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San Diego, CA (Sports Network) - Pablo Sandoval broke out of a power slump
with three home runs, and the San Francisco Giants hit a Petco Park record six
as a team in thrashing the San Diego Padres, 13-5, to avoid a series sweep.
Sandoval ended 4-for-5 with six RBI, three of them coming on his last home run
in the ninth. He had never hit three home runs in a regular season contest
before and had entered play Wednesday with just two in his last 73 games.
Hunter Pence and Hector Sanchez each clubbed two-run shots, while Brandon
Crawford added a solo homer.
Tim Lincecum (9-13) returned to the site of his no-hitter, and while he wasn't
nearly as effective, the offensive power explosion propelled him to the win.
He gave up gave up five runs, seven hits and four walks over 5 2/3 frames,
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Glendale, AZ (Sports Network) - Andre Ethier hit a two-run home run and
Darnell Sweeney hit a triple which also plated two runs as the Los Angeles
Dodgers eased past Mexico, 10-2, on Wednesday in an exhibition contest.
Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke was scheduled to start, but was scratched due to
the flu. Stephen Fife threw four innings of three-hit ball and allowed one run
in replacement. Matt Kemp added one run scored and two RBI -- both on fielder
choices -- in the victory.
Ramiro Pena had a solo homer and went 2-for-4 for Mexico. Daniel Rodriguez
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Quite a lot of momentum is lost when my trains go uphill. However, when first launching OpenTTD, the initial screen shows trains that lose no speed while ascending. Aside from toggling some setting to make the "physics" unrealistic, is there something I can be doing to my trains to minimize the amount of impact they suffer from going up an incline?
If you really need to climb the hill (and can't go through or around it) then the ways to get a train to maintain speed as much as possible up-hill are:
All these assume you have realistic train acceleration enabled (and you really should - the original acceleration model is really slow on all hills, where realistic attempts to simulate momentum).
Also, if you want to tweak things a little bit in to your favour, you can change the calculated steepness of slopes if need be.
First, you could make a tunnel through the hill if really need it to be fast, and the faster that it's going when it hits the hill, the faster that it will get over the hill, and the less that it will slow down.
The most direct answer is that you should buy trains with higher horsepower so that they can power through it better, and the fewer cars that are hooked up the less that it has to pull. If you're having trouble finding powerful enough trains, try electric rails, those have a lot higher power than most diesel or steam trains.
Another way to make trains climb a hill faster is by setting a lower weights for. This can be done in the advanced settings.


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- Website: quirky.com
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- Founded: 2009
- Founded by: Ben Kaufman
- Headquarters: New York City
Since launching in 2009, Quirky has rapidly changed the way the world thinks about product development. We bring two brand new consumer products to market each week, by enabling a fluid conversation between a global community and Quirky's expert product design staff. The world influences our business in real-time, and we share our revenue directly with the people who helped us make successful decisions.
We've covered Quirky before on Unplggd as a startup for product designers, but we haven't really talked about it yet as a resource for shoppers. Like Kickstarter, the site relies on "pledges" from people to get funding for a project, but it's focused specifically on products for lifestyle and home. In the two years since its founding in 2009, Quirky has evolved into a great resource for smart cord controllers, iPad cases, and power hubs.
The site's mission is to foster innovative products that people really want, while helping emerging (often young and broke) industrial designers find an audience. Quirky uses three stages of product development:
- Presale: The stage when the site is "still collecting pre-order commitments" on a product. If you "commit" to a product at this stage, you get a price break, but you have to pay up if it goes into production. If the product isn't produced, you owe nothing.
- In Production: The product has generated enough committed buyers to become real, and Quirky has moved it into the manufacturing stages. If you've committed to a product, you'll receive an email when it's finished and ready to ship.
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$65,000 GOTTSTEIN FUTURITYSUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2375th RUNNING, 2-YEAR-OLDS, ONE MILETrack & Stakes Record: 1:33, Sky Jack (7), 123 lbs, Aug. 24, 2003Stakes Record: First running at mile distanceMost WinsTrainer: 7, Bud Klokstad (O.K. Yet, 1986; T.D. Passer, 1989; Time to Pass, 1990; Staff Rider, 1992; I.M. Bzy, 1997; Jumron Run, 2000; Corvallis Dee, 2003)Jockey: 4, Gallyn Mitchell (Jumron Won, 2000; Condotierri, 2002; Koala Beach, 2009, Couldabenthewhisky, 2010)Owner: 3-tie, Herb Armstrong (Kay Valley, 1946; Happy Valley, 1947; Rover Bill, 1952) Jollie Four Stable (T.D. Passer, 1989; Time to Pass, 1990; Staff Rider, 1992) Northwest Farms (Knights Choice, 1978; Vino Rossi, 1998; Smarty Deb, 2007)
Purse: $65,0001st —$32,1752nd—$11,7003rd—$8,7754th—$4,3885th—$1,468Owners Hometowns1—Finallygotabentley (9-5) Northwest Farms LLC (Jerre Paxton, Yakima, WA) & Debbie Paxton, Yakima, WA2—Dontmesswithkitten (10) Henry Leong, Seattle, WA & Daniel Lew, Seattle 3—Mike Man's Gold (3) Swag Stables (Keith Swagerty, Auburn, WA)4—Raised a Secret (9-2) Dr. Rodney Orr, Silverton, OR5—Music of My Soul (5-2) Elttaes Stable (Ken Alhadeff, Seattle, WA)6—More Strawberries (8) Sue & Tim Spooner, Olympia, WA
2YO Colts & Geldings Series @ Emerald DownsJuly 1: $25,000 NWSS Slewdledo Stakes, Master's Bluff, 5F/:57.91 (fast), $5.20 (2-6)July 29: $50,000 Premio Esmeralda Stakes, Mike Man's Gold, 6F/1:10.04 (fast), $20.20 (4-8)August 18: $50,000 WTBOA Lads Stakes, Mike Man's Gold, 6-½ F/1:16.72 (fast), $5.60 (2-9)September 9: $35,000 Dennis Dodge Stakes (WA-Bred), Music of My Soul, 6-½ F/1:09.25 (fast), $7.60 (3-5)September 23: $65,000 Gottstein Futurity, 1M
SUPER 6 HANDICAPPERSJoe Withee (EmD1): Music of My Soul, Finallygotabentley, Mike Man's Gold—$11.30 (10-29—$286.10)Robert Geller (EmD2): Finallygotabentley, More Strawberries, Music of My Soul—$6.60 (6-29—$269.80)Gary Dougherty (Horse Racing Seattle): Music of My Soul, Finallygotabentley, Raised a Secret—$8.90 (9-29—$293.40)Vic Cozzetti (Predictorsays.com): Finallygotabentley, Mike Man's Gold, More Strawberries—$13.70 (11-29—$303.70)Nick Rousso (Daily Racing Form): Finallygotabentley, Music of My Soul, Dontmesswithkitten—$11.30 (14-29—$326.50)Jacob Pollowitz (EmD3): Music of My Soul, Finallygotabentley, Mike Man's Gold —$11.30 (10-29—$307.40)Consensus: Finallygotabentley (21), Music of My Soul (18), Mike Man's Gold (4)— $11.30 (12-29—$298.20)
NOTES: The Gottstein Futurity is the championship event for 2-year-olds at Emerald Downs… The Futurity will likely decide this year's selection for Top Juvenile Male. Mike Man's Gold leads Music of My Soul 2-to-1 in stakes wins this season…Smarty Deb, the dam of Finallygotabentley, won the 2007 Gottstein Futurity and is one of only two fillies to win this prestigious race…Tom Wenzel leads all trainers with eight stakes wins this season, and with a victory from Finallygotabentley, would make Wenzel only the second trainer to win at least nine stakes in track history…Juan Gutierrez (Finallygotabentley) and Javier Matias (Mike Man's Gold) are tied with seven stakes wins apiece at the meeting…Dontmesswithkitten was a $7,000 supplemental nomination to today's race.


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** Copying CA to /opt/zimbra/conf/ca...done.
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Save the Rodman Open Bass Tournament scheduled for April 20
Published: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 11:18 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 11:18 a.m.
The 17th annual Save the Rodman Open Bass Tournament is scheduled for April 20 at the reservoir northeast of Ocala.
If last year's event is any indication, then the competition ought to be steep next weekend. Last year, 131 boats took part and hauled in 351 fish weighing 990 pounds. The top three boats all eclipsed the 20-pound mark with their five-fish bags.
This year's event cost $100 per boat, which can be a team of two anglers or a single angler. Boats will launch from the Kenwood ramp at safe light with the weigh-in scheduled for after 3 p.m.
There will be a five-fish limit per boat with a 14-inch minimum.
One wrinkle this year is that there will be no small boat competition.
Visit www.rodmanreservoir.com for more information or to register.
BASSMASTERS: The Ocala Bassmasters held a club tournament at Rodman Reservoir last weekend as well. David Westerlund ended up with the biggest sack of the day — 11.65 pounds, including the big bass of the event at 6.48 pounds. The team of Russell Tillis and Ryan Crosby took second with a 10.78 pound bag, while Jeff Davis and Kevin Murrells finished third at 10.34 pounds.
The club's next tournament will be May 4 at Lake Kerr. Visit www.marioncountybassmasters.com for more information.
ELITE TOURNAMENT: A fairly new bait shop in Ocala is hosting an open bass tournament as well. Elite Bait & Tackle's event is scheduled for April 27 on Lake Rousseau west of Dunnellon off S.R. 40.
The shop, which has been open since 2011, is owned by Terry Roberts and located at 3535 S.E. Maricamp Road, Suite 1010, in the Winn-Dixie plaza at 36th Avenue.
The cost for the tournament is $80 per two-person boat with a $10 optional big bass contest. Registration is at the dam ramp from 4:30 to 6:45 a.m. Call the shop at 857-6838 for more information.
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Is there a Photoshop (cs4) setting or extension that will highlight or otherwise allow me to see which tool preset is currently active or which one was last selected? Maybe a selected-preset history panel? I've been searching the net but I'm not coming up with anything.
Not specifically map related I know, but my short term memory will be extremely appreciative of any help you guys can give. I hate cluttering up my presets with duplicates because I can't remember the name of the preset I clicked on, and I'd prefer not to write it down each time I swap to a different one.
EDIT: Maybe this should be in Software Discussion. Feel free to move it if you deem it so.
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Were the lights going out at Super Bowl Bush's fault also? Or just another Buffalo Wild Wing commercial?
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Imphat your IQ is so low you couldn't poor pizz out a of boot if the directions were on the heel.
The financial meltdown players were virtually 100% Democrats. The two main events that culminated in the 2008 train wreck were the Repeal of hte Glass_Steagull act and the expansion of the CRA, both signed into law by Bill "BJ" Clinton.
George W. inherited the CLINTON disaster in waiting, including 9-11.
Read up and weep, hayseed.
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"And it truely is all Bush's fault"
But yet you can't explain why!
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And it truely is all Bush's fault. Can't deny it. Can't get around it.
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Obama is full of Skeet!!!
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"He's done more good for this country in 4 years than Bush did in 8. Jerks! " buhawahahaha - impact must have been hitting the bottle, again.
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Imphat yeah and then came 2009 and 2010 and 2011 and 2012.
After 4 years of Obama, 8.5 million FEWER PEOPLE working than when Obama took office.
Bush was the good old days, Obama is the GREAT DEPRESSION.
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"Bush for as long as the crisis he created continues"
Please tell us how Bush created "the crisis"?
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Buffy, I like it when you are being naughty!
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Obama's Medical Devices Tax May Be Harmful to Your Health By John A. Sparks
January 16, 2013
Editor's note: A version of this article first appeared in The Washington Times.
With the start of the New Year, one of the little noticed but potentially harmful features of Obamacare has now gone into effect. It is the tax on medical device manufacturers. The new tax of 2.3 percent is placed on the revenues of companies that produce medical devices such as heart valves, insulin pumps, and hundreds of thousands of carefully engineered and regularly improved testing, diagnostic, and treatment products that make modern medicine in the United States the envy of the world.
"Medical devices" are a central part of routine daily medical care. Anyone visiting the emergency room with a child or grandchild dehydrated by a bout with the flu will find that the tr
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Buffy, you ignorant slutt...I stand by my comment. Your emotional rant is nothing but that
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Yeah Wrat, and then came 2008...
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yes Dino...the rates were in the 20-25% range and so was inflation..current interest rates should be from 5-10%..not zero to 2-3 %....the federal reserve banks and the federal govt. has a big problem...they the fed.banks need to raise rates,but if they do, the federal govt. will be in even wosre shape..can't pay it's bills now..borrowing to pay interest now..so when the*****breaks and interest goes up...the us dollar and the federal govt. goes down with the rabbit whole
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Boxer boy, Someone else can look up the numbers but during the "great" (sic) Jimmy Carter years. I'm pretty sure savings and CD's were even higher than 7%, but so were interest rates.
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From the NY Times, "WASHINGTON — Top executives at firms that received taxpayer bailouts during the financial crisis continue to receive generous government-approved compensation packages, a Treasury watchdog said in a report released on Monday." "The watchdog, commonly called Sigtarp, found that 68 out of 69 executives at Ally Financial, the American International Group and General Motors received annual compensation of $1 million or more, with the Treasury's signoff."
So let's appoint Jack Lew (who made $1 million bonus from Citi Banks bailout) to run the Treasury! I'm sure he'll put an end to this practice!! LOL
Democrats have become big money's BFF!!
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I believe the Fed's initial goal was too spur employment by flooding cash into the economy, however Wall Street and large corporations that have the resources to navigate the tsunami of regulations have benefited. The unintended consequence of the Fed's play is that the usual drivers of job growth, Mom/Pop & start ups have been shunned!
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From MSNBC , "An analysis of recently released Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. data by the Investigative Reporting Workshop shows that overall commercial and industrial lending by banks has increased for five straight quarters, but small loans to business of $1 million or less have been shrinking consistently since June 2008. As of Sept. 30, total outstanding loan volume was down 14.7 percent from its peak."
"The numbers are especially troubling because businesses with fewer than 500 employees created 65 percent of the jobs between 1993 and 2009, according to the Small Business Administration. But in a November survey conducted by the National Federation of Independent Businesses, a small business advocacy group, only 7 percent said the next three months would be a "good time to expand."
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Every man woman and child in the USA has gained another $47,000 in debt under Obama solely to pump up the stock market and fat cats on Wall Street.
Tell us, liberal cretins, was it WORTH IT???
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2007 under BUSH BUSH BUSH the stock market hit all time peak of 14167 on 10/7/2007.
The total deficit for the YEAR was $162 BILLION.
The following January the OMB projected an $82 BILLION SURPLUS in 2012.
THOSE were the REAL good old days.
4 years of Nobama have given us another $6 trillion in debt,a 14.4% real unemployment rate, and almost 50 MILLION Americans on Food Stamps.
FACTS not JACKS***!
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Saving account rates are now 1% or less and this hurts seniors who have historically relied on savings accounts for income. Insurers and pension funds are also facing tough times because of the Fed's manipulation. Of course these artificially low rates are part of the reason the stock market is doing so well, but it comes at the price of higher commodity prices and a reduction of purchasing power. Wall Street and large corporations enjoy the "free" money, but the poor, elderly and small businesses feel the pain.
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Triton: "the stock had its highest peaks in our history"
You might want to reconsider that.
I recall that during the Clinton years my savings account provided 7% interest.
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Bud is correct! The inflationary tactics of the Fed come at the expense of the poor and the elderly! And Liberals rejoice!!
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I own some stock, not enough to mean much though it did cause me to watch the market. Often the remarks here are intersting in how they are tailored by politicians or media. The most common alibi for more job loss is the once again chant BUUUUUSH. But thats pretty lame. So here is something to research if you like if for no other than to see how people accept things. When Bush was in office the stock had its highest peaks in our history, nearly everyday for years a new historical high and ordinary people made fortunes. Toward the end of his last year, a recession began and only then did Obama mention the economy, before that his campaign was about Iraq. The recession/foreclosure issue was about 14% of the time Bush was in office, Obama politicized the economy and used "recessio" the way Bush used "terror" to justify things. OBama has taken a mild recession and turned it into a trench with spending and foreign aid gifts. Bush was a small piece of this nightmare
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Whgfeel I have little idea what you meant by your comment especially this, "we can't babysit your or our comments like some no lifer." Unlike some on here I don't try to demean others by cutely changing THEIR names. I try to comment on the person's comments not who they are. I would seriously like to know an educated reputal to the anti Obama's comments mentioned by others.
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"what? the dow? say what? it rose to the highest since 2007? makes ya wonder."
Here's part of the answer. The M2 Money Supply as of today is $ 10,678,275,000,000. On this day in 2008, it was $ 7,575,220,000,000. The printing presses of the Fed have been busy printing money with nothing to back it. Based on that, you estimate today's DOW to be around 9,800 in 2008 dollars.
Zimbawee here we come. Not good.
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October 21, 2014
This conference, keynoted by USCIS Director León Rodríguez, featured panels on local immigrant integration policies; expected executive action on immigration; the treatment of unaccompanied children from Central America; and innovations in government-funded legal counsel and accelerated court cases.
September 18, 2014
Unpacking the Links between Segregation, Community Cohesion, and Opportunity: A Transatlantic Discussion
In this webinar, experts and policymakers from Europe and the United States discuss the relationship between immigration, residential segregation, community relations, and economic opportunities.
August 13, 2014
MPI researchers and representatives from London and Detroit discuss the policies and strategies used—at national and local levels—to attract immigrants into local economies.
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February 27, 2014
This panel discussion on unaccompanied minors focuses on a report by Kids in Need of Defense and the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies at UC Hastings College of the Law, whose primary conclusion is that children face a U.S. immigration system created for adults that is not required to consider the child's best interests.
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February 19, 2014
This discussion explores how the 2014 Greek Presidency of the European Union and the United States can work to address the challenges of managing migration while meeting humanitarian obligations and nurturing economic growth.
September 16, 2014
Realizing the DACA and DREAM Promise: Actions to Support Educational Attainment of Potentially Eligible Immigrant Youth
A discussion and report release on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, how its educational requirements may be impacting application rates, and recommendations for overcoming the education-success challenges that key subgroups of DACA-DREAM youth face.
August 6, 2014
This webinar covers key findings from MPI's report about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative and eligible populations two years after its implementation, and also introduces MPI's data tool that provides national and state-level estimates of the current and potentially eligible DACA populations, as well as detailed profiles for the U.S. and 25 states.
June 18, 2014
This webinar exploring findings from MPI's report, Critical Choices in Post-Recession California: Investing in the Educational and Career Success of Immigrant Youth, which focuses on the implications of California's public education system reforms
June 2, 2014
The authors of the report "Immigrant Parents and Early Childhood Programs: Addressing Barriers of Literacy, Culture, and Systems Knowledge" discuss their findings on this webinar. They and other presenters detail the experiences and challenges faced by early childhood programs and immigrant and refugee parents as they connect with one another.
May 14, 2014
A discussion of data compiled by MPI on "brain waste" among foreign-trained nurses, engineers, and teachers, with updates on three state-level initiatives—in Illinois, Massachusetts, and Washington State—that are working to analyze and address challenges faced by immigrants and refugees with degrees and training in these fields.
September 21, 2011
LEP Workers & Access to Workforce Services: Perspectives on Current Barriers to Access and Prospects for Improvements Under WIA Reauthorization
In this webinar, experts discuss barriers immigrant and LEP individuals face in accessing the WIA system, how a revitalized WIA could address these barriers, and the extent to which the current Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee's WIA reauthorization proposal addresses these barriers.
August 3, 2011
Proactive Engagement: Two Strategies for Providing Language Access in Workforce Development Services
This interactive language access webinar, one in a series offered by the Migration Policy Institute's National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy, examines how New York and Illinois have broken down some of these barriers to proactively engage LEP communities to obtain workforce services.


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I am trying to install Zimbra 8.0.0 on Ubuntu Server 12 amd64 but I am receiving an strange error. Here is what I can see in monitor:
Does anybody know what is this error and how shall I fix it?Removing /opt/zimbra
Removing zimbra crontab entry..done.
cleaning up zimbra init script...done.
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PHOENIX (Reuters) – Thousands of mourners, including firefighters from around the country and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, were expected to converge in central Arizona on Tuesday to pay final tribute to 19 young firemen killed last week in the line of duty.
The fallen members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, an elite firefighting squad from Prescott, Arizona, were overrun by flames on the afternoon of June 30 as they battled a lightning-sparked blaze with hand tools outside the tiny town of Yarnell.
The tragedy marked the greatest loss of life from a U.S. wildfire in 80 years, and the highest number of American firefighters killed in a single incident since the September 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center in New York.
Precise circumstances of the firefighters' deaths in Arizona remain under investigation.
But authorities have said the 19 specially trained firefighters, most of them in their 20s, apparently became trapped in seconds as a burst of gale-force winds from an approaching thunderstorm drove flames back in their direction.
The team quickly deployed cocoon-like personal protective shelters in a last-ditch effort to take cover, but some of the men never even made it into the foil-coated capsules.
The disaster sent waves of shock and grief through the firefighters' hometown of Prescott, a city of 40,000 people some 60 miles northwest of Phoenix, the state capital.
"Many of the people in this town knew some of those firefighters, or at least knew some of their families," said David Eaker, a spokesman for organizers of Tuesday's memorial service.
The event was scheduled for late morning at an entertainment and sports arena in the adjacent town of Prescott Valley. Organizers set up overflow space outside to handle a crowd expected to exceed the arena's seating capacity of around 6,000.
Biden was slated to lead a group of dignitaries also set to include U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, as well as representatives of fire departments from across the United States. Biden and Brewer will speak at the event.
The sole surviving member of the Granite Mountain team, Brendan McDonough, was scheduled to read an offering titled "The Hot Shot's Prayer." McDonough was acting as a lookout for the crew about a mile away from his colleagues and on higher ground when they were overrun by flames. He escaped unhurt.
While the memorial service is open to the public, individual funerals for the fallen firefighters are to be held privately in coming days, Eaker said.
On Sunday, a solemn procession of 19 white hearses escorted by police on motorcycles brought the remains of the fire crew home to the Prescott area from Phoenix, where autopsies were performed. But the caskets will not be present for Tuesday's service.
The so-called Yarnell Hill fire, one of dozens of wildland blazes that have raged across several western states this summer, charred 8,400 acres of thick, tinder-dry chaparral, oak scrub and grasslands after erupting on June 28. Scores of homes in and around Yarnell were destroyed.
As of Monday, crews had managed to carve containment lines around 90 percent of the smoldering fire's perimeter. Evacuation orders also were lifted for the last of the residents forced from their homes more than a week ago in Yarnell and the nearby town of Peeples Valley.


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Cyclones Speak at Area Elementary School
AMES, Iowa -- Iowa State basketball standouts Wesley Johnson and Bryan Petersen traveled to Rolling Green Elementary School in Urbandale, Iowa to speak with Melissa Hummel's fifth-grade elementary class.
The event was coordinated through the ISU athletics department's Life Skills Program. The visit was organized as an exciting way for Iowa schoolchildren to learn about Iowa's Six Pillars of Character.
"It was about respect," Johnson said "We talked about our teammates and how you can never get down on each other. I think that's an important lesson for all kids to learn."
Hummel enjoyed the Cyclones' visit.
"It was very nice to have two gentlemen that could show our students that you can grow up to be successful both in and out of the classroom," Hummel said.
The far-reaching benefit of such programs was not lost on Johnson.
"It's good to talk about things like this because sometimes teaching them how to treat others is a great reminder for all of us," Johnson said.


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Minnesota Book Awards Finalists Announced
Finalists for the Minnesota Book Awards have been announced. The Minnesota Book Awards are selected annually in eight categories by judges around the state. Winners among books published in 2011 will be announced at the Minnesota Book Awards Gala on Saturday, April 14.
The nominations for Genre Fiction are
• Big Wheat by Richard A. Thompson (Poisoned Pen Press)
• The Bone House by Brian Freeman (Minotaur Books/St. Martin's Press)
• Death of the Mantis by Michael Stanley (Harper/HarperCollins Publishers)
• Northwest Angle by William Kent Krueger (Atria Books/Simon & Schuster, Inc.)
Browse the complete list of 32 nominated books to find top books also in the following categories:
• Children's Literature
• General Nonfiction
• Memoir & Creative Nonfiction
• Minnesota
• Novel & Short Story
• Poetry
• Young People's Literature
Here's a list of nominated books owned by the library with links to the GRRL catalog.
The Minnesota Book Awards are presented by The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library and sponsored by Marvin Windows and Doors.


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Birth Name: Ethan Coen
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Birth Place: St Louis Park, Minnesota, USA
Born: 09/21/1957
Birth Place: St Louis Park, Minnesota, USA
Born on Sept. 21, 1957 in St. Louis Park, MN, Ethan was the second born, preceded by Joel three years earlier. Both grew up in an academic home - their father, Edward, was an economics professor at the University of Minnesota and their mother, Rena, was an art history professor at St. Cloud State. Growing up, the Coen Brothers displayed exceptional intelligence that somehow managed to translate into mediocre grades, thanks in part to a minor obsession with watching movies on television. In their early teens, the Coens mowed lawns and saved their money to buy a Super-8 camera which they used to remake several of their favorite films, including "Naked Prey" and "Lassie Come Home." They also c... Continue Bio >>
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IBM PureSystems: It's all about the network Part II (Electric Boogaloo)
In Part I of this post, we looked more closely at the networking under the covers of an IBM PureScale system. We found that a reasonably configured PureSystems solution could comfortably support a whole lot of VMs in the space of only a few racks (no, I'm not going to repeat the numbers here; check out my last post for more details). I also promised to explain why networking would drive the next big innovations on this platform.
This dense packing of compute power is exactly why the network will be so important to the future of this system. Before PureSystems, large amounts of servers and storage would have to be spread out across the data center; network latency and physical distance would ultimately limit performance. Now that multi-core processors, advanced storage technology, and other features have made it possible to fit this much processing power into a few racks, we can take full advantage of Ethernet running up to 40 Gbit/s and Fibre Channel running up to 16 Gbit/s to realize very high bandwidth and low latency over short distances.
Now, imagine what happens in a few years as these trends continue. When the network can run 100 Gbit/second or faster, it becomes the highest speed interconnect on the platform. We'll be able to interconnect more processors (each of which will also be more powerful than they are today and will host more VMs), with negligible performance impact due to the network. Multi-processor systems on the order of several thousand physical processors could become economically viable for many users, not just the most advanced applications.
At the same time, storage is integral to PureSystems, not a separate add-on from another company. In the future, server to storage access technologies previously reserved only for high performance computing can begin to trickle down into more commercial integrated platforms. And future integrated systems, enabled by the network, could then reach levels of parallelism and performance far beyond what we know today; think of how video games have brought the equivalent of a graphic supercomputer into your living room at very low cost. With latency between servers and storage becoming a non-issue, these systems would be ideal for processing the type of gigantic data sets which are showing up in financial, health care, retail, transportation, and a host of other fields. All of this stems from the PureSystems being rolled out now, so you get not only the immediate benefits of this platform but a path forward into even more powerful computing applications as time goes on.
Of course, when this happens everyone will marvel at the incredible advances in multi-core processors, multi-thread software, and other fields. But let's not forget the standards-based, high bandwidth, physical and virtual networks under the covers of these systems that will quietly be doing their part to revolutionize computing, yet again.
What do you think the future of networks, or video games for that matter? Share your comments below, or respond to my Twitter feed


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KLEM News AM Update March 5, 2011
(SIOUX CITY)--Iowa's governor is hopeful about industries being attracted to the proposed new Yards I-29 Business Park.
Sioux City officials have announced Global Foods Processing plans to expand to the former John Morrell and Company site adding nearly 200 jobs. The project would be a 10-million dollar investment.
Governor Terry Branstad said he's hopeful Global Foods is the first of many companies to be attracted to that area of Sioux City.
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In Le Mars Friday for a "Jobs for Iowa Tour!", some Le Mars Community Elementary students filled the first three rows of the audience for the governor. They had copies of the governor's proposal for changes to help attract or expand businesses. A couple of the students had questions about income tax.
During an interview with KLEM Radio News, the governor said he's hearing concerns about the need to improve the transportation network. Next week, Branstad will appoint citizens to study transportation.
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The governor expects recommendations from the citizens' group for action, hopefully he said, next year.
(LARCHWOOD) Work continues on the building and the hiring will soon begin for the employees who'll work in Iowa's new casino in northwest Iowa. The general manager of the Grand Falls Resort Sharon Haselhoff says things are rapidly coming together at the facility in Lyon County.
Haselhoff says they are putting on the final touches such as the wallpaper, paint, carpeting, flooring, kitchen equipment and slot machines are arriving. She says they are now looking to open the doors in just a couple of months.
Haselhoff says they are ahead of schedule, as they had targeted an opening on or before July 4th. but now they are looking at
a grand opening on Thursday May 26th. The hiring is starting to get underway.
Haselhoff says they are having informational meetings this weekend for their dealer school at Larchwood, and that school continues until the beginning of May when they have auditions for dealers. She says they are starting to handle managers and supervisors and then in mid-May they will start holding job fairs to hire the 700 some workers needed to run the resort. Haselhoff says her time is filled with watching deadlines and checking deliveries.
She says she has to watch the schedule for delivering all the equipment and making sure it shows up when it is needed. Haselhoff is moving over from the Riverside Casino, which is owned by the same company as the new casino. She says the experience at the Riverside Casino has made it easier to get the Lyon County casino going. (News report by Radio Iowa)
(LE MARS)--Today (Saturday) is a day to recycle paper for school projects in Le Mars and Remsen.
The Le Mars Community Elementary Schools paper recycling project is this morning. Paper may be dropped off at O'Toole Park in Le Mars from 8-10 a-m. Other pickup sites are at the Struble and Craig Banks and the Brunsville Bank corner from 8-9 a-m.
The Remsen-Union Family Connection and St. Mary's School Board collect paper from 8-11 a-m at the Marion Street location.
The Gehlen Catholic Can Drive is this morning from 8 am to 10 a-m at the Elementary Building.
ODEBOLT, Iowa (AP) Sac County authorities have charged a 56-year-old woman with leaving the scene after a school bus she was driving struck a 7-year-old girl just after the girl got off.
A news release from Sac County Attorney Ben Smith says driver Carolyn Mortensen, of Wall Lake, is believed to have made a call to 911 and radioed the school district for aid before continuing on her route.
The accident occurred Monday afternoon in the northwestern Iowa city of Odebolt.
The girl, whose name has not been released, first was taken to a Sac City hospital. Then she was flown to Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City with serious injuries.
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JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) A leader of the Iowa tea party movement says his group won't endorse a presidential candidate in the campaign for Iowa's leadoff caucuses.
Ryan Rhodes is one of the founders of the movement in Iowa. He says that while the group won't endorse a candidate, its members plan to take a leading role in the process with hopes of encouraging candidates to endorse its views on limiting the size of government.
Rhodes says Republican candidates should take the group seriously and pay attention to their views.
Rhodes spoke Friday during a taping of the Iowa Public Television program, ``Iowa Press.''
GRAND MOUND, Iowa (AP) Autopsies were pending after two bodies were found in a machine shed that burned in eastern Iowa.
WQAD-TV reports that the bodies were discovered in the metal farm building in Grand Mound after firefighters had put out the fire Thursday night.
The Clinton County sheriff's office has asked the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and state fire marshal's office for help.
Iowa chase ends peacefully in Omaha parking lot
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) Authorities say a police chase that began in Iowa ended safely at an Omaha hospital.
Omaha police say the Iowa State Patrol had chased a pickup down Interstate 680 around 1 a.m. Friday until it crossed the Missouri River into Omaha. An Omaha police helicopter followed the truck and guided officers who tried unsuccessfully to deflate its tires.
Police say a woman in the truck called 911 and said the driver was her husband. She said he was suicidal and threatening her and their child.
The truck was followed to Immanuel Medical Center in north Omaha, where a brief standoff occurred. Officers eventually talked the driver out of his keys, and he was taken into custody.
No injuries were reported. The child that the wife mentioned in the 911 call turned out to be the couple's dog.
MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) An attorney who represented Mason City in a lawsuit filed by a pastor and his church says nearly $85,000 has been paid to the church as part of a settlement.
Attorney Timothy Boller tells the Globe Gazette $1 was paid to the Rev. Shane Philpott (FIL'-pot), and $1 to his wife, Lisa. The rest of the $85,000 went to Christian Fellowship Church.
The Philpotts and the church sued Mason City, Police Chief Michael Lashbrook and Lt. Logan Wernet in 2009. The lawsuit said Wernet made damaging statements that led to an Internal Revenue Service investigation of the church's finances. The IRS cleared the Philpotts of any wrongdoing.
The lawsuit says Lashbrook defamed the church by calling it a cult.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) The University of Iowa has hired Jana Wessels to manage the work force at its hospital and medical college.
Wessels' hiring as associate vice president for human resources for University of Iowa Health Care was announced Friday. She had served in the post on an interim basis.
She replaces Chad Simmons, a former Kraft Food executive who had no experience in health care or academia before being hired to oversee roughly 10,000 full-time employees. Simmons abruptly resigned last May after 16 months on the job.
Wessels was chosen from a field of nearly 70 candidates.
She previously was the assistant vice president for human resources for University of Iowa Health Care and director of human services for the Carver College of Medicine.
NEW YORK (AP) One of Donald Trump's top business associates is heading to Iowa Monday to promote a potential Trump presidential bid.
Michael Cohen is vice president and counsel to Trump's real estate development conglomerate.
He's also a founder of Should Trump Run. The website is aimed at boosting interest and support for a Trump candidacy.
Cohen says Trump has no connection to the website.
Cohen says he'll fly to Iowa on one of Trump's private jets and spend the day meeting with top Republican lawmakers, operatives and grassroots leaders.
Trump told the Des Moines Register and WHO radio this week that he'd campaign hard in Iowa if he runs for the GOP nomination to challenge President Barack Obama.
Trump has said he'll make a decision by June.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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I have made this many times, since my first review in 2012 ! The first time, I used leftover turkey - since - I have used chicken and this is the ONLY way and recipe, I will make 'homemade' chicken soup with ! :D And I do add extra veggies !
I found this to be a very simple yet great tasting way to use up some of the leftover Thanksgiving day turkey
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Solve problems that deal with a mixture of two things using the substitution method.
This video demonstrates a sample use of solving mixture problems by substitution.
This video provides an explanation of the concept of solving mixture problems by substitution.
A list of student-submitted discussion questions for Mixture Problems.
To encourage students to generate questions, activate their prior knowledge, and collect information to answer their own questions using a Question and Answer Table.
Connect your daily life and experiences with specific points from the reading.
Students will use their knowledge of solving a system of linear equations using both the Elimination Method and Substitution to show how to make a specific type of alcohol solution.
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|Rabies poses threat for horses too
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By Hannah Fernandez, Golden Plains Area Extension intern at Yuma County office
What are the risks of your horse getting rabies? How many horses get rabies? How much of a threat does a rabid horse pose to you?
These are all questions we find ourselves asking rarely—luckily, like the reoccurrence of these questions in our mind, rabies in horses is not very common. Although this disease is not very common in northeastern Colorado, it is a very serious and fatal disease to those that come in contact with it.
Horses are not as susceptible to rabies as cows or cats and dogs, because of their flight instincts.Cows are slower and domestic animals are often attracted to wild strange-acting animals. Here are some symptoms to look for in a rabid horse.
First, one should realize horses usually form the "dumb" (stuporous) form rather than the "furious" form, which means they are depressed rather than violent.When horses become infected with rabies, they may bite or chew on the area where they were bit, also eating and drinking is dramatically reduced.
Over time, the diseased horse will show more signs of irritability, disorientation or panic. These are signs of neurological issues obtained with rabies. Usually this includes seizures. The horse will eventually go down and be so disoriented it cannot get up.
In a normal case of rabies the horse will die in a week or less after the first symptoms occur. Symptoms for rabies are not specific and are often confused with other conditions, if a horse is potentially at risk it is important to visit a local veterinarian for a checkup.
There is currently no cure for rabies, but it is recommended any horse with the possibility of being rabid should be quarantined for at least six months, and the wound should be kept clean. Any horse that dies rapidly or of neurological problems should be tested for rabies as soon as possible. Also, those that came in contact with that animal should get tested as well. Many labs can conduct rabies antibody titers tests with a brain and confirm whether or not the horse had rabies.
Humans can come in contact with rabies from horses mostly from saliva, and in some cases urine or blood. It is important to wear gloves that protect yourself from saliva or other unsanitary liquid that might come in contact with your hands. It is recommended all horses be vaccinated annually, and owners perform thorough inspections on their horses and act promptly when signs of rabies appear.


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- Select the "mt height map" layer and apply a tiny displace map, using the "noise" layer as map for both X and Y axis. I used a small setting of 3 for both axes. [sshot-6]
- Create a new layer with filled with 50% gray and blend mode Hard Light.
- Apply a bump map on it. Play with the depth a little bit until you're happy with the results. [sshot-7]
- As it's most likely, by now the mountain will have a weird round peak. If that happens you can duplicate the height map layer, play with the curves until you have a well defined peak [sshot-8] and mostly-gray on the rest, select the peak then make a new bump-map layer out of the peak. [sshot-9]
Then the end result should look something like this:
There it is, I hope it helps anyone. My next step, whenever I get a break from work again, is to try to add some nice foot hills to them. I've been trying for a while, with no luck so far.


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WASHINGTON (USA TODAY/AP) -- The Postal Service will end Saturday delivery for first class mail starting Aug. 1, Postmaster General Patrick Donahue said Wednesday.
Package delivery, which has seen growth in recent years as online purchasing booms, will continue under the plan, Donahue said. Donahue said the plan will save $2 billion annually.
"It's an important part of our strategy to return to financial stability," he said.
The volume of First Class mail has declined sharply since 2008 as more people pay their bills on line, Donahoe said. Last year the postal service had a $15.9 billion loss and defaulted on its pension plan contributions. USPS has also reached its borrowing limit, he said.
"It's put a tremendous financial pressure on the postal service," he said.
The postal service previously had cut costs be eliminating 193,000 jobs and consolidating 200 mail processing centers.
Under the new schedule, post office hours will not change and post office boxes will continue to receive Saturday delivery, Donahoe said. The postal service expects growth in package delivery as e-commerce expands, he said.
"America's mailing habits are changing," Donahoe said. "This makes common sense."
The service cutback will enable the postal service to cut more jobs, which Donahoe says can be done through retirements, buyouts and routine attrition.
The six-month lead time will allow businesses to adjust their production and delivery schedules, he said
Donahoe said surveys indicate the public supports five-day delivery. The plan should have little impact on speed of delivery except for items that would have been delivered on Saturday, Donahue said.
Last year, Under pressure from Congress and local communities, the cash-strapped agency dropped plans to close thousands of post offices across the nation, instead deciding to trim operations at 13,000 offices.
Saturday has the week's lowest daily volume and and more than a third of U.S. businesses are closed Saturday, USPS reports. Most businesses and households surveyed in a national Gallup Poll indicated Saturday would be the least disruptive day to eliminate mail delivery.
The American Postal Workers Union has previously decried the plan.
"People don't want to find out who won the Friday night football game on Monday they want to find out on Saturday," said Sally Davidow, the unions communications director.
USPS has faced billion-dollar deficits since 2007 attributed to a combination of the bad economy, the Internet and mandatory pre-funding of retiree health benefits.
USPS doesn't use a dollar of tax money.
The agency in November reported an annual loss of a record $15.9 billion for the last budget year. The financial losses for the year, which ended Sept. 30, were more than triple the $5.1 billion loss in the previous year. Last year the agency was forced to default on billions in retiree health benefit prepayments to avert bankruptcy.
The agency's biggest problem - and the majority of the red ink in 2012 - was not due to reduced mail flow but rather to mounting mandatory costs for future retiree health benefits, which made up $11.1 billion of the losses. Without that and other related labor expenses, the mail agency sustained an operating loss of $2.4 billion, lower than the previous year.
The health payments are a requirement imposed by Congress in 2006 that the post office set aside $55 billion in an account to cover future medical costs for retirees. The idea was to put $5.5 billion a year into the account for 10 years. That's $5.5 billion the post office doesn't have.
No other government agency is required to make such a payment for future medical benefits. Postal authorities wanted Congress to address the issue last year, but lawmakers finished their session without getting it done. So officials are moving ahead to accelerate their own plan for cost-cutting.
The Postal Service is in the midst of a major restructuring throughout its retail, delivery and mail processing operations. Since 2006, it has cut annual costs by about $15 billion, reduced the size of its career workforce by 193,000 or by 28 percent, and has consolidated more than 200 mail processing locations, officials say.
They say that while the change in the delivery schedule announced Wednesday is one of the actions needed to restore the financial health of the service, they still urgently need lawmakers to act. Officials say they continue to press for legislation that will give them greater flexibility to control costs and make new revenues.


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Admission is FREE. 8PM @ Storyeum (151 West Cordova St). RSVP here.
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Selection of work by illustrator AJ Dungo. More images below.
A selection of paintings by artist Zoe Hawk (previously featured here) who grew up in St. Louis and spent the last few years split between the US and Doha, Qatar. Great interview with her here. More images below.
Random International's "Study for Fifteen Points" is a 15-legged kinetic artwork. Tipped with white LED lights, the piece's movements are an experiment with the minimal amount of information necessary for an animated form to be recognizable as human. More images below and video below!
My friend actor/model/photographer Louïs Rault Watanabe just had his first solo show "Lamba Human" open at SO Gallery in Tokyo. Have a look at some of photos below.
You may remember JR from his silent protest with Darren Aronofsky last year (click here for previous post). This time around the French artist has covered the Louvre's massive glass pyramid with a black and white rendering of the building behind, creating the effect that the landmark has disappeared. The installation will be messing with selfie-seeking tourists from now until June 27th. More images below!


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New repeat option: first [day] in [month] (e.g. 'second monday in january')
nathan.bell says:
Hi. Suggestion: add support for custom due dates to be entered in the format [first] [Day] in [Month] [Year(optional)]. ie. I set the due date as "second Monday in January at 5pm" and RTM interprets this as "10 Jan 2011 @ 17:00". I might be the only one who wants this feature, but it would be handy.
Great product, keep it up!
Great product, keep it up!
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Thanks for your feedback! I've added this to our list to investigate.
Thanks for your feedback! I've added this to our list to investigate.
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This would be great for meetings that happen the second Friday of every month.
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GLEN BURNIE, Md. (WUSA) -- A man suffered life threatening injuries in a two-car crash on Ritchie Highway and Furnace Branch Road in Glen Burnie on Tuesday afternoon, say Anne Arundel County police.
Police say a 2001 Dodge Ram pickup truck was traveling southbound on Ritchie Highway towards the traffic signal at Furnace Branch Road, and southbound traffic was stopped at the intersection for a red signal. According to police, the Dodge Caravan had a green arrow and was making the left turn onto Furnace Branch Road when, according to witnesses, the Dodge Ram pulled into a right turn only lane, entered the intersection against the light traveling straight and was struck by the Caravan.
The Dodge Ram then rotated slightly and struck a support pole with the passenger door. The passenger was partially trapped in the vehicle and later extricated. The passenger, 26-year-old Daniel Joseph Boss Jr. of Stevensville, is in critical condition at University of Maryland Shock Trauma.
Police say everyone else, a woman and child in the caravan and the driver of the Ram, were okay.
Police say right now evidence suggests error on the part of the driver of the Dodge Ram contributed to the crash.
Anyone with information about the crash is encouraged to call the Traffic Safety Section at 410-222-8573.


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A couple of brothers in Carteret County have been in jail almost a year because they refuse to sign a court order to demolish their houses and abandon the place they've called home. They remain in jail after a judge refused to hear the case Monday.
Melvin Davis and Licurtis Reels are from Merrimon in Carteret County. They're fighting for 13 acres off Sliver Dollar Road along Adams Creek. The property rights have been in question since the 1980s.
Back in 1911, Elijah Reels bought 65 acres, including the 13 acres in question. In 1944 Elijah lost the property but his son Mitchell Reels was able to buy it. Mitchell Reels died without a will and after his death in 1976 a judgment stated the land would go to his family heirs. The judge didn't include Mitchell's brother Shedrick Reels who would later use the Torrens law to become owner of the 13 acres along the waterfront. He sold the land in 1986. Adams Creek Associates bought it, but Melvin Davis and Licurtis Reels never left saying the property was never legally Shedrick Reels' to sell. They were arrested in March of last year and have been in the Carteret County Jail ever since.
We spoke with Adams Creek Associates Attorney Lamar Armstrong Tuesday.
"My client Adams Creek Associates bought this property in 1986. When you buy a title that has been torrenized you would think you got something under about as good of ownership that you can have under North Carolina Law. Well just the contrary has occurred in reality because the Reels family has refused to comply," said Armstrong.
"I'm trying to figure out how can one judge can give it to you and another judge take it back if it's already been ordered. The 1976 judgment should stand," said the niece of the jailed men Kim Duhon.
The case was scheduled to be heard in Craven County Court Monday, but after reviewing the case the judge chose not to hear it. The Reels family says they will continue to fight for the land they believe is rightfully theirs.


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Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe) Leaf Extract - Derived from the leaf; aloe is rich in vitamins, minerals, amino acids, enzymes, proteins, humectrants, anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties. Aloe nourishes and protects the skin.
Aromatherapy - The art and science of using pure essential oils extracted from natural botanicals to relax, balance and rejuvenate the body, mind and spirit.
Aromatherapy Benefit - The emotional or physical effect evoked by aromatic essential oils. Examples include balancing, energizing, rejuvenating, cleansing, deodorizing and purifying.
Aromatic plant - A plant that produces essential oils and has a distinct and unique smell.
Attar - A term, first used in the 18th Century, for perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals, as in "attar of roses" for rose oil.
Avena Sativa (Oat) Kernel Powder - Ground from the whole grain containing all of the natural counter-irritants and skin soothing properties that oat is known for.
Base Notes - The aromatic components of essential oils that do not readily evaporate and are used as fixatives to provide permanence and stability.
Base oil - A vegetable oil. Also called a carrier oil or fixed oil.
Bergaptene - Many plants contain furocoumarins such as bergaptene, which are known photosensitizers. Bergaptene is a naturally occurring component of bergamot essential oil. When bergamot oil is applied, the skin can become very sensitive to ultraviolet light. Severity of the reaction depends on length of exposure and individual sensitivity. Mild cases can be a reddening of the skin while severe cases can result in acute lesions known as bullock dermatitis. The dermatitis will resolve itself in a few weeks; however the accompanying hyperpigmentation (brown spots on the skin) can take months or years to fully disappear. Aura Cacia offers a bergaptene-free version of bergamot essential oil. There is not evidence to indicate that removing the bergaptene in anyway affects the aromatherapy benefit of the essential oil and we recommend using bergaptene-free bergamot whenever possible.
Boswella Spp Resinoid - Derived from the resin of the frankincense tree. Balsamic, incense-like aroma. Centering and meditative.
Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Nut Butter - Yellowish butter expelled from the nut-like fruit of the Karite tree of the Ivory Coast of Africa; shea butter adds a rich buttery consistency to the product while also providing relief for superficial irritation, dryness, dermatitis, eczema and other skin conditions.
CO2 Extraction - A method of extracting essential oil using liquid CO2 as a solvent.
Calcium Silicate - Lime and diatamaceous earth. Absorbent. Bulking agent.
Camphoraceous - Being or having the properties of camphor.
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride - A blend of three glycerides derived from coconut oil; assists in the solubalization of ingredients while acting as an emollient and skin lubricant.
Carbomer - Toxic-free synthetic ingredient; assists with thickening the product.
Carrier - A substance used to dilute essential oils.
Cetyl Alcohol - Derived from coconut and/or palm kernel oil ; the dry, waxlike fatty alcohol acts as a co-emulsifier, bringing the oil and water phases together to form a cream.
Character - A description of the aroma of an essential oil.
Chemotype - Visually identical plants with significantly different chemical components, resulting in different therapeutic properties.
Cocamidopropyl Betaine - Derived from coconuts. Serves as a gentle surfactant compared to more harsh sulfated surfactants. Cleansing agent.
Cocamidopropylamine Oxide - Derived from coconut oil; produces rich foam. It is a gentle and mild cleansing agent.
Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil - Extracted from the nut meat of ripe coconuts; serves as an excellent moisturizer with high fatty acid content.
Cold Press Extraction - (See Expression.)
Cymbopogon Schoenanthus (Lemongrass) Leaf Extract - Derived from the leaves of lemongrass; used as a natural preservative. Lemongrass brightens the complexion.
Dead Sea Salt - Softens the water and provides a gentle, mineral-skin treatment.
Diffuser - An aromatherapy accessory used to gently disperse essential oils into the air for olfactory benefit.
Diffusion - Diffusion is the spontaneous movement of liquid, gas, or solid particles from an area of high concentration to low concentration. For example, uncapping a bottle of essential oil produces diffusion as the volatile constituents move from the bottle (an area of high concentration) into the environment (an area of low concentration) without being acted upon by heat or pressure. This could also be referred as spontaneous evaporation. Technically, all of the apparatuses used in aromatherapy vaporize or volatilize essential oils because they are acted upon by heat, and/or pressure, to produce fine separated particles or vapor.
Dimethicone - Sand derived raw material; improves lubricity in dry down
Disodium Edta - Derived from sodium chloride; serves as chelating agent.
Distillate - A product of distillation. For example, lavender oil is the distillate of the fresh, blooming lavender plant.
Distillation - The primary method of producing essential oils is through steam distillation. Distillation is an age-old process. While the crude still of the past (almost identical to the simple country "moonshine" still) is now often replaced with modern, stainless steel versions, the process is still basically unchanged. Water is heated to boiling and steam passes through fresh plant material stacked on a rack above the boiling water, causing the cell walls of the plant to break down and release the essential oil. The water and essential oil vapor then pass through a cooler that condenses the steam and the oil into a liquid. The liquid is collected and the oil separates from the water. Most oils are lighter than water and thus collect on the surface of the water where they are siphoned off. Oils heavier than water sink to the bottom of the collector where they are removed. Some stills use "direct," or "water" distillation where the plant material is mixed with the boiling water with the same effect.
Enfleurage - Ancient method for extracting essential oils, commonly used before steam distillation was created. It involves using odorless fats and oils to absorb the oil from the plant material.
Essential Oil - The highly concentrated, volatile, aromatic essences of plants.
Expression - Method of obtaining essential oil from plant material, such as citrus fruit peel. The complete oil is physically forced from the plant material. Also known as cold press extraction.
Extra - The highest, most expensive grade of ylang ylang which is also distilled the shortest length of time. The result is a stronger aroma.
Extraction Method - The method by which essential oils are separated from the plant. Common extraction methods include distillation, expression and solvent extraction.
Fixative - A fixative is a substance, often an essential oil, but possibly an herb or animal product, of low volatility that serves to draw together and hold the aromatherapy formula together. Most blends include fixatives, as they will slow the evaporation process and preserve the aromatic qualities. Common essential oil fixatives include vetiver, patchouli, sandalwood, amyris, myrrh and others.
Fixed Oil - See Base Oil
Food Grade - Considered safe for use in food by the Food and Drug Administration.
Fractional Distillation - A distillation method that is interrupted every few hours; the different grades produced are sold separately. This is most commonly used with ylang ylang.
Fragrance - Aroma. Products labeled as fragrances are not pure essential oils. They are derived by synthetic means.
Gas chromatography (GC) - Gas chromatography (GC) is a method of measuring the volatile chemical constituents of a substance. It is one of four objective tests that Frontier uses to determine the quality, identity and purity of every essential oil. GC analysis produces a "fingerprint" of the oil by showing the quantitative presence of each chemical compound. The results can be compared to established standards and reveal oil purity and other information (even the country of origin) which helps validate the oil quality. GC readings that are inconsistent with established standards can be the result of contamination, adulteration, the use of wrong plant parts or species, "off season" harvesting, improper distillation techniques, or product enhancement practices that Frontier finds unacceptable.
Glycerine (in body care) - A vegetable derived ingredient that serves as a humectant in skin care products by drawing moisture from the environment. It is also used in cosmetic formulations for its smoothing and softening properties.
Glyceroil Stearate - A vegetable oil, usually coconut oil derived; serves as a co-emulsifier and helps create a creamy appearance. Also helps to build rich viscosity. Glycerol stearate is lubricious and acts as a humectant by attracting moisture to the skin.
Guah Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride - Derived from rubber tree; serves as a natural thickening agent.
Herbal, Herbalism - Pertaining to natural botanicals and living plants.
Hybrid - Natural or artificially produced plant resulting from the fertilization of one species by another; indicated by 'X' as in lavandula x intermedia or citrus x paradisi.
Hydrosol - Hydrosol, also called hydrolat or floral water, is the name for the water remaining after the steam distillation of an essential oil. A hydrosol is composed mostly of water, with small amounts of the water-soluble parts of the plants being distilled. Because hydrosols contain components that differ from their corresponding essential oils, their uses are not the same. Hydrosols are often used in skin care products and body sprays for their skin-soothing or purifying effects. Because of the very low levels (or even absence) of the more potent and sometimes skin-irritating constituents of the essential oils, hydrosols are very gentle and safe to use on all skin types. Although hydrosols can exist for any distilled essential oil, many are not widely used or available. Some of the more popular hydrosols include rose, lavender, orange blossom, chamomile, neroli, melissa and elder flower waters. One of the problems with true hydrosols is creating a shelf-stable product. Because they are primarily water and do not have naturally occurring preservatives (such as essential oil) as a component, they do not store for very long. Hydrosols without any preservative listed on the label may be suspect. Products that are not true hydrosols, but rather essential oil mixed with water, with or without the addition of stabilizers and surfactants, are sometimes sold as hydrosols.
Insoluble - Unable to be dissolved in a liquid such as water.
Jasminum Officinale Absolute - An absolute derived from freshly picked jasmine flowers. Rich, exotic-floral aroma. Sensuous and calming.
Lauramidoyl Insulin - Derived from an inulin moiety (chicory) and a lauryl moiety (from coconut oil or palm kernel oil); functions as a straight chain polysaccharide natural emulsifier.
Limbic System - A part of the brain that regulates emotion, appetite, and survival responses.
Lipid - A fat or fat-like substance insoluble in water and soluble in organic solvents.
Maceration - The extraction of substances from a plant by steeping in a fixed oil.
Magnesium Stearate - Stearic acid. Bulking agent.
Mass Spectroscopy (MS) - A lab technique used to identify components in a substance by determining their atomic or molecular masses.
Massage Therapy - A hands-on therapy in which essential oils are applied to the body for emotional and physical benefits.
Melissa Officinalis (Balm Mint) Leaf Extract - Derived from lemon balm leaves; used as a natural preservative. Lemon balm brightens the complexion.
Middle Notes - A category of aromatic components of essential perfumes and oils with intermediate permanence and volatility properties.
Milk Powder - From whole dried organic milk. Contains potent skin-nourishing proteins, acids, and vitamins.
Natural - There is no legal U.S. definition for "natural," and neither the FDA nor the USDA has rules regarding the term. Unlike the USDA-regulated term "organic," the designation "natural" can be applied to products at the unregulated discretion of manufacturers. Frontier has established a Natural Products Standard for our products that covers post-harvest treatment and processing. We do not purchase any herbs or spices that have been treated with irradiation or chemicals such as ethylene oxide (EtO) and there are a number of other ingredients and processes that are not allowed.
Neat - A "neat" drop refers to a drop of liquid that is unmixed, or undiluted. Generally applies to the act of applying an essential oil to the body undiluted. Since dilution is nearly always recommended, using oils neat is very uncommon.
Olfactory - Of, relating to or connected with the sense of smell.
Oxidize - To react with oxygen, usually causing rapid degradation or deterioration.
PPG-3 Methyl Ether - Derived from glycol ether. Serves as a carrier for essential oils. A powerful solvent with a low evaporation rate and low viscosity.
Patch Test - Some people have reactions to certain oils and cannot use them. To test an essential oil you have not used before, do a patch test by adding 1 drop of oil to 1/2 tsp. vegetable oil and apply to the inside of the arm. Leave on for 24 hours, and if any redness or itching develops, don't use the oil.
Percent Dilution - The percentage of essential oil to carrier.
Photosensitizing - Referring to a substance that increases the sensitivity of the skin to UV light. Also referred to as phototoxic.
Potassium Sorbate - Plant derived ingredient; functions as a toxic free preservative.
Potpourri - A fragrant mixture of dried herbs and flowers. Usually scented with synthetic fragrance oils.
Prunus Amygdallus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil - High in oleic and linoleic acids. Similar to apricot kernel but slightly more lubricity and glide. Probably the best choice for most massage applications. Appropriate for dry skin, massage and bath.
Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Kernel Oil - Provides a medium thickness, glide and lubricity. Use in higher amounts for standard massage, less amounts for friction and heat building massage. Appropriate for combination skin, massage, moisturizing bath oil, after shower nourishing skin care oil.
Prussic acid - Many fruits, nuts, seeds, legumes and pasture type grasses that are a daily part of human and animal diets contain naturally occurring cyanogenic glycosides such as amygdalin, which when ingested, break down into three substances; sugar, cyanide (prussic acid), and benzaldehyde. Benzaldehyde is the substance used as a flavoring and fragrance material. It has an almond or cherry taste, and an almond-like aroma. The kernel (also referred to as the pit or stone) of almonds, apricots, plums, peaches, contains the prussic acid, although the fruit is entirely unaffected. The kernels of these fruits are used to make almond essential oil. The oil produced from these pits intended for food use is treated to remove the prussic acid, and is designated as FFPA (free from prussic acid). The Code of Federal Regulations (21 CFR 582.20) states that prussic acid-free bitter almond oil is considered GRAS (generally recognized as safe) as a food flavoring.
Retinyl Palmitate (Vitamin A) - Derived from palm kernel oil (Vitamin A alcohol and its esters); adds skin-nourishing properties to the product, aids in dry skin treatment, essential for growth and maintenance of bones, glands, teeth, nails and hair.
Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract - Derived from the leaves of rosemary; used as a natural preservative.
Rubefacient - substances for external application that cause redness of the skin through dilation of the capillaries, which allows for increased blood circulation, resulting in a warming sensation.
Sea Salt - Purified, simple sodium chloride isolated from sea water. Creates a buoyant, skin-softening bath water.
Sebaceous Glands - Present in the dermis. Open to the surface at pores located in the epidermis. Produces sebum (oil).
Sebum - The oily substance produced by the sebaceous glands which function to lubricate the skin and seal moisture into the cells. The level of sebum production determines whether your skin is normal, dry or oily.
Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Oil - Light-textured, pH balanced liquid wax pressed from the jojoba nut. Mimics natural pH and function of the skin's own sebum.
Sodium Bicarbonate - Naturally derived from minerals. Cleansing agent.
Sodium Borate - A naturally occurring mined desert mineral, sodium borate has a mild, soap-like cleansing action.
Sodium Carbonate - Sodium carbonate, water, and carbon dioxide.
Sodium Carboxymethyl Betaglucan - Derived from yeast cell wall; protects against UV-A induced oxidative stress, restores skin function, promotes cell renewal and enhances skin's self-protection mechanism.
Sodium Cocoylisethionate - Coconut-derived. Cleansing agent.
Sodium Hydroxymethylglycinate - Produced from sodium chloride; serves as a safe, broad spectrum, paraben-free preservative system.
Sodium Myreth Sulfate - Derived from coconut oil; produces rich foam and builds viscosity. Excellent cleanser that is compatible with all skin types.
Soluble - Able to be dissolved in a liquid such as water.
Steam Distillation - A method of essential oil extraction using steam.
Still Note - An unpleasant odor connected with a freshly distilled essential oil.
Synergistic - A characteristic in which the total effect is more effective than the individual parts.
Synthetic - An artificially produced substance designed to imitate that which occurs naturally.
Theobroma Cacao Butter - Cocoa beans.This natural butter melts into skin at body temperature and provides rich emollience and moisture retention.
Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E) - Powerful and skin-supporting. Safe and natural preservative.
Top Notes - Highly volatile category of aromatic components of essential oils that are penetrating and sharp. These are the first odors that the olfactory system perceives.
Trigonella Foenum-Graecu Absolute - An absolute derived from the seeds of the fenugreek plant. Distinctive, bitter aroma.
Tromethamine - Toxic-free synthetic ingredient; serves as a pharmaceutical neutralizing agent.
Vanilla Planifolia Absolute - An absolute derived from the fruit or bean pods of the vanilla orchid. Sweet, balsamic aroma. Comforting and calming.
Viscosity - Pertaining to the thickness or thinness of a liquid, it especially relates to the speed at which an essential oil pours from the bottle. An example would be vetiver, having a high viscosity, pours extremely slowly from the bottle.
Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil - Has a light and absorbent feel. Good choice for heat-building, friction massage. Appropriate for all skin types. A natural alternative to petroleum derived mineral oil.
Volatilization - The rate of evaporation of an essential oil. See 'Notes' for more information.
Water (Aqua) - Pharmaceutical grade by reverse osmosis. Water serves as a carrier substance for the matrix of ingredients. Water hydrates the skin.
Yield - The amount of essential oil extracted from a plant.
Zingiber Officinale (Ginger) Root Extract - Derived from the roots of ginger; used as a natural preservative. Ginger is warming and activating.
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Wow...how do you put up with the jack wagon idiots? I read through the comments and more was bewailed over the acronym "Gimp" than anything else.
I think it's cool Gimp is doing so well.
An artist can draw with a chunk of burnt wood so who cares about the name. I kind of like the word "Gimp" because well, when I mop the floor with you using it how much sweeter is that? And if I don't well, "hey, I'm just using Gimp to do all this." LOL what a bunch of whiners.


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Commercial partnerships have become a mainstay of the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, providing funding for innovative R&D, a pathway for clinical innovation to make its way to the marketplace, products for Big Pharma's salesforces, and in many cases a healthy financial return for both partners. But how many companies can point to dealmaking as a core competency? The truth is that until recently, few companies knew how to approach alliances as a comprehensible, manageable process. That is starting to change, and we are starting to see the emergence of a relatively standard approach to partnership. That is a hopeful sign. But companies need to go further. What follows is an attempt to bring a logical structure to the process. It is designed so that the right questions—What are the options? What does my company want to accomplish? How about the other side? How would my options change with a different kind of partner?—get asked at the right stage of the process.
The model generally approaches the deal from the perspective of a smaller pharma or biotech partner, though obviously Big Pharma partners face their own set of related issues. We've made some simple assumptions: If you don't want your deal to fail, you need to do a great deal of homework, and the right time to do it is before you find yourself at the negotiating table. A deal can't be a windfall for either partner; there has to be a quid pro quo—and it's crucial to understand what your partner wants, and to know your partner well enough to allow for meaningful due diligence, if you get that far.
Commercial partnerships offer a vehicle to leverage intellectual property as a way to improve health and provide additional funding for research, overhead and regulatory costs. Clinical innovation and human and scientific applications can be enhanced through commercial partnerships. Commercial partnerships can also bring strategic, operational and financial benefits to research institutions and biotechnology companies. Key benefits include:
» Leveraging regulatory experience » Knowledge sharing
» Offsetting rising operational costs » Increasing R & D funding
» Improving technology capabilities » Differentiating the organization
» Reducing investment exposure from its competitors
» Commercializing products or technologies
In the early stages of thinking about partnership, it is important to ask which of these benefits is important to your company. Indeed, the analysis should cut to the most basic of issues:
» Can a commercial partnership help my organization further its mission?
» How can we effectively evaluate the viability of a commercial partnership?
» Is partnering actually the most desirable strategy?
For any partnership to succeed, there must be equal value to the other partner, which in this case would be a pharmaceutical company. Part of your effort in the earliest phases should go to understanding what benefits a potential partner is pursuing. They can include:
» Access to subject matter experts » Knowledge sharing
» Shortens product discovery/ » Gains access to novel technologies
development » Enhances product pipeline
» Enhanced R & D economies of scale » Access to novel R & D approaches