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WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- A 28-year-old airman from Woodbridge, Va. was killed in a plane crash in southern Afghanistan, the Department of Defense said.
Capt. Brandon L. Cyr, was one of four airmen killed in the crash of a MC-12 aircraft on April 27, officials said.
The Department of Defense said Capt. Cyr was a KC-135 instructor pilot and a member of the 906th Air Refueling Squadron within the 37th Air Mobility Wing at the Scott Air Force Base in Illinois.
"He was an outstanding pilot and a dedicated Airman. Our hearts are heavy, and we're doing all that we can to provide support and comfort to members of his family during this difficult time. Our hearts also go out to families of the other Airmen who lost their lives as well," said Col. David Almand, 375th AMW commander.
The other airmen killed in the plane crash have been identified as: Capt. Reid K. Nishizuka, 30, of Kailua, Hawaii; Staff Sgt. Richard A. Dickson, 24, of Rancho Cordova, Calif.; and Staff Sgt. Daniel N. Fannin, 30, of Morehead, Ky.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation but initial investigations indicate that there was "no enemy activity in the area at the time of the crash," the Department of Defense said.


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Eco Nova LS3 E Rod Crate Motor Emission and Fuel System - Foul, Fresh & FuelWritten by on February 1, 2012 We show you how to tackle the emission controls and fuel system requirements on the LS3 E-Rod crate motor.
Perhaps we spoke too soon in the Feb. '11 issue when we stated that the wiring side of the E-Rod installation was the part that most rodders fear. It may, in fact, be what we're taking on now: the fuel and foul/fresh air requirements for the sealed emissions system.
Either way, this is probably the most important step to pay attention to in the whole LS3 swap, and unfortunately also the easiest to do improperly. And to be perfectly honest, we won't know exactly how well we did until we roll into the referee station and have a trained expert look over our handiwork. We promise we'll be honest. After all, that was the point of choosing a '76 Nova; this baby has to pass inspection!
Part of the uncertainty is because we've spent most of our lives removing this stuff rather than paying attention to its function and layout. Our research? We scanned a few new SS Camaro engine bays and took photos of GM Performance Parts' (GMPP) own '55 Chevy E-Rod install to double-check ourselves.
It's mostly a bunch of minutia without much glamour, and we'd go so far as to say a tad boring, but it's vital save-this-issue info for anyone looking to swap in their own E-Rod. GMPP's E-Rod instruction sheet will give you the dry specs, but there's nothing quite like seeing it on an engine, so we're going to break it down into the stuff that you need to be aware of before you head to the referee station.
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Here's our other reason; per E-Rod specs the MAF must be mounted at least 10 inches from the throttle body in the middle of a 6-inch straight section of 4-inch diameter tube. Check, check, and check on the ProFab. The good news is application-specific kits with heat shields will be available for some muscle cars, and parts are available piecemeal for custom work.We got lucky; the engine set-back and the shape of the engine worked out nicely. We cut the last curve off of the tube, added a Spectre Performance 45-degree boot, and then used the tube we cut off to make a short connector to the GMPP-specified dry-element conical filter included in the E-Rod package.Occasionally project cars call for resourcefulness, which is why we gathered this selection of smog fittings, elbows, lines, and ports from the local Pick-Your-Part. This was just a few dollars and will make our plumbing job much simpler.The PCV port on the driver-side valve cover on LS3s is significantly different and much more effective than previous gen-III engines, and when properly connected will result in very minimal oil consumption. That's definitely a priority on E-Rod packages.Here's the main reason we didn't want to start from scratch. The mass airflow sensor mounting boss is specific to the sensor, and though Spectre Performance has them available, we're not yet the best at aluminum TIG welding. This way we're already there.It's important to use proper hose as well; vacuum line doesn't cut it here. We're running Goodyear SAE 30R7 Fuel/Emissions-rated hose for high-temp, but low-pressure use.After fishing the hose up and around to the front of the engine, the foul air from this tube gets plumbed in with the rest of the fresh/foul air fittings. To verify the routing, we used GMPP's own '55 Chevy E-Rod for reference.A brass T-hose connector joins the fresh air tube on the front of the passenger-side valve cover to the PCV valve.
Here's where we start getting clever; our tank vent is connected to the steel line previously used for fuel, since it's already routed conveniently and we'll be running new lines anyway.Here's another necessity that's easy pickin' at the junkyard. These EVAP service ports are fairly universal since they're basically T-fittings with a screw cap on the third port. Ours even came with a nice 90-degree hose that fit the port on our purge solenoid like a glove.Supply Return The E-Rod does not include a factory fuel pressure regulator (FPR), so we're plumbing in an Aeromotive unit; this basic configuration is standard for many late-model OEM-type fuel rails that were originally returnless. It's not ideal from a fuel circulation and cooling standpoint, but it's perfectly acceptable for our purposes and can easily support way more power than we're going to make.There it is—the dreaded charcoal canister. In actuality, this little plastic box is not a big deal; it's just a trap for evaporative emissions. Why do we need it? Two reasons: It handles both foul air from the purge solenoid as well as evaporative emissions from the fuel tank to form a sealed system. We fashioned a simple strap with a bolt tab to secure it into place.Since we're retaining the stock fuel rails, we need this special ⅜-to-AN push-on–style adapter from Aeromotive (PN 15118 for most LS series).The canister can be mounted several ways to hide it, and we've got an ideal location to tuck it away down on the radiator core support between the radiator and the fenderwell. For our purge and tank vent we're making use of some of our emissions fittings we gathered, including a legit GM quick disconnect and hose for the tank vent. The rear vent should be left open to atmosphere.The adapter requires a reducer to mate up with our -06 Aeromotive 90-degree fitting. We ran a short length of stainless braided line from the LS3 rails over to the output side of the Aeromotive regulator.Fuel pressure regulators should always be mounted with an eye toward minimizing the amount of braided line used, as well as for accessibility to monitor and tune the fuel pressure. Ours is on the passenger side of the firewall at roughly the same height as the fuel rails. The left line is our fuel feed line, the right line goes to the fuel rails, and the middle line is our return line. Creating braided line and AN fittings is a pain, but we have to say Aeromotive's parts may be the easiest we've ever used. We didn't perforate our fingers on the braid once!See that bluish line at the rear of the tube? That's the seam on the factory line. Bohlen uses and stocks only true seamless stainless tube for his work since it produces true and consistent flares every time that won't split or leak. This factory stuff was never meant to be flared so extra care should be taken, and it's a good idea to lightly sand the seam on the sealing surface of the flare to make it as consistent as possible.
Here's a super useful safeguard if you've got any doubts about the perfection of your tube or its flare: the soft copper AN 37-degree flare seal. These aren't necessary on quality fittings like our Aeromotive stuff, but we'll use them where we have to interface with steel tube. Though he rarely needs them, Bohlen usually has these bits of cheap insurance in stock at Bent if you need 'em.Prepping our stock-style pickup assembly that we retrofitted for EFI to mate up with our -06 Aeromotive fittings means we need tubing nuts and appropriate 37-degree flares on the tubes. Mark Bohlen of Bent Custom & Performance is our savior here. Bent specializes in custom metal fabrication and the nicest hard line plumbing in the hot rod industry, and he knows how to handle factory-style tubing that tends to split easily. Here he's using his aircraft-grade flaring machine that has insanely tight tolerances, but it can be done by hand as well. We promise to bring you some real hard-line tech in a future issue with Bohlen.Here's one major benefit to retrofitting an E-Rod package into smog-era rod; it already has the necessary style of fuel tank. The tank needs to have a vapor dome (area that is always unfilled with fuel) of around 10 percent of total tank volume with a vent tube mounted at the highest point. Stock tanks on smog cars already have these, as contrasted with the stock-style tank for a '68 Camaro in the background, which would not be acceptable. Now you fully understand why we worked so hard to convert our stocker to proper EFI specs.With that machine Bohlen can knock out perfectly consistent flares in less than a minute, and without marring the tube. If you look closely you can see another issue with flaring reproduction seamed tube; it's not always a standard size. Luckily ours was close enough to fit the die.Here's another benefit to smog cars: they already have emissions parts you'll need. This circuitous steel line is our original factory drip check that prevented liquid fuel from making its way to the original charcoal canister. If you don't have one of these, you'll need to add a liquid check valve into the system. OK, now we gotta bolt all this stuff back into the EcoNova and get ready for the last phases of the E-Rod transformation: the trans and rearend.


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1966 Chevy Chevelle 300 - Vanilla SpiceWritten by on April 1, 2011 Contributors: Robert McGaffin George Poteet's '66 Chevelle 300 Seems Plain At First Sight, But The More You Look At It The Hotter It Gets.
Somewhere between Australopithecus and Homo sapiens, the art of embellishment firmly latched itself onto modern man's genetic coding. Think about it. Everyone's 2 inches taller in a bar than at the doctor's office, one ShamWow can supposedly wipe all the grease off of the entire Jersey Shore cast, and chances are you got your current gig based partly on bs strategically sprinkled in your résumé. In the same vein, cloning is such a common hot rodding practice that it's not even looked down upon anymore. When transforming a plain-Jane Mustang or Camaro into a Mach I or a Z28-and leeching off the mystique and exclusivity of those hallowed machines-is just a badge-swap away, the trickery is somewhat understandable. This explains why almost all cloned Chevelles are of the Malibu and SS variety, and there is a peculiar absence of plebeian Chevelle 300s amongst the A-body population.
For a small percentage of enthusiasts, however, less is more. They dig crank windows, rubber floor mats, and a steady supply of ambient air streaming into the cockpit. If you're one of those guys, George Poteet's '66 Chevelle 300 is for you. Not only was it spared the hackneyed fake SS treatment, it boasts a destroked small-block, a stripper interior, and power nothing. It's the quintessential incarnation of addition by subtraction, but interestingly, behind the bare-bones façade is a modern Detroit Speed and Engineering suspension, Baer brakes, and Tremec five-speed. This Chevelle wears its lowly "300" badges with pride, and its intricate details aren't for those with short attention spans. While it may look as plain as vanilla from afar, the closer you get, the spicier it becomes.
It takes someone secure in his or her own skin to build a car like this, and George Poteet is a man who has nothing left to prove in his automotive endeavors. He owns one of the most diverse car collections in the country, and his wild creations have been popping up in car magazines for decades. Some of his most memorable hot rods to date include a 300-mph '69 Barracuda land-speed racer, a Viper-powered '54 Plymouth Savoy, a NASCAR-inspired '68 Charger, and a '61 Ford Starliner with a 427ci Cammer underhood. To convert his fantasies to sheetmetal, George commissions the best car builders in the industry like Troy Trepanier, Bobby Alloway, Roy Brizio, and Steve Strope. Sure, it takes a healthy bankroll to fund projects of this caliber, but George has always put his cars to good use. Many of his high-profile street cars have been flogged on cross-country cruises, and George has driven 436 mph at Bonneville in his streamliner. Even so, these halo cars represent just a small fraction of his collection, and tucked away in his Mississippi compound are dozens upon dozens of stock-looking Impalas, Chevelles, Road Runners, and Firebirds. These types of cars rarely get much press, but his recently finished '66 Chevelle 300 offers a glimpse into his more practical side, albeit in an extreme kind of way.
George found the Chevelle in a museum and convinced the owner to sell it after several years of haggling. Although it packed a big-block, something about the 300's Spartan disposition spoke to him. He had visions of turning it into a simple, stock-looking driver with an updated suspension, and commissioned Steve Legens of Legens Hot Rod (www.LegensHotRod.com) to complete the restoration work. Since the car had already been restored once before, only the fenders, lower quarter-panels, and trunk pan needed to be replaced. The rest of the car was solid, and this let Legens put most of his efforts into infusing some big-time creativity into the project. "With a lot of the cars that George builds, he'll have very specific ideas and have a rendering put together before he brings the car to you. This car was a little bit different," Legens says. "All George told me is that he wanted a stock-like restoration with nice paint, a modern suspension, and a manual transmission. Since the car is an original Chevelle 300, we wanted to make it as simple and 'delete' as possible. This car has no radio, heater, wipers, or upholstery in the trunk. I was inspired by the movie 300, in which 300 badly outnumbered Spartan soldiers fought valiantly against 1,000 Persian troops. Consequently, the idea with this car was to build a plain Chevelle 300 with a small motor that could battle with the big dogs. It might not win, but it would certainly put up one heck of a fight."
On the outside, the Chevelle is as monochromatic and unassuming as they come. The overall execution borders on boring, but that's the way it's supposed to be. A keen eye will spot shaved side chrome, driprails, keyholes, fender moldings, and emblems. Likewise, the bumpers have been narrowed and moved closer to the body. Inside the cabin, the most noticeable elements of austerity are the bench seats, custom rubber floor mats, and black vinyl covering the seats and door panels. You might have to do a triple or quadruple take to notice, but every nook and cranny is full of surprises. Legens built a custom dashpad that eliminates the speaker and defrost vents. The custom gauge cluster from Classic Instruments features fully modern internals, but it looks 100 percent factory. One of the most interesting touches is a lighter switch that's been converted to a starter button. To fire up the 302, all George has to do is push the original lighter into the dash, which starkly contrasts the gaudy bright red buttons that are common on today's Pro Touring machines.
To keep the simplistic theme rolling, Legens ripped out the big-block and replaced it with a 302ci mill. Since the Chevelle was powered by a 283 small-block from the factory, Legens wanted to stay frugal with the cubic inches in the new combo. Despite the handicap in displacement, he was still able to eek a respectable 500 hp out of the tiny 302, thanks to careful parts selection. The motor is based on a Dart SHP 4.000-inch bore block matched with an Eagle 3.000-inch forged crank, Scat steel rods, and Diamond 11.0:1 pistons. The air supply comes courtesy of a set of AFR 195cc cylinder heads, a Weiand dual-plane intake manifold, and a Holley 750-cfm carburetor. With a healthy COMP 242/248-at-.050 hydraulic roller actuating the valves, the 302 zings freely past 7,000 rpm. Backing it all up is a McLeod twin-disc clutch, a Tremec TKO 600 five-speed stick, and a Moser 9-inch rearend.
As with the motor and trans, the Chevelle's state-of-the-art chassis belies its subdued appearance. The entire suspension was given a full Detroit Speed and Engineering rubdown with the company's control arms, sway bars, and coilovers installed in the front and rear. The brakes are equally impressive, with Baer six-piston calipers clamping down on 14-inch rotors at each corner. Schott 18-inch wheels wrapped in BFGoodrich rubber, which are one of the most unique features on the car, make sure none of that hardware goes to waste. Although they resemble dog-dish steel rollers, the wheels are actually custom one-off pieces milled from billet aluminum.
With a full DSE suspension, enormous brakes, gummy meats, and a screamin' 302 matched with a five-speed stick, George's Chevelle 300 follows the g-Machine formula to the letter. Understandably, low-key cars aren't for everyone, as showboating the product of your hard work has always been a part of the hobby. And there's nothing wrong with that. Nonetheless, George's Chevelle takes the preconceived notions of what a modernized muscle car should look like, and throws them all out the window. As his Chevelle proves, you don't need A/C, GPS, megawatt stereos, power accessories, dash-mounted ATM machines, and electric car polish dispensers to follow the Pro Touring creed. Sometimes adding every fancy gizmo in the book doesn't necessarily enhance a car's appeal, but rather dilutes its purposefulness and character. Fortunately, George's Chevelle 300 will never have that problem.
|'66 Chevrolet Chevelle 300
|George Poteet • Holly Springs, MS
|Chevy 302ci small-block
|Dart 4.000-inch bore SHP
|stock pump, Champ road-race pan
|Rotating assembly:
|Eagle 3.000-inch forged crank, Scat steel rods, Diamond 11.0:1 pistons
|Cylinder heads:
|ported Air Flow Research 195cc castings
|COMP 242/248-at-.050 hydraulic roller; .609/.609-inch lift; 112-degree LSA
|PBM billet timing set; Manley pushrods; COMP Cams lifters, valvesprings, and rocker arms
|Weiand Stealth intake manifold, Holley 750-cfm carb, custom air cleaner
|MSD 6AL ignition box and billet distributor
|Stainless Works 1¾-inch headers and dual 2.5-inch chambered mufflers
|500 hp at 6,900 rpm and 406 lb-ft at 5,000 rpm
|Built by:
|Tucker's Automotive (Murray, KY)
|Tremec TKO 600 five-speed, McLeod twin-disc clutch, Hurst shifter
|Rear axle:
|Moser 9-inch rearend with 4.11:1 gears
|Front suspension:
|Detroit Speed and Engineering drop spindles, control arms, coilovers, sway bar, and steering box
|Rear suspension:
|Detroit Speed and Engineering control arms, coilovers, and sway bar
|Baer 14-inch rotors and six-piston calipers, front and rear
|custom Schott 18x7, front; 18x9.5, rear
|BFGoodrich 245/40R18, front; 285/40R18, rear
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Since exposed headers might look too flashy, Legens fabricated custom covers to make them look like exhaust manifolds. The covers also conceal the spark plug wires, which tuck behind the block and run up to the distributor. The valve covers lend a distinctly '50s vibe, with vintage Chevrolet logos and Mooneyes breathers.The inner fenders, firewall, and radiator support have been smoothed to perfection, and showcase a 302ci small-block that looks surprisingly tasteful in gold. The dual-snorkel air cleaner is a custom piece, and Legens went as far as smoothing the sharp edges off of the block, heads, and intake. Double humps machined onto the front of the heads pay tribute to 302-powered Z28s of yesteryear.The trunk is often an afterthought, even in high-end restorations, but not in George Poteet's Chevelle. An upholstered trunk would just look too finished, so Legens put massive hours into making the bare metal as smooth as possible, then painted it the same color as the rest of the body. It houses a fullsize spare wheel and tire along with a powdercoated jack.


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Images: 24 MEU Deployment 2012 [Image 5 of 13]
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A Marine Corps birthday cake is proudly displayed on the flight deck of the USS New York during a ceremony in honor of the Marine Corps' 237th birthday, Nov. 10, 2012. This was the first of perhaps many more Marine Corps birthday celebrations aboard the New York, built with seven-and-a-half tons of steel from the World Trade Center, as she sails on her maiden deployment. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group and is currently in the 6th Fleet Area of Responsibility as a disaster relief and crisis response force. Since deploying in March, they have supported a variety of missions in the U.S. Central and European Commands, assisted the Navy in safeguarding sea lanes, and conducted various bilateral and unilateral training events in several countries in the Middle East and Africa. The 24th MEU is scheduled to return to their home bases in North Carolina later this year. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Fisher III/Released)
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text: Joss Whedon on filming the Avengers, Shakespeare and the joys of genre Culture 04 May 12 by Adam Rogers Joe Pugieliese; grooming by Jason Schneidman/Solo Artists Geeks love Joss Whedon. In his TV shows and movies -- Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Dollhouse, Serenity, Firefly -- he gives them not necessarily what they want, but definitely what they need.His characters are smart and self-aware. He's steeped in pop culture and has a clever way with the twists and turns of science fiction tropes. And he infuses the potential clichés of genre writing with emotion and heart. Plus, he writes female characters who kick ass, which makes him so rare as to be sui generis in Hollywood.Not many writer/directors get to see their names go adjectival, but we all know what we mean when we say something is "whedonesque".Another thing that makes Whedon -- whose latest movie, a little ensemble number called The Avengers, opens Friday -- so loveable is his willingness to talk. In interviews Whedon is typically candid, funny and wide-ranging. He's honest (perhaps to a fault) about his own work and sometimes that of others.In this interview with Wired, Whedon talks extensively about the comic books he wrote, his pop culture influences and what went wrong with Dollhouse. Plus there's a feminist take on Die Hard that you won't want to miss.Wired: Your characters don't talk like other writers' characters. Joss Whedon: I have abused language. I love it and I abuse it…. I don't write just to be clever. But sometimes I do. And if you don't have an understanding of the language, then the way in which it's bent doesn't actually register. It's the old you-gotta-paint-like-them-before-you-can-paint-like-you thing.Different vernaculars say something about who the character is, right? Absolutely. People always say I write a lot of pop culture references. Can somebody please count the pop culture references in Firefly? Because I don't know how to put this to you, but there was one. I referenced The Beatles in the pilot. Now people are saying, "Oh, now The Avengers is going to make a lot of pop culture references." They're not going to make none, but you can bury yourself in that stuff if you want anything to be remotely timeless.So when people are hearing pop culture references in your work, what they're really hearing are modern cadences? Both. Sometimes you mention Keyser Söze. And if you brought him up now, teenagers would go, "WTF?" Or probably they wouldn't, because they probably don't say that anymore. When I first wrote Buffy, and it's something I have said before, I was looking at teenagers and -- hmm, maybe I should rephrase that. I was listening to teenagers. And everything they said was from Heathers. I realised, you can't ape the way they talk. You can only ape the fact that the way they talk is going to change and is going to roll through some reference and then past it, or some phrase and then past it. And if you're going to write teenagers that teenagers believe, you can't write the way they talk, because of lead time. So I just talked the way I wanted to talk. And they'll either recognise it as something alien but not pandering, or they'll start to talk that way.Because that was the target audience? Teenagers? Yeah, well, at this point it was the movie. You're not making a teen horror flick for the older crowd necessarily. You'd love it if they'd come. The majority of my stories are about young people anyway.So you can get at truthfulness in the way they're speaking? Yeah, but fake truth is better than outdated truth. And a lot of my stuff that, particularly inFirefly, but even in Buffy, is twisted Elizabethan. A lot of it is stuff taken from Westerns or movies from the 1940s, or things that have gone so far out of style that you can create your own version. I just love language. I mean, I love it. I love stage directions. Any opportunity to write. I hadn't written in so long, I get very crazy and miserable. I -- it's like not seeing my kids, I can't do it for very long.Do you have writing rituals? Do you work on a computer? Do you have to be by yourself? Do you put on music? I do listen to music. Movie scores, exclusively, because it's all about mood and nonspecificity. I love the way modern movie scoring is all about nonspecificity. You know, if I shuffled the tracks fromInception, I challenge you to tell me which is which. But … you feel incredibly heightened during all of it. I don't know what I'm very excited about but I'm very excited. Or worried. Or sad, I'm not sure which, but it's all happening. And that's really great. Whereas, you know, your old-school, very theme-specific music, which is the kind I like to actually use in my movies, is useless to writing.Can you listen to music with lyrics? Only if it's super vapid. Very beautiful and super vapid and I'm not listening to it. It's been like two albums ever, and I don't even want to say what they are because it's embarrassing.And does it have to be in a specific place, or can you just go somewhere and type? I need to create that space. And very often I write in restaurants. Lately I've been trying to write more in cafes and not go to restaurants as much so that I don't become enormous, turn into Orson Welles. But I like to be in a public space, which is part of why music is great, to shut things out. And I think part of it is embarrassing, like I need a reward, you know, like my tea or my wine or some nice food or something. And I think part of it is even more embarrassing -- I think I just like to be seen writing. I'm not positive, but I feel like it's like if you get hurt you want a boo boo so you can get a Band-Aid. It's not like I want to engage with anybody. Or it's not even showing off exactly, I think I just want someone to know it's hard work that I'm doing.If I write in a café then a certain number of hours of writing costs me a certain number of dollars in coffee or cookies. I can nurse a cup of tea for a while. And I can only drink so many before I go, oh, my heart is exploding.And are you just head down and go or does the internet beckon? If I'm at my desk the internet might beckon. Although I'm so bad at it that it doesn't last very long because I only know like three sites. Like the other day I was like, what is this, Amazon, you can buy books? It's like a bookstore, but it's virtual! Wait until I tell everybody. But I only do that after years of going to bookstores and recently realising that they weren't there anymore. 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Court Delivers Ultimatum to Bellaire Bridge Owners
Secure bond to demolish span by June 20 or pay $1,000 per day, judge says
March 20, 2013
BENWOOD - The U.S....
The judge is going after the wrong party. The bridge would have been gone a long time ago if it wasn't for benwoods silly policies
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The judge is going after the wrong party. The bridge would have been gone a long time ago if it wasn't for ben woods silly policies.
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Wasn't the issue all along that Benwood was not only demanding that a bond was obtained, but that Benwood got to hold on to the money? I don't think that town returns money to anybody under any circumstances, and I would not want to be subject to that either.
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Who has more power in a town, the mayor or the man who can point a gun at the mayor?
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Maybe some dirty little secrets will come out when they explain this town has a police chief that is trying to shake down those who are willing and able to demolish the bridge.
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The Ohio River is the WV border with OH. WV 'owns' the river and thus is responsible for building and maintaining bridges crossing the Ohio River. Granted the Bellaire Bridge is an exception as it is 'privately owned'. However, I would assume construction permits, inspections, etc still are under the purview of WV.
Whew! That being the case...why, why is an Ohio Court dropping the bomb on this shady outfit that now owns the bridge? Shouldn't it be a WV Court?
Finally, why is this guy 'Frankie' always in every article and issue about Benwood. I thought he was a cop, not the mayor.
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Thank you Judge Whoever. This should have been ordered years ago.
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There is something amiss here and more spoons in the soup than is being made public. Belliare should be torn down along with the bridge
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Where does the $1000 a day fine go? In Longwell's account?
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A sad day for those communities who once had an economy that they could depend on, better than average leadership in their village councils and county commissioners. In my younger days I can remember crossing this bridge in my Dad's Desoto, taking my Warwood based grandmother on a scenic, Sunday afternoon ride. Long ago and back in those days, the valley seemed very wide, that bridge very impressive and the Ohio River very deep and not something to take for granted--well the later is still the case but after living so many decades in the West, in the Pacific Northwest and now, so much older, some of the local problems still remain but my perception of what was once large--to changed by the landscape that I see and use everyday.
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WHAT DOES POLICE CHIEF (not mayor, mind you) FRANK LONGWELL SAY?
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Did they also issue an ultimatum to Frank Longwell and the City of Benwood - to stop throwing up road blocks at every possible opportunity and to get out of the way and allow this bridge to be taken down?
I agree with someone else who posted in the past...The bridge company should take down the bridge itself, then allow Benwood to deal wtih the ramp and the metalwork that hangs over their city if they continue to obstruct this company from taking the thing down. You'd think that, after decades of complaining, Benwood would be thrilled to have someone willing and able to take it down and eliminate this deteriorating structure that's a safety risk to buildings and people in their city!
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In July, the Charlotte City Council agreed to buy 80.5 acres of buildings and parking lots at Eastland Mall (cover story, October 2009) for $13.2 million. The city plans to flip the shuttered shopping center to private developers who would turn part of it into studios and soundstages for the regions growing film industry. Boosters believe that will spur surrounding development and create construction and restaurant jobs every set needs catering, right? in a section of the city that has fallen on hard times. Patrick Mumford, a former council member who runs the citys Neighborhood and Business Services, says theres been a lot of interest but no definite deal since the agreement was reached. The biggest benefit of buying the property is that it would bring most of the mall under a single owner. The property belongs to seven companies, each of which has veto power. The sales contract called for the city to close the purchase by the end of August.
MOORESVILLE NGK Ceramics USA, maker of components for automobile engines, will expand its local plant, investing more than $93 million and adding 86 workers to 540 within three years. The company is a subsidiary of Japan-based NGK Insulators. Salaries will average $38,416 a year, lower than Iredell Countys $37,492.
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GASTONIA Halifax Media named Rick Martin publisher of The Gaston Gazette and the companys new north division, which includes newspapers in Wilmington, Burlington and Hendersonville. Martin was regional vice president for Irvine, Calif.-based Freedom Communications Florida region before Freedom sold many of its newspapers to Daytona Beach, Fla.-based Halifax this year.
CHARLOTTE Charlotte Symphony Executive Director Jonathan Martin left to become CEO of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Retired Bank of America executive Bob Stickler, a symphony board member, is interim director.
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CHARLOTTE Chiquita Brands International CEO Fernando Aguirre will step down after the banana giant finds a turnaround specialist to succeed him. The company, which will officially move its headquarters to Charlotte from Cincinnati by the end of the year, is cutting $60 million in annual costs as it copes with declining revenue and profit.


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The Rotary Clubs of Cameron Park and El Dorado Hills are devoted to the youth both in our community and throughout the world working closely with Rotary International. Together we provide educational and health programs where a need exists. . Rotary's commitment to the eradication of polio has left this world with only 4 countries to go to complete its goal. The Cameron Park and El Dorado Hills clubs not only financially contribute to Rotary Club International's worldwide efforts, but sponsor local programs that directly benefit our own community. Such local efforts include the provision of academic and vocational scholarships for deserving recipients, improvement and beautification of local parks, the completion of an observatory to the stars that is utilized by the local school districts and the public at large, as well as a major contriution to the Jeff Mitchell Memorial Ball Field in El Dorado Hills. Your participation and support of
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We'll have a special post later today. And given the early start for the Sunday game, we'll skip around the horn.
However, we did promise pics of the Negro Leagues uniforms. Here's an idea of what you'll see on the field this afternoon.
The Kansas City Monarchs
The Royals will be wearing Monarchs jerseys. The Monarchs were one of the most storied and successful franchises in the Negro Leagues. The uniform the Royals will be wearing was worn from 1951-52 by the Monarchs.
Kansas City played 37 seasons in the Negro Leagues and was a 1920 charter member. The Monarchs won 10 pennants, with the first coming in 1924 over the Hilldale Giants of Philadelphia. Negro League greats like Satchel Paige, Cool Papa Bell, Turkey Stearnes, Newt Allen, and of course Buck O'Neil (who also managed the team) all played for the Monarchs.
Some great Major League players also donned Monarchs unis before making it big in the big leagues. Jackie Robinson, Ernie Banks and Elston Howard are just a few of the famous names who played ball for awhile in Kansas City.
The Royal Giants
The Giants, appropriately, will wear Giants uniforms. This version of the Royal Giants was an All-Star team that barnstormed throughout California. There were also Royals Giants teams in Brooklyn and Boston.
The uniform the San Francisco Giants will be wearing is the same one worn by the Royal Giants who toured Japan in 1927 as one of three tours of black players who played in the Land of the Rising Sun. The 1927 tour featured Hall of Famer Biz Mackey and the team went 35-2-1, playing in Hawaii, Korea and Japan. Major League Baseball took a cue from the early tours in Japan and later sent Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig among others.
Today's lineup
DeJesus LF
Gathright CF
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Gload 1B
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Plaintiffs' attorneys have rested their case at a trial over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Raese demands answers about WVU media rights deal
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Morgantown businessman John Raese alleged Thursday that top West Virginia University officials created an "appearance of impropriety" and violated a pact to keep confidential a lucrative media rights contract that's expected to be awarded to IMG College and West Virginia Media Holdings.
Raese also raised questions about WVU basketball coach Bob Huggins' new contract, the football stadium scoreboard and the university's decision to use West Virginia Media to broadcast the Mountaineers' spring football game, according to a letter Raese sent to WVU President Jim Clements.
Raese alleged athletic director Oliver Luck and Board of Governors Chairman Drew Payne disclosed details about the media rights contract last week.
Payne, who has acknowledged speaking to Luck about the media rights deal, serves on West Virginia Media's board of directors and had a major stake in the Charleston firm until last year. Payne, who stands to benefit financially from the contract, has said he played no role in the deal - valued at $110 million over 12 years.
"There is clearly an appearance of impropriety when an individual who is a member of the Board of Governors of WVU -- its chairman -- and who also serves on the board of directors of West Virginia Media has access to confidential information, access which is denied to the public," Raese wrote to Clements.
Raese, who has run unsuccessfully for West Virginia governor and the U.S. Senate, sent a copy of the letter to Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, who recently established a public corruption unit. Morrisey would not comment Thursday.
Raese's company, West Virginia Radio, also bid on the WVU media rights contract.
"They need to tell the public what has happened regarding this transaction," said Bob Gwynne, a lawyer for Raese-owned Greer Industries. "It's a question of public trust."
In his letter, Raese asked Clements to investigate men's basketball coach Bob Huggins' new contract. Huggins is a West Virginia Media investor.
Raese said Huggins' contract includes a $25,000 bonus each time WVU defeats the University of Kansas. Raese called the bonus "a questionable incentive."
He said Payne apparently has oversight over Huggins contract. Payne and Huggins are close friends, according to Payne.
"I would like to ask you who initiated this raise and incentive for Coach Huggins?" Raese asked Clements in his letter. "Was Drew Payne involved in the process?"
West Virginia Media also televises Huggins' weekly coach's show.
"As a shareholder in West Virginia Media, Coach Huggins got a double bang for his buck when Mr. Luck awarded the contract for his show to West Virginia Media," Raese said in the letter. "Speaking of raises, I note that Oliver Luck also received a substantial increase in pay. Was Mr. Payne involved in any way with Mr. Luck's raise?"
Raese criticized WVU's decision to contract with West Virginia Media for the Gold-Blue football game last April.
"It is my understanding that ESPN wanted to broadcast this past year's spring football game," Raese wrote. "If my understanding is correct, the WVU football program would have received more national attention through such a broadcast."
Raese asked Clements to release documents about how WVU acquired the football stadium scoreboard in 2008.
"We question whether persons or their relatives having an association with [West Virginia] Media may have been involved in this process," Raese wrote.
West Virginia Media President Bray Cary and Luck did not respond to emails requesting comment Thursday.
A spokeswoman for Clements' office declined comment, saying only that the university had received Raese's letter. Payne could not be reached for comment Thursday night.
Raese's letter criticizes Payne for telling newspaper reporters that WVU would receive $5 million a year under the proposed contract with IMG College and possible subcontractor West Virginia Media.
WVU has signed a "letter of intent" to award its third-tier media rights to Winston Salem, N.C.-based IMG College. The media rights cover some non-conference football and basketball games, non-revenue sports, radio broadcast rights, coaches' shows, signage, online content and seatback sales.
IMG is expected to partner with West Virginia Media on the deal, but the two companies have yet to sign a formal agreement.
Luck disclosed the possible partnership in an interview with The Dominion Post newspaper in Morgantown.
Raese said his lawyers recently contacted WVU purchasing director Tim Bostonia, wanting to confirm Payne's and Luck's statements about the pending media rights deal.
"Mr. Bostonia told us that all aspects of IMG's bid were confidential and subject to a non-disclosure agreement, and therefore no part of their bid could be disclosed," Raese wrote.
Raese said his lawyers asked Bostonia how Payne knew details about the tentative media rights contract.
"After a short pause, Mr. Bostonia said that he would have someone call us with an explanation," Raese told Clements. "We presently are still awaiting that call."
The Gazette also requested IMG's bid under the state Freedom of Information Act.
WVU lawyers rejected the request, citing an exemption to state FOIA law that allows state government to withhold documents that contain information about "commercial competition." However, the university's lawyers suggested the Gazette request IMG's bid package at a later date.
Raese's company, West Virginia Radio Corp., has broadcasted WVU football and men's basketball games for decades through a partnership with the WVU-owned Mountaineer Sports Network, which now holds the media rights.
Payne has said Raese doesn't want to give up his lucrative partnership with WVU.
Raese sent a separate letter to Clements last week, asking WVU's president to reconsider awarding the media rights contract.
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I'm debating which way to go.
On the one hand, it would be nice to have a camp set up and waiting when you get back, with the added bonus of not having to carry it around all day.
On the other hand, if you drop camp, you have to go back to get it. So if you're out during the day and decide you want to head somehwere else... Depending on how far out you got when you decided to move, it could take you a half day to get to it, pack and get back to where you were.


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it was actually much more dramatic than it sounds
it was actually much more dramatic than it sounds
haha Rayne almost died.
Your an absolutely wonderful man, any girl that is yours is lucky and I know that from personal experience. ~KMT
rayne's devil may care playboy lifestyle is starting to catch up with him
"I'll go," said Chagataev. "But what will I do there? Build socialism?"
"What else?" said the secretary.
I can just imagine a bunch of Indians shouting 'you stupid motherfucker!' in hilarious Indian accents as Rayne struggles not to drown.
Well, I open my eyes and I see things. I've seen spirits moving through the walls. I've seen a vortex coming through the wall. I've seen amorphous little balls of light bouncing all around in the front yard through the window. I've seen giant bugs on the floor. I was in a hotel room in Amarillo, Texas, and all I remember is standing on the bed and seeing the whole wall in front of me filled with lights that were [makes popping sound] popping like popcorn out of the wall. Then I'll wake up and I go "Wow, I was standing on my bed and staring at this wall."
I have also capsized a jetski while riding it.
It can be quite scary. >~>
i wasnt hurt and there wasnt a threat to my life, but i was about a kilometer away from shore and the water had clogged the engine so i was left floating there trying to keep the jetski upright so more water wouldnt go in and it wouldnt sink.
hahahahaha Rayne
Your an absolutely wonderful man, any girl that is yours is lucky and I know that from personal experience. ~KMT
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~ I have said nothing because there is nothing I can say that would describe how I feel as perfectly as you deserve it. -- Kyle Schmidt ~
~Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute. -- Josh Billings ~
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When I create a new task and hit the save button you are return to the task list and the new task is not visible. If you click another view and then come back the task is there. This also occurs when you edit a task.
Using a web browser to do the same does not exhibit this problem.


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Saul Award nominees are sought
For the fifth straight year, the Hazleton Area Sports Hall of Fame Board of Directors will present the Ray Saul Memorial Youth Sports Monetary Award.
Local youth sports organizations must submit an application to be considered for the award. Organizations which have not requested an application will not be considered. To request an application, call Ron Marchetti at 570-455-7335 or 570-956-1532, Joe Clark at 570-454-9727 or 570-956-5334 or Dave Seamon at 570-501-3595. The deadline for applications is Aug. 26.
Winners will receive their award at the Hall's induction banquet on Sept. 15.
The purpose of the award is "to expand opportunities for participation in quality youth sports programs that foster sportsmanship, confidence, discipline and teamwork.''
In addition, the board "supports programs that expand opportunities for national and international sports competition.''
The board agreed to name the award in honor of Saul, the retired sports editor and managing editor at the Standard-Speaker. Saul had served as the Hall of Fame board's chairman emeritus from its inception until his death in February 2009.
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Recipe for 11X 15 baking dish…."(measures are for 9 X 9 baking pan)"
1 cup butter (½ cup)
2 cups flour (1 cup)
3 Tblsp. sugar (2 Tblsp.)
Mix together with a fork or pastry blender and press in an 11x 15 baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Cool.
6 cups chopped, fresh rhubarb (3 cups)
6 beaten egg yolks –save the whites (3 egg yolks)
2½ cups sugar (1¼ cups)
5 Tblsp. flour (2½ Tblsp.)
optional -1 cup whipping cream (½ cup) *I don't usually add the cream.
In a heavy bottomed sauce pan, bring to a simmer and stir until bubbly and thick.
Add a 1½ tsp. of vanilla and 2 Tblsp. butter (1 tsp. vanilla and 1 Tblsp. butter)
Mix together and pour over cooled crust.
6 egg whites (3)
¾ cup sugar (6 Tblsp.)
optional – ½ cup flaked coconut (¼ cup)
Beat egg whites, slowly adding sugar 1Tblsp. at a time, until firm peaks form.
Swirl meringue over hot filling. Sprinkle with coconut, if you'd like coconut.
Place in oven and broil until meringue is lightly browned. WATCH IT!
Notes: ½ recipe in parentheses makes a dandy 9 X 9 for the family!
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Today I received a message from zimbra.
Zimbra asked me if I wanted to update the version of the program.
I said yes.
But when I opened the program Zimbra asked me to re-enter the account and all my emails were gone .... I'm desperate ... I use zimbra for work and I had a lot of important emails .... can be recovered?
The server stores only for 15 days.


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While fasting from dawn until sunset, Muslims refrain from consuming food, drinking liquids, smoking, and engaging in sexual relations; in some interpretations they also refrain from swearing. Food and drink is served daily, before sunrise and after sunset. According to Islam, the thawab (rewards) of fasting are many, but in this month they are believed to be multiplied. Fasting for Muslims during Ramadan typically includes the increased offering of salat (prayers) and recitation of the Quran.


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With the advent of Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean, we're seeing a few Twitter apps aimed specifically at this generation of the Android OS. Tweet Lanes is one of these, and it is a work in progress. It's a beta release right now, and as such it's missing a couple features, like notifications. But ... Full Article »
I am an avid Twitter user, and so I'm always on the lookout for a great new Twitter app. Boid for Twitter, which is in beta for Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean devices, looks like that next great Twitter app at first glance, but when we dig down deep, we discover we aren't so happy with it. Stru ... Full Article »
Just as commentary heightens around Google's seemingly lackadaisical approach to Android fragmentation, the company pulled back the curtain a little bit more on its plans for Ice Cream Sandwich's successor, Jelly Bean. According to unnamed sources, The Wall Street Journal reports that Google wil ... Full Article »
Samsung may have gotten a head start with their Galaxy S III launch, but this past week brought plenty of action to the Android handset scene at CTIA. There's an impressive lineup of upcoming Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich devices, as well as more LTE handsets than you can shake a stick at. CTIA h ... Full Article »
Last month we learned of Sony's plans to update their Tablet S with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and today the update is available for users to download. It appears Sony's pushing out a staggered roll-out for the ICS update, so all Tablet S users may not get it at the same time. The manufact ... Full Article »
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 officially hit the U.S. market today, two months after its unveiling at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich tablet comes in two screen sizes, 10.1-inch and 7.0-inch, with expandable memory via a memory card slot. Besides ICS, the Galaxy ... Full Article »
A lot of Android tablet competitors seem to be thinking about finding ways to compete below the price range of the Apple iPad. The Kindle Fire has been successful with a price tag of $199, and rumor has it that Google wants to bring a branded tablet to the market to compete in that range as well. ... Full Article »
Google is planning to release a 7-inch tablet running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, but it's pushing the launch to June 2012 in order to tweak the device and bring down its price tag. That's the report from The Verge, which states that Google's branded tablet, co-created with Asustek, is he ... Full Article »
Google is slowly rolling out improvements for its proprietary apps, with the latest being the addition of new gesture controls for Gmail, geared toward Android tablet users. As The Verge reports, the update comes to tablets running Android 3.0 Honeycomb, the tablet version of Google's Android ope ... Full Article »
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich may have been released last year, but it's taking its sweet time making its rounds across the gamut of Android devices on the market. It's become standard operating procedure for Android OS releases, which tend to start out slow as manufacturers and carriers shift ... Full Article »


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At Adobe, we provide flexible, comprehensive benefits and competitive compensation so employees can afford to take good care of themselves and their families. Here is an overview of our benefit and compensation programs for employees working in Germany.
When our employees are healthy and having fun, we believe our overall workplace environment is improved and we all become more effective. Adobe invests in employees' health by providing top-tier benefits that are competitive within our industry and support their total wellness.
Adobe contributes to the cost of state-provided or private medical funds on a co-sharing basis, based on the employee's circumstances and personal preferences according to our statutory regulations. Additionally, Employee Assistance Programs and much more are available. As an Adobe employee, you can also look forward to a generous vision plan, which offers sight tests free of charge.
Beyond traditional health benefits, Adobe supports employees' health with on-site health seminars and fun wellness competitions, as well as a Wellness Incentive Dollar program, which provides a €360-per-year subsidy for wellness-related activities.
Time off
Taking time off for vacation and other personal needs is essential to your health and productivity. To help employees recharge, Adobe offers:
Adobe is committed to giving employees the best possible means for planning and managing their financial future.
Pay and incentives
We take pride in sharing our success with exceptional employees who help us achieve our goals. We strive to offer market-competitive salaries, along with several bonus programs to reward employees when they demonstrate exceptional results.
Adobe currently maintains an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) that enables eligible employees to share in the ownership of the company they help build by purchasing Adobe stock every six months at a price that is discounted from the fair market value with a look back.
Employees may also be eligible to receive certain Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) grants, which generally vest over a four-year period.
Adobe contributes a flat earnings-related percentage into a direct insurance plan and also provides employees access to a voluntary pension scheme in which contributions can be made using a salary-sacrifice system.
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Adobe provides Life insurance, which covers the cost of up to two times the employee's eligible compensation.
Extra perks
Adobe offers discounts on Adobe software for personal use and a monthly fitness subsidy.
We focus on ways to help employees own their careers, reach their full potential, and maximize their success. In addition to numerous development offerings, Adobe's Educational Assistance program reimburses up to €5,000 per year for eligible business-related courses and certificate programs.
We support and build community, inside and outside the company, through service, sustainability, and celebration. Being involved is a core part of who we are — in fact, it's part of our corporate values. To support this involvement, Adobe offers matching gifts, volunteer incentives, and more. Learn more on our corporate social responsibility site.
Internally, Adobe fosters a sense of community and encourages fun in the workplace through a local Site Council. It is a group of Adobe employees who represent the site and plan monthly activities and events in large office locations.
This description provides an overview of certain healthcare plan provisions and other benefits for the employees of Adobe Systems Incorporated for the country indicated above as of July 2012. This information is not intended to be a complete description of these benefits. If there is any conflict between the information presented here and the official plan documents, the plan documents will govern. Adobe reserves the right to modify or terminate any of the benefits described at any time. The descriptions of these benefits are not guarantees of current or future employment or benefits. References to Adobe or the Company apply to Adobe Systems Incorporated.
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is the ability to overcome adversity,
cope with setbacks, and persevere in the face of
trauma and deprivation.
The greatest glory in living
lies not in never falling,
but in rising every time we fall.
– Nelson Mandela
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you
till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then,
for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
– Harriet Beecher Stowe
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not… nothing is more common than unsuccessful people will talent.
Genius will not… unrewarded genius is almost legendary.
Education will not…. the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
– Calvin Coolidge
Serbian Orthodox clergy, like these monks living along Serbia's Crna River,
have proved a resilient lot. During World War II and its aftermath some
700 were killed, and nearly a quarter of their 4,400 churches and monasteries were destroyed.
With little outside help, the church has made a stubborn comeback.
The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists.
– Japanese proverb
Dith Pran, survivor of the Cambodian genocide at
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
The world breaks everyone, and afterward,
some are strong at the broken places
– Ernest Hemmingway
Be like the bird that, passing on her flight awhile on boughs too slight,
feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing that she hath wings.
– Victor Hugo
If you voluntarily quit in the face of adversity,
you'll wonder about it for the rest of your life.
– President Bill Clinton
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, winner of Nobel Peace Prize
Sri Lanka
A man prays for the victims of the tsunami in 2004 which killed more than 250,000 people
…more than education, experience, or training,
an individual's level of resilience will determine who succeeds & who fails.
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TUSCULOOSA, Ala. (AP) -- The University of Alabama has barred three football players from campus after their arrest on robbery charges.
University spokeswoman Deborah Lane said Friday the players are suspended from school pending a judicial review expected to be done by late next week.
Eddie Williams, Tyler Hayes and D.J. Pettway have been charged in separate robberies of two students on campus early Monday morning.
Court records show Williams and Hayes have admitted to the crimes.
All three players were indefinitely suspended from the football team. Teammate Brent Calloway, also suspended indefinitely, is charged with fraudulent use of a credit card for using a debit card stolen from one of the students. He isn't barred from campus.
Williams' attorney has asked a judge to let the player return home to Panama City, Fla.
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Nice job. Every time I look through my book of Italy maps I want to do this, but then i sit down and try drawing them by hand instead
yay for distractions!
Here are some extracted Photoshop Brushes from the Blaeus Nassau Map.
Have fun with it.
It is to open with Winrar or similar programms.
Nice job. Every time I look through my book of Italy maps I want to do this, but then i sit down and try drawing them by hand instead
yay for distractions!
My finished maps
"...sometimes the most efficient way to make something look drawn by hand is to simply draw it by hand..."
Nicely done, sir!
"Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government."
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These are lovely! Thanks for making them available!
Great job!
I'd rep you, but I have to spread it around some more first!
Thank you very much, to all. Well I hope I find a good scan of the Mountain maps of Switzerland so I can add the Mountains to the Brushset soon.
I have seen a lot people try to adapt Blaeus style, so why dont just used them? Its copyrightfree since 1890 anyway and he took mapf of Gerhad Mercator and others anyway, so dont say remix-culture is a modern thing , ha!
EDIT: Disregard this please. I dropped it in the wrong folder...fault mine. They work great!
Any chancce you could post the scans so those of using GIMP can use the brushes as well?
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If anyone like we could share the work and collect Blaeu´s Map elements here in different transforming units.
here is the link, have fun with it.


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Judging by the recent popularity of neon colors in fashion, it's obvious that people are in the mood for something bold. Unfortunately for our collective limbic systems, neon colors have been mined and exploited more ruthlessly than our natural resources. Luckily there are designers out there who practice a certain level of restraint when it comes to employing vibrant colors. In that spirit, here are six flourescent finds that won't result in vertigo:
1) The Knottery – Lime Laces
Jack and Jay of The Knottery make it their mission to offer affordable accessories for men. In addition to their neckwear and pocket squares, they offer a great selection of colored shoelaces to spice up your outfit without going overboard.
2) Mads Nørgaard – "Klemens" Fisherman Zip
Straight out of Copenhagen, fashion designer Mads Nørgaard adds a twinge of neon to the otherwise understated "Klemens" fisherman's knit. There are similar colorful accents throughout his recent lines, but this juxtaposition between the orange zipper and the contrast knitting is particularly striking.
3) Comme des Garçons – Pink Trim Socks
Accessories offer great opportunities for neon accenting. Socks in particular are often overlooked – or simply not all that visible. These dress socks from Comme des Garçons have just enough color to not be overbearing.
4) Caran d'Ache – Fluorescent Ballpoint Pens
Though they come in all the colors you could imagine, Caran d'Ache has released a special edition of four fluorescent colored ballpoint pens. While they write incredibly well, any one of them would add a volatile touch of color to your shirt or pants pocket as a design element.
5) Sperry – Two-Eye Boat Shoe with Blue Sole
Another great update to an otherwise traditional piece, the Sperry boat shoe with blue sole adds an unexpected embellishment to an outfit. It's enough color to stand on its own without demanding too much attention. It's as understated as neon blue can get.
6) Toms – "Maseru" Sunglasses
These aviators from TOMS are super subtle. When worn, the hand-painted yellow accents would barely stick out from behind the ear, leaving the natural walnut temples to be appreciated in tandem with the neon rather than being overpowered by it.


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I'm setting off on a long trip tomorrow so I decided to deal with this today. I got a proper 8mm hex key and was able to confirm that the hole is still clockwise-threaded, at least down at the bottom. So I was able to attach the mirror extender properly.Unfortunately, no matter what I did I wasn't able to attach the mirror to the threaded hole in the mirror extender, which may (MAY) be threaded the opposite way. (By the time I thought to check, I'd worn away too much of the threading on both parts.)However, I was able to remove the mirror extender and reattach the mirror in its original position -- ONCE. After I removed it and tried to attach it again, it was too loose to hold. Apparently the overlap between (good threads on mirror stalk) and (good threads on mirror extender) was pretty small.So I just bought a tube of blue Loctite and will see if that provides enough grip to hold the mirror in place while I order a replacement mirror and a replacement for the thingamabob that the mirror screws into -- which my dealer will cheerfully install for me when I go in soon for my next regular service.In the meantime, today I built a RAM cellphone mount out of about 30 separate plastic and metal parts, and suspended it from the stalk of the *good* mirror on the other side.
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WHEELING - If Bishop Donahue was going to have any chance of upsetting Wheeling Central on Tuesday night, Coach Don Gillis said his team had to set the tone early.
It didn't.
The Maroon Knights scored the first 10 points of the game and cruised from there, securing a 65-31 triumph in a girls' West Virginia Class A Region One, Section One semifinal on its home court.
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Bishop Donahue's Kelsey Schau (13) dribbles down court to set up a play while being guarded by Wheeling Central's Maria Olson (2) Tuesday night.
Wheeling Central earned a spot opposite Magnolia in Friday night's sectional championship game at Brooke High School. Tipoff is at 7. The Blue Eagles edged Madonna, 47-44, in Tuesday's other semifinal in New Martinsville.
The winner of Friday's game will play host to a Region One Co-Final on Thursday, Feb. 28, while the loser will hit the road for the other the same night.
''They're a darn good team,'' Gillis said. ''(Wheeling Central coach) Penn (Kurtz) does a great job with them.
''It's been the same thing all year. We turn the ball over. Can't hit shots. Can't rebound.''
There was a little bit of all of that during the opening moments as the Maroon Knights took control.
Maria Olson scored both of her buckets during the spurt, while Emily Bucon and Colleen McCormick also chipped in.
Kelsey Schau and Selena Ghaphery hit back-to-back baskets midway through the period to stem the tide temporarily, but Wheeling Central went on a 9-0 run to end the quarter with a 19-5 advantage.
Central's opening salvo was just the type of tournament start Kurtz envisioned.
''The last time we played them (at the Undo's Tournament in December) they gave us a tussle because they play so well defensively,'' he said.
''But we started strong, especially on the defensive end and that's what I liked. We held them to 10 points in the first half (Central led 36-10 at halftime) and anytime you can play like that you're going to be in good shape.''
It's true.
Wheeling Central (19-4) was never threatened, despite improved second-half play by the Bishops. By then, there just wasn't enough time to mount a comeback.
''They're defense is so tough,'' Gillis said. ''We told the girls all week to look for the pump fake and look for the drive and we didn't do it.
''It all catches up with you.''
Ghaphery paced the Bishops (7-16) with 14 points.
Meanwhile, the Maroon Knights boasted only two double-figure scorers - Bucon (15) and McCormick (13) - but picked up 29 bench points, paced by Regan Blaha's nine.
Kurtz emptied his bench late and 12 of 14 players scored.
''We had great support off the bench,'' he said. ''I think everyone that got in the game did something well.
''And, really, when you get into tournament time, that's what you need.
''Your bench is going to be a big key because something will likely happen along the way where they will need to be ready to play. And they were ready to play (Tuesday).''


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Hi...I just found out my wife and I drew Unit 215 for antelope in Montana. We had applied there since it was about the toughest unit to draw in the state and was closer to Oregon and my plan was just to earn a point. Well, it was looking like a slow year for tags with only a tag for Utah deer as of late May. In the last few weeks we hit on two Wyoming antelope tags, an Oregon sheep tag, then last week our card was hit for an Arizona deer tag (possibly a Strip tag). Last night we found out my wife and I drew the Montana antelope tags.
Unit 215 is just east of Deer Lodge, Montana. Does anyone have any insight on this unit? Is the trophy quality good. it was one of the recommended units in Mike Eastman's book on antelope. The draw odds are terrible for the minimal tags given (15 to 25 tags). I will need to make some decisions on how to try to work this hunt in (or not) in the next couple weeks.
Thanks a bunch for any info you might share. Feel free to PM me.


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I run a weekly off-line backup of the libvirt VM container that my Zimbra 8.0.3 FOSS installation runs on top of. A backup script on the main host where the Zimbra VM resides is initiated out of cron to run an libvirt API call to shut down the guest gracefully and leverages the acpid capabilities of the Zimbra VM guest OS (RHEL 6.4 64bit). The script also verifies that guest has been cleanly shut down. Thereafter, the script ensures the VM's disk image and libvirt configuration is backed up. After the backup completes, the same script starts the VM up again, and given that the Zimbra installation is configured to start with the OS via chkconfig, it will start up automatically too.
The problem I'm experiencing is that infrequently the Postfix appears to have been started, but will not bind to port 25. There are no other MTAs installed, other than sendmail (due to other RPM dependencies), but sendmail is configured via chkconfig to not start at any runlevel. I see in the logs that zmcontrol at least attempts to start the MTA:
Jun 5 03:11:46 redacted zimbramon[1464]: 1464:info: Starting mta via zmcontrol
When this Postfix issue shows itself, I can't find anything useful in the logs to point to why it did not start. I looked in the /var/log/zimbra.log file, as well as in /var/log/messages and there are no hints of "could not bind to 0.0.0.0:25" or other errors that would be worth investigating. I've also looked through /opt/zimbra/log, but there does not to be anything enlightening in there either relating to zmcontrol.
The only signs of this condition are the following:
1) In /var/log/messages, the following is logged:
Jun 5 03:11:46 redacted zimbramon[1464]: 1464:info: Starting mta via zmcontrol
But in cases where Postfix doesn't successfully start, the following log entries *do not appear* (neither do any specific errors as to why Postfix may not have been able to start):
Jun 5 14:22:49 redacted /postfix-script[2849]: warning: not owned by root: /opt/zimbra/postfix-2.10-20121007.2z/conf/main.cf
Jun 5 14:22:49 redacted /postfix-script[2850]: warning: not owned by root: /opt/zimbra/postfix-2.10-20121007.2z/conf/master.cf
Jun 5 14:22:49 redacted /postfix-script[2852]: warning: not owned by root: /opt/zimbra/postfix-2.10-20121007.2z/conf/master.cf.in
Jun 5 14:22:49 redacted /postfix-script[2853]: warning: not owned by root: /opt/zimbra/postfix-2.10-20121007.2z/conf/tag_as_foreign.re
Jun 5 14:22:49 redacted /postfix-script[2854]: warning: not owned by root: /opt/zimbra/postfix-2.10-20121007.2z/conf/tag_as_originating.re
Jun 5 14:22:50 redacted /postfix-script[2871]: starting the Postfix mail system
Jun 5 14:22:50 redacted postfix/master[2873]: daemon started -- version 2.10-20121007, configuration /opt/zimbra/postfix-2.10-20121007.2z/conf
2) No process is listening on TCP 25 as confirmed by netstat -antpl | grep :25
3) Postfix logs to the effect of "postfix/postqueue[nnnn]: fatal: Queue report unavailable - mail system is down" every once in a while
The web framework starts fine, Webmail works, IMAP works, it's just SMTP that is in a bad state.
Restarting the host via 'reboot' or restarting Zimbra via "service zimbra restart" always fixes the issue.
The next time this issue occurs I'll have to do more poking while the system is in the state, but curious if this issue happens to anyone else?