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Summit Middle School's eighth-grade football team, 6-1 on the season, meets Eagle-Vail at the old Battle Mountain High School on Thursday to decide the league title.
So far, coach Tom Dickey is proud of his team. The players won against Buena Vista Sept. 27, 28-20, but until about four minutes left in the game, the Tigers held Buena Vista to a 28-8 score. Buena Vista made some big plays to finish strong.
"Defensively, we've had a very good year," Dickey said. "The points we gave up last night was the most we gave up at any time in the season. The most before that was 14."
Four of the seven games have been shut-outs, the coach said. Much of that is due to the defense, which has stood strong under the support of Lorenzo Patti, Harmon Daughtery, Adolfo Vasquez, Ben Tucker and Dylan Baxter. Patti and Daughtery have also been forces on the offensive line, along with Elliot Evans.
"These guys have been probably the most solid, consistent linemen of the eight we've been rotating in there," Dickey said.
In offensive movement, Dickey highlighted the play of quarterback Jake Willemson and tight end/wide receiver Eddie Jain, running backs Brian Curnutte and Luke Notoro as well as wide receiver Andre Las.
Willemson and Jain have been the playmakers this season, and have also been key on defense. Jain has four interceptions throughout the season.
"They're the two best overall skilled kids," Dickey said, adding, "They've had a lot of help from everyone else. I'm proud of our kids."
When Dickey took over the team this year, he sought to teach fundamental skills his players would need as they move into the high school.
"We're much better blockers than when we started the year," he said. "That's been one of our keys."
In particular, he's noticed that the running backs aren't very big, nor are they very fast, but the offensive line has consistently made holes for them to make plays.
The single loss for the eighth-grade team came after a day of unfocused practice, Dickey said. He recalls warning them about the following day, expressing concern that, "you play the way you practice." Sure enough, after being tied 8-8 until the last 30 seconds of the game, the Tigers lost control and lost the game.
In general, though, Dickey says, "I think I inherited a good group, and our skills have definitely gotten better."
The sixth- and seventh-grade team finished 2-5 this year, but improved as the season went on.
"The whole group has been so much fun to work with," Dickey said. "They've really worked hard and listened."
Thursday's game is at the old Battle Mountain High School, and will begin close to 6 p.m. It is eighth-grade only because the younger team didn't qualify.

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Robberies are among the most common crimes we see. What's unusual in the story we're following today is who the victims are and what was stolen.
The nuns at St. Helena say they realized something was wrong when one of the nuns woke up late in the night on Tuesday and noticed some lights on and the door left open. It didn't occur to them that they were robbed until they noticed their money, cars and even rosaries were gone.
They're a contribution of love.
"They're prayer beads and I pray as I make them," said Sister Linda.
Sister Linda is one of the eight nuns living at the St. Helena Convent off Lumpkin Road in South Augusta. Making these rosaries has been her labor of love and a way to reach out spiritually to others.
"If there is something that is heartbreaking to me that work is gone," Sister Linda said.
More than 40 sets of rosaries are now gone, all stolen from the convent along with two cars and $500 from the sisters' cash box. The thieves came in early Tuesday morning while the nuns, including Sister Deborah, were sleeping.
"Horrible, we feel violated, I was very upset," Sister Deborah said.
Luckily for the nuns, the burglars left behind some of the most valuable rosaries.
The nuns who have vowed a life of chastity, obedience and poverty make these rosaries as one of the few means of providing income for themselves and the convent. It takes as little as 20 minutes to make one set of prayer beads, and up to several hours for the more detailed prayer beads and rosary's.
"We rely on the income of all of this, it's not our major source but it is a major contribution. I tend to make them at night when things have quieted down," Sister Cintra said.
In the tranquil spiritual escape in South Augusta, the routine of the sisters at the convent hasn't changed much. There are five prayer services again today and an extra prayer for the thief in the night.
"We're praying for these people who committed this act of deviance and pray they get restored back to health," Sister Magdalene said.
It's not a total loss for the sisters of St. Helena's convent. Deputies did find both of the stolen cars. A substance they believe is cocaine was found in one of the cars.
The convent is kept unlocked throughout the day. After all, this is a place where people are invited to come and meditate. The convent is locked in the evenings but deputies say the keys are not kept in a secured area. Tonight there are new locks on the convent and perhaps an extra prayer.


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Citi's Australian Hedge Fund Sales Desk has sent clients their annual wish list of potential M&A in the year to come.
The desk only got one right last year, picking that GrainCorp would catch the eye of an offshore buyer, though the basket of stocks rose a collective 15.2% in 2012 outperforming the benchmark S&P/ASX200, which added 14.6%.
Citi reckons 2013 will be full of M&A, demergers and share buybacks. Check out the Wall Street bank's 19 ideas and rationale below:
Total or another major could make a tilt for Santos, which has a market value of 10.7 billion Australian dollars (US$11.2 billion) and is trading at a steep discount to risked net present value. It offers strong production growth and a balance sheet to match plus a number of growth projects, particularly in the Cooper Basin.
Santos, Royal Dutch Shell and ExxonMobil could make a play for Beach Energy, which is generating cash through producing oil and gas wells, and has the option of developing unconventional gas in the Cooper Basin. The same trio could also eye cheaper option Senex Energy, which may look to sell at a premium rather than raise further capital to fund ongoing appraisal work.
Petrobras BG Group Repsol or Sinopec might take a shine to Karoon Gas, which has a large undeveloped natural gas portfolio in the Browse Basin and Brazil. Talbot Group — which owns nearly 12% — is a known seller so a bidder 'toehold' is possible.
Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic and GE Healthcare could snap up ResMed for a premium to its market capitalization of A$6.3 billion. It offers good earnings-per-share growth at an inexpensive price and has catalysts on the horizon in the U.S., which could find favor with competitors seeking market share.
If they're seeking immediate scale and market share, SGS, Intertek and Bureau Veritas are potential buyers of the world's largest minerals-and-commodity-testing business ALS, which is also ramping up its dominance of environmental testing. The group's process and procedures are tough to replicate, giving it the advantage of intellectual property.
Though James Packer-controlled Crown will be busy with development plans at Barangaroo in Sydney, he may consolidate casino interests by buying Echo Entertainment Group rather than waiting or applying for a New South Wales state gaming license. Echo has an exclusive license, which runs until late 2019. Crown already has an application in to lift its stake in Echo to a maximum of 25%.
Newmont Mining or another gold major could make a run at Regis Resources — of which it already owns 19.8%. The company has tier-1 operations in Garden Well and Moollart Well, which are located in a politically friendly jurisdiction: Australia. Similarly, majors could also move to take over Medusa Mining, a low-cost gold producer with a strong management team who have a track record of delivering.
Commonwealth Property Office Fund could catch the eye of global pension funds, Asian investors or Dexus Property Group due to its stature as the only pure-play Australian office real-estate investment trust, or REIT. It's trading at a premium to its net tangible assets, has modest gearing and operates in a more attractive asset class than residential REITs.
News Corp could mop up the rest of its majority-owned online real-estate business REA Group post the demerger of its print and broadcast businesses in 2013. The Consolidated Media deal highlights News isn't averse to a minority trade. News could also acquire the rest of Sky Network Television to boost pay-television exposure in New Zealand.
Arrium might again be a target for Posco or other global steel producers. It offers good growth in iron ore coupled with exposure to steel at an inexpensive forward price-to-earnings multiple.
OZ Minerals appears a more passive shareholder in Sandfire Resources, which also has Posco on its register. A global copper major could make a charge at Sandfire following the takeover of Equinox Minerals and live tilt for Discovery Metals .
Interest from Singapore Airlines might see Virgin Australia price take flight. Such a deal would transform the business, providing a robust competitor to the Qantas-Emirates tie-up. The split in legal entities could allow a deal with the domestic entity alone. Substantial stakes held by Air New Zealand and Etihad remain a hurdle.
Cameco , AREVA or a Chinese buyer could approach uranium producer Paladin Energy, given it is the bottom of the cycle and an opportunistic entry point. There is a relatively open register with the potential to acquire Newmont's 6.2% block. Other investors with a more than 5% stake include L1 Capital and GIC.
Miclyn Express Offshore could take the fancy of Maersk, Hanjin or another global shipper. It's a business with strong cash conversion, and with two private equity owners who own almost 60%– Australia's Champ Private Equity and SEA6, a company affiliated with Headland Capital Partners — there is an opportunity to secure a large 'toehold' stake.
Archer Daniels Midland, Glencore, Noble Group or another grain handler might make a move on Ridley. Post the sale of its Cheetham salt business, the remaining Agriproducts business offers leverage to growing Asian protein demand and synergy opportunities for a grain trader or processor. A 'toehold' through Guinness Peat Group — which owns 22% — is a possibility. Other substantial shareholders include Lazard, AMP and Investors Mutual.
Premier Investments, NET-A-PORTER or private equity could splash out on Specialty Fashion Group if they're after a suite of well-positioned brands. Notably, Cotton On is creeping up on the register — with a more than 20% stake — and Specialty Fashion Group could provide a vehicle for a backdoor listing.
Apart from the above names, Citi reckons consolidation could also affect mid-tier gold producers like Perseus Mining and Resolute Mining. The hedge fund sales desk believes Incitec Pivot, Orica or UGL could demerge businesses to create value, and is looking to Rio Tinto, James Hardie Industries,Aristocrat Leisure, Flight Centre, Amcor and Challenger as buyback candidates.


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I have been working with Joe Francis of Mineola .
Joe is researching his Francis family and preparing a book based on this research.
Joe has done years of research and has a mountain of material, but has run into a couple of problems.
I plan to ask one of our DAR members for help.
Joe has ancestors who might have served in the Revolutionary War. I cannot determine from DAR indexes whether two patriots listed are "his." The two candidates are:
John Francis, patriot No. A041596
William Francis, patriot No. A041623
Joe's ancestors are John and William Francis, younger brothers of a Henry Francis of Montgomery County
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I think I enjoy doing the laundry too much. There's something to be said about choosing one's favorite clothes out of the hamper, attracted to color or texture or purpose, anticipating the pleasure of wearing things again. As I swish each piece through the sudsy water, I get a chance to reflect on the stories my clothes have, from what happened the last time I wore them to the first time I saw them. The rhythmic motions are calming as I stretch and relax. It pleases me to hang the clothes neatly and know that they will drip-dry straight, with hardly any need for ironing... A dwindling pile of laundry makes me feel as if I'm making real progress.
And one wonders why I keep laundry as one of my personal pleasures, forgoing a night out in order to meditate in this dance of water!
Machine laundry just isn't the same. Oh, I love taking freshly-laundered linen out of the dryer and folding them while they're still warm, but my sheets and towels don't have the stories that my clothes do. I wouldn't trust most of my clothes to the machine, either. I'm afraid of running dyes and the ruin of delicate touches. I've lost a few of my favorite pieces to these things despite my precautions! Besides, hand-washing my favorite things helps me appreciate them more...
My new drying rack is metal with plastic feet, and I now have my very own bathtub for leaving it in. I've been doing laundry every other day - just enough time for each batch to dry - and I'm making steady progress through the laundry that had accumulated while I was living out of suitcases.
It gives me pleasure to take the pieces off the drying rack and fold them neatly, placing them in my drawers. I have a table-top ironing board, but I want a stand-up ironing board. If it's the right height, it may even double as a bedside desk. I'm looking forward to ironing my clothes and hanging them up. I've already assembled and hung up my outfits for the next few days. Again, the joy of anticipation!
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Caution on Cocos
When the Dodd-Frank Act passed in 2010, one of its mandates included examining banks' capital structures: could the losses of banks somehow be internalized, absorbed by the banks' creditors rather than taxpayers? In particular, Dodd-Frank charged regulators with assessing whether banks should be required to issue contingent capital — a type of debt security that can be converted to equity — and, if so, how such securities should be designed to ensure that banks have sufficient loss-absorbing capital.
Contingent capital is raised through the sale of contingent convertible bonds, or Cocos. As the name suggests, there are contingencies under which these debt securities convert to equity. Banks sell Cocos when their balance sheets are stable and, as with regular bonds, pay interest to the bondholder (creditor). But when a bank's stock price plunges, or it faces some other destabilizing crisis, Coco debt automatically converts into equity capital. As a result, upon mandatory conversion, the bank no longer owes the investor interest on the bond, and the investor holds shares, rather than bonds, in the bank. Thus, Coco investors, transformed from creditors to shareholders, cannot threaten a bankruptcy suit to secure their investment, which can be very costly and disruptive, judging by the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, for example.
There are two main proposals for how to design Cocos. Under one proposal, regulators would designate a trigger for conversion based on accounting measures. For example, mandatory conversion can be triggered if the core tier 1 capital (a measure regulators use to determine a bank's core financial strength) falls to or below 5 percent of the total risk-weighted assets.
Unfortunately, accounting measures are backward-looking and can be easily manipulated. The other main proposal for designing Cocos, then, skirts this problem by using a market trigger. Cocos would convert as soon as the bank's stock price hits a predetermined low, on the rationale that stock prices are less easy to manipulate because they are forward looking and incorporate the knowledge of millions of investors.
Many regulators and academics embraced the market trigger as a potentially good design for Cocos. "The idea sounded good at the outset," says Professor Suresh Sundaresan, who, with co-researcher Zhenyu Wang, then Head, Financial Intermediation, at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and now at Indiana University, participated in a research project initiated by the New York Fed to analyze contingent capital as a way to design the capital structure of banks. "But we quickly discovered a big problem."
Sundaresan and Wang illustrate their main results by using the well-accepted binomial pricing model. They show that the proposed market trigger design for contingent capital, if implemented, would introduce broad scope for manipulation and high volatility in prices of equity and CoCo bonds both before and at the time of conversion.
Unlike convertible bonds, which give the bondholder the option to convert to equity when and if she deems it prudent, holders of contingent capital are obligated to accept conversion at a predetermined condition, such as when the stock price hits a low trigger level designated by regulators.
"Mandatory conversions of debt to equity don't allow Coco investors to choose the best time to convert in their own best interest," Sundaresan says. "That may deliver big disadvantages or advantages to either the holders of contingent capital or to the equity holders. If the conversion dilutes the value of shares, existing equity holders bear the burden while Coco investors gain a big advantage. On the other hand, if the conversion is done so that Coco investors lose value relative to equity holders, Coco investors will be worse off. In either case, there is a transfer of value from one class of investors to another due to mandatory conversion."
One of the main results of their research is to show that the only way to avoid such problems is to ensure that there is no transfer of value when the mandatory conversion occurs. The researchers discovered that this requirement runs counter to a key provision that regulators wanted: they required conversions to be punitive toward equity holders. "They wanted the conversion ratio to be so high so that when Coco investors' bonds converted, lots of equity had to be issued, which would dilute share values," Sundaresan explains. "But if equity holders know they would face dilution at mandatory conversion, they may be incentivized not to take the kind of risks that would prompt the stock price to drop in the first place."
The implications of mandatory conversions carry broader policy implications. Anticipating value transfers, one class of investors may have an incentive to push the stock price down to increase the likelihood of conversion, whereas the other class of investors may have precisely the opposite motive. That in turn could create greater systemic instability, and taxpayers could find themselves footing the bill for more bailouts.
Informed, in part, by the work of Sundaresan and Wang, regulators around the world are increasingly viewing contingent capital with market triggers with caution. None have yet adopted it as part of their capital prudential requirements for banks.
Sundaresan notes that the Financial Stability Oversight Council (2012) submitted its study to Congress and recommended that "contingent capital instruments remain an area for continued private sector innovation," and it warned that "market-based triggers can exacerbate the problem of death spiral."
Sundaresan and Wang, meanwhile, are thinking about alternate designs for securities that will address the problems of manipulability and touching off market instability. "Designing effective and efficient bank capital structure — including contingent capital — remains a work in progress," he says.
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D&D Next tramp stamp required by the company, I don't know.
Whatever it is, for Monte it must be a big deal. And given 5e's already precarious situation, shedding a much ballyhooed designer is not good news.Bill D
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Just that, before I can really comment on the situation beyond asking questions or picking at things that I want further explained, I would want more information.
For example, for the two weeks notice thing? Generally even contractors I have hired give that courtesy; but the situation could be such that this wasn't a "declaring notice" thing. It could be that the allocated hours completed, and Monte didn't want to re-up, or it could be that WotC was way behind on payments, or it could even be that they were collapsing roles and Monte chose to step away from what he felt was a negative situation so that somebody else could keep their job.
Both of those would match what Monte describes, but they imply different things about what is going on behind the scenes.
So, yes, if I were being pushed to comment or to decide how I felt about the situation, I would need another source or more information.
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I wouldn't push the panic button just yet. It could have nothing to do with differences of opinion on the new edition. Maybe Monte is constrained after being his own boss. Maybe he had to move his parking spot. Perhaps casual Friday at Wizards of the Coast is more than most can imagine. I don't think this will delay the open playtest and the several playtests already have provided feedback. I like what I know about the next edition and think it is an excellent platform to build and tweak. I wish Monte the best but it isn't the end times just yet.
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Well, I did not see that coming.
Right now, the only conclusion I feel safe drawing is that the "market" regarding the direction of 5e will enter a period of increased volatility. Such periods are marked by increased opportunity and increased risk for all involved.
I was glad to see Monte's return to WotC, because he is clearly a very skilled designer and also because many elements I enjoyed in 3/3.5 clearly aligned with his sensibilities. I was underwhelmed by his articles, they seemed to me to lack frankness, and I say that even knowing that each one would inevitably have to end with "we haven't decided yet" because that was both true and for marketing reasons. Nevertheless, he could be counted upon for interesting mechanics, which is for me one of the great joys of any RPG. Overall, my enthusiasm is somewhat tempered by his departure, but I see no reason to fly off the handle with joy or sorrow.
I wish Monte the best of fortune in his future endeavors.
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Regardless of how I feel about the man as a designer, I have to wonder why so many people seem to be taking this as some kind of reason / opportunity to impugn the guy's character. For some reason.
It's just a game people.
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Wednesday, 25th April, 2012, 11:35 PM #76
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Yeah, I mean.. this could be anything. Hell, it could even be a boat, you know how much we have wanted one of those....
In all seriousness I have no idea what this means. I hope they announce something further, because speculation can take over like wildfire, if they let it spread it will take on a form of it's own and the reasons behind his leaving will be overshadowed by misinformation and other things that would not be good.
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I'm not sure about a lot of things involving this, but I am sure about one thing:
WotC needs to get out in front on this and explain things as much as they can, or this may end up being a serious blow to perceptions of 5e. They can't just ignore the PR ramifications of this.
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And if the reason is "Monte thinks Hasbro is forcing awful design decisions in an attempt to squeeze a little extra money out of the fans"--then quite frankly, they're better off keeping their mouths shut.
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And in the end it is none of our business. I find it mildly disturbing how the wildest accusations are created and not everybody even notices.
Yes, my hopes for 5e are a lot lower now, but I don't see the need to speculate over something that's between Monte and Wizards. Why not just accept that it didn't work out without making up stories?
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Well the problem is this.
I'm already paying for Netflix and i love it. It is just that its movie library is not big enough for me and sometimes i can't find what i want to watch.
In those cases i try pages with free online streaming such as www.cuevana.tv, www.mobilevids.org. The quality is of course lower but it's okay as long as it has what i want to watch. They have bigger libraries.
The PS3 browser sucks and doesn't work very well. Won't directly stream movies.
I've tried pluggin my PC directly to the TV and it works. The problem is that the PC won't match up the higher resolutions from the HDTV. Its like a permanent lag, like if you could see the movie in slow motion because the PC isn't good enough to stream on higher resolutions. Only works on the standard and the lower ones.
So what i want to try is using Playstation Media Server to stream directly to the PS3. How do i do that? I already have PMS working. I dislike downloading movies and then watching them. Again, my PC just sucks and has a limited HDD capacity. So i wanna watch them on the best resolution avalaible on TV while watching them online without saving it on the PC. Any thoughs? Thank You !


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EAGLE, Colorado - An accused arsonist admitted he knew people were sleeping in an East Vail condo building when he set it on fire, a Vail Police detective testified Friday.Andrew Wells, 31, of Eagle, will stand trial on 14 felony charges, including seven counts of attempted murder, one count for each of the seven people sleeping inside the East Vail condo building when he allegedly tried to block their escape route by setting fire to the building's only staircase.Wells' former girlfriend was living in the building, but was not there when the fire was set."She broke his heart and he was seeking revenge. He was trying to force her to leave town," said Vail Police Detective Justin Liffick, describing an interview with Wells.Immediately following Wells' preliminary hearing Friday morning, District Court Judge Tom Moorhead ruled from the bench that Wells would go on trial April 5."There is sufficient evidence that the offenses were committed and committed by the defendant," Moorhead said.The charges stem from a pair of arson attempts in the predawn hours of Sept. 22. Wells was arrested later that day at his home in Eagle.What police say happenedVail police were initially called by one of the building's residents reporting rocks being thrown onto the roof by a "shadowy figure" who escaped by "skulking" through some bushes, according to testimony by Vail Police Officer Dan Torgerson.When Torgerson arrived moments later, the man who called police ran toward him exclaiming, "There's a fire in Building E!" Torgerson said."He came sprinting toward my vehicle in a panic," Torgerson said.The flames were 2 feet high by that time, spreading up in the only stairwell that provides access to the building's upper floors, Torgerson said."People could have run through the flames, but they'd have been burned," Torgerson said.Torgerson said he sprinted to his police car and grabbed his fire extinguisher. In the seconds it took him to sprint back the flames had grown to 3 feet, he said. He emptied his fire extinguisher onto the fire, knocking down the flames just as the Vail fire department arrived around one minute later to completely extinguish the blaze, Torgerson said.When Liffick interviewed Wells later that day, Liffick said Wells told him he picked up a friend, drove to Gypsum, bought a gas can and filled it with gasoline, and also bought a pack of cigarettes. Wells then drove to East Vail to "do what he was going to do," Liffick said.Liffick said Wells admitted throwing the rocks and lighting the fires. The first fire did not ignite because lawn sprinklers had soaked the surface minutes before.Liffick said Wells admitted walking from the first building to the building directly to the east where his former girlfriend lived in a top floor apartment, and setting a second fire at the bottom of the wooden exterior staircase."I asked him if he understood that setting a fire to the only entrance and exit point would put the people inside in serious danger. He said he understood that," Liffick testified.Wells' attitude was one of "universal malice" and "extreme indifference to the value of human life," prosecutors said in court documents when they added attempted murder to Wells' list of charges.Defense duoProsecutors Joe Kirwan, John Franks and Assistant District Attorney Heidi McCollum are handling the prosecution.Wells, 6 feet 1 inches, 270 pounds according to his arrest records, towered over his former girlfriend as she sat on the front row of Moorhead's courtroom, between two victims' counselors.Wells, dressed in orange jail clothes and shoes, sat at the defendant's table with his attorneys, Jim Little and Terry O'Connor. The pair attacked every aspect of the prosecution's case during Friday's preliminary hearing.While questioning Vail Police Officer Katherine Williams, Little asserted that there was no physical evidence linking Wells to the vandalism of the automobiles in that area.Vail police found a cigarette lighter when they searched Wells' car. Little said the cigarette lighter could have been used to light cigarettes, pointing out that police found two packs when they searched his car."Cigarette lighters are used to set fire to something," Williams said.Both Williams and Torgerson testified that they and other officers smelled a strong odor of gasoline coming from Wells' blue Honda. Little asserted he'd recently filled it up.Pattern of harassmentWells allegedly harassed his ex-girlfriend for weeks before trying to burn down the building where he thought she was sleeping, Williams testified.Liffick said he'd been dealing with the case because of vandalism reports and restraining order violations demanding Wells stay away from his former girlfriend. When the call came in he said he recognized the address because he'd responded to it many times before."We initially suspected Mr. Wells because the history with (the alleged victim)," Liffick said. We talked frequently and she was afraid for her life."Liffick said Wells admitted he had removed a spark plug from the woman's car, so she'd be stranded and have to call him to help her.He had a key to her car, but didn't have her consent to have it, Liffick said.Police found two GPS applications on the woman's phone designed to help track the phone's user.The apps intercept data that transfers between the phone and the service provider, in this case AT&T, and shares that information, Williams said.The woman did not purchase the apps and didn't install them, Williams said. At one time they had shared an account, but the woman ended that arrangement prior to breaking up with Wells, Williams said.Wells was charged with vandalizing the woman's car when police found damage to a CV joint, loosened lug nuts, and a plastic shopping bag had been stuffed into the nozzle of the gas tank.Moorhead set Well's five-day trial for April 8. A motions hearing is scheduled for 2 p.m. Feb. 22.Wells remains in the Eagle County jail on $765,000 bond.Staff Writer Randy Wyrick can be reached at 970-748-2935 or email@example.com.
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There is new information in a car crash that killed a Desert Storm veteran this Veterans Day weekend. We now know Thomas Haire of Ninety-Six, South Carolina is the man who died Sunday when his SUV was hit in the side at the intersection of Highway 25 and Bettis Academy Road. It's a scene neighbors off Bettis Academy say they witness all too much. News 12 talks with a man whose brother died at this intersection last year and is on your side explaining why the Department of Transportation won't install a traffic light at the intersection despite repeated pleas.
A veteran died Sunday as his SUV smashes like tin foil at the intersection of Bettis Academy Road and Highway 25.
"He survived the war, but he could not survive this intersection," said Saundra Curry.
It's another death neighbor Saundra Curry witnessed.
"We had the one that died yesterday. We had one that died here last year about this time and over the years we had one that died right here by this mail box and we had one that died in the ditch over there," Curry said.
The South Carolina Department of Transportation says 28 accidents happened at the intersection of Bettis Academy Road and Highway 25 in the last 10 years.
"It was devastating," said Henry Tillman.
One of those killed Henry Tillman's brother, Charlie. Last November his car was pushed into the wall of this building.
"Me and my brother were very close, very close. It changed my life a whole lot," Tillman said.
In the summer of 2004 turning lanes were put in to fix the troubled intersection, but neighbors say they haven't worked. They say the only thing that will fix this intersection is a light.
Saundra has been fighting for that traffic light for about a year.
"This is the first letter that I sent down," Curry said.
She's written letters to state lawmakers, called the DOT, and even visited her congressmen in Washington D.C.
The DOT tells News 12 they can't install a light here because not enough cars use the road and not enough accidents happen.
"When these regulations are not keeping the people safe, they need to look into it and keep people safe," Curry said.
Saundra asks DOT officials to reconsider their criteria.
"How many people have to lose their lives here, will it take for your spouse to come down this road and lose his life or her life before you honor our plea?" Curry said.
The driver's parents were also in the car. They are at MCG Hospital right now.


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Posted on: 05 February, 2009
A few openings remain for the March 14-22 tour of Spain offered by East Central University's Study Abroad Program. The tour will be conducted while ECU and other schools are closed for spring break.
Tour participants can earn three hours of academic credit in Spanish culture or language while experiencing Spain's culture and history and immersion in the Spanish language.
Posted on: 05 February, 2009
Four new healthcare courses will begin in March through East Central University's Continuing Professional Education Program. The courses are Medical Billing and Coding, EKG Technician Certification Program, Pharmacy Technician, and Phlebotomy Technician. They will be in-class instructor-taught classes in Fentem Hall on ECU's campus. For more information on class times, dates and to enroll, call Jannason Long at 580-559-5859 or Cassie Holloway at 580-559-5632.
Posted on: 04 February, 2009
Three academic programs at East Central University have received maximum reaccreditations and approval during the 2008-09 year.
Accreditation verifies that an institution or program meets established standards, fosters continuous improvement by measuring programs against national standards, and sets a competency threshold when establishing criteria for graduates entering various fields.
Posted on: 03 February, 2009
Shakespeare's Sonnets, a heat-seeking missile, the local Matthew 25 Mission, a John Masefield poem and an antique lawn mower blade lying in the grass provide the inspiration for some of the compositions that will be showcased at the third annual ECU Faculty and Friends Composer Concert on Feb. 12 [THURSDAY]. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Ada Arts and Heritage Center.
Posted on: 03 February, 2009
Students from 75 high schools are expected to compete Tuesday morning [FEB. 10] in the 93rd annual Interscholastic Meet at East Central University, the oldest and largest meet in Oklahoma.
ECU officials said 1,542 entries have been received for tests in 36 categories ranging from accounting to world history. Many of the students compete in more than one of the tests.
Posted on: 29 January, 2009
Dr. Fay Yarbrough, author of a new book that examines the complex relationships the Cherokees built with whites and African-Americans relating to tribal and racial identities, will speak Monday [FEB. 2] at East Central University.
Posted on: 26 January, 2009
Monday, January 26, 2009
Gordon Cooper Technology Center in Shawnee is closed.
Eastern Oklahoma State College in McAlester is closed.
ECU ITV classes in Shawnee and McAlester will not meet tonight. Classes will be available on tape for students.
Posted on: 26 January, 2009
A presidential search committee has been formed by the Regional University System of Oklahoma to conduct a national search for the next president of East Central University. Connie Reilly of Okemah, a member of the RUSO Board of Regents, was appointed to chair the committee at the regents' regular meeting on Jan. 21.
The committee also includes Regent Ann Holloway of Ardmore and Regent Michael Mitchel of Alva.


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The Catholic Parish of St. Mary in Breckenridge and Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church in Silverthorne teamed with the Knights of Columbus and the Family & Intercultural Resource Center for the inaugural Coats for Kids coat drive.Between the two locations, 130 jackets were given to Summit County families, though demand for the smallest coat sizes exceeded the inventory."We had to turn away several children because we ran out of the small coat sizes," said Mike Kramer, event organizer from the Knights of Columbus. "This is the first year and it's definitely been a learning experience."The high demand on coats for young children motivates the effort to continue the drive throughout the year, according to Kramer."We had 150 small children show up for the coat drive and we ran out of jackets pretty early on," Kramer said. "We expected to see more young adults, so we had the most inventory in larger sizes."The remaining coats are being brought to the Knights of Columbus chapter in Leadville.In its inaugural year, event organizers said the Coats for Kids drive was a success with over 45 families in attendance, 130 jackets given away and numerous volunteers from the Knights of Columbus and FIRC helping with event organization."We are very happy with the turnout for the first year of this event," Kramer said. "There is an obvious need here in Summit County and without the help of our partners, volunteers and the generosity of numerous donors, we wouldn't have been able to do this."Donors included Hudson Auto, Bank of the West, City Market, Krystal 93, Breckenridge Grand Vacations, Breckenridge Building Center, the Elks Lodge and various churches in the county.With funding from the Knights of Columbus, the organization stocked the coat drive inventory with over 300 jackets.
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PIKEVILLE, Ky. – The University of Pikeville put five players in double figures with one turning in a double-double in a 101-58 win over Alice Lloyd College on Saturday afternoon at the East Kentucky Expo Center.
The Bears turned the ball over only six times while forcing 19 by the Eagles to win their sixth game in as many decisions with a win over their regional rival.
Pikeville's start matches last season's 6-0 start as the best in the seven seasons under Coach Kelly Wells. The Bears can surpass it on Sunday afternoon when they host OSU-Mansfield at 3 p.m.
Senior guard Jamar Briscoe led the way with 19 points while pulling down seven rebounds. Senior guard Trevor Setty tossed in 18 while junior guard Josh Whitaker finished with 17 points and nine rebounds.
Freshman guard Cody Malicoat tossed in 12 in 10 minutes off the bench, while senior guard Chris Johnson had 10 points and 12 assists.
Junior forward Brandon Greene came up just shy of his own double-double, scoring nine and pulling down nine rebounds. He also blocked three shots.
Junior guard Darnell Tubbs had four steals for the Bears, who also got three thefts from Johnson and Whitaker. The team had 15.
Alice Lloyd got 21 from Isaac Wilson while center Terry Muse added 14. Tyler Rogers finished with eight points and nine rebounds.
Pikeville shot 58.9 percent from the floor and 38.9 percent from the arc while making all eight free throw tries. The Bears won the rebounding battle 39-31.
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Cupertino's Lehigh Southwest Cement Company has agreed to cut discharges of toxic water pollutants into Permanente Creek, which runs through Los Altos and Mountain View the bay.
The company also will restore a damaged section of the creek under the terms of a settlement with the Sierra Club, which had asserted in a lawsuit that Lehigh sent into the creek millions of gallons of polluted quarry water with elevated levels of selenium and other pollutants.
"These wastes act similar to coffee grounds, clogging Permanente Creek and continuously discharging a brew of harmful chemicals into its water," according to Sierra Club attorney Reed Zars.
Lehigh's quarry and plant produce more than half of the concrete used in the Bay Area.
Pollution is created when the companies mining exposes disturbed rock to rain and groundwater. This water flows into a pit, then through a pipe into Permanente Creek.
As part of its restoration, the company will build a fish ladder, remove mining-related sediments and improve nearby hillsides.
A riparian habitat that is home to red-legged frogs, deer and more than 125 species of birds and other wildlife, the 13-mile creek descends the east flank of Black Mountain and flows into the Mountain View Slough, near Shoreline Park. Pollution has diminished its capacity to support fragile species like steelhead trout, and the state and federal governments have listed it as an "impaired water body."
"We are very pleased with the conditions of the settlement," said Dyan Whyte of the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, which this summer plans to set more stringent permits for the plant. "We think it will go a long way to improve and protect water quality."
The lawsuit, filed in December 2011, was scheduled to go to trial in federal court this summer. The agreement is subject to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and federal court approval.
"We are pleased that the company and the Sierra Club were able to work collaboratively on resolving the litigation," said Kari Saragusa, president of Lehigh Hanson's west region.
"We started from a common baseline ... to restore Permanente Creek in a manner that is environmentally sound and, importantly, scientifically valid." The settlement will help the company accelerate its restoration work, including erosion and sediment controls, he said.
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Summer television bores me. Nik Wallenda's walk above the Grand Canyon was cool, and "Sharknado" was fine for a few chain-sawing minutes. But, otherwise? Snoozefest.
Then I found "Naked & Afraid," Discovery Channel's "Everest of survival shows." Producers plant a man and a woman with survivalist training in a remote and harsh location, say, the Tanzanian jungle, for 21 days with no food, no water, and no shelter. Oh yeah, and no clothes. They must survive in the harshest conditions among venomous snakes and without so much as a loincloth for protection.
Needless to say, they get over the shy thing pretty quickly. I suppose it would be the least of my worries, too. Though I'm not sure I would last 21 hours in these dire conditions, let alone 21 days. I barely like camping. While I'm certainly no priss, I'm accustomed to my creature comforts. The closest disastrous situation I can contemplate is the Big One, the massive earthquake that my husband stocks us up for with every visit to Costco. It's rare that I go to the garage in the morning and start my car without glancing at the Tetra packs of milk and juice and the bags of beef jerky. Just to make sure they're still there.
If a massive earthquake hit, cutting off our electricity and access to running water and the Internet, I would have to find a way to keep my family fed. I figure the canned food and other reserves would last one month. In my free time, maybe I should be learning how to hunt instead of how to do Pilates? Those dainty deer prancing behind our condo could be lunch. Shudder. Just killing a spider gives me the willies.
After watching an episode of "Naked & Afraid," I'm always thankful to have my surplus of food and enough clothing to dress a small state. I don't have to eat turtle or dig below the water table for hydration. I may not be rich, but the show reminds me that I have flip-flops and bug spray. I also have a loving husband who makes me feel safe.
I'm also drawn to "Naked & Afraid" because of how well the female contestants cope. They're much braver than I would ever be. Sure, I lack their training and expertise. But I'm not interested in being that badass. While I'm an independent, career-minded woman in an equal marriage, I also appreciate and value our traditional roles. He kills the spiders; I say, "My hero."
Not the women on this show. There they are, squatting in the wilderness with matted, unkempt hair, baring their privates while building shelters and slaying eels. In four of the six episodes, it is often the woman who keeps the man fed and sane. Repeatedly, the women seem to handle crises better. They remain levelheaded and tend to make better choices.
In Episode 3, "Island from Hell," Jonathan, a former Marine, and Alison, a Hawaiian surfer, are marooned on a Maldivian island with sun so strong it cooks Jonathan's freckled skin to a fiery crisp. He's useless, so Alison builds the shelter, climbs for coconuts, weaves clothing and baskets out of plants, and identifies native berries from which to make a soothing salve for her partner's burn.
In another episode, Clint brags that 90 percent of his diet back in Indiana comes from his own hunting and plant gathering, but it is Laura who braves the sharks, diving for and catching a slimy form of sea life, their first source of protein.
Could I have done that? Hopefully, I'll never have to find out.
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Separation of Pinots: New Zealand & More Mt. Difficulty
Post by Chuck Hayward | August 25th, 2011
Back when New Zealand pinot noir first entered the US market, our collective knowledge of these wines was infinitesimal. The country's first serious attempts at producing pinot noir production had begun only a decade earlier, so the 1995/96 vintages that made the initial splash had few reference points. At that time, no one could say how Marlborough differed from Martinborough. Rather, the question was how the pinots of New Zealand compared to those from Burgundy, California and Oregon.
As the pinot noir industry matured, it became easier to understand the unique attributes and qualities among New Zealand's growing regions, which was important so that customers could purchase the style of wine they prefer. Almost right away, however, it became apparent that not all wines from Central Otago were the same and that Marlborough pinots from the valley floor were markedly different compared to those from the southern hills. The quest to learn about a New Zealand wine appellation's subregionality became important rather quickly.
In Central Otago, where subregional differences first became apparent to me, there are 6-7 loosely defined districts whose pinot noirs offer their own unique interpretations of the grape. Martinborough, Marlborough and Waipara also see differing pinot styles depending on their site, while Hawkes Bay Bordeaux-style red blends show incredible diversity that can be attributed to subregional differences.


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The Eye Writer Project
Category: Design / Interactive,
Posted by: Meave
Posted: May 5th 2011
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This is a low-cost eye-tracking apparatus & custom software that allows graffiti writers and artists with paralysis resulting from Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis to draw using only their eyes.The EyeWriter project is an ongoing collaborative research effort to empower people who are suffering from ALS with creative technologies. Such a fantastic and helpful idea


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When painting you start with nothing, add material, and have something. Conversely, when sculpting you remove material and have something. The average Pay-Per-Click campaign only focuses on the painting aspect (adding keywords) and ignores the sculpting aspect (negative keywords). Unfortunately this strategy results in low click through rates and inefficient budgets. By defining your campaign as what it is not you can get into the sculptor's mindset.
What Are Negative Keywords?
Negative keywords are words or phrases that when combined with one of your campaign's keywords will cause your ad not to be triggered and displayed.
Here's an example:
Erin's website sells hand made dog collars for fashion conscious dog owners. Her PPC campaign includes phrase match keywords like custom dog collar, hand made dog collar and fashion dog collar. However, Erin does not use any leather for her dog collars so she adds leather as a negative keyword. This prevents searches for "custom leather dog collars" from triggering Erin's ads.
Negative Keywords are the Low Handing Fruit of PPC
Negative keywords are very simple, yet often go unused. Most people spend a lot of time refining their keyword list, tweaking their ad copy and improving their landing pages. Usually, you can achieve far greater improvements in your CTR and budget efficiency by focusing on the easy negative keywords.
Negative keywords PRE-qualify your visitors
The goal of negative keywords is to reduce the number of non-targeted searchers who see your ad and increase or maintain the number of targeted searchers who see your ad.
Some Real World Figures
Here is a PPC campaign for a web development company. They mainly service clients in one particular region and want to use PPC to generate leads. Their PPC campaign is broken down into specific ad groups with very targeted keywords. Their daily budget is small so they need to make the most of their clicks and need to ensure that their ad is only displayed for their target audience.
Here is an example of how one ad group was preforming before the implementation of negative keywords. (One Day)
Ouch! When I first saw this I realized that something was not right. The keywords were very targeted, the ad copy matched the keywords nicely and the landing page was highly related to the keywords and ad copy. So how can we explain the poor CTR?
First I generated a search query performance report to find all of the search queries that triggered the ads. I found a variety of words that I knew would make great negative keywords:
- jobs
- tutorial
- career
- course
- free
- cheap
- template
Since the purpose of this PPC campaign is to generate leads for this business, displaying the ads for people looking for jobs, a career change, tutorials, templates or free work is a waste of impressions and will lower this ad groups CTR. Even worse, if these searchers click the ad, we've spent some of our budget on the wrong type of searcher.
Take a look at the performance of the same ad group the following week on the same day of the week. (One Day)
By adding negative keywords to the ad group we have managed to improve CTR and pre-qualify our searchers.
Easy Ways to Find Negative Keywords
For product/goods based PPC campaigns:
- Exclude searchers looking for repair and warranty information (fix, repair, warranty)
- Exclude searchers looking for technical information, operating instructions or other signs that they already own the item (how to, using, manual, guide)
- Exclude searchers looking for community and social interaction (forums, blog)
For service based PPC campaigns:
- Exclude searchers looking for jobs, work and careers (jobs, gig, work)
- Exclude searchers looking to learn about the service (tutorial, guide, how to)
- Exclude searchers looking out of your normal pricing levels (cheap, free, exclusive, custom)
To make the most of your negative keywords make sure your campaign:
- Has specific ad groups
- Uses highly targeted keywords
- Uses a quality landing page
- Has a measurable action (making a purchase, submitting a form)
Coffee is for Closers
ABT: Always Be Testing
When it comes to negative keywords be sure to test:
- CTR (notably impressions)
- Conversions
- Ad copy performance
Once you've added a quality negative keyword list to your PPC campaign you'll start seeing your CTR go up and your cost/conversion ratio go down. By pre-qualifying your visitors you'll make the most of your PPC budget and your landing pages will receive highly targeted searchers.


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Consumer product safety is a matter of shared concern for the United States, China, and the European Union (hereinafter referred to as "Tripartite Participants"). Coordination and cooperation on consumer product safety issues by the Tripartite Participants is critical to effectively protecting their consumers.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) of the People's Republic of China, and the Health and Consumers Directorate General of the European Commission (DG SANCO) and Enterprise and Industry Directorate General of the European Commission (DG ENTR) are relevant consumer product safety services of the United States, China, and the European Commission, respectively. They regularly engage in activities to strengthen theirtrilateral cooperation in the area of consumer product safety.
The Third Biennial High-Level Consumer Product Safety Trilateral Summit was held today in Bethesda, Maryland. Inez M. Tenenbaum, Chairman of the CPSC; Sun Dawei, Vice Minister of AQSIQ; and John Dalli, Member of the European Commission, reviewed the progress from previous cooperation. They exchanged opinions and information concerning seamless surveillance of consumer products, consumer product tracking and traceability, as well as consumer product safety information dissemination, and discussed further joint activities that could be undertaken to improve consumer product safety, including activities leading towards a seamless product safety surveillance system.
In a spirit of cooperation, openness, and respect, the Tripartite Participants share a common view as follows:
(1) Enhanced international regulatory cooperation can improve the safety of products reaching our consumers, which is the mission of the Tripartite Participants. Our consumer product safety services should look for, and encourage, regulatory cooperation between one another within our respective competencies, as well as among standards setting organizations.
(2) Promoting consumer product safety is the common objective of consumer product safety authorities worldwide. With the globalization of the consumer product supply chain, our product safety services should make best efforts to share port and market surveillance experience and data with one another to the extent permitted by ourrespective laws and competencies.
(3) Seamless surveillance is of great importance to enhancing international consumer product safety. To the extent permitted by our respective laws, we aim to deepen communication and interchange and make efforts to promote seamless surveillance cooperation.
The Tripartite Participants intend to undertake the following specific actions within the context of our overall cooperation framework:
(a) lay out further steps we intend to take, resources permitted, contributing to the implementation ofthe above Points of Consensus;
(b) outline specific steps required to move towards a "seamless surveillance" model of product safety enforcement involving cooperation between relevant product safety services;
(c) continue research on relevant standards in the field of consumer products of shared concern by Tripartite Participants, exchange information on technical regulations and standards for these products and explore jointly the possible convergence of safety requirements;
(d) continue to explore the possibilities of developing harmonized approaches for consumer product traceability systems against the backdrop of our respective regulatory systems;
(e) engage other relevant product safety services in order to maximize opportunities for effective cooperation in the area; and
(f) continue, as permitted by our respective laws, to improve information exchange between our administrations, to communicate major safety issues as early as possible,and continue education for industry stakeholders.
The Tripartite Participants look forward to holding the next Consumer Product Safety Trilateral Summit in 2014 in the European Union, the date and location to be determined.
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On a cool winter evening just before sunset, birdwatcher Helen Daley spotted something entirely unexpected slithering in the waters of Los Gatos Creek.
"I turned the binoculars on it," Daley said. "It was moving, and the water was shaped like a 'V.' It dived under, and its tail slipped up. It was a tapered, long tail. It wasn't like that of a rat or beaver."
Daley, a nurse who lives in the Cambrian Park area of San Jose, rushed home and confirmed online that the animal she saw was a North American river otter.
While most people are familiar with their famed seafaring cousins, river otters in the Bay Area are seldom noticed or talked about. The sleek water weasels -- about a quarter the size of sea otters -- had long been nonexistent on Bay Area wildlife maps. But a few years ago, naturalist Megan Isadore and ecologist Paola Bouley started noticing river otters poking their noses out of the water in Lagunitas Creek in Marin County.
"The surprising thing about river otters in the Bay Area is that no one really knows anything whatsoever about them," Isadore said. "So we decided to start figuring out where they were."
Fourteen months ago, Isadore and Bouley launched the River Otter Ecology Project. The group's first order of business was to create a website with an interactive map where local "Otter Spotters" could chart their sightings. Since then, the once empty map has exploded with 374 sightings throughout the Bay Area -- from Cloverdale in Sonoma County to Los Gatos. The most famous river otter of all -- "Sutro Sam" -- has made quite a splash in the abandoned Sutro Baths of San Francisco, although no one knows where he came from.
Second only to sea otters in the plushness of their pelts, the Bay Area's river otters were hunted to local extinction by the turn of the 20th century. But river otter trapping was banned in California in 1962, and the passage of the Clean Water Act a decade later might laid out a "Welcome Back" mat for the otters by reducing toxic chemicals in the waterways. Still, river otters have taken their time to come back, or just gone unnoticed until recently.
Efforts to improve the health of local waterways through creek restorations, water quality control efforts and public education have ramped up in the past 20 years, said Josh Collins, chief scientist at the San Francisco Estuary Institute. But, he said, weighing the relative success of all of these measures is no simple task.
"You start looking at a watershed the same way a physician would look at a patient," Collins said. "You can't measure everything, so what do you need to measure? What's the pulse of the watershed?"
For Collins, that pulse is the flow of the river, and the sediments and chemicals it carries along with it. If the pulse is healthy, "the ecological part of it will probably come along also," he said. "And I think that's what we're starting to see."
Regardless of the reason for the uptick in river otter sightings, the otter project is taking advantage of the deluge to study the lifestyles of the secretive water lovers.
With the cooperation of Point Reyes National Seashore, Muir Woods National Monument, the National Park Service, local and state parks, the otter project is monitoring 100 miles of coastline. The group's growing team of volunteers has placed 20 infrared, motion-sensitive cameras throughout the territory to monitor the otters' activities.
In the collection of videos on the otter project's website, the sinewy weasels hunt, frolic and, above all, roll around in their own poop.
The researchers collect the otter scat to study their diet, which has been shown to include insects, fish, crayfish and even birds. "You could say I'm a member of the pooperazzi," said Robert Aston of San Francisco. The retired paramedic is one of a legion of volunteers who check cameras and collect the scat on a weekly basis.
Aston enjoys his frequent walks in Point Reyes National Seashore, even though he interacts with the otter's excrement far more than with the otters themselves. He claims he can smell the pungent poop long before he lays eyes on it.
"Otter scat is kind of dark and oily and distinctively smelly, so it wasn't that hard to find," Isadore said. "And otters are weasels, so they are pretty musky and smelly animals."
Another odd substance -- called "otter jelly" -- provides a source of pure otter DNA that the researchers, in collaboration with the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, will use to chart out the family relationships between the otters. The jelly, an anal secretion thought to protect the otters' intestines from the sharp bones and shells of the prey they eat, could hold the key to charting out where individual otters came from.
For example, by comparing Sutro Sam's DNA to that of otters from across the Golden Gate in Marin, the otter project might be able to determine if he swam across the bay to seek residence in the city. Until then, his origins will remain a mystery.
While sea otters are awkward on land and spend their entire lives in the ocean, river otters spend two thirds of their time on terra firma and navigate easily between fresh and salt water. They do require a healthy supply of fresh water to thrive. So, Isadore said, they're unlikely to be found south of Monterey, where the land becomes more arid.
For now, birdwatcher Daley's sighting in Los Gatos is the southernmost one. She keeps returning to Los Gatos Creek, but so far hasn't seen the elusive otter again.
Still, Daley figures she has a pretty good chance of catching another glimpse -- certainly better than all those people around her absorbed in jogging or walking their dogs.
"A lot of people aren't in tune to their surroundings," Daley said. "There's a lot of wildlife, but they're really not aware it's out there."
Contact Jessica Shugart at 408-920-5782. Follow her at Twitter.com/ JessicaShugart
River Otter Ecology Project: http://www.riverotterecology.org/
Otter Spotter map: http://www.riverotterecology.org/otter-spotter-interactive-map-of-bay-area-sightings.html
Otter videos: http://www.riverotterecology.org/photo--video2.html


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Xcode is Apple Computer's integrated development environment for Mac OS X. It includes all the tools you need to create, debug, and optimize your own Universal applications, targeting both Intel and PowerPC platforms. At the heart of Xcode is a graphical workbench that tightly integrates a syntax-highlighting text editor, a robust build control system, a debugger, and the powerful GCC compiler capable of targeting both Intel and PowerPC regardless of host platform.
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Does this work on leopard?
Wrong VERSION number! Current version is v3.2.2 NOT v3.3.2
Typo ALERT!
I always thought the autocompletion was awful. Especially when I tried doing some java (to integrate it in my app thanks to the excellent Java Bridge).
Just wish there was an easier way to update the software - downloading a 900MB+ .dmg every time it needs updating is somewhat of a pain.
You could always use Interface Builder to create the UI elements along with Codewarrior. IB is part of the devtools as a whole, not specifically a component of XCode. The new XCode for Leopard is looking quite promising (and so is IB for that matter)
Personally, I find Xcode much better than CodeWarrior, especially for its better window management, where two files can be opened in the same window. And there is no equivalent of Interface Builder for CW. The fact that .mcp files are binary makes them a pain to use in a versioning system.
I'd love it if XCode got code folding. That would make me very happy.
Not as intuitive or feature rich as CodeWarrior nor is it as fast - it also doesn't produce code as well (thanks to gcc)... But, it's the only game in town to develop Universal Binaries. Metrowerks are kicking themselves for selling off their Intel support.


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The Dartmouth - Haynes: Secrets of the Ivy League
Increasingly, the best educated marry the best educated in a phenomenon known as �assortative mating.� While this phenomenon is undoubtedly positive � most notably, as economist Gary Burtless points out, as evidence of increasing labor market opportunities for women over time � the implicit rationale behind it might not be.
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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - Prudential Sierra Nevada Properties, the residential real estate firm founded in 1979, 33 years ago, has opened an additional office located in Incline Village at 110 Country Club Drive. The new location is across from the Hyatt Regency Hotel and next to local Incline businesses including Austin's Bar and Grill.
"Prudential Sierra Nevada Properties' focus on the customer is the driving force behind the company's rapid growth. We go to great lengths to stay focused on what buyers and sellers need and want, so we can meet those expectations," said Darrell Plummer, Prudential Sierra Nevada Broker and Owner.
The opening of the new office reflects a larger trend of an upturn in the local real estate market; prices on single family homes increased 14.8 percent from this time last year, sales are up 20.2 percent from this time last year and a low inventory in the area has made it a seller's market (Incline Village Multiple Listing Service August 2012).
The new office's managing broker is Bob Wheeler, a familiar face in Incline since owning his own real estate firm and selling 500 properties in the Incline Village and Crystal Bay area over 25 years. "Prudential continues to expand its horizons with this new office while still providing the same unparalleled services Prudential customers have come to expect," said Wheeler.
"We see the opening of the new office as a positive sign in our community which felt the downturn in the economy most acutely," Plummer said. "We hope to have a positive impact on the local community with the office opening by offering career opportunities, superior client services and brand recognition."
Prudential Real Estate is a company of Brookfield Residential Property Services. Its franchises are independently owned and operated. Prudential Real Estate is one of the largest real estate brokerage franchise networks in North America, with more than 1,500 franchise offices and 50,000 sales professionals in the franchise Network as of Dec. 31, 2011.


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2000-2005 Chevy Impala Windshield Wiper Arm Driver Side1AWWA00030-512674
This part replaces:
- Dorman 42539
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This Front Driver Side Wiper Arm is among the highest quality replacements on the market. It's just what you need to get your vehicle in good working order again!
- Fits LH (Driver Side)
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Your windshield wiper arm not only holds the wiper blade, but also has the spring that applies the necessary pressure to your wiper blade to ensure a clear view. If you have recently replaced your wiper blades and still experience streaks or wiper skipping, your wiper arm may be worn out.
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Removing the Wiper Arm (0:40)
- Disconnect the washer hose from the wiper arm
- Pry off the wiper arm cap
- Remove the 13mm nut from the wiper arm
- Use a flat blade screwdriver to loosen the wiper arm
- Pull the wiper arm up and out
Disconnecting the Wiper Blade (1:20)
- Pull the wiper blade back and push on the tab
- Slide the wiper blade down and off the hook
Reconnecting the Wiper Blade (1:35)
- Slide the hook through the wiper blade
- Slide the wiper blade up onto the hook till it clicks
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- Replace the 13mm nut and cap onto the wiper arm
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Five Takeaways from Amazon's Earnings
Amazon just reported its holiday quarter earnings — and even though it missed Wall Street estimates on just about every count, the stock is soaring and is up more than 8%.
Here's one possibility why: Amazon's operating income was up year-over-year in the fourth quarter. Operating income increased 56% to $405 million in the fourth quarter, compared with $260 million in Q4 2011. Amazon lives and dies by razor-thin margins, and any improving margin is a good sign for Amazon.
Amazon has been trying to expand into higher-margin businesses with expansions into cloud services like its streaming Amazon Prime service and electronic books it can sell on Kindle and Kindle Fire tablet devices.
Net income still fell 45% to $97 million in Q4, or 21 cents a share, compared with$177 million, or 38 cents a share a year ago.
We'll see if Amazon can continue to improve its margins. In the meantime, here are a few takeaways from Amazon's earnings report:
- No Kindle numbers, again. Amazon has never disclosed its sales numbers for Kindle e-readers and Kindle Fire tablets. Still, the company just unveiled a suite of new tablets, and Amazon has been around long enough as a tablet maker that it will have to reveal numbers sometime soon or face doubt from investors.
- Amazon's digital media selection continues to grow. The company say it now has more than 23 million movies, TV shows, songs, magazines, books, audiobooks and apps by the end of 2012, up from 19 million at year-end 2011. This is the kind of high-margin digital business Amazon is trying to break into.
- Amazon's spending is increasing in both fulfillment and content. Fulfillment costs rose to $2.26 billion from $1.66 billion as the company rapidly opens up fulfillment centers centers to speed up shipments to customers – a total of 20 last year to give it 89 worldwide. Technology and content costs, which media licensing through Prime, rose to $1.35 billion from $862 million.
- Sales tax continues to be a big question. How it will affect Amazon's business moving forward is still unclear as more taxes begin leveraging sales tax on the Web-based retail company. Doing so reduces Amazon's competitive advantage over big box retailers with brick-and-mortar presences.
- The scorecard doesn't seem to matter much. Here's what Amazon delivered for the fourth quarter: 21 cents a share, compared with analyst estimates of 28 cents a share; Q1 revenue estimates of $15 billion to $16.6 billion, compared with $16.86 billion from analysts.


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Dog carriers and dog strollers are great for transporting your dog places such as the vet's office or a friend's house. In today's mobile society you want a dog carrier for your pooch that can be used anywhere! For small dogs, try a dog backpack or dog stroller, very convenient and not as heavy as traditional dog carriers. Find the perfect designer or leather dog carrier or dog backpack that is airline approved for a safe time at the airport. For a dog that goes everywhere with you, a luxury dog carrier is the easiest way to transport your pet.
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When many people think of dog carriers they imagine bland and bulky plastic crates, but there are much better styles available now. Dog owners have the ability to choose from dog backpacks, carrier bags, bicycle dog carriers, small puppy carriers, luxurious designer dog carriers, Sherpa dog carriers and many more. Dog owners and their pups live active lifestyles and a suitable and durable pet carrier allows the two lives to accommodate each other comfortably.
A dog carrier is a great way to show off your pup to the public as well as your own personal sense of style. Designer dog carriers are made from the finest materials and constructed with care. There are dog travel carriers available that are more flashy and will showcase your adorable dog. There are also dog carriers and dog backpacks that will allow you to carry your dog discreetly. With a chic dog backpack, you can carry your dog with you anywhere you wish in secret.
When it comes to the comfort and care of your cherished pup, you need a puppy carrier or puppy travel bag that is durable that you can trust completely. If you love your pup so much, that you want them to accompany you everywhere you go, you should invest in a quality carrier that will be relaxing and durable. A quality pup carrier is a very stylish solution for you, and it is made with quality craftsmanship and only constructed with the best fabrics.
Dog carriers are available to meet all of your busy travel needs, from a short drive in the car, a walk down the block, or aboard a plane. If you plan to take your dog onto a plane, you will need an airline approved dog travel carrier. An airline approved puppy carrier ensures that your pup stays safe, secure, and comfortable throughout the entire duration of your flight.
For a pet that goes everywhere with you, a pet carrier bag is one the safest way to transport your pet.
Read this article on how to choose the best dog carrier.
Read this article on airline travel with your dog.