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College Hockey:Dartmouth Pulls Off Come-From-Behind Win At Brown
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — While Dartmouth junior winger Carly Haggard's two-goal, two-assist performance may have been the most impressive stat line of the night, it was clutch goals from unexpected sources — namely senior defenseman Melissa Dolan and junior center Lydia Wheatley — that led Dartmouth to a 5-3 victory over Brown on Friday night at Meehan Auditorium in a battle of the second- and third-ranked teams in the country.
"Melissa Dolan and Lydia Wheatley are not big scorers for us," said Dartmouth coach Judy Oberting. "Those were huge goals."
The game was tied 3-3 until Dolan's goal — only the third of her career — came with 8:31 left in the third period. It was set up by Haggard, who had been keeping control of the puck with the help of senior linemate Kristen King in the left corner. Haggard found Dolan open at the blue line with space to work with. Dolan had plenty of options, but she chose to go forward and take her own shot over the blocker of Brown goaltender Pam Dreyer.
Just 22 seconds later, Wheatley scored to give Dartmouth the first two-goal lead of the afternoon. The unassisted goal came as Wheatley sped up the left sideboard, circled around in front of Dreyer and poked the puck through her five-hole.
Preceding the two Dartmouth goals in the third period, the Big Green had been consistently on the attack. While Brown often had effective forechecking, the Bears could amount little attack of their own other than a few runs from speedy sophomore winger Krissy McManus.
Brown held leads of 2-1 and 3-2 in the third period, but Haggard answered and tied the game each time.
Her first goal came as she received a pass behind the net and lobbed a seemingly harmless shot towards Dreyer. But the puck rebounded right back at Haggard, and she volleyed it into the upper right corner of the net.
Haggard's second goal came as she drove in a rebound off a shot from the point by defenseman Lesley Reiart.
Haggard now has seven goals in three games — the best goal-scoring average in the nation.
"[Haggard] is very competitive, tough to play against, and deceptively fast," Oberting said. "Every year she's gained a little bit more confidence."
Brown struggled with penalties throughout the second and third periods. At one point early in the third, the Bears had three players in the box.
"I think the penalties killed us," said Brown coach Digit Murphy. "I think a lot of my kids were tired. If we had stayed out of the box we might have been a little better off."
Dartmouth freshman Meaghan Walton scored the Big Green's first goal on an assist from Haggard, but Brown jumped out to an early 2-1 lead on goals from junior co-captain Kim Insalaco and freshman center Jessica Link.
"Brown came out so ready and so confident, and for whatever reason we started out on our heels," Oberting said.
Insalaco, Brown's second-leading returning scorer, had only been with the team for four days because of the Brown soccer season. An ankle ligament injury ended her soccer season prematurely, and although she could not run on the grass, she was still healthy enough to skate, so she rejoined the hockey team earlier than scheduled.
Dartmouth remained without junior Carolyn Steele, who is playing in the ECAC field hockey championship this weekend, and freshman Cheryl Muranko — one of three Canadian Under-22 national players on Dartmouth — who was scratched due to injury.
Brown next hosts winless Vermont, coming off a 5-0 loss to Harvard, while Dartmouth heads to Harvard for a rematch of last year's ECAC championship game.
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Throughout the 2014 Winter Olympics, several members of the press reported on the abundance of stray dogs roaming near hotels and venues in Sochi and the athletes who are bringing them home, such as skier Gus Kenworthy. Though the media and athletes are home now, several others are returning with adoptable dogs of their own in tow.
According to Fox 2 St. Louis on Monday, Team USA hockey player and captain of the St. Louis Blues David Backes is just one athlete who took the opportunity to rescue strays while in Sochi to compete. After successfully getting through all the red tape, Backes and his wife Megan returned from Russia with two dogs, whom they call Sochi Junior and Sochi Jake.
"When they`re timid and you can kind of tell they`ve been mistreated or you see one with mange or that`s really skinny or fighting over some scraps of food that really tears your heart out because we feel that every dog should have a great home that`s well fed," Backes told Fox 2.
Megan tweeted a photo yesterday of the couple with Junior and Jake kicking back in first class on a charter plane back to the U.S., adding that "so much hard work went into this!" Backes followed up this morning, writing that the dogs are resting and will be vaccinated and neutered this week. They'll stay in the custody of the Five Acres Animal Shelter for 30 days before getting the chance to be adopted by one of the "many interested guardians."
The couple run the foundation Athletes for Animals, which aims to "protect the welfare of homeless pets nationwide."
Among the other adopters are E! correspondent and former Bachelorette Ali Fedotwosky, who returned with two strays over the weekend. Actress Katherine Heigl, co-founder of a foundation that finds homes for shelter dogs, and her mother Nancy are helping her find permanent homes for the dogs and have agreed to house little Adler until then.
Like Backes, Fedotwosky says she has received hundreds of requests to adopt Adler, while a male dog named Sochi is recovering from sickness on the flight over.
"The story being told of how these dogs are just like yours and mine at home and how you know we should treat our animals with respect and be responsible pet owners is a story that a lot of people wanted to tell and I think we`re telling it now," Backes said.

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What is Career Counseling?
Career Counseling
Individual career counseling is available to all current undergraduate and graduate students at Valparaiso University. Career Counseling provides students with an opportunity to explore career planning issues in depth, and it takes into account broad range of developmental issues as well. A liberal arts education creates an excellent foundation for career success; however, it's not designed to direct students towards a specific occupation. Therefore, the Valparaiso University Career Center offers opportunities for self-assessment and career exploration that are essential for a student's career planning process.
Understanding Yourself
Career decision making occurs within the context of personal development. It's important to recognize that the specific competencies you need for an effective job search are also essential for personal growth. These competencies include self-assessment, risk taking, initiative, effective communication, and assuming responsibility for your own actions.
Career Counseling process
Career Counseling at the Valparaiso University Career Center takes a comprehensive approach to career development. During your first appointment, you'll have the opportunity to describe your unique concerns and your hopes for career and life goals. You and your counselor will evaluate the tools necessary to facilitate growth and help you reach your goals. In addition, you and the Career Counselor will select assessments that will be helpful in determining your interests, skills, and values. You and the counselor may also discuss other campus resources that will help you in your planning process. Please fill out the forms below and bring them to your first appointment with your counselor.
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Grow and Transform your Security Program into the Cloud - This presentation is about How to Grow and Transform your Security Program into the Cloud, Vulnerability Management Impact on Security Program, Fundamentals of Vulnerability Management, Detailed Terminology - Inability to withstand the effects of a hostile environment, Vulnerabilities are flaws that can be exploited by a malicious entity to gain greater access or privileges than it is authorized to have on a computer system. Threat:Any circumstance or event, deliberate orunintentional, with the potential to cause harm to a system. Exploit:Code that takes advantage of a vulnerability to gain greater access or privileges on a computer system. Risk: The probability that a particular threat will exploit a particular vulnerability. Vulnerability Management Basics - Track inventory and categorize assets, Scan systems for vulnerabilities, Verify vulnerabilities against inventory, Classify and rank risks, Identify patches, fixes and workarounds, Apply patches, fixes and workarounds, Rescan to validate remediation. Scanning and Asset Inventory - Vulnerability scanners validate asset management inventory systems through network discovery scans. Discovery scans use IP network blocks to discover assets. Administrators use the results of discovery scans to group and classify assets for detailed vulnerability scans. Differences with the Cloud - IaaS Very Dynamic, Usage Based Price Model, Instances, Machine Images, IP Address variable, Asset Discovery, Access Control (Firewalling), Permission to Scan (AUP), Management, Introspection.
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The Bryn Mawr Thorne Kindergarten at Haverford, which is based in a restored historic building on the Haverford College campus, was founded in 2004. The traditional program is small - enrolling no more than 14 children - and staffed by a teacher, an assistant teacher and undergraduate assistants. The class is ideal for families looking for a full-day kindergarten with a nurturing and child-centered approach. The program combines a kindergarten curriculum with opportunities for active play and social interaction. The school day runs from 8:45am to 2:30pm.
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Cartan-Eilenberg created homological algebra on modules over rings. I wonder why they didn't develop it also on sheaves over ringed spaces. Grothendieck and Godement did that soon after(or almost at the same time as) the publication of the book "Homological algebra". Cartan was an expert on sheaf theory. So I think he was well aware of the possibility. I think it's strange.
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Someone already had similar question but he wanted to convert FLAC into MP3. In my case I want to convert WAV into MP3 and the solution in the other question doesn't help me.
Workflow would be the following: I drop WAV files into folder A, they are converted as MP3 files into folder B. Converted WAV files would be moved into folder C so I would know which WAV files are already converted.
I would like to have full control for the MP3 encoding settings, e.g. bitrate, frequency, channels etc. I guess the best encoder for my purpose would be LAME but I think using iTunes is also ok. I work on Mac. Is there a way to do this automation? I have tried to use Automator but with bad success.


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Robbie Williams Shows Off Teddy Rose Williams In First Photo!
Robbie Williams posted this first picture of himself with two-day-old baby daughter Theodora Rose Williams, just after he'd done his second nappy change!
Lily Allen has pointed out on Twitter that the little girl has the same name as her little sister, Teddie Rose, perhaps that's where Robbie and Ayda got the inspiration?
The doting dad hasn't stopped working despite his little girl's birth, he chatted to Greg James on Radio 1 yesterday, where he said:
"All I want her to have is manners - 'Yes, please' and 'Thank you' - and (to be) kind."
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Charles Edward "Big Daddy" Bradley passed away on Nov. 20, 2012 at Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro.
He was a native of Carthage, Tenn., but has lived in Murfreesboro most of his life. He was the owner and operator of Bradley Paving. He was a member of Hurricane Baptist Church.
Charles was preceded in death by his parents; Edward Fisher Bradley & Wilma McClanahan Bradley and son, Scotty Bradley.
He is survived by his wife, Alane Davenport Bradley; sons, Jim (Connie) Bradley of Lebanon, Charlie Bradley of Nashville and Michael Brewington; daughters, Beverly (Chuck) Grimmett of Lascassas, Nancy (Sam) Alexander of Lebanon, Remona (Jim) Duckworth of Carthage, Glinda Bradley of Lebanon, Melanie Brewington and Tara Brewington both of Murfreesboro; brother, Curtis CD (Linda) Bradley of Lebanon and Roger (Nancy) Bradley of Gordonsville, Tenn.; 26 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will 3:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. Friday, Nov. 23 and from 11:00 A.M. until 1:00 P.M. on Saturday at Jennings & Ayers. A chapel service will be at 1:00 P.M. Saturday at Jennings & Ayers with Darrell Whaley officiating. Burial will follow at Bradley Creek Cemetery.
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It is time for another fun summer of reading! This year's theme is On Your Mark, Get Set--Read! The focus is on sports, health, and fitness--perfect for the upcoming Summer Olympics. Registration begins on May 31, so stop by either location to pick up your first Olympic card. The program will run June 6-July 29 for eight weeks of reading, and each weekly card will feature a different Olympic event. Medal in reading by reading/being read to for a minimum of two hours each week. Readers receive a prize when they complete cards 2, 4, 6, and 8, and completing an odd-numbered card earns an entry into our grand prize drawing.
The children's program is for kids ages 3 through entering grade 5. The teen program is for students in grades 6-12, and there is also an adult program for ages 18+, so the whole family can participate.
Each hour you read will help raise money for Special Olympics. Vanderloop Shoes and FOLKS are matching donors, so we will donate more money the more you read. The goal is to have kids, teens, and adults reach 25,000 hours of reading this summer which will earn $1000 for Special Olympics. We need to reach 15,000 hours to give $300 and 20,000 hours to give $600. Let's go for the gold and reach that top mark for the highest donation!
Do you have books in great condition that need a new home? The youth department is in search of "like new" children and teen books to use as prizes for our summer reading program.
Please keep in mind that we do not accept the following:
Please let a staffer know when you drop off your donations that the books are for the summer reading program. You may fill out a "Waive of Ownership" form for your tax purposes if you wish. Some donated items may be placed in our book sale if the book doesn't fit the criteria for a reading prize; you will still be benefiting the library.
Thank you for helping our young readers!
The library recently received two generous grants to support STEAM programming. STEAM is an acronym for science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics. Besides providing a wide selection of reading materials for informational and leisure reading, the library also strives to support life-long learning. One of the best ways to help children learn is to let them play and explore, so the grant money was dedicated to purchasing Legos, Magna Tiles, Snap Circuits, brush bots, and Build-a-Road sets. Watch for Lego and creative play times as part of our regular programming soon.
We are very grateful to our sponsors for their generous gifts! The Great Wisconsin Cheese Festival (Cheesfest) funds were awarded to the Little Chute Library, and the U.S Venture/Schmidt Family Foundation funds will benefit the Kimberly Library. Thank you to both for helping the library go full STEAM ahead.
January often feels bitter cold, dark, and LONG, but we have just the ticket to help the month pass quickly--a winter reading program! Stop by the library to pick up your BINGO card featuring those lovable minions. Complete reading activities to get BINGO, then bring your card in to the library to get a small prize and an entry into the grand prize drawing. It's easy and lots of fun to participate. This program is for all ages, so the whole family can participate. Sign up soon because it would be "despicable" if you didn't.
Each month we feature a literacy station in the children's area, and we have two fun activities for December to celebrate Christmas and the Star Wars craze.
We also have plenty of fun planned during winter break December 28-31.
Stop in and check out some great holiday books, music, and movies, and have a wonderful holiday season!
P.S. Our winter reading program will return in January. Watch for details!
November is Picture Book Month. I always loved reading picture books to my four children as they were growing up. Did you know research shows that picture books stimulate language, brain, and attention span development in young children? Something so simple as reading with your child is actually quite powerful! Make it a habit to read to your preschooler every day. You will create wonderful memories and build brain power.
To celebrate Picture Book Month, the library will be hosting Picture Book Palooza on Fridays in November at 10:10 a.m. at the Kimberly Library. Each week will feature a well-loved story with related activities and crafts.
Stop by either location and check out some great picture books to share all month long!
Every month we feature a literacy station in the children's area. Most stations are geared for our preschool crowd, but this month we have something for all ages: Thank a Police Officer. We encourage everyone to stop in and make a card for our heroes in the Metro Police Department. There is a picture to color and space inside to write your own note of thanks. We are grateful for our police officers who serve our community and keep us safe. We will deliver the cards to the station in early November.
Please stop in to show your support.
Pooches and Pages, our reading to therapy dogs program in partnership with Compassionate Canines, will be returning for the 2015-2016 school year. Kids in grades 1-5 are invited to sign up for a 15-minute reading slot. What a fun (and furry) way to improve reading skills! The program will be held on the third Saturday of the month from 10:30 a.m.-noon in Little Chute, and registration is now open for September 19, October 17, and November 21. Stop by either location or call 788-7825 to register. You may sign up for more than one month at a time. Dogs love a good story, so be sure to reserve your "Spot" soon!
Where the Wild Things Are is a blog for kids & families. Youth Services Librarian, Ann Hardginski, will share info about great books for kids & parents, cool websites, and other info related to youth services at the library. If you have topics you'd like to see covered or questions Ms. Ann could answer in her blog posts, please send them to ahardgin [at] mail [dot] owls [dot] lib [dot] wi [dot] us (subject: Question%20from%20Where%20the%20Wild%20Things%20Are%20Blog) . We hope you'll add your comments to the posts here, so we can all learn and grow with each other!


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Wine Enthusiast comes up with 55 not-so 'under the radar' things to do in Napa Valley
The June issue of Wine Enthusiast magazine includes a list of its editors and writers' 55 favorite things to do in the Napa Valley. The list supposedly consists of "…activities and destinations that might fly under the guidebook reader's radar." After reading the article and reviewing the list, we beg to differ.
Now how they came up with the number 55 is completely beyond us, and while there are some interesting places included, there are some oversights in our opinion as well. Let's examine, shall we?
The first surprise (particularly when talking about 'under the radar' places) was Castello di Amorosa–the giant castle winery on the western hills of the valley in Calistoga. You'll recall we've written about it several times before. Here's what Wine Enthusiast had to say:
Daryl Sattui's Castello di Amorosa (707.942.8200; www.castellodiamorosa.com) is an incredible Tuscan-style castle; the towers and ramparts look across the Valley at Sterling's Cretan monastery. There are those who will see it as a step toward Disneyfication, but it's really the inevitable culmination of the trend that began with the Beringer Brothers building a Rhine House to remind them of their homeland.
Other places on Wine Enthusiast's list that we were shocked to learn might not be included in a typical Napa Valley guidebook include Robert Mondavi and Baroness Philippine de Rothschild's Opus One (home of the $25 tasting), the super pricey Villagio Inn & Spa in Yountville, Sterling Vineyards and its gondola and the Napa Valley Wine Train. Just looking at these few places alone, we couldn't think of more on-the-beaten-path places to visit here in the valley!
We did agree with the inclusion of the Vintner's Golf Club in Yountville. The write-up says:
'A nine-hole course?' Yes, and at 2,929 yards, a short one at that. But regardless of length, the Vintner's Golf Club in Yountville is paradise to all handicaps. To the west you've got the Mayacamas; to the east you've got the Vaca Range. All around you've got world-class vineyards. Be prepared for fast, subtle greens and holes that are more challenging than their yardage would indicate.
That said, for our money we love the Chardonnay Golf Club, which has 27 holes on three separate 9-hole courses (Lakes, Meadows and Vineyard) and challenges players with numerous elevation changes. The best time to visit is in the fall, when you'll literally tee off and play between rows and rows of crimson, orange and yellow grapevines.
What do you think of Wine Enthusiast's list? What are your favorite under-the-radar things to do in the valley?
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"Teen Mom" star Catelynn Lowell has shared her struggles on the show for quite some time, and people know that she and Tyler Baltierra have been together for quite some time. And there have been rumors that they are planning a big future together with a wedding and perhaps even a baby. But there seems to be some confusion as to the timeline of everything. According to a new Wetpaint Entertainment report published on June 6, "Teen Mom" star Catelynn Lowell is celebrating an anniversary with Tyler.
But it is questionable what anniversary it is. This year, Tyler wrote that they were very close to their 10-year anniversary. And yet, he wrote the same thing last year. Catelynn herself hasn't shared too much on the topic yet, as she seems to just be thrilled about the entire idea of them being together. Rumour has it that she is pregnant, which would make this the second child for the couple. Carly was adopted by a couple, who has given them permission to stay in touch with her.
"Every time I look at this picture of us, I literally can't stop grinning from ear to ear," Tyler captioned the photo of himself and Cate. "Next month will be 9 years with this AMAZING woman! The best years of my life started the day I walked into that seventh grade music class & saw her. I love you Babe!" And yet, last year he wrote almost the same thing.
Last year, he tweeted, "Tomorrow it will be 9 years together," adding, "We have been thru hell & back & still survived. Thank you [Catelynn] for just bein my baby #lucky." Either he wrote the wrong day last year, or he is actually celebrating his 10-year anniversary this year without realizing that he wrote the wrong number on Instagram. Either way, these two will surely have a great day.
There have been rumours that MTV may be filming the original members of "Teen Mom" for various specials. Earlier this year, fans caught up with Farrah Abraham, Amber Portwood, Maci Bookout and Catelynn in four separate specials. And while Catelynn and Tyler have been together for almost a decade, they didn't seem too eager to get married. They just want to enjoy their freedom and youth.
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My biking injuries have been pretty minor. Assorted scrapes and bruises. A couple big hematomas. Worst was a grade 3 AC separation.
My worst injury/ies came from a skiing accident. Went full tilt into a tree. Even wearing a helmet I was knock unconscious for approximately 10 minutes. The blunt force trauma ruptured my lung and I developed a tension hemopneumothorax (blood and air in the pleural space between the chest wall and lungs that if left unchecked will put enough pressure on the heart to cause it to stop). By the time I was transported to the ER the need for a chest tube was so urgent the trauma surgeon put it in without giving me any anesthesia. That is an experience I never want to have again.
My injury tally for that crash was: 7 broken ribs, 6 fractured transverse processes, concussion, grade 2 AC separation (opposite shoulder from my bike related separation), collapsed/lacerated lung and I bit my tongue. I spent 6 days in the ICU and a week total in the hospital. My insurance run down says I used $3000.00 worth of Morphine.
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Nov. 3, 2012
Jeff Tuel scrambles in the first quarter.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Reggie Dunn returned a kickoff 100 yards for the third time in two weeks and John White rushed for 101 yards and two touchdowns as Utah defeated Washington State 49-6 Saturday.
The loss was the sixth straight for Washington State (2-7, 0-6 Pac-12), assuring coach Mike Leach of his first losing season.
Utah freshman Travis Wilson completed 17 of 21 passes for 171 yards, with two touchdowns and an interception.
Washington State's Jeff Tuel was 23 of 45 for 232 yards, with a 5-yard TD pass to Kristoff Williams on the game's final play. Tuel was intercepted, fumbled and sacked six times.
Tuel, who set a school passing mark with 43 completions last week as Washington State took it down to the wire against nationally ranked Stanford, completed three of his first five passes for 41 yards Saturday, but was just 1 of 9 for 6 yards the rest of the quarter.
Leach pulled Tuel in the third quarter and inserted Connor Halliday, but Tuel finished the game, engineering the late TD drive to avoid a shutout.
Utah held a 453-255 advantage in total yards, limiting the nation's 120th-ranked rushing attack to minus-4 yards.
Marquess Wilson entered the game with 184 career receptions and needed 12 to set the school record of 195. He finished with five catches for 73 yards.


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Many people hate the Gungans. I don't care about it, but I guess because of it, in BF2, they place in Hunt Mode where you can hunt out the enemy.
So, I start up the CIS vs. Gungans. Playing as the CIS.
Gungans beat me.
Turns out that they start off with all grenades. These grenades, being thrown at the CIS in close range, annlihated my entire unit. The CIS was there, being sent to blow up the Gungans, but it ends up that the CIS was
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Same thing happened with the Empire vs. Ewoks. Ewoks got spears and rocks, knocking the Imperial Snipers off the ground. These snipers are disabled, allowing for the Ewok to do chain attacks and finally elimante me.
Even the Tusken Raiders vs. Jawas become hard to fight. The Tusken Raiders walk around, with blasters...and end being slaughtered by Jawas with infintie Arc Welders. Man, I'm sure those Jawas could wipe out an entire Imperial division...
So...erm...Help. I need help with how, using the Hunters, to defeat those that are supposed to be HUNTED. Basically, how to kill off the Gungans, Ewoks, and Jawas. Because, I have to say, those three races are, according to my battles, the greatest military forces in the galaxy.
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Most people know nothing about local politicians and just about everyone else knows one or two things about them. So if the one thing a politician is known for is charm, he or she is probably winning on Election Day.
I haven't seen any research that tells me this but it's a theory that makes sense to me. To find out what I'm talking about, chat up San Diego City Council President Todd Gloria. He packs a lot of charm into a 60-second conversation. Gloria, and successful politicians like him, have a genuine interest in people.
Sounds like it if the new Council President Todd Gloria gets his way. The North County Times reports:
New SD Council President Pitches Tax Increase
Neither new mayor nor council offer immediate reaction to $900 millon proposal
The new president of the San Diego City Council — rising Democratic star Todd Gloria — said he wants to put before city voters a proposed tax hike that would address a nearly $900 million backlog of infrastructure projects.
Gloria announced his idea during Monday's inauguration speech for his second term. Hours later, his council colleagues unanimously elected him president — a key position at City Hall that allows him to set the panel's agenda.
Bipartisan City Council Coalition Vows To Cut Red Tape So S.D. Businesses Can Create Jobs
"Time is money." It's an all-American saying that every small business in San Diego lives by.
Today, City Council President Pro Tem Kevin Faulconer joined Council President Tony Young, Councilmember Lorie Zapf, the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce and Building Industry Association of San Diego to committ to helping businesses spend less time navigating the City bureaucracy so they can focus on generating more money – for their families, for our local economy, and for job creation.
The San Diego County Taxpayers calls upon San Diegans to voice their opposition to a proposal by the San Diego City Council to double the so called "linkage fee" charged to construction projects in the City of San Diego. This fee is yet another short-sighted job killer and SDCTA is strongly opposed to this increase.
The Council will also consider setting this fee on "auto-increase" going forward, a sneaky little maneuver which no longer requires a vote of your elected officials to increase this job-killing tax. This action may be taken despite a historic recession and without regard for the concerns voiced by business leaders that this would further hurt jobs creation and economic recovery in San Diego.
In local political news today, the San Diego Union-Tribune wrote that Marty Block — everyone's favorite tax-raising-after-he-promised-not-to-do-so Democrat — is looking to run for the State Senate seat currently held by a termed-out Christine Kehoe.
Former Assemblywoman Lori Saldana is in the mix, and there are rumblings that newly-elected Assemblywoman Toni Atkins might jump in.
All depending upon redistricting, of course, SD Rostra's Jim Sills wrote back in February that Republicans could win a redrawn senate seat. And, with the right candidate, we certainly could!
Dave Maass of San Diego CityBeat contacted SD Rostra to note that in response to his inquiry resulting from Jim Sills' post of last night, San Diego city council candidate Howard Wayne said he ordered his treasurer to return the $100 contribution from Amerland's Jules Arthur.
Rostra has verified the information as accurate; Wayne indicated he has directed the return of the funds.
The other question posed by Mr. Sills yesterday was how Wayne could have taken the donation, given the local media attention regarding the legal travails of Arthur. That question remains open.
Did that headline make you read this? Good, because this is boring yet so exciting!
Unless you don't neurotically check your twitter, don't get breaking political news email pushed to your blackberry, or don't regularly troll the City Clerk's office (see: you're normal), you are just now finding out that Carl DeMaio's Fair and Open Contracting Ballot Measure, henceforth known as Turbo-Managed Competition, is currently in qualification limbo (see VoSD story).
This is a bit lengthy, but worth it…
Let's start with the biggest, and perhaps least exciting, races for the county (state races to follow tomorrow). In the 50th Dem Primary Francine Busby was selected as the Democrat nominee to lose to Brian Bilbray once more. I don't think Busby was celebrating her victory, I searched for police reports and couldn't find any so I guess she called it an early night.
The Lincoln Club of San Diego County has posted its complete list of ballot recommendations. If you're a new reader or need a little refresher, the Lincoln Club is a fiscally conservative organization dedicated to the goal of advancing free market principles and ideas by recruiting, endorsing, and supporting business-friendly candidates, regardless of party affiliation. Lincoln Club members assess whether a candidate is committed to responsible public policy, the expansion of economic opportunity, and promoting an enhanced quality of life.
• Mike Villines, State Insurance Commissioner
• Joel Anderson, State Senate, 36th District
That collective gasp you heard from certain Republicans mid-afternoon on Thursday, April 29 was due to learning that the Lincoln Club of San Diego County had endorsed a Democrat. In this case, it's Fourth District City Councilmember Tony Young. You can read the formal announcement here.
I'm all about it. While it's true that you'd be hard pressed to find anyone that's not a conservative Republican among the Lincoln Club membership (except perhaps a token Libertarian or two), the club isn't a Republican organization. President & CEO T.J. Zane tells me he has to correct people (especially news media) on this frequently.


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Are your drawers and closets are so filled there is almost no space for you? Children long since left the nest but you are plagued with remorse over throwing away little Gordon's clay handprint ashtray even though little Gordon is now forty-eight years old, and no one smokes any more? Downsizing and don't need everything you had to have when you were raising a family? Desk covered with old mail, including envelopes addressed to "Resident" and "Occupant" and the newspaper articles about restaurants you never got to but that have long since gone out of business? Want to meld lives or families without drowning in stuff? What can you or should you toss? How to begin the process of getting-rid-of? And, what, by the way, is that process?
This can be overwhelming to the point of paralysis, but you need not face this alone. Dawn Mittleman of Lighten Up Organizing is someone who is sensitive to life, love and the need to preserve memories, and she has some delightfully clever ways to preserve memories without keeping the possessions that have always evoked those memories.
She advises to keep the material goods that make you happy and let go of things that evoke sadness or fear. Knowing how to let go is important in life, and this is true of material goods as well as emotional baggage. Sometimes organizing what is materially important is a very good start to sorting out the inner self. Dawn, the child who kept things tidy, arranged the doll-house and lined her books neatly on the shelf, says, "Don't let the stuff hold you down." From a family who moved frequently from home to home, Dawn was raised with the example of her mother's being extremely well organized.
For tips on how to organize and what to keep, listen to Dawn talk about the knack of organization, the art of downsizing and what she has to say about vintage clothing and love letters. Yes, the love letters stay but best to think carefully about that vintage clothing. She also has a whole lot else to say that may be helpful to you at any stage of life.
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College Hockey:Daigneau Named Assistant Coach at Canisius
Former Harvard goaltender John Daigneau has joined the Canisius staff as an assistant coach.
Daigneau will work with Canisius' goaltenders and in recruiting, video operations, academics and community outreach.
"We are extremely excited to have John join our staff," Canisius coach Dave Smith said in a statement. "He comes very highly recommended from his coaches at Harvard and the people he has worked with in the past. John has been with numerous championship teams and our Griffin hockey program will look to draw on those positive experiences."
Daigneau played in 43 games at Harvard from 2002 to 2006, a stretch in which the Crimson won two ECAC Hockey titles and appeared in the NCAA tournament all four years.
In his senior season, he was named the most outstanding player at the ECAC Hockey tournament and also was named the team's most valuable player.
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Angry Charedim hold a tow truck hostage
Two tiny parking bays have sparked a major row between the Charedi community and Transport for London. The row threatened to boil over last week when dozens of angry motorists surrounded a tow-truck that was about to remove a car — and held it for two hours before allowing it to go. The parking bays are at the junction of Stamford Hill and Clapton Common, in North East London, outside a row of shops.
One is a regular parking bay while the other is for loading and unloading. A sign for the loading bay tells drivers they have 20 minutes to load or unload. But it does not tell them about what a TfL spokesperson called the "three-minute rule". This means that, if a tow truck sees a car in the bay and no-one near it for just three minutes, they will remove it.
Shuki Moses with the sign many think relates to the parking bay
Local people have also accused TfL of deliberately targeting the area and issuing tickets randomly, even sticking them on transport company Darkei Noam's vehicles parked in a privately-owned road off Clapton Common. Manager Ephraim Goldstein, said: "We have had more than 120 tickets in the past few months. You cannot imagine the hassle the wardens give us. We have written to TfL dozens of times, telling them it's a private road and that we have the owner's permission to park there, but they take no notice. They still give out tickets and tow away cars.
"People come here to do their shopping, particularly before Shabbat, and can emerge from a shop to find they have no car. Something has to be done because we feel we are being singled out for this treatment." Mr Goldstein has sought the advice of Barrie Segal, who runs a website to help people fight parking tickets.
Shuki Moses, manager of Sharon Bakery, said: "I got a ticket a couple of months ago. I forgot to take it off, so the warden thought I'd been there all day and called a tow truck.
"I jumped into the car and refused to get out. We argued for half an hour before they let the car down."
Andrew Gross, who manages an optician's in the same parade, said: "I don't know why there is a sign for loading because none of the shops load or unload. We all have a rear entrance. Lots of mothers and children come here so they should make it all ordinary parking. The signs themselves are misleading. The loading sign says 20 minutes is allowed but if you leave your car alone for three minutes, they will tow it away."
roperty consultant David Hager said: "Almost every day a car is towed away. I got clamped last year when I was in a private drive." Moshe Friedlander, a communal representative on the Hackney police Independent Advisory Group who helped defuse the stand-off with the tow truck, said: "I understand there have been a series of problems involving the community, TfL and one of its contractors. I have brought it to the attention of the deputy commander of Hackney police."
A TfL spokeswoman said: "Loading bays are strictly for loading purposes and not for parking, however brief. "In the few cases where a driver is issued with a Penalty Charge Notice and genuine loading and unloading was taking place, a delivery form or other should be provided and TfL will cancel PCNs issued." Regarding Tatton Crescent, she said: "We are in the process of cancelling a number issued in error."


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Don't Underestimate the Yuan; Its Weakness May Be Short-Lived
Howard Simons
China could offset the great taper caper.
For those convinced we collectively learn nothing from history, allow me to offer improved central bank/finance ministry coordination in rebuttal. Much of this was born out of the Federal Reserve and the Bundesbank working at cross-purposes in the early 1990s following German reunification. The Germans made the decision to exchange relatively worthless East German ostmarks one-for-one with the deutsche mark and thereby expanded the German money supply by the quantity of ostmarks.
Today we might call it accidental quantitative easing, but to the inflation-phobic Germans, this was anything but a laughing matter. The Bundesbank started mopping up marks and inverting the German yield curve, while on this side of the Atlantic the lugubrious Alan Greenspan was cutting short-term interest rates to the radically low level of 3% and steepening the American yield curve. Predictably, the mark soared against the dollar, and other European countries such as the UK whose currencies were pegged to the mark one way or another struggled to keep up. The whole farce collapsed in September 1992. George Soros cashed in on the pound's collapse.
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Let's return to the thesis presented here in
February 2011
that yuan revaluation is linked to US monetary policy cycles. When China kept the yuan (CNY) pegged, it had to keep buying external assets, including US Treasury and Agency securities, to support the USD and weaken the CNY. When it allowed the CNY to revalue, the flow into USD was slowed, and the Federal Reserve took over the wheel when it came to buying Treasuries and Agencies.
The coordination works when the Federal Reserve taps the brakes, too. I noted in
August 2013
how Chinese buying could offset the tapering of QE and give China the added benefit, to its way of thinking, of a weaker CNY. What happened? Tapering began in December 2013, the CNY peaked in early January, US Treasury yields started to fall, and, just to keep the mix entertainingly confusing, the euro stayed bid against the dollar and rose against the yuan.
Even if China doesn't strive to weaken the CNY through direct purchases of US assets to avoid the appearance of picking up where the Federal Reserve is leaving off, its purchases of euro-denominated assets will have the same effect. All it takes is for holders of stronger euros to swap them for dollars, and you have Chinese purchases via one intermediate step.
For those of you keeping score, this is bullish for US financial assets and helps explain why financial markets have continued to rally since taper talk began in May 2013. Equity markets
started to ignore
taper talk as far back as August 2012, and as I noted on Monday, fixed-income markets figured out tapering was not the end of the world in December 2013. China's yuan-weakening moves may not be done with the panache of Japan's all-out assault on the yen starting in November 2012, but they will provide the same boost to all risky assets.
A Comment on Yuan Volatility
The normal pattern for yuan volatility has been for it to increase before a revaluation as those with a need to know find a way to know and make the appropriate options trades. Implied volatility jumped before the yuan turned lower over the past two weeks, suggesting the trades were being done in yuan puts and not calls. In either event, the excess volatility of the yuan -- the ratio of implied to actual volatility -- has been moderate, suggesting the current yuan weakness will be short-lived.
In any event, the end of the one-way trade in the yuan is to be welcomed. Traders need to remember this is a dangerous game and should size their bets accordingly. Moreover, volatility has a way of transferring positions from weak hands to stronger ones and of signaling both the borrowers and lenders of yuan where the economic bounds of the trade are. All of the information suppression of the controlled revaluation removed these valuable market functions. Higher market-derived (as opposed to engineered) volatility would be a sign of a healthier yuan market, one ready to take its rightful place as a major world currency.
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LeAnn Rimes and Brandi Glanville have an ongoing feud.
Ever since LeAnn stole Brandi's husband, Eddie Cibrian, the pair have been public with the fact that they are not friends, nor do they have any plans of becoming so.
Although things with their feud have been fairly quiet lately, at least when it comes to the press, a new set of photos seems to hint that their drama is far from over.
In photos obtained by the UK's Daily Mail on March 16, LeAnn and Brandi are both seen at Brandi and Eddie's son's soccer game in Los Angeles, and judging by what LeAnn is wearing, she seems to be trying to one-up Brandi.
Instead of the normal soccer mom attire, such as jeans and a t-shirt or tank top, LeAnn was wearing a mini skirt with a thin, plunging shirt -- which showed her white lace bra and tons of cleavage. It certain wasn't something that the average mom wears for a sporting outing with their children, or step children, nor is it something that most women would want their young sons exposed to.
Since LeAnn certainly wasn't wearing the outfit for the boys, it seems likely that she was dressed that way in an effort to look hotter than Brandi, but what she really looked like was someone desperate for attention with absolutely no respect for the fact that there were small children around.


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NetBeans Mobility Pack 5.0 for CDC is available for download
By lukas on Mar 28, 2006
There is only windows installer available. fill new bugs to issuezilla. There is bug hunting contest starting together with the release. You can win a price and influence the product quality. There is new mailing list for CDC users too. You can join it.
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There is a very simple, but profound Buddhist parable that deftly teaches how aggression and the inability to see things for what they really are cause for so much suffering. it goes something like this:
A fisherman is out for a day on the water when he sees another boat approaching. He remains calm. But the boat gets closer and it seems to be coming right towards him. He signals for the other person to yield. The boat continues to approach. The fisherman becomes more and more agitated, more and more aggressive. As the boat ceases to yield, he stands, shakes his fist and begins to scream at the offender. Yet, he sees when the "boat" gets close enough that it is actually a large piece of driftwood. So, to whom was all that anger directed?
How often we find ourselves acting the same way at work. A meeting is held and you are not invited - "They are obviously planning something behind my back." Your boss snaps at you - "What a jerk! He doesn't appreciate me." Co-workers provide little or less than glowing feedback on your work product - "Don't they realize how hard I worked on that? They must be jealous". Of course, any of these imagined scenarios could be true...but, probably not. We cause ourselves so much unnecessary anger and worry as a result of the situations that simply don't exist. The next time you see the imaginary boat hurtling toward you, consider that it may be just driftwood.


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Pianist Mack McCray, who has been a member of the faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) since 1971, is a regular visitor to the Old First Concerts series at Old First Church. Last night, in a departure from his usual performance of solo recitals, he returned to Old First with two of his SFCM colleagues, adding them one at a time, sort of reversing the logic of the final movement of Joseph Haydn's "Farewell" symphony. McCray began the program with three short pieces by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, after which he was joined by violinist Bettina Mussumeli for that composer's K. 379 sonata in G major. Cellist Bonnie Hampton then joined this duo to conclude the program with Ludwig van Beethoven's Opus 97 ("Archduke") trio in B-flat major.
The evening also had an integrating theme, McCray began with the K. 398 set of six variations on the somewhat eccentric aria "Salve, tu Domine" from Giovanni Paisiello's opera I filosofi immaginarii (the imaginary philosophers). This opening selection was then complemented by the final movement of the K. 379 sonata, another set of six variations, this time on an original theme. Finally, the third movement of Beethoven's Opus 97 marked one of Beethoven's first extended ventures into the variations form that had more to do with sophisticated experiments in prolongation than with merely elaborating a simple theme.
The result was a highly satisfying evening on all counts. McCray brought both wit and sensitive expressiveness to his solo Mozart. It was clear that Mozart was responding to the comic oddities of Paisiello's aria with a healthy share of oddities of his own. Similar playfulness could be found in McCray's account of the K. 485 rondo in D major, which developed its own rhetoric of twitting convention. The final selection, the K. 540 B minor Adagio movement, was more a matter of venturing into daring harmonic progressions and then seeking out a suitable path to return to the tonic.
The K. 379 sonata had its own elements of daring as well. The rolling arpeggios played by the piano in the opening measure take a rhetorical stance of considerable distance from conventional eighteenth-century rhetoric and almost risk upstaging the violin's triple-stop entry. However, the real eye-opener comes when the 49 measures of Adagio introduction in G major then give way to an Allegro section in G minor. It has often been observed Mozart was at his most adventurous when composing in minor keys, and this sonata movement is no exception to that rule. The result was a major rethinking of the nature of the sonata by Mozart at his most mature, given a powerfully dramatic account through the interpretation devised jointly by McCray and Mussumeli.
A similar sense of drama unfolding through a process of seeking out new logic and rhetoric for a traditional form emerged when Hampton joined these two musicians for the performance of Beethoven's Opus 97 that concluded the evening. There is very much a comforting warmth in the ways in which violin, cello, and piano share and exchange thematic material in the opening Allegro moderato. This then gives way to a Scherzo that is distinguished in the Beethoven canon by the almost relaxed approach it takes to its playfulness. This surface-level casualness does not prepare the listener for the depths that will then be plumbed when Beethoven proceeds to explore variations on his Andante cantabile theme. Indeed, when properly executed (as it was last night), the theme itself emerges as one of those musical statements that seems to make time stand still. With time so frozen, the attentive listener can then follow all the twists and turns through which Beethoven elaborates and prolongs the "seed" for this movement, eventually giving into to simply following the trails Beethoven has blazed through this labyrinth of his own making. Following this most profound of adventures of the evening, Mussumeli, Hampton, and McCray could then ease the tension with a spritely account of the final movement, allowing our more conventional listening habits to kick back in and allow the good-natured conclusion to run its course.


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Kate has now unveiled the complete results of the 2004 Food Blog Awards and well, I am the lucky recipient of four awards: Best Writing, Best Recipes, Best Site Design and Best Overall Food Blog. Wow. I am thrilled to pieces, incredibly flattered, and just generally extatic. And grateful.
I remember very clearly the night when I decided to create my food blog, during a conversation with Maxence at a Japanese restaurant. I had been thinking about it for a while, wanting to follow in the footsteps of my favorite bloggers (they know who they are), but I was hesitant because I thought it may be too time-consuming and I was afraid I would quickly run out of things to write about. It turns out I got the first part right (oh the endless hours spent grooming and maintaining and caring for this blog!), but thankfully I don't see the second one happening anytime soon: food seems to be a bottomless source of renewable energy and inspiration, and I generally have way more things to write about that time to do so.
So I came up with a name (during a private brainstorming session on a bus — and how I wish I had kept the paper on which I scribbled down the options!), I set up the blog on our home server, and started posting away. Little by little, to my great surprise and delight, the traffic grew, as the number of kind emails and media mentions.
I can honestly say, however lyrical this may sound, that Chocolate & Zucchini has changed my life. It has revealed myself to myself, it's given me an outlet for my passion and my creativity, it's allowed me to reach out to other people all over the globe who share this irrational, uncontainable, wacky love of all things food. It's created more opportunities that I would ever have thought remotely possible, and it's brought me a few really good friends. And here I am now, sixteen months, 427 posts and four food blog awards later: I've never been so happy, or so excited about what tomorrow will bring (well except maybe on Christmas Eve when I was little).
Acceptance speeches usually end with a list of thanks, so I'll gladly comply: first and foremost I would like to thank Maxence, for his love, his appetite, his infinite wisdom, and his server admin skills. Then come my family and friends, who have always been incredibly supportive and admirative, and who are so genuinely and touchingly happy when I am.
And of course, I would like to thank you — for visiting Chocolate & Zucchini, for stepping into my little world, liking it here, telling me so, and making me feel like a million chocolate chips.
Oh, and do visit my co-nominees, tell them I said hi and congrats! There's Pim, Debra, Molly, Renee, Mik, Elise, Rachael and Johanna, Heidi, Martine, Josh, Raging Yogurt (whose real name I have failed to locate, but raging yogurt is cool enough), Graham and last but certainly not least, Adam.


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Tyler Walker in 2007. (Getty)
Walker, who was suspended by NASCAR in 2007 for violating its substance abuse policy, was caught speeding in Nevada, and after crossing into Arizona and into Utah while pursued by police, he was arrested six miles into Utah after police laid down spike strips to stop his car.
But the chase didn't end there. Walker then fled on foot and authorities then apprehended him. "During an inventory of the vehicle, methamphetamine, marijuana, drug paraphernalia and alcohol were found," Utah Highway Patrol Corporal Todd Johnson told the the St. George (Utah) Spectrum.
Walker and passenger Raelie McDonald were found to be under the influence and arrested on numerous drug and alcohol charges. They could face charges in all three states. Walker's bail is set at more than $18,000 and was booked into the (no lie) Purgatory Correctional Facility.
In July, a video of Walker throwing a massive tirade after disagreeing with a call at Williams Grove Speedway in Pennsylvania surfaced. In the video (that is incredibly not safe for work or some ears) Walker spews many obscenities towards race control and a scuffle involving his crew and security then ensued.
During his NASCAR career, Walker ran 28 races (19 in the Nationwide Series and nine in the Camping World Truck Series) and scored one Truck Series top 10, an eighth place finish at Martinsville in 2007.NFL video from Yahoo! Sports:
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At Princeton — 2015-16: team captain … went 1-0 during senior season, a 3-0 victory over St. Lawrence at the No. 8 spot. 2014-15: played J.V. during the season. 2013-14: won her varsity debut 3-0 at the No. 9 spot in a victory at Drexel. 2012-13: played J.V. during Princeton's Ivy League championship season.
Before Princeton — won the U-17 Junior Silver national championship … ranked in the Top 30 at the U-17 level … coached by Rich Sheppard at the Springside School and Julie Harris at the Philadelphia Cricket Club … helped Springside to a B-draw victory at the national high school championships … served as captain of the field hockey, squash and lacrosse teams … earned first-team All-Inter-Ac honors for two years in all three sports … named team MVP in both squash and lacrosse … earned the P.S.R.A. Sportsmanship Award … graduated cum laude … earned the Vare Athletics Award and the Penn Book Award … honored for Head of Student Guides two years.
Personal — born Oct. 21, 1993 … daughter of John and Debbie Maine … both parents graduated from Princeton in 1983 … Debbie played on the squash team under legendary head coach Betty Constable … father manages institutional sales … grandfather, uncle and older sister Emery all graduated from Princeton … Emery was Princeton Class of 2011 and helped Princeton to two national championships … also has an older brother Jack … enjoys sports and service … may study Pre-Med at Princeton.
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It's National Tourism Week and the Commonwealth of Kentucky seems to be booming in this business.
The Governor's office reports in 2006, tourists in Kentucky spent a whopping $10 billion dollars. That's a nearly seven percent increase in revenue from 2005. Some of that money is coming from tourist attractions right here in South Central Kentucky.
Tourists like Kathy Hoyt and her family have been busy during their visit to Bowling Green.
"We've been to the Corvette Museum and the GM tour of the facilities there. We've also just driven around Bowling Green. It looks just like a beautiful area," Hoyt said.
Hoyt also admited when she got to town, she wasn't expecting to find all of these tourist attractions.
According to Becky Madison of Lost River Cave, Bowling Green is not only increasing in size but also in popularity as a tourist destination.
"Bowling Green seems to be growing and we do have a lot of tourism with I-65. We also have a lot to offer," Madison said.
Madison also said she has seen a steady increase of visitors to Lost River Cave over past few years.
Tourist Marshall Tostie, who's visiting from Georgia, said he can see why the area's getting so much attention.
"Its pretty impressive. I've been fascinated with the outdoors, caverns and stuff," he said.
Madison then said it's especially during the summer months when tourism is at its highest. So it's important for the area attractions to advertise for each other.
"When we have an overflow, we send them to Chaney's Dairy Barn. The visitors seem to enjoy it when they know that they don't have to sit for two hours. There's other things in the area that they can do," Madison said.
Hoyt said she's impressed with her time in Bowling Green and would recommend the trip to other tourists.
"I'd tell them that it seems like there's quite a bit of things happening and to just check around," Hoyt said.
For more information on tourism visit www.visitbgky.com


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|Cristian Budianu, Ph.D.
Cornell University, Aug. 1999-Aug. 2004
Email: cbudianu_&_g_m_ai_l_
Cristian Budianu received the B.S. degree in 1999 from Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, University "POLITEHNICA" of Bucharest, Romania. Since August, 1999 he has been a Ph.D. student at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. He completed all the requirements for the Ph.D. degree in June 2004; his degree was conferred in Aug. 2004. His research interests include signal processing, communications, and applied probability. His current research focuses on analysis of non-parametric estimators and their application to wireless sensor networks. His advisor was Prof. Lang Tong.
Cristian Budianu is with Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA.
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Love at Absolute Zeroby Christoper Meeks
Synopsis (from the back cover): Love at Absolute Zero is the story of Gunnar Gunderson, a 32-year-old star physicist at the University of Wisconsin. The moment he's given tenure at the university, he can think of only one thing: finding a wife.
First Sentence: The realization of what he'd donemade him rush to the toilet.
Review: When Christopher Meeks contacted me because his latest novel was soon to published, I was thrilled. I had read and reviewed two of his earlier works — The Brightest Moon of the Century and Months and Seasons and Other Stories and enjoyed both. In addition, he and I share a common geographical background of the Upper Midwest, even though he now lives in California and I in Colorado. Spending a few hours reminscing about places I have lived and loved is always a joy.
Although initially a bit slower than his earlier work, ultimately Love at Absolute Zero did not disappoint. This novel has the unique distinction of being a romance told from the male perspective, written by a man. The protagonist, Gunnar Gunderson, has spent his adulthood chasing — and obtaining — tenure and now has decided to find true love: in three days. The tight time frame is a result of impending physics research into what happens when matter reaches absolute zero. He quest for love involves a total make-over, speed dating, and international heartbreak before he is finally able to reach his goal.
Beyond romance, this is a lovely character sketch, too. Meeks experience with short story writing serves him — and his characters — well and we are allowed to get to know the protagonist very well. I recommend this novel to both men and women and believe that book clubs could find ample to discuss as well. I'm already looking forward to Meeks' next work!
Interested in winning a free copy? Drop me a comment below and I will choose a lucky winner by the weekend!


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A lot has happened this week so lets jump right into it.
- Daniel Bryan-- If you don't know by now (you will never,ever, ever know....sorry) Daniel Bryan has been stripped of the WWE World Heavyweight title. He will not be cleared by the Money in the Bank Pay Per by the doctors (for real, not a script).This doesnt worry me as much as him rushing back too soon. I need Bryan to be healed and rested and ready for SummerSlam and the end of the year more than I need him to come back and re-injure himself. The title will be decided by the Money In the Bank match!
- WWE-Cuts-- Drew McIntyre ("the chosen one"), Curt Hawkins (one of the Edge guys), Evan Bourne (peace sign), Aksana (mmm), Jinder Mahal, Brodus Clay (somebody call his mama), Yoshi Tatsu (beating up Batista didn't help him), Camacho (Haku's son), JTG, Referee Marc Harris and Theodore Long (should be in Hall of Fame) were all released by the WWE this past week. McIntyre and Mahal were getting regular TV time with 3MB but we didn't see much. Brodus Clay was a disappointment to me because they turned him and put him on NXT and then nothing. He could have been so much better but when the writers fail, apparently you fail. I been saying for years that JTG is talented enough to breakout as a singles star (because thats who i like, the talented ones). WWE writers really dropped the ball on all of these guys, besides Bourne, who has been hurt. People always say "not everyone can be main eventers", but look at some of the champions in wrestling lately. Justin Hawk Bradshaw (JBL), one of the Dudley's, even Daniel Bryan is still publicly stated as being a B+ player. And you can't tell me that there hasn't been some awful world champions. I think it would make sense as a company to get the most out of all of your talents, not just rely on a few.
- TNA- I was being fair and gave TNA 4 minutes of my time last week. I turned it on and Mike Tenay was talking (strike one), then it went to some goof balls in the ring dancing and one was a DJ (strike two) and then a clown comes out. The cut scenes are terrible enough but come on now. Not everything the E gives us is gold, but I just don't what TNA is doing. Not even the former Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader (Rebel) can keep my attention. It turned into an awkward brawl in the ring before the clown people threw out the DJ People. Some of my favorite wrestlers have gone to TNA over the years and I couldn't bring myself to watch it then (you remember how awful RVD's theme was there) and I can't do it now. Please, please, please ROH, get better so someone can give WWE some competition. Jim Ross says this quite often on his podcast (and that's a segue folks).
- Podcasts-- Right now podcastone.com has a few podcasts that are just fantastic. I listen to Chris Jericho's Wednesday and Friday and Jim Ross' every Tuesday. Jim Ross is one of the greatest people in Wrestling ever (only been listening to him since the very early 90s) and I love what he brings to his podcast. He dives deep into history with his guests and even comments on the current product. I could listen to JR and whoever his guest is that week talk about the history of the business and their start all day. And then there is JERICHO! The pod of thunder...and rock n roll! He's a busy man and he takes time out on his tour with Fozzy to do two podcasts a week (or at least release them). He's been the most entertaining wrestler over the last few years and his podcast is no different. He mixes his love of music with wrestling and gets guests of all different walks of life within both of his occupations. And if you haven't heard his cowbell intro....well you are in for a treat! Steve Austin has a clean and un-rated podcast on there and recently Goldberg has started his (His success is all thanks to wrestling but he has a "I'll deal with it" attitude, no thank you).
Stay classy, follow the buzzards and I wish you the best in all of your future endeavors!


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The Detroit Red Wings won their sixth consecutive game Wednesday night, a 4-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lighting.
The game was the first in Detroit for the Steve Yzerman-led Lighting since Yzerman left the Red Wings organization to take over in Tampa Bay.
Pavel Datsyuk opened the game's scoring at 4:58 of the first period. The Lightning failed to clear their zone off a faceoff win and the puck bounced from player to player, ending up near Todd Bertuzzi at the side of the crease. Bertuzzi poked it out to Datsyuk in the slot for a quick shot past goalie Dwayne Roloson.
Jonathan Ericsson's first goal of the season made it 2-0 Detroit with 8:56 left in the period. Ericsson jumped into the play and took a pass from Valtteri Filppula, flinging a shot from the high slot past Roloson.
The Lighting would rally in the second period.
At 9:35 of the period, Martin St. Louis beat Detroit goalie Jimmy Howard from the slot with Tampa Bay on a power play.
With just 14 seconds left in the middle frame, Steven Stamkos was left unguarded at the bottom of the left faceoff circle and took a pass from Matt Gilroy, beating Howard to tie things up.
Tomas Holmstrom scored a power play goal from the side of the net to put Detroit back out in front at 4:22 of the third period and Darren Helm scored while cutting through the middle with 6:46 left in regulation to give the Red Wings the win.
Howard made 21 saves on 23 shots, including a stop on a shorthanded breakaway by Gilroy in the third period. Roloson stopped 31 of 35 Detroit shots.
Each team scored one power play goal. The Red Wings had five chances with the extra attacker while the Lightning had four.
The Wings are back in action on Friday when the visit the Buffalo Sabres, the first game of a three-game road trip.
Notes: After the game, Detroit forward Patrick Eaves was placed on short-term injured reserve and Chris Conner was called up to fill his roster spot.
The Red Wings host the Lightning tonight, with the big media story being that it's the first visit to Detroit for a Tampa Bay team helmed by Steve Yzerman. Which of course is really a non-story, since it's not like Yzerman will be on the ice.
More of a story is the 1-3-1 trap the Lightning run. I think the Wings have the skill to beat it but that doesn't mean it won't disrupt things, so it should be interesting to watch. As long as it's not aided by hooking and holding being allowed, I have no problem with a defensive setup like that. Force the offence to be good enough to beat it.
Speaking of offense, Fabian Brunnstrom is in the lineup for Cory Emmerton. With Jan Mursak nearing a return from injury, Brunnstrom is being given a chance to prove that he should remain in Detroit. He'll play on the third line alongside Darren Helm and Danny Cleary, with Justin Abdelkader centering Tomas Holmstrom and former Lightning Drew Miller on the fourth line.
Mike Commodore is the other Detroit healthy scratch, with Mursak and Patrick Eaves out injured.
Jimmy Howard gets another start in net.
Game time is 7:30 PM. Versus has the TV for the first time this season.
Wings really looking good tonight. Tampa not keeping them trapped up. The Lightning are getting enough chances that they could bounce back, though.
Stupid penalties lead to the Tampa PPG. All that first period effort wasted with the Lightning back to within one.
Ugly second period. And I'm going quiet for awhile to record this week's TP:60 with the TPL guys and Matt Saler from On the Wings.
Pavel Datsyuk
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Mixed in with pictures of scantily-clad women, a poster of the cult-classic movie "Scarface," based on a 1930s gangster film, has graced the bedroom walls of many adolescent males. Recently, a director was hired for yet another remake, perhaps the poster artists will be queued up next.
In "Scarface," Al Pacino plays larger-than-life Tony Montana, a Cuban immigrant who recently arrived in Florida with his friend, Manny Ribera (played by Steven Bauer). While living in a refugee camp, Tony learns that if he kills someone, he can get a coveted green immigration card. Shortly after this, he starts working for Frank Lopez (played by Robert Loggia), a rich, unscrupulous drug dealer. Using every gangster tool available, the thuggish Tony eventually becomes very rich and powerful. But when he reaches the top, he finds he life is miserable. He learns money and power do not guarantee everyday harmony. Tony becomes increasingly paranoid. His drug-addicted wife, Elvira (played by Michelle Pfeiffer), undermines her own and his happiness. His empire starts to decline.
"Scarface" is directed by Brian De Palma, who creates many memorable scenes of violence and bloodshed. The camera lingers on wounds and injuries. One of the most memorable scenes in the film is the final shootout. This scene ranks among the best gunfights of any movie.
Al Pacino gives a stunning performance in the lead role. Although he is often scary, the audience gets a glimpse of his softer side as he is protective of his younger sister. Michelle Pfeiffer is also very good. We see that Elvira never really likes Tony, even though she marries him.
"Scarface" is one of the best gangster films of all-time.


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New security measures unveiled at Club Ritz
CINCINNATI - The owner of Club Ritz in Roselawn, held a news conferenceWednesday to announce upgrades and a new security plan.
The night club was the scene of the murder of Dexter Burroughslast week and came under fire by the Burroughs' family andcommunity members.
Andrew Williams and his attorney offered condolences to theBurroughs family, and outlined changes to their security plan.
- The club is now private, and members only. While membership is free, patrons will have their IDs scanned and photo taken to be added to a database. Members will receive cards in the mail to use on subsequent visits to the club.
- A full-body scan metal detector. The system, manufactured by View Systems Inc., includes a video camera that captures an image of each person who passes through and a read out of metal and where the object is located on an individual. The scanner interfaces with a computer program provided by the manufacture for a complete "concealed weapons detection system."
- Additional cameras will be added to the club's security system. Williams says the club already uses eight cameras, most of those focus on the outside of the night club. He says they'll install an additional eight by the weekend inside the building.
Williams stressed his business is minority-owned and employs 30people. He stressed that he was doing everything he could and sayshe thinks city council members are turning their back on the clubafter having their approval weeks ago.
The mother of Dexter Burroughs, Peggie, says despite thechanges, she wants the club shut down.
"No more chances," said Burroughs.


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51m is a group of 18 local authorities that has joined together in a national campaign to actively challenge the HS2 rail project. The group is known as "51m" because that represents how much HS2 will cost each and every Parliamentary Constituency…£51million.
This figure was based on a project cost of £33 billion; in June, 2013 this was increased by the Government to £42.6 billion. In November, 2015 the estimate was further revised to £55.7bn. The project will also trigger Barnett formula payments to Northern Ireland and Scotland amounting to £7.4bn, taking the overall figure to £63.1bn.
The group wants to emphasise the impact this proposed scheme will have on every taxpayer in the country for years to come.
Which councils are involved?
- Buckinghamshire County Council
- Aylesbury Vale District Council
- Chiltern District Council
- South Bucks District Council
- Wycombe District Council
- London Borough of Hillingdon
- Oxfordshire County Council
- Cherwell District Council, Oxfordshire
- Lichfield District Council, Staffordshire
- South Northamptonshire Council
- Warwick District Council
- North Warwickshire Borough Council
- Warwickshire County Council
- Stratford-on-Avon District Council, Warwickshire
- Three Rivers District Council, Hertfordshire
- Coventry City Council
- London Borough of Camden
- Stafford Borough Council
Parish Councils Affiliated to 51m
52 towns and parishes have affiliated to date. To read the full list click on briefing parish councils 25 mar 2014
Contact us/media enquiries
If you would like to contact 51m please email: firstname.lastname@example.com
If you have a media enquiry about 51m please call Rachel Prance on 01494 732903 or email: email@example.com
The 51m position statement
Each of the councils has signed up to the following position statement:
"The authorities have come together to oppose the proposals for High Speed Rail as they are currently proposed.
We do not believe that the business case stacks up and therefore cannot support the route suggested by Government and strongly object to the proposals.
We are opposed to the current High Speed rail proposals as they are presently outlined and do not believe that they are in the best interests of the UK as a whole in terms of the benefits claimed in the business case.
We are not opposed to the need for higher speed rail per se and fully acknowledge the need for strategic improvement to the national rail infrastructure but cannot agree with the current proposals as the economic and environmental benefits are not at all credible.
We do not believe that all the other alternatives to achieve the transport capacity, regeneration and environmental benefits have been fully explored by the Government and with in excess of £30billion proposed to be invested, we owe it to the nation to ensure these are fully explored."
If you have any questions or comments please email firstname.lastname@example.com
51m Submission to the Transport Select Committee
In May, 2011 51m made a joint submission to the Transport Select Committee which considered HS2 at oral evidence sessions in June, July and September. You can read the submission document in full by visiting the Select Committee page on this website.
Please click here to read the Overview Chapter of the submission. The report of Transport Select Committee was published on 8 November.
51m Response to the National Consultation
In July, 2011 51m made a joint submission in response to the national consultation exercise on high speed rail. You can read the full submission document and appendices by visiting the Home Page.
Please click here to read the submission section.
Debate in Parliament
High Speed 2 was debated in the House of Commons on 13 October, 2011. The debate gave MPs the opportunity to discuss the project. To read the official record of the debate click on this link
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The Wharfedale Diamond 8 family has spent over twenty years receiving 5 star reviews & accolades while standing as Britain's best-selling loudspeaker. The Diamond 8 series represents a de facto standard for sound quality and balance for everything from Jazz to Rock, Classical, to Movie Sound Track and effects. Carefully designed drivers and 100 Watts of biamplified power deliver the highest levels of accuracy. The tweeter features an ultra-strong neodymium magnet for the fastest, most accurate response Wharfedale has ever achieved. The KEVLAR woofer cone has a bi-directional weave and is self-damping, nearly eliminating all resonant frequencies. A profiled phase plug improves the off-axis performance to project an excellent stereo image across a wide listening area. The 8.1A provides a 1/4" unbalanced input, and the 8.2A provides a balanced XLR-1/4" combo input. Rear panel controls include Volume level and a carefully-tailored bass filter switch. For professional recording and post production, Diamond 8 speakers are a superb reference for the creation and mixing of program material.
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