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I'm curious as to how it achieves this. I have experienced no such symptoms.
I'm curious as to how it achieves this. I have experienced no such symptoms.
Not beyond extreme short sightedness.
I'm just bored. -.- And slightly pissed off at my friends right now.
That... Has nothing to do with what we're talking about.
Thread redirection onto tangential topics is a common occurrence.
When I would only look at the stats (and of coruse his cool type changes :p) , I would say Arceus. ( Check link in my signature to be convinced! )
But , for a very special reason I prefer Charmander
Ah yes, the ever present stats arguments. High stats are one thing, but don't forget damage multipliers. As far as I'm aware this is the highest possible damage multiplier you can get:
1.5 x 1.2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 1.5 = 21.6
This comes from the following (for Gen IV):
STAB x Item Bonus x Weakness 1 x Weakness 2 x Critical x Sniper/Technician/[Low Health Boost]/Guts/Flash Fire
Related abilities will have a similar effect. Low Health Boosts include abilities such as Swarm, Torrent, Blaze and Overgrow. Adaptability has a lower effect. Technician no longer applies above Base Power 60.
Oh, hey, that's a point. Calculation needs editing...
1.5 x 1.5 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 = 36
STAB x Choice Band x Weakness 1 x Weakness 2 x Critical x Pure Power/Huge Power
Azelf, followed by Uxie and Mesprit
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I kind of like Azelf. I named mine Renji.
Nope. My current favourites (i.e. the ones I'm training in Diamond) are Aggron, Rhydon, Vaporeon, Glaceon, Absol and Rotom.
Dragonite, followed by Ralts, Metagross and Charizard.
My top 5 change around a lot, Ralts wasn't even on my top 5 there a few days ago.
Ugh... my friend told me that Ralts looks like a walking penis... 'nuff said about that.
I always train a squirtle, a dunsparce, murkrow (I evolve it to honchkrow), and a machoke (sometimes I let it evolve). Those are my most favorite pokemon. The original 150 are the ones I love the most. The next are the GS pokemon. After that... the pokemon slowly resembled robots with stripes crossed with Digimon.
The new pokemon have stripes and weird colors for no actual reason. On a small handful actually resemble pokemon, but most of them don't.
The original 251 looked like generic animals (plain). This plainess gave them a special psychologica effect I'll explain a bit later.
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Some sports columnists run afoul of the law (see Jay Mariotti). Other sports columnists run around in drag (see Mike Bianchi and Jerry Greene).
Your eyes aren't deceiving you, folks. Video has emerged of Orlando Sentinel sports columnist Mike Bianchi and retired Sentinel columnist and current ESPN blogger Jerry Greene clowning around in women's clothing.
The following is indisputable visual evidence of Bianchi and Greene's cross-dressing exploits.
And as you saw in the video, they were dressed up for a photo shoot recreating the Wendy's "Where's The Beef?" commercial. The photo will be used in the Sentinel's 2010 annual football preview section, which comes out on Sept. 2.
It may also be used as blackmail by Bianchi and Greene's children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

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News: Tatum Rebounds Men's Basketball In Win Over LBCC
The Pasadena City College men's basketball coaching staff knew what forward Alec Tatum was capable of going into his sophomore season. The 6-foot-6 Tatum isn't overwhelming in his size, but his rebounding skills were certainly his biggest asset. On Wednesday, Tatum put on a clinic as he became the first Lancer in 10 years to pull down 20 rebounds in a game in PCC's 74-70, South Coast Conference victory over Long Beach City College at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.
Tatum scored a team-high 16 points, but his rebounding, which included 12 defensive boards and 14 overall rebounds in the second half, allowed the Lancers to take control over the Vikings. Although his 7.7 rebounds average this season is modest for a team leader, his 154 total rebounds dwarf the rest of the team, doubling the amount of boards grabbed by the next highest Lancer.
PCC improved to 7-13 overall and 3-4 in SCC play while Long Beach dropped to 7-14 and 2-5 in conference.
The Lancers led 7-0 to start the game, but LBCC eventually would tie it 37-37 by halftime. In the second half, PCC held a lead for much of the 20 minutes. However, it wasn't until frosh guard Steven Shares hit a short jumper in the lane with 4:43 left that gave Pasadena the lead for good at 61-59.
Contributions went around to several players in the win, including 14 points by sophomore guard Mike Swanegan and 13 by freshman point guard Jeffrey Dockett. Shares added eight points and eight rebounds as he has taken advantage of some recent starts due to an injury to sophomore Chris Smith. Letterman center Lorelle Martin lent some spark with his nine points, seven rebounds, and four blocked shots. Finally, freshman guard Bryce Clifton electrified the crowd with a fast-break dunk as part of his eight points (plus five rebounds).
For Long Beach, Tyler Tuilau and Ashton Edwards each scored 19 points.
The last 20 rebound game by a Lancer was performed by Mark Dawson in 2003. Dawson was one of the state's leaders in rebounds that year at 12.2 per contest and then went on to play at Cal State Long Beach.
PCC will visit Los Angeles Harbor College on Friday, Feb. 1 for a 6 p.m. conference tip-off. The Lancers have yet to win two games in a row this season.
[Photo--Alec Tatum goes up to block a shot, but it was his 20 rebounds that helped PCC defeat Long Beach Wednesday night at Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium, image by Richard Quinton, sports information photographer.]
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As our population ages, technology can provide solutions to prolong seniors' independent living. Like this chip that helps people with disabilities—or the elderly—to walk properly.
Mechanical feet put pressure on inventor Stacy Bamberg's smart insoles. Photo by Adam Finkle.
Walking upright is one of the basics of being human, but that doesn't mean it's simple. A faulty gait can cause all kinds of health problems. And for an amputee with a prosthetic, it's a difficult skill to regain.
Stacy Bamberg embraces the challenge.
An associate professor in mechanical engineering at the University of Utah, she's commercializing insoles for amputees through her own company Veristride with a $150,000 grant from the National Science Foundation and two $40,000 grants from the Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development.
She says a sneaker's forbidding interior is a challenging place to put sensitive equipment, but it didn't stop her from innovating "smart" insoles to help amputees lose their limps.
"A shoe is a really hostile environment—it gets warm, it gets really humid," she says. "In addition, most places you put sensors [are stationary], but here, the shoe is moving through space."
Sensors inside the insoles collect info on how much pressure is being put on the foot as the wearer paces, gambols or sashays. Through a Bluetooth connection, that data is sent to a smartphone app to give the user immediate feedback on how to improve their stride.
Bamberg says the force in each step is what leads to medical consequences, but people are better at adjusting by time rather than by force. So, on the phone, the user hears a tone signaling how long each step should take.
"Our hypothesis is that if we give people feedback based on time, the force will follow," she says. "Even with a big gait abnormality, like what might follow after an amputation, people can make pretty big changes quickly."
Along with amputees, Bamberg wants to market the technology to runners to check their performance and to older adults to help prevent falls. "There are too many people out there who would like to be more active or change how they're walking, but it's just too hard to do on your own," she says. "I would love to get it so you can just buy it in the drug store and put it in your shoe."
This January, Bamberg is holding a research study for an updated version of the insole. This summer, she hopes to conduct a bigger study where users actually walk out with the insoles.
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Last night Jay-Z performed the second of his two historic nights at New York's Carnegie Hall benefiting the United Way of New York City and Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation. We were lucky enough to attend and witness the event – Backed by an orchestra conducted by Jeri Lynne Johnson (of Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra) and the Illadelphonics featuring Questlove and Bilal amongst others.
Jay-Z delivered classics such as "99 Problems," "Hard Knock Life," "Run This Town," and "Empire State Of Mind" with the help of Alicia Keys, of course. Bilal gave us a special rendition of Billy Joel's "New York State of Mind" before Nas took the stage to join in before going into "If I Ruled The World," There was also a beautiful rendition by the orchestra of Gil Scott Heron's "New York Is Killing Me."
The night was classic New York bringing together tuxedo NY set with hip hop heads, a couple of NY Giants players, Chris Rock (who was celebrating his birthday) and even John Mcenroe (to name a few).
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The Bruins added their second goalkeeper to the 2016 recruiting class.
Wallis Annenberg Stadium for UCLA Soccer project announced.
The Bruins signed the number two ranked class in the country.
Follow along here to see who signs their NLI to play at UCLA.
The senior was selected 56th overall by the Colorado Rapids.
Danladi, Hernandez & Yueill were each selected to the Best XI teams.
Adekoya, Danladi, Hernandez and Yueill all earned NSCAA All-Far West.
The junior was named a third team CoSIDA Academic All-American.
The Bruins fell, 1-0, to Seattle University to end the 2015 season.
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The members of the Beatles fell under the spell of rock and roll early on. When the new sound first broke in 1955 and 1956, it caught the attention of Ringo Starr, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison. The lads bought rock and roll records and went to movies where they could see rock and roll stars perform.
As a band, the Beatles are often regarded as being second-generation rock and rollers, but as kids and as players, they were very much inspired by rock's first generation. They fell in love with rock's "big bang" moment; artists like Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly and other artists that would be key to their sound and genesis as a band. As the formative Beatles coalesced, they covered songs by the artists they liked, adding early rock and roll cuts to the set lists as they honed their group dynamic.
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Sometimes the Beatles are said to have saved rock and roll. However, at the time the group landed stateside in 1964, Motown had already been cranking out hits, Sam Cooke was breaking barriers with the new sounds of soul, girl group music was flourishing out of the Brill building in New York City, and surf music was emerging. They generated unprecedented energy and a whole new look and hipness, but America's music scene was already brimming with creativity and excitement.
Still, the Beatles arrived in New York City with a unique sound. They combined a lot of their influences from American music of the 50s in a really exciting and fresh way. They had great style, great clothes, long hair and attitude. They were seasoned performers, too. They knew how to captivate an audience.
In the year leading up to their arrival in America, the Beatles recording many soul and girl group songs. Some were big hits, like the Marvelettes' "Please Mr. Postman" and some were more regional or obscure songs, like the Donays' great "Devil In His Heart." These performances show how important African-American music was to the development of the Beatles performance and songwriting.
Featured on the Beatles' first two UK LPs, Please Please Me and With the Beatles, as well as their regular performances on the BBC, the Fab Four recorded a number rock classics. Here, in no particular order, are 12 songs covered by the Beatles in 1963, paying homage to their rock and soul heroes.
"You Really Got a Hold on Me" (Smokey Robinson) – The Miracles (November 9, 1962: Tamla)
"Roll Over Beethoven" (Chuck Berry) (May 1956: Chess)
"Twist and Shout" (Bert Russell, Phil Medley) – The Isley Brothers (June 16, 1962: Wand)
"Please Mister Postman" (Georgia Dobbins, William Garrett, Freddie Gorman, Brian Holland, Robert Bateman) – The Marvellettes (August 21, 1961: Tamla)
"Money (That's What I Want)" (Janie Bradford, Berry Gordy) – Barrett Strong (August 1959: Tamla)
"Boys" (Luther Dixon, Wes Farrell) – The Shirelles (November 1960: Scepter)
"Till There Was You" (Meredith Wilson) – Anita Bryant (May 1959: Carlton Records)
"Devil in Her Heart" (Richard Drapkin) – The Donays (1962: Correc-Tone)
"Anna (Go to Him)" (Arthur Alexander) – (September 17,1962: Dot Records)
"Chains" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – The Cookies (November 1962: Dimension)
"Baby It's You" (Mack David, Barney Williams, Burt Bacharach) – The Shirelles (1961: Scepter)
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Madison, an undocumented mother of three, came to Utah on a student visa and now constantly worries she'll be deported.
Salvation on Hold
Madison was 11 when two missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints came to her home in Mexico City, bearing a plan for eternal salvation. Madison converted, and dedicated her life to her new faith.
Seven years later, when Madison's Mormon bishop told her she had a higher purpose in Salt Lake City, she followed his vision by applying for a student visa to study at the University of Utah.
Soon after arriving in Salt Lake, she fell in love with a fellow Mexican immigrant who wasn't a Mormon—and felt certain she'd found her purpose in life. "I was trying so hard to help him become LDS," she says.
Three years and three kids later, Madison's husband told her he was no longer interested in her. After their divorce, he quickly remarried an American citizen. And with that, Madison found herself in an impossible dilemma: She was the single, uneducated and undocumented mother of three children, all citizens by virtue of their birth whose father is also now a legal resident of this country. "There's no way I could leave," she says.
The Path of Marriage
He's muscular, broad-shouldered, handsome and well-educated. But when it comes to women, Carter has a problem.
When, exactly, is the best time to tell a date that you're undocumented? "Obviously, that's something you want to be up front about, right?" he asks with a pained chuckle.
Carter was a toddler when his parents brought his family to the United States. He's never been to the country of his birth. At this point, the easiest route to legal status—a route some advocates advise as a love-our-way-out-of-this-problem solution—would be to marry a citizen. But Carter can't stomach that.
"There's no way I'd ever get married for papers," he says. "I just couldn't do that to my wife."
The fact that "family values" politicians—many of whom are fighting to preserve the sanctity of marriage in its traditional form—would allow matrimony to remain the quickest loophole to legal status while eschewing other reforms bristles him.
The way he sees it, it's hypocrisy. And with each new piece of state and federal legislation aimed at punishing undocumented immigrants, he wonders when it will all end.
Escaping the Violence
The bandit held a gun to Tyler's* chest, then raised it to the trembling teenager's head.
"¿Dónde está su tía?" the gunman demanded. "Where is your aunt?"
Tyler didn't know. And he said so. That's when a man with a machete walked into the room.
"Don't you know that we're going to kill you?" the second bandit demanded.
Unable to give the men what they wanted—the location of his well-to-do relative—Tyler closed his eyes and prayed that God would spare him the blade. "If I was going to die," he said, "I just wanted it to be quick." The robbers tied him up, ransacked the home and left.
That was in the late 1990s. As in much of Mexico, where more than 50,000 people have been killed in the past five years, security in the Pacific state of Guerrero has since collapsed. In March, the severed heads of seven men and three women were lined up on a street in the city of Teloloapan.
Tyler saw it coming and fled. "First we tried to get visas but we were denied," he said. So he came illegally.
To be sure, the past few years have been difficult for Tyler. "I still live in fear," he says. "But not the same kind of fear as before. They want me to go, [but] there is no place to run."
Families Torn Apart
Jackson was just a toddler when it happened, but he swears he can remember it all.
"I was on this couch right here," he says, punching a finger in a hole in the frayed armrest of a tartan-patterned, 1970s-era loveseat. "And I was crying so hard because my mom was in jail. Later I found out she wasn't in jail anymore, but she was back in Mexico with my grandparents."
Jackson's mother, who had used a false Social Security number to get a job, had been deported back to the impoverished, gang-ridden state of Michoacán by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as part of a series of workplace raids in 2006. But like many deported aliens—especially those ripped away from their families—she was back in Utah within a matter of months.
Today, at an age in which his friends are occupied with skateboards and video games, Jackson is worried that someone will come again to take his mother away. Often, when he cannot sleep, he shuffles into her room and lies down next to her. "To protect her," he says. "I try to stay awake in case they come."
By the Numbers
11.1 million
Illegal immigrants thought to be living in the United States
Estimated number of illegal immigrants living in Utah, up from 15,000 in 1990
Countries to which people are facing deportation in Utah immigration courts
$9 billion
Amount paid annually in Social Security taxes by undocumented workers who will not be able to benefit from the program
$10.4 billion
Net federal cost of households headed by illegal immigrants, including dependents who are U.S. citizens
Sources: U.S. Census, Social Security Administration, Pew Hispanic Center, Center for Immigration Studies, Congressional Budget Office.
Editor's Note: Many names on this page have been changed to protect the identity of sources.
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Students respond to President Obama's Afghanistan plan
They offer mixed reviews of the president's strategy
Brandeis students are divided over whether the U.S. is headed down the right path in Afghanistan- at least according to this informal survey conducted by BrandeisNOW following the president's primetime speech last night at West Point.
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Last year, the Smyrna High volleyball team went 13-2 and made a state tournament appearance. Losing most of the varsity squad will prove to be challenging, but the volleyball program in Smyrna has been training these girls from a young age….which means they still expect to win.
When discussing the Lady Eagles season outlook, Head Coach Danny Wandless went to an old sports cliché: "We're going to take it one game at a time right now."
The biggest game of the season will be against Sussex Tech, which just so happens to be the start of the season.
In terms of what the young varsity players do well, Wandless said they're working well together as a team. The coaches put a lot of focus and emphasis on passing the ball and communications on the court.
"So far they just have really good attitudes," Wandless said.
Communication on the court is one of the things the Lady Eagles need to improve upon. The team also needs to work on being more proactive than reactive on the court, Wandless said.
"We would like to be one step ahead of the play instead of reacting to it," he said.
Returning varsity players Raven Luckett, Hannah Boyles and Morgan Popovich all believe the team can continue on the success of last year's team.
"I feel like we have a lot of strong girls in different positions," Boyles said. "If we work together, we can get wherever we want to go."
Luckett added that the team still has the talent.
A key point for the team, Popovich said, is if they all stay focused and keep their minds on the goal of winning, they'll do well.
The players feel the team strengths are their number of good hitters and the fact they are starting to pump each other up at practice. One thing that needs improvement is communication on the court. To do well this year, the girls said they need to communicate better, and cover their hitters by being there for them in case the ball ricochet.
Their goal for the season is to make the state tournament, and to at least be conference champion.
Wandless echoed his players.
"As far as I'm concerned our goal has always been to compete for a conference championship and a state tournament birth."
The team's first home match of the season is Tuesday, Sept. 18 versus Milford. The match will also be the team's annual "Dig Pink" match, which raises funds for the Side Out Foundation to support breast cancer research and raise awareness of the disease.
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There are few directors out there that can do camp like Spain's Pedro Almodovar. Es la pura verdad. Get a glimpse of Almodovar's new flick titled "I'm So Excited."
The teaser looks to be fueled by sexual overtones and gay glee.
It may not be OSCAR material but, in our humble opinion, this looks, to us, as if this will be a laugh from start to finish for the man responsible for the meteoric rise of Spanish cross-over Hollywood fixtures like Penelope Cruz, Antonio Banderas and Hugo Silva – who also star in the film.
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A Kindle is an e-book reader that uses "e-ink" rather than an LCD screen. It has physical controls to turn pages. (This question is not about the newer ones with touch screens.) If left unused it enters a sleep mode, and you can return to reading by moving a button. Returning from sleep mode causes a light (LED? not sure what it is, but not heat-emitting) to flash.
If the device is already turned on at the start of Shabbat and the reading material itself is not objectionable (that is, there'd be no problem if you were reading the exact same book on paper), is its use permitted or forbidden on Shabbat? Please bring sources/arguments either way.
This question is not about using the Kindle's web browser to access the Internet; that's a different question. And while it overlaps the question of texting on Shabbat, it seems to me that consuming text is not the same as creating it. (If I'm wrong about that, please enlighten me.)


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Report Shows Conflict-free Advisers Easily Found
When the original 2001 Vioxx study appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine, its industry-funded authors dismissed data showing the drug raised the risk of heart attack by suggesting the comparison drug in the trial had been cardio-protective. Last month, the Food and Drug Administration did something similar with a study of conflicts of interest on its advisory committees. The agency's press release said it would be difficult to create advisory committees free from conflicts of interest. The study, which cost taxpayers $60,000, according to FedSpending.org, also claimed the advisors granted conflict-of-interest waivers had greater expertise than those without conflicts serving on the committees.
In fact, a Center for Science in the Public Interest reanalysis of the data contained in the report revealed that the FDA and the report should have drawn the opposite conclusions. The report examined four committees created during 2006 that granted 17 waivers. It took just 88 person-hours to identify 30 independent experts with all the expertise needed to fill those slots. Each of the 30 affirmatively declared in the medical literature that they had no conflicts of interest. Moreover, the expertise of those potential candidates, according to the report's own methodology, was greater than either the conflicted or unconflicted experts chosen to serve on the committees.
In a letter sent today to Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach, a coalition of consumer groups called on the FDA to reopen consideration of an agency proposal made last March that would forbid anyone who has financial ties with industry worth more than $50,000 from serving on advisory committees. It would also deny voting rights to advisers with lesser conflicts. "While the FDA's proposed guidance doesn't go far enough, this study shows that those barred or restricted under its limited provisions could be easily replaced," said Merrill Goozner, director of CSPI's Integrity in Science Project. Recently passed legislation only requires the agency to reduce total waivers by 20 percent over the next five years, which is well short of the total ban on conflicts of interest sought by consumer groups.
Group Challenges ESA Decisions
Fifty-five endangered species have been denied protection for political reasons, according to an environmental group that filed lawsuits on November 15 to reverse six of those decisions. The lawsuits, filed by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), alleged that political appointees at the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) interfered with decisions by agency scientists to list two species and to provide critical habitat for four others. In all six cases, Julie MacDonald and other high-ranking Interior Department officials reversed findings of agency biologists that were based on the best available science, the suits alleged. "The depth of corruption within the Department of the Interior goes way beyond Julie MacDonald," said CBD's senior counsel Michael Senatore. Most of the decisions the group is contesting involve the designation of critical habitat, which protects the land that the species need to recover.
Last week, FWS Deputy Director Ken Stansell announced that the agency would reconsider or withdraw an additional seven endangered species decisions influenced by MacDonald. An Interior Department Inspector General report released in March criticized MacDonald and triggered the new review.
EPA Removes Everglades Expert
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's top expert on Everglades restoration was removed from his position after expressing concerns about pollution management, the St. Petersburg Times reports. Richard Harvey, who directs the EPA's South Florida office, had been the agency's representative in Everglades restoration efforts for seven years. He was taken off the project after objecting to plans by the Army Corps of Engineers to pipe polluted water from Central Florida's Lake Okeechobee into Biscayne National Park. The plans were the Corps' first effort to address the long-term problem of lake pollution caused by agricultural runoff. Harvey was the fifth expert to be taken off the Everglades restoration project or fired for criticizing the project's inadequate attention to environmental safeguards. "With politics what they are, scientists have to be extremely careful about what they say," said Harvey. The pipeline plan was abandoned after Harvey was removed from his position. A $5 billion bill to restore the Everglades, which, according to a Time reporter who has written a book on the Everglades, will only "preserve America's dysfunctional approach to water resources," passed both houses of Congress over President Bush's veto last month.
Lawsuits: BP Violated State Revolving Door Regs
Ongoing claims in the lawsuits filed in 2005 by people injured in an explosion at BP's Texas City refinery allege that the company avoided upgrading its safety equipment by hiring a former state regulator to manage relations with state authorities, the Houston Chronicle reported. The plaintiffs argued that BP violated the state's revolving door law when it hired Ruben Herrera, an air quality engineer formerly with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), placing him in the position of promoting the air quality permit that he had worked on as a state regulator. According to emails released in the proceedings, Herrera began talking to BP about a job while he was processing its application for a permit at the TCEQ and offered advice to BP engineers and consultants about how to file the application. Eleven days after starting work for BP, Herrera began negotiations for the company on the permit with his former co-worker. Texas health and safety laws call for the automatic denial of an air or water quality permit if the company involved hires the state regulator who had been handling the permit application. BP has agreed to pay $50 million in federal fines for violations of the Clean Air Act on grounds that it did not properly maintain its equipment and has settled almost 4,000 lawsuits related to the blast.
Odds and Ends
Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) told American Medical News that he will push legislation next year requiring drug and device companies to disclose any gifts to physicians greater than $25. H.R. 3023, introduced last July by DeFazio and four co-sponsors, had set the floor at $50. . . . New Scientist revealed that Italian field trials showing possible health benefits of genetically-modified maize may have been suppressed; Piero Morandini of the University of Milan asserted that the GM varieties contained one one-hundredth the amount of fumonisin, a fungal toxin linked to spina bifida, than conventional varieties. . . . Twelve states have announced they will sue the EPA for weakening industry reporting requirements under the Toxics Release Inventory, which require businesses to inform communities of the toxic chemicals they use and release. . . .Twenty-five members of Congress last week sent a letter to the EPA calling for further study of the environmental and health impacts of a plan to expand the amount of hazardous waste that can be incinerated and exempted from regulation. . . .Board member John Reed of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine violated state law when he wrote to CIRM staff pushing for a $638,000 grant to a stem cell researcher at the Burnham Institute in La Jolla. California's Proposition 71 prohibits board members from trying to influence grant applications from their home institutions; Reed is Burnham's president.


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What, you may ask, is a Trunk or Treat? Here it is: Instead of running around the neighborhood banging on doors, all the ward kids gather in the church parking lot and trudge from car to car, gathering their approved weight in candy. It's safer, you see. But the Trunk or Treat exorcises all the thrill and darkness out of one of the most riotous good times of childhood.
It's also exclusionary. Halloween was truly an ecumenical event. Every door was fair game, Mormon, Jewish, Catholic, Islamic, and each knock held the promise of more candy—the great leveler. It was the one time that, yeah, you could take candy from a stranger. I suspect, as the ward circles its wagons in safe solidarity, there are many gentile youngsters forlornly walking night streets, sad little pillowcases facing darkened porches. Where are the packs of children to join common cause with? At the church house, circulating from trunk to trunk, under the lights of the parking lot. And what of the adults with children all grown? Isn't Halloween as much a time for grown-ups to enjoy the laughter of children as it is cause for kids' laughter and delight?
Sigh. So go to the ward parking lot with your little princesses and pirates. Put them on the treadmill of obligatory holiday celebrations and, above all, make sure they are safe. I'll be waiting for a knock on my door and that sing-songy threat from the daring little ghosts and ghouls out there running in the night.
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Men and women spend and save differently
By Jay
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it comes to money, men and women view it, spend it and invest it very differently.
Little wonder that disagreement over the green stuff is
the leading cause of divorce nationwide.
Despite better education, despite more and simpler ways
to manage it, despite tons of books on the subject, even despite just plain
having more of it, there is one thing we seem dead set against doing
with our money, and that's talking about it.
Sure, you may know your spouse or partner's blind spots
where money is concerned. But do you know your own?
Read on.
Born to shop
From birth, American women and men are raised to view and spend money quite
differently. Our socialization, a trained behavior, is primarily modeled after
our same-sex parent. While experts agree these generalizations are breaking
down, here's the money paradigm most of us have been dealt:
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"Women have been taught to invest in lifestyle and
children. Men have been taught to invest in things that hold value -- a house,
retirement," says Ruth
Hayden, a financial counselor and author of For Richer, Not Poorer: The
Money Book for Couples. "The way that translates into spending is that
women spend more money on the stuff that makes the day work. The problem with
that is, most of that stuff has no asset value, no visible value."
In other words, let the bickering begin. It usually starts
with the words, "Where did all the money go?"
Even our approach to shopping differs greatly.
Consider the innocent trip to the mall. She will dive into
the clothes racks seeking an outfit she likes, one that expresses her view of
herself, something in fashion, something now. He will make a beeline
to the first shirt that will work, then stand with bag in hand, tapping his
toe and fuming about what he perceives as her inability to make a decision.
"Women are the collectors of stuff. Women do the clothes.
Women are taught that what they need to get through life is approval. They have
to look good, act good, be good," says Hayden. "When men go shopping,
they expect that whatever they're shopping for to 'get fixed,' because men are
supposed to fix stuff. They don't want to be part of the process."
Our spending, our selves
Our sense of who we are is intricately entwined with our spending habits, according
to a study by Tahira K. Hira, professor of consumer economics and personal finance
at Iowa State University; and Olive Mugenda, associate professor of home economics
at Kenyatta University in Kenya, published in the Journal of Financial Planning.
Based on a study of 2,000 Iowans, of whom 529 responded,
women were far more likely to buy something without needing it (36 percent vs.
18 percent), buy something because it's on sale (24 percent vs. 5 percent),
shop impulsively (36 percent to 18 percent) and shop to celebrate (31 percent
vs. 19 percent).
But when polled on their level of savings, just 49 percent
of women said they were dissatisfied with their bank accounts, vs. 60 percent
of men.
"Money is an emotional-laden thing," says Hira.
"We spend because others are doing it. Women may have more need to be accepted
by others. Maybe they think that if they have the things that others have that
they'll be better off, they'll be liked and accepted."
Hayden says the shop-'til-you-drop syndrome is more than
a harmless female pastime; it also deprives woman of the opportunity to grow
money through investing. In their 20s and 30s, when their male counterparts
are buying homes and investing in mutual funds, many women are spending on clothes,
cars and decorating the apartment.
"The biggest risk for women is they stall. It's a huge
risk for women because time grows money," she says. "With our increasing
longevity, it's becoming a critical issue."
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The male money blind spot is a little less obvious.
"The biggest risk for men, and it's kind of a new risk,
is men's egos, men keeping up with men and bragging about how much they've earned
in the market," Hayden says.
"People don't talk about these things. Everyone brings
his or her own money behavior from home and we think that is the way to do it."
Guys also tend toward a curious quirk when making buying decisions.
"Men will say, 'I need a new computer.' No,
you want a new computer because it's faster, it has more bells and whistles,"
says Hayden. "Men move those things they want into an investment category,
'This is a good investment.' And then they can't even enjoy it, they can't go,
'Oh, this is so much fun!' Everything is a serious need and everything is an
investment. What men need to do is kind of ease up a little bit and enjoy what
they're actually able to provide for themselves."
When it comes to spending, Hayden says it's about a draw.
Women spend their money gradually over time, and men spend it on a number of
big things. "They spend really big to show off because there's a lot of
ego risk on men today to do better than the next guy," she says.
New money role models
If any of this even remotely fits you or your significant other, join the club.
Hira says 46 percent of male respondents said money worries interfere with their
relationships and 55 percent of the women said managing money troubles interferes
with their lives at work.
Our biggest collective money blind spot may be our unwillingness
to talk openly about it.
"People don't talk about these things. Everyone brings
his or her own money behavior from home and we think that is the way to do it.
Then we struggle in our relationship until we settle on something that neither
one of us is really happy with, instead of sitting down and deciding how it
will be done in our house."
Hayden agrees.
"Where people are struggling is they still have the
old socialization, but they're living their lives differently. We have two people
putting in eight- and 10-hour days, we have much higher standards for partnership
and intimacy than our parents did, we have much higher standards for child-raising,
for ourselves and our homes. Our standards have changed entirely, our roles
have changed, and yet we still have this socialization model that is archaic.
What couples are trying to do is to figure out new models. It's wonderful, but
it's very hard."
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Our SMART 2020 report showed that the ICT sector can save 15% of global emissions in 2020, mainly through enabling energy efficiency in sectors like transport, energy, industry and buildings.
Today, 5 billion people have mobile phones. We connect to the internet to share information, work, socialise and shop. And not only will people become more connected, but 'things' will too; there could be 50 billion machine-to-machine connections in 2020. This information will make climate change visible. It will help us monitor our impacts and emissions. It will helps us optimize systems in all sectors for energy and resource efficiency.
This means that information and Communications Technologies – ICTs – are key enablers of the Clean Revolution. But the ICT sector can't work alone to achieve this opportunity, and there is a danger that the 15% opportunity will not be realized.
What we do:
We demonstrate that the opportunity is happening already. See reports and case studies of solutions in action on SMART2020.org, or read more on the SMART 2020 Blog. The Information Marketplaces report shows how technology can provide value for city sustainability today and in the near future. Faster, Smarter, Greener: The state of city innovation on climate change and other urban challenges, shows that 50 cities are actively seeking solutions to their top reported challenges related to environment, economy, mobility and urban services.
We work on overcoming barriers to the opportunity. We've been working with companies like Google, BT and Cisco to make the case for smart action, advocate for access to energy information, and demonstrate innovation in cities. Our partners in delivering our work include social enterprises Living Labs Global and CityMart, the city association Metropolis, the UK Technology Strategy Board, the Digital Energy and Sustainability Solutions Campaign (DESSC), the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) and the UN Foundation.
Achievements to date
The clean revolution will only be possible when each citizen is opening up new opportunities to live better using less energy and resources. Information and Communications technologies (ICT) are unlocking the means for this opportunity to become reality: access to these technologies allows consumers, companies and governments take smarter decisions, and to make our buildings, transport systems and infrastructure more efficient.
Our activities have focused on:
1. Demonstrating the opportunity:
- In 2008, The Climate Group on behalf of the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) published the SMART 2020 report, with analysis by McKinsey. It showed that 15% of emissions savings would be possible in 2020, with a value of over EUR 600 billion in energy savings. The SMART 2020 report has become the definitive work on how ICT can be applied to climate change mitigation. Engagement with business and government leaders, and subsequent reports by The Climate Group and our partners, have addressed the ICT opportunities in the US, China, India, Australia and Europe.
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- In November 2009 the GSMA, with support of The Climate Group, published Mobile's Green Manifesto which set out how the mobile industry planned to lower its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per connection. In June 2012, the GSMA updated the Manifesto with detailed benchmarking of the sector's progress toward its goal of reducing total global GHG emissions per connection by 40% by 2020. This has led to hundreds of mobile operators voluntarily benchmarking their energy consumption to find energy efficiency opportunities.
- From 2009-2012, Google and The Climate Group have worked with a group of companies including our member HP to open up access to energy information. In 2010, we sent a letter to President Obama to encourage his administration to set a goal to make energy information available for consumers— the first step towards better management of energy use. In June 2011, the White House announced it would encourage utilities to provide machine-readable information to all citizens as soon as possible, backed by investment in energy education. In 2012, a letter welcoming the Green Button initiative was sent to the President signed by 25 of the original companies who called for energy information access.
- Our ICTs for Sustainable Energy Partnership (ISEP) supports policies needed to ensure ICT meets UN Sustainable Energy for all goals of doubling energy efficiency and renewables, with initiatives running in Europe and India.
3. Accelerating solutions deployment in cities and regions:
Over 50% of the world's population already lives in urban centers. It is in cities are where over 70% of emissions are created from the transportation systems, buildings and infrastructures that provide citizens with services. The application of 'smart solutions' requires that complex systems become more efficient, and therefore that city leaders are leading innovators for low carbon solutions.
- In June 2010 we formally announced the incorporation of the Connected Urban Development (CUD) Alliance of cities (founded by Cisco Systems in partnership with cities Amsterdam, Seoul, San Francisco, Madrid, Lisbon, Hamburg and Birmingham) into our SMART 2020 programme. We embarked on a process for ensuring we could continue to support cities in demonstrating ICT-enabled solutions to climate change.
- in 2011, Alstom, IBM, Cisco, Arup, (others) met in a precinct in Adelaide to discuss ambitious development, as part of our work on Integrating solutions in precincts (Climate Smart Precincts Australia). We worked with our state government partners to identify precincts for development, and bring climate and 'smart' solutions expertise to inform site development. The Climate Smart Precincts report in 2010 identified principles for 'climate smart' development, and government is now taking on the recommendations for how to better align procurement with integrated solutions that have demonstrably larger emissions savings
- The China Redesign program launched in March 2011, and together with the SMART 2020 program is bringing ICT expertise into city development strategy and projects that deliver to China's 5 Year Plan's low carbon objectives.
- On November 3, 2011, our work to test ICT-enabled solutions in cities entered the next phase following the Connected Urban Development partnership. We announced 21 city challenges – at least half directly related to climate change (in areas such as transport, energy, city monitoring) in partnership with Living Labs Global Award. To win the Award, international technology and service solution providers competed to win the chance to pilot their solutions in these cities, putting their effectiveness to the test.
- See our blog to learn more about the 2012 winners.
- On December 1, 2011, we published the Information Marketplaces report in partnership with Accenture, Arup and Horizon (University of Nottingham), that investigates the economics of smart cities, and how technology can be used in cities to meet the growing challenges of expanding urbanization.
- In early 2012, the Agile Cities partnership with social enterprises Living Labs Global and CityMart, city association Metropolis and UK Technology Strategy board was announced. This partnership aims to improve transparency of the city services market opportunity, enable innovation, and ideally shorten the time – and money – it requires to deploy sustainability solutions in cities. As part of the partnership, we surveyed 50 cities on their challenges and approaches to innovation.
- Our 2013 Faster, Smarter, Greener: The state of city innovation on climate change and other urban challenges report demonstrates that cities top reported challenges relate to the environment, and to solve these challenges, they will need to be 'agile' in bringing new ideas and technologies to pilot and commercial scale.
- At the Living Labs Global Award 2013 event, a climate change judging panel awarded the first Low Carbon Leader award to Lowfoot, the company which out of the 23 cities awarding solutions, had the most potential to transform low carbon lifestyles.
AGILE Cities Partnership
Agile Cities is an initiative connecting cities, innovation leaders in business and society and civic organisations to promote an open standard for a more effective marketplace among cities. Our aim is to provide cities the tools to identify their needs, communicate their challenges, discover solutions and explore impact through piloting and other evaluation methods in an accelerated process to promote uptake of high-impact, proven innovations.
A partnership between The Climate Group and social enterprises Living Labs Global and CityMart.com, city association Metropolis and the UK's Technology Strategy Board will support cities in answering these questions.
Cities and their citizens will have an overall gain by delivering better services, at lower cost and understanding the impact of technologies on accessibility, climate change and other policy objectives through the use of shared evaluation methodologies, piloting, and data and experiences collected in other markets.
Marketing costs for businesses are expected to fall by up to 90% which could be carried over into more competitive solution pricing.
Read more on the partnership website.
A participating city survey resulted in the 2013 Faster, Smarter, Greener: The state of city innovation on climate change and other urban challenges report, which demonstrates that cities top reported challenges relate to the environment, and to solve these challenges, they will need to be 'agile' in bringing new ideas and technologies to pilot and commercial scale.
ICTs for Sustainable Energy Partnership (ISEP)
ICT-enabled solutions (e.g., intelligent transportation, smart buildings, smart logistics, telework and telepresence) have already contributed to 10x efficiency in the US economy historically, and have even greater future potential to save 15% of global emissions in 2020, according to research by The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, The Climate Group and others. However, market and other barriers stand in the way of meeting this potential and the ICT industry, acting alone, cannot remove these barriers. The ISEP will create both a global platform and country-specific projects through which the ISEP will attack these barriers.
With support from the U.S. government, the ISEP partnership will focus on realizing the ICT industry's important further potential and its important role in achieving the goals of the UN's SE4All initiative:
- doubling energy efficiency,
- doubling the share of renewable energy resources, and
- ensuring universal access to energy.
ISEP is a partnership between The Climate Group (which will provide the secretariat), The Digital Energy & Sustainability Solutions Campaign (DESSC), the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) and the UN Foundation announce a partnership commitment in support of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) initiative, entitled the "ICTs for Sustainable Energy Partnership" (ISEP).
Read about the ISEP partnership launch at Rio+20 Earth Summit in June, 2012 or or go to the ISEP website for further updates.


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Sony - Business-use XDCAM MemoryCam recorder with 1-inch image sensor
Sony is going to release the hand-held XDCAM MemoryCam recorder PXW-X70 as their latest professional-use video camera
Sony is going to release the hand-held XDCAM MemoryCam recorder PXW-X70 as their latest professional-use video camera
Epson has released the 10.1-inch "Endeavor TB20S" tablet today.
There are 2 models with different storage capacities: the Entry Model with 32GB storage is 35,000 yen and the Standard Model with 64GB storage and Office Home and Business 2013 is 43,000 yen.
The common specs of these 2 Endeavor TB20S models are a 10.1-inch IPS LCD display (1,280×800), Intel Celeron N2807(1.58GHz) CPU, 2GB memory, Intel HD Graphics, Windows 8.1 with Bing (64bit), Wi-Fi (IEEE802.11b/g/n), and Bluetooth 4.0.
Cold soba noodle is one of the most refreshing dishes to eat during the hot summer in Japan. But it's so good that it may be served too often in the same way and family members will eventually get really bored with it.
So, a famous blogger Miyachan invented a cold soba noodle dish that is cute and attractive to look at. It's a "TOTORO" Tororo Soba - Studio Ghibli's TOTORO-shaped buckwheat soba noodle with tororo (grated gooey Nagaimo yam)!
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Student Support Services is located in the Learning Resource Center (LRC) room 109.
Student Support Services Brochure.
Student Support Services Video
Student Support Services Handbook
Helping students make tomorrow's dream today's reality!
The Student Support Services program at Patrick Henry Community College began in 1988. It is a grant funded program through the U.S. Department of Education through Title IV and is commonly referred to as one of the "TRIO" programs which serves first generation (student's whose parent(s) did not graduate from college), low-income and/or students with disabilities.
The "TRIO" programs began in 1965 with passage of the Higher Education Act and originally included Educational Talent Search (for middle school students), Upward Bound (for high school students), and Student Support Services (for college students). These programs provide academic, financial, and other assistance to help first-generation, low-income students complete high school and enroll in and/or complete college. The U.S. Department of Education has expanded the "TRIO" programs to include Math & Science Upward Bound, Veterans, Upward Bound, the Ronald E. McNair Postgraduate program, and Educational Opportunity Centers. The Student Support Services program at PHCC is funded to serve 225 students each year with a grant of $318,050 per year.
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ZF-9058: Zend_Filter_StringToLower / Upper throws exception with valid mbstring encoding
Since the 1.10.0, both filters Zend_Filter_StringToUpper and Zend_filter_StringToLower check the $encoding param :
if (!in_array($encoding, mb_list_encodings())) {
require_once 'Zend/Filter/Exception.php';
throw new Zend_Filter_Exception("The given encoding '$encoding' is not supported by mbstring");
The problem is this test is case sensitive, but mbstring functions aren't. Following code works well in 1.9.7 but 1.10.0 break it :
$filter = new Zend_Filter_StringToUpper();
$filter->setEncoding('utf-8'); // => Exception thrown in 1.10.0 : "The given encoding 'utf-8' is not supported by mbstring"
echo $filter->filter('test'); // => Works well in 1.9.7 : no warning from mb_strtoupper function
I think this behavior is not desired.
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Every year, thousands gather at Ogden's Christmas Village, a tradition since 1962. This year's village has much to offer, whether it's a chance to put in a good word with Santa, mail your wish list, look at the lights or get lost in the village of cottages.This free display will not leave you or your little ones disappointed. In keeping with the Christmas spirit, I visited downtown Ogden this past weekend to see what it was all about.
After entering Santa's castle and telling him my wish for this year, I was ready to explore the village. I wandered under archways covered in Christmas lights and peeked in windows of cottages to see various Christmas displays.
Numerous local businesses have their own "cottage" complete with lights, elves, Christmas trees and so much more. The true highlight of the Christmas Village is the self-guided tour of each of these displays. Some have a Christmas legend posted, while others are a treat of color and movement.
Hands down, the coolest display detailed the legend of the nutcrackers. In a German mining village, a little boy was left solely in the care of his father, who worked the coalmines. To help the boy feel safe, the father made him a wooden nutcracker soldier to stand guard. Over the years, the father made more and more soldiers to guard his son. The lighted cottage display boasted hundreds of nutcrackers from traditional to modern contemporary.
Grabbing a cup of hot chocolate for $1 (and supporting Shoes for Tots by doing so), I worked my way through the family-sized crowds meandering throughout Ogden Municipal Park. It took over an hour to make the rounds of lifting up kids to peer into the windows of each cottage. Excitement was in the night air as the park filled with more and more patrons.


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Aruch HaShulchan 167:31 and Be'er Hataiv 167:22 both say that it is forbidden to throw the (Challah) bread. I have heard that there are some people (I heard that there are some Rabannim who do so) that have a Minhag to throw the bread when passing it around Friday night. Is there a source for this Minhag? What is the reason? How does it circumvent the problem of throwing bread?
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I was told orally that the Noda Bihudah, if I recall correctly, defends those who have such a practice as we seek to make our tables similar to the Mizbeach, and the meat that was to be placed on the fire on the Mizbeach (altar) in the Temple was thrown (past a gap between the ramp and Mizbeach).


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Italian multi-instrumentalist and composer Gabriele Poso recently released his Afro-Latin jazz and soul album, Roots of Soul, and we've got a couple little treats to share from it.
The first is the sun drenched and colorful video for "Sunshine" featuring Tanya Michelle on vocals. The romantic video shows Gabriele and lovely lady across some magnificent landscapes – in slight envy we are.
Take the experience a bit further by sampling the album via the stream below. Perfect mood music.
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DeKALB, Ill. - Each week, NIU honors two student-athletes that exemplify the concept of the "student-athlete" supremely well. These students excel both in the classroom and on the playing field. This week, the honorees are men's tennis' Simon Formont and gymnastics' Kim Gotlund.
Simon Formont
Kim Gotlund
Frederic Cadieux
Megan Melendez
Dor Amir
Rebecca Cronin
Aaron Armstead
Amanda Corral
Andrew Morse
Jenna Thorp
Jared Volk
Matt Krempel
Justine Schepler
Jordan Threloff
Ashley Sneed
Billy Chancey
Mackenzie Roddy
Michael Ippolito
Gwen Sabo
Dusty Page
Cori Frankenberg
Aidan Conlon
Amy Carr
Sarah Angelos
Rob Sterling
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ZF-5765: Zend_Date unit test alters value of static variable fix_dst. This biases later tests.
Zend/DateTest.php, function testAddMonth, line 4180:
Zend_Date::setOptions(array('fix_dst' => false));
The above code alters a static variable such that it differs from the default. This influences the outcome of later tests.
This is the cause of the ZF-5745.
This issue has been stale for a week, while other issues are being solved.
Was I wrong to label this as a blocker? Is it not the case that 20% of Zend_Date unit test results are corrupt due to this? Can someone please confirm this as a problem?
Please be patient. We can not solve all 1000 bugs and feature requests in one week.
Please note that I'm not asking you to solve all 1000 bugs and feature requests in one week.
My comment was a plea to follow the priority system.
Issue ZF-5765 causes data loss and other irreversible damage for Zend Framework users. The issue is labeled as critical, is clearly explained and is easy to confirm or disprove. Still, low priority issues filed after this one are being resolved while 5765 seemed to be ignored.
I could not find a logical explanation for this other than that somehow this issue does not show in reports or similar. Now that you've acknowledged, I can rest assured that this will be fixed in an appropriate time frame.
Kind regards,
I don't know from where you get your knowledge but I have not solved any other issue except those which are no issue at all.
Only because I am working in the background does not mean that there is nothing done at all. A solution, decission or negotation of this issue is only done when all cases have been prooved.
So please be patient. That is all I've asked for.
Unittests changed. Testbed passes without problems.


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Matt Davidson - 1B/3B
Visalia Rawhide (Diamondbacks) vs Stockton Ports (A's)
A+ Minor League Game
Baseball America Handbook Listed : Ht: 6-3 Wt: 225
Sometimes you just catch guys on an off night. 0-4 with 3 SO is an off night. The game before I saw Matt Davidson, he hit a grand slam HR so it hasn't been all bad for him during the first few weeks of the 2011 minor league season. Davidson is one of the top prospects in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization and is a legit 6-3 who projects to have power despite a rare bunt attempt during the game I witnessed. He is hitting either 3rd or 4th in the lineup for the loaded Visalia Rawhide A+ minor league team that also features top prospects Bobby Borchering, Chris Owings and pitcher Tyler Skaggs.
Short Observations: Davidson started at 1B, but that is because he is splitting time with Borchering at 3B. The weather in Stockton for the game was not ideal. There was a light misty rain during the middle part of the game and that for sure can mess with young hitters. Davidson was a popular guy pre-game as he was laughing and joking with teammates and enjoying himself out there. Despite his rough night at the plate I never saw him get upset out there - he is a relaxed guy who keeps his composure from what I saw. Davidson is still very young, he just turned 20 years old when I saw him, so he could see another 3-4 years in the minors before he is ready to go for the Diamondbacks. During a couple of Davidson's AB's - there were runners moving where some 'hit and run' plays might have been on - which can impact a guys success at the plate.
Matt Davidson (left) & Chris Owings (#1 right)
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Men's Tennis Enjoys Successful First Day in Virginia
The four-man contingent from Princeton at the Virginia Fall Classic went 9 of 10 in matches on the tournament's first day Friday.
Ben Quazzo, Dan Davies and Josh Yablon all advanted to the quarterfinals of their respective draws, while that trio and Zack McCourt contributed to a pair of doubles wins.
Updated draws are available here as all four Tigers prepare for singles and doubles matches Saturday.
Orange Draw, first round: Zack McCourt (P) def. Koen Wiggeman (ODU), 6-3, 6-4
Orange Draw, quarterfinal: (117) Justin Shane (Virginia) def. McCourt (P), 7-5, 6-2
White Draw, first round: Ben Quazzo (P) def. James Fudge (Longwood), 6-4, 7-6
White Draw, quarterfinal: Quazzo (P) def. Zack Lewis (Coll. of Charleston), 7-5, 7-6
Gold Draw, first round: Dan Davies (P) def. Guillem Secanel (Liberty), 7-5, 6-2
Gold Draw, quarterfinal: Davies (P) def. Steed Johnson (Longwood), 6-3, 6-0
Green Draw, first round: Josh Yablon (P) def. Brett Moorhead (JMU), 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
Green Draw, quarterfinal: Yablon (P) def. Rami Labna (Penn St.), 7-6, 6-1
Red Draw, quarterfinal: Ben Quazzo/Josh Yablon (P) def. Mateo Cevallos/Steed Johnson (Longwood), 8-4
Black Draw, quarterfinal: Zack McCourt/Dan Davies (P) def. Rodrigo Encinas/Charlie Ghriskey (Coll. of Charleston), 8-3


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Bruin Football Opens Spring Practices
Coach Mora ready to take the field with his team for the first time
UCLA Hosts Cal on Homecoming Oct. 29
Bruins, Golden Bears face off Saturday at 4pm.
UCLA vs. Cal (Photos by Don Liebig, UCLA Photography)
UCLA def. Cal at the Rose Bowl, 31-14, on Oct. 29, 2011 (Photos by Don Liebig, UCLA Photography)
UCLA vs. Washington State
Images from UCLA's 28-25 victory over the Cougars on October 8, 2011
UCLA vs. Texas
Images from the UCLA/Texas game on Sept. 17, 2011
UCLA - Dietrich worked on the scout teams in 2012 and has been cleared to take part in 2013 spring ball where he will look to impress the coaching staff. .
2012 - Did not see game action and worked on the scout teams in practice.
2011 - Saw action in 8 games, with five starts ... Played safety and on special teams ... Had two stops at Houston ... Three tackles against San Jose State ... Recorded four stops in his first career-start (strong safety) against Texas ... Six tackles in a start at Oregon State ... Had four tackles in starts at Stanford and against Washington State ... Had a career-high eight tackles, two for loss, in a start at Arizona ... Credited with five tackles against Cal, but suffered an injury and did not return to action.
2010 - Saw action in 11 games off the bench and on special teams ... Did not see action in the opener at Kansas State ... Made his debut in game two versus Stanford and was credited with two tackles, one for loss ... Credited with one stop versus Houston ... Played on special teams at Texas ... Three tackles versus Washington State ... Totaled two stops at Cal ... Added two more stops at Oregon ... One tackle versus Arizona ... Made two stops in the win over Oregon State, including a bone-jarring hit that popped the helmet off Jacquizz Rodgers ... Played defense and special teams at Washington ... Made four tackles on defense and special teams at Arizona State ... Credited with three tackles versus USC ... Winner of UCLA's Ed Kezirian "Coach K" Award for Academic and Athletic Excellence.
HIGH SCHOOL - Played four varsity seasons at LaCanada, CA St. Francis HS for coach Jim Bonds ... Tom Lemming All-American (No. 54 player nationally) ... Rated No. 5 athlete by Tom Lemming/Max Preps ... Rated No. 110 national prospect and No. 9 safety by rivals. com ... Member of PrepStar Dream Team (No. 123 national prospect) ... Ranked No. 152 national prospect and No. 16 safety by scout.com ... Member of the The Sporting News 100 (No. 51) and ESPN 150 (No. 108) ... Rated No. 10 safety by ESPN.com ... SuperPrep All-American (No. 25 defensive back) ... Rated No. 18 player in CA/NV/HI region by SuperPrep ... EA Sports honorable mention All-American ... Rated No. 16 (rivals.com) and No. 22 player (scout.com) in the country ... Earned four stars from scout.com and rivals.com ... Under Armour All-American ... Member of Tacoma News-Tribune Western 100 ... Long Beach Press Telegram Best in the West first team ... Rated No. 30 player in the West by scout.com ... GoldenStatePreps.com All-State second team and All-SoCal first team (all-purpose) ... CIF-SS All-Western Division ... Named to L.A. Times All-Star team ... Named to L.A. Daily News All-Star team ... Finished his senior season with 899 yards on 125 carries and nine touchdowns ... Also had 29 receptions for 436 yards and five touchdowns and had 64 tackles, six breakups and three interceptions ... Four-time All-Mission League selection ... CIF-SS All-Western Division as a junior.
PERSONAL - Full Name: Dietrich Michael Riley ... Born: May 14, 1992 in Monterey Park, CA ... Parent: Marika McWhorter ... Has two older sisters, Kesha and Alexia ... Lists NBA standout Kobe Bryant as his favorite pro athlete ... Hobbies include giving back to the community and working with others to better their lives ... Undeclared major.
Career Highs
Tackles: 8 at Arizona, 2011
Tackles for loss: 2.0 at Arizona, 2011


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International Human Rights Consortium, Worldwide Creative Solutions, LLC and the Spalding International BrainTrust
- Date submitted: 31 Oct 2011
- Stakeholder type: Major Group
- Name: International Human Rights Consortium, Worldwide Creative Solutions, LLC and the Spalding International BrainTrust
- Submission Document: Download
Full Submission
Uniting Nonprofit, Business, and Elected Officials Using ABCDE Solution-Creating Model and Proposed Wellness Hubs from International Human Rights Consortium, Worldwide Creative Solutions, LLC and the Spalding International BrainTrust Media Motto: ?Honoring the past, acting in the present, and positively impacting the future.? Purpose: To bring together individuals, groups, peoples, and nations from different perspectives of expertise at local hubs (and virtually), to assess best overviews for successful implementation and actionables with sensitivity to traditional roots and ways to revitalize living heritages to assist in the achieving of MDGs and beyond. Special focus for Rio+20 ?Inputs for Compilation Document, Co-Chairs' Guidance Note, Item 3 (c) and (d)? Offering the ABCDE Method� Apply a local ?Appreciative Enquiry? Survey; then, create a small (no more than 10 individuals) solution-creating group composed equally of an (A) academic, (B) business person, (C) person representing culture and the arts, a (D) ?diplomat? or a respected, non-confrontational mediator type, and (E) a grassroots person who is known as a person who brings out the Excellence in others. Give the group only five minutes to create a solution to an issue that is handed to them just prior to their 5-minute solution-creating task. Enjoy the plenary of successes and breakthroughs! From the March 2011 SIBT ?The Fabric of Life: Reasons for Hope? prep for Rio+20 held at the School of Law, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA and subsequent sessions. Utilizing the above ABCDE Method�, a number of proposals and commitments to the success of Rio+20 were made including the offering to assist work with interactive data collection of an International Organic Growers Cooperative--- working together for Soil enrichment, water harvesting and oceanic/river healthy life, CO2 containments and other air concerns, organic vegetable household gardens and larger tended acreage, fish farming, and other opportunities for greater community garden sustainability research and production. Serving a as part of a larger interaction between traditional and interactive/biophysics wellness, sustainable equitable job production and rehabilitation of wounded persons, other species, and the life-giving forces of this planet. Using as three points of Phase I: The Peruvian Amazon Rainforest, The Triad of North Carolina, and partners in Africa including Lesotho, Ghana, and Liberia in its first phase. For further information, contact: IHRC via firstname.lastname@example.com


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6th Place Finish For Washington at NCAAs
The Huskies wrapped up the final day of the NCAA Championships with a 6th place finish overall, highlighted by a bronze medal by the varsity four.
Washington Owns Windermere Cup On Perfect Sunny Day
The men's and women's varsity eight rowed to their seventh straight Windermere Cup victories in the best weather and biggest crowd Opening Day has seen in years.
Huskies Win Five Races In Dual At WSU
With a race forced to be rescheduled to Friday the Huskies still manage to race well.
Huskies Earn Some Hardware in San Diego
The Washington novice eight boat took first in a wire-to-wire finish in the Women's Collegiate Novice Grand Final on the second day of the San Diego Crew Classic on Mission Bay. The Huskies raced in a total of four grand finals on Sunday, earning two third-place finishes by the 2V8 and V4, and a fifith-place finish by the varsity eight.
Juniors Steal the Show on Class Day
For the second year in a row the junior class comes out on top at the 112th Class Day Regatta.
Husky Rowing Experience:
2013 (Freshman) - Rowed two seat for the 2V8 that took home bronze at the Pac-12 Championships...Rowed two seat for the winning 2V8 that took home the Erickson Cascade Cup at the Windermere Cup Regatta..Stroked for the winning Second V8 at the WSU Dual...Stroked for the winning "classless" boat in the Women's Varsity/Novice Challenge at the Class Day Regatta... Strokedfor the 2V8 shell that placed third in the Grand Final at the San Diego Crew Classic


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|Giorgi invited to prestigious tournament
University of Idaho junior Mark Giorgi accepted an invitation to play in the 2011 Patriot All-America at Wigwam Golf Club at Litchfield Park, Ariz.
Giorgi is one of 84 golfers from around the country to play in the prestigious 54-hole event. Among those in the tournament are 21 of the world's top 100 amateur golfers.
"Mark was honored to be invited," coach John Means said. "He is looking forward to representing the Vandals."
Giorgi, a transfer from St. John's (Minn.) University, earned his invitation after being chosen the NCAA Division III Freshman of the Year in 2010. Players who earned PING All-America honors in all NCAA and NAIA divisions were eligible to be invited to the tournament.
The three-day event is Dec. 28-30.
"This is truly an elite field of collegians and the first opportunity for them to go heads up in tournament competition," said Ed Gowan, executive director of the Arizona Golf Association.
The inaugural tournament is sponsored jointly by the Wigwam Golf Club, the Arizona Golf Association and the Golf Coaches Association of American. They are partnering with the Folds of Honor Foundation, which provides scholarships and other assistance to disabled veterans and the families of veterans killed while serving our country. Each golfer will carry a bag commemorating a soldier from the region of the country they represent.


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Gardening Articles: Flowers :: Perennials
Getting Started With Garden Perennials (page 2 of 2)
by National Gardening Association Editors
Five Steps to Success with Garden Perennials
- Choose the right garden site. If you are creating a new bed, try to choose a site that gets partial to full sun. Although there are perennials that will withstand deep shade, you'll have a much larger selection of plants to choose from if the site receives some sun.
- Choose the right plants. Evaluate your site, noting sun exposure and soil type, and choose plants based on these assessments. Make sure the plants you want are adapted to your growing region--check the USDA Zone rating.
- Prepare the soil. Since your perennials will be occupying the same space for years, it's important to prepare the soil. Most perennials like a moderately rich, loose, loamy soil, with plenty of organic matter.
- Plant properly. Follow the planting instructions that come with your new plants. Water plants well after planting.
- Provide some extra TLC the first season. It's generally a good idea to mulch garden beds after planting with a thick layer of organic mulch. However, don't pile mulch right up agains plants--keep it a few inches from the base of the plants. Be diligent about watering the new plantings, if nature doesn't provide. A deep watering once a week is better than a daily sprinkle.
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