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Following a national census, which takes place every ten years in America, your General Assembly must redraw the lines that define legislative, senatorial, and U.S. Congressional districts. The current legislative session has that as a primary duty. Lines are drawn based on revised population data, the goal being to end up with 100 state house districts, 38 state senate districts, and 6 U.S. congressional districts of roughly equivalent populations.
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When the General Assembly began the legislative session last month, there was already broad agreement on what the three biggest issues would be: Writing state government's budget; realigning legislative and Kentucky Supreme Court districts; and limiting if not stopping prescription drug abuse.
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Vaughn Bode' ~ 1941-1975
3 comments:
- Russ said...
It's a wonder that there is yet to be a big monograph on Bode; he did so much in so many different media. I'm amazed that something as twisted as Sunpot ran in a mainstream SF digest, and that Dell published the Cartoon Concert paperback. Fantagraphics has done books on Rand Holmes, Clay Wilson and Rory Hayes. Maybe they'll get around to Bode soon.
- Bwanasonic said...
Fantastic retrospective of Bodé's work!
- Dan Steffan said...
I got to know Vaughn in 1970, while he was doing Sunpot. The first time I met him he told me that he had just killed off everybody in the strip because he'd had a long feud with the Associate Editor of GALAXY, Judy-Lynn Benjamin (later Del Rey). She hated his work.
The illustration assignments he did for those mags a few years earlier were killed by this editor, who did all she could to badmouth him -- because she didn't like his cartoony style. He still had at least four unpublished covers at the time, which she told him would never see the light of day. It was personal and he took it that way.
About a year later, though, his covers started to appear on the mags again -- after which the original art was sold to a fan who wrote them a letter, for $50 per cover.
The publication of the covers made Vaughn think that Pohl had changed his mind about using his work. So at the 1969 worldcon in St. Louis, Vaughn and Jeff Jones and Larry Todd, had a large exhibit of original art on display and Vaughn hoped that seeing it all would get Fred Pohl to rehire him.
But what Bode didn't know was that the mags had been sold to a new publisher and they had started using his unpublished covers because they were sitting on the shelf and they wanted to clean out the back inventory before passing the mag on to the new publishers. He was very disappointed. Bode never saw any of the art again, either.
Around the same time, Vaughn's friend Ted White, then editor of AMAZING and FANTASTIC, asked him to draw a comic strip for AMAZING, because he wanted to start running underground-style comics in his prozine. When the new publisher of GALAXY and IF heard about the deal with Ted, he offered Vaughn a bigger payday and Bode, with Ted's consent, switched to GALAXY for the better money.
Bode felt bad about taking the strip away from White's magazine and offered him four Bode/Todd collaboration covers for publication as a sorry-about-that gesture.
The covers came out brilliantly and in the end it was a better deal for White, but Vaughn quickly came to regret ever having anything to do with Judy-Lynn again -- she, unfortunately, had stayed with the mag when it was sold and she once again took up her campaign against him.
Sunpot was censored by her and one chapter had its pages printed out of order -- supposedly on Judy-Lynn's orders. As a result, Vaughn killed off all the characters and ended the strip. GALAXY did not print the final chapter and it wasn't until Al Schuster printed the complete collection that the strip appeared as he intended it.
The experience of it all made him vow never to work in the sf field again -- which it turned out he didn't need to do because by then he'd hooked up with CAVALIER and the rest is, as they say, history.
Ted, on the other hand, got four very strong covers and had stories written around them, too.
Personally, I loved his interior art for those mags and that's what turned me onto his work and made me track him down and befriend him. He was a brilliant guy who left us waaaay too soon.

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So it finally happened. I have the this is why I carry situation and it only took one year and 10 months.
Back story:
I work in Real Estate so I have a lot of contacts and people in my phone, nobody gets deleted, they may be needed in the future. Anyways, 3 years ago I trained someone for the builder I was working for, well about 8 mos. After that she left the industry.
Recently I received a phone call from a very angry man saying I had been sleeping with his wife and he had proof. I told him I had known his wife, my number was in her phone, but I hadnt spoken to her in three years. He proceeded to tell me all about all her escapades and mentioned my address and that he knew nobody was home, mentioned my wifes name and that we wouldnt want her to find out. So, after these statements, I leave work, call the wife, tell her to get in the house lock the doors and arm the alarm. I am on my way home. When I get home, LCP goes in the pocket, (I cant carry at work) and we call the local sheriffs office. Now I know he has not made a direct threat so they cant really do anything. They dispatch 2 officers, must have been a slow night! Anyways, they call him and ask him to stop calling so they wouldnt have to file harassment charges. A short time later I received another call, with another veiled threat. Again, police are called and he is contacted again.
Now, through some research I find this out.
He is: Divorced, wife had a terrible accident under suspicious circumstances and has a permanent disability, he has multiple calls of PD to his home for unverifiable reasons, has a restraining order against him, and a charge for child abuse.
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College Hockey:Special teams strike three times as Novak, Union roll past Vermont in East Regional
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — The No. 1 Union Dutchmen used their special teams, which scored two power play goals and a short-handed goal, to defeat Vermont 5-2 on Friday in the NCAA East Regional semifinals.
Junior Max Novak led the Dutchmen, who have won nine in a row and are unbeaten in the last 14 games (13-0-1), with two power-play goals.
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Novak's first goal broke a 1-1 tie in the first period, and his second put the Dutchmen ahead 3-1 in the second.
Just 1:09 after Vermont scored to make it 1-1, Novak took a cross-ice feed from senior Kevin Sullivan and was able to kick the puck from his skate to his backhand to beat Catamounts goaltender Brody Hoffman from his knees.
Novak made it 3-1 when his centering pass intended for Daniel Carr redirected off Yvan Pattyn's stick and into his own net.
The Dutchmen opened the scoring in the first five minutes of the game when senior Matt Hatch broken in short-handed and slid the puck past Hoffman.
Union coach Rick Bennett saw special teams as a big part to his team's victory.
"I thought it was pretty crucial," he said. "The short-handed [goal] really got us going. I thought we were a bit flat coming out and I thought Matt Hatch using his speed scored a big goal for us."
Vermont found an answer for Hatch's goal at 13:18 of the first. Senior Chris McCarthy's centering feed to Mario Puskarich was deflected, and McCarthy picked the puck up and beat Union's Colin Stevens.
Through the team's fight Senior H.T. Lenz was able to see growth in the team from when he started at UVM to his senior year.
"(Scoring after giving up a short-handed goal) was symbolic of how far we have come," Vermont senior H.T. Lenz said. "My sophomore year, it would have been game over as soon as that happened. There was no panic on the bench. We kept playing our game after that. That was a stuff we have improved on since we have been here and why we were a winning team this year."
But the Catamounts didn't have an answer for the Dutchmen's power-play goals.
"The one disappointment I had tonight, our kids played our hearts out but we just took too many penalties," Vermont coach Kevin Sneddon said.
Senior Mat Bodie added some third-period insurance for the Dutchmen as he wristed a pass from Sullivan on a four-on-one rush to make it 4-1.
Bodie said he sees this year's team as deeper than the squad that lost to Quinnipiac in last year's the regional final.
"We had a really solid team last year as well," Bodie said. "The biggest difference is the depth up front. We have been able to roll four lines as last year we cut it down to three sometimes. I think it is tough for any team to watch four lines. I think that has been huge for our success so far this year."
McCarthy added his second goal for Vermont to make it 4-2, but Hatch added his second goal of the game into an empty net to increase the Union lead to 5-2.
Stevens made 23 save to earn the victory, while Hoffman made 34 saves.
Union, which has made three straight regional finals, will play Quinnipiac or Providence in Saturday's regional final.
Bennett said he is proud of his team's achievements so far but he said it needs to take things one step at a time.
"We are very humbled and very honored. We do not want to take anything for granted," Bennett said. "I heard someone mention Frozen Four; that is light years away. Know what is important now — these guys getting their rest, our video session and get ready for the game."
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'_init'/'_fini' not found - use the compiler drivers
By User12613883-Oracle on Dec 19, 2006
A recently added error check within
ld: warning: symbol `_init' not found, but .init section exists - \\ possible link-edit without using the compiler driver ld: warning: symbol `_fini' not found, but .fini section exists - \\ possible link-edit without using the compiler driver
The encapsulation, and execution of
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% cat foobar.c static int foobar = 0; #pragma init (foo) void foo() { foobar = 1; } #pragma fini (bar) void bar() { foobar = 0; }
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The 日本三景 (Nihon Sankei, Three Views of Japan) are the sights deemed most scenic in all of Japan. They are:
The Matsushima Islands, Miyagi Prefecture
Matsushima, literally "pine islands," are a cluster of 260 or so tiny bodies of land covered in pine trees. Not only is this one of the Three Views of Japan, but there are 4 famous views of the Matsushima Islands: the Magnificent View (壮観 soukan), Beautiful View (麗観 reikan), Enchanting View (幽観 yuukan), and Grand View (偉観 ikan).
The Amanohashidate Sandbar, Kyoto PrefectureEnglish Site
This thin trip of land connects two larger landmasses across the Miyazu Bay and is home to over 7,000 pine trees.
Itsukushima Shrine, Hiroshima PrefectureEnglish Site
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"If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to forment a rebellion and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation." ~~Abigail Adams, U.S. First Lady, 1776 (née Smith; November 22 [O.S. November 11] 1744 – October 28, 1818) was the wife of John Adams, the first Vice President, and second President, of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth President.
Did you know that March 8, 2014 is the 103rd anniversary of International Woman's Day?
Google has done it again and celebrated with an inspiring, entertaining, interactive Google doodle one day ahead.
Happy 103rd Anniversary to International Women's Day! Also, did you know that March is Women's History Month?
International Women's Day (IWD), originally coined International Working Women's Day, is marked on March 8th every year.
The United Nations theme for International Women's Day 2014 is "Inspiring Change. Women's equality has made positive gains but the world is still unequal. Former United States Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, attended the UN event "Equality for Women is Progress for All," earlier today in New York City. The event was part of the UN International Women's Day, which is celebrated tomorrow (March 8).
International Women's Day celebrates the social, political and economic achievements of women while focusing world attention on areas requiring further action."
This year, there's plenty more for women to be inspired about. The Global International Women's Day Arts Initiative is filled with a spectacular gallery of women artists and writers for you to stay connected anywhere, anytime. Do you have creative to share? If so, you can visit The International Women's Day Creative Website page and share.
All the artworks and stories have been created by diverse women from around the world to inspire, challenge, entertain and provoke thought from a gender angle.
More information including more resource links at the AllThingsDigitalMarketing blog titled "Women around the world are celebrating the 103rd International Women's Day and Google celebrates with a doodle one day ahead."
And don't forget to check out the interactive and entertaining Google doodle. It's filled with many global women's voices Google doodle and I'm sure you'll enjoy.
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Today at the artsy and visually spectacular New World Stages near Broadway and Times Square in New York City, Top Rank, Manny Pacquiao and WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley held a press gathering to discuss their upcoming score to settle.
In the first affair, while Bradley won, he really didn't beat him. And while Pacquiao may not have lost (I had it 9-3 Pacquiao), he really didn't try to win.
The stakes couldn't be higher in 2014, as the Filipino icon comes off a convincing win over the ever forceful Brandon Rios and a unique saga with the US government (which is all but resolved- he can pay his electric bill folks).
Bradley played a dangerous game of Russian roulette with Ruslan Provodnikov and nearly got struck by the bullet. He may have decided to fight this way due to criticism of his showing against Pacquiao. He then solidified his status with a clear points win over Pacquiao's bitter nemesis Juan Manuel Marquez.
Bradley see's holes in Pacman's game.
TIM: "Manny didn't look the same against Rios. He didn't have his usual killer instinct. That's the first thing I noticed. I don't think he has the hunger anymore and it's never coming back. He no longer has his killer instinct. That's the first thing I noticed in the Rios fight. Every time he backed Rios into a corner, Manny stepped back instead of going for it."
This was a completely different sounding and looking Pacquiao to me. He seems full of confidence- and even contempt- for Bradley. In a very self-assured way, he resembles the fighter about to face Joshua Clottey instead of Floyd Mayweather on 3/10/2010.
Irritated over allegations he would successfully challenge in court, Pacquiao went after a reluctant Clottey as if he were Mayweather. This time it looks like he'll go after Bradley as if he were, well, Bradley.
MANNY: "All I know is I want to get back that belt he won off of me. He knows he didn't win. Boxing has always been fun for me. This time the fun is secondary. This is a mission to prove I am the best. In my fight against Rios I proved I can still fight at the high level everyone expects from me. I showed I can still control a fight as well as I ever have. He'll be talking about my killer instinct at the end of this fight."
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TUCSON, Ariz. - The University of Arizona men's basketball program had two former student-athletes and one team honored Tuesday as the NCAA named the Top 75 all-time March Madness players, 25 all-time March Madness teams and 35 all-time March Madness moments in conjunction with the 75th anniversary of the NCAA men's basketball tournament.
Miles Simon and Sean Elliott were two of the 75 players honored, while the 1997 national champion Wildcats were one of the 25 teams recognized by the NCAA. The lists were compiled and researched by the NCAA's basketball and statistics staffs, which consulted with the NCAA's media partners and selected members of the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA).
Simon, the 1997 NCAA Tournament's Most Outstanding Player, tied a career-high with 30 points in the title game against Kentucky. He also poured in 24 points and dished out five assists in the national semifinal victory against North Carolina. He averaged 22.0 ppg in the Wildcats' six tournament games. In his career (1995-98), Simon averaged 18.4 ppg in 14 NCAA Tournament games.
Elliott led the 1987-88 men's basketball team to the national semifinal, averaging 19.6 ppg during the season and 23.2 ppg and 5.8 rpg in the NCAA Tournament. In his four-year career (1986-89), Elliott posted averages of 23.6 ppg and 6.8 rpg in the NCAA Tournament. Elliott's tournament-high in points came against Oklahoma in the 1988 national semifinal; he tallied 31 points and hauled in 11 rebounds. In the 1989 Sweet 16, Elliot grabbed a tournament-high 14 rebounds against UNLV.
Starting in early January at NCAA.com/MarchMadness, fans will vote to help determine the Top 15 all-time March Madness players, the single best all-time March Madness team, and the single best all-time March Madness moment in NCAA tournament history. These honorees will be introduced at this year's 2013 Men's Final Four in Atlanta.


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"It's a very fun, fun show about my quest to get my own sitcom, about getting a gay family on TV," says comedian Judy Gold about her new one-woman show Mommy Queerest. "And it's also about how my life was influenced by sitcoms."
The show, now having its world premiere at D.C.'s Theater J, is a surprisingly touching romp through Gold's 47-year history of escapism through the boob tube. Several network executives have passed on her pitches — even at gay network LOGO, whose executives essentially told Gold her life wasn't sexy enough.
Mommy Queerest serves as Gold's de-facto calling card, proving that the frequent guest star on sitcoms and talk shows across the small-screen spectrum deserves her own show.
For example, did you know Gold could sing? "Yeah, neither did I," she retorts. In the show, she sings mostly familiar tunes from TV. "Those sitcom theme songs? There's nothing like 'em," she says.
Gold last appeared on stage performing 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother, also at Theater J, co-written with Kate Moira Ryan, who also assisted on Mommy Queerest.
A longtime marriage equality activist, Gold is thrilled by D.C.'s recent approval of same-sex marriage. But the New Jersey-reared New Yorker won't be getting hitched to her partner while here. "I think I should be entitled to get married in the state in which I live," she says. The New York legislature has denied that right. So by law, she'll continue as a single mother of two boys.
As for her boys, Gold says all signs point to them growing up straight.
"Yeah, it's kind of depressing," she moans. "Because you know they're going to get married and never fucking visit me in the nursing home. I just want them to pluck my chin hairs. [Instead] I'm going to have a full beard while they're hanging out with their wives." — Doug Rule
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Before we get started delving into our own doubts and insecurities together – I want you to know I'm just like you." I know I mentioned yesterday but if this is your first day joining this is meant to be a "sharing thing." So, before everyone runs off to your prayer closet to read by yourselves hang around for a while and fellowship. Yesterday we laid down the foundation we're going to build from. Here's day one, Are you ready to take God's hand and trust His heart?
Day 1: Don't Throw Away Your Confidence
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Renee heard God speak to her that she tosses her confidence away the same way she tossed that piece of rubber away without a second thought….. What about you? Ouch…..Guilty as charged. I too, have thrown away my confidence more times than I can count without realizing what was happening. If you haven't received day one yet of the devotion, the rubber piece was the power button to the remote control.
What about if I make up my mind one morning determined that I'm going to change everyone's sheets and somehow life happened and I never got started. I know what emotions are coming. Do you? I know that even though I home schooled my kids, washed a load of clothes AND put them away, worked, then cooked dinner it's not those accomplishments that my mind surrenders to – it's the one thing I didn't do. I'll tell myself I'll do better tomorrow, why can't I be more organized, if I would just stay focused then I'd get everything done.
- Recognize the power I give self doubt.
- Stand up to it and claim the confidence God has already given me.
- Pray and ask God to show me when I turn around to toss my confidence in the can.
When you start a diet or physical training plan, experts recommend you complete a Body Mass Index analysis to determine if you are overweight, underweight, or in a healthy weight range.
"I've created a FREE "Doubt Index Analysis" to help you identify your most common doubts, see how they affect you and determine just how much self-doubt could be weighing you down by. There is a link to download here." Renee Swope
A Message from Renee:
"Please don't get discouraged if your score reveals that self-doubt is weighing you down more than you realized. I used to check "always" on all of them. But I didn't want to stay there, and I don't want you to either. That is why I wrote my book A Confident Heart , and why I'm offering "The 7-day Doubt Diet"- a week's worth of devotions from my book for FREE."
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- Download Chapter 1 of "A Confident Heart." by Renee Swope.
By the way I scored 146 on the Doubt Index Analysis. How did you do?
154 – 110: Self-doubt comes and goes for you. When it's present, it keeps you from all God has for you.
A Personal Prayer Request from Kasey
I hear you God, I really do……..but to be 100% honest I'd rather you just answer my prayer that he won't lose his job. Why do I automatically trust more in the security of a job, than the security of God's promises?


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The World Champions are giving fans a chance to get spring and early summer tickets before the holidays.
The San Franciso Giants planned to end their single-game pre-sale today (Monday), but overwhelming response led the team to extend the offer through Friday.
Russ Stanley, the Giants managing vice president of ticket operations, told examiner.com that the team sold 25,000 tickets the first day the pre-sale was offered, Dec. 8. He added that the available pre-sale tickets for the Giants-Dodger series in April have already sold out. (Note to fans: The games themselves have not been sold out, just the limited pre-sale holiday tickets the Giants were offering. Season-ticket purchasers and fans buying single-game tickets at FanFest in February can still land tickets for the Dodgers' first series of 2011 at AT&T Park).
Stanley said selling 25,000 pre-sale tickets in one day is comparable to what the organization sees the first day when single-game tickets go on sale to the public.
"We dusted off the ticket system and took care of the business we had," Stanley said of surviving the first-day onslaught.
The pre-sale extension will give fans a total of 10 days to snag tickets for holiday gifts or for themselves. Stanley said with word of the sale now spreading – the Giants only initially sent e-mails to individuals subscribing to team e-mail alerts and listed as Giant fans at mlb.com – it seemed appropriate to extend the pre-sale.
The Giants have offered ticket six-packs and four-packs, but this is their first go-around into pre-sales for single-game tickets.
Couple the pre-sale numbers, with the 25,000 season tickets the Giants sell and the expected rush when the actual public sale begins in February and the World Champions are well on the way to filling AT&T Ballpark on a daily basis.
Stanley noted that the early part of the baseball season is a tougher time to fill the ballpark. He said the pre-sale – covering games through June – aims to boost attendance for the Giants' early home games.
"Once kids are out of school, things pick up," Stanley said. "But rather than saying games through early June, we said the pre-sale would cover games through the end of June ... It sounded better."
A surprise in the pre-sale has been how well games against the Atlanta Braves have sold. Stanley said the Braves have not been a great draw in the past, but the Giants' divisional series against the Braves this past season may have spurred some extra interest in the match-up.
He said home games where fans project Giants ace Tim Lincicome will pitch also are seeing a spike, as they normally do both at home and on the road.
Stanley would not say how many pre-sale tickets the Giants put on sale, but did say the same amount of tickets were put on sale across the board for all the early home games.
Every home game for May and June, including a 10-game Giant homestand in June, was made a part of the pre-sale, as was most of April. Pre-sale tickets are available for Lower Boxes, two sets of View Level seats and Bleachers.
While the Giants' 2010 World Championship was enough gift for any longtime Giant fan, tickets to see the 2011 team aren't too shabby of a present either.


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It doesn't make sense. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there were 56,986,401 people in this country over the age of 60 in 2010 with 75,813,321 projected by 2020. This means that adults over the age of 60 represent more than 18 per cent of the entire U.S. population – almost 24 per cent by 2020.
Yet a recent poll – "Boomers and Fitness" – in the April edition of the AARP Bulletin indicates that only 16 per cent of older adults are members of a health/fitness club. More disturbing is that only 18 per cent even consider physical exercise a major priority while 32 per cent do not consider it a priority at all!
The International Health, Recreation, and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) – the largest health club trade organization in the world – claims that there are 30,500 health clubs in the U.S. as of 2012, which includes personal training studios, gyms, fitness centers, athletic clubs, and the like. Yet, the vast majority of those clubs continue to market to the younger population.
According to Colin Milner, CEO of the International Council on Active Aging (ICAA), nearly 50% of the US population is ignored by marketers. "The fact is," says Milner, "that Boomers and their parents will represent one out of every two US consumers, by the year 2017. This group currently spends over 7 trillion dollars, 46% of American's current GDP, each year. They are 47 times richer than their younger counterparts, and will account for 70% of discretionary income in the United States, by the year 2017. Yet, 95% of all US marketing dollars are spent on adults 35 and younger."
Yes, there are some gyms that provide excellent programs and facilities for older adults, but they are in a considerable minority. The vast majority of gyms only provide lip service to seniors as evidenced by their signs, print ads, flyers, billboards, and direct mail pieces promoting the stereotypical buxom bikini-clad girl and her muscular male counterpart. They have been promoting this same message for decades, oblivious to the graying of society. They seldom hire mature employees as managers, trainers, membership counselors, or even front desk staff either.
As a group, seniors have more money and more leisure time than any other single segment of the population. They also have a greater need for fitness to maintain a quality of life in their golden years, and they are less transient than any other age group which can have a significant impact on attrition.
Gyms that focus only on youth are really missing the boat by disregarding the older population. The numbers don't lie.
Suggested Links
- Most health Clubs still giving lip service to seniors
- Nebraska Athletic Club - the fitness barometer of America
- Ralph Kroger's Victory Gym - an "old school" gym that still gets the job done
- Body Image Personal Training Gym: Best little gym in Mizzou
- Performance Athletic Club – A gold nugget in the heart of Nevada.


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The Drama Department at Seward County Community College/Area Technical School in Liberal, Kansas, has named the cast for the 2009 Musical production of "The Wizard of Oz.
New drama instructor, Alison Bridget Chambers, will direct the musical.
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Devin Cutting recapped tonight's WWE Vintage Collection below: Wahoo McDaniel vs. Dick Murdoch WCW Slamboree 1995 Lord Steven Regal vs. Ultimo Dragon WCW Slamboree 1997 Konnan vs. Jushin Thunder Liger WCW Slamboree 1996 Sting vs. Big Van Vader WCW Slamboree 1994
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Impact Wrestling Rating
Last night's episode of Impact Wrestling did a 1.02 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 1,430,000 viewers on Spike TV. TNA Ratings Archive
Chris Jericho's Suspension Updated; Banned 30 Days For Denigrating The Brazilian Flag
WWE has updated the suspension details on Chris Jericho, reporting that he has been suspended 30 days due to "an irresponsible act of denigrating the Brazilian flag." Below is the company's official statement: Chris Jericho has been suspended for 30 days due to an irresponsible act of denigrating the Brazilian flag at a WWE live […]
Bobby Roode Cuts A Promo In Front Of Big Ben On Being TNA's Longest World Champion
– Jeremy Borash and TNA Champion Bobby Roode are in London, England doing promotional work for TNA. The company uploaded the following video, featuring Roode cutting a promo in front of Big Ben:
TNA Moves Two "BaseBrawl" Live Events In West Virginia & Kentucky
TNA has moved two of their "BaseBrawl" live events: The show scheduled to take place from the Power Park in Charleston, West Virginia has been moved from August 17th to September 8th The show scheduled to take place from Whitaker Bank Ballpark in Lexington, Kentucky has been moved from August 18th to September 13th Thanks […]
Shawn Michaels Calling BS On Chris Jericho Suspension; Blames "Horrific PC World"
Shawn Michaels has weighed in on the Brazilian flag incident with Chris Jericho on his official Twitter account. Below are his comments: Wow, waking up to find twitter blaming me for an apparent suspension of @IAmJericho — Shawn Michaels (@ShawnMichaels) May 25, 2012 Seems to me I'd blame the horrific PC world we've allowed […]
JBL Weighs In On Brazilian Flag Incident Involving Chris Jericho
John "Bradshaw" Layfield, who knows exactly what it's like drawing criticism at shows overseas, weighed in this morning on the Brazilian flag incident involving Chris Jericho today on his Facebook page. Below is his statement in its entirety: After seeing reports of Chris Jericho in Brazil-it was what I suspected–Chris trying to entertain and be […]
Video Of The Brazilian Flag Incident With Chris Jericho
TMZ has obtained video footage from what can now be termed as the Brazilian flag incident with Chris Jericho. You can watch their video embedded below:
Tempers Flare Between WWE Writers & Producers Over Current Storylines, Why WWE Inserted Kane In A Program With Daniel Bryan, How WWE Unofficially Courted Alex Shelley With One Of Their Top Stars & How It Relates To TNA's Allegations Of Contract Tampering, Exclusive Details On The Internal Reaction To Chris Jericho's Flag Incident In Brazil & Why He Was Indefinitely Suspended
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Chris Jericho's Flag Incident, CM Punk/Daniel Bryan Rivalry, Stables In WWE (Or Lack Thereof), Thoughts On TNA's Lawsuit
The following is today's edition of Ask WNW. Ask WNW is the most popular feature on the website where Richard Gray answers four questions daily, Monday through Friday. To submit your question for the next installment of Ask WNW, click here.
Dixie Carter Says There Was Issues With Last Night's Impact Wrestling Feed On DirecTV
– The following is from the official Twitter account of Dixie Carter: Let me know if u had problems getting the first 6+min of Impact last night? Think it was a DirecTV east coast feed issue. Tell me your city — Dixie Carter (@TNADixie) May 25, 2012
Weekend WWE Schedule – Shows In Ecuador & Mexico Before Heading To Louisiana; Seeking Reports & Correspondents
WWE is out of the country this weekend before returning home for a Smackdown live event on Sunday and next week's TVs. Below is this weekend's schedule: Raw: Tonight from Coliseo Voltaire Paladines Polo in Guayaquil, Ecuador (more info) Saturday from Coliseo General Ruminahui in Quito, Ecuador (more info) Smackdown: Tonight from Plaza Monumental De […]
WWE Smackdown House Show Results (5/24/12) – Poughkeepsie, New York
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Official Impact Wrestling Preview For Next Week's Live Show In New Timeslot
Next Thursday Impact Wrestling will air live in their new 8 PM timeslot on Spike TV. Below is the show's official preview: (Remember…Starting this Thursday, May 31, IMPACT moves an hour earlier to a new start time of 8pm LIVE on SpikeTV!) Preview Thursday's IMPACT WRESTLING on SpikeTV! – It's a historic broadcast as IMPACT […]
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Sometimes things don't go quite right and sometimes we get things wrong.
This section of the site is about complaints which have been made to Tesco Bank and how you can make a complaint, if you have one.
How to Complain
If you've had a bad experience or are unhappy with any part of the service we've given you please tell us about it.
This page will tell you how to make a complaint and what will happen with that complaint.
Complaints Data
This page provides details about the number of complaints we've received, how quickly we dealt with those complaints and how many we upheld.


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About SABnzbd
What is SABnzbd?
SABnzbd is a multi-platform binary newsgroup downloader.
The program works in the background and simplifies the downloading verifying and extracting of files from Usenet.
SABnzbd uses NZB files (similar to .torrent files, but for Usenet), instead of browsing Usenet directly. NZBs can be acquired from a variety of usenet indexing services.
SABnzbd's main interface is web-based, this means with a little bit of configuration you can easily check and add files from other PC's around the world or on other devices such as the iPhone.
Why should I use SABnzbd over other programs such as Grabit?
Grabit is great for manually downloading a few moderately sized posts, or for browsing newsgroups. Generally tasks that require a lot of direct interaction.
SABnzbd's goal is to be as automated as possible. Once configured, you should never really have to look directly at SABnzbd ever again, you just send it NZBs and files appear at the other end. Our full-featured API means that browser plugins like nzbdstatus and SABConnect seamlessly handle all the transferring of NZBs from the web to SABnzbd, and provide you with a method to check on your queue's progress.
You can even put SABnzbd on a lowly server and let it work night and day. It can even schedule, so that, for instance, you only download at night. Since it has a web interface, SABnzbd is built from the ground-up to be accessed remotely just as easily as it can be accessed locally, so it works great on little servers.
What do I need to get started with using SABnzbd?
A newsgroup provider and a source for .nzb files. See Getting Started
Which versions of Python are supported?
We currently support Python 2.5.x, Python 2.6.x and Python 2.7.x (recommended). Python 3.x is NOT supported.
Can SABnzbd run on NAS / Android / operating system XYZ / … ?
SABnzbd can run on an operating system that provides / runs:
- Python (2.5, 2.6 or 2.7) and
- the Python library Cheetah and
- optionally the Python library yEnc and
- par2 and unrar
The creators of SABnzbd provide the source code of SABnzbd, plus ready-to-install-and-run packages for Windows and Mac OS X.
Others provide (or don't provide) packages for other operating systems. If you want SABnzbd on another operating system, search for an existing package for that OS, or make it work yourself.
On top of the above, SABnzbd requires some amount of RAM: more is better, especially for high-speed Internet connections and/or big downloads. 256MB of RAM (or less) without swap space will cause problems and crashes.
As Python is not available on Android, SABnzbd cannot run on Android.
Troubleshooting SABnzbd
Beware of Firewalls and Virus scanners
These are useful but many are too eager to interfere with our software.
Firewalls are suspicious of Internet activity and surprise: SABnzbd does that.
For more info see: How do I survive my firewall and virus scanner?
I just upgraded from 0.4, where did my queue and history go?!!?
0.5 introduces a new queue / history format that is incompatible with 0.4. If you didn't finish your queue before installing 0.5, your queue has not been deleted. Just reinstall 0.4.12, finish your queue, and reinstall 0.5 when you're done. Your 0.5 queue should be compatible with future versions, so we shouldn't run into this again.
SABnzbd won't start!
This typically occurs because for some reason SABnzbd can't open port 8080, or whatever port you've set it to run on. Unfortunately, this could be caused by a wide variety of issues. Here are a few of them:
- Something else is running on the port. Either stop it, or have SABnzbd run on another port.
- Something is preventing SABnzbd from opening any port, like a firewall application, or antivirus, or something else that might be trying to "protect" you. Either whitelist SABnzbd or reconsider your antivirus software choice. (The very good and free Microsoft Security Essentials has no problem with SABnzbd)
- You lack the permissions to open the port you're trying. This tends to crop up on Linux systems, where ports under 1024 (like port 80) require root permissions to open.
A way to discover what's going on, is to open a 'terminal' or 'cmd'-box, go to the directory that contains the SABnzbd executable, and start that. On Windows, you should start "sabnzbd-consolese.exe". You should now see the output in the terminal/cmd-box.
Starting with SABnzbd 0.6.x, on Windows there's a "SABnzbd safe mode" which you should find in your Start menu; it can be useful to try that safe mode.
I'm using Opera! Why doesn't it work?
Opera sometimes has a different interpretation of localhost than SABnzbd has. Try http://[::1]:8080/sabnzbd or http://127.0.0.1:8080/sabnzbd, one of the two should work.
This happens because many operating systems have an ambiguous definition of localhost. They list both 127.0.0.1 and [::1] has IP addresses (IPv4 and IPv6 respectively), while these are in reality two independent addresses.
SABnzbd says "Out of your server's retention?". What does that mean?
This means the post you're trying to download is not available on the newsserver you're using. This might because the post is older than the your newsserver's retention time (number of days the post will stay on the newsserver, somewhere between 10 and 1000 days), or the specific post has been removed by the server's administrator1.
You can see the age of a post in the search engine (like binsearch) you use, and by hovering above the line containing the download while it's being downloaded.
Solution: find a 'younger' post, or find a newsprovider with a longer retention.
If you think it's SABnzbd's fault, you should try to download the same post with another program like Grabit (Windows) or nzbget (Linux) to see if that works.
SABnzbd shows a very slow download speed, with a extremely high ETA, but is progressing quite fast through the post, and then fails.
These are the symptoms of a post that's not available on your newsserver. Easy check: during the download, hover your mouse above the item; it will show a high number of missing articles.
SABnzbd is stuck repairing a file, how do I fix it?
SABnzbd processes files sequentially, so if Par2 stops working the rest of your downloaded files will get hung up. To fix this, open your operating system's task manager and manually kill the par2 process. The item it was working on will be marked as "failed", so you'll have to manually verify and unrar that job.
An NZB just failed post-processing, how do I re-process it?
At the moment there is no method to do this automatically in SABnzbd. However, the only time doing this should actually accomplish anything is if you had to kill a stalled Par2 or Unrar process. In all other cases, having SABnzbd try to re-try a download shouldn't do anything, since if SABnzbd failed it likely failed for a good reason. However, at a future date we may implement re-try post-processing as part of a broader post-processing queue rewrite.
An NZB died halfway through downloading. Do I really have to re-download all 600 gigs?
When you used a partial NZB or did not have enough par2 files, all is not lost.
A failed job will have an entry in History. If it's just a case of a full destination disk, click Retry.
If you now have a larger NZB with either more RAR files or just more PAR2 file, click Retry and enter the new NZB in the dialog.
SABnzbd will skip each files that has already been downloaded and then proceed to download the additional files.
Please note that SABnzbd cannot add missing articles to existing files.
What are CRC errors, and how do I fix them?
This means for some reason the files you downloaded ended up broken in a manner that could not be repaired. See this thread on our forums for more information.
Where are are my files?
|%userprofile%\My Documents\downloads\complete
|OSX / Linux
The settings are stored in an ini file away from the location of the main program. This allows for easy upgrading and full vista compatibility.
The default locations for the settings are:
|Windows XP/2003
|%userprofile%\local data\application data\sabnzbd\sabnzbd.ini
|Windows Vista or 7
|~/Library/Application Support/SABnzbd/sabnzbd.ini (Attention: this might be a hidden folder
Note for windows users, you do not need to replace anything in those paths, just paste them into a folder location bar or the run menu (start>run)
Note for OSX users: Finder won't find the file sabnzbd.ini. Workaround: open a Terminal, and type:
ls -al Library/Application\ Support/SABnzbd/sabnzbd.ini
That should show the file sabnzbd.ini
If you are storing your settings in a different place, you can check the location by navigating to the Config page, or the Folders page within the config and the location will be displayed there.
The log files are stored in the same the base folder as the ini, but inside another folder called "logs".
|Windows XP/2003
|%userprofile%\local settings\application data\sabnzbd\logs
|Windows Vista or 7
|~/Library/Application Support/SABnzbd/logs
If you are storing your logs in a different place, you can check the location by navigating to the Folders page within the config and the location will be displayed there. You can also download your logging from your webbrowser by clicking "Download logging" on the connections page of sabnzbd.
SABnzbd is asking for a password and I didn't set one/forgotten the password, what do I do?
Shut down SABnzbd, find the file sabnzbd.ini and open it with an editor. Look for:
username = user
password = pass
and change the lines to:
username = ""
password = ""
Save the .ini and restart SABnzbd.
In Windows if you can't access the web-ui then open up the task manager (ctrl+alt+del) go to the processors tab, find sabnzbd.exe select it and click end process. Then launch sabnzbd.exe again.
In OSX / Linux simply kill the process and launch it again.
Error: (10049, "Can't assign requested address")
If you start up SABnzbd, and you get 'error: (10049, "Can't assign requested address")', you very likely entered the IP address of your system in Config -> General -> Host and now your router has assigned another address.
To set the host quickly on a Windows system: Open and CMD.EXE prompt (use Start menu) and type (including quotes):
"c:\program files (x86)\sabnzbd\sabnzbd-console.exe" --server 0.0.0.0:8080
Then press Enter
If you're using a 32-bit Windows system use:
"c:\program files\sabnzbd\sabnzbd-console.exe" --server 0.0.0.0:8080
On Linux:
sabnzbdplus --server 0.0.0.0:8080
or something like
./SABnzbd.py --server 0.0.0.0:8080
Technically the host is the first appearance of "host" in sabnzbd.ini:
$ cat ~/.sabnzbd/sabnzbd.ini | grep -m1 host
host = 0.0.0.0
So, if you know what you're doing and SABnzbd is not running, you can edit that entry, and start SABnzbd again.
Using SABnzbd
If I close my Internet browser does SABnzbd close too?
No, SABnzbd will continue to run in the background. Restart the browser to connect to SABnzbd again.
You can only stop SABznbd by using the shutdown function in the web-interface or by manually killing the process.
Why doesn't SABnzbd download all PARs for a post?
SABnzbd only downloads the PAR files it needs. It starts by downloading all normal files and the smallest par. If the files don't pass our QuickCheck function, we run a full par2 verification. Once SABnzbd determines how many files are broken or missing it will go back and intelligently download only however many pars it needs and repair.
How can I download a set of PAR files without activating auto-par2 mode?
Select None as your PostProcess option while importing your nzb file.
You will have to do your post-processing manually!
How do I upgrade SABnzbd to a new version?
It's simple! All your settings are stored away from the main sabnzbd folder, and will be kept between upgrades.
If you are moving between major versions (such as a 0.4 version to a 0.5 version) it is recommended that you finish your current queue. As major versions may create new queue files (your old queue file will still exist if you choose to go back to it and finish up downloading)
For Windows just run the installer and it will replace your old version!
For OSX / Linux just overwrite your current sabnzbd folder with the new files.
What does R/U/D or Repair/Unpack/Delete mean?
|Long Name
|Short Name
|The blank option does nothing extra to the download files
|Verifies and repairs the downloaded files
|Verifies and repairs the downloaded files
+Unpacks downloaded files
|Verifies and repairs the downloaded files
+Unpacks downloaded files
+Deletes the left over rar files
How do I change my download folder to another drive?
Simply enter in the full path, such as D:\Downloads
A tip for OSX users, to save to an external drive, enter /Volumes/nameofdrive/Downloads
To save to a network share, make sure it has write access and enter \\NameOfPc\\Folder
You currently cannot use this for the incomplete folder in windows due to a par2 bug.
How do I run SABnzbd as a portable/self contained program?
Simply copy your sabnzbd.ini file (and the cache folder if you wish to keep your current queue/history) to your main sabnzbd folder. That is all, when SABnzbd starts up it first looks for the sabnzbd.ini in the same folder it is run from and uses those settings if available.
If you wish for a clean install, run sabnzbd.exe with the command line parameter "-f sabnzbd.ini" and a blank settings file will be created in your sabnzbd installation folder.
It is recommended you use relative paths for your incomplete and download folders to make sure SABnzbd will have write access. The default download dir setting is an example of a relative folder, just specify the name of the folder you wish to be created and not the path.
"My Internet connection is 20 Mbps, and SAB only downloads at 2MB/s"?
This is bits versus bytes: ISPs advertise in bits/sec, SABnzbd shows you bytes/sec.
Multiply SABnzbd's results by 8 or 10 to get bits/sec.
"Repair failed, not enough repair blocks (585 short) " … what does that mean?
If you get something like "Repair failed, not enough repair blocks (585 short)", there can be different causes:
- the post is not available (anymore) on the newsserver you use because the post is older than the newsserver retention
- the post is not available (anymore) on the newsserver you use because the post has been (partly) removed (possibly because of DMCA notices)
- the post itself has too little repair block (par files)
- the NZB you created did not include par files
- The post has an unusual naming convention and SABnzbd doesn't understand the relation between RAR files and PAR2 files. Manual repair is the only solution (Windows users can use QuickPar).
Things worth trying:
- use another or - better an addional newsserver
- find another post with the same contents
- check on binsearch.info to see the post was completely available there
"API Key incorrect, Use the api key from Config->General in your 3rd party program:" … what does that mean?
If you get "API Key incorrect, Use the api key from Config->General in your 3rd party program:" in your log file, it is probably caused by a program or by a browser plugin (for example SABconnect++) that is accessing SABnzbd's API interface without an API key or with an incorrect API key. This message is just a warning; you could ignore it if you want to.
To get rid of this message you have to find the program or browser plugin, and configure it with the correct API key.
After some time, SABnzbd is still running but its webinterface stops responding … what is going on?
If you can access SABnzbd's webinterface after a fresh startup, but you can't access it anymore after a while, it might be that too many connections are (half) open to SABnzbd's webinterface. This can be caused by tools or plugins accessing it. To check if this is the case, you can use the following commands (assuming SABnzbd is running on port 8080 and 9090):
On Linux:
netstat -apon | grep -e :8080 -e :9090
On Windows:
netstat -aon | find ":8080"
netstat -aon | find ":9090"
If you get a few dozen or even hundreds of lines (and thus SAB sessions), you have found the problem.
Workaround: disable the plugins (or lower their polling frequency) and/or do not use HTTPS (it seems this problem occurs with HTTPS, and not HTTP).
Especially the combination of SABnzbd, SABconnect++ and HTTPS seems to trigger this problem.
"[Errno 111] Failed to connect: (110, 'timed out') -1 @news.example.com:119" when clicking on Test Server
You can test your connection to your newsserver by clicking on Test Server (in Config -> Servers). If the popup says "[Errno 111] Failed to connect: (110, 'timed out') moc.elpmaxe.swen|1-#moc.elpmaxe.swen|1-:119", SABnzbd cannot connect to the newserver you filled out. You should check two things: the correct name for the newsserver and the correct port (119 is the normal port).
If you're sure everything is filled out OK and you still get the error message, as a test you can fill out an additional newsserver. You can use news.astraweb.com or newsreader.eweka.nl. After filling out and Save Change, you can click on Test Server. If you get "[Errno 111] Failed to connect: (110, 'timed out') moc.bewartsa.swen|1-#moc.bewartsa.swen|1-:119" for this extra server too, the problem is local: possibly a firewall is blocking outgoing connections. So check your firewall. Or temporarily disable / deinstall your firewall. Then check again with Test Server.
NB: after your own server is working, disable the extra setting, or you will see warnings in your log file of SABnzbd still trying to access this server for which you have no account.
A download says "ENCRYPTED". What does that mean, and is there anything I can do?
"ENCRYPTED" means you're trying to download that has a password on it (on the rar files, to be precise). SABnzbd will detect this during the download and will stop the download.
Often the ENCRYPTED posts are useless, as they are only trying to lure you towards useless websites. In the end you will probably not get a password at all.
So, it is advised not to download these kind of posts.
Do I need port forwarding for SABnzbd usage?
For normal usage of SABnzbd, you don't need any port forwarding in your modem/router/NAT-device. Reasons:
- SABnzbd only uses outgoing connections for content downloading.
- You can access SABnzbd's webinterface from the PC it's running on, and from other device on your LAN.
You will only need port forwarding if you want to access SABnzbd's interface (Web or API) from a 'remote' device. 'Remote' means outside your LAN, or - more specifically - from the other side of your NAT-device.
Port forwarding can be a bit tricky. Here are some hints:
- Port forwarding is done in your NAT-device. How to do that depends on your specific NAT-device. The site http://portforward.com/ could be useful
- Port forwarding needs to know the internal IP address of the SABnzbd system. This often means the SABnzbd needs to have a fixed internal IP address
- To check if your port forwarding is setup correctly, you can use http://www.whatsmyip.org/port-scanner/


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Dennis Dawon Stallings
Position: LB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 240 lbs.
Born: May 25, 1974 in East St. Louis, IL
High School: East St. Louis
College: Illinois (school history)
Drafted by the Tennessee Oilers in the 6th round (181st overall) of the 1997 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 2 (11632nd overall since 1950)
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Output includes all games from 1960 to 2015.
Career Game Log: Regular Season · Playoffs · vs.


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PEORIA, Ill. -- Jimmy Munoz has joined the Bradley Volleyball program as an assistant coach, announced by second-year head coach Jenny Maurer Tuesday. Munoz joins the Braves after spending the previous year as head coach at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore.
A 2005 graduate of Cal State Long Beach, Munoz boasts nine years of coaching experience at the prep and junior college levels; in addition to 11 years of coaching at the club level.
In his only season at Umpqua, Munoz led the Riverhawks to a 19-25 overall record in 2011 after inheriting a squad which went 7-33 in 2010.
"Jimmy is a proven winner, having turned around programs at the high school, club and junior college levels, and we believe his experience will complement our coaching staff quite well," said Maurer. "Growing up in southern California, a hotbed for volleyball, Jimmy took advantage of being mentored by some of the best in our sport including Alan Knipe (USA Men's National Team Head Coach). We are excited to add his knowledge of the game, contagious energy and competitive personality to our volleyball program at Bradley University as we continue to strive towards excellence in both the Missouri Valley Conference and on the national stage."
A California native, Munoz coached at the prep level for eight years in his home state; including seven seasons as a head coach. A Mater Dei High School graduate, he served as girl's volleyball head coach from 2007-10 and also coached the boy's team for his final two years at his alma mater.
The 2009 conference coach of the year, he led the boy's squad to the 2009 CIF Division 2 State Championship and a combined 46-22 record. As girl's coach he helped the Monarchs to a CIF quarterfinal appearance in his first season with the team.
Munoz took over the volleyball teams at Mater Dei after spending the four previous years at Los Alamitos High School. He joined the team as an assistant coach in 2003 and spent his final three seasons as head coach, leading the team to a 95-14 record. A three-time coach of the year selection, Munoz led the Griffins to two Division 1 state titles and two Division 1 CIF championships during his three years as head coach.
At the club level, he led the Golden West Volleyball Club to silver medal finishes at the Junior Olympics Club Division in 2005 and 2006. In 2001 his LBC Volleyball Club earned a bronze medal at the Junior Olympics Open Division.
Munoz recently earned his master's degree in education from National University.


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This is a year-end update on various high-speed rail (HSR) subjects and actions that have not been dormant in this month of holiday cheer. Watch for fireworks early next year on various fronts. Here are a few that are ripe for action.
House Transportation Committee will question the FRA and HSR Board Chairman.
January 15th, the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials of the Committee on Transportation on Rail, of which Congressman Jeff Denham chairs, will hold a hearing in which both HSR Authority Chairman Dan Richard and Federal Railroad Administration Administrator Joseph Szabo will appear and answer questions as to the state of the project. Szabo, who has a strong union background, appeared before the same committee two years ago. At that time he was a strong defender of the project and when questioned about the location of the project stated, it was impossible to shift the location of the project away from the Central Valley and meet the requirements of the law.
No doubt the key concern is now the current court rulings against the project. They may quiz Szabo on whether or not a federal law violation has occurred or is on the verge of doing so by front loading federal funding without assurances that the Federal Government will see ever see the 50% match California promised. They may well question him on why there was the need to change the Funding agreements to date, five times.
In addition the Congressmen Jeff Denham and Tom Latham requested an investigation by the General Accounting Office (GAO) about California's High-Speed Rail project and wondering if federal law has been broken or close to being broken. The law in question could be the Antideficiency Act and details can be found at the GAO site. http://www.examiner.com/article/denham-requests-goa-investigation-on-the-california-high-speed-rail-court-ruling
Attorney General Office drags feet on Part 2 of the Tos case:
What was supposed to be an informal case management conference on December 12th for the purpose to assign a date for the start of part 2 of the Tos case, turned into an attempt from the Attorney General's office to totally dismiss the second part of the Tos/Fukuda/Kings County case.
Before the proceedings started nearly 2 years ago, the judge and both sides of counsel agreed they would present evidence for the Writ side of the case first, basically about more obscure points of law which focused on the funding plan. The next part of the case was to be tried next. It was supposed to address the violations in the bond measure such as travel time, the requirement that the train would run without subsidy and the constitutionality of selling bonds for purposes they were not intended etc.
This informal conference on December 12th was not the proper forum to rule on arguments the AG's office brought up so the Judge asked that the complaints be property briefed. Both sides have been required to do that in January and whether or not Part 2 of the Tos case will proceed, will be heard on Valentines Day February 14th.
In the meantime, the judge is scheduled to issue what is called the Writ of Mandamus to complete his ruling from Part 1 of the project. From that point the Authority will have 60 days to rescind the first funding plan and show its hand of how it will remedy the funding plan deficiencies as ruled by the court. In essence, where's the money coming from for the initial operating segment and is all the environmental work complete.
Bond Sale for the HSR Project in the Spring?
The State Treasurer representative Tom Dressler said that the state cannot sell bonds for the rail project at this time considering the legal state of affairs. Dressler said if the validation lawsuit is resolved, treasury would be in a position to sell bonds.
It's no secret that the Authority needs to correct this action and will attempt to be ready for the Spring bond sale because the Federal Railroad Administration is nervous that the state won't be able to match. They are required to begin matching April 2014 the dollars that the FRA has already front-loaded. The "how" they will do it is a bigger secret.
But is it possible to begin matching federal contributions in time for an April 2014 timeframe? Probably not. The validation suit has to be re-filed. Assuming that the Authority Board keeps the same operating segment for the project, they have to advertise it to the public, pass a resolution at a public HSR board meeting then they have resubmit the paperwork to the Treasury Group and provide reasons that prove why this project is necessary or desirable.
Treasury's Tom Dressler believes that the action of the high-speed train finance committee is administrative. How it's done under normal circumstances is the lead agency and the leadership huddles and they agree what bond funds are needed and the Treasury sells the bonds. That's what happened the last time. But actually the judge ruled against validating the bonds, the first time in state history, because there was more to it. The court essentially said the actions of the committee were not a rubber stamp. The committee was supposed to listen to evidence and weigh it and decide if it was necessary or desirable to sell the bonds. See article about the rulings.
In any event, going through the process again will take time and if the bonds are validated that does not mean that the High-Speed Rail Authority can spend them. Those amounts specifically sold for construction cannot be spent until the first funding plan is corrected and the Authority creates a second funding plan with more details prior to construction.
One wonders if when the second Treasury hearing for the validation of the bond is conducted if the decision of the court will be in evidence. Remember if the Authority is required to provide a corrected funding plan that identifies the source of the cash and completion of the environmental work for the 300-mile segment to the San Fernando Valley. Certainly opponents will make their objections loud and clear if the funding plan isn't corrected first.
Treasury and the High-Speed Rail Authority are aware that the Judge Kenny ruling means no state bond funds can be spent on the High-Speed Rail Project for construction unless the court approves a revised Funding plan and the Authority prepares the second required funding plan before construction can start.
It will be interesting to see what the amount of the request is if they choose to go to the court to validate the bonds. State bond funds for construction expenditures make up the bulk of the $9 billion dollars, only about 9% are tagged for administrative, planning costs and environmental work. The rest of the money is for construction expenditures now forbidden.by the Tos court ruling. Last time the Authority asked for approximately $8 billion in bonds but that included construction money. There is now less than $500 million in bonds left for planning purposes and that's all the Authority can legally spend.
As Mike Brady, co-counsel for the Tos/Fukuda/Kings County case, said, It is one thing to have the bonds validated, it's another to spend the money for construction of the HSR project, which the Tos decision forbids. If state bonds are sold for this project they are not specifically for the high-speed rail project, they are general obligation (GO) bonds.
Department of Transportation (DOT) employees leave for Parsons Brinckerhoff:
Parsons Brinkerhoff snags one more DOT people. Add John Porcari to the list of recent defections to PB. The first person, Roy Kienitz departed late November 2011 and has been working on the project. Both were letter writers about California's High-Speed Rail Project. Kienitz told the High-Speed Rail Authority they could not spend federal money first, the tune changed when he went to Parsons Brinckerhoff. John Porcari wrote to the Authority January 2012 that they can't change the route and it must be in the Central Valley.
Porcari will leave this month and will be a Senior VP and National Director of strategic consulting for Parsons Brinckerhoff. His job description will be to oversee efforts to integrate the firm's technical expertise with the strategic thinking needed by owners, developers and operators of transportation infrastructure.
State Public Works Board approves the first eminent domain action requested by the HSR Authority:
Despite court rulings against the project and public comment as to why they shouldn't, the State Public Works Board took out their rubber stamp and approved an eminent domain procedure on one property located in Fresno at 2222 G Street and is owned by Frank Solomon, Jr. of San Rafael. It is leased to the California Department of Corrections. Mr. Solomon did not show up for the court proceedings. It could still be months before the Authority takes possession.
Surface Transportation Board (STB)
For those of you following this rather obscure subject, the STB has granted another extension for opponents to bring forth their views. It went from zero to December 24th to February 14th. See the latest STB decision
The Authority wanted an early exemption, prior to environmental clearance, to allow construction on the Fresno to Bakersfield segment Opponents argue the segment needs more review and does not deserve an exemption for a construction permit. This is another bothersome and possibly expensive issue for the Rail Authority since their construction contract included five miles for this segment, which wasn't environmentally cleared and not included in the first exemption they received for the Madera to Bakersfield segment. See the latest background article on this subject.
The first half of 2014 will prove very interesting for the high-speed rail project and may well determine if the rail project is stopped in its tracks or it moves forward.
Links to all legal briefs can be found at http://transdef.org/HSR/Taxpayer.html
Kathy Hamilton has written several recent articles on the current lawsuits and many other subjects concerning the High-Speed Rail Authority. See a brief synopsis by title on her site: http://www.examiner.com/transportation-policy-in-san-francisco/kathy-ham...