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McGraw murder trial to begin in January
Published: Saturday, November 16, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, November 15, 2013 at 5:09 p.m.
The murder trial for a Hendersonville man accused of killing his wife in 2011 at a Saluda inn is set to begin in Polk County Superior Court on Jan. 21.
Travis McGraw, 46, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Vanessa Mintz four days after she was found dead from a gunshot wound at Saluda Mountain Lodge in February 2011. If convicted, McGraw faces the possibility of life in prison.
He was released on bail in May. The prosecution of his case was assigned to Assistant District Attorney Alex Bass of District 29-A in August.
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FBI: Woman's death on cruise ship is suspicious
Published: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 10:31 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 11:54 a.m.
BALTIMORE - An FBI spokesman says a death aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship has been classified as suspicious.
The FBI is investigating the death of the 62-year-old Virginia woman. Royal Caribbean says the woman's husband found her body Sunday inside her cabin on the Enchantment of the Seas cruise ship.
Rich Wolf, a spokesman for the FBI's Baltimore field office, says agents boarded the ship on Monday after it returned to Baltimore as scheduled. He says an autopsy is being conducted to determine the cause and manner of death, and agents are interviewing the unidentified woman's husband. Wolf declined to say whether the woman suffered any trauma.
The Enchantment of the Seas sailed to Florida and the Bahamas on a seven-night journey. Royal Caribbean is extending condolences to the woman's family.
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The Enchantment of the Seas returned to Baltimore as scheduled on Monday after a 62-year-old woman was found dead in her cabin on Sunday.
Royal Caribbean says in a statement that it contacted the FBI and local police as part of standard procedures, and FBI agents boarded the ship when it arrived in Baltimore.
The woman's name and hometown were not released, although Royal Caribbean says she was American. The company says her husband found her dead. Royal Caribbean is extending condolences to the woman's family.
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STOCKTON - A longtime educator in the region has been hired to a top administrative position at the San Joaquin County Office of Education.
Jane Steinkamp, previously a teacher at Tracy High School, a principal in the Jefferson Elementary School District and an assistant superintendent in Lincoln Unified, has been hired as division director of operations and support services, the county office announced Tuesday. The 48-year-old Steinkamp's job will be to direct the functions of maintenance, operations, purchasing and facilities.
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TAHOE/TRUCKEE, Calif. - The agonizingly slow-starting winter of 2012 might seem like a distant yet painful memory by now, but in fact the Sierra Nevada water year for 2012 ended just last week on Sept. 30. Despite a disastrous first half of last season that combined record warmth with unprecedented dryness, last season might surprise you water-wise. The Central Sierra Snow Laboratory near Donner Pass tallied 45 inches of precipitation last year compared with an annual average of 51.5 inches. (Precipitation is rain plus snow melted for its water content.)
Randall Osterhuber manages the Snow Lab and last winter he measured more than 27 feet of snow-compared to an average of about 34 feet a year. However, those 325 inches of accumulated snowfall placed 2012 near the bottom of the pack, with a ranking of 50th snowiest winter since 1946. Snowfall for winter 2012 ranks along with similarly lackluster seasons such as 1990, 1991 and 1996. Taking the aggregate of eight weather stations from Highway 50 north to Mt. Shasta, overall precipitation in the Northern Sierra averaged 83 percent in 2012.
Not bad for a winter that featured the second driest December since 1920, and then set a record for consecutive dry days until a measly one-inch snowfall on Jan. 16 fell at Squaw Valley to break an historic streak of winter days with no precipitation. The 1 inch of snow was the first measurable powder to fall in more than a month at the resort, a meager amount that did nothing to improve ski conditions. By the middle of January Squaw Valley's upper mountain had picked up a grand total of 26 inches of snow - and that's including 8 inches that fell in early October. At the Reno-Tahoe Airport, the less than half inch of white stuff that coated the tarmac in mid-January was the first precipitation since Nov. 20, 2011, and it ended that location's longest winter dry spell in recorded history at 56 days.
Finally in late February, back-to-back storms from the Gulf of Alaska bombarded Tahoe resorts with up to 6 feet of fresh powder generating the winter's best skiing conditions to date. The revitalized storm track continued to hammer Tahoe during March as snowfall at regional resorts piled up. By March 30, Squaw Valley's upper mountain had added another 14 feet and a successful Easter vacation period was guaranteed. But for many businesses, all the snow came too late to make up for the dismal skiing conditions that plagued Tahoe resorts during the vital Christmas-New Year's holidays.
The recent back-to-back La Nina-influenced winters provided a remarkable contrast in weather patterns. While winter 2012 could get no traction storm-wise until the end of February, winter 2011 fired up early with more than 9 feet of snow before Thanksgiving. Winter 2011 dumped nearly 54 feet of snow on the Snow Lab, which ranks it as the fourth snowiest since 1946 and the ninth snowiest since 1878. The stark difference between the two winters offers a cautionary tale about using ENSO (El Nino Southern Oscillation) events in the tropical Pacific Ocean to predict winter storm patterns in the Sierra.
Well, the negative ENSO phase (La Nina) is history and the Climate Prediction Center has issued an El Nino Watch for winter 2013. Computer models are indicating "borderline ENSO-neutral/weak El Nino conditions" with possible strengthening during the winter months. But the warming trend in equatorial sea surface temperatures has slowed in recent weeks and the cooling water is leading forecasters to speculate whether this weak amplitude El Nino will actually verify. Compared with other El Nino events that started from La Nina conditions (1987, 1998, 2007, and 2010), the current sea surface temperatures are less elevated and indicate neutral conditions at this time.
It might be impossible to accurately predict this winter's weather, but we could definitely use some moisture. On Labor Day weekend the U.S. Department of Agriculture designated the state of Nevada and all counties along the eastern border of California as natural disaster areas due to severe or extreme drought conditions. That designation followed the warmest August on record in Reno, Nev. September 2012 also went down as the toastiest there since 1888, with an average temperature more than 5 degrees above normal. Sacramento set a new September record with 26 days at or exceeding 90 degrees.
The summer-like conditions in the lower elevations translated into one of the most pleasant Septembers at Lake Tahoe in memory, with high temperatures near 80 and lows in the 40s. The warm spell extended summer fun in the mountains into October.
Ironically and testament to California's diverse range of microclimates, San Francisco was extraordinarily chilly at more than 6 degrees below normal in September, setting a new record for the lowest monthly mean temperature at 58.1 degrees. The average daily maximum temperature in the City by the Bay was only 64 degrees, definitely not beach weather in what is normally a mild month on the coast.
- Tahoe weather historian Mark McLaughlin is a nationally published author and professional speaker. His award-winning books are available at local stores or at www.thestormking.com. You can reach him at firstname.lastname@example.com. Check out Mark's new blog at www.tahoenuggets.com.


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Friday, October 14, 2011
I'm in mint condition. (But for a limited time only)
Know what though? As much as I detest early Christmas decor, I adore early holiday baking products.
And they're back. My favorite baking chips!!
Get 'em while they're hot folks, because in just 2 1/2 short months, these babies will not be found in any grocery store and will be selling for $5.00 a bag on Ebay, the exploiter of all things not available elsewhere.)
And yes, I do have a problem with dark chocolate mint ANYTHING.
You might want to try these dark chocolate mint cookies. They take chocolate chip cookies to a whole new level. Like heaven, maybe.
9 comments:
- thisoldbroad said...
Oh yeah! The greatest baking invention EVER! Those mint chips take 5 minute fudge to a whole new level of happiness. I actually keep chocolate fudge in my freezer for when I need just a little chocolate hit. I may run out of sugar or eggs - but always have my chocolate stash..
Enjoy your day sweet Maggie.
- October 14, 2011 at 10:28 AM
- Cindy said...
OMG!! I have never seen these!!!.....gotta go, on my way to store to FIND them :D
- October 14, 2011 at 10:41 AM
You had me at chocolate! :)
- October 14, 2011 at 5:30 PM
- The Mom Chef said...
Why have I never seen these? Mint chocolate chip is Hubby's favorite ice cream. He'd die and go to heaven if he bit into a chocolate chip studded with these babies. I'm making room in the big freezer and going shopping. Heck, someday you might have to deal with me on eBay. :)
- October 14, 2011 at 7:58 PM
- Barbara Bakes said...
I'm going to have to look for these. I'd love them too.
- October 15, 2011 at 3:54 AM
- Rosemary & Garlic said...
I feel this way about cranberries!
- October 15, 2011 at 9:35 AM
- Moogie said...
Mags, thanks for the info. Now I know how to supplement my income. I'm going buy every bag in the tri-state area and then sell them on ebay.
- October 15, 2011 at 11:16 AM
- Jane said...
You've got my number with these dark chocolate mint chips, Mags! I'm with you, in that holiday baking ingredients can never show up too early in the season. Hey, have fun shopping for that "ugly" Christmas sweater! Hope you're doing great these days. :)
- October 24, 2011 at 8:13 AM
- Shelby said...
Um, I hate to admit this to you, but I have two bags in my freezer from last year. I tended not to use the cause Grumpy griped. :-p
- October 24, 2011 at 10:14 AM


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By Matt Young
Just about the most important decision waterfowlers make on any given morning is where to hunt. Make the right decision, and a good hunt is often guaranteed. Choose poorly, and nothing will convince trading ducks to go where they don't want to be.
Savvy waterfowlers know from experience where to hunt in particular habitats based on the wind direction, weather conditions, water levels, and other factors. They also know how to strategically position their decoys in a manner that not only is attractive to working birds but also maximizes shooting opportunities. In this article, Ducks Unlimited interviewed four highly resourceful waterfowlers—Tony Toye, Jake Latendresse, Jim Thompson, and Kelley Powers—about their favorite hunting areas and the decoy spreads they have devised for hunting in these habitat types.
Tony Toye has guided waterfowl hunters for more than a decade on famed Pool 9 of the Mississippi River in Wisconsin. This extensive network of open water, islands, and marsh is renowned for hosting the largest concentration of staging canvasbacks in the world—numbering more than 200,000 birds at peak times—as well as tens of thousands of other ducks, geese, and swans. The birds are drawn to Pool 9 for its abundance of wild celery, a favorite waterfowl food that grows in extensive submersed beds. "During the past five or six years, zebra mussels have really cleaned up the water, producing a bumper crop of wild celery," Toye says. "Now everything feeds on the river. It's been four or five years since we've killed a mallard with corn in its crop, and now even the geese in this area are feeding on celery tubers."
Toye hunts Pool 9 in a sturdy johnboat equipped with an "Odessa-style" permanent blind. Hunting is prohibited more than 100 feet from shore to allow canvasbacks and other waterfowl to rest. Toye hunts on points and islands along the shoreline with a large spread of more than 150 decoys. He positions his rig in a classic J-hook configuration to intercept flocks trading between their open water roosts and vast mats of floating wild celery uprooted by wind and waves.
In most cases, Toye hunts with the wind at a quartering angle to his blind. "I like to hunt crosswinds because it keeps the birds' attention focused on the decoys and off the blind," he says. "I put the bulk of my decoys upwind and then run a long line of decoys downwind past the blind. We don't shoot until flocks set up to land just upwind of the blind. This forces birds to flare right over us, giving us good, clean shots."
Toye's decoy spread reflects the diversity of waterfowl that congregate on Pool 9 in fall. "I typically use about a 50-50 ratio of diver and puddle duck decoys," he says. "I use drake canvasback and bluebill decoys in the tail of the rig, and I put my puddle ducks in a big group to form the hook. I like to set a few dozen Canada geese on the inside of the divers and mix a few geese in with my puddle duck decoys. Everything feeds together on the river, so it doesn't hurt to mix species. I also like to bunch my decoys up tight to look like actively feeding birds."
As an added enticement, Toye sets two spinning-wing decoys among the puddle ducks and positions a Mallard Machine motion decoy system in the landing hole just upwind of the blind. As a finishing touch, he places a few swan decoys on the upwind edge of the spread. "The swans provide a little extra visibility," he says. "There are a lot of swans on the river, so they seem to work well as confidence decoys."
Waterfowl guide and Avery pro-staffer Jake Latendresse grew up duck hunting in the Camden Bottoms of northwest Tennessee but recently relocated to the Nebraska Panhandle. He has no regrets about making the move, especially in late fall when heavy flights of red-legged mallards sweep down from the northern plains.
"We have some good hunting during the first half of the season on local birds and early migrants, but the best hunting begins around Thanksgiving or the first week of December when our wintering mallards show up," Latendresse says. "The rivers and warm-water sloughs stay open most of the season, and there's lots of corn left in surrounding fields for mallards to feed on. It has to get really cold or we have to get a major snowstorm to push birds out of this area."
Latendresse primarily guides on the historic North Platte River. This shallow, meandering river system is constantly changing course, creating new braided channels as water levels rise and the current cuts into sandy banks. The myriad oxbows, side channels, and spring-fed sloughs along the North Platte are prime habitat for mallards seeking sheltered places to loaf during the day. Latendresse scouts extensively for concentrations of resting waterfowl by running the river in a shallow-drafting johnboat equipped with a Go-Devil mud motor. For concealment, he uses Avery Finishers and Neo Tubs brushed with natural vegetation from the hunting area.
"I like being right in the middle of the action," Latendresse says. "Whenever possible, I set my blinds in flooded weeds right at the water's edge. This allows us to hide in the ducks' comfort zone instead of having to set up on the bank away from the water where we would have longer shots."
While hunting ducks on river channels and sloughs, Latendresse uses a spread of six dozen Greenhead Gear mallard decoys and a dozen drake wigeon decoys. He places most of his mallard decoys in a large group slightly upwind of the blinds. He sets the rest of the mallards, as well as the highly visible drake wigeon decoys, as singles and in pairs and small groups farther downwind.
"Anytime you are hunting a slough or river chute, it's a good idea to completely block the channel with decoys," Latendresse advises. "Flights of ducks typically work along the main river channel and then cut into sloughs and side channels when they see the decoys. If you have the channel completely cut off, they'll often drop right in on the first pass. I also like to place singles, pairs, and smaller groups of decoys downstream along the edges of the channel to look like relaxed, loafing ducks and to create pinch points to funnel landing ducks toward the shooters. The wider the channel, the more decoys I'll place on the opposite side to force birds to land closer to our blinds."
South Dakota-based wildlife photographer Jim Thompson specializes in hunting prairie potholes and small lakes rimmed by mudflats or exposed banks. While often overlooked by waterfowlers, these open habitats are favorite loafing sites for dabbling ducks, especially mallards and pintails.
"I rarely spook any ducks when I go in and set my decoys," says Thompson, who is also a member of the Avery pro-staff. "The birds usually roost in large concentrations on bigger lakes and marshes and then fly out to feed at first light. After they've finished feeding, they break up into smaller groups and fan out over the countryside to spend the day on smaller wetlands. Many of the mallards I bag don't arrive until the middle of the morning."
Thompson hunts almost exclusively from shore blinds, preferably with the wind at his back. He uses a rig of 50 to 70 Greenhead Gear mallard decoys placed in a crescent formation with an open pocket in the center of the spread. "The whole point of how you position your decoys is to try to encourage the birds to land where you want them to," Thompson explains. "Ducks might work decoys as a flock, but when it comes time to land, it's every bird for itself. That's why I provide a clearly defined landing area for individual birds to focus on when they are making their final approach."
Roughly half of Thompson's spread is composed of full-body mallard decoys, which he believes offer many advantages over traditional floating decoys. "When ducks are loafing, you often see just as many birds standing along the shoreline as you do in the water, and the standing birds are much easier to see than those that are swimming," Thompson attests. "When a duck is sitting on the water, you can see only 60 or 70 percent of its mass, but when a duck is standing up, its whole body is visible. Full-body decoys are much more visible than floaters for the same reason. They just have a lot more surface area. They also come in a greater variety of body positions, which will give your spread a more natural look."
Thompson places most of his full-body decoys along the shoreline, but he also uses several full-body decoys mounted on hardwood dowels in the water. He sets only floaters on the outside edge of the spread and gradually increases the number of full-body decoys closer to the bank. "The main reason I made the extension poles for my full-body decoys was to create movement throughout my spread," Thompson continues. "Unless you've got a really stiff wind, floating decoys don't move very much. But when you have several full-body decoys mounted on motion stakes mixed in with your floaters, the slightest breeze will make your whole spread look alive. Working ducks can't tell how deep the water is, so there's no reason why you can't stake birds farther out in the water than they could naturally stand."
World champion Canada goose caller Kelley Powers grew up hunting and guiding waterfowl hunters in the river bottoms of west Tennessee. When the Forked Deer and Obion rivers spill out of their banks, flooding extensive tracts of harvested croplands and bottomland hardwood forest, the region offers some of the finest mallard hunting in the lower Mississippi Flyway. And on most sunny mornings during the duck season, Powers and his two brothers, John Ed and Tripp, can be found guiding hunters in the flooded timber near their brand new duck lodge in Midway, Tennessee.
Powers hunts a variety of flooded timber habitats on both public and private land. In seasonally flooded bottomland forest, commonly known as "green timber," he and his clients conceal themselves by leaning against trees in the shade cast by the rising sun. In deeper waters such as permanently flooded cypress swamps, he relies on boat blinds or permanent blinds for concealment. When it comes to decoys, Powers believes that visibility is essential in any flooded timber environment. "Ducks often go to the first decoy spread they see," he says. "I have seen it over and over again in places like Reelfoot Lake. A flock of ducks will see a good decoy spread, and it's like they get tunnel vision. That's why I use the biggest decoys I can find. I would much rather have 30 super magnum decoys than 100 standard-size decoys because birds are going to be able to see the super magnums from much farther away, especially in flooded timber."
Powers typically uses a spread of 75 to 150 decoys, depending on the size of the hole that he's hunting. Mallards make up most of his rig, although he also mixes in a few dozen black duck decoys for extra visibility. "I have aerial photos of decoys that are black and decoys that are painted exactly like real ducks, and the black decoys show up a lot better," he says. "I also repaint my mallard decoys to have greater contrast between darker and lighter colors."
He places most of his decoys on the upwind side of the hole to give working birds plenty of room to land without feeling crowded. "When ducks are resting in the woods, they usually swim back into the trees where there's more cover, so I put some decoys back in the timber around the hole," Powers says. "I also set my decoys in tight bunches with singles and pairs scattered between the main groups of decoys. This has a more natural, relaxed look than decoys that are spaced the same distance apart."
Powers believes that decoy motion is especially important while hunting in flooded timber. "Ducks recognize that stationary decoys are fakes, so you've got to put some ripples on the water while birds are working," he advises. "I have used just about every kind of motion decoy you can imagine, but it's still hard to beat a good jerk string. I hook up a dozen or more decoys rigged on wire spreaders, and with one pull, I can put ripples throughout most of my decoys. I also use several bilge pump-style butt feeders. They are easy to operate and look just like ducks tipping up, which is always a good look to have in your decoys."
For more information about the outfitters mentioned in this story, call Tony Toye at 608-375-7447, Jake Latendresse at 308-355-2793, and Kelley Powers at 731-885-5056. For detailed instructions on how to make deep-water extension poles for full-body decoys, see the article "Raising the Stakes" by Jim Thompson at www.averyoutdoors.com.


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The ongoing controversy over a cover story in Rolling Stone magazine (above) about Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (see HERE) is an odd one.
The magazine cover refers to Tsarnaev as "a monster." Still,� lots of people are upset apparently because the photo makes the bomber look like a nice young kid.
But that's exactly the point of the Rolling Stone story. It's about a popular kid who became a monster.� That's what it says right there on the cover.
I think what really happened here is that a few people made an Internet stink about the Rolling Stone cover, ...
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Pfizer Needs to Do a Deal, Analyst Says
Pfizer Inc. has so far failed in its $120 billion quest to buy its British rival AstraZeneca At least one analyst says the pressure is on for the pharmaceutical giant to get a big deal done and done quickly.
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey analyst John Boris says an acquisition is the best way for Pfizer to counteract its declining sales and pricing power U.S.
In a report entitled "Strategic M&A Needed," Mr. Boris writes that recently "the pressure on Pfizer to deploy capital toward M&A has increased."
Why? Pfizer has lost U.S. exclusivity rights on some of its blockbuster drugs like Lipitor, which saw sales plunge 40% in the past year, and patents on other drugs are set to expire. Pfizer is attempting to counteract that drop by raising prices on nearly all of its prescription drugs between 6% and 13% in the next year.
Still, Mr. Boris predicts that without an acquisition by the end of 2015, only 38% of Pfizer's revenue will come from the U.S. — the lowest of any of its peers. For a pharmaceutical company, that's dicey because the U.S. is the only market where drug companies can dictate their own prices.
The best potential acquisition for Pfizer, according to Mr. Boris, is Ireland-based Actavis The drug maker, recently closed its acquisition of Forest Laboratories Inc., which gave it access to 12 U.S. patented drugs. Those are the type of drugs Pfizer needs to shore up its U.S. portfolio. A buyout of Actavis also gives Pfizer the opportunity to lower its tax rate by redomiciling in Ireland through a so-called inversion deal.
Mr. Boris also named Mylan as a possible target but a less tempting one. While a Mylan deal would also give Pfizer a way to potentially lower its corporate tax rate, Mylan doesn't have the U.S. patents that Pfizer needs.
Pfizer could try to buy AstraZeneca again, but Mr. Boris sees risks in such a buyout. Pfizer likely would be forced to pay more than its $120 billion offer. A price tag above that has risks embedded in it, implying that AstraZeneca's pipeline of drugs will be big sellers, Mr. Boris said. That's no sure thing. Unlike Actavis, which has already gained clinical and regulatory approval for its key drugs, AstraZeneca's pipeline is in a much earlier stage.
The bid for AstraZeneca was seen as an inversion play by Pfizer as well. According to U.K. takeover laws, Pfizer must now wait for six months since its last offer in late May before bidding for AstraZeneca again. If AstraZeneca reserves its current stance and decides its interested in a tie up , the two could start talking again in late August.
Whatever Pfizer decides, Mr. Boris wants to see the company move quickly.
Pfizer is set to release earnings next week. Don't expect any more information on AstraZeneca, though. The company is also banned from talking about the bid until November (or August if AstraZeneca comes to them).


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In Thursday's print edition of the Daily News, the paper ran a story regarding an alleged methamphetamine laboratory being discovered title "Meth lab bust; Randolph and Howard County Line." The photograph, a mug shot of the suspect, Jacob Strain, 32, of Bunceton – was labelled by an incorrect name – Ronnie Byar. Byar placed an initial 911 call and is the landowner on whose property the alleged lab was found. He is not the suspect and is not under investigation. We apologize to Byar and his family for the inaccuracy.
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Houston - The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi men's and women's tennis teams each picked up their first win of the season on Thursday afternoon at the Houston Metropolitan Racquet Club after the matches had to be moved indoors due to bad weather.
The Islander women even their record to 1-1 on the season while the men move to 1-2 on the year.
In the early match, the men's team picked up a costly win over the Panthers, winning 4-1 but losing blue-chip freshman Duje Janjic to a badly sprained ankle in No. 2 singles. Janjic was forced to default, leading to the PVAM's only point of the match. In other singles action, James Langford won at No. 1 singles, Alex Pavlov won at No. 3 singles, Robert Raguz won at the No. 4 spot and Nathan Robinson won at the No. 5 spot to win the dual match. Andrew Maingot was leading in his match at No. 6 singles when it was called due to the match being clinched.
"I was really proud of our new guys Robert Raguz, Andrew Maingot, Nathan Robinson and Alex Pavlov," said Moore. "They were very focused and mature today."
In the women's match, the Islanders ran through their opponent, taking a 5-0 win over the Panthers. Mirna Cicak won at No. 1 singles, Bianca Discordia won at the No. 2 spot, Adrienne Kovacs won the No. 3 flight, LeAnne Mascall won No. 4 singles and Nadia Flimalter won the No. 5 position. The No. 6 singles match never began due to the match being finished.
"I'm very proud of the girls," said Moore. "They were extremely focused today and fought extremely hard.
"The guys were also competing with a lot of spirit and fighting extremely hard but everyone was a little down after Duje's injury."
The women's next match is Thursday, Feb. 4 at UTEP. It will be the first of three in El Paso, with matches against Illinois State and Arkansas State to follow on Friday and Saturday.
The Islander men who were already thin, as they were redshirting their top two players, will now go to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's National Indoor regional with only six players and no reserves.
"I'm disappointed, Duje was playing great and had won everyone's respect on the team but we have six guys that will fight their tails off."
The men will be traveling to the ITA's on the campus of Baylor. On Saturday, Jan. 30, TAMUCC will take on #38 TCU at 1 PM in a battle of the 2nd and 3rd seeds. Baylor is the top seed, TCU is second, the Islanders are third and Iowa rounds out the four teams in the extremely tough regional.
The ITA Fall indoors features the nation's top 64 teams in 16 four-team regionals across the nation. The final 16 teams remaining will advance to the finals on the campus of Ohio State later in the season.


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- Oscars 2013: Ethan Hawke rips Academy Awards
- Oscars 2013: The 10 biggest mistakes in Oscar history
- Oscars 2013: Top 10 Academy Award-winning travel movies
- Oscars 2013: Critics from across the country make picks in major categories
- Oscars 2013: A theater man casts his design eye on the Academy Awards
- Oscars 2013 fashions: Dresses that changed the red carpet
- Best film sets and design elements from the movies of 2012
- Oscars 2013: Live coverage from the 85th annual Academy Awards
- Oscars 2013 predictions: Is it 'Argo' vs. 'Lincoln'?
- Oscars 2013: A playlist of memorable 'Best Original Song' winners
- Oscars 2013: Can you pick the top winners? Cast your ballot and see how your vote stacks up
- Oscars 2013: The categories we wish were real awards
- Oscars 2013: Why "Argo" and Ben Affleck are going to win
- Oscars 2013: Best Picture-inspired cocktails draw on mixologists creativity
- Oscars 2013: Five ways to fix the telecast
- Oscars 2013: Can Seth MacFarlane save the show?
Are you ready to tussle with this formidable Oscar quiz? Argo knock yourself out.
1Adele's "Skyfall" could become the first best song winner for a James Bond theme. Which one of the following was not a best song nominee?
A. Goldfinger
B. Live and Let Die
C. Nobody Does It Better (The Spy Who Loved Me)
D. For Your Eyes Only
2 Oscars host Seth MacFarlane could win a statuette for best song; he co-wrote "Everybody Needs a Best Friend," from "Ted." Who is the only person to win an Oscar the same year he was a host?
A. Sammy Davis, Jr.
B. Jack Lemmon
C. Steve Martin
D. David Niven
3Emmanuelle Riva ("Amour"), 85, and Quvenzhane Wallis ("Beasts of the Southern Wild"), 9, are, respectively, the oldest and youngest best actress nominees ever. Who are the oldest and youngest best actor nominees ever?
A. Henry Fonda and Mickey Rooney
B. Richard Farnsworth and Jackie Cooper
C. Clint Eastwood and John Travolta
D. Peter O'Toole and Justin Henry
4 Who of the following nominated actresses had her first credited movie or TV role at the youngest age?
A. Sally Field
B. Anne Hathaway
C. Helen Hunt
D. Jennifer Lawrence
5 "Argo" is considered a best picture favorite despite director Ben Affleck not being nominated. Which is not one of the three movies to win best picture without a director nomination?
A. "Cimarron"
B. "Driving Miss Daisy"
C. "Grand Hotel"
D. "Wings"
6 Affleck won the Directors Guild of America feature-film award despite the Oscar snub. Three of these directors won the DGA honor but not the Oscar in the same year. Which one did not?
A. Francis Coppola
B. Ang Lee
C. Martin Scorsese
D. Steven Spielberg
7 Some speculate that "Argo" could win best picture and no other Oscars. What was the last best picture winner to take home only that award?
A. "Chariots of Fire"
B. "The Greatest Show on Earth"
C. "Mutiny on the Bounty"
D. "Grand Hotel"
8 As an "Argo" producer, George Clooney became the second person to have been nominated for best picture, director, screenplay and actor. Who was the first?
A. Warren Beatty
B. Charlie Chaplin
C. Robert Redford
D. Orson Welles
9 True or false: If Daniel Day-Lewis is awarded best actor for "Lincoln," he will become the first person to win an Oscar for playing an actual U.S. president.
A. True
B. False
10 Which president has not previously been portrayed in an Oscar-nominated performance?
A. John Quincy Adams
B. Harry S. Truman
C. Richard Nixon
D. John F. Kennedy
11 Which actor has been nominated twice for playing U.S. presidents?
A. Anthony Hopkins
B. Frank Langella
C. Raymond Massey
D. James Whitmore
12 "Lincoln" leads the field with 12 nominations. What was the last movie with at least 12 nominations not to win best picture?
A. "The Social Network"
B. "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
C. "Saving Private Ryan"
D. "The Color Purple"
13 "Lincoln" producers Kathleen Kennedy and Steven Spielberg are now tied with a record-breaking eight best picture nominations. Which was not one of Kennedy's other best picture nominees?
A. "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
B. "Schindler's List"
C. "Seabiscuit"
D. "The Sixth Sense"
14 "Amour" is nominated for both best picture and best foreign-language film. Which one of the previous dual nominees did not win the foreign-language film Oscar?
A. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
B. "The Emigrants"
C. "Life Is Beautiful"
15 "Silver Linings Playbook" earned Oscar nominations in all four acting categories. What was the last movie with that distinction?
A. "Little Miss Sunshine"
B. "The Silence of the Lambs"
C. "Reds"
D. "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
16 What was the last movie with nominees in all four acting categories to win best picture?
A. "The Silence of the Lambs"
B. "Network"
C. "From Here to Eternity"
D. "Mrs. Miniver"
17 "Life of Pi" is this year's sole best picture nominee with no acting nominations. What was the last best picture winner with no acting nominations?
A. "Slumdog Millionaire"
B. "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
C. "Braveheart"
D. "The Last Emperor"
18 Which movie features three current Oscar nominees who also were nominated for 2005 Oscars?
A. "Argo"
B. "Lincoln"
C. "The Master"
D. "Silver Linings Playbook"
19 Nine of this year's acting nominees are previous Oscar winners. Who of the following has not won for each prior nomination?
A. Sally Field
B. Helen Hunt
C. Christoph Waltz
D. Denzel Washington
20 Which current acting nominee received his or her first Oscar nomination the longest ago?
A. Alan Arkin
B. Robert De Niro
C. Sally Field
D. Tommy Lee Jones


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Building MySQL with boost on windows
By User13177919-Oracle on VI 02, 2014
As you've probably heard already MySQL needs boost to build.
However, in the good ol' MySQL tradition, the above link does give you only the instructions on how to build it on linux. And completely ignores the fact that there're other OSes too that people develop on.
To fill in that gap, I've compiled a small step by step guide on how to do it on windows. Note that I always, as a principle, build out-of-source.
The typical setup I have is :
bzr clone lp:~mysql/mysql-server/5.7 mysql-trunk
cd mysql-trunk
mkdir bld
cd bld
cmake -DWITH_DEBUG=1 -DMYSQL_PROJECT_NAME=mysql-trunk ..
devenv /build debug mysql-trunk.sln
This has been tested to work on a 32 bit compile using VS2013 on a Windows7 64 bit build. Note that you'll need other things too (bison, eventually openssl etc) that I will assume you already have set up.
- Download Boost 1.55.0. It's the *only* version that is known to work currently.
- Extract boost_1_55_0/ from the zip to c:\boost\boost_1_55_0
- Go to Control Panel/System/Environment variables and set WITH_BOOST=C:\boost\boost_1_55_0 in User variables. Make sure you restart your open command line terminal windows after this !
- If you're upgrading from non-boost build, remove your bld/ directory and create a new one.
- run cmake as you'd typically do. You should get:
- -- Local boost dir C:/boost/boost_1_55_0
- -- Local boost zip LOCAL_BOOST_ZIP-NOTFOUND
- -- BOOST_VERSION_NUMBER is #define BOOST_VERSION 105500
- -- BOOST_INCLUDE_DIR C:/boost/boost_1_55_0
- Build as normal (devenv /build debug ...). It should work.


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quote: See, government pretty much knows where to invest money. It's the government who invests money in fundamental science which drives all the planet. It's the government, not you or any other Reclaimer style redneck, who gave large sums of money to scientists developing foundations for modern fusion plasma physics, ITER, semiconductors, UV lithography, GPS and everything else you rednecks take for granted.


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Two-year union contracts providing Minnesota state workers three percent annual raises are up for review by a panel of legislators.
The Subcommittee on Employee Relations is deciding whether to ratify the deals, which would put them into force pending a vote by the full Legislature next year. A portion of the raises and some other provisions are retroactive to July 1.
Rank-and-file workers in two unions have already voted to approve the agreements, which also require workers to pick up a slice of their health care costs beginning in 2015. Currently those with employee-only insurance plans have their full premium covered by the state.
The main unions covered by the contracts are the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 5 and the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees.
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With blustery winter days still darkening the Alberta horizon, it's no wonder the thought of zooming off to a sun-filled luxury retreat in the sophisticated California city of San Francisco is attracting Canadians.
"We were looking at buying property for a second home in a few places, including Phoenix and Palm Springs," says Ron Deyholos. "But my wife is not much of a golfer, so we started to look in San Francisco because we really like the city."
The couple purchased a share in a fractional unit in Fairmont Heritage Place, Ghirardelli Square.
"This kind of arrangement really suits our lifestyle," says Ron. "There aren't any headaches and we don't have to worry about the upkeep."
Located near Fisherman's Wharf, the waterfront project is a collaboration between JMA Ventures, LLC, and the Fairmont Hotel chain.
It is part of the historic former Ghirardelli chocolate factory complex, which dates back to 1893.
Fairmont Heritage Place, Ghirardelli Square offers an exclusive collection of 53 one-, two-and three-bedroom homes right in the heart of the city.
"San Francisco has a very small footprint, so it really offers a unique opportunity," says Andy Ardila, vice-president of sales and sales strategy for JMA Ventures, LLC. "Everything is right there - the museums, the galleries, the shopping, the ocean - and it's a culinary mecca."
There are currently three Canadian owners in the project, says Ardila.
Ron and Michelle Deyholos purchased a fractional ownership in a double master bedroom unit three years ago.
Both have busy careers. Ron is a lawyer and Michelle is a physician. "The biggest factor for us was flexibility," says Ron.
The couple uses the second home for short visits of three or four days.
The project is right on the water, offering beautiful views of the Bay across to Alcatraz Island and the Golden Gate Bridge.
"Many refer to our location as the place where the city meets the Bay," says Ardila.
The building is a historical landmark that has been completely refurbished.
It boasts a lively mix of boutique shops, restaurants and pubs on the street level, with the Fairmont Heritage Place residences located above.
"The exterior has retained its historical DNA, but everything on the inside has been redone," says Ardila.
Homes are available for 1/10th deeded fractional ownership purchase. "It's a really flexible way of owning real estate," says Ardila.
Ownership entitles the buyer to 35 nights per year and has several benefits, including reciprocity at any Fairmont and Raffles Hotels and Resorts or other Fairmont Heritage communities worldwide.
Besides spending time at Fairmont Heritage Place, Ghirardelli Square, Ron and Michelle Deyholos take advantage of the arrangement by spending one or two weeks in the winter at a Fairmont property in Mexico.
Owners who choose to spend more than 35 nights per year at Fairmont Heritage Place, Ghirardelli Square can also do so at $100 US per night at any Fairmont property worldwide.
"The great thing about our private residents' club is that you get a five-star experience in your second home," says Ardila.
Benefits include the use of a free car, owners' storage facilities, housekeeping, in-residence dining, shopping and grocery provisioning.
They also include membership in Fairmont's exclusive President's Circle royalty program, which flags owners as VIPs.
"We even offer private wine storage for our owners who visit Napa or Sonoma," says Ardila. "They can use their time in our sister properties there and bring back wine, and we will store it in a temperature-con-trolled facility."
JMA Ventures, LLC is releasing homes in phases. "So far, we have released and sold one-third of the 530 fractions," says Ardila.
"Canadians really recognize the Fairmont brand and know what to expect.
"Plus, ownership is great for Western Canadians because they have access to 12 Fairmont hotels, in which they can use the reciprocal rate. If owners want to go for a weekend golf trip to the Banff Springs Hotel or a Whistler ski getaway, they can book it for $100 US a night."
Fractional or shared real estate ownership is becoming more popular, says Ardila.
"Statistically, second homeowners use their second home only about 30 nights per year, but they absorb 100 per cent of the costs," he says. "With fractional ownership, you are paying a 10th of the costs and using it the same amount. "
Ron and Michelle Deyholos.
BACKGROUND: The Calgary couple were looking for a vacation property in the U.S. and narrowed in on the city of San Francisco because it had many of things they enjoyed - restaurants and boutique shops, as well as culture and walkability.
Both have busy careers and it was important that their second home was low maintenance and offered flexibility. They bought a 1/10th deeded title to a twobedroom, double master plan condo at Fairmont Heritage Place, Ghirardelli Square and now use their second home for visits of three or four days at a time.
PROJECT: Fairmont Heritage Place, Ghirardelli Square is a collection of 53 exclusive one-, two-and three-bedroom homes available for 35 days per year with 1/10 deeded fractional ownership purchase. Ownership is reciprocal and allows buyers to use their weeks at any Fairmont and Raffles Hotels and Resorts or other Fairmont Heritage Place communities worldwide.
DEVELOPER: JMA Ventures, LLC, and the Fairmont Hotel chain.
AREA: San Francisco Bay area on 900 North Point St. between Larkin and Polk.
PRICE: One bedroom homes start at $158,000 US for a 1/10 share, with HOA (homeowner association) dues starting at $8,554 per year.


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Why does online information "want" to be free?
This week, there has been an interesting debate going on between Malcolm Gladwell and Chris Anderson, both authors of bestsellers, surrounding Anderson's new book, Free: The Future of a Radical Price, which tries to explain why online information has a tendency toward being offered for free and proposes some remedies for traditional publishers to cope with that trend. (Gladwell is the author of Blink and The Tipping Point and Anderson The Long Tail. Anderson is also Editor in Chief of Wired Magazine.)
Gladwell first posted a review on Free to New Yorker and basically argues that Anderson is fundamentally missing the point and that not all information "wants" to be free. Or to be more exact, Gladwell's idea is there is a proven willingness to pay for high quality content, online video and Wall Street Journal being his example. In addition, Gladwell also pointed out Anderson's proposal of a new business model involving paying for a manager to run a team of free writers is fundamentally flawed. Gladwell wrote:
…it is not entirely clear what distinction is being marked between "paying people to get other people to write" and paying people to write. If you can afford to pay someone to get other people to write, why can't you pay people to write?
Almost immediately, Anderson fired back with a post, titled Dear Malcolm: Why So Threatened, on Wired Magazine's Epicenter blog. However, Anderson's counter argument only focused on providing his own experience with GeekDad as an example to back his new business model proposal without touching much on the key question surrounding "free or not free." (Interestingly, Anderson later shared on Twitter that the dispute is actually orchestrated by a PR firm. It's an insider joke!)
To better answer Gladwell's question, I feel we need to go back to Economics 101, which states prices in a free market are decided simply by supply and demand. In other words, in today's Web 2.0 world when there are countless blogs providing an abundance of news info (and let's not forget Twitter on top of that), it is only natural that this over supply would eventually drive price down to near zero. This trend can also be proven by another Economics rule — in a market with excess competition, the prices will be driven down to near or below cost, which is also close to zero in today's cloud computing world. Thus, it's not incorrect for Anderson to say online information actually "wants" to be free.
That said, however, it also does not mean individual publishers cannot choose to charge for the content they produce. Keep in mind that even though in an aggregated market, the final prices will be zero. Economics also taught us every buyer has a different willingness to pay and suppliers can use ways to segment the market to capture that "consumer surplus," which is the benefits buyers receive when paying at market price, which is less than their original willingness to pay.
Therefore, from the view of Economics, both parties are correct in describing the different phenomena that are happening in today's news industry. Personally, I think the future of journalism will be largely online. Because with the help of ever improving technology, people will only consume more and more information digitally while online content providers will only get an increasing share of both consumer's and marketer's pockets. Therefore, a future publisher's online strategy should be consist of a mix between "freemium," free to use but pay for premium content/features, and ad-supported models, of which Flickr is a good example.
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TRUCKEE — Returning for a second year, the talented children from Moody's Jazz Camp will perform for seniors at the Truckee Donner Senior Apartments Community Room on Thursday, July 19, 3:30-5 p.m. Fifteen children ages 10-17 will participate in the Moody's week-long camp led by an all-star faculty of artists-in-residence. These talented young people have agreed to share their music with the seniors on this special day.
JJ Morgan of Moody's, as host of the afternoon performance, will help demonstrate how these kids are taught to throw away their sheet music, and instead create their own musical arrangements. This strategy encourages them to become writers, arrangers, composers and performers.
Assisting JJ will be guest lecturers and performers. Adam Theis, a member of the Shotgun Wedding Quintet, will appear on trombone with Grammy nominated Peter Apfelbaum. They will be joined by John Ellis, Josh Jones, and jazz artist Sam Minae. Todd Sickafoose, called "a captivating composer, and master of collaboration" will perform on bass and completing the line up will be Grammy nominated composer and producer Ben Wendel on saxophone.
This unique, interactive performance for the seniors will also include audience participation. Call Sierra Senior Services in advance if you want to join and jam, or attend this free, open-to-the-public event at 530-587-2408, or Performing Artists For Seniors www.pafs.org.


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NY officials: ID theft ring stole from victims who used credit cards at Mesquite gas station
New York officials said alleged members of an identity theft ring used an electronic encoder and other tools inside a Manhattan hotel room to steal money from nearly 400 people who used credit and debit cards at a Mesquite gas station.
The four suspects are accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the victims.
Garegin Spartalyan, 40, Aram Martirosian, 34, Hayk Dzhandzhapanyan, 40, and Davit Kudugulyan, 42, were charged this week in New York in a 405-count indictment with various offenses including grand larceny and possession of stolen property, officials said.
"A Manhattan hotel room was transformed into a veritable identity theft factory by the defendants charged in this case," said Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. "None of the nearly 400 people who swiped their credit and ATM cards at a gas station in Mesquite, Texas could have possibly fathomed that their stolen financial data would wind up a hotel room some 1,500 miles away in New York."
The suspects made hundreds of fake credit and debit cards using the account information stolen from those who used their cards to pay for gas at a Raceway in Mesquite, according to New York officials.
(The address of the gas station was not released. There are two Raceways in the city).
The thieves used the stolen account information to encode blank cards, which they then used in March to withdraw money from the victims' accounts at Manhattan ATM machines, officials said.
Spartalyan and Martirosian were arrested March 21 while withdrawing money from the victims' checking accounts. Authorities said they each had thousands of dollars as well as more than 80 forged cards, some of which had PIN numbers printed on them.
Police searched their room at the Hotel Pennsylvania in midtown Manhattan and found an encoder, laptops and modems, which were used to forge the credit and debit cards, officials said. An encoder is used to electronically place data onto a card's magnetic strip.
Police recovered about $340,000 and 400 forged credit cards from the defendants and from inside their hotel room.
Spartalyan and Martirosian are from Las Vegas. The other two are from California.
New York officials are still investigating how the suspects obtained the stolen account information.
But in other cases, thieves have done so using a card "skimming" device that is attached to gas pumps and which looks like a legitimate card swipe device.


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Get your kids to eat healthy
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In honor of Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, explore some of the ways you and your family can eat better.
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Logitech Webcam Technology
A great webcam offers super video quality, is easy to set up, and is affordable. Today many computers come with built-in web cameras, but none give the quality that you get from Logitech webcams.
Superior technology makes any of the Logitech webcams the right choice for smooth streaming, high-resolution videos, and quality calls.
H.264 AVC compression
Webcams with H.264 AVC compression standard make video calls and conferencing a more lifelike experience.
While Internet connection rates are a few megabits per second, VGA video requires 147 megabits of data per second (Mbps), full high-definition (HD) 1080p video requires almost one gigabit of data per second.
The goal of the AVC compression standard is to provide high quality video at considerably lower bit rates than previous standards. H.264 vastly improves compression performance over previous standards, including MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 Visual.
Below is a comparison of a video frame using MPEG-2, MPEG-4 Visual, and H.264 standards, with compression at the same bit rate.
Images provided courtesy of Iain Richardson/Vcodex Ltd.
Logitech Fluid Crystal™ technology
Fluid Crystal is a Logitech proprietary algorithm that automatically adjusts the frame rate, sharpness, color saturation, and audio to provide the best possible picture and motion.
Auto focus
Logitech auto-focus cameras use voice coil motors (VCM) designed for high-performance passive autofocus (AF). This is the same type of auto focus motors used in popular smartphones.
Passive AF systems determine focus position by analyzing the image while the optical system is adjusted for correct focus.
Carl Zeiss Optics
Logitech partner with Carl Zeiss to produce the best webcam images possible.
For Logitech, Carl Zeiss turned the classic four-element Tessar design into a five-element design. Two of the lenses in the lens stack are cemented together to focus the light onto the sensor with maximum detail and minimal distortion.


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Just in time for the opening of Mavericks season here in the Bay Area, some stunning visuals of how far big-wave surfers are pushing the limits across the world emerged from Europe.
The photos and video attached are from Monday's action at a break called Nazare in Portugal. Some of the surfing world's most extreme boundary pushers showed up to be towed into waves produced by the St. Jude's Day storm that was battering much of Europe.
Brazilian surfer Maya Gabeira was fortunate to survive the adventure. (See video of her wave and subsequent rescue.) Gabeira was towed into a massive wave by countryman Carlos Burle, a veteran of many Mavericks surf contests. Gabeira successfully descended the choppy wave face, avoiding five to six stories of roiling whitewater, but eventually got clipped and fell.
Gabeira's ankle was broken in the fall and Burle attempted to rescue her on his jet ski. After her attempt to grab onto the rescue sled failed, she fell unconscious and only a last-ditch rescue effort by Burle saved her life.
"We got lucky. We got to the beach. I don't know how, but we made it to the beach," Burle told Stab Magazine. "They started administering CPR immediately, and she coughed up a bucket load of water and she started breathing. Then they took her away in the ambulance. I was shaking."
But Burle apparently calmed his nerves enough to go get towed into a Nazare behemoth himself. The right-hander he caught might end up being the biggest wave ever ridden, with some estimating it topped 100 feet. (The world record is a 78-footer ridden by Burle's friend and veteran Mavericks competitor Garrett McNamara at Nazare in 2011.)
"I don't know — it's not impossible," Burle told Stab. "There was a lot of space on that wave. I don't know how big it was. ... I don't want to make the call. Someone else can tell me how big it was."
Most mortals will never understand what makes big-wave surfers tick. But this quote from Burle helps explain just how far some are willing to go in order to reach unchartered heights:
"I tell you what made me happy was talking and laughing with Maya in the hospital," he told Stab. "She told me that she knew that she was dying and that she felt happy. That she was dying happy. I told her that she might have been happy, but I was way more happy that she didn't die. She is my friend. She trains hard and she's passionate. I would have been very depressed if she had died."
Though Mavericks doesn't produce a ridable wave as large as Nazare -- and using personal watercraft to tow into its largest waves has been banned -- the window for big swells is swinging open in Northern California. The Mavericks Surf Contest held its opening ceremonies last Friday and the window for a contest-worthy day to arrive opens Friday, continuing through March 31


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5.9As I have already observed, Irving regards the imputation that he has deliberately falsified the historical record as one of the most serious which can be levelled against an historian. He testified that he had never knowingly or wilfully misrepresented a document or misquoted or suppressed any document which would run counter to his case. He repudiated each and every one of the Defendants' allegations of misquoting, misconstruing, mistranslating, distorting or manipulating the evidence.
5.10Irving denied any obsession with Hitler, as he denied any falsification of history so as to portray Hitler in a more favourable light. Irving argued that he has every right to praise Hitler where praise is merited. Other historians, such as AJP Taylor, have taken a similar line. Irving also resents the claim made by Lipstadt that he has placed above his desk a self-portrait of Hitler. In fact it is nothing more than a postcard-sized sketch which is not on display, although he occasionally shows it to visitors.
5.11Irving drew attention to the fact that in Hitler's War, as well as in his other published works, he frequently includes material to the discredit of Hitler and other senior Nazis and makes criticism of them. He pointed out that he has expressly drawn his readers' attention to crimes committed by Hitler. In his closing submission he included a list of derogatory references which has made about Hitler. He refuted the notion that these critical references were inserted for tactical purposes, that is, to enable him to point to them in the event of commentators accusing him of being a Hitler partisan. He has made no attempt to conceal from his readers the rabid anti-semitism displayed by Hitler in the early days. In his use of material obtained in his interviews with Hitler's former adjutants or their widows, he has included information provided by them which reflects adversely on Hitler.
5.12As Evans acknowledged, Irving has uncovered much new material about the Third Reich. He has researched documents not previously visited by historians, for example the Himmler papers in Washington and the Goebbels diaries in Moscow. He has tracked down and interviewed individuals (such as Hitler's adjutants or their widows) who participated in or observed some of the events which took place during Hitler's regime. Irving pointed out that, when he uncovers new documents or sources, he habitually makes them publicly available by placing them on his website or by some other means. Irving argues that no duplicitous historian would behave in this way, for he would be providing the evidence of his own duplicity to other historians. Irving advances a similar general argument in rebuttal of the claim that he has deliberately misrepresented or skewed or mistranslated documents. Irving said that he invariably indicates in a footnote where the document is to be found and often quotes the document in the original German. Irving contended that a historian intent on misleading his readers would not so forthcoming with the evidence of his own disreputable conduct.
5.13Irving rejected the attack upon his historiography mounted by Evans: the criticisms are sweeping but the instances cited in support of them are, he claimed, relatively insignificant. Evans takes no account, Irving complained, of the quality of the historical work displayed in his many published works many of which have been favourably reviewed by fellow historians. Irving was critical of frequency with which Evans resorted to "the consensus amongst historians" by way of support for his attack on Irving. He suggested that many of the criticisms advanced by Evans were derived by him from the work of Professor Broszat, who had personal reasons for writing corrosively about him. Irving stressed that he should be judged by the use which he made of the evidence which was available to him at the time of writing and not by reference to evidence which has come to light more recently.
5.14Irving was, understandably, indignant that Evans included in his report a reference to his having been required by the British Museum to read Hitler's War in the section of the library reserved for pornographic material. By way of rejoinder he stated that the librarian of the Widener Library in New York apparently thinks well enough of him to stock forty-seven of his books.
5.15Irving's general response to this part of the Defendants' case of justification is that, when the pertinent documentary evidence is subjected to "rigid historical criteria" (i.e. when due account is taken of the authenticity and the reliability of the evidence, the reason for its existence and the vantage point of the source or author), a relatively slim dossier of evidence emerges which does indeed show Hitler intervening in every instance to mitigate or lessen the wrongdoing against the Jews. Few, if any, documents point in the opposite direction.
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- Oct 9:
- Kawakami: Sonny Gray the bold, correct call for A's
- Jed Lowrie confident A's can put Game 4 loss behind them
- Coco Crisp can't wait to play in front of A's home crowd in Game 5 vs. Tigers
- Oct 8:
- Purdy: Oakland A's try not to dwell on lost opportunity
- Oakland A's Sonny Gray may start Game 5 against Detroit Tigers
- Oakland A's fall 8-6 to Detroit Tigers in Game 4
- A's manager Bob Melvin concerned about Jarrod Parker
- ALDS: Sonny Gray as Game 5 starter?
- Swingin' A's winning despite strikeouts
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DETROIT -- There's no way of knowing whether or not Josh Reddick would have caught Victor Martinez' seventh-inning, opposite-field home run that tied Tuesday's American League Division Series game 4-4. But the A's right fielder had a strong opinion on the play that swung momentum in favor of Detroit during its 8-6 Game 4 win at Comerica Park.
"I had no doubt that I was gonna be able to catch the ball," Reddick said. "Looking at the replay after the game, it was heading right for my glove. So you can understand the frustration, especially with the situation in the game."
Center fielder Coco Crisp put the A's ahead 4-3 with an RBI single in the top of the seventh, but Martinez tied the game in the bottom half one day after he was involved in a confrontation with A's closer Grant Balfour.
Leading off for the Tigers, Martinez smacked an 0-1 outside fastball just over the yellow line atop the right field wall. Reddick leapt and would have at least had a chance to make the catch, but at least one fan got their hands on the ball before it fell back onto the warning track. It was ruled a home run on the field and remained as such following a video review. Crew chief Gary Darling said after the game the officiating crew did not believe Reddick would have made the play.
"It was clear he was not going to catch the ball, so it was clearly going to be a home run. There wasn't any other evidence on replay to turn it another way," Darling said.
Some in the A's clubhouse saw it differently.
"Knowing him, going back on the ball I felt like he had a chance to possibly rob it," Crisp said. "But, home field advantage, you've got the fans there and they're gonna reach out and that plays in their favor. It's unfortunate, (but) it's the way the game goes."
Jhonny Peralta followed Martinez' home run with a double down the left field line and later scored on an Austin Jackson broken-bat single to shallow right field, giving Detroit a 5-4 lead entering the top of the eighth.
"It changed the momentum for them, changed the momentum for us, and they seemed to feed off that," Reddick said. "Absolutely frustrating that a fan can change the outcome of the game."
A's manager Bob Melvin also said he thinks Reddick had a chance to make the grab if not for the fans in right field.
"It looked like (it), and Reddick's reaction was that he thought he could have potentially caught it," Melvin said. "The explanation was it was over the yellow line and it wasn't fan interference, even though I guess a fan touched it."
The umpires only took a few minutes to review the play, and the Comerica crowd erupted once Darling made the defining home run signal.
Tigers right fielder Tori Hunter said he later acknowledged the fans in right field who may have had an assist on the game-tying solo shot.
"I told them, 'Hey, good job. Way to go, baby.' " Hunter said. "Those are our fans and I'm excited they reached over and caught the ball before (Reddick) did."
Reddick said he will put the incident out of his mind as the A's prepare for a decisive Game 5 Thursday in Oakland. But he remains "100 percent" confident he would have made the catch.
"Nothing I can do but be mad and upset at the fan that actually did it," Reddick said. "I just hope Victor Martinez pays him some money for it."


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Novozymes buys Iogen's enzymes
01.02.2013 - With a €50m acquisition Novozymes puts a foot in the pulp & paper, textile, grain-processing and animal feed industries
On January 31st, the Danish enzyme specialist annouced that it will acquire the industrial enzyme business of Canadian cellulosic ethanol specialist Iogen Corporation for €50m. Earn-out payments of up to additional €10m could add to the sum. With the deal Novozymes bags the entire product portfolio of Iogen Bio-Products, including products in development, production sites and IP.
Iogen Bio-Products produces fibre modifying enzymes, such as pulp bleaching enzymes for the pulp and paper branch, fibre processing biocatalysts for textile sector, cellulases and hemicellulases fort he grain-processing and enzymes fort he animal feed industries. Closing of the take-over is expected in February 2013. With the deal Novozymes strenghtens its market position in industrial biotech which complements its already strong position in the cellulosic bioethanol segment that is expanded with aquisitions and collaborations.
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Ideal for DH riders is the new full-face cycling helmet called Rampage, which was released by Fox for 2012. While this helmet is very affordable, it guarantees high quality as it is constructed from a lightweight and high performance fiberglass shelled material.
For optimal breathability and airflow, the Rampage features 11 venting ports. It also features a removable and washable suede micro fiber inner comfort liner and cheek pads, which guarantee efficient moisture-wicking.
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Eagle Lions Club members will serve up their signature spaghetti dinner fund-raiser this Friday, along with a huge silent auction open for bids.
On Friday, March 22, local residents can help the club help others by purchasing tickets for the annual Eagle Lions Club Spaghetti Dinner. The event is planned from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at Eagle Valley Elementary School.
In addition to a enjoying a hearty meal, participants can place bids at a huge silent auction that features items for any interest and any budget. Auction items include gift certificates to local businesses, gift baskets and even a pair of Golden Bear earrings.
Tickets cost $9 for adults, $6 for children or $25 for families and are available at the door, or call Ed at 970-328-7770, Judy at 970-328-7225, or stop by the Dr. Steve Oakson DDS office in Gypsum. Advance tickets are eligible for door prizes.
Through the generosity of the Eagle Valley Library District, The Ski-Zette and The Blizzard newspapers, unique United States Army publications from World War II, are now available online to researchers around the world through the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection, a free online service of the Colorado State Library.
"The Eagle Valley Library District is thrilled to see the 10th Mountain Division papers available to the world. The 10th Mountain Division and Camp Hale are our local history," said Jaci Spuhler of the Eagle Valley Library District archives. "These papers will bring back so many memories to the residents of Eagle County who participated in the war effort. Our thanks go to the U.S. Army and the Colorado Virtual Library for partnering in this digitization project."
Dennis Hagen, 10th Mountain Division Archivist at the Denver Public Library added, "The 10th Mountain Division's incredible accomplishments during World War II have been well documented in countless books and articles. The extensive and intensive mountain and winter warfare training that prepared the Division for battle is much less well known. The Camp Hale Ski-Zette and The Blizzard provide a valuable window into what life was like for young military men preparing to go to war and a unique perspective on a brief moment in Colorado's history that is probably not available anywhere else."
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection is a collaborative service of the Colorado State Library (Colorado Department of Education), History Colorado, the Colorado State Archive, and libraries and museums around Colorado. The Eagle Valley Library District provided funds to make this collection available free to the public.
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection currently includes 160-plus newspapers published in Colorado from 1859 to 1923. CHNC includes papers published in English, German, Spanish and Swedish with access to over 600,000 digitized pages.
Local Girl Scout Troop No. 155 of Eagle is hosting a Me and My Guy Luau Dance on Saturday, March 22 for local girls and the special guys in their lives.
The evening will include dance music, snacks and punch. Pre-registration costs $20 per couple plus $5 for each additional girl. Ticket are $30 at the door per couple plus $5 for each additional girl.
To RSVP contact Sarah Braucht at 970-306-8065 or email email@example.com.
Dance the night away at the Brush Creek Saloon Friday, March 29, and help some local kids fund service trips to Nicaragua and Cambodia.
Jake Bukovich, Harry Kuller and Ben and David Witt are planning the 2013 service trips through the Children's Global Alliance. As part of their fund-raising efforts, their parents are hosting the Brush Creek Saloon dance party.
A $10 donation includes two drawing entries for great door prizes. The event will include a DJ, dancing and lots of fun.
• Jason and Kimberly Anderson of Eagle have welcomed son Daxton Alan Anderson to their family. He joins big sister Lily in the Anderson household.Daxton was born Feb. 15 at Vail Valley Medical Center. His grandparents are Gus and Sandi Anderson; Stan and Marcia Schuett; and the late Randy Wiles, all of Nebraska.
• Eagle resident and Azusa Pacific University student Kevin A. Stough made the academic Deans' List at APU. Stough is honored for a fall semester 2012 academic standing of a 3.5 or better grade-point average. Stough is A Finance Major, who is joined by 1,698 other students receiving the same honor.
• Sylvan Lake State Park visitors with a valid vehicle pass can borrow snowshoes for free from the Sylvan Lake State Park Visitor Center. Explore the trails around the lake or at the Meadows Day Use Area. The Visitor Center is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily. For more information, call 970-328-2021.
• Easter is arriving early this year. For youngsters, free Easter egg hunts are planned both at Eagle Town Park and Lundgren Theater Park in Gypsum on Saturday, March 30. Events in both communities get under way at 10 a.m.
With generous support from local private landowners, Colorado Parks and Wildlife's Hunter Outreach Program is offering three youths the opportunity to participate in a guided, high-quality spring turkey hunt on private land near Meeker, April 26 to 28.
Youth under the age of 18 interested in participating in this unique opportunity can apply by sending a letter of interest that includes contact information for a parent or guardian, the hunter's name, address, phone number, Hunter Education card number and an essay of 500 words or less.
"In the youth's own words, the essay should express why the youth believes hunting is important for wildlife," said Bailey Franklin, hunt organizer and district wildlife manager in Meeker. "In addition, the letter should show why they should be selected over other applicants to participate in this special spring turkey hunt."
Letters should be sent to - DWM Bailey Franklin, PO Box 1181, Meeker, CO 81641.
No previous hunting experience is required and all youth hunters are encouraged to apply; however, regardless of reason, youth interested in hunting but who have never participated will be given preference over those that have already had previous hunting opportunities.
Successful applicants and a parent, guardian or mentor must attend a pre-hunt orientation at the Colorado Parks and Wildlife' Meeker office from 3 to 5 p.m. on April 26.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife will provide shotguns, ammunition, blinds and calls. Hunters must provide their own camouflage, lodging and food.
Letters and essays must be postmarked by April 15. The three youths chosen to participate in the turkey hunt will be notified by April 20.


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One day Quinnlin's mom added up how many specialists she and her brother have seen as a result of their multiple special needs. It might surprise you to know that they have seen…
- 7 pediatric nephrologists, 2 hepatologists, 10 pediatricians, several physician assistants and 6 surgeons
- 20 speech, physical, occupational and vision therapists
- 1 orthopedist
- 1 urologist
- 100 nurses (at least), lab technicians and nurse assistants
- 1 child life specialist, 1 nutritionist
- 8 transplant nurses/coordinators
- 2 psychiatrists, 2 play therapists
- 2 dermatologists
- 1 insurance policy, 2 secondary insurance policies and 5 case managers
- 5 pharmacies
- 2 social workers
However, on a recent Saturday, Quinnlin was able to take a break from all of those appointments and go to the Friends Reunion at Build-A-Bear Workshop. She brought Champerina and her new friend, (Florida) Sonny. Quinnlin's other BFF, Lilly, was joining her on this day and she'd never been to a Build-A-Bear Workshop store.
"What? You've NEVER been to build your own bear? I can't believe it. Well, you will love it," Quinnlin said confidently. So we took off early on a Saturday. "You get to kiss a heart and make a wish before you put the heart in the bear. You're gonna love that part," Quinnlin whispered to Lilly in the back seat.
The girls selected matching Peace & Heart Bears almost immediately and moved on to create their bears and to make special "heart wishes" after they kissed their soft red hearts.
Lilly's wish? For her brother to be well.
Lilly's brother is currently in treatment at the very hospital where Quinnlin and her brother had their transplants and where they have their follow up care. Lilly's brother has a skin issue the doctors want to make sure doesn't turn into full blown cancer so they are treating him for the next year. Obviously, Lilly is worried about her brother. "He will be okay." Quinnlin said, as Lilly named her bear "Hope" and Quinnlin named her bear "Faith." Now Lilly has Quinnlin to support her as only a BFF can and a new friend in her Peace & Hearts bear, Hope, to comfort her.
The number of heart wishes Quinnlin's family goes through in an average year are too many to count. The wishes are made of hopes and dreams: for a son or brother to be well, for a girl to find a Best Friend Forever and for a child to grow up in a world where we accept differences in each other.
Champerina has had a big job since joining Quinnlin on her journey. She has comforted Quinnlin in the hospital, she has been to the doctor, and she has helped Quinnlin cope in play therapy. One of the most important things Champerina gives is the gift of friendship.
Measuring challenges is what the world can do to kids with special needs. There is no way to measure the magical gift of friendship though. Friends like Champerina and Quinnlin, Quinnlin and Lilly and now Lilly and Hope and Hope and Faith, are always growing.
Quinnlin and Lilly always remember that friends count.