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Macaron Madness (Round 2)
Following the previous week's macaron making, it was inevitable that after such a long time since I last ate a macaron, my craving for them grew instead of being assuaged, leading to another batch this past week. While browsing the PH Macarons book with A for ideas, she said, "Mama, I want a strawberry macaron." So that was one flavour decided and going with the theme of pink macarons, I decided on the Montebello macarons (pistachio ganache filling with a raspberry jelly centre) as the second flavour.
The plan was to make the Montebello shells a much lighter shade of pink than my previous attempt that yielded a very wet batter caused by the large amount of food colouring dictated in the PH recipe. The pastel pink shells didn't rise as dramatically as the darker coloured batter I had made for the strawberry flavoured macarons. This, I suspect, had to do with insufficient drying time.
On the aesthetic front, the Montebello macarons did look prettier when paired with the darker pink shells, so I used half of the lighter pink shells for the strawberry flavoured ones. I must say, I do like the ombre effect that the two shades of pink gave in the second photograph of this post.
Taste-wise, the Montebello is definitely still my favourite flavour from the PH book. I used two kinds of pistachio fillings, one with italian meringue buttercream and one with ganache, because I had underestimated the amount of ganache I would need to fill all the macarons. I actually preferred the taste of the buttercream filling.
For the strawberry macarons, I cooked a strawberry coulis, whipped it into italian meringue buttercream and brushed some of the sauce on the underside of the shells as well. The strawberry flavour was more developed after a day of maturing in the fridge. And A, as it turns out, doesn't like strawberry macarons at all and prefers the dark chocolate ones!


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Current AnnouncementsFROM: Cal U Bookstore RE: Grad Fair! Monday April 8th 11am - 3 pm
Sent: 4/2/2013 10:15:45 AM
To: Students, Faculty, Staff
Come to the Cal U Bookstore this Monday, April 8th, for all your graduation needs. We will be selling caps and gowns for graduation as well as have representatives from Herff Jones, Balfour, Framing Success, Career Services, and PSECU. You will also be able to take your graduation pictures at that time. Hope to see you there!
Caps and gowns are available for purchase until April 30th.
Stay up-to-date and on track for graduation by visiting the commencement web pages at:

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Hi everyone I am looking for an opinion or suggestions on where to burn 10 or more preference points ( or a little bit less ) for a deer hunt in the next 2 or 3 years. Here is the situation... I have hunted eastern plains muley and whitetail for about 5 years with really good luck. I shot a 192&3/8 non typical muley in velvet in 09 with a bow so i know my chances of doing that again in my life are pretty slim. Anyways If you had 10 pref points and you could hunt a high country muley with any type of weapon would you go to 74 or 21 or maybe sacrifice a few points and hunt 55 in the later seasons? Hold on to the points and wait for 103 so a good size whitetail could be an option? Or maybe RFW units 104, 211 or 85 in a few more years? I would love to hear from anyone who has scouted these areas or has info on quality animals around them. I will be scouting this summer and also collecting more points as the time passes. Thanks for your thoughts!
sorry i guess i should state that i live in the greatest state ever- Colorado


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Within two months, the company moved from an antiquated, labor-intensive domestic recruiting process to a global Web-enabled paperless approach that allows it to staff any location worldwide with half the number of recruiters and at half the cost of the old system. Continental launched 10 new international destinations in 2005 and used the new technology to recruit 3,200 new hires for destinations ranging from Argentina to India.
More than one-fourth of all employees of U.S.-based multinationals now work outside the United States, and that portion is growing far more rapidly than the domestic workforce. With many industries facing the same globalization imperative that has hit the U.S. airlines, the recruiting function must be prepared to staff new destinations with unprecedented speed.
Within the past few years, Web-enabled systems have created the potential to source the global workforce with the same flexibility and technological sophistication that global companies use to source other materials and components. A major prerequisite for this achievement is the consolidation of information so that workforce planning and recruiting decisions can occur on an international scale.
Instant gratification
When the mandate to expand globally came down, Continental was swimming in the paper generated by an inefficient recruiting process. Under the old system, the airline advertised jobs in U.S. newspapers and then flew recruiters out to do open calls for hundreds of candidates at hotels in major cities.
"We had nine full-time employees just scanning in paper résumés or cleaning electronic résumés," recalls Kimberly Paul, manager of global recruiting. With the mandate to expand internationally, Continental faced the decision of expanding recruiting departments in each territory or adopting a Web-based approach. "The directive came from corporate that we had to go paperless," she says.
Continental tapped iCIMS' iRecruiter to create a Web-based operation so that candidates and recruiters could access the system from any of Continental's international flight destinations while still maintaining the company's unique screening and interviewing procedures. "We started fresh and did not migrate old information," Paul says. "We rolled the system out first for the United States and then went global, all within two months and in a very seamless process."
Continental no longer uses any newspaper advertising in the United States, and very little elsewhere. Successful U.S. candidates are flown into Houston or Newark, New Jersey, for interviews with a recruiting staff that no longer travels. "I'm not a technical expert, but I was able to train our recruiters onto iRecruiter in a matter of hours," Paul says. "They love the system." Now Continental handles 80,000 applications a year with an exceptionally lean staff.
When Continental enters a new international destination, it does a full launch with announcements in the local media about the start of service. "This drives people to the Web site, where we have posted the open positions," Paul says. "Résumés arrive electronically in Houston, and we e-mail the candidates information for on-site interviews."
In July 2005, Continental posted 30 positions to staff the new location in Delhi, India, and received thousands of applications.
Full-strength screening
One of the biggest advantages of the Web-based system is the automatic screening process that culls unqualified candidates before they proceed to the application. Continental's flight attendant candidates, for example, move through 41 questions before the formal application. New screening enhancements will be added in 2006.
Using the Web-based system is a prescreening process in itself and has generated significant quality-of-hire improvements, Paul says. "When we installed iRecruiter, we had some resistance from hiring managers with line positions or entry-level openings," she says. "They believed that candidates for dining services and ramp jobs, for example, would not have sufficient access to or knowledge of computers to use the system. We told them that the entire company runs on computers and we want a candidate pool that reflects that."
The hiring managers pushed back, but the company moved ahead with posting all positions on the Web site, including relatively low-skill jobs. Despite the hiring managers' initial concerns, large numbers of applications roll in for every job.
"The quality of hire is now so much better because managers don't have to do basic training and hand-holding for employees who need to use online employee services or who may need to use computers at some point on the job," Paul says. "Even ramp agents, who have a primarily physically demanding job, may need some computer skills."
Staged approach
Colin Day, president and CEO of iCIMS, which produces iRecruiter, recommends that companies take a staged approach to installing a global system. "Part of the process of moving to a global recruiting system is overcoming perceptions about the difficulty of recruiting in different languages and complying with local laws and EEO regulations," he says. "Companies have questions about the speed of the system and whether local recruiters will be needed."
Few companies do a full global rollout right from the start. Instead, they run a U.S. pilot program and then extend it. "Companies commonly take a regional approach, setting up career centers in specific locations and then moving on to the next," Day says. "We believe in doing it in steps. The solutions are relatively simple, but they may seem complex to the client."
Once the decision has been made to go global, the timeframe for a full implementation may be as brief as a few weeks or several months for the more complicated models. "Continental moved very efficiently," Day says. "It was really a process of looking at the markets it wanted to attack, which was a function of the routes that it was winning. Then we set up career centers for those markets, with local job openings and applications. It was all very fast."
Significant cost savings come from bringing recruiting into a central location and eliminating the need for local recruiters. Continental's global hiring is centralized at its Houston headquarters. "The automated global system is far more efficient and allows companies to keep a much leaner staff than they would if they attempted to roll out a global campaign with recruiters," Day notes. "Domestically, companies have been able to cut staff by 50 percent, and the same applies globally. You're on the same platform and using the same method but just expanding out."
Decision-making process
Installing a global Web-enabled recruiting system entails company-specific considerations. First, the company must determine whether the site will be multilingual or English only. "Continental decided to keep the entire system in English because it needed employees--particularly flight attendants--who could speak English," Day says. "Companies can also choose to go with the local languages in the front end or candidate-facing parts, including the career center, the job listings, the screening questions and the application, but remain in English for the back end."
Also, companies can set up local-language career centers that incorporate local equal employment opportunity policies. "The information may come in local languages, but then it resides within a system where the field names may be in English," Day says. "Some companies chose to segment, so that recruiters can log into user groups that reflect their territory, and then open up the parameters to search outside their territory if needed."
Companies must also decide if they want a centralized or decentralized system. Centralization means that they do all hiring, including international, through one location. A decentralized system puts local recruiters on the ground and requires a larger staff. "We are sometimes shocked to see some very large organizations running with an extremely lean HR staff, and relatively small organizations with a huge recruiting staff," Day says. The only industry-based trend he reports is in retail, where companies commonly install a decentralized system to accommodate point-of-sale hiring.
Data protection considerations continue to preoccupy some organizations, but perhaps unnecessarily so. "We have to work with companies to help them achieve a level of comfort with data protection laws such as Europe's safe harbor provisions," Day says. The provisions, approved in 2000, allow U.S. companies to simply certify that they provide "adequate" privacy protections as defined by the EU directive on data protection.
"It's as big an issue as companies want to make it," he says. "In reality, there's a lot of bark but not as much bite as you might think. The core is that you have to show that you have a strong and consistent security policy for your data center and that the policy is published and available to the customer base."
EEO concerns have moved to the forefront. Applicant tracking systems have made it easier to track EEO data, so there's more pressure to perform up to standards. "And because it is now possible to track EEO data on every candidate, enforcement has stepped up," Day notes. "The United States remains one of the most difficult locations in terms of the reporting procedures."
Web-enabled systems allow companies to track source effectiveness, time to hire, cost per hire and customized effectiveness measures. "Companies can decide how to advertise for positions and then test different sources and see immediate results for each source," Day says. "The systems track employee performance, so quality of hire can be tracked against expectations. Companies are right on the cusp of adding detailed quality-of-hire metrics."
Some companies that have turned to Web-enabled global recruiting are staffing locally for their international locations. Others are sourcing from a global talent pool. "We expect to see more of the second model in the future," Day says. "We're just beginning to tap into the power of these global talent systems. To be able to search your global database for candidates who have expressed an interest in working in a specific location is an amazing resource."
Continental plans to launch six new international destinations in the first quarter of 2006 and will hire 3,500 new employees over the year. This next stage of global growth will be fully supported by a recruiting system that links Houston to candidates in Sweden or South Africa with equal ease and low costs.


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Miami, FL (Sports Network) - LeBron James was nearly perfect in leading the
Miami Heat to a 99-94 victory over the pesky Charlotte Bobcats at
AmericanAirlines Arena.
James finished with 31 points on 13-of-14 shooting while adding eight rebounds
and eight assists.
Chris Bosh had 23 points and Dwyane Wade scored 20 with season-high 12
rebounds for the Heat, who led by no more than nine points Monday night.
Ramon Sessions paced six Charlotte players in double figures with 18 points.
Ben Gordon contributed 16 points, while Gerald Henderson and Byron Mullens
posted 12 points apiece.
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I want to add a new mail address in "Allow sending mail only from these addresses:" but i get this error :
Message: invalid request: zimbraAllowFromAddress may not contain an internal account: firstname.lastname@example.com Error code: service.INVALID_REQUEST Method: [unknown] Details:soap:Sender
I'm using ZCS 8.0.3 and i saw that zimbraAllowFromAddress is only for external account since version 8. Is there a way to bypass this restriction ?
My need is to have the choice beetween multiple internal account when i send an email.
Thanks for any help


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Plus Blog
November 1, 2008
Saturday, November 01, 2008
Election questions
Gaffes, murder plots, and hockey mums — the US election circus is in full swing. Personality politics is partly a consequence of the first-past-the-post system — but what are the alternatives? Can any system guarantee to represent the will of the people? Do opinion polls manage to capture its voice? The following selection of Plus articles provides mathematical answers, insights and paradoxes.
Happy reading!
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November 1, 2008
Saturday, November 01, 2008
With US election week upon us, we thought you might appreciate a look at alternatives to the first-past-the-post system used to elect the US President and Congress, as well as the UK government, and many others around the world.Read more...
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October 28, 2008
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
History of maths writing competition
The History of Mathematics Special Interest Group of the Mathematical Association of America (HOMSIGMAA) has just launched a writing competition for undergraduates. The MAA invites students to write on any topic in mathematical history they choose, and winners will receive a year-long MAA student membership, as well as books from the MAA bookstore. Closing date is the 31st of March 2009. For more information, visit the HOMSIGMAA website.
And if you're not a student, or want to write about something other than history, or simply want to be published in Plus, then don't forget our very own Plus New Writers Award 2009. Besides the fame and glory of appearing in Plus, you could win an iPod and selected books. Closing date 31st of March 2009!
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October 28, 2008
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Plus is proud to bring you a brand new regular feature: the Plus sports page. This will be regularly updated with stories exploring the maths in sports, from analysing scoring statistics to planning the perfect strategy.
We start off by looking at — what else? — football. Being the manager of a Premier League football club may seem like one of the most glamorous jobs in the world — with the fame comes fortune and the opportunity to travel (well, to Hull, Wigan and Portsmouth anyway). However, as far as job security goes, football managers live on the edge. Their terms can be terminated almost on a whim by their club's owner, and they live and die by their team's results.
It would seem that there is no way to predict how long their tenures will be. However, a collection of researchers from the UK, Singapore and the US have found that there may be a strong mathematical trend underlying how long football managers stay in their jobs.
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October 22, 2008
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Mathematical moments - How to price derivatives
The 1997 Nobel Prize in Economics
It's hard to believe these days, but bankers do occasionally base their decisions on rational and robust bits of mathematics. A central player in this context is the Black-Scholes equation, which won its discoverers the Nobel Prize in Economics almost exactly 11 years ago, on the 14th of October 1997. The Black-Scholes equation is a partial differential equation which tells you how to price options. An option is a way of reducing risk: it's a forward contract giving you the opportunity (but not necessarily the obligation) to buy a certain commodity or stock, for example fuel, at some specified time in the future for an agreed strike price. An option is an example of a so-called derivative, because it derives its value from the underlying variable (the price of the fuel).
Derivatives and options, as we all now know, can be traded in their own right, and have the potential to make people very rich, but also to break the bank (as happened literally with the Barings Bank in 1995). One important question if you're in the business of trading derivatives, is how much they should cost. Since options are all about the future, it may seem as if pricing them should involve a certain amount clairvoyancy, but in fact the Black-Scholes equation does it all for you (for a type of option called a European call). All you need to know to use the equation are the current price of the stock and strike price of the option, the expiry time of the option, the interest rate and an estimate of the versatility of the stock.
In their original 1973 paper Black and Scholes built their model on the assumption that the stock price was a function of a Brownian motion. A Brownian motion is a random motion, as you would expect to see when you let a particle float in a liquid or gas. Mathematically, you can describe it as a stochastic process: at any given time, the stock price (or the particle) moves up or down (or, with a particle, in any of the available directions) with equal probability. Using this model for stock price behaviour, Black and Scholes found that the problem of pricing an option becomes equivalent to that of solving the heat equation from physics.
The original Black-Scholes model made some simplifying assumptions, for example that shares don't pay dividends, but it is possible to work around many of these and obtain more sophisticated and comprehensive models. These have been at the heart of financial mathematics ever since. Unfortunately, Fischer Black died two years before the award of the Nobel Prize, so Myron S. Scholes and Robert C. Merton (who's name isn't attached to the equation) ended up sharing it.
If all of this makes you wonder who should really be blamed for the current financial crisis, read the Plus article Is maths to blame?
For more in-depth information on derivatives, read the Plus article Rogue trading?
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Hello zimbra Admins,
i'm trying to export zimbra mailboxes using the getRestURL method.
unfortunately,i'm not able to formulate a working query to search mailboxes in a range of time based on hours and minutes related to a date that isn't "now".
i tried the following queries:
"after:02/05/2011 11:10:00" => gives me error
"after:02/05/2011/11/10" => gives me error
"after:02/05/2011+11h" => returns all the day
"after:1360059000" => returns all the day
it seems that it's only possible to use time specifications if they are related to the current time, like for example:
but it isn't what i need.
is there a way that i'm missing to accomplish that requirement?
thank you very much.


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Hey all,
I am running Ubuntu 12.04, ZCS FOSS and recently upgraded from 8.0.2 to 8.0.3. The server is dedicated to Zimbra.
Any e-mail sent, whether from the web client or IMAP client gets deferred with the below error messasges.
Receiving e-mail is fine.
If I log into Zimbra Administration, I can just requeue the e-mails and they will send successfully.
I have read a number of other posts with this error, but there's either no response or it has been regarding an external domain.
In my upgrade from 8.0.1 to 8.0.2 I recall there was an issue with amavis and IPv6 causing the same symptoms, but I can't seem to find that post/resolution.
However, I moved amavisd to IPv4 only and I am still getting this error message for all e-mails originating from my Zimbra users.
I use IPv6 quite a lot and have been running Zimbra on IPv6 since ZCS6 days.
Searching for the same message ID I found this line before all the 554s;Code:
Apr 6 11:48:00 mail postfix/smtp[2937]: 5AD4D1C2FE9: to=<email@example.com>, relay=::1[::1]:10026, delay=4751, delays=4751/0/0.01/0.12, dsn=4.5.0, status=deferred (host ::1[::1] said: 451 4.5.0 id=30664-02 - Temporary MTA failure on relaying, From MTA() during fwd-connect (Negative greeting: 554 5.7.1 <localhost[::1]>: Client host rejected: Access denied): id=30664-02 (in reply to end of DATA command))
Apr 6 12:47:25 mail postfix/smtp[5359]: 50CF21C0094: to=<firstname.lastname@example.com>, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:10026, delay=376, delays=368/0.02/0.04/7.9, dsn=4.5.0, status=deferred (host 127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1] said: 451 4.5.0 id=30715-01 - Temporary MTA failure on relaying, From MTA() during fwd-connect (Negative greeting: 554 5.7.1 <localhost[::1]>: Client host rejected: Access denied): id=30715-01 (in reply to end of DATA command))
Some server details;Code:
Apr 6 11:48:00 mail amavis[30664]: (30664-02) Blocked MTA-BLOCKED {TempFailedInternal}, ORIGINATING/MYNETS LOCAL [10.2.1.2]:52761 [10.2.1.2]
host `hostname`
mail.linktohome.net has address 10.2.1.2
mail.linktohome.net has IPv6 address 2001:44b8:1040:4002::1025
host 10.2.1.2
220.127.116.11.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer mail.linktohome.net.
cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost
10.2.1.2 mail.linktohome.net mail
::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
zmprov gacf zimbraMtaMyNetworks
zimbraMtaMyNetworks: 127.0.0.0/8 10.2.1.0/24 ::1/128 2001:44b8:1040:4002::/64
zimbra@mail:~$ telnet localhost 10026
Trying ::1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 [::1] ESMTP amavisd-new service ready


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Bordertown, a city on the border between our human world and the elfin realm. Where both magic and technology refuse to follow anyone's rules. Where Elves play in rock bands and race down the street on spell-powered motorbikes. Where human kids recreate themselves in the squats and clubs and artists' studios of Soho.
Bordertown, where runaway teens from both sides of the border come to find adventure, and to find themselves.
Bordertown, where nothing is ever quite what it seems.
Find your way.
Welcome to Bordertown is the latest addition to the Bordertown series, an urban fantasy shared world for young adults and teens. In this volume of all-new work (including a 15-page graphic story), original series writers like Charles de Lint and Emma Bull are joined by the generation that grew up dreaming of Bordertown, including acclaimed authors Cassandra Clare, Cory Doctorow, Neil Gaiman, Catherynne M. Valente, and many more. Join them on the streets of Bordertown with more than twenty interconnected songs, poems, and stories.
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Birth Name: Johnny Galecki
Born: 04/30/1975
Birth Place: Belgium
Born: 04/30/1975
Birth Place: Belgium
John Mark Galecki was born on April 30, 1975 in Bree, Belgium to Richard Galecki, a U.S. Air Force officer who worked as a rehab teacher for blind veterans, and Mary Lou, a mortgage consultant. The family relocated to Oak Park, IL when the actor was just three years old. When asked what he remembered most about his childhood, Galecki said it was running his fingers through his father's Braille books with a blindfold. He knew at a young age that he was going to be an actor, and to facilitate that dream, began performing at theater productions of "Fiddler on the Roof," "Pippin," and "Galileo" (opposite veteran actor Brian Dennehy) at Chicago's Goodman Theater when he was seven. By the age of 1... Continue Bio >>
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|Carmel, Ind.
|High School:
|Brebeuf Jesuit
|Previous College:
|Western Carolina
* Horizon League Academic Honor Roll
* Butler Athletic Director's Honor Roll
* 2012 Horizon League All-Newcomer Team
* 2012 Team Defensive Player of the Year
Summer 2013: Signed free agent contract with New York Yankees. Reported to facility in Tampa, playing in Gulf Coast League.
2013 - Senior Season: Started at catcher in 49 games, playing in 50 contests overall...batted .231 with 28 runs and 20 RBIs...walked 27 times, compiling .355 on-base
percentage...totaled nine multi-hit games and six multi-run games...drew three walks at Georgia State (Feb. 17)...went 2-for-4 with a double and triple at Appalachian State (Feb. 23)...homered and drove in three runs at Lipscomb (March 1)...walked twice and had three RBIs at Lipscomb (March 2)...went 3-for-5 with three RBIs vs. Eastern Michigan (March 17)...went 2-for-3 with a walk and two runs vs. Saint Louis (April 6)...went 4-for-5 with two doubles and scored twice at Dayton (April 12)...drove in three runs at Dayton (April 13)...went 2-for-4 at Indiana (April 20)...walked twice and hit a double at Charlotte (May 4)...scored two runs vs. Xavier (May 16).
2012 - Junior Season: Named to league all-newcomer team...voted by teammates as BU's best defensive player...played in all 56 games, starting 44 at catcher...batted .295 with 25 runs and 16 RBIs...posted .392 on-base percentage and slugged .380...smacked 13 extra-base hits (12 doubles)...totaled .301 average with eight doubles in conference play...went 2-for-2 and doubled at Fresno State (Feb. 19)...notched 3-for-6 effort with a double at UT-Martin (Feb. 26)...fell homer short of a cycle and scored twice vs. IPFW (March 9)...had two RBIs and scored two runs in finale vs. IPFW (March 11)...slapped two-run single and scored vs. Valparaiso (March 18)...went 5-for-10 during Wright State series (March 24-25)...went 2-for-4 with pair of RBIs at Youngstown State (March 31)...was batting .365 at the end of March...went 3-for-5 with two RBIs. vs. UIC (April 15)...had five hits and scored three runs in road series at UIC (May 17-19).
2011 - Redshirt Season: Sat out the year after transferring from Western Carolina.
At Western Carolina: Played two seasons at WCU, playing in 39 games and starting seven times...batted .326 with eight RBIs in 27 games during the 2010 season...appeared in 12 contests as a freshman, batting .417 with three RBIs.
High School: Standout catcher at Brebeuf Jesuit, earning honorable mention all-state honors...led Brebeuf to Class 3A No. 1 ranking and sectional title as a senior...batted .494 and scored 38 runs during senior year...teammate of current Bulldog Jack Dillon.
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text: I am considering the leopold boon & crockett 20x60x80 spotter. size and wieght are in the range i think i want. Its also a little cheaper than the top end spotters. Does anyone have any experience with this glass or have any advice? This purchase will need to last me many years of hunting and wildlife viewing. I might also like to attach a camera. Im sweating over the decision. Any advice?


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Ormet May Have Buyer
Aluminum maker files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy status
February 27, 2013
HANNIBAL — Mike Tanchuk said the 860 union and management employees on the job at the Ormet Corp....
Senior, if the company went broke trying to service the benefits, that's just life. You can't make it 1974 again. The people should be happy there is a PBGC. Before, if a company whent broke the pensions were based on whatever was set aside, and often that was nothing.
This version of is bust. At least there is a chance there will be work there in the future. In way too many cases, and WP is a classic, the union leaders refused to see the world had changed, and used their leverage to make deals that ruined the companies. And I defy you to say they did a good job protecting the rank and file's jobs. Esmark, Severstal, RG...
CSM is alive and well. So is Essar. RG is bust, and Severstal wishes they never heard of WP, Sparrows Point or Warren.
They are scrapping Warren. Saw the auction notice Tuesday. Want to buy a rolling mill?
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Bend the overhead way down, fire the union workers, hire illegal Mexicans (democrat voters).
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Rover, PBGC didn't get involved with WP until 1985. Norton Simon owned Wheeling Steel before the merger. That was in the 60s. Senility is a terrible thing.
The first bankruptcy was the combination of a terrible market flooded with imported steel, loan payments for equipment that was needed, but with sky-high interest payments thanks to that idiot Carter, way-high union costs and benefit expenses, stupid workrules that drove up costs, and a general attitude that the company can afford it. The union picked three losers in a row, Esmark, Severstal and RG, and I am STILL seeing fools on these pages that somehow think the company was just doing this to mess with them.
Ragnar, by your logic the plant should have been closed years ago. Good libertarian position, but hardly popular with this crowd.
You are aware that the primary reason there is no Beth, LTV, Weirton, Acme, Cold Metal and a bunch of others is the pension and medical benefits costs could not be sustained.
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There should be no PBGC and no pension dump.
No company or government department should be permitted to promise more money than what currently exists in a pension fund-IN REAL ASSETS.
Depending on future workers to fund today's workers in their retirement is nothing more than a Ponzi scheme, just like Social Security.
We heard what a genius Tanchuk is. I'm not seeing it. Forrest Gump could have "turned around" Ormet.
Let us count the ways:
1) Get a sweetheart power deal, with your savings dumped on residential consumers in the form of increased bills.
2) Get a nice deal from your weakened and failure-ridden USWA employees. Monroe County is a ****ehole. These folks had nowhere to go. Good situation on the restart.
3) Buy 100% of your raw material from a company and sell 100% of your finished material back to that company under a yearly contract.
Great work, until the power prices go up, penisons come due and supplier/buyer cancels its' contract in a down
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Isn't this a note from 'trailblazer' Norton Simon who was either the first or second weasel to drop the Wheeling-Pit pension on the then new PBGF?
Simon wanted to squeeze as much money as possible out of Wheeling as he was 'a patron of the arts'. His widow, the crone and former actress Jennifer Jones now runs his art gallery. Wish somebody would squirt Hunt Catsup (another part of Simon's empire) on his pictures.
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wheeling-pit did this same thing.get out of paying pensions.
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ormet should have been allowed to die years ago..it's been on Govt life support fo yrs..puco even makes regular folks pay ormets electric bills...
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I agree Seníor. If it weren't the the excessive costs of union wages and pensions, that wouldn't have had to file.
Don't worry, just another American company down the tubes. Bush's fault.
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Wow, an original idea. Enter bankruptcy. Dump the pension liablity on the PBGF. Reorganize under a new company. Put more liability on the PBGF. PBGF raised premiums on all others company particpants trying to make it happen. Life goes on. Only in America.
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1927 Nash Modified - The Legion SpecialWritten by Eric Geisert on January 1, 2011 Contributors: Randy Lorentzen, Kirk Jones Kirk Jones' 1927 Nash Modified
When dry lakes racing was still in its infancy during the '30s and '40s, most lakes racers didn't concern themselves with chrome parts (though some cars had some) or nice paintjobs (there were only a few with great paint schemes). Call them purpose-built, or an example of form following function, but race cars generally don't have to be pretty, they just have to go fast.
You can find examples of those incredible race cars built 60 and 70 years ago in several fine books written by Don Montgomery, as well as Robert Genat's The Birth of Hot Rodding, and you can literally spend hours absorbing the design and feel of those cars, which is exactly what happened with Kirk Jones.
Kirk, known to most as the publisher and editor-in-chief of the Goodguys Goodtimes Gazette (the monthly publication for members of the Goodguys Association), has been around hot rodding all his life. At 41, he's not only built 30 or so cars in his time (with one, a blue panel 'n' lace '60 Starliner, that was featured on the cover of Rodder's Journal), but in 1997 he, with Jay Ward, started Billetproof, the car show devoted to pre-'65 traditional rods and customs (the popular events are now held in four states).
It would be safe to say Kirk lives and breathes hot rods and, because his day job allows him to be immersed in what he loves, certain opportunities (such as locating a special car) crop up from time to time, akin to how a telephone company lineman knows where all the cool cars are located because he can see into everyone's backyard. STREET RODDER asked Kirk how his current ride came about, and the following is what he told us: "My modified yearnings started with another project. And, like many hot rod projects, it stalled as I became somewhat disinterested and distracted. It's not that I didn't like the direction it was going or what I'd accomplished so far, I just had so many other things taking priority that it lost its 'spark'. I'd see it sitting there in my garage and think about how much I had left to do. Most of the big stuff was pretty much done, but when I would stand there in front of it, ready to make some progress, I would convince myself that the amount of little stuff was just too large a hill to start climbing on that particular day and then get distracted by something else.
"Enter Matt Seret from Seret Speed & Custom in Vallejo, California. We are both avid fans of hot rodding's history, especially early dry lakes and Bonneville racing (i.e. 'real' hot rods). We often talk about the garage-grown craftsmanship in the old photos we crowd around in books like The Birth of Hot Rodding-endlessly pointing to various details on each car and appreciating the grassroots ingenuity oozing from all of them.
"Some were works of art with obvious thought given to proportion and flow of design, while others were just down-right ugly train wrecks that were only rough skins over the roaring guts barely hidden beneath. Either way, they were primarily an example of the form-following-function concept, fueled by raw creativity and educated guesswork. You could say these guys were pushing the envelope, but there was no envelope at the time. If anything, they were creating the envelope, then bursting through it every step of the way.
"Seret, like many rodders, has far more ideas than he can ever execute. One of those ideas-a '27 Nash two-door sedan-caught my eye sometime ago collecting dust in the corner of his shop. David Perry (hot rod photographer extraordinaire) was going to use Seret's character-filled shop as a backdrop for shooting some girls and hot rods, and Seret got a wild hair a few days before and decided to cut the hulking two-door sedan down to a single-seater, offering it up as a possible prop. The funky little body didn't make it in any of the photos and was subsequently relegated to the dusty corner I mentioned earlier.
"Time passed and the lonely body sat. Each time I visited Seret's shop I'd mention that he should build something out of it. It looked cool just sitting there. Usually, during that same type of conversation, he would prod me to finish my DeSoto modified. This happened many times until Seret replied to my prodding with, 'Why don't you build the Nash?' I paused, but then kind of brushed it off.
"Sometime later the subject came up yet again. We discussed it further and volleyed the idea of combining the two stalled projects into one lakes/road race-inspired, single-seat hot rod. Design elements would be an aluminum nose and hood, one-off frame, full belly pan, spoke wheels, inline six, banjo rearend ... you get the idea.
"I was still a little skeptical (mostly of the idea of a single-seater) until Seret worked up a quick sketch of our combined ideas. I was now convinced. It gave me the spark I needed-the same one I got from looking at all those old pictures. The decision was made to gut my DeSoto and essentially start over. The build was on!
"We worked as a team three nights a week plus Saturdays for a little over a year. I took on the heavier-handed stuff like the chassis and suspension, while Seret's skills as an accomplished metal shaper shone through on the difficult compound-curve aluminum body panels formed from scratch. Add to that the one-off grille, a full belly pan, and 200-plus louvers and you can begin to really see what Seret is capable of. A check of Seret's website (www.seretcustoms.com) reveals he is not afraid of tackling any type of project, from hand-hammered aluminum hood blisters to reworking a vintage mid-engine crackerbox race boat.
"Being at swap meets nearly every weekend of the year, I kept finding parts I thought would be right for the car. Some of these parts leaned toward the unusual, such as the '51 Stewart-Warner marine gauge, which started out as a mechanical 3,000-rpm tach. It was reworked to be electronic and read up to 6,000 rpm. Other odd parts include the Bakelite rotary switches, the unknown sprint car steering box, and LaVey-Crowley headlights.
"Pre-existing parts filled the bill for some of our needs, but more often than not we had to create what we needed, and that can be seen from pretty much every angle on the car. From the one-off full-length exhaust to the fuel tank mounts and the unique etched brass dash inserts, if the question is, 'What on the car is scratch-built?' the answer is 'most of it'."
The modified made its debut at the L.A. Roadster Show in 2010, though not in the manner Kirk was hoping for. Having been invited to park in a special area, Kirk and car arrived a little late to the festivities only to have the thermostat stick shut while he was driving through the show's entrance, which caused the water to overheat and blow a hose, which blew coolant out the louvers, covering Kirk in the process.
It was an easy fix, and he's been able to enjoy his ride since, and has attended a few Goodguys shows as a participant (he even picked up a STREET RODDER Top 100 award at the Goodguys Pleasanton show last August). He plans for this summer to include a 2,500-mile trip that will take him through Washington State to two Goodguys show, the HotRod-A-Rama, to Bonneville, and back to the Goodguys West Coast Nationals in Pleasanton. Taken in a one-man modified, that should be quite a trip!
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The steering wheel came from a '37 Chevrolet, while the gauge (which was originally a 3,000-rpm tach for marine applications) was reworked to read to 6,000 rpm when it was converted to electronic innards. Kirk learned how to acid-etch brass, and designed and made his own gauge insert. (The mini inserts to each side of the gauge are for the ignition and headlight switches).He also collects vintage "lucky tokens"-the kind from a world's fair-and used one to top the shift knob, which he whittled up on his home lathe.Aftermarket header tape wraps the single side exhaust tube that runs down the left side of the vehicle in an effort to keep the arm burning to a minimum.A brass butterfly wing gas cap came with the aftermarket tank from The Hot Rod Company, but Kirk semi-polished it to give it a vintage look.


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With a month left in the regular season, Holyoke now possesses an 8-4 overall record and is 2-1 in conference play.
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Holyoke was in for a dogfight Tuesday night, locked in a close battle with the Yuma Indians. The two teams traded baskets throughout the first quarter with the Indians edging Holyoke 14-12.
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See the Grant Proposal Guide at http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=gpg for information on eligibility. CNIC has no additional requirements or restrictions.
Note that CNIC supports only new international collaborations. A 'new' collaboration is one that is new to the investigator (and co-PI(s) if applicable). This can mean a new collaborative relationship or a substantially different research direction. Proposed projects for which collaborators have only met at a conference or maybe not at all, not yet undertaken any joint research, and not yet visited each other's locations, would be considered new. Projects for which the collaborators have already published or received funding together will not necessarily be ineligible, but will require detailed justification for why they should be considered new.
Travel can be proposed to any country(ies) that is(are) not explicitly proscribed by the Department of State (see current information at http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Pages/Programs.aspx and http://www.state.gov/j/ct/list/c14151.htm). No countries have a favored status for CNIC funding; rather, funding decisions are based on how well the proposal meets the program guidelines and NSF's review criteria.
CNIC proposals may cover any field of science and engineering research and education supported by NSF. The expected outcome of a CNIC award should be submission of a full research proposal(s) to an NSF research program. Information on the NSF Directorates is at http://www.nsf.gov/staff/orglist.jsp; multi-disciplinary or cross-cutting programs are listed at http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?type=xcut. Program websites contain information on what is supported, including lists of previously funded projects. The Directorates should be contacted directly with questions concerning technical area eligibility for NSF funding.
The CNIC program will support US-based researchers' participation in activities such as short research planning visits, international workshops, initial data gathering activities, and initial proof-of-concept. CNIC awards are meant to be a direct precursor to submission of a research proposal to an NSF core research program. A CNIC award is not required, however, prior to submission of an NSF research proposal including an international collaboration.
Yes. This is a change from the FY2013 solicitation.
A CNIC planning visit generally involves one PI plus, possibly, a small number of student(s) and/or co-PI(s) and/or postdoctoral researcher(s) visiting a potential collaborator(s) abroad, to work out specifics for future collaborative work that could be supported by NSF. A CNIC workshop should explore a broader topic rather than focusing on one project, should involve researchers from several US institutions and several foreign institutions, and should lead to multiple collaborative proposals in a new scientific area. NSF will support expenses of the US-based workshop attendees only.
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For international activities, proposers are recommended to follow the documentation requirements specified by the CNIC solicitation
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Disciplinary Program Officers are associated with NSF programs in a specific field of science and engineering research and education supported by the NSF Directorates; they are listed on the respective website for each NSF Directorate. OISE Country/Regional Program Officers are associated with NSF activity in a specific country or geographic region, and are listed at http://www.nsf.gov/od/oise/country-list.jsp.
It is always good practice to discuss planned proposals with a Program Officer prior to submission. In CNIC, the Country/Regional Program Officer may wish to discuss technical issues (e.g., to which active NSF program the follow-on proposal(s) is(are) to be submitted), budgetary issues (e.g., compliance with the solicitation), eligibility (e.g. newness of the collaboration), and unique country or regional issues. The Country/Regional Program officer may in turn refer the inquirer to other NSF Program Officers as appropriate. As a courtesy for information purposes, it is also good practice for a potential proposer to inform the disciplinary Program Officer(s), for the NSF program(s) to which the follow-on proposal(s) would be submitted, of the intent to submit a CNIC proposal, although no response from the Disciplinary Program Officer is required. If the Country/Regional or other Program Officers offer advice, be sure to follow it carefully.
It is helpful to summarize the scientific issues to be explored and to indicate the names and institutional affiliations of key foreign collaborators, the necessity and prior history (if any) of the proposed international collaboration or workshop, to which active NSF program the follow-on proposal(s) is(are) to be submitted, and perhaps a non-binding guestimate of expected budget categories and approximate amounts (one or two significant figures). In first instance, all this should be limited to one page absolute maximum. The Country/Regional Program Officer may subsequently ask for more clarification or suggest consultation with other NSF Program Officers as appropriate in each individual case. Remember to keep copies of all these e-mails, as they must be included in the Supplementary Documents of the resulting CNIC proposal.
The award supports travel expenses for international planning visits taken by the PI (and a small number of other researchers, if applicable) or small international workshops. PIs are encouraged to include student(s) and/or postdoctoral researcher(s) accompanying the PI abroad. CNIC support for students or postdoctoral researchers is limited to US citizens and legal US permanent residents. Other small expenses incurred undertaking the catalytic activity, such as supplies, can be included. CNIC funds cannot be used to support travel, salary, or any other expenses of any non-US-based researchers or participants. Equipment purchases cannot be supported by CNIC. Salary can be claimed only for time spent on the project while located outside the US plus necessary time to get there. Persons splitting time between the US and another country cannot claim salary through CNIC for the time spent conducting research in the US. For projects needing more than the maximum award under CNIC, funding should be sought directly through NSF's disciplinary or core programs.
No, but it is strongly encouraged. Students may be undergraduate or graduate.
This depends upon whether their home institution allows them to act as PIs on NSF proposals. CNIC is not intended to function as fellowship funding for students or postdoctoral researchers.
CNIC projects may run for 12 months maximum, but the time abroad undertaking planning or a workshop is typically much shorter than that.
The solicitation specifies the formal requirements. Taken together, these should provide evidence of true intellectual collaboration abroad. The 'principal foreign collaborator(s)' on which most details are needed may be interpreted to mean the equivalent of Assistant Professor level and above. On the Cover Sheet, do not include the foreign collaborator(s) as Co-PIs as they cannot be awarded support under CNIC.
An ideal Budget Justification will itemize separately the cost of airfares per person to each destination, cost and destination(s) of ground travel per person (or per vehicle) and mode of transport, budgeted amounts per person per day for lodging, budgeted amounts per person per day for meals and incidental expenses (M&IE), trip lengths, total budgeted per diems per person, description and amounts for materials needed, precise durations for which salaries/stipends are requested, annual equivalent salaries/stipends, benefits %, total salary request per person, any other essential costs requested with a clear description, and indirect cost category (e.g. 'on-campus' or 'off-campus'), % rate and $ basis. CNIC budgets are merit-reviewed along with the rest of the CNIC proposal.
NSF expects that foreign collaborators will seek support from the science funding agencies in their home countries. In some countries, funding for non-US scientists can be sought through the USAID Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) program. Information about PEER is available at http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/dsc/peer/index.htm.
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CNIC proposals must be merit-reviewed, so the timing will depend on how quickly reviews are returned and on how many other proposals are received around the same time. While we aim to respond to CNIC proposals as quickly as possible, it can take up to six months after the later of the submission or the respective target date for an award decision to be finalized.
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Plantation Course at Kapalua, the first round of the Hyundai Tournament of
Champions was canceled on Friday after a lengthy weather delay.
Webb Simpson had reached 3-under par after seven holes, but that score, like
all others, will be wiped out and the round will start fresh on Saturday.
Tour officials hope to play 36 holes on Saturday, but gusty winds remain in
the forecast.
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Different Hot Rod Parts & Accessories- New ProductsWritten on June 1, 2009
Ultra High-Performance Tires
Extreme Contact DW
When you think of all-out tires for classic muscle cars, even the folks at Continental will admit that their name brand doesn't normally spring to the lips of enthusiasts-at the least the ones driving Chevelles or Road Runners. In fact, Continental has been serving up tall doses of performance for elite European supercars for many years, and is considered among Euro enthusiasts a spoiler of sorts. They like taking on larger manufacturers, doing so with superior products at a value price that's hard to ignore.
This time around, Continental is taking aim at the domestic performance market with a cutting-edge product called the ExtremeContact DW. Recently, we got to sample this new ultra high-performance tire at California Speedway in a variety of situations, including Mustang GTs on autocross courses, and Toyota Celebrity Challenge spec race cars on the road course. We were really amazed at the level of grip and control the ExtremeContact DW has for its UTQG treadwear rating of 340. (Continental rates the DW at 340 treadwear, an AA for traction, and an A for temperature.) For the sake of reference, 25 years ago anything over 300 was as hard as a rock, and had about as much grip as a wingtip on an icy sidewalk.
A couple of interesting DW facts: The "D" in DW stands for "dry" and the "W" stands for "wet." The letters "D" and "W" also happen to be molded into the tread pattern at a depth that corresponds to their optimal handling in those conditions, so when you still see the "W," it's perfect for wet weather. When you only see the "D" it's optimized for dry.
The extreme grip of the DW results from the beveled tread blocks, which present a solid grip surface to the road when the tread blocks begin to deform under side load. Square-shouldered tread blocks distort and lose contact, but as the DW demonstrated to us, grip is still present under extreme conditions, hence the name. The DW also manages heat more evenly, according to engineers. That's a big plus for an ultra high-performance tire, since heat buildup leads to a loss of grip and even tire failure.
To back all this up, Continental is offering a world-class warranty to go along with it. It starts with a 60-day customer satisfaction ride guarantee, then a 72-month limited warranty, with free replacement for the first 12 months. You also get a 12-month road hazard warranty covering damage outside your control. We don't know of any other UHP tire with that kind of backing.
Let's be clear that the ExtremeContact DW is not an R-compound race tire for the street. It's a true street tire that can be used year-round. And with a 340 treadwear rating, you can expect a solid 50,000 miles in all weather conditions, even under the hard use a classic muscle car, or late-model pony car, can dish out.
The ExtremeContact DW is offered in 39 sizes, ranging from 16 inches to 21 inches in diameter. (We know you guys aren't running dubs, so we're only listing the common sizes here.)
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Ultra Pro Magnum
Rock Out, Man
We admit to a fondness for Comp Cams' outgoing Pro Magnum rocker arms. We loved their sleek design, low mass, low polar moment of inertia, and the basic beauty of a piece of well-designed industrial art. In just a few months, we'll be saying goodbye to a design that we've come to appreciate over its 20-year history. You'll get over it fast, because its replacement will win you over quickly. Meet Comp's new Ultra Pro Magnum rocker arm. It's 29 percent stronger than the old Pro Magnum, but it actually has a lower moment of inertia and better dynamic balance, due to its webbed design. The Ultra Pro Magnum also has increased retainer and valvespring clearance over the outgoing Pro Magnum. The Ultra Pro Magnum will be available initially for small-block and big-block Chevys (1.52, 1.6, and 1.7 ratios), small-block Fords, and self-aligning (small-block Chevy and Ford).
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Attention Pontiacs!
New Timing Cover
Engine Quest (EQ) has introduced a new timing cover that is the perfect OE replacement fit for '69-79 Pontiac 350/400/455ci V-8 engines, including the popular Firebird model. EQ's cast aluminum timing cover (part No. TC400N, $178.20) comes complete with a water pump divider plate, and includes two coolant inserts. Both the water pump divider plate (part No. WP400P) and the coolant inserts (part No. WP400S) can be purchased separately. The newly manufactured EQ timing cover is designed for OE fit, form, and function, and bolts onto all Pontiac engines of this vintage, except the 4.9L 301 CID engine.
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Chevelle A/C System
Summer Is Coming
It stands to reason that the aftermarket leader in air conditioning would get its start and thrive in the furnace-like conditions of San Antonio, Texas, the hometown of Vintage Air. In 33 years, they've learned a lot about A/C systems, most recently from being the OEM supplier for the Ford GT Supercar. Vintage Air's most recent program is their Gen IV climate control system for '68-72 Chevelles. We recently got to sit down with Vintage Air's Rick Love, and discovered some interesting facts about this new system. Vintage Air engineered their Gen IV after trial fitting it on eight different Chevelles, looking for variations in plumbing, ducting, instrument panel fit, and firewall shape. It turns out, there are a bunch of differences between A/C cars and non-A/C cars, and between model years; Vintage has them all pinned down with separate kits. (We also found out that other GM A-bodies have completely different controls and plumbing due to GM's intense inter-divisional rivalry. Vintage Air vows to work eventually on those too.) Secondly, Vintage Air's recent OEM work with the Ford GT supercar raised their game by eliminating bulky, clunky cables and vacuum connections. The Gen IV controller has a state-of-the-art electronic microprocessor with a slim control surface and smooth slider controls. It also looks OEM too. Underhood, you'll find a separate high-capacity copper parallel-flow heat coil, and aluminum plate-and-fin cooling coils to provide outstanding performance, and instant temperature adjustment.
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I am responsible for deploying a new mail server for my company. The Amazon Linux AMI has been chosen for our medium instance, and we'd like to have Zimbra running there. I realize that OS isn't on the official support OS list, but my predecessor got as far as getting 8.0.4 running there, but I blew it up when trying to install 8.0.5 via upgrade. This isn't too critical since the server isn't live yet, but the initial install is gone.
My question is, can it be done? Is there some magic to making the installer successfully run that my predecessor knew that I don't? I'm running "Linux www.blah.com 3.4.62-53.42.amzn1.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Sep 20 07:23:24 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux". I've yum update'd to the latest of everything, but neither 8.0.5 nor 8.0.4 will install. I run it with --platform-override and it starts to run, but as soon as it starts unpacking RPMs, it just fails. The install logs have been less than helpful, simply indicating the last RPM successfully installed (usually just 2). It does not always fail on the same one, either. I can fail on zimbra-store, or zimbra-logger, depending on what I have installed.
Whatever information I can provide to try and resolve this, I'm happy to do. Incidentally, I completely cleaned the server using these instructions after the failed upgrade: UnInstalling Zimbra on Linux - Zimbra :: Wiki.
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While in the same vein and spirit as Burgues and Compendium, Bellissima began from an entirely different thread from those fonts. It started with Alex Trochut generously showing me a gorgeous lettering book from his grandfather's library: Bellezas de la Caligrafía, by Ramón Stirling, 1844.
Stirling was one of the Latin calligraphy pioneers who introduced a refined version of English calligraphy in Spain and made it popular in the nineteenth century.
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This weekend was striking for its series of sad news and the tennis world wasn't spared.
Italy's Federico Luzzi passed away on Saturday in a hospital in Arezzo from leukemia. He was 28. The baller retired from an Italian league match last weekend complaining of a fever.
Earlier this year, Federico was suspended for 200 days and fined $50,000 for betting on matches.
World no. 1 Rafael Nadal paid tribute to Federico:
I'd like to take a minute to send my condolences and a big hug to the family of Federico Luzzi. He will be buried today after passing away 2 days ago.(image via Getty)
To me, it was quite difficult to believe the news, I knew it wasn't a joke but at the same time I didn't want to believe it was true. I got to train with Federico a few times and I remember him as a great person, fun to be with and very Italian.
All of us who are here in Paris have been talking about it and all of us are in shock and very upset.
One of us is gone, someone who was part of our tennis family.
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This pic is in desperate need of a caption. It's calling out, crying for one. Someone? Anyone?
[Photo(s) credit: Tomas Berdych FB page]
Labels: ATP, photo op, stretching, tennis, Tomas Berdych
Wow. Sorry Rich but my caption would be xxx rated. This looks like something out of my fantasies and yes, Tomas looks VERY happy about what's happening!ReplyDelete
XXX rated is accepted here. Gladly.Delete
"After pounding his opponent on court in Marseilles, Berdych prepares to GET pounded by a beautiful French trainer!"ReplyDelete
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Final Destination 5 (2011)
Final Destination 5 Synopsis
In this fifth installment, Death is just as omnipresent as ever, and is unleashed after one mans premonition saves a group of coworkers from a terrifying suspension bridge collapse. But this group of unsuspecting souls was never supposed to survive, and, in a terrifying race against time, the ill-fated group frantically tries to discover a way to escape Deaths sinister agenda. The new victims of Deaths plan are part of a cast led by Emma Bell (Frozen, TVs The Walking Dead) and Nick DAgosto (Fired Up!, TVs Heroes).
Final Destination 5 Release Date
In Theaters August 12, 2011
Final Destination 5 Credits
Starring: Emma Bell, Nicholas D'Agosto, Miles Fisher, Arlen Escarpeta, Jacqueline MacInnes-Wood, P.J. Byrne, Ellen Wroe, David Koechner, Courtney B. Vance, Tony Todd
Written by: Eric Heisserer
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Imagine Dragons have made U.S. pop chart history by becoming the first act to score 77 successive weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 with one hit.
The rock group's "Radioactive" passed Jason Mraz's 76-week record on Wednesday, while AWOLNATION's "Sail" ties the singer/songwriter with 76 weeks on the countdown.
Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds tells Billboard.com he's stunned by the longevity record: "It's unbelievable. There are few things more satisfying as an artist than seeing your music have longevity. But, we could never have expected to see one of our songs have legs like this.
"People seem to be connecting to it in personal ways, which is exactly what we hoped for. We've been out on the road and focused on touring for a long time. Somewhere along the way, we started to realize the song was taking on a life of its own."
"Radioactive" started its impressive run on the chart in September, 2012. It reached number three – its highest position – in August.


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Gung Hay Fat Choy!
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For those who are still feeling that New Year's spirit, why not keep the revelry going with a Chinese New Year's celebration? Take out your broom and sweep away the past: it's time to usher in the Year of the Horse, which begins on Jan. 31.
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Fond memories of Al Jolson
Fans gather in Oceanside in tribute
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Al Jolson will be forever known as the "World's Greatest Entertainer" to his ardent fans. Once again, they will enthusiastically gather this month at the annual festival celebrating Jolson's music — and multifaceted career — on Aug. 17.
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Midnight Kernboy is a 21st century interpretation of City.
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Rock legends Metallica celebrated their controversial debut at Britain's iconic Glastonbury festival on Saturday night by inviting hundreds of fans onstage to watch the performance up close.
More than 200 mud-spattered festival-goers – many of them wearing Metallica T-shirts – lined up at the rear of the enormous platform behind Lars Ulrich's drum kit, cheering and dancing throughout the gig.
The choice of headline act raised eyebrows in the run-up to the event, with many critics arguing a heavy metal band has no place at Glastonbury, but the "Enter Sandman" hitmakers closed the second day of the festival in style with a high-octane set that thrilled the crowd.
During the show, frontman James Hetfield addressed the controversy over the band's inclusion, telling the crowd, "Metallica is grateful to be invited to such an event called Glastonbury. We're very proud to be here and to be representing, can I say, the heavier sides of music, alright? I know it's all represented here so why not heavy rock, heavy metal, huh? It's about time."
He then dedicated the band's next track, "Sad But True," to his fellow heavy rock groups hoping to follow in Metallica's footsteps by performing at the festival in future.
After ending their set with a version of "Whiskey In The Jar" and their track "Seek & Destroy," during which dozens of huge inflatable balls embossed with the band's logo were released into the crowd, Hetfield said, "Thank you. Metallica loves you, Glastonbury. You made us feel so good. Thank you for having us."
Before leaving the stage, Ulrich took the mic to thank Glastonbury boss Michael Eavis and his family for inviting the band to perform, adding, "Metallica (expletive) loves you and we hope to see you one more (expletive) time."
Glastonbury closed on Sunday with performances from acts including Dolly Parton, Ed Sheeran, and Kasabian.


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News: No. 14-Ranked Women's Volleyball Sweeps ELAC
The state No. 14-ranked Pasadena City College women's volleyball team set up next week's showdown for the South Coast Conference championship v. El Camino by sweeping East Los Angeles College, 25-11, 25-9, 25-18 Wednesday night at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
The Lancers (13-8) are on a season-best, eight-match winning streak under interim head coach Bill Sanchez, who along with first-year assistant coaches Kari Post and Jerry Checinski, has maintained PCC's level of state excellence over the past six years.
"You can't put together a better script than pitting two teams tied for first place playing for a championship on the final night of the conference season," Sanchez said. "We beat El Camino at its place and you can bet that ECC and its outstanding head coach Le Valley Pattison will throw everything at us. All we can do is play our type of volleyball and may the best team win."
PCC (13-8 overall) is tied with 12th-ranked El Camino with 11-1 conference records and the two will meet next Wednesday, Nov. 20 at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium. First serve is 6 p.m.
Against ELAC, the Lancers put on a serving clinic with 13 aces, including five by freshman middle blocker Angela Banuelos. Sophomore outside hitter Thula Parks pounded 13 kills and led the Lancers with eight digs. Frosh middle blocker Kendra Logan contributed five kills and four blocks (three solos) with three aces while powerful sophomore outside hitter Nora To'omalatai had 11 kills and two aces.
Sophomore right side hitter Brian Hilton chipped in three aces, and starting second-year setter Tiffany Roesler added 26 assists.
PCC hope to avoid any letdowns when it travels to face Cerritos College on Friday, Nov. 15 in a 6 p.m. conference match.
[Photo--Thula Parks goes up for the attack during PCC's sweep over East Los Angeles Wednesday at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium, image by Richard Quinton, sports information photographer.]
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RUSTY MILLER, AP Sports Writer
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — D.J. Evans scored 22 points, including two clinching free throws with 12.6 seconds left, to lead Albany to its first NCAA tournament victory, 71-64 over Mount St. Mary's on Tuesday night in the First Four.
The Great Danes (19-14) advance to meet overall No. 1 seed and top-ranked Florida on Thursday in Orlando.
It was a wild game of incredible turnarounds, with the Great Danes bolting to leads of 13-0 and 21-2, only to have The Mount (16-17) bounce back with a 21-2 run of its own to pull even.
Peter Hooley had 20 points and Gary Johnson 13 for Albany, winless in its three previous NCAA trips.
Will Miller led The Mount with 21, all on 3s.
North Carolina State led most of the way in a 74-59 victory over Xavier in the NCAA tournament's First Four in Dayton, Ohio last night.
T.J. Warren scored 16 of his 25 points in the second half for N.C. State.
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The Polly Drummond Hill Road yard waste demonstration drop-off site will remain open at least through Jan. 2013; subject to approval by the General Assembly, to ease a transition to a new private-public yard waste site.
The new site will be staffed and operated by Holland Mulch in partnership with DNREC and is expected to open for yard waste in late January. The site at 39 Brookhill Drive, Newark, will accept Christmas trees only for recycling starting Dec. 26.
Holland Mulch has contractually agreed to accept yard waste from Delaware residents free of charge for five years at the new site.
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More than two years after it hosted the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver is still benefitting from being an Olympic city thanks to the legacy plans that were put in place by the Vancouver 2010 Organising Committee (VANOC), local stakeholders, and with the support of the IOC.
From new sporting venues and infrastructure improvements to environmental and economic benefits, the city used the Winter Games as a catalyst to create a number of lasting legacies.
Perhaps the most evident is the sporting legacy that the Games provided. As well as the construction of new facilities – such as the Richmond Olympic Oval – Vancouver 2010 also helped get more young people involved in sport, thanks, in part, to the successful performance of the Canadian Olympic team.
"After the Games, kids were on their way to skating rinks the next day and signing up for curling and skiing and ski jumping, and this is what the Olympics can do," said John Furlong, VANOC CEO, in an interview in February 2011. "Ultimately you hope that, as a result of the Games, every child will get a chance to experience sports."
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The mayor of Richmond, which hosted the long-track speed skating events during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, has highlighted the long-term legacies that the Games can create in an Olympic host city.
In particular, Mayor Malcolm Brodie highlighted the benefits that Richmond has enjoyed as a result of the 2010 Winter Games, such as the Richmond Olympic Oval, which was built especially for the long-track speed skating events and has since become a highly successful community facility that includes an indoor track, two ice rinks, badminton courts, volleyball courts and a 23,000-square-foot fitness centre.
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San Jose, CA (Sports Network) - Spencer Butterfield registered a double-double
with 22 points and 10 rebounds as he guided the Utah State Aggies to a 63-36
win over the San Jose State Spartans in Western Athletic Conference play at
The Event Center.
Also scoring in double figures for the Aggies (17-5, 8-4 WAC) were Jarred Shaw
and Marcel Davis with 12 points apiece in the team's third consecutive
The Spartans (9-14, 3-9) were paced by D.J. Brown who tallied 16 points,
followed by Chris Cunningham with 10 and nine boards as the team's losing
streak reached eight in a row.
SJSU had a mere 11 points with less than three minutes remaining in the first
half, en route to a 34-16 deficit at the break. The hosts shot just 19.2
percent (5-of-26) from the floor in the opening frame, compared to 53.6
percent for the Aggies.
In the second half Utah State continued to attack, leading by as many as 29
points before settling in for the lopsided win.
USU, which shot only 1-of-3 at the free-throw line, held a 38-24 advantage on
the glass and outscored the Spartans in the paint, 30-14.
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