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RENO, Nev. -- Federal prosecutors in Nevada have announced indictments in an alleged bribery scheme involving "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis' treatment while in jail.
The government says gifts and payments were made in exchange for preferential treatment of Francis while he was in the Washoe County jail.
A grand jury indictment does not name Francis.
Aaron Weinstein, a California man who was the executive producer of some of Francis' soft porn videos, is charged with providing more than $12,000 and gifts including Oakland Raiders tickets in 2007.
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A Beginner's Tutorial for Node.js
I've been spending some time learning Node.js. Since there isn't a clear definitive guide out there, I decided to put together a some of the best online resources I've found.
The goal of this tutorial is to bring a beginner fully up to speed with Node. At the end you will understand Node's eventing model and be able to create a site using the most popular modules and frameworks. It should take about 4 to 5 hours total.
Prerequisites: some knowledge of javascript in particular and web programming in general.
For those of you unfamiliar with it, Node is a server-side javascript framework for building scalable web apps. It's relatively new but has gotten tons of attention and is definitely worth a look. I'm assuming if you're here you're already interested in taking a look, so I'll dive right in. If you want to know more about why you should use Node, see this article from the Register.
Getting Started
I've found that the most important thing for understanding Node is to realize it initially places an additional burden on the programmer. In traditional web frameworks such as Rails or Django, you typically write methods to handle incoming requests. Your method can call directly to the database or file system because it runs on its own thread — it's allowed to take as long as it wants to return a response. The server can always spin up other threads to handle other incoming requests. This makes the logic straightforward — the entire handler can be written in one method.
In Node, the entire server has one single thread, so now your code must play nice. If any of your handlers call a blocking method, the entire server is blocked. Your code has to be constructed so that it always returns immediately and is called again when a response from the database or filesystem is ready. The difference from before is that the handler logic is split. Understanding this difference is the key to understanding Node. I mention this here because initially most Node tutorials gloss over this point. Just keep it in mind. It will become more clear as you start learning.
The Basics (1 – 2 hours)
Start with 'The Node Beginner Book' by Manuel Kiessling. For me it was the best overall getting-started guide to Node.js . It can be read online for free. Read the book and follow along with the examples. It's a short, easy to read book. The last section, on handling file uploads, can be skipped.
It also has instructions and a link to installing Node on your machine. If you're on Windows you can also find instructions here.
By the end you'll know how to set up a server on your machine, create a simple web server, use modules to organize code into files, create a simple routing system for requests, and handle POST requests. You should understand Node well enough to learn about some existing libraries and tools.
Bonus reading: Look at chapter 3 of 'Up and Running with Node.js' for a more in-depth discussion of the event loop and why blocking it is bad.
Going Deeper (1 hour)
Now that you know the basics of Node it's time to go a bit more in-depth. We'll start by taking a closer look at callbacks and control flow. Read chapter 7 of 'Mixu's Node Book'. Optional: continue to chapter 8 for a review of modules.
When you're comfortable with control flow read chapters 9, 10, and 11 to learn about the core API you'll be using in all Node programs. You can skim these a bit, since the book goes into detail, but just be aware of the APIs available so you know to look them up later.
One thing you'll notice missing from Node are web framework niceties like a view / templating system. Finding a Node web framework is the next step.
The Express Web Framework (45 min)
To continue we'll take a look at Express.
Express is currently the de-facto web framework for Node. Start by watching nodetuts.com's series of videos on Express: episode 9, 10, and 11. They're about 15 minutes each and are a good intro to Express and the Jade templating language.
A Real Example (1 hour)
Time to look at a real example. Read this blog post and follow along. It will show you how to create a simple blog site using Express as a web framework, Jade and Stylus for templating, and MongoDB for the backend.
Before you get started it might be helpful to take a quick tour of MongoDB. It's an interactive tutorial that takes only a few minutes to complete and helps provide context for the lesson.
Finishing up
Congrats! You should now be able to create a 'real' database-backed web site using Node. More importantly, you've learned enough to be able to continue learning on your own.
For this course I've tried to bring together the best content in order. Any better resources out there that I forgot? Please mention it in the comments!
List of resources mentioned in order
- Node Beginner Book
- Up and Running with Node.js
- nodetuts.com
- Blog rolling with mongoDB, express and Node.js from howtonode.org
Other Resources
Chapters 5, 6, and 7 of Up and Running with Node.js have an overview of the Node.js core API.
Node Web Development is a decent overall introduction to Node.
The official Node documentation has a list of useful Node modules.
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Why is there so much symmetry in nature? I shared some examples in an earlier post, and questioned whether there was a link between these and the 'fine-tuning' of the universe. I asked Francesca Day, a PhD student at the University of Oxford, if she could investigate. Francesca's own work is on the astrophysical signatures of dark radiation, and here she explains why she thinks symmetry might lead to a more wonderful explanation of the universe than the mystery of fine-tuning.
Many argue that if the laws of physics had been just slightly different, life – or at least life as we know it – would not have been possible in the universe. The fundamental laws and parameters of physics seem to have conspired so as to make the formation of life possible. To many it seems as if science is pointing to a designer of the universe who set all these parameters just right for us – as if science is pointing the way to God.
Some scientists invoke a version of the "anthropic principle" to explain fine-tuning. The idea is that there are many universes (or many different patches of our universe) with different values of the fundamental parameters. It is not surprising that we live in the universe or patch with parameters that allow life. However, this argument is pretty speculative and, some would say, something of a cop out.
So where might fine-tuning come from? Why do the laws of physics seem just right for life? Has God carefully crafted and adjusted them to allow our evolution? Is God like a piano tuner, meticulously tightening the strings of the universe until everything is just so? Or did God make a piano that could never be out of tune? Does the apparent fine-tuning in the laws of physics emerge from deeper, more fundamental laws? I, along with many other physicists, think it might do, and that those deeper laws might be symmetries.
Over the past 100 years, symmetry has emerged as the principle that underpins the physical universe. For example, Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity is based on a symmetry between "inertial frames" – observers moving at a constant velocity with respect to each other. Einstein realised that the speed of light should look the same in all inertial frames – even if the observer is moving very quickly away from or towards the light source. This simple but counter-intuitive symmetry revolutionised our understanding of space and time. It forced us to realise that time is not the rigid path we once thought, but behaves as a fourth dimension whose progress depends on the motion of the observer.
Ruth Bancewicz explained how symmetries can lead to fundamental laws of nature via Noether's theorem. In this way, the structure of the laws of physics is ruled by symmetry. The particles that make up all matter in our universe are also governed by "internal symmetries" – symmetries that do not depend on space or time but which govern the behaviour and interactions of the particles themselves. These symmetries determine much of the structure we see in the particle world.
Physicists today are trying to uncover deeper symmetries in the physical world – deeper symmetries in the behaviour of subatomic particles and deeper symmetries in space and time themselves. Perhaps these deeper symmetries lead to the laws of physics as we know them today, in a similar way to how rotational symmetry leads to the law of conservation of angular momentum via Noether's theorem. Perhaps instead of fine-tuning each law of physics individually, God created the universe with a set of symmetries that naturally led to laws that are just right for life.
As a Christian and a physicist, I believe that God created a world that we have the power to explore and understand. This includes seeking deeper and deeper theories for why the fundamental laws and parameters are the way they are. Rather than the traditional view of fine-tuning pointing directly to God, I see it as part of an invitation from him. Why is the universe just right for life? With this question, God invites us to explore his creation and to discover the underlying principles He wove into it.
For me, symmetry is an intriguing and beautiful potential solution to the fine-tuning problem. These glorious symmetries on which creation is based could take us beyond our picture of fine-tuning and point the way to a deeper understanding of the universe.
Francesca Day won the Christians in Science student essay prize in 2013, and has also written for the Huffington Post.
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It is not too late to register for the ASA-CCAA conference in Hamilton, Ontario scheduled for July 25-28. This promises to be a very good conference and a place to connect and reconnect.
Some of us will not be able to attend, but we can join in spirit by remembering to pray for all the participants and for the speakers. Here is a prayer that we might pray together daily from July 24 through July 29:
Almighty and eternal God, whose will it is that all should
come to you through your Son Jesus Christ: Inspire our witness as people of
science, that we might make known the power of his forgiveness and the hope of
his resurrection.
We beseech you to be with us as we gather and as we depart. Keep us safe from all harm.
While we are together grant us grace to serve one another,
to listen to one another, and to encourage one another. May we drink from the
fountain of wisdom, which is your Word and Christ our Lord.
You have filled the world with beauty, O Lord. Open our eyes
to behold your gracious hand in all your works; that we may
learn to serve you and all humanity with gladness; for the sake of him
through whom all things were created and are sustained, Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.
Mayim Bialik earned her undergraduate degree and a PhD in neuroscience from UCLA and plays a neuroscientist on The Big Bang Theory. She minored in Jewish Studies and Hebrew. She spoke at Boston University's Graduate Women in Science and Engineering luncheon May 17.
There were many fans of the popular nerd-centric TV sitcom The Big Bang Theoryat the BU Graduate Women in Science and Engineering (GWISE) luncheon Saturday with guest Mayim Bialik, who plays a neurobiologist on the show. But the 50 or so students and professors at the event, hosted by Beverly Brown, GWISE advisory board member and wife of President Robert A. Brown, also appreciated Bialik's lesser known bonafides—she holds a doctorate in neuroscience and is a champion of science, technology, engineering, and mathematic (STEM) education for girls.Having launched her television acting career at 14 as the quirky, hat-loving Blossom Russo in the early 1990s NBC television sitcom Blossom, Bialik (Hon.'14), who received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters at Sunday's Commencement, has won over a new generation with her portrayal of The Big Bang Theory's Amy Farrah Fowler. The loopy, brilliant Fowler joined the cast at the end of season three and is now a regular. Bialik's performance has earned her two Screen Actors Guild nominations and two Emmy nominations.Born in San Diego, 38-year-old Bialik played the young Bette Midler in Beaches at age 12 and has made guest appearances on such TV shows as HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm. A character actress who pokes fun at her bookish non-Hollywood appearance ("These glasses are real," she told the GWISE audience of her outsized black horn-rims), she earned a bachelor's from the University of California, Los Angeles, in neuroscience in 2000, and in 2007 completed a PhD in neuroscience, also from UCLA. Her research examined the role of oxytocin and vasopressin in obsessive-compulsive disorder in adolescents with Prader-Willi syndrome, a genetic abnormality causing life-threatening obesity. "I'm a chromosome 8 person," she said, to a chorus of knowing laughter.
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Today's Google Doodle pays homage to one of the great women in Science, Mary Anning.
Google Inc paid homage to the 215 anniversary of the birth of Mary Anning on May 21 2014 with this Doodle on the homepage. Image credit: Google Inc.
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There are 14 women in the Saturday afternoon Bible study at the local prison. This is not a Bible study in the traditional sense. Only a few even bring a Bible. Instead we discuss what the Bible has to say about life issues. The women want to talk about anger, forgiveness, addiction, abuse, and guilt. They also want to hear about salvation, healing, God's provision for them and the gift of eternal life.
As a Biblical anthropologist, I tend to be scholarly in my approach to the Biblical text. Maybe that is why God opened this prison ministry to me. This brings me balance and reminds me of what really matters. The women in prison want something to carry them through the week; something to remind them that God cares about them and can be trusted.
We keep it basic. We keep it real. They share their experiences of God's presence in tragic circumstances and in emergency rooms where they were taken when they overdosed on drugs. They understand that the Bible is not the only way that God communicates. Many have never read the Bible and some have had bad experiences in churches. We are learning to hear God's voice in non-Biblical terms, but always in terms consistent with Biblical revelation and doctrine.
None of the women has ever asked about Darwin or the age of the Earth. None has asked about the extent of Noah's flood and the geological record. These issues don't seem to matter. Their need for God is basic to being human. They want to know why God delays in answering their prayers. They want to hear about something good and hopeful in the midst of their suffering. Why didn't God stop my father from abusing me? Why couldn't I say goodbye to my mother before she died? Where was God when my boyfriend attacked me? Can I trust God to take care of me when I get out of prison?
Sometimes I share a tidbit from science. Once it was about how Nineveh was discovered and found to be as great a city as described in the book of Jonah. Another time I shared how analysis of the Biblical kinship records show that Jesus was a descendant of Ruth, a near-homeless woman who loved her aging mother-in-law so much she stayed by her side. The African American women are interested in knowing about Abraham's Kushite ancestors. A few have asked whether or not God made some people homosexual.
Each time I go to the prison I learn about the Bible from these women and I realize that the big debates that take place in scientific circles really are not big in the grander scope of things. For a person serving time, billions of years or 10,000 years are far less important that the number of days they have left to serve their prison term. Whether God created in six 24-hour days or through a long gradual process of evolution means little to someone yearning for God to create in them a new and contrite heart.
Please pray for this prison ministry which meets on the third Saturday of each month.
Related reading: Haunting Pictures of Women Prisoners
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Emily Ruppel, Associate Director of Communications for the American Scientific Affiliation, tells about her unusual route into the science-faith arena, which began with a nun.
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Rhoda Hawkins, a theoretical physicist from the University of Sheffield, recently spoke on 'Should we mind, and does it matter?' at the Christians in Science student conference. Here, she asks how much Christians should be involved in discussing questions of science and faith.
Why should we engage our minds in science and religion issues? Why should we engage with the big questions of mind and matter? Firstly Christians who are scientists are whole, integrated people – body, mind and spirit – so to be true to ourselves and to God we should hold together the different aspects of who we are. Engaging our minds in such deep issues is both fascinating and enriching.
In my experience, questioning and doubting strengthens my faith. Contemplating the mysteries of creation increases my wonder and worship of the Creator. A greater awareness of the philosophical foundations of science, its limitations and its possibilities is important, and grappling with its ethical consequences is our responsibility.
In my research I study living matter. I want to understand how it behaves and moves. What are its material properties, how does it self-assemble and what makes it alive? Sometimes studying a bacterium, a eukaryotic cell, or even a single protein molecule, it can seem as if it has a mind of its own. There's an intriguing mystery here. How does it work?
Striving to describe, explain and understand this complex behaviour that emerges from the properties of matter is exciting. When understanding is achieved, I am amazed. Far from taking away the mystery, this process of enquiry opens our minds to glimpse something of the mind of God.
At the level of the brain, how the material properties of neurones can lead to emergence of behaviours as complex as our own minds is an exciting scientific question that merges with philosophy. Is there more to the conscious mind than just matter?
A merging of science and philosophy also happens in quantum mechanics. Is the world really indeterminate at the smallest scales? Are there hidden variables that control subatomic particles, communicating instantaneously across non-local distances?
Are there many universes? Is there life on other planets? What is the origin of life? How did life first emerge & evolve? Scientific research may find partial answers to some of these big questions within our lifetimes but I expect many mysteries will remain.
The Bible talks of us as matter, mind and spirit, and says that we should use all these aspects of ourselves to worship our creator God in spirit and truth. For me such holistic worship includes using my mind to seek truth by investigating created matter using science as well as searching for spiritual truth about God.
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mindLuke 10:27
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind
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More by Rhoda Hawkins: Wondering; Questioning.
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Cordoba is by far the best place I've visited in Spain. The city has such a rich mixture of cultural and religious influences, that I couldn't help but be taken by her charm. The city is divided into two parts the new part and the old part. The old part holds the most charm, because it includes the juderia (Jewish Quarter) with a labryinthe of narrow winding cobblestone streets that wind past whitewashed buildings and balconies overflowing with flowers. Not to mention the city boasts the Mezquita (mosque) that will humble even the most savvy world traveler. The city has a strong Arabic influence that still lingers and you can even soak in restored Arab Baths and drink mint tea if you'd like. I highly recommend a visit.
Cordoba lies in the fantastic region of Andalucia in the south of Spain. The town is denoted by the large red dot.
Currency: Euro
Language: Spanish
I met Andrew on the way to my Spanish hometown of Salamanca. We chatted about our travel experiences on the bus and when we arrived I invited to show him around a bit. We hung out that day and then we exchanged emails as he continued on his travels. One weekend I was in Cordoba when I got a random email from him stating he was in Cordoba. I decided to check at the youth hostel I was staying at just in case he happened to be staying there as well. Sure enough he was! I knocked on his door and one of the roomates answered, but he was out, so I left a note. A few hours later I decided to try one more time and as I headed towards his room I ran into him and he was headed to mine! I suggested we go to a little restaurant and grab a bite to eat, but he had just ate. I had already picked out the place from my trusty guide book and guess what? He had just eaten there. STRANGE. The night continued with a countless number of these coincidences and all I can say was the experience was just surreal. SO strange and so coincidental I couldn't resist sharing it on VT. It's a small world after all!
- Pros:Amazing, Exotic, Charming
- Cons:Extreme heat
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I hope to go there soon. Ciao!
Very thorough presentation of Cordoba with beautiful photographs to accompany your perspectives.
Great overview of Cordoba. I'm visiting next week for a day (hope this is enough!) during a trip to Granada.
I am probably visiting Cordaba soon and your page has been useful. Thanks for sharing!
I liked the lovely mosque that is now a church, and pretty gardens...looks like a very nice place to visit!
Great page abour Cordoba. planning to visit next December.
My dream is travelling around spain and living in every city of Spain,ure so lucky to study there!I hope to realise my dream one day& my destiny will let me to do!
Yes, too hot in July, thast's right
you'll find here a really comprehensive page:all is said about this captivating city...or nearly,adding plaza del potro (colt square)...but there are sooo many things to discover...for the next time!
fantastic page, I am thinking about heading to southern Spain this summer.
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A large armored vehicle built to survive driving over mines now is being used to get SWAT team members safely in and out of calls.
A bullet from a high-powerful rifle can easily pierce both sides of a typical squad car, Johnson County Sheriff's Office SWAT commander Maj. Jerry Pickett said.
But no weapon that someone would have in their home is going to penetrate the thick armor plating on the armored vehicle, which the county is using to drive officers to the scene and take cover behind before entering a home, he said.
The mine-resistant ambush protected vehicle, or MRAP, costs the military about $750,000 when its built for driving into dangerous parts of Afghanistan, Sheriff Doug Cox said. The county got its MRAP for free, with Cox spending about $5,000 to drive it back from Texas and repaint the sand-colored vehicle dark green.
The vehicle came from the military surplus program, which allows police departments to get out-of-use military equipment for free. All they have to pay for is the cost to either ship or pick up the items they want.
It replaces the county's current armored vehicle, which is nearly 20 years old and also came from military surplus, Cox said. The $5,000 he spent from the jail's commissary fund is much less than even a new squad car, he said.
The sheriff's office used the new vehicle for the first time in May, when a man who was involved in a stabbing had locked himself in his home and wouldn't come out. Police said he was intoxicated and had stabbed another person earlier in the evening. Officers used the SWAT team to enter the house and arrest him.
The vehicle could have been useful in situations like a shooting in Martinsville in 2011, when a man starting shooting at two county deputies and a Franklin officer in his basement, Cox said.
Local police departments also have used the surplus program to get M-16 rifles that deputies carry in their vehicles. The sheriff's office has more than 30 rifles from the surplus program, and Franklin has eight. Greenwood police don't have any surplus items, but police do check the postings for items that might be useful. For example, Greenwood Assistant Police Chief Matt Fillenwarth said he would snap up new gas masks if they were available, since they can cost $300 to $500 each.
The program has allowed the county to get military gear that could help officers in a dangerous SWAT engagement, without needing to use tax dollars, Cox said. If no one takes the military surplus items, they either sit unused or are recycled. If or when police no longer need a particular item, they can return it to the military, Cox said.
"The ones that didn't find a home were going to be cut up for scrap. Why would I let something like that rust on a parking lot somewhere?" Cox said.
The county SWAT team gets called out about 10 to 15 times per year because police expect a suspect could try to harm officers, Pickett said. The new vehicle, which holds up to 10 people, can get close to a house where someone might be waiting inside with a semiautomatic rifle, and SWAT team members can take cover behind it to prepare to enter the home, he said.
"A rifle round from your AR-15s or the SKS, those things go through a car windshield or car door like a hot knife through butter. You wouldn't use a patrol car to go up on a SWAT detail," he said.
The new armored vehicle mostly will be used to protect SWAT team members but also could be used to drive through high water during a flood or cross snowy roads during a bad winter storm, since it's built to handle any kind of terrain, Cox said.
An MRAP is oversized for any situation a police officer would face, but retrofitting one for SWAT use makes more sense than trying to buy something new, Fillenwarth said. He looked at prices for a
Lenco BearCat, an armored truck that could be used by police, but the vehicle would cost around $285,000 new, so Greenwood could never afford it.
Fillenwarth has browsed the military surplus listings for gear before, but typically the newest and most useful gear is claimed quickly by other police departments across the U.S. The military has portable generators or dump trucks that are available, but city police wouldn't need or use them frequently, he said. The police department does take part in a different military program, which allows the city to keep two night-vision rifle scopes as long as Greenwood pays to maintain them, he said.
The sheriff's office has looked for other items in the past, such as a new water rescue boat, but wasn't able to find a good one, Cox said. In past years, the sheriff's office also had some military fatigues and helmets, as well as the rifles and armored truck, he said.
Getting surplus items from the military can save money but also has additional reporting requirements, Franklin Police Chief Tim O'Sullivan said. The federal government requires quarterly reports as well as serial number checks twice per year. O'Sullivan glances at surplus items a few times a year but hasn't claimed anything other than the rifles, because the city doesn't need anything badly enough to go through the additional paperwork, he said.
"It is a really neat program in that you can get items from surplus without double dipping on their tax dollars since it's already bought and paid for," O'Sullivan said. "It's a good program. It's just a difficult process."


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Hedge funds end of month squaring out positions. Window dressing as they say
Correct. For now quants have negative correlation programmed until that pattern breaks. Longs can relax as buy orders go back in when market pulls back
They are doing something. Selling stock. All top apple executives show their lack of conviction as they sell all granted stock options hand over fist the moment they vest. Nobody holds any significant stake. Go back to 2010 to now and look at the dumping and timing. Look at their holdings. They don't believe so why should we
This is too much. Worst dow performer of the last year and getting worse. Icahn out. All tech and mainstream media hating on apple. Tim Cook just making thinner products of same stuff. Burning capital on a car that likely won't ever happen and if it does may not move the needle or even be successful. Cook refusing to acquire any major company and lets cash sit dead in the bank overseas.
This is not Steve Jobs Apple anymore and it is starting to show. I'm done. Out. Can't take it anymore. Every other stock going up and is loved like Amazon. Everyone hates apple stock.
So I just got back from lunch at Bridgewater NJ Chipotle location. Typically this is one of their busiest stores before the outbreak debacle. Lines most of the day out the door even as late as half hour before closing.
I went in there twice in the last two months not to eat but to see if they were busy and it was pretty dead the first time, like a ghost town. The second time it was a little busier but no more than one or two people on the line and maybe 15% of the tables occupied.
After the latest analyst note I was interested to see how they were doing today since I was in that area. I figured I would stop there and actually eat and watch the traffic. I got in there and maybe 5 people ahead of me on line. I ordered within one minute of walking in.
The line stayed pretty steady ( I arrived around 1PM) and actually grew over the next twenty minutes to the longest I've seen since this happened. Maybe about 15 people on the line and pretty steady with new patrons coming in. I would say about 2/3 of the tables were occupied by the time I left.
Just one data point at one location but it was a stark contrast to just a couple months ago when at peak lunch and dinner there was anywhere between 1-2 people online and just a couple tables occupied.
Hard to read much into just one location but I do find the mass psychology observation useful in these types of channel checks.
Because it isn't splitting before next week so it will never see 85 until after the split (when the stock is 170)
Yes. After the 2 for 1 split I can get it for $60 but don't feel the need to wait. I will buy it here.


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o According to Vancouver city code, the crime of vicious behavior (dogs) is a misdemeanor punishable by a maximum sentence of one year in jail and a $5,000 fine.
o The crime of having dangerous dogs can be elevated to a Class C felony if the defendant has a prior dangerous dogs conviction when the dog attacks a person or an animal. Or it's a Class C felony if an owner knowingly has a dangerous dog that causes serious injury or death to a person.
o According to Vancouver city code, the crime of vicious behavior (dogs) is a misdemeanor punishable by a maximum sentence of one year in jail and a $5,000 fine.
o The crime of having dangerous dogs can be elevated to a Class C felony if the defendant has a prior dangerous dogs conviction when the dog attacks a person or an animal. Or it's a Class C felony if an owner knowingly has a dangerous dog that causes serious injury or death to a person.
Three years ago, Sheeba, a Shar Pei, was attacked by an unleashed pit bull while on a daily evening walk with her owner, Brian Paulsen.
As she was sniffing a fence on Lewis Drive, south of Vancouver Mall Drive, the pit bull suddenly ran to attack, grabbing the top of the dog's head and shaking relentlessly. It wasn't until a man ran up and pried open the pit bull's jaw with a screwdriver that the dog let go.
Four months later, a severely injured Sheeba had to be euthanized.
The pit bull's owner, Douglas Mackey, pleaded guilty in Clark County District Court to keeping a dangerous dog. He was sentenced to one day on a work crew and a $423 fine.
His conviction was among only a handful in Clark County in the last decade. While the number of dog bites — some as violent as Sheeba's — constantly top 200 annually, few dog owners are ever penalized.
Why is that?
Well, it's difficult to prove "intentionally, knowingly, recklessly or with criminal negligence permitting an animal to engage in vicious behavior," the legal standard to charge a dog owner with the misdemeanor crime, prosecutors say.
"The state would have to prove the owner had knowledge the dog was dangerous and failed to take precautions," said Deputy Prosecutor Jeff McCarty, noting that this almost always entails documentation from animal control officers of previous vicious behavior.
In Mackey's case, investigators learned that his dog had been deemed unadoptable and was known by Mackey's acquaintances to be violent. And Mackey was allowing the dog to run loose, according to court documents.
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Experts say Mackey is the exception to the rule.
Most owners aren't aware their dog is vicious when the canine suddenly attacks a person or another animal and animal control officers have to intervene, said Paul Scarpelli, manager of Clark County Animal Protection & Control.
"Most of the time, it's a one-time occasion," Scarpelli said. "It not like you have all these perpetually vicious dogs. Those are outliers."
That scenario happened on May 26 when three pit bulls mauled a 9-year-old boy near Harney Elementary School. The unprovoked attack led the Vancouver City Council to consider a pit bull ban. The council dropped the issue late last month in favor of beefing up the city code on dangerous dogs.
Scarpelli said few of the 259 dog bites in the city and county so far this year were major attacks; none of the rest were like the May 26 incident.
"It's the little boy on Evergreen that you never want to happen," Scarpelli said.
Scarpelli said the owner in the May 26 incident wasn't found to be criminally liable, as there wasn't evidence the owner knew the dogs were vicious or that they weren't kept fenced or leashed.
Few cases
At the Clark County Prosecutor's Office, McCarty said that since 2000, prosecutors in the misdemeanor unit have received only 11 referrals from law enforcement for the consideration of dangerous dog charges. Most of them were never charged because of insufficient evidence, he said.
Currently, the office has one pending case that hasn't been charged.
Vancouver City Prosecutor Kevin McClure said he usually charges two or three cases a year, though the last case prosecuted out of his office was in 2009.
McClure couldn't explain the lull, but agreed with McCarty that such cases are extremely rare because of the high legal standard to prove them.
Aside from previous documentation about a dog's viciousness, McClure said there is usually little evidence available showing an owner's liability. He said he has filed charges before when, for example, an owner allows his dog to be unleashed in a leashes-required park and the canine ends up biting someone. Or, he said, he has filed if there's solid testimony from neighbors and acquaintances that a dog is dangerous.
"When they are filed, they tend to be very emotional, trying cases," he said.
"They're traumatic all around."


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U.S. House Sides with Alabama Judge in Ten Commandments Case
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore and his Ten Commandments display in the state Judicial Building got a boost from an unexpected source recently--the U.S. House of Representatives.
Representatives on July 23 voted 260-161 to block the federal government from spending any tax funds to enforce the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision against the Ten Commandments monument Moore placed in the lobby of the building that houses Alabama's supreme court.
The measure, introduced by Rep. John N. Hostettler (R-Ind.), is of questionable constitutionality and may turn out to be little more than political grandstanding. But observers say the vote is evidence of the House's increasing hostility toward church-state separation and its disregard for constitutional principles.
"Rep. Hostettler needs to go back to school and re-take fifth-grade civics," said Barry W. Lynn, Americans United executive director. "Congress cannot nullify court rulings about the Constitution merely by passing legislation."
Continued Lynn, "This is pure political grandstanding. Worse than that, it's an insult to the Constitution. Our country operates under the rule of law. Hostettler is promoting a form of anarchy."
At the same time as its Commandments vote, the House passed a measure forbidding the federal government from enforcing a decision by the 9th Circuit banning the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools because of its religious content. That vote was even more lopsided, 307-119. (Both Hostettler amendments were added to an appropriations bill for the Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary departments.)
For years, Religious Right organizations have attacked the federal judiciary because of court rulings upholding church-state separation, legal abortion and gay rights. These salvos have reverberated in Congress, with measures like the Hostettler amendments being the result.
Other House members want to take things a step further. Led by Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas), several GOP House members have formed a Working Group on Judicial Accountability designed, as a recent DeLay press release asserted, to "identify and prevent judicial activism."
DeLay said the group's co-chairs, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and Rep. Steve Chabot (R-Ohio), "have recruited a core of smart, tough and aggressive members, and based on the early meetings it's clear that when it comes to judicial abuses they're going to take no prisoners. …


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Snow White's Revenge by LoonakiWatch
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Paper sewing is a technique I always loved and have to experiment more with. So fun.
Copic Multiliners, Copic Marker, Polychromos, Wool
Wasn't planning to sleep today anyway D:
Besides that, it looks really awesome! Love the texture of the hair and her fingers.
Besides that, it looks really awesome! Love the texture of the hair and her fingers.
This is just wonderful! It's eerie and it pops out due to the sewing technique, I just love it!
Omg... I absolutly adoooore this!!! Oo I have to try it out. It looks really great!!! Oo
How did you do it?!
How did you do it?!
lovely as all of your stuff. keep up the good work!
Very creepy and fascinating. Well done. ^^
Wow. Great idea
Beautiful and kind of creepy.
Wow, it's so catchy... This image of Snow White, the contrast of black and white, the combination of textures...
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In 1997, Thân joined Kiva partner, TYM Fund, to gain access to financial services that would improve her living situation and ability to engage in business activities. Thân has successfully repaid her previous loan from TYM Fund. This loan was used to purchase baby livestock to raise and sell in the future. Thân is now requesting a new loan of 10,000,000 VND, which will be used to purchase breeding livestock. The loan will be the seventh Thân has taken out with TYM Fund. She plans to use the additional revenue generated from the business to pay her children's tuition fees.
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Ounce-counting backpackers will love the light weight and durability of the Snow Peak TI Silicone Hybrid Cookset. For a slim 8 ounces, this small kit offers quite a bit.
- Compact titanium spork does the work of 2 utensils
- Taste-free silicone bowl resists temperatures up to 400°F and thus accommodates all your culinary explorations
- Silicone bowl also retains shape even after being battered, , and smashed in your pack
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Most versatile light weight cooking set!
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I have had this set for over five seasons now in the backcountry. It has been all over the Uintas, Wind Rivers, Great Western Trail, and locally here for over nighters in the Wasatch. The lid makes a great plate, and the squishy bowl is nice to put a meal in, or use to prep ingredients for a nice meal while you are backcountry camping. You can leave everything but the main pot and get UL performance out of this set if you only need to flash boil your food. I have cooked just about everything including pancakes and scrambled eggs on the lid, and I re hydrate my home made dehydrated meals in the pot. Recommended for low burns for long cooking so food does not stick to the bottom. Takes up much less space in your pack and weighs nothing compared to some cook sets. For the price and what is included you really are not going to find a better mess kit our there.
Great Kit
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I recently was charged with outfitting my group (wife, sister, brother-in-law, brother, sister-in-law) with gear for a week long trip in southern utah canyon country. We got tents, sleeping bags, stoves, backpacks, the whole run. All of our gear held up and served us well.
The Snow Peak Cookset served us more as an eating bowl than a cook pot, but it did its job well and didn't add much weight to the pack.
so light!
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Great cooking set for the ultralight backpacker! Very durable and strong, especially for its weight. I love how compact it is and is a two piece set, I have other sets that are approximately the same size but are only one piece sets, the frying pan is my favorite feature of this set (sautéed many apples with this bad boy!). I would recommend this set to friends, but I would also recommend looking for it while it's on sale or clearance, it is just a little pricey for what it is, but lightweight comes at a price...
Perfect set of everything
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
At first I was a little doubtful about this product coming to my doorstep, but I was very pleased with everything. The bowlisa little heavy, but there is a tradeoff when I use it for my rice and other breakfast meals. The pot is great for one person for cooking soup or boil water. The spork is perfect to use, but not for dry food bag. The fry pan is excellent and is little wider than Trek 900 fry pan. With this fry pan, I can cook eggs and pancake much better than the Trek 900. I use the Snow Peak Hybrid Spatula Spork Combo which is excellent for egg and pancake. Also for dry food bag. I also have Snow Peak single wall 450 mug. All the items that I have, stated above, are all I need for ultralight backpacking.
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all tucked in.
all the pieces
the TI lil bear
My friend is a sushi chef in Boulder, CO and carved up an orange into a bear to hold itself in cubes.
That's what I call raw talent...
that is awesome!
I wanna go camping with you guys!
Does a stove (Pocket Rocket) and fuel fit...
Does a stove (Pocket Rocket) and fuel fit in this?
Well for some reason it says the pot volume is 2L, 2.5L which is incorrect.. I looked it up on another site and it says the pot holds 22 ounces, which is only approx. .65 liters. So the pot itself is really small. I believe it could still hold a fuel cannister and small stove though.
The pot can't fit a full size MSR isopro. You can fit the half size fue. This is a pretty small pot, and as jts4649 points out, it is incorrectly described in capacity here.
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My all wheel drive disables its self with the light coming on and the abs light coming on with it when im driving and sometines when i just back out of my drive way... So i stop it turn the engine off and restart it and it resets its self.. what could becausing this and what needs to be done to fix it.... Thanks!!!!
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The University of North Dakota has been named the latest recipient of Mayor Michael R. Brown's Green Business Showcase Award. The award is given to Grand Forks businesses that are doing their part to help make our city green by reducing waste and enhancing energy efficiency in our community.
The University of North Dakota has been working since 2000 to cut down on energy consumption, improve air quality in buildings and other environmentally friendly efforts.
One of its biggest projects has been with both indoor and outdoor lighting, that has saved the University – and taxpayers – millions of dollars.
"The University of North Dakota is a tremendous partner with the City," said Grand Forks Mayor Michael R. Brown. "I hope that others will take note of the investment the University has taken to insure the future of Grand Forks, and look to what they can do to follow suit."
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Seattle will become the first city in King County to mandate food- and yard-waste service March 30.
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He held up a plastic fish for the television cameras: "If this were actually a fish, you could put this in your food waste."
The pageantry is part of an education campaign to prepare people for the changes coming at the end of this month.
City officials said residents already recycle almost 50 percent of their total waste. They hope the food-waste-recycling push will help the city get that number to the mayor's goal of 60 percent. Recycling more, and throwing out less garbage, is intended to help the city put off building a third transfer station.
In 2006, Seattle began enforcing its recycling rules. Trash collectors leave residents' garbage on the curb if more than 10 percent of the can's contents are recyclable. Last year, they left behind about 1,500 cans. Apartment buildings and businesses face fines if they don't recycle.
Seattle is being more aggressive than surrounding cities by mandating recycling and, as of this month, food-waste service.
But other cities in King County are actually a little ahead of Seattle in making food-waste collection widely available, said Josh Marx, a recycling planner for King County's Solid Waste Division. Seattle is adding meat and dairy products to the list of food items that can be recycled. Surrounding cities have been doing that for years, Marx said.
"King County and the city of Seattle, we're way ahead of the majority of the country," he said.
In Snohomish County, residents can put food waste — including meat and dairy — in their yard-debris containers.
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Lawrenceville awarded 'IKE' planning grant
SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Acting Director Adam Pollet has announced that 55 local governments, including Lawrenceville, will be receiving $6.2 million from the "IKE" Disaster Recovery Planning Program (IKE-PLP) to assist Illinois communities develop long-term disaster plans.
From southeastern Illinois, Lawrenceville will receive $100,000, Casey $75,000; Cumberland County $150,000, Arcola $42,500, Marshall $100,000, and Martinsville $35,000,
The IKE recovery program is named for Hurricane Ike, the 2008 disaster that ranks among the costliest hurricanes to make landfall in the United States.
"Many Illinois communities were hit hard by Hurricane IKE," Pollet said. "The IKE-PLP funds will help develop plans that will prevent the kind of devastation we experienced in 2008. There is a great need for this kind of planning throughout the state, especially in our small- and mid-size communities where adequate resources may be lacking."
The IKE-PLP is part of Governor Pat Quinn's economic agenda. In partnership with the federal government, these DCEO grant awards will allow communities to engage in comprehensive planning at the local and regional levels in order to guide long term recovery and redevelopment and to minimize future damage from natural disasters. Funds will support the development and adoption of forward thinking community plans that reduce existing or future damage in disaster-risk areas.
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Carbohydrate 22.7 g
Fiber 1.2 g
Protein 81.7 g
1/2 cup sesame seeds
2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger
2 teaspoons vegetable oil
4 (4-ounce) skinned and boned chicken breast halves
1/2 teaspoon salt
Bake sesame seeds in a shallow pan at 350°, stirring frequently, 5 minutes or until toasted; cool.
Combine sesame seeds, ginger, and oil, stirring well.
Sprinkle chicken with salt; coat with sesame seed mixture, and place on a lightly greased rack in a broiler pan.
Bake chicken at 400° for 20 to 25 minutes or until done. Top evenly with Pineapple Salsa, and serve immediately.
September 1996