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If there's a city that San Jose can draw inspiration from, it's Austin, Texas. So I was intrigued to hear from Joe Silva and Peter Smith about their concept for the San Jose Beer Cooperative Brewery & Pub, which is modeled after the Black Star Co-op in my favorite Lone Star town.
Silva and Smith are part of a group that has been working on the plan for a co-op brewery and pub for about six months, and the next step is to recruit member/owners willing to pony up an investment of $150. An information session is being held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Drying Shed on Toyon Road in San Jose.
The meeting includes a tasting with suds from local craft brewers for a $20 donation. Not bad for a startup operation that doesn't require a degree in computer engineering. There's a lot more information and beer-tasting tickets available at http://SJCoopBrewPub.com.
AUDIO ILLUSION: During the movie and Broadway production of "42nd Street," there are scores of dancers marching in some numbers. The California Pops Orchestra couldn't have 100 dancers on stage during the number at its "Gotta Dance!" show at Foothill College on Sunday, but Executive Director Alicia Wilmunder said they used an orchestra trick called a "marching machine" of wood blocks, invented for radio dramas.
A retired senior engineer from the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center recreated the machine for them, which they used for Sunday's concert. "By the way, it wasn't hard for me to talk him into doing this," Wilmunder said. The engineer in question is her dad, Alan Wilmunder.
DRESS DREAMS: For the fifth year, San Jose Vice Mayor Madison Nguyen continues to pilot Operation Prom Dress, to provide assistance to San Jose students who would not be able to afford a dress to wear to their proms this spring. Nguyen appeared with Comerica Bank Western market President Mike Fulton at a kickoff event on Thursday at Comerica's headquarters in San Jose.
Donations of new or gently worn dresses that are appropriate for high school students will be collected through March 8. Dresses can be taken to Comerica banking centers, San Jose Public Library branches, San Jose City Hall and the Seven Trees, Evergreen, Bascom and Camden community centers.
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86.How then do deniers attempt to avoid being relegated by the public to the category of crazed conspiracy theorists with "off the wall" views; views that, by any measure of logic, should be simply dismissed as ludicrous? Deniers use simple but efficacious tactics. They camouflage their extremist and antisemitic agenda in the trappings of scientific investigation and scholarly discourse. They hold conferences that are structured as scholarly gatherings. They design their journals to appear, at first glace, to be academic publications. In their publications, they often adopt the language and form of academic inquiry. They do this as a means of entering the legitimate conversation and scholarly debate about the Holocaust.
87.Deniers claim that their objective is to uncover historical falsehoods, all historical falsehoods, and not to deny anything. They contend that they are only interested in getting at the truth and "revising" some of the mistakes that have crept into history writing. That is why they call themselves "revisionists," i.e. those who revise the mistakes in history. I call them deniers because they are denying historical facts. By cloaking themselves in the trappings of academic inquiry they are less likely to be dismissed by the general public as the historical equivalent of "flat earth theorists."
88.One might legitimately assume that the deniers' strategy of presenting themselves as a group of academics engaged in an intellectual, not ideological, quest would be particularly efficacious with people who have only the haziest notion of the history of the Holocaust. Sometimes this strategy is also successful, due to the deniers skillful obfuscation of their real identity, with those who might be expected to know better. Staff members at the USHMM related the following incidents to me: a history major at Yale University submitted his senior essay on the Luftwaffe in the Spanish Civil War to the Journal of Historical Review, the leading Holocaust denial journal, which in format and tone mimics serious, legitimate social science journals. The student acknowledged that he had not closely examined the Journal before submitting his essay. He selected it from an annotated bibliography where it was listed together with respected historical and social science journals. (This bibliography, the student later discovered, did not differentiate between legitimate journals and those of far less, if any, historical value. It simply listed all journals which described themselves as interested in questions of history.) Based on its description, title, and, most significantly, its proximity to familiar journals, he assumed that it was a legitimate enterprise dedicated to the reevaluation of historical events. Only when it appeared in print and he saw the other articles in that issue of the Journal of Historical Review did he recognize the mistake he had made.
89.A number of student newspapers in the United States have accepted advertisements from a Holocaust denial group which has constituted itself as CODOH, the Committee on Open Debate on the Holocaust. Some did so without closely examining the text of the advertisement and had no idea as to precise nature of the contents.
90.Another one of their strategies is to present themselves as the victims of "fascists" who deny them their freedom of speech. They claim that I, a "Holocaust zealot," am personally silencing their right to speak. In an ad published in many American university and college newspapers I was described as follows:
"Deborah Lipstadt argues in her much-praised Denying the Holocaust, that revisionists ['deniers'] should not be debated because there 'can not be' another side to the Holocaust story. She charges that it is 'hateful' to listen to a defense of those accused of mass murder! In essence she argues that we bury America's old civil virtues of free inquiry and open debate -- but to what end?
The Deborah Lipstadts -- and there is a clique of them on every campus -- work to suppress revisionist research and demand that students and faculty ape their fascist behavior. If you refuse to accept the Lipstadt clique as your intellectual fuhrers, you risk being slandered as an 'anti-Semite'. These quasi-religious Holocaust zealots claim that because of the 'purity' of their own feelings about the Jewish experience during World War Two, yours are soiled if you doubt what they preach as 'truth.'" (see Appendix, Tab 5).
91.In the United States, because of the First Amendment, deniers have the right to claim the Holocaust never happened, to publish their articles and books, and hold their gatherings. They can make their speeches on any street corner or in any public auditorium which will grant them the right to do so. The First Amendment proclaims that "Congress," a term which the American courts have interpreted to mean any governmental agency, shall make no law abridging a citizen's right to freedom of speech, religion, and press. But that right does not guarantee them space in a newspaper. Newspapers are not obligated to accept deniers's articles, letters, and advertisements -- just as they are not obligated to accept other articles, letters or advertisements.
92.The accusation lodged against me, that I try to silence deniers, is patently false and insulting. I believe that newspapers are not obligated to turn over their pages to those who advocate prejudicial ideas that have no basis in history. Moreover, they are not obligated to accept advertisements that are designed to mislead those who read them. I have, however, repeatedly counseled those who have sought legislation preventing the deniers from speaking or holding gatherings that these efforts, while giving their supporters a sense of self-satisfaction, would ultimately be struck down by American courts because of the First Amendment. I have also refrained from speaking out in favor of European laws which would relegate Holocaust denial to the status of a crime. I have serious misgivings about the strategic efficacy of such legal manoeuvres.
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The winner, who declined to be identified, is a regular customer at Spinx #126 on Old Spartanburg Road in Greer, where she bought the winning Money Money Millionaire instant ticket, according to a news release from lottery officials.
The winner overcame the 1 in 1.5 million odds to take the first top prize in the Money Money Millionaire game that went on sale the first of the month.
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Cut the graham crackers in half crosswise to make 12 squares. Cut a 1 1/2 inch semicircle from one corner of each graham square. Round the corners with a small knife. Repeat with the remaining graham crackers.
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Pipe a very small corner from the bag with the black frosting. Pipe the eye patch, eye, and mouth with the black frosting. Pipe the blue hair with the blue gel.
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ATHENS, Ohio - Punting woes plagued Ohio University Wednesday night as the Bobcats dropped a 26-14 MAC East decision to visiting Bowling Green at Peden Stadium.
OU, now 8-2 overall and 4-2 in the MAC, had two punts blocked that led to Falcon touchdowns and two bad snaps that resulted in a failed run for a first down and also a safety as BG improved to 7-3 and 5-1.
After the Bobcats took a 7-0 lead right of the bat on the opening possession of the game, the rest of the first half belonged to the Falcons.
Quarterback Tyler Tettleton's five-yard scoring scamper at 9:18 of the first quarter gave Ohio the quick lead, but by the end of half, Bowling Green was ahead by a 19-7 count.
A punt block by BG's Brian Sutton with the ball going out of bounds at the Ohio 20 with seven seconds left in the first quarter set up the Falcons' tying score. Anthon Samuel powered his way 15 yards straight ahead into the end zone at 14:52 of the second stanza, fighting his way to paydirt by dragging defenders the final five yards on the initial play of the period.
A roughing the passer penalty against the Falcons gave OU a first down at the BG 34. But on 3rd-and-15 at the 39, defensive end Bryan Thomas sacked Tettleton for a 10-yard loss. BG then took the lead at 14-7 when from its 45, QB Matt Schilz found a wide-open Chris Gallon with a 55-yard TD pass. No defender was even close to Gallon at the Bobcat 30, where he gathered in the easy toss from Schilz and was off untouched to the end zone.
A dropped snap by the OU punter who picked it up and tried to run, but for no gain again put the Falcons in prime scoring position at the Bobcat 35 with 5:23 left in the half and BG netted a 34-yard field goal at the 1:46 mark to boost its lead to 17-7.
And 18 seconds before the halftime horn, a low punt snap got through the OU punter, who retreated 22 yards into the end zone to pick it up, but was quickly tackled for a safety to make the score 19-7.
On OU's first possession of the second half though, the Bobcats closed the gap to 19-14. On 3rd-and-6 from the BG 21, Tettleton scrambled 18 yards to the 3, from where on the next play, Tettleton found Chase Cochran running free at the goal line and flipped him the ball for a TD at 6:54 of the third quarter.
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Book Reviews: Art of Community and Eyetracking Web Usability
By Ultan O'Broin Oracle UX-Oracle Paas4SaaS-Oracle on Dec 30, 2010
Holidays time offers a chance to catch up on some user experience and user assistance-related reading material. So, two short book reviews (for which I considered using my new Tumblr blog for. More about that another time) coming up.
The Art of Community by Jono Bacon
Excellent starting point for anyone wanting to get going in the community software (FLOSS, for example) space or understand how to set up, manage, and leverage the collective intelligence of communities for whatever ends. The book is a little too long in my opinion, and of course, applicability of what Jono is saying needs to be nuanced and adapted for the enterprise applications space (hardly surprising that, given there's a lot of insight about Ubuntu, Lug Radio, and so on from Jono's community interests). Shame there wasn't more information on international, non-English community considerations though. Still, some great ideas and insight into setting up and managing communities that I can adapt and leverage (watch out for the results on this blog, later in 2011).
One section, on collaborative writing, really jumped out at me. It reinforced the whole idea that successful community initiatives are based on instigators knowing what makes the community tick in the first place. How about this for insight into user profiles for people who write community user assistance (OK then, "doc") and what tools they might use (in this case, we're talking about Jokosher):
"Most people who write documentation for open source software projects would fall into the category of power user. They are technology enthusiasts who are not interested in the super-technical avenues of programming, but want to help out. Many of these people have good writing skills and a good knowledge of using the software, so the documentation fit is natural. With Jokosher we wanted to acknowledge this profile of user. As such, instead of focussing on complex text processing tools, we encouraged our documentation contributors to use a wiki."
The book is available for free here, and well as being available from usual sources.
Eyetracking Web Usability by Jakob Nielsen and Kara Prentice
Another fine book by established experts. I have field experience of eyetracking studies myself --in the user assistance for enterprise applications space--though Jakob and Kara concentrate on websites for their research here. I would caution how much of this website usability research transfers easily to the applications space, especially enterprise applications, as claimed in the book. However, Jakob and Kara do make the case very well that understanding design goals (for example, productivity improvement in the case of applications) and the context of the software use is critical.
Executing a study using eyetracking technology requires that you know what you want to test, can set up realistic tasks for testing by representative testers, and then analyze the results. Be precise, as lots of data will be generated (I think the authors underplay the effort in analyzing data too). What I found disappointing was the lack of emphasis on eyetracking as only part of the usability solution. It's really for fine-tuning designs in my opinion, and should be used after other design reviews. I also wasn't that crazy about the level of disengagement between the qualitative and quantitative side of this kind of testing that the book indicated. I think it is useful to have testers verbalize their thoughts and for test engineers to prompt, intervene, or guide testers, as necessary. More on cultural or international aspects to usability testing might have also have been included (websites are available to everyone).
To conclude, I enjoyed the book, took on board some key takeaways about methodologies and found the recommendations sensible and easy to follow (for example about Forms layouts). Applying enterprise applications requirements such as those relating to user profiles, design goals, and overall context of use in conjunction with what's in this book would be the way to go here. It also made me think of how interesting it would be to compare eyetracking findings between website and enterprise applications usage.


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The PI's got an interesting article on licensing cyclists. It's a popular and perennial idea – it's even come up in the Washington Legislature repeatedly in recent years. The concept generally seems to be that cyclists should pay to use roads.
Fortunately, it's pretty easy to figure out that licensing cyclists to pay for roads isn't a good idea. It generally isn't taken too seriously in Olympia and elsewhere, the PI Sound Off section notwithstanding. The PI has actually hosted editorials on the facts of how cyclists fund roads in the past.


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News 12 at 6 o'clock / Monday, Feb. 4, 2013
GRANITEVILLE, S.C. -- Voting opens Tuesday morning for County Council District 6 in Aiken County. The district up-for-grabs includes parts of Aiken and a lot of smaller areas like Graniteville, Warrenville, Gloverville, Couchton and Eureka. The seat opened in November after Councilman Charles Barton became Aiken County's auditor.
The first candidate is actually the wife of Charles Barton. Lynette Lowe-Barton, a Graniteville native, is running to fill her husband's seat.
"I'd like to see if we can bring in more jobs. I'd like to work with economic development," she said, adding that she'd also like to see several county-owned plots of land developed.
She now runs their radiator shop in Aiken and says it wouldn't be a conflict of interest to work alongside her auditor husband.
"As far as conflict of interest, no, I don't see any there. His office is controlled by the South Carolina Department of Revenue, and he answers to them, not county council," Barton said.
The next candidate is John McMichael. He's currently Business Development Officer with Hutson Etherredge Companies in Aiken. He's worked in the insurance industry for 38 years. He was born in Graniteville.
"We need to attract new businesses into Aiken, whether it be through small businesses or large businesses, like Bridgestone," McMichael said.
He says he's already familiar working with the people who bring business and jobs. He's already attracted endorsements from Council Chairman Ronnie Young and former councilman Rick Osbon. But some say McMichael, who lives in Aiken, would be out of touch with the rural district.
"That's definitely not true because it doesn't just take the district that I'm representing, but you have to represent the entire community, the entire county," he said.
Finally, Phil Napier is also running for the seat, and he's held the seat before. Currently, he manages his small hardware store and has acted as Graniteville's volunteer fire chief for decades. Many days he can be seen mowing along roads in his hometown.
"For several years, I've basically done it myself -- gone out and did a lot of weed-eating and grass-cutting -- because I don't want to see our communities rundown and look bad," Napier said.
Some would say his name carries controversy. However, he says his goal is doing what taxpayers want.
"You'll probably have some candidate who will want to be interviewed with politicians standing behind them. I stand on my own platform. I don't need backup," he said.
He says his platform would be cutting wasteful spending. He says the new county complex is an example of wasteful spending. He says the building, which is currently under construction, reminds him of the Taj Mahal and adds that he's also for term limits for council members and the chairman.
The primary will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 5, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. All three candidates are Republican. Unless a Democrat write-in candidate pops up, Tuesday's winner will take the seat.


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- Boston bombing victim Martin Richard, 8, laid to rest privately
- Older Boston bombing suspect frequently visited jihadist websites, U.S. officials say
- Apr 21:
- Top cop says Boston bomb suspects likely planning more attacks
- Governor: Video shows Boston bomb suspect placing backpack
- Police: Boston bomber may have been killed by his own brother
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- Doctor: Boston suspect had so many wounds he couldn't tell which was fatal
- Authorities arrest two in town where Boston bombing suspect may have lived
- Boston bombing suspect hospitalized following arrest
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- Boston Red Sox, Bruins postpone games during manhunt
- Boston bombings: Television can only 'hurry up and wait'
- Boston bombing suspect's U-Mass Dartmouth classmates: He was 'calm,' 'cool,' 'laid back'
- Boston bombing suspects' sister says she doesn't know what got into them
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- Boston bombing suspects spent night in Honda before carjacking a Mercedes
- Boston manhunt: MIT police chief says slain officer Sean Collier was dedicated, well-liked
- Boston manhunt: Chronology of chaotic search for suspects in marathon bombing
- Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev captured alive, police say
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NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- The mother-in-law of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect killed during a gun battle with police says her family is "sickened" by the horror he inflicted.
Judith Russell's daughter Katherine, 23, was married to Tamerlan Tsarnaev (tsahr-NY'-ev), an ethnic Chechen who came to the U.S. from Russia. She says her family realizes they never really knew him. She said in a statement Friday the family can't begin to comprehend the tragedy.
The Russell family lives on a cul-de-sac in a wooded, suburban neighborhood in North Kingstown, R.I. Neighbor Paula Gillette says Katherine Russell left for college a few years ago and when she came back she would dress in Muslim garb with head coverings.
Tsarnaev and his brother are the suspects in Monday's marathon bombing, which killed three people and wounded more than 180. The brother is on the loose.
The Washington Post quoted neighbors Friday saying that Tsarnaev and his wife had a baby daughter, according to neighbors.
The newspaper also reported that Tsarnaev was arrested in 2009 and charged with domestic assault and battery after allegedly assaulting his girlfriend, according to Spotcrime.com, an online source of crime information.
Stephanie Guyotte, a spokeswoman for the Middlesex County, Massachusetts, District Attorney, told Bloomberg News that Tsarnaev was arrested on the charge but said he wasn't convicted.


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A hair stylist says Nicki Minaj stole his wig designs and prevented him from getting his own reality show.
How can anyone keep anyone else from getting their own reality show? Two of my three dogs have been offered reality shows (the third one just has a really bad agent).
Nevertheless, Terrence Davidson sued the rapper Friday in district court in Atlanta, saying the former "American Idol" judge should pay him at $30 million for stealing from him, according to TMZ.
The complaint says Davidson started working for Minaj -- whose real name is Onika Maraj -- as a hair stylist in January 2010. He said he also began making wigs for her, according to CNN.
At the time Minaj was an emerging star who became known for her outrageous fashion choices. Davidson and his attorney, Christopher Chestnut, told CNN that Davidson had a big role in crafting Minaj's image and the wigs the rapper now sells on her site are based on the designs Davidson says he created.
"I see these wigs online," said Davidson, who has also worked with Patti LaBelle and rapper Remy Ma. "People are basically duplicating what I created for Nicki Minaj."
So she's kind of the Shia LaBeouf of bright wigs?
"Nicki Minaj is reaping great success and financial bounty reward for Terrence's creative expertise, and he is entitled to participate in that," Chestnut said. "Someone's got to stand up for the artist. We applaud the fact that she's making millions, but she's also got to pay bounty to those whose creative designs she's making millions off of."
The suit says Davidson designed several wigs for Minaj, including the "Pink Upper Bun Wig," the "Fox Fur Wig," and the "Half Blonde-Half Pink Wig" that she wore during various appearances, including the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards preshow. He says he and Minaj planned a wig line and possible reality show.
But, according to the suit, by 2012, "Minaj and her agents became mum about the business ventures and took active steps to isolate Mr. Davidson and preclude him from the notoriety he deserved for his wig designs."
"On its face you might think, what this guy is suing over wigs?" Chestnut said. "But we really have to consider this in context. Hair is a multibillion-dollar industry, but moreover these are not your grandma's wigs. These are eclectic. They are decadent, and they are creative. This is about a brand that Terrence has built."
CNN reported Minaj and her representatives didn't respond to requests for comment.
Contact Tony Hicks at Facebook.com/BayAreaNewsGroup.TonyHicks or Twitter.com/insertfoot.


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Best Playoff Players, 2003-2011 (*according to statistical +/-)
Posted by Neil Paine on June 12, 2011
As a follow-up to Thursday's post about the best Finals performances according to Statistical Plus/Minus, here's a playoff ranking since 2003 with a few tweaks:
- I finally re-ran the Offensive SPM formula without steals and blocks. Steals in particular were causing certain players to be extremely overvalued offensively, and there's little reason to include those defensive stats in an offensive regression. (DSPM is the same as before -- and yes, it still includes several offensive stats, but DSPM wouldn't explain more than 25% of defense without them, while OSPM's explanatory power was barely affected by dropping steals & blocks out.)
- At the request of readers, instead of per-minute SPM players are ranked by per-game "Impact", which is SPM times the % of team minutes played.
- All of a player's games are weighted by Championship Leverage, which takes into account how much the game will potentially swing the odds of a team winning the NBA title. Leverage is relative to the average playoff game in a given season (which always has a leverage index of 1.00). For instance, Game 1 of the Magic-Hawks 1st-round series had a leverage of 0.44, while Game 5 of the Finals had a leverage of 5.28. This means that, in terms of influence on championship probability, Thursday's game was 12 times as important as Game 1 of a 1st-round series, and the rankings will reflect this.
Finally, why 2003? Because that was the year the NBA adopted best-of-7 first-round series, allowing me to use the series win probabilities found here.
Anyway, here were the top playoff performers since 2003 according to per-game SPM impact, weighted by the importance of the game (minimum 10 games):
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Squeezed by astronomical home prices and rents that are almost as unaffordable, a growing number of Bay Area residents are pulling up stakes and trading long commutes for cheaper housing.
They're heading to places like Tracy, Mountain House, Patterson, Hollister and Los Banos. Some are buying bigger homes and others are renting for much less, hoping to put money aside for a down payment of their own one day, in a replay of the eastward migration during the dot-com boom.
"Rentals in the Bay Area are just too high," said Alma Gomez, an administrative assistant for Union City who's heading east with her family.
Gomez is among the Bay Area residents who are finding themselves priced out of the Bay Area housing market, which is experiencing an employment boom that has helped drive up the cost of homes and rentals.
While the number of Bay Area residents moving to outlying counties is hard to pin down, real estate agents say the trend is growing. And that's supported by the rapid run-up in home prices in these communities.
Gomez and her husband, Joaquin Galvez, who works in Oakland, moved with their two children two weeks ago from an apartment in San Leandro to a rented house 50 miles east, a 11/2- to two-hour commute away, in Patterson in Stanislaus County.
They looked at a three-bedroom, one-bath home in Oakland offered at $1,700 a month before discovering a four-bedroom, three-bath home with a garage in Patterson for $1,350 a month.
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Linda Sendig and her husband, Christopher, both in their early 30s, are moving to a new home in Brentwood, in eastern Contra Costa County, about an hour and 20 minutes from her job in Fremont.
The Sendigs are renting out their 950-square-foot San Jose home for $2,000 a month and buying a new 3,400-square-foot, five-bedroom, three-bath home for $494,000, far less than they would pay for something like it in San Jose.
"We are little scared," Linda Sendig said. "It's going to be a big change for us, but for the deal we are getting and the education our kids are going to get, we are ready to go." Twenty-five people have applied to rent their San Jose home, a reflection of the Bay Area's shortage of rental housing.
The move to outlying areas is reminiscent of the dot-com boom, when many Bay Area residents flooded into the smaller towns in search of housing. Many of these communities were hit hard with a wave of foreclosures when the bubble burst and are still struggling with the aftermath.
"It's starting to pick back up again," said Tracy Mayor Brent Ives.
New home sales in the Tracy-Mountain House areas are expected to increase 10 to 15 percent this year, according to Paul Desmet of the Ryness Report in Danville, which specializes in sales and marketing and research for new homebuilders.
"When all that job growth in Silicon Valley happens, the supply cannot provide enough housing, so there's a spillover effect, and they come flying over the hills to the Amador Valley," Desmet said. "And as the market gets stronger, they continue to Tracy and Mountain House."
The demand for housing also has helped push up prices on existing homes, according to real estate information service DataQuick. In the fourth-quarter of 2013, the median sales price in Tracy for a resale single family home was $339,500, up 28 percent from the fourth quarter of 2012; Patterson's median was up 45 percent to $228,750; Hollister was up 29 percent to $375,000; and Los Banos rose 37.5 percent to $185,000.
That compares to San Jose's fourth-quarter median price of $645,000; Sunnyvale's $964,000; Milpitas' $648,000; Oakland's $435,500; and San Francisco's $867,000.
And rents are cheaper, too. Rents in Santa Clara County grew 35 percent in just four years and were up 10 percent to $2,153 from the fourth quarter of 2012, according to RealFacts, which calls it "arguably the most aggressive rent growth region we track." The average rent in Tracy in the fourth quarter of 2013 was $1,186 a month, according to RealFacts, compared with $2,133 in Oakland and $2,022 in San Jose. RealFacts tracks apartment complexes with 50 or more units.
Peninsula resident Stacey Poncia says she's just a rent hike or two from having to move.
"I've spent my entire life on the Peninsula," said Poncia, a 38-year-old teacher at a school in San Mateo. "I'm at a point where I have to make a major change in my career or move out due to high rents. I feel like I'm barely staying afloat as a teacher."
The reality, said real estate consultant Carole Rodoni, is that "people that can't afford to live in very trendy areas are going to have to move out further to what I call the spoke cities in order to find affordability housing." Rodoni, a longtime Bay Area real estate executive, operates Bamboo Consulting in San Mateo.
Shawneequa Badger, a San Jose real estate agent, said she's changed her business to accommodate clients who want to move to Tracy and Mountain House, which is just over the Altamont Pass. She said half her clients are "new transplants into the San Joaquin Valley" looking for more for their money. "I just put couple into a home (in Mountain House) that's over 2,000 square feet, was built in 2008 and has all brand new appliances, for $349,000."
Brigitte Marquis said she and her husband, Ken, and their three children are leaving a rented townhouse in Milpitas and moving to a rental home in Tracy. They're going to move in June or July, "but we'd move tomorrow if we could," she said.
"It's the closest place where the commute hopefully won't kill us," she said. "It's affordable and we can start paying off our bills."
The couple -- he works for Santa Clara County and she works for the city of San Jose -- hope to save enough for a down payment on a home five years from now. Their two-bedroom townhouse is $2,795 a month, while the couple is finding five-bedroom homes for $2,000 or less a month in Tracy.
The commute won't be easy. "Without traffic, it's 45 minutes from Tracy to Milpitas. With traffic it's about two hours one way."
Some people who work in South County are moving farther south.
Robert Heslop, an animal control officer for Santa Clara County, moved in November 2011 from San Jose to a 3,000-square-foot home in a new development over the Pacheco Pass in Santa Nella Village near Los Banos.
"I want to bet that half the neighborhood works in Silicon Valley or beyond," he said.
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WASHINGTON -- In a conference room at the Democratic headquarters, President Barack Obama has been preparing for the debate next week, but the reviews of his staff are already in. Too long, they tell him. Cut that answer. Give crisper explanations. No one wants a professor; they want a president.
Hundreds of miles away in New England, Mitt Romney's team has been working to make sure he avoids coming off as a scold. His sparring partner, Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio, channeling Obama, has gone after him repeatedly, to the point of being nasty. The goal is to get Romney agitated and then teach him how to keep his composure, look presidential.
With more than 50 million people watching and the presidency at stake, the candidates will meet for their first debate on Wednesday at the University of Denver, and both are cramming like college students before an exam. But it is not enough to pore through the voluminous briefing books. Victory may come down to a single exchange, or a single impression, an answer that comes off as too edgy or, conversely, as too long-winded.
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As the candidates prepare, the first trick for Obama is finding time. His rehearsals have started late and ended early because of events like the tumult in the Middle East. He showed up at one practice just after speaking at a ceremony for the four Americans killed in Libya, and aides found that his mind was elsewhere.
While advisers said Obama would present Romney as a dangerous alternative, the president has an incentive to avoid risks, given his lead in battleground states.
"The sale has been made," said Neera Tanden, who ran debate preparations for Hillary Rodham Clinton against Obama in 2008. "He just needs to reaffirm it. He just needs to not get in the way."
By contrast, Romney needs to change the dynamics of the race.
"The debates are very important," said Kevin Madden, a senior adviser to Romney. "We see it as an important opportunity to persuade those voters who haven't yet decided that Gov. Romney would take the country in a better direction."
Romney has focused on going after Obama without looking too aggressive. He participated in 23 debates during the nomination process, including a pair in Florida in which he effectively destroyed Gingrich's threat. But general election debates tend to be more sober than the food-fight-type confrontations of a primary season.
"He came in very, very aggressive, very well prepared and ready to stick with his pitch no matter what," Gingrich said. "That is a pretty good setup for Obama. The challenge he's going to have is he's essentially indicting Obama while standing next to him. He has to do it in a way that's firm, respectful and pleasant."


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Penn State secures 5-2 victory over Indiana
No. 4 Penn State (12-2-0, 6-0-0) used three goals in a six-minute span to secure a 5-2 victory over Indiana on Sunday at Jeffrey Field. With the game tied at two, freshman Mallory Weber scored two goals in two minutes to put the Nittany Lions ahead for good. Read the full recap at GoPSUSports.com. Watch our interview with Kristin Hartmann, who announced her retirement, now, and jump inside for more of Sunday's Olympic video coverage.


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How's THIS for self-righteousness?
Talking to The Brody File on the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) yesterday, Reince Priebus [above] assured conservative Christians of every stripe that the GOP stands for God�s Own Party.
After the catastrophic failure of God�s brand in 2012, College Republicans came up with a scheme to get more votes without budging an inch on socially divisive culture war issues. As Salonput it, �Seem Tolerant.�
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Claire Danes wins Golden Globe for "Temple Grandin"
Congratulations to Claire Danes, who won a Golden Globe for Best Performance By An Actress In A Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television for her work in HBO's "Temple Grandin." The much lauded film won seven Emmy's in August of 2010 and is available for purchase on DVD.
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Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:24 am
Post subject: Paranoia
Why is it you hit 37wks and bam you get totally paranoid that you will go into labour and your waters will break as soon as you step out the door?
I was never this bad with Oliver, I started my maternity and I actually only ever went out if I was with someone else but this time, I have a child to care for too..doing school runs and shopping etc whilst the OH continues to work all the hours god sends. So the majority of the time i'm heavily pregnant with a young child on our own and I just feel like my waters will break at the most inopportune moment
Anyone else this paranoid or it it just me?
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:36 am
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haha i never really got this. . . .in fact I had my waters broken so I always feel like i missed out on that experience and would love for them to go, anywhere ha! Just as long as it is my waters and i haven't just wet myself!
I have resigned myself to the fact that this baby will be late like belle so i don't think I will be like this, i will probably be doing the school run, hopping up the hill to try and get something to happen haha!
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:44 am
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I'm hoping that once I hit the 37 weeks mark I'm going to go straight into labour, I've really had enough now. But I never was paranoid with Sebastian, I knew I was going to go over and like wannaBmummy I had to have my waters broken so would love for them to go naturally this time around.
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:58 am
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With Oliver I was convinced I would go over as was everyone else..so when I did 'wet myself' In my kitchen I thoight i'd peed my panties lol...I didn't get no gush, but my contractions started almost straight after and I was loosing waters with every contraction so I just worry that i'll be out and they'll go and i'll be walking up the street with wet pants and contracting on my own
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 1:41 pm
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Ive been asda shopping today in the hope that all the walking will set me an also to give me summit to do. Ive tomoro planned an all, if i didnt id end up going mad. Im only gping to town to see the xmas lights turned on. I cant sit round the house moping an wondering its too much torture
My waters went with phoebe an i was in hosp prettu much all day yet with lex i was in labour at home all day then my waters went an thats when i went to hosp. With kai they broke my waters n 3 mins later he was out
I go bed everynight thinking am i gonna be in labour when i wake up lol xx
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 7:00 pm
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Hey zee
I was totally paranoid mine would go in bed with lily, I had pads all over the bed, it sounded like a was wearing a nappy!!
But they didn't go until I was ready to push! First push they popped, serving her head delivered and third my princess arrived
My beautiful children are my life! Tommy 10 and Charlie 4 and Lily 1, Mummy loves you! xxx
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 7:12 pm
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Hun I feel the same, I am a bit worried to be honest because my waters just broke without any feeling or warning then my contracts were heavy and fast. So if they say your 2nd baby is quicker I am [*CENSORED*] it especially if I am out somewhere on my own and have to get Noah somewhere too it doesnt seem enough time .
I am just hoping I am in the best possible scenario when it does happen.
My beautiful little men filling up my world x
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Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 8:59 pm
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Char, Thats excactly how I feel, one of my first signs was my waters and it just started thick and fast and I worry if i'm out i won't get home in time lol
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My waters didn't break until transition stage.. I've heard labour hurts more once waters have gone so I really hope they don't break until the end again xx
i can vouch for this. mine was so intense and i felt like i needed to push constantly x
Yes. My waters went with every contraction and the contractions didn't start slowly and grow with intensity..they were like bam..minutes apart lasting well over a min each time straight away
Even when OH rung the MW she said 'oh, its her first...she'll be a while yet, ring back in an hour'
After half hour he rung back and I 'spoke' to her on loud speaker...she then believed we weren't exaggerating and she was shouting at the OH to get me to hosp asap
Hay Kel
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 9:23 am
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The problem is my Mom lives about 30 mins away from me and i do go there often , I think its just a case of being local to home in the last 2 weeks which is you now
All this worry and I will prob go over and be in slow labour for 2 day
My beautiful little men filling up my world x
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 12:49 pm
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i am finking this already lol.....with zach i never left the house after 38 weeks and that didnt go to plan so this time i keep thinking maybe i should go to all the places i want to even the ones that are quite a way from my hospital, but i am already 20 miles away from the hopsital when at home so hey cant do much difference


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George was born August 28, 1934 in Fayetteville, WV, a son of the late Cheslie and Claudia Cutright. He was a Mechanic in the United States Air Force for four years before he moved to Ripley to work at Kaiser Aluminum which later became Ravenswood Aluminum. He retired after 38 years of service. He also loved children and spent many years as a coach.
George was a loving husband, father and grandfather and is survived by his wife of 32 years Treva Tallman Cutright; two sons Brian (Stacy) and Aaron (Whitney); step daughter Tina (Mike)Baldwin ; sisters Geneva Neal and Patsy Holstein; six grandsons, eight granddaughters, one great grandson and one great granddaughter.
In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a step son Craig Burchett and his siblings Cheslie Cutright Jr., Jean Lucas, Jack Cutright, Ruth and Wallace Cutright.
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Funeral Service will be 1 pm Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at the Waybright Funeral Home, Ripley. Burial with Military Rites provided by American Legion Post 107 of Ripley will be in the Fairview Cemetery, Leroy. Friends may call from 6 to 8 pm Monday at the Funeral Home.
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Grading the Raiders
Here's how the Raiders graded out in Sunday's 37-6 loss to the Denver Broncos.
Pass offense
Carson Palmer (19 of 34, 202 yards) did some good things early but couldn't convert in the red zone and found himself increasingly under pressure as the Broncos expanded their lead. Palmer threw his best deep ball of the season -- a 37-yard sideline strike to Denarius Moore -- and a couple nice screens. Grade: C+
Rush offense
Darren McFadden gained 15 yards on his first three carries, a promising start that went nowhere. He finished with 34 yards on 13 carries. The longest gain went to Mike Goodson on a 13-yard run. The Raiders needed to run to keep Denver's pass rush at bay and failed. Grade: F
Pass defense
Target practice, fish in a barrel, pitch-and-catch, use any descriptive clichés you want and that's what Peyton Manning did to the Raiders defense. He completed 30 of 38 passes to eight receivers for 338 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions, had zero pressure. It all looked so easy. Grade: F
Run defense
Denver's no-huddle offense set a tempo the Raiders simply couldn't match, and it showed up in the Broncos running game, which got better as the game went on. Willis McGahee gained 112 yards on 19 carries, and Ronnie Hillman, who had just 8 yards on three touches coming in, had 31 yards on 10 attempts. Grade: D-
Special teams
A deflected punt by David Bruton, who got far enough inside Brandon Myers and made a perfectly timed leap, led to a short-field Denver touchdown drive. Taiwan Jones had two nice stops on punt returns of Jim Leonhard but later got a face mask penalty. Punt returns? That would mean the Broncos actually punted. They didn't. Grade: C-
The Raiders had all the reason in the world to come out in the second half ready to play. They trailed just 10-6 when it could have been 20-3, but they unraveled. Three-and-outs followed by Denver touchdowns. Sorry, but can't agree with Dennis Allen's "compete until the end" stance with Palmer. He needed the hook for his health. Grade: F


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Elemental Shaman Changes: Survivability
Posted 27 November 2012 - 05:02 AM
I have been playing World of Warcraft for around 6 years. I have seen the ups and downs of the game and have played through them all. I am currently 19 years old, so six years ago, I was still a noob, (good times) but as I have aged with the game, I have realized all the more intricate things about it. I have played a shaman since day one of my World of Warcraft "career." Through these past six years, I have always, and I mean always, played an elemental shaman. I am not sure why, but the class and play style are extremely fun and have captivated me.
In Season 10, I achieved my first Gladiator title as an Elemental shaman, reaching 2600 rating. In season 11, I achieve 2400-2500 Multiple times early on in the season, but ended up quitting to play League of Legends because of the lack of content in Cataclysm(thank god it's over.) I realize I am not the best player out there, but I do know game mechanics quite well and that there are changes to be made.
All in all, I don't think that Blizzard is doing a bad job with changes they have made so far. This is the most that we have seen Blizzard do anything in regards to PvP in quite a while.
I do believe that Blizzard works around things that are brought up the most,; however, just because they don't see something doesn't make it alright, in this regard, elemental shamans.
Elemental Shaman Changes are required.
No, I don't want to see season 8 again, that honestly was not fun at all. Sure, hitting someone with lava burst for half of their health was great, but that was so boring after a while.
What I am talking about is survivability.
Novoz, a rank 1 Elemental shaman whom I have been following on changes, said in a post in the forums earlier this expansion about quite a few changes that elemental shamans need or should be looked at. I am going to agree with him on some of them.
In Cataclysm, elemental shamans had a passive called Elemental Warding. It reduced all spell damage by 12%. As well as having a 15% increased healing recieved passive from a talent, Elemental Shamans were on-par. Having Mail armor, this made elemental shamans rather "tanky" and were able to survive quite well; however, in Mists of Pandaria, these passives were taken out of the game.
Elemental Shaman has always had passive damage reduction talents and abilities, but all of these have been taken out of the game. Compared to other casters, Shadow Priests, Balance Druids, Mages, etc. Most classes have either passive damage reduction (shadowform, moonkin form) or on-use cooldowns to prevent damage (disperse, ice-block).
In Mists of Pandaria, Elemental Shamans were given a choice, Nature's Guardian, Stone Bulwark Totem, and Astral Shift as defensive cooldowns in the first tier of their TALENTS. These are the only defense's that elemental shamans have. Two are on-use (astral shift, stone bulwark) and nature's guardian is a passive.
While these are nice, they are talents. We have to CHOSE to either take a passive battle masters trinket or a weak shield wall. Most other classes have abilities already that make them rather tanky.
I can hit another elemental shaman with a lava burst for around 35k. I can hit a shadow priest with the same conditions and only hit for 29k. Even though this may seem like a small amount of damage reduced that reduced damage is definitely going to add up over time.
All I am saying is that Elemental Shamans either need one cooldown to be an on-use "oh crap" cooldown like warriors, mages, priests, all have OR a passive damage reduction.
For example, a passive that could be used, and this is one of Novoz's ideas;
Elemental Warding: Lightning Shield reduces damage taken by 2%, this reduction is increased with stacks.
This would make sense because you could have lightning shield at 7 stacks and then be taking tons of damage and you would have to think to yourself "should I use my fulmination right now, because if I do, I can do damage; however, I will lose my damage reduction." This would only be for elemental shamans because they are the only spec that stacks lightning shield.
Totemic Barrier: You instantly summon a totem of every element, replacing your totems that were summoned previously. The totems put a barrier on the player that makes he or she invulnerable to damage for (possibly 8 seconds). The barrier lasts until the player uses totemic recall or all totems are destroyed. The player may not take any action during this time.
This would make sense because Elemental Shamans would then have an ability similar to an Ice block and it could be canceled by every class due to just "totem stomping." It would also destroy any totem that is currently summoned, making it a decision to destroy your, lets say, healing tide totem you put down previously
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- all oder ele is finboy
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Posted 27 November 2012 - 12:46 PM
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gbubbah, on 27 November 2012 - 06:46 AM, said:
- all oder ele is finboy
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These buff seem to be alright though, sadly it's not going to happend.
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Posted 28 November 2012 - 01:14 AM
Wotlk is the best thing since sliced bread
Posted 28 November 2012 - 02:37 AM
ROKMODE, on 28 November 2012 - 01:14 AM, said:
the current astral shift is really bad because 6 sec duration and 2 min cooldown, I mean every offensive ability lasts 10-20 seconds, rather make it 12 sec duration/2 min duration or 6 sec duration/1 min cooldown
the astral shift of wotlk is pretty lame, it would be good because the game is plagues with cc all over but still lame
Gundorix19, on 27 November 2012 - 05:02 AM, said:
This would make sense because you could have lightning shield at 7 stacks and then be taking tons of damage and you would have to think to yourself "should I use my fulmination right now, because if I do, I can do damage; however, I will lose my damage reduction." This would only be for elemental shamans because they are the only spec that stacks lightning shield.
thats probably how all offensive cooldowns should work, i.e. nerf mage/warrior surviveability and add some damage reduce on tfb/fof stacks, ofc that would require a lot of work to balance but perhaps an idea for the next expansion "Mists of brain usage"
Edited by Kruschpak, 28 November 2012 - 02:51 AM.
Posted 28 November 2012 - 03:25 AM
not everything in the game has to be over-thought and shoot laser beams everywheree
Wotlk is the best thing since sliced bread
Posted 28 November 2012 - 01:51 PM
ofc I would welcome that change as enhancement/ele but too good for resto
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Re: Essais de Philologie Moderne (1951)
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2009/7/7 13:15
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I'm afraid I do not own a copy to compare.
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Re: Essais de Philologie Moderne (1951)
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I have only an offprint of Tolkien' s 'Middle English Losenger', so I can't compare either.
Interesting to learn of the expression 'deckle edges'. Nice word, 'deckle'. I've come across this before once or twice, in my collection *rummages around* - here we are; Adrien Bonjour's 'Twelve Beowulf Papers 1940-1960'. (published 1962). I had to cut the edges in order to access the essays I wanted to read. I was shown how to do this by a book-dealer; it's not for the faint-hearted, and I wouldn't do it to a 1st ed. Gawain! (mine, complete with dust-wrapper dated April 1925, fortunately came to me in a cut form).
The way to do it, mes enfants, is a very quick and bold slice using a steel rule. Indecisiveness causes tears (and tears!) So be warned: if you want it done to something fancy, take it to a bookbinder.
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Re: Essais de Philologie Moderne (1951)
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Putting on my special collections librarian's hat:
The correct term for a book with the folds of its gatherings still intact is, as Gawain says, unopened. As John Carter writes in ABC for Book Collectors (available as a pdf here), unopened 'must not be confused, as it often is by philistines, with uncut'. My and Christina's copy of the Essais is roughly trimmed but not unopened; it was, however, once owned and read by someone else, who made a few marginal notes, and he or she may have opened the leaves. It's not at all unusual to find scholarly books of this sort, issued in wrappers and intended to be rebound (and thus trimmed at that time), with unopened gatherings.
Now, then, as to opening unopened leaves, my advice is always to stay well clear of any metal or plastic tool, the use of which, even with care, may bring disastrous results, mainly because it will be so much harder than book paper and have a hard edge. Much better to use a stiff card, for instance an index card (at the library I use old catalog card stock), heavier than the paper to be cut but not too thick, and keeping it and the book flat, address the unopened top or fore-edge with a gentle sawing motion, with just enough force to get the job done.
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Re: Essais de Philologie Moderne (1951)
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My copy of Essas is the same, as well as my copy of the Transactions of the Honourable Society of the Cymmrodorion.
have left them both wthout separating the pages. Is there a need to open the pages? I was worried about damaging the books
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Re: Essais de Philologie Moderne (1951)
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2008/5/2 5:55
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...and I wouldn't do it to a 1st ed. Gawain (Garm)
There is a little misunderstanding here, I think. My Gawain, as all the early prints I bet, has deckle edges (=untrimmed/uncut pages), but is not unopened. I can turn every page, but the edges of the pages are rough, not smooth.
But I don't think I will 'open' my copy of Essais. I'm not that handy and the risk of creasing a page is too great. And it seems a nice oddity to my collection. It also means the book has never been read or used before.
Anyway, thank you for your responses!
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Jimmie Johnson holds on to win Daytona 500
Published: Sunday, February 24, 2013 at 6:35 p.m.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Jimmie Johnson, who had a quiet Speedweeks, went to the lead on Lap 186 then held off a last-lap challenge with a push from teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. to win the 55th annual Daytona 500 before 135,000 on Sunday at Daytona International Speedway.
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"You can't wait for things to happen," Johnson said. "You got to race all day long and fight for track position. Our Chevrolet was so good."
Danica Patrick, who was in the thick of the competition from the drop of the green lap and led five laps under green, was "freight-trained" on the last lap to score an eighth-place finish, the best by a female driver in the Daytona 500. When Lap 200 started, she was third on the track.
"It was steady day," Patrick said. "I spent most of the day half-throttle behind people. I didn't think it was a wise idea to drop low and try to pass."
Patrick leaves Daytona as the first female to earn a Cup Series pole and lead laps under the green flag. She scored the highest finish by a woman driver in the Daytona 500, eclipsing Janet Guthrie's 11th-place finish in 1980.
In addition, Patrick became the 13th driver to lead both the Daytona 500 and Indianapolis 500.
The victory was Johnson's 61st career win — and second Daytona 500 — in his 400th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start, all in Hendrick Motorsports equipment.
Johnson averaged 159.250 mph, his speed slowed by six yellow flags for 24 laps.
Mark Martin finished third in the No. 55 Toyota followed by 2012 Cup Series champ Brad Keselowski and Ryan Newman, Patrick's teammate at Stewart-Haas Racing.
Two of the top contenders were taken out early. Kevin Harvick and Tony Stewart were swept into a wreck going into Turn 1 on Lap 33. The melee involved nine cars.
Another nine-car storm kicked up on Lap 138 in Turn 1, notably eliminating the No. 99 Ford of Carl Edwards, who has been involved in four wrecks during Speedweeks.
Johnson, a five-time Cup Series champion, won the 2006 Daytona 500. He stayed around the top 10 most of the day, but never challenged for the lead until the money lap was in sight.
"My crew chief Chad Knaus and Hendrick Motorsports gave me a fast car," Johnson said. "I had a lot of confidence those last few laps leading the train with just how fast this car was."
Knaus was very protective of the No. 48 Chevy. Johnson ran limited practice laps in the hopes of taking their best piece into the 200-lap run over the 2.5-mile tri-oval.
"We wanted to get this car to the Daytona 500," Johnson said. "We felt this was the best car for us. I was very happy with it and it certainly did its job."
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ALAMEDA -- With no definitive word on injured running backs Darren McFadden and Mike Goodson, the Raiders are considering expanding the roles of Taiwan Jones and fullback Marcel Reece.
Or they could just do what they've done for the first eight games of the season and let Carson do it.
"Whether it's running it 50 times or throwing it 50 times, we've got to do what we feel gives us the best opportunity for success," Raiders coach Dennis Allen said.
Even with healthy running backs, execution and game circumstance have made quarterback Carson Palmer the Raiders' most indispensable player.
Whatever roles Jones and Reece have in the backfield Sunday, any chance the Raiders have of beating the 6-2 Baltimore Ravens on the road rest with Palmer doing what he does best against a team he beat nine times in 13 starts as a member of the Cincinnati Bengals.
"I don't fear any quarterback, but I'm always worried when I play Carson Palmer," Ravens outside linebacker Terrell Suggs said Wednesday by conference call. "We came from the same draft class. We played him at USC when I was at Arizona State, so this guy's kind of tortured me through all my college and professional career."
With McFadden struggling even when healthy, the Raiders have become a pass-first team through necessity.
Palmer has 2,355 yards passing at the midway point of the season, a pace that would give him a franchise record of 4,710 yards over 16 games. That's more than Rich Gannon's 4,689 yards in 2002, the year he won the Most Valuable Player award.
With 13 touchdown passes at the midway point, Palmer is on pace for Gannon's 26 touchdown passes as well.
And while Palmer has been adept at bringing the Raiders from behind, as he did against Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Jacksonville and Tampa Bay, the Falcons and Bucs games also had costly interceptions.
Against the Bucs, Palmer had the Raiders within 35-32 after trailing 28-10 and 35-17 but threw an interception to Ahmad Black that appeared to be headed toward receiver Denarius Moore.
There were some communication issues on more than one occasion with a youthful receiving corps, but Palmer has no intention of passing off responsibility for mistakes.
"When you play quarterback, you're the one with the ball in your hand," Palmer said. "You've got to make the right decision and make sure you're on the right page with everybody."
Allen found himself defending Palmer at his Monday news conference, and some on the radical fringe of the Raiders fan base would like to see No. 3 quarterback Terrelle Pryor, who has been inactive for the first eight weeks.
"I'm not going to sit here and put the blame on Carson Palmer," Allen said. "I think he's operated exceptionally well for us. He's one of the big reasons we've been able to win the games we've been able to win. He's a huge part of our offense.
"He feels as bad as anybody about the negative plays he had in the game."
Allen will lean on Palmer's history of success against Baltimore, which includes a 4-3 record at M&T Bank Stadium.
"He knows this team. He's played against them for a long time," Allen said. "I think he fully understands what kind of game it's going to be."
Based on Palmer's experience, the Raiders will need to play their best game of the season to win.
"You have to play great. You can't play OK and win," Palmer said. "You have to put together four quarters and put together a complete game if you want to get out of there with a win, and it's difficult to do there."
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Four red-necked wallabies made a break for freedom after a gate was left open on the Australia exhibit at a Des Moines zoo.
Officials at Blank Park Zoo say the male wallabies, also known as boomers, didn't get very far during their Sunday night walkabout. Three of the kangaroo-like mammals were captured within hours and the fourth was picked up Monday morning.
Several workers were needed to surround and catch the marsupials whose strong hind legs can catapult them great distances at high speeds. They never left the grounds of the zoo.
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Citiparks presents its 14th annual "ARTWorks" Exhibit at the City-County Building Lobby, 414 Grant St., Downtown. This competition features City of Pittsburgh employees and showcases their creative talents. It will include a collection of paintings, photographs, drawings, poetry and other pieces. The exhibit will run through April 21. For more information, call Mary Beth Mueller at 412-351-7702.