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"Ponder This ...," a new column debuting in today's Sierra Star is written by Oakhurst native and 1986 Yosemite High School graduate Tawny Williams. Williams, 44, is the daughter of the late prominent Mountain Area contractor Scott E. Williams and Barbara, a commissioned artist and fashion designer. Her sister, Sharlene, owns the Hitching Post in Ahwahnee
Williams, the fourth generation of her family to live in Oakhurst, will write under the byline of T.R. Williams.
After leaving the area to go to college, she returned to Oakhurst in 2007, building a home with her husband Britt, in Ahwahnee.
"When first presented the idea of penning a column for our home town paper, I struggled to find the perfect title," Williams said. "The notion of having the title of my column define me, or possibly confine me, made me cringe. When contemplating what I desired to write about, I honestly couldn't narrow it down to one particular subject. It seems near impossible with all there is in the world that inspires me. I thought about it for days before realizing the answer was starring me in the face ... 'Ponder This.'
Williams said she hopes through her written words, others might discover, relate, find entertainment, laugh, ponder, and even possibly, debate.
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VENICE, Calif.—The biggest movie of Brandy Aniston's career is slowly coming together under the tentative title of Brandy in Wonderland. Aniston is working with director Barrett Blade to put together the all-Brandy extravaganza for new studio Nookie Productions. The movie has been described as "a five-scene dark feature in the vein of Alice in Wonderland."
According to Aniston, "It's not a parody, but a vignette style into my dreams. This will be my biggest movie yet. Very excited for DCypher is behind the script and Barrett is directing. This will be the dirtiest movie I have ever done—this one is for the fans. I'm so thrilled that Nookie Productions has given me this opportunity. It's going to be an fantastic movie."
Brandy will be in all five scenes, which will include boy/girl anal, girl/girl/girl, boy/girl/girl and a DP. Casting is being completed this week. Aniston adds that the movie will have a White Rabbit, which will be played by Barry Scott, whose acting she calls "amazing."
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Reflecting a national trend, Capital Region employees are literally getting sick over money. Very sick.
One in four employees are in serious financial distress. As many as 80 per cent of employees waste 12-20 work hours per month worrying about finances. The cost of this loss of productivity is estimated to be $7,000 per employee per year. (Source: CorporateWellnessMagazine.com)
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- 70-90 percent of doctors visits, according to employees, are related to stress; health concerns include insomnia, ulcers, migraines, back pain, depression and heart attacks. (CorporateWellnessMagazine.com)
- 71 per cent would have found it difficult to meet their financial obligations if their paycheck was delayed for even one week. (CorporateWellnessMagazine.com)
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- 46 per cent have less than $10,000 saved for retirement and only 42% have calculated how much money they will need in retirement. (ebri.org)
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Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness
aka. the soreness you get sometime after working out (usually the next day)
holy moly! I'm getting more and more sore as the day goes by! ouchy. I thought I was in good enough shape to do that hike without hurting anything....... I guess not. I may need an Epsom Salts bath in a while
I'm drinking a Strawberry Serenity kombucha - I like it! And eating jerky and nuts. I think I should put away the nuts before I eat them ALL! So much for laying off the nuts. I don't know what is happening for dinner. It's 6:15 and I haven't heard what hubby is doing --- coming home or working late? I wonder what it would be like to have a regular schedule? Even in my passed life with ex I never had a regular schedule - he traveled for work so about every other week he was out of town. When he was home I pretty much knew he'd be home by 5 pm. I guess the good thing about our crazy schedule now is that it never gets boring or predictable.
Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness
aka. the soreness you get sometime after working out (usually the next day)
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About nuts: on my paleo fodmap list nuts are in the 'yellow' column, meaning you should be careful with them. Pistachios, almonds and hazelnuts are 'red': avoid! Brasil nuts give me acid reflux.
Rope jumping: do you do singles or double unders? I have to say I can beat most of the guys at our Crossfit gym with double unders 8) I'm really good at them.!..although my blatter hates them
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Goal for 2012: keep weight steady (+/- 74 kg): check
Goal for 2013: lose 10 kg and keep new weight (+/- 65 kg)
Primal since March 5, 2012
SW: 221 | CW: 204 | LPW: 166 | UGW: 140 (80 lbs loss)
I do this: Jump Rope Singles | Gymnastics WOD OH DEAR!! You better start working on those keegle muscles!!!
This is the FODMAP list I have printed : http://www.eat-real-food-paleodietit...-food-list.pdf
I also have an app on my phone, comes in handy when in a restaurant or grocery shopping!
My Journal: Candy in Primal Wonderland
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Goal for 2012: keep weight steady (+/- 74 kg): check
Goal for 2013: lose 10 kg and keep new weight (+/- 65 kg)
Thanks, Candy! A much longer list than mine. The one I have been referring to is just 2 catagories. I like the way this one is layed out.
I ate poorly yesterday. Just dinner. We went to our favorite Mexican place. I had a some refried beans - just a few bites - and some corn chips. I also ate 2 very thin flour tortillas. The meal was a shrimp dish so it was not bad for me. I've had rum 2 nights in a row. Gotta get back on track --- focus!!!
I'm going to start a whole30 for August............. but I'm starting today.
Tummy............ I'm thinking I'm on the mend. I haven't had a really bad day for awhile now. I've had 5 days with only slight tummy issues. Maybe the new pills are doing something!
Nuts are now on my don't eat list. Bummer - I like nuts.
Time to get ready for work........... I think last week spoiled me. I really liked NOT working.
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One Direction Inspire Baby Names
Just when we thought the boys had completely saturated the teenage girls market, we find out that they're also mega popular with our mums!
Either that, or they're just handing over the baby-naming job to their One Direction-obsessed teenage daughters!
That's right, if you've got a new baby brother called Harry, Louis, Niall, Liam or Zayn, then we've got a pretty good idea where it might have come from!
Records show that Liam Payne has helped his name become the fourth most popular baby name!
And, mums all over are loving a bit of Harry Styles curly mop, with the popularity of his name increasing by 57%!
This follows the revealing of the most popular baby names of 2012, also being inspired by Fifty Shades of Grey, with 'Anastasia' being up 10%, and the name 'Grey' boosting 20% since last year.
Wait…'Grey' is a name?!
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College: Notre Dame (school history)
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SC Hires Dr. Marvin Dewey as VP for Institutional Advancement
Sterling College is pleased to announce that Dr. Marvin Dewey, a native of Great Bend, Kan., has accepted the position of Vice President for Institutional Advancement.
"Dr. Dewey comes to Sterling with strong experience in Christian liberal arts administration. His unique skills, as well as his prior connections to the College, will be of great benefit, and I am glad to welcome him to Sterling. I am also thankful for alumnus Scott Carter, who stepped in to lead the advancement office during this interim period. We greatly appreciate his expertise and service. I have confidence Dr. Dewey will build upon the growth Carter has effected while he also employs his own ideas and leadership style," Sterling College President Dr. Paul J. Maurer said.
Dr. Dewey returns to Kansas from Alberta, Canada, where he served as the president of Taylor University College and Seminary from 1997 to 2008. During his tenure at Taylor, the school's endowment grew by almost 300%, and annual fund giving nearly doubled. For fourteen years prior to that, Dewey worked at Sioux Falls Seminary in South Dakota, first as the Director of Development and then as the Vice President for Advancement, participating in two capital campaigns, meeting with major donors, and leading the development, public relations, and recruitment staffs.
He holds a doctorate in higher education administration from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn.; a master of divinity from Sioux Falls Seminary; and a bachelor of arts in religion from Taylor University College. As Sterling College's Vice President for Advancement, Dr. Dewey will serve on the president's cabinet and will be responsible for leading and coordinating all College development and alumni relations, including annual fund, major gifts, planned giving, and church relations.
Dewey and his wife Becky, an elementary school teacher, will be moving to the Sterling area this summer. They have two adult children who live in Sioux Falls, S.D. Dewey is originally from Great Bend, Kan., and his mother and two of his brothers still live in the area. Three of his nephews are Sterling College graduates.


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JudithThe moon was bright, the sun fresh dead,Judith by Filiuk
When Judith o'er my doorstep tread;
When sulked the sky and slept the birds,
Earth's ceiling lit with stars in herds.
She gave a kiss- "It felt as two"
I told her in a charming woo.
She gentle smiled and granted me
The pleasure of her mirth to see.
We took of wine, with modest sips,
Then, soft, drank from each other's lips.
A cautious touch, a chaste embrace;
The curving of her spine to trace.
Fair Judith shared with me her dreams-
"I'll make them true, though hard it seems."
Then laughed she, loud, at my expense,
Still, gentle lovers were we hence;
For when the birds sang once again,
Our hearts were nevermore the same.
Obsessed, like little animals inside my headObsessed, like little animals inside my headObsessed, like little animals inside my head by Filiuk
Keep scratching summer's lair off the rubbled walls,
Covering them with mud paint, soaked in mourning gowns.
Today the zoo is closed; the gentle beasts roam free.
My coveted lamb is dead; slain, in a strange wolf's paws.
The agnus Dei, privy to the good of God,
Unknown to dangling fruits of centred garden trees;
Not long still spared of Eden's bloody treasury.
If ever it returned to me, the bitter hope's mahogany
And ivory dreams of lakes with bottoms brown and still.
But no use dwelling on past visions in this wake;
Death swift takes her due, inclemens in extremis.
Sick, like lepers juggling dainty with unkempt limbs,
I'll lick my wounds in unlush forrests' orangeries.
When dull, the morning fingers seep into my skullWhen dull, the morning fingers seep into my skull-When dull, the morning fingers seep into my skull by Filiuk
When bright, the tentacles of light spur tickles unto me,
I know the new of day is come
And drafted throws me in the onset tide
Of poignant coffee cups and stark-dry bread;
The rearing drops of sweat on heavy gears
And flattened wheels, pushed through the cunning holes
Of asphalt Flemish roads.
When weak the sun bears down, wearied,
Unto dewdrops; hinges of diffusing light,
I know the night is done
And eye's rest must cede to the rallied bright.
No quarter given to the outworn mind,
Whilst limbs, stretched over lengthy hours' labour,
Drag along the yearning fibre;
Fabric torn and worn again.
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Love dA Lit: Issue 11Welcome to the eleventh issue of my weekly news article, Love dA Lit! Every Sunday this news article will aim to promote volunteer opportunities, various resources, prompts, challenges, and workshops, as well as highlighting various contests, interviewing various members of the literature community and spotlighting a specific group every week. This is by no means a complete list of all the literature going-ons, merely a tool to help you get involved and stay informed.Love dA Lit: Issue 11 by HugQueen
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As Georgia Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes fans waited with baited breath to see who would win a $10,000 cash prize last month they learned that the winner was from another state and the PCH Prize Patrol didn't even find her at home when they arrived. Fast forward to April 9, 2014, and Dave Sayer, the founder of the high-profile prize delivery team says on his Facebook page that "after a few weeks of searching we finally found her!"
Mary Ihry of Coos Bay, Oregon never dreamed she would actually win anything for entering the sweepstakes that boasts at least a billion entries for their super prizes. But she did win, and she wasn't at home to collect that money when it finally happened.
Ihry said she was in Texas visiting her family, and she had been for a couple of months, according to KCBY, who covered the story. But Dave Sayer promises that when a winner is not home they will do everything they can to find them, so Georgia fans of the sweepstakes company don't have to worry about missing their vacations this year for fear Sayer and his crew will not give them their winnings if they are not at home. He will, but he may have to ask someone else to do it for him, like he did in Ihry's case.
Publishers Clearing House had to rely on the local florist in the winner's area to house the two Big Checks bearing Mary's name--$10,000 for entering the sweepstakes and $10,000 for being a PCH Superfan. But the real checks were safely at PCH, just waiting for notification from Mary that she would be home to accept them when they were delivered a second time. And when they knew she would be, they asked The World's Tim Novotny if he would step into Dave Sayer's shoes for a day. And he gladly did.
Fortunately for Mary, some people who knew her happened to be in the florist after Sayer's attempted delivery didn't pan out, and they saw the large white cardboard type checks bearing her name that were being kept there, so they helped the direct marketing company locate their missing prize winner.
The disabled woman from Oregon who missed the elite Prize Patrol team of Dave, Todd and Danielle finally received flowers, champagne and two real checks to go with her two big fake checks this month. And she still finds it hard to believe she won.
I just about dropped my teeth," Mary said after hearing about the win.
That is probably how Tim T. of Bainbridge, Ga. felt when he learned recently that his game playing on the PCH.com site didn't just earn him tokens; it earned him a prize as well according to this PCH Blog post. Everyone hopes to win a prize from this company, but few really expect to win. And Mary Ihry is a perfect example, not even keeping up with the Facebook posts by the prize patrol team last month, which would have told her they were in her neck of the woods.
Don't make that same mistake this month, when they plan to deliver a super prize of $7,000 a week for life to some lucky person--if the winning entry is returned, of course. If the winning number is not returned, a second-chance drawing winner will receive a check for $25,000 a year for 29 years, and then in the 30th year that person will receive a final lump sum payment of $275,000, rounding out a million dollars total.
And if you are wondering what Mary Ihry will spend her $20,000 sweepstakes money on, since she lives on a fixed income, she says it will be a new wardrobe of clothes.
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Chamber Singers*
An ensemble of 24-30 singers, performing sacred and secular vocal music from the Renaissance to the contemporary period, including classical and modern jazz arrangements.
A classical music ensemble for students who have previous experience in an orchestral instrument. Performs music by composers of various stylistic periods from the Baroque Period to the 20th Century.
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Students perform music written for small and larger ensembles, plus multi-media and theater works, of all periods.
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A 20-25 person jazz band, open to all students.
Guitar Ensemble*
Opportunities for classical guitarists in both ensemble and solo playing.
Electric Guitar Ensemble
Composed of students with varying degrees of experience on the electric guitar or electric bass guitar, this ensemble performs music from pop, rock, and jazz.
Pep Band
The Pep Band is a "rally" band or "pit" band that performs for the basketball teams, the chess team, Scholars' Day, and other events around the campus.
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The Wind Ensemble is a compact concert band that plays wind and percussion literature of the 19th and 20th Century, including works by Gustav Holst, Karel Husa, Percy Granger, and John Phillip Sousa.
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The Alabama football team practiced in shells for two hours inside the Hank Crisp Indoor Facility on Friday as thunderstorms in the area pushed the workout inside.
The focus of Alabama head coach Nick Saban during the ninth practice of spring ball was to include more game-like situations.
"Until this point somebody has been out there telling them what to do every time and trying to help them make adjustments," Saban said. "So now we want to put them in the position in practice where they have to make those decisions and they have to make those plays. We need to see who can step up and do that, and we try to prepare them."
As Alabama continues to prepare for A-Day by making adjustments on offense and defense during the spring's 15-practice schedule. Senior defensive lineman Jesse Williams looks forward to the first scrimmage of the spring this Saturday at Bryant-Denny Stadium.
"It's definitely not the same team but we've reloaded a lot of positions," said Williams. "We had a lot of good quality guys behind the guys that are leaving now, so it should be good when the scrimmage is over to see where everyone fits in and how the defense shapes up.
"Obviously practice is a little bit different than a scrimmage, because you go 100 percent. But I'm just going to try and work on my technique to play nose (guard) and do whatever I can to help out. It's always good, minus the heat, inside Bryant-Denny, but it'll be a bit of fun practicing in a different place."
Spring Practice concludes on Saturday, April 14, with the A-Day Game at Bryant-Denny Stadium. A-Day will be broadcast live by CSS at 2 p.m.
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The London Bus Summit
A UK Bus Summit took place in London on February 12 with the Secretary of State for Transport giving the introductory speech. It is hard to believe the last such conference was held back in 1999.
A UK Bus Summit took place in London on February 12 with the Secretary of State for Transport giving the introductory speech. It is hard to believe the last such conference was held back in 1999.
There are more hybrid buses in operation in the United Kingdom than in any other European country.
Of all the trade associations representing vehicle manufacturers in Europe, Germany's Verband der Automobilindustrie is in a league of its own.
The Transports Publics Exhibition takes place in Paris every two years at the Porte de Versailles Center.
By Doug Jack With headquarters and two factories near the city of Poznan in Western Poland, Solaris is one of the more innovative bus builders in the world. Last year the company sold 1,302 vehicles, the highest number to date in its 18-year history. "We owe last year's success to our customers who rely on […]
It has become apparent for some years that Cummins is a growing force in the European bus and coach industry. This view was reinforced at Busworld Kortrijk in Belgium last October.
UITP recently launched Zero Emission Urban bus System (ZeEUS), a major milestone for greener urban transport.
The RNTP public transport exhibition took place in Bordeaux, France in November. The weather was warm and the atmosphere very convivial.
I went to Turkey to visit a factory and catch up with developments in the market. My trip included attending the Comvex exhibition.
Luc Glorieux founded the first exhibition exclusively for buses and coaches in the small west-Belgium city of Kortrijk in 1971.
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Food Stamps Are Worth Double at These Michigan Farmers Markets—Helping Families and Local Businesses
by Araz HachadourianApr 22, 2015
- The USDA is putting $31 million behind a program that helps low-income families take home twice the veggies, and local farmers make twice the money.
Big City Living May Help You Slow Down, Stress Less, and Be Happy. Really!
by Zanna McKayApr 17, 2015
- From New York City to Barcelona, cities across the world are turning to "slow living" to make their communities happier and healthier in the face of increasing urbanization.
A Trade Rule that Makes It Illegal to Favor Local Business? Newest Leak Shows TPP Would Do That And More
by David KortenApr 15, 2015
- The leaked text is full of dense legal jargon. But a close reading makes its corporate agenda crystal clear.
How I Learned to Ask For Handouts (No Matter How Weird It Feels)
by Shannon HayesApr 14, 2015
- Farming and writing don't bring home the bacon—why I'm no longer ashamed to ask my community to help.
What If Uber Were a Unionized, Worker-Owned Co-Op? These Denver Cabbies Are Making It Happen
by Mary HansenApr 10, 2015
- Workers at app-driven companies like Uber don't have the rights of full employees. But with the help of traditional unions, some are banding together into worker-owned cooperatives.
What Your Town Can Learn From America's Most Walkable Suburb
by Jay WalljasperMar 31, 2015
- It's got great transit, plenty of sidewalks, and values people more than cars.
It's Time to Think Boldly About Building a New American System
Mar 31, 2015
- The inability of politics to address poverty, climate change, and other basic challenges has fueled extraordinary experimentation in American communities. Welcome to a new conversation on how we make change happen.
How to Become a Citizen Eater: A Trip Behind the Labels of Your Ethical Cup of Coffee
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- Labels like "fair trade" and "direct trade" indicate food is ethically sourced—but how do you know what they really mean, and whether they're effective?
A March Madness Makeover: 5 Ways to Bring Fairness Into College Basketball
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- March Madness is now a bigger cash cow than the Super Bowl, but in college sports the only people not getting a piece of the billion-dollar pie are the players.
Why "Broad City" Is the Perfect Comedy for the Student Debt Generation
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- The Comedy Central show allows millennials of a specific demographic—and even those outside of it—to laugh at the situation the 1 percent has handed them.
7 Myths About Housewives, Debunked
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- Are housewives less ambitious than career women? Are they bad feminists? Read on to go beyond the stereotypes.
Alternative Currencies Are Bigger Than Bitcoin: How They're Building Prosperity From London to Kenya
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- The Brixton Pound, Koru Kenya, and Mazacoin are all attempting to achieve a common goal: empowering people in a monetarily unequal world, from the bottom up.
Do Corporations Really Need More Rights? Why Fast Track for the TPP Is a Bad Idea
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- We can have democracy and a prosperous, just, and sustainable human future. Or we can have corporate rule. We cannot have both.
Craigslist Saved 5M Tons of Stuff From Landfills—And 4 Other New Stats on Local Economies
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It was a wager of a different kind that began Dovi's motorcycling life. As a four-year-old, he bet his father that if he could ride his bicycle without training wheels, he would win a motorcycle. The youngster won the bet and his father, a motocross racer in his own right, was more than happy to pay up. .
Dovizioso's early memories are of watching his father race motocross and it wasn't long before the youngster took to the track with a passion. By the time he was seven he was racing both on and off-road near his home in Forlimpopoli, Italy, and wearing the number 34 in honor of his idol Kevin Schwantz. In 1994, his first year in the Italian Minimoto Championship he finished fifth, and would later twice win the championship. He was also an avid and skilled football player, but in 2000 he chose to devote his energy to racing.
In 2000 he raced in the Aprilia 125 Challenge before moving on to a proper race bike to contest the 2001 European 125cc Championship. In his first try, Dovi won the European title and was promoted to ride a Team Scot Honda RS125R in the 2002 125cc World Championship. Just two years later he took eight poles and five races on his way to the 2004 125cc title.
The move to 250's followed, still with Team Scot Honda, and he scored five podiums in his rookie year, finishing third overall. The next year he won twice, to finish second, a performance he repeated in 2007.
Dovizioso's dream came true when he was elevated to the MotoGP category in 2008 with Team Scot Honda. In his class debut under the lights in Qatar, Dovizioso finished just off the podium while beating the eventual world champion Valentino Rossi and finishing just behind Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa. .
The result was tough to replicate, but Dovizioso was a revelation in 2008, finishing inside the top five on nine occasions, finishing just 16 points behind fellow rookie Jorge Lorenzo on the factory Yamaha and ahead of works Honda rider Nicky Hayden. .
Peaking with a maiden podium finish in the Malaysian Grand Prix, Dovizioso was hot property by the end of the season and was duly promoted to the factory Repsol Honda team for 2009.
However, despite the high-profile move, Dovizioso endured a season of mixed fortunes, proving a frequent top five finisher, but struggling to crack the 'aliens' ahead of him. Indeed, by the season's end, Dovizioso had managed just one further podium and finished sixth overall. .
On the plus side, this solitary podium was in fact Dovizioso's maiden MotoGP win, the Italian staying upright as others fell around him at the slippery Donington Park. .
Staying with Repsol alongside Dani Pedrosa for 2010, though Dovizioso couldn't replicate his race-winning turn in his second season aboard the Honda, it was a far more consistent season for the Italian as he notched up four podiums in the opening five races to even out-score his team-mate. However, a fairly average mid-season saw Dovizioso slip out of contention, while late charges by the returning Rossi and Stoner saw him end the year fifth overall, 39 points behind runner-up Pedrosa. .
With no win to his name, it was off-track where Dovizioso caused a greater stir as he fought for his place in the Repsol team. Under threat from the impending arrival of Casey Stoner, Honda favoured placing Dovizioso in one of its satellite teams for 2011. However, though he was promised factory assistance, Dovizioso reminded Honda of its contractual obligations and, after a few crossed words in the media, it was announced that he would form part of a three-man Repsol Honda line-up alongside Stoner and Pedrosa. .
With the RC212V proving the bike to beat in 2011, Dovizioso was consistent and quick, but entirely overshadowed by eventual title-winner Stoner. Failing to add to his victory tally once again, Dovizioso nonetheless did enough to secure third in the overall standings, ahead of Pedrosa, but with the Spaniard missing rounds through injury, it was little surprise when Honda confirmed there was no room for Dovizioso in its slimmed two-man 2012 line-up. .
Despite Honda's attempts to retain Dovizioso, he announced he will defect to Yamaha for 2012, joining its satellite Tech 3 operation. One step back with the intention of taking two steps forward in the future, Dovizioso went into the season with Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies as his performance barometer, as well as a quick team-mate in Cal Crutchlow to contend with.
Indeed, the tussle for inter-team honours between Dovizioso and Crutchlow would prove one of the stories of the season, but the Italian would prove the more consistent of the two, ascending to the podium for the first time at Catalunya, a feat he would match on five further occasions.
Regularly the quickest of the satellite riders, Dovizioso would also prove a thorn in the side of the factory riders, not least Spies, whose troubled year would see him wholly overshadowed by his satellite counterpart.
Even so, despite giving Tech 3 its best-ever season at MotoGP level as he cruised to fourth in the overall standings, the Italian would find himself overlooked once again when Yamaha decided to welcome Valentino Rossi back into the fold to replace the out-of-favour Spies for 2013.
Aggrieved that his strong performance hadn't been enough to earn him the ride that he – and many others - felt he deserved, Dovizioso refused to re-sign for another season, instead choosing to assume Rossi's available berth in the factory Ducati team.
Dovizioso spent much of his debut Desmosedici season seemingly locked in battle (occasionally literally) with team-mate Nicky Hayden, emerging as the leading Ducati rider by one place and 14 points over the American.
In a season that saw Ducati fail to finish on the podium for the first time since joining MotoGP in 2003, Dovizioso at least claimed the brand's best result with fourth at the wet Le Mans race and concluded the season eighth overall.
Dovizioso will be joined at Ducati by Cal Crutchlow in 2014.


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The 44-year-old Mexican actress attended the festivities which showed off the work of 39 artists from several generations. She also talked and took a picture with Monaco royal Charlotte Casiraghi.
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Empowering Googlers to address unconscious bias
Every day, we're inundated with more information than we can consciously process. Research shows that simply raising awareness about unconscious bias can lead to more conscious decision making. Unconscious bias workshops teach Googlers how to mitigate bias and build bias-busting actions into Google's people processes to ensure they yield fair outcomes. Learn more.


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Jason Botchford's morning Hat Trick — after the Canucks' 4-3 shootout win over the league-leading Detroit Red Wings … 1. To be blessed with a regular-season game good enough that it's worth remembering for years is rare. May only happen … Continue reading
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It can seem like not much, Sean Payton tossing himself on his sword after the mounting Saints losses, his team moving farther from the playoffs and closer to a top 15 pick in the 2009 NFL draft, because the masses become tone deaf as the message turns repetitive.
Fans prefer giving credit over listening to a coach taking blame.
But give Payton this: Never have the Saints played poorly on his watch and the head coach publicly not jumped under the bus, rather than toss someone else under the wheels.
At least he knows the buck stops where the bucks stop.
But the Saints are 4-5 this season, 3-5 since Payton signed a contract extension that probably made him the highest-paid coach in Saints history. As far as bucks go, there hasn't been much bang there for a while.
We've been teetering around (the .500 mark) way too long," linebacker Scott Fujita said after New Orleans' 34-20 loss at Atlanta on Sunday, which put the Saints a game under .500 this season and kept alive the pattern established last season, when they finished 7-9. "We consider ourselves better than that, but we're not."
No, they're not. As Payton quickly will admit, that begins at the top.
And it's no small thing that not much can be done on the fly, nine games into the season. Every decent player already is accounted for unless you really, really want New Orleans to look for front-line help among a rag-tag bunch of street free agents who aren't good enough to play for the Lions, Bengals and Chiefs.
All that can change is what Payton and his staff does. And the previous 25 games, during which the Saints are 11-14, suggests they haven't been willing to change a lot, or that their changes still have left the Saints behind the curve.
Neither says anything good.
In fact, increasingly, the roar from fans is that Payton no longer is the man for the job, a scant two seasons after some of the same people would've proclaimed themselves healed after touching the hem of Payton's coaching shorts.
But calls for the guillotine are premature, folks.
First, they're likely falling on ears deafer than the ones Payton addresses when he accepts responsibility for losses. In September he signed an extension that takes his contract through 2012, and no team owner wants to eat that kind of money and pay two staffs -- one to go away, and one to clean up the mess.
And second, no one can make me believe a coach simply transforms from being the smartest guy in the room to being the village idiot in a couple of years.
The 2006 season, during which Payton pushed every correct button and the Saints won 10 regular-season games and advanced to the NFC championship game for the first time in franchise history, isn't so far removed that anyone can say Payton simply has lost his touch.
Some might argue he never had the touch, given that the Saints' return to New Orleans and the Superdome would've been an emotional advantage that any coach could've funneled in the right direction and rode to a division title, commercial success and Mardi Gras parade grand marshal status. But Payton regularly read his team and its opponents correctly that year.
No, the debate probably better would be whether the Payton Saints are too cutesy, too reliant on deception, too finesse or any number of labels you want to attach. It can be that the Saints coach, despite saying he wants offensive balance, obviously isn't trying hard enough.
The Saints only have been involved in three lopsided games this season -- against Denver when they fell behind 21-3 en route to a 34-32 loss, against Carolina in a 30-7 loss and against Atlanta. That doesn't seem to justify an offensive imbalance in which New Orleans has attempted to pass 62.4 percent of the time.
Too, nothing seems to justify the Saints doing what they have the past 25 games, either.
Payton is smart enough to jump in front of the train and try to absorb the impact. Other than running off kickers and punters as if they're squatters, he pretty much accepts responsibility for what has gone, and continues to go, wrong.
At least he accepts that the buck stops where the bucks stop.
He also should know that no one wants to hear that.
He's supposed to be delivering a lot more bang than this. Two seasons ago isn't long on a calendar but the previous 25 Thursdays, Sundays and Mondays for Saints games have made two seasons ago seem like two decades ago. And that isn't near good enough.
"Some things need to change around here," Fujita said after Sunday's loss.
Yeah, they do. And Payton, more than anyone, is in position to change them.
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The Java Store that was previewed during Java One earlier this year is getting ready to release support for paid applications. Developers who are getting ready to publish apps to the store should be aware of the license rights management facility. Here are the requirements in a nutshell:
- Is transparent to users
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- Ensures that simple script based attacks to remove the rights management code aren't feasible
- Eliminates the need to have an online connection when the application is used
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream; import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream; import java.security.Signature; import java.security.cert.CertificateFactory; import java.security.cert.X509Certificate; import java.util.Map; import java.util.Properties; /\*\* \* A sample application demonstrating how to decode and verify the Java Store rights object. \* \*/ public class App { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { String sample = // blob "...⁞"; // The rights object is provided as a single string containing 3 sections separated by carriage // returns. First is the blob describing the rights, second is the signature for the blob and // third is the certificate matching the private key used to generate the signature. String[] BASE64pieces = sample.split("\\n"); if (3 != BASE64pieces.length) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("invalid signed blob."); } byte[][] pieces = {null, null, null}; // each piece is encoded as a separate BASE64 block. for (int eachPiece = 0; eachPiece < BASE64pieces.length; eachPiece++) { pieces[eachPiece] = decodeBase64(BASE64pieces[eachPiece]); } // Read in the certificate. CertificateFactory cf = CertificateFactory.getInstance("X.509"); X509Certificate certificate = (X509Certificate) cf.generateCertificate(new ByteArrayInputStream( pieces[2])); // Verify the signature in piece[1] using the certificate from piece[2] against the blob from piece[0] Signature signature = Signature.getInstance("SHA1withRSA"); signature.initVerify(certificate); signature.update(pieces[0]); if (!signature.verify(pieces[1])) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Signature doesn't match."); } // Read a Properties map from the rights blob. Properties rights = new Properties(); rights.load(new ByteArrayInputStream(pieces[0])); // extract some values from the properties map // The ID of the product to which the rights are applied. int productId = Integer.parseInt(rights.getProperty("productId", "-1")); rights.remove("productId"); // The ID of the user holding the rights. int userId = Integer.parseInt(rights.getProperty("userId", "-1")); rights.remove("userId"); // The ID of the device on which the application is running. String deviceId = rights.getProperty("deviceId", ""); rights.remove("deviceId"); // Timestamp at which this rights descriptor was generated in milliseconds since Midnight Jan 1, 1970 UTC ("the epoch"). long timestamp = Long.parseLong(rights.getProperty("timestamp")); rights.remove("timestamp"); // Print out the core properties System.out.printf("product : %d user : %d device : '%s' timestamp : %d \\n", productId, userId, deviceId, timestamp); // Print out properties for each right. Remaining keys should all be single right descriptors. for (Map.Entry


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BRUNSWICK — Kyle Wheeler missed his two shot attempts early in Friday's game against Garfield Heights.
They were about the only two things that went wrong for the Brunswick senior guard as he put on an offensive clinic in 71-45 Northeast Ohio Conference Valley Division victory.
After clanking his first two shots, Wheeler made 11 of his next 12 en route to a career-high 33 points to lead Brunswick (10-9, 3-4) to its second NOC upset of the week. The Blue Devils won a 44-42 thriller over Shaker Heights on Tuesday.
"I missed a couple early, but Coach (Joe Mackey) told me to keep shooting, so I hit a couple and got some rhythm," said Wheeler, who also had five rebounds, four assists and three steals. "I was in rhythm the whole night and my teammates kept feeding me the ball."
That 'rhythm' had Brunswick fans going crazy every time the 6-foot-5 guard drained a shot and Garfield Heights coach Sonny Johnson and his staff scratching their heads.
After the Blue Devils stormed back to lead 16-15 at the end of the first quarter, Wheeler put them on his back.
Wheeler hit three of his game-high four 3-pointers in a 17-7 second quarter. He added his fourth on the first possession of the second half en route to a 12-point third quarter.
His efforts helped turn an 11-point game into a 21-point laugher.
"It was a nice butt-whipping. I haven't had one of those in a while," Johnson said. "They were so patient on offense and moving the ball … sometimes you just have that night and (Wheeler) had that night."
How good was Wheeler? Every time the Bulldogs (13-4, 5-2) gained an inch of momentum, his physical perimeter play made things happen. When Garfield Heights hit a shot, Wheeler responded with a runner in the lane. When the Bulldogs scored again, Wheeler countered with a falling layup in transition.
Heck, he didn't miss a shot inside the arc all night, and it was a hot streak he didn't even realize until late in the game.
"Actually, I didn't have any idea until I was on the free throw line and made a free throw and Alex Hartill came up and shook my hand and said, 'You know you're at 30 right now.'" Wheeler said. "I turned around, looked at the scoreboard and, sure enough, there it was.
"They were playing up in me the entire game, and when teams do that, it's a lot easier getting to the basket. So I tried not to settle from the outside, attack the rim and get myself shots and shots for my teammates as well."
That's no shock to Mackey, who has seen his team deal with suspensions, injuries and one of the area's most difficult schedules.
"He's been as consistent as you can get," Mackey said of Wheeler. "It's no secret. Garfield Heights has four kids that will play Division I college basketball on their team, but Kyle was the best player of the floor tonight, and it wasn't even that close. He's been that guy all year long for us.
"He's been the glue of this team and he refused to let Garfield Heights make any kind of run on us after we built a big lead."
For all of Wheeler's exploits, the quality win was a team effort.
The frontcourt tandem of Taylor Armagost (12 points, 7 rebounds) and Patrick Jarvis (11, 8) set the tone early and made things difficult for the Bulldogs on the interior.
Combine them with the solid play of Zach Parker and Hartill, along backup guard Robert Hale, who controlled the offense and was tenacious on defense, and the Blue Devils are finding their chemistry at the right time of year.
After Garfield Heights' Dave Wright scored 10 points in the first quarter, Brunswick's defense held him to just two shot attempts the rest of the way with a 2-3 zone defense that also limited shooters Al Burge and Richard Parker to just 11 combined points.
Suffice to say, the Blue Devils have come a long way.
"There was a time about a month ago where this team could've easily folded," Mackey said. "But they come back every day and keep striving to get better. It's just nice to see these kids get rewarded with two big wins.
"We're excited to play basketball this time of year. About a month ago, I don't know if anyone in our community might have thought that this is possible, but our kids are getting better. They're getting a lot better."
|All-Gazette point guard Ryan Badowski was in uniform, but didn't play. The junior has been sidelined with hip flexor injury.l Jason Okulovich had 15 points and Nate Armagost added 13 as Brunswick's junior varsity squad defeated Garfield Heights 47-31.
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Brunswick 71, Garfield Heights 45
Garfield Heights — Al Burge 1-3-6, Dave Bell 2-1-5, Dave Wright 6-1-14, Willie Jackson 4-0-8, Robert Hurst 3-1-8, Richard Parker 1-1-4, Branden Johnson 0-0-0, Shamar Glover 0-0-0, JaBraun Cox 0-0-0, Demetrius Collier 0-0-0, Frankie Hughes 0-0-0, Kyle Stergis 0-0-0, Raymel Franklin 0-0-0. TOTALS: 17-7-45.
Brunswick — Alex Hartill 2-0-4, Patrick Jarvis 3-4-11, Taylor Armagost 4-4-12, Zach Parker 3-0-8, Kyle Wheeler 11-7-33, Robert Hale 1-0-3, Billy Applebee 0-0-0, Brandon Zaccardelli 0-0-0, Brennan Magalski 0-0-0, David Reiter Jr. 0-0-0, Nate Armagost 0-0-0, Eric Bulic 0-0-0. TOTALS: 24-15-71.
3-point goals — Hurst, Burge, Wright, Parker, Wheeler 4, Parker 2, Jarvis, Hale. Rebounds — Garfield Heights 17 (Burge 5), Brunswick 25 (Jarvis 8). Assists — Garfield Heights 11 (Hurst 7), Brunswick 12 (Wheeler 4). Records — Garfield Heights (13-4, 5-2), Brunswick (10-9, 3-4). Junior varsity — Brunswick 47, Garfield Hts 31.


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COLUMBUS — A nearly $56 billion, two-year state budget is ready to be debated on the floors of the Ohio Senate and House.
The spending plan would limit abortions in public hospitals, allow the state to lease the Ohio Turnpike, and provide tax breaks to Ohioans who invest in businesses within the state.
A Senate proposal to privatize the state lottery was removed from the bill. A plan to cut lawmaker pay also was dropped during lengthy negotiations that ended late Monday with a legislative panel approving the budget's final language.
Votes could come as early as today in the state Senate and Wednesday in the House. Lawmakers have until Thursday to get the bill to Gov. John Kasich's desk ahead of the new fiscal year that begins Friday, on July 1.


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