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Taormina. Nothing to add
Taormina. Niente da aggiungere
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beautiful pictures !
I love your outfit,simple but great !
your shoes are lovely:)
beautiful photos! looks like you having a great vacation!
love, selina
LOVE THE PHOTOS!! you look stunning!
beautiful photos! love your outfit.
wow!!! I LOVE THE BELT and the WEDGES!! and youuu damn!! ur so wonderful chiara! have a nice holiday!!
what a beautiful place, Chiara.
Oh so lovely pictures!:)
Wonderful dress and shoes!
Love them!
I just can say that this is awesome !! Love it !
Kisses from Fashion Twins :**
Ma quanto é bello Richi?
Sono contenta che ti stia godendo la Sicilia, Chiara, torna a trovarci più spesso!!!!
Beautiful Taormina and Chiara, you look amazing as always!
Bellissima Taormina e bellissimo il tuo vestito!
un bacio. elena
Che marca sono gli occhiali del tuo fidanzato?
The view on the sea is lovely!
OMG! This place looks like paradise on earth! I definitely have to visit it one day! :o)
that pink drink looks delicious! what is it??
Very nice photos :-)))
wonderful place! You always look amazing
This is so nice! My dad is Italian, and I live an hour away from the border so I've been there so many time, I think Italy doesn't have any secret for me now. Turns out I've never actually been to Sicily. Might have to go before the end of the summer really!
Bellissime foto! Complimenti!
Look azzeccatissimo, brava!
Se hai voglia di un'ispirazione un po' retrò vieni a leggere il mio ultimo post
Una bellissima giornata!
PLIZ, KEEP WITH THE WITHE LACE, WHITE LACE ON YOU IS LIKE A.. OMG, I LOVE THE WHITE… Plizz Say to Richie iminlove of him. Im from South America, A post just of Richie Pleacee Im 16 yeard old
beautiful pictures! Have fun!
Such lovely photos Looks like you had a great time!!
Looks like you had a lovely time! Such stunning photos Must go there some day x
I'm so in love with your dress Chiara – the fabric drapes beautifully, so you look stunning as always! Taormina looks amazing & Limoncello reminds me of previous trips to Italy – bellisimo xoxox
I see perfect holidays&perfect sandals
Taormina! *w* Bellissima città! E bellissimo anche il tuo look!
It looks like paradise there!
La foto del bimbo che accende la candela è davvero bella tu sempre perfetta!nothing to add
i love the bracelets, and the outfit too,
beautiful pictures
wonderful dress!
I love your dress so much!
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Gorgeous photos! Such a beautiful sense of place here. My dad always used to talk about Taormina, and now I know I have to go visit someday seeing these images.
I also especially love your shoes – what a great colour.
love it!!!!!
Bellissima Taormina, come sempre dopotutto. Il vestito di Falconeri è delizioso, posso chiederti se è ancora disponibile nei negozi o lo hai preso in saldo?Sto comprando dei vestiti per le vacanze al mare, e questo sarebbe perfetto per una giornata a Lecce. Grazie. E goditi le tue vacanze in Sicilia. Lavinia
what a beautifull dress, and beautifull you <3
Stunning, as usual!
the shoes and the belt are perfect. it is unbelievable what great style you reveal every day
Great dress! Love the sunglasses.
Christie (Dark Blue Stripes).
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i love the outfit (especially the Hermes belt!) but this Taormina place looks AMAZING! it's officially on my Italy list now.
sono stata qua due settimane fa..:) era belissima! <3

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What can I do to help this course? Some of the teepads were so bad Monday night it defeated the purpose of even having a teepad. Hole 8, for example, which I think Doogie scraped off before the Iron Lion Open, was all mud. There were some others, too, anybody know which ones?
Can I dig a little trench around the teepad, or just along the uphill portion, to prevent dirt from running onto it? Are the parks people touchy about me going out there with a shovel?
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STOCKTON - A 22-year-old man drove himself to a hospital after being shot Thursday afternoon in central Stockton, police said.
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|Read to a new Dog friend - Wags for Hope
Event Type: Children's Program
Age Group(s): elementary, children with an adult
Date: 11/7/2013
Start Time: 6:30 PM
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Improve your reading skills and make a new friend by reading aloud to a therapy dog! Allergy Alert! The dogs are live animals.Library: Walkersville Branch Library
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text: President Obama waged class warfare on Monday when he announced a plan to narrow the budget deficit by increasing the minimum tax rate for those making more than $1 million a year. Republicans shot back, demanding instead that people without any money start paying taxes on that non-money. It's a classic rich vs. poor stalemate—one that Stephen Colbert attempted to solve on tonight's Report when he looked to the ground—six or so feet below it, actually—before suggesting a third party solution.


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Part II
Once upon a time on the Web, there was a lot of talk about "burn rate" - a phrase describing the way start-ups like Webvan and Pets.com went through venture capital like a blowtorch. Many flamed out.
Today, the operative phrase is "bootstrapping." In "Web 2.0," a term reflecting the medium's maturation into a dynamic, cost-effective business platform, penny-pinching entrepreneurs simply don't need venture funding as much as they used to.
The landscape of the brave new Web has changed radically, with start-ups sprouting daily and clout shifting from VCs to entrepreneurs.
VCs have reacted by becoming more creative, often acting as seed investors in exchange for equity. "There's a lot of money chasing a lot of deals," said Venrock's David Siminoff.
They also can play a valuable role in the growth phase.
"The concept now is that you build your company, hope it takes off," said Guy Kawasaki of the venture firm Garage Technology Partners. "If it does, then you go see the pain-in-the-ass VCs, but with more power on your side."
Consider the story of Box.net, an online data storage business that was launched in February 2005 by college sophomores Aaron Levie and Dylan Smith, seeded by $11,000 from Smith's Internet poker winnings.
Today, Levie, 22, and Smith, 21, have put textbooks aside to run a Palo Alto-based company that claims more than 1 million registered users - both individuals and businesses - and 12 full-time employees, with three openings to fill. For the past year, Box.net's growth has been supported by a modest $1.5 million in venture funding from Draper Fisher Jurvetson in exchange for about one-third percent of the company.
Data storage is, as Box's founders acknowledge, a rather bland commodity amid the flash and cash of such Web 2.0 phenomena as YouTube, the video-sharing site that Google bought for $1.6 billion, and Facebook, the ascendant social-networking site.
In tech circles, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's 23-year-old founder, is likened to a rock star, as are the founders of YouTube and Google. Storage, suggests Levie, "is like the rock star's best friend."
Is Box profitable? "I can't discuss profits," said Levie, Box's chief executive. Then he smiled: "But I can say we have a lot of users paying us. We've proven out our model, so now we're scaling up."
A similar business model, circa 2001, might have needed 10 times as much venture funding, said Josh Stein, the DFJ managing director leading the Box investment. And it might have failed anyway, because the market simply wasn't ripe.
The beauty of Web 2.0, Stein said, is more than the success stories. Just as important, the new economics have "lowered the cost of failing," he said. "Five years ago it would have taken $10 or $15 million to determine if you had a business. Most start-ups are ultimately unsuccessful. By lowering the cost of failure, now a team can tell for $2 or $3 million whether or not it's pointed in the right direction."
So now, VCs say, entrepreneurs are better able to shrug off a setback and move on to the next thing. There is a faster pace and more experimentation.
Costs creeping down
Reasons for lower costs are well understood. The continuing progress of Moore's Law - the predictable doubling of computer power every few years - keeps driving down the costs of hardware and computing. At the same time, the "open source" software movement has dramatically upgraded tools while pushing costs down further.
Ten years ago, six or seven programmers would have been needed to achieve the results of one programmer today, valley veterans say. Also, entrepreneurs now have the option of outsourcing programming chores overseas.
"One of the good things of the last boom is that we overbuilt bandwidth capacity and laid all this fiber," said serial entrepreneur Kevin Hartz. An early investor in PayPal, Hartz founded the overseas money transfer site Xoom and is also a limited partner in Sequoia Capital and Founders Fund. Today's entrepreneurs, he said, are reaping the benefits of the infrastructure.
Entrepreneurs and VCs alike, Hartz said, are impressed by how the "mash up" features of Web 2.0 - the ability for users to manipulate sites and embed applications - have enabled start-ups like Box to build on each other's success.
Facebook's decision in May to open its site to outside developers is credited with driving traffic for Facebook and those who jumped on its bandwagon. For example, Facebook users can embed their sites with a window linking to Box, where they may store photos or graphics.
Two new venture capital firms - Founders Fund and First Round Capital, both founded by young Internet tycoons - are specializing in the Web 2.0 opportunities. And in the past 18 months, several established firms, such as Charles River Ventures and Venrock, have added principals to focus on the Web.
Also stirring the pot are powerful Web companies - Google, Yahoo, eBay, Microsoft and others - that aggressively gobble up start-ups, sometimes elbowing out VCs who might prefer to take start-ups public in hope of greater success.
With Big Web dangling big checks and attractive jobs, "entrepreneurs are faced with a structural question they really never faced before," Siminoff said. "They think, `Why would I take VC funding when I can just sell and make a small bundle of money and have a risk-free step up in my life?' I don't blame some of these guys."
Box.net's story
Few companies illustrate the Web's new dynamics better than Box.net.
When the first wave of Web commerce was peaking in 2000, Levie and Smith were 15-year-olds at Mercer Island High School near Seattle who teamed up on class projects and later made a film for fun. Graduation set them on separate paths - Levie south to the University of Southern California with vague Hollywood ambitions, and Smith across the country to Duke University, trying pre-med before switching majors to business.
For a business class assignment, Levie researched the online data storage market. He learned that some online storage businesses failed in the dot-com bust because the price was too high. But now the cost of storage had fallen precipitously and consumers were becoming more comfortable with the Web.
Timing was "hugely important," Levie said. "Now people are willing to pull out their credit cards for things they consider valuable."
He contacted Smith, who became interested enough to commit his poker winnings. Smith's parents, both attorneys, provided legal advice.
To augment Levie's technical skills, they subcontracted work to a Russian firm through the Web-based job clearinghouse Elance, further controlling their costs.
The prime competitors, Levie said, were Streamload, now known as MediaMax, and Xdrive, which has since been acquired by AOL. To distinguish itself, Box offered "a little less space for a lot less money," Levie said. Box's initial price for 1 gigabyte of storage was $2.99 a month. A year later, the company's usage soared when it offered the first gigabyte free in hopes that customers would sign up for more. As Levie acknowledges, this time-tested "gateway" marketing technique is used by, among others, drug dealers.
Levie and Smith juggled business with school work. Levie found himself answering his BlackBerry in accounting class to take technical support calls.
Back home on summer vacation, the 20-year-olds made their first attempt at raising capital. They hand-delivered a business plan to the home of Mercer Island resident Paul Allen, the Microsoft co-founder. The effort went nowhere. They were rebuffed elsewhere before venture capitalist Kent Johnson, representing a small syndicate, provided $80,000 in seed money for an equity stake.
Levie and Smith went back to school. Then in September 2005, they sent a press release about a new Box.net. feature to billionaire tech blogger Mark Cuban, an Internet radio entrepreneur now better known as the owner of the Dallas Mavericks pro basketball team. Levie said they were just hoping for publicity. But Cuban was intrigued, and after an exchange of e-mail, he provided $350,000 in angel funding.
After the first semester of their junior years, Levie and Smith suspended their studies to concentrate on Box. Their first hires were two friends from Mercer Island High, Jeffrey Queisser and Sam Ghods. To contain costs, the four initially lived and worked together in a Berkeley rental owned by Levie's uncle.
When DFJ invested in Box in July 2006, the deal bought out Cuban's interest. The Box team moved to the live-work loft on El Camino Real. The office, with its door typically locked to the outside world, operates from 9 a.m. to 2 a.m., with some employees able to stay overnight if needed.
The question is, how big can Box be?
Levie sees enormous potential as the Web becomes more popular and more integrated into daily life. "People aren't putting a lot of data online. That represents a lot of growth for us."
And what is Box's destiny? Is it headed for an acquisition or an initial public offering? What if Google comes a-courting?
"I try not to think about it much," Levie said. "I try to take it as it comes, just build as large a business as we can, and see what comes out of that."
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People's Choice Awards: The Best and Worst Fashion
The 2014 awards season kicked off last night with the People's Choice Awards, offering a first glimpse at stars' fashion choices. Sandra Bullock, the woman of the evening who won four awards, wore a colorful cocktail dress with an asymmetrical hemline from Peter Pilotto's 2014 resort collection.
A pregnant Drew Barrymore looked sunny in a 2014 spring Vionnet dress that had a white bodice and a flowing yellow skirt, while Justin Timberlake wore an all-black Tom Ford ensemble. Allison Williams, fresh from her sophisticated look at the "Girls" premiere earlier this week, wore a bold blue spring 2014 David Koma dress.
Winter Whites: Perhaps the polar vortex was on the mind of some celebrities, with white being a popular choice. Jennifer Hudson looked sleek in a body-hugging Kaufmanfranco dress. Jessica Alba chose a spring 2014 Jason Wu zip-front bandage dress paired with Casadei pumps. Actress Taylor Spreitler bared her midriff in pairing an AQ/AQ cropped top with a Waldrip skirt with sheer paneling.
Sparkly Nudes: Britney Spears wore a nude dress with embroidery by Mikael D, while Anna Faris shined in a matching top and pants from Naeem Khan.
Mullet Dresses: Naya Rivera of "Glee" wore a tri-colored Michael Kors dress with a train. Melissa Joan Hart chose a strapless floral dress.
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CORPUS CHRISTI – The reigning Division I American Dance/Drill Team Collegiate champions are starting right where they left off from a year ago as the 2013 Islanders Dance Team has qualified for the National Cheerleaders Association and the National Dance Alliance Collegiate National Championships on April 10-14, 2013, in Daytona Beach, Fla.
"This is the biggest honor the team has ever received," Head Coach Melanie Lowry said. "The girls have an exciting routine prepared that we know will rival what our universities are bringing to Daytona."
The event is the largest championship in the world for collegiate cheer and dance. The Islanders were chosen for their "outstanding technical ability and crowd involvement skills."
"We are hoping to raise the funds necessary to travel out of state and we look forward to making the transition from Texas to Florida," Lowry added.
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Just seen a shocking article; Robbo was having an operation on a back injury, there were complications, and he developed a blood clot on his lung. Apparently he's back home now, but 'is out of action for six months' - after something that serious I'm amazed it's only 6 months!
He was a real Spurs character, I hope he has a swift and full recovery.
I heard that yesterday too. I always liked him - shame he got the bad England press that appeared to completely change peoples' view of him.
Here's to his full recovery.


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Yeah jeff19, it makes for interesting vaulting practice!
"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice your gift." -Pre
85 days to first XC meet of the season!
Anyone listen to Nine Inch Nails? Perfect running music. Although I find Guns 'n' Roses makes me pick up pace.
I have only just discovered running to music and it's helping me since i have only just started after a two year lapse from serious training.
I don't have any sports headphones so i just make a loop around my ear, that keeps them in place.
The so called purists that condone running to music have forgotten that it's supposed to be an enjoyable experience, I like to run yeah but when combined with music I feel totally free and alive.
And there is nothing like singing out loud to a song when you are pushing yourself up a steep hill, it just gives me that extra little push.
Bid me run and I will strive for things imposible...Foxey lady, you know I'm a cute little little heart breaker.
I've never listened to music while running. I imagine it would really motivate me and keep me distracted from staring at my watch. Anyways, I have the problem that a few people have. I cant get the headphones to stay in. I guess i'll be going to RadioShack this weekend and seeing what they have available. Great topic, btw.
Does anyone listen to Metallica when running? I think they're good for a sort of background listening, because the music is easy to follow, pretty constant, and the songs are really long a lot of the time. NIN IS good to listen to while running-I just tried it-thx for the suggestion. ( !http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/biggrin.gif|src=http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/biggrin.gif|border=0!)
HA! I got that smiley thing to work! I've apparently been smiley challenged until now...
Jeff, you sound like you enjoy rock (nice!) and if you want some longer songs to listen to while running check out Avenged Sevenfold's new cd. I don't know if you're into them or not but...the music is usually really high energy and the songs range anywhere from 5-9 minutes long.
Or course I listen to Metallica, got to admit though, don't know much of their music, any suggestions. I'm going to a rock festival this weekend (leaving tomorrow) and they are going to be there. I heard the mosh pits get pretty brutal there so I have been warned to stay away. I've never been to a gig before and here I am going to Britains biggest rock festival lol. Plus that Avenge sevenfold are going to be there.Five days without running, how will I cope? Although I heard that being ina moshpit will give me plenty of exercise. Wish me luck -_-
Try Korn - freak on a leash the nine inch nails remix, currently set to my ring tone too. An amazing song.
Bid me run and I will strive for things imposible...Foxey lady, you know I'm a cute little heart breaker.
Hey foxey, about the mosh pits, it depends on where you're from. I've been told Colorado mosh pits are too violent for most, but they don't seem too bad... depending on where you go. Just stay away from knives and the more vicious fistfights if you can. I like ones where you can go in swinging in general, but when people are looking to beat the crap out of one person at a time, it's too much for me. Are you more into heavy metal/rock/punk music? I used to be more into punk, but aside from a lot of my favorite bands going emo/gothic (can anyone say Greenday?) I don't have as much a preference anymore. I also don't listen to near as much as I'd like, because I'm not allowed any secular music, so I just listen to what I can download (used to be a lot-not anymore) or can get off of friends... and so my moshing experience is also limited. I've only been to pits in CO. And yeah, mosh pits are pretty good excercise, never thought of that before.
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Five days without running, how will I cope?
Haha. Well considering you get to see Metallica and A7X I don't think it'll be too hard to cope. That's awesome that you're going to that show.
Oh here's another song I like for running...Marilyn Manson's "This Is The New Sh-t". Normally I'm not too crazy about him but especially the chorus I like when I run.
Also Disturbed is sweet running music. And I probably already mentioned them but Linkin Park as well. I also love Eminem's "Till I Collapse". That's one of my essential race day songs lol.
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Music is for joggers
yeah it is
Originally posted by jeff19:
I used to be more into punk, but aside from a lot of my favorite bands going emo/gothic (can anyone say Greenday?)
Woah woah what's this?! Argh nothing against you but I just hate it when people label bands like that or say they "sold out". Green Day has never been "emo" and never will be. Yeah okay so their sound has changed somewhat since the days of Dookie, Kerplunk, etc and Billie Joe decided that eyeliner was a sweet look...BUT...it's still an awesome band.
It's just that they've been overtaken by a bunch of young teens that normally listen to pop, etc who hear 4 songs off of American Idiot and automatically think they're GD's biggest fan and go around saying "OMGZZZ BILLIE JOE IS LYK SO HOTT!!!". Sorry I know I'm really stereotyping on that one but that's how it seems. Wow this is getting really long lol, but hey they're my favorite band I had to defend them.
Anyone listen to more drum beat music?
The Flashbulb anybody?
Maybe I'm turning into a DDR techno kid when I run.
Music is for people who don't want to be bored out of their minds while they're running. If I'm running at an easy pace - like 60% or so, singing Disney songs works pretty well (lol, it seems immature, but it's actually very fun). Also, ABBA music usually has a good beat for running.
I would also recommend Texas - Inner Smile from Bend it Like Beckham. It's inspirational!
I have to agree with SoFarGone about the whole Green Day thing - the die-hard fans are the ones who know of songs other than on American Idiot. I am one of those who likes a few on that album, but I don't consider myself a Green Day maniac !http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/smile.gif|src=http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/smile.gif|border=0!
Boulevard of Broken Dreams and Holiday are great! But, speaking of something that the name Billy Joe is similar to, Billy Joel is completely amazing!!!!!!
If music is for joggers then I better get some. A soccer mom with an ipod passed me the other day... She had an '05 Chicago Marathon shirt on, so maybe I don't feel as bad...
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pmos69 wrote:When I installed the latest build I lost my previous configuration and had to configure again.
That didn't happened to you?
It did not, everything was the same except i had to add to enforce encoding of m4v, mp4
and thats what i usually add anyways,
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The People's Republic of China has been a center of international attention for the past 15 years as it has emerged as a global economic power. China has the world's highest population with more than 1.3 billion people, and is the third largest country in the world with respect to land area. Due to such a large population and land size, China has immense cultural and geographic diversity within its borders. Chinese history can be traced back thousands of years, making ancient China one of the world's oldest civilizations. The Chinese history and culture together attract students all over the world to study abroad in China.
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A clean and intense second-half defense won Palisade its 66-51 victory over the Summit Tigers Saturday.
It was a tight game, with the first quarter finishing with a breakaway by Thomas DeBonville, who sunk a layup to put the Tigers (3-12 overall, 3-8 Western Slope) ahead, 15-13.
A run of outside shots from Palisade (9-4 overall, 7-1 Slope) started the second quarter, which saw Tass Crow and Skyler Miller sink three-pointers. A set of field goals from Summit kept the score tied, until Summit went up 22-19 and Palisade missed several attacks.
Summit's lead widened to five points thanks to a basket by Noah Glasco and it seemed Summit would start the second half well in the lead - until Miller sunk a three-pointer with 15 seconds remaining in the second quarter to narrow the Tiger lead to 30-28.
Meanwhile, Summit's effectiveness was somewhat at stake, as Garrett Tousey sat the bench most of the second quarter, having incurred three fouls in the first. In the third quarter, Markeith McDonald started spending more time with his teammates on the bench, also picking up his third foul.
It was also in the third quarter that Palisade took the lead and never looked back.
"The start of the third quarter was the difference. They took off, they kicked the intensity up," Tiger head coach Phil Tronsrue said. "We didn't respond at all. Turned the ball over a couple of times, gave them some easy looks. That was the difference. The final score wasn't indicative because we kept sticking anybody to the line (to try to get the ball back)."
Palisade's eight unanswered points put tahe team enough in the lead that despite a strong effort to recover, Summit was forced to foul the Bulldogs early and often at the tail end of the fourth quarter. At the charity stripe, Palisade shot 15 of 18 - including four drawn from McDonald's technical foul that put him out of the game - to seal the deal.
"To win on the road, you have to make free throws," Palisade head coach Brian Tafel said. "We did a great job of that tonight. We haven't been a great free throw shooting team. We haven't really had a game like this where we're up and they have to foul early. I was proud of everybody. Everybody stepped up and knocked 'em down. That's what ended it for us, but for me, it started with upping our defensive intensity in the third quarter."
At halftime, the coach encouraged his players to step it up, particularly against Tiger point guard Coy Coker, who was shooting well at the start of the game. The Bulldogs did just that: Dial up the defense and tighten up against Coker, which resulted in successful stops. It was also part of the game plan to keep Summit from the free throw line.
"Last Saturday, when they beat Delta here, they were 28 of 34 from the free throw line. I knew that was going to be key coming in, is playing without fouling. We did a great job of that, too."
For the Tigers, it was a disappointing loss.
"We didn't come to the fight when they wanted to fight," Tronsrue said. "I didn't think we attacked the rim nearly as much as we had the past three games. That kept us off the line and we didn't get to shoot free throws and that was a difference-maker too."
Still, the team is playing better than at the start of the season. It's not out of the question to make the playoffs, but upcoming conference games against Steamboat Springs and Rifle will be key wins.
"Delta, Palisade and Eagle Valley are at the top with one loss each," Tronsrue said. "Fourth place is up for grabs."
Tronsrue is confident his team can play with Steamboat Springs - despite a loss before Christmas, he feels his team is playing at a higher level now - and can overcome a recent "funky game" against Rifle. It's Delta who will put up a fight, as they're looking to secure a top spot in the league as the season winds down.


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SAN JOSE -- No one is defending the Earthquakes' unsatisfying performances as they open a vital two-game homestand Wednesday night against the fourth-place Colorado Rapids.
"Our performance has to be much better," general manager John Doyle said of the first two months of the Major League Soccer season. "The players know this week is extremely important."
San Jose (1-3-3) also faces third-place FC Dallas on Saturday night, giving it a chance to make up much-needed ground in the Western Conference with consecutive games at Buck Shaw Stadium.
The Quakes also are getting healthier by the week, giving coach Mark Watson more options to find the chemistry that will lead to playoff contention.
So far, little has worked for a team that has scored only eight goals in seven games. San Jose had only seven shots Saturday in a 3-2 defeat at Vancouver. The week before, the Earthquakes took a paltry three shots in defeating Chivas USA 1-0.
Doyle and Watson would not say whether they are looking at the soccer transfer window from June to the end of August to boost the team's prospects. The window is a designated period when players can move from one country to another.
"Performance kind of dictates moods," Doyle said. "If the performance isn't at the level we expected, you don't second guess, but you start to say we have to make some adjustments here and there."
The Earthquakes might not have reached the breaking point yet. Doyle strongly endorsed his personnel, saying they simply need to play better.
Perhaps the biggest frustration is the continuing health issues of Yannick Djalo, on loan from Portuguese club S.L. Benfica of Lisbon.
When healthy, Djalo dramatically changes the Quakes' offense. But he went down against Vancouver with a groin strain and was replaced in the 14th minute. The injury came as the Whitecaps went on a 20-minute scoring spree of three goals.
Watson said his goal is to get Djalo ready to play a full game.
"We have to be a little more cautious and pragmatic with what we do before getting him on the field," Watson added.
The coach lamented how Djalo seems to recover quickly from muscle strains only to suffer another one during games. He has continued to play the midfielder because Djalo passes pre-game medical testing.
"It's pretty simple," Watson said. "Can you twist, turn, jump and sprint fully? He's always come through before the game."
The Earthquakes enter the stretch this week in good shape despite Djalo's questionable status.
Right back Andreas Gorlitz didn't play at Vancouver while dealing with what his coach described as "niggling injuries." But Watson said the German defender might be in the lineup against Colorado (4-2-2), which tied the Quakes 0-0 two weeks ago.
San Jose could make other adjustments considering it is playing three games in eight days. Jean-Baptiste Pierazzi might return to the central midfield to spell Stanford rookie JJ Koval.
No matter who starts, the Quakes have to come out fighting, goalkeeper Jon Busch said.
"It's about us walking out of that locker room ready to go," said Busch, who reached the 1,000-save milestone at Vancouver.
He has 1,001 saves for seventh on the MLS all-time list. But Busch was not celebrating the achievement after the poor showing against the Whitecaps.
"It was embarrassing the way we started the game," he said. "We did not do anything right in the first 30 minutes. We are an older, experienced team, and that 30 minutes is unacceptable."
Contact Elliott Almond at 408-920-5865. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/elliottalmond.


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text: Snooki graced Jimmy Fallon with her busty orange glow on tonight's Late Night. At the end of the interview, Fallon asked the Jersey Shore star about The Situation's claims during last week's show that he had a sexual relationship with her and she pretended to vomit. "He took my friendship as a wrong way, you know? Yeah, he got a little too creepy."


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References: Department of Human Resources
Authority: Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993; Board Resolution 79-15 (November 15 and 16, 1978); Ohio Revised Code, Chapter 124.32; Ohio Revised Code, Section 3345.28; Ohio Revised Code, Section 5923.05; Public Law 103-353
The Federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (also referred to as FMLA) was adopted by Congress to help employees balance the demands of the workplace with the needs of their families.
Rights, Responsibilities, & Process
Employee Rights
FMLA gives eligible employees the right to take job-protected leave for up to a total of 12 weeks in any 12 month period for:
- The birth of a child or the placement of a child for adoption or foster care
- The employee's own serious health condition
- The care of an immediate family member due to a serious health condition
All full-time and part-time employees of Wright State University are eligible for FMLA when a qualifying event occurs. This type of leave runs concurrently with any other available leaves (i.e. sick leave, disability leave, worker's compensation, parental leave).
FMLA is provided for the employee for up to a maximum of 12 weeks, for all leaves in a 12 month rolling calendar period. The 12 month period is defined as the period which begins on the first day of leave.
Leave for the birth or placement of a child may be used at anytime within the 12 months after the birth or placement, but must be completed within that initial 12 months.
Serious Health Condition
The general rule for determining whether an illness or injury constitutes a "serious health condition" is that it involves one of the following four circumstances:
- Illness or injury that involves an overnight hospital stay, or
- Illness or injury that involves a continuing treatment by a health care provider for a condition that causes more than 3 days of incapacity and two or more treatments by a health care provider, or
- Illness or injury that involves at least one treatment by a health care provider and a regimen of continuing treatment under a health care provider's supervision, or
- Any period of incapacity due to pregnancy, prenatal care, or a chronic serious health condition, or a permanent or long-term serious health condition, or to receive medical treatment or restorative surgery for a condition that will likely result in a period of incapacity of more than three days.
Pay and Benefits while on FMLA
Wright State University requires that any available accumulated sick leave (when appropriate) and vacation must be used concurrently with an FMLA qualifying absence.
Health insurance benefits (if not previously waived) will continue during the leave period. If the leave is paid, the premium will be deducted from the employee's paycheck. If the leave is unpaid, the employee will be responsible to remit the premium to the Department of Human Resources by the 15th of the month in which it is due. Premiums for life insurance, long-term disability, and flexible spending account may also be required during an unpaid FMLA leave. During the portion of the leave that is unpaid, the employee will not accrue sick leave or vacation or receive holiday pay or university closure pay.
Intermittent Leave
Intermittent leave is also available under the Family and Medical Leave Act. It can be taken in blocks of time or as a reduced schedule. In order to take intermittent leave, it must be shown to be medically necessary to do so and the employee must provide a schedule of the leave if at all possible.
Return from leave
If FMLA leave is for the employee's own qualifying serious health condition, the employee is required to provide a return to work certification prior to returning to work. Upon return from FMLA leave, the employee will be returned to his/her original or equivalent position with equivalent pay, benefits, and other terms of employment.
Military Family Leave
Eligible employees are entitled to up to 12 weeks of leave because of "any qualifying exigency" arising out of the fact that the spouse, son, daughter, or parent of the employee is on active duty, or has been notified of an impending call to active duty status, in support of a contingency operation.
An eligible employee who is the spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of kin of a covered service member who is recovering from a serious illness or injury sustained in the line of duty on active duty is entitled to up to 26 weeks of leave in a single 12 month period to care for the service member. This military caregiver leave is available during "a single 12 month period" during which an eligible employee is entitled to a combined total of 26 weeks of all types of FMLA leave. The employee is required to provide appropriate documentation that supports the need for Military Family Leave.
Employee Responsibilities
Under FMLA, employee's are required to:
- Give 30 days notice of the need for leave when the event is foreseeable (pregnancy, surgery, etc.)
- Give notice within 2 days of the need for leave when the event is not foreseeable (accident, emergency, etc.)
- Return the FMLA request form and physician's certification within 15 days of receiving them from the Department of Human Resources
- If intermittent leave is required, employees must give their employer a schedule of that leave when possible
- In the event the leave is unpaid, the employee must remit the premium for health insurance benefits in order for them to continue
- Provide Human Resources with a return to work certification if the leave is for the employee's own serious health condition
The FMLA Process
The employee or employee's representative contact the employee's supervisor or the Department of Human Resource's, Leave and Disability Coordinator, Jamie Henne at (937) 775-3844 (please have your U-ID number available)
The Leave and Disability Coordinator sends an FMLA packet to the employee's home address
The employee has 15 days to return the completed packet to the Coordinator. The Coordinator determines whether or not the leave qualifies, and a notification of the decision is sent to the employee
The department and/or the employee forwards all FMLA usage to the Coordinator for tracking purposes.
FMLA packets along with the Employee Rights and Responsibilities brochure are available in the Department of Human Resources. Questions should be directed to Jamie Henne at (937) 775-3844.
Wright Way Policy
4203.1 Family and Medical Leave
Effective August 5, 1993, all faculty, unclassified staff, classified staff, and junior resident instructors are eligible for family and medical leave.
Family and medical leave may be used for:
the care of the employee's child in the year after birth, adoption, or placement for foster care.
an employee's serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform his/her usual duties.
the care of one of the following family members who has a serious health condition: spouse, child, parent or legal guardian or person who stands in place of the parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, brother, brother-in-law, sister, sister-in-law, or registered domestic partner.
A serious health condition is defined as one which involves inpatient care in a hospital, hospice, or residential medical care facility or one which involves continuing treatment by a health care provider or one which makes an individual unable to perform his/her usual duties or attend classes, etc., for more than three days.
Provisions of Family and Medical Leave
Family and medical leave is provided for the employee for up to a maximum of twelve weeks for all leaves [as described in section 4203.1 b.] in a twelve-month period. When the employee and the employee's spouse are both employed by the university, each employee is eligible for a twelve-week leave period.
The amount of family and medical leave for which the employee may be approved cannot exceed that for which the employee would normally be scheduled to work in a twelve-week period, e.g., the employee who is scheduled to work 32 hours per week is eligible for leave up to 384 hours (12 weeks x 32 hours).
The twelve-month period during which the employee may use up to twelve weeks of leave begins on the first day of the leave and extends through twelve months. Family leave for the birth, adoption, or placement for foster care of a child can be used at any time within the twelve months after the birth, adoption, or placement but must be completed within twelve months of the date of the birth, adoption, or placement.
Family and medical leave may be used on a continuous basis, an intermittent basis, or as a reduced work schedule. A request for a continuous leave which is supported by the appropriate documentation will be approved. A request with appropriate documentation for an intermittent leave , e.g., in seperate blocks of time, or a reduced work schedule, e.g., a reduction in the number of hours worked each week, when medically necessary for the serious health condition of the employee or the employee's family members will be approved. A request for an intermittent leave or a reduced work schedule in the year following the birth, adoption, or placement for foster care of a child may be, but is not required to be, approved by the university.
Family and medical leave is unpaid leave unless the employee has accrued sick leave and/or vacation hours which he/she is eligible to use for the purpose of the leave. Such sick leave and/or vacation hours must be used on a continuous basis at the beginning of a family and medical leave.
Continuation of Benefits
During a family and medical leave, the employee who has medical and dental coverages and/or Health Care Flexible Spending account coverage is eligible to continue the coverages.
During the period of an unpaid family and medical leave, the employee is entitled to continue other employee benefits such as term life insurance and long-term disability coverage. To continue term life insurance and long-term disability coverage, the employee must pay to the university the premium for such coverages.
During the period of an unpaid family and medical leave, the employee will not accrue sick leave or vacation hours or receive holiday pay.
Return to Work at the End of Family and Medical Leave
The employee is guaranteed to be reinstated to the same or an equivalent position at the university at the end of a family and medical leave,
When the employee who has elected not to continue one or more of medical and dental insurance, Health Care Flexible Spending benefits, term life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment coverage, and long-term disability coverage during a family and medical leave returns to work after the leave, those benefits will be restored to the level of coverage available at the time the leave began.
Application for Family and Medical Leave
Approval of a request for family and medical leave is made by the Department of Human Resources following submission of a Family and Medical Leave Request form through the employee's supervisor or designee. When a request for family and medical leave is for a serious health condition of the employee or another eligible family member, the Family and Medical Leave Request form must be accompanied by a completed Certification of Physician or Practitioner for Leave Under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 form. The employee is required to provide 30 days of advance notice when a leave is foreseeable. The employee may also be required to provide a second or third medical opinion (at the university's expense) to confirm the need for a leave. When the employee returns from an approved family and medical leave due to a serious health condition, the employee may be required to submit to a fitness for duty examination.
Copies of the Family and Medical Leave Request form, the Certification of Physician or Practitioner for Leave Under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 form, and a summary of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 are available from the Department of Human Resources.
4203.2 Unpaid Disability Leave
A disability leave is defined as an unpaid leave granted or required by the university for medical reasons after the employee has exhausted all accrued sick leave. The employee may also exhaust all vacation leave before going on unpaid disability leave, if the employee so desires.
A maternity leave is a disability leave and is subject to the same rules that govern all other disability leaves.
A disability leave may be granted for periods of up to six months and may be extended by increments of up to six months to a total of one year.
During a period of disability leave, the university shall not pay salary or wages or contribute toward retirement benefits or provide for the accumulation of sick leave or vacation leave.
An employee on unpaid disability leave may continue medical and dental coverages and/or Health Care Flexible Spending benefits by making employee premium contributions to the university. In addition, the employee may pay to the university the premium for term life insurance and long-term disability coverage.
Disability leave is granted by the appointing authority contingent upon a written statement from the employee's attending physician or the university's physician that the employee is disabled and prevented from performing his/her usual duties. The employee's accumulated sick leave shall be exhausted before disability leave is approved. At the employee's discretion, vacation leave also may be exhausted before the beginning of an unpaid disability leave. The employee may not be paid for vacation hours during an unpaid disability leave. If the employee is hospitalized or institutionalized upon expiration of accumulated sick leave, the disability leave may be given without examination.
When a supervisor has reason to believe that the employee is unable to fulfill his/her usual duties by reason of disability, the supervisor may make a request to the appointing authority that the employee undergo a physical examination at the expense of the university. If the physical examination verifies the inability of the employee to fulfill his/her usual and customary responsibilities, the university will place the employee on disability leave upon exhaustion of all accrued sick leave. The employee may also exhaust all vacation leave before going on unpaid disability leave, if the employee so desires.
The university may require that the employee on an approved disability leave undergo periodic physical examinations at the expense of the university to determine the employee's fitness to return to his/her usual duties or to remain on disability leave.
The employee may return to work only by submission of a certificate from the attending physician verifying that the employee is physically able to resume his/her usual duties.
4203.3 Personal and Educational Leaves
Leave without pay may be granted for personal or educational reasons to faculty, unclassified staff, or classified staff.
- Personal leave. Leave without pay may be granted for personal reasons for a maximum duration of six months and may not be renewed or extended.
- Educational leave. Leave without pay may be granted for purposes of education for a period of up to six months and may be extended by six-month increments up to a period of two years.
During a personal or educational leave, the university shall not pay salary or wages or contribute to insurance or retirement benefits or provide for the accumulation of sick leave or vacation leave. However, an employee on a personal or educational leave may continue insurance benefits and Health Care Flexible Spending account coverages by paying to the university the premium for those coverages.
Request for personal or educational leave, stating the reason and dates for which the leave is being requested, shall be in writing and shall be submitted to the employee's supervisor. The supervisor will forward the request with his/her recommendation to the appropriate authority for approval.
A personal or educational leave for faculty and unclassified staff must be approved by the president or his/her designated representative. The appointing authority may grant such a leave of absence to classified staff.
4203.4 Professional Development Leave
Professional development leaves with pay may be granted to faculty and salaried unclassified staff for planned programs of education, research, study, creative activity, or other undertakings of benefit to the individual and the university. A professional leave may not be used to work toward a degree.
4203.5 Court Leave
An appointing authority shall grant court leave with full pay to any employee who:
is summoned for jury duty by any court of competent jurisdiction; or,
is subpoenaed to appear before any court, commission, board, or other legally constituted body authorized by law to compel the attendance of witnesses, where the employee is not a party to the action.
Any compensation or reimbursement for jury duty or for court attendance compelled by subpoena, when such duty is performed during the employee's normal working hours, shall be remitted to Wright State University.
Any employee who is appearing before a court or other legally constituted body in which he/she is a party may be granted vacation leave or leave of absence without pay.
The employee who is the appellant in any action before the state personnel board of review and is in active pay status at the time of a scheduled hearing before the board shall be granted court leave with full pay for purposes of attending the hearing.
4203.6 Military Leave
With Pay
The employee who is a member of the Ohio National Guard, the Ohio Military Reserve, or a reserve component of the United States Armed Forces is eligible for a leave of absence with pay for field training or active duty not to exceed 31 calendar days per calendar year. The employee shall submit to his/her director or department chair a copy of the orders or other written proof as evidence of the call to duty. The maximum number of hours for which payment may be made in any one calendar year is 176 hours.
When the period of military service is less than 31 days, the employee must report to the university not later than the beginning of the first full regularly scheduled work period, after a period allowing for safe transportation from place of service to residence.
Without Pay
The employee who has held a position for at least 90 days shall be granted an unpaid leave of absence to be inducted into or to enter military service. The employee shall give advance written or verbal notice to his/her director or department chair of the absence for military service, unless giving of such notice is precluded by military necessity or is otherwise impossible or unreasonable.
The employee who leaves a job for military service is entitled to return to a job of similar seniority, status, and pay, regardless of the timing, frequency, duration, or nature of services, provided the service limitations and notice requirements as described in paragraph 4, 5, 6, and 7 below are met.
If the period of military service was more than 30 days but less than 181 days, the employee must apply for reemployment not later than 14 days after military service is completed, or the next full calendar day when such application becomes possible.
If the period of military service was greater than 180 days, the employee must apply for reemployment not later than 90 days after service is completed.
If it is impossible or unreasonable for the employee to apply for reinstatement within the prescribed period through no fault of the employee, he/she is allowed to report as soon as possible following the period. This situation will not cause the employee to forfeit his/her reemployment rights, but does subject the employee to the rules of conduct, established policy, and general practices of the university pertaining to explanations and discipline with respect to absence from scheduled work.
Five years shall be the cumulative amount of military service allowed for military leave without pay. Basically, most types of service are counted toward this limit. Exceptions include active duty during a war or declared national emergency or active duty in support of a critical mission.
During reemployment following a military leave without pay, protection against discharge without cause shall be as follows:
- one year of protection if the period of service was more than 180 days;
- six months of protection if the period of service was between 30 days and 181 days; and,
- no protected period if the period of service was less than 31 days.
4203.7 Return from Leaves of Absence (other than Family and Medical Leave)
Upon completion of a leave of absence, the employee shall be returned to his/her position or a similar position. The employee may be returned to active pay status prior to the originally scheduled expiration of the leave at a date mutually acceptable to the employee and the university. Classified staff may return prior to the previously scheduled date by submitting a written notification to the Department of Human Resources 30 days prior to the intended early return.
The employee who fails to return to his/her usual duties following the expiration of an approved leave may be terminated from employment at the university.


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Occupy Wall Street is taking it to the streets of areas hit hard by foreclosures around the country today. In New York, protesters are taking a tour of foreclosed homes in East New York, which will ultimately end with them "occupying" a property in an attempt to keep its residents from being evicted.
Check out the livestream here. Protesters are setting up at the house right now, reportedly at 702 Vermont Ave. . Maybe their next target could be one of the foreclosures processed by infamously shady New York foreclosure mill the Steven J. Baum firm.
[Image via Justin Elliott]


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280 got busted and you made how many pages for people to click through? I hate this site. kick rocks
Notice the bills are all ONES… maybe 1k.. ohh I am so impressed. Dorks.
They should be executed just for being stupid, forget the rest.
Only 3 comments? Stupid people usually draws a lot of ridicule.
My CPU monitor? I agree that is stupid
It is remarkable how much they do look like Obama…..they sound about as smart as our "dear leader" also….perhaps Holder will investigate why the police "targeted" his cousins…just like the black panthers in Philly…."the brothers be getting pick on"….
maybe you're his maternal cousin lol…
actually, the Black Panthers are the gifted ones of the bunch
I know, I know! You're the result of a brother/sister hookup.
Niggggrs are not only most dangerous animals on earth but dumbest. Not one well-run black nation and responsible for more crime in every country they infest than anyone else by far. Thank god for cops and AIDs and diabetes
Shut up b!tch and pick up that trash around your trailer. And keep those damn kids out of the street.
All people do bad things not just black people Michelle your a racists grow up
That was your best comeback?
jus stfu an keep breedin cotton-patch kids
Michele grow up white people get aids they rape kill there are good bad watch id channel you'll see ur kind.
MICHeLLE IS A IDIOT JUST LIKE THEM….YEA THEY DUMB BUT Ur RACIST spurs ain't better…I don't blame ppl for what they say towards stupid black ppl because they labeled us from day 1 and stupid ppl like them just prove them right..SMH
Typo slurs
Black people can't be too stupid, since they are working white collar jobs alongside others of different ethnicity & making more money than those white trailer trash people living like cavemen. Crimes are committed by people of all colors.. Get your facts & statistics correct before posting a comment you scum!
& that was directed toward you Michele
OMG. I'm an IDTV Addict, too! The sick crimes you see there ….!!!
You must have miss Intepreted the history of your people. Your history indicates that your group has and continues to be a plauge to the world population. Parasites to humanity that you are! You have it twisted, and that too is the common behavior of your group. It's called selective amnesia.
Yea but everyone still hates you people and won't live anywhere near you. .. people don't even want to hire you or have u in their place of business. .
You're a group of illiterate idiots and Michelle is your leader
Michele R people like you really should be shot for your ignorance. Do you realize what type of world we live in? Full of nationality. For you to sit there and discriminate against others shows your dumbness! You need to seek help and keep that trashy mouth closed if nothing positive comes from it.
Stop the madness, hillbilly. Europe was built on raping the lands of people of color. Left their diseases and bogus Christianity and stole the resources.
Correction, whites are responsible for more crime in the world as a whole, you all are simply not prosecuted for robbing financial systems, child labor, white slavery or anything else, your priests are not even prosecuted for raping children.
Go bathe in the "crick" – your stink is coming off the page.
More liberal supporters!
You can't fix stupid but stupid might fix you!
Obamy's sons gone wild
Spellcheck you illiterate bimbo!!
gee, sorry genius….Obamma Loc's sons
damn he was elected when????? Still salty hahha just get over it! Y'all didn't want Clinton: and he was just getting some noodle: and we didn't want the Bush clan! So just settle for our brother don't worry another one of you all: as u say: will b in the seat soon!!! For now sit back and let a brother run sh! T: 4 now
Heroin is the hardest of all drugs…but when the crackas get addicted…they are sick…not junkies…lol they will kill themselves for the love of that dope…imma pray for all those young white ppl ages 16-35…along with their parents that's saying "no, not my child" cause the perception is dope belongs in the hood. All the while everybody knows whites abuse all drugs at a higher rate….but we all kno who the face of drugs is…black ppl…..#america
May they continue to be stupid.
Ah the dangers of the internet…
Mo money Mo problems !!!


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While cooking competitions are wildly popular, there remains the problem that audiences are not able to taste the contestants' culinary offerings. Luckily, Gawker.TV, was treated to some pulled pork provided by the Southern Soul team from TLC's BBQ Pitmasters
Here's an introduction to our new favorite reality competitors, Georgia's Southern Soul Barbecue.
Who decides their fate? Why, noted barbecue enthusiast. . . Warren Sapp?
As with all cooking shows, the competitors are thrown a curveball. Before they finish their pulled pork, each team must prepare a catfish dish. This does not go well for Southern Soul.
Unfortunately,catfish proves to be the undoing of Southern Soul.
Too bad for Warren Sapp because Southern Soul's pulled pork was tasty! We didn't get the full experience, as our pork was delivered through the mail. Despite its postal journey, our pork held up well when reheated. The meat was neither tough nor mushy. The accompanying barbecue sauce brought the dish to life with a good balance of tangy tastes and sweet notes.
Thank you, Southern Soul Barbecue! Sorry about the catfish!


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The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has produced a guide to getting reimbursed for flight expenses.
December 8, 2011
December 1, 2011
Considering what 2011 served up in terms of worldwide calamity–from government overthrows to devastating natural disasters to a global debt crisis–it's a wonder anyone had the confidence and wherewithal to buy a corporate jet. Yet the year saw a continuation of 2010's resurgence of buyer activity. This mild but sustained trend is providing a sense of relief for many sellers.
November 17, 2011
Third-quarter pretax earnings at Berkshire Hathaway's "other services" division, which includes FlightSafety International and NetJets, climbed 15 percent from the same quarter last year, to $281 million.
November 15, 2011
Sports fans panicked a couple of years ago when the Department of Transportation, the FAA's parent organization, ordered a charter service run by Air Canada to cancel sports-team flights in the U.S.
October 1, 2011
If the super computers that some blame for Wall Street's recent wild swings were used to trade aircraft, it's likely they would be programmed to buy right now. But aircraft purchases and sales still occur the old-fashioned way, which can involve deal-stalling high emotions and conflicting personalities.
October 1, 2011
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On the front page of the Devils Lake Journal for Friday, July 26 you will find what's "Coming in print," what's only found on our website today and a whole lot more.
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Sun Directory 5.2 p4 performance with wildcard ACI's
By Ashok Anumandla on Aug 24, 2009
Recently, i did performance problem debugging effort for a customer who is on Directory 5.2 p4. I found that Wildcard ACI's degrading both read and write performance on DS 5.2 p4. Their current deployment has quit a few wildcard ACI's at root suffix level which causing performance degradation. After removing the wild card ACI's, the performance improved significantly . Also, it looks like same wild card ACI's not causing any performance degradation on Directory 6.3, our 6.3 testing shows no effect on performance with or without wild card ACI's. Just thought of putting out there my findings.


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AEP wants help with storm costs
Consumers react; average monthly fee around $3
January 11, 2013
American Electric Power is asking the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) to approve an additional monthly charge to customers' bills to help recoup money spent to recover from the costly Jun......
Baloney! Aep charges customers for these expenses on ur regular bills, they know these things happen and believe me they charge u in advance! Dont let this happen! As samy07 stated its their cost of doing business!
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It`s SHOCKING, just SHOCKING, I tell ya the jolt it will give ya, when you have to really live by the FREE market system. Well I see that some things dont apply to citizens like AEP. "Guess thats somethin you wont understand."
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Why don't they have an insurance carrier for this, or is just a way to get back at the citizens for the multi million dollar jury trial that they lost.....
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AEP is not regulated though there are rates that need to be approved. It is a crock that they want to pass the costs on but they have been doing this for years. undergound plant would be nice, but the cost of burying it is very expensive.
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Power lines should be underground. This would avoid most of the trouble caused by storms.
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Power lines should be underground. This would avoid most of the trouble caused by storms.
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the aep also control the coal mines and the barges,this part of the business doesnt fall under the puco. they will get the money one way or the other.
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They should try obama............................
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I don't have a problem about paying this fee, perhaps because the storm was something no one could prepare for. Even though I had no power for 8 days after the storm, I do think the AEP linemen went above and beyond to get service restored as quickly as possible.
What I DO have a problem with is paying for companies (Ormet is one) that have convinced PUCO the residential consumers need to subsidize THEIR electric rates. Why should I have to pay the electric bill for companies that are designed to make a profit? However, this is not an AEP issue--it lies directly at the PUCO platform and just goes to show how consumer unfriendly PUCO is.
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samy07, unlike many businesses, you don't have a public board that you must gain permission for what you charge or your profit level. also, like many businesses...the consumer will pay in the end. it's just a matter of how much.
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slogoin, thank you for the post. i find it interesting that PUCO would not remind AEP of that fact. i do question the transportaion fee especially considering the articles about the cost of barges and transporting on the river. that sounds like the purpose of the fee but feel free to correct me if i am mistaken.
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luv..we pay transportation fee's just for this type of damage
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What ever happened to the cost of doing business? Used to be that when a business had a bad year shareholders saw no dividends...now they want to pass everything directly to the consumer through a surcharge so that their shareholders still receive dividends. Isn't that called welfare for the wealthy?
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TXBuckeye, you are correct in your comment. perhaps the citizens affected should blame PUCO since they did not forsee this and any other event that would cause disruption in the service. speakup and bellboy1209, perhaps you should have bought yourself a generator thereby alleviating yourself of the concern for your losses since the storms are so predictable. sort of short-sighted on your part don't you think?
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It seems many of the good citizens of Marietta have forgotten what a utility is supposed to be, a regulated company run for the benefit of those served.
Utilities are highly regulated and generally guaranteed a certain profit margin, always regulated to be a "modest" profit. ANYTHING they do, you the customer are eventually going to pay for (and with a small profit margin to boot).
Of course, you may keep that in mind for all your misguided "tax the rich" thoughts too, as all of the people eventually pay.
Zippity doo dah.......
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So let me get this straight. They want us to pay for the repair cost since this was a non-normal storm outage. I wonder if I can ask others to pay for my home repairs when it is outside of "normal repairs". That is basically what AEP wants us to do. Maybe they can take that money out of their profits that are in the low billions.
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Baloney! What a business! They can't even prepare for a predictable, eventual event. These handouts are the ones that are bankrupting us!
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If this is the route that the utility companies want to take to operate their business, then I would expect reimbursement for the $500.00 of frozen meats that I incurred for their lack of maintaining their antiquated equipment. Take the $36.00 but I want reimbursement of the balance. My insurance deductible is $500.00 so I took the hit. I want the balance back from the electric company in the amount of $464.00. What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service
Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory
1a.Objectives (from AD-416)
To provide national leadership in coordination of the minor use pesticide program in ARS; to ensure compliance with all Federal GLP directives; and to review, evaluate, and coordinate the development of data on efficacy, phytotoxicity, and residue data and ensure that these data are acceptable toward obtaining registrations for minor crops.
1b.Approach (from AD-416)
Interact with state and federal scientists and attend IR-4 and related meetings to determine minor use pesticide needs. Conduct meeting with ARS scientists to develop tentative annual programs, identify scientists to conduct studies, and review progress in meeting objectives. Recommend specific actions to Administrator's Office, to Area Directors, and to ONP to strengthen program activities.
3.Progress Report
This report documents the coordination of research to develop the data that is required by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to register pesticides on food crops and ornamentals. ARS and State cooperators attended the Interregional Research-4 (IR-4) sponsored workshops with growers, research and extension personnel to set priorities for the 2011 food and ornamental programs. A planning meeting at IR-4 Headquarters was attended by ARS/IR-4 chemists, the ARS/IR-4 Coordinator and State counterparts to develop a 2011 field and residue laboratory program. The ARS field cooperators were provided with a list of projects to be conducted at their location. Research protocols, field data books and residue sample shipping bags were provided to the cooperators and the field projects were initiated. The six ARS and one state ornamental cooperators then were provided with a list of projects and protocols to be conducted at their location. The two residue laboratories accepted crop samples as they were completed in the field and continued to analyze the 2010 and earlier sample sets that were received during the year. The 2010 reports from the field and laboratories were reviewed and forwarded to IR-4 Headquarters where petitions were developed and sent to EPA to establish tolerances for the food uses. The ornamental data developed by ARS was submitted to IR-4 Headquarters where it was packaged and submitted to the potential registrants for amending their labels with the new ornamental uses.
Development of data to support the registration of pesticides for minor use and specialty crops. Growers of specialty crops such as fruits, vegetables, mint, hops, herbs, spices and other minor acreage crops generally lack the pesticides to control pest problems available for major crops such as corn, wheat and other small grains, soybeans and cotton. Pesticide manufacturers do not have the economic incentive to develop the data for labeling these minor acreage crops which are grown on less than 300,000 acres per crop whereas the major crops are grown on 12 to 72 million acres. ARS participates in a State-Federal program known as Interregional Research-4 to assist in the development of data to support pesticide residue tolerances that are established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and used by the pesticide registrants to add the crops to their labels. In 2011 ARS researchers at Charleston, SC, Salinas, CA, Tifton, GA, Prosser, WA, Wapato, WA, Weslaco, TX, and Wooster, OH established 91 pesticide/food crop combinations in the field to treat with pesticides and ARS researchers at Tifton, GA and Wapato, WA will analyze 52 pesticide/crop combinations in the laboratory for pesticide residues on treated crops. In 2010, ARS contributed data from earlier years for tolerances on 18 crops and 9 pesticides to be used by registrants to label these uses to make them available to specialty crop growers. Economic data and data on treated acreage were available for 12 of the 18 crops and they were valued at 8.2 billion dollars. If we assumed the new chemical would replace 10% of the treated acreage and there was a 10% yield savings on the acreage treated for these 12 commodities, growers save $140 million.


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There were 72 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Saturday. At that time, there were 1,415 people held at the jail, which has an official capacity of 1,411. When the jail is full, some inmates may be released early.
Weapons arrest: Officers responding to a report of a party at a vacant home in the 1900 block of Plantation Place about 11:35 p.m. Friday arrested Guadalupe Alinis, 21, on suspicion of gun possession. Several other individuals fled from the rear of the residence when officers arrived.
The California Highway Patrol did not submit an incident report for the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Saturday.
The Stockton Fire Department responded to 130 calls for service in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Saturday, including 10 vehicle accidents, 106 medical calls and three structure fires.
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- why am i reviewing this item?they are fine mags, just be careful. but what the heck? not like you have other options, if you want another mag for your wather p99 co2 blow back this is it. there's no other options, i mean this is like reviewing oxygen... the rod that holds the bb's is strong, but the plate at the bottom (not necessary, but covers things up) is weak...
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Bank of Japan, Relents, Raises Inflation Target: Under strong pressure from Japan's new government, the country's central bank promised Tuesday to enact an ambitious program of further monetary easing and raise its inflation target in a bid to rid the economy of its long-running deflationary pressures. (Subscriber Content)
BOJ Shift Puts Onus on Abe: In one swoop, the Bank of Japan signed up for the country's experiment with Abenomics and may have signed away its independence too. But a policy shift into line with new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's demands—a 2% inflation target and an open-ended asset-purchase program—won't be enough to get Japan's economy humming again. (Subscriber Content)
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Definition of margin in English:
1The edge or border of something: the eastern margin of the Indian Ocean figurative they were forced to live on the margins of society
More example sentences
- Many are forced to leave their families and lead a precarious existence living on the margins of society.
- In plan-form the dune has an irregular outline but the eastern margin is more complex and irregular than the western edge.
- Because Australia has a broad continental shelf it lobbied to have this zone extend to the outer edge of the margin.
edge, side, verge, border, perimeter, brink, brim, rim, fringe, boundary, limits, periphery, bound, extremity
literary bourn, skirt
1.1The blank border on each side of the print on a page.
Example sentences
- This is fairly easy to accomplish by defining a bounding rectangle for the text that is the same width as the space between the page margins.
- The holes are far greater than the space in this book given over to noticeably wide margins and blank space.
- Folding down the corners of pages, scribbling in margins and breaking the spines of paperbacks are signs of a barbarian.
1.2A line ruled on paper to mark off a margin.
Example sentences
- The children began in right earnest by first drawing a neat margin on the chart paper they were provided with.
- How many still do, and still print the little black margins around their images to inform the viewer of their exacting practice?
2An amount by which a thing is won or falls short: they won by a convincing 17-point margin
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- Rather, he is ensuring that the principle of one-man-one-vote holds good, even if it comes down to the narrowest of margins.
- Amazingly the conversion was missed to leave Newbridge still ahead by the narrowest of margins at six points to five.
- The senior hurlers have had a number of competitive performances, losing by very narrow margins.
gap, majority, amount, difference
2.1An amount of something included so as to be sure of success or safety: there was no margin for error
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- In fact, one of the roots of my concern is that nobody will know for sure when the safety margin has been eroded too far.
- Protein recommendations for athletes are commonly expressed in a range to include a safety margin.
- Be sure your available runway length provides an adequate margin for safety.
2.2The lower limit of possibility, success, etc. the lighting is considerably brighter than before but is still at the margins of acceptability
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- Even without the threat of war, an operation of this size presses at the margins of possibility.
- Yet the fact that he's about to shoot a new feature in colour with Bill Murray and other prominent stars also suggests he's willing to push the limits of those margins.
- It can explore the margins and limits of the text and of classical theatre, and in the process demystify, even kill the text and the author and his authority.
2.3A profit margin.
Example sentences
- At the same time, the IRA said, the firms are passing on their increased costs to consumers and increasing their own margins and profits.
- What's more, many banks sneakily use base-rate changes to increase their margins and profits.
- There could be some pleasant news with respect to operating profits as revenues continue to grow and margins increase.
2.4 Finance A sum deposited with a broker to cover the risk of loss on a transaction or account.
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- Buying options outright typically does not require any deposit of margin because the maximum risk is what you pay for the option.
- It can fairly be said that those calls reveal that before the first margin call was made the plaintiff did not understand the risks of a margin account.
- Finally, in unusual circumstances such as extreme market volatility, SIMEX may require a broker to deposit additional margin.
verb (margins, margining, margined)[with object]
1Provide with an edge or border: its leaves are margined with yellow
More example sentences
- The long lasting floral bunches with sparkling waxy bracts in different shades of pink, and the yellow margined red corolla are best suited for cut flowers.
- Ilex aquifolium 'Ferox Argentea': called the hedgehog holly, this is a non-berrying male holly with exceptionally spiky dark green leaves, margined with cream.
- We watched a yellow margined triggerfish as it scoured the seabed below.
2Deposit an amount of money with a broker as security for (an account or transaction): (as adjective margined) a margined transaction
More example sentences
- For instance, if you had $100,000 in your account margined 20 times, your actual investment would be $2m.
- As I mentioned above, the margining system used by the futures options exchanges provides a special advantage of allowing Treasury bills to be margined.
- This created a highly margined, over-concentrated portfolio that was not suitable considering Mr. Worker's financial situation or goals.
margin of error
- An amount (usually small) that is allowed for in case of miscalculation or change of circumstances.Example sentences
- That's a large target area, and it allows for a margin of error when a shot must be taken from odd angles.
- A margin of error is allowed in the exercise of discretion.
- That, basically, is a statistical tie for first, because that's within the margin of error.
Late Middle English: from Latin margo, margin- 'edge'.
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Sock Fundamentals
You've been bit by the sock bug and want to get started. Or perhaps you already know the basics but want to take your skills a step further. How do you figure out which of the dozens of sock books out there is worth your time? It can be a tough challenge.
Here are my top-four recently published "fundamental" sock books. They clearly present the basics but also offer insight into other techniques. Some also show how to customize your socks to fit your foot and represent your personality perfectly. Happy reading!
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Ann Budd has a gift for making the complicated easy. She did it in The Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns and The Knitter's Handy Book of Sweater Patterns, and she does it again with this marvelous book for new sock knitters.
As the title suggests, this book is all about getting you started. It doesn't present 30 different techniques, it doesn't confuse you with a dozen cast-ons and increase/decrease techniques, it sticks with a small, manageable assortment of time-tested approaches and techniques to get your sock knitting career off the ground.
The Sock Basics section at the beginning is a book in itself. Budd provides all sorts of information, from gauge and swatching to working in the round (using four or five DPNs, a short circular, two circulars, or one long circular) and measuring your foot for a proper fit. Throughout this section, Budd provides painstakingly swatched and photographed examples of every step in the sock-knitting process, including tricky spots where we often get into trouble. If you were ever nervous about turning a heel, picking up stitches, or seaming your toe, the answers are in this book, as clear as day.
Next, she gives you instructions for a basic sock—but as in her previous books, she does all the math for you. The sock pattern is provided in five different gauges (4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 stitches to the inch), with each of those patterns offered in five different sizes (ranging from child's medium to adult large). Then Budd continues the adventure with additional patterns that experiment further with colors, stitch patterns, and structural variations in the cuff and leg.
I strongly recommend this book for anybody who wants to become a sock knitter.
Once you have a few socks under your belt and feel confident with the basics, you're ready to embark on more challenging projects—and that's where this book comes into the picture. Budd and Merrow have scoured the Interweave archives and selected 19 memorable sock patterns from Interweave Knits and Spin Off magazines.
I've always loved the sock patterns in these magazines and was thrilled when I heard this book was coming out. Mind you, I already have nearly every issue of both Knits and Spin Off. But even if they hadn't commissioned six additional new patterns for this project, I'd still recommend the book, even if you already have all the original magazines.
First, you gain the convenience of having all these great patterns in one place—no need to rummage through your archives and try to find the sock patterns, choose the ones you like, and schlep to your nearest photocopy machine to make a private-use copy you can carry around in your knitting bag. And second, you have the user-friendly hard-bound cover with an inside spiral binding that allows you to lay the book flat on a table or chair and focus on the pattern.
There is no introductory "this is how to knit" chapter at the beginning—the book launches right into the patterns. These are beautiful creations from the likes of designers Nancy Bush, Evelyn Clark, Candace Eisner Strick, and Priscilla Gibson-Roberts, plus several more from Ann Budd. I want to knit almost every sock in this book.
The skill level runs from beginner to advanced, with most patterns sitting somewhere in the middle. Everything is photographed clearly and the patterns are extremely easy to follow. At the back of the book you'll find most of the basic techniques in illustrated form. A few errata managed to sneak into the book—you can find them here and note them in your own copy.
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This is a follow-up to Schurch's previous book, Sensational Knitted Socks. Together, these two books make up a powerful sock arsenal that'll keep you going for years. You just need to be comfortable navigating patterns somewhat like a board game—you find your first clue and proceed to the next, and the next, and the next, until you're done. Only in this case, you're determining if you're going to use four DPNs, five DPNs, or two circular needles, then you're finding your foot length and yarn gauge on a chart that then tells you how many stitches to cast on, and so on. I found it helpful to make a personal-use photocopy of the patterns I was knitting, so I could block out the irrelevant sections and highlight my personal details and not get too lost.
Schurch is very big on showing you a basic pattern and then explaining all the ways in which you could modify the sock to better fit your preferences. Her patterns are organized by type of stitch pattern used on the sock, and each is followed by a mini-stitch guide of other possible stitch patterns that could also be used for that sock. Between the wide variety of possible gauges and sizes and the large number of substitute stitch patterns, these books really do give you tons of options.
What if you want it all? You want to learn how to knit socks, you want to learn how you can adorn them with different types of stitches, and you want a library of gorgeous sock patterns designed by industry-leading sock folks? Oh, and you'd like a little history tossed in too?
Here's your book. It's beautiful, it's thorough, it's helpful, and it'd make a fantastic gift for yourself or any knitting friend who is curious about socks.
This book does for socks what the original Vogue Knitting: The Ultimate Knitting Book did for knitting so many years ago. (This is especially true since that book, first published in 1989, had no information about sock knitting at all.)
It begins with a light overview of sock knitting history with sweet and inspiring archival photographs. Then it launches into the nitty gritty technique stuff: casting on, increasing, decreasing, working in the round, picking up stitches, casting off, the anatomy of a sock from the top down and toe up, different toe and heel styles, and so on.
Next, you're launched into the world of designs. You're given a "sock calculator" cheat sheet with all the essential numbers for superfine, fine, and DK-weight yarns in 10 sizes ranging from baby to adult XL. You simply plug those numbers into the two "universal" patterns that follow, one for top-down and one for toe-up.
Finally, the gems: 25 beautiful and technically varied patterns, the majority of which were commissioned expressly for this book. The others have been culled from the Vogue Knitting archives.
Designers include Shirley Paden, Meg Swansen, Lizbeth Upitis, Amy Swenson, Nancy Bush, Priscilla Gibson-Roberts, and Cat Bordhi (about whom we'll read more next week). Again, I don't see this from-the-archives stuff as a cop-out. Some patterns were so good the first time that it'd be shameful to ignore them just to be able to smack "All New!" in big letters across the cover.