumarkt," said Lt. Col. Kevin J. Quarles, USAG Hohenfels commander. "The significance of this honor will not diminish over time or with new garrison commanders."
The invitation marks a deepening of the commitment for cooperation that began with the historic signing of the Sustainable Communities Partnership between USAG Hohenfels and Neumarkt County in September, the first such declaration between the U.S. Army in Europe and a host nation.
Quarles presented information on Hohenfels' impact on the surrounding communities, including social, economic, leisure and travel, and education activities. Cooperation opportunities in the areas of renewable energy, environmental protection, and cultural enrichment were also discussed.
"This is the first step towards formalizing our partnership and finding ways we can help support each other," Quarles said. "It's really refreshing and exciting to have this opportunity presented to us."
Neumarkt County Commissioner Albert Loehner said that while the garrison has always enjoyed good relations with the surrounding communities, he is looking forward to expanding their association.
That expansion reached what Loehner called "a milestone in our development" with a partnership between the Hohenfels Middle/High School and the Neumarkt Knabenrealschule (High School for Boys).
Velburg's Mayor, Bernhard Kraus said that in the past the training center had sometimes been viewed as an obstacle, but over time it has become a bridge to other counties.
Uwe Krappitz, managing director of the regional development firm Regina GmbH, said meetings are planned in April and May to discuss how the collaboration could be improved and strengthened within the domestic economy.
"We're meeting in April to discuss the potential to rejuvenate housing markets outside the gate," Quarles said. "We need additional options for community members so they have short lines of travel, good locations, and modernized homes that meet everyone's needs."
He added that development plans are in the works for a 16 home sub-division for off-post housing.
"We're excited about investment opportunities for our partners off-post," he said. "It's a win-win situation for everyone."
"The promise of working together in the future is really profound, and quite honestly, exciting," said Quarles.


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Adobe Publishes Flash Specs, Promotes Mobile Devices
In the scope of the Open Screen project Adobe has facilitated the use of Flash on mobile devices. At the same time, Adobe now offers the SWF and FLV specifications as a PDF download.
Whereas software vendors were previously required to pay licensing fees to Adobe for using Flash technology on mobile devices, this obstacle will be removed with the next Flash release.
Adobe has also facilitated access to the SWF and FLV specifications. Previously, Adobe required developers to sign a license agreement before releasing this information, developers now have unconditional access. Adobe will also be looking to open the Flash player API for porting to mobile devices in the scope of the Open Screen project.
Adobe's Open Screen project is targeted at the mobile device market. It is supported by vendors such as ARM, Intel and Motorola, but also by content providers such as the BBC, MTV and NBC. Shantanu Narayen, Adobe's CEO said he was convinced that this would provide a consistent, and more open platform for rapid development of innovations to the benefit of users. Stefan Weigl, Adobe's spokesperson in Germany emphasized that Adobe mainly made money on the Flash CS3 Professional developer environment.
Despite open specifications, the two formats are not under a free software license. The Gnash player on Linux gives developers a free alternative to the Flash player. Although it does not support the full feature scope of the Flash Player, it is under constant development.
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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS released
"Xenial Xerus" comes with a new packages format and several improvements for the enterprise.
Microsoft Visual Studio Code v1.0 is Available for Linux!
Linux users can now download and install the Windows code editor
Open Container Initiative announces Image Format Project
New initiative will address security and interoperability concerns around container technology.
Red Hat Lures Developers with Free RHEL and Container Development Kits
Developers can use RHEL as a development platform without a subscription fee.
Microsoft Brings the Linux Command Line to Windows
Windows users will soon have native access to the Bash shell.
Internet Research Group Proposes Better Email Standard
Improvements to SMTP will provide better guarantee of confidentiality
New Nvidia Driver Offers Wayland Support
Graphics vendor embraces new reality in Linux graphics
Inventor of Email Dies
Pioneer Ray Tomlinson bequeathed the @ sign to billions of Internet users
Microsoft Announces Linux Version of SQL Server
Redmond says its classic database tool will run without Windows
Strange New Attack Lets an Intruder Gain Access Through a Mouse Dongle
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Table of Contents
There are three levels of VA's Improved Pensions, of which the Aid and Attendance Benefit is the most well-known and provides the greatest amount of assistance. The levels and their target beneficiaries are as follows:
The Aid and Attendance Benefit program and the other VA Pensions are a great source of funds for financially constrained, wartime Veterans and/or their surviving spouses to use for their long term care costs such as assisted living, home care, adult day and skilled nursing. Unfortunately, there are many misperceptions and potential conflicts associated with this program, beginning with the program's name. One might hear this pension benefit referred to as the VA Assisted Living Benefit or Veterans Elder Care Benefits. Readers should know these are not different programs, simply different names for the same benefit.
Veterans and their families should be aware of potential eligibility conflicts between pensions and other assistance from the Department of Veterans Affairs and / or other government programs.
A final note of good news is that veterans can receive both Aid and Attendance and Veterans Directed Home and Community Based Services.
Before a discussion of the complicated financial eligibility requirements, we list the more straight-forward requirements for Aid and Attendance and the other VA Pensions.
1) Age - Veterans or their surviving spouses must be at least 65 or officially disabled if younger.
2) Period of Service - Veterans must be considered "wartime veterans" meaning they served at least 90 days and served at least 1 day during the wartime dates below, but not necessarily in combat.
3) Discharge Status - Veterans cannot have been dishonorably discharged.
4) Disability Status - Veterans are eligible without a disability, but a higher benefit is available to those who are disabled.
The VA has both income limits and asset limits for the Aid & Attendance, Housebound and the Basic Pensions.
Income Limits
A veteran's and their spouse's joint, countable income must be less than the pension amount for which they are eligible. For example, a married veteran in 2015 is eligible for $25,448 in pension; if their countable income is $10,000, then they are eligible to receive an additional $15,448 / year in pension.
However, because the VA allows applicants to deduct certain expenses and forms of income from their "countable income", the applicants' actual incomes can be considerably higher than their countable incomes.
Veterans should deduct all of their medical-related expenses for themselves and their spouses, including the cost of care in skilled nursing, assisted living, adult day centers and at home. Medicare and other insurance premiums should also be deducted. Income from Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and welfare benefits should not be included. A detailed explanation how the VA calculates income is available here. Assistance is available to help veterans determine their countable income which will enable them to receive their maximum benefit amount. Read more.
2015 Basic / Housebound / Aid and Attendance Income Limits
Veteran Family Status
Basic Pension
Income Limit
Income Limit
Aid & Attendance
Income Limit
Veteran with no dependents
Veteran with a spouse or child*
Surviving spouse / death pension
*Add $2,198 for each additional child
Net Worth / Assets Limits for Aid and Attendance and other Pensions
There are no restrictions on how VA pension benefits can be used provided it is for the benefit of the veteran or their surviving spouse. It can be applied toward skilled nursing, assisted living, in home or adult day care or to modify the home to accommodate for a disability. VA Pensions are paid out monthly by check or by direct deposit. Payments are made to the veteran or their surviving spouse, they are not made to their care or service providers. The table below provides the VA's Maximum Annual Pension Rates (MAPR) for each level.
Basic Pension / Housebound / Aid and Attendance MAPR for 2015
Veteran Family Status
Basic Pension
Aid & Attendance
Veteran with no dependents
Veteran with a spouse or child*
Surviving spouse / death pension
*Add $2,198 for each additional child
VA Pensions can be used to pay any family member as a caregiver with the exception of spouses. The VA allows beneficiaries to deduct their care expenses from their income and payments made to family members are considered deductible care expenses. Beneficiaries then receive an increased pension benefit equal to the amount they have paid to their family member for care.
Unfortunately, this method does not work for spouses, since income is calculated as household income. If one were to pay a spouse for care, the income the spouse received would still be considered part of their household income and the beneficiary would receive no increase in the pension amount.
The application process is long and complicated. To apply it is best to get help from a professional benefits advisor / planner. Working with an advisor can reduce the time to receive benefits by many months, increase the benefit amount and provide other value. However, even in the very best cases, applicants will wait 6 months to begin receiving their benefits. Read more about working with an advisor.
Once approved, benefits are paid retroactively in a lump sum to the claim effective date. As a result of this, it is fairly easy to be approved for a loan that can pay for care during the application processing wait time ("determination period"). Re-payment of the loan can be made from the lump sum. For families with an immediate financial need and who are seeking home care or assisted living, there is an organization that can both help with the application process and provide a loan while the application is being processed. Learn more here.
Having mentioned the pension claim backlog, it should be said that the VA has undertaken a major initiative to reduce it and is experiencing some success in doing so. They are also increasing transparency about their processing backlog by providing regular (though somewhat cryptic) reports which are available to the public.
There are no charges to apply for or to enroll in a VA Pension. Veterans benefits advisors are prohibited by law from charging their clients for their assistance with the application. However, they may charge clients from assistance in the structuring of their financial assets in preparation for the application.
Veterans Confident of Eligibility - If a veteran is highly confident they meet ALL eligibility requirements, they can use the following application methods. Little or no human assistance will be available.
1. Apply online using VONAPP. Do not use VONAPP if you:
2. Download and fill out the documents and send to the regional VA office.
3. Contact a Veterans Service Officer at a regional VA office or call toll free 1-800-827-1000
Veterans Uncertain of Eligibility - If a veteran or their family members are uncertain about their eligibility or which type of compensation is most beneficial to their situation, it is strongly advised that they seek the consul of a veterans benefits planner prior to application. Learn more or find a benefits planner.


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12-Month Net Income Growth: 133%
Cash Flow Multiple: 11 (164% premium)
Quarterly Operating Profit Margin: 2.4%
Analyst Opinions: There are no sell-side analysts covering IDT, which has a market value of just $546 million. Still, its fundamental improvement is apparent. IDT swung to a fiscal first-quarter profit of $16 million, or 70 cents a share, from a year-earlier loss of $3.5 million, or 17 cents. Revenue grew 9.2% to $357 million. Management is considering spinning off its Genie Energy subsidiary and is exploring options to license or sell its VoIP intellectual property.


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Q2 2010 Earnings Call Transcript
August 5, 2010 10:00 am ET
Doug Fischer – Director, IR
Tom Voss – Chairman, President and CEO
Marty Lyons – SVP and CFO
Maureen Borkowski – President & CEO, Ameren Transmission Company
Julien Dumoulin-Smith – UBS
Neil Kalton – Wells Fargo Securities
Gregg Orrill – Barclays Capital
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It is now my pleasure to introduce your host, Mr. Douglas Fischer, Director of IR for Ameren Corporation. Thank you, Mr. Fischer. You may begin.
Doug Fischer
Thank you and good morning. I am Doug Fischer, Director of Investor Relations for Ameren Corporation. On the call with me today are our Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Tom Voss; our Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Marty Lyons; and other members of the Ameren management team.
Before we begin, let me cover a few administrative details. This call will be available by telephone for one week to anyone who wishes to hear it by dialing a playback number. The announcement you received in our news release include instructions for replaying the call by telephone. This call is also being broadcast live on the Internet and the webcast will be available for one year on our Web site at www.ameren.com.
This call contains time sensitive data that is accurate only as of the date of today's live broadcast. Redistribution of this broadcast is prohibited. To assist with our call this morning, we have posted presentation slides on our Web site to which we will refer during this call. To access this presentation, please look in the Investors section of our Web site under 'Webcasts and Presentations' and follow the appropriate link.
Turning to slide number two of the presentation, I need to inform you that comments made on this call may contain statements that are commonly referred to as forward-looking statements. Such statements include those about future expectations, beliefs, plans, strategies, objectives, events, conditions and financial performance.
We caution you that various factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated and described in the forward-looking statements.
For additional information concerning these factors, we ask you to read the Forward-Looking Statement section in the news release we issued today and the Forward-Looking Statements and Risk Factors section in our periodic filings with the SEC.
Tom will begin this call with an overview of second quarter earnings and our increased 2010 earnings guidance, followed by a discussion of recent business developments. Marty will follow with a more detailed discussion of our second quarter financial results, our 2010 earnings guidance and regulatory and financial matters. We will then open the call for questions.
Here is Tom, who will start on slide number 3 of the presentation.
Tom Voss
Thanks, Doug. Good morning and thank you for joining us. Second quarter 2010 non-GAAP or core earnings were $0.73 per share compared to the second quarter 2009 core earnings of $0.75 per share. These results exceeded our expectations and reflect strong electricity sales and disciplined management of our cost.
Key positive earning drivers included a 9% increase in sales electricity to native load utility customers in the second quarter of 2010 compared to the second quarter of 2009. The higher sales partly reflected a recovering economy. This was evident in the 26% increase in kilowatt-hour sales to industrial customers.
A significant portion of this 26% increase was due to the return to full capacity in March 2010 of the Noranda aluminum smelter plant, our Missouri utility's largest customer. Even after excluding Noranda's contribution, industrial sales rose 17% at our regulated utilities driven by strong growth in Illinois.
Sales to residential customers rose 4% and sales to commercial customers rose 1%. These increases were driven in large part by early summer weather that was both warmer than that experienced in the second quarter of 2009 and warmer than normal.
In addition to strong sales, our year-over-year results benefited from disciplined cost management across all of our business segments. These cost containment efforts more than offset additional expenses from this spring's refueling and maintenance outage at the Callaway nuclear plant. You'll recall that the Callaway plant did not have a refueling outage in 2009.
The impact of these positive factors on the second quarter earnings comparison was offset by the expected reduction in margins at our Merchant Generation segment. That reduction was a result of lower realized power prices and higher fuel and related transportation costs.
Turning to slide number 4, I am very pleased to report that we have raised our 2010 GAAP and core earnings guidance to reflect strong year-to-date earnings and continued expected disciplined cost management. We now expect GAAP and core earnings to be in the range of $2.50 per share to $2.80 per share, an increase from our prior guidance range of $2.20 per share to $2.60 per share. Marty will provide further details on our second-quarter earnings and our 2010 guidance.
However, before moving on, I would like to emphasize that our year-to-date performance and ability to raise our 2010 guidance reflects our management team's commitment to improving earned returns in our regulated businesses.
Further, we continue to aggressively manage the cost of our Merchant Generation business, so that it remains well positioned to weather current low power prices and benefit from an expected power price recovery. We will not lose focus on these objectives. At the same time, we will not lose focus on operating safely and reliably.
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