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The Center Silk Pillow features gorgeous green dupioni silk complemented by brown embroidery. This modern pillow features a fun yet elegant design that will beautifully enhance your bedroom. The Center Silk Pillow is proudly made in the USA of 100% dupioni silk. It is available in your choice of size.
- 100% Dupioni Silk
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- Available in many sizes
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Monday Jul 02, 2007
This is the old blog of Chris Gerhard. It has mostly moved to http://chrisgerhard.wordpress.com
Recent Posts
- This blog has moved
- Workaround for runaway metacity
- More Sun Ray on OpenSolaris build 130 workarounds
- More Sun Ray on OpenSolaris build 130
- Sometimes being on the bleeding edge you get cut.
- ZFS resliver performance improved!
- Automatic virus scanning with c-icap & ZFS
- Twitter as a sysadmin tool?
- So long NIS+, it was fun
- Tracing getipnodesXXXX calls

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By BookRenter Andy
New Year's is over, so it's high time you decided on your New Year's Resolutions and wrote them down/printed them out. Don't think you can get away with just thinking about them, no one can do that. Not even Tikiman (aka "The Man").
First, General Complaints about NYR's:
- New Year's resolutions are personal goals. So why make them on Jan 1? Is your birthday on Jan 1? NO! (If it is, we'll send you a birthday t-shirt).
- It would make more sense to make a New Years Resolution on your birthday, when it's actually a new year for you. On your birthday, you are entering into a new year of your life. On Jan. 1, you are probably the most hungover you've ever been in your life, and you're probably still the same age in years you were on Dec. 31.
Still, there's no defying tradition in America, so you have to make NYR's. I asked The Man what his were. He sent a spear flying my way with some NYR's on it:
- Save students tons of dough by renting their textbooks. (Check out our new coupon tab)
- Donate even more books, this year through our partnership with First Book, to put new books in the hands of children.
- Get some shoes (?)
Mine are a bit more traditional. What are your New Year's Resolutions?
Comment on our blog and be entered in to win one of our weekly coffee giveaways. Each winner will receive a $10 gift card, to one of the following: Starbucks, Dunkin' Donuts, or TBD. Winners will be chosen at random and announced each Wednesday.


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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO)-- After four long years of hard work and dedication, Jesse Hoffschneider can finally say he is a state champion. He, Zach Shank, Geordon Hudson, and Jesse Reed can all say that they are Colorado State Champions.
Championship results:
113 - Jesse Deed (Paonia) defeated Miguel Torres (Burlington)
120 - Jeremiah Banuelos (Montrose) defeated by Steve Turner (Discovery Canyon)
120 - Jacob Trujillo (Grand Junction) defeated by PT Garcia (Bear Creek)
Trenton Piatt and Morgan Reider lost in the championships.
132 - Daniel Salazar (Palisade) defeated by Cody Weitzel (Valor Christian)
132 - Zach Shank (Olathe) defeated Zach Mahaney (Alamosa)
145 - Geordon Hudson (Montrose) defeated Nick Swanson (Wheatridge)
170 - Jesse Hoffschneider (Grand Junction) defeated Thad Gallegos (Ponderosa)


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Topic: Live liver donors could ease U.S. organ shortage
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United Kingdom, 2007, 121 Minute Running Time
Additional Countries: USA
Genre/Subjects: Biopic, CultLanguage: English
Late-1970s British post-punk band Joy Division was one of the most influential groups of their time, inspiring U2, Kurt Cobain, The Cure, Interpol and countless "goth rock" bands. Sam Riley gives an unforgettable performance as the troubled, enigmatic leader of the Manchester band, Ian Curtis, whose talent for singing intense, darkly infectious pop songs (such as "Love Will Tear Us Apart") was subverted by mood swings, bouts of epilepsy and a crumbling marriage. Samantha Morton (In America, Minority Report) plays his wife, upon whose memoir the film is based. Feature debut of acclaimed photographer and music video director Anton Corbijn.
DIRECTOR: Anton Corbijn
Editor: Barry MoenScreenwriter: Matt Greenhalgh, Deborah Curtis(novel)Cinematographer: Martin RuheMusic: Joy DivisionPrincipal Cast: Sam Riley, Samantha Morton, Craig ParkinsonUS Distributor: Weinstein Co.
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Firefox 4 Release Candidate is now available for download. With competition such as IE9 and Google Chrome 10, does Firefox 4 have some tricks up its sleeve to withstand the competition?
For starters, Firefox 4 comes with a plethora of changes both aesthetically as well as under the hood. The first thing that you will notice is the change in tabs layout and the address bar. It looks a lot neater than its predecessors and has an IE9 feel to it. The tabs are located above the address bar giving them a more visual presence. It is now possible for a user to switch between tabs from the comfort of the address bar itself.
Firefox also helps you stay in sync on multiple devices. You can synchronize your settings, passwords, bookmarks, history, open tabs and other customizations across multiple devices such as your smartphones.
Managing add-ons and organizing your tabs is as simple as drag and drop on Firefox 4.
Firefox 4 claims to be 3-times faster and 6-times improved when compared to Firefox 3.6.12.
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The Board of Trustees of the Middletown Township Public Library is pleased to announce the availability of the Conover-Wihtol Scholarship for no less than $500 for graduate study in Library Science.
The Scholarship Fund was established in memory of Edith B. Conover and Karl F. Wihtol, both long-time residents of Middletown Township and dedicated friends to the Library.
First consideration for eligibility will be given to residents of Middletown Township, but in the absence of qualified applicants from the Township, New Jersey residents will be considered.
Applicants must possess a bachelor's degree or be in the final semester of undergraduate studies. The applicant will also be expected to provide evidence of acceptance for graduate work at an ALA accredited school of Library Science.
Application forms are available from the Middletown Township Public Library, 55 New Monmouth Road, Middletown, New Jersey 07748. Completed application forms must be postmarked no later than August 16, 2013.


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Leon White
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Alliant School of Management
Business Administration
San Diego Campus
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Alliant International University San Diego
10455 Pomerado Road
San Diego CA 92131
Courses, Research Interests, Publications
Performance metrics, balanced scorecard implementation, effect of stress and trust on outsourced team performance.
Academic History and Background
BS, Accounting - University of Illinois
MBA - Northwestern University
DBA, Accounting - Argosy University, 2009
Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
Bio and Links
His area of specialization is management accounting and performance measurement. Dr. White has over 25 years of teaching experience both full-time and as an adjunct. At Alliant, Dr. White is a member of the Faculty Senate, and is Lead Faculty for the SAP program.
Prior to teaching full time he was a CFO and General Manager for several publically traded companies. He has owned his own business and professional consulting practice. He was a Senior Manager in the consulting group of KPMG specializing in integrated production and managerial accounting control systems. While there he provided expert witness testimony to the Ninth Federal District Court and was responsible for the development of a radiographic weld control system for a major oil pipeline.
Dr. White is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and has a BS in Accounting from the University of Illinois, an MBA from Northwestern University and a DBA in Accounting from Argosy University.


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Why Cybersecurity Doesn't Stop Attacks
DOMINIC BARTON: Current models for cybersecurity are becoming less and less effective in the face of more sophisticated attacks. They tend to be compliance- or technology-driven and are highly manual–making them difficult to scale. All too often as well, security is the bottleneck for innovative business initiatives.
From the research we did with the World Economic Forum and presented at Davos in January, there is emerging consensus around what institutions need to do to protect themselves:
■ Use testing and gaming to build capabilities to respond to a breach
■ Integrate cybersecurity into the organization's full set of risk management and governance processes
■ Differentiate protection based on level of risk and importance of information assets
■ Leverage intelligence and analytics to uncover attacks early (e.g., recent attacks on retailers and other companies have shown that compliance is an inadequate standard for security).
In addition, companies will not be able to achieve cyber-resiliency by themselves–law enforcement, regulators, policy-makers, industry associations and technology companies all have important roles to play as well.
Dominic Barton is the global managing director at McKinsey & Co.
Read the latest Unleashing Innovation: Big Data Report.


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The Scale tool in QCad confuses the screaming bejesus out of me. Does anyone have any tips how to use it properly?
For example if I have a line set to 5cm and I want to scale up (or down) a selection of entities at an arbitrary width so the width equals the 5cm line, how does one do it?
Many thanks.


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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Offers Wind Turbine Siting Guidelines
April 21, 2010
A new set of guidelines will help wind power developers assess the environmental impact of their projects.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) sent a set of final recommendations on how to minimize the impacts of land-based wind farms on wildlife and habitats to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar on April 13. The proposed siting and operational guidelines by the 22-member Wind Turbine Guidelines Federal Advisory Committee include a science-based "tiered" process that corresponds to the stage of development of each wind power project, ranging from preliminary assessments to post-construction impact studies. The process is intended to assist developers in assessing the environmental footprint of their projects. The recommendations also call for meaningful incentives for developers that voluntarily adopt the tiered approach and cooperate with the FWS while advancing their projects. The advisory committee includes representatives from federal, state, and tribal governments, as well as wildlife conservation organizations and the wind power industry.
The advisory committee recommended that the Interior Department assess all forms of environmental stressors to birds and wildlife, such as climate change, when making policy decisions. The committee also called for stakeholders at the federal, state, and tribal levels to develop a national research plan designed to reduce the negative effects on wildlife while allowing further wind energy development. Secretary Salazar will review the recommendations and then direct the FWS to write turbine siting guidelines for public and private lands. See the FWS press release (PDF 48 KB) and the advisory committee recommendations (PDF 1.43 MB). Download Adobe Reader.


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Add A Personal Touch To Your Valentine's Day Gift!0
A Personal Touch stumbled upon an adorable vintage Valentine's Day Card in a blog post from FancyHouseRoad.com and we were instantly inspired to share a cute gift idea that, once you add your own personal touch to it, is sure to be one of the most memorable Valentine's Day gifts ever!
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Since Thursday, January 19th, 2012 is National Popcorn Day, we knew that today would be a great time to share the cute vintage card (pictured at left) that we came across and the gift ideas we have to go along with it!
The card features a nostalgic drawing of a bowl filled with popcorn and a cute red heart that displays the clever message: "I'm gonna 'POP' a 'CORNY' question … Will you be my Valentine?"
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- Jan 24:
- Mavericks Invitational: South African Grant Baker takes top prize
- Santa Cruz surfers head to Mavericks semis
- Jan 23:
- Mavericks Invitational History: Santa Cruz surfers have dominated
- Mavericks Invitational: Dwyers share special father-son big-wave connection
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- Mavericks surf contest on for Friday
- Mavericks surf contest on TV on Friday?
PRINCETON-BY-THE-SEA -- When Ryan and Janene Purdie, of Riverside, booked their room at the Oceano Hotel & Spa back in August for their 14th anniversary, they thought they'd found the perfect spot for a sleepy vacation.
What they got instead on Friday was a lively introduction to the Mavericks Invitational, which in 15 years has grown from a local curiosity to a global phenomenon that has helped push big-wave surfing into the mainstream of sports and culture. This year, for the first time, the finals of the contest, won by Grant "Twiggy" Baker of South Africa, were broadcast live on cable television.
"We actually thought it would be quiet," said Ryan, "because it's cold this time of year."
Cold or not, this tiny community was ground zero for one of the world's premier big-wave surfing contests, held a mile away in the ocean off Pillar Point. Thousands of people, including tattooed surfers wearing flat-brimmed baseball caps and families with young children, gathered in the parking lot of the Oceano for a party. Starting in the early morning, they sipped beers and snacked on paella and fish and chips as they watched the action on enormous video screens.
Craig Barranti grabbed a hefeweizen from the Sierra Nevada tent about 10 a.m., but who could blame him? Friday was his first day of retirement, so the 55-year-old former electrician and a buddy celebrated by roaring over to the coast on their motorcycles.
"I've been looking forward to coming," Barranti, 55, said of the contest, but until this year, he "always had to work."
Mavericks' popularity has grown steadily since its start, but it accelerated after "Chasing Mavericks," a 2012 movie starring Gerard Butler. Even Silicon Valley took notice; last year Apple announced it was naming its latest Mac operating system after the contest.
San Francisco resident Mary Rokow helps illustrate the contest's broadening appeal. Rokow came to the festival with her 37-year-old son Joe, drawn not only by the competitors' daring and but also by their brotherly respect for one another.
"I'm a timid person, but I like that people take these risks and make something beautiful for other people to watch," said Rokow, 65. "You don't have to be an athlete to love it."
As the contest has grown in stature, it has seen some wrenching changes, from leadership squabbles and failed sponsorships to safety problems that led organizers to close the beach at Pillar Point to spectators after the 2010 contest. More than a dozen people were injured that year by waves that rushed all the way to the bluffs.
Mavericks pioneer Jeff Clark and a team of local business owners regained control of the contest after that fiasco, instituting the viewing festival, which appears to have found its footing after a poorly attended debut in 2012. This year the contest also picked up key sponsors in Body Glove and GoPro.
"Things have changed -- we have a really solid group of people that are business owners on the Coastside," Clark said Thursday afternoon as his team raced to put the contest together. The competition was called on two days' notice to capture perfect ocean conditions. "It just seems to be moving in the right way right now."
Organizers did not immediately provide an estimate Friday, but the crowd appeared to be smaller than last year's, when roughly 14,000 people attended on a Sunday. Still, the contest and festival were a boon for local businesses, including bars and restaurants that opened early and provided streaming Internet footage on their TVs.
"It's obviously a great day for the community, especially down at the harbor," said Pete Overfelt, co-owner of Old Princeton Landing, a local bar. "A lot of businesses, it's their biggest day of the year. The fact that (the organizers) pull it together really benefits all of us."
Although some people miss the days of informal congregations on the beach, many seem to have adapted to the new setup.
"The reality is you couldn't see anything (at the beach), even with binoculars. And it wasn't safe," said Don Iglesias, 65, as he sat in the VIP section of the festival with two old Santa Cruz surfing buddies. "This is a much better scenario."
Although they're not surfing fans, the Purdies clearly grasped the peculiar appeal of the festival. It's a bit like tailgating outside a big game -- close to the action, and yet not really there.
"That's kind of what it feels like," said Ryan, "where everybody's around it, eating and drinking and having a good time, but nobody's actually at the surfing event, other than the ones who are surfing."
Contact Aaron Kinney at 650-34-4357 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him at Twitter.com/kinneytimes.


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About the Book
"Bennett's medieval England comes alive in ways a reader can immediately relate to, even while being transported away from the modern world."
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The story of two sisters caught up in the maelstrom of historic events, Figures in Silk by Vanora Bennett combines the fascinating art and history of silk making with political intrigue and a sweeping, unforgettable love story. A breathing immersion into a Tudor England torn asunder by the War of the Roses, Figures in Silk is historical fiction at its finest—a rare and welcome treat for readers captivated by the fiction of Tracy Chevalier, Sarah Dunant, Geraldine Brooks, Susan Vreeland, and the Boleyn novels of Phillipa Gregory.
Two sisters discover passion during the War of the Roses—one in the arms of the king, the other in the world of silk
From the author of the acclaimed novel Portrait of an Unknown Woman comes an epic tale of love and intrigue. The year is 1471. Edward IV, who won the throne with the help of his brother, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, is restoring law and order after years of war. Under Edward IV, life in England begins to improve. Business is booming once more and the printing and silk industries prosper in London.
When silk merchant John Lambert marries off his two beautiful daughters, their fortunes are forever changed. Elder daughter Jane Shore begins a notorious liaison with the king while industrious and clever Isabel finds herself married into the house of Claver, a wealthy silk dynasty. Fate delivers Isabel a challenge when her new husband is killed and she is forced into apprenticeship to her mother-in-law, Alice Claver.
It is from Alice Claver that Isabel learns to love silk and the exotic and passionate fabrics from Italy, Persia, Spain, Tunisia, and beyond. Isabel learns to make her way in this new world of silk—to find friends and enemies—and she strikes an alliance with her sister's lover, King Edward IV, that will bring the secrets of silk-making to London. As Isabel grows in power and her plan for a silk industry run by Englishwomen is set into motion, the political landscape shifts in dangerous ways. One sister will fall as the other rises and choices must be made that will change their lives forever.
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Critical Praise
"Vanora Bennett knows what drives her characters, both fictional and historical, and they seem as real and easy to relate to as your next-door neighbor. Bennett's medieval England comes alive in ways a reader can immediately relate to, even while being transported away from the modern world." — Christian Science Monitor
"Readers of historical fiction will be pleased with Bennett's sure-handed storytelling." — Publishers Weekly
"Describe(s) late medieval trade and artisanship in fascinating detail. Stands out for its engrossing storytelling, multidimensional characters, and intriguing interpretation of everyone's favorite love-him-or-hate-him monarch, Richard III." — Booklist
"A substantial historical novel set in turbulent 15th century England. Ably explores themes of romance and politics." — Kirkus Reviews
"A richly textured historical novel." — The Times (London)
"A splendid blend of romance and history." — BookPleasures.com
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- Imprint: HarperCollins e-books
- On Sale: 10/06/2009
- Pages: 496
- List Price: 9.49 USD
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ASR Engineering has been removed as a vendor
ASR Engineering is no longer a supporting vendor at BimmerBoost. There are several reasons for this and this is being brought to your attention in order to prevent our members from incurring losses. There have been several issues with ASR that are simply inexcusable and we can no longer in good conscience endorse their business. The only reason ASR ever was a vendor here in the first place is due to a pre-existing arrangement with two members on the staff before this site came into existence. This arrangement was honored in good faith but simply, enough is enough, and the reasons why are below.
You may have seen recently where user George Smooth posted his experience with ASR. This is just a bad situation in which Abid simply has shown no heart, doing absolutely nothing to resolve it. There is $3320 that Abid took for an exhaust that he did not deliver. If this was not bad enough, it has caused issues for George in his home country of South Africa. These issues prevent George from taking his family on vacation out of the country or ordering certain parts from overseas. All it would take to correct this is $100 and Abid won't even do that. To put it simply, Abid has no conscience. If it isn't bad enough he has stolen over three grand, he does not even have the decency to put up $100 to help George resolve his banking situation. Low class, despicable, and something we will not tolerate.
We wish this was the only story, but it isn't. Some users may be familiar with GT3 Ranger who in good faith sent Abid his M5 to do a twin turbo project. Well, we have been in contact with GT3 Ranger from the beginning of the project and warned him that Abid could not deliver something so complex. Ranger pushed ahead anyway and now can not even get a hold of Abid after spending... well, not our place to say. We won't go much further as we do not wish to violate Ranger's confidence but obviously the twin turbo has not been completed and he ended up having to buy another M5 while this one collects dust. Abid promised him the world and did not deliver and Ranger simply has no choice but to eat the cost that Abid pocketed and has lost complete faith in this ever being completed or even getting any money back.
ASR has been removed from M5board for scamming people on exhausts. ASR takes deposits, and does not deliver the product. Abid refuses to answer phone calls, return e-mails, or communicate in any fashion with those he has scammed or even anyone else for that matter. If you are in the Florida area you are likely safe as you can meet him face to face. But as you just read with George, if you are overseas, forget it.
ASR Engineering is not to be trusted, they simply can't be. The customer service is poor, they have scammed our members, and simply are a bottom tier BMW shop if even that. Installing nitrous on a car does not make you a world class tuner capable of doing custom twin turbos on a BMW M5 S85 V10. I pointed out on M5board that I would not trust Abid to tune my radio and that this V10 project was beyond his abilities. For that, I was temp banned as Abid forced Gustav to do so ($) and I'm sure Gustav is preparing his apology. History has shown ASR's true colors and ASR will not be endorsed here. BimmerBoost will also pony up the $100 to resolve George's situation and if Abid has even a single honest bone in his body he will do the right thing. He has had since January of this year to do that though, so no one hold their breath.
This article was originally published in forum thread: ASR Engineering has been removed as a vendor started by Sticky View original post99 Comments
oddjob2021 - 12-04-2010, 12:43 PM
my response? or are you talking to asr, who has been banned, but it doesnt really matter because he almost never visited the forum at all. pm me if it's me though, i can try to get word through.
Holy $#@!.....at 56 years old i have never read such a sad thread on any forum...What this ASR company has done to your guy's IS CRIMINAL and they should be lucky you have not gone postal on them yet...Folks flying from Canada to deal with this type of deception only to lied to again, folks having there amazing M5's cars in there criminal shop for 23 months with nothing done and no communication....i am beside myself...and i can only say how sorry i am for you guy's having to deal with this......some things are just wrong....this is off the map ......these guy's must be thinking bankruptcy to get out of this....if so get your car back and let AR Design or others put it back together for you...
It is off the charts really how wrong this all is but these guys aren't really all that different how I do business. I shake hands and give someone money to work on my car. Sadly, this is a rare yet possible outcome and I don't think anyone saw it getting to this point.
Lock n Load - 12-05-2010, 09:41 AM
I can not say much if anything because in this thread there's a strong ASR supporter.
As has been stated, this is one hugh unbelieveable situation.
A turd will very soon be thrown into the fan.
Bimmershop did you get my email? Please contact me by email. We need to talk and coordinate our actions.
0-60Motorsports - 12-05-2010, 10:33 AM
Ranger, Let me know if one of the M5s are for sale. As long as some or all the oem parts can be recovered. I would love to buy one of them. Cheers.
Lock n Load - 12-05-2010, 11:33 AM
If we get there I'll send you pics of everything with details and conditions of the M5.
All I have going for me is honesty, the rest I've been fvcked.
My thoughts are to sell the M5 as salvage. I have no idea of what or how I will find the car. I hope it is pretty much how I left it there 23 months ago. It hasn't even been covered. Someone told me, "oh yeah I saw your M5 there". "The silver one" NO! It's white just looks silver because of the 1/4" of shop dirt accummulated! But I never said anything because I was a "friend" and didn't want to make issues. Believeing all along that things/components were being developed. Yeah right!!
I also have custom built HRE 18" wheels (2) there to run DR's that I trust I'll get back?
I want all my OEM stuff back. Things that belong to me amd I've never given authorization to get rid of, sell or dispose.
I trust I'll get my M5 back just like I dropped it off in Jan. 2009 . Components from it were transferred to my black M5 but I want the OEM stuff off the black M5 for the debacle of the white M5.
Okay I'm getting worked up b/c there's so much to say. If there are ears/eyes out there, original or allies, I ask this.
1. where are the 20 pistons and 20 rods (Steve and I)? Money given for in Jan. 2009.
2. where are the developed/fabricated components, never demonstrated after 23 months?
3. where are the 4 Precision turbos (ceramic bearings) always talked about. Only see "one" turbo for over 2 yrs. Continual talk about going back and changing to "better" turbos. I spoke with Garrett people about the topic from what I had been told and was looked at like I was an idiot.
4. where are the "clutches"? Still at the "machine shop" or did they have to go back b/c there was another problem?? I called SPEC, spoke to them and felt like a fool. Wierd to be told, "we have no idea what you are talking about".
5. what has been done with all the money? Granted say it would not be the total amount but the apparent attitude is that we are suppose to pick up on the R&D costs? What R&D? Where, what, never showed us anything. We pay for the product and for all the crap we've endured there should be an even greater consideration, for being the "guinea pigs" on an apparent failed project. If we were going to make a % of "sales" (joke) then yes we pay for part of R&D.
6. I have been silent too long. Steve and I have been unrealistically tolerant and patient. WHY? Because I thought we were "friends".
All would okay if there were real concrete tangible components and progress. Even the length of time would be okay but to realize there's NOTHING?
I take it one step further. If there were components wouldn't one think they'd be shown to us? I would be proud and excited to show my customer to advances and components. So why haven't we been ever shown anything? You know.
A year ago I would be told, "do not want to post any stuff b/c am concern of others trying to copy" Sounded logical and I accepted it and agreed with it at that point but now we know don't we.
He won't communicate with me anymore. When Steve calls "and gets answer" he's told, "I'm with a customer and will call you back". Never calls back. Or "I'm remote tuning" will call back.
When Steve says I'll hold and wait, "oh no this will take a while" when talking to a customer.
Incredible he has turned his back to these customers over here.
I have been told of some things that also further upsetting.
Things are happening b/c being a nice guy gets you fvcked. I never said much, always accepted and trusted. What a fvckin fool and moron I was.
Steve please come in and tell more of your story.
To the aliies, talk to me if you'd like
0-60Motorsports - 12-05-2010, 01:59 PM
Thats cool Bro! I will be in Tampa end of march till the first week of april.
I Hope and pray all this gets sorted soon.
0-60Motorsports - 12-06-2010, 02:20 AM
Post some pics of the car before it went to ASR and any current ones if you have em please. Cheers.
LostMarine - 12-08-2010, 02:52 PM
But a battle worth fighting and very easy to win, only tough part is them paying up..
DJ Synergy - 01-23-2013, 01:22 PM
Sorry to bump, but what was the resolution to this dilemma?
George Smooth - 03-18-2013, 06:13 PM
I never heard from him again. Received a few emails on various BMW forums from people in a similar boat as I was. I moved on and spent my money with worthy vendors.
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Freshman Democrats in Congress told to court cash 4 hours a day
WASHINGTON - Newly elected congressional Democrats had just a week to savor their victories before coming face to face with a harsh reality of Washington. The newcomers were told to devote at least four hours each day to the tedious task of raising money - so-called Łdialing for dollars - so they could build a war chest and defend their seats, according to those present. ThatÆs twice as much time as party leaders expect them to dedicate to committee hearings and floor votes, or meetings with constituents.
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'Football 101' class highlights fundraiser
Published: Friday, August 30, 2013 at 8:46 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, August 30, 2013 at 8:46 p.m.
A University of Alabama alumni group is hosting a special event next week timed to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of former UA coach Paul "Bear" Bryant and to raise scholarship money for deserving students.
The Ladies of the Houndstooth, a part of the Tuscaloosa Alumni Chapter, is putting on an event called "Ramma Jamma Bama Glamma" from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sept. 7 at Hotel Capstone.
The legendary coach's centennial birthday is Sept. 11.
Eddie Conyers, who has been officiating Alabama football practices since 1961, will provide a "Football 101" presentation that will include stories and a question-and-answer session.
"When we tell people or they see our poster announcing Ed Conyers is going to be speaking, they light up," Kathy Smith, president-elect of the Ladies of the Houndstooth, said. "He's a big catch."
The event will begin with an hour of shopping. The Ladies of the Houndstooth have 19 vendors selling at the event, including Tide Treasures, Vintage Vibe and Ram Jam Creations.
Then attendees will sit down to lunch and a fashion show. Lunch is being provided by Hotel Capstone. The fashion show will include local vendors, and the national brand, Doncaster.
"They do trunk shows. It's almost like having your own private stylist," Smith said. "It's classic clothing that will never ever go out of style. ... This is their first fashion show in Tuscaloosa. We're extremely happy that they are coming."
Shannon Camper, Miss Alabama 2004, will serve as the master of ceremonies for the fashion show. All of the fashion vendors from the shopping hour will have clothing featured in the fashion show.
Vendors will donate 10 percent of their sales to the Ladies of the Houndstooth.
"One hundred percent of our proceeds go to UA scholarships," Smith said. "We give every dollar earned back."
Smith said the organization's mission is to serve the community, while sharing its love for the University of Alabama. The event will also raise money through a silent auction, which will include trips to Florida, Maine and Orange Beach.
Tickets are $25 and can be purchased online through the Ladies of the Houndstooth Facebook page. Tickets will be sold until Wednesday and will not be available the day of the event.
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I've been using PS3 Media Server since the early days after struggling with TVersity configuration for months. As great a server it is I have noticed a couple of quirks that trouble me.
1. Photos always seem to display the modified date only and if you use the PS3 slideshow option that displays dates they all show 0/0 00:00 as the date/time. Could photo dates not show 'Date Taken' attribute of the file?
2. In the original builds of PS3 Media Server my Music albums that have mutiple artists the artist of the actual track was always displayed in preference to the Album Artist. In later builds Album Artist seems to take preference and so albums tagged with 'Various Artists' as the Album Artist only display this rather than the individual artist. Is there any way of configuring this or is it hardcoded into the code?
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Lauryn Hill has had one of the most bizarre careers in music history.
In 1998, she released one of the greatest soul albums of all time -- "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill."
It's now 2014 and fans are still waiting for a proper follow-up.
Also, Hill has delivered her share of disappointing live shows over the years. Yet, hopefully that's not what is in store for local fans when the singer performs Monday at the Warfield in San Francisco.
Show time is 8 p.m. and tickets are $49.50-$82.50, www.axs.com.
Here is the track listing from Michael Jackson's upcoming posthumous album, "Xscape," which is due in stores May 13.
(Note: This is for the standard edition of 'Xscape," as listed on the album's Wikipedia page.)
1. "Love Never Felt So Good"
2. "Chicago"
3. "Loving You"
4. "A Place with No Name"
5. "Slave to the Rhythm"
6. "Do You Know Where Your Children Are"
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Definition of mode in English:
1A way or manner in which something occurs or is experienced, expressed, or done: his preferred mode of travel was a kayak differences between language modes, namely speech and writing
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- He looked at the expeditions' objectives, countries of origin, leaders' experience, funding and modes of travel.
- Our results show that these four translation proteins have experienced different modes of evolution.
- When did we no longer appreciate that to dignify certain modes of behavior, manners, and ways of being with artistic representation was implicitly to glorify and promote them?
manner, way, fashion, means, method, system, style, approach, technique, procedure, process, practice
1.1An option allowing a change in the method of operation of a device, especially a camera: a camcorder in automatic mode
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- Passive mode locking allows the device to produce near transform-limited pulses and to be compact and simple.
- While the temptation may be there to force the camera into an editorial mode, they allow the characters to carry the story.
- The best part of the surprise was that not only had I taken these photographs on my own, but I also had taken them with the camera in manual mode.
function, position, operation
1.2 Computing A way of operating or using a system: some computers provide several so-called processor modes
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- Major modes redefine how keystrokes operate, usually the Tab and Delete keys.
- Software interrupts are interrupts produced by a program and processed in kernel mode by the operating system.
- In addition to the control, the web pages display information about network settings, operating mode and system status.
1.3 Physics Any of the distinct kinds or patterns of vibration of an oscillating system.
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- The physical scalar fields that oscillate as normal modes about the potential minimum are the massless angular mode and the massive radial mode.
- Here particles such as electrons are seen as vibration modes on strings.
- But when they perturbed the rotating liquid with a pencil, they found that the circulation pattern could flip between distinct modes.
1.5 Logic & Grammar another term for mood2.
2A fashion or style in clothes, art, literature, etc. in the Seventies, the mode for activewear took hold
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- Longer length gloves, covered with cuff bracelets in the mode of Breakfast at Tiffany style will have a place worn with three quarter or elbow length sleeves.
- It is possible to argue that York, like Aachen, was a city with imperial pretensions, with modern new buildings in the classical mode, and fine objects decorated in fashionable new styles.
- Seeking to transfer the realist mode of literature to German soil, he rejected the naturalism associated with figures such as Gerhard Hauptmann.
fashion, vogue, style, look, trend;
craze, rage, fad
3 Statistics The value that occurs most frequently in a given set of data.
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- Figure 4 shows mean and standard error of the mode, or most common, vessel length for the series of apple rootstock and scion varieties.
- Various measures of central tendency and dispersion were calculated, including the mean, median, mode, standard deviation, and skew.
- Genotype and allele frequencies were calculated from the mean of the 100 nearest values to the mode of the posterior distribution.
4 Music A set of musical notes forming a scale and from which melodies and harmonies are constructed.
The modes of plainsong and later Western music (including the usual major and minor scales) correspond to the diatonic scales played on the white notes of a piano. They are named arbitrarily after ancient Greek modes: Ionian (or major), Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, and Locrian.
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- His musical language is spare in style, its melodies and harmonies based on old church modes and the pentatonic scales of Finnish folk-music.
- That relation appears in countless images of Krishna playing the flute to cowherds, in the narratives that accompany Indian modes, or ragas, and iconography used to depict divine love.
- The tonality of the piece and the printed signature result from the scale or mode the composer has used during composition.
Words that rhyme with modeabode, bestrode, bode, code, commode, corrode, download, encode, erode, explode, forebode, goad, implode, load, lode, middle-of-the-road, node, ode, offload, outrode, road, rode, sarod, Spode, strode, toad, upload, woad
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Granite Falls' newly-built water treatment plant is providing safe, clean, softened, and very high quality fresh-tasting water to residents and businesses in the city. The new water treatment plant is a large part of part of a $14 million investment in the city's utility infrastructure. The project also involved the installation of digital, remote-read water meters for over 1,600 residential and commercial accounts as well as the planned demolition of the old water treatment plant and restoration of that site along the Minnesota River. That portion of the project is expected to begin late this fall and be completed next spring. The United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Development Administration made possible $8 million in low-interest financing for the project, and another $6 million in grant funds. In coordination with the water meter replacement program, new remote-read electric meters were also installed in every home and business in Granite Falls. Replacement of all electric meters was paid for using capitol improvement funds set aside within the city's electric utility. The new, highly-automated plant began treating water in January of this year. The new plant replaces a city facility originally constructed on the Minnesota River in the 1920s, and expanded and upgraded in the 1940s and 1960s. The original plant was vulnerable to flooding due to its location on the Minnesota River, and its equipment was aged and in need of replacement. The new facility treats an average of 350,000 gallons of water per day during the summer months, according to Project Engineer Ryan Capelle, of Stantec Engineering. Water is pumped to the plant from the city's two wells that tap the Quarternary Buried Artesian Aquifer outside the city limits. Due to the plant's design with duplicate treatment capacity, the city staff has the ability to continue treating water on one side of the plant while cleaning and doing maintenance on the other side of the plant. That duplicative capability actually provides the facility the ability to treat more than 800,000 gallons per day. The city chose to include in the plant a lime-softening process in order to provide the highest quality water. It also reduced the amount of water loss and avoided the higher operational costs that are associated with other treatment technologies, according to the project engineer. Granite Falls had originally used water from the Minnesota River for its drinking water supply, but transitioned to a reliable and consistent groundwater source beginning in 1991. Capalle said Granite Falls residents are now enjoying some of the state's highest quality water. Groundwater in this area of the state contains iron, manganese and other minerals, making it hard. However, the new, lime softening treatment plant reduces the raw water's hardness by more than five-fold to about 100 milligrams per liter, considered the industry standard for quality. Ground breaking on the project was held on May 25, 2011, with Rice Lake Construction, Deerwood, serving as the project's general contractor.
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Luring the Informed Investor
All investors are not created equal. Each, whether individual or institutional, varies in the attention and resources — whether in time, ability, finances, computing power — he can devote to maximizing their investments. Typically the most sophisticated investors are active gatherers and users of information about firms, while the less sophisticated don't cull as much high-quality information or are unable to make the best use of the information they do collect.
Because of these differences, says Professor Alon Kalay, what firms disclose and how they disclose it matters. In a recent paper, Kalay articulates a new way to detect whether investors in publicly traded firms are sophisticated or unsophisticated; he then correlates the relationship between what and how firms disclose to the types of investors who tend to invest in those firms. He calls this a disclosure clientele effect, the idea that if investors do vary in ability, sophisticated investors — those who build an information advantage — prefer to invest in firms that provide certain types of disclosures. Alternatively, less-sophisticated investors prefer to invest in firms that provide disclosures in a way that makes information easier to use.
A common proxy used to measure the sophistication of the investor base is to measure the percent of a firm's shares held by institutional investors or specific types of institutional investors. The assumption then made is that these institutional investors are sophisticated. Kalay sought a more elegant method that would capture not just the percentage of shares held but how investors actually behave, arguably a more fine-tuned signal about investors' abilities. To do so, he turned to the options market.
When investors buy call options on stocks, they can in some cases earn extra profit by exercising options early in an optimal manner. Kalay uses open (unexercised) options as a proxy for unsophisticated investors: leaving options unexercised that, if exercised early, could have led to higher profits likely signals an investor's limited ability to gather and analyze relevant information. He established a measure of how sophisticated a firm's investors are and found significant variation across firms.
Kalay's next step was to look at his observed variations in the options markets in conjunction with different disclosure channels that public companies use to provide information to investors. Kalay looked at three types of disclosure:
Press dissemination. Some firms are more likely to be covered by the press than others, and press coverage is often viewed as a low-cost shortcut for culling important information about firms. Kalay found that unsophisticated investors concentrate their investments in firms with more press dissemination. "If the press publishes information in a more accessible manner than other sources of information, firms with increased press dissemination make it easier to gather and analyze information. Thus the more comfortable these unsophisticated investors may feel," Kalay says.
Investor relations (IR). Kalay finds that firms rated highest for IR by industry publication IR Magazine are more likely to attract a greater proportion of unsophisticated investors. "As with the press, good IR departments issue information in a well-organized way and disseminate it in a way that is easy for investors to access."
Earnings Guidance. Some firms issue earnings guidance on a regular basis, forecasting earnings for future periods. While this can help market watchers understand firms over time, there's debate about how desirable this prevalent channel of disclosure is. Many firms worry that issuing forecasts will attract speculators, for one thing. Kalay finds that it is largely sophisticated investors who follow these firms. (The effect was larger before the implementation, in 2000, of Regulation Fair Disclosure, or RegFD, an SEC rule mandating that publicly traded firms provide disclosure to all investors simultaneously. But even post-RegFD, Kalay finds that the relationship between guidance and sophisticated investors remains strong.)
"You may expect a future single number to be easy and quick to understand, and for less sophisticated investors to prefer to invest in these firms," Kalay says. "However, when you think about who plugs these forecasts into their spreadsheets, it makes sense that sophisticated investors utilize guidance more effectively."
The 10,000-foot view is that more disclosure isn't always better. "All investors are not created equal, and all disclosure activities are not created equal," Kalay says. "Managers should understand that better disclosure may be a matter of substituting one form of disclosure for another, and we can't just say that more disclosure will lead to a better regulatory environment, transparency, or a level playing field for all investors. What information firms release and how they release it matters."
Alon Kalay is assistant professor of accounting at Columbia Business School.
Alon Kalay
Professor Kalay's research explores how investors use various sources of information, specifically corporate disclosure and accounting information. In this context, his research broadly focuses on: [1] Different types of corporate disclosure, and their role in the sophistication of the investor base; [2] Aggregate earnings and uncertainty, and their relation to macroeconomic activity; and [3] Bond contract design and debt pricing.
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The Secretary of State's Office says a petition to recall Sen. John Morse is sufficient.
The more than six-page decision was handed down by Deputy Secretary of State Suzanne Staiert late Wednesday.
In a news release, the Secretary of State's Office say that barring any additional challenges to the petition, the final certificate of sufficiency will be forwarded to Gov. John Hickenlooper's office. Hickenlooper is responsible for setting a date for the recall election.
Morse, a Democrat from Colorado Springs who also serves as president of the Colorado Senate, is facing recall for supporting a package of gun control laws that was signed into law earlier this year.
Sen. Angela Giron, a Democrat from Pueblo, is also facing the possibility of being recalled because she supported the gun control laws.
On Wednesday, Giron lost her effort to have the Republican secretary of state's office recused from hearing her recall challenge.


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So, I'll start out heavy and end light...
The ex-husband and I are sharing custody of our children since separating and we switch in and out of our house every two days so the kids have been able to stay in their home while they get used to not having both parents there together...it's hard on us - I feel a bit like a hobo - carting things back and forth with no real place to permanently lay my hat - but we're managing.
I'm thankful every single day that we've found a way to put our children first and I'm certain that will continue.
This past week, the kidlets both got sick on the very same day. Within hours of each other I got the call from daycare and then the school...this was also on the same day as the parent-teacher meeting for our genius son (Seriously, the kid's a brainiac. Pretty sure he gets that from me). I'm sure anyone who reads TCC regularly knows that
Anyway, we were able to handle it together and I survived (barely). But without him being gentle with me, without us being kind to one another, I would be in a much worse place right now. I appreciate the person he is and the amazing Dad that he is every single day. He'll always - ALWAYS - be there for his children and as someone who grew up with no father, this means the world to me.
Our adorable kidlets seem to be doing pretty good so far and when there are difficulties, the ex-husband and I work out the kinks together. It's extremely hard to single parent and to co-parent when you're no longer together, but at least I know we've done this right. This is not at all what I hoped for my family but we're making it work. If you're going through a separation or divorce, what matters most is how much you love your children. Put the rest aside. At work, I see what happens to families when that gets lost and it's the kids that suffer the most.
Okay. On a lighter note...when switching up over the weekend, we had this conversation (If you love mice, stop reading now):
Ex-Husband: Just a heads up...there's a big field mouse in the garbage can outside...
Me: WHAT THE F#@!
Ex Husband: *laughing*
Me: What is a damn field mouse? We don't even have any freaking fields around here! And what do you mean BIG?!
Ex-Husband: Ummm. Bigger than the usual mouse.
Me: WHAT THE F#@!
Ex-Husband: *laughing again* Don't worry, I put the lid on the trash can so he can't get out. He's been leaping up and down but he can't quite make it out so eventually he'll just die in there and I'll get rid of it later. He demonstrates the giant mouse leaping now and how he screamed like a girl* when he first saw it (*I can put that there because we're separated and he can't stop me - I'm pretty sure it's true though).
Me: Sweet baby Jesus. I really hate mice.
Ex-Husband: Just don't lift the lid.
Me: Insert more profanity here and a rant about how we live in the freaking city and the critters need to take a hike...grumble grumble...stupid mice...grumble grumble...
And off he goes. I make a mental note not to lift lid.
Cut to the next day.
Kidlets beg me to open the lid.
They want to see the field mouse.
Sure I think, it must be napping by now...and I am woman! I don't need a man to deal with a freaking field mouse! Pppfffttttt. So I agree to lift the lid, ignoring my previous mental note to NOT lift the lid. Which, by the way, was stupid.
The kidlets are huddled together all excited as I pretend to be all brave and pull the garbage can out from under the veranda...let's check this bad boy out, I say. I'm not scared of a field mouse. What do they do but hang out in fields all day? That's not scary...oh no no...
I lift the lid and spot a RAT lying at the bottom of the garbage can and I proceed to scream like I've just been stabbed 62 times while running off like my hair is on fire directly into the backyard with my arms flailing!!!!! Leaving the kids standing there. Neither one of them moved or made a sound. When I can breathe again I come back and they happily peek inside...
He's napping I tell them. Eight year old is all " Mom. He's totally dead". Four year old says "Put him in the green bin mommy". Oh Hell no. I say nay nay to the rat!! Turns out I'm woman enough to know I need a man to deal with critters.
I slammed the lid back on the can and left it for the ex-husband. But not before I took a picture of it for you, my lovely readers.
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Two Sally's again in the first set. I'm so glad they kept Camel Walk. Melt the Guns is a great cover. They should bring it back in the modern era. Sorry, but Halley's is a little rough for me with Richard on vocals. Back Porch Boogie sounds like a precursor to Ok Kee Pa Ceremony. Nice full band Shaggy Dog and early stripped down Fluff.
There was an interesting jam going into a really fast AC/DC. Too fast. Swing Low is nice. Mike is a little off during parts of Peaches. Ah, the first known Bowie is a little slow at times, but already shows potential. Great Have Mercy jam tonight coupled with Hood again. Sanity is funny as usual, but no Row Jimmy lick yet. Skin it Back is another great early cover that they could bring back. We should all read Icculus. Alumni sounds strange with no Jimmy Page now that Jeff is gone.
Check this one out just for the first known Bowie and I'd have to say some of the jams here are as good as any modern show I've been to lately. Some things never change, and in this case, that's really good.


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CLEVELAND -- There is something about the A's playing in Cleveland that turns this ballpark into the Winchester Mystery House.
The A's walked out with a 6-2 win Saturday, but a Rally Squirrel, the split-second ejection of starting pitcher Scott Kazmir and the ghost of Angel Hernandez were all in evidence in one of the weirdest games Oakland will play this season.
Kazmir was ejected by umpire Jerry Layne in the second inning to the absolute shock of the A's, who went from having a starting pitcher a little unhappy with ball-strike calls to watching him kick the garbage can as he headed for the clubhouse after getting just four outs.
Replay seemed to indicate that Kazmir, who'd let one run score on a wild pitch before walking Jesus Aguilar to ignite the ruckus, didn't start using any obscenities until after he'd been thrown out.
"It was the heat of the moment," Kazmir said. "But what I remember saying is that ball was right there. Then the next thing I know, I've gotten thrown out of the game. Jerry Layne has been a great umpire for so many years. It was a bad game for both of us.''
It immediately became a bad game for A's manager Bob Melvin, who needed to coax 23 outs from his bullpen if Oakland was going to win this one.
Melvin, unlike Kazmir, got all the time in the world to vent. It seemed that unless the manager lit Layne's shoes on fire, he wasn't going to be ejected.
"My original idea was to get ejected," Melvin said. "But I didn't. I've known Jerry for a long time. That's why this surprised me so much.''
Layne, talking to a pool reporter, spelled out his version of the Kazmir transgression.
"He was gesturing and arguing balls and strikes,'' Layne said. "That's automatic ejection. When I warned him, he didn't take any knowledge of that, and that's it.''
Layne said he warned Kazmir after the Aguilar walk but that Kazmir continued to argue. Kazmir said if there was any warning, "it came a second before he threw me out.''
With Kazmir out of the game, Melvin burned through his bullpen, the bulk of the work going to Dan Otero. The right-hander pitched a career-high 32/3 innings, didn't allow a run and got three inning-ending double plays. He got the win as the A's emerged with their eighth victory in the last nine games.
"It was great the way everybody pulled together after Scott got ejected,'' Otero said. "It seems like weird things happen every time this team plays here.''
The squirrel made its entrance in the top of the third with one out and one on and John Jaso at the plate. This squirrel, or a cousin, made its way onto the field during a game in April and was dubbed the Rally Squirrel as the Indians came from behind for a win. This time, the rallying was all done by Oakland once the stadium P.A. system played the sounds of dogs barking. That sent the probably terrified squirrel scurrying for the relative safety of the left field tarp and stands.
Jaso struck out, but Josh Donaldson tied the score with a single. Moments later, Brandon Moss homered to left-center on a 3-2 pitch, giving the A's a 3-1 lead.
The final whackadoodle moment of the game came in the seventh. The A's were up 3-2 with two on and two outs. Donaldson, who already had two hits, thought he'd clubbed his 11th homer of the season to left-center. The ball came crashing back onto the field after hitting the top of the wall, rolling most of the way to right-center.
It was originally ruled a triple, and even after a review, the call stood. It brought to mind umpire Angel Hernandez's denial of what seemed to be a sure Adam Rosales homer in this park last year.
"I wasn't thinking of that at the time,'' Donaldson said. "The thing is, the umpires aren't allowed to use common sense when watching replays. I don't mean that in a derogatory sense. But when the ball bounces 60 feet back onto the field, that means it didn't hit the padding. It hit the rail above the padding.''
As it turned out, the A's didn't lose the run, because Moss doubled home Donaldson moments later en route to Oakland's 27th and weirdest win against 16 losses.
For more on the A's, see John Hickey's Inside the A's blog at ibabuzz.com/athletics. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/JHickey3.
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Family and friends will come together today for the funeral of a Rochester woman killed in a motorcycle crash last weekend.
The private service for Mary Nolan is at the Holy Ghost Church in Gates.
The man driving the motorcycle, Dennis Conklin of Williamson, is charged with vehicular manslaughter and DWI in connection with that crash.
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Stables recurred for three seasons on "Greek," will guest star in the upcoming season of HBO's "Hung" and was the voice of Will on the animated series "W.I.T.C.H." Her other television guest star credits include "Bones," "Mad Love," "'Til Death," "Cavemen" and "Life."
On the silver screen, Stables has played a wide spectrum of characters, from the Evil Samara in "The Ring Two" opposite Naomi Watts to a Christmas-obsessed secret elf in "Santa Baby 2." She also starred in a number of independent films including the British thriller "Telling Lies," "Together Again For The First Time" for Lifetime, "Pride and Prejudice" for Showtime and "Dragon Hunter" for SyFy.
Her supernatural web series "Soul Fire Rising," which Stables co-produces and stars in, is distributed through STARZ Digital Media. Stables continues to maintain a presence in local Los Angeles theatre, having performed in over two dozen plays and musical productions.
She portrayed Marion "Daisy" Davies in the world premiere musical "W.R. and Daisy" at Theatre West, Wendy in "Peter Pan" at the Fred Kavli Theatre, Tip Toes in "Tip Toes" at The Whitefire Theatre and, most recently, Cindy Brady in the world premiere musical "A Very Brady Musical," which Stables also choreographed.
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Best bets for kids: Magic School Bus, 'Robin Hood and his Merry Women,' 'Annie' & more
Take chances, make mistakes and get messy; just don't miss Scholastic's "Magic School Bus Kicks Up a Storm" traveling exhibit at the Museum of Nature & Science. That's one of the cool things in store for kids this week, but four more made this week's top five list: Willy Wonka Jr. at the J, Robin Hood and his Merry Women at Plano Children's Theatre, Alice in Wonderland at the Eisemann Center (along with a free Alice story time at Barnes & Noble at Creekwalk Village tonight) and Annie Jr. at Casa Mañana.
You can get the details in my Family Fun briefs here and on the Dallas Moms Blog fan page on Facebook here.
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OAKLAND -- David Lee is blunt. He said Friday that a lot of the carnage in the paint dealt by Clippers' Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan the past two games is his fault, and he vowed to rectify that Sunday in Game 4.
Griffin has been overwhelming Lee's defense and Jordan has been suffocating his offense, so it's been a double negative for the Warriors' forward since Game 1. It's no coincidence the Warriors have dropped the past two games and trail 2-1 in the best-of-seven series.
Griffin has posted 35- and 32-point performances and made 28 of 42 shots. Lee, by contrast, has had back-to-back games of 11 and 12 points and has made 10 of 23 shots.
Hence, the task is clear for Lee -- more physical defense on Griffin, more forceful offense against Jordan.
"After winning the battle against Blake in Game 1, he's outplayed me the last two games," Lee said. "I need to start the game setting a better tone on him. I thought we started the game well on him last night, but in the third quarter, he did a very good job of establishing the tone. I can live with him making outside shots -- fadeaway jumpers or long twos with a hand in his face. But some of the stuff he got at the rim needs to be better contested, and it starts before the catch.
"That's on me," he added. "I'll be better on Sunday, I can promise you that. He's played two good games in a row. But this series is not over, and I'm going to keep battling, that's for sure."
As for Jordan, who has blocked several of Lee's patented post-ups and altered shots at the rim on a number of other occasions, Lee thinks it's just a case of attacking with more aggression and guile.
"I feel we're letting DeAndre be too much of a presence in there and deter what we're doing," he said. "It wouldn't be as much of an issue if we were making a bunch of jump shots. But at this point, I think we need to attack first and then go from there."
"We need him to be aggressive, particularly in a matchup (against J.J. Redick) where we feel like he has the advantage," Jackson said. "I thought he played the way I like to see him play. He can win his matchup, and I think it's at best a standstill, and that's not acceptable for us."
Iguodala did assume some of the ballhandling duties during Game 3 to allow Stephen Curry to operate off the ball. He thinks he'll do more.
"I got some good looks and found some things they've been trying to take away from Steph and Klay (Thompson)," Iguodala said. "I got in a position where I could be a threat, I'm going to continue to look for them and try to make some things happen."
"I thought it was well deserved. Sometimes you appreciate guys more when they're gone than when they were," the coach said. "I'm sure it works both ways. He's a guy who certainly appreciates, values and misses his time here."
"Luckily there are no back to backs, so I'll be ready by Sunday," he said.
"I didn't think it was a foul then, and after watching it again, I still don't think it's a foul," Rivers said. "(Curry) made it look good, but it wasn't a foul."
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San Ramon Valley High quarterback Cameron Birse took everything that an aggressive Foothill defense could throw at him Friday night, and he calmly led the visiting Wolves to a 31-21 East Bay Athletic League victory.
With a gutsy effort, Birse passed for 225 yards and four touchdowns. The victory kept San Ramon Valley (4-4, 4-1 EBAL) in a tie for first place, one week after the Wolves fell 41-38 to California.
"He's gritty," San Ramon Valley coach Mark Kessler said of Birse, who played with a brace on his left knee. "Our backup quarterback unfortunately had a situation and he couldn't get here until halftime, so we were a little nervous there."
Justin Bangay made two big plays to clinch the victory. He caught a 23-yard touchdown pass from Birse to cap an 11-play, 78-yard drive with 1:52 left to up the lead to 31-21, along with Matt Anderson's extra point.
Then Bangay intercepted Foothill quarterback Kyle Kearns to end the Falcons' desperation march.
San Ramon Valley was thrilled to be able finish off a quality opponent in a big game.
"We've had struggles in doing that, and it was great to see our kids do that," Kessler said. "We think we learned football. We're learning, slowly but surely."
Foothill cut the deficit to 24-21 with 7:50 left on a 10-yard completion from Kearns to Jack Finney, but the Wolves would not be denied.
Foothill (4-4, 2-2) was led by Kearns' 220 yards passing and two touchdowns. He was picked off twice, both on deflections.
The Wolves played inspired defense, limiting the damage by Foothill stars Griffith Gates (70 yards rushing) and Ray Hudson (78 receiving).
California 56, Livermore 28: The host Grizzlies (7-1, 4-1 EBAL) rolled up 518 yards of offense in a victory over the Cowboys (2-6, 0-4).
C.J. Cornwell led the Grizzlies in both rushing and receiving, pacing a California attack that did not have to punt.
Cornwell scored on a 9-yard run just 33 seconds into the game to put the Grizzlies up 7-0, and would go on to score three more touchdowns in helping California build a 35-14 halftime lead.
Cornwell finished with 123 yards on just four carries and hauled in six passes for 101 yards.
"We were really just trying to take what the defense gave us," Grizzlies coach Eric Billeci said, "We played a better defensive game tonight, too."
California also got a nice performance from quarterback Cameron Owen, who in addition to two scores to Cornwell, found Shane Haley on a 37-yard touchdown pass to help pad the Grizzlies' lead.
Owen finished with 169 yards passing, completing 9 of 14 passes.
The Cowboys were able to mount several impressive drives, including an 85-yard march in the first quarter capped by quarterback Max Kreger's 1-yard keeper to tie the score at 7-7.
Livermore was also able to go 80 yards in the second quarter to pull within 27-14 on Kreger's second score of the night, that one a 2-yard sneak.
But the Cowboys were unable to match the Grizzlies' potent attack. Louie Hernandez led Livermore with 110 yards rushing, and Kreger chipped in with 108 on the ground.
-- Matt Rempel, correspondent
Amador Valley 34, Granada 28: The Dons (4-4, 2-2 EBAL) left their fans with a happy homecoming after Alejandro Apodaca scored on a 5-yard run to complete a dramatic come-from-behind victory over the Matadors (3-5, 0-4).
Granada scored on its opening possession of the second half for a 28-7 lead, but the Dons erased that advantage with 27 unanswered points to close the game.
A major reason for the comeback was the play of Amador Valley's Kyle Moreno.
The senior quarterback finished the first half 4 of 15 with two interceptions, but he went 12 of 15 for 191 yards and a pair of touchdowns in the second half.
Justin Cruz and Grant Miller were Moreno's favorite targets during the rally, combining for 141 yards on eight receptions in the second half.
Granada had a chance to end the rally but a failed fourth-down conversion gave Amador Valley the ball back in its own territory with less than 21/2 minutes left to set up the game-winning score.
Running back Casey Soltis led the charge for Granada, rushing for 90 yards and a touchdown on 19 carries.
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Pre-kindergarten and remedial instruction grants may be revived, Williams hints
Chief Senate budget writer Tommy Williams may have been just noting the obvious. Or he could have been talking in code.
But the Houston-area Republican sure sounded on Wednesday as if he's open to resurrecting some of the education grant programs that lawmakers whacked last session, such as stipends allowing districts to operate full-day pre-kindergarten programs and "Student Success Initiative" efforts that help pupils struggling with their course work and standardized tests.
Williams, chairman of the budget-writing Finance Committee, told colleagues that they probably will feel plenty of heat from groups wanting a restoration of the $1.3 billion in Texas Education Agency grants that were cut in the budget-chopping 2011 session. (He used a figure of $1.4 billion, but the net cut last session, counting a supplemental appropriations bill, was $1.3 billion.)
"We need to pay attention to that" expected clamor, he said. "These are important programs."
Williams, R-The Woodlands, singled out pre-kindergarten and Student Success Initiative grants as "two programs … that were eliminated last time. You're going to hear a lot of talk about that."
In starting budgets they filed last week, GOP leaders proposed to undo none of the $4 billion they cut last time from basic state aid for schools. With a school-finance lawsuit underway, and unlikely to be resolved by the end of the session in late May, grants restoration could be a "clean" way for budget writers to throw school advocates a bone without having to reopen Foundation School Program operations and maintenance aid formulas to tinkering. The House and Senate "base budgets" left between $5 billion and $5.7 billion in general-purpose state revenue unspent. That's the money tax-cut advocates are targeting — along with health-care interests who say the leaders have underfunded Medicaid.
If you're keeping track of the squabble over unencumbered funds, write down "about a bil" for school grants as a possible piece of the budget endgame.